Up to the part where they've just entered the ship. The idea of tests brought to mind an episode of the 80's Twilight Zone where all the kids get intelligent tests, and the smartest are killed so the government can keep the population stupid. It would be funny if the aliens leave these tests to see if humans have progressed to that level, because if we have they have to show up and wipe us out before we become a threat

Looks like Netflix, for now, isn't going to carry Moby Dick. Too bad

Content!

I was in high school when this came out, and skipped it I think because it seemed like a Goonies wannabe. I had an Apple //c, though, so thought that was a fun touch (once Ebay came along, one of the first things I bought was an old //c portable LCD screen just because I could).

I think that's always going to be the case. When you can focus on the entire saga instead of one book at a time, it becomes much easier to cut and arrange the story. Casting also becomes better, if you know where characters are going and not just where they're going to start. You also now know that minor things that otherwise wouldn't get films are in fact needed to make the ending make sense.

That said, at least Harry Potter isn't getting the TV anime treatment. They would have quickly adapted the books until they caught up to the current volume, then created "filler" shows where nothing happens for a year until the next book came out and they could again go back to the plot.

Reminds me of what I love about the old occult guru Alesiter Crowley. He was starting his study of "magick" at the same time Quantum Mechanics and such were being discovered, and was trying to use serious scientific methods to explore and unify the various systems. You weren't suppose to take him on faith, you had to do the work yourself and either confirm his results or create your own system based on what you found. He also wrote the holy book "The Law is for All" while in a sort of trance and then found he disagreed with parts of it morally

(the now defunct podcast "Thelema Coast to Coast" about the current state of Crowley's followers was hilarious as they blasted those not willing to actually study and apply the proper logic to magick. If a demon doesn't actually show up, the spell doesn't work!)

Agreed. If a different director uses the script and story boards of a classic film, what's the result? Great question! And one we now know the answer to and can more on

When I was in middle school I had this great idea for my big first novel- there's some sort of new civil war in the US, and the Boy Scouts including the troop of our heros pick a side. You have kids in uniform in a war! (inspired by seeing hundreds of scouts climbing all over Old Fort Niagara) Then I see the TV ads for TAPS and figure my idea has been stolen Luckily it turned there was little overlap, and eventually my idea morphed into a sci fi story about children soldiers fleeing the horrors of war. A failed self published comic later (two issues drawn, nothing published), and I still think about trying again...

I was amused that Teague was basically going back to the same sort of questions he asked in Wild Wild West- movie 1 has a, b, and c, movie 2 has a, b, and c, so how can you say movie 2 is bad and movie 1 is good? As if a work of art is just the sum of its parts and everything is interchangeable.

My sister and I also want to see the sequel to this, where the Africans say "hell no" to the Arks and try and fight them off

Angela Lansbury sings that song in the stage version available on DVD (though not on Netflix), and I thought it was fine. There's a concert version of the musical as well, which Netflix does have although not for instant viewing. It's not a NICE, musical, to be sure, but "The Worst Pies in London" is suppose to be a humorous introduction to the character.

I avoided Sweeney Todd as I'm a fan of the musical. If you're going to cut the songs anyways, why not just do an original take on Sweeney instead of an adaptation? You guys tackling it would force a viewing out of me, though