tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post2921317195808043786..comments2023-11-02T06:50:17.503-07:00Comments on <ul>Fantasy & SciFi Lovin' Reviews</ul>: Good Ideas Gone WrongSQThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251030404220909306noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-60507888529149597852006-12-11T09:29:00.000-08:002006-12-11T09:29:00.000-08:00sqt -
They're ok.. the original trilogy is a bit k...sqt -<br />They're ok.. the original trilogy is a bit kid-oriented.. I couldn't watch the movie of A Wrinkle in Time.. it was too horrid. The thing I liked was the mix of science and fantasy, as though they were really the same thing. Which, in some sense, I suppose they are. In A Wind in the Door, they actually travel into a mitochondrion. Many Waters was a new take on the whole Noah and the Ark story, but with a lot of angelic involvement, it was definitely interesting. If you've got the time, I'd recommend them for light reading, at least.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09486800879602370399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-49676433342178578502006-12-06T22:20:00.000-08:002006-12-06T22:20:00.000-08:00My blog does this, too. I'll get my token 4-20 co...My blog does this, too. I'll get my token 4-20 comments on most posts, but then WHAMMO! someone gets all riled up about something (normally insignificant) and the post count goes triple digits.<br /><br />I'd rather it all evened out. It would be cool to see 40 comments on every post. =)Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14910781191660514689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-53706430096523545812006-12-05T18:25:00.000-08:002006-12-05T18:25:00.000-08:00Stewart
On another blog I used to frequent we man...Stewart<br /><br />On another blog I used to frequent we managed to hit 2000 comments on one thread. Totally meaningless stuff but we thought it was great. 60 is nothing.SQThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251030404220909306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-29881352930340195032006-12-05T16:28:00.000-08:002006-12-05T16:28:00.000-08:00Okay, stop.This is ridiculous.No more postings her...Okay, stop.This is ridiculous.No more postings here...move on to the next one. Fifty something comments. Ridiculous. <br /><br />Wonder if we can get to sixty...no. NO MOREStewart Sternberg (half of L.P. Styles)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00895152179113722902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-45256443743424475662006-12-05T15:53:00.000-08:002006-12-05T15:53:00.000-08:00Asara
Are those books worth reading as an adult? ...Asara<br /><br />Are those books worth reading as an adult? It's been so many years I don't really remember.SQThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251030404220909306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-20395914098370834092006-12-05T15:49:00.000-08:002006-12-05T15:49:00.000-08:00It's not a blog post, it's an epic! :) Oh, I saw ...It's not a blog post, it's an epic! :) Oh, I saw your comment on Stewart's friends' blog, SQT, and A Wrinkle in Time is actually the first part of a trilogy by Madeleine L'Engle. Followed by A Wind in the Door, and A Swiftly Tilting Planet. All of which I have, and love. There was also a spin-off book involving the twins called Many Waters. Just in case you were curious :)Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09486800879602370399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-19119250191002896772006-12-05T15:01:00.000-08:002006-12-05T15:01:00.000-08:00Wow, over 50 comments on this thread. That's a maj...Wow, over 50 comments on this thread. That's a major record for me. <br /><br />It's the picture of Jar Jar isn't it? <br /><br />I knew it. Pure genius.SQThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251030404220909306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-85520218569254633422006-12-05T11:52:00.000-08:002006-12-05T11:52:00.000-08:00Any more of this, and I'm signing you all up for a...Any more of this, and I'm signing you all up for as much mail order bride, penis enlargement medication, and hot stock tip mailing lists as I can find!<br />......<br />Alex, you say this like it's a bad thing.Stewart Sternberg (half of L.P. Styles)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00895152179113722902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-11870485123641545292006-12-05T11:28:00.000-08:002006-12-05T11:28:00.000-08:00Sutter Caine..no. I will have to ask dh about tha...Sutter Caine..no. I will have to ask dh about that one.<br /><br />Sqt...hee...we all have our weaknesses.<br /><br />There are plenty of flicks I like that I am sure HORRIFY you...the same for books, etc.!Crunchy Carpetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09543476826068578576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-59860864719879558022006-12-05T11:24:00.000-08:002006-12-05T11:24:00.000-08:00I will not tolerate trash talk about In the Mouth ...I will not tolerate trash talk about In the Mouth of Madness.<br /><br />Any more of this, and I'm signing you all up for as much mail order bride, penis enlargement medication, and hot stock tip mailing lists as I can find!<br /><br />That ought to put an end to this blasphemy. <br /><br />(Do you read Sutter Caine?)Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14910781191660514689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-67469440549503694062006-12-05T09:48:00.000-08:002006-12-05T09:48:00.000-08:00CC
lol
Well, I thought I remembered it being sc...CC <br /><br />lol<br /><br />Well, I thought I remembered it being scary anyway. Mostly I remember some scene where a guy dies after being thrown out in space. The eyes bugging out, the blood, that kind of thing. I don't know. It was creepy anyway, right?<br /><br />Sheesh, I feel like a hack around you guys and I started this darn thing.SQThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251030404220909306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-84284579495604623352006-12-05T09:39:00.000-08:002006-12-05T09:39:00.000-08:00CC - I liked Wrath of Khan, mostly. But the Spock...CC - I liked Wrath of Khan, mostly. But the Spock "death" scene was so over the top -- even if I was entirely taken in on first viewing, coming out of the theater insisting to one and all that "Spock Lives!"<br /><br />Ricardo Montalban was fabulous. Really.<br /><br />But the Whales movie is still better.<br /><br />Sorry.The Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723009641287783218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-46375622007869331712006-12-05T09:26:00.000-08:002006-12-05T09:26:00.000-08:00Stewart..my dh LOVES anything Lovecraftian....he w...Stewart..my dh LOVES anything Lovecraftian....he was really hoping MofM would do it...but no....aaaalllllmooost..but no.<br /><br />I was looking at Sam Neil's movie credits...what an acting whore he is.<br /><br />I like him...but really.Crunchy Carpetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09543476826068578576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-33120422060750943992006-12-05T09:10:00.000-08:002006-12-05T09:10:00.000-08:00Somehow you have slipped off the topic of bad sequ...Somehow you have slipped off the topic of bad sequels. But I have to step in here and defend Mouth of Madness (see? me? stepping? in?)<br /><br />The film was a mess from a logical point of view, but it was still a fun going over, with some memorable scenes in it. No...well...okay, actually it made me hungry for a real version of a Lovecraft film. <br /><br />I'll be quiet now. I'm walking off... (me? walking....?)Stewart Sternberg (half of L.P. Styles)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00895152179113722902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-40795585248869154192006-12-05T07:59:00.000-08:002006-12-05T07:59:00.000-08:00SQT! NO WAY! (sorry!!!!)
The moment the music st...SQT! NO WAY! (sorry!!!!)<br />The moment the music started for Event Horizon...I knew we were doomed for massive hokey cheesiness.<br /><br />I actually laughed out loud when the music and credits started.<br /><br />And yeah..Alex..Mouth of Madness...WTF???<br /><br />And yeh..stupid for fun is great...but not when it is geared as a marketing franchise like the Pirates thing is. And I liked the pirates movies for what they were.<br /><br />Army of Darkness RULESCrunchy Carpetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09543476826068578576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-71915960292175104852006-12-04T22:24:00.000-08:002006-12-04T22:24:00.000-08:00There it is - the one and only reason 51% of the w...<i>There it is - the one and only reason 51% of the world's population likes these films! </i><br /><br />Well yeah...SQThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251030404220909306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-33192270229875389192006-12-04T22:20:00.000-08:002006-12-04T22:20:00.000-08:00Oh, and the book and the movie versions of Princes...Oh, and the book and the movie versions of Princess Bride are highly similar. I can only think of oe or two substantive details that vary from one to the other.<br /><br />It's been a few years since I last read the book, though.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14910781191660514689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-85531659588040004782006-12-04T22:17:00.000-08:002006-12-04T22:17:00.000-08:00There it is - the one and only reason 51% of the w...There it is - the one and only reason 51% of the world's population likes these films!Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14910781191660514689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-58943727964389917802006-12-04T22:04:00.000-08:002006-12-04T22:04:00.000-08:00Event Horizon was scary. That was one of those mov...Event Horizon was scary. That was one of those movies that kind of stayed with me for awhile. <br /><br />I love Princess Bride. I read the book years ago before they ever made the movie and of course the book was better. But they did a good job and you can tell William Goldman tried to stay true to the book, that's important. <br /><br />I can understand why Alex doesn't like Pirates, I really can. I always thought of it as a cynical money making venture. But it's entertaining for one reason, Johnnie Depp. He makes it fun for me. He just seems to have put some real effort into the character and I appreciate that and it kind of overcomes the rest of it. Besides, he and Orlando Bloom are kinda cute.SQThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251030404220909306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-69517080836418921052006-12-04T21:52:00.000-08:002006-12-04T21:52:00.000-08:00Event Horizon was one of the great horror films of...Event Horizon was one of the great horror films of the 90's! I would rank it at #3 on the decade. Right behind Hellraiser: Bloodlines, and way, way, way, way (very far, for those who can't take a hint) behind the greatest horror film of all time.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I'm being dramatic here.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In the Mouth of Madness!<br /><br />As for Pirates even being a good cheesy/campy film, I beg to differ. No, I don't beg - I demand difference. <br /><br />Snakes on a Plane was a fun camp film, because you knew exactly how bad it was before going to the theater. Pirates took itself seriously, as an "epic, blockbuster, thrillride, that will have you on the edge of your... blah, blah, blah!"<br /><br />I am all for seeing stupid movies (my top two favorite movies ever are Army of Darkness and The Princess Bride), but Pirates just didn't capture that stupid-in-a-good-way feeling for me.<br /><br />But feel free to have your own opinion. I'm not saying you have to hate Pirates just because I do.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14910781191660514689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-36419825982729602752006-12-04T21:35:00.000-08:002006-12-04T21:35:00.000-08:00Just talking about 'ass' sci fi in general....did ...Just talking about 'ass' sci fi in general....did anyone see Event Horizon!!!??Crunchy Carpetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09543476826068578576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-18424897766903068072006-12-04T16:34:00.000-08:002006-12-04T16:34:00.000-08:00My husband LOVES Khan. He love imitating Khan and ...My husband LOVES Khan. He love imitating Khan and doing the yell that Kirk does in the movie. Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!<br /><br />Great stuff.SQThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251030404220909306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-28520446259856313662006-12-04T15:43:00.000-08:002006-12-04T15:43:00.000-08:00Curmudgeon..
NO FREAKIN WAY!
KHAN is the best St...Curmudgeon..<br /><br />NO FREAKIN WAY!<br /><br />KHAN is the best Star Trek movie.....<br /><br />How could an overacted nemesis from the serious showing up to overact again against the king of over acting NOT be the best Star Trek movie????Crunchy Carpetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09543476826068578576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-90499607590313618002006-12-04T14:53:00.000-08:002006-12-04T14:53:00.000-08:00Curmudgeon
Ah, bless you for coming up with a goo...Curmudgeon<br /><br />Ah, bless you for coming up with a good sequel. The one with the whales was my favorite too. That was a great movie. <br /><br />I'm not sure how I feel about TNG feature movies. I don't think they were as good as the first series. Though I did like the one with the Borg; that Borg Queen was creepy. But honestly, I don't really remember much about the other ones.SQThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251030404220909306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55282503134540185.post-28767075433592986302006-12-04T14:43:00.000-08:002006-12-04T14:43:00.000-08:00So when Attack of the Clones came out, I didn't ex...<i>So when Attack of the Clones came out, I didn't exactly rush to the box office, and I humbly admit I haven't even seen Revenge of the Sith. ((ducks))</i><br /><br />Yeah, me neither. You'll find better acting in the plywood section at the Home Depot than anything in the second trilogy.<br /><br />Let me change the subject though: Star Trek IV (the whales) was the best of the ST movie franchise -- far and away. But it was a sequel of a sequel of a sequel of a movie remake of a TV show....The Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723009641287783218noreply@blogger.com