A Big TCC Update
Posted by movieguyjon
A lot has happened here at TCC so let's get right to it. Due to the costs of hosting the podcast episodes and the insane schedules of the hosts, Technicolor Commentary is discontinuing as a podcast. We're still going to meet up every month and do commentary for films you love and hate, but it's going to all be via ustream and we're going to be lessening the focus on the brand of "TCC." What that means a part from this is that we'll no longer be using the twitter account or posting articles to the site. We'll be using our own individual twitter accounts to get the meeting times to all of you. The facebook page will stay, so you can keep up to speed with what movies we're watching and hang with us, but it probably won't be more active than that.
It's been fun doing this as a podcast, but like I said, the constraints of getting everyone together, editing the episode, and paying for the episodes to be hosted have just become too much for us to handle. We hope to see you around the internets!
Visualization In Manga (Or, Why Eyeshield 21 Actually Makes Football Interesting)
Posted by calamityensues
I hate football. Hell I hate sports. But, I love sports anime / manga. Why? Let's take a look, using Eyeshield 21 as an example:
Never seen anyone catch a football that was spinning so fast, dust and smoke was spiraling off of it. But Monta's got it under control. Can Brett Favre do that?
Toy Story 3 Trailer
Posted by thegreatredhope
Welp, the first full trailer for Toy Story 3 is out, and it's essentially what I've expected. The reputation of these films is so rock-solid it would take a real WTF moment from this trailer to make me think it might not measure up to the first two. That's a very good position the filmmakers have made for themselves. Although, unlike the sub-par Shrek franchise, I get the impression that the Pixar folks don't want to rest on their laurels. Somehow they manage to balance the regular tropes of the Toy Story films while managing to expand the overall story. Kudos, guys.
- So, like I said, this looks just about how it should. Nothing too surprising, but nothing too disappointing.
- The story goes to a logical place (Andy's all grown up), but still has an appealing draw.
- I'm surprised Andy has kept all his toys. And in such pristine condition!
- Rex's "Should we be HYSTERICAL?!!" makes me laugh a little more each time.
- Spanish Buzz could be very interesting, and I appreciate how formal and romantic the Spanish is. For no reason.
- I'm happy that something strange happens to Buzz, because without some kind of internal confusion, he's a pretty pointless character.
- Is this a re-tread of the "dealing with loss" theme from the second film?
I'm very much expecting this to measure up to the first two. What 'choo think?
Trailer Park Tuesdays (10/11 – 10/17)
Posted by movieguyjon
Where the Wild Things Are this week, with a few other movies that have pretty much flown under my radar. We've got a little number with Gerard Butler and an intriguing flicked called The Horse Boy. What do you think? Planning on seeing any of these flicks? Let us know in the comments below.
Yawnsters vs. Aliens
Posted by thegreatredhope
Keep looking tough, idiots
I finally got around to watching Monsters Vs. Aliens, which I'd been vehemently avoiding since I saw the first trailer. The title really says it all, doesn't it? I assumed one of two things: Either they were really going full-tilt and making a shameless homage to 50's monster movies, or they were trying to be cool. Guess what; Dreamworks went with the latter.
Don't get me wrong, I assume (some of) the creators were in the "50's monster movie" mindset, but it barely bleeds through. All we get is another forgettable CGI animated feature. Why is it so forgettable? Why is it squarely on my shit list of other movies just like it? Funny you should ask...
- Certain things are really indistinguishable from other movies of its ilk (Bee Movie, Shark Tale, Kung Fu Panda, etc) Especially any quirky, nervous female leads. They always sound forced. Always.
- Don't forget the instantaneously self-dating pop culture humor. That Al Gore joke will be funny forEVER, you guys.
- I'm perturbed by this because it got decent critical acclaim. Have their standards been lowering over time? You'd think with folks like Pixar pushing the envelope they'd have HIGHER standards. Same thing happened with Kung Fu Panda. Tell me why people were so kind to that movie.
- The animation pushes the models to their limits, and every subtle squash and stretch, along with every cartoony little anticipation/follow-through makes the characters look like jelly. B.O.B. notwithstanding.
- The voiceover work is distracting more than anything. Why are Paul Rudd and Seth Rogen making animated films? Their voices are, frankly, unremarkable. Also, who needs Reese Witherspoon's EXACT voice to make the character come to life?
- Dialogue feels forced, cliched. The most frustrating part, by far, is that some of these jokes/situations are funny on paper, but somewhere in the scriptwriting/acting/animation/editing phase, the humor was carved out. All those things really need to be in sync in order for something like that to work.
- Story had sooooo much meaty potential, but they lingered in that grey area between overbearing and undeserving exposition. In a film called "Monsters Vs. Aliens", I'm really not gonna care too much about the rationale behind the characters and the action. But, if you're thoughtful enough to hand me some, I'd like a little bit more than "we've been kept here for 50 years". LOL WUT.
Monsters Vs. Aliens. Sub-par, and a lot of the visuals look ridiculous and confusing outside of their intended 3D realm. But putting Insectosaurus in your film carries it slightly above total failure.
Reflections on Gremlins
Posted by thegreatredhope
We'll be watching GREMLINS tonight, as I'm sure you're aware. Let's take a little time beforehand to share some reflections of a film that owns property on a small but valuable space of my brain. What do I remember, exactly? Well, it's been a while...
- Most would classify this film as "black comedy". More accurately, I think we could label it "wow, this is a black comedy?" Maybe I was too young (read: naive, sheltered) to realize this was supposed to be funny, nay, a PARODY of monster films. Guess I needed to bone up on my cheesy monster movies first.
- For a comedy, this specimen sure is violent. As tough as the gremlins look on the exterior, they're all goo and pulp on the insides. And don't worry; you'll get plenty of chances to see what they're made of. There was something about a blender, a microwave, maybe some getting run over...
- I recall the gremlins looking too terrifying and evil to be mischievous. For all I knew they could've crawled out from the pits of hell to feast on our livestock and kidnap our children. I'm much less likely to assume, based on their appearance, that they'd be running around like Daffy Duck on steroids. I think they tried to offset this in the sequel, but the goofy ones, somehow, are infinitely creepier.
- Man, this movie scared me something fierce when I was a kid.
- Regardless, the theme song is exceptional, and it'll stick with you forever...
- Setting this during the Christmas season is a nice touch, but it only adds to the creepiness factor. When is an invasion by terrifying monsters LESS funny than during the snowy, tranquil holidays?
- When I hear about gremlin lore, I think of these gremlins specifically. Yes, I'm aware they've been around for untold years, appearing in folk tales all over the globe, but...too bad, as far as I'm concerned they're the DEFINITIVE version of the creatures.
- My dog's mother was named Gizmo. And she looked like Gizmo. My dog doesn't.
There you have it, my collection of thoughts and memories about Gremlins. Will I have my mind changed? Will it reinforce itself as a film that's much scarier than people say? Will it be a 2 hour gloppy, gory, puppet orgy of mayhem? Find out when we watch it...TONIGHT!!!!!
Hallow-Xmas-Tober
Posted by movieguyjon
Starting this Thursday, we're going to be doing commentary for scary films set on or around the holiday season in what I'd like to call "Hallow-Xmas-Tober." Our first film on the itinerary is a classic: Gremlins, in which a young boy doesn't heed sage advice and feeds cute little animals. Also during this coming month we'll be checking out other scary Christmas films such as Black Christmas (the original) and others that we haven't decided on! So, wrap your presents early and get ready to stuff your stockings with the shit we'll be scaring out of you as we begin "Hallow-Xmas-Tober!"
Yeah, it's kind of a dumb name. Want to make something of it?!
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