JamesTyler

Actress isn't used anymore? How odd.

 

You still get it, but it's rare. Everythings equal now, but a female Doctor would just be strange. I'll be put on the sexist shelf, but a stong female lead doesn't have the same effect as a strong male lead. Besides... he is a male Timelord and opening the changing sex via Regeneration thing opens a can of many worms.

 

Wow, we've not had an empty use of "PC" as an insult for at least a few days now. Explain to me, in non-racist terms, why it's wrong for the Doctor to potentially be black.

 

The most obvious answer is that he's a white guy.

 

I don't see much difference if he's black, green or blue. Theres the argument that Nine put forth when he regenerated that you never know what you'll get even 'two heads or no head' and although I don't remember it there's been a lot of talk about Romana's regeneration showing multiple options before she turned into Tom Bakers wife. But at the same time I do have this 'black guy for the sake of a black guy' fear.

 

The name being thrown around is a good one, but at the same time the Doctor is a white guy and since Joseph's name came about saying such a thing makes you racist, saying it's time for a black Doctor makes you PC. The whole things just became a bit annoying for me in that perspective.

I will agree that the Spidey series is better than the new Batman series. Although I did love The Dark Knight, Batman Begins was terrible. It was like, "...so when does Batman REALLY begin?"

 

I thought the same the first time I watched it. I just sat and got frustrated with how long it took for Batman to show up and as a result all the pre-Bat stuff went on too long for me.

 

The second viewing I knew how long it would be, so I didn't mind as much and enjoyed it a lot more.

i heard it was some guy called Cage Tyler

 

well i heard it FROM Cage Tyler

 

dont know if that holds much water though

 

You'd be shocked that some people actually believed that (along with emails congratulating me) considering it was the result of a rant on another forum and I've always made a point that I rarely post anything serious on there

 

I'm hoping for a surprise - someone relatively unknown with stage experience. It would be better if it's not someone younger but equal or older to Tennant. Patick Stewart would be a great addition to the cast and has a good background behind him, but in the SF world he may be too big for the part and despite recently being voted one of the sexiest over 50's on the world... isn't quite the heat throb the BBC may want to follow Tennant.

 

A few people have talked to have told me it's definitely Robert Carlyle, they're absolutely positively 100% sure. Shame he's doing Stargate Universe and those same people said the same thing in the last series regeneration cliffhanger

 

As for Robert Webb - I wouldn't mind him in the role for some reason, though I could imagine David Mitchell in there for some bizarre reason.

Martin Stone v Wolfgang...

...Gathering 2, September in Glasgow

Jack Nicholson looked "completely and utterly insane" from the very beginning though.

Hence the "You've always been the caretaker" line. Also, Rod, see if you can watch the documentary made by Kubrick's daughter, it sheds a bit of light on why Shelly Duvall was the way she was.

 

I always thought it was a bit harsh at the time, but it got the result he wanted - though I recently found out Nick Meyer used a similar technique with William Shatner to get the opposite effect

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=J5z4Vs26-TI

 

"You've just called a murder scene..."

Another thing Jay and Silent Bob have been done to death, Strike Back was the final nail in their coffin, Clerks 2 was it getting lowered into the ground, all I asking is Smith tries and retains the same style of his first few films but without those guys.

 

Or maybe thats just not in him.

 

It probably isn't. Think of the line in Strikes Back, 'You gotta grow'. Not only creatively but he's obviously growing up and there'd be a lot of changes in that. Professionally I don't think anyone would want to be seen as a one trick pony, he maybe wants to make his movies more successful than the Askewniverse was and the RomCom formats the way to go.

 

I haven't seen the film yet though, so I can't judge on that...

That Famke Janseen freaks me out big time.

 

Because she could kill you with her thighs?

 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NkTwDQA0Vrw

 

I just came in my pants a little. Well, a lot.

Dave Gormans Googlewhack Adventure - better than I remember it, one of the routines I could watch over and over again... and refreshing showing it to someone who had never seen him before.

 

Throw Momma Off the Train - I hadn't seen this film for years and forgot how funny it was. I got in in a three pack with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and City Slickers, which was another I hadn't watched for years and probably appreciate it now more than I had when I was younger.

 

Now I'm just waiting on my DS9 DVD.

Just waiting on Googlewhack Adventure from LoveFilm to show it to a recently converted Dave Gorman fan

 

awww man, you are in for a treat

 

I know.. I absolutely love that show. I tried to explain it to someone and ended up just showing her the ID/tattoo clip from YouTube which resulted in a lot of laughter. I've been desperately waiting for the chance to show her the full DVD.

 

I havent seen it for a while and am looking forward to seeing it again, but the anticipation is heightened by showing it to someone who hasn't seen any of his stuff before.

I'm with the Jackie Brown lot. It's my favourite of all his work and it does help being an Elmore Leonard fan too. Definatly underrated.

 

I tried to watch Underworld: Evolution when it was on Channel 4 but by the time the first ad came on I was bored out of my mind and changed the channel. Also watched the Longest Yard on Five recently and was pleasantly surprised. There were a few tedious moments (I think I made him shit himself) but Kevin Nash (who looks more and more like Wolfgang to methese days) more than made up for it.

 

Just waiting on Googlewhack Adventure from LoveFilm to show it to a recently converted Dave Gorman fan and DS9 season 5

After showing the poster I'm geeking this thread up again with the new Star Trek trailer:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSgvAHu3IEI

 

StarTrekMovie.com is releasing it in HD in two hours, but this is the best of the bootlegs to hit. The nerd in me is hesitant about history/canon etc, but that looks like a movie I'd pay to see.

just wondering about the Star Trek flick, it's a weird movie to promote. I know there's a massive Star Trek fan base, and everyone of them is gonna rush out to see this. But does anyone actually think casual movie viewers will go see it? I mean, as far as i can tell, Star Trek is pretty much laughed at by non-fans, it's got that nerdy thing going for it that doesn't appeal to many people.

 

I think this film will achieve the opposite, drawing in the curious and nostalgic crowd, but the more I read about it, the more I see it alienating the hardcore fans. But the casual fans might like it. Plus it has the advantage of having notable names such as Zachary Quinto as Spock, JJ Abrahms in charge and even Simon Pegg involved...

 

The Star Trek name always makes money, maybe with the exception of deciding to release Nemesis at a really odd time, and films like First Contact, Wrath of Khan and Undiscovered Country bridge the gap between the following and a casual audience.. and it's one of the most recognisable franchises out there which even the casual viewers will 'get'. The reboot seems to be selling it to the casuals more than the following (who will watch anyway) and from what I've read on it thus far has the right mix of nostalgia and re-imaging to draw them in... but I'm still very hesitant.

 

Plus the following, both Star Trek and sci fi in general, is huge and isn't as much the nerdy basement dwellers people imagine, much like how people see the average wrestling fan.

 

Also, the bridge looks like an Apple store.

 

I'll probably go see it out of pure curiosity (and i do actually plan on watching the Star Trek tv series one day).

 

Make sure it's Deep Space Nine, though skip the first few seasons I actually find it really hard to watch some of the old DS9's and Next Generation episodes. It just didn't feel as right as DS9's war era, while Enterprise was slow and dull and Voyager, while it had its moments, essentially devolved into the Jeri Ryan show.

Though I think they've went a bit too far with the 'reboot', I'm loving some of the cast's look;

 

Monsters Inc. is by far the best Pixar movie.

 

Agreed.

 

Anyway, watched That Thing You Do last night when I couldn't sleep. I'm not a big Tom Hanks fan and seeing as it was written by, directed and starred him I figured it'd get me to sleep pretty quickly, but sadly I got into it and watched to the end. I wouldn't say it was a five star film and was pretty predictable the whole way through, but it seemed enjoyable enough. Though I have to stop watching movies when I need to sleep...

 

With my VCR finally dead the films I can watch while working has halved, so I need to find stuff that may interest me...

Duel at Diablo.

I'm not fond of westerns so I wasn't exactly keen on it, but for some reason I ended up watching it all the way through. James Garner and Sidney Poitier recruited to tag along with a convoy through Apache held territory, Garner looking for the man who killed his wife and some other stuff... Considering I don't like westerns, I enjoyed this way too much.

 

I also watched a film with Samuel L Jackson as a substitute teacher in a rough school on 5 last night. I didn't read the description so it looked like Dangerous Minds all over again, but it ended up being a bit different... and not very good.

he begining of 'Oldboy' which was weird but I'd like to watch the trilogy from the start, and 'The Faculty' which was brilliant and quite clever

I don't think it matters what order you watch them in, but I'd definatly eave Oldboy 'till last. I watched it first and the other two weren't as good. Well, in my opinion anyway :)I watched Dive from Clausens Peir or something like that starring Dawn from Buffy and the doctor fellow from Serenity. Terrible, terrible movie. The lead is so young looking that I found it hard to find her believable as someone ready to get married, the splot was so rushed that the characters in New York were close to pointless, the ending was rushed and pretty futile going against any common human logic."I have to get over my pain by sacrificing my life in order to pity my ex fiancee" was pathetic. The chemistry between Dawn and Serenity guy was non existent making the only good part of the story a little shit and to be perfectly honest the only reason I watched to the end is because Dawn grew up to be a pretty tasty woman who took her clothes off a bit.Also... finally got around to seeing Batman Begins. I liked it, it was good... but I had the 'Jay and Silent Bob' effect of thinking 'fuck this training pish, wheres Batman?', maybe down to never having him explained like that before. Batman is always around form the beginning so that took a bit of getting used to.Though he's terrible at keeping secrets, telling Joey from the Creek as soon as she asked and itching to tell Morgan Freeman. The scene where Freeman/Fox told him he didn't want to know just reminded me of Jackie Brown where Ordell is itching to start bragging to Max Cherry about who is is and what he does.

watched american history x the other night superb film probably the best edward nortons been in.

I watched him in the Italian Job on e4.. I couldn't help but think he was Bruno Kirby in the opening sequence.The Italian Job was alright as a modern, stylish American crime film... but other than using the nostalgia factor of fitting those three mini's into the plot, I couldn't see any reason to give the film the same name as the Micheal Caine original. Especially with the ending.Today while working I watched Mystery Men, which I've always loved but had no idea it was based on a comic book... 40 Year Old Virgin, which is still funny... But the highlight had to be Six Degrees of Separation. I'd only ever seen this film once before so ordered it on LoveFilm. It's still a wonderful film, a great role for Will Smith to play and when watching it today I kept seeing recognisable faces everywhere... the one that stuck out the most (outside the main cast) were Bruce Davison, Heather Graham and Lost/Star Trek producer JJ Abrams playing a bastard rich kid!

Last film: Superbad. Didn't expect it to live up to The 40 Year old Virgin and Forgetting Sarah Marshall but it's superb with some massive belly laughs, a few sick gags and excellent preformances from Jonah Hill and Michael Cera.

I was the same... I wasn't keen to watch it but I ended up seeing the second half of it on a self serving friends laptop in Northampton and loved it. I bought it a few months ago and it's become one of those films that hasn't had me bored with multiple viewings.The commentary's worth a listen too.I got Six Degrees of Seperation in the mail from Love Film today. I'll give that a watch this week at some point.

It slightly troubles me that Paul Rudd and Donald Faison haven't aged since Clueless. Not even slightly. Creepy. Clueless is actually on the list, by the way.

They've got saggier and pudgier, but the extra years has made them look better rather than worse.Shatner is the opposite seeing as he's slowly turning into a tomato, but he's still seven shades of awesome in Boston Legal. But thats understandable seeing as...

Aha's Take On Me - the literal version.

 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8HE9OQ4FnkQ

God that film made my blood boil.

Really? Thats very unlike you

I finally got around to watching Juno. Good film... considering it was written by a stripper/blogger it really showed up a lot of seasoned writers.

I watched the Producers all the way through for the first time and found all the OTT elements entertaining... ad bought In Bruges recently which I saw in the cinema and has just the right mix of darkness and comedy to suit me.I watched Zoolander again last night too. Some nice silliness with a Star Trek inspired villian.

I've been talking about that in another forum - its fallen into the rights/wrong stuff etc. I tried to google the show and the rules but only found this video - so it'll at least be good PR.

Heres a bit of the show before..http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bFdkzdNqU-w

Well... she looked like she was desperate to get a reaction. Lets face it... she got one!