I still feel Avengers and Iron Man 3, for instance, fall apart (it's sad when I feel GI Joe 2 did a better job of painting the antagonist's motives and plans), and I've been told to sit back and enjoy the rides, so JJ's bar will be pretty low.
I like books. I just don't want to take on too much. Do they have an introduction to the modern blurb?
Buffy ,'Lessons'
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§ ita § - May 14, 2013 6:50:00 am PDT #24359 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - May 14, 2013 6:59:18 am PDT #24360 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The narrative was awkwardly manipulated in order to get the end-result
Yep, be prepared for more of that. Once everyone gets to Point A, the moment-by-moment chain of causality works out fine, but getting everyone to Point A in the first place requires some very fancy hand-waving. And lens flares. So. Many. Lens. Flares.
Consuela - May 14, 2013 7:02:21 am PDT #24361 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
And lens flares. So. Many. Lens. Flares.
Oh, dear.
I have been a bit spoiled, sufficiently that I'm not very excited about the movie. I may wait until it shows up at the beer-and-pizza theater.
Jesse - May 14, 2013 7:32:05 am PDT #24362 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Iron Man 3 made not one lick of sense, top to bottom. I still liked it!
§ ita § - May 14, 2013 7:33:17 am PDT #24363 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Star Trek has also kinda never made much sense. Barn doors are open, and the horses are on fire.
Polter-Cow - May 14, 2013 7:41:30 am PDT #24364 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It's got an 88% on RT, which is pretty good.
Meanwhile, F&F6 has a 100%, which pleases me. And amuses me, since Before Midnight only has a 94% because one curmudgeon was disappointed.
Jesse - May 14, 2013 1:25:27 pm PDT #24365 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So, After Earth. It makes me crazy that they say there have been no people on the planet for however long, so all the animals have evolved to kill humans. Is that not the opposite of evolution?? No humans = no need to evolve in opposition to them, right??
Sean K - May 14, 2013 2:25:24 pm PDT #24366 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
So, After Earth. It makes me crazy that they say there have been no people on the planet for however long, so all the animals have evolved to kill humans. Is that not the opposite of evolution?? No humans = no need to evolve in opposition to them, right??
EVOLUTION DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY!
Eta: You are not alone, Jesse.
Jesse - May 14, 2013 2:35:52 pm PDT #24367 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Phew.
Juliebird - May 14, 2013 2:39:54 pm PDT #24368 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
There's been a movie from my childhood that has haunted me from time to time, a cartoon that I could never find again that had touched me in some magical and tragic way, and I think I found it again.
It came to mind today, and I tried another search. All I remembered was an animated joey and a girl and such supreme loss. I think I finally found it, and it might be Dot and the Kangaroo. I'd thought for the longest time that it's been an animated TV show. But this makes more sense.
I remembered a kid, and a fence, and a kangaroo saying goodbye (it was very much a SHANE! moment). And oh crud, but there at the end of Dot and the Kangaroo there's a fence, and I started to get all misty-eyed.
The end of that movie has haunted me for ages, touched with this magical mystical sad veil akin to elves going to the west.
I haven't rewatched the whole thing, for fear of spoiling that magical memory, because there seems to be suspect spontaneous song and weird use of live-action mixed with animation.
But, I still can't believe I found it on a random whim after all this time.