Comments on: Netflix #19 and Netflix #20

By: David D.

David D. — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:27:24 +0000

Craig: Four guys–friends–work together during the day and design and build their own electronic devices on their own time. Two of them work together in secret to build another device that turns out to be a kind of time machine. Keeping this a secret from the others, the two guys at first use the time machine to get rich on the stock market, but then start using it to undo mistakes and avoid events that have happened, which of course starts messing with reality. They also start seeing their earlier selves when they travel ahead in time, and then their future selves when they travel back in time. And then the kicker (for me at least) is that we eventually learn–like maybe three viewings later–that the guy narrating the movie is not one of the two guys in the present…it’s one of the two guys in the future. I saw it at a screening where the filmmaker was there, and the question and answer period was hilarious. But apparently there are *nine* different timelines and lots of other stuff going on–it’s brilliant but it’s baffling and not exactly an action adventure.

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:40:41 +0000

Antonio: You’re the one that told me to watch that damn movie! I expected you to be the one to explain it to me!

By: AdamX

AdamX — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:57:48 +0000

I’m watching a German-language gay film entitled “Guys and Balls” I found in the public library. There’s a scene in a rather frightening leather bar that made me think of you.

By: Antonio

Antonio — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:27:11 +0000

I think I liked Primer. I know I didn’t understand it.

By: Avitable

Avitable — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:02:02 +0000

Yeah, you need to read the comic to see how brilliant New Frontier was.

By: KosmicFreeway

KosmicFreeway — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:34:36 +0000

I couldn’t even finish watching Primer. Absolutely bored me to tears. The premise was fine, but zzzzzzzz

By: Adric

Adric — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:45:05 +0000

The mini series is incredible, in terms of art and storytelling, but i can understand why it failed to translate fully into film especially since the mini series followed several characters over something like 200 pages. I would love to see a superhero cartoon film done like the old Superman cartoons though. Who do i have to sleep with to make that happen?

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:52:49 +0000

I also wasn’t a fan of New Frontier. I had real high expectations for it since people always lauded the comic book series. Unfortunately, it felt like a chore watching it, and I really didn’t like the focus on this version of Hal (Green Lantern). I suppose I’m better off reading the comics eventually.

By: Dave2

Dave2 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:37:47 +0000

I liked the film, but I was able to “fill in the blanks” from having read the amazing Darwyn Cooke comic book series. I highly recommend checking it out (in the DC Comics “Absolute Edition,” if possible) for an example of graphic storytelling at its finest.

By: polt

polt — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:40:38 +0000

Sorry you didn’t like New Frontier. It was based on a comic book miniseries of the same title. The animation was exactly like the artwork in the comic, that’s why i loved the animation. And they focused on the same characters that the comic book did. Gratned, the big three (Supes, Bats, and WW) were nto featured characters, but then again, they weren’t featured in the comic book either.

Sorry you didn’t like it. I myself loved it!

HUGS…