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You seen this teaser trailer for BUCK ROGERS!?!?
Hey folks, Harry here with something of an awesome curiosity...
This is a labor of love by the folks making this. I had heard about this, and yes it is somehow authorized, but its a group of people that are determined to make a retro BUCK ROGERS web serial. And I have to say - that's a fun little teaser - let's keep our eyes out on this. Right?
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Pretty, pretty, pretty good
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Hmmm. Looks... interesting.
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Um...MAYBE...holding judgment on this, since Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow really left me wanting in regards to modern retro. I'm going to need to see a little more before I know whether or not I'm interested in a Buck Rogers relaunch.
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High ideas and concepts can get a good assfucking when the money people get on board
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bad to the mother fucking bone.
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Let's hope it's not another epic disaster like Sky Captain.
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Cause if they pull a Starship Troopers and purposefully hire bad actors, i'm not gonna be happy. I say go for the Spped Racer route )good actors playing cheesy). Much more fun that way.
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this movie will SUCK
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...from the producer/star of the fan film series STAR TREK: NEW VOYAGES (aka STAR TREK: PHASE II). More info: http://trekmovie.com/2009/01/12/phase-iis-james-cawley-bringing-buck-rogers-to-the-web/
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That's the guy who plays Kirk in those fan-made (and honestly improving) new Star Trek episodes. I'd bet that it's the same guy and some of the same people are making this.
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Is the bomb. Wish it was a feature.
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But isn't Buck Rogers owned by that woman who killed TSR?
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There are really some hidden gems out there that I'm sure real SciFi enthusiasts will love. Admittedly execution varies but all concepts are in the spirit of great scifi.
Check out http://www.scifinal.com/ which is a directory of indie scifi web series.
Some notables:
*Riese: A steampunk style adventure with the budget of Dr. Horrible about a traveler and her wolf hunted by a mysterious sect.
*Neighborhood Watch @The Hollywood: A scifi mystery which events unfold as seen through the eyes of the mysterious operator of a security system for a luxury condo complex.
*My Roommate the Cylon: A comedy about 3 roommates one of which is an undercover Cylon.
*The Vetala: The Vetala is a supernatural thriller about a hostile, yet conflicted spirit from the pages of Sanskrit mythology, and the succession of people it travels through...
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I admit, this gave me goosebumps. I hope they do a proper film though, it would be a shame, if this had the same destiny as SKy Captain.
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Will this Buck be the "REAL" Buck Rogers or will he be an anti-white anti-America anti-corporate Muslim extremist apologist who believes in socialism? We Shall See.
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would be a cool time warp romp.
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whatever the fuck your "handle" is....sounds like you just got done watching An American Carol...
good for you young hitler youth!!!! -
That SUCKED Buck!
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sorry for my pissy comment...and poor grammer...it is just one of those nights.
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Can someone please tell this guy to stop making this shit?
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Not really an indication of anything. But neat.
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Im not old enough for the black and white stuff and this does seem to emulate the 80's stuff Im more familiar with and It was a teaser in every sense of the word so I cant tell you Im interested.
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bwah ha ha.
what are the classic movies that shall not be remade?
(but will anyway)
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Dec 03, 2009 2:23:00 AM CST
Well, he already ruined Trek with his terrible acting
by lockesbrokenleg
and enough CG to ram up your ass. Ever notice all he puts out is trailers? I bet we see the finished product in about 4 years.
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Yeah, it'll be like that.
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Post Office w/ Zach Galifianakis
make that movie...
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sorry for that random post...it really is just one of those nights.
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As for the movie itself who knows. Hope it's good though, I love that retro look.
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This isn't cool Harry. Not in the slightest.
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Lets hope after the shit-fest that was The Spirit he has Buck Rogers taken away from him and handed over to these guys as that little teaser looked great. I love the retro art deco style. More please!!
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It's a fan made internet production.
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I like the retro-looking ship.
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that is what this site is about...talking about anything that is slighty nerdy and or cool.
duh. so what if it is a fan made production...is it cool? -
yes....yes it is kinda cool.
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is A Cinematic Treasure! Don't disrespect!
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you are correct sir!!!
i refused to watch the second...and although i heard the third one was good...i never saw that one either...any comments on those two? -
because there is nothing to this trailer.
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What a legend.
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Another asshole trying to get a feature made with 30 seconds of CGI like that useless fuck Kerry Conran did with Sky Captain which was fucking trash. Hey Knowles, how did backing him for John Carter of Mars work out for ya? Anywho, Hollywood just shows how fucking dumb they are by slobbering over FX reels by basement dwelling nerds. Why not try hiring people who make short films that display, oh, I don't know, an actual STORY with some interesting CHARACTERS and a good PLOT? Ah, who am I kidding, Hollywood doesn’t want anything like that. What they want is hacks that can deliver visual effects heavy garbage like Michael Bay and his ilk.
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sad but true.
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Cheese and crackers Harry, you may officially be running the site that has run the English language crashing into the toilet. Was typing "Have" before that so expensive? Do you need me to send you a couple of bucks so you can afford a final shred of dignity for your site?
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I AM AMAZED! I mean, HOLY SHIT, right?
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Dec 03, 2009 3:36:21 AM CST
BergerBoy, JUST LOOK AT THAT PANIC ATTACK! VIDEO THAT WENT VIRAL
by tehcreepythinman
The guy who made that now has a deal to make a fucking movie!?! Based on what?!? A fucking four and a half minute short of robots and spaceships blasting a city!!! Hey, if they guy can sucker Hollywood into forking over some cash then Ceiling Cat bless him but it just shows how completely and utterly bereft of idea’s the fucking cretins that run the studio’s are. The fact that they’re using YouTube to recruit talent is somewhat encouraging but I’d like to see them draw talent that is capable of something other than Sci-fi/Action explosion fests that involve Aliens/Robots and/or Spaceships. Director’s like Scorsese, Coppola, DePalma etc….didn’t have the internet or the virtually limitless digital technology at their disposal that we do today and, yet, they were able to build a career by making short films and working their way up to features. I had hoped that the Internet, HD video and computers would have, by now, ushered in a whole new generation of Directors making creative and innovative movies at a reasonable cost. Instead, Hollywood is now spending between 200 to 300 million fucking dollars on fucking MOVIES and it doesn’t seem to bother any of them. Eventually we’re going to see a crash similar to 69/70/71 when the studio’s were making nothing but ridiculously expensive flops while the independents were forging ahead and exploring different types of cinema using the lightweight film equipment that had been developed.
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That teaser looks nothing like 80's buck! Sure you got it the right way around? This seems to be going the 30's/40's route.
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Now let's see Wilma !
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that Shay Carl dude and his family would be gold on TLC (after the whole jon/kate shit)
but other than that I really hope hollywood stays away from youtube...
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Read about it on his official site and the site for this show. And on his Twitter: http://twitter.com/Gil_Gerard
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Dec 03, 2009 4:08:06 AM CST
Wish they'd do FILMATION's Flash Gordon like that...Damn!
by monkey_king
My curiousity is peaked.
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You are incorrect, sir. There is an actual, honest-to-God new "Buck Rogers" TV series coming down the pike, featuring Gil Gerard and Erin Gray as Buck's parents. I wasn't sure if this was the series, and maybe I'm wrong here, but I don't think that James Cawley dude has a for-real TV development deal for anything. I do know they're shooting the series in New York right now, and I tend to think it's for SyFy. So this is an authorized fan-made series, and there's a for-real series for TV coming soon ...
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that shit don't fly with me, just feels off for what it could be. But watching that swank-lookin' rocket dance about the clouds with the saucer-style exhaust made me quite happy. That said, I hope there is more vision for this than just a ship.
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i was really looking forward to that one, ebert even gave it 4 stars WTF!
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Whoopsie! I did a little fact-checking and it appears they ARE one and the same. I know someone who just directed an episode (possibly, the pilot, since he mentioned working with Gray and Gerard) in New York, and I just assumed it was a big budget affair for TV. Looks like this is legit. Maybe it'll get them away from doing "Star Trek" fan movies?
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IN THE 25TH AND A HALF CENTURYYYYYYYY
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web series
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I hope they have a space disco
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Dec 03, 2009 5:54:10 AM CST
ominus - your off by a century. Daffy ripped the piss in the
by famouseccles
24th and a half !!!
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huh?
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Dec 03, 2009 6:04:42 AM CST
that was a pretty impressive couple of seconds. also, helps show
by famouseccles
how irrational some haters are - you fuckers are jealous off everything. Losers!! This Bobby Quinn Rice character though looks more like the supporting "chip on his shoulder against the universe" type. Personally I think Ryan Reynolds or Nathan "27%" Fillion are the ideal Buck to bring disco to the 25th century. Everything needs a bit more Reynolds or Fillion.
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..it's why you can't buy a comic in the drugstore anymore. Angry old guys who don't remember the fun. FamousEccles - they were good old days indeed. I saw the theatrical release of the '70's film when I was ten or so - blown away! I take my sequential art and my sci fi seriously but let's not crush it in our pissy little death grip.
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the gall of these people.
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"You know....like....you're Facebook page is....like....really boring yah know???"
"Yeah....LOLZZZZ..bet u dnt evn cut yrslf...LLLOLLLZ loser!!"
"WhY DoNt YoU Go MySpAcE YoUrSeLf?? My IpOd Is MoRe FlY, TwIlIgHt RuLz!!!11!!"
"You are SOOOOOOOOOOOOO 2007!!!!!!"
Fuckin' faggot!! Be a man and insult a minority you lesbian!!! The old insults work the best. -
It looks cool, I'm curious enough to check out the first episode. As far as "Panic Attack," the director got a deal not just because of the effects or scope, but because he effectively spent like $500 on it. The real trend isn't studios spending lots of money but finding commercial directors who do their own special effects or who can deliver the same or more for less. Neill Blomkamp is another example of this.
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Dec 03, 2009 7:18:58 AM CST
Siffy Flash Gordon producers, there's what you did wrong
by brandloyalist
Freakin' portals. 120 seconds worth of stock Rocket Ship shots, a couple of Rocket Ship sets in front of a green screen, a portable Rocket Ship to plop down outdoors, and maybe a Ming the Merciless who's not less evil and scary than Team Rocket. Hand out some swords and rayguns and wham, you've got a Flash Gordon show.
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And they didn't use the Queen theme. That was a HUGE no-no.
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No one has really done that right that I can think of, it always ends up being a modern style with 50's accents. Love how the ship looked.
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I know most folks didn't get it (or see it), but it's ten times more entertaining than Transformers ever will be!
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The man surrounds himself at conventions with Star Trek fans who will devour ANYTHING trek related, no matter how poorly done--which in turn attracts the lower-tiered Star Trek actors who need to find any way to stay relevant.
As a result, we now have a delusional film-maker, thinking he makes quality products, butchering another iconic series.
Look, I appreciate fan films and fan filmmakers. They can be a HOOT sometimes. But half the fun of those is that the filmmakers are aware of their limitations, and work within them. Cawley, now surrounded by sycophants (I use THAT term loosely), does not have a voice of reason to tell him "ehh, maybe you should rethink this." -
Agreed
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If someones going to invest time and money they should create their own property, not milk what's already been done. Lame.
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It looks like Jim Cawley is at again. What is it with this guy trying to bring his versions of retro sci-fi shows to the web? Don’t get me wrong, I like the idea, but he always ends up going all political and preachy.
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Dec 03, 2009 8:48:34 AM CST
alienindisguise: they are out there creating their own property!
by immortal-1
They just don't get covered! Check out Mercury Men which is an attempt to bring back the adventure cliffhanger serial. http://scifinal.com/the-mercury-men/ The whole reason why Buck is even covered at AICN is because it's an established property.
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Dec 03, 2009 8:50:38 AM CST
BrandLoyalist Said It All - Also BergerBoy and Dingbatty et al
by thusspakespymunk
Don't mind me, guys. My comment was perhaps said too-subtly (!!!) in that it was meant to be a slam against the Skiffy FLASH GORDON show, which hyper-politicized Flash into all the things I said.Since about, oh, five people watched the Skiffy FLASH GORDON, let me slightly elaborate - they turned Ming the Merciless into a white corporate capitalist (which automatically made him evil in this show). They set up the structure of the world of Mongo as a formerly-peaceful socialst world that fell under capitalism and then succumbed to evil as a result (because capitalism is evil). Ming was criticized for being a businessman, instead of just giving away the inventions and resources he cultivated for free. And the heroes were basically portrayed in that show as terrorists, running around destroying capitalist factories and things like that, which the show was apologist about, since the show basically argued "well, they have to do that to fight the evil capitalist!" The whole thing was just disgusting. Sorry if it sounded MORE political than I intended. I was mainly slamming FLASH GORDON. And sorry if I wasn't more clear.
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make it so.
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I love the Duck Dodgers ones, but does anyone remember the hilarious DRAGNET-in-space Daffy character? Joe Thursday or something? That one is awesome. "3:23 PM - he leavews the Blast-In. 3:24 PM - we arrive at the Blast-In."
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You managed to find something COOL...amazing!!!!
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zzzzzz
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Erin Gray in spandex.
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Buck Rogers doesn't have a thing on "Long Island Goo Spew". Check out the keylimeproductions channel on YouTube. I must say, though, this Buck Rogers thing could be fun. I'm beginning to like the webisode format more and more.
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Could be a winner!
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I thought his first name was Anthony? Seriously.
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Using modern fx techniques and classic retro design. Kinda reminds me of William Gibson's short story, The Gernsback Continuum.
Here's hoping the writing, directing, and acting are decent. I'd hate if there was nothing underneath the veneer of neat-o design and fx. -
Dec 03, 2009 10:15:36 AM CST
FYI: The robots in Sky Captain are eerily reminiscent of...
by royston lodge
...the robots in this classic Superman cartoon:
http://tinyurl.com/yu4wvg -
I ended up enjoying Flash Gordon quite a lot, actually. Started out VERY slow, but the last five or six weeks were pretty strong episodes and worked really well. If they would have had a larger budget and a second season in which to get more ambitious, I think it could have worked out and been quite interesting.
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That's better than anything mainstream Hollywood is putting out these days. BRING IT!
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i'd watch this
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He's enthusiastic and did what surely none of us here managed to do. Continue the geek's dream! That's an accomplishment. Now whether we like or not stands on a very other page. There's so much crap on TV I don't watch - 'cause I don'tlike it. And then there are series like HEROES, where I still watch and pray to the nonexistent God to undo my watching experience, that he had wiped out the crappy storylines. So I wish Mr. Cawley all the best. Some of his STAR TREK webisodes provided just cool stuff, others not so much. BUT - he did something, I just can envy and enjoy. AND - he should NEVER EVER try to develop his version of LOST! 'nuff said!
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Telekinetic space midgets FTW!!!
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"Bidibidibidi what the fuck, Buck?"
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A) That "nice sky" is basically part of Maya's fluid dynamics presets. Press a button and you have nice sky. Which brings me to... B) Where are the characters? It's pretty easy to build a ship, throw a particle emitter out the back and make it go forward. While it comes together with a nice look, I hardly see anything here that shows promise. Show me a character then we'll talk, because this is basically a weekends worth of work.
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...was a "Buck Rogers" type of serial?
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I don't know what the finished product will be like, but I dug the hell out of that teaser. And what's with all the Sky Captain hate? Sky Captain was a ton of fun, and if you hated it you must be dead inside. Turn in your geek card on the way out, please.
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It looks like they're going for the old timey newspaper cartoon look but it just isn't that cool anymore. It needs to match the 30's pulp style more it does. Right now it reminds me too much of the Popeye logo.
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If only the upcoming remake of Flash Gordon is done with the same respect.
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I watched some of it at lunch and I'm fairly impressed. The uniforms and props are usually the ACTUAL ones used on the original show! The sets are pretty much perfect reproductions. The acting is a bit better than expected, especially by the guy doing Kirk. I don't know why he didn't style his hair like Shatner, but he's got his speech patterns and mannerisms down pretty cold. Bones sucks ass and the guy doing Spock has the speech patterns pretty good but just feels really amatuerish. Luckily they just recast him with a guy that is Zachary Quinto's CLONE! The CGI is excellent, on par with the TOS remastered effects. The writing is very good. I was surprised to learn that they are working from discarded actual Star Trek scripts on occassion! They are actually getting rewrites from DC Fonatana who is a fricken' co-producer on it now! My one pet peeve with the show is the quality of the sound. It's a bit echoey because it's just recorded live on the sets. The music cues are great though. You guys should really check them out, they are worth the effort.
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"then we'll talk." Thanks for the laugh.
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So Cawley makes a fan film about Star Trek, puts it out on the internet for free and says "Don't watch it if you don't like fan films" Yet people watch and they still bitch and complain. Bizarre to start with.
So the haters aside, his series does get positive feedback from fans and critics. It wins awards, is even nominated for a Hugo. Based on that enjoyed product, he get's the license to create a series for profit. Something again you can choose to purchase or not.
So the question is, where does your anger come from. Is it jealousy? I mean if he put a gun to your head and said now you're going to watch all 5 episodes of Phase 2 and then you're going to fork over $1.99 and watch Buck Rogers, sure you'd have some reason to be pissed.
Expressing anger over someone else's legitimate success, regardless if you perceive that success as warranted, either makes you insular or insane.
I would offer that there is a plethora of old TV shows and movies just begging for remakes and updates. If you hate Cawley's efforts so much, then go on out there secure a license and out perform him. You'll then have some personal satisfaction of achieved success like he has, instead of empty vitriol. -
I think that the L Buck Rogers might be a nod to Larry "Buster" Crabbe who played Buck in the 1940s.
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http://www.ripoffreport.com/producers/james-cawley-cawley/james-cawley-cawley-entertai-m2abf.htm
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She's still hot. :-)
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Or complaint, you name it. Just watched last ep and it was kind of wonderful. AND it was written by Tim Kring. can't help it, but that was truly one very emotional tv hour. THX, Mr. Kring. You still have it! Please do THAT kind of story on a far more regular schedule. Seems there's still some HEROES love in my stoney heart...
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If you want to hear some of the most amazing acting ever, listen to Erin Grey say "YES! YOU TOOK THE DENT OUT OF CRICHTON'S BRAIN!"
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It's soo stupid and stylized. Ugh. Fuck this shit.
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A few of his Star Trek shorts were entertaining and better than some of the cheesy Next Generation episodes I've suffered through. The guy has some money to burn, that's for sure. I assume he has a lot of fellow fan help with his costumes, f/x and sets.
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Jeez, where did the love for fun go around here. I still watch my serials collections....seeing new material by people trying to do the old stuff justice is pretty exciting really. Loved that clip.
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At least update the shitty looking ship.
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"It was even worse than I thought it would be! All the ridiculous stuff I had heard of was there like dingbat Gwyneth Paltrow not being able to figure out that there are 6 scientists missing and the last one is standing in front of her saying that he was the seventh member of a group and that there's only one left and she's desperately asking "Who is it doctor?". I haven't seen **** like that since Abbot and Costello's "Who's on first" schtick!
Giant robots attack! Now I'd have to watch it again to make sure (not on your life!), but it seemed to me that as they approached everyone was running around in the street and pointing towards them (lined up like Vegas dancers of course) while Gwyneth runs to a payphone to tell her editor that she just interviewed a scientist whom she has a sneaking suspicion just might be the next to be kidnapped. She doesn't call the police, she calls her editor.
But then the inadvertant hilarity REALLY kicks in. The military doesn't bother to actually attack the robots with anything, instead they call in (First name: Sky, Last name: Captain) the American pilot who lives on an island and talks with a British accent. He comes swooping in with his tricked-out plane that just happens to be equipped for fighting giant robots. This includes firing a trip wire in front of them. For some reason he has practically his whole ****ing head tucked into his jacket like a turtle throughout this sequence. He never does it again, just this one time. And of course he's wearing his goggles in his sealed, impervious cockpit.
But that's just the beginning. We have many more levels of retardation to tread. What's happening on the ground for instance. Gwyneth, holding her circa 1980 camera, is busy running around the feet of the giant robots. It reminded me of a puppy that won't leave you alone. Why is she doing this? She couldn't take a picture from farther away? Then she could actually see what was happening instead of running around trying to get a upangle shot of a leg. I found myself laughing and rolling my eyes as she positioned herself right in front of the approaching foot trying to take a picture. Imagine Luke Skywalker attempting to take a picture just as the foot of the AT-AT is about to crush him, it's THAT stupid!
Let me take a moment to talk about the effects that some thought would revolutionize the industry. Sometimes they work, particularly when it's a close-up on the characters and the background is out of focus. Most of the time it reminded me of those old video games in which the characters were dropped into CGI backgrounds. Because, well, that's what it is. The CGI is very low-rent so it's impossible to actually believe it is real. If the film would have been entirely CG with CGI characters, perhaps it would have worked better. As it stands, you never believe for a moment that the characters are ever in danger because it's like Bob Hoskins in Toon World in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Some of the shots are well composed and the designs are interesting, but that's about the only compliments I can come up with. The blur factor and lack of color is annoying at first but you get used to it.
So Sky Captain goes back to his island to find Gwyneth waiting for him. She holds up some blueprints to the robots that she got from the scientist. How'd the scientist get the blueprints since he wasn't part of the team? Your guess is as good as mine. But this is just an excuse to get her teamed up with him because the blueprints don't solve anything and are never referred to again.
The island base is attacked by flapping-winged robot things. Some of the best shots in the movie are in this section and show up in the trailer for that reason. However, it's still stupid. It makes no aeronautical sense. Now another bizarre story point shows up. One of the robot-things is recieving some sort of transmission and Dex is trying to pinpopint it's location. How the hell is he going to do that? We see him playing with a compass on a map. He's not looking at any sort of equipment or anything. Is he a psychic or something? While this is going on, Sky Captain is chasing these planes back to the city. Somehow they end up chasing him. So then he gets the brilliant idea to fly at ground level in the streets and is surprised to see a truck right in front of him around a corner. Now remember, this guy is a flying ace! Yet, if he didn't have a babbling bimbo in the back of his plane he would have flown right into a wall because she has to remind him at one point to avoid it! SC gets out of this mess by slamming his plane around 500 miles an hour into the ocean. It is undamaged of course. **** PHYSICS!
So Dex pinpoints the origin of the signal, it's in Nepal. Why? Why not? Just then these other giant robots enter the base and grab Dex. Are these the plane-robots? Did they go all "transformers" on me? If not, how the hell did they get there? Anyway, one of them has Dex in his "tentacle" and Dex is figuring out how to keep the map hidden. We find out later that he somehow stuck it to the ceiling with gum. This is a giant hangar. Do you think this robot is going to hold him up to the ceiling (which in the wideshot is about twice the height of the robot) long enough so that he can stick the map to it with a piece of gum? I also love how Gwyneth follows the clue of the gum wrapper to make the discovery. "Oooooh, a gum wrapper on the floor, It MUST be a clue as to Dex's wherabouts! What could it mean? Let me look at the ceiling 50 feet away and see a 2 inch piece of paper stuck to it" It's so annoyingly retarded.
So our bickering heroes are off to Nepal. They find a workshop completely empty except for a miniaturized elephant. This is funny because Jude is looking at the elephant and Gwyneth is mesmerized by the space three inches to the left of it. Hello guys? Yeah, this is why they mark the spot the actors are supposed to look at! Somewhere around in here they find a guy who gives Gwyneth two metal vials. Actually I thought they were bullets the rest of the movie until they were explained at the end. For some inexplicable reason, SHE HIDES THEM from Sky Captain. What possible purpose would there be to do that? Beats the **** out of me. So I think it's here that they get captured and wake up naked in bed together. I have to admit I laughed for the RIGHT reasons in this scene when Jude rolls over and sees their big hairy guide guy naked in bed with them too. They meet some old guy who tells them to follow Rhana. That's really cryptic and vague and obviously means nothing to our heroes. Satisfied he has just solved everything for them however, the old man now asks a favor in return. He wants Sky Captain to kill him! WTF? I have no clue what that is doing in the movie! Talk about weird! So what happens next? No idea because the screen gets wiped and the two are flying in the plane in some random direction.
Gwyneth discovers that the scientists notes, diary and everything else have somehow magically apeared in the back of SC's plane, right there at her feet. How's that for a koinki-dink? It's also got some sort of star registry or something. SC figures they are to follow the star Rhana. Even though it's broad daylight, he glances up and figures which direction to go. Coincidentally, they were headed in that direction already. There's some gobbledygook about how he figures out the exact distance to travel, then he calculates when he will run out of gas, about 3/4 of the way there.
But no problem because Sky Captain's plane contains a telegraph. Funny, I didn't realize they could operate in an airborne plane. Why doesn't he use the radio instead? Good question. So as soon as he runs out of gas the flying airstrip shows up. Why is it flying instead of sailing? No clue. Anyway, Angelina Jolie is there waiting to purse her lips and attempt a British accent again.
As they approach the island, they get attacked both by robo-planes and AAA. Angelina sounds the retreat and the flying airstrip starts to back away from the AAA. But SC tells her that Dex is on that island, so she quickly moves back into the AAA. They decide the best way to invade the island is to slam planes into the ocean and swim there. My question is, why do you have to be in range of the AAA to do that?
So now we see the scene from Disney's Atlantis. The ship graveyard and the giant robot guardian of the hidden entrance. Why have a hidden entrance? Why not just blow it shut? It's not like they use it for anything. See, that would be LOGICAL and you should have left logic at the door. So they fire all these missles at the robot, whom just sits there by the way, and nothing happens. At this point Angelina, who conveniently happens to be wearing SCUBA gear, flies her plane right into the robot, ejects out of the cockpit, flies up to the surface, some 200 feet above, and I can only assume she dies of the bends. Now all these missles (loaded with explosives) did nothing to this robot but apparently a plane flying into it obliterates it.
So they enter the secret passage and get onto the island where they are greeted by a giant flamingo/dinosaur. Why is it here? No clue. Then they get attacked by a pterodactle. Why is IT here? No idea. They run to a ravine and I think "No problem, just look for the King Kong log". As soon as I thought that, SC looks to his left to discover (shock of shocks) THE KING KONG LOG!
Anyway, now we're in the base and we see the insidious plot. Totenkof has decided the world is evil and so he has filled a rocket with miniaturized animals. Where is he taking them? The film is not concerned with such trivial details. Assuming he finds a planet that can support life, what's he going to do with a bunch of miniaturized animals? Again, stop using your brain! Will he be the only human or is he bringing a female? Nope, just him. Well, he intended to bring those two vials which we now discover are human DNA. What he plans on doing with that human DNA with no human female subjects in which to implant it is befuddling at best.
So now Dex runs up to them leading the scientists saying "I escaped somehow, let's go!" See, the 6 scientists that just went missing about a week ago have somehow designed and built this whole thing. Apparently it was all ready to go. So why did they need the last scientist? SC says "**** it, just let him go". Aaaah, but see this rocket has magic engines that will, and I quote, "incinerate the Earth". Ohh, I see. Yeah, somehow these tiny little rocket engines are going to completely destroy the Earth. Something tells me this was a last minute addition.
So SC has to fight this Darth Maul ripoff chick. Gwyneth actually kills her. The door to the rocket stays open all by itself (on a completely automated rocket ship) until the last second of the countdown. Gwyneth and SC get in just as the door is closing. The rocket launches and Gwyneth spontaneously learns to read German so she can press the "emergency dump" button. This lets all the little animals fall out through the bottom of the rocket. These animals fall right through 100 feet of fire from the rocket engines and parachute to safety. Why the hell would there even be a button that does that? Beats me. But wait, somehow the Darth Maul ripoff chick managed to get aboard even thought he door sealed behind SC just as the rocket launched! Somehow they hit a self-destruct button or something and get out in an escape pod. End of story.
Wow. That's about all I can say. Nah, I can say more. This movie SUCKED! It was HORRIBLE! NO WONDER it made less than Catwoman! I mean, it was flabberghastingly bad! It's truly hard to picture someone actually enjoying this dung heap." -
Sorry I forgot to add the paragraph tags. I hate to post that much text twice, but here it is anyway:"It was even worse than I thought it would be! All the ridiculous stuff I had heard of was there like dingbat Gwyneth Paltrow not being able to figure out that there are 6 scientists missing and the last one is standing in front of her saying that he was the seventh member of a group and that there's only one left and she's desperately asking "Who is it doctor?". I haven't seen **** like that since Abbot and Costello's "Who's on first" schtick!
Giant robots attack! Now I'd have to watch it again to make sure (not on your life!), but it seemed to me that as they approached everyone was running around in the street and pointing towards them (lined up like Vegas dancers of course) while Gwyneth runs to a payphone to tell her editor that she just interviewed a scientist whom she has a sneaking suspicion just might be the next to be kidnapped. She doesn't call the police, she calls her editor.
But then the inadvertant hilarity REALLY kicks in. The military doesn't bother to actually attack the robots with anything, instead they call in (First name: Sky, Last name: Captain) the American pilot who lives on an island and talks with a British accent. He comes swooping in with his tricked-out plane that just happens to be equipped for fighting giant robots. This includes firing a trip wire in front of them. For some reason he has practically his whole ****ing head tucked into his jacket like a turtle throughout this sequence. He never does it again, just this one time. And of course he's wearing his goggles in his sealed, impervious cockpit.
But that's just the beginning. We have many more levels of retardation to tread. What's happening on the ground for instance. Gwyneth, holding her circa 1980 camera, is busy running around the feet of the giant robots. It reminded me of a puppy that won't leave you alone. Why is she doing this? She couldn't take a picture from farther away? Then she could actually see what was happening instead of running around trying to get a upangle shot of a leg. I found myself laughing and rolling my eyes as she positioned herself right in front of the approaching foot trying to take a picture. Imagine Luke Skywalker attempting to take a picture just as the foot of the AT-AT is about to crush him, it's THAT stupid!
Let me take a moment to talk about the effects that some thought would revolutionize the industry. Sometimes they work, particularly when it's a close-up on the characters and the background is out of focus. Most of the time it reminded me of those old video games in which the characters were dropped into CGI backgrounds. Because, well, that's what it is. The CGI is very low-rent so it's impossible to actually believe it is real. If the film would have been entirely CG with CGI characters, perhaps it would have worked better. As it stands, you never believe for a moment that the characters are ever in danger because it's like Bob Hoskins in Toon World in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Some of the shots are well composed and the designs are interesting, but that's about the only compliments I can come up with. The blur factor and lack of color is annoying at first but you get used to it.
So Sky Captain goes back to his island to find Gwyneth waiting for him. She holds up some blueprints to the robots that she got from the scientist. How'd the scientist get the blueprints since he wasn't part of the team? Your guess is as good as mine. But this is just an excuse to get her teamed up with him because the blueprints don't solve anything and are never referred to again.
The island base is attacked by flapping-winged robot things. Some of the best shots in the movie are in this section and show up in the trailer for that reason. However, it's still stupid. It makes no aeronautical sense. Now another bizarre story point shows up. One of the robot-things is recieving some sort of transmission and Dex is trying to pinpopint it's location. How the hell is he going to do that? We see him playing with a compass on a map. He's not looking at any sort of equipment or anything. Is he a psychic or something? While this is going on, Sky Captain is chasing these planes back to the city. Somehow they end up chasing him. So then he gets the brilliant idea to fly at ground level in the streets and is surprised to see a truck right in front of him around a corner. Now remember, this guy is a flying ace! Yet, if he didn't have a babbling bimbo in the back of his plane he would have flown right into a wall because she has to remind him at one point to avoid it! SC gets out of this mess by slamming his plane around 500 miles an hour into the ocean. It is undamaged of course. **** PHYSICS!
So Dex pinpoints the origin of the signal, it's in Nepal. Why? Why not? Just then these other giant robots enter the base and grab Dex. Are these the plane-robots? Did they go all "transformers" on me? If not, how the hell did they get there? Anyway, one of them has Dex in his "tentacle" and Dex is figuring out how to keep the map hidden. We find out later that he somehow stuck it to the ceiling with gum. This is a giant hangar. Do you think this robot is going to hold him up to the ceiling (which in the wideshot is about twice the height of the robot) long enough so that he can stick the map to it with a piece of gum? I also love how Gwyneth follows the clue of the gum wrapper to make the discovery. "Oooooh, a gum wrapper on the floor, It MUST be a clue as to Dex's wherabouts! What could it mean? Let me look at the ceiling 50 feet away and see a 2 inch piece of paper stuck to it" It's so annoyingly retarded.
So our bickering heroes are off to Nepal. They find a workshop completely empty except for a miniaturized elephant. This is funny because Jude is looking at the elephant and Gwyneth is mesmerized by the space three inches to the left of it. Hello guys? Yeah, this is why they mark the spot the actors are supposed to look at! Somewhere around in here they find a guy who gives Gwyneth two metal vials. Actually I thought they were bullets the rest of the movie until they were explained at the end. For some inexplicable reason, SHE HIDES THEM from Sky Captain. What possible purpose would there be to do that? Beats the **** out of me. So I think it's here that they get captured and wake up naked in bed together. I have to admit I laughed for the RIGHT reasons in this scene when Jude rolls over and sees their big hairy guide guy naked in bed with them too. They meet some old guy who tells them to follow Rhana. That's really cryptic and vague and obviously means nothing to our heroes. Satisfied he has just solved everything for them however, the old man now asks a favor in return. He wants Sky Captain to kill him! WTF? I have no clue what that is doing in the movie! Talk about weird! So what happens next? No idea because the screen gets wiped and the two are flying in the plane in some random direction.
Gwyneth discovers that the scientists notes, diary and everything else have somehow magically apeared in the back of SC's plane, right there at her feet. How's that for a koinki-dink? It's also got some sort of star registry or something. SC figures they are to follow the star Rhana. Even though it's broad daylight, he glances up and figures which direction to go. Coincidentally, they were headed in that direction already. There's some gobbledygook about how he figures out the exact distance to travel, then he calculates when he will run out of gas, about 3/4 of the way there.
But no problem because Sky Captain's plane contains a telegraph. Funny, I didn't realize they could operate in an airborne plane. Why doesn't he use the radio instead? Good question. So as soon as he runs out of gas the flying airstrip shows up. Why is it flying instead of sailing? No clue. Anyway, Angelina Jolie is there waiting to purse her lips and attempt a British accent again.
As they approach the island, they get attacked both by robo-planes and AAA. Angelina sounds the retreat and the flying airstrip starts to back away from the AAA. But SC tells her that Dex is on that island, so she quickly moves back into the AAA. They decide the best way to invade the island is to slam planes into the ocean and swim there. My question is, why do you have to be in range of the AAA to do that?
So now we see the scene from Disney's Atlantis. The ship graveyard and the giant robot guardian of the hidden entrance. Why have a hidden entrance? Why not just blow it shut? It's not like they use it for anything. See, that would be LOGICAL and you should have left logic at the door. So they fire all these missles at the robot, whom just sits there by the way, and nothing happens. At this point Angelina, who conveniently happens to be wearing SCUBA gear, flies her plane right into the robot, ejects out of the cockpit, flies up to the surface, some 200 feet above, and I can only assume she dies of the bends. Now all these missles (loaded with explosives) did nothing to this robot but apparently a plane flying into it obliterates it.
So they enter the secret passage and get onto the island where they are greeted by a giant flamingo/dinosaur. Why is it here? No clue. Then they get attacked by a pterodactle. Why is IT here? No idea. They run to a ravine and I think "No problem, just look for the King Kong log". As soon as I thought that, SC looks to his left to discover (shock of shocks) THE KING KONG LOG!
Anyway, now we're in the base and we see the insidious plot. Totenkof has decided the world is evil and so he has filled a rocket with miniaturized animals. Where is he taking them? The film is not concerned with such trivial details. Assuming he finds a planet that can support life, what's he going to do with a bunch of miniaturized animals? Again, stop using your brain! Will he be the only human or is he bringing a female? Nope, just him. Well, he intended to bring those two vials which we now discover are human DNA. What he plans on doing with that human DNA with no human female subjects in which to implant it is befuddling at best.
So now Dex runs up to them leading the scientists saying "I escaped somehow, let's go!" See, the 6 scientists that just went missing about a week ago have somehow designed and built this whole thing. Apparently it was all ready to go. So why did they need the last scientist? SC says "**** it, just let him go". Aaaah, but see this rocket has magic engines that will, and I quote, "incinerate the Earth". Ohh, I see. Yeah, somehow these tiny little rocket engines are going to completely destroy the Earth. Something tells me this was a last minute addition.
So SC has to fight this Darth Maul ripoff chick. Gwyneth actually kills her. The door to the rocket stays open all by itself (on a completely automated rocket ship) until the last second of the countdown. Gwyneth and SC get in just as the door is closing. The rocket launches and Gwyneth spontaneously learns to read German so she can press the "emergency dump" button. This lets all the little animals fall out through the bottom of the rocket. These animals fall right through 100 feet of fire from the rocket engines and parachute to safety. Why the hell would there even be a button that does that? Beats me. But wait, somehow the Darth Maul ripoff chick managed to get aboard even thought he door sealed behind SC just as the rocket launched! Somehow they hit a self-destruct button or something and get out in an escape pod. End of story.
Wow. That's about all I can say. Nah, I can say more. This movie SUCKED! It was HORRIBLE! NO WONDER it made less than Catwoman! I mean, it was flabberghastingly bad! It's truly hard to picture someone actually enjoying this dung heap."
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.....well boogedy boogedy boo. Better that than an up themselves would be elitist twat like you. Why don't you run off and watch a Duck Dodgers cartoon. Then you can come back and lecture us on how it isn't fun or well designed. We'd like that.
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This f/x sequence won't matter if the costumes and sets are cheap looking (like his Star Trek webisodes). But more power to him. I think we can all agree that the fans usually have 10X the imagination and ambition than Hollywood executives.
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couldn't EVERYTHING benefit from more Erin Grey in spandex? Isn't that a tautology?
Also, not for nothing, but a snap judgment/comparison based on that tiny clip means jack shit. What it shows is someone with some love for Buck Rogers willing to put something out there that might garner enough interest to get the ball rolling. For that reason alone it's worth paying attention to. There's very little this says other than that Buck may be zipping onto screens near you. -
Did enough people read your review of a movie that no one saw to warrant posting it not once but TWICE?C'mon, dude, how many pixels died to publish that thing? Think globally, act locally.
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I can sum that movie up in 2 words - it sucked!
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Those that kept saying anyone who wasn't thilled right down to their panties during it was "dead inside" and other such hogwash.
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People don't understand the adventure serial genre anymore as evidenced by Kingdom of the Crystal Skull getting the living fuck nitpicked out of it. It's fine to not like a performance or a character or a special effect but when people go to a movie called "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" and then are surprised to find certain things "implausible" well, Houston we have a problem.
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Mainly because it was unremittingly awful from start to finish. It was nothing like a classic serial. Plus I think it's unfair to say people these days wouldn't "get" a new serial. Plenty of people, young 'uns too, buy the Flash Gordon and Buck Rodgers serials on DVD. I showed my copies to a 20 year old lady last year and she loved them. I doubt she's that unique. Adventure, swashbuckling, heroics and rocketships aren't exactly out of style.
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Enough with the Indy hate! KOTCS was fun. If you can't see that- please, kill yourself.
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Dec 03, 2009 6:28:18 PM CST
Nearly two years and the bitter brigade wont shut their pieohole
by zodnotgod
"It was nothing like a classic serial."
The FUCK it wasn't! Geeks are so goddamn bitter and self-absorbed it's impossible to please them. They suck the life out of everything with nitpicks and personal grudges and when a movie doesnt meet insane, ridiculous expectations- CALL THE COPS! HAVE THE FUCKER LUCAS LYNCHED! HOW DARE HE MAKE A MOVIE HOWEVER HE PLEASES.
Give it a rest.
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For a movie that grossed nearly $400 million from a franchise that lay dormant for close to 20 years I don't see any hate.
All you fucking geeks need to understand that just because a few online shitheads didn't like it doesn't mean everyone hated it. Quite the contrary- the movie got generally good reviews...and your opinion means you didn't like it, so don't speak for everyone by saying it was hated/sucked...etc.
It was a fun movie and left me with a big smile on my face as it did the five year old friend's daughter who loved it more so. Cram the bromides- NO ONE CARES! -
I feel sorry for you bitter asses. I really do. I love all of my geekly interests.
I love all of the planet of the Apes films. I love all six Star Wars films (Even the SE), I love all but one of the Star Trek films, My favorite Bonds are Moore and Craig. I love all of the Star Trek tv shows, but one. I love the three Superman films, (STM, SII, SR) I love the Nolan Batman films and I love ALL FOUR Indiana Jones flicks....so seriously shut it down and change the channel. -
Lighten up and grow some brains. get laid, read a non-fiction book and shut up.
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Tried watching it again a few days ago. Couldn't get past the screeching halt village scene.
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Better than the Prequels.... probably because it had Harrison though.
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tell us how you really feel.
Indy didn't work for me not because it was implausible but because the story took ridiculous shortcuts, Marian was badly used, the set-up was non-existent, and the action was lame. -
He looks ridiculous.
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but hopefully not Twiki
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Man, I remember laughing hysterically every time that ad came on tv. For weeks. "Oh my god, they really think people are going to go see this!" "Oh, my god! They paid that internet boob money and he totally ASSFUCKED them and knew he was doing it!" "Oh my god, there are twats on tv saying it's going to revolutionize the ... industry ... and ... be a ... game-changer. Wait."
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Great effects, clever dialogue, throwback plot, lots of imagination. Of course it's total stylized pastiche but I took that with a grain of salt and didn't mind all the things Revenge_of-Fett faulted it with. I've watched it a few times.
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hope this finds a way to get on the big screen. Sky Captain=good movie.
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"Bidibidibidi fat chance!"
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Honestly, I'd rather watch a show with Twiki than any other sidekick. Compate Twiki to Jar Jar, Short Round, Wesley Crusher, Neelix, or that stupid green elf that was hanging with Scotty in Star Trek 11, and Twiki rules! Although he sucked in the episodes when Mel Blanc wasn't doing his voice.
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Dec 03, 2009 10:50:18 PM CST
Zod. Yes, I should kill myself for not liking a movie.
by hint_of_smegma
If ever there was a reason for self-murder, I of course is not being able to appreciate a lame movie insult against the Indy character. One where he's a constant victim of commies, commies he ends up colludig with to find a powerful artifact. A film where Marion is reduced from a strong female equal to a simpering idiot. Where CGI is so obvious it may as well have a neon sign flashing onscreen blaring "SHITTY EFFECT!!!!!". Where a fridge is sufficient protection from a nuke and can hit the ground at about 209 mph without causin any damage to a bloke in his sixties, and where apparently everything good about previous Indy films is lacking. Yes, I should kill myself for not liking utter shit. You complete fucking tool.
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and will continue to do so. this looks more like FLASH GORDON than BUCK ROGERS
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Wow!!
Talk about being pretty awesomely, spectacularly and disappointingly underawed by THIS trailer!
I remember going to go see Buck Rogers in the 25th Century the one with Gil Gerard and Erin Grey (that eventually got turned into a so gawd awful TV show in the 70ies that is now classic!) when I was a kid...now granted...the TV is now highly laughable and cheesy too...but this particular trailer was so unbelievable bad! So we see am Atmosphere capable spaceship flying through some clouds?! And the effects were not even great or good, just "meh!"...ILM has nothing to worry about thankfully.
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so WTF is Gil Gerard doing in it?
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Buck Rogers GOTTA EAT!
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the concept and story was cool, but the script and acting -I'm especially looking at you Gwyneth- were fucking dreadful at times.
As for this video, it's okay as far as 30 second clips of a ship flying around can be, but nothing special. And it's pretty damn funny to see how some of you are still losing your shit over Indy 4 a year and a half later. Yeah I thought it was bad too, but it's just a movie, I got over it the next day. You dumb fucks need some therapy if it still aggravates you so damn much. -
great movie, was still enjoyable and I liked the idea immensely. A true Buck Rogers movie done in that fashion by a competent director would be EPIC!!!
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...could've been a very good Gil Gerard lookalike in a real new tv-series. But I want FF to continue... ;-)
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Does nothing for me. Just a few seconds of bad CGI and a logo. I need to see more before I pass judgement. I also don't see the point in a retro-looking 25th century. The old serials looked that way because they had a particular idea of the future based on the knowledge of space, aerodynamics and shit they had at the time. Similarly the 80s show took an 80s approach to design. Unless a film/show is set in the past (e.g. Rocketeer, Sky Captain, LXG) I see no point in adopting a retro approach. Show us a possible future, not one we've already overtaken.
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Then why wasn't the site plastered with news months ago? This is right up your alley dude.
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How did that happen. But I'll had my 2 cents. My 8 year old son loves KOTCS and he also loves Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Not too into Last Crusade of Temple Of Doom. Temple Of Doom commits the ultimate crime for an action-adventure movie....It's actually kinda boring.
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Every time I write in atalkback and post, it's looks like a 5 year old fucked with my spelling and punctuation. Eveything looks fine after I type, I press Post talkback and BAM. Totally fucked up....???? :-(
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I like it! Hope they give Gil Gerard a cameo.
-- Nick
from City of Kik
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especially the ones who think they aren't haters, merely enlightened critics (yet spew generalized crude trash talk) ...Sure, the Cawley (and other fan-produced) projects have their flaws. The important thing is they are actually DOING something creative. They aren't just wallowing in their jealousy and lashing out in cooler-than-thou talkback posts. Because they are actually making things happen, they get better as they go. (Cawley's Star Trek episodes are a great example of improvement as more are made.) They are having a lot of fun actively pursuing their passion and bringing more fun into the world. Actually doing something besides mouthing off scares the haters deep inside, which explains their vitriol and irrational spewing.
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I really like the look so far! His Star Trek series may have had slightly cheesy acting and a slow release schedule but it's a labor of love for sure. It costs us nothing and the actors donate their time, money, and talant. The set designs are immaculate ( The people at ST Enterprise a few years ago when doing the evil empire two parter had to recreate a constitution class bridge and asked them for advise on the detail! ). The CGI is really good for a fan based film. So what do you want? I think it's remarkable he's come this far. I hope this takes off.
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Really! I'd like to ask any of these bozo haters " Could you do this? "
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Exactly. And while they would say they could "if only (insert excuse here)...," the truth is they couldn't. Otherwise they'd be busy doing it instead of trashing those who are doing it.BTW, great that you mentioned Cawley's people helping with Enterprise's evil two-parter. (One of the best in that underappreciated series.)Also, Cawley was invited to be onscreen in the new Star Trek film. Did you spot him?
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