Posts Tagged ‘ Movies ’

The United States of Whatevs

October 8, 2009
By NiteMayr
The United States of Whatevs

Number one Search term on Google for the past 2 hours, “Return to Halloweentown”  it’s after 7pm all over the US right now.  It is literally past the bedtimes of the majority of the people using Google to search now.  Nice.  Also, how is it that saltpeter became so popular?  Did someone on TV...
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Why nostalgia isn’t good for movies

August 11, 2009
By NiteMayr
Why nostalgia isn’t good for movies

Sigh, yet another top ten list on Digg.  Every day another list.  Crappy Top Ten lists (except for cracked who seem to have a good handle on such things) are thick on the ground these days and getting thicker.  Why bother with a substantive article about 80s nostalgia and the vagaries of movie production...
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Transformers was easy, at least GiJoe would be a challenge

August 8, 2009
By NiteMayr

I strongly disliked the Michael Bay “Transformers” movie.  So much so that I didn’t crack the DVD my Mother in Law got me for Xmas.   It’s sitting up on my Random Crap shelf with some tea lights and Mr. Skull.  I hated the way the source material was just “character names, object labels and...
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Harry Potter and the Half-Expected Ending

July 18, 2009
By NiteMayr

The Harry Potter Movies have been “growing up” along with my own Daughter, so as they get more complex and dark it’s fine. Hmmm, what to say?  There were a couple moments that made me go “Ugh” especially when the a little girl is violently assaulted by an invisible “curse” then silently screamed in pain,...
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Caveat Emptor or Why Can't I get a refund for Bad Movies?

June 30, 2009
By NiteMayr

I take offense at this: “Or self-indulgent netizens who believe it is their God-given right to get all the music, films etc. they can stuff into their hard disks without paying the creators a single penny” Caveat Emptor applies in many purchases, but when a product is defective or doesn’t deliver on it’s promised function, consumers...
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How I knew that in the end "Star Trek" wasn't a Nerd Flick

June 11, 2009
By NiteMayr

Somehow, all the familiar characters of the old show get themselves instantly put in charge of the bridge of the flagship of the Federation fleet. This does not compute. –PZ Meyers After reading an early review that expounded upon the majesty that was an utterly silent space battle I screwed my Nerd Protection Gear into place...
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Oh God, they made the nerd Film

April 7, 2009
By NiteMayr

And suddenly – it is silent – but you’re seeing explosions and phaser fire and torpedoes ripping away at the ship – and it is silent – and the science GEEK in me died of happiness a bit. Harry Knowles on why the new “Star Trek” will Fail
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Boredom + Ennui equals TAKEDOWN

April 6, 2009
By NiteMayr

I hated Wall-E so much that when a Mefite posted a link to an old story about it; I found an equally old review and decided to take them down a peg: The “good folks” over at Redstate.com loved Wall-E and posted a tortured set of reasons why Wall-E was all about the Reagan and...
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Review: "Knowing" it is a bad idea

March 28, 2009
By NiteMayr
Review:  "Knowing" it is a bad idea

This is going to be a very spoiler-heavy review; as I want to save you from seeing this one.  I have enjoyed every Nic Cage movie that I’ve seen over the past decade; but I have to say, avoid “Knowing” until you can watch it for free or you are having a “bad movie”...
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Blade 3 was better than Blade 2 – IGN fails at WATCHING

March 25, 2009
By NiteMayr

I present the thing I’m pissed off at in total: The third Blade movie is the poster child for how not to make a sequel. One would think it would be a no-brainer to pit Blade against Dracula in an ultimate showdown, that it would at the very least deliver on the promise and fun...
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