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The visuals are great, I'm not disputing that. Back in 1989(?) when Streamline put it in theaters I was impressed with the visuals of the film, and I think a lot of it is still top notch work today. Story...eh... Again visually its a solid film, but narratively - well, I didn't like the manga. I never claimed to have taste! Have you seen some of the z-grade films I've liked? *resists urge to make jokes regarding the sexy lady art in Shirow's work*

IMO, if you're going to do anything with Akira (1988), I'd recommend reading the manga. The movie isn't really a great movie, IMO, and while I can appreciate the technical virtuosity of the film, I think the story is far, far too condensed in the film version. Then again, I thought the Ghost in the Shell manga was the weakest work by Masamune Shirow I'd read, and didn't like the anime adaption either, so my tastes don't seem to align with everyone else when it comes to anime...

Yeah they're super-territorial. So when you get a group that realizes you've got food in their yard you'll see them chasing one another off. Makes it harder to watch them though as they tend to not spend as much time still (but I also think it may be why your hummingbird didn't alight, in case another hummingbird came by).

Wait until you get two and they start trying to drive one another off!

I'm really, really going to be intrigued to see what I think when I get around to Discovery/Picard/Short Treks/Lower Decks/Prodigy....

I think the Voyager spin-off is something Duncan McNeil has had in mind for some time and would like to put together in the new climate. If so, he'll need to talk to Alex Kurtzman who recently made an overall deal for his production company to remain with Paramount, including possibly 6 more years heading the Star Trek franchise.

As fun as the trip down memory lane may be, this is the 'politics/current events' thread not the 'let us rehash the history of posters who asked to have their account deleted' thread. Let's try to get back on topic.

I think it's weird that people accuse her of 'being a traitor' for defending her clients to the best of her ability as is required by her job. It seems like a lot of people who aren't her clients could use reading a book about the US government, history and justice system...

I think when you're a kid you don't think about the origin of stuff. I remember watching the movies Alakazam the Great (Saiyūki -1960) and Jack and the Witch (Shōnen Jakku to Mahōtsukai - 1967) and the tv shows Battle of the Planets (Kagaku Ninja Tai Gatchaman - 1972) and Star Blazers (Uchū Senkan Yamato 1974) and didn't really think about their origin until years later when Robotech started getting popular and I was older. The big difference to me as a kid was the serialized storytelling, unlike the US cartoons that were self contained stories with no real continuity.

THE GREEN KNIGHT (2021) - surprisingly faithful art film like take on the source material. Very striking images. There are some minor changes (in the original story, Gawain's early adventures are glossed over, yet they are seen here. This shortens the time in the later part of the story and there is some restructuring of the end. The biggest change, IMO, WILLY'S WONDERLAND (2020) - Nick Cage gets an odd job in order to repair his car, and spends the night cleaning a restaurant. Some teens bother him and the local sheriff dislikes him. 10/10. RISE OF THE MUMMY (2021) - microbudgeted horror film from the UK. The kind of film where a priceless mummy is left unguarded in a classroom and characters look straight at things but don't see them for a scare later on. Fun if you like this type of film, terrible for everyone else.

TNG Ship in a Bottle You know you've encountered Q too many times when you experience something that you state repeatedly defies the laws of physics and you just roll with it rather than look for ways that it could have been faked. Episode mainly sails on the strength of Moriarty and Barclay.

I remember parts of the press being hostile to it due to the overruns; it was referred to as Fishtar (reference to the Beatty/Hoffman flop comedy) and Kevin's Gate (reference to Heaven's Gate, the film that derailed director Michael Cimino's career) a lot. I seem to recall Ebert and other critics reviews being mixed but less hostile.

I watched it for the first time a couple of months ago and enjoyed it. I think the end was kind of sloppy, but it was a perfectly acceptable action film of its time. I hear it's amassed a following of fans in the years since it opened.

TV series sequel to Waterworld being developed.

I have to say it was only a matter of time. There are so many metric bonuses that get kibboshed in day and date releases, it just was inevitable.

Apples.

Would you rather some random symbol than the letter X? It doesn't HAVE to be X. It could be ⌂ or something.

@Guard Dog 1989 episode of Twilight Zone - "The Mind of Simon Foster"?

Ah yes, The Thing remake is good. I knew there were more, but nothing was coming to me.

The Man Who Knew Too Much? House of Wax? Ben-Hur? The Hammer remakes of the Universal horror films? Casino Royale? That said, I'm surprised they remade Total Recall rather than take the basic idea (someone goes to Rekall, gets a vacation, are things real or not after that?) and build a new movie out of it. Seems like the perfect set-up for a series of loosely related films, and my understanding of the 2012 film is that its different enough plotwise that they could have probably done it had they not chose to use the names from the original film and a few other story elements.

I can only suspect that Netflix needed something to come out now but there was no way all the episodes would be done in time to release the whole thing now.

I'd heard of that before. Thankfully ours wasn't that bad!

I remember a listserv back in the day where an out of office message war began between two dude's emails on the listserv broke out. Amid the 100s of "I'm out of the office" emails were hundreds of "Remove me!!!!!" which started new chains on the out of office messages. Good times....

Are you saying the people-free nonobot only world would be bad?