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Have Movies Reached Peak Reboot With Terminator: Genisys?
The Atlantic ^ | December 4, 2014 | David Sims

Posted on 12/05/2014 6:45:07 AM PST by C19fan

The trailer for Terminator: Genisys was probably doomed to mockery before it even hit the Internet, based on that title alone. The American consumer can tolerate some intentional misspelling—Inglourious Basterds, Pet Sematary, Bratz dolls—but Genisys makes not even a little bit of sense. It doesn’t help that public appetite for the Terminator series feels low after two terrible, forgettable films (2003’s Rise of the Machines and 2009’s Salvation) and a non-canonical TV series that never rose above cult status (The Sarah Connor Chronicles).

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To: trisham

Not at all. I’m exceedingly proud of my ability to root out truffles ;)


121 posted on 12/05/2014 10:34:22 AM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: Norm Lenhart
there’s a third out as well. Havent got it yet but it’s looking to be a different animal.

Info?

122 posted on 12/05/2014 10:37:27 AM PST by zeugma (The act of observing disturbs the observed.)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Pigs are very intelligent.

http://modernfarmer.com/2014/03/pigheaded-smart-swine/


123 posted on 12/05/2014 10:38:44 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: zeugma

I only read about it the other day. I guess the first volume is out in America but the others should follow shortly. It goes into the how/why of Section 9s formation and a younger Motoko Kusinagi. Still has Batu the the Old Ape, but with more and darker hair ;) The animation style is different too. But I’ve only seen a couple promo clips on Youtube.


124 posted on 12/05/2014 10:41:15 AM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: trisham

Well that gives them a leg up on most of us... Figures.


125 posted on 12/05/2014 10:42:14 AM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: Norm Lenhart
I actually like Innocence better than the first movie to be honest. Complete Noir. And Basset Hounds! The directors commentary on that is hilarious. If you have the DVD, you know why ;)

One of the things I loved about the basset hound sequence was the blues soundtrack. The only thing wrong with the song, is that english was obviously not her native language because her diction was too perfect for the style. (I'd have to look up who it was).

126 posted on 12/05/2014 10:42:41 AM PST by zeugma (The act of observing disturbs the observed.)
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To: Norm Lenhart

:)


127 posted on 12/05/2014 10:43:02 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Norm Lenhart

I have the Appleseed and Appleseed XIII disks. It was interesting seeing how they reworked essentially the same story twice.


128 posted on 12/05/2014 10:45:57 AM PST by zeugma (The act of observing disturbs the observed.)
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To: zeugma

Other than my unhealthy Basset fetish, that scene probably did more to humanize Batu than anything in the series for me. He’s always been a solid character and deep, but he’s the classic “Steven Segal” hard ass (I think they actually modeled him on Segal). There are moments where is does the comic relief bit sure and the Tachikoma thing as well. but that basset scene made the guy actually seem like a real live human.


129 posted on 12/05/2014 10:49:13 AM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: zeugma

“Appleseed XIII “

You mean the 3D one with “Dive for you” in the soundtrack? If so yes I agree. That was IMO a rework done well. But it absolutely was the same basic story. Both really good though.


130 posted on 12/05/2014 10:52:07 AM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: EQAndyBuzz

LOL


131 posted on 12/05/2014 10:53:18 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: oblomov

The praise for ‘Her’ was baffling. If the OS character was just a girl it would be a routine romantic comedy. Bland as all get out.


132 posted on 12/05/2014 11:20:27 AM PST by Borges
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To: Norm Lenhart

The Appleseed graphic novels are tons better than anything Appleseed animated I have seen. It really sucks that Ghost hit so hard in a way, not that the TV stuff and movies we got from it weren’t brilliant but he just laid Appleseed aside. Now I guess all he does is sweaty girl nude pinup crappola as far as I can tell.

Freegards


133 posted on 12/05/2014 11:24:01 AM PST by Ransomed
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To: Ransomed

Yea, Appleseed could have been something huge. It had all the foundation of GITS and could have gone any number of places indefinitely.

I have to wonder if his well went dry or there were creator vs. corporate vision issues that led to him going the route he ultimately did. The guy was a rock star with GITS even before the first movie. I mean I’m not opposed to the finely rendered boob mind you but if you have talent and sit atop a goldmine, why not dig?


134 posted on 12/05/2014 11:35:29 AM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: Norm Lenhart

I always heard that the Appleseed manga was actually much more popular in the US than Japan at the time. It was one of the first Japan comics I can recall from my time on the comic scene, from eclipse with studio proteus doing the flip and translation. Blew most everything I had seen from US comics out of the water.

I did hear he wasn’t thrilled with some translation stuff but nothing about why he quit making awesome comics altogether. Every once in a while I look for interviews with Shirow, and have heard all sorts of stuff. If you squint you can have the appleseed world being later in the timeline of the GitS world.

Freegards


135 posted on 12/05/2014 12:11:23 PM PST by Ransomed
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To: Ransomed

Pretty much. I always kinda thought of it like that. All his productions I’m aware of are pretty closely related. If not the same time/reality, at least an alternate one. The one with the 4 girls in/with mech armor (the name escapes me) is in the Dominion Tank Police world IIRC and that could easily be in a corner of GITS somewhere. Appleseed, if you pretend that everything but the city is blasted earth, could be the result of the war prior to GITS. It could even be rationalized that since the city is cut off from the planet pretty much, it is in that world and the general population there only think the planet is blasted.

The tech is the same. the huge sentry robots from the movies are really just scaled up Tachikomas without AI. He seems to have had intentions at a much bigger shared (in some form) universe for his properties than ever got actualized IMO.


136 posted on 12/05/2014 12:28:02 PM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: C19fan

Hollywierd been remaking Classic movies into TRASH... Annie is another classic that is TRASH.


137 posted on 12/05/2014 3:51:29 PM PST by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: Borges

Commando... that was before The Terminator, right?


138 posted on 12/05/2014 5:36:48 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: Rodamala

Nope. Year later.


139 posted on 12/06/2014 6:30:17 AM PST by Borges
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