Sorry to slide off on a tangent here but i was thinking when it comes to Peter Weir, The Way Back, is going to be his first project since Master and Commander 7 years ago. Now I don't know if any of you have been in that kind of situation were you have not worked on any project in a long time, but do you feel filmmaking is the kinda of think were you have to keep doing it in order to keep making good material or is it like riding a bike and that thought process just never really goes away?

Ooh, CTHD. A wu xia movie with every imaginable cliche of the genre. Bamboo forest fight? Check! Tea house fight? Check! Gorgeous girl improbably disguised as a man? Check! Scroll of Awesome Technique? Check!

Still, I suppose if you haven't seen a wu xia film before this wouldn't have all been derivative and cringe-inducing.

CTHD yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!

Well, it does depend on what market the film was aimed at. Here in the west, where most haven't paid much attention to wire-fu films, having all those cliches was a plus and a breath of fresh air. In Asia, though, it may have been the equivalent of a Hollywood by the numbers buddy cop film with a $300 million budget.

I don't mind telling you guys that I'm really nervous about next week's show. Cause my love for "The Fountain" is just … ugh. That movie is up on a pedestal for me. It can do no wrong. I can have a lengthy and serious discussion about all its flaws, but then I'll pop in the DVD and absolutely lose my fucking shit during the very first scene and I'm hooked and I have to watch the whole thing.

My love for that movie is completely irrational. I'm out of my mind.

I've been here before but haven't posted much.  I've been listening ever since geekza.  enjoy you guy alot! 

so what time is the fountain commentary?  os it live like the independence day one?

Thanks Fig.  Listening to it now.  When do you guys think you'll be doing the live thing again?  Would be cool to be a part of that in a chat room!

For a second, I was like 'they made an Alien 4?' and then I was like 'oh, so they did'.

An earlier script, which cut out all the craptastic Ripley-Newborn stuff, showed what might have been, featuring exciting chases through an hydroponic garden and a climax on Earth.

Still, the question is why? Just why?

I've said it before and I'll say it again: "Alien Resurrection" was a perfectly serviceable first draft of "Firefly."