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...of SCIENCE! posted:I was mostly going off of Danse Macabre (1981), his nonfiction book on horror movies. I imagine that the combination of The Shining being only the second adaptation of his work and was based on the third novel he had ever published, and the fact that it was the first to really veer from the subject matter had a lot to do with why at the time he was written he was so upset by the movie. Even in Danse Macabre, he calls The Shining one of the best horror movies of all time.
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Jun 14, 2014 13:17
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Europa Report was good enough to watch and a reasonable 90 min long.
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Jun 14, 2014 17:16
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SteveKingChat: To me King is proof that there really is an art to a good page-turner. He writes well, he's good at getting his hooks in, adding enough mundane detail to give things a sense of reality, but keeping it moving still. A lot of authors in the mass-produced summer schlock genre (so to speak) really aren't good at this- they just write functionally. Misery is actually partly a commentary on the guilty joys of writing schlocky fiction, and that's one thing the film couldn't really capture (because showing writing on film is so often boring.)
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Jun 14, 2014 17:50
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Netflix has added both the theatrical and unrated cuts of World War Z as separate streams. Not that I imagine it matters much for that movie, but something to keep in mind for future releases. It'd probably make more sense to include them as different options on one unified movie page, but I've given up expecting Netflix to make sensible decisions.
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Jun 14, 2014 19:24
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If Netflix ever starts adding commentary audio tracks for movies and TV shows that would be amazing.
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Jun 14, 2014 19:30
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priznat posted:If Netflix ever starts adding commentary audio tracks for movies and TV shows that would be amazing. I'm curious about whose decision that is. Is it the studios withholding those extra features to make DVDs/Blu Rays worth buying, or is it a decision Netflix made? Because yeah that would be amazing.
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Jun 14, 2014 19:33
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I bet it is the former. However are commentaries as frequent on BD anymore? I haven't bought any in years and I am wondering if it has dropped off or no.
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Jun 14, 2014 19:38
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priznat posted:If Netflix ever starts adding commentary audio tracks for movies and TV shows that would be amazing. Season one of "House of Cards" has commentaries, I believe.
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Jun 14, 2014 20:12
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drunkill posted:Netflix has changed and it looks ugly. And it is also broken, clicking on House of Cards to look at the audio tracks takes forever and then loads the Breaking Bad page.
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Jun 14, 2014 20:55
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World War Z was quite awful. I don't care about the source material, so I don't really have a point of comparison. But man, what a bad movie. Flat characters, cheap and unearned 'emotional' moments, every plot advancement is based off a huge coincidence... The movie didn't seem to know what it wanted to be. An action movie? A disaster movie? Contagion with zombies? Bad. Just bad.
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Jun 14, 2014 21:24
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Naet posted:Bad. Just bad. World War Z was the first movie to come out of Brad Pitt's production company, and as I understand it the whole thing really got out from under them. Damon Lindeloff had to rewrite the final third of the movie at some point, and there is no surer sign a movie will be terrible than a Damon Lindeloff rewrite. Edit: The author also publicly went on record to say that the only thing that remained of his original book was the title, so that six-figure licensing deal was worth every penny! Sarchasm fucked around with this message at 21:38 on Jun 14, 2014 |
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Jun 14, 2014 21:34
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Orange Is The New BlackAm I the only one that was really uncomfortable with the blowjob in the last episode by the chick embezzling money. I mean yeah she is a bad guy. But that felt pretty rapey. 
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Jun 14, 2014 23:12
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As a fan of the book and the genre, I had very low expectations for WWZ. I have to say that I really enjoyed it. I don't know how much the unrated version added, as I didn't see the theatrical cut, but there were plenty of tense and exciting moments. Some of the set-pieces were a lot of fun (Israel was frantic), and I'm looking forward to watching it again. It was certainly flawed and had a lot of wasted potential, but I feel a lot of the criticism is undeserved.
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Jun 14, 2014 23:30
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Tennis Ball posted:Orange Is The New BlackAm I the only one that was really uncomfortable with the blowjob in the last episode by the chick embezzling money. I mean yeah she is a bad guy. But that felt pretty rapey. He didn't ask for or even hint towards it. She propositioned him. Sure, in an attempt to protect herself, but she took the initiative, it's not rapey whatsoever and thinking that is pretty far out there on the extreme edge of the SJW scale
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Jun 14, 2014 23:39
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WWZ is worth it just for what happens to that scientist.
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Jun 14, 2014 23:50
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So I was really bored at work and it keeps popping up with it as a recommendation so I finally gave Rapture-Palooza a viewing. I actually really enjoyed it. It's just so dumb and stupidly optimistic and blase in the face of the apocalypse. I just couldn't help but laugh at a lot of it it's just so absurb.
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Jun 15, 2014 00:07
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I was impressed by the zombie performances in World War Z. I thought the ones given screen time all did excellent jobs at being both familiar and totally different at the same time.
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Jun 15, 2014 00:12
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The World War Z drinking game: Drink one drop of alcohol for every zombie you see.
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Jun 15, 2014 00:24
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regulargonzalez posted:He didn't ask for or even hint towards it. She propositioned him. Sure, in an attempt to protect herself, but she took the initiative, it's not rapey whatsoever and thinking that is pretty far out there on the extreme edge of the SJW scale I too didn't see it as "rapey". There are several scenes where Caputo pleasures himself at work so I could see how someone could think that scene came off as "rapey". I think someone earlier that Vee came off as almost a cartoon villain and I have to agree. She seemed really out of place given the whole vibe of the show. I tried watching Derek and I bailed on the first episode halfway through. Does it get better? I know Ricky Gervais is a condescending rear end in a top hat but I really liked The Office and Extras. It feels like Gervais is justifying making fun of the mentally handicapped because he is going to shoehorn in some melodramatic tripe about death and elder neglect given the nursing home setting. Again I could be wrong but the show seemed really mean spirited and Gervais just doesn't have the chops to play a mentally handicapped character. One positive, I thought Karl Pilkington's character had potential.
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Jun 15, 2014 01:29
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bartok posted:I too didn't see it as "rapey". There are several scenes where Caputo pleasures himself at work so I could see how someone could think that scene came off as "rapey". I think someone earlier that Vee came off as almost a cartoon villain and I have to agree. She seemed really out of place given the whole vibe of the show. derek is without a shadow of a doubt one of the worst shows ever produced, by gervais or anyone else.
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Jun 15, 2014 01:35
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:I was impressed by the zombie performances in World War Z. I thought the ones given screen time all did excellent jobs at being both familiar and totally different at the same time. Still better than Frankensteins Army because gently caress that movie. Never was such potential pinched out of an infant's rear end.
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Jun 15, 2014 01:46
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stickyfngrdboy posted:derek is without a shadow of a doubt one of the worst shows ever produced, by gervais or anyone else. Are you telling me Derek is worse than Hemlock Grove? Is that what you're saying? Cause if that's what you're saying I just can't believe it. In other news, Hemlock Grove is apparently coming back for another season! 
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Jun 15, 2014 01:47
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MrGreenShirt posted:Are you telling me Derek is worse than Hemlock Grove? Is that what you're saying? Cause if that's what you're saying I just can't believe it. Those birds will never learn. Never!
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Jun 15, 2014 01:48
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MrGreenShirt posted:Are you telling me Derek is worse than Hemlock Grove? Is that what you're saying? Cause if that's what you're saying I just can't believe it. I've never seen Hemlock Grove but I promise you, Derek is worse. Much, much worse. Watch half of one episode, if you can make it that far, and see if you disagree. If you do I'm def watching Hemlock Grove.
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Jun 15, 2014 01:52
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Baron von Eevl posted:Those birds will never learn. Never! Stupid-rear end birds!
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Jun 15, 2014 01:53
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stickyfngrdboy posted:I've never seen Hemlock Grove but I promise you, Derek is worse. Much, much worse. Watch half of one episode, if you can make it that far, and see if you disagree. If you do I'm def watching Hemlock Grove. You're seriously overestimating Hemlock Grove here.
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Jun 15, 2014 01:55
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I have watched half an episode of each before turning off in disgust and can confirm that Derek is worse than Hemlock Grove.
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Jun 15, 2014 01:57
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Looks like Leviathan got added.  It's a kind of queasy, wordless documentary about a fishing boat. Kind of hard to watch, sometimes beautiful, often haunting.
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Jun 15, 2014 02:01
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Hemlock Grove is just boring and bad, Derek is actively offensive.
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Jun 15, 2014 02:03
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marktheando posted:I have watched half an episode of each before turning off in disgust and can confirm that Derek is worse than Hemlock Grove. I bet it was right after Derek sat in pudding.
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Jun 15, 2014 02:20
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Tennis Ball posted:Orange Is The New BlackAm I the only one that was really uncomfortable with the blowjob in the last episode by the chick embezzling money. I mean yeah she is a bad guy. But that felt pretty rapey. I had the same reaction, and I don't think you have to be a SJW to feel that way. It's mostly that she wouldn't have done it if he had told her that it wouldn't change his mind.
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Jun 15, 2014 02:23
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precision posted:Looks like Leviathan got added. One of my favorite movies of the past few years, although I have yet to watch it on a small screen.
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Jun 15, 2014 02:23
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stickyfngrdboy posted:I've never seen Hemlock Grove but I promise you, Derek is worse. Much, much worse. Watch half of one episode, if you can make it that far, and see if you disagree. If you do I'm def watching Hemlock Grove. So I just watched the first episode of Derek and I'd say its probably a toss-up. Both shows completely fail at what they try to be. Two train-wrecks with entirely different collision courses.
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Jun 15, 2014 02:31
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MrGreenShirt posted:So I just watched the first episode of Derek and I'd say its probably a toss-up. Both shows completely fail at what they try to be. Two train-wrecks with entirely different collision courses. okay i'll give hemlock a go after the football, for some weird reason i need to see it now.
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Jun 15, 2014 02:33
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Yeah, Hemlock is just cargo cult David Lynch imitators who happen to have made the greatest werewolf transformation I've seen in a good long while.
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Jun 15, 2014 02:50
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No Pants posted:I had the same reaction, and I don't think you have to be a SJW to feel that way. It's mostly that she wouldn't have done it if he had told her that it wouldn't change his mind. I think my biggest problem with it was that it made Caputo seem sleazy. I mean he was a pretty neutral character up until then. I just like my heroes to be "pure". And I like to think I am pretty far from SJW stuff. It just seemed like such an unnecessary scene and out of place for Caputo. EDIT:: Also, Derek is terrible. And I like Gervais's stand up, The Office, Extras, the cartoon thing on HBO, etc. I think he has gone too far up his own rear end lately though.
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Jun 15, 2014 02:55
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I like An Idiot Abroad but only because I sympathize with Karl having to deal with Gervais loving with him.
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Jun 15, 2014 03:09
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WWZ is interesting. I love the book, and this movie is utterly unrelated. But the movie is still good, it's like bottled tension. Morally grey areas or international politics...not so much. Escape and stealth and actiony sequences? Yep! and a completely hilarious shoe-horned in cola promo that, honest to god, have everyone in the theater busting a gut in an otherwise serious part
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The difference between Derek and Hemlock Grove is that while Hemlock Grove is bad is the kind of bad that can be at least a little fun to mock for its badness (see: "stupid-rear end birds!" becoming a minor catchphrase) while Derek is just joyless in its awfulness. Also Hemlock Grove at least had a few makeup and effects people who worked hard to make a cool transformation sequence or two.
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