76 Reply by Branco

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I'm with you on BATMAN FOREVER.  The way I see it, we have 3 modern Batman series.  Batman/Returns, Forever/B&R, and Begins/Knight. 

The first two are these great, fantasy-land movies.  Hugely art-deco in their design, and really a cool look at what was probably once the gleaming city of the future and has since been given over to crime and poverty.  A nice update to the Batman legacy.

Forever switched things up a bit, and brought us an updated version of the campy comics from the 50's and 60's.  Everything takes place in this whacky Crayola-Gotham, where there don't seem to be any real consequences other than getting more colorful.  This and Batman and Robin are the movie versions of those comics where there's a T-Rex and a giant penny in the Batcave.

Begins brought us back to reality.  It takes place in the world that we live in, mostly in the time that we live in, and does its best to convince us that Batman is a story that could happen to you or me.  There are some fantastical elements, but for the most part it's as if Batman popped up one day in a current American city.  Like, say, Chicago.

BATMAN FOREVER gets a lot of shit for being too kiddy and silly, but that's what Batman was to most people until the 80's anyway.  I'll take FOREVER over BEGINS any day of the week.


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77 Reply by Branco

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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is one of the greatest comedies ever committed to celluloid.


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78 Reply by Branco

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It's hard to believe that through all the Leno-Conan nonsense, Letterman's job was never once called into question.


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79 Reply by Branco

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Down in Front wrote:

Rico's embarassed about his married-tummy. Homeboy stopped trying months ago. Look at him. Look at his shaaaaaaaaame.

Sure did.  It's glorious!


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80 Reply by Branco

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It's fucked up that you all think that us guys with tattoos and a perfect physique have it easy.  Maybe the movie is talking about YOU!


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81 Reply by Branco

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Heh.  If nothing else, you should know it from this:

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri= … uwuLxrv8jY


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82 Reply by Branco

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Brokeback Mountain.


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83 Reply by Branco

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You guys really know how to quit, huh?


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84 Reply by Branco

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Billy Bob Thornton.


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85 Reply by Branco

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You guys can't be fishing for answers, 'cuz that rod hasn't touched water in its life.


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86 Reply by Branco

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Nope. This score isn't nearly as well known as STAR WARS.  It's been stuck in my head for the past few days, though...

Want any hints?


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87 Reply by Branco

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Here goes...

bahm-bahm-bahm BAHM BAHM... bahm bahm bum bum.

bahm-bahm BUM BUM... bum... bahm bahm.


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88 Reply by Branco

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If you do it in Mayish, yes.  I'd bring a film crew.


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89 Reply by Branco

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Requiem?!


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90 Reply by Branco

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Jesus Christ!  This thread is like an advertisement for autism. I suddenly feel bad about myself for not being able to call up any of these scores from memory, much less associate them with bums and dahs.


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91 Reply by Branco

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I have a huge man-crush on Walter Murch, but this doesn't really make sense.  TRON, for example, tried to keep their convergence fixed at the plane of the screen throughout the whole movie.  He's talking like there's one way of making a 3D film, when it's all just experimentation at this point. 


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92 Reply by Branco

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DorkmanScott wrote:

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/5884/babiesh.jpg

BABIES EVERYWHERE

Greatest ever!

Haha. Congrats.


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93 Reply by Branco

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Oh jesus.  This is why I never learned to read.


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94 Reply by Branco

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I really have a hard time listening to this dude's voice for more than a minute at a time.


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95 Topic by Branco

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Hey dudes and possible dudettes.  Some of you know me here, some don't, and some are vaguely aware of my existence through mutual friends and work.  Regardless, I'm looking for opinions of my latest DP reel.  Nothing is final, and I'm still waiting on footage from my last 2 features, but I'd like to get a sampling of what you guys think works and what doesn't.  Thanks for looking out!

Please don't pass this along to anyone.  There's a couple shots in here from unfinished and not-yet-released material, and I don't need producers, studios, and production companies on my ass.

http://vimeo.com/17610020
password: branco


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96 Reply by Branco

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I've never heard the EMPIRE one.  A buddy of mine had STAR WARS, and then I got JEDI when it came out.  On cassette, I believe.


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97 Reply by Branco

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There's one way to settle this.  Let's see if it gets pulled from YouTube...


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98 Reply by Branco

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Is that a riff on the BEVERLY HILLS COP theme?


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99 Reply by Branco

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What, just cuz it's a hoodie you gotta talk like it's from the hood?  Jeez.


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100 Reply by Branco

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Michael Rooker is in this, right?  How big is his role?  I shot a movie that he was in earlier in the year, and he was talking about going down to Louisiana to work on it.  How's he doin' in it?


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