Trench stories are among my favorite aspects of film making. I have gone from more enjoying films as entertainment and enjoying the process of how films are made, which is one of the reasons I like DiF.

Another suggestion I have is fight choreography process with Eddy, Brian, Ryan, Dorkman, in particular, though Trey's offhand comments on the appropriate place of fighting in movies are always welcome

Oh, I feel the love 

Last Crusade was my first introduction to Indiana Jones, so I always enjoyed it the most. Even though, the whole General Veers turning in to a skeleton freaked me out for the longest time.
Sallah never bothered me, but Marcus seemed to be tacked on to Last Crusade. He was no longer the more academic one-he was used more for comic relief.

To me, the scary part is not how old Ford has become, but the fact that Lucas and Spielberg decided that now is the perfect time to do another Indy film. My guess would be George started writing the sequels to Star Wars once he realized that Ford was still up to the task.

Nothing wrong with that 

I think TNG and DS9 will do well with the HD update. I do not think it will date itself quite as much as with the originals.

Brief nerd moment-um, am I the only one who noticed that the impulse engines on the saucer section were not lit up?   

Film scores-right up Teague's alley.

I also like the idea of the life of Trey. Get him going on a rant on how things have changed and you will have your 30 mins and more besides.

A topic in the same vein is "Changes in Movie Making" talking about film vs. Digital, set pieces and green screens and the like.

MMA is certainly hot right now. This sounds like a fun project.

While I wish you well, hopefully  finances will allow for some support to you guys.

By the way, love the belt ranking as a way of showing supporters your gratitude. Good idea.

Get well soon, Teague!

I got online for about 20 minutes of the "Few Good Men" broadcast before having to bug out. I cannot wait to hear it released.

Hopefully Brian substituted well for DiF's fearless leader.

And, there should be a law against people posting jagged things coming out of sensitive areas.

As far as books go, the only truly successful prequel that comes to mind is "The Magician's Nephew" in the Chronicles of Narnia series. I believe it was the fifth or sixth book written in the series, but chronicles a boy's first sojourn in Narnia. That boy would eventually be the professor in "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe."

I think the overall prequel problem, regardless of genre, is like one of the panelists mentioned in this commentary. To us in the real world, the character is iconic, like Indiana Jones. In a prequel, he isn't supposed to be the great adventurer that we know him as in Raiders. I am pretty sure Dorkman pointed it out that the producers don't always take that in universe perspective and recognize how the character would been seen prior to becoming the cool guy in his universe. You almost have to be willing to make your hero less heroic, but not to the point of being a bad guy. I think this is one of those things that is easy to go to an extreme on.

Good commentary, but I wanted to point out that Thuggee is a real cult of Hinduism, not just a product of Lucas' mind: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuggee#Re … nd_Thuggee

The principle deity was Kali, the goddess of death.

Time to make up for G.I. Joe, Fig?

These are two movies that I enjoy and look forward to hearing the comments.

I have always been a big fan of the Jurassic Park movies. Even after reading the original book, I still found the movies far more appealing, in terms of structure and engaging characters.

EDIT: Spelling corrections *sighs*

If they are going to do Street Fighter, they might as well do Mortal Combat as well. I mean, might as well have some video game inspired movie fun

As to the commentary, I am still working through it, but Trey's rant made me realize that the man needs his own show just ranting on different things, like TOS Star Trek vs. Next Generation Trek. That is a conversation I would love to hear.

And, Trey is right-G.I. Joe is 12 inches tall and was around long before the smaller incarnations:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe

My dad still has some of his original figures. He had the jeep (sorry Trey) but that did not survive.

Wow,
lots of info. How do you pay attention to all those planes going so fast in the movies?

I think DiF should do "Top Gun"

I like the F-14 for the two man cockpit. Having a 2nd person in there would be nice for me.