Hmmm...
I better check with NowTV.
I'll be livid if they don't get the rights to season 3 (I still haven't seen season 2 of "Yellow Jackets" as they still don't have rights for it yet
)
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Hmmm...
I better check with NowTV.
I'll be livid if they don't get the rights to season 3 (I still haven't seen season 2 of "Yellow Jackets" as they still don't have rights for it yet
)
No idea what NowTV is, but season three of From is only on MGM so far as I know, you can't even buy the season on Prime, I don't think. Season 2 of Yellow Jackets is great, btw. I really hope there is a season 3.Hmmm...
I better check with NowTV.
I'll be livid if they don't get the rights to season 3 (I still haven't seen season 2 of "Yellow Jackets" as they still don't have rights for it yet
I was watching clips from the movie on youtube and someone commented about something interesting, although I have no idea if it's true.
Apparently, Mozart being immature and inappropriate and having a ridiculous laugh was all there because it was being told from Salieri's perspective and he thought he was immature and inappropriate and had a ridiculous laugh, so that's how the character was portrayed.
I don't know if that was the filmmaker's intention, but it's pretty interesting if it was.
I recall reading something similar at one point. I also have no idea if it's true.
Actually Peter Shaffer, the playwriter and screenwriter of the film, put that dynamic into the story. There is no evidence that Salieri actually hated Mozart or that he tried to kill him, but it makes for a good watch.
I'm a huge fan of the Nyby / Hawks "The Thing from Another World", but John Carpenter's "The Thing" far surpasses it on every level, and remains much more faithful to the source material (not that that's particularly important, as far as I'm concerned).
The original 50's version of "The Fly" is a cool idea, with a quotable / iconic denouement, but the Cronenberg remake in the 80's really makes the most of the scientific hubris, Kafkaesque horror, and human tragedy - and with a puppet that conveys so much pathos, you forget how borderline laughable it could be.
"L.A. Takedown" is a chunkapoop. "Heat" is a godamn masterpiece.
Argento's "Suspiria" is a bona fide classic (and wonderfully brisk), but the Luca Guadagnino is a deeper, darker, more intense, and more mature expansion of the original.
In spite of its many flaws, I really like David Lynch's take on "Dune", and in spite of the many ways Denis Villeneuve's cribs from the Lynch version, and takes bigger liberties with the source material, it's hard to ignore the fact that the rebooted "Dune" (parts 1 & 2) is a more satisfying take.
The original Swedish version of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was a captivating thriller, but David Fincher's remake was in another league entirely (a cinematic tragedy that the remainder of the trilogy got scrapped - rumour has it that Rooney Mara still has her nipple pierced, for the slim chance that the sequels happen, as she doesn't want to experience that pain again).
The recent remake of "The Invisible Man" was a refreshingly modern interpretation by Leigh Whannel (currently reviving another Universal Monster, with "Wolf Man"), rather than being from the perspective of the male scientist, it was seen through the lens of the female he is persecuting - and all the more timely, and disturbing for it.
The original "Scarface" is a rarely seen, largely forgotten classic ; the Brian De Palma remake is still exerting a cultural influence.
I haven't seen the original "Jumanji" in a really long time, so maybe it was better than I remember - but I really didn't like it. The rebooted Jumanji was a lot of fun (I happened to really like the original "Jumaji" sequel / spinoff "Zathura" which seems to have been erased from the collective franchise memory)
Romero's "Dawn of The Dead" much like it's antagonists, is an idea that refuses to die. A slow-burn cultural phenomenon, a cinematic classic, and one of my personal favourites. I was genuinely offended, and outraged when I saw the trailer for Zack Snyder's reboot. Imagine my surprise when that actually turned out to be a really damn good movie - certainly not better than the original, but by no means an affront to it (in spite of running zombies).
That's just off the top of my head - I'm sure there are many more if I really think about it, and plenty of T.V. shows too : heck, even "Some Like It Hot", and "The Wizard of Oz" are remakes.
My goodness, she was so freakin' cute!!!
She was like the Mary Ann of rock 'n' roll.
Tommy Smothers was one lucky son of gun when Linda was singing so earnestly at him in the first verse!My goodness, she was so freakin' cute!!!
How did I forget a couple of my all time favourites?
The second swing at "Invasion Of The Body Snatcher" starring Donald Sutherland is utterly brilliant - and whilst it perhaps had a lesser impact by virtue of the fact that the world had largely outgrown 50's communist paranoia, I think it's the better version of events, disturbing, and nightmarish, and debatably a plausible sequel to Carpenter's "The Thing" (they share some common ground with the source material, who's authors mother had an identical twin - one sister was very affectionate towards him, her twin was the exact opposite).
"Wages of Fear" is an almost perfect movie, utterly ruined in the final 30 seconds. "Sorcerer" is an unbelievable tense remake, that in some ways surpasses the original - although there are several aspects of the original that I prefer. Some of the original characters are actually likeable (perhaps because we know nothing about them), whereas the remakes characters are entirely irredeemable.
Whilst the original "King Kong" is an undeniable classic, and Peter Jackson's remake has some cringe inducing over indulgences, Jackson's improves on the original in terms of Kong having a genuine sense of a soul, and the relationship between the Ape and the Woman - it also really delivers on the spectacle (if only it were shorter).
The rebooted "Battlestar Galactica" was a grown-up version of what the original was only playing dress up as - and whilst it might slip under the radar now, at the time (and in the political climate of its era) having a bunch of the main characters imprisoned in a version of Guantanamo, and the heroes resorting to insurrection by suicide bombing, was an incredibly ballsy piece of T.V.
I love the original movie of "Westworld" (the less said about Futureworld, the better), but the first two seasons of the T.V. series were truly great stuff.
I'm assuming we're not talking about re-versions, like The Seven Samurai > The Magnificent Seven > Battle Beyond The Stars > The Rollerblade Seven > etc
Binge watched The Sticky on Prime this evening. It was entertaining. Jamie Lee Curtis is great as always in a quirky role.
Fincher's Dragon Tattoo is amazing. It's unfortunate that the sequels with the same team didn't happen. I need to rewatch it soon.
And yeah, I was very skeptical when Snyder's Dawn Of The Dead was announced, but it was fantastic. I've watched it many times. The opening sequence is in my top 5 of all time, no question.
Incendies, directed by Denis Villeneuve. First time seeing it after hearing about it for a long time. Compelling, amazingly well made and acted, extremely heavy emotionally.
My kid was in town over the holidays and introduced me to Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal. Just outstanding. Originally on Adult Swim, it's now streaming on Max. I finished it last night and was just sad it was over. Probably the only show I've watched lately that I contemplated immediately starting over with S1 Ep1. I hear there is a 3rd season possibly and I'm feeling good about the world.
Haven't seen that one, but I really liked the one with the talking fish (Maelstrom?) when that came out.
I watched that on PBS a couple of years ago. It is outstanding, and Fanny ROCKS!!! They should be much better known.
