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Re: PACIFIC RIM 2 might stay on the other side of The Breach!

Freyburg — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 13:22:47 -0000

Kirk and Carol Marcus in Wrath of Khan having a quiet, adult discussion in the Genesis cave. That movie stomps all over almost anything made today, but as I get older that's become one of my favorite scenes.

Re: STAR TREK BEYOND Is Now Filming!!

Freyburg — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 16:34:55 -0000

You are aware you're on the Internet, aren't you? :)

Don't really see how making valid points about a movie or countering your assertions is in any way nit picking, but go on...

Re: STAR TREK BEYOND Is Now Filming!!

Freyburg — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:08:18 -0000

I can't remember if I read it in Red Mafiya or McMafia, but apparently when the Soviet Union collapsed the only part of their economy that had worked was selling oil on the open market and then redistributing that throughout the economy. The only guys who knew anything about running that department, once the government was no more, were the black marketeers, and they became billionaires overnight, resulting in the current set of scumbag oligarchs we have today.

Which has not a lot to do with Trek, but is nonetheless interesting. :)

Re: STAR TREK BEYOND Is Now Filming!!

Freyburg — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:42:01 -0000

I would assume you're talking to Legz there as I am an old-ass fella and was 20 when ST:UC came out, so I got to see all the fun of the end of the Cold War, China nearly imploding, et al...and it sounds like you did too, Real Deal. :)

Re: STAR TREK BEYOND Is Now Filming!!

Freyburg — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:33:43 -0000

You're comparing two very different films, but there's a big difference between Cho being one of many action guys in the new film and TOS fandom waiting years and years to see Takei take his rightful place as a ship's captain. And there's nothing wrong with political intrigue. Back in the day, blockbusters were allowed to have half a brain when it came to something beyond pew pew laser fights. Comparing the back and forth power plays of Trek's many races and governments, which have a long and storied tradition across the franchises, and the near-nonsensical, half-baked "politics" of Phantom Menace is...not optimal.

Re: STAR TREK BEYOND Is Now Filming!!

Freyburg — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:14:59 -0000

Maybe they do, and if so I'll be as happy as anyone else to celebrate it should that come to pass. But when the studio asks Pegg to make it less like Trek (from an interview with Pegg) and wants it to be more like Guardians of the Galaxy (a terrible idea, GotG is fun but Trek it emphatically isn't) I hold out little if any hope. Bro Trek and Bro Trek 2: Into Bro made scads of money for them. Why would they change their approach?

Re: STAR TREK BEYOND Is Now Filming!!

Freyburg — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:05:02 -0000

Based on what? There's great political intrigue, solid character work, Spock being awesome, Christopher Plummer also being awesome, that great weightless sequence (weightless blood was a cool bit of VFX at the time), Sulu kicking ass from the captain's chair of the Excelsior, excellent score, some good tie-ins and a fantastic passing the torch to the TNG crew.

Re: STAR TREK BEYOND Is Now Filming!!

Freyburg — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:57:31 -0000

The problem with the new Trek films is that beyond the surface gloss and some pretty decent performances (Quinto, Urban) they don't feel anything like Trek at all. Even the crappiest of the TOS and TNG films still felt like Trek. Hell, I've been watching a few Voyagers on Netflix and mediocre as that series is, it still has the ineffable *thing* that makes Trek decent. Star Trek Beyond will, despite Pegg being a decent writer and Lim a good director, be nothing but a noisy brofest. Star Trek deserves better than that.

Also, whoever talked down Undiscovered Country can go to hell. My top three are, WoK, Undiscovered Country and First Contact.

Re: Shots From The Filming Of The NINJA TURTLES Sequel Reveals Bebops, Rocksteady, Shredder, Karai!!

Freyburg — Sat, 30 May 2015 11:25:02 -0000

Yes! Books were king, and I find as time goes on and I get assaulted by same-y CG nonsense, my friend the book is taking top prize again.

This also reminds me of what a fiend I was for novelizations back when VCRs were not plentiful and movies cost $90 to own.

Re: Wait...will we actually get to see MACHETE KILLS IN SPACE?!!

Freyburg — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 16:14:06 -0000

Rodriguez has been spinning his wheels for at least a decade. and if you want superior grindhouse, look no further than Astron-6's Father's Day.

Re: A Few Quick Shots From Tomorrow’s TERMINATOR GENISYS Trailer!!

Freyburg — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 14:35:50 -0000

All the T2 trailers were outstanding. The one where Arnie comes out of the doors with the tear gas grenade gun is still, IMHO, possibly the best trailer ever made. I still get chills watching it.

Re: A Few Quick Shots From Tomorrow’s TERMINATOR GENISYS Trailer!!

Freyburg — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 14:31:54 -0000

L.A. Story is the greatest romantic comedy ever made. You are so very right. '91 was a tremendous year for film.

Re: AICN Tabletop! SAVING THROW! D&D News! TICKET TO RIDE! MUNCHKIN! Kickstarters! And More!

Freyburg — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 12:12:56 -0000

Gaskell is a friend of mine and good people. And she rocks the elf ears like nobody's business.

Re: Jeremy Checks In With Jeff Goldblum At THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL!

Freyburg — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:20:35 -0000

Tall Guy. Saw it in the theatre when it came out in '89, had no idea what to expect. Genius from start to finish. Goldblum is unmatched in that film.

"Going to Morocco? Isn't that where men go to bugger little boys?"

"Absolutely, it's uuuhhhhh top spot for sodomy!"

and my other personal fave:

"I hope all your children have small dicks, and that goes double for the girls!"

Re: Michael Bay's return to R-rated filmmaking continues with this spot for PAIN & GAIN!!!

Freyburg — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:41:41 -0000

Michael Bay makes intensely personal films. Intensely personal because he's a colossally superficial douche who only cares about plastic women, explosions and ostentatious vehicles.

Re: Talk "Ghosts With Shit Jobs" in your living room by vidphone

Freyburg — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:34:12 -0000

I interviewed Jim Munroe, the writer and co-director of Ghosts With Shit Jobs, when he swung through Vancouver to show the film a couple of weeks ago. Here's the interview if you're so inclined: http://youtu.be/EXQTexzE-3o

Re: Houston! Want To See LAWRENCE OF ARABIA How It Was Meant TO Be Seen? Ticket Giveaway!

Freyburg — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:01:15 -0000

Saw it last night in 4k here in Vancouver. Absolutely pristine and gorgeous. I've seen it three times in the theatre, the first being the 35mm restored rerelease in 1989, and the second being a scratched up version of that print a few years ago.

This was likely the best version I've seen thus far, hands down.

Re: Dangerfield! - The Return of the Native - Alex Balk

Freyburg — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:36:37 -0000

This might be just another example of my encroaching middle-aged confusion with the kids and their doin's, but I for one just don't get the cult of micro-personality built around various Gawker scribes. Maybe it's because it's a club I was never invited to and would feel weird at anyway, but everything on that site (and to do with a certain set of quasi-incestuous NY bloggers) seems kind of "nyah nyah hipster scarf" to me. But then I don't get why anyone would watch terribly put-together Web videos on Youtube starring idiot vloggers talking about nothing either, so maybe I've hit the inevitable "huh?" stage of life where nothing makes sense anymore and it's time for a nap already.