TheBoost

Saw a community production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" that used a lot of blacklight effects to show the fairies.

I've seen that play like 90 times. I think it's the most commonly done Shakespeare. How come no one does "King John?" "Corialanus?" (is it the "anus" part?)

This is challenging because of the relative youth of the actors in "Star Wars." Hugh Jackman or Gerard Butler might be very Han-ish, but they're both a bit long in the tooth these days.

TV's Frink said:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Re-Cast-Star-Wars/post/382955/

Oh, and look over there Darth Bizarro, you can read more of the same skyjedi posts from 2009.  How you like them repetitive apples?

 For a man of your advanced years, you have a memory like an iron clamp. I made the darn thread and had forgotten about it!

TV's Frink said:

captainsolo said:

Batman 89

It makes me sad that people have to add the "89."  I understand it, but it makes me sad.

But you dont have to.

There's only one film with that title.

The closest other movie is "Batman: The Movie" from the 60s.

"Tangled"

Charming. Very cute. Amazing CGI.

THE SECOND MOST EXPENSIVE FILM EVER MADE!?!?!? wow.

timdiggerm said:

Bingowings said:

It didn't sound like any British accent I'm familiar with but it did sound posh.

Here in America, anything you'd call posh, we call British. Heck, we don't even use the word "posh".

 She wuz talkin' all fancy and stuff.

Bingowings said:

 

 

Having her call children kids just doesn't sit in the same way as Leia calling Chewie a walking carpet.

 

 I love the 'walking carpet' line.

It shows us right quick who Leia REALLY is. All the British accent and "your foul stench" talk was a front. She's a rough little asskicker.

TV's Frink said:

Man, 2005 must have been a pretty shitty year...

 It kinda was.

greenpenguino said:

Revenge of the sith????

 

NO SERENITY???

 

SSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 What are you talking about?

This list is definitive, objective, and in no way influenced by nostalgia.

• 1980- ESB
• 1981- Raiders of the Lost Ark
• 1982- Conan the Barbarian
• 1983- Jedi
• 1984- The Last Starfighter
• 1985- Goonies
• 1986- The Three Amigos
• 1987- Princess Bride
• 1988- Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
• 1989- Batman
• 1990- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• 1991- Beauty and the Beast
• 1992- Unforgiven
• 1993- Jurrassic Park
• 1994- Legends of the Fall
• 1995- Mortal Kombat
• 1996- The Rock
• 1997- Starship Troopers
• 1998- Prince of Egypt
• 1999- The Matrix
• 2000- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
• 2001- Fellowship of the Ring
• 2002- Chicago/Blade II
• 2003- Finding Nemo
• 2004- Spider-Man 2
• 2005- Serenity
• 2006- The Prestige
• 2007- The Simpsons Movie
• 2008- The Dark Knight
• 2009- Up
• 2010- Tron Legacy

skyjedi2005 said:

You have not put yourself to the wonder of the torture of reading the new main line of novels not spin offs or one shots but featuring the old trilogies characters.  Horrible soap opera -ish Ben Skywalker and a Sith Girl,lol.

With an insane Daala who is like a total fascist, crazy Jedi who act like elitist religious people outside the bounds of the Galactic alliance constitution and above the law, and then more generic sith because the already used the vong.

Han Solo as a doting Grandfather/father.

Honestly, I don't mind Han as a doting, somewhat grumpy grandpa. It's been like, 60 years since the OT in that timeline. Seems appropriate.

I'll give you that the Ben Skywalker/Sith chick flirtation is terrible. She's tempting him to the darkside with middle-school level eyelash batting. 

And that the genocidal Daala now portrayed as an admirable conflicted leader is poop. Were the writers that hard up for new characters?

And that in ONE GENERATION the completely new Jedi Order, founded by Luke is now exactly like the Jedi in the PT seems a little hard to swallow.

SilverWook said:

And if it ever gets infested with bedbugs, tell the kids they're just Mynocks! 

Kids??! Who'd waste a bed like that on kids? Little buggers could never appreciate it fully.  

Gaffer Tape said:

I personally think it's a bit silly to "preserve" the surprise in the prequels.  ... ... ...

If you're watching them 1-6, you're doing it wrong. =P

 Ditto.

Bingowings said:

Nice to see The Boost joining the Dr Who trend.

I was torn between Cushing and McCoy. Had to flip a coin.

In California we have the greatest man ever. His name is Huell Howser, and he hosts a show called "California's Gold."

With one cameraman, a mic, and no hosting skills in the slightest Huell goes to all sorts of places, from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Horseradish Parade in some podunk town of 200 people. And no matter where he goes, he's as excited as a kid on Christmas and while you watch his show on PBS, for those 30 min you really think that some run down light house, Armenian laundromat, or ice-cream shop is the most interesting place on Earth.

Today they showed an episode where he visited my crappy home town and toured the local Indian pueblo tourist trap. I'd been there a dozen times, but watching this man rant about it made me want to go again, and maybe live there.

I'm not a huge gamer but I've always been a big fan of the Mortal Kombat franchise. MK 1, 2, and 3 are the only games I own for the Sega Genesis.

The mythology is a fun mix of Kung-Fu movies, sci-fi, sword-and-sorcery, and bloody violence. Wraiths of vengeance team with ancient gods to fight cyborg ninjas and extradimensional lizard men. It's like a middle school fever-dream.

The new MK game is coming out, and all the advertising made me nostalgic. Rewatched the first MK movie, and it sure is a lot of fun.

There was a MK TV show on in the late 90s. I never saw it, and am saddened it's not on DVD in the US. Might try to find it online.

Anybody else like the Kombat?

I say yes. They're freakind DALEKS. Fry the buggers.

In the OP, would the Doctor actually be KILLING Daleks? Or preventing them from ever existing?

It seems to me the morallity of those two actions, while perhaps similar, aren't the same thing.

"The Music Man."

One of my all time favs. Made my wife watch it. She dug it to, so we can stay married.

Bingowings said:

TheBoost said:

Had my first Slim-Jim in a decade.

Still nasty.

Did you enjoy it though?

 Oddly yes.

Had my first Slim-Jim in a decade.

Still nasty.

timdiggerm said:

It's hard to deny that the battle between capital ships at the beginning of ROTS is superb,

 Oh, people will deny it. Somehow they will.

Ziggy Stardust said:

Wow.

Why so often? Was it the only movie you owned?

It is pretty good though...

Something about it spoke to me at that age. I was young, had problems with women, 9/11 had just happened... it was just the movie for me at the time.

Also...

I don't know how I forgot to list "The Music Man" as an all time favorite. Shirley Jones might be the most delightful looking woman ever captured on film, and Robert Preston has more charisma than a dozen Dwayne Johnsons. Great movie.

Ziggy Stardust said:

Starship Troopers?

Ew.

 In all honesty, I've probably watched "Troopers" more times than any other movie ever. In college I probably watched it 3-4 times a week.