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I consider myself a pretty big fan of theirs, though not everything they do works for me. Most of it does and when it does its some of the funniest stuff in the world for me. This new series they've been doing is somewhat of a departure for them and I think has had varying degrees of success.

Angela's Ashes

He screened Blade Runner for his crew before shooting Batman Begins The narrows in Begins looked clearly inspired by Blade Runner's LA.

It's alright. Very uneven. Some things are good, namely the two leads, but other things just don't work. But I think it could grow into something very good if it plays to its strengths.

Metal Gear Solid 4 is my favorite, as sacrilegious as it might be. The PlayStation original would reign supreme if 4 didn't do such a brilliant job of revisiting old locations and tapping into that nostalgia factor. It definitely plays the best and there are some nice moments (the Shadow Moses level being the best) but it's also total nonsense. Just awful writing, which is especially disappointing considering the previous game Snake Eater has easily the best narrative in the series.

Very Spielbergian.

Some fan made posters: Richard Davies Joe Vetoe Harlan Elam Why is it that fan made posters are usually better than the official ones?

Looks like a Japanese boy band going on a roadtrip.

It was probably The Lord of the Rings, actually. I might have been into film scores before then but that's the first one I remember falling in love with that wasn't done by John Williams.

Hook. First movie I ever remember seeing. Must've been around two years of age and watched it on VHS or TV. Star Wars and Indy couldn't have been that far behind, though I can't really place when I was first acquainted with them. It's like they were always there in some way or another.

Looks a lot like the one from the upcoming game Arkham Knight. Overall I like this new design. The only thing that bugs me is the exposed turret there at the front. Gotta say I prefer the Tumbler, though. It somehow looks more streamlined compared to this industrial look.

Smooth McGroove is a wizard. If you aren't subscribed to his Youtube channel, do it.

Same here. Fun stuff - although I'm struck by how the more character-based storytelling in S1 resonates more with me now than it used to, and by how the increasing focus on the Island's mysteries in the later seasons resonates less with me now than it used to. Yeah, I noticed that on my recent rewatch. I honestly think part of that has to do with some of the reveals not ultimately living up to the mysteries that preceded them. But I still think the show was most often at its best when the two halves of the story, the characters and the mythology, were intertwined. One of the major reasons why S5 is my favorite is that it melded the two sides by having the characters actually experience the island's history in real time as opposed to having disconnected info dumps ala "Across the Sea".

Do you ever get tired of hating things?

Raiders is number one. It is perfect entertainment and the apex of the adventure genre.

Guardians of the Galaxy. The most fun I've had in the theater in years. This was an abnormally good year for summer blockbusters. There were several really good ones.

RIP. His Dr. Hammond from Jurassic Park was such a great character.

A.I. Artificial Intelligence, no question. A true masterpiece with few parallels.

Hook is probably my favorite JW score of all time, so that one. Angela's Ashes, The Phantom Menace, and Schindler's List would be close behind. Really though the 90's was a great decade. Probably Williams' most varied decade in terms of the litany of smaller scores alongside the big ones.

The same reason Williams works almost exclusively with Spielberg now, because he's older and that's what he wants to do. It's not a matter of poor reputation or forgotten legacy; you might not be into him but Uematsu is still widely considered to be one of the best in game music, if not the best ever. Maybe he got burned out on the Final Fantasy series or the other big franchises he's done.

I liked it a lot more when I saw it as a kid. There are good elements to it but I don't think it's held up particularly well.

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy Bit of light, fun reading to pass the summer time.

It's an incredible game but it can be a grueling thing to experience. Story-wise its brutal and it can be very hard to play. So it is kind of hard for me to recommend if you're not into third-person stealth/shooters.

This is absolutely terrible. He was beloved in my household as well as countless others and to have him go in this way is heartbreaking.

Probably Empire Strikes Back. But it's hard to settle on just one given how incredible this decade was. Just looking at that list is crazy.