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Dooks Title: Calgary FanForce Council Member - Calgary AB Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 5/4 12:36pm Subject: Movies
	Ok saw two movies so here is a quick review of both: X-Men Origins: Wolverine- What can I say love Jackman as Wolverine and the passion he brings to the role and Sabertooth awesome looks cool and acts bad ass. First half of the movie is pretty good the origin is good but after that it goes down hill from there. Main problem TOO MANY CHARACTERS and the writters didn't know how to wrap up the movie just lacked in my opinion. Gambit was ok but please don't give this guy he's own movie because no one would care, Deadpool is awesome in the first part of the movie but that's it, and again too many other people just being added for the heck of it. If you like action movies and know nothing about the comics this is a good popcorn movie and kicks off the summer movie season. Star Trek - Saw an advance screening on Saturday morning(thanks Garrett) and now I'm not a Trek fan and have watched very little of any of the shows but this movie was AWESOME!!!!. Abrams does an amazing job of making a Star Trek action movie that anyone can go in not knowing anything and have a blast. The casting is spot on the entire cast does a fantastic job of bringing those classic Trek characters to life but giving them there own touch. One thing I really like about the movie was the comedy in it which was great and Eric Banna as the villian he played it straight up bad ass. Overall an all around solid movie defiently worth going to see. So Wolverine not so great but Star Trek bad ass now bring on Terminator: Salvation. -----signature----- http://www.red5collectibles.com
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nobodyfresh Registered: Jun '07	Date Posted: 5/6 3:29pm Subject: Movies
	Another one lost to the dark side...
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echosevin Title: Calgary FanForce Council Member - Calgary AB Registered: Mar '05	Date Posted: 5/7 2:00pm Subject: Movies
	LOL! @ nobodyfresh - nice Ghosts of Girlfriends Past - pass on this movie. When did Matthew McConaughey become creepy?? Not many funny moments, and his sudden redemption at the end was much to contrived for me. I was bored sitting thru this.... 17 Again - wasn't sure what to expect from this movie as I'm not that familiar with Zac Efron or his <ahem> work, and it's not a new storyline. But I was pleasantly suprised at how funny this movie was. Mostly due to the antics of Ned (his best friend) and resident geek. In fact, Ned is the geeks GEEK - as he's a rich software designer and his home is FILLED with tonnes of geek gadgets, props and toys. There are a few SW references, a light saber fight and some LOTR moments that had my sides in stitches! But the piece-de-resistance is Ned's Luke Skywalker Tatooine landspeeder bed - I NEED TO HAVE THIS BED!! Lots of laughs, and a sweet, somewhat light hearted storyline made this movie quite enjoyable. -----signature----- Never tell me the odds! Your focus determines your reality. SIT VIS VOBISCUM POTESTATEM OBSCURI LATERIS NESCIS http://www.calgaryfanforce.com Y.N.B. - 07 @ C4
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nobodyfresh Registered: Jun '07	Date Posted: 5/8 12:56pm Subject: Movies
	So Dooks is this why you havn't watched the awesome season finale to Clone Wars, cause you're a Treker now?
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Magpie Jen Registered: Dec '99	Date Posted: 5/8 3:03pm Subject: Movies
	nobodyfresh posted: Another one lost to the dark side... SRSLY? There's some sort of rule around here you can't like both? I'm less of a SW Tru Fan if I happen to also have other fandoms? Where's the line: LOTR, Indy, HP, Doctor Who, Whedonverse, Trek? Cuz I've crossed all those lines, and proudly too. -----signature----- Calgary FanForce! http://www.calgaryfanforce.com/
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nobodyfresh Registered: Jun '07	Date Posted: 5/8 3:45pm Subject: Movies
	I don't care what you like... but I like joking around with my good friend Ryan, so sorry if that bothers you.
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Magpie Jen Registered: Dec '99	Date Posted: 5/8 3:58pm Subject: Movies
	That's good, I'm glad you and Ryan have an understanding and a private joke. And that Yrol apparently is in on it too. But I don't think you're unaware of how it's also part of long-standing fandom history that there's been some love lost between Trek and SW fans. It has always bothered me, and I stand up for both/either. In fact, if you go back through this innocent thread on Movies the only movie that seems to have ever provoked a negative response (and even before it came out) was the new Trek. Go ahead and tease Ryan about being a Trekker all you like, but remember this is a public forum and there's plenty of us SW fans who would prefer not to see Trek-bashing. Speaking of which - has anyone seen it but Dooks yet? I saw it last night - it was excellent! Thoroughly fantastic action film, managed to keep the spirit of Original Trek alive while bringing the franchise forward! The summer line-up of movies this year is promising. -----signature----- Calgary FanForce! http://www.calgaryfanforce.com/
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nobodyfresh Registered: Jun '07	Date Posted: 5/8 7:16pm Subject: Movies
	I don't think I actual bashed Star Trek.
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Rusted_Halo Registered: Apr '08	Date Posted: 5/8 9:37pm Subject: Movies
	Magpie Jen if you hate Trek- bashing then i suggest you don't see Fanboys since there is Trek bashing which i highly loved and are my favorite parts of Fanboys.. -----signature----- Commander Cody:5% done CFF photographer
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Magpie Jen Registered: Dec '99	Date Posted: 5/9 7:07am Subject: Movies - Date Edited: 5/9 7:08am (1 edits total) Edited By: Magpie Jen
	Geewhillickers, Rusted Halo, Fanboys is a movie. It's not real, is it? And sometimes people, especially in movies, do silly things and act like children. It might still bother me though, but most films I see I don't love unconditionally. I actually sort of enjoy thinking about movies, and noting where I like them, and where I don't. In fact, I was planning to come to the Fanboys/Pegwarmers event and bring out the Jedi costume for it. What would stop me from doing so is not a silly scene in a movie, but if you guys start putting down someone else's fandom that you happen to not share. If you guys laugh at people for liking something other than SW, or imply that anyone outside your clique is second-class. Believe me, if I'm with primarily Trek fans, or whatever, and there's insults about SW fans, I stand up and represent too. It's fine to like one universe better than another, but it's not fine to dislike their fans. There's a difference. Geez, most of us are nerds, geeks, weirdoes - people who have struggled with acceptance all our lives. SF/fantasy/comic fandom is a place that we can be welcome, find people who share not just our fandoms, but a similar outlook and experience. How silly is it to seek out division within it by ridiculing other fans, instead of supporting our geek brothers and sisters? So - anyone manage to brave the line-ups last night and see Star Trek? Like I say, it was good. Looking forward to the Pegwarmers/Fanboys double feature! It's a good summer to be a fan. -----signature----- Calgary FanForce! http://www.calgaryfanforce.com/
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echosevin Title: Calgary FanForce Council Member - Calgary AB Registered: Mar '05	Date Posted: 5/9 3:50pm Subject: Movies
	I don't think nobodyfresh or rustedhalo were bashing Trek, Magpie. Nobodyfresh was joking - and yes, I appreciated his teasing, because we're friends and I understood the joke - and rustedhalo was just expressing her opinion, as you did. Unfortunately, because you haven't been out to many meetings or events with the FF of late, you haven't had the opportunity to meet many of our newer members and get to know them . So I can understand how you might misinterpret what they wrote - their comments weren't meant to be malicious (at least I don't read them that way). It should be okay to joke about the franchises - I remember laughing at the Triumph the dog skits during TPM's release. It was quite funny, and I didn't take it personally. There's no need to get up in arms over which franchise or fandom is better - we all have our own opinions. We all like different things and loving one doesn't mean you can't love others (I love HP, TransFormers, and historical period pieces, but SW will always be my first choice). When new movies from big franchises come out (especially when it's Trek or SW), there's always comparisons. Usually it's the media and/or the stars trying to drum interest and ramp up emotions (nothing sells papers and movie tickets like drama). Believe me, Simon Pegg's comments were really getting under my skin, but then I realized, he wants to come back in the sequel and it's not like he'll get a shot at Star Wars any time soon (that's a joke, btw) As much as I like posting my opinions on movies here, I held back posting about Trek because I wanted folks to get a chance to see it first and form their own opinions about it. I'm not a Trekkie/Trekker but I enjoy Trek - I enjoyed the Next Generation series than any other Trek series. I stood in line the first night for Trek - because this movie looked promising. Did I like it? Yes - it was very good. But I don't love it - and I don't think it's amazing. The casting is spot on - I loved Urban's McCoy! ILM did a tremendous job with the special effects - the Enterprise looked amazing, inside and out and the humour was really good. However, the plot wasn't original. Too many scenes felt contrived, some of the science didn't make sense, and I don't believe Spock would've acted the way he did (particularly younger Spock and his 'relationship' with Uhura and older Spock with his decision to corrupt the future). Where did the monster from Cloverfield fit in?? Trek always seems fall back on time travel - it's repetative. I'm surprised that Trek fans don't mind that the alternate timeline practically erases the past 40 years of Trek history - negates it. Makes it look like a weirdly wonderful dream - that never really happened. I find that a bit sad... But as I stated earlier, it is a very enjoyable movie. It's made for a new generation of fans and for wider audiences to enjoy. And yes - it's rewarding to see lots of geeks head out to the theatres and nerd out together. Long live fandom - in all of it's forms! -----signature----- Never tell me the odds! Your focus determines your reality. SIT VIS VOBISCUM POTESTATEM OBSCURI LATERIS NESCIS http://www.calgaryfanforce.com Y.N.B. - 07 @ C4
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Magpie Jen Registered: Dec '99	Date Posted: 5/9 4:39pm Subject: Movies - Date Edited: 5/9 4:44pm (2 edits total) Edited By: Magpie Jen
	Fair enough, despite being on this forum for 10 years myself, I haven't had the pleasure of getting to know nobodyfresh or Rusted Halo well. I guess the most recent event we might have met up at was the Comic Expo 2 weeks ago but I was there only for a day and I'm not sure if we ran into each other. Perhaps they aren't as disrespectful to Trek fans as their comments might make them seem to be. But I don't apologise for bringing the topic up - this forum is the public face of the FanForce and where new fans are sent to check us out, so I think it's fair to remind people from time to time to be courteous to other fans and fandoms. Using "Trekker" as an insult (and forgive me, I do realise it was supposed to be a funny insult and didn't happen to offend Ryan, but it was still being used to tease as though being a Trekker was a negative thing) could well scare off a newbie, especially one who wasn't aware of the relationship between people on the boards. It was a private joke and maybe would have been better off in private communication. I'm not a newbie, and it doesn't scare me off, but it bugs me and I feel comfortable enough to point out when I'm bothered. Yeah - I hear you on some of the Spock choices especially. He's always been my fav Trek character. I'll need to see it again to mull over whether the character changes were justified or not. McCoy was fabulous! I was so surprised by how much I loved him! First Karl Urban plays Eomer in LOTR, and now McCoy - how cool is that? He needs to get a role in SW now (or maybe Harry Potter) and pull off a Geekdom Hat Trick. Anyway, I honestly don't think I've felt that pumped after seeing a movie since Star Wars or LOTR, even Harry Potter didn't make me this excited. Maybe that's because I went in with lowish expectations, but nevertheless. I sort of liked the reboot strategy - managed to keep the characters (mostly) intact but washed away our expectations, and managed to instill a sense of jeopardy and suspense since we really don't know how this story is going to end anymore. ETA: One of the monsters was from Cloverfield? Hunh - I didn't see that movie so I didn't realise that. Was it the bigger one? -----signature----- Calgary FanForce! http://www.calgaryfanforce.com/
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Jedi_Ranger_007 Registered: Mar '04	Date Posted: 5/9 5:42pm Subject: Movies
	Magpie Jen posted: First Karl Urban plays Eomer in LOTR, and now McCoy - how cool is that? He needs to get a role in SW now (or maybe Harry Potter) and pull off a Geekdom Hat Trick. Actually, I'd say he already has, considering his not insignificant role in Chronicles or Riddick!!!! All of these roles we have mentioned, he has done an AWESOME job! I would LOVE to see him in Star Wars!! -----signature----- Doctor Connors - '07 @ C4 http://www.members.shaw.ca/Jedi.Ranger/ http://www.members.shaw.ca/Dahak/
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Magpie Jen Registered: Dec '99	Date Posted: 5/9 5:47pm Subject: Movies
	Jedi_Ranger_007 posted: Magpie Jen posted: First Karl Urban plays Eomer in LOTR, and now McCoy - how cool is that? He needs to get a role in SW now (or maybe Harry Potter) and pull off a Geekdom Hat Trick. Actually, I'd say he already has, considering his not insignificant role in Chronicles or Riddick!!!! All of these roles we have mentioned, he has done an AWESOME job! I would LOVE to see him in Star Wars!! I stand happily corrected! Hail Karl Urban! :-) -----signature----- Calgary FanForce! http://www.calgaryfanforce.com/
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Rusted_Halo Registered: Apr '08	Date Posted: 5/9 8:31pm Subject: Movies
	Magpie Jen .. my comment on suggesting that you may not want to see Fanboys for the trek - bashing is that from what i got on your post that you may be sensitive to it and thought you may get offend from it and hate the movie in the end which Fanboys is awesome i've watched it 4 times now.... i ..myself am not a star trek fan but my boyfriend is a big fan of star trek and is not a fan of star wars except for the clones.. also my best friend in Ontario is a trekker(and she wears it proudly), has maded sevral trek costume and one is the red movie jacket which sevral of the original cast members have told her that it's 10 times better then the one they had to wear in the movie.. the trek - bashing in Fanboys is very funny and my favs 'cos Seth Rogen plays a trekkie in the movie and yes i have seen first hand trekkies and SW with other sci fi fans in fist fights over which is better and in one i try to hold off a trekkie from jumping in but then let go of him when he made the comment the SW fans and Sci fi fans are a waste of human exsitence.. at that moment i know i wanted to beat the snot out of him myself.. as my best friend puts it there are 2 types of star trek fans: trekkies which are the ones that live, breathe and you must call them by their star trek names.. the type of freaky fans that scare people away from any kind of sci fi plus coventions and then there are trekkers which are people that love that movies and tv shows and might also have a star trek costume but also like other sci fi but don't only talk to people in klingon.. i myself am a fan of some of the star trek actors.. i could sit for hours listening to Nimoy talk( atlantis: the lost empire and ancient mysteries..just awesome).. i loved Shatner's tekwar and love his W.O.W commercial and the Nimoy/Shatner priceline comercials, i have seen the trek movies since my media class back in high school had to watch them. but i'm a sci fi with SW being first and Galactica being second and so forth.. as for the new trek movie i think it's got a few things going for it..1) ILM.. nuff said 2) J.J Abrams 3)the cast- i have had the oppertonity to meet Karl Urban in person and he's a great guy.. if you like to see some of his other work he's been in hercules as cupid, xena as ceasar, Doom, the chronicles of riddick and the bourne supremacy.. Zachary Quinto aka Sylar just awesome..Simon Pegg- Shaun of the dead.. nuff said.. Bruce Greenwood - great canadian actor..Zoe Saldana - pirate of the caribbean and in this months women health mag states she's a huge SW fan.. john cho, eric bana are good can't say i've seen chris pine before and that is all i can remember from the commercials.. in the end i'm not sure that the star trek franchise has been dead long enough for that hunger by the fans to have it come back in some form, like the way SW did with the re-releasing of the original trilogy( i waited 12hrs in line to see a new hope again) and what has fallowed since the re-release of the trilogy.. just by what Yrol has posted on trek it sounds like it maybe too soon for the star trek franchise to come back.. i guess time will time so bring on terminator, G.I joe. transformer 2 oh yes i almost forgot potter.. which doesn't it get released around the same time as transformers 2 or is it G.I. joe? -----signature----- Commander Cody:5% done CFF photographer
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