Carl Icahn is a major figure in how one should handle ones money this year.
Carl Icahn is a major owner of Take-Two Interactive, publisher of Grand Theft Auto V, which recieved $1 billion in revenue on opening day.
The most infamous move he made in 2013 was selling his significant shares of Netflix stock for $895 million PROFIT.
He has really made himself a marketing brand, purchasing significant growth stocks such as Netflix, which had a 495% profit.
Netflix's House of Cards has recieved a Webby Award for Kevin Spacey as well as awards for directing and cinematography for episode 1, as well as casting for the whole series. The first web streamed television show for Netflix has recieved 9 nominations from the Emmys.
The web show revival of Arrested Development has generated nominations as well.
With Icahn out though, one has to speculate that Netflix may be going into trading range instead of growth.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Top 10 ideal directors for a Neon Genesis Evangelion reboot
With the recent release of Evangelion 3.0/3.33 at New York Comic Con and the backlash fans from Japan AND the US are having now, I have a list of ten directors that could make a reboot of the franchise work.
(Boo! Reboots! Consider it though with this list...)
10. David Fincher He can get the emotions right between the underage characters having sex. He can make that controversy and fan service raciness work, while hopefully making a masterpiece on terms of Fight Club. Makes you wonder how 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea will be.
9. John Hughes Breaking the fourth wall, Shinji or a narrator can bring a real dynamic to the storyline.
8. Alfred Hitchcock
It can be a psychoanalytic film of course. It can be a silent film. It can be black and white. It can be color. Rei will have dopplegangers. It will be a technical achievement and masterpiece.
7 &6. F.W. Munrau and Fritz Lang
Imagine what they did back then and what they can do now.
5. Carl Theodor Dreyer
No one can do religious imagery and relevance like Carl Theodor Dreyer except maybe..
4. Ingmar Bergman
Imagine Ingmar Bergman's direction of Death as a being in the Seventh Seal with his ability to work with actors in Scenes From a Marriage. The dynamic he can bring to the characters and see as their characters in Evangelion.
3. David Lynch Some have compared End of Evangelion with a David Lynch film. Imagine if he actually directing it. Rei Ayanami probably inspired the blonde wig used in Mulholland Drive.
2. Paul Thomas Anderson A film about religion starring Paul Dano with Daniel Day-Lewis playing his father with the psychadelicness of Punch-Drunk Love.
1. Stanley Kubrick It would be interesting to see Evangelion have a double narrative to the point of a Stanley Kubrick narrative. He directed Space epic 2001: A Space Odyssey. Anno was obviously inspired by the Shining and 2001's Blue Danube sequence creating the twins. The pyramid is an Illuminati image.
(Boo! Reboots! Consider it though with this list...)
10. David Fincher He can get the emotions right between the underage characters having sex. He can make that controversy and fan service raciness work, while hopefully making a masterpiece on terms of Fight Club. Makes you wonder how 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea will be.
9. John Hughes Breaking the fourth wall, Shinji or a narrator can bring a real dynamic to the storyline.
8. Alfred Hitchcock
It can be a psychoanalytic film of course. It can be a silent film. It can be black and white. It can be color. Rei will have dopplegangers. It will be a technical achievement and masterpiece.
7 &6. F.W. Munrau and Fritz Lang
Imagine what they did back then and what they can do now.
5. Carl Theodor Dreyer
No one can do religious imagery and relevance like Carl Theodor Dreyer except maybe..
4. Ingmar Bergman
Imagine Ingmar Bergman's direction of Death as a being in the Seventh Seal with his ability to work with actors in Scenes From a Marriage. The dynamic he can bring to the characters and see as their characters in Evangelion.
3. David Lynch Some have compared End of Evangelion with a David Lynch film. Imagine if he actually directing it. Rei Ayanami probably inspired the blonde wig used in Mulholland Drive.
2. Paul Thomas Anderson A film about religion starring Paul Dano with Daniel Day-Lewis playing his father with the psychadelicness of Punch-Drunk Love.
1. Stanley Kubrick It would be interesting to see Evangelion have a double narrative to the point of a Stanley Kubrick narrative. He directed Space epic 2001: A Space Odyssey. Anno was obviously inspired by the Shining and 2001's Blue Danube sequence creating the twins. The pyramid is an Illuminati image.
Films I am looking forward to Fall and Winter
It is the year of the Spikes. The final dethroning of Disney in animation again. Remakes. One of the finest portrayals of humanity and of course the Coen Brothers. All of these films have great directors and some of have dream casts. I hope you enjoy this list.
7. Her directed by Spike Jonze: A film with Joaquin Phoenix where he dates robots. If you're not interested, I don't know what film planet you're on.
6. The Wind Rises directed by Hayao Miyazaki A film about the creation of World War II planes as a passion with no intended malice that really brings about a philosophical and moral debate of creation.
5. Carrie If you're going to remake the Brian De Palma classic, why not use the director from Boys Don't Cry to deal with a teenager's agonizing growing experience?
4. Oldboy directed by Spike Lee, starring Josh Brolin, Sharlto Copley, Elizabeth Olsen and Samuel L. Jackson. Is this the year of great remakes?
3. 12 Years a Slave directed by Steve McQueen An avenger A-list actors' cast with an A-list director. It is a visceral film that makes you think about humanity a la a Stanley Kubrick film without the code.
2. The Counselor directed by Ridley Scott, written by Cormac McCarthy (his first original screenplay for film.) A great cast.
1. Inside Llewyn Davis directed by the Coen Brothers. A film about the NYC 1960s folk music scene that has been compared to a sad Alice in Wonderland.
7. Her directed by Spike Jonze: A film with Joaquin Phoenix where he dates robots. If you're not interested, I don't know what film planet you're on.
6. The Wind Rises directed by Hayao Miyazaki A film about the creation of World War II planes as a passion with no intended malice that really brings about a philosophical and moral debate of creation.
5. Carrie If you're going to remake the Brian De Palma classic, why not use the director from Boys Don't Cry to deal with a teenager's agonizing growing experience?
4. Oldboy directed by Spike Lee, starring Josh Brolin, Sharlto Copley, Elizabeth Olsen and Samuel L. Jackson. Is this the year of great remakes?
3. 12 Years a Slave directed by Steve McQueen An avenger A-list actors' cast with an A-list director. It is a visceral film that makes you think about humanity a la a Stanley Kubrick film without the code.
2. The Counselor directed by Ridley Scott, written by Cormac McCarthy (his first original screenplay for film.) A great cast.
1. Inside Llewyn Davis directed by the Coen Brothers. A film about the NYC 1960s folk music scene that has been compared to a sad Alice in Wonderland.
Daniel Day-Lewis' best portrayals
With recent reportings of Daniel Day-Lewis' supposed retirement, prior to taking a supposed casting in Star Wars: Episode VII (Imperial officer? Sith?!)
Anyway, here is the top films of Daniel Day-Lewis
Anyway, here is the top films of Daniel Day-Lewis
- There Will Be Blood Daniel Plainview is a liar, a salesman, a bad father, a corrupt businessman, the epitome of all American evil.
- In the Name of the Father He suffers greatly in this film from the corrupt UK government against Irish Republicans.
- My Left Foot His first really kick ass character and a breakthrough in indie films.
- Gangs of New York He sort of portrays this really nasty killer in the Five Points district who throws these anime-like tomahawks.
- Lincoln Daniel Day-Lewis who? I only saw the Kansas-born President of the United States!
Thursday, October 10, 2013
2013 New York Comic Con content
These are some pics from New York Comic Con
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Thursday, October 3, 2013
More about Elizabeth Olsen so far
With Samuel L. Jackson's news of Elizabeth Olsen portraying the Scarlet Witch in the Avengers' second film, I have decided to give some information about her.
Yes, she is Mary Kate and Ashley Olson's not twin sister, but she is also a very talented actress.
She was labeled by indie film media as the Queen of Sundance (2011) for her portrayal of the titular character in Sean Durkin's Martha Marcy May Marlene. I gave her the Best Actress Award for 2011 for that role where she portrays a teenager without parental guidance who ends up risking her life joining a cult, having the illusion of power, before colliding with the reality of vulnerability.
She held her own in a basically monologue performance in Silent House, playing a performance that may need to be seen multiple times. Even hard-to-please movie makers Red Letter Media noted her performance, in what they thought was a peculiarly edited film.
Finally, she was in How I Met Your Mother protagonist Josh Radnor's Liberal Arts, where she portrayed a young woman in love with a middle aged man, looking for her soulmate.
Although I do not expect this character to ever reach M4 greatness, I do expect a really noteworthy performance by her that will impress mainstream audiences better than the overrated Tom Hiddleston Thor or Benedict Cumberbach Khan. Either that or I will curse a studio destroyed Whedon again.
Seriously,
Martha Marcy May Marlene,
Silent House,
Liberal Arts,
In all three films, she portrayed vulnerable adolescent easily impressionable women looking for guidance. Magneto anyone? I know Marvel may want to avoid combinations with the X films, but her talent is just too good to waste.
Yes, she is Mary Kate and Ashley Olson's not twin sister, but she is also a very talented actress.
She was labeled by indie film media as the Queen of Sundance (2011) for her portrayal of the titular character in Sean Durkin's Martha Marcy May Marlene. I gave her the Best Actress Award for 2011 for that role where she portrays a teenager without parental guidance who ends up risking her life joining a cult, having the illusion of power, before colliding with the reality of vulnerability.
She held her own in a basically monologue performance in Silent House, playing a performance that may need to be seen multiple times. Even hard-to-please movie makers Red Letter Media noted her performance, in what they thought was a peculiarly edited film.
Finally, she was in How I Met Your Mother protagonist Josh Radnor's Liberal Arts, where she portrayed a young woman in love with a middle aged man, looking for her soulmate.
Although I do not expect this character to ever reach M4 greatness, I do expect a really noteworthy performance by her that will impress mainstream audiences better than the overrated Tom Hiddleston Thor or Benedict Cumberbach Khan. Either that or I will curse a studio destroyed Whedon again.
Seriously,
Martha Marcy May Marlene,
Silent House,
Liberal Arts,
In all three films, she portrayed vulnerable adolescent easily impressionable women looking for guidance. Magneto anyone? I know Marvel may want to avoid combinations with the X films, but her talent is just too good to waste.
Best space films
With Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity coming out, I would like to list the top films taking place in space. There is notably a quite big difference between the top 11's critical acclaim with the bottom 11.
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Starship Troopers
- Solaris
- Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
- Alien
- Alien 3
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars
- WALL-E
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- The Right Stuff
- Apollo 13
- Spaceballs
- Space Battleship Yamato
- Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan
- Transformers: The Movie (1986)
- Ultraman Galaxy
- Avatar
- Galaxy Quest
- The Black Hole
- Star Trek (2009)
- Independence Day
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