''Drew: The Man Behind The Poster'' is a feature-length documentary highlighting the career of poster artist Drew Struzan, whose most popular works include the Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Back to the Future and Star Wars movie posters. Telling the tale through exclusive interviews with George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Michael J. Fox, Frank Darabont, Guillermo del Toro, Steven Spielberg and many other filmmakers, artists and critics, the journey spans Drew's early career in commercial and album cover art through his recent retirement as one of the most recognizable and influential pop culture artists of all time.
I tried to get my wife to watch a couple of Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes. We finished season 1 the other day and are slowing getting through the whole series. She missed it as a kid, but it's a fun refresher for me. I think I'll try to fit in the films where I can. BTW I just saw news that Spaceballs is now streaming.
The wife and I just started Breaking Bad on Amazon Prime...we're only two episodes in..had to take a break after the acid/bath tub scene. Good stuff.
I want to start watching Veronica Mars before the movie comes out but Netflix doesn't have it and Amazon Prime charges you per episode. I could have sworn "prime" had it for free not that long ago...
The wife and I just started Breaking Bad on Amazon Prime...we're only two episodes in..had to take a break after the acid/bath tub scene. Good stuff.
That was when my wife dropped out and never came back. But I don't think it was specifically that. I think she just found the whole concept too depressing to visit on a regular basis. Zombies she can handle fine, but someone dying of cancer bothered her too much.
The wife and I just started Breaking Bad on Amazon Prime...we're only two episodes in..had to take a break after the acid/bath tub scene. Good stuff.
That was when my wife dropped out and never came back. But I don't think it was specifically that. I think she just found the whole concept too depressing to visit on a regular basis. Zombies she can handle fine, but someone dying of cancer bothered her too much.
I can understand that. The subject matter certainly isn't for everyone.
I was actually surprised my wife busted out laughing when the bathtub fell through the floor. I thought for sure she'd call it quits.
Just watched "Bronies", a documentary that's available on Netflix about the teenaged and adult fans of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Pretty good, maybe 15 minutes too long and maybe too sugary.
For those who haven't seen it, it mostly focuses on teenaged and adult men who are fans of the show. Obviously it shows some female fans, but the main plot of the doc is about the men and why they like the show and some of the struggles they face explaining this to friends, family.
I myself could have gone for maybe one less story (it follows several guys extensively, got a little redundant after a while) and could have gone for a little bit more about the show, the creators, rating, how many toys are sold. Stuff like that. But that wasn't really what the doc was about.
Just watched Done the Impossible over the weekend. It's a documentary about the strength of Firefly fandom and their contribution in taking the cancelled series and making it into a viable property to be expanded to film.
It was pretty cool and did a nice job of affirming my opinion that most television execs could be replaced with banana slugs and the quality of programming would probably go up by several notches. The fact that the execs not only played hide the series, but elected to hold the pilot back and start with a later episode is so far beyond questionable decision making that it makes my head hurt to think of how the persons making those calls was allowed to get into any decision-making beyond responding to questions like "would you like fries with that?"
Just started Season 2 of Dollhouse. Overall, I'm enjoying it in spite of a lot of things about the show that I don't like starting with almost all of the characters (well, it's hard to dislike the dolls as they don't really have characters of their own). The only characters that I really like at this point are Topher and Dr. Saunders and Topher is in spite of his participation in such an utterly vile venture. I think that, ultimately, I'm watching for the story that is behind the story - I'm far more interested in the conspiracy than the characters, though the motivation that was demonstrated in the Season One finale was disappointing at best, and I hope that they don't leave it simply as Immortality for the Ruling Class.
I really, really liked the Alan Tudyk episodes and man was the Season One finale a curveball.
Even excluding the interference from Fox programming execs, I think I can see why it was shortlived.
They're all good but I thing season 1 is the best of the bunch. Our local PBS channel is showing season 3 on Sunday nights and we just finished episode 2. Fun!
My wife and I watched Cloud Atlas over the weekend. It was her choice, but she ended up not liking it at all.
I did find it a little pretentious and heavy-handed at times, but I was also impressed by the amount of work put into it. Some intriguing ideas and some great performances, but it just kept trying so hard to be important.
And, in my opinion, the least convincing actor - Tom Hanks. The only role I bought him in was the future segment. Every other time, I kept thinking "Here comes Tom Hanks with a new funny nose and wig."
My wife and I watched Cloud Atlas over the weekend. It was her choice, but she ended up not liking it at all.
I did find it a little pretentious and heavy-handed at times, but I was also impressed by the amount of work put into it. Some intriguing ideas and some great performances, but it just kept trying so hard to be important.
And, in my opinion, the least convincing actor - Tom Hanks. The only role I bought him in was the future segment. Every other time, I kept thinking "Here comes Tom Hanks with a new funny nose and wig."
That was my feeling, though I think it was probably the best edited film since maybe JFK
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Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
''Drew: The Man Behind The Poster'' is a feature-length documentary highlighting the career of poster artist Drew Struzan, whose most popular works include the Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Back to the Future and Star Wars movie posters. Telling the tale through exclusive interviews with George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Michael J. Fox, Frank Darabont, Guillermo del Toro, Steven Spielberg and many other filmmakers, artists and critics, the journey spans Drew's early career in commercial and album cover art through his recent retirement as one of the most recognizable and influential pop culture artists of all time.
And this week I'll be getting into the third season of The Closer.
But after season 3, I realized they didn't know what they were doing. I can only suspend my disbelief so much.
I want to start watching Veronica Mars before the movie comes out but Netflix doesn't have it and Amazon Prime charges you per episode. I could have sworn "prime" had it for free not that long ago...
I was actually surprised my wife busted out laughing when the bathtub fell through the floor. I thought for sure she'd call it quits.
Pretty good, maybe 15 minutes too long and maybe too sugary.
For those who haven't seen it, it mostly focuses on teenaged and adult men who are fans of the show. Obviously it shows some female fans, but the main plot of the doc is about the men and why they like the show and some of the struggles they face explaining this to friends, family.
I myself could have gone for maybe one less story (it follows several guys extensively, got a little redundant after a while) and could have gone for a little bit more about the show, the creators, rating, how many toys are sold. Stuff like that. But that wasn't really what the doc was about.
Matthew
Really fun!
Warning: Contains at least one truly epic throwaway pun.*
*Apparently, Hulk is an Eagles fan.
It was pretty cool and did a nice job of affirming my opinion that most television execs could be replaced with banana slugs and the quality of programming would probably go up by several notches. The fact that the execs not only played hide the series, but elected to hold the pilot back and start with a later episode is so far beyond questionable decision making that it makes my head hurt to think of how the persons making those calls was allowed to get into any decision-making beyond responding to questions like "would you like fries with that?"
I really, really liked the Alan Tudyk episodes and man was the Season One finale a curveball.
Even excluding the interference from Fox programming execs, I think I can see why it was shortlived.
Now I'm watching Cloud Atlas, it's interesting
I did find it a little pretentious and heavy-handed at times, but I was also impressed by the amount of work put into it. Some intriguing ideas and some great performances, but it just kept trying so hard to be important.
And, in my opinion, the least convincing actor - Tom Hanks. The only role I bought him in was the future segment. Every other time, I kept thinking "Here comes Tom Hanks with a new funny nose and wig."
National Geographic: Inside North Korea
Undefeated
Bully
Watch them alone otherwise you're bound to get an eye leak.
That was my feeling, though I think it was probably the best edited film since maybe JFK