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The Amazing Spider-Man
Theatrical Release Date: 2010 (USA) / 2012 07 03 (USA - 3D) / 2012 07 03 (USA)
Studio: Sony Pictures
MPAA Rating: PG13 Contains:[Violence]
Summary: Typical teenager Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) embraces his incredible destiny after uncovering one of his father's most carefully guarded secrets as Columbia Pictures reboots the Spider-Man franchise with the help of director Mark Webb ((500) Days of Summer) and screenwriter James Vanderbilt (Zodiac). Sally Field, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, and Emma Stone co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Category: Action
Blu-ray exclusives:
The Amazing Spider-Man second screen app: download the app to your iPad or Sony Tablet S or Xperia Tablet S and sync to the film for an even more immersive experience
Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn: over 90 minutes of in-depth making-of featurettes
Pre-visualization sequences
Image progression reels
Deleted scenes
Audio commentary with Marc Webb, Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach
Stunt rehearsals
The Oscorp archives - production art gallery
The Amazing Spider-Man
Format: Blu-ray
Release Date: 11/09/2012
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 2.40:1
Audio: DHMA, DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo
Runtime: 136 Minutes
Sides: 3
Number of Discs: 3
Language(s) English,French,Portuguese,Spanish
Subtitles: English,French
Disc #1 -- The Amazing Spider-Man
1. Scene 1 [7:46]
2. Scene 2 [6:53]
3. Scene 3 [8:17]
4. Scene 4 [10:00]
5. Scene 5 [8:26]
6. Scene 6 [7:17]
7. Scene 7 [6:28]
8. Scene 8 [8:05]
9. Scene 9 [9:11]
10. Scene 10 [5:22]
11. Scene 11 [6:43]
13. Scene 12 [9:21]
14. Scene 13 [8:57]
15. Scene 14 [9:16]
16. Scene 15 [8:36]
17. Scene 16 [15:23]
Jeremy Wheeler
The Amazing Spider-Man is one confused mixed bag of a superhero movie. The first ten minutes say a lot about the dramatic tone that director Marc Webb was most concerned with establishing, although much of that particular air of self-seriousness just kind of lays limp, waiting for the next intermittent scene of humor to relieve the audience's yearning to just have a good time. It's true that the film only seems to pop when it lets loose the shackles of this oh-so-personal Peter Parker origin story. Indeed, the film covers much of the same ground that Raimi's first film did... too bad it seems laborious here -- that is, until the talking CG lizard turd shows up to declass the proceedings. Yet through it all, there are plenty of moments in the film that work: actors who brighten up a scene, genuinely funny audience-friendly bits, and Spidey images that are just neat to see. It's just too bad that one can�t sift the good stuff through a strainer and leave out the celluloid fat.
The script's pork lies mostly in this backstory that reinvents Peter (Andrew Garfield) as a loner orphan who conveniently finds a nondescript parcel belonging to his long-lost father, whose tale once paralleled a comic story that cast him as an American spy (itself an orphaned subplot cut out for the theatrical release), which leads Peter to conveniently jump to the conclusion that he should investigate and get this plot a-rolling. Lucky for him, the popular gal he's got his eye on, Gwen Stacy (charmingly played by Emma Stone), is a lab intern forCurt Connors (Rhys Ifans), the very man Peter is seeking out because he worked with his father. Though the i's are never dotted for Peter -- or the audience -- in this particular deadbeat dad/coworker relationship seemingly so key to the story, a common intellectual ground is found between the two while the inquisitive teenager is visiting the company that the one-armed scientist works for, Oscorp (cue sequel clues here). Soon, Peter is bitten by a radioactive spider at the lab and we're off to the races, crossing off iconic character moments like a checklist (Uncle Ben dies, Peter seeks revenge and discovers powers while trying out his new alter ego) that eventually lead to the showdown between the now-vigilante Spider-Man and the Lizard, a mutated Dr. Connors who seeks the new evolution of mankind through cross-species DNA mumbo jumbo.
Clocking in at the theaters at fifteen minutes beyond two hours, the picture shifts from serious land to B-movie mayhem at around the halfway point and really doesn�t stop smelling funky from there on in. The lizard is a mess -- looks-wise, as well as in his poorly laid out intentions. The computer-generated villain mugs for the camera aplenty, with Ifans' voice absurdly spouting out dialogue that only underlines how dopey the end result is in comparison to the brooding drama that makes up much of the rest of the picture. Spider-Man himself barely grows out of his young cocky mode before becoming a non-expressive digital stuntman in much of the film's finale. It's too bad, because Garfield has it in him to be a good Peter, albeit a different one than we've seen before. Stone, along with Denis Leary as her father, provide the most well-acted scenes with Garfield that honestly work and provide the best backbone the flick possesses. Unfortunately, the cast's keen chemistry ends with Aunt May and Uncle Ben, both played by terrific actors (Sally Field and Martin Sheen, respectively) who are never given the right chance to connect with the warmth and emotionality of their characters.
As in most cases with Marvel movies not made in-house during this time, there's just something off with this Spidey outing that hurts it in the long run. Many will say it's missing the fun that Raimi effortlessly brought to the character -- a shared ingredient that made The Avengers such a crowd-pleaser. Comparisons aside, The Amazing Spider-Man just seems like too much of a compromised product. Its former indie director wanted it to be one thing, yet by definition of a modern superhero film, was forced to include expensive action regalia that he wasn't cut out to handle. Perhaps the film will end up being a necessary studio sacrifice just to continue on with the character in future outings. In that case, it'll be interesting to see what they learn from this semi-honorable, but ultimately shabby effort. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
Cast and Crew:
Michael Grillo
Executive Producer
James Horner Composer (Music Score)
Steve Kloves Screenwriter
Stan Lee Executive Producer
Alvin Sargent Screenwriter
Laura Ziskin Producer
Avi Arad Producer
Kevin Feige Executive Producer
Marc Webb Director
James Vanderbilt Screenwriter
Matt Tolmach Producer
Andrew Garfield Actor
Emma Stone Actor
Rhys Ifans Actor
Denis Leary Actor
Martin Sheen Actor
Sally Field Actor
Irfan Khan Actor
Campbell Scott Actor
Embeth Davidtz Actor
Chris Zylka Actor
Max Charles Actor
C. Thomas Howell Actor
Jake Keiffer Actor
Kari Coleman Actor
Michael Barra Actor
Leif Gantvoort Actor
Andy Pessoa Actor
Hannah Marks Actor
Kelsey Chow Actor
Kevin McCorkle Actor
Andy Gladbach Actor
Ring Hendricks-Tellefsen Actor
Barbara Eve Harris Actor
Stan Lee Actor
Danielle Burgio Actor
Tom Waite Actor
Keith Campbell Actor
Steve DeCastro Actor
Jill Flint Actor
Mark Daughtery Actor
Milton Gonzalez Actor
Skyler Gisondo Actor
Charlie DePew Actor
Jacob Rodier Actor
Vincent Laresca Actor
Damien Lemon Actor
Ty Upshaw Actor
James Chen Actor
Alexander Bedria Actor
Tia Texada Actor
Jay Caputo Actor
John Burke Actor
Terry Bozeman Actor
Jennifer Lyons Actor
Michael Massee Actor
Amber Stevens Actor
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- Apparently it's just an assumption based on the species name "Haliians." It's possible that there's some other production source that references the planet, though. If not, however, this should probably be deleted or merged with Haliian. --From Andoria with Love 01:55, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
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CANTON - A Massena man has pleaded guilty to a burglary count in St. Lawrence County Court stemming from his role in a September 2011 at the Massena Country Club.
Kurtis P. Moore, 20, of 43 Martin St., Massena, pleaded guilty to a third-degree burglary count. He admitted he had illegally entered the Massena Country Club in the town of Louisville in September 2011. He is represented by St. Lawrence County Court Public Defender Stephen D. Button.
St. Lawrence County Court Judge Jerome J. Richards directed the probation department to conduct a pre-sentence investigation and set sentencing for Feb. 19, 2012. Moores release under the supervision of the probation department was continued.
Massena-based state police had charged Moore and Norman R. Rochefort, 18, of Massena with third-degree burglary and resisting arrest and unlawful possession of marijuana Friday evening.
Troopers allegedMoore and Rochefort allegedly illegally entered the Massena Country Club, 829 state Route 131, Louisville, at 3:10 a.m. Sept. 23, 2011. Troopers responded to a burglar alarm at the country club early that morning and found the lower door to the country club open. They also located a wallet on the floor that club pro Thomas L. Siddon told troopers had not been there shortly after 7 p.m. the previous night when he locked the doors to the pro shop and cart storage areas.
Troopers said Rochefort and Moore were aware for several days that troopers wanted to speak to them about the country club burglary. Police said they received information approximately two weeks later that the two men were at 39 George St., Massena. Troopers said both men fled uniformed troopers on foot at that time. They were later taken into custody.
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"Jet Jaguar! Jet Jaguar!"By srbissette on September 3rd, 2012
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How Godzilla, Megalon, Gigan, and Jet Jaguar Became a Boxoffice Bonanza in '76, Part 4
Coming on the hairy heels of the PG-rated The Giant Spider Invasion—with its rural adulterers, alcoholics, near-incest (a woman hitting on her teen sister's beau, a brother-in-law hitting on the same scantily-clad teen sister, etc.), the drinking of (blendered) spiders, spiders-drinking-people, and splashy gore—the Bijou audience in Morrisville, VT was raring for—well, something bigger. Brassier. Ballsier.
Godzilla should fill the bill!
A stern narrator's voice and a map filled the screen after the intermission lights dimmed. Blahblahblah nuclear testing, blahblahblah islands, blahblah Seatopia, then: MONSTERS! The crowd roared as Godzilla's mug and his distinctive roar filled the theater—then, he was gone. Blahblahblah Monster Island, explosions, more explosions, and the title: GODZILLA VS. MEGALON! The audience howled in approval.
Oh, then—what we got…
What we got—to the slowly evident groans and gradual sinking and sagging of sore bodies into seats (those rock-hard Bijou theater seats were a tight, narrow, uncomfortably knee-cracking way to spend three+ hours)—was an unabashedly stupid children's movie.
There was no doubt from the first shot of a human being in Godzilla vs. Megalon—of a waving preschool Japanese kid splashing in a lake, riding the most insanely cartoonish water-vehicle ever seen by mankind—that this wasn't going to be anything like The Giant Spider Invasion. This was cheesy kid's stuff, dumber than a salt lick.
For a time, you could feel the air leaving the audience. You could hear it, too. Still, nobody walked out. It wasn't that bad.
See, there's this out-of-place white guy in a bogus toga and tinsel headpiece (vet token-caucasian-in-Toho-movies actor Robert Dunham, as "Emperor Antonio of Seatopia," above) who is, I dunno, ruler of some underwater kingdom named Seatopia—well, see, now, because of the nuclear testing, he's pissed at the surface people, namely us.
This paunchy, balding Submariner-wannabe mystically conjures some giant flame-ball-belching drill-bit-handed outsized cockroach named Megalon from some dirt bunghole in the Earth. This provided a tentative link with The Giant Spider Invasion—you know, spiders, insects, bugs. Tentative, but it was something to hang on to.
There's these Seatopian "secret agents" who look like shady Japanese-types with bad hair. All that seems to stand between certain doom for the surface world and Seatopia's armageddon-outta-here "dertain coom" is the punk semi-toddler with the badly-dubbed squeaky voice (Hiroyuki Kawase, from Akira Kurosawa's どですかでん / Dodesukaden / Dodes'ka-den, Jun Fukuda's ゴジラ対ヘドラ / Gojira tai Hedora / Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster, and, later, the infamous Time of the Apes, the incomprehensible Planet of the Apes-rip-off TV-feature Sandy Frank cut down from the 1974 TV series SFドラマ 猿の軍団 / SF Drama Saru no Gundan).
Listen, it was really all about the kid.
In fact, Toho had aimed Godzilla vs. Megalon directly at the kid's market, just as they had ゴジラ • ミニラ • ガバラ オール 怪獣大進撃 / Gojira Minira Gabara Ōru Kaijū Daishingeki / Godzilla: All Monsters Attack (1969), which saw a (very limited) 1971 stateside release from Maron Films (more on Maron momentarily) as Godzilla's Revenge (double-billed with Terence Fisher's lackluster British sf fog-bound snoozer Island of the Burning Damned—original title: Night of the Big Heat, 1967).
This was a rough patch for diehard Godzilla devotees—even newsstand monster magazines like Castle of Frankenstein had been disparaging the Toho monster movie swing toward monster-fests and increasingly matinee-oriented fare, ever since Continental had imported 三大怪獣 地球最大の決戦 / San Daikaijū: Chikyū Saidai no Kessen / Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster in 1965.
But this—this was really kid stuff.
I recall hearing about Godzilla's Revenge from a friend who'd seen it, bitching in disbelief that a Godzilla movie would not only "star" Godzilla's walnut-faced brat ミニラ / Minira / Minilla, aka Minya, to American viewers, but that it wasn't really a monster movie at all—not a "serious" monster movie, like the Godzilla flicks, with monsters smashing cities, alien invaders, and so on. It was really about a tubby little Japanese kid fighting bullies, all while fantasizing about Godzilla as a role model. Huh?? This prompted much stoner conversation at the time, I tell you. Trust me on that.
It was hard at the time to fathom this was possible, much less true; most of us didn't catch it until Maron sold it to TV, where it became a staple into the 1980s, and then, ooohhhhh, we learned the bitter truth. Why, Godzilla vs. Megalon seemed like Mutiny on the Bounty compared to Godzilla's Revenge!
So kid-oriented was Godzilla vs. Megalon that its nominal co-star, Jet Jaguar, aka ジェットジャガー / Jetto Jagā (no relation to future rapper/producer/Vertigo comics writer Super Jet Jaguar, aka MF Grimm aka Percy Carey, who had just turned six years old when Godzilla vs. Megalon hit American screens), had reportedly been designed by a six-year-old boy, winner of a Japan-wide contest to design the lead character in a new Toho science-fiction epic. Somewhere between the lad's robot design winning top prize and director Jun Fukuda actually shooting the movie, Toho brass decided Jet Jaguar, cool as he was, couldn't carry a whole movie on his own iron shoulders—and so, the Jet Jaguar debut (and only) screen appearance would have to be a Godzilla movie (hope the kid earned a royalty and merchandizing shares, but I doubt it).
This was very, very fortunate for the father sitting directly behind us at the Bijou Theater that summer night. But I digress.
So, then, back to the movie:
The kid riding the clownish aquatic vehicle, named Rokuro aka Roku-chan, was someone I recognized. He was a bigger pain-in-the-ass in this movie (already, after only a few seconds of screen time) then he had been when he played wee little "Ken" in Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (which I'd seen four years earlier on the big screen of the Paramount Theater in Barre, VT). Per usual, it sounded like his voice had been dubbed by a woman actor pretending to be a kid. Worse yet, he was saddled with two adults guardians or friends: the goofy-lapels-leisure-suit-wearing Hiroshi (Yutaka Hayashi) and a scientific inventor-type named Goro (Katsuhiko Sasaki), who has built a man-sized pointy-eared robot named Jet Jaguar (Tsugutoshi Komada).
As soon as we met the robot, I knew what we were in for: this was Ultraman turf, in spades.
I'd grown up watching Ultraman (left) on Canadian television (on CBC, Channel 6, if memory serves). I loved Ultraman, but I also knew the look and feel of the show was scaled back and down from even the cheapest Toho monster movie—and I was right.
Godzilla vs. Megalon was, in essence, a big-screen Ultraman episode.
Fine with me!
I don't have to say "I can't imagine what it looked like to the uninitiated," because I was sitting right next to a couple of fellow Johnson State College tutors I'd dragged to this double-bill, and man, did I get an earful.
"Jesus, Bissette, this is the cheesiest Godzilla ever!" my pal Mike chuckled between handfuls of popcorn. "You owe me a pitcher of beer after this shit!"
Don't get me wrong, everyone ended up having fun with Godzilla vs. Megalon, and there was even a cheer when Godzilla finally came trotting out, dukes up, ready to kick some beastie-butt after the dopey bug-boogey Megalon (Hideto Odachi) and blade-bristling Gigan (Kenpachiro Satsuma, aka Kengo Nakayama—hey, some of us keep track of this shit, OK?) had managed to knock the tar out of the garish silver-yellow-and-red grinning-grill-faced Jet Jaguar.
But man, that first half-hour or so was a tough slog. Seatopia blahblahblah, Seatopian spies blahblahblah, preschool espionage blahblahblah.
"Where's Godzilla?" a kid sitting behind us urgently whispered to his Dad just about every five minutes.
"He's coming," Dad whispered back. "Don't worry."
The kid was worried.
The main fun to be had until the monsters took over the action seemed to be whatever pleasure could be mustered from jeering at the silly people antics on the screen. Relief arrived in the sequence in which Megalon plunged into the waters behind a huge dam, punching holes in the concrete structure until (much to Mike's chagrin) Megalon bopped the bright yellow dumpster Rokuro and Hiroshi were trapped in up into the air and impossibly to a safe landing, spilling unconscious but unharmed Roku-chan and Hiroshi out onto the grass. "Damn, I hoped that snot was finally gonna buy it," Mike sneered.
"Dad, where is Godzilla?"
"Shhh, he's coming. Look, there's Jet Jaguar!"
He pronounced it "Jet Jagger," I recall. (Hell, I was impressed he remembered the character's name at all, but then again, this was hard work for a backwoods Dad. He probably thought this was going to be an easier ride than The Giant Spider Invasion, which I don't recall the kid complaining about at all. In fact, we were a little surprised there even was a five-year old sitting right behind us; he didn't make a peep until it was Godzilla time!)
That father spent a lot of time comforting his son that "Godzilla is coming." This was typical of the Toho monster movies, especially by this point. Toho had tossed in a teaser before the title card—the nuclear tests that so pissed off the Seatopians had also upset the denizens of Monster Island, we were hastily told, but those few clips of Godzilla, Anguirus, and Rodan were fleeting, soon overwhelmed by miniature explosions and smoke—but man oh man, that pre-title tease sure had been a loooooooonnnnnnggg time ago for the five-year-old seated behind us. Hell, it was a long time for my own "inner five-year old," lemmee tell you.
The Dad was going to need a pitcher of beer after this.
Finally, finally—after Megalon smashed the damned dam, after Jet Jaguar's regained control of his own will (seized earlier by those ditzy Seatopian agents)—Jet Jaguar went and got Godzilla off Monster Island.
But even then, save for brief crosscut shots of Godzilla seen from above, just the top of his head, swimming swimming swimming ("Dad—Dad, WHERE is Godzilla??"), the wee tyke still had to endure Gigan inexplicably being conjured from who-knows-fucking-where by the Seatopians (I'm still not sure who the hell that Seatopian ruler called up to get Gigan into the fray—I mean, who do you call? Can Obama get him on the phone, too?), and the agony of seeing Jet Jaguar spun silly before the wrestling-like team-up of rubber-men-in-suit villains Megalon and Gigan pounded the mercury-tinged snot out of Jet Jaguar.
Then, and only then, did Godzilla (Shinji Takagi) come strutting out onto the miniature landscape with the opulent azure sky backdrop, ready for action!
What brought Godzilla vs. Megalon to this remote nabe in Morrisville, VT? As I've said, this was a surprise boxoffice smash in the summer and early fall of 1976, and it seemed to be playing everywhere—and I do mean everywhere—for a couple of busy months.
- The back story, and company history, of Cinema Shares is well worth taking in, and trust me—it's a hoot (here's the best account I've found online, covering the entire history leading up to, and following, Cinema Shares's theatrical distribution run).
Mel Maron was a key player in the last throes of the Toho monster movies of the late 1960s and 1970s—those that American-International Pictures (AIP) passed on—landing in theaters.
Pre-Cinema Shares, in partnership with whatever was left of producer Henry G. Saperstein's UPA Productions (the once-progressive animation studio Saperstein had purchased and bled dry), Maron Films unleashed the double-feature of War of the Gargantuas (フランケンシュタインの怪獣 サンダ対ガイ / Furankenshutain no Kaijū: Sanda tai Gaira, 1966) and Monster Zero (怪獣大戦争 / Kaijū Daisensō, aka Invasion of the Astro-Monsters; 1965) to drive-ins and nabes in 1970.
Now, that was a fucking Japanese movie monster double-feature—but it hardly landed playdates, sweeping through only select regional markets. Mahon Films just didn't have the clout to open anything wide.
Once Maron was part of Cinema Shares (as of 1975), he had a hand in the stateside release of the Godzilla films released here as Godzilla on Monster Island (地球攻撃命令 ゴジラ対ガイガン / Chikyū Kogeki Meirei Gojira tai Gaigan, aka Godzilla vs. Gigan; 1972), Godzilla vs. the Bionic/Cosmic Monster (ゴジラ対メカゴジラ / Gojira Tai Mekagojira, aka Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla; 1974), and the subject of today's installment of this interminable essay, GODZILLA vs. MEGALON (ゴジラ対メガロ / Gojira tai Megaro; 1973).
Godzilla vs. Megalon was by far the most successful of all the Cinema Shares releases of a Godzilla feature, and one of their most successful releases, period.
"Godzilla vs. the Bionic Monster invited a lawsuit from the producers of the hit TV shows The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman, prompting Cinema Shares to quickly change the word "Bionic" to "Cosmic"…," and I've got the pressbooks in the SpiderBaby Archives as evidence.
Incredibly, Godzilla vs. Megalon was the only Godzilla feature to enjoy a prime-time TV premiere on a major U.S network: NBC broadcast it, with much ballyhoo, during the the summer of 1977, hosted by actor John Belushi in a Godzilla suit. It was hacked to pieces to fit a one-hour timeslot and make room for Belushi's antics, but the Godzilla action scenes were relatively intact.
This was a major coup and cash windfall for Cinema Shares, and harbinger of where Cinema Shares and Mahon's fortunes were going. Poggiali notes,
"After the tax shelter laws were tightened in the latter part of the 1970s, Cinema Shares ceased operating as a theatrical distribution outfit and turned all of its attention toward TV and international sales….After a five-year hiatus, Cinema Shares had a fleeting return to the theatrical market in the mid 1980s with a handful of low-grade Italian programmers, including Lamberto Bava's MONSTER SHARK, the dreadful Mad Max rip-off RUSH and its equally terrible sequel, RAGE. After one-week runs on 42nd Street, where they were trashed by intrepid Variety critic Lawrence Cohn, these noxious throwaways were sold to video as "direct from theatrical release" and licensed to TV stations as part of Cinema Shares' syndication packages. THE HEADLESS EYES, BLOOD WATERS OF DR. Z, the Italian horror film PANIC (starring [David] Warbeck and Janet Agren), and Andy Milligan's THE MAN WITH TWO HEADS were other low-budgeters that turned up on TV in the late 1980s sporting the Cinema Shares logo."
At some point in the 1980s, some of the Cinema Shares product—including Godzilla vs. Megalon—started popping up on multiple video labels in video rental stores and in retail venues. The perception—if not the legal reality—was that Godzilla vs. Megalon had become a public domain title, ripe for bootlegging in semi-legitimate packaging. It was the most prevalent Godzilla videocassette of them all.
How in hell did this happen? Back to Chris Poggiali's account of Maron's distribution history, speaking in this context of the Drive-In Movie TV broadcasts on WNEW Channel 5 in New York (which the Cinema Shares Godzilla films were part of), and the martial arts features Mahon had handled via World Northal Films:
"…rumor is that a thieving World Northal intern made off with dozens of the masters and started his own bootleg video company, which would account for all the dubbed prints that proliferated on VHS in the early 1990s (I used to pick them up at a spot on the Deuce near 8th that later relocated around the corner and became the 43rd Chamber)."
That's possible, plus there must have been a lot of stray 35mm prints of Godzilla vs. Megalon out there, given the saturation booking Cinema Shares scored with the film nationally in 1976. Something had to happen to and with all those prints—and once Cinema Shares was kaput, they would have been considered corporate orphans by opportunistic videocassette labels.
But I'm getting ahead of the movie here.
So, Godzilla came striding over the cheap-but-man-that's-still-pretty-cool miniature Japanese countryside, ready for action, and…
"Dad! It's GODZILLA! GODZILLA!"
"Shhhhh—yep, son, that's him!"
"Now he's gonna kick some ass, Dad!"
And now, the Bijou audience was up in arms, roused to action.
This was a wrestler-lovin' crowd (there were regular wrestling events in local American Legions, and in "big town" Burlington's Patrick Gym, from time to time), and everyone knew it was time:
Godzilla was going to open a can of whoop-ass on this big bug and his can-opener-armed scaly compadre.
Now, THIS was going to make the whole evening worthwhile!
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Randy's 'Survivor' Exit Interview
The Heroes delighted in tossing meanie after meanie into the muck and when it came down to the last pair, Randy vs. James, the contest became almost laughable.
A nano-second after Jeff's "Go!" Randy was neck deep in mud and he'd barely have time to wash it off before his tribe -- seemingly under Parvati's flirty spell -- snuffed the torch he'd just gotten to light. (Randy's rebuttal? Tossing the buff into the fire on his way out. Effigy. Nice touch.)
Does the 50-year-old Texan think he got the boot just because he doesn't have a "pretty smile and a nice wiggle" like the girls on his tribe? Yup. Is he happy about it? We're guessing not.
Did he have the patience to respond to our notoriously goofy questions? Have a look ...
Fringe casts General Hospital villain Sebastian Roche
His Fringe character doesn't have a name yet -- and least not one that they've released -- but the storyline is that he's from another dimension, not entirely human or android, and he's on a mission. He's a soldier who's supposed to collect data to open a "stable door to the other side."
Could it be an alternate universe? A parallel dimension? Some kind of time warp? The possibilities are wide open when it comes to Fringe.
Here are a few Heroes spoilers, courtesy of Bryan Fuller
So does Bryan Fuller. He came back to the show after ABC canceled Pushing Daisies, and while I have always liked the Heroes, you can tell that the show has turned a corner in the past couple of episodes. The pace isn't break-neck anymore, the time traveling stuff has calmed down, and the storytelling is tighter. Fuller is interviewed over at SciFiWire, and he talks about how he, as a fan, was frustrated with the way the show was going. He also drops a few spoilers for fans and explains his plans for what's in store for the last episodes of the season.
Here's how Bryan Fuller will fix Heroes
Pushing Daisies creator/producer Bryan Fuller is back at the show. He worked on the show in the first season, and now he's coming back to work on it again starting with episode 19, a few episodes into the "Fugitives" chapter. In this interview over at Entertainment Weekly, Fuller acknowledges that the show has had several problems the past year. He's well aware of them, and he has some ideas on how to fix it.
What if Heroes wasn't a serialized show?
For next season, he'd like to see more self-contained episodes instead of a long continuing storyline over the entire season. He talked about what he intended to do with the show and what the future might hold at the Creative Screenwriting Expo last weekend. He wanted to give NBC a show like Lost or 24, one with a serialized storyline that would have fans coming back each week. Now he says he's not sure if that was the right decision, describing those shows as "an absolute bear to do." He thinks that the way that people watch TV nowadays is a lot different than just three years ago, because of DVRs and online viewing and all that, and that has changed how viewers watch serialized dramas since they don't watch them live every week.
Damages Emmy winner coming to Heroes
That's the name of a new character that will be introduced midseason on NBC's Heroes. The Hunter will, presumably, hunt several of the heroes in the next chapter of the saga, "Fugitives." This chapter will start when the current chapter, "Villains," ends in episode 13. "Fugitives" will begin in January or February.
New Heroes trailer is online - VIDEO
NBC is set to debut the trailer for the new season of Heroes on August 30th as part of the big "NBC Primetime Preview." But since most of us grew up with MTV, we don't have the patience to wait for that. Luckily, it's already online, and embedded after the jump.
I'm one of those that had some issues with the last season. It felt like Maya, Alejandro, Micah, and Monica were all part of an elaborate scheme to make me put my head through a wall. And man, I was ready for Hiro to be done with ancient Japan about three weeks before he was. However, I do believe Tim Kring when he says he understands what they did wrong, and that the next season will be better. That, combined with the new trailer, has me as excited as ever about the show.
The reality stars you love to hate
The first reality show contestant I learned to hate was Puck from the San Francisco season of MTV's The Real World. This was actually before people went on reality shows just to be on television and become some sort of celebrity. Oh, what innocent, fun times those were (and I'm serious - the first few seasons of The Real World were quite good).
Puck was actually OK for several episodes, but then he started with the hateful talk, not getting along with his roommates, and the battles with Pedro (though I have to admit that the thing I disliked most about Puck wasn't any of those things, it was the time he stuck his fingers in the peanut butter - gah). Now TV Guide includes Puck in their list of the top 10 reality TV villains. You can probably guess a few of the others. Spencer Pratt is on there (I had never seen or heard of this guy until Letterman's interview last night), Survivor's Jonny Fairplay, and, of course, Omarosa of The Apprentice.
Anyone missing from this list?
(By the way, it actually hurt a little bit to check the "celebrities" category for this post.)
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Hit It Big And Hit The Fairway
Labels: Instruction, Quick Tips, Ballstriking, Driving, Full Swing, Slicing
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TOPS SHOTS HAPPEN when you lose the spine angle you established at address and "stand up" as you approach the ball. When you get taller, the bottom half of your club makes contact with the top half of the ball (see swing, above right). The result is a nasty top.
To stay in your spine angle throughout the swing, try the drill above, left. Place a stand bag (or some other stable, vertical object) so your backside rests against it. Then place your left palm on the butt end of your grip and, using only your right arm, make some passing motions as if you were swinging one-handed. Doing this keeps you centered, your head behind the ball and your posture nearly the same as it was at address. Make sure that, as you do this, you keep your backside against the bag. Don't stand up! Now retain that feeling when you swing.
GOLFERS SLICE THE BALL when one of two things happens: They have an open clubface or they swing the club on a path that travels from outside the target line to inside it. (In other words, they cut across the ball, just as tennis players do when they hit a cut shot.)
The easiest of these two "faults" to fix is your clubface position. Since most slicers lose the extension in their forward arm (and create the dreaded postimpact "chicken wing" shown in photo below), make sure your forearms touch each other in the followthrough (photo at left). Doing this closes your clubface through the impact area and minimizes side spin on the ball.
Once you've exaggerated your release a few times, your arms should be ready to release in the right way—not quite touching, but certainly not in a chicken wing!
THE FIRST STEP to hitting the fairway occurs in your preshot routine.
As you can see here, I'm checking to see if my shoulders and hips are parallel to my target line. I don't normally do this during my rounds, but I suggest you try it on the range. It's a great way to make sure your body matches your target line.
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News about Planned Parenthood Federation of America, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Oct. 1, 2015
Congress approves temporary spending measure that will fund government through mid-December with just hours to spare on last day of fiscal year, avoiding government shutdown; measures passes in House due to strong Democratic support; House Republicans respond by passing resolution to cut federal funding of Planned Parenthood, which will be blocked by Democrats in Senate. MORE
Oct. 1, 2015
Gail Collins Op-Ed article harshly critiques Republican interrogation of Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, and their attempts to undermine group's legitimacy, at congressional hearing. MORE
Sep. 30, 2015
Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards testifies before contentious House committee, denying heated accusations by Republicans that group profits from selling fetal tissue; conservatives are attempting to stop federal funding of organization. MORE
Sep. 29, 2015
Liberal women across the United States express conflicted feelings about candidacy of Carly Fiorina, only female GOP candidate in presidential race; Fiorina has impressed many feminists with her attacks against Donald Trump, but her stances against abortion and Planned Parenthood are troubling for liberals. MORE
Sep. 24, 2015
Editorial asserts congressional Republicans' campaign against Planned Parenthood, including bid to shut down government unless group is defunded, amounts to an obsession comprising discrimination against women, pandering to voters and obstructing government. MORE
Sep. 23, 2015
Senate Republican leaders move to avoid government shutdown by setting vote on temporary spending bill to keep agencies open through Dec 11; Democrats are likely to block measure because of provision cutting off funds for Planned Parenthood. MORE
Sep. 22, 2015
California Rep Nancy Pelosi discusses tension between her support for abortion and her Roman Catholic faith ahead of visit by Pope Francis, and against backdrop of House Republican threats to shut down government unless Planned Parenthood is defunded. MORE
Sep. 21, 2015
Charles M Blow Op-Ed column questions the enthusiasm for Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina; argues her perceived outsider status elides series of political failures and revision of her personal history; also asserts that her proposal to defund Planned Parenthood demonstrates lack of understanding of harsh realities that less fortunate women face. MORE
Sep. 19, 2015
House Republicans vote to block all federal funding for Planned Parenthood, which they have accused of illegal sale of aborted fetuses; opposition from Pres Obama and Senate Democrats are likely to prevent bill from becoming law. MORE
Sep. 19, 2015
Gail Collins Op-Ed column examines Republican proposals to revoke funding for Planned Parenthood and analyzes what this would mean for vulnerable populations that have little access to other health care providers, particularly family planning services; notes adverse consequences that have resulted from previous, successful efforts to deny Planned Parenthood clinics funding in Louisiana, Indiana and Texas. MORE
Sep. 18, 2015
Senate Republicans say they are moving forward with bill to outlaw all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy; House votes to advance bill that will end federal financing for Planned Parenthood; two bills will intensify political battle over abortion that could result in government shutdown. MORE
Sep. 2, 2015
Fear is welling in Louisiana over Gov Bobby Jindal's efforts to cut funding for state's two Planned Parenthood clinics; medical workers say large number of undeserved people in state have no other option for sexually transmitted disease treatments. MORE
Aug. 28, 2015
Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards tells House committee that expert analysis suggests videotapes recorded by anti-abortion group Center for Medical Progress were altered, rendering them unreliable for any official inquiry; Republicans on House Energy and Commerce Committee are investigating allegations that Planned Parenthood clinics illegally profit from sale of fetal tissue to researchers. MORE
Aug. 22, 2015
Los Angles Judge Joanne O'Donnell rules anti-abortion group Center for Medical Progress has right to release video showing employees of research company StemExpress discussing fetal tissue purchases connected to Planned Parenthood; StemExpress sought to block video on grounds it was recorded secretly. MORE
Aug. 20, 2015
Planned Parenthood announces move to resume first-trimester abortions in three Florida locations; state health official's ongoing investigation asserts second-semester abortions were performed at clinics, but Planned Parenthood says dispute is based in different definitions of when pregnancy begins. MORE
Aug. 18, 2015
Anti-abortion officials in many Republican-controlled states are attempting to block public funding for Planned Parenthood, or to mount investigations into organization; efforts are reaction to controversial video footage of Planned Parenthood officials discussing fetal tissue. MORE
Aug. 15, 2015
Arkansas Gov Asa Hutchinson says state is cutting off its Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood, despite warnings from federal officials that move could violate law. MORE
Aug. 6, 2015
New Hampshire lawmakers vote against funding Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, depriving state's centers of $638,000, or about one-third of operating budget. MORE
Aug. 4, 2015
Senate votes, 53-46, to block bill to end Planned Parenthood Federation of America's federal funds; House committee is investigating organization after videos emerge showing Planned Parenthood officials discussing fees for tissue from aborted fetuses. MORE
Jul. 31, 2015
Conservative Republicans are threatening to shut down government amid pledge to reject any spending bill that does not cut off funds for Planned Parenthood; point to videos alleging group sells fetal tissue for medical research; is latest example of ardent conservatives threatening shut down unless their policies are advanced. MORE
Jul. 30, 2015
Op-Ed article by microbiologist Nathalia Holt examines fetal-cell research in light of controversy surrounding videotaped remarks by Dr Deborah Nucatola of Planned Parenthood; argues that while use of discarded fetal tissue for research is emotionally unsettling, it has also provided invaluable insights that have saved countless lives. MORE
Jul. 27, 2015
Republican presidential candidates and other conservative politicians are undertaking sustained, sophisticated and coordinated effort to force debate on abortion; are abandoning rhetoric that many perceived as a 'war on women,' instead emphasizing emotionally resonant ideas like joy of pregnancy and first ultrasound; strategy has so far targeted Planned Parenthood, women's health organization that receives significant funding from federal government. MORE
Jul. 26, 2015
Ross Douthat Op-Ed column criticizes reluctance on part of media and abortion rights supporters to fully address implications inherent in videos documenting officials from Planned Parenthood speaking cavalierly about harvesting organs from fetuses; suggests that truth of the matter is that abortion is barbaric and that those fetuses are in fact human beings. MORE
Jul. 22, 2015
Anti-abortion activist David Daleiden releases second video purporting to show Planned Parenthood official discussing price of fetal parts sold to medical researchers, and promises there are more videos to come; videos arrive as Republican-controlled Congress is assembling spending bills aimed at eliminating funding for Planned Parenthood; also come as 2016 Republican presidential field is taking shape and hopefuls are seizing upon issue to appeal to anti-abortion voters. MORE
Jul. 22, 2015
Editorial criticizes politicians trying to defund Planned Parenthood by using misleading videos released by organization Center for Medical Progress to promote their own anti-abortion agenda; notes that videos in question, when viewed in full, do not corroborate accusations that Planned Parenthood profits off fetal tissue. MORE
Jul. 21, 2015
Planned Parenthood accuses abortion opponents of unlawfully infiltrating its clinics and taking footage that they then edit to fit their anti-abortion agenda; Republican lawmakers are investigating the organization after anti-abortion activists circulated video showing Planned Parenthood doctor describing how some affiliates provide donated fetal tissues to researchers. MORE
Jul. 17, 2015
Planned Parenthood Federation of America president Cecile Richards apologizes for Dr Deborah Nucatola's lack of compassion when describing how affiliates provide tissue from aborted fetuses to researchers; abortion opponents posted year-old video of Nucatol's description online, inciting political storm that prompted Republicans in Congress and several states to order investigations. MORE
Jul. 16, 2015
House Republican leaders say they will open congressional investigation into allegations that Planned Parenthood is illegally selling fetal tissue from abortion procedures; investigation follows release of video from anti-abortion group Center for Medical Progress depicting Planned Parenthood official explaining how organization provides tissue to researchers. MORE
Jul. 15, 2015
Anti-abortion activist group Center for Medical Progress releases video that shows Planned Parenthood official explaining how organization provides medical researchers with fetal body parts; video accuses Planned Parenthood of illegally selling parts, despite fact that doctor in video states that cost researchers pay is for clinic expenses. MORE
Apr. 1, 2014
Federal Judge David C Bury refuses to block Arizona rules on limiting the use of abortion drugs; Planned Parenthood believes new restrictions will force many women to undergo unnecessary surgical abortions and prevent some women from getting an abortion at all. MORE
Mar. 26, 2014
Federal appeals court rules that Kansas can strip two Planned Parenthood clinics of federal family planning money while organization challenges state law it says is retaliation for its advocacy of abortion rights. MORE
Aug. 23, 2013
Planned Parenthood files lawsuit against Indiana over new law requiring clinics that administer the so-called abortion pill to have full surgical facilities; suit states that imposing surgical facility requirements on clinics where no surgery is preformed is 'irrational.' MORE
Jun. 12, 2013
Planned Parenthood and American Civil Liberties Union file lawsuit in federal court to block Alabama law that would force three of state's five abortion clinics to shut down; law would require doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at local hospitals. MORE
May. 12, 2013
Andrew Goldman Talk interview with Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood and daughter of late Ann Richards, former governor of Texas. MORE
Apr. 12, 2013
Police in Monroe County, Ind, arrest abortion opponent Benjamin Curell of Ellettsville and charge him with breaking into Planned Parenthood clinic and causing damage with an ax. MORE
Apr. 10, 2013
Arkansas State Senate votes to approve legislation that would prohibit state from awarding grants to abortion providers, move aimed at cutting off money that Planned Parenthood receives for sex education. MORE
Feb. 12, 2013
Federal Judge Neil V Wake overturns Arizona law that sought to block state financing for Planned Parenthood health care clinics because group also performs abortions. MORE
Jan. 1, 2013
Texas Judge Gary Harger rules that state can cut off financing to Planned Parenthood's family planning programs for poor women; another hearing is scheduled with a different judge on Jan 11, when agency will again ask for an injunction to receive state financing. MORE
Nov. 9, 2012
Susan G Komen for the Cure is still working to restore the support and financing it lost in the outcry over its attempt to eliminate grants to Planned Parenthood; several academics, crisis communications consultants and cause marketing experts say group needs to take more drastic action. MORE
Oct. 27, 2012
Planned Parenthood files lawsuit over Texas rule that bars its clinics from state health program for low-income women because the organization performs abortions; suit argues ban is invalid under section of state law that makes any provision inoperative if it causes Texas to lose federal matching funds for the Women's Health Program. MORE
Oct. 24, 2012
Federal appeals court rules that Indiana cannot block Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funds simply because the organization provides abortions. MORE
Oct. 16, 2012
Editorial warns that the Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan ticket represents a serious threat to women's reproductive rights; holds that if Romney were president, he would almost certainly cut funding for Planned Parenthood and appoint a conservative Supreme Court justice, resulting in a repeal of Roe v Wade and the re-criminalization of abortion in much of America. MORE
Aug. 23, 2012
Editorial criticizes federal appeals court decision lifting an injunction placed on Texas state regulation that excludes Planned Parenthood affiliates, which do not provide abortions, from receiving state money through the Women's Health Program pending the outcome of a lawsuit brought by the clinics. MORE
Aug. 22, 2012
Federal appeals court rules Texas can end financing for Planned Parenthood clinics before there is a trial over new law that bans state money from going to groups tied to abortion providers. MORE
Aug. 18, 2012
First criminal prosecution of Planned Parenthood comes to an abrupt end when Kansas prosecutors drop all charges against a local affiliate accused of failing to determine the viability of fetuses before abortions were performed. MORE
Aug. 9, 2012
Susan G Komen for the Cure announces that founder Nancy G Brinker will leave her post as chief executive and group's president, Liz Thompson, will resign; changes constitute the group's most significant leadership shake-up since its short-lived attempt to cut financing for breast cancer services provided by Planned Parenthood. MORE
Jul. 30, 2012
Editorial criticizes a new House Republican spending proposal that revives some of the more extreme attacks on women's health and freedom that were blocked previously by the Senate; observes that the proposal would bar Planned Parenthood from funding unless its network of clinics agrees to no longer offer abortions; warns that there is striking overlap between House Republican policies and those of espoused by Mitt Romney. MORE
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What Defunding Planned Parenthood Would Really Mean
It would be cruel, foolish and possibly unconstitutional.
October 7, 2015, Wednesday
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'If She's a Feminist Then I'm a T. Rex': Readers on Carly Fiorina
While Mrs. Fiorina's positions disturb some readers, others say she deserves credit for succeeding as a woman in the corporate world.
October 6, 2015, Tuesday
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Carly Fiorina's Planned Parenthood Playbook
Mrs. Fiorina's claims about the organization are ridiculous and false, but she keeps repeating them anyway.
October 5, 2015, Monday
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1938 | Planned Parenthood, a New Idea
Mark Bulik looks at the first time Planned Parenthood was mentioned in The Times.
October 5, 2015, Monday
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Arkansas: Planned Parenthood Wins a Reprieve Over Medicaid Funding
A federal judge on Friday said Arkansas must continue its Medicaid contract with Planned Parenthood while she considered a lawsuit challenging the state's decision to end funding over secretly recorded videos by an anti-abortion group.
October 3, 2015, Saturday
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'We Need to Stop Fighting About It': Readers on Planned Parenthood
Congress should deal with the facts, make a rational policy decision and move on, said some readers in response to a recent column.
October 2, 2015, Friday
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California: Planned Parenthood Clinic Attacked
A small fire that damaged a Planned Parenthood facility in Thousand Oaks was apparently ignited when someone tossed a container of a flammable liquid through a window, the authorities said.
October 2, 2015, Friday
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Spending Bill Passes, Averting a Shutdown
The temporary bill approved by lawmakers will keep the government running through Dec. 11, but does nothing to avoid even bigger battles ahead.
October 1, 2015, Thursday
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Planned Parenthood Talks
The only game in town goes into extra innings in Congress.
October 1, 2015, Thursday
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Lemony Snicket, the Author, and His Wife Donate $1 Million to Planned Parenthood
The author, whose real name is Daniel Handler, and his wife, Lisa Brown, an author and illustrator, announced the donation on Twitter.
October 1, 2015, Thursday
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House Hears Planned Parenthood Testimony
Planned Parenthood's president, Cecile Richards, testified before the House on the necessity of the organization's work, while a representative questioned its need for federal subsidies.
Obama Warns Against Government Shutdown
President Obama said on Wednesday that Congress should not "play chicken with an $18 trillion economy" over funding for Planned Parenthood.
Jeb Bush on Funding for Women's Health
Jeb Bush, the Republican presidential candidate, said on Tuesday that he would cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood if elected to the White House.
Supreme Court Precedents in Play
The new Supreme Court term, which starts Monday, is notable for the number of major precedents that may be overruled or revised.
Reproductive Restrictions Accelerated
Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, reacts to new laws that nearly eradicate abortion rights in North Dakota.
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