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Allen Wren posted:my point is I don't remember any of this apocalypse stuff, but I also read (the first three books of) Shannara when I was like 12, so I remember the books were set in a post-apocalyptic future. a post-apocalyptic future that happens to be middle earth. I never even understood what the loving point of that whole thing was.
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Speleothing posted:I can't help but get the feeling from the trailer that this will be another hamhanded 'cops good, protests bad' message a la Dark Knight Rises. From the trailer I had absolutely no idea what the story was, I just thought the director liked guns and colour.
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IIRC in Shanarra they're druids, not wizards, and when they fall they're definitely not Nazgul, no sir. Also, didn't the author quickly go super rapey and anti feminist?
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Some of the best books can fall into super rapey territory, even Dune. Of course, it's the women raping the men. Except for ghola Duncan Idaho who knows how to rape them back. It isn't until Duncan meets his match and they rape each other that they fall deeply in love.
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Lurdiak posted:*moves Dune down another couple of notches on to-read list* The first one is fine. From what the bad thread tells me, it's book 4 or 5 where it becomes the insane ramblings of a rapey weirdo.
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I love all the Dune books written by Frank Herbert. I love his insane brilliant ramblings in the later books. It's anything written by his son and that other hack that is total and complete sacrilegious dreck.
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Kevin J. Anderson is the ultimate hack.
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The Good The Bad  The Ugly  And if you haven't seen the awesome trailer yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZbwtHi-KSE
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I love how Patrick Wilson has turned "furrowed brow, mouth slightly open" into a successful acting career
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morestuff posted:I love how Patrick Wilson has turned "furrowed brow, mouth slightly open" into a successful acting career Man, I love Patrick Wilson. He knows he's got those milquetoast, buttoned-down looks and subverts them any chance he gets.
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morestuff posted:I love how Patrick Wilson has turned "furrowed brow, mouth slightly open" into a successful acting career Patrick Wilson is like the male equivalent of lead actresses in romance movies that are pretty but not so amazingly gorgeous as to be intimidating to their target audience, he's handsome and fit but in a non-threatening way because 90% of the time he's playing somebody who is going to be impotent and/or victimized.
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Can't wait to see him in Fargo!
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Attitude Indicator posted:I remember the books were set in a post-apocalyptic future. a post-apocalyptic future that happens to be middle earth. I never even understood what the loving point of that whole thing was. There was a prequel series that explained how the transition worked. Basically there was always magic around but it was mostly contained in modern times. Then the bad guys won and destroyed everything and wild magic came back into the world.
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Every time I see Patrick Wilson's name there's a split second I think people are talking about Patrick Warburton and get excited. Edit: not that I would kick Patrick Wilson out of bed or anything.
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Oct 7, 2015 21:26
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You probably have that backwards.
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Dillbag posted:IIRC in Shanarra they're druids, not wizards, and when they fall they're definitely not Nazgul, no sir. Also, didn't the author quickly go super rapey and anti feminist? You're probably thinking of Terry Goodkind and the terrible Sword of Truth books. Terry Brooks wrote the Shanarra books and I don't remember anything especially terrible from when I read them as a teenager.
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Bar Crow posted:You're probably thinking of Terry Goodkind and the terrible Sword of Truth books. Terry Brooks wrote the Shanarra books and I don't remember anything especially terrible from when I read them as a teenager. You're right, I'm definitely mixing up my Terrys. Too many loving Terrys in literary sci-fi.
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morestuff posted:I love how Patrick Wilson has turned "furrowed brow, mouth slightly open" into a successful acting career Just like Malkovich turning "mouth constantly hanging open in a o-shape" into a career.
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kiimo posted:Shadowrun is not what I'd call the model for a good show or really anything other than complete nerdgasm. I've only played Shadowrun: Dragonfall but in that the whole "elves in Blade Runner" theming works on a level other than "nerdgasm". muscles like this? posted:That's a loving mess of imagery. At this point they're just trying out w/e cause the flick is guaranteed to make bank.
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Skwirl posted:Every time I see Patrick Wilson's name there's a split second I think people are talking about Patrick Warburton and get excited. I didn't even really know who he was (think I may've seen him somewhere, probably the Fargo trailer), so I kept thinking he was Chris Pratt and I was wondering why he wasn't being smarmy or funny or interesting. I didn't realize he was Fargo Season 2 Guy.
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Bar Crow posted:You're probably thinking of Terry Goodkind and the terrible Sword of Truth books. Terry Brooks wrote the Shanarra books and I don't remember anything especially terrible from when I read them as a teenager. The problem with shanarra was that every book was exactly the same, and had the same lovely ending.
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King Vidiot posted:I didn't even really know who he was (think I may've seen him somewhere, probably the Fargo trailer), so I kept thinking he was Chris Pratt and I was wondering why he wasn't being smarmy or funny or interesting. I didn't realize he was Fargo Season 2 Guy. Watch more things with Patrick Wilson!!!!
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A GLISTENING HODOR posted:The Good Wanna see dat
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Hat Thoughts posted:Watch more things with Patrick Wilson!!!! I do need to get around to watching The Conjuring, I think he's in that maybe.
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Hard Candy.
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King Vidiot posted:I do need to get around to watching The Conjuring, I think he's in that maybe. Yes. See also: Insidious 1 & 2, Angels in America, Watchmen, The A-Team, Lakeview Terrace, Prometheus, Stretch, Young Adult.
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LesterGroans posted:Yes. Oh yeeeeah. Yeah he was good as Night Owl, but it was kind of a Bland Everyman role so I forgot he was in it.
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I didn't like Watchmen but it was (mostly) very well cast.
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I liked him and Haley in Little Children.
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A GLISTENING HODOR posted:The Good For some reason I kept avoiding watching the trailer for this because every blurb I read felt like it was giving off a grindhouse vibe, but that looks pretty loving tense. I'm in.
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I hope this isn't just Goon faceblindness but whenever I see Patrick Wilson I always just think that Will Arnett decided to try taking more serious roles.
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Lurdiak posted:I didn't like Watchmen but it was (mostly) very well cast. You are not alone, most people didn't like it. Which is cool, it's a little slice of heaven movie just for me. I loved every second.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Just like Malkovich turning "mouth constantly hanging open in a o-shape" into a career. Or John Cusack turning "mouth open, expressionless" into a career. I don't know how that worked, but I now call that expression "Cusack face."
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Lurdiak posted:I didn't like Watchmen but it was (mostly) very well cast. Agreed. I thought Jackie Haley was real good as Rorschach in particular. Funny to think that Arnold Schwarzenegger was strongly considered to be I believe Dr.Manhattan back when the rights were first sold, although I imagine he was considered for a lot of things.
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kiimo posted:You are not alone, most people didn't like it. I didn't love it, but I think that even people that "hated" Watchmen can agree that it's just about the best adaptation of the graphic novel that anybody could've made. It could've been a whole hell of a lot worse. I liked it 
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