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Quote:Heheh okay that's AWESOME news. I loved this movie so much and watch it at least once a month. The cheese factour combined with the comedy is just gold and I just get a kick every time when I see the scene where Dynamite finally figures out just what Anaconda malt liquor does to black men LOL
If any of you were able to check out "Black Dynamite" either in theaters or DVD, you know that the Scott Sanders film was just begging to get a sequel. The hilarity and complete off-the-wall seventies exploitation vibe made "Black Dynamite" a surprise cult following. Of course people like lead actor Michael Jai White want to take total advantage of making another film.
"Oh, absolutely, I've had the idea for Black Dynamite 2 for quite a while now, and it's gonna start where Black Dynamite left off - there's lost of things we didn't get a chance to do in the first one," he said.
"You know how Black Dynamite just grows in ridiculousness? Well, this will be a fitting sequel," he promised.
When will this be happening? No idea, but at least those who are fans of the film can take comfort in the fact that Jai White wants this to happen. If you haven't seen "Black Dynamite" yet, you can either get it at your local retail store on DVD or you can go on Netflix Instant Watch and check it out.
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Oh I got a good one. How about the infamous 'Clockwork' mission in Perez Park pre-I1? You old timers know which one I'm talking about. You had to kill them all to finish the mission but invariably a few spawned stuck in the ceiling of the office map and back then you couldn't select those nor kill them. So you had to call a GM which took forever. Seriously the first time I did it the GM showed up 45 minutes later and we all just sat around to wait for them. That mission was so bad that even a GM I spoke to once admitted that there was one such employee as they remember being permanently assigned to Perez just to fix this mission.
Or I remember the VERY first time someone made the Kronos Titan spawn in Atlas Park and led him to the heart of Atlas. The sheer volume of corpses littering the zone was priceless heheh -
Quote:You do realize that O_I is an alt account of Twixt? For anyone that knows that name I have to say no more. That explains the entire thread.Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Wow, it really galls you that NCSoft is still turning a profit with this game despite all your predictions that it's doomed.
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Now time for the weather... Tiffany?
What can I say. That was probably one of the most magnificent episodes I've seen from the series. I was wondering about Winston (think that's his name.. drawing a blank atm) and the fact that Tara smashed his brains in. That shouldn't have killed him and I was proved right last night... though his 'return' wasn't that long lol Man... I guess Sam has finally shed his 'goodie two shoes' image and gone all mirror-universe on us heheh Once again though I HATE where they are taking Jason this year and basically his whole story line with Crystal is boring as hell and I basically fast forward through it now. That's sad too because Jason when written right can actually have some really interesting plots.
I think at this point they are REALLLLY dragging out the whole 'What is Sookie' thing and personally it's starting to really get old. I mean is the revelation of what she is really THAT earth shattering that it will change everything on the programme and be a game changer? It was touching though to see Eric and Pam together and that when she's not putting on her whole 'Ice Queen' act that she's actually a totally devoted child to her maker and that she loves him very much. I love the fact that Russell has basically gone completely bonkers and is going all Terminator now on humanity. Though from the previews of next weeks episode he's 'slightly' set back the whole pro-vampire image and now vamps have a bit of a PR nightmare to clean up. Maybe though this will get them off their butts and lend resources to Eric in order to take the King down once and for all. I mean after all Russell is so old and powerful he could basically wipe out an entire room before you can blink. -
Quote:Seriously man. My brother gave me this great recipe that uses bleu cheese as an accompanying sauce for when you grill a steak. It has a cool, creamy, yet slightly salty bite which perfectly melds with the beef. Trust me when I say it may sound 'Ew' but it's absolutely delicious. If you like I can send you the recipe and you can try it.Originally Posted by UltraTroll
Dude that sounds like a chick steak! Bleu cheese? What next are you having this with a nice wine?!
We are drinking Warsteiner, a German Beer. We are having steak with maybe AI and some Green Chilis.
We are not foo fooing it like you, LOT! Major Disappointment. We might have to revoke your Man Card.
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Quote:Mmmm yes. A nice T-Bone with a bleu cheese sauce and smothered with mushrooms. Hell yes I'm in!Originally Posted by docbuzzard
That does sound like a fine idea. I've been getting over Bronchitis for a month now, and I'm due for some serious beer drinking, so Friday should be Expendables and then many a brewski.
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Eh, different strokes for different folks I guess. I just felt like it was a weak story overall. Especially the whole 'someone is building a time machine' thing and the utter lack of any closure to that storyline.
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Quote:While I don't agree with everything the author talks about I do agree with his premise that with the plethora of communication options and distribution thanks to technology. Hollywood and television really has to rethink their approach when it comes to the release of their movies/television programmes. In a way they are still living with the mindset that people can't get a hold of the programmes they want instantly that have been released in other parts of the world instead of waiting like 3 months for it to come out in their country/state. For instance Solomon Kane STILL hasn't come out here in the US and it's been over a year since it was released over in the UK. I got tired of waiting and used 'alternative' means to get my hands on a copy. I would have rather gotten it here in the US via legitimate means but because of the politics of movies/region codes/etc the movie's release has stalled out here and it's not fair to the fans that they can't enjoy this film because of the bull crap red tape holding it back.
'Staggered release dates', a phrase that will happily roll off the tongue of your average marketing man, yet stick in the throat of their target consumer.
TV shows, videogames, cinema releases and the DVDs that follow are all unapologetically trotted out, sometimes entire torturous years between regions (a food chain that Australia is regularly at the bottom of, as Yahtzee Croshaw will attest) in the name of a sales strategy and often largely because there's little commercial impetus not to.
Now, the comic book isn't a medium synonymous with keeping with the times. In many ways an anachronism, it harks back to a silver age when the vicarious thrills of superpowers and war heroes were uniquely found in their static pages rather than in today's Hollywood blockbusters and next-gen console releases. And so, of course, it too has fallen foul of the archaic practice of staggered releases. In the US, new comics day' is an event celebrated on a Wednesday every week, in the UK this is on Thursday, a whole day later.
Why is it, then, that the comics industry, indeed, one in far less rude health than its contemporaries, isn't afraid to delay the product any longer than the time it takes to physically transport it?
Sure, it doesn't require translating or recoding for different regions like other mediums, but then these, too, are artificially implemented limitations. Regions exist so the same movie can be sold in Asia at a price affordable in that economy without the fear of importers undercutting the far more lucrative western market.
While that is admittedly disingenuous, far more nefarious tactics have been applied in the name of business. The problem isn't the regions, it's the decision to then organise a hierarchy that dictates who gets the film first.
Originally a successful way to build hype and focus resources in one area of the world at a time, in today's proliferation of BitTorrent clients, it seems to actively encourage potential customers to illegally download their entertainment, both to enjoy it at the same time as the international acquaintances the Internet allows them to make, and perhaps, also for a little taste of cultural democracy.
Lost has already proved this is not the way things have to be. The series finale was simulcasted' in eight different countries to bypass the piracy that has always followed the series due to its unusually tech-savvy demographic, and while this was undoubtedly an effective means of avoiding undesired alternative distribution, it also had its own positive influence, by creating a truly worldwide water cooler talking point.
5 a.m. on a Monday morning was a long way for such a hot property to have strayed from its traditional primetime slot on Sky 1 in the UK. But the pay-off for those dedicated Brits who got up especially for it is that they did not then have to spend their day in fear of the Internet being ridden with spoilers for what is definitely a series that rests on its timely revelations.
It's not just that this universal approach to broadcasting saves us from labelling Internet forums and live gaming arenas no-fly zones, until we're suitably spoiler-proof. It also means that family, friends and co-workers in the same country can find themselves speaking the same language.
A tangible download/broadcast division has arisen when it comes to American TV series, to the point that the phrase, "Have you seen the latest episode of X?" not only requires you to have actually seen the latest episode of X (I hear it was quite Y), but also to quickly evaluate to which side of the division the person who's speaking allegiances lie. You can ask, or you can avoid the risk of having to then explain torrents to the uninitiated, but decide well, because you may be talking about series three when a key element of the current US run is revealed.
Now, this may seem like an overly anal approach to staying spoiler-free, but the key danger is that TV thrives on being a shared experience, and anything that gets in the way of that undermines its potential pleasures.
The water cooler cliché works because it is such an effective way of describing how everyone likes to be able to talk about their favourite show with a fellow follower, and so, surely, the only boundary that should exist is whether you do, in fact, follow that show.
The time difference between the original US broadcast, it finding its way illegally online through an industrious pirate, it being distributed through more authentic means such as iTunes (but then also, is that US or UK iTunes?), and it finally being shown on these shores is completely unacceptable in a time when eager viewers can be discussing an episode on Twitter as it's happening.
As anachronisms go, Peter Parker's perpetual youth is systematic of a medium that is afraid to let go of its old properties, but at least it attempts to rejuvenate those properties in new titles, and releases them in a way that remains relevant to their ever-changing audience.
Lost may just represent TV execs trying to feed us the same Twilight Zone/The Prisoner mysteries it has for years, and that's okay, but that doesn't mean they can also broadcast them in the same tried and tested ways and hope, through sheer ignorance, those pesky emerging technologies won't interfere.
We're here. The world is filling in the gaps through peer-to-peer. Get used to it, and do something constructive about it.
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Quote:Sweet. Hopefully this will mean that not longer after the convention is over they'll release the footage on the net and we can get our hands on it
Another hour, another sensational confirmation of Movie-Con III goodness. Thor is coming to the 'Con!
Yes, Marvel's Norse God of Thunder - played by Chris Hemsworth - will be making an appearance at Empire and the BFI's sensational three-day event, in the form of some lovely footage. And that's not all - Thor director, Kenneth Branagh, will be there in person to talk us through the process of bringing the blond-haired behemoth to life.
The Thor panel will kick off the second day of Movie-Con III on Saturday, around 10am. Be there bright and early - Odin commands it!
Chris Hewitt.
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If I come across it I'll post it in this thread.
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Quote:Damnnnn. I didn't even know this was coming out. This special looks damn cool and I'm definitely going to have to reserve myself a copy. Especially since DC comics is my favourite line... I never really liked Marvel.
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
DC Comics is celebrating their 75th Anniversary Documentary with a documentary chronicling the story of the comic book company. Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics is directed by Jeffrey Blitz, the filmmaker responsible for one of my favorite documentary films Spellbound, and the Sundance coming of age movie Rocket Science (which is the film that really put Anna Kendrick on the map for filmmakers, before films like Up in the Air and the Twilight series). The official synopsis doesnt reveal much:
An expansive documentary exploring the 75 years of DC Comics, the memorable characters of its universe and the talented artists and writers who brought them to life.
Of course, the full trailer reveals a lot more. You can watch it right now after the jump, followed by some covert art. Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics - DVD Trailer
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Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics will be released on DVD on November 9th 2010.
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Quote:Heheh I like that. Reminds me of the line in 'True Lies' when Jamie Lee Curtis realizes after she finds out Arnold is a spy and she looks at him seriously "Have you ever killed anybody?" To which he sheepishly replies "Yeah... but they were all bad." Classic. In either case I am SALIVATING over this movie now and I'm all set to go see this and be blown away
During a press conference in London to promote The Expendables, which opens this coming weekend, writer/director/actor Sylvestor Stallone told The Guardian that he only kills people who really deserve it.
"I always believe the violence is justifiable," Stallone said. "The one thing in my films ... I only kill people that need to be killed."
"Let me put it this way," Stallone said, "the ones that deserve it get it and they get it good and the ones that go after women really get it, you know what I mean? Really get it. People say: 'Oh, isn't that overkill?' and I say 'I'm not going to have a man having his way with a woman and wrecking her life and just shoot him with a bulletit's too civilized. He's going to feel real pain'."
The action star's testosterone-fueled attitude certainly resonated with one of his Expendables co-stars, Jason Statham, who Stallone views as a protege of sorts.
Speaking about the paternal angle in the pair's new movie, 64-year-old Sylvester explained to BANG Showbiz that he was making a point that it was time for him to move on and Jason to take over. Sly revealed that he sees himself as a father figure to the 37-year-old British actor and thinks Jason could be the heir to his action hero throne.
"It was very intentional," Stallone said. "You have to be age appropriate and he would be the protege. He's like that fellow who I confide in who will eventually take over."
"I tease him about his love life and taking things too seriously, stuff like what a father would do. But yeah the paternal angle in the movie is not by accident."
For his part, Statham admitted that getting to know Stallone who he has idolized as a young boy was a dream come true.
"I had watched his films for years, that's why I get excited when I get to do films like this," Statham said.
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Quote:Awww whew! For a second there I thought they were talking about that horrible take off of Yojimbo/Fistful of Dollars movie that starred Bruce Willis from a while back. That movie was so lame I couldn't imagine them remaking that
Paramount Pictures has picked up the film rights to "Last Man Standing: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter" (LMS), a coffee table book from Heavy Metal Publishing, reports Heat Vision.
Scott Aversano will produce along with the book's creator, Daniel LuVisi. Peter Levin Russell Binder and Stephan Lokotsch will executive produce. Heavy Metal describes the book as follows:
LMS: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter is your first glimpse into the LMS graphic novel series. It is a character bible and prologue book that introduces you to Gabriel, the hero of our story, as he personally unravels to his audience the intricacies of his world, set in a time-transcending and parallel universe that is inhabited by a roster of colorful and deadly characters. Join Gabriel in his quest for revenge and the journey he will embark on by traveling through more than 200 pages of history, character art, bios, and other forms of pleasure and pain.
You can check out a preview of the book below! You can also visit the official site for more info.
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Quote:Nice. I'm really looking forward to these two movies. First it will finally wrap up the series once and for all but also because it looks damn good and we'll see some majour deaths take place
Warner Bros. has just provided us with a brand new behind-the-scenes featurette for the highly-anticipated film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, which will arrive in theaters on November 19 and will be followed by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II in theaters on July 15, 2011. Click on the video player below, which features new footage and interviews with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and more.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II: Featurette: The Story
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I comes to theaters November 19th, 2010 and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Alan Rickman, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter. The film is directed by David Yates.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II comes to theaters July 15th, 2011 and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Alan Rickman, Gary Oldman, Ralph Fiennes, Bonnie Wright, Michael Gambon. The film is directed by David Yates.
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Quote:NICE. I must say this series started off a little meh but it's gotten a lot more interesting and better written as it went on. I am getting a little peeved though at the fact that so many bounty hunters/mercenaries/etc have enough training in lightsaber combat that they can actually hold their own or best a freaking JEDI MASTER or Knight. I mean supposedly it takes a Jedi decades of intense training to master a saber and wield it with enough precision that with the help of the force they can freaking intercept blaster bolts with the blade.
There's no shortage of action on the way, as The Clone Wars heads towards its third season. This trailer for it includes some familiar faces once more, and does its usual job of trying to rouse as many Star Wars fans as possible. And impressive it is, too.
The Clone Wars returns with its 22-episode long season three on Friday September 17th in the US.
Star Wars the Clone Wars Season 3 trailer
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Quote:Ugh... when will people learn that if they want their programme to have a chance at life NOT to bring it to the SyFy channel
Syfy announced today it has commissioned a scripted pilot from Bryan Fuller, creator of "Dead Like Me" and "Pushing Daisies."
The show will be based upon the book "The Lotus Caves" by John Christopher, about colonists who rebel against the rigidity of their lunar colony by exploring beyond its proscribed boundaries and discovering a series of caves ruled by a super-intelligent, alien species.
Jim Grey ("In Plain Sight," "Pushing Daisies") will co-write the script with Fuller.
Original Article Link Warehouse 13 and Eureka are an aberration at best... everything else they put out is crap.
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Quote:I actually visited Liefield's Twitter page and was half expecting his page to be covered with pouches
Green Lantern has just wrapped and Ryan Reynolds is off dong other projects before he's scheduled to return to the super hero fold next year as Deadpool. But according to Rob Liefield, creator of Deadpool, Warner Brothers wants Reynolds back for the sequel as soon as possible so he's unable to film Deadpool. Or is it Fox that's acting weird? I don't know. Conversations on Twitter are hard to follow.
Here's what Rob wrote:
Bottom line about Deadpool film is that if FOX doesn't pull the DP film together with Ryan Reynolds between GL films-they should Hari Kari
about 6 hours ago via web
Ryan Reynolds is the new Will Smith, if FOX can't maximize this window of opportunity with this star, this character, that script=MASSV FAIL about 6 hours ago via web
You have it reversed @GeekTyrant it's Warners that wants to film back 2 back GL's and disrupt Deadpool. Not FOX!! Get it right! about 1 hour ago via mobile web in reply to GeekTyrant
Ok, so basically WB wants to get Green Lantern 2 going soon as possible. But is it because of Deadpool? Pretty sure Reynolds can do both. I think maybe WB has other films they want to get going like Flash and Superman and they're just trying to iron out scheduling.
Or Rob's right and they're trying to f over Fox which actually makes more sense because this is Hollywood and studios love themselves some dirty old fashioned shenanigans. Making sure Ryan isn't available to Fox for Deadpool means one less super hero movie they have to worry about competing with and keeps Reynolds on their team.
Course, this could all just be Rob thinking out loud after drinking some awesome margaritas.
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Quote:Seth Rogen as John Belushi? That's like the most horrific suggestion I've ever heard. Hell if Belushi hears that will happen I'm almost convinced he'd come back as a ghost and haunt that producer till his dying days lol
The story of John Belushi has been one that Hollywood has been trying to get off the ground for sometime now. Although I'm not really sure why. I think the man's work is what he should be remembered for, and not his drug use and how his home life was as a child. But what do I know.
THR has the exclusive:
John Belushi in "Animal House"
John Belushi may be getting a (second) second life on the big screen.
"The Pursuit of Happyness" screenwriter Steven Conrad and "The Hangover" director-producer Todd Phillips are developing a biographical film about the late comedian's life. Warner Bros. recently acquired the rights from Belushi's estate.
Conrad will script the project and Phillips will produce, though he has not yet committed to directing it. Alexandra Milchan and Bonnie Timmerman are also producing.
In a typically difficult process that saw the rights deal come together, then fall apart, then come back together again, the project would be the latest attempt at a full-scale biopic about the "Saturday Night Live" cast member and film star who died of a drug overdose in 1982 at age 33.
One actor mentioned as a potential strong fit for the iconic role is newly ubiquitous Zach Galifianakis, who starred for Phillips in both "The Hangover" and the upcoming "Due Date." But Galifianakis is already 40 years old, as is Jack Black, another funnyman who embodies much of Belushi's zany spirit (In 2008, Black was quoted as saying he would turn down any offer to star in a Belushi biopic, saying, "His life is not as funny as his work, and watching me do an imitation of him doing his 'Saturday Night Live' bits won't be as funny as watching him do his 'SNL' bits.)
The next generation has fielded a roster of 21st century versions that could potentially pull off the role -- Jonah Hill (26), Seth Rogen (28), Ethan Suplee (34) and Tyler Labine (32), who actually appeared as Belushi in the 2005 NBC movie, "Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Mork & Mindy.'"
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Jonah Hill or Seth Rogen? Yeesh. Seems like Jack Black is the only one who's making any sense when it comes to playing Belushi.
Do you guys want to see a Belushi biopic? Or are you satisfied as is with his body of work?
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Quote:Well when I pop a 'comedy' into my VHS player and don't laugh even once the whole 90+ minutes then I have to consider the endeavour a failure.Originally Posted by galadiman
Agree with Obsidius.
Well, "loved" might be strong. But one of the worst? (On a par with Howard the Duck, Stop or my Mom will Shoot, Gigli, Chairman of the Board, It's Pat?) Dude, either you haven't seen many movies, or your movie sense is a little skew. -
Quote:I'd hate to say it but yeah you guys are right. Blade: Trinity was just HORRIBLE however the only tolerable scenes were with Reynolds. However even with him yucking it up it was still kind of hard to stomach. Especially when one of the main 'baddies' (Parker Posey) looks like she came out of a Flock of Seagulls video.Originally Posted by Zikar
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Quote:BBC One on Sunday nights. Not sure what time since I don't actually watch it since I'm here in the states. I have to procure it via... alternative meansOriginally Posted by Phillygirl
I didn't realize they made a new show, when is it usually on?
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Quote:The best bit was the audience reaction to the Devil preview lol
M. Night Shyamalan, who's been making films since he was a teenager, turned 40 a few days ago. He became a household name with The Sixth Sense, but from there, he's been on an oscillating but ultimately downward trajectory in terms of both critical and box-office reception. And boy, do people hate his most recent flop, The Last Airbender.
But we're rooting for Shyamalan, if only because he still makes a damned exciting trailer. For his birthdayto help him reflect and get back on trackwe present this list of the 40 kindest and cruelest comments about his work we could find. Sometimes his best critics are also his worst detractors and sometimes he's his own biggest fan.
CHILDHOOD
1. "You can see the genius in his filmmaking even back then. I mean, he's doing special editing, he's doing parallel cutting, he's editing in music. To think this is before we're driving."Brian Rosenstein, childhood neighbor, Christian Science Monitor, July 28, 2004
THE SIXTH SENSE
2. "Despite being an inflated, polished-to-an-anonymous-shine Disney deal, M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense has its nervous thumb on something, a sharp regard for miserable preadolescent disconnectedness, and for how everyday life can ripple with fear. Too bad it ends up being a play date in the Ghostneighborhood."Michael Atkinson, The Village Voice, August 3, 1999
3. "Because it unfolds like a garish hybrid of Simon Birch and What Dreams May Come, with some horror-movie touches thrown in to keep us from nodding off, The Sixth Sense appears to have been concocted at exactly the moment Hollywood was betting on supernatural schmaltz."Stephen Holden, NY Times, August 6, 1999
UNBREAKABLE
4. "I don't think it's venturing too far into hyperbole to call this, the followup to The Sixth Sense from writer/director M. Night Shyamalan, a work of transcendent filmic genius, one that acknowledges the audience's expectations, confounds them, rebuilds them, and ends up using them to brilliant, astonishing advantage."MaryAnn Johanson, FlickFilosopher.com, November 17, 2000
5. "Unbreakable is at once flagrantly absurd and stubbornly mournful. To his credit, Shyamalan sticks to his guns; the grating incongruity persists at a deafening pitch until it finally splits the film wide open."Dennis Lim, Village Voice, November 21, 2000
6. "Shyamalan's movies are great simply because they have such inspired belief in themselves. ... Whatever your final verdict, you could do worse than enjoy one of the most fertile minds in Hollywood."Desson Howe, Washington Post, November 24, 2000
7. "Shyamalan is a new-style anomalya lustrous technician enthralled with the poetry of supernatural doom."Owen Glieberman, Entertainment Weekly, December 01, 2000
SIGNS
8. "Shyamalan's by-now trademark spookiness is starting to play like a CD consciously designed to duplicate the success of an album that sold 10 million copies."Mike Clark, USA Today, August 1, 2002
9. "M. Night Shyamalan's Signs is the work of a born filmmaker, able to summon apprehension out of thin air."Rogert Ebert, August 2, 2002
10. "Mr. Shyamalan never gives us anything to believe in, other than his own power to solve problems of his own posing, and his command of a narrative logic is as circularand as emptyas those bare patches out in the cornfield."A.O. Scott, NY Times, August 2, 2002
11. "The Next Spielberg ... Hollywood's Hottest New Storyteller"Newsweek, August 5, 2002.
12. "Shyamalan has found a spare, taut style that's all his own. Defiantly old-fashioned, he's come up with something new: horror movies that pull on the heartstring, the tear-jerker terror flick. A neat trick indeed."David Ansen, Newsweek, August 4, 2002
13. "I don't use that word casually, but I believe he has elements of genius in himas a writer, as a storyteller and as a film director."Bruce Willis, Newsweek, August 4, 2002
THE VILLAGE
14. "[T]he oh-so-polished presentation leads to the nagging question: Is M. Night a filmmaker or is he a marketing plan?"Michael Agger, Slate.com, July 30, 2004
15. "Since that formulamoody, supernatural story, way more reliant on plot than characterization, ending with some mind-bending twistworked for Shyamalan in such a big way, he hasn't dared to try anything different since, and the returns have been diminishing with each subsequent outing. ... Let me be more succinct: Hack-a-doodle-doo!"Tara Ariano, MSNBC.Com, August 2004
16. "I love to watch his films. They're smooth, creepy, intelligent, full of revelatory dialogue, and they don't have that Bourne Supremacy need to roar along at 4,000 feet per second. The camerawork is traditional, the editing mature, the music judicious. Why, it's like he's over 50!"Stephen Hunter, Washington Post, July 30, 2004
17. "The conversations I had leaving the theater were not of a religious/philosophical nature, but akin to the ones I had as a 10-year-old about why the Howells and Ginger brought so many clothes for a 3-hour tour."David Edelstein, Slate, July 30, 2004
LADY IN THE WATER
18. "I was blown away by the twist at the end of The Sixth Sense ... Shyamalan was still a showman back then, before he began to fancy himself a shamanor is that shyaman? Now he just writes dead people."David Edelstein, New York magazine, July 16, 2006
19. "[W]hile Shyamalan may be a narcissist with delusions of grandeur, he's also a filmmaker of rare talent and creativity (these are hardly mutually exclusive categories, after all), and however lousy Lady in the Water proves to be, he deserves to survive this summer of embarrassment and live to film again."Ross Douthat, Slate.com, July 20, 2006
20. "The low star rating isn't just for pretension or ineptitude, its for hypocrisy and cowardice, too."Jim Emerson, RogerEbert.com, July 21, 2006
21. "It feels like the entire town is rooting for him to fail. Is there a 12-step program for egos?""One studio exec," Newsweek, July 24, 2006
22. "M. Night Shyamalan isn't a visionary so much as a megalomaniacal bully."Chez Pazienza, ex-news producer, July 2006
23. "M. Night Shyamalan, who blew off a multi-million-dollar, multi-picture deal with Disney to get his thrill-free-thriller Lady in the Water made, was rewarded for his megalomania with two RAZZIES: He was named both Worst Director and, for casting himself in a pivotal role in his own film, was also chosen as Worst Supporting Actor."Press release, 2006 Razzies winners announcement
24. "I respect Night as a filmmaker and loved working with him. I supported the premise of [Lady in the Water] and what he was trying to accomplish, but sometimes movies work and sometimes they don't."Alan F. Horn, president of Warner Brothers Entertainment, NY Times , June 2, 2008
25. South Park, Imagination Land, October 17, 2007
South Park, Imagination Land Clip
Secretary of Defense: The Sixth Sense, Signs, The Village, all very clever films. But can you use your amazing idea brain now to help us stop the terrorists?
M. Night Shyamalan: What if ... what if it turns out they aren't terrorists? But they're actually werewolves? From the future?
SOD: No, they're terrorists. They've been linked to Al Qaeda.
MNS: But what if Al Qaeda, it turns out, is the group being terrorized? By aliens?
SOD: No, No. That's not an idea, that's a twist. We need ideas.
MNS: How about we make everyone think that terrorists attacked us? But really, we were all already dead.
SOD: Get him out of here.
THE HAPPENING
26. "The writer-director's disintegration from robust artistic health to narrative incoherence, from hitmaker to box-office loser, has an almost tragic trajectory. It's a saga worthy of being told by the young M. Night Shyamalan. Perhaps, with his next film, he'll have a surprise twist of cinematic brilliance that will explain and atone for the creepy stuff that's been happening to him."Richard Corliss, Time, June 12, 2008
27. "It is no doubt too thoughtful for the summer action season, but I appreciate the quietly realistic way Shyamalan finds to tell a story about the possible death of man."Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, June 12, 2008
28. "No one will watch any of Shyamalan's recent films twice. A movie that features Wahlberg suggesting everyone try to outrun the wind can barely be watched once."Kyle Smith, NY Post, June 13, 2008
29. "It almost dares you to roll your eyes or laugh at certain scenes that are supposed to be deadly serious. But, you know what, I appreciated this creatively offbeat, daring sci-fi mind-trip."Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times, on The Happening, June 16, 2008
30. "This is the best B movie you will ever see, that's it."M. Night Shyamalan on his own film, The Happening, CNN, June 17, 2008
THE LAST AIRBENDER
31. "Young fans" after a screening, Hollywood Dailies
FANS UNLEASH EPIC HATE FOR THE LAST AIRBENDER
"It sucked."
"It sucked."
"It's terrible."
"It's horrible."
"I really didn't like it."
32. "If any movie ever warranted a class-action lawsuit against the filmmakers, it's The Last Airbender."Keith Phipps, AVClub.com, June 30, 2010
33. "The Last Airbender is an agonizing experience in every category I can think of and others still waiting to be invented."Roger Ebert, June 30, 2010
34. "Once 'A film by M. Night Shyamalan' promised suspense and power, but that was 11 years ago. We must stop enabling him and not pay to see this garbage."Matt Pais, Chicago Now, June 30, 2010
35. "He hasn't mastered the craft yet, but M. Night Shyamalan may be on to something with this action-movie thing."David Bowles, USA Today, July 3, 2010
36. "[S]ome unsolicited advice for Mr. Shyamalan: Stop writing. Direct, but let others write. Don't produce. Don't adapt. Don't polish someone else's screenplay. And last thing: drop the over-the-title credit. Besides being another sign of hubris, it's no longer deserved."Mel Valentin, Cinematical, July 4, 2010
37. "But Shyamalan's strengths as a director are formidable, and unlike other auteurs we've written off, we're genuinely hoping he can get his groove back."Bilge Ebiri, New York magazine, in "Don't Give Up On M. Might Shyamalan," July 7, 2010
38. "If you describe someone as 'a filmmaker of rare talent and creativity,' as I did, and then they follow your vote of confidence by releasing Lady, The Happening, and now The Last Airbender (currently the worst-reviewed movie of the summer, below Furry Vengeance and Sex in the City 2) on an unsuspecting public ... well, let's just say I wouldn't blame anyone who cited Shyamalan as exhibit A in the case against my critical acumen."Ross Douthat, NY Times, July 7, 2010
39. "The current national priorities should be as follows: reduce carbon emissions and stop funding the films of M. Night Shyamalan."Cliff Doerksen, Chicago Reader, August 5, 2010
DEVIL
40. Crowd who saw Devil trailer before Inception, July 20, 2010.
Audience Groans at M. Night Shyamalans Name
"AWWWWW ... Hahahaha ... "
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Quote:Interesting. I was going to watch this before hand but now I'm even more committed to seeing how good this is. I just hope unlike Apollo he doesn't spend the series constantly switching sides whenever he has an attack of conscious. lol
Only a few days ago, we told you about Outcasts, the upcoming BBC sci-fi seriesstarring BSG's Jamie Bamberthat aims to be a cross between Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek. Well, we got our very first look at Bamber and other cast members, and the pics certainly give off that whole pioneer-on-a-desolate planet vibe.
A show about a group of individuals building a new life on another planet called Carpathia, Outcasts also stars Ugly Betty's Eric Mabius and Spook's (MI-5 in the U.S.) Hermione Norris. When the series starts, the small band of pioneers will have lost contract with Earth, and have to face all sorts of as-yet-undisclosed mysteries.
With Bamber, Mabius and Norris on board, Outcasts will definitely be worth the look come December when the 8-part series airs on BBC America.
Check out the pictures below. Do they make you look forward to Outcasts?
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Quote:Sweeeet. Now we just have to wait for it to hit the big screen
Robert Rodriguez is known for two things in his filmmaking: he can stretch small budgets a mile and he works tremendously fast. It probably helps that he's dedicated to shooting digital. Despite his track record, however, it's taken him more than a year to complete his newest film: Machete.
Due out in less than a month , Rodriguez tweeted tonight that Machete has officially been completed, saying, "Just finished MACHETE!!!! Can't wait for you to see it. Get ready..." It originally began shooting in late July 2009 with Ethan Maniquis as co-director. The film, which stars Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Robert DeNiro, Lindsey Lohan and Steven Seagal is set to hit theaters on September 3rd.
It's likely that what slowed production was the making of Predators in between, but with a second director on board it's strange that Machete is only finishing now. Rodriguez still has Sin City 2, Spy Kids 4, Nerveracker, and, possibly, the Deadpool movie on his plate, let's hope he hasn't lost his gift for speed.
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Quote:Hell I wish 'The Lodger' had been axed from that episode list last year. It was probably one of the weakest and worst written shows of series 5.
Tom Baker as the Doctor Who doppelganger Meglos
Doctor Who's return in 2005 meant more than just a comeback for the Time Lorda ton of classic villains have returned as well, such as Daleks, Cybermen and, most recently, the Silurians. But one old villain who was intended to return ... DIDN'T. And an unexpurgated draft of a recent script reveals exactly which villain got derailed.
In an interview given to Doctor Who Magazine, Gareth Roberts explained that in earlier drafts of his episode "The Lodger" there "was a different villain at its center." The villain in question was to be Meglos, a sentient, shape-changing (wait for it) cactus, who appeared in a Doctor Who story starring the fourth Doctor, Tom Baker, back in the 1980s.
The four-part story, simply titled "Meglos," was apparently not one of the more fondly remembered Doctor Who episodes.
"I'd been joking about 'Meglos 2' for years," Roberts said, "but when I sat down to write the first draft [of 'The Lodger'] it suddenly seemed right."
The writer also revealed that: "Meglos survived in my script for quite a long whilebut then we saw the Vinvocci in 'The End of Time,' and as the rest of the story was more comedic, we decided the 'villain' had to be as scary as possible."
Check out part of an earlier script draft written by Roberts from back when it still included Meglos:
MEGLOS
Can it be . . . the Doctor?
THE DOCTOR
Do I know you?
MEGLOS
I am Meglos!
THE DOCTOR
Sorry, have we met?
MEGLOS
Meglos! Last of the Zolfa Thurans!
THE DOCTOR
(no idea) Really sorry. I meet a lot of people.
MEGLOS
Remember Tigella, Doctor! The Gaztaks!
THE DOCTOR
The what? Remind me ...
With rumors of other past characters possibly coming back for series 6like the Yeti or even Omegathe trend of bringing back classic characters to Doctor Who certainly won't fade any time soon. And in a way, that's how we like it, no?
Pick up Doctor Who Magazine #423 to read more of Roberts' interview.
And let us knowdo you wish that Meglos hadn't been axed from "The Lodger"?
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Quote:Heheh I've got to give Stallone props for at least one thing. He actually had the guts to mention Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot in an interview without breaking into uncontrollable sobbing over subjecting humanity to that abomination.
With his high-octane action film The Expendables opening nationwide this weekend, writer-director-star Sylvester Stallone recently told The Los Angeles Times that he has an idea for a sequel, if the first film proves to be a success.
"If this does perform, I think it will open a little more liquidity in funding the sequel," he said. "I have an idea ready to go. People think doing a sequel is easy, but it's not because you need the element of surprise. I'm going to try to do something that's quite radical."
Stallone wouldn't elaborate what that "radical" idea might be, but it seems this sequel could happen, with box office tracking suggesting the film will open over $30 million this weekend. Stallone also revealed that on-set injuries - including a broken neck - bode well for the success of the film.
"It's a good omen," he explained. "I didn't get a hangnail on the set of Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot."
The Expendables comes to theaters August 13th, 2010 and stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, David Zayas. The film is directed by Sylvester Stallone.
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