I don't know about the Rhino being some sort of exoskeletal robot thingy that I glimpsed in the ads. Not the villain I grew up with.
There was a moment between them in the deleted sandstorm sequence which addressed that, if only in passing.
On the flip side of the coin, I thought the 1978 Doctor Strange tv movie was pretty good for it's time. Pity it didn't get a series.
DC wishes their movies were like Marvel's. We've come a long way from bungled adaptations like this. ;)
I was a Rocket Raccoon fan from his early comic appearances. If GOTG does well, perhaps we can get a more faithful Howard the Duck movie someday.
It's surreal that the Joker kills Porkins and Biggs in the same movie. What are the odds?
If bobgarcia74 ever comes back, maybe put the Joker in a TIE fighter?
ray_afraid said:
Another thing that irks me is how so many people view Lando as some sort of traitor who needs to "redeem" himself somehow. He saved Leia, Chewie, and AN ENTIRE CITY FULL OF PEOPLE while risking the life of only one man, who he lead a team on a mission to save. It's not like he could have sacrificed himself to save the others. Vader knew Luke was coming and he knew Lukes friends were already there. Lando refusing to help would have only gotten more people killed and possibly a city destroyed. Even if Han died in the carbonite I don't see anything Lando could have done better and I see no need for any kind of redemption.
Yeah, I wasn't even aware anybody thought that until I saw this.
I didn't have an issue with understanding Lando's motives in 1980.
Thankfully, George was too busy making sure we knew we Vader was going in the SE to "clarify" things. Otherwise, we might have had to suffer a new shot of Lando visiting Cloud City daycare center or something. Won't somebody think of the baby Ugnaughts!
Will other parts of the world get a little big screen love?
It's too early in the weekend for this. Play nice, people...
Good point!
The rebels don't seem to go in for too much formality though. Han becomes a General, Luke is a Commander, and they never salute each other.
IIRC, Leia is addressed as princess and your highness in ESB by personnel in the command center on Hoth.
How could anyone think she was "innocent" of acting against the Empire, when we saw her put the plans in Artoo? That was no ATM card! A little early in the film to be running off to the bathroom and miss that detail. ;)
I've understood for a long time her "accent" was her senate/diplomatic tone of voice. It's her position in the senate that allowed her to travel to many places without attracting undue attention, hence Vader's line, "You weren't on any mercy mission this time."
In the real world, when royals serve in the military, how are they addressed, by title or rank?
Casper has been in so many direct to video follow ups to that film, I'm not sure if kids today have even seen the original theatrical shorts. Most of the other Harvey characters seem to have faded into obscurity.
When the heck are they going to make a Hot Stuff, The Little Devil movie?
If you want to be really creeped out, watch the vintage Casper short There's Good Boos Tonight sometime. ;)
Interestingly enough, X-3 was the last VHS movie I ever saw being shown on an Amtrak train. (I don't think it was ever released for sale on tape.) They totally did away with movies on the train not long after.
Not his most unusual role...
DuracellEnergizer said:
If I had the money, I'd independantly finance a stop-motion animated reboot of King Kong vs. Godzilla where the title monsters team up to take on King Ghidorah.
Interesting idea, as KK vs. G had it's genesis as a proposal for a stop motion film.
The same Superboy Robot Chicken revealed to be result of Wonder Woman getting knocked up? The newest DC special they did was hilarious if you didn't see it. ;)
I must confess that if we saw an older Luke standing in a certain spot watching that double sunset, I would get goosebumps. That could be the teaser shot right there.
Luke went back to Tatooine in the Marvel comic, and the scene where he returned to the ruins of the moisture farm was touching.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/04/09/star-wars-episode-vii-is-tatooine-bound
I hope there's a darn good reason in the story to go back to that rock.
Every TCM showing in the past ten years has been the 2004 version, sadly.
The original is "lost" in the same sense as the OOT is, only the changes have been obfuscated as some sort of restored director's cut, which it is not.
My personal straw on the camel's back moment came when I saw the documentary on the 2004 DVD, which will further confuse future viewers as to what a filmmaker could achieve in 1970.
As Batman turns 75 this year, the odds are good it will be out in time for the holidays. It's too big an anniversary to miss.
Thank goodness our caped crusaders are still around to contribute to the extras.
It's funny how many times I hear snippets of a Star Wars conversation at a local restaurant, (usually between employees) but can barely make it out over the background noise beyond key phrases.
Ryan McAvoy said:
Yeah some of todays comic artists should have read less Frank Miller when they were teenagers.
I don't recall The Dark Knight Returns having disembowelment scenes. ;)
DuracellEnergizer said:
Here's why I don't read modern superhero comics anymore:
(WARNING: these pictures are gory)
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120315001307/marvel_dc/images/0/0b/DeathPsychoPirate.PNG
http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091111041956/marvel_dc/images/6/63/Death_of_Terra-Man_01.jpg
http://pooke.thedreamisdead.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IC4risk.jpg
http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_super/5/54054/1082733-ic4pantha.jpg
http://g1rm.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/sentrygore.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bdQdS-kzyI4/TU8pUTq67rI/AAAAAAAACmE/ghvERA6KojI/s1600/Wolverine+Best+There+Is+-+Blood.jpg
Holy gratuitous violence, Batman! As context is everything, I presume that's not some evil alternate universe Superman or something?
It's sad the major publishers feel they have to do that to be relevant today. What is left that little kids can read now? Not that kids buy comics like they used to...
Mind you, Heavy Metal magazine had a certain forbidden allure when I was a teenager, with all the sex, nudity, and things you couldn't get away with in mainstream comics at the time. But I don't recall my favorite strips from that ever being that gory.
Marvel had better not gore up Star Wars when they get it back. :(
Mike O said:
DominicCobb said:
THX 1138 is definitely not lost. I watched the original on-demand a couple years ago. I believe it was standard definition, but still.
Maybe, but it's never been released on any home video format besides VHS and LD, I certainly don't see enough interest in the original version to get a it a Blu-ray release. It's like the recolorings of Aliens or Terminator, 99% of the population probably don't care enough for it to matter.
If there's a decent SD master Warner has been sitting on of the original, it wouldn't cost them much to put out via their made on demand Archive label. If they can skirt around George that is...
DominicCobb said:
THX 1138 is definitely not lost. I watched the original on-demand a couple years ago. I believe it was standard definition, but still.
You think you could track that down? Even an SD version might be better than the dodgy Laserdisc master that's caused the preservation project more than a few headaches.