Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Bedrockgames]

I agree, although I find it quite entertaining to see folks post several paragraphs on a subject and end with "now is the time to stop talking about it..."

I feel like I should just link to comments on the subject: last time I posted, the time before that, and that other time I weighed in

 

[payn]

I feel like I should just link to comments on the subject: last time I posted, the time before that

Forum signatures makin a comeback.

 

[Bedrockgames]

But when the first Kelvin movie came out, the franchise ... Star Trek ... it was pretty moribund. The first movie is Abrams at his best. LENS FLARES. ACTION. LENS FLARES. COMEDY. LENS FLARES. FAN SERVICE. LENS FLARES.

The lens flare doesn't bother me, as that is just a stylistic choice. But I think Abram's problem, for me at least, is he clearly doesn't enjoy what I enjoy about star trek and I think he does way too much cocaine while writing or something (I did like the first film in the new trilogy, but it isn't anywhere near as good as the films in the original trilogy and does a lo too stuff that just feels like it needs to be in there 'because').

 

[payn]

The lens flare doesn't bother me, as that is just a stylistic choice. But I think Abram's problem, for me at least, is he clearly doesn't enjoy what I enjoy about star trek and I think he does way too much cocaine while writing or something (I did like the first film in the new trilogy, but it isn't anywhere near as good as the films in the original trilogy and does a lo too stuff that just feels like it needs to be in there 'because').

lol, yeah that makes sense of his plot moving at break neck speed. I mean, if you have to use the bathroom during a JJ ST film, Kirk will gain command, lose it, and regain command in the 1-3 min you are gone.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I admire your optimism that you can argue a brick wall into changing its mind.

 

[Ryujin]

lol, yeah that makes sense of his plot moving at break neck speed. I mean, if you have to use the bathroom during a JJ ST film, Kirk will gain command, lose it, and regain command in the 1-3 min you are gone.

So you've missed nothing then.

They doubled (tripled?) down with the last one, directed by Mr. Faster and Furiouser.

 

[overgeeked]

Sigh. The benchmark for every single RPG in the industry is not: yeah, but can it beat 5E? RPGs can be wildly successful without beating 5E.

 

[Reynard]

The worst offense that films commit when adapting long form storytelling (whether television, comics, or novels) is cutting out all the "quiet parts" because they are boring. or, worse, turning the quiet parts into theme park rides ::cough::TheHobbit::cough:: Quiet moments in action movies are as important as safe scenes in horror movies: if you do not release the tension, you undermine the action (or horror).

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The benchmark for every single RPG in the industry is not: yeah, but can it beat 5E? RPGs can be wildly successful without beating 5E.

There's no point in opening a restaurant if it's not going to outsell McDonald's.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The worst offense that films commit when adapting long form storytelling (whether television, comics, or novels) is cutting out all the "quiet parts" because they are boring. or, worse, turning the quiet parts into theme park rides ::cough::TheHobbit::cough:: Quiet moments in action movies are as important as safe scenes in horror movies: if you do not release the tension, you undermine the action (or horror).

My kids watched Jaws for the first time over the holiday weekend and it was instructive to see how the slow 1970s pacing actually helped ratchet up the tension for them.