Kevin's Watch

Dragonlily wrote: I feel so at home with the small town Northwest setting. The first time Bella visits Edward's house, he takes her to a place where they look out over the Columbia Gorge and they visit a waterfall along the Columbia River highway. Neither of these are identified in the movie, but they are a long ways from Forks. Meyers repeatedly shows that her supernatural beings travel very far very fast.

I actually live near that waterfall. If any Watchers come to Portland, let me know and we can head up there together.

Multnomah Falls, or the other one I don't know the name of? They showed a different falls earlier -- I think it's one of those you can see from the road, right? It's a lovely day trip, either one.

Funny, I only noticed one water fall, it was the one in the field where they played baseball.

And yes, it's Multnomah Falls. There's a great restaurant at the base of it, and a day-hike up to a nearby lake.

As for myself, I've been watching some Kevin Smith movies lately (Clerks and Mallrats for the first time each, J&SB Strike Back for the second). I wasn't terribly impressed with the first two, though J&SB was even funnier when I saw where some of the jokes came from

Next up is Bad Taste from Peter Jackson (a friend recently got me to watch Meet the Feebles and Braindead, so this will round out my Jackson viewings), hopefully followed in the next few days by Dogma and Clerks II (finishing off my Smith viewings).

Of course, that's assuming I can find the time to watch all these... I'm starting a second job, and I've got a combined total of 20 hours of training this Saturday and Sunday

Rigel wrote:As for myself, I've been watching some Kevin Smith movies lately (Clerks and Mallrats for the first time each, J&SB Strike Back for the second). I wasn't terribly impressed with the first two, though J&SB was even funnier when I saw where some of the jokes came from

Yeah, Kevin Smith at the time of J&SB said that he had made what was essentially a movie length in-joke. He was surprised that it was one of his biggest hits. If you have not seen it, check out Chasing Amy for a few more in-jokes in J&SB, and see what I think is one of his best films.

Rigel wrote:Next up is Bad Taste from Peter Jackson (a friend recently got me to watch Meet the Feebles and Braindead, so this will round out my Jackson viewings),

I enjoyed to a degree Bad Taste. I found Meet The Feebles particularly difficult viewing, though. Maybe it's that my love of the Muppets runs too deep, or that it REALLY went to friggin' far. I felt a little vomity by the end of the movie though. And maybe that's what Jackson was going for. That bunny....ugh...

Downloaded Watchmen Last night and i loved it. The Comedian, Dr. Manhatten and The Rorsarch (sp?) were all especially cool.

Cagliostro wrote: Yeah, Kevin Smith at the time of J&SB said that he had made what was essentially a movie length in-joke. He was surprised that it was one of his biggest hits. If you have not seen it, check out Chasing Amy for a few more in-jokes in J&SB, and see what I think is one of his best films.

Yeah, Chasing Amy was actually the first of his movies that I've seen, and the one that I've seen the most.

As far as J&SB, the production quality to it and CA seem a step above his other movies (even Dogma, which came after CA).

Cagliostro wrote: I enjoyed to a degree Bad Taste. I found Meet The Feebles particularly difficult viewing, though. Maybe it's that my love of the Muppets runs too deep, or that it REALLY went to friggin' far. I felt a little vomity by the end of the movie though. And maybe that's what Jackson was going for. That bunny....ugh...

Are you sure you didn't just have The Big One?

Some parts of Feebles were great, other parts disgusting... a very uneven viewing experience, all in all. After seeing these, though, I have to ask... how the HELL did he get to direct LotR?!?!?

Davis Cup

Rigel wrote:

Cagliostro wrote: Yeah, Kevin Smith at the time of J&SB said that he had made what was essentially a movie length in-joke. He was surprised that it was one of his biggest hits. If you have not seen it, check out Chasing Amy for a few more in-jokes in J&SB, and see what I think is one of his best films.

Yeah, Chasing Amy was actually the first of his movies that I've seen, and the one that I've seen the most.

As far as J&SB, the production quality to it and CA seem a step above his other movies (even Dogma, which came after CA).

Cagliostro wrote: I enjoyed to a degree Bad Taste. I found Meet The Feebles particularly difficult viewing, though. Maybe it's that my love of the Muppets runs too deep, or that it REALLY went to friggin' far. I felt a little vomity by the end of the movie though. And maybe that's what Jackson was going for. That bunny....ugh...

Are you sure you didn't just have The Big One?

Some parts of Feebles were great, other parts disgusting... a very uneven viewing experience, all in all. After seeing these, though, I have to ask... how the HELL did he get to direct LotR?!?!?

Heavenly Creatures gave him some artsy clout. And a bit of fantasy clout as well.

'The Happening'. One of the worst films i've ever seen.

OK, I just saw Bad Taste. I think I'm done with Peter Jackson for a while.

My favorite scene: the chain-saw swan-dive

World Team Tennis. John MacEnroe is playing singles.

Having acquired the whole of Farscape, I've just started season 1. I'm actually in a hurry to get further into it; from what I remember, Farscape gets darker and more complex with time. This early on, it's still basically oddity-of-the-week adventures. Also, I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. I had to stop watching just after Scorpius' replacement turned up.

One thing is depressing me about it though. IMDB tells me Claudia Black was younger during season 1 than I am now. When I first watched it she was ten years older than me, so it's making me unhappy to realise I've caught up with her.

Don't worry about it, CJ. Claudia Black is eternal. To me she is as she was in Pitch Black, but then I've never seen Farscape.

I'm watching (for the third time) the LA semifinal in which Samantha Stosur beats Sorana Cirstea. Sam is a mature player with 20 doubles titles, and now as she finally breaks into the top twenty in singles, her mental maturity is a great asset to her.

Dragonlily wrote:Don't worry about it, CJ. Claudia Black is eternal. To me she is as she was in Pitch Black, but then I've never seen Farscape.

If memory serves, Pitch Black arrived during Farscape, so she was much the same in both. Even a similar costume, since they're both slightly grubby science fiction.

Even now, though, I'd say she looks closer to 35 than 28 in Farscape. I think it's because she has quite pronounced features.

Anyway, that's enough about Claudia (though I now remember why I was a little fascinated with Aeryn Sun when I was 18 ).

I haven't watched any but the first episode of Farscape, so I can't comment on that, but I've been watching all the Stargate episodes, and I have to say that I'm enjoying her presence on the show.

Heh. I stopped watching Stargate after season 1. I forget why. I was looking forward to season 2 but missed it for some reason, then of course I'd missed too much to get back into it.

I've just hit season 2 of Farscape, and I've been noticing (as I did the first time) John's increased level of assimilation. Throughout season 1 he usually wore his Earth clothes, often including faux-NASA jacket. Now he dresses more or less like a Peacekeeper, in head-to-toe leather. He's beginning to accept this end of the universe as his home.

The best parts are always the ones where you see how much his mind's unravelling under the stress. Season 2 has a lot of those.

Independence Day. Always a fun rewatch.

Murrin wrote:The best parts are always the ones where you see how much his mind's unravelling under the stress. Season 2 has a lot of those.

I don't remember the details, but I do remember him getting more and more unhinged. I'm looking forward to revisiting that.

Nice title, by the way. I watched that one today.

CovenantJr wrote:Heh. I stopped watching Stargate after season 1. I forget why. I was looking forward to season 2 but missed it for some reason, then of course I'd missed too much to get back into it.

I enjoyed it for a few seasons. Now that I'm watching all 10 seasons, I'm finding the slow parts a little less slow and the humor to be better than I remember. The first three seasons are the best, so if you don't think much of it by the end of Season 2, I'd say put it down. But it definitely has its ups and downs. It always gets better again though, is what I'm finding out. And on each 100th episode, they do a scathing self-parody. So much so that occasionally it makes you notice some of the flaws that you might not have noticed. But damn are they funny.