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Mr. Flunchy posted:True enough, but in visual terms Godzilla himself is pretty much a big green blob, the design is largely featureless aside from the back spines and to compound it the action scenes are dark and he's generally wreathed in smoke. I preferred the Pacific Rim kaiju with all their glowing neon. I hope this isn't backseat modding but Jesus c'mon man. You too good for the Godzilla thread or something? I'm trying to avoid reading discussion of it before I see it. I'm sure I'm not the only one. Dissapointed Owl posted:People always think they want to see more clear and more unobstructed shots of the entity the movie is trying to posit as imposing or scary, but they don't because most of the time it simply doesn't work. Cloverfield handled it beautifully, almost never overplaying their hand visually. Cloverfield's an interesting example since it's an entry in a genre that's all about seeing the monster as much as possible. You ain't goin to see Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla so you can see brief snatches of random body parts of the monster, some weekly world news sasquatch photograph rear end bullshit. (I really like Cloverfield and had no problem with its approach, to be clear - I'm just highly skeptical of "don't show the monster" as generalized advice.) FishBulb posted:No? Are you uncertain?
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schwenz posted:You know what? New Jack city is still pretty badass. Uh, yeah, was this ever in any doubt? Who made you think it wouldn't still be badass? Who did this to you?! Give me their name and I'll take care of it!
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May 14, 2014 05:29
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The only strike I can think of against Cloverfield is that I have friends who get motion sick watching the Bourne Identity, and so I'm pretty sure Cloverfield would give them a seizure. Otherwise it's a perfect Godzilla movie.
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May 14, 2014 05:33
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I watched both The Mummy and The Mummy Returns and was pretty surprised how well they hold off even with my rose tinted glasses. I remember they came at the beautiful time when I was starting to read all sorts of mythology. I also started playing Age of Mythology which came out a year after The Mummy Returns which made me really love mythology. (Got the extended edition off Steam, AOM still owns all the bones) But anyway yeah, the Mummy love most of the cast, the set pieces, the score, and the pulpy story/action.
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May 14, 2014 05:34
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You ever watch a comedy that you don't find funny but still enjoy? I've been watching the original Dukes of Hazzard, and although it doesn't exactly make me bust a gut, I find it irresistibly charming.Gatts posted:He had a good first series that was fun written by Fabian Niceza. If a little odd. He's basically a charming thief, could be cool if they put in a bit of Indy or Han. Here's hoping it's something like a Gambit and Rogue go on a trip with his past in the Thieves Guild catching up with him and his ex-wife Belladonna hunting him down. Lower key than world demolishing stuff.
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May 14, 2014 05:39
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achillesforever6 posted:I watched both The Mummy and The Mummy Returns and was pretty surprised how well they hold off even with my rose tinted glasses. I remember they came at the beautiful time when I was starting to read all sorts of mythology. I also started playing Age of Mythology which came out a year after The Mummy Returns which made me really love mythology. (Got the extended edition off Steam, AOM still owns all the bones) But anyway yeah, the Mummy love most of the cast, the set pieces, the score, and the pulpy story/action. My friend used to live with a student from China, and apparently the Mummy franchise is huge over there. Every now and then, he used to compliment my friend by saying he looked "just like handsome star Brendan Frasier from The Mummy Comes". It always made my day.
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May 14, 2014 05:40
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CloseFriend posted:on the other, I really don't think anybody should ever write the Thunderbolts book but him. I loved the way he kept all the main characters active and relevant even when they weren't necessarily on the team. What about Busiek?
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May 14, 2014 05:42
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schwenz posted:You know what? New Jack city is still pretty badass. It's really great and the costumes are out of control.
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May 14, 2014 05:48
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the last Gambit mini was fun and his costume was better than the 90's one (which is a very low bar, yeah). Chaning Tatum and Jonah Hill should do 21 Jump Street on Wolverine's new mutant school.
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May 14, 2014 05:53
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CPL593H posted:No only that, but Gambit is the shittiest loving character, why the hell do people care so much? Gambit is just an awful relic of notoriously lovely 90s comics. Having never read a comic besides Joe Kelly's Deadpool (and graphic novels, but they don't count here) I'll say you are right because I want to see Tatum make this character shine. Also MUMMY chat- I like those movies. Returns is kind of a mess, but it's also really charming thanks to Brenden and Rachel. (John Hannah too!) not to mention the score is one of Silvestri's best (and my all time favorite score). Mummy 3 is terrible because none of the actors have any chemistry together. Brenden is as charming as a block of wood in that one. CelticPredator fucked around with this message at 05:59 on May 14, 2014 |
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May 14, 2014 05:56
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bobkatt013 posted:What about Busiek? Or Jeff Parker.
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May 14, 2014 06:00
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Did you guys here that Robert Orci got the new Trek movie? I think that sucks. I also really dislike Star Trek on a whole, so I quite enjoyed the 2009 movie. But the writing for both were pretty bad. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was one of the worst things I've seen in a while. Into Darkness was also kinda bad, but at least Abrams knows how to directo actors and make a movie look pretty, plus it had some cool action scenes too. I have no idea what Orci is going to bring to the table here but I'm guessing it will be something with 35% more 9/11 metaphors.
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May 14, 2014 06:06
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CelticPredator posted:Did you guys here that Robert Orci got the new Trek movie? I think that sucks. It could be interesting, I'm curious to see what this rebooted franchise will turn into with less slick direction (I'm assuming, since as far as I know it will be his debut). I'm hoping they move away from the ties to the old timeline, and especially the idea of fate tied to that timeline. Nobody ever brings up Fringe or his older work when they talk about the dude. I forgot he worked on Xena.
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May 14, 2014 06:13
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Orci is a well-known 9/11 truther who put all the 9/11 subtext in the last Star Trek movie.
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Corek posted:Orci is a well-known 9/11 truther who put all the 9/11 subtext in the last Star Trek movie. I thought he just said one time on Twitter that he was started to question the official story of 9/11. I disagree with that sentiment but it alone doesn't really make him a "truther". Did I miss something else? It's weird, though, how he's supposed to be simulataneously a crazy left-wing truther but then also a crazy right-wing "'Merica" type when the Transformers films come up (not that you specifically said that, thouugh).
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May 14, 2014 06:19
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Pretty excited for Channing Tatum doing an awful Cajun accent. And you know it's going to be awful.
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May 14, 2014 06:24
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Mechafunkzilla posted:Pretty excited for Channing Tatum doing an awful Cajun accent. And you know it's going to be awful. Anna Paquin needs to play Rogue in this movie. And by "play Rogue" I mean talk like Sookie Stackhouse but moreso. I want their dialogue together to require subtitles.
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Lord Krangdar posted:I thought he just said one time on Twitter that he was started to question the official story of 9/11. I disagree with that sentiment but it alone doesn't really make him a "truther". Did I miss something else? Lord Krangdar posted:I'm hoping they move away from the ties to the old timeline, and especially the idea of fate tied to that timeline. Maxwell Lord posted:Anna Paquin needs to play Rogue in this movie. And by "play Rogue" I mean talk like Sookie Stackhouse but moreso. CloseFriend fucked around with this message at 06:33 on May 14, 2014 |
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May 14, 2014 06:31
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CPL593H posted:No only that, but Gambit is the shittiest loving character, why the hell do people care so much? Gambit is just an awful relic of notoriously lovely 90s comics. I wore Gambit pajamas when I was like 7 because Gambit threw exploding cards and card throwing is 
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May 14, 2014 06:34
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:I wore Gambit pajamas when I was like 7 because Gambit threw exploding cards and card throwing is Hell, make it a Gambit & Bishop movie with Terry Crews.
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May 14, 2014 06:39
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At this point I really just want "Gambit and Rogue Talk To Each Other In Impenetrable Southern Accents For Two Hours".
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May 14, 2014 06:45
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I re-watched X-Men: First Class last night and forgot how solid it is. I'm excited for the new X movie now, especially after I've heard good whispers from people who have managed to see it.
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May 14, 2014 06:48
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Since there's no better place for this.
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May 14, 2014 06:57
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CloseFriend posted:Mos Def is a truther too, which seems weird since everything else I've read makes him sound like a pretty down-to-Earth guy. He fooled Arthur Dent for many years.
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Excuse me, I think you mean Yasiin Bey  It was confusing as hell when he was in Dexter because he was credited as Mos Def in some episodes and Yasiin Bey in others.
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I need to hurry up and change my name to Cat Stevens while that window is still open. ... Is it still open? I really have dawdled.
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May 14, 2014 07:47
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Discount Viscount posted:I need to hurry up and change my name to Cat Stevens while that window is still open.
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May 14, 2014 08:18
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Five Element Ninjas is a loving bonkers movie. 
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SALT CURES HAM posted:Five Element Ninjas is a loving bonkers movie. EDIT: I don't remember if I talked about it in the thread (which you should use more, since I wrote the thread specifically for Master of the Flying Guillotine, Golden Harvest, and Shaw Bros. ), but if you want kung fu and weirdness, you can't beat Chang Cheh's Heaven and Hell.
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It opens so normally, too, and then out of nowhere a dude cuts his own throat with a loving axe.
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I saw a trailer for that at the Alamo before the screening of 300: 2. I wanted to watch it but totally forgot the title. Thank you.
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Jesus, there's a fight scene in this that consists of nothing but a guy getting stabbed in the taint over and over. And it doesn't kill him, but it rips his cock and balls off and you can see them hanging down by a flap of skin for the rest of the scene. 
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"After the emotionally fraught final moments, just as we are savoring the implications of what has just happened, the screen fades to black and we immediately get a big credit for Bart the Bear. Now Bart is one helluva bear (I loved him in the title role of The Bear), but this credit in this place is a spectacularly bad idea" ~ Roger Ebert
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zVxTeflon posted:"After the emotionally fraught final moments, just as we are savoring the implications of what has just happened, the screen fades to black and we immediately get a big credit for Bart the Bear. Now Bart is one helluva bear (I loved him in the title role of The Bear), but this credit in this place is a spectacularly bad idea" ~ Roger Ebert Please tell me this is in regard to the above fight sequence.
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May 14, 2014 09:19
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Pfffffhahaha the ninjas have a spy in the kung fu school and she nearly gets made by the protagonists like 3 or 4 separate times but they just do not make the connection for some reason
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May 14, 2014 09:28
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SALT CURES HAM posted:Jesus, there's a fight scene in this that consists of nothing but a guy getting stabbed in the taint over and over. And it doesn't kill him, but it rips his cock and balls off and you can see them hanging down by a flap of skin for the rest of the scene. One more film I don't have to see.
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therattle posted:One more film I don't have to see. Because it won't match up to the reality of the situation?
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echoplex posted:Because it won't match up to the reality of the situation? Probably just reminds him too much of his honeymoon.
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Don't know if it's been mentioned here yet, but the director of Searching for Sugarman, Malik Bendjelloul, has died at 36. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/13/malik-bendjelloul-dead_n_5319001.html?&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067 What a drat shame, Sugarman was an outstanding documentary.
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Sheldrake posted:Probably just reminds him too much of his honeymoon. I'd rather just leave it as a beautiful fantasy.
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