Movies you've recently watched

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* Haven't seen the TV series and no intention to.

I was going to ask.  Anyway:

[Darth Wagtaros]

Watching the Producers over Netflix.  Big Meh.  Big. Meh. 

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*censored*

[Neil]

Do we need to know what sounds you make when you come?

That's quite enough of that, thank you.

[garbon]

Yes, sir.

[Habbaku]

Managed to drag myself to a matinee of Star Trek.  Mindless action sequences interspliced with random bits of plot and some pseudoscience do not make for all that enjoyable of a movie for me.  300 did the mindless bit better than this.

5.5 dessicated Leonard Nimoy's out of 10.

[katmai]

William Shatner is Kirk, Starbuck is a man, and Boomer is black, that's all i have to say on that.

[Jos Theelen]

Last week Star Trek
Yesterday Angels and Demons

Unlike the IMDB-people I liked Angels and Demons more than Star Trek.

[jimmy olsen]

William Shatner is Kirk, Starbuck is a man, and Boomer is black, that's all i have to say on that.

How come no one objects to James Bond being recast, but recast Kirk and it's "my childhood's been raped"?

[Neil]

William Shatner is Kirk, Starbuck is a man, and Boomer is black, that's all i have to say on that.

How come no one objects to James Bond being recast, but recast Kirk and it's "my childhood's been raped"?

Because Bond has been recast a half-dozen or so times.  People are used to it.

Still, the current Bond is inferior to all those who came before him.  He's a Bond for the modern age;  No subtlety or charm, just technological tricks and violence.

[jimmy olsen]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/05/dan-aykroyd-says-ghostbusters-3-may-start-filming-in-winter.html

Dan Aykroyd says 'Ghostbusters 3' may start filming in winter
03:57 PM PT, May 19 2009
Dan Aykroyd


I just visited with Dan Aykroyd over at the House of Blues on the Sunset Strip for an interview for an upcoming feature in the Los Angeles Times (you'll be able to find it here on the Hero Complex as well). We talked about a wide range of topics, but I didn't want to wait on this update about the third "Ghostbusters" film, which is moving forward after so many years.

Aykroyd said Sigourney Weaver is on board now, as are the original squad of ectoplasmic specialists -- Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson. Murray's presence was the pivot point in making a third film happen. He holds a one-fifth controlling interest in the property rights and has been seen as the most reluctant to return to the paranormal comedy. Aykroyd said that is true but that it's more nuanced than the public portrayal of the situation.

"I don't put not making the third movie on Billy. We can't do that. I've been very busy. Harold's been busy, Ivan's been busy. And a third script really didn't coalesce properly. And Billy, you can't blame an artist for not wanting to do the same thing again. He did two of them, for God's sake. Although I'm the biggest cheerleader as the originator of the concept but I've never begrudged Billy not doing a third movie. I never said he held it up or that he refused. Hey, listen, he's an artist. You can't force somebody into it. I'm sorry he never read my third draft because I thought it was pretty good but, look, now we're at a point that there's a story that he can accept and that's going to work, and I think we're going to be in production fairly soon. We could be in production by winter."

The script is by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, the writing team behind the upcoming Jack Black/Michael Cera movie "Year One" (directed by Ramis), and Aykroyd is enthused about its premise of a new generation of Ghostbusters taking over the duties of the aging team. Aykroyd said he wishes Ivan Reitman would return to direct the third film in the series but that he's "too busy as a mega-producer" to take it on; his second choice is Ramis, who, of course, co-wrote the first two "Ghostbusters" films with Aykroyd and has numerous directing credits, most notably "Groundhog Day" and "Analyze This." "He has a lot of things going on, but it would be wonderful to see him do it."

Aykroyd says he believes the movie will move forward but that he has also learned that "at any second everything could blow up." The details of story are still in play, but Aykroyd said he's hoping for a five-member "new generation" team with several female members. "I'd like it to be a passing-of-the-torch movie. Let's revisit the old characters briefly and happily and have them there as family but let's pass it on to a new generation."

Who does Aykroyd think would be good in the jumpsuits? Aykroyd mentioned two names, Alyssa Milano (who is a voice in the upcoming "Ghostbusters" video game) and Eliza Dushku. "I think they're amazing," he said. "And I'm excited about the whole idea of getting this done."

--Geoff Boucher

[Barrister]

Watching the Producers over Netflix.  Big Meh.  Big. Meh.

The original, or the recent remake?

[jimmy olsen]

A lot of people here will probably be interested in this, the first review of The Road.

http://www.esquire.com/features/movies/the-road-movie-review-0609

[Darth Wagtaros]

Watching the Producers over Netflix.  Big Meh.  Big. Meh.

The original, or the recent remake?

This must be the remake with Mathew Broderick and Nathan Lane. 

[Sophie Scholl]

This must be the remake with Mathew Broderick and Nathan Lane.

Yeah.  It isn't very good.  The original is much better.