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Not a comedy... despite trailer
Magical Style, but not much substance
Adam Strange
Comparing Characters - 11 and 8
An underappreciated, unknown great action show
As a ballet dancer....
Plot mistake? Where did the flyers come from (spoilers)
Terrible Cyclops on this show...
Graffiti is illegal, so...
Favorite Minor Character you found on this show
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I haven't enjoyed any of the recent Pixar (or Disney) movies as much as I enjoyed this. Good animation, good humor, and a good message.
While some pointed out that it has some similarities to "The Mitchells vs. the Machines," I think that's really just superficial and tenuous; they both have morals involving relationships and involve very intelligent machines, but that's it.
Good point
A) Because he's a kid
but probably
B) because they wouldn't have been out playing (Peter was supposed to be doing schoolwork) if Peter hadn't guilt-tripped him into going to the boat once his brother had told him he was leaving for school.
It looked like he fell in the water, and then a chance storm struck and he was electrocuted. Freak accident.
Odd, but weirder things have happened I guess.
Probably not on your DVR anymore....
But it is better quality than CW, both in acting and in plot. Refreshingly focused on its plot and not trying to harp on current issues or bring in extra drama. It can be a bit slow, though. I just finished it (free on the CW app) and enjoyed it.
No problem!
When I read "The Secret History" AFTER seeing season 3, I kinda wished I had read it beforehand. It really serves as a bridge, reminding you of how things ended for everybody in Season 2 and then giving some information on a tiny bit of where things lie since then.
"The Final Dossier" was a bit disappointing for me... but mostly because one of things I like best about Twin Peaks is NOT knowing everything. There are so many odd things, and the more you watch, the more questions you have. Some get answered, some don't. But TFD is a definitive answer to almost everything, and it's written by the show's writer. It definitely clears up some things if you were confused, but I found I liked the mystery.
I can't help you on that one since I never read it, but I would assume it can be read after Seasons 1 and 2 and FWWM, but I can tell you that "The Secret History of Twin Peaks" could be read before Season 3 (it has no spoilers) or after if you prefer to have more questions, while "The final Dossier" should ONLY be read after Season 3.
I enjoyed it too. My favorite thing is how this is almost more of Rusty's movie and plotline. In Ocean's 11, it's pretty clear that it's called "Ocean's 11" because Danny is the one with the ideas, but Rusty is the guy who can put them into reality. But you need both for a con to work.
What I notice about "12" is that this time, Rusty is the one planning the heists, often hiding details from Danny, and it all falls apart, proving 1) why Danny has top billing, 2) why you need an idea man, and 3) what happens when the gang, especially Danny, is not in control of the situation (first they are forced to take a very difficult job to make it up to Benedict, and then they are stymied by the Night Fox's ego challenge. Unlike in 11 and 13, they are not running the show.) Of the three movies, this is really the only one where they aren't in control and are trying to deal with it, for a short while at least.
(When you watch the whole movie, you know that the gang went to LeMarque and got help after the whole Amsterdam thing, but until that point, they were struggling to get through this)
As someone mentioned above, she very clearly admired great thieves (like LeMarque, the guy who lifted the house, etc.) even while she viewed herself as on the side of the law. (It could be pointed out that it takes a lot of cleverness to catch a thief, too, so she probably considered it a match of wits.)
She also was mad at Rusty (and his thief friends, by extension) because he had left without telling her who he really was, assuming that she wouldn't love him any more. She did still love Rusty, and her father, even though they were thieves, but she had been hurt by them. Trying to catch Rusty was kind of a "getting even" thing.
However, in her pursuit of catching Rusty, she was totally okay with bending the rules herself, which shows that she was no straight arrow herself. In the end, her love of her father, and the fact that, because she had ruined her career by forging documents while the thieves still got away, led her to stay with Rusty.
It's not perfect, but the lines are all there.
I feel that Superman Returns is the better of the two.
Man of Steel goes out on a limb, trying to reinvent the Superman character for a new story, a new age, and a new director, reinterpreting him to go with a darker, more cynical world.
But, in my opinion, that's not Superman. Superman lifts people up, inspires people, and puts others' needs before his own. Otherwise, he'd just be Zod, right?
I love Superman Returns, but even looking at it in an unbiased way, I think the film itself is better quality and better displays the character of Superman and who he is.
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