UGATiger26

[quote]Just popping in here to say that y’all need to put some respect on Alien 3. It’s arguably the second best on the franchise (and yes, I said arguably, not definitively, because of my love for A3). It’s dark and gritty, which is what an Alien movie should be all about. The whole cat and mouse...

[quote]The production was a mess. They started shooting without a completed script. Fincher was a young director who was bullied by studio execs. [/quote] Yeah, I’m familiar with the story and don’t mean to lay it 100% on Fincher. Just an unfortunate situation all-around. I feel like it’s the cla...

[quote]Does it have to be a Sequel?[/quote] Sure, prequels are on the table too. Why not? :lol: ...

Which one? Why? And what would you have done differently? I've always been a big fan of Alien/Aliens and am part of the majority opinion that David Fincher's Alien 3 was an unfortunate whimper of a trilogy climax. Killed off two of the most likeable characters (Newt and Hicks) right off the ...

I know I'm weird in this regard, but I actually kind of like Friday afternoon meetings, assuming they are necessary and useful. Reason being...I know I'm going to start slacking off on Friday afternoons anyways. So it's a good way to force myself to do something productive that I won't have to w...

[quote]It has to be Back to the Future II. No other sequel ramped up the storyline as exponentially as this. Most just continue the tale. BTF2 completely turned everything upside down while still telling the story and not fricking anything up.[/quote] Aliens deserves strong consideration for the s...

[quote]No, it's actually the best thing for this world as it stands.[/quote] It's pretty much a 100% certainty that whenever someone says something like this, it's never their existence (or that of their family + friends) that's the problem; it's someone else's existence that's the problem. Y...

[quote]It is when you don't have enough people to support the massive welfare state that many seem to want. It will collapse. (Not saying that's a bad thing, but societal breakdown is rarely good.)[/quote] Anyone who would downvote this can't see six inches beyond their nose. This isn't some ...

[quote]can't wait for the melts.[/quote] Let's just say that - if they go with a black Hermione - I'll be deathly interested if they feel the need to change the story in order to make it work adequately. You know, kind of like "separate but equal" Harry Potter sagas. I guess we're making that...

[quote]We're also assuming Hogwarts as it stands has no half wizard half muggle black students. In which case it doesn't even matter if Hermione is white, black, or asian.[/quote] I'm not sure where you're trying to go with this. Hermione was a main character throughout the entire saga. Clearly, ...

[quote]This is where I would get upset about the casting situation. The "mudblood" theme was big in Chamber of Secrets. Can't just cut that out.[/quote] Correct. And that's a problem. If you're being tempted to literally change the story in order to accommodate an arbitrarily race-swapped mai...

[quote]Or they could just not use the term mudblood if people think it's racist.[/quote] :lol: would be like omitting the term "the dark side" from Star Wars just for the sake of doing an arbitrary race swap. ...

[quote]I just think that's reaching. racism is racism whether it's race or magical. [/quote] And I respectfully disagree. It's a magical analogy for a story about magic and wizards. Voldemort wanted a pure race of wizards and witches. Skin tone wasn't a factor. Hermione is the only len...

[quote]baw you really can't see she was using magical prejudice as a reflection of real prejudice[/quote] Yes, duh. You can't see the issue that would create for the entire HP plotline? Linoge makes a very valid point that having a black Hermione would muddy the waters (no pun intended) ...

[quote]Hermione was called a "mudblood" by Draco and others because she had non-magical parents. This "magical racism" was a main point throughout the books and part of Voldemorts character as well. My concern is how Hermione being black will affect the overall story. It isn't like a normal race ...

I mean, I don't have any beef with Rowling insinuating that based solely on the manuscript she wrote. It's a fictional story, and I don't believe skin color should matter (except when it's arbitrarily changed for socio-political reasons). But when you agree to illustrate and cinematize that manu...

[quote]you do realize Rowling never specified Hermione's race? Just that she had frizzy hair and dark skin compared to Ron's?[/quote] Well, there are illustrations which were included with the original books where she's clearly white :lol:...

[quote]Yeah, they're going to re-adapt the original novels for television. Season one will be Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, season two will be Chamber of Secrets, and so on until Deathly Hallows.[/quote] Oh.... Is that something people are actually asking for? ...

Have they said what the angle will be? Seems like the events leading up the books have been well-covered. Doing Harry as an adult seems like a completely unnecessary money grab in the form of sequels that nobody is asking for. In my mind, Harry was and will always be a kid/teenager. That's a...

[quote]Saw it this morning on the way in to work. I get the Subaru/bumper sticker connection but don’t get the Catholic school link. Is this type of thing becoming widely accepted within catholic schools or is the local one here simply more “progressive and enlightened” than others?[/quote] The C...