Kilted Rob
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Watching a bunch of Pre-code films on TCM.
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Watching a bunch of Pre-code films on TCM.
Rob
Watching a bunch of Pre-code films on TCM.
Rob
I watched this last night and really enjoyed it. Hopefully we might get some more like this as a silver lining to the Sony / Disney bust up.We just watched Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Great fun. The soundtrack sucks balls, though.
Which ones? Anything with Myrna Loy, Barbara Stanwyck, Jean Harlow or Mae West is a must watch.
A voice boomed from the heavens. "Raleel Mythrasson, I Odin have placed thee in Midgard that you might grow mighty in Homebrew lore and fashion this work of inconceivable splender"I have vaguely toyed with the idea of a cyberpunk vikings, with a slightly in the future shipping conglomerates taking the role of big bad corps.
I've been digging those too... great stuff. They showed a string of Leila Hyams movies, someone I'd never heard of before but am glad to have had a chance to see her films.Watching a bunch of Pre-code films on TCM.
Red Dust, Little Giant. Then I watched DeMille’s Sign of the Cross and Cleopatra.
I love Pre-code films, and I am happy that Warner’s has started to release a few on Blu-ray now.
Rob
I haven't seen it yet. The show has amazing songs in general though like "Giant Woman", "It's Over, Isn't it?" and many others.Did anyone else see Steven Universe: The Movie?
If you decide to give it a chance, stick around in the first season at least until you get to the episode "Alone Together." The show feels extremely light before that, with little of the metaplot that now drives almost every episode. Steven comes off in the beginning as a very goofy kid, and I've heard that a lot of people initially find him to be annoying. I didn't, but I can understand why someone would feel that way.I haven't seen it yet.
Yes, the catalog is now extremely deep. I have the show soundtrack and now the movie soundtrack, and to date there are about 60 or 70 songs. And I really enjoy a lot of them. "Giant Woman" was an early sign of impending greatness and "It's Over, Isnt' It?" is one of my favorites. I'd post links, but I've done it here before, and where does one even start? Search for Steven Universe songs on youtube and you will have no shortage.The show has amazing songs in general though like "Giant Woman", "It's Over, Isn't it?" and many others.
I've always wondered that as well. There's another season coming up. I really thought the series had concluded, as the big massive conflict overhanging the whole series (i.e. the breach between the rebel Crystal Gems on Earth and the rest of the Gem Empire) was completely resolved at the end of last season. The movie basically begins with Steven celebrating his richly-deserved happily-ever-after.I always wondered were the Gems built by another race. They seemed artificial.
Watched RAISING CAIN with my dad. DePalma from ‘92. HATED the first time i saw it in the theater. Don’t know what happened — kinda loved it now. Not as much as my opinion on DUNE ( the movie ) changed, but it was something...
Rereading Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination. It's an odd Sci-Fi pulpish novel, I guess from the 60s or 70s that I discovered as a kid and for some reason glommed on to. Even though it's not fantastically written, and some of the future predictions come across a bit naive now (like thinking that the Sears-Roebucks retail dynasty would still be around millenia from now), it remains a pretty compelling story of revenge, sort of Count of Monte Cristo meets....I'm not sure, SciFi was never my genre so I don't have a lot of basis for comparison. It reminds me a bit of Ironwolf I guess, the Chaykin/Mignola comic.
I was pretty confused first time I saw it as I expected a sane film, now I'm a fan since I realized how bug crazy it is.
First two episodes of The Righteous Gemstones are excellent. Less of a goofy OTT comedy the trailer make it appear and closer to the character based black comedy/crime drama of Fargo.
It was OK for me. Definitely not scary and very abbreviated compared to the books. It would probably seem better to me if I didn't hold the book in such high esteem (it's my favorite of King's works). I got much more of an It feeling from Stranger Things since it more thoroughly immerses you in the world of the kids.If you liked the first film you should like this one fine.
That was something about the first movie that I was trying to convey to a friend who saw the movie that hadn't read the book. You really spend a whole summer with those kids in the book (and summer is long damn time when you are a kid). The movie does a decent job at representing the characters, but it feels like it takes place over a few days. That's without getting into how much the book immerses you in the town of Derry. I looked through the book again earlier this year, for the first time since I was a teenager, and the mental map of that town instantly rose to the surface in my head.It was OK for me. Definitely not scary and very abbreviated compared to the books. It would probably seem better to me if I didn't hold the book in such high esteem (it's my favorite of King's works). I got much more of an It feeling from Stranger Things since it more thoroughly immerses you in the world of the kids.
Whereas I feel that many of his other books could really benefit from tighter editing, I've always felt that It benefits from the massive tome treatment. I think this is a big reason why it's particularly hard to adapt. The best way to do it would probably be a Netflix/Prime two-season series. Two features just can't do it justice, unfortunately.
Or maybe just call Peter Jackson. He did a helluva job condensing Lord of the Rings, and he got his start in horror. Hey Netflix, here you go: Peter Jackson's It.
Not only that, but he was also able to expand and improve The Hobbit and turn it into a horror.Or maybe just call Peter Jackson. He did a helluva job condensing Lord of the Rings, and he got his start in horror. Hey Netflix, here you go: Peter Jackson's It.