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In my circle of friends the popular myth was that the scene where cat gets shot in The Boondock Saints was entirely an accident and that cat really did die. Knowing what I now do about Troy Duffy that isn't even that far-fetched anymore.
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red19fire posted:My psychology teacher in high school was pretty lazy, so we watched Memento like 4 times. Supposedly Nolan's original cut was sequential, but when he watched it he realized that the major denouement was in the beginning, so he recut it at the last minute to run 'backwards.' No, the script was actually written with the scenes in reverse order.
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Aug 17, 2014 18:07
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Erebus posted:Happy accidents and coincidence seem more magical than deliberate planning. See the lists of "15 movie scenes you didn't know were improvised!!!" that regularly make the rounds on the Internet, even when half of them are bullshit (like the guy throwing a beer can at Malkovich in Being John Malkovich supposedly just being some random rear end in a top hat driving by). Wait, so was that an accident or not?? Also reminds me of the Simpsons episode where the find the alternate ending reel for Casablanca, where they beat up Hitler, and then it ends with the title, "The End...?"
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Aug 17, 2014 18:20
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Erebus posted:Happy accidents and coincidence seem more magical than deliberate planning. Oh, absolutely, I understand the logic behind why those stories propagate. I was just curious if there was ever an actual instance of it happening. Also, how sad is it that we have an entire category of urban legends that attempt to explain away creativity. Cocoa Ninja posted:Wait, so was that an accident or not?? Not. Re-read his post and pay particular attention to the word bullshit.
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Aug 17, 2014 18:35
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Nihonniboku posted:No, the script was actually written with the scenes in reverse order. Erebus posted:Happy accidents and coincidence seem more magical than deliberate planning. See the lists of "15 movie scenes you didn't know were improvised!!!" that regularly make the rounds on the Internet, even when half of them are bullshit (like the guy throwing a beer can at Malkovich in Being John Malkovich supposedly just being some random rear end in a top hat driving by). There are a few large scale happy accidents that are actually true, like Annie Hall not being initially written or filmed as a romantic comedy.
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Aug 17, 2014 18:36
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Sarchasm posted:Not. Re-read his post and pay particular attention to the word bullshit. Hey, this thread is a safe zone!! Don't be a meanie. The reason I think it's not bullshit is because Spike Jonze says it's a true story on the DVD commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-lSUz0Hn10
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Cocoa Ninja posted:Hey, this thread is a safe zone!! Don't be a meanie. Wasn't trying to be mean. Sorry if it came across that way.
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Cocoa Ninja posted:Hey, this thread is a safe zone!! Don't be a meanie.  The original DVD of Being John Malkovich didn't have a director's commentary.
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That's an awesome prank.
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Nihonniboku posted:No, the script was actually written with the scenes in reverse order. We had a lot of movie days in that class. Rather than read the chapter about amnesia, we watched Memento.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Jesus loving christ. I don't know if every category they use to sort movies is automatically generated, and which categories are chosen to be displayed, but I loving can't stand it when I use Netflix, either on my PC or through my PS3, and the "New Movies" and "Recently Added" aren't there. Those categories should ALWAYS be there. And when they are there, they should be right at the top, not buried separately somewhere in the middle of everything. How about when your loving queue isn't there? gently caress you, Netflix.
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I just got free HBO with my cable service, which gives me a year of HBO Go for free. I'm looking for a list of shows to work through, kind of like a Best of HBO. I know Game of Thrones is huge right now, but I'm currently reading the first book, so I'm going to wait for that one. I've also seen Eastbound & Down, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Flight of the Conchords, which are some of my favorite shows. I've heard True Detective is good, and someone said it's like my favorite show of all time, Twin Peaks. Any other good recommendations?
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Franchescanado posted:I just got free HBO with my cable service, which gives me a year of HBO Go for free. I'm looking for a list of shows to work through, kind of like a Best of HBO. Deadwood, Rome, and Bored to Death.
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Franchescanado posted:I just got free HBO with my cable service, which gives me a year of HBO Go for free. I'm looking for a list of shows to work through, kind of like a Best of HBO. Generation Kill s made by hbo and I loved it, but I've no idea if you can get it on your free thing.
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Also for HBO, if it's not obvious, The Wire. For comedy, Extras can be great.
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LogisticEarth posted:The Wire.
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Feel free to skip GOT and watch The Wire and Deadwood.
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Holy crap. The Wire is on HBOGO? How did I never notice that before? I know what I'm doing on vacation next week.
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Generation Kill, Deadwood, Extras for sure. The first few seasons of Big Love are actually really good too.
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Franchescanado posted:I just got free HBO with my cable service, which gives me a year of HBO Go for free. I'm looking for a list of shows to work through, kind of like a Best of HBO. The Sopranos, The Wire, Deadwood and Rome. Also, Silicon Valley is hilarious.
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precision posted:Generation Kill, Deadwood, Extras for sure. The first few seasons of Big Love are actually really good too. The first two seasons and the last, I think are the good seasons of Big Love.
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Don't watch Extras or Entourage for god's sake.
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Extras is pretty good if you just watch the Patrick Stewart and Bowie bits on YouTube.
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morestuff posted:Extras is pretty good if you just watch the Patrick Stewart and Bowie bits on YouTube. Why would you waste your time watching Extras when Ali G show exists? Why would you bother with GOT when Deadwood exists? Fill your head with the good poo poo.
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morestuff posted:Extras is pretty good if you just watch the Patrick Stewart and Bowie bits on YouTube. The Daniel Radcliffe episode was pretty good too.
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I enjoyed the episode with Ben Stiller. Basically, Extras improves hugely in quality whenever Ricky Gervais is off-screen.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Feel free to skip GOT and watch The Wire and Deadwood. Or, if you like good things, watch all three
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Franchescanado posted:I just got free HBO with my cable service, which gives me a year of HBO Go for free. I'm looking for a list of shows to work through, kind of like a Best of HBO. Band of Brothers and The Pacific are available as part of Amazon Prime's HBO collection so they might be available on HBO Go as well. Both are awesome and you should watch them!
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Or, if you like good things, watch all three Nah mate.
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I'm on my phone so I can't check, but I'm pretty sure Angels In America is on HBOgo and it is phenomenal. It and You Don't Know Jack are the last times Al Pacino gave a poo poo.
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...of SCIENCE! posted:I'm on my phone so I can't check, but I'm pretty sure Angels In America is on HBOgo and it is phenomenal. It and You Don't Know Jack are the last times Al Pacino gave a poo poo. It is.
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axleblaze posted:It's almost like people can possibly like things you don't Impossible.
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pahuyuth posted:Band of Brothers and The Pacific are available as part of Amazon Prime's HBO collection so they might be available on HBO Go as well. Both are awesome and you should watch them! Band of Brothers is the most overrated thing I've ever watched. It deserves credit for its depiction of WW2-era battlefields, but I think the series sometimes gets a pass on that alone when the writing is actually really weak. It's a minority opinion, I'm apparently the only person on the planet who didn't like it, but for me all the characters just blended together into one indistinguishable mash. No one is distinct or memorable, and so every single time someone died my reaction was always "Wait, which one was that?" Also Game of Thrones is super fun trash TV. Don't read the books, just binge-watch your medieval soap opera and be done with it.
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The Den is a perfect storm of Saw and found footage films with the added benefit of Chatrouette. Its everything I hate in modern horror movies. The ending, the twist, the narrative, the skills of the "bad dudes", all of it was just pointless and shocking for shocking sake.
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...of SCIENCE! posted:I'm on my phone so I can't check, but I'm pretty sure Angels In America is on HBOgo and it is phenomenal. Agreed. That said, Tony Kushner actually came to my college and spoke to the lit department, and his advice to everyone was to watch The Wire. It's only fair that I toss in his recommendation by proxy.
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Junkie Disease posted:The Den is a perfect storm of Saw and found footage films with the added benefit of Chatrouette. Its everything I hate in modern horror movies. The ending, the twist, the narrative, the skills of the "bad dudes", all of it was just pointless and shocking for shocking sake. I enjoyed The Den.
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Sarchasm posted:Band of Brothers is the most overrated thing I've ever watched. It deserves credit for its depiction of WW2-era battlefields, but I think the series sometimes gets a pass on that alone when the writing is actually really weak. It's a minority opinion, I'm apparently the only person on the planet who didn't like it, but for me all the characters just blended together into one indistinguishable mash. No one is distinct or memorable, and so every single time someone died my reaction was always "Wait, which one was that?" I think that's a fair critique, it definitely takes a while to latch onto them (and it helps that a bunch of them bite it in the first half). This has maybe gotten easier as many of the character actors have done other work and I think they're now more recognizable (Damien Lewis, Michael Fassbender, Ron Livingston, Neal McDonough, etc). I think I like it so much because it totally blows away Saving Private Ryan, both in terms of scope but also in the ambiguities of war. Sure, Saving Private Ryan has a moment where they shoot surrendering soldiers, but BoB does this better, along with moments like Lieutenant Dyke being a coward, the PTSD episode when Winters is in Paris, etc. Saving Private Ryan plays as a very patriotic and stock character version of World War 2, the stunning beach landing excepted. Band of Brothers just had a lot more time to touch on the minutiae of what it was like to actually be on the front lines for months on end. I think the best episode in this regard is "Bastogne." You could probably watch it as a one-off, since it focuses on the medic. But I'd certainly recommend the whole series, as it's nice to know who is who. I also don't know that the writing is weak, but I haven't watched it in years. The bar for TV writing has certainly gone up.
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Sarchasm posted:Not. Re-read his post and pay particular attention to the word bullshit. I think the official story was that John Malkovich insisted on that being put into the movie because it's a thing that someone actually did to him when he was younger. Some kids from his school or something were driving by him and one of them threw a half-full beer can at his head and yelled at him. It was not an accident, but it wasn't originally written into the scene.
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