So, the Thor trailer -- no one mentioned Heimdall out of his helmet. Idris, yum.
Never goes smooth. How come it never goes smooth?
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Steph L. - Aug 10, 2013 7:59:32 am PDT #25152 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Vonnie K - Aug 10, 2013 3:03:23 pm PDT #25153 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
So, Elysium. Rather disappointing film given the amount of talent involved. Basically, the whole thing is a very anvillacious allegory of Immigration Issues. The movie is almost devoid of any dramatic tension and poor Matt Damon looks like he's about to hurl for the duration of entire movie. I was thinking of going to see Heat instead -- I kinda wish I had. Or seen Pacific Rim again.
On that topic, here's a series of interview clips with Charlie Hunnam about his experience of filming Pacific Rim: [link] (There are 5 clips in total and the subsequent ones should show up on the right column.) It's a great interview -- Hunnam is funny and self-deprecating and personable and just comes across like a great, down-to-earth dude.
le nubian - Aug 10, 2013 3:21:35 pm PDT #25154 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
vonnie, you have no idea how disappointed I am to see the negative reviews of Elysium. I had been looking forward to the movie all summer. damn.
§ ita § - Aug 10, 2013 3:37:28 pm PDT #25155 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Me too...
Vonnie K - Aug 10, 2013 3:50:25 pm PDT #25156 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Sorry guys. I dunno. I didn't hate it, but I thought District 9 was terrific so had a pretty high expectations. Even the world-building stuff -- which was probably the part I was looking forward to the most -- didn't give me that much more than what I got from the trailer. It starts off well enough, but crawls to a rather facile and predictable conclusion.
Scrappy - Aug 10, 2013 8:19:24 pm PDT #25157 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I am Vonnie.
chrismg - Aug 10, 2013 8:39:43 pm PDT #25158 of 30000
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Re: Elysium. So it ended with the benefits of technology being shred by all instead of Elysium crashing to Earth in flames so I guess I was wrong about the Luddite stuff. Aside from that, I think I'm agreeing with the reviewers who are saying it had some nice action and spectacle, but not much exploration of the ideas it was implying.
I mean, we all know any piece of science fiction is more about the real world it's written in than whatever world it supposedly takes place in, but that metaphor was not subtle, like, at all.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 11, 2013 8:46:58 am PDT #25159 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I know it is nutty that I am just now watching this, but are the students in Cabin in the Woods supposed to be undergraduates?
Polter-Cow - Aug 11, 2013 8:50:55 am PDT #25160 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yep. College kids going to their doooooooom.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 11, 2013 8:54:10 am PDT #25161 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
They look like they are in their 30s!