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Peter and the Wolf
The musical score was exceptional — as was the execution of the animation and detail put into the environment. However, taking what is most often a light-hearted tale — thank you Walt Disney — and recasting it in the dim and grimy light of an impoverished — could pass for post apocalyptic — village in Russia does not really work as well as one might expect. Overall, it was just too slow and far too depressing — and this coming from someone who tends to like older french films!
drpepper234
is this a disk rental?
riddlefish
Huh. This seems like a weird thing to do as a series. How long is it?
girlfriday
... I'm kinda in love with the idea of a dark Russian take on the story.
beverlynoelle
It's not a series, it's a short animated film. I was sad about the duck :(
ZA
This was a strange, campy, often over-the-top movie that took a radically different view of zombies. It was also a love story… a tragedy… and a comedy of errors… It moved me. Well, to be honest, at a number of places it moved me closer and closer to the remote, but I ultimately stuck it out and would say that it was worth it in the end.
lesayoh
like pizZAs?
beverlynoelle
Is this a recent movie? I've never heard of it!
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Creepy, weird, and really bizarre… I'm still not sure I like it, but I'm also not sure I don't like it either. I normally love Tim Burton films, and I really like Johnny Depp as an actor; however, I think I have too many memories of the original to give this one a fair viewing.
lesayoh
yea tim burton needs to ease off the cgi
marcelonuc
naaa, saw this movie while ago, preferred the old one.
webgirltj
nobody can beat Gene Wilder in that role....
fnoo
Nothing can beat Gene Wilder in anything. Still, this is an interesting alternative interpretation. In some ways it's much more faithful to the source material.
smartyhall
Though I haven't read the book in a very long time, what I know about the sequel does suggest that Willy Wonka was a self-aggrandizing jerk. (In the second book, it turns out that he has some sort of immortality serum, but he's not planing on sharing it with anyone because what fun would life be if you could live forever? Although, it seems he's using.)
fnoo
One wonders if the BurtDepp machine is going to tackle the Elevator.
A Christmas Carol
It's a reasonable retelling of the Dickinson classic; what more is there to say?
Metropolis
It's still one of my all-time favorite silent films. Despite it's age, it's still a masterwork of cinema, giving birth to the word "robot," establishing sci-fi as a suitable medium for deep moral allegory, and telling the still-relevant tale of what happens when those who think they run the world forget about the plight of those who make the world run.
fnoo
Have you seen the newly restored version?
smartyhall
Which one? If I recall correctly, the last version I've seen was one of the first Criterion Collection DVD releases.
ugagerman
I like the version with the Giorgio Moroder soundtrack.
fnoo
In 2008 someone in, I believe, Argentina dug up a complete version of the movie. It looked like it had been dragged through a hedge backwards, but all of the "missing" footage was there. Then within a month someone on the the other side of the world independently found another complete print. Weirdly enough.
fnoo
Just this year the Murnau Foundation (guys who did the previous Kino release, pictured above) finished cleaning that stuff up as well as possible and resolving it with the previous restoration. Haven't gotten around to it yet, but it's streaming now!
smartyhall
I'll have to check it out.
Dexter - Dexter
It's an intelligent, witty, dark comedy with a protagonist I can identify with for a change. (No, I'm not a serial killer — I'd almost describe myself as a pacifist even, but I do have problems dealing with the general messyness of human interaction; I'd much rather stick with my technology, thank you very much.)
Virtual Zippo® Lighter App
It's a virtual Zippo that can still be safely — and legally — used for those moments during indoor concerts where in the fire-safety-carefree past one would have whipped out the real thing.
Stargate SG-1 - Upgrades
A great episode from this season, featuring yet another really interesting technology that is never heard from again…
Shakespeare Retold - Midsummer Night's...
Not my favorite retelling of A Midsummer Night's Dream — the pacing was often too slow, some of the acting was questionable, etc., but it was faithful to the spirit of the play and still worth watching — especially if you're trying to convince someone that Shakespeare is still relevant to the modern world.
The IT Crowd
Still british; still hilarious.
Anna and the King
I watched it on a whim, but it was well worth it. This is possibly the most enjoyable version of this tale since I first watched The King and I years ago. The pacing could use some work in a few places, but overall it was a very well executed telling of a truly compelling story.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
What is there to say really? If you haven't seen it, either you really should or you _REALLY_ shouldn't. It's a bizarre romp filled with great music and Tim Curry in a bustier; what isn't to love?
Battlestar Galactica - Disc 2
I actually like this series, but I could not stand it at first. You might say I made the mistake of growing-up with the "real" Battlestar Galactica. I only decided that I like the new one after being subjected to it while visiting family for Thanksgiving. (They had not come to see the Light that is Tivo, and the only thing on cable at the time was a marathon of the entire first season on the Sci-Fi Channel — now SiFi.) However, it should be stated that if you actually enjoyed the original series, then this is Battlestar Galactica, in the same way that Starship Troopers the movie is a faithful depiction of the really good novel. Had this been Robots in Space, I probably would have come to enjoy it sooner. Much the same way that many people would have preferred Starship Troopers had it been Bugs in Space. (Having since read the novel, I must say that it is much more compelling than the movie.)
fnoo
Hey, stories are for the telling and the retelling. One of the most interesting things about stories is the differences that come from different narrators in different times. How many versions of Red Riding Hood are there? Even the Bible went through several very different drafts before it was codified, and then translated in its most familiar form.
smartyhall
True, but at times the theoretical retelling isn't doing itself justice by attaching itself to the previous work. If I hadn't come into this with the baggage that was Battlestar Galactica from the 80's, I would have enjoyed it much more, and that's been true of many other attempts to rehash older franchises through the years. Although, that is not to say that retelling a story is without merit.
Sliders - Pilot
One of my favorite Sci-Fi shows from the 90's, it actually handled many-worlds quantum mechanics in a mostly-responsible way.
smartyhall
That was so true of Hackers… Even though I actually know what goes into managing a real server, running a real BBS — and no, I _do NOT_ mean web forum, managing real networks, etc., I still love that movie because it's a fun romp, they at least tried to land closer to the truth than three miles outside Wackyland.
As to Sliders, who doesn't like John Rhys-Davies? :-)
As to Sliders, who doesn't like John Rhys-Davies? :-)
fnoo
It's the dwarves who go swimming with little hairy women.
saunieindiego
I fell in love with Jerry O'Connell during this series. Such a hottie!
fnoo
I admit he was high on my radar for the rest of the '90s. If he was in something, I tended to watch it.
If you've seen the show Supernatural, the actor who plays Sam Winchester reminds me at times of Jerry O'Connell, particularly in the earlier seasons.
If you've seen the show Supernatural, the actor who plays Sam Winchester reminds me at times of Jerry O'Connell, particularly in the earlier seasons.
smartyhall
I can kind of see the similarity… Although, he reminds me more of his brother, Charlie O'Connell. When I was younger, I looked remarkably like him — at least from the bridge of the nose up. (Hey, it was good enough for Ed Wood.)
fnoo
Oh, right. Colin Mallory. I can see what you mean.
Yeah, although the show took a big downturn after JRD left, something about the relationship between the brothers when Charlie showed up made it a bit easier going for a while.
Yeah, although the show took a big downturn after JRD left, something about the relationship between the brothers when Charlie showed up made it a bit easier going for a while.
Evernote App
It's not an app, it's a lifestyle. I use it lightly, and I love it. My only real problem is the fact that I have too much password in my password. Evernote lets me be as paranoid as I want with my password -- which I love, but that means it's a real pain to type it into my Android phone. :-/
jacq
i agree wholeheartedly. i can't imagine life without evernote now.
USPS
The postal service leaves a great deal to be desired. It's failing at it's original purpose, failing financially, and helping to spread the annoyance and environmental havoc that is junk mail. (For an organization that manages to loose main I actually want/need, they do seem quite good at getting the mail I have no interest in to me.)
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