That "jet" has propellers. ;)
Ralph McQaurrie's early single pod concept was made into a toy in the 90's. Both versions are cool.
When did it die again? I hear this every other decade. ;)
The studios keep missing opportunities to promote 3-D better. The original Dracula is being shown in theaters this month. Universal could just as easily bring back Creature From The Black Lagoon, and it's sequel to show people how old school 3-D is done.
And I would probably suffer the SE's just one more time if they were shown theatrically in 3-D.
timdiggerm said:
ray_afraid makes a good point. Why are Cloud Cars so weird and stupid?
*cough* *cough*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang
Mediocre conversions and filmmakers reluctant to actually get "in your face" with films actually shot in 3-D probably hasn't helped much.
If the analog tv experience is what you're after, a low end Laserdisc player and a pan and scan LD of the OT would last you a lot longer. Most people want the modern players with all the bells and whistles, so single sided older players tend to be cheap, at least on Ebay.
Would be a way for Lucasfilm to make the 3D conversions finally pay off.
Were all six shown in 3D at Celebration this year?
Your local hobby shop?
Arts and crafts stores like Michael's also sell model kits, IIRC.
No, just Blu Rays. Then a double dip in 2013 with DVD's of the 2011 versions.
ray_afraid said:
^ Wook, I keep reading that, and can't make any sense of it for some reason....
Did I just have a stroke?
The same version has been released twice?
ray_afraid said:
Interesting if that's true though. It would keep the tradition of never releasing the same version twice.
I think the 2013 Blu Ray sets with DVD's of the 2011 versions counts as twice?
People are always totally honest in Amazon reviews of course. ;)
Tobar said:
Yes, just got around to watching it. It's basically The Office: Muppets Edition. I'm okay with the format itself but the execution left a lot wanting. You can get away with a lot of things with the Muppets as long as it's funny. This was pretty lacking in that department. Though there was one great line from Pepe that had me cracking up for a while. Ultimately, as mediocre as this first episode was it was still a breath of fresh air after the last two movies.
Anyway, it should be noted that this isn't the first time the Muppets have toyed with more adult sensibilities. After the success of Sesame Street Jim Henson didn't want the Muppets to be pigeonholed into being strictly for children. So to combat that, in 1974-75 he created two pilots for new series one of which was titled SEX AND VIOLENCE.
You're forgetting the Muppet skits on Saturday Night Live in it's first year. Way more adult that what they did elsewhere. Sex, drugs, and violence. ;)
There's a pilot they did in 2007 for a gay themed cable channel that would blow some people's minds, (although it's actually a bit tame) but that didn't carry the Muppet name or any established characters.
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Tinseltown
Pilots are always a little rough around the edges, (and people forget the original show took a while to find it's groove) so I'll give it a chance. The comments I've read elsewhere about the show being too adult and unwholesome for kids seem to be coming from people who know zilch about the Muppets' history.
Statler and Waldorf back in form, (they were in a rest home on Muppets Tonight!) and Fozzie commenting about the unintended responses to his "bear looking for love" personal ad were hilarious.
I hope they follow Gonzo around, and his personal life is still weird. ;)
http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2015/09/whatever-happened-to-web-of-fear-3.html
AMC is showing the movie this coming Friday. Is anyone in a position to record it? More than likely it's the "edited for tv" version which Kubrick oversaw the changes to. The main differences are Jack's overdubbed profanity, and fog surrounding the Room 237 ghost.
There goes my hopes for a Live And Let Die steelbook with a flaming skull cover. ;)
So does this mean that Spectre evolved from the mysterious organization seen in the Craig films?
DuracellEnergizer said:
There are two main reasons why I like Stargate SG-1 (and its spinoffs) less and less as time goes by:
1. It's a thinly disguised knockoff of Star Trek crossed with Babylon 5 -- ie. completely derivative without any new ideas of its own.
2. The self-entitled SG-1 fanboys who piss and moan that the upcoming reboot trilogy is going to ignore the SG-1 continuity (while completely disregarding the fact that SG-1 ignored everything about the original movie beyond the basic plot. Double standards much?).
People said the same thing about Space: 1999 when I was a kid. Except for the B-5 part, since it didn't exist yet. ;)
Must every show reinvent the wheel? I thought it SG-1 was better than the movie that inspired it, and even that was mining the '70's Chariots Of The Gods? idea that ancient civilizations were heavily influenced by aliens.
SG-1 and Atlantis are still better than much of what SyFy thinks fits their network these days. They're showing CSI reruns now, what the hell?
Ryan McAvoy said:
SilverWook said:
Holy! Is that who I think it is?
Yes, it's James Bond.
The rather bony fellow behind him, wise guy! ;)
LexX said:
They're releasing new Bond steelbooks, these have the best cover art since the VHS releases. Still waiting for original poster art.
Damn! These beat the old covers by a mile. I don't want to have to buy them all over again though.
Nice of them to give Maurice Binder's title sequences (mostly) some love.
You somehow missed all the prequel/TCW refs in the first season?
I have no issues with some clones being around. There had to be a few that refused/resisted Order 66.
The show isn't going to automatically suck if they reference the prequels just because you hate them. ;)
DuracellEnergizer said:
Back in 2001, I caught a few episodes of the short-lived horror anthology series Night Visions on TV and remembered finding it a decent if unremarkable show. Since I have a goal to eventually rewatch every single movie and TV show I remember watching from my childhood and early 20s, I figured I'd revisit this series and see how it held up to memory.
Well, I found every episode on YouTube and watched all but two of them (Stupid YouTube muted the entire auto tracks of those two episodes, and there were no subtitles available, so I decided to skip them.). Overall, it was a pretty good series; the host was rather lame, but the stories and guest actors were generally above average. It's a shame this show was cancelled after only a single season; there was definitely enough potential there for another two or three quality seasons.
My rating: A
I've also watched the first nine episodes of the 1995-96 series Space: Above and Beyond. Unfortunately, this show hasn't really impressed me. The premise is good, and there's nothing really bad about the series, but the execution falls short for me; the whole war storyline feels haphazard and directionless, the starships/fighters aren't very impressive design-wise, and the idea that humanity has developed the capability to create AIs, artificial humans, and ships with antigravity and FTL capabilities so soon into the future -- the 2050s-2060s, to be precise -- stretches credibility to the breaking point for me.
I frankly don't feel compelled to watch the remaining episodes.
My rating: C+
Not to mention they successfully cloned Gunnery Sgt. Hartman, who died in 1967. ;)
Reissuing the 1993 anthology material would be nice for those who don't already have it.
If they're using the original album art, I presume it's on there?
It's possible to like your music in an analog format and not be a hipster. ;)
Maybe they'll borrow an idea from the Beatles' box set, and have a version on a USB drive shaped like the Death Star?
Frank your Majesty said:
Jar-Jar is behind it all. He's the Sith lord, Palpatine is just his puppet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qAKXK_aLeA