#john putch

[moratoirenoir]

[filmjunky-99]

s t a r t r e k t h e n e x t g e n e r a t i o n created by gene roddenberry Ensign Mendon of Benzar [a matter of honor, s2ep8]

'I want to tell you how happy I am to be assigned to the Enterprise. It wasn't just luck. I requested it. I know I can be of great help to the ship.' - mendon [to riker]

[astralbondpro]

Star Trek: The Next Generation // S01E19: Coming of Age

[adamwatchesmovies]

Atlas Shrugged: Part II (2012)

While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...

Die-hard fans of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged might have enjoyed the 2011 film adaptation. Everyone else clearly found it to be a tremendous bore. Critics panned it and the movie failed to earn even a quarter of its $20 million budget in ticket sales. Despite this, Either Or Productions made Atlas Shrugged: Part II: a film that’s just as dull as its predecessor, but with half the money. The best thing I can say about this sequel is that while none of the actors return, at least the screenplay makes it pretty easy to figure out who is who without any of the dialogue sounding clunky.

Despite the success of the John Galt Line, Taggart Transcontinental railroad Vice-President Dagny Taggart (Samantha Mathis) and Henry Rearden (Jason Beghe) face new challenges. Ellis Wyatt set his oil fields ablaze before vanishing. To make things worse, the U.S. Government has enacted a "Fair Trade” law, which forces Rearden to sell to all buyers at the same price. Rearden doesn’t want to do business with the Science Institute after they nearly bankrupted him with their false claims that his metal was unsafe. Meanwhile, the country’s brightest minds continue to disappear, leading to one question “Who is John Galt”?

We’ve all seen movie franchises recast some characters at one point. It was a much more common in the 90s (I’m thinking of all the actors who played Batman as an example). I’ve never even heard of a series that had all of its cast jump ship a mere one year later. It’s the first sign that Part II is in trouble. The second is the dialogue. This film by John Putch is interested in pushing an agenda. To do this, it contorts itself in a pretzel from which no one could ever escape.

I know all films, particularly those in the science fiction category, require a certain suspension of disbelief. It isn’t fair to question all aspects of the story's world because the movie’s “got to happen”. This time, I can’t help myself. In my defense, the movie isn’t selling its world very well. Atlas Shrugged is set only a few years in the future but the people in it don’t behave like anyone in the 21st century would.

It would be difficult for anyone to care about the story's big conflict unless they were exactly like Henry Rearden: someone who only cares about making money. After refusing to sell his Rearden Metal/Rearden Steel to the government, he's put on trial. Technically, he’s only accused of defying the “Fair Trade” law, but everyone inside and outside the movie knows the truth. His first crime is owning a monopoly on Rearden Metal, which might have you wondering “Does this movie know what a monopoly is?” There’s nothing stopping people from using other construction materials on their projects. He’s the only one making Rearden Metal… just as McDonald’s is the only restaurant selling Big Macs. His second crime is making more Rearden Metal than everyone. I think what the film means to say is that he is making metal in greater quantities than any other factory. Screenplay writers Duke Sandefur, Brian Patrick O’Toole and Duncan Scott must be trolling us. Otherwise, they think we’re idiots. Are we supposed to think the government would tell factories to create materials at the same rate as everyone else, regardless of how much staff they have, how big their factories are and what their capacity might be?

There are other logical holes in this film’s politics, the biggest come when the government announces Directive 10-289. It forces companies to freeze wages, prevents them from firing anyone, forbids employees from leaving their jobs, from making or spending more money than they had the last year (I guess if you were unemployed, on maternity leave or hadn’t entered the workforce yet you’re just expected to starve) and everyone must give all of their patents to the government. Meanwhile, there are protesters outside of Taggart’s offices. What are they picketing? Even when the film is populated almost entirely by straw men, nothing makes any sense. At least the performers are marginally better than before. Samantha Mathis and Jason Beghe have more chemistry than the actors they replaced.

Like Part I, Atlas Shrugged: Part II is a bore until the very end when it loses its mind, spouts all sorts of “Profits first. People? Who cares” sentiments and then ends on an infuriating cliffhanger. The special effects are dreadful. The story hardly progresses, making you wonder if the two films couldn’t have been combined into one or better yet, left as a book. At the end of the first movie, I was curious to see where this was all going. Now, I’m heading into Part III but only because I’m this far in and might as well. I guarantee you it’s going to suck and I’m almost sure it will be an even cheaper production with an entirely new cast and crew. (On DVD, April 7, 2023)

[edpor68]

Happy Saturday! The Walter Ego (1991) is a short film directed by John Putch. Pattye plays Liza the Secretary- a small part but she was awesome as always.… #patriciamattick #pattyemattick #thewalterego #1991shortfilms #johnputch #GoneButWillNeverBeForgotten

I remember going to the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival in late 1991… and they were showing it… my friends found odd that it was a black and white film……Pattye was 40 at the time of filming…behold, a typewriter…

[duranduratulsa]

Now showing on DuranDuranTulsa's Retro Cinema 🎥... Jaws 3-D (1983( on classic DVD 📀! #movie #movies #horror #scifi #monstermovies #creaturefeature #jaws #shark #greatwhite #greatwhiteshark #carcharodoncarcharias #Jaws3 #jaws3d #DennisQuaid #leathompson #BessArmstrong #LouisGossettJr #simonmaccorkindale #johnputch #dvd #80s #durandurantulsa #durandurantulsasretrocinema

[tuttle-did-it]

'Rick Berman was the biggest ego on the lot.' - John Putch, 7th Rule T7R #221

[marvelousgeeks]

If the Marvel Cinematic Universe needs tips and tricks to nail down time travel and romance, it needs to look no further at what Hallmark continues to accomplish with the genre. Logistics? Eh, who cares about that stuff when the magic feels transcendent and the story remains engaging from beginning to end? This viewer sure doesn’t. Hallmark’s A Biltmore Christmas joins A Timeless Christmas as a holiday gem featuring time travel in a way that works.

Starring Bethany Joy Lenz and Kristoffer Polaha, the noir-inspired film—nay, picture—is a gorgeous showcase of why happy endings matter in worlds of fiction we create. Written by Marcy Holland and directed by John Putch, Hallmark’s A Biltmore Christmas works entirely because of the message it leaves viewers with at a time when we’re still (and always) scouring the sea for wholesome content. At the same time, there’s always something genuinely enticing for romance genre connoisseurs about the one who doesn’t believe in fairytale endings, finding something indescribably magical when they least expect it.

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[clemsfilmdiary]

Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story (2024, John Putch)

12/15/24

[lifetimemoviereview]

Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story (Hallmark 2024)

Go Chiefs or something?? #HolidayTouchdownACheifsLoveStory #Hallmark

Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story (2024 Hallmark Channel) 📺.  Stream/Watch the Movie (Ad): Stream this movie now with Philo w/ Deck The Hallmark Cast: Hunter King, Tyler Hynes, Ed Begley Jr., Richard Riehle, Diedrich Bader, Christine Ebersole, Megyn Price Director: John Putch Writer(s): Julie Sherman Wolfe ➡️    Check out our Youtube Channel: Lifetime Uncorked: Lifetime Movie Reviews 🎧…

[moratoirenoir]

[thisisstarfleet]

An interesting note about this movie - it's directed by John Putch, an early TNG guest actor who played Mendon and Mordock, the first two Benzites to appear. He's apparently become a prolific director, much like Frakes.

The above article came out in part because Frakes stars in a Hallmark movie called a Biltmore Christmas with Robert Picardo, description below from People Magazine:

Sunday, November 26: A Biltmore Christmas, starring Bethany Joy Lenz, Kristoffer Polaha, Jonathan Frakes, and Robert Picardo — Lucy Hardgrove (Lenz) is a screenwriter who lands the job of a lifetime when she’s hired to pen the script for a remake of the beloved, holiday movie classic, His Merry Wife!, which was filmed in 1947 at beautiful, historic Biltmore House. When the head of the studio isn’t satisfied with the ending Lucy wrote because it deviates from the original’s feel-good conclusion, he sends Lucy to Biltmore Estate for research and inspiration. While there, she unwittingly discovers the ability to travel to the 1947 set of His Merry Wife! through the help of an hourglass. While on set, she and Jack Huston (Polaha), one of the film’s stars, spend time together and become close. But her sudden appearance has set off a chain of events that put the production in jeopardy. Before she can return to the present, Lucy must make things right or threaten to alter the future forever. 

[vfxexpress]

A Holiday Spectacular - VFX Breakdown by  Imaginary Pixels

A Holiday Spectacular – VFX Breakdown by Imaginary Pixels

Set in 1958, follows Maggie who sneaks up to New York City to make her secret dream come true: dancing lives on stage in the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall, putting her high-society wedding plans on hold. A Holiday Spectacular – Director John Putch WRITER – Julie Sherman Wolfe STARS- Ginna Claire MasonDerek KlenaSara Gallo VFX Done by – Imaginary Pixels

[filmjunky-99]

s t a r t r e k t h e n e x t g e n e r a t i o n created by gene roddenberry [coming of age, s1ep19] 'Exams'

[jabberwocky1996]

Jennifer Holland as Ashley in American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (2009)

for @mikaeled as a thank you

[edpor68]

Happy Wednesday! The Walter Ego is a 1991 black and white short film directed by John Putch- Pattye played Liza the Secretary, a small part. “Walter is a meek man who gets pushed around by everyone - until the day he snaps and pushes back.” (IMDB)

I believe I saw this when attending a Fort Lauderdale film festival in the fall of 1991… a friend loved attending film festivals- so I went along … Back then I didn’t know who Pattye was - Pretty sure 22 year old me wondered why black and white…. 🤷🏼 This was her last on the silver screen- 40 years young. No glasses! 👩🏻‍🦰📺💐#pattyemattick #patriciamattick #adorable #thewalterego #1991shortfilms