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Glamorama26 posted:I can never decide if The Brood, The Fly or Dead Ringers is his masterpiece. It's Crash
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Jan 6, 2017 21:46
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Dude made like six masterpieces.
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Jan 6, 2017 21:47
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weekly font posted:You motherfuckers are gonna make me rewatch Existenz. Good, that was the objective all along. If you don't get a sensation every time you watch a David Cronenberg movie like, "Oh, now this is my new favorite David Cronenberg movie," you're not watching them right. Dead Ringers is my favorite.
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Jan 6, 2017 21:49
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Was the ending to eXistenz more shocking for its time? I can't remember when I first watched it, but I didn't get very long into it before realizing there were good odds it'd end with a "Is this another layer of fake reality?" twist, because I had seen it elsewhere a lot.
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Jan 6, 2017 21:51
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K. Waste posted:Good, that was the objective all along. This is the absolute truth
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Jan 6, 2017 21:55
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the Pornhub 2016 stats are pretty funny
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Jan 6, 2017 21:56
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Well we were just discussing most embaressing moments in comics recently and looks like we have a brand new contender! https://twitter.com/broderick/status/817010046529916930
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Jan 6, 2017 22:19
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For some reason I find Steve Jobs really rewatchable.
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Jan 6, 2017 22:19
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Lil Mama Im Sorry posted:Naked Lunch loving owns dude Just like The Trip and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, I can't really dig meandering drug trip movies. Roy Scheider and Peter Weller should make it my favorite Cronenberg, but the whole thing just kinda sits there waiting for itself to happen. feedmyleg posted:But yeah, that ending scene is great. Counterpoint: the last minute or so is easily the worst part of the whole movie, because it's so predictable and such an "OH COME ON" decision. Gorman Thomas posted:what if I told u existenz is better than videodrome Straight motherfucking blasphemy Glamorama26 posted:I can never decide if The Brood, The Fly or Dead Ringers is his masterpiece. It's Videodrome.
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Jan 6, 2017 22:24
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It's def videodrome and not just because I have this 
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Jan 6, 2017 22:40
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I didn't like Naked Lunch when I first saw it but on a rewatch it's excellent. Scanners is borderline unwatchable save a couple scenes (the head explosion, the final psychic battle) and I've seen it in the theater.
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LesterGroans posted:For some reason I find Steve Jobs really rewatchable. It has its moments, but I think the "three moments" structure kind of stifled the movie, in part because Sorkin's dialogue is so relentless. If you really wanted the movie to be about Jobs' growth as a person on stage, you'd do the MacWorld show where Bill Gates showed up (although I suppose Pirates of Silicon Valley already did that), or even the iPhone launch. The iMac being the concluding piece of the movie just felt anticlimactic. I suppose I should give it another shot, though, it's been a while.
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Timby posted:It has its moments, but I think the "three moments" structure kind of stifled the movie, in part because Sorkin's dialogue is so relentless. If you really wanted the movie to be about Jobs' growth as a person on stage, you'd do the MacWorld show where Bill Gates showed up (although I suppose Pirates of Silicon Valley already did that), or even the iPhone launch. The iMac being the concluding piece of the movie just felt anticlimactic. I like that it feels stifled and relentless. I agree that the iMac launch seems kinda shrug-worthy at the end when iPhone or iPod would have seemed more relevant. The product in the final act isn't that important though because it's more of a wrap-up of the character arcs.
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Jan 6, 2017 22:51
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Videodrome is largely trash. I enjoyed Cosmopolis quite a bit. SuperMechagodzilla posted:This one's from 2017, but it's also Film Of The Year 2017. Hell've a way to announce the return of the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu.
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Jan 6, 2017 22:56
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You'd think we'd have a real life existenz by now, but pretty much the closest thing we have is playing the arcade games in grand theft auto.
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Jan 6, 2017 22:59
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Its The Fly. Although, Dead Ringers is da bomb.
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Jan 6, 2017 23:01
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Trying that twitter tip again. https://twitter.com/thamosdeaf
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glam rock hamhock posted:Well we were just discussing most embaressing moments in comics recently and looks like we have a brand new contender! I've hated Nick Spencer for years, I'm glad people are coming around.
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Jan 6, 2017 23:13
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I liked Infinite Vacation but Spencer has just been on a downward spiral since then.
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Jan 6, 2017 23:25
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Merry 13th , and last, day of Christmas. When elves, imps, and ogres run wild and the Yule Lads return to their home in the mountains.
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Jan 6, 2017 23:32
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glam rock hamhock posted:Well we were just discussing most embaressing moments in comics recently and looks like we have a brand new contender! I'm cringing hella hard right now, but is this any different than Star Trek having space hippies who were spoiled rich kids who didn't realize that Captain Kirk was reasonable and not a Herbert?
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Jan 6, 2017 23:36
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LesterGroans posted:For some reason I find Steve Jobs really rewatchable. Like other time loop movies, its formal repetition really lends itself to creating a welcoming groove
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Jan 6, 2017 23:37
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Death By The Blues posted:Its The Fly. The Fly teaches women that their creepy stalker ex-boyfriend is actually a good guy if you give him a second chance, while the seemingly nice man who treats you with respect will turn out to be a hideous monster. Also, deformed people are not deserving of love and compassion. Young Jeff Goldblum is dreamy, though. 
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Jan 6, 2017 23:42
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Jack Gladney posted:I'm cringing hella hard right now, but is this any different than Star Trek having space hippies who were spoiled rich kids who didn't realize that Captain Kirk was reasonable and not a Herbert? Yeah it's really not a big deal. It's a dumb eye roll thing.
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Jan 6, 2017 23:43
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FishBulb posted:Yeah it's really not a big deal. It's a dumb eye roll thing. Yeah, it's very clearly a joke and some kind of satire. Unfortunately it is a bad joke and limp satire.
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Jan 6, 2017 23:44
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Samuel Clemens posted:The Fly teaches women that their creepy stalker ex-boyfriend is actually a good guy if you give him a second chance, while the seemingly nice man who treats you with respect will turn out to be a hideous monster. Also, deformed people are not deserving of love and compassion. It's not a moral essay dude but it's also not news that Cronenberg has a lot to say about hosed up relationships.
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Jan 6, 2017 23:52
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The Fly teaches you to be careful when experimenting with teleportation. Which is something we should all keep in mind, especially in this day and age
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Jan 7, 2017 00:02
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I'd really like to understand what's going on with youtube's search algorithm sometimes.
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Lurdiak posted:I'd really like to understand what's going on with youtube's search algorithm sometimes. Wait who hates The Cable Guy?
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I Before E posted:Wait who hates The Cable Guy? It didn't do very well so I guess it's seen as a bad movie.
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Jan 7, 2017 00:12
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So many people like 20 years ago
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Jan 7, 2017 00:12
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FishBulb posted:Yeah it's really not a big deal. It's a dumb eye roll thing. Well I mean the context I posted it in was that it was embarrassing, not that everyone should be outraged or anything
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Jan 7, 2017 00:17
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Are we still doing Top 10s? I've hardly seen anything from this year but here goes: 1. Green Room 2. Silence 3. Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience in Ultra Widescreen 3.6 4. O.J.: Made in America 5. Shin Gojira 6. The VVitch 7. The Nice Guys 8. Hail, Caesar! 9. Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience 10. La La Land
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Jan 7, 2017 00:22
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I've always thought the character names in The Fly were amusing. Seth Brundle Veronica Quaife Stathis Borans Brent Cheevers
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Jan 7, 2017 00:24
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Lobok posted:Your mom's probably way off, but in my experience gay guys love boobs, too. It's pretty universal, actually. I've heard this before but I find it to be more of a stereotype than a real thing. I've probably never mention it here before but I'm actually gay in real life. I Before E posted:Wait who hates The Cable Guy? It was savaged by the public when it came out because it wasn't Ace "Trans people are gross" Ventura. People who are trash still don't like it I guess.
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Jan 7, 2017 00:33
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The Cable Guy is basically a proto-Punch Drunk Love in that it's a established comedy actor playing a similar character that he usually does but in a more grounded context which really brings out how broken of a person the character is.
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Jan 7, 2017 00:36
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FreudianSlippers posted:The Cable Guy is basically a proto-Punch Drunk Love in that it's a established comedy actor playing a similar character that he usually does but in a more grounded context which really brings out how broken of a person the character is. And both of them are better than the rest of the movies that each of those actors have done by far.
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Jan 7, 2017 00:42
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CPL593H posted:And both of them are better than the rest of the movies that each of those actors have done by far. The Cable Guy is better than Eternal Sunshine?
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Glamorama26 posted:There is no such thing as "bad Cronenberg". Even his missteps are borderline triumphs. Yeah my pick for worst Cronenberg is A Dangerous Method and even that's a solid B+. I will say that it took a couple viewings for Scanners to really click for me.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Counterpoint: the last minute or so is easily the worst part of the whole movie, because it's so predictable and such an "OH COME ON" decision. This is very probably correct. But I watched it when I was 11 so it was incredible at the time. But I also remember as an early 20-something a friend with good taste watched the film and hated the ending.
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