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My Lovely Horse posted:There wasn't much good about V For Vendetta Really? 
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Tiggum posted:Really? You aren't cool enough to hate fun things, are you?
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Aug 27, 2014 04:53
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Gaunab posted:An irritation of mine is how most trailers today are more like short films then actual trailers. i know they're supposed to get people hyped up for the movie but sometimes it's ridiculous. I saw a trailer recently that was 3 minutes long. And the films are never as good as the trailers anyway.
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Aug 27, 2014 04:56
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Because of all the Dredd talk, I feel duty bound to leave this here. http://youtu.be/Hyph_DZa_GQ
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Aug 27, 2014 08:48
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People always say that about trailers, but I go to a local grindhouse night sometimes where they show old trailers beforehand, and some of those motherfuckers are lonnnng, so I refute this.
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Aug 27, 2014 08:53
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:The only irrationally irritating part to me was the "hotshot" instead of "flare" moment. 
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Aug 27, 2014 10:14
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Gaunab posted:An irritation of mine is how most trailers today are more like short films then actual trailers. i know they're supposed to get people hyped up for the movie but sometimes it's ridiculous. I saw a trailer recently that was 3 minutes long. I don't watch trailers anymore because they show the entire plot. Trailers should hint and tease about what I'll see in it, make me want to experience the story. I can understand why marketing people put the best, most dramatic scenes in the trailers, but it makes movies worse.
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Aug 27, 2014 13:26
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Lotish posted:Throwing her off the balcony is a gambit. He says "yeah" because his suspicions that the bomb wouldn't go off when she hit the pavement were confirmed. Her slo-mo death is a cool call-back to the intro with her brutal murder that brought Dredd to the scene in the first place. They also emphasize that even when she's going to die, Mama doesn't really care. It was thematically appropriate and, sorry, also cool. In a way that's not stunted and awkward. "...wait for her to shoot you" is probably the worst culprit. The "I am the law" that was already discussed is another. Oh, and "It's judgment time!" It's not just that their corny, it's that Urban sounds uncomfortable saying them. My irrationally irritating part of that movie is that he twists his mouth in a way that oddly resembles Pootie Tang at various points in the movie, but that's probably just me.
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Aggressive pricing posted:I don't watch trailers anymore because they show the entire plot.
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Aug 27, 2014 16:12
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In Iron Man 3, why would Ben Kingsley's character, an English actor, be drinking Budweiser, of all beers?
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Aug 31, 2014 15:52
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Coffee And Pie posted:In Iron Man 3, why would Ben Kingsley's character, an English actor, be drinking Budweiser, of all beers? Because of the monarchy. He wants the King of beers.
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Aug 31, 2014 16:24
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Coffee And Pie posted:In Iron Man 3, why would Ben Kingsley's character, an English actor, be drinking Budweiser, of all beers? Because he's in the United States, isn't he? Or do they travel somewhere to find him? He does have a Premier League game on, but you can watch those in America with the right cable package.
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Aug 31, 2014 19:09
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Henchman of Santa posted:Because he's in the United States, isn't he? Or do they travel somewhere to find him? He does have a Premier League game on, but you can watch those in America with the right cable package.
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Aug 31, 2014 19:42
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We have Budweiser in the UK you clown. People here even drink it sometimes.
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Aug 31, 2014 22:57
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Coffee And Pie posted:In Iron Man 3, why would Ben Kingsley's character, an English actor, be drinking Budweiser, of all beers? Because it's cheap?
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Aug 31, 2014 23:06
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It's not irrational, but I'm not sure where to ask. In drawn animation cartoons you can tell when a piece of scenery is going to be active, like a drawer or door because it stands out opposed to the static background. What is that called exactly?
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Sep 1, 2014 00:26
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mng posted:It's not irrational, but I'm not sure where to ask. In drawn animation cartoons you can tell when a piece of scenery is going to be active, like a drawer or door because it stands out opposed to the static background. What is that called exactly? Not sure of the technical name, but it's due to the object being on an animation cel layer rather than a background layer. If you haven't seen traditional animation stuff before, each frame is composed of the individual components painted on transparent cellulite; the parts that move do so on their own sheet, then each scene is made of the different animation layers literally stacked on top of the background(s). Backgrounds were also usually done in watercolor, which gives the extra level of difference between the background and animation. It's also worth noting that the layers of cels weren't 100% perfect, so the plastic could actually cause issues with the color on lower levels looking different or literal shadows to show up on background layers from those in the front
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Sep 1, 2014 00:32
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Coffee And Pie posted:In Iron Man 3, why would Ben Kingsley's character, an English actor, be drinking Budweiser, of all beers? He was a starving actor before so it's what he is used to.
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Sep 1, 2014 00:41
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Coffee And Pie posted:In Iron Man 3, why would Ben Kingsley's character, an English actor, be drinking Budweiser, of all beers? Because they paid for the product placement
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Sep 1, 2014 00:48
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Something that sucks in Man of Tai Chi is that it has Iko Uwais in one of the fights but barely uses him. So instead of a super awesome Tai Chi/Silat fight instead it's just Silat/guy who doesn't want to fight.
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Sep 1, 2014 00:49
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muscles like this? posted:Something that sucks in Man of Tai Chi is that it has Iko Uwais in one of the fights but barely uses him. So instead of a super awesome Tai Chi/Silat fight instead it's just Silat/guy who doesn't want to fight. This drove me completely mad. The second I saw him in the boat/club I thought that was going to be one of the last fights and I was super pumped. I would have paid just to see that. But then only disappointment.
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I was just mad there wasn't a sex scene, and a line afterwards that said "I came here a boy of tai chi, and now I leave as a Man of Tai Chi". Same level of annoyance that no one said "It's daylight saving time" in Sunshine.
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mng posted:It's not irrational, but I'm not sure where to ask. In drawn animation cartoons you can tell when a piece of scenery is going to be active, like a drawer or door because it stands out opposed to the static background. What is that called exactly? TVTropes calls it a "Conspicuously Light Patch"
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Sep 1, 2014 05:31
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mng posted:It's not irrational, but I'm not sure where to ask. In drawn animation cartoons you can tell when a piece of scenery is going to be active, like a drawer or door because it stands out opposed to the static background. What is that called exactly? Roger Ebert used to call those 'Fudd Flags' since Elmer could use them to hunt down Bugs Bunny. I don't know that they have an actual technical term, though.
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Sep 1, 2014 05:47
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Disgusting Coward posted:We have Budweiser in the UK you clown. People here even drink it sometimes. And then we go to the bathroom and refill the kegs. It is all part of the great cycle of life.
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Sep 1, 2014 08:34
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All beer is disgusting anyway.
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Sentient Data posted:Not sure of the technical name, but it's due to the object being on an animation cel layer rather than a background layer. If you haven't seen traditional animation stuff before, each frame is composed of the individual components painted on transparent cellulite; the parts that move do so on their own sheet, then each scene is made of the different animation layers literally stacked on top of the background(s). Backgrounds were also usually done in watercolor, which gives the extra level of difference between the background and animation. It's also worth noting that the layers of cels weren't 100% perfect, so the plastic could actually cause issues with the color on lower levels looking different or literal shadows to show up on background layers from those in the front Adam Savage used to work as a color mixer for an animation studio, he talked about it in one of the Tested podcasts. Basically, since you're layering animation cels on top of each other to have multiple moving objects/characters in a scene, you run into problems with the celluloid blocking a small amount of light from coming through. This causes the colors on the rearmost cels to show up darker than they should have. The fix for this was to mix colors so you had multiple lighter and darker versions of the same color, and then use the lighter colors for cels that were meant to go behind other cells. So for instance, you would have a cell of Baloo running, and then multiple versions of that cel in lighter and darker colors, depending on which scene you needed it for. Traditional animation is amazingly complex to get right.
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Sep 1, 2014 11:44
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mng posted:It's not irrational, but I'm not sure where to ask. In drawn animation cartoons you can tell when a piece of scenery is going to be active, like a drawer or door because it stands out opposed to the static background. What is that called exactly? It's parodied here pretty funnily. 
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Sep 1, 2014 12:13
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KozmoNaut posted:Adam Savage used to work as a color mixer for an animation studio, he talked about it in one of the Tested podcasts. I think I just found that podcast, thanks! Tested is a neato channel when they're discussing past jobs, and Adam's man cave is a thing of beauty. Thanks for the replies 
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Sep 1, 2014 13:40
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KozmoNaut posted:Adam Savage used to work as a color mixer for an animation studio, he talked about it in one of the Tested podcasts. If you want to see something really impressive, get your hands on a copy of Rock & Rule which is...well its a complicated and somewhat tragic story. The important thing is that you could consider it the magnus opus of traditional cel animation, pushing the boundaries of what could be done with physical photography and art. Some of their special effects shots had over thirty layers of cels being lit and manipulated! Its basically insane.
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Sep 1, 2014 15:02
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Byzantine posted:All beer is disgusting anyway. Do you also have an opinion on tipping that you would like to share with us?
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Sep 1, 2014 15:04
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:Do you also have an opinion on tipping that you would like to share with us? Don't tip cows, it's mean and hurtful.
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Sep 1, 2014 15:47
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LeJackal posted:If you want to see something really impressive, get your hands on a copy of Rock & Rule which is...well its a complicated and somewhat tragic story. The important thing is that you could consider it the magnus opus of traditional cel animation, pushing the boundaries of what could be done with physical photography and art. Some of their special effects shots had over thirty layers of cels being lit and manipulated! Its basically insane. Awesome, thanks for the tip
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Even Roadrunner cartoons used to parody it, like when the cliffs would fall instead of the coyote's bridge trap.
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Well i know it's a kids movie and all, but this is the irrationally irritating movie thread. I recently saw Kung Fu Panda, and the main villain is kept in some really supermax prison because he's the baddest and meanest fighter there is. He's chained and immobilized in a dark pit. Then i thought to myself, why not just execute him? I know, i know, kids movie. But still, far more humane than being chained with both arms to the wall in a dark pit for the rest of your life, worse than the often critized real life isolation cells. Plus, you don't need to pay the salaries of 1000 thousand rhino prison guards. Besides, he ends up escaping anyway and ends up blown to smithereens offscreen. Falukorv has a new favorite as of 23:50 on Sep 1, 2014 |
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Sep 1, 2014 23:42
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Ok. I have a few. I was watching Superman 2 yesterday for the first time in a long while. I remembered it being cheesy but still liking it. Jesus Christ is this thing a piece of poo poo. Lex and Ms. Tessmacher escape in a from prison in a helium balloon. They're caught doing it. So no one within 50 miles is on the lookout for a hot air balloon or can spot one. Later, Lex, still in his prison garb, has somehow guided the balloon to the Antarctic because he knows where Superman's Fortress of Solitude is. It has to be loving FREEZING up there, especially in the loving SKY, but here's Lex with his bald head and still in his prison skivvies floating around with his half naked bitch, not freezing at all, not hungry or anything and with obviously no one looking for him. Christ. Earlier, a little kid falls off the ledge of Niagra Falls and, honest to god, it must take him 45 seconds to even begin to reach the bottom. I'm not entirely sure how gravity works but I know a bit. Then later we get Superman cellophane logo superpower out of nowhere. Movie loving sucks. I love Chris Reeve in the role and a lot of other things about it stylistically but gently caress if this movie hasn't aged badly.
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BiggerBoat posted:Superman 2 When I watched Superman III as a kid the irritating movie moment was spending so much screen time on some random weirdo, now it's that he didn't get more. Pryor as the main antagonist would have been fantastic.
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Sep 1, 2014 23:52
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Falukorv posted:Well i know it's a kids movie and all, but this is the irrationally irritating movie thread. Sometimes it's too risky to kill someone because they have allies, or because it would cause public sentiment to turn against you. It could be one of those things.
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It's also possible his mentor pulled some strings. Tai didn't seem to be actively evil before he was turned down for the scroll, just egotistical and self-centered. That he flipped the gently caress out and went berserk was probably argued down to a moment of madness than anything calculated.
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Cant think of any allies, the whole town was basically evacuating when they got wind of that he'd escaped. He was a lone wolf. But yeah, the mentor having a soft spot is a good enough reason (ignoring that he was arguably held in a state worse than death). I mean, the whole town cheered when he was killed, nobody would care if they killed him in custody. poor Tai, kind of feel sorry for him. Shouldn't have indoctrinated him in a messianic warrior cult, not his fault if you think about it. Falukorv has a new favorite as of 00:49 on Sep 2, 2014 |
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