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Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell  

A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.


Kalshane - Jun 27, 2006 6:13:31 pm PDT #2496 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Also -- was that Gwen Stacy?

Yup. (Why introduce her now, I have no clue.)

I'm worried that it's going to fall prey to "Too Many Villians" syndrome. Do we really need Venom, Sandman and the Green Goblin II in one movie? Especially when Peter has to get the symbiote, realize it's evil, get rid of it and then have it attach itself to Eddie Brock and become Venom in the same film that you've got these other two baddies running around.

Unless this thing is going to be 3 hours long, I don't know how they're going to pull it off without it being a chaotic mess.


P.M. Marc - Jun 27, 2006 6:14:20 pm PDT #2497 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I have to confess an unhealthy love for the '60s TV show. And especially the '60s movie.

I stand beside you in unhealthy love.


Kalshane - Jun 27, 2006 6:20:57 pm PDT #2498 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

I enjoyed watching re-runs of the 60's series when I was a kid. I remember watching them every Sunday morning before Sunday School with my parents. I have no idea how well they'd hold up now. I've already had unfortunate realizations with Transformers: The Movie, Voltron and Thundercats upon coming across them in my adult life.

Though in 60's show's favor, at least I already know how cheesy it is.


P.M. Marc - Jun 27, 2006 6:29:43 pm PDT #2499 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Though in 60's show's favor, at least I already know how cheesy it is.

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Polter-Cow - Jun 27, 2006 9:07:52 pm PDT #2500 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Eeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!! Venom! Venom! VENOM!!!!!

I know! Such an awesome trailer!

I'm worried that it's going to fall prey to "Too Many Villians" syndrome. Do we really need Venom, Sandman and the Green Goblin II in one movie? Especially when Peter has to get the symbiote, realize it's evil, get rid of it and then have it attach itself to Eddie Brock and become Venom in the same film that you've got these other two baddies running around.

Unless this thing is going to be 3 hours long, I don't know how they're going to pull it off without it being a chaotic mess.

It does seem to have the X3 issue of combining too many major storylines into one movie, and, um...maybe they'll pull it off? The trailer is so awesome! I have no idea why they need Sandman; I'd never even heard of him. I love that they're using Green Goblin II (I thought they were going to do Hobgoblin, but the trailer shows Osborne dodging a pumpkin bomb, so I guess not?) because it's continuous through the three films. And I love that they're using Venom because they really seem to be digging into the psyche of superherodom with each film.


Volans - Jun 27, 2006 9:57:05 pm PDT #2501 of 10001
move out and draw fire

Dude, Spidey 3 looks good. I don't love the Spiderman movies, but I appreciate that they are *about* something, that the characters in them deal with real human emotions and problems and challenges, albeit writ large.


Frankenbuddha - Jun 28, 2006 3:56:00 am PDT #2502 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I enjoyed watching re-runs of the 60's series when I was a kid. I remember watching them every Sunday morning before Sunday School with my parents. I have no idea how well they'd hold up now. I've already had unfortunate realizations with Transformers: The Movie, Voltron and Thundercats upon coming across them in my adult life.

I suspect (speaking from personal experience) that they hold up pretty well, not in an action/adventure way, but in that fact that, like Bullwinkle and The Tick, the show works on one level for kids and on another one completely for adults (although I think back in its day, the kids might have recognized more of the special guest villains - it looks like playing a Batman villain was "THE thing to do" for a certain type of celebrity).

In conclusion, I'm standing in the corner with Plei and Fred with the unhealthy love.


Jars - Jun 28, 2006 3:59:21 am PDT #2503 of 10001

They started showing it on FX over here a few years ago. An hour a day, every day. I was watching it with a friend and her mum, and she asked her how they didn't recognise the rampant homoeroticism back in the day. "We didn't know about the gay back then" was her reply.


erikaj - Jun 28, 2006 4:47:11 am PDT #2504 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

I remember it fondly,I suppose. Haven't seen any in a really long time.


Steph L. - Jun 28, 2006 4:51:47 am PDT #2505 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I have no idea why they need Sandman; I'd never even heard of him.

He's a Spidey villain from waaaaaay back.