Hollywood rethinks use of A-list actors

Hollywood studios are now thinking twice about splurging on A-list movie stars and costly productions in reaction to the poor economy, but also because of the surprising success of recent films with unknown actors.

Movies are all special effects these days Real acting is dead

Not only that, but story telling is dead too--pulled out my copy of Casablanca tonight to watch while the satellite went a twiiter during a rain storm here. Casablanca was made during the height of the studio system. A movie a week was cranked out by each of these studios... Writing was tighter, special effects were minimal and expensive... It all had to rely on a good script and acting--neither of which exists in Hollywood anymore...

Their signing the list is just a reflection of who they are as people. With the Hollywood morality factor practically nil, of course they're going to sign the list. Polanski reflects who THEY are as people. I'm sure they thought, if you can get away with it, do it. And Polanksi did just that. And lived the high-life for decades. The only mystery is why the authorities closed in on him NOW. Maybe someday we'll find out.

The sad thing is, in Hollywood, no one seems to think that what he did was a crime. The drugging & raping & sodomizing of a young girl is considered normal behavior. It makes you wonder what we would find if we were able to peer into the backgrounds of the people who signed the list.

The only thing more expensive than a night at the movies is a night at a ball game (any sport).

I think college baseball is still pretty cheap. High school sporting events are very inexpensive. College football is high. A ticket to a Texas game is around $50-$75, depending upon the opponent. I've been priced out of professional sporting events for years. The cheapest ticket to a Cowboys game is $60+ $20 parking. For any of the decent seats you have to buy a seat license for fifteen years plus season tickets.

Whenever we go to movies, we hit the matinees, which are less expensive. Mostly I go to shows my wife or daughters want to see.

Star Trek had to be one of the most forgettable shows I've ever seen. At a certain point, I was just thinking, "I'm sorry. This is too stupid. Can't continue to even care what happens in the plot."

The Enterprise could most be compared to an aircraft carrier or a battleship. A guy who got kicked out of the academy stows away, gets shot out of a tube onto an ice planet (Star Wars, anyone?) and happens to run into Spock, who's been sent back in time, and an alcoholic mechanic. They return to the Enterprise and Kirk takes over the ship, and the captain of the ship and the command staff follow his orders, and the alcoholic mechanic takes over as chief engineer.

I think a lot of it is the triumph of stupid. There's a running theme in movies that people who spend their whole lives screwing off are better at doing stuff than people who spend their entire lives studying and working to become good at doing the same thing.

Imagine the same thing as was portrayed on the Enterprise as happening on an aircraft carrier. Can anyone imagine a bunch of early twenties guys with no experience taking command and not immediately running the thing into the ground? Maybe they should have started with them being in command of a twenty or thirty personnel space craft?

In the original series, at least each person had come up through the ranks and had prior service. The whole concept was idiotic.

If Star Trek was faithful to the original then I am the Queen of England. How is wiping out Vulcan and thus rendering a huge chunk of the accumulated history of the franchise null and void faithful? It may have been edgy and daring but all it has created is a ridiculous mess imho for any future movies with this bunch. In many respects this movie was the ultimate time travel cheat so beloved by the overlords of Trek. I have sat through a lot of crap Trek and still returned but this movie finally killed the whole kit and kaboodle for me.

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