The Movie Thread Reloaded

[Lurkndog]

Apparently Romancing the Stone was written before Raiders, but got delayed in production. When it came out everyone thought it looked a bit like an Indiana Jones copy, at least from the look of the posters etc.

Maybe it looks that way, probably put a couple more viewers in the theaters, but Romancing the Stone is its own thing from the get go. For one thing, the romance writer from Manhattan is the main character.

I keep wanting to say it is nothing like Raiders, but there are parallels, like the way the movies ground their main characters by showing their ordinary lives before taking them to the adventure.

[hedgehobbit]

If anything, I suppose it's odd that Flynne Fisher doesn't have a Twitch stream, but I could see why Gibson might not have gone there.

Firstly, it might end up dating the story prematurely. "Hold up Burton, I'm on my MySpace!"

I was talking about Peripheral with a friend of mine and he happened to have read the book. According to him, the book lacked detail and most of the details in the show had to be created for it. Gibson, as he put it, was never a technical guy.

But even a mention of Twitch wouldn't date the story any more than the peak [Current Year] protagonist.

[hedgehobbit]

I watched Bullet Train which was recently added to Netflix. It was similar in tone to The Suicide Squad but not as funny (and I didn't think TSS was all that funny to begin with). The story feels very much like a manga adaption because most of the story telling takes place through stylized flashbacks. This also makes the movie hard to follow as you don't even know who the characters are most of the film.

My main issues are with the fight scenes which are decent but not enough to carry the film and with continuity issues regarding the train. The train is either packed with people or completely empty seemingly at random. Even from scene to scene passengers appear and disappear.

Finally, there is one character who is referred to as a "little girl" but is played by a 23 year old woman who looks 30. So it is strange when everyone acts like she's a helpless child.

I think it would have been better if everyone in the movie was Japanese. As it is, only 2 of the 11 main characters are.

[Lurkndog]

I'm five episodes into The Peripheral now, and I'm really liking it.

If you have Amazon Prime, you should give it a look before it gets spoiled.

[Thornhammer]

I watched Bullet Train which was recently added to Netflix.

Oh shit, was it? Kick ass, something I wanted to see.

[oggsmash]

  I enjoyed Bullet Train.  It is easy to spot when a movie is made by a former stuntman and it is a quality I find myself actually looking for in watching a movie.  I think waaay too many current day script writers/producers are in a tiny bubble.  I know a stunt man at least has had an honest job or two in his past for the most part.

[Lurkndog]

Seven episodes in, and I'm liking The Peripheral a lot less.

I could have done without the transsexual parlor detective Inspector Lowbeer who shows up and basically deprotagonizes our heroes. She is, of course, omniscient and the bestest evar.  Sigh.

We'll see if they jump back over the shark in the final episode of the season.

[Omega]

Got ahold of some of the original Japanese episodes of Armored Genesis Mospeada/Genesis Climber Mospeada and an old translation file and been enjoying it a-lot more without the Macheck alterations and things like totally swapping out the music and on and on.

Pretty good so far and a nice departure from the usual alien invasion tale as it is set after the aliens won and has a very post-apoc feel to it. Love the mecha designs. The animation though is a bit cheap in places though. But so far only intermittently.

Now just have to find the rest of Super Dimension Century Orguss and Aura Battler Dunbine. Only ever could find the first few episodes on VHS way back.

[Lurkndog]

Mospeada has aged remarkably well.

Southern Cross, not so much.

Have fun keeping it old school!

Right Stuf has both Orguss and Dunbine on blu-ray.

[Omega]

Mospeada has aged remarkably well.

Southern Cross, not so much.

Mospeada is alot better too without all the editing and changes. So much makes more sense. Mint is though if anything more of a goblin than in the RT version... ahem.

Southern Cross I despised when it was Robotech and the Japanese version did little to dull that feeling.

Was reading up on the sordid history of the original Macross series and alot of the oddities in quality from episode to episode make more sense. The Journey from its initial concept as a romantic comedy to serious space war is interesting. Perry commented on the sheer heck the crew went through getting the series done. But done they got it. Hard to believe that Lupin the III kicked it all off.

[Bruwulf]

Finally got a chance to see the latest Jurassic Park spinoff abomination without in any way financially enriching anyone involved.

...

I knew it was bad, I heard it was bad, I expected it to be bad, but I figured, at least, I could watch it, turn my brain off, and enjoy some CGI dinosauces.

Nope. Nope, nope. I made it through it, mostly because at the time I was editing a paper for a friend and only half paying attention, but even the attention I paid it was wasted. It was beyond stupid, and even the dinosaur scenes weren't very good.

I was just the right age when Jurassic Park came out. I had read the book like a year prior. I was a huge fan of it. I still am. Both the book and the movie. Heck, I even liked the sequel book, kinda. Kinda.

But can we please let this franchise die, already?



Also watched Troll, on Netflix. Unlike Jurassic World: Abomination, I was genuinely looking forward to this one. I was a huge, huge fan of Troll Hunter, and the movie obviously gave off a similar vibe from the trailer.

Disclaimer: I know it's not actually a sequel, but the comparisons are kinda unavoidable.

Sadly, we didn't get a clever, well done movie. What we get is a mess of a movie that can't decide what it really wants to be, and instead comes off as being reminiscent of of the American Godzilla movie... the one with Mathew Broderick, I mean. Which is not a good movie to aspire to be.

[oggsmash]

  I think that train wreck jurassic park movie made a shitload of money.  I suppose the leeches that like to completely drain a property before moving on *might* not see if they can fire up the dead dry husk one more time, but since making money is their only goal and it made a ton last run.....expect another one you can not wait to miss to come out again.

[Omega]

Well note that they upped the problem from park, to world. Like they did with the ending of the 28 Days later sequel that shows the virus being spread from England to Europe. Next sequel. 28 Days Later - WORLD!

I figure Jurassic Whatever will eventually be rebranded to Jurassic Space! Then Jurassic Galaxy!

[Bruwulf]

Well note that they upped the problem from park, to world. Like they did with the ending of the 28 Days later sequel that shows the virus being spread from England to Europe. Next sequel. 28 Days Later - WORLD!

I figure Jurassic Whatever will eventually be rebranded to Jurassic Space! Then Jurassic Galaxy!

Look, if we get Jurassic Moon Park, I'm there for it. I'll just say it now.

[hedgehobbit]

Jurassic World: Dominion was the #2 movie in the world and made over a billion dollars (one of only two films to do that this year). The franchise is a long way from being dead.