DuracellEnergizer

The Three Wise Men returned to help Christ down from his cross. They even supplied him a ladder.

Dek Rollins said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Handman said:

They could never make Discovery if they were beholden to the aesthetic of the 60s

Why? I love the 60s aesthetic! It’d get me to watch this show, anyway.

I assume the-powers-that-be want the show to appeal to demographics beyond the hardcore Trekkies who like retro kitsch.

Most people would’ve been satisfied if they recreated this:

with some modern “movie” sensibilities. Not as unnecessarily shiny-white as JJ Abrams did, but that’s the idea. You can make it look like the same in universe time period without making it look like low budget '60s TV again. The Cage didn’t even have the excessively colorful lighting the series would have so the original look of the sets translate really well to a more realistic look.

I agree.

Handman said:

They could never make Discovery if they were beholden to the aesthetic of the 60s

Why? I love the 60s aesthetic! It’d get me to watch this show, anyway.

I assume the-powers-that-be want the show to appeal to demographics beyond the hardcore Trekkies who like retro kitsch.

A fine reason to jettison “canon” altogether, mayhap.

screams in the void said:

He’s not jesting and don’t call him Shirley .

Damn. And I thought humans had a monopoly on fetishes.

I feel embarrassed for that horse.

SilverWook said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

SilverWook said:

It goes without saying that if Stan had not been persuaded that a little movie called Star Wars would make for a great comic book, Marvel as we know it might not exist today.

That’s a good thing?

Marvel was struggling a bit in the late ‘70’s. The industry was in a slump overall. Star Wars’ amazing success led to a ton of books being sold and not just SW. It’s no coincidence other Marvel books had swashbuckling space characters and spacefaring storylines around that time.

Yeah, I know all that. I was just making a cynical jab at modern Marvel.

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ray_afraid said:

I totally mis-read your origin

SilverWook said:

It goes without saying that if Stan had not been persuaded that a little movie called Star Wars would make for a great comic book, Marvel as we know it might not exist today.

That’s a good thing?

Good night sweet prince: And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!

Meh.

ray_afraid said:

I’m probably the only one here who’s excited for next year’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters, but I am very excited.
The world they’ve set up is great, the cast is fantastic, the director has already created a modern classic [Trick r’ Treat(2007)] and the line up of monsters is enough to get the kid in me giddy as hell. Should be fun!

I’m only interested in it 'cause of Millie & Vera.

yotsuya said:

the stars are not B&W. There is color there.

Mocata said:

ChainsawAsh said:
… how do you develop characters? By giving them screen time. You could argue that he should have had more development in RO-

That’s a bingo.

No wings, though.

moviefreakedmind said:

The entirety of human history has left me cynical.

Surely you jest.

Ashdogg said:

a fan of cloned Emperor, Luke etc.

It was a mistake making lightsabers a technological weapon that anyone with opposable digits can turn on and use.

The last several weeks have left me feeling rather cynical.

^Stick Peter Cushing in there, and you can play a game of fifteen-ball pool.

ray_afraid said:

joefavs said:

As much as I want to resist the impulse to default to “CAST THE STRANGER THINGS KIDS IN EVERYTHING” fever, she would be great and she’s exactly the right age to jump in on season 2.

I’m setting myself up for a paddlin’, but I just don’t see it.
I really dig Millie, but I can’t see her as Leia.

Dek Rollins said:

I’m sorry but Duck Soup is perfect.

I’m sorry but not enough salt.

Let’s just say we’re all wrong and that’ll be that.