Highlander, again
I’ve made no secret of my love of the movie Highlander (as well as the TV show, but not Highlander 2 or ‘The Source’, which somehow outdid H2 as one of the worst movies I attempted to watch more than once) but even I had to laugh at the music video for Princes of the Universe I just saw:
A great song, yes, one of the best movie score songs, but cannot get past the bad lip-synching, and the ‘cameo’ by Connor MacLeod. Pure cheese.
One other tidbit I didn’t know before:
The opening scene was intended to take place during an NHL hockey match, but the NHL refused to allow the crew to film there because, by the crew’s own admission, they were intending to emphasize the violence of the hockey match.
That’s odd, I had a hard time telling the dark, gray parking lot apart from Nassau Coliseum…
Tags: bad movie, connor macleod, duncan macleod, highlander, highlander the series, Hockey, imdb, movie, nassau coliseum, NHL, princes of the universe, queen
Lucas is Meddlesome
Jul 25, 2008 Media
Jeffrey Katzenberg, speaking to ComingSoon.net, revealed that Darth Lucas is ‘investing in technology’ to turn the Star Wars movies 3D. My favorite bit:
Katzenberg remarked in the interview that Lucas “isn’t going to put a product out, I think, that isn’t anything other than first rate.”
Yeah, EP1 was first rate, all right. UGH.
Hulk SMASH
Jun 19, 2008 Media
I went to see The Incredible Hulk over the weekend (twice, in fact). I enjoyed it quite a bit, although Iron Man is still my movie of the year so far. I only read Hulk comics when I got ‘em in the multipacks I bought, but I enjoyed what I read of Peter David’s run. Still, I have few preconceived notions of what the villains and support characters should be. Details (and possible spoilers) after the jump…
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Tags: comic book movie, hulk smash, movie, movie review, movies, the incredible hulk, the tick
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
May 26, 2008 Media
I went to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull last night. I thought it was pretty good, say B- or C+ grade-wise. I enjoyed it, and don’t feel as if it was a waste of money, which is good considering how much it costs to go to a movie nowadays. There were some hokey parts, especially where it was seriously tough to suspend disbelief. Anyway, from here on out, expect spoilers. Continue at your own risk…
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Tags: crystal skull, indiana jones, kung fu panda, movie, movie review, movies, the incredible hulk
For the Good of the World: Cadbury VS Boll
May 12, 2008 Media
In a fit of awesomeness, Cadbury Adams’ Stride brand gum has thrown it’s support behind the Stop Uwe Boll effort. Movie City indie has the details.
On April 4, 2008, Uwe Boll remarked to legendary horror site FearNet that he’d consider acquiescing to his critics and abandoning making films in this genre if an online petition reached one million signatures. As of press time, the petition is just about 234,000 names, which is why Stride has decided to jump in.
Boll, known for making horrifically bad video game adaptations (Bloodrayne, Postal, Alone in the Dark) and for punching out his critics, takes advantage of tax breaks in his native Germany to pump out his dreck.
Iron Man
Uh, wow! AWESOME MOVIE!!! Great dialogue, great actors, characters that react the way real people would, super-great comic action! I can’t wait to see it again, and then again. And then once more. CHEESEBURGER FIRST!
Tags: comic, comic book, comic book movie, comics, iron man, marvel, movie, movies
Google Search Tricks
You may know some of these already, but Lifehacker has a handy guide for getting more than just your normal search results from Google. Since many of us have Google as our homepages (or use the Google toolbar), it’s a quick and easy way to find out when a movie is playing, check the weather, or check the status of a flight among other things.
Tags: flight status, google, lifehacker, movie, search, tips, tricks, weather
Battlestar Galactica: Razor Will Have Showings In Select Theaters
Nov 2, 2007 Media
Mixed in with the news that the BSG Season 4 will not start until April (decidedly not cool) is news that the BSG movie Razor will be in theaters in select cities before it airs on TV. On November 12th, you can catch Razor at theaters in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia, Dallas, Seattle and San Francisco. In case you don’t know, this is the story of the Pegasus in the time before it comes across the Galactica. I’d totally go if it were closer.
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