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Comment on Guilty Pleasures: Prometheus by Gustavo H. Razera

Gustavo H. Razera — Sun, 12 May 2013 14:18:02 +0000

Agreed. I’ve read all analyses and interpretations of the film (including the one you linked, plus great ones from J.K. Muir, CHUD and Rope of Silicon) and they make it obvious that the makers did spend some energy in trying to make a meaningful, intellectually enganging spectacle.

I find it endlessly fascinating.

Comment on Tom Cruise – Villain Or hero? by Umer Asif

Umer Asif — Sun, 12 May 2013 06:59:12 +0000

Hero

Comment on star wars begins: the filmumentary strikes back by Cinetropolis » Unsung Heroes: Biggs Darklighter

Cinetropolis » Unsung Heroes: Biggs Darklighter — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:24:32 +0000

[...] Before the Special Edition Star Wars release in 1997, Biggs only existed as one of a starting line up of rebel pilots (“Red Three, standing by“) attacking the Death Star, for whom Luke is surprisingly moved when he buys the farm. The Special Edition re-introduced their meeting in the hanger beforehand as old friends reunited. Before that, all else that fans knew of him came from various script drafts, the novelization, a radio adaptation, and hard to find deleted scenes. Now you can find these on the Blu ray, or Jamie Benning’s excellent filmumentary, Star Wars Begins. [...]

Comment on Composed #1 – Top 10 Jerry Goldsmith Scores by Myka

Myka — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:11:38 +0000

One of my favorite & one of his most underrated scores was from the 1981 film “Outland” It was a great score .

Comment on Extra Relish: My On-Set adventure with Michael Collins by The Movie Waffler

The Movie Waffler — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:45:45 +0000

I was there that day too. The set was fantastic. When the movie came out on pan & scan VHS I was disappointed not to see myself but on the widescreen DVD I can be seen right at the edge of a shot.

Comment on Meet The Cure: A Sort of Tribute to Cobra by Noel

Noel — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:34:49 +0000

I have the Stallone draft of Beverly Hills Cop, also written by him. The story plays out scene-for-scene identically to the Eddie Murphy version, just macho’d up and lacking any humor. It’s not bad, though. It’s long been rumored that much of Cobra was recycled from that Beverly Hills Cop script, but the only bit transferred is the character having the last name Cobretti, often shortened to “Cobra”. Why he felt a character named Axel (and he is Axel “Cobra” Cobretti in that draft) needed a macho nickname when Axel more than suffices is beyond me.

Comment on Sympathy For The Devil? The Long Good Friday’s Harold Shand by Rosie Pelan

Rosie Pelan — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:05:15 +0000

Fantastic article!

Comment on Me And Me Dad: Screening and Interview with John and Katrine Boorman by Cinetropolis » Extra Relish: My On-Set adventure with Michael Collins

Cinetropolis » Extra Relish: My On-Set adventure with Michael Collins — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:25:25 +0000

[...] John Boorman was one of the directors asked. He chose to do his on the very same set of Michael Collins that I stood on, as I discovered researching this piece for footage. I like to think that we both took part in a little piece of history within a few days of each other on the same film set. Here is his silent short, which you can also see in my piece on his daughter’s film about the director, Me And Me Dad. [...]

Comment on The Great Unmade? Not Tonight, Josephine: Kubrick’s Napoleon by Cinetropolis » The Duellists: A Magnificent Obsession

Cinetropolis » The Duellists: A Magnificent Obsession — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:12:25 +0000

[...] by Ridley Scott and Frank Tidy five years previously! Like Stanley Kubrick’s unmade Napoleon, where Tsar Alexander I weeps by the roadside after the battle of Austerlitz, a frozen soldier here [...]

Comment on Why The World Doesn’t Need Superman Returns by Cinetropolis » Destroy Superman: What Went Wrong With Superman 4?

Cinetropolis » Destroy Superman: What Went Wrong With Superman 4? — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:38:43 +0000

[...] Superman Returns arrived in 2006 and actually had the opposite problem to Superman 4 in that it had a huge budget ($204 million). Sadly, it also had the same problem of a very confused, poor script that immediately killed the franchise stone dead and raised more questions than it answered. Though many elements were right (the casting of Brandon Routh), many, many were just plain wrong (Kate Bosworth, Kryptonian real estate, the kid, the washed out look of the film, the puny score) and it is just as worth avoiding as the previous two Reeve films. [...]