I stopped watching Chopper shortly after he whipped his dick out at the bar. I found I didn't like or hate him enough to keep watching -- just a bit of contempt.
Bana was good, though.
Remember that sex we were planning to have, ever again?
Zoe ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
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§ ita § - Jul 31, 2004 5:09:32 pm PDT #1813 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Polter-Cow - Jul 31, 2004 5:16:10 pm PDT #1814 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Today's features: Blade and Hellboy.
Blade was pretty good. It delivered vampires and violence and bad CGI. It's always interesting to see different takes on vampire mythology. Blade is a kickass enough vampire hunter to make we want to see the sequel.
Hellboy was pretty great, though. I liked all the characters a lot more in this one. Hellboy's got this wonderful dry sarcastic wit, and the Hellboy/Liz relationship works a lot better than, say, the Peter/MJ relationship. I don't think the story makes a lick of sense, but that's okay. It's very entertaining and a great comic-book movie. Here's hoping the sequel turns out to be a great movie, period. Also, now I definitely want to see the Blade sequel, helmed by Guillermo del Toro. Oh, and I also want to check out the comic.
sumi - Jul 31, 2004 5:23:00 pm PDT #1815 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Yahoo's source for the story was the APF -- which must be something like Reuters or the AP, perhaps? I don't know. I hadn't heard of it before tonight.
Invisible Green - Jul 31, 2004 5:42:50 pm PDT #1816 of 10001
Polter-Cow - Don't get your hopes up about Blade II. It's really really awful. Horrible dialogue, poorly choreographed and filmed fight scenes, a completely silly, unengaging, and poorly-structured plot, plus really bad special effects that look like too much money went into making them without thinking about how they would actually look. And that one vampire chick couldn't act. I was glad when she died. Blade II is not at all similar to Blade I in tone, genre, or even mythology.
The first Blade is a great film. Blade II is one of the worst films I've seen. The only reason to see Blade II is because Wesley Snipes is cool. Yet I'm still excited about Blade III: Trinity, because David Goyer is directing that one.
Gandalfe - Jul 31, 2004 5:46:46 pm PDT #1817 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
The only reason to see Blade II is because Wesley Snipes is cool.
This I agree with, plus the idea of vampires that feed off other vampires is kind of cool, but very poorly done.
Jessica - Jul 31, 2004 5:48:55 pm PDT #1818 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 31, 2004 6:30:43 pm PDT #1819 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The only reason to see Blade II is because Wesley Snipes is cool.
There's one other: Kris Kristofferson. When Whister broke free and jumped into the air ducts, my immediate thought was "You only thought you had trouble with Blade running loose. Now the guy that's been killing vampires three times as long with NO supernatural powers is about to go Die Hard on your undead asses!"
I went to see Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle tonight. Utterly preposterous sequence of events, but that didn't keep it from being hilarious. Particularly the dream sequences. And when did Kal Penn become hot?
beekaytee - Jul 31, 2004 7:16:41 pm PDT #1820 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
I could not stop groaning through Blade II. That gutteral, grief-driven, You Have Ripped The Heart From Me, kind of groaning that nothing but a screw-it-up sequel to something great can evoke.
Let's see. What are other contenders?
- Need I even mention the Matrix mess?
- The Clooney Batman
- Anything with JarJar Binks
- Dracula II the Asswipe, oh, I meant to say Ascension
- That embarrassing STNG flick with James Cromwell
You get the idea.
evil jimi - Jul 31, 2004 7:57:09 pm PDT #1821 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
You didn't like Star Trek: First Contact? Wow, a tough audience indeed.
Yahoo is reporting that Eric Bana will be the next James Bond.
Wow, an Italian-Australian James Bond. When Bana retires they'll be looking for a Jamaican-Scotsman, followed by a Polynesian-Irishman.
...just a bit of contempt.
A worthy feeling, ita. Mark Read is full of shit. His autobiography is supposedly full of fantasy. Bana did give an amazing performance though.
Gris - Jul 31, 2004 8:16:44 pm PDT #1822 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Just watched X-Men and X2. Again.
The third movie could not possibly come soon enough.