When we were watching Snowpiecer, I said it was a mini Scott Pilgrim reunion since it had Lucas Lee and Kim Pines.
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Even Marvel doesn't care about the FF, they're ending the new book at issue six.
Oh yeah, a new Power Rangers movie. With everybody's favorite Roberto Orci executive producing. Writers from Thor and X-Men First Class.
http://www.avclub.com/article/new-power-rangers-movie-has-release-date-208136
http://www.avclub.com/article/new-power-rangers-movie-has-release-date-208136
Apparently they are looking at a Summer 2016 release. I'm a big Ranger fan, but I kind of wish they were trying something... original. Like an all new team with a new theme, divorced from the original Super Sentai footage. Instead we're getting a remake.
Saw that, am cautiously interested. So many of the cast are dead/noticeably changed now, I wonder how it will unfold.
--Patrick
Maybe JMS will copy how the Star Trek remakes did it, while muttering under his breath the whole time, "Let's see how THEY like it!"
Admittedly, this isn't national movie news, but for those folks in North Carolina, the IMAX Theatre at Marbles will be having MAXrewind, an event where they'll be showing movies from the '80s and '90s throughout September and October. Here's the schedule:
Forrest Gump: Sep. 5-Sep. 18
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: Sep. 19-Sep. 25
Back to the Future: Sep. 25-Oct. 9
Gremlins: Oct. 10-Oct. 23
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: Oct. 24-Nov. 5
Forrest Gump: Sep. 5-Sep. 18
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: Sep. 19-Sep. 25
Back to the Future: Sep. 25-Oct. 9
Gremlins: Oct. 10-Oct. 23
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: Oct. 24-Nov. 5
There's a new addition to the MAXrewind event at the IMAX Theatre at Marbles.
The Princess Bride: Sep. 19-Oct. 2
The Princess Bride: Sep. 19-Oct. 2
On September 28th and October 1st, TCM will be presenting a showing in select theaters of Gone With the Wind, in honor of the film's 75th anniversary.
So, yeah. Fox just announced a release date for a Deadpool film: February 12th, 2016.
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=123084
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=123084
Hopefully they'll follow the example set by that "leaked" test reel.
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I didn't even know where else to post this. Fox & Friends discuss the new Popeye, the new Thor, and Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman.
"Hilarity" ensues. Warning: You mean want to wear padding on your hands and/or forehead for all the forehead smacking on this one.
Some of my personal favourite quotes:
-"Are they wussifying Popeye?"
-"Nothing is scarier to a modern liberal than tobacco. If Popeye were driving around giving the morning after pill to fourth graders, that would be totally fine. But smoking a pipe, a symbol of freedom and masculinity in America itself, the reason this country exists, tobacco, that’s like, ‘Oh, that’s outrageous. That’s a major sin."
-Responding to them not trying to sexualize these women too much: "That’s a good Islamic point. We should cover them. We should cover the women because, otherwise, it just incites the men. It’s immodest as we say in the Sharia."
"Hilarity" ensues. Warning: You mean want to wear padding on your hands and/or forehead for all the forehead smacking on this one.
Some of my personal favourite quotes:
-"Are they wussifying Popeye?"
-"Nothing is scarier to a modern liberal than tobacco. If Popeye were driving around giving the morning after pill to fourth graders, that would be totally fine. But smoking a pipe, a symbol of freedom and masculinity in America itself, the reason this country exists, tobacco, that’s like, ‘Oh, that’s outrageous. That’s a major sin."
-Responding to them not trying to sexualize these women too much: "That’s a good Islamic point. We should cover them. We should cover the women because, otherwise, it just incites the men. It’s immodest as we say in the Sharia."
NBC has released another picture to promote their live performance of Peter Pan, this one featuring Christopher Walken as Captain Hook.
figmentPez
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...Goddamnit. The Angry Birds movie is still happening.
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=123574
The main stars as Jason Sudeikis as the red Angry Bird, Josh Gad as the yellow triangle Angry Bird, and Danny McBride as the bomb Angry Bird. Other cast members include Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, and Peter Dinklage.
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=123574
The main stars as Jason Sudeikis as the red Angry Bird, Josh Gad as the yellow triangle Angry Bird, and Danny McBride as the bomb Angry Bird. Other cast members include Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, and Peter Dinklage.
why does anyone care about the sanctity of an iphone game
It's not the sanctity of an iPhone game, it's the prospect of a cheap cash-in film on something that has gotten past the initial wave of hype and now feels past due. In short, something manufactured solely to get people's money without any real quality to it.
That said, I'll wait and see how things turn out. Good films have been made on odd sources of inspiration and if this turns out well, I'll give it a chance.
That said, I'll wait and see how things turn out. Good films have been made on odd sources of inspiration and if this turns out well, I'll give it a chance.
GasBandit
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Is that really what they're mad about? That's not what I interpreted at all.
It's creator doesn't. He jumped ship from the company awhile back, cashing out to start his next project. His comment was basically that he didn't believe the game would have the lasting impact that others thought it would, so he was going to do something else instead.
Good sir, please throw down some titles of this epic.
Here is my submission:
I. Candy Crush: The Crushing Game
II. CC: Citizen Crush
III. CC: Close Encounters of the Third Crush
IV. CC: A Crushwork Orange
V. CC: The Crush of Monte Cristo
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QFT. Every time I think "huh, how could they make a movie based on that?" I remind myself that Pirates of the Caribbean was based on a Disney ride.
(Yes, I know PotC doesn't exactly count as awesome cinema, still like the movies though)
(Wow, I think this was the first time I used "QFT" since, like, 2002)