Pyrian on 7/7/2019 at 00:18
I remember doing a bit of a double-take at the credits, once: "So the comic-book character named Zendaya is played by actress Michelle Jones? ...No, apparently it's vice-versa..."
mxleader on 13/7/2019 at 01:54
I finished watching the Twin Peaks series a couple of weeks back and I'm still kind of weirded out about it, especially the ending. I watched a few episodes back when it originally aired but just recently watched the original series and the reboot. Once it veered off into different time lines I just couldn't follow it any more but it was still interesting to watch.
icemann on 13/7/2019 at 09:11
The last season wasn't a reboot. It's the official 3rd season, that picks up where season 2 left off. Much like what the X-Files did and Veronica Mars will be doing shortly.
Thirith on 13/7/2019 at 11:51
I don't think it's exactly the same, though. The recent Twin Peaks season is a very different beast from the series, just like th film already was a different beast, in terms of style and tone. From the look of it, the new Veronica Mars episode's will be much more in line with the original three seasons.
icemann on 13/7/2019 at 14:21
Oh yeah. Twin Peaks 3rd season was COMPLETELY different to the first 2. I'd just not call it a reboot that's all. Though that does appear to be the term used for all these revivals happening lately. To me, if it's the same cast then it's a new season.
henke on 14/7/2019 at 16:18
Been watchin some gooooood movies, folks!
Good Time - Robert Pattinson plays a psychopath on a downward spiral who pulls as many people with him as possible while he's swirling towards the drain. Very compelling. Also, do you have to have played a psycho to be allow to play Batman? Probably can't hurt, right?
Widows - After their career criminal husbands die, their widows decide to do an all-female reboot of their latest planned heist. Not as wacky as it sounds. In fact it's very grounded, and the performances are great.
Upgrade - A tale of a guy who gets a chip installed in his neck that turns him from a quadriplegic into a super-assassin. This B-grade action/sci-fi movie doesn't have a single recognaizable actor, the production values are underwhelming, but the plot, pacing, and actionscenes are all top-notch. Entertaining from start to finish. Destined to be a cult-classic. I suggest you go ahead and UPGRADE your next movie-night, with a Blu-ray copy of UPGRADE!!
icemann on 14/7/2019 at 19:26
For Upgrade, you didn't recognize the main character? He's been in a few things. The female cop I'd also seen in a couple.
demagogue on 15/7/2019 at 02:38
I watched I Am Mother yesterday. The premise from the opening scene is that humanity has been wiped out by some I guess biological or toxic weapons in a war (wasn't ever very clear to me), and it triggered a facility with backup humans to make its first test tube baby to try to repopulate the earth. And it starts off with the baby girl being taken care of & taught by an AI Mother and growing up into young adulthood when things, uh, get interesting. I guess Moon is the movie it can be compared too. It's a kind of bottle movie; most of it happens in the one facility, but occasionally we get hints and glimpses of what's going on off the reservation in the bigger world. And the uncertainty about what's really going on drives a lot of the plot. I'm a big fan of these kinds of hard scifi thought-experiment movies, and this basically delivered. I might put it on par with Moon; Moon had the better dialog & pacing but I Am Mother has the better action & tension. Both are great.
henke on 15/7/2019 at 05:30
Quote Posted by icemann
For Upgrade, you didn't recognize the main character? He's been in a few things.
Initially I did recognize him, and said "Wow, I can't believe they could afford to get Tom Hardy for this!". But then I realized it wasn't Tom Hardy.
Looking the actors up on imdb now I see they have had some minor parts in a few movies I've seen, but nothing I could remember.
icemann on 15/7/2019 at 07:31
Well if you've seen "Get Out" the cop woman was in that. A particular scientist guy was in "Chronicle" and one of the Spiderman movies, to name a few.
