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Hoopy Frood posted:I agree, and it's got me wondering now if there's any secret significance in the moves that Roy uses to help J.F Sebastian beat Tyrell in their chess game in Blade Runner. quote:10. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CHESS GAME?
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I finally saw Amazing Spider-Man 2. A character named Dr. Jallings makes a brief appearance. The actor, JD Walsh, and the director, Marc Webb, both graduated from my old high school about a decade before I did, they might have been classmates and friends, I don't know. Anyway teacher who taught theater and film study was Ms. Jallings, which must be where they got the name. I am certain Walsh had her, because he came and talked to my class about acting and trying to make it professionally. The guy was cool, so I kinda cheer for him when I see him pop up in something. I just thought it was cool to see a shout out to an old teacher in a big time movie like that. deoju has a new favorite as of 06:36 on Jul 18, 2014 |
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In Planet of the Apes (1968), there is a scene where Zira and Cornelius try to explain to Taylor that "flight is a scientific impossibility". How can they believe this, when there are birds, and other such animals, in nature? Well, if you watch the film closely, we never see or hear a bird, or any other flying animal, at all.
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If they had never seen anything flying, why would they have the word "flight?"
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Jul 21, 2014 21:10
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No, they're just talking about bees you see.
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Jul 21, 2014 21:14
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Sagebrush posted:If they had never seen anything flying, why would they have the word "flight?" So, telepathy & telekinesis exist? Or did when the words were thought up?
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Jul 21, 2014 21:37
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What about insects? That part of the movie never made sense to me other than to knock the dirty, stinking apes down a peg. They can perform lobotomies but they can't figure out gliding/ flight?
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Jul 21, 2014 21:42
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I don't recall the scene but they could just be talking about manned flight.
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Jul 21, 2014 21:45
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Professor Shark posted:What about insects? That part of the movie never made sense to me other than to knock the dirty, stinking apes down a peg. They can perform lobotomies but they can't figure out gliding/ flight? Scientific advancement is very tightly regulated in the ape society, partly due to religious reasons (Dr. Zaius is both Minister of Science and Defender of the Faith), and because at least Dr. Zaius has some knowledge of the nuclear war that destroyed human society.
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Jul 21, 2014 21:47
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Oh, I guess I'd forgotten about those parts.
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Aphrodite posted:I don't recall the scene but they could just be talking about manned flight. Men are filthy beasts, certainly they could not succeed where apes have failed/not given a poo poo? 
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A lot of old movies probably didn't include birds because you couldn't just CGI a bird in for $5.
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Decrepus posted:A lot of old movies probably didn't include birds because you couldn't just CGI a bird in for $5. You do know you can include real birds in a movie for even cheaper than it is to CGI them in, right? That they exist in the places where you would be filming on location.
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I'd argue it's cheaper to CGI a bird these days compared with paying animal handlers, the animal welfare people to oversee that the birds are being treated adequately, and time lost because the birds flew off, squawked at the wrong time, or otherwise didn't do what they were supposed to be doing when camera were rolling. On the other hand, maybe doing CGI birds is just too goddamn hard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3j_iL2FcXQ#t=470
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minato posted:On the other hand, maybe doing CGI birds is just too goddamn hard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3j_iL2FcXQ#t=470 This will be the only movie left for aliens to find in the ancient ruins of Earth, mark my words.
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In A Mighty Wind they build up a song by Mitch and Mindy which is sappy and romantic. At the end of the movie they are putting on a concert and all the other bands are there. They are down in their dressing rooms and the stage audio is piped in. Mitch and Mindy start singing the song, and it flashes to the other bands, who all say something to the effect of "Oh, it's the song". The other bands all file in to the offstage area. Now it seems like, "oh they want to see if they kiss, just like us, the viewers". The song ends and stuff happens, whatever. Then all the other bands file on stage for the finale. The other bands were not piling up backstage because they gave a poo poo about if Mitch and Mindy kissed, that song was the last song in the set, and was the other bands cues to come backstage for the finale. I thought it was a cool way to pull the rug out from under your feet.
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P-Zombie posted:In Planet of the Apes (1968), there is a scene where Zira and Cornelius try to explain to Taylor that "flight is a scientific impossibility". How can they believe this, when there are birds, and other such animals, in nature? Well, if you watch the film closely, we never see or hear a bird, or any other flying animal, at all. Having just watched this and the sequel on Netflix, there are definitely birds in Beneath the Planet of the Apes, so the Apes do know of flying animals.
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P-Zombie posted:In Planet of the Apes (1968), there is a scene where Zira and Cornelius try to explain to Taylor that "flight is a scientific impossibility". How can they believe this, when there are birds, and other such animals, in nature? Well, if you watch the film closely, we never see or hear a bird, or any other flying animal, at all. The better one is the "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" thing that the ape council does when Taylor is committing heresy, but that's not exactly subtle I guess. Lap-Lem posted:In A Mighty Wind they build up a song by Mitch and Mindy which is sappy and romantic. At the end of the movie they are putting on a concert and all the other bands are there. They are down in their dressing rooms and the stage audio is piped in. Mitch and Mindy start singing the song, and it flashes to the other bands, who all say something to the effect of "Oh, it's the song". The other bands all file in to the offstage area. Now it seems like, "oh they want to see if they kiss, just like us, the viewers". The song ends and stuff happens, whatever. Then all the other bands file on stage for the finale. The other bands were not piling up backstage because they gave a poo poo about if Mitch and Mindy kissed, that song was the last song in the set, and was the other bands cues to come backstage for the finale. I thought it was a cool way to pull the rug out from under your feet. Mitch and Mickey and what a great movie.
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Watched two different movies the other night: Snowpiercer: I don't see how this got so many positive reviews but maybe I just didn't "get" it. Anyway, one thing I did like about it was that they kept doing shots down the length of the inside of the train. Whenever you saw more than two or more cars, you could see the cars shifting left or right if the train was going around a curve. Neat little detail that didn't really need to be added but was great when you notice it. Her.: When he had Samantha's little mobile camera thing in his shirt pocket, he'd have a pin through the pocket to hold it higher in the pocket so the camera was poking out. This let her "see" what they were doing. Never really got pointed out that I noticed but another neat little detail.
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Lap-Lem posted:In A Mighty Wind they build up a song by Mitch and Mindy which is sappy and romantic. At the end of the movie they are putting on a concert and all the other bands are there. They are down in their dressing rooms and the stage audio is piped in. Mitch and Mindy start singing the song, and it flashes to the other bands, who all say something to the effect of "Oh, it's the song". The other bands all file in to the offstage area. Now it seems like, "oh they want to see if they kiss, just like us, the viewers". The song ends and stuff happens, whatever. Then all the other bands file on stage for the finale. The other bands were not piling up backstage because they gave a poo poo about if Mitch and Mindy kissed, that song was the last song in the set, and was the other bands cues to come backstage for the finale. I thought it was a cool way to pull the rug out from under your feet. Except one of the Folksmen recognizes the song as "that really pretty one" and turns up the volume. They also wonder aloud if the kiss will happen. As they leave they're even making small bets on it as they leave. The New Main Street Singers might not care, but the Folksmen were at least a little invested in seeing if the two would kiss.
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In It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia S3E7 "The Gang Sells Out", Charlie is desribing to Dennis and Mac how he turns on the "Closed" sign to let everyone know that there's nice cold Coors available in the bar. As Mac and Dennis berate Charlie for his illiteracy, there's a Coors sign over their shoulders in their side of the shot.
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Watching Terminator 2 recently, and I couldn't believe I'd never noticed this before. The truck the T-1000 hijacks in the beginning has a very peculiar set of pinstripes:  In addition to the "cheekbones" it even has two separate grills for a nose & teeth!
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Morton Haynice posted:Watching Terminator 2 recently, and I couldn't believe I'd never noticed this before. It Is subtle. I'll give you that but think you're reaching here.
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Am I though? I thought the dead giveaway was the bisected windshield. 
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Morton Haynice posted:Am I though? I thought the dead giveaway was the bisected windshield. I'm not saying that's not why they picked that truck, but the 2 windshields is standard on those freightliner cabovers.
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It also looks like a black Optimus Prime. Coincidence?!
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That's african american Optimus Prime, you racist fuckwit. Check your privilege.
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I love this forum.
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:That's african american Optimus Prime, you racist fuckwit. Check your privilege. Hey, hey, whoa! Label that kind of language! "Check your privilege" triggers me and you should warn people before you use such strong language, you insensitive prick.
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Upon reflection I must offer an apology to all trans-formers out there, as I incorrectly stated African American and not African Cybertronian in my description.
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Jul 25, 2014 21:27
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I hate myself for causing this.
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Morton Haynice posted:I hate myself for causing this. That`s Ok. I hate you too.
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Upon reflection I must offer an apology to all trans-formers out there, as I incorrectly stated African American and not African Cybertronian in my description.  I'm going to assume that the original poster that pointed out the truck was trying to insinuate it looked like a skull? I'd call it a stretch. A lot of those COE Frieghtliners had some kind of stripes in that area.
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:That's african american Optimus Prime, you racist fuckwit. Check your privilege. The actual nomenclature is either "Scourge", "Nemesis Prime", or "Black Convoy", depending.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:
Oh. Then I stand corrected. I thought he was trying to say it looked like Arnold's sunglasses.
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Yes, I really thought I'd found something so obvious you guys would make fun of my density for not noticing before. I guess I still deserve it, just not for the reasons I initially imagined.
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I posted this in the Irrationally Irratating Movie Moments thread a few days back when someone was talking about Micheal Mann movies, but it really fits here:Ugly In The Morning posted:In Collateral, it's not a light source that kills Vincent. He sticks with the same shots he had used all movie, which are stopped by the closing doors. Max improvises and sprays wildly, and the rounds go through the window and kill Vincent. Improvising vs. sticking with routine are a running theme in that movie. I really liked how it played out. Also, the dead man on the train not being noticed for 6 hours thing he and Max talk about earlier in the film/while he bleeds out fits into how Vincent is designed to be the perfectly anonymous man. He lived a life blending in, and in death, he'll end up doing exactly the same thing
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Morton Haynice posted:Yes, I really thought I'd found something so obvious you guys would make fun of my density for not noticing before. I guess I still deserve it, just not for the reasons I initially imagined. Honestly I can see it and think it makes sense so don't feel too bad about it.
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My favorite subtle movie moment involving a bird is the munchkin suicide from Wizard of Oz.
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Looking forward to your reenactment.
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