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I was just watching an episode of Elementary, where one of the detectives is attacked in a drive-by shooting while driving. The scene clearly shows a fully-automatic weapon being unloaded at his car, but when examining the car, the highly-experienced detective Gregson states that it was done with a semi-automatic MP5. Sherlock then confidently says that the gun was fired in 3-round bursts, and that it had a "rifled barrel, as opposed to a smooth bore". Apparently, this means the assailant had access to "high-level weapon augmentation"  I'm not even into guns, and the ridiculousness of that scene was glaringly obvious to me.
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I know  But Johnny Lee Miller is so lovable as Sherlock Holmes, I can't stop watching it. His naive/autist portrayal is a nice counterpoint to Benedict Cumberbatch's misanthrope.
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May 11, 2014 11:55
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The plot abides, man.
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May 27, 2014 08:45
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Coffee And Pie posted:Die Hard is one of my favorite movies ever, but it bugs me every time they show the scene where they call Stockholm syndrome "Helsinki syndrome." It could have been intentional, to point out that the so-called "terrorism expert" wasn't very good at it. Or it could be an error. It's an 80s action movie, after all.
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Jun 20, 2014 16:44
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Darth Freddy posted:Edit. No show will ever beats Heros for car advertisements. The Nissan Versa! I still shout out "Nissan Versa!" when ever I see one drive by. Burn Notice (Hyundai Genesis Coupe), White Collar (FORD FORD FORD!), Warehouse 13 (Smart, all kinds of Toyotas) and Fringe (Nissan Leaf, IIRC) were pretty blatant about it too, just off the top of my head. To the point of having entire scenes just to point out nifty gadgets or amazing fuel mileage. They were so goddamn grating.
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Jul 1, 2014 09:51
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Luigi's Discount Porn Bin posted:Also, vanilla CSI and the Chevy Tahoe. It was usually incidental in conversation ("I saw your Tahoe parked outside, what are you doing here?"), but sometimes it'd be something like "well, local cops found the victim's car by the side of the road. Could have tracked it down earlier, but she didn't have OnStar." Sleepy Hollow did the OnStar thing as well, but at least they played it off sort of plot-related, as the main character is a revolutionary war-era transplant into the modern age, so he's suitably surprised by modern technology and that helpful lady hiding in the motor-carriage.
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Jul 2, 2014 11:50
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Taeke posted:This isn't a movie thing but more of an actor thing. I've been rewatching The Wire, and while it's even better than I remember (mostly because I'm older and more educated now, so I catch a lot of things I missed when I watched it the first time) I noticed one thing that bugs me: Lance Reddick's walk. It's not just The Wire, I noticed this in Fringe as well, but he's got a weird walk somewhere between a robot and a I don't know, a bodybuilder or something? He injured his back some years ago, which actually started him on the acting path. quote:I was working three jobs and I always worked on adrenaline and I also was working out every day. One night I came off a double shift of waiting tables and I had to go straight to a double shift of delivering newspapers. I used to deliver big huge bundles of the Wall Street Journal to the financial district in downtown Boston. I had just turned 27 and I was used to feeling like I could do anything. I went to lift a bundle of papers toward the end of the night and I'd been up for about 24 hours. I felt something in my back and I kind of ignored it. Each day I felt it a little more but ignored it. About a month later I went to get out of bed and couldn't. That was the beginning of me thinking, "I need to reevaluate my approach," and that was the beginning of how I started acting.
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Jul 6, 2014 17:57
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mobby_6kl posted:
So he's not a hero, it's almost like he's some kind of... anti-hero? 
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Aug 13, 2014 07:51
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syscall girl posted:I've got "Pazuzu" from Exorcist. Captain Howdy 
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Aug 15, 2014 07:14
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Aggressive pricing posted:The Hunt for Red October. You've never heard of Communisht Shcotland?
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Aug 20, 2014 12:41
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Krypt-OOO-Nite!! posted:I was amazed at how much I liked Giel with the Dragon Tattoo and though maybe the sequels will be as good, nope. Watch the Swedish-language films instead. They're so much more true to the Scandinavian state of mind.
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Aug 24, 2014 08:47
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Sentient Data posted:Not sure of the technical name, but it's due to the object being on an animation cel layer rather than a background layer. If you haven't seen traditional animation stuff before, each frame is composed of the individual components painted on transparent cellulite; the parts that move do so on their own sheet, then each scene is made of the different animation layers literally stacked on top of the background(s). Backgrounds were also usually done in watercolor, which gives the extra level of difference between the background and animation. It's also worth noting that the layers of cels weren't 100% perfect, so the plastic could actually cause issues with the color on lower levels looking different or literal shadows to show up on background layers from those in the front Adam Savage used to work as a color mixer for an animation studio, he talked about it in one of the Tested podcasts. Basically, since you're layering animation cels on top of each other to have multiple moving objects/characters in a scene, you run into problems with the celluloid blocking a small amount of light from coming through. This causes the colors on the rearmost cels to show up darker than they should have. The fix for this was to mix colors so you had multiple lighter and darker versions of the same color, and then use the lighter colors for cels that were meant to go behind other cells. So for instance, you would have a cell of Baloo running, and then multiple versions of that cel in lighter and darker colors, depending on which scene you needed it for. Traditional animation is amazingly complex to get right.
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Sep 1, 2014 11:44
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LeJackal posted:If you want to see something really impressive, get your hands on a copy of Rock & Rule which is...well its a complicated and somewhat tragic story. The important thing is that you could consider it the magnus opus of traditional cel animation, pushing the boundaries of what could be done with physical photography and art. Some of their special effects shots had over thirty layers of cels being lit and manipulated! Its basically insane. Awesome, thanks for the tip 
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Sep 1, 2014 16:02
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DeathFromAbove1988 posted:If you'd like to see a fight between two Big Guys done right... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blki-DISUis One of my absolute favorite scenes from one of my absolute favorite TV shows. I have to say that Al Swearengen was my favorite character, Ian McShane brought him to life with such conviction and depth that you just can't help but hate and love him. quote:Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama drat straight, and he really should have won all of them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RWE8gk6uhE But this is not the "totally awesome characters in awesome TV shows", this is the irritating poo poo thread. I'll echo the WTF of the whole maze thing in The Maze Runner, and add that I found the evil mustache-twirling overlord lady at the end to be unbearably campy and doing a massive exposition dump right at the end. What they're doing is practically something Dr. Evil could have come up with, it's that dumb. The rest of the movie was really pretty good, and I totally dig the whole "unexplained massive possibly ancient structure with an unknown purpose that we have to live in the shadow of" thing it's got going on, but the ending pretty much just shat all over it. It turn it into a milquetoast young adult version of Cube. KozmoNaut has a new favorite as of 19:01 on Oct 3, 2014 |
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Oct 3, 2014 18:56
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Your Gay Uncle posted:Speaking of Robocop why does every OCP conference room have a loaded .50 Desert Eagle in it? Because Detroit.
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Oct 5, 2014 15:30
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I just watched Dracula Untold, and holy poo poo Luke Evans is like the flattest, most 2-dimensional portrayal of Dracula ever. The concept is good, I like the idea of telling the story of Dracula as the ruthless killer turned benevolent ruler and the sacrifices he has to make to save his family and his people. But it all just falls a bit flat, unfortunately. Not even the presence of Charles Dance can save it from itself. However, I have to say that seeing Dracula just power-pwning the Turkish invaders and throwing them every which way like something out of Asterix was pretty hilarious.
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Oct 13, 2014 10:22
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Dr_Amazing posted:I still think it's weird to have a movie about Bane and ignore the whole venom thing. I get that super muscle juice is pretty out there, but it's not really any worse than fear gas. They could have spun it into a steroids kind of thing. Which wouldn't even be out of line with reality, considering Tom Hardy
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Oct 23, 2014 09:30
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mobby_6kl posted:I was just watching some Fringe on recommendation and it's really bad with this. At least Olivia is an actual agent and not a science nerd, but still she always charges in while geared SWAT guys follow her lead. Also her not-FBI sidekick is also always present and has free reign on the crime scenes. The best advice I can give you is to watch Fringe for John Noble's amazing performance as Walter Bishop and ignore everything else.
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Dec 5, 2014 22:18
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Kalos posted:The GoT opening is one of those things that wasn't designed with the idea that people would be watching it multiple times (possibly frequently). It's gorgeous, creative, the music rules, and I was sick of it halfway through the first season. I crank the gently caress out of it every time I watch an episode. It's just so good on a properly beefy system. I'm pretty sure my neighbors hate me by now.
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Jan 26, 2015 09:41
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Kurtofan posted:I want to see that movie now If nothing else, watch it for Alan Tudyk as Steve The Pirate  And Rip Torn as
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Mar 14, 2015 20:22
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Strom Cuzewon posted:The leader of the orks is named after Margaret Thatcher, and sections of space Marine doctrine are lifted straight from 1984. You're not exactly meant to take it seriously. Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka? That's hilarious. And yeah, WH40K is classic British set-in-a-shithole-universe sci-fi, just like Judge Dredd.
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Mar 16, 2015 11:54
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poptart_fairy posted:I figured that was the point, really. A lot of the "rituals" are just basic every day maintenance dressed up and made fancy. It's all a big technology cargo cult, adeptus mechanicus in particular. They repeat the manufacturing and maintenance processes in a religious ritualistic fashion, because they know the processes work, they just don't completely understand why.
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Mar 16, 2015 18:35
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Zaphod42 posted:All the forced perspective stuff is really loving amazing when you find out how they did it. That scene in LOTR where Frodo and Gandalf ride on the wagon, the wagon was actually this huge angled contraption so that Gandalf could sit next to the camera and Frodo could sit really far away and have them look like they were next to each other. Gandalf's robe covers up the part in the middle where the wagon splits and the second seat is waaaaaay back. They did what now?  Now I have to watch through all the LOTR behind-the-scenes stuff, because I had no idea.
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Mar 30, 2015 17:13
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That is seriously amazing stuff. It's such a shame that they just resorted to greenscreening everything in the Hobbit movies. E: Here's the full "Scale" feature from the BTS stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVzVpluvg9s The big rig stuff is hilariously wonky. KozmoNaut has a new favorite as of 17:38 on Mar 30, 2015 |
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Mar 30, 2015 17:26
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Grendels Dad posted:You can't rhyme 'head' with 'head" If Ozzy can rhyme "masses" with "masses", anything is possible
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Mar 31, 2015 14:32
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Bill Dungsroman posted:Breaking Bad's Hank owns, he was my favorite character.  I thought he would just be the token buffoon, but I ended up absolutely loving his character development. Dean Norris totally sells it.
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Apr 15, 2015 22:45
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Non Serviam posted:Adamantium Yes? 
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Apr 23, 2015 12:06
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Gargamel Gibson posted:I watched a bit of the second Thor movie. The weird pronunciations of various Norse words like Bifröst and Heimdallr bugged me a little bit. Sure, it's an American movie. Doesn't mean you can't say things correctly! In Danish, Bifrost is spelled with an O instead of an Ö (also, Americans don't know what the gently caress's up with ÆØÅÖÄ etc.), so saying "frost" is perfectly OK. But they really should learn the proper pronunciation of "bi", because they make it sound like it's a dual rainbow of some such nonsense.
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May 13, 2015 16:42
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Aphrodite posted:Technically in their continuity it's the Norse words that are mispronunciations of Asgardian words. Yeah, but we invented the drat mythology more than a thousand years ago, so they can just shut it Also, Thor isn't some tall, clean-shaven puppy-dog prettyboy. He's a stocky, fierce-eyed, red-haired, manly full-bearded man, filled with furious anger. 
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May 13, 2015 16:55
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flosofl posted:Well, Hardy is signed on to do FOUR more of these.  Holy poo poo. I love Tom Hardy as Max Rockatansky. He's a gruff no-nonsense motherfucker, but he's not a bad man. He's just rough 'round the edges, and he's seen some poo poo.
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May 17, 2015 17:40
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razorrozar posted:they could have given black widow her own movie but no we get loving antman I would watch the poo poo out of a Black Widow movie. At least we're getting more Mad Max 
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May 18, 2015 10:58
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Gorilla Salad posted:nine foot tall green woman wearing spandex. We'll you certainly have my attention, now 
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May 20, 2015 13:51
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Human Tornada posted:What's that now? The worst aspect of the teenage girl's rape was the man who had to watch it happen from across the room? I saw it as adding insult to injury. Sansa hates Theon, and Theon is haunted by the things he did to her family when he took Winterfell. So by making him watch, Ramsay's further asserting his dominance over both of them.
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May 21, 2015 06:51
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WickedHate posted:So, I watched the first two Mad Maxs' in preperation for Fury Road. Is it just me or is Lord Humongous' gang either just as sympathetic or more than the good guys? Did I miss an atrocity scene? Yeah they hung some of their enemies on their cars, but the way Max was treated by his "allies" until they suddenly had a use for him is at least equal to that and arguably worse. It's a post-apocalyptic wasteland where food, water and fuel are scarce. Everyone's a shitlord.
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May 21, 2015 07:48
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Away all Goats posted:How is he a dick? Also Cap can lift the hammer in the comics, and budges it a little in the movie. It's possible he ends up lifting it by Infinity War. I like the subtle difference in their speech bubble fonts.
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May 22, 2015 10:21
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Memento posted:Possibly bitter from the divorce. Because they were married, in real life. And then divorced. And then the producers/writers/whoever wanted to put an incest angle into the show. Yeah. Season 4 was the best, simply because of John Lithgow. The rest was meh.
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Jun 15, 2015 08:15
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Firstborn posted:E: There were hardly any cheesy "COMING AT CHA" shots. The only one I remember was the steering wheel as the close to the last action scene, which is easy to forgive. That was actually done with stop motion and physical props, and then overlaid on the crash footage, which I thought was really neat. No CGI apart from the compositing.
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Jun 16, 2015 15:12
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Bruce Campbell was the only reason I kept watching that show.
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Jun 17, 2015 09:11
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sassassin posted:He was bad in it and his character was poo poo, but nerds love Bruce Campbell and he's dined out on that his whole career. I hereby sentence you to watch every single episode of The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., followed by every episode of Jack of all Trades. Heathen.
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Also that magnificent chin.
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