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"That scene was not meant for you, children. It was meant for me" *dabs napkin on face *
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There are more things in Lego and Nerf than are dreamt of in your philosophy
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Feb 5, 2017 14:12
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I caught a screening of it too! It was good but I'm not as enthused as our savage snail friend. Staying away from plot, I think the movie suffers a bit from the same issue the Pirates movies had. Sparrow/Batman was an amazing supporting character, but when you move him to the center everyone else needs to play the straight man to balance the movie out. Joker is very good, and a couple of the villains get a good gag or two (I still love Croc's line), but almost everyone in The Lego Movie that wasn't Emmet or Wyldstyle was amazing. The same definitely can't be said of this one. Plot stuff. I'm being liberal with spoilers before the US wide release. I think The Lego Movie's 3rd act twist is what elevates it from being "a fun animated flick" to "an actual good movie," and this doesn't do anything like that. It has some things to say about the Batman mythos, but nothing particularly groundbreaking. This is sorta unfair to Lego Batman, since it's really only bad by comparison. There's nothing there that surprised me quite like the end of The Lego Movie did. Honestly, the fact that the movie doesn't take 10 minutes out to talk to adults probably makes it a way better movie for kids. And a worse movie for people who paid money to post about cartoons on a stupid dying internet forum. There's also a weird dangling plot hook. Bats has a crush on Barbara that comes up...twice? Three times? And nothing ever comes of it. They play music when he crushes on her, but that's all. Either something got cut or its just a joke that didn't land with me at all. The movie inverts the Lego Movie's tour of heroes in a very cute fashion. British robots were pretty intimidating. Boxman fucked around with this message at 16:07 on Feb 5, 2017 |
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Feb 5, 2017 16:05
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I doubt anything got cut or that it was meant to be a joke that just didn't land. Batman obviously had feelings for Barbara, who was the "mother" figure in the family dynamic that the film was setting up (which is slightly weird considering Dick and Barbara sometimes date in the mythos), but she just saw him as the selfish, egotistical jerk he was until the end of the film so the relationship couldn't go anywhere until he got over himself. Their relationship didn't resolve, but if there's a Lego Batman 2 it'll probably happen then. It's just an unrequited thing on his end for this one though. Edit: I loved the audio in this. There were some fun songs, especially Dick's song in the credits where everyone is jazzing out, hearing someone go "pew, pew, pew" every time they shot something or "beep, boop, beep" any time they were scanning or whatever was fun and the simplistic sound effects on some of the moments, like the little "click" when the plates finally came together because of everyone's ab crunching in the finale or the "thud" when Bruce/Batman tries to go in to the Phantom Zone and hits a ceiling were unexpected given the relative complexity and verisimilitude of other elements and so landed brilliantly the few times they used them. There were some great jokes too, like all the physical sound effects when Batman and Robin were beating everyone up together, Alfred's two costumes (and his "I miss the 60's comment for one), and all the Justice League just getting really weirded out that Batman showed up for the party they've been holding for years without him and complete obliviousness when he leaves. The film doesn't say anything that the comics are cartoons haven't said a dozen or more times before, but it does it with such verve and has so much fun with it that I don't even care. tsob fucked around with this message at 20:42 on Feb 5, 2017 |
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Feb 5, 2017 20:31
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I hope they do a Lego Bartman movie
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Feb 5, 2017 23:46
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please don't post Lego bart
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Feb 5, 2017 23:51
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PenguinKnight posted:please don't post Lego bart I don't know what that is. Hey, Annie Awards happened: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/complete-list-of-2017-winners-148292.html Zootopia won big! Link is possibly nsfw for half naked glittertigers (depends where you work I guess  )
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Feb 6, 2017 00:13
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Hedrigall posted:I don't know what that is. it's a joke on small bart https://forums.somethingawful.com/dictionary.php?act=3&topicid=2341 
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Feb 6, 2017 00:23
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 I have more dollars than sense
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Hedrigall posted:I don't know what that is. Benson Shum did the best animation reel for Zootopia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F70Uyg0jnsQ http://www.iamag.co/features/zootopia-reel-by-benson-shum/ Here's the full video. Hedrigall posted:
The weird part is sticking your feet inside of a cartoon lion that has been skinned into shoes. I've always had a problem with that kind of merchandise.  Though I think I had a Cookie Monster pair as a kid.I also have a Cookie Monster t-shirt on right now.
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Feb 6, 2017 10:41
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I had Emily slippers. Evidently a grave insult to my dogs.
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Feb 6, 2017 10:50
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ThermoPhysical posted:Benson Shum did the best animation reel for Zootopia. Thanks, now I can never watch another youtube video ever again because this will be on repeat forever 
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Feb 6, 2017 11:25
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Hedrigall posted:Thanks, now I can never watch another youtube video ever again because this will be on repeat forever Dude after I searched for it on YouTube and posted it here, I watched it like six times then went to Google Play Music to listen to the full song twice. I need help, I think. I just watched it again. Also I just remembered I have two pairs of LARGE slippers. A pair of tigers and a pair of St. Bernards that you stick your feet into the mouths. So comfy.
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Feb 6, 2017 12:03
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I would just like to leave this Samurai Jack trailer here because it's concept art animated. 
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Feb 6, 2017 21:57
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Das Boo posted:I would just like to leave this Samurai Jack trailer here because it's concept art animated. Uh, that's not concept art, that's just Samurai Jack Looking excellent
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Feb 6, 2017 22:49
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Nah, I just mean I'm impressed with the lack of compromise in the transference from concept to execution. Only other example I can really think of is Book of Life, which I did not enjoy.
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Feb 6, 2017 22:57
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Looks like they went back; back to the past.
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Feb 6, 2017 23:36
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Samurai Jack with actual blood feels... weird. And is it just me, or is there a lot more camera movement than in the original? Could just be that it's the first trailer dropped, but eh.
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Feb 6, 2017 23:46
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I never watched Samurai Jack growing up. I was a Nick kid. I laughed when he pulled out a machine gun 
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Hedrigall posted:I never watched Samurai Jack growing up. I was a Nick kid. I watched it as a bored undergrad. There are one or two episodes that are really painfully awful and a product of the nineties, but most of it is above average to great and it actually gets better as it goes and they start playing around with more experimental stuff, with this episode being a particular high point. Tuxedo Catfish fucked around with this message at 04:13 on Feb 7, 2017 |
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Feb 7, 2017 00:30
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I'm sick at home today so I'm watching Emperor's New Groove, to be followed up by The Sweatbox, and drawing  As great as this movie is and always will be, David Spade is just not a good
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Feb 7, 2017 01:46
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Watching a Lewis Black interview on The Late Show and... wait, Lewis Black is in Rock Dog?
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Feb 7, 2017 01:52
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Das Boo posted:I would just like to leave this Samurai Jack trailer here because it's concept art animated. Holy loving poo poo they used Carpenter Brut as the music  please God let this mean Samurai Jack S5 has synthwave music
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Feb 7, 2017 01:53
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:Holy loving poo poo they used Carpenter Brut as the music The music really sold me on the trailer. I loved Samurai Jack when it was really trying to be something different, like that excellent Shinobi episode that was posted earlier. When Jack decided to go experimental or just straight up odd, the entire show really shined, even the goofy stuff like "Jack turns into a chicken" episode. I'm pretty hyped about the return.
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Its been years since I've watched Samurai Jack, but one moment that always stuck with me is when he first drops into Aku's Future and gets shot at by some cops. And there's this moment where a bullet grazes his cheek and he has to spend several seconds trying to figure out what the gently caress are bullets. It makes the fact he has a machine gun even STRONGER to me.
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Samurai Jack ruled, it was a shining light of quality in that awkward period of transition between classic 90s Cartoon Cartoons and the later-00s Chowder/Adventure Time/Regular Show when everything was cheap Flash crap or anime. There were a few really bad episodes but when it was good it was really good, even with them having to make everyone be robots that bled oil in the name of S&P. And the episode of Duck Dodgers making fun of it was pretty good too. Crazy Ferret posted:The music really sold me on the trailer. I always liked the Jack and the Gangsters episode, it was doing Electro Swing before that was even a thing.
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Feb 7, 2017 03:38
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Me watching The Sweatbox:  Me when Eartha Kitt/Yzma's villain song came on: 
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Hedrigall posted:Me watching The Sweatbox: You are correct.
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Hedrigall posted:Me watching The Sweatbox: It's SO good right? I wish they'd kept it in, even if they had to tweak it a bit to fit the new story. It's up there with some of the best of the Renaissance.
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Feb 7, 2017 13:52
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Trolls is out on home video now, and it is a good movie  .e: Also the visual design is incredibly cool and would be watching for that alone. Pick fucked around with this message at 03:53 on Feb 8, 2017 |
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Feb 8, 2017 03:13
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This was in Amazon Prime's video section and not familer with it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4dkIMhXdIE Anyone have any idea if it's good or not? Sister and I tend to find some great gems though services like this, Cat in Paris for instance but can't make heads or tails of this
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Hey, speaking of that Samurai Jack trailer: https://youtu.be/gTS7Cen63iM Also, just got home from seeing Ghost In The Shell in the theater. Probably the third time seeing it, but being held captive in a theater with all of my attention in the subtitles was like seeing a new movie. Picked up on a lot I've missed before.
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The felt and scrapbook aesthetic permeating Trolls was great but the film had too much singing and dancing for me and by the end I was ready to enslave and eat them. I went as King Haggard for Halloween once so take that into account.
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Barudak posted:The felt and scrapbook aesthetic permeating Trolls was great but the film had too much singing and dancing for me and by the end I was ready to enslave and eat them. The film itself has an incredibly weird vibe. I hate to corrupt this place of high art with the vulgarity of memes, but it's basically this proposal:  The moment that cinched it for me is when Branch tells her that Creek is dead, and she says, "I don't think he's alive, I hope he's alive." Especially since by the time she says, "I don't think he's alive--" your brain has already filled in yawnmaster autocomplete "I ~know~ he is" and it's like, nope, that is not Poppy's deal at all. She is entirely cognizant of the world being a senseless void, but it's all about assigning a positive spin to it. Her proposal seems to be "Let's be good and have fun until we die!"
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Feb 8, 2017 05:47
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I'd say that's closer to existentialism, where "created" meaning is valid enough since there's no inherent meaning.
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Maxwell Lord posted:I'd say that's closer to existentialism, where "created" meaning is valid enough since there's no inherent meaning. Yes I'd agree, but then I'd have to go in there and edit that meme. Finding Nemo has the world turn out to be a lot friendlier than Nemo's dad initially suggested; that is not the case for Trolls. Everything we see of the outside world makes it clear that it is dangerous and absurd and that the trolls themselves have very little control over it. Poppy never suggests that the outside world is good, only that she chooses to have a good attitude about its oppressive senselessness. Among other things, the trolls have no magical powers aside from the manipulation of their hair. Other, much much larger animals are genuinely trying to murder the poo poo out of them constantly, and the Bergens do indeed feel a rush of ecstasy when they eat trolls alive. Again, it's a very unusual approach.
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Feb 8, 2017 06:00
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Basically, troll culture is like BYOB.
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Feb 8, 2017 06:21
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Pick posted:Yes I'd agree, but then I'd have to go in there and edit that meme. okay you've sold me on Trolls, I'll watch it as soon as possible
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Feb 8, 2017 06:23
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Pick posted:Yes I'd agree, but then I'd have to go in there and edit that meme. Yeah, the moral of Trolls isn't "You should be happy because the world is basically a good place" but rather "The world is a cruel and terrifying place, there are many valid reasons for you to feel miserable, but having a good attitude can give you the strength to change things for the better." Poppy's positive worldview is only proven true because she makes it true.
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