Last Movie You Watched

[Bogey]

Well that's 3 hrs .. who can sit on their ass staring at a screen for that long? Hard to do for me at least .. it took me about 2 weeks to complete.

Overall, I loved the series. More adult-oriented and the 13 hours used to develop things proved effective. Casting was perfect.

Loved the casting as well....though still not overly sold on the main character's casting.  As for three hours (close to 2.5)....Friday from 9-midnight after a long week.....piece of cake.

[James]

Loved the casting as well....though still not overly sold on the main character's casting.  As for three hours (close to 2.5)....Friday from 9-midnight after a long week.....piece of cake.

The main character was one of the strong points for sure. He nails it. I can't watch anything that late, especially for that long .. I'll nod off soon enough.

[listener]

early Lubitsch
first a 109 minute documentary: Ernst Lubitsch in Hollywood
then two silent films: Ich möchte kein Mann sein (1918) and Die Puppe (1919)

[Jaakko Keskinen]

[Bogey]

A favorite!  Enjoyed the remake, but liked this one more so.

[James]

A favorite!  Enjoyed the remake, but liked this one more so.

John Carpenter's version is one of the best horror movies of all time. I have never seen this older version of the tale, can't imagine it being better! I'll have to check it out.

[Bogey]

John Carpenter's version is one of the best horror movies of all time. I have never seen this older version of the tale, can't imagine it being better! I'll have to check it out.

I am guessing you will like it less, but who knows.  The original just has such a 50's sci fi feel to it that I cannot get enough of it. 

[Bogey]

From net:

A more faithful adaptation of Campbell's story Who Goes There? was directed by John Carpenter and released in 1982 under the title The Thing.[31] This version is more faithful to the original story, however it paid homage to the earlier to original adaptation's "slow burning letters through background" opening title sequence.

[James]

From net:

A more faithful adaptation of Campbell's story Who Goes There? was directed by John Carpenter and released in 1982 under the title The Thing.[31] This version is more faithful to the original story, however it paid homage to the earlier to original adaptation's "slow burning letters through background" opening title sequence.

Makes sense .. Carpenter was a kid in the 50s too, he grew up on all that stuff.

[Bogey]

Makes sense .. Carpenter was a kid in the 50s too, he grew up on all that stuff.

Makes me want to pick up the novella.

[James]

Makes me want to pick up the novella.

Funny how that works ..

[Ken B]

I'm hot and cold with this series.  I find I can watch three episodes in a row and then need to take a break.

Me too when I watched it. Way better than I expected. But still, I am not that into Marvel.

[James]

I was never big on Daredevil growing up as a kid, I thought it was cool but I was preoccupied with other titles ..  I do have a few of the old Daredevil comics in my modest collection .. however, I have to admit that watching season 1 of the show does make me want to get some more Daredevil comics and or graphic novels. From what I've read Season 2 isn't as strong, but it does introduce the Punisher, leading to his own show. They have not been able to translate The Punisher to film effectively in the 3x they've tried .. hoping a long form TV series can pull it off. The material is just ripe for it.

[Bogey]

I was never big on Daredevil growing up as a kid, I thought it was cool but I was preoccupied with other titles ..  I do have a few of the old Daredevil comics in my modest collection .. however, I have to admit that watching season 1 of the show does make me want to get some more Daredevil comics and or graphic novels. From what I've read Season 2 isn't as strong, but it does introduce the Punisher, leading to his own show. They have not been able to translate The Punisher to film effectively in the 3x they've tried .. hoping a long form TV series can pull it off. The material is just ripe for it.

Punisher in the tv series worked for me.  (I was pleasantly surprised)  As a young kid I enjoyed DD, but found for Marvel nothing beat Spidey.   However, later I really latched on to DD when Frank Milller took over the book. 

[James]

Punisher in the tv series worked for me.  (I was pleasantly surprised)  As a young kid I enjoyed DD, but found for Marvel nothing beat Spidey.   However, later I really latched on to DD when Frank Milller took over the book.

I'll probably try to pick up a paperback version of Miller's DD then, something that collects a bunch of them together .. Miller's Batman stuff was great. Has the TV Punisher series begun yet? I'm reading 2017. Another one I'm curious about is the Luke Cage series, you see that one?

[Bogey]

I'll probably try to pick up a paperback version of Miller's DD then, something that collects a bunch of them together .. Miller's Batman stuff was great. Has the TV Punisher series begun yet? I'm reading 2017. Another one I'm curious about is the Luke Cage series, you see that one?

Just be sure Miller wrote the stuff you get.  He began on the series as an artist with 158? or even before with a Spidey team up I believe.  Later he took over the writing and even let someone else do the art.  That's when it soared.   

[James]

John Dies at the End
2012 ‧ Fantasy/Horror ‧ 1h 40m

A new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an otherworldly invasion of Earth is underway.

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[Drasko]

Just be sure Miller wrote the stuff you get.  He began on the series as an artist with 158? or even before with a Spidey team up I believe.  Later he took over the writing and even let someone else do the art.  That's when it soared.

Yes, I think it starts with 158 and Miller takes over writing completely by 168, introduces Elektra and the best part of his run starts there and goes from 168 to 181 (death of Elektra). Miller does 10 more issues, mostly tying up loose ends, though those episodes aren't bad as well, and leaves, his last issue being 191. Those first ten issues (158-167) are really poor scripts and are worth reading only to see the evolution of Miller's drawing which is somewhat unusual for American comics, his influences being mostly European (Hugo Pratt) and Japanese Mangas, at that time much less known. Towards the end of the run he slowly (mid 170s to mid 180s issues) relinquishes drawing to Klaus Janson, his inker, but Janson's style is very close to Miller's own.

Then he returns with Born Again story line 227-233, with David Mazzucchelli as the artist, and that is another high point of Miller's Daredevil. Mazzucchelli is a fantastic artist who did Batman Year One with Miller and some excellent arty graphic novels on his own, like Asterios Polyp and City of Glass (based on Paul Auster).

Miller twice more returned to Daredevil. He did an origin story with Romita Jr.: miniseries titled The Man Without Fear, of which I'm less fond. And he did graphic novel Love and War with Bill Sienkiewicz which I really liked (I'm big fan of Sienkiewicz, he also did Elektra: Assassin with Miller and mind bending Stray Toasters on his own).

Marvell published the entirety of Miller's Daredevil in five paperbacks: original run plus Love and War in first three volumes, while Born Again and The Man Without Fear have a paperback each to themselves. The only daft thing about it is that the best part of the original run (168-181) is split between first and second volume. 

[Mister Sharpe]

Can't we just talk about French movies?  Kidding! (no, I'm not)...

[Mister Sharpe]

Like this one, par exemple; Americans, esp., expect French films to be enigmatical, conundrumical. This, tops them all.  A serious challenge to the way you think about film, yourself,  the world, your ability to know, in fact, the possibility of actually knowing... 

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