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Re: Discussion for All!

Zach — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:41:18 -0000

I play it close to the vest and dissuade open discussion.

Re: Comic #001: That’s Not a Space Station

Zach — Thu, 17 May 2007 22:33:18 -0000

I wouldn't mind having the moon all for my own. I fully endorse this thievery.

Re: Comic #002: Let’s Go to the Beach!

Zach — Fri, 18 May 2007 13:39:38 -0000

Poor Ninja.

This would explain a surprising number of our phone conversations, actually.

Re: Comic #003: Classic Wings with Extra Blue Cheese

Zach — Tue, 22 May 2007 10:40:50 -0000

I feel as though this comic were made just for me.

Re: Zach’s crow samurai

Zach — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 08:58:25 -0000

Ha, just be thankful I'm not making you draw two full armies of them, like my initial thought was.

Re: Love Angle: The Script

Zach — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:43:11 -0000

I think the dialogue is the main weakness of it now, and needs some definite punching up. I don't know how to do this myself, as I am incapable of writing dialogue that sounds even remotely like a human being would say it, but it's kind of drab right now. A couple other quick things:

* The part where he's late because he went to the wrong house doesn't really work, specifically the cut showing what happened at the other house. It just meandered a bit with no punchline.

* Her teacher playing a joke on her with her test grade is a tad hard to believe. If nothing else, a teacher would be a bit wary of joking around with a kid's grade simply for fear of the kid's parents seeing it and deciding to sue the school or something.

Re: Review: Transformers

Zach — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 23:45:29 -0000

Yeah, I thought the movie was kind of 'eh' too. Went on far too long, with way too many humans and not nearly enough robots. Seriously, Bumblebee and Optimus were the only two Autobots that got any real lines, and Megatron and Starscream were the only Decepticons that were fleshed out to even the small extent that they were. Everyone else was just window dressing. And could someone slap that damn camera onto a tripod so it'll stop moving all over the place and let us actually see what's going on for once?

Re: Review: Transformers

Zach — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 23:47:55 -0000

And I'm hearing rumors that the J.J. Abrams trailer might be the prelude to a new American Godzilla movie, which, well, can't be any worse than the last one. Three cheers for lowered standards!

Re: Movies

Zach — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:01:28 -0000

Poor Big Bang Love gets no respect at all :( By the way, I just got to see Zebraman (by the same director, and which was also playing at the film festival) and it was awesome. If I'm ever allowed at your house again, I'm totally bringing it.

Re: Robot reject

Zach — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:14:39 -0000

Needs a tesla coil thrown in, then everything'd be gravy.

Re: Robot reject

Zach — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:15:10 -0000

Damnable random 'B's on this comp....

Re: I

Zach — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:45:56 -0000

It was great seeing her (and even moreso seeing Spirit If... in action) Wednesday, even if I did pick up parasites in Central Park. I'll be looking forward to seeing the pictures from the show.

Re: I

Zach — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:02:52 -0000

It couldn't have been from when I was with Curtis, because I was showing off my legs to you at your house when I first arrived, and there was nary a bite to be found on them then. Central Park is just my best guess at the moment, though as this isn't the first time they've all decided to make me their playmate I think the species as a whole must just love me a lot more than it really should.

Re: Review Stars Redacted

Zach — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:44:12 -0000

That's right, all the world should follow my lead.

Re: Short: Key to Reserva

Zach — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:37:20 -0000

Best ad ever, I say.

Re: Review: Saw

Zach — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 02:15:59 -0000

I was quite let down by this movie, I have to say. Perhaps it had just been built up too much by people that watch all the more trendy horror movies, but I really didn't get what the big deal was at all. I couldn't love it for the violence, since there really wasn't that much (and I don't just say that as a horror junkie; Reservoir Dogs was probably a good deal bloodier), and I couldn't really love it for the plot either, since there were so many holes in it. I did at least like Cary Elwes, but I always love him in movies so that really doesn't count.

Re: Review: Jersey Girl

Zach — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:53:32 -0000

I thought this was really one of his better films. It may not be the funniest, but it's certainly his best directed film yet. It doesn't surprise me that most of his fans ignored it, since it was so different from his other work, but it does annoy me.

Re: Review: Jersey Girl

Zach — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:25:10 -0000

I love both pure entertainment and pure art films, though obviously there are a lot more good entertainment films out there, simply because they're the ones that sell.

J-Lo was definitely part of the reason the film flopped, but I have to assume that the main problem was nothing more than how Smith had made five consecutive films that were all stylistically similar and had the same general tone and sense of humor, and then tried to make a film that was completely different. In any industry, when you spend that much time training your fans to expect one type of entertainment, and then throw something new at them, they will rebel against it. I don't care how incredible you are at writing murder mysteries, the fans won't allow you to make the Sex & the City movie into one.

Re: Review: Jersey Girl

Zach — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:33:59 -0000

Well, in fairness, I think Will Smith must have cost at least as much as she did. He normally commands a higher salary than her and he wasn't even romantically involved with the lead actor at the time to drive down his price.

Re: Review: Jersey Girl

Zach — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:50:12 -0000

Yeah, so about half the length of time J.Lo was in the film. Fits perfectly, really.

Re: Video: American Psycho Romantic Comedy

Zach — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:04:48 -0000

Not quite the same level as the Shining trailer, but still nice.

Re: Review: 30 Days of Night

Zach — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:40:24 -0000

I haven't seen the film, but I did read the comic, and it was just dreadful. Such a waste of a good idea.

Re: Review: Hitman

Zach — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:10:04 -0000

Yeah, it was a fun bit of fluff, made all the better by how I got to see it for free (there was a free ticket to see it in theaters that came with Live Free or Die Hard). For what little the statement is worth, it's my second favorite video game movie, my favorite being, which surprises even me, Silent Hill.

Re: Happy Birthday, Penguin!

Zach — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:08:27 -0000

Happy birthday, Penguin!

Re: Short: Schwarzenegger is HAMLET

Zach — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:48:58 -0000

Is this from Last Action Hero?

Re: Review: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Zach — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:30:49 -0000

I loved this movie, though I do agree that there were points where it was a bit hard to understand what they were singing. Still, the beachfront fantasy = pure-spun gold.

Re: Short: Mentos Boosts Confidence with Ladies

Zach — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:02:41 -0000

It just goes to show you, there's nothing in this world that can't be made better with acts of violence.

Re: The Cure and their 13th album

Zach — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:03:19 -0000

Simmer down there, cupcake. I'm sure they'll have a proper tour once the album's out.

Re: Dream 2: Zach Attack

Zach — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:44:08 -0000

I look like such a charmer in these pictures.

Re: Alfred Hitchcock and How Sound Ruined Movies

Zach — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:49:12 -0000

While I love silent movies and all, it's not exactly like his movies in the sound era weren't leaps and bounds better than the silent films he made. He made like one really good silent movie (The Lodger) as opposed to how many classic sound films?

Re: The Script That Everyone’s Talking About, But Afraid to Mention

Zach — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:53:27 -0000

I forget if it was him or Paul Thomas Anderson who once said that his screenplays would never have sold if he hadn't been willing to direct them himself, though I think such a sentiment applies well to both of them. One of his big appeals is that he makes these big, overdone, messy films, that by no means should work, and yet somehow he makes them magical. It's only natural that his scripts would be the same way, giving people headaches at the same time they're rushing to finish them.

Re: I

Zach — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:12:40 -0000

This would have been so much better if the Metrocard had been a Metroid, as I had thought it said on first glance.

Re: Michel Gondry is accepting commissions

Zach — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:33:57 -0000

I just noticed you had this connected to my crow-crocodile battle. Having Gondry do it is blatant cheating, you know.