There is nothing redeemable in any of the prequels. Smith played an annoying computer nerd therefore he has bankrupted his street cred to some extent. Props for Joey Lauren Adams boob shots though. That jackass Sandler didn't even give us that! Asshole.

Plus...can we get a Rocky remake with Vince Vaughn beating the shit out of Ben Affleck for real? Just film it and call it Rocky. But Vaughn must actually beat the shit out of Affleck. For real.

He ran into Zack Snyder at Comic Con or something, and Zack had heard him on a previous SModcast talking about the Watchmen movie. So he invited Smith and a plus one to see the movie. So they did, and they talk about it in this weeks SModcast. Short review... it follows the graphic novel to a T, even more so than Sin City followed its source.

Everything you loved about Watchmen is in the movie. And the movie is Dope (which is Smiths current synonym for a positive adjective.)

People here don't have any middle ground. If it isn't 90%+ on rottentomatoes, it sucks :(

X-men 3 was terrible, however.

I doubt they'd get more than $50 million as a settlement, which will pretty much guarantee that the movie will be a flop financially, as the easiest thing to do is cut short the marketing budget.

Like you said, it seems like most of the TBers are so dichotic that they only see things via extremes.

I think that this is why I enjoy read Richard Roeper's reviews. He doesn't pretend like every movie is supposed to "out do" any other film. He doesn't act like it is the end of the world simply because Star Wars prequels were less-reflective of the originals. He reviews a movie on the basis of what it is: A form of art for which the entire production team (from the writers, directors, actors, composers, producers, etc...) are hoping to make a fortune.

TPTB could possibly revert to "old school" Trek and finally do DS9 movie.

I'm not doubting the quality of the movie on its own merits but can it be THAT faithful when we know for certain that the Black Freighter stuff isn't in it?

If Abrams can do for Star Trek what he did for MI:3 -- I would be extremely pleased. MI:3 should have made a fortune (and probably would have, notwithstanding Tom Cruise's "Scientology" episode on the Today Show). I just hope that Trek can pull it off with the public. It needs to pull in $200 -- and I am afraid that it might not be able to do that even with a great film. The Trek franchise just doesn't have enough fans to make a blockbuster. If this film doesn't create new fans, then I have a bad feeling about this film. I am hoping for the best, though! I have full confidence in Abrams' ability. I just don't have as much confidence in the market for Star Trek itself.

Well, yes, yes they did. Almost 80% means 4 stars, which ROTS certainly doesn't deserve. I'd give it a fair 2.5

As for better shows on TV than Lost, I prefer House, Dexter and BSG - and that's just recent stuff off the top of my head.

IMHO if this movie goes bust, a DS9 film, with its recognizable players and universe, will give TPTB what is needed to keep Trek going -- a solid place to rebuild from and a jumping off point to do something new, based on continuity with what has worked before.

Other than that, he's still a hack andthe only thing I would be jealous of is seeing a advanced viewing of Watchmen (and I'm sure that shit will evetually leak on the net should those Fox fuckheads prevent Warner from releasng the film.)and certainly not his Movie career.