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Alhazred posted:But they have tried everything else too. By that logic they should try custard cream pies because everything else have failed. Lactose intolerance. The noisy killer.
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Dacascos also has him dead to rights in JW3, but John manages to get a hand on the Continental steps at the last moment. Which shouldn't have even mattered(he was excommunicado) if not for the fact that he was good friends with the concierge. He also would've been dead towards the end of JW3 if the two head goons didn't respect him based on reputation, they basically just wanted to have a fight but didn't really want him dead. He would've been dead yet again if one of the Bowery guys hadn't scooped him off the pavement and brought him underground. A core part of the John Wick character is that he actually has a lot of friends and depends on them to survive. Not only that but he seems to have made a lot of these friends because of his choice not to kill, like in the case of the Bowery King or the bodyguard played by Kevin Nash. So he's the most prolific assassin ever in part because of who he doesn't kill, not just who he does kill.
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May 22, 2023 20:12
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Basebf555 posted:One thing with John Wick that maybe makes that slightly better is that all of the professionals wear those bullet proof suits. So the guys going after Wick probably have extra reason to try to get up close and personal for a perfect point blank shot, they would know that just shooting him a few times in the torso isn't gonna do anything. That's also why he goes for headshots 99% of the time. When he assembled the pistol in JW2 he domed the guy at the door, then stabbed a lot of the other guys in the head. I thought it was kinda odd at first but then I remembered the bullet proof clothing. Not only do headshots end the fight quick, it's sometimes the only real vulnerable part that's an instakill. He has shot people in the legs before though, and then ran up to headshot then. Dude is very thorough if anything else.
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May 23, 2023 07:04
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800peepee51doodoo posted:In the first John Wick, he murders a thousand guys because of a dog. Yes, we all love dogs, they are the best but come on. The dog given to him by his late wife which was his last connection to her. The person he had given up his life of violence for and who had made him a better person and who he was still grieving for.
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May 23, 2023 07:58
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:That's also why he goes for headshots 99% of the time. When he assembled the pistol in JW2 he domed the guy at the door, then stabbed a lot of the other guys in the head. I thought it was kinda odd at first but then I remembered the bullet proof clothing. Not only do headshots end the fight quick, it's sometimes the only real vulnerable part that's an instakill. He has shot people in the legs before though, and then ran up to headshot then. Dude is very thorough if anything else. That one guy hiding behind a pillar that he shoots in the foot in the first movie is a pretty fun bit.
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May 23, 2023 07:59
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Fil5000 posted:That one guy hiding behind a pillar that he shoots in the foot in the first movie is a pretty fun bit. The same sequence has him empty half a clip into the head of a big bearded dude. John likes to make sure.
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May 23, 2023 08:19
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Fil5000 posted:That one guy hiding behind a pillar that he shoots in the foot in the first movie is a pretty fun bit. Yeah I love that one
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Megillah Gorilla posted:The dog given to him by his late wife which was his last connection to her. Honestly that character wise makes a lot of sense. Still think it would of been a better movie considering it's tone -probably more considering the tone of the later films as well- if there hadn't been a wife and no he just really loved that dog.
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May 23, 2023 09:36
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Grendels Dad posted:The same sequence has him empty half a clip into the head of a big bearded dude. John likes to make sure. The big beardy dude shows up in the final sequence of The Equalizer too, where Denzel murders him with a shard of mirror but he lasts a bit longer than he does in JW.
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May 23, 2023 09:59
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Yeah Tait Fletcher, he was suddenly a goon who gets killed in a whole bunch of big movies. The Accountant as well
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:That's also why he goes for headshots 99% of the time. When he assembled the pistol in JW2 he domed the guy at the door, then stabbed a lot of the other guys in the head. I thought it was kinda odd at first but then I remembered the bullet proof clothing. Not only do headshots end the fight quick, it's sometimes the only real vulnerable part that's an instakill. He has shot people in the legs before though, and then ran up to headshot then. Dude is very thorough if anything else. My girlfriend's iimm is people who don't make sure the person they're trying to kill is actually dead, so she's a huge fan of John Wick. In Pacific Rim there's a scene where a Jager appears to kill a monster and then goes to walk past its prone body, at which point my gf said "for gently caress's sake make sure it's dead before walking past it", and then it did, capping the monster right in the dome, and she literally stood up and cheered.
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May 23, 2023 10:48
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Breetai posted:My girlfriend's iimm is people who don't make sure the person they're trying to kill is actually dead, so she's a huge fan of John Wick. Also fits too because the Kaiju are established as both being incredibly hard to kill and having all kinds of nasty surprises. Like the one that's pregnant.
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May 23, 2023 10:55
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Not to mention that rear end in a top hat one that stole Ron perlman's shoe.
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Breetai posted:My girlfriend's iimm is people who don't make sure the person they're trying to kill is actually dead, so she's a huge fan of John Wick. Movies love to tell us that being shot is pretty chill if you have a bridge to fall off. The nice refreshing plunge into a river heals people right up.
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May 23, 2023 12:55
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nesamdoom posted:Movies love to tell us that being shot is pretty chill if you have a bridge to fall off. The nice refreshing plunge into a river heals people right up. Like in the Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge! e: well, I guess he wasn't shot per se
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Breetai posted:My girlfriend's iimm is people who don't make sure the person they're trying to kill is actually dead, so she's a huge fan of John Wick. Barry had a scene where Sally is being strangled and at the point where it looks like she gives up, she stabs a guy through the neck out of nowhere. While he's shocked and still standing she goes and beats him to death with a bat. The whole series of events was pretty unexpected and quite gruesome, though not the first time they've depicted some very unpleasant violence despite the show being pretty comedic 
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Carthag Tuek posted:Yeah Tait Fletcher, he was suddenly a goon who gets killed in a whole bunch of big movies. The Accountant as well He actually gets to act a little bit in The Accountant because he has a scene with Affleck where he plays like that dawning realization of "oh poo poo wait a minute, this guy might be out of my league".
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Basebf555 posted:Dacascos also has him dead to rights in JW3, but John manages to get a hand on the Continental steps at the last moment. He got home and yelled 'Home base!!' so the fighting had to stop
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May 23, 2023 20:24
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God do I love Noho Hank. I gotta watch this new season.
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Marcade posted:Lactose intolerance. The noisy killer. Misfits used lactose intolerance as a plot device in the dumbest (best) possible way imo
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It’s in lots of movies but I noticed in John Wick 2 when he’s down in the subway station fighting Cassian after taking care of other assassins, the station is relatively clean and not covered in piss and feces as all subway stations are. It’s a Common mistake.
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oldpainless posted:It’s in lots of movies but I noticed in John Wick 2 when he’s down in the subway station fighting Cassian after taking care of other assassins, the station is relatively clean and not covered in piss and feces as all subway stations are. It's Assassin City, pissing in public probably gets you excommunicado.
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May 24, 2023 03:49
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oldpainless posted:It’s in lots of movies but I noticed in John Wick 2 when he’s down in the subway station fighting Cassian after taking care of other assassins, the station is relatively clean and not covered in piss and feces as all subway stations are. More like old get your head right and get up on this conscious dick less
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Cool Kids Club Soda posted:More like old get your head right and get up on this conscious dick less  fuckin' lol
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oldpainless posted:It’s in lots of movies but I noticed in John Wick 2 when he’s down in the subway station fighting Cassian after taking care of other assassins, the station is relatively clean and not covered in piss and feces as all subway stations are. That’s the fairly new WTC station so it really is that white and clean. Give it another decade.
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The Mummy (the good one): When the gang discovers Imhotep's corpse, Evie explains that scarabs eat bodies slowly over a long period of time, thus prolonging his suffering, allowing him to scratch at the inside of the sarcophagus, and such. However, every other time more than one of them are on screen - including when they're poured over Imhotep's body in the intro! - they're shown devouring the unfortunate victim in like three seconds flat. The movie overall is still a really fun watch, but that did jump out to me.
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Zero_Grade posted:The Mummy (the good one): When the gang discovers Imhotep's corpse, Evie explains that scarabs eat bodies slowly over a long period of time, thus prolonging his suffering, allowing him to scratch at the inside of the sarcophagus, and such. However, every other time more than one of them are on screen - including when they're poured over Imhotep's body in the intro! - they're shown devouring the unfortunate victim in like three seconds flat. It was a specific and deeply feared punishment they did to him right? I think the implication was there was something special with the shroud they wrapped him in and the lock they put on the coffin that meant he was basically stuck in the being devoured state rather than actually dying. It's a magic punishment basically. Now, I do always find it irrationally irritating when a "punishment" keeps someone alive and in such a state where if they do get out, they will be an unstoppable, immortal, killing machine. Seems like an error, just make it so if the seal is ever broken, they get killed even harder.
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The scarabs that slowly ate Imotep were real bugs, the scarabs that show up during the events of the movie are Imotep's Evil Magic Bugs.
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thebardyspoon posted:Now, I do always find it irrationally irritating when a "punishment" keeps someone alive and in such a state where if they do get out, they will be an unstoppable, immortal, killing machine. Seems like an error, just make it so if the seal is ever broken, they get killed even harder. I rather like that, it's very cosmic horror. Everything about the situation is hosed up, so we are going to invoke unknowable awful poo poo and if things go wrong, they go wrong HARD to reflect that the situation is hosed up.
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Goontube recently had the Mummy Trilogy on. the 3rd movie is actually pretty okay and fine. my tiniest IIMM is i hate the token romance adult Alex has with his 5000 yearold girlfriend. I just hate the concept of a mayfly December romance.
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The first Mummy was just so much fun. Everyone knew the kind of movie they were making and knew exactly what to do. I watched it again recently and realized it still puts a big stupid grin on my face the entire time.
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nesamdoom posted:Movies love to tell us that being shot is pretty chill if you have a bridge to fall off. The nice refreshing plunge into a river heals people right up. I'm thinking of Skyfall, where Bond gets shot through the torso (which alone would be enough to kill you) then falls like two hundred feet from a bridge (which alone would be enough to kill you) then goes over a waterfall (which alone would be enough to kill you) then sinks completely unresponsive (which alone would be enough to kill you). And in his very next scene he's fine and they never even try to explain it.
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HEY RICK! LOOKS LIKE IM GOT ALL THE HORSES! Hey Benny! It looks like you're on the wrong side of the river! such a fun exchange.
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Pope Corky the IX posted:The first Mummy was just so much fun. Everyone knew the kind of movie they were making and knew exactly what to do. I watched it again recently and realized it still puts a big stupid grin on my face the entire time. Brenden Fraser was such a charming actor
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Stonehouse Beach posted:I'm thinking of Skyfall, where Bond gets shot through the torso (which alone would be enough to kill you) then falls like two hundred feet from a bridge (which alone would be enough to kill you) then goes over a waterfall (which alone would be enough to kill you) then sinks completely unresponsive (which alone would be enough to kill you). And in his very next scene he's fine and they never even try to explain it. So mortal injuries work like basic maths, when you do the equation all the moral injuries here actually just cancel each other out. They obviously did their homework on this one. This is why surgery works, if someones about to die of some organ or other being garbage or what not, you just stab the patient a lot with a scalpel for an hour or two. Trust me I'm a doctor, most modern medicine works on this principle. and yeah Benny's great. On paper he seems like he should be hugely annoying, but O'conner plays he just so well. Big fan of Sommers earlier film, Deep rising as well. Not as good but found it to be a greaty trashy horror film, but it seems pretty forgotten now days.
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After 4 movies the most unbelievable thing is that anyone hosed with a stranger in the first place. A third of the population is part of the secret assassins club. You don't mess with a guy with a cool car because of course he is connected.
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Pope Corky the IX posted:The first Mummy was just so much fun. Everyone knew the kind of movie they were making and knew exactly what to do. I watched it again recently and realized it still puts a big stupid grin on my face the entire time. Pretty much this. You watch something like The mummy and it looks like every single person there is having a great time doing what they're doing. I remember an interview where the guy that played Imhotep said he was waiting for the scene where you see his lover in all gold, and instead Brandon Fraser was there in her costume and covered in gold paint.
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dr_rat posted:Big fan of Sommers earlier film, Deep rising as well. Not as good but found it to be a greaty trashy horror film, but it seems pretty forgotten now days. I remember that film! Half Digested Billy will occasionally give me nightmares to this day. Also, the ending of "NOW WHAT!!?!?" was perfect.
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CaptainCrunch posted:the ending of "NOW WHAT!!?!?" was perfect. You're thinking of Finding Nemo.
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Improbable Lobster posted:Brenden Fraser was such a charming actor Is such a charming actor.
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