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Jerusalem posted:Mean Streets is really, really good and it always blows me away that it was so early in his career. Dicaprio went on an absolute tear at one point and did Gangs Of New York, Catch Me If You Can, The Aviator and The Departed one after another all within a 4 year span - four of my favorite movies. He could have won for any of those but as we all know that's kind of the story of his career until he finally got one.
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Jerusalem posted:I know it's the "easy" answer, but I can't look past Goodfellas. It is absolutely loving incredible from start to finish, just a masterpiece. After some deliberation I'd have to say it's probably my favorite Scorsese film too (although I love Mean Streets, and Raging Bull, and Casino, and Taxi Driver, and...). I love the fact that Scorsese decided the movie would just be edited like it was a feature-length trailer, which is why it's such an adrenaline rush of a movie. E: Mean Streets is loving amazing, though. For me, it's a hair's breadth away from being tied with Goodfellas as my favorite Scorsese film.
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Jan 29, 2020 04:51
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If they ever make a Dark Knight Returns movie I've determined I want Pacino as Old Joker.
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Jan 29, 2020 05:02
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NienNunb posted:If they ever make a Dark Knight Returns movie I've determined I want Pacino as Old Joker. I assume you mean a Live Action film, cause they did a rather good animated adaptation a couple years ago that had perfect casting for basically everyone, especially Joker
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Jan 29, 2020 05:18
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Cartoons are crass, a lower art form. Down their with organ grinders.
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Jan 29, 2020 05:20
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yeah its funny that WB animated has been killing the superhero movie stuff while their live action studio struggles to get good movies to theater.
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Jan 29, 2020 05:25
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coconono posted:yeah its funny that WB animated has been killing the superhero movie stuff while their live action studio struggles to get good movies to theater. I am weirdly interested in how the Quinn movie will play out. I absolutely loathe Harley Quinn past the animated series but I dunno, it looks like it might be more Aquaman fun and less Suicide Squad dreary dogshit? I don't watch non-Doom Eternal trailers anymore though so maybe I'll go in and it'll crap on my face. I'm seeing it for free on a time sensitive coupon anyway...
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Jan 29, 2020 05:32
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Harley Quinn's a good animated series that does some pretty close to the knuckle humor. I enjoy the gently caress out of it. Also the animated version of Batman's HUSH is way better than the comic version. The Birds of Prey film looks great, so does the Wonder Woman sequel. But I'm pretty much down for whatever as long as they stop doing terrible poo poo like Suicide Squad. I liked the batman stuff, but the superman stuff was pretty terrible. So yeah, make me some good live action movies you bastards.
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Jan 29, 2020 05:40
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Man of Steel is really terrific imo.
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Jan 29, 2020 05:43
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The best DC adaptation I've possibly ever seen is their Doom Patrol show. Felt completely lifted off the pages of the Grant Morrison run. I mean, they loving nailed Danny The Living Genderqueer Street to a tee, that takes something special. Plus the big climax from the finale: https://youtu.be/KBYp_cIzHFE
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Jan 29, 2020 05:49
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coconono posted:Harley Quinn's a good animated series that does some pretty close to the knuckle humor. I enjoy the gently caress out of it. Haven't watched animated Harley yet. I should get on that huh? Also I liked Hush a lot but the twist they put in the movie version was awful, IMHO. This is the last time I'll rant about this today, I promise. But if my mom tells me one more God forsaken time that I should look at a situation where I'm working AT COST TO ME as an "opportunity for networking or to expand my resume" I'm going to lose my mind. I'm not a college kid anymore. I've been in the game and paying dues over 15 years. loving Boomer rear end bullshit.
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Jan 29, 2020 05:50
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NienNunb posted:The best DC adaptation I've possibly ever seen is their Doom Patrol show. Felt completely lifted off the pages of the Grant Morrison run. I mean, they loving nailed Danny The Living Genderqueer Street to a tee, that takes something special. Doom Patrol was great and I'm excited for more. Really DC Universe is cool and good in general imo.
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Jan 29, 2020 05:51
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NienNunb posted:The best DC adaptation I've possibly ever seen is their Doom Patrol show. Felt completely lifted off the pages of the Grant Morrison run. I mean, they loving nailed Danny The Living Genderqueer Street to a tee, that takes something special. oh hell yeah, the Doom Patrol show should win awards and poo poo. Titans however manages to be both terrible and great at the same time.
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coconono posted:oh hell yeah, the Doom Patrol show should win awards and poo poo. Yeah. Titans I enjoy pretty similarly to how I enjoy wrestling. Like I know it's kinda terrible and at times trashy but drat does it ever manage to scratch a certain entertainment itch for me.
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NienNunb posted:The best DC adaptation I've possibly ever seen is their Doom Patrol show. Felt completely lifted off the pages of the Grant Morrison run. I mean, they loving nailed Danny The Living Genderqueer Street to a tee, that takes something special. I also thought the stuff with Larry Trainor was super neat. Also the scene on the ice lake got me to pop. You know the one. I hate when characters are being coerced into doing something they hate and they don't just go "no, gently caress that". And he did! SamuraiFoochs posted:Haven't watched animated Harley yet. I should get on that huh? Also Foochs I don't think anyone here is upset if you rant.
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Jan 29, 2020 06:35
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Spiderdrake posted:Oh yeah, that poo poo super owned. I'm a G-Mo fan but not familiar with Doom Patrol and that said character both existed and was done well blew my mind. I can't recommend Morrison's Doom Patrol anywhere near enough. I've got a complicated relationship with Grant Morrison in that when he's on he's among the best of his generation but when left to his shittier instincts he can really drag (all of this is detailed in mine and IBeforeE's Vertigo Comics podcast Mature Listeners). But Doom Patrol is his gold standard. 80s mature DC then eventually Vertigo was a beautiful mess of a time.
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Jan 29, 2020 07:03
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Spiderdrake posted:Oh yeah, that poo poo super owned. I'm a G-Mo fan but not familiar with Doom Patrol and that said character both existed and was done well blew my mind. Hush is Ed Nygma somehow. There's no loving explanation as to how or why he can all of a sudden whoop Batman's rear end or anything like that or even a particularly good reason that he chose to change his identity to Hush other than just arbitrarily loving with Batman which I know is kinda a Riddler thing but in the context of the two tellings side by side it feels so loving random. Like, the problem is the original Hush character was at the very least given an origin story that, if I remember right, explains his abilities. Other than the genius level intellect the OG Hush and Nygma share though, I don't remember any other commonalities in their skillset. I thought the film itself was EXCELLENT but that particular twist was just a hard pass from me.
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Jan 29, 2020 07:34
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My absolute favorite Riddler story is probably the one where he figures out that Batman is Bruce Wayne. He gets captured and he's sitting in an interrogation room and he's just so loving smug because he knows he has FINALLY got one up on Batman after all these years. Batman arrives and he's laying out all these conditions that Batman MUST follow for Riddler to keep his secret, loving just lording it up, and Batman is just standing there staring as he goes ham. Finally after he's laid out all his rules and terms etc, Batman simply says,"Riddle me this, what good is a riddle that everybody knows the answer to?" and Nygma's face just loving collapses as he realizes that Batman knows him too well and knows for a fact he'd never be able to give away a secret that only he knows. It's... perfect.
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That's kind of a half twist from the original, Foochs, since he was in on the plan with the actual HushJerusalem posted:My absolute favorite Riddler story is probably the one where he figures out that Batman is Bruce Wayne.
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Hush was when I realized Tim Sale is the one who keeps Jeph Loeb's brain worms at bay. Superman For All Season/Batman Long Halloween are the best poo poo in the world
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Spiderdrake posted:That's kind of a half twist from the original, Foochs, since he was in on the plan with the actual Hush Yeah but seriously has he ever been able to physically whoop Batman's rear end in a straight up fight? Am I missing something?
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Jan 29, 2020 08:26
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Funny that the discussion turned to Batman because I just got Arkham Asylum from the library. I've seen plenty of stuff about the Arkham games but never played any of them personally before, am digging it a few hours in.
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SamuraiFoochs posted:Yeah but seriously has he ever been able to physically whoop Batman's rear end in a straight up fight? Am I missing something? The original Hush was basically shonen style cliffhangers + a bunch of pandering cameos if I'm remembering right. I want to go back and read it because I'm almost certain J-Ru is remembering a better comic than the one that actually exists but I'm not sure if it's archived on the old machine aaaaggggggh computers
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comic books make me puke lol. i'm glad people like them though
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Please do not puke onto other people's comic books that would be very rude
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Spiderdrake posted:You are literally talking about Hush Ah wow, I somehow separated the two stories entirely in my head, haha.
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Comic books chat, I just finished reading the Tom King run on Mister Miracle and... whoof. Like, it's brilliant, and funny, and oddly life affirming for something with some really dark corners, but it really gets into how depression and poor mental health and mood feel, in a visceral way. I very much recommend it, but have something entirely fluffy prepared as a chaser.
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Jerusalem posted:My absolute favorite Riddler story is probably the one where he figures out that Batman is Bruce Wayne. He gets captured and he's sitting in an interrogation room and he's just so loving smug because he knows he has FINALLY got one up on Batman after all these years. Batman arrives and he's laying out all these conditions that Batman MUST follow for Riddler to keep his secret, loving just lording it up, and Batman is just standing there staring as he goes ham. Finally after he's laid out all his rules and terms etc, Batman simply says,"Riddle me this, what good is a riddle that everybody knows the answer to?" and Nygma's face just loving collapses as he realizes that Batman knows him too well and knows for a fact he'd never be able to give away a secret that only he knows. It's... perfect. 
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While it's still good, I have completely different art and scene structure in my memory. It's entirely possible I just wildly extrapolated from the page in my own memory and now THAT is what I remember instead of the page itself.
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Jan 29, 2020 12:54
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The real best Riddler story is Dark Knight, Dark City
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Jan 29, 2020 12:59
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The best Riddler portrayal is from Arkham City.
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Jan 29, 2020 14:01
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Remember when Jim Carrey was the Riddler and the whole storyline was basically “what if mark zuckerberg”
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jesus WEP posted:Remember when Jim Carrey was the Riddler and the whole storyline was basically “what if mark zuckerberg” Also Jim Carrey got confused on who the Riddler was and decided to be The Joker instead.
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Mekchu posted:Also Jim Carrey got confused on who the Riddler was and decided to be The Joker instead. This but Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face
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I will always push people towards the Telltale Batman seasons 1 and 2 as being some of the best Batman lore out there. It has some great takes on the establishment that really makes it feel fresh. Also John Doe is my favorite character from any Telltale game and his story arc is so satisfying one way or another.
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Seams posted:This but Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face Tommy Lee Jones told Carrey "I cannot sanction your buffoonery" during the making of that film 
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SamuraiFoochs posted:Hush is Ed Nygma somehow. There's no loving explanation as to how or why he can all of a sudden whoop Batman's rear end or anything like that or even a particularly good reason that he chose to change his identity to Hush other than just arbitrarily loving with Batman which I know is kinda a Riddler thing but in the context of the two tellings side by side it feels so loving random. Like, the problem is the original Hush character was at the very least given an origin story that, if I remember right, explains his abilities. Other than the genius level intellect the OG Hush and Nygma share though, I don't remember any other commonalities in their skillset. I thought the film was a cleaner telling. The Hush comic story has so much dredge from the ongoing storylines its hard to really enjoy. I mean it was kind of a letdown because they resurrect an oldschool villian from Dick Tracy lore but even that made sense for who the actual mastermind behind the plot is.
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Captain Magic posted:Man of Steel is really terrific imo. I was bored through the whole thing. Everyone is just so lifeless in their performances.
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Paths of Glory is the best war film of all time.
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