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DrBouvenstein posted:Not surprising because both The Tick and Mystery Men started as indy comics in the late 80's/early 90's, so they both have that vibe of "let's satirize a lot of the tropes and plotlines of Silver Age comics." And the ninja turtles were mutated by the same ooze that blinded young Matt Murdoch, though Marvel never acknowledged that, therefore the marvel cinematic universe is canon to Mystery Men but Mystery Men is not canon to the mcu
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marshmallow creep posted:Mr Furious and the Waffler would fit right in with Casey Jones. I was saying that Mr Furious is doing what Raphael does so often he actually admits it in Batman vs TMNT.
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flavor.flv posted:Mystery Men is great and if it had come out just five years later it would have smashed box office records It absolutely suffered from being way ahead of its time, and remains one of like 3 movies with Ben Stiller in it that a can stand to watch. The payoff to "I heard he can cut guns in half with his mind" and the invisible boy are loving gold.
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Apr 14, 2023 15:03
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How can you have a favorite moment in mystery men? It's just gold from beginning to end
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Michael Bay has a cameo as one of "The Frat Boys." Still on probation for lethal hazing. It has it's ups and downs, but I still like it. I could do without the whole Spleen character. I like Paul Ruebens getting some post-Pee Wee work, but a fart-based character? C'mon. I think he was shoved in because "Farrely Brothers" style comedy was hitting it's peak then. Most of the characters in the movie aren't in the comics, but The Shoveler is (he uses the legendary shovel of King Arthur) and Mr. Furious gets so mad, he becomes bullet-proof.
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Apr 14, 2023 16:54
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He doesn't even get that mad in the movie. I've gotten WAY madder
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credburn posted:Was that secretly directed by Tim Burton? I feel like I've heard that from multiple sources. None reliable, but independent of each other. It was rumored because the credited director is no one of note, but the movie feels very Burton, in that weird, things are slightly off from reality way. The rumor is that Burton did the work under contract, hated the material, had problems with the cast, and requested to have his name stricken from the record, so some camera man, who basically had directed Taco Bell commercials, got the directing credit. I don't know if there's any truth to it, but I want to believe MM is one of my favorite movies. The cast is great overall, it's dark enough to be something other than colorful comedy, but not as bleak or depressing as The Boys. It has Tom Waits, for no discernable reason.
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On the other hand the movie also looks a lot like some mid-late 90s taco bell commercials.
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Baron von Eevl posted:On the other hand the movie also looks a lot like We really missed out on the world where Mystery Men was the meme instead of Shrek.
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Taking a look at the imdb collaborators search, Mystery Men shares 25 cast and crew members with Batman Returns, including 2 actors (Doug Jones and of course Rubens) and a bunch of crew members, mostly from the music and art departments which explains why there's some similarity in vibes. edit Waste of Breath posted:We really missed out on the world where Mystery Men was the meme instead of Shrek. Imagine a world where McG directed Mystery Men
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CzarChasm posted:It has Tom Waits, for no discernable reason. 
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It was fun watching the behind the scenes featurettes in The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus because Tom Waits was totally geeking out about getting to play the devil. 
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One of my favorite movie moments is that The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus sounds like the title of a Troy McClure movie that somehow escaped into the real world like it was Charles Dance in The Last Action Hero
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Sandwich Anarchist posted:He doesn't even get that mad in the movie. I've gotten WAY madder When you get way madder in the movie, you will get way madder AT the movie.
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Len posted:How can you have a favorite moment in mystery men? It's just gold from beginning to end Someone pointed out how in the final assault on Frankenstein's compound, both the good guys and bad guys actually use tactics and organise, something still rare in Hollywood movies, especially superhero ones. The Mystery Men disable their guns before attacking and set up a vanguard and rear guard, while Frankenstein organises his henchmen in grounds and has them counter-attack. You don't see even that kinda basic stuff so much, when everyone's entire just basically RTS blobs smashing into each other or Elite Tactical Operators who just go forward and shoot/punch endless waves.
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Cat Hatter posted:This is one of only two scenes I've seen of the entire show. The other being the shootout with the guy from two posts above mine. I should probably watch the show...after I finish the last season of The Expanse. Watch We Own This City after the Wire. It's not as good, but it fits in like a "20 years later" kind of way. Plus, you get mad whiplash from the casting choices and a guy that works for me is in it.
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Geoffrey Rush is so good as Casanova Frankenstein, and also the name Casanova Frankenstein is so loving good
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Silly Newbie posted:Watch We Own This City after the Wire. It's not as good, but it fits in like a "20 years later" kind of way. Plus, you get mad whiplash from the casting choices and a guy that works for me is in it.
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The Deuce is very good.
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Agreed. Easily the pinnacle of Rob Schneiders career
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in san junipero when she's looking for kelly & gets to 1996, right after the pacman scene, theres a woman dressed and dancing exactly like one of the dancers from bomfunk mcs freestyler not sure if they mixed up there or its intentional given the plot but its subtle anyway
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Another note on Mystery Men I read about; Mr Furious finally unlocking his actual rage facing the bad guy doesn't fight like you'd expect- but the finger lock, ear slap and elbow to the gut are all really good moves that maximise pain inflicted at minimum risk. (and the first one is an especially good counter for someone whose main weapon is a super-sharp fingernail) It's not far off MCU Hulk's fighting style- little apparent refinement or skull, but a savage cunning that goes right for the weak spots.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:It's not far off MCU Hulk's fighting style Doesn't Hulk just... smash and throw things?
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I might be poorly remembering, but the Norton Hulk at least had a very cunningly brutal fighting style with makeshift weapons and going right for weak spots. Supposedly they didn't give the Abomination his pointy ears from the comics because they couldn't imagine Hulk not ripping them off.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:I might be poorly remembering, but the Norton Hulk at least had a very cunningly brutal fighting style with makeshift weapons and going right for weak spots. Supposedly they didn't give the Abomination his pointy ears from the comics because they couldn't imagine Hulk not ripping them off. You're wrong, it was brutally cunning.
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Wouldn't they just grow back instantly?
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Milo and POTUS posted:Wouldn't they just grow back instantly? Mine didn’t, so I’m saying no
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Tree Bucket posted:You're wrong, it was brutally cunning. So THAT'S why Red Hulk's a threat - he's faster!
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Samovar posted:So THAT'S why Red Hulk's a threat - he's faster! Hulk is now cononically an Ork.
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Just started watching A League of Their Own on Prime. The original movie is a classic, so I thought I'd give it a shot. It's fun so far. Anyway, in episode 2 a character comes across a kid reading her comic book on her front steps....  That's the first ever Superman comic.  It sells for millions nowadays. https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/07/business/superman-comic-record-sale/index.html Just a fun joke from the prop master I suppose.
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im watching the opening scene of perry mason season 2, the milkman is delivering milk, but the foley when close the lil door on the milk thing, its super intense like passively aggresively so. heres your loving milk mrs philips. and yours too fuckin portman. gently caress all you all. everybody is sleeping so they dont hear, except perry mason is like oh hey i got milk and gently caress yea i got milk you cocksuckers *slam* that is to say, he does not care about his neighbors either. the sign of a true detective
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When chris is arguing with ashley judd at the start of heat he vaults over the living room balustrade (banister? Idk some sort of rail) effortlessly, almost like he's done this 100 times before.
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Milo and POTUS posted:When chris is arguing with ashley judd at the start of heat he vaults over the living room balustrade (banister? Idk some sort of rail) effortlessly, almost like he's done this 100 times before. hell yeah
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If you ever post like that again my knuckles are going up your shitbasket E: gently caress, i always mix up this thread freeedr has a new favorite as of 02:34 on May 19, 2023 |
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freeedr posted:If you ever post like that again my knuckles are going up your shitbasket Wasn't the dialogue in Heat great?
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Honestly I thought that was a line from a David Mamet play.
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Carthag Tuek posted:im watching the opening scene of perry mason season 2,  the milkman does that
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Tree Bucket posted:You're wrong, it was brutally cunning. I gotta go with cunningly brutal here.
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Android Apocalypse posted:Honestly I thought that was a line from a David Mamet play. Reminds me of a subtle moment in Glengary Glenross when Jack Lemmon is telling is sales war story to Pacino the morning of the break in and Ricky asks something like "wait, you closed them this morning?" Shelly kind of hand waves it with "I got up real early and headed over there" before they're interrupted but you can see Ricky being puzzled momentarily and Shelly obviously knowing he hosed up. Then later when he finishes the story he describes how all had a celebratory toast over the deal - scotch or something. It's supposed to be, what, 7 or 8am? You can tell his whole story is bullshit. It's very well written and acted and it cleverly gives a strong hint who was in on the office break in and the theft of the leads.
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He had to lie and say it was that morning otherwise his contract would have been stolen with everyone else's the night before when the deal had actually taken place. And it's the knowledge that they were still in the office and hadn't been taken to the bank that sinks him with Williamson later.
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