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Imagined posted:I now know that if there actually were a zombie outbreak, about 30% of the population would slather themselves in BBQ sauce and run straight at the horde while yelling about how they refuse to live in fear. You speak as if this was a bad thing
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Milo and POTUS posted:Avenue 5 came out juuuust before covid really took off and people were like "it's amusing but a little far fetched"
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# ? Jan 21, 2022 04:51 |
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MyronMulch posted:You speak as if this was a bad thing I feel like in 2022 no-one should have to explain to you why more infected people = bad, no matter how you feel about the particular people.
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# ? Jan 21, 2022 14:57 |
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SiKboy posted:I feel like in 2022 no-one should have to explain to you why more infected people = bad, no matter how you feel about the particular people. Okay now try and convince bill gates
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# ? Jan 21, 2022 15:46 |
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Milo and POTUS posted:Avenue 5 came out juuuust before covid really took off and people were like "it's amusing but a little far fetched" Iannucci ran into the same thing with Veep and then the 2016 election came along.
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# ? Jan 21, 2022 15:57 |
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Iannucci ran into the same thing with Veep and then the 2016 election came along. Nah, Veep was considered one of the most accurate portrayals of DC politics from the jump. Then when after 2016 happened (and Iannucci left) they tried and failed to match what was happening in reality. Now it’s weirdly on point again.
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# ? Jan 21, 2022 16:09 |
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Henchman of Santa posted:Nah, Veep was considered one of the most accurate portrayals of DC politics from the jump. Then when after 2016 happened (and Iannucci left) they tried and failed to match what was happening in reality. Now it’s weirdly on point again. Yeah I remember there were some DC beltway people at the time who basically said that House of Cards is what they wish it’s like but Veep is the reality
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# ? Jan 21, 2022 17:47 |
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I couldn't even get passed the first episode of House of Cards because the candidate murders someone right the gently caress away it's portrayed as though it's something that happens all the time. How am I supposed to take the rest of this show seriously?
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# ? Jan 21, 2022 17:59 |
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SiKboy posted:I feel like in 2022 no-one should have to explain to you why more infected people = bad, no matter how you feel about the particular people. Nah see these folks would be killed and consumed by the zombies and would not rise. They'd be obliterated.
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# ? Jan 21, 2022 19:14 |
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Pope Corky the IX posted:I couldn't even get passed the first episode of House of Cards because the candidate murders someone right the gently caress away it's portrayed as though it's something that happens all the time. How am I supposed to take the rest of this show seriously? And that's one of the GOOD seasons. Christ that show got awful. The British one had it right; three short seasons and you go out in an explosive way.
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# ? Jan 21, 2022 20:38 |
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For some reason Kevin Spacey was remarkably convincing as an amoral self-obsessed and sociopathic villain though.
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# ? Jan 21, 2022 20:51 |
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Inzombiac posted:Nah see these folks would be killed and consumed by the zombies and would not rise. They'd be obliterated. Either your av is extra ironic in that you have failed to grasp the fundamental point of zombies, or this is a troll and I just can't keep up anymore.
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# ? Jan 21, 2022 21:45 |
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CainFortea posted:Either your av is extra ironic in that you have failed to grasp the fundamental point of zombies, or this is a troll and I just can't keep up anymore. I certainly don't have a vested interest in more humans dying and joining
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# ? Jan 22, 2022 00:15 |
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Almost a movie moment... I just noticed the whiskey glasses at Afterlife in Cyberpunk 2077 are the Blade Runner glasses.
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# ? Jan 23, 2022 18:25 |
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Cryomancer posted:Almost a movie moment... I just noticed the whiskey glasses at Afterlife in Cyberpunk 2077 are the Blade Runner glasses. I got one of those as a present a few years ago, they look cool but are a bit awkward to drink out of. Then someone chipped it...
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# ? Jan 27, 2022 07:07 |
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Imagined posted:For some reason Kevin Spacey was remarkably convincing as an amoral self-obsessed and sociopathic villain though. Yep, but even before he left the show, it was going downhill. But there was that hope that it'd end satisfactorily, and.... nope.
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# ? Jan 27, 2022 12:08 |
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In 3:10 to Yuma, Russel Crowe's character Ben Wade talks about green eyes and how much he loves them several times in the first half of the movie, and both his nemesis Dan Evans (Christian Bale) and the second-in-command of his gang Charlie Prince (Ben Foster) have green eyes.
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# ? Jan 28, 2022 14:23 |
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Watching the first episode of Loki again (NOT A MOVIE OH LAWD). When he walks into a room they demand he grabs a deli style ticket before he has to go through a turnstile before getting into a complicated stanchion maze. This was designed by someone who has worked at theme parks. It's every common solution for managing a queue in one.
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# ? Jan 29, 2022 10:34 |
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No it’s not. I worked at a theme park for five years and have been to Disney in the last few years. No one does deli tickets. If they gave him an offer for a fast pass to skip the line, then it would have been a reference. It’s a joke on over complicated bureaucracy. The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy movie did the same joke. IUG has a new favorite as of 14:03 on Jan 29, 2022 |
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The director of the Loki series has mentioned in interviews that Terry Gilliams' movie Brazil was a big influence The Wachowski's movie Jupiter Ascending had a similar 'crazy bureaucracy' scene that was very obviously influenced by Brazil which even had a cameo appearance by Terry Gilliam to really drive home the point Snowglobe of Doom has a new favorite as of 14:45 on Jan 29, 2022 |
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But why would a deli-style ticket be leaving the queue-maze?
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# ? Jan 29, 2022 14:47 |
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I dunno but I promise you it's not a reference to amusement parks. Anyone older than 35 immediately thinks of a bank lobby or DMV or social security office or some horribly banal place like that when they see a scene like that. Not Six Flags.
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# ? Jan 29, 2022 22:32 |
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spookykid posted:In 3:10 to Yuma, Russel Crowe's character Ben Wade talks about green eyes and how much he loves them several times in the first half of the movie, and both his nemesis Dan Evans (Christian Bale) and the second-in-command of his gang Charlie Prince (Ben Foster) have green eyes. I don't think Ben Wade loved Charlie Prince the same way that Charlie Prince loved Ben Wade, though.
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 18:05 |
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Sand Monster posted:I don't think Ben Wade loved Charlie Prince the same way that Charlie Prince loved Ben Wade, though. Yeah, but I think if Charlie had not done what he'd done in the final scene, Ben would have gone right back to the way things were.
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spookykid posted:In 3:10 to Yuma, Russel Crowe's character Ben Wade talks about green eyes and how much he loves them several times in the first half of the movie, and both his nemesis Dan Evans (Christian Bale) and the second-in-command of his gang Charlie Prince (Ben Foster) have green eyes. Was that any good? It came out in a year that was absolutely stacked with westerns and just seems like it got forgotten consequently
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# ? Feb 1, 2022 16:16 |
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I haven't seen it in a while but my memory is that it's very good.
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# ? Feb 1, 2022 16:53 |
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Yeah, I'm a pretty big fan of it. You really end up rooting for Christian Bale's character, since he's basically getting screwed from day one and puts himself into a bad situation in an attempt to get out of it.
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# ? Feb 1, 2022 17:56 |
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I’d rate it a 9:10 to Yuma
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# ? Feb 1, 2022 18:13 |
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oldpainless posted:I’d rate it a 9:10 to Yuma More like oldrefrainless
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# ? Feb 1, 2022 19:56 |
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Milo and POTUS posted:Was that any good? It came out in a year that was absolutely stacked with westerns and just seems like it got forgotten consequently its an elmore leonard adaptation so its impossible for it to be truly awful. obviously “be cool” is the exception that proves the rule
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# ? Feb 1, 2022 20:43 |
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I bought it for 5 bucks in 4k on a vudu sale and didn't regret it. Pretty good film, and Crowe plays a great rear end in a top hat.
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# ? Feb 1, 2022 20:48 |
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You’re more forgiving than I am, I’d say there’s way more bad adaptations of his work than good.
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# ? Feb 1, 2022 20:49 |
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Torquemada posted:You’re more forgiving than I am, I’d say there’s way more bad adaptations of his work than good. sure, but they all have great stories, so only Be Cool is truly awful, because it is bad in every way including the story
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scary ghost dog posted:sure, but they all have great stories, so only Be Cool is truly awful, because it is bad in every way including the story I found it worked pretty well as a book, the movie is utterly graceless though, in addition to being possibly the worst-cast film in history. Everyone in it is awful.
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# ? Feb 1, 2022 21:11 |
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I know some people around here love Logan but I'm comfortable saying 3:10 is his best movie.
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# ? Feb 1, 2022 21:23 |
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Elmore Leonard did not write Logan.
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# ? Feb 1, 2022 22:05 |
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:I bought it for 5 bucks in 4k on a vudu sale and didn't regret it. Pretty good film, and Crowe plays a great rear end in a top hat. Sounds better than his harmonica at least.
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scary ghost dog posted:its an elmore leonard adaptation so its impossible for it to be truly awful. obviously “be cool” is the exception that proves the rule
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# ? Feb 1, 2022 22:39 |
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A post about the new Jack Reacher streaming series reminded me of something that just came out of left field from the first Tom Cruise movie. There's a scene where he's casing this crook's house, and two mooks jump him in the bathroom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE0oDPBslUs It's a really slapstick fight, especially for an Overcast 2010s Thriller. And then you realize that one mook is bald, one's got curly red hair, and Tom's got his usual short dark cut. The movie has been invaded by the Three Stooges, with Tom Cruise as Moe. A lot of the classics are there: the jammed-up door, the accidental face bonk, an eye gouge (no Curly block, sadly, that would have given away the joke), Moe clunking the other two's heads together. Only thing missing is Curly knocking everyone over by turning around while holding a ladder.
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It's the best part of the film tbh.
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