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TV "Diamonds" Edit is now on You Tube
James Caan as faux-Bob Hope might be the strangest casting I can think of
Born 100 years ago today
Portrait of Robert Brown M in Ralph Fiennes M's Office
25 year old Michael Chiklis discussed Wired at Cannes Film Festival 1989
Bob Woodward and Michael Chiklis talk about Wired in 1989
Mean Green Teen Machine: Sour Grapes?
Ending is aggressively unsatisfying (SPOILERS IF YA CARE DOC)
About 70℅ exposition
86% on Rotten Tomatoes
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They were both Dino de Laurentiis productions from the early 80s, so that's probably how any similarities came in.
(OK, technically Gordon was filmed in 79)
Around half a minute was cut to get a PG in the UK when it was released in cinemas. The first VHS was uncut and upgraded to 15, and every subsequent release was rated 15 until it was eventually downgraded to a 12 about 10 years ago, so not surprising you remember it being rated 15.
It couldn't have hurt, but if you look at the films that outgrossed this in 1984, there are several films with casts that were less well known to the public at the time (Gremlins in particular).
I do remember this thread.
The comment that stuck with me was that Lynch insists on call June "pre-July".
Hey, this turned out to be a pretty good prediction.
Relative to a period of 1,000 years, 200 years away is kind of "soon".
Still an odd thing to say mind you. But he's a weird guy.
I think that's the Number 1 reason why it had such a steep drop off. The year's worth of trailers and posters promised a big budget US 1990s Independence Day-style film with Godzilla, no more, no less, and that's what we got EXCEPT Godzilla didn't look like Godzilla. On top of that the Godzilla that doesn't look like Godzilla was eventually replaced by little baby Zillas that also don't look like Godzilla (or even Godzooky). Yes there were many other flaws, but that they were the kind of flaws that were similar to those of other big blockbusters of the time that did well (including Independence Day).
Although perhaps worth noting it wasn't strictly speaking a bomb, it just underperformed. They were still planning a sequel for a while, drafts were written in the year or so following the film's release.
I saw this when it came out, and I rewatched it a couple of nights ago, but I didn't remember the twist that it was a prequel until 5-10 minutes before it was revealed. The Lisa Loeb mention seemed a little jarring, but it's not like people only ever mention contemporary pop culture. I thought Isaac's ringtones was odd, but I thought it might be a weird characterisation detail or something, and actually in 2011 I myself was still using a pretty old phone (although more like 04/05 old than 99/00) and knew a couple of other people who did too. Also 2011 is longer ago than I sometimes remember or am willing to admit; rewatching Scream 4 last year I was struck by all the Blackberrys everywhere.
Sometimes it takes a while to notice when and how fashion has moved on, and I'm not sure I had any conception of "early 00s fashion" by 2011, but yeah if you watch this now the way they dress and the haircuts are notably different from the first couple of films.
If this had been released around a decade earlier I think it would have built up at least a bit of a cult following on DVD, but by 2016 its fate was to languish in obscurity on Netflix.
I agree Reddick was good and I quite enjoyed the first two or three episodes, but it got weaker as it went along and ended on a particularly unsatisfying (now never to be resolved) cliffhanger, so unsatisfying in fact I didn't even realise it was the last episode until it was over. Better than a 4.2/10 perhaps, but not great.
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