6/1 Wow. This is so cool. Say a few bad words about the holy geek cow
Star Wars and people freak out. -dans
\_ I think it had more to do with the attitude you brought to the
table, guy.
\_ You mean honest, direct, and necessarily critical? Whatever the
reason, the response is spectacularly amusing. -dans
\_ Anybody who thinks LOTR is an unwatchable hack job but enjoys
Spiderman is, well, irredeemably evil. -- ilyas
\_ Eh. I have my faults, and I have my attributes. Frequently
they're one and the same. -dans
they're one and the same. Addendum: Compare Sam Raimi's
Directorial filmography to that of Peter Jackson, and it's
readily apparent that:
Raimi's directorial fu >> Jackson's
This is true for both low budget and big budget films they have
each made. -dans
\_ Aaargh! For Love of the Game? The Quick & the Dead? Aaugh!
And while I'd agree with you that Evil Dead is teh r0xx0r,
there's no WAY it holds a candle to Bad Taste. And no, I
don't think PJ is that great, although LotR was pretty cool,
but c'mon, head-pus-spewing aliens and chainsaws aren't way
better than some sexually confused dude prancing around in
an insect constume? -John
\_ I'll have to check Bad Taste out as I have not seen it. A
Simple Plan is fantastic. I've actually always had a soft
spot for The Quick & The Dead, if only for the
cinematography. It's a bad film, but I dig it. -dans
\_ We'd better send in the boys. -John
\_ Don't forget Meet the Feebles. -max
\_ As often as I've tried, I CAN'T forget Meet the
Feebles. I got to watch my then-gf hug herself for
two hours. She said afterwards she felt violated. I
LOVE that movie!
\_ Don't get me wrong, I love Sam Raimi; his Evil Dead trilogy
raised (and then lowered) the bar on inventive film-making.
The thing is Jackson's just as inventive, as you'll see when
you watch Bad Taste. However, there's little to compare
between Spiderman and LOTR; the former was simply adequate,
while the latter, despite its inability to cleave to the
original material, was epic. That said, Spiderman 2 made up
for a lot of the shortcomings of 1. They're both good
directors. We're really just splitting hairs. Now that hack
Lucas, OTOH.... --erikred
\_ This is somewhat unrelated, but I don't think that
attribute is a positive word, I think it's just neutral.
Similar to 'characteristic.'
\_ Just checked http://answers.com (via google definition link), and
you are correct. Thanks for the correction. -dans
\_ I completely agree w/ you. Those Star Wars fans are nut cases,
if anyone says anything bad about their movies they take it as
a personal attack and whip out their force flame powers on you.
Perhaps the first moview (EP4) was watchable but the other ones
Perhaps the first movie (EP4) was watchable but the other ones
were complete trash (including the most recent EP3 - not worth
the bandwidth to d/l it, watching a Quicktime movie of someone
playing JK2 on Jedi Knight would have been more entertaining
than EP3).
LOTR is even worse than SW, there isn't even a single watchable
movie in the bunch (what can you expect, the books sucked).
Those SW/LOTR fans need to grow up and start watching real scifi,
like Star Trek. Wake me when GL copies TWOK. -star trek movie guy
\_ I rate this flaming troll-bait 7/10. Nice presentation,
excellent content (bashing LOTR *and* SW, while bringing in
Star Trek fans -- just wonderful!). Too long, though.
\_ I think bringing in star trek is weak. they're all pretty
much hiding after enterprise.
\_ Enterprise WAS NOT STAR TREK. It was an unholy
abomination whose creators should have been
shot for their desecration of the noble legacy
of Star Trek. -star trek movie guy
\_ *Golf clap* -flamebait fan |
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