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Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...

Last post by chainsaw midget - August 25, 2026, 06:49:43 AM

#52

Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2

Last post by M.10rda - August 25, 2026, 06:18:34 AM

Supergirl (2026)
Not bad. Nowhere near as bad as some are making it out to be. 

I had no idea about how "some" were making it out to be, nor about its poor box office.
I haven't had 3 hours to go to the drive-in and watch it, but I'd been excited and am bummed that much of the spin is anti-DC (not a novel thing), anti-Gunn (unsurprising), and anti-female (the stalest $#!t ever).

I really don't think it should have bombed like it did.  And yes, the criticisms made by a certain type of online personality have gotten even more annoying and bothersome at this point.   

SUPERGIRL (2026):
We finally watched this on Prime - and paid for the rental, and I don't regret it. I think it's Better, or at least an easier movie to enjoy, than 2017's WONDER WOMAN (which I liked) - and maybe for that matter better and easier to enjoy than Gunn's lore-dense SUPERMAN (ditto). The action is terrific, the SFX are terrific, there are a handful of gorgeous shots (courtesy of the director of LARS AND THE REAL GIRL, of all things). A lot of the screenplay (from a first-timer) is deft and well-handled, a bit of it is OTN and could've used a light polish. Milly Alcock (who I disliked on "House of the Dragon", though honestly I checked out of that early) is a sympathetic and multi-dimensional Supergirl; Jason Momoa is an ideal Lobo. (Madame commented at one point that she thought he was doing Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse, and indeed - comic book Lobo unquestionably lent inspiration to the titular BEETLEJUICE and then became more like Keaton's character after the movie was a hit. As in Gunn's GOTG3 and SUPERMAN, the antagonist is truly despicable - a positive thing, I think, in this kind of movie.

In spite of some sub-Gunn needle drops, I'm unsure what a legitimate condemnation of SUPERGIRL might be. We saw Supergirl for 30 seconds in SUPERMAN, thus maybe the smarter move would've been to develop her as a supporting character in that film. But Gunn promised (for better or worse) to do two things w/ his DC movies - one, to refrain from making any one film dependent on another (mission accomplished here) and two, to exploit different genres. On the latter point one might object that Supergirl isn't much of a superhero movie (neither was WONDER WOMAN) - but it's a great sci-fi action movie.

I imagine the final reasonable objection would be that SUPERGIRL wears its non-comic influences on both sleeves and its back - w/ Daenerys Targaryen's great-grandmother and Khal Drogo aiding a defenseless Arya Stark on a revenge mission against Immortan Joe's army of steampunk r@pists - but as an enormous FURY ROAD stan and the world's biggest (o.g.) GAME OF THRONES stan, I am immune.    4/5

#53

Press Releases and Film News / RIP James Lew, martial artist ...

Last post by Archivist - August 25, 2026, 01:07:25 AM

If you've watched American martial arts movies, you've seen James Lew. He acted and performed stunts in movies since the late 70s, like Charlie Sheen's Hot Shots, Jeff Speakman's The Perfect Weapon, Brandon Lee's Showdown in Little Tokyo and so many more. He leaves a 50 years legacy of action and perfection.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lew

https://www.blackbeltmag.com/post/james-lew-an-unforgettable-life1952-2026

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#54

Bad Movies / Re: movies that namecheck anot...

Last post by zombie no.one - August 24, 2026, 10:56:29 PM

there is absolutely loads of stuff in the commercial foodchain which should never be within a zillion miles of our digestive systems, I don't think that's even a conspiracy theory at this point... have we gone full Soylent Green? wouldn't actually surprise me... shame I love processed food so much 


steeerrrrrrring it back on topic, there's a movie called SON OF RAMBOW. the plot is 2 kids try to make a movie inspired by FIRST BLOOD.

they definitely watch bits of it on a tv, and their home-recorded VHS copy has FIRST BLOOD scrawled on it... I just can't remember if anyone says the title. I'm leaning towards yes

#55

Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2

Last post by indianasmith - August 24, 2026, 09:22:35 PM

"Strangely entertaining crap" describes a LOT of the movies we watch here!

#56

Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Statements About So...

Last post by indianasmith - August 24, 2026, 09:21:22 PM

To think I have lived long enough to see Spiderman punching a Nazi in the streets of Minneapolis!

#57

Press Releases and Film News / RIP Shelley Fabares

Last post by sprite75 - August 24, 2026, 06:30:57 PM

RIP Shelley Fabares

Shelley Fabares, an actor who was a fixture on television for decades from her days as a young teenager on "The Donna Reed Show," through "One Day at a Time" and "Coach," has died. She was 82.

She died Saturday in Los Angeles, her family said in a statement to The Associated Press. No cause was given.

Her biggest break came when she was cast as Mary Stone on "The Donna Reed Show," where she was a regular from 1958 through 1963. During that time she also got a recording contract and had two Top 40 hits, including "Johnny Angel." In the early 1960s, she also co-starred in three movies with Elvis Presley: "Girl Happy," "Spinout" and "Clambake."

In the late 1970s, Fabares made an impression as Francine Webster on the CBS sitcom "One Day at a Time." She also played James Caan's wife in "Brian's Song." One of her biggest roles came when she was cast as Christine Armstrong in "Coach," although the show took a minute to find its audience.

#58

Off Topic Discussion / Re: A new German tank.

Last post by Dalmatian Bobby Samaritan - August 24, 2026, 05:50:00 PM

Steve Bannon with the acceptance of Madame Tram.
Book I am reading here at the Wilson Library in University of Minnesota on 5/7/2026 says that The Russians had tanks capable of going 112 miles per hour. The book is called Car Wars by Jonathan Mantle written in 1995. I am about to look on the internet to see if the M1 Abrams, if it is known (either classified or unclassified) what its top speed was. We are talking about possibly having to rewrite everything we know about things like the SR-71 blackbird or whatever else. But then yeah, you also have Buttigieg. And I will NEVER get that out of my system. Call me insensitive. Whatever.

#59

Bad Movies / Re: movies that namecheck anot...

Last post by Dalmatian Bobby Samaritan - August 24, 2026, 04:43:26 PM

Soylent Green? Maybe so much of Soylent Green is happening in reality that that is what the name check is really about. Kind of like if you say Frankenstein in a movie or whatever, you aren't really talking about a movie but some concept that is actually happening. I have definitely been questioning the food that I eat lately. Reminds me some of this guy talking about the Bruce Effect. Times like this when I wish I didn't fail that MEPS exam and could have got into the Air Force. I have asthma     I sort of feel like just getting by is not good enough. Especially if Soylent Green is coming! Baton down on my near comotose state and James Cameron documentaries where he claims that the Exodus in the bible was actually the Hyksos shepherd king expulsion. It's like James Cameron, love ya, but stick to the movies!

#60

Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Statements About So...

Last post by lester1/2jr - August 24, 2026, 03:43:05 PM

That's what I was looking for. Thank you