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The Film Habit #39 - March 2, 2005 Welcome back to the other side of Oscar Chat 4… Oscar Chat 4 Memorial Hangover. It’s Wednesday, but I’ve still got the tired head from all the effort that went into our annual chatting festivities. It went off brilliantly, and somewhere around hour 2 I completely lost count of how many people were in and out of there. I guess that means it was a big group. In addition to the greatness of the CB loyalist (I still want to call you all Blenditos) people came by from IGN, RottenTomatoes, and FilmRot just to name a few. So thanks to CB staffers Stuart, Matt S., Rafe, and Into for keeping the thing afloat. Prizes were dispensed, Sean Penn was mocked, and all was well. Oh, and some actors were given some awards too. I hear that Million Dollar Baby movie is good. Does the baby dance?
But that’s it, we’re officially Oscar free at CB from this point forward until 2006, when no doubt a new Oscar host will be offered up for us to all resoundingly hate for no apparent reason. Hating the guy chosen to host the Oscars has become as much of a tradition as the awards themselves. Poor Chris Rock, you didn’t suck but you won’t get any credit for it. me to plan for Oscar Chat 5. Star Trek In Flames – No Phoenix In Sight As a recovering Trekker, I miss good space science fiction in the theater. I’d hoped Chronicles of Riddick might be some sort of revival of it at the movies, but apparently I’m the only one who doesn’t hate it. Before that, the trailers for Star Trek: Nemesis hinted that it might be at last something different, but as it turns out Berman left most of the Enterprise crew back at space dock. Seriously, did you see the movie? It’s like they spent the entire budget on CGI sets and didn’t have enough money to hire extras to look like they were running the ship. I’m running out of places to turn.  In fact, I’m kind of in a place where I believe it’s time for Star Trek to simply go away for awhile. I’d thought Paramount agreed last week when news leaked out that they were firmly committed to halting all future Star Trek projects for a couple of years. But that worm Berman couldn’t leave it alone, and has since squirmed his way into the ears of Paramount execs and convinced them to give him another shot with the pretty well sunk franchise. What form that chance will take is anyone’s guess, but with Berman at the helm you can be sure it’ll suck. At best it’ll be just another horrible movie, at worst it’ll make somehow manage to make some money and keep Rick “The Federation Con Man” Berman in charge. Not that any of this is a revelation. It’s all been said a hundred times before.
Actually, I’m not truly sure why I’ve bothered writing this. I’ve no new insight to offer on the matter, I simply needed to vent. I loved Star Trek and Rick Berman hates me. Barring Star Trek, some other good space adventures sure would be nice. WB killed the Babylon 5 movie, so forget about that. Without Tom Cruise on board or his lower level equivalent they don’t want to risk it. Imagine if that attitude had been taken when the idea for Star Trek: The Motion Picture was presented. It’s ridiculous that a B5 movie based on a successful franchise with hordes of fans, cannot get made using the original cast when in a few months a movie based on a cancelled TV show will be. I suppose my only hope now is Firefly… but let’s get realistic. No matter how good that movie is, it’ll never make back it’s budget and it isn’t going to revitalize the space-sci-fi genre. It needs a Lord of the Rings to bring it back or a Star Wars that doesn’t feel like a toy line advertisement. Either of those things happening is a long shot, so I guess I’d better hit the bookstore and cozy up with some Heinlein. Maybe when this superhero craze burns out there’ll be room for movies to return to outer space. Letters From Close Enough to the Edge to See the View But Not So Close That There is Danger of Falling Off  Guided by the spirit of the small Asian woman to your left (who I really need to replace with something more snazzy), I answer reader mail. It’s new, it’s innovative, and no doubt this idea will be ripped off by thousands of copycats, like that hack David Letterman. your comments to have them read on the… er answered here. Let’s see what you folks have to say this week: DGUARNERE: JOSHUA TYLER SOUNDS LIKE ONE IDIOTIC PERSON WHO HAS PRIVATE ISSUES WITH HIMSELF.HIS COMMENTS ARE REALLY UNINTELLIGENT.IM 41 YEARS OLD,AM VERY SUCCESSFUL IN MY LIFE AND CAREER.I HAVE A GREAT FAMILY.ONE MORE THING,I OWN A GENERAL LEE.I ENJOYED THE SHOW IN THE LATE SEVENTIES AND EARLY EIGHTIES.COME ON ITS JUST A CLEAN TELEVISION SHOW,BETTER THAN A LOT OF THE CRAP THAT IS ON TV NOW.YOU KNOW SOMETHING JOSHUA,YOUR COMMENTS JUST MIGHT GET YOU INTO A CORNER YOU MIGHT NOT GET OUT OF ONE DAY.SOUTHERN PEOPLE ARE NOT IDIOTS NOR ARE THEY DRUNKS.GROW UP MAN.ITS PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT KEEP TENSIONS GOING.LET IT GO .GET A LIFE.TRY WRITING FOR THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER OR SOME OTHER PIECE OF CRAP NEWSPAPER.PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR OWN COMMENTS,BUT MAKE THEM INTELLIGENT.IF THERE NOT,IT ONLY ADDS TO THE IGNORANCE ON THIS PLANET.IM TIRED OF READING CRAP FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU.IF YOURE INTERESTED,I HAVE MET A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM NORTHERN STATES THAT LOVE THE DUKES AND THE GENERAL LEE."ON CE AGAIN GET A LIFE,ITS TOO SHORT".IF YOU FEEL THE NEED TO COMMENT,PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME. Josh: 41 years old and you still haven’t discovered the CAPS LOCK BUTTON. You also must not know how to read since I never said anything like that. This is the thanks I get for defending inbred goat loving rednecks. Barry Sandrew: Hey Josh - thanks for the invite. This was a fun way to watch the Oscars. Check out www.legendfilms.net. Hope Marty wins for obvious reasons. Was a great feature and I'm surprised it didn't get nominated for FX. Josh: Hey Barry, saw you were there and glad you made it. I imagine you’re no happier than me at the state of affairs with Scorsese. Looks like he’s going to be forever ignored. This should have been his year. AgentONeal: Your Punisher 2 Article -Wow, I don't think I've ever read anything as ignorant as that in my entire life. You take your hatred for a movie so far that you totally blind yourself to the following it as. I suppose you totally ignore the fact that it did very well on DVD, which is why they're making a sequel in the first place. I guess you'd have to pull your head out of your ass to understand that your feelings aren't universal, but I suppose that's too much to ask of you. If you don't want to watch The Punisher 2, don't. It's going to happen, and more people are wanting it than not. FACE. Josh: The following it “as” should have gone to the theater then. Apparently no movie in the history of the world has ever actually flopped, once you figure in overseas box office, DVD sales, action-figures sold to developing nations as fossil fuels, and revenue generated for movie websites who give flops bad reviews and then receive traffic from people who delude themselves into thinking a turd like Punisher 2 actually has a following, visit the movie website, and then bother to email the site’s editor desperately trying to justify an unjustifiable position. I hear Battlefield Earth has a massive cult following on the internet and made all of its production budget back when VHS copies of it were used to smuggle weed into the country from Jamaica. FOREHEAD. Neha Sharma: Ok, the people who say Paul Walker is horrible, they are wrong, and when they say that 13 year old girls' opinions don't count, that's just sexist. what if we don't think he's that hot (maybe we do, maybe we dont) but we just respect his work. he does NOT stare blankly at the camera, and he most certainly does NOT ruin people's childhoods, if people say that, that's just plain jealousy and any idiot can tell. Josh Let me guess your age…. 41? Jude Ham: A question I haven't heard addressed: Where were all the big stars that almost always are at the Oscars??? Were was Catherine Zeta Jones, et al??? Why so many empty seats? Josh: Arby's? Roast Beef sale? No actually that’s a pretty good question. There were a phenomenal amount of empty seats visible whenever they’d pull a zoom out. Perhaps that’s just another example of how poorly directed these Oscars were. Every celeb in Hollywood does not make it to the Oscars every year. But usually, those empty seats are filled up with seat fillers at the very least. Chris Rock’s accountants must have blown the seat filler budget on beer and pretzels. Hey! Do you like writing for mildly successful movie websites with no guarantee that you’ll ever be paid? Are you over 18? You’re in luck. CinemaBlend.com is looking for writers just like you. If you think you can capture the signature Cinema Blend style as a DVD critic and/or BNN reporter send me an with a few samples and we’ll talk. |
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