the signal is an american horror film written and directed by independent filmmakers david bruckner , dan bush and jacob gentry .

it is told in three parts , in which all telecommunication and audiovisual devices transmit only a mysterious signal turning people mad and activating murderous behaviour in many of those affected .

the film 's three interconnected chapters ( " transmissions " ) are presented in a nonlinear narrative .

each of them manifests elements of ( besides the overall genre of psychological horror ) , respectively , splatter film , black comedy , and a post-apocalyptic love story .

the signal was met with a mixed but largely positive critical reception .

the signal ( 2007 film )

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the signal ( 2007 ) . directors - david bruckner , dan bush & jacob gentry . stars : anessa ramsey , clark poythress . moria - the science - fiction , horror and fantasy film review .
— here is the uncensored red band trailer from the signal courtesy of ign .
during driving at speeds above 25 mph ( 40 km / h ) , the tire pressure monitoring system ( tpms ) of the 2007 - 2012 nissan sentra receives the signal transmitted from the transmitter installed in each wheel , and gives alarms when the tire pressure becomes low .
the film is both an impressive
calling card
work for the filmmakers and a failure as an actual film .
so is the signal a indie dramedy ? is it a horror movie , is it a science fiction mindfuck ? or how about a suspenseful thriller ? the signal is all of these things . i’m not going to reveal any more story details in this review because i think you’re better off going into this film without knowing what to expect . ( one thing the signal isn’t is the 2007 indie horror film bearing the same title , which , to make things even more confusing , also premiered at sundance . )
the signal is an independent science fiction horror / psychological thriller film written and directed by david bruckner , dan bush , jacob gentry and produced by alexander a . motlagh—four filmmakers who have been collaborating since 1999 in atlanta , georgia . the movie was completed for the 2007 sundance film festival on a budget of only $ 50 , 000 and shot over the course of 13 days .
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— we get a behind the scenes look at the story and characters that make up the signal .
earthy indie - folk rockers ola podrida have contributed their warm cover of joy division’s classic “atmosphere , ” to the horror film , “ the signal . ”
alien ( novel ) — the novelization of the film by alan dean foster .
alien ( 1984 video game ) — the video game based on the film .
alien : the illustrated story — the comic book adaptation of the film by heavy metal .
signal breakdown ( sd , 4 minutes ) - - this decent epk is heavy on clips and a tad repetitive , but should please fans all the same . it focuses on lewis’ path of destruction and the ramifications of a signal like the one portrayed in the film .
three - part tale of horror sees a strange signal start to drive people crazy .
after entering villainous bsod lewis electrocutes himself by punching his fist through a monitor displaying the signal .
is so simple in terms of its premise that the film plunges us into the midst of its outbreak of mass insanity with no explanation ever offered as to the cause of the signal ) .
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this is straight out of the gm service manual and it states 2 antennas . diversity antenna system this diversity antenna system is comprised of 2 antennas , 1 radio antenna module , coax cables , and an fm composite signal from the radio to the left antenna module . in am mode the system functions as follows : the antenna module takes the signal from the rear am antenna . the antenna module amplifies this signal and sends it to the radio . in fm mode the system functions as follows : in this mode the radio supplies 5 - 8v over the fm composite signal wire and this switches the module into fm mode . the antenna module takes signal from the front antenna and mix that signal with the signal from the rear antenna . the antenna module amplifies both signals and sends the combined signal to the radio . the fm composite signal also provides a feedback signal to the antenna module , which indicates the quality of the signal . diagnostic aids poor am and fm radio reception is dependent on multiple influences , some of which may not be vehicle related . areas which have high rf traffic or block the signal path may cause a degradation in radio reception . radio reception may also be influenced by items within the vehicle , but not part of the radio system . such examples are aftermarket electrical accessories or other items which may generated noise in the vehicle electrical system .
the signal itself - - yep , the television transmission in full… ad nauseum . true to its nature , the signal is fairly maddening to try and soak in and will only satisfy fans’ curiosities for a moment .
the signal is the kind of science fiction movie that i love — intense , mysterious , original and extremely ambitious . what is the signal ? it’s a puzzle that keeps you guessing and working to figure it out .
the signal begins with a film - within - a - film , what appears to be an excerpt from a faded , 1970s - era gorefest along the lines of wes craven’s the last house on the left . suddenly it is interrupted at a crucial moment by “the signal , ” a pulsing , infuriating blur of light and feedback . the camera pans back to reveal that the movie , now supplanted by the signal , was being aired on a television in a darkened room . it’s a compelling opening to this flawed , but intelligent horror film about violence , complicity , and the media .
if you get hung up on having to have every little thing in a film explained , then you’ll feel disappointed with the ending . the cause of the signal is never spoon - fed to us but there’s enough hints along the way that we can gather what it’s doing to the people of terminus . but be prepared ; we never get a concrete cause as to what the signal is or where it came from . i didn’t need it either ; the film is done so well that the signal itself becomes like a mysterious character that simply serves as the protagonist in the film . as ben points out :
the signal is told in three parts , in which all telecommunication devices broadcast only a mysterious “signal” turning people into murderous psychopaths . the film is broken up into three chapters ( “transmissions” ) , each of which had different directors during shooting . each part manifests elements of the following genres : splatter film , black comedy , and a post - apocalyptic horror - love story .
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the cinematic release of the film ran 119 minutes , while later video and dvd versions ran 116 minutes due to the different frame rates between film and video . mcintee , 14 .
the real - life surprise of the actors gave the scene an intense sense of realism and made it one of the film ' s most memorable moments . during preview screenings the crew noticed that some viewers would move towards the back of the theater so as not to be too close to the screen during the sequence . in subsequent years the chestburster scene has often been voted as one of the most memorable moments in film . in 2007 , the british film magazine empire named it as the greatest 18 - rated moment in film as part of its
18th birthday
issue , ranking it above the decapitation scene in the omen ( 1976 ) and the transformation sequence in an american werewolf in london ( 1981 ) .
sahr ngaujah dan bush jacob gentry a . j . bowen anessa ramsey david bruckner scott poythress justin welborn the signal
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the brief glimpse of ken and anna ' s relationship prior to the signal indicates that they were hardly normal to begin with .
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it doesn ' t take long for the the signal ' s promising beginning to fade into a haze that leaves the viewer exhausted and irritated .
as a brief grindhouse - era film plays ( a very realistic recreation by co - director jacob gentry ) , it is interrupted by a pulsating , blurry signal . the signal looks almost organic , and we can almost make out shapes in the psychedelic colors , but not before they become distorted and turn into something else .
later , after lewis forces the signal upon him , he becomes even more speculation obsessed , without becoming noticeably more violent .
“the signal” tracklist 01 . don’t look back 02 . transmissions 03 . crash 04 . where did she go ? 05 . escape from terminus 06 . do you have the crazy ? 07 . jealousy monster 08 . signal waltz , 1st movement 09 . flashbacks 10 . infected 11 . signal waltz , 2nd movement 12 . past the noise 13 . terminal 13 14 . what is the signal ? 15 . anything’s possible 16 . atmosphere – ola podrida ( all unidentified tracks by ben lovett )
in a crazy bizarre film , this scene stands out ! ! that’s saying something .
this is a piece of metacinema , a horror film being broadcast as a late - night movie within the story world of the signal , also serving as a distorted programme of what is to come , in what will be a reflexive dramatisation of the psychology of horror . the prologue was in fact cut up and rescored from an earlier short film , the hap hapgood story , originally made by jacob gentry for the 48 hour film tv project – and it is the only suggestion during the otherwise tender character interactions in the opening 15 minutes of the signal that there are terrible human outrages in store .
this is a piece of metacinema , a horror film being broadcast as a late - night movie within the story world of the signal , also serving as a distorted programme of what is to come , in what will be a reflexive dramatisation of the psychology of horror . the prologue was in fact cut up and rescored from an earlier short film , the hap hapgood story , originally made by jacob gentry for the 48 hour film tv project – and it is the only suggestion during the otherwise tender character interactions in the opening 15 minutes of the signal that there are terrible human outrages in store .
there are a handful of low - budget indie time travel movies coming up , and we like this trend . in this one , a physicist invents a device that is able to create small wormholes and bend spacetime . but then shit starts getting weird , including a random dahlia appearing out of nowhere . and a woman who may not be who she appears . you can watch the trailer ! writer - director jacob gentry helped make the underrated 2007 indie film the signal ( read our interview with him here . )
with big hollywood movies , more directors and writers usually spell disaster for a film . too many cooks in the kitchen can create a big mess of a film . such is not the case with
none of the rabbit holes in the signal go that deep . but you do leave persuaded that you ' ve discovered some talented people .
you really need to go out and immediately watch the signal . this is a film that has gotten a lot of positive feedback from the festival circuit and from pretty much everyone who’s seen it . it’s a definite indie horror classic that’s extremely well made with fantastic acting , a great story , and plenty of gore and violence for the hardened horror fan . check out the signal ; i love every second of this film and can’t recommend it enough ! !
a sensor - transmitter integrated with a valve ( installed on each wheel ) transmits a detected air pressure signal in the form of a radio wave . an antenna located in passenger - side front pillar receives the air pressure signal transmitted by the transmitter in each wheel . the tpms reads the air pressure signal received by the antenna , and controls the warning light and the buzzer operations . it also has a judgment function to detect a system malfunction .
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[ the signal ] was replacing my thoughts … it’s a trick . change the way you look at things , the things you look at will change .
if you know the characters , you know the story . but till the very ending , this film has no semblance of a narrative . perhaps the director thought that ' snapshots from the lives at a traffic signal ' would be amusing enough for the audience , but it is not so . as was the case with corporate , traffic signal begins to get involving towards the very end and a few scenes from the second half are moving .
this sometimes magnificent , decidedly strange film is a portrait of a terrible , rapacious man .
technically the film is okay . there is not much effort made to make the film look exceptionally good or shoot it differently . it ' s functional , as is the background music . the songs are strictly okay , but the one song yehi zindagi , picturised with montages of the protagonists ' lives , is where the film comes alive for a few minutes .
inside terminus : the making of the signal ( sd , 15 minutes ) - - serving as a nice companion piece to the directors commentary , this featurette looks at the film’s pre - production , 13 - day shoot , special effects , and tonal balance .
quoting what was quoted earlier in this thread . .
the antenna module takes the best signal from 1 of the 3 fm antenna patterns on the rear window .
about 1 minute into the credits , a video effect similar to
the signal
is shown for a few seconds , and then the credits roll on .
the signal essentially creates hallucinations and makes people think they’re in extreme danger . it creates paranoia , like seeing someone holding a knife when there’s no knife , or hearing someone threaten you when they in fact hadn’t said a word . the longer you’re exposed to the signal , the worse the effect will be .
nominations were announced today . at first glance , no one film jumps out as the big player , but
misdirection is a key ingredient in the film . director eubanks wanted the viewer to continually feel they nearly have a grip on where the film is going ; only to have their notions fall apart when the direction changes again - all the way to the very end .
have really taken this warning to heart . the team of david bruckner , dan bush and jacob gentry has created a film where an electronic signal sent through the television , the radio , phones , etc . changes normal people into raging homicidal maniacs . the mysterious signal distorts perceptions and scrambles receptors in the brain so people’s logic is skewed and they do things they normally wouldn’t do…like kill everyone in sight .
silsila is the
manager
of one traffic signal , that is he collects the
hafta
( protection tax ) from each signal squatter plying his trade . there ' s tsunami , a little scavenger boy , there ' s . . . see full summary »
the blu - ray edition of ’the signal’ offers all of the supplemental content that appears on its standard dvd counterpart . the video features are only presented in standard definition , but fans will find a surprising amount of depth for such a modest , low - budget film .
batter up : lewis ' s weapon for the first half of the film before switching to a tank of bug spray .
brown note : although not everyone who is affected becomes violent , no one can encounter the signal without having their perception of reality altered .
delves into each of these questions and more to make a completely terrifying and entertaining independent film .
i’m not gonna beat around the bush on this one : i absolutely love the signal . it’s a near perfect genre flick that contains elements of romero’s the crazies while remaining a wholly original film . this is the third time i’ve watched it and the signal is one of those films that gets better with each viewing . helmed by three directors ( more on this below ) , the plot of the signal is told in three parts from three different perspectives . but this isn’t an anthology film ; we get one coherent plot simply told from three different points of view . for the first time ever i’m gonna tell you to stop reading this review , turn off your computer , and go watch the signal ( available from netflix and it’s having a run on the pay cable channels ) . well what the f * * k are you waiting for ?
the signal is a 2007 american horror film . in the fictional city of terminus , lovers ben and mya are awakened when a barrage of seemingly random sounds and colors begin emitting from ben ' s television . the couple quickly discovers that telephones are similarly affected . ben dismisses the disturbances and tries to persuade mya to finally leave her husband lewis . after making tentative plans to leave terminus with ben the next day , mya returns to her apartment building , but something is terribly wrong . her neighbors are acting strangely and seem to be growing increasingly agitated and violent . her husband lewis most of all . . .
the signal is electrifying , deliciously mad and twisted filmmaking . it ' s certainly not for everyone , but chances are it will inspire many .
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originally , the film was to be directed by walter hill , but he pulled out and gave the job to ridley scott .
t his one ' s a strange film - - a series of staccato , punctuated episodes and incidents about folk living around a traffic signal . when you hear of it , it sounds like an interesting concept . but however you may try stretching it , it just does not have enough meat for a full length feature film .
the signal is a decent horror flick that had the potential of being a great film . the problem with this film is that it starts off promising enough , but halfway through it loses its strength , and becomes a decent flick . what could have been an effective horror flick is brought down by a weak second half . the film is watchable , but it could have been reworked a bit because there are some good ideas on - screen . the films cast do a pretty decent job here , and the plot is pretty interesting as well . the films faults lie in the second half of the film where it falls apart . i think it ' \ s a shame because this could have been a memorable horror flick with an effective plot . unfortunately , the signal leaves you wanting a bit more from the story , and as a horror film . this is a low - budget psycho slasher film that almost gets it right . the script was good , but like i previously stated , if only there could have been a bit more effort put into the second half , it would have made the signal a much more memorable ride . there are some elements that work well , but most of them don ' t quite get there . however you do see the potential of a very good horror film here , it ' s just too bad that some ideas fell flat . overall a decent horror flick that is worth watching , but it leaves a lot to be desired as well . for a low - budget film , this is a decent try ; if only the script would have been reworked a bit , then the signal would have been a terrific film .
the signal is a high concept film with big production value and an intimate character story , completed on relatively low budget — under $ 4 million . the low - fi fx work not only looks great , but feels unique . the practical fx that was done by legacy , formerly the stan winston studio . the film also features beautiful , incredibly artful cinematography , and compositions that you wouldn’t expect from a genre film of this budget level . its no surprise that director william eubank is a former cinematographer .
: the signal messes with peoples ' perceptions . several scenes are re - shot with a different character to show how the perceptions of the infected are warped . in particular ,
. a very funny slasher / horror film , a electronic signal is being transmitted on the phones , tv and radio which make people kill each other there are only a few sane people left , very comical scenes . this film changes the course of infectious zombie movies . opens like a 1970 drive in movie and turns to pure fun . 4 1 / 2 stars
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
we find someone embracing the strange ; dedicating not just a film to it , but letting it , for the most , and brilliant , part letting that strangeness move and alter the film in frustrating , tantalizing , and often unknown and unknowable ways .
premiered at sundance film festival last year , it generated a lot of buzz . it follows three different perspectives ( broken down into segments or “transmissions” in the film ) that are each written and directed by three different people .
what saves this film is the cast that has given noteworthy performances . kunal khemu manages to shoulder the film , and neetu chandra is graceful and watchable . sudhir mishra , with his towering personality and evocative eyes , looks every part the enigmatic mafia don .
made in 2007 ( shot in less than 2 weeks and on a $ 50 , 000 budget ) , the signal was released in 2008 after the filmmakers needed to find a song to replace an unlicensed cover of lou reed’s “perfect day” ( they settled on a joy division cover instead ) . the film’s plot is simple – a signal , transmitted via phone , radio , and television , is inexplicably turning people into psychopaths . not mindless zombies , ( not even semi - mindless like the tool - wielding ones in the crazies ) but rational , resourceful , conversational psychos who genuinely believe they should be killing the people they’re killing . no other crimes – no theft , rape , jaywalking , white - collar crime ; just murder . set in the ( i believe , fictional ) city of terminus , the film revolves mainly around mya ( anessa ramsey ) , her husband lewis ( a . j . bowden ) , and her boyfriend ben ( justin welborn ) .
in 2002 , alien was deemed
culturally , historically or aesthetically significant
by the national film preservation board of the united states , and was inducted into the national film registry of the library of congress for historical preservation alongside other films of 1979 including all that jazz , apocalypse now , the black stallion , and manhattan . in 2008 the american film institute ranked alien as the seventh - best film in the science fiction genre as part of afi ' s 10 top 10 , a cbs television special ranking the ten greatest movies in ten classic american film genres . the ranks were based on a poll of over 1 , 500 film artists , critics , and historians , with alien ranking just above terminator 2 : judgment day ( 1991 ) and just below ridley scott ' s other science fiction film blade runner ( 1982 ) . the same year , empire magazine ranked it thirty - third on its list of the five hundred greatest movies of all time , based on a poll of 10 , 200 readers , critics , and members of the film industry .
that strange signal , however , is coming not just from the television , but from radios , phones , and every other connected device – and as mya makes her way back home to lewis , perhaps for the last time , she bears witness to the signal’s unsettling effects on its human receivers . deranged servants to their own primal impulses , victims of the signal suffer hallucinations that play out their anxieties and desires , even as they remain utterly , forcefully convinced of their own sanity .
the opening sequence is an excerpt from
the hap hapgood story ,
a winning entry in the 48 - hour film festival directed by jacob gentry .
the name of the city in the film is terminus . the movie was filmed entirely in atlanta , georgia which was originally called terminus when it was settled in 1837 .
originally , no film companies wanted to make the film , including 20th century fox . they stated various reasons , most being that it was too bloody . it was not until walter hill came on board that 20th century fox agreed to make the film , on the condition that the violence was toned down ; even after agreeing to make the movie , fox still rejected the first cut for being
too bloody
.
traffic signal also has a major drawback in that it ' s been dubbed , where a story like this was asking for the more - real sync sound .
that strange signal , however , is coming not just from the television , but from radios , phones , and every other connected device – and as mya makes her way back home to lewis , perhaps for the last time , she bears witness to the signal ' s unsettling effects on its human receivers . deranged servants to their own primal impulses , victims of the signal suffer hallucinations that play out their anxieties and desires , even as they remain utterly , forcefully convinced of their own sanity .
in some ways the signal reminds me a lot of pontypool . the stories and very different , but the tone and atmosphere are very similar , and both can be considered “thinking man’s horror” .
i don ' t know about those series ( classic , comfort , pinnacle ) . they sound like llumar films . i wouldn ' t use a dye - based film . i like 3m films because of the daily experience with their film and adhesive products . the 3m colorstable is a nano - carbon , non - metallic film . it ' s better than dye - based for not much more . $ 350 is probably for a ceramic based film ( pinnacle ? ) . and if they are selling the pinnacle then the price should be ok . the question would be if you want the extra heat rejection but the film may be thicker ( distortion ) .
gms update to the document earlier . both are off gms website antenna system important : radio systems with the antenna ( s ) in the glass are subject to posssible interference when an aftermarket window tint is applied . diversity antenna the diversity antenna system may use both front and back windows with an integral antenna built between the glass layers of the windshield and as an appliqué to the rear glass . any damage to the antenna requires replacing the glass . this system is designed to deliver the best radio signal reception possible . two antennas are used to form a diversity system . the primary antenna is part of the rear window and looks similar to the defogger grid . this antenna receives both am and fm signals . the secondary antenna is part of the front windshield and receives only fm signals . the antenna reception signals are sorted out by the radio antenna module . the radio antenna module is enabled when the radio is turned on . when the am or fm band is selected on the radio , the antenna module connects the rear window antenna directly to the radio . in addition , when the fm band is selected an enable signal is sent to the antenna module . superimposed on this enable signal is the strength of the signal being received by the radio tuner . the antenna module switches between the antennas , monitoring the radio signal strength and combines the signals and phase aligns them to create one strong signal
an interview with writer / director boots riley about his incendiary new film ,
sorry to bother you .
leads many to compare it with the philosophy of many zombie films . the sudden violence of the film certainly lends itself to the comparison , as does the brutal scenes of gore . still ,
no one knows for sure what exists in the signal . although many people have heard newscasts ( possibly about murder or terrorism ) and have seen faces and woodlike structures within the transmission of the signal . some people also believe that the signal is the 70 ' s style opening sequence of the movie , shown on ben ' s tv in the beginning , that has been scrambled . the scrambled version of the broadcast has created a superfear of paranoia that subliminally enters the mind and makes some people think everyone is out to get them , but basically the signal just makes people become utterly confused and unable to distinguish between what ' s real and what ' s unreal and between normal behaviour and unusual behaviour . the only problem with this theory is that not everyone was tuned into the same channel that was on ben ' s tv . ( although that really wouldn ' t matter because the signal was on every channel plus all radio stations and even mobile phones ) .
the success of alien spawned a media franchise of novels , comic books , video games , and toys , as well as three sequel and two prequel films . it launched weaver ' s acting career by providing her with her first lead role , and the story of her character ripley ' s encounters with the alien creatures became the thematic thread that ran through the film sequels aliens ( 1986 ) , alien 3 ( 1992 ) and alien resurrection ( 1997 ) . the film also led to two crossover films with the predator franchise , alien vs . predator ( 2004 ) and aliens vs . predator : requiem ( 2007 ) , as well as a prequel series comprising prometheus ( 2012 ) and alien : covenant ( 2017 ) .
their movie premiered at 2007 ' s sundance film festival , but its homemade feel is of a piece with the pseudo - do - it - yourself horror philosophy of
cloverfield
and
george a . romero ' s diary of the dead ,
two current horror movies that suggest the genre ' s prerogatives have undergone a paradigm shift . the subtexts are visibly close to the surface .
the signal
is like a romero zombie movie in which the zombies aren ' t dead , they ' re just really temperamental . evil here is technology - born . maybe our cellphones and satellite dishes are giving us all the crazy . if the message is ,
turn off your tv , put your phones away , and watch more movies ,
you ' ll get no argument from me .
there will be blood establishes itself as a film of darwinian ferocity , a stark and pitiless parable of american capitalism .
a behind - the - scene book was released to accompany the film , titled the book of alien , containing many concept sketches and production photographs , as well as details on the making of the film . topps released a set of trading cards based on the film . a soundtrack album was also released on vinyl featuring selections of goldsmith ' s score , and a single of the main theme was released in 1980 . heavy metal also produced an alien calendar for the 1980 year .
the epic game franchise is getting a huge film adaptation , directed by duncan jones ( moon ) . it’s the war between humans and orcs over the future of azeroth , with good and bad people on both sides of the conflict . everything we’ve seen from this film so far looks just jaw - dropping , and we were excited to hear how many practical effects the film has . fingers crossed that jones can actually pull this off .
with a strong focus on characters and dialogue , the film offers a cast of unknowns and non - professional actors , making the audience feels like it is participating in a discovery on multiple levels . forgoing jump scares and the traditional horror tropes , the film provides a surreal , primal , unexpected and unsettling journey through a society gone mad . we hesitate to tell you more because the signal , which is currently streaming on netflix , is something you need to experience for yourselves .
one thing that really impressed me with this movie was the ending . there is no definite answer as to how the movie ends . the signal has affected everyone in some manner , and the movie seems to end in a few different ways before the actual ending . the final ending leaves the film wide open as to closure , but not in a way that you would be expecting a sequel .
alien garnered both critical acclaim and box office success , receiving an academy award for best visual effects , saturn awards for best science fiction film , best direction for scott , and best supporting actress for cartwright , and a hugo award for best dramatic presentation , along with numerous other award nominations . it has remained highly praised in subsequent decades , being inducted into the national film registry of the library of congress in 2002 for historical preservation as a film which is
culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant
. in 2008 it was ranked as the seventh - best film in the science fiction genre by the american film institute , and as the thirty - third greatest movie of all time by empire magazine .
if transmission one slowly raises the film’s horror to a pitch of explosive intensity , then jacob gentry’s transmission two : the jealousy monster disorients the viewer even further with a violent swing in mood . this time showing the insanity that has afflicted terminus from the deluded perspective of the insane themselves , the film’s middle section plays itself out as high farce – with a bodycount .
the signal ( 2007 ) official trailer # 1 - horror movie hd subscribe to classic trailers : urltoken subscribe to trailers : urltoken subscribe to coming soon : urltoken like us on facebook : urltoken follow us on twitter : urltoken a horror film told in three parts , from three perspectives , in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone , radio , and television . welcome to the fandango movieclips trailer vault channel . where trailers from the past , from recent to long ago , from a time before youtube , can be enjoyed by all . we search near and far for original movie trailer from all decades . feel free to send us your trailer requests and we will do our best to hunt it down .
critical reaction to the film was initially mixed . some critics who were not usually favorable towards science fiction , such as barry norman of the bbc ' s film series , were positive about the film ' s merits . others , however , were not : reviews by variety , sight and sound , vincent canby and leonard maltin were mixed or negative . a review by time out said the film was an
empty bag of tricks whose production values and expensive trickery cannot disguise imaginative poverty
. h . r . giger later commented that alien was a third - rate film , and said that he was secretly glad that he didn ' t
get a fair mention in the screen credits .
the film rambles on with a series of disconnected happenings - - an executive and his wife fight in their luxurious car at the signal , a regular believes giving money to beggars will help his prospects , flower girls fight in the middle of the road , a beggar boy lies about his father being dead , just when the ' dead ' man sits up behind him .
’the signal’ features a competent 1080p / avc - encoded transfer that does a decent job handling a variety of gloomy interiors and heavy shadows . colors have been intentionally robbed of deep reds , but the resultant palette doesn’t suffer from the abundance of blue and brown tones left in their place . skintones look fairly natural , blacks are inky , and contrast is spot - on for a film drenched in murky set design and lighting . while there is a bit of crushing and noise in the darkest shots , there isn’t any significant artifacting , edge enhancement , or dnr . detail is also impressive , especially when considering the film’s meager budget - - the film’s textures and edges may not be as sharp as those in the most expensive flicks on the market , but close - ups and exterior shots are quite crisp and three dimensional . better still , ‘the signal’s hdv source generates the same rickshaw atmosphere as the sd dv - captured footage in ’28 days later’ without falling prey to that film’s pesky resolution and clarity issues .
: not where the signal came from , what it ' s supposed to do , or how to stop it . . . but how you spend your last day when the apocalypse rolls around .
like many of the best comedies and tragedies , this weimar - era silent film understands how each mode is often a hair ' s breadth from the other .
, although is not as effective . the episode does however offer up the films single most demented moment  where scott poythress announces that he can electrically stimulate life back into sahr nguajahs severed head and then proceeds to have a conversation with the decapitated head , which even demands a cigarette from him . scott poythress gives a rather funny performance while under the influence of the signal .
jonathan liebesman ( ninja turtles , battle los angeles ) directs this remake of the popular book turned into a 1995 robin williams film . we don’t know how it’ll differ from that film but i’d expect bigger effects and a slightly different story , enough to warrant its existence .
’the signal’ may not be the latest and greatest evolution of horror to invade your home theater , but it’s a surprisingly solid , well - crafted thriller that offers a great cast and story . despite the low - key , low - budget nature of the production , magnolia has released the film on blu - ray with a faithful video transfer , an excellent dts hd ma audio track , and a heaping portion of supplemental features . while it can’t go head to head with more expensive flicks on the market , ‘the signal’ manages to defy its straight - to - video roots and budgetary limitations to present a film that looks and sounds much better than one might expect . this release is definitely worth a look .
when a woman returns with her husband and son to reopen the orphanage that raised her , she quickly discovers the creepy secret behind her son & apos ; s new friends . producer guillermo del toro may have been the bold - faced name attached to this 2007 spanish supernatural horror , but director juan antonio bayona gets the credit for his ability to extract more from less . like fellow countryman alejandro amenábar & apos ; s the others , bayona eschews an overreliance on cgi in favor of more gothic elements and traditional ghost story signifiers — bring on the dark basements and eerie lighthouses — leading to a slow - burn horror film that rewards patience over cheap shocks . jn
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the battle over the script came to a head when it came time to apportion screenplay credits for the film . according to o ' bannon , the film was originally to be credited solely to hill and giler . [ 4 ] as a result , o ' bannon filed a complaint with the writers guild of america , who eventually ruled in his favor . despite an appeal by hill , the film ultimately credited its story to o ' bannon and shusett , and the screenplay to o ' bannon ; hill and giler were not mentioned at all . however , despite this official ruling , it is certain hill and giler contributed at least some aspects to the finished film .
that’s too bad because the film feels truest when michael is grappling with his contradictions . his struggle , as well as the film’s moody thoughtfulness , the lumet touches and the agreeable presence of sydney pollack in a small role , overtly invokes 1970s american cinema . but mr . lumet and mr . pollack didn’t give hollywood its social conscience , which comes and goes and depends on the audience to sustain it . in some ways , michael is a grimmer , compromised version of erin brockovich , the freewheeling legal clerk in the short skirts who leads the charge against social injustice in mr . soderbergh’s populist 2000 drama . ( michael has to be dragged . ) the main difference is that the earlier film’s optimism feels like a faded signal from a faraway land .
the third transmission falls along the lines of a horror / love story where both interested parties find the wife , and the final twisted showdown comes to a peak . even in the ending , the line between what is actually happening and what is being fed into their minds by the signal is blurry .
. given how obsessed with sex he is ( he has almost no lines not revolving around women ) he may have been affected by the signal as well and become obsessed to the point of not noticing the chaos around him .
with so many horror flicks out there to watch , it’s completely understandable that one or two of the really good ones may have escaped your netflix queue . the signal , written and directed by david bruckner , dan bush and jacob gentry , is one of those . a film about a group of citizens living in the seemingly quiet fictional metropolis of terminus , the narrative is divided into three segments—crazy in love , the jealousy monster and escape from terminus . the film provides an almost indefinable blend of genres—horror , science fiction , comedy and the deep , dark relationship drama .
: jim parsons maintains a supernatural level of obliviousness to the situation around him . this adds some great comedy to the film ' s second act , but unfortunately leads to
lean budget does creep in , the sound design is still pretty solid . the broadcasts of the signal itself are backed by a hellish amount of bass , and even if the surrounds are used a little unevenly , they ' re really effective at ratcheting up the tension . the film ' s dialogue can sound kind of strained at times , but that ' s not all that surprising for a lower - budgeted flick .
if transmission one slowly raises the film ' s horror to a pitch of explosive intensity , then jacob gentry ' s transmission two : the jealousy monster disorients the viewer even further with a violent swing in mood . this time showing the insanity that has afflicted terminus from the deluded perspective of the insane themselves , the film ' s middle section plays itself out as high farce - with a bodycount .
the hap hapgood story ( sd , 9 minutes ) - - glimpsed for a few , brief moments at the beginning of the film , the directors’ 2003 slasher short is available here in its full glory . i found myself shrugging my shoulders on this one , but completists and fans of the “48 hour film project” will get a kick out of its inclusion .
directors’ commentary - - directors david bruckner , dan bush , and jacob gentry sit down for a unique discussion about the trials and tribulations of bringing a $ 50 , 000 production like ‘the signal’ to life . however , instead of patting each other on the back for their individual contributions to the film , each transmission’s director is kicked out of the room so his two remaining comrades can talk about his portion of the film behind his back . it’s a small but crucial decision that easily makes this track worth a listen . to my relief , i found that the directors have a wonderful report with each other as well as a knack for avoiding technical chit - chat in favor of engaging accounts of the low - budget production . they discuss their casting process , their work with the actors , the genesis of the film , and the areas in which they succeeded and failed in their final visions . in the end , if you even remotely enjoyed ‘the signal , ’ be sure to listen to this excellent commentary .
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hafta
( protection tax ) from each signal squatter plying his trade . there ' s tsunami , a little scavenger boy , there ' s rani - a gujrati girl selling ethnic clothes on the sidewalk , and there ' s dominic - a drug addict and the prostitute who feels for him . then there ' s silsila himself , who ' s an orphan , and reports to jaffer bhai the local goon . jaffer bhai in turn reports to haji the leader of the local mafia . and the hafta , from each traffic signal and territory haji controls , seeps upward to the politicians . life is routine , until silsila and jaffer bhai get caught up in a chain of events which threatens the very source of their livelihood - the traffic signal itself , and silsila must either remain mute with fear or protest . . .
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also if u gona use fm transmitter from inside the car the tint will lower a signal being situated in between the transmitter and the rear window antenna . i don ' t mention night driving with tinted front doors - not 2 easy 2 c mirrors .
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has a spirit of casual elan , as if a few mildly buzzed buddies had tossed around some ideas for a fun exploitation film one night - - maybe after the cable went out in the middle of a game - - and then persuaded some friends to hang out with them and shoot it on spare evenings and weekends . this is a compliment .


72 miles - ek pravas is a marathi film directed by rajiv patil and produced under grazing goat pictures and co-produced by akshay kumar and ashwini yardi.the film is set in the time of 50 's and 60 's about journey of a 13-year-old young boy who ran away from his hostel and how this young boy matures with time when he meets a lady and her kids .

deepak rane was the line producer for this film

72 miles

akshay kumar says : ' 72 miles marks our first regional film and we ' re delighted to announce the release date . marathi isn ' t my first language but living in mumbai i picked up the language very quickly and immersed myself in the culture . i ' ve seen some really interesting marathi projects and love the cinema . i am personally touched by the story of 72 miles and i hope the audience likes it as much as we do . '
the hearts of audiences and give them a visual introspect of ashok vatkar ' s autobiography . inspired from the novel with the same name , 72 miles : ek pravas explores the impact of a woman named raddhakka , on protagonist ashok .
for all the updates on our movies and more : urltoken urltoken here ' s presenting the official theatrical trailer of 72 miles ek pravas , the most awaited film of the marathi industry . produced by : twinkle khanna and ashvini yardi . directed by : rajeev patil releasing on 9th august , 2013 .
a hard - hitting , poignant tale of a young boy who makes his journey into self - actualization against the backdrop of a rustic india , 72 miles : ek pravas explores a beautiful , coming of age journey for the 13 year old boy ashok and the companionable relationships he makes through his journey .
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72 miles - ek pravas
. here ' s presenting you the first trailer of the most awaited film of the marathi industry . produced by : twinkle khanna and ashvini yardi . directed by : rajeev patil releasing on 9th august . facebook : urltoken twitter : urltoken
after taking the world by storm with their first production , the blockbuster omg oh my god , grazing goat pictures co - producers , akshay kumar and ashvini yardi , are all set to release their first debut regional ( marathi ) cinema project , 72 miles – ek pravas , setting the date as 26th july 2013 .
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that was day four of the inaugural rebelle rally , a female - only navigational road rally—the first of its kind . for seven days last fall , 72 women—36 teams of two—off - roaded over 1250 miles , through two national parks and five bureau of land management areas ( government - managed public lands ) . we started in nevada ' s lake tahoe and ended in glamis , california ; in between , we rambled down dirt roads , clambered over dry riverbeds and mountain passes , and coasted over terrifyingly high sand dunes .
in which dazzler is not a team player ; longshot is the zonker harris of the x - men ; juggernaut is that guy ; rachel and miles channel statler and waldorf ; and alex summers is seriously never , ever going to finish grad school .
titled 72 milesóek pravas , the movie is based on ashok vatkar ' s autobiography . yardi says ,
the film is about a young boy who runs away from his hostel . it ' s his journey on the run , where he meets a lady and her kids and how this young lad matures from being a boy to a man .
a kilometre ( american spelling : kilometer , symbol : km ) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres ( from the greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count / measure ) . it is approximately equal to 0 . 621 miles , 1094 yards or 3281 feet .
turn left ,
jaclyn said once we set off .
our first checkpoint should be in 13 miles .
a few minutes later , we experienced the singular thrill of spotting a green checkpoint for the first time : a mix of relief , pride , and elation that never got old .
ashvini yardi says : ' ' it was my dream to produce a period film and with 72 miles , i have had the chance to do so . this subject and the plot of the film is so thought - provoking that it forces you to completely engage in the film , connect with the characters and grow with their thought . what ' s more it ' s by the same director of jogwa which won 6 national awards . akshay and i are very proud of this project and the opportunity to be able to produce such a marvellous film . the film will definitely engage with international audiences despite the language barrier and will let them in on our heritage , our culture and a panoramic setting of post independent india . i am sure the marathi audience will be proud of this film . '
miles , i’m another submissive fan of longshot and i loved what you did in “of mullets and miracles” . too bad that i find hard to understand completely your podcasts , but i think you were talking about longshot’s underlying melancholy ( in spite of his playful and joyful nature ) , which is something i appreciate as much as the bittersweet tone of his former series . could you explain just a bit what’s your opinion about that ?
it was 4 p . m . and 90 degrees when we finally decided to give up . for hours , jaclyn and i had been inching our jeep rubicon along a dusty unmarked road in the mojave national preserve , eventually finding ourselves trapped in a high - walled canyon . we had no idea how far off course we were : two miles ? twenty ? we hadn ' t seen another human all afternoon . soon it would be dusk , then nightfall .
rachel & miles did a cold open about the recent / likely temporary retcon of how wanda and ‘silver are not magneto’s kids because of ( fox vs disney for movie rights ) and it was so absurd that when i played their riff for my husband ( a spider - man exclusive fan , mostly ) he laughed so hard he nearly suffocated , then told me all my efforts to get him into x - men were now futile . there goes half a year of effort…
miles : a mile is a most popular measurement unit of length , equal to most commonly 5 , 280 feet ( 1 , 760 yards , or about 1 , 609 meters ) . the mile of 5 , 280 feet is called land mile or the statute mile to distinguish it from the nautical mile ( 1 , 852 meters , about 6 , 076 . 1 feet ) . use of the mile as a unit of measurement is now largely confined to the united kingdom , the united states , and canada .
yes and no . rachel and miles do mention in the podcast that it’s possible that claremont was aware of the ickiness and the audience was supposed to be turned off by juggernaut’s sexism . that’s a pretty charitable reading though , given the fact that wolverine , for one , also uses the same condescending pet names for women quite frequently . and while you and i as adults can certainly find plenty of other ways in which wolverine should not be emulated , he’s clearly a heroic character and someone children are meant to look up to . obviously , using those pet names is meant to be a tough - guy shorthand that calls back to bogart and other classic film leads , but it’s pretty behind the times in the ’80s . as feminist as claremont seems to be in other places , i’m really surprised that none of the females in his life ever called wolverine out for his condescension .
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akshay kumar seems to be completely influenced by regional content . so after making oh my god ! , which was based on a gujarati play , he is now working on a full fledged marathi film .
says ashwini yardi , akshay kumar ' s partner in their production house , grazing goat pictures ,
making a marathi movie was my idea . i am a maharashtrian and i wanted to do a film in my mother tongue in memory of baburao pai , my grandfather , who was one of v . shantaram ' s partners in prabhat film company in the 1920s .
set in the 50s and 60s , it has been shot entirely in satara during may and june . for the period look and feel , props like old buses and other such vehicles have been used . directed by rajeev patil of national award winning marathi film , jogwa fame , the film is currently in the post - production stages .
after this , yardi confirms tapping into the regional market with a punjabi film . the producer duo ( kumar and yardi ) aim at producing four to five movies a year , the team also looks at making films in bengali and south and are even planning to make a sequel of oh my god ! with paresh rawal .
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a hard - hitting , poignant tale of a young boy who makes his journey into self - actualization against the backdrop of a rustic india .
this film aims to transport the audiences into post - independence india as experienced by the protagonist ashok .
he has just 2 weeks left & i need rs . 5 . 5 lakh to save him .
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a young boy decides to escape from his boarding school . chased by bullies , robbed by drunken gamblers , a young boy starts his journey towards kolhapur . the very people who seem pleasant , and invite him to ride with them turn into horrifying monsters as soon as they learn of his surname , a scheduled caste . beaten to a pulp by the high - castes , the boy is then rescued by a woman who is on her way to shigaon with her sick infant son , and three other children .
the film is set in the time of 50 ' s and 60 ' s about journey of a 13 year old young boy who ran away from his hostel and how this young boy matures with time when he meets a woman and her kids .
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set in the 50 ' s and 60 ' s , this film follows the journey of a 13 year old young boy who ran away from his hostel and how he matures with time when he meets a lady and her kids .
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the film is set in the time of 50’s and 60’s about journey of a 13 year old young boy who ran away from his hostel and how this young boy matures with time when he meets a lady and her kids .
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the wonderful adam warrock , for letting us sample his song “teamwork” in this episode ! you can listen to the full track here , and find more of adam’s work at adamwarrock . com .
i’m pretty sure that the bald scottish guy dazzler meets up with is meant to sean connery .
for all that i can find nostalgia in curious backwaters of continuity , i have no nostalgia for “mutant x . ” that was . . . not good .
aw , polaris . i always feel sorry for her , because i think she’s a cool character in general , but it’s ages before she ever gets a decent story where she doesn’t show up and immediately get mind controlled or go crazy ( thanks heaps , chuck austen ) i’m racking my brain trying to find a time before peter david’s x - factor run where she has any agency of her own in any story .
only tangentially related to this episode — the wildfire smoke basically blanketed large chunks of western canada this entire past week after the episode recording .
i suddenly want to go back and re - read mutant x . havoc has been one of my favourite characters since i started reading comics with peter david’s x - factor run , and i was really excited that he was basically going to get his own corner of the multiverse as his private playground .
i remember the first 12 issue arc being not terrible and having some interesting concepts — i also really liked that the universe where havoc was one of the premiere heroes was a lot more peaceful and had less mutant prejudice — but it quickly went off the rails following that story’s conclusion . perhaps not coincidentally , the book had originally only been pitched as a 12 issue mini - series , and it’s initial sales were good enough for the editors to push howard mackie to expand it into an on - going .
also , the juggernaut may be a jerk , but he’s great at being a jerk . has there been a cold open i’m forgetting explaining his powers ?
based on a couple cameo appearences ( ie rick redfern and joanie caucus in days of future past , as well as a lot of other drop ins ) the doonsbury characters exist in the marvel universe . so how many are actually mutants themselves ? i seem to recall mike doonsbury making one of his summer daydreams come true…which sounds a lot like franklin richards level reality warping to me .
so i’m curious about the view of gender identity in the dazzler / juggernaut situation . i think you’re right 90 % of the time on this . but i read this juggernaut thing really differently .
i saw it as juggernaut saying , the next person you randomly attack for no reason might kill you , especially if you insist on picking fights way outside your weight class . condescending ? totally . paternalistic ? definitely . but he’s also not wrong . had she done that with sabertooth , the beyonder , or any one of a dozen other hardcore villains , she’d be a corpse . especially if he’s a fan of the music , i can totally see him saying that .
i’m all for no - limits feminism , and there’s a lot that really troubles me about some of the sexist coding in comics . but this struck me as a small dog picking a fight with a big dog , and the big one telling him to knock it off . rather than a “womens should know their place” thing .
actually , i shouldn’t have said no reason . as you’re correct nearly taking people out with cars is horrible , still . the rest stands .
the whole thing would read as less condescending and sexist if he wasn’t calling her things like “doll” and “frail” the whole time . incidentally , was there a time in human history when people actually referred to women as “frail” ? i’ve literally never heard that time used outside of a claremont comic .
that last sentence should read “that term , ” not “that time . ” word press really needs an edit button .
touche’ sam . “frail” is pretty bad . but i think condescending is definitely supposed to be the point here . while i don’t think sexism is appropriate , from a villain like juggernaut it’s at least not a surprise . nor portrayed as something to be emulated .
yeah , this moment gave me pause too . i mean , we’re talking about what claremont intended juggernaut to express . i think he was trying to show juggernaut as a ) confused that dazzler , who is a pop singer as far as he knows , is trying to fight him – and b ) conflicted because this is someone who he really likes and has positive feelings for and she’s fighting him . he doesn’t want to hurt her .
juggernaut just wants her to stop , and to not be involved in this world . reading sexism out of it needs us to assume that claremont intended this scene to show juggernaut as a sexist . why would he suddenly do that ? he certainly hasn’t been portrayed that way up till now . or we have to assume that claremont himself is being sexist by writing “normal” dialogue which reflects his internalized misogyny . the gender politics of the x - men up to this point don’t give me much confidence in this theory .
i can easily imagine juggernaut behaving roughly the same way if he had come up against a male celebrity mutant part time superhero of whom he was a big fan .
yeah , i agree with this sentiment . i can picture him saying the same thing after beating the shit out of josh guthrie .
so you guys are getting pretty close to fall of the mutants , eh ? you’ve covered up to uncanny x - men 219 ( fall of the mutants omnibus starts at 220 ) , new mutants up to 54 ( fall starts at 55 ) , and x - factor up to 15 ( fall starts at 18 ) . obviously this event is huge , so i’m curious as to how you plan to cover it . thanks !
especially as it’s less “one big story” and more “three stories united thematically . ”
. . . i also want them to cover the daredevil issues somewhere in there , because the notion that daredevil of all books , had crossovers for this and inferno is just . . . awesome .
the fact that daredevil had crossovers is pretty self - explanatory – ann nocenti was writing daredevil at the time . however , she did a really good job at making the stories tangential . they weren’t necessary to understand the x - men world , but the backdrop usually did a good job of making the daredevil story richer . daredevil 252 ( ground zero ) is a very good example in a very nocenti - an way .
i know the background of them and the nocenti / claremont relationship and they’re loose , tangential relationship , but they’re still wonderful comics .
really enjoyable little surrealistic digressions and really go in some fun directions . inessential , sure . but nocenti gets a lot out of dd fighting a vacuum and a truck - eating dentist .
thank you for making me care for havok . i’v always seen him as rather blend character before hearing this episode . also , i would vote for this era’s psylocke any day of the weak instead of the later sexified psylocke .
magneto should not needle wanda about having grandkids , as that might lead to her rewriting all of reality again .
this episode reminded me of havok’s “how about alex” speech ( where he advocated rejecting all labels instead of being called a mutant ) . while it was certainly problematic , i thought it felt like something he would say . the character here is someone who isn’t necessarily hateful of his powers ( like rogue ) , but is someone who wants to reject all the responsibility that goes with them . his goal is normalcy . so , as long as you don’t read into the speech an editorial belief that it’s the correct thought , i thought it was a good addition to that issue .
you know , the “m - word” speech always struck me as something alex would say , too . not just because of his personality , either . he is a good - looking , white , cis - gender male who expects to be treated as an individual – not a member ( or representative ) of a “group . ” someone like that has been raised to believe that they , as an individual , are only an individual . then throw in alex’s individual psychology ( as you mention , “normalcy” being his big goal ) . then throw in his leading an avengers team , the ( nominal ) point of which was to show mutant - human cooperation ( and specifically to show how mutants were heroes just like the avengers ) and i agree that it’s a natural thing for him to say . like you say , so long as you don’t read it as the editorial position ( which didn’t occur to me on my first read of it , honestly ) , it reads as a very reasonable thing for someone with alex’s particular background , personality , and experiences to say .
“heads up– if havok’s position in ua # 5 really upset you , it’s time to drown yourself hobo piss . seriously , do it . it’s the only solution . ”
i think any attempt at subtley is out the window . ( the tweet was later deleted , but too many sites picked up on it for it to be ignored )
see also the later issue where rogue objects to havok’s comments and instead of a potentially interesting debate , it become a sequence of wanda telling rogue she’s wrong , without offering any proper justification . of course , the fact that alex can pass as a blond white guy ( and rogue and wanda are both human norm too ) gives a very” off” feel to the whole thing .
kitty’s rebuttal in either uncanny or all - new –i don’t recall which off the top of my head–remains the gold standard for on - page smackdowns as far as i’m concerned .
it is interesting to watch the different writers provide commentary via the mouths of their respective current characters to “smack down” commentary from other writers in a shared universe with which they disagree . reminds me of those “heroes texting” memes only more… fulfilling and relevant and , even , less cringe worthy ? maybe ? but when it comes to them bickering / commenting in real - life social media shit gets awkward .
oh , and in light of this sort of thing , i really find it interesting that in the pre - inferno new mutants issues where they riff with the hellions they proudly accept being called “the muties” by emma’s students .
well , i’m not arguing that the guy handles criticism well , just that it’s something that fits what alex summers would say . maybe i’m too charitable towards mr . remender , but i’m fine with the speech existing for exploring his character ( and the whole idea of mutants “passing” and how that affects mutant politics ) . and , as pointed out below , it set up kitty pryde’s rebuttal , which is also very much in character ( except that she actually managed to make a point without resorting to racial slurs this time ! ) .
i could be wrong , but i thought that there might have been some notice somewhere that places “x - men versus avengers” miniseries in the first trip to new york that havok took .
hmmm . it was coming out the same time , and according to the marvel wikia , havok and dazzler are in every issue .
i hated these issues when they came out . of course , it’s been three decades , and i’ve never wanted to reread them , so i can’t say in hindsight if it would have been better rereading with later context . but at this point :
1 ) my favorite x - men are all off the team . ( though hey , this arc was actually coming out the same time as excalibur started , meaning that i could read about many of those favorites somewhere else ! )
2 ) the characters replacing them are all characters i have no connection to whatsoever . with the possible exception of dazzler’s origin story back in the byrne days , i’d never read any comic with these characters in it before they showed up in x - men around this time . ( it does seem surprising to me that i hadn’t read anything with havok in it… does he maybe show up at scott’s wedding or something ? ) ( how cool would it have been if a couple of the new mutants had graduated up to the x - men instead ? )
3 ) these issues are just a random jumble of things . different art ( mostly dodgy ) every issue . plot that revolves around arbitrary crap happening . i mean , two issues in a row things are set off by our “heroes” being nearly run over / run off the road completely by accident ? !
4 ) twice in two issues we have the gimmick of “i recognize this from my time reading the x - men’s files . ” right…
5 ) the issues are driven by the stars acting stupidly . dazzler taking on juggernaut by himself , when he wasn’t obviously doing something dangerous ? that’s freaking insane . then there’s pretty much everything havok does . also…
6 ) wiping havok’s mind of his knowledge of meeting the x - men is completely insane and unethical . i mean , beyond the fundamental questions about wiping someone’s mind in any circumstances , isn’t the knowledge that someone has been targeting x - men and related mutants literally a matter of life and death for havok ? there’s every reason to think that he and lorna will be targets of the marauders , and of course as this issue reveals they actually are targets .
8 ) finally , the brood on earth is not a subplot you can forget about for a year ! so at the end of # 218 alex knows it’s vital to contact the x - men about the brood . at the beginning of # 219 he’s visited the x - men and had his mind erased . why didn’t he just call them ? if if alex somehow forgot to tell the x - men why he came to visit them , why didn’t betsy at least notice it in his mind when she was heavily editing it ? this is a potential extinction event for the human race , two of the heroes know about it and realize how serious it is , yet it is completely dropped without a word .
honestly , i’ve always assumed this represented some sort of editorial interference in plotting . something like “sorry chris , you’ve got to drop everything instantly and start a crossover next month ! ”
whoops , got confused about the timeline . this was still a year before excalibur , so my favorite x - men were all completely sidelined rather than appearing elsewhere .
i think plan omega’s intent was that the x - men could stop reacting to everything and begin to go after their enemies . unfortunately , it was never really stated that way and we won’t see it implemented until the australia period , with some mixed results ( i think about half of those issues were the x - men reacting to some situation ) .
when you put it like that it sounds like a good idea , but what they actually do is leave as large as possible a target for those enemies to attack and force them to react yet again . ( or just hang their friends out to dry , as they did with havok and polaris . )
a good episode that actually seems to tie these issues together than the issues themselves ever did .
coming out of the massacre into this prolonged dirge of an arc ( if it can be called that ) was the start of the issues where i started to lose interest , not only because that was a very stupid thing to ignore , but because the main x - team as they’d lost kitty and kurt and the increased focus on wolverine didn’t interest me that much . ( the casual ignoring of the space shark didn’t help as it was just too big a thing to ignore lightly )
whilst technically betsy might be captain britain’s little sister ( which you mention at least twice ) , it’d be more accurate to say she’s his twin sister , i’m not even sure who the older of the two actually is , nor by how many minutes , but someone else might i’m sure .
oh and the “let’s kill him” bit again ? ? i’ve said it before , i’ll say it again , psylocke is frighteningly keen to kill people since her introduction , generally a little too kill - happy for my tastes , or at least for someone else not to pull her up on it .
the third doctor was employed as “scientific advisor” to unit whilst stuck on earth and was officially under the brigadiers command , though the doctor cheerfully ignored him when it suited him , but respected him immensely , and the doctor has never officially resigned his position .
when the much loved actor who played the brigadier died in 2011 , the series producer and showrunner steven moffatt said in his tribute “… out of all the people the doctor has met , in all of space and time , nicholas courtney’s brigadier alistair gordon lethbridge - stewart was the only one who was ever his boss . ”
and in a later episode , the then current scientific advisor , the brigadiers daughter kate , says of the 12th doctor ; “welcome to the only planet in the universe where we get to say this : he’s on the payroll . ”
sorry , i’ve been a doctor who nerd a lot longer than i’ve been an x - men nerd . i’ll try to get it out of my system before your excalibur coverage starts .
marvel has a pretty spotty history with scientist characters , but sometimes they really hit something dead - on . havok and polaris as phd students who only want to be left alone to do their research , but instead have to constantly deal with real - world crises and being possessed , is such a perfect plot set - up for me . i wish it had been explored further ( or revisited in a drs . havok and polaris secret wars miniseries ) .
i just got back from pax prime and am still catching up on work , but i’d like to write a piece for the blog about exactly that sometime . keep an eye out ; hopefully i’ll get to that before too long ! ( and thanks for asking ! )
i hope it will at least take a moment to have a jerry seinfeld style “what’s the deal with ultimate longshot ? ” because i’m still trying to recover from that .
it was a radical upside - down , indeed . i’ve got to admit i liked him a lot , though –so shocking !
oh , man . we are now up to where i started collecting x - books on my own , instead of borrowing from a friend . – the havok issue was the first one i bought for myself , and it made a halfway decent jumping - on point . this , x - factor 17 and whatever issue of classic x - men came out that month ( think it was the reprint of 99 ) were where i started , and ran straight through until the 90s happened to the entire line .
i didn’t get to these issues until i was far down the rabbit hole of x - men addiction ; actually i think i got them as reprints of “sabertooth classic” in the ’90s… ick… but getting to my point , the bit about psylocke suggesting they just outright murder alex always struck me as the most important bit for this period . her transformation in “acts of vengeance” just seems to be a natural progression over the post “massacre” era that her battle with creed hinted at , but truly came to the fore , with this arc .
i have also noticed her brother , brian , was a bit of an epic , hard drinkin’ fist full o’ assholes around this time in excalibur . toss in jamie and we have an extremely interesting dynamic of a family of mostly heroes that is still , generally , a bunch of jerks . their interactions with the summers clan has depths that have shamefully not yet been explored .
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just realized i put this in the as mentioned in thread by accident . powers that be , feel free to delete that ! ( sorry . )
psylocke’s suggestion that havok needs to be killed is pretty bonkers . ( havok is an auxiliary x - man and she presents basically no good reason for killing him ! ) despite that , it seems to indicate an interesting mandate for the character that claremont never totally got around to fleshing out : that despite those prissy pink pajamas she’s meant to be ruthlessly pragmatic and actually kind of shady . we’ll see this expressed again again from time to time — like when she mentally pushes the team through the siege perilous against their wills– but it never quite develops into a real story . ( this , to me , is related to but separate from the more often explored but somewhat less interesting notion that she longs to be more physically imposing . )
the dark turn the book seems to be taking at this point is actually pretty exciting on an issue by issue basis . it’s too bad that it 1 ) ends up amounting to not all that much and 2 ) makes hardly any sense if you think about it too hard .
i think juggernaut’s skull - cap first appeared in marvel team - up # 150 , which was also the last issue of that run of the series . the story has juggy giving black tom the crystal gym of cyttorak and tom not appreciating becoming all big and juggernauty . it’s set while rachel was still on the team as just rachel , not phoenix . haven’t read it in ages , and sadly it’s not available on marvel unlimited .
the juggernaut secondary skull - cap actually made its first appearance in marvel team - up # 150 ( which happens to be my first exposure to an x - men story ever ! woot ) . it’s actually quite ingenious . since his helmet is the one thing protecting him from those pesky telepaths and every battle with the x - men essentially boils down to everyone trying to get his helmet off so that a telepath can knock him down , why not provide an added level of protection , with a second , even more tightly fitted helmet underneath the first one ? 🙂
if you havent read this mtu story , you should , i think it also bleeds into the main book continuity at some point . in this story rogue absorbs juggernaut’s powers turning into juggerrogue , which i distinctly remember getting referenced later on .
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the opening gimmick who cried wolf . ( uncanny x - men # 217 )
“seriously , guys , it’s like the whole theme of the book . i mean , aside from fighting to protect a world that hates and fears us . ” ( uncanny x - men # 217 )
whether douglas the gentle freak is the doonesbury - universe version of cypher remains a mystery . ( we’d like to think so , though . )
2 / 3 of juggernaut fights begin with some variation of this scene ( kilt negotiable ) . ( uncanny x - men # 217 )
i don’t know if there’s a word for what’s going on with rogue’s hair , but it is amazing . ( uncanny x - men # 218 )
“y’all enjoy your group hug . i’m just gonna fling this fucking rock into space . ” ( uncanny x - men # 218 )
i know this story is all about teamwork , but rogue definitely wins mvp of uncanny x - men # 218 .
the really great thing about this reference is that there’s also a brigadier lethbridge stuart running around uk - 616 . i bet they get each other’s mail all the time . ( uncanny x - men # 218 )
car wreck sex : the alex summers story . ( uncanny x - men # 218 )
this plotline will continue to dangle for like a year and a half . ( uncanny x - men # 218 )
please let us know if you can work out the timeline here , because we’ve basically stopped sleeping , and it’s not pretty . ( uncanny x - men # 219 )
i always figured magneto would have way nicer penmanship than this . ( uncanny x - men # 219 )
lorna , you can fuck with magnetic fields with your mind , and one time you threw an island into space . are you really that surprised at a freak earthquake ? ( uncanny x - men # 219 )
if the x - line were a sitcom , they’d totally have cut from here to scott arguing with hallucinations over in x - factor . ( uncanny x - men # 219 )
it’s okay . everyone will be too distracted by your hat to notice the tights . ( uncanny x - men # 219 )
next week : origins of x - men : evolution , with robert n . skir !
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rebelle rally : driving in the u . s . ' s only all - female endurance road race
i competed in america ' s first all - female endurance road rally . i ' d never even changed a tire .
we were lost . not can you pull up google maps ? lost , or do we still have a road atlas somewhere ? lost . no , we were are we in california or nevada ? lost ; thank god we have emergency supplies lost ; this landscape would be gorgeous if it weren ' t so apocalyptic lost . the jeep ' s gps system had been disabled , and our phones and laptops were turned off and sealed in envelopes . we had a collection of specialized large - scale topographical maps , but to figure out where you are on a topo map ( a relief map that shows a region ' s geographical features ) , you have to know how to read it . i was supposed to be the better topo reader in our pair , and i could barely pick out the most prominent landmarks . if coyotes or unfriendly strangers appeared , we ' d be completely , royally screwed .
we sat in the jeep with the air conditioning on high , eating sugary energy chews and gulping down coconut water .
this all called for a set of navigation skills no one uses anymore—unless you ' re a sailor or a fifth grader prepping for a social studies test .
throughout the course , 140 checkpoints were hidden behind broken - down mine shacks , just beyond hairpin turns , deep inside mountain crevices , and sometimes , blessedly , directly on the route . large green flags marked the easiest - to - find checkpoints ; smaller blue flags identified intermediate ones . black checkpoints , the most difficult to find , weren ' t marked at all . each was worth a certain number of points . the goal : rack up as many as possible .
every morning we were given a list of checkpoints to find that day ( one day there ' d be 12 ; another day , 22 ) , defined solely by their latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates . we had to plot them on our topo maps , then use geometry to strategize how to get from one to the next . this all called for a set of navigation skills no one uses anymore—unless you ' re a sailor or a fifth grader prepping for a social studies test . we weren ' t allowed phones , gps , or outside help . kind of like an adult female eagle scouts on steroids , or survivor meets the amazing race in the american west .
the automotive world is notoriously male - dominated , making a women - only motorsports event revolutionary . ( there are a few all - women rallies and races scattered across the globe , out of hundreds of annual motorsports events overall ; the rebelle is the only one in the u . s . )
i ' ve been in races where i was the only woman driving ,
the rebelle ' s founder , 50 - year - old emily miller , told me .
i ' ve had people recommend i wear a tight pink race suit .
miller grew up between arkansas and colorado , skiing , biking , and reading her father ' s car magazines . in her 30s , she launched a sports marketing firm and started to race cars and teach at racing and off - roading schools . when creating the rebelle—which took three years of planning , 40 bureau of land management permits , and 60 staffers to pull off—miller combined her favorite aspects of the rallies and races she ' d participated in over the years .
she was determined to create an event where women could test their mettle .
most automotive events are designed from a man ' s perspective ,
miller said , meaning that they ' re usually speed races , where the goal is to get from point a to b as fast as possible . but the rebelle isn ' t a race , she reminded us daily . it demanded endurance , accurate navigation , and communication .
women excel in endurance events ,
she explained .
women think about the rules and the challenge . they want to win , but they ' re not there to prove how fast they can go .
my team ' s combined experience was…limited .
winning
never crossed our minds ; we just hoped to finish without killing the jeep—or one another . my teammate , jaclyn trop , is an auto reporter who reviews luxury cars , but we both quickly realized that her professional expertise didn ' t translate into real - world driving and car maintenance knowledge . while she knows her way around a racetrack , she didn ' t know how to read a map .
naïve enthusiasm seemed like a perfectly legitimate qualification to enter a highly - detailed endurance event requiring a complex venn diagram of skills i didn ' t possess .
not that i know anything about cars . i can sort of drive a stick shift , and sort of change a tire . i ' d signed up for the rebelle rally because tooling around isolated southwestern back roads is one of my all - time favorite activities , something i discovered during the six years i lived in far west texas . ( aimless desert driving is terrible for the environment , but good for the soul . )