The Wachowskis have felt Lucas-y to me since Matrix Reloaded.
Zoe: What's that, sir? Mal: Freedom, is what. Zoe: No, I meant what's that? Mal: Oh. Yeah. Just step around it. I think something must've been living in here.
'Out Of Gas'
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Kalshane - Jun 02, 2016 5:04:58 am PDT #78 of 3455
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 02, 2016 6:29:32 am PDT #79 of 3455
"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
Reviews seem to indicate they're doing a good job with Sense8 (or Lily is, I guess, since Lana just left the project).
I can definitely see how stresses in their personal lives might have interfered with doing their best work since 2003. Hopefully things will goa bit smoother from now on.
Dana - Jun 02, 2016 6:38:38 am PDT #80 of 3455
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I think Sense8 has the same problems as some of that other stuff, but it's also got more room to make up for those problems. Or better characters. Or just more characters.
Calli - Jun 02, 2016 8:22:12 am PDT #81 of 3455
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Jupiter Ascending was stupid in someways, but I also found it tremendously fun and watchable.
Vonnie K - Jun 02, 2016 8:31:32 am PDT #82 of 3455
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I saw Whit Stillman's new Jane Austen movie, Love & Friendship, over the weekend and enjoyed it tons. The trailer: [link]
I had no interest in her Underworld movies so haven't seen Beckinsale in anything for years. I'd forgotten how delightful she could be in period stuff! (She was a fun Emma but she will always be Flora Poste to meeee). Also refreshing is the fact that her character is both the heroine and the villain of the story, but it's all so frothy, there is only a sliver of moralizing in the proceedings.
Also: The Last Days of Disco reunion!
Gris - Jun 02, 2016 1:57:11 pm PDT #83 of 3455
Hey. New board.
Jupiter ascending was indeed mostly fun and watchable. But the third or fourth time dude saved her from some crisis with seconds to spare it started to feel kind of repetitive.
Beverly - Jun 02, 2016 6:01:39 pm PDT #84 of 3455
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Robert Post's child, yes.
Jessica - Jun 03, 2016 3:26:17 pm PDT #85 of 3455
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
When it comes to Jupiter Ascending, I prefer to let Shrill and Mallory speak for me.
Sense8, I enjoyed the first season tremendously, but it's very in the Late Wachowski Period of Operatic Interlocking Shit That You Probably Shouldn't Think Too Hard About But Just Let The Feels Wash Over You And Assume It All Means Something.
(OH HAI I ALSO LIKED CLOUD ATLAS)
Zenkitty - Jun 04, 2016 6:24:04 am PDT #86 of 3455
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
The first time I saw Jupiter Ascending, my friend and I laughed the whole way through. It was ridiculous fun. The next time I saw it was with a young teenage girl and she loved it. All the stuff I thought was silly af, she adored to bits. She thinks Avengers and Superman and Batman are boring because it's all just fighting and stuff blowing up. JA was her superhero movie. Seeing it with her changed my opinion about it. I mean, it's still dumb, but honestly so are MY favorite movies. "Bees recognize a queen!" isn't actually dumber than "I got my spider powers from a radioactive spider!"
Gris - Jun 05, 2016 4:28:15 am PDT #87 of 3455
Hey. New board.
The world building was nuts but fine. Zero problem with bees. I love a little silliness like that. The Planet of Bureaucrats was awesome. But the plotting was just blah. Also dialogue.