I like the idea a lot, would be happy to participate at some point

Republic Commando is the last big really good release off the top of my head, that was 05, so ya, 7 or 8, you're right. Still a long damned while. They really seemed to start dropping the ball when the next-gen systems hit. They never ended up releasing a proper Indiana Jones game for ps3/xbox360, which seems to me like a sure-fire winner, and basically let Uncharted steal their thunder. They also completely abandoned the Space Sim genre, which they had been kings of for the past decade, and let a whole bunch of similar opportunities slip by.

RIP for the glory days though, they truly made some of the finest PC games of the 90s, most of which still hold up today.

Fuck this movie just based on its aesthetics, I cannot stand those costume and makeup choices. I don't care if its there for a reason, get it off my screen.

Hahaha, and now Fox and Ridley have no idea what to do for a sequel because they fucked it up so bad on the first movie: http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/32253 … -lindelof/

I find they tend to color it wrong. I actually think Dredd gets the color right, they're kind of bright redish, whereas most digital squibs nowadays are a really bad looking dark brown (possibly for rating reasons). I want my Paul Verhoeven bright red exploding squibs goddamnit! Also, for the record, I believe Dredd uses mostly practical squibs based on the behind the scenes stuff I've seen, with maybe some enhancement, or replacement for the really flashy sequences.

Worst Williams score is undoubtedly Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Best non-lucas/Spielberg is Superman.

I'm baffled at your defense of the Star Trek reboot score, but the Incredibles soundtrack is undoubtedly fucking great.
With all the videogame talk, wish Jeremy Soule had gotten a shoutout.

Other than that, an amazing episode. Like I seriously would listen to a weekly version of that panel.

I believe the script opens with him being deposed from the throne (probably for being a terrible ruler) and left for dead, at which point mercenaries come after him. I know Karl Urban filmed a small cameo, so I'm guessing this all happens in the first 5 minutes and then we're on to a pitch-black style adventure.

Nope, watched the unrated cut, there's basically nothing added back in.

For my money, the white house attack opening of X2 is the best thing in any of the x-men movies, and probably the best sequence Bryan Singer has ever directed. The rest of X2 just isn't quite as strong for me (Singer just isn't a very good action director, so a lot of the climax feels kinda small), but it's still the best in the series overall.

I'm baffled that Teague and Dorkman can not appreciate Predator, it's like the best version of a Schwarzenegger action movie crossed with an awesome science fiction story. The music, the action direction, the VFX work.
You should force them to appreciate it like you did with Unforgiven (though that one took like 3 years, so we can expect Predator in like 2016).

I just rewatched it last night and I still love the hell out of it, but there are valid criticisms one can bring up.

The core problem is that it's not at all successful as a horror movie, until maybe the last 20 minutes (which really make the movie in my opinion). Of all the monsters they could go with for the "movie within the movie" section, zombies just seem like such a lame copout. If you seriously just replaced them with werewolves, or something cooler, I think the movie immediately gets stronger and works better in its genre. Without that, much of the movie ends up feeling like a Spoof movie, there's a degree of sincerity missing.

I think an interesting comparison point would be Scream (and this is a movie I'd really like to see a DIF on at some point), because that film largely does all the same genre deconstruction of Cabin in the Woods, but it's still a very effective horror film with some really harrowing and intense sequences. It's both an excellent slasher movie, and an excellent meta-commentary on slashers, whereas I think Cabin nails the commentary, but doesn't really work on a thriller level. Scream also did all this almost 20 years ago, so it's funny to see Cabin in the Woods talked about like some revolutionary thing that's never been tried before.

That being said, I think the writing in Cabin is outstanding, I think all the character setups, interactions, and payoffs are excellent, and I find it very rewatchable (its also EXACTLY 90 minutes long, which is nice).