Watched Blade Runner too many times? Instead, watch all of its deleted and alternate scenes as if they were one film. http://ow.ly/m2APy
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Capt. Xerox
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The Atlantic attempts to explain why the West is in love with #scifi and #fantasy movies. http://ow.ly/m23Gc
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Steven Spielberg and George Lucas offer some interesting predictions on the future of the movie industry. http://ow.ly/m0g0W
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World War Z could surpass the underappreciated John Carter to become the most expensive flop of all time. http://t.co/zst3k1odbG
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The Star Wars logo is instantly recognizable to fans, but it took a while to evolve to its present look. http://t.co/oFgiJQN7yg
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The Wall Street Journal asks if After Earth is the worst movie ever made. Clearly, they need to see more movies. http://t.co/XNdzbVF9X2
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Lazarus
We’re midway through season 6 in our household. Yes, Matt is the least fav of the new Doctors, but still enjoyable. Preferred all of the other companions as well. One bright spot has been River Song. But I won’t go into detail and risk spoiling anything. It was cool to see a few girls dressed up as Weeping Angels at the recent comic con. Nice to see so many new fans of the Doctor these days.
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Lazarus
And that should have gone in the Dr. Who thread. … Argh!
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Lazarus
Should have been “Every movie…”. Funny how I can edit my original content, but not comments. Oh well.
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Lazarus
What’s up with M. Night Shyamalan? I loved (and still love) those early movies in his career, but if I plotted out the quality of his movies as a function of time, it would be a straight sloped line going down. Even movie is a bit worse than the last and we’re way past the 0 line and going negative. Was it a case of him having a few good ideas from his youth and he’s used them all up now? Just sitting on his cash and not putting in the effort for something new? I’m not even going to blame Will Smith as I still think that he’s not a bad actor given good roles/scripts. (Not sure about his son. All I know are the ‘cutesy’ movies made when he was a real child.)
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avdezign (Cosmic)
I’m thinking that as the generation of writers gets newer they have seen less of the crap we have.
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avdezign (Cosmic)
They certainly have seen a lot less crap than I have.
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Capt. Xerox
Reviews for The Purge have been so-so, but the near-future premise sounds interesting, if not terrifying. http://t.co/g7wFYLOM2n
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For you Star Trek fans who aren’t able to make your own costumes, here’s a contest where you can win one. http://t.co/WodszdtWxC
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Soldier may have been a B-movie, but the A.V. Club gives you some reasons why this 1998 film is worth watching. http://t.co/a22cHhUeFC
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I was in Squamish, B.C. the other day and word on the street is the new Planet of the Apes flick is filming there next month. #POTA
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Lazarus
If by ‘the last two” you mean the Burton movie and Rise of the PotA, you may want to skip Burton’s. It’s nice visually and does have some cool stuff in it (and you should watch it someday for that stuff), but leave your brain at the door as you won’t need it to watch the movie.
As for Dawn, just to be clear, while they are filming in New Orleans, the movie is still set in San Francisco and environs. Think of an “I am Legend” look and feel. A friend of mine in NO just got a casting call yesterday for extras needed next week as ‘dishelved humans’. (Unfortunately, he can’t go.) -
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They’ve been filming for some time already around New Orleans. They recently announced the scheduled release date for memorial weekend 2014, which is exactly one year away. Of course these release dates change as all the Hollywood studious fight for supremacy for a given weekend for any particular film. I’ve been staying away from the interviews, gossip, and what few productions stills have been released. Even so, it seems clear that this will be a very different movie from the first with a radical change of global events over the first movie. I am looking forward to it.
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Capt. Xerox
I was staying at the hotel where the Twilight crew and cast stayed during the filming of those movies in Squamish. The same place will be overrun by apes next month so I am guessing they need some rainy forests and mountains for scenes in the next film.
I am also looking forward to the next movie, although I really should see the last two first! I am so behind the times, it’s not funny.
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I’m looking forward to the #scifi movie Europa Report. Here’s a new trailer. http://t.co/7u6slW37vd
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Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Dune never happened, but there’s a new documentary that tells us what we missed. tp://ow.ly/ldQ7s
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Star Trek Into Darkness was built on the back of the past #startrek shows and series. Here’s why they were so great. http://t.co/wPYDGV6mxL
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This 1968-era Howard Johnson’s children’s menu promoting 2001: A Space Odyssey is a blast from the past. http://t.co/sbMcDFYXHR
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Warner Bros has acquired the movie rights for D&D. I assume that anything will be better than the previous 3 movies. http://t.co/AlWnWvPmEp
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There are movies?
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Capt. Xerox
There was the terrible Dungeons & Dragons (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190374/), followed by the horrible Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0406728/) and capped off with the execrable Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Vile Darkness (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1733125/). Pick your poison carefully.
I won’t even mention the 1980s cartoon show. Compared to the movies, it’s almost worth watching. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085011/)
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Love the Old Spock vs.Young Spock Audi commercial if only for the Bilbo Baggins song. http://t.co/v2GOceNDiq
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Lazarus
Sad day. Master stop motion filmmaker Ray Harryhausen has passed away.
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Lazarus
Yes, it was great for Emru/Fantasia to have him as a guest that year. Would not have been able to meet him otherwise. He was the last of the Ackerman/Bradbury/Harryhausen trio. What great conversations they must have had over the years.
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Jeffrey Allan Boman
I have fond memories of him at Fantasia years ago, and have photos from it.
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avdezign (Cosmic)
he had a full life with 92, he has already assured his place the history of cinema
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The Daily Mail’s early review of Star Trek Into Darkness review is short on gravitas, but long on praise. http://t.co/8ULrM5VlS3
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Are these the 4 best #scifi series on YouTube? If I ever catch up on my regular TV backlog, I’ll let you know. http://t.co/0LyFZTIc6X
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I just learned in Ansible there really is such a thing as The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers. http://t.co/fjWTrGJt3X
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The guy who played the punk on the bus in Star Trek IV is famous enough that he rates an interview on IGN. http://t.co/35fLdpNLrw
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avdezign (Cosmic)
Slow news year?
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Oblivion’s director, Joseph Kosinski, discusses the art of #scifi filmmaking. http://t.co/jzGsKKC2ZN
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This L.A. Times columnist is not impressed by the current state of science fiction motion pictures.http://t.co/OUY1Vqkh5C
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I sometimes think that Carrie Fisher’s snowsuit in The Empire Strikes Back is as sexy as her infamous metal bikini. http://t.co/lfNVj7U6bL
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For you Navajo speakers who have been waiting for Star Wars to be dubbed in your language, wait no more. http://t.co/SMP921Ehs5
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avdezign (Cosmic) 8:32 pm on June 11, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply
The book was actually interesting and entertaining, but since the movie has nothing to do with the book in terms of storyline I have no plan to see the movie (like many others who have read the book, I suspect)… maybe I’ll see it on DVD some later date.
Capt. Xerox 8:57 pm on June 11, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I really hated the book. What I disliked most about it was it was supposed to be an oral history told by different survivors of the zombie war, yet every single character’s voice sounded identical when I read it, whether it be a commando or a grandmother. Ugh.
Don’t get me started about the stupid concept that the zombies crossed oceans by walking across the ocean floor to move from continent to continent. Even the undead would have problems with the crushing pressures that exist at the bottom of the ocean. Just stupid.
Robopocalypse was essentially the same book, but substituting intelligent robots for zombies. It was slightly more readable, but Steven Spielberg, probably wisely, abandoned his movie adaptation.