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6. I read the end of The Sixth Sense by reading the back of the soundtrack a mere hour before going to see it at the cinema.
Oh, yeah, titles of tracks on a movie's score can be a real bummer if the composer has named them things like "Johnny gets decapitated" or "It was just a dream after all".
My policy is that there is no end to spoiler embargoes, because new unspoilt viewers keep coming into the world. Somewhere on the planet today, someone is sitting down to watch Citizen Kane for the first time with no knowledge of the story, and I'd like to let them enjoy it.
Saying "there's a twist" is a spoiler; I spent the first half of The Sixth Sense trying to work it out, rather than just watching the movie, and the ending was just confirmation, rather than a proper surprise.
And sometimes, even the studio screws it up. If you watch Terminator 2, it's sooo obvious that you aren't supposed to know
I've occasionally spoiled something for my wife as we're watching it, where I've interpreted some comment of hers to mean that she's figured out what's coming, so I mention that I agree because of something else, and she's "...wait, what? I didn't know that. Now you've spoiled it."
Thankfully, I can't think of specific examples of spoilerage, which is probably just me blotting out my crimes, and those of others against me.
But I can still remember the huge kerfuffle that erupted when someone posted to the Usenet group rec.arts.movies a message with the Subject (Teague edit: original Batman spoilers)
Live action Toy Story:
All right, there it is. I've just finished David Tennant's era.
In which case, I'd be interested to know your reaction to the events of Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead. Watching the show as it was broadcast, this was the first time I saw River Song. I've been wondering whether seeing the rest of her story first changes the impact of this one, particularly if you don't know it's coming.
Oh, if you like Philip Glass, consider Koyaanisqatsi.
...which I've just see in the list, carefully hidden under 'K'. D'oh.
Oh, if you like Philip Glass, consider Koyaanisqatsi.
Also, if you like the programme, consider the various Doctor Who soundtracks by Murray Gold.
First, the mother, father and great uncle of all soundtracks:
Alexander Nevsky by Prokofiev
The Planets by Holst
Peer Gynt by Grieg (arguably the first ever soundtrack)
Then, first cousins of soundtracks:
Pines of Rome, and
Fountains of Rome by Respighi
More recent stuff:
Stargate by David Arnold
Star Trek: the Motion Picture by Jerry Goldsmith
Amelie by Yann Tiersen
Airplane! by Elmer Bernstein
Out of Africa by John Barry
Blade Runner by Vangelis
Remember that the DIF definition of perfect movie is a movie that has a payoff for every setup and vice-versa. It's not just "I enjoyed it as much as I expected to."
I thought it went further than that: I thought perfect also meant that no obvious part of the story's territory was left unexplored, so you're not left thinking: "it was good as far as it went, but they could have taken the idea of Chekov's Macguffin Factory sooo much further..."
.. but I wanted to feel included
Look, you've given it your best try, that's more than could be asked.
If it helps, I'm happy to have my inner nerd slapped on the table with the best of them, but I don't get the enduring nerdgasms for Firefly or Babylon 5 at all. Yes, I've tried.
Although it occasionally makes me smirk, I mostly watch Big Bang Theory because my wife likes it. Meanwhile, she doesn't really like Futurama, but will watch it with me, occasionally smirking.
I'll just put this here...
Doctor Who stamps coming soon.
They do have a nice quote from Giacchino's theme at the end of trailer to round of the BRAAAAAAAMMMMMM, though.
The S From Hell.
Not so much 'cool', as 'whut?'
Space Janitors, episode one
Has anyone mentioned Edgar Wright for director yet? I believe he may be somewhat familiar with the toys already. I mean, the characters.
*ALIENS is the outlier -- Ripley is driven to action by her mommy-instinct, instead, which is I'm not sure is better.
To be fair, Cameron inherited Ripley as a character, and much of what she does isn't just to protect a child. Also, Aliens has Private Vasquez, who (on screen, at least) isn't taught how to be tough or honourable by any man.
Don't open the doors...
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I concur that Dalton's take on Bond is probably the closest to Fleming's, but the scripts he had weren't the best.
Whereas, I didn't buy the romance between Bond and Vesper in 'Casino Royale' at all, and it nearly broke the movie for me.
'Crash' was a clunky, predictable melodrama.
'Spaceballs' not only sucked space rocks through a fifty metric foot space hose, it was also about ten years too late.
'Psycho II' was a sound attempt at a sequel to the original.
'Psycho III' stank on ice.
'Manhattan' is waaay better than 'Annie Hall', but Allen hasn't made an interesting film since 'Bullets over Broadway'.
'Bullshot' is a marvellously bonkers comedy that no-one has heard of.
'Robocop' benefited from being edited for television.
Kubrick's best film was 'Paths of Glory'.
'Splash!' may well be a better-written comedy than either 'Tootsie' or 'Some Like it Hot'.
Harrison Ford's narration improves 'Blade Runner'.
Jerry Goldsmith is the best film composer of the last fifty years.
Meanwhile, here is a machine that sorts Skittles.
So cool, it gets posted twice on the same page
Which just goes to show how much I'm paying attention.
50 Years of James Bond: the Movie
First-ever release of all original series music, including music that never made it to any episode:
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