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morestuff posted:I've always read that First Blood is a lot more grounded than the sequels but Rambo is popping a wheelie on a dirt bike within the first 20 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTPjWrDmsZ0 If it wasn't a useful tactic, would *the* Delta Force use it? Raskolnikov2089 fucked around with this message at 23:03 on Sep 5, 2015 |
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morestuff posted:I wasn't being earnest, the movie's obviously a lot more tonally similar to the 70s thrillers it descended from than the 80s action of most of the series. On the other hand, it does make some of the elements (Dennehy's Bullitt stunts, the rat attack in the cave, the explosion-heavy climax) feel out of place. It's a transitional piece in more ways than one.
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SubG posted:Watch Jack Starrett's Nam's Angels/The Losers (1970). Will do.
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTPjWrDmsZ0 Commander Hunter disagrees... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLwe7UqUX7k
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Holy poo poo I forgot Ace Hunter was played by Barry Bostwick! Goddrat was MegaForce ever the tits when saw it in the theater as an 11 year old. I even had a bunch of the toys! DeltaForce kicks rear end too, along with Invasion USA which I'm going to watch now on Netflix  Edit: dangit, it's only available as a DVD from Netflix Editx2: Speaking of First Blood, any of you old fucks like me remember Ruckus with Dirk Benedict and Linda Blair? From what I remember the plot was similar to First Blood but it was far worse in execution. I really miss the jingoistic and trashy action films of the 80s 
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Rifftrax just did a release of Megaforce...It is a special film... I also saw it in the theater. I was the only person in there and I was well into college at the time.
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anthony bourdain: parts unknown is a good show to lay on the couch and watch. bourdain reminds me of jeremy clarkson if clarkson wasn't a huge cocksucker.
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I watched Disciples of the 36th Chamber. It was just okay.
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:I watched Disciples of the 36th Chamber. It was just okay. I liked it, but thought it was just ok until the terrific set piece at the end.
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morestuff posted:I liked it, but thought it was just ok until the terrific set piece at the end. The end was cool but I was really sleepy by then
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Narcos is fun, but man does it have HBO DNA in terms of nudity quota. My biggest issue is some of the writing often is decent to even great at times, but it does take some dips into pure corn. I would recommend it if you have more then a passing interest in Escobar.
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SmokaDustbowl posted:anthony bourdain: parts unknown is a good show to lay on the couch and watch. bourdain reminds me of jeremy clarkson if clarkson wasn't a huge cocksucker. +1 to cocksucker
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Junkie Disease posted:Narcos is fun, but man does it have HBO DNA in terms of nudity quota. My biggest issue is some of the writing often is decent to even great at times, but it does take some dips into pure corn. I would recommend it if you have more then a passing interest in Escobar. Does anyone know how historically accurate the series is? The only stuff I know about Pablo is from the ESPN The Two Escobars (which would be a good companion piece if it's still up). The sorta half-documentary approach of the show is a bit odd. It feels like the series is historical exposition with some drama bits interspersed.
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david_a posted:I have two episodes left and I'm a bit confused how there will be another season. Does this season not end with Pablo's death? Dunno about the accuracy but I like the style mixing in and out of narratives on the broader aspects of the story / putting things into global perspective and then back again into the tense details of day to day stuff going on with the agents and their targets.
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david_a posted:I have two episodes left and I'm a bit confused how there will be another season. Does this season not end with Pablo's death? Spoilers, dog. I don't watch real life.
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david_a posted:I have two episodes left and I'm a bit confused how there will be another season. Does this season not end with Pablo's death? I'm assuming if Pablo is talking to less than 5 people the entire conversation is assumed and fabricated. The explosivo episode had me laughing at the serious scenes.
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Junkie Disease posted:I'm assuming if Pablo is talking to less than 5 people the entire conversation is assumed and fabricated. The explosivo episode had me laughing at the serious scenes.
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Wow. I went from rooting for Vic to get past Kavanaugh to rooting for his destruction. The contrast of Shane "losing" but getting to say goodbye to his family, and Vic "winning" but never getting to see his family again. Even then, he just internalizes it and goes off to cause more havoc in the world. I used to not like Michael Chiklis because of The Commish, but drat that man has some acting chops. That really was a masterful finale.
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It's great. Does Vic go start some more poo poo or just go home? It doesn't really matter because either way we all know he didn't learn a loving thing.
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Jose Oquendo posted:It's great. Does Vic go start some more poo poo or just go home? It doesn't really matter because either way we all know he didn't learn a loving thing. Chiklis wanted to do a follow up series, so I think we can safely say he learned nothing.
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:Wow. I went from rooting for Vic to get past Kavanaugh to rooting for his destruction. The contrast of Shane "losing" but getting to say goodbye to his family, and Vic "winning" but never getting to see his family again. Even then, he just internalizes it and goes off to cause more havoc in the world. I don't know where I read this, and I can't link a quote, but I once read (immediately after the series ended) that Shawn Ryan knew exactly how he wanted to conclude everything, with Vic stuck in exactly that place. He wasn't sure about how it would get there but that was always where he wanted the character to wind up. (I love that show and I don't think it gets nearly enough credit among the shows ranked as Very Good, possibly because it has a ton of monster-of-the-week content that maybe dilutes its most impressive dramatic moments) Very enormous Shield spoiler: Shane dropping the grenade is one of my favorite moments in all of television, even surpassing stuff in The Wire which I think is a much better show overall, just because of how out-of-nowhere it is, until you realize that this is who Vic taught him to be. When you think about their entire history, this is what Vic has always groomed Shane to do. Shane takes it pretty far, but the finale demonstrates that, if it really came down to that exact situation, Vic would probably have done the exact same thing if it were 100% necessary to save his own rear end (which, in Shane's mind, it is). I love it because so few series have this many conflicted, flawed, outright bad characters vying against each other, and despite that you constantly can find yourself not sure whom to root for. Anyway I am only here to say that if you like Korean movies at all (and almost every single Korean movie involves revenge or hitmen in some capacity) I really liked No Tears For The Dead, on Netflix (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3697566/). It's like some mix of The Departed/Infernal Affairs, a typical Korean hitman film, and the third act of Die Hard. Dramatic and involved but still entertaining and actiony. edit: Okay I guess Shawn Ryan didn't always know how he wanted The Shield to end, but he did for "a couple of years:" "the idea of Vic in a suit, in an office somewhere, consigned to Hell. I knew that, but I had no idea how to get there. But we figured out the Shane stuff, and the family stuff, and we had to figure out how to get there." http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2008/11/the_shield_shawn_ryan_postfina.html that's actually a great interview to read immediately after you've finished The Shield, because sometimes these productions are very methodical and businesslike, and this is a case in which the show's creator almost can't bear to sit and see the conclusion of his own show because of how rough it gets. I love knowing there's actual heart behind this stuff sometimes anime tupac fucked around with this message at 05:31 on Sep 7, 2015 |
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Housebound is an awesome comedy horror. I want to say it feels like a children's movie at heart but that sounds like I'm calling it poo poo, which I'm not, but it's just light hearted and does a bunch of things which are really silly but work great.
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Chichevache posted:Spoilers, dog. I don't watch real life.
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narcos is very good but very weirdly paced. they basically zoom through like 10 years in the first five episodes and then the time progression gets way slower. Its almost like they planned for a 1 season show and then halfway through they learned they were gonna do another one. I hope they don't try to drag it out longer than one more season.
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Turbo Kid is on Amazon Prime and it's a fun little movie despite going way too hard on the 80s aesthetic. I thought it was going to be a kids movie but it's much closer to Hobo With A Shotgun.
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Starks posted:narcos is very good but very weirdly paced. they basically zoom through like 10 years in the first five episodes and then the time progression gets way slower. Its almost like they planned for a 1 season show and then halfway through they learned they were gonna do another one. I hope they don't try to drag it out longer than one more season. Yeah when they get to the third episode its like way to skip an entire season of shows.
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hemale in pain posted:Housebound is an awesome comedy horror. I want to say it feels like a children's movie at heart but that sounds like I'm calling it poo poo, which I'm not, but it's just light hearted and does a bunch of things which are really silly but work great.
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Starks posted:narcos is very good but very weirdly paced. they basically zoom through like 10 years in the first five episodes and then the time progression gets way slower. Its almost like they planned for a 1 season show and then halfway through they learned they were gonna do another one. I hope they don't try to drag it out longer than one more season.
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TychoCelchuuu posted:Is it scary horror? I guess I mean, in what way is it a horror movie? I can deal with Cabin in the Woods-style horror or Slither-style horror for the sake of a good comedy, but if poo poo's jumping out or whatever it freaks me out because I'm a baby. You'll be fine. It won't bother you.
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:You'll be fine. It won't bother you.
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TychoCelchuuu posted:OK, thanks. Follow up question to everyone else: is Raskolnikov2089 loving with me? Thanks in advance. No. Housebound is good. Stop being a baby
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TychoCelchuuu posted:OK, thanks. Follow up question to everyone else: is Raskolnikov2089 loving with me? Thanks in advance. It's a little bit creepy but not bad.
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I'm also a big baby and I watched it. It's fine.
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Seriously, it's really no more scary than an episode of Goosebumps. I loved the movie, had a great time watching, plan on watching it again soon. But it isn't even a little scary.
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Hulu Plus has Mister Lonely and it's weirder and more annoying than I remembered.
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The Time Dissolver posted:Hulu Plus has Mister Lonely and it's weirder and more annoying than I remembered. Still my favorite Korine movie. Also, Byzantium on Netflix is a nice, emotive little vampire movie.
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We stumbled into a double feature of Popeye and 3 Women (both on Netflix) this weekend and enjoyed the experience. I'd recommend watching them in that order just because 3 Women is a better movie, but it's interesting to note how the financial failure of critically successful movies like 3 Women are why Altman ended up making movies like Popeye, which confused the poo poo out of critics but killed at the box office. Personally, I find the latter charming & the songs are great. 3 Women is enjoyable just to watch Shelley Duvall & Sissy Spacek try to out-weird each other.
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precision posted:Popeye is absolutely bizarre and also really drat good. And despite being a completely different film, you could say the exact same thing about 3 Women.
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Foodfight is up on Prime and it is indescribable agony to sit through. It's like a much more nakedly cynical attempt at what the Lego Movie does, except it's also incomprehensibly ugly and badly plotted. I read on wiki that the movie was finished by an insurance company after the studio defaulted on its debt to them, and you can really tell that insurance salesmen made this film. It's fascinating that anyone believed that there would be a market for a movie about product mascots, and also that a ton of conglomerates clearly revoked permission to use their logos and mascots after seeing the thing. There are rows and rows of blank white boxes between occasional Swifers in tons of scenes. Mr. Clean and Charlie Tuna are about the only brands left. It's kind of fun trying to figure out which national brands were changed to generic characters at the last minute. It also has the insidious message that the store brand is evil and an enemy to kids' beloved food products, not that any kids could make it that far into the movie without getting motion sickness.
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