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Look Sir Droids posted:Cause they would be seduced by the ring if they took it themselves. Frodo rides the eagles. Come on man. If Sam can carry that sniveling little bitch wearing the ring, than the eagles can give him a half hour ride to the volcano. EDIT: Also, we know the eagles can beat the poo poo out of the Nazgul (while singing a mean multipart harmony), so don't even go there. SlyFrog fucked around with this message at 17:06 on Oct 23, 2018 |
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SlyFrog posted:Frodo rides the eagles. Come on man. If Sam can carry that sniveling little bitch wearing the ring, than the eagles can give him a half hour ride to the volcano. That was gandalf's original plan. It's why he wanted to go north through the misty mountains, and then just before they got separated in the mines yelled "fly you fools".
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Oct 23, 2018 17:12
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SlyFrog posted:Frodo rides the eagles. Come on man. If Sam can carry that sniveling little bitch wearing the ring, than the eagles can give him a half hour ride to the volcano. It’s cause hobbits are little weiners. They don’t know what to do with power. The Eagles are basically gods.
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Oct 23, 2018 17:31
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Meatbag Esq. posted:That was gandalf's original plan. It's why he wanted to go north through the misty mountains, and then just before they got separated in the mines yelled "fly you fools".
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Jesus, what is it with lawyers and loving star wars? The dude in the office across from mine has a full size boba fett, storm trooper (and a second one he's assembling) and a TIE pilot. They're all things he can and has actually worn and he stores them on manquins. Also agreed that Mad Max was the last blockbuster that lived up to the hype. 
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Pook Good Mook posted:It also assumes Lucas can handle subtext and subtlety. Which he can't. He named bad guys "Darth Maul" and "Darth Tyraneous" and a drug addict "Sleaze Baggano" for Christ's sake. e: https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/04/04/fall-of-the-empire-how-inner-turmoil-brought-down-a-legendary-studio.aspx quote:“The team threw a Hail Mary to George, saying the game would have more credibility if the apprentice had a ‘Darth’ title,” a Force Unleashed team member says. Lucas agreed that this situation made sense for Sith royalty, and offered up two Darth titles for the team to choose from. “He threw out ‘Darth Icky’ and ‘Darth Insanius.’ There was a pregnant pause in the room after that. People waiting for George to say ‘just kidding,’ but it never comes, and he just moved on to another point.” gvibes fucked around with this message at 19:27 on Oct 23, 2018 |
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Oct 23, 2018 19:25
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mastershakeman posted:Netflix doesn't have movies it's just a premium cable channel at this point I went to law school, not computer school.
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evilweasel posted:yeah this is shockingly true, i cannot recall the last time i thought "i would like to see this movie" and found it on netflix, or saw a movie on netflix that i was interested in seeing Here are some you should check out: - Moon - Animal World - Train to Busan - The Void
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I've seen more mediocre movies about a shared pair of pants than I have Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and The Hobbit combined.
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Oct 23, 2018 19:41
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sullat posted:I went to law school, not computer school. Big mistake.
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Toona the Cat posted:I've seen more mediocre movies about a shared pair of pants than I have Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and The Hobbit combined. I don't believe that you really saw that movie either, tbh
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The only thing I remember is part of it being set on Greece
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mastershakeman posted:I actually tried watching solo and was shocked at how muddy and ugly and hard to see the characters were in the beginning. Thought maybe it was my tv? And switched to fury road which still looks amazing and said nope, this is Ron Howard's fault Well you're correct about Fury Road, so your many other transgressions are forgiven. Now let's talk about Blade Runner 2049.
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Vox Nihili posted:Well you're correct about Fury Road, so your many other transgressions are forgiven. It's good with great cinematography I dont really think the pale fire inclusion really works and it bothered me Villeneuve rules and I'm pumped for his take on dune
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nm posted:Jesus, what is it with lawyers and loving star wars? Realchat it is no coincidence we were mostly broken people before law school. Also star wars is really the preferred franchise for nerds who are also bad at math. Shame they realized “that’s just a Marvel movie” was the formula though. yronic heroism fucked around with this message at 22:35 on Oct 23, 2018 |
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Oct 23, 2018 22:32
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mastershakeman posted:It's good with great cinematography Well I think it's a great movie with great cinematography. Re: Pale Fire, the baseline test stuff made for a really cool scene (I haven't read or otherwise explored Pale Fire and have no opinion on the references in that regard). I thought the uprising stuff was dumb but thankfully it wasn't at all central to the plot. A movie about that whole thing would probably be very bad. Fundamentally, 2049 was an exploration of what it means to be human today, and specifically, it delved into the various ways in which both technology and technocracy alienates people not only from one another but from any apparent individual purpose. Also, it would be great if Harrison Ford would just perma-retire at this point.
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Yea it needed to be tighter without the uprising thing at all. Everything with Joi was great, so was Batista, and the visuals of the fight with Ford in the casino were wonderful If you like Villeneuve you should watch Enemy with gyllenhaal, who had a hell of a 5 year run with that in the middle and capped it off with nightcrawler (not Villeneuve but I really liked it) Other great recent sci-fi movies: moon, edge of tomorrow, coherence (especially coherence, it's fantastic and had no publicity ) You should read pale fire. I don't think it's as good as lolita (the best book ever written) but man it's still really loving good. I read it by skipping the poem first thrn going back to it, and should do it the right way at some point. I need to read Ada still :I
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Fury road is loving amazing. New blade runner is beautiful, but only a B or so story in my view. Probably an overall b+/a- I liked arrival better, but I also cried reading story of your life. sullat posted:I went to law school, not computer school.
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I got really angry while watching br2049 in how it was a flop for actually trying to take risks and looking phenomenal with incredible lighting. I'd rather watch something that tried and missed a bit than one of those ultra safe movies that are completely forgettable (Kings speech is my go-to example here of everything I hate ) Thank goodness deakins got his Oscar for it at least *Pounds table chanting Dune* I'm so hyped. I've enjoyed a lot of movies recently but not has anything truly blow me away like fury road but I believe in Villeneuve!! Good movies to see that aren't sci-fi and just fun action: mission impossible 4-6 (4 is best but 6 is real good) f&f 5-8 (5 is best) , Purge 2-4 (2 is best) , John wicks, raids, dredd I can't recommend coherence and enemy enough, those are the two that really no one saw mastershakeman fucked around with this message at 23:25 on Oct 23, 2018 |
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Also the best non rated r (Logan is great) superhero movie to come out since the summer of 2008 (dark Knight , hellboy 2 and iron Man) is bvs extended edition. Fight me
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Due to the Star Wars talk, and due to my love of my home brewed psychoanalysis of Star Wars, I will repost my points expressed in a previous thread many years ago: Incidentally, Star Wars - long flight down a tight trench. Tiny exhaust port leading into a big giant egg. X chromosomes/Y chromosomes each vying to impregnate the big giant egg. Inexperienced virgin farm boy is having difficulty finishing, until his buddy tells him just to relax and go for it; his buddy even plays wingman to get rid of cockblocking dad. Two white photons with tails go streaking down the "exhaust port." Intense look of relief and relaxation on formerly inexperienced farm boy's face. Egg blows up, everyone happy.
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Dredd loving owned (just like the movie it was based on, The Raid). So did Fury Road. I want to see Blade Runner but of course it’s not on Netflix. Dune is the best science fiction novel ever written and Villeneuve will do a good job. Sicario was awesome but Sicario 2 is complete trash with no redeeming qualities whatsoever (not Villeneuve). Welp those are my opinions thanks for listening
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Fury Road came out while I was in law school. Sat in the front row with a few friends, open bottle of wine in hand. There are probably better experiences in life but I doubt they're for me.
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Me before fury road: I dunno guys it's been 30 years since this guy directed action bigger than a talking pig Me after: guitar guy is historically accurate because of bagpipes!!!!
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Bart O’Kavanaugh: Boof Warrior
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75 new posts and none about me.
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:75 new posts and none about
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Vox Nihili posted:Fury Road came out while I was in law school. Sat in the front row with a few friends, open bottle of wine in hand. There are probably better experiences in life but I doubt they're for me. Only action movie I took my (now) wife to where she suggested going to see it again Hot Dog Day #91 posted:75 new posts and none about me. Not everyone can be a trial wiz. However, opposing counsel on a case I got recently is a Cooley grad so I might have some fun stories
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yronic heroism posted:Realchat it is no coincidence we were mostly broken people before law school. I'm a nerd that's good at math and star wars is still ok. The MCU is better than the star wars movies, though, in both terms of worldbuilding and overall quality of movies.
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didn't the dude who literally janitored hillary clinton's email server post about it on reddit and something awful or was that a hallucination from the shityear 2016
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oh yeah, that deffo happened and the first like 40 results on it on the goog are from russian fronts
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The fact that mad Max lost best picture to some forgettable movie about reporters still pisses me off. I literally had to look up what it lost to.
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nm posted:The fact that mad Max lost best picture to some forgettable movie about reporters still pisses me off. Metallica lost best metal album of the year to Jethro Tull. Eminem lost best album to Steely Dan. Academy voters are snobs and will always vote against something popular but not emmy/grammy/oscar/tony material.
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Vox Nihili posted:Fury Road came out while I was in law school. Sat in the front row with a few friends, open bottle of wine in hand. There are probably better experiences in life but I doubt they're for me. A close second to watching Snakes on a Plane with three pitchers of Coors Light and a grand total of 5 other people in the theater.
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blarzgh posted:A close second to watching Snakes on a Plane with three pitchers of Coors Light and a grand total of 5 other people in the theater. I watched it opening night in a PACKED theater. It was great.
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Mr. Nice! posted:I'm a nerd that's good at math and star wars is still ok. Please tell me you mean only the new 4 star wars movies and aren't including the 70s-80s ones
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mastershakeman posted:Please tell me you mean only the new 4 star wars movies and aren't including the 70s-80s ones Nah - he's right.
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Star wars is bad, star trek on the other hand..
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