The difference is one movie was really good, the other one was no better than a high school play with the actors doing impersonations of the characters.
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The difference is one movie was really good, the other one was no better than a high school play with the actors doing impersonations of the characters.
Lol trying to compare Meyer to JJ Abrams.
One of them isn't a hack and actually had passion for his project.
One of them isn't a hack and actually had passion for his project.
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And the other is ashamed of his first and middle names.
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Meyer gave us what is probably the best Star Trek film hands down, still standing that test of time almost 40 years later.
JJ has given us... Lens flare stereotypes?
JJ has given us... Lens flare stereotypes?
Wrath of Khan (1982) ~ Big and Stompy in Space
alternately, In Space, no one can hear you Big and Stompy
(*even before Jordan invented 3025 Big and Stompy)
Well... that devolved into personal attack pretty quickly... I know this is the bickering thread, but you might want to cool your jets just a little.
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Still my favorite Space Battle, even considering Star Wars and Battlestar Galactic (04).
Microsoft isn't in the habit of selling off their game IP's even if it's a lucrative offer. If Jordan the father of Battletech and former Microsoft Creative Director who helped successfully launch the X-box couldn't buy them back with financing backers, the community won't be able to crowdfund that kind of money without guarantees that can't be given, including the fact the other half of the IP would also have to be acquired from Topps/Tornante. On the scale of possible to unlikely to impossible, that's a decimal point off from impossible.
I think that this speaks to both the good and bad aspects of fandom. On the one hand, it's great when people are passionate enough about something to appreciate it down to the minutiae. Where it becomes a problem is when someone becomes so invested in that minutiae that it blinds you to other perspectives.
Two personal examples. I basically cut my teeth in the Battletech universe on MW3 "back in the day" and I thought it was great that I could jam damn near anything I wanted into a chassis, wherever I wanted to. I got to min/maxing at an early age. SRM boat ahoy - fear me, dirty clanner scum. I picked up MW4 and *HATED* it, since the game had the gall to tell me where I could and couldn't put weapons and equipment. Returned it for a refund (back when you could do that - didn't even have to be in the original shrink-wrap), and didn't touch it for years. Then tried it again, and... rather liked it! Go figure.
The other example. I got back from Afghanistan in the fall of '08, and Hurt Locker came out the following summer. I thought it was pretty-looking trash, and it completely blasted my mind when it won Best Picture. I could not (and honestly still cannot) get over how mind-bendingly unrealistic it was, and I could never suspend my sense of disbelief enough to appreciate those other aspects of the movie that were probably, in aggregate, what won that movie Best Picture. This is probably not strictly equivalent to fandom, but it's still that esoteric knowledge.
Hatchy, you either come from some kind of film background or you're an invested enough amateur that you have an appreciation for the little things. The things you write about camera perspective or lenses or what-have-you in your review of Black Panther speak to that. Those are things I certainly did not see, and would probably have to consciously look for when or if I see it again. Me - I just liked it. Didn't love it - my favourite movie of late is The Martian, and I f***ing loved The Martian - but I liked it. Similarly, you probably have your reasons why you didn't like JJ's Star Trek, but I liked it. Didn't love it, but I thought it was pretty good.
As Kereminde said, I typically don't go where I'm not wanted. But this is the bickering thread... so put up your dukes.
Microsoft isn't in the habit of selling off their game IP's even if it's a lucrative offer. If Jordan the father of Battletech and former Microsoft Creative Director who helped successfully launch the X-box couldn't buy them back with financing backers, the community won't be able to crowdfund that kind of money without guarantees that can't be given, including the fact the other half of the IP would also have to be acquired from Topps/Tornante. On the scale of possible to unlikely to impossible, that's a decimal point off from impossible.
Its approaching them with a concept that you can guarantee them some kind of return on with a minimum investment. OR you pay a fat fee for a title lease and they'll let you use their property.
So you have to be a really good salesperson or have a lot of capital.
*looks at the TMNT/Batman crossover miniseries sitting on the desk* Not sure where the hang-up on Battletech is...I can only make my guesses as to why it isn't as popular as it could be.
Its approaching them with a concept that you can guarantee them some kind of return on with a minimum investment. OR you pay a fat fee for a title lease and they'll let you use their property.
So you have to be a really good salesperson or have a lot of capital.
*looks at the TMNT/Batman crossover miniseries sitting on the desk* Not sure where the hang-up on Battletech is...I can only make my guesses as to why it isn't as popular as it could be.
Oh they'll happily sub-license if everything looks good. That's far different from selling the IP rights ownership which they generally don't do for any game IP. It's a matter of having a game IP warchest to protect future works (so they have prior art) in case of lawsuits and they'll hang on to IP rights to keep them out of the hands of competitors. And in the off chance an IP becomes popular again they can capitalize on that increased value. Such is the way of big business.
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As always;
Please post topically towards discussion, and not AT others. Please do not respond to disrespect in kind exacerbating friction, but rather use the report feature and allow forum staff to de-escalate issues.
Some posts have experienced Jump Drive malfunctions to the Far Country to be used as nesting materials by the locals.
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There's bickering, and there's Bickering. If it looks like flamebating and flaming, no bueno. Nothing new here.
Hatchy, you either come from some kind of film background
As Kereminde said, I typically don't go where I'm not wanted. But this is the bickering thread... so put up your dukes.
Film school, animation school and then been working in the industry on-and-off in both live action, animation and FX for the last 20 years. With all my art, writing and photography on the side. My last 4 films that I did FX for are on Netflix currently. Got bored with that and now its all about comics again, I haven't been published in a wide circulation mag yet. Seen my name on the big and small screens, but not in a Marvel or DC book.
So yes, I look for very different things when it comes to my movies. To entertain me, you really have to know what you are doing. To impress me, you have to REALLY know what you are doing.
I do have to add that I expect certain things if somebody wants my money that I work hard for. Someone who is learning or 'noodling' around, I'm happy to cheer them on. If you want my money, expect 'Hatchy's Boot Camp'.
