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Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
Cool World (blu-ray) 1992 live action and animated movie directed by
Ralph Bakshi and starring Brat Pitt as a human in a cartoon world who
has to figure out Who Framed Roger Rabbit, wait wrong movie. Pitt plays
a human cop living in the cartoon world. Kim Basinger also stars. She
is basically a Jessica Rabbit rip off who brings Gabriel Byrne into the
cartoon universe to have sex with her so she can enter the real world.
But once there she threatens to destroy reality. I don't think I've
watched this since I saw it in the theater in 1992. I don't recall
carrying much for it at the time, but after so many years I really just
wanted to see it again. I still didn't care much for it. But I have a
very strong impression this movie was meant to be hard "R" and Bakshi
was forced to tone it down for a PG-13 which left it with this weird
doesn't work tone.
I've seen this once on tv and had no idea what they were trying to do. I vaguely recall it got pulled from theaters quickly.
Do you own the Chris Rock movie?
On 1/5/2025 8:14 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 1/5/2025 5:20 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
On 1/5/2025 3:17 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:Sort of both. He had some attitude, wasn't sure if he wanted to come
On 1/5/2025 8:33 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
But not the followup?!
Heavy Metal (4K disc) 1981 R-rated animated anthology film. Each
segment tells a different story featuring an evil glowing green ball. >>>>>
I was really on the fence about the sequel. I put the sequel on, but
only watched a few seconds before changing my mind.
What did you watch?
The "let's let Connery cool down" Bond movie, "On Her Majesty's
Secret Service". Part of the 2012 box set for the Bond 50th
Anniversary. Lots of extras, including one on why Lazenby only did
one Bond movie. The bits of the interview with him sounded like he
knows he screwed up but other make it clear there was a lot else
going on as well.
What else was going on? I don't remember, did he quit or was he not
asked back?
back for a second film, the producers weren't especially enthralled
with him and the box office for OHMSS was well below what was expected.
I have plans to watch all the Bond movies later this year. Some of
them I don't think I've watched in decades, so I'm really looking
forward to revisiting them.
I know you are big on extras so I suggest, if you can get it, the Bond
50 box set. Lots of behind the scenes extras and the restorations are
absolutely perfect. The movies look like they were just filmed.
I wish I had that set. I have the Daniel Craig 4K set. The others are
a mix of random blu-rays and DVDs. I've avoided the DVDs which is why there's a huge gap in the last time I watched some of them. But I read recently there is a new, I think 4K, box set of the Sean Connery movies
on the way. I plan to pick that up and it should have extras along with
the discs I already have.
On 1/5/2025 9:44 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
Cool World (blu-ray) 1992 live action and animated movie directed by
Ralph Bakshi and starring Brat Pitt as a human in a cartoon world who
has to figure out Who Framed Roger Rabbit, wait wrong movie. Pitt plays >>> a human cop living in the cartoon world. Kim Basinger also stars. She >>> is basically a Jessica Rabbit rip off who brings Gabriel Byrne into the
cartoon universe to have sex with her so she can enter the real world.
But once there she threatens to destroy reality. I don't think I've
watched this since I saw it in the theater in 1992. I don't recall
carrying much for it at the time, but after so many years I really just
wanted to see it again. I still didn't care much for it. But I have a >>> very strong impression this movie was meant to be hard "R" and Bakshi
was forced to tone it down for a PG-13 which left it with this weird
doesn't work tone.
I've seen this once on tv and had no idea what they were trying to do. I
vaguely recall it got pulled from theaters quickly.
Do you own the Chris Rock movie?
It took me a minute to figure out which movie you were talking about, "Osmosis Jones." Unfortunately, I don't have that. I only saw it once
in the theater and really liked it. But it was never released on blu-
ray. And if I recall correctly, when it was on TV it was in the wrong aspect ratio. I just checked, it's on Amazon Prime, in the wrong aspect ratio. It's filmed in 2.39 : 1, so I have *no* interest in watching it
pan and scanned! But thanks for reminding me, I forgot it even
existed. I just took a look at the box office and it flopped harder
that Titan A.E. and that movie killed an entire studio division. Warners probably isn't in any hurry to release it, but maybe some boutique
studio will take an interest in it. Why do all the good animated movies flop so hard? LOL
On 1/5/2025 9:44 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
. . .
Do you own the Chris Rock movie?
It took me a minute to figure out which movie you were talking about, >"Osmosis Jones." Unfortunately, I don't have that. I only saw it once
in the theater and really liked it. But it was never released on
blu-ray. And if I recall correctly, when it was on TV it was in the
wrong aspect ratio. I just checked, it's on Amazon Prime, in the wrong >aspect ratio. It's filmed in 2.39 : 1, so I have *no* interest in
watching it pan and scanned! But thanks for reminding me, I forgot it
even existed. I just took a look at the box office and it flopped
harder that Titan A.E. and that movie killed an entire studio division. >Warners probably isn't in any hurry to release it, but maybe some
boutique studio will take an interest in it. Why do all the good
animated movies flop so hard? LOL
The "let's let Connery cool down" Bond movie, "On Her Majesty's Secret >Service". Part of the 2012 box set for the Bond 50th Anniversary. Lots
of extras, including one on why Lazenby only did one Bond movie. The
bits of the interview with him sounded like he knows he screwed up but
other make it clear there was a lot else going on as well.
On the final weekend of my staycation I did some much needed straitening
up while I also continued to make my way through selected animated films
in my collection. I watched:
Heavy Metal (4K disc) 1981 R-rated animated anthology film. Each
segment tells a different story featuring an evil glowing green ball.
Titan A.E. (DVD) Don Bluth directed this 2000 animated sci-fi epic
What did you watch?
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
The "let's let Connery cool down" Bond movie, "On Her Majesty's Secret
Service". Part of the 2012 box set for the Bond 50th Anniversary. Lots
of extras, including one on why Lazenby only did one Bond movie. The
bits of the interview with him sounded like he knows he screwed up but
other make it clear there was a lot else going on as well.
Connery had a rotten time making You Only Live Twice, didn't like being mobbed by fans, and was dead tired. This movie had problems, but the cinematography is absolutely gorgeous, and Blofeld's lair, the volcano interior, was the single largest set constructed up to that time.
Saltzman and Broccoli cast Lazenby for On Her Majesty's Secret Service
hoping to strike gold twice with a relative unknown, except Connery was
a real actor and had an extraordinary screen presence; Lazenby not so
much. He was a model.
Lazenby had a 7 picture deal, so no, Saltzman and Broccoli weren't
waiting for Connery. A couple of things happened: Charles K. Feldman had
also released Casino Royale in 1967, which is said to have hurt the box office of OHMSS, but that's doubtful as Lazenby's movie attracted almost
as large as audience as the top Bond movies had. Feldman's movie
production was a huge mess given multiple directors and a feuding Orson Welles and Peter Sellers but the women were absolutely gorgeous, Feldman wouldn't pay Connery's fee and would regret it.
For whatever reason, Saltzman and Broccoli didn't interfere with
production of OHMSS and, for once, we got an entirely straight
adaptation of Fleming's novel and they finally honored their promise to
Peter R. Hunt to let him direct.
YOLT and OHMSS were filmed out of sequence due to bad weather in
Switzerland.
I say that if Connery had starred in OHMSS, we'd have gotten another Goldfinger and not the straight adaptation
a great improvement on Fleming's plot).
Dianna Rigg was glorious.
Lazenby apparently had Jeffrey Hunter's girlfriend, who talked him out
of being typecast as James Bond and talked him out of a career.
Dude: You already had Dianna Rigg (even though she was assasinated). You could have gotten any girl in the world as James Bond. Typecast as James Bond? THere are worse fates.
Lazenby became The Man Who Would Not Show Up to Work. He was going to
star in Diamnds Are Forever. Saltzman even insisted that he'd honor his contract and held up the start of production for a time.
Finally, S&B did what CKK should have done: They backed up the
trailerfull of cash to Connery's front door and he came back for one
more picture, and then would do the remake of Thunderball for Kevin
McClory.
Lazenby has never reclaimed his man card.
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 1/5/2025 3:17 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 1/5/2025 8:33 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
But not the followup?!
Heavy Metal (4K disc) 1981 R-rated animated anthology film. Each
segment tells a different story featuring an evil glowing green ball.
I was really on the fence about the sequel. I put the sequel on, but
only watched a few seconds before changing my mind.
What did you watch?
The "let's let Connery cool down" Bond movie, "On Her Majesty's Secret
Service". Part of the 2012 box set for the Bond 50th Anniversary. Lots >>> of extras, including one on why Lazenby only did one Bond movie. The
bits of the interview with him sounded like he knows he screwed up but
other make it clear there was a lot else going on as well.
What else was going on? I don't remember, did he quit or was he not
asked back?
I have plans to watch all the Bond movies later this year. Some of them
I don't think I've watched in decades, so I'm really looking forward to
revisiting them.
Be sure to include NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN.
I include the 1967 version of CASINO ROYALE as well.