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GODZILLA (2014)

The delightfully bizarre third film from the creators of Napoleon Dynamite, Gentlemen Broncos.

zombie84 said:

I love the original japanese films and i thought Devlin and Emerich did a good job with their 1998 remake. I never understood what the hell people had against it--HELLO, its Godzilla! Compared to the other films in the series it had the smartest plot, deepest-developed characters and the most thrilling action. I'm convinced that every critic of this film has never seen an actual Godzilla film.

 This post is full of what.

The Emmerich Godzilla or GINO(Godzilla In Name Only) is a decent monster movie. But it is not in any way a Godzilla film.

Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich used a Japanese kaiju to create an homage to the American monster movie. It's basically a bland remake of The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms.

I love that film, it's a classic that yes inspired Tomoyuki Tanaka to create Godzilla in the first place.

BUT, Godzilla and the films that followed are a genre onto their own. To make a generic monster movie and then slap Godzilla's name on it is an enormous disservice to the character. His ultimate fate was well deserved.

doubleofive said:

My friend came over the other day and was telling me how (fake) upset he was at me for convincing him to get an Xbox One.

 What a terrible friend...you are! The Xbox One was doomed to failure the moment they did the big announcement. It's overpriced, underpowered and Microsoft made it clear that they don't care about gamers. Sony turned the tables this generation and everyone I know, including myself have jumped ship from the Xbox to Playstation.

Bingowings said:

Willow Rosenberg says :

"Kiss rocks'? Why would anyone want to kiss... Oh, wait. I get it. ..."

Just finished the latest episode of Telltale's The Walking Dead.

timdiggerm said:

Why is he sad? He's Batman.

SilverWook said:

Is the Wil Wheaton tweet real?

August 22nd, 2013

What a weird conclusion to come to. If you want to be known for other things than start making other things.

And so it begins...

Yeah, I've been re-reading the volume 1 omnibus off and on for a few weeks now. Love it.

doubleofive said:

My dogs were alarmed by all of the cheering I did. I wish the SUPER SPECIAL GUEST STARRING credit didn't always ruin things, or I would have cheered loud enough to wake the neighbors.

 Boy am I glad I don't pay attention to the opening credits. =P

It's not veins by the way. Here's a hi-res close up:

What's a duck?

Yeah, I've been learning not to hit the threads around here until after I've seen the ep.

Speaking of which, wow. That was the perfect way to end the season.

Here's this week's poster:

Season finale starts here in half an hour, definitely looking forward to it.

Looks like they're basing him on the Dark Knight Returns Batman:

Leonardo said:

he's best known for his Arnold Schwarzenegger voice, whose phone calls have been known to fool people. He's also known for his Morgan Freeman impression (he did it to his face, and the man called it "outstanding").

 I'd think he'd be best known as Craig Ferguson's robot skeleton. Pretty awesome that they got him to do this. Especially considering it's 24 hours long!

darklordoftech said:

I hate how Thrawn always gets the credit for starting the EU. The EU started with the ANH novelization.

 Ehhh, that should really go to the first original work of fiction based on the property. So either the Marvel comics or Splinter of the Mind's Eye.

SilverWook said:

doubleofive said:

SilverWook said:

IIRC, Roddenberry objected to this, and got it pulled. I recall other brands of candy cigarettes being around well into the 70's though.

oh, they're still around.

 In the U.S.?

 Yes sir. I did a brief stint as an ice cream man last year and the supply distributor we went through had them in stock.

TK-949 said:

If everyone was doing what Jack says the series would be called "12".

 As for this, I was referring to how Navarro chides Ritter about listening to Morgan because she's the best at her job. And then turns around and completely dismisses all the warnings from her about Bauer. Even going so far as dismissing her and having her escorted off the premises.

He's either the most incompetent leader ever or a double agent.

They've stated that the novelizations are canon in all elements that don't contradict the films themselves ie. Obi-wan and Uncle Owen being brothers.

As for building a timeline, it should be pretty easy seeing as besides the novelizations there is literally nothing else until that Rebels tie-in is released.

As to Ziro, he was dating Sy Snootles (yes, seriously) for a while.

lovelikewinter said:

No gay people at all.  

 Actually...

How is Mr. Kaminski doing by the way, he hasn't been around in quite some time.