It's why a 60-year-old Harrison Ford is running around fighting fucking aliens with a bullwhip looking for a goddamn crystal skull,
Did you bitch like that when Temple of Doom or The Last Crusade came out? Do you even get the fact that Raiders of the Lost Ark was originally an homage to Republic serials which were nothing but endless franchise sequels? You can bitch about Spielberg's money but look at all the good he has done with his money too. Just like Republic used the cash from light entertainment to fund more serious films, so has Spielberg, not to mention the charity work and Holocaust remembrance work he has done.
Also regarding Blade Runner, you do realize that the version which became the cult classic, "one of the great adult science fiction films of all time" as you put it (and I agree with you there) was a result of Hollywood studio executives meddling with the version the director turned in?
Thanks to kids having been mollycoddled and the infestation of a sense of entitlement, this is what we get. If only their fathers had been a bit more liberal with the belt I doubt we'd have to have this discussion.
As long as they stuck to mining issues of HM before 1990 there should be plenty of good source material. Ranzerox, Abraxis (sp?) some to mind immediately. I wouldnt object to them continuing with some of the other Captain Stern material either.
What you point out about your students kinda confirms my suspicions of "how can anyone who did not grow up with the Cold War enjoy this story?". The counterpoint to that is that my wife who grew up outside the US, had never read the comics, had a good time watching the movie.
Maybe I'm strange but as a teen I never lacked a girlfriend and cant recall any of em who objected to Tits In Space. Somehow the woman I married does not mind em either. She and I went to see The Watchmen in the theater and even though she never read the comic, generally dislikes long movies and did not get the cultural references because she is not American she said she enjoyed the film and thought the sex scene was pretty good for the story.
As with many things, YMMV
Shows like Death Note and Gurren Lagann show what is possible in mainstream creative media when entirely new content is created.
Hate to break the news to you, but although that crap is shown on TV here in Japan, most people dont really consider it mainstream, at least not in the sense that adults watch it voluntarily.
Folks might consider taking notes from HBO. TrueBlood = wildly popular adult fantasy.
I can just see the pitch meeting now:
HBO Exec 1: OK we need vampires, girls like vampires
HBO Exec 2: Get one of those script writers over here from Harlequin
HBO Exec 1: And it needs some homosexual parts too, girls like homosexuals
HBO Exec 2: Hrm... romantic homosexual vampires? We'll drive away the husbands, make sure we get one of those FX guys from Saw to keep it from getting too boring.
Did you maybe see the movie when it first came out? I was 13 at the time and somehow managed to get in to see it. Probably bought the soundtrack album the next day. I still keep most of the songs from there on my iPod. I actually would not mind hearing most of those remastered because they seem to lack "punch" as is. Even you turn up "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" really loud, it just does not feel like it should.
And the plot of the Watchmen is that a good guy is a bad guy but maybe a good guy after all. Your point being what?
Both Heavy Metal and The Watchmen came from 80s comics, neither required the viewer to have read the original source material and both looked good when first shown in the theater.
Oy freaking vey, where to start?
- TFA is nothing more than speculation. No confirmation.
- TFA's link to googtrans of the original Ha'aretz is broken. Fortunately for me I can read the original article. That too is nothing more than speculation.
- Ha'aretz is hardly the best source anyway. They are like the Fox News of the Israeli left.
- The whole "ZOMG JOOS" mentality surrounding Stuxnet from day one mentality is unfortunately not surprising. Somewhere down inside I'd hope Slashdot was "better than that" but since these articles keep getting posted with many comments, I guess I was wrong. Again.
That is what is the cause of the whole Anonymous thing IMNSHO. If these kids had been instilled with the belt from time to time I doubt we would be talking about them.
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It's why a 60-year-old Harrison Ford is running around fighting fucking aliens with a bullwhip looking for a goddamn crystal skull,
Did you bitch like that when Temple of Doom or The Last Crusade came out? Do you even get the fact that Raiders of the Lost Ark was originally an homage to Republic serials which were nothing but endless franchise sequels? You can bitch about Spielberg's money but look at all the good he has done with his money too. Just like Republic used the cash from light entertainment to fund more serious films, so has Spielberg, not to mention the charity work and Holocaust remembrance work he has done. Also regarding Blade Runner, you do realize that the version which became the cult classic, "one of the great adult science fiction films of all time" as you put it (and I agree with you there) was a result of Hollywood studio executives meddling with the version the director turned in?
And thus we learn that two Anonymous Cowards need to get outside in the sunshine a bit more.
Thanks to kids having been mollycoddled and the infestation of a sense of entitlement, this is what we get. If only their fathers had been a bit more liberal with the belt I doubt we'd have to have this discussion.
Have you considered investing in Hindsight LLC.?
Obviously did not RTFA
Have you seen the tools those guys carry?
Protip: if you dont want a guy's tool in your mouth (not that there is anything wrong with that) dont go to West Hollywood Fabulous Dentistry.
This post here? That shows you what happens when you make marijuana available over the counter.
Sorry, no matter how attractive, I still wont let anyone near my cavities.
Not even that cute dental assistant?
As someone put it recently "Julian Assange is like a second string character in a William Gibson novel"
The Iranian Cyber Army are "hackers"? How generous...
Pssst.... Stormfront is over there.
That "Golden Age" did have its moments but for those dhimi folks it was more like fools gold in the end.
As long as they stuck to mining issues of HM before 1990 there should be plenty of good source material. Ranzerox, Abraxis (sp?) some to mind immediately. I wouldnt object to them continuing with some of the other Captain Stern material either.
What you point out about your students kinda confirms my suspicions of "how can anyone who did not grow up with the Cold War enjoy this story?". The counterpoint to that is that my wife who grew up outside the US, had never read the comics, had a good time watching the movie.
Maybe I'm strange but as a teen I never lacked a girlfriend and cant recall any of em who objected to Tits In Space. Somehow the woman I married does not mind em either. She and I went to see The Watchmen in the theater and even though she never read the comic, generally dislikes long movies and did not get the cultural references because she is not American she said she enjoyed the film and thought the sex scene was pretty good for the story.
As with many things, YMMV
Shows like Death Note and Gurren Lagann show what is possible in mainstream creative media when entirely new content is created.
Hate to break the news to you, but although that crap is shown on TV here in Japan, most people dont really consider it mainstream, at least not in the sense that adults watch it voluntarily.
Folks might consider taking notes from HBO. TrueBlood = wildly popular adult fantasy.
I can just see the pitch meeting now: HBO Exec 1: OK we need vampires, girls like vampires
HBO Exec 2: Get one of those script writers over here from Harlequin
HBO Exec 1: And it needs some homosexual parts too, girls like homosexuals
HBO Exec 2: Hrm... romantic homosexual vampires? We'll drive away the husbands, make sure we get one of those FX guys from Saw to keep it from getting too boring.
Did you maybe see the movie when it first came out? I was 13 at the time and somehow managed to get in to see it. Probably bought the soundtrack album the next day. I still keep most of the songs from there on my iPod. I actually would not mind hearing most of those remastered because they seem to lack "punch" as is. Even you turn up "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" really loud, it just does not feel like it should.
It will be another collection of separate short stories,
You mean from 80s HM back when they had interesting artists & writers or 90s/00s HM which barely qualifies as landfill?
They already tried with HM 2k, and it was crap on a crap-stick.
You are generous with your kindness in that summary.
...a mostly hand-drawn style which is the only way HM could be worth anything.
These days a remake of HM, even hand drawn, makes as much sense as a remake of Fritz The Cat. Both were products of their time and little more.
There was zero reason to Watchmen to have released as R rated.
Actually there was one blue reason for the R rating...
And the plot of the Watchmen is that a good guy is a bad guy but maybe a good guy after all. Your point being what? Both Heavy Metal and The Watchmen came from 80s comics, neither required the viewer to have read the original source material and both looked good when first shown in the theater.
Oy freaking vey, where to start? - TFA is nothing more than speculation. No confirmation.
- TFA's link to googtrans of the original Ha'aretz is broken. Fortunately for me I can read the original article. That too is nothing more than speculation.
- Ha'aretz is hardly the best source anyway. They are like the Fox News of the Israeli left.
- The whole "ZOMG JOOS" mentality surrounding Stuxnet from day one mentality is unfortunately not surprising. Somewhere down inside I'd hope Slashdot was "better than that" but since these articles keep getting posted with many comments, I guess I was wrong. Again.
That is what is the cause of the whole Anonymous thing IMNSHO. If these kids had been instilled with the belt from time to time I doubt we would be talking about them.
You give far too much credit to "Anonymous".