J.J. Abrams will Direct Star Wars Episode VII

Never say never!  Even though J.J. Abrams recently had an interview where he claimed he wasn’t interested in directing Star Wars Episode VII, things have apparently changed.  J.J. Abrams is now in charge of both the Star Trek and Star Wars universes.  Abrams had this to say about the Star Wars films:

“As a kid I was always a fan of special effects.  Watching movies I was constantly trying to figure out how they did it, whatever the effect was. ‘Star Wars’ was the first movie that blew my mind in that way; it didn’t matter how they did any of it because it was all so overwhelmingly and entirely great.”

Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 8: The Philosopher’s Stone

If you have not read my last review, you may do so here: Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 7: Night of the Chimera’s Cry

Picking up where we left off, Ed and Al are still at the crime scene.  Our heroes talk to Colonel Mustang about death, not being able to bring anyone back to life and the killer who has been targeting women.  The Military puts Ed in charge of Tucker’s work, which he isn’t very happy about.  Tucker was executed as part of a coverup.

Ed is so frustrated that he turns in his state alchemist watch so he can investigate the murders.  Edward runs into scar outside.  Luckily for Ed, he gave up his watch right before that because scar said he would have killed him if he was still a state alchemist.  King Bradley sends Al after the philosopher’s stone.  Winry is waiting for Ed when she sees a refrigerated truck, which is a newer invention.

Ed figures out that the truck is how the killer has been moving the bodies.  He finds Barry the Chopper’s shop.  Barry tricks Ed and knocks him out.  When Ed wakes up he finds out that Barry has removed his automail arm while he was unconscious.  Without his arm, he can’t clap his hands to perform alchemy.  Ed gets around this by drawing a transmutation circle.  Ed escapes and fights Barry.

Ed has Barry defeated and is about to kill him when Al shows up and stops him.  Hughes figured out that Barry’s truck was outside their building a lot and put two and two together.  The Military arrests Barry.  Ed returns to his State Alchemist position and is granted the title FullMetal by the State.  Ed was willing to take his job back in exchange for all of the information the State had on the philosopher’s stone.

Troll 2: Part 3

Alright guys, it has been a long time since I have worked on the Troll 2 review.  I can only handle so much of this “movie” at one time lol.  If you have not read the first two parts, you may do so here:
Troll 2: Part 1
Troll 2: Part 2

Picking up where we left off, this same friend goes into a store with the most creepy store keep I have ever seen and just does everything he is told to do.  This is one trusting kid.  Before he leaves the store he is told to go to the old house that looks like an old Church.  The overly dramatic woman from before has baked a cake for the visiting family and apparently broke into their house in order to give it to them.

Outside the store, the Dad falls asleep while reading a book about vegetables, so his son abandons him even though he just found out Nilbog is the Goblin Kingdom…tough luck Dad! lol  The kid wanders into a meeting where the Goblins (in human form) are talking about how bad meat is.  While listening in to this meeting through an opening in the ceiling he accidentally knocks a skateboard down and a hand reaches up and grabs his face.

We get a small scene where the sister is talking to her boyfriend and attempting to get him to pick between her and his friends.  Apparently he doesn’t make his choice quick enough so she punches him.  Well this is a hard choice!  Back to the Trolls, I mean Goblins.  They try to feed the kid “ice cream” (more goop).  I’m not sure why they are trying to trick him into thinking it’s ice cream when they are holding him down and forcing it into his mouth anyway!  His Dad somehow hears him through multiple rooms in a building when he is out in the street.  He comes in and gets his son, having an oddly formal conversation with the Goblins.

On the way back to their house the Dad sees his daughter arguing with her boyfriend.  He speeds down to get her and take her home but the boyfriend wants to talk.  The boyfriend is once again told to abandon his friends…so he does.  This family really hates his friends!  Back at the overly dramatic woman’s house, the friend who was at the shop comes in and seems out of it.  He really must be to not notice his other friend is right beside him in half-plant form.

Arnold (the friend who is half plant) finally gets his attention and tells him to drag him out of the house.  Instead of pulling him out of the pot, he trys to drag the entire thing out the door.  The witch or whatever she is shows back up, reveals she has super strength and a chain saw.  She uses the chain saw on Arnold that tickles him.  Okay, I guess that makes sense?!  Enough for now….

Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 7: Night of the Chimera’s Cry

If you have not read my last review, you may do so here:  Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 6: The Alchemy Exam

Ed receives the pocket watch that he earned for passing his State Alchemy exam.  After Ed shows the watch to his brother, Tucker says he will throw Ed a big party to celebrate his success.  Tucker is currently under a lot of pressure.  He has to turn in a report every year showing his findings or they will revoke his State Alchemy license.  Without his license and State funding, Tucker says he will go back to being poor.

We meet a mysterious man with a scar on his face and tattoos on his arm.   He runs off when Ed stops him and rips off his shirt sleeve, revealing his strange tattoos.  After the weird encounter, Ed moves on to what he was there for…investigating Tucker.  Something just isn’t right about him.  Tucker’s daughter says her mom left them but the military says she died.  Things are just not adding up and there is more than meets the eye here.

Ed sees a woman murdered and passes out.  It reminds him of what happened to his Mother and it is just overwhelming.  Things may go deeper than Ed thought.  The Military kicks Ed out of Tucker’s house for investing his work.  That doesn’t stop Ed though and him and Al break back into Tucker’s house later on.  Oddly enough, Tucker invites them in and shows them the Chimera he created.

In one of the most twisted and evil things I have ever seen, Tucker has combined his own daughter and dog into a Chimera in order to keep his Government funding.  This guy is pure evil!  Tucker attempts to compare Ed and Al to himself, he says they are the same.  Ed takes the sophisticated approach and pounds Tucker into the ground.  The Iron Blood Alchemist hits Ed and covers the situation up.

Ed, still determined to expose this horrendous plot, uses his alchemy to stop the truck they are removing the “evidence” in.  The Chimera escapes and comes across Scar from earlier.  He touches her and can somehow read her.  He destroys her out of mercy.  Ed and Al find the body….

J.J. Abrams on Star Trek Into Darkness and Star Trek 3

On the Theme of the Film:

“There’s nothing worse for me than reading what the theme of a book is or a movie and then reading it and being like: that’s the theme. The theme is you feel it…I do think that by default this a deeper movie. It’s certainly a bigger movie because the first one was kind of the origin story which is great because it’s so easy. You just introduce people and yet now they know each other so it has to go deeper.”

On dealing with the large cast of characters, which is even bigger this time around:

“Honestly, it’s never easier the next time, ever, for anything. You always think, “Oh, I’ve done that, it’ll be easier the next time.” No, it’s harder the next time. But it’s important that every character needs to be in the story, otherwise they shouldn’t be. But I wouldn’t say it was easier.”

On the persistant rumors that Benedict Cumberbatch’s character is Khan even though it he been revealed as John Harrison:

“I just can’t wait for people to see the movie.  Benedict is unbelievable. It’s a tall order, coming into that movie, because the crew of the Enterprise, that cast is so damn good and they’re wonderful to work with and they’re all good hearts.  So, to come into that group, as he did, as Alice Eve did and as Peter Weller did, and be one of the family was something that I was doubtful could happen. And he completely did it. I not only love him in the movie, but I love him, as a human being. He’s an amazing guy. I can’t wait for people to see the movie and experience what he’s done.”

On the scene from the trailer that looked like the end of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan:

“Well, I would say that you’ve got to see the movie to see. I don’t want to give away what that is, but we’ve all seen Wrath of Khan. With one or two exceptions, we’re not idiots. We are aware of the movie. I love Wrath of Khan.”

On if he has thought about Star Trek III:

“No, sir, not yet. I’m sure that the studio would love that to be a possibility but it’s up to the audience to decide if there needs to be one…There are things we’ve talked about but there’s no script or anything, it’s just ideas.”

Hugh Jackman on The Wolverine

“You want to get me into trouble, don’t you? [laughs] Okay, the movie takes place after X-Men: The Last Stand. My character is at his lowest. He is supposed to be able to heal himself, but he may encounter someone who has worked out a way to really hurt him. And there is a cameo from one of the past X-Men in it.”

Okay, before he was saying The Wolverine was a stand alone movie, now it’s apparently taking place after X-Men 3.  The X-men movies have become a huge mess and each movie completely contradicts events that took place in the other movies, like Professor X becoming paralyzed in First Class when he was young, yet still walking in X-Men 3 and X-men Origins: Wolverine when he was much older.  It shouldn’t be that difficult to at least try to keep a consistent timeline.

I can’t really say I am excited about this movie.  It sounds like a cool storyline and could be interesting but really there have been more awful movies coming out of the X-men universe than good ones and even the best ones aren’t great (just good).  I hope they get their house in order and start making some good movies that actually make sense when viewed with the other ones but after so many failures, I don’t see that happening.  I’ll probably wait until this one is out on Netflix before seeing it.

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David S. Goyer on Man of Steel

“I’m really proud of it.  I never thought I would be doing a Superman film, but I think the only possible way to top myself or ourselves on Batman is to tackle Superman whose kind of the Granddaddy of all the superheroes. He’s trickier, it’s kind of easier doing a dark character who doesn’t have any super powers but I’m really proud of what we’ve done and I can’t wait for people to see it. I think the movie is going to be the right movie for the times. I’m happy that movie is coming out in the summer, because I think it’s the kind of movie that the world needs right now.”

Don’t Ruin Superman! (Why Superman Returns Sucked) – Part 2

If you have not read the first part to this article, you may do so here: Don’t Ruin Superman! (Why Superman Returns Sucked)

In the last article I covered some of the problems with Superman Returns, like weird plot points, reusing plot lines from previous movies and a running time that is just too long.  While all of those things can bring a Superman movie down, the real issue I have with it is Bryan Singer decided to make Superman a total piece of crap! Even in our culture, if someone acted he Superman does in this movie, he would be hated by everyone.

This isn’t just any superhero, this is Superman.  He fights for “Truth, Justice and the American Way”.  He has also stood as a moral leader.  Seriously, they even use the line from the first Christopher Reeve Superman movie about him being the light that shows the way (for mankind to follow his example).  Okay, so what is Superman’s example in this movie?  For starters, he abandons the woman he loves for five years while he is off searching for a planet he already knows has been destroyed.  He doesn’t even say “bye” to her, he just leaves!

Okay, Superman is kind of a jerk there but that isn’t the worst thing someone could do.  Well, don’t worry, it’s not the worst thing Superman does.  Not only did he leave Lois for five years to check out some broken pieces of rock, he had knocked her up before he left.  He didn’t know this somehow, even though he has superhearing to the point where he can float out in space and hear everything that is going on on earth, but he can’t hear his own child’s heartbeat apparently.

Superman doesn’t stop there, when he returns to earth he finds out that Lois is now engaged and has a son (he doesn’t know this kid is his at this point).  So what does he do, stay out of the way and realize he lost her?  Nope!  Superman spends half the movie flying around outside of Lois’ house, spying on her conversations with her fiance using his super-hearing and x-ray vision.  He also repeatedly attempts to seduce Lois away from her fiance, even though he knows Richard (her fiance) is a nice guy and they (Richard and Lois) have a child together (what Superman thinks at the time).

What kind of example is this guy supposed to be to humanity again?  It’s okay to break up families because you decided after five years that you want your ex-girlfriend back?  Superman is a total scum bag in this movie when you think about!  He does eventually find out that Jason (Lois’ son) is his kid and the movie ends with Superman giving a smirk because he knows he is back in with Lois and Richard will be kicked to the curb at some point.

Actually, Lois is a dirtbag as well, she knew Jason was Superman’s kid, but allowed Richard to raise him as his own son.  It also means Lois didn’t wait very long to start sleeping with another guy after Superman left earth.  For all she knew, he was out there fighting some supervillain and saving the planet for a month.  The only person who didn’t do anything morally bankrupt in the movie was Richard, and he is the only one being totally screwed over the whole time.  In the end, this version of Superman and Lois really do deserve each other because they are both pieces of crap.

Here is hoping that in Man of Steel, Superman is back to being a stand up guy just trying to save the day.  No one goes to a Superman movie to see him be a wife stealing peeping tom.

Don’t Ruin Superman! (Why Superman Returns Sucked)

With Man of Steel only a few short months away, I thought it might be a good time to review the last reboot of Superman… Superman Returns.

Superman Returns is a movie I was really looking forward to seeing when I first heard it was going to be made.  Anyone who knows me knows that I am a huge Superman fan.  Then the trailer for the movie came out and I was blown away!  It had the classic John Williams score, Marlon Brando as Jor-El; it was the Superman 3 we had all been waiting for (pretending the other Superman 3.. and 4 for that matter, didn’t exist).  What we actually got was, um, really weird actually.

From the first really out of place scene where Lex Luthor was apparently having an affair with a 90 year old woman to swindle her out of her money to when we later find out that woman’s dog ate it’s brother (or sister).  We also got several running jokes about Lex Luthor’s wigs (maybe one would have been okay but we got it, he wears a wig).  All of this would seem out of place in just about any movie, but especially a Superman movie.  It was just unneeded, weird and added to an already super long running time.

What Bryan Singer was thinking I really have no idea.  There is also the scene where young Clark is learning about his powers, and for some reason he is wearing glasses even though he didn’t need those for his disguise until years later.  It makes no sense and is never explained.  The movie has a huge running time but nothing is really even happening during a lot of it.  Just cutting out the pointless scenes dealing with seducing 90 year old women and cannibal dogs would have helped a lot.

One of the most exciting prospects about a new Superman film was that one hadn’t been made since the mid-80s.  Special effects had come along way since Superman 4.  We could finally see Superman face off against a major super villain, someone like Darkseid, Brainiac, Metallo, etc.  What we got was Lex Luthor in a plot to gain real-estate.  Hm, seems like I already saw this in Superman 1, 2 and 4.  Now I am not against references to the older movies, it’s kind of cool actually, but we waited 19 years for a new Superman movie and all we received was the same thing we had already seen before.

Not only had we seen the basic plot before (done much better), but Superman didn’t even fight anyone in the entire movie!  It was mostly him spying on Lois (I’ll get to that more in part 2 of this review) and flying around dealing with disasters caused by Lex Luthor stealing some Kryptonian technology.  Again, if we wanted to see Superman dealing with natural disasters caused by a villain, we could have rewatched Superman 1, 2, or 4.  All of the things mentioned so far are bad but none of them are as bad as the real reason Superman Returns sucked.

In part 2 of this review I am going to cover how Bryan Singer turned Superman into a total scum bag.

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