tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post7132333895121912035..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: This Week in Geek (7-13/05/12)Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-26723390698132176122012-05-14T13:42:15.932-03:002012-05-14T13:42:15.932-03:00Magical realism sounds about right. The stone was ...Magical realism sounds about right. The stone was possessed by the coach's ashes.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-49269885265749901802012-05-14T13:33:56.178-03:002012-05-14T13:33:56.178-03:00I didn't have a problem with the American curl...I didn't have a problem with the American curling star either; I'm thinking more of how the rock explodes and the chunks land so as to give Chris a victory. I can understand how, when Popeye punches a tree, it flies up in the air and it lands as neatly-stacked firewood; it just seemed a bit much for Chris Cutter.<br /><br />Magical realism, maybe? I guess we can allow for that, in a movie with so many Portentous Beavers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-32926494781904241752012-05-14T07:00:05.129-03:002012-05-14T07:00:05.129-03:00Actually I did like that the villain had some kind...Actually I did like that the villain had some kind of honor and took defeat so gracefully. I mean, he was the antagonist, but it's only curling right? He wasn't evil.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-78415274766619919582012-05-14T04:00:29.178-03:002012-05-14T04:00:29.178-03:00I have endless love for "Men with Brooms"...I have endless love for "Men with Brooms". Agreed about the ending being a bit much; I would have been satisfied with an honest, honorable loss that Chris could walk home proudly from.<br /><br />As for the rest of the mega-happy ending, I didn't have too much problem with all the threads resolving favorably. George Buza's return / forgiveness was straight out of a couple episodes of "Due South", where a Lurking Figure Of Menace would unexpectedly be moved by Constable Fraser's virtue and side with the good guys. If you can't give your protagonist a ridiculous break once in a while, what's the point?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-74006871119305263482012-05-13T13:28:40.074-03:002012-05-13T13:28:40.074-03:00I can appreciate your positions and understand it....I can appreciate your positions and understand it. It just never worked for me.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-25052842963518856952012-05-13T09:12:40.309-03:002012-05-13T09:12:40.309-03:00In fairness, I think they kind of had to move away...In fairness, I think they kind of had to move away from Sarah Connor once the Rise of the Machines came along and John was old enough to step up. And the direction T3 took John - homeless drifter as a result of having been robbed of any kind of normal childhood, as well as being totally unprepared for Judgement Day thanks to the 10+ years he spent thinking it had been prevented - it's a lot better thought out than the happy ending that Cameron planned for T2 and I feel Nick Stahl played that role to perfection. And at least he looked like the son of Michael Biehn and Linda Hamilton.<br /><br />As an action film, I can't deny that T2 is better, but it screws up T1's time-travel concepts so badly (specifically, its Moffat-worthy depiction of a stable time loop) that I much prefer T3 as the canonical conclusion to the saga. Or better yet, for T1 to have never had a sequel. YMMV, obviously.<br /><br />Incidentally, I haven't seen Season 2 either.Toby'cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-25179045794296088372012-05-13T07:48:43.377-03:002012-05-13T07:48:43.377-03:00Of course, it might all fall apart in Season 2 whi...Of course, it might all fall apart in Season 2 which I haven't seen yet (no spoilage thanks!).<br /><br />I hated T3, personally. It was an unaffecting action film that left me cold and bored. A large part of that is due to the leads, but groaners like the Terminator's inflatable breasts didn't help matters. I did like the twist at the end, but that was about it.<br /><br />It's entire possible that it misunderstood what makes the Terminator series engaging, and that's Sarah Connor.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-23622483486126650022012-05-13T07:30:16.792-03:002012-05-13T07:30:16.792-03:00I preferred T3 myself (indifferent on Salvation), ...I preferred T3 myself (indifferent on Salvation), but I'll give the Sarah Connor Chronicles credit for putting some thought into just what kind of life the Connors could expect after the end of T2 - which is more than I can say for James Cameron. Also, Thomas Dekker and Summer Glau were pretty good.Toby'cnoreply@blogger.com