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Splint Chesthair posted:“Kent, you’re on sports today.” - The editor-in-chief of a major metropolitan newspaper who totally understands how newsrooms work This does happen in some newrooms.
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Jamesman posted:The first Superman movie is the closest to a perfect Superman movie. The closest thing to a perfect Superman movie is Disney's animated Hercules film. Fight me in real life.  Gaz-L posted:Here in the UK it's gonna be on Sky Cinema/NowTV I just discovered it's going to be on Now TV this morning from an ad on Twitter of all things. I will have to check if it's going to be on the Entertainment package (like a TV show since it's four -one hour episodes) or the Movie package (since it's technically a movie.) This is important as I stopped my movie package at the start of the month as I wasn't watching films but was watching lots of box sets so I kept the Entertainment package. The Question IRL fucked around with this message at 12:48 on Mar 17, 2021 |
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Shirkelton posted:This does happen in some newrooms. Probably not in your stand in for the New York Times, but yeah it can happen at a small paper.
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The Question IRL posted:The closest thing to a perfect Superman movie is Disney's animated Hercules film.
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Probably not the New York Times, no, but there are absolutely major metro papers in the world where reporters don't specialise.
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The Question IRL posted:The closest thing to a perfect Superman movie is Disney's animated Hercules film. It's on Sky Cinema, so the movies plan. The episodes idea was dropped, although there are chapter breaks apparently
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McCloud posted:If you dislike MoS and BvS I don't think you'll particularly enjoy ZSJL, tbh, and that's fine. Hate watching is silly, you're better off catching up on a show you like Yeah, I've seen some critics mentioning that if you disliked the take on the characters in BvS then you might not like this. I'm also in the group that isn't attracted by the 4 hours.  I still can't get myself to rewatch the LoTR extended versions, and those are movies I loved.
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I think some people are going to watch it just to confirm that there wasn't, in fact, some hidden genius the theatrical version was missing. 4 years of "if Snyder had been able to finish the movie it would've been better than Infinity War" is something some might feel the need to disprove for themselves, or at the very least check. It's really not a course of action I'd advise, personally. Watching a 4 hour movie you're pretty sure you won't like on the off chance it's secretly good, or just so you can confidently say it isn't, is not time or money well spent. I'm perfectly happy assuming the Robocop remake from 2014 is crap without actually watching it, for example.
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it me, but i'm not paying for it and, quite frankly, i have an abundance of time and i need something on while i'm playing hitman anyways so it might as well be jl e: giving bvs a second chance a couple weeks ago was a mistake tho, that movie is just bad site fucked around with this message at 14:37 on Mar 17, 2021 |
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Desperado Bones posted:I'm also in the group that isn't attracted by the 4 hours. You don't need to watch them. I like the extended editions, but the theatrical cuts are better films.
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Lurdiak posted:I'm perfectly happy assuming the Robocop remake from 2014 is crap without actually watching it, for example. It's actually an okay movie. Nowhere near as good as the original but perfectly fine in and of itself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFuxiZFwDPs Necrothatcher fucked around with this message at 14:49 on Mar 17, 2021 |
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Given critical reception right now I wonder if HBO has called up David Ayer yet and asked how much it would cost to re-cut Suicide Squad the way he originally intended, and if not, why not. From my understanding the work required would be far less extensive than what it was finishing Zack Snyder's Justice League. I guess the main problem is they have a soft reboot/sequel coming out later this year (a soft seaboot) and might think they would be competing with themselves.
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Necrothatcher posted:It's actually an okay movie. Nowhere near as good as the original but perfectly fine in and of itself. Yeah it's greatest sin was that it was just okay. A perfectly ordinary and forgettable action movie that tried to take a half-hearted stab at saying "drones are bad, I guess" but without any of the satirical punch of the original.
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Lurdiak posted:I'm perfectly happy assuming the Robocop remake from 2014 is crap without actually watching it, for example. It's not a patch on the original but it does have an absolutely incredible body horror scene and a few genuinely good satirical moments. It was always on a hiding to nothing though, the first film had the likes of Ronny Cox and Kurtwood Smith chewing up the scenery like there's no tomorrow while the bad guys in the remake are Just. So. Boring.
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Random Stranger posted:You don't need to watch them. I like the extended editions, but the theatrical cuts are better films. Didn't even Jackson say he preferred people to watch the theatrical cuts because, well, that's what he wanted on screen?
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I missed the Batman and Robin talk, but my favorite thing about that movie was watching it with RiffTrax when they got to the Poison Ivy origin scenes. I sat there in anticipation, wondering if the guys from MST3K were going to sit through scenes with Dr. Woodrue without making even the slightest reference to him looking and acting exactly like Dr. Clayton Forrester. Then as Woodrue started laughing maniacally: "And then I'll send a man into space and force him to watch bad movies!" Also great is when Bane is being strapped down and they put the mask on him: "They're going to give him boxing gloves and force him to read emails!" edit: And yeah, RoboCop 2014 was one or two rewrites away from being really good.
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Gaz-L posted:It's on Sky Cinema, so the movies plan. The episodes idea was dropped, although there are chapter breaks apparently Dang, I knew I should have kept that movies package for another month. Thanks for letting me know. Dawgstar posted:Didn't even Jackson say he preferred people to watch the theatrical cuts because, well, that's what he wanted on screen? So I have watched the theatrical cuts of all the LOTR films and the extended version of Fellowship and the Two Towers. (In fact I'll probably go back and re-watch all the LOTR films again some day.) From memory the extended version of Fellowship is fine, more of the good stuff. But I remember the Two Towers being like the Abyss, that once you watch the Extended version then the Theatrical cut becomes really flawed to go back to. Like one thing was in the Two Towers Aragorn falls off a cliff, is shown washing up on a shore next to his horse and the next time we see him he's back in the castle and everything is fine. While in the Extended version it's much clearer that he very nearly died and had to do a lot more stuff to survive. Gavok posted:I missed the Batman and Robin talk, but my favorite thing about that movie was watching it with RiffTrax when they got to the Poison Ivy origin scenes. I sat there in anticipation, wondering if the guys from MST3K were going to sit through scenes with Dr. Woodrue without making even the slightest reference to him looking and acting exactly like Dr. Clayton Forrester. Ah the RiffTrax guys, when they were on fire they were really on fire. I've always loved their 300 Riftrax Karl Urban: But Persian Emperor has showed his 'Ubris. Bots: Which is ancient Greek for Hubris.
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John Wick of Dogs posted:Given critical reception right now I wonder if HBO has called up David Ayer yet and asked how much it would cost to re-cut Suicide Squad the way he originally intended, and if not, why not. From my understanding the work required would be far less extensive than what it was finishing Zack Snyder's Justice League. I guess the main problem is they have a soft reboot/sequel coming out later this year (a soft seaboot) and might think they would be competing with themselves. It's just a sequel now.
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John Wick of Dogs posted:Robocop 2014 is better than Robocop 2 or 3 Three I'll give you, but there's nothing in the 2014 remake that can even hold a candle to the montage of failed Robocop attempts from 2. The scientist with the sling in the second vid loving kills me every time.
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site posted:it me, but i'm not paying for it and, quite frankly, i have an abundance of time and i need something on while i'm playing hitman anyways so it might as well be jl Actually I watched the ultimate edition last night and it's extremely good.
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I have never seen the extended LoTR movies, but I have read the books and the theatrical cut of the movies is better paced than the books. I stand by this statement. I will always stand by this statement.
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:Three I'll give you, but there's nothing in the 2014 remake that can even hold a candle to the montage of failed Robocop attempts from 2. I kind of admire the brass they had to try and make a ten year old villainous, too. It doesn't work, but it's a bold effort.
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Danger posted:Actually I watched the ultimate edition last night and it's extremely good. i guess we'll have to disagree cuz the only positive thing i can say about that movie is the warehouse fight near the end looks cool
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JT Smiley posted:Yeah, I'll never understand people that go into these movies knowing they'll hate them just to bitch about them online. I barely have time to watch movies I actually want to see nowadays. I feel this, but I'm gonna watch snyder cut anyways because Ray Fisher's twitter campaign has made me curious and I really hope the movie does right by him. Outside of that, I *really* want DC to have fun comic book movies, I'm way more of a Marvel fan, but that doesn't mean I don't want more cool comic stuff to watch. Birds of Prey and Shazam were a great step in that direction. edit: I've also bought booze Soonmot fucked around with this message at 17:50 on Mar 17, 2021 |
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The United States posted:James Woods vs Kevin Spacey for most loathsome villain in real life
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CapnAndy posted:Spacey by a mile, how is that even a contest? Being a chud is one thing but it sorta pales in comparison to being a serial kiddy diddler. Plus there's all the hush hush about a bunch of his accusers dying under mysterious conditions. That guy is just bad news.
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Random Stranger posted:You don't need to watch them. I like the extended editions, but the theatrical cuts are better films. I agree except for Two Towers, some actual meat got cut there. I think. That was my conclusion when I watched it, but I watched it when the extended edition came out and memory makes fools of us all.
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Dawgstar posted:I kind of admire the brass they had to try and make a ten year old villainous, too. It doesn't work, but it's a bold effort. I remember all the controversy that generated when the film came out, but I swear, people seemed more upset that the kid cursed a lot more than his wielding a gun.
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https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/1372247901292871683?s=19 I missed this yesterday but yesterday was the first time Ryan Reynolds actually watched Green Lantern
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Davros1 posted:I remember all the controversy that generated when the film came out, but I swear, people seemed more upset that the kid cursed a lot more than his wielding a gun. Didn't the kid also listen to metal and rap? I mean everyone was scared of those kids, especially adults.
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Desperado Bones posted:Yeah, I've seen some critics mentioning that if you disliked the take on the characters in BvS then you might not like this. Gonna be honest, me too. I liked Man of Steel and enjoyed (not to say I thought they were very good) BvS and Justice League, I'm curious about this even though it sounds like a nightmare cross of the Exorcist prequels and Heaven's Gate, but 4 hours, oof. From what I understand it's set up so each hour is a break point, but then I start to wonder why they didn't release it as a miniseries like they planned to originally. Guess they wanted it to be an Event? Explains the meal box I guess.
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John Wick of Dogs posted:https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/1372247901292871683?s=19 Are you posting from the future?
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John Wick of Dogs is The Flash of Dogs
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Big Mean Jerk posted:HitB sucks because Jay sucks and that little turd hates anything that isn’t an AGFA/Arrow release or 70’s giallo. He just constantly sits there and shits on everything else they talk about and I’d rather listen to Rich’s godawful Plinkett character for an hour than hear Jay whine about blockbusters. I think this is an odd take, seeing as how two recent movies I really enjoyed were both recommended by Jay - One Cut of the Dead and The Kid Detective. (And, to show that I certainly don't take everything that they say as gospel, I pretty much hated The Lighthouse. But to each their own.) It's not really about whether I agree with them or not, it's if they are entertaining when they are doing it. Sort of like reading Ebert's reviews. Even if he hated a movie you loved, he usually wrote about it in an entertaining way. And I find RLM entertaining, even though they are not foolproof critical masterminds.
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Jay's tastes match mine like 94% of the time, he watches and enjoys a variety of stuff from big dumb superhero movies with explosions to quiet, torturously slow indie films about grief and he's very self effacing and diplomatic when he doesn't like something (especially compared to mike) so it's difficult for me to imagine what kind of person would get mad at him. Mike's willingness to recommend awful blockbuster garbage like Battleship or just make excuses for bad adaptations because he has contempt for the source material is a much more annoying habit.
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Dude don't post leaks Edit: Or at least say "This is a leaked scene from x movie" instead of just putting a random link John Wick of Dogs fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Mar 17, 2021 |
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Somebody fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Mar 17, 2021 |
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