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Danger 5 is a really funny show, and everyone should watch it.
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morestuff posted:The Robocop remake is something I wish was just like 10% better. There's a lot of interesting grist there, but it's a big lump dramatically. The Robocop remake made me truly appreciate how good of a screen play the original has. I'd say the opening scene was perfect, and once you get that title screen the movie falls off a huge cliff and can never climb back. I feel like there were a lot of interesting ideas that simply went nowhere. It wasn't even the changes made in the movie that bothered me those I understand it was the piss poor attempts at world building. Like I know the original movie wasn't subtle but I felt like every character in this movie had to explain as loudly as possible who they were and what they were doing. That fight with the ed 209's was awful too. Just a lot of wasted potential.
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Feb 24, 2015 04:28
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computer parts posted:Nope, the remake has a very clear message it's just not "Robocop is the savior of the city", it's "Robocop is the tool we need to make lots of money". That is not the message at all.
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Feb 26, 2015 05:23
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computer parts posted:That's definitely the message of the remake. I would say those are the ideas the characters in the films have but I wouldn't say those are the messages of the films.
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Feb 26, 2015 05:33
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The wrap around segment is god awful,and I feel like that's a good 70 percent of the movie. The magician one has a really interesting concept but near the end I was just wanting it to be over with. I thought the parallel universe one was awesome and hilarious and Bonestorm was easily my favorite. It's worth watching. I would personally just skip the first half.
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Mar 26, 2015 17:26
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F Stop Fitzgerald posted:They Came Together is peak David Wain. The poster is misleading, but if anyone liked Wet Hot American Summer or Stella, I can't imagine they wouldn't like this. When Paul Rudd visits his grandma I legit could not stop laughing.
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Apr 25, 2015 21:22
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That Works posted:Thinking about it, Close Encounters could be a pretty ideal flick for a remake. It's still really good but a lot of the stuff in it is pretty dated now. You could add in a whole new angle of terrorism / government abuse of authority to really punch up the ultimately positive parts of the storyline. Why the gently caress would you want to do that to Close Encounters? That sounds loving miserable.
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May 5, 2015 23:50
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That Works posted:Just more thinking that of the many films he did that one is pretty badly dated (along with ET) and while still being really good definitely suffers from lots of stuff being 70's / early 80's as hell.
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May 6, 2015 00:25
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I remember The Dirties being pretty good too.
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May 19, 2015 17:21
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fliptophead posted:I'm just watching The Den. Ice previously disregarded it because it looks like a crappy Saw derivative but it is actually kinda creepy and quite well done. It's about a lady who is doing a study on webcam sociology but takes a seriously bad turn and ends up being stalked by a serial killer/psycho who targets all her online associations. The entire thing is presented via her webcam and desktop and unfortunately my laptop was sitting right behind me and started making weird beeps during it so maybe I freaked out more than was appropriate but drat they nailed it! A good creepy psychological slasher. I thought The Den was merely ok. It had a couple decent little set pieces, but really not much beyond that. I actually did really like the very end though, it was a neat little twist on the voyeuristic nature of found footage movies. I wouldn't really recommend it unless you are bored on a Saturday afternoon though.
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May 31, 2015 00:33
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Is Parallels any good? I love multiverse stories, but I have no idea about the movie.
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Jun 13, 2015 19:54
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wa27 posted:I see Netflix recently added Plan B: True. Are there any other skateboarding videos on there or is this a new thing for them? It's the only one I can remember. I hope they start putting up more skate videos though. If we could get cheese and crackers and maybe some old ones like welcome to hell that would be cool.
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Jun 16, 2015 05:33
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Robocop was my first movie I truly remember loving, and I saw that when I was like 8. I was never able to get the image of the acid man exploding after getting hit by a van out of my head though.
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Jul 9, 2015 22:39
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I watched The Roketeer lately and I found it to be a boring by the numbers movie. It's not bad, but boy is it generic. The only thing I think saves it for people is that the design on the outfit is actually really cool.
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Jul 11, 2015 00:21
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I remember in high school there were ROTC kids who would recite the drill sergeant lines as if Full Metal Jacket was a comedy, and when I actually watched the movie I was just super confused why anyone would think those lines were like these hilarious lines. How can you watch Gomer blow his brains out, and think wow that looks like fun.
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Jul 30, 2015 20:23
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computer parts posted:Is the full version of Metropolis the "definitive" one or is it worth seeing the other one up too? Watch the full version because it actually has the scenes that were lost on all of the other releases of the movie. The older versions are all incomplete. Is the other one on there you are talking about the Giorgio Moroder edit? That one is worth watching, but you kind of have to take it as a novelty. He just took the movie and scored it with 80's pop songs. It's cool, but you should watch the complete version first.
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Jul 31, 2015 22:19
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It made me want Stella. I miss Stella so much.
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Aug 2, 2015 05:39
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:3 episodes in, Difficult People on Hulu is legit funny. It's just rapid fire jokes. I also give it credit for making these characters likeable. They could have turned into obnoxious so easily.
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Aug 13, 2015 06:53
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Everyone just skip Rocky horror and go to Phantom of the paradise. It's better in every way.
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Aug 13, 2015 18:27
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Franchescanado posted:Well, O'Brian didn't write Rocky Horror in the traditional sense. He was tired and pissed off from Jesus Christ Superstar and wanted to write his own music, so he would just write different songs for fun: "Hot Patootie", "Science Fiction/ Double Feature", "Timewarp" "There's A Light", and then came up with a zany framework that would let him explore his interests: B-movies, Rock and Roll, Transvestism, Sexuality, and then re-worked the songs to fit together, then wrote more songs to add to the themes/story. It's a crazy way of writing a musical, but Rocky Horror, from it's inception, has a very rocky (heh) history. Again, it adds to my appreciation for the movie, because nothing about it should have worked, and yet it still a (rough) gem and a huge labor of love. I think my real problem with Rocky Horror is that it is so front loaded. It is a blast for the first 40 minutes or so. The songs are good, it's dynamic and energetic. halfway through it just grinds to a halt and I find myself fast forwarding to get to the end.
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Aug 14, 2015 18:52
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Basebf555 posted:White God showed up on Netflix last night. Are you really just sitting around waiting for the ultimate family dog movie?
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Aug 28, 2015 14:55
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I always thought that Hulu should just be free, but it would have ad's. Then you could just pay for no ads. I don't understand paying for a service to get ads and paint them more to get rid of them.
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Sep 2, 2015 17:23
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precision posted:OH MY GOD NOT A 15 SECOND COMMERCIAL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW If you're paying an extra 4 bucks for their no commercial service, shouldn't that mean no comercials at all?
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Sep 3, 2015 16:10
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morestuff posted:I just checked, White Dog isn't on there. Been meaning to see it. It might be on Hulu, because it is a criterion.
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Sep 12, 2015 00:58
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I personally think VHS is better as a whole VHS 2 is generally solid with one great short, and VHS viral had a couple good shorts with an awful incomprehensible wrap around.
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Oct 8, 2015 09:36
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I started watching The Flash and while it can be a little corny it is actually a pretty decent show. It's way better than Arrow. I'm glad it isn't so broody. Arrow seems like it takes itself way too seriously.
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Oct 9, 2015 20:21
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Dr Monkeysee posted:Butts are great. Being upset the movie tricked you into thinking you got to ogle a particular person's butt but it was actually a different person's butt has a gross sense of entitlement about it. He didn't actually seem all that upset.
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Nov 12, 2015 20:43
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I'm watching the first episode of Jessica Jones right now, and I don't know if it's just first episode hiccups or something but man it feels like it's trying way too hard. It's like a 13 year old wrote a script about what they think noir is. "She walks into a room with drink in hand she smashes the bottle and makes a really cool quip about how she hates her life. She is tortured but may also be good. She drinks 4 more bottles of an awesome alcoholic drink and she just doesn't get drunk!!!"
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Nov 20, 2015 18:35
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:it's not even close to that bad, but the voiceover narration is a little much and personally i don't like how it seems like they're sidelining the private eye stuff in favor of going straight into the Purple Man story arc, At least True Detective season 2 has that hilarious line of Colin feral not liking to smoke e cigs because it makes him think he is sucking robot dicks. Jessica Jones is seriously every script my friends wrote in high school after watching the Maltese Falcon.
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Nov 20, 2015 18:39
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:if that works for you i guess I didn't say it was a good line
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Nov 20, 2015 18:42
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alansmithee posted:I honestly don't understand the complaints. So far Jessica Jones is better than Daredevil to me, and I really liked Daredevil. Alias was never some generic story about a private detective, so for this series to be like that would be kinda dumb. They're just doing the origin stuff first, rather than the random stuff that started off Alias. It just seems so on the nose. Every scene she's drinking cheap alcohol and the characters always have to mention she drinks cheap alcohol, then she shows how tortured she is. Then she makes a clever quip. It seems like babies first screenplay.
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Nov 21, 2015 03:33
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alansmithee posted:I don't mind the narration, but the cop dude is pretty horrible. That's something I agree fully with, and although I've not quite finished it he seems kinda superfluous. I did like Daredevil but I feel like they went about the tortured aspects in a less self serious cliche way. Not to say there were no cliches, but I feel like it was handled better and the acting was better.
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Nov 21, 2015 04:48
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moller posted:Everyone always forgets The Phantom of the Paradise. I've said it before but phantom of the paradise is so much better than rocky horror.
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Nov 21, 2015 16:04
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Yeah but those people would be wrong and I'd be right Yeah isn't the whole appeal of tv that you can take time to explore characters and events you wouldn't be able to explore in a film?
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Dec 5, 2015 22:43
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Has any one watched Love yet? I'm three episodes in and I really like it. I feel like they really did a good job with Paul rust's character. He is a goober, but he isn't totally hopeless.
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Feb 22, 2016 23:20
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Slandible posted:I like it, though it is very Apatow-ish in that everyone's life is poo poo. I'm totally fine with that.
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Feb 22, 2016 23:43
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Franchescanado posted:I watched the first two episodes and I like it. It sticks with the Apatow style, and some of the character arcs are more favorable towards guys (Rusty gets offered a three way, but Gilly gets hosed by a coke head. Um?). Yeah but the coke head was kyle kinane so gilly is the real winner there.
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Feb 22, 2016 23:54
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I love big adventure but that movie is really front loaded and I would say kind of loses steam halfway through. However it has one of my favorite gags of all time. "I remember...the Alamo" "Yeehaw!!"
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Mar 27, 2016 09:49
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coyo7e posted:I dunno, I think the phone booth scene was probably the best in the movie, if I'm recalling the right peewee film. Yeah that's a great scene too.
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LogisticEarth posted:On a whim, I watched Entertainment over the weekend, and it was...something. In a good way. Greg Turkington portraying himself on tour as Neil Hamburger (a character I hadn't seen in like 10 years) trudging through a surreal Lynchian odyssey. I've seen some reviews describe it as an "anti-comedy" and it's pretty apt. Certainly are funny parts, and a sprinkling of actual Neil Hamburger standup, but that's not the core of the film. Is it on Netflix? I've really been wanting to see this.
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