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I watched The Roketeer lately and I found it to be a boring by the numbers movie. It's not bad, but boy is it generic. The only thing I think saves it for people is that the design on the outfit is actually really cool.
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So I was browsing Netflix/Hulu/Amazon aimlessly early, trying to find the right thing to watch. I was in the mood for something with mystery, suspense and sci-fi elements, with likable and interesting characters. I suddenly realized the show that I was looking for was one I've never revisited after its initial airing, that had an ending so infuriating to me that I would spontaneously have moments of inchoate rage bubble up, weeks, even months after the show's finale came and went. That show is Lost. I've actively avoided coming back to it, because it did draw me in, and I did like its characters and found its plot captivating, but my enjoyment really depended on the show's plethora of mysteries having a satisfying ending. It didn't. In a panic at the prospect of falling into a black hole of suffering, I basically jumped on the first show I'd vaguely heard interesting things about, so I started watching Wayward Pines. ... Turns out the opening scene of that show is basically identical to the opening of Lost. I kept going and am tentatively enjoying it, but now I've been primed to be disappointed and angry by the end. Oh well, it's only 10 episodes, right?
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Jul 11, 2015 00:22
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The Last Unicorn is on netflix as well. There's also The Adams Family, Ferris Bueller, Stand By Me, Planes Trains 7 Automobiles,
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Jul 11, 2015 00:30
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UPDATE: Apparently, my niece and nephew have seen more than I expected, so we're watching The Last Unicorn (I haven't seen it in 30 years, but my wife loves it), with a possibility of watching The Neverending Story tomorrow. They reacted *violently* to the prospect of watching Jurassic Park, as if I suggested shooting their dogs in the face. They are *terrified* of watching it.
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Jul 11, 2015 01:24
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The Last Unicorn is a way more hosed up thing to show kids than Alien.fliptophead posted:I don't get it either. That movie rocks and just this weekend I uncovered my copy of the comics that were released around the same time. They really put a lot of effort into those as well. I've always loved The Rocketeer. The Red Letter Media guys talk about how good it is a few times, IIRC.
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Jul 11, 2015 01:43
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precision posted:The Last Unicorn is a way more hosed up thing to show kids than Alien. Maybe if you don't like tree boobs.
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Jul 11, 2015 01:45
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The three droopy boobs on the harpy were pretty hot.
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Jul 11, 2015 01:47
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Someone suggested The Goonies, why has there been any discussion past that?
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Jul 11, 2015 01:48
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computer parts posted:Maybe if you don't like tree boobs. I was talking more about the metric ton of weird rapey subtext that permeates every frame of the movie. I mean like, I love the movie, but holy poo poo is it hosed up.
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Jul 11, 2015 01:57
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SIR FAT JONY IVES posted:Someone suggested The Goonies, why has there been any discussion past that? That was our #1 choice, but apparently they've already seen it.
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Jul 11, 2015 01:59
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That Works posted:
 You may say it sarcastically, HUNDU, but I can't wait to force my childhood down my kid's throat!
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Jul 11, 2015 02:02
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I love The Rocketeer because if there is a more glorious villain death than flying off of a Nazi zeppelin in a jetpack while laughing and wearing a tuxedo and then crashing into the Hollywood sign I don't want to know of it.
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Jul 11, 2015 02:07
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Cocoa Ninja posted:
I always think that poo poo is nuts but I'm just one guy.
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Jul 11, 2015 02:13
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fliptophead posted:I don't get it either. That movie rocks and just this weekend I uncovered my copy of the comics that were released around the same time. They really put a lot of effort into those as well. The original Rocketeer series by Dave Stevens from back in the 80s was amazing.
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Jul 11, 2015 02:15
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I always think that poo poo is nuts but I'm just one guy. Personally my parents loved foreign and old movies — I actually didn't see most of the normal kid stuff with the exception of Star Wars. I think it's a good family-time opportunity to mould a little cultured kid.
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Jul 11, 2015 03:53
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I definitely wasn't saying don't watch movies with your kids.
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Jul 11, 2015 03:58
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:The original Rocketeer series by Dave Stevens from back in the 80s was amazing. That's the one! Here's the cover: 
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Jul 11, 2015 04:43
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"Teeth" is on Netflix, and very worth watching. Especially if you find severed penises hilarious.
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Jul 11, 2015 05:16
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MacGowans Teeth posted:"Teeth" is on Netflix, and very worth watching. Especially if you find severed penises hilarious. No poo poo? Check it out people if you haven't. Surprisingly fun, surprisingly good movie.
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Jul 11, 2015 05:28
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SIR FAT JONY IVES posted:Someone suggested The Goonies, why has there been any discussion past that? I am probably the only one but when I was a kid Goonies freaked me out. Nightmare on Elm Street, Poltergeist, all those movies I wasn't supposed to watch, that was all whatever, but I had to stop Goonies midway, it was too much.
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Jul 11, 2015 07:19
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Monsters is a really great atmospheric horror movie. It's like the 28 Days Later of Kaiju movies.
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Jul 11, 2015 07:25
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precision posted:Monsters is a really great atmospheric horror movie. It's like the 28 Days Later of Kaiju movies. It's also the movie that landed Gareth Edwards the director's chair for Godzilla.
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Jul 11, 2015 16:44
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I feel like people don't know how to sell that movie. It's not really a horror movie, it's not really a Godzilla movie. It's more of an indie drama thing with Kaiju as the setting backdrop. I liked it, but I feel like people expecting something different can get disappointed.
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Jul 11, 2015 16:58
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The Man With the Iron Fists 2 has some of the worst production value I've ever seen. Not even admirably bad.
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Jul 11, 2015 17:57
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Huh, it looks like Instant just lost a ton of silents? My queue shot down around 20 movies recently and the chunk of silent films I had lined up there is pretty barren now.
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Jul 11, 2015 18:54
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Get some Chinese takeout, and watch The Search for General Tso's. Great documentary not only about General Tso's, and it's origins, but also about the large Chinese restaurant heritage and story in the US. The "original" General Tso's they show looks like the best goddamn General Tso's chicken I've seen and now I want to fly to Taiwan and try it out. Especially so since Chef Peng stressed how there was too much sugar and not enough spice in the Americanized version.
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Jul 12, 2015 00:40
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hemale in pain posted:Horror movies are best when you're a kid as they're actually scary as poo poo. there is a flipside to this though: if you see really good horror, nothing much scares you any more in movies. When I was 4 for some reason I kept begging to watch The Exorcist because I saw commercials for it on HBO, so my mom had enough and forced me, at the age of 4, to sit and watch the whole thing, unedited. At the end, she said that was what was going to happen to me if I didn't quit being so mean. Now I laugh at most horror movies when something godawful happens, which gets me really weird looks in theaters.
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K. Waste posted:The Man With the Iron Fists 2 has some of the worst production value I've ever seen. Not even admirably bad. Watching that movie made me ashamed for everyone involved in its production. Especially Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, for some reason.
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Jul 12, 2015 08:27
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Ascension was aggressively boring, couldn't get through it.
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Filthy Hans posted:Watching that movie made me ashamed for everyone involved in its production. Especially Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, for some reason. Motherfucker was Shang Tsung, he should have been the next James Hong at the very least off that role.
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Jul 13, 2015 01:17
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Lycus posted:Ascension was aggressively boring, couldn't get through it. I quit after the first episode. I'm guessing there's some kind of twist about their mission not being what they think--like Earth was actually destroyed by nuclear war and they're going back in time to fix it or something dumb, but I wasn't even motivated enough to google it. It's like somebody at the network saw that mad men was popular and demanded a sci-fi mad men and then never checked up on it after that.
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Jul 13, 2015 01:20
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:A lot of goons had hosed up childhoods and watched stuff like Alien at age 8 and think that's normal and healthy. A lot of goons were overprotected growing up and now they feel compelled to protect other people from harmless things.
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Jul 13, 2015 01:23
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Jack Gladney posted:I quit after the first episode. I'm guessing there's some kind of twist about their mission not being what they think--like Earth was actually destroyed by nuclear war and they're going back in time to fix it or something dumb, but I wasn't even motivated enough to google it. It's like somebody at the network saw that mad men was popular and demanded a sci-fi mad men and then never checked up on it after that. Yeah, that was my exact thought. All they wanted was Mad Men in Space, so they slapped together a crappy story around it and dropped Tricia Helfer into it.
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Jul 13, 2015 01:46
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Bulworth is up on Netflix. Everybody should watch it.
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coyo7e posted:Bulworth is up on Netflix. Everybody should watch it. Just watched it the other day. Great movie.
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Jul 13, 2015 03:32
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The Conversation is up. It was the first movie Francis Ford Coppola released in 1974, and it's a knockout. Gene Hackman plays a secretive, socially-awkward surveillance worker who becomes curious about a conversation he's paid to snoop on. It touches on a lot of themes, including religion and moral quandaries presented by such a job, and the stuff about surveillance still holds up to this day. The cinematography is great, in a subtle, unflashy way. Hackman's character is very well-drawn and, of course, well-acted. Plus, Harrison Ford before he was popular! Give it a go if you're in the mood for a great 70's thriller.
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Jul 13, 2015 04:53
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After all this time I finally watched the original Wet Hot American Summer. A bit uneven but I liked it. The crackhouse/shooting gallery scene alone is a great belly laugh and worth the price of admission by itself. It is rather amazing to identify all the various cast members who have struck it big since. Nthing the recommendations to definitely watch Kung Fu Hustle (and the other Stephen Chow flicks, Shaolin Soccer and God of Cookery too), Nightcrawler, and definitely Taxi Driver if it's still up. Edit: And yeah, watch The Conversation, too. A classic.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:The Conversation is up. It was the first movie Francis Ford Coppola released in 1974, and it's a knockout. Gene Hackman plays a secretive, socially-awkward surveillance worker who becomes curious about a conversation he's paid to snoop on. It touches on a lot of themes, including religion and moral quandaries presented by such a job, and the stuff about surveillance still holds up to this day. The cinematography is great, in a subtle, unflashy way. Hackman's character is very well-drawn and, of course, well-acted. Plus, Harrison Ford before he was popular! Give it a go if you're in the mood for a great 70's thriller. Yeah. Yeah. It's definitely on the same level as the rest of Coppola's 70s output. I'm gonna watch that again soon.
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Jack Gladney posted:I quit after the first episode. I'm guessing there's some kind of twist about their mission not being what they think--like Earth was actually destroyed by nuclear war and they're going back in time to fix it or something dumb, but I wasn't even motivated enough to google it. It's like somebody at the network saw that mad men was popular and demanded a sci-fi mad men and then never checked up on it after that. Ahahaha the plot is actually worse than that. Don't watch the show though, it's terrible and not even worth watching ironically.
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Tommofork posted:Ahahaha the plot is actually worse than that. Don't watch the show though, it's terrible and not even worth watching ironically. Yeah, the "twist" took all the interest out of the show. It was like trading off the whole premise for a cheap shock reveal. For those not looking to waste time with it: The ship is actually still on Earth. It's just a big enclosed environment and everyone just thinks they're in space. The outside world in 2014 or whenever is exactly unchanged. The purpose of the mission, unbeknownst to the crew, is to breed a new level of human capable of warping people across the universe with psychokinetic powers or something. The miniseries ends on a cliffhanger and not much is resolved. The premise had some potential but it looks like it got gutted and reworked too many times to be a coherent experience.
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