Word: wahlberg
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...because of the visual style. It would be capricious to declare that a planet on which apes are superior to men must be the sun-baked, post-apocalyptic desertscape in Franklin J. Schaffner?s original. The planet on which Mark Wahlberg crashes is dark, moody and marshy - in fact, it?s alarmingly similar to the one in "Empire Strikes Back," in which men are ruled by wrinkled green Jedi instructors - and that?s OK. Dark and moody is Burton?s thing, and he does it well; take what...
...even in these politically correct times, when even dark heroes must be driven by some easy-to-understand childhood trauma and Tobey Maguire gets the lead in "Spiderman," there?s an interesting way to do this - think Michael Keaton in "Batman." Wahlberg?s (or Burton?s) Capt. Leo Davidson has (apparently) a lovely girlfriend who misses him, as well as the usual complement of cookie-cutter friends who send him a joshing taped message from some idyllic backyard barbecue back on Earth. Come home soon, buddy...
...against Dartmouth, the Crimson broke down one game at a time. In the series opener, sophomore lefthander Kenon Ronz was not at all his usual self, and sophomore reliever Barry Wahlberg fared even worse, as Dartmouth jumped out to an 11-1 lead. The Crimson bats rallied for seven runs in its next trip to the plate to trim the deficit to 11-8, but Dartmouth's advantage proved too great. The Crimson fell...
...What? Mark Wahlberg is doing a movie without George Clooney? What? Tim Burton is finally directing again? What? A _Planet of the Apes_ without kitsch? That's what the newly updated version of the 1968 science fiction classic is shaping up to be: a visceral, dynamic action movie that deviates so far from the original that it's almost unrecognizable. It's hard to imagine anyone besides Charlton Heston battling those "damned dirty apes," but Wahlberg fills his shoes well, and in a fitting, but rare touch, Heston appears in an ape cameo. As a US Air Force pilot, Wahlberg...
That rally tied the game and took Wahlberg off the hook. More importantly, it showed that the team could still motivate itself down several runs in a game that meant little compared to the setback it had suffered two days earlier...