Random Movie Musings

*raises eyebrow* Goodness, y'all. Just...goodness.
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All things die, Anakin Skywalker, even stars burn out.

So this is how liberty dies....with thunderous applause.

Those without swords can still die upon them

The world is a mess and I just need to rule it.

Master Joined: 15 Apr 2008 Posts: 4405 Location: Korriban

That's fair, and I knew that statement was inflammatory. It was partially tongue in cheek when I said that I was going to go IMDB here- for those that don't know it's a movie site where commentators always use excessive inflammatory statements like "this is the best movie ever and people who disagree should die!" They also always say that if someone didn't like a movie it was because they "didn't get it". People either love or hate a movie and often have no middle ground.

To be serious, I just object to the idea that people don't like the Hulk because it tried to do something different with a super hero movie. I don't think that is fair. To say that it was a failure in it's ultimate goal is a matter of opinion, and that would be fair.

In the same way it's not really fair to criticize a movie that is lacking in artistic merit just for that reason if that is not the films intent. There isn't anything wrong with escapist entertainment and it is unfortunate that the two seem to share such a wide gulf between audiences.

Master Joined: 15 Apr 2008 Posts: 4405 Location: Korriban

Just finished watching Terminator 4. I think it's probably the best one after the original and although it raises epistemological questions about how it relates to the first movie, it's the only one in the series that that doesn't seriously violate the continuity of it's prequels.

Handel's Messiah is stuck in my head.
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Where sky and water meet,
Where the waves grow sweet,
Doubt not, Reepicheep,
To find all you seek,
There is the utter east.

T4 seems to be pretty reviled by many Terminator fans. T3 wasn't all that good, but the only thing seriously wrong with it was the lame villain. People love T2 but T2 is what sets up the predestination paradox- If they keep Skynet from being created than how could it send a Terminator back in time if it never exists? T3 was necessary to fix that and if it dropped the ball and led the franchise to ruin, it was James Cameron that sowed the seed.

I got a lot of feelz about Terminatior and Time Travel. Don't get me started if you thought my Hulk rant was bad, that was nothing.

Master Joined: 21 Mar 2010 Posts: 813 Location: Maryland

I've enjoyed all of the Terminator flicks greatly, but T2 is definitely the best in my opinion.

There was a time when I liked T3 better than T2. I haven't seen them in while, so my opinion may have changed. I rather liked T4, though.
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All things die, Anakin Skywalker, even stars burn out.

So this is how liberty dies....with thunderous applause.

Those without swords can still die upon them

The world is a mess and I just need to rule it.

T2 > T1 > T4 > T3.

That is my view.
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It was the year of fire… the year of destruction… the year we took back what was ours.
It was the year of rebirth… the year of great sadness… the year of pain… and the year of joy.
It was a new age. It was the end of history. It was the year everything changed.
The year is 2261.
The place: Babylon 5.

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