Monday, December 17, 2007

I Am Monday's Link

--- Return to Polar Bear Island - Lost officially begins its abbreviated season - only eight episodes in the can before the writer's strike stopped it - on January 31st. That's a Thursday - it's new night - at 9pm.

--- Horn-Doggy Horror - I got all hot-n-bothered (an easy feat, to be sure) by last week's Horror Roundtable at The Horror Blog when asked to remember my favorite horror experience from the past 12 months.

--- So Very Serious - You can view the trailer for The Dark Knight in terrific quality if you click right here; something about it missed the mark for me when I saw it on the big screen yesterday, and I can't quite put my finger on it. Any ideas?

--- What He Said - My bud Sean eloquently wrote up his thoughts on I Am Legend and we're thinking rather closely on it except for two counts - I was more attached to the original story, and my reaction took much less of a positive spin towards the film's faults. I did think the first third or so - setting up all of Neville's eccentricities due to isolation - was terrific. Then around the middle I felt like it began to drag. And once the third act kicked in I just despised it. I'll perhaps write more later, if the mood strikes me.

--- The Other Man Behind The Curtain - DH has got links to a pair of interviews with Matt Reeves, the fella who directed Cloverfield... I have to keep reminding myself that JJ Abrams isn't actually the director, just the producer. Reeves was previously behind the camera for many episodes of televised entertainment and... The Pallbearer. Eep.
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1 comment:

Sam J. Miller said...

I share your disappointment with I Am Legend. It's among my very very favorite novels, and i tried hard to let go of my expectations, but i just couldnt. That story is just so brilliant, and it baffles me why it's been filmed three times now (The Omega Man, The Last Man on Earth, and now I Am Legend), and they get it wrong every time. I feel like if i hadn't read the novel, i would have felt like it was a damn good movie (nothing earth-shattering, but solid).
the shirtless moments went a long way, though.