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I haven't seen it in a long while, but this is how I remember it to some degree. Sounds like it's even less Mad Max-like than I remember. Not exactly what we optimally want for Furiosa. I recall the film feeling much more like a traditional Hollywood blockbuster than the previous two, which didn't help. What would you rate each film on this rewatch?

I like Beyond Thunderdome! It definitely has got some moments but still primarily comes off as a Mad Max movie (as I recall). That movie was also co-directed by another guy (George Ogilvie) since George Miller had just lost his close friend, producer Byron Kennedy, and needed an assist on making the movie as a result. I attribute a lot of the tonal whiplash in that film to that since it does feel different at times compared to all the other Mad Max films. And while it is a solid film, it's not as good as any of the others. And if Furiosa leans into some of that same stuff, I can still like it but the marketing makes it look sometimes like a spoof than just a tonal change. I'm sure the film itself is good, but the marketing has been a turn off for me.

This tracks - Comedians in Cars teaches you just as much about Jerry Seinfeld as the guest. The Colbert one is really good, along with some others. It's interesting, on The Rich Eisen Show, Jerry was asked if he and Larry David are the same and he said absolutely, that people think they're different but they're not and that's probably getting at what Kamusha is talking about, Jerry is a very guarded person to some degree whereas Larry David is not.

Bodied (2017) - IMDb WWW.IMDB.COM 2h | R Blindspotting (2018) - IMDb WWW.IMDB.COM 1h 35m | R

Like sometimes it looks like Watchmen for Babies joke type of stuff. The orange tone/coloring seems even brighter and used even more in the poster and in the marketing materials everything has a weird, fake looking sheen so all the props etc. look like a really expensive LARP session (or The Hobbit at 48fps) when Fury Road prided itself on numerous practical effects. Obviously it's Mad Max, everything is cranked up to 11 and ridiculous, but in the marketing there just seems a lot more imitation of Fury Road than anything. Says nothing about the movie, but just the vibe I get. Hemsworth's beard and nose also look strangely fake in the marketing materials as well. Everything just looks lower budget.

First reactions are always hard to take too seriously, but first reactions are in and people are saying it's very good, not as good as Fury Road but very good, especially the cinematography. Definitely looking forward to it, even though the marketing for the film has made it look like a parody of a Mad Max film rather than a proper Mad Max film. The marketing for Fury Road found the right balance, for Furiosa they seemed to have amped everything up to 11 in the most obvious/silly ways. First ‘Furiosa’ Reactions Call It “Stunning” & "Epic," With High Praise for Cinematography COLLIDER.COM Critics and other attendees are opening up about Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, George Miller's return to the Wasteland starring Anya Taylor-Joy.

That makes five shows since Hannibal was cancelled Bryan Fuller has been a part of. Let this man make a show again!

People shouldn't sleep on Seinfeld's "talk show" Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, it's quite pleasant and enjoyable and well done. And obviously Seinfeld is one of the best comedy TV shows ever made. Edit: I should have also mentioned that Jerry Seinfeld's last two stand-up specials, "Jerry Before Seinfeld" (2017) and "23 Hours to Kill" (2020) were both pretty good too. He hadn't done one since 1998 with "I'm Telling You for the Last Time" (which was also great but old now). Bee Movie and Unfrosted however . . . maybe he just shouldn't make movies.

The first clip from writer/director Francis Ford Coppola's upcoming film Megalopolis has dropped and it certainly looks intriguing. Coppola has been working on the film on and off since 1983 and has apparently put up $120 million of his own money to finally get the film made. Passion projects are always an interesting prospect, good or bad, and while Coppola has only been making experimental arthouse films since The Rainmaker came out in 1997 (the films Youth Without Youth, Tetro and Twixt) he's obviously capable of making regular movies too. At 85 years old, it'll be interesting to see if Coppola has still got it since Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) was 32 years ago and that and The Rainmaker were the last good films he's made (though Tetro is underrated). And yes, that's Adam Driver in the starring role with what appears to be an intentionally bad haircut. I think everyone here knows who Coppola is, but for those who don't, this is the guy who did The Godfather I+II, Apocalypse Now and The Conversation, some of the best movies ever made. Of course, those were all made during his 1970's period.

Just a reminder that season 2 starts on May 12 (this Sunday). Looking forward to it!

The weekend recap: -The Tomorrow War (2021; dir. Chris McKay): 6.5/10 -Mass (2021; dir. Fran Kranz): 7.5/10 -Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2020; dir. Junta Yamaguchi): 7/10 -Papillon (2017; dir. Michael Noer): 6.5/10 -Inglourious Basterds (2009; dir. Quentin Tarantino): 10/10

Human nature in a nutshell.

I mean, I guess we should have known it was definitely going to be bad. Seinfeld, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and his stand up stuff = good. Bee Movie and Unfrosted = bad.

I mean, we got people saying real men wear diapers as a positive. Perhaps we've underestimated how much people like being beta'd by people like this since we're talking about diapers and all, man children ready to lead us into the future.

Not if your visa depended on it! Musk fucking sucks.