wow, it must be really bad! Was it able to make it into so-bad-it's-funny territory?
-------------- Original message -------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BloodRayne = Bad. Terrible. Horrible. It both sucked and blew. Someone needs to be beaten for letting unleashing that piece of garbage on the public. By the way, I didn't like it either. __________________________________________________________ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __________________________________________________________ > never saw the flick. I assume it sucked? > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > You mean like in BloodRayne??? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone catch this besides me? Man, this > was just awful: cliched, predictable, boring. Some of the stuff that hit > me from the start: > > * Kristanna Loken isn't a very good actress. She was stiff and delivered > her lines with all the emotion of a Vulcan. Maybe it was the dialogue and > uninspired writing, which were sho' 'nuff problems,but I doubt it. But > then, what reason is there to expect the latest Terminator to have acting > ability? > > * Within five minutes of the opening, the show was in one of those cliched > (using that word again!) underground rave-type clubs with the > pulse-pounding music and young people from Central Casting posing and > dancing wildly, while obvious bad guys skulk in their midst doing drug > deals. Truly one of the most overused scenes in such shows outside of > strip clubs. Booorinng! > > * The first--and only, I might add--of the good guys to get killed was a > brother. Sad thing is, soon as I saw him I thought "This show's gonna kill > that Black man". Bingo! There is another Brother left, but of course he's > older and out of shape, not young and/or hunky like the rest of the cast. > he was already punked by Jane. Surprise! > > * Will someone *Please* teach these new directors that herky-jerky and > tilting camera work is *not* a good way to add action to a scene? Just > makes it confused and amateurish-looking. Who's running film school these > days, Michael Bay?! > > * The good guys are another one of those shadow-type groups that hang out > in a hidden warehouse HQ with high-tech equipment, and who are "answerable > only to ourselves". How original! > > * There is of course a resident computer geek, and of course he's the > oddball who wears stocking caps, tennis shoes, warmup suits, etc. Just > once nowadays I'd like to see an IT expert that's not pushing the Gen Y > look. > > * The doctor on here appears to be Indian or Middle Eastern, but has a > British accent. I'm really getting tired of Indian, Pakistani, or Arab > characters with British accents. From Bashir on DS9 to Sayid on "Lost" > (who is British in real life and fakes an Iraqi accent) American-produced > shows are replete with such characters who speak the Queen's English or > their "native" tongue with such an accent. Is there a reason we can't get > actors who actually *sound* like they're from their characters' country of > origin? > > * Man, I think half the profits of the drug trade and the budget of > government law enforcement agencies, must go to leather wear! Amazing how > every henchman and supposedly underpaid government agent is wearing > thousands of dollars worth of leather jackets and pants! > > Can you tell I wasn't impressed? There were several fights, all of which > were dizzying (not in a good way) and too fast-paced. Everyone's too busy > posing and speaking bad lines as if they have sticks up their arses. This > show reminds me of the late, unlamented "Mutant X", and that ain't a good > thing. Not sure I'll watch this one again unless it improves drastically > or I'm very bored. > > What did y'all think? > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > "Such music flow on the Fringe...and no one can resist singing to > Scarlet." - The Side Street Chonicles by C.W. Badie > > --------------------------------- > Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? > Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
