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corn in the bible posted:Charles Band has his own internet streaming service. You can pay fifteen dollars a month for unlimited Charles Band I already do...I am a weak man.
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How do people not know Blessed was in TPM? Also I really enjoyed his voice work in that. One of the few highlights in my opinion.
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mind the walrus posted:Remove the monolith and maybe change the space suit to Dave in the bed and it'd be better, but it's hard to say without seeing it. The artist was probably terrified that without the suit and monolith it wouldn't "read" as 2001, which is a stupid case of playing to the lowest common denominator and coming out poorer on all fronts for the effort. Even then what is it trying to say? Dave is passed out in a room decorated in a Baroque fashion, a notoriously decadent age whose frivolities were heavily criticized by the Enlightenment. His pose mimics the maiden in The Nightmare with the ancestral ape and monolith standing in for the incubus and literal night mare. So is evolution the nightmare? Is Kubric's image of a clean, sharp, technically advanced future just another form of decadence and indulgence? Is the font and layout choice for the title actually really ugly and confusing? Yes. Yes it is. SirPhoebos posted:My brother's only exposure to BRIAN BLESSED is The Phantom Menace Well Flash Gorden of course. Everyone should see it at least once. For a more serious role you can check out the I, Claudius miniseries.
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Mar 28, 2015 10:43
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SirPhoebos posted:My brother's only exposure to BRIAN BLESSED is The Phantom Menace He's pretty good in the first season of Blackadder. For bonus points, you'll also get to show him the peak of the witty side of Rowan Atkinson's career. Nothing against Mr. Bean, which is pretty great physical comedy (please ignore the movies), but it really sucks that it overshadows Blackadder for most people.
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Mar 28, 2015 14:38
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SirPhoebos posted:My brother's only exposure to BRIAN BLESSED is The Phantom Menace Cleretic posted:He's pretty good in the first season of Blackadder. For bonus points, you'll also get to show him the peak of the witty side of Rowan Atkinson's career. Nothing against Mr. Bean, which is pretty great physical comedy (please ignore the movies), but it really sucks that it overshadows Blackadder for most people. I agree with this suggestion! More serious dramatic stuff go for 'I Claudius' which also features Patrick Stewart with hair.  Oh and of course Flash Gordon.
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Mar 28, 2015 15:19
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That's a wig, Patrick Stewart has been bald since he was a teenager.
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Mar 28, 2015 15:28
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there wolf posted:Even then what is it trying to say? Dave is passed out in a room decorated in a Baroque fashion, a notoriously decadent age whose frivolities were heavily criticized by the Enlightenment. His pose mimics the maiden in The Nightmare with the ancestral ape and monolith standing in for the incubus and literal night mare. So is evolution the nightmare? Is Kubric's image of a clean, sharp, technically advanced future just another form of decadence and indulgence? Is the font and layout choice for the title actually really ugly and confusing? Yes. Yes it is. Simply any reference to high art or whatever is the laziest thing in the world.
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Mar 28, 2015 18:35
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muscles like this? posted:That's a wig, Patrick Stewart has been bald since he was a teenager. His hair loss is probably the best thing that could have happened. 
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Mar 28, 2015 19:04
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kiimo posted:His hair loss is probably the best thing that could have happened. He looks a bit like a young Harrison Ford.
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Mar 28, 2015 19:14
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kiimo posted:His hair loss is probably the best thing that could have happened. Maybe, but the circumstances that caused it aren't.
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Mar 28, 2015 19:17
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Star Man posted:Maybe, but the circumstances that caused it aren't. Superman's not around anymore, so I'd say he won.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Simply any reference to high art or whatever is the laziest thing in the world. Nonsense 
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Mar 28, 2015 21:39
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fatherboxx posted:
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Mar 28, 2015 23:40
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Star Man posted:Maybe, but the circumstances that caused it aren't. Genetics? I couldn't find anything that suggested otherwise.
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Mar 29, 2015 03:06
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ThatPazuzu posted:Genetics? I couldn't find anything that suggested otherwise. Yeah, I looked it up too. For some reason I thought it was trauma from his abusive father.
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Mar 29, 2015 03:33
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Star Man posted:Yeah, I looked it up too. For some reason I thought it was trauma from his abusive father. I hope that you can't beat someone bald
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Mar 29, 2015 04:16
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Improbable Lobster posted:I hope that you can't beat someone bald Some people's hair can fall out due to stress, so I think it would be possible in the right circumstances with the right person to do basically this.
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Mar 29, 2015 05:24
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there wolf posted:Nonsense References to The Last Supper are the laziest thing of all.
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Mar 29, 2015 07:42
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Noxville posted:References to The Last Supper are the laziest thing of all. So loving agree. I wish there could be a moratorium on film/TV marketing using the Last Supper. There's other ways to portray an ensemble cast.
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Mar 29, 2015 07:52
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Young Freud posted:So loving agree. I wish there could be a moratorium on film/TV marketing using the Last Supper. There's other ways to portray an ensemble cast.  Actually, now that the subject is up, are there other common references in movie posters? Could be I'm just an uncultured swine, but I can't really think of any.
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Mar 29, 2015 09:10
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Expendables should've used the anatomy lesson instead "Sly went overboard with hgh, check out his sick forearms from inside"
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Mar 29, 2015 11:14
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A Buttery Pastry posted:What are the alternatives, if you wish to portray your character as essentially Jesus? Though if that wasn't a concern, a painting like The Night Watch would more easily incorporate guns. I remember the Discworld book of the same name basing its cover on the painting. 
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Mar 29, 2015 12:33
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Noxville posted:References to The Last Supper are the laziest thing of all. Even the Sopranos, which usually had really well done posters, resorted to a "Last Supper" tableau once and it looked pretty bad.
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Mar 29, 2015 12:43
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Alternative pants posted:As long as it makes sense to the story who cares? Was Sue adopted or Johnny? Interracial family? As long as it is logical and not just "must have POC because reasons". Cleretic posted:He's pretty good in the first season of Blackadder. For bonus points, you'll also get to show him the peak of the witty side of Rowan Atkinson's career. Nothing against Mr. Bean, which is pretty great physical comedy (please ignore the movies), but it really sucks that it overshadows Blackadder for most people.
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Mar 29, 2015 13:14
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Even the Sopranos, which usually had really well done posters, resorted to a "Last Supper" tableau once and it looked pretty bad. Yeah, I was really disappointed when they did that, because their ensemble tableau things were always on point.
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Mar 29, 2015 13:33
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I want to see more Death of Socrates references.
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Mar 29, 2015 13:45
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TetsuoTW posted:Blessed's great in that but that was hands down the worst season of Blackadder. So you haven't seen Blackadder the Third, then?
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Mar 29, 2015 14:35
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Yeah, I was really disappointed when they did that, because their ensemble tableau things were always on point. Starting with season three, they were done by Annie Leibovitz. And they were fantastic. Some examples: (spoilers for a show that ended almost ten years ago, obviously)   
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Mar 29, 2015 14:48
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I love the concept of the boat one but the execution always felt off. Maybe it's Big Pussy's weird body.
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Mar 29, 2015 15:29
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TetsuoTW posted:What other reason could there be beyond either "interracial family" or "adoption"? I don't even understand why anyone has a thing about this, it's not like this is 1935 or something. No, you have to have a reason for non whites to be in movies, otherwise they should be white because white people are the default
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Mar 29, 2015 19:12
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Improbable Lobster posted:No, you have to have a reason for non whites to be in movies, otherwise they should be white because white people are the default Or it could be because the character has a white sister (as in this case) or because a black captain America in WWII wouldn't make sense? I'm not saying it's a bad thing in the slightest, but do it for a reason beyond "gotta check that diversity box". I'd actually be really interested in the story of Sue being adopted into the Storm family after being taken away from a redneck trailer park by DHS. The point is when it's done juicy not other reason than "gotta have a minority actor in here or someone will throw a fit" it seems lazy.
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Mar 29, 2015 21:51
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Alternative pants posted:Or it could be because the character has a white sister (as in this case) or because a black captain America in WWII wouldn't make sense? I'm not saying it's a bad thing in the slightest, but do it for a reason beyond "gotta check that diversity box". I'd actually be really interested in the story of Sue being adopted into the Storm family after being taken away from a redneck trailer park by DHS. The point is when it's done juicy not other reason than "gotta have a minority actor in here or someone will throw a fit" it seems lazy. lol Black people in WWII? That doesn't make sense
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Mar 29, 2015 22:05
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Improbable Lobster posted:lol Not as an officer in a top secret testing program. Especially not since official desegregation of the US military didn't occur until 1948. Alternative pants fucked around with this message at 22:22 on Mar 29, 2015 |
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Mar 29, 2015 22:20
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Alternative pants posted:Not as an officer in a top secret testing program. In a movie where a man throws a shield like a boomerang at super-nazis who are lead by a man without skin on his face
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Mar 29, 2015 22:22
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Captain America is fascism given flesh. A black captain america would be just plain weird because fascists are always white racists.
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Mar 29, 2015 22:29
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Noxville posted:References to The Last Supper are the laziest thing of all. It's probably a toss up between that and God poking Adam on the Sistine Chapel. But I did find it to be a brilliant way to express everything wrong with The Expendables as a series; its lack of wit, its frequent dives for the obvious and low-hanging, its apparent total ignorance about what people actually like about self-referential media... How much more interesting would this thing have been if it'd been the School of Athens redone as a fight scene with everyone wailing on some henchmen? If you're going to sample, sample creatively.
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Mar 29, 2015 22:38
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Alternative pants posted:Not as an officer in a top secret testing program. Especially not since official desegregation of the US military didn't occur until 1948. Sadly, it'd actually make more sense for the military to test dangerous experimental medical procedures on a black man.
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Mar 29, 2015 22:49
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Improbable Lobster posted:In a movie where a man throws a shield like a boomerang at super-nazis who are lead by a man without skin on his face Also where a villain has his conscious encoded into a computer from like 1978.
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Mar 29, 2015 22:50
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Mr. Flunchy posted:Sadly, it'd actually make more sense for the military to test dangerous experimental medical procedures on a black man. Only if the end result wasn't to create a smarter, stronger, faster soldier that could potentially be pissed off at the dangerous testing.
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Alternative pants posted:Only if the end result wasn't to create a smarter, stronger, faster soldier that could potentially be pissed off at the dangerous testing. You're being a teensy bit literal.
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