Welcome to our pilot episode. We did this as a test and while certainly rough we think we've got something fun here. Please excuse the occasional fumble and technical difficulties, we promise future episodes will run much smoother.
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In this episode we discuss the news that came out of SDCC 2011 that excited or infuriated us. These topics include:
X-men: Destiny
Jurassic Park 4
Donnie Darko's 10 Anniversary DVD/Blu Ray release
Graphic novel adaptations for Jim Henson's "Tale of Sand" as well as Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal prequels
Ghostbusters action figures
Men in Black III
Voltron live action movie
Paranormal Activity 3
Apollo 18
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The Wolverine
Alcatraz
Torchwood
Avatar: The Legend of Korra
Fright Night
Jurassic Park 4 - I think the big problem with the entire series is that it's largely isolated to the islands. Other than the end of part 2 and the opening of part 3 (which I enjoy a hell of a lot more than 2), we've never really explored the complexity that would be the sudden existence of cloned dinosaurs. A political angle. An educational angle. A marketing angle. A religious angle. Not to mention the angle of how much further would this cloning technology have progressed 20 years down the road? Custom pets? Tame mini dinos? Cloned dodo birds? Cloned neanderthals? Cloned individuals? By focusing entirely on the park, they haven't explored the wealth of other ideas surrounding the concept, so I hope that's where 4 goes.
ReplyDeleteThey first announced A Tale of Sand at C2E2 in March, where they also screened Timepiece, a short film Henson made around the same time. If you want a sense of the tone and style to expect from A Tale of Sand, give Timepiece a watch. It's very different from what we typically think of from Jim Henson.
http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/42739744
Yes, I support a Labyrinth remake, but I think the closest we'll ever get is Henson Studio's MirrorMask.
It will be a miracle if they manage to pull off Men in Black 3, given the hell that's been going on behind the scenes. This has Kingdom of the Crystal Skull written all over it as the film keeps getting shut down for rewrites and reshoots, and stories constantly leak of nobody agreeing on what they want to do.
They've been trying to get a Voltron movie off the ground since 2005. It keeps starting and stopping and changing hands. I've got a script from '08 that's awful.
The new NickToons show, a sequel to the original show, is really quite good. Cheap animation, but good writing and characters.
And, no, the original Transformers series wasn't just giant robots hitting each other.
The Power Rangers Movie was awesome!
What I love about the first Fright Night trailer is that Colin Farrel is so obviously imitating the Edward Cullen style of hot vampire that's pervaded the industry lately, but as it keeps going, they show just how genuinely dangerous a vamp like him can be as he wages all out war against the hero, blowing up the kid's house and targeting his loved ones. I'm really looking forward to this film and we'll definitely be covering it on our show.
Wonderful first episode. The two of you are great and play off each other well. Looking forward to the next one!
Just watched Timepiece. No big surprise, but I really enjoyed that. Makes me really curious about A Tale of Sand now.
ReplyDeleteYes, I support a Labyrinth remake, but I think the closest we'll ever get is Henson Studio's MirrorMask.
To steal a line from Eviey, "Of course you do!" :) I've seen MirrorMask because I'm a big Neil Gaiman fan, and I can definitely see the similarities between the two.
Glad to hear you guys will be covering Fright Night! It seems like this will be one of those times when both the original and remake are great films, though of course we'll have to wait until this one is released to know that for sure.
Thanks for the kind words! This was literally our second Skype conversation ever, so I think it can only get better from here. :)
MirrorMask actually began when Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean were hired by Henson Studios to develop a sequel to Labyrinth. Part way through, they decided to revise it into an original project.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, the only reason I'd support a Labyrinth remake is that I felt it kept fumbling around on its theme. In earlier drafts, the whole idea was that everyone inside the Labyrinth were people who were tricked into entering, like Sarah. They all became trapped and warped as the Labyrinth force them to conform to its own form of logic and thinking. Sarah, however, stays true to herself and eventually forces the Labyrinth to change to conform to her. We still get a glimpse of this in the junk yard, where she's lured into a false sense of acceptance as the junk lady is trying to transform Sarah into another version of herself by piling ultimately worthless things on her back, but the theme is lost through the majority of the story as wild gags and ideas dilute it. It's still a good film, but there is something missing there, with more focus being put on a romance that's mostly based on nothing.
Though let me rephrase: instead of a remake, I'd like to see a new Labyrinth that throws someone else in the maze, instead of another Sarah.
Hey, the first episode of I Hate/Love Remakes was the second time Evie and I had ever talked to one another. It was a ten minute preview episode that took us about three hours to record. :)
I'd much rather have a sequel to the Labyrinth than a remake, whether it followed Sarah or not I don't care. I do require that David Bowie be Jareth, because as we've seen recently, it takes a certain type to be both glittery and menacing.
ReplyDeleteBut I don't care about a movie having a theme as much as I care about a movie with one of the main characters having character development, and we see that with Sarah in the first film. She matures over the course of the film, and believably so. I don't think the theme is lost, but theme should never get in the way of story or characters.
Although the fireys were a bit of a Big Lipped Alligator Moment. Ah well, nothing can ever be perfect. But I will point out that most romances you get into at the age of 15 and 16 are, largely, based on nothing. It's deliberately done, as teens are shallow, shallow creatures for the most part.
Setting all that aside (because I could discuss this movie for hours, and have, and still have things to talk about) thank you so much for the kind words and the response. I know Angie thanked you but it's worth saying again. Thanks. :D