My introduction to the story was the show, so it's the one I'll finish first anyway cause that's just how I do it. First come, first served and all that. Way I see it, Martin has it all plotted out anyway and he knows how it's going to end so even if HBO's ending has a different tone than the book it's going to be…

Dedicated fans got him to where he is

Yeah, but who are you, or anyone else to put a deadline on him for when he has to create. Basically, he did the work, put out the book, you bought it, end of transaction. The next book is a new deal. If it takes him 5 years to refine his story to a point where he's comfortable enough to sell it then you should be glad…

I would have agreed with you on Billy Bob until Fargo came out. He's pretty damn good in that. Part of what made his character work though was that you learned so little about him. He was more like a force of nature or a myth. Based on what Zero Theorem looks like it seems like a lot more than that though, so you may…

Apcalypto is a super dense ride, like, gripping the entire time so rewatching it took me some time. That Mel Gibson knows some story structure, that's for sure.

oh don't get me started on 70's music

Oh, so this is like Peter Jackson story time then, where you say it's the end, fade to black but come back with another ending. I see how you roll. And. As I now look, your name is Smeagol. So, red handed, buddy. I'm on to your games.

If the story ended after you had only wore out ONE tape then I find your lack of devotion to Coming out of their Shells disturbing.

Nah, it makes sense. First you wash them in Dawn, then you Rinse them off. It'll all set up Dry of the Planet of the Apes perfectly.

I have a bachelor degree in science for media arts and animation.. So, speaking as a scientist, I fully support my fellow scientist here in all his claims.

What I heard way back when was that movies grew out of theater and theater actors made very broad and exaggerated acting decisions because the character's emotion needed to read throughout the theater. It's also the reason why most old movies used that locked down two-shot when characters were talking, it's filmed…

pretty damn close, yeah. I read some thing where Steve Carell said he didn't watch the bbc version so his performance wasn't affected by Gervais's, but I don't buy it. His timing and delivery were like a bad impersonation that first season. Season 2 was like a totally different show and was entirely 'American'…

The US series of The Office didn't get really good until the broke away from the BBC material. It's first season mimicked the Gervais series pretty closely with its characterizations and general timing but by season two they came into their own. Not sci fi/fantasy but it's the first thing I thought of

I think he just feels like we need to get to know the Banner/Hulk relationship better before jumping into Planet Hulk. I happen to agree. I think Hulk needs a solo film before a cameo/team-up/vs. Avengers film.

I didn't like Pacific Rim. I mean, it delivered exactly what all the trailers and press promised, I just didn't think it was a good movie or a solid story, terrible acting too.

I'm not as familiar with comic based time travel stories, but most shows and movies that try it do it poorly. Looper was the first time-travel movie in a long time that has actually worked for me. But that's me. The 3rd Potter film used time travel in an interesting way, I think. By and large though, time travel…

"Original genre films" aren't what are failing, it's "Bad original genre films" that are failing. If they, you know. focused on making a good movie with a good story instead of purely the spectacle, then yeah, original genre movies would do well. The only reason reboots and sequels do well is name recognition.

I agree that there are bigger and more specific expectations now. The world at large fell in love with Marvel for this one set of characters, adding new ones will be tricky in the sense that they'll be met with skepticism from people who don't read comics, which is the bulk of their audience and critics.

I've heard this theory before, and I really like it, but it kind of makes Hulk an empty vessel that just delivers plot. If they gave Hulk a large chunk of the GotG sequel it's kind of robbing that franchise of it's 'stand-alone' status. Thanos is surely going to be in Avengers 3, so they have to get him there within a…