Is it good fun on the level of "Face Off", or even "The Transporter"?
I pretty much despise Michael Bay and his middle-finger-pointed-at-you method
of throwing overly loud, nerve-searing junk at audiences like too much sugar
given to glassy-eyed kids. I have lamented and cursed movies that he and his
collaborators have done, like "Bad Boys" (laughably bad, and full of cliches),
"Bad Boys 2" (my wife and I almost walked out), Armageddon (over blown crap),
"Pearl Harbour" (maudlin, inaccurate tripe).
I continue to be puzzled why people support so much of Bay's stuff. Listen, i
get the concept of brain-on-hold fun. I wathc "The Warriors" whenever it airs,
for Chrissake! I get the idea of movies taht are action over acting, such as
the great "Face Off". Love good camp. But Bay's stuff is just awful glitz
that's as thin and unsatisfying as eating day old dried frosting off the top of
a cake, then wondering why you're sick a few minutes later.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Augustus Augustus" <jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com>
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, July 3, 2009 9:29:25 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Any Weekend Sci-Fi Plans?
Justin, i honestly think that it is good. i went in with no preconceived
notions about it, and just enjoyed a good movie. i enjoyed the story telling,
the way Bay depicted a lot of the Autobots and the Decepticons. so, like i
said, not cause it's popular, but because i thought it was actually good.
Fate.
--- On Fri, 7/3/09, Justin Mohareb <justinmoha...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Justin Mohareb <justinmoha...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Any Weekend Sci-Fi Plans?
To: "scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com" <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 5:03 PM
There's a reason that very few people make the mistake of conflating "popular"
and "good".
Justin
On 2009-07-03, at 4:57 PM, Augustus Augustus < jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com >
wrote:
then Milton, me and about 50 million other people all around the world are sock
thieves. like the paper said "the number 1 movie in the world". now if Justin
has something better, then J, offer it.
--- On Fri, 7/3/09, Justin Mohareb <justinmohareb@ gmail.com > wrote:
From: Justin Mohareb <justinmohareb@ gmail.com >
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Any Weekend Sci-Fi Plans?
To: "scifinoir2@ yahoogroups. com" <scifino...@yahoogro ups.com >
Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 3:20 PM
Milton, ignore what Augustus said. Just don't see this movie. It will make you
a worse person. Seeing this movie is the moral equivalent of shoplifting a bag
of socks.
Justin
On 2009-07-03, at 3:16 PM, Augustus Augustus < jazzynupe_007@ yahoo.com >
wrote:
Milton, overlook what Justin said. go and see the movie. like the last post
said. it's just good mind numbing 2 1/2 hours of fun.
Fate.
--- On Fri, 7/3/09, Milton Davis <mv_media_atl@ yahoo.com > wrote:
From: Milton Davis <mv_media_atl@ yahoo.com >
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Any Weekend Sci-Fi Plans?
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 2:16 PM
LOL!
--- On Thu, 7/2/09, Justin Mohareb <justinmohareb@ gmail.com > wrote:
From: Justin Mohareb <justinmohareb@ gmail.com >
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Any Weekend Sci-Fi Plans?
To: "scifinoir2@ yahoogroups. com" <scifino...@yahoogro ups.com >
Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 7:11 PM
Do you hate yourself? If so, go see Transformers. Otherwise, run far away.
Justin
On 2009-07-02, at 2:27 PM, Milton Davis < mv_media_atl@ yahoo.com > wrote:
Still debating if I should see Transformers 2..
--- On Thu, 7/2/09, B. Smith <daikaij...@yahoo. com> wrote:
From: B. Smith <daikaij...@yahoo. com>
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Any Weekend Sci-Fi Plans?
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 4:04 PM
Always a good Plan B. I just finished A. Lee Martinez's Monster(awesome
Gaimanesque fun) and I have Warren Fahy's Fragment in addition to some other
things in the to be read pile.
I might finally get to watch Let The Right One In in addition to Blade Runner.
I finally watched Caprica the other night and managed to sit through 3 minutes
of The Spirit before I gave up.
--- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com , "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker013@ ...>
wrote:
>
> I'd hoped finally to be able to get to the movies to see "Up" and "The
> Hangover", but a crimp in my financial outlook has come up, and I need to
> tighten my belt. Odds are, SF for me will be TZ and the stack of unread books
> I have on hand.. :-(
>
>
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Subject : [scifinoir2] Any Weekend Sci-Fi Plans?
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Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:07:21 -0000
>
>From : "B. Smith" <daikaiju66@ ...>
>
To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
>
>
Is anyone going to the movies, watching the Twilight Zone marathon or doing
anything else fun or exciting this weekend?
>
> I plan to cook a few brontosaurus burgers and finally watch the Blade Runner
> special edition when it gets too hot outside. My wife has never seen the
> movie so I'm torn on whether to show her the international version(my
> favorite) or the Final Cut with the remastered special effects.
>
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> http://www.youtube . com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds
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