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Post by Captain Hygiene on Feb 23, 2009 11:23:58 GMT -5
Here's my response for 2009: My official prediction for Watchmen is that it will be visually awesome, but will be pretty shallow, stripping down too much of the story. We'll occasionally wonder if Zack Snyder really "gets" the story, or if he is adapting it more at face value as an action movie. I'm hugely excited about it, but I'm also pretty worried about the final product. I'll quote myself in a few weeks and see if I'm right or (hopefully) wrong.
I'm really hopeful about Wolverine, I think it has the potential to be the second-best X-men film, although it could fall pretty flat as well. Still, it doesn't give off too many X-men 3] warning flags to me.
"From the creator of Wanted" is actually a strike against Kick-Ass for me, but aside from that, I know nothing about it, and have no interest in Astro Boy.
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Post by Mighty Jack on Feb 23, 2009 13:56:59 GMT -5
Wanted - I can't stand Millar, but I did like Wanted... probably because it veered away strongly from the comic. Kick-Ass is supposed to be closer to Hoyle, which means it'll be geered towards a teen audience.
Astro-Boy gets my attention only because imagi actually got me to like a Turtles flick.
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Post by Mighty Jack on Apr 6, 2009 12:28:20 GMT -5
Got a call the other day from someone I haven't heard from in over a year - I could tell things were back to being rotten with her (Damn it, and I heard she was doing well not long ago) Kind of pisses me off, why she only calls me when things are coming off the rails. Who am I, Mr. Fix it? Here's a novel idea, try calling me when your happy, or call me just to say hello, how you doing... wouldn't that be a marvelous change. She later wrote that she wanted to hang out... unless I was broke and couldn't - I figured she was fishing so I told her I was broke, but would be happy to do dinner and movie and catch up. Never heard back. Probably never will. I'm of no use to her. Ah well, I've given up being an enabler for Lent (and beyond). Someday I'll find someone who just wants to be a friend for the sake of friendship alone.
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Post by (busdrivertohell) on Apr 6, 2009 12:49:20 GMT -5
Schmucks are a dime a dozen. That's what she sounds like.
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Apr 6, 2009 18:26:22 GMT -5
I had a couple of friends like that. I turned around and "used" one of them. It had to do with an illicit substance that was going to be for him but ended up for me. He never called back again.
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Post by Mighty Jack on Apr 7, 2009 0:08:10 GMT -5
Ha - good idea, (In Mr. Burns voice) "I like the way your mind works young man"
Not everything is pain in the ol’ House of Pain. I look back at the whole of my life and see happy days with friends and family. I’ve seen Simon and Garfunkel in concert, and laughed till I hurt at one of Jim Gaffigan’s shows. I’ve heard one of my songs play on the radio, I’ve had my picture taken with Joel and shook Trace’s hand. I watched the Green Bay Packers win a Super Bowl (and unlike Steeler fans, that was enough. I don’t need more, and I certainly don’t need the referee’s to steal me a couple from other cites that haven’t partaken of such glories)
I’ve loved and laughed and just this morning I made myself a big plate of scrambled eggs with Canadian bacon and an English Muffin… sure I could have gone out and been served, but I never get enough eggs and most restaurants require that I wear pants.
Pant free breakfast while doing laundry might not seem like much, but it was a simple Earthly delight in which I took delicious pleasure
But all of this turns to ashes in my mouth, life is incomplete and frustrating. Why, why! Can’t I find a subtitled copy of Super B.
Neither my website, nor my life, will be complete until I do.
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Post by Mighty Jack on May 7, 2009 0:47:08 GMT -5
Feeling blue about the internet
Net nerds – I guess I’m one. I spend too much time on message board, blogs and websites. But being one doesn’t mean I always understand our mentality. I guess I’m kind of bummed, I just came back from one of these comic book movie boards I frequent, and 80% of the comments people leave there are negative.
Now, I don’t expect folks to be brain dead Pollyanna’s, and Lord knows I’ve written more than my share of negative reviews. But for the most part I love comic book movies, I mean absolutely adore them, probably more so than the actual comic books themselves these days. I see other people who call themselves fans, but when 90% of their replies are about how much they hated this or that film I have to wonder just what constitutes a “fan” in their minds?
It’s disheartening, I go to these movie sites to praise Caesar, not bury him. To celebrate the fun they bring. I know these things are no Casablanca or Seven Samurai, but they are a kick and seriously… what’s the point on going to a specific site, if all you do is bitch and moan about everything they post on that site? There was one guy who made the comment that he was glad to see all the negative replies. Why? What possible charge do you get out of bashing something?
Thank heavens for the comic book thread on this board because there are a handful of us here, who has that “celebrate” mentality. Oh we have our disagreements and a few healthy heated debates. But it’s a group of people who seem to really enjoy these movies and enjoy having a good time rather than getting enjoyment out of being a hater.
It’s refreshing, an oasis in the desert. Thank you Torgo, Captain H, Laserblast and few others who pop in like Sia. You’re all officially on my “cool” list.
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Post by Captain Hygiene on May 7, 2009 9:40:47 GMT -5
Thank you for thanking us I got the same feeling after "Watchmen" and especially "Wolverine" were released - I just got sick of internet people whining and complaining about the films. So many of them are absolutely convinced that "Wolverine" was a travesty on the order of mass genocide, and if you dare to say that you liked the film (or even that it was merely a decent time-waster) you will unleash a torrent of rage. That gets old.
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Post by Torgo on May 7, 2009 12:44:29 GMT -5
OMG! Deadpool has a Cyclops blast! Hugh Jackman raped me!
AGH! Glowing blue penis! Zach Snyder is trying to gay me!!
What?! No psychic alien octopus that blows up for no particular reason? Worst cut EVER!
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Post by Jack Burton on May 7, 2009 14:26:35 GMT -5
No problem. Although if you think that all the internet bitching over Wolverine is bad then check out the message boards for the new Star Trek movie.
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Post by Mighty Jack on May 8, 2009 0:33:57 GMT -5
I can only imagine. Trekies can be scary with their contunity. Very detail oriented too - I used to work conventions and I remember one guy asking all these technical questions about this Phaser I was selling, I was completely lost. "How the hell should I know, it's a little plastic gun that emits a red light and makes a whining noise when you pull the flippin trigger!"
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Post by Torgo on May 8, 2009 2:26:46 GMT -5
Expect to hear major bitching for the next few weeks, because the new movie doesn't just break continuity, it completely re-writes it.
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Post by Captain Hygiene on May 8, 2009 14:15:03 GMT -5
I'm driving out to J.J. Abrams' house and demanding to know what happened to Robert April.
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Post by Jack Burton on May 8, 2009 15:11:27 GMT -5
I'm driving out to J.J. Abrams' house and demanding to know what happened to Robert April. Whatever you do, don't go out there wearing a red shirt.
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Post by Mighty Jack on May 26, 2009 5:55:22 GMT -5
MJ pretends to be USAToday columnist Larry King
For my money, there’s nothing better than a cherry turnover from Arby’s. That icing is yummy!
I was in the checkout lane at the grocery store, looking over the covers of magazines while I waited… and boy howdie I must be old… who are these people, why should I care that they are having an affair? What’s with that funny looking lad with the eyeliner? Everyone seems mad because he lost some performance contest on TV the other day.
Is anyone else concerned about DQ’s preoccupation with the anal cavity and the fluids it releases?
I’d sure like a crisp dill pickle right now!
I’m not a fan of the baseball game. But I suddenly feel the urge to make a random comment about how Johnny Redlegs of the Huntington Paste-Eaters has the prettiest swing since those halcyon days when Darryl Strawberry straddled home plate, gripping a large stick of wood.
When’s pudding?
I don’t know about you, but there’s nothing I find more entertaining than strapping on the suspenders and dancing around the house, sans pants, while the dulcet strains of a Britney Spears CD plays.
Is TV’s David Boreanaz the greatest living actor or what?
I always find joy when pulling out memories of my youth. Like those warm summer days when I would chip a tooth on that impenetrable hunk of brick known as Bazooka brand bubble gum. Oh and those comics, my how they tickled me… with that roguish lad who wore the eye patch, and the one who always covered the bottom half of his face with his turtleneck sweater. I always wondered what terrible scars that turtleneck hid? Yet, however horrific his visage, the lad still managed to make us laugh.
I have to walk around in soft moccasins because I have a grotesquely large boil on my foot.
Beavers and Ducks!
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