Last year, WNYC had an episode of their More Perfect podcast all about Thomas and, more or less, how he got that way.
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolabmoreperfect/episodes/clarence-x
( ( sigh ) )
Here's the list:
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- 50 - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
- 49 - Staying Alive (1983)
- 48 - Jurassic Park: The Lost World (1997)
- 47 - Bad Santa 2 (2016)
- 46 - Teen Wolf Too (1987)
- 45 - Men in Black: International (2019)
- 44 - Airplane 2: The Sequel (1982)
- 43 - Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
- 42 - Iron Man 2 (2010)
- 41 - Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
- 40 - Alien Resurrection (1997)
- 39 - The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
- 38 - U.S. Marshals (1998)
- 37 - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
- 36 - Caddyshack 2 (1988)
- 35 - Halloween Kills (2021)
- 34 - Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
- 33 - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 (2014)
- 32 - The Godfather Part III (1990)
- 31 - Jaws 2 (1978)
- 30 - Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
- 29 - Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
- 28 - Major League II (1994)
- 27 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
- 26 - More American Graffiti (1979)
- 25 - Coming 2 America (2021)
- 24 - Wonder Woman: 1984 (2020)
- 23 - Zoolander 2 (2016)
- 22 - Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
- 21 - City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly’s Gold (1994)
- 20 - Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
- 19 - Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
- 18 - Cars 2 (2011)
- 17 - Terminator: Salvation (2009)
- 16 - Superman 4 (1987)
- 15 - Sex and the City 2 (2010)
- 14 - Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
- 13 - Rocky V (1990)
- 12 - Revenge of the Nerds 2: Nerds in Paradise (1987)
- 11 - Batman and Robin (1997)
- 10 - Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
- 9 - Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
- 8 - The Hangover 3 (2013)
- 7 - A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
- 6 - Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
- 5 - Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
- 4 - Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
- 3 - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
- 2 - Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
- 1 - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
I haven't yet seen an in-depth interview with Villeneuve where he addresses whether or not he wants to continue making (admittedly thoughtful and overall excellent) adaptations vs original works.
Going back over his filmography, every film since Maelström (2000) (or perhaps Polytechnique in 2009) has been an adaptation of a previous work. I really love the work he does, and I would not want him to be tied down to existing properties. Then again, he may believe that adaptations are where he does his best work.
Whichever it is, let the man work the way he wants to work. I'm here for it.
54 minutes until they actually start reviewing the show.
Up until then, the video can be boiled down to:
- fans and pundits focusing on political alignments of sci-fi should STFU and focus on real shit, and
- sci-fi creators should stop leaning on progressive idealism in lieu of good storytelling when justifying their existence.
Even more concisely: things are good or bad regardless of their political ideology.
I have quibbles with many their arguments, including the Rotten Tomatoes demonstration of progressive-leaning media having high critic ratings and low public ratings vs conservative-leaning media being flipped the other way. You make that case by pointing out examples of modern Christian-financed movies and conservative documentaries that don’t completely suck, which they didn’t do.
That said, I’m not arguing that good Christian-financed movies and conservative documentaries don’t exist. They absolutely might, and I’d like to see them if they do. But I also absolutely do not trust the ideologues to fairly or accurately measure quality in that way.
And that’s precisely the problem they’re pointing out with modern Star Wars and Trek. The creators seem to be getting high on their own progressive ideology and forgetting to focus on making great media first, which is SUPER annoying for people who don’t share those views.
I’m a lefty type, and I get it. I’d feel the same way if the genre I loved was flooded with hella conservative content and the creators were parading around its conservatism as a reason it’s so great.
DMs containing the identities of spies and assets.
He also managed to wriggle away from multiple rape charges in Sweden by waiting out the statute of limitations.
Heroes and villains alike have complex legacies.
Advocacy for a best-stunt-ensemble academy award sounds swell and all, but what’s to prevent that from leading to a stunts arms race that will simultaneously lead to more work and prestige in the field and absolutely lead to more people getting hurt?
The last season of Picard managed to turn things around. Yeah it was fan service, but it felt like tasteful fan service (mostly).
I think if he were to get top notch creature effects artists to do practical effects work on the alien world and save the CG stuff for wide shots and space stuff, I think people would respect that.
The fact that this news follows layoffs may not be a coincidence.
Thin steel frame, no air bags, no crumple zones.
Check out the crash tests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roLcNwRi1Sk&t=40s
Can there be a community rule that any list-icle must include the complete ordered list in the post description?