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Spiffy keen Avengers movieverse set yanked over design rights: [link]
I knew distinctive shape was distinctive, but I didn't make the obvious next step to trademarked.
It's one of those things where the collection looks way amazing, but I'm sufficiently fannish that I have most of the pieces already, but not fannish enough to dupe disks.
It's not as gradual as the LotR extortion, nor am I as addicted, I guess.
I'm hoping they can find a less distinctive briefcase design into which to put everything, because I pre-ordered it a few days after it was listed. I don't own any of the discs, so it seemed like a reasonable deal (what with the Amazon discount and all). The briefcase wasn't really part of the enticement, to me.
Worst case scenario you get a box. But I guess they were bargaining on the suitcase convincing people like me, who own most of what they would really care about, and are really just looking for the Avengers. I don't have Thor or Hulk, and I would need enticement like that to go back and get them.
I don't think Avengers is the fandom that'll do that for me, though. I am holding off on Hunger Games until I can see what they do for the trilogy release. If the first Hobbit excites me enough and PJ does the extended version thing, I'll do what I did with the rest of his Tolkien films--buy the theatrical version right away, and...what am I fucking talking about? I didn't wait three years for all extendeds at once. I'll never make it. However, Blu Ray with more content might get me over that hump.
review of the movie "The Words" in its entirety.
In this movie, struggling author Bradley Cooper plagiarizes a brilliant novel and then feels bad about the consequences. I feel bad about the consequences, too.
The latest entry in the Bradley Cooper Horror Show series gets a wide release on Friday, September 7. The film is rated PG-13, for emotional and dramatic unbearability.
The reviewer in "The Atlantic" didn't like it either, but the review is one giant run-on sentence.
Will and I saw Expendables 2. It was loud, cheesy, actiony fun. there's not really a plot but there are a ton of gun battles, hand to hand fights and fights with knives and brass knuckles. And humor although most of it is cheesy.
There's also a scene in an airport (in a foreign country) with a huge gun battle that includes Bruce Willis and Arnold Arnold Schwarzenegger in smart car chasing/shooting at the bad guys.
Beau and I saw one good movie and one not so good movie last night.
The good one: Jiro Dreams of Sushi. [link]
We tried to watch it on Netflix, but Netflix was having a moment, so we streamed it on Amazon free. Anyway, this is a documentary of the great sushi (3 Michelin star) sushi chef Jiro Ono. It is really engaging, amazing, unexpected drama. The director is fantastic (I think this is his first major film), and the editing is superb.
Note: if you are squeamish about the cooking and preparation of seafood, watch with a friend to tell you when to cover your eyes.
Well, what was the not so good one??
this one.
I don't recommend it. It is a "horror" movie was is not so gruesome as troubling and hard to understand many characters' motivations. I was left very unsatisfied.
Jeffrey Wright will be Beetee in Catching Fire: [link]