tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post5644418453657706529..comments2024-01-11T04:57:37.530-04:00Comments on The Furious D Show: Hollywood Babble On & On #776: Answers Answers Answers Pt. 1Furious Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07934529688753875751noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-78823942443053517602011-08-19T15:39:32.313-03:002011-08-19T15:39:32.313-03:00Valley of Gwangi still rocks. And the film-makers ...Valley of Gwangi still rocks. And the film-makers "got it". Gwangi is never portrayed in the movie as anything more than a man-eating monster. He rampages, kills people, and doesn't do a single nice thing. But at the final scene, where he is killed, the camera focuses in on a little Mexican kid's face, and the kid is crying. Because the kid KNOWS tyrannosaurs are awesome. <br /><br />I showed Gwangi to my 6-year-old grandkid this year and he thought he'd died and gone to heaven.Sandy Petersenhttp://barkinglizards.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-29488633758275303252011-08-04T21:33:47.443-03:002011-08-04T21:33:47.443-03:00You've been bugging me about release schedules...<i>You've been bugging me about release schedules, where fine, here's your goddamn answer! Put it in your pipe and smoke it!</i><br /><br />See what happens when you get fans? They get all demanding. Wish you were more obscure now? XD<br /><br />So follow up question: How many failures will it take in hollywood to break the groupthink?<br /><br /><i>I think the concept of running out of stories to tell for any given genre says more about the failure of the imagination of the people making movies than the possibilities inherent in the genre itself.</i><br /><br />True dat. But then, I was never that much of a fan of Westerns as the genre often seemed like more of the same to me. Though I did like Purgatory (bit of fantasy to it) and C&A (sci-fi). Valley of the Gwangi sounds like something I may have to put on my netflix queue.<br /><br />One more question: What's your bet on when Hollywood will get another shake up and go through another golden age? (since these things seem to go in cycles)Nate Winchesterhttp://natewinchester.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-76662285353996080032011-08-04T20:48:38.570-03:002011-08-04T20:48:38.570-03:00Ok,
So what is your take on Redford doing the ha...Ok, <br /><br />So what is your take on Redford doing the hagiography on Ayers and Dorhn? <br /><br />Is there something beyond idiocy and nostalgia for a time when it was 'cool' to be a terrorist? The <i>right</i> kind of terrorist of course, not one of those icky Timothy McVeigh type of terrorist.<br /><br />Is this a case of preaching to the choir? I can't see any way that mainstream America would ever watch this in a million years. It's not like he needs to establish his liberal 'street cred'. <br /><br />I mean he's <i>Robert Redford</i> what more does he need to do to be one of the cool kids? What gives? Is he just old and semi-retired, does he think he's losing influence, what?<br /><br />Thanks, <br />Don H.<br />Forks, WAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com