Ivanhoe Posted July 5 Posted July 5 Looking at the upcoming releases page at IMDB, looks like Hollywood is just going to do horror and formulaic comedies for the most part. Very few crime caper or suspense flicks.
lucklucky Posted July 6 Posted July 6 Binary vs Scalar. Scalar needs more work and is more complicated to do.
Yama Posted July 24 Posted July 24 New 'Superman' was okay. Most of the casting worked well, most notably Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner. Film was fairly light-hearted, and sometimes the banter felt annoyingly forced and distracting. Script had quite a bit of commentary, and that could have been toned down a bit. Although I liked that they showed Lex Luthor being partially right in his view - Superman is an alien who acts above laws of native Earthlings. In 'Red Son', this point was explored much further. 'Fantastic Four' is the best F4 movie ever made. That itself doesn't say much of course, as none of the previous films broke two-star barrier. Of all the comic book superhero movies I have seen, it felt most like an actual comic book. This was apparently the intention and I have to say, it was executed well. The film has distinct retro-futuristic style and feel. Not only that, but structure of the film was very much like comic book continuity, made up from numerous short or medium length sequences, and not really following typical three-act structure of a Hollywood movie. Whereas previous F4 movies were just generic near-scifi junk with generic visuals, this one really felt like Kirby or Byrne era Fantastic Four. Galactus and Silver Surfer looked gorgeous. Casting was ok, at least it was big improvement over previous ones. Writing could have been bit better, the plot really made little sense (but they made little sense in comics as well), Johnny's character was bit all over the place: clearly they didn't want to make him an empty-headed dumbass, but at same time he felt overly intellectual for 'real' Johnny Storm. I don't know if this is going to be a big success however, none of the protagonists are really standout characters and previous flops probably reduce public interest towards it. Also, F4 is bit of a historical curiosity these days among Marvel franchises compared to X-Men, Spider-Man or Avengers.
Ivanhoe Posted July 26 Posted July 26 https://www.politico.eu/article/using-labels-the-french-offensive-ap-associated-press-stylebook/
Stuart Galbraith Posted July 26 Posted July 26 6 hours ago, Ivanhoe said: Yeah, thats never going to fly.
Stuart Galbraith Posted July 29 Posted July 29 Lets see, Tropes about good Germans in a bad war. Check. Highly unrealistic mission. Check. Invincible war machine blowing shit up all over the shop. Check. Shut up and take my money!
Soren Ras Posted July 29 Posted July 29 On 7/25/2025 at 7:26 PM, Stefan Fredriksson said: Revisited Master and Commander. Outstanding film, in all possible ways. Agreed. In an alternate universe this was a massive hit and spawned a series of sequels covering many of the other O'Brien books about Aubrey/Maturin. Oh, well. At least we got one diamond.
Stuart Galbraith Posted July 29 Posted July 29 Could have been worse. Disney might have got hold of it, and tried to turn it into another 'Pirates of the Carribean.' (shudders) Its an odd film in some ways, because it doesnt really adhere any one O Brien book. it uses 2 as a basis, then, rather like they fiddlework at the end of the film, they improvise the story on the theme of the books. And it works, it works really well. As a means of drawing you into the books and the whole Aubrey/Maturin universe, its brillantly successful. One of my favourite war films. The nice thing is, that Patrick O Brien saw the 'HMS Surprise' in a dinner party that was held on board, and withdrew his withold on making a film, because he could see she would a good stand in for the real Surprise (a real vessel we captured off the French). Anyway, O'Brien saw that member of the cast before he passed on, which is nice.
Stuart Galbraith Posted July 29 Posted July 29 (edited) There is always some bugger on the fiddle... Edited July 29 by Stuart Galbraith
NickM Posted July 29 Posted July 29 On 7/25/2025 at 10:26 AM, Stefan Fredriksson said: Revisited Master and Commander. Outstanding film, in all possible ways. But - if you see it on Disney+, there is a warning when the film starts.... that it contains the use of tobacco! But no mention that a 14 yo gets his arm sawn of within the first 20 minutes. 😀 Best Star Trek movie we never got
Stuart Galbraith Posted July 29 Posted July 29 Its been pointed out before the links beween Aubrey/Maturin, and the links between Kirk/Spock. I dont know if O'Brien ever actually watched it, or the scriptwriters of that series and O'Brien just read lots of Hornblower. But there is something in it I think.
NickM Posted July 29 Posted July 29 1 hour ago, Stuart Galbraith said: Its been pointed out before the links beween Aubrey/Maturin, and the links between Kirk/Spock. I dont know if O'Brien ever actually watched it, or the scriptwriters of that series and O'Brien just read lots of Hornblower. But there is something in it I think. It's been said that Maturin was like Spock and McCoy: logical man of science and the moral core of the movie
Stuart Galbraith Posted July 29 Posted July 29 A bit of Scottys temper too, considering the duels he got into.
NickM Posted July 29 Posted July 29 1 hour ago, Stuart Galbraith said: A bit of Scottys temper too, considering the duels he got into. Most folks have probably only seen this movie and not read any of the books
Ivanhoe Posted July 29 Posted July 29 The only two I disagree with are J-Park (first one was great IMHO) and Batman (I liked all three).
Stuart Galbraith Posted July 30 Posted July 30 8 hours ago, NickM said: Most folks have probably only seen this movie and not read any of the books I hadnt, although I had an uncle that liked collecting first editions. Its only after watching it, and being convinced by a friend that was into tall ships, and ive read soemthing like half of the series. I was getting through one ever month or so, ive left it for a bit so Ive some left for the rest of my life. It would be nice if someone would do something similar for the 'Sharpe' series one day.
Stuart Galbraith Posted July 30 Posted July 30 7 hours ago, Ivanhoe said: The only two I disagree with are J-Park (first one was great IMHO) and Batman (I liked all three). The third superman was my favourite, largely because of Richard Pryor. Die Hard 2 I think, in my view at least, slightly superior to the first (contentious that). And I think Godfather 3, flawed though it is, is one hall of a lot better than illustrated, largely due to the addition of Andy Garcia. The rest I agree with.
Soren Ras Posted July 30 Posted July 30 8 hours ago, Tim Sielbeck said: Which Star Treks I wonder. Clearly the first three with the original cast, ST:The Motion Picture, ST:The Wrath of Khan, and ST:The Search for Spock. Wrath of Khan is of course way better than any of the rest of the formal ST movies, regardless of which cast. I suppose you could try to pretend they are talking about the ones with the Next Generation cast, but in that scenario the crossover movie Generations (with a mix of the old cast and the nextgen cast) would then be the first. And the second would be First Contact (which admittedly is the best of the nextgen movies), but the third is then ST:Insurrection, which is godawful, and only partly redeemed by the fourth entry (ST:Nemesis) being even worse (though kinda fun to se a very young Tom Hardy playing the Romulan leader, who due to stupid writing is supposed to be not only human, but also Picard's clone).
Yama Posted July 30 Posted July 30 (edited) Jaws 3 better than 2? No way Jose! I'd also disagree with Temple of Doom being as good as Last Crusade. Also for me, second Batman was way better than first (this applies both to original and Dark Knight trilogies). Edited July 30 by Yama
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