Last night’s theatrical viewing inspired the following today:
After placing them on the shelf, I realized these are the first Disney films I’ve bought on blu-ray.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
A fun return to form! Where Stranger Tides was a lower budget small romp, Dead Men returns to the grander adventure that the franchise is known for. Though not without a few bumps along the way.
The characters and their repartee are fun. Depp was reliable as ever in his iconic role and newcomers Brenton Thwaites and Kaya Scodelario hold their own. Many of the series beloved characters return, though notably missing are Pintel and Ragetti. The bumbling crewmen were sorely missed as their generic replacements fell flat.
The action is fun but uneven at times. It aspires to reach the same heights as its predecessors but falls a bit short. A commendable effort all in all and a worthy addition to this seafaring saga.
Personally I’m more worried about Glover’s Lando.
Gorgeous!
Since these were officially released in partnership with Lucasfilm, they’re official promotional materials and should not be classified as spoiler material:
See the Cast of Star Wars: The Last Jedi on Four Exclusive Vanity Fair Covers
Cover Story: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Definitive Preview
Second article from Vanity Fair!
Cover Story: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Definitive Preview
So in case you didn’t know:
Are you ready for a monumental Doctor Who experience? For the first time in the show’s 54-year span, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, David Tennant, Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi are meeting up to break bread, fish fingers and custard… with YOU. Trust us. You and a companion will join these seven brilliant Doctors for this history-making meal in the private dining room of the iconic Wolseley Restaurant in London. We can only imagine what the conversation will be like. This is truly a legendary opportunity and will likely go down as the most epic breakfast in television history. So don’t blink! Flights provided by British Airways and hotel accommodations at The Ned, Soho House’s newest hotel, also included.
Haarspalter, feel free to repost that cover here!
Prometheus - Special Edition (fanedit released 2013)
Finally a decent film! I still don’t care for the core concept behind it but at least it’s not a giant muddled mess anymore. The film feels tighter and more streamlined. The reincorporated scenes help clear up various character motivations. All of the bloat has been excised. I really don’t understand how Lindelof scored this gig. Something simple like the handling of Fifield and Millburn was just so incredibly botched. But this fanedit really saved the film.
Rewatched this fan edit and my first review remains about the same. I’m kind of afraid to rewatch the theatrical edition, what if my brain melts? This fan edit was an impressive accomplishment but the film is still overall fairly dull.
ALIEN: Covenant (2017)
I’m pretty sure I’m completely over the idea of prequels. As we all know here, the Star Wars prequels were awful. The Star Trek reboot/prequels were disappointments and the new prequel series looks like more of the same. Let’s move forward, shall we?
Covenant is definitely an improvement over Prometheus. But that’s not much of an accomplishment. Fassbender really shines here and is the best part of the film. The rest of the characters suffer from varying degrees of stupidity. I don’t know what it is with Ridley Scott these days but his characters seem to exude incompetence.
It makes me very sad that the latest news is that the Blomkamp ALIEN sequel is dead. I’d much rather explore an expanding Xenomorph threat than continue to suffer through Scott’s navel-gazing contemplation of creation and man’s origins.
This should probably be retitled as the spoilers thread if we’re going to post stuff like spy photos here.
Just sayin’
Or a new thread for spoilers created.
Aliens (1986)
It’ll be my first time with this one, and I plan to watch the theatrical cut, but I’ve heard from some that the Director’s cut is better. Should I go with the theatrical?
I’d recommend the theatrical for first time viewing.
Handy tip: if you want to watch a geoblocked video replace “tube” with “pak” in the URL.
Just finished watching the season finale of AOS.
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WHAT?!?!
Star Trek: Discovery - First Look Trailer
They really went and ruined the Klingons. UGHHHHH.
Looks like they took some liberties with their Rey cosplay.
You guys are operating under the assumption that Marvel digitally replaces their heads.
The process is actually more like a moving photoshop job where they’re manipulating the actor’s actual faces instead of creating digital doubles.
This process just wasn’t possible for Rogue One because the key actor is deceased. As for Carrie, how to put this delicately, she would not have been able to double for her 19 year old self.
Hate to double post but this is definitely worth a peek. Seth McFarlane has apparently been working on a new live action series:
Powers Boothe has passed away at the age of 68
=(
I finally got my hands on a PS4. I haven’t owned a PlayStation since the PS2. So I have a lot of catching up to do. To start off I figured I’d go with a well respected exclusive franchise.
Always heard good things about this series. It lived up to its reputation well. Controls felt a little clunky but I’m sure that’s something that improves with each entry.
The story was pretty generic but the characters were enjoyable as were their performances. The graphics were nice.
I’m not a fan of remastered editions of games. Usually they’ll completely reimagine a game’s art style and overwrite what the original designers intended. This was a very nice exception to the rule. Looking at comparisons to the original, they managed to masterfully maintain the original’s art and lighting.
I look forward to continuing Nathan’s story.
So, this isn’t DVD/Blu-ray cover art…YET. But it’s what they’re using for the film on every streaming service:
WHY? This movie has such great poster art.
