Trent B 337 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Skyfall was the most succesful Bond film ever though. Star Trek Into Darkness did very well.Yet you'd be surprised how a lot of us Trekkies hated STID because of an almost apparent rip off of a classic film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I enjoyed it well enough the first time, have little urge to see it again though honestly. It was a nice one-time homage to WoK. But ultimately feels like a waste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I dont hate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,988 Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 Someone without any of their own ideas and a penchant for platitudes!Found it. It was Don Davis, actually.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I dont hate it.Honestly I don't either. It's better than Trek 09 that's for sure. It also has a bad ass score too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,988 Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 They're both enjoyable. Awfully daft, though. Which for Star Trek might not be a good sign.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Neither are really my kind of Star Trek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Not boring enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 That's too easy, even for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Someone without any of their own ideas and a penchant for platitudes!Found it. It was Don Davis, actually.KarolFigures! Hack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 STID = Sexually Transmitted Infectious Disease? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Not boring enough?It requires you to turn your brain off before watching it. Star Trek is supposed to be intelligent, thought-provoking, touching on real social, political and scientific issues. The new "Star Trek" movies are a bunch of screaming metrosexual 20-something idiot caricatures running around with guns murdering and blowing things up. Inevitably, I could give a shit about them altering the canon. We've seen it before in mirror universes and alternate quantum realities, AKA Yesterday's Enterprise, sexed-up Kira, "Captain, we're receiving 285,000 hails" etc. My issue is that it's just dumb popcorn-munching action shlock that I take nothing from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I'm sorry, but I simply do not see those qualities in Star Trek the tv soap. I think you and all Trekkies invent sophistication and deeper meaning into it in an effort to validate your fascination/obsession with the genre and it's decidedly nerdy content. Star Trek is in reality no more profound or extraordinary than a standard and very typical storyline found in places such as Eastenders or Coronation Street.I'm right and you're wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 You have to also remember that this show was coming out of 1960s America, a time when seeing a white man and black woman kiss on TV was scandalous. So, it was definitely ahead of its time in many respects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I hate this place and I hate you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Star Trek (The Original Series) was largely groundbreaking television that examined relevant social, political, racial, economic, and other current issues in a science fiction setting where the real parties in the real world would not be offended or realize they were being scrutinized. It didn't let continuity or believability get in the way of a good parable. Its sequel series started out doing some of the same, but eventually became more about the characters and places and events of its own making than real world metaphors. Its two sequel series and the quickly killed prequel series were too wholly engrossed in themselves and their own self-importance to be directly relatable to the real world. They became science fiction soap operas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I was only kidding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Never admit you were only kidding! It devalues the humour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Indeed, but I expected E.T. (and Wojo) to spot I was being deliberately wry. Ah well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Oh please! Gal Gadot does not look like KK!No she does not. I would know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 452 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 It is. Sadly, because the case is great, the guy in the part seems right, director with strong visual flair, the idea is sound.KarolI hope Terrio's rewrites made the film great. At least he'll remove Goyer's clunky dialogue and make it flow better.I remember another movie getting a last-minute page-one rewrite -- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes -- and the new writer knocked it out of the park. He had 1-2 months to completely overhaul the script before filming. And it worked.But then, this is different producers, studio, et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 On a side note:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt9fxWq5qg0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makeshift Python 22 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Hans Zimmer's new theme has leaked. Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 452 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 On a side note:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt9fxWq5qg0Part of me wants to see that movie so bad, if only for how big of a train wreck it was going to turn out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,272 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Kevin Smith's story about working on that is hilarious. Long-winded, but worth it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Nicolas Cage would have been an awkward looking Superman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Basically. I don't like the dark colors of her outfit. Where are the bright colors of Linda Carter's suit?It's DC, they don't like colorsThen who greenlit Green Lantern? A child with his hand in his diaper, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Kevin Smith's story about working on that is hilarious. Long-winded, but worth it: That whole DVD is full of great stories. The Prince one is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,272 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 PRINCE: If a big snake has a little snake, what does the little snake grow into?KEVIN SMITH: Big snake?PRINCE: Right, and if that snake has a little snake, what does that little snake grow into?KEVIN SMITH: Big snake.PRINCE: Exactly, you gotta know who your father is.KEVIN SMITH: ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 On a side note:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt9fxWq5qg0Is the "What Happened" part of the title really necessary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 It's a natural response for those who didn't know: "Tim Burton was going to make a huge Superman movie?! What happened?!" Of course, a better title would have been: Burtondowsky's Superman.Get it or am I going too far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I get it. I understood that reference. But did anyone understand that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,988 Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 He chose... poorly.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I don't get it but I'll say I do just to look smart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,272 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Spoken like somebody with a Philosoraptor avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Didn't you just laugh at those fools whose minds were blown by the leaked footage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I thought that's just how it is in 'Merica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Me too. I heard they even applaud when a film is over. We don't do this unless the filmmakers are present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Exactly. If the filmmakers aren't there then who are you applauding, the projectionist? Never understood the need to clap at a film at some random showing. I know you're happy it was good, but come on.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Is there even such a thing as a projectionist these days? Anyway, when will this teaser become official? Or is it just made exclusively for Comic Con? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I don't think so. I assume they are just called "operators" these days and all they need to do is look for the videofile and click PLAY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Is there even such a thing as a projectionist these days?Sort of. I don't know of any 35mm theaters anymore but you still need someone to download and que the films, focus bulbs, and all that good stuff.A Virginia theater messed up a showing of Guardians Of The Galaxy three times in a row by constantly playing Rise Of The Guardians after making the audience wait through the 15 minutes of previews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 That really isn't very hard to do I'm sure. In the old days projectionist was an actual profession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 If you have common sense, it isn't, but there's still a degree of technicality involved. 35mm wasn't hard, you just had to care about what you were doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,312 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Affleck as Bruce Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 452 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Exactly. If the filmmakers aren't there then who are you applauding, the projectionist? Never understood the need to clap at a film at some random showing. I know you're happy it was good, but come on....Me too. I heard they even applaud when a film is over. We don't do this unless the filmmakers are present.I live in the USA, and that still mystifies me. I can understand people loving the film, but honestly, like Alexcremers said... I don't clap unless the actors or filmmakers are in attendance. In a few showings of Guardians of the Galaxy, people would clap. I mean, really? No one's there to take the applause.It's extremely irritating. Musical performance or live play? Expected applause. Multiplex showing? Hell no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Makes sense to me. If the purpose of applause is to show respect for work done, does it really matter if the filmmakers aren't present? You can't waste respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 452 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 If I want to thank the filmmakers for a job well done -- and they're not at the screening, I usually Tweet them or write a letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I think it's a nice gesture. Like actually watching the credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 It's a harmless gesture, at the end of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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