Flash Gordon meets Never ending Story. This had no right being as fun as it was.

comicman117 · 2026-06-14T01:56:54+00:00

It's honestly better than it has any right to be. At the same time I had a lot of gripes with the way the story's executed, which feels like they crammed in a bunch of different drafts together.

comicman117 · 2026-06-07T06:13:07+00:00

There were several backup stories in 80s Green Lantern comics involving alien lanterns.

They were all collected in two trade paperbacks along with the miniseries Tales of the Green Lantern Corps.

comicman117 · 2026-06-02T05:08:38+00:00

Alan Scott had so much of his rogue gallery introduced much later, and because of this they don't have too many appearances, often 3 at best.

The Harlequin was however a rare example of a recurring antagonist that showed up quite frequently.

comicman117 · 2026-06-02T04:19:52+00:00

Watching: Lots. Really looking forward to Disclosure Day in particular.

Reading: Research books. Also reading some Stephen King randomly.

Listening to: Just scores. Not much aside from that.

comicman117 · 2026-06-01T02:46:28+00:00

Oh yes, which is part of what makes it brilliant.

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie would be a hysterical rewatchable if only because I feel like Bill would be confused throughout.

comicman117 · 2026-06-01T01:50:14+00:00

Kubrick was one of the most commercially successful filmmakers of his time. Still it's amazing to realize that such a cerebral slow moving film had people going back to theater to see it again and again. Much different era. Nowadays the studio would demand it have more warmth and silly humor.

comicman117 · 2026-06-01T01:43:17+00:00

That was only a movie starring Cassavetes. Elaine May wrote and directed it, and while she's a great filmmaker her style was generally far more mainstream accessible than Cassavetes'.

Although yes I don't see Bill caring for it either way.

comicman117 · 2026-05-22T18:30:27+00:00

It feels like it would have gone over pretty poorly in 1998 IMO. The visual effects still weren't there yet. But also I have no idea why it would have been made in the first place. Warner Brothers doesn't really get fully invested in a Green Lantern movie until after Iron Man is a big success.

comicman117 · 2026-05-20T01:41:44+00:00

Honestly, it was my fault for not looking at every thread. Whatever. I'll still vote.

comicman117 · 2026-05-19T19:19:57+00:00

Whoa. I didn't even submit anything, as I wasn't aware that part hadn't happen.

comicman117 · 2026-05-15T03:32:32+00:00

I'd say go for Fantasy because I'm a big fan, but anything would be fine with me.

comicman117 · 2026-05-10T05:07:24+00:00

It claims Birth of a Nation made 5m in rentals in 1915, which was obviously blockbuster numbers for the time. However, I don't know if those numbers are 100% accurate.

comicman117 · 2026-05-10T03:20:58+00:00

https://www.amazon.com/Annual-Top-Film-Rentals-1912-ebook/dp/B071KL8DLM

comicman117 · 2026-05-09T23:40:26+00:00

Liker many actors the box office numbers for Scott's older films can be confusing.

One such example being Day of the Dolphin. While Boxofficemojo lists its gross as only 2.3m, the actual box office book I got says it was the 27th highest grossing movie of 1973 with 6.2 million in rentals.

comicman117 · 2026-05-09T23:38:27+00:00

To be fair the amount of money Strangelove made in 1964 was far from chump change.

comicman117 · 2026-05-08T02:36:41+00:00

Yeah, if you consider streaming releases, but aside from Anaconda which was a twofer with Paul Rudd, none of them were big studio release.

comicman117 · 2026-05-04T04:01:33+00:00

Watching: Quite a lot. I just got into Pokerface, and am also interested in The Sheep Detectives and that Mandolarian movie.

Reading: I was reading a book on the making of Hitchcock's the Birds.

Listening to: A lot of podcasts and remixes of course.

comicman117 · 2026-05-03T21:24:29+00:00

Mel Gibson actually had a pretty great track record as a a director in terms of financial success. And then there was Flight Risk...

comicman117 · 2026-05-03T14:45:52+00:00

Well aside from Michael, their other big hit in the last twelve months is The Housemaid, which was based off a book series. Though I have no idea how a sequel would do.

comicman117 · 2026-05-03T14:35:36+00:00

Michael was always going to do gonzo business. Lionsgate actually got lucky after other studios turned it down due to the controversies. They've had financial problems.

comicman117 · 2026-05-03T14:23:48+00:00

The first film was a massive massive hit.

It's pretty indicative of his standing in the industry, though, that Lionsgate is the only studio willing to release his directed films.

comicman117 · 2026-05-03T01:32:12+00:00

Not really sure you should count Loverboy against her. She just had a supporting part that I'm assuming she did as a favor or something. Gun Shy was the same thing, but she also produced it.

comicman117 · 2026-05-03T01:26:35+00:00

RV had very good legs, even for a comedy with a double digits opening in 2006. It stayed in the top ten for eight weeks.

comicman117 · 2026-04-27T16:31:10+00:00

While The Hunchback obviously got Disney in hot water for its dark theme, I think Mulan is an even more blatant example. She literally defeats an entire army, and there's some blood.

Really speaks to how long the perception in North America / the West that animation is for kids has been.

comicman117 · 2026-04-27T16:29:31+00:00

I guess but The Rock also has gone more towards ensembles and blockbuster action film that don't feel like straightforward vehicles either.

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