That was kind of my reaction to F4, actually. (Except for the part where the F4 characters predate the Incredibles, but they do have almost the exact same set of powers, and the Incredibles did them better. Also, the Incredibles had a plot.)
Ditto.
My whole life, I've never loved anything else.
Oz ,'Him'
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Jesse - Jul 10, 2005 6:26:06 am PDT #5459 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Tom Scola - Jul 10, 2005 6:38:53 am PDT #5460 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Re: Sky High
Kurt Russell's career really has gone full circle, hasn't it?
§ ita § - Jul 10, 2005 6:40:41 am PDT #5461 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
For me, powers aren't what made The Incredibles The Incredibles. It was the dynamic. The alienation of the younger generation, the discovery that they aren't that different from their parents after all, and participating in their rescue and the whole unity thing. Spy Kids and The Incredibles did the same thing, but differently, and entertainingly. Which matches the Sky High trailer, and isn't at all similar to F4. I don't know how many times they can go to that well.
Gris - Jul 10, 2005 7:56:23 am PDT #5462 of 10002
Hey. New board.
ita's making me want a Spy Kids DVD again. I keep resisting because it actually markets "interactive menu" as a special feature, which annoys. Want special edition!
tommyrot - Jul 10, 2005 9:29:53 am PDT #5463 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
And the quotes! Caddyshack quotes are so pervasive that most people forget they are from a movie.
Sorta like Hamlet....
Mr. Broom - Jul 10, 2005 10:58:37 am PDT #5464 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Or the Bible.
Polter-Cow - Jul 10, 2005 11:41:26 am PDT #5465 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
People quote the Bible?
You don't say.
tommyrot - Jul 10, 2005 11:45:11 am PDT #5466 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
People quote the Bible?
Yep. Just the other day I said, "Dude, I'm totally coveting my neighbor's manservant."
Kathy A - Jul 10, 2005 11:46:05 am PDT #5467 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Apparently, there was an advanced screening of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire here in Chicago last night (people got passes to an unnamed film when going to see the Miyazaki film). Reports are up over at the Oscarwatch and Leaky Cauldron forums, if you're interested. The Oscarwatch report is from a woman who'd read the first book and saw all three movies, but was unfamiliar with the storyline of GoF as well as most of the character names (she initially called McGonagall "not Miss Brodie"), so her report wasn't as spoilerfilled as what I read at the Leaky Cauldron site.
It seems like it sticks pretty close to the book, though, and is more in the tone of PoA, not the first two movies.
§ ita § - Jul 10, 2005 11:46:48 am PDT #5468 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
more in the tone of PoA, not the first two movies.
Yay!