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May 6, 2019 - 10:58 AM
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dragon53
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MONDAY, MAY 6
SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME---trailer released for the sequel.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt9L1jCKGnE
GAME OF THRONES---trailer released for Episode 5.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1fqet9V494
RIM OF THE WORLD---trailer released for the Netflix alien invasion movie.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkvBpKHL99k
CRITTERS ATTACK!---trailer released for the latest sequel to the 1986 movie.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuIc4yd7ZpU
FEAR THE WALKING DEAD---trailer released for Season 5.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odYD04lHqNo
AVENGERS: ENDGAME---the sequel has earned $2.188 billion which surpasses James Cameron's TITANIC, the previously second-highest grossing movie which earned $2.186 billion. ENDGAME is expected to surpass Cameron's top-grossing AVATAR which earned $2.78 billion. Some Marvel fans are eagerly waiting for ENDGAME to beat AVATAR after Cameron had said, “We’ll start getting Avenger fatigue here pretty soon.” He also said, “Not that I don’t love the movies. It’s just, come on guys, there are other stories to tell besides hyper-gonadal males without families doing death-defying things for two hours and wrecking cities in the process. It’s like, oy!”
GAME OF THRONES---George RR Martin said HBO is proceeding with three spinoff series, “The one I am not supposed to call The Long Night will be shooting later this year, and two other shows remain in the script stage, but are edging closer. What are they about? I cannot say. But maybe some of you should pick up a copy of Fire & Blood and come up with your own theories."
THE GANGSTER, THE COP, THE DEVIL---Sylvester Stallone is developing a US remake of the South Korean movie about a gangster who teams up with a cop to track down the serial killer who almost killed him. Don Lee returns for the remake.
STAR WARS---Natalie Portman commented on the disappointing prequel trilogy, “It was hard. It was a bummer because it felt like people were so excited about new ones and then to have people feel disappointed. Also to be at an age that I didn’t really understand that’s kind of the nature of the beast. When something has that much anticipation it can almost only disappoint.”
She added, “With the perspective of time, it’s been re-evaluated by a lot of people who actually really love them now. There’s a very avid group of people who think they’re the best ones now! I don’t have enough perspective to weigh in.”
POMS---a feud may have started between Anjelica Huston and Jackie Weaver after Huston appeared to have taken a shot at Weaver's movie POMS which stars Diane Keaton as a member of a senior citizen cheerleading squad, “I’m looking for movies that impress me in some way, that aren’t apologetically humble or humiliating like, ‘Band of cheerleaders gets back together for one last hurrah,’ you know. An old-lady cheerleader movie. I don’t like that kind of thing. If I’m going to be an old lady – and I’m sort of touching old lady these days – at least I want to be a special old lady.”
Weaver replied, “Didn’t she grow up in a castle in Ireland? I can’t see her cheerleading. But then, I grew up in Australia, where there is just no cheerleading culture. I think the most interesting acting happens outside your comfort zone.
I just laughed [when I saw the comments]. And then I said, ‘Well, she can go f–k herself.’ I was kind of disappointed. I had always been an admirer of Anjelica. And I thought, ‘That’s a bit mean and petty.’ I would say she must be going through menopause, but she must have had that ages ago.”
TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
The Fort Knox gold depository atomic bomb in GOLDFINGER was the inspiration for the nuclear bomb in THE NAKED GUN 2 1/2: THE SMELL OF FEAR.
James Bond (Sean Connery) tried to disarm the atomic bomb in GOLDFINGER
Lt. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) tries to disarm the nuclear bomb in THE NAKED GUN 2 1/2: THE SMELL OF FEAR.
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May 6, 2019 - 1:13 PM
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Cmdr. Bond
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STAR WARS---Natalie Portman commented on the disappointing prequel trilogy, “It was hard. It was a bummer because it felt like people were so excited about new ones and then to have people feel disappointed. Also to be at an age that I didn’t really understand that’s kind of the nature of the beast. When something has that much anticipation it can almost only disappoint.”
She added, “With the perspective of time, it’s been re-evaluated by a lot of people who actually really love them now. There’s a very avid group of people who think they’re the best ones now! I don’t have enough perspective to weigh in.”
About Star Wars, I've long held the following view: that the original films aren't nearly as good as we remember, and that the prequels aren't quite as bad. Sith may be my favorite of them all.
On "May the Fourth," I went to a "Live in Concert" screening of A New Hope -- and was shocked by how lackluster I suddenly thought that the screenplay was. Art design and music aside, the film has not aged well. In particular, I was stunned when the lumbering Death Star followed the Falcon all the way to Yavin in less than a day -- and then couldn't orbit a planet in less than 30 minutes! What on Earth (or in a galaxy far, far away)?!
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So the trick to becoming the most successful film ever is to make sure it's 3 HOURS LONG!!!!
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May 6, 2019 - 1:44 PM
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jenkwombat
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On "May the Fourth," I went to a "Live in Concert" screening of A New Hope -- and was shocked by how lackluster I suddenly thought that the screenplay was. Art design and music aside, the film has not aged well. In particular, I was stunned when the lumbering Death Star followed the Falcon all the way to Yavin in less than a day -- and then couldn't orbit a planet in less than 30 minutes! What on Earth (or a galaxy far, far away)?!
I didn't get to see the May the Fourth "Live in Concert" screening of A New Hope, but I watched it at home that day. To me, it's held up just fine. (Other than a few SPFX issues, like matte lines in the Millennium Falcon Cockpit, and the strange "boxing" effect around the TIE Fighters during the gun-turret sequence, etc. But, hey, it was 42 years ago...)
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In Rogue One we learn the Death Star was capable of jumping to hyperspace.
I thought that was always established, but perhaps I'm wrong...
It has to get from system to system somehow without taking eons. If Luke can get to Dagobah from Hoth in an X-Wing - of from Tatooine to Dagobah in the same X-Wing, then the Death Star can hyper jump.
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About Star Wars, I've long held the following view: that the original films aren't nearly as good as we remember
I think the Star Wars good will is based on a trilogy made up of two excellent films and one that was squarely aimed at the toy market. Loved Luke's plot in Return of the Jedi, but the rest is just a large expensive commercial for Kenner.
The prequel trilogy made gobs of money, which can only be made with repeat business, so apparently people liked them. Just not old people - or the majority of members here. I didn't like The Phantom Menace that much, but enjoyed Attack of the Clones and felt Revenge of the Sith was the best of the three mainly because there was so much ground to cover, there was no time for BS. And really it was pretty uncompromising in its depiction of Anakin turning to the dark side. Watching them as a whole actually improves the TPM and it's really not as bad as some people want everyone to think.
,On "May the Fourth," I went to a "Live in Concert" screening of A New Hope -- and was shocked by how lackluster I suddenly thought that the screenplay was. Art design and music aside, the film has not aged well. In particular, I was stunned when the lumbering Death Star followed the Falcon all the way to Yavin in less than a day -- and then couldn't orbit a planet in less than 30 minutes! What on Earth (or a galaxy far, far away)?!
Well, I have no problem with that. Crossing systems in Hyperspace takes only hours but once you're out of it, you're down to "normal speed" in space. So, of course it's going to take time to get from the point of entry into normal space to planetary orbit. Also, the Empire felt it was indestructible and they ruled by fear. What's more terrifying than seeing your doom in the shape of a giant planet sized space station slowly approaching your world?
Totally cool with it.
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AVENGERS: ENDGAME---the sequel has earned $2.188 billion which surpasses James Cameron's TITANIC, the previously second-highest grossing movie which earned $2.186 billion. ENDGAME is expected to surpass Cameron's top-grossing AVATAR which earned $2.78 billion. Some Marvel fans are eagerly waiting for ENDGAME to beat AVATAR after Cameron had said, “We’ll start getting Avenger fatigue here pretty soon.” He also said, “Not that I don’t love the movies. It’s just, come on guys, there are other stories to tell besides hyper-gonadal males without families doing death-defying things for two hours and wrecking cities in the process. It’s like, oy!”
Only James Cameron can butthurt like James Cameron because James Cameron is James Cameron.
STAR WARS---Natalie Portman commented on the prequel trilogy, “It was hard. It was a bummer because it felt like people were so excited about new ones and then to have people feel disappointed. Also to be at an age that I didn’t really understand that’s kind of the nature of the beast. When something has that much anticipation it can almost only disappoint.”
She added, “With the perspective of time, it’s been re-evaluated by a lot of people who actually really love them now. There’s a very avid group of people who think they’re the best ones now! I don’t have enough perspective to weigh in.”
I've cherished the entire Saga (I-VI) from its inception. No need for me to re-evaluate it.
the strange "boxing" effect around the TIE Fighters during the gun-turret sequence
I always thought those were shields surrounding the TIEs, until Expanded Universe canon-blocked me.
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I don't think it's necessarily arbitrary, it's pretty specific. It started with Jar-Jar, honestly. Then the really poorly done romance between an obviously obsessed and unstable Anakin and Padme (played by two actors with very little chemistry).
However, to be fair, the romantic dialog and put downs in Empire are pretty cringeworthy - and I love the movie endlessly.
All around, I love the saga (and think The Lest Jedi gets shit on unfairly). I am just well aware of why the prequels are reviled.
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May 7, 2019 - 7:14 AM
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Ado
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The difference between a Star Wars and a Star Trek nerd, a Star Trek nerd can still admit a movie like Final Frontier is actually not a very good movie and still say they like it, whereas a Star Wars nerd cannot do that. Hence, the Return of the Jedi and the prequels are "actually pretty good". Return of the Jedi is better than the first two prequels. But the the only Star Wars prequel that is a "good movie" is Revenge of the Sith. But, in the tormented Star Wars nerd-dom, they despise Rogue One, which is better than Jedi, Phantom, Attack of the Clones, and almost as good as Revenge of the Sith, and they really really despise The Last Jedi, which is better than any of those films, but they will talk about "how good the prequels really are."
Meta-critic scores;
Return of the Jedi=58
Phantom Menace=51
Attack of the Clones=54
Revenge of the Sith=68
Rogue One=65
Last Jedi=85
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I enjoy the prequels as well, despite their many flaws. I think people had absurdly unrealistic expectations for the films, and have judge them far more harshly than the deserve. Honestly, the films compare well with the 4th, 5th, and 6th entries of most film series, and work far better than most other prequels out there. Unlike say, the Hobbit films, which got progressively worse, I think Lucas seemed to take heart (privately at least) the prior film's problems, and made improvements. I will still happily revisit Attack of the Clones (the romance scenes are usually my cue to grab a snack, hit the restroom, etc.) and Revenge of the Sith.
I will even risk flaming from everyone, and say that I think both Jake Lloyd and Haden Christensen did a far better job than most will give credit for. Anakin had some undeniably awful dialogue, and I defy anyone to name an actor who could have credibly sold "I don't like sand", "yippee!", or any other cringeworthy line Anakin had to deliver throughout the series. Plus, they had the impossible task of trying to compete with Darth Vader, who is routinely voted one of the top cinematic movies of all time.
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The difference between a Star Wars and a Star Trek nerd, a Star Trek nerd can still admit a movie like Final Frontier is actually not a very good movie and still say they like it, whereas a Star Wars nerd cannot do that. Hence, the Return of the Jedi and the prequels are "actually pretty good". Return of the Jedi is better than the first two prequels. But the the only Star Wars prequel that is a "good movie" is Revenge of the Sith. But, in the tormented Star Wars nerd-dom, they despise Rogue One, which is better than Jedi, Phantom, Attack of the Clones, and almost as good as Revenge of the Sith, and they really really despise The Last Jedi, which is better than any of those films, but they will talk about "how good the prequels really are."
I think that is a fair criticism, but I do think comparing Star Trek films with Star Wars films is a bit like comparing apples to oranges. Star Trek films are like Bond films, in that they are mostly islands, and so if a clunker gets released, most fans will walk out and say "I hope the next one's better". Plus, although the characters develop in Star Trek films, they rarely evolve. So if a character does something that seems out of character in one film, it doesn't necessarily impact how the character is handled in another film.
Star Wars, on the other hand, is seen as one ongoing saga, and fans tend to group them together, so that if a bad film comes out, it tarnishes the rest of the series. I don't agree with that view, but it is common all the same. Also, many characters in Star Wars evolve, and they can evolve in ways that some fans hate, such as how Luke Skywalker was handled in The Last Jedi, or Anakin Skywalker not being the fallen hero fans wanted. As such, it is tough for the next film to do damage control, since the character has been altered in a way that rarely happens in Star Trek. Star Trek, for example, didn't kill off Kirk until the producers thought they were done with the the original series films.
None of this is meant to be a criticism of either series. I just think the two are much different beasts.
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