DuracellEnergizer

Well, there are more reasons to why I wish I could return to childhood beyond simple nostalgia; I miss having the ability to see things through the ends of a child.

Grain removal is the new colourization.

$1000 is just chump change to a guy like Harrison Ford.

I knew it was going to suck badly when the Han-Leia-Isolder love triangle reared its grotesque head. Han's royal background (hadn't other novels already established that Han was an orphan with no real knowledge of his roots?) and Luke's inexplicably blue lightsaber certainly didn't help matters.

Midichlorians manipulated by a withered old pederast in a black bathrobe, no doubt.

Darth Solo said:

Heather (BatteryEnergizer), thats the second time you've used that same unflattering pic of her!

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

I first saw this movie a couple of years ago, and I really liked it then. This time, though, it just fell kind of flat for me. It's not bad by any means - the cast is good, and I didn't mind most of the CG (being someone who is pretty much against large amounts of CGI in non-animated films, that's saying something). I suppose a number of elements of the storyline itself just don't work for me anymore.

For example, I just can't get emotionally invested in Aslan's sacrifice to save Edmund's life, since - as He is literally just Christ in another form - I already know He's gone through death once before, and it was a helluva lot more demeaning and brutal the first time around, so there's nothing really at stake here. Also, I just can't buy into the idea that a bunch of average kids could take up arms and fight like professional soldiers in hand-to-hand combat and actually hold their own in such a short period of time without any real training. I know that both examples are faithful to the book itself - which I enjoyed - but it just doesn't translate well to screen for me.

Stay (2005)

A good, well-made movie, and it only gets more interesting as it goes along. The only real bad thing I have to say about this film is Ryan Gosling's performance; he's supposed to be playing a character who is intelligent and artistic, but he just comes off as a slow-witted douchebag.

The Hidden (1987)

I didn't know whether or not I was going to like this movie going into it, and I initially got the impression that Kyle MacLaughlin's character was going to turn out to be a pretty flat and lifeless personality. As I got further into the movie, though, the story clicked for me, and MacLaughlin's character proved to have a lot more gravitas than I was initially led to believe. The ending was a bit perplexing, I'll admit, but it's no big deal in the greater scheme of things.

All-in-all, I really liked this movie, and its going on my "must-own" list.

Planet Earth (1974)

If this is typical of all of the non-Trek pilots Roddenberry's made, I'm not surprised in the least that none of them were ever picked up.

The expositional voiceover at the beginning is not an adequate means of introducing the audience to the characters or the world they live in, and the overwhelming goofiness of the storyline - the white Indian character, "dinks", the bizarre characterization of the pseudo-Klingons - is off-putting and gives you no clear picture of what type of show the creators were going for here.

I'll admit, this was fun to watch (albeit due to the excessive corniness more than anything else), I liked John Saxon and the short-haired brunette (I don't know the name of the actress, sorry), and I do think this would have been a fine episode in an already established and running TV series. As the pilot episode for a proposed new series, though, it just doesn't work to any degree.

Gaffer Tape said:

Well, good for them!  That confuses me, though, because I thought the whole reason he and Marcia adopted in the first place was because he was sterile...

Akwat Kbrana said:

Tatooine Ghost [<-- Oh dear Lord, this one was awful; worst Star Wars book I've ever read]

The Jedi Academy Trilogy are sort of in a category all their own. On the one hand, they are quite important insofar as the EU metanarrative is concerned. On the other hand, even though the overall storyline is pretty solid, they're remarkably poorly-written (though not as infuriatingly bad as the four afore-mentioned shite-biscuits). Maybe give them a try, but don't feel bad if you give up halfway through.

Hey! The Final Frontier's almost a good movie! To lump it in with those others is pure ridiculousness!

Ryan McAvoy said:

You should give JJ's 2 new Treks a go, they're alot of fun.

Plus you can be safe in the knowledge that since it takes place in an alternate time stream our old friends are still safe.

Yes, indeed. You should never have given it up.

Don't worry - one day artificial wombs will be invented, and everyone can be happy ;-)

Abridgement helps if the original book was poor to begin with, though (The New Rebellion, I'm looking at YOU).

stay

timdiggerm said:

oh DuracellEngergizer, will you ever understand that no one cares about your bizarro joke?

I doubt she'd willingly wear that outfit ever again =P

My own personal ranking

1. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

2. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (bet no one excepted this, eh?)

3. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

4. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

5. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (this ranking is tenous, though, as I really need to rewatch the film)

6. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

7. Star Trek: First Contact

8: Star Trek: Generations

9 Star Trek: Insurrection

10. Star Trek: Nemesis

Haven't seen either of the Bizarro Trek films - and never will - but I would probably rate them far beneath Nemesis if I ever were to.

I'll never understand Hollywood's current fixation against grain in films.

Then again, seeing as Hollywood's an asylum being run by nuts, perhaps I should.

This reminds of a quote from Highlander III. I'll have the decency not to reiterate it here, though, as it would be rather tasteless in this context.

A hot-headed imbecile like Worf achieving the rank of captain? Now, what does that remind me of ...?

Ah, yes! I remember now!

SilverWook said:

I don't think Sith can appear as ghosts. Hologram or a Sith holocron image is another matter entirely.

Ryan McAvoy said:

^ Less keen on this younger Ralph Fiennes Obi-Wan (Still better than the movie)

timdiggerm said:

Those are all in one timeline, though.

Not really - I just remember what year it was the last time I had a case of noctural emissions. Hell, I even remember where and when I was the last time I involuntarily vomited (in the bathroom of my last house, way back in 1999).