66th Annual Golden Globes Nomination

Updated 12/01/2009

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Leonarod DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Burn After Reading
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Mamma Mia!
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Rebecca Hall - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Frances McDormand - Burn After Reading
Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia!
Emma Thompson - Last Chance Harvey

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Javier Bardem - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Colin Farrell - In Bruges
James Franco - Pineapple Express
Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges
Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL•E

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
Everlasting Moments (Sweden/Denmark)
Gomorrah (Italy)
I've Loved You So Long (France)
Waltz with Bashir (Israel)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Amy Adams - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Kate Winslet - The Reader

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
David Hare - The Reader
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
Alexandre Desplate - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Clint Eastwood - Changeling
James Newton Howard - Defiance
A.R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire
Hans Zimmer - Frost/Nixon

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
"Down to Earth" - WALL•E
Music by: Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman
Lyrics by: Peter Gabriel
"Gran Torino" - Gran Torino
Music by: Clint Eastwood, Jamie Cullum, Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens
Lyrics by: Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens
"I Thought I Lost You" - Bolt
Music & Lyrics by: Miley Cyrus, Jeffrey Steele
"Once in a Lifetime" - Cadillac Records
"The Wrestler" - The Wrestler

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
"Dexter" (Showtime)
"House" (Fox)
"In Treatment" (HBO)
"Mad Men" (AMC)
"True Blood" (HBO)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Sally Field - "Brothers & Sisters"
Mariska Hargitay - "Law & Order: Special Victims"
January Jones - "Mad Men"
Anna Paquin - "True Blood"
Kyra Sedgwick - "The Closer"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Gabriel Byrne - "In Treatment"
Michael C. Hall - "Dexter"
John Hamm - "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie - "House"
Jonathan Rhys Meyers - "The Tudors"

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
"30 Rock" (NBC)
"Californication" (Showtime)
"Entourage" (HBO)
"The Office" (NBC)
"Weeds" (Showtime)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Christian Applegate - "Samantha Who?"
America Ferrera - "Ugly Betty"
Tina Fey - "30 Rock"
Debra Messing - "The Starter Wife"
Mary-Louise Parker - "Weeds"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Alec Baldwin - "30 Rock"
Steve Carell - "The Office"
Kevin Connolly - "Entourage"
David Duchovny - "Californication"
Tony Shalhoub - "Monk"

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
"A Raisin in the Sun" (ABC)
"Bernard and Doris" (HBO)
"Cranford" (PBS)
"John Adams" (HBO)
"Recount" (HBO)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Judi Dench - "Cranford"
Catherine Keener - "An American Crime"
Laura Linney - "John Adam"
Shirley MacLaine - "Coco Chanel"
Susan Sarandon - "Bernard and Doris"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Ralph Fiennes - "Bernard and Doris"
Paul Giamatti - "John Adams"
Kevin Spacey - "Recount"
Keifer Sutherland - "24: Redemption"
Tom Wilkinson - "Recount"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Eileen Atkins - "Cranford"
Laura Dern - "Recount"
Melissa George - "In Treatment"
Rachel Griffiths - "Brothers & Sisters"
Dianne Wiest - "In Treatment"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Neil Patrick Harris - "How I Met Your Mother"
Denis Leary - "Recount"
Jeremy Piven - "Entourage"
Blair Underwood - "In Treatment"
Tom Wilkinson - "John Adams"

2008 San Francisco Critics Circle Awards

Best Picture: Milk
Best Director: Gus Van Sant, “Milk”
Best Original Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, “Milk”
Best Adapted Screenplay: Peter Morgan, “Frost/Nixon”
Best Actor: TIE: Sean Penn, “Milk”/Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, “Happy-Go-Lucky”
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
Best Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei, “The Wrestler”
Best Foreign Language Film: “Let the Right One In”
Best Documentary: “My Winnipeg”
Best Cinematography: Wally Pfister, “The Dark Knight”

2008 Boston Society of Film Critics

Best Movie Of The Year : Wall-E and Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor : Sean Penn (Milk) and Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)

Best Actress: Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Director: Gus Van Sant for Milk and Paranoid Park
Best Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black for Milk
Best Cinematography: Christopher Doyle and Rain Kathy Li for Paranoid Park
Best Documentary: Man on Wire
Best Foreign-Language Film: Let the Right One In
Best Animated Film: WALL•E
Best Film Editing: Chris Dickens for Slumdog Millionaire
Best New Filmmaker: Martin McDonagh for In Bruges
Best Ensemble Cast: Tropic Thunder

from /Film

2008 AFI’s Top 10 Movies

1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2. The Dark Knight
3. Frost/Nixon
4. Frozen River
5. Gran Torino

6. Iron Man
7. Milk
8. WALL-E
9. Wendy and Lucy
10. The Wrestler

from /Film

2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

Best Picture - Milk

Best Director - Mike Leigh (Happy-Go-Lucky)

Best Actor - Sean Penn (Milk)

Best Actress - Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky)

Best Supporting Actor - Josh Brolin (Milk)

Best Supporting Actress - Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)

Best Screenplay - Jenny Lumet (Rachel Getting Married)

Best Cinematographer - Anthony Dod Mantle (Slumdog Millionaire)

Best Foreign Film - 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Best Animated Film - WALL-E

Best First Film - Courtney Hunt (Frozen River)

Best Documentary - Man on Wire

2008 LA Film Critics Awards

Picture: “Wall-E”
Runner-up: “The Dark Knight”

Director: Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Runner-up: Christopher Nolan, “The Dark Knight”

Actor: Sean Penn, “Milk”
Runner-up: Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”

Actress: Sally Hawkins, “Happy-Go-Lucky”
Runner-up: Melissa Leo, “Frozen River”

Supporting actor: Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
Runner-up: Eddie Marsan, “Happy-Go-Lucky”

Supporting actress: Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” and “Elegy”
Runner-up: Viola Davis, “Doubt”

Screenplay: Mike Leigh, “Happy-Go-Lucky”
Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman, “Synecdoche, New York”

Foreign-language film: “Still Life”
Runner-up: “The Class”

Documentary: “Man on Wire”
Runner-up: “Waltz With Bashir”

Animation: “Waltz With Bashir”

Cinematography: Yu Lik Wai, “Still Life”
Runner-up: Anthony Dod Mantle, “Slumdog Millionaire”

Production design: Mark Friedberg, “Synecdoche, New York”
Runner-up: Nathan Crowley, “The Dark Knight”

Music/score: A.R. Rahman, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

New Generation: Steve McQueen, “Hunger”

Douglas E. Edwards independent/experimental film/video: James Benning, “RR” and “Casting a Glance”

Cool Stuff - Spoiler Graphic Art

The 100 Greatest Movie Characters by Emipre

Here's the top 20 :

1. Tyler Durden (Fight Club)
2. Darth Vader (Star Wars epidode 3,4,5,6)
3. The Joker (The Dark Knight)
4. Han Solo (Star Wars episode 4,5,6)
5. Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the lambs)
6. Indiana Jones (Raiders Of The Lost Ark)
7. The Dude (Joyluck Club)
8. Cpt. Jack Sparrow (Pirates Of The Caribbean 1-3)
9. Ellen Ripley (Alien)
10. Vito Corleone (The Godfather)

11. James Bond (Goldfinger)

12. John McClane (Die Hard 1-4)

13. Gollum (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Return of the King)

14. The Terminator (The Terminator)

15. Ferris Bueller (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)

16. Neo (The Matrix)

17. Hans Gruber (Die Hard)

18. Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)

19.  Jules Winnfield (Pulp Fiction)

20. Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump)

See the full list on http://www.empireonline.com/100-greatest-movie-characters/

My Opinion:

1. Keyser Sose (The Ussual Suspect), Freddy Krueger (Nightmare on Elm Street) and Norman Bates (Psycho) should be on top 20

2. R2D2, C3P0 (Star Wars), Sadako (Ringu), Dae-Su Oh (Oldboy), Michael Myers (Halloween), Pikachu (Pokemon), Chucky (Child's Play) and Spock (Star Trek) should be on the list (top 100)

Elf Language

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http://www.starchamber.com/paracelsus/elvish/elvish-in-ten-minutes.html

The Art of Wall-E

Pintu Terlarang A.K.A Forbidden Door Trailer

thanks to Joko Anwar to let me put this awesome trailer in my blog

USS Enterprise

Joko Anwar's Pintu Terlarang a.k.a Forbidden Door

The Most Anticipated Indonesian Movie's in 2009

Synopsis

The life of a successful sculptor is turned upside down when he begins receiving mysterious messages from somebody 

who’s asking for his help. When he stumbles upon an illegal TV broadcast which offers snuff, he finds out that the person who’s trying to reach him is a 7 year-old boy who has been kept and abused by a vicious couple. As he digs more, he discovers that his wife might be connected to the whole mystery. Soon, he has to decide to leave the boy to die or to lose everything and everyone he knows.

Cast : Fachry Albar, Marshya Timothy, Aryo Bayu, Tio Pakusadewo, Henidar Amroe, Atiqah Hasiholan

Director : Joko Anwar 

Official Blog : http://blog.pintuterlarang.com

SPECTRE

SPECTRE (Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion) is a fictional global terrorist organisation featured in the James Bondnovels by Ian Fleming, the films based on those novels, and James Bond video games. Led by evil genius and supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the organisation first formally appeared in the novel Thunderball (1961) and in the movie Dr. No(1962). SPECTRE is unaligned to any nation or political ideology, enabling the later Bond books and Bond films to be regarded as apolitical. SPECTRE began in the novels as a small group of criminals; but became a vast international organisation with its own SPECTRE Island training base in the films.

In Ian Fleming's novels, SPECTRE is a commercial enterprise led by Blofeld. Their membership comprises 18 individuals, three each from the world's six great criminal organizations—the Gestapo, SMERSH, MarshalTito's secret police, the highland Turks, the Mafia, and the Union Corse. Their debut appearance in Thunderball is concerned chiefly with "Plan Omega," a plot to capture two nuclear weapons from NATO for a ransom of 100 million pounds. The organization is next mentioned in The Spy Who Loved Me, when Bond describes investigating their activities in Toronto before the story begins.

The organization's third appearance is in On Her Majesty's Secret Servicewhere Blofeld, hired by an unnamed country or party (though the Soviet Union is implied) is executing a plan to ruin British agriculture. Blofeld, without SPECTRE would appear for the final time in You Only Live Twice.

In the films, the goal of the organization is world domination. To achieve this, the basic strategy of the organization is illustrated by the analogy of the three Siamese fighting fish Blofeld keeps in an aquarium in the film version of From Russia with Love. Blofeld notes that one fish is refraining from fighting two others until their fight is concluded. Then, that cunning fish attacks the weakened victor and kills it easily. Thus SPECTRE's main strategy is to instigate conflict between two powerful enemies, namely the superpowers, hoping that they will exhaust themselves and be vulnerable when SPECTRE finally moves in to seize power.

However, it should be noted that this goal of world domination was only ever stated in You Only Live Twice, and Blofeld does not say that SPECTRE will be the dominant power. He is seen earlier in the film speaking with two unidentified Asian men and it is stated he is working for their government. This is likely either Japan- only because SPECTRE's base in the film is situated in that country, or more likely North Korea or Red China, which had split from the Soviet Union by that time and in the third film were the backers of Goldfinger. SPECTRE's goals in the other films it has appeared in have always been less lofty.

In both the film and the novel Thunderball, the physical headquarters of the organisation are laid in Paris, operating behind the front of an international organization aiding refugees (Firco in the novels; International Brotherhood for the Assistance of Stateless Persons in the films).

Organisational discipline is notoriously draconian with the penalty for disobedience or failure being death. As quoted by Blofeld on several occasions: "This organization does not tolerate failure". Furthermore, to heighten the impact of the executions, Blofeld often chooses to focus attention on an innocent member, making it appear his death is imminent, only to suddenly strike down the actual target when that person is off guard.

Fleming's SPECTRE has elements inspired by mafia syndicates and organized crime rings that were actively hunted by law enforcement in the 1950s. The strict codes of loyalty and silence, and the hard retributions that followed violations, were hallmarks of U.S. gangster rings, Mafia, the Unione Corse, the Chinese Tongs and the Japanese Yakuza and Black Dragon Society.

SPECTRE Leader

SPECTRE is headed up by the supervillain, Ernst Stavro Blofeld who usually appears accompanied by a white Persian cat in the movies, but not in the books. In both the films and the novels, Emilio Largo is the second in command. It is stated in the novel that if something were to happen to Blofeld, Largo would assume command. Largo appears for the first and only time in Thunderballand also in the unofficial James Bond film Never Say Never Again.

In the novels, the numbers of members were initially assigned at random and then rotated by two digits every month to prevent detection. For example, if one was Number 1 this month, he would be Number 3 next month. At the time of Thunderball, the leader, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, has been assigned "Number 2", while Emilio Largo is assigned "Number 1". In the films the number indicates rank: Blofeld is always referred to as "Number 1" and Emilio Largo, in Thunderball, is "Number 2".

The SPECTRE cabinet had a total of 21 members. Blofeld was the chairman and leader because he founded the organization and Largo was elected by the cabinet to be second in command.

This particular example of numbering is perhaps deliberately borrowed from revolutionary organisations, wherein members exist in cells, and are numerically defined to prevent identification and cross-betrayal of aims. By deliberately drawing attention away from the true leader of the organisation, he is protected by masquerading as a target of lower importance, and the structure of the organisation is also obscured from intelligence services.

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The Dark Knight - Noir Poster

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Star Trek on Heroes

Genesis

When Hiro first discovers his powers at Yamagato, he states that he will be able to bend space and teleport. Ando comments that it's like the transporter on Star Trek. Hiro tells Ando, "I broke the space-time continuum!", a phrase made popular in the Star Trek: The Next Generation series. Ando comments that Hiro's "powers beyond any mere mortal" are like Spock's. He then suggests that Hiro use his Vulcan death grip when he is dragged back to his desk by his boss.

Later, after getting bounced from a karaoke bar for teleporting into the women's bathroom, Hiro expresses his desire to be different as "I wanna boldly go where no man has gone before". This is from the opening monologue of Star Trek, and was eventually revealed to be a quote from Zefram Cochrane's speech at the opening of the Warp 5 Complex. Later, Ando sarcastically says to Hiro, "Beam us up, Scotty!".

Don't Look Back

Hiro shows Ando 9th Wonders!, Issue #14, which depicts the conversation in which Hiro tells Ando he wants to "boldly go where no man has gone before."

Later, Hiro again compares his teleportation ability to Star Trek's transporters while speaking to the NYPD detectives investigating the murder of Isaac Mendez in the future. The detective thinks it's funny, since he's seen all the Star Trek television series and doesn't recall seeing Hiro in any of them. Hiro then offers the detective the Vulcan salute.

Fallout

Hiro repeats his Vulcan salute when he meets Isaac in Midland at the Burnt Toast Diner.

Distractions










Kaito Nakamura's limo's license plate reads, "NCC-1701". This is the service number for the USS Enterprise. (Incidentally, George Takei was an original cast member of Star Trek.)

Run!

Hope calls Hiro "Sulu" just before she punches him in the face. Later, Hiro gives Steve Gustavson the Vulcan salute and says, "I come in peace."

Unexpected

Hiro and Ando part ways with the Vulcan salute.

How to Stop an Exploding Man

Ando reminds Hiro that his whole life he talked about his favorite stories of heroes he wanted to be, Star Trek being part of those heroes.

One of Us, One of Them

Dr. Zimmerman, who claims to have "made" Tracy Strauss, shares his name with the scientist who made The Doctor in Star Trek: Voyager.

The Cast

• Kimberly Arland (Ngozi Badu) has a supporting role in Star Trek XI.
• Erick Avari (Chandra Suresh) appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Enterprise.
• Michael Reilly Burke (LVPD detective) had recurring roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Enterprise.
• Joanna Cassidy (Victoria Pratt) portrayed T'Les in Star Trek: Enterprise.
• Josh Clark (Sheriff Davidson) appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and played Lt. Joe Carey on Star Trek: Voyager.
• Eliza Coleman (Woman in car crash) did stunt work for Star Trek: Nemesis and Star Trek: Insurrection.
• Mark Colson (Mr. Zern) appeared in Star Trek: Voyager.
• Thomas Dekker (Zach) appeared in Star Trek Generations and two episodes of Star Trek: Voyager.
• Colby French (Hank) appeared on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
• Tami-Adrian George (Coach Randolph) played "Kesha" in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
• Brad Greenquist (Kaito's assistant) appeared in four different roles on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Enterprise.
• Ronald Guttman (Dr. Zimmerman) portrayed "Gathorel Labin" in Star Trek: Voyager.
• Mark Harelik (Howard Lemay) portrayed "Kashyk" in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager.
• Adam Harrington (Paramedic) played a scientist on Star Trek: Enterprise.
• Dominic Keating (Will) played "Lt. Malcolm Reed" on all four seasons of Star Trek: Enterprise.
• Ken Lally (The German) played a security officer on Star Trek: Enterprise.
• Maurice LaMarche (the voice of Sylar before Zachary Quinto was cast) did voice acting for the Star Trek; Star Fleet Command: Orion Pirates video game.
• Tina Lifford (Paulette Hawkins) appeared on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
• Bart McCarthy (Mr. Claremont) appeared in an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and provided the voice for a character in the video game Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
• Malcolm McDowell (Mr. Linderman) played Tolian Soran in Star Trek Generations.
• Brian Morri (Mr. Crane) played an Enolian guard on Star Trek: Enterprise.
• Nichelle Nichols (Nana) played "Uhura" in the original Star Trek TV series and the first seven films, and continues to provide voices for related media.
• Chris Oliver (cooking show host) provided food designs for all nine Star Trek motion pictures.
• John Prosky (Micah's principal) appeared on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager.
• Ian Quinn (Officer Ramsford) was a stunt performer in Star Trek: Insurrection.
• Zachary Quinto (Sylar) portrays "Spock" in Star Trek XI.
• John Rhys-Davies (Sword Saint narrator) portrayed "Leonardo da Vinci" in Star Trek: Voyager.
• Cristine Rose (Angela Petrelli) played a Klingon in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
• Rick Scarry (Los Angeles bartender) appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generation as "Jarth".
• George Takei (Kaito Nakamura) played "Hikaru Sulu" on Star Trek and in the first seven films, and voiced several characters on Star Trek: The Animated Series.
• Beth Toussaint, Jack Coleman's wife, played Tasha Yar's sister in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
• Dan Warner (Skinny cop) appeared as a cop on Star Trek: Enterprise.
• Clay Wilcox (Gun seller) appeared on Star Trek: Enterprise.
• D. Elliot Woods (SWAT officer) had roles in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek: Enterprise.

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Superman Lives (1998 - Cancel)

Kevin Smith pitched to Jon Peters his story outline in August 1996, in which Peters gave him permission to write a screenplay. However, Peters presented Smith with three rules, such as wanting Superman to wear an all-black suit, feeling the more traditional suit was "too faggy"; not wanting to see Superman fly, saying that Superman would "look like an overgrown Boy Scout." (In order to deal with this, Smith wrote Superman flying as "a red-and-blue blur in flight, creating a sonic boom every time he flew."); and have Superman fight a giant spider in the third act. Smith accepted the terms, realizing that he was being hired to execute a pre-ordained idea. Peters and Warner Bros. forced Smith to write a scene involving Brainiac fighting polar bears at the Fortress of Solitude, and Peters wanted Brainiac to give Lex Luthor a space dog, stating "Chewie's cuddly, man. You could make a toy out of him, so you've got to give me a dog."Smith claims this was because of the recent re-release of the original Star Wars trilogy, and claims that Peters wanted Brainiac's robot assistant L-Ron to be voiced by Dwight Ewell, calling him, "a gay R2-D2 with attitude." Peters was able to recycle his giant spider idea in Wild Wild West (1999), a film he produced.

Smith's draft (titled Superman Lives) had Brainiac sending Doomsday to kill Superman, as well as blocking out the sun to make Superman powerless, as Superman is fueled by sunlight. Brainiac teams with Lex Luthor, but Superman is resurrected by a Kryptonian robot, The Eradicator. Brainiac wishes to possess The Eradicator and its technology. Powerless, the resurrected Superman is sheathed in armor formed from The Eradicator itself until his powers return, courtesy of sunbeams, and defeats Brainiac. Smith's casting choices included Ben Affleck as Clark Kent / Superman, Linda Fiorentino as Lois Lane, Jack Nicholson as Lex Luthor, Famke Janssen as Mercy, John Mahoney as Perry White, David Hyde Pierce as The Eradicator, Jason Lee as Brainiac and Jason Mewes as Jimmy Olsen.

Robert Rodriguez was offered the chance to direct, but turned down the offer due to his commitment on The Faculty (1998), despite liking Smith's script. Smith originally suggested Tim Burton to direct his script, and Burton signed on with a pay or play contract of $5 million and the studio set the theatrical release date in the summer of 1998, the 60th anniversary of the character's debut in Action Comics. Nicolas Cage, a comic book fan, signed on as Superman with a $20 million pay or play contract, feeling he could "re-conceive the character." Peters felt Cage could "convince audiences he [Superman] came from outer space." Burton stated it would be "the first time you would believe that nobody could recognize Clark Kent as Superman, he [Cage] could physically change his persona."Kevin Spacey was approached for the role of Lex Luthor, while Tim Allen claimed he was in talks for Brainiac (a role heavily considered for Jim Carrey). Courteney Cox was reported as a casting possibility for Lois Lane, while Smith confirmed Chris Rock was set for Jimmy Olsen. Michael Keaton confirmed his involvement, but when asked if he would be reprising his role as Batman (as he had done in Burton's Batman and Batman Returns), he would only reply, "Not exactly." Industrial Light & Magic was set for work on special effects.

It was announced in April 1997 that filming would begin early-1998. That June, Superman Lives entered pre-production, with an art department employed under production designer Rick Heinrichs. Burton decided to hire Wesley Strick to completely rewrite Smith's script. In return, Smith was overtly disappointed: "The studio was happy with what I was doing. Then Tim Burton got involved, and when he signed his pay-or-play deal, he turned around and said he wanted to do his version of Superman. So who is Warner Bros. going back to? The guy who made Clerks, or the guy who made them half a billion dollars on Batman?" When Strick read Smith's script, he was annoyed with the fact that "Superman was accompanied/shadowed by someone/something called The Eradicator." He also felt that "Brainiac's evil plot of launching a disk in space to block out the sun and make Superman powerless was reminiscent of an episode of The Simpsons, with Mr. Burns doing the Brainiac role." However, after reading The Death and Return of Superman, Strick claimed he understood some of the elements of Smith's script. Strick's rewrite featured Superman questioning his existence and abilities, thinking of himself to be an outsider on Earth. Superman is threatened by Brainiac and Lex Luthor, who later amalgamate into "Lexiac," described by Strick as "a schizo/scary mega-villain."Superman is later resurrected by the power of 'K', a natural force representing the spirit of Krypton, as Superman defeats Lexiac.

Art designer Sylvain Despretz claimed the art department was assigned to create something that had little or nothing to do with the Superman comic book. Despretz also claimed that Peters "would bring kids in, who would rate the drawings on the wall as if they were evaluating the toy possibilities. It was basically a toy show!" Peters saw a cover of National Geographic, containing a picture of a skull, going to art department workers, telling them he wanted the design for Brainiac's space ship to have the same image. Burton gave Despretz a concept drawing for Brainiac, which Despretz claims was "a cone with a round ball on top, and something that looked like a emaciated skull inside. Imagine you take Merlin's hat, and you stick a fish bowl on top, with a skull in it." Concept artist Rolf Mohr claimed he designed a suit for The Eradicator for a supposed scene when he turns into a flying vehicle.

Burton chose Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as his primary filming location for Metropolis, while sound stages were reserved but start dates for filming were pushed back. A minor piece of the Krypton set was constructed but then destroyed, and Cage had even attended a costume fitting.The studio was considering changing the title Superman Lives back to Superman Reborn. The film's escalating budget (which went from $100 million to $190 million) forced Warner Bros. to ultimately put the film on hold in April 1998, and Burton left to direct Sleepy Hollow. At this point in production, $30 million was spent, with nothing to show for it. To this day, Burton has depicted the experience of Superman Lives as one of the worst experiences in his life, citing various differences with Peters and the studio, stating, "I basically wasted a year. A year is a long time to be working with somebody that you don't really want to be working with

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Goggle V

Dai Sentai Goggle V (大戦隊ゴーグルファイブ, Dai Sentai Gōguru Faibu), translated into English as Great Squadron Goggle V, is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It was the sixth installment in Toei Company's Super Sentai series of tokusatsu television dramas. It aired on TV Asahi from February 6, 1982 to January 21, 1983, with a total of 50 episodes. It was the most-watched Super Sentai series in Japan as of 2006.

It got the highest ratings of all sentai (at least up to 1988), but is least popular among Japanese fans(as opposed to Japanese children). Cf. Ultraman Taro, another series unpopular with fans though popular with children. 50episodes Dr. Hongou, founder of the Future Science Laboratory, confirms that Deathdark has begun its nefarious activities at Wolfborg Castle in Germany. Attacked by Deathdark, he is saved by Akama Ken'ichi and returns to Japan, where he has the Comboyputer select five people, including Akama, to become the Great Task Force Goggle V. The team succeeds in their first mission against Shell Mozoo and the giant robot Fankong. After numerous defeats, Fuehrer Taboo revives Grand Marshal Deathmark from a long sleep. To reorganize Deathdark, Deathmark sentences Doctors Zazoriya and Igaana to death. Deathdark creates seemingly indestructible Super Synthetic Beasts, but the team copes with this by devising the Goggle Golden Spear attack. In the end, Deathmark discovers the super energy 'Hightron', which they use to create their final weapon, the Dark Cannon. At the same time, Deathdark discovers the location of Goggle V's base and destroys it. Deathmark sends the Hightron-powered Cheetah and Bear Mozoo / Kongs after the team, but they, like their lesser Mozoo and Kong predecessors fail, even though Deathgiller pilots Bear Kong himself. Dr. Hongou builds the team a new base, from which they set off to break into Deathtopia and defeat Taboo, who reveals and enlarges himself at last, with the eye-poking EarthSword Electron Galactic missile move.

Heroes

Akama Ken'ichi/Goggle Red

World class explorer and mountain climber. By saving Dr. Hongou from Deathdark's Madaramen, he came to realize what peril the world was in. His forehead jewel is the ruby, symbolizing Atlantis. Armed with the Red Ruby Whip and the Red Rope.

Kuroda Kanpei/ Goggle Black

President of the chess club at Touto University. Specializes in strategy. Normally a janitor of Kourakuen Stadium. His forehead jewel is the emerald, symbolizing Asia. Armed with the Black Clubs, Black Emerald Nunchakus, Dynamite Clubs, the Black Shadow technique, and the Black Wind Wheel Whirlwind technique.

Aoyama Saburou/ Goggle Blue

Ice hockey player and would-be inventor. His forehead jewel is the sapphire, symbolizing Egypt. Armed with the Blue Ring, Blue Sapphire Jet Ring, the Ring Waist Break technique, and the Blue Jet Dash technique.

Kijima Futoshi/ Goggle Yellow

Works at a zoo. His forehead jewel is the opal, symbolizing Mu (Lemuria). Armed with the Yellow Ball, Lightning Light Ball, Yellow Opal Megaton Ball, Yellow Hammer, Yellow Holedigging technique, and the Yellow Mole Strike technique.

Momozono Miki/ Goggle Pink

Gymnast who works as an announcer at Kourakuen Stadium. Her forehead jewel is the diamond, symbolizing the Mayans and Incas. Armed with the Pink Ribbon, Pink Diamond Baton, Pink Mirror, Pink Ribbon Bind technique, and the Pink Heart Hypnosis technique.


Arsenal

The team has many combination attacks, such as the Lightning Ropes, the Dynamite Clubs, the Ring Spin Typhoons, the Lightning Light Balls, the Ribbon Sparks, the Goggle Victory Flash, the Goggle Bomber, the Sabre Attack, and the Goggle Golden Spear. All are armed wih Goggle Sabres.












Mecha

Gogglecaesar
flying fortress, launches from a pad beneath Kourakuen Stadium (amusement park featuring Toei heroes)
launches three components of Goggle Robo from numbered drawers


Goggle Jet (Red) + Tank (Blue and Black) + Dump (Yellow and Pink) = Gogglerobo
armed with Earth Sword (Electron Galaxy Cut), Goggle Hand, hand Missile, Goggle Flash beam, and Goggle Spin top.







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