DuracellEnergizer

“Don’t Come Around Here No More” – Tom Petty

Oh, how this song speaks to me.

I remember liking Space Jam as a wee lad. I’m sure were I to watch it again, I’d dislike it as just as much as I liked it then.

I’ve made too many embarrassing posts ever to begin remembering them all, let alone deciding which of them all is the most embarrassing.

Dek Rollins said:

ray_afraid said:

I actually love the organic web shooters. It makes as much sense as the rest of the powers he endowed from the spider bite and save a heap of time and explaining.

I always thought it was dumb that the signature super power of SPIDER-MAN wasn’t even a super power originally.

IIRC, Lee & Ditko considered making Spidey’s webs organic but ultimately decided against it so as not to make the character “too creepy”.

Dek Rollins said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Dek Rollins said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

I really like the first Spidey movie. My only pet peeves with it are the Green Goblin’s suit, Kirsten Dunst, and the organic webshooters.

May I ask what bothers you about these things? The organic web-shooters were an interesting thing that I forgot to mention in my post. I actually prefer the webs being biological over the plot device ridden mechanical ones from the comics (“I’m out of webbing!”). I also really like the Green Goblin suit. I feel it captures the comic book feel while also making sense within the story context. And I already mentioned that I think Kirsten Dunst did a fine job.

I dislike the Green Goblin suit for the same reasons everyone else on the Internet who dislikes it has already mentioned.

My problem with Dunst’s Mary Jane is she is never this

except perhaps in that stupid dance scene from S3. Most times, she’s just this soft-spoken, passive woman who vacillates between being a damsel in distress and a wet blanket.

As for the webshooters, mechanical webshooters help establish Peter as someone with a keen interest and aptitude for science. In Raimi’s films, he’s just a nerd who likes science but never displays any overt scientific prowess.

Valid points, but I feel like your problem with Maryjane is with the chracter and not with the actress. Those aren’t really nuances that Dunst can bring out in a performance when the character simply wasn’t written that way.

True.

Dek Rollins said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

I really like the first Spidey movie. My only pet peeves with it are the Green Goblin’s suit, Kirsten Dunst, and the organic webshooters.

May I ask what bothers you about these things? The organic web-shooters were an interesting thing that I forgot to mention in my post. I actually prefer the webs being biological over the plot device ridden mechanical ones from the comics (“I’m out of webbing!”). I also really like the Green Goblin suit. I feel it captures the comic book feel while also making sense within the story context. And I already mentioned that I think Kirsten Dunst did a fine job.

I dislike the Green Goblin suit for the same reasons everyone else on the Internet who dislikes it has already mentioned.

My problem with Dunst’s Mary Jane is she is never this

except perhaps in that stupid dance scene from S3. Most times, she’s just this soft-spoken, passive woman who vacillates between being a damsel in distress and a wet blanket.

As for the webshooters, mechanical webshooters help establish Peter as someone with a keen interest and aptitude for science. In Raimi’s films, he’s just a nerd who likes science but never displays any overt scientific prowess.

I really like the first Spidey movie. My only pet peeves with it are the Green Goblin’s suit, Kirsten Dunst, and the organic webshooters.

I’m less taken with Spider-Man 2 – I prefer the egomaniacal Doc Ock from the comics, thank you very much – and Spider-Man 3 is an interesting failure. I heavily disliked The Amazing Spider-Man – Andrew Garfield’s performance in particular irked me something fierce – and I have refused to see The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Better yet, have him hit the edge of the rock and get knocked backwards.

NeverarGreat said:

Yeah, he was a decent guy, at least to me. I understand why he was banned, but it’s a shame that there are no outspoken conservative voices in the politics thread now.

I’m sure that situation will not last forever.

I suppose husezni could start posting there more.

Yay?

Iron Man (2008)

I first watched this movie in 2009; I thought it was mediocre. I rewatched it last night; this time I found I liked it. It’s still nothing transcendent, but it’s no Inedible Hulk, either.

7/10

DuracellEnergizer said:

Equilibrium (2002)

THE GOOD

• Acting
• Locations

THE BAD

• Bale’s plot armour
• Literally laughable fight choreography
• Characters who are supposed to be emotionless clearly exhibiting emotion (fear, bloodlust, etc.)

THE UGLY

• Derivative plot

5/10

FTFM

Mocata said:

So correct me if my memory is incorrect, but Han and Dengar had a thing that went wrong during racing of some kind right? Is this backstory long dead after however many cartoon shows?

That backstory is considered defunct until/unless some nuEU monkey decides to recanonize it.

SilverWook said:

There is something in the bowl, but one has to wonder why they created clone food that barely registers on camera. Are the Kaminoans supposed to be color blind or something?

If I remember my EU correctly, Kaminoans are actually supposed to see in ultraviolet; all their stuff comes in crazy UV colours humans can’t see.

Slavicuss said:

The 40th anniversary of the original film and they focus on the 20th anniversary of the SE’s instead?

DuracellEnergizer said:

I’d expect nothing less from the Lucasfilm propaganda rag.

Trill hosts and symbionts become one individual upon joining, so yeah, she swung both ways.

dahmage said:

ZkinandBonez said:

not a fan of that design, it looks like a book!

Reminds me of a clamshell VHS case.

lovelikewinter said:

We should fund research into parallel dimensions and find the one where Lucas didn’t go nuts, no Special Editions, the original cuts are on Blu-Ray, the Prequels were really good and Carrie is still here.

If this is anyone but Steve Allen, you’re stealing my bit!

David and the White Toothy Things

Equilibrium (2002)

THE GOOD

• Acting
• Locations

THE BAD

• Bale’s plot armour
• Literally laughable fight choreography

THE UGLY

• Characters who are supposed to be emotionless clearly exhibiting emotion (fear, bloodlust, etc.)
• Derivative plot

6/10

suspiciouscoffee said:

SilverWook said:

Words fail me…

Upon reflection it seems this person lives in Asia, but I have a hard time believing Scooby Doo cartoons haven’t been shown all over the planet. I watched Scooby dubbed into Portuguese when I was in Brazil back in the early 80’s. Unfortunately, it was the Scrappy Doo season where they ditched Fred, Daphne, and Velma.

Supernatural is crossing over with Scooby-Doo? I don’t care because neither series holds the slightest interest for me.

FTFM

Pancakes.

doubleofive said:

I do enjoy watching actors have fun with evil versions of their characters, but they went to that well a few too many times.

Yep. DS9’s first Mirror Universe episode should’ve been its only one.

Nick Riviera must have been her attending physician.