Notices by ☃️ John 🎄 🎬 🎥 (ukfilmnerd@mastodon.me.uk)

Remove the 3D animated people and replace them with real actors.

Why? Are they copying the Disney model?

How To Train Your Dragon | Official Teaser Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lzoxHSn0C0

This is the kind of film news I like! 🤣

Glen Powell seen on the set of The Running Man remake....running!!

After God knows how long it's been since my wife and I have had any free time to watch anything, we sat down and enjoyed episodes 4 and 5 of Fallout.

Wow. I'd forgotten how good the show looks and the story line. I won't spoil it, but the vault plotline is definitely more interesting halfway through. I wonder if the revelation it's building too will be the season one cliffhanger, assuming there is one.

I chilled out for a couple of hours and made another video for #loops. The federated version of TikTok.

You don't need to make videos to join, just head to https://loops.video/ and get yourself the app for iOS or Android and get scrolling.....and..erm...follow me? 😆

Sorry for the lack of any new reviews recently. I took a break on my last work shift. Now I'm working in my home county for a while, I don't have the peace and quiet of a hotel room to write a review. 😆

There's plenty of stuff to see on my blog as this hobby started in back in 2012.

I'll offer my favourite piece of writing from last year, a nostalgic, autobiographical look at me, films and VHS.

https://ukfilmnerd.wordpress.com/2023/01/10/my-nerdy-memories-vhs-and-me/

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has been previewed by the major gaming sites, with the publisher allowing them access to a few bits of levels in 90 minutes of gameplay time.

I've watched two videos and by all accounts, this is looking to be a really good game, with a good mix of puzzles and adventure.

So glad I have my Series S and a wife who pays for Game Pass. 😁

What does that mean? Stampede are behind Tremors 1➡️4, and the 13 episode television series. A script was written for film 5 but Universal went their own way without any help from Stampede.

That's why films 5,6 and 7 are terrible.

Now Stampede has the rights back for the first film, (anything from other films are still Universals), and so a new sequel with surviving cast members could be on the cards.

The Tremors rights are back in the hands of Stampede Entertainment
https://www.joblo.com/tremors-rights/

It looks like director Chad Stahelski (John Wick 1, 2, 3 & 4) had to reshoot most of the Ballerina (John Wick 3.5) without the original director, Len Wiseman, present.

This is more than a reshoot, as filming lasted 2 to 3 months!

Ouch.

https://www.joblo.com/chad-stahelski-ballerina/

@jacklaridian If it's really that bad, it may get The Crow'ed or Borderland'ed and get chucked onto a streaming platform within a month! 😂

Milk that cow Disney! For me, the Mandalorian started out well and I thought season 3 ended everything quite nicely.

Also, well done Pedro Pascal for the pay rise. I'm sure I read somewhere, he's not physical in the show that much as there's are least two other actors in the role. A stuntman and another guy who is very good at twirling guns etc.

The Mandalorian And Grogu could be a trilogy of Star Wars movies
https://filmstories.co.uk/news/the-mandalorian-and-grogu-could-be-a-trilogy-of-star-wars-movies/

My review within the hour...

Wow! Keanu Reeves was almost cast as Master Sol in The Acolyte. Not sure that would've saved it though.

Also, the reason for it's cancellation, apparently viewing figures dropped after episode 2. Not people are wondering if it disappear like Willow.

“Acolyte” Was Almost Renewed, Keanu Talk
https://www.darkhorizons.com/acolyte-was-almost-renewed-keanu-talk/

I've got a CEX voucher burning a hole in my wallet, so I think I'll get a 512gb extension card for my Xbox Series S so I can get some larger games.

So, Starfield. Does it have a single player story? Is it GTA in space or more of a No Man's Sky kind of game?

@jacklaridian Why is his face so clear but the text so garbled?

Interesting. I'm even more curious about this film now.

Hellboy: The Crooked Man earns R rating for violence & more
https://www.joblo.com/hellboy-the-crooked-man-rating/

@jacklaridian I stopped after the second trailer. Also, I wasn't impressed with everyone talking about and using one character, even though the head was hidden, as a thumbnail for the next trailer.

Can we have some surprises please?

I don't need another Xbox controller but if I were to buy one...

(Sadly, this is a one off competition prize.)

@jacklaridian Another good one is One Minute Time Machine.

https://youtu.be/CXhnPLMIET0?si=ey_ASIf_w3SKwJyW

Suella Braverman is still going for the evil villain role I see. "Lunatic woke virus"!? Dies she even know the meaning of the word?

#nowwatching Total Recall (2012)

Same old story from me. Saw it once on release, giving it another go.

I love the Paul Verhoeven directed original, it's also one of my favourite Arnold Schwarzenegger films too.

Did you know, there was a big fuss in the media for a while because the original film had the highest body count on screen.

I remember them comparing numbers to Die Hard 2 which was released the same year.

And cue Colin Farrell...

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/64635-total-recall