I'd really like to see that preproduction artwork that Disney's PR people were apparently using to hype the ride for years, with the Giger Alien design featured clearly, or so Jim Hill says.
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I'd really like to see that preproduction artwork that Disney's PR people were apparently using to hype the ride for years, with the Giger Alien design featured clearly, or so Jim Hill says.
It's out there somewhere, I'm betting.
Jim Hill!
A friend of mine got banned from that site, the first time he's ever been banned from anything. He tells the story here
http://www.thelogbook.com/365films/2...t-of-jim-hill/
Hellraiser: I still love this movie. Pinhead's dialogue is so good and I still love each step of Frank's regeneration. Ashley Laurence in this or Hellraiser II is still the woman of my dreams. I don't think my roommates really liked it. It's okay though. I don't hate them. What I do hate is Hellraiser III and later. :(
To be fair, he and the imagineers were right. An Alien ride in the center of Tomorrowland would have been a very, very, very bad idea. Maybe they could have shuffled it off to MGM Studios or something, but Alien Encounter was already too intense for a lot of kids who went in. Because children are weak and stupid. Also because parents are too dumb to read warning signs and think, I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
Unrelated: those huge turkey drumsticks they sold as "alien legs" there... god damn, those were really tasty.
How come there haven't been more Clive Barker books/stories made into films? There was what, Nightbreed, Candy Man, Rawhead Rex, Lord of Illusions, Hellraiser...? And only Candyman and Hellraiser were good. I thought there was supposed to be an HBO series of his Books of Blood at one time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grave
Jeez, I just checked IMDB and apparently Hellraiser is being re-made and he wrote the screenplay. Also, Midnight Meat Train and The Thief of Always are coming out. Where's The Damnation Game?
Never heard anything about a Books of Blood miniseries, but that would be absolutely fantastic. Of course, if they went down the list they'd end up covering a whole lot of material that already has movies. I don't think I ended up seeing Rawhead Rex ever, and after hearing about how bad it was, I kind of want to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scourge
Super-excited for Midnight Meat Train. Not so much for the Hellraiser remake, but if we could get Clive Barker to write a few new Hellraiser movies that don't suck, I'll be cool with it.
the damnation game was suppose to be in production like 6 or 7 years ago, i dunno what happened to it.
night breed scared the fuck out of me when i was little, especially that asshole monster with the dreads. holy shit.
hellraiser is one of the best horror films ever.
I'm pretty sure the remake of Hellraiser isn't going to be written by Barker. 2 guys contacted him about remaking it. They pitched him their idea with a different take on the story and he liked it so much that he gave them his blessing to go forward with it.
I've heard crazy shit about Alien Encounter, it was way too intense for a Disney attraction and was removed because of it.
Also! Lilo and Stitch rules. 2 wasn't that bad either. And since arjue liked it, I need to see Smiley Face.
It was open for over 8 years before it changed over, and yeah, it was pretty intense for a Disney attraction. But I really, really liked it. :( Supposedly Stitch's Great Escape has been doing worse in attendance levels than Alien Encounter did. Whoops.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumpy
IMDB has him listed as the screenwriter, but I'm by no means saying that IMDB can't be wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumpy
The Sword in the Stone- Growing up, i always loved this film. Now it seems like one of the lesser Disney works, but it also seems like it was a lot more loved and personal to the creators themselves. The scenes with Arthur standing up for himself against authority, but being blasted right back down are perfect, full of feeling. The viewer feels that defeat right along with him. The bold, simple background and exaggerated but subdued expressions would make it fit right in with a Chuck Jones cartoon in a different universe. Madame Mim still has that quality about her that made you want to leave the light on when you went to bed. She's a creepy old bag.
It was open for that many years? I thought it was like 3.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grave
Dark Horizons had an interview with Barker late last year, that's where I got that information from.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scourge
watched 3:10 to Yuma (recent one) last night and just finished Sunshine. 3:10 to Yuma was fantastic for a remake and Sunshine was good for what it was. could have used some more meat like Event Horizon but it was still decent.
I just watched Revolver. Not as complicated or difficult to follow as people seemed to indicate, and it's a fun ride, but the payoff certainly doesn't justify the winding route it took.
The Royal Tenenbaums,
i love it :X
I think it is my favorite wes anderson.
I'm not a fan of that movie, but I do appreciate the director's (or maybe the cinematographer's... not sure who should get the credit) penchant for symmetry. The film is not lacking in beautiful shots.
I could deal with it when I was a kid just fine.Quote:
I've heard crazy shit about Alien Encounter, it was way too intense for a Disney attraction and was removed because of it.
I saw Cloverfield today, Pretty average all around I thought. The monster was fine, but nothing really creative or striking. The action was sparse and confused, and there were a lot of "what the fuck, that's stupid" moments. This handy-cam gimmick shit needs to be shoved in the trash. As it really doesn't add anything. As far as the OH SHIT IT'S A MONSTER genre goes I liked the the Mist a lot more.
Steve Zissou 4 lyfe.Quote:
Originally Posted by B-Ri
(and yeah, Royal Tenenbaums is outstanding)
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 Rushmore, Tenenbaums, and Life Aquatic are my favorite movies of all time. Darjeeling might be too, but it was out of theaters before i got to see it again.Quote:
Originally Posted by B-Ri
4 troothe. Herman Blume 4 lyfe too. Depressed middle-aged Bill Murray 4 EVAH!Quote:
Steve Zissou 4 lyfe.
I tried to watch The Holy Mountain.
It's about the adventures of Jesus in modern-day Mexico with his limbless sidekick who drags himself around on the ground.
He gets captured by a group of nuns that make plaster casts of him. He smashes them and steals one, and then gains a following of young prostutes and he gets mad and eats the face of the cast of him and then ties it to a balloon and then goes into a tower and a naked black chick and a Jewish pilgrim clean him and make him poop in a jar. And then they cook the poop and then I stopped watching.
Oh, and there's no dialog. People talk, but it's just like "Rabble rabble rabble".
lol, i had to fast forward through this one too. jodorowsky isnt about the plot, just the imagery so in FF mode i think i got the gist, esp with the lack of dialogue. overall, it really was just way too much for me as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by Frogacuda
i cant remember, but think at the point you cut it off you did miss some crazy sex machines though. might try the FF method if decide to you turn it back on :)
also if you havent seen it yet, you might want to give el topo a shot. it has a better premise and it doesnt spend the entire time dwelling on being strictly sacreligious (although there are a few scenes here and there).
I'm not really in a rush to see any more of his films. I like weird/surreal stuff if it's more than just a collection of random thoughts someone jotted down and committed to film (for instance I love Naked Lunch) but stuff like this and some of David Lynch's more esoteric moments are just not something I can appreciate.
American Psycho: TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT DORSIA NOW YOU STUPID FUCKING BASTARD
Still one of my favorite movies. Christian Bale is the best.
I wish they didn't botch the ending, though. I like that movie more and more as time goes on, but I think it makes a bad first impression on people because of the screwed up ending.
How do you mean?
They will talk and make more sense...I guess. Have you seen El Topo? Pretty bizarre as well. His first movie Fando Y Lis is probably the strangest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frogacuda
Anyways, I saw Caddyshack again because I picked it up for $9.99 at Albertsons. Awesome as always.
American Psycho spoilers:Quote:
Originally Posted by Grave
They pulled some implied "It was all a dream" shit by making the visit to the cleaned up apartment be the next day instead of weeks later. The point of the movie was not that it was some figment of his imagination, but just the running theme of the entire movie that no one ever noticed him or anything he did
Watched Eraser, one of the weaker Arnold movies imo.
Watching School of Rock for the first time. When it came out I was dating a band teacher and we were both looking fwd to it...but then we broke up. That anecdote didn't really go anywhere. Sry.
This movie is really good.
I was talking to my roommates about this after we finished watching it last night, and I still don't really think there's enough evidence presented to say it's one way or the other way. Granted, I think the latter reading makes for a better story. I don't recall how the book deals with this issue. I should read it again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frogacuda
Watched the first AVP last night, and It's as stupid as I remember it being. The scene where the predator is using sign language to convey he set a bomb always makes me lol. The second one was a lot better, that's for sure.
I finally got to see Shoot'em up, and my feelings on it are mixed. Owen and Giamatti were nothing short of fucking brilliant. Especially Giamatti, he was just perfect the whole way through. And I thought the carrot gimmick was very well done.
My major point of contention is that I hate kids in action movies, and babies are the worst. Also the grand canyon sized leaps of logic didn't do anything for me. I know It's just to move the plot along, and maybe get a laugh. But I think they could have done a better job.
Also in my action movies I want the hero to be put through hell and back. Which is why I really loved the end confrontation between Owen and Giamatti. But a lot of the fights just felt like they were going through the motions.
Overall it was worth the buck I spent to see it. It's no Die Hard, but It's not bad either.
I watched Bladerunner on Bluray last night (The Final Cut).
It looked fantastic! The effects looked great, better than some recent movies, let alone a 25 year old film.
However, I am sad to report that my long running track record of falling asleep every time I watch the movie has yet to be broken. I like the theme and look of the movie, but god damn is it boring.
I have the same problem with Neil Gaiman movies.
It's been a while since I've read it, but I recall the book made it pretty clear that it was all in his head; i.e. his existence was so pointless that he had to make up graphic fantasies to make his life seem meaningful. In addition, he likely really hated himself and everyone he mingled with, so it was his catharsis. At least, that's how I interpreted it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grave
I think the film leans toward him really doing those things, though.
Recently:
The Green Mile - Liked it when I first saw it. Loved it this time. Stephen King gets a lot of flak for being a hack, but when he's on, he can create some beautiful stories. I forgot that stretchy guy Tooms from The X-Files played the asshole Percy. Michael Clarke Duncan isn't really that tall, is he?
Wild Hogs - I expected it to be a superficially enjoyable pastime, and that's just what it was. William H. Macy and Ray Liotta stole the show. Where has Marisa Tomei been?
Children of Men - I did not expect the enjoy this as much as I did. I'm not a big fan of Clive Owen, but he nailed his part. The imagery of the near-future dystopia seemed hauntingly plausible.
Ravenous - "He was licking meeee!!" My goodness, do I love this film, right down to the unexplained stuff and the nutty soundtrack.
In the Mouth of Madness - John Carpenter's ode to Lovecraft is still awesome to this day. I love the scene where Sam Neill makes the map out of the Sutter Cain book covers. Jurgen Prochnow's grannie-mullet is the best hair ever.
Hard Candy - I thought it sucked. Struck me as boring, pretentious, amd empty. I guessed right away the whole castration thing didn't really happen, but I still cringed anyway. Good acting, but I didn't care about either of the characters in the slightest.
Speaking of Neil Gaiman, we're getting Stardust from Netflix today. Also Bourne Ultimatum.
I love this movie, last good thing Carpenter ever did imo.Quote:
In the Mouth of Madness - John Carpenter's ode to Lovecraft is still awesome to this day. I love the scene where Sam Neill makes the map out of the Sutter Cain book covers. Jurgen Prochnow's grannie-mullet is the best hair ever
I watched Perfume: The Story of a Murderer last night. I never read the novel, but I thought the movie was terrific. I plan on watching Triplets of Belleville later on tonight.
Watched slither for the first time, pretty revolting flick.
I watched This Film Is Not Yet Rated last night, it was pretty interesting
I love the ambush he pulls on them at the rating board meeting.
I watched Cloverfield. Was ok.
I was originally going to watch There Will Be Blood, but car trouble made me miss the last showing.
Just watched starship troopers, I hadn't seen it in years. And I have to say I like it a lot, I didn't pick up on a lot of things the first time I saw it though. Such as a lot of the parallels to the nazis and such. I know It's obvious but I saw it a long time ago.
Great flick. I saw it On Demand a few nights ago myself. That movie is the standard from which all other epics are based. I didn't realize how hot the French Princess was...oui oui.Quote:
Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name
BTW, have you seen Rob Roy?
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Originally Posted by BioMechanic
Just saw this last night. Agreed. SK is one hell of a story teller when he's not writing shit like Sleepwalkers. Michael Clarke Duncan isn't that tall, but he is that wide. Motherfucker is huge!
I absolutely love Rob Roy. 1) Tim Roth is the best villain ever in that movie, and 2) the movie has one of the best sword fights in the history of cinema. Awesome movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Type Ryan
Starship Troopers is a great movie. It doesn't hold a candle to the book (neither does the TV show for that matter), but it's its own entity, and a damn entertaining bit of satire. Works well as a psuedo-sequel to Robocop, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rem
Nice to see I'm not the only person who has seen this movie. It came out around the same time as Braveheart, so not too many people know about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scourge
Yeah, the sword fights in that movie are fucking awesome, especially the last one. And Tim Roth was one hell of a villain.
It'd be a good pick for the Movie Club since it's easy to find but probably most haven't seen it. Liam Neeson was quite the badass in that movie too. That last sword fight was fucking brutal and amazing.
I really want to read the book, does it have the same name?Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
It does. The book also inspired a lot of the stuff going on in "Aliens" and probably a good deal of military-society-with-robots anime.
Lethal Weapon 4 was on tv. I've seen it before. Its not a great movie by all mean but the last fight with Jet Li was just cool for some reason. Maybe because it felt realistic? Every hit seemed like it did damage. And LOL with Riggs and Murtah both being all bruised and battered at the end.
Now I want to go back on watch Lethal Weapon 1. That movie is great/
LW 2 is my favorite.
"He's been decaffinated."
1408, based on the Stephen King story. I thought it worked for what it was--a modern haunted house (hotel room, actually) movie.
I'm watching some episodes of Chuck I've had on tivo since early Dec. I like this show, it's a lot better than I assumed it would be.
If it was ANY realistic, those 2 old fucks would have been fucking dead. And yeah, the underwater psychic rescue takes the cake too. Blech, I hate LW4Quote:
Originally Posted by EvilMog
I saw Rob Roy two years ago. Pretty good, but at the time I thought it was just a Braveheart rip off. (I realize both are based on actual historical figures).
I'll have to give it another try.
One of my roommates brought home an exciting new movie last night!
Saw IV: http://electricbreakfast.com/lj/emot-psyduck.gif
Absolutely miserable. I can't imagine how dumb this series will be by the time the announced fifth and sixth movies roll around. The first was an enormous letdown for me as it was. I wish they could have just let it go there.
Did you see the unrated version or the theatrical cut? The endings are very, very different... I hated the unrated cut's ending. I liked both versions of the film better than the short story, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by ColecoVisionist
I give you the "will me Riggs" stuff but the whole kung fu shit vs 2 guys whom been in some shit before. C'mon how can you not like that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Despair
I have the flu or something so I sat around and watched tv all day. Just watched Goonies in HD. Ahh good stuff.
Watched the first two episodes of firefly, what a great show. Fuck everyone who didn't watch this while it was on, which sadly includes me as well.:cry:
Firefly's alright. It didn't set my world aflame or anything, but there's some really good episodes in there, Objects in Space particularly.
The show really deserved more than the 14 episodes it got, especially with all the horse shit fox shows.
Loved Firefly. Sucks that it didnt fly :(
It got fired.
I know I didnt watch Firefly because all the ads always screamed how it was from the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I was not a fan. :P
I don't care about Buffy either, but Firefly was quality.
I'm not denying that. That was just my excuse for not watching the series. Plus I think it was on Friday nights. I was usually always working.Quote:
Originally Posted by Compass
I have the Show on DVD and two versions of the movie. I think I like it.
Ah, I misunderstood. I thought you were saying you'd never seen it.
I like them all, even angel.
Just watched Rush Hour 3, that was a fun movie. When I can afford it I'm buying every Jacky Chan movie I can.
I actually enjoyed Rush Hour 1 & 2, does this mean 3 is worth my time to watch?
Absolutely, something felt a little lacking, I think it was just a bit short, but other than that it was fun to watch.
Are you fucking NUTS? RH3 was totally, un-enjoyable, forgettable boring, unfunny piece of shit sequel. Avoid at all costs, rent if it so necessary.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thief Silver
Please, don't waste your money on that turd. For reals.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brand X
I like rush hour 3, but in all fairness I have never seen a jackie chan movie I didn't like. So take it for what it's worth.
Go watch Robin B. Hood and report back.
Oh boy, as soon as I saw the baby on the cover...
Yesterday i suggested to my gf that we rent Rob Roy, since I heard it was good and similiar to Braveheart. Her response was "Oh, I've never seen Braveheart".
We rented Braveheart. Still awesome. There are way more references to Wallace as Christ than I picked up on when I was younger. Pretty interesting to see in light of Gibson's more recent wackyness.
Balls of Fury - Very meh. Walken was actually not that good for once.
Hot Fuzz - Amazing. One of the best movies I've seen in the past couple of years.
yeah Walken was very meh in BoF. actually the whole movie was pretty forgettable.
just watched "There Will Be Blood" it was my homework this week for my contemporary american film class. Loved it. I love Daniel Day-Lewis in this film, does an amazing job with the role. Paul Thomas Anderson really gave me Kubrick vibes with this whole film.
shoot'em up was great. cheesy but awesome dialogue, over the top action scenes and bellucci, i dunno how anyone can hate this flick.
Watched the unrated version of Leon (aka The Professional) last night.
Jean Reno + guns = fucking awesome.
Now I want to watch Ronin again... but I guess I ought to see La Femme Nikita at some point...
I saw Stranger Than Fiction last night, and it's in my top 20 movies now, espeically being a literary nut.
I had never seen all of Commando until last night when I watched it on VHS with my girlfriend while eating nachos and drinking beer.
A good time was had.
It's one of those movies that's better on VHS, IMO.
Also: Star Wars.
I was gonna say that's bullshit, but I've got like 5 different vhs Original Trilogy collections, so nevermind.Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
That's fucking right, "never mind"! I've got my CBS Home Video copies on my bookshelf. :D
Yeah, but do you have either of these vhs widescreen collections of the non-Special Edition OT?:Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
Got the one on the right!
Honestly, I feel like the CBS Video full-screen-crappy-sound-bad-matte-special-effects-version is "my" Star Wars. I have no nostolgia for THX whatsoever, doesn't make it "better" for me.
The one on the left is the CBS Letterbox Collection, non-remastered and came with the documentary From Star Wars To Jedi and a book. This is what I turn to to watch the OT. The remastered version (the one on the right) is actually re-edited as well in places, namely any laser blasts that hit humans or stormtroopers are softened and more quickly cut away from.Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
I might track that CBS widescreen version down, actually.
Were those mail-order? I forget.
edit: I mean, at the time. This is TNL, needed to clarify that.
Good Luck Chuck. Had few laughs, enjoyed the titties. Better than what I expected.
Kick Bocker, pretty much what you would expect from an 80's Jean Claude Van Damme movie. Lot's of training, with relativley little fighting. Tong Po really steals the show in the begining, and the end fight is good too. But I could have done without the thongs, also why does Damme hike his pants up to his nipples? Is that the secret to his martial art mastery?
Once Were Warriors. Awesome awesome movie. Go watch it if you haven't already.
LOLOLOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Rem
Prequel to Kicker Bocker.
Van Damme can dance. That movie proved it without a doubt.
just watched Saw IV, then read the wiki because all the white cops with black hair blurred together at the end. then in the wiki it said that the autopsy shown at the start of the movie actually happened AFTER the movie. still trying to figure that one out. guess i'll have to watch it again. i kind of shut my brain off for this one.
Watched Eastern Promises and We Own the Night last night.
Both were good stuff, and I've now had my fill of Russian Gangsters for the year.