Thanks, Jimmy,
yes I meant to say that he worked on Species and he mentioned that in Alien 3. Sorry for any confusion.

My suggestion for Species for DiF dissection still stands though 

I do not think it would be as expensive as we are thinking. I am not saying it would be cheap, not by any means. However, it would have to be an effects heavy film, something that any studio should be clearly aware of if taking this movie on.

One way to know Herbert's intention is really to talk with his son, Brian, as well as read his biography. I have read it, once, a while ago, but his general idea was more of a ecological and political study, rather than a direct commentary on any event.
Personally, I would love to see Dune get another big film treatment, breaking it down so audiences are not completely lost. Making it a little more accessible to the general public, rather than needing to hand out glossaries out in theaters 

I think that may be part of how I differ from other people. You see the Fremen in light of current events, and many others probably would see the same-I mean, people were concerned that the title "Two Towers" would be evocative of September 11 for Americans.

However, Dune was written by a particular man in a particular time frame, with specific ideas in mind. One of the reasons I enjoy the fact that Brian Herbert is continuing his father's world is because he experience his father's insights of the world. If another Dune movie is made, it should be made with the same due respect and consideration that was give to Tolkien and "Lord of the Rings." There should be research done with regards Frank Herbert's reasons for writing, his intent behind the book and any allegories he was drawing, not what allegories we, as a modern audience draw.

I don't want to derail this thread further, but I think Dune deserves the same consideration if it is to be recreated as Lord of the Rings received.

Don't worry about it. I am still becoming familiar with GIMP, and not as familiar as Photoshop. However, the ideas that you showed, your way of setting up different layers, as well adding some more original work to the work, are all really helpful techniques.

Thank you again for your time and work on that tutorial. I was surprised to see the video and even more surprised to see your take on the idea.

If I am ever in LA, I will definitely get you a soda or something for your work Hey, you asked for a drink

Not to bump my own thread, but given the SOPA thing, did I alter this enough for it to be considered a derivative work or am I just pirating now?

The fight between Kirk and a genetic superman was the height of choreography, it is sad but true. Maybe they kept looking at that footage as reference and said, "This is a good fight. Do that again." 

I just finished this commentary all the way through, and found it very enjoyable. Of the movies, Khan is not my favorite, probably because of the childhood creepy feeling of the eels in the ears (can't stand earwigs to this day because of it) and being scared of Khan's man boobs.

The more interesting part of this commentary is Trey's remark that Meyer was the Abrams of this era. Here was a director who had never had dealt with Star Trek before and was only marginally familiar with the original series. Yet, he managed to save the franchise and let it continue on. Honestly, I think whenever Meyer stepped in and directed Trek, it worked very well.

Its rather amazing to me the amount of changes Meyer brought to Star Trek, pushing it closer to the submarine style warfare and naval tradition, which I think was one of the reasons that Roddenberry did not like it.

The final battle between Reliant and Enterprise is very similar to the space battle in "Balance of Terror" in the more submarine aspects of it. I mean, as the panel pointed out, a torpedo's near miss with a wake is classic nautical warfare trope.

Also, I would like to see Eddie and Brian choreograph a better Star Trek style fight

This commentary is also known as "Brian's Redemption"

Further comments will come after I listen to this commentary, at which point I will comment on the comments made during the commentary.

This may sound rather masochistic of me, but I honestly would not mind hearing a panel on the advent of movies like the Twilight series and the fan base that has generated more of a soap opera style of movie and story line than the traditional character building and plot development.

I put my vote in for Thor, mostly out of curiosity to see if Trey would actually watch and comment on it 

Good commentary and I liked it a lot, especially Teague flipping out from time to time

Spiderman 3, to me, is just a mess of missed opportunity. It's like they had all this good source material, lessons on what not to do as well as good villains to work with-what could possibly go wrong?

Yeah, we all know the answer to that question.

In my opinion, Spidey 3 is just too much al packed in to one movie with no clear direction or focus. I honestly do not think I would have made it through the movie without having watched or read an other Spiderman material.

First of all, Venom, as many have said, is completely underused. Venom is probably the most iconic of the Spiderman villains and instead of getting his own movie, he is relegated to 3rd fiddle against Sandman and a poorly designed Green Goblin redux. Venom should have been the capstone villian, or a build up for a (dare I say it around Teague) 4th movie where Venom is the villian and is tearing around Manhattan in a brand new alien suit. The fact that Spiderman is powerless against him provides a little more character motivation.

Secondly, Peter's transformation as being close to bad is not even close to frightening or shows any risk. In all honesty, I think the animated show presented the the Venom arc much better. Instead, we get the unintentionally funny scenes of him "going to far" or something like that.

Lastly, if you are going to introduce conflicting love interest, shouldn't there be some chemistry between the characters?

All and all, I think DiF did a great job reviewing this movie. I could say more, but I think I will leave that to the commentators

doh! Fixed.

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