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CPColin posted:Why does that book talk about Shrek's sizzling hot knob If you saw it you wouldn't be able to STOP talking about it
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I don't know if this is subtle, but I've never considered it before. Watching Aliens for the billionth time, and it just occurred to me that the Marines actually probably came pretty close to winning. There's only a little over a hundred aliens when they land, and factoring in the autocannon scene and the last stand the xenomorphs suffer casualties getting up towards that amount. Like, for 30 years this movie has been "humans desperately fighting a losing battle against an overwhelming force" but in reality it's a pretty close match.
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How many settlers were there? Not every settler can be a host, so if you assume a 50% conversion rate, that’s your maximum number of Xenomorphs. They were probably down to their last dozen or so Aliens when the reactor blew. There was just 1 full grown Xenomorph in the first and third Alien movies right?
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There were 158 colonists. I was figuring a 66% capture/impregnation. And yes, 1 and 3 both had a single alien.
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rydiafan posted:There were 158 colonists. I was figuring a 66% capture/impregnation. Don't they actually discuss this in the movie and say "assume a mortality rate of about a third"?
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Jedit posted:Don't they actually discuss this in the movie and say "assume a mortality rate of about a third"? Right. I guess I could have explicitly stated it, but that's exactly why I was using that number. I think I need to watch the extended edition again and try counting the casualties. It'll be difficult, because there is a lot of off screen shooting, especially during the reactor battle, but I'll at least be able to count the alien screams. I'm 99% certain we never hear one of them scream unless it's dying.
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rydiafan posted:I don't know if this is subtle, but I've never considered it before. Aliens is Vietnam war in space so this checks out.
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The original Karate Kid is on Netflix. It's been fun showing it to my kids and also pointing out the subtle themes to my wife. While Daniel gets to know Miyagi, there are things that happen that enfore Miyagi's eschewing modern karate for traditionalism and patience. Naturally, when he corrects Daniel for slightly mispronouncing "Bon-sai" with the americanized "Banzai" is one. One I first noticed last night: Daniel is running from the bullies, and he tries to climb over a fence. They catch up and pull him down. He tries several more times to climb the fence, with them pulling him down each time. They beat him up, Miyagi fights them off picks up Daniel and... unlatches the fence. Patience would have gotten Danel past that obstacle.
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In Hot Fuzz when one of the other cops tells Angel London tried to call him, he seems a little confused and says it strangely and I like to think it’s because they’re so provincial that he is unfamiliar with the city of London.
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oldpainless posted:In Hot Fuzz when one of the other cops tells Angel London tried to call him, he seems a little confused and says it strangely and I like to think it’s because they’re so provincial that he is unfamiliar with the city of London. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfK-WX2pa8c
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oldpainless posted:In Hot Fuzz when one of the other cops tells Angel London tried to call him, he seems a little confused and says it strangely and I like to think it’s because they’re so provincial that he is unfamiliar with the city of London. I believe both of the desk cops try to give him that message actually.
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My friend at work asked me earlier with a completely straight face why London Calling (on my speaker at the time) sounded like SpongeBob music and I think I felt something break in my brain because all I could say was "I guess the Clash was really influential, dude"
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oldpainless posted:In Hot Fuzz when one of the other cops tells Angel London tried to call him, he seems a little confused and says it strangely and I like to think it’s because they’re so provincial that he is unfamiliar with the city of London. That's seriously one of my favorite comedic line reads of all time. It turns a nothing line in to a subtle and hilarious joke.
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I have no idea how to post the gif from the lovely imgur app, but the shot with the two Andy's facing Angel and they move out of frame but the one Andy comes back for a scowl makes me cry laughing every loving time.
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You can see DCAndy almost cracking up when DS Andy comes back into frame.
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This thread comes back to Hot Fuzz every fifty pages or so and I love it every time
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oldpainless posted:In Hot Fuzz when one of the other cops tells Angel London tried to call him, he seems a little confused and says it strangely and I like to think it’s because they’re so provincial that he is unfamiliar with the city of London. Reminds me of the little moment in Spaced where Mike (Tim's best friend) finds a note addressed to Tim and reads out "Tim??" in a way that suggests that he has no idea what it means.
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bony tony posted:This thread comes back to Hot Fuzz every fifty pages or so and I love it every time https://i.imgur.com/tXVdEjL.mp4 "You can't just make people disappear." "Yes, I can. I'm the Chief Inspector. *menacing sneer*"
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Palm Springs is a good, sweet never-ending time loop movie. In one of the repeating days, the two main characters drunkenly get tattoos of dicks on their shoulders. When the time loop is solved, an explanation diagram of what is supposed to happen and how they have to proceed is drawn on a mirror. It looks like a dick.
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In the latest Terminator movie, whatever it's called, Arnie is in it as a good guy (qulle supris). Linda Hamilton insist that his heel turn is fake, but it's obviously the truth, but while it's not a surprise, there's a nice hint that he genuinely is good he has a dog that doesn't get alarmed around him, which they are supposed to do around all other Terminators
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Samovar posted:In the latest Terminator movie, whatever it's called, Arnie is in it as a good guy (qulle supris). Linda Hamilton insist that his heel turn is fake, but it's obviously the truth, but while it's not a surprise, there's a nice hint that he genuinely is good he has a dog that doesn't get alarmed around him, which they are supposed to do around all other Terminators That's a face turn. A heel turn is when someone good turns bad.
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Captain Hotbutt posted:Palm Springs is a good, sweet movie never-ending time loop. In one of the repeating days, the two main characters drunkenly get tattoos of dicks on their shoulders. I'd edit out or spoiler tag that really big spoiler if I were you.
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 ?Like are you calling the dick tats a spoiler or do you think the groundhog day nature of the movie is a spoiler?
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I mean, it kind of is. I’ve managed to get a few people to watch it without them knowing about it.
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Oh god it's From Dusk Till Dawn all over again
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The nature of the movie. I was completely surprised about it, and have gotten a couple other people to see it without spoilers as well. I agree that it's From Dusk 'til Dawny, but this is a brand new movie, not 25 years old.
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Speaking of vampires I had a bug up my butt to watch Near Dark and it’s now impossible to find. There’s a DVD for $40 that’s the wrong region and a Blu-ray that’s going for over $100 on Amazon. No streaming or digital copy anywhere. I found a copy the old fashioned way, but WTF? I want to give them my money and no one will take it.
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Literally everything I've seen about Palm Springs advertises it as a Groundhog Day movie.
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packetmantis posted:Literally everything I've seen about Palm Springs advertises it as a Groundhog Day movie. But if you don't see anything it's a surprise!
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Jul 29, 2020 21:35
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Len posted:
Oh man, I thought you were referring to the Terminator post, and now I really, REALLY want a Terminator movie done in a Groundhog Day style, although now that I think about it, it would be very similar to that one episode of Travelers, I guess?
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Krispy Wafer posted:Speaking of vampires I had a bug up my butt to watch Near Dark and it’s now impossible to find. There’s a DVD for $40 that’s the wrong region and a Blu-ray that’s going for over $100 on Amazon. No streaming or digital copy anywhere.
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imo the real surprise in palm springs is that the start of the movie is an extremely long time after andy samberg got caught in the loop
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I would like to request that everybody spoiler tag all mentions of Batman and The Joker being in The Dark Knight, because I think it makes for a really interesting surprise if people don't know that coming in.
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Krispy Wafer posted:Speaking of vampires I had a bug up my butt to watch Near Dark and it’s now impossible to find. There’s a DVD for $40 that’s the wrong region and a Blu-ray that’s going for over $100 on Amazon. No streaming or digital copy anywhere. Is that the one where they’re driving around with aluminum foil on the car windows, no fangs, but the vamps are REALLY flammable? Dang, I haven’t seen that in decades and I once loved that flic. Time to dig.
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Cleretic posted:I would like to request that everybody spoiler tag all mentions of Batman and The Joker being in The Dark Knight, because I think it makes for a really interesting surprise if people don't know that coming in. I saw this movie called Reign of Fire and holy poo poo it was about dragons Edit: fixed More like oldtypoless Len has a new favorite as of 01:20 on Jul 30, 2020 |
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CaptainCrunch posted:Is that the one where they’re driving around with aluminum foil on the car windows, no fangs, but the vamps are REALLY flammable? There was a movie called Daybreakers that had cars custom modified to have all cameras on the outside for the vampires. It wasn’t at all subtle, but it was a neat touch in that movie.
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scary ghost dog posted:imo the real surprise in palm springs is that the start of the movie is an extremely long time after andy samberg got caught in the loop I really liked that. We're basically seeing the movie from Audie McDowell's perspective from one of the last loops in Groundhog Day.
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