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  1. Mikael Soderholm

    We Lost HTF Member Johnny Angell

    The man is gone, but his memory remains, thanks partly to this forum, as we can still read his wisdom. It makes you think about ageing when people you have interacted with over the years suddenly are no longer there. I was young when I discovered this hobby and this forum, but I am no longer...
  2. Mikael Soderholm

    Dune: Part Two (2024)

    Yeah, I know, I bought my copies back in -78, but today, I see no reason why this fantasy, which is what is is, is so highly regarded. It wasn't good then, when I was 18 and thought it was, and it is no better now. And is it really still considered 'great'? Honest question, I'm not in the...
  3. Mikael Soderholm

    Dune: Part Two (2024)

    Basically my critisism is on Herbert, not Villeneuve, the bad is the story, or lack of it. I might not have thought so at 18 when I read it, but I do now. There are lots of bad fantasy novels with many sequels, this is just one more. But back in -78, it wasn't. I love BR2049, and Arrival, and...
  4. Mikael Soderholm

    Dune: Part Two (2024)

    Well, back after seeing it in the only IMAX we have here, which is a regular laser one, it was in what I guess is 1,90:1 throughout, no changing ARs. It was extremely impressive, the cinematography, acting, sound (oh yes, WOW), but even as I have read the books and rewatched part one I did not...
  5. Mikael Soderholm

    Dune: Part Two (2024)

    Well, you guys are really selling it. I read the books back in the 70s, saw the Lynch version, and mostly forgot, until the new version came out. Wasn't all that impressed, although I usually like Villeneuve, and rewatched the other day in prep for tomorrow's show, and must say, still not that...
  6. Mikael Soderholm

    Variety article on demise of DVD: estimates sales will fall below $1B in 2024

    But just like Spotify, for me the main problem is not quality, although it exists, it's availability. And so I want to hold the music or the movie in my hand, so it doesn't suddenly just disappears when I want to listen to it/see it again. I have bought quite a number of films I saw on Netflix...
  7. Mikael Soderholm

    Love Lies Bleeding (2024)

    Kristen Stewart, Ed Harris, A24, noir, count me in. Will they use the obvious song, I wonder? Obvious to us old enough, I mean ;)
  8. Mikael Soderholm

    Entertaining movies based on comic books

    Well, one problem is they are called 'comic' when in fact they are not necessarily that. Just because they are drawn rather than written don't make them Donald Duck. Like, what is 'comic' about Sin City? Or John Wick? And Spielberg already tried Tintin, and while I liked it and hoped for a...
  9. Mikael Soderholm

    HBO Max True Detective: Night Country

    Yeah, that basically sums up all the things I did not like about this. And that is all I have to say about that.
  10. Mikael Soderholm

    Dune: Part Two (2024)

    So I have tix for next week (28th), digital IMAX, so no 15/70, and I guess no 1,43 either. Still, the best I can get here. Need to find time to rewatch part one first.
  11. Mikael Soderholm

    HBO Max True Detective: Night Country

    Am I the only one who likes it? Sure, S1 was great, but IMHO, so was S2. S3 was a little less awesome, and as for S4, not done yet, but so far, totally unimpressed. Just watching to see how it ends, basically. Too lazy to read spoilers.
  12. Mikael Soderholm

    Entertaining movies based on comic books

    Loved The Old Guard, but wasn't sure what it was based on. Really hope for a sequel, don't know enough about the comic to now if one exists.
  13. Mikael Soderholm

    Entertaining movies based on comic books

    Totally agree, I thought I was the only one who liked these three.
  14. Mikael Soderholm

    Entertaining movies based on comic books

    I found Atomic Blonde to be quite entertaining, and in a different vein, Bullet Train was also entertaining. And of the Batman movies, Batman Begins is my fav.
  15. Mikael Soderholm

    Theatrical Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

    Well, I'm old enough to have dissed a number of sequels when announced, like Blade Runner, only to realize they were quite good, so despite my initial felling of 'oh, wtf why?', I'll hold my judgment. (and completely crush it once it's out ;))
  16. Mikael Soderholm

    The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)

    Guy Ritchie with Bruckenheimer producing, I'm so there. It will be a blast. Stupid, probably, but a blast.
  17. Mikael Soderholm

    Official 2024 Oscar Nominations And Discussion Thread

    I added to my post to make myself more clear and less offensive.
  18. Mikael Soderholm

    Official 2024 Oscar Nominations And Discussion Thread

    So basically you have no idea if they were good or not? (spoiler: they were ;) ) And to edit, so as not to seem rude, I wouldn't normally knock a movie I haven't seen, unless I knew for sure it was made by a complete fool, which Scorsese is not. So I apologize if I sounded rude, I did not...
  19. Mikael Soderholm

    Official 2024 Oscar Nominations And Discussion Thread

    Well, no matter who is nominated, we always feel someone is missing. Me, I miss Leo, I thought he was brilliant and worthy. And while Robert Downey was great, so was Matt Damon.
  20. Mikael Soderholm

    Full screen covering ads?

    Yep, getting it as well, in German, for some reason (maybe the ad sw thinks I am in Germany). Also, still get notifications to disable my adblocker even though I have. Usually they pop up above or below the ads I still see, since I have disabed it.
  21. Mikael Soderholm

    Saltburn (2023)

    Well, hadn't really heard about this one, but it sounds like a YA sleazy version of Brideshead, is it? Should I spend two hours on it? I obviously loved the original Brideshead, and accepted, but didn't love, the movie, and I am a sucker for movies like Maurice, Gray, Room with a view etc, but...
  22. Mikael Soderholm

    R.I.P. Tom Wilkinson

    Horrible news indeed. RIP, sir.
  23. Mikael Soderholm

    Movies with Jazz Scores

    The first one that comes into my head is 'Round Midnight, starring Dexter Gordon by Bertrand Tavernier, filled with jazz, obviously. Another one that no one, including the main actors, seem to like, is Random Hearts, which also has a great soundtrack. I like both the movie and its soundtrack.
  24. Mikael Soderholm

    Bond 26

    Sssshh now, don't give them any ideas ...
  25. Mikael Soderholm

    Bond 26

    And yet there was a female 007 in No Time To Die, for a while anyway.
  26. Mikael Soderholm

    Pet Shop Boys appreciation thread

    Cool, I have tix for the Feb 4 showing in Stockholm. Hoping this means there will be a blu release eventually, I saw the show live and it was really the boys at their best.
  27. Mikael Soderholm

    The Rolling Stones-The Hackney Diamonds Tour (April 28-July 17th 2024)

    I thought the album was great, but a tour, I don't know? Also, among the deep cuts, I don't suppose Brown Sugar was there anymore, right? Anyway, they miss a drummer and a bass player from their original setup, so what about Paul and Ringo? I'd see that. Even without Brown Sugar.
  28. Mikael Soderholm

    The Abyss (4K special edition) in theaters 12/6/23

    No sign of it here, yet. There is still hope ...
  29. Mikael Soderholm

    Oppenheimer (2023)

    Oh man, not until Wednesday, here in the far north. Jealous.
  30. Mikael Soderholm

    The Abyss (4K special edition) in theaters 12/6/23

    Well, both Abyss and the second half of Titanic were quite blue, no? Or was that teal?
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