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You can't trust RT. Disney owns the critics!  And many of the 'audience' over there follow the critics' lead. 

Switched that one off with the speed of light.

Bruce isn't here and yet he is everywhere. How is that possible?

Haha! I had that with Alien in 1979.  
 
 
And again with Jurassic Park in 1993 , but this time I felt too old (theatre was packed with parents and their kids).
 

What about Realistic? 
 

What about Realistic? 
 

Turns out the guy doesn't want sell his speakers anymore because he himself didn't get the speakers he wanted to buy. 
 

 
Goodbye, Harbeth SHL5 Plus, it was nice NOT knowing you.

It's stupid that Snyder had theaters in mind? I thought you guys loved cinema?!

I have the indestructible Yamaha S90 ES with 88 weighted keys:
 

 
 

They have not arrived yet. Maybe tomorrow. It's a BBC monitor so it should sound pretty neutral. I expect audiophile recordings to sound amazing but poor recordings will show their weaknesses (and that sadly includes a lot of '70s music).
 
 
Watch this review! 
 
 

They had a few good grooves* but that Tron soundtrack was as uninteresting as the movie itself. 
 
 
*beats (for the youngsters of JWFan)

They have not arrived yet. Maybe tomorrow. It's a BBC monitor so it should sound pretty neutral. I expect audiophile recordings to sound amazing but poor recordings will show their weaknesses (and that sadly includes a lot of '70s music).
 
 
Watch this review! 
 
 

No! 
 

 
BTW, I bought them! The Harbeths!

They had a few good grooves* but that Tron soundtrack was as uninteresting as the movie itself. 
 
 
*beats (for the youngsters of JWFan)

It's fine to not like Aliens (I suppose). De gustibus non est disputandum & all that. But there really shouldn't be any question as to why it's so popular. That's readily apparent to even the film's detractors. It's a much more kinetic, crowd pleasing film than Alien, with the types of characters cinema audiences are used to cheering.  Cinephiles and horror movie lovers will probably prefer Alien, but I think the typical movie watcher will pick Aliens nine times out of ten.
 
With its slow, moody pace, dark tone and non-archetypal characters, the success of Alien (which is the better film IMO) is actually a testament to what a masterful job Ridley Scott did with that movie. It could have easily fallen into B-movie territory and even campiness in the hands of lesser director.
 
 

I never understood why Alien is/was so popular. It's a very slow paced simple story with low key characters. And perhaps even more than that, the film is very focused on the artistic and design side of things, very much like Ridley Scott made The Duellists, which was actually the reason why they hired him. OTOH, Aliens is an adrenaline ride with a more complex story and sharply silhouetted characters. And perhaps even more than that, it's the foundation of modern video games. 

Ha, ha. Pretty good satire post.

About Schmidt. 
 
Wow. That was pretty good. One of the things I liked was the calm pacing, though I wish they wouldn’t have cut off that speech about why God can handle it when we’re angry with him. All the actors are great, and most especially Kathy Bates, but even though I accepted Nicholson in the end, I often wondered whether he was miscast. He sometimes seemed too rigid for the character, or the character too rigid for him, I don’t know. The man he met on his journey was a bit weird, but I love how I only feel I got a complete picture of Schmidt at the very end. That final letter he wrote was so moving, though the sister voice-over was kind of lame. I also wish he would have ended up together with Roberta.
The score is fantastic. The cues for harp and strings are heart-breaking and yet so simple. The music is so varied I think some of it might have been written by other people and the main theme gets incredible variations in both minor and major keys.

You definitely have a point but somehow I managed to get over my aversion for Jeunet's movie. 
 
 
It's utter trash but I enjoyed it a lot more than Prometheus, which is trash too. You'll hate it though.

Anyone knew Sparks are back? (or maybe they never left?)
 
 
 
 
Trailer docu?
 
 
 
 

I don't think Richard has even seen BR 2049. 

Wha'?! 
So...BLADE RUNNER 2049 is restrained, is it, Alex? I find it among the most obnoxious, annoying, ostentatious, and narcissistic pieces of cinematography I've ever seen.

There's some movies I actually like that had awful trailers. X-Men: First Class, for instance, had a horrible marketing campaign, with laughable posters, uninspiring trailers, etc., but when I watched it, I realized it's one of the very best X-movies.

I didn’t know you hadn’t. You should make it a priority! If anything, you’d appreciate the photography. 

You like the duelling banjos scene so much?