Was just about to say the same - the airplane scene is pure Superman. The speed, strength and wonder all in one. 

Kind of agree, but at the same time look at things like The Matrix, Superman etc - these all play with religious mythology without being solely aimed at one religion. The whole idea of chosen ones, resurrections etc are so much part of modern storytelling that they’ve lost the connection to specific people, beliefs etc

Actually agree. Like many sitcoms, the main character was the weakest - I’d watch this if only for Laurie Metcalf and John Goodman.

Love a bit of Dennehy. And seems like a nice guys. Putting him down for a late in life Oscar. 

I always thought that Kline would develop into one of the great actors, taking more serious and challenging roles as he got older. Sort of a bit like Hanks. But then he sort of disappeared (being married to Phoebe Cates probably doesn’t help). I blame Wild, Wild West. 

Might work. I do have an issue in that I just don’t Reed Richards works on film - his stretching never looks right and I don’t think even with the best CGI it will. 

I get the feeling they would have liked to explore to Dark Phoenix saga further but with the up coming merger they were told - you’ve got one film to do it. The whole X-Men saga is a mess - like Fox keeps assuming it’s going to lose the rights so never thinks more than one film ahead.

It does seems little strange to go back to the mood and colour pallet of the original ones after First Class was such a success. 

Loved Sky High - hugely underrated movie

I’m guessing Fred Willard - it’s fit with Phil being so obsessed with becoming the perfect Dad - now is his time etc. 

Always thought Shirley Jackson’s stuff was ripe for modern adaptions - this looks like it could be borrowing some themes from ‘We have always lived in the castle’ - strange family with young girls growing up in strange house etc. 

No, but it’s hard to argue that Rushmore is significantly better made than Lebowski. Or vice versa.

Rampage? 

The whole bit with Nick Nolte dragging his hand through metal was excellent - the sound it made. Rest...meh. 

Think the reason no standalone Hulk moves work is that the Hulk character is dull. Banner is interesting - loved the lonely wanderer of the TV show - but the Hulk itself is dull - nearly indestructible, zero dialogue, usually hindered by poor CGI, no motivation outside of rage. Marvel are clearer trying to make the…

Agree. Don’t think Rushmore or Out of Sight have had the cultural impact that Lebowski has had either. 

I think the point of the quote was that every time anew technology comes along everyone says, Oh no, i’ts going to be the end of X. And it never really has. Usage levels obviously change and some smaller technologies and media will disappear. 

Death comes after the internet. Or Skynet - which is essentially the same.

Much like people chose to read books over Kindle. 

Heard an interesting quote the other day about ‘new media’, which applies here. Forget who said it but it went along the lines that New Media never replaces old media - Newspapers didn’t replace books, radio didn’t replace newspapers, TV didn’t replace radio, and internet didn’t replace TV.