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[Stuart Galbraith]

Sounds like a remake of Nigel Kneales 'The Quatermass Experiment.'

 

[Stuart Galbraith]

I was amused to learn that Stephen Kings 'The Tommyknockers' is believed to borrow heavily from Kneales 'Quatermass and the Pit'. Which if you have not seen it, I can heartily recommend as well.

 

[rmgill]

Also too the Colour Out of Space. 

[Stargrunt6]

4 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

I was amused to learn that Stephen Kings 'The Tommyknockers' is believed to borrow heavily from Kneales 'Quatermass and the Pit'. Which if you have not seen it, I can heartily recommend as well.

 

I watched the Quatermass miniseries with the Planet People cult. 

It was quite prescient.

[Stuart Galbraith]

Yeah, that was the last of the series. It wasn't quite as focused, but it was certainly interesting, and as you say, quite prescient. Not least the banality of 21st century  tv.

I really must do a thread on 1970s and 1980s TV, there is quite a remarkable amount of it on YouTube.

[TrustMe]

5 hours ago, rmgill said:

Also too the Colour Out of Space. 

Nice to see a another Lovecraft fan 😀

[Stuart Galbraith]

In case anyone wants to see it, Civil War is on YouTube for free right now. It's really rather good actually.

[rmgill]

1 hour ago, TrustMe said:

Nice to see a another Lovecraft fan 😀

Ia! Ia! Macarena Gómez Ia!

[Ssnake]

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.

[sunday]

9 hours ago, rmgill said:

Ia! Ia! Macarena Gómez Ia!

Are you sure?

[Ssnake]

Worshipping the Great Cthulhu tends to wear out the cultists fast.

[TrustMe]

"That is not dead which can eternal lie. And with stange eons even death may die".

The Call of Cthulhu

[Ivanhoe]

Upcoming movies of possible interest (possibly, buyer beware):

The Last Front

Reagan (I was very skeptical, but I watched a short clip of an interview with Dennis Quaid, it might actually be OK)

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.

The Return

 

[rmgill]

7 hours ago, sunday said:

Are you sure?

Not everyone ages like Monica Bellucci. 
 

Given the facial type, I guess she needs a better makeup artist like Helena Bonham Carter. 
 

Huh. I was sure I’d get a wistful and ironic comment from you about the much younger Miss Gomez. 

Edited July 30, 2024 by rmgill

[rmgill]

7 hours ago, Ssnake said:

Worshipping the Great Cthulhu tends to wear out the cultists fast.

In this case it was Dagon…

 

/mr picky

[Stuart Galbraith]

God, I love Stuart Gordon films. Not least for discovering Barbara Crampton.

Edited July 30, 2024 by Stuart Galbraith

[sunday]

3 hours ago, rmgill said:

Huh. I was sure I’d get a wistful and ironic comment from you about the much younger Miss Gomez. 

She was kind of average back then - went to the local mall past yesterday to look for shaving devices, and there were plenty of pretty young associate ladies working at the shops like her. After some years as a college-level instructor I found beauty of the common actress is not so different from the cohort average.

She is not ugly at all, and that stare of hers is really interesting.

Edited July 30, 2024 by sunday

[Stuart Galbraith]

Back when Sean Bean got happy endings....

 

[sunday]

 

[Harold Jones]

Who is he and what does he have to do with movies?

[Stuart Galbraith]

Sean Bean?

 

Still, it seems to have paid nicely, so...

[sunday]

54 minutes ago, Harold Jones said:

Who is he and what does he have to do with movies?

Movie critic.

He criticizes Disney, Disney share price goes down, this happens.

[Yama]

On 7/26/2024 at 1:44 AM, bojan said:

Yes, but his criticism about scenarios being bent backward in order to fit woke in are on point. Compare Leia's part of the first trilogy to the... IDK, any female semi-lead in almost* any project Disney did.

I don't follow here, problem with Disney Trilogy is mostly in the story, stemming from complete lack of overall vision. I mean George's prequels were crap, but he had some overarching vision and the entire arc made sense. Somewhat. Disney Trilogy doesn't make sense because run-of-the-mill producer hired run-of-the-mill director to shoot run-of-the-mill blockbuster.

If you replaced Disney Trilogy main cast with good proper square-jawed white dudes, would it improve things? Not at all. I think many critics see an 'agenda' where there is just sloppy storytelling.

 

On 7/26/2024 at 1:44 AM, bojan said:

*Except Andor, which is so good that it is hard to believe:

- it is Star Wars

- It is Disney's.

I saw first 2 episodes of Andor, and I agree it looked and felt really good, I gotta continue it at some point. And I did not think Rogue One was anything really special. 

[Yama]

On 7/26/2024 at 3:52 AM, rmgill said:

Huh? I’ll bet many of the were raised on early Star Wars. 

 

Exactly. That makes it all the more hilarious.

[Yama]

On 7/22/2024 at 7:14 PM, Stargrunt6 said:

Twisters was a fun romp with some unexpected character turns.  Great visuals, didn't feel like a cgi fest.  

It was bit more interesting than original 'Twister'. Chief problem was mostly that any tornado drama is going to feel incredibly contrived, no matter what. Also dialogue could have used one more rewrite, as about half of the movie felt like their lines were written by generative AI. Kinda undermines the complaints writers have about AI...