I just saw Deadpool and Wolverine yesterday. It was a rollicking good time. I won't spoil anything, but one of those accents sounded like Farmer Fran from The Waterboy and Ed Orgeron combined.
I am assuming you're talking about the original animated work and not the ScarJo remake here, but yeah, as with a lot of early 90s anime movies, they were mostly trying to go for the "Wow this artwork is pretty" factor because people had never seen pretty cartoons before and they were trying to establish themselves as "we're real legitimate artists, take us seriously" with lots of arthouse highbrow stuff rather than summer movie bow-pang-zoom crowd appeal.Ghost in the Shell
Uh...hm. I don't want to say this was over hyped, but there couldve been way more action and less sets of establishing shots that go on for 2 to 5 minutes. THAT and like many of Mamoru Oshii's works it will often have long scenes of characters expositing psychological and philosophical claptrap in lieu of real character exploration.
Like, it's not bad, 8 out of 10 but I expected better.
Yeah I remember it being pretty good, been meaning to check it out again, that and more of the original manga.I am assuming you're talking about the original animated work and not the ScarJo remake here, but yeah, as with a lot of early 90s anime movies, they were mostly trying to go for the "Wow this artwork is pretty" factor because people had never seen pretty cartoons before and they were trying to establish themselves as "we're real legitimate artists, take us seriously" with lots of arthouse highbrow stuff rather than summer movie bow-pang-zoom crowd appeal.
The TV series (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) is MUCH better.
Solid State Society? I won't say any spoilers, but I will say that yeah, it wasn't as good as GITS:SAC's series proper.Yeah I remember it being pretty good, been meaning to check it out again, that and more of the original manga.
I've heard the second movie wasn't very good, considering Major Kusaragi wasn't even in it I'm not surprised.
Well, it looked better then last time, but yeah, they need to stop trying to make it happen, it's just not going to happen.Alien: Romulus
the human/alien hybrid at the end there wasn’t a great design or overall good idea
It's weird that the video game Alien: Isolation is genuinely a better followup to the series than any of the movies since Aliens... which is probably why they took stuff from it for Alien: Romulus.Well, to be fair, what can a new movie do that wasn't already done by the first 2 ?
Hell, the 2nd one only worked by making it into an action horror instead of just a horror film.
But what i don't get is why the GG face looked so bad in some scenes, but not in others. Like, we have people steaming live with someone elses face, you'd think a million dollar budget would at least make it as good even in the worse looking scenes.
It's time. The reason for all bad cgi in big budget movies is time. All of the production studios are so overworked that they can barely get anything done.But what i don't get is why the GG face looked so bad in some scenes, but not in others.
Hey, the 1st 2 AvP's where pretty good...It's weird that the video game Alien: Isolation is genuinely a better followup to the series than any of the movies since Aliens... which is probably why they took stuff from it for Alien: Romulus.
Yeah, but like i said, we have LIVE streams with that shit right now...It's time. The reason for all bad cgi in big budget movies is time. All of the production studios are so overworked that they can barely get anything done.
The issue for me was that it looked fine in some scenes, perfect even, but not in others, and it really took me out of it. IMO it would have been better is it was crappy all the time, at least it would have been consistent.CGI Ian Holmes face replacement seemed fine to me. There was no confusion who he was supposed to be. If I can still love the CGI of The Last Starfighter then I can absolutely give any modern day decent try a pass.
Did this guy die? That's the only reason I can think of as to why anyone would watch an interview clip show of a single person in a band in a theater.Jung Kook: I Am Still
Ostensibly a documentary about Jung Kook, a member of the Kpop group BTS, but more like a clip show of interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and concert performances. My wife's developed a bit of an interest in BTS and a particular passion for Jung Kook over the last year or so, to the point where we refer to Jung Kook as her Korean husband, so she wanted to see this in theaters, and I went with her because I'm a good husband. I fell asleep around halfway through the runtime, but by all accounts my wife enjoyed it.
Also, the theater was around half to two-thirds full, and I counted only 3 dudes in the whole audience, including me. Everyone else was a woman who also considered Jung Kook their Korean husband, so I guess my wife's got some competition on her hands.
Anywho, if you're a fan of Jung Kook I guess this could be an interesting glimpse into what goes on backstage, though I doubt it can be considered a "real" view of what his life's like outside of performing. This documentary is also part of the BTS industrial behemoth, where they're releasing pre-recorded stuff to keep audiences interested while BTS's members are serving their mandatory conscription. Aside from this documentary, there's also a series on D+ about Jung Kook traveling the world, for example.
Also, Jung Kook's interpreter in one of his recording sessions was hot.
It's all the elements that made the Backstreet Boys or *Nsync or the Spice Girls huge, combined with the wildly unhealthy encouragement of parasocial relationships with the members. I'm absolutely not surprised that it works as well as it does, though I wouldn't have guessed it'd be kpop that would explode this way.Did this guy die? That's the only reason I can think of as to why anyone would watch an interview clip show of a single person in a band in a theater.
I do not understand kpop
But with them it was the whole group. Why did Jung Kook get a whole movie?It's all the elements that made the Backstreet Boys or *Nsync or the Spice Girls huge, combined with the wildly unhealthy encouragement of parasocial relationships with the members. I'm absolutely not surprised that it works as well as it does, though I wouldn't have guessed it'd be kpop that would explode this way.
As far as I'm aware, Jung Kook is the most popular member of the band due to being one of the lead singers, the youngest one, and (subjectively) the most attractive one. So, basically, they made a movie for the youngest, hottest, and most talented BTS member.But with them it was the whole group. Why did Jung Kook get a whole movie?
I was in middle school for the big Backstreet Boys/*Nsync craze, and I promise you that teenage girls (and boys!) were very much aware of and interested in individual members as well as the group as a whole. If we'd had the culture and technology to support terminally-online efforts to "follow" (stalk) them separately from the band I'm very confident we'd have been seeing a lot of the same stuff then as we are now.But with them it was the whole group. Why did Jung Kook get a whole movie?
Oh absolutely. There were fights between the fans who was hotter and everyone had their favourite. But I don't know if they would have released a movie just about Justin Timberlake during that time.I was in middle school for the big Backstreet Boys/*Nsync craze, and I promise you that teenage girls (and boys!) were very much aware of and interested in individual members as well as the group as a whole. If we'd had the culture and technology to support terminally-online efforts to "follow" (stalk) them separately from the band I'm very confident we'd have been seeing a lot of the same stuff then as we are now.
If there's any franchise where you do not need to feel beholden to the original lore it's Transformers. I mean if you wanted to keep the original G1 history of the Constructicons then according to the cartoon they had to be:It's clear the filmmakers have a deep love for the franchise, even if they take a few liberties with the original lore.
That basically goes back to the Beatles.Oh absolutely. There were fights between the fans who was hotter and everyone had their favourite. But I don't know if they would have released a movie just about Justin Timberlake during that time.
It probably goes all the way back to Thag & Dave.That basically goes back to the Beatles.
Thag left the band too soon, which is a shame, because he was the funny one of the group.It probably goes all the way back to Thag & Dave.
--Patrick