Jolly Rogers

As much as I love Carpenter's earlier work, he hasn't really put out anything good lately. Ghost of Mars was a horrible mess and I for one am glad I didn't pay to see it in the theater.

Meh, same crap every year at GameFAQs. Their annual contests are a joke.

What a winner. Scamming a store for less than 30 bucks. Guess that's how much your dignity's worth.

Come on, Evil Dead has been whored out over the years to countless awful videogames and multiple dip DVD releases... this is only an inevitability. Evil Dead adult diapers won't be far from the horizon now.

Chris Nolan's brother wrote 'Memento', which was directed by Chris Nolan and made him famous. Warner asked him to direct Insomnia to make sure it wasn't a fluke before asking him to resurrect Batman.

4+ min onset video footage from the Holloman Airbase

The actor who plays Kurgan was also the warden in The Shawshank Redemption. He didn't look all that big in that movie.

You better not lose this auction!

I'll do you a favor and take that 'boring' LE box off your hands for $20.

I think this thread has overstayed its welcome a few pages ago. Close it already FFS.

Sakura Wars.

This thread is like a trainwreck... everyone knows it's terrible but can't help looking at it.

The Sound Renewal refers to the new audio recordings for the first 2 Patlabor films - it is not a mere remix for 5.1 but the soundtrack was actually re-recorded and you will hear noticeable differences from the original soundtrack recordings. Being a fan of the original P2 soundtrack, the Renewal version on CD just sounds jarring because of the different sound (I think Kenji Kawaii used different samples/patches) and the slightly altered arrangements on certain tracks. I bought the LE DVD box of and the supplement disc is a bit of a let down. The 6 segments covered different subjects and the deptch of coverage was shallow at best. Take, for example, the segment on sound and music. You got composer Kenji Kawai and the sound guy sitting together and they only talked about the film's climatic scene for a few minutes. THAT'S IT. Nothing else. Compared to the amount of supplement materials that come with most movies on DVD these days, the briefness and lack of depth on the making-of leaves much to be desired. Even if you are a hardcore Patlabor fan I'd only give the LE box a reserved recommendation - better wait for the price to drop to $50 or less.

I downloaded the pilot episode for free off iTunes (I think the freebie deal expired yesterday) and it was not bad for a cable show. Seems to take place in an alternate universe, Blade has a new sidekick and all references to Whistler do not mention whether he's dead or alive. They basically took the angle of Blade working with a 'mole' vampire, which hasn't really been explored in the last 3 films. I didn't buy Jill Wagner as a soldier who just returned from Iraq for a minute. The sniper scene was also retarded - you got your prey in the scope, you pull the trigger. You don't talk for 10 minutes.

The FX was awful because the movie was made on a shoestring budget and they used some no-name Chinese FX facility for the VFX (most of the film was shot on location in Shanghai), thus all the pre-viz, near Tron-quality CGI you see in the film. Hell, even TV sci-fi has better FX then this. To add insult to injury, the movie was taken out of Wimmer's hands and edited by the studio for theatrical release. Even the 'extended unrated edition' that went out on DVD was not the director's cut and missing a lot of footage. You'll notice the DVD doesn't even have his participation in the form of a commentary track, only some making-of footage taken during the film's production. The only reason to see this movie is Milla Jojovich... she has never looked better on film and turning off the audio track and turn on your own MP3 jukebox will make the film infinitely more watchable.

Only thing UC worth checking out these days is the continuation of the Crossbone Gundam manga now serialized in Gundam Ace magazine.

Meh. Instead of a PG Eva-02 we can a mold recycle. Lame.

Here's a soundless clip of the opening credits: http://www.picturemill.com/ Click on the far right of the 4 images.

I read a review by someone who really, really hated Waking Life due to its Philosophy 101 approach. Apparently the reviewer loved this one because it is more catered to those already have some background in philosophy. As for PKD experiencing 'weird' looks daily... he's actually anti-drugs and that also happens to be one of the main themes of this book/movie.

someone's getting nailed by 2 kinds of snakes... http://www.allianceatlantisfilms.com/media.../title_soap.swf

trailer link

They got all the fun in Asia...

Maybe this will end the argument for once... official words from the trailer's creator

So you think Raiden is a whiny wuss?

Semi-spoiler-ish: http://raincloud.warnerbros.com/wbmovies/s...or_el_large.mov