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  1. Chris Woodard

    Showtime's "Dexter"

    n/m
  2. Chris Woodard

    'Miami Vice' Details

    I have to say that I much preferred the theatrical cut. While the new opening is quite beautiful and moody... one of the great assets of the original cut was how it dropped you into the story and never really let you catch up. Same thing with Tubbs and Trudy in the diner scene (new to the cut)...
  3. Chris Woodard

    THE WIRE season 4 (see post #1 re: SPOILERS)

    Here's an odd question for other people... So I just hooked a friend on the series with this seasons episodes. Which is good... But he is convinced based off the first four episodes of season 4 that Cutty is a pedophile. Maybe I've just become so enamored with his character that I'm...
  4. Chris Woodard

    'Miami Vice' Details

    My guess is that if we ever see a director's cut it will actually run shorter. It will include new footage, but like most of the other Micheal Mann Director's cut, he will cut out as much footage as he puts back in. If a director's cut happens that is.
  5. Chris Woodard

    THE WIRE season 4 (see post #1 re: SPOILERS)

    I think the actor who plays Clay Davis may deliver the most impressive reading of dialogue of all time in episode #2. SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT
  6. Chris Woodard

    Deadwood: Season Three

    Now that the series is over... I'm still disappointed that they never used Nick Cave's "Rye whiskey" song. It always seemed to me like the perfect Deadwood closing credit song.
  7. Chris Woodard

    Miami Vice (2006)

    Vice was a mess of a movie, but a brilliant mess. I like the continuation of what Mann did with Collateral which was using digital as it's own thing as opposed to trying to mimic film. And did any one else feel like they were watching something from HBO with all those actors from HBO series...
  8. Chris Woodard

    Kenneth Branagh's HAMLET -- the ultimate, merged, when-oh-when thread

    I also the feel the need to add, though hesitantly, that the other major flaws are some of the staging and actions in the climactic scene. Which isn't to take away from what a ridiculously good film this is... there are just some choices I didn't agree with. On the positive hand, this was one...
  9. Chris Woodard

    Entourage - Anyone watching it?

    I started to really get into this show while I watched it's reruns during the Sopranos this season. The concept always struck me as inherently distasteful... But it proved me wrong. I like these characters, and I want the best for them. It's also funny as hell! So I apologize for...
  10. Chris Woodard

    The official BLADE RUNNER SE thread. (Check out page 8 and #790.)

    Well that's one worry off my mind at least! I'm going to go release some doves now...
  11. Chris Woodard

    The official BLADE RUNNER SE thread. (Check out page 8 and #790.)

    This... Almost doesn't seem real. But it is? I still can't believe it.
  12. Chris Woodard

    SOPRANOS Season 6: Season Finally!!!.. Episode 12: "KAISHA"

    An interesting article discussing last weeks episode: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...L&type=tvradio
  13. Chris Woodard

    TV Versions of Films that are Much Different from the Theatrical Versions

    Well hell! Why don't I mention a case of a T.V version of a film being infinitely superior to the theatrical release? Ingmar Bergman's "Fanny and Alexander"! Roughly two and a half hours longer, and is Ingmar's preferred cut. True, it only showed on Swedish T.V... and I would think...
  14. Chris Woodard

    Deadwood 2nd Season

    I can't beleive no one mentioned the funniest fucking line of the entire season from last week! Al: (Looks around, sees Dan smiling happily at him, he points at Dan) Did you fuck me while I was out? Dan: Hell, no. Al: Well quit looking at me like that.
  15. Chris Woodard

    Roger Ebert's "Best / Worst Movies of 2004" list!

    I think the reason people respect Ebert, as I do, has little to do with his taste in film (god knows I disagree with his opinion on almost everything)... but that he is a shinning example of how to write subjectively. He puts it all out on the table in such a way, that even if he didn't like a...
  16. Chris Woodard

    *** Official THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING Discussion Thread

    I gotta ask... Does any one else find it as morbidly funny as I do when Gandalf says "So passes Denethor, son of Ecthelion"? I mean, the man is still running around on fire. Shouldn't he at least wait until Denethor collapses before saying that? What a bastard. :D
  17. Chris Woodard

    Hey, whatever happened to exploding helicopters in movies?

    ... You stole my joke. Seriously, that's the only thing I remember about that movie (aside from inadvertently creating Harry Knowles "Aint it cool?" thing). I also remember hoping no one ever blew up another helicopter ever again in any film for the next twenty years.
  18. Chris Woodard

    *** Official THE INCREDIBLES Discussion Thread

    I was hoping someone else would reply to this... because I really don't have the right kind of language skills to explain it. All I could really do is sit you down on a couch next to me and pop in some films and say over and over again "DO YOU SEE! DO YOU SEE!" I still hope someone else...
  19. Chris Woodard

    *** Official THE INCREDIBLES Discussion Thread

    In response to Ernest's post as to why one would make a CGI film that could have live action actors and why use motion capture technology for it (or as would be more apt in Polar Expresses's case, digital wardrobe)... The argument I've heard, that I don't quite fully agree with, but does...
  20. Chris Woodard

    Innocence [Ghost in the Shell 2] Review Thread

    To be more specific, the Stand Alone Complex T.V series and the two movies are not in continuity with one another. Essentially the manga (comic) the T.V series, and movies are all different tellings of the same basic concepts and characters, but they do not directly intersect (though the T.V...
  21. Chris Woodard

    HTF Anime Discussion Part VII

    I know this isn't anywhere near any current discussion going on in this thread but... I just finished watching Gasaraki and was wondering if there was any online resource that discussed or analyzed the plot in any detail. While I found it fascinating and enjoyable overall, there were many...
  22. Chris Woodard

    The Archive of Incomplete TV DVDs - Buyers Beware! (Updated 3/27/05)

    Sopranos Season 1 The original broadcast of the first four (maybe it was five?) episodes featured a montage of the next episode set to the closing credit music without dialogue. This was shown before the credits ran. I was always sad they dropped it after only a few episodes because it...
  23. Chris Woodard

    Movies that truly are frightening

    Jacob's Ladder. And... you know... that's the only one I can think of.
  24. Chris Woodard

    *** Official MAN ON FIRE Discussion Thread

    I think, for me, the best way to compare Man on Fire with Eternal Sunshine as far as top ten lists go is, Eternal Sunshine's visual style seemed to be based off the material, whereas Man on Fire's visual style seemed independently developed from the story. That is to say, it doesn't matter...
  25. Chris Woodard

    *** Official KILL BILL: VOLUME 2 Discussion Thread

    From what I remember from the script, the idea was that most of the scenes with Pai Mei would be poorly dubbed (intentionally) into English for both Pai Mei and the bride. I guess Tarantino was going to be the english voice. But somewhere along the line he abandoned the idea.
  26. Chris Woodard

    DVD Review HTF REVIEW: One Upon A Time In Mexico

    This is quite possibly the greatest single disc special edition ever made. Not a wasted moment. And I can't wait for the Rodriguez Ten Minute F**KING school... because seriously, I could use some help.
  27. Chris Woodard

    Harry Potter, Polar Express, and Burton's Chocolate Factory all IMAX bound

    Concerning running times; I was under the impression that an Imax over 120 minutes was not possible and for films longer than that undergoing the DMR transfer, that certain scenes would be cut (as was the case for Episode II). However, when I saw Matrix Reloaded Imax, the entire film was...
  28. Chris Woodard

    ALIEN QUADRILOGY discussion thread (including all the glitches)

    I just have to add I am so happy they included the entire Laserdisc archives for Alien and Aliens. I just loved the way those things were put together... a making of book with visual aids. Sure it hurt my eyes like hell after a few hours, but man! Never was able to buy those discs since they...
  29. Chris Woodard

    Question about Goldenthal Score on New Cut of ALIEN 3

    They did a great job in score re-editing... except for one of the most important scenes. Ripley's dive into the furnace had to be massively re-edited (for obvious reasons when you see the new cut) and it just doesn't work. Falls a little flat. Too much build up and not enough release. But...
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