Movies/ Series that you are torn over- or- I'd love it if only....
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 18:08
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Here's another for me: Minority Report, another Speilby. I SO wanted to like(no, love) it and when I saw it I was so messed up by it! It had me goin' and when Tom confronted the (supposed) killer, tears were comin' outta me! What a perfomance!!
But then the end got tied in a nice Hollywood knot. The psychs escaped, Tom has new baby, memory of that other son or whatever happily gone...
And don't get me started on the 'eyeballs can't roll once there's no blood pressure to keep 'em round' thing.
And it was ALMOST a good flick.
The demanding Chrisisall
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I don't know - that evolution thing seriously changes everything I thought about it - for now anyway.
It's really rare that I don't "get" a movie and I didn't "get" this one appartantly - it's far to easy for me to blame Steven "the Beard" Speilberg for that but no - I will watch again. (and hate anew?)
I can't believe I'm going to bat for this; I really, strongly dislike Spielberg and his heavy handedness. However, here is what I got from AI (and the only way it makes sense, I think). The things at the end were "evolved" robots. Further, noting the location and amount of ice, you can infer Earth is no longer habitable by living critters (Global warming?) and the only life are these robots. I think AI is a metaphor for a Christ-like savior of robots. Went through many biblical ordeals and ultimately died and then rose (literally) again to save them. Specifically, to allow robots to pass from second-class citizens towards the leadership of civilization.
Or something like that.... I'll sit back down now...
Chrisisall, glad to know I'm not the only one who watched and liked it. Cleo, that is.
"Don't say 'ka' until you've tried it." Daniel Jackson
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Charmed...was better with Shannen Doherty. It might have done better if the producers (two of the main actresses, at least) had had the brains to keep Charisma Carpenter on as a main character, or if they had done more with Kristen Miller than run her around nude on horseback, with precious little to say. But two of the main gals are seriously aging, and I suspect are jealous of anyone on the show who might make 'em look bad.
And what color IS Alyssa Milano's hair, REALLY?
I also think the acting on that show is uniformly atrocious, among the regulars. They don't seem to give a darn anymore. Charisma, perhaps not the finest of actresses on a world scale, came across far better than any of the regulars, I thought.
At least Rose McGowan comes across as fresh, most of the time.
Oh, and Veronica Mars is on in two hours.
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Oh yeah, Sickdude, back in the day it was Cleo, then Jack of All Trades, right? One hour of zany action and comedy.
Bruce Campbell was at a college 'round these parts when a kid asked him why Cleopatra 2525 was better than his show, to which he replied "Cleopatra 2525 is porno for twelve year olds!"
Funny, huh?
The we go way back with Gina Chrisisall
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Quote:But. . . but, it wasn't!!! Jack of all Trades rocked!
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Cleopatra 2525 was better than his show,
Shows/movies that I almost love. . .
Andromeda, because of the beautiful universe, concept, and the first season's gifted cast, and RHW's brilliant writing. The problem: too many producers/network suits spoiling the broth, and a budget in the triple digits. It was dumbed dowm, RHW was thrown out, Brent Stait quit (unavoidable, granted --nobody's fault), Trance was redesigned, KHC's character was emasculated, KHC was thrown out, dragged back in, and killed off in a particularly humiliating and out-of-character way. . . At least I have fanfic.
The Matrix Trilogy. I think I get it (the two sequels aren't nearly as bad as most people think), but the writers didn't really convey what I think was supposed to be the plot. Also there were a few directorial decisions I wouldn't have made (can't call them mistakes, 'cause it's clear enough what they were trying to do, I just wouldn't have gone that route).
The InuYasha movies. I love InuYasha; it's my favourite animé, and Rumiko Takahashi has become one of my four idols as a Storyteller (Joss is another, natch). Only trouble is that the movies have to fit into the InuYasha universe, but can't tamper with it too badly. They're set between episodes ('cause Japanese shows don't actually have "seasons" like American TV), but the episodes can't make reference to them (in case they end up spoiling the plot), nor can the movies directly reference any given ep ('cause the movie audience won't necessarily know the show). Meaning that there's no indication (if you're collecting DVDs and can't watch first-run eps on Japanese TV) where to fit the movies. Thus we get things like Kagome's regenerating bicycle (pulverized in the first movie, and not present for a good chunk of the series, but which then reappears fully intact with no explanation), or that non-sequiturish scene tacked onto the second movie that exists only to effectively undo/abort any character development stemming from The Kiss.
It's a freakin' romance! You can't use a reset button on The Kiss!! It's the whole point!
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I almost CRIED when Jack of All Trades dissapeared! No dvd of it in sight....
At least I have most of 'em on tape.
Andromeda was great(not Firefly great but whatever) first couple of seasons, But when RHW 'left' they lost it.
And Matrix 3 is only good if you're extremely drunk and depressed and need to feel a little bit more like life sucks.
Neo rocked in the first one Chrisisall
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And what about Babylon 5, why couldn't I get into it? My friends said it was cool, but I couldn't see it.
Farscape either. I rented the dvd's and really tried.
It's always the same, I rent something (like Elektra-just ok) and I put on an ep of Firefly after to end my day on a high note.
The predictable Chrisisall
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One that gets me is Ladyhawke, it would be in my top 20 as a totally enjoyable little fantasy if not for the horribly uneven SCORE! The sometimes Parsons- sometimes North score almost makes it unwatchable. But I do watch it...with the sound real low. A shame.
Anyone got a love/hate relationship with a show or movie similar to my sad story?
Knights need no rock Chrisisall
I absolutely LURVE Ladyhawke - the book is better than the film though - though equally as tacky!
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armed.
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Static, I'm with you on Charmed, if it's on I'll watch and really enjoy it, but I don't hunt it down.
The not TOO Charmed Chrisisall
I'm with you on Charmed - think the problem is it just doesn't have the witty banter of a Whedon production - plus - can anybody explain to me how an angel (White lighter, whatever) can be so prissy and yet so, like, not traditionally "good"? . . . sex outside wedlock for a start!!!
Plus every story line revolves around one of the girls getting her kit off and her paramour being a demon/ monster/ other . . . At least on Buffy the love interest (whist I agree often deamon, vampire etc) is less in your face, less integral to the plot (sometimes) - oh god, don't know where I'm going with this now I think about it - not really got leg to stand on . . .
Okay, I'm lost, I'm angry, and I'm
armed.
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And what about Babylon 5, why couldn't I get into it? My friends said it was cool, but I couldn't see it.
Farscape either. I rented the dvd's and really tried.
It's always the same, I rent something (like Elektra-just ok) and I put on an ep of Firefly after to end my day on a high note.
The predictable Chrisisall
With me, the key was getting through the first season for both shows. The first 22 episodes of each are more or less supremely crap, but if you can make yourself sit through them, you're used to the universe and then they really start to play. Each show gets uniformly better over 4 years. (There, they split - Farscape ends in an absolutely fantastic miniseries while B5 ends in a dissappointing 5th season, but that doesn't diminish the show's earlier greatness. And for Farscape, the whole show is worth getting to the miniseries, which is some of the best TV ever.)
But back to the topic - Alias. I would love Alias if they gave up on the whole inbred-conspiracy thing. There are interesting things in the world that don't involve the main characters' parents.
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