tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895008.post109819692266428427..comments2023-05-02T06:31:02.191-07:00Comments on Jack's Appetite For Strange: Movies.Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715954718651123040noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895008.post-1109548428545990342005-02-27T15:53:00.000-08:002005-02-27T15:53:00.000-08:00I tend to get really excited by a good preview onl...I tend to get really excited by a good preview only to be dissapointed by the actual movie. I love a good action movie, but I wish we could see something with a little more creativity/ world building/ culture designing/etc... I hated the way the third Blade movie was missing all of the little touches that made the first one good - like the vampire spoken and written languages, the conflict between the born vampires and the turned vampires, the juxtaposition(sp?) of computer technology and ancient texts, the full mix of ethnicities (just because Transylvania is there doesn't mean that every vampire in the movie has to be from Eastern Europe!)...Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18310057579850792962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895008.post-1099106765977303292004-10-29T20:26:00.000-07:002004-10-29T20:26:00.000-07:00All the superhero, Harry Potter, Star Wars stories...All the superhero, Harry Potter, Star Wars stories are almost the same. Boy kings, have to save the world, no parents, lots of responsibility. I love finding the similarities in them. Buffy too. Hero epics. Love them. Maybe that would help you enjoy the next batch of autumn blockbusters... if there is such a thing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12319060850483171943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895008.post-1098729646063124642004-10-25T11:40:00.000-07:002004-10-25T11:40:00.000-07:00Nah, not just sour grapes I'm afraid. This summer ...Nah, not just sour grapes I'm afraid. This summer was very boring. I almost didn't go to see anything.<br /><br />I see the "flying car" as sort of a symbol of the future that we didn't get more than anything else. I'm not certainly not overly interested in an air-car as such.<br /><br />And yeah, you read the end of the post exactly right.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01715954718651123040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895008.post-1098372028981341272004-10-21T08:20:00.000-07:002004-10-21T08:20:00.000-07:00I'll agree with you that most of the summer movies...I'll agree with you that most of the summer movies this year were subpar, but I think you're still sour grapes from Van Helsing. I guess I'm glad I avoided it.<br /><br />I like the way this post ends, if I'm reading it correctly. Widespread complaints about the lack of flying cars here in the early 21st tend to be a boomer phenomenon, and every time I hear one I think to myself "you weren't *promised* them, jackass! You were supposed to have *built* them!"<br /><br />Personally, I'm quite content with my car's non-avian nature.Chris Uhlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03914086634646992212noreply@blogger.com