I’m curious enough to keep watching. Moss is wonderful, as always.
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Stephen King is a difficult adaptation. He fleshes out each and every character in a way that few directors/actors/screen writers are capable of. I hope this is more like his more recent adaptations in the last couple of years, whilst they deviated, they still held the mesmerising essence that only SK can give a story in its complexity.
I think the problem lies in the fact that while there is some overlap in the different mediums, print and film, for the most part they are very different audiences. Hollywood is much more profit driven, and it’s difficult to keep their users as interested while building characters and the story.
I’m a big King fan, and I could ramble on indefinitely about my thoughts and observations of the man and his works, but I’ll spare everyone that. lol
Thank you for the knowledge GH
YW. Personally, I’m kind of excited for this one. The original was ok, for what it was, but in no way captured the feel of the story. The Bachman Books were dark and nihilistic and I’m hoping they can recreate that with this adaptation.
It was officially confirmed at Cinemacon 2024 that this remake is going forward.
As much a look back at the 70s as it is a horror movie. There are nods to Tonight with Don Lane, paranormal performers like Uri Geller and Peter Popoff along with their counterpart James Randi. The horror aspect itself was a nod to an increasing fear of the demonic that eventually led to the satanic panic of the 80s and 90s. Movies like Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist, and The Omen as well as the Manson murders fed into those fears. I enjoyed it, and it’s a good reminder that too much of what some people fear or believe isn’t real or rational.
A great watch. It seemed to lose focus towards the end, but it made me think a lot about my own perceptions. It’s heartbreaking that abuse and exploitation, such as the instances mentioned here, still happen.
I wonder how many know that Hop Sing (Victor Sen Yung) played Number 2 son in the Sidney Toler Charlie Chan movies? Then again, I wonder how many today have even heard of Charlie Chan. Another to-be famous star Keye Luke played Number 1 son, in the Warner Oland Chan movies. Scads of other stars to-be made appearances in these movies. As a kid, I watched all these on the Saturday matinee’s on TV…after the monster movie matinee’s that is. I have every one of these and while we were building an add-on to my house, we listened to them. The young guys kept stopping to watch, lol. Had to stop them during work, but they would stay after hours to watch more. They got a kick out of them.
Not stupid at all, Merri. I’ve had my share of groupie fantasies. ;)
Thanks for sharing the ebook offer. That’s a very cool deal.
Idris Elba has done a couple of interviews recently where he was asked about the possibility of another Luther movie. “The chances are good. The chances are very good actually. I don’t want to make any exclusive announcements, but it’s looking good for old Johnny Boy,” he stated.
Recently discovered this show and I love it. Hilarious and empowering, it manages to poke fun of stereotypes without offending. I wonder if the creators were influenced by the Indonesian female metal trio Voice of Baceprot? Eagerly awaiting season 2 with cameos from activist Malala Yousafzai and comedian Meera Syal.
yes lets get teens pregnant and them give tem a TV show , what idiot is promoting this nonsense
but one of the many downsides of capitalism. these shows have been around for 15 years now, so they obviously make money.
Very fun show LOL But the future is NOT lookin’ good, y’all! We have Cyberdyne, SkyNet, Vought Industries, ConSec, LutherCorp, Banodyne - and now Vault-Tec on the horizon. And those are just some off the top of my head before I’ve had my tea! 😱
We all better bend over and kiss…well, y’all know the rest…
I think we’ll be ok. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events :)
Maybe the ‘Only Murders in the Building’ people got the idea from the
‘The Thursday Murder Club book’. :)
I’m not offended. The writers of OMintB could well have been inspired by the book. By lack of originality, I only meant that there are some undeniable similarities in the stories and the timing of this coming to the silver screen. TBH, there is very little that is completely original. Nothing new under the sun comes from the bible, and that is most likely a wisdom lifted from somewhere else. Researcher was just messing with me. No offense taken there, either. :)
The Thursday Murder Club movie is based on The Thursday Murder Club novel by Pointless and House of Games presenter Richard Osman, and is the first installment in his “Thursday Murder Club” series. It was published on 3 September 2020 which is before Only Murders in the Building aired.
but would it have gotten a screen adaptation if not for the popularity of OMintB? debatable.
It was an outstanding experience. I’m in Europe, so not at all Xenophobic. I adore other cultures and such… just a background so you get my drift. This film was full to the waterline with action, dramatic friction and mayhem. Watch it, my friend viewer. I hope you enjoy it as much as my family did! ( ✪ワ✪)ノʸᵉᵃʰᵎ
Not casting any aspersions on you, but merely being European doesn’t exclude one from being a xenophobe. lol
The Thursday Murder Club follows a group of pensioners living in a luxury retirement community who set out to solve the murder of a property developer. Author Richard Osman revealed that Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, and Ben Kingsley will play three of the four sleuths. No release date yet.
So it’s kind of a rip-off of Only Murders in the Building. Let’s hope the casting and writing can overcome the lack of originality.
Oh man. I actually thought that’s future him! Which was sad and happy at the same time…
Thanks for the thorough explanation! Really deep. (you can clearly see I can’t draw these images by myself, so thank you really, much appreciated)
A dead giveaway was you saw him holding the cross Mariko had given him in the scenes of him old, but that cross was dropped into the ocean when they went out to scatter the ashes of her family.
I don’t really understand the finale. So did “Anjin” go back to england? The show says he did. He even “fought” as a Samurai as per his grand-children. But Toranaga says he believes he will never go back to England. I just don’t get it haha.. Excuse my ignorance..
Those were “visions” of how he thought his life would be if he returned to England. He does not. His whole life up to that point had been about his own ambitions and desires, but with Mariko’s sacrifice he is changed, which you see when he offers up his own life to end the suffering of the villagers. With this gesture, we see that he has left his old self behind and has come to finally have some understanding of the Japanese and their customs. We see him surrender his old life and to honor his love for Mariko and her sacrifice, he chooses to serve Toranaga. At least, that’s what I got out of it.
What happened to Season’s 8, 9 & 10?
It’s all kind of confusing. There were originally 4 seasons (72 episodes). Fox aired a lot of it out of order and stretched it to the 5 seasons you see listed here. After that, there were 4 straight to DVD movies made that were later split up into episodes and aired on Comedy Central as season 5, or 6 depending on how you count it. Then there were the two 26 episodes seasons on Comedy Central that were split up and aired over 4 years.
The gist of it is that there is nothing missing here except for the movies, which are listed as the specials at the end of season 5, and you can find links for those on their individual movie pages.
This is such a painfully funny show that really does need to seen to be believed.
Loving machinery is a kink …. Mechanophilia (or mechaphilia) is a paraphilia involving a sexual attraction to machines such as bicycles, cars, helicopters, and airplanes.
It’s scary how many of the themes in this movie are still relevant today. Many on the impressive list of actors for this film agreed to be paid scale just to be in a Dylan film. That’s kind of how I feel about this. Regardless of its shortcomings, it’s Dylan.
I will never get why you get down-voted for giving out these nice little pieces of relevant information.
I play the long game. My haters, and I have a few, like to jump on my comments right after I make them, but as time passes they often get voted up because those without an axe to grind appreciate the contribution. People can be petty and silly.
The 1st reality show I’ve been able to sit through an entire episode, but by the last one I was ready for it to be over. I don’t need a season 2.
Glad I saw your post, added it right fast to my ‘watching’ list, so it will pop up in my list when it airs. First one was pretty good, and thought it might be a good while before the second one came out, much less that there would even be a third, figured just a part two. Guess they are really going for it with this one.
The casting on the 3rd part gives me hope that this iteration of the DCU is going out with a bang.
That was awesome. Rarely can a horror movie keep my interest anymore, but the tongue-in-cheek humor, great acting and unique premise did so with ease.
That’s a quick turn around. No word on when Part Three will air yet, but it should come by the end of the year and will star Katee Sackhoff (Poison Ivy), Mark Hamill (The Joker), Dean Winters (Captain Storm), and Corey Stoll (Lex Luthor).
Anyone else have problems with mixdrop? it goes green and funky colors and is a mirror image of my screen?
On this particular link, yes. “The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported” Reported.
I really wanted to like these movies. A mash-up of Magnificent 7/7 Samurai, Star Wars, and Mass Effect that is so derivative and formulaic that it just falls flat. Some will say he is paying homage to these works of art, but it felt like theft to me. As I’ve said before, he does his best work adapting others stories.
Although visually stunning, as all his work is, the storytelling is uninspiring. We got Rebel Moon - Part One: Recruitment and Rebel Moon - Part Two: Origins and I still felt no connection to any of the characters except for the most overlooked of the all, Hopkins portrayal of the fallen “Quest Knight” robot Jimmy/James. Snyder said from the start that his intent was to create a cinematic franchise, much like Star Wars, with several ongoing movies and spin-off series, but at this point I only want to see more of James.
After all that criticism, I feel I should backtrack and admit that I didn’t hate, thus the 4/5 rating I gave it. The movies are beautiful, fairly well acted, and keep up a pretty good pacing. I just wanted a better story. Hopefully, the inevitable director’s cut will give me that.
Not only will this show get another season, but Apple is looking into their options for other spin-offs based on the Legendary Monsterverse.
With season 3 currently in production, FX has announced that they will roll right into a season 4.
Davidson called it quits on this just as they were ramping up for a start of production for a 2nd season this summer. I feel bad for him, but how many bridges can you burn before people give up on you?
‘The Last Thing He Told Me’ Renewed For Second Season. But no release date which could be a long time from now.
You are correct. The author will be releasing a sequel novel in 2025 and the 2nd season will be based on that. Garner, Coster-Waldau, and Angourie Rice are slated to return. Obviously, it will be a bit of a wait.
Others are likely to not care either way & do it to giggle at those who have a problem with it.
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