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)
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)
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)
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)
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.
Valiant (2005)
There are a lot of good names in this; but it’s like a soda that’s been left out overnight that’s gone completely flat.
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Good use of Jack Black. Be Kind Rewind was OK; but I don’t think it utilized him as well as it could have, and The NeverEnding Story III was an abomination even he couldn’t save.
I’m wondering if this movie was responsible for kicking the whole panda thing into high gear, or if it was only joining a preexisting bandwagon. Pandas really started showing up all over the place around that time, like, super-saturation.