tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10778854.post30924942320138289..comments2024-01-22T21:02:15.202-05:00Comments on The Corporate Headquarters of the San Antonio Gunslingers: Flick the ButtonLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416468186977171781noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10778854.post-45880031302059998762007-12-17T08:24:00.000-05:002007-12-17T08:24:00.000-05:001. I guess it depends on who you ask. FWIw, I tho...1. I guess it depends on who you ask. FWIw, I thought it was a bad movie. I'm all about suspending disbelief to a point, but this one just stretched the grounds of credibility. But here's a theory of reknowned game critic Tom Chick:<BR/><BR/>Carlyle's "super zombie" wasn't really Carlyle the super zombie. Basically, after he becomes a vehicle to unleash the rage virus again, he's done and we don't ever see him again in the movie. What we see, though, is the glimpses that the children are catching as they flee, frightened, London. So it's all symbolism about being abandoned by parents, and how you can't trust adults, and blah blah blah. When we see Carlyle, he's either not there or it's just another infected, but if it's him it's because it's the POV of one of the kids. <BR/><BR/>I thought it was an interesting theory, but a too-large stretch. And the entire setup just pushed the bounds of credibility too far. The first movie fell back on the tired "corrupt army guys" cliche, but was still a great flick IMO.<BR/><BR/>Are you looking forward to Cloverfield (our very first entry into the hand-held camera giant monster movie sub genre)? <BR/><BR/>2. I thought X-men 3 was awful. Which is too bad. <BR/><BR/>3. Ok, bear in mind that in the theatrical version, we skipped the lapdance and a few other scenes (as part of the charm - missing/broken reels with messages saying as such; Planet terror had the same things happen). So your 45 minutes too long was probably ~15-20 too long for that half of the double feature. But I mostly agree. . . not enough car scenes, a little over the top on some of the dialogue.<BR/><BR/>I thought Russel was good in his part, though. A letdown for me in the end.<BR/><BR/>4 + 5 - haven't seen. Skipped spiderman 3 out of fear, and haven't heard a single good thing about it from friends. <BR/><BR/>6 - I liked it too. A little too fantastic, perhaps (* end subtle dig at poor Newscastle fans, who don't deserve it*), but very enjoyable/watchable. Though I Thought the whole thing with his dad was a little weird.<BR/><BR/>The guy who played the crazy partying attacking midfielder (at least, that's what I took his position to be), wasn't he Pollux Troy? <BR/><BR/>7 - haven't seen it yet but I was hoping it'd be better than the second. Which had it's moments, but mostly felt like a series of enjoyable but disconnected scenes with lots of filler. Big Cassel fan here. <BR/><BR/>8 - nice to hear. I was very pleasantly surprised by Secret Garden. <BR/><BR/>9 - I think I'm done with this kind of sports movie (Goal was a pleasant exception). In much the same way that I'm done with historical epics like Braveheart. I think both genres peaked some time ago, and both need a rest.<BR/><BR/>17 - best of the series, no question. But it could still use some help on the editing/camera work front. I read somewhere that the reason the car chase in #2 was so filmed is because they got to Moscow and discovered they would not be allowed to go over 35mph. Lol.<BR/><BR/>Damon was surprisingly effective in the role, though, dating back to the first movie. With a better hand over seeing the action scenes, this series would have been a classic start to finish.<BR/><BR/>20. One of the reasons they did what they did with the "3 smaller story arcs as opposed to one large one" is because Kristen Bell was apparently suffering from Exhaustion after season 1, and so they scaled back on her a little bit in season 2, which helped her but maybe caused the series to suffer a bit. Still, Season 2 ended on such a bang. <BR/><BR/>Season 3's end was a bummer, IMO, simply due to the threat of cancellation hanging over the show. The attempts made by the CW (or whatever) to present the show in a slightly different manner were not welcome at all. They took the effective Dandy Warhol opening song and neutered it, and for the first few eps of the season they'd go to commercial but first spend 30 seconds at a "round table" of younger highschool chicks discussing the show//issues like what's going on in the show.<BR/><BR/>Season 3 was doomed right out of the gate, in other words.<BR/><BR/>I think the Veronica-Logan storyline was badly mis-handled, but then I also tend to think that the show suffered just from all the negativity surrounding the cancellation rumors, and that caused this. And yes, I just wrote about a boy-girl storyline in a positive manner (shoot me now).<BR/><BR/>Still, a very big fan of the show overall. Bell was completely wasted on the awful Heroes Season 2 this fall, alas.peacedoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15474788565660706482noreply@blogger.com