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Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWQN8mEEexI

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Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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Milo and POTUS posted:

who the gently caress is that in his hand

It's Shatner using the Trek font to insult the boys.

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Mar 4, 2013

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xji_h2WDL6E

Watch for the great behind the scenes footage on set during the Muppets documentary, stay to get flashbanged by 1992 ABC commercials with Jay Mohr and Bill Cosby.

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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Today I was reminded of the time Matthew McConaughey fought a dragon with a battle axe.

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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Matthew McConaughey is so good in it. Van Zan is the best part of the movie entirely because he's played so utterly straight that you actually start to believe in him despite how insane he is.

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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The dragon fucks, cannibalizes smaller dragons and they can apparently subsist on eating ash when there aren't other dragons around to eat.

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Mar 4, 2013

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Charles Ford posted:

Also I saw Reign of Fire once, during its run in the cinema and absolutely hated it, though I have no recollection why. I do recall a bit about dragons spitting nitro-napalm though, implying napalm was a dragon invention. I don't remember Matthew McConaughey (or Alexander Siddig?) even being in it, only Christian Bale.

McConaughey shaved his head for the movie so he doesn't look like his usual self. I think Siddig was a radio operator or something, it was a bit part.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6ZyFfCYm_8

Apparently it's on Disney Plus so I think I'll watch it today to see how well my recollection holds up apart from psycho man with axe vs Dragon. Honestly even when I was young I mainly thought the movie was decent but not great. Nowadays though there's such a lack of good films that even an average movie from 20 years ago looks like a masterpiece by comparison.

Arc Hammer fucked around with this message at 16:04 on Jan 3, 2024

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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So yeah, on the rewatch Reign of Fire still sits in that "good but not great" category of movies. The CGI for the dragons actually holds up really well and the sets for the castle and the ruins of London are great. Almost everyone is putting in good performances though it really is a showdown between Christian Bale and Matthew McConaughey to see who can play the man closest to having a nervous breakdown. But it does feel like two thirds of one film with a second much sillier film bolted on for the third act. The first two thirds of the film are incredibly grim before getting downright depressing. Then the third act where they go to London happens and Quinn and Van Zan are making action movie quips, there's jokes about Van Zan's bourbon flask being full of water, the amazing scene with the battle axe vs dragons and it ends with the most 2000s as gently caress buttrock credits music.

Also got some major whiplash seeing Doug Cockle in the movie and hearing hints of his Witcher voice.

I feel like this would be a good movie to do a double feature with the film Doomsday. Just get some B movie shenanigans across Britain with a mix of apocalypse and medieval styles.

Arc Hammer fucked around with this message at 21:08 on Jan 3, 2024

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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Lol I learned today that the stupid looking Mickey's Mousetrap horror movie was filmed in Ottawa at Funhaven.

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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The ball scratching chair in Casino Royale.

Robert Duval's automatic wanking chair in THX 1138

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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priznat posted:

Same but Deep Throat

I heard you, Hotshot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn2T4gi5x3k

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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priznat posted:

Bernethal has two settings: simmering rage and explosive rage so as long as a part is constrained to that you’re good!

Is that why he spends all of The Bear being dead?

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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Well I just got back from the Canadian premiere of Tommy Weisau's new film Big Shark, and Greg Sestero was there to introduce the movie and do a bit of Q&A.

It's not as earnestly funny as The Room because Tommy was certainly leaning into this one being a comedy. But at the same time he's still an insane alien disguised as a Polish expat living in America and that shines through in several spots. The best character was his cowboy buddy Tim. That actor was clearly having a blast.

It was like watching a trio of alcoholics battle a big Shark that only killed people on land. You have Tim the functional alcoholic who gets increasingly deranged as the movie goes on, Georgie the depressed alcoholic who can't hold his liquor, and Tommy playing a psychopath who has manic mood swings between attempts to get his coworkers killed.

Definitely worth watching with a few beers and friends but it can't quite capture the magic of The Room.

Greg seemed like a really nice guy.

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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Possibly.

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Mar 4, 2013

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Cubone posted:

he's from new orleans :mad:

Greg mentioned that while filming Big Shark in New Orleans Tommy took him to the street where he grew up and it was an empty lot with no sign anything had ever been there. So I interpret that to mean it was the spot where he fell from the sky like Mr Bean.

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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When Ed Neumeier is writing it's better than when he's directing. He and Phil Tippett did their best with Starship Troopers 2 but there was no saving that movie from being a lovely Aliens knockoff.

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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sure okay posted:

Everyone should submit to their basest urges

Wallow in the filth and then post about it

Describe in detail what the Hulk smells like

John Waters is that you?

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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Sheen Sheen posted:

Sorry guys but this is clearly the iconic Disney+ rear end



Maclunkey rear end.

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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I can confirm that you do not see Tommy's balls in Big Shark but he does have multiple pairs of gloves.

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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When did Will Poulter learn to act?

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Mar 4, 2013

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kalel posted:

really quick: is spielberg's AI worth seeing in a theatre or not. unsure if the lukewarm rating on letterboxd is a "controversial" 3 or a "boring" 3

It's an interesting watch as this weird hybrid between Kubrick madness and Spielberg schmaltz. The ending sucks but watching it turn on a dime from whimsical to creepy is something.

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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You were all warned:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDFzOjw0pFU

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1744765385616904564?t=uReG8UWT-S4uTGbzVFrJyw&s=19

loving kill me now.

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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If Kenobi was a 2 hour movie stretched into 6 hours of agony Mando movie will feel like a Season 4 hacked to pieces to make a film.

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Mar 4, 2013

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https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1744133333305508106?t=VzX4UThiMVd0AxJeOosn7A&s=19

No real reason to post this besides lol video game man who wants to make movies looms depressed at awards show.

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Mar 4, 2013

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Gutcruncher posted:

He’s like the anti-kojima. Where Kojima desperately wanted to make Hollywood movies and instead built unique videogames to carve out his own niche, Druckmann desperately wanted to make a Hollywood movie so he made a movie but with the most lame cookie cutter videogame stapled on. And nobody cares about him.

I mean the show is fine and I'd even say some parts of it are quite good, but between Druckmann believing his own hype and Craig Mazin gassing the show up as the most important thing to ever be filmed, it still suffers under the same umbrella of insecurity that hits every video game movie/show production that is desperate for the film industry's approval.

It also doesn't help that every time the show tries to do a 1:1 remake of a scene from the game it comes off worse in every regard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YutXfsbTrtA

Season 2 is going to have an uphill battle considering its subject matter and current events.

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Mar 4, 2013

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No Mods No Masters posted:

What is up with baby yoda in that concept art anyway. He's not looking too good

AI Art looks like poo poo, no wonder he doesn't look good.

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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Speaking of AI, ain't it great when the union stabs their members in the back after months of striking to keep their jobs protected?

https://twitter.com/sagaftranews/status/1744789298543829066?t=kEVuWos8nSyjFK8l0bsKmg&s=19

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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The Irish Unification of 2024 beckons.

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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Who the gently caress is Marvin Hamlisch

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Mar 4, 2013

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John Krasinski makes a new movie called IF about a girl who takes in imaginary friends who were abandoned by people who grew up.

So he's essentially remade Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends.

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBEgoaLZzXM

Waiting to see if there's more Master Cheeks in this one.

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Mar 4, 2013

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PostNouveau posted:

Are they still not on the loving Halo? When are they gonna get to the fireworks factory?

They have to blow up the Planet Reach fireworks factory first before they get the the galaxy destroying fireworks factory on the Ring.

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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Jose Oquendo posted:

Oh my god the new Auralnauts is loving amazing.

You can't just say that and not post the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9X_FmCbrIA

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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No Mods No Masters posted:

I wonder if it's worse than the time dave filoni tried to write a high stakes senate hearing full of political intrigue

Can't remember if he wrote the episode where Padmé's servant told her she didn't have running water at her apartment and Padmé went to the Senate to tell them all off for spending money on more clone troopers rather than providing working plumbing and all I could think was "bitch don't you pay her yourself?"

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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Mokelumne Trekka posted:

I inadvertently have a Disney+ trial, can't find ANYTHING good to watch

the fact that I don't care about animated films doesn't help, and I checked out of the MCU after Endgame (except GotG3 which was legit good imo) and Star War after RoS

Watch The Bear, Justified or What We Do In The Shadows

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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Dr. Thoss posted:

IT FRIDAY, FUCKERS

starting at 8 est on the discord
[b]1. Shogun's Ninja


Hey poo poo that's a young Hiroyuki Sanada. That one could be legit.

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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Hey who would have thought that streaming services operated at a loss and would result in layoffs?

As Disney pushes toward streaming profitability, Pixar to undergo layoffs in 2024

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Mar 4, 2013

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https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1745957620546986313?t=zIP6I1jKdsrno68y2lb2Iw&s=19

This is very reassuring they certainly have their priorities straight.

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Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

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WoodrowSkillson posted:

Andy Sidaris movies are the peak of softcore cinema

I read that as Amy Sedaris and I thought about her offhand comment about loving a hairy jawa in Star Wars.

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