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Highlander indeed kicks rear end. The worst thing about the sequels and spinoffs is that each and every one of them everyone fails to capture what is good about the first film. I'd be okay if the sequels were similar but lesser, but they all just feel like they're from an entirely different franchise. There's a beautiful sweet gentleness to the first film, which makes the raw grit of the Kurgan and 80s New York work so well in contrast. Where is the "run along the beach and feel the heartbeat of a deer" scene in any of the other entries? The connectedness to nature and empathy for life aspect feels like it never carried on. I know that there are other franchises that betray the spirit of the first film far more, and Highlander is far from unique in this way. It's probably just lightning jn a bittle that can't be recaptured, but the first film is so uniquely its own fascinating thing that it's a real bummer everything that came after kinda missed the point so completely.
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Highlander 2 is fascinating though. You at least have to give them credit for doing something totally different. I don’t think I’ve seen the theatrical cut which is supposed to be far more incoherent than the director’s cut, but even the “Renegade Version” is insane. Also I totally forgot it’s set in 2024
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Jan 16, 2024 15:55
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I'm not even sure how you do a sequel to a movie that ends with the main character basically becoming god
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Jan 16, 2024 16:14
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That is what prequels are for.
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Finally got around to Observe and Report last night and I thought it was hilarious. It's a dark film, no way around that, so I kind of get why it flopped as badly as it did. It also made the mistake of following Paul Blart back in 2009 so people probably just thought it was similar and wrote it off. Also, the cast is kind of nuts in hindsight. I guess Jody Hill was riding high after Superbad and people wanted to get in on the next one.
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Jan 16, 2024 16:23
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Jody Hill didn’t make Superbad. Jody Hill came from The Footfist Way with Danny McBride. It’s amazing you should check that out next.
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Jan 16, 2024 16:47
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CelticPredator posted:Jody Hill didn’t make Superbad. Jody Hill came from The Footfist Way with Danny McBride. It’s amazing you should check that out next. Edit:  Apparently he had a bit role as "Tut Long John Silver" in Superbad so his IMDB page says he's known for it too.
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Jan 16, 2024 16:57
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Lol Yeah Jody got noticed by will Ferrell which led to Danny mcbride ending up in a lot of movies around that time. Thank god for that Watch the Footfist way though. And obviously all his shows if you haven’t.
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Jan 16, 2024 17:17
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Safety Factor posted:I could've sworn he had a credit on Superbad somewhere. My mistake! Isn't he the guy who spots the period stain on Jonah Hills pants?
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Jan 16, 2024 17:41
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CelticPredator posted:Watch the Footfist way though. And obviously all his shows if you haven’t.
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Jan 16, 2024 18:06
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CelticPredator posted:Jody Hill came from The Footfist Way with Danny McBride. It’s amazing you should check that out next. It's apparently a fine film, but it made Danny McBride into a weird form of character actor and it only works half the time.
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Jan 16, 2024 18:10
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Danny mcbride is my hero. But I do need to see his other films like Arizona. Even if it’s bad. I just gotta see it
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Jan 16, 2024 19:23
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CelticPredator posted:Danny mcbride is my hero. But I do need to see his other films like Arizona. Even if it’s bad. I just gotta see it Arizona is proof that Bright Bart posted:It's apparently a fine film, but it made Danny McBride into a weird form of character actor and it only works half the time.
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Jan 16, 2024 19:26
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Not going to lie - I'm kinda hype for the Highlander reboot staring Henry Cavill and directed by Chad Stahelski. I just want to hoot and holler while Henry Cavill swings a sword and decapitates guys on the big screen.
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Jan 16, 2024 20:28
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Watching the shirtless exercise scenes in Fearless Hyena, I think Jackie Chan has extra muscles. He’ll flex his arm in a weird way and suddenly he’s got an extra set of triceps or something.
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Jan 16, 2024 20:32
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Bright Bart posted:It's apparently a fine film, but it made Danny McBride into a weird form of character actor and it only works half the time. Danny McBride becoming one sort of guy when the first time I remember seeing him is in All The Real Girls (because Jody, Danny, and David Gordon Green I believe are all college friends, if not even older friends than that?) is very weird. It’s sort of like watching Michael Shannon become known for INTENSE and HARD when you see him in The Woodsman and he is just playing the kindest, most patient therapist of all time in that.
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Jan 16, 2024 21:59
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The Cameo posted:Danny McBride becoming one sort of guy when the first time I remember seeing him is in All The Real Girls (because Jody, Danny, and David Gordon Green I believe are all college friends, if not even older friends than that?) is very weird. Michael Shannons weirdest role like that is probably in The Night Before as the weed dealer but he absolutely nails it. I think that role might also be closest to his real life persona
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Jan 16, 2024 22:02
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The Cameo posted:Danny McBride becoming one sort of guy when the first time I remember seeing him is in All The Real Girls (because Jody, Danny, and David Gordon Green I believe are all college friends, if not even older friends than that?) is very weird. Zoey Daschnel in All The Real Girls compared to Zoey Daschnel in The New Girl is also incredibly weird.
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Jan 16, 2024 22:05
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The Cameo posted:Danny McBride becoming one sort of guy when the first time I remember seeing him is in All The Real Girls (because Jody, Danny, and David Gordon Green I believe are all college friends, if not even older friends than that?) is very weird. Really underrated movie and yeah ground zero for a lot of great actors. Shea Whigham is so young in it! Failed Imagineer posted:Michael Shannons weirdest role like that is probably in The Night Before as the weed dealer but he absolutely nails it. I think that role might also be closest to his real life persona i like him as the evidence locker guy who gets pushed around by Nick Cage in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
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Jan 16, 2024 22:12
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edit: ah poo poo got the wrong guy who got pushed around by Nick Cage in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
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Gripweed posted:edit: ah poo poo got the wrong guy who got pushed around by Nick Cage in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans that’s fair, he pushes around a lot of people in that movie
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Michael Shannon wasn't particularly weird in Pottersville, but it's an extremely weird movie for him. It's the straight to VOD Christmas movie where he's a shopkeeper in a small town that's drying up and then he discovers his wife (Christina Hendricks) is having an affair with the local sheriff (Ron Pearlman), so he goes on a drunken rampage in a gillie suit that is mistaken for a Bigfoot sighting and brings in mad tourist bucks. There's also Ian McShane, Tom Lennon, Judy Greer, and a subplot about furries. It ends up being kind of a dull movie, which is maybe the most insane thing about it. edit also produced by Patty Hearst???
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Jan 16, 2024 22:54
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The thing I remember about that movie was thinking "wait, it's not a tie-in to It's A Wonderful Life?"
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The best part about Pottersville is when Michael Shannon walks in on Christina Hendricks hugging Ron Perlman in fursuits (it’s nothing sexual) and Michael Shannon says “what’s a furry?”
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I love Michael Shannon popping up in Groundhog Day and absolutely losing his poo poo over Wrestlemania tickets.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Michael Shannon walks in on Christina Hendricks hugging Ron Perlman in fursuits (it’s nothing sexual) I don’t believe you.
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Gripweed posted:I don’t believe you. It’s a repeated statement throughout the film that the furry thing isn’t sexual. Pottersville is a very weird movie.
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What ever happened to that Logan's Run remake?
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Really underrated movie and yeah ground zero for a lot of great actors. Shea Whigham is so young in it!
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Baron von Eevl posted:It ends up being kind of a dull movie, which is maybe the most insane thing about it. This is Pottersville in a nutshell. It's a completely insane mix of ingredients and renders them all into what is basically a knock off Hallmark film. It's fascinating. Like it has an entire thing about furries, but dulls them down into a weird club of people that wear animal costumes and like to hug in the woods. Nothing sexual. I wonder if it was ever intended to be a raunchier, wilder film or if it was always PG.
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Jackie Chan also kills a chicken in Fearless Hyena II. He’s gotta have the record for most famous actor to have actually killed birds on screen, right?
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Jan 17, 2024 02:10
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I do not understand how this movie is a sequel to Fearless Hyena.
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I'm willing to bet a lot of birds died in The Birds
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I wasn't really impressed with either of the Fearless Hyena movies. The fight where Chan was pretending to be mentally disabled in the first one was pretty fantastic, but it had a lot fewer highlights than Spiritual Kung Fu and nothing like the finale of Half a Loaf of Kung Fu.
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Gaius Marius posted:I'm willing to bet a lot of birds died in The Birds Maybe, but Tippi Hedron doesn't kill any of them and even if he does have a cameo in almost all his movies I'd hesitate to call Hitchcock an actor.
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Failed Imagineer posted:Isn't he the guy who spots the period stain on Jonah Hills pants? The actor who period stained him, Jen Kirkman, accidentally started #metoo. Fun ... ish fact
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The Peccadillo posted:The actor who period stained him, Jen Kirkman, accidentally started #metoo. Fun ... ish fact That’s Carla gallo. I don’t think Jen kirkman is in Superbad
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Jan 17, 2024 06:04
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I'd believe Michael Shannon is 67 years old if you told me.
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DeimosRising posted:That’s Carla gallo. I don’t think Jen kirkman is in Superbad Yeh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3S0h3yzueE
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Bright Bart posted:I'd believe Michael Shannon is 67 years old if you told me. Bug is one of my favourite movies. Him and Ashley Judd in a hotel room goin' nuts
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