tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post7621582638247915036..comments2023-03-31T06:55:42.398-07:00Comments on Dinner With Max Jenke: A Shame-Free Summer PreviewJeff Allardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265550466781988388noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-16841617177241605862011-04-24T13:36:14.918-07:002011-04-24T13:36:14.918-07:00I'll take your word for it as I never caught u...I'll take your word for it as I never caught up with Kull. I do like Destroyer, though, as a comic book-flavored, Saturday matinee style adventure. <br /><br />And I'm not a reader of Howard's Conan tales (I keep saying that one of these days I'll correct that) so I never felt affronted by whatever liberties Milius took with the source material.Jeff Allardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265550466781988388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-66176422941900771022011-04-24T12:55:33.166-07:002011-04-24T12:55:33.166-07:00I know this movie isn't going to even come clo...<i>I know this movie isn't going to even come close to the quality of John Milius' original 1982 Conan</i><br /><br />*Robert E. Howard pedant twitches*<br /><br /><i>but it might be as entertaining as 1984's Conan the Destroyer and by Crom, I'd be ok with that. </i><br /><br />Heh, well if you actually enjoyed <i>Destroyer</i>, who knows, maybe you will enjoy this too. There's no way it could be as bad as <i>Kull the Conqueror</i>, though.Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-11967432486235685832011-04-24T03:36:24.196-07:002011-04-24T03:36:24.196-07:00I know I'll walk out of a few of these movies ...I know I'll walk out of a few of these movies shaking my head but, yeah, why not go in with the attitude that they'll be fun? <br /><br />So many critics - sometimes critics on genre-centric sites, even - portray themselves as being barely able to contain their resentment for having to endure a season's worth of summer movies. I don't get it, personally. <br /><br />Last summer was pretty lame, I'll admit, but this one looks promising. Besides the films I listed, I'm excited for X-Men, too, and Cowboys & Aliens. Green Lantern I'll see but that's the one movie I can't say I'm super-optimistic about. <br /><br />I think they made a huge mistake in relying so much on CGI (one thing I like about Thor is that it's obvious that they actually have physical sets for a lot of the Asgard scenes) but we'll see how it plays in the film.Jeff Allardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265550466781988388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-32316560099037049442011-04-23T23:56:28.280-07:002011-04-23T23:56:28.280-07:00I'm pretty much looking forward to all of thes...I'm pretty much looking forward to all of these (except the new Transformers flick) as well. Heck, I'm even looking forward to Green Lantern and X-Men: First Class. Will I most likely be disappointed more often than not? Of course. But dammit, I'm at least going in with a positive attitude.Bob Igniziohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03630416222197419152noreply@blogger.com