You keep right on plugging Sky High, Rob! Maybe we'll get that well-deserved seguel somehow...
Siffee keeps running Category 6 for exactly one reason: it's CHEAP!
On what planet is the '89 Batman flawed, much less deeply?
And I'm glad there's at least two of us who like Prince of Thieves! And all of you who make fun of Costner's accent: You make fun of THAT, but NOT the mullet?
Falling Skies was really good tonight. This series has gotten more exciting with every episode. The more we learn about the aliens, the better it gets.
I spit upon TLoEG...I spit a thousand times. Hollywood if you are listening, this is one remake that would make sense if done right. The source material is already there, now give me my opium addicted Allan Quartermain and school girl raping Invisible Man!!!
Over at Comics Alliance there's a couple of writers who have been going over all the Batman movies starting with Burton's 1989 version, and they make a pretty persuasive argument that Burton's Batman films aren't any better than Schumacher's.
Also, it's not mentioned here for some reason, but has anyone watched Legend Quest on Syfy? It's spectacularly awful. The host, whose name eludes me, has ADHD or some sort of condition along those lines, makes speculations that the people who show up on Ancient Aliens would think were nuts and apparently doesn't own a device capable of accessing the internet (he was hyperventilating over the signifcance of some holes in the floor of a cathedral; it took me all of 2 minutes to find out those holes were the result of vandalism during the French Revolution). He also has an obsession with the Templars that would make Dan Brown say, "Dude, lighten up" (e.g., every time he finds a cross of any design he concludes that the Templars were involved) and is apparently unaware of the approximately 10 gajillion images of the Madonna and Child floating around, given his reaction to coming upon one in a church in one episode (I know: a Catholic church having a painting of the Virgin Mary and the baby Jesus within its walls! Shocking! And proof that his harebrained theories are right!)
The new Thundercats was great. It took the original concept and updated it with a more sophisticated story that older and younger audiences can appreciate. I just hope it gets good ratings so CN doesn't cancel it.
I really liked the new Thundercats. I liked that the original voice actor for Lion-O voiced his father in this one. And when I heard him say "Thundercats HO!", I peed a little.
@fenngibbon - I watched one episode of Legend Quest (the Holy Grail/Mayan Cross episode). I spent the whole hour (I actually watched the whole thing) yelling at the TV. My wife asked me what was wrong. After explaining it to her, she replied "You're watching a reality show on SyFy. What do you expect?" Horrible show. Even the addition of the hot girl dressed like Lara Croft didn't help it one bit. I've seen enough to be able to recommend NO ONE watch this program.
@doubleC - The mullet was expected for the late '80s. The accent wasn't. I enjoyed the movie, but I don't think it was great.
My thoughts on Thundercats.
I loved the animation and the updated story, much better than the 80's cartoon. But I just could not get behind the cats. From the beggining we're shown the thundera is ruthless kingdom, who have enslaved, imprisoned, and possibly tortured the the lizards. One lizard, who was arrested for stealing, said he only did so because thundera has opressed his people so much that they can't even grow their own food. If anything, Mumm-Ra is a savior who led the lizards to freedom. It sort of reminded me of the Haitian revolution, with the lizards being the Haitians, and thundera being France.
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I saw the new Thundercats, it was really well done. It feels like a Rebooted Sequel which is great because it allows them take it some place new but not alienate the orginial fans.