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TacoWiz title from location Since: Jul, 2009
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#1: Jul 30th 2011 at 5:05:39 PM

I've been looking for it for some time. Is it lost to the ages, or is it archived somewhere?

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TheZMage Since: Oct, 2010
#2: Jul 30th 2011 at 5:21:55 PM

[up]I dunno, but for starters, I do believe at the time it was released it was Siskel and Ebert, not Ebert and Roper.

Buscemi I Am The Walrus from a log cabin Since: Jul, 2010
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#3: Jul 30th 2011 at 5:41:28 PM

Siskel died three years before it came out.

Check You Tube. And I think there is an archive of Siskel and Ebert/Ebert and Roeper reviews somewhere (Disney had an online archive but I'm not sure if it's still around since PBS produces Ebert's new show).

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TheZMage Since: Oct, 2010
#4: Jul 30th 2011 at 5:53:14 PM

[up]It appears you're right, I'm sorry.

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Shota Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
#5: Jul 31st 2011 at 9:51:15 AM

Ebert doesn't review every movie, you know.

x86x Since: Dec, 1969
#6: Jul 31st 2011 at 10:08:40 AM

[up] No, I think they did review it. From what I remember, they both gave it thumbs down. They also thought that the girls playing tag through the city and destroying buildings was inappropriate in the wake of 9/11.

edited 31st Jul '11 10:09:06 AM by x86x

Pannic Since: Jul, 2009
#7: Jul 31st 2011 at 10:25:21 AM

Generally thought it was too dark for a kids' movie, if wikipedia is correct.

BagofMagicFood Since: Jan, 2001
#8: Jul 31st 2011 at 11:17:45 AM

I remember someone was discussing Roger Ebert's text review of the Powerpuff Girls movie on some forum once, about how he unfairly used the term "color-coded heroes", and I tried to look it up myself in a certain archive but couldn't find it. I did find his review of the Power Rangers movie which also used the term "color-coded heroes", though. grin

Ronnie Respect the Red Right Hand from Surrounded by Idiots Since: Jan, 2001
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#9: Jul 31st 2011 at 2:15:39 PM

I found these quotes scrounging Google:

Ebert- "Loathing would be too mild a term to describe my feelings for this movie"

Roeper- "I hear this franchise has it's adult fans as well. I hope never to meet these people"

...I have just lost a deal of care about the opinions of both of these guys.

ThirtyH Since: Jun, 2011
#10: Jul 31st 2011 at 2:25:06 PM

What is it with ebert and his belief that kids films must be boring?

Rottweiler Dog and Pony Show from Portland, Oregon Since: Dec, 2009
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#11: Jul 31st 2011 at 2:48:21 PM

[up] He's given four-star reviews to many children's films. How do you define "boring"?

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gingerninja666 SCH-NEIGH-ZEL from Aboard The Damocles Since: Aug, 2009
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#12: Jul 31st 2011 at 3:39:39 PM

[up][up][up] Wow. I have absolutely NO respect for those 2 anymore. Assholes.

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ThirtyH Since: Jun, 2011
#13: Jul 31st 2011 at 3:57:22 PM

Don't get butthurt over one review, ebert has facisinating views on film.

Buscemi I Am The Walrus from a log cabin Since: Jul, 2010
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#14: Jul 31st 2011 at 4:45:34 PM

Most critics hated Transformers: The Movie, you know.

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Pannic Since: Jul, 2009
#15: Jul 31st 2011 at 5:12:06 PM

There's no reason to get defensive. They're very respectable film critics.

StarOutlaw Since: Nov, 2010
#16: Jul 31st 2011 at 5:21:01 PM

I think I remember they also said that they hated Mark Hamill's Joker when they reviewed Mask of the Phantasm, and yet he's considered the definitive Joker by a vast majority of fans. The closest explanation I can think of for why their views are so different is that they just aren't One Of Us.

Buscemi I Am The Walrus from a log cabin Since: Jul, 2010
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#17: Jul 31st 2011 at 5:22:28 PM

Wasn't Hamill's Joker considered campy by some? Especially when compared to Nicholson?

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#18: Jul 31st 2011 at 5:34:09 PM

I disagree with Ebert in many things. But I still read his reviews on occasion, because he still gives insightful thoughts.

Ronnie Respect the Red Right Hand from Surrounded by Idiots Since: Jan, 2001
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#19: Jul 31st 2011 at 5:48:15 PM

Critique is not the issue. Insulting people with other tastes is the issue, albeit largely Roeper's issue rather than Ebert, but the fact that made it to air can be taken to mean Ebert saw no issue with it.

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#20: Jul 31st 2011 at 6:06:49 PM

Sometimes I think they expressed some views so pretentiously, that it was purely as an act for the TV show.

ThirtyH Since: Jun, 2011
#21: Aug 1st 2011 at 12:31:13 AM

It was two reviews, relax. I actually saw the Mask of the phantasm review, they liked Mark hamill's joker.

edited 1st Aug '11 5:54:36 PM by ThirtyH

BaronofBarons Perpetual Noob Since: Oct, 2009
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#22: Aug 1st 2011 at 5:28:13 AM

I'm not blaming them for their reaction to the film. These are film reviewers, after all. They're going to spend their time watching the theatrically released films, not episodes of the show to see what the fuss is about.

I'd imagine more plot-based shows (that is, if the movie ends in a grand finale) would have it even worse, since the critics would likely be locked out of the loop.

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BagofMagicFood Since: Jan, 2001
#23: Aug 1st 2011 at 5:49:28 AM

So it should have helped that the movie was a prequel to the series, right?

BaronofBarons Perpetual Noob Since: Oct, 2009
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#24: Aug 1st 2011 at 12:24:29 PM

It might have. I don't know for sure, since I don't know of any examples of the situation I described.

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EddieValiant,Jr. Not Quite Batman from under your bed. Since: Jan, 2010
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#25: Aug 1st 2011 at 12:34:38 PM

Ebert is old-school, in a way that can only be described as "warlike". He can, and will, get on his high horse about things he doesn't quite grasp. We all know that.

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