The Amazing Spider-Man 2 With Great Sequel Comes Great Lounging - Part 9

[OriginalMiles]

Godzilla vs RHINO in TASM3.

It needs to happen.

 

[Kane52630]

Why not just see it for yourself and make your own opinion? At least get a matinée or a discounted ticket.

Quick to judge someone, huh?

I'm strapped for cash this week even if it's for matinee tickets. If anything, I'm saving up for Dat Godzilla.

 

[OriginalMiles]

I might see Godzilla... it comes out around my birthday so I'll see.

 

[SpideyK]

He could have just made a follow-up video about his thoughts on TASM1 or mentioned how his opinion changed in his TASM2 review.

Yeah. I'm betting he hadn't read any other reviews of the film, when he first made his own.

Then he saw all the other s**t people were saying about it, and went full sheep mode.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Why am I more excited for Godzilla than Spider-Man right now?

Because you dislike Spider-Man 3 more than Jack & Jill

 

[Picard Sisko]

Quick to judge someone, huh?

I'm strapped for cash this week even if it's for matinee tickets. If anything, I'm saving up for Dat Godzilla.

I'm not judging you, man. Hope I didn't come across that way.

 

[SM71]

Just watched the first ep of Spider-man 1994. Man it's crazy how much the TASM series seems to be influenced/taken from just that one episode alone ha. You have SM on top of a car reaching in to grab the wheel and steer (Aleksei chase ala TASM2), and multiple Lizard lines of dialogue ripped seemingly word-for-word... That was such a good show

 

[eLPAtitoyUPI]

The Star Wars team is thrilled to announce the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII.
Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new film.
Director J.J. Abrams says, "We are so excited to finally share the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant new performers come together to bring this world to life, once again. We start shooting in a couple of weeks, and everyone is doing their best to make the fans proud."
Star Wars: Episode VII is being directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as the composer. The movie opens worldwide on December 18, 2015.

http://starwars.com/news/star-wars-episode-7-cast-announced.html


Crazy cast, some amazing actors like Driver or Isaac.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Just watched the first ep of Spider-man 1994. Man it's crazy how much the TASM series seems to be influenced/taken from just that one episode alone ha. You have SM on top of a car reaching in to grab the wheel and steer (Aleksei chase ala TASM2), and multiple Lizard lines of dialogue ripped seemingly word-for-word... That was such a good show

Yeah, it's really fun
And the plot of the Amazing Spider-Man movie being heavily inspired by that one episode is very hard to miss
But I honestly didn't think of the wheel scene from that episode watching the first scene of The Amazing Spider-Man 2

 

[Picard Sisko]

Just watched the first ep of Spider-man 1994. Man it's crazy how much the TASM series seems to be influenced/taken from just that one episode alone ha. You have SM on top of a car reaching in to grab the wheel and steer (Aleksei chase ala TASM2), and multiple Lizard lines of dialogue ripped seemingly word-for-word... That was such a good show

Now I want to go back and watch that series again. Such a great show.

 

[OriginalMiles]

I've given up on Star Wars...

I just don't care about it as much as I used to.

I wasn't even the prequels, it's just my Star Wars love died sometime ago.

 

[Picard Sisko]

I've given up on Star Wars...

I just don't care about it as much as I used to.

I wasn't even the prequels, it's just my Star Wars love died sometime ago.

Sadly I agree with you. I lost an interest in Star Wars long ago and I'm only interested in Episode VII because I'm a fan of JJ Abrams. I do hope that this new series makes up for the disappointment that die-hard Star Wars fans had after seeing The Phantom Menace though. Must have been tough for them to get all hyped up and find themselves super disappointed.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I never really cared about Star Wars, could never sit through one movie of the series with huge interest

Now I want to go back and watch that series again. Such a great show.

I'm just done sitting through the whole show
I even commented on the thread you started for that show

 

[Picard Sisko]

I'm just done sitting through the whole show
I even commented on the thread you started for that show

I have trouble sitting through the show in it's entirety, from beginning to end. I mentioned this numerous times in other threads but its best to watch individual story arcs as standalone movies IMO.

 

[OriginalMiles]

Sadly I agree with you. I lost an interest in Star Wars long ago and I'm only interested in Episode VII because I'm a fan of JJ Abrams. I do hope that this new series makes up for the disappointment that die-hard Star Wars fans had after seeing The Phantom Menace though. Must have been tough for them to get all hyped up and find themselves super disappointed.

I was actually one the of the few that thought the prequels were decent, they weren't good in my eyes, but decent.

It's just somewhere along the line the Star Wars fan in me died.

I watch them all once a year still, but I do that with every movie franchise.

Maybe it was the lack of Star Wars-ness, maybe it was something else.

I'm not even interested in Episode VII.

I'll see it... but maybe near the end of it's run in theatres.

 

[LEVITIKUZ]

I loved Star Wars as a kid. Love all 3 of the OTs and Episode 3. 1 & 2 is meh but not the worst film ever.

That being said, I don't know anyone besides Serkis and the OT cast. Also no Billy Dee?

 

[spider-neil]

One thing for sure, there will be ZERO expectations for the new Star Wars.
People learnt their lesson with Phantom Menace.

 

[UltimateWebhead]

One thing for sure, there will be ZERO expectations for the new Star Wars.
People learnt their lesson with Phantom Menace.

Is George Lucas involved in the nest Star Wars? If not, my expectations will be at a ONE.

 

[LEVITIKUZ]

I was actually one the of the few that thought the prequels were decent, they weren't good in my eyes, but decent.

It's just somewhere along the line the Star Wars fan in me died.

I watch them all once a year still, but I do that with every movie franchise.

Maybe it was the lack of Star Wars-ness, maybe it was something else.

I'm not even interested in Episode VII.

I'll see it... but maybe near the end of it's run in theatres.

Have you seen Clone Wars? Great series.

 

[UltimateWebhead]

As I promised here is my mini-review of The Spectacular Spider-Man on Blu-ray. Sorry for the delay on this but life just gets busy sometimes.

I’m not going to go into detail about the series itself however to sum up my feelings on the overall quality of the show, I’ll quote Bill and Ted, “Excellent!” Far and away this is my favorite anything Spider-Man outside of the comics, the show is pure genius and one that compliments the Spidey mythos with great care and verisimilitude to the original spirit of the character. Take the first 50 issues or so from The Amazing Spider-man comic, then sprinkle in various ideas from other comics throughout his history including The Ultimate Spider-Man as well as ideas from the popular and acclaimed Raimi films and boom, you’ve got yourself TSSM. Throw in an excellent voice cast, Josh Keaton is pitch perfect as Peter and Spidey, smooth animation, and a slick soundtrack and…well, I can’t say enough positive remarks about this show to be honest. I’m dragging on a bit. Let’s move on, shall we?

Please note: I’m not a professional BR critic or expert, just a Spidey fan with a case of amateur videophile disease. Lol.

(TSSM Blu-ray was viewed using a Sony PS3 on a 60” Samsung Plasma PN60F8500AFXZA, with audio supported by an Onkyo 7.1 receiver and supplied by Pioneer speakers.)

Video quality: 4/5
I only watched the first two episodes from season one and also watched various points of those two episodes on DVD after viewing each episode on BR for comparison purposes. It’s very evident as soon as the first episode starts, the transfer is one of high quality. This should come as no surprise though. Sony was the leader in Blu-ray technology and pushing the format to the front of the market and so they have consistently backed up that offering with very solid transfers. Here, the story remains the same. The detail and sharpness in the picture is astounding. It’s so good in fact, that you can actually make out the flaws in the sourced artwork. This is by no means a bad thing in my eyes or a negative requiring a loss of points. It’s a very forgivable incident and doesn’t take away from the overall quality of the picture. The detail is just that good. Shadow detail is excellent with strong, deep, inky blacks and contrast is very serviceable. The real high feature here is the coloring. My god does it looks glorious. I can’t believe it took so long to get this on BR, but thank goodness it’s finally here. The colors are impressive. Saturations are clean, bright and vibrant. It’s a gorgeous vivid picture and the colors are a very marked improvement over the DVD version. Spidey’s suit looks fabulous with the reds and blues coming to life. Now, the negative and the reason why this rates at a 4. Aliasing. Unfortunately, there’s no getting around this and again this might be an affect from the source material but there are several noticeable aliasing throughout those episodes. Mainly, when there’s tight shots on faces. It’s not overly distracting, but it’s there. Otherwise there’s almost no other artifacts. Banding is practically non-existent and no noise was noticed during my viewings.

Audio quality: 4/5
Not much to say here really. The audio has some improvements over the DVD version. The surround sound is mixed well and there’s good use of distance and background elements. Nothing truly spectacular in this but definitely not bad either. It could have used some improvement and tweaking here and there but overall it’s very good. The high point and the reason why I gave it a 4 over say a 3, is the dialogue has been given greater attention. It remains constant throughout whether in a soft scene or one with big action. Spidey’s quips never sounded so good.

Extras: 2/5
These are the same extras found on the DVD versions. I haven’t watched them yet but I was hoping they would have included some other stuff beyond what has already been released. Then again, there’s a chance they might not have included them at all, thus the 2 rating.

Overview:
If you’re a fan of the show nor haven’t seen this and are looking into watching this series, it comes highly recommended from your ol’ friendly UltimateWebhead. Even if you already own a copy of this show on DVD, this is a worthy upgrade. The transfer is very well done and looks great sitting on the shelf too. Alrighty, enjoy and take care.

UW

 

[OriginalMiles]

Have you seen Clone Wars? Great series.

It's something I plan to watch eventually.

I have a large list of stuff to check out...

Arrow is on that list, along with Person of Interest.

 

[JOE]

Because you dislike Spider-Man 3 more than Jack & Jill

Don't disgrace Jack and Jill by putting it in the same sentence as. Spider-Man 3.

 

[Picard Sisko]

I think Spider-Man 3 is at least watchable, or even enjoyable. Don't get me started on what I think about Jack and Jill. lol

 

[Nicko-Ray]

Lightsabers are awesome but I'm pretty sure I would take web shooters any day.

 

[Nicko-Ray]

I think Spider-Man 3 is at least watchable, or even enjoyable. Don't get me started on what I think about Jack and Jill. lol

Yeah it's enjoyable...you mean while drunk, right? t: