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RedFive said:

Ziggy Stardust said:

The Runaways.

meh

They're in pre-production for a film version of the Brian K. Vaughn Runaways comics, presumably also titled "Runaways".  I've never seen the chick band one, but I can't wait for this.

Reminds me of Crossroads (the 1986 Ralph Macchio blues road film) and Crossroads (the 2002 Britney Spears teen dramedy) - one is so great and the other is miserable, and people always think I'm talking about the miserable one.  Frustrating. 

I get excited when I see that Crossroads is on dish, and then it ends up being the shitty Spitney Brears one.

Rubber

A friend at work heard I got Netflix and told me I should watch this. Its a fake art film about a tire that rolls around and murders people with its mind. It's REALLY slow and we only got about a half hour into it before we stopped watching. But it supposed to be parodying really slow films with no purpose. My favorite part is right at the beginning, where a cop climbs out of the trunk of a car to deliver this speech to the audience (who is a character watching the events through binoculars):

In the Steven Spielberg movie E.T., why is the alien brown? No reason. In a love story, why do the two main characters fall madly in love with each other? No reason. In Oliver Stone's JFK, why is the President suddenly assassinated by some stranger? No reason. In the excellent Chainsaw Massacre by Toby Hooper, why don't we ever see the characters go to the bathroom or wash their hands like people do in real life? Absolutely no reason. Worse, in The Pianist by Polanski, how come this guy has to hide and live like a bum when he plays the piano so well? Once again, the answer is no reason. I could go on for hours with more examples. The list is endless. You've probably never given it a thought, but all great films, without exception, contain an important element of no reason. And you know why? Because life, itself, is filled with no reason. Why can't we see the air all around us? No reason. Why are we always thinking? No reason. Why do some people love sausages and other people hate sausages? No f***ing reason.

My thoughts on everyone else's thoughts:

bkev said:

 

captainsolo said:

Batman The Animated Series Volume Four.

Why couldn't this series keep going?? :(

Didn't care for The New Batman Adventures personally, the redesigns were a turn-off. Not the new designs for characters, but the entire art look

Agreed.  Loved everything up to the redesign.  After the redesign- mixed feelings.  Don't like the look.  The cursing ramped up, which is a concern for me as a parent of young Batman fans.  But some good episodes.

TV's Frink said:

RedFive said:

Sunshine in HD. Amazing.  10/10 Suns until the final act.

Oooh.... anyone care to tell me when the final act starts?

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Act-Breaks/topic/11489/

Johnny Ringo said:

agreed, it goes from a 4 ball movie to a 1 ball movie at the drop of a hat. 

I disagree.  Sure, the ending is a little weird.  But I dug it.  This is the movie I come back to when people say Chris Evans can't be serious.

Forgive me for playing the age card, Ziggy... but can you really appreciate this movie at 13?  It's one of my favourites, but I can't imagine really having any of the life experience at 13 that forms the foundation of my own attraction to it.

C3PX:

X-Files: I Want to Believe

I actually really enjoyed it. For some reason I didn't think much of it when I saw it just after it came out.

Last time I saw it I hadn't seen past season six of the TV series, so it was nice knowing more about the context of Mulder and Scully's situation this time through.

Crap.  Are you telling me I'll have to watch it again and that I might actually like it if/when I watch the T-1000 seasons?

oh-oh-five:

HP7P2

I'm impressed they managed to bring a traditional movie out of the last act of the book.

Oooh.... anyone care to tell me when the last act starts?

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Act-Breaks/topic/11489/

And, finally, some thoughts of my own:

So, I felt like I finally had to watch Transformers 2.  All of the TVs at Walmart were playing the "forrest fight scene" over and over again and I thought it looked pretty cool.  I knew it was terrible, but I figured everyone else got to see it and pronounce it terrible, that I should as well.

Here are some random thoughts:

• Why is most of the action completely unintelligible?  The first scene with the contructocon- Lots of sound and fury, but who knows what else is going on?  The forrest fight appealed to me because it was at least something you could see and understand.
• Why is there so much sex and drugs in a movie based on a toy line/cartoon for 8 year olds?
• 2.5 hours?!?!  Seriously?
• Why are Sam's parents in this movie?
• Why doesn't Optimus Prime act more like Optimus Prime?
• The twins?  I heard about them when the movie came out... but seriously, who thought this was a good idea?  I heard they were offensive racial stereotypes, and I'm sure they are... but they're not funny or interesting either.  Not that that would excuse racial stereotyping... but it would help explain what they were doing there!?!??  WHO DOES THAT?
• Do any of the transformers, aside from Optimus and Megatron and maybe Starscream have personalities?  I know Sideswipe had a line or two.  Bumblebee is... unique.
• Are there any fan edits that make this thing watchable?  I suspect that there's not... since the story is so all over the place...  but there are some decent elemets here, I think, if they were taken out of context.
• It's a pretty decent D-Box movie.  Too bad that didn't really save it.  2012 is a good example of a bad movie made good with D-Box.  Transformers 2 is a good example of a bad movie that can't be saved with D-Box.
• Seriously, how much better is the 1986 animated movie?  That thing rocks.

Okay, I think that does it.  I had to play "cut the rope" on my phone just to feel like I wasn't completely wasting my time.

Ziggy Stardust said:

xhonzi said:

My thoughts on everyone else's thoughts:

 

Ziggy Stardust:

Adaptation. Talk about a misleading trailer!

9/10

Forgive me for playing the age card, Ziggy... but can you really appreciate this movie at 13? 

Appreciate in what way?

I don't know how to answer that.  The normal way?

CP3S said:

 

xhonzi said:

So, I felt like I finally had to watch Transformers 2...

Let me ask you something Xhonzi: You are suppose to be____________

(a) spending 2.5 hrs PLUS the time it took to write that post on stupid Micheal Bay films.

or

(b) binging on Fallout 3 like there is no tomorrow.

 

I had to play "cut the rope" on my phone just to feel like I wasn't completely wasting my time.

That's because you were wasting your time. Maybe "Cut the Rope" made you feel better about wasting that precious time, but it was wasted. And you can never get it back. 

:(  Bad Xhonzi! Bad!

 Well, the library needed it back and I wanted to save my FO3 for a more meaty space of time.  And I had some other stuff I had to do on my phone/laptop and I couldn't very well play FO3 and do that at the same time, right?

I promise.  FO3 starts tonight!

CP3S said:

xhonzi said:

C3PX:

X-Files: I Want to Believe

I actually really enjoyed it. For some reason I didn't think much of it when I saw it just after it came out.

Last time I saw it I hadn't seen past season six of the TV series, so it was nice knowing more about the context of Mulder and Scully's situation this time through.

Crap.  Are you telling me I'll have to watch it again and that I might actually like it if/when I watch the T-1000 seasons?

No, you don't have to watch it again. But yeah, if you didn't like it the first time I'd encourage a second viewing. Especially after you've watched the whole series, if you are watching the whole series.

The main thing I remember about the movie was the "Can you believe an idiot like George W Bush is our president?!?!?" joke that was a little late to the party.  Cutting edge humor there, Chris Carter.  And quite bold and daring if I must say so myself.

I now own the whole series.  Since they were so expensive when they were first released (>$100/season) I just had to grab all of the seasons when they were $15 per.  Maybe I'll actually get around to watching them seriously once I cancel the ol' netflix.  I've seen all of seasons 3-6, and most of 1-2 and I think practically none of 7-9.  I imagine there was a quality drop after 6, but I'm still looking forward to cathing up with it some day.

xhonzi said:

Ziggy Stardust said:

xhonzi said:

My thoughts on everyone else's thoughts:

 

Ziggy Stardust:

Adaptation. Talk about a misleading trailer!

9/10

Forgive me for playing the age card, Ziggy... but can you really appreciate this movie at 13? 

Appreciate in what way?

Exactly

Fixed.

But seriously, when I was about 16 I went on a huge movie binge and watched all kinds of classics.  I loved most of them, and I think I appreciated it pretty well for my age, but whenever I go back and watch one now they're like different movies sometimes.  So I guess what I'm saying is Zig can appreciate Adaptation, he just might get something different out of it than Xhonzi (or future-Zig) might.

I always like what Malick tries to do, but his films always leave me cold.

The Kids Are Alright on LD. Yes I know there's a great DVD and a Blu-ray, but I have this on LD with unrestored warbly audio that just feels like the 'OO.

10,000 smashed guitars out of 10,000 Patent exploding drummers.

"Superman Returns" 

This was a mixed bag for me. I like the Donner connection, but did not like the look of The Daily Planet. Brandon Routh was not bad, and I think Spacey was good too. The rest of the cast was forgettable.  I disliked the casting of Lois most of all. Sure, It was a better film then Superman 3 & 4, but still missed the mark in my opinion.  It did not have the charm, rhythm or comic timing of Donner's Superman work.  Also, I think cutting the return to Krypton scene was a huge mistake.