tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162493587714034495.post2159751111990448984..comments2023-08-19T09:53:50.396-04:00Comments on Shock Cinema Magazine: IN DEFENSE OF THE LONE RANGER by Mike SullivanShock Cinema (Steven Puchalski)http://www.blogger.com/profile/14287469799823368413noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162493587714034495.post-13282972631062038062016-09-10T05:42:00.304-04:002016-09-10T05:42:00.304-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11864343963486479092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162493587714034495.post-31293999708799840282014-12-06T19:06:51.094-05:002014-12-06T19:06:51.094-05:00Time for grindhouse,,,
Lugnet - "All The Way...Time for grindhouse,,,<br /><br />Lugnet - "All The Way" Grindhouse Video! <br />Featuring: Christina Lindberg "Thriller: They Call Her One Eye" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2luOuo5-iQ <br /><br />More Info here: http://seance.blogg.se/<br />http://seance.blogg.se/https://www.blogger.com/profile/13954623882813811484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162493587714034495.post-90982498387455987562014-01-17T00:42:08.737-05:002014-01-17T00:42:08.737-05:00You're not alone in liking Crystal Skull and J...You're not alone in liking Crystal Skull and John Carter. In fact, I still prefer Crystal Skull over Temple of Doom. Thank you Jeff.<br /><br /> -Mike SullivanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162493587714034495.post-18078819592801403902014-01-16T11:14:31.282-05:002014-01-16T11:14:31.282-05:00Y'know what? This convinces me that I need to ...Y'know what? This convinces me that I need to see this flick. Over the past several years, I've found myself increasingly befuddled by the reactions of both general audiences and fanboys when it comes to most films, especially big blockbusters. <br /><br />I listened to all the wailing and gnashing of teeth for flicks like Iron Man 2 and 3 and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and was puzzled to find all of those movies actually pretty good. In fact, I liked them quite a bit. <br /><br />Crystal Skull was the biggest puzzler; I'm as big a fan of Indy as anyone, and I just couldn't see why it was savaged so thoroughly by fanboys. OK, so there is a current vogue for hating on Shia LaBoeuf, but I thought he was pretty decent in the flick. There is also the bizarre (to me) bashing of the "big secret" at the end, but, umm, this was the 1950s, and that kind of thing was as much a part of the cultural paranormal landscape as Nazis seeking out artifacts was in the '30s. Plus, just about any bit that got soundly thumped in Crystal Skull (the refrigerator, for example) I could counter by pointing out something equally ridiculous in another Indy movie (uh, howzabout that rollercoaster mine car ride in Temple of Doom?). Maybe all this has to do with people seeing the earlier movies as kids, and nostalgia coloring their reactions to the new movie. I was a full-grown adult when Temple of Doom came out, and it doesn't do much for me beyond being fairly enjoyable. <br /><br />Anyway, my point is that the flicks I mentioned are actually not bad, and are actually pretty good, much as this post emphasizes about The Lone Ranger. I could point at any number of similar blockbusters that somehow elicit adoration, yet which I find to be headache-inducing bore-fests (Transformers, I'm looking at you). <br /><br />And don't get me started on John Carter and Conan the Barbarian, both of which I find to be unfairly maligned. Yeah, I don't expect much support on those...Jeff B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17346140683576756731noreply@blogger.com