Author: EnigmaWave

Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012)

Been a while since I’ve heard a Wilhelm Scream.

I wonder when CGI transformations will stop looking like crap?  And they’re always way too fast; it’s impossible to appreciate any details.

Mulan 2 (2004)

Ummm…I was hoping for another stand-out song on the soundtrack, like “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” was for the original.  That didn’t happen, and they basically recycled one of the songs.

Mushu screws everything up; then he fixes everything in the end, à la deus-ex-dragon.  Although the final outcome was probably slightly better than it would have been, had he not interfered at all.

The Dragon Warrior (2011)

Behold, a sneak preview of TES VI !

This was a real winner, as far as bad movies go; I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see what asinine thing would happen next.

I have no idea whether any of this was intentional or not.

Brave (2012)

I learned what a caber toss was from Curse of Monkey Island; I smiled when I saw a caber toss here.  Didn’t see anyone using a barrel of rum to blow up a rubber tree though.

While watching, I recognized so many bits and pieces of other Disney movies; but I suppose all of the tropes are ancient and I shouldn’t really be surprised.

The Wild (2006)

Oh boy.  More flat soda.  Somebody needs to learn not to pop the top until it’s time to drink.

I kept hearing not-Simba talking and thinking, “that sounds familiar; but I can’t quite place it.”  Once I opened imdb for Greg Cipes and saw the logo for Teen Titans it  immediately clicked, “oh yeah, Beast Boy!”

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

Did Toothless get smaller?  Maybe Hiccup got bigger…I don’t know.

That was not the death I expected.

Oh hey, how about that?  Post #100!

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

The story Eragon wishes it could be.

I kind of don’t want to see the “Oh no; the hero is dead!  Sob!  Boo-hoo!  Oh wait, he’s actually alive!  Hooray!” trope anymore.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Ricardo Montalban is the one true Khan.

I’m getting lots of what I’m going to call a “reverse yeah, I remember that” or “yup, that’s where it came from.”

There’s a scene where Kirk says, “damage report”, he and Spock then walk over to a monitor where Spock points at each of the glowing red dots one at a time before finally saying, “they knew exactly where to hit us”.  I’m thinking, “thank you Mr Spock, I never would have noticed those specks of light had you not pointed them out to me!”  He should have spoken and pointed at the same time.

Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)

Just even more of, “oh yeah, I remember that!”  Only now, instead of just being oh yeah I remember that from the series, it’s also, oh yeah I remember that from Wrath of Khan, and even, oh yeah, I remember that from Star Trek 2009.

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

I haven’t read the book version of this.  I feel like I should, now.

TIME PASSES

I have now read the book; it is quite a bit different than the movie.  At least the movie is not alone; it comes from a long line of inaccurate Dahl adaptations.