Wish I'd never seen: Doom Generation
OMG I HAD BLOCKED THAT MOVIE FROM MY BRAIN! Definitely goes on the worst list.
Question: Will hiding in a cavern with stockpiled chocolate goods be any part of this plan?
Xander ,'Get It Done'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Sue - May 08, 2009 7:41:45 am PDT #1141 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Kathy A - May 08, 2009 7:43:26 am PDT #1142 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
re: new Trek: Do they keep the timeline correct, that Spock is not at the academy with Kirk et al.?
Oh, you might not like what they do with this, but they do a good job of covering their asses. Whitefont, ahoy!!
It's got time travel involved, so the events in this film are all an alternate universe, and they stick with it through the end of the film. I'm guessing that future installments will remain within this AU Abrams has created.
Not a bad way to do a reboot!
Connie Neil - May 08, 2009 7:43:53 am PDT #1143 of 30000
brillig
Pearl Harbor
Hubby took his mother to see that, and his mother said, loudly, "What? Pearl Harbor wasn't a love story!" She was there for the bombings and the military action. Not a chick flick woman, she.
Connie Neil - May 08, 2009 7:44:48 am PDT #1144 of 30000
brillig
Whitefont, ahoy!!
Blink. Blink. Are you serious?
OK, it's a whacky fanfic adventure with a hell of a budget. Got it.
Jessica - May 08, 2009 7:45:10 am PDT #1145 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Not a bad way to do a reboot!
I thought it was pretty slick, myself.
Connie Neil - May 08, 2009 7:46:34 am PDT #1146 of 30000
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Gene Roddenberry always wanted to do a movie involving time travel. The producers all said, "Uh, Gene? Laurels? Go rest on them, OK? Let us worry about the movies."
tommyrot - May 08, 2009 7:46:37 am PDT #1147 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
She was there for the bombings and the military action.
Me too. I was pissed that when the Arizona blew up, it looked nothing like the film footage of the actual event. (In reality, there was a shitload of smoke spewing straight up as well as forward.)
Plus the dialog? An endless series of clichés....
Connie Neil - May 08, 2009 7:49:56 am PDT #1148 of 30000
brillig
That's the problem with so many modern military/war movies, the producers think they have to shoehorn some lame love story into it for the women in the audience, and it just turns into the woman bleating "But what about me? Why aren't I as important to you as the fate of the free world and your buddies who might get killed in the next 24 hours? I'm a selfish bimbo with no concept of a bigger world! Waaah!"
(Lord, I'm in a bitchy mood today. And I can't even blame PMS. Perhaps I am just a bitch and I should claim it proudly instead of hiding behind the hormones)
sarameg - May 08, 2009 7:52:19 am PDT #1149 of 30000
OMG I HAD BLOCKED THAT MOVIE FROM MY BRAIN!
I'm sorry I reminded you!
Kathy A - May 08, 2009 7:52:35 am PDT #1150 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
McCoy and Scotty are definitely older than Spock and Kirk. I liked how McCoy explains his enlisting in Star Fleet--I won't spoil it, but it's fun! (Also, it explains how he gets his nickname.)