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Not bad for a debut 
I'm very interested to see how this new show evolves (especially when you tackle some movies that DIF/WAYDM never did).
(Yeah, The Phantom Menace commentary is a bit quiet, but it can be easily fixed by using Effects -> Compressor in Audacity.)
lol, with the Tennant. Knock it off. Like I said earlier, I wasn't expecting the sentimental outpouring
Oh well... I just couldn't help it. The loss of Leonard Nimoy and DIF/WAYDM on the same day was disheartening at first. But the podcast isn't really dead as long as we listen to it.
The Director's Cut is basically a rougher version of the Final Cut. It has the unicorn shot, no narration and no happy ending. It was one of the first DVDs ever made (I saw the Region 2 release - the picture looked like an early '90s transfer and the audio had only 2 channels).
William Sanderson (J.F. Sebastian) played a gangster on Babylon 5. Out of all the criminals on that show, he was easily the most interesting one.
We need a movie like this about the 80s'.
Donnie Darko would qualify (sort of). Set in 1988, made in 2001.
Bound is pretty solid; not nearly as "visionary" as their later movies, though, but at least there's some hot girl-on-girl action 
Romantic lead? Willem Dafoe played freakin' Jesus (and, in a way, he was the romantic lead of that movie)!
BTW, Star Trek: Insurrection could be a good WAYDM commentary. So many issues. The outros also make me think that the Captain America movies are interesting candidates.
One of the earliest movie franchises by Marvel. I'm not much into vampires, but Blade's approach to the bloodsucker genre works fine for me (especially when compared to crap like Twilight). Blade was wearing shades and a trenchcoat before The Matrix made this kind of garb popular
Overall, a pretty decent combination of action and horror. I haven't watched the third one yet, but I've heard bad things.
Have you seen the original cut of Trek, though?
Yes. It feels very much like a rough cut, but I still find it more coherent than The Black Hole.
Black Hole makes ST-TMP look like Citizen Kane
Speaking of Ernest Borgnine... Anybody remember that '80s show? Knight Rider with a helicopter - doesn't that sound awesome?
(BTW, this Bell helicopter was redesigned by Andy Probert, who also helped redesign the Enterprise for ST-TMP.)
Finally, I managed to read Solaris (it's probably the only Polish novel most nerds around the world are familiar with). I can't even tell you how inadequate the movie adaptations feel to me now. I'm not saying they're bad movies, but they don't capture the essence of what Lem was writing about (the incomprehensible nature of an alien intelligence and the philosophical ramifications of contact).
Highly recommended. It's not a very long read, you can breeze through it in a day or two. I can't vouch for the English translation, though (some people say it's not great); I've only read the original version.
(Fun fact: The first film adaptation of the novel was a 1968 black & white Soviet TV movie; it should be still on YouTube.)
Fun fact: Rainn Wilson played a creepy asexual embalmer on Six Feet Under. Unsurprisingly, this character's favorite movie was Silent Running
The premise sounds like a Twilight Zone / Outer Limits episode, but Her is so much more than that: a compelling, expertly directed sci-fi love story. Not a single bad shot. Very impressive.
The Prestige with 1970s F1 drivers (based on a true story). Not my favorite Ron Howard movie, but still good. My only real quibble with it is that something felt weird about Chris Hemsworth's performance (it's hard to look at him and not see Thor, especially with that haircut).
I've seen only a few Woody Allen movies until today (Annie Hall was the only one I really liked). When I noticed that these two are available for free on VOD, I decided to give them a shot; they turned out to be OK. Blue Jasmine benefits greatly from Cate Blanchett's performance; you could almost argue that her character is what Galadriel would be in real life. Whatever Works has some nice satire and an overall pleasant feel.
They're not nearly as funny as Annie Hall, but I don't regret spending 3 hours watching them.
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The audio track on the "unaltered" 2006 DVD release is not the mono mix, it's the original Dolby Stereo (4:2:4 matrix) mix. It doesn't have the mono additions (like C-3PO's tractor beam explanation and "Close the blast doors!").
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It's just a boring generic adventure film with all the standard plot beats and goofy Micheal Bay style camera bullshit. Lensflares up the ass, poorly shot action scenes where you can't tell what the fuck is happening half the time
Yeah, it seems like Jonathan Liebesman tried really hard to emulate his new mentor.
I find TMNT more tolerable than the Transformers sequels (it's shorter and less exhausting), but it's still bad. Megan Fox as April O'Neil? Dooo nooot waaant....
The movie seems competently made, but it's missing something. Many people insist on comparing Guardians Of The Galaxy to the original Star Wars; I don't think it's deserved (it reminded me more of Chronicles Of Riddick). GotG simply doesn't make me care about these characters and this universe. It could use some of Joss Whedon's witty writing.
Everyone kept saying how good it is, so I decided to buy the DVD and... man, it's really fuckin' good. I liked Cloudy and Jump Street just fine, but this is definitely the best achievement of the Lord & Miller duo. Watch it. Watch it right now.
I had a few LEGO brick sets as a child. In communist Poland we had to buy them in special stores for ersatz dollars (they were considered luxury goods). This movie brought back some great memories...
Nick Meyer's commentary for Star Trek II (available on the Special Edition 2-disc DVD set) is pretty solid.
Twilight is my favorite WAYDM, it does a great job explaining the main problems with the franchise.
(We've had a thread about our favorite FIYH episodes some months ago )
Posted by screwballscramble in the chat (thanks). It really needs to be preserved for posterity, so I'll copy it here.
Push the "CC" button for some additional fun.
A risqué comedy done properly. We're The Millers delivers lot of outrageous jokes wrapped in a fun story. If you liked Californication, this movie will make you laugh (and you'll never look at that kid from Narnia the same way again).
The Orion spacecraft has made a successful test flight.
Gotta love the internet. They have 20 frames of a new thing, and they already don't trust JJ enough to explain it to us or make it work.
No, clearly JJ is wrong about his own movie and based on the 20 frames we have of this new thing we know better.
Oh internet.
People have already deciphered the Aurabesh in the trailer. Apparently it says "RFN RRUP". The movie will definitely suck because of this 
There's not much in the teaser, but Plinkett made a video about it anyway (it's been already posted in the chat, but that's gonna disappear quickly).
This reminds me of The Star Wars Prequel Appreciation Society
(Unlike most people on the FIYH forums, I don't hate the Hobbit movies. Yes, they're flawed, too long and not nearly as good as LOTR, but I find them pleasant to watch.)
Zarban, you should also show them Babylon 5.
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