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Will There Be Further CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK?
Beaks here...
Did I miss something, or did THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK make a killing on DVD? I know the RIDDICK video game is considered one of the better movie tie-ins; did that outsell YAR'S REVENGE or something? I'm asking because Vin Diesel seems extraordinarily optimistic about the two RIDDICK sequels he's planning with writer-director David Twohy. Here's what Diesel told MTV Movies' Shawn Adler:
"David Twowy right now is writing the scripts. The only question is whether we take a page from the 'Lord of the Rings' guys and try to shoot the two chapters at the same time. There are two more in mind," he said of Riddick, the Furyan warrior first introduced in the 2000 film "Pitch Black."
Though I rather enjoyed the last film, and would gladly give Twohy and Diesel a whole heap o' cash to continue their fantasy saga, I doubt the folks at Universal are hot to bankroll another adventure on... (help me, IMDb) Helion Prime after the last movie eked out a worldwide gross of $115 million on a $105 million budget. Then again, I never thought we'd see another HELLBOY movie, so who the hell knows?
Diesel elaborates on his plans for RIDDICK 3 & 4 here.
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Cause I think Riddick is a compelling character, and hopefully Twohy spends abit of time on the script.
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Aug 25, 2008 10:39:20 PM CDT
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by darfurftw
CROWNED FIRST TEH CHAMPION
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But that last movie was very meh.
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...featured in Angels & Demons? Sorry, thought I would post something interesing, since this article isn't.
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...but it only works on an epic scale with a big budget so good luck to them.
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came out of the Chronicles was The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay video game. One of the best games ever!
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Aug 25, 2008 10:53:39 PM CDT
I wish someone other than Vin Diesel would say something about t
by outlaw24
I saw both Pitch Black and Chronicles of Riddick on DVD and I thought they were pretty good. But I also knew that Chronicles hadn't done well in the theaters, despite Vin Diesel talking about the "trilogy." And I accepted Chronicles for what it was - just another "Part One" of a series we'd never see. This "Part One" trend has frankly been ruining Hollywood movies/adaptations for a while now. If you look at some of the movie trilogies that worked best (Star Wars, Back to the Future, Indiana Jones...even Pirates of the Caribbean), you will notice that they were ORIGINALLY made as standalone films, not just the first portion of a story that you won't actually like unless you get to see the whole thing. Then, after they establish that they can make a GOOD film, they build off of it with sequels and work with the original material to make it SEEM like they always intended a trilogy. All these book adaptations trying to be the next Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter are shooting themselves in the feet from their lack of understanding this simple concept.
I felt like Chronicles of Riddick had a lot of the symptoms of this disease, and the only person I've ever heard championing the Riddick Trilogy concept has been Vin Diesel himself. Maybe if Universal had a rep saying something about "It's not out of the realm of possibility" or "We're developing the scripts," then I might be able to go back and watch Chronicles of Riddick again without thinking to myself how disappointing it is to never get to find out how this story was intended to end. You know? -
1st one was so-so, or kinda weak really. But! There is a universe there worth exploring. Ditch the multiverse idea and go with more riddick the con against the mercs idea... could be fantastic.
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It's a barbarian movie in space! Really hope this pans out. One request -- bring backToombs.
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I REALLY hope they make them! I love the Riddick movies. Fingers crossed.....
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Not trying to compare "Golden Compass" with "Riddick" but it's another example of a part one of a series that we'll never see. "Eragon" as well, although no one gives a shit about that. There's tons more examples out there, and I do think it's becoming a serious problem. Although as Beaks said, we did get a Hellboy II and I never thought that would happen.
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Aug 25, 2008 11:04:39 PM CDT
Fuck yes...I'd like to see 5 more Riddick films...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Pitch Black was great. Chronicles was an overbloated suckfest. If they're really going to continue the series (and i'll believe it when i see it) they should stick to the lean situation based model of Pitch Black and steer clear of the murky sci-fi of Chronicles.
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I've got a boner, too.
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not a big fan of Vin normally but I really liked Pitch Black and Chronicles of Riddick. The f/x were damn good, esp in the second one. Hey, it would be better than Death Race or whatever they are putting out nowdays.
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I hear the director is writing a script but, I thought Chronicles of Riddick wasn't a logical step forward for Riddick. I understand that Vin Diesel wants an Epoch, but Chronicles had a lot of fat in it, and failed to advance the story very much or take advantage of its huge sets. Stargate: SG1 stole the idea, and did it a lot better with the Ori saga. In Chronicles, save for the beginning, the prison escape and the ending, all we saw was a myriad of soldiers running around in montages...and terribly undefined ships and strangely slow and unexciting action--a deep contrast to Pitch Black, which was fun, fast, terrifying, and exciting??? I want to bring that back to the series, that sense of amusement park rollercoaster thrills and suspense.I have a cool story outline that does just that. I wrote it after I saw Chronicles, and was greatly disappointed. I set the script outline I was writing aside, when Riddick failed at the box office...when I heard that there may not be anymore sequels. Well, now that talk has started again, I figured I try to pitch my outline just in case the right folks out there are reading these posts. If you're game, and work for Vin or his direct collaborators, ask Harry for my email address, and give me a chance to pitch my story. I think it's what you're looking for!!!
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Riddick was always a live action version of Heavy Metal magazine.
You know those Moebius stories, or the Meta-Baron saga that were really cool as long as you didn't ask too many questions. Don't try to make the world actually hang together. Just enjoy the over-the-top melodrama of the thing. -
Not hating, just saying.
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What is so special about that game? I've never even heard of it.
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Aug 25, 2008 11:25:48 PM CDT
Riddick is a really nice change from the other Sci Fi out there.
by happybunni
Wait, what other Sci Fi?! It's all about Fantasty (including Superheroes) right now. Yes, we need more Riddick. They just need better villians for the future films, and it would do much better. Loved Pitch Black, enjoyed Chronicles.. even though it's not a favorite it's still a worthwhile movie to make and to pay to see! Moar please.
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CoR was underrated. Cheesy as hell, yes, but good nonetheless and with an ending that really made me want a sequel. Bring it on!
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It was for the original XBOX. If you have a 360, you can play it on there. It's a backwards compatible game. It's not a long game, but it's one of the best games created in the last 15 years. If you like Video Games, trust me, you will like it.
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loved the first two, and the animated movie was a decent addition to the story line. i would love to see at least one more movie.
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It's not on any other system than X box?
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Maybe they should concentrate on making one good sequel first. Just sayin.
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Love the whole Riddick franchise and would definitely pay to see moar!
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I'm fairly certain that the Chronicles did well by the numbers on DVD considering it was one of the first HD-DVD titles and it was widely offered in rebate/combo packages.
I think they should keep them coming. Straight to DVD would be fine with me as long as they keep the budget on par with the last one. However, if they want to be gutsy and try to make a blockbuster with the next one, I'll be happy to fork over my $8. -
I don't mean to be rude, but you and so many others are quick to judge the box office potential of actors, but yet know nothing about their past and potential bankability. Vin Diesel has had a steady run of hits. They may not be blockbusters, but studios take notice when the word "profit" is declared. Although The Pacifer was not what many considered a homerun, the film, budgeted at aroumd $60 million, ended up grossing around $90 million at the box office, not to mention another $30 million on DVD. Chronicles of Riddick, budgeted at $105 million grossed $115 internationally and another $50 million on DVD. Even his small drama Find Me Guilty made a profit. You're what they call in politics a "low information voter." I'm sure you're smart about something. This isn't one of them.
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Chronicles was watchable. I'd put it in the same category as the Resident Evil flicks though: not bad if there's nothing much better on to look at.
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Pitch Black was good and Chronicles of Riddick, while flawed, had a lot going for it. I thought though that Colm Feore was horribly miscast. He's a good actor but he just doesn't have an aura of being a bad @ss emperor typed so it minimized the threat and the final fight didn't have an epic weight. Also, the story structure didn't quite work. The time on the prison planet while good, took away from the main story so the build up to the end wasn't anywhere near what it should've been. Riddick is a good character and that universe has lots of potential.
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Unfortunatly, it's only for the original x box. But, you can by an old xbox and the game for about $50. It's very much worth it. If you go to youtube, you can watch some of the gameplay videos.
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Pitch Black was a great sci-fi thriller and Chronicles felt like real old-school 80s science fiction. That triple-pack dvd that came with the two movies and the anime was one of the best purchases for my money ever. I love seeing Vin in full on badass Furian mode (does he have another mode?). He needs a hit.
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Vin Diesel likes to talk up projects that are total long shots to ever happen, bless him.
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Yeah, I'll do that
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I, for one, would pay to see another RIDDICK adventure. He's just such an unusual and eccentric sci-fi hero - the Snake Plissken of our times, sort of. The last film was far from perfect but it had some amazing scenes and a fantastic ending, with tons of potential for subsequent installments. I think, there is great potential in continuing the CHRONICLES!!!
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..what do they outrun this time? God?
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such boring films... boooooooring
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It is available for the PC. I just searched it and found it.
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Pitch Black was badass, because we had no idea what to expect. Out of nowehre, this little nothing of a film comes out, fearlessly, and introduces Riddick, who *I* thought was gonna fucking kill everyone by film's end (hehe.)Anybody and everybody was expendable. Riddick should have been treated better in the sequel, but the "Holy shit, he's king now" ending kinda paints the whole thing in a corner, doesn't it? Besides...Chronicles was balls. And not in a good way.
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History tells me that Vin Diesel in SciFi = good times, unfortunately not many people seem to agree with me on this. If these films get made I'll go see 'em, but given the tepid reaction to the last one I just don't see it happening, not unless they chop the budgets down quite a bit.
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(shrugs) nah.
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Chronicles was the last film I went to see with a group of friends. Local cinema put prices up at that point and friends all got a little older and stopped cinemagoing together. I love the character and while the fantasy elements of Chronicles are kinda OTT the action is enjoyable and really, tell me of another big screen scifi at all. Avatar, and that's it. Not much gets me into the cinema nowadays, and this would.
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Mr. Robert Downey Jr., is trashing the Dark Knight in an interview.. He even says fuck dc comics in the interview. Which is understandable but no matter what he says, Dark Knight is the greatest superhero movie and that wil never change. reead it here:
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/downey-talks-dark-knight.html
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Necromancers.. meh. In Pitch Black was Riddick as just a pure unadulterated hateful badass. Chronicals was ok, but seemed a bit too cutesy. Still good tho, worth a follow up, just hope they don't over do it this time.
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I dunno why, just have this odd facination with her... lol
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I didn't go see the movie in theaters because I read that they'd cut stuff out and that that stuff would be in the DVD. I figured it would be better to see it with all the deleted stuff. I honestly do not know how the theatrical cut made any sense to anyone. The Director's Cut was strong I thought, and I'm kind of disappointed in the internet community for piling on the snark and not supporting the film more (I'm looking you, CHUD bitches). I would very much like to see the series continue. But if I hear of more cuts, I'll wait for the DVD again. Maybe the answer here is stop cutting the films to suit bullshit studio memoes concerned with statistics about optimum movie lengths and showtime schedules.
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I want more Riddick movies. Riddick is an exciting franchise in an industry nearly void of original sci-fi concepts. Make two more NOW. I'll see 'em both opening night just for fucking kicks.
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If AD doesnt flop, that might just convince Universal that Vin Diesel is bankable enough for these Riddick sequels. Pitch Black is a great movie. Chronicles was flawed, but I loved the prison planet stuff, that should have been the whole story, like Oz in space, and keep the shadow villains for future movies. Still puzzled how they got Judi Dench to be in there tho...
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Certainly had its problems, and wasn't as good as Pitch Black, but I thought it was a nice attempt to create a grand sci-fi universe. Pitch Black, while entertaining, was just sort of a small movie. It was well-done, but it was basically Aliens vs People. Which we've seen over and over again for about more times than I can count. I liked that Chronicles of Riddick tried to expand the scope of the universe that those characters occupy, and tried to introduce a whole sense of culture and mythology that the first movie really only hinted at. So I'd be down with more Chronicles of Riddick movies in a heartbeat. I just hope that they're better than the last one. Because even though Chronicles of Riddick was sort of ambitious, it really DID sort of stink. But there was enough going for it that I'd like to see more stories set in that universe.
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just about every line in the movie makes me cringe, but the video game was good.
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More original than most stuff coming out lately.
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The DC was definitely better. I rented the movie and that is the version I rented and I really liked it. Someone gave it to me for Christmas, but they gave me the theatrical version, which I didn't realize til I watched it and noticed stuff missing.
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The last one was a bit of a mess but it was a fun mess. Great visuals.
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definitely one of the better movie tie-ins, in fact can't think of a better one of the top of my hat.
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I honestly had no idea that this many people would be interested in seeing more Riddick.
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They've been selling it as the Riddick trilogy along with Pitch Black and the cartoon. People have bought it and watched them all.
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Vin Diesel and David Towhy. They hang out inside Vin's garage on benedict canyon smoke bowls and play out what would happen in the underverse (so gay) using retro-fitted Millinium Falcon's, landspeeder's and tin foil. No one wants to see these movies happen. Vin is 3 years away from Van Damme-land... if he's lucky.
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Riddick as a character was great in Pitch Black. Riddick as a character seemed a lil' Dungeons and Dragons in COR. I'd like to see a more PB-style, hard-R Riddick. He is kinda Snake Plissken for the 21st Century...give us more of that.
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It was good, well shot and was headed somewhere. So, what's wrong with that?
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http://blogs.amctv.com/scifi-scanner/2008/08/babylon-ad-mathieu-kassovitz.php Fox strikes again, it seems.
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You say that like it's a bad thing.
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Chronicles was really good although I felt the ending fell a little flat. They should have introduced the furyan powers when the final battle took place rather than have him win on a technicality. Still there's a lot to do with this and if I remember correctly, Twohy was at one time calling this "The Evil Star Wars."
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I love the character of Riddick, but as a few have mentioned i would love to see him go back to more of the criminal aspect of the character. Also brings back good memories of the game.They could make another kick ass one to tie in with new film.
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and I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong, CoR has been pretty popular on cable as well as DVD, one hand scratching the other. anyways I'd be curious to see where Twohy goes with another Riddick film, that guy can SHOOT, he's got a great eye, storytelling is yeah weak but man, from a visual standpoint, he's amazing
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I'm in.
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That game was one of the better games I have played as of late... and I TEST games for a living. I think that Diesel was meant to play Riddick like Ford was meant to play Indiana. It just works. Keep it up. Now speaking of Heavy Metal... Wheres my multi milion dollar XXX Druuna movie?!
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a quarter parsec at a time. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to blast my womp rat in beggar's canyon.
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Ya Bloo, CoR has done pretty well after then fact with the fan love.... PB was no-low-budget imagination, CoR was big budget Heavy Metal Space Opera Barbarianism and grand yet cheap looking world (expensive to make) fun to watch. Good switch-up. One of the only characters Vin can do well in his gravelly-voiced-love-thyself badassitude (excluding class like Boiler/Giant/Ryan or fluff like Furious), and does not come off as hokey-BS. Seeing him stick-thin doing B-Dancing on YouTube from years ago, glad he bulked up, and takes himself (on film anyways) seriously. Do not know if Arny or Sly even, could have pulled off the coffee/tea cup and key scene in CoR, classic... Lets see more Riddick, but lets go lower on the budget, make it more raw – a little PB with my CoR... Having met Sly, Arny and Vin (I work as a talent agent), of all three, Vin is the most down to earth and ironically jovial, great to converse with. Hope he gets to make more of them. Will buy tickets, DVD, and game(s)...
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Aug 26, 2008 2:02:40 AM CDT
like watching lynch's dune, and fast and the furious at the same
by aquateenhungerbomb
was it star wars or lord of the rings? no. but it was fun as shit. saw it three times in the theater. the necromancer attack on helion prime is one of the more exciting special effects action sequences in a long time.
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...complete with campy villains and dodgy sidekicks. Compare the last shot of Chronicles with the last shot of the director's cut of Conan the Barbarian. Eerily the same. As long as it doesn't take itself too seriously and is willing to indulge itself in a little camp, I'm happy.
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Review in Total Film (UK) - 'Turn the page, life's too short' One star out of five. On the plus side it's better than Gothika :\
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Probably the best sci fi movie in the last ten years.
Chronicles was good, but the better prison movie in the middle made the overall storyline a bit disjointed. In any event, I'm all for more Riddick flix and bring back Toombs! -
...and I'll say it again: Twohy for the next Conan flick. Think of what he could do for the visualization of the Hyborian Age, not to mention shooting ferocious and fast hand-to-hand combat. If you've seen Chronicles of Riddick, you'll know what I mean. Never mind if you loved or hated that movie.
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...why not? If we get another sublime game tie-in, all the better.
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is a very much underated film. Yes I know it owes a lot to Dune but it was done with such balls and Pzazz. I was very disappointed when I heard they didn't want to make the rest but this is definitely good news.
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Not including LOTR, but what usually ends up happening is that both movies end up feeling similar to one another. Also they feel rushed and getting released so close to each other, makes us tire of the franchise all together. There needs to be several years between sequels. So enough time has passed where you're excited to see these characters agin. It's like seeing old friends you haven't seen in a while.
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Aug 26, 2008 3:14:34 AM CDT
Ridick 2? Fuck Yes! Pitch Black 2? Ill Fucking Kill You
by frodo t. baggins
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I am a big sci-fi fan and this film was the first good sci-fi fantasy film that I has seen in a while.... I have often wondered where it was going to head next, after leaving us on such a cliffhanger....! Oh and Pitch Black was awesome.
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I liked Pitch Black but I loved the way the Chronicles of Riddick morphed the series from an Alien-like small film to a Conanesque-style epic.
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I'd like to see more Pitch Black Riddick myself. When I first saw it, it was the first time i "recognized" Vin and I thought the character was great. COR, not so much... Still I think more can be done with the character if they haven't already ruined him with COR. Also: The game was brilliant and gives said character a lot more depth, imo.
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so sit tight.
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I have came.
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Diesel has been talking about this since Chronicles first came out.
I've been dubious ever since Peter Jackson made that april fools crack about making Son of Kong and mentioned using the money that was put aside for Riddick 2 and 3, which was now up for grabs. I think the project has been sinking since then. -
nothing else matters
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Activision dropped Dark Athena back when they dropped Ghostbusters and other stuff.
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Yeah, that just about sums it up. And kudos to the guy who said Chronicles of Riddick was like watching Lynch's Dune and Fast and the Furious at the same time.
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Don't hold your breath for Babylon A.D.
Just read reports that the films director is talking shit about the film. He says lawyers showed up on set, and that the studio basically monitored his daily activities to make sure they got the product they wanted.
GUESS WHO he's talking about:......FOX!
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try and fuck with Jim Cameron on Avatar. That would make a cool behind the scenes documentary.
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Loved Pitch Black, enjoyed COR - not much hard SF out there at the moment. When's someone going to film Clarke's 3001?
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about as much as I want a part 3 to this.
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I thought the film wsa grossly inelegant, to go from a relatively hard science fiction millieu to Necromongers and ethereal spirits was appalling, and I think a sequel would be an exercise in ego-massaging
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I way preferred Pitch Black to Riddick. The effects were nice but everything had an 'over-designed' quality that stopped me from believing what I was watching, especially the bad guys. They looked like they stepped out of 'Starlight Express'. I think Diesel gets more flack than he should, if you compare him to the likes of Arnie and Stalone back in the 80's he has much better acting chops. His performance was mesmerising in Pitch Black. I'd like more stories, but they need start with much stronger stories.
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he acted like he was actually Riddick for a whole week, without pause.
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Those prison dogs looked horribly CGI, and the ships looked like they were shot via stop motion animation, with a herky jerky feel. I prefer the photo-realistic look of Pitch Black. It had a much lower budget, but better effects...and the filmmakers forgot a main rule that James Cameron has always talked about, you never waste money on huge sets if you aren't going to use them much. They could have shot models and green screened much of the villains' ship interiors or filmed at practical locations ala in a gothic stone castle or church...saving the money for those huge sets for better effects shots elsewhere.
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Babylon A.D. is going to bomb hard and so will Hannibal. Fast and Furious and Riddick are the only things that's keeping Vin from filing chapter 11.
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There. Someone had to just say it in the subject line. It was god awful dross of which the kindest thing I can say about it is that it was a Krull rip off with a bigger budget.
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That's the distinct feeling I got at the end of Chronicles of Riddick. So, yeah. I'll take some more of that, please.
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Aug 26, 2008 6:38:01 AM CDT
Can't wait for more creative names. Underverse! Crematoria!
by stalin vs predator
Furya!
Let me predict some: Aqualon - the water planet! Desertia - the sand planet! The Barbanoids - a race of savage warriors who inhabit Desertia's only part that has forests... and is called Woodelia!
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I seem to remember reading somewhere (does Twohy have a blog?) that they'd received an amount of money from someone who wanted to see it happen. It was a smaller amount, and it would probably come out to more of a Pitch Black Budget than a CoR budget, but I think that's probably for the best. I just hope Twohy nails the script this time out and it's better than CoR.
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Let there be more Riddick...
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by doing Babylon A.D.
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Good to see ya. I also like the idea of more Riddick. Loved Pitch Black. Found Chronicles of Riddick good fun. They come up with two more, I'm all for it.
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True story!
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I haven't checked in a while, but still visiting the halls of the past?
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Take a smaller budget, cut everything down to basics and then make a badass movie with what you have. A good filmmaker can make a $30 million movie look like a $60 million movie. They could learn a little something from Rodriguez and Del Toro. Twohy has experience with smaller budgets (Pitch Black is the perfect example). It all depends on if Diesel is still demanding a ridiculous salary or not (I'm guessing he's not).
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Chronicles is one of my favorite movies.
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...pretty much killed this franchise... or should have. That shit was nigh-unwatchable.
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..Love Riddick. WOuld love to see these sequels done with a lower budget.
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won't affect this. Seriously, here is the director himself talking about Babylon A.D.:
"Talking to AMC, French import Mathieu Kassovitz ripped apart his own movie.
"I'm very unhappy with the film," he admits. However, he's not taking any of
the blame. He says, "I never had a chance to do one scene the way it was
written or the way I wanted it to be. The script wasn't respected. Bad
producers, bad partners, it was a terrible experience." The result was a
film which he categorizes as "pure violence and stupidity." Kassovitz wanted
to say something substantive with the film, but instead he ended up with a
movie that plays "like a bad episode of 24."
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if you hated CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, you squat when you pee.
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My expectations have just been raised for Babylon A.D.
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Harry nailed it in his description of the second one. If felt like something you'd see on the sci-fi channel. It was really cheap. And while a lot had obviously been put into creating the mythology, I'll be honest with you... IT WAS STUPID. It was just dumb. I'm sorry. Dumb dumb dumb. And those two things are what made the movie so dumb. I thought Twohy was a genius after Pitch Black. But then I saw "Below" (remember how heavily that was pushed on this site?) and what a wandering unfocused piece of shit. Was it a submarine movie? A supernatural movie? A ghost movie? The fucking thing could never decide. What an awful film. So as far as these two sequels being made? I don't know. Go talk to Uwe Boll I guess and figure out one of his weird every German dollar is worth 10 American dollars and the movie can gross one fourth of its budget and still make a profit scams. Otherwise, I have no idea how these get made.
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You know it and I know it.
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The moment that Riddick held back from killing the bounty hunter sent after him at the beginning of the film, I knew they'd neutered the character to make him more "family-friendly." Plus, the film had more gaping holes than a 40-year old porn star.One of the few times I honestly felt ripped off after leaving the theatres. NO MORE!!!
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so know what you know.
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Chronicles of Riddick was just way over the top. I would be down for more sequels if they tone it down this time. Focus on Riddick the bad ass fugitive and not make him a religious figure.
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Yes, CoR was a very different style of film than Pitch Black. Yes, it was verging on space opera rather than the caustrophobic terror of the original. But it was also great stuff, esp the sequence on the prison planet and the general hotness of Alexa Davalos.
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... but that final scene where Riddick doesn't quite realize what he's done and takes a seat at the throne . . . Su-fucking-perb! A great set up for whats to come.
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was the move from a somewhat hard sci-fi story to a more fantasy based space opera. Too much Necromonger, Elemental, Furyan stuff dumped into a world that didn't seem to accomodate them originally. And they were not fleshed out to exist in the world.
Everything with Riddick and the bounty hunters and Kyra and Crematoria worked fine. And while toning Riddick down was silly, they didnt make much of his percieved conversion at the end of Pitch Black. I don't mean a religious conversion, I mean man rejoining the humn race. They could have built that sacrifice made for him on the planet a searing iron burning it's way through his heart, and still kept a hard edged bad ass. As it was, we got Riddick the comic book. Most of you might have been happy with that, but the pieces were there for a superior film to Pitch Black, but we got an inferior one. Still, Im up for a sequel. -
Tough guy (Vin Diesel) in the future.
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Do it.
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He and Riddick can team up.
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Ouch
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of a '70s prog rock concept album by Yes or ELP, and I mean that in the best possible way. I actually thought it was fun.
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I didn't like Chronicles all that much up until the last scene which looked like something from Conan the King and then I got it. This was Conan in space. I want more Conan in space.
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Aug 26, 2008 9:03:48 AM CDT
Did Vin Diesel finally realize he's a shitty actor again?
by alkeoholic77
And that he doesnt' ever need to try to do those tough guy mob comedies or those little indy films.
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Which is why DocPaz has said Twohy would be a great choice to do the new Conan.
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Every one of his lines is just pure awesome. "Theirs only one speed...my speed." Come on. Lighten up. Thats some funny cool shit.
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Just askin'.
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Come on, you gotta admit it was a silly ass movie.
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Great Atari 2600 reference...and a game inspired by the Warner (now Time Warner) brass who had made Ray Kassar head of Atari back in the day. Ray reversed is "Yar" of course. Thus the programmer turned the head of Atari into a space mosquito. And yes, I want to see more big screen adventures of Riddick. I loved how the last film invoked Conan a tad bit at the end.
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Know what also kicks ass? The fucking music. We need this shit NOW! Please don't let this die.
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Fuck this. Check out an awesome breakdown of the ENTIRE War Journal debacle: http://tiny.cc/YvanV
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Who cares about the punisher and the war journal.
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Have cum again.
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no one really, but the blog post is a facinating look at how LionsGate fuckes things up. Even Midnight Meat train, which I WAS looking forward to. Read it an you'll see what I mean.
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yeah, after reading that blog post, it seem that YOU are the only person who's going to see it in theaters. which sux.
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The f/x on Creamatoria or whatever it was called;
That cool looking black chick;
the way that traitor guy melts away;
and even though most say thet Colm Feore was miscast, I disagree, in the early scenes where he was wearing his helmet he looked like he jumped out of a Drulliet "Lone Sloane" comic. Very cool. -
I just thought it was boring as hell. I didn't like how they had to run from light instead of the dark in one scene and that guy with the space mullet...
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Diesel is turning into a one-trick-pony with these style flicks.
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Wasn't Vin 'the bald' Deisel touted as the next big muscley action dude and then everyone realised his best work was grunting like an iron giant because xxx and fast too whatever were shit.
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...like your talking to someone educated in the poenal system.... In fact, don't pretend."Ah, Riddick quotes.
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"It's been a long time since I smelled beautiful."
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I just finished watching my PITCH BLACK and RIDDICK DVDs over the past 3 days, and was pissed off there isn't more of them. The movies aren't perfect, but there's more good stuff going on then bad. I get a major FLASH GORDON vibe on the 2nd one. I love how there are never any clear cut good guys or bad guys. I love the design of everything, even if the CGI gets a bit cheap. The director's got a great style. And the cliffhanger at the end of the 2nd one really needs closure. Can't give Riddick enough love without going gay.
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PS3 and Xbox360. Don't kill yourself trying to track down an old copy if you have either of those systems.
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Keep the story claustrophic, and have just a few characters up close. How about the Lord Marshall has a trap that throws Riddick into the Under-verse? I always thought telling us but not showing us the Under-verse was a major story weakness, something beginners might do. And NO EXPOSITION! AT ALL! Just let Vin find himself armed with a knife, facing gigantic monsters and not having a clue how he got there.
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I haven't ever seen the animated movie, but I would like to. Where does it fit in, storywise? Before PB or between PB and CoR?
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"Sista, they don't know what to do with ONE of me."Ah, Riddick quotes
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I think the best thing about Riddick as a character is that if you capture him...well it's because he let you. He's always in control and is always two steps ahead of the other guys. Probably one of the most promising anti-heroes we've had. Plus the ending reminded me of the ending for conkers bad fur day. Yeah.
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First, you took the job. Second, you came light. A four man crew for me? Fucking insulting. But the worst mistake you made...empty gun rack." Ah Riddick quotes.
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More suspenseful, tighter story. Chronicles was like Conan in space, which isn't terrible in my eyes. I just wish the story was a less like a Sci-Fi Channel original. "Under-verse" please. Under what? Our own Universe? Is there an "Over-Verse"? A "Slightly-to-the-left-Verse?
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...that thinks that Vin Diesel actually has a bit of talent in him? If he stopped doing crap lake 4Fast4Furious and fucking Pacifier, he could shine. Not like some other great actors, but every so often I see a bit of potential light up.
I haven't seen Pitch Black. I saw Chronicles when I was younger, and didn't think it was that bad. Maybe I'll give them another go. Babylon's director is REALLY talking shit about his new film though. Congrats Fox, you've done it again. -
Fucking non-existent edit button
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Starring Vin Diesel
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Merceneries. Elementals. Necromongers. Shit, I've never been so popular.
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there;s charisma under that oafish exterior. But being a big guy in hollywood means you MUST do action roles. Unless he got really fat, then he might be taken seriosuly as a performer. A bad wig and a courtroom drama isn't going to cut it, even if it is directed by Lumet.
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Aug 26, 2008 11:58:39 AM CDT
Probably shouldn't tell 'em what happened to the last crew.
by knowthyself
Lesson Learned. No such word as "friend"
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I bleieve the animated film takes place between PB and CoR.
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...there WAS no "Underverse"... it was just a system of control, kinda like we have here on Earth with churches and their ridiculous notions of "heaven" and "hell". Figure this stuff out, for crying out loud. Anyways, CoR still sucked ass. And, abbreviating the title makes it sound like an old British exclamation.
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Where di the emperor dude get his powers then?
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Just as they reached the first big scene, where the flying birds come out to attack Claudia Black, a drunk went walking down the aisle stood there, and blocked my view. Then, at the end when the things come back after the blond, the drunk gets up into the aisle, stands there, blocks my view again and then leaves. I could have killed THAT fuck with a teacup.
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Where di the emperor dude get his powers then? I would've prefered your explanation, but sadly, there was an Underverse in the movie... right underneath our own Universe.
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Absolutely loved it. I'd love for them to make a sequel.
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The Underverse. So yes it does exist.
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with spiritual thingees like elementals flying about, an underverse isnt far fetched. It would have seemed off in Pitch Black, but not the world of COR.
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was okay. Sort of. Riddick was an interesting character anyway.
COR was over blown, self indulgent bollocks.
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But some of the sets and costumes were awful, the whole underverse plot seemed retarded to me, but I loved the sequences w/ the bounty hunters and in the prison, and Vin was perfect in it.
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Aug 26, 2008 2:44:13 PM CDT
Babylon A.D. + Flop = No Riddick = Vin Diesel waiting tables
by nerdgasm
I've always wanted to be served a hamburger and a beer by a has been actor. I wonder which sports bar he will be working at?
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...than "The Hobbit", no matter how good that turns out to be. "Riddick" may be a series of sequels, but at least they're an original property. Weird to think that "Pitch Black" is almost 10 years old, though...
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Pitch Black is a cool little sci-fi flick, low budget but entertaining for what it is. Chronicles of Riddick....SUCKED, a mish-mash of ludicrous situations (compared to Pitch Black anyway), bad FX, and poor editing (can't stand that big fight where the sound FX are muted and the only thing we hear is from the shitty soundtrack). Pitch Black was modest in execution but very effective in delivery....while CoR was like cramming a elephant into a shoe-box, it just dosent FIT IN.
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Didn't catch Pitch Black until everyone had already talked about, but was intrigued. I LOVED Chronicles of Riddick -- and I can't quite explain why, but part of it was the general ambiguousness that someone else mentioned -- no clear-cut "good guys" or "bad guys", and a twisty narrative that just went for broke in the fantasy and casting departments (Judi F'ing Dench?!). I liked its ambition and its relentlessness, and would have loved to have seen a trilogy, but the film hasn't done well enough to warrant them. Unfortunately, if they get made at all, they'll now be relegated to low-budget, all but direct-to-dvd hell, which kind of makes them not worth doing anyway... Do it BIG or don't do it at all... Twohy's an interesting dude, for sure...
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I actually preferred the *Theatrical Cut* over the Director's cut -- I liked the tight, intense narrative in the theatrical version, vs. the extraneous characters and cheesiness of the extended (or original) cut.
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this trilgy died years ago.
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but the game was really great.. I think it'd be better to expand on that character continuing the video game format. if you haven't had a chance to play it, please do. It's a fun and great game..
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I agree he's got charisma. But it'll take something like meaty American Gods to convince other people. Who knows if anything like that will ever happen, though.
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Remember, he's Satan incarnate. I'd like to discover in the next episode that the denizens of the Underverse are the light-hating flying reptiles from Pitch Black. Only bigger, and smarter. Of course I'm stealing ideas from the vastly-underrated "The Mist", where the critters that were killing everyone were just vermin from the other dimension, and not its rulers.
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I made it thru that easier than that turdball Serenity. The SciFi movie well is so dried up....give me something!
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....so stop all the hate. A lot of your standards are just way too high. NAME 5 BETTER SCI-FI MOVIES SINCE COR CAME OUT!
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Best line in CoR. Bring back Nick Chinlund as Toombs!
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...the one where he's fleeing from the Merc's across the alien terrain, is one that stands out in my mind even to this day when discussing sci fi action. That was just a cool scene!
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At the end of the day it comes down to whether or not the movies made enough money to justify sequelization, passionate fanboy opiniions aside. I can't see them bringing this thing in at under $100 mill for it to not suck unwashed donkey balls, and I am equally unsure there is $150 mill gross out there for a theatrical release, given the quality of CoR.
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that hs to be one of the most boring fucking movies.
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It felt epic without overdoing it. The direction and art were wonderful. Excellent tie in's overall with the 2004 PC game (which still looks awesome today in 2008). More Riddick movies please!
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is what COR is for me - it's a lazy sunday - you're slightly hungover - throw COR in the dvd player, kick back and enjoy, what feels like an 80's action/sci fi fest.
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There were some great moments throughout the movie, a few surprisingly good lines, and some intriguing ideas, but a lot of the writing was just really sloppy and the special effects weren't all that special (with that lame-ass CG tiger-thing easily being the most painfully retarded effect ever put on film). Mostly, I think the problem was they were trying to do entirely too much with the movie. It's obvious that they wanted it to be epic, but they rushed it and, as a result, they were just all over the place and the writing, the pacing, the story, and most of the dialogue really suffered. Of course, the forced and juvenile attempts to revel in the bad-ass-osity of ALL the characters didn't help. A lot of it was just so over the top it was ridiculous. If they managed to bring that down a notch, really sharpen up the writing, and maybe scale things back to something a little smaller and more intimate like Pitch Black, then they might be able to rebound and save the franchise. Though, sadly, I'm not optimistic.
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I loved Pitch Black. Chronicles of Riddick too (stylistically, it was very tight - the baddies reminded me of something out of Warhammer 40k). Bring on the sequels.
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One more in line with Pitch Black, and one more in line with Chronicles' LOTR view. I like when someone said "Conan in Space", if they really want to get it right, the LOTR part, they need to go in the direction of the first Conan film, hard core, that was a good/great film!!! The last shot of Riddick in Chronicles, as he sat back in the chair and realized what was going on around him was amazing.I wish that the whole film had been made out of moments like that. The villain was too clean, too proper, too verbose and too available to the the audience and his people, he should have been in the shadows, and quietly sinister like James Earl Jones in Conan, and the same for Riddick, for that matter. We need a villain who is more Trent Renzor or Marylin Manson in terms of demeanor, sort of like Health Ledger in Dark Knight.
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Aug 26, 2008 10:19:24 PM CDT
Yes Please! If they can make a sequel to Fantastic Four....
by stormwatcher
Then why not a movie franchise that was actually good? Besides, they owe us, that ending while awesome needs resolution. Even if just 1 more movie to finish the series. Conan in Space. Like it. Glad to see all the love here on the Talkback. Means we all realize that we were bitching cuz it wasn't perfect when instead we get shit like Transformers and stuff and just accept stupid loud movies now. Seriously, why would anyone here NOT want to see it get made, even those who say they hated it, they know they would watch it.
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I don't care about box office, your an asshole if you care how much a movie makes to determine your feelings on it. What I care about is something original and badass. This had both, plus a great xbox game. Damn that was a fine game.
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...and not in a good way. They better up the ante and make sequels as good as the first one.
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Just saying...
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Someone brought this up earlier, and this is one of the things that just pulls me out of a movie. Yes, I am aware that It is hotter in the direct sunlight than it is in the shade. Of course, generally speaking this can depend on a number of factors. For example, if you are in a frozen wasteland, it might actually be COLDER in the sunlight than it is in the shade, depending on whether or not the shelter that provides shade for you also captures your body heat and insulates you from the cold wilderness outside. But generally speaking, let's say that it's hotter in the sunlight than it is in the shade. Still, as long as there is an atmosphere, won't that RETAIN HEAT? As in, suppose you're living in Florida in the summer. You're on the beach, and it's hot, so you stand under a tree to get some shade (not that there are many trees on the beach, so let's change that tree into an umbrella). You're now in the shade, and it's cooler. But here's the thing...it's not THAT much cooler. Because won't the hot air still be mixing with the cool air under the umbrella? Granted, the situation seen in Chrinles of Riddick might work on the MOON. Because the moon has no atmosphere. So there's no atmosphere to protect you from scorching solar radiation. And there's no atmosphere to retain heat, so that you don't freeze solid when the sun goes away. But when we're talking about a planet with an atmosphere (the characters in Chronicles of Riddick weren't wearing space suits), doesn't that sort of go right out the window? I mean, yes, it's hotter in the shade. However, direct sunlight INSTANTLY INCINERATES PEOPLE. If this planet has an atmosphere similar enough to normal human conditions to allow people to run across the surface of the planet with 100% efficiency and not DIE, then how is getting in the shade gonna help? Yes, direct sunlight might raise the air temperature to 4000 degrees Celsius. But the point is that the sun is going to raise the AIR temperature. So when you try to hide from the sun by getting in the shade, it very well may be cooler. But the surrounding 4000 degree air is going to mix with the air in the shade, raising the temperature in the shade to a good 2000 fucking degrees. It's cooler, but who cares? You're still dead.
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Everything since then has since degraded what made it great. This is the perfect example of studios mining a thin but compelling sci-fi/fantasy story for bucks, but only succeeding ing strip-mining it and barely making a profit. Personally, I preferred my own wistful speculations on Riddick's origins and the fate of the survivors to what the Chronicles have delivered.
It's just possible that it might still be saved, or at least improved (shouldn't be that hard), but I get the feeling we're going to see some Furyan homeworld battles in flashback, some parent/family tragedy a la Conan, re-hashed space-opera revenge story, finally seeing Riddick become either lonely hero flying off into the sunset to be subsequently worshipped by the slaves he's freed, or crowned ruler of the newly created/discovered Furyan nation, or, less likely, sacrifice himself for those same pitiful dependents/slaves/worshippers. Shit. This is Conan in space. -
Although it ripped off David Lynch, Frank Herbert and HR Giger, it did it in a very entertaining way. I try to watch it every 3 or 4 months.
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Boll MUST work with Diesel. It has to be. I have foreseen it!
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why not MY crap movie. Brendan Fraser...Fantastic Four...Plan 9...
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Necromongers - they are deathdealers! Furyans - they are furious! With this kind of shite, you would have thought George Lucas was behind it. Also the ability to take a surprise hit with a lot to recommend it, Pitch Black, and fuck it up royally in the next film. It's almost a condensed Lucasian arc, I tells ya!
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Aug 27, 2008 2:12:53 AM CDT
Video game had a better story than the movie...sad.
by whinynegativebitch
The movie was a giant pile of mish mash shit. The concept of some rouge criminal in outer space was cool. But then the retards wanted to go and make DUNE/STAR WARS/KRULL instead. And it sucked.
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I'm taking your challenge to name 5 better sci-fi movies since CHRONICLES came out. 1. CHILDREN OF MEN. 2. WALL-E. 3. SUNSHINE. 4. WAR OF THE WORLDS. 5. SERENITY 6. STAR WARS PART 3 (sorry, it's true) 7. There must be other sci-fi movies that have come out in the past 4 years.
Let's be honest, CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK is not a great sci-fi fantasy movie. It's silly and dumb and full of unintentional laughs ("I haven't smelled beautiful in a long time" is my personal favorite) and betrays its whole "serial killer chosen one" concept by opting for a PG-13 rating and not having him ever do anything bad at all. I was hoping for a genuinely smart and good lowbrow movie like John Carpenter used to do or early Schwarzenegger, but this is not that good of a movie. Let's not fool ourselves.
But... I still like it. I would've preferred "genuinely good" but "weird, stupid fun" is also acceptable. And it has that great ending so yes, please, make another one. I approve of Vin's mission of getting somebody to accidentally greenlight this. -
CoR looked like an afterthought. A cash-in on PB's success. Vin should have created a new character for CoR instead of using Riddick.
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...being better. But Episode III? hhhhhmmmmm.......there are good chunks of that film. But as a whole Riddick is more consistent. If Lucas just cut together the 20 minute chunks of goodness and made the greatest 60 minute film of all time, it would be unstoppable.
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but when I rented Chronicles years ago I gave up after 10 minutes of space/planet gibberish. If I need all that exposition just to know whats going on, then screw it.
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And I have to say the film has aged well.
I actually watched it sober and have to say they could explore the story further as Riddick struggles with burden of leadership.
I would check that out.
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Isn't there like 1 minute of exposition followed by 2 hours of non-stop action? That's what I remember.
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I think Pitch Black worked well because it was fresh spin on a creature sci-fi story and the characters were given a little depth.
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CoR has been added to my queue. I feel asleep after 30 minutes as I was bored to tears and didn't wake up until I was elbowed during the closing credits.The movie was a huge departure from Pitch Black and that, along with the PG-13 rating, probably killed it at the theater as the base audience felt like they were no longer in the same universe.
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is what we want to see. I can seem him fleeing the responsibility, or as I said before, taking Kyra's body with him, and using his Necromonger clout as a way to find the underverse.
Personally, I don't want to see any Necromongers in the new film. Let's have Riddick dissolve their following, pronounce the Lord Marshall a liar, and then head out himself, perhaps with a crew to find the Underverse. Most importantly, it should involve Riddick having a fresh adventure that is more sci-fi based. -
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I was not paying attention
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BTDKYD was fucking great!
by HoboCode Aug 27th, 2008
09:13:36 AM
Really loved it. I have to say the ending threw me for a loop. I should have seen it coming. I spent the whole movie trying to figure out how Andy was going to pull it off and then after he got shot and his wife left him I was like WTF? Brilliant ending.
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He was basically thrown into this situation of leading these people. He doesn't know what the fuck he is doing. To have a new race of baddies invade Helion Prime and look to Riddick for leadership has a whole lotta great possibility.
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...his new kingdom looks to him for leadership, not the baddies.
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One of the struggles would have been leaving as leader and deciding to come back.
Yes, Riddick as a leader of a kingdom would be contrary to his character from Pitch Black, but I would like to see him have to make the decision.
You know a part of his selfish side woould like the pampering and power, but his true 'animal' side (Like when he pulled a Crocidile Dundee on that prison poodle) would be a very strong thing to keep bottled up.
But those that know me also know that I would like some creatures as the villians in the next.
Maybe an evolution of the creatures from Pitch Black as they leave the other planet to look for darkness.
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It was not awful, but it was not good either. It suffered from the bigger is better syndrome. Jettison al the midchlorian/furyan crap. Take him back to a single adventure. In short Pitch Black II not Riddick 3.
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I think a Riddick sequel should start out with Riddick escaping fro mhis newfound throng of zealous Necromonger worshippers and then going from there.
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He was running from his past in Pitch Black and he started exploring it in Riddick.
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Take us on a whole new set of "chronicles."
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in this one he should dealve headlong into his past and come to terms with it. Possibly relate this to the Underverse.
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I know. Thats what I thought. It didn't seem that drastic to me. It felt pretty smooth. And he is a changed man now. He is not the same locked up killer from Pitch Black. In between the two he was on the run for years, and it seems he realized he would rather have the company now. People act like he was Charlie Manson in the PB and Richard Simmons in COR.
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...but I'm just not interested in seeing another green-screen world, and that's what it would be.
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Danny is right, he wasn't that different. And, whether people admit it or not, Pitch Black was about the man reconnecting with his humanity. Any other genre flick would have ended with Riddick being only slightly good enough to sacrifice himself for the others, leaving him a vague villain/hero. Most movies wouldn't have the balls to take the hardcore character and let someone else SAVE him, and let him be rocked to the core by it. Him screaming into the rain "Not for me!" was a big step for that kind of movie. And it totally worked.
So, I expected to see a changed Riddick, not a pansy, but a man who knows he is different and is dangerous in a new way, to a diff group of people.
But COR's problem is they only sort of reflected this change, and didn't make it much of a grappling point. Also, I thought there would be more struggle against the change in Riddick, and the false rebirth the Necros are trying to sell. Instead, it all seemed muddled, thematically speaking, and Riddick came off as less of a hard edged character and more of a comic book-esque hero. I didn't hate that, but felt that the meandering is what hurt the film.
Also, the script wasnt half as good as the original.
Yes, I absolutely believe in God, and I absolutely hate the f---er." -
In a March 8, 2006 article on Comingsoon.net, it was reported that Vin Diesel claimed that a sequel to The Chronicles of Riddick was in the works. According to him, he had already written a storyline that covered a trilogy which began with the Chronicles of Riddick. Another article on Comingsoon.net written on March 11, 2005 reports that Vin Diesel states that Chronicles 2 was to deal with The Underverse, while Chronicles 3 was to conclude the series with a return to Furya.
An article dated November 10, 2007 on countingdown.com, further indicates that a sequel may be in works - "We're talking about it". David Twohy indicates however that it "probably won't be a Universal movie and probably will be an independent movie" seeing a much smaller budget. -
Personally I can't see him staying king or leader, but going into exile to shore up his past (which includes the fighting, creatures, killing) and in the end being alone again.
After Pitch Black you saw that despite having the role of leader, he was basically alone again (which was confirmed in Riddick as he had lost touch with his passengers).
And yes, I'm harping on the creature bit, but what I liked about Pitch Black was despite him being human, deep down he was an animal just like the dark dwellers.
That primal instict so close to the surface would seem to me a sort of tragic route for requiring a solo future, not one as a leader entrenched in society. -
come back. She is the only character link all the way to PB, besides Riddick, and I think that could be interesting. Especially, if there some thematic tie that will connect the Underverse stuff to the events of Pitch Black.
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Aug 27, 2008 9:50:04 AM CDT
I'll watch Pitch Black and Riddick back to back...
by hawaiian organ donor
...this weekend and see how CoR stacks up. I'll use a coffee I.V. if I have to in order to stay awake.
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I think I'll do the same. Havent seen Riddick since theaters.
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..in PB. Its the situation that was impactful in Riddick's life. The fact that it was probably the first time he had helped a human being. The monsters are not important. I don't like the idea of them playing some larger role in the universe. They are just monsters on a planet...there are probably thousands of other planets with different monsters.
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I have zero problem with his character change, it was all the mythological junk they saddled him with. The Furyan crap. The Necros. Just garbage. He was a bad ass, but their was no need to backload his story with so much crap. And the Necros were a dumb concept. Keep the character growing, jettison all the backstory. I agree with Node, have him escape the necros, crash land somewhere and do the one man gang thing against a planet of pitch black aliens.
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...with that much ass-kicking. Its like dozing off in a strip-club....a visual feast!!!
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but monsters are cooler than Intergalactic Space Mullets..
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Link it to the creatures from Pitch Black, but have a main creature that has more intellect and cunning.
Sort of like a queen xenomorph, but even smarter.
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Aug 27, 2008 9:56:16 AM CDT
toad.....why would you want a movie thats a rehash of the first?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I don't get it. How is that interesting? It would feel bizarre to introduce this massive world in COR and then go backwards to a small, simple story with a few characters. That would be like setting Return of the Jedi entirely on Tattooine and having Luke battle a dozen Tusken Raiders for the climax.
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was not that the Underverse is like the PB planet, but that it is a savage, alien place with "biological creatures" and not some spiritual force persay. Maybe, that's part of it. All of the spiritual stuff in the first movie was suggested by Kieth David, and he found hope in what he saw as an invisible hand in practical things: Riddick coming back elicits the "There is my God."
If Twohy reveals the Underverse to be a sham, a dangerous vile place, that turns out won't aid Kyra or reveal anything to Riddick, it would force Riddick to look elsewhere, to go beyond the mythology and back to reality. Getting beyond the mythologically reasoning for things, and back to a sci-fi based story. The power the Necros and the Furyan's posess originate from the Underverse, but ina different way then they expected.
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Trust me, Riddick is better at fighting the monsters and sort of moving to their level as in Pitch Black.
Yes, I'm a sucker for the creature feature, but in Riddick it seemd to me that he WAS the monster.
It was role reversal, as the Church of Uppity tried to figure him out as they feared his power, just like the survivors did as they crashed the dark planet in Pitch Black. -
Aug 27, 2008 10:02:50 AM CDT
I like monsters Chitty....and I think there should be some...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
..I just don't like the idea of a link to the monsters in PB. I didn't think their design was great. There could be something a lot better. I really liked that one guy with his face in the mask that could detect the people they are looking for. I forget what he does exactly. His design was fucking crazy!
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Kyra survives the events of COR intact, but changed somehow. Riddick in control of the Necros, but the Underverse is actually a trap, housing a dead alien race who would give power to any who would seek to ressurect them,or something. Then you have Riddick vs. this sinister force, that vies for control of the Necromonger legion.
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I don't recall that.
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as an elemental, I don't she would be a human foil for Riddick anymore.
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Aug 27, 2008 10:06:38 AM CDT
The Necromongers have him on a chain leash.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...on Crematoria. His head is in a scuba mask sort of thing, and his face looks a little like The Predator. He makes this weird clicking sound when he scans the area...
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Aug 27, 2008 10:06:43 AM CDT
DGDB, I saw Riddick after putting in a half day at work...
by hawaiian organ donor
...driving 5 hours to Atlanta, tossing back a few beers and then heading out to the late show exhausted. In all fairness to CoR, I never gave it a shot. I guess I always assumed that because I fell asleep it was one of the worst movies ever.It gets a second chance this weekend though.Good to hear you're enjoying Feeder. Silent Cry is their newest album that came out last month. It's some of their best work.
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Aug 27, 2008 10:08:17 AM CDT
but saying Kyra is alive is soap-operaish.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...I hate that. They milk the emotion with her death and bring her back in 3 for convenience of story, saying her wound wasn't that bad after all.
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Like HOD, I saw COR very late one night during the summer, a summer I was pretty stressed out, what with planning a wedding and looking for a job and finishing up a degree, and I almost fell asleep myself. I should really see it again. The kicker is a few months ago, Target was selling the Riddick trilogy for 10 bucks, and I didnt buy it.
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they totally did that with Blade 2 and almost everyone loves it. And I don't mean, wound wasn't as bad. We never saw her actually die, and we still don't understand the power of the Necros. And if Star Trek can do it, so can Riddick.
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I haven't watched it in a few years. But there are a few quick flashbacks and small character moments. Nothing big....but it does add to it.
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That took itself too seriously, a'la Matrix Reloaded. They grafted too much crap on to him. My suggestion is to return to his roots. Sort of like what Star Trek II wrath of khan did. Emphasize what made his character great, get rid of the extraneous Necro junk. Riddick alone fighting monsters, and mercenaries, and saving a family, is afr better than any Chronicles rehash
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Aug 27, 2008 10:14:15 AM CDT
Blade is dealing with vampires...thats different.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
And Star Trek blows. I don't think they will bring her back. It's all about Riddick....not Kyra.
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..I think there a few lines mentioning he had a wife though. And they give Riddick a couple F-bombs to throw down, which is always good.
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—The first reveal of Kyra on Crematoria (7m33s-8m52s);
—A fellow Furyan, Shirah (Kristin Lehman—all her scenes were cut from the TC), hints at Riddick’s fate while he is in Cryo-sleep (8m52s-9m50s);
—The Purifier’s (Linus Roache) speech to the Helion Prime public (extended - 32m);
—The first confrontation between Riddick and the Lord Marshal (extended – 36m);
—Shirah appears to Riddick again during his interrogation (40m40s);
—At Home with the Vaakos—Lord and Lady Vaako (Karl Urban and Thandie Newton) get a little rougher with each other than in the TC (48m25s);
—One of Toombs’ team (Christina Cox) finds herself attracted to an unconscious Riddick (50m16s-51m26s);
—Riddick, Kyra and ‘The Guv’ (Yorick Van Wageningen) in slam on Crematoria (1h05m14s-1h06m14s)
—An uncut fight scene between the slam guards and the Mercs (1h15m00s);
—Another quick scene between Christina Cox and Vin Diesel (1h17m40s);
—An extension of the scene between Riddick and Vaako on the surface of Crematoria (including another appearance by Shirah) (1h34m40s);
—At Home with the Vaakos II—more ambitious discussions about bringing about the Lord Marshal’s downfall (1h41m21s); -
I dont think she is his wife though. She talks a lot more about the prophecy involving Riddick defeating this evil force I believe....
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if she doesnt come back, I doubt anyone will return, and the ENTIRE story from COR will be discussed in passing. They will need a smaller budget, and therefore the Necro empire will be absent.
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Have the third start out with Riddick holding Kyra in his arms and her whispering something in his ear.
He gives the look of desperation and rage as she passes away.
He now knows he has a son being held in the underverse.
This was the male Furyan the Necros were after.
They travel to the underverse at the end of the universe and battle creatures and the sort of leader of the region of the underverse they are in.
Make the leader not human, but a sort of humaniod creature that can disquise himself.
Maybe Billy Zane from Demon Knight.
Make the kid very small, so he doesn't try to fight creatures with an underverse slingshot or try to hug Riddick, who makes the WTF face to the camera.
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since it is suggested that Lord Marshall defied death. So Kyra being resurrected isnt too off.
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come from and how would Kyra know him? It cant be hers. She was a freakin little kid when Riddick ran.
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the monsters in Pitch Black aren't important....they are there to instill fear and survival instinct in the character which in turn creates "character development" especially in Riddick, when he realizes they won't survive without him. the monsters were cool, but they aren't important enough to be followed up on.
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Even a trilogy, about a Fly thingy shooting at a big moving sheild thingy, like to get 'Revenge' and stuff, and hiding from spinney things in a gig orange vortex thingy. Or something. That would be cool!
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are saying,myself included, is this:
Riddick is better in a savage and wild envrionment against wild and rugged opponents, be it monsters or bounty hunters. He just didnt seem to fit into the political/religious epic Dune stuff of COR. I think seeing him in a wild, rugged sci-fi landscape, battling alien life and what not is what people are advocating. Not that Riddick 3 be a "monster movie".
Also, it makes perfect sense for Riddick to try and bring Kyra back, if we think this is Conan-esque. One of the arcs attempted to be put into the Conan films was Conan's desire to resurrect Valeria. -
Not Gig, like a Shed 7 show at Drummonds.
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Aug 27, 2008 10:37:50 AM CDT
The Pacifier of the Fuyrans: The XXX Chronicles of Riddick 2
by chittychittygangbang
I know how the studios love to throw kids in there.
I was trying to be funny in an underverse-underhanded way.
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You mean to say if the Kyra character doesn't return people won't see this? What the hell? Everyone I know that loved the hell out of COR could give a shit if she came back. I just wanna see Riddick kicking some more ass....I don't really care whose ass it is (Necros, monsters, vampires, Republicans, the government of China) as long as Vin is crushing somebody's face, I'm in.
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Exactly what should be done
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Aug 27, 2008 10:40:32 AM CDT
Riddick's kid being the chosen one is pretty cool...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
He nailed a lot of chicks when he was on the run.....it could work.
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I have to say I'm overjoyed to see that this guy has finally accepted that audiences just want to see him grunt and punch. That 4 Fast 4 Furious trailer is great and hopefully this new positive attitude to sequels is an indication of the end of Vin's dillusions that audiences want to see him do Shakespeare or whatever.I mean, it doesn't bother me that Statham is doing like 4 movies a year, and I personally prefer him over Diesel, but it's nice to have another dude who will help in churning out meathead cinema and re-establishing the glory days of the meathead action vehicle.
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what I mean is that regardless of what the handful of fans thinks, I think that when Twohy looks at a new one and back at the last one here is what he sees:
What is worth keeping:
Necros-too expensive and they have already had a run as villains, and most people didn't like them.
Elementals-if we cant get Judy back, should we bother with a replacement? If no Necros, then elementals? Nah.
Kyra-well, she did fit in well with making Riddick bad-ass-gave him something to fight for, and helped develop romantic energy as well as a strong female lead. She also is a very strong representative of the Conan aspect. If you want to tie Riddick 3 in without bringing back Necros or referencing the PB planet, you have but one link left: Kyra.
That's all Im saying. Kyra is the most interesting thread of the Necro storyline left hanging, and if they pretend she never existed, or just died and move on, I think it would be the wrong move.
As is, I don't think Twohy is going with the Necro storyline, but he might attempt the Underverse. As such he could bring along Kyra, giving Riddick a reason to find the Underverse, and Twohy gets to keep his Furyan story, refs to the Necros, and give us a Conan-esque story that might not feel like COR. -
That's the one where Vin has hair.
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Aug 27, 2008 10:46:14 AM CDT
why do you keep saying it has to be Conan-esque?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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It wasnt great, but it does make me lament that Vin hasnt tried more non-tough guy stuff. Riddick is great, but I don't need to have every character he plays talk like the rockbiter from Never-Ending Story.
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Thats his voice!! What do you want the guy to do? I enjoyed the hell out of The Pacifier by the way. Great family movie....Vin was hilarious in that.
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because most everyone, and I thought you too, referenced it like being Conan in space. Maybe not you, but if you read above-the average comment is "I thought it was crap, til I realized it was Conan in space."
So..you either want one of three things:
go back to a smaller, isolated storyline with hard-scifi and maybe creatures.
continue on with this story but jettison the epic one man stands alone and seeks his kingdom story, and then dear lord, I don't know what you have.
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...during Find Me Guilty, while you were staring at Vin Diesel with hair? I dunno if I could do it. I wouldn't hear a word he said...I would just marvel at that fantastic whig.
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but in those tough guy roles it comes down to little terse sound bites..so when he is doing something awesome, and then speaks, all I hear is "MMM.DELICIOUS LIMESTONE."
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did you see Boiler Room? There is a good example of him giving a good performance.
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That is an ignorant comparison....why, because the main guy has muscles, kills a lot of people, and he is a one man army? So The Transporter films are like "Conan in a BMW" ?
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..they'll figure it out. This is a harder question than how to rid the world of poverty.
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I don't think anyone would buy it as a main plot device unless the kid was a newborn.
Look at what adding a kid has done the past to movies like The Mummy Returns and The Phantom Menace.
It worked in Willow because it was an infant that was helpless and was the prophecy and not a comedic tool flicking buggers into enemies eyes to make them fall off a horse.
I don't think anyone wants to watch Riddick changing a daiper while fighting off bounty hunters.
Oh lord, I can see him flinging the little cloth shitbomb in an attackers face while holding the kid up to use as a piss cannon.
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It's Conan in Space, because a warrior rogue whose family was destroyed by a religious cult, and who teams with a bandit woman, fights his way into the company of that cult, is captured and sentenced to death, only to return, kill the leader, lose his bandit woman at the hands of the leader, and then be left with the entire cult looking to him, and it ends with this weary warrior sitting on a throne, with the weight of a kingdom in his hands.
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Riddick fucks one of the monsters from PB, and you get some weird hybrid like Alien Resurrection.
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That game REALLY made me appreciate the movies more, ESPECIALLY CoR. I played it for years before I picked up Pitch Black and also CoR. I guess for me it is why the 2nd movie actually felt "right".
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yea a baby alien Riddick. Perfect. Someone call Uwe.
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It would be the first child afraid of the light and not the dark!
And make that little fucker go overboard like Son of the Mask.
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i would have rather seen a prequel to Pitch Black, showing him at his most ruthless, showing the man that caught him and HOW he caught him (can't remember his name, the dude that got his head bitten off by the monster) and have it end with him bording the ship leading up to the events of Pitch Black. THEN have a sequel to Pitch Black....just not the bloated mess that is CoR, none of this "prophecy" and "necro-monger" magical shit....it just didn't fit in with the spirit of Pitch Black at all IMO.
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It will fall into the same trap as Alien Cubed, where they tried to go back to the more claustrophobic suspense roots of the franchise and got shit on for it.
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Awww...its that close to Barbarian? Damn. I thought the Conanesque thing was referring to the spirit of the character in general,. not following a specific plot structure.
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the reasoning for my preference in a prequel is simply his relationship with that dude that caught him, it seemed complex considerding the small dose we got in Pitch Black. i don't HATE CoR, im just not a big fan of movies going from small to HUGE...its like fitting a 300lb man into a 5 year olds shirt, it looks funny and just dosen't make a whole helluva-lot of sense.
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and the spirit of COR was far more pulpy than Pitch, which is why several here are complaining. The appeal of Conan was a brutal but ultimately heroic guy who spent most of his time not being that hero, but more of an opportunist and a rogue, always being thrust into responsibility, not seeking it out.
Yea, that's alot of characters but the fantastic bits and the proximity of the plot to the original film, as well as specific shots-last shot is almost identical, is what makes it seem that way. Many reviewers said the same thing at the time. -
I could live with a Pitch Black prequel...that would rock. They should do the prequel, and close it out with a COR sequel.....maybe reveal things in the prequel that will come back to haunt Riddick in the COR sequel. That would tie the whole world together nicely.....
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Aug 27, 2008 11:17:18 AM CDT
I suggest to Mr. Diesel that Riddick die at the end...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
..of this saga. Like he has to give up his own life in the underverse, for his people, thats the deal. They could pull it off in a way that diarrhea shits all over the face of Matrix Revolutions. And I'm talking pea soup green diarrhea, just pouring off the front of Hugo Weaving's face.
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Fuck that. What is with this shit about the hero sacrificing his life all the time. That Christian allegory shit is getting OLD.
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Other than gay ass Neo. Fuck him....
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its a bit cliched but its such a suitable finish for films such as this, anti-hero becomes hero...hero becomes martyr to make up for a lifetime of wickedness, saves alot of people. Riddick is a such a "character-rich" kinda guy, he oozes back-story and deserves a worthy end.
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The Lives of Others was a fantastic film. I loved the ending. Hell, I loved the whole movie.
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I can only recently think of Ripley in Alien 3, which of course she was cloned for 4.
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glad you loved it. Great film, huh?
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I'll tell you, I was sort of apprehensive in the beginning, but then it just sucked me in. The writer dude, wasn't he in The Blackbook?
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What did you have in mind with the hero sacrificing himself getting old Christian allegory thing? Matrix? I admit, it does seem cliché....but if you think about it, its barely been done in films.
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I dont think there are many here who are discussing Riddick now save for us, and I think we have nigh exhausted conjecture.
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but Bruce in Armageddon sacrificed himself.I feel so dirty now.
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There certainly was sacrifice there, though not a specific hero.
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Didn't Josh Hartnett sacrifice himself for Ben Affleck in Pearl Harbour???.....ewww...now i feel dirty, and who the fuck would take a bullet for Ben Affleck???...what an idiot
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Well maybe not main heroes. I can't really think of much off the top of my head so maybe it only seems like it. Neo, Aslan, Children of Men, Deep Blue Sea Gladiator, Braveheart, TTRL, SPR, etc.
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on that other asteroid die in Deep Impact? God I need a shower now.
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Aug 27, 2008 11:41:39 AM CDT
pillow.....I'm saying more of a lead hero in a franchise sorta t
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I think its just Ripley and Neo.
Affleck and Bruce screaming, "I LOVE YOU!!!" at one another. Comedy gold. I wish there was a flashback to Affleck and Bruce laying in a park together and Ben is playing with animal crackers on Bruce's tummy, and Bruce giggles when the tiger gets too close to his pierced belly button, and his giggle sounds like the Downey bear.....that would have been sexy. -
Twelve Monkeys-though some will say it wasnt purposeful, it was def christ metaphor with bruce's arms outstretched.
Frodo is intended for that sacrifice, is spared it, but is still sort of ushered away because of the journey he undertook.
30 Days of Night.
Vader.
The Iron Freakin Giant. Also Vin.
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Beowulf, Gladiator, almost all those big epic films end with the death of the hero.
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That scene is in the deleted scenes on the super deluxe DVD.
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Aug 27, 2008 11:43:23 AM CDT
Aslan doesn't count.....that allegory is in yo' face....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Fuck...maybe there is sacrifice everywhere!! I'm wrong again.
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at least its better to type this shit about horrid rancid movie than hear yourself speak it. and thats the funniest shit ive heard in a while DICKBLOOD.....Ben and Bruce with a box of animal crackers its batshit crazy / hilarious....what a parody that would be.
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at the year 2001 in film? We have done 98, 99, 00. 01? My memory is that it was an excellent year.
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...what else does he have going for him?
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brilliant.
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if then a meteorite came crashing down right on top of them.Roll credits.
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Have a little respect.
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I always pictured the Downey Bear sprouting teeth and claws and slaughtering a family.
When the cops show up he just turns back the cuteness and nobody knows what happened.
Sort of like the Devil's Gift, but with a Downey Bear with a gaping maw and razorblade claws.
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somewhere on the internet, where a little kid's teddy bear has to go into the closet to retrieve the boy who owns him after he was kidnapped by the bogeyman. It was pretty awesome.
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I love that fucking bear. He is a cool dude.
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..Teddy in A.I. = Brilliant
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Bar none!
Loved that little fella.
If we are out drinking and one of us goes to do something stupid I always say "you will break."
Of course we laugh and do it anyway.
I think this last time was blowing up a propane tank with a 270 rifle.
We are bad about doing shit like that.
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Very underappreciated film.
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SHUT YOUR MOUTH!I'm talkin' bout SnugglesTHEN WE CAN DIG IT!
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You blew up a fucking propane tank?
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Okay I'm pretty late here on the whole Riddick thing, but why not have a prequel where he is sort of a villain? Pitch Black always dealt with him as a real source of fear, then CoR fucked all that up by making him a straight up hero type. I say, make Riddick what he was supposed to be before the first movie: a dak, frightening, unpredictable outlaw. It could be something like a group of bounty hunters tracking him on this exotic world, with a great variation of characters and personalities. All of them are tracking and hunting Riddick. Go ahead and have the planet be inhabited by strange monsters too. For the first half of the movie, Riddick is the movie monster, stalking the bounty hunters and taking them out in clever ways. Then in the second half, after the audience has become accustomed to the remaining hunters' personalities, and find that one or two are like Riddick in that they are simply grudgingly doing what they must to survive, have the monsters on the planet get more intense and aggressive, and make Riddick their savior. Eventually, thier bonds become stronger, and Riddick sacrifices himself to fend off a tremendous monster so the rest may escape (the climax). A fierce battle ensues, Riddick succeeds in getting them into the ship and killing the creature but is nearly killed by the monster in the process. The ship returns shortly after or something to pick up Riddick's body. One of the bounty hunters is the guy from Pitch Black.
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Man....98 and 99 really blew 2000 away....what am I missing?
The 6th Day
Bring It On
Cast Away
The Cell
The Emperor's New Groove
Frequency
Gladiator
Hollow Man
Lost Souls
Love & Basketball
Titan A.E.
Vertical Limit
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then we can expect you to turn up on one of those "ooops, he killed himself" websites?
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Propane tank is some serious business.You best check yo' self before you wreck yo' self, dude. Don't need your wife explaining to your daughter in a few years that she don't have a daddy because he blasted one propane tank too many.
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Awww....2001 is a much better year overall.
3000 Miles to Graceland
Ali
Artificial Intelligence: A.I.
Crazy/Beautiful
Exit Wounds
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Freddy Got Fingered
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Heartbreakers
I Am Sam
In the Bedroom
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Josie and the Pussycats
Jurassic Park III
Kiss of the Dragon
A Knight's Tale
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Mexican
Monsters, Inc.
Moulin Rouge!
The Mummy Returns
The Royal Tenenbaums
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You'll get your new kit tomorrow. So you're good to go for the next little while. Glad you enjoyed the bunch. I was worried everyone was going to wonder why I was sending them cinematic crap.
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Aug 27, 2008 12:23:01 PM CDT
Yeah....Chitty....that is pretty crazy man....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
..heroine is probably safer than that shit. I would be concerned a piece of metal would hit me in the face.
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yeah because Back to the Future II and III are so 'omg this is the same movie' amirite?
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stuff I liked and loved:
A.I.
Ali
Amelie
American Astronaut
Atlantis
Atanarjuat:Fast Runner
Bandits
A Beautiful Mind
Blow
Bridget Jones's Diary
The Bunker
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Cat's Meow
Charlotte Gray
Devil's Backbone
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Donnie Darko
Enemy at the Gates
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I'm lost. Refresh my memory. What are your lists..All this propane and Snuggle talk has got me confused
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And don't worry, the last bunch was cool too. Might I ask what's in it?
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We were listing our favorite films of each year on the last TB. We started at 98.....and our now at 2001.....but I guess its just me doing it now and I feel like a twat. Oh well....feel free to list yours!
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Fucking dumb ass!!
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the JLH Tits film.
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I agree with Dogtown, Enemy at the Gates, and Bridget Jones.... Captain Corelli's Mandolin? Ouch. That burns like a good case of Chlamydia. One of the few films with Cage I just can't watch....
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Final Fantasy: Spirits Within
Ghost World
Godzilla: All Out Monsters Attack
Gosford Park
Harry Potter
Heartbreakers
Hearts in Atlantis
In the Bedroom
Iron Monkey
Joy Ride
Jurassic Park 3
Kate and Leopold
Kingdom Come
K-Pax
Lagaan
Last Castle
Legally Blonde
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Aug 27, 2008 12:38:45 PM CDT
No joke-- I can jerk off to Heartbreakers....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...any time of day, any day of year. Christmas morning....if Heartbreakers is on TV.....fuck......about to leave for my Grandmother's funeral.....if Heartbreakers is on-- I'm not leaving!! I am NOT leaving!!
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ha! Yea, I'm basing that off watching Corelli's once and enjoying it. Thats all.
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Gosford Park, Majestic, and K-Pax....all fine films.
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Mexican
Millenium Actress
Monsoon Wedding
Monster's Inc.
Moulin Rouge!
Mulholland Drive
Man Who Wasn't There
No Man's Land
Nowhere in Africa
Ocean's Eleven
The Others
The Pledge
Princess Diaries
Royal Tenenbaums
Scotland PA
Serendipity
Shrek
Spy Game
Spy Kids
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Vanilla Sky
Vidocq
Series 7
Session Nine
Memento
Happy Accidents
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Tell them Kloipy says all is right in the world.
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But man did that movie get slaughterd by critics.
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It was a good psuedo sci-fi drama. It had good performances and it was one of those films that was a staple back then-the big popcorn drama. In the early 2000s, there was one of these every week. And they were somewhat popular, especially in the weeks after 9-11. Last Castle. Hardball. Hearts in Atlantis. K-Pax.
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Aug 27, 2008 1:06:16 PM CDT
what the fuck....I keep posting on the wrong TB's.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Jonah...
Did you read the write up about The Spirit? That movie looks like its gonna stink worse than Dan Akroyd's asshole -
...after those photos of her in a bikini hit the nets. She looks too thin now. But still, she's smokin' in Heartbreakers and it was a passable movie to boot.Enemy at the Gates is one of those movies that I put on a pedestal. Can't explain why I go gonzo insane for it......*thinks*........headshots, Hoskins, Pearlman, Harris, Law and Weisz's sweet dumper, OK, I guess I can see why.Gosford park on the other hand, everyone knows what list I put that on, right?DGDB, I got your e-mail and responded.Kungfu, good question. Let me see if I can remember. I think it's mostly titles that will be foreign (pun intended) to you: Open City, Musa, Shinobi, Sinking of Japan, Protege, I'm A Cyborg, The Restless, and per your request Sukiyaki Western Django, which unless you have a DVD player with DIVX capability, you'll have to watch on a computer.
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What the hell is there to complain about? Space and Bridges give awesome performances...its a touching film. Were people pissed he didn't turn into some fucking green alien that looked like Mike Wazowski at the end, or what? I really really dug the photography and original score.
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Im quite excited for the dvd shipment. Whats in mine again? Though I could prob wait til tomorrow and see then.
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Aug 27, 2008 1:10:52 PM CDT
Jarv will be gone for at least another week I think
by hawaiian organ donor
Pillow is lurking around here somewhere. Abom avoids our TBs as he told me he wants to "stay on target" so we won't be seeing him.What TB is Kloipy hiding out in?
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Ever seen Dragon Tiger Gate? It's a kungfu movie from China starring the great Donnie Yen. The action doesn't really compare to Sha Po Lang since it's a lot more fantasy and superheo oriented, but it's still a fun hour and a half and is certainly worth your time in my opinion.
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It actually did decently at the box office, but I think all critics saw were a slow drama that was too understated. Ebert, to his credit, saw it for what it was and praised it.
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Funny thing about reading the Spirit review, it made me think it sounds silly, but for whatever reason gave me a FIERCE desire to rewatch Sin City. I don't know why. I wasnt much of a fan the first time.
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Aug 27, 2008 1:16:43 PM CDT
By the way, that list is what EVERYONE is getting...
by hawaiian organ donor
...although Chitty, Mavra and ThereWolf are also getting the stuff from the first kit.Jonah, since I know you have DIVX capability, I also threw in Going By The Book, The Guard Post, The Show Must Go On, Empress and Her Warriors, Three Kingdoms, Red Cliff and The Chaser.I burned through 200 DVDs between both kits. That's more DVDs than I've burned for myself in 3 years.My computer said "No mas!" last night.
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What the fuck does, "Stay on target" mean? Whats the target?
I think the founding four got a little upset about us taking over the TB's while waving the flag of the CoC. Thats why I don't bring it up anymore....thats more a pillow, abom, jarv, kloipy thang......we're something different. -
Got the package. Wow your better then the jackass who's got my money from E-bay. Awesome man. I'll having something to do while looking for jobs when i move.
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...and Chitty....just say no to blowing up propane tanks!!
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I think everyone has missed the point as to why Pitch was so much better. Keith David.
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I wish I could unwatch that one. It made Flash Point look like Oscar bait. It had some neat visuals but it was just incoherent.
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he was kick ass in both Men at Work and Dead Presidents....and fuck me-- check out his IMDB....this guy works non-stop!!
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Aug 27, 2008 1:27:23 PM CDT
there is a Behind Enemy Lines 3....set in Columbia?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Fuck yes!
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Im hooked on korean crime thrillers..When you sent the first batch, my heart initially sank when I realized so many were crime films of some sort. Then I watched them, and as I perused the unknown titles of this batch, as I saw the description crime thriller, I became interested. Nice job HOD. You have brought to a new appreciation of an entire sub-genre.
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is like a black ron perlman. Works alot and is always awesome.
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Love that guy.Jarv and Pillow are great sports because they contribute just as much as we do to these TBs, but I can only talk about the TB topic so long even if it's religion and politics.And I'm going to lay off the burning until Thanksgiving. Then you all will get your Christmas batches.Series, since you have DIVX capability as well, I did send you Red Cliff and Western Django, right?
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Emilio wrote and directed Men At Work? What a fucking genius.....
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you don't need to send anymore packages. Thanks for all your effort. I havent forgotten about repaying you, just haven't figured it out yet.
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I seem to recall you saying you had a lineup for friday night? Are there movies you sent you still havent seen? If so, Ill try to synch up and we could discuss them.
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I found that the Koreans are the new kings of the crime thriller genre. In fact, it's really the only genre they do consistently well the past few years. And 2008 has been a banner year for them.Was Behind Enemy Lines 2 any good?
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We took the precautions of getting behind a ridge of dirt, but the heat wave still rolled over.
Best thing (or worst) was when we started making bombs.
I mixed up a solution of chemicals (I really don't think I should say what, but it is sort of well known) and placed the compound in three five gallon buckets.
I then got the fuses from model rockets (They have two wires that merge into a ignition-type material). This way we could run the wires to them and not have to light a fuse (bad idea!).
So we ran the wires together in a series circuit hybrid and jumped with a battery.
Nothing happened at first and all of a sudden the ground felt like it dropped a few inches!
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Kloipy sent a shout out to you and me on the Twitch TB. He said to pass along he good wishes to all. Danny, none of The Four are upset with you, or us. jarv and Pillow post al the time. Abom means he likes to stay on the topic of the TB, and not go all over the place. It was DocP who did not like your casting aspersions on Aliens.
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I jizzed when I saw The Host!
It wouldn't play on the dvd player (old RCA) but it played just fine on the computer.
That is just as well, as I have a nice set of headphones (the kind that cover your ears completely) and I can watch and not wake up teeny.
Thanks a bunch! Geez tonight cannot come soon enough. -
I guess turned off is more like it....I could sense the random topics wasn't their thing. I just mean Kloipy and Abom really....Pillow is always around.
So Kloipy really did leave AICN like he said he would? Good for him for sticking to his guns.
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I've never checked it out...
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Saw Open City, Going By the Book and The Show Must Go On over the weekend but I watched Red Cliff and The Chaser the week before that so I've watched everything in your batch save for The Guard Post so I apologize if it's a turd.
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all Labor Day weekend.
I'm going to have to start a meth habit to see all of these this weekend.
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I think he is busy at work. Pillow knows. Kloipy was pleased with the direction we have gone in under the banner of the CoC. Abom simply wants to post in relevant TB's, nothing wrong with that. Quite a few people do that.
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Hated it.
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Aug 27, 2008 1:55:07 PM CDT
Chitty, I fear you'll have to watch everything...
by hawaiian organ donor
...on your PC then. Everything I sent you is from my original copy so you don't have the DIVX/MPEG thing to contend with but it sounds like your DVD can't handle burned discs, just like poor old Fred. So long as you don't mind watching them on your PC then I guess it's all good.
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Loved it!
See what happens when you have a creature feature with great characters?
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A sometimes comic, Korean monster flick with a dollop of horror.
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You mentioned Negadon a few days ago. Great short animated monster flick. I loved it.
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I actually like it on the PC, as I can cram my face up to the screen and use the headphones which have amazing sound.
Also my beer is right next to me on the desk and I have a big leather chair.
I haven't tried the PS2 yet, or the other dvd player though.
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I'm guessing it will play the discs but if the computer suits you fine, then you're golden. Enjoy!
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Journey to Center of the Earth. Gertrude just made her entrance. Little does she know what fate has in store for her!
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Your pyrotechnic escapades reminded me when I was a kid, we would mix lye and water in a pop bottle and add in a wadded tube of aluminum foil. We'd cover the bottle top with a balloon. The gas produced by the eroding tin foil was a type of hydrogen (we guessed). The balloon would fill, and we would tie it off when it was big enough. We'd light the bit of string at the end as the balloon ascended. When the flame reached the balloon, yes, it was like a mini-Hindenburg. It was fun till one time I burned my eyebrows off, because the balloon had a pinprick hole that caught the flame as I lit the string...but still, good times..good times.But damn man! You're gonna blow up a neighborhood!!
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Aug 27, 2008 2:05:32 PM CDT
That's Playstation 2 but I don't know if it will play it
by chittychittygangbang
But as long it plays somewhere in the house I don't care.
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Stay away from the BBQ sauce!
Bastards! -
Arlene Dahl was smokin even in milfhood
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Yeah we have settled down quite a bit now that I am married and all.
Got a family to think off, so really don't do that stuff anymore.
But we did the tin foil trick and put the balloons in a big garbage bag. The we would put a few small rocks in the bottom to give it weight and toss it on a camp fire.
We also put dry ice in a plastic bottle with water (boom!) and wrapped up a shitload of sparklers in a wad of electrical and duct tape (Very Big Boom!!).
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was the fight scene in the restaurant. What the fuck was up with that main bad guy? What. The Fuck?
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did anybody get Red Cliff? I have been dying to see that since I saw that huge seven minute promo thing on another site. Looks like a blast. And I have been a fan of the three kingdoms stories since the first time I played Dynasty Warriors. Is Guan Yu in it? What a badass.
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Heard it described as Little Miss Sunshine meets Godzilla. Not a bad description.
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Awesome monster flick, i really dug the monster design also....slimy and original. Loved that scene of the young girl running up its back while its sleeping trying to grab the chain only to be caught mid-air by its tail, frrreeeaaaaky.
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That was a truly great scene
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it was a bit nerve racking watching that scene of the dude begging and pleading for them to let him go only to have them calmly strap him into a hospital bed and drill into his dome....nicely done, and a bit confusing....can't remember WHY the fuck they did that.
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It's that kind of dillusion that has put a potential great action stars career in the toilet.
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Jonah, Series and ThereWolf got/are getting Red Cliff because they are the only ones who responded when I asked about DIVX capabilities. I'm sure everyone has a computer at home they can watch the movies on but I held off this time. As soon as I get either "I don't mind watching on my PC" or "My DVD player is so kick ass it can play files not yet invented" then I'll send Red Cliff and a bevy of other movies out to everyone, especially since I want to see what people thought of Red Cliff, Assembly and The Chaser. And I still need your thoughts on the stuff you just watched.
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is he seemed smarter after it...I was like "wha?"
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It really is. I think that movie is Korean cinema firing on all cylinders. It has the inappropriate slapstick, the familial themes, and it has a great monster and mistrusting the government. Perfect.
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when the girl was going up the back of that creature.
My favorite was the opening scenes of the creature.
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after a discussion of blowing stuff up=gold.
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if that director is doing anything new? Memories of Murder(the movie not the poster) and The Host are both masterpieces. What's next?
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I could not believe the budget they had for that thing. Something like $80 millions US dollars?
Geez, imagine if they spent like Hollywood on movies.
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Save the Green Planet. Another great korean film. Is it just me or do the koreans OWN asian cinema right now? I recall they got off to a rocky start with some lame comedies and tepid sci-fi like Natural City and Yesterday.
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If you want to have fun with propane get several large bottles, more then five gallons, and hit them with tracers rounds from a M249. Or if you can pull it off, get a large tank like they have at a gas station and test the force multiplier theory. Hit it with a .308 launched from a M40A3 from at least 600 hundred yards out. Man that explosion is fantastic. Chitty, it seems we both liked to experiment with field expediant munitions as kids.
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Just ask me dude. I'm your source for Asian film news.Joon-ho Bong is currently writing Host 2 and directing a movie called Mother which is another crime thriller about a serial killer.
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I quite enjoyed Negadon, but it might have been because of it's placement in our all day film fest. We watched four feature length films, starting with Kamikaze Girls and then Place Promised in Our Early Days(an anime), Cypher and finally Great Yokai War.
In between the features we showed short films- Kakurenbo, Voices of a Distant Star, Jasper Morello, Call of Cthulhu, Cat Soup and Negadon.
I think all the pieces together made each more entertaining than on it's own. But, we started at like 8:00 a.m. and finished at like 11:00 p.m. and I think some people were turned off after the first one. Save for the geeks of course, who were there for every movie. -
I usually watch movies on my PC because it's in better shape than my TV/DVD (my tv is about 20 years old and my DVD player is a cheap Big Lot's special), but I am appreciative of whatever movies you are setting up for me. Thank you.I've got to check out these Riddick films, I guess. I haven't ever seen a Vin Diesel movie, as far as I know. Reading all this stuff about them got me interested. Pitch Black is the first one, right?
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a fine specimen indeed. All she needs is a little ginger, nutmeg, cloves, honey-- some fresh parsley on top. a little bit of plum sauce, topped off with a little mango chutney. Roast for about 30 minutes......mmmmmm what a fine bitch.
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Yeah I got those two DVIX movies. But man you sent me Shinobi? You really want me to like that movie.
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Aug 27, 2008 2:47:47 PM CDT
Red Cliff is the longest erection you'll have...
by hawaiian organ donor
...without looking at T&A. It is just gorgeous. Every frame. And the performances are sublime.Keep in mind, it's the first of two parts so we have to wait until next spring to see what is shaping up to be the grandest battle sequence every put to film. Might even surpass the Battle of Pelenor Fields.Jonah will be the one guy here to have a dissenting "it was a'ight but not the second coming" opinion I project but everyone else will go cuckoo bananas for it.I'll send it out to everyone as soon as they are done the current batches. With luck I'll have the actual DVD release by then so DIVX won't be an issue for some.Jonah, so far the Koreans own 2008 theatrically, but Hong Kong really is nipping on their heels. I'd say the Koreans are the top dog but 2007 still leaves a foul taste in my mouth. We just need the Japanese and Thai to catch up and we can give Hollywood the finger.
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I actually still have all my stuff in storage until I move into my apartment in September, so I have been watching everything on my laptop. So I have no problem with that. Sorry I didn't chime in on the Red Cliff question. Like I said earlier, I have been gone a lot lately. I would love to see it at some point though.I have to go soon so I really only have time to discuss one movie. I'll start with Mr. Socrates. First of all, that "teacher" was a great actor in my opinion. when he went all crazy for a second it was so shocking. The protagonist was really cool too. The first person I have ever seen who made a double chin seem badass. Also, i loved how often he beat up that long hair guy with the "viagra." Every fucking time was hilarious. And the guy that gets caught and has to pretend to get beat up so that he can get put back in jail. Do you know who that guy was or what else he is in? He was fucking hilarious. A great comic actor. Especially when he is looking for "blood."
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You have a little sister that had about 1,000 stuffed animals?
Well mine wanted to get rid of hers, so me and my cousins gathered the best ones.
We sliced around the neck very carefully and pulled out some stuffing. Then placed inside a cheap ziplock bag (they are thinner) with Karo syrup, red food coloring and canned dog food (got that from the Jaws Log if I remember correctly).
Then get the gun powder for a muzzle loader and grind the powder up real fine (burns faster).
Pack it in a pipe or really anything sturdy and BAM! bloody stuffed animal corpse.
We also did the head with the blood and dog food mix and shot it with a 12 gauge against a white sheet on the side of the shed.
That way you could see the splatter better.
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was just brilliant. Totally brilliant. I would love to discuss that more later when I have lots of time.
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You will always be a poor man's Cock Tease.
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I didn't realize you had seen Shinobi and it wasn't your thing. Oh well, maybe your girlfriend or future kidlets will like it. But you got Red Cliff so all should be forgiven.Mavra, now that I know DIVX discs won't be an issue for you, you'll get the motherload in the next shipment.
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"Red Cliff is the longest erection you'll have without looking at T&A."
So sayeth THE DONOR!!
August 27th, 2008 -
You rock!
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Grab a 12 gauge shotgun shell and empty out where the lead pellets are.
Then fill that chamber with more gunpowder.
Now tape nails or whatever sharp objects around the plastic tube.
Then tape a heavy ball bearing to the flat end with the firing cap and attach a kite string like ribbon to the other end for balance.
Throw in the air and it will land on the ball bearing, which pops the firing cap and ignites the powder.
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after the first all-day event. I havent done one since, though I'm seriously considering one this fall.
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He posts on AICN when he has down time on the Straight Talk Express, between stops at Nascar events and Country Music Festivals. -
I've tried to get friends into Mr. Socrates and never got a nibble. And here I find a group of people I've never met who loved it. Go figure. A Bittersweet Life would have been big here among Tarantino fans. I don't understand why Dragon Dynasty hasn't released it. Even Shadowless Sword just got a release yesterday.
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HOD I've got no room to complain. I will definitely give it another shot.
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why do you think I will think that? Only movies I felt that way bout with last shipment were Bloody Tie and Machine Girl. Red Cliff has been one of my most anticipated movies all year. It will either rock, or I'll probably hate it.
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Here's your FedEx tracking number although it won't be "active" for a couple hours as it hasn't left the building yet but it's scheduled to arrive tomorrow.974562071858
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Fred bought a new DVD player. NOt hooked up yes. BUt looking forward to all the new batch of movies from you. Thank you.
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How are you feeling today? How's Dirk?
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I just have a suspicion that you'll see it as a more elaborate Warlords or Mongol. Some people get tired of seeing massive armies slice and dice each other. Me? I could watch it all day. I can't see you hating it. It's too beautifully shot and acted to hate.
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Dirk dealing with DT's. Apparently fortified wine and Amoeba's do not mix!
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Now you can watch your movies over the long weekend. I assume it can play any file?
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to the first person who brings me the fingers and keyboard of egg salad
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Mongol, I'll love it. I really dug both of those movies. But then, neither of those was directed by Woo, and I think it will make all the difference.
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Aug 27, 2008 3:11:41 PM CDT
Damn Fred! I had sheriff posse looking for you again
by chittychittygangbang
Were you on Ninja Fred mission that you cannot speak of?
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is attacking Egg, you know his schtick is done.
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i mean 10 grand, BIG fuckin oops
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I only saw the first one intermittently on cable, and even then it was for no more than ten minutes at a time. Vin Diesel's career ain't exactly on fire right now so I think rebooting old franchises is the only way to go. Unless he decided to hone his acting craftsmanship in order to receive more varied roles. Actually, I'm just joking about that last one.
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were the ear biting scenes.I want to discuss the movies more but I really don't want to spoil them for anybody who hasn't seen them. Who has seen what?
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I knew it...you diseased cunt.
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Fred will be off Friday! Can't wait to watch movies
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Was that the one from Wal Mart?
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I have seen all of them. I quite enjoyed Mr. Socrates. Good film. And the ear biting was probably the best scene.
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Fred was possesed by an alien Pos that spoke Scottish! It infected Dirk first. Mavra Chang and ThereWolf exorcised it out of Fred with Thunderbird - they did not have any EverClear. Fred feeling fine today, but Dirk suffering withdrawal symptoms. It
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Aug 27, 2008 3:18:01 PM CDT
I said I'd only agree to the embargo if I got the payola...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Egg will be banned within a few minutes anyway. He always slithers off to his local church to visit Father O'Reilly.
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what did you think of running wild? I was surprised how much I liked that one.
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Yes Mavra Chang - it was from Walmart
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because I thought you meant Alien P.O.S. and then I could imagine Nick Nolte growling "infected by some alien P.O.S that spoooke...SCOTTISH!" And with that he downs the everclear after popping ecstacy.
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Geeez, that is like koolaid with rubbing alchohol mixed in.
Also doesn't it cost like two bucks per gallon?
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That made Fred laugh! What the word? Thunderbird! What's the price? Twice as nice!
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Like it wasn't a good alien, but sort of a crappy one.
Sort of like comparing a xenomorph with the alien from My Favortite Martian.
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That means I might be able to fit one into my budget soon. I'm doing slow tech device updgrades. The tv will probably be my finale, as it still works well, despite it's age.I'll be back later. I've promised to try to fix my neighbor's computer problems today. Ciao!
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Aug 27, 2008 3:26:27 PM CDT
Fred did not mean it that way - but it does seem funnier
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred not mean to swear though. Might have to wash mouth out with soap.
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Fred loved Pitch Black. It is in Fred's top ten all time sci-fi. CoR is not so good. Fred would like a return to a simpler storyline. Fred think the idea of a Prequel to Pitch Black is excellent. But they would not do it, because that would be admitting they were wrong about CoR.
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Fag.
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Aug 27, 2008 3:36:13 PM CDT
dont forget to spit on your hand first salad
by fartedinthefaceofhollywood
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"1. CHILDREN OF MEN. 2. WALL-E. 3. SUNSHINE. 4. WAR OF THE WORLDS. 5. SERENITY 6. STAR WARS PART 3"
(3) sunshine, fails so bad in the 3rd act it erases a possible great sci-fi film into pure shit. failing to make the list (4) war of the worlds? come on. its ok, but its not better than CoR. (5) SW3??? Noooooooooooooo. Don't even get me started on the silly dialogue in this thing. Wish I had been on something during my viewing of SW3, it might have been an ok comedy then. -
How dare you speak ill of a Star Wars film....how DARE YOU SIR!!
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Surely you can mean classic cinematic vernacular as a robot coughing?
Oh crap I have made a remark against a Star Wars movie!
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i agree Sunshine got a bit "WTF!!!" towards the end...mainly when Mr. Crispy showed up, but other than that...i really enjoyed it.
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was a little long, but a really good movie nonetheless. Not as good as A Bittersweet Life in my opinion, but it had a really great evening. A pleasant surprise since, like Daisy, I had no clue what it was about prior to seeing it.
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Twohy originally planned on Dick Riddick getting killed in PB but test screenings favored the character so much that he flipped the death scene in the end (no spoilers here if u haven't seen it!).I agree with the above....the Dune-like politics didn't fit his character...proverbial shoving of a circle through a square hole. Get him back to the raw and edgy with any antagonist being INhuman...not simply gothic-y humans and Colm Fiore (yes, horribly miscast) with that silly vampire-blur speed thing. Plus, the fight at the end of CoR was pure shite...I don't believe Diesel has any specific training or did any training (I read about some mutt version of martial arts but it looks like brawler shit to me) but that one simply and quick fight in PB was about a million times kewler. Even the line "Did NOT know who it was fukin with" works. Roots will bring Riddick home...not political intrigue and a hundred new side characters (and even tho Alexia is a superhottie, I still didn't see her as a badass....much...anyway.
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I've got just one word for you..."NOOOOoooooooooo!!!!!!!!"End of discussion, no?
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Just saying, it had giant robots.
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All the Chronicles of Riddick love is a little confusing. The main bad guy was obnoxious, tame, unintimidating (especially compared to the protagonist), and totally worthless. The dramatically increased scale only seemed to distance me from the film. It didn't have the personal stories of Pitch Black. Also, the visuals were lazy, mediocre, and similar to so many other things thanks to all the CG. Whatever happened to CGI being used to effect in the first movie? I've mentioned this before, but remember when the guy with all the lights gets separated, and he expels the liquor on the fire, illuminating all the creatures? What a great shot. Another cool one was when Riddick got in the face of that one monster so he couldn't see him, and he was mirroring his movements. What a cool, clever scene. I can't think of anything in the sequel that even compared to those parts, but I welcome somebody to think of something as cool. Anything to enhance the feel of that totally mediocre effort.
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amazing visuals in WOTW. But overall COR is a better watch for me. Its all about the fun factor for me......WOTW depresses me. Its not really fun.
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was it just really stupid. It could have promise? Right? Guys?(Goes back to corner, curling into a ball, murmuring crappy movie ideas to himself once again, and nodding occasionally)
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War of the Worlds was great....when the shit was hitting the fan as in...humans getting dusted left and right. is it just me....or should Tom Cruises character have beat the shit out of his son then dragged his lifeless body off the hill???...that scene made ME want to beat the fuck out of him
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I saw the creatures and had to check it out.
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Aug 27, 2008 4:04:52 PM CDT
Riddick putting out the candles in that room...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...and proceeding to beat the fuck out of all those guards while machine gun fire strobes the room. That crazy bomb device that slam into the floor that incinerates everyone standing around it....
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I like the fact that it was depressing as the fall of man should be just that.
But guess what?
The ending contradicts the mood he was building the while time, wrapped in a neat little package on the porch.
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....but it was a bit funny in a way, he walks out there and starts disentigrating...hes damn near skin and bones and he falls down....im thinking hes gonna stay down cause he got FUCKED UP, next theing ya know he gets up and takes a couple more steps....now THAT is a bad mother fucker
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how far into the movie is that part?
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When Thandy opens the trap door on the ship and city is spilling past below.
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only Keith David is tough enough to play the guy that keeps walking!!
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I enjoyed "Pitch Black," but thought "Chronicles of Riddick" was a huge misstep. It was trying too hard to be gamer-friendly and forgot about drama and plausible explanations. I mean, in the first movie, Riddick is just Riddick. He had biologically upgraded eyes to see in the dark, yes, but he's just a dude. Which was fun. "Chronicles of Riddick," however, got too giddy with fantastical "what ifs" and forgot about character-specific issues that make them interesting. Also, is there any explanation AT ALL for why Riddick can do the things he does? Because if there isn't, then the whole story is silly fantasy of the worst kind. What does being a Furyan mean? Is Riddick bioengineered to be a supersoldier, but was cast out with the rest of his race at some point? Because that's a far more interesting and compelling, not to mention badass, basis for a story. All this Underverse shit is just silly gamer fantasy.
Unless Twohy brings something more compelling to the next film, which I hope will be a low-budget ($70-85 million) production. That way, Twohy will have to work for every effect and dramatic moment to work, instead of assuming that every huge budget effect "Chronicles" presented WILL work. Lean and mean is always better than bloated and overhyped.
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but this is all just a matter of taste. Personally I find the bio engineered super soldier concent to be boring as fuck. I much rather prefer a mythological spiritual explanation for his abilities.
Like "The Force." Spiritual mythology = good......scientific midiclorians explanation = shit. And after thinking about it...I think the underverse is the most interesting thing this franchise has to move forward with. If I wanted to see bio engineered soldiers I would watch Universal Soldier or Soldier-- starring Kurt "Fuck me 'till it hurts" Russell. -
Riddick getting back to battling creatures or a more simple villian than CoR.
Maybe smaller budget with more intimate feel for a few characters to wrap up the trilogy.
Came in small, went big budget, and now leaves with small budget.
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*BEYOND SPOILERIFIC*
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Dragonheart
Star Wars: A New Hope (technically Ben didn't die, but...)
Constantine (he tried to, anyway)
Armageddon
Star Trek: Nemesis
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
Space Cowboys
Arlington Road
Saving Private Ryan
Children of Men
Troy
The Notebook
The Guardian
Cold Mountain
Braveheart
The Cowboys (or any number of John Wayne movies>
The Poseidon Adventure
Backdraft
ALL the Terminator movies
just to list a few off the top of my head. yeah - this HAS been overdone.
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I think the next Riddick needs to be partly based in the big universe we now know and partly small. Riddick can go off on some journey with a small group. But we must see elements of the larger world. To just completely go small again would be even more jarring......in 10 years time it would make the 3 films feel really stupid to go small, big, small.
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I wanna see a prequel first, something explaining how that Cop (Cole Hauser) caught him because as bad a mother fucker as Riddick is....that cop had to pull some SHIT to catch him....perhaps hiring some mercenaries to help him catch Riddick, then the cop murders the mercenaries after hes caught, i mean he IS corrupt after all, then Pitch Black then CoR THEN end it on a personal but VERY important note....CoR handled all the BIG shit and they could still end it cheaply but effectively, something personal and seemingly small, but HUGE in meaning.
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Aug 27, 2008 4:30:31 PM CDT
They may not have choice on budget after CoR though
by chittychittygangbang
But yes, they can make it feel bigger with a smaller budget, but maybe it is my love for Pitch Black talking about feel and budget.
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..as I was saying earlier it would be cool to introduce characters and details we do yet know about Riddick....something that will be very important for the 4th film.
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I know you love this series like no other, DannysDickblood, but in order to give a fuck about characters in a film, I need something to base my feelings about them on. The first film presented a wily, enigmatic badass who could see in the dark and dislocate his shoulders on cue. The story is lean and focused, and the effects, when used, are startling and scary. It leaves a person wanting to know, "What's going to happen next?"
As opposed to "Chronicles," which I was bored by after ten minutes due to the story's plodding enormity. The tame, unscary bad guy, half-baked ship and costume designs, lack of explanation for anything, and overblown plot left me furrowing my brow. You maybe don't need explanations for why characters are the way they are, Danny, which is fine, but I do. Think of John Connor in the original Terminator without a backstory. How compelling would that have been? Riddick feels like that to me.
I know you see things differently, Danny Dickblood, but in a created fantasy universe (since Riddick is now pretty damn far from science fiction), the best storytellers provide character-specific reasons for things to happen instead of just winging it. Riddick now feels like he's winging it, which I'm not a fan of. I want more.
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and I'm like the king of off-topic. if you don't believe me check this out
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/34974
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I want everyone to love the third film.
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They are selling Riddick in a 3 pack DVD collection at Best Buy which includes, Pitch Black, Chronicles of Riddick and Dark Fury. I think they may also be selling it at Wal-Mart. Anyway, I have seen all three and Chronicles of Riddick is not very good, save for the opening scene, the prison escape and the climax. Dark Fury, a animated cartoon which features the character, is more the direction the sequel should have gone in and I have heard some say that about the video game Butcher Bay. Pitch Black is a great film though, that is the one you want to see. I know a girl who loves it and I just sent her a DVD...that's how I found out that the film has been a favorite of her's!!!!
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It was called Into Pitch Black.
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Target sells good DVD/VCR hybrids that are cheap (affordable). The Samsung unit is really nice. I think Toshiba may also have one.
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More Riddick, that movie rocked!!!
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I don't blame Twohy for getting ambitious. I'd rather see a director stretching beyond himself than settling into a safe niche.That said, I thought COR was too ambitious too soon. Pitch Black 2 needed to be a small step forward, needed to cement Riddick as a proper hard case and maybe, on the fringe of the story, just give a hint of the Necromongers and of things to come. Then with 3 - blast the Universe open. It's too big a jump from a tight little claustrophobic movie to a full blown space opera.I didn't mind COR, I liked the 'Dune' thing they had going on and I thought Linus Roache's character was the most interesting - they should've done more with him. Though the hell hounds weren't convincing, it was a smart effect when one of them sticks its head through that waterfall.Having set up all this stuff in COR I can't see Twohy backtracking to a prequel, but who knows. Wouldn't like the series to go DTV.
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The last film I can recall with that many tilted shots was Battlefield: Earth. And we all know how well that film turned out.
Personally, I liked "Pitch Black" a lot, but "Chronicles of Riddick" was an illogical mess. Particularly the part where they're on the planet Crematoria. Even if Riddick hid in the shadows, the planet would still be so hot that he'd get fried no matter what. And if anyone could give me a semi-coherent description of the plot, I'd love to hear it. -
Much obliged! Seems to be not as much admiration for the second Riddick film, but it wouldn't be right to skip over it just for that reason. In for a penny...My vcr is pretty good. I bought it myself. The dvd player was a gift, though, from someone who bought several for different people because they were a good bargain. Mine is the only one of the group still running, so I'm betting it's time is limited. Never hurts to do some advance comparison shopping.Tell ChocolateReign it's ok if he passes along my email address to you, if you want to chat sometime.
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I think that Pitch Black was super cool and CoR was mired in idiocyncratic and self-fulfillment daydreaming. But something about CoR keeps me from hating it and wanting to see more. I don't know...
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I saw Into Pitch Black when it was first broadcast on SciFi way back when Pitch Black opened. I'm also the proud owner of the Japanese special edition DVD of Pitch Black which contains the "prequel".
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are always way better than any other version.Speaking of which, where the hell is my Director's Cut of Kill Bill with the full color House of Blue Leaves sequence and the totally unedited scenes?
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Skip right over Egg Salad tosser and Cock Tease postings because those are Glovedone/Braffed. You would think that a person who claimed to have graduated, alegedly, from Duke University and has a "thriving" mental health counselling business would have been more orginal in his thinking, but no.
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Yeah, i figured that was him. I saw him say 'pumpkin and baby boy'
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CoR was problematic but not complete shit. (unlike Babylon AD by the looks of things)
Pitch Black felt like a geat science fiction short story done with style but not overblown and happy with what it was.
It may not have been up there with The Thing or Predator but it was good stuff and a nice surprise.
Personally I'd prefer 4 or 5 small(ish) (relatively of course) smart movies like Pitch Black to a bloated needless enfranchisement.
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Egg Salad and Cock Tease's identities are known?!
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Yes sir, salad tosser and cock sucking tease are the same numb nut, one glovedone/braff. The wierd talking to himself under two names, the use of the term pickle, babt boy, pumpkin and the general loserness of the post, plus the insatiable need for attention all point to little braffy boy as salad tosser/cocksucker.
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Things are well. How goes it for you?
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Aug 27, 2008 11:00:01 PM CDT
...and now an excerpt from Stephen Baldwin's book....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
..."The Unusual Suspect."
"I can honestly say that part of God's plan for my life was for me to ignore the advice of my managers and make a movie that was universally panned by the critics. Yes, God wanted me to star in a film about two brainless slackers who spend their days watching television, making out with their girlfriends, and drinking large quantities of various substances… The film was brainless and pointless and hilarious and God wanted me to make it. I didn't think like that at the time. Making Bio-Dome played right into my usual, let's have a good time attitude. God had other plans, I just didn't know it at the time." When I say God wanted me to make this movie, I do not mean to imply that He approved of everything in the film. The film contains stuff that does not reflect the life I now live. I haven't even allowed my children to see it.
I know some people think the movie kept my career from really taking off the way it could have after The Usual Suspects. People who think that don't realize that without Bio-Dome I could not have the career I have today, and I'm not talking about movies. The critics may have hated Bio-Dome, but kids loved it. They loved it when we first made it and they still love it today. Everywhere I go I have some kid in his late teens or early twenties come up to me and tell me that this is their favorite movie. Most have never seen The Usual Suspects, or 8 Seconds or Fled, or One Tough Cop or any of my other sixty movies, with the possible exception of The Flintstones In Viva Rock Vegas. But they've seen Bio-Dome over and over again. That's why God wanted me to make the film. I didn't know it ten years ago when I agreed to become Doyle Johnson, but God had already called me both to know Him personally and to impact the youth culture in America with the Good News of Jesus Christ. I didn't know it because I didn't know Jesus at the time. One of the reasons kids will listen to me today is because they recognize me from the movies. But not just any movie. One movie: Bio-Dome." -
Bio-Dome is my 16 year old sister's favorite movie.
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Aug 27, 2008 11:47:48 PM CDT
Of course by this point you all know what I am talking about.
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That's the defining moment for Riddick for me. It was not about shadowy monsters, Pitch Black was about one man's redemption, and the love he almost knew.
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Just what the hell are you talking about?
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HOD WAS WRONG! You can no longer believe the lies this man is feeding us. STARSHIP TROOPERS 3 is one of the best god damn movies in years. It was seriously awesome to most awesomeness of awesomes. If you have not seen it consider yourself banned until you do. I don't know why or how this movie didn't get bigger then it was, but it was fucking amazing. Its just so fucking bat shit crazy. Everything is ridiculous for ridiculous sake, like they were trying to appease some unnamed god with its over the topness. Any movie with the line "Dix saved my ass every day." has to be classic.
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I thought Salad was Braffed, too, but on closer inspection I think he's in fact the reincarnation of the legendary Gabriel Grey.
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got it Series. I will definitely check it out now.
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That needs to be seen with beer. Doctors orders.
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ST3 looks fucking awesome. I'm gonna watch it as soon as my weak heart can handle it.
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I've been wanting to watch ST3, is it really one of the greatest cinematic achievements of the last 4 years? Does the abundance of Dix make this movie worth the price of an entire small country?
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Its quite possible the greatest DTV movie ever made. Like half the shit that happens, you are just like, I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY ARE REALLY DOING THIS SHIT! Its awesome. I don't want to blow it WAY up and let you down. But its tons of fun, and you can tell that they just ran with any idea that anyone came up with. Just wait till you see the music video featured on the DVD.
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I'm sticking with the Braffed theory.
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ST3 is out I guess?
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Aug 28, 2008 12:42:22 AM CDT
came out a few weeks ago in the states Xiphos...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Don't tell me it's better than Shark Attack 3: Megalodon.
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Aug 28, 2008 12:43:17 AM CDT
alright good nite peeps......gotta let my dick rest...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Xiphos...stay safe over there. Series...always double bag it, you don' know where that bitch been! PEACE!!
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Its a good day to die, when you know the reasons why.
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Passing out to Redbelt. Later fulls.
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There is one small let down with ST3, in that Dix doesn't get his ass blasted in the end. Seeing that Casper has been waiting to do any movie since the first one (has he done anything since the first one?) he should've just killed Dix.
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Can I? C'mon where the Aussies at? or the Early rising English for that matter hell any Europeans. I'll even except a Frenchie at this point. Jesus people help me out here.
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The lovely Mavra Chang has coerced me to start posting again on these long threads.
I've tried to stay away from AICN because of the banning fiasco. It was particularly ironic that on the day many of us were banned, Harry and Mori gave out long diatribes about free speech and embargos and not kowtowing to corporate bullying - hypocritical shitbags.
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Whole lot of nothing going around here. Same old, same old.I don't know if you caught my post to you on that infamous SG TB I welcomed you to the banned wagon. It's a place I know very well.Between parties did you get a chance to work on Mall Ninjas vs The Zombie Hoard?
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I neglected to mention that Mavra Chang is good people. It needed to be noted again, now that she worked her wiles on you and got you to make an appearence.
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Sorry Xiphos, haven't even started the script for Mall Ninjas, but I will do...and then I'll send it to you and make you read it!
Still love the way none of the Mods have had the balls to say which one banned me and why. Bunch of cowardly douche nozzles (as the young people say).
Anyways, I liked Chronicles of Riddick, but mainly for the production design, it was a great looking movie and no mistaking.
My guilty pleasure this week was watching Tales From The Crypt: Demon Night on cable again. If you've never seen it, then bear these facts in mind -
The protagonist looks like Gordon Ramsey from Kitchen Nightmares.
Mrs. Will Smith is in it as a sassy, tough, ghetto chick (quelle surprise).
Billy Zane actually puts in a great performance as Satan, despite having drawn on eyebrows.
But my favourite bit of the movie is when Gordon Ramsey says to Mrs. Will Smith 'When did you get out of prison?' - He says this to her because she's still wearing her prison denims. Fuck me, she's been working in a hotel for several weeks and is still wearing her jail clothes. I know minimum wage is shit, but there is a thing called Wal-mart.
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seeing how I'm the only one about at the moment. I need Jarv to get back from his Holiday. That gave me somebody to talk to while all you lazy folks are in your beds over there.
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Of the seven or eight times I've been banned I never knew you did it and after like the third time I quit trying to find out.I thought that CoR, was uneven but sort of fun. I liked the over the top set designs and of course riddick was cool and it had some good action pieces but it was uneven.However it must be stated for the record, Alexis Davalos is one tasty looking bisquit that I wouldn't mind buttering up. I don't think I've seen Demon Night, or if I did, I'll have to check it out again because it ain't ringin any bells. Gordon Ramsey you say? I always want to crack that smug bastard one, right in the chops, every time I see a comercial for Hell's Kitchen.
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I told you you'd be welcomed! Now if I could get ChocolateReign to drop in as well, things would be a little closer to being right in this site. I would also add Monster2BPitied to that catagory, but I don't know his address. If you know it, would you please pass along my best wishes?Xiphos, how's it going? I'm glad you were here for Pondscum's visit. You guys take care and I'll catch up with you sometime soon. Cya!
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Who's seen it? Started off slow for maybe the first third or so, but damn, it got pretty damn funny.Anytime you end up with a midget tied up on acid = high quality entertainment.Series...speaking of quality, that was a great recommendation for ST3. I'm sold. Added to my queue. I will now wait for enlightenment to arrive. Perhaps I will fast in the meantime.
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JPT, I liked Death at a Funeral, and anytime Peter Dinklage shows up, it's a good thing. Viva la Station Agent!
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Do we have a new addition to the group? Hello Pondscum is Banned. Fred very happy today. Boss on vacation! Hee hee
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Sorry, I should have given a big shout out to people....so Hello!
I'll also take this opportunity to thank Mavra, Chocolate Reign and Media Messiah for keeping in touch and to Xiphos, johnnyjlawless, FMB and D.Vader for continually contesting the bannings. (and for coninually giving JackNanceRevenge a hard time). Cripes! Even WhinyNegativeBitch was being supportive at one point - how weird is that?
As for AracadianDS, Nice Gaius and Lord John Whorfin - words cannot describe the loathing, contempt and disgust I feel for you.
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Last post for me this morning. I'm falling asleep! I haven't seen Death At A Funeral, but I did see The Station Agent. That was a great movie. I enjoyed watching the neighborhood people insinuating themselves so easily into FinBar's life while he tries to remain aloof and dignified, despite their various quirks.Several people here recommended the book "The Walking Dead" to me. My copy arrived yesterday and I just finished the first chapter. I'm already certain that I'll be ordering the rest of the series (and have a fellow zombie-fan coworker waiting to borrow this one when I'm done). Thanks for telling me about it. Later!
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Goodbye Mavra Chang sleep tight, don't let space bugs bite - or make sure you have Marvin the Martian gun that can deliver extreme predjudice!
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shall we continue our exploration of movie years? To everyone new, over the past few days we have been recapping years in movies, starting with 1998(for no real reason) and we have done about two a day amidst all the other random chatter.
So, we are up to 2002. The good? the bad? the great?
I recall really enjoying that year of film , but I was in college having a great time, and later that year I met the woman who would be my wife, so it might have colored my vision a bit. Above all else, I remember 2002 being a HUGE year for re-releases.
I saw E.T., Amadeus, Cinema Paradiso, Metropolis and Lawrence of Arabia all in re-releases that year.
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take care!
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Lilo and Stitch!
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Blade 2 Two Towers Bourne Identity
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Fred, good choice. I remember going to see that, and it being sold out so a whole team of us went to Minority Report instead. Somehow, I missed Lilo and Stitch after that, but a friend gave it to me as a christmas present, and I remember we all sat and watched it the first time I introduced my wife(girlfriend at the time) to my family. Typically I have already seen stuff by the time I watch it with my parents or whomever, but I hadn't watched it either and I didnt expect it to be as touching as it was. By the time he is wandering around, crying out "Family!" I was done.
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...or being slandered by one of my own.I don't remember trashing ST3. In fact, I proudly remember saying last week that I was probably the only one of us regulars who had taken the time to watch it.It is by no means a great movie but it was so outrageous I had a good time. And even though the production budget is way down from the first movie, a lot of the wit from Verhoeven's is present here.I'm not a fan of DTV movies, but ironically I have watched 3 in the past two weeks which is 2 more than I've watched my entire life. Between ST3, Pathfinder and Pistol Whipped, ST3 is the clear winner. Pathfinder wasn't bad and although Vern and DGDB told me otherwise, I watched most of Pistol Whipped at x2 speed.I need to go find my post because this is bugging me now. I'm certain I said ST3 was mostly entertaining and certainly worth a rental.Stephen Baldwin is a douche. He and Kirk Cameron need to combine forces and formed the Washed Out Ministries. The Church of Chang will steamroll them.Death at a Funeral was hilarious and not only was Peter Dinklage awesome, but so was Alan Tudyk.Pondscum and Xiphos? Wow, this TB is really heating up. Sweet!
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when I saw that saying you disliked ST3, I thought you were one of the few who saw it and recommended it. I think you recommended it with alocohol, but nonetheless, you liked it.
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Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie
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Did I read you right, contempt for the good MNG?And I'm pretty sure Hawaiian did not slander ST3 either.
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wow...it's stuff like that I find rather embarrasing. So, Stevie does this mean your new ministry is making Sci-fi channel originals? Or Scare Tactics? How did that fit in?
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should I not have admitted that?
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But thought that would be too much geekiness for an Amoeba to handle. He would get teased
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Heh heh heh - fair warning countdown in 5...4...3...2
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hah! Hi Fred long time no see!
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I have to admit i chuckled at Scoody Doo. HOD you did indeed defend ST3 I think whoever said you did not got confused or was drunk.
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Fred enjoyed Scooby as well - it a guilty pleasure. Fred loved Scooby's laugh! Fred forgot about Transporter, that was a darn good movie.
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thrillers, both good and bad:
Ghost Ship: ridiculous, but not so terrible really. That kill in the opening was worth it.
Below: Ok, I thought I'd like this more, but it was atmospheric and the idea of a ghost who likes playing Glen Miller to scare people amuses me. Loved the setting of the sub for a ghost story. In fact, now more than before I want to see Therewolf's vamp sub movie. Overall I enjoyed this, and it was Twohy's movie he did right before Riddick.
Dragonfly: remember this Costner mopey weepy ghost flick? It was pretty silly, but it actually had a great ending. That, I didnt expect, since I had given up on the movie long before the ending arrived.
Mothman Prophecies: the better version of "the older ladies man actor loses wife and sees strange crap" story. Richard Gere here, instead of Costner, and the director was Mark Pellington. It's a cool creepy flick that still holds up. Will Patton is good too. Where did he go these days?
The Ring: saw this on halloween, and had a great time. It's fun. It aint the original, but it had naomi watts and brian cox, and a horse getting run over by a ferryboat.
Wendigo- just felt creepy in it's chilly setting and understated story. Loved seeing Dewey from Malcolm in the Middle as a haunted little kid.
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Hero - martial arts mayhem with some mental orientals! Hiya! I loves me some chop sockey action.
Equilibrium - Matrix Batman Ninja Priest goes over to George Orwell's house and does a big poo on Brave New World.
Road to Perdition - Tom Hanks grows a mustache and shoots people in the face in this heart warming depression era comedy.
Bubba Ho-Tep - Elvis vs. The Mummy, nuff said.
Spider Man - web slinging emo fags have a bit of cry and touch each others' hairless bonkers.
28 Days Later - enjoyed the first half and then it went shit.
The Ring - Gore Verbinski did a pretty good job of translating this Nipponese horror classic. However, the notion of people watching a film on VHS was pretty laughable.
Phone Booth - great low budget 10 minute indy film idea blown out to a feature length film. Good stuff nonetheless.
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is an often overlooked disney effort that I really took a liking to when I saw it. With that and Lilo and in the same year, I thought Disney was poised for a traditional animation comeback. I was wrong.
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It really does hold up well. I had no idea what to expect when i saw it, but was thouroughly entertained.
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After the banning fiasco, he couldn't wait to crawl up the Mods' assholes and praise them for the bannings. No one likes an ass kissing, brown noser unless they're in a film called Butt Licking Lesbians.
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the notion of watching stuff on vhs was plausible. I didnt even get a dvd player until winter of that year, and video rental outlets were still renting both formats, with the bulk of stuff being vhs.
Also, didnt see Hero until late 2003, and it wasnt released here until 2004, but technically it's a 2002 movie. Bubba Hotep wasnt released here til 2003, same for 28 Days Later.
I sort of enjoyed Phone Booth, felt Road to Perdition was uneven with great performances, and liked everything else you listed there.
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Two Towers was not only my favorite LOTR movie but probably my favorite movie of the year. Lots of good indie's came out that year but a lot of the high octane and shiny Hollywood stuff won me over and took many top spots.Minority Report, Blade 2, Catch Me If You Can, Road To Perdition, We Were Soldiers, The Mothman Prophecies, K19, The Count of Monte Cristo, Gangs of New York, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Treasure Planet, Undercover Brother, Chicago, Reign of Fire, Phone Booth and Spider Man all entertained the bejeezus out of me. And then the indie stuff like Auto Focus, Super Troopers, Adaptation, Bubba Ho-Tep, About Schmidt and 24 Hour Party People was spot on.
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But Jonah is right it was 2003 over here. I did not see Equilibrium until last year! Bubba Ho Tep - same thing. Enjoyed the hell out of them both.
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Secretary - spanking perv fest you could watch with your girlfriend.
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind - the Gong Show dude meets up with Clooney and kills loads of commies.
We Were Soldiers - kind of like Hamburger Hill but good and starring everyone's favourite alcoholic racist.
SW: Attack of the Clones - just kidding, what a pile of CGI shit.
8 Mile - wanted to hate this movie cuz of Slim Wigger. But it was suprisingly not bad.
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but did.
Walk to Remember-yes, go ahead and slam me. It wasn't genius but I liked it. I somehow expected Mandy Moore to go in a diff direction than she did, but she showed potential here.
Four Feathers- the original is an excellent film, and this doesn't measure up, but I honestly liked this one a decent bit. This was where I really started to notice Ledger, and Honsou was great as always in it.
Eight Legged Freaks- I can't help it. Im a sucker for creature features.
Stuart Little 2: It was cute! It was!
Tuck Everlasting-It was a bit cheesy, but having actually met Hurt while he was here filming it, and this being the first movie I saw with my wife, it gets something of a free pass. And it had Ben Kingsley as a villain! In a yellow suit! with a yellow hat! It could only have gotten better if he had a monkey named "Furious George" that would chase the children. -
Thanks Pondscum. I knew zero about that movie when I rented it and was dazzled by the gunkata stuff. I watched it again the next day. And Frailty was great.I watched ST3 stone cold, but I recommend HIGHLY (I can't stress this point enough) that you have a couple drinks before you put it in and a constant drink in your hand throughout. Guaranteed good time.I'm the Hawaiian Organ Donor and I approve of this message.
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BOTW - what a great film, I really, really liked it even though it was full of French people, like talking in French and shit.
8 Legged Freaks - spiders are freaky fuckers. The jumping ones killing off the kids on their dirt bikes was particularly groovy.
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Spiderman-Quite a bit of fun, and it was refreshing because at this point we were used to superhero movies never respecting the source material even a little. Yea, the goblin's suit was weak, but this got far more right than we ever expected. And in a world of largely crappy comic book movies, something that was just good made us cheer.
Attack of the Clones-y'know, I liked this. I did. This was like a 200 million episode of Flash Gordon. For better or worse, if this technology was available in 77 I think this is what Lucas would have done with Star Wars. Overlook the stilted dialogue, and this has a cool, pulpy feel.
Sum of All Fears-It was ok I guess. It was odd watching my hometown of Baltimore obliterated by a nuclear weapon so soon after 9-11. The rest was forgettable.
Spirit: Stallion of the Cinnabon
Saw it with a girl. Sue me. It wasnt that bad.
Undercover Brother-wow, that was funnier than it should have been. NPH ripping out someone's spine.
Insomnia-good remake. Creepy Williams. Creepy Alaska. Pacino sure looks tired.
Windtalkers-No John. Bad John. Hopefully Red Cliff makes up for this and MI2 and Paycheck.
Bourne Identity-no one expected this to be good. And no one expected to be involving and exciting. But it was, on both counts.
Minority Report-maybe I have no taste, but this is one of my fave Spielberg movies. Loved pretty much everything about this, and saw it a couple times in the theater. Second or third best movie of the year.
Men in Black 2: meh. best part, clan of aliens living in a locker.
8 Legged Freaks-I had fun, that was all.
Stuart Little 2-same as above.
K-19-oh so slow, but not bad.
Reign of Fire-dragons, it had draaagoons!! Can't dislike that.
Spy Kids 2-wow, they vomitted this up quick, and it showed. Uggh.
Signs-yea, I love this movie. The invasion stuff is silly, the first I saw it I thought when all the actors point and stare at Shymalan that it just became some sort of meta-film where all the characters saw the director and recognized the source of their anguish, and Gibson would end the alien invasion by killing shymalan. oh well, I liked what they gave us.
Big Fat Greek Wedding-I laughed.
XXX-nope, didnt like it.Though the inclusion of Ramstein helped briefly.
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Every one of those I agree with, save for Clones, which I had zero expectations for due to Phantom Menace and enjoyed a little as a result. Windtalkers is the worst of that lot, followed by Nemesis.
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Gangs of New York - over hyped drivel.
SW: Butt Attack of the Clowns - George rapes my wallet again.
ST: Nemesis - ugh!
Resident Evil - Paul WS Anderson.
Austin Powers Goldmember - pounding those horses' bones into fine dust.
Van Wilder - why?
Windtalkers - I didn't go Woo.
Undercover Brother - not a black comedy.
MIB 2 - just when you finish wiping, another turd emerges from this asshole.
XXX - ADD spunk heaven.
Mr. Deeds - oh look, Adam Sandler's playing the same fucking character again. How cute.
I Spy - with my little eye something beginning with shit.
The Tuxedo - too old to fight, too crap to act, Whackie Chan is turd-tabulous in this trainwreck.
Boat Trip - again why?
Pluto Nash - Eddie Murphy...in space!
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Russian Ark-Definitely an art film, but I think it's mesmerizing to watch. One supposedly continuous unbroken shot, through a huge swathe of Russian history.
Rabbit Proof Fence-I love this movie. See it.
Intacto-luck vampires. And Mx Von Sydow. A very good thriller.
Spirited Away-it wasn't overlooked at the time, but I meet alot of people that didnt see this. This was my fave of 2002, right in front of Two Towers.
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...can you ask him if he got the package? FedEx site says it was delivered but I just want to make sure it was to the correct address.
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That was a nifty little film. Anyone see this? And Invincible with Tim Roth, directed by Herzog.
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If so, Ill stop by before I got to the gym and pick it up.
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I got a kick out of that movie.
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I had forgotten all about Boat Trip (although I think the Latina lead was one of the hottest women I'd ever seen up to that point), The Tuxedo (even JLH couldn't save this with her dripping hotness), I Spy (whoever signed off on that script must have been looking at a ransom note and a box with his son's finger in it) and Mr. Deeds (words fail me).
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So you should have it this morning I'm guessing.974562071847
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Truly is a great film even without the creature. But it does have it and that is icing on the cake.
Forgot how much I love the brother that went to college.
Although my favorite character may be the homeless guy that helps in the end.
I mean he lets a guy crash on his mat, then busts him over the head with a bottle, then calmy helps builds molotav cocktails in a car and even more calmly pours gas on a creature and just stands there watching.
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adding him in there helped give some humor to the end, which isn't really in humor mode at that point. The family, previously amusing, are focused deelpy on rescuing the girl but the bum still gets some funny moments. I also love that crazy firey dance the beast does right after they light it up, and the look in the eyes of the sister as she walks away as it burns. Wow. That is a definite 4 out of 4 star movie.
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Aug 28, 2008 9:06:10 AM CDT
Chitty, it stands to reason you'd love molotov cocktails
by hawaiian organ donor
Glad I could make your evening enjoyable. Wait until you see the other stuff.
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but what are your top ten asian films?
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for the asian goodness onslaught that will be my day off tomorrow.
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She had a smoking body and that cool calm look after she shot the creature.
So fucking amazing.
Also when he dropped the cocktail and the camera show the broken bottle burning and all of the sudden the arrow comes down and pokes the flaming wad.
So fucking amazing.
I have never seen a series of shots and angles that could make running around the underbelly of a bridge so cool.
Also the initial creature attack early in the film was among the best I've seen in a long, long, time.
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Aug 28, 2008 9:14:11 AM CDT
I'm taking tomorrow off just to catch up on movies
by hawaiian organ donor
I'll be watching The Guard Post and then going with something not so recent that I never got around to watching, like PTU or Seven Swords.I expected more Fred with his boss away today.
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The forestry service came in with a small fast bulldozer and made a loop around the field to contain it.
I don't know what was hotter, the grass or my dad's temperature.
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It sets the standard high for creature features. Actually, the odd thing is I have a friend who loves cheesy monster crap, all of it, and when I showed him Host he just shrugged and said it was o.k. I can only imagine that he was so looking forward to the cheesy obvious motions of a monster flick, that the originality and unpredictability of the Host caused him to lose his footing.
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naawww. I'm just kidding. Jonah....Steve is probably the coolest religious person on the planet, what do you mean?!! And Pillow-- Death At a Funeral was fucking awesome. I didn't find any of it slow....it had an incredible build. The main guy is great...and I love the shit on the finger sequence.
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Aug 28, 2008 9:16:59 AM CDT
the CG of the beast in The Host was incredible....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...its motion in those slow mo shots is so fucking real it makes me piss myself.
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once caught the last bit of Dateline episode or something like that. They were trying to create a hook for a piece of unlikely and debauched individuals coming to Christ. The tagline was this. "Reborn? A stripper...a prostitute..and a Baldwin brother."
Loved how they kept the last bit there like being a baldwin brother is far more debauched than the previous two. Suffice to say, I didnt stick around to watch the segment. -
The Host isn't going anywhere. It's yours now. We need you to get on the bus so we can discuss this stuff.That opening is impressive though. You gotta love that they threw the creature at us right out of the starting gate.
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Aug 28, 2008 9:22:13 AM CDT
"Reborn? A stripper...a prostitute..and a Baldwin brother."
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Oh fuck.....I'm giggling. People are looking at me funny....hahaha.
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I love the scene where it runs into that packed trailer and you just see it rocking, and the bystanders looking on helpless, and they we see it burst forth, chasing that overweight guy who tries to trundle away.
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might have bypassed Gojira as favorite asian monster flick. Need to re-watch Gojira before I start saying that though.
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I wouldn't even really call it a monster movie.....its a family dramedy first and foremost. It could have easily been a kidnapping film about the family coming together and kicking ass to get back their girl. The family moments were great. Without them...it would have been a sci-fi channel monster movie with really good effects.
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watch Chocolate and Daisy. They rock. As does The Warlords. Running Wild and Mr. Socrates are good too. And you will likely be amused by Machine Girl.
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That's three hard core movies in three days.
Can you imagine back in my hallucnagenic days and me watching those three back-to-back-to-back?
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but ultimately the monster is in there, and the parts containing it are true to the genre of monster flick. That's the genius of it. It really is two movies spliced together. You could just throw the family into the monster movie and have a diff flick, or throw the monster into a family movie and also get a diff flick. But the genius here was the monster movie and the family movie collided with one another. My admiration grows as we speak.
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Pan's I saw Painted Veil and Letters from Iwo Jima back to back. Seriously, that was the best January at the movies ever.
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...the casting was top notch. That seems to be what I have noticed with Korean films....they are very naturalistic with their acting style. There are scenes I'm sure are scripted, but they play almost improvisational.
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...but have held off the last couple years watching it due to mixed reviews. I really need to get it over and done with. Do me a favor Jonah and watch them in this order: Shinobi, Guard Post and Red Cliff. And let me know immediately what you thought of them. Send me an e-mail if you have to.The Filipino family that lives across the street from me are born agains. Every Christmas they put a put out a huge "JESUS" sign on their front lawn, along with a life-sized nativity scene and other assorted Christmas crap. They have 4 girls, all under the age of 8 and I just noticed the wife is preggers again. I guess they'll keep trying until they have a boy. They annoy the phuck out of me.
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I woke up in a cold sweat last night with this on my mind....
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Aug 28, 2008 9:34:35 AM CDT
Jonah! I say the Nay! Better than Gojira? Take that back!
by toadkillerdog
I liked The Host for the silliness of the family dramedy, and for the very cool monster effects. But it in no way comes close to Gojira.
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That is an excellent observation! My wife and I were trying to figure it out the other day watching Running Wild. It has the same setup as an american action film, it has the same basic plot, and similar scenes but the whole thing feels more real and natural. The villain, when being chased, behaves the way any person being chased would, not the way a "villain" might behave.
In Host, when they have that slapstick breakdown at the mass memorial, and as the fighting brothers are being pulled apart, the younger bro leaps up and kicks the other. I always wondered. Was that in the script, or did the actor do that last minute? I think not, since someone could have been hurt(this isnt thailand after all) but it feels like it is, and it gets a huge laugh as a result. -
they annoy you because they are christians or other reasons?
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The great use of the wide shots.
In the day and age of everyone trying to find the new "wicked cool" way to place a camera and get the trendy new angle, you have several simple wide shots that add to the scope.
The wide shot in the lab, when he tells the guy to pour the chems in the sink.
The wide shots of the creature in the first attacks (both in the parking lot and the lady on the train looking down).
Granted there were some great angles and positions, but those wide shots balanced and spread them out.
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Aug 28, 2008 9:37:36 AM CDT
I have no problem with Christmas decorations.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
And even though I'm pretty anti-organized religion, I am able to disassociate Christmas and Christianity. I think taking "Merry Christmas," out of it and making it "Winter Festival," or whatever the fuck they try to call it-- is fucking horse shit. Its fucking Christmas!! In our modern age it doesn't have to have anything whatsoever to do with Christianity or Christ. I know Muslim families that put up Christmas lights and get a tree every year. For them it is just a great family holiday...... So I'm cool with all the in yo' face Christmas decorations. Its my favorite time of year...
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Is just an awesome actor. He was also in Antarctic Journal, Memories of Murder and The Show Must Go On and pound for pound he can give any actor in Hollywood a run for their money. I'd watch him and the guy from Oldboy in a movie about door to door deodorant salesmen.
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I didn't. I plan on re-watching Gojira very soon. I just wonder if the actual movie-making quality is as strong, or the fact of the bomb metaphor and the cultural impact of Godzilla are what make Gojira such a favorite. I would never talk trash on the big guy. Believe me. I watch that movie almost every year.
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In my yoot. Fun stuff I must admit!
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I remember not instantly recognizing him from Memories when I watched Host, and then seeing him in Antarctic Journal made me see what a great actor he is. A good part of the reason that film worked at all was him.
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When they are past the quarintine and sneak back into the store.
The father is chastising them for making fun of their brother.
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I have my eye on you Jonah Echo. I tolerate lots of movie bashing -but nothing touches Gojira. You are in danger of receiving extreme unction!
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he passes gas whether he is having a good day or a bad one." Or something like that.
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per our copious kaiju conversations, I have seen many many many giant creature flicks. Gojira will always have an exalted place in their pantheon, as the granddaddy, come what may. That stark black and white imagery cannot ever truly be matched. And most people don't realize how strong the story of the original flick is. Gojira is as much one of Japan's finest cinematic hours as something like Seven Samurai is.
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how are you today?
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When done safe and properly of course.
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I borrowed Cider House Rules from a co-worker. I'm gonna give it another go round this weekend, and see if anything has changed since 99.
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Had my bocce league last night. Little rough around the edges.
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There is nothing like a fire mission when you get to drop an HE round or twenty on a target. I loved being in Artillery!
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didnt accumulate any bodies you cant explain this morning?
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Aug 28, 2008 9:51:50 AM CDT
Not to change the subject, but has anyone seen..
by chittychittygangbang
Time Life's documentary The World at War?
I caught an infomercial on it and good gosh that looks like some hardcore shit.
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Bocce and hungover are terms I have never heard in the same sentence before. Bocce and maalox, yep, heard that one!
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I saw TL series over twenty years ago. Not sure if it is same thing re-packaged. But only so much WWII footage exists - so it must be.
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Check this out. Look at the pics in order, and read the captions if you can. It's an epic tale of man, bee and fire. All real photos.
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I believe you.
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Aug 28, 2008 9:56:47 AM CDT
Make no bones about it, I'd ban all religion if I could
by hawaiian organ donor
But I tolerate it because it's easy enough to ignore and this may come as a surprise but even here in the Bible Belt I can avoid it. And I'm a hypocrite. Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I love decorations as does my wife and we put up lights, holly and the tree every year.But the born agains bug me. They are usually the ones trying to convert others (our neighbor has made attempts at both my wife and myself a few times) and chances are you were born right the first time. You just liked the bottle and lines of coke.So long as the religious types realize that being gay is NOT a choice and they let the woman decide what she can do with her body even if they find it reprehensible, then I have zero issues with religion. We'll get along just fine. My wife believes in reincarnation which to me is the zaniest belief of all but we're soul mates so I can let just about anything slide.
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It's really all about the bar afterwards though. We went undefeated in the regualr season last night. Lots of celebrating.
It also reminds me of a favorite movie line. Guess the film:
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Excellent.
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...I have no problem with religion as long as it doesn't encourage prejudice, hatred, and converting others.
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That just didn't give a damn about the swingset!
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Remember in The Host when the creature throws up all of those bones and fluid.
That's what the next morning is like after a night of Everclear.
You'll start calling friends to make sure it was strangers you were throwing up and not freinds.
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a christian, though I don't really use the term "born again", I'd actually agree with pretty much all you say. Though, I even try to have tolerance for those who seem a bit confused with it all, and play the "let me tell you how to live" game.
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Aug 28, 2008 10:05:25 AM CDT
Everyone in my life believes in the Big Guy upstairs...
by hawaiian organ donor
...and is a carnivore and I love them all the same so even though I have a reputation of being the most intolerant jerkwad on the planet, I'm really not. I'm a "whatever floats your boat" kinda guy so long as it doesn't involve hurting women and children. And that's the last I'll ever say on the subject.
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My fave line was "It's so beautiful. I'm so proud to be an american rigt now."
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...why did nearly every "Born-again," do coke off a hooker's ass? Fuck....they live it up more than I ever have.....
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Galactus?
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Remember the Born Again Busey phase? Dear Jeebus, that was scary.
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Aug 28, 2008 10:11:56 AM CDT
Busey is the one guy that could convert me....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....he makes life look fun.
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the bees vs. rednecks with fire link? Danny, Chitty, HOD. Check it out. For all I know, that's chitty in those pics.
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Aug 28, 2008 10:13:27 AM CDT
Jonah, I read somewhere about a dude blowing his house up
by toadkillerdog
Trying to get rid of insects. I do understand the law of disproportinate escalation though. If a critter wont take the hint with a can of Raid, nuke the beast!
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"Whatever floats your boat...." Equinas loves you for your acceptance...
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look at how well shot the pics are. Those are some beautiful photos..of a totally insane irresponsible event!
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I dont recognize the qoute. what is it?
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...its odd. I like bees more than rednecks....so.... But I did get a kick out of the line, "12/23 NEVER FORGET"
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I agree. I felt bad for the burned bees, but got such a laugh out of the insane euphoria those guys seemed to get from nearly incinerating their house.
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Who the fuck would throw a can of paint thinner into a fire....about 15 feet from your fucking house? Douche bags.
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Aug 28, 2008 10:21:53 AM CDT
yeah....the quality is good. Looks like digiSLR....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Splash. When Hannah first walks out of the water and walks i nfront of the SOL tourguide.
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I need to go pick up a set. I saw The World at War probably 25 years ago on PBS. It's an excellent series, the DVD set is nice but for my money Ken Burns' recent series is the best documentary ever done about WWII from an American perspective. For an all around perspective and to appreciate the British once and for all, the BBC History of World War II is awesome, maybe the best on the subject.And thank Flying Spaghetti Monster for Channel Four as they gave us our first good doc for WWI called The First World War - The Complete Series.
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follow the link I sent above. That will explain it.
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The hillbilly put a caption on the bottom REMEMBER 12/23.....like mocking REMEMBER 9/11.......except this is a the fall of the Bee Towers.
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I'll watch them in that order, and since I'll be at home, I'll give you a play by play as I see them. I'll just post here, unless you want me to send more detailed emails.
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That saddens me more than Holocaust footage.
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did you want a go at it?
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I'll be watching movies all day myself so I guess I'll just keep the laptop by my side.
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we are such movie geeks. I'll do Guard Post first. I'm looking forward to it.
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that was this morning. I didnt do the typical giant list, but we had a long discussion on 2002. It was a pretty great year.
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About Schmidt
Adaptation
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Big Trouble
Blade II
Blue Crush
The Bourne Identity
Catch Me if You Can
Collateral Damage
Die Another Day
Eight Legged Freaks
Frailty
Ghost Ship
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Minority Report
One Hour Photo
Orange County
Panic Room
Phone Booth
Punch-Drunk Love
Rollerball
Signs
Spider-man
Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Stuart Little 2
The Transporter
The Tuxedo
Undercover Brother
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Aug 28, 2008 10:53:28 AM CDT
2002 was the first list I had comedies on i think....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
The Tuxedo, Undercover Brother, Orange County, and Rollerball (funniest fucking movie of all time)
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no Lilo and Stitch?
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I thought that was supposed to bad? I never actually saw it. Not really a Murphy fan to begin with.
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And let me preface this by saying I probably haven't seen half the movies you gents have seen (like Pluto Nash, which I can guaran-fucking-tee wouldn't be on my list anyways:Black Hawk Down, Bourne Identity, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Catch Me if You Can, Reign of Fire, Road to Perdition, Sum of All Fears, Transporter, Collateral Damage, Count of Monte Cristo. I realize that I ain't seen shit from '02.
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The backlash was fucking ridiculous. It is a well made family comedy basically. It is an innocent, goofy, family sci-fi. Eddie is good, Rosario is fine, Randy Quaid is cool, and Sam Rockwell's fucking hilarious.
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Road to Perdition, and Count of Monte Crrrrrristo.
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It was like watching paint dry.
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You have no soul if you don't love Catch Me.
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I was expecting time to stop and Eddie Murphy emerge from my TV a la The Ring and force me to do unspeakable things with a ear of corn where every kernel is a harsh reminder of just how godawful the movie is.As it turns out, it wasn't nearly as bad as the critics would have you to believe. It had a few laugh out loud moments which is a few more than Fool's Gold had.
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Aug 28, 2008 11:22:17 AM CDT
HOD....you fucking fast forwarded through Pistol Whipped?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Thats like saying you wore multiple layers to a strip-club to ensure you didn't feel a thing...
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I mean I wont go seek it out likely, but if its on tv, Ill stop and give it a whirl.It's one of those movies that everyone seemed to hate,but I dont know if I ever met anyone who actually saw it. Thanks for the heads-up Danny. I do like sci-fi comedies if done well.
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Aug 28, 2008 11:23:48 AM CDT
Randy Quaid and Rockwell are both great in it...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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stuff I liked and loved: Overall, it was a pleasant year with great movies, but more likes than loves here, I think.
21 Grams
American Splendor
Big Fish
Bon Voyage
Bruce Almighty
Calendar Girls
Code 46
The Company
The Cooler
The Core
Elephant
Elf
Finding Nemo
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
Holes
House of Sand and Fog
The Hulk
I Am David
I Capture the Castle
I'm Not Scared
Identity
Intolerable Cruelty
Les Invasions barbares
The Italian Job
Japanese Story
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Kitchen Stories
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
The Last Samurai
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lost in Translation
Love Actually
Luther
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Matchstick Men
The Matrix Reloaded
A Mighty Wind
Mystic River
Natural City
Oldboy
Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior
Open Range
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Open Water
Osama
Peter Pan
Bubba Hotep
In America
Pieces of April
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
The Reckoning
Runaway Jury
The Rundown
School of Rock
Schultze Gets the Blues
Seabiscuit
Secondhand Lions
Shanghai Knights
Shattered Glass
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
The Station Agent
The Statement
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Sylvia
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Tokyo Godfathers
Touching the Void
Les Triplettes de Belleville
Veronica Guerin
Whale Rider
Willard
Wonderful Days
X2: X-Men United
Zatoichi
Zhou Yu's Train
Winged Migration
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Could put out Minority Report and Catch Me in the same year. No wonder I'd be willing to be his personal ball washer.So what movie from 2002 did we all agree on?
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Aug 28, 2008 11:32:11 AM CDT
I think we should name our top 3 from every year....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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And underused Lance Henrickson. I tried, dude, I really did. Any one of us could have written a more engaging movie.And you gotta understand that I'm new to the DTV thing. Maybe I just need to warm up to this low budget schlock.
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Yikes. That's a flame war waiting to happen.
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Minority Report, Punch-Drunk Love, Signs
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Yeah...it is a much different viewing mindset I shall admit. I just have fun with those movies. Pistol Whipped is another one where my buddy and I were laughing non-stop throughout the whole fucking thing. And have the time I couldn't even hear what Seagal was saying...we had to put subtitles on!!
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Aug 28, 2008 11:42:45 AM CDT
...but Seagal is tough as fuck in that movie...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
when he rocks that cop in the police station or smokes those fools in the bowling alley and then bows to the cleaning guy. And that fucking poor man's Jimmy Caan mobster guy, "....when I fucker her in the ass....I promise not to wipe my dick on her drapes when I'm done..."
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When Ahnuld said "Freeze in Hell" we lost it.
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Loved that film. I recommended it to a friend, though, and he's still never forgiven me for it.
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...I've heard many personal friends say it really disturbed them. It shows the ugly side of people and people just cant accept that in a so-called romantic sort of film.
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Pistol Whipped was excellent for that sort of straight to dvd cheap action film. It was one of the best I've ever seen in that genre. But when the fuck did Seagal become full on Creole?
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"SHUT SHUT SHUT SHUT SHUT SHUT SHUT...SHUT UP!!!"
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...and the Dennis Farina clone getting shot in the restaurant was OK, but Seagal mumbles his lines and the editing was done so quickly to avoid showing that the Zen master has lost a step or two. I look at Sammo Hung who is twice as fat but twice as fast as doesn't require quick cuts to make him look faster.The shootout at the end has a few neat moments. With a bottle of rum and a friend it might have been loads better.
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It is not a bad flick. It aint for the hardcore scf-fi geek, and definitely not for the Eddie Murphy haters, but it is enjoyable for what it is. A goofy moon based mostly family friendly movie.
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This is where we get into some very contentious territory. And my skin is too thin today to take a beating from every single guy here.
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Did you see that commercial for the mattress store on PDL's special features? PSH is like, "Are you lookin' for a mattress?! Then come on down!!" and then he jumps off I think a bus or something with a guitar and bounces off a mattress and just smacks the pavement. Its so fucking funny.....
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Aug 28, 2008 11:57:59 AM CDT
Oh shit...here it is!! Everyone watch this...funny as FUCK.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
http://tinyurl.com/3ad7m4
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Only watched it once, I guess I need to see it again.
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Interesting statement considering the nature of the bannings. I'm sorry you feel that way.
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Daaaaaamn! We're getting close to having every AICN regular up in this mug.For the record, I don't have a problem with anyone on this site. I'm like Fred in that regard.
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Maybe.
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But I also like the jerks. We shouldn't be so quick to judge the jerks - they need love, too.
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In PDL....Sandler uses the Snack-Pack rewards to fly around. He buys like a thousand things of pudding because he realizes some loop-hole where its actually worth like 100 times as much as the pudding cost in flier miles. That part is based on a real story.
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See Hellboy II yet? I can't remember if it's out tomorrow for you or already out...
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I'm gonna cheat and say Executive Decision since I think it's the best movie he's been in.
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Return of the KingThe Last Samurai Master and Commander X2Runaway Jury
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Out For Justice, Under Siege, Pistol Whipped
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Boss gone, Fred off work Friday (Fredday). Fred do nuthin rest of day but chat online, eat gummie bears and suck air!
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My daughter loves gummie bears. It's her "reward" if she "goes on the potty".aaahhh, the joys of parenthood.
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Wow....2003 was pretty lame. Here is what I had fun with....
Bubba Ho-Tep
Daredevil
Darkness Falls
Dreamcatcher
Final Destination 2
Freddy vs. Jason
Hollywood Homicide
House of the Dead
Hulk
Identity
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
The Last Samurai
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Lost in Translation
Malibu's Most Wanted
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Seabiscuit
Tears of the Sun
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Willard
Wrong Turn
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1998-Dark City, Babe: Pig in the City, The Truman Show
1999-The Iron Giant, Toy Story 2,Magnolia
2000- Crouching Tiger, Color of Paradise, O Brother Where Art Thou?
2001- LOTR, A.I., Donnie Darko
2002-Spirited Away, Minority Report, Two Towers
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Aug 28, 2008 12:46:09 PM CDT
Jonah...didn't we start this countdown on the last TB?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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If you look at my list, I bet you will see at least some of those you are worried bout listed there. At least one of the Matrix sequels is listed there.
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X2 Return of the King Love Actually 28 Days later Bend it Like Beckham Underworld Master and Commander
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Aug 28, 2008 12:48:41 PM CDT
Fred thinks Gummie bears should be required eating
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Then again, if not, it leaves more gummies bears for Fred! Greedy Fred
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Just passing by, thought I'd do the hello thing.
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1) X2 2) Return of the King 3) Love Actually
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I enjoyed all your movies, except Bend it like Beckham which I've never seen.
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...it makes me feel happy when I see it.
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It very funny, and it shows a different culture that Fred never knew much about. Fred recommend it for a rainy day.
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And that movie, for me is Equilibrium. I walked out of the theater stunned by how much I liked that movie.Malibu's Most Wanted is one of those movies I will always stop and watch if I come across it on TV. Always a good time to watch Malibu Most Wanted. That and Houses of the Dead. Yeah technically it sucks but it is entertaining as all hell. Plus it had Lois Lane from Smallville whipping out her sweater meat. If House of the dead had midgets in it it might have been a perfect movie shit movie.
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like 5 in the morning with huge pitchers of coffee beside the computer?
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Should do a script that involves zombie midgets. Feel free to jump on this idea. Just make it cool and throw some tits in the story.
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Bend it Like Beckham and 28 Days Later aren't on the list I had. Both good movies.
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These talkbacks are full of drivel now....
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Open your mouth and I'll drivel a little urine in there for you to gargle with before bed.
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Don't assume its morning for everbody. It nine PM for me.
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Just caught that recently too.Hugs and kisses matalo!
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Stomp any alien bug infestations lately?
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Though I may need another cup of coffee soon. Must stay away during my class tonight...
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28 Days Later
Lost In Translation
Master and Commander
oddly enough I have done a marathon of these 3 films back to back which was a terrible, terrible idea. It made me hate all 3 of them for about a week. -
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Love the little phone jerk by PSH in the beginning.
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Damnit. In that case I replace 28 with Seabiscuit.....and Equinas agrees, that is one FINE film!!
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Aug 28, 2008 1:13:40 PM CDT
Any year with a Tarantino or Wachowski Brothers...
by hawaiian organ donor
...film is a year I don't want to post my favorites because each and every one of you will be lining up to paddle my arse into hamburger.So I'll just go the safe route and say Gigli, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and Just Married.
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DannyGlovers need to change list - yet again!
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I really enjoyed Matrix Reloaded when I first saw it. Not up to the first and it made some mistakes, but it's a good action film. Revolutions sort of ruined it for me, but I went to see Reloaded twice in the same week when it came out.
Kill Bill Vol.1 is a great time. I think it's the perfect line between the high end stuff and the schlock. I dont really like Tarantino, but I think these movies represent the kind of thing he tries for every time. And that soundtrack was K-I-L-L-E-R. -
I remmeber it from the DVD. I wonder if PSH actually did that? It looked pretty real.
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Aug 28, 2008 1:24:04 PM CDT
HoboCode -- you were born with an artificial heart!!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
No love for Catch Me or Seabiscuit?!! FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!
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is reason enough to like it. He really captured the heart of the movie. Man, that was a great role, wonderfully acted.
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...and see if I can narrow it down to 3.ROTK, X2, Oldboy, T3, Love Actually, *gulps* Kill Bill, Last Samurai, Master and Commander, School of Rock and Seabiscuit.Matrix Reloaded and Ong Bak get honorable mentions.It really was the year of the quality blockbuster.
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I'm mainly addressing the likes of HOD and Danny
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Fred enjoyed it. Fred was rooting for Leo.
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I missed:
Hero with Jet Li. Man this movie rocked. I saw it in 2003, even though it was released here in 2004.
Man Without a Past. Now this is a great foreign film. Anyone here actually see it? It is ABSOLUTLEY worth seeking out.
North Fork. An odd film that really works. It seems too stylized or too precious initially, but it all works together in the end.
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It's elitest and offensive to working people. I was enraged watchign it.
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Why do you think Seabiscuit was elitist?
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Just too many awesome movies. And I didn't even include the other blockbusters I loved or enjoyed like PotC, LXG, Matrix Revolutions, Underworld, Finding Nemo, Underworld and The Hulk.What a great year for cinema.
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Hey my man. Nope, no bug stompings have ocurred lately, unfortunanly. I did, however, get to embarrass the living hell out of a pompous ass French Foreign Legion Captain. Fred, my friend, life is all about the little things like that.And with that I'm going to bed later folks.
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Aug 28, 2008 1:35:20 PM CDT
I thought 2003 was one of the weakest years...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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It wasn't earth shattering, but it was good.Hero was a great film.
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What? The whole point of the film is how the country was in such shitty condition, the working people needed something to make them proud again and lift them up. Its all about how oppressed the poor were! Elitist my ass. Why...because Bridges is a rich guy that happens to be nice? So thats putting down the poor?
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Maybe some Space Bugs will land in middle of night and provide entertainment! Legionnaire tipping probably as much fun as cow tipping.
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...one of the worst soundtracks of all time and just gimmick after gimmick after gimmick. Its a less interesting Blade film. Scott Speedman is a weak leading man...and that film makes me sick to fucking death of the color blue. Len-- white balance a different color tone once in awhile motherfucker!!
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I'm West Coast...so I come on at 7am when I get in to the office. I was on last night at like 10pm my time....I sleep like a fucking bear.
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Here we go again!Scott Speedman is indeed horrible. I liked it solely for Bill Nighy and you know who in the tight leather.At least I know I have you in my corner for LXG, DGDB.
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It's one of those movies that just feels cheap, like there aren't any real people in it, or like the sun never rises in that world. There are a couple of scenes with the characters interacting with the 'real' world, but they seem like backdrops, or stage sets, or something. (I know they actually ARE stage sets, but they shouldn't seem that way) anyway, hard to explain, just something kind of off about it, besides the obvious complaints.
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Aug 28, 2008 1:48:47 PM CDT
Bill Nighy is always cool....it got so soap operaish...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...at the end if I remember correctly. LXG is pure fucking entertainment.
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Fred liked Underworld.
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It was a pretty straightforward drama, and it was inspiring for what it was.
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Good to see you. Almost never 'run into you' except for political TB's.
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the whole thing feels like its shot ....on some cheap ass backlot in Eastern Europe. It feels cheap as fuck....and whats her name's ass parading around in tight leather isn't enough to make that movie suck balls. Even if she was able to make me pop wood, the music would immediately deflate my hard on.
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The whole relationship of the richer auto dealer saving the poor and downtrodden jockey is nauseating, and the movie is revisionist bullshit. The movie perpetuates the myth of Seabiscuit being some hero of the working man, when it was just another purebred horse with blueblood roots (actually related to War (Admiral) owned by a rich auto tycoon. Perhaps the people saw it as a her oto their kind but that's becasue they were ignorant of the realities. And the fatc that the movie doesn't adress any of that is insulting.
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had been a DTV title or something we came across, we would have a higher opinion of it. Because it was a full fledged action release in September, and it had that beautiful gothic poster with Beckinsale standing over the city, which I had on my wall for months before the film came out, it was held to a higher standard. As it is, it was an O.K. movie. It was never actually bad. At worst, it was just mediocre.
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I hope I have not missed you dude. But if so, have a good one anyway.
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Granted I love Kate (call me), so that movie could have been anything and I wouldn't have cared as long as I could feast my eyes on those lovely, lovely features.
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Could have been great. neat premise. I'm kind of sick of gun-toting street-smart vampire cop/soldier/ninja characters though. I'd rather see a vampire movie done right- they aren't people, pretending to be people is part of their camouflage. They don't own companies, they don't conspire with bad humans, and they certainly don't have fucking kids. They're supernatural monsters that like to eat people. 30 Days of Night did a fine job of that, but there wasn't really anything else in the movie besides. I'd love to see a 30 days sequel if they follow the story back to New Orleans, or wherever it was.
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was actually sort of good. Anyone agree?
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Muchas gracias amigo.
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On your own with that one Jonah.
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I started a script last week that is seeking to treat vampires just as you mentioned. Good call. It takes more work that way though, then to just show them as people with fangs.
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the second had more story, better fx, better creatures and overall better acting since inclusion of Derek Jacobi and Bill Nighy automatically elevates it.
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hey Toad! Danny.
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more of a DTV title. Had Dougray Scott and Saffron Burrows in it. I thought it was a decent steampunk/vampire flick. Worth renting.
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A Horse is a horse - of course of course! And you can not use the 'if they only knew' argument. They knew enough and seabisquit was a hero.
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Zombie midgets, tits. Nuff said.
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All is well in the world dude! I am home relaxing. I have some steaks marinating now, and will be grilling and chowing down as soon as milady gets home.
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If they aren't people with fangs, you have to go the pure monster route. But that path has it's own pitfalls. Do you go the 'Alien' route, with a bunch of plucky humans slowly being picked off one by one? or the slasher-flick route, with a bunch of plucky teenagers being picked off one by one?
You know what, though, if you look at a lot of vampire movies, most of them get at least one or two things right. The Lost Boys got a lot right, and maybe that's because it was basically a remake of the 50's serial "horror" teen scream flicks, like "I Was a Teenage Dracula" or whatever. Keep it simple?
I've always wanted to see a story about the transformation, really illustrate how vampires are completely non-human. I never watched much Buffy, but there was one episode with a new vamp killing his sister without remorse, which I thought was an element done right.
How about a kid who sleeps all day anyway, gets bit when he's wasted, so he doesn't notice, turns into a vampire but doesn't realize because he's pretty nocturnal in the first place? Too campy? -
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It just didn't work for me. I was expecting something else when they were going to be "hunted". I was hoping for the entire vampire & werewolf world to hunt them down. No teamups with another vampire strike team. Just the two of them on the run from everyone.And I didn't like the two bro's teaming up either. Just didn't strike the right cord with me.
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Fred think you can not apply todays thinking to 1930's sensibilities. During depression, people were grouping for anything to take their minds off of circumstances. Seabisquit became a hero because of the way he ran and won. Horse racing, boxing and baseball were the most popular sports back then. Many people followed them, and did not think it was elitist. You could make same argument about boxing or baseball. Boxers (heavyweight_ made more money than movie stars. baseball players made more than average Americans, bUt people did not stop liking baseball because the owners were rich or boxers had more money. Same thing with horses. The owners had the money, but the horses still had to run.
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It wasn't great, wasn't horrible, classic middle of the road movie. That said, I own it but may never watch it again.Node, I'll accept your reasons for not liking Seabiscuit even if I don't feel the same way. Nobody understands my reasons for disliking Indy 4 (save for DGDB) so I'll show you some solidarity, brother [hangs head, raises fist in the air].You're welcome, JPT. Hope you enjoy most of them.
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Fred had to look up 'trope'! You should join our little group. Fred always likes to learn new words and hear new opinions!
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a good vampire flick would have the vampire being sort of an urban myth, like the alligator in the sewer, even have the vampire living in the sewer system (not a victorian mansion). More animalistic, like a feral human. Not totally without intelligence or charm, just completely different than human when not trying to pass for one. Also- keep it supernatural, not scientific. Vamps aren't "another species", they're undead ghouls. magical, evil, the whole nine yards. Hard to avoid the religious angle there, but I remember a great X-Men issue from the 70's, I think, that explains that a crucifix (or, in the issue, Kitty Pryde's Star of David) has power over vampires not because the symbol represents an actual deity, but that it represents the human's own innate goodness and faith.
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I think Blade II falls along that path somewhat - at least the next generation vampires that were being built.
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glad to be of service.
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I was the one calling you out, not because you didn't like. I don't think you gave it enough praise. It was awesome, and I don't think that point came through clear enough in your review. I hated Death At the Funeral, I didn't like it at all. Maybe laughed once or twice. And I am a big fan of most of the people involved, I even liked Bowfinger.
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Underworld, eh? I'll side with Jonah and say Underworld 2 was decent. Back to back with the first one, the story plays out quite well - like one big movie. Don't think Speedman's got the necessary chops, though. Bill Nighy's great.Playing catch-up with the TB at the moment. Lot of reading here...
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Thanks so much!!! Fedex was right on schedule. The driver didn't even make it all the way up to the porch before I got there. This is like Christmas! I'm going to watch "The Host" right now. YES!!!!
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Hee hee! Fred laughing really hard today because someone at work quoted Young Frankenstein!
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What was the quote?
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Aug 28, 2008 2:29:10 PM CDT
Hello Mavra Chang! Wow, everyone is here today
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred can't wait to get home to start watching flicks!
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I'm willign to concede the elitism, athough that's how I felt coming out of the film for whatever reason, but the movie reeks otherwise. It was sanctimonious, maudlin Oscar bait at best.
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It was the 'What hump?' lines. Fred was laughing very hard.
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Aug 28, 2008 2:32:54 PM CDT
And Fred s friend called Fred 'Froadrick'! hee hee
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
That killed Fred
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very, very well said. I completely agree on that one.
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Enjoy! I'm sure everyone here can give you recommendations what to watch first and what to save for last.If you see Herb around, please verify his kit was delivered. I'd hate to think one of his neighbors is wondering why someone would send them a bunch of movies they've never heard of.
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I'm guessing you enjoyed ST3 a wee bit more than me, lad. It was a fun romp, had the feel of the first movie which the second most definitely did not, and the Sky Marshall was priceless.Gang, I've come to a conclusion today. A movie does not exist which we are not divided on, even if it's just one person on the other side of the fence. There's no such thing as a universal classic it seems.
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I sent him a message. He'd still be at work now, but I'm sure he'll let you know soon. The quality of the movie is amazing! I was expecting subtitles, so that was also a pleasant surprise (not that I mind reading, but this makes it easier to focus on the film). Going back to it now!
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Dumbo
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Your extreme liberalism makes you look foolish at times. You don't see it-- but you are just as close minded as an extreme right winger. You have a problem with Seabiscuit because he was meant to represent the working class but he had purebred roots? What the fuck? That is a ridiculous notion. Say whatever you will...but the history is true. That race made the people of America feel good about themselves for the first time in a very long time....watch a documentary about the subject. Or are all historical documentaries elitist as well? The story of Seabiscuit is simple...it has to do with moving past expectations. The horse was too small and the jockey too big....yet they defied public opinion and went on to become winners. Its a feel good story. Thats it. -
My favourite scene in The Host is where they sneak back to the shop/ store room, rustle up some grub and start to eat.Then the girl is just there and they all start to give her food, interracting.You can't tell who's fantasy it is. Is it theirs or hers? And watching it for the first time, when she appears it's quite an emotional jolt.
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I agree on that scene. It is bizarre, startling, and heart warming all at the same time.
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In what way is that a ridiculous notion? Anyway I said I was willing to concede that aspect but, regardless the film is still mawkish, contrived garbage.
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I'm going to go cry in the bathroom for a minute.OK, I'm back. I remember when all you had were dubbed VHS versions and then when DVD came out and I could watch Hard Boiled, Seven Samurai, Ran and Gojira with subtitles it was like seeing them again for the first time.I hate to break it to you but The Host is the only one in the bunch that has the dubbed option. Everything else is subtitled.
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...and thats fine to say the shit is on its knees begging for a chance to suck cock for an Oscar...
..its just a ridiculous notion to suggest that there was some sort of elitist agenda involved with the real Seabiscuit event. Moments in history like this are some of the few great American moments that transcend any sort of political agenda. -
Aug 28, 2008 3:14:11 PM CDT
The Host dubbing was pretty good if I remember...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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I've never seen Dumbo.*jumps under desk*Bambi is pretty good. My daughter loves it.
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Fred not met anyone who not love that movie - at least people who have seen it!
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Its sad as fuck....but very well done.
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Bambi... saw them both so long ago, very hazy memory of those - never seen them as an adult. Fantasia is the business.
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The chance this movie has of happening is vaguely akin to the survival chances of an ordinary snowball meeting hot plumes of hell-fire on planet volcano.
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Thats a toughie
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the 3 in my above post are my favourites but it's hard to give a 'why' because I was just a kid and they were big, colourful cartoons!'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' music is in Fantasia though, that's a good reason. I love that tune.
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...if it's OK with everyone. Let's put that sucker to rest. Who freakin' knew it had the ability to fire some folks up. Wow.For Disney I won't include the Pixar stuff since Pixar did all the work. And I assume we're just talking about their animated stuff?1) Beauty and the Beast2) Aladdin3) The Rescuers
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The Sword in the Stone
Robin Hood
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Who said anything about an agenda? I just said I found the film to be elitist, but that doesn't imply any political agenda. The film is certainly about 2 sets of elitists, one set of which happened to capture the hearts and minds of a downtrodden populace because it was viewed as an underdog. But the story of Seabiscuit was largley a myth as seen by that populace. A big problem I have with the film is that it perpetuates that myth. The book it's based on does as well but at least it actually counters it somewhat with historical facts, soemthing the film lacked almost entirely.
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I'm trying to think why I like those...and I just have very fond childhood memories of those three.
Lady is cool because it feels like a romantic film from that era....not like a cartoon really-- for a large chunk in the middle. I bought this recently and was amazed by how romantic it still feels....I forget I'm watching cartoon fucking dogs. Hehehe. Robin Hood is just a bad ass.....and Sword has some of those great iconic moments I remember from being a kid. -
Pinocchio- beautifully animated, and I think they capture the story in a real fantastic, but emotional way. Jimminy Cricket's character is alot to thank for that. He isnt just a metaphor or a magical animal, he's a pal.
Sleeping Beauty-almost completely devoid of irony. It's a straightforward fairy tale as beautiful and deep in it's simplicity as the real deal.
Fantasia-TRIPPY.
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are mentioned again. See you guys later tonight.
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Beauty and the Beast
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Dumbo- Fred saw with mom when Fred was little. Fantasia - Beautiful movie and music. Lilo and Stitch - Just a fun movie. Fred feels so bad leaving out classics like Lion King, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty.
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My view is even if the entire thing really was a myth....if it was a staged race created by the government to lift the morale of the country....who fucking cares. It worked and made the hard working Americans forget about their suffering for 5 minutes...so bravo. Good for them. -
Aug 28, 2008 3:35:25 PM CDT
now.....HoboCode.....3 favorite Disney films.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....and no Pixar bullshit.
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But I'd like to ammend it:
Fantasia
Beauty and the Beast
Snow White
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The problem with Disney movies is you watch them ALL. THE. F-ING. TIME. So that has unfortunately altered my opinion which it shouldn't because a great movie is a great movie.But due to overexposure The Lion King has slid down on my rankings while Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp and 101 Dalmatians have risen because I was only introduced to them in the last year.
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1. Robin Hood. (I still do that whistle or sing Not in Nottingham)
2. Lady and the Tramp (Wanted to be half as cool as the Tramp when I grew up, I failed)
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WOW. Nice to see. I prefer the original but it's wonderful to see some love for Bernard and Bianca.
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Rent them both. They're both excellent, and the sequel in Australia is an animation masterpiece.
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The Maid Marian fox gave me wood when I was a kid.
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I just got your package. You are the coolest motherfucker alive right now. This is just too fucking cool. I have been having a stupendous summer, and you are one of the reasons for that. Thanks a lot for the package man. Any recommendations on what order to watch them in?
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What did you send him?
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'The Bear Necessities' is now lodged in my head.Well done!
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Just kidding.
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...vinyl LPs that were basically the audio portion of the movie? They had them for the Star Wars movies and Tron and a few others. I had one for The Rescuers and I played that thing every day for the better part of a year. Back in the day when only rich folks had a VHS machine and it was as big as an engine block.
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Jesus Christ...judging that reaction I would say you sent him 3 big titted Swedish chicks, an 8 ball of coke, and all 5 seasons of The A-Team on DVD.
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1) Jungle Book - Baloo was the coolest bear alive.
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Remember to breathe!I can't remember everything I sent you. I recommend you put in Sinking of Japan first as it's a great mindless summer disaster flick.
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Awww shucks.*hangs head and twists foot in dirt*'Twas nothing.Enjoy dude. The Swedish chicks will come in the next kit.
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Aug 28, 2008 4:04:40 PM CDT
kungfu...tell HOD who is the coolest-- go ahead...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
STEPHEN FUCKING BALDWIN!!
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Send Equinas the following:
Seabiscut
Hidalgo
Black Beauty
The Horse Whisperer
That horse fucking movie
Then watch the outpouring of emotion come your way.
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watch the outpouring of bodily fluids...
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I almost wrote outpouring of emotion cum your way, but I figured I would get the same reaction from my Equinas at the Derby story.
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Holy crap!
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Fred has said it before - When you got a Freddie award, but you are the kindest and most generous person with the biggest heart that Fred has encountered on these internets! Fred got the kit! Even Dirk was jumping up and down! Fred is very happy. Thank you.
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I love this stuff.
When I get to the last one in the package and finish it, I'm setting off a propane tank in honor of HOD.
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I'm just feeling especially affectionate today.Kisses and man hugs in a completely heterosexual manner for everyone!
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I'm a big fan of hugs, in a completely non- "I wanna fuck you," kinda way.
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I mean to be able to say "oh you guys would like these" and then be able to send copies and us watch them.
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Please let Fred know when you plan to set off another tank, so that Fred can put a helmet on.
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Hilarious. Mother-fucking hilarious....
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Can you feel the love in the house tonight?I said CAN YOU FEEEEEL THE LOVE IN THE HOUSE TOOOO-NIGHT?Praise be!
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Yours goes out tomorrow. I don't want to be sending stuff across the pond often so I waited until I had about 30 movies ready for you.Propane tanks in my honor has me laughing so hard I can barely type. Oh shit that's funny.And yes, technology is amazing. Back in '92 when there was no such thing as websites and you could only visit newsgroups, I would get people to send me comics and VHS tapes of the Simpsons episodes I missed but those transactions would take weeks and weeks. Now I can burn a movie and have it to a guy clear across the country in 24 hours.
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Bambi vs Godzilla - That made Fred laugh. Fred saw that years ago.
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You have Dirk fired-up!
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there is nothing dry about deer jizz.
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Thank you.Seeing everybody else reacting to these packages has got me fairly excited - and, I have to say, a little jealous!
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Whose house? Let me hear ya say 'whose house?'HOD's House! Hallel-ooooojah!Praise dem sweet baby cheeses!
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The movie itself was just gorgeous...all the little details in every scene were perfection, imho. Beginning with the man on the bridge staring down into the water, I was hooked by the visuals.
That was what I meant about the lack of subtitles, HOD. I am in no way opposed to hearing the real voices. Even if I can't translate, I can get the feel of them, but this gave me the opportunity to really appreciate the imagery on the first viewing without losing track of the narrative. The way it was able to slip back and forth between comedy, drama, and fantasy without any hiccups was impressive. It didn't try to set each phase up for the changeover...it seemed like a natural flow. I think the "Little Miss Sunshine" comparison would have occurred to me, even if it hadn't already been said, especially during the van scene. I liked the little extras tossed in during the family moments, such as the brothers kicking each other at the memorial or the son and daughter dozing off while being lectured. The girl who played Hyun-seo did an excellent job. I was holding my breath every time they went back to what was going on in the sewer (no pun intended).I took a peek at IMDB when the movie was over. Coolest trivia entry has to be the creature designer nicknaming it "Steve Buscemi". I'm not going to be able to forget that when I watch it again! -
I got the package HOD. My wife looks at it, and says "This guy sent you for free, better copies than you used to pay money for. Don't you owe him like a kidney or something?"
I just jumped up Guard Post to tonight, since she wants to see some zombie goodness. Add in some Octoberfest and pizza and Thundercat's ho! -
Dude, you have made this last few months of visits to AICN more personal and fun than the previous 10 years of visits. Later bro!
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Must have been some big shindig! What was the occasion?
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Was Steve Buscemi also there then, or was that a different time?
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Fuck....I feel bad about the horrible shit I've said to you. Is that sexist?
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...I suppose it proves my sense of humor is more....let not dry...but warped. You said the Bambi vs. Godzilla, and then you said you sense of humor was dry....and I always take the low road, so I took "VS" as doing one another....and got visuals of Bambi humping Godzilla, sorta like that joke Chitty told about the Ant fucking an elephant. Anyway....wow-- what a sentence. I'm done.
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I don't know why I read the last 10 posts really fast and somehow mixed it up as you being a female. Fuck.
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And their offspring would be the Lizard Kings of the Forest!
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We all look alike on here. It's easy to get mixed up that way.
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Aug 28, 2008 7:13:15 PM CDT
Looking back...I don't know why I came to that...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...conclusion. Something regarding Mavra saying "SHE" thought she was speaking of you as opposed to Hillary......anyway. Moving on!
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I haven't gotten around to watching those yet (Which explains perfectly why I'm in a Riddick thread...).
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Dude, I spent the last 8 hours talking about fucking movies.....which explains why I'm sitting here on a movie TB still.....fuck.
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I've got nothing to do til they show up, or I go to work, whichever comes first. Not enough time to watch another movie, unless I wanted to split it between now and tomorrow, which I don't.
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But they spent an awful lot of time trying to get him outta there. Yeah, his brother died, but is his life still more important than every other person out there? Just how I felt when I saw it.
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Or is this a metaphor?
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Snow White, Fantasia, and Jungle Book
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Guess I can retract my "never seen him in a film" statement.
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Have fun at work Mavra. Anakin....always use a rubber pal. Even if she claims to be Irish Catholic.
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http://tinyurl.com/5kntwy
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Animated: 1. The Jungle Book 2. Aladdin 3. Hercules Non-animated:1. Escape to Witch Mountain 2. Pirates of the Caribbean 3. Something Wicked This Way Comes
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Would the Lizard Kings of the Forest sing "Light My Fire"? Smokey the Bear disapproves!!
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I've seen all of the Jay and Silent Bob movies. Still can't see the boat though, Chipps, wherever you are!
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He's supposed to be the one present to hit the milestone marks. Fred...you can post #1000 if you hurry!
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Aug 28, 2008 7:56:21 PM CDT
Just checking in before I put my daughter to bed...
by hawaiian organ donor
...and put in a movie.OK, so looking back, what's to comment on?Mavra, glad you enjoyed The Host. And I hope the rest don't disappoint.Jonah, tell your wife that our discussions about the movies I send our plenty good enough. It's nice to finally have a group of people I can discuss my Asian movie fetish with. I'll be putting in the Guard Post at 9AM unless you inform me tonight it was unwatchable.Dear lord my daughter is standing next to me screaming for cake or something, so I guess I'll be back shortly.
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Vin Was most definantly in SPR. He was one of the many archetypes, instead of characters, that infested SPR. Vin played the role of the tough but kind hearted Brooklynn Italian kid. Remember the scene where half a building was blown away and a family with a kid were trapped on the second floor of the ruble. The noncharcter archetype played by vin diesel bought the farm in that sceene.
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I was good at one point but no longer.These beers are going down like water!
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And it was prety good, it's The Hammer with Adam Carrolla. It was pleaseant, funny, nice little flick.Anakin1268 do you come with a translation to English device? Because I have no idea what the hell your talking about.
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unfortunately, i think the audience of the hammer was limited to the fans of his radio show.
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For a minute there I thought we found him! MANBEARPIG is on right now. AW jesus on ice skates. Best South Park ever. Gonna watch Leaving Only In Vegas, the chick movie not the alcoholic movie. I've heard it a decent date movie. I know my date loves it, hence why I bought it for her. Now I get to find out why. This one here we named the hanging mushroom.
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I've never listened to his morning show. I did like to listen to Carolla on Love Line though. The Hammer is still a pretty good movie anyways.
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he talked about it on his show for 3 months straight because it was the only promotion they could afford. that flick would have looked ten times better with a few extra million in the budget, though.
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got a few beers in, so maybe it is me, but wow the posts here tonight seem disjointed.
So, HOD, I started watching Guard Post with my wife and it was unwatchable, but not in a quality way. It was jittery and wouldnt play on the PS3. No worries though, I'm running it here on the computer and it looks great, and I'm digging it. Instead, she and I broke your suggested list and watched the first half of Red Cliff(the first half of this movie, not the whole thing). She fell asleep(exhausted after our long day, trip to the gym, alcohol etc) so I turned it off half way through. But as of right now,may I just say, WOW. This is the chinese warfare epic I have always dreamed of. This movie is kicking nine different varieties of ass currently, and I'm dying to get back to it. I'll probably run the whole thing again from the beginning so I can give you a fair shake on it, but I'm so excited because JOHN WOO IS BACK! AINT IT COOL? -
I'll watch Guard Post now, and hit Red Cliff fresh tomorrow morning.
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Just a sweet little movie that made you feel good about life at the end. I've been a huge Carolla fan since The Man Show and the movie was the perfect vehicle for him. Plus it helps to know he really was a boxing champ and carpenter back in the day and the sidekick he had was the guy he worked with. I can't recommend The Hammer enough.I hope the morning finds you well, Xi.
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The movie was defianntly shot on the cheap but for me it lent the movie a goofy sort of charm. I agree that a couple of million more would have probably helped.By the way, how is Carollas radio show?
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Guard Post has an opening scene that is perfect for a horror movie...involves rainy bunkers, an Aliens-style military unit sweeping through dark rooms, and then lots of blood and an ax. Reminds me of the best X-Files opening hooks. Okay, Im off to watch this thing. Check in with you fine people later.
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AICN did cover this recently and the review was good. I used to listen to Corolla on Love Line some 11 years ago. I'm gonna rent the movie. You guys make it sound like a good time.
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But so long as you don't mind watching it on your PC. I'll get you an official copy when I buy my copy after it lands on HKFlix.Was I right or was I right about Red Cliff? Oooooh baby that is one gorgeous movie.Jonah, I do believe you're letting your guard down lately. Beers? PG-13 level profanity? All caps? This is a new side of you, brother.I'm going to finish up Rainbow Eyes (yup, next shipment) now and see if I have the juice to put in.......Seven Swords maybe? and open up a spot for something else tomorrow. Just put on a fresh pot o' coffee so the chances are good.Give me an update at the end of Guard Post if you have the energy. Peace, bro!
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The morning is well, how is your evening?I really enjoyed The Hammer for all the reasons you mentioned, plus I find Carolla funny anyways. The Hammer is a really fine little movie.An added plus was that the boxing scenes were well done, which is a selling point for me since I box and like to watch boxing.
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Aug 28, 2008 9:24:43 PM CDT
Personally, I think The Hammer was perfect as is
by hawaiian organ donor
Xi, you're right, it had more charm than any other movie I've seen this year. Seriously, I could watch it again right now. Love it.Is Carolla's radio show on satellite radio? Either way, I haven't heard it but how can it be bad. The guy is just a constant chuckle.
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Aug 28, 2008 9:30:21 PM CDT
Boxing fan, eh? I liked you before, I love you now
by hawaiian organ donor
Boxing is the cat's pajamas. I could watch it for 12 hours straight.My night is great, thanks for asking. Just put my daughter to bed, about to put the smack down on a pot of coffee, watch a movie or two and post intermittently for the next few hours.Wow, I can't believe someone else has seen The Hammer. I recommend it to people all the time and I never get a bite. Jeez, I love this place. I feel at home with you guys sometimes.OK, be back shortly, the coffee is calling my name.
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I agree 100%. Of coure I've probably seen only 1/3 the amount of movies that everybody else has this year, but The Hammer was probably the nicest film I have seen this year.
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Have been for years. I much prefer it to MMA. Now hold up MMA fans, I'm not downing your sport, hell I used to compete in it during its infancy in the 90's. I just like watching Boxing better.
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must be Hayden Christensen.Lame.
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If you have seen my previous posts they often have all caps, and the beer, always been a fan of the beer, but I don't drink more than a few at a time. Never been drunk ever, but a bit tipsy, sure. And I find profanity unecessary. But Red Cliff deserves the kick-ass moniker. Besides, usage of the word ass is more one of those "it isnt polite" things as opposed to say coming on here and giving you a full on Egg Salad worthy document of the sexual lives of farm animals or something. Same Jonah, same standards, slightly relaxed. Obviously not so much that I didnt feel the need to write that dissertation. Ha!
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What are you talking about? Honestly I'm not following here hoss. You will know if I treated you with disrespect, no need to try and find something that's not there, it will be obvious when I do it.
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I'm seriously not being disrespectful, but what exactly are you talking about?
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so you know you need to make yourself clear. When I came on here tonight I couldnt make heads or tails of your posts. I thought it was me.
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thus far, it's a beautiful Chinese epic comic book.
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What the fuck are you babbling on about you stupid motherfucker? Are high or stupid? Here's your apology, for what I have no clue, but here it is, go fuck yourself and when your done, go fuck yourself again. I hope you choke on it.
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Anakin-"Do not post and drink!"
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We have our own German expressionist now. Cool. Always can use the wacky mumbling sidekick in any situation. So rock on, brother! Keep bringing the class!Jonah, I'm just having fun with you. But it's sort of interesting that you can get to know a guy well enough through his posts that when he's being a little excited, you can sense a slight change in his demeanor. I'm reeeeeally looking forward to The Guard Post now. I'll go out back and sacrifice a goat for it to have a good payoff.
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you are right in the style. Im usually reserved and analytical. But you spent so much time sending that stuff, least I can do is write in a way that emulates my experience of watching it.
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Im reading all of Anakin's post in the voice of Peter Lorre. Try it, it's awesome.
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listen up you fucking nutjob, get your meds refilled because you're seriously off the fucking rails numbnuts. You're a deranged fucking douchenozzle if your panties get in a twist over such a noninsulting comment about your post. They don't make any sense, I'm not the only one to notice this BTW. They're nonsequiters and motherfucking retarded to boot. There's apology number two, I hope you choke on this one also. Here's a question for you ass clown. I see you calimed to be in Officer The Army on another TB. What was your MOS? Something in the REMF catagory I take it. You probably could be an officer if you really served, you seem fucking dumb enough to be one of those useless bags of shit.
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lets get back to movies shall we. I think Anakin must be conducting some sort of avant garde art piece or social experiment here. I'm trying to find the references, the gimmick, or the common thread, but dang if I know.
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all depends upon the perspective.
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don't come back.
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Take a look at what I got today. A little something from Japan called Onechanbara. This will hold us over until Tokyo Gore Police comes out.Synopsis: OneChanbara brings the adventures of sexy slayer Aya to the big screen in all its katakana-wielding, zombie-slicing glory. OneChanbara stars three pin-up idols in the leading action heroine roles. Up-and-coming siren Otoguro Eri cuts fine form as the feisty heroine Aya, slashing her way through the movie in the character’s signature cowgirl attire - cowboy hat, cowboy boots, long scarf, and a bikini. To defend her city, she has to take on a quickly multiplying army of zombies that was raised from the dead by a mysterious scientist. Aya is joined in the fight by biker chick Reiko who is out to avenge her father’s death and Aya’s half-sister Saki who suddenly shows up in a schoolgirl uniform with a saber of her own.Wow, I may have to watch this tomorrow.Did Mori go off on his new DVD TB?Give 'em hell, Xiphos!
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Best thing bout GP is it's not over the top. It's seriously like an ep of the X-Files or soemthing, but beautifully directed. You know my love of Val Lewton and his approach to horror. Right now, its reminiscent of that, but it has understated gore-actually they show the gore, but they don't draw attention to it, so it seems somehow more normal, or a part of the film instead of those quick flashes to it that appear in american films. It also has a vibe of Carpenter's Thing right now.
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Machine Girl. Great gory, morbid fun. Tokyo Shock indeed. What's up, Hawaiian? Get my email?
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a scene with dogs right now that is very THE THING...Im gonna shut up now, and won't update til film is done.
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Because you're off your meds you nutjob. Seriously, you think you're better but you need the medication. Thorozine is your friend not your enemy, fucktard.
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In the world there are a ton of different things one could be doing right now. This is a site about movies, that isnt hoity toity or anything like that. It's about having fun. Me, my personality isnt necesarrily like every person on this TB, but I enjoy talking with them, because we have the common thread of movies. And through that thread I've learned that these are a good group of guys. So much so that if they were in proximity to me, screw the internet, I'd hang out with them in person. You know, for months I didnt even notice the potential offense of Danny's name or anything, until my wife saw me posting and said "You talk to someone called Dannyglover's Dickblood? What kind of message board is that?" But, what do I care. To me, he is Danny. He and I can have a serious film standoff over the merits of Alien vs. Cider House Rules and the end of the day, I still can't wait to hear what the dude has to say about movies, or what's going on his life. You know why? Because I see beyond the simple stuff, and realize that simplestuff-me posting pictures of guys engaging bees with gasoline, or Hod posting guys getting their Capoira handed to them, or Fred's third person speaking, or Toad's Neighs, Chitty's Brim stories, and HOD's Guide to Drinking at the movies..Without that stuff, where is the fun?
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In the world there are a ton of different things one could be doing right now. This is a site about movies, that isnt hoity toity or anything like that. It's about having fun. Me, my personality isnt necesarrily like every person on this TB, but I enjoy talking with them, because we have the common thread of movies. And through that thread I've learned that these are a good group of guys. So much so that if they were in proximity to me, screw the internet, I'd hang out with them in person. You know, for months I didnt even notice the potential offense of Danny's name or anything, until my wife saw me posting and said "You talk to someone called Dannyglover's Dickblood? What kind of message board is that?" But, what do I care. To me, he is Danny. He and I can have a serious film standoff over the merits of Alien vs. Cider House Rules and the end of the day, I still can't wait to hear what the dude has to say about movies, or what's going on his life. You know why? Because I see beyond the simple stuff, and realize that simplestuff-me posting pictures of guys engaging bees with gasoline, or Hod posting guys getting their Capoira handed to them, or Fred's third person speaking, or Toad's Neighs, Chitty's Brim stories, and HOD's Guide to Drinking at the movies..Without that stuff, where is the fun?
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I just plum forgot to check that Yahoo account. I need to hook you up with my day to day account. Glad you got the package! And props for enjoying The Machine Girl. Just great over the top nonsensical fun.
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I thought you were going to sleep.
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an incredibly funny Japanese comedy. Anybody else here seen it?
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so, seriosuly, what movies have you seen recently? Im watching a Korean horror flick called Guard Post. It's freaky, and I'm lovin' it.
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haha...when Asano talks about the time he took a dump on a skull in the woods, and the ghost shows up with crap on it. Fabulous!
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Nothing happened. Forgive, forget,move on. If you try and talk to people, I think you will find they will talk to you. Just forget this, and lets have a movie conversation.
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There is a light duty schedule for the weekend and come Monday the The Army and Navy are collaberating to throw a big ass BBQ. All the foriegn troops here love it because they get to gorge themselves on the "American" food. It should be cool.As far as movies go. I will be watching the Bank Job and season 2 of Dexter and anything else I can trade for or borrow. I'll probably rewatch The Hammer, I really liked that movie a lot. I think I will watch it with the commentary track on, Adam Carolla always cracks me up. That's about it for the weekend. What have you got planned? That goes for everbody, including Skywalker Family who is hiding out as Anakin1268. Hello cocksucker its been a while. "Publish" any other books lately you crazy motherfucker?
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You're a strange cat, but as Colin Hay said in the classic Men At Work song "Be Good Johnny", I like you. You've got a certain je ne sais quois that appeals to a dork like myself.Anywoo, be back in a bit, second cup of coffee and the movie awaits.
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Sounds cool. Enjoy the barbecue. And The Bank Job. It's a fine film. And I liked Dexter too. Thanks too for that recommendation on The Hammer. I never would have guessed it to be truly worthwhile. I'm gonna add it to my netflix queue now.
Me, well tomorrow is doing art for the board game, while watching some of HOD's fabulous Asian collection. I'll probably throw starship troopers 3 and Rogue into the mix as well. Tomorrow night Im taking my wife out to dinner and Tropic Thunder. Saturday is a trip to the Renaissance Festival with some friends. Mead and corsets and jousting. In the evening, working on the vampire script. Sunday is church, hanging with my parents, and meeting up with some friends in the evening, presumably for more movies :) And Monday is yet to be determined. -
let's be friends. I was too harsh earlier. It's been a long day. Join the group!
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I'm looking forward to the Bank Job. I like caper flicks and I like Stratham, he projects a cool vibe.I think you will like The Hammer, I really do. You are the demographic for the movie plus you have some class. I don't have any class but I do like small movies like this. It sounds like your plate is full this weekend, good luck with all of that. I have sort of a day off today which means I'm doing paperwork. I don't want to do any paper work so I'm going to screw around on here instead.
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Aug 28, 2008 11:05:38 PM CDT
No one ever asked Fred why he chose the screen name
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
So, Fred will just volunteer. It was to honor Fred's late older brother who always threatened to cut Fred's balls off and put them in one of our grandmothers mason jars (she made preserves) if Fred ever touched his comic books, toys, games, Nintendo, food, dog, etc. etc. etc. Of course he never did. Fred loved him. He could beat Fred up, but no one else better touch Fred. That is why Fred has the name. DannyGloves was the first person to ever talk to Fred without trying to insult Fred because of his screen anme, and for that Fred will always be grateful. Fred knows not to judge a book by cover, or a person on an anonymous website, by their screen name.
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Aug 28, 2008 11:12:45 PM CDT
The Bank Job got better the more I thought about it
by hawaiian organ donor
You'll enjoy it a lot, Xi. Saffron Burrows is just a striking lady.I'm taking it easy all weekend. Absolutely nothing planned except dinner with the family on Saturday to celebrate my mum's birthday. Here's hoping she makes it to the next one.I'll probably start a TV season too. Still sitting on the fence about watching season 2 of Heroes and season 3 of Prison Break. Will probably start on last season of Earl as my wife absolutely loves it.Have fun with the BBQ, Xi and try not to piss off the Navy guys too much. I talk with Navy vets down at the VA and they are class acts.
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Aug 28, 2008 11:13:01 PM CDT
David Duchovny in rehab for sex addiction
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred not joking.
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by Tarantino yet?
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Is it any good?
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Je.Sus.Christ. People actually go to therapy for that?
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But seems a bit extreme
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I just started watching the DVD quality version of it. :)
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That's twice now. I might not have been as "open arms" as DGBD, but I'm sure I didn't insult you. I save that for guys on the political TBs and being who you are, I'm damn sure we weren't introduced to you on one of those.How goes your evening?Sorry to hear about your brother, Fred. That's just not right. Nobody should go before their time. Not in a just world anyway. I'll raise a drink to honor your brother tomorrow. If he was half as good-natured as you, then he was a stand up guy.I never asked about your name because from day one I thought it referred to your wife's ownership of them on the mantle. Heck, that's where mine are.You get the new DVD player hooked up yet? It have the right connections for your TV?
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He's married to a gorgeous woman. When not stuck on a movie set, I'd be all over that, all the time.The cure for that ain't more cowbell, it's non-stop sex with your amazing wife.
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You ain't whistling Dixie son about Saffron Burrows, that there is one right fine piece of trim.HOD the reason I dislike the Navy is not just because they routinely screw the Marine Corps and that they are the Navy, it's that they tried like hell to throw me and other guys out of the service while we were injured as a cost cutting move. Since WAY more Marines are injured then Navy personell, by a factor of about a billion, I got a little more verklempt at the Navy for their actions.
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But you haven't explained why you speak in the third person. There must be a story behind that, too.
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You never insulted Fred. Fred was referring to the first days on this website a few months ago, when no one would talk to Fred without an insult -maybe it was Freds tagline too. Fred used to say "Free Fred's balls" at the end of every post. Then Fred dropped that because it was offensive, but it still took DannyGlovers to start talking to Fred before Fred felt accepted. Fred was not posting much, just on topics and movies Fred liked. Fred felt accepted by you and all the others in our group straight away. Fred never encountered you until these big TB' started. Thank you for the thoughts. He was a great guy.
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How much of a freak do you need to be to go seek therapy for sex addiction? What is the point you get to when you say "Duuude, I really need help"? It almost seems like a publicity stunt or something. He should have checked himself in a couple weeks ago. Then maybe X-Files wouldn't have bombed quite so bad.
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I'll throw a hump in Tia Leoni for him. This whole thing sounds like a promo stunt for Californication. If you have not watched Californication rent or netflixs it. Its funny as hell and has a ton of nudity including the uber hot Paula Marshal. No full frontal, but you get some side furburger if you stop the DVD plus a nice tushy shot and lots of cannage action.
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I remember that now!
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Fred giving up all secrets tonight. Fred speaks in third person because - Fred likes it! But also because Fred's all time favorite comic book character Cerebus the Aaardvark, always spoke in third person. Fred has only come across two other folks here who know anything about Cerebus. They are MostHoly (which is what Cerebus was called when he was the Pope) and Toadkillerdog.
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Are you also Rickey Henderson?
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Fred: I raise a glass of Orange Juice in memory of your brother.HOD: I raise the same glass of OJ in salute to your Mother and wish her well in her fight.
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Not Rickey Henderson.
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Hawaiian Organ Donor -Fred has DVD player hooked up. Will start watching tomorrow - Fred has day off! Fredday!
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Has anybody actually seen Hell Ride? it looked kinda interesting.
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Well I guess I'll be talking to myself for awhile.
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Great comic Fred! Again, didnt know anyone actually read him. Most mainstream Cereberus ever got was when he showed up in an early Spawn. Spawn goes into an area of hell that holds all the superhero, all of them, who are there because their creators have sold them out...and Cereberus is in black and white, but the rest of comic is in color, and Superman is in a cell in that world too. They call him the starchild and only word he says is "Doomsday". Spawn is encouraged by Cereberus not to give up hope, since his creator(I can only guess this is Todd) has not forgotten him. It was odd.
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kept getting distracted from the movie, so Im trying to finish it up.
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Getting sleepy though even though Fred not have to work tomorrow
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It's pretty cool. I'm watching it right now in DVD quality. God, I love the internet. Anyone want the link?
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Im tired. Im typing the three headed dog and not the aardvark.
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Trivia: it is spelled Cerebus because the type setter made a mistake. It should have been Cerberus as in the three headed dog. Fred just loves that comic.
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The Navy guys I talk to are the old timers and I'm not sure what your thoughts are on them, but they're good people. And I've never been in the military so I can only salute those who have been.Fred, I hope you, Jonah and I can get a play by play going as we watch our movies tomorrow.I've heard too many good things about Californication now to ignore it. Guess I need to hit the tubes and see what I can find.Would you look at that, almost 1AM and I'm still going strong. I think I may have another movie in me.
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And the day the Internets were invented deserve a national holiday. Seriously, has anything else ever given us so much?
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GP has slowed down(you can tell Im watching it in segments) but it hasn't crapped out yet, and Im nearing the final third. It's a slow burn, but it works. Eerie. I think the setting and acting and style of this movie make it more accessible, and a bit easier to follow than Antarctic Journal.
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Need to know what I'm getting into tomorrow morning.
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You volunteer at the VA? Go for you man, really good for you.
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It good Glenn Ford movie with nice twist.
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Is really good. The writing, acting and nudity are all top notch. Californication is probably the best thing Mulders done since Playing God or Evolution.
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I'm glad to hear Hell Ride is good. it looked like a lot of fun when I threw the hairy eyeball on the trailor.
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Goodnight all.
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I have not watched fastest Gun Alive in many years. Does it still hold up? I have not seen it in about twenty years I'm guessing.
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Everybody else can find it right here. http://tinyurl.com/5l6p8d Get it quick. It probably won't be up for long. God bless the internet!
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*piracy, it's a crime*
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So I will ask again tonight, where is the overseas contingent?
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That Spawn comic was the Creators Rights special. Fred not sure if all proceeds went to the group founded by Dave Sim - Cerebus's creator, but it is likely. They did a few cross over books.
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Great story, well told, well directed. Sequel was good too but it was a great set up for a next film. Not sure about two more films, but I like the Riddick films, good sci fi, hope they make at least one more.
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Fred came in late to movie - already half over, but Fred really liked it. Especially the hypocrisy of church goers, and the reason why George did not want to fight.
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But Fred have no idea what to do next. Fred never download a movie before. Luddite Fred
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Aug 29, 2008 12:29:22 AM CDT
Fred probably should not do anything with link anyway
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred not an eye-patch wearing sort
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Fred sleepy
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Aug 29, 2008 12:31:11 AM CDT
I haven't been down to the VA as a volunteer in 6 months
by hawaiian organ donor
But yeah, I was making a regular thing of it. Between that and Habitat For Humanity, I was booked all weekend and my wife hated it.I hate to bring it up, but you can thank SPR for me doing it too. I've been a war buff for the past 20 years but when I walked out of SPR the first thing I said was "I have to go meet and thank those guys before they're all gone." So I hung out with the Canadian vets for a few years and then the U.S. vets when I moved down here.Jonah, I finished watching two movies I started earlier this week but couldn't finish due to daddy duties: Rainbow Eyes (tracking down a killer thriller) and Fate (gangster rock 'em sock 'em). One was confusing as hell, the other was pretty solid. Not liking what I'm hearing about Guard Post.Piracy is a crime? Yikes! Time to burn the tapes and shred the evidence. After Californication comes in though.
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I will have my fresh thoughts tomorrow, but HOD, the movie works. It is more an infection flick than a zombie thriller, but it's effective. The ending is fine, but there is still that usual glut of unanswered questions. I think this one works well as a claustrophobic drama, and it has more in common with recent war films. It's odd, because this is essentially another one of those why did the soldiers flip their lids flick. But in usual South Korean style, it's done with tons of atmosphere and talent, and yes, blood. I'm going with 3 out of 4, but I need to rest and reconsider it in the morning. Off to sleep. Later. Ill have a full, eloquent review in the morning.
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That's cool. We're not all able to be bloody pirates.
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before I go. Take what ye can! Give nothin' back! Later.
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"Silent Running"!!! It is the greatest SF film I have ever seen...and although it hasn't gotten the credit that it deserves, it certainly eclipses "2001: A Space Odyssey" on any day. "2001" may be a stunning looking film, but it is cold and sterile, but "Silent Running" had the heart that its predecessor was missing...and what makes it such an amazing accomplishment, the latter film of course, is that it, Silent Running, predicted the world's modern woes, things like world wide industrial pollution killing the planet and global warming/global climate change, where profit is more important than the environment. I won't spoil the story, as there are man twists, but this is a film that George Lucas even studied when preparing to make Star Wars, enlisting John Dykstra to do the special effects when his mentor, Douglas Trumbull (the director and special effects wiz behind Silent Running, who later did the effects for Close Encounters and Blade Runner--and also supplied the effects for 2001: A Space Odyssey) refused to take the job of effects supervisor. Dykstra was able to build Trumbull's theorized motion control camera, thus leading to Dykstra being able to create the dog fighting tie fighter, X-Wing and Y-Wing Fighter battles at the climax of Star Wars. As for Silent Running, you may notice the service robots that clearly inspired R2-D2.Douglas, if you are reading this, or a friend or family member of yours, I want you to know, you are one bad Mutha F**ka, and I mean that as the greatest of compliments!!!! You rock and rule!!!
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You need to watch the deleted scenes. If you don't your wrong.
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Taste of tea, been really wanting to see that movie for forever. Thank you Very Long Wait Netflicks. That director has this crazy new animie coming out, twitch has a clip of it. Can't recall the name.
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Movie Coast Guard?
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Top 3 Disney, sensa Pixar 1)Lion King 2) Treasure Planet 3) Oliver and Company Honorable mention: Fantasia...2000
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HOD, Toy Story, can we all agree that we all love this movie? Or that you don't have a soul?
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HOD, Toy Story, can we all agree that we all love this movie? Or that you don't have a soul?
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2 times.
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You do Habitat for Humanity also. I've swung a hammer on about 20 or so houses.
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My girlfriend to my happy surprise love space movies...and this was my every dream come true, well, as a fan boy...and she is my soulmate more than anything else could ever compare. I think of her as my wife. Not that my girl posts here or even knows of this site, but I told you having girls post on this site is really a breath of fresh air, as they have so much to offer as to their insights and ideas regarding the genre and all genre fair. Welcome to AICN girls, it is good to have you here!!!!
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I won't be around this weekend for the ususal ScriptGirl shennanigans. Please act appropriately in my abscense.
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I didn't even look at the triumphant return engagement of SG last week. I figured there wasn't any reason.
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well done, gents.
Hurry, though, there's still time to post in Quint's stupid "shit movie a day" thread and Beaks' "sucking one of his new hollywood friends off" threads. -
He has some great stuff going on over there. If you don't know Val Lewton, now is the perfect time to remedy that because Quin'ts going through a chunk of them now, with Cat People up on deck next. Today's is Devil and Daniel Webster, and it's a classic too, nut not a Lewton film.
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Um, Ani, no need to get your midichlorian panties in a bunch. Since I got home too late and was tired, I didn't finish Machine Girl. I got to the part of "angry parents dressed up in football gear with pics of kids on their chests".I'm thinking after seeing it so far, it only is missing killer midgets. Strike that. Killer blind ninja midgets.
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missed saying it last night, but it's good to see all the interest in visitng the vets and Habitat for Humanity. Have done both at different times in the past. Most recently we have been doing a bit with the homeless down in Baltimore and my wife often serves at nursing homes in our area.In the case of the vets, there are some really interesting guys there.Visiting the vets is a really worthwhile thing. And I'd highly recommend it.
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Considering I only went off to bed 5 hours ago. Oh right, gotta take my daughter to daycare, that's why.When I get back it's omelet and Guard Post time.Yes, Habitat rules. A friend and I were assigned to lay shingle the first day we arrived for our first house many years ago. And Christ if those shingles didn't slant at a 45 degree angle. I feel bad for the family that moved it that house.OK, off to daycare, will be right back. And it seems like everyone is working on the Machine Girl so that's heartwarming.
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Morning HOD, and everyone else.
Ok, last night watched the South Korean horror drama "Guard Post". It's the follow-up from the same director as R-Point, another korean horror. R-Point had terrific direction, atmosphere and acting but it's story sagged and was often muddled and resulted in a film it was hard to really care about. I prefer my horror stories straightforward, with most of the complexity coming from human actions or the nature of the horror. Asian horror films often have twisting narratives that never really develop the horror, or become so muddled we don't have time to be thrilled or swept along in an engaging story because we are trying so hard just to sort the whole thing out.
I am happy to report that Guard Station bucks the trend, and delivers a solid thriller. However, it isn't a horror film in the typical sense. It probably ventures more into psychological horror, although the menace here is definitely a physical one. I mentioned last night it's a zombie movie, but that's not really accurate. It's a war film really.
The story follows military policeman sent in for one night to find out what happened at a Guard Post. All the men, save one are found brutally slaughtered. The story continues from there, and things are more than they appear.
The interesting thing about Guard Post is it's really a murder mystery. The story moves back and forth in time between the MP attempting to solve the mystery of the murdered men, and back to the original men who encountered something they didn't understand and couldn't stop.
What I dig about this movie is it's graphic violence and copious death retains the nature of a war film. We dont have eating of brains, or ripping of spleens or animalistic behavior. When the virus ignites, men find thmeselves doing what they would in war-bashing in skulls, shooting others, etc. The scenes are brutal, but they are the same brutality found in a war film. The tragic scenes also reflect war, with a group of men doing what they can to be true to one another as the enemy has surrounded them, this time an unseen enemy which resides in their very skin.
There is alot here to digest, but the film works because of it's strong atmosphere. I hate those washed out horror flicks that seem so popular here in America, or the dreary, hazy pallete of Japanese horror films. This flick has a warm but damp feel. It draws you in to the men and their plight. If horror aint your thing, that's not too muchof a problem. The horror is only in the setting and the basic premise. The rest of the film is as I said a war film, but here the men are isolated and pitted against one another. Some desire nothing more to live, and some strive to do their duty before death can take them. It's a strong film, and it's last shot is haunting.
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Hallmark should make a card that you open up and it sprays blood at you. Not real blood of course.One of my favorite scenes so far is after she loses half her arm she goes to that kid''s mom's house and then end up smacking each other a bit and then pull an "over-the-top" moment. I found that rather amusing.
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I have been as crook as a dog. Starting to feel better now, nasty flew. Also I haven't come on cause my internet connection has slowed right up. I didn't know what you were talking about before but now I do. I JUST FINISHED ONE OF MY SCRIPTS!! I'm happy with it. need to do a lot of editing, it is the first draft so there will be some fixing up to do. anyway i'm happy and i just came on for a quick hello.
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That's pretty damn cool about your script.
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Working on one here myself. Thought it up last week. Did a treatment over the weekend, and now I'm writing it right now.
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Recover completely my good friend. You've been missed. And congrats on the script. Although until you sell it, you're never really finished. You'll go back and tweak until the day they throw you in the ground. Now get it sold so we can all watch it.Jonah, great news about Guard Post. I didn't read your entire review yet because I'm really going into the movie blind. I'll read your thoughts the minute I'm done. I'm about an hour away from putting it in. Going to cook breakfast and catch the morning news first. They lost financing halfway through filming and had to shut down production for a while until Shobox finally stepped in and took over so it's a wonder the film turned out to be good.Pillow, how's it going this morning? Family life treating you OK?
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this is a nightmare loading this thing. thank for the well wishing (being sick and not being able load this page contributed to the completion) I'm planing to try to make it my self - it is very dialog based so well see what happens. It need a lot of tweaking. without giving to much away it is a futuristic film noir. I read quints review of maltese falcon (which i havn't seen) and it kinda a cross between that and maybe blade runner, like this dytopian future. I know that sounds formulaic but i have my own twist. oh yeah and throw in a bit of ninth gate (johnny depp) too. Just basically a bunch of people chasing around a mcguffin in a dystopian future, but in the end it is all leading to something. anyway good night, and good luck with all of your stuff.
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Si, la familia es bien. I tell ya, my little girl is going to end up breaking the Cars movie from watching it so much. She goes crazy for it.
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Can't wait to get out of here by 2 today. One good thing about my fake company is that they shutdown the Friday before any long holiday weekend.
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just wrote a disaster movie review where he felt the need to post this:
"At this point I just feel like a fucking bully. Disaster Movie is like the mentally challenged kid climbing out of the short bus with a head brace and two inches of snot caked into a mustache above his malformed mouth. No one really expects anything of him. He’s just there and its best to ignore him and let him go to his life skills class and get a gold star for being able to hold it until he gets to the bathroom. But here I am, waiting for him to step off the bus to I can beat the shit out of the little moron. And you’re all here to watch.
Admit it. It’s why you clicked the link. You didn’t come here to find some deep explanation of the meaning of this film or to get my spoiler free reactions with which to help mentally prepare yourself for a great cinematic experience. You came here to watch me pulp that kid. Because he deserves it."
As a former special ed teacher, just let me say, Bravo on that. You are oh so witty my friend.
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Obvious publicity stunt. Smulder just happens to go into rehab for exactly what he plays on his tv show? Please. Hollywood rehab is a a week at a spa resort.
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So I guess I have no soul becasue I'm kind of meh on Toy Story. It's not that it's not well made, I just have an intense hatred of Tim allen and I'm not 9 years old. But I'm not big on Pixar to begin with, Brad Bird films excluded.
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yea, there might be something to it. Duchovny was a swinger in Rapture. Mulder loved hardcore porn. Duchovny was the lead-in to Red Shoe Diaries back in the 90s, which was essentially soft porn, and now he is in Californication as a guy who sleeps with anything that moves. It might just be the dude has a problem and that keeps finding it's way on screen.
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what are your fave movies?
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That's a tall order. There's so many. My #1 is easy. Pulp Fiction. Always will be. It's the movie that turned me into a movie lover. I have the ntire dam thing memorized.
Other favs:
City of God
Children of (Fucking) Men
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Empire Strikes Back
the shawshank Redemption
The Godfather
The Sixth Sense
Fight Club
2001: A Space Odyssey
Notorious
The Best Years of Our Lives
Psycho
The Dark Knight
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Unbreakable
Amelie
Alien
Pan's Labyrinth
Blade
Kill Bill 1&2
The Thin Red Line
Full Metal Jacket
The Shining
The Blair Witch Project
All I can think of right now.
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But one doesn't have to be nine years old to enjoy Toy Story. I get that someone being in a movie can totally destroy said movie for you, but c'mon, that movie is for all ages.
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Aug 29, 2008 9:11:13 AM CDT
Cars is the one Pixar movie my daughter isn't into yet
by hawaiian organ donor
She goes nuts over The Incredibles, Monsters Inc and Finding Nemo but she loses interest a few minutes into Cars every time. I figured that will change in another year or two.Like I said earlier, it's not that anyone here here is soulless, there's just not one movie we can all agree on.
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Flying meat bats, babysitting, high speed chases, intense courtroom drama and investment broker deception, and in the end they save Ryan's Privates.
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It's not morning here, of course, so good afternoon to my fellow Brits. Good other segments of the day to those in various other time zones. All are included!Also, Toy Story, obviously, is for everyone. I'm a little sad that HoboCode does not like Toy Story. He's entitled to his opinion, but I'm sad all the same.
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Though Blade sort of sticks out like a sore thumb amongst those others. Not cause it's bad, but it doesnt quite seem in the same league. But, to each his own.
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And she hasn't seen Finding Nemo, though we have both. She was watching The Little Mermaid for a bit and the "dog movie" (101 Dalmations) for a long time.
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TMEP: The Lives of Others/Death at a Funeral/The Devil's Backbone/The WarlordsI'm sure you've seen most if not all of those, but those are some of the most recent movies I've seen that I thought were good to great.
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It does stick out but I have an emotiona lattachment to it. A good friend of mine and I went to see it and loved it and began memorizing and quoting the thing endlessly. Long story short, he's no longer with us.
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Sorry I didn't get chance to answer yesterday, but it is a no go on the Hellboy II front, unfortunately. It has been a comedy of errors trying to see that damn film, and so far I have made three genuine attempts, all of which have failed, one through illness, one through a sudden desire to get drunk instead, and one through my buddy Leroy Palestine's turning up at the wrong fucking cinema.So, maybe I'll see it this weekend, but I don't know. I just dumped most of my remaining disposable income for the month on seasons 1 and 2 of Dexter on DVD. I may just squirrel myself away for a couple of days and watch those instead.
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There's a name for you.
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Oh, and Fred, about your brother. Didn't want to forget about you.
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I've actually never seen Dexter. It seems I'm incapable of making any sort of commitment to shows anymore after they took JourneyMan away from me...sniffle....
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Ah, it was okay, I thought. Atmospheric horrors don't really get my mojo working, so that one just kind of passed me by. I have a friend who insists it gets better the second or third time through, but I was a little bored the first time so I don't much want to do it again.I haven't seen any of the others, though.
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Glad you like it, Jonah. It's my very favortie Hitchcock film. Mmmm...Igrid Bergman.
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That's not his real name. I'm always mentioning him here since he is almost always doing something comically stupid, but I felt I should change his name in case he was offended. Mind you, when I told him that I had told Bruce Willis (here on AICN) about the time he shaved his hairline to look more like David Addison, he was actually annoyed I didn't use his real name.
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There's a trailer in the new Voltron thread. I like what I see...
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If you like good telly, JPT, I cannot recommend Dexter highly enough. It's beautifully written, has a fantastically black sense of humour, and Michael C Hall is great as Dexter.Poor Brian Krause, he was excellent on Six Feet Under and all he gets in return is that shitty Dirty Sexy Money nonsense, while Michael C Hall gets Dexter. That must suck.
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four I mentioned. I'm kind of in your boat, but Jonah said the same thing about it: it gets better on the second viewing.
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It's just that usually when I have the free time to watch something, I'll throw in a movie, whether it's from Netflix or the batches that Hawaiian sent us.
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That is above and beyond the call of duty. My hat is off to you, HOD.
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Looks a little pretentious. What is Harvey Keitel doing in it? And do they really say "most deadly assasin"?
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Yup, been sending movies all over the country and now across the pond.Jesus, seems like everyone here has lost somebody. That's damned depressing. I'll raise a glass of rum in a hour after I make a run to the liquor store. Sorry about your loss Hobo.And by the way, don't take shit from anyone here. I don't care if you are even more to the left than I am (wow that would be hard to imagine) but I love your movie list. Finally someone who loves both Kill Bill's like they're his own children.You got any of the Little Einstein stuff, JPT? My daughter loves those kids. And that's good educational stuff. And she loves her some Wonder Pets. Sings those songs all day long. And I find myself humming them at work.
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They should have gotten Bob Hoskins to be in it like Danny Dog instead of Harvey. Unless the last dance refers to a national treasure of course.
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She loves Little Einstein's. Big blue jet!!!Also Handy Manny (loves tools and always helps daddy) and Bob the Builder.
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seriously, when we started this, Hobo and Danny were always sparring. Now Dan's usually the first to greet Hobo, and Hobo is the first to ask after Danny?
HOD sends out movies from his own time and resources to us? People feel the freedom to share bout personal stuff.
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That was such a damn wierd film. It's got Jet Li, which you expect from those Besson/Leterrier action films, but also Bob Hoskins and Morgan Freeman? How'd they wangle that?Also, it's set in Glasgow, but I don't think I heard a single Scottish accent in the entire film. Very strange.These are not criticisms, by the way. I liked Unleashed a lot. If anything, the wierdness added to my enjoyment.
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I remember being a little dubious about posting here at first because AICN has such a reputation as a cesspool, but there are some very decent types here.I still like a pointless argument now and then, though, as well as some adolescent poo-flinging and name-calling. I just wish I could post more often.
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Fred can't stick around - have to run errands, then back home to watch movies!
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it was odd seeing bob in there. The way he raged and foamed at the mouth, I almost wondered why he wasn't Danny the Dog.
Imagine that for a second. Bob Hoskins as the snarling, collared feral man. He escapes and lopes off to the suburbs, where he bonds with a little boy, and spends the rest of the film peeing on the neighbors lawn, attacking bullies and saving children from wells. -
When I first saw that, watched that and Fearless back-to-back. Another movie I liked a lot.
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flying meat bats above? What was that about?
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Is it worth a go? I'd kind of given up on Li since he went Hollywood, but Unleashed has rekindled my interest in him.I love a lot of his Hong Kong stuff, especially Once Upon A Time In China, Fist Of Legend, and Legend Of Fong Sai Yuk.
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Fearless is a chinese language film. And it's a really good one. And it wasnt just the return of Li, but Ronny Yu who took time off from making some of the worst movies of the last decade or so to make a great martial arts epic.
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By way of an explanation, I have become addicted to Gilmore Girls since they started showing it on E4 at a perfect time in the morning for me to watch it while working out, and I have developed an interest (ahem) in Lauren Graham. So, I was thinking about checking out Evan Almighty since she's in it, but I had heard it's sort of shit.Does anyone know if it's really that bad? I liked Bruce Almighty. That was pretty funny.
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Watch the director's cut if you can. It's all Hong Kong, no Hollywood influence. I watched that movie three times in one weekend and I can maybe count on one hand the number of times I've done that.
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He's in The Warlords too, a film I highly recommend.Evan Almighty is horrid. Just a complete waste of time.
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That's a film I wouldn't mind picking up at some point.
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Face, full figure, feisty, total package.And I dare say this is the greatest group of people who's never met on the tubes. Wonder if I'll ever see any of you guys someday.
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He directed Bride Of Chucky, which is is a film I enjoyed quite a bit on account of my interest in goofy horrors. Also, I thought Freddy Vs Jason, considering what a preposterous idea it was, turned out to be decent goofy fun.I only wish he had stayed on board as director of Snakes On A Plane. It might actually have been as good as we were all hoping if he had directed it.
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Evan Almighty - still up in the air. More opinions are needed.
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And I hope I get Before the Devil Knows your Dead. Marisa..Marisa...Marisa..There will be blood shipping today...
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I'm off for the Friday drunkening, after which I will be spending the weekend trying to cram two entire seasons of Dexter into my puny brain.I hope you all are similarly productive this weekend. Also, happy Labor Day to those of you getting the extra day off. Lucky bastards...
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than a dirty little billy bastard.Enjoy the happiness known as alcohol.
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Aug 29, 2008 10:49:08 AM CDT
Off to the candy store to pick up my booze for the day
by hawaiian organ donor
Heaven begins in 3, 2, 1.....
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There is another great regular group on AICN in the Lost TB. Same group of us that kept the Season 3 finale TB going last eyar are doing it again in the Season 4 finale TB. It's rarely on the Top Ten list but we still chat over there about Lost and other things everyday.
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Bold move, sir. Here's hoping it's the final torpedo that sinks the ship but it just may be the ultimate payoff. I wish I could figure us Gringos out come election time.
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What a joke. Up until two years ago this woman was a beauty queen, a local sportscaster, and the Mayor of some backwater city in Alaska. Now she could be VP to a President who looks like he could keel over at any minute? Other useful info:
She has a son about to be deployed to Iraq
She has another son with Downes
She opposes same sex marriage but supports benefits for same-sex couples
She signed the largest ops budget in Alaskan state history.
She reduced taxes but also reduced her own salary and sold a private jet purchased by the Democratic incumbent (who was in the pocets of the oil industry). Most of these tax reductions were possible by slashing the construction budget (after running on a platform of transportation reform).
She's a moose-burger-eating member of the NRA who hunts and ice fishes.
She supports climate change initiatives
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Then I'm off to run errands too. HOD, I've already gotten one other person to watch "The Host" and three more lined up for borrowing it. They send many thanks! I guess I should watch "Machine Girl" next, as several others are checking out that one. See y'all later.
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Hobo, I'll try to get over to that Lost TB. I used to keep up with the TB before end of season 3, but never got back into it. Not Lost, I mean. I still follow Lost. I love that freakin' show. I'll be over there sometime, chatting stuff. I'm looking forward to Fringe.
Franklin, yea, I hated Bride of Chucky. But the movies I was really referring to were Formula 51 and Warriors of Virtue. ARRRGGGGHHH. Those were some terrible flicks. I never saw Freddy vs. Jason.
HOD. Watch Guard Post yet?
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With so many people at home relaxing. Oh well, back to the rum and movie.
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Did Danny show yet? Odd of him to be absent.
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skip Evan and go with Dan in Real Life.
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Dan in Real Life is good. I'm happy to report that thanks to our little group here, I've been able to get the wife to check out some less than mainstream movies that otherwise should would never check out.
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t-minus 26 minutes. And then it's time to mow the lawn.Joy.
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When he sang "Let My Love Open the Door" I think I might have teared up. Sounds cheesy, but the scene was handled well.
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The consensus from the accounting, legal, and marketing co-workers I was sitting at the table with during lunch was: WTF? And that's coming from 2 of 3 Republicans.
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It had real heart. The same sort of story can be told a thousand times, but when executed properly and if it comes off 'real', then it's a winner.
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But it's interesting. They just found the 1st Lieutenant.Nice creepy atmosphere they have down there. Sort of like a Doom or Half Life game.Dan In Real Life worked for me on every level as I eat up that close knit family stuff even though I know that sort of perfect family dynamic doesn't exist. It was the vision of what most people hope would be a family get together instead of the drunken, yell at each other for past grievances fiascos that in reality they often turn out to be.
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So the Repubs just handed in their "lack of experience" card against Obama. They only have two months to introduce her to the country as other than political junkies like myself, she's a complete unknown.Repubs in Connecticut? Really? Interesting.I will say the stole Obama's thunder from last night as this is all people will be talking about this weekend.
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Im off to Shinobi. More on Red Cliff later, but rest assured its WAAAAYY more than just o.k. It just might be Woo's best movie. But, you say there is another part of the movie coming? That wasn't the whole thing? I have to admit the ending was a bit like LOTR in the fact, it just ends with clearly more to tell. But, man on man, it was great. It's an instant classic of chinese martial arts goodness.
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I'm not sold on him, but ain't no fucking way I would ever vote for dead man walking.Then again, Biden has never been a sports reporter or into the commercial fishing industry.
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Part one of Red Cliff and Shinobi in the same day. Wow.Wasn't that flyover scene at the end freaking amazing? I can't wait to see that naval battle. Gonna need two buckets of Fred's patented popcorn for that.
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He's a corporate stooge just like the rest. But these big oil, pro-life, NRA, anti-gay marriage folks make me nervous.
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I wanna watch it again right now. It's as good as Hard Boiled. John Woo is back indeed.
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Seriously, I think it wierd I haven't heard more on this. I remember all the fanboys getting excited when Woo got american money to make films, but every one of those was a disappointment on some level. I confess affection for Hard Target and Face Off, but this was magnificent. And I felt the way I did watching Jackson's Kong, where the director seemed to capture something directly from my imagination. Being explicitly familiar with Romance of the Three Kingdoms, seeing this take on it was amazing. And it starts out with a bang. The scene where he saves the baby? And then he ties the sash, and says "Let's go." Crap I was hooked right then. When the rest of the guys see this thing, they are gonna have to add 50 new pages to the COC guidebook.
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Ash & Machine Girl.Solving all of the world's problems by chainsaw and machine gun.
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but chinese history and mythology has always been more my thing. And Leung was excellent, but so was Kaneshiro. He has really been making a name ofr himself in these type of stuff. House of Flying Daggers, this, Warlords. That's a pretty sweet lineup right there.
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Cause I don't like any of Woo's American made crap. My interest is piqued to say the least now.
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I'm off. Have a fantastic long weekend.
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oh no! Asian awesomeness has caused me to revert to engrish!
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I didnt like Woo's american stuff either. Face Off and Hard Target weren't good to me, just watchable. But this is definitely a return to form. Actually, scratch that. This isnt a return to form. It's more like a fulfillment of the promise he showed early on. He has made his epic, and it is awesome.
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Aug 29, 2008 1:01:44 PM CDT
Now that Obama is losing his lead in my home state...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...I gotta vote for him. I thought he would kill with a 20 point lead here but its not happening. Stupid fucking cunts. Fuck McCain and his fake ass Conservatism. He is the phoniest mother fucker on the planet. He should still be rotting in that fucking tiger cage in Vietnam.
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how are you?
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...people didn't get excited about it because it is a worn out genre. There are hundreds of films released in the past few years that look basically the same (I'm just judging the trailer).
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It's fuckign ridiculous but what a ride.
"Get out of here! WIPE YOUR ASS!!"
"What happened?"
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Couldn't get past the saccarine nauseating trailer. Is it really that good?
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Woo really gave us something special. You'll go cuckoo for coco puffs over this one. This might indeed be the movie that we ALL agree on.
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I dunno. I'm not into that historical Asian shit. And I really like his American stuf......Broken Arrow is insanely entertaining.
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Suffering from cocktail flu this morning after outdoor football viewing last night.
We used charcoal because I'm saving the propane tank for Labor Day.
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Are you going to bring down the gauntlet now?
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I'll be out there in my lawn chair.So do I need to scope out AICN and look at Mori going after Egg Salad and DGDB going after Massa?
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I never liked his articles, but I dont know how he gets away with the confederate flag thing and the retard beating comment today, and everyone else gets to be a "douche nozzle."
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unless it's an obvious love, or an obvious hate, which is all he really reviews these days.
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It's un-American to not grill with charcoal.
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is he will be the next to lose the black box.
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And usually half ofh is review consists of him bitching about having to do the review. Kiss my ass. I'd gladly take his palce.
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But Moose burgers are really good. The marinated flank steak are out of this world.
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Hope this evening finds you well.I loves me a fur burger.
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There is nothing like grilling with charcoal.
It also gives you more beer drinking time while waiting for coals to get just right.
I have the propane grill because wifey gave it to me for a quicker cook time.
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Aug 29, 2008 1:43:53 PM CDT
I guess Danny isn't going to like The Warlords then
by hawaiian organ donor
Let alone Red Cliff. That actually makes me sad. I don't know if I can finish my drink.
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Children of "(Fucking)" Men Dude, you are nine.
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I saw it tonight. It was very interesting.HOD how's your afternoon?
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give the movies a chance. I suspect you might enjoy them.
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Is Shinobi suppose to seem like a B-movie? I always thought it was a high end fantasy,but it's rather silly and over the top. At this point, not a complaint, just an observation. The film is obviously building to the 5 vs. 5 battle.
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thanks for the suggestion. I will check it out. Man on a Wire that is.
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I know the feeling. My GF complains to me sometimes, especially after work when she's hungry. But when it comes to my Weber charcoal grill: FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!
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...I'm just saying overall it is probably my least favorite genre. I didn't think the Red Cliff trailer looked amazing. I remember when it was on here like 6 months ago.....it just looked like more Jet Li's Fearless sort of stuff, which I found to be snore inducing. But Warlords looked better than Red Cliff if I remember.
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Both seem to get the job done, but a good idea is to try the wood chips with flavor every once in while.
Good stuff.
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And it is silly and over the top. You do remember I like Kill Bill right? I go in for all that crazee stuff. Screw it, I loved it. This wine is about to make me indignant.Xi, this afternoon finds me spectacular. Start of a four day weekend, wife will be home early so for the first time since last fall we will have the house all to ourselves and should be able to squeeze in a movie (even if it is What Happens In Vegas, happy wife, happy life) before picking up our daughter at daycare. And I'll rent Man On Fire, I mean Man On A Wire the day it comes out as no theaters here are planning on showing it. Stay safe, brother.Red Cliff slagging, Shinobi questioning......it's enough to make a man lose his freaking buzz.As Hard Drinkin' Lincoln (anyone know the reference?) would say, "Screw ya's all."I'm official sad.You are nine. Hmmmm, never heard that one before. Did Massa reply to Danny?
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Don't be indignant. I'm actually enjoying shinobi. It's giving me nostalgia for one of my fave things as a kid-kung-fu theater. This is essentially almost like a japanese wuxia film mixed with a saturday morning cartoon. But I like that about it. It's sort of like Azumi. That wierd, faceless guy just took sleeve-killer's identity. Wacky stuff. But I think it's fun.
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But not match light. That's for pussies.
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What does that mean? Nine years old? Nine millimeter?
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match light puts a nasty taste on the meat, doesn't it?
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I dunno...I'm asking because I'm considering getting a good old fashioned charcoal grill. But I'm from L.A. man....I've never even met someone who has ever used a charcoal grill. We just have those fucking Cadillac Escalade looking chrome propane muthafuckas....
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...the white hair is awesome. Wait until the ninja scene. If that doesn't catapult it to awesome status for you, not sure what will.Sorry about my attitude, between the wine and being behind in my movie watching schedule, I'm annoyed.
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the autumn-esque look of Shinobi. It's a nice choice for the film.
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"....between the wine and being behind in my movie watching schedule, I'm annoyed."
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That's the best BBQ grill for beginners. Later get something with a smoker. Become a master of the pit like ol' G-ride. never put lighter fluid in that shit. Food should never taste like gas. Use wood charcoal like Lazzari.
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to grill!!
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I would love for Sarah Palin to have my abortion.
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But it's not the worst thing ever.
Also you don't have to get the mega-dollar grill to grill good food.
We used a $20 grill from Walmart last night and it did just fine.
But I would suggest shopping around and making sure to get one with a foldable table on the side or sides. Very handy.
Also get a chimney starter for the coals and a good set of utensils.
I have cast iron grates on my other grill, which I then seasoned them with oil. They are amazing, but will rust if you don't take care of them.
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White hair just toppled the water-tower with those awesome circular death rings. The numbers are thinning quickly. I see where this is going. This flick will have alot of replayability. It's sort of a good entry-way film to asian cinema, especially for younger viewers. It surprises me I never saw it.
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gas grills are for soccer moms and gays. I am from socal, but luckily I learned from the best. Why even use gas unless in a rush? Cleanup is the only benefit with gas.
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This is what I live for gentlemen
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Can't beat the price or the performance.
I backed over mine with loaded trailer.
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dont want to spoil this for anyone, so SPOILER SPOILER
HOD, a certain character just did something unbelievable to another character! Wow, with that power, every fight could be over before it began. Technically, couldn't said character topple the Lords without ever being forced into said contest? Wow, that's powerful. Like Prof X powerful! -
it's decided for me that Im doing a bbq on Monday...that's it!
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Definitely convenient and faster in heating the coals but I can get by just pyramiding the fuckers and then spreading them.
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Listen, sunshine. Twice now you've mentioned getting insulted over your handle. If I ever insulted you, I apologise. I don't recall doing so - though I was on drunk once, but pretty certain I was ramblingly civil. Like Chipps said, I wouldn't knowingly insult anybody on here (unless they deserve it!). I used to just read the TB's and see people getting ripped apart for just liking a movie - "that movie's shit, if you like it you're a retard..." etc. I mean a few folks seem to be getting friendly with this Anakin1268 but in the last TB he dropped in out of nowhere to call me a "dickhead." Don't know him, never posted to him, never posted about him (till now). He also aimed a "dickhead" in the general direction of Chitty and also at Mavra, along with a "pathetic loser." I'm not gonna come on here and do stuff like that to you or anyone. It's not my idea of fun.Pure luck that I found you guys. I can't get online at work (except for lunch time and the server gets rammed then so I can only barely get on) so my trick is to copy & paste a TB, preferably a long one and have a read in between working. Think it was the '2012' that I happened to pick out. Lo and behold there were TB'ers, not only getting along without ripping each other to shreds, they were talking about older films I knew about and many others that I didn't but wanted to. Slowly and surely I got drawn in. It's been an ongoing pleasure and I've learned things, wish I could post more.The poignancy of your screen name is humbling. I'm truly sorry about your brother, Fred. I should've had a twin brother but he was stillborn. As I get older I think about him more and wonder who he would have grown up to become. But I won't pretend to know how you feel.I thought your 'third person' posting was a simple and effective way to say that whatever you DID say was just your opinion. But now I know it's "fun" to do!And if it ain't fun then what's the point in doing it, huh?
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The thing about how only nine year olds can enjoy Toy Story you said earlier. I am way behind in conversation, busy day.
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loved the shot in front of the moon.
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You must be talking about the horse chase scene. I stood up and cheered in my own house for christsakes. My own house!
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That is a strange concept....the twin brother thing. I would think about that often as well.
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*standing on tippy toes trying to peek*
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that's not what I expected that person to do! crap!
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But I would fuck her with Danny's dick. She's just too hard core on the other side of the fence for me.ThereWolf, manalmighty, is this a tragic group or what. With your news, my buzz officially excused itself and went home. I'm sorry as hell about that partner.I use a propane grill but as I don't eat meat it's just for my wife but you guys have convinced me to get her a charcoal one.
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Aug 29, 2008 2:54:57 PM CDT
IYou expected something else than a tragic ending...
by hawaiian organ donor
...from an Asian movie? That ending killed me. I was completely chocked up. I had fallen in love with some of those characters.
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I wouldn't with Danny's dick.No offense buddy. Be proud of your 9 inches, I'd just keep it away from Palin is all.
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Wow, that was alot of fun HOD. That's 3 for 3 out of the new shipment. Awesome!
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Her body does look good, I will agree. Republican sperm actually has a special enzyme from the Bulbourethral gland which can improve the oxidation of fats. This helps Sarah drop the baby weight at a faster rate than Democratic mothers. Needless to say, Sarah makes sure to gulp every last drop while fellating young staffers on her campaign.
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No but when that character looked up, I expected a shogun court full of hemorraged people, but instead-it went a diff way. Darn fine flick. I was worried during the first 20 I was going to have to ruin your day by saying it wasn't good, but nope. Fun stuff. I'll be watching that again.
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What a wild movie. And not at all I thought going in.You'd think AICN would just automatically ban an name with egg salad in it.
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It's strange concept, all right. And it gets stranger. But I'm not quite ready to go into that just yet.Very cryptic. Sorry.
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...go raise hell in Massa's TB. FUCK OFF WITH YEE!!
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Thanks, man. And get yer buzz back on. That's an order!
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I like the fact the first 3 films were sort of culture hopping from Korea to China to Japan.
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Thats cool....let me know one day. I like weird/interesting stories like that.
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whats next on the list?
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No fucking way is Luke Perry coming back. That I can guarantee....
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Don't blow your load too soon Egg.
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Wild but good stuff. I give it a passing grade for an Asian horror movie.Jonah, you want me to suggest the next title?
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Slowly and painfully. Thanks.
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I have always wanted to see a female President or Vice President as I am a feminist male, however, Jon Mcane's choice of Vice President is a bad choice as it completely destroy's his argument, and the Republican argument against Obama that he is too young and too inexperienced...while lacking foriegn policy experince. McCane should have picked Christie Todd Whitman of someone with her credentials. As of this moment, McCane has just done stunt casting here...and the Democrates are going to be able to beat the Republicans over the head evry time they try to question Obama's readiness to lead as all his campaign need point out is that if something happens to McCane, she is not ready to become president, not even close. There is also a problem with the electoral college as Alaska with bring very few votes regionally speaking, and statewide, so given the fact the Alaskan governor is pro-life and doesn't have foriegn policy credential, with few votes that can flip the election, save for her gender which is a plus, the McCane ticket just undermined itself as she will attract few Clinton Supporters, who are Pro Choice. Absent a scandal, or a flub at the debates, I think Obama was just handed the election!!! Again, despite her falling out with the Republican Party, McCane should have picked Whitman.
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Those are the two sides of his personality. Hehehe.....that would be funny.
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I have always wanted to see a female President or Vice President as I am a feminist male, however, John McCane's choice of Vice President is a bad choice as it completely destroy's his argument, and the Republican argument, against Obama that he is too young and too inexperienced...while lacking foriegn policy experience. McCane should have picked Christie Todd Whitman or someone with her credentials. As of this moment, McCane has just done stunt casting here...and the Democrates are going to be able to beat the Republicans over the head every time they try to question Obama's readiness to lead as all his campaign need point out is that if something happens to McCane, she, McCane's choice for VP, is not ready to become President, not even close. There is also a problem with the electoral college as Alaska will bring very few votes regionally speaking, and statewide, so given the fact the Alaskan Governor is Pro-Life and doesn't have foriegn policy credentials, with few votes that can flip the election, save for her gender which is a plus, the McCane ticket just undermined itself as she will attract few Clinton Supporters, who are Pro- Choice.
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Although I do have two sides to my personality, Sexy, and Sexy!!!!
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I'm going to start the marathon tonight and see what happens.
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Happy Labor Day Weekend, folks. What are you you doing posting when you should be getting drunk as skunks!
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But I will be done in about an hour and nine minutes and 45 seconds.
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In my case my cunt boss won't let me go home early.
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still at work dude. Another hour to go...
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enough. leave.
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Give the guy a break, man. He's thirsty, it's Labor Day. Show some compassion here. Sheesh!Chitty, may that hour will fly with haste.
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At 5:00 before a holiday weekend. Slut. tossedsalad, are you my boss?
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Hang in there, fella. Under an hour now...
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she looks like Erin Andrews, the sideline reporter on ESPN.
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Chitty-- a smokin' hot boss?! Fuck....all I got is a 45 year old Indian guy that gives me shit.
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droooooool...
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Danny, you got fucked on that one. So did you Node. Chitty, send us a pic.And please watch Machine Girl and Chocolate tonight. Shinobi and Warlords sometime over the weekend.
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karma police may be turning the cruiser down your street.
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because we all have to be something, right?
Chitty, def do Chocolate and Machine Girl. They both belong in the nutty as all heck category.
Also, we should organize a Save the Green Planet viewing soon. With that one, we all need to watch it at the same time, as theres no way someone's not gonna want to discuss it, and it's hard to do so without spoiling something.
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Well then you shit eating circus chimp I'm Chemo . As lttle as I give a shit about node you crossed the fuckin line you cowardly fruitcake nutjob. I see you made nice with your pimp, he let you have some more computer time. I guess you don't mind being the bottom at the donkey show.hey Braffed your "big time" counselling business must not be thrieving right pussy.
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back-to-back tonight after the SMU and Rice football contest.
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entertainment is Tropic Thunder. Also,I traded in a bunch of duplicate movies I picked up at a family reunion a few weeks ago. Traded them in for both Pitch Black and COR, The Protector, and the criterion of The Third Man. Sweet!
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I ate that about two weeks ago with an egg.
Good stuff. Unhealthy, but good stuff.
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I took your advice and got the $10 3-pack Riddick set from Target. Thanks for the info. Now I can get them watched just in time for us to move over to another topic! :) See all of you later.
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That's a good idea about everyone watching a certain one to discuss. I can't decide if I want to watch Shinobi or Warlords next.
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is tasty, but it's a heart attack for sure.
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do shinobi...its more comic book-ish, and Warlords is more your big epic.
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Cool. Sold!
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So Tuesday morning start discussing Shinobi? Or another. I think it will be fun for everyone to watch the same movie and all be fresh from viewing.
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I had the double-helping with eggs and hot sauce.
Here is the running countdown on my stomach:
6:45 p.m. - Eat corned beef hash.
8:47 p.m. - Stomach rumbles a little. Maybe it was nothing.
9:31 p.m. - Ugh my stomach is making weird sounds and feels funny.
10:53 p.m. - Awakened by chills and pain in stomach.
10:54 p.m. - Head to bathroom.
10:55 p.m. - Ugh.
10:56 p.m. - Ugh.
10:57 p.m. - Dear God!!!!!!
1 a.m. - Leave water closet and call hazmat team.
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You're turning on Cock Tease now.
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Now I'm turning on Equinas.
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...my weekend begins now!! Come 10 o'clock tonight I shall be drunk as fuck and chain-smoking like Edward R. Murrow. I say peace to the Middle East!! May everyone get laid tonight...and enjoy the Asian Orgasmic Extravaganza HOD has kindly provided!!
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I will open beer when I get home. Then I will open another and another.
Hilarity ensues and propane tanks strain at their welds, ready to release their flame in a scorching belch of heat and metal.
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I really wanna see Red Cliff
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Did anyone watch this on the Guitar Hero TB?! The funniest fucking thing I've seen in about a year and a half....
http://tinyurl.com/6prswo
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Get Kevin Smith to make The Ridicules of Chronic instead.
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That joke was pathetic. Go jerk off to Pineapple Express again pal.
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Mori posted this in response to Massa's review of DISASTER MOVIE: "
"You came here to watch me pulp that kid. Because he deserves it." You know, when Ben Stiller used "full-retard" in his film, there's a level of remove in the joke because he's not making fun of the "full retards," he's making fun of anyone grotesque enough to use that phrase as awards bait. But your analogy isn't clever enough for that level of remove. It's like your headline about raping a movie and leaving it laying it its own juices... pure vile inhumanity disguised as a conversation about a movie. I dare you to review a movie you don't like just once without resorting to this kind of disgusting, repulsive imagery. Based on reviews like this, I don't think you can, and it's amazing how far the level of discourse can be dragged down around here."
And then some TB'er posts this in response to Mori:
"FWIW the real reason why McWeeny attacks Massa . ...It has nothing to do with the film or with the review and especially not with that little retard thing. It's only because last year he got to promote what's basically a nasty little S&M porn video named 'The Poughkeepsie Tapes' -- he carried it with him to its public screening where he raved about its genius and promised how much fun the viewers would have with it. In fact the film was horribly bad and the audience rightfully hated it and got hostile to the point where the directors of the crap ran out of the building because they were actually scared of the reaction. But Massawyrm was there too and next day he posted a review on AICN. It's still up somewhere and you can still read it. Of course he trashed the film but he also mentioned (literally in one random sentence) that McWeeny introduced that crap and praised it like the second coming. It's no secret that McWeeny is very insecure because of his childhood and a few other things so he took it all very personally and was so stung by what he thought was a 'vicious attack on him' that even a month later he went around other sites' forums flinging shit on Massawyrm (That's right, the guy who loves preaching about 'ethics', 'integrity', 'loyalty' and 'standards' in every review he writes posted messages on the C.H.U.D. forums where he invited Nunziata and Farraci to 'come and get a free handjob from Massawyrm' because 'there has to be a reason why Harry keeps that little shit on our site!!' Go search CHUD, you'll see all that and more unless Mr. Loyalty is busy deleting it now right after banning my account and removing this message" -
...the best film of 2004 was ASSPLOITATIONS 3, directed by Aurora Snow. Peace.
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That's pretty funny. Where I come from, that's called airing your dirty laundry.
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Invisible Target is excellent. One of the best action movies you'll see this year. It's a great way to wrap up the summer over this long weekend.
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was CRASH. Haters be damned.
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The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
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After watching the preview of it on "The Host" disc, I happened to find it for sale at Target. I haven't gotten it yet. I was wondering if anyone who's seen it could tell me if it's worth buying. Thanks!
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1. James Patterson's "Double Cross" 2.John Sandford's "Dark of the Moon" Richard Adams' "The Plague Dogs" Still reading "The Walking Dead", so I didn't count it.
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I hope this night finds you well. I own Dynamite Warrior but have yet to watch it. How crazy is that?Just for you, I'll check it out this weekend and send it in your next kit if it's any good. The preview is pretty excellent and I enjoyed Born To Fight (same actor and director) so I'm at a loss for words as to why after a year I have yet to put it in.Last 3 books I read: Worse Than Watergate (political), Caught Stealing by Charlie Huston and Next by Crichton.
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Well, I'll let Crash slide. It's all a matter of opinion. Just be warned, I slam that movie all the time. So I apologize in advance.
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Mori should go after Massa. I caled out that retard comment in this TB early this morning.
Also saw Tropic Thunder. Guys, it's hilarious and it's awesome. Check it out!
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I think you'll love Pitch Black, you'll like Dark Fury, but Chronicles, I don't know...but I'll tell you, that ending deserved a better movie to go along with it. Oh, BTW, I just saw "Walk Hard" and I have to say that half of the movie is great with very funny lines, great acting and great songs especially during the end credits and when the lead character does a duet with his female lead in the middle of the movie, very explicit yet very funny. What I like the most about this film is that, although often over the top and sometimes too much so, it is actually the most honest rock and roll/country music based film ever made, jokes or no jokes, that is how these people, these rock stars act and since Lawrence Kasden's son directed it, obviously, he knows a lot of rock stars. Trust me, I saw the Ray Charles movie and various others over the years, and you always knew they were hiding something, but in Walk Hard as strange as it may seem, I know for a fact that, that kind of stuff actually goes on in the industry and it felt refreshing that somebody exposed the truth even if it had to be revealed in jest. More truths are told in jest they say.I hope you got a chance to price some Samsung DVD/VCR hybrid players while you were at Target Mavra. Mine is holding up good but I just found out that the thing which is now several years old (I got it new) is not HD compatible, meaning it can't pick up the channels that are in HD, so all the extra sub channels that exist, my VCR won't allow me to record just the analog channels, but the new ones, the new DVD/VCRs, I'm sure are HD ready for the new TVs! Ask a store clerk in the electronics department about it, I'm sure they can help you to find a low cost unit that, again is HD friendly!!! See 'ya next time Mavra!!!!
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Why are they hiding the UFOs??? Now, I know they are real because I have seen them, and I am not asking you to put his job in peril by answering me back, don't do that. I am only telling you for you own edification. I am sure he knows something and he won't tell you that I am mistaken, a crazy or a liar. BTW, you should listen to Coast To Coast Live Am which is hosted by George Noory. Look it up on the net to find it in your area. It comes on at 10:06pm on the west coast and 1:06am on the east coast 7 days a week.Anakin means The Fallen. George Lucas knows something that governments don't want most people to know. The name "The Star Wars" came from an ancient native North American text, refering to an asteroid shower. The name Anakin...appears to be in reference to the Anunnaki, loosely meaning those who came from the sky. Their first base on Earth had a similar name. The place that is now called Iraq, or ancient Babylon hosted those beings, the Anunnaki and the ancient Sumerians, who taught Christ, were witnesses to them and interacted with these giant beings...they are spoken about in Genesis in The Bible, The Nephilim. The Sumerians, they left a historical recorded about the Annunaki. Ask your Uncle about Planet X aka Nemesis...he should be very surprised.One more thing, yes, you should be very proud of him. He sounds like a great guy. And PS-Watch Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, Steven got it right. That movie is scary close to the real thing, speaking of people who know something!!!
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It needs to expand and do reviews of comics and books as soon as they come out, way before some decides to make a movie or tv show about them. A lot the books and comics in discussion to be put on the small screen or in the cinema I've never even heard of and have to google or wikipedia them for more info.
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A way to get crazy motherfuckers like ankin and Media Messiah BACK on their meds. Holy mother of fuck you two nutjobs are made for each other.
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Was actually funny. And I can't stand Knocked up.
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Whats wrong with Crash? Besides that its nothing like the book? Of course by this point you've realized that I am talking about Crash 1995 with James Spader, not whatever that movie that hollywood pooped out a couple years back.
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Fucking funny as balls. Stiller has one of the best, if not the, records as far as directing comedies goes. Laughing start to finish. Oh yeah nothing after the credits, don't look like a full like me.
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Ronald Reagan and members of his staff saw a UFO when he, Reagan, was the governor of California while traveling on a passenger plane. Jimmy Carter, a respected ex nuclear sub officer in the U.S. Navy saw a UFO, also while aboard a plane. Reagan's son Michae has confirmed thathisfate h a second sightng on his ranch in Califonia. Reagan invited Spielberg to the White House for a showing of ET, after the movie he told Steven Spielberg, "You don't know close you came to the truth." That is a direct quote from Spielberg.Maybe one of these days you'll learn that I have also told you the truth as know it and witnessed it. I could have expanded my story to all kinds of wild claims...I have none...but I can tell you that the Sumerian records are real and they had advanced knowledge of our solar system that they should not have had. This is a fact. Just ask yourself, how is it that Greek Mythology tells the story of Titans taken by a God, upper case G, to a moon in orbit around Saturn...one of many moons, to protect them from the gods, lower case g. When these gods began to harm the Earth, the God that saved the Titans (believed to be the God of The Bible) sent them back to the Earth to save the mother planet by having them ride back on one of the moons they He set in motion, one which parked in the orbit of our planet. This is actually Greek Mythology, no you may not believe it as th truth, but "How in the hell did the ancient Greeks know that Saturn had moons???" This tends to lend credibility to the view that this is not Myth, but History!!!
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Ronald Reagan and members of his staff saw a UFO when he, Reagan, was the governor of California while traveling on a passenger plane. Jimmy Carter, a respected ex nuclear sub officer, and a scientist, in the U.S. Navy saw a UFO, also while aboard a plane. Reagan's son Michael has confirmed that his father had a second sighting on his ranch in Califonia. Years later, Reagan invited Steven Spielberg to the White House for a showing of ET. After the movie he told Steven Spielberg, "You don't know how close you came to the truth." That is a direct quote from Spielberg.
Maybe one of these days you'll learn that I have also told you the truth as I know it, and witnessed it. I could have expanded my story to all kinds of wild claims...I have none...but I can tell you that the Sumerian records are real (top scientists have examined them)and the fact is, they had advanced knowledge of our solar system that they should not have had. This is a fact. Just ask yourself, how is it that Greek Mythology tells the story of Titans taken by a God, upper case G, to a moon in orbit around Saturn...one of many moons, to protect them from the gods, lower case g. When these gods began to harm the Earth, the God that saved the Titans (believed to be the God of The Bible) sent them back to the Earth to save the mother planet by having them ride back on one of the moons that He set in motion, one which parked in the orbit of our planet. This is actually Greek Mythology, now you may not believe it as the truth, but "How in the hell did the ancient Greeks know that Saturn had moons???" This tends to lend credibility to the view that this is not Myth, but History!!! -
be artificial intelligence in babies. that's what this movie is about right? I don't even know what that means....
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that's babylon ad. dam this pages takes ages to load.
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Maybe it's your computer screwing around. Page loads okay for me at home, it's at work I can't get on the bugger.
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The incredibles is on tonight. I love that movie. And i love imagining earl/ Brodie as the bad guy.
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Looks like it was an interesting night. Darn night job has me missing the fun stuff around here! HOD, thanks for checking out "Dynamite Warrior" for me. I was walking through electronics and just happened to see it sitting there. Pretty funny! I picked it up and put it back a couple of times, then decided I'd ask for more knowledgable opinions before purchasing. If you decree it's worthy of future kit inclusion, then I'm a happy camper. Messiah, I'll probably be scoping out DVD players for awhile before I actually pick one. I may even wait until Black Friday (or as I call it, Combat Shopping Day). I'm picky about my electronics, plus I will wait for ages until I'm sure I'm getting a bargain. It took me more than a year to choose a PC. I knew I'd done okay there when my brother-in-law told me my computer was his fantasy. L8r!
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You feeling better? The Incredibles is an awesome film, even if I always have the image in my head of Syndrome as the Heat Miser from an old Christmas show and half expect him to break into a song from that. What are you up to today (or tonight)?
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still sick but starting to dance around. Now my girlfriend has it. poor her, it's a bad one (it's the end of winter here). Tomorrow i'm off to paint at my parents place again. night all. have a good one. i've been reading more than i've been posting. interesting. have a good one, and if i don't see you again, good afternoon good evening and good night.
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Hope you and your girlfriend are well soon.
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When the Emperor gives R2D2 a look like its out of the Wiggles 20 minutes in I knew the dream was dead for a good Lucas Led movie. I have hope for the TV shows but not in Lucas ever again as a director. And War of the Worlds is not even close to as good as Riddick. Serenity is better, no argument, its pretty much the best SciFi that predates BSG and I guess Lost. But I just watched Pitch Black again (4th time now I guess) and its so freaking great. And the Anime story was great, just watched that, and Butcher Bay was fucking phenomenal and COR was great just too much. But we deserve an ending and it is worthwhile for us to get it. Even if its another game.
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Aug 30, 2008 1:32:00 PM CDT
Fred just watched Shinobi and Sinking of Japan
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Both silly fun! Fred now needs another suggestion. Might finally watch Warlords now that new player can read it. Fred very happy. Thank you Hawaiian Organ Donor. You are true blue.
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http://www.mercurynews.com/movies/ci_10323166
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I seem to recall you mentioning to HOD not long ago that you were looking for the Korean version of "Hansel and Gretel". I don't know if you only meant you were looking for the disc, but I just ran across a streaming version of it a few minutes ago on a website called asian-horror-movies.com. Here's the link, just in case. http://www.asian-horror-movies.com/hag.php
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A very interesting movie, I think it could have used a voice over narration to explain a few scenes. For me, I immediately went to the director's commentary to better understand those scenes as what appeared on film was not enough to draw any conclusions from. Chiwetel Ejiofor has proven again that he is the best working actor in the business. Red Belt's director, David Mamet is an interesting filmmaker, a writer/director who is a respected acting teacher who created his own method of instruction I found out, and uses many real martial arts experts here who are obviously students of his instruction, and he, a student of theirs, irony abounds. This film is about positive philosophy and honor therein. It is about keeping your integrity while others are selling out around you, and sell you out because so many people have no honor or integrity, nor do they seek it. In many ways, I am like the central character, someone who has followed my better Angels, most of the time, anyway, and been sold out by others, but if there is anything I can take away with me from this film, it is that, "There is always a way out, there is always an escape." Never give-up.
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I have been told that Apple's are the best when it comes to computers as they supposedly don't get viruses...several computer nuts and one expert, a family friend, have told me that. I have had a hell of a time with PCs, what a damned headache. The "System Restore" function has become my best friend as I have had to use it now, more times than I care to count.I noticed you are buying a lot of movies and I would recommend that you just get NetFlix and save on the purchase by just renting them instead. They have some movies you can even watch online now, you are allowed so many hours of streaming video (movies) a month, but they have authorized many more hours, the specifics of the policy, I have since forgotten, still by all means check it out, and see if it works for you. By now, and enjoy your Saturday!!!
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Still No Edit Buttons Here???
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Reasonable set-up, if perfunctory. Good location - I'm a sucker for snowbound movies. Acting, negligible. Still get the feeling some of these people think they don't have to dig deep because it's 'only a horror movie.' The editing kept chopping out chunks of the narrative, i.e. - a character would say they were going to do something, cut to somebody else, cut back to previous character in the MIDDLE of doing their something - no explanation as to how they got there. Decent blood and guts once or twice, if a little frenetic. And why, oh why, do film makers still think that a shadowy figure passing the camera in the foreground is only scary if accompanied by a big 'Whump!' on the soundtrack? Silence is scary.Not the jump-start to the vampire genre I was hoping for. Come on, Jonah, let's see what you've got!
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How've you been? Hey, try out the link I pasted a few posts up for "Hansel and Gretel" I just finished watching it. If you like the trapped/isolated-style of horror movies (with some snow, though not quite as much as "30 Days...") you might like that one. I should be napping, but I got so into the film I couldn't stop watching. Some pretty good scares in it too, but the more sublte type rather than "whump!".
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Doing okay, can't complain. Well I can but I won't. You? I trust all is well in the Kingdom Of Chang!Hansel & Gretel, eh. I'll have a look...
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I actually don't buy tons of movies on a regular basis. Other than the Riddick pack (which I got because I seemed to be the only one here who hadn't seen them), I got the others I just bought for $2-$4 on a Blockbuster clearance rack. It may sound like I'm a big spender, but I'm definitely not. I'm very good at keeping myself on a budget.I didn't go with Apple. I know they have a good reputation, but I wanted and found a gaming computer. I wouldn't trade it for anything else ;0).
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I'm on a movie-watching binge. I'll be paying for it in a few hours, but there's always tomorrow for sleeping.
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If a little girl in a forest led me to a house looking like that I'd utter one word - "Yikes" - and be off in the opposite direction like a rocket propelled cheetah.Nice cakes, though. And when the guy's listening at the wall I like the way the rabbits in the pictures are looking at him. It's done a 'whump' moment on me though, quieter, granted, but still a 'whump.'Back to it then...
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You must be a Whumpaluphagus: Able to detect small whumps in a single sound (don't bother looking it up, I coined it at this very moment. You caught me, I hedged a few whumps, but the movie drew me in enought that I didn't really notice them. Besides, the acting is superior to "30 Days of Night", even by the littlest girl. Mea maxima culpa!
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I started out watching from across the room, but by the next-to-last part my face was inches away from the screen. I'll check back later to see if you liked it or if you think I done ya wrong.
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A 'Whumpaluphagus...' I take all the compliments I can get.Twas a bit twee, I thought - until the starving/dead kids which shook you out of the film's colourful palette. Clearly not aimed at the regular gorehounds, looking for a 'The Others' vibe perhaps. Unsettling without being scary - is that possible or did I just cancel myself out in four words? Kept waiting for the lad to perform a full on 'Scanners' moment on the creepy religious guy. Never mind.As for the acting: Are you honestly telling me you didn't think Hartnett delivered a marvellously nuanced 'Oscar' stamped performance? Shame. On. You.Yeah, it was okay. Took me to a different place. That's what I like films to do. Cheers!
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My Swedish is a bit rusty but I'm not entirely certain what your "fault" is?Anyhoo, I gotta turn in. Enjoy the rest of your evening, Mav.
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Aug 30, 2008 8:52:46 PM CDT
riddick's adventures continue in a chevy malibu converted to a w
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lets see more of macho riddick kickin' butt in the 25th century using that chevy malibu desert rat escape car after he sold the Acura speedster for 12 boxes of pizza in Mexico. Yeah bring back more Riddick stuff, cool. RGL
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lokin' at my post I think Imissed lots ?
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Dynamite Warrior is crap. Fun, over the top crap nonetheless. No one buy or rent this mess. Let me be be the only one to waste money on this thing. I'll send it out to anyone who wants to laugh their ass off at a guy riding a 10 foot firecracker.Also watched Red Belt tonight. Excellent movie. Mamet is a strange one indeed. He makes character movies time and time again. And Ejifor is the new god of the acting world. This guy needs to be in every movie made going forward.Fred, keep on rockin' with the movies. Sinking of Japan is just such silly nonsense you can't help but enjoy every idiot minute of it.What the hell am I doing listening to Chicago 17 as I type this? You're the Inspiration? Yeesh, this is dire.Fred, go ahead and watch Warlords. And Daisy if you haven't seen it yet.
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You are a true samaritan (and saved me about $10). The pain you suffer for us.... ;)
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I must say, I'm having one of the most satisfying weekends I've had in a while-especially in the area of film. Today went with the wife, some friends and their neices and nephews to the Renaissance Festival. It was a good time. Up until today, I had never seen a fried pickle. I feel naive.
Also have managed to get in a great date night with the wife last night, several hours logged in on the boardgame stuff and the script, and I've seen six movies since Thursday night! Throw in some gym visits, and it's been a busy few days and it's only Saturday night.
Anyway, quick recap on the films:
Guard Post- An engaging, atmospheric horror film that really got under my skin abit and left me with plenty to chew on(yea, it's a zombie movie, sue me).
Red Cliff- (ok, maybe it's seven movies since I found myself stiff and sore after work-out last night, couldnt sleep, didn't want to disturb the wife, and re-watched this one) So, HOD, I've already watched it twice, am committed to watching it with the wife soon, and have already made it the centerpiece of a movie day at our house. So, yea, I love it. But man, that last shot with TO BE CONTINUED is such a tease. This is one of those that I'm buying on Bluray first chance, though that chance might be a ways off. GLORIOUS movie.
Shinobi- A perfect bit of goofy fun. This captures the spirit of old martial arts flicks, particularly those that took place in days of myth and involved battles between warriors with ridiculously Godlike powers. It's Japanese though, not chinese, which is the gimmick. It's a grab bag of fun. Stick with the first twenty minutes which are a little goofy and slow, but it picks up pretty quick.
Invisible Target-WHAAA?? HOD you recommended this, and I watched it. I figured it wouldnt match Running Wild, which for some reason I really liked. But geez this was crazy fun. It surpassed RW because it took it's pretty generic action premise and went crazy. All I have to say is, crapping bullets? AAAGGHH! I know with this recent batch of movies I sound like Harry at a swedish softcore marathon but I LOVED this movie. Another that got itself instantly programmed on our movie day. "Get a doggy bag for his steak." Michael Bay wishes that his movies played like this. Pure fun. Really, it is. Wild action movie.
Tropic Thunder- saw it at our fave movie house, The Senator, which if you are near Baltimore you should try out. The fake previews had me rolling especially "Satan's Alley". When Enigma's Sadness started playing, I was done. The movie itself is hilariously wrong, but oh so funny. The last bit is kind of redundant because it stops being a send-up and starts being the movie it's sending up. That worked for Hot Fuzz better than it works here, but good comedies are in short supply, and this delivered.
And finally, I showed my wife Brotherhood of the Wolf. Last time I saw this is was 2002. And you know, I liked it so much more. Originally my thought was it was too scattershot and patchwork in it's story, and it was too long. The whole thing flowed better for me, and the story felt balanced and unique. My wife loved it, to my surprise, and truly felt for Mani. Me, I really think it's a great great movie. Man, 2001 was an awesome movie year.
And then I see Mavra found Hansel and Gretel, so I have more movie watching to do tonight.
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I was apologizing about the 'whumps'. I thought the film was scary, but maybe it's the thing with the kids in danger/kids being the danger that got me. The fridge scene totally threw me. Didn't see that coming. The movie was reminiscent of "It's a Good Life" to me. I've always had a fondness for that story.
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Good for Quint. Too many people from here are out having fun with their weekend.
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and look at the movie he's doing. CAT PEOPLE. It is in my top ten horror films. If you haven't seen it Mavra, see it. And check out Curse of the Cat People too. They are on the same disk. But if you have a hankering to buy them (rent em first) just get the whole Val Lewton set, it's worth it.
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You saw my post...cool! Hope you enjoy the movie. I sure did!
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Loving the whole dream like vibe of Hansel and Gretel. I'm so psyched to be seeing this.
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walking through the woods and her holding the lantern. That is so like a Hildebrandt illustration of Brother's Grimm collection or something.
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is it just me or does this thing sort of have a Juenet and Caro feel to it? These Koreans keep on moving up the cinematic food chain. If they could ever command the budgets that U.S. productions do, imagine what they would do.
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Big TCM watcher here. I haven't got them on video, but it sounds well worth checking out. Thanks, Jonah! Watch out for those festivals. They fry EVERYTHING nowadays. Terribly unhealthy. Fried Oreos sound gross, but they can be addictive.
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the asian mr. rodgers?
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I actually didnt eat anything at the festival. Just couldn't quite stomach it. I also met a bizarre new taste sensation I have no intention of trying: the scotch egg. Apparently a hard boiled egg, coated in sauasage and deep fried, shell and all.
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The creepiest Asian Mr. Rodgers wannabe you could imagine is also in this.
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But I've never had one anywhere but home. I've made them a couple of times because they freak everyone out ("What IS that?").
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I took my shells off first.
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when you get a chance, you need to check out this Hansel and Gretel flick. Our fellow traveler, Mavra, here, did an awesome job in finding this.
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me the vibe of that Twilight Zone ep, The Good Life.
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Was looking at a friend's website and the link was on it. That's me in a a nutshell: an accident looking for a place to happen! ;)
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are there other movies on here? Another of my current holy grails of asian cinema Im looking for is Negative Happy, Chainsaw Edge. Any sign of that?
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See everyone later.
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asian-horror-movies.com. Hang on and I'll get you the link
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http://www.asian-horror-movies.com/indexm.html
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I'll check it out.
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All asian fans, this must be seen. Survive Style 5 +. Guys, check this out. It has to be seen to be believed. Many thanks to Mavra, for that link.
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This is a mess. I would have seen Vin's new movie but with it's own director slamming the film, I decided to stay home and work on one of my own scripts, strangely with Vin in mind for the lead. I concieved the character with him in mind when I started writing about two years ago, but now since it got to close to Watchmen unintentiionally, I'm pairing it down to follow one character, the one I wrote wth Vin in mind. Well, I might as well reveal what it is, a super hero flick. Vin would be great in it!!! Anyway, to the box office figures:
Top 10 Movies -- Friday Totals, 3-Day Weekend Rankings, 4-Day Holiday Estimates:
1. Tropic Thunder (DWorks/Paramount), $3M Friday, $11.5M weekend, $14 holiday
2. Babylon A.D. (20th Century Fox), $3.1M Friday, $9.4M weekend, $11.6M holiday
3. The Dark Knight (Warner Bros), $2.1M Friday, $9M weekend, $11.5M holiday
4. The House Bunny (Sony), $2.5M Friday, $8M weekend, $10.5M holiday
5. Traitor (Overture), $2.2M Friday, $8M weekend, $10M holiday
6. Death Race (Universal), $1.7M Friday, $6.4M weekend, $8.3M holiday
7. Disaster Movie (Lionsgate), $2M Friday, $6M weekend, $6.5M holiday
8. Mamma Mia! (Universal), $1.1M Friday, $4.4M weekend, $5.8M holiday
9. Pineapple Express (Sony) $972K Friday, $3.5M weekend, $4.4M holiday
10. Clone Wars (LucasFilm/Warner Bros), $684K Friday, $2.9M weekend, $4M holiday
15. College (MGM), $700K Friday, $2M weekend, $2.4M holiday
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Hey Anakin, what's up?
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I saw it friday night. Pretty funny. I'm with you on Babylon A.D. I wanted to see it, but with all the negativity, it will be a rental.
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not sure what you're talking bout, since last you and I talked, we were on speaking terms. Anyway, what's up?
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seeing as how we have actually had some of the sitre contributors physically threaten TBers, it isnt surprising it happens elsewhere. Anyway, I'm not sure what Anakin's prob is. I haven't said anything unkind to him.
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so I don't know if he is sincere, but a guy by the TB of lil junior brown has been saying he was going to take a dump in a theater showing Disaster Movie. Over in the Massa DM talkback, he posted this:
I almsot didn't go through with it because there were like only ten people in the theater ,but I went through with it. At 6:45pm I bought a ticket to Dark Knight at the Carmike cinema close to my house. I went in and for like twenty minutes I was the only person in the whole theater. I almost crapped my pants before the lights even went out. I held on until the opening credits started,let my seat up, dropped my pants and went to work. I used some napkins ,was kind of disapointed that there were no loud sounds and was kind of mad that it didn't reek all that bad. I started towards the exit ,but before I got down the stairs a couple of douch bag Abercrombie types busted past me with there dates. I told them loudly "i'm out of here,somebody shit in the floor of that row over there". I couldn't help but wait in the lobby thinking there would be a mass exit....but seriously only one group of like five or six girls left complaining that they couldn't stay in there. I laughed and left out feeling like I really accomplished something. As soon as this hurricane is over i'm posting what i recorded on my phone on youtube. The quality sucks but it's definite evidence that i'm not bull shitting (pun intended). If only i could have wiped my ass with a Meet The Spartans dvd. Oh well. -
Nope, I was going to see it last week, but I got sidetracked. "Walk Hard" is a classic, and in its way, better than "The 40 Year Old Virgin". If "Tropic Thunder" is any bit as good as those films... then I think I will love it.
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chipps starting to feel better. I'm debating whether or not this calls for beer. I liked 30 days of night. I wanna go out and get the graphic novel cause i really feel that the movie was missing something. The idea is fantastic. I don't know how i feel about the end. I don't know, it never lived up to the idea. danny huston is pretty good. I am a huge fan of 'the proposition' (it is the must see australian movie of the last ten years, before that about ten years ago there was 'the castle' and 'chopper' if you haven't seen these movies see them - the castle will tell you everything you need to understand australians, it's how we tick) anyway danny huston was in the proposition (playing an irish australian bush ranger - outlaw) and he is unrecognizable between the films. i loved the scene where the girl says 'oh god' and danny huston looks up and says 'god? no god.' nice.
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Or which ever voice is screaming the loudest in that fucking diseased mind of yours, listen carefully nutter butter, antipsychotic medications can't do anything but help. Remember, the good folks at the institution you're in are there to help you. Got it Skippy?It bears repeating, so you can hear it, through the fucked up chemicals in that swamp you call a mind. "ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATIONS HELP NOT HURT!"PS you might also want to work on your reading comprehension skills. I've never threatened you wack job. You might want to have a meeting with all the personalities rolling around in that cluttered dome of yours Skywalker, and figure out which one understands the written word the best. Then use that personality to read, just a friendly FYI captain crazy.
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Yes sir I saw the bank job. I liked it, good caper flick with nudity. It didn't have any midgets but it was still pretty good anyways.
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So What?Here let me expand on so what. If two people who happened to have been the POTUS saw arial phenominum they didn't understand, It doesn't mean they saw a UFO. As a matter of fact the last thing on the list, like way far back, would be a UFO.My man, your basing your argument on Coast to Coast AM the home of David Ickes and his blood drinking, shape shifting aliens that are the royal family or any one in power he doesn't like. Then there's Alex Jones the conspiritards conspiratard who actually believes that there's a giant santanic multigenerational conspiracy responsible for well, everything. And lastly the "science" advisor of C to C one Richard Hoagland who believes that there are giant crystal palaces, a la Watchmen, on Mars and that like a million years ago those same aliens carved a face on Mars to let their decendents know about them. That's us BTW.These are just three of the parade of idiots I thought of in a about two seconds. These are the folks your pimping. Think about that.One further question you should ask yourself, why does Xiphos know all that. Simple I've listened and laughed at Coast to Coast for years. I really don't anymore because, at least, with Art Bell you had the PT Barnum factor but with George Noory, that asshat, he believes anything anybody tells him. Very boring.
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The SG TB probably isn't working becasue of telemarketer spamming it. Seriously though, who cares about the SG TB anymore? Without Pondscums script ideas there really isn't any point.
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that kangaroo could do anything. Imagine if the damm thing had opposable thumbs. skippy: master of the universe. oh yeah, and nancy regan read tarrot cards and thought she was a physic. One crazy couple from hollywood in the big house a conspiracy does not make. when regan showed up he started looking for the war room. he was disappointed when there was none.
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The term skippy in America has a mocking sort of ring to it. It means the person recieving the insult is child like and rather simple. It has nothing to do with kangaroos I wouldn't want to insult the noble Roo, I think they're kinda cool.
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Slow your roll snowflake. You just asked a question and I suggested a possible answer to your question. I don't care one bit about Telemarketer nor did I even remotely suggest he should be banned. I don't care I'm done with SG and her dopey TB. Judging by this week and last weeks anemic and tepid posts in the TB so are a lot of people.
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we love the kangaroo cause they fight standing up and can't go backwards. non caucasians call angelo cetics 'skip' as in skippy. on a number of the major ranges our army has they are plague proportion and they jump across the damm range while you are trying to shoot and they get hit. (imagine one getting hit from a burst from a SAW). They are on most of our bases and there are few things funnier than a platoon marching along, then this family of kanagroos jump up, stop and a give you a quizzical look like 'what the fuck are you idiots doing?' of course you can't laugh
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Now I copied this off of wikipedia but I think its helpful for you. Its a list of second generation antipsycotic meds. I hope it helps buddy I really do.Clozapine (Clozaril) - Requires weekly to biweekly CBC (FBC) because of risk of agranulocytosis (a severe decrease of white blood cells).
Olanzapine (Zyprexa) - Used to treat psychotic disorders including schizophrenia, acute manic episodes, and maintenance of bipolar disorder. Dosing 2.5 to 20 mg per day. Comes in a form that quickly dissolves in the mouth (Zyprexa Zydis). May cause appetite increase, weight gain, and altered glucose metabolism leading to an increased risk of diabetes mellitus.
Risperidone (Risperdal) - Dosing 0.25 to 6 mg per day and is titrated upward; divided dosing is recommended until initial titration is completed, at which time the drug can be administered once daily. Available in long-acting form (Risperdal Consta that is administered every 2 weeks; usual dose is 25 mg). Comes in a form that quickly dissovles in the mouth (Risperdal M-Tab). Used off-label to treat Tourette Syndrome or Anxiety Disorder.
Quetiapine (Seroquel) - Used primarily to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, and "off-label" to treat chronic insomnia and restless legs syndrome; it is a powerful sedative (if it is used to treat sleep disorders and is not effective at 200 mg, it is not going to be effective in this regard). Dosing starts at 25 mg and continues up to 800 mg maximum per day, depending on the severity of the symptom(s) being treated. Users typically take smaller doses during the day for the neuroleptic properties and larger dose at bedtime for the sedative effects, or divided in two equal high doses every 12 hours (75 - 400 mg bid).
Ziprasidone (Geodon) - Now (2006) approved to treat bipolar disorder. Dosing 20 mg twice daily initially up to 80 mg twice daily. Prolonged QT interval a concern; watch closely with patients that have heart disease; when used with other drugs that prolong QT interval potentially life-threatening.
Amisulpride (Solian) - Selective dopamine antagonist. Higher doses (greater than 400 mg) act upon post-synaptic dopamine receptors resulting in a reduction in the positive symptoms of schizophrenia, such as psychosis. Lower doses, however, act upon dopamine autoreceptors, resulting in increased dopamine transmission, improving the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Lower doses of amisulpride have also been shown to have anti-depressant and anxiolytic effects in non-schizophrenic patients, leading to its use in dysthymia and social anxiety disorder. In one particular study, amisulpride was found to have greater efficacy than fluoxetine in decreasing anxiety. At present, amisulpride is approved in Europe, Australia, and other countries for use in schizophrenia, and is approved and marketed in lower dosages in some countries for treating dysthymia (such as in Italy as Deniban). Amisulpride has not been approved by the FDA for use in the United States.
Paliperidone (Invega) - Derivative of risperidone. Approved in December 2006.
Dopamine partial agonists:
Under clinical development - Bifeprunox; norclozapine (ACP-104).Hope this helps my mentally sick little friend.
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George Noory, a Emmy Award winning producer/reporter, now talk show host, is close friends with Michael Reagan who said to him, that it was a "UFO". I did not say it, Michael Reagan did and I am quoting him. Michael also said that his father told him exactly what he saw on his ranch. I don't like Michael's politics, but he is not known to be a liar, or known to make-up fanciful stories. In fact, none of the information I have posted has been denied. All said information, is from the Reagan and Carter camps, directly. If you have a problem with it, attack them. I don't know what these UFOs are, never said I did, just that they are. UFO means Unidentified Flying Object, BTW, it doesn't mean that they are flown by aliens. I don't know who or what are flying them, but if you examine The Bible (the Wheel within a wheel, and other accounts) and even some paintings from the Renaissance Period, even some caveman drawings, they depict what appear to be UFOs.The object that I saw was within a quarter of a mile of me and at least 3 stories in height and width, flying slowly without sound...with lights of various colors and patterns on its spinning round surface. I got a better look at it than most people get of airplanes, helicopters, or blimps. This thing, as it appeared in the sky, from my vantage point, would be bigger than the moon because of how close it was to me as compared to how far away the moon is, visually. I knew it's position as it was flying over a large grouping of trees which are extremely tall...sitting on a hillside.As for Richard C. Hoagland, he was the Science adviser to Walter Cronkite during the NASA Moon Missions for the CBS Network...so this man has been vetted. He also worked with famed scientist and respected scientist Carl Sagan, so he has superb credentials.Let me share with you some interesting information...all of this is true, BTW. Our body clocks are set on 24 Hour intervals, the daily rotational spin of our planet, but when you place a human in a cave for some hours, I believe it's 8 plus hours, guess what happens??? The body clock of said human, changes to, surprise, 24 Hours and 37 minutes...the direct daily rotation of Mars (A Martian Day). Oh, but things get even better, the time that our human subject has spent in that cave, gives that person the same amount of sunlight (solar radiation exposure) that they would receive if they were standing on the surface of Mars...due to its distance from the Sun. This is all a fact, which leads to one conclusion, we have ties to Mars...and the government isn't talking about it.BTW, Hoagland doesn't believe that aliens have anything to do with it, he believes that a disaster of some sort happened and we our walking up from a second stone age...our fore fathers and mothers being an advanced human civilizaton that was wiped-out somehow? Mars shows signs that something destroyed one side of the planet and ripped away much of its atmosphere. There are asteroids between Mars and Jupitor indicating that a planet may have exploded and scientists are now entertaining "The Exploded Planet Theory"...look it up if you doubt me. Lastly, the pyramids in Egypt are the most advanced edifices ever created in the world, so advanced in fact, that we, a civilization that now has nuclear weapons, cannot reproduce them, even in a small scale to the specific measurements and tight seams...which are so unusually close and perfect, our modern scientists are baffled as to how anyone could build such structures that even modern architects, scientists and engineers cannot match, even under the best conditions. The mark of an ancient civilization so advanced, that it may have left many such artifacts throughout our solar system and beyond. The edifice known as the Great Pyramid is so big it could not be covered-up by the world governments...and it is sitting right in front of our faces, hiding-out in the open. So instead, they, the human Powers That Be, lie to us about its history. Again, the geometry of this monolith shows, that it's builders had to be more advanced than we are by leaps and bounds, once you realize the implications of that, things get scary and amazing.
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Aug 31, 2008 5:32:36 AM CDT
Amended 4 Typos: Xiphos: Think As You Want But, UFOs Are Real
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George Noory (ex U.S. Miltary), a Emmy Award winning producer/reporter, now talk show host, is close friends with Michael Reagan who said to him, that it was a "UFO". I did not say it, Michael Reagan did and I am quoting him. Michael also said that his father told him exactly what he saw on his ranch. I don't like Michael's politics, but he is not known to be a liar, or known to make-up fanciful stories. In fact, none of the information I have posted has been denied. All said information, is from the Reagan and Carter camps, directly. If you have a problem with it, attack them. I don't know what these UFOs are, never said I did, just that they are. UFO means Unidentified Flying Object, BTW, it doesn't mean that they are flown by aliens. I don't know who or what are flying them, but if you examine The Bible (the Wheel within a wheel, and other accounts) and even some paintings from the Renaissance Period, even some caveman drawings, they depict what appear to be UFOs.
The object that I saw was within a quarter of a mile of me and at least 3 stories in height and width, flying slowly without sound...with lights of various colors and patterns on its spinning round surface. I got a better look at it than most people get of airplanes, helicopters, or blimps. This thing, as it appeared in the sky, from my vantage point, would be bigger than the moon because of how close it was to me as compared to how far away the moon is, visually. I knew it's position as it was flying over a large grouping of trees which are extremely tall...sitting on a hillside.
As for Richard C. Hoagland, he was the Science adviser to Walter Cronkite during the NASA Moon Missions for the CBS Network...so this man has been vetted. He also worked with famed and respected scientist Carl Sagan, so he has superb credentials.
Let me share with you some interesting information...all of this is true, BTW. Our body clocks are set on 24 Hour intervals, the daily rotational spin of our planet, but when you place a human in a cave for some hours, I believe it's 8 plus hours, guess what happens??? The body clock of said human, changes to, surprise, 24 Hours and 37 minutes...the direct daily rotation of Mars (A Martian Day). Oh, but things get even better, the time that our human subject has spent in that cave, gives that person the same amount of sunlight (solar radiation exposure) that they would receive if they were standing on the surface of Mars...due to its distance from the Sun. This is all a fact, which leads to one conclusion, we have ties to Mars...and the government isn't talking about it.
BTW, Hoagland doesn't believe that aliens have anything to do with it, he believes that a disaster of some sort happened and we our waking-up from a second stone age...our fore fathers and mothers being an advanced human civilizaton that was wiped-out somehow? Mars shows signs that something destroyed one side of the planet and ripped away much of its atmosphere. There are asteroids between Mars and Jupiter indicating that a planet may have exploded and scientists are now entertaining "The Exploded Planet Theory"...look it up if you doubt me. Lastly, the pyramids in Egypt are the most advanced edifices ever created in the world, so advanced in fact, that we, a civilization that now has nuclear weapons, cannot reproduce them, even in a small scale to the specific measurements and tight seams...which are so unusually close and perfect, our modern scientists are baffled as to how anyone could build such structures that even modern architects, scientists and engineers cannot match, even under the best conditions. The mark of an ancient civilization so advanced, that it may have left many such artifacts throughout our solar system and beyond. The edifice known as the Great Pyramid is so big it could not be covered-up by the world governments...and it is sitting right in front of our faces, hiding-out in the open. So instead, they, the human "Powers That Be", lie to us about its history. Again, the geometry of this monolith shows, that it's builders had to be more advanced than we are by leaps and bounds, once you realize the implications of that, things get really scary and amazing. -
zero, zip, nada, none no proof. Look I get it, you're a true believer. It won't matter one iota to you every piece of science and common sense I roll out so this issue. So this is my last post on this topic. The main reason why is because it's a nice day here and I'm going the beach. Richard C. Hoagland has a little problem with the truth. Especially about his backround. Here's a link to it. http://tinyurl.com/6mslhw
Its just one person of many who have pointed out Hoaglands lack of let's say integrity. It was compiled by Phil Plait "The Bad Astronemer", who has shown Hoagland for what he is.Also, just a suggestion here hoss, you might not want to copy text from Hoaglands website without attribution. He's litigation slap happy even though he's lost most of them. -
Media Messiahkeep in mind that we see things that may not be there. I have seen aircraft whose movement i can not understand (and i know military aircraft) I have seen ghosts on two occasions, one at my dad's house. he claims to have seen a ghost there twice and he is a physics teacher. that said, i don't fully trust my eyes, the reality is the mind plays tricks.interesting isn't it that that in the cases of both carter and regan their testimonials come from their individual sightings rather than their massive knowledge as presidents. point being these are eye witness accounts, of which their are millions, rather than 'as president i became aware of....'considering that mars is visible to the naked eye and clearly visible under non governmental telescopes makes the idea that earth like civilizations could be hidden there is ridiculous (even ruins)i am open to the 'we don't know everything, imagine us in a thousand years argument' and even think it probable that there are other earth like civilizations, but the likelihood of foreign visitation is small.the biggest reason that it is unlikely that we have been visited is that it runs against our understanding of physics. don't confuse this (as many ufologist do) with us having inferior tecnology. Two hundred and fifty years ago we did not possess the tecnology to go anywhere near one hundred ks an hour, and would even have thought that speed was unobtainable, we were not able to build the machine. that is not to say that our understand of science told us that it was impossible to go that fast, the earth itself moves at 100000km per hour. the speed was possible, we couldn't do it. currently our science tells us that exceeding the speed of light is impossible. not that we don't have the technology to do it, but that we will never have the technology, it is impossible. People like steven hawkin, a big start trek fan, have openly said that they want to prove that it is at least possible for aliens to have arrived here but that (in hawkin's case) their last hope has been dashed (worm holes). now it may yet be possible. they may have arrived, i'm open minded. but our best say at the moment, not that the technology can't be built, but that it is against the laws of physics.
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just watched the original thomas crown affair. i didn't like the remake and so i have put off that viewing. IT WAS AWESOME!! don't do want johnny don't did. go see it, great movie. now i'm about to watch the wild bunch, i haven't seen it before (surprising since i am a fan of the genre) It is a big one i need to tick off my list. I have found it is important to be drunk when watching this type of film. I am a natural extrovert who becomes contemplative and 'fuck youist' when drinking, and this goes well with shoot em ups. been looking forward to this one for a while.
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hows it going this morning? Lib, be careful, remember he can use the Force to find you.
So, I watched that Hansel and Gretel movie last night. Wierd. Definitely a remake of sorts of the "It's a Good Life" episode of Twilight Zone. I enjoyed it, but it fell somewhat on the disturbing side of the fence. -
Instead, it's basically just watching Lib take out the trash. And Anakin, no offense, but you didnt really think any of these people are scared of you? I don't mean to be rude, but I think you should read your posts. You never come off as an intellectual, or sadistic, but moody, sure. Actually you seem sort of masochistic, since if you know anything you know that everytime a person physically threatens someone on this site,they get laughed at and picked on unmercifully. I won't be doing that, and I'm still up for some film discussion if you are, but no one here was for a moment terrified, concerned, or mildly disquieted. I imagine anyone who reads that and enjoys badgering people will feel their spirits rise when they see a new target came to town.
My advice would be to abandon the schtick, if you really are interested in talking film here, or you will need a new screenname in a week. As I said the other night, I think you could have good stuff to add, but this goofy, arthouse approach to posting isn't doing you any favors.
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chill out or at least try to make sense and not just type random nonsense half the time. What is even the point of half the incomprehensible shit you type out on here anyway?
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wasn't it you that said you saw Taste of Tea Jonah? What is your favorite part?I really like the shitting on the skull scene and the part where the guy on the river wacks the rock with a baseball bat and knocks out a chunk of the bridge. Oh, and the mountain song with the grandpa. Love that crazy grandpa.
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You claim to be an intellectual,and you claimed to have read The Stranger by Camus. And yet, you didn't even recognize the famous first sentence. In fact, I even paraphrased the first sentence, to see if you would correct it. Instead, you thought my mother was dead. So, we at least know you aren't part of what you say you are. My mom's alive and fine.
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the skull part was my fave, and the giant girl. I mentioned the skull part above. Kung-fu, go watch Hansel and Gretel, the link is above. It's a good asian horror.
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thanks for the heads-up on the horror movie. Those are always fun.
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Let's see. Now you're a pschyologist? Above, you said you own an Italian resturant. On another TB you claimed to be an Army Officer(this one I believe). 140 isn't your IQ, its how much antinut job meds you SHOULD be taking six times a day but don't.In the spirite of friendship and mutal cooperation I'll spot you info to use to track me down. I am currently assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa. We work out of Camp Lemonier, a French Foreign Legion base located in the city of Djibouti in the nation of the same name. It's right on the Gulf of Aden on the eastern horn of Africa 20 kilometers across the Gulf of Aden from Yemen. Dijoubouti is boardered by Etriea, Somalia and Ethiopia.My insane young padawan, I spotted you this info to help in your quest. I know full well that you have not earned enough gold star, good behaviour points, from the institution you're in to get enough computer time to execise your mad interwebs Kung Fu skillz to track me down. Hope this helps, maniac.
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Correction here hoss, that "girlfriend" is actually a contracted employee of the Institiution you're in. She doesn't know who you are. The "veal" is spaghetti, because its spaghetti night at the asylum. Are you in Arkham?
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I have heard the Bad Astronomer before, and he sounds very much like a government disinformation officer.As far as the edifices in Egypt, specifically at Giza (Geza), that isn't my opinion, they are there...these monoliths that cannot be explained or the precise nature and technical brilliance of their construction, once more, far in advance of our modern technical capabilities, and we have nuclear bombs, computers, airplanes, automobiles, submarines, and space craft, even going to the moon, Mars, and sending satellites outside of our solar systems. In addition, did you know that there is no scientist is the world that knows where hours, seconds, and minutes come from? The only referenced information comes from various holy texts that say the Angels came down from the sky and gave us this information. Just who were these Angels??? Were they spiritual/transdimensional, advanced humans, time travellers, or extraterrestrials, etc??? Who knows???Next, you have failed to address the information I gave you about the internal human body clock and it mirroring the 24 hour and 37 minute daily rotation of Mars, if a human spends so many hours deep in a cave, here on Earth, where, strangely, they would be exposed to the same amount of light, or solar radiation from the sun as one would receive if they were standing on the Martian surface. I didn't make that up, and it is not my opiniion, it is a scientific fact...one that cannot be explained by any conventional means. The only logical explanation is a probable human link to Mars.Lastly, if we placed a manned self sustaining space base on the moon and on Mars, and say, the Earth was hit by a comet...or a nuclear war occured. If there were survivors on the Earth, and the disaster was big enough, they would be living in a new stone age. Within decades, our civilization would become myth and legend to the next generations, and then, by a hundred years...and two hundred (even a thousand years or more...ala the 6,000 years referred to in creationism)...our history would begin to become misunderstood by the descendents of those survivors who might look at space craft coming here from human bases on the moon and Mars as something flown by Angels or extraterrestrials much like us finding a secluded tribe in South America that has never been exposed to modern society...we would appear as Gods to them. That is Hoagland's theory in a nutshell, and he, via NASA photographic images, is seeing objects on the moon and Mars that have geometry, meaning sharp corners and straight lines, that are not naturally occuring in nature...which suggests that these are contructed edifices by intellegent life.
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I appear to have logged onto the Above Top Secret TB by accident. My apologies.
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this talkback is shit now. Shut the hell up Messiah. Why don't you and Lucas go into a cave somewhere where you guys can discuss the aliens and why they belong in Indy 4? Doesn't anybody here want to discuss movies or anything? I just finished Robocop and now the sequel is on. Despite the sort of funny fake commercials making a comeback, it's awful.
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Nice to hear from you.You've got the black car too, huh... Guy just got out... he's going to the trunk... My god, there's a green glow coming from the trunk!
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We definitely need to take this TB back.I only ever liked the original Robocop. There was some mad stuff in the sequel but I just never warmed to it. I can't even remember 3.
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I wouldn't call it 'horror' and I'm struggling to call it 'supernatural.' We may have to invent a new genre for this one.
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I'm almost done with Sukiyaki Western Django and boy is it fun. It's surprising how powerful some of the imagery is, even with all the zany violence and stylistic stuff thrown in.
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I have yet to take delivery of HOD's Asian Onslaught. There's some travel time involved before the package reaches me. Drat!
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cut out your lights and get down. dont answer the door.
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chocolate was very well done and macine girl...well...damn.
haven't seen that much gore in a while.
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the 25hr rhythm is not true, it comes from poor experiment design. http://tinyurl.com/6c59ka now of course that does come from the ultra right wing fasicst 911 conspiracy denying new scientist, who we all know is in bed with george bush and the aliens.we actually do know how they built the pyramids. have we been able to replecate them? no. were we trying very hard - well we had a team of a dozen graduates working on it - as compared to the entire efforts of what was the worlds largest civilization for 40 years.fact is that people often underestimate the ability of the ancients. they had the same iq spread as we do and were capable of just as much. their best and brightest put generations worth of work into the pyramids as well as the manual labour of a civilization of 5 million. we do know how they did it. It IS very impressive but why do we assume that they were unable to do it. in fact why can't we accept (which we don't even need to) that they could have been better at some things than us. for example there are a number of technologies that the romans would have beaten us at until very recently (less than a hundred years). cement is a good example of this. I mean shit, there are plenty of places that I have lived where the cement technology is still not as good as in the pantheon.
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I don't think everybody got Sukiyaki Western Django anyway. Just a few. A couple of lucky motherfuckers got Red Cliff too, which just sounds more exciting every time I hear about it.By the way, just got done reading a whole stream of posts by Anakin whoever. That guy is ridiculous. Who the hell gives their weight and penis size on an anonymous chat movie site? Hey you big dumb fucker(yes you Annie), I'm 19 years old, I weigh 150 pounds, and 5 foot ten and I got a big pecker too. Exciting yes? No? That's because nobody gives a flying fuck about dick on this website. It's not threatening, and it's not interesting, neither of us has any way to prove that (don't you dare post a picture of your little prick on here either you stupid shit), and it's probably the one topic nobody on here is really willing to discuss. And stop threatening people loser. With the exception of your use of the written word, which is weak at best, you are powerless to really hurt any of us. You are not Jay or Silent Bob. You are a 280 pound psychopath with what I can only assume from what you claim, a big useless dick you beat puppies with. Failure.
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I just don't get tired of that movie.
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Damn that is cool. The more I hear about that movie, the more I want to check it out.
I looked it up and the budget was $80 million and it was the most expensive Asian movie made up that point if I read correctly.
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Glad to finally hear some love from other people about that movie. I remember buying that like last year, loving it, and having nobody to talk to about it. Really an example of how South Korea is at the top of the cinematic world right now.Anybody wanna share their favorite monster movies?
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It's a shame. Alien conspiracies, celestial gods, deranged Jedi, and the one man who could save us from it just checked into rehab for sex addiction.
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wild bunch last night, i'll get onto it today. i've also got 3 days of the condor, which by coincidence also has faye dunaway, who i saw yesterday in thomas crown affair. that was a fluke. weird
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Absolutely we know how the pyramids were built - thanks to Roland Emmerich's fact based near documentary, 10,000 BC...They used woolly Mammoths!
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Red Cliff was in the packages for people who told HOD they could watch DIVX files. And it is AWESOME. I've watched it twice thus far. I think it's an excellent blend of the old school chinese myth movies and the modern bigger budget films. Woo seems to have learned some good lessons from his hollywood stint. I think this might be his best movie. But the kicker is,it's only part one. Like LOTR, as we are juxtaposed at the head of a giant battle, the movie stops with a TO BE CONTINUED. But wow, what a piece of escapism. If you are familiar with The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the movie will be even more entertaining. I want to say more, but I think it best if it stays relatively in the dark til more see it.
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i'd back chuck norris myself. He counted to infinity. twice. and he lost his virginity before his father did.when i got to this line 'certified on nearly every firearm/weapon known' i realized that he was taking the piss. his states are a parody, possibly the opposite of reality. this would prob extent to the high iq statement.
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I've got to go with the 1931 Frankenstein. But I also like Tremors, that movie is a lot of fun.
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my car has a 16 mammoth powered engine, it gets 40 rods to the hogs head and that's the way i likes it!
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It was one of those movies I checked for my love of all things creature.
Great little flick.
When Bacon made sure the graboid was dead and shouted "Fuuuuck you" I nearly pissed myself.
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anybody actually read the books? There's lots of them, but it's really interesting stuff. Guan Yu was always my favorite character, what with the big beard and the red hare horse. Do you know if he's in the movie Jonah?
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Well Toad will kill me if I didn't say Gojira, oh and for Chitty: Neigh means neigh!
The Host is also up there.
King Kong the 33 version is my favorite.
But there are tons of worthy monster movies out there. If we are making lists:
Them!
The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad
The Brotherhood of the Wolf
Alien
Aliens
War of the Gargantuas
Gamera: Revenge of Iris
2o Million Miles to Earth
Tremors
Beast from 20 Thousand Fathoms
Damajin
Pumpkinhead
Gremlins
2005 King Kong
Jurassic Park
Mothra
Zeiram
Jaws
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One of the things that makes Tremors work is the chemistry between Bacon and Fred Ward.And the sequence with survivalists Michael Gross and his wife taking down a Graboid is now legendary.
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If you find red Cliff interesting, definitely pick up one of the Dynasty Warriors games. I only have Dynasty Warriors 3, but it's loads of fun and is exactly somewhat historically accurate (as long as you ignore the costumes and dialog). My PS2 is currently in storage but as soon as I get it back I'm turning that game on so I can play as Guan Yu in the Battle of Red Cliff.
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Loved that movie for mny reasons.
The creature was real and not CGI, the motivation of the creature was based on revenge, but had a hefty price on the user.
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couldn't have written a better monster movie list myself.For the record my top 3 are33 King KongGojiraThe HostA little predictable sure, but they are definitely the best ones in my opinion. I was raised on the first two, and the second one changed the way I thought about the genre.
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Very underrated.You'd class an Alien as a monster, Jonah? I think those xenomorphs will be quite offended!
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I still have Jaws at the top, but the Host is at Number two.
I also loved Cloverfield
There I said it, I loved Cloverfield.
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Gimmicky, and the characters weren't too likable, but it was certainly entertaining enough on the big screen. I especially liked the song playing during the credits at the end. "Roar" I think it's called. Download it.
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Good monster movie. They've been done so many times and I thought the shaky-cam approach gave a fresh take on the genre. I was fine with not seeing the creature clearly, so much so I didn't like the reveal near the end.The little critters jumping about were great - reminded me of facehuggers.So I guess I'll take the backlash too...
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Cloverfield probably wouldn't do anything for me on the small screen. I only saw the movie once, but once will probably be enough for the rest of my life.
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that's what I thought too bout Anakin, and it's probably true, but at the same time, he is very incoherent, his posts are schizophrenic, and he didnt pass the Camus test I set for him above. No one thought he was serious, but I'd say his posts are 1/4th paraody and 3/4th a cry for help.
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Very good throwback song. A little homage to the classic scores of old.
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there were some problems when they were moving around, some parts didn't work but overall it did work and those things could be overlooked. it actually got me at the end where hud looked up at the monster and just said 'oh no' that was good. yeah, good movie.
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Kung-fu, not only is the dude in the movie, he is utilized very well. His beard is awesome, and at one point he charges a horse on foot, and WINS! Unfortunately, at least in this chapter of the story, not much was made of his steed, at least not as it was in the books.
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It belongs on a monster movies list. Lets throw some more out there for all you fine folks:
The Quatermass Experiment
The Blob
Mimic
The Relic
Prophecy: Rise of the Meatloaf Bear
Pitch Black(yea, it's a monster movie)
Alligator
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who wants to actually to watch, right this second, a monster movie they haven't seen before? All who are in, lets hear a "neigh" and I'll dish up a link I haven't seen this either, and it's streaming, so if you guys are down, so am I.
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Yeah he was always my favorite in the Dynasty Warriors video game. And not that anybody cares but I have Dynasty Warriors 4, not 3.I cannot wait to witness his glory in Red Cliff though.
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for not reading the books they claim to have read. It has become apparent that there is a huge spread of readings that people in this group have done so you really are going out on a limb pretending here. I myself have a pretty big library and have memorized large sections of a few books that fax intellectuals site (one of my favourites is suetonius, and yes i have read it). when he first showed up he was just an egg salad, but he has been swinging around a bit. I plan to just ignore him until he starts talking about movies.
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I gotta drive back home but I'll jump right in if I can as soon as I get there.
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then go see Babylon AD.. it is truly as bad a movie as Massi says in his review, which I hadnt read beforehand because I dont like spoilers. It is boring, uninspired and completely nonsensical, it really feels like they cut out at least 30 minutes of important plot/explanations. And the action is minimal and utterly underwhelming, so there really is nothing to enjoy at all. Dismal, avoid at all cost.
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if you notice, since I caught him in the stranger lie, he hasn't been back.
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your thirty second review was twice as useful as Massa's. Thanks for taking one for the team bro.
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I need something to wash out the Babylon aftertaste...
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So everyone is chipping away at the movie kits? Good to hear. Sounds like we're all mostly caught up on Machine Girl and Chocolate.I made the mistake of watching The Love Guru today, although I don't know if you would call it watching so much as I continually got up without pausing it. Total crap.Watched Chronicles of Riddick too. Yeah, I was right the first time. It just does nothing for me. It's all over the place, has stilted dialogue and all those quick cuts and slanted camera angles are just distracting.I'll send out Red Cliff at the end of the month to everyone. If you have to watch it on your computer, so be it.
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but it's gone midnight here. I may not last the pace.
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I havent seen it, but I now have two interested. A third?
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here it comes. If there are some here who have, for some odd reason, already seen this..I've got back ups for you.
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Glad to see you agree on Riddick. Danny's love for that movie is baffling. But the Love Guru as well? Are you going to be able to recover?
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http://www.asian-horror-movies.com/nez.php
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one of massi's critisms of babylon ad is that the world in which it exists is not explained. not being specific to babylon ad but in general, is this necessarily bad. i ask this because i have just finished writing something which i developed an extensive back story to the world environment, but this comes out only peripherally, by which i mean no one ever sits down and says, oh there was this major war because of this, then an economic downturn because of that or whatever, they just live in depressed country with lots of veteran. my rational is this: no one ever talks about major events in their day to day life, they just assume everyone knows them. when we go to the air port we get screened more than we used to but no one ever says to the ticket collector, 'things are very different since 911, you know, when the terrorists flew into the world trade centre. still this is not as bad as when i was in the war in iraq, you know the one they started over wmd that wern't found'. you know what i mean? major events effect what we do, but they don't enter into our daily disscussions. so is it so wrong to have a script that is backdropped by some major event, causing people to act a certain way or the environment to look a certain way, without actually monologuing about the specifics of that event in detail?
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infected kid just puked all over himself!
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alternatives:
Tokyo Zombie:
http://www.asian-horror-movies.com/tok.php
Chanambra Beauty:
http://www.asian-horror-movies.com/tok.php
Buppah Rahtree:
http://www.asian-horror-movies.com/bup.php
Any votes, if Nezulla isn't cutting it. It aint doing it for me.
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I don't think an extensive explanation of the backdrop is required unless that past history plays a major role in how things play out in the movie.Take Children of Men. Basically we know that women stopped having babies and a new baby hasn't been born in almost 2 decades. London is a mess. There's bombings and a crackdown on illegals and if memory serves correct, we are never really told why. The reasons for the complete disarray are mostly left up to the viewer.Then you watch something like Doomsday where you get a 5 minute intro about how things happened or I Am Legend where it's explained through flashbacks.A group of people will always bitch about not getting an explanation. How many people didn't criticize Cloverfield for not giving even the simplest explanation of the monster's origin? Was it required. Absolutely not.Riddick, The Love Guru and Dynamite Warrior all in the same weekend. What a disaster and waste of 4 days off. Redbelt last night helped. Thinking of watching Smart People tonight so hopefully that will further flush that abysmal crap from my memory.
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doing that is fine. Babylond A.D. seems like an easy target. Massa knows it's a bad movie, but his reasoning for why were pretty much off. As HOD points our, COM isn't ever explained.
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For some reason, I keep getting flashes of that 'Britney' clown on YouTube. But instead, it's "Leave Riddick ALOOONE!"
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that rat monster is cheap as hell, but at least Jenny is hot!
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Jonah, I watched Chanambara Beauty on Friday night
by hawaiian organ donor
It was mindless low budget nonsense but I still had fun with it. I needed a full bottle of wine though. The 3 female leads are Drop. Dead. Gorgeous.It's entirely too dark but I guess that helped with the effects budget. You'll get your copy. It's less than 90 minutes even. Not fit to stand in the shadow of Machine Girl but how can you not enjoy chicks in bikinis, leather biker pants and school girl outfits killing zombies. Slow moving zombies.
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If you don't mind watching movies on your computer, check out this one:
It will liven up your weekend:
http://www.asian-horror-movies.com/surs.php
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no rat monsters for ThereWolf tonight... err, early morning.Night, guys.
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i just think that since most stuff is revealed through dialog, people just don't go into lengthy discourses over the state of the world in normal conversations. everyone knows the state of the world so no one explains it to each other (unless they are talking about how they fit into the state of the world)
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I'm watching chanambara beauty and Nezulla simultaneously. Chanambara is fun, Nezulla is goofy and laughable.
But last night I watched the Korean version of Hansel and Gretel. It's a good horror. Definitely different. It has the visual pallette of a Jeunet/Caro film, with the basic plot of "Its a Good Life" Twilight Zone ep.
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Good stuff. And it even had the sappy Karate Kid ending.Nine movies in one weekend? Wow. I watched 6 so far if you include Friday. One more tonight and probably two tomorrow so I'll get to 9 eventually.
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I cant make it through nezulla. I can actually feel the time being wasted. I recommend switching to Survive Style 5+ above. No monsters, but Asano as a man who can't seem to kill his wife, a japanese salaryman who gets hypnotized and has to live his life as a bird, Vinnie Jones as a philosophy spewing assassin, and tons of other random stuff.
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One of the comments just said 45 minutes were. It's stupid crap but what the hell. I enjoyed it.Invisible Target really took me by surprise. I had no idea it was going to be that much insane fun. I'm glad I've been able to make your weekend an enjoyable one. And I read all your thoughts above.
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was indeed terrible. It's gonna be Thai action, but not star Tony jaa or that girl from Chocolate, then i at least prefer Born to Fight, which at least boasted some ridiculous stunts.
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the doof who posted that didnt see the "link to final part" underneath. It is silly, and pretty dumb, but it's alright. Nothing terrific, but ok. Doesn't quite live up to that poster now does it?
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I was able to get onboard with that one. Especially that crazy finale at the village with everyone getting killed and beaten.The guy who was in Dynamite Warrior and Born to Fight isn't terrible, he just needs better material. I knew what I was in for in the first 5 minutes when he rode the rocket and was directing it with reigns. That should have been a note to self moment.
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nezulla was a bust..so try Buppah Rahtree above. That one is good.
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was crap. What a waste!
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No it doesn't live up to that poster. If I was a bachelor in college, that would go up in my room.
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with the guy trying to kill his wife over and over?
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but it isnt horror. more like surrealist humor. But you know what, Asano from Taste of Tea is in it, and it has the same feel.
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That dude is one of my favorite Asian actors? Loved him in Taste of Tea. Loved him in Zatoichi, loved him in Shark Skin Man and Peah Hip Girl, and I cannot wait to get to see Mongol?Hey HOD, do you have that by chance?
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what the hell is wrong with my typing?
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Aug 31, 2008 8:11:31 PM CDT
Hello All! Fred just finished watching Invisible Target
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Great action flick! Fred really enjoyed it.
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The Toronto Film Festival looks incredible
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on the footer. but i spelt it copywright. and it's on every fucking page. dammit.
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of pride and prejudice. it goes for 6 hours. fuck that
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tell her you should watch The Importance of Being Earnest instead. Or anything by Oscar Wilde actually. Funny guy. Jane Austen, not so much.
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Riddick sucked. Fad to Black rocked.
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Our scientists have now admitted that they don't even know what causes lightening, when years ago, they falsely assumed that they did know. In terms of aliens, our physics may not be their physics. What is a caveman's understanding of physics save for knowing how to start a fire as compared with the inventors of the nuclear bomb? Now, let's look at God, His understanding of physics would be off the scale...again, this is like comparing a fetus to Einstein, and that is being kind to the fetus. Who do you think would unterstand physics more, Einstein or a fetus??? Right, Einstein, but even he was only a man and there are those who have found flaw in the Theory of Relativity which doesn't work in some cases unless you combine it with Quantum Theory...and that brings in String Theory which many are now questioning!!!When it comes to aliens, we don't know what kind of technologies others may have, but if you look at the theorem of Zero Point Energy, Exotic Matter, Exotic Energy, Dark Matter, Dark Energy...etc., if you can capture and process just one of these energies, this according to our brightest world scientists, nothing would be impossible...including time travel or jumping dimensions and traveling faster than the speed of light.I will point you to an experiment by German scientists where they fired a particle beam that travelled across a room at 300 times the speed of light, plus. Another unrelated science team, I believe partially American, was able to repeat this very same experiment with the same results, this all occured about 2 to 3 years ago. The information on both experiments has since gone dark, but I can tell you, the scientists who performed the experiment said that it appears that the light of the particle beam appeared at its destination, before it was even fired. This plays into "The Twin Particle Theory" (everything is everthing even at great distance), time travel, hyper space, and or even more provocatively, instantaneous travel from one far point or place, to another, even interstellar travel aka Stargate and so on, and so forth. Again, this is all factual information.
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You're telling me I can use that to go see my puppy that died ten years ago? No fucking way!So glad our scientists are working on that...instead of, ya know, global warming and cancer and stuff.
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favorite crazy character in a movie? We're talking somebody completely bonkers here. Someone just nuts. Totally cashews.My vote goes to that guy from Waterworld who chattered to himself and tried to trade Kevin Costner's character some paper in exchange for some private time with the woman. I feel like Media Messiah talks like that in real life.and I imagine that Anakin guy talks like John Malkovich in that one version of Of Mice and Men with Gary Sinise."Tell me about the rabbits again George."
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Policy »
August 17, 2007
"Star Trek" Warp Speeds a Reality? Scientists Claim Quantum Tunneling Exceeds Speed of Light
A pair of German physicists claim to have broken the speed of light. Such an achievement would challenge our entire understanding of space and time.
According to Einstein's special theory of relativity, it would require an infinite amount of energy to propel an object at more than 186,000 miles per second, and that nothing—under any circumstances—can exceed the speed of light.
However, Dr Gunter Nimtz and Dr Alfons Stahlhofen, of the University of Koblenz, say they may have breached that key tenet of the Special Relativity theory by causing light to defy it’s own speed limit.
The scientists were investigating a phenomenon called quantum tunneling, which allows sub-atomic particles to break apparently unbreakable laws, when the physicists claim they propelled photons faster than the speed of light.
Nimtz told New Scientist magazine: "For the time being, this is the only violation of special relativity that I know of."
Other scientists—while not doubting the pair’s results—argue that it would be naive to assume the phenomenon automatically violates special relativity, depending on how one chooses to interpret the data.
In either case, the faster than light phenomenon has raised a lot of mind-bending questions about the nature of the universe. In theory such an occurrence on a wider scale could allow for all kinds of strange events, including time travel and instantaneous traveling between distant locations.
To see how far they could make photons tunnel, Nimtz and Stahlhofen coupled two glass prisms together to make a cube 40 centimeters on its sides. Since photons tunnel most readily over distances comparable with their wavelength, the physicists used microwaves with a wavelength of 33 cm - long enough for large tunneling distances yet still short enough that the prism can bend the photons’ paths.
As expected, the microwaves shone straight through the cube, and when the prisms were separated, the first prism reflected the microwaves. However, in accordance with theory, a few microwave photons also tunneled across the gap separating the two prisms, continuing as if the prisms were still sandwiched together.
Nimtz and Stahlhofen found that the reflected microwaves and the few microwaves that tunneled through to the second prism both arrived at their respective photodetectors at the same time. This suggests an ultra-fast transit between the two prisms. In fact, it was so much faster than the speed of light that the experimenters couldn't measure it.
The pair also found that the tunneling time, if there was any, did not change as they pulled the prisms further apart. But because tunneling efficiency drops off with distance, Nimtz says that they were not able to observe the effect across distances greater a meter.
According to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, a particle's energy and the time it spends in any one place cannot both be known with absolute precision. This means particles can sometimes slip over a barrier if the time they spend traversing that barrier is short enough. According to the physicists, quantum tunneling is a fairly common phenomenon in the quantum world, and is part of many of the processes we take for granted.
"In my opinion, tunneling is the most important physical process, because we have it in radioactivity and we have it in nuclear fusion," Nimtz says. "The temperature of the sun is not high enough to organize regular fusion of protons into helium [without tunneling]. Some people are saying that the big bang happened because of tunneling. Recently, many people have argued that processes in biology and in our brain are based on tunneling."
The physicists hope that future research will reveal useful applications of these findings. If so, humankind may be in for more mind-blowing revelations about the way things work.
Or maybe tinkering with these weird principles will just blow up the universe instead: "Hey, what happens if we..." *blip*
Posted by Rebecca Sato
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I am now in the land of the Oklahoma's. And go see Tropic Thunder. You fucking punch the director right in the fucking face! Funniest movie I've seen in years. Ok I'm tried gonna go watch Redbelt, and some people I know just died.
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It's theory. And where the hell is everyone?
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if it is what i think it is, then it is basically cheating. The centre mass of the particle travels slightly less then the speed of light, but the shape of the particle changes, like a sprinter leaning forward at the end of the race. this in not the same as actually going faster than light regardless and using your caveman example, it's not like we go to the caveman and say 'look, up is down and down is up' for the things he needs to do, he understands the physics, such as throwing a spear or whatever. we just know additional things.again, we are not talking about a problem of technology, we are talking about a problem of physics, we do not merely lack the technology, but it defies our understanding of physics. like i said earlier, there is difference between saying 'we can't go that speed' and 'that speed is impossible'.i would still agree that there is much we don't know, it is possible that an older civilization may have overcome these problems, but that is a bit of a cop out argument, particularly since we are one of the older galaxies in the universe.
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Sep 01, 2008 12:01:22 AM CDT
Fred found the link explaining the so Called FTL
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
It not what it appears to be.
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oscar wilde was a pretty funny dude. did you know that 'Earnest' was victorian slang for gay (within the gay community). now think about the title 'The Importance of Being Earnest'. watch a movie called The Man with the Green Carnation, with peter finch. it is good (about his downfall)
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he sued the marquesses of queensbury (the dude who codifyed boxing) for libel (slander). he was sleeping with queensbury's son. queensbury left him a note saying: to oscar wilde, a sodomite. wilde sued but queensbury's defence was that it was true, he WAS a sodomite. they were having trouble pinning it on him until queensbury's lawyer said 'would you sleep with me', wilde, too witty by half said 'no i wouldn't sleep with you, you are far too ugly' thus implying that he would sleep with him if he were good looking. there is some belief that it was a frame up. queensbury's eldest son had killed himself. rumor has it that the other son had been sleeping with the man who went on to be the prime minister of the day, and had killed himself to avoid scandal. now queensbury, who knew this, was calling in all his favors to fuck over wilde.
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Is neither created or destroyed, only transferred.
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makes sense. One of the characters uses the made-up name of Bunbury. Think about it. Bun. Bury...
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has a good ring to it
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In the theaters, and go see it now. I really can't stress this enough. Its better then Die Hard With a Joker, and funnier and should probably win original screenplay. I don't think people realize how gifted Stiller is behind the camera either, and at picking soundtracks. Also Tom Cruise was fucking sooooo damn funny in this movie. You HAVE to see it in theaters, don't BS yourself in saying that you'll wait for DVD. I don't really give a shit either if you don't like Stiller.
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Should we try to get this thing to 2000 by Friday? Not that it will take that long at all.
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Boy howdy this thing this thing took a turn for the absurd. Energy? FTL drives? UFOs? Mercy.Good work on watching Invisible Target, Fred. That's quality entertainment right there.Glad that you made it to Oklahoma in one piece, Series. But you toss in people you know died? Not on the trip I hope. Regardless, sorry for your loss, dude. This TB is cursed.I put movies on hold tonight and caught up on TV shows. Crammed in My Name is Earl, Mad Men, Heroes and Prison Break. Good thing it was a shortened season. Won't take me as long to get through that mess.
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he kills people
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imagining earl as syndrome. nice.just watched three days of the condor. really good. i've read a lot of more recent spy novels (a fan of le care, forsyth and clancy prb forgot some) and it clearly inspired others. good movie.
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but my introduction to him was cable guy, which ended jim carey's career. (not that i'm a huge fan, more that it took stiller to end the ride) he is better in the alternative like reality bites than the overt. the movie looks good and i want to see it.
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Nobody likes to read giant chunks of pasted info from other web sites. Paragraph breaks hoss, they're your friend. You have no idea how science works do you? I mean on any level at all. Now I understand why you fall for such assinine BS. It's really is sad to see such ignorance on display. Here's a suggestion, pick up Carl Sagans The Demon Haunted World and read it. Its a good place to begin your long climb out of the darkness. Also you might want to check out James Randis web page it's Randi.org Come to the light Media, come to the light, it's is a warm, welcoming placeHere's a link to amazon for Sagan's book. http://tinyurl.com/jucy9
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But not in here. Yay, more SG TB bannings and the thread is locked. Way to go AICN crew, you rock. (woo).
Do UFOs exist? Sure, why not, the man in the wheelchair with the Speak and Spell told me the Universe is a pretty big place.
Do ghosts exist? No. Grow up.
How about psychic powers? 'You will go on a long journey and there will be trouble ahead, you will meet a mysterious person and...blah, blah, frikkin' blah.' Just give me the goddam Lotto numbers biotch.
My favourite Asian film - Shogun Assassin / Lone Wolf and Cub. Ninja chicks jumping straight out of their clothes and a pram made of swords is worth roughly 300 of your Hong Kong criminal / cop duelling brothers bullet fests and nearly 200 of your dead Jap kids in the bathtub horror movies.
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Do you have a science degree of some type? Or just an interested amature like me?Morning Pondscum, good weekend?
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and I see we already need a new thread. Just one thing though- Seabiscuit is pure oscar bait garbage, and like all of it's type complete shite as a result. And I'm with whoever it was on Catch me- not good at all.
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what were you banned for Bodet? How is Memories-of-murder not banned? This does not make sense.
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welcome back!
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I like spain, but now i'm sadly back in my hateful job. What did you get banned for Bodet? and how did you manage it twice in a morning?
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I just finished reading that thread. I don't get the Phonics reference, but don't explain. BTW, I think on reflection that Drew is wrong on this one- if he is going to criticise Massa (Who's artices and style I generally loathe), then he should also criticise Harry- The regrowing hymen thing was especially off-base.
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I think it would be better if Massawyrm just disappears from reviewing. I know there seems to be a big back and forth, but this guy is far more wrong headed and embarrasing than anyone else on the site. I think the big difference is these other guy's think they are funny, and you can almost sense Massa enjoying the shocking things he is writing about. He even tried to clarify and say he was just talking about the joy of watching someone trounce someone beneath them. Y'know, Massa, I venture to guess that some of the vilest trolls on this site wouldnt enjoy watching a mentally challenged person getting "pulped".
In other news, did you guys see the dude whose mission it was to crap in the theater of Disaster Movie? Apparently he suceeded. And plans to post the youtube video. Personally, I'll take his word for it. Don't need to see the video. -
Buppah Rahtree. Good call, Jonah.Still can't get my head around this Asian style of undercutting the horror with scatty humour. I presume they don't all do this, I guess I'm judging off the magnificent 'The Host' as well.The priest who turns up mid-way through Bup looks like Cliff Richard!
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When she trounced the priests with the bo-staff=Comedy brilliance.
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At first I thought that was serious... and then they go running off and I'm like 'ah, scatty Asian humour again...'
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I don't know what that means, so I am going to assume women all over the US of A are dropping sprogs like pennies out of a change machine.I suppose it will be quiet here today.
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Spain was good, I hope.
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love that some of the movies getting programmed at Fantastic Fest have already been sent to us via HOD or are playing on that asian horror site Mavra sent.
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Ah, that is a guess at how to type the sound a rolling tumbleweed would make as it drifted through this lonely, empty, desloate talkback.There had better be some good discussions going on tomorrow.
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this is getting daft now. Beyond bizarre. On a movie note- I recently saw Trauma and aside from the vicarious pleasure of a young Asia Argento's tits (in the obligatory topless shot) I would recommend avoiding like the plague. Not one of Dario's better efforts.
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Clearly, a new word I have invented to describe an internet forum that is devoid of patrons.Not a typo at all. No way.
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This one is bloated and takes too long to load.
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It is indeed taking a while to load.Great to have you back Jarv. The lunatics need someone to reign in their ramblings.
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Put in The Chaser next. Great movie and performances that will knock you on your ass.
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I really feel it incumbent upon me to reign in some of the more outrageous extremes of the church. Did I really see someone up there profess a liking for You've Got Mail? Outta here- see you all tomorrow.
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but then I'm not at work so I've got sooper-dooper broadband to catapult me through cyberspace at a dizzying velocity.You lead, I'll follow.
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the Joy Division documentary. Think it got a selective cinema release earlier this year. The audience is limited for something like this but if you are a fan it's required viewing. If you're a fan of music docs - worth a look.With this and the film Control, us JD fans have been spoilt recently.
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that we should support. And I got given a stupid task when I was on my way out. How unfair is that?
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do that on purpose.Don't let the bastards grind thee down.
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this TB is tainted by the likes of Anakin and UFO discussions too much. What about moving to the Toronto After Dark Film Festival TB? It's got lots of good movies showing. I hae been aching to see Mirage Man for months now.
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Hope I didn't miss the Shinobi discussion. I agree that this takes way too long to load. I second the motion for Toronto After Dark Film Festival TB. I just checked and it has barely any posts.
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According to whistle blowers, he was at Area 51 during a famed experiment, the same one that Area 51 workers sued over and was covered by 60 Minutes...and the case that spurred the Clinton and Bush administrations to go to court and ask a Fedral Judge to block the case due to the sensitive issues regarding a secret base which they would not officially name in their court filings...again, this, according to those workers is Area 51. The two administrations claimed that the disclosure of any information in court would harm U.S. National Security.My point??? Sagan sold-out. I recall a time when Sagan was talking about probable alien life...and then a sudden shift, quickly and without explanation, he became a skeptic and was seemingly acting like a disinformation officer??? Well, surprise, then he writes "Contact" which plays on all the information I have given you, including instantaneous space travel, quantum tunneling, the Twin Particle Theory, Stargates, etc. Next comes the revelation of his sudden cancer diagnosis and then leaks that he was a partcipant in the now infamous top secret Area 51 experiment that contaminated workers and left them all infested with, surprise, cancer...just like Sagan. Once again, details of the accident were covered by 60 Minutes!!! Next there is Carl Sagan's famous Aricebo Message which was sent out to possible alien civilizations in 1974 and the return message that came back etched in the form of a crop circle in some rather difficult circumstances. That was a couple of years ago...and included a similar pictogram to what Sagan had originally sent out which detailed information about the nuclear, chemical and biological make-up of our planet, the form of our species, and our planetary position. Well, the return message, depicted an alen civilization on two planets, the planetary nuclear, chemical and biological make-up, as well as the physical make-up of said alien species and their planetary positions. BTW, they appear to resemble the Grays. This return message has never been exposed as a fraud...and information on it has suspiciously since gone dark.Once again, if you don't believe me, look it up!!!
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How y'all are? :)
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Did you know that the U.S. passed a law, several years ago, making it illegal for citizens to send out signaled messages to space. The reasoning, was the fear that a hostile alien race might get and respond to any such messages. Well, isn't this just stunning considering that our government, at least outwardly, isn't supposed to believe in extraterrestrials, and that would include hostile extraterrestrials???!!!! How very and perfectly convenient???
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Hope you had a good Sunday!!!
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I guess we need to find a new home. The tinfoil hats are running the joint now.I hope the holiday weekend finds you well. All but over now. Back to my sad existence as an office drone tomorrow. But have to go mow the lawn first.
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How are you two on this lovely Monday? I'm playing catch-up with HOD's movies. I plan to be on target with everyone by tomorrow.
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I don't get holiday's off. I acutally had to work overtime because of it. It's all good. I never turn down overtime! Tomorrow will be my night off. I'm watching "Machine Girl" right now. I'm planning on watching at least two more today, but not sure which ones yet. Whenever everyone is ready to make the jump to the next thread, I'll be there too.
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See any good movies lately?
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Don't know why...maybe it's because John McCane's VP choice is going to be a grandmother, possibly for the second time??? They are saying she may have faked her 5th pregnancy to cover-up for her underaged daughter...one who is pregnant again.
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you guys should join me.We can leave Messiah here to rant into the wind.Nobody cares man. Just call me when the aliens get here.
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Never heard of her before last week. I don't put too much faith in whatever the press is saying though. It's often not far removed from neighbors gossiping over fence. Whoever ends up in the winner's circle will be hailed and villified before they even begin. I don't really care about their personal stuff as long as they can try to put the big issues back on the right track.
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I love it!!! "Walk Hard" is so great, I know I said it before, but it deserves a second round. Great songs, it is funny...and I'm starting to believe that Dewey Cox is real...as I'm now his biggest fan!!! What a gem of a film, I watched it twice, plus I caught a half of it again, but I had to go jogging. Love it, love it, love it!!! Checked-out the first two songs in the end credits...really great songs...and the second of which is hauntingly beautiful!!!
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Hello Mavra Chang! Fred feels like Steve Martin in Dirty Rotten C\Scoubdrels when he kept screaming "Oklahoma, oklahoma,oklahoma"!
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She may face impeachment in Alaska for attempting to have her ex brother inlaw fired as a part of an organized conspiracy...now that isn't gossip of neighbors, that's serious corruption. BTW, her ex-brother inlaw is a cop. When a state official refused to fire him, after received 20 phone calls by the governer, her staff, and her husband including a meeting or two face to face, he, the official, was suspended from his job by the governor when he refused to fire the cop. Oh, the existance of the phone calls and the pressure that was placed on the offcial was all denied by the governor, until the phone records surfaced.
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Fred may have eaten too many ribs and is food drunk!
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That's one of my favorite comedies. You cannot possibly overindulge on ribs on the last holiday of summer (apologies to the vegetarians among us ;)). Just don't hit the BBQ sauce too hard...you are still in pod-recovery!
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It's been far too long!
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I'm a registerd Democrat anyway, but whoever wins, wins. I'll be at the bottom of the trickle down of it all, so I will just make the best of it and muddle on with my daily life. It is taking way too long for this thread to load. I'm doing the jump. See you all on the other side!
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You've got to read some Jasper Fforde, if you haven't already. Start with 'The Eyre Affair' - at least I think that's the first one. Right up your street, I guarantee it.
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Hee hee! Fred tries not to snicker but can't help it. Just too funny to Fred.
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Fred would like to know.
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Mavra says she's doing 'the jump.' Is that a new dance?
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Sep 01, 2008 3:50:21 PM CDT
Fred thinks she is jumping to another thread
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
But Fred has been wrong before and will be wrong again!
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I do the jump, the twist, and the time warp (though never again on video, it can haunt you forever!). "The Eyre Affair"...I will look that up now! Thanks!
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Sep 01, 2008 3:54:12 PM CDT
Put your hands on your hips, bring your knees inside
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
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Do you wear a tin foil hat all the time? Let me ask you, which brand works the best? I've always wondered that. My man, you have some, let's say issues. I mean past the obvious ignorance and the inability to understand what an opinion is as oppossed to a fact. Good luck to you, I think you'll need it in the future. I really mean that buddy, good luck.
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just interested, but i do have a degree in economics. jarv - welcome back hope you had fun
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How did you get nuked? I'm going to keep calling you Bodet, it easier to write then your new handle.
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John mcain taps vice president
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SUCKED, even more than I do. That is hard to do because I literally suck way more than you could imagine.
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to barrack obama, the son of a black man from kenya and a white man from kansas, now no matter what your politics that is a moment for the history books.
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ACTUAL VERBAL TRANSCRIPT
CBS-TV -- 60 MINUTES
March 17, 1996.
Transcribed with permission.
Public domain. Distribute without editing.
This 60 Minutes segment orignally aired on March 17, 1996. It follows the
controversy at a top secret air base which supposedly doesnít exist. For
more information regarding the lawsuit and / or Area 51, point your web
brouser at:
http://www.cris.com/~psyspy/area51/
Leslie Stahl: Why this story is called Area 51 / Catch 22 will become
clear as it unfolds. But letís start at the beginning... What if we told
you that someone is dumping truck loads of toxic waste in open trenches,
and setting it on fire, endangering the health and lives of everyone down
wind? Youíd probably want the government to prosecute. After all, it is
a federal crime, punishable by up to 15 years in prison, and a one million
dollar fine. But what if we then told you that the perpetrator, the one
who is doing the open pit burning, is the government. In this case, the
United States Department of Defense. Well thatís exactly what dozens of
government whistle blowers are charging. The problem is, they canít prove
it. Because it took place at a top, top secret air force base, that
officially, doesn't exist.
Stahl: Las Vegas, McKaren Airport. Every morning, civilian contractors,
test pilots, and others, board unmarked planes with whited out windows.
They are flying to an air force installation that has never appeared on
federal aviation pilot charts, or U.S. geological survey maps. It exists
only in what is called the "black world". A place so sensitive, that only
those who take an oath of secrecy for life are allowed in.
Stahl: The perimeter of the base is blanketed with ground sensors and
listening devices, and patrolled by security guards in unmarked white
jeeps who are authorized to use deadly force to keep intruders out. They
kept a close watch on us as we approached the border. This is as close as
you can get to the base, which is thirteen miles back off (points behind
her) in this direction. Itís known as Area 51, Groom Lake, Dreamland,
any one of a dozen names depending on who you ask. But just donít ask
anyone at the defense department. They don't want to talk about it.
Stahl: But Jonathan Turley is only too happy to talk about it. He's a
law professor representing Area 51 employees, past and present, who say
they not only witnessed dumping of toxic waste at the base, but in many
cases participated in it. Turley is suing the government on their behalf,
trying to get the defense department to acknowledge the burning, and to
get a federal court order barring it from happening again. He isn't
asking for punitive damages, all he wants is information about what toxins
his clients were exposed to, and help paying their medical bills.
Stahl: But he's been about as successful as we were in getting the
defense department to say anything about the base, seen here by a nearby
mountaintop, even that it exists.
Jonathan Turley: Oh, they would not confirm it's existence or it's non
existence.
Stahl: They wouldn't say it wasn't there. They wouldn't say that it was
there?
Turley: Right. The only problem of course is that you can see the damn
base from public land. You can take a picture of it. This is in the
middle of the desert!. Itís a large facility. It's about as concealable
as a pig in the parlor.
Stahl: And about as secret. UFO groupies from around the world,
convinced that the air force is hiding flying saucers there, trek to the
perimeter of the base by the busload. There is an Area 51 research
center, an Area 51 viewers guide, and in downtown Las Vegas, the base that
doesn't exist has a bar and a video game named after it.
Turley: We finally said listen, if you are going to deny the obvious,
then we are going to prove the obvious. Then I took a series of pictures
and submitted those in evidence. I submitted affidavits of people who
worked there, which said they were real people and this is a real base. I
even had satellites from Russian and French satellites take pictures of
the base
Stahl: The Russians have satellite pictures of this base?
Turley: Not only do they have satellite pictures, under treaty, the
Russians are required to be flown over this base. It's called..
Stahl: Required?? Required to be flown over this base???
Turley: Yeah, it's called the Open Skies Treaty. The United States
Government must fly the Russians, upon the demand of the Russians, and
other countries over this facility. And they have to do the same at their
bases.
Stahl: And they still deny it existed?
Turley: Yeah!
Stahl: "They" meaning the Pentagon?
Turley: Right..You sorta sit there and ya think, ya know.. this is like
an out take of Maxwell Smart.. (laughs) These guys are gonna grab a
phone or something..
Stahl: After nine months of hand to hand litigation, over whether or not
the base exists, Air Force attorneys in November of 1994 finally confirmed
the obvious. That yes it does exist. But then they dug in on a new
front. This one, over whether or not the base has a name.
Turley: Well the name was important because we have a lot of documents
that show that they had hazardous waste here. We've got testimony and
affidavits.
Stahl: You needed to link the name with what you have in your documents..
Turley: Yes, and by denying Area 51, which was the common name, they
made, or at least they tried to make all those documents irrelevant.
Stahl: But if the base has no name, as the Air Force insists, then how
does the Pentagon explain this old film produced by Lockheed Skunk Works,
the legendary defense contractor that flight tested the U2 spy plane, and
the F117 stealth fighter among others, at Area 51? If you look closely,
you can see this man write move out to Area 51. And how do we know that
those planes were flight tested at the base? We asked Jay Miller, the
man Lockheed Skunk Works hired to write the companiesí official history.
Jay Miller: Once the manuscript was completed, one of the things that the
Department of Defense asked me to do is remove the words Area 51, Groom
Lake, Dreamland, The Ranch, ..those are all names that have been utilized
for this one particular facility.. and uh.. to refer to it as the "test
location".
Stahl: So they didn't mind that you described it, but they did mind that
you named it. Explain that??
Miller: I have no answer for ya, I wish I did.
Stahl: The Air Force also refuses to answer any and all questions about
the dumping of hazardous waste at Area 51, which as we said is why the
workers are suing. Workers like John Doe #1, who is pressing the case
anonymously, since anything he says about the base would violate his oath
of secrecy, a crime punishable by up to ten years in prison.
John Doe #1: (producers altered his voice to mask his identity) You could
not tell anyone that you even worked there. The acknowledgment of the
operating location is strictly forbidden.
Stahl: He and other Area 51 employees say security is so complete that
nothing except the workers ever leaves the base, not even garbage. It is
either burned or buried right there, everything from food scraps, to
jeeps, to jet parts. And those drums of toxic chemicals and wastes used
in classified programs.
Stahl: This former Area 51 worker says the open pit burning was executed
with extraordinary security.
JD#1: There was armed guards which would stop us approximately 100 yards
or even more near the dump area.
Stahl: There were armed guards?
JD#1: Yes..
Stahl: Come on.. Armed with what?
JD#1: Rifles, side arms..
Stahl: You are talking about something thatís in the middle of a totally
secure, secret air base, and in the middle of this, there are armed
guards?
JD#1: Yes ma'am..
Stahl: The burning he says, lasted for hours, and generated plumes of
toxic smoke that swept over the base like London fog.
JD#1: Your eyes would water, sting, your throat would go dry, and uh, you
felt like you were drug through a pig pen, so to speak.
Stahl: Do you think that you were exposed to something that was harmful
to your health?
JD#1: Yes. Definitely, yes.
Stahl: And why do you say that?
JD#1: Skin irritation. ..won't go away. There's no cure for it that I
can find.
Stahl: What do you mean by skin irritation? Is it a rash?
JD#1: Cracking, bleeding. It's gets pretty scaley.
Turley: Not surprisingly, people that were downwind from this operation
became ill. And two of them have died.
Stahl: You're absolutely sure they died from the wastes that went up in
this open pit?
Turley: No, I'm not absolutely sure. What I'm trying to find out is
whether they did die because of this.
Stahl: One of those that did die, Robert Frost, also had cracking scaley
skin, which can be caused by exposure to cancer causing chemicals like
dioxin. This anaylsis by a Rutgers University biochemist found
substantial quantities of dioxins in Robert Frostís fatty tissue. He also
found other toxic chemical compounds he couldnít recall having ever seen
in human tissues.
Stahl: Instead of responding to the specific charges, the defense
department asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that neither
the government nor the workers can make their case without divulging top
secret information.
Turley: I don't care if they've got Jimmy Hoffa buried in those trenches.
What I care about is whether they burned hazardous waste and exposed my
clients to the burning of those hazardous wastes. We can handle that
without getting into sensitive areas.
Stahl: The Air Force maintains that if they answer your question, then
the enemy will be able to piece together a mosaic about the specific
operations at Area 51.
Turley: Yes, and that's just facially absurd.
Stahl: Didn't you ever ask them any specifics?
Turley: Yes.
Stahl: Like what?
Turley: Oh, we asked if they have jet fuel there.
Stahl: Jet fuel.. What did they say?
Turley: They said to "admit or deny the presence of jet fuel at an air
base would put American lives in danger."
Stahl: They said that?
Turley: Oh yeah..
Stahl: C'mon.. What else did you ask?
Turley: We asked about paint.
Stahl: What? (laughs)
Turley: Not the magic paint, not the stuff that makes planes disappear..
Paint.. Like in your house.
Stahl: What was the answer?
Turley: "American lives would be put in danger if we answer that
question."
Stahl: No...
Turley: Yeah...
Stahl: What else did you ask?
Turley: Pesticides.
Stahl: Answer?
Turley: "Oh well.. That's a national security question." We asked what
about if they have a single discarded car battery.?
Stahl: You actually asked that?
Turley: Yeah..
Stahl: What was there response.
Turley: "This is a top secret question that we could never answer."
Stahl: If it's so top secret, how come this manual distributed to Area 51
employees, identifies a gas station, a paint storage building, and yes,
even a motor pool battery shop all on the base. The manual is available
on the Internet. It was for years, unclassified, and widely distributed
in the public domain. But when Turley introduced it into evidence, the
defense department suddenly classified it, and everything in Turley's
office that quotes from it including notes and legal briefs.
Stahl: Congressman Lee Hamilton, former chairman of the House
Intelligence Committee, has been following the Area 51 lawsuit.
Lee Hamilton: The Air Force is classifying all information about Area 51
in order to protect themselves from a lawsuit.
Stahl: The Air Force says, quote, "to reveal this information increases
the risk to the lives of United States personnel, and decreases the
probability of successful mission accomplishment." I mean, thatís very
strong..
Hamilton: It's very strong and it's completely unsubstantiated. I'm not
personally prepared to take the word of a person who has, or an entity
which has a huge financial stake in the outcome here, that this
information needs to be classified.
Stahl: There in court, a judge agreed with that, and has said yes, that
they can keep these things secret.
Hamilton: I think that judges are often snowed by the national security
establishment.
Stahl: Because of the lawsuit, the Environmental Protection Agency
inspected Area 51 last year for the first time, and prepared a hazardous
waste inventory. They did a hazardous waste inventory, but they won't
admit there is hazardous waste there. But it gets better because they
stated in court that they would put this facility on the hazardous waste
docket.. It's a list of federal facilities with hazardous waste. And
they said, "we're gonna put it on that list." And I said, "Well,
Hello!", "doesn't that mean you have hazardous waste??!!" [Their
response] well, not necessarily...
Stahl: Turley asked to see the hazardous waste inventory, since the law
requires that it be disclosed to the public, unless that is, the President
of the United States personally exempts it. You guessed it.. The Air
Force asked President Clinton for the exemption, and got it.
Turley: There are very comical aspects to this case. The government is
so absurd. And even in my office, we sit there and sort of guffaw they
are claiming these things are secret. But at the end of the day, I've got
two dead clients, I've got other people who are ill, and I've got
defendants who committed crimes. They know they committed crimes. So do
I. And so does the court. And the question is, whether they are going to
be held accountable? Because ultimately, that is what this case is
about. Whether there is something unique about the United States
Government that either makes it accountable or exempt from it own laws.
Stahl: On March 6, 1996, the Federal judge overseeing the lawsuit
dismissed it, ruling that pursuing the case risked "significant harm to
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McCane taps VP...as in tapping that ass!!! Well, she is fine!!! The sexiest grandmother I've ever seen, with no foreign policy experience, that is.
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I could start a whole new line on that, Bermuda Triangle/Chariots of the Gods, but I won't...as it is rather involved.
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that we will be at the
Toronto After Dark TB when he gets back. It's better than waiting for the load times here. -
we moved to the Toronto Film Festival talkback. see you there!
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The sharp of the pyramid is a tetrahedral shape just like the icons that make-up the Jewish alphabet. Now if you know anything about hypercubes...and 4th and 5th dimensional science which scientists are studying with stereo goggles...it directly relates to hyperdimensional physics, stuff like zero point energy. Now, I have heard someone say that the pyramid is actually the the same exact dimensions as the new Jeruselum as talked about in the book of Revelation or Heaven on Earth, which appears to be simple a square box form...but no, it is supposed to be really a pyramid shape...the pyramids being something the Fallen Angels built in order to duplicate the works of God. Also, a triangle is 360 degrees and has the same value as a perfect circle, also a 360...which can also mean infinity. I have theory that a 4 sided pyramid is actually a reference to the 4th dimension and a 5 sided pyramid...the 5th dimension. Einstein derived E=MC2 from studying The Book Of The Vedas, an East Indian historical text that talks of an ancient human culture that experienced a war between two sides, using fire balls and flying craft. The fire balls hit the cities and turned men and elephants into flamming ash. Now, there is a desert in India, its name, I have forgotten, but in this area there is flat glass on the sandy ground. Now...according to scientists, there are only 3 ways that sand can be turned into glass in a open air situation: 1) A comet strike, 2) A meteor strike, and 3) A nuclear explosion. The first two possibilities are stricken as the glass would be the consistency of crushed ice...which leaves the 3rd possibility...a nuclear detonation.BTW...the scientist who used Einstein's equation, E=Mc2, to create the nuclear bomb, quoted The Book of The Vedas upon the detonation of the first nuclear bomb..."Now I Am, Become Death, The Destroyer Of Worlds"--Robert OppenheimerAgain, everything that I have printed here is true, and you can do easy net searches to confirm it.
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Sorry for the typo friends!!!
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I appreciate your perspective. I think perhaps this is the wrong forum for that particular crusade. I think we should stick to movies here, but I'm sure there is another venue for your words, and the facts you have gathered.
Quite honestly, I don't mean any sarcasm or ill will or even disdain. I just think that it's time for a new topic. Even our most durable topics have usually run their course before this.
Just a thought. Nothing seriously. I think you have made your case clear. And everyone has probably fallen on the sides they will, and most likely won't be budged.
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Sep 01, 2008 9:47:44 PM CDT
I'm here til 2000 posts. If it gets cosmic, it gets cosmic..
by jonah echo
I thought that they were angels, but much to my surprise...
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Don't get caught in the Pyramids. I hear that they smell like wooly mammoth. Good luck on changing the topic. I tried already but it was only leading to another one I didn't care to debate. I'm out of here for the night, but I'll be back in the morning to help you reach 2000. Can't promise that I'll bring any sanity with me, since I tend to lack it, but I can promise posts full of words and meanings, signifying nothing. ;)
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Yep...according to Comics 2 Film via MTV.com...Vin Diesel is looking to play a Marvel villain. Which one do you guys, and the lady, think he should play??? Here's the story BTW:
Vin Diesel ready to play a Marvel villain?
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In a recent interview with MTV Splash Page, Vin Diesel (out promoting 'Babylon A.D.') said he has little interest in playing a Marvel super hero on the big screen. However, playing a villain is a different story.
"I've been holding out [on doing a comic book movie] and the reason why I've been holding out is because I am going...I'm waiting to do a film where the protagonist is the villain," Diesel said, choosing his words carefully. "I'm kind of done with the Marvel hero. I now want to see...what would be exciting to me, and no one's come to me with yet, is a film about a villain that we're familiar with at Marvel, and showing the complexities of..."
Story continues after the jump...
Diesel was then asked if he had a specific villain in mind. His response was to whisper/mumble something unintelligible into his hand.
So it's not clear if this is just the musings of an actor put on the spot, or if there is more to this secret "Vin Diesel plays a Marvel Villain" project. Does he, in fact, have a specific character in mind? Is he working on a take to bring to Marvel? Is Marvel actively talking to the actor?
The biggest question of all: what is Vin's dream villain? (We're crossing our fingers for either Fin Fang Foom or MODOK). Watch the video of Diesel's response and then post your speculation and suggestions for him below.
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Or not. Who was Namor's villain?
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Lived there. 6 months. 1 day took the dog for a walk on the beach, lost a sandal, just freaking lost it, on the beach, swallowed up in the sand, I turn around while running and bam it is gone. Spent like 20 minutes looking for it and then never again.
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That is a great pick...Vin even has Apocalypse's voice!!! Man, I would love to see an X-Men with Apocalypse's brilliant and insane self in it!!!!About the sandal, they call that dimensional shifting. There is actually a more scientific name and a theory behind it, but I can't think of it right now, so dimensional or more appropriately, parallel time line shifting may account for such incidents/events. I think that area is a portal.Anyway, I gotta jump, I stole that line from Mavra!!! Good Night Everybody, see you tomorrow!!!
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Cause I to talk about that Bullshit episode.
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And it is a game, Escape from Butcher's Bay, which is excellent and highly underrated. (Play the PC version it's much more fun).
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Nobody has bothered to show-up today save for 3 people, icluding me??? It's over for this thread. No two thousand posts, too bad. It would have been nice to see. Oh, well, at least I had a good martial arts class tonight. Bye everybody!!!
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