Published May 26th, 2009 at 11:17 am in commentary, movies with 4 comments
Tagged with great man theory, helena bonham carter, lord humongous, master blaster, mcgyver, michael biehn, michael ironsides, richard dean anderson, salvation, save the cat, star trek, tango & cash, terminator
Bless me, readers, for I have sinned. It’s been a month since my last confession. Over a month, actually, but what a busy, busy month it’s been. I’m still chewing over my Cannes 2009 experience- the meat of it still churning slowly through my digestive tract. In the meantime, over the long weekend, I watched Terminator: Salvation and could only conclude my viewing with a single thought: when did John Connor become a complete and monstrous prick?
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Published February 5th, 2009 at 4:22 pm in events, manhattan with 1 comments
Tagged with dave gibbons, fringe, mcg, new york comic con, penny arcade, robot chicken, star trek, terminator, the watchmen, torchwood, venture bros, yatterman
Now that I have overcome my fear of the forthcoming comic convention, I must now tackle a slightly less-vital but crucially important task: selecting the panels and events to attend.
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Published February 3rd, 2009 at 2:52 pm in commentary, movies with 3 comments
Tagged with bismarck, christian bale, jake gittes, merchant ivory, miller lite, realpolitik, robert towne, terminator
By now, there is no dark forbidden trench of the universe that is not aware that Christian Bale went on a tirade on the set of the new Terminator film. Indeed, given the penetration of the internet into every fold and fiber of our every organ, it is impossible that we would not know, as soon as it happened, perhaps even before it happened. Time and space are trifles compared to the power of judgmentalism.
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