And as luck would have it, it's on Netflix. Nice.

You can't deny the Terminator Salvation trailer was fantastic, though. That was my favorite part of the whole movie.
"You think you're human?" "I am human."
The daay the whooole world went awaaay.....
"NOOOOO!"
[chills]

Also, seconding Doctor Sub's words toward Pratt. I haven't seen Parks & Rec yet, but now I want to. Moneyball was where I first noticed him, he was playing kind of a huggable sweetheart. It's gonna be a neat transition watching him play a space asshole.
Plus, omg the LEGO movie. I was all but rolling on the floor, some of his lines were so funny.

The lead "doesn't bring much"? Look at him go, dude's funny and carries a presence. I'm super pumped for this movie.
Despite my decades of Marvel reading, I've never gotten into the space stuff cuz it was always just weird and uninteresting. Blah blah alien guy, yadda magic gems, badly drawn starship, blue people and galactic conquest, whatever.

This looks awesome and hilarious. The self-aware side that Dr. Sub is referring to is what'll make it great.
It's Marvel's Star Wars, and I think it's gonna be wild.

(Touch of Raiders in that opening scene, too.)

Flawed but entertaining is a good way to describe the remake as well.

Ewing, I'd say go watch it. Based on your reasons to stay away, you might just be a little surprised.
I was upset with their alterations to the origin, but the remake turned out to actually have some ideas.
It's worth mentioning he has a stungun, but it is not his only weapon.

Yeah, I'm still grumpy about the stupid bare hand and agree the original origin is better, but the movie's got good stuff going for it. They are, wait for it, are exploring new themes. Well, at least one new theme central to Murphy, lol.

Also, here's another remake of the rapist scene:
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The book explains the relevance of the zero-G strategy a lot better than the movie does.

***SPOILERS***

It's a good book. 
Sorry if I ruined a lot of it, but it's my favorite science fiction novel and I highly recommend it.

As for magic cameras, it's probably more like 3D scanning OR realtime simulation based on transponder signals and the like. I dunno, that's just a detail.

Teague hit the nail on the head for my experience.
It was a very loyal adaptation for just about every scene it did, most were very similar to how I'd pictured them for years, or did one better on what I'd thought up. However, for every moment I enjoyed, there was one I missed. Just when I thought they were finally on track with the book, they'd skip something and I'd be focused on that disappointment rather than paying attention.
This feeling is why I generally will read a popular book after I see the movie, but there was no getting around this here as this was one of the novels kids/geeks were passing around back in high school.
The inclusion of the Giant Game was surprising, I'd swear I'd read that was a subplot they'd dropped. I'm super happy they kept it in, but it's just too bad the parts where it becomes relevant to Ender's psyche were so underplayed.

It's also a shame they felt a need to keep it under two hours. This is a film that could've used the extra time.

BluRay's out today. I'll still pick it up, because it did do it mostly right. I think a second viewing with adjusted expectations will help. This does feel like the ENDER'S GAME film we've been waiting for, not just another kiddie film hot on the heels of the Hunger Games.

Now, if you want to talk about how "The Giver" is looking...

Boter, ssshhh.

Hahaha yessss.
I was super picky about that shot in editing, too. We almost lost it and ended using a lesser version, but I insisted "I know it's in there!"

The first comment on Reddit is pure win: "Cool! Only complain is you gave them all the same colour lightsabers."

Ben, is that supposed to be an identity disc? Cuz that's kind of adorable, haha.

I'd argue that Matt Smith's run, as far as the Ponds are concerned, is very self-contained. I was shown the first two Eccleston episodes and thought it was weird and ridiculous, saw only tidbits of Tennant, but a friend of mine, knowing this and knowing me, made a wise move and sat me down to watch "Blink", and then started me on Smith's first episode.
I still don't really care for the older seasons, but Smith's run is so good and it makes perfect sense to me. Anything you need to know, Daleks, Time Lords, etc., is explained.

From the Doctor falling into Amy's life until the time she blinks out of his, that's a full, complete story. For me, that's Doctor Who.

If you're talking about a solid arc that exists within that series and also ties into everything that's come before, well. Good luck. I don't think anyone's ever pulled that off with anything.

My problem with Red Tails is it was so... by the book. There's something about the way it's shot or looks or the way the actors perform, while watching it, it felt like I should've been experiencing sympathetic emotions, but I didn't. It didn't affect me at all.

The whole movie was a flatline and I was disappointed to never find a pulse.

Interesting, reads well. I'm not very far in yet, but it definitely kept my attention from the chapters I've read. It seems to be setting itself up as a hero's journey amid an empire in uncertain times.

Haha, depends on the image you use I guess.