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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 25, 2023 20:55:47 GMT -5
Is this any different then the story that Russo has been telling about it for the last twenty-something years?
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 25, 2023 15:28:55 GMT -5
I know I'm probably in the minority on this, but this just looks like another dark and mopey DC movie to add to the pile. Outside of Michael Keaton I just don't see why I should have any reason to care about it.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 25, 2023 15:24:32 GMT -5
Can't say I'm surprised. Bumblebee worked because they kept things simple. Only one Autobot and two Decepticons to care about in a straight-forward story. Every preview we've seen of this makes it looks like it's trying to do way too much, with way too many characters.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 25, 2023 4:00:46 GMT -5
This sounds like it's going to be another Hellboy 2019 where it's a pretty blatant PG rated story that's been made into an R rated movie with excessive swearing and pointless gore in hopes of attracting some kind of pseudo-edgelord crowd.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 22, 2023 21:55:47 GMT -5
How Billy Graham is still alive is one of life's great mysteries. He actually died years ago but convincing the wrestling industry that he's still alive is his last great scam.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 22, 2023 21:30:48 GMT -5
Ok, watched the whole thing. It was fine. Nothing amazing that will re-ignite the franchise to its previous heights from thirty years ago, but a perfectly enjoyable for a one hour nostalgia-fueled time killer.
Now things I would've changed -
At the beginning, when Billy's back-up showed up, I would've had it be Zack and Trini and a hodgepodge of like four to six Rangers from different Ranger teams over the years. Just a little tribute to their successor shows while at the same time avoiding the awkwardness of Amy Jo Johnson, Jason David Frank and Austin St. John not actually being involved with the special.
Also in the vein of that awkwardness, I would've had Tommy, Kimberly and Jason already captured by the time Zack and Minh arrive at the cemetery. Just have them and Billy at Trini's gravestone, when one asks "hey, where are the rest of the gang?", when Robo-Rita shows up and makes the reveal.
Speaking of other Ranger teams, was there a reason we couldn't get cameos from them during the Putty attacks? Like, I can understand not wanting to pay the actors to return, but couldn't they put some stuntmen in the costumes? Maybe use some archived audio or even video? Watching them get captured by Minotaur and Slizzard for Rita's time machine would've added a bit more gravitas to the special.
Was kinda hoping the resurrected Lord Zedd would show up at the end to rescue Robo-Rita. I mean, I haven't really followed any Power Rangers series since RPM ended, so I don't know exactly what they're doing with him on Dino/Cosmic Fury, but it would've been nice to see the reunion and have it play out in a future series. Maybe throw Thrax in there too and we can finally get his story straightened out.
The photos they used for Thuy Trang and Jason David Frank during the "In Memory Of" part at the end looked straight out of a high school yearbook. Fitting I guess.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 22, 2023 20:24:02 GMT -5
I'm watching "Once & Always" now, and will have more to say about it later, but for now I just want to say that watching pudgy middle-aged people morph into Power Rangers will never not be hilarious.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 22, 2023 17:35:23 GMT -5
Am I the only one a little perplexed about how a movie coming out later this year still doesn't have a title yet?
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 22, 2023 17:13:34 GMT -5
I want a movie about that monster from King of Monsters that looked like a roided up Mr. Snuffleupagus.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 22, 2023 17:11:27 GMT -5
I didn't really follow it when it was first being published but I've checked out some issues and scans over the decades. I really wish Disney would put out some kind of omnibus trade of the various comic strips it had in it.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 22, 2023 13:18:37 GMT -5
I remember watching it as a kid. If I recall it was apart of the same weekday morning cartoon block that included the Punky Brewster cartoon. Pretty quickly forgot about it as I grew older.
About two years ago, during the lockdown when I had ample amounts of extra time on my hands, I decided to track it down and watch every episode online. Which I did. And despite that I still can't remember a damn thing about the show.
Outside the theme song of course. As you said, it's an earworm.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 21, 2023 23:44:26 GMT -5
So a story about how a young Shmi Skywalker secretly became the Pirate Queen of the Outer Rim for a brief period of time wouldn't interest you? Can she meet a young rebellious space punk emperor and have them fall in love and have them conceive a baby? Only for the emperor to realize if he stays in love he can never have what he really wants complete Control of the universe. So he takes a job behind the scenes faking his identity as lonely senator on Naboo. As for Shmi well he uses his Sith powers to give her amnesia… because plot. Palpatine was supposed to be a significant part of the story, yes. Honestly the whole thing was an idea I came up with while the prequels were still in theaters. Shmi, then using a different name, would be in her late teens/early 20's. After leading a slave rebellion on the pirate ship she's imprisoned on and seizing control of it, she becomes something of a folk hero among slaves in the Outer Rim, inspiring them to their own rebellions and attracting other followers throughout that region of space, forming a small armada of pirate ships at her command who attack slavers and mobsters, like The Hutt. She just wants to lead them to some out of the way planet so they can live a free, peaceful life. But Sheev, who claims to be a Jedi and has joined up with her and become her lover, tells her she has the firepower to destroy the Hutts and end slavery in the Outer Rim once and for all. But in the end she finds out she's outmatched by the forces allied against her and that Sheev has betrayed her, her fleet destroyed and most of her followers either killed or forced back into slavery. After the battle is over she discovers she's pregnant with a son. To protect him she changes her name, lies about her role in the uprising and goes back to a quiet life as a slave. If anybody asks her about her son she'd just rather make up a ridiculous lie about him being an immaculate conception then tell the truth, even a partial truth, in fear that they might actually piece together her past from it and risk their lives.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 21, 2023 21:32:33 GMT -5
How about we don't ever do anything involving a Skywalker ever again. The universe has more stories to tell that have nothing to do with this one family. Let's tell those stories. So a story about how a young Shmi Skywalker secretly became the Pirate Queen of the Outer Rim for a brief period of time wouldn't interest you?
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 21, 2023 17:34:42 GMT -5
30. The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning (2007)31. Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) 32. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) 33. The Addams Family 2 (2021)Latest arrival from Netflix. See, told ya'. Man, I forgot all about this movie. It's amazing how quickly these CGI Addams Family movies got overshadowed by the Wednesday series, and then completely ignored. I can see why though. I remember enjoying the first movie more then most people, but I honestly can't remember anything about it in hindsight. As for this one, it's not a particularly interesting, inspired or funny entry into the franchise. The one thing I was curious to see as the movie continued was a throwdown between Lurch and Pongo, and they completely whiffed on that. If you got little kids this will keep them occupied for a solid ninety minutes but it really has nothing to offer anybody else beyond that.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 21, 2023 14:14:21 GMT -5
The Spider-Man movies are now on Disney+ Which ones? All of them? Just the MCU ones? Is No Way Home? Is Spider-Verse?
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 21, 2023 12:09:22 GMT -5
Roman vs. Brock. It always comes back to Roman vs. Brock. It's all Vince knows anymore.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 21, 2023 12:06:16 GMT -5
29. The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002) 30. The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning (2007)31. Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) 32. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)Now here's the Sherlock Holmes re-invention for the modern times I was talking about. Found this on YouTube. Just a quirky movie with lightning fast pacing and great chemistry between the actors. No way you can't be entertained by it.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 21, 2023 6:59:59 GMT -5
Slightly off topic but relative to the film's early days of production and potential climax.... I saw Titans the other day and it surprised me to find... {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}Grant Morrison cameoed when Garfield explored the multiverse...wouldn't it have made more sense for them to cameo in this movie's sequence where Barry sees all the other universes since they and Ezra worked on a draft of the script together? {Spoiler}I think it would've made more sense to use that time to spotlight another DC character and not a comic book writer that the average person wouldn't recognize if they were asked to pick them out of a police line-up.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 20, 2023 11:19:32 GMT -5
The Sandman retrospective continues -
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 19, 2023 16:14:10 GMT -5
Was I the only one who thought a Stacy spin-off series would work? I really thought there was potential in the idea.
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