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Sounds like Batman and Rubbin to me.
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Thus the san witch continues out there in de grits of arid space ... in the rush did the "b" get flipped to "d" an thus the anchor that fit to a "t" ?
... pure Tao-ism ... the belief in crossing wha' ... from thence they were out of it ... NDe? Probably semi climax, or demise of climax ...
Believe me ... someone eLs will take a crack at it ... the flaw must be mended and thus the bias of what's soe'n ... most sects repeat themselves as few understand the darker stages ...
... pure Tao-ism ... the belief in crossing wha' ... from thence they were out of it ... NDe? Probably semi climax, or demise of climax ...
Believe me ... someone eLs will take a crack at it ... the flaw must be mended and thus the bias of what's soe'n ... most sects repeat themselves as few understand the darker stages ...
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Saw one of my "want to see" movies over the last couple days: Godzilla, the 2014 remake.
Damn fine monster movie and far more faithful to the Japanese original than the half-arsed mess from 1998. When Godzilla lets loose with his atomic fire breath towards the end, I actually jumped and cheered it looked so damn good. It's not perfect. More Godzilla would have been nice. He's kind of a looming presence throughout but doesn't do much until the last half hour when he finally gets to beat down on (and get beaten down by) the monsters he's hunting. But, once the big guy starting kicking monster ass, wow! Aaron Taylor-Johnson makes a pretty good human lead, though any human actor is going to be overshadowed by the monsters in a movie like this, with solid support from Ken Watanabe as Japanese Godzilla researcher Dr. Serizawa (a name borrowed from the original 1954 Japanese movie and one of several nods to the original salted through the script). While the early trailers seemed to push Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad as the star, he actually isn't in it that much, though he does well with what little screen time he gets.
Damn fine monster movie and far more faithful to the Japanese original than the half-arsed mess from 1998. When Godzilla lets loose with his atomic fire breath towards the end, I actually jumped and cheered it looked so damn good. It's not perfect. More Godzilla would have been nice. He's kind of a looming presence throughout but doesn't do much until the last half hour when he finally gets to beat down on (and get beaten down by) the monsters he's hunting. But, once the big guy starting kicking monster ass, wow! Aaron Taylor-Johnson makes a pretty good human lead, though any human actor is going to be overshadowed by the monsters in a movie like this, with solid support from Ken Watanabe as Japanese Godzilla researcher Dr. Serizawa (a name borrowed from the original 1954 Japanese movie and one of several nods to the original salted through the script). While the early trailers seemed to push Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad as the star, he actually isn't in it that much, though he does well with what little screen time he gets.
His character, the father of Taylor Johnson's character, dies around the 40 minute mark
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When I kicked this off, I talked about how I was more excited for the solo Wonder Woman movie than for the unholy mess that Batman vs. Superman looked like it would be even at that time. Well, the Wonder Woman trailer dropped at San Diego ComicCon and it's a beauty. Not clear yet why they changed her origin story from WWII to WWI but the trailer makes it look they are hitting the right beats and Gal Gadot looks great as WW.
The first poster is something else, too, esp. the tagline:
The first poster is something else, too, esp. the tagline:
WonderWoman looks okay. I was more impressed though by the new Justice League trailer.When I kicked this off, I talked about how I was more excited for the solo Wonder Woman movie than for the unholy mess that Batman vs. Superman looked like it would be even at that time. Well, the Wonder Woman trailer dropped at San Diego ComicCon and it's a beauty. Not clear yet why they changed her origin story from WWII to WWI but the trailer makes it look they are hitting the right beats and Gal Gadot looks great as WW.
The first poster is something else, too, esp. the tagline:
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I liked it, too. Interesting, and actually fairly sensible, that Bruce is the one pulling the team together (apparently with help from Diana). Aquaman will take some getting used to. He's much different from the Silver Age Aquaman that I remember. And Flash as a nerdy kid? Not too sure about that one.
Wonder Woman ... the Ephraim person with de Nous? Leads some men to fear (paranoia derived from de Nous) the lessor powers ... secondary gods that lead to copious daemons? Thus the humanitarian flood ...
The Nous just hits in a spotty pattern ... sort of gravid ... or anti-gravid! Thus the fey flighty nature!
The Nous just hits in a spotty pattern ... sort of gravid ... or anti-gravid! Thus the fey flighty nature!
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Speaking of Suprema nee Wonder Woman
There is a VERY COOL history behind wonder woman
Written by a male feminist dontchaknow
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/origin-story-wonder-woman-180952710/
There is a VERY COOL history behind wonder woman
Written by a male feminist dontchaknow
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/origin-story-wonder-woman-180952710/
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Escape from Tomorrow a feature length movie shot in Disneyland without permission
Room 237 made entirely of footage from Kubrick's The Shining
Fan made movie Prelude to Axanar generated enough interest that they tried to make a feature length movie Axanar
Star Trek owners threatened litigation. J J Abrams even got involved...the current result is new rules that anyone wanting to make a Star Trek film have to follow
Here's a bit of the story
Room 237 made entirely of footage from Kubrick's The Shining
Fan made movie Prelude to Axanar generated enough interest that they tried to make a feature length movie Axanar
Star Trek owners threatened litigation. J J Abrams even got involved...the current result is new rules that anyone wanting to make a Star Trek film have to follow
Here's a bit of the story
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French-Canadian director Denis Villeneuve's next opus is a first contact movie that debuted today at the Venice Film Festival. Early reviews are very positive. Sounds exactly like the kind of s-f we need more of in our movies; thoughtful and idea-driven rather than explodey and action-driven.
http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-first-re...&utm_source=io9_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-first-re...&utm_source=io9_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
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TASTY!!!
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Robert Eggers' 2015 Folktale horror flick The VVitch. Set in 1630 Mass, a family sets out on their own leaving the town that shunned them. Things go wrong from there.
I heard a review of it with some clips from the movie...I know how it ends and I still would like to see it. All the actors (even the youngins) speak in the dialect of the time (thus the title...our W wasn't around at that time so 2 vs were used...). Its a slow burn, unsettling film. Its even got an actor I've come to like (Julian Richings with many roles under his belt...)
I heard a review of it with some clips from the movie...I know how it ends and I still would like to see it. All the actors (even the youngins) speak in the dialect of the time (thus the title...our W wasn't around at that time so 2 vs were used...). Its a slow burn, unsettling film. Its even got an actor I've come to like (Julian Richings with many roles under his belt...)
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I wonder if any of these are in the pipe?
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Hollywood!!!
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Holy animated superheroes, Batman!
Yes, they found a way to revive the 1966 series with three original cast members: animation. Adam West and Burt Ward are voicing Batman/Bruce Wayne and Robin/Dick Grayson (the roles they played in the series) and Julie Newmar, one of three actresses to play Catwoman in the series, is back in that role. Alas, Caesar Romero (Joker), Burgess Meredith (Penguin) and Frank Gorshin (Riddler) are no longer with us so others have had to take over those parts. With Ben Affeck's Batman in the Justice League movie universe going even darker than Nolan's did in the Dark Knight trilogy, it is high time for a lighter Batman and this looks like it will fill the bill (early reviews are positive). They are even bringing William Shatner in for the sequel playing Two-Face, a villain not in the series (though, to be honest, Two-Face is a fairly dark villain so how they can lighten him up enough for this version of Batman remains to be seen).
The 1966 series got me into both Batman and comics so looking forward to seeing this.
Yes, they found a way to revive the 1966 series with three original cast members: animation. Adam West and Burt Ward are voicing Batman/Bruce Wayne and Robin/Dick Grayson (the roles they played in the series) and Julie Newmar, one of three actresses to play Catwoman in the series, is back in that role. Alas, Caesar Romero (Joker), Burgess Meredith (Penguin) and Frank Gorshin (Riddler) are no longer with us so others have had to take over those parts. With Ben Affeck's Batman in the Justice League movie universe going even darker than Nolan's did in the Dark Knight trilogy, it is high time for a lighter Batman and this looks like it will fill the bill (early reviews are positive). They are even bringing William Shatner in for the sequel playing Two-Face, a villain not in the series (though, to be honest, Two-Face is a fairly dark villain so how they can lighten him up enough for this version of Batman remains to be seen).
The 1966 series got me into both Batman and comics so looking forward to seeing this.
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Take a Chinese director who makes some of the most beautiful looking movies around, add a Hollywood budget and an A-list cast, and you get:
Still not clear after two trailers what they are fighting, but it seems clear that it is something far worse, apparently some kind of monster, than the Mongols, Manchus, and other peoples the Great Wall was actually built to defend against. Wuxia meets Western fantasy seems to be the genre.
Having Zhang Yimou at the helm automatically puts this on my to watch list. I've been watching his movies almost as long as they've been available to North American audiences and, while the quality does vary, I have yet to see one that wasn't at least worth the time spent.
Still not clear after two trailers what they are fighting, but it seems clear that it is something far worse, apparently some kind of monster, than the Mongols, Manchus, and other peoples the Great Wall was actually built to defend against. Wuxia meets Western fantasy seems to be the genre.
Having Zhang Yimou at the helm automatically puts this on my to watch list. I've been watching his movies almost as long as they've been available to North American audiences and, while the quality does vary, I have yet to see one that wasn't at least worth the time spent.
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Logan is going to be Hugh Jackman's swansong as X-Men stalwart Wolverine. From the trailer, and what we're hearing from cast and crew, it sounds like it may be breaking the mold for superhero films. It has Wolverine as an aged, broken man whose mutant healing powers are starting to fail looking after an even more frail Professor X (played, also probably for the last time, by Patrick Stewart). There are hints that something has happened to the rest of the mutants. And there's the girl, who is evidently playing Laura Kinney, the character who replaced Logan as Wolverine in the comics a couple years ago. The trailer is rather muted and monochromatic with Johnny Cash's gorgeous cover of "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails as the soundtrack. No explosions, no city smashing, world-saving, fx-heavy action. If this really reflects the movie, it might be a standout in the genre, if only because it avoids many of the cliches.