'Just Rewards (2)'
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Oh, that looks lovely! Apparently they used the original negatives. About time too. I've been showing a crap copy - the only one I could find - for years.
The press release says the restoration will be shown on German TV on 12th February, but strangely enough doesn't mention a DVD or Blu-Ray release date, beyond saying there will be one.
I finally saw American Hustle last night. I found it really engaging. If the hair dressers who created Rosenfeld's incredible comb-over don't win an Oscar for special effects, it will be a travesty. Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams were great. Renner deployed his puppy-dog eye thing to good effect.
Fox options Magic: The Gathering for a movie adaptation: [link]
I don't suppose it will be about people buying scores of booster packs in search of the one card that will complete their deck or arguing about whether or not the card their opponent just played was made illegal by the latest rules revision.
Or about 10-year-old card brokers who rip open a pack and dicker their cards to the people standing around till they've parlayed their mediocre rare and uncommons into a 300% increase on investment.
That kid is either a millionaire or in prison by now. Or both.
The news was met with baffled laughter in our house.
Hah, Connie. I'd love to see a highly successful stock broker in a movie talking about how he got his start at a young age trading Magic cards.
It was fun to have them peering over my shoulder as I opened a new pack and to start making offers. Heady days.
Jason Dohring interview over at Buzzfeed re. VM movie: [link]
Biceps, hello! He's got Vulcan ears.
“A lot of that emotion was very real for me. I think I was in love with [Kristen] for the three years we made that show,” he says. “Like, I truly felt like I would die without her, and I think that’s what underlined everything people loved about them as a couple.”
Hahaha. Dohring was married (and still is to the same woman, as far as I know) the entire time they filmed VM. I'm pretty sure it's just a show business speaks for immersing yourself in a role but that's gonna stir up fringey tinhat faction of VM fandom something fierce (I'm sure there is one).
He was saying stuff like that when the show was on the air too. Oh, Jason.