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LORD OF BOOTY posted:Yeah this is basically what I was getting at earlier- it's pretty obviously not something she came up with on the spot, the way their "friendship" is characterized comes off like Dumbledore trying to hide that it was a gay romance and doing a pretty terrible job of it. I haven't read the books since they came out but I was listening to some other people discuss it recently, and the vibe they were getting is that although in the early books Dumbledore doesn't really read as a gay character, by the time of the fifth or sixth book it's clearly something that Rowling had decided on and it becomes a lot more present in the subtext of those last few books. I suppose it might have been something she decided when she started writing about the character's history in greater detail.
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Nov 19, 2018 11:04
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The letters Dumbledore wrote to Grindlewald were pretty intimate. It's only ambiguous because it was meant to be written like 100 years ago. My family wanted to see the new movie. It was as bad as I expected. At least we went to the fancy cinema so I could watch it in an armchair with wine. CG creatures looked poo poo. I barely remember anyone from the first one except Newt and the fat guy. Crazy lady turns to the dark side, but had no characterisation beyond crazy and rapey so don't care. Depp's a charisma vacuum. There's a baby-swap twist and I guess it's a coincidence they were both wizards? There's a half-elf character. Like half human half house elf. ew. Jude Law was the only thing I liked, but his part was quite small.
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Nov 19, 2018 12:13
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Then again white American wizards appropriating the culture of Native Americans they probably slaughtered and/or exiled to reservations sounds all too realistic. Also I am a proud Hufflepuff. The house under the herbology professor and with the common room across the hall from the kitchen. 420 3/⁴ legalize mandrake blunts.
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bitterandtwisted posted:The letters Dumbledore wrote to Grindlewald were pretty intimate. It's only ambiguous because it was meant to be written like 100 years ago. Was the Pikachu trailer in front of it?
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Nov 19, 2018 13:36
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AlBorlantern Corps posted:Was the Pikachu trailer in front of it? No, but there's a sequel to A Dog's Purpose coming soon! It was gross, some guy was letting his dog lick him on the lips.
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Nov 19, 2018 13:50
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I'm confused, I thought that was a dog's purpose.
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Do you want to know a dog's purpose, Panzer? I know a dog's purpose already, Rick. A dog's purpose is to die. Well I'm not going to go easy.
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Nov 19, 2018 14:26
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Some incisive thoughts on a dog's purpose.
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Nov 19, 2018 14:31
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And well that sums up everything. Close the thread.
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Nov 19, 2018 15:58
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bobkatt013 posted:Also selling babies gently caress yeah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyuqB4ksZuA
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Taintrunner posted:How the gently caress could you ever think of remaking a perfect, untouchable movie? haha this logline quote:Inner-city Miami schoolteacher Jane Hetzko (Diane Venora) gets her knee broken when she stands up to the school's gang leader, Juan Lacas (Marc Anthony). Her boyfriend, mercenary combat specialist Jonathan Shale (Tom Berenger), goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk, but soon discovers that Lacas is merely an underling for the real criminal mastermind. Assembling the team from his last jungle raid, led by his right-hand man, Joey Six (Raymond Cruz), Shale declares war. and the trailer has a beatdown in a library quote:Joziazachus
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Nov 19, 2018 16:28
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Nov 19, 2018 16:45
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Seriously watch this scene about old school vs new school mercenaries. Also the guy farting turns out is my friend's dad https://youtu.be/b1s-ewwrpQY
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Nov 19, 2018 16:59
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Box office update: Fantastic Beasts 2 did well in China but it was still beaten by the second weekend of Venom (which fell only 14% from the opening weekend). Some think Stan Lee's death might have given it a boost.
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Nov 19, 2018 17:12
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What's the over/under on the folks at WB announcing that Fantastic Beasts will be a trilogy instead of a five-movie series if it doesn't get the numbers they want/need it to? Who knows, it could still do okay. In any event, I can't imagine they'll just leave it eternally incomplete like that Divergent series from a few years ago even if it's not quite up to scratch.
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Nov 19, 2018 17:38
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Wheat Loaf posted:What's the over/under on the folks at WB announcing that Fantastic Beasts will be a trilogy instead of a five-movie series if it doesn't get the numbers they want/need it to? I think they’ll ride it out because like, what else do they have? The DCEU is in utter chaos right now, and FB is a cornerstone franchise for WB. I could see them doing some drastic retooling though. Inking the same director for five movies from jump street seemed like a bold move, and it definitely hasn’t payed off yet. But honestly it sounds like, ironically, Rowling’s scripts are the main issue. And because of her creative control, the only way that front is going to get better is if she herself steps up.
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Nov 19, 2018 17:46
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Just do the movie people want which is a 90s inner city American magic high school
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Fart City posted:I think they’ll ride it out because like, what else do they have? The DCEU is in utter chaos right now, and FB is a cornerstone franchise for WB. I could see them doing some drastic retooling though. Inking the same director for five movies from jump street seemed like a bold move, and it definitely hasn’t payed off yet. But honestly it sounds like, ironically, Rowling’s scripts are the main issue. And because of her creative control, the only way that front is going to get better is if she herself steps up. I wonder if they'll dump Depp.
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Nov 19, 2018 17:48
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I wonder what that casting was like. "We need a dog that will reliably lick its butt on camera." "We got one, but it only does it when Brian Cox is trying to eat dinner at the same time." "...that's a bit of luck." davidspackage fucked around with this message at 17:54 on Nov 19, 2018 |
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They put something on it, that's how it works. Source: my friend is an actor and was in a video where a dog had to lick him, so they just rubbed a slim jim on one of this cheeks and put some deli meat in his pockets. Dog runs up to him, jumps up to get the meat, licks his cheek. Easy peasy.
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Fart City posted:I think they’ll ride it out because like, what else do they have? The DCEU is in utter chaos right now, and FB is a cornerstone franchise for WB. I could see them doing some drastic retooling though. Inking the same director for five movies from jump street seemed like a bold move, and it definitely hasn’t payed off yet. But honestly it sounds like, ironically, Rowling’s scripts are the main issue. And because of her creative control, the only way that front is going to get better is if she herself steps up. I am still shocked they haven't announced movies for the play she wrote including snagging most of the original cast thanks to dump trucks of money but there is still time as the actors aren't as old as they are in the play yet. Also no way they get all of them when it does happen (plus Snape is in the play so they've already got to recast someone) so people will be made that the new Hermione isn't as good as the old one or something.
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If they make a movie out of Cursed Child I wonder if we’ll get more of retconning Hermione to be black.
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Nov 19, 2018 18:03
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I mean they could probably make a black Hamilton movie with Lin Manuel and make more money
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Tars Tarkas posted:I am still shocked they haven't announced movies for the play she wrote including snagging most of the original cast thanks to dump trucks of money but there is still time as the actors aren't as old as they are in the play yet. Also no way they get all of them when it does happen (plus Snape is in the play so they've already got to recast someone) so people will be made that the new Hermione isn't as good as the old one or something. My issue with the first Fantastic Beasts (haven’t seen the new one, probably won’t), is the entire time I was watching it I was like, what’s the point of all of this? What’s the focus? It very much felt like an obligation movie rather than something with something to actually say. And now that they’re staring down the barrel of five movies, the whole endeavor has a kind of world war 1 “we’re here because we’re here” trench mentality.
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Fart City posted:My issue with the first Fantastic Beasts (haven’t seen the new one, probably won’t), is the entire time I was watching it I was like, what’s the point of all of this? What’s the focus? It very much felt like an obligation movie rather than something with something to actually say. And now that they’re staring down the barrel of five movies, the whole endeavor has a kind of world war 1 “we’re here because we’re here” trench mentality. It was originally pitched (to the public, at least) as “[...]neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world,” by Rowling when the series was announced, but clearly at some point she decided to go full Prequel on the thing. There probably is an obligation element of "Well, we locked Redmayne into a 5 picture deal for this thing, gotta keep the focus on him even though he's tertiary to the story we're telling."
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Pirate Jet posted:If they make a movie out of Cursed Child I wonder if we’ll get more of retconning Hermione to be black.
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Wheat Loaf posted:What's the over/under on the folks at WB announcing that Fantastic Beasts will be a trilogy instead of a five-movie series if it doesn't get the numbers they want/need it to? The pacing of 2 felt like middle-chapter trilogy rather than a second of five but who knows. I dunno it didn't feel like the studio had a ton of confidence in this one. It was marketed, but there wasn't the absolute blitz that a HP film usually gets.
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Alan Smithee posted:Seriously watch this scene about old school vs new school mercenaries. Also the guy farting turns out is my friend's dad A good what's his name character actor. I'm seen him in a bunch of stuff.
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Megacorps are bad but I'll let this one slide just to get a good Fantastic Four movie hopefully.
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Did... did anyone really think China would save them from a hegemonic, exploitative corporation?
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The MSJ posted:Overlord is pretty dang great. I like the airdrop scene at the beginning almost as much as the Godzilla 2014 one. Overlord is the prequel to this movie... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEI-v5pdivA
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Overlord is the prequel to this movie... Nazi zombies/ghosts is a surprisingly common sub-genre. See also Blood Creek, the Dead Snow films and Frankenstein's Army. And Warlord Games' 'Konflict 47' expansion for Bolt Action, which pits Nazi werewolves against power armored US infantry and Soviet Mutant Bears. Actually, can we get a movie for that, too?
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Wheat Loaf posted:What's the over/under on the folks at WB announcing that Fantastic Beasts will be a trilogy instead of a five-movie series if it doesn't get the numbers they want/need it to? 312 (That's not how over / under works.)
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Snowman_McK posted:Nazi zombies/ghosts is a surprisingly common sub-genre. See also Blood Creek, the Dead Snow films and Frankenstein's Army. Shock Waves, Actually, there's another '70s Nazisploitation zombie I'm thinking of, Lake Of The Dead, i think, but Shock Wave was one of the first movies Youngest Freud had seen, back in the early days of cable TV. Young Freud fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Nov 20, 2018 |
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Snowman_McK posted:Nazi zombies/ghosts is a surprisingly common sub-genre. See also Blood Creek, the Dead Snow films and Frankenstein's Army. Man that sounds rad but drat them prices
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CharlestheHammer posted:Sometimes I wonder what goons think over under means. Over/Under has morphed into what’re the odds in more places than just the forums.
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Len posted:Man that sounds rad but drat them prices An evergreen comment when it comes to wargaming. The irony is that companies like Warlord and Mantic are actually pretty cheap by the standards of the industry, aside from the ruinous cost of their rulebooks. Young Freud posted:Shock Waves, I haven't seen that one, but I remember finding all the ones I mentioned in a very short space of time in my local video store and being astonished at such a specific thing being apparently so common.
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