Michael Bay should be shot. And then burned just to make sure he's dead. Awful, awful, terrible director of utterly vacuous shite. Probably why he got the gig in the first place
Tell us how you really feel about him...Stop holding back!!
Is nothing sacred - Another part of my childhood destroyed
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Tell us how you really feel about him...Stop holding back!!
dogfacedboy uk1
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He-Man will be revived before long no doubt (if it isn't already and I missed it)
However its good to know that we who are in our 30's are not wrong when we say the movies and tv shows we had when we were kids was better than the crap the kiddies have to watch today. I mean who can deny Water Margin, Monkey, Star Wars, original Star Trek, etc, etc, etc, Bod, Chorlton and the Wheelies were not action packed essential viewing......
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...&tbm=isch&prmd=ivns&ei=8CUBTq-DCoy5hAfH96GvDQ
I had an art teacher named Wolfgang Manthey at middle school (age about 10-12) who had been a sculptor on a number of puppet shows - Sting Ray and a couple of others, Cloppa Castle (lol) and he had some of the Sting Ray puppets in the classroom hanging about which were pretty cool. Always used to get told off for drawing "Too Schmalllllllll dfb!!!!!! Draw bigger!"
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However its good to know that we who are in our 30's are not wrong when we say the movies and tv shows we had when we were kids was better than the crap the kiddies have to watch today. I mean who can deny Water Margin, Monkey, Star Wars, original Star Trek, etc, etc, etc, Bod, Chorlton and the Wheelies were not action packed essential viewing......
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...&tbm=isch&prmd=ivns&ei=8CUBTq-DCoy5hAfH96GvDQ
I had an art teacher named Wolfgang Manthey at middle school (age about 10-12) who had been a sculptor on a number of puppet shows - Sting Ray and a couple of others, Cloppa Castle (lol) and he had some of the Sting Ray puppets in the classroom hanging about which were pretty cool. Always used to get told off for drawing "Too Schmalllllllll dfb!!!!!! Draw bigger!"
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QuietiManes
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There was a He-Man live-action movie a long time ago. I loved it but I can't imagine it would hold up to todays standards or my own standards at double the age I was when I first saw it (15+ years ago?).
I'd just like to add to the list of things from younger days that have recently been destroyed. Vampires! To paraphrase something I read on a Jinx t-shirt:
"A couple ways to kill or destroy a vampire:
1-stake through the heart
2-make a movie about vampires that sparkle in the sunlight"
Similar to how Thundercats used to be somewhat feral and ferocious looking...vampires share the same fate, just lame now...
Of course, it all brings in more money to the fantasy genre, so, hopefully we'll end up with more options and some of them will be a little better than they would have without that extra income in the industry. At least that is what I try to tell myself to stay positive.
I'd just like to add to the list of things from younger days that have recently been destroyed. Vampires! To paraphrase something I read on a Jinx t-shirt:
"A couple ways to kill or destroy a vampire:
1-stake through the heart
2-make a movie about vampires that sparkle in the sunlight"
Similar to how Thundercats used to be somewhat feral and ferocious looking...vampires share the same fate, just lame now...
Of course, it all brings in more money to the fantasy genre, so, hopefully we'll end up with more options and some of them will be a little better than they would have without that extra income in the industry. At least that is what I try to tell myself to stay positive.
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cannon_fodder
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I think the difference between this and what we watched as children is nostalgia...many of us will look at this version of Thundercats and say 'that's not right' simply because it's not what we watched as children. This version seems to have the heart of the original and, IMO, similar art style (animation however seems 'off' for me) so it could be interesting. Bottom line though, if they threw our Thundercats on line now, we'd all go "Oh my god." Can anyone honestly say they watch the show now and get the same exact enjoyment out of it? NO, that would be impossible, we are different and the show was important to us because of how it was 'then.'
If nothing else, this version allows us to introduce our children to our childhood on their level and still let them enjoy it by 'today's' standards. Our childhood is not 'destroyed' by this, certain elements are simply reimagined for today's world. Running home every day at 3 in the afternoon to watch 'Voltron' will always be part of who I am. and yes, the trans-dimensional Voltron did happen, it just wasn't 'my' Voltron and therefore, not important to me...
Same can be said for Star Wars, just with a lot weaker story lines than the original. I truly believe JarJar was brought in to hold the 'child appeal' and then was the one behind creating Emperor Palpatine so all the parents would be justified in their hatred for him.
Indiana Jones makes more sense once you realize the storylines are plucked from the pop culture in which the movie is based chronologically:the 1930s were rampant with jungles, explorers, mystic treasures, etc. (here we have most of the 'original' Indies). the 1940's were all about aliens, nuclear fallout, the russian/nazi scare, and here we have the Crystal skull (PS the russian actually sunk a lot of time and resources into a 'mystical arts' program to find the perfect telekinetic/telepathic (whatever) soldier, so this also fits historically) and "aliens built it" has been a staple of pop culture for a long time....
Transformers: well, that one can be described by answer the question 'What if they were real.' Also the fact that Michael Bay directed them should've given us a hint. I'll always wonder what would've happened if it was directed by JJ Abrams, but do not fault him for the way he redid Star Trek and still kept it it's own thing for it's own reasons. He restored my faith that reboots can happen and still be as good as (if not better than) the original. Compare 'Star Trek: The Movie' to JJ's "Star Trek" and tell me JJ's wasn't better, even in context of their original time periods.
Oh, and for those who are interested:
Original THunderCats can be found here!
http://www.hulu.com/search?query=ThunderCats&st=0&fs=
If nothing else, this version allows us to introduce our children to our childhood on their level and still let them enjoy it by 'today's' standards. Our childhood is not 'destroyed' by this, certain elements are simply reimagined for today's world. Running home every day at 3 in the afternoon to watch 'Voltron' will always be part of who I am. and yes, the trans-dimensional Voltron did happen, it just wasn't 'my' Voltron and therefore, not important to me...
Same can be said for Star Wars, just with a lot weaker story lines than the original. I truly believe JarJar was brought in to hold the 'child appeal' and then was the one behind creating Emperor Palpatine so all the parents would be justified in their hatred for him.
Indiana Jones makes more sense once you realize the storylines are plucked from the pop culture in which the movie is based chronologically:the 1930s were rampant with jungles, explorers, mystic treasures, etc. (here we have most of the 'original' Indies). the 1940's were all about aliens, nuclear fallout, the russian/nazi scare, and here we have the Crystal skull (PS the russian actually sunk a lot of time and resources into a 'mystical arts' program to find the perfect telekinetic/telepathic (whatever) soldier, so this also fits historically) and "aliens built it" has been a staple of pop culture for a long time....
Transformers: well, that one can be described by answer the question 'What if they were real.' Also the fact that Michael Bay directed them should've given us a hint. I'll always wonder what would've happened if it was directed by JJ Abrams, but do not fault him for the way he redid Star Trek and still kept it it's own thing for it's own reasons. He restored my faith that reboots can happen and still be as good as (if not better than) the original. Compare 'Star Trek: The Movie' to JJ's "Star Trek" and tell me JJ's wasn't better, even in context of their original time periods.
Oh, and for those who are interested:
Original THunderCats can be found here!
http://www.hulu.com/search?query=ThunderCats&st=0&fs=
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Simple things....
BarstoolProphet
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They made a few appearances in Smallville, actually.
Xan took on the form of fog. Ooooo.
