Well... in a world where a "hit" movie is still only seen by less than 10% of the population, who's to say what a "minority" is?
But Yeah... Respectfully submitted, among the big amorphous community of science fiction fans, cinephiles, and film critics, I don't think I'm going out on a limb to say you're in the minority. You'll find there is a LOT of Brazil-love out there... and I can't name a person in my large circle of friends who [i]hates[/i] it. (And yes, my circle of friends represents over ONE BILLION PEOPLE!!!!*)
*Except when it doesn't. Which is always.
Hey, as long as a few vids links going up... I give you, "Batman Relieves."
I dunno, Seuss. If you found it boring, then that's obviously your right, but you're in a pretty small minority. I don't know how I could sit at a keyboard and convince you otherwise. And I think you're way off base saying Gilliam's lack of humanity is of Hitler proportions. (Really? You're bringing Hitler into it?) I think Gilliam has a *lot* of sympathy for Harry Tuttle.
I agree with you about Parnassus, but not about Brazil.
Hey, men are given huge guilt trips for ogling women. Why should you ladies be spared the same treatment?
Doctor Who Season 24 is also legendarily craptastical.
It's really a toss-up between TOATL and McCoy's first run in the TARDIS.
It's really a toss-up between TOATL and McCoy's first run in the TARDIS.
Could someone please direct me to a sci-fi news site where "Which Vampires We Think Should Make Out" isn't considered a front-page story?
Thanks.
Thanks.
I have to agree. My experience of Torchwood for the first season was more "trainwreck" than "ruling television." I sampled a couple of episodes of season two and felt things had improved, but not much.
"Children of Earth" completely turned it around for me. It was a genuinely brilliant piece of television. Now I've got high hopes for "Miracle Day," so it's nice to hear the good reviews.
"Children of Earth" completely turned it around for me. It was a genuinely brilliant piece of television. Now I've got high hopes for "Miracle Day," so it's nice to hear the good reviews.
"Ryan Reynolds, the ring has chosen YOU to be the most boring man ever to fight against evil..."
So it IS scientifically sound that Superman wound the world backwards in the first movie!
I was a huge fan of LOST, but after the finale, I had people who'd never seen it ask me, "Should I watch it? Should I start at the beginning?"
After a lot of soul-searching, my answer was "No." Six years to end up without even an answer to why our questions could never be answered was really a television kick-in-the-nards. Yes, the finale did right by the characters, no question, but it left SO MUCH unanswered after promising answers for years. I couldn't put someone else through that.
(And can someone tell me... Just what were those f***ing numbers about, anyway?)
After a lot of soul-searching, my answer was "No." Six years to end up without even an answer to why our questions could never be answered was really a television kick-in-the-nards. Yes, the finale did right by the characters, no question, but it left SO MUCH unanswered after promising answers for years. I couldn't put someone else through that.
(And can someone tell me... Just what were those f***ing numbers about, anyway?)
Cry "Racism!" and let slip the dogs of war.
By the way, is it racist to assume a giant monkey must inherently be a stand-in for a black male in any film it's in? Or would it not be more accurate to take cultural context into account and think that maybe after the year 2000 a giant monkey is just a giant monkey?
Dead-on with that "Temple of Doom" thing, though. Try calling one of your Asian friends "Short Round" some time. I hear they're "taking him back."
And Jar-Jar? ::shudder::
By the way, is it racist to assume a giant monkey must inherently be a stand-in for a black male in any film it's in? Or would it not be more accurate to take cultural context into account and think that maybe after the year 2000 a giant monkey is just a giant monkey?
Dead-on with that "Temple of Doom" thing, though. Try calling one of your Asian friends "Short Round" some time. I hear they're "taking him back."
And Jar-Jar? ::shudder::
Wow. So women really are pigs.
Or in the interest of equal time, will we be getting the "20 Hottest Tits in Science Fiction" later in the weeks?
Or in the interest of equal time, will we be getting the "20 Hottest Tits in Science Fiction" later in the weeks?
@Palmerlime: Palmerlime speaks the truth.
But add "Time Lash." And heck, maybe "The King's Demons," "Underworld," "Colony in Space," "The Dominators," and... Well... Point is, you gotta earn your stripes, kids.
But add "Time Lash." And heck, maybe "The King's Demons," "Underworld," "Colony in Space," "The Dominators," and... Well... Point is, you gotta earn your stripes, kids.
The rumor I heard about old H.E.R.B.I.E. wasn't a live-action Human Torch movie, but that kiddie TV execs were worried child viewers might try to emulate old Johnny Storm and set themselves on fire.
You know, like that rash of anvil accidents after the Road Runner cartoons.
You know, like that rash of anvil accidents after the Road Runner cartoons.
Luke Cage.
It better be Luke Cage or I'm not goin' to see this movie.
...
I'm not going ' to see this movie anyway, but I'm just sayin'...
It better be Luke Cage or I'm not goin' to see this movie.
...
I'm not going ' to see this movie anyway, but I'm just sayin'...
Fez! Leela! Scaroth! Jo! The Brig! Romana and her amazing pink scarf! AWESOME!
Harriet Jones? Adric? SRSLY?
But... Classic Potato-Head Sontarans? Haemervores? M.I.A.!
But as you can see, Peri is already in the pipeline...
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Harriet Jones? Adric? SRSLY?
But... Classic Potato-Head Sontarans? Haemervores? M.I.A.!
But as you can see, Peri is already in the pipeline...
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Speaking as a guy who pays to watch the show via iTunes, I hope I represent a significant enough audience to keep the show profitable for Fox.
(Remember "Family Guy" Fox execs? What are the "America Idol" DVD sales, eh?...)
(Remember "Family Guy" Fox execs? What are the "America Idol" DVD sales, eh?...)
"Minion" sounds a lot like "Pondscüm" from the "Yin Yang Yo" cartoon series.
Fish in a fishbowl head on a mechanical suit, and has a penchant for boomboxes?
Hmmm...
Fish in a fishbowl head on a mechanical suit, and has a penchant for boomboxes?
Hmmm...
The title says "Published by Women." You mean "Written by Women," surely.
Yours in Pedantry...
Yours in Pedantry...
@ringer81: This is a movie about aliens with giant tentacles. Everyone who goes to see it will be going expressly to see aliens with giant tentacles. It's like when I was a kid watching "Godzilla" movies on Chanel 11; "Believable" and "relatable" aren't on the agenda, and never were.
