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Agreed.
All the same ; the case is lookin'  bad for Mr Weinstein; she's on tape talking about it at the time- her therapist has records of her account and it's within the NY statute of limitations. It may well be the one they get him for.

The worst decision Weinstein ever made was not becoming a Scientologist.

Allegations are stacking up against Danny Masterson, the former star of That '70s Show and longtime member of the Church of Scientology. The actor has been accused of rape by four women, according to HuffPost, three of whom were also Scientologists. The Los Angeles Police Department began investigating the claims in 2016, but the case against Masterson has curiously stalled, despite the existence of "compelling evidence," per HuffPost.

Looked it up subsequently on wikipedia to discover that all the original footage perished and that they had to completely reshoot every frame in Talinn Estonia...

I believe it was the footage from first half of the film and there's debate about whether it was a defective batch from Kodak, incorrect development, incompetence or sabotage – but the scrapped footage has a greenish hue.

https://cinephiliabeyond.org/unique-perspective-making-stalker-testimony-mechanic-toiling-away-tarkovskys-guidance/







"Stalker had problems. The picture's fate was strange somehow. There was this producer Gambarov in West Berlin. He had the world distribution rights to Tarkovsky's films and supplied him with the Kodak stock which was scarcely available in those days. For Stalker he sent some kind of new Kodak film that had just been introduced. Georgi Rerberg was then the cameraman on Stalker, he'd photographed The Mirror for Tarkovsky. But then the disaster struck. The artesian well at Mosfilm broke down and they had no artesian water needed to process the film. They didn't tell us anything but the material sat unprocessed for 17 days. And film which is exposed but not processed loses quality, it loses speed and it otherwise degrades. In a word, the whole material for the first part ended up on the scrap heap. On top of that — here I'm repeating what Andrei himself told me — Tarkovsky was certain the film was swapped. This newer Kodak which Gambarov sent specifically for Stalker was stolen and in some way or another ended up in the hands of a certain very well-known Soviet film director who was Tarkovsky's adversary. And they gave Andrei a regular Kodak except that nobody knew about this and that's why they processed it differently. Tarkovsky considered it a result of scheming by his enemies. But I think it was just the usual Russian sloppiness.

"The review of the ruined footage ended in a scandal. Tarkovsky, Rerberg, the Strugatskys, and Tarkovsky's wife Larissa were all sitting in the projection room. Suddenly one of the Strugatskys turned towards Rerberg and asked naively: «Gosha, and how come I can't see anything here?» Rerberg, always considering himself beyond reproach in everything he did, turned to Strugatsky and said: «And you just be quiet, you are no Dostoievsky either!» Tarkovsky was beside himself with anger. But one can understand Rerberg. Imagine what it means for a cameraman to see the entire material turning up defective! Rerberg slammed the door, walked to his car and drove away. He wasn't seen on the set again. Then the cameraman Leonid Kalashnikov appeared on the scene, unquestionably a master. He spent two weeks with us and subsequently he honestly admitted he could not understand what Tarkovsky wanted from him. Kalashnikov left the picture on his own and Tarkovsky thanked him for such an honest, courageous action. And then Aleksandr Knyazhinsky joined us."

From the recollections of the former deputy Chairman of the Goskino USSR Boris Pavlyonok:
"It was obvious that if Tarkovsky was not given the opportunity to reshot the film it wouldn't be made at all. The governing body decided: reshoot the film, give the necessary means (something like 400 thousand roubles)..."

https://people.ucalgary.ca/~tstronds/nostalghia.com/TheTopics/Stalker/sharun.html

While listening to the Audio book of The Late Show by  Harry Bosch author Michael Connelly

the lead detective has to google Lawmaster, so Dredd, 2000ad and his bike get a mention, wonder if he's a fan?

Possible mutual appreciation: John Wagner is a fan of Connelly.

FPI: You're obviously up to your knee pads in work with Origins right now, but if you do get a chance to do some reading can I ask which books and comics you've got on your bedside table?

John: At the moment I'm reading Michael Connelly's new one, Echo Park. He's one of the few writers I follow. His plots use one particular device a little too often for my liking, perhaps, but it's a minor criticism. Overall he's just about the best thriller/detective writer working today.

http://forbiddenplanet.blog/2006/set-your-lawgivers-to-hi-ex-kids-we-speak-with-john-wagner/

Rebellion all ready answered the question.

Rebellion to open licensing for 2000 AD, including Dredd

opponents exchange boasts, insults, regrets and even poems as they fight.

You're talking about the forum, aren't you.

Personally I believe the better option would have been to give Moore & Gibson the rights to Halo and let them finish it.

Can't just do it for them and not everyone else.

Bautista's Sapper was brilliant...that shot with him fumbling his glasses, wow.

It's the one thing that keeps playing in my head when I think of that character. So 'human'.

Can't understand why it hasn't done better at the box office.

Like the original, it doesn't appeal to most people and it's niche, so it won't earn its money in one or 2 weeks. A box-office of $200 million –so far– doesn't sound like a disappointment or wrong estimate for such a slow-paced, internalised drama, even if it does have flying cars.

It's earned more than other sci-fi films like Looper and will soon surpass District 9 at the box-office. Problem is BR2049 cost a lot more to make than those films; if it didn't, its box-office wouldn't be an issue.

Again, it goes back to the first film: they can't expect a film like this to make all its money in a few weeks. Like the original, it'll make its money over a longer period.

Arthur Wyatt's Samizdat Squad ret-conned The Inspectre out of Dredd continuity, removing a tiny contribution I made to a small corner of the history of one the most important fictional characters in my life.

Don't worry, Robin Low is working on it.

Likeable character. Don't think he'll be any worse than the usual supporting Who actors down through the ages.

Well,Klingons killed people before.This is a new thing.

Kinda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrm8TV7K4zo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rICFoH5P5A

I'll take the voyages of a Section 31/Black-Ops style Federation ship over another Bad Robot film. The potential dynamic between this crew is far more interesting – and we've all ready had a lovely story about the capture and liberation of a space-bear who's happiest when free to forage his own space-fungus.

'Judge Dredd as The Lone Ranger' is an old yarn but it's a good 'un.

I think it's more a case of middle-aged men suffering from memory loss then acting like middle-aged men still reading comics.

Shark is our Tardigrade – set him loose among the shroom-ways of space.