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I think Neverar pretty much nailed it for me.

Where were you 50 minutes ago when I didn't want to double post? =P

So I finally got to see the HFR Hobbit. IT WAS TERRIBLE. There were moments where it worked pretty well but a lot of the time it just doesn't. A lot of the film felt like I was watching fast forwarded footage and I believe that might have actually been the case at times. I get the feeling Jackson likes to speed up footage to convey fast movement but it just looks like fast forwarding video at 48 FPS.

That's another odd thing about his wanting to film them this way. He's the kind of director that likes to play with time. Having various shots slowed down. Just doesn't work. Same for some effects techniques. The rock giant sequence stands out in my mind a lot. For example there was one shot looking down at the characters as rocks almost fall on their heads. In that shot the characters are all moving at 48 FPS but the rocks are falling very slowly in comparison. It's a shot you can get away with at 24 FPS but it just doesn't translate at higher speeds.

The one thing I will say for it is that it definitely enhanced the 3D. Strangely in one instance to its detriment. During an establishing shot of Rivendell the camera slightly tilts as it rises and the digital matte painting of the buildings really stand out as everything changes perspective except for them. Overall it felt like I was watching a video and not a film and that is not what I'd call progress.

Hitchcock (2012)

Finally got to see this yesterday. Wonderful film. It was a great glimpse into the life of a most fascinating director. I was also fascinated to discover how much of a role his wife played in his work. Had a really enjoyable time with this one.

Star Trek Generations (1994)

Sheesh, this came out in '94? Man how time flies. Well, my chronological journey through Star Trek has brought me here. It's been and continues to be an interesting ride. I still don't get the harsh criticisms against this film. Yeah the Nexus is a stupid mcguffin along with the excuses for why Soran has to resort to what he's doing but darn it the film isn't all bad. It had strong ties to the show which had just wrapped up and then rolled into the production of this film. We get to see the end of Lursa and B'Etor as well as see the return of Guinan after a long absence. We also see a Picard acting like himself and not the action hero of the later films. Overall I felt it stayed pretty true to the soul of the show and that's why I like it.

Outside of this film, I'm sad we never got to see any resolution with Tasha's daughter Sela. She would have made an interesting movie villain. The Generation films in general I think would have been stronger if they had all been focused on tying up loose threads from the show. Oh well.

Thanks! These goggles turn everything green...

I think I agree.

For non-Americans that would like to better understand America's stance on firearms.

I cracked up when I first realized who that corpse was after watching the ep. =P

FanFiltration said:

"Pacific Rim" kind of reminds me of that old movie "Robot Jox".

You must not have been exposed to very much Japanese culture then. =P But I do love that movie.

Welp, after the ending of Mass Effect 3 I pretty much lost interest in the franchise. What a complete and utter load of crap that was. But since they recently released a new single player mission I decided to go ahead and try the previous one that I had ignored. It was pretty dang good. Leviathan is a really well done and pleasantly long experience. It's done in that classic Mass Effect style from 1&2 and it makes me all the more angry at Casey Hudson.

Bioware has a lot of talented writers and it shows throughout the Mass Effect franchise. Which is why it was such a shame Casey Hudson took it upon himself to tackle the ending of the franchise by himself. Having created the franchise in the first place he is now its George Lucas.

With the news that the next entry in the franchise will be handled by their other office I'm somewhat hopeful but still pretty cynical given that Hudson will still be a part of it. They really need Drew Karpyshyn back. =(

It's odd. I enjoyed the film while also being disappointed by it. It was an enjoyable film and they got a lot right but they lost something.

Right now I'm reading the Hobbit for the first time and what I've enjoyed the most about it is Tolkien's dialog and characterizations. The way he writes the interactions between the characters just leaps off the page for me. Which is why I was so disappointed that Peter Jackson took it upon himself to rewrite almost all of it.

I could understand embellishing things that were left vague in the book like "then they agreed that they should stay for the night." Making up something for that would be fine but the dialog in the book was so perfect why mess with it? As for his other embellishments like Thorin's hate for Elves, the white Orc or the whole Radagast portions of the film, I can't comment on. So far I've only managed to read maybe a chapter past where the film ended and this is my first time reading Tolkien so I'm not that familiar with the lore.

A Tobar never bumps the wrong thread, nor does he mispost, he bumps precisely the thread he means to.

Are you guys using browsers that don't highlight links? The first post has trailers for almost all of the films but it seems like some of you don't realize that... Just curious.

Welp tonight's the night. Well.....kind of. I'll be seeing the Hobbit in IMAX 3D but not in 48HFR. So anyone that's going to see it in 48 tonight please report in. I'll probably see it in 48 next week. As long as it doesn't end up looking like this I think I'll be fine.

So it's looking like 2013 is going to be a banner year for Scifi. So far we have the following to look forward to:

Gravity

Oblivion

After Earth

Europa Report

Last Days on Mars

Ender's Game

Pacific Rim (my personal favorite)

Elysium

Which are you looking forward to and why do you think 2013 is turning into such a good year for the genre?

Yup. Which is why I thought it was an odd choice of an example since it predates the prequels.

SilverWook said:

I don't think it's possible to avoid reference to anything from the prequels the way the rest of the Star Trek films essentially ignored the events of TMP. Coruscant is the hub of the Galaxy, unless events take the plot far from there.

Whatever government the Rebellion formed post Jedi would probably want to set up shop there.

Interesting choice of example in Coruscant seeing as it first appeared in the EU and was the center of the New Republic. =P

doubleofive said:

I just assumed the title was written in Korean or whoever animated it and they were too lazy to change it.

 

I didn't know there were that many Koreans working out of Canada. =P

But yeah, the animated segment is full of awesome little background details:

Once the Rebels evaculated Yavin they had to go somewhere. I love this hidden asteroid base and wish the EU had picked it up.

It's a pretty massive base but apparently they wanted to use the space as efficiently as possible. Check out that meeting room buried in the side of that wall. Fun use of artificial gravity.

I love little details like how his headset plugs into the headrest.

You get glimpses of other parts of the Falcon.

I love how massive this city is on this backwater planet.

The scope of it is pretty awesome.

Check out that shop owner and the payphone sign attached to the shop sign.

Grimy walls.

Disgusting public payphone complete with phone books, scribbles and covered in who knows what.

Decided to compare them with the Holiday Special:

Psycho (1960)

I'm going to go see Hitchcock tomorrow so I thought it would be the perfect time to revisit this classic.

This photo blew my mind today:

Ugh, PAL speedup is infuriating. Anyway, nice catch msycamore!

Die Hard (1988)

Been a while since I'd last seen this. Great film, really solid. Now I know I'll end up watching The Detective and reading the books.

I do find the token black guy situation on the show pretty hilarious. T-Dog made it all the way through three seasons and then was promptly replaced by the new black prisoner dude. Who was then promptly removed to make room for the new black guy with the family. (Who is supposed to be the guy they find on the side of the road with his family in the comics right?) It's as if they're not allowed to have more than one major black male character at a time. =P

I don't know what season 3 you're watching. Season 2 was terrible but 3 has kept a great pace. But then I've read past this point in the comics so I know what they're working toward. It's also been really interesting seeing how Kirkman's been reworking the story. The show is a lot better written than the comics. I guess it's not too surprising, from everything I've read Kirkman seems to be for the most part a one draft man. So with the TV series he's gotten a chance to refine the story.