Mr March

Franz Ferdinand is quite good. I was kinda skeptical, but I've listened to their latest album owned by a friend and found it to my liking.

Never too early for smut

Keep in mind the membership. This is an anime website, consisting mainly of science fiction/animation fans. As such, they watch, read, and play sci-fi with a predisposition towards japanese entertainment. It goes without saying that the majority of members here are going to consume particular types of entertainment, typically at the expense of others. It's also important to note that not everyone avoids quality film just because they indulge in a few guilty pleasures. I have more than a few bad movies among my collection, but I take issue with anyone who questions my taste for the film as a result. Perhaps a more constructive topic about the film people love would be prudent at this time. This thread seems to be expended anyway.

Weak animated film. It tried hard, but was too derivative and safe. The only way north american animation will ever go anywhere is if someone takes the medium away from traditional roads and gives it some style. However, given the massive popularity of 3D animation, I doubt there is any interest to do traditional animation.

Not a classic I suppose, but I just watched Paul Thomas Anderson's 1999 film Magnolia. Easily one of the worst of the highly praised films in the last decade. Pretentious, contrived drivel.

That's nothing compared to what happened when 20th Anniversary Convoy/Optimus Prime came out. Tfans flooded the board. Granted OP deserved to win, some many gimmicks and so much diecast, but some TBDX hardliners were calling foul.....sore losers. *snip* 360264[/snapback] That sounds about right

Anything is an improvement over Juggernaut's original comic book costume; it was always a weak looking suit IMO. Beast's figure looks more like a merman than Beast. The actual makeup in the film looks way better, they should base the figure more on that. As for the supposed nudity, not really a problem for me. Repression has never been my style anyway. It's better than sticking every animal-esque character or shapechanger in a stupid speedo.

I think it's the whim of the mods for those custom titles. Oh yeah, don't ask

I'm completely unfamiliar with the Metal Gear franchise beyond one game I played for the NES many, MANY years ago (I recall well the cover artwork for the game featured a caricature of Micheal Biehn). But I gotta feel sorry for any script that falls into the vile clutches of the evil Uwe Boll

I remember the cardiac TBDX had that last year when I bunch of us joined to vote for the 1/48. I'm happy to stay away from that website for the rest of my days

"Film sucks! I hate you, and I hate the movies you like!" Redvs.Blue, good for any occasion

Thanks trueblueeyes. I think I may have just found my next purchase

Yeah, this'll do just as good. So, what about availability?

I've got the Aoshima Dropship and it's great. Worthwhile, though very expensive, like so many collectables I'm actually really interested in obtaining a Terminator T-800 Endoskeleton figure, the McFarlane one, but I don't see it available on any of the sites you linked. Do you know where you can find those now? I know the sculpt isn't the best available, but it is the most cost effective for what you get.

The extremes of fandom never cease to amaze.

Thanks for the link, March, even if I've already made my pilgrimmage there. And it turns out that Ginrai and I are both citing that same site in our back and forth. For someone who's kind of meh about Blade Runner, I really, really dig it. 357576[/snapback] I think very highly of Blade Runner. It's one of the great science fiction classics of film, along side Star Wars, Alien, 2001: A Space Odessey, Mad Max, and The Terminator. I love them all.

Sorry, but I've been ignoring the BR debate totally.

THE site for all things Blade Runner... BRmovie.com Great fan run website with more trivia about Blade Runner than most of us will ever know. Just for you Sundown

I always recall a quote about Clint Eastwood's early work that always makes me laugh "There are two types of people, those who enjoy Clint Eastwood westerns and dorks." Course, I'm not a huge fan of ALL Eastwood westerns, but all the Sergio Leone films with Eastwood were brilliant. The spaghetti westerns...yummy! A Fistfull of Dollars For A Few Dollars More The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of course, Once Upon A Time In The West is Leone's magnum opus (of the Leone westerns I mean), but no Clint in that one

That's a bit extreme. I can't really blame a lot of american actors for the crap they star in. Hell, Statham is a great brit actor who's been suffering the same bad roles as most other american actors in Hollywood. And don't even get me started on some of the crap that been given to Ewan McGregor. All that is required is quality filmmaking. Tom Cruise is pretty bland in most films, but put him in a quality film and he shines like A Few Good Men or Jerry MaGuire. Brad Pitt is usually uninteresting, but he's devilishly entertaining in Fight Club. Wil Smith is another such actor that really shined in Ali. This list goes on. I think what is needed is more quality film and the rest of the industry will follow suit.

oh yah... I agree... I'm just suprised they haven't done it since they can say it's more based on the book and not the movie... They did a remake of the Shining for TV. lol. Did you know that Anthony Burgess sold the rights for his book, Clockwork Orange to Mick Jagger for $500, what a putz. Then Jagger turned around and sold it for a lot more than that. Musta been drug money. lol. 357445[/snapback] I did not know that! And I call myself a Kubrick fan... I heard about the Shining remake for TV. I avoided it like the plague. Part of the reason I adore directors like Kubrick, Leone, and Kurosawa is the visual brillance of the work, brilliance that most people don't notice or take for granted. Nearly every frame of a Kubrick film is like looking at a portrait or painting. I get lost in the visual splendor quite easily. Kubrick's films being great stories and provocative subjects certainly doesn't hurt either

He would and he has. He has stated his films and influence is exaggerated by the media. However, it's hard for any filmmaker to seperate from that when they are the "IT" in the industry. The reason Tarantino has such a rabid following is the fans who identify with him. Like Kevin Smith and Robert Rodriguez, Tarantino is seen as a geek-done-good. Fans of obscure, not-so-great genre films think of him as one of their own, a fellow film nerd who truely "understands" the fans and film. Praise for directors like Tarantino, Smith, and Rodriquez is also a form of rebellion against the establishment of Hollywood. These are maverick directors, working their way up from outside the system, against the norm and laughing in the face of accepted rules (Rodriquez's infamous DGA fiasco is one example). Such directors become symbols of opposition against such "high film art elitism" embodied by Studio/Academy favorites like Clint Eastwood or Steven Spielberg. Always have to understand where people come from. It so much more enlightening

I'm grateful Hollywood has kept its dirty paws off Kubrick's work, with the exception of the disasterous A.I. No more remakes I hope.

While I could listen to this all day and enjoy, I do have to grant Tarantino his due credit. Visually his films are stylish and structurally, some of his flicks offer new innovations for the medium. Tarantino is an auteur and he did arrive with his films at the tright time. The state of art film and avant-garde was sorely lacking for years prior to the release of Pulp Fiction. Tarantino deserves points for injecting new life into American cinema and giving film a new sense of style. I agree his work is overrated and VERY derivative (to quote Swingers, "he totally steals everything from Scorsese") But you gotta give him his credit even if you hate his films.

Actually, chances are very good that Jackson will offer both Theatrical AND Extended/Director's cuts. Jackson is one of the few modern directors that understands DVD and offers consumers both options. Yes, that was a dig and yes you all know who