tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post4169264418865675535..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: This Week in Geek (22-28/12/14)Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-59776925820979327992015-04-06T09:32:47.801-03:002015-04-06T09:32:47.801-03:00You have the benefit of having seen the animated f...You have the benefit of having seen the animated film more recently than I have. The trailer just seemed completely redundant - moments and designs I remembered from the animated film, or at least THINK I remembered.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-35814934043998971742015-04-06T06:17:22.588-03:002015-04-06T06:17:22.588-03:00No, I got that, it's just that I'm not sur...No, I got that, it's just that I'm not sure what in the trailer seemed awful about it. Thing is, "the point" always seemed obvious to me: that the first Disney Cinderella had a LOT of room for improvement, and I don't just mean compared to the Renaissance movies or later. Even in the trailer I saw, Cinderella and Kit (formerly known as just the Prince) had more to say to each other than in the entire original movie, a problem than even other Disney romances in the 1950s had less trouble avoiding.Toby'chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298458468488781568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-73894504112117745622015-04-06T01:54:34.885-03:002015-04-06T01:54:34.885-03:00Bear in mind you're reading a review from last...Bear in mind you're reading a review from last December, when Cinderella wasn't out yet. All I was saying was that the trailer looked terrible and left me asking "What's the point?".Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-54151035146483660492015-04-06T00:42:08.038-03:002015-04-06T00:42:08.038-03:00"puts to shame the awful live action copy of ..."puts to shame the awful live action copy of the celebrated animated film they showed in the previews"<br />Not sure what you were getting this from, but I saw the new one recently and it was excellent: it addressed every problem I have with the animated movie without needing to go into dark, revisionist territory.Toby'chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298458468488781568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-85919457448466253182014-12-28T23:58:18.066-04:002014-12-28T23:58:18.066-04:00That's not the captcha I'm getting... I ha...That's not the captcha I'm getting... I have a one-click "I'm not a robot" box. Weird.<br /><br />Of course we do get some Welsh readers in here, maybe they have better luck.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-1567521985736135122014-12-28T22:07:35.754-04:002014-12-28T22:07:35.754-04:00I've said it before and I'll say it again:...I've said it before and I'll say it again: "Metropolis" and "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey" are the same movie.<br /><br />In other news, can I say I'm not super-fond of the new "type two apparently Welsh words" that reCAPTCHA is doing? Usually takes several times before reCAPTCHA and I can agree on all the letters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-21668401450054574852014-12-28T14:31:25.061-04:002014-12-28T14:31:25.061-04:00Has anyone ever seen Mr. Art Critic?Has anyone ever seen Mr. Art Critic?Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-82201794304549161972014-12-28T14:19:38.395-04:002014-12-28T14:19:38.395-04:00Watching Big Eyes with Jason Schwartzman and Terra...Watching Big Eyes with Jason Schwartzman and Terrance Stamp as snooty critics makes me want to see a film focusing exclusively on an artist versus his critics. Do we have that already? We do have things like The Artists and Hugo that focus on trending shifts, but I can't think of a film solely focusing on a artist going head to head with a critic. That probably has to do with the fact that they have such a symbiotic relationship.Martin Légerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02823590081222080265noreply@blogger.com