My heart yearns for Peter deLuise and Dustin Nguyen.
Ah sing it, sister!
I'd rather stay home and watch television. It's often funnier than killing stuff.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
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Burrell - Jan 22, 2012 7:26:19 pm PST #17726 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
chrismg - Jan 22, 2012 7:48:56 pm PST #17727 of 30000
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
ita !, did you say Colombiana didn't suck? I saw at least one review that made it sound like she spends most of the movie moping over her boyfriend, and all the cool stuff from the trailer is in the last 10 minutes or so. Was the guy just not paying attention?
ETA: And really, "not complex emotionally, or psychologically meaty" kind of sums up my feelings on Contagion too.
§ ita § - Jan 22, 2012 8:23:34 pm PST #17728 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
No, the boyfriend is pretty irrelevant until the later 1/4. At first he's there to show how conventionally she can't manage a relationship, but she manages. And then he gets drawn in and...basically a threat of fridging. I'd like to see the fight parts distilled down.
She's not particularly cheery--traumatised as a child and turned into a killer at about age 9.
Man, I miss Dustin Nguyen.
Polter-Cow - Jan 22, 2012 9:33:26 pm PST #17729 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Okay, Alien: Resurrection is much better than Alien 3. It feels more like an Alien movie, and it's pretty fun. Not groundbreaking like the first two, but pretty solid. I can see a little of the proto-Serenity aspect, but I wasn't really able to see the movie Joss claimed he wrote that got fucked up. He was mad that they took his script and played it seriously? The rest of the franchise is...serious. That's kind of a thing.
I wonder who's going to be the token android in Prometheus. And whether we're going to see any Xenomorphs. I wonder, but I don't actually want to know. What was that one article that said that Christopher Nolan's started this new thing where not knowing anything about a movie is why you're interested in it?
Man, remember that first Inception trailer that just sort of came out of nowhere and we were all like WHAT THE LIVING FUCK IS THIS MOVIE I CANNOT WAIT.
Connie Neil - Jan 23, 2012 8:08:32 am PST #17730 of 30000
brillig
It feels more like an Alien movie, and it's pretty fun
Oh, good, I'm glad you liked it. I really enjoyed the smugglers--anytime we see Ron Perlman is a plus--and the Ripley clone was an interesting commentary on the character. I actually felt sorry for the alien hybrid at the end. But I'm a sap.
Polter-Cow - Jan 23, 2012 8:13:12 am PST #17731 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Well, I think she did too.
The Ripley clone was weird. Because she was clearly not Ripley, even characterization-wise, but she looked like her and had her role. Wasn't sure what I thought about her, although I've encountered several other clone stories recently that handled those questions in interesting ways.
The smugglers were way more interesting and entertaining than the religious prisoners. Although I didn't remember a goddamn thing from this movie. Not even Call's deal.
DavidS - Jan 23, 2012 8:40:29 am PST #17732 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Psst! Jilli! Labyrinth: The Photo Album Book
Atropa - Jan 23, 2012 10:07:47 am PST #17733 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Ooooh.
§ ita § - Jan 23, 2012 11:43:37 am PST #17734 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The 2012 spoiler landscape. IO9 covers how many spoilers are out for upcoming TV shows and movies. The article itself isn't spoilery, but comments might be.
They rate spoiledness on a scale of 1-10, and interestingly the most unspoiled movie is not Nolan, but Whedon.
Steph L. - Jan 23, 2012 11:52:17 am PST #17735 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
the most unspoiled movie is not Nolan, but Whedon.
I kind of want to know ahead of time if Bane breaks Batman's back (shit, that's alliterative). (I don't know if I should whitefont speculation based on a very old comic plotline, so I will for now.) Some stuff in the trailer makes me think yes, but I sort of want to know going in.
I don't really need to be spoiled for Avengers -- I just want it to get here now, damn it. I'm not really invested in *what* happens; I just want stuff to happen, and I want to see it.
I'm a simple creature.
t edit I posted that before I read the link; I thought you mean Avengers was most unspoiled, but you meant Cabin in the Woods. Interesting.