In fact, “World War Z” would have probably been best done as a television mini-series where an ensemble cast could have best brought the story to life.
I am really trying to like Hulu. I even posted a complementary post a day or so ago, though just when I am feeling good about them, they go and do something irritating (which may be part of someone’s master plan). And the funny thing, despite my griping, is that they must being doing something right, since they earned a profit of $695 million last year (thanks to the Fabulous & Money Savvy blog for the head’s up).
So what has offended my oh so delicate sensibilities? I was looking for something to watch on Netflix, and struck out, since I had already seen much that interested me already, and wasn’t in the mood for a low-budget zombie flick.
So I moved on to Hulu. I was looking for some horror, and decided upon “Barely Human.” Sure, for a show that’s about a ghost, vampire and werewolf that decide to co-habitate (?) it’s awfully talky; but did I mention that it’s a show about a ghost, vampire and a werewolf?
But there’s a caveat: Certain shows are only offered with a HuluPlus membership, “Being Human” being one.
What I am wondering is how they determine which shows are available on the regular Hulu, and which on HuluPlus?
Though, however they decide such things, it’s another irritating thing about Hulu.
And I am (relatively) easy to please. Just get rid of ALL commercials on HuluPlus, and stop with the silly differentiators like this show is on Hulu, while this one is on HuluPlus, and I will subscribe.
According to Deadline, Shonda Rimes is producing a scifi television series, a move that’s just a bit outside her comfort zone of relationship dramas, and interesting in and of itself. That being said, what’s even more interesting is that David DiGilio is writing it.
DiGilio is the guy that was chosen by Disney to write the sequel to 2010’s “Tron: Legacy,” and since he’s got enough time to write a new television series, it seems likely that he’s finished with the ‘Tron’ project.
This is a good sign for “Tron: Legacy” fans because Joseph Kosinski has finished the heavy lifting to bring the Tom Cruise starrer “Oblivion” to fruition. Does this mean that the sequel to ‘Legacy’ is just around the corner?
Not necessarily, but it is a good sign nonetheless.
As I have mentioned before, I didn’t see Marc Webb’s Spider-man reboot, “The Amazing Spider-Man, because I had no need to see Spidey’s origin story again.
Radioactive spider, bite; I get it. Let’s move on already.
Shailene Woodley is going to play Mary-Jane Watson, though since I am unfamiliar with who she is, I don’t really care (though I will cry Holy Murder it the role is as miscast as it was for Sam Raimi’s films).
What I do care about is that is that Electro will probably be the villain. Electro isn’t as cool as Mysterio–then again, who is?–but he’s a close second.
Thanks to SevenWebHead for the very cool clip.
Guillermo Del Toro’s “Pacific Rim” is being post-converted to 3D, which is interesting when you consider how terrible such conversions tend to be.
Remember “Wrath Of The Titans?” If there’s another film that was converted to 3D to such seemingly universal disdain, I am unaware of it.
That being said tickets for 3D films tend to be significantly more expensive than those for traditional films, so I am sure that that figured into someone’s calculations.
And you cannot talk about 3D films without mentioning James Cameron’s “Avatar,” which actually had very good 3D, though I felt that it was too enthralled with its own technology (after all, did we really need to see what often felt like a documentary called “The Flora and Fauna of Pandora?”) to be as effective as it could have been.
I enjoyed “Tron: Legacy,” but to be honest I am so smitten with everything ‘Tron’ that I barely noticed the effect, more often than not.
The three dimensional version of “The Avengers” was also pretty mediocre because what I remember most from the effect was from the beginning of the film, where for some odd reason Nick Fury (Samuel Jackson) was thrust so far forward it actually diminished the effect for everyone else in the scene. The S.H.I.E.L.D Helicarrier scenes were cool, but it’s essentially a flying aircraft carrier, so there’s little you can to to frak that up.
The only saving grace I can see is that 3D technology, like any other technology, will advance, so perhaps my fears are unfounded.
And besides, this is Guillermo Del Toro film, and if anyone can shepherd some really good post-converted 3D, it’s him.
I spent all last Thursday as an extra on Netflix’s upcoming series, House of Cards (an Americanized version of a British series), and had a great time.
Prior to “House of Cards,” I worked as a policeman on “The Dark Knight Rises” (TDKR).
You would think, since TDKR had a massive budget compared to “House of Cards” that it would have been better in terms of amenities, but strangely enough, it wasn’t (though that may have had something to do with TDKR being filmed on Wall Street, and the massive number of extras used on that particular film).
Both productions, as far as I could tell, treated us well, though I thought that we were especially well-treated by the ‘Cards’ staff.
“House of Cards” (HoC) was budged around $100 million dollars for 26 episodes (which isn’t much when you consider that HBO paid $50 million for the pilot of “Boardwalk Empire” alone ). It didn’t pay that well, though you don’t work as an extra (that’s not a member of SAG–the Screen Actors Guild) for the money.
That being said, the food was plentiful, and quite good, and the waiting area was air-conditioned; which is a very good thing when the temperature is somewhere in the upper Eighties.
After Shane (Jon Bernthal) left AMC’s zombie serial “The Walking Dead,” I assumed that the desire for other members of the cast to leave was over.
It appears that I may have been wrong, because Sarah Wayne Callies (Lori) may be the next to depart. She doesn’t actually say that she is, but it’s relatively apparent that she doesn’t like what happened to Frank Darabont, and that she feels that her character has run its course.
Some may consider Lori a bit irritating–she’d definitely had her moments–but I think that overall her character was strong, supportive, and a welcome member of the cast.
Besides, if her character dies, it would add an element of randomness to the series that has been, for the most part, missing. I mean, as much as I want to deny it, part of me knew that they were going to kill off Dale (Jeffrey DeMunn), my favorite character, at some point.
Which reminds me: Why do I have a sneaking suspicion that Callies may turn up on “L.A. Noir” (if it goes to series) sometime in the near future?
Doctor Strange has always one of my favorite Marvel characters, so I was jazzed to hear that Kevin Feige, the President of Marvel Studios, intends to make a feature film of him. That being said, I am trying to keep my expectations in check–despite the way that “The Avengers” either met or exceeded them; though I do remember “Constantine,” and while that that character is from DC, the stunt casting which resulted in Keanu Reeves playing John Constantine ruined it for me.
Though Marvel has shown themselves to be more faithful with their characters, so on the whole I am pretty optimistic.
What I am hoping is that Strange’s look is more based upon his earlier incarnations–he has gone through quite a few–as opposed to his more modern ones.
I wrote a week or so ago about ‘Hunger Games fatigue,’ that is, despite the millions of young adults–and not-so-young adults–that are fans of the books, there was no way that it could maintain its stranglehold over the North American box office for too much longer.
Everything that goes up–assuming that it does not escape the earth’s gravitational field, and sometimes even then–will eventually come back down, so it’s no surprise that it’s no longer occupying the top spot.
What is somewhat surprising was that it was dethroned by Tim Story’s “Think Like A Man,” (I expected that “The Hunger Games” would soon fall from the Number One position over the North American box office, though that a comedy directed primarily at an African-American audience was able to do so–that had nothing to do with Tyler Perr–is pretty impressive), which earned almost $34 million over the weekend just past.
Screen Gems, a division of Sony Pictures that produced the film, deserves kudos for a perfectly timed release against some fierce competition.
There’s (Probably) More To Fox And Marvel Meeting Than Meets The Eye
Daredevil, The Man Without Fear
I was over at WorstPreviews yesterday, and they had an article saying that the meeting between Marvel and Fox execs was over a co-financing deal for a “Daredevil” reboot.
This sounds to me like either deliberate misdirection, or nonsense (though on whose part, I can’t say).
The problem for me is: How can Twentieth Century Fox discuss a co-financing deal about a movie based upon a character, come October 10, they will not have any rights to?
By way of analogy, that’s like me taking out a loan that comes due October 10, and me not only saying that the bank isn’t going to get their money back, but I have a great scheme that–by the graciousness of my heart–will let them in on.
In other words, there can be no “co-financing” deal between Marvel and Fox because it would imply that Fox somehow had the right to make such an arrangement in the first place.
Which also implies that there was more going on at that meeting than we probably know anytime soon.
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