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by EricJ
June 2nd, 2015, 3:41 pm
Forum: At the Movies
Topic: The Good Dinosaur
Replies: 120
Views: 50997

Re: The Good Dinosaur

Still, seems like they're rushing it just to save face for lost production time...Do they have anything for summer '16? Thought one of the things that sank Treasure Planet in '02 was that we were still so busy gushing over Lilo & Stitch six months earlier, most of us didn't know Disney had another m...
by EricJ
June 2nd, 2015, 3:37 pm
Forum: At the Movies
Topic: Jurassic World
Replies: 155
Views: 72746

Re: Jurassic World

LastActionHero wrote:If this is not a reboot, then they MUST give a good explanation for why they are allowed to build more of these Dinosaur Zoos, after all those events happened before.
That was twenty years ago, their technology and safeguards have become more foolproof since then...
by EricJ
June 2nd, 2015, 3:35 pm
Forum: At the Movies
Topic: Official Star Wars Thread
Replies: 1273
Views: 595473

Re: Official Star Wars Thread

Lord Akiyama wrote:The interview also revealed the name of Andy Serkis' character: Supreme Leader Snoke.\
(I'm calling it early, but why does that make me picture some alien version of Stephen Fry from the Hobbit movies? :? )
by EricJ
May 31st, 2015, 1:28 am
Forum: At the Movies
Topic: Tomorrowland
Replies: 35
Views: 15935

Re: Tomorrowland

Yes, definitely for another thread. Like, "Not this one". :P I'm sure you liked the movie enough to play favorite-movie-martyr and say "It was too GOOD for the dumb ol' audience!", when OTOH, I'm still going with the theory that the movie wasn't good enough for the "Brad Bird goes to 60's Disneyland...
by EricJ
May 30th, 2015, 9:22 am
Forum: At the Movies
Topic: Tomorrowland
Replies: 35
Views: 15935

Re: Tomorrowland

Again, it's the Princess/Frog myth that the #1 movie this week made "only" $40M when nobody was going to the theaters, but Memorial Day weekend?? (Or can it be that the once powerhouse Memorial Day since the days of the first Star Wars now has us "movied out" by the end of May, now that we've been t...
by EricJ
May 27th, 2015, 9:53 pm
Forum: At the Movies
Topic: Tomorrowland
Replies: 35
Views: 15935

Re: Tomorrowland

Sorry, missed that--That'll teach me to skim over 15 paragraphs. :P

But yeah, not the best sign when the setup leads the audience to write better movies in their imagination than the screenwriter delivers--It definitely sounds like a patch-up of the previous stories, although not too bad a one.
by EricJ
May 27th, 2015, 5:01 pm
Forum: At the Movies
Topic: Tomorrowland
Replies: 35
Views: 15935

Re: Tomorrowland

Well, looks like I lost that bet-- Although the project was constantly being redrafted (it never became the World's Fair story until they published that viral "1952" photo), from the hints being dropped by the Optimist game and record--"We've got secrets in our icebox...Secrets that can help extend ...
by EricJ
May 26th, 2015, 7:15 pm
Forum: At the Movies
Topic: Inside Out
Replies: 217
Views: 98646

Re: Inside Out

There was a disaster? There was a debate over just why this year's Oscar ceremony was the most disastrously low-rated in years: Of course, the knee-jerk "It's too long, we need an edgier host, no Sound of Music numbers, etc." folks spoke up without having seen it, but the chairman did go on record ...
by EricJ
May 23rd, 2015, 10:41 pm
Forum: At the Movies
Topic: Jurassic World
Replies: 155
Views: 72746

Re: Jurassic World

I've said before here somewhere that I think this film surreptitiously forgets the last two movies and will play as a direct sequel to the first Jurassic Park. That's not to say the events in Lost World and III didn't happen, but the vibe from the beginning has been, for me, that this picks up year...
by EricJ
May 23rd, 2015, 10:37 pm
Forum: At the Movies
Topic: Jurassic World
Replies: 155
Views: 72746

Re: Jurassic World

I've surprisingly no worries with that...I think Spielberg has said and done anything and everything he wanted to say and do on dinosaur pictures about half way through The Lost World, so I'm anticipating a new take on the property by fresher eyes. The last thing we wanted was Jurassic Park And The...
by EricJ
May 23rd, 2015, 11:53 am
Forum: At the Movies
Topic: Inside Out
Replies: 217
Views: 98646

Re: Inside Out

And it's a Pixar film, and the Oscars have talked about going back to five deserving Best Picture nominees after last year's Birdman vs. Boyhood disaster...
by EricJ
May 23rd, 2015, 11:49 am
Forum: At the Movies
Topic: Tomorrowland
Replies: 35
Views: 15935

Re: Tomorrowland

As for me, I love Bird's films, but he's not an auteur. He's a brilliant, brilliant screenwriter, that's for sure, but as a director it's really Tomorrowland that will prove it either way to me, as his first real solo credit. He's got the John Lasseter touch of having true warm-hearted personal gee...
by EricJ
May 20th, 2015, 2:33 pm
Forum: Outside the Lines
Topic: Disney Renaissance 2/Disney Revival
Replies: 237
Views: 139313

Re: Disney Renaissance 2/Disney Revival

Prophetic words from earlier in the thread: Oct. 10, 2014 Interesting this thread popped up cause the other day I was thinking that if the Disney Renaissance was in Stage 2 then that would mean Big Hero 6 is doomed to get the Pocahontas response. Big opening, but disappointment it's not Frozen resul...
by EricJ
May 18th, 2015, 6:05 pm
Forum: At the Movies
Topic: Inside Out
Replies: 217
Views: 98646

Re: Inside Out

ShyViolet wrote:Very happy to hear about Inside Out's warm reception! (Although it does kind of pour salt on DWA's wounds. :? )
I'm picturing pouring salt on Turbo, which is just as appropriate an image.
by EricJ
May 18th, 2015, 12:11 pm
Forum: At the Movies
Topic: Trailer For new Looney Tunes Movie
Replies: 4
Views: 3523

Re: Trailer For new Looney Tunes Movie

And I love me some 'crazy' Lola. Long may her freaky flag fly. :mrgreen: If it even partly shuts up the "Bugs is probably gay because he keeps dressing up to fool Elmer!" crowd, I'll tolerate her vile traces of Space Jam corruption in the canon. (And even if she's not Bugs' girlfriend Daisy Lou fro...