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Uncle Boogeyman posted:They're loving bad, dude. People around here talk about Whedon's Avengers movies with a lot of antipathy, but for me that's the Thor movies. The second one in particular is painful in how tedious and by-the-numbers it makes everything. At least Thor 2 was the forgettable kind of bad, unlike Avengers.
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Forgettable bad is actually way worse than exceptionally bad.
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Aug 12, 2016 05:19
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K. Waste posted:Forgettable bad is actually way worse than exceptionally bad. Yuuuuuuup. Any movie that makes people feel something strongly, even if it's hatred, is worth something IMO.
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Aug 12, 2016 05:20
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I liked both Thors more than Beavis.
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Aug 12, 2016 06:08
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Yoshifan823 posted:Yuuuuuuup. Any movie that makes people feel something strongly, even if it's hatred, is worth something IMO. RBA Starblade posted:I liked both Thors more than Beavis. I just felt like pointing this out.
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Aug 12, 2016 06:12
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I liked What We Do In The Shadows well enough but I think I would've rly loved it if it committed more to it's genuinely scary/unsettling moments, the way it makes sure ur comfortable & know everything'll be alright is to the detriment of the humor & the horror. Not exactly an area I expect a studio movie/a Marvel movie to improve on, but heck, it'll still probably be fun.RBA Starblade posted:I liked both Thors more than Beavis. That's very shocking that you had a bad opinion involving Superhero movies
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Aug 12, 2016 06:14
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Hat Thoughts posted:I liked What We Do In The Shadows well enough but I think I would've rly loved it if it committed more to it's genuinely scary/unsettling moments, the way it makes sure ur comfortable & know everything'll be alright is to the detriment of the humor & the horror.
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Aug 12, 2016 07:35
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TetsuoTW posted:Nah, that's actually a super New Zealand attitude to take to things in general. Okay....it's still to the detriment of the humor & the horror
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Aug 12, 2016 07:44
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Heavy Metal posted:Also the Rurouni Kenshin live-action trilogy from a couple years ago. I really liked the first one, but felt the last two tried to cover too much story at once, and ended up having to cut or abridge a whole bunch of the most interesting characters, stories, and scenes.
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Aug 12, 2016 11:11
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RBA Starblade posted:I liked both Thors more than Beavis. I mean yeah, they're bad but not THAT bad. Hiddleston and Hemsworth are at least game even if the scripts and direction let them down completely.
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Aug 12, 2016 13:00
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Hat Thoughts posted:I liked What We Do In The Shadows well enough but I think I would've rly loved it if it committed more to it's genuinely scary/unsettling moments, the way it makes sure ur comfortable & know everything'll be alright is to the detriment of the humor & the horror. Not exactly an area I expect a studio movie/a Marvel movie to improve on, but heck, it'll still probably be fun. Yeah, same, there's a couple moments that are genuinely creepy and the laffs would punctuate them better if they were played up a bit.
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Aug 12, 2016 13:04
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Hodgepodge posted:I just felt like pointing this out. I didn't feel particularly strongly about Beavis though, just that it was kind of crap, especially after MoS.
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Aug 12, 2016 13:46
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NTRabbit posted:I really liked the first one, but felt the last two tried to cover too much story at once, and ended up having to cut or abridge a whole bunch of the most interesting characters, stories, and scenes. I really enjoyed them, but needless to say you can't beat the anime/manga, especially for that Kyoto arc. I think they work on their own, I could see people who aren't even already Kenshin fans enjoying the movies.
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Aug 12, 2016 14:31
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Heavy Metal posted:I really enjoyed them, but needless to say you can't beat the anime/manga, especially for that Kyoto arc. I think they work on their own, I could see people who aren't even already Kenshin fans enjoying the movies. I barely remember anything about Kenshin other than the amazing prequel OVA, which was also the first thing I watched.
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Aug 12, 2016 14:49
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Hodgepodge posted:I barely remember anything about Kenshin other than the amazing prequel OVA, which was also the first thing I watched. Maybe you'd dig a well done movie trilogy live-action romp through Kenshin memory lane! In some ways they're the closest thing to a big budget superhero movie series Japan has had these days.
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Aug 12, 2016 14:54
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Heavy Metal posted:Maybe you'd dig a well done movie trilogy live-action romp through Kenshin memory lane! In some ways they're the closest thing to a big budget superhero movie series Japan has had these days. I probably would! Although being ground zero for animes might make actual superhero films almost redundant as well.
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Aug 12, 2016 14:59
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:The Hulk Gladiator gear looks cool. Wait, there are actually pictures of this now? Or is it one of those unreleased Comic Con things that people have seen but hasn't leaked yet? Can't see any real pictures on a quick GIS at least.
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Aug 12, 2016 16:03
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:I mean yeah, they're bad but not THAT bad. Hiddleston and Hemsworth are at least game even if the scripts and direction let them down completely. Wait, you didn't like Batman v. Superman?!?!
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Aug 12, 2016 17:25
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tsob posted:Can't see any real pictures on a quick GIS at least. Try 'thor ragnarok hulk gladiator armor'
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tsob posted:Wait, there are actually pictures of this now? Or is it one of those unreleased Comic Con things that people have seen but hasn't leaked yet? Can't see any real pictures on a quick GIS at least. 
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tsob posted:Wait, there are actually pictures of this now? Or is it one of those unreleased Comic Con things that people have seen but hasn't leaked yet? Can't see any real pictures on a quick GIS at least. Bit of both. SDCC teaser showed some early footage of Gladiator Hulk and the armor's been revealed as well.
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Hollismason posted:I enjoyed both Thor films so maybe I am the weird one, but them having Bruce Banner in the new film has me totally stoked because I loooooove Mark Ruffalo. I enjoyed them both, too.  Thor 1 was fun, even if the second was a bit forgettable. I think I just enjoyed the "fun with wormholes" thing that was going on in 2, and the mid-credit scene with the Collector. When I'm not overly invested in a character as a fan who read the comics, it's a lot easier to relax and just enjoy the film for what it is. Which is exactly where Thor falls. But Ragnarok looks like it's going to be loving great.
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Yaws posted:Wait, you didn't like Batman v. Superman?!?! no, should I have?
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https://twitter.com/ZackSnyder/status/764152697784336385 So I take it Bruce will show up with a banjo and that's how he'll recruit Aquaman? Not what I expected but still very interesting indeed!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue2QAD9gHVI&t=26s
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Aug 12, 2016 19:37
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Aug 12, 2016 19:38
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Blind Guardian, of course. Or Alestorm.
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Detective No. 27 posted:Or Alestorm. Oh, Alestorm, the memories of debauched college drinking you conjure. Speaking of which, also the best band to start playing when the party's over and you want everyone except your closest friends to get the gently caress out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWViNX-KcfY
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K. Waste posted:Who's the perfect power metal band to score Aquaman? Ahab Although technically, it's funeral doom metal. You know.
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K. Waste posted:Forgettable bad is actually way worse than exceptionally bad. Yeaaah. I liked Thor 2 a lot when I saw it, and then I tried to remember literally anything about it other than the Predator-esq Space Elf ship designs and that neat practical monster and I couldn't. It isn't good at all.
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Jimbot posted:https://twitter.com/ZackSnyder/status/764152697784336385 Thats a badass aquaman costume but loving yeesh I am sick of DCs 10% color saturation costumes. I was pretty surprised when flash showed up in suicide friends and you could actually tell he is red.
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The high contrast lighting and low-value color scheme are what make the costume look awesome, emphasizing texture. Aquaman has a Lemmy Kilmister, "Please Don't Touch" vibe to him. You just got to love how, continuing the thread of the Adam West series and Schumacher films' barely closeted homoeroticism, Snyder's male gaze just spurges out. Clark's quest to 'out' the Batman's ineffectual and racist war on crime is literally juxtaposed with two men kissing. It's like the film all but overtly correlates Clark's clinging to Lois, this hyper-heterosexual relationship where she stands as the phallic equivalent of ALL ELSE, with a fear of 'loving men,' i.e. all of mankind. Snyder's just managed to find a way to depict this which isn't flamboyant or 'jokey.' Like, his movies are full of goofy poo poo, but this 'queer-ness' is not presented as 'queer' in and of itself.
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K. Waste posted:The high contrast lighting and low-value color scheme are what make the costume look awesome, emphasizing texture. Aquaman has a Lemmy Kilmister, "Please Don't Touch" vibe to him. You just got to love how, continuing the thread of the Adam West series and Schumacher films' barely closeted homoeroticism, Snyder's male gaze just spurges out. Clark's quest to 'out' the Batman's ineffectual and racist war on crime is literally juxtaposed with two men kissing. It's like the film all but overtly correlates Clark's clinging to Lois, this hyper-heterosexual relationship where she stands as the phallic equivalent of ALL ELSE, with a fear of 'loving men,' i.e. all of mankind. Snyder's just managed to find a way to depict this which isn't flamboyant or 'jokey.' Like, his movies are full of goofy poo poo, but this 'queer-ness' is not presented as 'queer' in and of itself. So... Male Gayze? 
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Equeen posted:So... Male Gayze? It's critical to point out at this juncture that the film's only sex scene ends with a steamy shot of Clark's glasses hitting the tiled floor. The film doesn't just fetishize the male looking - it fetishizes the idea of being looked at by this male icon. The joke is constantly that Clark is simply too much man for mankind.
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Equeen posted:So... Male Gayze?
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Yeah, same, there's a couple moments that are genuinely creepy and the laffs would punctuate them better if they were played up a bit. Played out comparison but it's very UK The Office vs US The Office
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CelticPredator posted:Yeaaah. I liked Thor 2 a lot when I saw it, and then I tried to remember literally anything about it other than the Predator-esq Space Elf ship designs and that neat practical monster and I couldn't. It isn't good at all. Yeah K. Waste is right in that, even though I think BvS is worse, it at least actively repulsed me as opposed to Thor 2 which was just a film length mild annoyance. You can discuss Batman v Superman even if it's just in a "what the gently caress" way, there's nothing to talk about with Thor 2.
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The funeral scene in Thor 2 was very pretty and good, but otherwise yeah that movie is so incredibly forgettable.
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GonSmithe posted:The funeral scene in Thor 2 was very pretty and good, but otherwise yeah that movie is so incredibly forgettable. I don't even remember that. The only bits I remember liking were the bit where Loki reveals his prison cell to be an illusion and the final fight scene being mildly clever. The rest just annoyed me, the action throughout was so bad and the production design was so lazy. Thor 1 at least had some great design with the Asgard stuff and a few remarkably funny fish-out-of-water comedy, but it's still kind of a trash pile overall.
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