Finally got around to watching Quantum of Solace. Bo-ring.
Xander: How? What? How? Giles: Three excellent questions.
Xander/Giles ,'Never Leave Me'
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Polter-Cow - May 09, 2009 2:49:10 pm PDT #1239 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Amy - May 09, 2009 2:50:03 pm PDT #1240 of 30000
Because books.
I agree with you there, P-C. As much as I adored Casino Royale, the follow-up put me to sleep.
juliana - May 09, 2009 2:54:53 pm PDT #1241 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
ZOMG STAR TREK SO AWESOME LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE.
Ahem. I do have some bones to pick (Bones, nrgh), but on the whole? LOOOOOOOVE. Also, I can see the debt to a) Firefly and b) Star Wars. I was getting a mad Empire vibe in a few scenes. Awesome casting all the way through. (Again, nrgh, Bones.)
The audience was Displeased at the GG Bridge getting attacked. Again.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go watch Firefly, Star Wars, and whichever Trek movies I have in the house. And then everything with Karl Urban.
Theodosia - May 09, 2009 2:59:29 pm PDT #1242 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
We got the Land of the Lost trailer TWICE. I made a strategic decision to go out to the bathroom when it started again (the theatre was running through some of the preshow stuff twice because of technical difficulties) so I was spared some of the pain.
If the trailer is this bad, how awful must the entire movie be? I mean, one assumes they cherry-picked the best moments for the trailer... right?
juliana - May 09, 2009 3:00:49 pm PDT #1243 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
If the trailer is this bad, how awful must the entire movie be? I mean, one assumes they cherry-picked the best moments for the trailer... right?
One does assume. One also feels that way about the "GI Joe" trailer, and may or may not have started singing "America, Fuck Yeah!" when it came on.
le nubian - May 09, 2009 3:01:47 pm PDT #1244 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Also, we got a trailer for Land of the Lost. My deepest condolences to fans of the series.
No shit. I have seen the trailer twice now (before Wolverine as well) and it does not get better on second viewing. I like the actress from "Pushing Daisies", so I feel very sorry for her.
Also? I thought the GI Joe trailer also made the movie look like shit on a cracker. Worse than Wolverine. And worse than Transformers 2.
tommyrot - May 09, 2009 3:05:23 pm PDT #1245 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.
One also feels that way about the "GI Joe" trailer, and may or may not have started singing "America, Fuck Yeah!" when it came on.
My friend and I were discussing trailers - which looks like it would suck more: G. I. Joe, or Transformers II?
I'd say Joe would suck more as Transformers effects looked just a tad bit better. But it look like Joe could be more unintentionally funny....
Juliebird - May 09, 2009 3:14:36 pm PDT #1246 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
G.I. Joe trailer looked simply awful, whereas, as much as I hated Transformers, the trailer for the sequel looked kinda cool. So did the trailer for the first one. So I know that I'll be baraged by CGI that, while pretty and pretty badass, will leave me dizzy and confused as to what I just saw.
Jessica - May 09, 2009 3:14:58 pm PDT #1247 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My quibbles with Star Trek are the same quibbles I have with all of JJA's work - if you look at the plot too hard it will crumble into a sad little disconnected pile of individually awesome dust particles.
But he puts things together so slickly that honestly, I almost never really mind. (Lost being the big exception, which lost me in S2.) And what all his best work is REALLY about is strangers becoming family. Which he did SO WELL here with the Enterprise crew that I just want to jump up and down and clap my hands making squeeeeeeeee! noises.
And the soundtrack could have used more TOS callbacks.
(But seriously, back to the plot - was Nero really just hovering outside that wormhole for 25 YEARS waiting for Spock's ship to come through? How did they not all die of boredom? Or come up with a better plan? How were they getting food? Who was touching up their tats?)
Juliebird - May 09, 2009 3:22:17 pm PDT #1248 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
the soundtrack could have used more TOS callbacks.
wrod. I actually found the music for the opening credits to be subpar. Actually, the title grated, as it was so wide and partly in shadow that for a few moments is looked like I was about to watch a movie called "Tar Tre".
The music during Daddy Kirk's death and Jim's birth was simply stunning. Reminded me of Lost's soundtrack.
And that would be because it's the same guy! Michael Giacchino.