The American remake. It was made by the same people I understand who made the Japanese version, and I understood, perhaps incorrectly, that the original version was made for TV. The Buffy version certainly felt like a TV movie with its pacing and constant cuts to black for commercials.
Question: Did anything ultimately happen to the real estate agent? He was in the house. Good creep factor, but no story or characters. I've recently seen The Eye and Ringu and enjoyed them much more. Was the original a TV movie, because this one played like a TV movie - with the...
Because Lana wouldn't understand; because she's never seen anything strange or supernatural happen in Smallville. She hasn't had boyfriends that cried blood or whatever, or she herself didn't turn on Chloe with an axe, or try to seduce Clark in the pool, or have a phantom guy rescue her from...
After last night's Krypto-Gatorade episode, I think I'm going to tape Smallville from now on and fast forward to parts that look relevant to the main story arc (whatever that is anymore). I didn't watch Season 1 and really only picked it up when the whole Clark/Lex/Lionel/Jonathon/Jor-el...
Just watched Episode 3 up here in Canada. We get it six days later, but the stench lingers. This show is so filled with contrivances and coincidences that I was laughing. There is no attempt to explain anything. Lana's boyfriend from Paris ends up as the assistant football coach. Lois needs...
I had the privilege of seeing Mr. Reeve live, at a taping of the Carol Burnett show back in 1991 at Disney Studios in L.A. He really had fine comic timing, as displayed in movies like Superman and Noises Off. I really thought we'd see him walk again. He certainly didn't go down without a fight...
Here in southern Ontario it's been a dreary summer. Ironically, the two times I headed to the Silver City I saw The Day After Tomorrow about an ice age, and King Arthur where the big battle scene takes place in snowy mountains on a lake of ice. If I wanted to feel cold I would have just gone...
I know it's old but I just watched it last night on DVD. There's nothing more frustrating than getting to the end of a thriller and realizing you have no idea why anything in the story happened. At the 1/2 way point, I thought it was an average thriller - then there were plot twists that I...
>I remember reading / hearing / seeing somewhere the quote: "If its an improv, why are there writers listed during the credits?" They need writers to come up with suggestions for Let's Make a Date, or Party Quirks, for example. >I believe that a good bit of the show is "rehearsed" or at...
It is on weeknights in syndie and ABC have shown in the past couple weeks - including a new episode (at least new to me). Apparently, they do have unaired shows in the can. I saw a syndie the other night I must have missed the first time around. Colin had a classic about a hitman who bumps...
I've always loved the show, but have wondered if any of it was set up. This goes for Improv in general. In May I attended Whose Line live on stage (called A Night of Improv) with Colin, Brad, Greg, Jeff, and Chip. Last night I watched the Improv All-Stars on CBC's Just For Laughs - Drew...
I've had trouble with redirect viruses and my spyware programs cleaned them up (it seems) eliminating hp.uti. But there's another file created around the same time called 'sp.uti'. It says Usage tracks include file. It's 9km. Clicking on it takes me to SpyBot. I can't find a match for it in...
The tougher the clues get the better Ken gets. Some of the questions he pulls out are amazing.
There was what I consider a mistake last night. They took away money for the woman's answer of the "Olympics" for what Stockholm hosted in 1912 and some guy losing his medal in the decathlon. The...
The 8pm I'd never seen so possibly it had never aired. The 8:30 with Richard Simmons I have seen. I never really liked these celebrity shows but I have to admit that Colin on the jetski is one of the funniest bits ever. Glad to see it's back.
I just watched Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla. Excellent final battle (kinda of Godzilla Sumo wrestling), better than the bug fight in Megaguirus. Funny though it has the same basic concept. Godzilla attacks and kills soldiers except for Army Girl who then is the hero later on. There's the...
I just watched Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla. Excellent final battle (kinda of Godzilla Sumo wrestling), better than the bug fight in Megaguirus. Funny though it has the same basic concept. Godzilla attacks and kills soldiers except for Army Girl who then is the hero later on. There's the...
I'd still only rent. Personally, I've become bored with extras - with the odd exceptions. Usually, the featurettes were made-for-TV promos where everyone tells you how great the movie is so you'll go see it. But I've already rented it! As for deleted scenes - most of the time it's obvious why...
I'd still only rent. Personally, I've become bored with extras - with the odd exceptions. Usually, the featurettes were made-for-TV promos where everyone tells you how great the movie is so you'll go see it. But I've already rented it! As for deleted scenes - most of the time it's obvious why...
I rented Mystic River from BlockBuster (Canada) last night. There are no extras on the disc even though the box says there is a commentary, plus interviews and featurettes.
I rented Mystic River from BlockBuster (Canada) last night. There are no extras on the disc even though the box says there is a commentary, plus interviews and featurettes.
I'm not a Godzilla fan per se, but I'm trying to learn Japanese and watching films is a good method. The other night I watched GODZILLA vs. MEGAGUIRUS on DVD. In this one, they try to capture it in a miniature Black Hole - but a bug gets trapped and mutates. Overall, I enjoyed it (I liked the...
I'm not a Godzilla fan per se, but I'm trying to learn Japanese and watching films is a good method. The other night I watched GODZILLA vs. MEGAGUIRUS on DVD. In this one, they try to capture it in a miniature Black Hole - but a bug gets trapped and mutates. Overall, I enjoyed it (I liked the...
I was confused by the ending. After Ike gives the OK for the invasion, there's a scene at an airfield - the hangar doors open to the caption, "June 6, 1944." Then Ike drives up (it's daylight) and talks to a group of paratroopers (I think) who are smearing dirt on their faces. But shouldn't...
The difference today is that there is a major effects-laden release every weekend - during the summer and Christmas seasons and even in the off-season somewhat. Back in "the day" we'd get The Empire Strikes Back and maybe one other film that would qualify as a big budget extravaganza. Now...
Like the radical climatic changes that charge the plot of THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, the film itself runs hot and cold. Like Dennis Quaid's character who is desperately trying to warn people of the coming doom, I feel obligated to warn potential movie goers before they venture into the theatre...
The nice thing about this was that it usually works. Here Jack had to go for the axe - which I've never seen before. So they took the cliche and ran with it - literally as well. It's a good thing the science lab was empty!
Overall I enjoyed the finale except for a few head shakers. They really telegraphed the wife shooting Saunders. And the guy taking out two cops with a knife? As for the kids being in school, I'd forgotten whether all of LA was shut down or not but I thought it was. And putting the virus in a...
I've never understood lead-ins. I'd never watch a show just because it followed one I was watching. Do people actually do this? Are they too lazy to hit the remote? I could see this 30 years ago maybe when there were three stations and no remote but not now.