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Yeah, watching Breaking Bad at times has me feeling nostalgic for what feels like just a couple years ago.
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Snak posted:I understand this is true, but I guess I just haven't had much experience with competent dubs. quote:I'm curious now though, are dubs a lot more accurate about the dialoge? I figured most dubs also changed a lot for convenience.
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Nov 14, 2011 13:25
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SkunkDuster posted:Do the books or EU or anything explain what Ripley's and Kane's jobs were in Alien? A little late on this one, but it shows Ash staying behind in that big computer terminal room with all of their audio and video feeds. I always assumed he typically monitored from the comfort of the ship, where had had access to space wikipedia if he needed to look something up or consult with Mother about something they found. The interference from the crashed alien ship just screwed up the normal routine.
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Nov 14, 2011 13:43
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the Bunt posted:Yeah, watching Breaking Bad at times has me feeling nostalgic for what feels like just a couple years ago. Feeling nostalgic for two of the ugliest mass produced cars shoved down America's throat?
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:It made me laugh when he traded up (or rented) a Yaris. Walt is such a square. hey it gets a great milage
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Nov 14, 2011 18:16
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Breaking Bad is also set in the past, which I'm not sure that many people realise. You have to ignore the weird product placement of 'Rage' (In which it's suddenly made out to be a lightgun game), but there's a conversation early in the most recent run where some characters are talking about zombie games, but they're weirdly dated references. Also, isn't it flat out stated that only 6 months to a year has passed since Walt's tale started?
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Nov 14, 2011 19:25
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'The past' is pretty overestimating it. It started in 2008 and it's been about 8-9 months IIRC ("the better part of a year"), so it's probably around the end of 2009 or something. The zombie games they were talking about were Resident Evil and Left4Dead, which would make sense even for today, though you could make a case for Dead Island being in there.
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Nov 14, 2011 19:34
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Rusty Shackelford posted:Feeling nostalgic for two of the ugliest mass produced cars shoved down America's throat? Well, in the same sense that people are nostalgic for track pants or pump sneakers.
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Nov 14, 2011 19:39
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I just read through a very early draft of Superbad and loved the experience of comparing it to the filmed version. It really highlighted the process of refining and improving seemingly minor details in order to make something wildly better, tighter, and more cohesive in a finalized form. Can anyone recommend other scripts that give that show the same processes, and, perhaps, point out where to find them? The only other ones I can think of are Star Wars and Back to the Future, which I've read at least bits and pieces of already.
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Nov 14, 2011 21:33
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feedmyleg posted:I just read through a very early draft of Superbad and loved the experience of comparing it to the filmed version. It really highlighted the process of refining and improving seemingly minor details in order to make something wildly better, tighter, and more cohesive in a finalized form. Can anyone recommend other scripts that give that show the same processes, and, perhaps, point out where to find them? Michael Chabon's script for Spider-Man 2 is like this in reverse. I'm sure you can find it out there somewhere.
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Nov 14, 2011 21:37
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morestuff posted:Michael Chabon's script for Spider-Man 2 is like this in reverse. I'm sure you can find it out there somewhere. Oh, man, I remember reading that a few years ago. It's really  in comparison to the finished product.
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Nov 14, 2011 22:50
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Timby posted:It's really On that note, I hardly ever read scripts but Richard Kelly's treatment of Holes was insane. It was set in the post-apocalypse and the boys had a lot of meandering chat about God and the universe while digging holes
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csidle posted:'The past' is pretty overestimating it. It started in 2008 and it's been about 8-9 months IIRC ("the better part of a year"), so it's probably around the end of 2009 or something. The zombie games they were talking about were Resident Evil and Left4Dead, which would make sense even for today, though you could make a case for Dead Island being in there.
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Nov 15, 2011 02:52
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Is there a Hunger Games movie thread? I didn't really care for the books all that much (the first was surprisingly good, and it got to be a huge slog after that, in my opinion) and I didn't really have that much of an interest in the movie, all things considered, but the trailer actually piqued my interest. It looks a lot more well done than I was expecting.
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I have a question about Insidious myself. When they change houses, what happens to the other 2 kids? I feel like they had to have addressed this in the movie, but damned if I noticed.
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redjenova posted:Is there a Hunger Games movie thread? I didn't really care for the books all that much (the first was surprisingly good, and it got to be a huge slog after that, in my opinion) and I didn't really have that much of an interest in the movie, all things considered, but the trailer actually piqued my interest. It looks a lot more well done than I was expecting. It's had huge derails in the Greenlighted and Movie Posters thread but not its own thread, if you want to make a thread I say go for it. If only to consolidate all the circular Battle Royale ripoff derails to one thread.
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DrVenkman posted:Breaking Bad is also set in the past, which I'm not sure that many people realise. You have to ignore the weird product placement of 'Rage' (In which it's suddenly made out to be a lightgun game), but there's a conversation early in the most recent run where some characters are talking about zombie games, but they're weirdly dated references. Well, you can log time based on his wife's pregnancy. When the show starts she's about 4-5 months pregnant, and in the middle of season three (where I've watched to) the Walt is thrown out of the house for two weeks, adding the week of the plane crash, and then the five weeks of recovery time from his surgery, and then two weeks between the surgery and the scheduled C-section, giving us a total of about ten weeks. So two and a half months, plus the 4 months of pregnancy. So maybe 6 to 7 months give or take (depending on how pregnant she is when the show starts, which I don't think is implicitly stated) to the middle of season three. Also, the Aztek I think was chosen because it's a terrible car, and probably was a really cheap deal, since is sold so poorly, and is from a discontinued car line. I think it goes to show their their impoverished state. Super-NintendoUser fucked around with this message at 04:58 on Nov 15, 2011 |
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NGL posted:Please fix your spoiler tag. I'm only in Season 2. I'm sorry! Fixed. maybe you want to delete the quote?
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Baron von Eevl posted:I have a question about Insidious myself. When they change houses, what happens to the other 2 kids? I feel like they had to have addressed this in the movie, but damned if I noticed. They stay with the wife's mom, if I'm not mistaken.
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Jerk McJerkface posted:Also, the Aztek I think was chosen because it's a terrible car, and probably was a really cheap deal, since is sold so poorly, and is from a discontinued car line. I think it goes to show their their impoverished state. It's not a discontinued line when the show is set, though.
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Farbtoner posted:It's had huge derails in the Greenlighted and Movie Posters thread but not its own thread, if you want to make a thread I say go for it. If only to consolidate all the circular Battle Royale ripoff derails to one thread. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3449238 Done and done. Really wasn't expecting anything to come of the film but the trailer alone was enough to think it might generate some interesting conversation.
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What's up with so many American movies set in foreign countries or the past having everyone speak in a British accent?
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are you referring to the recent Paul WS Anderson Three Musketeers? Because I have no friggin' idea what's up with the accents in that movie.
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cheerfullydrab posted:What's up with so many American movies set in foreign countries or the past having everyone speak in a British accent? I think alot of it has to do with the idea that there's just any accent there. Might also be a connection that Americans might make to certain British accents being "classier" and therefore more "classical." Another factor may be people's interpretations clouded by watching British Shakespearean actors playing classical roles such as Julius Caesar.
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I'm trying to google something but don't know the name for it. What is it called when the audio from the next scene starts a few seconds before the current scene finishes? I'm interested in how it came about (as a technique) and what exactly the purpose of it is.
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huh posted:I'm trying to google something but don't know the name for it. I've usually heard it referred to as a sound bridge, though I'm sure there are other terms for it.
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huh posted:I'm trying to google something but don't know the name for it. I think that the term is also referred to as crossfade, at least when dealing with straight audio. My only reason for suggesting this is that was the name of the option in Winamp to get the effect you are describing. Wiki posted:Crossfading: A crossfader on a dj mixer essentially functions like two faders connected side-by-side, but in opposite directions. It allows a DJ to fade one source out while fading another source in at the same time. This is extremely useful when beatmatching two sources of audio (or more, where channels can be mapped to one of the two sides of the crossfader individually) such as phonograph records, compact discs or digital sources. CzarChasm fucked around with this message at 15:32 on Nov 15, 2011 |
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penismightier posted:It's not a discontinued line when the show is set, though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Aztek It sold very poorly and was discontinued in 2005. The show takes place in 2008, right? Regardless it's a perfect icon to show how poor and non-stylish the White's are. Was it paid product placement, though?
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cheerfullydrab posted:What's up with so many American movies set in foreign countries or the past having everyone speak in a British accent? It's an easy way to say "foreign" without actually being in another language. Also, British a accents are more class associated than American accents, so it's easier to denote aristocrats from the poor.
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huh posted:I'm trying to google something but don't know the name for it. It's called an L cut. I've also heard it referred to as a J-cut, since the audio precedes the corresponding video on an editing timeline.
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mojo1701a posted:It's called an L cut. I've also heard it referred to as a J-cut, since the audio precedes the corresponding video on an editing timeline. As an editing technique it can also be referred to more simply as a "sound advance."
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Bryan Cranston was on the Marc Maron podcast a few weeks ago and he said he came up with the idea of Walt driving a hideous Aztec. The Aztec, like Walt in the beginning, pretty much blends into the desert landscape.
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Also worth pointing out that Walt has actually run over and killed people with his Aztek so either Pontiac doesn't have much control over its use or they don't care.
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Nov 15, 2011 19:41
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Woz My Neg rear end posted:Also worth pointing out that Walt has actually run over and killed people with his Aztek so either Pontiac doesn't have much control over its use or they don't care. I'm assuming they don't care since the brand has been dead for a year now.
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Was 1994 one of the worst years for Cinema in both a critical and financial way?
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MisterGBH posted:Was 1994 one of the worst years for Cinema in both a critical and financial way? Why that year specifically? Looking over the list of movies that came out that year, it doesn't look any better or worse than usual.
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Nov 15, 2011 23:04
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morestuff posted:Why that year specifically? Looking over the list of movies that came out that year, it doesn't look any better or worse than usual. I should have explained myself really, me and some friends were talking about films in general and 1994 seemed to be a year that really stuck out as year with more duds then successes.
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MisterGBH posted:I should have explained myself really, me and some friends were talking about films in general and 1994 seemed to be a year that really stuck out as year with more duds then successes. Pulp Fiction. though, I dunno how big a financial hit it was.
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MisterGBH posted:I should have explained myself really, me and some friends were talking about films in general and 1994 seemed to be a year that really stuck out as year with more duds then successes. Going by http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/ it doesn't seem like anything went majorly wrong.
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