Dek Rollins

A Piece of the Action.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) – B-

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) – C+

These are the weakest original series Trek films, but I still like them both (IV more than V). I actually watched them because I wanted to make cut-list notes for a fanedit of V, and I just decided to watch IV along with it.

The Princess Bride (1988) – B++

A great, entertaining film. It never hurts to watch it again every once in a while.

EDIT: I’m gonna upgrade The Princess Bride to an A-.

TV’s Frink said:

“Ghostbuster II” was crap.

I’d say it was almost horrendous.

^Space Seed. Oh wait… 😉

Warbler said:

Dek Rollins said:

TV’s Frink said:

Dek Rollins said:

Warbler said:

I looked at it on two different web browsers, it doesn’t show up right in your post.

It showed up right for me. Your’s is the one that’s not showing up right.

Technically “your is is.”

: )

Fixed. 😉

actually, there was no need to fix that for me. I am able to see the smiley face and the winking face, it was just the meh face that I could not see. It showed up looking like a small box with the digits “01F” on top and the digits “615” on the bottom.

I wasn’t necessarily fixing it for you, it was a joke in light of the conversation at hand.

Lord Haseo said:

Dek Rollins said:

Am I the only person who actually prefers the '97 Jabba over the '04?

You think it’s charming or something?

I think that model looks the most like Jabba does in ROTJ. The 2004 model suffers from ‘too much detail’, and his shape and mannerisms don’t match ROTJ as closely as the '97 model. It doesn’t matter that much, they both suck. Scottish guy is the best!

TV’s Frink said:

Dek Rollins said:

Warbler said:

I looked at it on two different web browsers, it doesn’t show up right in your post.

It showed up right for me. Your’s is the one that’s not showing up right.

Technically “your is is.”

: )

Fixed. 😉

Explorer sucks. Firefox is alright, but IMO Chrome is the best browser we’ve got right now.

Am I the only person who actually prefers the '97 Jabba over the '04?

Chrome.

Warbler said:

I looked at it on two different web browsers, it doesn’t show up right in your post.

It showed up right for me. Your’s is the one that’s not showing up right.

^Oh, I was wondering what you were talking about. 😄

TV’s Frink said:

-Lifesaver

That was me when I was little.

This stuff is just amazing. You’re a miracle worker, Dre. Do you think you could use this on those 35mm frames from Raiders that you were using on your regrade? I’m curious how they would turn out.

Oh! I knew that. I’ve said myself it’s one of the smartest comedies ever made, haha.

^Same. I remember seeing “I, Mudd” before “Mudd’s Women” and never knew why they seemed to know who he is from the past. Then I saw “Mudd’s Women” and never liked it as much because it was so much less weird.

moviefreakedmind said:

I’m still shocked at the number of people who have even seen Mask of the Phantasm.

What’s so hard to believe about it? It was a theatrically release feature, and comes highly recommended.

^He’s talking about Lord Haseo’s use of effecting, not mine. He stated this in response to me on the last page. You’re post came directly after Haseo’s.

yoda-sama said:

Mavimao said:

Whoa, whoa, whoa. There’s still plenty of meat on that bone. Now you take this home, throw it in a pot, add some broth, a potato. Baby, you’ve got a stew going!

Anyone who doesn’t get this quote is missing out on one of the smartest comedies ever made. By the way, Mavimao, I think I’d like my money back…

I honestly can’t place where the quote is from. I would definitely like to know what one of the smartest comedies ever made is (that is, if I haven’t seen it already and just don’t remember the quote).

yotsuya said:

I agree that the ending of TFA is weak. The film actually only ends with Finding Luke. We have no idea if he is going to train Rey, rejoin Leia, fight Kylo Ren, fight Snoke, or help in any way. The idea that Rey has gone to him for training is not implied in the film. Leia sends her there to bring him back so that is the only implied ending (which agrees with the opening crawl), but we aren’t certain if Rey will be able to bring him back or not. The movie ends with finding Luke. The Maltese Falcon didn’t end with finding the falcon, there was more to the story. There was more to the story in TFA, but the story cuts off. Typical of Abrams crappy endings.

But even so, that is not my biggest gripe with the film. Some find it a rehash or reboot of Ep 4. I don’t. I seem a few similar plot points (but then, ROTJ is a rehash of the the last half of Ep 4 in much closer ways), but the overall story is unique. My problem is with the story jumps that fail logic. So, the Falcon takes off from Jakku and escapes into space. Where are the other Tie Fighters. Why doesn’t the Star Destroyer pursue? Why doesn’t the Falcon go into hyperspace. How did Han just happen to be near Jakku to detect the Falcon. Basically from when the Falcon leaves Jakku until Han and Chewy board, the movie makes no sense. The Falcon would still be close enough to Jakku for Kylo Ren to sense his father like he does later. And then you have Starkiller base. That weapon makes no sense. If Takodana is in the Hosnian system, then they would be able to see the weapon destroy the other planets, but the story implies it is a different system and fails to name it or why destroying it will destroy the entire New Republic Navy. We have a Galactic scale government that can be wiped out with the destruction of a single system? And the Navy has no other bases and ships? Seriously. You call that story telling? It is one of the stupidest segments in all of Star Wars. And then you have a small planet suck up an entire star? Where did it put it? Physics doesn’t work that way. Not unless you have something dimensionally transcendental like the TARDIS. Add to that the letdown ending, the over saturated lighting, the lack of a sense of scale (the galaxy is a big place, but Abrams made it seem small), the wrong lightsaber sound effects, trying to cram too much into the story, and all its other problems, I just can’t give TFA a good rating compared to the other 6 films. I didn’t suck as bad as Abrams 2 Star Trek films, that is for sure, but while I enjoyed the characters and can’t wait to see more of them, the film left me dissatisfied in a way few movies do. None of the PT left me with this feeling and I have never seen holes of this magnitude in any of the other films.

That is why to me TFA ranks the lowest. It is 7 of 7.

I’m not reading that. Even if I would agree with something in there, I’m not giving myself the chance.

Possessed said:

AFFECTING…

Oh crap! I didn’t even notice that I used an ‘e’. It’s all Haseo’s fault!

If nostalgia was effecting my view, I’d like TDK a lot more than I do.

Who’s the second worst? (assuming impscum takes 1st)

TV’s Frink said:

Ugh, another Nolanite.

Ugh is right… ugh… bleh…

Hal 9000 said:

Then again, I remember that the Search For Spock also had a tacked on, rehashed doomsday device, didn’t it.

Genesis? I wouldn’t really say it was ‘tacked on, and rehashed’. The film literally happens directly after ST II, and it fits into the story quite well.

This is off topic, though. Sorry 😄.