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Re: The Avengers

Jonathan Schwarzmann — Sun, 06 May 2012 08:35:04 -0000

No, you are completely right. I do remember thinking that at one point during the battle scene, but was overwhelmed by the amazingness of what was going on. From reading more about the movie, it seems Joss Whedons first cut was ~3 hours long. I'd venture a guess saying that there was at least one scene in there that expounded upon the one between Banner and random old man after the Hulks crash landing to earth.

The only other thing that really bothers me is the short, one line explanation of how Thor got back to Earth. At the end of his movie, it seemed impossible for him to return. So I'm a bit disappointed that wasn't addressed more. Then again, when the blu-ray comes out, I think we should expect the Whedon cut that might fill out the already amazing plot.

Re: The Avengers

Kaptainamazing — Sun, 06 May 2012 02:21:55 -0000

I agree with pretty much everything you've said here. Exactly what I was thinking while watching it! But I do have one beef that I noticed you didn't bring up, and I'm wondering if you noticed it too (and I'm completely willing to let it slide based on the awesomeness of the rest of the movie). Throughout the whole movie they build up how dangerous the Hulk is to both enemies and friends, yet in the final battle they have no problem releasing him into a crowded city and he's somehow only fighting for the avengers? Did I miss some part where he learns how to control the Hulk?

Re: The Hunger Games

Karl — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:19:09 -0000

Now imagine how much people enjoyed the book (and how much you're missing out by being a ted), given that the movie was as good as it was and knowing the book is much better. You'll enjoy the movie more having all the extra knowledge and introspection from the book.

Re: Chronicle, Something Refreshing

Aaron Barnes — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:13:49 -0000

Splendid movie, definately a must watch.

Re: It’s too bad she won’t live…

Kistajk — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 11:12:18 -0000

"Time to die."

Don't exclude that sentence as it's a very important bit of the message too.

Re: Pandorum, True Sci-Fi

Kyle Young — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:15:09 -0000

Here is something very interesting about the film. Would like to hear your thoughts on the subject.

http://onedeviousbastard.blogs...

Re: Assassins Creed: Revelations, My Take

jonulf — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:53:29 -0000

How have you liked the series so far? While it's been a bit hard to follow, the mystique of the series has been a major draw for me. Brotherhood opened up a lot of questions, but if you look at the series as a movie, we've only just started the rising action section of the story. We've still got a long way to go.

Re: The Truly “Forbidden Planet”

Jopiumm — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:14:16 -0000

Hi Jon! Good post, I love this movie! May I ask where you got this great image of the Forbidden Planet set? I'd appreciate it if you emailed me, thanks!
jopiumm@yahoo.com

Re: Assassins Creed: Revelations, My Take

Erin Hanson — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:29:27 -0000

Sounds awesome! I just barely finished Brotherhood last night.

Re: Cellphones and Cancer: Public Ignorance and Apathy

Rob — Tue, 10 May 2011 13:24:17 -0000

John,

I love the argument! You present it well.

In every study done with cell phones, there is one variable that you can't account for yet, time. How many studies have follow a group of ten thousand people suing cell phone say 3 hours a day, and a group that never uses them over a 20 years span.

Studies like this may never exist, there are far too many variables for any scientific method regarding a human, therefore any argument, for or against cell phones should offer no human clear thoughts regarding technology. It is a personal choice an individual makes to use, believe in, or throw technology out the window, there will never be a definitive it does, or does not.

from love,

Rob

Re: Cellphones and Cancer: Public Ignorance and Apathy

Kevin Reilly — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:43:43 -0000

Now you have access to all my personal information. I feel naked

Re: Consumers’ Reaction to PSN Outage

Jon Ulf — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:49:52 -0000

Thanks Jordan. ;)

Re: Consumers’ Reaction to PSN Outage

Jon Ulf — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:49:25 -0000

Oh, and you may notice I never called gaming "unwholesome," just that there were "more wholesome" things to do. Self-conscience much?

Re: Consumers’ Reaction to PSN Outage

Jordan — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:41:21 -0000

This is why we're friends, Jon. You've got such a great head on your shoulders (well, neck, anyway--between your shoulders).

Re: Consumers’ Reaction to PSN Outage

anon — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:51:39 -0000

There was a time when reading books was considered unwholesome.

Re: The Not So Infallible Iron Man (2)

Rob — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:29:16 -0000

Jon,

I waited paintently to see this in Springdale (it takes a while for movies to get ehre). your reveiw helped stir this feeling in me that it would be a good movie. I should have let go of those expectations, it was bad, really bad. The suits looked goofy, the story line was nearly the same as the last one- two bad guys join together to kill tony; the bad guys were even in the same mold, one rich one poor with a chip on his shoulder.

The ending of killing the bad guys, exactly the same; tony is stuck getting out played big bang blows up bad guy.

I laughed out load for a solid 5 minutes of this movie at different moments.

Thank you for the hard work you do here Jon, you may have been a little off base with this one review, the only one I have had a problem with.

Rob

Re: Splice: “What’s the worst that could happen?”

Luke — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:38:59 -0000

So bad!

Re: The Not So Infallible Iron Man (2)

Jon Ulf — Mon, 17 May 2010 02:34:57 -0000

Really? Did you not like the first one?

Re: The Not So Infallible Iron Man (2)

Janeal — Sun, 16 May 2010 12:30:09 -0000

I didn't really like it.

Re: The Automotive Revolution Has Begun

Jeanie B. — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:33:16 -0000

What's wrong with burnt-out hippies...

Re: Where Science Fiction Rules…

Jon Ulf — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 01:37:48 -0000

I like the hypothesis. Gamers enjoy a little more disconnect than most, that's why gamer-types give sci-fi more credit. General public has a harder time swallowing the bigger pill. I'd also go so far as to say the accepting ones can stretch their imaginations farther to encompass many of the outrageous ideas that give sci-fi its name. There are a bunch of other conclusions that could be drawn from this line of thought, but the complexities concerning the psychology of gaming and science fiction have probably already been decided by those short-sighted, unimaginative types. *WINK*

Maybe we should go halfsies on an Xbox? Convince someone to loan us theirs for a few months?

Re: Where Science Fiction Rules…

Lucás — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:31:54 -0000

Great post and great points, I think that people seek escape from life more via video games than they do from movies, maybe that's why they're more likely to accept the greatness that is the Sci-Fi genre? Either way I agree with you, and we've got to get our hands on an xbox one of these days and play Mass Effect, Though there's no way in hell am I buying an xbox, what do you think I am, a stupid teenager that knows no better?

Re: Gaming Future Is Almost Here

Jon Ulf — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:46:08 -0000

Trust me, the guts of Move are all Sony, they've took their Six-Axis tech, stripped it down and rebuilt it. That means they have a state of the art three-axis gyroscope and three-axis accelerometer. There's also a terrestrial magnetic field sensor stuffed in there. Which is basically a small sensor that can detect its position in space via the earths magnetic field. Combine all that with the fancy glowing ball and you have a controller that will accurately place you in a 3D virtual world within centimeters. Even if you cover up the colored golf ball, you're getting better accuracy than the Wii. One big difference between Move and Wii, is that Wii still relies on poor IR tech. Quite frankly I don't know why infrared is still around, it's inaccurate and unreliable. Nintendo certainly opened the door for a new controller when they displayed their version, but that's all they did, was an initial launch followed up with a decent add-on. Now someone else is banking on their ability to make it better.

Re: Gaming Future Is Almost Here

Eric Shippen — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:15:56 -0000

Microsoft's Project Natal i don't see being as big as they would hope it to be. They, I think should stick to traditional gaming control. While using no controller would be entertaining for some types of games like the boxing or karate games, games like FPS's would quickly lose the novelty of being controller free. Too many games require buttons to function adequately. Microsoft made a desperate attempt to do something revolutionary in motion control. In a sense they have, as a controller free system hasn't been done. There are too many variables that would draw me away from it though. PS Move however, I think has much more potential. Though I don't think it is strong enough to push the Wii off the market as you say, I do think they have made some interesting changes. It appears as if they ripped the guts out of a Wii controller, put it into a different body, and made the movements closer to a 1:1 ratio. So to say it will reinvent the controller is probably an overstatement, seeing as Wii has already taken large steps in that direction. I am however, eager to try it out and see how it will work. Only time will tell.

Re: It’s too bad she won’t live…

Rob — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:32:08 -0000

Great reveiw Jon, this has been a favorite of mine for years, you made me want to watch it again soon.

A brother