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thebitterguyFeh. Short thoughts for a strange day.
During the previews before Kong, I saw two that interested me. First was the preview for X3, which is interesting in the same way a very slow car crash is. I'm terrified that it could be very, very bad, but hopeful that it will end up being good, because the first two were so nice. Apparently they'll have a Wolverine movie planned after that. I wonder if Jackman is enthused at the thought of 10 months broadway, 2 mos leather costume? Or if there's any noticeable difference.
There was also a preview for The DaVinci Code. Unlike, uh, everyone I know nothing about this franchise, so it looked mildly interesting (yes, yes, you've all warned me from the BOOK. But this is a MOVIE. Completely different thing). The best part was a split second shot of what looked like a Smart going very fast. The sight of Supercar in a film made me guffaw righteously. Looks like I may have to pick up this movie as well as the Pink Panther (06).
Last nighy, Cynra & I watched Six String Samurai, loaned to us by G&L.
Well. That was a letdown.
I'd heard a lot about the film.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mr_weasel was so moved by it he bought a copy of oCtaYeNE at GenCon a couple years ago. But I just couldn't get into it.
It reminded me of Oliver Grumer's Nemesis; the fanboy enthusiasm surrounding that was intense, but the actual film? Not so much. Someone described Nemesis to me as "all the actors have black belts!" The only possible reply was "are any of these black belts actually actors?"
I mean, we know it's possible for someone who's trained in the martial arts to be a good performer, but I suspect Steven Segal may be the exception that proves the rule (that, ladies and gentles, was what is known as a "joke").
The guy who played Buddy was somewhat wooden, and the fight scenes were filmed a bit tight to be enjoyable; I did find it odd that he seems to have appeared in a bunch of HK films in the '90s, including Top Squad AND Top Squad 2, although by the end of the decade he appears to have been typecast as "the Caucasian".
And why did hte kid go from Feral to Verbose and back again without much sense of rhyme or reason?
During the previews before Kong, I saw two that interested me. First was the preview for X3, which is interesting in the same way a very slow car crash is. I'm terrified that it could be very, very bad, but hopeful that it will end up being good, because the first two were so nice. Apparently they'll have a Wolverine movie planned after that. I wonder if Jackman is enthused at the thought of 10 months broadway, 2 mos leather costume? Or if there's any noticeable difference.
There was also a preview for The DaVinci Code. Unlike, uh, everyone I know nothing about this franchise, so it looked mildly interesting (yes, yes, you've all warned me from the BOOK. But this is a MOVIE. Completely different thing). The best part was a split second shot of what looked like a Smart going very fast. The sight of Supercar in a film made me guffaw righteously. Looks like I may have to pick up this movie as well as the Pink Panther (06).
Last nighy, Cynra & I watched Six String Samurai, loaned to us by G&L.
Well. That was a letdown.
I'd heard a lot about the film.
mr_weasel was so moved by it he bought a copy of oCtaYeNE at GenCon a couple years ago. But I just couldn't get into it. It reminded me of Oliver Grumer's Nemesis; the fanboy enthusiasm surrounding that was intense, but the actual film? Not so much. Someone described Nemesis to me as "all the actors have black belts!" The only possible reply was "are any of these black belts actually actors?"
I mean, we know it's possible for someone who's trained in the martial arts to be a good performer, but I suspect Steven Segal may be the exception that proves the rule (that, ladies and gentles, was what is known as a "joke").
The guy who played Buddy was somewhat wooden, and the fight scenes were filmed a bit tight to be enjoyable; I did find it odd that he seems to have appeared in a bunch of HK films in the '90s, including Top Squad AND Top Squad 2, although by the end of the decade he appears to have been typecast as "the Caucasian".
And why did hte kid go from Feral to Verbose and back again without much sense of rhyme or reason?
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Date: 2005-12-20 09:24 pm (UTC)Actually, I do think it a little overhyped, but I have so much fun with the ass-kicking and references that I don't care, honestly. :-)
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Date: 2005-12-20 09:26 pm (UTC)Yeah, I found it was one of those movies that are fun to watch, not to be dissected and examined.
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Date: 2005-12-20 10:06 pm (UTC)I've been meaning to ask, is your icon a manip or is that really Stan the Man flipping us off?
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Date: 2005-12-20 10:21 pm (UTC)I dunno; I came across the pic here (http://popculturechaos.blogspot.com/2005/01/stan-lee-vs-marvel.html). It looks like The Man is taking it to the True Unbelievers to me. ;)
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Date: 2005-12-20 10:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-21 12:19 am (UTC)It has Olivier Gruner in it. Olivier "Velocity Trap" Gruner, the poor man's Jean-Claude van Damme. "The poor man's Jean-Claude van Damme" is not what you'd call the stamp of quality.
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Date: 2005-12-21 12:46 am (UTC)The poor man's Jean-Claude van Damme" is not what you'd call the stamp of quality.
No doubt. Hell, "The Billionaire's Jean-Claude van Dammit" isn't what you'd call the stamp of quality.
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Date: 2005-12-21 04:20 am (UTC)Okay, that's enough defending them. They were just crazy.
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Date: 2005-12-21 04:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-21 04:46 am (UTC)And there was a scene where a chick shot her way through three floors by shooting her gun down. Which I think got stolen for Underworld.
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Date: 2005-12-21 06:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-21 06:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-21 11:36 am (UTC)Stan The Man is a huge goofy, guy-next-door sorta guy. Being that he's grinning like a fool, it's obviously being done in silliness/good fun, so I can totally see it being real.
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Date: 2005-12-21 04:03 pm (UTC)