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Don't worry. I'll swing by and pick you up on the way there.

An SV-51 battroid kit would make my life complete.

HLJ has a slightly different drawing of the Hi Zack. The MAHQ looks like the original line art, so I'm guessing this is the "massaged" version for the MG release.

I love Pale Rider, but I thought High Planes Drifter was a more interesting take on the same material.

Oh I agree. I was just wondering if I had missed them actually announcing a new kit.

[Egyptian] Eat the dog dick of Anubis, you asswipe. [/Egyptian] Get it. Watch it. Love it. Because in his own way, Bruce Campbell already is the king. Hail to the king, baby.

He's not a director... he's just an editor of stuff that has ALREADY been editted, and a bad one at that. Remember Lensman? Somebody had better tell CARL that. But otherwise, I agree with EXO. He's a hack, but of a differrent order.

Has it even been confirmed that Hasegawa has a new Macross kit in the works?

In EXO's defense, the thread is to discuss good and bad directors. If he had only made Con Air, I'd be more forgiving of Simon West. But after enduring Tomb Raider, there can be no forgiveness. You are now my enemy for life, Simon West.

LOOK NO FURTHER. He's also the hack who's bringing us Alone in the Dark, Bloodrayne, and *gulp* Far Cry.

No kidding. Once was fine, but anyting beyond that is just cheap. Like those Shutters Of Doom™ in Event Horizon. Would you seriously live in a place that had those? They're as loud as a 30-06 going off beside your ear. Real cheap, Mr Anderson. C H E A P.

And now my favorite part of the show....THE HACKS. Stephen Sommers Ok, I actually enjoyed the original Mummy. But what else has this man done? Deep Rising, The Mummy Returns, and our turd de jour Van Helsing. I recently compared his movies to having Gary Busey yell in your face for 120 minutes. Sure it's amusing for the first 10 minutes (because he's so damn crazy you don't know what he'll say) but after that it's just aggrivating. Uwe Bol About as much fun as bowel cancer. He must be secretly backed by the illuminatti, because I don't know how else he can have gotten his hands on so many video game movie rights. There's going to be a lot of crap made by this man before he's stopped. Paul Anderson What can I say. He sucks, and mark my words AVP will suck too. You know it to be true.

...which shows just how clueless they really are. If they had an ounce of brains they'd realize that their cel animation flicks were tanking because they sucked, not because they weren't CGI. Conversely, their Pixar films were all sucesses because Pixar is f*cking talented.

De Palma's early works definitely earn him a spot on the list, but he has definitely slipped in the last decade. The last move he's made that I would truly call "great" was Carlito's Way. Kubrick is another that I'm lukewarm towards. Some of his stuff is brilliant (Spartacus, 2001, the Shining, the first half of Full Metal Jacket) while other stuff was just so-so. I really need to track down some of his early films to form a fully educated opinion. But for what it's worth, that "horrible ending" from AI was based entirely on material he himself wrote before he died. And am I the only one who's all tingly that Michael Mann has a new flick coming out this summer? It'd better rock.

JsARC, one variable that missing from your analysis is Number Of Screens. Hollywood has become so enamoured with opening weekends that they are throwing these summer films onto an insane number of screens. Their only concern anymore is to make as much cash over the weekend as possible. If a film hits, and manages to hang onto the top 5 for a few weeks, so much the better. It's literally becomming an all or nothing proposition.

Boy, I wish I had forgotten it. One of the unfunniest movie experiences I've ever had, and I'll usually find something to snicker at in an Adam Sandler movie. Anyway, my list is short and not terribly original, but here it goes anyway. 5 - Sergio Leone The man who not only kickstarted the spaghetti wester genre, but imprinted the name Clint Eastwood on the world's movie going consciousness. Sure Fistfull of Dollars is a remake, but he infused it with a visual flair and panache that's absent from Kurosawa's original. His films only got bigger and better, although I do have to rate Good, Bad & Ugly ahead of Once Upon A Time. 4 - Clint Eastwood His directing style may not have the flash of today's hyper editing, music video directing crowd, but the man undeniably knows how to tell a story. His only falterings were in the late 80's, but I believe part of that can be attributed to the fact that he just didn't care what audiences thought. He's paid his dues, and as a result he can make whatever damn movie he wants. 3 - Ridley Scott >EXO< has already said most of what I could say about Mr Scott, so I'll be brief. Blade Runner. End of Discussion. 2 - Akira Kurosawa If I even need to explain why he's on this list, there's no hope for you. Sign up at RT.com for some "who would win" versus threads, because that's about the limits of your comprehension skills. 1 - Stephen Spielberg Jaws. Close Encounters. Raiders. ET. And that's just the beginning of his career, over a short span of seven years no less. Most directors would give their left nut for a filmography like that, but that was just the beginning for SS. Even his inferior works like Lost World have their bright spots, like the well executed T-Rex attack on the trailers. The man knows action. The man knows drama. The man knows...well, his last full fledged comedy was 1942, but he does know how to lighten up nearly any scene. But what I admire the most about him is his unbridled passion for film. He would never have to work for the rest of his life ( and most of our lives too) but he keeps making film because he loves movies so damn much. I just wish he'd do a freaking commentary once in a while.

Dracula: Dead and Loving It?

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But....but I already sent you guys all my money. What should I do? Send more?

I'm glad you mentioned that, Kevin. I had had the same thought, but I wasn't sure of the particulars. Yamato USA + HG's Macrossmovie.com = lots of weird stuff happening behind the scenes.

Hrmm...I'd like to drop the VF-1 MPC in acid. But the Alpha/Legioss does look pretty good. Too bad about the stupid price point though.

So this is the real deal? Geeze, even I'd buy a bootleg Legioss at that price. And are we talking about the large ride armor? I agree with Cyclone. After being thought missing for all these years, the old Gakken molds show up now of all times? Curious.

I never doubted VH's profit potential for an instant. It's the quintessential "big, dumb and loud" movie that appeals to the lowest common denominator. I expect no less than 2 sequels, to "complete the trilogy" as it were.

Er....While that's the story I've heard, I can't say that's the most reliable source. Any web site that contains the phrase gets a thumbs down from me. (sorry if that's too political/religous, but so-called "creation scientists" really irk me)