tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post4425534349058646416..comments2024-03-05T21:05:36.848-05:00Comments on CommentaramaFilms: Film Friday: Super 8 (2011)AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-11084700333745309742014-01-13T15:07:58.736-05:002014-01-13T15:07:58.736-05:00Outlaw, Isn't that the truth. I saw some of t...Outlaw, Isn't that the truth. I saw some of the 1980s versions first and was left very unimpressed. Then I got a chance to see the 1960s versions and I was blown away. Everything about the 1960s versions is fantastic. I wish there were a lot more of them!AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-4920431165829777142014-01-11T11:11:31.668-05:002014-01-11T11:11:31.668-05:00Andrew, Jonny Quest was awesome right up until the...Andrew, Jonny Quest was awesome right up until they tried to "update" him in the 80's.Outlaw13https://www.blogger.com/profile/17232117096525959967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-2091888650437587422014-01-11T00:56:35.593-05:002014-01-11T00:56:35.593-05:00Eric -
If nothing else, though, we were discerni...Eric - <br /><br /><i>If nothing else, though, we were discerning enough to know the World Wrestling Federation and World Wildlife Fund could co-exist just fine with the same acronym.</i><br /><br />That reminds me of one of my favorite <i>Simpsons</i> gags when Homer sees an ad for The National Ringworm Association, aka "The Other NRA"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-38089621709440287402014-01-10T23:02:12.336-05:002014-01-10T23:02:12.336-05:00Outlaw, True. But then, Jonny Quest was a top not...Outlaw, True. But then, Jonny Quest was a top notch cartoon. :-)AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-1402047049465230002014-01-10T22:55:03.603-05:002014-01-10T22:55:03.603-05:00To see how to handle an invisible monster that is ...To see how to handle an invisible monster that is killing/destroying things see this Jonny Quest episode...http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0837348/<br /><br />It's sad when a cartoon from the 60's is better than a feature length, big budget movie.Outlaw13https://www.blogger.com/profile/17232117096525959967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-49236384305795589932014-01-10T22:38:03.992-05:002014-01-10T22:38:03.992-05:00djskit, Yeah... it's gonna suck.djskit, Yeah... it's gonna suck.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-33729415601105638432014-01-10T22:37:50.787-05:002014-01-10T22:37:50.787-05:00Critch, Agreed! :DCritch, Agreed! :DAndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-15184751055192375272014-01-10T20:19:45.778-05:002014-01-10T20:19:45.778-05:00Dear lord, this man is now in charge of Star Wars ...Dear lord, this man is now in charge of Star Wars (sound of gun clicking).<br /><br />The FAQ article of STITD is priceless. djskithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13497045723185560102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-37093478621311779562014-01-10T20:04:50.203-05:002014-01-10T20:04:50.203-05:00The 70s were great for movies, but so were the 80s...The 70s were great for movies, but so were the 80s,,,I still love 80s new Wave...can't help it..it was a fun time. Critchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07106908233705403513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-10140768905496353062014-01-10T18:58:45.118-05:002014-01-10T18:58:45.118-05:00Rustbelt, So...Abrams was trying to one-up Godzill...Rustbelt, <i>So...Abrams was trying to one-up Godzilla with a creature that had no personality.</i> Yikes. Somehow, that perfectly describes all of his movies.<br /><br />If you don't like the shakycam, then don't see <i>Cloverfield</i>. I've never seen a film that bad in terms of the use of the shakycam. There are whole scenes where the camera is literally bouncing around so badly that you'll want to vomit. "South Park" even parodied it, it was so bad.<br /><br />On Spielberg, I've really come to appreciate his work way more than I did growing up. Yes, I liked his films, but they struck me as pretty standard, i.e. what you would expect from a film. But in hindsight, I was spoiled growing up in that area and my understanding of what films should be was way above average. Indeed, while it seemed that he was just shooting average films, the truth is that the average is far, far lower than what he achieved. He really is a special director.<br /><br />And what's ironic about that is that hacks like Abrams even have Spielberg's films as a model to steal from and yet they can't match them. That really speaks volumes to Spielberg's ability to craft a total film.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-50987636840113205022014-01-10T18:51:13.251-05:002014-01-10T18:51:13.251-05:00Koshcat,
Don't get me wrong, I love the 80s....Koshcat, <br /><br />Don't get me wrong, I love the 80s. They were a great time to grow up. The country was prosperous and unified. The music was awesome. The films were fun. We didn't have to worry about terrorism... unless you thought the Russians were going to nuke us. We kicked ass in everything. There was optimism everywhere. We didn't have to worry about political correctness.<br /><br />Those were great times in all honesty. I loved growing up then.<br /><br />But in hindsight, a lot of the things we thought were normal/traditional/conservative turned out to be pretty wild. Look at the fashions, the hair, the drug use (coke), the propensity to use really stupid slang... radical, like totally. It was a very strange decade in hindsight compared to how it seemed at the time.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-17231805178078750532014-01-10T18:49:40.785-05:002014-01-10T18:49:40.785-05:00Pardon my grammar. That should read, "I HAVEN...Pardon my grammar. That should read, "I HAVEN'T seen 'Cloverfield' due to my undying hatred of shaky-cam."Rustbelthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12190297078043033514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-59502777259671063432014-01-10T18:47:09.468-05:002014-01-10T18:47:09.468-05:00Okay, I just did some rummaging on Wikipedia. On t...Okay, I just did some rummaging on Wikipedia. On the subject of 'Cloverfield,' J.J. Abrams claims the creature-feature was inspired by Godzilla toys he saw in Japan, but wanted something more "intense and insane." The guys he hired to design that creature stated that Cloverfield wouldn't have a personality (like Godzilla or King Kong), but would be an entity or event.<br /><br />So...Abrams was trying to one-up Godzilla with a creature that had no personality. (As Dr, Evil) Riiiiiiiiiight...<br /><br />(In the interests of full disclosure, I've seen 'Colverfield' due to my undying hatred of shaky-cam. I haven't seem this film, either. AMEN!)<br /><br />Also...Kit and Andrew, while it's clear that Abrams is ripping off Spielberg in 'Super 8,' think about this: the alien's shape is undetermined most of the time, it kills a lot of people in order to hide, and steals parts to build its own spaceship. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzS9hBwaqg" rel="nofollow">Remind you of anything?!</a> Abrams, you hack! Stick to stealing from one director/genre at a time!<br /><br />And, Andrew, yes, this DOES make me better appreciate Spielberg's films. (Well, his better ones, at least.) I remember posting a few months ago how, while watching 'Jaws' and trying to keep it synched with the Rifftrax commentary, I noticed how the camera was always moving and building the community through visuals, not forced exposition. Plus, the characters, even the ones you weren't supposed to like, all had clear and understandable motivations. Rustbelthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12190297078043033514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-58760571797879219332014-01-10T18:41:41.487-05:002014-01-10T18:41:41.487-05:00Hey! Back off, the '80's were awesome! A...Hey! Back off, the '80's were awesome! And stay off my lawn!Koshcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552108950848576633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-14977068361250067722014-01-10T18:03:46.576-05:002014-01-10T18:03:46.576-05:00Eric, That is one of the more bizarre copyright is...Eric, That is one of the more bizarre copyright issues ever. Is there really a human alive who would be confused between the World Wildlife Fund and the World Wrestling Federation?<br /><br />Yeah, the 80s were strange because it all seemed so normal at the time. In fact, after the 1970s, it seemed like everything was very traditional again... very conservative. Had no idea how weird the decade really was until later.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-44938611337596905272014-01-10T17:54:51.534-05:002014-01-10T17:54:51.534-05:00>>My God, the 80s were weird. >>
Cynd...>>My God, the 80s were weird. >><br /><br />Cyndi Lauper's latching onto the mid-80s WWF craze certainly didn't help make things any more normal, either. I'd blame (the) MTV, but like Andrew said, all seemed pretty blase while we took our day by day. If nothing else, though, we were discerning enough to know the World Wrestling Federation and World Wildlife Fund could co-exist just fine with the same acronym.EricPhttp://www.threedonia.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-45864194257149624882014-01-10T17:46:48.110-05:002014-01-10T17:46:48.110-05:00Critch, What's funny is that I have no knowled...Critch, What's funny is that I have no knowledge of historic Air Force uniforms, but I knew right away that the uniforms were fake. They just didn't look like anything the Air Force ever wore.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-38928424099625756712014-01-10T17:42:58.149-05:002014-01-10T17:42:58.149-05:00Jed, I'm happy to provide you with a service t...Jed, I'm happy to provide you with a service that might have worked except you didn't need it! Service providers like that are the ones who get rich in the modern economy. :)AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-23607032596273144462014-01-10T17:17:49.277-05:002014-01-10T17:17:49.277-05:00It would be hard to beat the famous F.A.Q. review ...It would be hard to beat the famous F.A.Q. review of Star Trek Into Darkness review, though.Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-52221566594164310722014-01-10T17:16:06.693-05:002014-01-10T17:16:06.693-05:00I am proud I instinctively ignored this one. Not s...I am proud I instinctively ignored this one. Not surprised by your review. I'd say you saved me from wasting time with this one. Probably, not, but now there is at least zero chance I could start watching it by mistake.Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-52479923653950218082014-01-10T16:54:23.479-05:002014-01-10T16:54:23.479-05:00I absolutely hate aliens that are telekinetic, psy...I absolutely hate aliens that are telekinetic, psychic, shape shifters, supernatural etc...that's why I liked Alien, it was just a badass bug...The Super 8 alien looked like a spider, really? Get original. Super 8 just wasn't a good movie...nothing worked right and i get tired of movies where these kids are so much smarter than the adults...it started with The Blob, which wasn't a bad movie. Also, as a 30 year veteran of the USAF, they had the uniforms all wrong..the USAF never wore green berets..and the blue berets the skycops do wear are a darker blue...Critchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07106908233705403513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-23668346761431650392014-01-10T15:09:37.607-05:002014-01-10T15:09:37.607-05:00Koshcat, LOL! Bravo! :)Koshcat, LOL! Bravo! :)AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-21576032979621358882014-01-10T15:09:12.994-05:002014-01-10T15:09:12.994-05:00Scott, I'm working on it! LOL!Scott, I'm working on it! LOL!AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-1171976446235321242014-01-10T15:08:56.626-05:002014-01-10T15:08:56.626-05:00Kit, That's exactly what it feels like. It fe...Kit, That's exactly what it feels like. It feels like he took various broad strokes from several Spielberg films and then put them all into the same movie and thought that would be enough.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-9368626527150366072014-01-10T15:07:59.058-05:002014-01-10T15:07:59.058-05:00T-Rav, That's a great description of Abrams. ...T-Rav, That's a great description of Abrams. That's exactly what his films are -- massive potential, growing problems, desperate emotional appeal at the end.<br /><br />In terms of this movie being the worst ever, it's definitely not that. It's watchable. I just found it really dull and I never cared about anything that happened. But I didn't hate it... I just didn't like it.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.com