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Crouching Tiger 2? (Article) - 5/17/2013 8:42:23 AM

Hell yeah. Loved the first one! Yeoh's character was perhaps my favorite character from the first. Still some of the best martial arts I've ever seen in a movie. Most of my circle of friends don't get it, but this sure fits in my wheelhouse. I was big time bummed when it didn't win for best movie.

Mania Review: Star Trek: Into Darkness (Article) - 5/17/2013 8:38:39 AM

Must agree. If you don't want to know spoilers buy some self-control and avoid these sites. Simple as that. Comp;letely insane expectation for people to think they're not going to discuss the movie on a website about the movie review, days after the movie was released. Absurd.

I just don't get trekkies in general that get so upset about Abrams work. Calling it mindless and catering to the "simpletons" is just inane in and of itself. I can't say it better that WG did, "...you are welcome to reminisce and live in the past because like cocaine, nostalgia can be a hell of a drug. It can make it seem like the material from long ago is so much better than it actually is."  Personally, and I think there are a lot like me, I thought the old Treks were interesting, but sometimes downright dumb. I mean, seriously, how many times have the good guys won because of vocabulary? I can't count how many times the Enterprise is under duress and Geordi or Scotty (or medical officers) give some time frame for this or that, or that the ship just can't perform what they need, and then in the nick of time one of them comes through at the end and says something along the lines of, "I recalibrated the neo-thermo energon matrix in order to facilitate a .45 increase in the sublight friction mainframe." We raise our eyebrows, "Well, that was fortunate. Gee, Geordi, you're a smart dude." Roll end credits. Please. This is the superior Star Trek? Really?

This is the End Clip: Zombies (Article) - 5/17/2013 8:27:01 AM

Could be brilliant...

TV Wasteland: A Nice Chianti (Article) - 5/16/2013 6:04:30 PM

Oh, it's so much more than it's billed. So. Much. More. Best show on TV aside from GoT.

GAME OF THRONES: THE BEAR & THE MAIDEN FAIR Review (Article) - 5/16/2013 6:00:57 PM

...suddenly hears the sounds of dometic "unrestitude" at the ddiaz place as ms. ddiaz suddenly realizes the mistress she has been suspecting of twittling his... interest, is that slut of sluts, Westrosi cartography.

Planes Takes Flight (Article) - 5/16/2013 3:30:58 PM

Um... of course, why not make a cheesy rehash of Cars (easily Pixar's worst movie and sequel)! But, now they have wings! Yeehaw.

Mania Review: Star Trek: Into Darkness (Article) - 5/16/2013 3:25:34 PM

well, i guess kaz can go back to eating glass shards for breakfast, mowing his gravel sidewalk of a lawn, kiss his gerbil goodbye before going off to work at the dump, and top off his day with that "half empty" glass of vinegar by his air mattress of a bed.

Ok, all you "drivel" spawned "hipsters", stop drooling over yourselves and clear your "psychies" or you're bound to live happy, excited, animated, and wonderful "mindless" lives.

GAME OF THRONES: THE BEAR & THE MAIDEN FAIR Review (Article) - 5/16/2013 3:02:39 PM

wow, how very geographically insensitive...

First Riddick Trailer (Article) - 5/16/2013 2:55:41 PM

COR was to me, like the Dune movie that was released in the 80's, very theatrical, and a bit over the top, but that's what makes it so classic. It's a different take on sci-fi, and I like that. When I look back on Pitch Black, I think of it as a character piece, revving you toward that character's ultimate adventure: COR. Ships with huge faces? Cult that is half-dead? Ghost beings chained by tangible objects to keep track of them? Great and original concept.

However...

I'm not all that jazzed by this trailer as it looks like they're ditching the BIG picture in favor of the dark/simple theme of the first. And, please, can somebody tell these Hollywood jokes those slow motion-falling down-shooting an arrow/throwing a knife/shooting a gun-all the while dodging incoming fire are lame and WAY OVERDONE! When I see those in trailers now I immediately go into, "Ho hum, a Netflixer" mode. And, they could have had Thandie Newton back! She was mhmm fine in COR.

Kennedy for Star Wars Celebration II (Article) - 5/16/2013 2:37:38 PM

meh

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