The Lone Ranger? I can't recall anything notable about the effects in that one.

My hope is that Gravity will win, although I imagine that if it doesn't it will win for Cinematography.

Yeah, their existence appears to stem mostly from exploiting Robotech and trying to get money from Macross derivatives they have no rights or connection to by bullying small companies; a court in Japan ruled about 10 years ago that the company HG bought the worldwide distribution rights from don't own the intellectual property, so they don't either. HG's response? Essentially, 'we're Americans not Japanese'.

However, they've gone much further than simply believing they own the entire franchise and blocking the sale of Macross goods, they have actually trademarked "Macross" in certain countries (including the US and UK), which in my mind turns them from being pricks to outright fuckers. Why are they allowed to continue? It's a mystery, but one assumes Big West simply doesn't see the value in foreign markets as good enough to warrant the inevitably costly legal battle and until they sort that out they'll never do business with HG. And why should they? This is a company that even tried to trademark Macross in Japan!

On a lighter note, I've just started watching the new version of Space Battleship Yamato and I'm enjoying it immensely.

I love Stargate, one of my favourite movies in fact. So... yeah...

Why it's apparently ok to exploit an anniversary to sell your documentary/channel and not your movie, I don't know.

The very concept of an anniversary is exploitative in nature.

I love(d) Mallrats, it's funny and filled with great lines and references. Clerks and Chasing Amy are good too. However, I've not seen any of these for a long time and intend to keep it that way.

Of his later work, Dogma had a superb script but was poorly cast and directed, Jersey Girl was actually ok (helped enormously by George Carlin), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was bad, and Clerks II was cringe-inducingly abysmal (so bad that I switched it off).

I should probably get around to watching the last half of the last movie.