Nerdgasm: Movies and Shows for Geeks and Nerds

[Gfted1]

*CAUTION* Curse words within.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=8-Cjsnq8kVU

[Hurlshort]

I just hope they wrap some of this MCU stuff up before one of these guys gets hit with sexual harassment charges. That could derail the entire thing.

[Pidesco]

Here ya go:

 

[algroth]

Hmm... I thought Civil War was a major improvement over The Winter Soldier when it came to sheer style and visuals, but this just looks... Well... Drab, once more. It's a disappointment considering how one of the main qualities of recent MCU movies like Thor: Ragnarok, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Doctor Strange has been the sheer creativity in their aesthetic.

[Blarghagh]

While I haven't watched it yet, I assume having so many unique aesthetics come together and having to form a cohesive whole is going to end in a disappointing hodgepodge anyway so it's hard to see this working.

[kirottu]

 

Batman Ninja!

[algroth]

 

Batman Ninja!

 

This should replace the live-action saga.

[Amentep]

Did we ever post/talk about Alex Garland's Annihilation?

 

I'm looking forward to it.

 

[SonicMage117]

 

What a strange trailer... but excited for the movie nonetheless.

[Gfted1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=140&v=3hhFT3vCeko

[SonicMage117]

Okay so here's the real (final) trailer... without the documentary stuff.

Edited December 8, 2017 by SonicMage117

[injurai]

Netflix to Adapt John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War as a Movie

 

 

[Hurlshort]

Netflix to Adapt John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War as a Movie

 

I enjoyed that book. It might turn out pretty well.

[Blarghagh]

Okay so here's the real (final) trailer... without the documentary stuff.

https://youtu.be/vRTRGAMFHaE

Uh, no. You just linked the documentary stuff with 5 seconds of different intro.

[injurai]

Goldblum being back is exciting, but Jurassic World was steaming condensed disappointment.

 

It will server as a fantastic case study for future script writers of what not to do.

[SonicMage117]

Uh, no. You just linked the documentary stuff with 5 seconds of different intro.

Tis fixed

[Blarghagh]

Goldblum being back is exciting, but Jurassic World was steaming condensed disappointment.

 

It will server as a fantastic case study for future script writers of what not to do.

 

What, leave audiences applauding and make a gazillion dollars?

 

Not defending the film, I personally enjoyed it but that's because I'm a Jurassic Park fanboy who will lap anything up with that name on it and I am aware of that and that the film I enjoyed was ridiculously stupid. In spite of that, in any metric that matters to studios it was a resounding success?

[Malcador]

Netflix to Adapt John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War as a Movie

 

 

Hopefully not the series, that got boring at the end, especially with the last book being a retelling of the third.

[algroth]

Okay so here's the real (final) trailer... without the documentary stuff.

 

No "uh" between "life" and "finds a way"? DOWNVOTED.

[injurai]

Jurassic World 2 director JA Bayona: 'Jeff Goldblum Fallen Kingdom role is a cameo'

 

Hmmm

[Blarghagh]

Was announced that way iirc. Filmed one day.

[injurai]

[Bartimaeus]

she got them gollum eyes

[algroth]

 

It's weird to think that the most reined in Robert Rodriguez film in years features a protagonist that kinda looks like a weeb sex doll. I'm not too sure about what's the idea there.

Edited December 8, 2017 by algroth

[injurai]

Well it's based on a manga, that James Cameron had been planning to adapt for ages until he turned 110% of his attention to Avatar. At which RR was selected to direct.

 

I've never actually read the manga myself. But this hybrid style that they are going for is really weird. Hybrid in two ways. One, a mix of CGI and real people. Two, the anime aesthetic on Alita is not applied to the other androids. I can't tell if it's a movie aimed at kids, trying to capture a wider crowd, or in someway trying to tap in part to a simmering western fetish that the west, unlike Japan, is too prudish to wear bluntly on the sleeve. The whole fem-android trope clearly has always played to the later. Plus weird fudging of the aesthetic to cater to two crowds isn't helping it's case. I don't think it will be debase, but It seems like the creators have some strange priorities while exploring transhuman ideals.

 

I like Waltz and Connelly a lot, so maybe something will come of this. Not holding my breath. The trailer seems to over sell itself.