Ridley Scott will never work without 3D again.
You got fired, and you still hang around here like a big loser. Why can't he?
Cordelia ,'Chosen'
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§ ita § - Jul 25, 2011 4:50:08 am PDT #15659 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Laga - Jul 25, 2011 5:45:09 am PDT #15660 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
humph. Since the Samsung study I have reached the opposite conclusion.
sumi - Jul 25, 2011 5:55:55 am PDT #15661 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Luke Evans (Bard the Bowman) talks about the Hobbit.
Beverly - Jul 25, 2011 8:36:11 am PDT #15662 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
H, StY and I have always called Scott's movies "the ones with the visible air", i.e. Blade Runner's everpresent mobile smog, Legend's horrific sneezefest waft and drift of allergens, etc. So his devotion to 3D doesn't actually surprise me.
Volans - Jul 25, 2011 9:09:38 am PDT #15663 of 30000
move out and draw fire
What Bev said.
Which means I won't need to watch any more Scott movies.
I was doing a big huge writeup of Captain America, noting my surprise at how clever and well-turned some of the dialogue was...then google told me that Joss had re-worked the script a bit, so yeah. Still a fan of the Whedon writing.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 25, 2011 9:21:34 am PDT #15664 of 30000
"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
Coraline is really the only thing I've seen in recent years that made the 3D worth the extra cost and the eyestrain. I suppose if Laika or Aardman Animations make anything else in 3D I'll see it that way, but I opt for 2D versions whenever possible.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 25, 2011 9:54:19 am PDT #15665 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Haywire, a Jason Statham-type action flick with a woman MMA fighter in the lead role. Plus Ewan MacGregor and Michael Douglas and Channing Tatum.
I think that's Soderbergh, isn't it? He saw the MMA fighter in something and decided he had to make an action movie for her. Which explains the hefty cast. It does make me wonder if he really will ever retire, though.
Just checked IMDB and yep, that's the one. Antonio Banderas and Bill Paxton too? Huh. [link]
smonster - Jul 25, 2011 10:46:47 am PDT #15666 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Joss had re-worked the script a bit
Ahaha, I bet if I watched it again I could pick out a number of his contributions. Like, how much you wanna bet he was responsible for the kid thrown in the water who said, "I can swim! Go get him!!" ?
Volans - Jul 25, 2011 10:50:10 am PDT #15667 of 30000
move out and draw fire
I'm so sure.
Plus many of Col. Phillips' first lines, and Steve's response when Dr. Erskine asks if he can hear him.
smonster - Jul 25, 2011 10:56:38 am PDT #15668 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Totally. No wonder so much of the humor felt familiar! And no wonder Peggy kicked so much ass! I wonder how much of that was Joss, too. StW felt that the first half of the movie was much tighter and better crafted than the second. I still haven't quite parsed out whether I agree, but I think he has a point.