Boys becoming men, men becoming wolves

*ignorance, not ignorant

"Equilibrium" was indeed pretty awful, but mostly because the director basically took "The Matrix" and replaced "machines" with "emotion-suppressing drugs." The concept behind it had potential, which can be seen in the early going with Sean Bean's character. I can only imagine what Christopher Nolan could have done…

Post-apocalyptic wastelands or futuristic dystopias
Love them, in any form. Part of the appeal is that I just like seeing how ordinary people would deal with the removal of comforts of the civilization that we take for granted. Even though "9" was such a disappointment, I couldn't bring myself to dislike it because I…

SPOILER ALERT IF YOU'VE BEEN LIVING IN A CAVE FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS

Yeah, the Metroid games are the top of the heap in this genre. The best part is when you get back your double-jump and feel like you can suddenly go anywhere you want. Love those games.

K-19: The Widowmaker

It isn't a good idea to slap down screenwriters as a group because they're marginalized. It *is* a good idea to slap Cody down, because the screenplays she writes are masturbatory and extremely grating. I don't know why you think the two are mutually exclusive. Just because I want to see more adaptations of graphic…

Ernest Hemingway's "R'lyeh Also Rises"

Evan Waters, Charlie Kaufman called to inform you that he's writing you out of his will.

Beo-werewulf

Actually….
This might be the one project that's perfectly suited to Diablo Cody's aesthetic. Her revoltingly zippy, vacuous aesthetic.

Well Done Denny Hall: It's not your fault. It's not your fault. It's not your fault. It's not your fault. It's not your fault. It's not your fault. It's not your fault. It's not … your fault.

Ellsworth Toohey: I find your ideas fascinating and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

No way. Worst part is Ashton Kutcher saying, "Love is the only shocking act left on the planet." I could feel my bile rising after I heard that. It's like the movie was written by an 11th-grade girl who had just read Romeo and Juliet for the first time.

I know I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth
… but what the fuck? No "Ran"? It's the guy's magnum opus, for crying out loud.

My order:

I'm still waiting for some Kurosawa to be screened somewhere here in Chicago. Just the thought of seeing Ran on the big screen makes me giddy.

I'd say both universes have their share of stupid villains. Marvel may not have anything on the level of The Joker (though my personal favorite villain will always be Venom), but DC's collection of villains gets thin pretty fast after him. The problem is that DC's heroes are so bad, with their two biggest heroes being…

The Lizard doesn't fly, but neither does Doc Ock, and #2 was the best of the series. All they need is someone who can approximate Spidey's skyscraper-scaling. I think the Kraven/Lizard teamup sounds pretty sweet, actually.