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A Proper Uppercut posted:Speaking of The Americans, I think Matthew Rhys is becoming one of my favorite actors. Even if I think he looks like a sad clown sometimes. I'm really liking him in Perry Mason. If you read anything he says or what other people say about him he's really serious about ACTING! but not in an insufferable way. He's just really low-key fuckin awesome at his chosen profession and works hard and I very much respect that
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May 5, 2023 09:11
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Inspector Hound posted:Netflix has The Thing 2011. It feels hurried at parts and some of the cg has aged poorly but I still like it. I might have to watch it again too try and catch when each person gets thinged. I haven't seen the original in ages, now I want to track it down. Shame they didn't go with the original puppet effects instead of CGI
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May 5, 2023 09:46
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They're better, the chimps are adult people with differing ideas about what to do with the remnants of humanity
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May 5, 2023 12:08
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Shageletic posted:Shame they didn't go with the original puppet effects instead of CGI the SFX team was pretty salty about all their hard work getting cut in the editing room so they went on to make their own movie using a bunch of their creature designs. the movie is awful from what I remember but it's worth seeing alone for some pretty great practical Thing-like monster effects Harbinger Down
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May 5, 2023 15:06
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The one or two scenes with practical effects are some of the scariest and must memorable. That spider hand is horrible; I only just noticed this time that he's still trying to pull it off when he gets killed, but his hand is melted into it.
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May 5, 2023 15:30
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God Hole posted:the SFX team was pretty salty about all their hard work getting cut in the editing room so they went on to make their own movie using a bunch of their creature designs. the movie is awful from what I remember but it's worth seeing alone for some pretty great practical Thing-like monster effects Unfortunately I thought Harbinger Down was universally terrible, including the effects. I’m not sure what happened there but I’m guessing losing big-budget movie lighting & cinematography took a massive toll. Or maybe it was just so unbelievably boring and joyless that it dragged down everything else with it. david_a fucked around with this message at 16:01 on May 5, 2023 |
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May 5, 2023 15:59
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toggle posted:Would anyone have any idea when Masters of the Air is coming out? I don't think there's an official date. The Apple+ folks were saying mid-spring 2023 last November, but that's like now, so I'm guessing its been pushed to the fall? Really psyched for this one.
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May 5, 2023 16:54
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It’s not even listed on the Apple TV+ coming soon yet, and that has Fall stuff so… not coming soon?
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david_a posted:Unfortunately I thought Harbinger Down was universally terrible, including the effects. I’m not sure what happened there but I’m guessing losing big-budget movie lighting & cinematography took a massive toll. Or maybe it was just so unbelievably boring and joyless that it dragged down everything else with it. Alec Gillis is a master at effects but not so good at really shooting them so what ends up happening is a film that poorly showcases the effects on top of being pretty awful too. The bts of the effects are cool and you can see if they were shot and directed better it would’ve worked. But uh, yeah didn’t happen. ** there is some weird rear end laughing and screaming in this one… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pG_9U3-xj8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRByPa_mXuk CelticPredator fucked around with this message at 21:51 on May 5, 2023 |
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Haven't seen The Birds since I was a teen and on VHS I never noticed she was a psycho before Or the record on the shelf for Tristan and Isolde Upsidads fucked around with this message at 00:56 on May 6, 2023 |
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May 6, 2023 00:53
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I'm watching A Man Called Otto and it's sort of meh, but has an absolute banger of a joke in it. Otto is a grumpy old man who yells at everyone. At one point some guy rolls down the block blasting rap music in his car so Otto can yell at him. The song playing: White Boy Summer
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May 6, 2023 22:45
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I think Silo is quite good so far, better than I expected. My only real critique as a fan of the books is that Rebecca Ferguson isn't great at American accents, but she's still a great fit for the role.
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Anyone else watching the latest season of sweet tooth? One episode left and I'm wondering if they ever explain How everyone started giving birth to hybrids? I'm assuming the virus genetically altered everyone or something but they've been avoiding the topic.
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May 8, 2023 02:45
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Citadel is only a little longer than The Irishman, cost 300 million dollars, is advertised everywhere but seems to have 0 buzz
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distortion park posted:Citadel is only a little longer than The Irishman, cost 300 million dollars, is advertised everywhere but seems to have 0 buzz I turned off the first episode halfway through. It's not good
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Weekend watch report: Chucky S2 - Really good! Just constantly impressed with how good the show turned out. Infinity Pool - Good, not quite great. Last bit of the film kind of felt flat compared to the start. Don't Breathe 2 - Not great. Even looking past the crazy premise, it just felt mostly silly and dumb but not in a super enjoyable way. *EDIT: This is not the horror thread lol thatfuturekid fucked around with this message at 15:22 on May 8, 2023 |
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May 8, 2023 15:08
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distortion park posted:Citadel is only a little longer than The Irishman, cost 300 million dollars, is advertised everywhere but seems to have 0 buzz I watched the first two eps and they were terrible. I didn't even want to continue after ep 1 but ep 2 was like, 38 minutes long if you don't count the recap and title sequence lmao. I am generally fine with watching spy thriller/action movie shlock too.
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May 8, 2023 15:17
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I for one knew that when they were using the Grubhub app to push ad notifications for Citadel to me that it was a stinker, and also that Amazon is incredibly annoying
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May 8, 2023 15:19
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thatfuturekid posted:Weekend watch report: I appreciate the post tho! Gives me more incentive to try Chucky (tho I'm not generally a horror fan except for the "arty" poo poo)
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May 8, 2023 15:24
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A couple weeks ago I finished watching Night Agent on Netflix. Pretty decent spy adjacent suspense mystery show. It got a little weak by the ending, but overall was pretty good. Basic premise is the FBI has “Night Agents” that can go on deep dive investigations on their own at the behest of the president. One regular FBI agent gets tangled up in an investigation when he is manning their emergency help line.
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May 8, 2023 15:25
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Glottis posted:I for one knew that when they were using the Grubhub app to push ad notifications for Citadel to me that it was a stinker, and also that Amazon is incredibly annoying Grubhub you say?  Took a photo of my TV while I was watching it and chatting with some friends. The product placements in the show were absolutely obnoxious.
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May 8, 2023 15:30
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looks like a ps5 screenshot from some overwrought "cinematic" game that should have been a tv show
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May 8, 2023 15:32
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Yeah, that is impressively terrible looking. Bad camera or bad freeze frame?
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May 8, 2023 15:37
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Shageletic posted:I appreciate the post tho! Gives me more incentive to try Chucky (tho I'm not generally a horror fan except for the "arty" poo poo) I highly suggest it! Though, make sure you either A) watch every movie beforehand or B) catch up via the Dead Meat "Kill Counts" on YT. The show is a direct continuation and though it made sense to me, my fiancé was lost until we sat down and just spent a few weekends going through the films lol. It really expects you to know your lore.
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smackfu posted:Yeah, that is impressively terrible looking. Bad camera or bad freeze frame? It kinda looked like poo poo and also the Grubhub bag was this glaringly crisp CG creation with lighting that doesn't match the rest of the shot and stood out like sore thumb in motion. but also it is a photo of my tv in a dark room
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May 8, 2023 16:22
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lol we're going to get digitally-inserted in-scene product placements in old movies and shows aren't we
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iRobot remains unchanged except an apple logo on robots
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Tiny Timbs posted:lol we're going to get digitally-inserted in-scene product placements in old movies and shows aren't we
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distortion park posted:Citadel is only a little longer than The Irishman, cost 300 million dollars, is advertised everywhere but seems to have 0 buzz Citadel is what AI written TV is going to look like after they fire all the writers.
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Lol that amazon gave the Russo bros 300 million dollars for their bland tired shtick. Literally hadn't heard of it outside of reading this thread rn
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mcmagic posted:Citadel is what AI written TV is going to look like after they fire all the writers. Do they really have to fire the writers if they just never offer the writers a viable contract?
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Orvin posted:Do they really have to fire the writers if they just never offer the writers a viable contract?
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Tiny Timbs posted:lol we're going to get digitally-inserted in-scene product placements in old movies and shows aren't we You are over a decade late to this party.
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Punkin Spunkin posted:Lol that amazon gave the Russo bros 300 million dollars for their bland tired shtick. Literally hadn't heard of it outside of reading this thread rn Usually they push their big budget thing on their packaging. I know I saw a bunch of Rings of Power stuff. Did they do that for the new money pit?
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There seem to be a lot of streaming shows that have one or two big name actors and then everyone else is entirely a bunch of nobodies
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The first episode of White House plumbers sucks so hard. Not sure why they went the Veep route with it I know it’s from one of the Veep people, but still. A more straightforward drama with this cast could have been great.
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thatfuturekid posted:I highly suggest it! Though, make sure you either A) watch every movie beforehand or B) catch up via the Dead Meat "Kill Counts" on YT. The show is a direct continuation and though it made sense to me, my fiancé was lost until we sat down and just spent a few weekends going through the films lol. It really expects you to know your lore. Yeah im not going to see the entirety if the Chucky franchise. I might check that out but I guess it's just a series of slasher kills which def doesn't sound appetizing?
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frogbs posted:The first episode of White House plumbers sucks so hard. Not sure why they went the Veep route with it I know it’s from one of the Veep people, but still. A more straightforward drama with this cast could have been great. I'd watch Gaslit (one of my top shows of last year!).
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Shageletic posted:I'd watch Gaslit (one of my top shows of last year!). It’s on my list! Loos like it’s got a stacked cast too. Need to get Starz I guess. The crazy thing is that White House Plumbers started production BEFORE Gaslit, was filmed in fall 2021, and then they sat on it for a year and a half. I don’t think they really knew what to do with it.
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