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AICN & Twitch Present International Eye Candy: R246 STORY, ASHES OF TIME, SSD, BAJO LA SAL or BENEATH THE SALT, and more!!
International Eye Candy
August 6, 2008
Yes, boys and girls, it is once again Todd from Twitch here with a new edition of International Eye Candy. And what is the big news of the past two weeks? How about ONG BAK star Tony Jaa having a total meltdown. And how melty was he? How about going and hiding in a cave for two months when he should have been directing the end of ONG BAK 2? No? Not melty enough? How about coming home and crying on national TV? No? How about going to the local police station to complain that he’s being followed by a car full of guys in safari suits? This, my friends, is how you go about sabotaging your own career. But enough of that … on with the eye candy! Up this week, Brazilian zombies! Russian slashers! Mexican serial killers! Ultraman times eight! Japanese dream detectives! Alien rock-outs! And a cute, fuzzy bunny!
(I’m lying about the bunny but the rest of the stuff is in there.)
Let’s start with the alien rock and roll, shall we? The project is R246 STORY, a Japanese anthology project that I’ve been all over since it includes just the second ever directorial effort by Japanese mega star Tadanobu Asano, who you probably know from Takashi Miike’s ICHI THE KILLER. But it gets better. Asano’s bit is written by Shinji Aoyama – a brilliant director in his own right who deserves a much larger global following than he has – and in it must engage in a guitar duel with space aliens to reclaim the drum kit that is the source of his power. It goes without saying that the power is awesome.
Rock out Japanese-alien style here
And here’s a heart-warming slice of family life from the UK, where apparently kidnapping young women and stuffing them into suitcases is an integral part of saying how much you care. Because MUM AND DAD really do care. It’s just that they don’t care about very nice things. Nope, they’re kind of nasty. Okay, really nasty. Okay, pretty brutal. Just don’t tell them I said so.
Check the trailer and think how good your family looks by comparison
And now for something about as different as is humanly possible. Wong Kar Wai’s ASHES OF TIME has long been one of the Hong Kong director’s most sought after films, mostly because it’s never existed in any remotely presentable form. Not until now, anyway. WKW is a notorious reviser of his own work, constantly fiddling with the edits, so it didn’t come as a huge shock when he announced that he was re-editing his only martial arts film for a new release but, surprise or no, it was a pleasing announcement. And now the new version has come and with it a new trailer that already looks about a zillion times better than any of the currently available DVD editions of this thing.
Look at the pretty pictures here
You know, sometimes I like to make sure that the films in this column flow smoothly from one to the next, organizing things to follow patterns and trends and such. And sometimes I just like to write about movies featuring kids getting shot through the head with an arrow. Guess what kind of day today is?
The film is SSD, the aforementioned Russian slasher, and while it looks like a pretty stock teens-in-the-woods story it also looks pretty exceptionally well done. I’ve written about it in this column before but there’s a brand new full length trailer to check out now.
Duck and cover, people. Duck and cover.
And, once again, on to something completely different.
I’m biased as hell on this one, having brought GENIUS PARTY BEYOND to Toronto for its second-ever screening outside of Japan a couple months back, but this animated anthology is one of the most aptly titled films ever. It is, indeed, genius. Studio 4C have collected the best and brightest of the Japanese animation world and turned them loose to create whatever their hearts desire and the results are spectacular. My personal favorite is the closer – titled DIMENSION BOMB – but there aint a dud to be found. The new trailer shows them all off to great effect.
Blow your mind here.
Though the rise of Mexican film hasn’t hit quite as hard as people expected with the arrival of Gael Garcia Bernal, Alejandro Innaritu and Guillermo Del Toro the wave continues to rise and the latest to catch the eye is upcoming serial killer thriller BAJO LA SAL or BENEATH THE SALT. You guessed it … preserved corpses turn up in a salt mine and the early buzz is already comparing it to SE7EN. Really impressive on the tech end and the cast is dead solid.
You can get digging here.
So … BEYOND THE GRAVE … serial killer movie set in a post apocalyptic world over run by zombies, or a zombie film that also happens to feature a serial killer? Your call. It’s fresh from Brazil, where a major genre boom is just gearing up, and while the budget limitations are evident the creature effects are great and the design of the world – lifted straight from the pages of 1950s, primary colored comic books – is a blast.
Have a splattery time here
I kind of doubt that there’s a whole lot of actual history in new Korean historical epic THE DIVINE WEAPON but there are a shitload of exploding arrows. And I like exploding arrows. The story? Chinese army of the threshold, superior weaponry needed to hold off the superior numbers, blah blah blah. Good cast, great production design, exploding arrows. That’s what you really need to know.
Blow stuff up here
Not quite sure how this one snuck up on me but Spanish maverick director Alex de la Iglesia – he of ACCIONE MUTANTE and DAY OF THE BEAST fame – has been working away in Spain on a new scifi sitcom due to start airing in September. Titled PLUTON VERBENERO there’s no trailer yet but there is an extensive behind the scenes reel that shows of his sets and design work and it’s looking like pretty vintage stuff.
Check it out here
Quick! Name the last truly great possession film! Personally, I’m pretty hard pressed to come up with one newer than THE EXORCIST. But that may be about to change with the imminent arrival of DOROTHY MILLS. The buzz on this one is building steadily and with a release in France just around the corner trailers and clips are starting to leak out so that we can see why. One trailer, four clips, to be precise, and this is creepy, unsettling stuff.
Lights down, volume up.
And we enter the home stretch with the latest by a true cult icon: TETSUO THE IRON MAN’s Shinya Tsukamoto. The new film is the second entry in his NIGHTMARE DETECTIVE franchise with Ryuhei Matsuda reprising his role as the reluctant – to the point of being suicidal – supernatural detective who can insert himself into people’s dreams. I’ve seen this one and while it’s more philosophical than the first it’s also really gooooooooood. But don’t take my word for it, there’s a brand new English subtitled trailer out there.
Enter your dreams here
How do you top a legend? By bringing EIGHT legends, baby! Get ready for rubber suited glory, it’s the trailer for the new ULTRAMAN movie which features not just ONE Ultraman but every distinct Ultraman from the run of the series, all eight of them with most (if not all) of the original cast brought back to don the suits. And why would you need eight Ultraman? Because you’ve got one seriously bad-assed man-in-suit rubber monster to battle, why else? This, friends, is how you do a legendary franchise right.
Say it with me: Man in suit! Man in suit!
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and Dorothy Mills is pretty damn good as I'e heard.
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Soon I can retire my dear old VHS version. Actually, from the reviews that came out of Cannes it sounds like this REDUX isn't that different after all. Just a few trims and some new music.
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and Beyond the Grave looks like it was made by a bunch of hobos who found an old camera in the garbage. Every movie looked pretty interesting to me though.
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is something wrong with the ST3/Rogue talkback? I have been trying to post on it earlier today and it hasn't worked, nor has anyone else posted. Is something just fucked up on my side or is everyone having that problem? Oh and if that TB is totaled for some reason, I vote we all move here and give the foreign films that little extra boost.
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...year work project I started seriously fantasizing about faking my own death and running away...I even browsed a couple of those books on how to use loopholes to create a second legal identity...I would have JUMPED at two months alone in a cave...
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Was blown away by "The Guardian/Protector," the first of his films I saw. I hope he hasn't lost his mind.
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About Tony Jaa, I dunno, I get the feeling he cracked under the pressure of directing Ong Bak 2 went away (like we all feel like doing at ceartain times) and now hes back, hes got some bad suits in control of him, lawers and agents and shit, filling his head with money and how hes been getting taken advantage of, which is probly bullshit.
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Yeah Man It's been that way since like 7 my time yesterday. I agree with you, these articles never get enough attention.
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NIGHTMARE DETECTIVE, the first one? I didn't like it at all, I just thought it was lame and other then the sounds the never scene monster mad, it was not creepy at all.
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yes please.
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sounded interesting but looked dissapointing sadly.
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Long after CGI is dead and buried, men in rubber suits will still be around, kicking rubber monster ass. Life is good.
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first waltz is with bert the bear
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Just so y'all know.
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FUCK. THAT.
Can we all agree not to turn the soon-to-be posted obit into a Scientology fuckfest? I'm all for bashing Hubbard worshippers, but only when they're alive. Please. -
Wonder if there will be a new South Park just for this... Darth Chef Memorial Show.
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Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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since the last five posts are basically concerning another article posted on AICN, I figured I should post something else about this article. So freakin excited to finally see Ashes of Time.
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The copy I had looked like dirt though. I'm excited to get this in a dvd format hopefully that has a nice clean print and maybe even a bluray release? The film is a great one, but it may have been too overpraised at this point to really hit the mark for many. It's well worth seeing though.
Around the same time, another film based off the same story was made, called Eagle Shooting Hero. It's worth seeing too, but so silly and ridiculous. Night and day difference from Ashes of Time.
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do I have to carry this thing to the top myself?
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anybody got a recommendation?
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Plenty of foreign stuff to discuss. I'll try to ease the transition on our other front.
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put Ultraman on hold, and put the Shaw Brothers Super Inframan at the top of the list. It's a mad, mad movie from the 70s involving an Ultraman-esque warrior, Inframan who battles the monstrous forces of Princess Dragon Mom, and does all this with a somewhat noticeable rip in the crotch of his designer costume(unintentional, not intentional..I think). Either way, its a fine piece of madness.
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Is it just me, or does it seem like the current state of horror is mainly in the hands of foreign directors. And when said directors come over here, they are commisioned to do some doofy remake or franchise, or their film is turned into a dull american clone.
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there's a very good reason for that trend. When you think of horror coming from America at the moment it just seems to be an endless stream of Torture Porn, whereas mexicans, spaniards etc are doing other things.
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Whatever happened to Marc Caro's Dante 01, and how do I go about seeing it?
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It had an ending that referenced Ultraman, and cheesy low-budget shows of it's ilk.
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OK, let's get this baby in the top TBs. And I've never been keen on horror movies save for the well made Stephen King stuff and campy Raimi and Romero movies, but the American horror movie industry is indeed dire. The Saw and Hostel stuff just isn't entertaining on any level.
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looks and sounds promising. Again, mexican/spanish filmmaking seems to really be heating up lately, particularly in these darker genre efforts. Anyone here see The Cold Hour? It's a nifty little sci-fi, horror film.
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hah! 6 - 3
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Lets just start at the beginning..Nosferatu. To this day, still a creepy, evocative movie that I think captures the nature and tragedy of the vampire existence better than any other film I've seen on the subject, save for perhaps Herzog's take on it.
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the TB hops right onto the top list
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Most American studio heads still see the slasher/torture flick as a money maker.
The movies like the ones above seem to be more hit and miss, as the casual filmgoer wants to see Hostel, not The Exorcist.
Studios will follow the money, which usually means milking a genre dry and then moving on.
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Has everyone seen this, the foreign version, not the english one?
If not, it's definitely worth a viewing. It's a strange, disturbing flick involving a man who has a fight with his girlfriend/wife and they are on a road trip. They stop at a rest stop and she disappears. At the same time, we are made privy to her abductor and his actions from almost the beginning. He is a family man who, after saving a child from drowning/or being hit or something, realizes he also has the capacity to do not only very brave things, bot something very terrible.
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I was getting the first post out of the way and BAM!
I was lookinf for you this weekend, but my internet provider decided to cut off North Mississippi for almost the entire weekend.
The good news is I got some yard work done.
We had temps in the high eighties, as comapred to heat index of 110 last Saturday.
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Aug 11, 2008 8:57:33 AM CDT
How did I miss the Ultraman and exploding arrows
by hawaiian organ donor
stuff earlier? Ultraman was a staple for me as a kid. It was rare that a Godzilla movie aired on the 7 or 8 TV stations we got in the late 70s, but Ultraman was on TBS everyday for a while there. That and Starblazers. I would run off the schoolbus and make a beeline to the TV to watch them. Best hour of TV ever as a kid.
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I've seen both and frankly don't bother with the American one. They gelded it. The same goes for Diabolique. Jarv's movie weekend was very strange, but here are my thoughts anyway: Sin City. I don;t know why I fet a need to watch this. But I honestly quite like it. Die Hard 4 (Thank you Lovefilm. Not only do I own this, but does it sound remotely like "Streets of Fire")- Always loses me with surfing the fighter jet. And Timothy Olyphant just doesn't strike me as a badass. When he screams "You don't know me and have no idea what I'm capable of", my first thought is always something snide about his designer black shirt. Princess Bride- epic Bound- hmm, well.... I still think it's the best Wachowski film. Child's Play 2- less said about that the better. It was a strange mix.
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When I was akid - it was the first live action Japanese show I ever saw. It came on right after Speed Racer. I was deliriously happy! I will definitely get the Ultar 8
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I would love to see that, as that makes the point that even the best do-gooders have to have an evil side.
Just as you can't have good without evil, good people sometimes do bad things just to realize how good they can be most of the time.
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Aug 11, 2008 9:03:51 AM CDT
The original version of Tha Vanishing creeped me out
by hawaiian organ donor
Saw it many years ago and late night cable I think. I still think the American version is one of the better remakes.
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Don't understand the hate for that one. Rutger Hauer, Bruce Willis, Clive Owen, Rosario Dawson, Carla Gugino and Mickey Roarke in one of his best roles ever. Gold I tells ya.
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Good morning people. What the fuck happened to this Clone Wars review? How long was it up?
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Doomsday becaise Pillow and Jarv talekd so much about it. It was ok. Some good killing, but ultimately it just seemed too much of a mess to really hold together. Before I heard about Issac Hayes, I had planned to watch EFNY - because that is an obvious influence on D-Day. So, I put that on, and watched it for first time in about ten years. It holds up well, but, and I know this is sacrilege, Snake Plissken is not a top 5 badass. I mean, he can take anyone one-on-one. But after two of three get on him, he folds. Ok, he had an arrow in his leg, but Tony Jass - at least prior to his meltdown, would have laughed that shit off. Still, Plissken gets the job done. How about ranking Kurts badassness? His movies, and his ranking among others screen badassess?
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I consider Rodriguez to be one of the worst directors of all time. The cast is good indeed but there is so much worthless crap as filler. Clive's entire storyline for example. What the fuck was up with Michael Clark Duncan? I can't stand Rodriguez's cheap as original score. Someone needs to tell this guy he is an even worse composer than he is a director of photography.
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You are slacking dude.
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of Vanishing because it completely annihilated the villain. He was played by Jeff Bridges as a dirty, stringy sneering lunatic, and not as the otherwise completely normal man who decides to attempt evil that was in the original. One of the creepiest parts was where he is playing with his children and getting them to scream, so he can see how far screams carry at his house, and whether neighbors would notice screams. Also, the ending was a complete destruction of the original's point, and the coffee joke at the film's end was almost offensively wrong-headed.
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I liked that shovel in the mouth bit...
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I read it last night - before it was taken down. This was a bizarre weekend. The locked TB. The mass bannings. The mass crying over the mass bannings. The flame wars. The Mods getting into it. Former writers ripping into AICN - ala mirajeff- which is still the gold standard of writers meltdown. Remember his his last line - were he promised to come back even 'stronger'? That was the worst of all - "Remember This writer is a fighter". I still get chills over that!
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What mods got into it? And how did Mirajeff return? As a Talk-backer?
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2LDK is something of a dark comedy/horror from Japan that involves two aspiring actresses who get an apartment together(the 2 bedroom, living room, dining room, kitchen of the title, or something like that) and over the course of a few days learn that they loathe each other, and as they destroy each other's lives, they come to a showdown one night that involves, sais, chainsaws, the porcelain back of the toilet seat, drills and using household equipment as a makeshift taser. It's both humorous and intense. I recommend it.
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it's got a sort of Mancini-esque tone to it. Kind of Reminds me of Peter Gunn. Doomsday is a mess, but what a mess! It's better with beer, but I do understand that most won't like it.
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I actually rather liked the film. I've only seen it once, but it's a good atmospheric and occasionally unsettling story that provides a darker riff on the themes of Dreamscape(incidentally one of my fave B movies). I'm looking forward to ND2. Anyone else see Nightmare Detective. That would be a good one to send HOD, if you have it.
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That's all Tarantino. You could see Death Proof was going to be an aborted foetus of a movie from his contribution to Sin City. I still love The first story the best, and that Cast is epic
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He had a meltdown awhile ago when he originally left....Toad said he was ripping into AICN recently. Where, I don't know.
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and it was not dissimilar to Uncapie's recent one. I don't get why AICN does "Scriptgirl". Is it a pointless attempt to get some tits into the site? Kind of like the midolgirl fiasco.
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Aug 11, 2008 9:24:55 AM CDT
I think Frank Miller is grotesquely overrated....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...and the Sin City source material isn't good to begin with. Its uninspired and cardboard cutout of what you would expect from that sort of story. Its okay....The Spirit will destroy Miller's career and I won't have to hear about that cunt anymore.
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Uncapie ripped into Harry, and Mori responded. I just read that this morning on the 'retard' TB. Jonah, Mirajeff lost if about two months ago. I forget the thread. He came back as a regular TB'er, and just ripped into Mori, who ripped right back. Then it got pathetic. Mira would not or could not stop blathering, and revealing himself to be a very, insecure child. It was humiliating, but funny as hell!
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What happened? Anyone know? I missed it for some reason and every time I ask....no one wants to give it up.
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I quite agree, that performance from Bridges in the Vanishing was one of the shittiest one note psycho performances I've ever seen. While not the worst remake ever, it certainly was not good.
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many of the foreign films, but I love takes on how the nicest people sometimes have a side to them that is a total opposite.
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are all those posts deleted now?
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another suggestion to all:
Onibaba. More of a supernatural drama, but it involves two female killers during samurai era who seduce traveling warriors, and then kill them to survive during wartime. Eventually, one of the women in jealousy dons the demon mask of a samurai they killed, and finds the mask cannot be removed. It's a great film. -
Later gents.
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Bruce was ok - but getting shot some many times and not dying? was the guy using a pellet gun?
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this is the order: Mirajeff got beat down by Dr. Boll- to the amusement of TB'ers everywhere. Mirajeff submits review of Postal stoned. AICN turns down review. Mirajeff doesn't submit anything else for 1 year. Mirajeff threatens ME with physical violence. Mirajeff loses black box for above sins. Mirajeff pitches up in next TB to bitch about AICN Mori slaps him downMirajeff screams, throws toys out of pram and generally behaves like the cunt we know he is.
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If you have netflix or anything comparable, put The Vanishing(only the foreign version) on your queue. It's an amazing film, and I think based on your comment above will be riveted by it.
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Jarv may be right, it could have been longer than two months ago. I think that is when I read it, but it a have been old evn then. But the posts are still around. Just have to search for them. And I do not remember the thread they were on.
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seriously, watch it. And then please explain the end to me- it's creepy as fuck but I totally lost what was happening by then.
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but Im going to make an uncharacteristic bet on the odds that Merrick is the next to meltdown.
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I put this TB on the top myself last night. It was on the bottom of the top, but it was still on that list on the side. Woot woot. Go Hustla, go Hustla.
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I did not know you were involved with the whole Mirajeff fiasco. Do you have the thread?
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the original one. I'm not sure if that counts as either a ghost story or a Horror film. More supernatural psychodrama.
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It'll be another contributor- Merrick's snide persona prohibits that. My money's on Herc.
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The first 2/3 was cool.....but then it had that embarrassingly bad scene with a parade of ghosts walking down the street. Thats the movie right? Fuck me were those effects horrible. They looked like ghost effect on Are You Afraid of the Dark?
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Remember that shit on the Indy TB? awwww fuck....I was actually giggling at work, biting my tongue not to laugh out loud when everyone attacked him on his kid's ADD. Hilarious.
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and I agree with you about the last 3rd of the eye- as soon as they went to Thailand it took a nosedive.
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What about Takashi Miike's Dead or alive? It's a crime drama through most of the film, but all of the sudden at the end guys are pulling bazookas out of nowhere and ripping their own arms off and throwing energy balls (ow whatever) at each other Dragonball style! And can anyone tell me the guy's name that throws the energy ball at the end? I think he's the host of all the kids in Battle Royale 2 as well. The guy has made some of the craziest faces at a camera ever in cinema history.
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So it's quite difficult to find him.
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on Nickelodeon. That show was fucking bad ass....and talk about deserving a DVD release!! Come on!!
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I've just found some of AnimalStructure's undeleted posts. Yuck.
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The original is no longer availble on Netflicks I think. I remember enjoying the re-make but I was like real young at the time. I do remember Bridges not being that scary, I thought Keifer should've been the bad guy, kind of funny they do the other roles much better. See Arlington Road or Blown Away for Bridges (Blown Away fucking great movie, Tommy Lee as a bad guy!) as the man trying to save his family. Watch anything else with Kiefer to see him play bad. Though Jeff should be a good bad guy, but for some reason he's not. If he really did suck in Vanishing, that should explain why he was sooooo terrible in Iron Man.
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Save The Green Planet! That whole movie is nuts, but man (SPOILER IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT).....in the end when it turns out he was right! Fucking nuts.
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Uncapie's breakdown yesterday was funny but it didn't have the back and forth that Mira's and Mori's had.I don't know what to say, I loved the Mickey Rourke story in Sin City. It salvaged the entire movie for me.I don't think Harry's review was up for more than an hour last night.
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He's there, and he threatens me about half way down. I'm in tears of laughter reading it now: http://www.aintitcool.com/talkback_display/35448#comment_1874177
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...is his career over or what? You think he'll just disappear and we'll never hear about him again? That would be so fucking weird.
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Aug 11, 2008 9:50:55 AM CDT
Someone just posted Harrys review over on the retard TB
by toadkillerdog
Read it fast
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Phone Booth. Awesome. I really like that little gem.
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So did the big hollywood execs ask him to pull it or something? It's funny because I don't usually trust Harry's reviews all that much, but I think his heart is really in the right place for Star Wars. He's a true fan and he only want best for the series. His review really made that clear.And anybody else find kind of fucking hilarious that Harry had just posted an article on free speech right before pulling his own fucking review of a movie?
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...what the fuck? He looks like he is 12.
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Do you have the thread where Mirajeff breasdown? Danny would love to read that
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Article was dumb. I fucking hate bleeding heart liberals. My mom is a special ed teacher for like 20 plus years now and she says all that stuff is bull shit and doesn't really matter. Plus there are already so many bills and stuff that protect the right of metally handicaped people anyway. She said those peoples time and money would be much better spent donating it directly to schools and working with schools. Fucking hollywood.
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I saw your horse spunk comment about Michael Savage on the Retard TB. I would advise you not to repeat that statement again unless you want to witness THE RETURN OF EQUUS (HORSE FUCKER)!!
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what dont you understand jarv? There is alot in that movie that can be explained, but easier if dealt with in specifics.What about end confused you? For the record, it confused me too, initially.
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I'm halfway through Chocolate, I thought I could get through it last night but I fell asleep. Not a knock on the movie...I just worked too hard this weekend.
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Not trying to bring back our favorite horse fellatiast.Thanks, Jarv, that Mirajeff TB never gets old.
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Equus is exactly what this TB needs right now!! Our numbers will fly through the cieling if he were to return!!
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korean ghost film binge, but the last 10 minutes of To2S was just mindbogglingly confusing. It's not fair to talk about it here, though as others haven't seen it. If we get the go-ahead- so other users, can we spoil the end?
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But I just watched the original Get Carter last night. While I enjoyed the remake for what it was, I think its because I can't ever not enjoy a Sly movie. But having seen I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, which pretty much is the same movie. And now I know what sort of film the Payback director was trying to make. I feel like Clive Owen is trying to be the new Micheal Caine. Just he can't pull bad ass off as well. Get Carter fits into the Lost Jarv world of England where everybody is a well ard gangster lad who hit women and eat hulu hoops. Also everything seems a little gehttoish, whilst all the while eveyone is still polite and have a good sense of humor. Overall I really wasn't that surprised to see Cain beat people up, I thought I would be because he's always the nice elderly man now. But kind of like Freeman cussing or Denzel being a bad guy, it wasn't as shocking as critics make it out to be. Good movie, wish they used more of the bad ass sountrack they had.
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I have no problem hearing the end of T2S.
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Kloipy needs to get an office, stat.
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But it's interesting to see Massawyrm's article with "sucked as bad as the prequels" WHICH HE LIKED. I'm outta here. See you tomorrow and then that's it.
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I caught the end of Training Day last night. I forgot how much Ethan gets slapped around and then hurls himself on Denzel's car. Damn.
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And sci-fi was playing the first two Saw movies last night. I've never seen any of them before, and what I did see, I'm certainly glad I never did. Those movies are definitely not up my alley.
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hmph. I'm so offended by that. The Orginal Get Carter is a masterpiece- and the score is magnificent. THe DIrector's other film of note is Flash Gordon, and it's hard to think of 2 more contrasting films.
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Too much controversy going on. I dunno if we can take the #1 spot anytime soon. FUCK FUCK FUCK.
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Perhaps part of their master plan to get traffic up?
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Sense and Sensibility, The Ice Storm, Crouching Tiger, Hulk, and Brokeback. HOLY SHIT!!
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Some are saying the whole retard controversy is a marketing scheme by Paramount to get asses in seats. Fuck conspiracies!! Why does everyone have an agenda?! It makes me all uneasy and shit.
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today. Oh happy happy joy joy...
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We tell you that what you are thinking is wrong, that shitheels must be purged, and that 2for2true is the one and only true God.
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2for2true = the very fabric of existence. Take back what you wrote Danny boy...I fear for your well-being!
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Aug 11, 2008 10:35:25 AM CDT
I respectfully retract my previous statement...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Aug 11, 2008 10:35:39 AM CDT
I really shouldn't be at work today...really no point
by just pillow talk
It should be an Asian cinema day today.
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but nothing that compares to the hysterical Kitsch of Flash Gordon on one extreme and the mock-noirish urban grittiness of Get Carter at the other. "You're a big man, but you're out of shape." really off now. See you tomorrow.
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I'm officially on FUCKING HOLIDAY, but have been called in for 3 hours a day for today, tomorrow and maybe Wednesday. I shall repay this by doing no work at all.
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Best thing we can do is stick with this talkback, and stick with it for awhile, until it gets hard to load, and keep the conversations civil, fun and interactive. Being a bastion in the midst of instability is a good thing. However, I think we should refrain from going in other TBs and joining the ruckus, and coming back here to be genial. I don't that will count for much. I don't mean not posting elsewhere, I just mean getting involved in the kind of nonsense that seems to be DOMINATING this site currently.
These current hot TBs will fade, and then it will be us again, who have been maintaining top TBs on civil conversation, movie discussion, and even friendship since the beginning of July. That means we are a month and a half of continuing one ongoing sort of round table discussion of various geek topics. That's impressive.
Jarv, yea, that's why I asked for clarification. I think there were some answers I could give that wouldnt ruin the film for others.
Also, I read the MiraJeff wolfman TB. That must have been so humilating. Harry ignored his brown-nosing and theoretically (since he said you must be..if)called him a retard(rather harsh, but humorous) and then he threatened Jarv physically, which brought down wrath the likes of which I have rarely seen on here, and then someone posted a link to wired where he was sitting in a huddle like a little kid, in a pool of his own vomit, grasping an oxygen mask. And ontop of that, they finally took away his black box, leaving him a mess.
But, when did he lose the box exactly? And when did he spar with Mori. Thats what I want to read.
Also, a qoute from the Wired article. It's Mira's last statement before the fight.
"I'm the highest-profile target," Sneider says. "I hope he goes easy on me. I consider myself fairly good-looking, and I don't want to ruin that."
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I caught about 20 minutes of Monster Ark on Sci-Fi. That thing is pretty bad ass.....its actually very well made for those sort of films and the CG is not bad at all. Its not theatrical quality of course...buts it damn good for a cheapie. Tiny Zeus tears it up. The 20 minutes or so I saw prominently featured him screaming and spitting all over himself like Mr. Danny Glover himself.
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I've been searching for the one where Mirahurl made an even bigger fool of himself with Mori, but I haven't found it as of yet. I'm pretty sure it was a Capone thread though.
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now I sound like a fucking retard.
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sliced in Saw.
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Hey I liked the original Get Carter. Well off to lunch. Anyways Tashki Miike I think has everyone beat when it comes to condridicting movies.
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Ill be sure to check out Monster Ark when I get a chance. Is it on dvd? why didnt you watch the rest Danny?
JPT, your offer of challenging other TBers to a game of checkers if they lived in the area, or offering to pick them up at the airport was the perfect slam on MJ. nice.
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I'm painting my place still and it was during one of my breaks that I caught a bit of it. Tiny Zeus is pretty good as a lead type character in a serious role. You laugh at him, but he is still bad ass.
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Aug 11, 2008 11:01:05 AM CDT
I have to admit I had a lot of fun with that thread
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It was unfathomable that one of the contributors would challenge a talkbacker to a fight.
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The saddest moment in film history when Jigsaw cuts The Glove. I fucking love Danny's character in that film though....he is so bad ass.
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And by the way, with everything being as crazy as it is, I must congratulate you as being the most humble and gracious and kind TBer on this board. Even the grimiest troll has gotten nothing but a mannered response by you. You are a nice guy, and you make the setting around you nicer by association. I'm sure you will respond with a trademark "mole on the broad back of humanity(still a fave" but it is true.
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So much going on with AICN. I mean, I don't like getting sucked into life's little soap operas but this Clone Wars/Ban Hammer/Uncapie/Free Speech stuff is really sort of riveting.And I'm posting all over the place today for the first time in months because I'm captivated. But I'll keep up the good fight in here.MiraJeff lost his black box shortly after that Wolfman TB I think.
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That's actually pretty awesome, regardless of the movie. I've always liked Tiny and it's cool that he gets a lead in the same summer he has arguably one of the best moments in one of the biggest movies ever.
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The funny thing is I think Tiny thought he was making a serious religious film. I saw him about a year ago on one of the God channels (I watch sometimes for amusement) getting interviewed, and he was pimping A Night With The King I believe. He was saying how he wants to focus on movies with strong Christian messages from now on.....so maybe he saw Monster Ark as a film with a serious Christian message even though most of the time its just army dudes unloading machine guns on a CG demon thing.
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"Dear LORD GOD, please continue to bless and keep him and his wife. Grant them long life and good health. Please take his career in this industry to greater heights. in CHRIST'S name. AMEN." Fuck. I wish I had fans like that!!
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Aug 11, 2008 11:06:24 AM CDT
he is one of the leads.....he was the main guy...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...in the 20 minutes I saw.
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Aug 11, 2008 11:08:03 AM CDT
Fuck guys....we might get knocked off the board.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
We gotta at least stay on the board. How the hell will anyone find this TB otherwise?
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I thought that too. Though, it seems like Tiny might be one of the guys that tries to make both kinds of movie. If anything his five minutes in Dark Knight are more positive than the entirety of movies like One Night with the King.
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Aug 11, 2008 11:14:21 AM CDT
We won't be able to compete with the controversy today
by hawaiian organ donor
And to be honest, I don't mind. It's some good stuff out there. I'd love to know how Massa's review stays up even though Harry's came down. Someone needs to explain that because an embargo is an embargo. The studio isn't going to selectively enforce it.
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I used to work at a place with several african american christians who would pray regularly for actors, Tiny included, for their families and for their success. And they were nothing less than sincere about it. And you gotta give Tiny credit for taking little bits like that role in Dark Knight, and using his physique and personality to help make a dramatic moment(whether you thought it cliche or not). Look no further than Mori's review, who actually told Tiny how powerful he thought the moment was, and Tiny took his phone info.
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Do you watch any of those religious action movies? I know you're a church goer right?
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But the embargo wasn't just on Harry because he was the one that got the screening? I think Massa saw it on his own through some other route right?
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I thought it was one of the best moments of the film, and the best moment of his career. "You gonna do what you shoulda' did 10 minutes ago.....give it to me....tell them I took it with force." Fucking bad ass.
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And anyone ignoring it would have to deal with Warners. Right now the only screenings are advance screenings, not paid, so the embargo should affect everyone until the 15th.If Massa's review comes down sometime today then it makes sense. Otherwise, I smell something rotten in the state of Denmark.
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Fred is just Fred. But truly appreciate your kind words. Must come up with another line since humble wart has been used too many times! Hah. Fred watched Machine Girl. Enjoyed it. It goofy fun.
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...because he was the only one invited. Massa saw it through some other connection he doesn't have to come clean about so he can write whatever the hell he wants. But then again....how the fuck does Warners have this embargo in the first place? Why are they writers of this site allowed to write early reviews about every other film but this? What the fuck? If the review is not released before the film to help viewers choose whether or not it sounds like their kinda shit, then what the fuck is the point of reviews anyway? I trust the opinions of my personal friends over the twats that write for this site anyway. The only reason I read these reviews is because they have seen it before anyone else I know....WHAT THE FUCK?!!
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I printed one of the Trek stories and curled up in bed with it. I especially enjoyed the part where the dude pops in the hot Vulcan chicks mouth in the engine room. THANKS!
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Fred can honestly say: he has no idea what story you are talking about. Hah! But it not surprise Fred at all that those stories are out on the website.
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I didn't make that up. I really read that scene. But the part about me printing it out and sleeping with it....uhhh...not true.
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I would call myself a christian and a churchgoer, but with the exception of Megiddo:Omega Code 2(see my comments on it below)I have not watched any of those movies, and I have no plans to. Many times, despite their hearts being in the right place, they are often very poorly made and sometimes wrong headed. I find the contemporary christian viewpoint and mine don't typically mix very much. I think the message that should be put forth should be far more universal than it is usually represented as. Again, I respect the efforts Tiny and others are making, and I'd love to see a pro-christian film of worth, but I think it's message needs to be centered around love and not dogma, or conservative values, or some form of social segragation. I'm going to stop, since I'd much rather discuss movies here, than religious views.
As for Meggido, I suggest any B-movie lover watch it since it has Michael York as the anti-christ, Udo Kier as the devil, R.Lee Ermy as the Pres of U.S. and Michael Biehn as the hero, who actually reloads his gun while saying "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away". It's quite a bit of bad movie fun. -
I gotta watch that thing. Wait one fucking minute....R. Lee as the President?! Its hard to type Im laughing so hard
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Aug 11, 2008 11:48:14 AM CDT
I just thought the title ONE NIGHT WITH THE KING
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..sounded a little scandalous. At first I thought it was about a groupie sucking off Elvis in a Vegas hotel room.
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He covers all the major bases with it. All of that stuff is really in the movie, including Ermy saying "blessed" in place of a curse word. -
it was mentioned on the docu Trekkies.
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isn't it odd that the same cast members of a christian entertainment are also the regulars on sci-fi originals. Gary Busey, Stephen Baldwin, Tiny Lister, John Rhys Davies, etc.
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and they are on my queue:The Lives of OthersThe Devil's BackboneThe Orphanage
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I watched it last night and it's awesomely hilarious. Danny, you too, check it out. It's pretty awesome b-movie fun.
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Aug 11, 2008 12:05:04 PM CDT
damn I wanted to see Angel-A.......never got around to it
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Besson = THE ONE TRUE GOD
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those are all 3 great films. Devil's Backbone and Lives are classics. Orphanage is also great. Enjoy!
I've had Diving Bell and the Butterfly on my queue for quite awhile, and havent gotten to it. However, I want to see Tell No One that's currently out, Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge which is from Japan, Dante 01 from France(I think) and as far as older films go, I'm looking forward to seeing Au Hazard Balthazar, Days of Glory and Aziris Nuna. Any idea where that last one is to see ? -
It was watchable though. Besson's best are Leon, Fifth Element, Big Blue and Subway. All of those are terrific fun at the movies. Messenger, Arthur and Invisibles and Angel-A feel like severely warmed over variations of the same director.
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Yeah, I'm psyched to see all of them. I'll pass on Angel-A though...
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Will we be getting Blu-ray I need more Tony Leung Blu-Rays!!!!
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was magnificent. Maybe he made the mistake of not casting Milla Jovovich. I guess it would be kinda weird...as he used to bang her.
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More topical than ever since the whole show was a riff against the terrible smog and pollution woes in the Tokyo mega industrial late 60's and early 70's. He can fight fat Al Gore's imaginary smog monsters. Fuck he could Fight Fat Al Gore dressed as Dr. Gorey
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Danny, if my opinion means anything, I enjoyed the hell out of the movie. And so did my mom. She and I laughed all the way through.Days of Glory was pretty good.
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Your opinion means the world to me. There are four opinions I value strongly on here; HOD, Pillow, Jonah, Jarv. Even though they are not always the same...they are strong and honest, sort of like my testicles.
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It was funny, and I actually quite enjoyed the main male lead of the movie. It's a lighter piece from Besson, and when I saw it, I think he had stated it was his last directed movie. As a result I was probably more disappointed because it wasn't the giant mega-epic action flick that should usher out Besson. Danny, based on your tastes(and I don't mean that flippantly) I think you will enjoy it.
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was a fucking incredible movie, for its use of subtlety alone. Muhe would have been perfect for Landa too.
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on Days of Glory.
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was probably my favorite movie of last year. The part where he and his dad are talking on the phone was incredibly sad. Anybody on here seen that?
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Aug 11, 2008 12:54:56 PM CDT
Too many people called to boycott it....hahaha...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Aug 11, 2008 12:55:11 PM CDT
Hey! Fred got a "You are not allowed to access this page"
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
On the Clone wars TB
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A bizarre Japanese sci-fi flick that visually had shades of City of Lost Children, or similar films. When they first mentioned it on this site, it was referred to as "Gusher No Binds Me."
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It did a Keyser Soze.
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Aug 11, 2008 12:58:00 PM CDT
AICN is gonna lose a lot of TB'ers me thinks....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
People are sick of this crap.
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I guess they wanted to leave it up for as long as possible until WB contacted them? Perhaps to show 'us' that they were willing to put their necks on the perceived line?
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Man, I love that guy.
I saw Circuit City is selling What Dreams May Come for 4.99. I think I'll add it to my collection. Sydow was great as the tracker in that film. When WDMC came out, I really dug it. I saw it maybe once in the ten years since it's release. Anyone else here a fan? -
This is THEIR site, so they can choose how to handle it. People may not like it, but it's also their choice to continue to post here or to stop.
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and yet I can't access it.
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Perhaps I should add it to my queue, as I'm pretty sure Mrs. Pillow has never seen it.
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but it is getting a bit more and more unstable feeling to TB on here. Feels like the place is falling apart. And the the TB's are absolutely the only reason anyone comes here. You can get better/faster news elsewhere. If the mood continues to get more somber and weird around here people will start to leave for good. Less traffic = less advertising, which eventually = AICN go bye bye.
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WDMC, I mean pillow, but if you overlook the flabby new age bits, and the continual utterings of "soul mate" and take it in it's sincerity, I think it has some power to it. Visually, there is no question it is worth a watch. I think they aren't quite able to wrap the whole thing up well, and that's why I don't think it's quite a classic, though I would easily put it in the company of other thoughtful, deeply visual movies even if it's a little short of stature next to them. Werner Herzog even has a cameo as a damned soul.
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Reviews up, reviews down, free speech a farce......it doesn't get any better.I think they left Massa's review up as long as they did to try and demonstrate some stones to the readership. But Danny's right, a lot of people are going to flee due to this nonsense.What Dreams May Come, saw it once, in the theater. I think I liked it. Need to watch it again.Jonah, you see a lot more Asian B-movies than I do. I don't even know where you're seeing them because I can't find any of these titles for rental on the Asian sites.
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I've liked everyone of this guy's movies(yes, even Alien:Ressurection is a fun B-flick, if not quite sucessful)and City of Lost Children and Delicatessen are two of my fave movies(especially in that visually rich vein). A Very Long Engagement was also a really great movie. I seem to recall he was working on Life of Pi, but it's 2008 and his last release was 2004. What up?
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He's a Sith. (see, tying it all into the Clone War controversy)
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Aug 11, 2008 1:09:54 PM CDT
its getting old to me because it seems there is more drama....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...with the site then there is fucking movie news. What the fuck?!
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Neither Harry nor Mori are my immediate editors, and the editor in question was not told of any embargo. The invitations we received said nothing of it (which is why Harry wrote his as well.) Being that I sleep until noon most days, I just now discovered the situation. We've pulled it down for the time being while we figure out wth is going on - and it will be reposted as soon as we are able.
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I can probably help you locate some of them.
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"These aren't the TBs you're looking for. You want to log off and rethink your life."
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Where would they flee to? Fred hears that CHUD and superherohype are even worse, and they do IP bannings there.
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I think it's a combination of factors: the head guys here are busy with other projects, so don't appear to have as much time to devote to this site, you've got contributors losing it within threads (uncapie, mirachunks), and you seem to have a lot of drippy little whores running amok in threads, posting hate filled comments about peoples' religion, race, ethnicity...And then you have the CoC...standing firm like a rock against the waves of drippy whoreness.
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Make a quality film instead of a cash grab, and bad reviews won't be a problem. And the fact it's bad reviews from Massa and Harry, dear lord this must be a trainwreck.
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on a timeframe that has been covered way too fucking much! Nothing to see here, move along....
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Well when I was about to leave after my posts were deleted I thought about that.....I'm not much of a forum poster sort of person. Once I get fed up here and leave....I won't go anywhere else. I'll just leave. Yeah...Chud are a bunch of fucking twats.
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The new Star Wars(not any new Star Wars, but this one in particular) holds no interest to me, and Im the guy who just payed to see another X-Files movie, even after copious bad reviews on it.
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I hear nukethefridge.com is pretty good... :-)
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Aug 11, 2008 1:21:34 PM CDT
I dunno if I'll just see Clone Wars in the theater...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I might pay for Mummy 3 and see both....
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It was rather amusing. I wish I could see the Mori vs. Miraralph battle, as well as my missing review thread.
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Check that story out!
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Stuff like this happens from time to time on AICN. Especially the embargo stuff. And sometimes we dont know why stuff disappears. I sent a review in for Spiderwick back in Feb, they put it on the site, and now I cant find it for the life of me. It was a 2 weeks early review, but if any of you has seen that thread, shoot me a link.
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Anybody here wanna talk about movies some more?
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Period. Unless they will go ahead and make movies 7-9 and let someone else write the screenplay and direct.Jonah, never heard of that Hellevator movie.
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I just thought I would break up my midday monotany and ask if any of you guys have seen MAN ON WIRE yet?If not, do yourself a favor and seek it out. Absolutely incredible.
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Egads! I can't type anymore!
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http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35554
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Aug 11, 2008 1:30:59 PM CDT
Let's talk about what people watched onthe weekend
by hawaiian organ donor
For me, Starship Troopers 3 is worth watching. Once. Preferrably with a drink. I watched it stone cold.Flash Gordon is just a campy and crazy as it was the first time I watched it. And I can't think of many movies that are as quote-a-riffic.
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I saw it on the shelf at the local bestbuy. Not at some obscure mom and pop place or an anime convention. Freaking Bestbuy!
It was subtitled The Bottled Fools. I saw it via Netflix.It had an almost Cube-like vibe, where people ride these giant elevators from city to city, and a psychic female cop gets on board with some viscious deranged criminals. -
...very well written. Back when they would actually post Spy written reviews on here.
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since I was mainly helping my girlfriend to expand her movie knowledge. We watched Brick, Oldboy, and Se7en and I was planning on watching ran but I had a really busy night. i have it on right now though.
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I saw Flashpoint (okay, nice fight at the end), Be Kind Rewind (ok - Lion King remake was my fave), caught bits of Saw (glad I've never seen the whole bit), and caught the end of Training Day (forgot how much Ethan got slapped around and generally beat up).
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what happens if we resurrect that article and ride it to the top? Of course, that's probably self interest talking.
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Man on Wire isn't playing around here. We don't have a single indie theater in the city. I'd have to drive two hours to Charlotte to catch this.OK, I'm officially worn out from all the drama around here. I'll only post in this thread for the rest of the day.
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I was at the board game convention this weekend, so I didnt see as much as usual, but I did check out the Dark City Director's Cut which was AMAZING, especially in hi-def.
I also saw X-Files 2: I Want to Believe, and while I liked it, it's no surprise why it didn't hit. The tone is odd. I do understand now it's subtitle, and it's less wierd having seen the movie.
I saw Daisy, which is second only to Dark City as the best movie I saw this weekend. Loved that ending, or at least my interpretation of it.
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http://tinyurl.com/5ec62v
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That's a relief, I thought the ban hammer had come down on everyone.What's up with that ST3/Rogue TB - couldn't post, wouldn't load, etc. There's a hex on it for sure.But here you are, an oasis in a desert of AICN insanity.
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That was a very well written review. Fred not surprised at all. Yes, we should ressurect that old TB. Fred all for it.
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Aug 11, 2008 2:14:05 PM CDT
At this rate you guys will be reading my obit by tomorrrow
by hawaiian organ donor
Like flies I tells ya. Like flies.
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I would not get to wound up about the future of AICN, these sort of "melt downs" happen about every 18 month or so. I think things reach a point of critical mass and then they erupt in situations like this past weekend.After the major eruption and a few days of post event minishocks things return to normal. Its actually somewhat cathartic because it clears out many chuckle heads. I've been banging around AICN since nearly the beginning of its run and it been this way since then. Sure, AICN has changed over the years, but that's to be expected. Besides myself, how many people are the same immature jackass they were twelve years ago?
Times change, people change and even web sites change.Now, Danny, on a personal note I'm hurt I didn't make your list of TBers who's opinion you trust. Sniff sniff, please look away I just have something in my eye. No I'm not crying its dust. sniff, sniff. -
Enjoy - http://www.aintitcool.com/talkback_display/37000
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of years was the Stallone threads. And then the price of oil went up and we got surrounded by knuckleheads and the stock of AICN dropped. Buy low!
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I particularly like this : "one day soon, AICN will rue the day it pinkslipped MiraJeff. over and out."Ha-ha! What a tool.
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There are two reasons I didn't mention you. You're not on with the same regularity as others (every damn day) and you tend to not be a very opinionated fellow. You are more easy going with your views from what I have seen.
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and thanks for the link...time to read.
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"i remember offering to review Postal and was told under no circumstances will aicn review an uwe boll film. why? because he's made personal attacks against harry and quint"
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"the mirajeff will resurface. you won't know where and you won't know when but when he does, watch out because this writer is a fighter."
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Aug 11, 2008 2:28:48 PM CDT
I don't see why you guys think he is such a dick....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....it does sound like they used him and then just threw him out like trash when they didn't need him any longer. And never paid a cent? If thats true...that is fucking shameful.
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I don't like him cause he wanted to fight Jarv.
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they originally came to when he started to contribute to the site. Regardless, that still was a pathetic display that he rambled on and on about in that thread.
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infidels who populate the threads, hence his banishment as Xiphos.
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...he laid out exactly why he felt wronged. Whats pathetic is that AICN actually has a rule not to cover Uwe Boll movies. What the fuck? And then they pimp Eli Roth and Rodriguez? Fuck that. Boll movies are 10 times as entertaining as both of them combined. His movies are shit....absolutely, but they are entertaining shit. This site is really pissing me off lately.
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Mira "signs off" twice. Guess that "date" wasn't too important after all.Funniest part of the whole thing is right after MiraJeff finishes balling about how negative everybody is, Doctor Zoidberg posts right under him how much Zohan will "S.U.C.K.B.A.L.L.S."
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I was joking man but thanks for responding anyways. The mellow attitude is rather recent and if my posting history had not been erased I could back that up, but they've been vaporized so I can't.
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First, he aired it out in a talkback. Stupid. He was starved for the attention: look at poor little old me!Second, he immediately launched into his little irate spiel. He was just biding his time hoping a talkbacker would ask him about it. The fact that he wrote a book on his poor hurt feelings...bah. Perhaps if he wasn't an ass and challenged Jarv to a fight, I would feel sorry for him. Then again, he's a writer who's a fighter.
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I was stupid and voiced my opinion before reading through all that Mirajeff shit. I thought he was an actual AICN employee that just wasn't getting paid......I didnt realize he was just a guy sending in reviews. Like if I started sending in reviews for every film I saw and suddenly got all pissed in 6 months screaming, "WHAT THE FUCK AICN?!! Why aren't you paying me?!!" If he never tried to get in as a regular AICN staff member as Mori said, than he is a fucking moron for continuing to send in free content. -
I firmly believe I am among the reasons canvass back Jeff got kick to the curb. I was busting his balls so bad about his beat down at the hands of Uwe Boll he threatened to kick my ass and challanged me to a fight. I accepted the challange and like an hour later he was gone. That was fun.Oh Danny I do have film opinions but honestly most films lately have been so vanilla that I don't even bother commenting on them I don't really care enough to. Plus I haven't seen a new movie since early June so I don't comment on things I have not seen. Well its been fun but its nearly 11pm for me and I'm tired it was a long hot day so I'm off to bed.
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Well, again, this is a geek news site. It's called Aint it Cool, so honestly, if they think Eli Roth is cool but Uwe isnt, it's up to them. Personally, I think Mori went above and beyond explaining things to Mira Jeff.
I've seen this sort of thing time and time again, one dude feeling his is perpetually wronged, and yet the problem was he was a loose cannon, and wasn't technically "working" for them. He has done nothing save post some reviews, a set visit or what not, and post in a black box. Several of the regular TBers here have done the same. I've been lurking round here since 97, and have contributed reviews, reports, other stuff under different names for awhile. Granted, I never had any sort of relationship with these people as Mira seems to have had, but his one so-called claim to fame was a disgraceful publicity coup that none of the site runners thought he should participate in. I think if Boll ever creates something that looks like a real movie, and is intended to be more than a way for him to extend his 15 minutes, I think they will review it.
This isn't a legit news site, or some sort of unbiased source. It's a geek site. MiraJeff would pick fights, ignore the staff, and then he wasnt even doing the "job" when they "took" it away from him.
Besides, I thought he was a bit of douche back before I knew he threatened Jarv(NOOOOT COOOOOL) and melted down. I didnt know any of that until today. And it was sad to read.
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"god there's so much more that i want to say but i can't get into right now because believe it or not, i actually have a date."
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I see you read the whole thing now, you can disregard my comments. They basically cover what you read for yourself.
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He even said his whole identity was wrapped up in in mirajeffaicn name, and his blackbox. Or words to that effect. Then he had it taken away. Fred think he may have been immature, and definitley should not have made it public, but still, he was hurt. Who here has not been hurt by something or someone we loved?
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you really should read MiraJeff's posts with the voice of the Monarch. Much, much better.
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I should have more compassion. It was sad to read that mostly. Still, it sounds like AICN did help his career, so it's hard to feel too bad for him. I hope he works on his sense of himself, and his emotions, as well as that sense of entitlement. Right now they tend to overshadow the other qualities. Fred is right though, he was hurt, and once the gates opened, he should have signed off but kept writing. I give Mori credit for handling it with some sensitivity.
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What say you, boyos? Let's move ahead and discuss the stuff we were last week. Favorite this or favroite that. Top ten this, worst moment that. With all this drama lately, we need to get back to what we do best. Honestly, that's what keeps me coming back to this site everyday.
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moments when a character just goes off, whether insane, pretending, or the actor has clearly really started to enjoy himself/herself..
For instance, the last ten minutes of There Will Be Blood.
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When he banned me once and I emailed him and talked to him about it he was very cool. I called him a liar about saying he would answer questions about the Darabont Indy script (before it leaked) and he never did......so I thought he was under some gag order or something. He banned me and I emailed him and he took the time to explain he was really fucking busy right now and talked about his kid and his scripts and shit on email and said he is anything but a liar and he doesn't appreciate that comment. I apologized and he reactivated Dick Blood a second later. He was very cool about it and I kinda sensed he didnt like being a hard ass to me.....he didn't enjoy it like most would.
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after the shootout, and his brother's death and he is there in the rain with the gun, screaming "Hell's comin' with me!!!"
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I always like Ed Harris' acting in Abyss when curly haired chick is seemingly dead and he starts screaming and beating on her to bring her back.....kind of a short-lived meltdown.
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mary elizabethamsarmamamsmmmtaaantonionononononioniooningfinkelstein
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Michael Douglas does a wonderful slow burn throughout the movie. But when he goes off in the army surplus store, wowzaas!!!
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at the end of Urban Legend..
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"You take those two bottles of champagne.....and fuck them."
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screaming, spraying spittle, and then actually saying "You wanna see me Go?? YOU JUST WATCH ME GO!!!" and picking up the electrical chord, BITING off the safety padding, and then sinking his teeth into the actual live wires.
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... in The Amityville Horror, when he goes off at those priests. Always raises a smirk from me.
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Ed Harris became an acting God the day I saw that movie.You guys see the trailer for the western with him and Viggo called Appaloosa. Harris directed it. Looks like a great shoot 'em up.
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Minority Report, where Anderton has exposed him in the middle of that big benefit party, and you see him as he is hearing all the dirty laundry being aired and you just watch his face. And then he gets the gun out.
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at the end of Exorcist III.
"I believe in FILTH, AND ROT AND DECAY. YES, I BEEEELLIEEEVE INNN YOOOUU!!" -
in The Abyss. Yeah. Just, yeah. One of my all-time favourite scenes.
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Fuck, that performance is amazing. I love that film.....and I love how raw and insane Nolte is in that thing. He has some incredibly well written lines.
"......and as I watched this tiny life unfold, I began to imagine the horror of it, and my curiosity was replaced with compassion. But they took away my chance to cure him. Your father threw me out. I remember that day so well. Every moment. Every sensation. Walking into the house. The feeling of the handle of the knife in my hand. I knew I was doing a father's work, fulfilling a father's mercy... but then she surprised me. It was as if she and the knife merged. You cannot imagine the unbearable finality of it. And in that one moment, I took everything that was dear to me and transformed it into nothing more than a memory. " -
that progresses through "Im sitting here quietly judging you" to him just bawling his eyes out at his father's death bed. Best acting he has ever done.
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My first encounter with Danny in the Neil Armstrong TB.I went from wishing death on the guy to sending him movies.Go figure!
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...and I've always thought Abyss was the rare occasion where he was really great and he has been banking off that role ever since.
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After seeing that film just once in theaters, I still remember Nolte's voice saying that last part.."You cannot imagine the unbearable finality of it. And in that one moment, I took everything that was dear to me and transformed it into nothing more than a memory. " and the middle eastern wailing on the soundtrack matched with the image of the bomb going off. You are right. Powerful.
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At the end - when he totally cokes out, after killing his best friend who married his sister, then his sister Mary Elizabeth Mastrtononionionio - flips out, then she gets whacked, then he really flips out snorts a garbage bag full of coke, and introduces the Columbian to his 'leetle fren'.
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since he seemed pretty chill almost the whole film, but what about Viggo beating the shit out of that guy and punching his nose off in History of Violence? There's a couple of outbursts in that movie that are just really intense (like the sex scene on the stairs) but that part for me was the worst, with the nose slowly tearing off after every blow. Crazy.
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which really turns into a literal meltdown.
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Im not sure it was a meltdown, more of a relapse. He seemed so focused.
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I do the same thing to the females in my life. They go from pure hatred toward me to inexplicable love in a weeks time.
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When you find out he isnt rage-infected. Creepy.
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In Michael Clayton. When she's being hounded to agree to his blackmail and simultaneously yelling to the guy off-screen and you see the desperation set in.Perfect.She truly deserved the Oscar.
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it happens slowly, and he makes each part believable.
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in The Core. Not really a meltdown as such but - "I was screaming for you!" was rather well delivered.
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Nicholson letting the cheese slide off the cracker, and breakng through that door in The Shining.
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"GET....ME....EVVVEERRRYYYOONNEE!"
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I do the same thing with the females in my life. They go from pure hatred toward me to inexplicable love in a weeks time. Was the audience supposed to think he was infected? Hahaha. I have missed that all these years.
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on slow burn all the way through Dead Man's Shoes.
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Then getting his ass handed to him by Emperor
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Christian Bale in The Machinist..
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Aug 11, 2008 3:27:54 PM CDT
Fred has not watched Unforgiven in a long time
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Maybe this week.
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Running off the tower in flames? Oh yeah.Eastwood threatening to kill the family of anyone who shoots at him. Love it.Of course there's the epic meltdown in Oldboy. Cutting off your tongue? Ouch.
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That is a goodone.
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I see you found the mirajeff TB. Thank you. I forgot I posted in there as well - at the end though
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again, this time in The Thin Red Line. He's sat down after the village attack and the camera just stays on him. He tries to keep a grip but you can see him falling to pieces before your very eyes. Phenomenal piece of work from the Nolte.
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Twelve Monkeys meltdown every 5 minutes.
end of Seven meltdown.
flipping out and spraying his own blood all over that guy in Fight Club.
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Interesting movie. Not as violent as I expected but good cinema.
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What is it about?
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Mad Mel's meltdown in Patriot, and the bloody carnage that ensues right after the death of his youngest son.
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in the last few minutes of The Mist.
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When he's talking about studying Homer at the academy and then begins screaming over the radio to take the hill under any circumstances and the whole hill erupts like the apocalypse from cannon fire and the men start running through the grass.....that is without a doubt one of the finest scenes in film history.
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Whe he is talking about his boss Mr. Shirley in Christmas Vacation.
One of my favorite rants of alltime.
Damn I have been in meetings all damn day.
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Holy shit. He's barking like a dog and cutting off his tongue, and then at the end when he presses the button and the recording comes on? Cruel shit. So I just finished Ran and I gotta say the guy who played Hidetori was pretty incredible, with lots of little meltdowns. What about Toshiro Mifune's speech about samurai and peasant farmers in Seven Samurai? He's pretty moddy the whole time, but I still think it's a great moment.
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The tomahawk chop scene is Mel's finest hour.
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If I recall didn't they refuse to follow Nolte's order after his meltdown becasue it ammounted to suicide?
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Thin Red Line - war in the Pacific. The focus is on moral damage rather than physical, though there is plenty of physical damage. It drifts between the visceral and the poetic and it's quite unlike any war film I've seen before.I like it a lot. But I bet everybody here's got a different take on it.
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Best part of A Few Good Men.
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Fucking gold from start to finish. He clearly loves all his children so damn much......and that moment when his kids are watching there father hack those red coats to piece and his hair a disarray in his face and he has blood all over his arms-- and the boys realize their Father was once an animal. Crazy/scary moment to think about for a kid.
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But some are turned off by it because it is a slow, psychological, calculating film that can be a little tedious. You gotta throw out what you think a war movie is before viewing. This is all about the draining psychology of it.
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anyone get upset at the death of that kid from the sixth sense? An i so could not get into the thin red line. it was so self serving and high brow. if i want to watch 15 minutes worth of rain in the jungle i will go to cunnungra. actually that sounds like next weekend. shit.
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Came out the same year as Saving Private Ryan. both were nominated for best pic at the oscars. Thin Red Line is directed by Terrence Malick and is and infinitely better film than SPR. Although if you listen to the mouthbreathers who complain it's "two hours of sunlight through trees" you may not like it. I've been waiting for an extended cut dvd for a million years.
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I was watching a little of it the other day and the one guy's wife/gf on the swing from the flashbacks is Eowyn from LOTR.
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Hee hee. Fred can't help it! Just gets a chuckle every time. Thank you for telling Fred about it. Perhaps a netflix rental
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Malick directed that as well.and they are similar in style. Very poetic and methodical but also a masterpiece. Can't wait until the extended cut of that comes out this fall.
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Can be an amazing thing....
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It's been at least 6 years since I watched it but I remember the squad charging the hill and getting mowed down to pieces and then taking refuge wherever they could. I need to watch it again. It's one of the tougher films for me to watch though.
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was great. i watched it back to back with shadow of the vampire. i didn't mind hostel and i wanna see hostel 2. from what i have heard it goes into the lives of the killers which is an interesting idea. i like saw 1. i must be the only person who thought the ending was a little contrived. there was nothing really pointing to that possibility ie 'did he move' 'no youre imagining it' and therefore i cant really see it as twist. plus i kept expecting carey ewles to say 'TIGHT tights'
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Always a pleasure. Always.The other guys are nailing it better than me, I think.
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I wanted to punch that chick for dumping the guy when he's overseas fighting in that nightmare.
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Hans Zimmer. "Silence" is still used in trailers today. One of the most absolutely breathtaking pieces of music ever created. Hell even the polynesian tribal music is good.
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Fred have strange sense of humor, Fred know.
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That pissed me off like you would not believe.
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For me it's either Apocalypse Now (which I know kind of isn't one), A Bridge Too Far or Full Metal Jacket. I personally would love to see a war movie based around the German assault on Russia or something similar to the Dirty Dozen but set in World War I. Anybody got suggestions. I have already seen Enemy At the Gates.
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Ok, it is true he has several - sorry DGDB, could not help it. But The Hans Zimmer one is a biggie. Fred, you might want to get your popcorn ready.
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Stalingrad.
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I don't care. Although if he doesn't acknowledge that Silence is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written we will have a problem.
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Fred knows why Clone wars is still growing - there is a 'ghost' TB it is still up and running!
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I love TTRL, obviously, but I also love Full Metal Jacket, Tora Tora Tora, Paths of Glory, All Quiet on the Western Front (also my favorite book), Johnny Got His Gun, Europa Europa, Downfall, Stalingrad
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i liked spr. battle of britian. didn't fully get into bridge to far. gallipoli, hamburger hill, platoon
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Always liked that one. Seems to come on AMC every other day and I always check it out.
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das boot. i love when he puts the crotch powder on the guys forehead. dickhead
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Kirk Douglas saves the world
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Das Boot, Bridge Too Far. Always get into The Longest Day as well.
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You've got the writing genius of Mel Brooks & Gene Wilder to thank for the name!
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Wow, Fred love Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder, but Fred did not pick up on that. Shame on Fred.
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Dude Pirates, Da Vinci Code, Mission Impossible II, The Rock, Broken Arrow, Pearl Harbor, The Peacemaker......far too much unforgivable garbage. And to be a shit composer....thats fine. I would never knock those with limited ability, its like knocking a female for having small tits. But its the fact that many hail Zimmer as being some amazingly talented composer, which he is simply not. I do admit Thin Red Line and Gladiator are great scores. I think you pointed out "Silence" a few months back Hobo. I do agree....it is great..... -
last crusade and empire strikes back (cheating i'm sure) everyone i know in the military loves jar head, because everyone is afraid of what the missus get up to when they go away.
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i don't know, i didn't get into it. i wanna watch desert rats and rats of tobruk. Charles Chauvel went to my school
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Was amazing. The second half, while wasn't bad at all, didn't hold me like first half.
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Bingo.
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i agree. band of brother and a series in oz called changi. that series was good because, it was written by an aussie comedian but was a drama, so the prisoners are cracking jokes about their predicament. there was a 'dear john' moment in that too but it was a bit different. because they were in changi so long they started off as missing in action and then became legally dead. I know a guy who's mother remarried after his father was listed as dead, but then the father came back. the dude was raised by his step dad
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Bridge Over the River Kwai
Platoon
Apocalypse Now
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That was one of the best mini-series I have seen to date. Regardless of topic.
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Of Darkness documentary - I've got that on VHS somewhere as well. Amazing. Why that didn't go on the Redux DVD is a mystery.That bit with Coppola ranting about Sheen's heart attack, "He's not dead until I say he is!" Priceless.
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i love that 'oh god, what have i done' moment where alec guinness turns around and blows it up
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I have a shitload of VHS tapes and My father-in-law has nearly every AFI list, but they are 99% on VHS.
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Yeah... I have one. It works great. I dunno the brand off the top of my head. I'll check tonight. It was only like $150.
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the better meltdown in falling down in the fast food store. 'i just want breakfast' priceless. and heart of darkness was insane. the bit where he goes ape shit and smashes the mirror. that was a war movie in itself
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Been looking at those myself but I think you can only get 2hrs on a blank DVD(?)Better bet might be the USB VHS converter - straight into your PC and presumably you can edit out adverts, stuff like that.I'm not technically gifted!
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the end of dr strangelove. love that movie. you cant fight in here, this is war room.
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The converter was made by ION. I was on a hardware site a few months ago and some guy was saying that the recording conked after 1hr 50mins, possibly a disc space issue.You had any problems like that?
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No. I just have a machine with VHS and DVD decks that can burn discs. Not a PC converter or anything like that. Just a stand alone machine. Mine works great so far....I've only converted about 5 VHS tapes. And I think it can fit more than 2 hours if I'm not mistaken. I think you can lower the quality and fit up to 4 hours.
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You da man! Anyone giving a shoutout to Dr. Strangelove deserves a pat on the back.And that fast food meltdown was priceless. Especially when he starts complaining about how the product doesn't match the picture.
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Band of Brothers (although technically a mini-series) is my number one.And Stalingrad is a superb German movie. Those poor bastards were left to rot by their leadership.Anyone ever see 84 Charlie Mopic? Before Blair Witch or Cloverfield, this movie was THE granddaddy of documentary style shaky cam. I don't think it's on DVD which is bullshit. After Full Metal Jacket and Apocalypse Now, it's the best Vietnam War movie.
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Amazing movie, its timeless it looks like it was made this year.
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Cheers for the info. Need to look into this properly. I've got stacks of VHS with old films on crying out to be digitised.
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he asked where the war room was and was flabbergasted that they did not have one
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I know a lot of people hate it and its pretty much like Causilties of War. I like the way De Palma did it. Also what about Biloxi Blues (with Chris Walken as a Drill instructor)? Der Untergang is also a personal favorite. That one asian war movie Harry loves The Brotherhood of War I thought was alright, not as amazing as Harry said. I really want to see that Red Baron movie. After seeing Paul Showgirls take on WW with The Black Book, I am looking forward for more european big budget war movies.
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I also rate The Big Red One, starring Lee Marvin. And another stunner is Taegukgi (Brotherhood) set against the Korean war. Blindingly good.
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remember the bit where the guy gets his nuts shot off, and the rest of them are just laughing at him? fuck that.
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Rivaled only by Missing In Action, is The Walking Dead. Tell me someone has seen this gem. Jonah?!
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"It's just one of your balls, you can live without it..."Awhile since I've seen it, but yeah. Don't recall them laughing though!
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maybe they weren't laughing just making fun. i thought they were but it is a while since i saw it.
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Aug 11, 2008 7:18:41 PM CDT
This TB will be King....oh yes....it will be King
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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But I had goofy fun with Flyboys. It's complete bullshit but a fun way to spend two hours.I saw the trailer for Red Baron like 2 years ago. What's the status on that thing?
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...it looked like a partial fantasy type Sky Captain vibe.
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that one passed me by. i remember a little bit about it at the time, but it must be the only $100m movie that i have forgotten. I might check it out.
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it didn't get a proper release here. that sometimes happens when a movie does poorly in the states. I was shitty because gone baby gone didn't get a proper release and i wanted to watch it. in the end i had to watch it at a mates house. it was good.
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...if you watch it on ecstasy.
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Aug 11, 2008 8:09:15 PM CDT
Holy fucking cunts the new Punisher trailer is bad ass....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
This thing looks hard as fuck. http://tinyurl.com/5uyzrl
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Aug 11, 2008 8:10:07 PM CDT
oh its the trailer 2A for the new Punisher trailer.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Right? Thats what the trailer said to me.
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i know australia is sports mad but this is ridiculous. the other channels really arn't trying. channel ten is playing: an opera special - 25 years of tom cruise
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The Road Warrior: haven't seen it in awhile and just felt like picking it up for fun. I'm probably drinking this weekend and I think that would be a fun film to accompany alcohol.James Dean: I figured I should get this to prepare for Pineapple Express. I know James Franco is a good actor and I wanted to see that, but without watching a damn Spider Man movie.Sword of the Beast: I have never seen this one, but the title reminded me of Sword of Doom and the covers were similar, so I thought what the hell? Criterion has never let me down yet.The 400 Blows: Another classic I have not seen, but have always wanted to.Blue Velvet: My girlfriend hasn't seen it but I think it's a classic everybody deserves to watch.Driving Miss Daisy. Mofress also hasn't seen this one, and i don't think you can call yourself a Morgan Freeman fan without having seen this.Anybody else got movie plans this week?
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I hope you remember a certain something about tomorrow. And coincidentally, my movie plans for the week look an awful lot like yours. Well, at least I will watch 3 of the movies. I do plan on taking some time to read some feminist lit. though to remind me that there is sanity in the world, as well an alternative to the traditional Little Mermaid scenario. Maybe some BORDERLANDS/La Frontera, hmm?
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was an action film. I'll probably watch one of the eight DVDs you sent me too HOD. Happy camping folks!
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I thought it was a porno. and i tell you, you will need to read fem lit to cleans yourself after watching the road warrior and driving miss daisy. remember, women can't drive.
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I heard that in a movie but it's not true.
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somewhat late clarification on my mention of the Patriot scene...yes, that sequence is one of Mel's greats, especially the kids watching their father chop those dudes up. What I meant is I didn't care for the movie surrounding that scene(and a handful of others). But the scene itself is a great meltdown,or else I wouldn't have mentioned it.
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find the fact they are showing Chocolate at Fantastic Fest amusing? I'll be seeing Mr. Socrates this week. Danny, did you watch Chocolate or Daisy yet?
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If you haven't you should all check out that Dorothy Mills posession clip. That one there is creepy stuff. My favorite line is "There is some scary s*** going on here". Looks like an excellent creepy movie. It would be perfect for Halloween, but I doubt I'll be able to see it by then.
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DVD arrived in the post this morning. Been looking forward to this one for months, heard a lot of good things. And a dts soundtrack too. Yeehaw!Lunch time so crap computer at work will freeze up any second...
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I can see something about a robot chicken and Step Brothers but neigh scary possessions clip.Far too few scary possessions, in my view.
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Once again, no way we can compete with that Clone Wars stuff today.Good to know Chocolate is getting some exposure over here. I think it's criminal that the average person still doesn't know who Tony Jaa is.
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Don't know what all the fuss is about. Saw the trailer in front of TDK - didn't generate any kind of excitement in the theatre, people usually pass comments during the trailers but there was only silence. Kids might like it though.Hope the weather's nice where you are. It's pissing down here!
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Mel was fantastic. Great story, kicks ass action too.
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But I will wait until you show up befioe I unload a neigh on you
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Lamdmark movie. i love the French new wave, and that one may have been the grandaddy of them all. Not my favorite of the new wave, but it ranks very high. A must see for any serious movie lover.
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Maybe not knowing who Tony Jaa is will help him recover from the meltdown in overseas markets. He sure as shit is hosed at home - for now.
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It's a lovely day in the deep south, as we have over an inch of rain for the day.
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Neigh means Neigh!!!
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That girl that was huffing computer duster last night BLEW MY MIND...
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You got me! - 6-4
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The war continues.
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Great movie. It hinted at being heavy handed at times but it was a gut wrenching film. Great book too.It's clear sunny skies here. But then again, that's all it is here during the summer. We're in the middle of yet another drought. Water levels at their lowest in 10 years.I was bored so I spent the whole morning looking at places with Google Maps. All the places I've never been like Sydney, Cairo, Hong Kong. I really need to get my life started so I can travel the world. I'm tired of sitting at this desk.
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It appears that Red Baron movie has already had it's theatrical run in Europe, or at least Germany. So I expect the DVD will be out soon, even if it's from a different region.
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about Clone Wars being great on ecstacy.
A little advice..DO NOT watch a horror movie or anything that has a big creature.
We tripped one night and watched Jurassic Park.
Later that night I SAW the T-Rex coming through the trees and my friends said I was in the back seat of the jeep hollering for everyone to get in quick.
Creeped me out.
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when he visits his mother in jail gets me even when I don't use the help of drugs.
If you don't get a swell in your throat during that scene, well, let's just say check your heart and make sure it's not made of stone.
By the way I haven't done any drugs since the T-Rex encounter.
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My bro-in-law was up there and thought he won $21,000 and he was freaking out.
But he rechecked and it was three dollars. I can't remember if he bought it in NC or not.
Either way, if I won big in lotto I would indeed travel far.
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They call it the "education lottery" since it's meant to generate funds for our school system. It's been a colossal failure though. Not enough interest.Nothing wrong with drugs, if that's your thing. I'm a firm believer in legalizing drugs. If someone wants to smoke weed, that's there business. It's far safer and less fattening than getting drunk.Personally, I enjoy a good cigar buzz accompanied by the warm feeling of a good glass of port but to each his own.
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I'll do the dart on the world map thing myself. I'll go anywhere except for the hot zones. Hell, I could probably even go to Cuba if I flew to Canada and then whipped out my Canadian passport and booked a ticket to Havana.Going back to Europe is my priority. I'd love to take my mom back to the homeland (Holland) before she passes.
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Travel destination?
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But it was defeated. I guess we will have to make do with casinos all over the place.
Yes, A good cigar and a glass of Blanton's whiskey makes for quite the swell evening.
Did you ever find some pecan beer?
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Just for the varied landscapes and hopefully to catch a WRC (rally cars) race while I'm there.
You know there is no restrictions to where you can sit and watch?
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Couldn't find the pecan beer or Fat Tire. There's a guy who runs a specialty beer/wine shop and he special orders anything he doesn't carry so I'm going to visit him on Saturday.
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The special effects were impressive, but I found it too contrived and melodramatic.
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I would like to go to Greece or Turkey. Possibly Madagascar.
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It really wasn't a good movie but it's one of those rare silly movies that I know I should hate but that I give a pass to. And the effects were impressive, especially the attack on the blimp.Greece? Excellent call. In fact, going to look up Athens on Google Maps and fawn like a schoolgirl.
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"Do you know what kind of a bomb it was?""The exploding kind."
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Our cable provider does not carry it anymore, but man was that cool.
They would feature all these locations that were both well known and not well known.
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Hhhmmmm......I would say Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, and India.
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South Africa, Egypt, Peru, Cuba, New Zealand, Japan
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Darjeeling Limited really made me want to go.
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Aug 12, 2008 9:26:53 AM CDT
The Adventures of Chitty in Jurassic Park on E
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Hahaha. I was kidding about seeing Clone Wars while tripped out. I don't want any kids to read this. But really....Jurassic Park? Fuck me. That would be scary.
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Aug 12, 2008 9:28:09 AM CDT
Darjeeling made me want to go on a train ride....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...through India. That shit seems so magical.
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Aug 12, 2008 9:28:29 AM CDT
I'd like to see a lot of South America as well.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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That must be coming on close to 20 years now since it first aired. He really went to some great unknown places.Danny, don't forget to ask for the happy ending in Thailand.
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...but chances are it will be from a dude that looks like a beautiful chick. Aaawwww fuck it. As long as he has nice legs.
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They said me my heart rate was through the roof and I was sweating and shaking.
I just remember that thing poking his head around the trees looking at us like he was stalking our little camp site.
Never again after that. No way.
I did have a friend that was tripping and he said everytime he talked, he could see the words and they were filling up the floorboard of the car.
So this guy opens the door and starts trying to scoop them out on the highway.
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That shits crazy. I don't have any colorful stories like that. All my adventures involve me drunk off whiskey and pissing in strange public places; drive thru window, public fountain, miniature golf course, etc.
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Fuck.
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Aug 12, 2008 9:41:35 AM CDT
Regarding that pic of Gyllenhaal as Prince of Persia
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Hahaha. What the fuck is that? That is the funniest shit I've seen all week. Was Brendan Fraser not available from the set of George of the Jungle or what? Fuck me....this is like the good old days when Charleton Heston played a Mexican.
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I've marked my territory on just about any structure imaginable.The one time in my life I got stoned, I got super stoned. I walked into a ladies bathroom at a pool hall and thankfully no women came in while I spent half an hour staring at the wall and wondering why there weren't any urinals.
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Done that shit twice. The first time I just instantly started puking all over the front of myself. The second time I tripped for about 18 hours and later found out it was laced with something. I tried to find out what and these cocksucking friends of friends said, "Acid....PCP.....who knows." Uhhhh.....okay. Last time I touch that shit.
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Aug 12, 2008 9:45:59 AM CDT
I really like Gyllenhaal but that casting is all wrong
by hawaiian organ donor
Have you seen some of those Bollywood guys? Still wrong ethnicity but even they would have been a better fit. They are cut and have perfect features and would drive the chicks wild.
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those are the top five for me. And for pure curiosity, throw in a visit to the Galapagos Island.
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He has been badly cast in every role since then. I dont like that dull retard look on his face. I just can't accept him as charming or bad ass....what the Prince needs to be.
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I walked into a Krystal's (great tiny hamburgers) completely naked (well I did have running shoes on) and ordered.
The weird thing is they took my order and the entire staff came to the front to see what the commotion was.
I gave them the money and took my food and they never called the cops.
But some stupid girl in the parking lot did and we had to hide behind a grocery store for about 30 minutes while the cops poked about the parking lot.
I went to a party later on next door to my little duplex naked, but they made me put a sock on my private area.
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Aug 12, 2008 9:48:37 AM CDT
walking around with your shit swinging....damn....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I would be nervous. Its just an open target there. I would be afraid a bird would shit on it, or perch on it, or both.....
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is in the article here, from Twitch. If you go through the article, it's like the fourth movie down or something. Check it out guys. But don't check it out on E. It looks freaky enough as is. Let me know what you think.
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Aug 12, 2008 9:51:27 AM CDT
I have a lot of funny drunk stories at Arclight Hollywood.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...bad idea for them to have a full bar in there man.
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....completely shit-faced. Fuck. Not good....my stomach is upset just thinking about it.
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It looks generic as hell but I'll probably enjoy the crap out of it.Yes, I got a kick out of the first one. It had a lot of dopey stuff but so does that 80s cheese we love so much.
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I like a good possesion flick.
I think it is because so many people either believe in it or don't.
And either way, there is always a little bit of evidence that makes you wonder...
The book version of The Exorcist was very good at making you decide in what you believed was true or not true.
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Aug 12, 2008 10:05:29 AM CDT
I can't imagine being out in public with my junk
by hawaiian organ donor
In full view."I can see your doodle.""Dad, hide your shame!"
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What looks generic about it? The photography is fucking awesome. It looks like Dick Tracy.....and that crazy all villain looks nuts. He looks like the guy from the end of Little Monsters with Fred Savage, where he had another face on the back of his head. That Punisher looks like he's gonna do some fucking damage. I like the nearly unknown cast. Fuck name stars.
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...so possession and stigmata are the only two things that scare the absolute piss out of me. That and the notion of Indy IV.....fucking terrifying. -
And twirling around blasting bad guys has been done before. Crashing the dinner party and standing on the table and shooting people has been done before. And the slo-mo bullet time thing of the explosion in the center of the circle of guys that throws them back looks like something right out of Wanted.Don't get me wrong. I'll be there with bells on. And I love the lead guy. He was the tits in Rome.
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Aug 12, 2008 10:27:12 AM CDT
Did I tell you I watched Pathfinder per your recommendation?
by hawaiian organ donor
Talk about mindless violence. It was entertaining which is all you can ask I guess.Moon Bloodgood is hot.Clancy Brown needs more work outside of Spongebob.
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Oh fuck....its gonna destroy that pansy ass cartoony bullshit. There is not one thing in action films that hasn't been done. And I wouldn't call something bullet-time unless it actually follows a CG bullet....otherwise its just slow mo.
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I apologize in advance Danny, but it sort of looks like DTV work right now. I didn't care for the last Punisher movie though, either.
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for our next round of movies, seeing as how it's likely to be fall, could we maybe get some horror films?
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No love for Punisher? Fuck me. This new movie looks awesome. Its vengeful violence set to Dick Tracy's color palette. And its got the balls to be Hard R. Unlike most shit these days.
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A solid piece of entertainment. That's 3 out of 4 of the movies that have been good. Looking forward to the discussions. I'm gonna move on to Antarctic Journal I think.
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didn't the director of this get jetted before the film was finished? or was it just the score that was thrown out?
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There are mixed stories. I dunno which is true......some say Lionsgate didnt like her cut and canned her and they are finishing it without her. Others say Lionsgate made their own cut and she didn't like theirs so she is re-editing it herself. I dunno.......all I know is that montage of blood and violence that was up here a few weeks ago walls balls to the wall awesome. This could be the most played DVD in my collection in 2009. Either this or Swallow My Pride #12. -
Danny, remember Indy 4. Keep reasonable expectations.
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I'll end up seeing The Spirit, and am pretty sure that one will end up sucking(though Im hoping against it).
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With Indy IV I was expecting an overall phenomenal movie. With Punisher I'm expecting 5 minutes of dialogue and 120 minutes of bloods, guts, explosions, and loud fucking music. And I pray they sprinkle in some one liners......they alright got that line, "Sometimes I'd like to get my hands on God...." line in the trailer.
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it's 90 minutes of sporadic, spastically edited action scenes? That was my feel from the trailer. It would be nice if it's good though.
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Danny, my boy, I enjoyed the first Punisher, ten bucks says I'll enjoy this one. Yes, I like my action movies to be hard R and this looks like it will deliver to me. Remember, a more forgiving cinephile does not exist.I didn't see Wanted but will on DVD and like Crank and Shoot Em Up, I'll probably enjoy it too. If it requires a glass of rum, so be it.Jonah, it warms my heart that you enjoyed Mr. Socrates. It had some great performances.As far as horror goes, I need to remind you, I'm just not a horror guy. I won't even watch the Japanese version of The Ring because it doesn't appeal to me. I watched R-Point and the Korean Red Eye and that stuff doesn't hold my interest. I'm not even a fan of the Hollywood stuff. I watched the first Nightmare and Halloween and Friday and that's it. I can't tell you anything else about Jason or Michael and Freddy.Saw and Hostel sealed the deal for me. If I want to see gore, it best be because a mace or ax or 9MM slug is taking someone's head off.But what I will do with the next package is send out different genres. For you married guys I can get out some dramas and romantic comedies. For you single guys......I'll figure something out.
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I'm an Eisner fan, hence my interest. If it is revealed that it isn't true to Eisner or strays into Sin City territory, then I'm out. As is, I disliked Sin City, and was entertained by 300, but don't understand the extreme love for it.
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When I said horror I was thinking of the stuff like Antarctic Journal or R-Point etc. Maybe just supernatural. I've been saving Antarctic Journal because of it's paranormal slant.
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was while it had a plot that somewhat resembled Infernal Affairs or Korean crime thrillers, it did posess good writing, great acting and it had a pace to it that I liked. It made it easier to digest than most Korean crime flicks. The training of the lead was by far my favorite segment of the movie. And, all in all, it turns out to be quite good.
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It was overall a bit too soft. But it had a lot of good shit packed in there.....the fight scene with Kevin Nash beating the shit out of Tom Jane for instance. The car crashes......most of the end assault. The opening family massacre on Castle's family. A lot of good stuff in there. I think it was a huge mistake to set it in Florida. Tax breaks are a bullshit excuse to completely change the feel and atmosphere of a film. If you don't have the budget.....then don't make it. It also needed another pass at the script and someone that wasn't a first time director. It just felt a little too flat and uninspired. But that being said....it is still a hell of a lot of fun. And Travolta's got some great one-liners, "She caught the train...." for instance. -
the various assassins sent to kill him, like the evil guitar guy and the giant Russian. I sort of enjoyed the apartment complex misfits, but the rest was IMO rather boring. And seeing Roy Schieder was also a plus.
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I liked the dad asks him, "What the fuck are you wearing?"
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First, I figure we could do a recap of stuff we have seen this summer, but for perspective, let's reach back to last summer first. What did you guys see last summer? the highlights? the disappointments? can we remember back that far?
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With so few I feel like I have to take what I can get.
I want Rambo-level gore though.
I don't know why I like that so much.
That said, I enjoyed the first Punisher and wished they would have saved "The Russian" until the end.
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and if I were rating that, I'd say it's a 2.5 out of a 5. I wasn't hugely letdown by it, because while I enjoyed the first two films, I, for some reason, was very wary of the next Spidey. I guess my reservation was that I wasn't sure how they would cram so much in. And it looks like I was right.
I enjoyed it as a summer special effects movie for a single viewing. It had a ton of problems, and sadly they were the types of things that prevented it from taking it's good parts, it's solid ideas and it's cool sequences and getting them in line and making them form a solid movie. It's more of a missed opportunity than a disappointment, but yea, I'd come down just slightly on the positive side, making this an O.K. movie. -
It is uneven at best. It has some good performances and even though it's all snow, I liked the cinematography but as with most Korean thrillers bordering on the supernatural, it falls apart by the end. It's worth watching once though.As far as Asian supernatural stuff goes, I've seen more than I own but I should be able to hook you up.
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Aug 12, 2008 11:28:22 AM CDT
whoa this is weird....from Lexi Alexander's official site....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I guess she is off Punisher. She took down all the old blogs about the film and now she just has one post where she talks about some expensive sports car and closes the entry with this.....
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Now for me it’s time to move on and look towards the future.
The way I see it, no matter if you work in an Ice cream shop, or a textile mill or in lovely peaceful Hollywood, life is all about getting the full experience. If things would always go smooth, it wouldn’t even be a half ass experience. You gotta win it all, lose it all, start from the beginning, get it all back and so on. Exciting times. "
Weird.
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Saw that last summer too I think. Was a 3 out of 5. If any of you have seen it, it totally felt like the edgy indie stuff you could find on video back in the late 90s, like Cube or Chasing Sleep or whatever. I think Ashley Judd was awesome in the role, and in fact all of the actors (Harry Connick Jr. included) did well. It's stage play origin often made it feel more low budget than simply claustrophobic, but overall it worked well. I liked it and found it both kind of funny and kind of sad. I kept waiting for it to really take off, but it was mostly slowburn until it just became "burn".
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When that kicked the Big Dog, wouldn't it have been funny of they didn't tell him they had prgrammed in self-defense.
That thing's eyes turn red and turns on that guy, disboweling him with quick slash of his front leg.
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I guess we will see what happens.
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Aug 12, 2008 11:35:47 AM CDT
Spidey 3 ranks among the wrost superhero flicks of all time
by toadkillerdog
New Topic: Worst superhero flicks.Just the 'major' releases -excluding the one offs, and cheapies.
1) Superman IV
2) Spidey 3
3) Superman 3
4) Batman Forever
5) Superman Returns
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Seeing Max Pyane then Punisher 2.
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Spiderman 3 -- I liked it. It was a pretty fun time. Doesn't have the replay value of the first two but.....wait.....a month later I watched the first two on DVD and realized they call kinda suck. I'm fucking sick of Spiderman....moving on.
I refused to see Pirates, Oceans 13, Rush Hour 3, or Evan Almighty.....they all looked like bullshit.
Fantastic Four 2 -- I liked it. A lot better than the first film. I really liked the work on The Surfer. If I was 10, this movie would fucking rock.
Transformers -- Yup...I saw it. First time with my brother back to back with Die Hard 4. Its funny because I thought Transformers would be the slightly better of the two. PG-13 Die Hard....what the fuck? No smoking? Fuck you. Turns out I almost fell asleep in Transformers and then I had a damn fun time with Die Hard at 11:00 at night! I couldn't really tell if I liked Transformers though....there was so much shit on the screen, I couldn't really judge it until I watched it with a friend on DVD and realized, Holy shit!! This movie is trash!!
Harry Potter -- Awesome awesome awesome. These movies rock. Always have a damn fun time with them. My only complaint was it was released in the summer....what the fuck? Potter should be fall/winter films.
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More like 4th best! I love that movie!
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Aug 12, 2008 11:39:52 AM CDT
Here's where you guys learn just how forgiving I am
by hawaiian organ donor
From last year released May through August:Spider-Man 3 - hated itDie Hard 4 - passableShrek 3 - loved itSuperbad - liked itTransformers - hated itPotC3 - hated itSimpsons Movie - loved itHP and Order of Phoenix - loved itBourne Ultimatum - liked itRatatouille - loved itKnocked Up - liked itRush Hour 3 - refuse to see itOcean's 13 - loved itEvan Almighty - too bland to form an opinionBulls of Fury - enjoyed itStardust - loved itYet, not one single film in that list is anywhere near my top 10 list.
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I couldnt look at it here, but I've seen the Big Dog video many times. I think the fact it looks like a giant fly, with that buzzing sound too, makes it a very creepy thing to witness.
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Are my only two movie going experiences this year. This fall will be like a three month long orgasm for me.
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I was thinkng the same thing. That guy is fucked. Big Dog will remember that kick in the ribs!
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TMNT - Best Turtles EVER! FFFFFFAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTT! Die Hard 4! &$&*ing Great! FFFAARRRTTTT Oh the Simpsons movie is pretty good. FAAAARRRRRTTT Wow Sunshine was only in theaters for a weekend. FAAAAAARRRRRTTT!!!!!!!!!!!! All the way till 2008! 07 Sucked. Honorable mentions: 300 (just the trailer), The Condemded, Ratatioulle, Grind House, Hot Fuzz, Aquen Teen Movie, and the Pirates movie for being the only entertaining one of the bunch. I would put TWBB on there, but since 99% of the people who saw that movie in theaters saw it in Jan 08 doesn't really give it that 07 stink.
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Transformers, besides that useless mind blowing effects that somehow didn't win an Oscar? Was that for a movie where a giant ass kicking semi truck robot should be the lead charachter, it didn't even have the most awesome scene involving a semi truck. That goes to Die Hard. No matter how over the top that scene was you know you loved every second of it the first time you saw it.
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From last year released May through August:
Spider-Man 3 - hated it - me too!
Die Hard 4 - passable - I liked it.
Shrek 3 - loved it. same here.
Superbad - liked it. I loved it.
Transformers - hated it. It was ok.
PotC3 - hated it. Ditto.
Simpsons Movie - loved it. It was ok.
HP and Order of Phoenix - loved it. Ditto.
Bourne Ultimatum - liked it. Loved it.
Ratatouille - loved it. I liked it.
Knocked Up - liked it. Did not see it.
Rush Hour 3 - refuse to see it. Blah.
Ocean's 13 - loved it. It was ok.
Evan Almighty - too bland to form an opinion. Did not see it.
Bulls of Fury - enjoyed it. Refused to see it.
Stardust - loved it. Did not see it.
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Everytime you mention the fall, I keep thinking you mean the movie The Fall. Which was awesome but I had a nasty allergy attack in the theaters and probably didn't enjoy it as much as I should. Wish I could've seen it again, but it was in theaters for one weekend. Thats 2 weekends shorter then Postal was in theaters.
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That was last year? Fuck that feels like 3 years ago......but yeah-- that thing fucking rocks. Great fight scenes, great dialogue, best chemistry with the turtles we've ever seen, good music. Fuck yes.
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Spidey 3 2.5/5 I thought it was O.K. but never returned to it.
Bug 3/5 I enjoyed it and found it a creepy little movie.
POTC 3- 3.5/5 This is where I differ from most of you guys. I actually really enjoyed this movie. Loved the scene with the crabs and the ship, loved Barbossa back, the giant battle at the end. Yes, there were some serious bits that were off-the Pirate Elders scene, the entire character played by Chow Yun Fat. Yet I still had fun with it and it reminded me in spirit of the Harryhausen myth epics of yesteryear, but of course not as good.
Shrek 3- 1.5/5 BLAH!
Oceans 13- 2/5 Yawn!
Paris Je T'aime-4/5 I loved this movie. Not every short film hit it's mark perfectly(while others did, i.e. Coen bros.) but the parts added together made an endearing whole.
Ratatouille-5/5 Yea, I LOVED it.
1408- 3.5 This was a good creepy, brief but effective horror movie. It does what it needs to do, and it does it really well. Cusack was great in it.
28 Weeks Later- 3/5 A fun but not spectacular horror flick. I enjoyed it, but was in no way comparable to the great original.
Die Hard 4- 3/5 I liked it. It was fun. A good time.
Transformers- 3/5 Dopey, but it had giant robots and for some reason it's silly sci-fi tone worked for me.
Harry Potter 5- 4/5 Yea, it was awesome.
Sunshine-4/5 We have been over this, but fix the last third and this might have been a 5.
Simpsons Movie-3/5 Loved watching it, but barely remembered it after the fact. Which is not typical for the Simpsons, where Im qouting lines for months after.
Paprika-4/5 Great anime. Trippy, beautifully designed, and has a cool story with interesting characters.
Stardust-4/5 A great little fantasy movie. Underrated, even now.
Bourne Ultimatum-4/5 Easily the best of the Bourne movies.
Becoming Jane-3.5/5 Yea, make fun of me. I liked it. Alot.
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1) Ghost Rider2) Batman and Robin3)FF2 (sorry Danny)4)Superman III5) Spiderman 36) Blade 37) FF18) Elektra9) Batman Forever10) SpawnI haven't seen Catwoman but I'm sure that belongs in there somewhere.
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Aug 12, 2008 11:54:48 AM CDT
I will never understand the love for Ratatouille
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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I kinda, sorta, liked Spawn. But then again, I do not remember it very well. maybe I need to see it again. Or perhaps I am thinking of the animated version.
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Jeez, look at you bringing all that fancy indie stuff into the mix.I guess I'll have to rent TMNT now. Nothing but glowing reviews from this bunch.And I still haven't watched 1408, Daywatch or 28 Weeks Later.
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Its very difficult for me to NOT have a fun time with a superhero film. These are the only 3 I do not enjoy watching...
1) X-Men 3 (also on my worst 10 films of all time with budget over 50 million.)
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2. Any movie involving the Crow that didn't star Brandon Lee.
3. Superman 4
4. Batman and Robin
5. The Death of the Incredible Hulk
6. Ghost Rider
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I dig talking mice that sound like Patton Oswalt. And my daughter goes cuckoo bananas whenever I put it in. Just watching her jump up and down on the couch makes me enjoy movies even more.
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Me, I'm still hoping to catch Transsiberian, Tell No One, Man on Wire, Mummy 3 and Get Smart(the cheap theater just picked this up, but until those have been seen...here's the list.
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In any genre from any country that this group 100% agrees on?
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Aug 12, 2008 12:07:00 PM CDT
I don't have a cheap theater.....used to....not now...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Fuck. I miss those days. That shithole went out of business for a rat infestation.
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...that The Patriot is the best movie of all time.
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1. Iron Man-4.5/5 I was not prepared to like this as much as I did. I didnt follow it religiously through it's production, and I think that helped. The film did feel like a fleshed out version of the trailer, but everything was so well done, and beyond technical proficiency there was a clarity and simplicity to it, and there was actual joy in the movie-joy in performances, joy in action scenes, joy in special effects. It was a great marriage of the best aspects of 80s summer films and 90s summer films to give us one of the most entertaining superhero movies yet.
Speed Racer-4/5 I told everyone all year long how this would be the giant bomb of 2008. And I was right about that part. But I was SO wrong about it's quality. I personally feel that the Wachowski's have created something as good as The Matrix here. The problem with gauging this is that SR is a fresh, mind-bending action flick for kids, and Matrix was for teens and adults. But to be honest, it's every bit as fun, creative and sometimes overly excessive as that other movie of theirs. Yea, call me out. Go ahead.
Prince Caspian-4/5 Again, didnt expect this. I only liked the first one. This one was a great fantasy movie, and expanded the world, utilized it's child actors in ways that didnt make me want to slap them, and actually gave some of the Potter films a run for their money in the darkness and poignancy department.
Indy 4- 4/5 I loved it. I kept waiting to hate it. I was almost disappointed that it wasn't horrible, because except for some cgi monkeys, I didnt feel like there was much to criticize Lucas for.
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But I refuse to see anything on those small screens with the 20 year old chairs that are like sitting on cinder blocks and a sound system that's only slightly better than what I had in my '86 Ford Tempo.Wanted, Iron Man, Incredible Hulk and Prince Caspian are playing there right now. Jesus, didn't some of these only open last month? I miss the days as a kid when a movie played on the same screen for 3 or 4 months. These punk ass kids today can't appreciate a damn thing.
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MORE LIKE tenth best superhero movie ever!
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Leguizamo is fucking insane in that thing. And American Werewolf Devil in Hell.......hell yeah!! Anyone who doesnt appreciate Spawn has never experienced a female sitting on their face. -
Looking forward to going home tonight and watching some blood splattering action and drinking a raspberry wheat ale.A dress shirt has never felt more uncomfortable than it does today.
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Danny, I think thats the best explanation of Spawn I've ever heard.
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I'm at work as well! But since the fire we only have to weat a collered shirt and it can be untucked, shorts and flip flops. Its been awesome in this heat.
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And Da Vinci code are on my list of worst movies ever. Mainly because with all that talent it should've at least been entertaining.
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I just saw it the one time in the theater but I remember thinking the PG-13 rating was killing the sadistic glory of the comic book. And Michael Jai White felt wrong to me. John Leguizamo was in it? Yeah, I don't remember that. I do remember so horrible fireplace scene. And an opening attack on an airport that felt neutered.Good list LibWar. I don't hate Superman Returns yet. I think if I watched it a second time I'd call for Singer's head.
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Son of Rambow-4.5 This one is coming soon guys. I definitely want us to synchronize a watching. I think you will all love it. So far it's on my best of 08 list.
The Fall-5/5 For me, an almost perfect movie. I just LOVE LOVE LOVE this. It's that special kind of movie that you long to own on dvd even as the lights are coming up after your first viewing. Where you walk by the ticketbox on your way out and briefly consider seeing it again, immediately.
Children of Huang Shi-2/5 Chow and Yeoh in a movie together again, but they don't share any scenes and they play second fiddle to some bland characters. It's watchable. Thats it.
The Happening-1/5 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Incredible Hulk-3.5 Wasn't perfect, but really really liked it. But then I really like Ang Lee's version as well.
Wall E-5/5 Brilliant.
Journey to Center of the Earth-3/5 I enjoyed it, and in 3d. It wasnt as bad as Harry says.
Hellboy 2-4.5/5 Just awesome. Really, I know some didnt like it, but this one really hit the mark for me and my expectations were pretty high by the time I saw it.
Dark Knight-5/5 Deserves its accolades and success.
X-Files 2-3.5/5 Odd, but I liked it quite a bit, and it was good to see the duo again.
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Aug 12, 2008 12:30:27 PM CDT
Catwoman and Elektra are entertaining as fuck
by dannyglovers_dickblood
And they both feature hot ass scantily clad women beating the shit out of people. What the fuck man? Complaining about these films is equivalent to complaining about a POV blowjob porn and saying, "She looks at the camera too much." -
Curse you! Yeah, my employer is beyond stiff. We can't even wear golf shirts for crying out gloyvin. And they don't have a casual day.Of course the women here can get away with wearing whatever they want but us men get bent over hard.Danny, I had a girlfriend many moons ago that would sit on my face but that's like a past life to me now.
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If that last line is true, you must mean then that people who enjoy Spawn just like having their eyes buried in a**. And I agree, Spawn was a**.
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...to take away the most forgiving movie guy title away from me? I can deal with Daredevil but Elektra put me to sleep.
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It promises violence, violence and more violence.
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than yes, the Patriot is the best movie of all time.
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Crazy crazy crazy. He really doesnt get enough credit for this role. I think the worst part about Spawn was Martin Sheen with that jet black beard and the inconsistent fx work. Some shit looked amazing for the time (his CG cape for instance) other shit looked embarrassing (werewolf devil). I had the soundtrack to this thing...fuck that thing rocked. Great hard rockin' music. Manson's Long Hard Road Out of Hell duo with Sneaker Pimps is a particularly fun time. -
Loved them. Manson, not so much.
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that was also a pretty cool movie with Asano as Khan. 3.5/5.
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and I missed it?
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Manson is inconsistent, but his singles are great. Beautiful People, Dope Show, Sweet Dreams of course. That guy was fun back in the day. I'm a little old for it now.......he has his own label of absynthe now called MANSINTH. hahaha.
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I had a late lunch.
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just to beat the tropic thunder TB. Which we might have just accomplished.
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HOD....I am sorry the face sitting seems like many moons ago to you. There is nothing like a warm anus on your lips. Jonah....very funny joke about having your eyes buried in ass because Spawn is ass. I laughed. Thank you.
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In all seriousness, I bet this group would be great at an At The Movies type show. It would take us an hour to review a single movie but it would be entertaining as hell.
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Pillow, Chitty, Fred, kungfu and jarv, are all missing.
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But Libwar seems to be joining in.
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i agree about Daredevil It is not as bad as some have made it out to be. I thought all three leads were good.
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Dardevil?
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The 30 minutes of additional footage adds an important subplot about the murder of a hooker which is pinned on street thug (Coolio). The fight sequence at the end between Kingpin and Daredevil is longer and more involved. Many of the fight sequences are cut with an "R" rating movie in mind (and that's what this DVD version received as its rating).
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actually ditches the sex scene altogether on Daredevil. It's actually a bit better movie, but still not awesome. However, I thought Daredevil was fine. WAAYY better than Ghost Rider.
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My wife bought it for me. And she never buys me movies. I have yet to watch it though.I'm curious to see the director's cut of Punisher though.
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Is there any added violence or is it mainly just more storyline kinda stuff? What would make it R?
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I liked when Bulleyes broke the glass and used them as weapons.
But I also agree on Elektra. I was bored to tears. I always wanted Garner to take up the Firestarter role and give it some action. -
One of only two movies where I liked the soundtrack better (Singles being the other one). I have the Spawn soundtrack on my Ipod and it is very good workout music.
Favorite part is when Spawn looks down after doing a defensive transformation and says simply "Hell yeah."
I still laugh at that scene and where they ran out of money for the pixal devil. Looked like he was made of Legos. -
How bout them blueberrys?
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I think the violence is a little harder, but it's still not gonna make you say "HOLY CRAP, LOOK AT THAT!". What is never said is that all UNRATED cuts are that way because they are adding new footage to an already approved cut, and in order to earn a rating they would have to resubmit it for a rating. If you have ever watched the unrated cut of something and wondered why it was that way, since it technically wasn't harder than the original, this is why. All those horrors and comedies that add UNRATED to their titles are usually full of it. If you added new footage to March of the Penguins and didn't resubmit it for a rating, you would have MARCH OF THE PENGUINS: THE UNRATED SPECIAL EXTREME EDITION.
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Better than the movie.
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as does The Village. But Im talking scores, and not necessarily a "soundtrack" of songs.
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I actually saw that movie about the killer lift or elevator thing.
I rank it right above the killer sweater-making machine in the Mangler.
I always laugh at The Mangler because we always called people with both sexual organs "Boston Manglers".
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The movie was very long and felt even longer in the theater.
Big surprise that Death's weakness is high-dollar poon.
Isn't that most people's weakness?
Do agree on the score for it and the score for The Village which is amazing.
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Most of the time Unrated shit is crap. But the Director's Cut of Daredevil was the original version submitted which got an R rating. Then the studio wanting him to deliver a PG-13 and trim it down to a shorter running time.
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...I think its one of the few films were Pitt works a little bit.
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Rank Brad Pitts geek oriented movies.
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Yesterday I sent a box of pre-sharpened #2 pencils to Apatow Productions with the note "Courtesy of DannyGlovers Dickblood and the Church of Chang." I hope you guys don't mind.I figure it will give him something to talk about at next years Comic-Con.
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Yesterday I sent a box of pre-sharpened #2 pencils to Apatow Productions with the note "Courtesy of DannyGlovers Dickblood and the Church of Chang." I hope you guys don't mind.I figure it will give him something to talk about at next years Comic-Con.
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First time it's ever happened to me.
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Such as when he is discovering earthly things.
I love a good fish-out-of-water story, but I think they could have cut it down to a tighter movie.
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As long as you didn't send 2for2true with the pencils Apatow and gang will be safe.
I wonder what kind of response that will get?
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I asked a couple weeks ago if anyone thought it would be a good idea. No one responded. Last week I was driving by Office Depot and I said f-it and bought a box of 12. I only got around to mailing it yesterday.
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Muahahahahahahaha
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You are DA MAN!
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Danny-Yea, the main difference is in the final fight with Kingpin, some of the blows are connecting, and in other scenes the violence is intact. It's less jump-cutty than the original, for those reasons. There may be more language. I don't recall Danny.
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Cool Wolrd. Interview with a vampire. Seven. 12 monkeys. Fight Club. Those are just off top of my head.
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Twelve Monkeys and Seven are Pitt's finest moments, at least I think so.
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Aug 12, 2008 1:34:51 PM CDT
Favorite Pitt performance in geek oriented movie
by chittychittygangbang
He was off the wall in 12 Monkeys and I liked him in Fight Club.
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but wasnt sure if that was a "geek" movie.
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Pitt has way more stinkers than I remember but his best movies are some of my all time favorites.
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that doesnt care much for Fight Club. Go figure.
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Weird how a country can "ban" someone.
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and after guessing the twist less than half way in, I started getting restless with it. Enough time has passed, and I've changed enough, it's quite possible I'll feel different on it now.
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Because Snatch is a great f-ing movie and Brad Pitt owns all our arses in that role.
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Aug 12, 2008 1:39:05 PM CDT
Pitt....aww crap let me think. He kinda sucks so....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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All because he made a movie about Tibet. We need to send Frank Castle after the Chinese government.
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...here are my favorites of his. These are performances.....not necessarily movies. I like Seven....I just think he is kinda the weak link in it. Everything else in that film is better than him IMO.
1) River Runs Through It
2) Legends of the Fall
3) Seven Years In Tibet
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where are you from man? I went to high school in Alabama (I'm in Oregon now) and we used to go to Krystals all the time. and that ectasy T-rex story was fucking hilarious.
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but what are some really good film scores you guys would recommend? I'm looking for stuff to listen to while I write and stuff, and I'm open to anything.
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Because I'm more knowledgeable about stuff from the 80s and 90s.
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sing behind you. Get me some sauza and I will dance too.
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happy somebody else saw the Fall. It really is an incredible movie. I love the littlr girl's interpretation of the story and how it was according to her culture and knowledge of the world.
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just good stuff. like Last of the Mohicans, etc. anything
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Dances With Wolves, Band of Brothers, Brick, River Runs Through It, Legends of the Fall, The Rocketeer, Willow, The Untouchables... Some of my favorites..
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you can almost never go wrong with the work of James Newton Howard. Almost all of the collaborations he has done with Shyamalan have been good, save the Happening. It had a useless score.
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Grew up in east central Mississippi in Philadelphia (yes, the town with all the racial history) and now live a little closer (and further north) to Alabama border in West Point.
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I'm going to start at 1988 and go to 2000 and I'm sure to miss a bunch (so go easy on me) but these are the ones that immediately come to mind:1988 - Willow1989 - Glory1990 - Dances With Wolves1991 - Hook, The Rocketeer1992 - Last of the Mohicans1993 - Jurassic Park, Gettysburg1994 - Shawshank1995 - Braveheart, Apollo 131996 - Dragonheart1997 - Fifth Element1998 - Meet Joe Black, Saving Private Ryan, Dark City1999 - I'm drawing a blank here2000 - The Patriot, Perfect Storm, GladiatorEverything there gets frequent play on the old iPod.
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that's great man! just what I wanted. Thank you all! This is very much appreciated. Knew I could count on you guys to offer up some great opinions and suggestions.
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Aug 12, 2008 2:09:04 PM CDT
you know the Lost World soundtrack is really great....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...as well. That gets overlooked. Some great adventure trek music.
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...but I think he made a deal with the devil when it comes to Glory. That is so far above and beyond anything he's done (and let's face it, Willow and The Rocketeer rock) that he was on a different plane of inspiration when he composed it.
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If you have access to Itunes or feel like doing a little shopping, you can get great deals on film scores.
There always seems to be a "Best of" cd or package with Itunes.
Can't really go wrong with James Newton Howard, John Williams (of course), Clint Mansell, Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard (Gladiator), Howard Shore, Klaus Badelt, Michael Giacchino, Bill Conti.
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...the Harlem Boys Choir. Now everyone and their mother (I'm looking at you Zimmer) has some Enya-ish choir chick in the background.
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My favorite is Thunderball.
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Bear McCreary's Battlestar Galactica stuff is interesting.Michael Giacchino did soundtracks for the Medal of Honor games and those rock. Totally bombastic stuff. You really feel like you're mowing down Nazis from the back of a jeep as it races through the French countryside.
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Speaking of choirs triggered a memory. The very first movie I saw, or for that matter, mass entertainment of any sort that i saw that used a backing choir was The Idolmaker. That was truly a fantastic movie, with awesome music. I may have to dig that up.
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Head down to your local used CD store and raid their soundtrack section. You'll find it's treated as a bargain bin since morons are eager to give that stuff away but not so to pick it up.
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Where do you guys find this stuff?Sometimes I wonder if these TBs have opened up into another dimension and I'm talking to guys in an alternate universe because you dudes know the most obscure stuff.
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It is only because I am older than you are. I have seen things...
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Not only great music, and great story, it was a damn good movie. Taylor Hackford directed it.
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Ecspecially when they allow you to use your credit card and just click away.
Go to Wal-Mart, Big Lots, K-Mart or wherever and we must be the only people on earth who buys these scores, as they are discounted heavily.
There was a two or three disc Williams hits that was just over ten bucks at Walmart.
Also good place is pawn shops, as most people (whether stolen or whatever) don't even take the wrapping off and try and get a little money from pawning it.
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Aug 12, 2008 2:32:31 PM CDT
Fuck Itunes....i wouldn't give those cunts one cent....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Buy the CD and rip that shit if you want Mp3s. Then you have the hard copy.
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For those that have hi-def, or those who dont, what movies are worth owning in hi-def? Having bluray for a handful of months now,(since May) I try to balance what I pick up between reg dvds and blurays. If I'm buying something brand new release, I usually go bluray, but I'm also hesitant about restocking my collection. So far it's been for stuff I, or my wife, really love and feel would benefit from bluray.
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what movies do you view as must own in hi-def, or what stuff would you look to update if you had hi-def?
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He does the bad ass Back To The Future trilogy....and really nothing else worth mentioning. Sure he has done all Zemeckis shit since....but none of them have memorable scores really. Now he is scoring Hannah Montana: The Movie. FUCK YES!!!
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Did he direct the Devil's Advocate?With my luck, the one time I go to a pawn shop it'll get robbed and the bastard will pull a Regarding Henry on me and put one in my noggin and I'll forget I ever saw Ghost Ride.........I'll be right back.
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...and with the cost of the discs being what they currently are, I would only buy HD movies that I regularly watched once or twice a year. If it's something I have to blow the dust off to watch, standard def will do.
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looks like this:
2001: A Space Odyssey
There Will Be Blood
Blade Runner: Complete Edition
Dark City: Director's Cut
Big Fish
Road Warrior
Adventures of Baron Munchausen
A Passage to India
Gattaca
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Fountain
Galapagos
Pan's Labyrinth
The Fifth Element
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I know I'm behind like always. First off HOD thats awesome! Secondly my high school physics teacher was an extra on Meet Joe Black (all his scenes got cut, surprised cutting was made on that film) and while not really liking the film he said that those scenes where Friori is supossed to be cold that that was natural for her because she was unheathly skinny. That her and Brad Pitt were huge dicks and never talked with the extras, they just hung in their trailers, while Hopkins was out with the extras the whole time telling jokes and stories and drinking with them. Personally I would prefer to hang with Hopkins any way. He seems like a crazy old man, who you probably couldn't keep up with.
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...and Contact, both great scores.
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Aug 12, 2008 2:41:01 PM CDT
Yeah...the hack Taylor Hackford did direct that...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...and a ton of other shitty movies.
Really the only cool thing he has ever done is Blood In, Blood Out. A bad ass movie about cholos in San Fernando Valley. But really....who fucking cares what kinda movies he makes if he is nailing Hellen Mirren every night. -
Aug 12, 2008 2:41:25 PM CDT
anyone see that pic of Helen in a bikini recently?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Get Sunshine.
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How can you hear it behind all that fucking gun-fire? Hahahaha.
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That's basically what I have been doing thus far, except obviously with Spiderwick, which was selling 22 bucks for the 2 disc standard, and 24 for the bluray, so I opted for bluray.
All of those others were ones I watch at least once a year, maybe not Harry Potter 5, Passage to India, and There Will Be Blood, but they are likely to pass into similar regualr rotation. -
The Final Fantasy Spirits Within score is a blinder.
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I recently had picked it up on standard def though-hit the blockbuster 4 for 20 a while back, and got that, No Country for Old Men, Paris Je T'aime and Into the Wild.
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She had a song on FF: The Spirits Within and one on A.I. soundtrack that same summer. Anyone remember her?
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and picked up Lars and the Real Girl, I'm Not There and Assassination of Jesse James in their 3 for 20 sale. My wife tries hard to keep me out of their, but it's difficult.
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Fantasy Spirits within? Looking at it though as just a movie not Final Fantasy movie. Anyone seen Advent Children?
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I was at a get-together Friday night and someone brought up Indy IV (I wish Danny could have been there).
Come to find out Lucas and Speilberg were having trouble finding just the right hat, as the past person or company had stopped making them.
So this guy says that the hats for Indy IV were made just one over from the town I live in.
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You liked Lars and the Real Girl? It looked cool. I haven't seen it.
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We were talking about Final Fantasy the other day...you weren't here? I appreciate it. I dont understand what the fuck is going on but I think some of that shit has still never been been in animation. Some of the hand-held stuff is amazing. -
Ended up loving that movie, only saw it because my buddy asked me to return some movies for him to BB and that was one. As for Lars I agreed with Emily Mortimer character when she goes off on Lars for pretty much just being a dick. And the movie really didn't go anywhere.
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By some guy that makes hats over there.
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Advent Children is just singularly for people who played games. It's like a long cut scene. As I didnt play the games, my enjoyment was limited. It honestly felt about like watching a glossier version of a scifi channel original in the sense that I didnt know what was going on, why it was happening, nor did I care, but lots of potentially cool stuff was on the screen so I kept looking at it.
Spirit's Within was interesting. I saw it the night before it came out, because we had friends who worked at the Regal, and let us in at like 1 a.m. to preview the print. So, it was me(who hadn't played any of the games except the first for NES and the second for SNES), my 3 college buds who all ADORED the games, and about ten other geeks who all wanted to see the movie succeed. And I was really tired. I loved the animation, and didn't mind the story and regard the movie as a decent film, but it's just a little too cold for my tastes. It feels like it holds you at a distance. Part of me thinks if it had been live action people, I would have hailed it as a masterpiece. As it is, it was that rare oddity in he summer of 2001: a movie that didn't suck. -
I'd have stuff like Starship Troopers, Rambo, 3:10 to Yuma, The Patriot, Patton, Master and Commander, DC of Troy, Apocalypto, DC of Kingdom of Heaven, The Untouchables, Full Metal Jacket, ID4, Gattaca, Total Recall, Shinobi, The Thing, Die Hard, Predator, Robocop, Kung Fu Hustle, Oldboy nad The Final Countdown on Blu-ray.I'm with Danny, I don't want to give in to this HD mess but that list has me drooling on the keyboard.
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Yeah with my office set up right now, my computer faces out towards everyone so I can't have AICN rocking out all day long. Plus I've been busy at night getting ready to move.
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I loved the movie Lars. I don't think the movie persay meanders, it's just it's all about it's characters, and it tracks internal growth mostly, so it can seem slow. However, all whom I've showed it to have loved it.
Best gauge: Did you like The Station Agent? If you enjoy that sort of film, Lars might work for you. It worked for me in a big way. It was def one of my top ten last year. -
Which sounds like a dick statement, but its true. I love films for films.....not for the picture quality. DVD is good enough for me and always will be. I understand one day I will have to submit just because it will be an exclusive Blu Ray world. But until then-- fuck them....bring on the Standard Def deals!!
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I saw Advent Children with someone who played the game like FF7 like three times. I had put a good amount of hours into the game, but never got further then the first disk. But he kept talking to me like we were on the same level of knowledge, I was like yeah this looks really cool, but I got no idea why its important. As for Spirits, I really liked that movie, own it on the DVD. I didn't understand why people hated it so much.
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Or you have spawned another imposter - sort of. melgibsonsdickcheese.
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X-Files 2. As movies they are going for something specific but totally ignoring their fanbase, and they are too strange for a mainstream audience that isnt in the fanbase, and they are both sort of downer stories. But, if you get by all that, it's just cool that they exist, and taken on their own they do work.
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Can't forget John Williams for the Phantom Menace - Duel Of The Fates in particular. James Newton Howard for 6th Sense... But my favourite from that year would be Billy Corgan & Elia Cmiral's score for Stigmata. Thought the film was good too.Also, the score for Plunkett & Maclean was interesting but I can't remember who did it. Film, mmmm, not so good.It's still pissing down here. With thunder and lightning now. End of weather forecast.
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She's looking good for an old broad.I'll refrain from the "plow" and "nail" innuendo.
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Angelina Jolie has been cast in an action heavy CIA spy thriller!! Yeeeeehah. Talk about casting against type!! The studios are mad-men!!
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I mostly went for the hi-def when we got the projector. On a bigger screen, I was surprised that image quality did indeed make a bit of difference. However, I still pick up standard def stuff alot. Particularly the new dvds look pretty darn great. One of the sharpest lately was The Mist. It looked great, especially in that black and white version.
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Always has been, always will be.
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There's a guy out there with something about Han Solo's Carboite Penis or something. And a few others.
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and the difference is noticeable, but it's still a bit under Hi-def.
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Check this out. 63 fucking years old?!! Amazing. http://tinyurl.com/5daecs
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Aug 12, 2008 3:08:29 PM CDT
I dunno what happened to my gay uncle though...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Who was the first MILF you saw in movies? Mine was Elizabeth Taylor
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that is easy. Sigourney Weaver in Aliens.
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Aug 12, 2008 3:15:45 PM CDT
Fair enough Jonah - just make it first female movie crush
by toadkillerdog
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For me JoBeth Williams in Poltergeist. She was fine as hell.
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Princess Leia of course too.. maybe pre-dating Sigourney. Not sure.
wierdest crush as a kid was on the robot girl from SMALL WONDER. V.I..K.I. Her and the Childlike Empress from Neverending Story. Now, remember I was about their age, or younger at the time, so nothing creepy there. -
Princess Leia of course too.. maybe pre-dating Sigourney. Not sure.
wierdest crush as a kid was on the robot girl from SMALL WONDER. V.I..K.I. Her and the Childlike Empress from Neverending Story. Now, remember I was about their age, or younger at the time, so nothing creepy there. -
There was a guy for awhile: DANNYGLOVERS_RICH_GAY_UNCLE
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thing is none of that stuff will ever be funny or shocking, no matter what. Your odd decision on word combos is where all the comedy is, and it has been mined, my freind. Kudos.
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Lieutenant Gay Ellis from the TV series UFO. Can't recall the name of the actress - Gabriella Drake?Lilac coloured hair, short skirt, big jugs...
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Half the cast of Moonraker and Flash Gordon. Even the "Fire when Gordon's in range!" chick turned me on.But I probably didn't want to spank to anybody until Kate Capshaw in ToD.
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Judy Garland I think...obviously for Wizard of Oz, and then later as saw more of his stuff, the movie-crush returned. To this day I can re-watch Meet Me in St. Louis at basically any given moment. The crush, of course, is gone though.
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But V.I.C.K.I?
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she was made up to look like a dead girl's corpse and yet as a kid I liked her. I don't even want to think about it.
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That is a series I have not heard about in a while. We must be around the same age. Yes, she was hot. Servalan in Blakes 7 was even hotter though.
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Man I thought she was hot.
Her parents advised her against doing anymore movies for fear of troubles of child actors in the day.
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Not even sure I knew Grace Jones was a woman the first time I saw that flick.
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and thanks to them, I don't have my memories tainted by the image of the Childlike Empress stumbling out of a limo into a crack infested ditch throwing up, and looking for johns, so she can scream "SAY MY NAAAAAMMME!!!"
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Still, it made me look it up on imdb.
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That Gary Busey reality show had a girl like her pretending to be a robot in an episode.
Needless to say it looked like Gary was about to pop another spring.
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Aug 12, 2008 3:35:18 PM CDT
Gary Busey should be in that Watchmen movie....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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I loved I'm With Busey.
Hearing Gary growl out "Nice to meet you Vicki" was just too much.
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not Im with busey.
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How dare you, toad! She is but a flame to the glorious Ms Ellis's forest fire! I demand that you retract such a grievous statement!
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Aug 12, 2008 3:39:05 PM CDT
I'll tell you who my first crush should have been
by hawaiian organ donor
Lois Lane, but the studio lost their friggin' mind by casting Margo Kidder.
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...on a pack of Camels.
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First time I watched it, I didn't see the beginning and didn't know she was supossed to be a robot.
Needless to say I thought she was a terrible actor or just stoned.
But then I caught on.
But yeah, I wish everyone could see Busey's face when he thought that little girl was a robot.
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should be on DVD. That and Tales from the Darkside and Monsters.
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Aug 12, 2008 3:43:00 PM CDT
I'm With Busey is the only reality show thats real
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Busey's reactions are far too genuine. Everything is scripted...he is just too permafried to catch on.
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Linda Hamilton in Beauty and the Beast and Tasha Yarr.
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I just searched Viki.Jonah, go and take a cold shower. Pull yourself together, man!
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I never thought she was hot at all and I crushed on nearly every actress.
I thought Miss Tessmakker (sp?) was lightyears ahead in hotness mainly due to her funbags and her face didn't look like a catcher's mitt due to unfiltered Camels. -
Servalan, was not a s smokin hot as Gabrielle, but, Servalan, was twice a s sexy. In that skin tight suit, and threatening to kill everyone of Blakes crew! damn, the first two season of Servalan was the best of any female villain - then they watered her down.
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I shall smite thee with her lilac wig for such insolence!Never mind. Whatever floats yer boat, I say.
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She was a knuckleduster in Supes.Strangely, I never found any of the 80s brat pack chicks attractive.
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Never thought Molly Ringwald was hot, or Ally Sheedy.
The girl I always had a crush on was Meredith Salenger.
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Servalan just had that extra oomph about her in the first two seasons.
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Aug 12, 2008 4:13:29 PM CDT
I was just poking around Wiki and found Lake Placid 2
by chittychittygangbang
I didn't know (or forgot) there was a Lake Placid 2!
I can understand them having Bo Duke as the lead, but how in holy hell did they get Cloris Leachmen!?!
She has an Oscar and more Emmys than any other person.
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The Angels out of Captain Scarlet. I'd have all them, one at a time or all together. Obviously if they were real - not the puppets. That would be just wrong.
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It is called paying the bills.
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Up there with Jonah and his love that dares to speak it's name V.I.C.K.I!
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You would think she could have put some money away and just pick and choose what roles.
That's 62 years of acting. 62 YEARS!!
Or maybe she was playing bridge one day and one of friends dared her to do it.
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Aug 12, 2008 4:31:56 PM CDT
Judi Dench is a party girl...I saw her in Cancun
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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I was watching the Great Outdoors and thought it was a coup to get her in that movie.
Then I remebered that was her first movie.
Amazing!
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I do not mean that in a bad way! hah! British actors have no fear or reluctance from moving between TV and movies and stage. Be it high drama or lowest schlock. American actors, still only want to work in movies, and take TV as a stepping stone. Money though, trumps all. You would think being in the biz a long time would earn you something, maybe it has, I am just speculating about Cloris Leachman - who BTW was a fine looking woman in her youth and middle age. But Patrick Ewing put it best when it came to making money. "Yeah, we make a lot of money, but we spend a lot too". Remember how Robert Urich ended up? Selling tongue cleaners on TV. Acting is a hard biz.
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I was venting my anger at Jaws: The Revenge and how filing that robbed Michael Caine of picking up his Oscar in person.
Then somebody said they read or heard a quote about asking Caine if he was going to watch Jaws: The Revenge.
He said he had no intention to but he has seen the house it helped pay for and it was beautiful.
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It has been freezing my screen when I've tried to load it. Is this happening to anybody else?Points I've missed that I'll cover before bed.1.Folks who want to go to Egypt, take me freely offered advice and don't. My suggestion, try Turkey instead.2. A few things about South America. Columbia and Peru plus the major cities of Brazil and Agentina are considerd some of the most violent places in the world and the most with terroristic activities. That being said, Columbia rocks out and has the most beautiful women in the world. Just keep in mind you have a super good chance of being kidnapped. I fucking love Columbia but I'm goofy like that because I also love Afghanistan.Hot broads that caused you to want to do the five knuckle shuffle on the ol piss pump as kid, here's my nominations. I can't believe nobody brought up Jacqueline Bisset in the Deep or Jaclyn Smith from Charlie's Angels. Good Lord they are tremendous looking trim.Good night off to sleep.
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Jonah's right, that does look very creepy. Possession movies always get me when the victim starts talking in another voice. The hairs go up on the back of my neck every single time.
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That lame British show after the almighty letterman with a sweet rocking TED stache and he could pull off Mario for a Mario Brothers movie. But seeing that Pixar is going to make that movie, guess it won't be live action.
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Aug 12, 2008 5:30:03 PM CDT
I just read a funny article with Fred "The Hammer" Williamson
by dannyglovers_dickblood
He says he has three rules for appearing in a film:
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"Hot broads that caused you to want to do the five knuckle shuffle on the ol piss pump as kid...."
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I thought I'd have something to do when I got home... oh well double feature from Netflicks of Bad LT. and Troll 1 and 2, I guess thats a triple header.
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on the Clone Wars thread.The Fincher thread has inevitably turned to the merits (or lack of) of Alien 3.Don't know what happened to this one. Everyone just disappeared. Boof!
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Ciao.
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I still say you can't go past platoon. There is an aussie one called, 'the odd angry shot' and hamburger hill. I'm in the reserves and these two guys joined our unit at the same time, and they look similar. One moved on before too long but he was the first to join. Everyone from the officers to the sergent (our platoons only have one) down get the second guy confused with the first guy, so i started calling him spagetti. he says 'why do you call me spagetti?' i say, have you ever seen hamburger hill? He says no. so i tell him, there is guy in hamburger hill and no one know how to say his name so they call him spagetti. he has a meltdown about it and then he pretty much dies in the next scene. he didn't laugh
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Great call on Jaqueline Bisset and her nipples of doom in The Deep. And the piss pump line was one of the funniest I have seen around here!
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NZ is awesome. I went fishing on lake tapo?? With some mates on a boat. We drank so much. Then we were clay pidgin shooting off the side, then we docked and picked up a stripper. Fucking awesome..
Been to Thailand, fucking awesome. Rode a damm elephant.
Train rides: I wanna do the trans Siberian railroad, and the Ghan. I deffinitaly wanna go to turkey and visit Gallipoli – mecca for australians
I didn’t mind 1408 or the happening. Not the best movies ever, but watchable. 1408>happening (I was expecting a movie about hippies)
Film scores: millers crossing (only really two or so good songs, but they are really good), o brother where art thou
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Was not the movie I was expecting it to be. I don't know what all the hoopla is about Werner Herzog directing a remake (sequel?) to it, it pretty much plays out like a typical Herzog film. The whole movie was a lot more cerebral and full of Harvey Keitel trying to cry. Lets face it though Harvey does not cry, he physically can't. Though the movie reminds me of a former friend of mine who ended up getting his life fucked because of drugs.
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What Harry was bitching about. This new Clone Wars video is probably the coolest thing I've ever seen! http://tinyurl.com/6d8son SERIOUSLY WATCH THIS CLIP!
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thanks Series. good stuff. was it you that showed us all the music video with the Gi Joes homage to the Thing too?
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pretty funny actually
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Yeah that was me with the G.I. Joe thing. I am gonna go watch that Spirit fight clip I saw it there and forgot to look. This Troll 1 movie is very lame.
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Going to bed now. See y'all in the AM!
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Into Troll 2 and its already given me a full solid 2 minutes of entertainment, something I never got with Troll 1.
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Came across this movie on IMBDizzle. It stars Ironside, anyone heard of it? Looks fucking sweet.
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The first one I had a crush on as a kid was Lindsay Wagner, the Bionic Woman! She was lovely, plus we share the same birthday, so added cool to a 5 year old kid back then!
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I didnt like Spawn, but then I didnt like the comic either. I refuse to watch Ghost Rider just because its Nic Cage. I still havent seen any of The Crow sequels, but the original is one of my favorites.
Catwoman is underrated and doesnt deserve all the hate it got. Yeah it was pretty damn bad, but the actors did a decent job given the script they had to work with, plus Halle in that suit was hot! And Sharon Stone as the evil indestructible makeup mogul, what a villain concept! If you look at it as just some dumb movie and forget its called Catwoman its entertaining enough, kinda like the american Godzilla was a cool giant lizard movie.
Elektra on the other hand was boring as hell, too bad because they had some cool villains like the tattooed guy and Natassia Malthe as Typhoid Mary.. mmmm hot. I loathed Daredevil, but I should see the Director's cut. Tank Girl was good stupid fun, Malcolm McDowell is always a good thing about any movie, and I kinda like Lori Petty (probably too much for my own good, is she still doing anything?). And every 3 from marvel is crap: Blade Trinity, X-Men 3, Spidey 3.... good thing they wont make Fantastic Four 3.
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Well, the first 3, didnt get #4 yet. I know you guys, especially Danny if I recall the earlier posts correctly, didnt seem to like them much, but I really enjoyed them. well the first two at least, 3 is pretty boring and a bit too long. I woudnt call them horror, just brutal thrillers. Shawnee Smith getting throw into the pit of syringes in part 2 is one of the most cringe-inducing scenes I've seen in a while. I can watch people being dismembered every which way without flinching, but I'm a total wuss when it comes to medical stuff. I'm actually surprised I liked these movies since I'm not much of a horror fan.
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when frickin' LARA FABIAN gets a mention on these talkbacks!! I'm from Montreal, she's a huge star around here, I unfortunately have been exposed to her music for a long many years!
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One of my all-time favorites is the Judgment Night soundtrack, one of the first albums to merge the rap and metal genres, and one of the last to do it well haha. Spawn was another great genre-mixer. Two others I really like are the soundtracks to the japanese movie Alive (barely remember anything about the movie tho); and to Dobermann, an ultra-violent french movie, starring Vincent Cassel (from Le Pacte Des Loups/Brotherhood of the Wolf), Monica Bellucci as a crazy mute, and the great Tcheky Karyo as a hyper brutal bastard police inspector trying to get their bank-robbing gang. Anyone here seen this movie? It totally kicks a lot of ass! No idea if it ever got an english release, subtitle or dubbed.
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Was a awesome movie, and soundtrack. Anther good movie that came out around that time Trespass. But dude MILF, Saw 4 was fucking terrible. Like it didn't make any sense and that deaths weren't good at all. Blade 1 and 2 had cool soundtracks, 3 not so much. They were like rap and techno.
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Has anybody on here seen that movie yet? If I had a DVD burner I would pull a HOD and send it to all of you guys. Unfortunately I don't, but I hope most of you can catch it some time. Cinematic bliss in its purest form. Just imagine a campy western from the 50s or 60s in Technicolor with all the super goody two shoes heroes and the bad to the bone bad guys. Now syntehsize that with a healthy dosage of super violence, and you get one of the most original, creative, entertaining movies I have seen in quite some time. Seriously guys, it would be a crime to not check this movie out! I think Magnolia has released it on DVD here in America. That's the same company who did that pretty swell release of The Host last year or something.
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not a "?" in the subject line. here's a trailer. I think the movie was made in the year 2000, so don't be fooled by its incredible vintage looks.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saTKuN5bc68
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Forgot to give you a solid commendation for sending those pencils to Apatow.You have balls. I like balls.
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O.K., I feel like I need to get myself banned just so those V.I.C.K.I. comments go away. Seriously, people, I was only 6! It wasn't THAT kind of attraction.
Anyway, what offensive thing could I say to get banned, oh yea...Brett Ratner for FABULOUS FURRY FREAK BROTHERS!!
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Need to claim that top spot without guys like Jarv, and if yesterday was any indication, Pillow and Fred.I'll see if I can find Tears of the Black Tiger. Sounds like my sort of thing.Did anyone else want to do the "five knuckle shuffle" to Lea Thompson after Back to the Future and Howard the Duck came out?
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I'm glad we made this Twitch thread big. I think this is the largest number of posts one of these has gotten, and I'm fine riding it to at least 1000, BUT if you check out that new Conan thread, it's being written by the writers of Outlander, and they have embedded the Outlander trailer in the article. It will be a new venue for us to spread the Outlander love. Anyone want to switch?
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I put my home address as the return address (obviously) so if I get a thank you card or a FU card, I'll let you know.And I don't even dislike Apatow, but I couldn't resist.
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I'm just happy to be posting. Hell, I'd do it in the BHC4 TB.
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Watched the pony tailed one last night declare that they ain't above mine.I'm come to the conclusion that Stevie never had the proper bad guys in his flicks, so I never felt like he really had to work for it. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Above the Law is when he's gotten the most "bloody". It was great though how he wipes them all out after breaking free from being tied down with a string.
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I got Mrs. Pillow some movies, and one of them was a quadruple feature. One of those movies was Intolerable Cruelty, which neither of us had ever seen. Movie had several things going for it: Catherine Zeta-Jones, whom I find un-fucking-believably hot. Let's just dwell on her hotness for a second or two....still dwelling....Okay, and I like Clooney. The movie was pretty damn funny, with a few great lines.Can I have a green salad? What other fucking color is it? or something like that...
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I've seen it 3 or 4 times, but somehow neither my wife or my sister, who was over for dinner, had seen the movie. So we immediately remedied that. It's easy to forget how great that movie is when you haven't seen it in a while, but every single shot seems like some sort of masterpiece, and save for the balding of Kane, the aging of the actors is quite convincing. And there is just the fact it's a superb movie. It is one of those movies that probably calls for a regular viewing, because it's easy to consider it overrated. My wife and sis were instantly captivated by it. Of course, right after we finished watching Joseph Cotten in Kane, I put in the Zebraman dvd and played the Latitude Zero trailer that showed Cotten mixing it up with Cesar Romero and giant robot flying lions.
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but still I found it good. My fave involved Wheezy Joe's inhaler mix-up, and Clooney giving a heart felt speech in front of a banner that said "Let N.O.M.A.N. put asunder."
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I think I was the one who mentioned the Caine qoute over in of our old TBs, when you were going off on Jaws:The Revenge. I wonder if Michael ever did see it.
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Aug 13, 2008 8:17:44 AM CDT
Was Intolerable Cruelty the movie with the guy...
by hawaiian organ donor
...who thought a gun was his inhaler and he blew his head off?
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She gets naked.
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Neigh means Neigh!
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I love when stars throw out quotes like that.
Makes me realize how similar we are, as I would have said the exact same thing about that steaming pile of Bantha shit movie (sorry I caught parts of Phantom Menace last night). -
Aug 13, 2008 8:38:45 AM CDT
So you did all the right moves in your pants then
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Well, it's time for my off-topic commentary.Why does anyone give a crap about these Olympics? You've got enhanced fireworks, lip syncing by the cute girl while Crooked Teeth Ling sings behind the curtain, and gymnasts who are losing their baby teeth during the dismount.And not to take anything away from the guy but all this Phelps nonsense is pissing me off. He's without a doubt the best swimmer on the planet and probably the best we'll see in our lifetime, but swimming is one of the few, if not the only, category where there's a bajillion events. The dude has eight chances to take home a medal.The pole vault guy? Umm yeah, sorry, we don't have stacked cows, a pile of smashed up cars and a flaming ring for you to vault over. You get one chance, dingus, don't f*** it up.
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Aug 13, 2008 8:48:01 AM CDT
Jonah, I watched Citizen Kane for the umpteenth time...
by hawaiian organ donor
...about 6 months ago. It's amazing how many camera tricks, establishing shots and unique angles were utilized. They were revolutionary to boot so generations of filmmakers have Wells to thanks for breaking ground with Kane.
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...is the loneliest place on earth.
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*cracks fingers*Time to get to work.
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Ok, Chitty. It is all out war!
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I'm trying to keep us afloat, dammit!OK, Hollywood can blow me. Warner Brothers head Alan Horn says ROCKNROLLA is "funny in spots," but qualifies, "it's very English so I don't think it's broadly commercial."Therefore WB is looking for someone else to distribute it.Very English? Since when is this a bad thing? I grow weary of the mentality that dialogue written on a napkin surrounded by shiny CGI robots is what gets the public out to movies.
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Yep, HOD I have been watching the Olympics.
That 4xwhatever relay race was best finish I ever seen as the
States rallied to win.
I also like the other events just because it's something different to watch and you know these athletes actually give a crap.
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last night. Luckily she fell asleep. I'd rather watch the end of Phantom Menace (which I watched, along with Colbert Report) than the Olympics.
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There is clever wit and physical comedy as well.
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Did anyone mention Tony Jaa for THE BEST MELTDOWN OF THE YEAR? I finally read the story above. hehehe......crazy shit. That would be fucked up if he just turned up dead and didn't finish the movie. It would go with that tragic martial arts warrior image.
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...why you hate the Olympics so much Pillow?
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how bout this..since Kane came up, how bout some of our faves from 50s and before?
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While I was flipping around.
I love the scenes with Darth Maul and the light saber fight. Jesus, Lucas got that part right.
But I also realize everytime I watch it, that Jar Jar Binks is my most hated 'comic relief' character ever.
When he said 'exsqeeze me' that iced the cake. I don't want stupid, lame, outdated pop culture slang inserted into a Star Wars movie.
Holy Fuck I hated that character.
Also when he got his tongue caught in the beam that holds the pod racer engines together and got his hand stuck = Stupid fucking shit.
When he was on the battlefield against the robot army and started acting even more stupid and accidently took out some of the robot attackers = Stupid fucking shit.
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Indy 4 DVD details released! It comes out on Oct. 14th and has hours and hours of pre-production stuff so you can see Lucas instructing the storyboarders how to visualize Shia getting whacked in the balls a dozen times or 70 year old men going over 3 massive waterfalls.
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I saw the 4x100 a few nights ago and it was awesome. I also watched some gymnastics and the first basketball game. I really want to see the mens 100 in track though.
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I wanted to boycott to say fuck you China-- but then I saw it was getting some of the highest ratings in Olympic history so I said FUCK!! I'm not gonna miss out on this shit I enjoy watching that only comes around every four years. Fuck fuck fuck. It really is the only sporting type event that interests and excites me, where i give a fuck who wins. And like Chitty said....they are actually doing it for something other than payola and Range Rovers. -
I honestly felt bad for USA girls, as they had a shot at gold and balance beam miscues and out of bounds penalties on floor did them in.
What the men and women gymnists can do is amazing. Good God I would kill myself just trying some of the easy stuff.
Yes, I do not agree with China's politics, but I am very much enjoying these Olympics.
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Thats great news. I just pray that they show the B-roll footage of The Berg shooting a real, live prairie dog.....and then opting for ILM replacement when he realized prairie dogs just aren't expressive enough for the emotion he was going for in that scene. I hope he talks about it on the DVD commentary and says, "Most films would have an insert shot to the prairie dog once. But since George and I are all about upping the ante, we decided to cut back to him not once, twice, or even three times......oh yeah baby, we got prairie dogs in four shots!! Because after a nuclear bomb goes off and our hero rolls out of a Frigidaire, the next thing you want to see is a prairie dog reaction shot to enhance the verisimilitude of the moment, right?"
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Every time the media focuses on one athlete. Last time around wasn't it the cute gymnast girl with the gimpy ankle? And the rest of the athletes look liked chopped liver. And professional athletes should not be allowed to compete. Pluck some kids off an inner city court and let then show the rest of the world how it's done.
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I saw the first half...didnt see how it ended. So is that it for them?
All I know is its fucking bullshit those Chinese claim their girls are 15 and up. Bullshit. The American girls are hot, especially that darker skinned one with big cans and some curves. They look like women......and they are competing against these tiny ass 8 year olds. 15 years old my fucking ass.
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Can not stick around too long today - Fred being Ninja Fred again because of boss. For all the comic book geeks or just people who like lists, Empire just listed their top 50 comic book characters. 1 and 2 are obvious. But Fred would never in a million years have guessed who they put in at #3! So, what are your top comic book characters and guess who was nunmber 3! Fred gotta go invisible again.
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I agree-- I get sick of the hype all being about one guy as well. Fuck that....did they even say the name of the fucking guy that had that amazing comeback in swimming?
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I was watching it for the first time the other day, and my roomate who was watching the very first episode of Family Guy on TBS and was trying to tell me that it was a brand new episode came home with some dumb girl and they asked me what I was watching. It was clear that the movie was at least wicked old and I told them Citizen Kane and the first question out of her mouth was, "The original or the remake?". I told her it was the remake.
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...should be about, rent Miracle. This country's greatest Olympic moment. A bunch of kids pulled together for love of country who did the impossible. None of them were professionals and few of them actually went on to be professional hockey players. No drugs, no aerodynamic George Jetson space age gear, no endorsement deals on the line, no protesters getting their teeth knocked out (that was the job of the puck), none of that B.S.If I sound jaded, well, it's because I am. I hope the U.S. brings home more medals than anyone but damn if I see 1/100th of the magic I did as a 9 year old boy watching Team USA in Lake Placid.
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You know, the hot one with the big cans and rockin' turd cutter?
I just remembered she is 20 years old so it's fair to make sure everyone knows how hot she is.
Also it showed slow motion shots of her running to the vault. Good times.
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Aug 13, 2008 9:37:51 AM CDT
yeah...HOD....but you're into basketball and shit....
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It just doesn't make sense. There is nothing more jaded and endorsement driven than our professional sports here. Or baseball....fuck talk about enhanced artificial bullshit. Why anyone is impressed with their abilities is beyond me.
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Priceless.All my favorite pre-50s movies star Bogey and Cagney. Plain and simple. I don't care how cliche it sounds.
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And yes, the shots from below that look up at the character were very well done.
He took risks making that movie, as I'm sure people thought he was crazy for breaking away from the standard way of shooting a film.
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Is is all about perspective and overlooking marketing. Look, I am old enough to remember watching the 72 olympics - you know, what the movie Munich was based on? And I recall as early as '76 how critics were decrying the mass marketing of the olympics. Hell, they may have been saying that at the 72 games or even earlier, but it did not register with my young mind at the time. The point is, whenever big businnes gets involved in the marketing of anything, you get the glitz. But ignoring that, it is the performances on the field, water, wherever, that matter. Do not think less of the athletes because of the hype they have little control over. And as for performance enhancers - they are nothing new. I remember the 76 games and the east Germans being accused of taking entire pharmacies - which they did. You have to filter out thse things though.
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The team event is over? There is solo, right? But she doesn't do it?
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Arsenic and Old Lace.
Love Cary Grant, as he is one of my all-time favorites. Jesus, he had such range to be able to exceed in everything from physical comedy and timing to the dramatic.
I also laugh everytime his Uncle (or cousin?) goes up the stairs.
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I really couldn't give a shit about these sports anymore then I already don't about all other sports. I don't think its really that big of a deal if you break a world record and first off it was your own damn record, secondly who gives a shit if the amazing record you break is only by less then a second? Also so much more of todays altheletes prowess is due to technology and not ability. Thats why I love Rugby, because the only thing you can really change is the jerseys, cleats, ball and field. I guess you can add some pads, but for the most part is all comes down to teamwork and physical ability. Like football the way the ball is made plays a much more important role, and new pads and helmets and gloves add so much more to the game. Like for sports to me its like trying to compare a computer made this year to a computer that ran off of punch cards. And then talk about their similarites and differences.
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a fat, bloated, corporate monolith that has too many events (and don't even get me started on how fucking elitist some of them are), goes on too long, is to damned expensive. The modern version is so far from the Olympic ideal it is awful. And I hate the fact that my taxes will have to go up to pay for London 2012, which none of us want.
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I've never seen a gymnast with a dumper like that.
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First, I wouldn't say I 'hate' the idea of the Olympics, but like Hawaiian said, there should be no muthafucking pro athletes in the muthafucking games. I don't give a shit what other countries do. The U.S. shouldn't be sending pros over. That's not what the games should be about. Fucking ridiculous. I hope our b-ball team gets shelled. Fucking NBA blows.You are right that some movies do play better with commercials Danny, but that's more to do with me flipping the channel away from the really bad parts of Menace. Jar Jar is dreadful of course, but I really think Hayden produced far more cringe-inducing moments. I mean, Jar Jar is really a peripheral character, but Hayden...Hayden is Darth. Not supposed to be a whiny little bitch who would get fucked in the ass by younglings.
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I understand basketball isn't what it once was and I hate myself for giving the slightest crap about it since those divas are all overpaid. So I'm a hypocrite and admit it every time I'm challenged.I stopped watching the Olympics 20 years ago after the Ben Johnson debacle. I don't know how many of you kids remember that, but he was the pride of Canada. I'm not joking when I say this but the whole country came to a standstill for the 10 seconds he raced. When he won the collective scream should have been heard around the world. And then the doping issue emerged, he was stripped of his medal and we realized what a douchenozzle Johnson turned out to be.Four years later when the Harding/Kerrigan spectacle happened, it reinforced my belief that I had made the right decision by boycotting the Olympics indefinitely.
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Aren't you in Spain?
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because I don't want to OD on movies and there is bugger all on TV. But let me give you my 2 pet peeves with this one: Biased judging- I know you get "home" judges, but this time they're taking the fucking piss. I was watching the Gymnastics the other day and any chinese gymnast could have come on, dropped his keks and pulled his pud in time to Nickleback and would still have scored 2 points more than anyone else. 2)Stupid elitist shite sports that we're embarrasingly quite good at. How the fuck is Sailing an Olympic sport and there are 9million fucking categories, and 3 Day Eventing? what the fuck? Stupid tedious bullshit.
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Did you check out the pics of Alicia's dumps or what? Fuck.
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Good to have you join us. You pulling a three hour shift before starting your vacation?
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something to do with threatend strike action. Wankers.
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There are some things in the olympics that I would like to watch but fucking DRV only gives me like 4 hour blocks with a list of whats showing and its not in order. I guess I could go online and find out when shit will be on, but I shouldn't have to! I would like to watch the kayaking and bike stuff.
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At least your employer is benefiting from your presence today. Hah!
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The Korean games judges were the absolute worse. The greatest bias I have ever seen. Danny, I looked at those pics, and said good lord!
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Dare I ask how old she is?
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Track and Field, Swimming, Boxing and maybe the shooting events and Gymnastics. And Beach Volleyball. Which is far and away the most watchable bit of it- There should be no Tennis, football, Basketball, Hockey, Sailing, Racquet sports full stop, Table Tennis, Equestrianism (really- what the fuck), Cycling, Canoeing (What the fuck?), Rowing, or other suchlike shitey sports. I understand that this would decimate Britain's shitey medal standing but it would be much better.
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You know they used to have Tug of War?
Jesus that would be awesome, with two 500-pound monoliths anchoring each side.
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Aug 13, 2008 10:02:00 AM CDT
Arsenic and Old Lace!! Fred, love, love, love! That movie!
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Cary Grant is Fred's all time favorite. Fred love Olympics
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And even though she's legal, I feel like a filthy old man for looking.
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I've received Ong Bak, and am anxiously awaiting the Protector. Now it seems I have 2/3 of the complete Tony Jaa collection, since he will shortly be disappeared. Permanently it seems.
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Or just make it a Beerfest. Speed quarters...the boot...those are in the spirit of the games.
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And I mean full metal body armor like the good old days.
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Not only can (and have) judges be bribed, but that crap is up to biased interpretation. I've seen ice skating performances I thought were trash win a gold medal.And I shouldn't have brought up the Olympics. Too much ranting going on.
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Its not very good, but its fun every now and then. Thats how sports should fucking be. Maybe they should do that every year for every sport, add an extra team made up just regular guys who maybe played some college ball and they get the chance to beat the professionals. Its a new team every year, they don't have a home town they just get a chance to beat the full timers.
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Seriously. Best thing there. I know it's borderline porn, but....
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...to watch a bunch of guys like me play soccer or baseball on a professional field. The soccer would be particularly interesting because after 10 minutes, most of the players from both teams would be passed out on the pitch so it would become a one-on-one between the kicker and the goalie.
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Rest assured, Alicia would win. So would Pillow. Multiple times, God willing.
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Sorry Jarv. I had hockey on the brain.
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Just thought it would be funny to discuss some potential events.
Instead of boxing for girls, they could have the slapfests like you see on youtube. It is the ones that the radio shows have.
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They could have it on a talkshow stage, make it seem more "legit".
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Aug 13, 2008 10:23:49 AM CDT
Excuse me while I go look at women's volleyball pics
by hawaiian organ donor
*looks over shoulder*
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Continue with your proposition.
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and out own Dope cheat tried to abuse the legal system to get on the plane. Glad he wasn't allowed.
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Like on Iron Chef!
That would make female slapfest all the better.
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because I get crippling insomnia and there stops being anything watchable at about 3AM, I've seen quite a lot of some real shite like Synchronised Diving. There was one, though, that sticks out. Every nation was in with a shout at Silver, but they all should have had a shot at gold- but the judging was just a complete farce. At one point the BBC commentator started losing it at the Chinese marks. The 2 guys did one dive where they were spinning at totally different speeds and got 9 for synchronisation. It was a fucking joke.
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Aug 13, 2008 10:30:19 AM CDT
slapfighting...hmmm...not the least bit interested
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I'll just continue to look at stills of Alicia doing the spread on the balance beam and singing that great summer classic, "She had dumps like a truck-- truck truck....guys like what-- what what....all night long....let me see that thoooooooong!!"
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when Football was introduced, Britain won it twice in a row. Now we don't/ aren't allowed to enter it. Too much money at stake for the Home nations- if we enter as The United Kingdom, then it fucks England, Scotaland, Wales and Northern Ireland entering as individual nations.
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Points for following catergories:
Approach - Getting close to the animal without spooking it and making sure no defensive injuries from flying hoofs.
Calming - Maybe if animal starts getting nervous, points are awarded for soothing technique and results.
Lovemaking - Points awarded for style and originality.
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Might as well have Olympic mudwrestling. If you must, you can throw a volleyball in there to make it seem more "appropriate".
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talking about insomnia, at the moment one of the channels is running every Child's Play movie. Having now seen them all in order, I have come to the conclusion that the only 2 that are watchable (and actually quite good) are Bride of Chucky and Spawn of Chucky. But by then the series was a joke.
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also, funny stuff about the Indy IV special edition. I'm sure that fabled deleted scene where Bill Murray shows up reprising his caddyshack character in the opening scene will on the disc.
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Putting the Thong Song in my head? That's cruel and unusual punishment, dude.
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I saw that. Synchronized diving is my favorite event oddly enough. And that was fucking bullshit........the cleanest synchro I saw was the Germans....and those poor bastards got some of the lowest scores.
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...its a fucking classic.
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I'm still just halfway through. Next Monday we can discuss....I promise.
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The other day in the "Women's" (And I use this term in it's loosest possible meaning) Weightlifting the BBC managed to completely fuck me off. I wrote a letter to complain about what they did. There was this one British "woman" that had an obvious back injury, anyhoo because it was the olympics she pressed on and actually managed to post 2 weights- but she was in some fucking pain doing it. Afterwards the reporter started interviewing the poor woman- who was clearly in pain- and asked her the same question over and over again till she started crying. What a dick- just so he could have some tears in his "big disappointment" interview. I hope she beats him into a coma when her back gets better
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yeah, it was a pisstake. I seem to remember the Russians getting quite high marks for some proper filth as well- just because the guy was in his 5th Olympics and was a bit of a legend. I think the US got either a silver or a bronze in it. But it was horseshit. I do agree as well, there's something strangely compelling about it.
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Those girls were amazing. I'm always worried the divers from all the countries are going to hit there head when they go off the platform and tuck in to do the flips.
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Glad you could finally cut short your vacation, honey.
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AFTER the Olympics is done for Danny to watch Chocolate. One word: Alicia.
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Checking up on the Bulldogs I think. Not sure if she realizes what's going on over there.
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Aug 13, 2008 10:46:00 AM CDT
some guy on another TB yesterday said a funny line:
by dannyglovers_dickblood
"Its a bad time to live in Atlanta....first we lose Issac Hayes, then we get invaded by Russia! What the fuck?!"
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it does funny things to his skin's complexion.
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Wolveriiiiiiiiiine!
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Aug 13, 2008 10:48:32 AM CDT
If Bush is the one who bought her plane ticket...
by hawaiian organ donor
...she should be landing in Macon any minute now.
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a ticket.
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Enough of that shit. Move along.
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I think I'll have to work it around Mrs. Pillow's Olympic watching. Doomsday seems to be a lot like the Olympics actually. Perhaps I can spin it off like an alternate Olympic reality.
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WOLVERINES!!!!!!!
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...on the internets. With the help of The Google, even a chimp can buy a plane ticket on Clothesline.
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Is just the first three episodes of the show strung together? If thats true, thats fucking weak.
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Unless they only have Harrison in it and make it more old school like Eddie Shore with the motorcycle chase scene.
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Aug 13, 2008 10:52:58 AM CDT
If I had Michael Phelps' endorsement money....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...I would fix my fucking jaw.
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I like mine with lots of mayo!
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Aug 13, 2008 10:54:07 AM CDT
anyone see that Bob Costas/ Bush interview on olympics?
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Fuck me. I hope it bombs then. The thought of what Lucas would do to Indy with 100% creative control makes my blood run cold.
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Practicing on my balance beam...
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He's a fucking idiot.
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Like all of the sudden people give a shit about running and swimming. Like they've been following these altheletes for the past four years. Anyone seen the movie swimming upstream? Its pretty good, its about some Prison Colony national trying to make it to the olympics through swimming. I think the Conan sketch right before he went off air for the Olympics between him and max where they talk about shit no one knows anything about like they are experts and then give each other dumb looks, sums up the olympics quite nicely.
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see you in September. Have fun.
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Off to lunch, which is not nearly as exciting as Spain. Perhaps I should bring a #2 pencil and stab some shitheel to liven things up.....
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Oh this I gotta see!
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We'll make you proud by holding down the fort.
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Way to go guys
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Reading that Fincher TB saddened me. There are people out there who think everything he's done is crap. I can see someone not liking some of his stuff but none of it? I even like Panic Room. That baby had enough tension for two movies. And Dwight Yoakam makes a great villain.
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He uses No. 2 pencils intead of chopsticks.
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Jarv, make me proud.
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Some interesting doings there.
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He is what completed that movie.
As true a character from the South as I've ever seen on film.
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When he eats out, he eats OUT. As in outdoors. He hunts with a #2 and then eats the meat bloody and raw.
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When Costas says, "So I understand you're gonna watch some swimming...." And Bush responds, "I am if you ever let me off this stage."
There is a second of tension before both of them start laughing uncomfortably.
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Well just got done reading it, thats how busy I am at work. And its going to be interesting to see a movie that takes longer to watch then to read. I guess Beowulf and The Running Man are the same way and they are both classics. I looks really good, but 3 hours didn't serve Law and Order: Zodiac any justice.
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Aug 13, 2008 11:29:33 AM CDT
IMHO.....the weakest link in Fincher's resume....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...is Fight Club.
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Anything worth checking out?
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Hahaha.....thats fucking awesome. They should have Jesus Caviezel as an evil magician.
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And be amazed
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I like Conan the way I remember it from the Ahnuld days. I'm not sure they should try and do it again.
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whos up for comandeering that Conan/Outlander Tb?
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Aug 13, 2008 11:41:45 AM CDT
Just looked at pictures of the Chinese gymnasts
by hawaiian organ donor
If those girls are 16 then Alicia is under my desk having a protein shake.And the Olympics have cheerleaders now? How pathetic.I will say that those cheerleaders have my full attention though. I might spend more time on CNNSI today than I do here.
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Aug 13, 2008 11:42:26 AM CDT
Well, it is actually some of the posts that I was alluding to
by toadkillerdog
They are the interesting things over there. I would like to see a new Conan - if done right. I loved Ahnuld in the first one.
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Fight Club is the weakest? Strongest maybe, after Zodiac.
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What the fuck?! Why is Cameron's dick still in 80% of the TB'ers mouths? I'll never understand it.
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He just....is.
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Aug 13, 2008 11:48:25 AM CDT
the only thing good about Fight Club is the score....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...by the Dust Brothers. But even that feels generic and dated now. Its just one of those films that thinks its important. Fuck that. Incredibly anti-corporate message being financed by a corporate entity starring Brad fucking Pitt, the most commercial corporate douche-bag in the pot. It was sort of that generations 300, a film that High-School kids everywhere jerked off to and felt smarter when they told people it was their favorite film. But come on its got real clever shit like an opening thats coming out of his brain and down the barrel of a gun and nifty CG tricks like that.....ooooooooh aaahhhh..... -
who is with me? Conan TB? I bet we could keep that alive for awhile, and as I said earlier, the news is it's being written by the Outlander guys, so it's an opportunity to continue our pimping of it over there. They even have link to the Outlander trailer embedded. Who's going?
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What a fuckign idiot. The guy is endlessly embarassing. Cheering at the Olympics like Putty at a Devils game. Making another string of awkward and imbecilic statements in an overly long primetime interview. Patting women's volleyball players on the ass. Jesus, is there anything scarier or more revolting than an already moronic douche of a lame duck President near the end of his second term? Obviously he's got nothing better to fucking do. don't worry about that war being waged on the same continent Mr. Bush. I'm sure Condy's got it covered.
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You're too pent up Hobo....just let it go. Just five more months and McCain will be in office....don't worry.
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raising the roof from the stands.
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I dont know man....they already got a tight hold on that TB. Its like we're barging in on someone elses party. And all the Cameron talk? Sheeeesh....stuff like that gives me the runs.
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Did you read the fucking book? It's actually toned down a lot in the film. The movie has an incredible script that is both intelligent and humorous. Norton is fantastic. Pitt was a perfect Durden. The cinematography is excellent. You can knock the movie becaue you don't like its message but at least be honest about that and not make up faults for it.
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I saw it while ago, but I was going to try and deny it.
Your up 7-5.
Dang it!
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you and I are in complete agreement on Fight Club. Strangely, aside from Alien 3, it's the only one of his I don't like. I even had a good time with Panic Room.
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Was the slow motion shot of Helena Bonham Carter letting that smoke come out of her mouth.
Loved that shot.
Also when she said she hasn't been fuck like that since grade school and when she wanted to have his abortion.
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Total war! Take no prisoners. Every man is my enemy. Every roach is my enemy. Set traps at every TB!
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The pranks were good and when Durden comes to the door with rubber gloves and a flyswatter after having sex with that chick.Funny stuff.
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I do sort of like it, and probably more prone to watch that than Fight Club, but still....I dislike how Biehn is killed...hate the fucking fact that Lance is brought back, and while Charles Dutton is awesome, ain't no way he lasts more than 3 seconds against an Alien. What I do like is the setting though.
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I just don't care for where it took the series. Fincher's work on both movies is excellent, BUT he should have turned down the source material on both. I'll hold my tongue on Fight Club, as I only saw it once when it was released. Might need to revisit it. It just seemed to pleased with itself when I saw it.
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Panic room is probably my least favorite of his films. But that has more to do with an aversion to Foster than the quality of the film.
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I have not watched the third one yet. One of these days...
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Damn it.
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I say we resurrect your old TB - the Spiderwick one, and take it to the top!
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Aug 13, 2008 12:02:27 PM CDT
OK, sorry to dring Fincher into the thread, my bad
by hawaiian organ donor
Some directors are too divisive to discuss.
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I can give a fuck about Palahniuk. I doubt the book is as much of a bloated, hypocritical piece of shit as the film is. Its exactly what my lazy fat ass generation needed, another story whining about commercialism, self-image and all that other bullshit that has been written about 5,000 times in the last decade. Wasn't there a line Pitt had where he trashes those who focus on their bodies as masturbation or some shit? Uhhhhh....yeah.....he doesn't care about his body at all, right? Fucking hypocritical gimmick cocksucking plastic studio garbage.
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Aug 13, 2008 12:03:19 PM CDT
"they" don't like that...bringing dead threads back
by just pillow talk
Bannings always ensue. Witness when I brought back the Die Flaccid thread. Since 2for2true looks over me, I was spared.
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since it helps illustrate as just guys hanging out..bringing back old stuff makes us seem more like terrorists or something, like that guy who brought back the magnolia TB. HA!
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I say we at least ride it to the 1000 posts it deserves, and then go over to the Conan one, or something else. Thoughts?
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1,000 posts are a requirement. So sayeth the CoC....
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Aug 13, 2008 12:07:40 PM CDT
Danny, I'm still confused how you feel about Fight Club
by hawaiian organ donor
Maybe the all singing and dancing Bollywood version is more your style?http://tinyurl.com/5ovaq6
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If he says avoid, we must avoid. 1000 here.
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Only so that I can draw attention to the appearance of Warwick Davis during the pod racing scene. He's up in the stands next to the Hutts. Warwick should have been a Sith lord. Dressed up as Lep.
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toadkillerdog_2....Jonah Echo_2...etc.Or HoboToad..HoboJonah...heh-heh-heh...
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Can use that song?
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already taking forever to load.
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That version looks far more interesting. And the message is probably more genuine.
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Juvenile's "Back That Ass Up"
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that the guy who did Repo the Genetic Opera or whatever that crap was, is basically saying he would beg Lionsgate to let him do a Leprechaun reboot?
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Hawaiiaingangbang. JonahChittyOrgan
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that is so a band name.
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Aug 13, 2008 12:21:03 PM CDT
I would love a Hawaiian Gang Bang with Alicia....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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....and Anne Hathaway to shovel up the mess.
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it's getting a little too vivid in your little box there.
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Aug 13, 2008 12:34:04 PM CDT
Jonah...oh come on-- you've scarred the TB'ers more than me...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...with your V.I.C.K.I. fantasy. Hahahaha.....forget 9/11....Jonah and V.I.C.K.I. "WE SHALL NEVER FORGET!!"
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of gang bangs, I'm going with Monica Bellucci, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Salma Hayek..and to clean up: going old school with Helen Mirren. God save the Queen.
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I would bruise it if she was in the Queen costume...powdered whig and all.
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Is that I put in a search for Vicki and TV and the first thing that popped up was some chick that played a Vicki character in Dr. Who and she was so profoundly ugly I questioned Jonah's taste in everything briefly.
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and determined she'd want to share her national treasure with me.
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its not often guys on here put some truly good looking full figured chicks on their list. Most of the time its bullshit like Megan Fox and Angelina Jolie....fuck that.
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...so every chick on that show looks like a fucking platypus.
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...lets remind him Mrs. Jarv is from my home state. :D
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It's about damn time.Diane Lane, Halle Berry, Salma Hayek, Elizabeth Hurley, Carla Gugino, Aishwarya Rai and either Devon Aoki or the Machine Girl chick. That's what I call an international sandwich.
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I cannot stress enough that I'm all for multiple marriages with any of those fine, outstanding (sexy as fucking hell) women. Except Helen. I'm looking for long-term.
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"Under Pillow Talk"....
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Hell, I'll ditch my job right now.
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Need to work on the sequel Fill 'Em Up with her.
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Crouching Pillow, Hidden Yeoh.
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Aug 13, 2008 12:57:28 PM CDT
hey gentle Jonah... you gotta put your gangbang list....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
4 females and YOU!! Who are they?
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Mrs. Butterworth, Sarah Lee, Little Debbie and Betty Crocker. Hooya!
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Aug 13, 2008 1:02:51 PM CDT
Jonah doesn't strike me as a gang bang type of guy
by hawaiian organ donor
And limited to four women? Nonsense. A fantasy knows no such limits.
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because now Im getting razzed for my six year old robotic crush.
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makeup artists.
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Princes Leia, Wilma from Buck Rogers, Sigourney from Alien, Tricia from Battlestar Galactica.
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Half the nerds on these TBs have waxed on/off to Jessica Rabbit and Betty Rubble at some point in their lives.
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Why limit the gang bang team? I have unlimited roster spots available on my team. I'm the type of owner you want to play for: money is no object.
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and we can move on. So lets have a durable topic.
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at least if you get lucky.Or if they are robots.
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it's about quality. Sure, chocolate cake, ice cream, pizza and pasta are all awesome, but all of it at once and it just turns into a stomach ache.
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They would have so killed me.
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I don't see anyone in our little bunch being typical nerds. You guys seem like ordinary dudes much like my personal friends.....there are others on AICN I just cringe and think of the basement stereotypes. But you guys seem pretty normal....maybe its the constant beer discussions. Real nerds don't drink beer.
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Why that's my specialty!
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I thought they we were talking about movie crushes we had as kids. There was nothing particularly sexual in my Vicki crush. She was like ten freakin' years old.
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Jonah put up your real list of hottest 4 or 5 women in entertainment.
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I dunno Jonah, I could talk about women I'd chew on broken glass to spend five minutes with for at least another 1,000 posts.By the looks of it, so could Pillow.
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it made me flashback to last week's TBer ILAGCT. I half expected you to fill the box with MMMMMMMMHHMMMMM.....
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I'm not serious. We're kidding about Vicki....but it doesnt mean we'll stop. Its a loveable tease like how women tease me all the time about my uncomfortably large penis.
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I wanted to bang Jocasta (the Vision's girlfriend) and she was an android in the Marvel universe.
Although she was at least older...
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Also want to mention Maria Bello, though she can only wear her cheerleader outfit.Allthetime.
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Aug 13, 2008 1:18:03 PM CDT
I should have ordered Gang Bang at the Krystal's
by chittychittygangbang
Heck I was already naked and there a bunch of female workers. Hmmmmm.
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She would probably hex my balls off, but so be it.
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Ashley Judd could cheer for her Kentucky Wildcats anytime in my bedroom.
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1. Jennifer Connelly (though Im thinking JC circa 1995-98)
2. Cate Blanchette
3. Marisa Tomei
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for kelli garner.
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Kelli is on your team. A good move.
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...I'll take her. She can wipe me off once Helen Mirren climbs off the pole.
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and then Michele Monaghan will choose to accept her mission to please pillow in many different ways.
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crap lately. Does anyone know if there some kind of cryptozoology publicity stunt? There was that turtle puppy a few weeks ago, bigfoot in a freezer today, and then this:
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and any necessary sequels....
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...tell me to stop. Here are more chicks and how they will be expected to dress when ringing my doorbellKelly Hu in her Deathstrike outfit. And while we're talking X-Men, Famke Janssen and Anna Pacquin in their leather outfits.Rachel Weisz and Patricia Velasquez in their Mummy Returns outfits.Carrie Ann Moss in the Trinity leather outfit.Kate Beckinsale in the Underworld outfit.Jennifer Connelly and Eva Mendes can just show up nude.Marissa Tomei can dig her My Cousin Vinny body suit stuff out of the closet.Isla Fisher can borrow that banana hammock swimsuit Borat has.Rosario Dawson, Rose McGowan and Vanessa Ferlito in their Grindhouse hotpants.Lauren Graham as Bad Santa's elf.And finally Jessica Biel in soaking wet underwear.
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I want her to be quite angry with me too.
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I love cyrpto news. But it just looks like a coyote type creature....you have links to the other stories?
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Kim Cattrall and the other green-eyed chick from Big Trouble in Little China. Bow before Lo Pillow!
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Aug 13, 2008 1:42:47 PM CDT
Alicia at my door in her olympic outfit.....mmmmmm
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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I can only have five girls from movies?
Hmmmmm
Ellie May from Beverly Hillbillies movie.
Diane Lane from Unfaithful
Cameron Diaz from The Mask.
Laura Harring from Mulholland Drive.
Heather Graham from Boogie Nights.
Keep in mind this is a very throw together list as I don't feel like looking up some of the names of the girls that were in a few movies I have seen weren't really stars.
For example, in Not Another Teen Movie, there is an extra that has size DDDDDD tits and is pretty small.
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The beast will find us!Speaking of beasts, I swear I'll lose it in the lunch line one of these days. The Cave Troll from HR ordered a full sandwich, along with the main entre of veggie lasagne. Scary.
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Wasn't that the movie where they find drugs and buried treasure?
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Shannon Elizabeth.
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Reason why I watched the defunct Earth 2. Plus whomever was the other chick on that.
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Aug 13, 2008 1:51:06 PM CDT
ok bros...here is the deal. 8 more posts after this one and we l
by jonah echo
to the Conan TB. Deal?
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I'm just chuckling!
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Deal Jonah!
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Ok - im for that - even though M-O-M and i have never really got into it. But for the sake of CoC unity, he must be reviled.
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clothing optional of course.
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it will really be like crashing a party, but hey we are good company. I think deep down M-O-M loves us. He is usually the last person to abandon a TB we have entered.
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Yeah, she was hot. Machine Man got into that - somehow. Then I think Tony Stark did too - somehow.
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But he is long-winded.
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She has to be in full Elf attire, and she better be a naughty Elf.
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Conan, here we come.
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See y'all over there
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I know fook all about Conan.Too soon, I tell you. Too soon!
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I'm all for switching TB's and everything, sure. But when they've died off a bit, see and then we go in and do an Abyss style resuscitation on it.
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I like this TB better. Its more airy and the wall coverings are slightly more attractive.
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Aug 13, 2008 3:17:36 PM CDT
Fucking Clone Wars thinks it can inch me out....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...well fuck you bitches.
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Can't let the motarded reactionaries over on Clone Wars trump the CoC!
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new topic over here...best showdowns in the movies.
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I am still waiting for a hot chick from China to spring forth from the Olympics.
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How about Naomi Watts versus Laura Harring in Mulholland Drive?
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Aug 13, 2008 3:29:41 PM CDT
ChittyChitty -- several billion ugly people....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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In fact I forgot about the entirety of Mulholland Drive.
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Aug 13, 2008 3:33:39 PM CDT
Jonah...I like the image of Conan on a reptile steed
by dannyglovers_dickblood
or some sort of wolf creature. Like all those great fantasy paintings from way back. I used to have trading cards of those things. Those images are insanely awesome. I just dont want them to get into big battles of people charging one another and shit....that is so over-done. There is nothing that can be added to that sort of battle that hasn't been covered. Unless they are hordes of naked chicks charging one another, one tribe black....one tribe white. Awesome.
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loved that big fight at the beginning of Big Trouble in Little China between the two gangs that spills out in front of Jack Burton's truck, and then the Four Storms show up and start taking people out.
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You came back!
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I'm gonna go the other way, more low key and say Christopher Walken versus Dennis Hopper in True Romance.
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Elvis vs. Egyptian Mummy in Bubba Ho-tep.
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It should be more like one character charging through or something, or better a chase scene through a forest or something, up a mountain, ala the speeder bikes.
Also, give Conan a greater variety of weapons. I don't mean he needs to be James Bond, but how some new designs to go with his sword. Always liked that image of Arnold towards end of Destroyer where he has a sword in one hand and an axe in the other, lightning all over the temple, and he is bloody and screaming with rage. Too bad the movie itself wasn't better. -
...it would be cool if it had more of an adventure spirit as well. Like Conan on some kind of quest to find something going through various lands. A river chase perhaps in a canoe with river creatures and shit?! Yes!! Lets write this.
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in the theatrical ending of Army of Darkness.
"Ma'am, Im gonna have to ask you to leave the store." -
Playing in the background. American comedy TV show circa mid 1970's. Teacher returns to his old high school. As for showdowns. Wolverine vs Invasion force in X2. Wolverine vs Deathstrike - X2. Hulk vs Abomination. Supeman vs Zod, Nom and whatshername. In Supe II
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Aug 13, 2008 3:41:24 PM CDT
but should they get into race relations with Conan?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
What do you think? Naked black chicks charging naked white chicks....no trimming or nothing. I'm talking full on bush.
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Aug 13, 2008 3:42:18 PM CDT
this line sums up what a Conan movie should be....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
".....encountering skulking monsters, evil wizards, tavern wenches, and beautiful princesses. He roamed throughout the Hyborian Age nations as a thief, outlaw, mercenary and pirate. "
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I'm warming up to the possibilities now.
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That was one hell of a fight.
Just when you would think one was winning the other would start kicking ass.
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You damn well should be.Its going to be raining candy when Conan bursts through the crowd of naked chicks with a giant battle axe and starts lobbing off heads.
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Aug 13, 2008 3:46:14 PM CDT
Ok - I just learned something that may or may not surprise
by toadkillerdog
Some of you. The creator of Wonder Woman -William Moulton Marston, also created the lie detector. He based WW on his wife and his live in lover (they had an open polygyamous relationship). WW was also cited as the vector for bondage themes entering popular culture. Who knew?
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Hilarious.... "Come on man, just put on the glasses!!!
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Ripley v Alien Queen. Viggo v William Hurt's henchmen in History Of Violence.
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Aug 13, 2008 3:46:46 PM CDT
Danny...I did a scriptment back in college for a Conan-esque sto
by jonah echo
Later, I always wondered what would be done with it if Conan were actually in the story. Thought about making it something of a frame story, ala, Man Who Would be King...man telling someone a story about Conan, main adventure ensues, Conan searching for his kingdom, completes the primary story/adventure that would make up the film, but narrator finishes story to say that later their caravan was attacked by nomads and Conan was taken, presumably killed. Story ends with narrator leaving behind some sort of jewel from an unknown kingdom, and Conan's actual fate up in the air..
Cue credits...and then halfway through stop them...
Conan being thrown down by marauders, masked, and then being unmasked. He is in a grand city, one that seems to have merged with the surrounding forest. He gets his hands on a sword and tries to fight his way out. Soon finds himself in an arena of sorts, battling a large, older bruiser of a character. Fights him to the death, and spares the older fighter. Fighter stands, removes war helmet and not only is it the king, it's Arnie from the other films. Passes the crown to the new Conan, exits the arena laughing. And then everything pulls back to reveal Conan, the new king of Aqoulonia. Or some such nonsense. -
Once the white and black chicks start fighting, the the Asian chicks could join the fight.
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Fookin brilliant! Great shout up there, Chitty!
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Zhang Ziyi anyone?And take a look at the Olympic Chinese cheerleaders. Western showdowns are always the best for me. I'll actually watch a western showdown before a kung fu showdown.
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I'm thinking of ordering that anthology book. Before today I gave a fuck about Conan.
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Aug 13, 2008 3:50:09 PM CDT
Zhang Ziyi has the ass of an 8 year old boy to me....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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mostly Howard's stuff. It's fun, but not literary master stuff. Several authors have written conan books. In fact, even Robert Jordan, who has his own thread today (and who passed away sadly, last year) wrote some Conan adventures in the 80s.
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Was that you that talked about that Toad? Hilarious story.
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Aug 13, 2008 3:52:32 PM CDT
I'm still laughing about Asian girls attacking sideways
by chittychittygangbang
Get it? Sideways?
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Aug 13, 2008 3:52:47 PM CDT
So you'd kick that 8-year old boy ass out fo bed?
by hawaiian organ donor
Is that what you're saying?
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Men actually screamed louder than the women when Arnold flexed. I swear.
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Private Spoon (or was he a Corporal?) v werewolf in Dog Soldiers.
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chased away it's inhabitants, stole it's topic, and returned back to our stronghold?
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Ninja Fred would be proud.
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Arnold screaming at Satan:
"You want to fuck with me?!!! Oh...you think you're bad, huh?! You're a fucking CHOIR BOY COMPARED TO ME!! A FUCKING CHOIR BOY!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
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I am advised my Mr. John McCain on such matters.
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He has been MIA for a couple of days now.
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He popped in this morning for a few minutes. Busy at work I think.
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Aug 13, 2008 4:06:12 PM CDT
new topic someone...get it rollin'.....CLONE WARS took us!!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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I am guilty - I had to answer BSB over on Clone Wars
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I have maybe ten of fifteen more minutes
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Hence, our pride of place as number 1. We should be able to regain it easily - with the proper motivation. I suggest a healthy dosage of Alicia pictures to put us back in the proper frame of mind.
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Worst sex scene in a movie.My nomination is: Michael Biehn and Patsy Kensit in Timebomb. Hilariously energetic, yet chemistry-free.
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I dont know why he popped in my head, but I suddenly thought-- how could someone that ugly get into acting? Here's what I found out:
His right eye was surgically removed at the age of three, because of cancer.
Harry Cohn, head of Columbia Pictures and renowned for his boorishness and vulgarity, rejected Falk, declaring, "For the same money, I can get an actor with two eyes!".
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We're getting twatted by the sodding Clone Wars again! It's a cartoon!
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That's harsh.
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Aug 13, 2008 4:26:09 PM CDT
If The Bates ever did a sex scene - it would be the worst
by toadkillerdog
I never watched about schmidt - so i do not know if she did one there.
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Aug 13, 2008 4:33:36 PM CDT
See? Just mentioning The Bates killed that topic. My fault
by toadkillerdog
I will not do it again. I am outta here. Maybe the Late shift can do some damage.
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...by the way. Really good. I loved the language. It didn't click until Brendan and Brain were in the library laying out a plan of action. I thought 'hold on, they're talking like a Bogart flick!' The dialogue sounded natural and I just never noticed the noir.Also interesting the way director Johnson shot a lot of his characters against a blank background. He kept his frames largely uncluttered, haven't seen a film like that in a while.Thought it was funny in Pin's kitchen, with his mum serving up food and drinks while they're all trying to remain cool!PC has just informed me of a 'potentially unwanted program.' Better see what that's all about.
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Here you are....check out the dumper on the 4th on down. Daaaayuuuum.
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Your dedication to the young lady in question is most commendable. And the booty does indeed demand attention.I remember Katerina Witt from a few years back. She was nice. Was she a skatist? I don't watch Olympics and athletics and stuff.
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Yep she was a figure skater and yes, she got naked in Playboy.
In fact they had several Olympic women in that issue.
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Shite. How did that get under my radar?
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Sort of a brownish color to the pics.
Like black and white, but more like brown and white shots.
Very tastfully done.
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What a waist. I only want raunch. Playboy actually has reverse effects on me. It prevents me from getting an erection....so its sort of like a chastity belt on me.
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Aug 13, 2008 5:12:06 PM CDT
The Beef might have to have his pinky amputated?!!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Fuck.....how will he utilize the indy whip with missing digits?
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Aug 13, 2008 5:14:42 PM CDT
oh and its waste....not WAIST-- you fucking moron.
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I always feel sorry for kane. He is portrayed in such a negative light, but really we are talking about a rich guy who wants to do things for the poorer people. Sure, he wants credit for it but anyone who does stuff like that is at least slightly narcissistic. I think his main crime is he is wealthy. Had he been a poor guy standing up for the poor it might have been different (there is the line where his friend says ‘we don’t need you, we’ll stick up for ourselves’). Anyway, I just see a guy trying to help others out – even if he has his own reasons – and getting slammed by wells for it. I understand the point, that he is selfish and narcissistic, but lets face it, everyone is. Just some people are also ineffectual.
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Doesn't garner any hatred from me at all. But then I haven't seen everything he's been in - Indy 4, Disturbia.But he certainly seems to enrage a lot of TB'ers.
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Shia is the root of nearly everything wrong on this planet. I can trace almost ever bit of disease, poverty, and suffering back to the day of his very birth. He is a creature so evil....it is a shame he was not destroyed in that accident. The world is a much darker place while the blood pumping through his black heart is still warm. -
The swimming events are different though. You look at track and field. There are hurdles. Long jump, sprints, all at different distances and all with different champions. Back stroke and free style are very different. – and that little girl, I’ve made her my backdrop. I have an image of her doing that butterfly thing with her hands and the caption ‘Chinese gang signs’
I felt sorry for the American gynasts. That one girl fucked up pretty bad. There is prob some hate coming her way.
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"When the Jews return to Zion, and a comet rips the skys, then he shall rise. Creating armies on either shore, turning man against his brother, 'till man exists no more."
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Fell words indeed.Heh, do you remember, in I, Robot when he said to Will Smith "She just shot at you with her eyes closed..."I laughed! There is good in him. I can feel it.
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He is more machine now than man.
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Mr T
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and i disagree, i think a lot of people didn't get the message at all, but that the movie stands up as a straight out story without the message.
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I''ll even go so far as to say it's a modern masterpiece.Can't compare it to Alien 3. I can't, to this day, work out Alien 3 though I have mellowed toward it over the years.
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was ok. don't hugly care about it. Saw 'the strangers' yesterday. I think it is close to the start of it run here so it wasn't good that cinema was basically empty. there were like three sets of couples and me. as we were leaving one girl said 'well that was crap' and another girl overheard her and said 'i'll never get that hour back'. But i liked it, it was like texas chainsaw massacre with the manson family in it. I think i wanna re watch it because there was a certain twist i was expecting the whole time and it never came, so parts of the movie were slightly ruined by looking at it through that prism. The final scare is one of my favourites.
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The best TV series to come out of Australia. Ever. Don't even bother to argue.And with that, I bid everyone goodnight!
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never even heard of it. have to look it up.
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in Conan thread? "MOM remember BAAAA means NAAAAA" and then followed with a lewd comment involving sheep snuggling.
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I'm thinking of checking it out, and the wife and I will probably catch Tropic Thunder this weekend. There isn't anything of interest really left in the mainstream stuff this summer except for comedy.
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Just glanced at it, and wow, if you are a kaiju fan, you will have a goofy smile on your face after that. As someone who enjoyed all of three of the recent Gamera movies, and still watches Ultraman from time to time, this one has "beer and a movie" written all over it.
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It's funny we have been on this thread for over a 1000 posts and I didnt even check out all the trailers. Beyond the Grave looks like a great time. Todd is right, it totally has a E.C. Horror comics feel to it. The vibe I get is almost like the later Phantasm movies or Resident Evil except more creative than either of those. Also getting a Sante Sangre, or on a different level, Six String Samurai vibe from this one.
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i'm deciding between pinapple, bank job, wanted. hmmm eventually all will be seen. also clone wars is out. maybe i should post a review.
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her face reminds me of Natasha Henstridge for some reason. But its probably just me. And she does have a great butt.
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Rosario Dawson, Jessica Alba, Carla Gugino, Devon Aoki, Jamie King... mmmmm these are all fine-looking dames!
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that's another movie that's got a killer soundtrack!
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peter finch - best gay guy ever. and you don't even get the joke.
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Kevin and Perry Go Large. Big Girl Big Girl. I think Jarv may be the only one who can confirm this.
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Like I really want to hate Rogen and apatow, but I feel like they've earned enough credit with Freaks and Geeks and 40 year old and superbad to give there other crap a shot. So I'll be checking out Pineapple on Saturday or Sunday, plus we haven't had a good weed comedy since Half Baked (How High sucked admit it). Chipps - Bank Job and Wanted were both let downs for me, but if you do rent Bank Job watch the deleted scenes, remember that.
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Chopper Squad - late 1970's, probably not in your age bracket!
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watched nothing. worked on a screenplay about robert the bruce
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my real name, literally, no joke, is Peter Finch. actually Peter Finch jr. I still don't know if it coincidental cause dad was name before he was famous. And chipps rafferty is second only to erol flyn and peter finch as heros of aussie cinema. and charles chavell went to my school. drunk as a skunk
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that previous post was only funny cause i wasn't revealing the fact my name is peter finch. now i just look gay. fuck. i wish i could stop drinking. unfortunately i am a catholic australian, so the world is set against me.
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it takes the edge off of the Booze. Plus if you heave you got something to hurl instead of bile.
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as aussie we fell that 'homicide' is arguable our best as it infulenced your tv so much that to this day half your programming is based on it. it was an awesome early cop show. (i've never seen an episode - i don't wanna be an MOM) basically in oz, aussie film critic see csi and the rest of that stuff as direct decendents of it. like i say never watched it, but it just keeps coming up in those 'best of oz' specials that channel 7 keeps doing. hacks
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lesson in culture.
australian saying no 1 eating is cheating -
Eating is cheating!But still, if no one's looking, grab a bacon butty or something.
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lesson in cultureXiphos saying number 1: Puking in my ride means I blacken your eye.
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Can't post during work hours. IT logs all internet use so if caught you're liable to get binned - seen it happen to a couple of people.Adios.
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whata you think about what i was say before - no need to check - but as many time as i watch citizen kane, i can't hate him. maybe it is an american thing. i see what a pom would call a whig. an afflent guy sticking up for the poor. all leaders are narcissistic. I understand that part of the criticim. but why is it that when bill gates or warren buffet gives money to charity that must be evil. when i watch kane i see a many who wants to do good. why - so people see him doing good. but still. that is doing good.
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lol. puke at home
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If you could drop the duce off my name I'd appreciate it. The _2 is how I got around the ban hammer being dropped on me. Remember, chipps, drop the duce son, just drop it.
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at this place: i wanna develop a group of people who don't necessarily agree with me, but who are polite to me. I've lurked for a while and only started to say hi.
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I'm always polite to polite people. I am, however, quite unpleasant to shitheads on occasion hence the bannings. Hey man I have a question for you. I skimmed this here TB yesterday and you mentioned that you are/were in the Australian Reserves(what's your military job?). You also said that you only have one sergeant in the platoon. My question is this, who runs the squads, Corporals?
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and it's perfect as it is. why re-edit it just to make the it more mainstream? i too found myself bewildered by the film the first time i watched it - never had i seen film like that ever.
but then something happened. i watched it again. and then again. and by now, i've probably watched it two dozens time. and with no prentention i sincerely believe it's one of the best film ever made. every frame and note of music is that film is just briliant.
people talk about chungking express and mood for love when talking about wong kar wai, but i say ashes of time IS him masterpiece! so screw the re-edited version! -
i'm drunk so i will do as good a job as i can. watching american movies has left me very confused in the past for these reasons. i wont try to compare but i do think i have started to get it. rather i will just describe.
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MNG, you better deliver on your campaign promise to provide edit button to the site when you got elected!
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we fight on a smaller level than you but that is not relevelent: here is how it works. everything hapens in threes (and i am obviously not revealing anything sensitive here). the basic unit of the australian army is the section (which i think is like your squad). the sections has three groups: comand: two scouts and a second commander (i'm getting worried but it is well known) gun group and assult group. we have two mini mies in the section (you call them saws) this run by a corporal (i think you guys have a sergent). three of these plus a sergent and a sig and a leftenant is a platoon, three plattons a company three platoons a regiment ect
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am mostly a scout, cause i'm a little fucker. we are expected to be able to do everything.
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This talkback has got nothing to do with the original topic... aweseome! Speaking of hot athletes, I call your Alicia and raise you one Stephanie Rice! (She's also a triple gold winner) http://tinyurl.com/5qhrgb http://tinyurl.com/5qsv93 http://tinyurl.com/6r4pkk
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as an aussie i am statistically more likely to have sex with an olympian. QUIET my missus is coming. sorry guys, have to go. good night.
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Check out Killzone boys. Donnie fucking Yen has two great fucking showdowns at the end of the movie.
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Welcome to what the CoC specializes in: random shit.
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We'll leave it up to our panel of judges when they return...
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I think the enduring thing behind Kane is that he did do good, and yet I think the movie is great because it illustrates a concept that is very old, and is even found in the new testament of the Bible, and doubtless many other sources as well. The idea that you can be philanthropic and lack true love/charity in your heart and it will not benefit you. I'm not of the opinion that Welles was completely damning Kane, (though most of his jabs were probably pointed not at Kane, but Hurst)but he was showing that no matter what this man did, great good or unintended harm, it brought him no closer to those he wanted to love him. His good was good regardless, but his selfishness sometimes undermined that good(Gettys wins because of Kane's weakness)but mostly it went this way: good was done, Kane's empire was built, and after his massive heap of accomplishments not one of them had truly filled him. The revelation at the end seems to suggest he would have been happier had none of this ever come to him, but I think in that regard he did the best he could with what he had. And I think Welles might have seen than too.
There are moments we admire Kane, and moments we pity him, but I can't recall any where I hated him,or felt he was a full fledged monster.
This is the major difference I think between Kane and the most recent tragic tycoon story, There Will Be Blood. Kane wanted people to love him and never achieved it. Plainview wanted to isolate himself from people, and succeeds. Both seem to end up in similar places by the end though. -
bennreading Memories of Murder over in Conan TB, I noticed 3 things(that no doubt those reading him for years already know)and have a theory who he is:
Uwe Boll
He has a horrible grasp of the english language, sometimes almost intentionally so.
he rambles for paragraphs saying nothinhg and coming up with the most ill concieved defenses ever.
he hates Michael Bay to the point where if he is serious, it's unhealthy and Bay should watch his back.
So, I find it likely Boll is crazy enough to haunt AICN, and IF he does, I'd say theres a 60% chance he is Memories of Murder.
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favorite mentor/guide/wise character? Yoda, Mr. Miyagi, Rufus from Bill and Ted, etc. You get the idea.
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non-Bond career playing exactly that sort of character? I mean he was up to play both Morpheus and Gandalf at one point, and then takes old Allan Quartermain, leading a team younger than he, and mentoring young Tom Sawyer.
His best mentor: Ramirez from Highlander. "ITTT HAAAUURRTTS???" -
He's like a mentor in 95% of the things he does. Same goes for Liam Neeson.
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Mako. Plus he's mentored Chucky Norris too.
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and all three were mentors in Batman Begins. Dang, that's alot of mentors for one guy.
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Yeah, I think you are spot on with him (not the 'he's Uwe Boll' thing, but everything elese).
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that last time out too.
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was added for humor. I think my point is that they both are contrarian and they use it as a tool to define themselves.
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I bought all the seasons last year when they were on sale, and have been SLLLOOOOWWWLLLYY working my way through the first season. Was feeling under the weather last night, and caught a couple of eps. It's wierd, because in this first season the fx are horrendous cgi, the acting would make community theater thesps laugh, and sometimes the dialogue is ponderous BUT the storylines and ideas in the show are so good that the whole thing becomes endearing. I hear it becomes better as it goes too. It's odd, I'll be completely riveted by the story and wincing at the production values at the same time.
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back in the day. And it's true, the first season was sort of blah, but if I remember correctly, some of the last few eps in that season were good. And then seasons 2 - 4 were just money for me.
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on here regarding bans, and lifted reviews and what not Vern posted a really good bit in that Clone Wars TB that did a nice job of addressing lots of that stuff. If you havent read it, and were remotely intrigued by that whole chain of events, Id suggest reading it. Its near the bottom of the TB.
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care about the cheap FX. It improved slightly after season one, but in this case, the overall story arc trumped any shortcomings.
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because right now I think they have better storylines that star trek usually had, but without the character comaraderie that Trek in it's best incarnations possessed.
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and already am warming to G'Kar, Lennier, Delen and Lando. So far the humans do little for me, though Gariabaldi has his moments. The doctor makes me want to kill myself however.
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did it get worse, or just wasnt as good?
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Comparing Olympic athletes? You guys have it all wrong. In a perfect world there is room for both. These women are all gold winners in my eyes. And I have some more events for them to compete in. Synchronized knob gobbling. The rub'n'tug-o-war.My favorite mentor is Sean Connery in The Untouchables."You wanna know how to get Capone? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue."
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Bottom line: the issue blew up..had its time in the sun...time to move along.
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find itself. Don't worry though, you'll end up caring for the human characters as well when all is said and done. Boxlietner is da man!And skip the last season, it's really unimportant and just plain no good.
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"There endeth the lesson."
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Usually these Twitch columns get around 30 talkback posts and then die away (awesome column, by the way). Did I miss something? What the fuck is going on? (Sorry, I don't wanna read 1000+ posts to find out. I'm lazy).
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The Church of Chang hijacked this thread for it's own evil purposes. Mainly to talk about dream team gang bangs, Asian cinema, the works of David Fincher, comic book chicks you do the five knuckle shuffle to, the first crush you had on an actress, the greatest on-screen meltdown, ideal travel destinations and who should play Conan.Am I missing anything?
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Also we learned that Danny has a little certain something for a particular gymnast.
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I would have to go with Mickey from the Rocky films. He loved Rocky like a son, but he weas quite prepared to cut him should that prove necessary. Also, great at the somewhat lost art of chicken catching.Hello, all. Good morning to the American types.
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...makes me cry like a girl.Schindler weeping that he could've saved a few more people with his Nazi pin and Malone crawling along the floor of his apartment. Guaranteed waterworks for me.
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How goes it Frankie? We'll give a shout out to Obi-wan since he lied to Luke, and then up and up had himself killed.
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"He's in the car".
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It just seems wrong. That much exercise at such a young age stunts their sexual development, hence I end up looking slack-jawed at the telly and saying "She's nineteen?!" about the bouncy wee thing I had assumed was only eleven.It's a little too 'barely legal' for my tastes.
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...as well versed in De Palma's masterpiece as I am."I said you're a lying member of a no good race."
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Easy. Mr. Miyagi from the Karate Kid.
Turned Daniel from a snifling chicken shit into a crane-technique wielding badass.
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Neigh means Neigh!
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What a douche. Also, fuck Yoda, while we're at it. The entire galaxy's getting flushed down the toilet by two (TWO!) Sith Lords, and what is Yoda and Obi-Wan's master plan?YODA: "Hey, Obi-Wan, let's just fucking leg it, hide like cowards for twenty years or so, then trick that boy baby into killing his own dad. What do reckon?"OBI-WAN: "Cool!"
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Robert Redford as the Horse Whisperer to Equinas.
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It was earlier when I posted the Ramirez choice. Untouchables, what a great film. Connery's death scene was magnificent.
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Speaking to reporters about the situation in Georgia, Sen. John McCain denounced the aggressive posture of Russia by claiming that "in the 21st century nations don't invade other nations."
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squealed like a pig...
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Pretty good film. It was unusual, which I liked, plus it fulfilled a life long dream of mine. As a small child, I always hoped I would one day see a film where Morgan Freeman and Jet Li went shopping at a Spar in Glasgow, but never in my wildest imaginings did I think that dream would actually come true. Well, now it has.I am now fully signed on as a Letterier fan. That is a guy who can do a solid, enjoyable action film. If there is some kind of fan club I can join, one which provides a badge of some sort and a membership card I can use whenever I'm asked for ID, that would be great.
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Can't believe no one got that already. Also one of the most awesome names for a character.
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little bitches who are out to only save their own asses.I can't believe these are our two choices come November. I can only hope that two separate meteorites take them both out and we can have a "do-over".
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I really love that movie. That has a cool fight with the dude in white.
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Needs to do a movie where he is the mentor. Like some old bad ass like Abraham Whistler from Blade, another good mentor.
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I was just saying yesterday that my keyboard needed a fresh coat of coffee.
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From Dazed and confused. Val Kilmer from Willow as well. Kind of Anti mentor mentors.
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Needs to do another movie, period. He has not worked enough over the last few years. I was just looking at his IMDB listing, and there's nothing too memorable since Dark Blue, all the way back in 2002. Stuntman Mike could have been great, but Quentin kind of screwed that one up, I think.Good call on the mentor role, though, Series. He's getting that age now where he coul play a pretty cool badass teacher type. I can seem him hitting some young whippersnapper with a ruler or somesuch. Also, he would be blind.
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I just could not resist.
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Splinter from the first three movies was probably the only thing that was better then TMNT. I really wish they had brough in the, HA HA I made another funny! In TMNT. Awesome Mentor. Though he pretty much is a more fatherly Yoda. He's like a mom and a dad for the Turtles.
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Connery's would have to be near the top I think.Magua in Last of the Mohicans has a spectacular finish as well.
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Aug 14, 2008 8:48:34 AM CDT
One of my favorite mentors is Chiun from Remo Williams
by chittychittygangbang
Damn I love that movie.
The teaching scenes are some of the most original and coolest shit I had seen at the time.
Remo Williams: You know, Chiun, you're a real pain in the ass.
Chiun: That is because it is the fastest way to your brain.
Chiun had the best comebacks of any mentor bar none.
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I always thought the bullet dodging scene was excellent.
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When he finally made it to the top of that obstacle course in the apartment, Chiun turned the lights out and told him to do it again.
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Braveheart. Carlitos Way. Iron Giant (if it counts). Bambis mother. Wall-E (kind of). The Professional. Theres more but I'm busy at work can't focus.
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When he gets that dead guy from the porch and acts like he is asking him questions.
When the guy doesn't answer he shoots him.
Crook in the cabin starts singing like a canary.
Damn fine movie, except when they shoot Connery. I hated that part, as I got a lump in my throat and the theater got dusty and made my eyes start watering...oh nevermind. -
What is this movie, never heard of? Now very interested.
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And, yup, you got me on the Neighs. Tomorrow is another day though.
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I've never seen any of the Godfathers, Goodfells, Untouchables, Casino, Casablenca and Gone With The Wind. So what you wanna fight about it?
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Once he slid past the doorway and there was nothing between him and Bruce's snapping maw, I just cringe.
Ecspecially when you can hear him breathing hard as he kicks away.
And once Bruce closes down...damn I liked Quint and wish he would have gotten away sometimes.
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Stop what you are doing and go get it!
You will not be dissapointed, as it combines kick-ass teaching scenes, good cheesy dialogue and action.
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With the American flag in Patriot, that was a good death.
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Looks like I may get it as my next Netflicks, they haven't put CJ7 in my shiped list yet.
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Thank you....thank you. I have never seen her before....but thank you.
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Did you just call Mel Australian? He would punch a hole in your face if he heard you said that. He is 100% red, white, and blue now.....he has given up his darker youth.
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Never mind rushing out to see The Godfather, Goodfellas, The Untouchables, Casino, Casablanca, or Gone With The Wind - Get your ass out and see REMO: UNARMED AND DANGEROUS!!!
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...he moved to Australia at the age of 12, and moved back to America in his mid 20s.
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I don't ask that to be an asshole, it's just that I'm on a huge reading binge at the moment and I'm running low on ideas for stuff to read.I can usually trust the AICN types for film recommendations, so can anyone suggest a good book or two (or twelve)?
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I finally took a look around....and fuck me. No wonder I haven't read any of this shit for a week. There is better movie news in entertainment weekly.
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I will admit, that I have not cracked a new book in about 7 or 8 months. I have been re-reading older ones.
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Eh. Not a big loss.But Godfather 1&2, The Untouchables and Goodfellas is disconcerting.You need to rectify that. Make that a late 2008 resolution.
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Here is some stuff I've read lately:Rant (Palahniuk), The Bourne Identity (Ludlum), Pattern Recognition (Gibson), Wise Blood (O'Connor), Hegemony Or Survival (Chomsky), The Collected Dorothy Parker (Um...), Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Lindsay), Cell (King), The Corner (Simon). That's all I can remember of off the top of my head. I'll pretty much give anything a go as long as it's good.All suggestions greatfully received.
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Aug 14, 2008 9:29:04 AM CDT
Skip Goodfellas and see Gone With The Wind....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....at least Gone had some great sets and innovative production techniques.
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I made need to check out a few of the books it was based on.
I think it was the Destroyer series.
I also have yet to read Vampire$ and Armor.
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Try David Foster Wallace's - Infinite Jest. The word genius is thrown around too much. But he deserves it.
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Aug 14, 2008 9:32:03 AM CDT
chitty...you read some cool shit...make some recommendations....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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I like satire, most of the American classics (Hemingway and Steinbeck and whatnot), any really good non-fiction story (The Right Stuff is one of favourites, also The Devil's Candy), and I'm starting to become interested in some of the more interesting crime stuff (I like Elmore Leonard a lot, and the Dexter book was pretty good). I'm not a fantasy fan, and the only SF writer I've ever been able to stomach is William Gibson. Also, fuck Dan Brown.I don't know if that helps. I'm all over the place, really. I'm just looking for any kind of suggestion. You say it, I'll give it a go.
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I've gotten into him lately.
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...about an assassin.
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And never will. Why you ask? Because, frankly my dear, I don't give a damn. I can't get into films produced before the 70's. The style of acting is very off putting to me. Casablanca, Lawrence of Arabia and Citizen Kane are the only films released prior to the 70's that I've been able to make it all the way through.
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Susannah Clarke's "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell". I read it 3 years ago, and it's still the best book I've read within that timespan, and I read alot. It's a great big fantasy(but not belonging in anyway to the fantasy ghetto) that revolves around the idea of England employing magicians to help in the war effort.
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How is that? I read the first one never got around to the second two. Rant just read that as well really liked it in the end, took a long time to really grab me, I am a pretty slow reader but that book took me a good 6 months to finish because I never could get into it and kept putting it down and read I Am Legend in between.
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toad - I just had a nose at Infinite Jest on Wikipedia and it sounds pretty good, so I'm putting that one on the list. Thanks, buddy. This is what I like about the AICN. I might read that book and love it, and I would never even have known it existed without this place.Danny - Jack London's a guy I keep meaning to get around to and never do. Do you have a favourite of his? Let me know and I'll try it out.
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Billy Carter: A Journey Through the Shadows (About former president's brother who was both a raging drunk and sympathetic character)
The Stand Uncut edition (King's best work in my opinion. I have read it four times)
To Conquer the Air (History of the Wright brothers and their quest for flight)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (I loved this book. An autistic boy solves the death of his neighbor's dog.) -
The Dexter show was a lot better then the book. Like A LOT, thats why i never picked up the second one.
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his novel Snow Crash is great fun.
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try Chabon's "Cavalier and Clay".
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Man I thought my Dad was the only person who read that, I think he has ever single one. Like he read a book a week, but the only series he followed religiously was Destroyer.
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It's an easier read and well worth it. Also "Water for Elephants" is a good read, and there aren't enough books chronicling circus life for my tastes.
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But try The Exorcist.
It does vary from the movie as it gives descriptions of 'Black Mass' ceremonies of Satan worshippers which is something you have to read to believe.
And it presents Reagan's situation as more of a choice of what you believe is happening.
Great job of presenting just enough clues for both sides of whether it is a mental condition or actual possesion.
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I really want to read that book. I am reading The Driver at the moment, soon to be a movie. It's really good, but there a lot of grammatical errors, and I am terrible at grammar so for me to catch shit like that its got to be bad. Its about breaking the landspeed record driving coast to coast. Just read the like 10 page short story of the Curious Case Of Benjimin Button, there was a link to it on the story about the movie on this web site.
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is The Sparrow. It's pretty hardcore as science fiction goes. Brad Pitt talked of making it a few years ago, but personally I never expect it to reach the screen. I don't think it's possible. The sequel was good too.
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I hear the word 'fantasy' and it puts my teeth on edge. Wizards and dragons and fairies whatnot - not my thing at all. Is that what this is about?
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I thought I had a bad copy of the book until I kept reading.
Well played gesture by author and publishing company.
Such a charming book. I remember actually being happy when he finally found Toby in the subway in London.
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isnt that the characters are flat or the science is incomprehensible from a layman's perspective, but rather it goes some pretty dark and unexpected places as a story. Male readers in particular might have some issues with the later chapters, but I think it's a great book.
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Let's Go Play At The Adams. Go look it up, its like the authors only book, he died shortley afterwards. You can only buy it used. On the cover it says something like, scaryier then the exorcists. I guess its like Jack Ketchums, The Girl Next Door. Basing my knowledge of Girl Next Door only on the movie though.
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That one is the first book. I liked it, mostly because of Dexter's dark sense of humour, but I do agree the first season of the telly show is far superior, especially the ending, which was much more powerful and satisfying than the end of the book.
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His famous ones of course, White Fang and Call of the Wild....but his short stories are just as good. He has a lot of short story anthologies out.
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This is a very literary book. It's massive and definitely the author loves the english language, but this is in not fantasy except for the fact it involves the world of "faerie". There are magicians but they are handled so convincingly in the historical context, that it's almost as if magicians were an actual part of english history in that way. The faery creatures, most of them villainous, are fleshed out as people, and there are no wizards or dragons or any such nonsense. The book is regarded as literature, and has garnered some high accolades. It is as far away from all that high fantasy stuff as you can get.
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This is great. Thanks to all.Keep the ideas coming, though. I have a library card and a small book budget, and I'll probably read a bunch of these.For Chitty - I agree, The Exorcist is a good book. A pretty tense read, if I remember it correctly. I think I went through that one in a day or so.
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Is another book in the style of multiple characters with stories all connecting. Its about these passengers on a plane.
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The one thing I want to avoid in a book is anything too generic, and too much fantasy seems to be concocted by picking various elements from a big cardboard box full of fantasy cliches. This one sounds like it could be different, though.
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I always wanted to...
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The Beach and Coma are fantastic....
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was the first one? I guess it was. Ok, also I haven't heard many good things about the next two. Let's Go Play At The Adams, remember scarier then the Exorcist.
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Infinite Jest is a monster of a book. It is the most rewarding reading I have done since I first 'discovered' books when I was a kid. It is a huge book, and it will take you several weeks to get through it - I kid you not. I can not emphasize enough the sheer genius of the work. It is an accessible genius though which sets it apart from such people as Thomas Pynchon - who I just refuse to read any longer. I read Gravity's Rainbow -and that work more than any other convinced me that some writers and artists only create for themselves. They could give less than a damn about the public. Because that is the only explanation for almost impenetarble prose of books like Rainbow. Entire University level classes built up around that book, and know one has yet to be able to explain it coherently.
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Aug 14, 2008 10:00:41 AM CDT
Series try Cannonball!: World's Greatest Outlaw Road Race
by chittychittygangbang
Look for the guy that put 100 gallon or so tank in the back of his truck for the race across America.
Traffic was blocking the start of the race and this guy drove THROUGH a nearby fence and jumped onto the turnpike.
He also slammed his hand on a hotel desk and demanded to know where the hookers were.
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but leaning more towards drama than fantasy is "The Stolen Child" by Kieth Donohue. Another book that uses a fairy tale premise but departs from it to give a great story.
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I don't read popular fantasy for the most part, because it is generic. I usually shun the genre hands down. Consider this more alternate history. Here is the wiki. If you read this and look at that cover,you will see how it's different. This is more in the tradition of Dickens than Robert Jordan. Generic is the last thing it is. She spent 10 years writing it.
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David Cross was going to make this book a movie a little while ago. I always wondered what they where going to do with the name. But I guess it never happened. Any way, terrible book. Its about some loser, I thought it would be interesting, but it was just lame. It wasn't funny either, but I think it gets alot of attention due to its name. Also he's not so much a fuck up as he is just a loser.
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with the magicians in the Napoleonic era. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.It's my highest current reccomendation. Be prepared for a big read, but it's a great read. It's one of my favorite books, easily.
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is an original book. It follows an Indian man recounting a time in his life when he found himself in a lifeboat with a fully grown tiger. It's another great read.
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documenting their climb up Everest is a great read. It's non-fiction. His follow-up, detailing the last journey of Chris McCandless was "Into the Wild" which was obviously made into a movie this last year.
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Yeah I read the game so what? I wasn't because of the topic but because I had read everything else Neil Struss had written and figured why not. My problem with these two books, especially the Game, is that they try to make it seem like they are going to teach you something when really they are just non fiction accounts of the events that took place in those two authors life. They both start out with the author being a shlub with girls/not having much experience driving cars. Then they all of the sudden they are pros at what they do. And pretty much what it all came down to was studying and trial and error. Like both books have little tips on their subject (picking up chicks/speeding without getting caught), but nothing really useful. While Driver isn't really sold that way, The Game is. And people really buy into the Game. Its just funny how marketing can change people perception of a book, even if they've read it.
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Tad William's Otherland series.
Stanislaw Lem's Solaryis.
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A book of short stories by London and a book of short stories by Flannery Connor are must read stuff for someone wanting something a bit different.
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By H.G. Wells? I found that to be one of the most boring books I've ever read. I loved the Time Machine....expect I'm pretty sure I only read the Great Illustrated Classic version of it. Those things were awesome.
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Aug 14, 2008 10:29:45 AM CDT
fuck I just read about the Let's Go Play At The Adams...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
And that whole case.....I've never heard of it but fuck me. Why would anyone read this crap? I couldn't stomach it. Anything involving torture or graphic murder (especially of a child) fuck me.....not my kinda thing. -
For much the same reason I avoid Jack Ketchum's stuff, and Girl Next Door by extension. I won't demonize people for making them, but I'm not reading/watching them.
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My all-time favorites are
1) Chanur Series by C.J. Cherryh 2) Way of the Spider - by W. Michael Gear 3) Uplift Series by David Brin 4) The Miles Vorkosigan continuing series by Lois McMaster Bujold -
It blows my mind what some people are capable of doing in cold blood.
Albert Fish is an example of something I don't classify as human.
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Aug 14, 2008 10:46:19 AM CDT
"You look like a bunch of retards trying to fuck a doorknob!"
by knuckleduster
Rip Torn as ol' Patches in Dodgeball. Best. Mentor. Ever.
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All the Redwall stuff. It's better than those covers and DTV animated films suggest.
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Aug 14, 2008 10:51:01 AM CDT
this is why I completely separate violent entertainment....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...and real world execution of violence and do not believe one influences the other. It is simply a cop out. You are born fucked in the head or not. Myself....you all now know-- I love violent Hard R films. The more blood and gore the better for an action film IMO. But with real stories of events that happened to real people....I squirm in my seat like a 9 year old. Its actually makes me queasy. I just can't handle that kind of shit. I don't want to read about the details in which a child was tortured. I understand this vile shit exists, but I don't need to hear about it. I like my violence to be set in the world of entertainment......
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Aug 14, 2008 10:55:57 AM CDT
And I think there is a line to be crossed....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...with horror films. Chances are if a chick is chained down...its not my bag. I'll watch a killer whack someone's head off sure-- but its just not my thing to watch someone chained down, screaming and crying. That wanders a little too closely into snuff sort of territory. I'm sure some get off on it.....but fuck that. That reminds me of all those cunts on AICN that started name dropping the term "exploitation films" left and right bragging about all these great films they claimed to see in the 70s where chicks were beaten and raped and shit. Yeah....thats real fucking great. Now swallow a grenade and get the fuck off this website......douche-bags. -
I just found out there is a movie about Albert Fish and a docudrama.
I don't how the directors even got around handling some of the crimes this subhuman did.
Bold people to try and handle this subject and turn it into a watchable film.
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Aug 14, 2008 11:24:29 AM CDT
On a different note, did anybody see Man on a Wire
by chittychittygangbang
The documentary about Petit's conquest of the World Trade Center by way of high wire.
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Aug 14, 2008 11:33:11 AM CDT
Ernest Borgine story from IMDB.COM -- what a man!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Legendary actor Ernest Borgnine is missing his days as a U.S. Navy officer - because he was surrounded by cheap food, and even cheaper women.
The 90-year-old Oscar winner admits he frequented brothels monthly while he sailed the seas for 10 years in the 1930s and 40s.
And he admits he wouldn't hesitate to don the uniform once again and relive his younger years.
Borgnine says, "Listen, I was an ordinary fella, you know... but in those days you only paid two dollars... for the whorehouses. But first of all, we'd go get a bowl of Chinese, you know, shrimp, shrimp and fried rice, that was my favourite.
"It's one of those things that men have to do and, uh, and in those days I wasn't responsible to anybody, except myself and to the Navy of course."
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in P.A. when Ernie was there. No whorehouses or chinese joints, but did get to watch him go decadent on the campground's all you can eat icecream night. I think the man might have finished off a texas pail on his own. This would have been 1995, so he would have in his late 70s. Good ol Ernie.
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I agree completely. You can lob a hard R of action related violence, or tongue in cheek violence (i,e, Dead Aive, Shoot Em Up, Pathfinder,Rambo, whatever) at me and I won't be bothered. But give me even a PG-13 film that starts pushing the edge of that torture/abuse/rape stuff(and I don't mean necessarily the inclusion of the topic, I mean displaying it, making it the point, giving us a look at it) and you have just lost me as an audience member. Sometimes I think people treat these things as a badge of honor. Like, hey dudes, I drank this terpentine without barfing, and it has made my constitution stronger as a result.
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just started playing last week here at The Charles theater. If I can get the time, Im gonna check it out. It's likely Ill see it on dvd though. Depends.
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And many would bring up something like Silence of the Lambs in defense-- arguing it has a girl in a well screaming and crying and suffering but it is acceptable to enjoy that film. There is such a difference in intention with the two genres. Something like Silence or even Seven, is showing a crime and investigation-- whereas something like Hostel is clearly in it to emphasize the suffering itself. -
Aug 14, 2008 11:59:13 AM CDT
Fuck torture!! What happened to the fun of this TB?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Damnit. If Ernie Borgnine slammin' Chinese ho's doesn't get this TB rollin....I dunno what will.
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A campground with an all you can eat ice cream night? Fuck......where the hell do I find that kinda joint?
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Hello Jonah Echo, DannyGlovers. Ninja Fred is back - for a little while. What is the topic?
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Aug 14, 2008 12:07:16 PM CDT
How about movies with the word 'Return' in them?
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Oh, that might be too silly.
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Welcome back.
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I hear what your saying Danny. I mean I've read the book, I'll watch that crap. The book though isn't total just torture and beatings. I'm terrible about remembering exact details of a book, but a majority of that book was from the girls point of view and about what its like to be tied down. The horrifying thing about that book is that the girl being held captive is the oldest person in the story. Its more a Lord Of the Flies then Hostel. Pretty much I think the eldest boy is going threw puberty and something happens where the baby sitter knockes her head on accident and from there they decide to tie her up. Like it wasn't their intent to do harmful things to her, it just escolates to that. With the eldest boy causing a lot of the problems. The fuck up thing about it, similar to the begining of Irréversible, is that they tell what happens to the kids afterwards after they get away with it. Man, you guys make me feel like an asshole now for reading it, plus if you look at the dates the book was made way before it became popular (Save for stuff like I spit on your grave).
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Well, I was just reading 'bout a new flick called Henry Poole is Here. It's directed by Mark Pellington, who did two movies I really like-Arlington Road and Mothman Prophecies. Both are almost entirely overlooked when the subject of thrillers come up, despite both being, I think, superb examples.
So, the topic is this. In any genre, name some movies you find overlooked. Consider this your chance to evangelize the rest of us on movies we might have missed, or movies that are good that got glossed over, etc. Clear enough? -
Always a subject near and dear to Freds heart.
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Aug 14, 2008 12:13:13 PM CDT
Ok, Jonah Echo that better topic than famous Freds
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
We can save that for a rainy day.
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Being There is overlooked. I still don't know how Peter Sellers didn't get an Oscar nom.
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also, The Wind and the Lion is usually overlooked. Please tell me you guys have seen it. It's a great film.
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TV show with Robert Blake in the 1970's.
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I am not sure I would call it overlooked though
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to the point that it fails to have a good dvd release available. It's a love letter to atomic age sci-fi, to movie houses, to childhood, all set against the backdrop of the Cuban Missle Crisis and starring John Goodman as a William Castle-esque horror filmmaker whose latest flick, Mant is being brought to town just as the CMC is revving up.
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Matinee would be there for sure.
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The finest coming of age. Boarding school comedy/drama I have ever seen.
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Mark Pellington co directed and overlooked.
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Also best take of a military academy ever...even if its not a military academy it runs like one.
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Oh, we have moved on to new topic. Hmm Fred must think - but that makes Fred's head hurt.
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as an introverted, overweight short order cook pining after Liv Tyler from afar is also a great movie it seems like few have heard of. I think it's well worth a rental, if you aren't familiar with it.
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I guess since he wasn't a famous American we didn't care.
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Hudsucker Proxy, That Thing You Do, Millions, Beautiful Girls, Margot At The Wedding.....anything Wes Anderson.
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Also, it was possibly overlooked because it was bleak, and arthouse. It probably needs a few years to gain some following on dvd.
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Aug 14, 2008 12:26:31 PM CDT
This not overlooked - but not appreciated enough
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Stalag 17. Fred an old movie buff.
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was one of Mamet's better films, at least in my mind, and it seems to get very little love. A great turn by Steve Martin in that too.
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There is this dumb article about Harry wanting a threeway with Scarlett Jo, and I guess its a slow day because there aren't many post, and no one has started taring into him. Like Harry's got to have a great sense of self to put that, because with the way most TB's have been mean spirited as of late I wouldn't be surpirsed to see it turn into a Harry bashfest.
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how this never gained a following, I just don't get. Come to think of it, I could prob come up with a list for 1998 alone.
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Probably because it was a WWE film.
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is severely overlooked as a clever time travel movie, and as a romantic comedy. Anyone here see it?
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but I think they have enough fanbase as they are not completely forgotten. I agree though, both deserve more exposure. I'm also thinking of those movies that just got buried, and perhaps you think you are the only one who remembers.
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I really liked this Vonnegut based film with Nick Nolte in it. But goodluck finding it now.
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Aug 14, 2008 12:34:29 PM CDT
I think we threw around Scarlett's name a lot...
by hawaiian organ donor
...during our gang bang picks yesterday. Can't fault Harry for that.Beautiful Girls is a terrific movie. Timothy Hutton gives such a wonderful performance.I only brought up Being There because nobody I meet has seen it save for my family but I guess to movie geeks it's beloved. Love the walking on water ending.Spanish Prisoner and Hudsucker Proxy are the cat's pajamas.
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Sci-Fi Crime thriller with a French new wave twist.
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One of the top 3 parody films ever.
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News to me. Will have to rent.
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I just perused the harry TB - sems like somene named Cotton McKnight thinks anyone who likes Sacrlett is a closet homosexual! I kid you not.
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which, if I recall correctly, was selected as Harry's #1 movie of 1998, but I could be wrong. It was based off Sherman Alexie's book, and I thought it translated the spirit of the book rather well. Great performance by Adam Beach here. Also overlooked native american film with beach was Skins.
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One of the funniest and under appreciated 80's coming of age comedies. Set in the 50's.
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little love. Good call.
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Great movie, probably the best acting either of those two did as kids.
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One of those better interlocking story movies with John Turtorro, Alan Arkin, Clea Duvall,etc.
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is he the only fucking Native American actor on earth other than Wes Studi? Everyone knows Graham Greene is really a Mexican.
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when people talk about his work. I think it's a darn good movie.
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Aug 14, 2008 12:42:28 PM CDT
And I threw out Scar-Jo in my gangbang list...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
It was her, Jewel, Alicia Sacramone, Helen Mirren, and Anne Hathaway wiping us down afterward.
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Come on you know not enough people have seen both me and the movie. But enough people watch Greys Anatomy?
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with Harvey Keitel and Fairuza Balk as his daughter. Again, not even sure if you can find this, but if you can, it's worthwhile.
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Aug 14, 2008 12:43:39 PM CDT
most overlooked stoner film.... THE STONED AGE
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Which IMHO is far better than Dazed and Confused.
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that was a fun bit of madness.
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Aug 14, 2008 12:45:25 PM CDT
most overlooked film of 2008 -- SPEED RACER!!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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and I want it on a special edition, and better yet on bluray, but on dvd at all would be fine.
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I went from rooting for it's demise, to sincerely sad it didn't perform well.
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I was referring to was Matinee, not Speed Racer. Racer comes to dvd next month.
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I've pimped it before, I'll pimp it again.
You guys need to see this.
PETER WELLER VS. BIG ASS RAT.
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George P. Cosmatos who also did Tombstone. That's gotta count for something.
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with John Cusack, with a somewhat speculative fiction about the rise of Hitler. A good film, worth seeing.
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A lot of great moments....
A stoner puking under a couch cushion and pissing in ice trays. A chick's father comes home and lectures him on drug use, sitting on the couch-- which mashes the puke out over the edge....and he takes a swig of his drink and chews the piss ice noisily. Stoners break into some warehouse to steal beer, and they send a little guy over the wall to get it-- when he comes back with it....the main stoner says: WHAT THE HELL IS THIS? I WANTED FUCKING TALLS!! There are the flashbacks to the Blue Oyster Cult concert with old stock footage and some great lines:
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that got completely overlooked some years ago. I also reccomend it. And Yimou, who currently is recieving accolades for his Olympics work did a great little flick called Happy Times which is rather removed from his martial arts epic of late.
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...but I thought it would be good for different reasons. I didnt expect a powerful film about family unity. And Susan Sarandon's cans....holy fuck!! Maybe that will inspire me to get Blu-Ray.
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...that character actor with a fucked up mouth was a great Hitler. He kinda looks like Michael Phelps if you think about it....
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It came out in 2002. An anime based off Tezuka's old manga based off Fritz Lang's movie. It's a great movie, and more sophisticated than most anime, though it's style is more akin to Astro Boy.
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is very overlooked. Am the only one who thought this was a majorly fun retooling of Yojimbo?
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all heart. It's a great sport's film (about ping pong no less!), it's a clever comedy, and it's above all a great piece on friendship. I highly highly recommend it.
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that is one of the many many films from Australia that gets no love. This is a true gem of a film. If you can find it, check it out.
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"I guess you'll just have to kill me.""It'll hurt if I do."
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was a good film, not a great one, but it was completely discarded when it deserved a better reception.
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also with Robards. Some people still remember this, but it doesn't have the following it should. It's a great kid's spook story that should get never-ending play around Halloween, but it's rarely mentioned or played.
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Bridget Fonda is a good little period film that takes place in the 30s and mixes in some magical realism.
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I with you Johna, I wanted to hate it. But I really wanted to see it and have it be good because it came out on my birthday. The closer it got to coming out the more excited I got, then the bad reviews. I true was sad about how bad it bombed. It'll probably be my favorite movie of 08. Its also probably the first mega budget summer movie I've seen where there is a built in learning curve for the movie. Seriously the first 15-20 minutes your watching it and your thinking...this is fucking terrible and WTF is going on? Then it all clicks and that final race was like a roller coaster. The Brothers W. did a lot more revolutionary stuff with that movie then TDK or Ironman. And at the same time it did the same thing, taking the source material seriously.
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about a Jewish strongman who is recruited by Tim Roth, an occultist during WW2, to play the role of Siegfried the aryan superhero. It's a darn good movie, but few know of it.
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I am a Speed Racer freak though - I have all the toons on DVD
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I honestly think the brothers W took more chances there, and suceeded more often there, than with The Matrix. But this is from the guy who had already watched Dark City a gajillon times when Matrix was released. I love both movies, but I honestly think Speed Racer is the overall better movie. Like I said, I don't think that's going over well.
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I love the concept of him driving side by side with his brother in spirit.......that is fucking awesome. Its a great way to show how a younger brother puts his older brother to God-like cool-status.
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A Forrest Whitacker movie.
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a great thriller from 2002. Luck vampires I tell you, luck vampires. Check it out. And it has Sydow in it. Can't go wrong there.
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Theres another one out called Ping Pong Playa, I've heard good things? Is Invincible really good? I had it DVR'ed for forever and then I moved and had to give my DVR back with like 30 movies unwatched.
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with Ed Norton and Naomi Watts. It was based off the Somerset Maughum novel. Now that's a great romantic film, and it's visual sense and cinematography was worthy of Lean.
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and it's worth seeing, as most of Herzog's work is.
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Good look finding this debut from Todd Rohal, but I got it from amazon I think. I saw it at MFF in 2006 and thought it was great. A wierd combination of Terrence Malick and Napoleon Dynamite, if such a thing can exist. If you even remotely like odd films, I implore you to find Guatemalan Handshake.
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criminally overlooked. This movie is brilliant. Seriously, it's by far one of my favorite children's films.
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I couldn't get past Norton's sorry ass accent..
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dear lord. One of the oddest and saddest movies about the desire to create I have ever seen. Look it up on IMDB. I have hardly the heart to describe it. This is oneof those things I saw on IFC, and I recorded it and let my college friends borrow it until the tape literaly broke.
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Love that film.
I could just listen to that film and be amazed.
"Hi I'm Buzz, the one with the fuzz. I make the elevator do what she does."
"JESUS IS THAT A BLUE LETTER?!"
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An absolute masterpiece. I have mentioned it before. I will keep mentioning until one person comes back and says they saw it.
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The only word I reemmber in the title is 'Jewel' It concerned an WWII Italian prisoner of war in a German concentration camp. He is starving, and tries to play off his charm in order to get food from a female guard. It may be late seventies or early eighties.
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Yeah I did a report about him for my film class in college. I saw Fitzcalrado and Heart of Glass, I just didn't enjoy them. Fitz was like he Herzog just wanted to do the same thing that guy did, it was just a documentary with like 30 minutes or more of a boat slowly going up a hill. I've been wanting to see more of his stuff, I find Herzog to be a fasinating character as a person. I really want to see his Nasfuratu re-make.
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Good call! Great movie.
Has anybody mentioned Rounders?
I didn't know it was a movie until I saw it for sale at a Blockbuster.
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And I am not kidding! I loved that movie!
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and The Butcher Boy are both wierd, overlooked films. Personally I think they are some of his best work.
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I really wanted to see that movie find an audience, but it just didnt happen.
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Starting out in the Evening with Frank Langella. Way better than similar stuff like Finding Forester or Venus.
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which was a host of great fading actors all together: Lilian Gish, Bette Davis, Ann Sothern and Vincent Price to shovel up the mess.
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Fucking crazy movie! Peter Jackson will probably ending being the best director ever. Not a single one of his movies isn't amazing, even his cheesy first movie Bad Taste. Him and Cameron both have perfect records, but Jackson seems to work a lot more. Feebles is fucking great though, I can't imagine being Richard Taylor and working on that movie having to convince his family and friends that he wasn't crazy. And is now one top of his industry, up there with Baker and Winston. The teaming of those two is just as good as Stan and Jim, or Steven and John.
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I hated Rounders, but I hate cards and poker and since that script is made up entirely of poker words i didn't get half of it. Butchor Boy I was so excited when it finally came out on the DVD, but when I watched it again it wasn't as crazy as I remembered it. Anyone seen In Dreams?
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It was one of those movies that I thought I had discovered and nobody else had seen it.
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It was not Jewels - sorry, is was Beauties. The Seven Beauties. Lina Wertmueller.
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Or has even heard of it. TDK, HK takes place in the early/mid sixties. Remember one of the characters was shipping off to boot then to Vietnam. HK is a muscle car loving fellas wet dream. Every shot had a classic car in it. Plus its funny and has tits. Cars, jokes and tits what more do you need? I say not much.The Stoned Age is another movie I thought I was the only person who heard of it or liked. The one main guy going on about getting hit in the eye with a laser at a Blue Oyster Cult concert kills me everytime I think about it, I laugh my ass off. I knew way too many goobers in my younger days that WERE that dingbat.
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That car was awesome. And the Child Catcher is probably one of the most sinister creations of any movie ever geared for kids.
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I totally forgot about that one.
Had Van Der Beek (played an execellent villian) Ariana Richards, George C. Scott and did it also have The Bates?
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which was pretty much a period version of The Warriors. anyone see it?
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Yes, it was the sixties. I loved that movie. Newbomb Turk! It has a throw away 'plot' with Tony danza and I think that was Michelle Pfeiffeerfer. Worthless to the movie. Larwrence! Lawrence of Arabia! His an English guy come to beat the Turkish! Or something liket that.
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but everytime Scott gives the "Superman isn't brave speech", chills. Just felt very real, that moment.
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I remember it being very bleak, very dark and very funny at times. It was up for a boatload of awards, but that does not really mean much. I want to see it again though.
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Or maybe the super soldier serum?
It came on TBS late at night a while back, but I was out and didn't get a chance to see it.
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ok, it's overlooked because Rambo came along some years later and did it better. But does anyone recall this? Was kind of fun, but very cheesy.
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Aug 14, 2008 1:54:08 PM CDT
actually, I think first blood did it better the same year..lol
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is a gem....everyone I went to school with loved it. Great film. The soundtrack was good as well....
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it is always overlooked in favor of his Kurosawa collaborations, but Mifune was straight-up awesome in this. In fact, it might be my favorite role of his.
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playing over the tipped over chess piece after Scott passes...excellent.
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Cotton Club My Bodyguard Breakfast Club (although that one might not be overlooked) Up the academy
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KAAARRAAAZZYY!!
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Damn we are pulling out the good stuff.
Back when we had HBO, Cinemax and the like, I caught this movie.
Loved it.
He got a bully and then Dillon went and got the bald guy that looked about 35-40 years old.
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It was a great buddy movie.
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That fight scene with the Duckie Boys was brutal as all hell and Ken Wahl was cool as hell, so wAs meat from Porky's. WTF happened to Ken Wahl?TDK, all I got left to say about Hollywood Knights is this. VOLAREEEEEE.......
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wasnt sure if anyone else had.
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Saw it in the theaters as a kid and enjoyed the hell out of it. Even at 17 or 18, Adam Baldwin was able to pull off a credibal tough guy role.
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Remember this? With the kid who ticks off the bully and then spends the rest of the movie trying to get out of the 3:00 fight that's coming.
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With Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines.
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any overlooked movies out there you would suggest?
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This one needs more love from the horror and gore (not too much) hounds.
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Two excellent 'buddy' movies. Even if one buddy was a con.
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I really like the Wanderers. It was a well made movie, fun entertaining, and sad. I felt bad for Ken Wahls character. He wanted out but got trapped by the neighborhood. Plus Karen Allen stripped down to her skivvies in it. Remember, Don't fuck with the baldies.
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Yes! That just made my day Xi!
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with Barrett Oliver and Dabney Coleman. I loved that movie as a kid.
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Just the perfect mesh of actor and role. First three seasons are dynamite.
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I always wanted to be bounty hunter after watching that movie.
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as a thriller. It came out in 94 or 95. Sometimes can find it in the discount bin at WalMart. It was a french thriller involving an actress stumbling upon a snuff film being made(Danny, it's only suggested in Hitchcock style, not overly gruesome) and then spends the night running from the perpetrators. Alec Guinness even shows up as the crime boss heading the whole venture. Great little thriller.
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as Frog Dreaming. I'm sure some of you remember this even if you don't recognize it. Thomas played Cody Wapole, who lived in Australia and became fascinated with a strange lake he found, which he became convinced housed Donkajin, an aboriginal lake monster, possibly a bunyip. The movie was neat, and was one of the few where the rational explanation for the monster sighting was almost as interesting as finding the real monster.
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I don't know if you would call it overlooked.
But I loved Cary Grant in that one.
Yes, The Trouble with Harry is very good stuff.
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Aug 14, 2008 2:26:09 PM CDT
Xi - everything you wanted to know and didn't about Wahl
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He married a Barbi twin and did them both!
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With Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn - just cracks me up every time. Trouble with Harry is a great, twisty, comedy. I loved it.
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Which is a classic - this story wil make you sick. Danny, better not read.
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is an overlooked film. Sydow gives an excellent performance in that, and while it got some accolades when it came out, it's all but forgotten these days.
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Ruckus was hilarious. In order to show that the Face Man was a homeless, wandering, Vietnam Vet they smeared some dirt on his face, but his hair was perfect. Ruckus was a goofy fun movie.Goodnight Lads, going off to the rack and grabbing some sleep.
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I don't understand the lack of love for this ether. Tim Roth as a man who lives his entire life on a ship. He is a skilled piano player, and on particularly stormy nights he unshackles the piano and lets it roll around the ship. The movie is great for his showdown with Jelly Roll Morton alone.
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Sadly I already read that fucking story about an hour ago. Fuck that. They need to drop that guy into the heart of Georgia so the crazy drunk Russians can use him for target practice.
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It's a cool quirky film with it's own distinctive style. It's hyperactive but also has some heart to it. It's like the lighter Japanese version of another overlooked film: Ghost World.
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No wonder he stopped working, thoise two plastic surgery enhanced divas look like they would be high maintenance. NIce pull Kenny, you got twins stud.
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and Milla Jovovich. Jovovich totally steals the show on this one too. A great little comedy.
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Was a sweet bad ass movie. I bet Brain Cox kicks himself every time he sees Silence of the Lamps.
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I know of an old farm with plenty of "toys" I could use on him.
Fucking bastard.
By the end of the first day he would begging for the devil to come drag him to hell.
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Cat's Eye. troll vs. cat. how is this not more popular?
The Keep. Scott Glenn. Ian McKellan. This is a cool little flick.
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was The Ambulance, something of a dark comedy with Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones and Stan Lee as himself.
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but I always thought Cutthroat Island was overlooked. It was silly yes, but it was also quite a bit of fun. Anyone else like this?
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Was the walk around the edge of the building.
Damn that would be one long trip.
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than that bloated Clone Wars TB. Let's go guys.
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...I just don't think the government should have the power to kill.
BUT.....I do not think this should apply for children. If you murder, sexually abuse, or torture a child-- it should be automatic death penalty. And none of this fucking 20 years on death row bullshit....the defense should have one year max to get their shit together if they want to file an appeal or introduce new evidence. Thats it. One year later....you're fucking dead. -
All three of those stories were good. James Woods, quitting smoking, flubbing it and finding his wife in an electrified cage.
The walk the ledge sequence was HARROWING.
And again cat vs. troll. I can watch that sequence and never tire of it. CAT VS. TROLL. If I ever get a new TB handle, it will either be ROYAL DANO'S PUGWORM or CAT VS TROLL. -
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I was so excited when this hit dvd. Great movie.
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She rules the area around my house.
And I have yet to see a troll in my yard or house, so I know she on the job!
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Big, snarling, slobbering, St Bernard with syrup smeared all over him?
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When I saw you were listing over looked horror movies, I was thinking of that Steven King movie about the Cat and the troll. Not being smart enough to put 2 and 2 together when Echo said Cat vs. Troll. Looked it up in IMBDizzle, only to come back to find that we've already been talking about it the whole time.
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More of an Innerspace man.
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Aug 14, 2008 3:02:51 PM CDT
I liked Dreamcatcher a lot.....I think I'm the only one....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....even Kasdan told me he thought that thing was shit. But he was a little tipsy at the time. Fuckin' strippers in Vegas.....they do more on main stage then they do in the private rooms.
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I agree Danny. Capital punishment does not work - it is just state sponsored revenge. But, I freely admit, I make exceptions for child molesters/murderers. People like that can not be rehabilitated.
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Either physically or sexually you deserve nothing but a slow, brutal degrading death. Torture followed by something like getting staked out in the desert sun with a pot of starving rats tied to your stomach and a loose lid. Or maybe having all your bodily orifices stuffed with gun powder and set over a slow fire. Impaling on a blunt stake or quartered. quartering is tying the deserving scumbags hands and feet to four trucks and have them all drive off in different directions, slowly.Nothing is to bad to do evil sacks of shit that hurt kids. As a matter of fact, I'd bradcast the killing on primetime TV. It will show the others the end result of their actions, evil, evil subhumans that they are.
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Aug 14, 2008 3:07:56 PM CDT
Toad...yeah the notion that capital punishment...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...is some sort of a deterrent is complete bullshit. Its not. That being said, I don't think people who hurt children deserve a chance to be a deterrent. I want them off my planet...instantly. I don't want them to breath the same air I breath. I want them fucking gone. There is no reason a guy who tortures children should be in a cell next to some old black dude that got busted hustling crack. Fuck that.
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You'll realize that over 90% of killer movies Law and Order episodes and CSI are all taken from what he did. That was one crazy ass mofo.
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...but I remember my older brothers being scared shit-less over that thing. One of them even went as far as to not allow our beloved Cocker Spaniel Tammi in the room when he slept after seeing it. And that was a really sad moment in our family when Tammi was suddenly considered a threat. It only last for a few days though....
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another King flick. It's not brilliant, but it deserved better than completey anonymity.
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I chose a hell of a day to do work.I teeter all the time with capital punishment. It's easy for me to say just chuck the guy in prison and let the other inmates sort him out. If it was my daughter, I'm not sure I could maintain my humanity. I'd probably strangle the guy out of rage. I don't think parents can remain objective about child rapists and molesters.
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I mean if we kicked them all off the planet then we would never have gotten Thriller or Bad? And personally I don't want to live in a world where those songs never exsisted.
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I love that movie. Some of the justice talk above reminded me of it, as Paxton is killing supposed innocents, whom you later learn some of which were pedophiles and murderers.
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I can not disagree with you
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...I love that thing. Great achievement by Paxton. I love how you never really know-- are they demons or is the dad just fucked beyond belief? Very disturbing moments in there.
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The Woodsman. Anyone else see this? Me, I'll refrain from comment, but I will say that the thought of child molesters, etc is the kind of thing that instantly evokes an unforgiving and vindictive feeling on my part. And while we have several of the severe types that end in death, some of the most destructive are those done by family members, and the kind of thing a child may survive with their body intact, but their soul, mind, heart fractured. Above all, it becomes a betrayal of trust in those situations. When those who should be protecting and nurturing do the exact opposite. Holy crap, Im getting myself upset. We need a new topic.
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...then moved back to Canada when I was 12 and learned to ditch it really quickly. Now I have no discernible accent. I have people throwing every region imaginable at me.Sadly, my daughter is developing one.
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Aug 14, 2008 3:21:32 PM CDT
is that child molesting uncle commercial running national?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Anyone see that? I think its just an awareness commercial. A guy says something like, "Hi...I'm Uncle Nick...I come over, eat with your family, and hang out with your kids. But what you don't know is what I do to them when you're not looking." And he gives this creepy ass smile......I dunno why but every time its on I just burst out laughing. I guess because the guy plays it so comical. Like an SNL sketch of a pervert uncle or something, ya know? Anyone see it?
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I know we have listed some But how about all time favorite comedies? I will work on my list
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and I don't mean Harry's thoughts, I mean the fact it isn't news of any kind. If it were actually what he says it is, I could sort of understand it, but how many "win a date to watch the movie with one of the stars" opportunities are there out there? Harry just having a bit of fun at the expense of the site again. Which is fine, but seems odd.
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Aug 14, 2008 3:22:40 PM CDT
I got a TOPIC!!! Film with the most/biggest explosions?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Aug 14, 2008 3:23:38 PM CDT
okay comedies is better....TOP 10 COMEDIES.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
make a list!!
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Playing pedophiles is not something usually done well. Only times I ever found it done well were Brian Cox in L.I.E. where you were disgusted by this guy the MORE Cox made him human, and Billy Connoly in XF2 and Kevin Bacon in Woodsman where they both managed to catch the hollowed out soul one is left with after doing something like that, and actually having a conscience left to deal with it.
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Anyone seen that movie? As far as Prison goes. I feel that everyone should get there own cell, that there be minimal interaction with fellow inmates and it be run more like a school. Making the inmates go to class (even if they don't need it). They are allowed to read books. Maybe they can have inter prison sports teams. But they can't leave until they've proven they have become a better member of society. Prison gaurds are given Judge Dredd like responsibility, so there is no question. Everything is filmed on CCTV. Also the guards themselves should be former inmates. There is no interaction with the outside world save for visitors. Have it ran more like a military in its unity. Also possibly allow inmates to go overseas. The reason prisons don't work is because there is no hope. Prison should pretty much be a positive experience, not in that it was a good time, but in that it taught you a lesson you will never forget. And better records should be kept on Prisoners. But thats just me.
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If these are comedies.....
Evil Dead II
Army of Darkness
Bubba Ho-Tep
and these....
Royal Tennenbaums
Rushmore
Life Aquatic
Groundhog Day
Tommy Boy
Airheads
The Stoned Age
Best In Show
Billy Madison
Cable Guy
The Freshman
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City Lights
After Hours
Raising Arizona
Arsenic and Old Lace
Dr. Strangelove
Young Frankenstein
Some Like it Hot
The General
Groundhog Day
Monty Python and the Holy Grail -
1) Blazing Saddles
2) Animal House
3) Young Frankenstein
4) Smokey and the Bandit - hey Fred! 5)Bringing up baby 6) Some like it hot 7) Miracle of Morgans creek 8)Monty Python and the Holy Grail 9) Ferris Buehlers day off 10) Duck Soup -
Was an ok movie. Kind of Lifetimeish. Anyone seen Where the Truth Lies? DGDB That commercial is funny! Ok since we are on Comedies and were just talking about fucked up adults. Anyone seen Parents? That movie was pretty damn funny.
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If these are comedies.....
Evil Dead II
Army of Darkness
Bubba Ho-Tep
and these....
Royal Tennenbaums
Rushmore
Life Aquatic
Groundhog Day
Tommy Boy
Airheads
The Stoned Age
Best In Show
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Cable Guy
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directed by Bob Balaban with Randy Quaid as a cannibal dad. Almost good.
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IMDB picture one where he looks like a serial killer?
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Aug 14, 2008 3:31:52 PM CDT
I got to find a way to get Arsenic and Old lace in ther
by toadkillerdog
Maybe it bumps Miracle of Morgans creek at number 7.
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Aug 14, 2008 3:33:43 PM CDT
I would probably put Shaun of the Dead on my list...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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I talk to people all over the US and Canada (And Japan and China a little).
They always go nuts about my accent.
But it's weird how I don't notice it, but I do notice other people's accents.
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Its not so much that I've given it a lot of thought because I haven't and because I've proven over and over again that I'm not too bright. Its that between being in places like Columbia, Saudi Arabia, Kosovo, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq I've seen, up close and personal, the evil that can reside in the human soul. Those places have made me firmly believe in the concept of Evil and I'm not even remoetly religious in any way shape or form. Its just that if you don't meet Evil head on, in any form, from one child to genocide, then Evils tenacles get a strangle hold on life. Evil is like a super cancer, it rots the body from inside out fast and takes anything good along with it.
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Aug 14, 2008 3:34:57 PM CDT
fuck...every National Lampoons Vacation movie....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...awesome shit. Especially in Europe where they get some T and A in a family film. Fuck I love the 80s!!
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...getting through Capturing the Friedmans than I did Jesus Camp.Great explosions in film?The opening to Apocalypse NowThe hill getting hammered in Thin Red LineNakatomi Tower in Die HardThe shield station on Endor in JediThe broadside scene in Master and Commander
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Aug 14, 2008 3:35:36 PM CDT
and how could I forget Super Troopers and Beerfest?!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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I truly understand brother. I truly do.
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I think Cutthroat Island takes the cake. Oh...and Cutthroat takes two other prizes of recent discussions....guilty pleasure and the movie that doesn't get the viewing it deserves. I fucking loved that film. Balls to the wall Renny Harlin kickin' fucking ass!!
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It probably wasn't but it totally seemed like Armageddon was that way? That entire movie felt like you just hopped in an old rusted truck with no seatbelts falling over the grand canyon straight through a series of bomb tests and a firwork show on the side for good measure.
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Basketball Loaded Weapon Airplane Scary Movie 3 Space Balls Half Baked Not Another Teen Movie The Chaplin movie where he's Hitler Meaning Of Life Army of Darkness Little Nicky.
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it just might have the most explosions. Cutthroat Island does not suck, and is in fact a perfectly fun summer flick that accidentally got released in February and BOMBED.
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but it didnt help it much either way.
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What other genre's?
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You should check out Hell House! Another great doc.
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Aug 14, 2008 3:42:58 PM CDT
Cutthroat should have been in the original score discussion...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....as well. Great score by John Debney which IMO murders that shitty synth shit in Pirates of the Caribbean. Synth Orchestra is not fucking cool Hans......go to hell you stupid smiley bastard. It sounds like the action chase music in National Treasure movies......which is acceptable for that film but not an epic pirate trilogy. That was one of the first things that turned me off about the series....that cheap generic score.
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Aug 14, 2008 3:43:07 PM CDT
I never saw cuttroat island - Heard it cost a lot of money thoug
by toadkillerdog
Torpedoed ol Renny
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The entire Leathal Weapon series. Maybe the opening scene in 4. How bout the ultra gaurded back alley in Behind Enemy Lines?
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Aug 14, 2008 3:44:13 PM CDT
And not one of you dudes has Clouseau in your comedies?
by hawaiian organ donor
Baby Jesus weeps.Along witht he classics mentioned above, you have to include Return of the Pink Panther and the Pink Panther Strikes Again. I'd also add Fletch and What's Up Tiger Lily to those lists.
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You are correct. I might have to find room for Return
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Inspector Gadget, seriously its awesome.
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I remember reading years back that Harlin wanted a full scale hollow ship built to blow up in the climax. I dont remember the price, but it was something crazy like 5 mill or some shit. Anyway, they blew it up and he didn't like the angle they covered it from. So they build a second ship and blew it up as well a few weeks later.....muahahahahahaha.
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Sorry Marilyn.
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Domestic Gross = 10 million You know what this makes it? LEGENDARY
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Aug 14, 2008 3:49:43 PM CDT
I remember the house blowing up in Lethal Weapon
by hawaiian organ donor
Was something we'd never seen in a movie before. The WOW factor on that was through the roof.
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Armeggedon is so over the top, so stupid and nonsensical and the actors all seem like they're having fun that I can't help but watch the movie when its on cable.
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Aug 14, 2008 3:50:56 PM CDT
wasn't there a scene in Armageddon where Affleck fucks....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....Liv with animal crackers or some shit? If I remember right, she said the tiger felt the best. Anyway-- that was my favorite scene.
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I don't remember a single thing about it.
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I will wait until it hits cable again
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And I put it in every couple years as an excuse to crank up the volume to 11.Which reminds me, nobody mentioned This Is Spinal Tap.
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Pay no attention to Jonah - he likes V.I.C.K.I the robot from Small Wonder!
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And I raise you - Fear of a Black Hat!
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The animal cracker scene is among the many cringe inducing moments in Armeggedon, but its still retardly entertaining. The science in the movie is so off and so bad it would have made L. Ron Hubbard do a spit take and go "WHAAAAAAT?!?!?!" Armegeddon only works because of Bruce Willis. If they had cast anybody else, the movie would have blown in a different nonworkable way.
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Interesting thoughts. (kane) That pretty much sums up what I think about it, but critics ect always seem to portray him in a mostly negative light. To me, the ending sort of says that in the end, he looked back with envy on the simple things. Look at many celebrities today. Despite their wealth and seemingly fabulous lives, many seem to be terribly unhappy people. Additionally I think it is largly revealed that ‘rosebud’ is something of a mcguffin, as the reporter points out that an entire life cannot be summed up with one word. Despite the reveal at the end I think the conclusion is that his life is complex and not fully understandable.
Mentors:
Vito corleone
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......not because its over the top and stupid. There are other films just as over the top and stupid that are loads of fun. For me-- the reason it is absolute cunt spit is because Bay thought he was making a film thats all romantic and filled with heart. I remember people crying in the theater and saying that shit was so romantic and touching and they wanted to get married after seeing it and they fucked to the Aerosmith music video and shit. What the fuck? Michael Bay was born with no heart and knows fuck about love. His idea of love is a girl sucking him off while he drives a yellow Camaro. Fuck Michael Bay....and fuck Armageddon and The Quest For Love.
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Aug 14, 2008 4:06:20 PM CDT
Its the same shit that plagued Pearl Harbor....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....I don't give a fuck about boring shit you find romantic Bay....I sat through that shit to see Japs blowing shit up. Don't try to force fuck me with a love story. Blow shit up and shut your fucking mouth.....dick.
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The top ten worst movies of all time. Not the ones you would watch because they are so bad they are good. But movies so bad you would pay to have those memories erased. This may have to wait until tomorrow - at least for me. Time to go.
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1) INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL......
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One of the funniest fake documentaries ever made. Chris rocks rip of Fear of A Black hat, CB3 wasn't.
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I'm not really clear on your stance. Just a suggestion but you might want to work on expressing yourself.
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Chris Rock could not pull off his rip off. Danny - why am I not surprised?
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1. Pearl Harbor as a matter of fact for me its also the next 9.
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i literally could not watch it. that is the first time that has happened to me.
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1) INDY IV
2) 300 (based on only 45 minutes of it, all I could endure)
3) X MEN 3
4) MATRIX 3
5) ANGER MANAGEMENT
6) PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN II
7) MR. DEEDS
8) TRANSFORMERS
9) TALLADEGA NIGHTS
10) JOE DIRT
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Eh.....its alright.
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joe dirt sucks
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Can I give a shout out for Miracle Mile. Directed by Steve DeJarnatt, score by Tangerine Dream, starring Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham. It's a beautiful thing.
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1. Pearle Harbor2. Saving Private Ryan.3. Shooter4.Matrix 25.POTC36..Matrix 3 7.POTC28.Transformers9.Little Nicky10.300
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Aug 14, 2008 4:39:39 PM CDT
oh I thought you meant Moonlight Mile for a second....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
That shitty Gylenhaal movie before he had muscles and a hilariously bad whig, when he is mopey and crying about his dead girlfriend before he starts nailing a bartender that became a doctor now, and that makes it all good.
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I already owned it on DVD and I decided to get the Region 1 on import because it had a commentary track and proper 16:9 ratio.Unfortunately, the nudity has been cut back. Less of the luscious Ms Capshaw getting jiggy with Dennis! Why'd they go do that?Also, the cover art makes the film look like an Indiana Jones movie - which it clearly is not. Dolts. Who makes these decisions?
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Aug 14, 2008 4:41:20 PM CDT
Xiphos_2 -- I see we have many common films on our list.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
You are a true ally.
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the shooter fucking sucked. I liked 300 though, despite it's inaccuracies. David Wenham should be a star. If you ever get a chance, watch a movie called 'getting square' Wenham is excellent in it.
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1987....Timothy Hutton, Kelly McGillis? He dies at the beginning, goes to heaven.....meets her...she's a soul in heaven waiting to be born for the first time. They fall in love...until their numbers are called and they are both reincarnated and sent back. Then back on Earth he remembers her somehow and tries to find her.....
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Aug 14, 2008 4:46:52 PM CDT
I liked Shooter.....mainly because of The Glove...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
That straight to DVD Wesley Snipes version of the same script it looks like, looks much better though...
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Saw this on opening night, an early showing in front of a packed house of sober Mancs (transl. Mancunians), a notoriously difficult crowd to please without the benefit of booze.They - we - lapped it up. Just laughed all the way through it, in a good way. The cast are indeed having a whale of a time and it's infectious. I simply cannot dislike a movie where Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck are yelling "I love you!" at each other with so much gravitas.So there.
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bullshit hollywood ending
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A question popped into my head I've meant to ask for a while.I remember when you first showed up about a year or so ago you were pushing a back story about you being in the middle of a divorce an alcoholic and some other junk. You also mentioned you wrote 2 crappy screen plays that were made into low budget schlock. Here's my questionWas the screen play story BS like the divorce story was? BTW it was funny how wrangled some numbnuts into buying into the Divorce/Rummy stories. I'm not sure why I thought of this now but I did so I thought I would ask.
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I couldn't do a list - be too depressing. I love cinema and I don't think anybody sets out to make a bad film. Sometimes lots of stupid shit happens in the production process and the good ideas get lost along the way.I did watch AVP:R online a few weeks back and words can't describe that fucker. It's fucking execrable. Just thinking about it now is pissing me off. Fox should hang their heads in shame.
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once told me that she went to the movies and watch 'babe, pig in the city' and that the pig falls down a well and she laughed hysterically. she said it was funny to watch all the little kiddies crying. bitch. I often though if i went to her house it would be made of gingerbread
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The divorce story was B.S. At the time I didn't intend to stick around like I have....I thought I would cause trouble for a little while and split. I am actually happily married with no children and just a teeeny tiny love affair with the bottle.
The screenplay story on the other hand is true. I have sold two very crappy screenplays and I'm working on a new one. One that I hope is a bit more respectable. In the mean time I have a shit office job....
The funniest part about it is the fact that old enemies still use it against me Morbid Obesity is one that comes to mind. He'll still hurl the insult, "Good luck getting custody back you fucking drunk..." and shit like that. Needless to say, it doesn't really hurt me much. -
I don't think you can really ever say any of them are the worst. The dude does what he does and he does it with his friends and family, he's not some hollywood bitch like Mike Meyers. I don't think he's in it for the money...well not totally. But he does it for his fans as well. Though I've felt that a documentary about the making of some of his movies would've been funnier then the actual movie.
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you're that guy script girl mentioned! People are rabbiting on about selling scripts and WHAM he just shows up, giving advice.
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Script Girl? Man...I never touched that girl!
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don't let aptow hear about it. seriously though, briefly, what was the process through which you sold them.
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I was one of the numbnuts that lit you up once over, I think, a drunk driving comment you made. I was feeling twitchy that day and bought it hook line and sinker. We had a nice little go around then like a day later you came clean about lying. I felt like more of a tool then usual that I fell for it. Good job on suckering me in, I usually don't buy into to BS.AVP:R Fuck me I forgot about that abortion. I might have to redo my list.
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basically in one of the script girl threads someone (maybe series - i can't remember) was saying that he had scripts he had written that he wanted to sell and people were giving him advice, ect and then one of the guys mentioned in the video pops up and says that he is lurker, and here's what he did.
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the flanders on crack!
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I worked in a few production offices as a grunt for awhile...Producer I worked for knew a guy who was looking for direct to video/dvd action type shit. I had some crappy scripts laying around...I wrote very cheap thinking I could one day make something. I met with the guy and he liked it. Entire process was dirty and uncomfortable.......made a little money. Films turned out to be utter garbage. End of story.
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Its just a much different approach if you think you're just fucking with people or if you actually think you're gonna stick around and hang with the same people for a year....ya know? I guess most would have made a new handle once they got tamed down. I just got too comfortable with the dick blood.
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Noting SPR in your worst list and once reading that you're in the USMC (is that right?), I was wondering what your take is on Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down. Do you look specifically for a realistic depiction of the military in a film and does that sometimes get in the way of watching a movie featuring the military? In which case where did SPR fail?Meself, I liked the Normandy landing in SPR but not much else. I think BHD is excellent.It's an odd question. I'm just interested, that's all.
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ta. I'm working on some stuff, and scraping together some money to make it myself. may never happen. all a bit of fun
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Aren't you talking about the supreme weirdo of the scriptgirl TB not named Jacknance, Media Messiah as the guy with scipts?Media Messiah is one kooky cat I have to say.
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What was your injury if you don't mind my asking?
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i was THE most referenced movie by the instructors when i was doing training. The most referenced movie by trainees was jarhead. Dudes kept sneaking away to jerk off.
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Aug 14, 2008 5:31:35 PM CDT
you know whats funny....at the time of its release...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...I hated SPR simply because of Matt Damon. I can't even really remember why....but I used to despise him (I still don't really like him) but he used to have the ability to ruin a film for me. And I soon as I saw that goofy bastard all toothy grins with Hanks I was like---awwwwww FUCK!! You just ruined this movie DAMON!! FUCK YOU!!
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i just saw this video where borgy claims the secret to long life is to masturbate a lot
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I've never watched BHD. The reason, I slightly knew one of the guys killed. Before I was in the Marines I was in the US Army and earned the opportunity to attend Ranger School and this person was in my class.As for SPR, I liked the amphibious assault, but everything else about that movie rubbed me the wrong way. From the smaltzy wrap around opening that gave away the fact that Ryan survived to the archtype members of the squad to the most glaring problem in the movie, Tom Hanks. There is not a world in the entire multiverse where I could buy Tom Hanks as a Ranger platoon commander.As far as war movies in general, its impossible to capture what combat is like but if something is well executed I don't have a problem with it. I tend to like older war movies from the 60's and 70's like the Longest day or A Bridge to Far. Mostly because they are longer and take the time to develop characters that you give a shit about.I think The Thin Red Line is a modern classic and the Movie Jarhead while frauhgt with many problems got some parts of the first Gulf War correct. Mostly, how boring sitting around in Kuwaite was.I hope this answers your questions. If not let me know and I'll straighten out anything that didn't make sense, which was probably everything I wrote. I have to go to sleep now because its almost 2 am for me. I will get back to you after I get up in a few hours.
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The first film I saw starring the Borgmeister was Ice Station Zebra, playing a Russkie. He's a top bloke, as is Wilf - too many great quotes to mention in The Thing."I'm all better now and I wanna come back inside..."
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The latest one was was a compound fracture of my left leg with exposed bone and some other wounds caused by shrapnel and small arms fire. Basically an IED took out a civilian contracted fuel hauler which caused a shock wave that made two other vehicals to explode and flip my humvee. Then there was a little running around on the ground and what not. Nothing to exciting.
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That's fine. Longest Day. A Bridge Too Far. The Thin Red Line. Impeccable taste, sunshine.It's the line in BHD - "It's about the man next to you." that really affects me. From what I've read, the soldiers who were in Mogadishu were generally appreciative of BHD's presentation. The film gave me a better understanding of what it is to be a soldier.I don't know where I'm going with this, I'm dog tired so I'd better shut up before I say something foolish. I've got a huge respect for what you're doing, that's all.
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had a pretty fantastic explosion. Especially with the Joker stumbling around in a nurse's outfit in the foreground.
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Didnt think of that. I remember reading when they shot some helicopter and wide shots of a real hospital being demolished. I thought that was clever.
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Jacknance - yeah that was it
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haven't heard from Jack Nance since just about everybody on the Script Girl talkback ever pretty much came on and told him how much of a dick he was. I personally remember owning that dude's ass on several occasions. Dumb, shallow coward. I actually kind of miss him, really.
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Aug 14, 2008 7:07:46 PM CDT
has anyone heard of these "Spray On Condoms" ?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Hehehehe.....fucking hilarious notion me thinks. I can't imagine being in the heat of the moment and saying, "Oh hold on baby..." Followed by a loud ass aerosol type sound like you're spraying shaving cream on your dick.
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tool.
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don't worry baby I'm wearing a spray on condom. you can't see it, that's all. besides, you can't get pregnant the first time.
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Why is that funny? Are you saying they CAN get pregnant the first time? Fuck me....I gotta make some calls.
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definitely the best contraception
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Aug 14, 2008 7:23:09 PM CDT
Fuck...I just watched that Ultraman trailer....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
And that thing looks fucking awesome. I'm gonna have a damn good time with that. I love that Power Rangers type shit.
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i totally forgot that, man, i take way too many risks.
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...thats the German way.
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wouldnt that make retarded babies? what about super glue or honey?
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Seriously, super glue???? Explain THAT one in the ER!!!! You guys are hilarious!!! Good talkback!
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sam worthington is going to a fucking funny terminator. G'day, i'm a cybernetic organism, human tissue over a metal endoskeleton. I'll be back real soon, mate. ta.
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or can't you say?
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what did you think?
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do you have the movie Tokyo Gore Police? I just finished watching a trailer for that movie and...holy crap. I have to see it.
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you know that self righteous pastor at the end. He is the guy who was caught getting drugs from the homosexual prostitute he was sleeping with. I'm not even joking.
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I thought it was an interesting film. As a christian believer, I can tell you I could understand where those people were coming from, but I will tell you they both frightened and frustrated me. Praying over the Bush picture?
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there is a point where you see these people have allowed some broad idea to allow them to justify any thought, bias or belief that pops into their head. There are moments there where their thinking and motives make sense, but at the same time it comes off as positvely medieval due to the utter lack of consideration of ones own motives or the welfare of others.
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'You can be an ass and you can be called Danny Glover's Dickblood and that's part of the beauty of it.' - vern in clone wars
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that really sucks. Now there is even less to look forward to this fall/winter. That's crappy. The movie is ready to go. Why wait?
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in no particular order:
Office Space
Monty Python Holy Grail
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Dodgeball
The Waterboy
Billy Madison
Miami Super Cops (or just about any of the Terrence Hill/Bud Spencer buddy movies)
Slap Shot
Young Frankenstein
Spaceballs
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Mr Jingles is probably the lowest-budget horror movie I've ever seen. It seriously looks like it cost about $12 to shoot, all the 'actors' are horrible, and it is so bad it is hilarious. In one scene, the killer clown Mr Jingles attacks two guys in a park, chops off one's penis and throws said penis at the other guy who, in a moment of spectacularly bad acting, cringes a few seconds too early as he is hit in the face by the severed genitalia -in slow-motion!!- and the special effects are a huge rubber dildo!
I saw that with an ex of mine who had a huge phobia of clowns, and it was one of the funniest dvd watching moments of my life. As bad as the whole thing was, she was still scared of the retarded killer clown! Anybody else here seen it? -
No particular order again...Monty Python's Life Of Brian.This Is Spinal Tap.Young Frankenstein.Airplane.Planes, Trains & Automobiles.Ferris Bueller's Day Off.Monty Python & The Holy Grail.Shaun Of The Dead.Galaxy Quest.Local Hero.I'll probably think of more as well.
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from Danny, chipps, et al for the condom discussion. Always good to start the day with a smile.Well done!
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The little banner ad looks fucking gay, but the preview looks pretty good. And its directed by Neil LaBoot aka Wicker Man remake hahahahaha, maybe he's back on track. So looks like September is now the month of thrillers.
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As this one is pretty interesting guys.
Still the guys in charge know what they are doing and a drain on the server is a drain on the server.
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Hahahaha I wish I had scripts to sell. I've started writing two random stories for fun, I've got like ten pages combined.....well Stallone only had five pages for Rocky and he was nominated for an Oscar for best screenplay?
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sorry bout that, i couldn't really remember who it was, i just remember this one talk back where people were looking for advice. anyway sorry.
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I have a lot of time to myself so I am writting some stuff for fun. I'm working on this one story where a group of four friends, all of them small people have to trek across a dangerous land and throw a cursed bracelet into a large tub of yogurt. and also this other one where a washed up action hero helps a freaky little kid who keeps on getting attacked by monsters. See the thing is the action hero IS one of the monsters. hilarity ensues.
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I forgot A Night At The Opera, Marx Brothers. Put that on my list as well.
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Love & Death - Woody Allen. That one also. Stop it, going to work now. Bah!
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Have to say that as lame as Swordfish was, the opening "bullet time" kaboom was pretty damn cool. I am also seriously worried I have lost my geek gene because I watched "Wanted" last night and though my brain said; "this is cool", the whole thing left me kind of empty and unaffected. Anyone else have the same experience? Have there been movies where you know you should be really enjoying yourself but you can't? It was really frustrating. I took it out on my girlfriend... sexually.
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And these are the ones not listed already:Army of Darkness, Animal House, Caddyshack...
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hows it going?
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I threw in Ong Bak yesterday. And I think I realize why I like The Protector so much better: he was much more angry in that one. With Ong Bak, he was holding back way too much it.
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Aug 15, 2008 7:05:56 AM CDT
Maybe we can subdivide this topic: Funniest scenes in movies!
by dogstardude
That way I can get past the overall averageness of The Simpsons Movie to highlight how gut-busting the bomb defusing robot suicide was.
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It wasn't in the movie, but if you ask your boring friend to borrow his copy of the DVD watch the deleated scenes. That whole scene where Jim is controling what Steve says while he is on air is like 2 minutes longer then what was in the movie. And in it Jim makes Steves nose start running with blood and then sets his hair on fire. Its fucking great, if you got a DVD played on the ole IBM where you can freeze frame it or do a print screen shot, it makes for an awesome background.
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Skateboarding nude scene in the Simpsons was classic, especially since they showed it.
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Way funnier than the movie. I fell asleep during the Simpsons movie.
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Animal House is (2) on my list above dude.
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8 - 6!
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I should have amended what I said: I scanned about 4 posts above to what I posted, if it wasn't there, I was putting it down. I just can't be bothered this morning.
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I'm catching Transsiberian today hopefully(it's my day off) and either Tropic Thunder or Henry Poole is Here with my wife tonight. As far as dvd stuff goes, I need to see Rogue and catch up with stuff from HOD's delivery: Antarctic Journal and Warlords are up next.
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I may watch Conan as well -since it has been a topic this week.
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... in Explorers when that dog's chewing bubblegum. Don't know why it makes me hoot like a lunatic every time I see it. Maybe it's the look on the dog's face.
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Diary Of The Dead and [REC], hopefully.
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Goddamn you boys keep on truckin'.And now we have everyone popping in to see what we're up to.Christ I got a lot of ground to cover so let's begin.Xiphos, you're the man and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. You shrug off horrible sounding injuries like Danny does paternity suits so you've got ten lifetimes of respect built up. I salute you, sir.Tokyo Gore Police isn't out on video yet but I will own it the minute it is.Speaking of Asian film, do I ever have a treat for the Donor Video Club. John Woo's Red Cliff is out now so that will be in your next installment. The grandest Hong Kong epic ever made.Danny's married???!!! And he sold scripts???!!! Time to look out the window for the Four Horsemen.I sat through Jesus Camp and I needed a sedative 10 minutes in. It's been well publicized on this site that I showed God the door 20 years ago when I left the parochial school system, but I'm tolerant of religion because it leaves me alone for the most part. But those kids were being brainwashed, no two ways about it.I can't watch The Longest Day. There were over 3,000 casualties on Omaha but if I remember correctly, you see all of one guy go down and the boys come sprinting off the Higgins boats and strolling up the beach like it's a picnic, so I'll take all the stuff SPR gets wrong instead because it doesn't pull any punches.Top ten worst movies? This order will be as I think of them:1) Indy 42) Ghost Rider3) PotC34) Gosford Park4) Crash5) The English Patient6) AvP:R7) The Avengers8) Battlefield Earth9) Elizabethtown10) Signs
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I know what you're saying. Maybe it was too soon after the fact and they didn't want to depict all that horror.Good morning. My lunch break just finished!
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After years of waiting, we finally had The Simpsons Movie last year and Indy 4 this year. And the overwhelming consensus is that Indy delivered and the Simpsons didn't. WTF??? Not everything was a bullseye in the Simpsons, but it hit the mark on several occasions. I feel like going off on a DGDB Rant (TM) because I. JUST. DON'T. GET. IT.I'll be watching Red Cliff, Amelie and Point Break this weekend.The funniest scene ever? I got this one covered fellas, so don't even bother. In Return of the Pink Panther when Clouseau is searching the hotel room for the diamond, he destroys it in the process. A close second is in Strikes Again when the Chief Inspector starts out in the exercise room and caps off the interrogation by destroying a piano and putting an assload of buckshot into some poor soul.
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Any sign of Negative Happy, Chainsaw Edge yet?
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...posting Clone Wars reviews today, we have our work cut out for us. Our only hope is that the scattered posts don't elevate any one review but I'm putting a testicle and the farm on the table that Harry gets the lion's share of the posts.
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Hee hee - That gets Fred every time!
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definitely brainwashed. and though that was an extreme case, it happens to a lesser degree like that alot of places sadly.
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Fred could make that bet as well!
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...isn't up on HKFlix or TigerCinema yet so we are still without a visual.On the bright side, I got Sukiyaki Western Django and The Guard Post yesterday.
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Liked it quite a lot. Funny, and exciting.
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Aug 15, 2008 8:14:05 AM CDT
I spent an hour last night looking for new Asian titles...
by hawaiian organ donor
...as is my weekly ritual, and i came across some Thai horror and sci-fi that will probably not interest me but is likely up your alley so I'll see what I can do.
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Mori's isnt even an review, just a diatribe how he will never write about star wars again, and Lucas is a bully. Once people know that's the content of the article, I think they will gangpile. Harry hated it and Mori sorta liked it, but the bulk of negativity actually seems to be in Mori's article. I'm not saying he's not right, just that ultimately, Mori's is the more "controversial" article. Though it's just a lame cash grab of a movie disguising itself as Star Wars. This one has nothing to offer me.
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Entirely too random. Made Machine Girl look like Citizen Kane. Also, rewatched Machine Girl and enjoyed it more the second time in a proper environment. It aint much of a movie, but it's pretty fun nutty time if you are watching it in a group.
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Entirely too random. Made Machine Girl look like Citizen Kane. Also, rewatched Machine Girl and enjoyed it more the second time in a proper environment. It aint much of a movie, but it's pretty fun nutty time if you are watching it in a group.
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...I'm going to peruse AICN for the next few. This is the first day in weeks with enough new articles to make things interesting.
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...but it's a Miike film after all and as people will continue to watch M. Night films as he progressively gets worse, I watch the Miike stuff even when I know it's bad for me.It warms the cockles of my heart to know Machine Girl was better for you the second time around.I won't even watch Clone Wars on DVD. I'm done with Lucas. Indy 4 was the final straw.
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see ya all later..
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I did like Indy 4 quite a bit, so that one didn't kill it for me, but Star Wars has completely devolved into a cash grab.
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A critic there (Jim Emerson) is begging Lucas to just stop.
He even said stick to moneymaking, not moviemaking.
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I'm Bantha fodder again.
I was late this morning and paid the price it seems.
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I bet your like Bill Murray's character in Little Shop of Horrors remake.
No painkiller please!
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Let's see, definitely Doomsday. And if the shipment from Amazon would ever get the fuck here, The Road Warrior. And since Netflix is experiencing some fucking meltdown or something, they haven't shipped my other movies. I was hoping to see The Lives of Others, but I won't get shit for the weekend now it seems. Thanks Netflix team.
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I'm curious how the whole Clone Wars stuff will play out. I guess the weekend numbers will decide.
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Aug 15, 2008 8:45:53 AM CDT
Hey Mongolia won a Gold Medal - their first ever
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred just thought you should know this.
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You know what I'm saying?
Yeah, I have a feeling the Clone Wars is going to be lucky to break the top five.
I read somewhere that they introduced a new character that is WORSE than Jar Jar Binks.
I almost would pay to see if that is remotely possible.
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I knew it was just a metter of time!
I think Mexico got their first ever medal in water events the other night.
I like it when these small countries step up and get on the podium over the regular sports superpowers.
Chitty knows a true underdog when he sees one!
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Sad, but true.
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Fred was hoping he was not too obvious with that last post. Not hangin at all actually!
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What is your favorite Olympic movie?
I will go with Cool Runnings as one of my favorites.
That movie had so much heart and soul and I smile everytime I see it.
It also has a good quote from John Candy.
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Not hanging at all! Hee hee
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Aug 15, 2008 9:11:56 AM CDT
Pillow, you've got plenty of other stuff to watch...
by hawaiian organ donor
...so don't sweat the Netflix stuff.This is going to be a long damn day.Regarding funny movies, I feel the need to mention Easy Money. I taped that during one of HBO's free weekends and watched it every week for a few months. Rodney tore it up in Back to School as well.
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Aug 15, 2008 9:12:02 AM CDT
Pillow, you've got plenty of other stuff to watch...
by hawaiian organ donor
...so don't sweat the Netflix stuff.This is going to be a long damn day.Regarding funny movies, I feel the need to mention Easy Money. I taped that during one of HBO's free weekends and watched it every week for a few months. Rodney tore it up in Back to School as well.
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Aug 15, 2008 9:15:39 AM CDT
Can you imagine the Triple Lindy at the Olympics
by chittychittygangbang
Some small country says 'screw it' and pulls out all the stops to get a medal.
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WTF? That's twice this week!I gotta go with Miracle. It's got Kurt, it's got hockey and it has us beating those Commie bastards.
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Maybe to 2000? We may have a fight on our hands holding off the Clone TB's.
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Loved the scene when he throws the stopwatch at the end.
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Albania blows their entire Olympic training budget on one diving athlete to have him perform the Triple Lindy. A nice little bookend to Cool Runnings.Chitty, make it happen!
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Is the man. That movie was unique as hell. Almost like a condensed version of "24" where you're on the edge of your seat from the moment he gets the phone call and a downer ending which was rare in the 80s when the good guys always won.
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Fred feel stupid asking, but that nothing new!
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the dive performed by Rodney Dangerfield in Back to School. It's a doozy. Fake, but hilariously fake.
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Aug 15, 2008 9:31:27 AM CDT
Damn, I'm too late to talk about under rated films
by franklin t marmoset
You know I will lap up any opportunity to proselytise on behalf of Fantastic Four (Story version and wiggly-fingered Corman version). Never mind. Maybe another time.P.S. I was going to ask Fred how it was hanging, but my guess is, it's hanging in a mason jar, which sounds damn uncomfortable to me.
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There's some good stuff there, much of which I've added to my list and I'll be getting to shortly.
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I think it's pretty clear at this point that Lucas doesn't want to do Star Wars anymore and is deliberately making terrible films in an attempt to destroy the Frankenstein's monster he's unleashed on the world.Come on, everyone, help the guy out and put Star Wars to rest. It was good while it lasted (1977-1983), but npw it is old and tired and can no longer remember what it had for breakfast this morning. Let's Kervorkian the poor old bugger and get on with something else.Hellboy II is out here next week. I'm pretty excited about that.
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...don't want to reveal my films or my identity on the off chance that one day I have answer for some of the things I've said on here. Like my creepy obsession with Alicia Sacramone. Yikes....
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"How hangs the hammer?" You guys have a noble cause here. Let's hear it for beyond 2000!
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This guy just tries the Triple Lindy over and over and over.
Videos leak onto Youtube of him failing and getting hurt time after time.
But the moment comes and the entire world tunes in to see him fall. Effectively ensuring he will take the falling skier's place on Wide World of Sports.
But instead he nails it!
The replay cameras show it in slow motion just like the movie Back To School.
Forty years from now they will do a feature on him, broke and forgotton by his own coutry.
He is living in a small room off the annex of a resturant.
His gold hangs out in the open, tattered and worn from drunken handling as he thinks back to the one good time in his life.
The screen fades to black as the dates of his birth and death are displayed.
They show a peaceful still shot of the medal and pull back to show him in a casket with a few friends smiling. No doubt thinking about his one shining moment.
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I'll base our Transatlantic Movie Exchange Program good relations on it.
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I'll have to throw in one of those Asian films.
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"It's been well publicized on this site that I showed God the door 20 years ago..."
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Aug 15, 2008 9:57:08 AM CDT
bye for now.....I got a lot of fucking work today...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I'll check in over the weekend. Stay STRONG!!
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If indeed you're married, me thinks one day you're going to answer to the missus about some of the things you've said on here.My wife doesn't even know of the existence of AICN and I plan to keep it that way. If she ever saw what the Donor said about gang bangs, I'd be knocking on your door looking for a place to sleep.
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...a movie, I suggest The Warlords. It's epic, it's violent, it's superb.
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Fred got a good chuckle from that. Thank you. You should join in our little group.
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After my lukewarm experience with the overly serious Dark Knight, I'm looking forward to something a bit more colourful and fun from Hellboy II. They're running the trailer on the telly a lot at the moment, and every time Ron Perlman says, "Yeah, I know, I'm ugly" it makes me laugh.The transatlantic exchange program should be safe.
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Fred thinks that if your missus found out, you might be involuntarily donating an organ you can not grow back! Hee hee
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It has Robert Downey Jr in one of his earliest roles. It's Rodney Dangerfield's best picture and the Triple Lindy thing is hilarious.
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I think that's exactly what I'm in the mood for. The wife has been watching the Olympics and it's starting to make me lose my fucking mind. (apology to all the pro-Olympians out there, but there's only so much I can take)
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First, let me preface this by saying I absolutely loved the Dark Knight. Second, I saw Hellboy 2 the week before I saw Dark Knight, so I think I had already seen my "fun" movie and was ready to see the "serious" Dark Knight.
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Thanks for the invite. Can't hang around right now, but I may stop back by later. This tb has been very entertaining, plus I am all for supporting anything not to do with Saturday's "she who shall not be named" banfest. Keep up the good work, guys!
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Aug 15, 2008 10:14:36 AM CDT
No preface needed - everybody loved The Dark Knight
by franklin t marmoset
(Except me)I've made peace with my status as 'that guy who didn't understand what all the fuss was about' when it comes to that film.Never mind. Give it another ten years or so and maybe Batman will get rebooted again. And this time, if Batman is not wearing black and grey, I'm writing a stern letter of complaint.
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Enough already. Harry had his jollys, not pull the plug on that stupid thing.
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How you feel about Nolan's Batman, perhaps others feel the same with the abominations knows as FF films.
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Dammit.I need to go home, only 30 more minutes... there's no place like home, there's no place like home.. *clicks heels*
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We have been doing this for a few weeks now. Hi-jacking little known threads and chatting them up to the top just talking about movies we love or hate, and assorted things geek. Very few flame wars, or disagreeable types -thanks to the Liberal Warrior cleaning house ocassionally. It is a geek fest haven here. Fred really enjoys it.
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I didn't hate The Dark Knight. I'd give it a solid 7 out of 10. I was just a bit baffled by all the effusive praise and Oscar talk and comparisons to films like Godfather II and Heat, both of which are ludicrously superior to The Dark Knight.P.S. I would also like to acknowledge that The Dark Knight is, in most senses, better than Fantastic Four. But I know which of the two I would rather watch, and that is the one that doesn't take itself so seriously (and also has Jessica Alba).
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....and thanks Christ the AICN search engine is shit!! Yes!!
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The Dark Knight is indeed superior to Heat....yet it does not surpass Godfather 2.
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Aug 15, 2008 10:25:21 AM CDT
I just ignore any of that absurd talk to any new movie
by just pillow talk
just released. Nor was I expecting it to match up to films like Godfather II and Heat. Plus I've only seen it once in the theater, and the real test will be how I feel about it in the comforts of my own home.Same goes for Indy 4. I'm hoping that I enjoy it more a second time around, as opposed to the indifference, merely okay feeling I got the first time.
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Aug 15, 2008 10:25:28 AM CDT
Don't forget Back to School also has William Zabka
by chittychittygangbang
The staple bad guy in most teen 80's movies.
He was also in 'Just One of the Guys' another guilty pleasure of mine.
Man I loved that I grew up watching those great 80's comedies and horrors.
Titties and Gore galore.
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Saying The Dark Knight is better than Heat is like saying The Fast And The Furious is better than Point Break.
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Sometimes his hate makes him irrational and blind, turning him to the darkside. I hope he doesn't have a twin sister...
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Well, that just invalidates my entire argument, doesn't it.Also, the first person who says "But The Fast And The Furious IS better than Point Break" gets a long-distance mental slap.
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You know, just in case...
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And I don't really get the comparison in general. Why, because TDK had a bank robbery scene? First of all I think Heat is an overrated dud. Its got some cool moments sure...but that is sandwiched by 2 hours of boring, worthless shite. IMO acting goes to TDK, writing TDK, cinematography definitely TDK, music TDK, entertainment/replay value-- TDK, pace-- TDK, cast -- this is debatable. I love Val...but Al Pacino does the same fucking shtick in every role for the past 20 years. And Bobby D. good but always the same character.
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Superior to Heat? Interesting.Danny, how much longer can I send stuff to your current address? Same question goes to you, Series.Going home at noon? What kind of monkeyshines operation are you working for up there? Bah! I've still got another 5 hours of my employer paying me to post on AICN.
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...if people weren't jerking off over it all the time I would think it was an okay kinda boring heist movie. This was just during the Michael Mann voodoo period where he had the whole planet hypnotized into worshiping his every move. I guess the magic wore off because his two truly great films Collateral and Miami Vice go largely unnoticed.
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I shall give you a new address of a friend. I'm looking for a place at the moment....so it could be weeks or days. Rental houses are flying off the shelf.
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Really?Man, it's time to attend the traditional Friday drunkening, otherwise we would be having some discussions, Danny. Serious discussions.A good weekend to all!
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before Miami Vice was brought up.As I've only seen it once, I have promised you Danny to give it another viewing. But I found that boring. Now Collateral, I would have loved if Jamie didn't kill Tommy in that. Sorry, but ain't no fucking way that would have gone down like that. He was a bad ass professional muthafucker.
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...as I'm watching Point Break tonight after the wife goes to bed. I haven't watched it since 1994 and you know what I remember? Just one thing. Anthony Keidis shooting himself in the foot. Not figuratively.
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My biggest problems: Way too much stuff stolen from Die Hard 3: Die Hard With A Vengeance. And that I couldn't help but wonder how would Gary pulled off Joker, also how it had close to the same ending as Batman 1.
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Seriously. It's a private company that is really a joke. Top dudes just want to rape the hell out of it with their bonuses and whatnot. Me, I've taken advantage of our stupid HR department by getting them to pay for all five classes this year, when the "policy" only says what would amount to 1.5 classes worth. Fuckers.
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in ages. How is it similar to Dark Knight? I mean, if I remember correctly, the Joker does die in Burton's...Batman is not on the run.
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come from the cat and mouse game between The Joker and Batman is somewhat similar to Pacino and De Niro.
And people that saw it early on loved it so much they didn't want to just compare it to another superhero movie, but compare it to a well known crime drama.
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I'm outta here.
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I've finally found a group of people who love soundtracks, B-movies and Asian film as much as I do, but I'm left scratching my head by the near universal dislike or indifference for stuff I thought was beloved like Heat, SPR and the better Ben Stiller and Will Farrell movies. We got guys loving Indy 4 but saying the Matrix sequels are an abortion. People who want to hang Tarantino because he gave us Kill Bill but feel Uwe Boll gets a bad rap.Still, this is the coolest group of people on the web and I feel like I'm at home when talking all things geek with everyone here.
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Joyce Hyser! damn i loved that movie, and went bugg nutz over her. I can not beleive she is 51 now. Chitty - you and I had similar 80's experiences - at least until I went off to the Marines
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It is all the better that we DON'T agree on everything.
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Consider this: If we agreed on everything, it would a pretty damn boring conversation. What makes this group tick, is that we al have similar experiences, and an appreciation for learning about movies or books that we never heard of before. This is a great group.
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Just two old guys sitting in a diner.
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Is that they fight on the roof of a building, and joker says "You didn't think I'd fight you on a roof top, did yeah?" kind of a wink wink at the first one, and then they fight on the roof. Its kind of like the Spiderman 3 Venom fight as well. And just how in Batman 1 Joker is left hanging in air off of a ladder from a Helio, the Heathbar is left hanging in air off of the building. TDK was damn good, but not as revolutionary as every says. Its good because its very markatable and likeable. But Speed Racer is the much bigger movie in terms of pushing movies to the next step. Also Speed Racer is a lot more original then TDK. Like seriously half the time I kept expecting Batman to run into Officer John McClane.
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Although the shootout gets the spotlight, the scene of Deniro and Pacino in the diner gives me a chubby. I know it was tailor made for the movie as it was their first time on screen together but it's just a perfect conversation.Don't get me wrong, I like the conflicting opinions here. Outside of the Crash argument I had with my friends that I told you about, I never have passionate discussions about films with people so I appreciate our group here.
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The thing that keeps the group going is our ability to agree to disagree. I remember i think the first time I got into some debate with Lost Jarv and he was all ready for me to be a dick and then I wasn't and I think it surprised him. Like people here can take the fact that not everyone is going to like the same things they do and move on with there lives.
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Aug 15, 2008 11:16:19 AM CDT
You guys are killing me with the Dark Knight talk
by hawaiian organ donor
All will be revealed to me when I watch it this winter but in the meantime I have to put my hands over my ears and yell, "LA LA LA LA LA" when it comes up in our discussions.My co-workers think I'm nuts as a result.
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Did anybody know that? I wish AICN would cover things like that.Hey Marva, nice to see you out and about outside of the she who cannot be named Talkbck.
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Is that like Voldemort?
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I'm just curious why you think Miami Vice is one of Mann's best movies? I actually agree with Collateral. And I think his two other best films are Mohicans and Heat, and while I liked Vice, I thought is lacked a lot of the depth in character studies his other movies had. So I'm just asking because maybe I missed some vital part of the film that could help me enjoy it more. I really feel like Heat is just one of those films that deserves all the praise it gets too. The heist scene where Val Kilmer is taking out all the cops on the street and he just looks so precise and professional is still one of the most badass moments in a movie ever for me.
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Voldmort has something to do with Harry Potter right? I've never read the books or saw any of the movies. The joke had to do with the infamous scripgirl talkback.Fred, get a copy of Back To School forthwith and get down with the Triple Lindy. Funny stuff there.
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Triple Lindy Diving Coach or Triple Lindy Survivor
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any Hunter S. Thompson fans in the house?
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"I am Ahab."Depp playing Thompson in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is definitely my favorite role he done. He just nails the real guy so perfectly and he's fucking hilarious at the same time.
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They don't fight on a roof. they fight on like the second floor of the burned out exploded building that Dent (Rachel?) was in. and the joker wasn't the one who decided on that venue anyway.
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I'm not sure what the reason for the backlash was. not enough florescent clothing? Colin Ferrel (who I now love thanks to In Bruges)? Gong Li (who is actually a fantastic actress that gets backlash becasue she is slutty)? Seriously it's a fantastic gritty crime drama.
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Aug 15, 2008 12:17:13 PM CDT
Xiphos - Fred recalls you do not like the "2"
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred will get a copy of Back to School. Only Rodney Dangerfield movie Fred has seen is Caddyshack
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more for stylistic and aesthetic choices than actual themes and stories, with the exception of the two characters that parallel each other. Except in the case of TDK, it's actually this juxtaposition of three characters, all for different reasons, so it's done a little differently. the part that made me think of Heat the most was the bank heist at the beginning, and that was mainly because of the song playing, and the cameo of William Fichtner.
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Back to School and Caddyshack are Rodney Dangerfields best movies. Back to School is so ridiculous that you can't help but like it.
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I think the fight between the Joker and Batman was in a completely different building, a few stories above the hostages and his henchmen. The location you are talking about (where Rachel dies) is where Dent is keeping Gordon's family, and is the site of the final scene between the three men.
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Must find the time somehow
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oops. i misunderstood Series. sorry bro.
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You are very descriptive. Very funny too!
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Aug 15, 2008 12:45:44 PM CDT
Did you notice her dress? It's such a lovely shade of green.
by hobocode
Yeah. If you put pockets on it, you'd look like a pool table.
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OHHHH!!!!! OHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
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There is even less of Fred then regular folks because Freds nuts are in a jar. Poor Fred
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That is the truth!
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Fred will look for the movie. Fred has not peed himself in a while though. Fred quite proud of that.
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Aug 15, 2008 1:00:27 PM CDT
Liberal Warrior - Fred would like to ask you a question
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Please do not kill Fred your Dark Majesty for Fred's impertinence. But Fred would like to know, what movies, comics, TV, books do you like? Why not join in our group and talk about them? Humble Fred
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Mori's (sort of) review is going to crush us.This day sucks. I'm going to pick up take-out Indian and wine on the drive home tonight.
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We had a great run this week. Weekends are always down. But it gives us something to look forward to on Monday. We had no spark today. But have entire weekend to think of new topics.
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Aug 15, 2008 1:22:51 PM CDT
You going to watch The Warlords this weekend, Fred?
by hawaiian organ donor
Give us something to discuss on Monday?
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Definitely will not be seeing Clone wars!
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I don't remember anyone mentioning "Ruthless People" or "Love at First Bite". I always liked those, but I know they aren't quite in the same genre at the Dangerfield/Murray collection.
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How's it han... oh, sorry (glances sheepishly at his feet).Fred! You left us hanging, man. You were gonna tell us who came 3rd in that superhero list. I'm presuming Batman & Spiderman occupied the first two places, but you said the third was a big shock. So who was it?
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My typing leaves something to be desired.
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Aug 15, 2008 1:34:32 PM CDT
We have a pretty good nucleus of regulars now
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred is leaving the building soon, but wanted to send a shout out to all the regulars to have a great weekend! Hawaiian Organ Donor Xiphos Jonah Echo DannyGlovers chipps ChittyChittyGangBang Toadkillerdog kungfuhustler84Franklin T Marmoset Lost Jarv just pillow talk Series 7 ThereWolf Plus Liberal Warrior. HoboCode. Mavra Chang milf lover and a few others.
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It can spuck up your felling. ;-)
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In this TB it's never too late. Fire away.
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Fred thought no one was paying attention! It was Constatine!
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Fred knows all about pickling - let me tell you!
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Fred still here a little while longer
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When you talk, I listen.Constantine? You're right, never would've guessed that one for 3rd.Do you have to leave us so soon?
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I watch a lot of TCM. OKay, no real order:
1. Shaun of the Dead
2. Slither
3. Arsenic and Old Lace
4. Some Like it Hot
For my 5th, I would like to submit the funniest video I ever saw, but it isn't a movie. It called "The Reduced Shakespeare Company's The Complete Works of William Shakespeare-Abridged". 3 guys doing all of the works of Shakepeare in 90 minutes onstage, sometimes with sock puppets, sometimes backwards. I laughed until it hurt! -
Scrolling up through the TB I noticed you said that The Longest Day did not have any death scenes in it. That's wrong, there were a lot, The difference was that since it was made in 62 they were not as graphic as SPR.You had guys killed by 88mm mortars, small arms fire, the Rangers climing Point Du Hoc falling off the cliff or getting shot. Red Buttons as Paratrooper gunned down while trapped on the clock tower at Ste. Mère-Eglise. German and allied personell killing each other with knives and rocks etc.The amphibious assault in SPR was handled well but past that point that movie was a giant, boiling vat of suck. In fact the movie was so noxious and offensive to me that I checked out of the Beard is a good director hotel.
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with all the drug talk the other day I figured you guys would be interested. Oh well.Going to Portland this weekend, so I'm not sure how much time I will have to get on here, since it's pretty much a severe party run and outdoor adventure. I will miss the C of C. In the most heterosexual way possible. Ah, who am I kidding, probably a little bit in a gay way too. Hmmmmmm
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Aug 15, 2008 1:43:17 PM CDT
Arsenic and Old Lace! Fred's favorite of all time!
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred always list that movie hoping other's find the love for it too! Cary Grant was just a great actor.
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Fred thanks you. Fred can stick around for another ten minutes or so.
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Hard to beat that combo. The character of Teddy Brewster is my all-time favorite, no contest.
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Hey I read that comic book characters thing too. i have never read a Constantine comic but I am intrigued now. Is anybody on here familiar with the series?Oh and another question, if it's not too personal. How old is everybody on here? I feel like everybody here can talk about all these comedies and stuff I am familiar with and I feel like such a noob. I was born in '89 so I missed a lot of that.However I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to chat with you fine gents. My cinema knowledge is expanded every day because of it and I'm seeing stuff I may never have picked up without your suggestions.
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But I suddenly feel old (just kidding!).
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Fred loves the Aunts! The short one was the sweetest and funniest. Fred will never, ever, ever drink or eat elderbery wine or jelly though!
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I'm the Miracle Mile man. Thank you. Guaranteed to make me cry like a baby at the end.Hey, Fred, if you've not seen Miracle Mile put that one on your 'to watch' list.
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Fred not feel old at all.
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Fred has not seen that one.
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I'm adding that one to my list now. My memory isn't what it used to be.
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It's a good thing that my emotional maturity stopped at 14 or I wouldn't fit in.
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Fred agree with Toadkilerdog about Bringing Up Baby. It an all time great comedy. But Fred Puts Arsenic above it. When Peter Lorre decribes how he was 'a little enebriated' before he did the plastic surgery and had just watched Frankenstein, well Fred lost it! Fred still chuckling!
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Maturity is overrated. If we went for mental age...well, I'd probably not be old enough to post here!
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And never will!
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"Operation Petticoat". I love a movie where a sub can torpedo a truck.
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... I'd still be swimming around in my dad's ball sack.
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wasn't born yet
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Everyone have a great weekend!
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In a museum in Chicago. I had no idea they were so HUGE!!! The torpedos were 25 feet long. I was seriously impressed.
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Hope it's a blast, baby!
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Nice meeting you. Keep your lids tight!I've gotta run too. Thanks for letting me into your chat guys. Take care all.
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It will be quick I promise.The Chinese have built some ugly venues for the olympics. The most egregious has to be the swimming venue. At night with the lights on it it looks like it has a massive skin infection.
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thanks again for all the recommendations folks. I seriously write it all down. I have this huge list I bring with me every time I go looking for something to watch.
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Drop back in anytime.
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Funny about when Cary Grant's brother gets mad about people saying he looks like Karloff.
Karloff played his character on the stage play that proceeded the film.
I thought that was a clever little bit of trivia.
Also laughed when one of the aunts talked about the one victim actually said he liked the wine before keeling over.
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One she named herself after a cool character from a book but more importantly, her internet sluething uncovered the sordid backround of the infamous scriptgirl. Mavra is aces in my book. No doubt about that.
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They're limited in running time only by the food supply for the people onboard, not the fuel, as nuclear power can keep them running for a very long time.
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As for answering to the wife for things said on here, I think I'm good, but dear Lord, if she sees the V.I.C.K.I. thing she will make fun of me for quite possibly forever. The next time I'd check my computer it would probably have Small Wonder wallpaper.
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I watched The Longest Day a looooong time ago. I need to watch it again. I only remember Mitchum leading the troops up the beach and seeing one guy drop. I don't even remember the Point Du Hoc assault or the focus on Utah, Sword and Gold beaches.And yes, all these young kids make me feel old. I'll be turning 38 later on this year, kungfu.
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I didn't mean to point out that all of you are older. My intention was merely to assort my own ignorance on the history of cinema, and to thank all the more experience film goers for their input, and I was just curious to see if anybody else on here was around the same age as me, and was just way more knowledgable about movies.
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The thing I really aprreciate about The Longest Day is that the cast is hugh but the pace of the movie and its length lets the viewer get to know the characters so you care about what happens to them.Now characters deaths are nowhere near as graphic as SPR. For instance, a mortar goes of on Omaha beach and the character falls down dead. In SPR you would have seen the effect of shrapnal on a human body.With all that being said, I think I remember reading somewhere that at/for the time, The Longest Day was considered a fairly graphic war movie. Perceptions change over fourty plus years I guess.
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As if my bad wasn't already bad enough, now I feel like the oldest guy in the club. Christ I'm an old bastard.
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Did you shun Band of Brothers because of Hanks and the Beard as well?
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Oh, it's because I'm all alone.To hell with that. I'm going home. Have a good night everyone. Stay safe, Xi.
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I love Band Of Brothers. To me it was way more realistic and better made then SPR.I don't dislike Tom Hanks, I just thought he was incredibly miscast in SPR. Like I said way up above I just couldn't buy him as a Ranger Platoon Comander. Nope, no way, there isn't enough booze in the world to make that one happen.As for the Beard, its more complex because he hasd such a great body of work overall, especially Jaws. So I haven't quite sorted out my ambivilence about him. I think it has alot to do with his smaltzyness in his later years.Anyways I'm off to bed, I stayed up way to late last night and morning comes way to early. Don't feel to bad about your age, I'm older then you are.
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I'll say this about Spielberg. Even if you hate SPR, the man shows the vets lots of love and respect and when SPR came out, it raised awareness among people about what a tremendous sacrifice those fine people in uniform have made and continue to make for them. I've been reading historical books on wars since I was knee high but until SPR, I could never discuss that history with anyone because they were ignorant. Now my brother and best friend and I talk about both World Wars every Memorial and Remembrance Day.
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Aug 15, 2008 4:39:53 PM CDT
Jonah, please tell me you got sabre teeth installed
by chittychittygangbang
That would be very nice.
Or maybe some metal teeth like Jaws from James Bond.
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... that's as much as I'm prepared to divulge! My sensibilities are still 20-ish though. And when I see 20-somethings digging Arsenic & Old Lace it makes an old wolf very happy.
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... he might've had the shooty-out inner jaw of an Alien fitted.
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I wish I was twenty-something again. But alas, I can only think back of all the good times and wonder how in the world I still have a liver.
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He could also have mandibles put in and be like the Predator.
Nice.
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... he's had all his teeth replaced with #2 pencils. Sawn-off. Groovy.
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Thought I was LoneWolf for a second there!
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Nice.
Personally I watch rows of teeth like a Great White.
Go to a resturant and just tear into a steak. By tearing into, I mean shaking my head back and forth and maybe doing a death roll like a croc does.
If the waiter got too close, he would catch hell from my ravenous maw.
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Sorry Wolf, you may be alone for a little while.
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That reminds me, I watched Rawhead Rex on TuYube the other night. I have seen it before but many moons ago on first release. Not bad, but the story isn't given enough time or depth.And the monster's a bit naff, to be honest.Love it when he drags that girl through the window and her dress falls off! Just had to put one of those in there didn't they.
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O.k. I feel like I need to go to the beach now, after both of those movies. Both had frozen, dreary settings and tension aplenty.
I'll have more to say about them later, but I liked both. HOD, you should send danny antarctic journal. It has echoes of Jack London, and I know Danny is a fan.Going out to dinner with the wife. Later all. -
... because of a film guide - Halliwells. Think it was a Christmas present, long ago in the distant misty past.Anyway, I'd go through it looking for my favourite recent films and Halliwell would bash every single one into oblivion. This pissed me right off after awhile and I thought 'all right, know-all, let's see what you've been giving high praise to.'Made a note of a handful of films and waited patiently for one to turn up on telly. Foreign Correspondent, it was, Hitchcock. I thought 'I bet this is a boring black and white pile of crap.'Two hours later I was converted. Twas a classy piece of work. And that's how I got into older movies.I-thank-yow.
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and allowed me to get past my ADD... Fritz Lang. M and Metropolis are so good, you could show M in theaters today and it would be amazing.
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I got the box set last Christmas. Metropolis, M, Dr Mabuse, Testament Of Dr Mabuse & Spione.Hadn't seen any of them except for Metropolis. Watched the lot before the new year hit. I agree about M, great film. Mabuse is about 4 and a half hours long! But it is a masterpiece.Enjoyed all of them. Kind of strange watching silent films, it's like a new skill you have to learn.
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Miami Vice has balls. Mann doesn't waste my time with exposition, I'm thrown right in the middle of the shit not knowing what the hell is going on. Its brutal, and rough. The action is not pretty.....its raw and hand-held. It is by far Collin's best work. He acts merely with his eyes...he doesn't say much, but the instant attraction and seduction between him and Gong Li are apparent from the moment they lay eyes on each other. I loved it because its a cop movie for grown ups (much in the same way I can see fans feel about Heat). The thing is-- I didn't care about a single character in Heat. I could really care less who lived or died. I thought they were was pointless backstory to unimportant characters and shit just wandered and wandered and never really went anywhere. Vice is tight and complex. The cinematography is fucking magical. The skies of Miami, the lightning, the color of the water...it immerses you in the world of Miami drugs. In the theater I felt completely involved in this film. I felt the strong unspoken connection between Tubbs and Crocket. They didn't have to say much, but their bond was there. It has an overall vibe of cool without trying to be cool. There is no slow motion, there is no Hollywood type shoot-out. The shoot-out at the end is raw and dirty looking. It is not attractive at all. Violence is shown to be an ugly thing. I could go on and on....but these are a few reasons I enjoy it...
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And a Friday night shift at that.Just got off the bike. Feel good.Getting ready to crack open some wine and see what the wife wants to watch.Danny, you may have given me a reason to appreciate Miami Vice more. I'll put it again soon and see if I can appreciate it more than I did the first time.Jonah, I'm relieved you liked Antarctic Journal. Per your recommendation, I'll send it to Danny.I came home to find The Counterfeiters in my mailbox.Our sage Commander In Chief has warned Russia, "Bullying is not acceptable." Yeah, OK, whatever you say Bushie. As McClane said before he tossed the C-4 chair down the elevator shaft, "I'll take that under advisement, jerkweed."
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When Bush Sr. was about to leave office and they told him an event had happened overseas and what he wanted to do
He looked around and realized he almost out of there and said "Bomb'em, Bomb'em good."
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"Thousand points of light. Not gonna do it. Stay the course."
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At least the schedule is light today.HOD: Yes I agree with you about The Beard and Hanks work on behalf of WWII vets. I can't say enough good things about their actions regarding veterans. If you ever want to chat about military history I'm game. Especially if you want to talk about Greek heavy infantry of the classsical period. Then I'm really ready to go.DGDB: I pretty much agree with you about Miami Vice. I've made many of the same arguments that you have in other TB when the Miami Vice movie comes up. Where we disagree is Gong Li. That skank skeeved me out so bad that I almost pulled a Fred and cut my balls off and stuck them in a mason jar. That's beacuse Gong Li, is a shim looking carpenters dream. Other then Gong Li Miami Vice is a soild movie. The way they shot the movie was deeply affecting in its beauty. I don't know if you've ever been to Miami but that place is terrible, but it can photograph well and Mann took full advantage of that fact.
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I laughed and laughed at that skit.
You know that's what any president would want to do.
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The Brocoli song always give me chuckle when I think about it. Unfortunantly except for Wayne Worlds 1 Carvey was fairly useless aftr SNL.He did kick ass by the shipload on SNL though, Jesus he was a funny mother on SNL.
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Man, they could do no wrong. Every single skit was pretty damn good.
Amazing how things have fallen off. But it would be hard to compete with those past performers.
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He was on Leno a couple weeks back and my god was he desperate for attention. I was sad and unfunny.
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Hartman, Meyers, Nealon, Lovitz, talk about the golden years.Xiphos, I'll take you up on military history soon. In particular when it's not late, I'm trying to watch Point Break (wow this thing has aged OK!) and I have a few glasses of wine in me. I get into HUGE discussions with a friend who stabs himself whenever he even thinks about Gladiator because of how Scott fucked up the way a Roman Legion would fight. And I couldn't agree more but I keep telling him, it's Russell Crowe lopping off heads so buckle up and enjoy the G's.Military history is my main weakness. You put Alicia Sacramone and a Civil War book in front of me and I would actually hesitate.You guys bashing the Asian women is like Joe Pesci opening the trunk in Goodfellas and stabbing me repeatedly. Jesus, my wife is three apples tall, 97 pounds and....how did Xi put it? Let me scroll up. Oh yes, a shim carpenters dream.*guzzles wine*Fine, you guys go back to your Alicia Sacramone's.Everyone keeps saying the Fast and the Furious ripped off Point Break. Am I missing something? I just got to the raid scene with the big breasted skanks and Red Hot Chili Pepper blowing off his foot and I have yet to see a car chase.
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I wasn't bashing all Asian women just one bad example of Asian female in Miami Vice. I like the Asians just not as much as I like Latinas, but that's probably because where I grew up has a heavy Chicano presence. They represented well, oh so very well.
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is that the only reason she got in was because she's Johnny Sacs, from the Sopranos, niece. I sort of felt bad for her about how the officials jerked her around with the starting time for beam routine.
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The similarity Between Point Blank and TFATF comes from the fact that both the surfers and the street racers were financing their pursuits through theft. I think its a stretch to say TFATF ripped off Point Blank but there are some similarities.
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Jesus, I wasn't sastified that he won until replay number 15.
Any takers on a Phelps movie in the next few years.
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Just got a message from ChocolateReign and I would like to remind all supporters of the banned that the boycott of the SG tb tomorrow is appreciated. Also, if anyone sees Media Messiah, CR would like to hear from him. Have a good night everyone.
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hellooo..anybody around?
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...eh, it's the internet. I still wouldn't make a move on you.Mr. Chocolate has my full support. I wouldn't post in that SG thread if Monty Burns held a gun to every puppy's head in America.There were bank robbers in The Fast and the Furious? Wow. It seems I've forgotten the premise of every Paul Walker movie but Running Scared.I didn't see Phelps and I never will but I wish him the best and I'm sure he'll get laid 20 times on the flight from China to the USA and the lowest common denominator is going to make him the water cooler talk for the next 2 months but Disney hasn't made a movie about Mark Spitz and I don't suspect they will about Phelps either. I don't mean to take anything away from the guy but right now there are Americans taking shrapnel in Iraq and trying to find a cure for cancer so, DGDB Moment (TM) here, fuck, let them have the accolades.
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Am I missing something?
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lets boycott and embargo SG!
Fast and Furious was an okay little movie, I remember enjoying it a lot more than I expected. And the only other Paul Walker movie I remember the premise of is "Jessica Alba in a swimsuit for 2hours" in Into The Blue. But damn if I remember anything else, except for Ashley Scott getting her leg bit off by a shark! That was funny! -
that I really remember.
I have seen others, but that is the one that stands out.
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What are ya'll up to this fine evening?
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And her threads are a boon for the Ban Hammer industry so the only folks on the receiving end of good news there are the fine folks of the Indian hardware industry.Good Lord, what am I still doing up? Time for bed.
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I really don't watch her segment anyway, so no problems there.
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I like Varsity Blues also because for one season I played on a small school team. The next year I was in a different school that was a big time program. Smaller is better.Varsity Blues was just a ripoff of Buzz Bissingers book Friday Night Lights, still it was entertaining and they did a good job with it.Have you seen the movie Friday Night Lights or watch the TV show? The TV show is absolutely top notch. Its been my favorite TV show the past two seasons.
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It will be hard not posting in that TB because I enjoy kicking the hell out of an asshat named Jacknancesrevenge, who it turns out, is Scriptgirls old man. Mavra figured that one out. The lady has skills, mad skills.
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Just got home from work. Hey, Xiphos, thanks for the compliments. I sincerely think they are the best I've ever had. I didn't do my detecting alone (or with any real agenda other than to out Jackassrevenge), but I seem to have gained a current minor status of both heroine and villain from the chaos. It'll be a great "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" paper. Chitty, thanks for the sub info. I have nothing but respect and admiration for the people who are brave enough to work in those and make them temporary homes. I'm sure I couldn't do it. HOD, if I wasn't already involved with a guy...but we'll always have these international eye candy moments. Milf and Therewolf, thanks for the support. OK...I think that catches me up for the night. I'm off to grab a nap before things get jumping around here for the day. See y'all around the funny farm!
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Wow, we lost lots of ground. Fred must do what Fred does best to try and get it back!
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It boring
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Fred loves football
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Getting the popcorn ready!
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Aug 16, 2008 9:36:57 AM CDT
Fred happy Mavra Chang is participating in our little group
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Always good to get a new person who loves movies and geek stuff. That means new topics of discussion. Fred has learned so much in a few weeks about movies and TV and books. Jonah Echo is hands down the greatest movie lover Fred has ever encountered.
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in HD. Beautiful show
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This is a sad but true fact. Fred tried to replace the cushions of his saggy couch with foam rubber. Fred had them custom cut. Fred was very happy - until Fred sat on them, hard as a rock! Fred waste a lot of money on these things. Could have just bought plywood - it might have been softer!
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Please Don't ban Fred
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Mavra Chang, you should have seen our old TB - we took it up to 4500 posts! It got too slow though. Fred think it took about three or four weeks to do that. With just our hearty little band of geeks.
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Aug 16, 2008 9:49:06 AM CDT
Well, enough for now. Fred will check in later
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Everyone think of a topic for monday!
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all by himself this morning. It does get quiet out here, doesn't it? I'll try to help for a little while.
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I have kept semi-aware of it through news clips online. The stories of Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt are nothing short of amazing. They're making history and I'm hanging around here being a mouse-potato. For some weird reason it reminds me of a quote by Tom Lehrer (satirical songwriter/Ivy League Professor), "It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age he had been dead for two years."
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We gotta stay up on the most posts lists over the weekend. I'll be back strong on Monday!
Hope all you lads are having a fine weekend. Even you Hobocode....I just got off the phone with Michael Mann and he says thanks for the Vice love. -
Turns out he may just be a "Lost" fan who gave up waiting for the next season to start.
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ala "Dawn of the Dead". Their worst punishment is that they have now been signed to do a reality tv show. Even Romero was terrified by that!
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So I'm out of my deck with a cigar and some Flying Dog 12% double pale ale. It's a glorious day in North Carolina.Fred, you cut me deep. I thought I was the most extreme movie fanatic on the planet. I love films so much I send them out to people just so that I can share the joy.You'll love Warlords, Fred. My favorite Jet Li movie. It's as good as any big budget Hollywood movie.Mavra, great quote. I'm adding it to my repertoire of witty things to say at the parties I'm never invited to.
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"Beyond the Grave" looked pretty interesting, imho. I think the last subtitled zombie movie I saw was "Les Revenants". It was interesting in a social/political perspective, but not quite what I look for in a walking dead film. It seems like "Beyond the Grave" has added a cool plot twist and won't shy away from the good ol'
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I was going to run out of one-liners before long. What's up?
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Aug 16, 2008 1:52:00 PM CDT
Leave it to a couple of Hillbillies in Georgia...
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...to stash Bigfoot in their freezer. No wonder Russia invaded. That's the find of the century.
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Dang....Ed, that ain't no bigfoot! I think we just froze your mama!
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I remember reading years ago that a fully intact Mammoth was found frozen in Siberia, but was partially eaten before being announced to the world.
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That's what brought this group together in the first place I think.
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I think the original versions are usually better with the scares than the American remakes. The Sundance Channel is doing an Asian Extreme film fest this month that I need to watch. I haven't seen any of them that I've seen listed, not even "Oldboy", which I have been told repeatedly I need to see.
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...where do you call home?How's that popcorn, Fred?I wonder what Nessie tastes like?
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About 2 hours from Chicago. He Who Walks Behind the Rows would feel right at home here. Nessie would demand a large supply of chips to be served as a side. Stock up on the tartar sauce for that one!
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Asian horror is just the beginning. Have you seen The Host?
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Good film?
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Is so much better then Asian horror.
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But they were usually ones with Gerard Depardieu. I definitely need to broaden my horizons beyond "Cyrano" and "Jean de Florette".
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To gain new film knowledge is one of the best reasons to come to this site.
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Mmmmmm, now you have me craving a big feed of clams and chips.I really am a sorry excuse for a vegetarian. I can walk past a steak or bucket of fried chicken without hesitation but I can't say the same for seafood.
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Mavra, I sent out an Asian films "starter kit" to most of the fellows here. If you want one, I'll willing. It's only postage, and it's paid by my company at that so it doesn't cost anything but time.Gerard Depardieu is awesome. I weep that Americans mostly know him from Green Card (which is an excellent movie) and My Father The Hero. I was freaking thrilled to see his turn in La Vie En Rose.
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Who never made it to Detroit (or so my great-grandfather used to say). Pretty dull around here. Hawaii and North Carolina are more scenic, by far.
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Sounds intriguing! I like Depardieu as well, but I know there have to be more French actors than just him. I don't think I'm getting a well-rounded view of the genre.
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I realized, with shame and disgrace, that it was not in my collection. I walked out of that movie many moons ago thinking it was incredible.
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As is "Jean de Florette", but that one is sooo depressing! I can't stand to watch depressing movies, so I avoid that one like the plague, even though it was a great film. The sequel "Manon of the Spring" tried to make up for it by the main character dishing out long-delayed vengeance, but the original was one of the few movies I ever saw that made me cry. I hate that! ;)
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But for the life of me I can't remember the title. Funny thing is, one of the reasons I picked it up was because there was a positive review from Harry on the cover. I think that and "Les Revenants" (which wasn't scary after all) are the only French "horror" movies I've seen.
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Well good afternoon for you folks. I thought I'd chime in for a hit count before bed.Marva: your welcome. If I remember correctly you were the one that started the scriptgirl research and SunTzu took up the challange and between the two of you, you exposed the sordid truth, good job.HOD: Nessie tastes like Gator. UMMMM...Gator.
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OK, all you need to do is send me an e-mail with a shipping address. If you're uncomfortable sending me a home address, the a work address or someplace without a PO Box that FedEx will deliver to. You can ask Fred, Danny, Series, Jonah, Just Pillow Talk and Kungfuhustler, the packages were legit and weren't full of anthrax. All I want to do is share the Asian movie love.If you're ready for a starter kit, send me an e-mail. It's a spam account so put something specific in the subject line so I know it's you.grumpy_is_good@yahoo.comChitty, your kit is taking a little bit longer as I'm including more movies, which I plan on sending out to everyone else in part two.
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"Brotherhood of the Wolf"!!! Finally found it! That was driving me batty. Gator...makes pretty good kebobs.
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I shall do that. Much appreciated!
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Is that the one you're thinking of? What a GREAT movie.Hola, Xi. I hope you managed to get some sleep. I felt sympathy pains for you last night and I didn't get to bed until 4:00.I've heard that gator actually tastes pretty good. And shark.
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Just sent you an email. Many thanks! Shark is good. I like to grill it with garlic butter and a little lemon juice. I haven't eaten yet today. All this food talk is making me hungry.
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Did you send out another movie package? I got let off a week early (with pay) from work so I got a free week to fill with movies. So I'll catch up on the first pack. And finish my Micheal Caine TCM fest, and since Netflicks is down I'll probably need more to watch.
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Was awesome. Another good French Horror Ils and Inside. There is also this French Zombie movie, I can't remember the name though. But its not scary, its like what if the dead came back and just started living there lives again? Kind of like the 4400. It was ok, a little slow and a weak ending, interesting idea though.
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That was "Les Revenants". Thanks for the names of those others. I will try to find them.
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Not quite sure.
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Found 'em on IMDB. Thanks!
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Are both excellent meat. With Gator the best meat is the tail. Over the years I've landed a couple of sharks deep sea fishing, but that wa like 8 or 9 years ago. We weren't setting out to get shark we just chartered a boat for the day, the sharks found us both times but boy howdy Shark is great tasting. I don't think you can land sharks anymore, or maybe that's just great whites. Like I said its been a while and I've been busy with work related activities so I haven't gone out deep sea fishing in a long time so I don't know what the rules are for harvesting marine life.One other shark related story. In 2000 I was surfing off of San Diego and a bull shark came cruising me and the girl I was surfing with. That old boy came within like 2 feet of our boards. I guess he wasn't hungry because he swam off.
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There was a section on sharks that was very cool. When it was talking about things found inside of sharks, it said that one was once found with part of a doghouse and the front half of a chained bulldog in it. I've never been deep sea fishing. I have to get my shark from the grocery store. Not quite as fun.
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They have them in the local resturants here.
I enjoy it every once in a while.
I'm watching a sasquatch movie on sci-fi now and the thing just bit the front of a guy's face off.
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At least not the kind that swim.
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Too bad...it was just a dolphin. Maybe next time...
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The best version of old big foot has to have been in The Six Million Dollar Man. It was so bad you could see the zipper. Man did I love that show as a kid.
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Order your frozen sasquatch now from the Georgia Bigfoot Brigade. It's only 500 pounds (minus DNA samples taken), so supplies are limited. Makes a great gift for only 3 payments of 19.95. And, if you order now, they will throw in a "I'm Yeti, are you?" t-shirt.
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Always trying to pass....
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I had to put my beer down to prevent spilling it while reading your comments and reeling from laughter.OK, I'm officially hungry. An empty stomach doesn't fare well with four bottles of 12% beer. Time to go inside and get cooking, or more precisely, to beg my wife to cook while I lay on the couch.Series, I haven't sent the second kit out yet but that will be going out this week to everyone.I'll pick up some shark next time I'm at Whole Foods. I bet it grills up well.
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Especially after his solo campaign this morning. I've got to split for a bit. My dog needs some food bought and I can't afford to order her sasquatch. Maybe when I get back HOD will be drunk and we can roll him for change or send him out on a snipe/gator hunt. He can wear a dolphin suit to fool them. See you later.
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Just finished watching this little Spanish shaky-cam horror. I shit myself at least twice watching it. I need a drink.
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On google video? I'll probably do that, its on there for free. I hadn't watched it and I told my friend to watch it and he was like, DUDE that movie was fucked up, what did you think? I hold him I hadn't watched it yet. And he was pissed because he does like scary movies, but he was pissed because he was scared. Anyways I was wrong Netflicks is back on line, the future is lost. SSSOOOO Dead and Gone, AngelHeart and Remo Williams are it for the weekend. Remo better be good, also I am pretty sure Dead and Gone was like 10-15 on my list? How'd I get it?
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I know virtually nothing about Asian films. I've got Crouching Tiger, Brotherhood and The Host on DVD. Buried on VHS somewhere I've got Ran, Kwaidan and The Butterfly Murders.Crouching Tigger was okay but I'm not all that impressed by wire-fu. The finale, where she has to watch him die from the poison was very affecting. Brotherhood is monumental in its brilliance. The Host is good fun - although I wasn't sure whether or not to laugh when the family are mourning the loss of the little girl. Y'know, when they all fall backwards, wailing, weeping & wrestling, it's a top-down shot. I got confused, I should be sad for them but instead I want to laugh. Am I supposed to? Help!Now I need another drink.
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I did not mean to type 'Tigger' and I was not taking the piss.
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I got the DVD. I thought it was extremely effective. I watched Diary Of The Dead last night, that didn't have momentum, tension or any kind of fear factor. [REC] does, helped by a fairly short running time. There's some really creepy moments. Get it. Watch it. It's top.
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Series, Remo Williams is dated and campy so puhleeeease don't expect the second coming. It's a great little movie, Burt Ward is just perfect, Joel Grey is above and beyond and it has a few swell sequences. But the romantic interest (the wonderful actress from Voyager I think) is not the best romantic interest and it was limited in budget so it's no James Bond. But the Statue of Liberty sequence is phenomenal. I mean.....WOW.Mavra, do I need to send you roses with the movies because your geek factor is making me stand at attention?I was borderline drunk, I mean hanging by a thread drunk an hour ago but a....*ahem*....disagreement with the wife obliterated that and being forced to cook dinner has ensured I'm as sober as the Pope on Good Friday.And you don't need to roll me for change. I'll chuck whatever I dig out of my couch in your movie kit.It's hard to maintain sensibility after engaging in that Zucker political bebate that's brewing. Have I not learned yet to stay away from that nonsense?A political TB is only one rung lower than a SG or obit TB.
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I've cracked open a bottle of beer called Sierra Nevada Summerfest - brewed in Chico, CA it says.That doesn't concern me. What does concern me is that apparently it is 'bottom fermented.'Should I drink anything brewed in somebody's bottom?
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That scene was a parody. And yes, you were right to laugh. Asian cinema is such a strange beast at first.Since my wife is South Korean I've learned their culture so I can "get" the insanity in their films but if you watch enough, you'll get a knack for it.Do I need to send you a kit too?
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Does it make a difference cos I'm in the UK - postage, region coding, that kind of thing?
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....question Sierra Nevada. That beer is bliss.Wolfie, is Bishop's Tipple still brewed over there? That was the first English beer I had and oh my, what an impression.And after that I had something from Scotland called McEwans. Mercy me that was good stuff. Can't get that in the bible belt though.
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Oh, yeah. The Wadworth brewery do that one and another called Summersault, a few others as well.Believe it or not I've never drank McEwans, but the Scots know what they're doing, especially with single malt whiskey.Theakstons Old Peculiar, you wanna try that if you can get hold of some.And yes, this Sierra Nevada is bloody nice.
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...as the stuff I send out is region free. And postage? Whatever. I can deal with that. Seriously, if you want some movies, let me know and I will move heaven and earth to get them to you.
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Aug 16, 2008 6:02:40 PM CDT
I think I have actual tears coming out of my eyes....
by hawaiian organ donor
...thinking about Scottish whiskey now. I hearken back to the day I first had Macallan back in Nova Scotia with a guy who I met when he was playing bagpipes on a cliff in Cape Breton, jesus murphy mae, that was the absolute best stuff.
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How's the weekend?
Mine's pretty good. I saw Tropic Thunder this afternoon. It is so fucking hilarious, it has been a while since I laughed out loud so much at a movie. I highly recommend it to everyone here! Comedy of the year by far! (okay, so I havent seen any other new comedies this year.... I rarely go see those on the big screen) -
Playing bagpipes on a cliff... poetry, man. The Macallan is a beautiful thing. As is Glenmorangie. Then there's Ardbeg. I had a shot of that and it was like being hit by a bus. But in a good way.
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E-mail away. Cheers. You're a true gentleman.
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How can Ginger call Fred - Tony, when he is obviously a Fred? Fred is perplexed at this.
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I'm a bit frazzled. Start again. Who the hell is Tony?
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In the movie Carefree. It is quite obvious that Fred is only Fred and could never be a "Tony".
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RE: AboveSo I just ate way to much pesto for dinner. Going to feel that in the morning.Therewolf, send me an e-mail with your mailing info and we're good to go.grumpy_is_good@yahoo.comI have way too many movie choices tonight to choose from. It has to involve the wife so we're balancing the lines around something like P.S. I Love You which she cried throughout. It was a good movie though.
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Aug 16, 2008 6:57:26 PM CDT
Turner Classic Movies is having a Fredathon
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
No one named Fred can look like a "Tony". Just common sense
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Fred never, ever intended to cause any pain. Fred is sorry.
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Talk about a 21st Century man. I cooked dinner and now I'm cleaning.
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Wasn't the best of Astaire & Rogers. But he quite clearly is Fred, Fred.Hawaiian - already done, sunshine. Cheers.
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I'm fermented.Folks, have a good one.
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Aug 16, 2008 7:21:49 PM CDT
Fred Presents: The first Annual Freddie Awards - The Freddies!
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Celebrating the best of our little family. Not really awards, more of a thank you to all who have made these past few weeks great! Hawaiian Organ Donor - Simply the Best Asian movie lover with the most knowledge. And a genuinely fine and giving person with a very big heart.
Xiphos - The Man Fred wish he could be. A Marine! And a geek Marine too who is very funny. Fred is proud to be an American.
Jonah Echo - The man with the most movie knowledge Fred has ever encountered, and a truly nice person as well.
DannyGlovers - The first person on AICN who talked to Fred without trying to insult Fred because of Fred's handle. He is also the most passionate about his beliefs - whether you agree with him or not. He has character.
chipps - The only Australian Fred has ever encountered, and a very nice person.
ChittyChittyGangBang - A true Southern Gentlemen. One of the nicest and most genuine people Fred has met on these boards. He is also very funny!
Toadkillerdog - The smartest person Fred has ever encountered -just about anywhere! Fred reads everything That Toadkillerdog writes - especially on the Political Talkbacks. Fred is in awe of toadkillerdogs brainpower.
kungfuhustler84 - A serious Asian film lover who is always eager to learn more - just like Fred!
Franklin T Marmoset- A British Gentlemen and very funny too!
Lost Jarv - The funniest Brit Fred has ever encountered with a great knowledge of movies.
just pillow talk - Just a very, very nice person that Fred always looks forward to seeing on the boards.
Series 7 - Brings a different and welcome perspective to all movies. Fred likes his insight.
ThereWolf - Fred's favorite name on AICN. Just a very nice and warm person who made Fred feel like a friend from the very first. Hello ThereWolf! Hee hee!
Liberal Warrior - The funniest person Fred has ever met anywhere! The most creative Insults Fred has ever heard! HoboCode - passionate about is beleifs. Mavra Chang - smart and funny. Fred hopes she stays around. milf lover - enthusiastic and funny!
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Do we get some sort of trophy like the Dundies?Whoever invented coffee must've done after drinking too much. Time for another cup.Prepping all these movies for you fine people is cutting into my movie watching time.Fred, if you want to read a hot political debate, check out that Zucker bad boy. AICN is not only great because of the geek factor but also that there are people like us that give a damn about the world and want to make it better place without lining our pockets in the process. I would post again over there but it's already taken all of my energy.A few guys on that thread I'd like to invite to our little group.OK< I'm off to put my daughter to bed and throw something into the the digital victrola machine.
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I've spent like the last 2 hours reading dumb list on EW. Reading best 100 recent books list and thinking how I don't read enough. Trying to watch Blade 2 as well, and excited that Ron Pearlman is going to be on FX new show. I see that he is the voice of Conan on the video games.... I wonder if he could pull off a live action Conan. Fred - Thanks for the comment. Its good to know my perspective is appreciated.... LISTEN ALL YOU MOTHER ------ god why do I waste my time watching movies on TV?
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Freds_Balls_in_a_Mason_Jar - He has the uncanny ability to find the best in his fellow talkbackers. Bravo to him.
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So I'm watching Blade 3:Die Hard With A Vengeance on TNT. Don't ask we why I just am. ANd I am not understanding why Blade 3:Die Hard With a Vengeance gets such a bad rap? I mean its got Ajax in it? Anyone watch the series?
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Fred thanks you very much for the kind words.
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How's it going?
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Nice to see you also. Sorry I missed you earlier. Good work on keeping this thread going. And I would also add a bravo to you for your optimistic view of the talkbackers. Your a good man, Freddy Brown ;).
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Fred knows that song! Fred played Snoopy in a grade school production!
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I'm still trying to attain my full geek potential. I seek higher knowledge from those with true geek wisdom ohmmmmmmm. Now let's see if I can get the paragraph break to work without mucking it up. I was going to use the change to buy us all some sasquatch DNA. Maybe we could grow our own and geekify it. THAT would be cool! Jurrassic Sasquatch/Revenge of the Nerds. Think of the possibilities!!! I peeked in on the political thread, but sharks, sasquatches, and gators seemed friendlier and less toothsome.
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Fred is very wise. I learned that very quickly, and he has excellent taste in all manner of pop culture!
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Aug 16, 2008 9:44:05 PM CDT
Fred reads the political TB's - always with popcorn!
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Very entertaining, but Fred keeops Fred's mouth shut- and fingers off keyboard, in those TB's.
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Fred not wise. Fred is just a humble wart on the broad back of humanity.
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As the nicest talkbacker ever that dosen't have his Testes any longer. No, check that, you're just the nicest TBer. Well you and Just Pillow Talk it's a tie between you two.
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Humble Wart grew up to be the great and noble King Arthur.
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That's a serious compliment dude!
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But Fred appreciate online friends. It has been a great day for Fred. There is Fredathon on TCM. The olympics track and field. Swimmimg coming up!
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To put it in the vernacular of my tribe, he rocks!
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Its always best to avoid political and obits thread, unless you like to wallow in hate and massive stupidity.Hold on now, before anybody gets their nickers in a twist, political stupidity runs rampant from TBers of all political stripes. I wonder if there is even going to be Scriptgirl TB this week after last weeks, shall we say, issues.
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Aug 16, 2008 10:01:44 PM CDT
Aww, please stop. Fred gonna get a swelled head
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Phelps getting ready to swim now.
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Aug 16, 2008 10:06:21 PM CDT
Right now that political TB seems to just be name calling
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Maybe because it is the weekend. The big dogs are not on yet.
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I usually try to avoid the topics of politics and religion, unless there's a significant reason for it. They seem to bring out the worst in people. If the Sg tb doesn't get posted, well that is okay too. I never meant to get caught up in that mess and I tried (if anybody read what I actually wrote) to keep away from offensive personal comments (JNR being the minor exception, but only after he vented at me first). I have been accused of a lot of things that I never said in that, so I would rather not go back. Here with you guys is where I would rather be, as long as I am welcome. It's a much classier thread and flame-free is the place to be!
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does that make Scriptgirl a venereal wart?
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Disturbing visual image!!!!!
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This is the best TB on AICN - in Fred's humble opinion. Fred very lucky to be accepted among people wo have far greater knowledge of movies and geekdom than Fred. It is a diverse group - and that makes it even better.
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All this TB man love is making me feel feelings I don't understand. Time to watching some sweet TNT edited for time and commercials Ultra violent...well after a shower and some Remo Williams......what? at the end of Blade 3's credits is says Word? thats weird. Though not as scary as the end of the credits of Wall-E where the Buy n Large logo pops up after the Disney logo making a comparison between the two.
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That made Fred laugh! Fred feels kind of bad though, because it was at the expense of Script Girl.
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I thank you for the kind words. As I have said before you are good people,and are often the glue that holds it together, particularly during those troll attacks.
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So you guys can go back to more macho discussions and make Series7 more comfortable. Have a great night, everyone. It's been surreal!
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Change subject to sofa cushions. Fred spent big Freddie bucks on foam rubber that is hard as a rock.
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again, you are an awesome assett to AICN, and you have actively participated in extending my movie knowledge more than any of the site heads or anyone else here by sending that pack of movies. I saw my dad today and slipped the dvd of Chocolate into his hands, and told him it would likely be his fave movie of 2008. He loves martial arts movies so much, and his enjoyment of them is why I saw Enter the Dragon when I was five. I can envision him hooting and hollering to that battle on the side of the building right now, and it makes me smile. I have 3 movies in this collection left and so far you hit the spot with your finds. Thanks for taking the time. I wouldn't trade one HOD for three Jonahs.
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He's not seeing the postings I left him of ChocolateReign's email. I put it down twice in the Alexandra Dupont thread, so please let him know if you run across him somewhere else. Thanks!
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for recommending Jean De Florette. Excellent film. I trust you have seen Manon of the Springs, the sequel? If not, there is an awesome set of both films out there. Great great stuff.
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It was the best weekend shift ever!
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Saw Doomsday tonight. After everyone saying how nutty and much brainless fun it was, I figured I'd overestimated it's junk appeal, but it did not disappoint. Truly, the Fine Young Cannibals, the dancing Scots in kilts, mohawk man and the dual stripper poles made for a crazy scene. Rhona Mitra rocked as an action star. It's no Road Warrior, or Escape from New York, or Aliens but it was a little of each and ultimately it was a good crazy evening that was complemented by my lovely wife at my side, gummi bears, beer and pizza. Word is still out on how well the last three mix.
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doing paper work right now so I check back in every few minutes so I don't go nuts.
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Everbody always brings up the nutty crowd but I thought that the Eugenic spouting Knights of the round Table was demented genius.Rhona Mitra isn't that good of an actress but she handles action well and damn does she look good in tight pants.
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So, Brad Anderson is 5 for 5 in my book. At least as far as feature films go. I have greatly enjoyed every one of them and the man has yet to repeat himself in a genre.
First we had Next Stop Wonderland which was a fun romantic comedy, and Session Nine which was a slow roasted horror that actually managed to disturb without extremely graphic stuff being thrown on screen (or at least kept to a minimum.) Following those 2 was Happy Accidents, my fave of his to date, which took the romantic comedy and added a large dose of mind-bending scifi and had great chemistry between vincent donofrio and marisa tomei. The Machinist followed, and it was an effective psychological thriller that featured that unsettling body transformation by Christian Bale.
Now comes Transsiberian, and it falls into that genre that hitchcock often dabbled in, the international thriller. Woody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer are a married couple returning from a church mission trip in China and while riding the titular train, they meet several shady characters including Ben Kingsley who returns from phoning it in land to play another memorable heavy. The movie isn't ground breaking or mind blowing, and I think I expected more twists but it is atmospheric, suspenseful and involving until the very end and by the time it was over a certain feeling had built up in me and around the movie that was a hard to shake. A sort of cloud of unease, that was no doubt helped by the chill cinematography and the creaky claustrophobia of the train. It's the kind of mood only really good thrillers can manage,and Transsiberian manages it, even if it didnt completely walk away with the prize. A fine thriller, worth seeing. -
Even more then I like the Mini-Baby Bell and Secret Flawless Deodorant girls being fucking bat in the face worthy annoying commercials. OK time to go order a commemorative 9-11 tungsten plated 20 dollar bill y'all.
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Paper work is what the Marine Corps runs on and its a bane to my existence. Because I've been putting it off I decided to knock it out this morning. I borrowed a DTV movie I thought I was going to hate but was not to bad called the Death and Life of Bobby Z. It starrred Larry Fishborne and Paul Walker. It was a fairly decent action flick. I was pleasantly surprised since it is a DTV release that they didn't want to put out in the movie theaters.
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and I agree, it was a decent movie. Not great, but for being DTV and having the presence of Paul Walker, it really wasn't too bad. any plans for the rest of the weekend?
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Was terrible Worthless ending, worthless skinnying down of Sir Christian Batman Bateman Bale I really wanted to like that movie. But I couldn't help but go, "That's it????" at the end kind of like 9MM and its worthless premise. Sessions 9 is one of my favorite horror films mainly because it takes place in the day time, though my female companion found it to be silly, we did watch it in the middle of the day. Day horrors in the middle of the day don't work.
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Echo.
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Remo Williams was nominated for an Oscar did anyone know that? I think Remo had me with the better then Iron man will ever be opening score.
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My favorite Oscar to guess each year is best visual effects, since its the only geek oriented Oscar. Though last year the sure fire winner love it or hate it Transformers lost to 1990 Coke Cola commercial. I feel like this year Ironman will win, I don't see any big special effects coming until Watchmen so its going to go to a summer movie. It'll be between TDK, Ironman and maybe Hellboy. But it should go to Speed Racer, maybe hellboy will get some sort of Norbit makeup nom. The TDK shouldn't get either, maybe Art Direction. But seeing how the Boring Ultimatum won 3 Oscars for god knows what? Seems like the Oscars are only willing to congratulate critic loved action movies.
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The rest of the weekend for me is going to involve figuring out how to plug an unexpected hole in our schedule. How about you, what do have going on? and don't tell me it involves pizza, I'm dying for a pizza. If you get a chance, Check out the Book The Death and Life of Bobby Z. Its a good fun read.
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but it deserves some editing and art direction noms. Now that the summer has officially wound down, and I have just a few let to catch up with-Tropic Thunder being the biggie, I think I can safely say Speed Racer was the biggest surprise. Most everything else I liked or loved, or even disliked I expected, but SR was unexpected for me. I loved the family storyline, and the comic level take on "this above all, to thine own self be true". Speed Racer is quality stuff from the Wachowskis and the first thing to actually live up to the promise they showed with the first Matrix. I'm looking forward to it's release next month on Bluray, along with The Fall and Iron Man that same month.
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I thought the ending worked, Series. It wasn't genius, but it made a certain amount of sense, while also rendering the movie unlikely for a second viewing. I think there arent alot of nuances left to get, but I do admire and enjoy the movie for what it is. I recommend Happy Accidents though, to all who haven't seen it.
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There really doesent seem to be much competition for the visual effects so far besides those few you mentioned. I personally liked the 'coca cola commercial' movie, assuming you mean Golden Compass, but it seems I'm the only one so I can probably forget about a sequel. The best makeup will go to Tropic Thunder for Downey Jr as a black guy and Jack Black as The Fatties family for the Norbit part. Go see Tropic Thunder, its hilarious!
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My wife and I are heading up to a family reunion with her family. It ought to be too sane to be interesting, but too maddening to actually be fun. We will see.
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I thought Golden Compass was a huge bore, but it looked pretty. The polar bear battle was awesome, but everything else that didnt deal with the film's look was as cold and frosty as the third act's setting.
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What sort of writing do you do?
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it's fiction writing. In addition to that I do boardgame development. Currently Im in the dreaded part that involves coaxing that rough draft into a final version. For me sometimes, this is the hardest and least appealing part.
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*smacks head* Duh! I'm an idjit I knew that about your writings. How was that gamer convetion you went too, was it last weekend?
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awesome. Dude, that's cool you remembered. It went very well. We got to show both games to some publishers and there was interest, so we will see where it goes from there. Thanks for asking!
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Good to hear things are going well with your games. Also, I use idjit all the time. It works so well and for so many situations.
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I crashed hard at 9:00 and didn't watch a movie with the wife as promised. She let me off the hook so I wonder what she's scheming.That's great about the interest from game publishers, Jonah. When you bust out, don't forget the little people.Sorry about the paperwork, Xi. But at least it keeps you safe.So am I reading right. Series watched Remo Williams and Jonah is down to his last 3 movies in the kit?OK, time to get the day started. I'm doing the webcam thing shortly with my writing partner and hopefully we can devote a few hours to knocking a handful of scenes out.And then I guess it's movie make up time with the wife, assuming our daughter will be willing to go down for a nap.And I need some chow.Have a grand day everyone. I'll be around now and again.
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Thank you for the kind words. I've said it before and I'll say it again - you're an angel sent to watch over us TB'ers. And every time I see that telltale 'Hee-hee' reply to my screen name it warms the very cockles of my heart.Are you aware of a pop group called Right Said Fred? Was that you?
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To move back into second place? Man oh man talkbackers must have abandoned every other thread.
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Since its nearly 9:00 PM for me and I'm listening to a baseball game for a little while, I'll add to the post count.
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That so many people on Talkbacks are involved with artistic endevors like writing or art. I find it especially interesting that the writers on here aren't all writing or trying to write for Hollywood.Take Jonah for instance. He writes stories for RPG, how cool is that? I can honestly say I've never met anybody who does that, so to me, that's fascinating.Writing ability is really interesting to me since I'm nearly illiterate so folks that have these kinds of skills amaze me. Its like magic.
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Looks like everyones too tired to post. I know I feel asleep about half way into Remo and I am finishing it right now. Its pretty good, not as cheesy or dated as I thought it would be really. This would've made for a cool TV show. Though has Fred Ward ever not looked like he was over 50?
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Fred is on the job!
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Aug 17, 2008 2:09:09 PM CDT
Fred's DVD player was acting up - could not watch Warlords
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred watched Animal House instead since it is the 30th anniversary. That movie is hysterical! Fred saw it once a long time ago, but Fred likes it better the second time.
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Why? Fred does not know.
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Aug 17, 2008 2:15:05 PM CDT
Did anyone ever see Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe?
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred saw an old. old TV version, and that came outr a few years ago. TV version much better.
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Aug 17, 2008 2:16:47 PM CDT
Does not look like we will fall too far this weekend
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred wonders what happened to SG TB?
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Promise one or two for monday
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Aug 17, 2008 2:19:49 PM CDT
Well, Fred going to take Dirk the Amoeba for a walk
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Ok, Fred is back.
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I felt like Neville from I Am Legend for a little while there.Fred: According to some other Tbers Scriptgirls posted a message on her myspace page saying she is on "vacation" or for our European friends, "holiday" this week. I wonder what next week excuse will be?
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Maybe be back later
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Fred is still here
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Aug 17, 2008 2:29:05 PM CDT
Xiphos what is a 'typical' day for a Marine
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Unless it is top secret stuff
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is Fred having a Fredtastic Sunday?
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No Fredathon today though
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There really is no typical day. Marines have many different jobs or what they known as in the service as Military Occupation Speciality(MOS). So it sounds weasley but there isn't anything typical. Most folks in the Marines or The Army for that matter are not in combat related jobs. They are in support jobs that have to be done to provide the various things combat units need. Does that answere your question?
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Fred thought you fought giant space bugs.
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Only on major holidays.
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Aug 17, 2008 2:54:27 PM CDT
Xiphos when will you be able to get a pizza?
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred knows bad pizza
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Aug 17, 2008 3:02:23 PM CDT
Xiphos, whatever it takes to keep you out of harms way
by hawaiian organ donor
That's the job you need to be doing.I've been writing since I was 7 so for 30 years now. Personally, I think my writing ability sucks but I'm an idea man. Thankfully, a script is merciful. I read Lucas' script for Menace and it's dreadful. But it made a billion dollars worldwide so I hope the crummy stuff I write will one day catch Hollywood's eye. I spent 20 years trying to write the great American novel and abandoned it. I have stacks of pages of story that will never be finished. How sad is that?Preparing movies for you folks is time consuming. I've been at this since 8AM and I'm not even halfway done.Fred, I hope the Warlords disc isn't giving you trouble. You gotta see that movie.
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Octoberish then I get Pizza and an In-N-Out Burger double double with onions. I was on a boat about week and a half ago(we moved) and they made something they called pizza but it was beyond horrible, so that jacked my need for good pizzza through the roof.
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I'm in a combat Marine so....Anyways homeboys and now girls, its past 11 pm for me so I'm off to visit the rack monster. The cool thing is that when I come back on in the morning for me, its early/mid evening for you folks.
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I'm stopping in for a few minutes, then I'm going back to sleep. I wanted to ask, have any of you seen that painting of the 3 faces of Heath Ledger? It's very eery. He posed for it about a month before he died. You can find it on Google if you type in his name and "painting". Anyone who hasn't seen it really should.
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Fred will check in later. Have a good evening Xiphos or morning or afternoon -whatever time it is there!
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I can quit asking you to look for him now.
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Glad we got a moment of quality time (ha ha)! Have a good dinner.
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It's a Gene-a-thon. I may catch "Singing in the Rain" before I go to work tonight. Tomorrow starts a Palance-a-thon. I think the version of "The Lodger" starring him is on early in the morning. That should be good. I've seen the original, but not his.
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I'll see you guys in a few hours.
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I've been trying to get novels published for what seems like half my life. There exists a very real possibility that I can't write for shit. But that isn't likely to stop me.I managed to get a couple of short stories published, long, long time ago now. At the moment I've got a few sample chapters at a literary agent. They've had them for about a month. Can mean one of two things; (a) they're giving my stuff due consideration or (b) it's lying forgotten at the bottom of somebody's 'out' tray.Started a new one. Not going well.
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That painting of the Ledge is unbelievable. I guess it's that angel & devil on each shoulder vibe, whispering conflict into his ears. And the expression on his face seems to portray that he has already listened to one of them.I guess we know which one now.
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totally drunk, trying to figure out how they could have missed the incredible feel of the comics. What a missed opportunity. Oh well, maybe Zack Snyder or Christopher Nolan, or somebody who actually gets the original material will try to make a movie sometime down the line. It was still fun to watch though, especially the opening before he took off his helmet.
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You make a great argument for Miami Vice. I definitely enjoyed the movie a great deal, especially the cinematography, and I have always been a fan of how Mann handles his action scenes. If anybody were to make a Metal Gear Solid movie, I would hope it could be him.Anyway, I was just wondering. Damn I really wanna see it again now. I keep meaning to buy it to add to the Mann collection, but I always get distracted with some other movie. Last time it was Persepolis.
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HOD these movies are all a shitload of fun. I have been saving Warlords for last (it's a habit of mine to keep the best thing until the ending, I don't know why) and I think I'm finally gonna have time to get to it tonight. Thanks again for sharing all these. It has probably been the highlight of my summer getting acquainted with all these new flicks. I would be happy to discuss them any time.
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But only for a few minutes!Any future Judge Dredd film - the helmet's gotta stay on. That's Dredd. So they'd have to find an actor who wouldn't mind his face not being on screen.
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didn't really like heat, just don't really get it. Maybe it is the let down factor - was expecting too much. I kinda feel it suffered a bit from over characterization. You know, when you have a big star in a film and they consider themselves a serious actor and they are like 'i want my character to have more back story. Show his home life ect.' when done wrong it just gets in the way of the story. but really i can't put my finger on why i don't really like it. besides, i don't hate it either.I like saving private ryan. I don't really believe that hanks could be a ranger. are american platoons run by a captain? I thought he was just tasked to do it. I think both stiller and farrell have good movies on the books. I prefer stiller's movie works, but 'david trebeck' makes me laugh my ass of. I can pay both indy 4 (no where near as good, but still better than a hell of a lot of indy clones) and the matrix sequals. I'm still struggling with the sequals though, were they too high minded? don't know. never seen and have no intention of watching a uwe boll film. Don't like sheep and don't like germans. Seen part 1 of kill bill. nothing to write home about but not too bad
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I never met a Michael Mann film I didn't like. Yet to see Miami Vice, though.The Keep, Manhunter, Mohicans, Heat... Quality.
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on his show after battlefield earth came out, he bowed his head and said on his tv show 'a moments silence for anyone who saw battlefield earth' I think that sums up the movie. travolta wanted to do a sequal, and still sees it as his jersey girl - people just didn't get it. fav olympics movie has to be chariots of fire.
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where did you publish your short stories. I don't really know of any publications but i wanna try. I have heard playboy and penthouse and that stuff sometimes publish them. do you need an agent or do you just send them in?
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One was in a short-lived horror magazine, the other was in a book with a very limited print run. Long time ago. You don't necessarily need an agent but most publishers don't entertain unsolicited manuscripts.Have a look through the genre magazines and see if any are asking for short story submissions. I haven't kept up with the magazines so I don't know who's doing what.Is that any help?
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There's a book you can buy called the Writers & Artists' Yearbook which gives you a list of publishers and literary agents.
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Don't get too drunk, Chipps!
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i'll have to chat with you about millitary tactics of the ancients. I always laugh when i think of the celts. Heavy infantry. who often fought naked. There are passages in 'conquest of gaul' and civil war (ceasar) where he describes the celts as large, loud drunken, aggressive and disorganised. 50% of australians have irish heritage and i swear, some of his descriptions could be about brisbane on a friday night.
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thanks. i was just debating getting a beer
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we, like the brits are big on fish and chips (one p) and the most common fish we eat is shark (but we call it flake) it is quite nice.
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i have seen that old version so many times. my friends in school (man was i a nerd) and i used to repeat it over and over. at one stage i could recite most of it. machinist - like it. golden compass - like it. i was hoping it would do well and continue the series. i watched invasion the other day. not great. it seems that a kidman craig team up is hollywood poison.
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Is anybody here a fan of Venture Brothers? It's the only television show I watch every time it's on and I feel like it's tailored toward the tastes of most of the Church of Chang.
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Sorry, I'm no good for a conversation about that show. I've heard the name, but never seen it.
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Which is a Korean version of "The Red Shoes" rather than a South Park type epithet. It's pretty good. Anyone seen it?
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That says that Asian ghosts are typically tech-savvy women with Cousin It envy? This movie will make you appreciate the joys of going barefoot, though.
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Hey Mavra. I've seen it. I thought it was a decent film, and an odd take on the fairy tale. A little too much of the typical asian ghost fare, but well done mostly.
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ended in a tedious game of bingo in which my wife and I scored alot of random stuff, including the first season of Alias(which Ive never seen), Bulletproof Monk(also never seen) and The Enforcer with Jet Li(which I remember as the one where he used his son as a weapon). Alot of wierd choices for Pennsylvania people who all seemed over 55.
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that brought him back to life." Just started Warlords, and it looks to have great promise. I love the narration, and typically thats the part of big epics that grates on me. Li seems to be going for a slightly diff performance than his usual acrobatic martial artist. Good. Right now it's the score that has really captivated me. We will see how it goes.
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Sorry, I got caught up in the end of the film, but I'm here.
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It made up for the bits it borrowed from other movies.
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Are you a fan of asian horror? I mostly missed your entrance into the TB this weekend, so I'm not too familiar with your movie tastes, outside your mention of Jean De Florette.
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But I like what I've seen so far. My cable company has some free on demand channels and the Sundance channel is showcasing Asian Extreme this month, so I can see quite a few that will be new to me. I thought the movie, other than the ghost itself, was nicely done. The main actress was able to go back and forth in her mental/emotional state very smoothly. I did have a desire to smack her a few times for the wussy side and that kid of her's was a real brat!
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it would be "The Shoes That Dripped Blood". I decided that about 5 minutes in.
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from the 60s and directed by Masaki Kobiyashi, one of the few directors whose samurai films match Kurosawa. It's based off a famous compilation of Japanese ghost stories and employs an almost impressionistic and theatrical style to depict four ghost stories. It's a lush visual experience and also a great version of some traditional folk stories.
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I will find that one. I'm starting to build a film list just from suggestions here this weekend. It's fantastic! So far I have "The Host", "Ils", and "Inside", and now "Kwaidan". Cool!
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I've heard positive and negative about it this past couple of weeks, but haven't crossed paths with it myself yet.
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His scenes are my favorite part of "Singin' in the Rain".
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The Vanishing, the foreign version, not the 93 Keifer/ Jeff Bridges version.
Eyes Without a Face.A very creepy french film shot in very stark black and white.
Mute Witness. More of a thriller than an out and horror film, but well worth seeing. Alec Guinness has a cameo too.
Cronos. One of Del Toro's early horror films. A take on vampire legends. Very good. Also see The Devil's Backbone if you haven't already.
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I don't think I've seen any of those. I did see the other version of "The Vanishing". Didn't realize it was a remake. "Cronos"...not to be confused with "Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter" (I kid, I know it's different). People have always called me a movie junkie, but this group is making me aware of how little I've actually seen. I'm so glad I crashed this party!
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Flipping channels
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Fred has seen it twenty times -still funny
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Horror and Science Fiction, old comedies (other than the Cary Grant ones mentioned earlier, my favorites are the Marx Brothers films), classics like "The Godfather", "The Dirty Dozen", "The Great Escape", etc. I also enjoy musicals (which are often less than appreciated on this site). Almost anything with a decent plotline and actors that don't look like their reading from cue cards. Worst movie I ever saw was called "Flesh Eating Mothers". The acting was even too terrible to be funny.
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Music man is Fred's favorite
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I can spell if I try. ;) Hi, Fred! Just missed youearlier! How are you tonight? Kurt Russell movies are a class unto themselves. He is a movie god!
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Aug 17, 2008 9:57:02 PM CDT
Wow, dude just got face-planted into a brick!
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred love this movie!
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Favorite musical? For me Singing in the Rain, West Side Story, Sound of Music, Meet Me in St. Louis, Top Hat(if that counts as a musical), My Fair Lady, Sweeney Todd(more the actual musical, but I really liked the Tim Burton version). Yours?
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"Cabaret" and "Oliver" are a couple of others I erally like. If I can, I generally prefer to see stage versions. I love the audience view. "Into the Woods", the first musical version of "Sweeney Tod", "Camelot" and "Purlie" are tops for me on those.
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Fred doing just fine. How was work?
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Good ol' Jack Burton. LOVE Big Trouble. Especially all the odd creature. What, what will come out no more???"
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I'm getting ready to leave for work in just a few minutes. Bummer because I am really digging this conversation.
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Aug 17, 2008 10:02:49 PM CDT
Fred has Caberet and Rocky Horror Hedwig the angry Inch
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred loves TCM musicals Top hat is a favorite because of Fred!
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Even before it's done. Just the words strike loathing into my soul. I'm a fan of Meatloaf and Tim Curry.
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Mavra and Fred. I'll catch up with you tomorrow. Half way through Warlords. It's a good action film. The battles are well done, though a bit typical, but the comaraderie of the leads is making the film so far. It's pretty grand, of a bit straightforward. I'm enjoying it alot, but I'm not sure it can beat Daisy. The score is great.
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Astaire Rodgers collection with Shall We Dance?, Follow the Fleet, The Berkleys of Broadway, Swing Time and Top Hat. Great stuff.
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Wish I could stay. You guys have a great night. Jonah, thanks so much for the titles. I wrote them all down. Nice to meet you! Fred, stay cool! I hope your evening shift here gets a lot of drop-ins. Goodnight!
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Mavra Chang, Fred refuse to acknowledge that a Rocky Horror remake is taking place.
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Fred going to bed
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...is going strong.I would love to comment on everything but it took me 10 minutes just to read where I left off and I still need to iron a shirt for work.So I guess I'll have to comment in the morning.It sounds like you plowed through the movies quickly Jonah. You have any left?Kit #2 will be shipping shortly.
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If you're reading this, I loved your books!
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Anyone remember it? Seems like an earlier version of The Devils Advocate. Even though I've had this whole weekend off I've had a slow movie weekend. I did see Pineapple Express, and I actually liked it. Well since I have nothing to do this week I should get more movies in, if I don't sleep all week.
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I have 2 and a half left. The second half of Warlords, which is so far awesome. And I have Bloody Tie and Running Wild left. I have absolutely no clue what they are about, and I plan to keep it that way til I see them.
Everything you have sent has been on target. As I said before, I wasnt a huge fan of Machine Girl, but for what it is, it does it's job and as just an event/an experience it is something else, particularly in a tired, sleep deprived crowd who loves movies.
Daisy was a revelation. Chocolate was just pure fun and Im looking forward to hearing my dad's response. Antarctic Journal was rather convoluted storywise, but it's setting atmosphere and the strange story it danced around embedded itself in my memory. That scene between the two guys in the cold darkness at the end was very effective and I won't forget it soon. Mr. Socrates was a solid crime thriller. And Warlords is adding another solid Jet Li performance to his resume. So with those 2 still unknowns, I'd say you are 5 for 5 thus far. I am actually surprised at those statistics, since I tend to be rather tough on alot of asian cinema. -
thank you again my friend for the effort you are putting into this. I appreciate the fact you are taking your own time to do this. And if it helps, know that at least 3 of these films you sent I plan to buy copies of soon, and at least 2 people I know have gone out and ordered Machine Girl.
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At Wal Mart, if people are having a problem finding it.
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i had better stop posting as i am getting drunk. I have made this mistake before. Now off with me to watch shallow grave.
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Man Angleheart was a fucking spooky film. I want to read the book now. How come no one mentions De Niro's portrayal of the Devil when talking about people who played Satan? Alan Parker was an interesting director. The Wall, Fame, Birdy, Angelheart, Evita, Life of David Gale. Theres others but you can IMDBizzle it yourself.
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WWWHHHHAAAATTTT!!!! Thomas Jane and Aaron Eckhart have already stared in a movie together? So maybe they aren't the same person?
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i felt the movie fell down somewhere but i couldn't put my finger on it. It seemed like poor quality film stock or something. Maybe i saw a dodgy version. that shit dosn't worry me when it is clerks, but is dose when de nerio is in it, ya know. One thing i REALLY loved about that movie was the dudes irrational fear of birds, which is latter explained.
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i post this we move two position number to. i should i reverse that. whatever
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defeated by the bizare numbering scheme. but like mcarther, 'i shall return'. also like macarther i am currently sitting in brisbane and drinking, while other people are doing hard work. unlike him i won't critize them.
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this time i feel sure we will move to the next spot. usually i don't care for this sort of thing, but it seems important to the rest of you. plus i am still baffeled by your timeings, my suspicion is that you don't live normal hours in your own time zones, making your movements beyond prediction.
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(actually i think the numbering wasn't keeping up with my posting)
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Is good until the big reveal. Frankly, it is simply not blinking possible!
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i wake up read all of your messages, type some shit and go to bed. repeat. i read a game once went for 50 years. my drunkeness is starting to show. at least i am not posting in the oreily threat. alcohol + oreily = disaster. otherwsie known as the olreily factor. it is for this reason oreily himself does not drink. I ask you though, he is a guy who bangs on like a whore about his irishness, and yet he does not drink. i call bullshit. a lepod can't change its spots, all irishmen drink and neither russel crowe nor mel gibson are australian. baz luman is, i just wish he wasn't
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Ranger Platoons are lead by either 1st leftenant(Lieutenant in the US of A) and Captains and on one occasion I know of a Major. Ranger Platoons are top heavy in time in grade for the NCO and Officers. This is to offset the young age of the typical rank and file Ranger. The average age of a Ranger in the Ranger Regiment is 19.3 years of age. Remember RANGERS LEAD THE WAY!You are correct that the average platoon in the Army and Marine Corps is comanded by a 2nd LT. When you sober up, we'll talk about Greek and Roman heavy Infantry and any other warrior nations. I can talk about those goofy Greek farmers and their bronze clad phalanx all day long. The modern world owes a massive debt of gratitiude to the Greeks. Without them this here wonderfull internets and every other amazing thing we have would not have been possible.
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thank a lot for the answer. a little later i remembered what our sas cats do. the lowest officer rank is captain, (we don't really have a marine equiviant - we kinda do but they are not used away from water like your guys are just boarding vessels and shit). so if you are a regular lieutenant and you go sas you go to captain, but if you go out again soonish, you go back down. i forgot about that. mate i don't know shit all about the situation you are in (but people from my company are in both iraq and afganistan). some one like me is very unlikey to go into a theater worse than solomons or timor. But i really wish you the best. keep you head down, stick up for your mates and stay safe. go home, fuck someone and eat a pizza
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Hey homes long time no see how's it going? Been back in the Dojo?
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I'm a big fan of Aussies. Over the years I've brushed up against different members of the Aussie Armed forces and found them to a man to be great guys, top notch operators and a load of fun. Austrailia is number one on my list of places to get too. Everbody I've ever met from OZ has been nice people, the women are hot and the surfing is top notch plus I dig the accent on the women folk. Really what more does a fella need? It reminds me of the quote from the first Conan movie when they ask him what's good in life, his answer should have been: Tall waves, hot chicks and cool folks, that's whats good in life. If you read the above statement in a Jeff Spicoli voice it becomes funny.
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sorry for the last out burst just drunk. and if you make it out here i'll put you up. that's not just drunk talk. you guys see aussie movies ect. my state is the state you see in movies. most of oz is like the states. we are pretty normal here. were i come from we call occa. you would say redneck (but it dose not neccissarily have racist tones - more like 'old school') any way, my missus just got home so i'll catch ya later.
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Well if Occa is redneck son, then I'm going to fit right in. There ain't no neck here on AICN redder then mine hoss.
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our south is in the north
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Just moved up to the top of my gotta-see-it list! Singing and dancing Japanese zombies??? YES! I must find this film! This is no disrespect to any other movies mentioned here, but musical zombies sound irresistable (since I have been denied so far the appearance of Romero's musical zombies that I heard tales of months ago). Must seek singing zombies now....
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And I'm off to get some lunch.
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going out on a limb here but are you a fan of the Zombie genre?
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I love me some zombie movies, you betcha! Shaun of, Dawn of, "send more cops" ones. I'm a sucker for 'em all.
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I'm so happy. oz loses some medals we backed on but got some we wern't expecting. those plucky little fuckers from down under are coming third. the contry coming second is 15 times our size. I wish lost jav was here. Britian is doing the best it has for ages. congrats to them. they are good in the track so they have there best bet in 20 years to beat us. considering our rivaly good on em. i'd hate to lose to england, but when i went to the english international school in brunei they only got one gold. they have turned it around and good on em. still, those fuckers from down under are coming third. Beating the ass of a russia. RUSSIA! fuck you, you newly capitalist bastards
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On a site called "crunchyroll". Saw it described as "The Von Trapps doing Dawn of the Dead". How could I not want to see something like that?
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Although I'm not a big fan of Romeros past Night. I saw Dawn as a kid at the Drive In and laughed, and I was like 8. Then I saw Day at, the Drive In again surprisingly enough, and thought it was lame except for Bub. I down right hated Land because it was insultingly bad. Diary was ok but that was it. The other ones you mentioned were good fun. The "send more cops" ones are great entertainment. I thought Snyders remake of Dawn was really good. Nice tension, good action and characters you gave a damn about. Plus it lost the ham fisted social commentary which was a big plus in my book.
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this drunken tool is going to bed. as strange as that might sound at like 7 in the morning on the east cost of the states.
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The thing I really liked about the first one were the zombies, blue makeup and all. They had a weird sense of style to them by the individuality. The Krishna zombie was the one I liked best. In the second one, most of the zombies moved so fast that you couldn't really get a good sense of them. I have an odd trait of rooting for the villains in many movies, so I guess that's why I prefer the slower zombies that still have a little of their former lives hanging onto them where you can see it.
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I'll be hitting the hay too, after the movie is over. But I still have over an hour left to it.
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It's like a Japanese version of "Motel Hell" so far.
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Farmer Vincent never had naked sumo wrestlers keel over in his place. Too cool!
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sobering up now. i loved the black and white 'night' but i tell you i really loved the new 'dawn of the dead' i know it lacked a lot of the political under tones (and for interest sake, romero was given a tour through the first shopping mall before it was opened, saw the future and understood what it would mean. his criticism was not retrospective but predictive). but i really loved that new one. it was so full on. particullarly the opening. i just loved the bit where she is fleeing from the boyfriend and he is falling behind the car, and then goes for the women doing her gardening. imagine you are doing your gardening, it's like 7am. then some dude just runs full bore at you and bites your neck. i love that scene for the sheer horror of it. that the black dudes wife was bitten before other dudes who turned in minutes, and it took her days, so CONTINUITITY people. anyway, loved the move, just full on kick you in the bum stuff. night all, read your comments tomorrow, like chess by corespondence.
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But I thought the New Dawn of the Dead was the only fast moving zombie flick that made the fleet footed zombies work. Movies like 28 Days/Later and the like didn't pull it of well IMO.Anyways I'm like you, I'm waiting for World War Z. Didn't talk about that recently on another TB?
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I wasn't crazy about "28 Days Later" or the sequel. I also haven't seen the remake of "Day of the Dead" because I hadn't heard a single good thing about it (wall-crawling zombies?). A friend of mine who is more of a zombie nut than me rented it on the day it came out and advised me to steer clear.
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Claymation is more fun than CGI, and the songs were catchy. It's a really strange movie, but good for laughs. Wouldn't advise anyone seeing it while under the influence of anything. I think that may have been how it was made in the first place.
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I seem to remember an agreement was reached on that TB that the vampire kid floating outside the window was a WTF/oh no he dinnit! moment for anybody who watched it as a kid.I haven't heard anything good about the DOD remake either. It has a vegitarian zombie in it! What the hell is that I ask you? That's BS is what it is.
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I heard that too. How very Bunnicula. I am hard pressed to think of a single vampire movie scene that is as scary as the boy at the window, no matter how good the movie is. People talk about fear in movies and they always bring up bigger budget films like "The Exorcist" and "Psycho", but I never lost sleep from any of those. I have yet to meet anyone who has seen that that wasn't uneasy for a long time afterwards.
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So my quick movie watching weekend rundown...The Road Warrior...still loads of fun, and the ferrel kid just kills me. The Warriors..great fucking flick Hawaiian. Jet Li is just awesome in it. Doomsday. I loved the shit out of this. Neil Marshall should be directing Terminator 4 or something. The dude hit the crazy button just right in my humble opinion. I'll definitely be picking up this bad boy when it eventually goes el cheapo.
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Haven't seen it in awhile, but I liked all of the Mad Max movies.
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And if we are talking strictly the dead walking, I also prefer slow moving zombies. However, if we are talking the 'infected', they can move at a quicker pace and it doesn't bother me. Shitty distinction? You betcha.
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Basically exactly as I remembered.
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I didn't really see those as zombies. They weren't actually dead. A lot of these movies also portray those who are still human as not any more humane than the "monsters". The monstrous people are actually worse because they have the free will of choosing good or evil. The zombies and infected are not in control of themselves anymore. If anyone has read "A Clockwork Orange", there's a specific section with excellent insight into the mind of a villain. Alex contemplates why people choose to be what they are and why he chooses to be bad. It sums the issue of morality up very nicely.
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Never thought they were zombies. It was a virus, they were alive. Weren't they? Didn't think much of 'Weeks.'Slow zombies are definitely the best.
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Mavra & Pillow, you've answered that perfectly well already!
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I have now seen the Katakuri's off to happiness, so I should be getting some sleep. I'm starting to nod off here. Xiphos, Pillowtalk, Therewolf, have a great day!
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Oh man, where did the night go? I feel like I crawled into bed and the alarm went off a minute later.So a few of you now have The Warlords under your belt it sounds like. Mavra, Chitty and ThereWolf will be getting a copy too. In fact, that was the movie I was working on before leaving for work.Need I mention anything more than the cannon scene? Yowzers!Doomsday is not going to appeal to most people but I had a blast with it. Marshall does demented genius better than anyone else right now. Uwe Boll should take pointers.
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Also saw Doomsday this weekend and had alot of fun with it. If it had just jettisoned the shaky cam action, I would have enjoyed it more. It was still good though.
Mavra, glad you enjoyed Happiness of the Katakuris. Ironically, when I recommended it to you I forgot about the zombies.
I have half of Warlords left and Im looking forward to it.
Our thread is getting ungainly. I suggest waiting til some more regs show up and switching to the new Vern Scorpion King 2 TB. Any objections? -
...2008 releases. And you're the only one who I know for sure can play DIVX files so you'll be getting 3-4 movies that no one else will. So for you good sir, you can expect Red Cliff, Open City, The Chaser, The Guard Post, Fate, Rainbow Eyes, Three Kingdoms and An Empress and Her Warriors. I assume you haven't seen any of them yet, but if you have let me know and I'll swap it out.The rest of the group is proving more troublesome. Folks like Mavra, ThereWolf and Danny are easy enough as I doubt they've watched much of the older classics so I can send them Musa, Silmido, Shinobi and Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance. And Mavra hasn't seen Oldboy or The Host so that really makes my job easy.As far as the rest of these bums goes, I'm a little stuck. Stuff like Sinking of Japan, The Assembly and The Art of Fighting are easy because I'm certain no one but you has watched them. But other stuff I would take for granted is harder like Invisible Target and Save the Green Planet.
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Aug 18, 2008 7:57:38 AM CDT
The Scorpion King 2 TB is what I was going to suggest today
by hawaiian organ donor
I'd rather post in a Vern TB than any other.
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I have seen none of those, but several on there have been on my must see list: Please tell me Red Cliff, Romance of the 3ks, and Empress and her Warriors are worth the anticipation I have given them over the past year or so. Guard Post is clearly the horror film thrown in. Thank you, it looks good. After Antarctic Journal I have faith that your ideas of horror are similar to mine. I couldnt find anything on Fate or Open City. What kinds of movies are those? Chaser and Rainbow Eyes sound good. Particularly Chaser. The cops are ineffectual, so the pimps take the case? Nice. Reminds me of M with the criminal underworld hunting Lorre on their own. That sounds like a great selection HOD. Thanks.
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that one is pure craziness, and if I recall not many on here had seen it.
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must take an express elevator down to where you have a warehouse like in Raiders, full of Asian cinema, Hawaiian. And you can by all means include Invisible Target. I could watch that again and again. Donnie was never a bigger bad ass in that...and yet...
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you talked about watching all Miike, right? Did you see Zebraman or Bird People of China? They are both actually worth seeing.
Also, check out CJ7. It's a great bit of fun.
HOD, any news on that korean Hansel and Gretel film? I REALLY want to see that one.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1002567/
Also, HOD, have you ever seen anything by Tetsuya Nakashima? His Memories of Matsuko and Kamikaze Girls are both great films. -
it has great potential for cheese. Vern mentioned Razorback in his review, Mulcahy is a topic, someone is actually complaining because Highlander 2 was bad, Spandau Ballet posted his idea for "Plainview Rising" with little Daniel getting his milkshake drank, and causing him to hate people. Looks like a ton of fun. Let's post some signposts for our friends to join us, and make the jump now guys. With me?
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In 3...2...1...
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Everyone wondering why this place emptied out. It was getting huge, and we jumped to Vern's Scorpion King TB. C'mon over and join in.
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I have seen all 3 vengeance films. Fucking love those things.... and I'm down to switch over to Scorpion King. Lets do it!
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Just one last post!
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Hee hee
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Sneaking around old TB keeping it even with new one.!
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Aug 18, 2008 11:40:22 AM CDT
Need Three more posts - then guys will wonder what goes on?
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Sneaky Fred
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Doing what a Fred does best - keeping old TB's alive
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Take the objective!
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Seize the offensive!
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All guns a-blazin!
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Keeping TB alive - two more posts!
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One more post to be tied!
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Getting the job done!
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They may suspect something
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Time to retire
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Shhhh. Your secret's safe with me. Hey, there's a cool movie-related article on cnn.com about a small town that's been saved from turning into a ghost town by having a festival honoring "The Blob". Cool stuff! See you later!
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Fred can do it
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Mavra Chang caught Fred
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Thank you Mavra Chang!
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Very cool. Love The Blob. Fred read about the remake of Rocky Horror - just a travesty in Fred's humble opinion.
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And paused to see what was going on. I'm with you on Rocky Horror, Fred. Horrible news, that. Glad you liked the Blob story. Too good not to share. I'm going back to sleep. See you later in Vern's thread.
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Fred will not spill the beans that you helped push this old TB to number one! Sneaky Fred
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I couldn't get into salem's lot. I know it is a classic, and i did like the scene where the kid floats at the window. My favorite thing about the movie is that the house is situated on the cross roads. nice. i watched it as an adult though and most people who love it saw it as kids. also: if you look carefully james mason has a bunch of jars under the house, one of them has someone's testicles in it.
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nice. i like. also i used to NOT like slow zombie, i thought the idea was dumb. now i do like slow zombies. i get it now. I thought the 28 movies were good, really like the new dawn, and i went out and bought a copy of sean. I do like the fact that the people are usually more evil than the mosters, and romero's stuff is just brilliant. anyway i don't have the same dislike of fast zombies as you guys have
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We are over on the Vern TB
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i just got down to reading that part
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Everyone in this talkback can LITERALLY go fuck themselves, especially Lost Jarv. You guys don't know FUCK from SHIT. I haven't been banned from AICN. I have no idea what half you losers are talking about. Get a fucking life. I can understand bitching about celebrities online but you guys are bitching about me? I can't imagine I'm even worth you thinking about, let alone writing about. You guys have just redefined pathetic, and I say that knowing full well that it's pathetic of me to respond to this fucking garbage. If anyone wants the straight shit you can track me down and email me at VARIETY, cuz that's where I am now, probably thanks to the work I did here at AICN which I remain proud of. Thank God we don't get scumbags like you fucks in the Variety articles. You are truly sad and I think less of the human race after reading your laughable attempts to put me down. I am better than every. single. one. of. you. at. everything.
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Love, MiraJeff
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