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The Filmdogs Podcast: Episode 29 – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Podcast
The 29th Episode of The Filmdogs Podcast is back just in time for the next train to Hogwarts. That’s right, this week we discuss all things Harry Potter, including each film, our favorite characters, and what we love about the franchise. Also discussed in the News is the delay of The Thing Prequel, Wolverine‘s new title, and the trailer for Green Lantern. All in all one might say this is a magical episode of The Filmdogs Podcast.
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Why directing Wolverine 2 isn’t a good idea for an established director.
Yawn...
When in the hands of a great director a comic book franchise can transcend it’s genre. Look no further than Christopher Nolan’s classic The Dark Knight for proof of such. Unfortunately, most of the time these properties don’t turn out the way fans hoped they would. The later X-Men films are good example of rushed productions, bad scripts, and studio interference. While Brett Ratner’s X-Men 3 was bad, the schlockiness really came to a head with the laughable X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The movie may be regarded as completely terrible by most sentient beings, but general love of the character Wolverine was enough to put butts in the seats. The film made $373,062,864 million worldwide, a sequel was greenlit, and the search for director to helm it has begun.
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Score Your Week | The Fountain
At the beginning of the week here at Filmdogs, a member of the pack will be offering a recommendation for a soundtrack to help you speed up those never ending work days and (if possible) inspire you.
British composer Clint Mansell is best known for his work with director Darren Aronofsky. Particularly his main theme for Requiem or a Dream. However, it’s his darkly epic work on the director’s third film The Fountain that really made me take notice. Read the rest of this entry »
Mr. Jason’s Worst of 09
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
-It’s like a 3rd grader wrote this script and the whole time was just going, “Oh man you know what would be cool…” Read the rest of this entry »
