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Yeah, those are what I'm referring to. Otherwise, yes, a very handsome looking movie.

All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you.

Well, if by looking at Ford and Connery is what you mean by "every cent of the budget is seen on screen", I agree, given that a huge chunk of the budget went to those two. That said, while I'm generally never one to take much notice of, or care about, bad SFX, I have to admit some of the effects in that one were a little dodgy, even for the time. I think they could have done better with some shots.

It's still an announcement...from a certain point of view.

Ah. An announcement announcing an announcement. I suppose once we started getting trailers for trailers, anything became possible. And to think someone in another thread said this wasn't the greatest time in history to be alive. No matter. I always look forward to the next Disney announcement for a project that will never be made.

They should have called it "Moana, Moana".

Bonus that in addition to being a great courtroom flick and incredibly funny, it stars Marisa Tomei. 🔥Who won an Oscar for the role if I'm not mistaken.

All of those are excellent. A Few Good Men is my personal favourite. Great movie, largely because of a phenomenal script by Aaron Sorkin. If you haven't seen it, check out My Cousin Vinny...speaking as a lawyer, it has the most realistic courtroom scenes I've ever seen in a movie.

What are some of your favourites?

My current theory: Do not theorize on the motivations of Mattris, that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth: there is no Mattris.

Sadly, one of the things we'll likely never get to hear is what JW would have done with a straight-up fantasy film (Harry Potter notwithstanding), or better yet, a series of them. I can't believe he escaped the 80's without doing at least one. I mean, would it have killed him to do Ladyhawke?

A very logical response.

Captain Kirk is the best Trek Captain. Who else? I have mixed feelings on Mount's Captain Pike. On one hand, I think he's a good actor and his portrayal of Pike is charismatic and effective. He's the best thing on NuTrek (the Wesley Kirk, on the other hand, is dreadful). Despite enjoying Mount's portrayal of Pike, however, I think most of the words the appalling writers on that show put in his mouth are awful. And while SNW is the best of the current lot of Trek show, that's not saying much. Aside from a few scattered episodes, most of it's not very good. The Orville is the best Star Trek we've gotten since Enterprise, and I'm afraid that's not coming back.

LOVE Twister. Bad SFX (and I don't think Twister's is bad anyway) in a movie seldom bothers me, especially if the movie's good. And Twister is great. The greatest storm-chaser movie featuring flying cows and a young Philip Seymour Hoffman calling gravy its own food group of all time. They're doing a remake/reboot which I'd say will suck except Joseph Kosinski's directing it which is gives me some semblance of hope. Tom Cruise as a storm chaser, running away from tornadoes, would be too much to hope for.

You should. That's unfortunate. It makes him more awesome.

Funny, I always thought episode 2 of Band of Brothers, with the D-Day Airdrop, was the Saving Private Ryan of aviation.

Your overconfidence is your weakness. Are there any other kind?

Shatner's Twitter feed is hilarious. He's as unwoke, dismissive, cranky and cantankerous as you'd expect him to be. I don't think he writes any of it himself mind you, he clearly has someone younger and more knowledgeable about Star Trek and pop culture than Shatner will ever be run his channel, but It's nonetheless glorious.

DS9 ran in the 90's, and IMO is the best of the Berman-era Trek, especially the last 4 seasons. And while Voyager & Enterprise aren't anywhere near DS9 or TNG in terms of quality, I've reevaluated both in recent years and have come to appreciate them more, especially in comparison to NuTrek.

Have they? I'll need to see a lot more evidence than Ridley not taking the bait on a loaded question before I believe that.

If I'm not mistaken, I recall that Lucas significantly cut his "director's fee" in exchange for merchandising rights, which seems to be a business-driven move.

Yeah, it's hard to imagine, but it wasn't really clear Yoda was in hiding pre-prequels.

I have a long flight to Australia coming up just after the final episode airs, so I'm saving it for that. Though now that I think about it, Masters of the Air might not be the best show to watch on a plane... 🤔

Yeah. Even seeing those films the first time, it never once thought that Yoda was actually from Dagaboh. Not that it's unreasonable to assume so, or that Lucas didn't intend it. It's just not something that really occurred to me. I always assumed he was from some place else.