t loves on Scola
She ain't movin'. Serenity's not movin'.
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape
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Aims - Apr 24, 2008 7:29:56 am PDT #5181 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Glamcookie - Apr 24, 2008 7:31:34 am PDT #5182 of 10000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
My fave comic book movies:
- Ghost World
- American Splendor
- V for Vendetta
- X-Men 1
- X-Men 2
- Sin City
Didn't like Spiderman 1, Batman Begins, or Superman.
Aims - Apr 24, 2008 7:33:28 am PDT #5183 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I adore "V for Vendetta" Unholy love for that movie have I. It's probably #1 for me.
Polter-Cow - Apr 24, 2008 7:34:52 am PDT #5184 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Dark Knight isn't until December, I think.
No, it's summer. July 18.
Miracleman - Apr 24, 2008 7:35:32 am PDT #5185 of 10000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
No, it's summer. July 18.
Huh. Why did I think it was winter?
I'm going senile or something.
Steph L. - Apr 24, 2008 7:37:21 am PDT #5186 of 10000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Dark Knight isn't until December, I think.
July, I thought. (Pleasepleaseplease.) t edit Thanks to the x-post, I can say: yay!!!!
But I think you and I are one with the "WTF?! He's a skeevy disco guy? THIS is 'evil Pete'? THIS?!"
Freaking Little Nicky, is what he was.
Also: "PICK A FUCKING VILLAIN! Has the first Batman movie franchise taught you NOTHING?! One villain: Awesome. Two villains: Can still be awesome. THREE VILLAINS: Constructed Entirely of SUCK!"
Well, I do get WHY they needed all 3 -- Goblin!Harry had to be evil so that he could have his Big Redemptive Death. If (in addition to Goblin!Harry) the movie had only Sandman or only Venom, Pete could have dispatched the Big Bad pretty plausibly. But having BOTH made it necessary for newly-good!asspull!Harry to team up with Pete.
But I agree -- I'm not sure that any director could have made it work, which means they should have changed the plot.
Sandman...well, that wasn't so great a story-line, so I don't mind that they wasted it. I DO mind that they wasted my time by including it at all.
The CGI was nifty, and I liked that Sandman wasn't just a one-dimensional baddie. And that's about all I can say about him.
Venom: WAY TO BRING HIM IN TOO LATE TO DO ANYTHING, RAIMI!
Not to mention that the symbiote was never named in the movie. Plus -- IT DOESN'T TURN PETE INTO TWO WILD AND CRAZY GUYS!!!! Okay? It's EVIL, not douchey!
Hmph. Still mad about that.
Right there with you.
And the dance scene? And deus ex butler? No no no no no, a thousand times no.
Jessica - Apr 24, 2008 7:40:42 am PDT #5187 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Wasn't the backstory there that Raimi hated Venom and didn't want him in the movie AT ALL, so he made sure that he (a) was in the movie as little as possible and (b) couldn't come back for Spidey 4?
Not that it matters - whatever the meta reasoning, it was still a pretty sucktastic storyline.
juliana - Apr 24, 2008 7:41:36 am PDT #5188 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
"NO NO NO!! That's Ozzy Osbourne! Not [insert name of Iron Man]"
HAH!!!
I'm not incredibly familiar with the source text, but I'm still psyched to see the movie (Iron Man, I mean).
Steph L. - Apr 24, 2008 7:42:44 am PDT #5189 of 10000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
couldn't come back for Spidey 4?
Actually, given the way the comic has dealt with bringing Venom back, it could be done.
Though not by Sam Raimi.
Raimi hated Venom and didn't want him in the movie AT ALL
That's insane troll logic, because Venom is TEH AWESOME.
Miracleman - Apr 24, 2008 7:45:37 am PDT #5190 of 10000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Is there going to be a Spidey 4? Anyone heard anything?