Last Movie You Watched

[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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[Spineur]

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

Since you are a french film afficianado you may want to try this one which has been restaured in hd.  Interesting story (1938),  great actors.  Fantastic restauration.

Personnally I am impatiently waiting for a restaured version of Renoir "le crime de Monsieur Lange",  mentionned by André. It is oop at present.

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[Mister Sharpe]

Since you are a french film afficianado you may want to try this one which has been restaured in hd.  Interesting story (1938),  great actors.  Fantastic restauration.

Personnally I am impatiently waiting for a restaured version of Renoir "le crime de Monsieur Lange",  mentionned by André. It is oop at present.

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I have heard about this but the cobwebs of time had me confused for a mo. Must look for both - I really like Jules Berry!  Some (as in a few) say M. Lange is Renoir's greatest.  THANKS, Spineur!

[drogulus]

Since you are a french film afficianado you may want to try this one which has been restaured in hd.  Interesting story (1938),  great actors.  Fantastic restauration.

Personnally I am impatiently waiting for a restaured version of Renoir "le crime de Monsieur Lange",  mentionned by André. It is oop at present.

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     It's available as a DVD-R as of 2015:

      

[SonicMan46]

A favorite!  Enjoyed the remake, but liked this one more so.  RE:  The Thing (1951)

Well, I'm w/ Bill about the 1950s Sci-Fi films (I was a kid then!) - own the Arness DVD version of The Thing - no BD yet - another favorite from the era is also shown below, i.e. War of the Worlds w/ Gene Barry - also have the DVD, but would love to see a well-done blurry restoration.  Dave

 

[SonicMan46]

After my previous post, I was curious how many 'Sci-Fi' films were made in the 1950s?  As expected, there is a Wiki listing HERE - there are nearly 200 films in that link - WOW!  Now, I've seen many of these movies in the past but own less than a dozen (my collection quoted below), about equally split between DVD & BD formats - I would particularly like to see a BD offering for The War of the Worlds & Journey to the Center of the Earth!    Dave

1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still - BD
Mysterious Island - BD
The Thing (from Another World) - DVD
  1953
The War of the Worlds - DVD
  1954
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - DVD
Creature from the Black Lagoon - BD
Them! - BD
  1956
Forbidden Planet - BD
Invasion of the Body Snatchers - BD
  1959
Journey to the Center of the Earth - DVD

[SonicMan46]

Last night I watched the film below, recorded on my DVR from the TCM channel:

The Young in Heart (1938) w/ the cast shown below - also synopsis quoted (from Rotten Tomatoes) - excellent ensemble acting, charming, warm, and a nice film for this time of the year - recommended.  Dave

A comparatively little-known entry in the "screwball comedy" genre, David O. Selznick's The Young in Heart goes for quiet chuckles rather than bellylaughs. Adapted by Paul Osborn and Charles Bennett from a short story by I. R. Wylie, the film concentrates on a family of confidence tricksters. Paterfamilias Roland Young poses as a veteran of the Bengal Lancers in order to insinuate himself into high society; his birdbrained wife Billie Burke willingly goes along with any scheme her husband cooks up; and their work-resistant offspring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Janet Gaynor scheme to marry into weatlth. Right now, Janet's target is Scottish millionaire Richard Carlson (making his screen debut) to fill the family's coffers. The whole family teams up to fleece a wealthy old lady called Miss Fortune,played with showstopping relish by Broadway veteran Minnie Dupree. Through Miss Fortune's sweet, unassuming example, everyone in the family begins to reform. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. makes the supreme sacrifice of taking a job-which has the salutary effect of winning him the affections of poor-but-honest Paulette Goddard. Young in Heart originally ended with Miss Fortune passing away while surrounded by the repentant family; preview audiences hated this denouement, obliging Selznick to film a new ending, with Minnie Dupree joyously tooling about on a motorcyle! Our favorite scene: Roland Young and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. at a construction site, comparing the workers to insects.

 

[Bogey]

Well, I'm w/ Bill about the 1950s Sci-Fi films (I was a kid then!) - own the Arness DVD version of The Thing - no BD yet - another favorite from the era is also shown below, i.e. War of the Worlds w/ Gene Barry - also have the DVD, but would love to see a well-done blurry restoration.  Dave

 

Would love a BD of the 1951 film, Dave. 

[drogulus]

Well, I'm w/ Bill about the 1950s Sci-Fi films (I was a kid then!) - own the Arness DVD version of The Thing - no BD yet - another favorite from the era is also shown below, i.e. War of the Worlds w/ Gene Barry - also have the DVD, but would love to see a well-done blurry restoration.  Dave

 

     I hear iTunes has the HD version of WOTW 1953, though it may only be for purchase, not rental. After downloading, since you OWN it, you can transcode and burn it to BD.

[Mister Sharpe]

     It's available as a DVD-R as of 2015:

     

Thankin' you kindly, drogulus.

Spineur : I resolved my confusion; I thought for a mo you were referring to Le crime de Sylvestre Bonnard, a French silent based on novel by Anatole France I've wanted to see since about forever. But of course a lot of things weren't matching-up!  I really need something stronger than tea in the AM...