Super8 is one of my favorite modern movies. I would've loved to have been part of the live chat. Why aren't you guys announcing your sessions anymore? The release/record thread still says you're about to discuss the hunger games in April. There's been no activity on that thread for two months. I sometimes just go the live feed on a sunday afternoon only to find nothing happening. I once stumbled upon your comic con discussion but that was it.

Anyway, about Super8, I found the theme of "letting go" very clear. The creature just wanted to get home. By keeping him here and not letting go, the government turned him into an enemy. By blaming the drunk for his wife's death and not letting go of his bitterness, the dad made an enemy out of the drunk. The boy couldn't let go of his mom and thus made an enemy of his dad. Everyone needed to learn to let go.

Now about the creature and his ship, he needed some sort of energy source to reconstitute his ship, he couldn't just do it on his own. The airforce knew that, that's why it was no issue to transport them together. The creature still needed some sort of energy source to work with, that's why he was taking all of that hardware. They brought the cubes back into town to catch the creature. The airforce guy tells the Dr. That they are going to bait him and catch him. The cubes were the bait to lure the creature out. What they didn't know was that the creature had built a machine to reconstitute his ship. Maybe the creature had some sort of electrical aura or magnetic field around him that caused all the tech around him to go haywire. Maybe the machine he made just enhances and focuses that energy, I don't know. That part of the story isn't explained very well I agree.

I just love the feel of this movie. It definitely has some imperfections but it just feels good. It's a sappy, Spielberg, 80's, feel good movie. If I could walk out of the theater feeling this good after any movie then I say it's a success.

Sorry, sir. You should follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook, I tend to just make the announcements on those these days.

I tried reading Trey's Tweety feeder—whatever they call it—the other day, and it's just a mess of nonsense with little "expand" links that show what other nonsense was being responded to.

It's like an alien world where everyone communicates in T-shirt slogans.

Also, I'm curious as to why anyone still uses Facebook when literally every single news story about it is how horrible they are.

 Test. Success! It even works in IE!

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Also, ew on the sarcasm tag. Do not want.

Scratch that. I figured out how to make it work.

Last edited by Holden (2012-06-13 19:36:19)

I'm not seeing it in chrome...... Is this showing up different?

So now I have to use a special tag for sarcasm? I thought you were all  good at this game?

It's like a special tag for those joining us from the mid-west, or possibly Germany.

Somebody please tell me we haven't collectively reached a Sheldon level of social ability. I know we may not be amazing, but seriously? SERIOUSLY!? Is this what we're turning into?

Last edited by BigDamnArtist (2012-06-14 00:22:55)

He says in 112 characters...

We could even have other colors for other feelings, like warmth. Trey Stokes' voice is like a hug from a golden retriever.

Or, as I have used here before, sad resignation. I don't think Dave really thinks I'm attractive.