I’m not a HUGE fan of the original, but I completely agree. 2049 was a visual feast; the atmosphere, cinematography, and overall design was gorgeous.

BR2049 was visually gorgeous and lush, and leaned into DV’s strengths, and weaknesses, as a director.

His comment feels like a passive-aggressive swipe at Villeneuve, which is dumb. Villeneuve has a better sense of imagery than Scott, and I’m not convinced that a Scott-directed 2049 would’ve been the right choice.

I’m not a fan of Blade Runner, so I haven’t seen the sequel, but my guess is that said sequel was more interesting than what Scott would have offered. So us Alien fans suffered through Covenant (yes, Ridley, I get it, you had a class on Gothic literature in college you really liked) so you Blade Runner fans could get…

Who’s getting their news from Instagram?

Good? Getting your news from Facebook clearly has had more downsides than up.

The episode gave me vibes of the original series episode “The Conscience of the King”, where the Shakespeare troop is led by a kindly old man who turns out to be a notorious killer named Kodos the Executioner and the people who were around to witness that had a lot of PTSD being around him. The M’Benga twist at the…

  Lighten up, Francis. 

I genuinely don’t get it.

so you’re a time traveler? 

“...we’re living in a golden age of exploring the fact that Spock Is Hot.”

1) People are mocking conservatives for getting outraged by saying ‘it’s just a kids’ film.’ But that’s literally the point. They’re outraged because they see it as both a symbol and amplifier of a worldview that they hate, and one that is (arguably) directed towards impressionable children. It’s weird that people…

Thank you for that belated tribute to the late, lovely, immensely talented Jan Hooks. Seriously, I don’t want to take away from Ms. O’Connor, but Jan Hooks never really got the recognition she deserved for being a key part of a fantastic cast. Her and Nora Dunn’s “Sweeney Sisters” could have sung circles around Bill…

“Fight the real enemy.”

Obviously not sure yet if it applies to this story, but still: If you have thoughts of suicide or self-harm, don’t act on them. No matter what country you’re in, there is free help available and things will get better. I’ve been close one or two times myself and am glad I didn’t do it.

Aw, how horrible. She was an interesting, deeply troubled artist with an amazing voice, some great collaborations, and lots of burnt bridges. Infuriating, up and down, energetic, all over the place... now the parasites and documentarians waddle in and package that messy life with a nice, neat narrative.

And the narrator had the remark of “eventually Kens will have the same status women have today.”

I LOVE how intentional the phrasing in the movie was in all of the baggage the remark has with it. It can be read several different ways and that’s clearly the intent.

Stand By Me ran 1:30, pretty in pink 1:36, sixteen candles 1:33, breakfast club 1:37, Nightmare on Elm Street 1:31, heathers 1:43, goonies 1:54...

What’s wild is I’m old enough to remember when people complained they were getting ripped off by theaters with 80-90 minute run times because they could pack another showing into the day. That was probably a reasonable complaint but the idea that anything with substance has to be 2:15 or more is self-defeating (and…

I’m so confused about runtimes. Budgets and profitability are such a sticking point in the current strike — so why do studios turn out 2+ hour kids/family movies? A tight 90 min has got to be cheaper to produce (maybe not by 25% but certainly by 10-15%); plus, people want shorter films. Everyone complains about film…