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Originally Posted by Mega Drive Bowlsey
I'm just curious. After Lucas churned out 3 shitty political dramas with only 1 redeemable character; and JJ Abrams turned Star Trek into an action series; did you guys think new Star Wars somehow wasn't going to suck balls?Quote:
Originally Posted by Iron Lizard
I’m almost afraid to ask, but who was the one redeemable character in the last trilogy? Palpatine?
Darth Maul.
Because he never speaks?Quote:
Originally Posted by Crystalpepsifan
Hahahaha
Because he's essentially Ip man of the dark side. As a fan of lazy writing, I think Elan Sleazebaggano comes in at a close second, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by profholt82
Stay curiousQuote:
Originally Posted by Crystalpepsifan
Lucas's prequel trilogy looks like high art compared to the last two efforts. I've always had a soft spot for the prequels and after watching The Last Jedi I like them even more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crystalpepsifan
Power Rangers 2017
It's a much more boring Chronicle. While the fight with the Megazord is neat for the 1 minute (no really it's 1 minute) it lasted. This is a very disjointed movie. I hate saying it but the 1995 film for as bad as it was, was much more cohesive. It actually connected and built up to something(the worst CGI fight ever sadly). Also, this movie is oddly dark with a lot of creepy stuff and tonally a dark film. This was not meant for little kids. I really don't know who this was aimed at. People who liked that dark PR fan project on Youtube? Some maybe tired of this stuff but this would work better if it had a Marvel touch or at least the tone of a Marvel film like GoTG. This movie is the second failed Chronicle clone with the first clone being Fan 4stic in 2015.
Too lazy in the am to look-up that other TV show thread, so here it is:
What a treat it was binge-watching the new Lost in Space series season 1 on Netflix. It met, and surpassed, my every expectation as a hige SciFi fan. This is, by far, the highest discernible production value Netflix has churned-out. I'm talking Game of Thrones levels of production value. The whole season plays like a high-budget SciFi film cut into parts. I loved it! I am so hyped up for Season 2, and it's likely not until next year. Amazing cast, amazing visual effects, amazing props and story! My gosh, what a superb undertaking!
I've heard nothing but good things about Netflix's new Lost in Space series, and now a glowing recommendation from yourself means I'll definitely have to check it out.Quote:
Originally Posted by QuickSciFi
Wakefield.
A successful suburbanite commuter Howard Wakefield (Bryan Cranston) takes a perverse detour from family life. He vanishes without a trace. Hidden in the attic of his carriage house garage.
Polarizing type of a film. Unpleasant lead character. But you carry on watching because it's another great performance by Bryan Cranston.
Some will say it's tedious, but I found it a real thought-provoker.
Lost in Space was a steaming pile of bad script cliche moments up to the ass. It missed the mark entirely. They have iPhones and regular TV's in the year 2046 and 1970s CB radios to talk to one another on the ship to ship. I have never seen a show take so many American 1990s movie cliches in one show. Man, I wanted to like it. It sucks. The robot is like the big show from WWE. It's good and bad so much it makes your head spin. Will isn't smart. Everyone is very bland in their performance but hard to do much with such an awful script. In fact, it reminds me a lot of the recent Alien films where everyone is a dumbass for scientists. Oh, the air is breathable automatically means safe! Well, no microorganisms foreign could, in fact, kill you. Did they not see or read War of the Worlds? Ok, maybe we can overlook that. Still, they make a bunch of bonehead choices. The only person with any real personality is Shang Sung from the Mortal Kombat movie and he's a minor character. Oh, and next season won't have one of the big reasons people like Lost in Space as a franchise. The show had neat ideas but undermines it with the dumbest scientists this side of Alien Covenant.
I'm a huge fan of the Alien franchise but I completely agree with you regarding the incredibly dumb decisions made by key characters in both Alien Covenant and it's predecessor Prometheus. For apparent scientists they did some stupid fucking things. I love Ridley Scott for giving us Alien (1979), easily one of the greatest films ever made, but recently...I don't know whether it's old age creeping up on him or he's developed a psychedelic drug habit, but his ability to tell a coherent story using believable, life-like characters has really taken a hit in recent years. The best thing about his recent films set in the Alien universe is the character of David the android, played brilliantly by Michael Fassbender. Scott is making one last Alien prequel in order to tie up events that lead right up to the start of Alien (1979) and then that's it, and it should be it as far as Scott's involvement goes. It might have been his baby but he needs putting out to pasture now and if Fox/Disney choose to continue with the franchise then give it back to James Cameron for fucks sake, or even David Fincher again, but this time give Fincher the total backing and control that he wasn't allowed during the extremely troubled production of Alien 3. I honestly doubt Fincher would touch the Alien franchise again with a ten foot barge pole but Cameron has shown some interest over the years.Quote:
Originally Posted by SegataS
Same here, I enjoyed it as well. Only complaint was it was less "Lost in Space" and more "Stranded On A Planet for Ten Episodes".Quote:
Originally Posted by QuickSciFi