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I disagree about cowboys vs aliens. It's got han solo hamming it up while cosplaying as a rancher cowboy, a guy falls into a river while taking a poo poo, and aliens that make no goddamn sense. Definitely worth a watch. Hell, even Craig's American accent wasn't as horrible as it was in tomb raider 2.
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The thing I remember about Sky Captain is that it seemed very empty. By which I mean you had all these scenes that should have been populated by crowds and it was just the two stars walking around city streets. It was a cool demo reel and you knew you were witnessing the early use of a game-changing technology (like seeing Last Starfighter in the theater as a kid), but it was also just a strangely vacant film.
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# ? Oct 8, 2023 00:46 |
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Phanatic posted:The thing I remember about Sky Captain is that it seemed very empty. By which I mean you had all these scenes that should have been populated by crowds and it was just the two stars walking around city streets. That's a great way to describe it. The art direction was really nice, it was just so empty and kinda boring
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# ? Oct 8, 2023 01:35 |
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Armacham posted:That's a great way to describe it. The art direction was really nice, it was just so empty and kinda boring Please stop discussing my extremely detailed and realistic drawings of alien vaginas
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# ? Oct 8, 2023 03:49 |
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Phanatic posted:The thing I remember about Sky Captain is that it seemed very empty. By which I mean you had all these scenes that should have been populated by crowds and it was just the two stars walking around city streets. [Star wars meme]I like the idea os Sky Captain.[/]
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# ? Oct 8, 2023 06:18 |
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Megillah Gorilla posted:[Star wars meme]I like the idea os Sky Captain.[/] poo poo, that pretty much sums it up.
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# ? Oct 8, 2023 06:21 |
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Phanatic posted:The thing I remember about Sky Captain is that it seemed very empty. By which I mean you had all these scenes that should have been populated by crowds and it was just the two stars walking around city streets. I didn't really like Sky Captain, and like it even less now, because one of the things it was a demo reel for was using technology to resurrect dead actors. They did a hell of a lot better a job than some movies since, mind you.
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# ? Oct 8, 2023 07:36 |
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I liked Sky Captain because I also liked the old game Crimson Skies. I get it's one of those inspired by old serials things, and my problem is that if there was more Sky Captain the episode with the robots would be one of the worse ones.
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# ? Oct 8, 2023 15:31 |
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i hated sky captain on my initial watch. didnt know what to expect i guess. rewatching was an absolute treat and i loved it. Jude Law was great
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# ? Oct 8, 2023 17:03 |
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BiggestOrangeTree posted:I liked Sky Captain because I also liked the old game Crimson Skies. I get it's one of those inspired by old serials things, and my problem is that if there was more Sky Captain the episode with the robots would be one of the worse ones. Same, i loved it pretty much just because of that. Agreed it felt a bit empty, but still loved its vibe.
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# ? Oct 8, 2023 17:43 |
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Ok, I thought Sky Captain was dogshit because I like the old serials, and it was a wretched and perfunctory version of those.
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# ? Oct 8, 2023 22:41 |
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BiggestOrangeTree posted:I liked Sky Captain because I also liked the old game Crimson Skies. I get it's one of those inspired by old serials things, and my problem is that if there was more Sky Captain the episode with the robots would be one of the worse ones. And now I'm just mad we haven't gotten a Crimson Skies game in 20 years. I'm assuming some sort of issue regarding the developer or publisher going under and the license being in some sort of no-man's land?
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# ? Oct 9, 2023 00:02 |
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DrBouvenstein posted:And now I'm just mad we haven't gotten a Crimson Skies game in 20 years. Microsoft should still have the license.
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# ? Oct 9, 2023 01:12 |
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Crimson Skies' backstory started feeling a little too real there for a while in 2020, but I'd be up for it.
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# ? Oct 9, 2023 02:52 |
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My IMM is the last 5 minutes of King of Killers, a generic and by-the-numbers assassin vs. assassin beat-em-up. They could have ended the movie with generic white guy just barely beating Frank Grillo, getting his money, and leaving but instead they try to set up some stupid sequel that’ll never happen about the VERY REAL GUYS I PROMISE assassin Illuminati. They then have Stephen Dorf do a heel-turn for no reason and the first assassin somehow come back from the dead? Just stop it, guys. I would have simply forgotten about this flick ten minutes after watching it if they hadn’t added that wholly unnecessary stuff at the end, whereas now I’m posting my frustrations online two days later, giving this movie far more mental energy than it warrants.
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# ? Oct 9, 2023 07:45 |
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Sadly the only non Indiana Jones pulp movie that really hits the mark is The Rocketeer. There are likely more out there but damned if that wasn't THE ONE at the time. I say the time realizing it came out in 91 and now I feel old
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# ? Oct 9, 2023 09:16 |
Every time someone mentions the Rocketeer, I'm reminded of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht5R5XxH-60
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# ? Oct 9, 2023 09:26 |
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SimonChris posted:Every time someone mentions the Rocketeer, I'm reminded of this: I have been looking for this clip for ages, and now I have no idea why I didn't find it earlier. Didn't some goon splice this into the actual film when they gave their friend a homeburned DVD and then didn't say anything? Because that thought always cracks me up.
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# ? Oct 9, 2023 11:00 |
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SimonChris posted:Every time someone mentions the Rocketeer, I'm reminded of this: Lmao
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# ? Oct 9, 2023 11:01 |
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TGG posted:Sadly the only non Indiana Jones pulp movie that really hits the mark is The Rocketeer. There are likely more out there but damned if that wasn't THE ONE at the time. I say the time realizing it came out in 91 and now I feel old The Mummy movies with Brendan Frazier are quality pulp. At least, the first one is.
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# ? Oct 9, 2023 13:34 |
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The first Mummy is enough evidence that Brendan Frasier would have been perfect taking over for Indiana Jones.
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# ? Oct 9, 2023 14:09 |
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I, too, wish Bogdan Frogurt had had a less tragic life and a more lustrous career
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# ? Oct 9, 2023 18:16 |
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Sobatchja Morda posted:I have been looking for this clip for ages, and now I have no idea why I didn't find it earlier. I thought it was they hosted a study break movie night and played that version.
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# ? Oct 9, 2023 18:44 |
I'm reminded of the person who recut Toy Story 3 to cut to credits once they all clasped hands on the conveyor belt heading into the incinerator. Then filmed their family's reaction, it was gold.
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# ? Oct 9, 2023 18:57 |
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Boogaloo Shrimp posted:The Mummy movies with Brendan Frazier are quality pulp. At least, the first one is. Yeah, first Mummy is an all-time classic. Second one is still decent, but suffers a lot from them deciding to sideline their extremely charming leads in favour of a very annoying child character.
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# ? Oct 9, 2023 19:48 |
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Wow, I feel like an idiot for forgetting the Mummy movies. The first was pure pulp fun and drat was Brendan Fraser great.
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# ? Oct 9, 2023 19:49 |
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I heard Brendan Fraser on a podcast recently and he seems to be doing pretty well now and sounding happy and I am very glad.
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# ? Oct 9, 2023 19:53 |
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SimonChris posted:Every time someone mentions the Rocketeer, I'm reminded of this: Oh my God the fade in to the sad reading of the letter. "He should have died in here."
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# ? Oct 9, 2023 20:37 |
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The Mill - if you find yourself taken captive by an evil computer, maybe stop antagonizing it so much.
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# ? Oct 9, 2023 22:36 |
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yeah I eat rear end posted:The Mill - if you find yourself taken captive by an evil computer, maybe stop antagonizing it so much. You're no fun.
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# ? Oct 9, 2023 23:52 |
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dr_rat posted:You're no fun. Pissing it off is just going to make it even more evil. All he had to do was say thank you instead of getting angry at the reward for doing a good job.
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# ? Oct 10, 2023 00:43 |
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Perestroika posted:Yeah, first Mummy is an all-time classic. Second one is still decent, but suffers a lot from them deciding to sideline their extremely charming leads in favour of a very annoying child character. has there ever been a time where the new child character actually improved poo poo?
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# ? Oct 10, 2023 01:50 |
yeah I eat rear end posted:The Mill - if you find yourself taken captive by an evil computer, maybe stop antagonizing it so much. I've read I have no mouth, and I must scream. I'm either going to die or bring the machine down, I might as well piss off the silicon god in the process.
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# ? Oct 10, 2023 02:22 |
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Cowslips Warren posted:has there ever been a time where the new child character actually improved poo poo?
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# ? Oct 10, 2023 02:31 |
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Cowslips Warren posted:has there ever been a time where the new child character actually improved poo poo? The greatest movie sequel of all time, Terminator 2.
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# ? Oct 10, 2023 02:42 |
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mycot posted:The greatest movie sequel of all time, Terminator 2. The greatest movie sequel of all time, Aliens, as well.
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# ? Oct 10, 2023 02:47 |
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James Cameron used to be so good
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# ? Oct 10, 2023 02:57 |
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Cowslips Warren posted:has there ever been a time where the new child character actually improved poo poo? The Bible
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# ? Oct 10, 2023 02:57 |
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oldpainless posted:The Bible But only because they had the guts to kill him off
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# ? Oct 10, 2023 03:04 |
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Armacham posted:James Cameron used to be so good He still is, but he used to be as well. (I haven't seen Avat2r, no idea if it's a piece of poo poo or not)
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