h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Saw this yesterday, thought it was okay. What about that quote, though?:
"Kingpin: How do you kill a man without fear?
Bullseye: By putting the fear in him."

It sounds cool but, as far as I can work out, it doesn't actually mean anything.

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Mostly because I only just set it up. Welcome.

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I thought it was superb. The dialogue was a bit clunky at times, but the plot is remarkable and totally unique, and the action scenes rocked!

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You thought it was a bit pretentious? Or just too abstruse?

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Good point. It's quite easy to get carried away with the vision and forget what you're actually working with.

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Hi

Haven't seen the new Matrix film yet - only just seen the original, which I thought was quite good. FX driven but an intereting idea - what is reality, but I thought the philosophical plot could have been developed better without slowing the film down too much.

Watched the Second Star Wars film a couple of nights ago (Attack of the Clones) which was infinitely better than the first (forgotten the name!), although again my one complaint is that although a visually brilliant film the dialogue was ropey throughout. I suppose the problem is I remember when the original Star Wars film came out and I thought it was utterly amazing (it did have Peter Cushing in it, always a bonus) and I felt that too many years had passed to make a prequal. Or perhaps that's just me?

The consensus is that George Lucas can't do dialogue. Reportedly the best dialogue is in the films where he had someone in to do the scripts for him, or at least touch them up.
I bought AotC the other day on video. It means that I have the complete collection so far. A see a Star Wars Marathon coming on...

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I was one of the first regular punters to see Attack of the Clones, at 10 past midnight on the day of release. It was a really big theatre, and packed out with people. The atmosphere was superb, especially the cheering at key moments (such as Yoda's lightsaber fight).

So, (he said in a manner that suggested that he actually wanted to talk about Daredevil) do you think there could be a sequel?

I think they've already covered the major points of the character: Electka, Bullseye, Kingpin, Ben Urich. The only big point they didn't touch on was his mother, I think. Oh, and Stick as well.


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The very last bit involving Bullseye sort of screams 'see you in the sequel' to me. There's certainly room for a sequel, and the money is there for the production companies.

"The very last bit involving Bullseye sort of screams 'see you in the sequel' to me. There's certainly room for a sequel, and the money is there for the production companies."

You're absolutely right - test audiences loved Bullseye so much, they decided to bring him back for a sequel. He was certainly more fun than the po-faced Affleck, that's for sure.

Daredevil was a missed opportunity, in my opinion. He seems like an interesting character, but the film failed to engage in the same way as Spiderman. Plus, there were certain cliches in the film that had me cringing - the firelit sex scene possibly the worst example. Ugh.

It's odd, because I hear that Daredevil the comic is commonly thought of as one of the most emotionally rich of the Marvel characters.