a) Definitely not too young. b) I like the shallow and the deep.
I actually do own Nirvana music and can appreciate it on a certain level. I just never thought that Kurt was the Musical Messiah that others did. Nirvana and Pearl Jam did herald in the Grunge era and they will hold a place in history for that. As in all entertainment media, people will find different things in what they see and hear. If Nirvana had an impact on you, as it did scores of others, then that is fine. I'm sure the shallow surface feeling rock in my collection would not appeal to all. By the way, I do not now, nor have I ever, owned any Backstreet Boys music...
I know I'll get some heat for this, but oh well. Kurt Cobain was one of the most overrated musicians of the 20th century. Yes, he popularized Grunge with his mediocre tunes and unintelligible lyrics, but there is not much there that will be remembered once this generation is gone. His story may be interesting and I have no doubt that a movie will generate plenty of interest. Kurt Loder compared him to John Lennon on MTV. What?? Well, the 2 Kurts were friends, so what else is he going to say. Looking at the track record, I'd say the real talent of Nirvana was Dave Grohl. I've enjoyed Foo Fighters music, hands down, more than Nirvana.
I have fond memories of these toys. And, I collected the comics including issue #1 seen above. Jefe is right. The story lines were pretty good. It was a fairly original idea and I think it would be a surprise hit if done right. Baron Karza, the bad guy, had kind of a Darth Vader thing going on (but hey, Star Wars was huge at the time). The Time Traveler character was always interesting too.
Another property to be considered: ROM - Space Knight.
That's correct Joanne. The Magicians Nephew was actually written as the 6th book of 7. It was a bit of an after-thought of Lewis to have a "creation" story for Narnia. The Horse and His Boy was written 5th and was really a parallel story and didn't have much to do with the big picture. I'm glad they're filming them in this order since it is the way that Lewis intended to tell the story. The old set of books I have are in published order not chronological and I prefer them that way.
I believe it was a (then)Sci Fi channel special that talked about them "finding" the video footage that was shown as the movie. I always thought it would be interesting to explore who found the tapes, how they found them, and what the authorities plan to do about it. A prequel story could be interesting as well. The part 2 movie that they did make should have just been called something else and released as a stand-alone. It really had nothing to do with the first one.
I agree about missing the mark at the end of the RDM Galactica, but I could write a book on that. Regarding Bryan Singer, he could probably do a good job, however, they need to let it go for a while. With The Plan telefilm and Caprica series on the horizon, they risk over-saturating the market. This is what happened to Star Trek. Too many series and movies, hastily prepared and poorly executed. Give it a rest, then bring it back later. People will be more receptive to it if they have some time away from it.
I've been waiting for this. The Chronicles of Riddick had a really good feel to it. Reminded me a little bit of Dune. It was always intended to be a trilogy with Pitch Black as a prequel. I think Mr. Diesel once talked about this being his Lord of the Rings. The novel brought out more about the Elementals and their powers. I'd like to see more of this in the next movies. Riddick is the last of the Furyans, a race with elemental powers over fire. In the book he uses this (not knowing he could because his past is a bit of a blur to him) and it reveals more of his character. Dame Judi Dench was of the Air Elemental race, so the idea was at least introduced (I think we saw her walk on air for a short distance). I'll be watching for more updates on this.
The concept art looks great! You see this kind of stuff all the time but nobody ever uses it. Saw some fantastic work for John Carter a few years ago but I'm sure that's in the trash by now since it's changed hands so many times.
Not sure why everyone is picking on Terminator: Salvation. This was supposed to be part one of a trilogy and was laying groundwork for the bigger story to come. I'm not saying it was a great movie by any stretch, just not as bad as everyone indicates. As far as it being a dud, the box office on it would indicate otherwise. It has made over 350mil worldwide. Any movie that makes more than a quarter of a billion dollars doesn't really qualify as a dud in the studios eyes. It's made more money than The Hangover ;-)
Couldn't get mine to post last week for some reason. So, I'll give it another shot.
Transformers 2 - 68M
Ice Age - 60M
Public Enemies - 27M
The Hangover - 12.5M
The Proposal - 9.5M
The new rumor is that Nighy will play Rufus Scrimgeour, an Auror with the Ministry of Magic.
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