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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:There's no need to throw the baby out with the bathwater. It's not as funny as Demolition Man, but what is, really? I've probably seen Demolition Man 20 times and I still love it.
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"Hey, gently caress you, lady!"
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:There's no need to throw the baby out with the bathwater. It's not as funny as Demolition Man, but what is, really? If it has Rob Schneider and he isn't Deuce Bigalow then I won't watch it 
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Aug 23, 2013 21:34
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Dredd can't be that good right? Hour and a half later, I can agree whole heartily with goons that it's a solid action movie starting one of those few action heroes that don't give a poo poo about dumb things like morality or if what he's doing is wrong. It's such a pleasure to watch him work. 
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Aug 23, 2013 23:38
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Dredd was seriously amazing and probably one of my top comic movies.
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Dredd is awesome, watching it again right now. I hope it can get a sequel. Karl Urban is very under utilized.
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SGT. Squeaks posted:Dredd was seriously amazing and probably one of my top comic movies. Dredd is a really great film, the Red Letter media boys loved it too for things such as having over the top 80s gruesome practical effects and sort of intentionally avoiding the complicated story like the Stallone Dredd. I would say despite the Stallone Dredd being closer to the look of the source material, the newer Dredd wins out just for capturing the grim nature of the world so much better.
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Burn Notice doesn’t get enough love. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a cheesy buddy drama that hits the same beats as the A-Team. Big plans always fall apart and the team has to con, Macguyver and improvise their way out of the complete cluster they create for themselves in every episode. Bruce Campbell and Sharon Gless carry the show. I also enjoy that Michael Weston narrates like we’re all a bunch of complete idiots and he’s sick of explaining poo poo to us. I got hooked running the first 3 seasons in the background while I worked. It's got a great cadence or rhythm to it.
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Aug 24, 2013 01:32
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Warm und Fuzzy posted:Burn Notice doesn’t get enough love. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a cheesy buddy drama that hits the same beats as the A-Team. Big plans always fall apart and the team has to con, Macguyver and improvise their way out of the complete cluster they create for themselves in every episode. Bruce Campbell and Sharon Gless carry the show. I also enjoy that Michael Weston narrates like we’re all a bunch of complete idiots and he’s sick of explaining poo poo to us. It was a pretty fun popcorn show similar to Chuck but never really developed satisfying story arcs especially after the main driving point from the first season got resolved.
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Warm und Fuzzy posted:Burn Notice doesn’t get enough love. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a cheesy buddy drama that hits the same beats as the A-Team. Big plans always fall apart and the team has to con, Macguyver and improvise their way out of the complete cluster they create for themselves in every episode. Bruce Campbell and Sharon Gless carry the show. I also enjoy that Michael Weston narrates like we’re all a bunch of complete idiots and he’s sick of explaining poo poo to us.
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etalian posted:It was a pretty fun popcorn show similar to Chuck but never really developed satisfying story arcs especially after the main driving point from the first season got resolved. Oh, yeah - the story arcs are completely forgetable. I feel like you could watch the series a second time and it would be just like the first time. And it's not a show you would marathon either. But apart from great the cast I love that it's about solving problems using your wits instead of just technology porn.
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Warm und Fuzzy posted:Oh, yeah - the story arcs are completely forgetable. I feel like you could watch the series a second time and it would be just like the first time. And it's not a show you would marathon either. But apart from great the cast I love that it's about solving problems using your wits instead of just technology porn. It's a really good antidote show after watching bleak shows such as Breaking Bad.
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If anyone is interested doujindance has a rgb modded Wondermega up on eBay. It's pricey, you have been warned. Edit: aaaahhh wrong thread. Stupid ios7.
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If you need anymore reason to watch Dredd, please note that the soundtrack loving owns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eAuvpDADhM Seriously, Dredd is so good.
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wa27 posted:Yeah same here. I don't think the streaming service was available when I was on my free year but it's worked at the discounted price since the beginning. Same. The only thing I don't get is the option to share my benefits with another account.
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The only time I've ever enjoyed some dumbass yelling stuff out in a theater was when I got free passes to see Judge Dredd. The first time Stallone takes off his helmet and they do a tight close up on his face, the guy in front of me yelled "What the gently caress wrong with that nigga head?!". However long ago that movie came out, it's always the first thing I think whenever I see a Stallone movie. The movie sucked bad, but there were a couple of pretty neat robot designs, and the Mean Machine makeup was very good, though they really failed to do justice to how dumb and funny the character is. He has a mechanical arm and a dial on his forehead. The higher he turns up the dial, the harder he headbutts stuff. It almost writes itself.
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My favorite episode of Burn Notice is the one where he pretends to be Satan for really thin reasons. It's the sort of thing I never would've predicted would happen in the show, but by the time it does, it doesn't feel out of place at all. It's just entertaining as all hell.
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Netflix has Dredd up with a cropped aspect ratio!
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I saw Dredd back when it was released in theaters, but watched it again anyways last night and remembered why I loved it so much. It's a shame that I grew up in the 90's and had to think the Stallone one was good for 17 years.
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Khorne Flakes posted:I saw Dredd back when it was released in theaters, but watched it again anyways last night and remembered why I loved it so much. It's a shame that I grew up in the 90's and had to think the Stallone one was good for 17 years. Growing up in a certain decade does not account for thinking Stallone's Judge Dredd is anything other than utter poo poo.
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Baron von Eevl posted:Growing up in a certain decade does not account for thinking Stallone's Judge Dredd is anything other than utter poo poo. *A buzzer is heard in the distance. Talking, indistinct*
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GonSmithe posted:Oh poo poo, looks like they put up Samsara at some point on Netflix. Many thanks for posting this. I had really wanted to catch Samsara while it was in release, but wasn't able, and pretty much forgot about it until I saw your post. It may not be everyone's cup of tea, given the content and lack of voiceover, but I just loved it. Speaking of which, I'm about halfway into The Trip, which I'm also really enjoying. It's a road trip movie set in Northern England centered, more or less, on a series of conversations between two middle aged friends over gourmet meals and while driving. It's been compared to Sideways, but I think the closer comparison would actually be to My Dinner with Andre. Even that would be misleading, though; despite the poetry and the beautiful scenery during the driving sequences, it's much more lighthearted than My Dinner with Andre and, naturally, much more British in tone than either. In any ever, it's been very good so far.
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Folderol posted:Speaking of which, I'm about halfway into The Trip, which I'm also really enjoying. It's a road trip movie set in Northern England centered, more or less, on a series of conversations between two middle aged friends over gourmet meals and while driving. It's been compared to Sideways, but I think the closer comparison would actually be to My Dinner with Andre. Even that would be misleading, though; despite the poetry and the beautiful scenery during the driving sequences, it's much more lighthearted than My Dinner with Andre and, naturally, much more British in tone than either. In any ever, it's been very good so far. The kicker is, it's actually a series in the UK that's been edited down into a 2 hour movie for the US release, so there's a ton more of it that you're not seeing.
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Cinema Heathen Post: I've never seen Apocalpyse Now. Should I watch the original or Redux, or both in some order?
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Me in Reverse posted:Cinema Heathen Post: Original. Hands down, no doubt about it.
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Folderol posted:Many thanks for posting this. I had really wanted to catch Samsara while it was in release, but wasn't able, and pretty much forgot about it until I saw your post. It may not be everyone's cup of tea, given the content and lack of voiceover, but I just loved it. She was only 16! You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!
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Good lord Haunting at Silver Falls is absolutely horrid. It's not even close to being remotely scary, the plot requires characters to be tremendous assholes at every turn and the plot twist goes from "oh interesting" to "holy poo poo this is BAD" all because of the terrible acting. Don't even waste your time.
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Me in Reverse posted:Cinema Heathen Post: Original first, Redux is a lot to take in for a first time viewer. It's over 3 hours long. It's also totally amazing but I'd watch the original first and then the Redux in a few months/years. Bloody Hedgehog posted:She was only 16! You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! Drink ittttt
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Watch Redux and just kind of take in the horror of it all. I've only ever seen the Redux version, and while it's kind of grueling at 3 hours and change, it sort of drove the point of the movie home further for me, and made it feel like even more of a journey through hell.
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OldTennisCourt posted:Good lord Haunting at Silver Falls is absolutely horrid. It's not even close to being remotely scary, the plot requires characters to be tremendous assholes at every turn and the plot twist goes from "oh interesting" to "holy poo poo this is BAD" all because of the terrible acting. But I love terrible movies! Especially horror ones. I try and watch a few a week for background noise. I'll have to check it out
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Crappy Jack posted:The kicker is, it's actually a series in the UK that's been edited down into a 2 hour movie for the US release, so there's a ton more of it that you're not seeing. I dug around a bit and it seems the series had the same title. I'll have a look and if I can find online I'll link it here.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:She was only 16! You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! Gentlemen, to bed! For we leave at 9:30 . . . ish.
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I've gotta be another vote for original Apocalypse Now before Redux. I like that it's more Apocalypse Now, but it really messed with the pacing. Also, most of those scenes just drive home a point that has already been very clearly made. Definitely do check it out at some point though.
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And if that made you fall in love with Steve Coogan, you should also check out the cute little sitcom he did called Saxondale. It's definitely not for everyone, but give it a shot (if it's available in your region)!
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drat, Saxondale was so great! And Alan Partridge was so great! (the two regular series, the talk-show series was a little hit and miss) Steve Coogan, national treasure.
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Inudeku posted:But I love terrible movies! Especially horror ones. I try and watch a few a week for background noise. I'll have to check it out It's like a Goosebumps movie but with enough gore and disturbing elements to qualify for a PG-13 rating. It's about as scary as one.
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penismightier posted:original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original original In that order?
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The Killing is like a perfect example of why the TVIV Echo Chamber can be pants-on-head stupid once it decides that something sucks. The second season is terrible both on its own and for retroactively squandering a pretty good first season, but the first season was mad decent and the worst criticism they seem to be able to offer up is flippantly paraphrasing the plot beats to make it sound stupid:MC Fruit Stripe posted:You see, in the first episode, poor innocent white girl is found murdered. This is terrible, someone should do something! But then we find out it's the teacher, but it's not the teacher, but then the dead girl's dad beats up the teacher anyway and we feel awful, and then it turns out that a local politician or his staff may be involved, but then it turns out that they're not, but then they are, but then they aren't, and then also for some reason the teenage girl is a prostitute with her aunt. She may have been killed by two stereotypically rich white teen stoners, or at least gang raped by them, or killed by the janitor in his shady lair, but none of that happened either. We get dangerously close to a "the teacher is Muslim and that shouldn't mean anything but come on we all know that means something" plot at one point. And then we spend an entire episode searching for the detective's son, and the teacher's wife is the youngest daughter from Growing Pains. You could give that same kind of treatment to almost any show and make it sound dumb. So yeah, it's not masterful god-tier television or anything but season 1 of The Killing is a perfectly watchable slow-burn detective show. If you were avoiding it because TVIV thinks it's worse than Hitler you could do way worse than a grounded premium cable remake of the Laura Palmer case from Twin Peaks.
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