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  1. Duke Togo
    Yeah, none of this really bodes well. Man, the reboot looks to be flaming out fast.
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    Red Tails
  3. Duke Togo
    The "human condition" is our essential experience of being human and the journey through life we all take. We're talking the good, the bad, and the ugly of it all. It really doesn't mean anything else but that.
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    Ya lost me, coach. And I like ST4. It makes me laugh.
  5. Duke Togo
    Not so "new," but would we want it any other way?
  6. Duke Togo
    Oh please, do share these "higher concepts" with us.
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    I've seen Lindelof crap on too many things to say this isn't his mess. He is the master of defying all logic and leaving gaping plot holes with little explaination. Why he continually gets hired is beyond me.
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    Everything I've read about Roddenberry and his involvement with Trek in the 1980s paints a picture of a franchise that would not have survived the decade under his creative control. To deny this is to be ignorant of what actually happened during this time period. Hell, he even fought against Khan, which was made largely in defiance of the narrow vision Roddenberry had for his universe. There are plenty of interviews out there with Khan writer/director Nicholar Meyer that spell this out pretty plainly. And yes, it needed a reboot because the original cast was a dead end and the time for the TNG cast had come and gone without much of a fuss (outside of First Contact). The pervious two TV series had failed pretty miserably, and BSG cracked open TV sci-fi in a way that made Trek as it was obsolete. It needed to be turned on its head, and the reboot did that.
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    The problem with Into Darkness is that the script is a bloody mess. There is so much nonsensical stuff going on that I think it's pretty unwatchable past the first viewing (which has its own entertainment value, but little more). This is totally unsurprising given Lindelof's involvement, and has far more to do with him than the reboot as a whole. I think too many people want to throw out the baby with the bathwater here, and simply don't want to acknowledge how much Trek needed that initial reboot movie (or how successful and popular it was). That said, Reboot 3 certainly isn't looking so hot right now.
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    A popular, viable franchise?
  11. Duke Togo
    You would think that
  12. Duke Togo
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
  13. Duke Togo
    Digging this. Want more.
  14. Duke Togo
    I still haven't watched anything since finishing Endless Eight. I really need to get back to business and catch up with Haruhi.
  15. Duke Togo
    He went full Lucas a long time ago. I think he and James Cameron have both been replaced by pod people.
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    It certainly looks like it.
  17. Duke Togo
    No one is signed on to BR2 yet. And this "quote" came out of Ridley's mouth, not Ford's. Why would Harrison Ford talk up the script to the man who gave it to him?
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    That's way, way old news. Officially announced news.
  19. Duke Togo
    No. And it's pretty well known that he and Spielberg fought with Lucas over the script, in a fight that went more than one round.
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    Edward and Jacob? I don't get it.
  22. Duke Togo
    He made those for little kids. Doesn't quite count.
  23. Duke Togo
    While the tornado in the movie is quite clearly a digital effect, the truth is the overwhelming majority (80%) of effects/stunts in Fury Road are real and practical, not CGI. While I know Mad Max is one of those film "sacred cows" for many of us, I truly believe we need to wait and see with this one. Some people are treating this like some Uwe Boll or Paul W.S. Anderson turd; I mean, come on, this is still George Frakking Miller we're talking about here. I think we can hold off a bit before declaring it the next "Crystal Skull."
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    Slashfilm: Harrison Ford Calls ‘Blade Runner 2′ “The Best Thing I’ve Ever Read” I sent him [the script] and he said ‘wow, this is the best thing I’ve ever read.’ It’s very relevant to what happened [in] the first one. I’m not just doing a sequel with lots of action and see how far we can go with the special effects, because you can’t really. [With] Blade Runner we kind of landed on a somehow very credible future. And it’s very difficult to change that because it’s been so influential with everything else. Ridley is currently debating whether or not he'll direct. Edit: Should we not change the name of this thread to "Blade Runner 2" or "Untitled Blade Runner Sequel"?
  25. Duke Togo
    Finally got to see Birdman this week. Aboslurmely fantastic. Loved it.
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