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Firstborn posted:Ryan Murphy is terrible, and the increasingly weak justifications for his characters doing anachronistic karaoke in American Horror Story makes me loving gag. Jessica Lange doing a Bowie song in 1952? Okay, fine. Evan Peters doing Nirvana with big fuckoff plastic hands? No. I've not watched them, but they're like The Singing Detective? That's pretty cool.
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Mr. Squishy posted:I've not watched them, but they're like The Singing Detective? That's pretty cool. I don't think you should compare Ryan Murphy to Dennis Potter
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Skwirl posted:I'm assuming people in those countries know the difference in spelling between pawn and porn means they are different words though? Also, why do y'all have a problem with actually pronouncing the "r" in porn? We just don't. So if you say "I went to a pawn shop" you have to immediately follow on with "like cash converters or something." It's called the pawn/porn merger. I may as well ask "why does Aaron rhyme with Erin in America?" It just does, whereas over here both names are audibly distinct. Lizard Combatant posted:We have chess and pawn stores too, pal yeah I know, more referring to when someone says "I SAW PAWN SACRIFICE" to their friends and their friends are like "WHAT, PORN SACRIFICE?" If it helps restore my status in this thread, I might mention that I didn't have any trouble seeing that that cop car poster had the road torn out.
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May 31, 2015 22:42
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Infamous Sphere posted:I may as well ask "why does Aaron rhyme with Erin in America?" It just does, whereas over here both names are audibly distinct. No it doesn't. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd7FixvoKBw&t=106s
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May 31, 2015 23:24
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Radio Paranoia posted:I am irrationally angry right now! This is the "Brown Tone" of movie posters. You see it and are unable to complete a coherent thought and then you just poo poo yourself and pass out.
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BonoMan posted:This is the "Brown Tone" of movie posters. You see it and are unable to complete a coherent thought and then you just poo poo yourself and pass out.
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rawillkill posted:
There's something uncanny valley about that graffiti, like it's such a complex design, it either needs to be way cleaner, like it's stenciled, or way shittier. Like, the precision of the lumps on the spear or arrow or whatever the bird is perched on is too fiddly for something you go out and spraypaint as some sort of ragtag revolutionary logo... ah, whatever. I'm tired.
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Allen Wren posted:There's something uncanny valley about that graffiti, like it's such a complex design, it either needs to be way cleaner, like it's stenciled, or way shittier. Like, the precision of the lumps on the spear or arrow or whatever the bird is perched on is too fiddly for something you go out and spraypaint as some sort of ragtag revolutionary logo... ah, whatever. I'm tired. Nah I definitely see what you mean. Like, there's clearly a "good" circle around the outside with effects or extra paint added over top to make it look rougher/fuzzier.
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rawillkill posted:
The complete lack of reference for size is causing me to read this as miniature. Like, that statue seems like 8 inches high or something.
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Noxville posted:The complete lack of reference for size is causing me to read this as miniature. Like, that statue seems like 8 inches high or something. The reason the spray paint looks off and it reads as a miniature is because the stencil was scaled up way beyond its original size. You wouldn't make a stencil of that scale with lines that thick cause you'd go through half a can on each one. Look at those drips compared to the details of the cracks on the statue for example. They're absolutely huge. Here's a quick photoshop I made with smaller ones:  Still doesn't fix the issue but it helps. Apart from that and the photographic face on a stone statue the image makes a really good poster.
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Jun 2, 2015 02:13
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spanky the dolphin posted:Apart from that and the photographic face on a stone statue the image makes a really good poster. I didn't even notice that and now I can't stop looking at it. No one thought to photoshop that a bit to make it look like an actual statue? Remove the pupils/iris' at least.
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Jun 2, 2015 02:28
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It's pretty good for being a lovely poster for a lovely movie series.
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The first one was kinda crap, but Catching Fire was half of a fantastic movie and half of a serviceable one, and I still haven't gotten around to Mockingjay pt. 1 so I can't comment.
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ruddiger posted:It's pretty good for being a lovely poster for a lovely movie series. All the Hunger Games posters have been ace and even with the baggage of being popular/for girls most people got over that and were willing to admit that they were good by the time the second movie rolled around.
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Jun 2, 2015 02:52
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The first one is rear end because the Games themselves are the least interesting part of the story. Fortunately, both Collins and the filmmakers realized this.
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Jun 2, 2015 03:02
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The one without the games is the worst one.
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Aphrodite posted:The one without the games is the worst one. I didn't know the PS3 was a part of the Hunger Games series.
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Waffleman_ posted:I didn't know the PS3 was a part of the Hunger Games series.  Is Mockingjay pt. 1 really that bad? I figured it would be pretty good, since the Capitol stuff in Catching Fire was easily the best part of the movie. If I'm gonna be honest, I prob won't watch them until Part 2 comes out and I can just shotgun them together.
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LORD OF BUTT posted:
Just wait like till Christmas then you can do a YA dystopian weekend featuring Hunger games The divergent series starring not Jennifer Lawrence The maze runner series starring generic white guy And The Giver which looks like every other god drat thing put out by Walden Media.
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spanky the dolphin posted:The reason the spray paint looks off and it reads as a miniature is because the stencil was scaled up way beyond its original size. You wouldn't make a stencil of that scale with lines that thick cause you'd go through half a can on each one. Look at those drips compared to the details of the cracks on the statue for example. They're absolutely huge. This is definitely better, and, yeah, that statue's a hot mess.
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apatheticman posted:Just wait like till Christmas then you can do a YA dystopian weekend featuring Which is fair enough, because it literally took me 10 minutes to even remember the name of that movie.
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Jun 2, 2015 05:59
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The only way I'd ever watch any of those movies was if it was a crossover between two of the series where the characters from the two respective franchises were dumped together on a hostile alien planet and had to fight each other to the death while being hunted by the predator.
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Jun 2, 2015 06:12
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Hunger Games is kinda the only YA dystopia series I'm willing to give the time of day to, and that's pretty much exclusively because Catching Fire kinda owned.
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I enjoyed the first Divergent movie because I quickly realized how terrible it was. The second one didn't let me down in being even more terrible. If there should be any YA crossover it should be that series and Maze Runner, because they pretty much seem to have the same plot-twist which is supposed to be big revelation but really just is an easy setup for multiple sequels.
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Jun 2, 2015 09:00
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I will admit my interest in Divergent is mildly piqued because Varro from Spartacus is in it and, unlike Terminator: Genisys and A Good Day to Die Hard, he might actually have something to do in it. 
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LORD OF BUTT posted:
I thought Mockingjay was the strangest war film I've seen in a long time, in a really cool way. It just focuses on the propaganda war between the 2 sides. Haven't seen the first 2 movies though.
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Jun 2, 2015 12:03
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Poster Six-Pack: Cool Guys (and Gals) Don't Look at Explosions Edition. Even when they're right behind you...  ...even if they're all around you...  ...even if you're shoting a gun that can destroy planets during them...  ....even when the shock wave makes your face look like a Spitting Image puppet and blows your shirt open..  ...you never, EVER look at the explosion!  Unless, of course, the explosion happens to be in your vajayjay.  In that case, ask your doctor to take a look.
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effectual posted:I thought Mockingjay was the strangest war film I've seen in a long time, in a really cool way. It just focuses on the propaganda war between the 2 sides. Haven't seen the first 2 movies though. Mockingjay definitely suffers from being just half a story. Which makes sense as the book wasn't really meant to be in two parts. Although with the second half being its own movie that could mean more time devoted to Katniss and Peeta's PTSD adventures where they're completely broken by the war.
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Mockingjay 1 is incredibly good, and works as a standalone film. It's like Prequel Of The Apes 2, but weirder.
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Mierenneuker posted:I enjoyed the first Divergent movie because I quickly realized how terrible it was. The second one didn't let me down in being even more terrible. Divergent is such a weird movie - even accepting the dumb premise - and the pacing is hosed. Twenty minutes of a bizarro Sorting-Hat scene from Harry Potter, Two hours of underdog "I'm gonna prove 'em wrong I can do this!" stuff, then half hour of a hastily tacked-on twist/sequel bait. Poster was fittingly generic, too.  For variety, here's a Japanese one that imgur won't let me load for some reason. [e]: Looks like they did some character specific posters too:   I like the concept of focussing on the tattoos at least, even if I couldn't tell you who half of these people are, or their role in the film --- [e2]: On the topic of unbeliveable dystopias that no-one gives a gently caress about :    Who is John Galt? The free market doesn't care! quote:Atlas Shrugged 1: budget $20 million, gross $4.6 million quote:Total gross was $851,690 against a budget of $5,000,000. quote:The film was widely panned by critics; the film holds a 0% at review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 10 reviews for an average rating of 1.4/10.[18] On Metacritic, the film has a 9/100 rating based on 7 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike".[19] Atlas Shrugged: Part III was nominated for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel at the 35th Golden Raspberry Awards Also, irony quote:The budget was partially funded by a Kickstarter campaign which raised $446,907 against a goal of $250,000. 
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I do quite like hunger games for not being 'YA heroine changes the world through pluck and sass and determination', but rather 'YA heroine gets severe PTSD and tries to survive being crushed under the merciless heel of history' Also the fact that the story metaphor is about how the target audience are the evil Capitol while Chinese sweatshop laborers and African farmers are the oppressed good guy rebels. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 19:12 on Jun 2, 2015 |
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MikeJF posted:I do quite like hunger games for not being 'YA heroine changes the world through pluck and sass and determination', but rather 'YA heroine gets severe PTSD and tries to survive being crushed under the merciless heel of history' Yeah and Katniss is really insufferable at times which makes the books far more interesting and realistic.
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:Mockingjay 1 is incredibly good, and works as a standalone film. It's like Prequel Of The Apes 2, but weirder. See? Like I said, the worst one.
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apatheticman posted:Just wait like till Christmas then you can do a YA dystopian weekend featuring Actually screw dystopians they are all the same, how bout a book where a guy who is given the opportunity to be a champion of Athena as he has to run a gauntlet of the other Greek gods champions who are different times of history (Dionysus' being a coked out 80s pro wrestler, Hermes' 1920's pulp master thief, Hera's being Alexander the Great) until main character has to defeat Heracles so that Athena can take the throne since she was supposed to succeed the throne from Zeus until Christianity came along and killed the fun Greek Mythology party. I'm sure I can write 3 books of that and corner that YA market.
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Jun 2, 2015 23:41
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Percy Jackson already did the Greek mythology YA thing.
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At this point, Shailene Woodley is probably more famous for playing Cancer Girl than Dystopian Teen Revolutionary.
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The MSJ posted:At this point, Shailene Woodley is probably more famous for playing Cancer Girl than Dystopian Teen Revolutionary. She'll always be the idiot who eats dirt and suntans her vagina to me. 
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Waffleman_ posted:Percy Jackson already did the Greek mythology YA thing.  It was probably for the best though since I was a depressed teenager writing stupid wish fulfillment poo poo to get through the day. I'm not bitter at the author of the Percy Jackson books, they are in fact my favorite YA series (never could get into Harry Potter). Those Percy Jackson movies are poo poo though and lose all the charm of the books which is "Greek Mythological figures and gods living in modern day with appropriate jobs"
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