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jojoinnit posted:Interesting, I've only seen the first season and didn't think it took itself seriously at all! Everyone hates on the first season and I really enjoyed it and the lighter tone is taking me some serious getting used to. But I will forgive a lot for Matt Letscher having fun as Eobard Thawne, speedster rear end in a top hat extraordinaire.
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Escobarbarian posted:That Grodd Obama thing sounds dreadful How would you feel if you knew that the giant telepathic gorilla also says that it's time to make America Grodd again?
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Dec 11, 2019 23:38
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In The Expanse, the main cast is in space most of the time.
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It's not subtle at all but drat Alex Borstein is an incredible delight in The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel. I really only know her from her voice work (okay, almost entirely from Family Guy) but she steals every scene she's in. She reminds me of David Hyde Pierce on Frasier when he was let a little loose to get physical with his comedy.
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Tagichatn posted:How would you feel if you knew that the giant telepathic gorilla also says that it's time to make America Grodd again? Do loving terrible things later happen to this gorilla?
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Olaf The Stout posted:Do loving terrible things later happen to this gorilla? Terrible things are always happening to Gorilla Grodd, don't worry.
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Accordion Man posted:As Christmas Carol adaptions go, Richard Williams' animated version is also an underrated adaption like Muppet Christmas Carol. I'm going to have to check this out. I love the crap out of Christmas Carol and and I'm down for another good version.
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food court bailiff posted:It's not subtle at all but drat Alex Borstein is an incredible delight in The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel. I really only know her from her voice work (okay, almost entirely from Family Guy) but she steals every scene she's in. She reminds me of David Hyde Pierce on Frasier when he was let a little loose to get physical with his comedy. She's got bit parts in Gilmore Girls and Bunheads and it sure seems like Amy Sherman-Palladino was trying to find a good spot for her, but none of those roles really fit the way her role as Susie on Mrs. Maisel does. She's possibly the best part of the show- nah, gently caress it, she's the best part of the show. I can't imagine anyone else filling that role and the whole show falls apart if she's not there trying to draw the main character into the world of stand-up comedy.
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Not a movie, but Mindunter does a really great job of establishing period just by having the one cop chain smoking on airplanes, showing how much things cost and using really appropriate 70's decor. It's a little thing that a lot of movies either get wrong, fail to do, OVER do or entirely or just cop out and caption the year and the place but with MIndhunter you can really reel the 70's. For instance, I didn't think The Irishman did a good enough job establishing exactly when certain scenes were supposed to be taking place and the de-aging CGI was spotty enough that it could have used more help in that regard. It's hard to put my finger on, but when a director gets it right you can just sort of tell or feel about what year it is. It's a subtle skill that good directors employ that I really appreciate when it's done well.
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The Irishman is better in that regard on a second viewing, but I didn’t have that much trouble with it. The main action takes place between the mid 50’s (Three Faces of Eve was 1957) and the mid 70’s (The Shootist was 1976). Once you add in stuff like Peggy’s high school presentation (1960), the Bay of Pigs, the Missile Crisis, JFK and Crazy Joe getting shot, the chronology is pretty clear. The de-aging thing didn’t have the effect of making the time line clear though, which is a shame.
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Torquemada posted:The Irishman is better in that regard on a second viewing, but I didn’t have that much trouble with it. The main action takes place between the mid 50’s (Three Faces of Eve was 1957) and the mid 70’s (The Shootist was 1976). Once you add in stuff like Peggy’s high school presentation (1960), the Bay of Pigs, the Missile Crisis, JFK and Crazy Joe getting shot, the chronology is pretty clear. You watched the 3.5 hour movie twice?
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beanieson posted:You watched the 3.5 hour movie twice? Oh god imagine watching a movie more than once....
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beanieson posted:You watched the 3.5 hour movie twice? How many times have you seen a lord of the rings movie?
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oldpainless posted:How many times have you seen a lord of the rings movie? Oh god, I remember when all the extended editions were out on DVD, basically everyone i know tried to do a marathon rewatch of all three in one sitting. I don't know anyone who actually finished that.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Oh god, I remember when all the extended editions were out on DVD, basically everyone i know tried to do a marathon rewatch of all three in one sitting. I don't know anyone who actually finished that. Does it count if you played videogames on a second tv?
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Oh god, I remember when all the extended editions were out on DVD, basically everyone i know tried to do a marathon rewatch of all three in one sitting. I don't know anyone who actually finished that. Had a flight from Boston to Tokyo in 2005 with a massive 10 hour layover. The portable DVD player and the extended trilogy was the only thing keeping me sane even as it chewed through batteries. Technically it wasn't in one sitting since I was moving around the terminal but it's the closest I've heard of anyone watching all of them in one go.
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I hated LOTR 2 and 3 until I saw the extended editions. They really made everything better. I wish the Hobbit had a truncated version.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Oh god, I remember when all the extended editions were out on DVD, basically everyone i know tried to do a marathon rewatch of all three in one sitting. I don't know anyone who actually finished that. I do it once a year. It's a bit of an event/tradition with my partner. Once it gets really cold and work slows down, we take a day off, eat a bunch of beef stew, drink beer and watch Legolas and his special eyes.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Oh god, I remember when all the extended editions were out on DVD, basically everyone i know tried to do a marathon rewatch of all three in one sitting. I don't know anyone who actually finished that. My wife and I while sick with the flu did. Though we also smoked a lot of weed and chatted/ordered pizza and stuff during.
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The Ape of Naples posted:Oh god imagine watching a movie more than once.... Yeah, my comment probably came off as lovely. I didn’t mean it that way but I’m surprised that anyone felt the need to rewatch The Irishman already since it’s only been out a short time and it’s so long. I have of course rewatched movies but usually it’s at least months later. oldpainless posted:How many times have you seen a lord of the rings movie? I watched fellowship twice. Once in the theater, and when I realized that the story just stops mid stream I said gently caress this. When return of the king was in the theater I got dvd copies of fellowship and two towers, watched them and then went to see return of the king. So fellowship I’ve seen twice, the others just once.
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Torquemada posted:The Irishman is better in that regard on a second viewing, but I didn’t have that much trouble with it. The main action takes place between the mid 50’s (Three Faces of Eve was 1957) and the mid 70’s (The Shootist was 1976). Once you add in stuff like Peggy’s high school presentation (1960), the Bay of Pigs, the Missile Crisis, JFK and Crazy Joe getting shot, the chronology is pretty clear. Yeah, I loved it, followed it fine and want to watch it again. I just thought they could have done a better job with setting the period and, having started on Mindhunter recently, noticed how well that show did it. The Irishman is great.
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beanieson posted:Yeah, my comment probably came off as lovely. I didn’t mean it that way but I’m surprised that anyone felt the need to rewatch The Irishman already since it’s only been out a short time and it’s so long. I have of course rewatched movies but usually it’s at least months later. that's fair
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BiggerBoat posted:Yeah, I loved it, followed it fine and want to watch it again. I just thought they could have done a better job with setting the period and, having started on Mindhunter recently, noticed how well that show did it. Mindhunter benefits from old reel to reel tape recorders and teleprinters being cool looking. The Boomtown Rats ‘I don’t like Mondays’ was one of favorite songs and I just learned recently that Bob Geldof came up with the “Telex machine is kept so clean As it types to a waiting world” line while being interviewed at my college’s radio station and seeing a teleprinter churn out news about a shooting. People have been singing songs about American school shootings for 40 loving years.
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Krispy Wafer posted:Mindhunter benefits from old reel to reel tape recorders and teleprinters being cool looking. He was sitting up there for more than an hour, Way up there on the Texas Tower Shooting from the twenty-seventh floor. Yahoo! He didn't choke or slash or slit them, Not our Charles Joseph Whitman, He won't be an architect no more. Got up that morning calm and cool, He picked up his guns and walked to school. All the while he smiled so sweetly And it blew their minds completely, They'd never seen an Eagle Scout so cruel. Now won't you think for the shame and degradation For the school's administration He put on such a bold and brassy show. The Chancellor cried, "It's adolescent And of course it's most unpleasant But I got to admit it was a lovely way to go." There was a rumor about a tumor Nestled at the base of his brain. He was sitting up there with his .36 Magnum Laughing wildly as he bagged 'em. Who are we to say the boy's insane ? Now Charlie was awful disappointed Else he thought he was annointed To do a deed so lowdown and so mean. The students looked up from their classes Had to stop and rub their glasses, Who'd believe he'd once been a Marine. Now Charlie made the honor roll with ease, Most all of his grades was A's and B's. A real rip snorting trigger squeezer Charlie proved a big crowd pleaser Though he had been known to make a couple C's. Some were dying, some were weeping, Some were studying, some were sleeping, Some were shouting “Texas # 1!â€ Some were running, some were falling, Some were screaming, some were bawling, Some thought the revolution had begun. The doctors tore his poor brain down, But not a snitch of illness could be found. Most folks couldn't figure just-a why he did it And them that could would not admit it, There's still a lot of Eagle Scouts around. There was a rumor about a tumor Nestled at the base of his brain. He was sitting up there with his .36 Magnum Laughing wildly as he bagged 'em. Who are we to say the boy's in Who are we to say the boy's in Who are we to say the boy's insane ?
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The Sexual Shiite posted:“Texas # 1!â€
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Torquemada posted:The de-aging thing didn’t have the effect of making the time line clear though, which is a shame. I dunno, I've been thinking about it a lot. The craft of the fundamentals is great, of course, but there's a lot of overcompensation that feels weird and the run time is just too much. I really want to like it but can't really get on board with it being a great, or even fully good total experience. It's just... all right. I get picky with little poo poo and can totally see how other folks would look past and like it, though.
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oldpainless posted:How many times have you seen a lord of the rings movie? My family puts the whole extended trilogy on during christmas week for at least one of the days when a bunch of family is in town. No one is expected to sit down and watch it with 100% focus, it's just going throughout the day while we bake and do puzzles and stuff.
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6 Underground with all it's ridiculousness wasted the opportunity to use the of the same name by the Sneaker Pimps. Also using the same stone walled road for a chase as with Gemini Man (where young Willy does what I can describe as Gunkata with motorbikes instead of guns).
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oldpainless posted:How many times have you seen a lord of the rings movie? You know, I know for a fact I've seen all three. But I neither remember when or where I saw Two Towers, or anything that happened in it.
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I saw Fellowship 5 or 6 times in theaters. The final time was in a double feature with Two Towers when that came out. That was the only time I saw Two Towers and I spent the entire walk home wondering why I ever liked these movies enough to see Fellowship so many times. When Return of the King came out I was already at the "eh, gently caress it" stage.
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beanieson posted:You watched the 3.5 hour movie twice? Ayup. There were bits of it I couldn’t get out of my head that only a rewatch would fix.
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Torquemada posted:Ayup. There were bits of it I couldn’t get out of my head that only a rewatch would fix. I'm really good at picking up details as I watch movies but I feel like I need to see Midsommar again; a movie that is well over 3 hours.
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Inzombiac posted:I'm really good at picking up details as I watch movies but I feel like I need to see Midsommar again; a movie that is well over 3 hours. And also, I refuse to believe that Midsommar is a movie you can idly watch. That movie loving grabbed my attention and never let go.
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Krispy Wafer posted:I hated LOTR 2 and 3 until I saw the extended editions. They really made everything better. Well there is the "There and back again" Fan Edit that edits all three movies down to one while removing most of the stuff that wasn't in the book.
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Shai-Hulud posted:Well there is the "There and back again" Fan Edit that edits all three movies down to one while removing most of the stuff that wasn't in the book. Does it add in fan made versions of all the pointless 15 minute elf songs that WERE in the book? Because that's the only way this could be any more tedious
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Two Towers is the one with Helms Deep in it.
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Inzombiac posted:I'm really good at picking up details as I watch movies but I feel like I need to see Midsommar again; a movie that is well over 3 hours. Midsommar isn’t even two and a half hours
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Instead of watching the LOTR trilogy just watch Willow. It's better, shorter, and has young hot Val Kilmer.
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I bought Willow on blu ray a few years ago so I've seen it fairly recently. It's excellent and holds up extremely well. The only thing that you might call "dated" about it would be the matte paintings, but who doesn't love matte paintings? I'll never complain about a matte painting even if it's super obvious.
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