Dark One

Ya...I have both versions of Dawn of the Dead and I much prefer the remake, even though it has fast zombies rather than shamblers. Land of the Dead is...ok...and Diary has its moments, in particular the Amish guy, but overall, the social commentary is a bit over the top and not really conducive to making a good (read: enjoyable) movie. I thought there was another one after Diary, something about zombies on an island trying to form a society maybe? Dunno. Haven't seen it. I just don't like paying for someone to preach at me for two hours about his viewpoints on society.

So nice of you to remember wit' yer stealth edit.

But yes, I have to agree with Ironik's summation. District 9 was horrible on many levels and I just can't understand the praise that is heaped upon that movie.

I liked 'em for what they were...big robots fighting, Peter Cullen's VA'ing, stuff blowing up, and Megan Fox's body. I was under no impression that they were "deep" movies. They had problems, a lot of problems. But they were enjoyable nonetheless.

I don't think I've ever agreed with a "professional" reviewer. They are more concerned (IMO) with appearing to be above us plebian masses who don't find 8 hour subtitled films about the life of a pancake that is shot in some obscure dialect of Swahili enjoyable.

Remember remember the eggs of November...

Wait, what? You're calling District 9 "smart science fiction"? That steaming pile is one of the worst scifi movies ever. Horrible, horrible flick and ranks right up there with Watchmen in my, "I want those hours of my life back" list.

Because 13 episodes for a year of production equals about 4.5 hours of actual episode. A wait of that long for that little and calling it a "season" is rather lame. My Gilligan's Island first season box set would disagree with you as it has 36 episodes for its first season.

Other shows from that era have similar season lengths, including The Monkees (32 eps for first season), I Love Lucy (35 eps first season), The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (29 eps first season), I Dream of Jeannie (30 eps first season), Star Trek TOS (29 eps first season). They may have had a different measure of what a "season" was back then, I don't know, but what we recognize as a season disagrees with you.

I can accept 13 eps for an hour long show like Spartacus (which was AWESOME btw), since that comes out to 26 half-hour shows. But 13 for a half-hour show? With a year wait between new ones? That dog won't hunt monseuir.

I think part of that is the fact that we keep extending "childhood" (if not in biological level, then certainly in psychological and/or emotional levels) to the mid 20's and beyond. We take the impetus off of people to mature. Look at our grandparents for example. Would still goofing off in the mid-20's have been at all acceptable when they were that age? Of course not. One was expected to grow up and be an adult.

I'm going to be 33 this summer and I know right well that even though I'm that old, I'm not even close to being an actual adult. I don't think I'll ever be an adult in the same sense that my parents and grandparents were/are.

Combine the sheltering nature of our society with the schizophrenic nature of laws (can drive at 14 in some States, can die for the country at 18 but heaven forfend if you want a beer before you go off to some godforsaken rock in the middle of nowhere, etc).

*shrug* I didn't see a teen schoolgirl. I saw a woman wearing skimpy clothing that would not be out of place in any strip club in this country nor any adult magazine. The initial world she goes to is a dance club that masks a brothel among other aspects of the owner's business (iirc, she also said guns, drugs, etc).

The character was obviously well off, given her stepfather's reaction to the mother's will and the home. It is highly likely that the character also went to a private school. That costume may be her actual school uniform (altered of course). The other girls outfits are much more sexualized.

I also don't see a lot of fuss being made over Blondie's costuming, given that that is Vanessa Hudgens (the girl from High School Musical series) and is essentially the same age as Ms. Browning.

Edit - I'm also finding it interesting that the discussion of Babydoll's costuming and implicit sexualization (nevermind that she doesn't really act sexualized in the fight scenes) takes precedence over the hyper violence that she and the rest of the girls engage in. That she's wearing an altered fuku is more important than perforating many many German zombies, destroying a bridge full of knights or the violence that the stepfather was either engaging in or about to engage in. I guess that's the weird American view that sex = TEH BAD!, but violence = acceptable. *shrug*

Emily Browning (Babydoll) is 23. That's a good ways from "uncertain" aged. And it's not that sexualized as there is no nudity in the movie.

Make strawberry toaster pastry powdered sugar donut surprise ala mode?

It's not Dollhouse in particular. It's just the history of that network. A few nights ago, the episode of Family Guy that was right after their uncancellation was on. The one where Peter rattles off the list of other shows that would have to get cancelled for them to come back.

It was long and depressing.

Really depressing.

Dun worry, it's ok. These things happen. I sent them an email last week about it and haven't heard anything back yet.

I'm actually planning on getting a normal copy of #1 as well for reading purposes. Same as I did with CG. The signed one goes on display.

Yes, yes, I got the metaphor. However, would've still liked to have seen her actually dancing.

After seeing the boring Watchmen movie, I have zero interest in reading Watchmen the comic. It still kinda bothers me that I wasted real money on Watchmen when I could've just hit myself in the head with a hammer and had a more enjoyable time.

And spot on there BrandX. Though, like I said, I really would've liked to have seen her dance.

Spread it out? Getting to watch new eps for 25% of the year and then repeats for 75% (feels more like 90% when each iteration of the repeat is factored in)...it's kinda hard to keep enthusiasm for 9 months between new seasons.

I mean heck, I could make a kid in that timeframe!

Provided the cloning vat actually works this time... >.<

Ya, I watched it for a while and the blonde was my favorite bit. A lovely dollop quite a bit of alright, there. Never quite got caught up when it went over to BBCA after being on SciFi. Interesting premise, especially when they....*SPOILER*









changed the present. (Sorry, couldn't find the right color for the text.)

Not entirely. But it is on the verge of extinction.

Considering that male/male slash is not my cuppa, no, I don't.

That episode is also 8+ years old. CG has come a ways since then. Besides, they aren't exactly a "new" show trying to get their foot in the door and having to scrape by (IMO).

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Not even remotely.

I was talking the evil twin thing that those guys had on GI Joe. Since that is essentially what the Rushes were. Other than the pain-transference thing, they would've been pretty similar to those two. It would've been interesting to see just how amoral two Rushes could be. Would it be a negative or a positive feedback situation? Would they have turned on each other at some point? Would they have tried to create an army of Rushes using temporal situations (like one of 'em mentioned)?