ray_afraid

Destination: Mars. And I’ll be there soon…
Good song, if you catch the reference. which you don’t!

DuracellEnergizer said:

Perfect premise for a remake of Shallow Hal. Get Henry Cavill in on the action, too.

Have you not seen Teeth 2008?

Dek Rollins said:

darthrush said:

Possessed said:

^

I concur. Much better than the “amazing” reboot from a few years ago. Totally don’t get the hate for toby as Peter Parker. I thought both of those movies were very well done.

I disagree. Garfield was far better than Toby for me. The first of the Amazing reboots was quite good. The only one from the Raimi trilogy that impressed me all that much was the second. Never understand the mass amount of love for the first one. I still think it is a pretty mediocre flick.

Well, first off, you’re just plain wrong. 😛

But really, the first two Raimi films are what I consider masterpieces of modern cinema, and they are among the most perfect comic book films ever made.

Not only is Raimi an amazing director, but he was pretty much the perfect director they could’ve gotten. He’s a fan of the comics, he enjoys and understands the characters, and he’s just plain fun. Everything he brought to those films blows Marc Webb out of the water. Who wants a “dark and gritty” Spider-Man film? I’d rather have some comic book optimism.

And the hate for Tobey Maguire as Peter has no legs to stand on. He was perfectly cast (along with everyone else, actually). People seem to complain about a few things in general; he makes weird faces at times/is just goofy looking, he cries too much (understandable and well performed every time save for the third film), and he’s supposedly not “transformed” enough under the mask. None of these complaints that I’ve read/heard make any sense. Andrew Garfield is just awful as Peter IMO. He’s not a genius nerd who gets picked on by bullies, he’s a genius hot guy who protects those who are bullied and he’s just kind of a jerk sometimes, and his performances are just bad most of the time.

J.K. Simmons is J. Jonah Jameson.

Cliff Robertson is Uncle Ben.

Rosemary Harris is Aunt May.

Willem Dafoe is Norman Osborn.

The only complaint about those films that I understand is that Maryjane is underdeveloped. This is somewhat valid, but even this I don’t feel is really that valid either, because she is developed as much as she needs to be, and though she may be a primary character, the films aren’t really about her. I’m fine with what they did, because she does have a developed character, despite being weaker than some others. And Kirsten Dunst does a great job with her.

If you’re interested in wasting an hour of your life, this shows a lot about why people love the first two Raimi films:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD3h_bT0Mfg

Also this, this and this.

I agree very much. Best superhero movies by a long distance.
I only wish they’d used the animatronic Goblin mask they developed and went with a more traditional Green Goblin costume. That PowerRangers suit they used is silly to the point of breaking some scenes for me and the animatronic mask looked so great!

I actually love the organic web shooters. It makes as much sense as the rest of the powers he endowed from the spider bite and save a heap of time and explaining.

Been a wonderful evening. I slowed down aft my last post, but hadven remained a good strong buzzz all along.

…and arriving sooner than expected!

I’m on my way!

darth_ender said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

NeverarGreat said:

I think subtlety is a valiant expectation for the posters on this thread.

Can you spot six differences? I’ll bet you miss reading Highlights.

You can’t miss what you’re still doing.

I think so.

There’s nothing wrong with Porkins.
The only ‘funny’ thing about him is that the other pilots call him “Porkins”. And that isn’t ‘take you out of the moment’ funny, just a bit humorous. And it’s great character building. It immediately let’s the audience know that these guys are close with each other. That there’s a strong history and camaraderie between them.
And the actor’s performance is fine. His delivery of the lines is appropriate and memorable.
I agree with you that the Obi-Wan/Vader duel needs some flair, but cutting Porkins would be criminal.

The “Copy… Gold… Leader.” Guy from RotJ on the other hand…

suspiciouscoffee said:

That’s Tur-Ric-kish! I mean, terrific!

…

…I’ll let myself out

No, no! Wait! Don’t go!

The door’s locked. I’ll get that for ya.

😉

ray_afraid said:

Hey. Yeah.

an more so now.

Hey. Yeah.

TV’s Frink said:

Wait wait wait…are we not men?

WE ARE DEVO!

ray_afraid said:

My pompadour will destroy all.

Just realized I forgot to link my pic in that post.
But those words are true. More now than ever.

Sougouk said:

^ Devo Girl!

Devo people are the best people.

…Then again, we’re ALL devo…

A conundrum…

Nah. They’ll just turn out to be normal people who don’t like Star Wars because their parents are obsessed with it and are annoyed with having to explain their strange name all the time.

My kinda girl.

I just expected to see what Ben says in Star Wars-
Anikin working on a spice freighter (Ben doesn’t say that, but that’s where I expected to meet Anikin).
Obi-Wan taking Anikin on some damn-fool idealistic crusade for… something.
Anikin and Obi-Wan being good friends.
The rise of the Empire.
The betrayal of a hero.

But most of all I expected a great story and a trip back to that “galaxy far, far away”.

Didn’t get any of it.

He’s returning them to red for ANH. They will be the color they originally were in each film.
His costume has multiple alterations in each film, so the lenses not being red in ESB is no continuity error.

dahmage said:

ray_afraid said:

Sailor Jerry spiced rum.

Pour me two fingers

done…
and gone!

Sailor Jerry spiced rum.

^ Or we could just link 'em to 005’s comparison galleries.
Or both. I’m good with doing it either way.

^ I’d say we need Mike’s input on that.

Possessed said:

But see I don’t really care for sweets or pastries or anything like that. Regular glazed donuts are the farthest I’ll go.

But bagels aren’t sweet or pastries or anything like that. It’s just bread.
Or maybe the conversation has switched and I got lost.

^ “I’m the beardless man!” aka- a child. 😉