Cool News
Capone at Comic-Con: MACHETE Taco Truck Party preview, with Trejo and a pair of Rodriguezes serving up some exclusive footage!!!
Hey, folks. Capone in Chicago here, just about to attempt sleep before the first full day of Comic-Con. I wanted to drop a quick note on those attending about something deliciously weird and fun going on at Comic-Con tonight (Thursday), courtesy of MACHETE director Robert Rodriguez, a couple of his cast members, and the good folks at Fox.
As part of the unveiling of some juicy, mouth-watering footage from the film, Fox will be parking the MACHETE Taco Truck at the 5 Star Parking Lot, corner of 5th Avenue and J Street. From 5pm to 8pm, Rodriguez and the film's stars Danny Trejo and Michelle Rodriguez will be serving up some tasty tacos (while supplies last) free from a truck custom designed by graffiti artist Mr. Cartoon to anyone who can get up to the front of the line before they run out.
After the free tacos, at a MACHETE party that starts at 9pm, Rodriguez and his cast will show exclusive MACHETE footage on a giant outdoor movie screen in the parking lot. The party to follow will include DJs, dancers, live graffiti artists, and more tacos (and beer)! Some lucky fans will get limited edition posters and commemorative t-shirts. And you need to be 21 or over to get into this thing.
I've heard from people that know him best that Robert Rodriguez is quite the chef, so I can't wait to see what tacos from his truck taste like. I'll be at the party toward the tail end, but the plan is to attend. Hope to see a bunch of Comic-Con attendees on hand. Events like this make the evenings after the hours of panels seem a whole lot more fun.
-- Capone
capone@aintitcool.com
Follow Me On Twitter
-
+ Expand All
-
...but the UK is a long way away. Sounds like people are going to have a blast!
-
Bigger, better convention center, not to mention the resorts. Somebody should start a campaign.
-
No way am I eating crumbly-ass hard-shell Machete tacos and ruining my outfit.
-
Soft Shell! That's baja style.
-
...but it sure smells good!
-
Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez...
-
dont eat it!!! shes been with marilyn manson!!!!
-
Jul 22, 2010 9:46:15 AM CDT
Rodriguez granting wishes with his taco-flavored kisses.
by throughthebrokenwindowwithdancindelroyli
I need to make a run for the border. If you pay, I'll take off my top. Do you remember what I want to order? Three tacos, two tostadas, and a soda pop! ...and don't forget the hot sauce, CHULLO.
-
...had to plant my flag just once.
-
and tacos now! I'm in heaven!
Next stop, the toilet! -
I owe the Taco Bell Chihuahua 50 cents.
-
Flick, I replied before the jump.
-
It is sure to be awesome!
-
So, let me get this straight:
by AsimovLivesJul 16th, 2010
11:18:50 AM Massa makes a huge big fuzz about what he things is some bad 3 seconds in a great movie that last for about 160 minutes. And yet, he did nothing but praise for Jar Jar Abrams's FUCKING HORRIBLE PIEC EOF SHIT TREK whihc 122 minutes of complete shit from star to finish. Who can understand this dude? Science is yet to explain the way Massa's mind works. There's some inception to be made to his mind, with 3 bad seconds included.
-
An offensive racial cliche?
-
No, because Mexicans eat tacos. It's Mexican food!
-
"I've heard from people that know him best that Robert Rodriguez is quite the" asshole.
-
He found an upside-down crucifix in Rose McGowan's loose meat taco left over from Marilyn Manson.
-
stupid people eat that shit
-
IT'S PEOPLE! SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!
-
...in 300back of all places.
-
Product Description
L.A Noire is an interactive detective story set in the classic noir period in the late 1940's blending action detection and complex stroytelling and draws into an open ended challenge to solve a series of gruesome murders. Set in a perfectly recreated Los Angeles beforefreeways, with a post war backdrop of corruption , drugs and jazz, L.A. (I'll definitely be checking this out on PS3.) -
Jul 22, 2010 11:09:32 AM CDT
isnt this like a brazilian soccer team eating their friends?
by six demon bag
-
...wasn't it Peru, or Chile or something?
-
a FIRST simpupost too..the rarest of rare..
-
Jul 22, 2010 11:20:47 AM CDT
Isn't this like One Eyed Flying Purple People Eaters eating Purp
by stabby
-
.....and 'shrooms?
-
two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls?
-
oh and nice one Sixies
-
Jul 22, 2010 11:33:49 AM CDT
...isn't this like Jon Favreau personally calling people up?
by flickapoo
-
well its lunch time..for some reason i want tacos..
-
isn't that like eating the hand that feeds?
-
i.e. Pudenda
-
Prison Food = pudenda
Hahaha! -
...yeah, I try to not bust on Harry...he's a good sport.
-
SPOILERSPOILERSPOILER
Stabby, carrying on from the old folks shot. I get what u said that they lived in the dream for a long time.. but when we saw them on the railway line they were normal not old. This is where my confusion lies. -
...it sends me to a warm, and friendly place. Of course, in my head it's Carla Gugino wiping the floor with poor Lindsay.
-
he called me a bitch....after I called him a bitch of course. I think he had words for me at another time as well. Whatever...he is the one getting all the personal calls. giggle.
-
So, who wants to get to it?
-
...I figured that in the dream everything is subjective...the shot of them old was to show that they had indeed become old souls together. And they could build that place any way they wanted to...maybe they did play at being old sometimes.
Maybe sometimes they played at being Carla and Lindsay in jail. -
of the human centipede eating shit?
-
I concur
-
Plus, those weren't flashbacks of what really happened. They were Cobb's dream memories. Subjective, like flick said.
-
sharing a jail cell together. Now that would be a taco supreme.
-
Always gotta top us.
-
starring Lindsay Lohan, Carla Gugino and Michelle Rodriguez.
-
with Lohan. Isn't this like Tarantino eating meta?
-
Too soon? Sorry, Big Red.
-
post as I was formulating mine.
-
Jul 22, 2010 12:01:07 PM CDT
Isn't this like Indians eating Chilled Monkey Brains?
by theumpirestrokesbach
But I'd rather see Lindsay Lohan, Carla Gugino, Michelle Rodriguez in a Human Centipede reboot. Who should be the fourth member of the cast?
-
beware of luring ballots
-
...she's a classy lady.
Carla too...they can take turns. -
As long as it's in 3D.
-
...she's got it in her to be properly firm-handed...I'm sure of it.
-
I should have it back to ye soon, Sixo.
-
that was his memory of a dream he had in the real world.He had the dream when he first met mal, and he told her that it was a sign that he knew they would work out as a couple.Not that difficult to understand.Also, he says "we grew old together"...he is referencing the years they spent in limbo world.
-
Let's rebooty, er, reboot them in one shot.
-
Jul 22, 2010 12:13:27 PM CDT
...that's what I was thinking, Col. And glory and honor...
by flickapoo
...on you for "rebooty".
-
Jul 22, 2010 12:17:01 PM CDT
I would say glory and honor are what's best in life,
by colonelfatheart
but that would be a lie. Thanks, regardless.
-
Christina should play the warden, but who should play the mad scientist who creates the centipede?
-
...I'd say Sharon Stone, but she would single-handedly unhot the movie for me.
With Jennifer Tilly? Gina Gershon? Glenn Close (how scary do you want to go?), Dita Von Teese? Heather Kessler? Lady Gaga?
-
or muff-dived to death. I don't have a problem with it.
-
SPOILERSPOILERSPOILER
Nice try at an answer for the old folks moment but that doesn't sit well with old Watanabe. After all he's stuck in limbo just the same as Cobb and his wife were. I'm sure he's not 'playing' at being old cos he seems infirm and weak. Why *choose* to be that way?
I thank you for your answer but do not deem it to be definitvely satisfactory!
SPOILER. Over. -
im thinking paper cuts and a shit ton of them...
-
Paris could get 'the bends' after muff diving too fast.
-
idrinkyourmilkshake, aha - sorry i hadn't read your reply. That actually makes sense... but still doesn't explain why they looked normal on the railway tracks (after 60 years) while Watanabe was aged.
-
Oprah as the friendly old lag.
Kathy Bates as the nutter 'top dog'.
Renee Zellwegger as the religous con who goes crazy and gets shot while scaling the wall. -
the girl who gets things?
-
wheres the fire..unless you can point a direction to one?
-
Yes, don't bring a gun to a Taco fight.
-
make your markBLADE RUNNERSE7ENTHE ROYAL TENENBAUMS
-
SDB, for me it's a toss up between BLADE RUNNER and SE7EN. Ultimately for rewatchability... for an incredible final act... and for boobs...
I vote BLADE RUNNER. -
so you vote YES on BLADE but NO on the other two..you can pick more than one..
-
SDB, oh! I'll vote for SEVEN also then pls. It's like all my xmas' came at once!
-
thanks
-
I would think saito was aged because he was not as experienced with limbo as Cobb.Saito was afraid(someone else said it in the film...) of being stuck in limbo and" turning into old men".Basically, I think SAITO "believed" he would age and spend a long time there...merely because someone suggested it earlier in the film.Where as Cobb was experienced and KNEW WITHIN his own mind that it's all artifice.
I can't lie, the film would be best if Nolan did commentary, which we all know WON'T ever happen.Because the age situation with caito sorta bugged me too(logic wise) -
and his homophobic trolling. Surprised he's not been banhammered yet. Normally, I could care less about some random uninspired troll, but he just said Dr. Who was gay. Them's fighting words! Capt. Jack may be gay, but Dr. Who is not.
-
Can someone post pics of the machete tacos? And perhaps if someone is ballsy...squirt some sour cream toward rodriguez's cleav? thanks in advance
-
I think that Saito was old in limbo because the time there was different/longer and he was in there for many years before Cobb made it in there.
-
THE INVASIONSECOND DOCTOR. SEASON 6. SERIAL 46.the doctor and crew get shot down while taking a swing around the moon. they crash land on earth in the near future..they search for an old ally to help fix the TARDIS, but has since moved, or so says the mod girl living in his old house. her uncle has disappeared while working on a secret experiment, though she doesnt seem to worried, as she continues to live her life as a model/photographer. the doctor and jamie attempt to find out what happened to the models uncle and go to the building where he worked, where they get stonewalled by vaughn. on the way back to the models house, they are kidnapped by a secret organization called UNIT who have been keeping close watch on the whatnots of vaughn. the model and zoe are captured after they try breaking in the vaughns building looking for the doctor and jamie.the full plot is revealed by vaughn that he is aiding a CYBERMEN (them again?!) invasion and the docotr and his new friends at UNIT bring the bubblegum and asskicking..this was a pretty good serial, and on a sidenote, two of the episodes have been reconstructed through animation. which got me thinking, why havent they done MORE of this? it was easy on the eyes and it gelled well with the rest of the episodes. the introduction of UNIT couldnt have come at a better time. nothing like having some mass action army guys shooting up the place...though they are a little genteel for my taste.zoe shows that she is much more than a damsel in distress as she holds her own on a few occasions. and a note to jamie: you wanna blend in? lose the kilt dude. im just saying.NEXT: THE SEEDS OF DEATH
-
was that there wasn't enough dream stuff in the different dream levels. They were pretty stable compared to most dreams I've had. Also, I don't think that Limbo was developed enough. It should have been bugnuts crazy down there. But, these are just minor personal quibbles with the story.
-
The Saito stuff could have been a lot more poignant, and I was expecting it to be after the damned movie opened with it. I really didn't give a damn about his character by the end. And I had trouble deciphering what Watanabe was saying through his thick accent. Sorry that sounds insensitive, but that's the truth.
-
Yeah, that bothered me a bit, too. I understand that these were largely controlled dream-like constructs they were dealing with, and not necessarily pure dreams, but I still could have used some more surrealist, bugnuts imagery. Agreed.
-
At least in Limbo. I just had all these cool images of limbo, like crazy surreal $hit all swirling around and $hit and when they finally get there it was like 'Meh'.
-
I'm really enjoying these. Catching up on those I missed at the shelter too.
-
THE SEEDS OF DEATHSECOND DOCTOR. SEASON 6. SERIAL 48.The doctor and companions arrive in a museum the honors the ancient notion of space travel through rocketry. these days, people just teleport (like on star trek!)but now the transporter is broken and people cant get to the moon, and all communication to the moon has ceased. so, naturally the doctor is the only one able to fix it. travelling in an ancient spaceship, they land on the moon and find that there has been an attack. they find some of the crew who have managed to avoid capture. but the ice men from mars arent content on remaining on the moon and commence their attack on mother earth. they intend to launch spores towards earth, which will deplete the oxygen making it more hospitable for them to live there..unfortuantely the present population wouldnt survive the process.back on earth, the army and the doctor fight of the foam monster..for there isnt much time, because the ice men are on their way from mars.the spores are finally defeated by rain. but that isnt good enough for the doctor--he wants to kill them all! shit. yeah. the doctor reprograms the ice men leaders signal, sending the incoming ships to the sun, rather than earth. dont fuck with the doctor. the leader, angered at the deaths of his race, lunges for the doc, but his hit by a sonic death beam...im gonna go out on a limb and say that this was one of the best serials ive seen of the second doc. it was pretty fast paced and just kept on going..and though the effects were laughable, the plot kept going where you really couldnt laugh to long at what you just witnessed. i mean, you had a giant foam party pretty much as the main source of antagonism but they fucking played it straight. kudos..and the doctor in the final moments and giving the ice men a big middle finger..i dont see that happening with the first old doctor, besides, i specifically remember saying that they dont kill people. well, technically he didnt kill anybody, he tricked the leader into killing them..which is worse i guess. hmm, i think im starting to like this doctor, which means his time is about up....NEXT: THE WAR GAMES
-
...I had that same reaction. Like Colonel, as I thought about it I realized that these weren't real dreams, they were stage managed dreams. Also, if the dreams got too weird and "dreamlike" it would have undercut the ambiguity of the movie...the not always being completely sure what world you're in. And in most of Leo's work as a thief, the victim isn't supposed to know that they're dreaming...so the dreams would be as realistic as the architect could make them.
Still, when they go down to the Third Level, all bets should have been off. The mark was in on it...he knew he was dreaming at that point. They really built up the "oh, shit...we're going down to level 3..." All hell should have broken loose.
Same with Limbo. When they first described it, I was struck by the fact that while they were in the dream, they were almost in a Christian universe...die and you go to hell for all eternity. A hell of the subconscious...abandon all hope, reason, and logic all ye who enter.
I realize there are problems with that too, though. Limbo needed to be a potentially pleasant place where Leo and his wife built a home. It might have been cool if Limbo was an irrational and terrifying place at first...a place that could get worse and worse over time, or improve through hard work and a strong will.
I'm not really criticizing the movie for any of this...it's just stuff the movie hinted at that but then didn't really follow through on. -
...I couldn't help myself!
-
get to it?
-
Yeah, I can live with it, but I'm still holding it against the movie, if only a bit. I wish Nolan had a little more visual nerve, a little more panache for the irrational. For instance, I'd love to see Tarsem's take on the INCEPTION script, particularly following THE FALL. I know the argument will be that, well, that's not Nolan's style and you gotta judge him for what he does. That's true, to a point. A cheeseburger can be very good, even great, but it'll never be a great steak. I may be in the mood for a great cheeseburger every now and then, but I'll take the great steak over the great cheeseburger if I have the choice. Nolan, and INCEPTION, are merely very good cheeseburgers.
-
Last night I find that Netflix streaming has added a search engine, allowing one to find anything that they have streaming. This leads me to Season 1 of The Incredible Hulk. I pick an episode at random-ok, Loni Anderson was the guest star-and what do I get? The very last episode of TIH that I happened to catch on the Sci-Fi channel, where Banner gets tied up and thrown into a car compactor. That shit always happens to me.
-
Jul 22, 2010 3:01:58 PM CDT
About time Netflix streaming offered a search engine.
by colonelfatheart
Available on 360?
-
ISE CAN HAS A CHEESEBURGER? cool
-
Jul 22, 2010 3:14:04 PM CDT
UMMMMM,where the NEWS that DelTorro is directing HAUNTED MANSION
by idrinkyourmilkshake
seriously AICN,aren't you buddies with the guy?
-
All kinds of BATMAN rumors, too. Blah.
-
they announced it.GET ON IT HARRY!
-
It is on the PS3, so I'd imagine it's there across the board. The first thing I searched for? Ducktales. Don't ask me why.
-
WOOHOO!
-
..Ah OOOOOO!
-
did you get my email?
-
I don't check my email very often.
-
I told her it was hard for me to see anything other than Inception if I was going to the show. I wanna take my pops for his birthday though and that prolly won't happen til tomorrow.
-
dont go to the disney afternoon..get gummi bears
-
Done and done. Tho, to be honest, I haven't participated in the Pantheon at all up until just now.
-
bouncing here and there and everywhere
-
Don't think I ever actually beat it, tho. NES games were usually fucking impossible to beat, no?
-
One of the few games I ever beat, really.
-
At least he doesn't think gay=insult. That shit bugs me to no end.
-
Thank god he hadn't find his way here
-
I betcha he left all his money to the girl duck..webby?
-
My usual Thursday shipment failed to arrive, so it looks like today's gonna be a two-hour workday. Which sucks. Because now I gotta leave. Later Peebs. Keep fighting the good fight.
-
Of course, she was my fiancee's favorite character. STOOPID GURLZ
-
that was so simple and easy to understand it bordered on genius.
-
But I believe it.
-
Why was AICN shut out of Orci's panel on Web Film sites? When the Chud guy is invited and AICN isn't it kinda makes me wonder if Roberto didn't get the check or something?
-
http://tinyurl.com/ya9zjg4
-
and said fuck AICN.
-
your "does not exist in this dojo" schtick. It's Flip63Hole. Sic 'em.
-
...that is all.
-
but I like Flip63hole's handle.
-
STL (or anyone) now im confused, is the_Choppah a peeber?
Plus I don't begrudge a bit of Dojo getting around. Spread the Do. -
he is legion.
-
Royal tenenbaums: yay, nay, or abstain?
-
Jul 22, 2010 10:00:04 PM CDT
..."the gorilla is the strongest motherfucker in the zoo...
by flickapoo
...but you ain't never seen that bitch walk by with the keys".
God, I love that. I'm reading a New Yorker article on some boxer...that line is his trainer commenting on brute strength vs. brains. -
Choppah is not a Pedalbacker.
-
we gave you the tools
everyone has the tools
we all use the tools. -
I can imagine Mickey in ROCKY saying that.
-
he is legion.
-
Jul 22, 2010 10:23:14 PM CDT
Well! I see you children couldn't contain yourselves...
by scarywaitress
now THERE's a shocker. Give you boys a new toy, and you bust up the living room. Good grief.
-
...in the pickle and hot dog department.
-
mayhem tonight?
-
...watch out for motherfuckin' gorillas with keys.
-
What it is?
-
Imagine selling this on EBAY, original taco from Danny Trejo stand in Machete, with all the putrefact meat
-
Flick is annoyed that, within 30 seconds of his saying he's going to bed, you show up. So, if you could please schedule your arrival a little more appropriately, that would be.... greeeeaaaat. Yeah.
-
...on the East Coast.
Night, buddy. -
but, shit happens...and, there you go...
-
Sixes, Scary, Flick (who should be in bed or wherever)
-
I was supoosed to pick my dd at her aunt's house at 5:30. Yeah, I went ahead and made it there at 7:45. I'm Mommy of the Year... but I'm impressing the SHIT out of my co-workers, so there's that. And at least dd LOVES it there. Her aunt was telling me today that my dd and her cousin look just like sisters when they play. (They're only 4mo apart... they could be Irish twins... well, if their mother was a dog, anyway.)
-
Thanks for the ballots.
-
Jul 22, 2010 11:15:44 PM CDT
I think Inception was fuckin' with my dreams last night, too..
by cheeses_of_nazareth
I was a 'dream theif' but, instead of 'extracting' or 'incepting', I spent the whole night trying to 'Insert' my penis into Cobb's wife...The movie was called "Impregnation"...(which is strange since I had a vasectomy shortly after my daughter was born 24 years ago...)
-
Ballots
-
in another state...he is part of a Rapid response squad that fixes bad things...Thus some alterations of scheduling was necessary...I'll get another extra day off next week...UNLESS...some more bad things happen...and one form or another happens ALL the time...
-
Jul 22, 2010 11:28:16 PM CDT
Scary, that's cool toddlerpoo has cousins her age...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
that live near by...I grew up with like 7-8 cousins I say and played with on an almost weekly basis...(not all of them at once, but many every day)...I remember it fondly...
-
Is it that good??on the filmscore site I go to, the reviewer there got a death threat in the message board because of a negative review, presumably the inception score. Fucking zimmer fanboys!
-
And FOR THE RECORD...my votes were.......(sqeeek)..Please insert $1 for each answer you want to know...(sqwalk)...
-
The less I am aware of it, the better it works for me...and the music in Inception must have been fucking awesome, because I don't remember ANY of it...I'm not trying to be funny...I think a soundtrack works best when you just let your brain process it and not pay it any attention...this works great in emotional moments and chase scenes...It subconsciously lets me know what I should be feeling...I know it shounds crazy, but, I do like listening to movie scores, bought Star Wars album when it came out, (also the disco version a couple years later...hey, don't hate on bell-bottom Leisure Suits...)...but, while I'm watching a flick...if I start 'listening' to the music, I get pissed off, no matter HOW good the movie is...Maybe it's just cause I'm high, though....
-
Jul 22, 2010 11:55:07 PM CDT
Unless, of course....Music is what the movie is about...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
or, if its a musical...
-
it always comes back to that.
-
g'night Cheeses
Hopefully your workday tomorrow is better (if you are working tomorrow) -
(no spoilers here) an awful lot like Dark Knight, which didn't surprise me in the least, and I attribute that to the desires of the director more than the composer. And yeah, there were some OHMSS sorta bits too.
But generally the same sorta thing where it was based on rhythm, not melody, and literal beats to support the action. Which ironically enough was similar to Scorsese's choices for Shutter Island. His was more thumps meet Bernard Herrmann than thumps meet John Barry though.
As I was saying to Scary before though, I like the more ostentatious stuff and leitmotif-based scoring like John Williams used (some scores though he stays away from it though) Where the particular character's theme is analogous to costume design in terms of characterisation. It's a more stylised and bombastic thing, and it depends totally on the context being appropriate. Raiders and Empire for example. The whole tone is stylised in such a way that it doesn't seem out of place. Spielberg's camera is just as much of a theatrical conceit in that sorta stuff where it actually leads the action rather than follows it, but the tone allows for that.
Then you get a sliding scale like say (from memory) Fellowship of the Ring which is generally a melodic but more of an 'incidental' score until a couple of bombastic moments where it rises into a full-blown theme, and then more incidental again like Seven but with a general tone that sustains the mood beautifully, and finally you have basically TV/straight incidental.
At the bottom of the pile you have the atrocious shit like the score for the first X-Men, which is so fucking awful it UNDOES the mood set up by the visuals. I like that film, but it didn't help when the score sucked in concert with the lousy action direction - at the climax of the bloody movie. Pee-yew. -
on a theme (pun absolutely intended)" guys who is whittling away at making his perfect film. Not to the degree that Woody Allen kept making the same damn film trying to perfect it (not so much any more), but similar.
-
I'm goin' to see Inception again tonight. Haven't caught up with this friend for a long time, so even if it was sooner than I'd like, what the hey. I got my movie money vouchers. See yaz.
-
I would have gone to see it again today, if I hadn't had to work...Still Catching up but....SPOILERSSPOILERSSPOILERSStabby....Not enough crazy Dream images...With you 100%...this is the mother fucking subconscious...(or, maybe it wasn't...)Colonelman...The Japanese guy's accent...was distracting...His story arc...NON EXISTENT.UNLESS...Saito was better at controlling dreamtime than Cobb was...He seems to scoff when Cobb offers to train his subconscious to preventextractions, and he is the one with the 'new' idea of INCEPTION...Saito played Cobb out of the mental espionage business by giving Cobb exactly what he wanted...An eternal dream where he could be with his children...Saito's true opponent WAS Cobb...Not the Scarecrow guy...Di Caprio got mind fucked and taken off the market...Haven't seen that interpretation of Inception like that, have you?It's all in the bookends where Saito only LOOKS old...like the Forger did with Berennger/Shatner...
-
I'm fucking pumped for Edgar Wright's version!
And the video game looks so goddamn mind-blowing it hurts!! Check out the game trailer below!
http://tinyurl.com/24fzmep -
You see Inception yet?
-
I really loved it.
-
I think we are all watching the movie from the wrong perspective…I think maybe, Saito’s true opponent was Cobb…Not Murphy the Scarecrow industrialist’s son…I think an argument can be made that Saito was a better 'Dreamweaver' than Cobb, and when Cobb feebly entered Saito's mind on the initial heist, Saito sort of laughed at the prospect of Cobb teaching his mind self-defense…Saito toyed with them allowing them to steal the information they came for and were ultimately unable to use, just to see how good they were…then, he suddenly has a gun tucked under his pillow in dreamtime and yet still showed mercy on the one guy who held him in the initial dreamscape, (a south american revolt, no less) almost dismissing him as inconsequential…Saito is never clear on how Cobb will be reunited with his kids, but he is most empathic that he CAN make it happen…Murder charges and fugitive-from-justice charges mean nothing to him….Saito’s old age appearance was for Cobb’s benefit, and to maintain the element of surprise…Saito mind fucked Cobb HARD with the help of Juno and maybe the Chemist (who can’t drive for shit), both ’NEW’ members of the team…They found out what it would take to take Cobb off the market, which was being with his children. Saito gave him that dream, not quite inception but more enabling… using memories which, Cobb said not to do…but, does all the time….and it is stated that he can’t dream anymore… It works so well, that in the closing seconds, Cobb no longer CARES whether the top falls or not…
-
There's a reason for the bookend scenes with 'old' Saito....Nolon doesn't repeat shit over and over again without it meaning something...
-
And Saito is seen touching Cobb's top early in the first scenes...(Have to verify that on second viewing, but read it in a couple places...)
-
Was it just me…Or, was the 4th level snow fortress…well, didn’t it have a lot of Star Wars references and architecture….? The round window of Empire/Jedi, the radar screen and landing port…all reminiscent of a cross between Endor and Hoth in a story starring James Bond and the Dirty (½) Dozen assaulting the Space Nazi’s Castle….It is Cobb’s own creation…They only planned 3 levels of dreamtime beforehand and only had to go deeper to save Cillian Scarecrowboy with a de-fibrulator….Snow level dream has a lot of pop geek culture in it…I think…I will see this again on Sunday or Monday…
-
Lets keep it all in perspective...http://tinyurl.com/27qv4cxThe Economy is nearing total collapse. Tensions with Iran threaten to tip the nuclear balance...It's like Watchmen all over again....They are leaving the BP well capped and unobserved to get out of the way of the coming Trop-storm/Hurricane. Never mind the fissures spewing up oil and Gas showing up on the Gulf floor...I REALLY need a good dreamworld to escape into...
-
Jul 23, 2010 3:46:41 AM CDT
took the words right out of my mouth, Choppahman...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
I used to work with a guy who was married to your cousin from Cuba...Maria...
-
Having slept all of no hours last night, I feel like an extra in a Romero movie. I've been posting here & there on various boards, playing scrabble, and doing absolutely NOTHING of import. So, situation normal. I did look at some of the artwork on the PB, and I am impressed. I may work up some chickenscratch for consideration. :)
-
tomorrow is an important day..
-
... dammit!
-
well you better be here at midnight tonight for the shindig..i have a watermelon full o rum!!!
-
BUT STILL: A PUG SINGING BATMAN. http://tinyurl.com/2f3jbo8
-
...of midnight. I can never pass up inebriated melons.
-
from TDK..but then that guy from PRETY WOMAN came and swept him off his furry feet.
-
...with melons!
-
...next thing you know, you're being crammed up Richard Gere's ass.
-
...too. I'm bummed I'm going to miss the pie eating contest.
-
Good fuckin' movie.
-
That's what it sounds like the pug is yelling.
-
Look at it. Shit cast too. A bunch of nobodies. PASS.
-
Go the fuck away.
-
I'm out until later.
-
Hey laid the smack down on the Col!
-
keep..eh, you know the rest.
-
...with the well marked, but incessant spoilerbombs?
-
yes, they were clearly marked, but sometimes your eye can catch a few words and then you start wondering.
So I thought it best to steer clear for a bit. I had work to do anyway, so it was all good. -
Yeah, can't fucking wait for this cheap piece of shit.
-
I might have to get one.
-
"The Economy is nearing total collapse. Tensions with Iran threaten to tip the nuclear balance..."
SPOILER - we all dead by October.
Cheeses, you were flying last night! -
when avoiding spoilers.
Cheeses in top form -
Lap it up you fucking drones.
-
maybe when we pull out of Iraq next year, we can split our forces up again and fight two wars: one in North Korea and one in Iran.
-
I might have to get one.
-
...what's going on.
It's like TROLLING FOR SHMUCKS. -
He/She/It is a marathon man/woman/it
-
STL, i'm confused. Username from yesterday. Seemed to be same as someone you just mentioned. And that person seems to be a twat. I'm struggling to connect the dots!
-
Needs to get a life.
-
go to website I told you about yesterday..look for same post from yesterday
-
AAAAah. I've been finding the choppah quite annoying! Now I understand... the goat fucker reference on Asi was a tad harsh tho!
-
dude you rival SCOTTPILGRIMFAN in obnoxious irrelevance.;)
-
back and relax.
Let's not do anything foolish...we're all adults here. -
I saw in the scottpilgrimback that The Choppah is taking a shining to ya!
-
Its official- that will be my birthday movie this year, following in a long, proud tradition that includes such films as HOOK, Aladdin, and LOTR: FOTR.
-
GET TO IT!
-
If so, that's a clue.
-
pretty awesome
-
back.
-
I'm dumb. I'm trying to ruin SCOTTPILGRIMFAN s wish of over taking the top spot. Step 1. Put Xerxes above him.
-
but I think the choppah is going between Xerxes and slyback
-
Any old school Professionals and CoCers will remember that name. He's in the TRONback. For those who don't know, he's a nutcase. I think he's the one who said he was a cop and could track us all down and beat us up if we argued with him? Or maybe I'm confusing him with someone else. Either way, he's crazy.
-
I'm sure your query in the SLYback will not go unnoticed.
I sense a Stallone signed headshot and dickvein pin in your future. -
Go rape some other tb.
-
he is such a rascal.
-
out watching INCEPTION again?
-
that's what I'm doing.
*looks around nervously* -
this weekend, I'll be the only one who hasn't seen it?
-
i wont pay attention to it..
-
...it almost seems counter productive.
-
just take a gameboy in with you.
-
gotta take my cryin children
-
Funk dat.
-
if im not gonna pay attention to INCEPTION, then no one will! i think i might try to sneak in a large pizza too and some liters of coke.
-
Each member of the family gets a slice in a zip-loc® bag and then slide it down the pants?
-
Now we're talkin.
-
wife: is that a grinder in your pants or you just happy to see me?
Sixes: It's a grinder. Get your mind outta the gutter woman. And transcribe those WHO TARD'D summaries!
wife: yes, dear.
Sixes: (stands still, in silent rage*
Wife: I mean, yes, sir. -
No added effect. Just made me tired.
-
Jul 23, 2010 11:59:12 AM CDT
We call 'em sangiwches in the Italian American community
by colonelfatheart
-
Jul 23, 2010 12:01:01 PM CDT
...and by "hero", I mean the thing I smuggle everywhere...
by flickapoo
...in my pants. The trick is keeping the olive oil and meat juice from leaking.
-
SHEESH, Col.
-
DiCaprio has turned in some really solid stuff over the last five years or so. Since Catch me if you can (or around then) his roles have been pretty great. Aviator, Departed, Inception, Blood Diamond, Rev Road, Gangs (maybe the exception). I think he's gone beyond the Michael Cera problem where they bring too much of themselves to the role. There's enough gravitas and differentiation between the characters he's played that he deserves at least a little recognition. He's probably (along with JGL) one of the better actors of his generation.
-
when it comes to DiCaprio. I've always liked his stuff, loved some of it (yes, THE AVIATOR), but SHUTTER ISLAND, man. That was a real fucking powerhouse.
-
My girlfriend and I did it once - waited far too long in the restaurant so just brought it along with us. I felt like Jason Bourne hiding that motherfucker tactically under a jacket, hanging down-the-way.Eating it is a whole other problem.
-
was that he always had that young, baby face, and trying to breakout into more adult fare was offsetting to me.
But I think he's a good actor, and liked him in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN -
popcorn.
A dream. -
...that recently his 'baby face' looks like the haggard, world-weary face of a man who used to be a teen idol and is now just a over-the-very-early-hill hard-ass. It's a very noir face he's rocking.
-
unintentionally. I kept waiting to see it, but something always went wrong. I've heard a lot of mixed stuff. How did you find it?
-
I'd love to see him in some kind of "faded glory" noir role, kinda like Hackman in NIGHT MOVES.
-
Spanish beer suggestions required.
-
The other Pebrews liked it, no one really disliked it. My enthusiasm for it was the highest, though.
-
It seemed a bit tired from the trailers, but I'll give it a watch.The problem with seeing him in something noir is that no one produces noir anymore.
-
Jul 23, 2010 12:21:54 PM CDT
YES! Fatty, DiCaprio's aged-baby-face would noir the shit out of
by hi5effect
...a Hackman NIGHT MOVES roll. Good call.I was ambivalent about Shutter Island until the very end. No spoilers, but it doesn't hinge on a huge plot twist as much as a moral dilemma.
-
make it out to be?
-
Wife (asking about football game): Who's winning? Harry (Hackman): Nobody. One side's just losing slower than the other.
-
But I've yet to see it, and Winterbottom does my absolute head in. 9 songs was wanking material only (and even that only last until I realised there were free porn sites).
-
I kinda gushed all over Leo's face like a 16 yr old girl circa 1997. Sorry about that, it's just good to know that young handsome devils like myself have something noir and badass to look forward to in our future, is all. I'm definitely NOT cuddling up with a Shutter Island close-up tonight. Not at all.
-
For what it's worth, I had the so-called "twist" pegged going into it. I actually think I enjoyed the movie more because of that. But Hi5 is right, the very ending deepens it.
-
...is kinda obvious. I'm dense and I had three guess within 20 minutes, one of which turned out to be right. But the beauty of the movie is that it transcends the twist. It builds a character and puts him in a situation that stands up to multiple viewings, which is IMO the true test of a 'twist movie.' (I still wish they had eliminated the twist altogether and let the audience in from the get go, though, that would have been a great movie. Still, audiences love the surprise.) Definitely worth a view.
-
And will say it's not about the 'twist'. And it honestly rewards a second viewing. I was all 'so THAT'S why so-and-so was acting that way'. It really all fits together quite nicely.
-
Affleck is fucking tremendous.
-
in my own swass. One the plus side, I can now levitate my model X wing with my mind, and a Mickey Mouse acid blotter.
-
A decent character piece is pretty rare these days. I was expecting "National Lampoon's 6th sense"
-
...are going to start hunting in my shorts.
Fucking game preserve down there.
-
THE WAR GAMESSECOND DOCTOR. SEASON 6. SERIAL 50.the doctor and companions zoe and jamie get caught up in an evil aliens plot to take over the universe. the aliens have been kidnapping soldiers throughout time and making them fight in war games on a remote planet. the winners of the war games will then be used to conquer the entirity of the universe. the doctor, overwhelmed by the war lords, makes a distress call to his people, the time lords to intervene.the time lords save the day and return the surviving soldiers to their respective times and dole out the consequences to the overseeing war lords--they are dematerialized. yikes. the end..oh wait, the doctor, much to the dismay of his friends, now must stand trial for numerous infractions, including grand theft TARDIS and for messing with the space time continuum. these apparently are not to be taken lightly. jamie and zoe are sent back to the exact moment they left, to resume their lives. and the doctor is exiled on earth and regenerated.wow. this was an excellent serial. i would hafta say the best ive seen so far. it has elements ranging from comedy to suspense to adventure to the ending..and that ending..jsut heartbreaking. the last episode of the serial is probably the episode. the doctor, knowing his possible fate if he calls his people, goes through a whole range of emotions. he scared, defiant, optismistic...and finally acceptance of his fate. just amamzing..i got chills watching the goodbyes between him and jamie and zoe. this i chalk up to the fact that i saw a large chunk of their serials in as a whole, not just random serials here and there.i knew if i stuck with it, i would hit the jackpot. this is it..i am fairly optimistic now that the remainder of the serials are widely available that it can only get better.bring it on.NEXT: THE SPEARHEAD FROM SPACE (in glorious color!!!)
-
...in the middle of the seatiest part of the afternoon and then struts down to the corner store for smokes, is said person 'swasshaying'?
and thank you, Scarywaitress, for learnin' me about some swass. I would still be calling it swamp-ass if not for you. -
I can only think of a few films he's been in, but all of those were incredible.Even Ben's upped his game recently (direction aside - I loved GBG and The Town has me really excited).
-
Jul 23, 2010 12:46:31 PM CDT
nuthin with the words MARTIN, SCORSESE, or combination of said w
by six demon bag
is NATIONAL LAMPOONS
-
...in the middle of the sweatiest part of the afternoon, and then struts down to the corner store for smokes...one won't make it a block and half. Wild dogs will pick up one's intoxicating gamey scent and tear one to pieces.
-
what year are we in now? Mid 70s?
-
...character moments like that...you've got good stuff in store for you.
-
..you're just going to wind up with a Gold Bond fromunda cheesecake in your shorts. It's days like this when I need one of those dentist suction thingies in my briefs.'Rinse'
-
like a Netflix time-lord. That sounds like some good Doctor.
-
Jul 23, 2010 12:59:29 PM CDT
...I filled an adult diaper with two bottles of Gold Bond...
by flickapoo
...powder and strapped that sucker on this morning.
It doesn't seem to be helping, but I did feel excruciatingly refreshed for a couple of minutes there. -
that you stick in your crotch area that reduces friction, so you don't get chafed.
I'm trying to figure out how that works. -
and they have freebies!
http://www.lanacane.com/ -
Invest in looser jeans.
-
It's difficult to sift through everything that's coming out of Comic-con.
-
Michael Cera was dressed up as Captain America during the panel.
Surprise. Several hundred Hall H guests got to see the entire film. -
didn't Eddie Murphy destroy that years ago?
-
I'm usually somewhat of a GDT apologist, but this project does NOT have my interest at all.
-
you don't have to apologize for Guillermo. He's that good. Even his 'lesser' mainstream efforts offer at least a little something more than your normal, run-of-the-mill for a paycheck work. And his commentaries are always almost as entertaining as the films themselves. Something about all that good-natured swearing with his accent just tickles me to death. And fellas, if someone just says the word 'humid' around me.....Niagara Falls baby. I SWEAT. I think my pores are more like 'pours'.
-
Show how retarded Guillermo can be. He's got a mammoth sized plate of projects and takes this one instead? Oh the Mouse and his dumptrucks full of money!!
-
worlds collide
-
with the WAR GAMES serial? mid 70s?
-
but whatever..im sure they promised him they would..
-
season 7...1970..and it looks it..glorious 1970s london..
-
...but for some reason, having me sit in it is her most favorite thing in the whole wide world...
-
It doesn't take much to get them excited and happy.
-
http://tinyurl.com/l69vw2
-
never gets old. Never.
-
dress up like slave leia.
-
Hopefully there'll be some pics up from this year tomorrow for the Anniversary party.
-
please do not try to be slave leia
-
There's some definite trannies in there.
-
whats the difference?
-
Oh wait, that's just how some of these kids these days dress. Sorry, just had to sprinkle in some curmudgeon seasoning.
-
hell yeah!
-
tastes like paprika
-
...BLUE CHICKS. BLUE CHICKS ARE THE DIFFERENCE.
-
last night on OnDemand. She looked hot in her actual skin, too.
-
...and LOSERS straight.
-
It wasn't terrible, and I laughed somewhat, but I forgot the shit out of it today.
-
why the hate in the trekback? Eat shit?
-
...that comes up...the one holding the chain...
Get a load of the chubby guy in the fantasy Crusader outfit about halfway down in the center...that's just misguided. -
Check the Shelter.
-
effort into some of the costumes.
I'll give them that much. -
How low can her bottom piece go?!
-
Like I said in the trekback, I'll stop feeding the trolls. :) Balance is restored.
-
Feed 'em and they follow you home...
-
You are not funny. You are not cute. You're not even a good troll. Just fuck off already.
-
Like I said in trekback, maybe when elementary school starts back up his post-time will be limited.
-
...MUTHACHOPPAH!
-
She fell out of her bed reaching for the phone and broke her hip.
-
...there can only be one Zsa...[hesitates for a moment]...Zsa.
[puzzled frown] -
Good god, time flies.
-
Not a true story.
-
Yoinks!
-
and she thought about me every time, Ted.
-
If I'm not here at midnight, make sure you have a drink (or 30) for me. Here's to many more years of fucking that chicken.
-
Watch out for mondays.
-
Cuts me to the quick.
-
It was me all along!! And
I wouldve gotten away with it If it wasn't for you meddling pedalbackers!! -
Zsa-zsa! Gabor no more! You've let the demon out of the bag now! Truly, that was serious Chinese black magic.
-
My soul swims in it."
-
and dog-paddles thru the dim eddies of illusion.
-
We live in the world of ILLUSION! A dweam wivin a dweam.
-
The TrekBack has gone totally bugnuts berserk! I've never seen anything like it!
-
it got fugly up in there for a while.
-
Hey dudes! The whole of aicn has gone berserk... fortunately ive been chilling with some friends and fine wine. But I salute you for your efforts even tho i've been bamboozled by the whole affair.
Will miss the midnight hour sadly but Flicka if Waitress is planning on releasing any butterflies tell her to squirt some out for me.
Love and glory 2 u all. -
...they're pure id at this point.
No human can control them.
AICN is limbo. -
...I've got a big day tomorrow. I long for Sixies' drunken melons...but I don't know...
-
Shrieking hysteria!
-
Just caught up.
-
I woulda put in something about Galactus and devouring worlds. Oh well.
-
Those idiots who attend the funerals of fallen soldiers saying they died because god hates gays. Now they're after us because we like our supers so much we worship them. And thats worshiping false gods. Should be on the web somewhere found it on AOL news.
-
longing for Sixies' drunken melons instead of longing for your own DW's tipsy goodies.
-
of Jack Kirby's New Gods then! They'll go apeshit!
-
you get some of those raging geeks riled up, there's no stopping them.
Ya dun goofed! -
I would go Full Asi on those baptists.
-
Hi5, I was loving on Shutter Island and Leo & the whole babyface thing the day before. There are fans here.
-
Consequences will NEVER be the same!
-
Shouldn't Cheeses be ducking in by now?
-
Why is the Machete/Free Taco thing not happening here in Austin? Michelle Rodriguez could serve me a taco, and then I could service hers. Fair trade, right?
-
Yeah, Cheeses must be into something, or....something.
-
Work week successfully drawn to a close. HAPPY PEBREW DAY TO US ALL!
-
brothas from otha muthas
-
...upper 90s tomorrow and 91% humidity...I'll be doing some construction work for cash!
-
don't wear a shirt...she might pay better.
-
merry to you and yours.
-
I was gonna shoot the breeze about hoe CG history could have changed back in the seventies. Next time then.
-
...minutes. The rest of mine are barricaded in the bedroom like children of Rohan at Helm's Deep with the AC cranked to 11.
They won't take us alive. -
Heh, one of my wofe and my oldest injokes is, "But first..." and in "But first, I gotta take a whizz!" from Ren & Stimpy's all-time classic (and our fave) "Sven Hoek". We still use that one pretty much every day. Gotta be almost 20 odd years ago now!
-
I sweat, but I don't stink much. I'm the man your man should smell like.
You guys all belong on "the island". Pee-yew! -
...your creamy center. You're not like the others...you like the same things I DO! Dog breath...boiled football leather! We're not hitchhiking anymore...WE'RE RIDING!
-
"He is Olaf, you are Svën. He is Olaf, you are Svën."
The best thing is that now the kids are on it. We showed 'em, and their little brains nearly exploded. Nose goblins! -
...who can skip through the mud
with the greatest of ease?
who has segmented eyes?!
-
I gotta dig up my old Ren & Stimpy scratch 'n' sniff (and all that that implies) book. The kids keep harrassing me, because they think the vomit smell and lost socks smell are some urban myth we're feeding them...
-
...who has segmented eyes? rhymes with "what kind of wonderful guy?"...I think.
-
We didn't have cable and my brother, 11 years my senior, snail mailed Ren and Stimpy VHS recordings to us.
-
...about that fall?
-
I heard there was a party tonight...
-
...to mush in The Leak.
-
...my bedtime.
-
We were watching the Attenborough thing th other night, and there was a whole thing on Mudskippers. You know we couldn't stop singing it for days. I told my wife that at least it got the Conan the Musical song outta there for a while.
D'oh! -
Jul 23, 2010 11:16:49 PM CDT
...and please give me a miiiiiiilllion dollars, oh, and...
by flickapoo
...HUUUUGE pectoral muscles.
-
whoah. Bat. Fucking. Shit.
-
Work is just a real bitch this week...I'll be home tomorrow after 5 pm (I hope)...
-
Conan:
http://tinyurl.com/2g5b2v9 -
Inception was good again last night. I've got a bigger one than SPOILERACITY - Saito (who IS the head of the organisation) being the dreamer - what if it's all Mal's dream? THAT is doing MY head in! END SPOILERATION.
-
...a little every night. How could you know?
-
about what the deal with everything is. It's related to what I've guessed at/posted in the past here, but a bit different to what I thought. It'll all come out soon enough, and I ain't spillin'. Especially as I need a job!
-
...even in musical form, the footage is still badass.
-
You said you were going to bed...
-
with 'Krom' replacing 'Lord.''And then they beheaded my muddah. Blessed be the Lord. Aleph.'-Psalm 114:13
-
I can't wait to see it again, Whitey...Also, what if Mal's Father is using inception to make Cobb forgive himself for Mal's death, (Again the architect is new, and his student)...lot of evidence also that Mal is in the real world trying to pull him back...But, I still need to know if Saito touched the top in the opening...
-
...half an hour ago...I'mma hate me tomorrow.
-
You get used to it...
-
...anything about bashing the heads of your enemies infants against rocks in there...
-
...into INCEPTION.
-
I DID notice that all the totems we are shown are game based tokens...top, poker chip, Dice, Chess Piece...that has significance...
-
Think more Fred Astaire infanticide, less Thor's hammer. You make it sound so gauche.
-
especially in a twisted movie like this....I was BLOWN AWAY by all the little stuff in Prestige when I watched it the very next night...themes, invisible foreshadowing, all kinds of things you wouldn't get the first time....I am trusting that Nolan will reward multiple viewings and many different plausible plots...
-
...and then changed it to bashing just before hitting POST. I'm not sure why...
-
...I remember liking it.
I also remember having a delightful amount of good wine that evening. -
If it really is his dream, then whether anyone touches it or not is redundant/irrelevant as he's controlling the rules and would do exactly that to pull Cobb in deeper. But for me that whole scenario would be dirty pool like what they pulled in The Prestige. As with Blade Runner, I much prefer the main point being it MAY be that Rick is a replicant, not that he is. Same thing here. END SPOILERANITY.
-
...I actually looked this up.http://bible.cc/psalms/137-9.htm every Bible translation for that verse. Except, of course the rabbinical ones, what would Jews know about Hebrew?
-
After many viewings I came to the conclusion that the shitty sewer reality that was home to Zion was JUST another program the computers ran to find the anomaly...It's the only way to explain how Hugo Weaving went between worlds and neo could control Sentinals in the 'real' world... Neo is still plugged into the electricity making thingy east of what used to be Detroit...
-
...thy little ones against the stones.
Hallelujah, Holy Shit!
Where's the Tylenol®? -
telegraphing/set ups in Prestige absolutely cheated and didn't play by their own well-laid-down rules. For me, and yes I'm aware how subjective I am on this, it was ALMOST great.
It's very interesting the amount of people that think Nolan is quite visual though. He's actually boring as all get out in that sense, but Wally Pfister makes it all look so nice that people get confused I think. I mean, Kurosawa did tons of eye-level stuff, but it wasn't boring. -
Empire, nah - it was Production Designer Guy Dyas going back to the well - check out his X-Men 2 bunker in the snow!
-
Jul 23, 2010 11:57:42 PM CDT
...I'm not big into clues. I'm into the overall feel of it...
by flickapoo
...the feeling it leaves you with...that's what happened.
At the end of PAN'S LABYRINTH, the girl dies...but it doesn't FEEL like she's dead. It feels sad, but more like her childhood died...something dreamlike and symbolic about her died. Not the real her. -
Jul 24, 2010 12:02:15 AM CDT
In a regular movie, I am right with you, Flick...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
SHOW ME!!!MAKE ME UNDERSTAND AND CARE!!!!But, Nolan, and probably others besides Kubrick, make you think about it and then on second viewing, you realize how many clues he left....and often they are the very things that rang hollow on first viewing...in Nolan's case repeating shit a lot...its annoying but is important to what he is trying to say,...
-
Jul 24, 2010 12:03:54 AM CDT
Streamers fall...Balloons are launched...Fireworks fired...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
-
and, of course, the CHOPPAH...
-
Jul 24, 2010 12:07:16 AM CDT
Did you like the Gary Oldman riding a bicycle...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
BACKWARDAS fireworks?
-
I'll be dabbing a little Neosporin on my chafed upper inner thigh area...
-
...it's fun to ponder INCEPTION, but the way I see it, you're not meant to know for sure.
The last scene repeats exactly like his previous memories...that could mean they're still just memories, or it could be moviespeak for All Is Right With The World.
We don't see the top fall, but it starts to bobble a bit and lose momentum...and Nolan was careful to cut before it should have naturally fallen according to the normal laws of physics as we experience them. The top might go on spinning forever, or it might fall in a few seconds right after we fade to black. We'll never know...because you never REALLY know. -
When I did that final reply about Luxo jr being mid eighties not early nineties and so on, it made me remember this tidbit I thought you'd be interested in.
Over at you-know-where, I posted a pic of an x-wing. It's from Cinefex #6, which I may just have to read again, considering that beside a story on CG animation in 1981, the other two are Raiders of the Lost Ark and Dragonslayer!
Anyway... the pic is a cg x-wing, with ageing/dirtying up/laser scoring and so on - TEXTURED model from an animated demo Triple I did for Lucas to pitch for doing the ships digitally in EMPIRE. This is the end of the SEVENTIES mind you. I think it would have changed absolutely everything. Sure, only a decade earlier, but if it started in such an ostentatious way on such a high profile project (even the genesis sequence the Pixar/Lucasfilm guys did for Khan was years later and doesn't qualify in the same way) that I think we'd be twenty years ahead right now in terms of the evolution of the form. Also the same thing as Last Starfighter but years before, and much more complicated than Tron, where triple I was also involved - with Richard Taylor, the FIRST effects Richard Taylor, not the Kiwi!
Anyway, Lucas liked it, but turned it down for the usual reason - he's a tightwad. Oh the irony that his Scroogeism is exactly why he always turns to cg all this time later. Also the reason he got rid of the Pixar guys and focussed more on non-linear editing instead. And the irony continues because that test made him form the cg dept with the Pixar guys in the first place! -
...watch out for bad guys.
-
haven't wasted money on a useless garment of clothing since like the early 90's....and it was 99 degrees today and then rained, and the whole afternoon our air-conditioners couldn't cope...so sweaty ass and the inside sewn part of the crotch in dress pants didn't mix so well today...
-
Lucy, age 7. Happy Birthday!
And Flick, that's what I meant by my Blade Runner analogy. -
...I must be misreading that...I thought we're about the same age...
-
Got the quote wrong. I think it was "It was so funny I farted" when she watched the "Cows and Cows and Cows" youtube vid. Followed by "Anything (Italics) can happen with cows!". I'm still laughing about it.
-
the first one...the one I like...
-
They're just there...
-
- I wish!
When I said I posted, I didn't mean to imply I DID it! Or the the other possibility is you misread the capital i in Triple I as "I did for a pitch"!
Considering the Clones thread over at you-know-where, that's just too funny!'
Did the fireworks get in your eyes my friend? -
...because she likes cows, she likes laughing, and she likes farting. Then I skipped to the second half. Not sure 3 year old is ready for spider cows yet...
-
...no way you're 57.
I'm going to ponder this some more in the morning...I can't keep my eyes open.
Still, even if theoretically they could have done CG in the 70s...did they have the sheer computing power? When I was in school in the 90s, people would finish all the animation, then go on vacation for weeks or months while the machines struggled to render the goddamn project... -
be with you. Don't dash any babies. And Cheese, from henceforth I shall think of you as the Swass Commando (maybe a scratchnsniff Sideshow collectible is in order?).
-
scratchnsniff....I was doin' that all day...
-
and a bunch of Star Wars guys jumping ship - in their defence they thought they were going back to scrounging for work. Not Dykstra though, and Lucas never forgave him.
-
Tomorrow night, and all day Sunday....me, beer, weed, and pedalback...
-
Lucas can be a REAL Daghaba Swamp crotch...
-
I'm 41. But yeah, Trumbull is the man. Can't remember exactly now, but as Lucas was hiring as many 2001 guys as he could, I think he tried to get Trumbull originally who couldn't do it which lead to Dykstra getting it. And that's why the revision of the 2001 motion control system being called the "Dykstraflex" may be slightly gilding the lily...
'Night Flick! -
said task master Cheese, presenting the gnarled index finger of his left hand."Bellybutton or coin slot?"Cringing stockboy, "Uhhh, bellybut...""WRONG! Jenna S. the cashier!"
-
Everytime I woke up, Matt Damon was still running abound.
-
Jul 24, 2010 12:45:20 AM CDT
So, I'm currently the eldest member of the Pebrews...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
Next month I turn 48...I started my family early, because I was programmed to...and they are all grown, now...And, I find myself divorced again...I am finally free to be the natural geek I was in high school again with all these cool things like the internets... And that's REALLY what Pedalback is about for me...
-
Heya D.V.! Happy Birthday!
-
I'm 28. Isn't Sixes around my age?
-
You have to imagine I'm saying that like Frosty the Snowman. Wait, so it's been a year now?
-
Yeah, I'm the eldest of the eldest of the eldest.
And I came along when my Mum & Dad were teenagers. Oops. At their 40th wedding anniversary (have I told this one already?) they recreated their wedding photo with everyone from the original. So I asked if I could just be like half in it... -
did I read something the other night about your ex-girlfriend offering to blow you in some late night drunken texting...???Dude, play it cool...turn down the first opportunity you have for that happening...do it last minute, for a veiled 'something better' opportunity...TRUST ME....if she is coming at you with sex, after your recent past sexual history as a couple...She's only doing it because no one is biting and she wants to keep you as the back up plan...You gain control if you turn down the first opportunity...Change is inevitable...CONTROLLED change is power...
-
it could also be that passive-agressive stuff I was going on about.
-
You ARE a young pup! Good for you.
-
Stand just off frame so only half og you is on the edge, or be the only one turned to profile shot...
-
Jul 24, 2010 12:58:26 AM CDT
Not sure, but I think Moose is in his early 20's...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
-
Jul 24, 2010 1:08:00 AM CDT
Which one of you Vaders are responsible for THIS???
by cheeses_of_nazareth
http://tinyurl.com/234m6jq
-
see you tomorrow afternoon...
-
Off to a birthday party. Not this one. Another one.
And Cheesy I intended to stand behind and poke my head out from behind my Mum's tum. Heh. -
What rolls downstairs alone or in pairs? Rolls over the neighbor's dog? What's good for a snack, or fits on your back? It's LOG! LOG! LOG! It's Log, log...it's big, it's heavy, it's wood! It's Log, Log...it's better than bad, it's GOOD!
-
there's HIGH FASHION LOG, for girls!
-
assed out last night like a little girl. And my defeat. Is staring at me in the guise of two unused rum soaked melons!!
-
Jul 24, 2010 10:21:33 AM CDT
Ok, Rodriguez, we get it.............................. .........
by gotilk
Anna Lucia serving tacos.
-
On the third doctor in the classics..just moving along like a pro
-
I saw Inception finally.Leo loves is mind fuck plot lines these days huh?Ellen Page looked like she was walking around with a dump in her pants the whole time.Harday and JGL looked like they got to do all the fun shit.All in all I liked it and the effects were really awesome. I didn't think it was too cerebral but my mom and some others I was with thought they "weren't smart enough for the movie".Well acted and the effects were well executed. Slightly sluggish at times and Page just bugs me.SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER!!!!How did Page "Drop" Cillian Murphy and herself in the deep sub conscious while the van was still falling?END SPOILER!3.5/5
-
Great!! I'm going sort of.. backward. Still working on the McCoy stuff, slowly.
-
SPOILER
Mac, I can't answer that but I do have a more pressing INCEPTION question...
Why did they let the Indian guy drive? Stevie Wonder would've done a better job. -
Actually he's not *that* old.
Happy birthday Pedalback. You gorgeous thang you. -
I have faith in Edgar Wright. Let it not be shattered.
http://tinyurl.com/2doujec
Oh, I'm 22. -
SPOILER
Les yeux sans visage..
I gotta tell you guys I actually spent most of INCEPTION shitting myself. Convinced that in one of the many scenes of the two children with their backs turned, they would turn around... and have no face! NO FACE.
How freaky deeky would that be? A pair of kids without faces... FUCKING TERRIFYING!
-Spoiler Answer-
The kids *do* end up having faces. Breathe easy gentlemen.
-
SPOILER
Don't know if you read Massa's review in which he obsessed over the whole spinning top final shot. Claiming it cheated Cobb of his victory. What a tit.
Cobb's victory was in the moment when his kids turned round and he saw they *had* faces. Cos up to that point the whole face thing was up in the air let me tell you.
-
Moose, in Moose years that makes you 109.
-
man alive! I was thinking the same thing about them kiddies. FREAKY-DEAKY.
-
Gary and THE CHOPPAH are here! You guys came in the same limo?
-
The sun was cresting the eastern horizon. The Triumph rocketed down the mountainside. She shifted it down into third gear. The brakes were burning and the smell filled her nostrils. This mountain range was nothing compared to the obstacles that she had been (and would go) through. The Pebrews had been scattered. She was alone…for now.She carried a package in the saddlebags, and on her back…….The Blade.Half way down the mountain she a had a good look at the terrain below. The shadows were stretching across the desert as the sun rose. She would have to find a place to hole up before daylight washed over her. It’s not safe out here. The Daysiders would rove in packs soon. It’s not safe out here.
-
SPOILER
Fuzzy, yep.. you thought it... I thought it. Nolan missed a trick with that one. He could have made one of the all time 'disturbing' film images by having faceless kids turn round.
Prob downside is that INCEPTION would then be remembered as 'that film with the faceless kids' rather than that cool film about dream thieves. -
can someone please put down this mad dog? DON'T PET IT.
-
Mac, I smell a yarn being spun... smells like red onion gravy.
-
It would have been a corker, that's for damn sure.
-
...and I LIKE red onion gravy.
-
eat up douche.
-
I'll work that in.
-
I left going, "Where were all the sex dreams?"total rip.
-
I love me some tacos!
-
Dogs and burgers are ready..I got the pebrew national kind..naturally
-
Jul 24, 2010 5:14:02 PM CDT
Afternoon, Peebs....and Happy Birthday Pedalback!!!!
by cheeses_of_nazareth
as promised, I'm here at a decent hour...
-
Happy Anniversary all!
I celebrated by pulling the fridge and dryer out and cleaning the dust bunnies.
Now to scrounge up some dinner!
Hope to see some of y'all later.
Watched BOLT too. Fun little animated film. 3/5
-
Re: Kids, no face.The time to have done that was the scene when Mal calls to them and Dom hurriedly looks away for fear of seeing them.The audience could have briefly seen 'no face' on the kids and we should've been left wondering if Dom saw that too - just for a little bit more mystery. Probably not necessary though...Happy Birthday.
-
Jul 24, 2010 6:01:24 PM CDT
Spoilers....I found that bit of Cobb looking away...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
very odd and have read several interesting theories....but none that felt right...Imma gonna try 'n' see it again on Monday...
-
of the film, that you can take individual scenes and theorise about an alternate meaning.I'm quite happy to go along with what's presented - Cobb not wishing to see his kids again until he's awake and in the real world.I can't make up my mind whether to go see it again at the cinema or wait for the blu-ray.
-
I really had a treat a week or two back when I watched Prestige two nights back to back...got to see how he foreshadowed everything and left brilliant clues...and that was with a story that had a definitive, if twisted, ending....I have faith he left MANY clues to multiple interpretations in this one since the ending is intentionally left open to interpretation...Also, remember all the talk about creating mazes, but we never see the pay off to that, that I recall...I think that is a message from Nolan...enter the maze...there is an answer...Yeah, Inception is my latest obsession...
-
Obsession...oh, we quit making that swill...Inception is the latest smell...
-
They'll do it as well."Inception shower gel - did you really just shower or was it only a dream, and you really stink..."
-
ScaryWaitress tucked the package in the waistband of her low riding jeans. She pulled a machine pistol from her dusty motorcycle boot. She always had The Blade on her back if she needed anything more. She rarely did. Ess approached the door of the desolate jailhouse. It was fortified and she might be able to find some ammo.The door was barricaded and she had to put her shoulder into it. The sun was almost in full view and she started to hurry a little more. She would have to if she was gonna get the door sealed off again. Finally inside she improved on the bracing and breathed a little easier.”You should probably check your hidey hole before you block yourself in.” a voice said from a dark corner.She spun around quickly aiming the machine pistol at the voice. He was right. She had fucked up and she flushed with anger at herself. “This is the kind of thing that could get you killed.” she thought to herself.”No worries” , the voice said, “we aren’t going anywhere.As her eyes adjusted she could see two figures behind the bars of the solitary cell in the jail.Fuzzyjefe stood at the bars while STLost lay on the single bunk.”You guys haven’t resorted to prison rape yet have you?” asked Ess with a smirk, still a little heated from the start they had given her. She looked around on the desks for the keys to the cell.”Don’t bother.”, Fuzzy said. “The keys aren’t there.”As if on cue violent pounding erupted from the barricaded front door. The piercing wail of The Daysiders was just on the other side.Scary emptied a clip from the machine pistol into the door. “Fuck Me!” she said.”Guess that prison rape isn’t looking so bad now is it?” Fuzzy said.Scary turned too scowl at Fuzzman. When she did she was met with a smiling Jefe. He dangled the cell key from his index finger. Scary slid over to the cell as Fuzzy turned the lock to let her in and ST flipped the cot over revealing a small cache of automatic weapons and field rations. ”Come on Waitress.” ST said. “We come prepared.””Come is right.” Scary said, eyes wide at the sight of the bulbous arsenal, as she slammed the cell door behind her.Clips were loaded and rounds were chambered as the front door exploded inward. Even and steady gunfire picked off their targets. A day of target practice was always a welcome exercise.
-
another classic...Still love to re-read Floaters...What're you calling this one?
-
Alpha was chapter 1 Cheeses
-
Where is everybody, Mac...This was supposed to be a party...I'm on Beer #6, and I just got home 2 hours ago...
-
Maybe Gettin to it?I just poured my first Alki Arnie Palmer. Sweet Tea Vodka and Lemonade. Those golfers know their refreshments I'll tell ya.
-
this is the tail end of my vacation. I went fishing for King Salmon on Lake Ontario with my Cpt. Pops. 3 foot rolling waves. Fish spitting out hooks. One of the guys was puking his guts out. I feel like a Zombie adn I'm hoping the booze is the cure.
-
Sweet tea, lemonade and Vodka...Probably a lot better than tequila and Lime Gateraid...Something I used to drink on Sunday mornings to get that 'kick start' those Inception kids are so fond of, these days...
-
"Booze is the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems..."You gotta thank for that, and his prophet, Homer J. Simpson...
-
my totem is a pair of skinny jeans
-
classic episode Cheeseman.Who wants a bathtub mint julep?
-
Jul 24, 2010 7:50:00 PM CDT
...yyyhaa! I haven't eaten in nine hours. It'll only take...
by flickapoo
...one beer to turn me into a whore.
-
...bitches.
-
...things rub off on you.
-
Jul 24, 2010 7:54:33 PM CDT
...time to catch the fireworks show at the local vineyard...
by flickapoo
...be back.
-
You rub off on HER. All over her.
-
together at last. Two great tastes that taste great together.
-
The Expendables I suppose. It is for me anyway. I am also really looking forward to Dinner for Schmucks. It looks fucking hysterical.
-
You got your peanut butter in my chocolate....
-
They need to g=bring that back.
-
that someone got stabbed at ComicCon. I think Conti found MJ's Corpse.
-
at least you didn't have me sitting in a pool of my own fear-induced urine. That's the beauty of fiction I suppose. :) Daysiders beware. I mean it. Grrrrrrr
-
...since the vineyard is 1/5 of a mile from the house.
-
Jul 24, 2010 9:05:10 PM CDT
Damn...shit is true...but guy was stabbed in eye with a pen...n
by cheeses_of_nazareth
http://www.usatoday.com/life/2010-07-24-comic-con-stabbing_N.htm
-
it came free...
-
...on the stabbers part. Stab a guy in a crowded auditorium...how do you foresee this scenario ending?
-
"It's bedsheets"
"Who invited THAT kid?!" -
when we stab each other in the eye over seats...
-
he LOVED his saved seat SO much he was willing to kill for it......
-
What will happen when Choppah SimuPoes? Will I wake up on a plane with Cillian Murphey in the seat in front of me?
-
I mean with himself?
-
...and some nincompoop called it, bless'im.
-
...way to step up, Mac.
-
My favorite sheets are the ones you find at your classier 'Wesson Oil and Plastic Sheet' parties...
-
Was a fight between two friends over a seat, one got scratched near the eye. nothing to see here. Move along. Move along
-
HHHHAAAA!!! So, we've been in a Dream Limbo ever since? Explains a lot...I knew this project was gonna disrupt the very fabric of reality...I KNEW it...
-
You kinky man. I didn't realise it was THAT kinda party! As long as it's classy I guess.
-
Cut to the next day - "Mr godlike artist sir, can you sign my book?"
Artist pauses as dried blood cakes off the pen onto his hand.
"Uh..." -
'Nilla here!
-
I just put two and two together with the Comic-Con thing - WHERE'S STABBY?!
-
I think Comicon is using this to get on the Main Stream Media and appear edgy...also to increase attendance for next year's Con..."Dude, how'd you lose your eye?""Aw, Bro...I was buying the last copy of JediZombieJesus #1 from this booth, and a dude ran up and showed me a picture of Darth Cheney and Newt Gingrich having sex and I only caught it out of the corner of that one eye...then he ran off with the comic I had already payed for..."What'd you do???""I had to kill him because he made a mistake..."
-
...check the Other Place.
-
that whole time?
-
Not a single, solitary tittie in the whole movie...not even a National Geographic cameo...There are ALWAYS titties in my dreams...Not sure what that signifies, but, there are lots of titties in my dreams...
-
and NO! i havent dreamt of titties or bacon in a long time! FACT
-
comon Merrick is there one or not?????
-
...of a lake at dusk...in a dream. There was a beautiful, naked, very pale skinned girl with short dark hair lying on the sand with a compound fracture of the femur. She seemed to be in shock, and obviously needed help.
I helped her...after having sex with her. I remember being very, very careful to try not to bump her leg, or jostle the bone sticking out. -
someone is planting false mammaries in your subconscious.
-
you can never be too careful with a compound fracture. "I need to give you a full pelvic exam ma'am. With my penis. Trust me, I'm a doctor."
-
Those things are expensive...Saline ain't cheap, you know...
-
Jul 24, 2010 9:58:43 PM CDT
Flick, she was a very fortunate dream projection...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
Although it IS true that chicks in a state of shock, like happens with bone breakage (especially skin penetrating bone breakage...) LOVE sex before triage and hospital confinement...
-
I had to kill...
-
I'll need to stick this under your tongue. Then you swirl. We can try your ear as well, or the bum. Yeah. The bum is good. I like to get multiple readings. For science.
-
and nobody needs that. There's already a bone sticking out of the skin...
-
not safe for human consumption. Sorry. Conked out at about 630, slept 3 hours. Now the Fuzzy one is WIRED. And Cheeses, someone's been planting mammaries in my subconscious for YEARS.
-
Jul 24, 2010 10:08:05 PM CDT
Who can stand in the way of scientific advancement?
by cheeses_of_nazareth
Without science there would be no vibrators...or Viagra...
-
I haven't gotten a single bill for tittie dreams yet...
-
...but I was a virginal 15 or 16 at the time. In retrospect it seems an interesting intersection of lust and chivalry.
Well, mostly lust, but the scene was very Arthur Rackham. That's chivalrous...right? -
She was in SHOCK....Nothing she says will be admissible in court...
-
if im then im one masochist mothefucker.
-
Mac... the best present of all! A new story, and I'm already kicking ASS!!!! I've been missing our stories... It's funny, I am for tighter gun laws (particularly in urban areas, I don't care what you hunter types do out in the country) but I still want to be Kate Beckinsale in Underground... except blond, not so skinny, and not a vampire. And in post-apocalyptic America. Basically, I want to be a female version of Mad Max. Really, is that so much to ask?
-
...that I remember was around the age of three or four.
We were at my Grandparent's house, and I had been a little sick. I remember drinking a lot of Ginger Ale (score!)
Anyway, in my dream I was with my mom and my baby sister. We were walking down a long hallway...I knew we were in a shopping mall, but it really didn't look anything like a mall. The light was all orange because the entire outside wall on the right was wavy orange glass...just like the kind you can't see through that was in our bathroom door at home. We were going to buy diapers for my sister.
Suddenly, the floor opened up, sphincterlike, and I started to fall through into a dungeon/basement area...but my mom caught my hand.
There was a hairy ogre/troll-man in the basement and he caught my leg and started pulling me down, while my mom tried desperately to pull me back up so we could continue on our mission for diapers.
The hole/sphincter in the floor stared to close, and the tug of war became more frantic...neither side prevailed, and the hole closed on my arm...leaving the rest of me stuck in the basement with the hairy trollman.
THE END. -
since Flick is engaging in post-traumatic stress dream sex, I'ma goin' go ahead and say... Cheeses, if waking up an airplane seat behind Cillian Murphy is the reward for a CHOPPAH simupo... well, let's just say I might become scarce...
-
Jul 24, 2010 10:23:28 PM CDT
So wait, Flick... you got pulled down into the ass of the mall?
by scarywaitress
By a hairy shpincter-gremlin?!?!?! I'm not sure what to say to that.
-
I'd watch that...Long as it has at least 5 exposed breasts in it...
-
...uh, her leg was broke and she was well fucked when I got here...
Yes, sir...I just walked up out of the water. -
I answered your little query at the shelter.
-
...offer me more ginger ale.
-
Well, if it's a Freudian interpretation I guess you have issues about breast feeding and Mummy. If it's Jungian then hell, maybe you just like titties!
Of course, then there's Cobes and the lactation. -
there aught to be regulations...
-
you're "Warrior Woman" from Mad Max 2?!
And I'm amazed that I wasn't lynched for the tease back there about what I now know about Max 4. And here I thought I was being really nasty. Or maybe I'm getting the freeze out... -
Or in a video game? That guy led a BORING LIFE!!
-
Dry Ginger Ale!
-
for any sort of detailed recaps of the whacked-out dreams I've had over the years. I've never done any dream interpretation. I'm a little bit scared to. Here's a little taste for you: At my grandmother's house. Family type gathering. Aunts, uncles, cousins. I walk into what amounts to the den of the house, one of my cousins is holding her 'new' baby. But the baby looks like a dried-up, shrunken, leathery-skinned death-camp survivor (baby-sized). And IT'S BREATHING THROUGH A HOLE TORN IN IT'S FONTANEL. And I didn't bat an eye in the dream. Ho. Lee. Shit. I don't even want to examine that too closely. I was maybe 11 or 12 when I dreamt that, so my cousin that 'had the baby' was about 8 or 9 at the time. Blerrrrrp.
-
Jul 24, 2010 10:31:09 PM CDT
I stil think the Snow scene has lots of geek movie references..
by cheeses_of_nazareth
-
I instantly went all Inception in my interpretation - 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon! Can you imagine that limbo?!
-
...exactly like our bathroom. We were on our way to buy diapers for my baby sister.
A sphincterlike hole opens in the floor.
A tug of war over me between my mom above ground, and a large, hairy male figure (with red hair, like my dad) underground.
Throw Cobra in the mix, and we're in uncharted waters. -
Not to mention Call of Duty!
-
IN MY NOGGIN!
-
...the French fucking Riviera.
-
I so want to be there so I can do the "sphincterboysayswhat" joke on you right now...
-
Jul 24, 2010 10:37:11 PM CDT
The only reason I know you can smell in your dreams...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
is because when I was a sophomore in High School, I had a dream where I killed my aunt for some reason and hid her in the cabinets under the sink in her house. Then I vividly recall her kids, my cousins opening the back door and betting hit with the putrid smell of her decaying corpse...And, I LOVED my Aunt...She was one of my coolest relatives up until her stroke in the late 90's...
-
1- trying to not get you in trouble, and...
2- punishing you for knowing cool shit I don't get to know. Also,
3- I was so tired when I read your post I thought I was stuck in a mall sphincter. -
it is, to this day, the single most vividly remebered dream moment I've ever had. I could probably sketch that little head-breathing bastard in great detail. But I NEVER WILL. He haunts me.
-
could be the sequel to both Inception AND Being John Malkovich!
Don't worry Sixies and ST, I'm being careful about spoilers. That's if you're still here and weren't scared off by the no-warning floaters earlier... -
Oops. Typo.
-
That's hard to believe!
-
My arse!
-
...breathing through the tube of a disassembled Bic pen...like a Snork snorkel.
-
...at least not in bumblefuck NJ.
-
Jul 24, 2010 10:45:08 PM CDT
Nilla.... I didn't catch up on everything, so I missed that
by scarywaitress
Are you working on MM4? Really? That would be kick-ass.
-
Never give up. Never surrender. In the end you will be proven to be right this whole time.
-
it was just throught the hole. The skin was flapping loosely as the baby inhaled...and exhaled. And there was some sort of whitish discharge being all bubbly and shit and......*shiver* I gots to stop. MAH SKIN'S A'CRAWLIN'!!!
-
becaue you can manipulate or enviroment and its characters. i used to find myself in some real world, more real than anything even though it could have bizarre things in it. and you began to thing, wow this looks so real, was i dreaming all that before? all my childhood was a dream? all my life wasnt real? because this looks more real. then somehow i begin to understand that nah this is fake, i dont know what gives it away at first (later dreams i know the drill) and i begin to imagine hot naked women or explore the world further, which is more fun! mainly because being around hot naked women seems to shorten the dream for me, i dont know why.
-
Stargate Universe is renewed for a 6th season and it's 4th Emmy.
-
...tracheotomy. I want to touch it, or pull it out...but I'm worried about causing brain damage.
-
...see if it makes that thick, bubbling sound like a milkshake.
-
comet/asteroid smashes into the Earth dream EVER....full of colors and sounds and pure spectacle that is hard to translate...When I woke up, I was actually PROUD of my subconscious for giving me such a cool 'end of the world' movie...
-
Never use a Bic pen again. You don't know where it's been.
-
...I always half knew I was dreaming though...I'd rewind a little and change things if I didn't like the plot.
Happened just recently. Something too terrible happened, and I was able to jump back to a previous plot/save point. -
Congrats! No sleep for Jefe tonight. Thanks pal. Try not to screw any broke-legged ladies on your way to the car!
-
or become gynecologists. btw, do you guys know how many gynecologist perverts there are on porn sites? a whole lot! and they dont mind revealing that! creepy for me.
-
The hardest part of fucking a vegetable...Getting them out of the wheelchair...
-
I suppose you'd need a little 'something extra' to get the motor running if you look at the 'gina ALL DAY.
-
It just is. For the record, I agree, the lack of boobage in INCEPTION was unrealistic. Also: Cheeses, I don't want to belabor this point due to spoiler content, but I think you're overthinking INCEPTION. Lastly, and lucid dreaming I did was ALWAYS about flying. Because flying is fun.
-
Unfortunately not at the moment. I keep putting in the word though. But I actually found out what's going on with all the stuff people are speculating about, which was very cool. And like a smarmy little boy I came in and teased about it. My dilemma of course is that if I blab, I can kiss that one goodbye.
And Warrior Women that use crossbows kick much arse. -
so lucid dreaming about boobies would have been like dreaming you're in real life. I mean, shit, when you can just go to the mirror and see them whenever you want, no point in DREAMING about them.
-
...good news, or bad news for Max fans?
-
thats not my experience, i didnt manipulate time in my dreams, just architecture and characters, but not events even. I could see a monster of some kind and try my best to fool it and defeat it per say instead of running away like in normal dreams. because once you know it aint real than all the events that took place dont matter, move on.
-
were always sorta weird, where it wasn't effortless, but sorta like swimming in the air - you'd have to give yourself a good push to go higher for example.
-
Longbows may LOOK cool and elvish and shit, but when you really need to get the job done, only a crossbow says "I mean business"
-
that's what the esteemed director is counting on to make another 3 to 7 hundred million bucks for the guys who gave him the money to make this intense mind-fuck of a motion picture...
-
EVERYONE in my dreams would have boobies. And shirts would not have been invented. And I'd have 10,000 hands.
-
Mac...loving the story so far dude!
-
You're a visionary, yet practical.
-
Hahahaha!
-
...way to describe it. Usually I can just rewind a little if I don't like where things are heading. With a real effort I can often jump back to a previous chapter that I liked better, and try to judge events in a different direction...back to the sex part...BEFORE the intruder started creeping up the stairs...
-
Amen, Scary.
-
i loved to fly too but word of caution; i had to remind myself its just a dream every second in order for me not to fall to the ground. i knew its fake and i wont die but the thing is--i feel pain in dreams and you never know, what if after falling i didnt wake up? so there was danger and fear on my mind even when im aware its a dream and adrenalin. when i finally wake up i feel relief especially after the inevitable impact.
-
no reason to get overly complex. I'm a simple pleasures kind of fella. That's probably why my subconscious is such an evil bitch.
-
Maybe don't read back so far. Some spoilerisms without warnings from floaters.
-
Jul 24, 2010 11:07:13 PM CDT
FlickaPoo--- i think you revolutionized lucid dreaming
by dioxholsterreturns
i dont know if anyone can control time like you do. i cant imagine ever doing that.
-
Good on ya.
-
almost as much as I hate to fly in 'REAL' life...
-
Jul 24, 2010 11:09:36 PM CDT
Alien invasions are the most overused stories in my dreams
by dioxholsterreturns
most of my dreams were all about alien invasions, and from my POV of course. how to interpret that? is it because i watch stargate alot?
-
...way of lucid reaming. I don't really control much...I just say "no, no, that's not right", rewind...and let my subconscious have another go at it.
-
up and down my small town street... we all hid in the back yard on the porch...some of us under the porch...that was a SCARY fuckin' dream...they had flaming eyes and mouths and shit...
-
...I used to regularly get at least one "JESUS, FLICK!" before breakfast.
-
maybe you have one of those telekinetic superpowers or something.
-
appear at random and blow up shit...then my dream goes back to wherever it was before the alien ships appeared...Fuckin' Greys...
-
A thing so lovely as PB.
PB, whose hungry mouth is prest
Against any exposed woman's breast; We Peebers talk some shit all day And if our talkback goes astray
We talk MORE shit, and so, anon
It all comes back to Hulk and TRON
And bosoms, natch. Who can complain?
At least it's done with half a brain.
Poems are butcher'd by fools like me,
But only can make PB. -
...a hell of a thing?
-
Jul 24, 2010 11:16:49 PM CDT
its only a matter of time before some of us starts making up dre
by dioxholsterreturns
thats what we my friends used to do back in first grade.
-
and Flicka...most REAMING would be pretty lucid, in my opinion. :o
-
that your lucid reaming is 'half-assed'.
-
average stress dreams...teeth falling out...back in school, the end of the semester, and you suddenly realize you've forgotten to go to a class for weeks or months...
Average textbook anxiety shit. -
Who the fuck does that? I mean, after first grade...Dioxi, I hold out hope for you...but, NEVER...EVER...lie about your dreams to the Pedalback... You have NO idea the forces you are tempting here with that accusation/statement ...Many of us are registered practitioners of the arcane...
-
just hunting me and my family down along with other refugees. i would hide in buildings and drive pickup trucks. thats from a couple of dreams i can remember. one in particular i had to get food to people but i had to go their "alien controlled territory" was scary as hell. and then another where buildings and my house get blown away slowely by alien ships.
-
...I'm reaming in silent lucidity.
-
Quite a dream state that onwe induces...
-
did i mention that i dreamt up AVATAR five years before it got released. true story lol
-
he told me there will be a special Stargate Talkback and anyone who makes fun of me will get banned.
-
I'd be squealing like a Japanese girl on Michael Jackson day.
-
for 3D i had to wear glasses
-
I have to be somewhere, and i am not packed..I'm gonna miss my cab, flight, and/or space shuttle because I didn't plan ahead and get my dry cleaning picked up or pack a single thing...
-
I had promised to post in verse For our yearly bash. And yet I needed wine, two glasses, first. Lubrication is the key In many things, like sex, and rhyming Well, it's not JUST lube, you see... Quite a lot is in the timing. Anyhoo, the point is, friends My promised verse shall not be lacking At least, until I shall retire In which case, I had best get cracking....
-
...when her little daughter started having some bad dreams, she would ask her to talk about the dreams in detail. Anyway, when my sister decided that the scary figures in the drams were demonic she got all freaked out, and her constant questions and prodding undoubtedly multiplied the imagery and intensity of what started as perfectly normal bad dreams.
Things got pretty weird there for a while...Christian/New Age/therapist/exorcist type weird. -
folks like what they like. I have a few pop culture skeletons in my closet. THAT SAID...Stargate? Really? ;) I keed because I care.
-
Sunday is for poetry Waitress is tired.
-
Jul 24, 2010 11:32:52 PM CDT
Cheeses ---- that dream of yours is so interesting!
by dioxholsterreturns
i like the part where you wait for a cab. my interpretation of it is that you re worried about your future after breaking up with a young woman you thought you loved. now you are alone awaiting for a pick up.
-
...mmmm...Japanese schoolgirls.
-
"Christian/New Age/therapist/exorcist type weird."My kinda party...
-
with a couple of glasses and chirruns as well she gave us few verses before her lids fell can flicka last longer? we'll wait and see as long as he keeps his bic pen far from me
-
...lucid reaming and it's Cheeses porn, made to order.
-
SQUEALING Japanese school girls. Pack your sparkly glove boys! Were hitting the Pacific!
-
Women try to pick me up often...And, while it is true that I love a woman who no longer is the woman I originally fell in love with...my dreams are more about responsibility and making shit happen and flow like clockwork...I can RARELY make that happen in dreamtime...Titties on the other hand...look great in any dream..
-
...job?
-
they also dont mind selling used underwear in vending machines
-
'How does that make you FEEEEEL?' Bend over and I'll show ya.
-
...♫♪ and it burns, burns, burns...
-
Dreams are so cool...I wish I had more of them...But, damn, you priced a good dream lately?
-
like Godzilla with a weekend pass and something to prove.
-
than a half a cart of groceries...
-
probably because my mind cant think of a worse nightmare than the one im living in now lol
-
...I'll be Jezebel, and you be the dogs eating her after she's thrown from the tower...
First, a word of prayer... -
or are they fine with the small stuff the got back home?
-
and never the same one twice. THANK GOD or whatever PTB.
-
Jul 24, 2010 11:47:24 PM CDT
, Please bless this meal the dogs are having today...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
bless the nutrients they will receive from her physical carcass..
-
a little Manimal. 'Don't be afraid of the Yeti. He's your friend.'
-
What a hot who'...
-
i wouldve liked it wrapped around my dick while giving me a blowjob but man i fear i dont have enough dick for that hair!
-
Who...? Ho...? Hoe..?
-
they're so honest with their feelings...
-
as long as you have cash, nothing's short for whore. Ba-dump-bump-tssssh!
-
...that's my cue, boys.
Watch out for bad guys! -
keep the fires burning night shift. I gotta try to catch some z's myownself. To sleep, perchance to dream. May flocks of scantily-clad Nipponese schoolgirls fly me to my rest.
-
I hate you guys...Not really..Yeah, right now, I really do hate you...But, I'm sure I'll get over it...
-
i never pay for something that i can have for free
-
so once you guys go to bed...there isn't really much exciting stuff for me to look forward to...
-
women dont have to pay anyone
-
but, I have been paid American Dollars to have sex with a hot, but married, woman...I have no ethics issues with that at all...
-
Jul 25, 2010 12:06:06 AM CDT
i knew a guy who got caught in the act by his mom
by dioxholsterreturns
when he was a kid. i thought it was hilarious.
-
Jul 25, 2010 12:07:51 AM CDT
Cheeses -- nah im not buying that, your story that is
by dioxholsterreturns
women can get penis for free, she will only pay you for your silence.
-
not even for women.
-
Jul 25, 2010 12:09:48 AM CDT
if hot woman came up to you and told you to follow her to bedroo
by dioxholsterreturns
you would say no?
-
for non-existent gas and mileage claims...She thought I lived across town and couldn't make the wife suspicious with increased gas bills...In truth, she lived like 3 blocks from me...$50 bucks a week went a long way in 1985...
-
unless there were any obvious green drippy bits or twitching expressions.
-
they either call when they don't want them to, don't if they do, cling if they don't want to be clung to or won't if they do. Finish too fast, kiss too wet and sloppy, have kinks or quirks, obsessions or perversions or make them sleep on the wet spot. No such thing as free.
-
have sex anytime he wants. It's just a matter of desire, perseverance and flexible standards. I'd prefer to have it less and maintain SOME kind of standards, personally. Not that I'm picky. These days the biggest turn on is someone NICE.
-
1985? i wasnt even born! she didnt pay you for the sex though, that was courtesy payment. but i guess she liked you, married women like anybody whose not their husband. I would never cheat though or be part of it, thats just me.
-
women are defined by their men...at least among themselves...Women, need men more than we need pussy...It's a FACT...Have faith in yourselves and stop letting bitches rule your lives...No woman gets wet with a status quo setting peacemaker...
-
MOST women fall for artistic smart fucks like Flick...Helps if, like Flick, you know how to break beds during sex...
-
You gotta be like Flick...
-
Jul 25, 2010 12:24:56 AM CDT
Dioxi...I got a bonus $25 from the married chick...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
every time I sexed her into unconsciousness...which was often over the footstool in her living room befroe her husband got off work...
-
by how many different men want to fuck them...Men define their importance by how many women they trick into fucking them...
-
you make the world seem to be defined by genitals.
-
in my best Forrest Gump impression...
-
until you reach your mid-to-late 40's...It's a hormonal thing...
-
but, it's really just a matter of the re-organization of priorities...
-
Starring a chick, where genitals and hormones didn't play a major, deciding part in the outcome...
-
that married woman probably didnt want your dick, but wanted attention her husband didnt give her.
-
I mean, I'm glad 70s era Harlan Ellison was able to make the scene (or is it Clint Eastwood from THE EIGER SANCTION?), but where's Downey?
His outfit has a soundtrack, by the way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2_m4LYAcdI -
The preceding post was on entirely the wrong thread.
So, while I'm off-topic anyway...FUCK SCOTT PILGRIM!!! -
I get hungry in my dreams.
-
get some exerciser fatty
-
Presumably tickets for this film will cost less. You can't make a film that will solely appeal to poor people and then charge full-price for a ticket. So what's the deal on that front?
-
and bushy tailed this fine Sunday morning!
-
He is kinda hard to see sometimes..when next to normal sized humans.When ScarJo is on her back..her tits are taller than Downey.
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9ge02eybjYhttp://tinyurl.com/36uyzy7
-
This will be a day long remembered
-
SPOILER SPOILERThe thing that is bugging me about Inception now (I only saw it once on FRI)is that second last scene at the airport at the bag check. Cobbs team is looking at him...and now it seems to me like they are disturbed projections staring when the dream starts to get familiar.I wanted to believe Cobb got his happy ending and now I think it was a dream. Still a happy ending for him I guess though.
-
even if it is ALL a dream, he made his peace and gots to see his chirruns. I'm down with that.
-
I've really started to believe that Caine's character was trying to give a dreaming Cobb peace. His recommended architect was VERY instrumental in helping him face Mal. She was oh so very insistent about going deeper than was necessary. That adds a layer of understanding and forgiveness (maybe coupled with guilt b/c he seemed to have been the one that introduced Cobb to the dream-hopping) to the whole affair. And also bunnies and happy prancing unicorns. It adds those too.
-
...that's what I take away from a movie like INCEPTION.
He got his happy ending...and when it comes to exactly what's real and what is only in our heads...do we ever really know? -
Everything is becoming so much clearer. Flicka, I'm now imagining you with HUGE boobies. That are on your knees. And dragonfly wings sprouting from your forehead. And jellybean eyes. And you smell of bananas.
-
but that would then mean the whole movie was Cobb s subconscious the ENTIRE time. NOTHING was ever real if Caine wasn't. Not that is out of the question. Cobb's subconscious may have been swiss cheese based on the building he did with Mal and then her death.That is to fucked up for me to get started on though.
-
but that would then mean the whole movie was Cobb s subconscious the ENTIRE time. NOTHING was ever real if Caine wasn't. Not that is out of the question. Cobb's subconscious may have been swiss cheese based on the building he did with Mal and then her death.That is to fucked up for me to get started on though.
-
but that would then mean the whole movie was Cobb s subconscious the ENTIRE time. NOTHING was ever real if Caine wasn't. Not that is out of the question. Cobb's subconscious may have been swiss cheese based on the building he did with Mal and then her death.That is to fucked up for me to get started on though.
-
sup Flick. No sphincter or compound fracture dreams last night I trust. I dream less under the influence.
-
It WAS all Cobb. Creating dreamworlds had become so second nature to him by now, he just accepted LEVEL 1 as reality. And this was a last-ditch effort to afford him a little peace. Or I'm just full of shit. Your call.
-
...and tank tops by the warm light of antique brass lamps while sipping wine and eating fancy cheese...
-
The whole Cillian Murphy story was just such an obvious parallel. A group on a mission to plant an idea of reconciliation & peace...that was a backdrop to help Cobb achieve the same. The ultimate long con...of dreamitude.
-
banana boob-knees?
-
...but you're the master.
-
I was a freshman at a small midwestern college.... Never having been on my own before, I was pleased when my roommate Cassandra seemed like such a kindred spirit.
-
I bid you adieu. Gonna go up country and stuff some ribs in my face-hole. Feel free to be jealous.
-
...with a name like that, how could she have not been beautiful, intelligent, and intellectually restless?
She was all those things, and more. -
That's EXACTLY what I thought the ending said the whole thing was. The entire Foster inception job, start to finish, was all his own construct. The one getting the Inception job done to him was Cobb, not Robert Foster. The idea that it was Caine all along is interesting... but I think Caine was ALSO a Cobb construct. The tip-off for me was how the super-young new architect was saying all these personal things that Cobb wanted/needed to hear... also, the way she "got" the idea of building so fast? Dead giveaway. She's a projection of himself. I toyed with the notion that the story was non-dreamworld up until the last time the top falls over when spun, and everything after that is Cobb's dream... I'm going to have to see it again to test that out- but I think, the longer I consider it, it's probably ALL a dream from the beginning.
-
I also think the weak spot of the movie was the snow scene. When I came home, I told Flick that my one problem was that all the dreams stuck so rigidly to real-world rules... after he saw it, he pointed out that, by the snow scene, EVERYONE- even the mark- knows it's a dream, so sticking to the rules at that point was not necessary. I mean, serioulsy... they could all get Matrix-y... or a herd of rhinos could come through and wipe out the bad guys... or they could turn bullets into rosepetals... it could get weird by then, I would think. At the LEAST, limbo should have been nutso. Like, gravity is all skewed, etc. But it was normal, too. THAT was the one disappointment I had... other than that, it was brilliant.
-
Got to go buy food. Flick is subsisting on toast and marmalade... not happily, I might add. I must see to my wifely duty.
-
...even just a couple glasses of wine.
The only drawback. -
...and cut down a tree...
Unless someone can talk me out of it. -
almost more fun than the movie. What is the point of the totems if it is all a dream though? I also hate to think that Hardy and JGL weren't real. They were the best and got all the fun jobs. You could also say they were just other incarnations of Cobb.
-
...I'm warning you...
-
I dreamed I was having a conversation with Dioxholsterboy...and it WASN'T about Stargate!!! How fucked up is that...Then I got kicked up from that dream to one where my daughter and two of her friends came home at 5 AM and I was asleep at the computer...one of her friends gave me a Coors light that exploded when I opened it spewing beer all over my desk and screen...I must still be dreaming because it smells like stale beer in here and the carpet is still wet...I'm afraid to scroll up and find out that Dioxi is a real person...
-
Ha! Thanks for the fun read. I particularly liked the poems and Cheeses schooling the stargate generation on sex and womenly wiles.
-
And then some
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGuwrlcKWW0
-
Um.. i'm actually a bit worried about SDB after that last post.
I mean the dude might be slumped somewhere with blood trickling out his ears right now. -
Flicka, you have to cut down a tree?! We talking sapling or substantial?
-
Jul 25, 2010 3:23:50 PM CDT
Okay...things are quiet around the Cheeses household...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
So, I think I'll go see Inception again...I hope do Sixes is okay...Back in a couple hours...
-
I thought it was great but might think it's too smart for it's own good. There was a certain part in the film, right before they went into the snow level, where I just said fuck it and stopped trying to figure it out.could it all be a dream? Sure. I'm defintely gonna hafta see it again and read every review out there..I will say Nolan does have some balls for doing this as his follow up. This was pretty ambitious. I saw the new affleck film trailer. That looks great
-
...around down in Level 3 and bring him back.
-
...about 1/5 to 1/4 of the complexity and improved the movie.
-
...frontal lobe exertion gets in the way of emotion. I think that cutting back a little on the mental gymnastics would have left me free to feel more at the appropriate moments.
It's like walking and chewing gum. I can do both at the same time, but I can't run and chew gum at the same time. I can think and feel at the same time, but it's hard to feel while working out calculus problems.
I'm curious to see what happens when I see it again. -
I skimmed above and Would like to see if they hold up. I think we give saito too much credit. In hindsight he's not a good person. I will definitely pick up more clues in the second go round
-
Was bowled over by my first viewing, with the exception of casting Ken Watanabe. Mystifying. Why cast an actor who cannot speak good English? His dialogue was a jumbled mess. Indecipherable. Every line counts in a movie as multi-layered as Inception. Nolan made a mistake casting Ken W.
-
Scary let Fuzzy and ST walk out in front of her. Not cause she was afraid. She just hated that, “they’re staring at my ass” feeling she always got around this group. Actually she liked it….just not today. They stepped out of the jailhouse as the sun touched the western horizon. They would be safe….for now. The Triumph had been torn apart. She patted the package still tucked in her waistband. Thank she had brought it with her.She pulled The Blade off of her shoulder. Surveying the scene she instinctively knew something was wrong but couldn’t articulate it before her instincts kicked in. Fuzzy and ST backed her move and checked their Six.”Cowboy boots.” ST said.That is what was out of place. There were plenty of footprints on the dusty floor of the plain but the cowboy boot print was not a tell tale sign of the Daysiders. ”Whoa whoa whoa. Foot off the gas pedal, racers.” The voice was calm.The trio turned and looked up to the roof of the jailhouse where the voice had come from.”Heard the gunfire. Came to see what all the ruckus was.” The man’s duster was open and pulled back exposing the two holstered Desert Eagles, which he had not pulled, in a gesture of non-threatening good faith. His Stetson was pulled low over his eyes and they couldn’t make out his face in the shadows of the setting sun.”What’s your business?””None of yours.” Scary said.”Fair enough,” the stranger said, ”anyone putting down that many Daysiders doesn’t really need any other agenda as far as Me and Ted are concerned.””Ted? You got a midget in your fly stranger?” Fuzzy asked.”Heh heh. No…..no. Teddy the man with the sniper rifle trained on your forehead son.”They looked about but saw nothing.”Ted puts you down and the pretty lady with the pig sticker aint gonna get me, so that leaves you and me fella.” The stranger looked at ST.”Now I don’t know you sir, but I know myself, and I’m inclined to believe I can skin this here D.E. and put you down before you can train that barrel on me. You’re next sexy.” He looked at Scary. “No offense. Just……..Darwinism you might say. Ted might get ya before me, but you’ll get got.”Fuzzy and ST let their weapons fall to their side.”See I knew we’d make great friends.””Wonderful.“ Scary said sarcastically. “We can use all the friends we can get.””No need for the lip ma’am. As you have just witnessed we can be pretty ‘helpful’. Now…how may I service you.” He looked Scary up and down.”Well if you ‘must’ help us we are looking for someone.””If they came through here….I know em.””Name’s Mac.” ST said.It was as if the name had clipped the strings on the marionette of a cowboy. He hung his head and his shoulders slouched. After a minute he gave a whistle and a wave. Off in the distance Teddy revealed his position and moved toward them.”Yeah…” the stranger spoke, “we know Mac.”The trio looked at each with a glimmer of hope.”They got him.” The stranger said smothering the moment. “The Daysiders.” “Well, let’s get him back.” Fuzzy said.”It’s not that easy son.” The stranger explained. “A man has taken control of the Daysiders. They aren’t just some mindless horde anymore. There is purpose and calculation behind them now.””Lets just start with the where’s then.” Scary said. “First off where are we now? I thought I saw a sign for Austin a couple miles back. Are we close?””Well,” the stranger said, “..it used to be called that. Ted and I have a new name for it though.””Yeah’” Scary said, “what’s that?””Nazareth.” He said. “And my name is Cheeses.”
-
a raging river. Hoping to not fall into the spoilers.
Then I found solace in Part Charlie of the Daysiders. Thanks Mac! -
You got quite the game of Frogger in front of you then. I'll make sure to keep a firm "SPOILER" policy in those regards.
-
I'm digging this. Nice return to form, I must say.
-
You're in front on this one. I didn't give ya enough in Floaters;)
-
...I like Teddy as a sniper, too. Seems in character.
-
I also liked the "midget in your fly" play on "mouse in your pocket" if I do say so myself;)
-
...fortunately, it isn't a movie easily spoiled. You can't accidentally read out of the corner of your eye that Leo is the one who ends up marrying Mr. Darcy and have the whole thing ruined for you.
-
...[zip!...out pops the head and shoulders of Michael J. Anderson holding twin six shooters]
BANG! BANG!BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! -
Jul 25, 2010 5:02:25 PM CDT
Actually from what I've read in the spoiler pools above
by six demon bag
Nothing is ruined by reading the spoilers. if I do go again, I'm taking my wife so she can take notes for me
-
Six Demon Bag: Are you complaining? You know what happens to people...WHO...complain...
Mrs. Demon: No! Not that...anything but that!... -
cause no one can figure out what went on during the movie anyway.
-
Jul 25, 2010 5:39:23 PM CDT
That being said, ST, I wouldn't actually READ the posts...
by scarywaitress
but I agree, if you catch something out the corner of your eye, without having seen the movie you probably won't understand what's being said.
-
its taco night. not even my idea.
-
...take advantage to begin that spicy new project you've been thinking of.
Don't be afraid to tackle more than one taco at once, and if presented with an unfamiliar condiment...dive in!
This month, you can do no wrong. -
I think I like the movie even better...So much in there...so many possibilities..and, yeah each leads to a different hypothesis...I like it because it can be enjoyed as a strait action thrill AND it can be as trippy and introspective as you WANT it to be...'Bout half way thru, it dawned on me that Cobb and Mal might have only had kids in Limbo...The repeating of,"You're waiting on a train...You hope it will take you someplace, but, you aren't sure where..." could mean they decided to lay on the tracks but woke up in a different dream world, one where Cobb was a secret dream spy, and it didn't ring true for Mal...He wouldn't agree to kick up to 'reality' even after she was gone...he believed so strongly in it...The kids only exist in his memories from Limbo...Just a thought...I do think it is Mal, her dad, Saito, Juno and the chemist who are incepting Cobb...I also think Arthur and the Forger are different aspects of Cobb mind...And Saito DOES touch Cobb's top at the very beginning...also, the Totems are expressly said to let you know, NOT whether you are in a dream or reality, but whether you are in your OWN dream or someone else's...
-
...interesting...I'm looking forward to seeing it again. Probably have to be on DVD, though.
Interesting about the totems...I sort of caught that the first time, but didn't really apply that test to the whole movie. -
...the fact that the top is spinning successfully at the end means that Leo is in "reality" or at least his own dream...nobody is fucking with him.
We pretty much knew that, but that confirms it. -
Nolan leaves it up to you wheter the top falls or continues to spin...it wobbles slightly almost every time it is spun.Another clue is in the math of the timeframes in each dream-state...When the music starts near the ending signifying the prelude to the triple kick, Cobb says that Arthur has a bout 3 to five minutes and they have 20 minutes on Hoth...What Arthur then does takes WAY longer...so, there is at least another level to the dreaming, making the van level 2, hotel #3, Hoth #4 and so on...
-
Jul 25, 2010 7:24:53 PM CDT
Spoilers continued...That level is Cobb's 'Reality'...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
Where he is a super spy...
-
with that said, check out my Inception spoof at www.fumpdibbidy.blogspot.com
-
One line still bothers me...Arthur is talking to Juno and says, "That's why the military invented Shared Dreaming", so soldiers could shoot, stab and kill one another...Now, the question I have is, if this is fact and not some dream explanation, is did Mal's Dad work for the Military, and did Mal and/or Cobb work for them too? Why were they using this tech in their living room instead of a corporate research lab? Or, were they in a lab in reality, and the scenes of them waking on the floor are in the false world Cobb has created? Explains why Mal is upset and crying from the moment they 'wake up'...
-
www.fumpdibbidy.blogspot.com... to advertise is to become a spammer...sorry
-
Cheeses..SPOILERin the airport, the team is looking at Cobb. Are there other people looking at him as well. In hind sight I thought it was the most telling thing that he was in a dream..his or someone elses. If they are looking at him that would mean that he is in someone elses dream....I think..right?
-
Jul 25, 2010 7:49:00 PM CDT
HHHHHHHAAAAA!!!!! Daddyman...that shit was FUNNY...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
"Better check my totem..."HHHAAAA!!! Beyonce!!!
-
So what is the significance of the totems??if we didn't see a contrast..
-
Cobb says they were Mal's idea...and that they help you know if you are in your own, or someone else's, dream...And you don't allow anyone else to even touch it... Cobb went into Mal's doll house safe and touched hers...spinning it and closing the safe...Now he uses it himself as his own...SO, if the top tumbles, is it his dream or Mals?
-
Jul 25, 2010 8:01:43 PM CDT
I don't think anyone else was looking at him in the airport
by six demon bag
Just his team, kinda like they were acknowledging that they pulled off this kickass job. but the significance of Michael Caine there..I think that is the key. Why would he be there? He lived in paris if I'm not mistaken..
-
check yall in the early early. Vacation is officially over. tear.
-
the airport scene was the most disorienting scene in the whole movie for me...yes, everyone looked at him with almost knowing smiles and nods....but each of those could also be interpreted as normal human glances at people they think they recognize, like people you just shared a 10 hour plane flight with in first class...Plus not one of them says a word...no way to confirm or deny suspicion..."Like someone I once met in a half remembered dream..."
-
Don't forget to take your Totem with you...
-
...the top spins at the end, but the movie ends before normal physics dictate it should fall. It might spin forever, or it might fall just after the cut. Either way, all that tells us is that Cob isn't in a dream built by someone else.
The way one scene flows smoothly one into the next from the landing of the plane to being back home FEELS like a dream...and the way Cob describes dreams to Page..."how did you get here? Do you remember?"
The scene of Cob being reunited with his kids plays out exactly like the memory...same light, similar shots...everything.
So, either Cob is in a dream of his own making, or he's awake, and reality is so perfect that it matches his fantasy exactly. Either way, his dream came true.
Until I see it again, that's all I got.
-
And, isn't that really what we're ALL looking for...?
-
But they never explained the tumbling of totems. They just said a gist of the totem. I think I needed to pay more attention
during that part.I saw juno's fall over though. -
Good interps guys..I'm going with that too. And the way it was all slo mo in the airport..shot very dreamlike.
-
We are expressly shown three totems...all game related...a top, a loaded die and a chess piece (pawn or Bishop). The Forger is seen loosing all his gaming chips only to cash in a huge stack the next scene while Cobb belittles his 'hand writing', so, I assume the chip is his token...Juno bores a hole in the bottom of hers to presumably alter it's center of gravity and weight...But, what good is knowing the weight of a totem is you spend a third of your dream time in Zero Gee?
-
Is to be the only one to know what yours is. Cause if you are a pawn in someones else dream, they will dream YOU there but not your secret totem. but then I was thinking that the windmill or picture was fishers totem...so who knows?
-
Flick: Yes, I'm hoping Saturday morning or noon.
-
so you guys don't have to put spoiler warnings.
Why hinder yourselves when it's just me that hasn't seen it -
...of talk starts up after each person sees it...I think Sixies was the last until you see it next weekend.
My bet is that INCEPTION will take a little break soon...then have at it again after you see it.
Don't be scarce, bro. -
Jul 25, 2010 9:04:01 PM CDT
STL...I don't know if this is legit or pirate or what...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
but, this offers an option...at your own risk...http://www.moviegorilla.com/inception-2010/Came across it googling Inception Theories...
-
You'll be like this after you see it...we can't control ourselves...But, Flick is right...it'll be old news tomorrow...
-
i bet the military has a prettier one
-
Jul 25, 2010 9:08:38 PM CDT
...I'm usually you, ST. In the past three years I've seen...
by flickapoo
...five movies in a theater. INCEPTION, UP, WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, AVATAR, and IRON MAN.
-
...that Clooney flick Series 7 hated so much.
-
Those are all good flicks..I wish I could have that RBI stats
-
UP IN THE AIR was surprisingly good in the STLost household. I thought my wife would hate it. It didn't seem like her cup of tea.
She actually enjoyed it a lot. -
Jul 25, 2010 9:29:29 PM CDT
I saw inceptioon only once but without thinking too hard
by dioxholsterreturns
I watched it on my same alert-level as I watched the Matrix, silly me, its actually more complicated that the matrix. I know Nolan has a tendency to not tell stories in a linear fashion but this new movie is a whole different animal. this isnt a movie that is simply told backwards or when one scene supersedes another. here you dont know which scene is real or not, or even what kind of reality it is or whether the whole purpose is real...saying its confusing is an understatement. but its also a movie enjoyed at every level, no pun intended. if any of you gonna see it again dont forget to report back and tell us your thoughts!
-
Jul 25, 2010 9:31:53 PM CDT
AVATAR made me thirsty for intellectual movie like INCEPTION
by dioxholsterreturns
i was so thirsty until i saw this great Nolan movie.
-
Jul 25, 2010 9:38:39 PM CDT
Stargate had a similar dream device used by military
by dioxholsterreturns
your memories can be transfered onto someone else.
-
"...if any of you gonna see it again dont forget to report back and tell us your thoughts!"Me and Whitey already did that...do you catch up or just jump in?
-
Jul 25, 2010 9:54:19 PM CDT
if this was all a dream then why did Cillian Murphy
by dioxholsterreturns
still have a scene in the end? after all that happened?
-
the kids not being real is the wildest theory yet. i cant say anything till i see it again, im just afraid if i see it again i might have my head explode while watching.
-
is that we can never know for sure it a certain scene was shot a certain way for aesthetic reasons or to give us a hint. since this is a visual medium that takes pride in emotive visuals, its kinda hard for the audience to deconstuct the way we look at movies and begin to see every frame as leading to a clue.
-
Dioxi...yeah, Kids being imaginary is powerful...also the part when Cobb tied his rope to Mal's chair when he rappelled down Saito's mansion and she let him fall...Like trying to give him a kick...
-
so i like the idea that Cobb's kids seem to be drawn from memory at the last scene, but they show their faces this time -- is that Nolan's way of telling us that this is real? because we all know how fuzzy faces are in dreams. but many here think its because Cobb is finally in his own dream. So does that mean he was unable to dream because A) an inception was taking place in his mind B) his wife's death made him go into a coma or something C) A & B D) Hes still stuck in the dream world while hes wife woke up. theres more im trying hard to remember.
-
what if it doesnt exist at all outside of Cobb's head. is that even possible?
-
Here's my interpretation of the real story behind Inception...Cobb and Mal do work for the Military in her Father's experiments. Together, Cobb and Mal probe even deeper into dreamtime levels...they reach a particularly good one while under heavy sedation and stay for over 50 subjective years...While in Limbo they have and raise kids. Finally, Cobb figures the sedatives have worn off and talks he into head smashing on the train tracks...This takes them to His dream and not true reality of the Cobal Corporation's military experiments...She knows this isn't right because she knows she only had kids in Limbo...these kids aren't real.... She engineers a way for them to kick up together, but, he can;t let go of the fake kids...Dad and Mal get a specialist, Saito, and his assistants to go in and re-habilitate him, but in the end it doesn't work and Cobb stays in his own dreamworld with his imaginary kids...
-
cant say if it holds up though. but doesnt dieing in the dream world send you to an upper level? how did he take her to his own world, that part i dont get.
-
When they go in it is by leapfrogging on one another's dreams...in the flick, first dreamer was the chemist, second was Arthur's third was Fisher's...When Cobb and Mal came up, they only came up a couple levels into one of his dream worlds...
-
doesnt sound like a good plan to wake him up. unless we got it backwards. maybe they were going upwards, and the last scene in the chinese mansion was the first one. can anyone confirm?
-
Jul 25, 2010 11:14:36 PM CDT
i guess i too should add SPOiLERSSSSSSSSS everywhere
by dioxholsterreturns
i saw it on friday and i made an effort not to come here before then just in case but even then, how can anyone spoil this movie anyway.
-
you won't understand until you actually see it...
-
Jul 25, 2010 11:30:55 PM CDT
I'm off to bed... weekend time is over (sigh) SPOILERS
by scarywaitress
but, I have to leave with: Cheeses, I think if you have to make up military experiments that are only just BARELY hinted at as a way of giving a likely path for this technology to have even been brought into existence, you MIGHT be working a little overtime in the theories dept. BUT, conspire on, brother. It IS a strikingly good theory, too: I am SOLIDLY in the "the kids are dreams" camp (the way the final scene matched his memories/dreams of them, in every detail, up until you see their faces in the end, is just too big a clue) but the idea that they NEVER existed except INSIDE Mal and Cobb's shared dream is brilliant. And heartwrenching. AND turns the whole "what is reality, anyway?" question on its ear in a way I never would have thought of. NOW I have another reason to see this again (like I needed one.) Also, I think that could be true WITHOUT the military sideline, as well. I mean, the technology is being used in the private sector... Cobb and Mal could have been playing with it and had nothing to do with the military. Brilliant take, Cheeses.
-
I think the plan from the beginning was to get Cobb into his own limbo, a layer he didn't share with Mal. Because THERE was the only place he was going to see his kids. He wasn't going to get there unless he truly, TRULY forgave himself for her death... which he had been unable to do. Hence the INCEPTION job on himself. The idea being planted was, he could let her go. Which could be true whether his kids were ever real, or not.
-
I was just watching it when I realized the only time we saw the kids was in his mind and memories of Limbo...except for one brief flash of the 'real world' where Mal is saying, "They aren't my children...don't you think I'd know..."...that seemed important...
-
Jul 25, 2010 11:54:33 PM CDT
I think that's another wonderful thing about Inception...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
the moment you hear another theory or idea, it changes the whole equation...for example I read a theory that Juno is actually Cobb's daughter and that fired off a whole new round of synopses in my brain...I don't buy the idea, but, I did have to consider it for a few minutes...
-
that all implies that they know that he cant forgive himself for her death (if she really died), its possible they went in his dreams and found out but unless this is Fantastic Voyage its hard to believe they all went through all the effort just to change his emotions subconsciously. Im suggesting that all this could be in his mind instead, all these characters are his but taken from reality. But i think thats what you meant right?
and if the kids were a dream then why does Mal have to die? why couldnt he dream her as well like he used to. I dont understand the relation between Mal the real and Mal the imaginary. one thing for sure is that she exists in reality but Ill be damned if i know what actually happened to her. I bet Nolan is laughing his ass of reading how wrong our interpretations are, I dont mind, he made an excellent movie. -
$227.6 million worldwide in TEN days...and almost everyone who enjoyed it is sure to see it at least once more...
-
Jul 26, 2010 12:04:12 AM CDT
I caught the 3:50 PM showing and it was PACKED...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
had to settle for an aisle seat...and I got there 10 minutes early..
-
Mal i thought was the Ophelia of the movie but know that i you guys suggest otherwise like her being aware she was in Cobb's dream, changes everything.
-
Jul 26, 2010 12:12:26 AM CDT
how did the commoners know about this movie anyway?
by dioxholsterreturns
i thought it was our secret? i mean unless you spend your time in AICN or other its tough for people to know how huge this movie really is.
-
Probably DiCaprio and the 3rd Rock kid helped...
-
Jul 26, 2010 12:26:50 AM CDT
Interesting note about this weekend's box office....
by cheeses_of_nazareth
the top four grossing films amounting to $113.8 million were all ORIGINAL stories....Inception, Salt, Despicable Me and Sorcerer's Apprentice...(unless the Apprentice is from a book or something...IDK...)
-
Jul 26, 2010 12:34:43 AM CDT
someone said Saito was a bad choice coz of hes english
by dioxholsterreturns
personally i found the entire cast to be great, especially the 3rd rock kid, he had alot of cool action sequences. The Hoth level had alot of armed men that in reality wouldve been imposible to take down, so this was a sign that Cobb's gang where somehow stronger this time? it wasnt clear whether they could manifest RPGs, even though one of them almost did show us he could. the one reason im doubting the whole inception on Cobb thing is because Cillian Murphy's character did in fact have real epiphany moments even after it was over, hard to thing it was all april fools joke on Cobb.
-
Jul 26, 2010 12:41:45 AM CDT
i got a dumb friend who wants to see it just coz its on imdb top
by dioxholsterreturns
he thinks of imdb ratings as the gold standard. and then I know a bunch of silly girls who were crazy about it and they were never crazy about anything movie-related. i honestly didnt think this movie would appeal to a mainstream audience.
-
which is better than which? put them in order. see roger eberts blog for details: http://tinyurl.com/2vk8qwb
ill have to see this movie 50 times before i truely get it. in 2016 i think is when i would come to understand it. you know Nolan's favorite film is blade runner so its no wonder he likes to have ambiguous endings. -
Jul 26, 2010 12:56:36 AM CDT
Silly girls have propelled movies to unheard of heights...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
DiCaprio rode Titanic to riches...same type of chick will eat up the doomed love story between Cobb and Mal....Yeah, not everyone will get it...I over heard two guys going down the escalator behind me..."So, what was with the top at the end? It did fall right?""Well, that's the beauty of it...""Hunh?"
-
http://tinyurl.com/37vwbqk
-
http://tinyurl.com/35khj3f there are many others
-
I posted one earlier...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =jGuwrlcKWW0
-
Sometimes that silly girls thing backfires in a hilarious way - one of my fave things is still coming out of Seven and laughing at all the bimbos that were traumatised, stumbling out with ashen looks. Having managed to ignore every rating, outline, review, poster, ad campaign and so on. They just went because, y'know, Brad's so dreamy (italics)...
Hahahahaha! -
about Inception (well, here at least), is SPOILERISATIONYSPOILERI-AY - is that while Cobb is in Limbo, he wakes up on the beach AGAIN before getting to Saito. Saito was supposed to be in the SAME limbo, right (that's what the architect said)? And just on him having the gun under the pillow, that didn't bug me in the slightest - they even admit he's been trained and wary. But a second limbo? Hmmmm...
And I still like the dream being Mal's.Supports the kids-as-dream metaphor/something they built together thing too. END SPOILERYSPOILERY-YO.
My wife said that the cool thing about the movie is exactly that it supports this sort of speculation. I say even THAT is entirely consistent with interpreting dream logic!
I also like that it's so successful though/because they didn't pander - the faultless Pixar ethic in action. In the end you make even MORE money that way if that's what's important to you! -
it is amazing to see such civil conversations all over the net about everyone's personal interpretation of the film...
-
the way I see the Limbo thing is that when Cobb and Juno visited it it was crumbling because no one was there to maintain it's pure cognitive ideas (or however they put it)and Saito lived there for close to 50 years afterward and remade it in his image and likeness...thus when Cobb goes looking for him, it is the same Limbo beach, just much later and under a different architect...
-
also, in defense of the non-existent kids theory...when he takes his promised gifts for the kids to Cain in his classroom, the bag appears to be empty, yet Cain says, "Giving them teddy bears won't help," or something similar...there were no teddy bears in that bag...maybe a couple of gift cards to Toys R Us, but no teddy bears...
-
"tiny teddies" in the bag? Whoa you're getting down to the microscopic level there Cheesey! It's good fun!
And I wasn't very clear before. I meant kids as a metaphor for what "they'd built together" in the symbolic context of dreaming. END SPOILERICITY.
And if that's right about the civil discussion, that's awesome. I've ventured into the other TBs a little lately and even if things start off relatively even handed, it seems to degenerate into absurdity and stupidity more than ever before. Yikes.
And ST will be seeing it soon! Huzzah! -
is no matter how high the international box office eventually levels out at...(I'm guessing $5 to $6 hundred million)...the real money will be in the DVD and Blu-ray sales...even without extended versions, director's cuts, etc., this movie will do gangbusters in home sales...every stoner in the world who loves it can't WAIT to watch it blazed out of their minds in the comfort of their own home...
-
there was a distinct aroma in the air...
Man, if it was me I'd be hopelessly lost before I even began with a flick like this!
A mate saw it last night and said it shoulda been called "Exposition"! Haw! -
on stuff like the airline ticket destination he is given, the wording in the papers he stole from Saito marked 'Confidential', and other little clues I'm sure Nolan labored over...
-
I'm off to Limbo-land....
-
Saito's true motivation was to escape Limbo and put Cobb in his place. or not.
-
Watch out for the kick.
-
i would believe the its all a dream thing if fischer plot wasnt so successful. The guy made amends with his dad and changed his plans for the empire as a consequence. if it was an inception on Cobb, how could they have known that Fischer would get shot???
-
Jul 26, 2010 5:14:04 AM CDT
IMDB got loads of theories, one of them about wedding ring
by dioxholsterreturns
SPOILERS ----- he is only wearing a wedding ring when hes dreaming.
-
http://tinyurl.com/3882u7o
-
Jul 26, 2010 7:11:34 AM CDT
heres a good explanation but not entirely, we can build on that.
by dioxholsterreturns
'row row row your boat' wrote:
"I have to chime in here: Cobb was stabbed by Mal in a level 4 dream, NOT limbo. This is an irrefutable fact.
Remember, Fischer is shot in level 3 (the mountain), and Cobb thinks that the mission is over and they have failed. But Ariadne convinces him to improvise a new plan. The three of them (Cobb, Ariadne, and Fischer) are hooked up to the suit case, with Eames staying behind to distract the armed projections and set up the charges. If they had gone from level 3 to limbo, then why would Eames stay in level 3, running around risking his neck, setting up dynamite for no apparent reason? He would either join them in limbo, or kick back to level 2. If everyone else has left level 3, there’s no need for him to stay behind.
He was staying in level 3 to set up the blasts as way for the three who went into level 4 to kick back to level 3. He also had to administer the defibrillator on Fischer, and had to guard the sleeping bodies from the armed projections.
The reason everyone thinks level 4 is limbo (which I initially did as well) is because it resembles Cobb’s “perfect world” he had previously shared with Mal. But remember, dreams can be constructed based on memories. This is a level 4 dream that is based on Cobb’s memories of his “perfect world.”
Cobb quit engineering dreams because his subconscious had become too unstable. That’s why they had to find an architect in the first place. Ariadne was the architect of the first three levels. They had only planned to go three levels deep. But when Fischer got shot in level 3, they suddenly had to improvise. Again, you see them hook up to the suit case in no uncertain terms. Therefore, they went into a 4th level dream.
For the level 4 dream, Cobb took over as the architect. If Ariadne engineered a level 4 dream, Cobb would populate it with his projections, including Mal, but they would not know where she would be within that dream world. On the other hand, if Cobb engineered the level 4 dream based on his “perfect world” he shared with Mal, then he knows exactly where she would be hiding. This level 4 world is crumbling because Cobb is basing it on memories he has not accessed in quite some time, and because Cobb’s subconscious is unstable: precisely the reason he does not engineer dreams anymore.
Furthermore, it makes sense that it is a level 4 dream because they were able to kick out of it back to level 3. If they were in limbo, why would they go back to level 3 on the mountain? Why would Eames apply the defibrillator to Fischer?
Saito dies in level 3, that is why he goes to limbo. Cobb, stayed behind in level 4 with Mal’s projection. He did not kick out. It is THEN that he joins Saito in limbo. Fischer and Ariadne kick out of level 4 and return to level 3. Fischer confronts his father while Ariadne and Eames watches. Afterward, they kick out of level 3 back to level 2 (the hotel). They then kick out of level 2 back to level 1 (the van). Presumably, they kick out from level 1 back to the airplane after the sedative has worn off. Meanwhile, Cobb and Saito are lost in limbo (the beach). Saito, having reached limbo earlier, has already lived several decades in limbo. This is why he is old. Cobb has just reached limbo, so he is still young. Presumably, they kill each other in limbo to leave limbo. They do not kick out by falling or hitting water. The only way to reach limbo is to die in your dream while still under sedation. Once already in limbo, you are free to die again to wake up (but only if you remember you are living in limbo and not the real world)." -
Jul 26, 2010 7:13:00 AM CDT
clearly im a college student who got nothing to do in the summer
by dioxholsterreturns
or so i keep telling myself
-
shit.
-
i know nothing of this Avengers you speak of
-
Will it be the main story of THE AVENGERS? Or will it be just another setup for another movie featuring the Avengers that will then setup another movie &c. &c &c. ... ?
-
that theory (ROW ROWS) is pretty well thought out up there..im gonna go with that..thats is what happened..yes, but that doesnt explain WHY it happened..what sucks about this is that each and every idea and theory we come up with can be valid.
-
they are not saying..supposedly they wheeled out the glove for five minutes at the con.speculation is that it will be set up in THOR and then be the main plot of avengers..which means it will be resolves in IORN MAN 3, which takes place after BLACK WIDOW, which will be released simultaneously with JARVIS THE BUTTLING DUDE
-
IRON MAN 2 pushed me to the point where I'm just about to stop caring about Marvel movies anymore. The only reason I have any interest in THOR is because I'm curious to see how Branagh handles it. I couldn't give a flying shit burrito about THE AVENGERS, though.
-
Here's to Pedalback, Year 2.
-
but natalie is in it..im sold.
-
and that REALITY IS WHAT YOU CAN MAKE IT since Cobb used a totem that is not his and he knew what it does so meaning its not immune from his mind control. he couldve been faking the totem all along without realizing. but that would imply that there is no way for us knowing if anything was real or not, even the mumbasi scenes. and that the totem wouldve wobbled at the same time he forced himself to believe that his kids are real. Im not too attached to all this since it aint mine. im still confused because every theory has a hole in it and im afraid if i see it again my mind might explode, seriously, because the first time I watched it I made an effort not to overthink it while watching because I knew it wouldve been exhausting in advance. so i liked that the movie is enjoyable at face-value the same way the matrix was.
-
...♫ ta drink and fight ♫
♫ watcha WANT Natalie? ♫
TA FUCK ALL NIGHT!!
-
...the first day of the rest of your life.
-
...I blew it, Natalie.
-
natalie portman hangs her head in shame
-
Jul 26, 2010 8:53:22 AM CDT
♪ I'll kill your fucking dog for FUN SO DON'T PUSH ME! ♫
by scarywaitress
-
Waitress dog killing is not fun.
Except for those scenes in A FISH CALLED WANDA with Michael Palin, that WAS fun... -
for my mind.
-
I think I agree with you, (Cobra?) It was a delicious hamburger. not quite as ballsy as I had expected, but it still managed to... I'm not finishing that sentence.
-
im working off of what you guys have started..my mind is mush so please forgive me if this dont make sense..i think the beginning heist was a test and saito planted the incepetion nugget RIGHT THERE..cobb has been living in limbo this whole time and his family want him to come home. hence the rest of the film..does the seed hold by the end..eh..it depends on the viewer...he can still "succeed" in the mission and get his happy ending or is the ending reality?im not there yet..i need to see it again.
-
The Hi5 Down-Low: thoroughly enjoyable, deserves a second viewing. I think the movie is a lot like the paradox staircase, very meta of you Sir Nolan. The real inception of Inception is that Nolan causes the audience to endlessly ponder the movie's reality, and then question their own, unable to draw any conclusions about either. Nothing millions of college freshmen haven't already explored over a couple blunts, but beautifully framed in a great heist flick, I was very pleased.Flicka and others, I also wanted more chaos and hellishness on the 4rd level. The very (very) flawed What Dreams May Come dared those grounds (and failed, but kudos, sorta, for the effort).I hope a director's cut explores the long dream relationship of Cobb and wife. I can always stand to see more Cotillard (sex scene please? woman-on-top, nothing to kinky, but passionate and raw with lots of lip-smacking sounds and no silhuottes
When a movie is this good, its easier to spot what went wrong or coulda been better, that doesn't mean it ain't great. 4.5 High-five's
END SPOILERS -
“Hall H? What the hell is that?” Scary was confused.”Its at Comic Con in San Diego.” Teddy explained.”You gotta be shitting me!” Scary gasped. “Aren’t they stabbing mother fuckers up in that bitch now?””Stabbing isn’t the half of it. There are, fake ass Edward Cullens decapitating Avatar kitty people. Thors smashing Scott Pilgrims head’s in with sledge hammers. Heh…stabbings are the least of our worries.”So Mac was in San Diego, ostensibly. They had a long way to go, especially on foot. Scary missed the Triumph.Cheeses, Fuzzy and ST were trailing about a half hour behind them. Scary was “the bait”. She had been attracting unwanted shit since she hit puberty in the fifth grade. She didn’t really have to do anything to play this role. ”Wait here.” Teddy said. “Gimme twenty minutes then keep going.” Ted had spotted a good perch a ways off. He would watch from there as she moved and he could also see Cheeses and the others as they approached. Teds Ghillie suit disappeared into the country side. In a matter of seconds Scary couldn’t pick him out. She waited. Why would Mac have gone to Comic Con? She wondered. It was so commercial now. The unwashed masses had nearly tripled over the last few years. There must have been some other explanation. He would never have gone there under his own accord.How had this happened? Subs wasn’t around anymore to balance things. This abomination they had created was running wild.Conti was in self imposed isolation due to some vile ass clown.The more she thought about it….how could it not happen. In fact, she thought they were lucky this is all that had happened.Her wait had ended so she started walking again. She pulled the machine pistol out just cause she felt better with it in her hand.Two shots ripped into the ground in front of her and then she heard the report of the bullet seconds later. It was Ted getting her attention. She looked around. She could faintly make out a swirling dust cloud on the horizon. It was a motorized vehicle of some kind. There was no way she was going to make it to where Teddy had concealed himself before the approaching vehicle was on her. She decided instead to head back. She wouldn’t make it back to Fuzzy, ST and Cheeses either but it would at least close the gap between them and buy some time for them to reach her. She began to hear the engine in the distance.
-
...no silhouettes...or am I being to specific?) I also want to see more of them growing old together, no need for a montage, but maybe a few more aged memories to haunt Cobb that give a better sense of the life they lived together, possibly multiple times, in dream.When a movie is this good, its easy to spot the things that went wrong or just coulda been better; that doesn't mean it ain't great. 4andahalf High-fives.
END SPOILERS -
that will ALWAYS make me laugh
-
Official List of Alfies for potential nomination for induction into THE PANTHEON OF PEEBER REFERRED PHILMS™
The following list is alphabetized and does not reflect the random order or numerical placement of titles which is used to select monthly nominees.
12 ANGRY MEN
12 MONKEYS
THE 400 BLOWS
2001
THE AFRICAN QUEEN
AGUIRRE: THE WRATH OF GOD
ALIEN
AMADEUS
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
ANNIE HALL
APOCALYPSE NOW
BACK TO THE FUTURE
BADLANDS
BAMBI
BARRY LYNDON
BATTLE ROYALE
BEING THERE
THE BICYCLE THIEF
THE BIG LEBOWSKI
BIG NIGHT
BLADE RUNNER (Director's Cut)
BLOW UP
THE BLUES BROTHERS
BONNIE & CLYDE
BREAKING AWAY
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID
BULL DURHAM
CHINATOWN
A CHRISTMAS STORY
CHRISTMAS VACATION
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
COOL HAND LUKE
CUBE
DANGEROUS LIAISONS
THE DARK CRYSTAL
DELIVERANCE
DIE HARD
DOG DAY AFTERNOON
DOUBLE INDEMNITY
DR. STRANGELOVE, OR HOW I STOPPED WORRYING AND LEARNED TO LOVE THE BOMB
THE DREAM TEAM
DUCK SOUP
E.T.
ED WOOD
THE ELEPHANT MAN
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES
THE EXORCIST
FARGO
FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF
FIELD OF DREAMS
FIGHT CLUB
A FISH CALLED WANDA
THE FISHER KING
FLETCH
THE FLY (David Cronenberg's)
GALAXY QUEST
GHOSTBUSTERS
THE GODFATHER
THE GODFATHER, PART II
THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE UGLY
GOODFELLAS
THE GRADUATE
THE GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES
THE GREAT ESCAPE
GROSSE POINT BLANK
HALLOWEEN
IKIRU
THE INCREDIBLES
JAWS
KING KONG
L'AVENTURRA
LA DOLCE VITA
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
LETHAL WEAPON
LONE STAR
MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR
THE MALTESE FALCON
MANHATTAN
THE MATRIX
MIDNIGHT RUN
MILLER'S CROSSING
MONTY PYTHON & THE HOLY GRAIL
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
NIGHTS OF CABIRIA
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
PAN'S LABYRINTH
PINOCCHIO
THE PLANET OF THE APES
PREDATOR
THE PRINCESS BRIDE
PULP FICTION
RAGING BULL
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
RAISING ARIZONA
RAN
RASHOMON
REAR WINDOW
THE RED SHOES
RIFIFI
RUSHMORE
ROBOCOP
THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS
THE SEARCHERS
SEVEN
SEVEN SAMURAI
SHAUN OF THE DEAD
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
THE SHINING
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
SLING BLADE
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
SOME LIKE IT HOT
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
SPINAL TAP
STAR WARS
STAND BY ME
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN
SYNECHDOCHE, NEW YORK
TAXI DRIVER
THE TERMINATOR
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
THE THING (Carpenter's)
THE THIRD MAN
TOTAL RECALL
TOY STORY
TOY STORY 2
TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
UNFORGIVEN
THE UNTOUCHABLES
VACATION
WALL-E
THE WARRIORS
WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?
THE WIZARD OF OZ
YOJIMBO
-
Hoagies
Firsted
28 Days Later, 48 Hours, Abyss, The, After Life, Amarcord, American Psycho, Au Revoir Les Enfants, Ballast, Band of Outsiders, Best In Show, Big Heat, The, Blue Velvet, Blowout, Body Heat, Bourne Ultimatum, The, Breaking Point, Brokeback Mountain, Burbs, The, Caddyshack, Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter, Casino, Changeling, The (George C. Scott), Chasing Amy, Chop Shop, Chungking Express, City Lights, Clerks, Collector, The, Conversation, The, Cove, The, Curse of The Demon, Dawn of The Dead, Dead Man's Shoes, Detour, Die Hard 2, Diving Bell & The Butterfly, The, Dr. Zhivago, Drunken Master, , Easy Rider, Emperor of the North, Eraserhead, Fanny & Alexander, Fists in Pocket, Fitzcarraldo, Fly, The, Four Rooms, Four Weddings & a Funeral, Freaks, Giant, Gomorrah, Goodbye Girl, The, Grand Illusion, Great Santini, The, Gun Crazy, Half Nelson, Hardcore, Hard Day's Night, A, Harley Davidson & The Marlboro Man, Heathers, History of Violence, A, Hook, Hoosiers, Hour of The Wolf, Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, Key Largo, Kings of Comedy, Kuffs, L'Enfant, Last of The Mohicans, The, Le Circle Rouge, Legends of The Fall, Leopard Man, The, Lion In Winter, The, Long Goodbye, The, Love Actually, Madness of King George, The, Magnificent Seven, The, Mean Streets, Mildred Pierce, Millions, My Left Foot, Nausicaa & The Valley of the Wind, Nighthawks, Nobody's Fool, Obsessione, On the Waterfront, Panther Panchali, Papillon, Philadelphia Story, The, Pickup On South Street, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Player, The, Quick Change, Read My Lips, Red Balloon, The, Red Beard, Reign of Fire, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Roman Holiday, Rules of the Game, The, Sawdust & Tinsel, Scarlet Street, Série Noir, Set-Up, The, Seven Men From Now, Seventh Seal, The, Shoot The Piano Player, Singing In The Rain, Sneakers, Spirit of The Beehive, The, Spirited Away, Streetcar Named Desire, A, Sunshine, Targets, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Things To Do in Denver When You're Dead, To Kill A Mockingbird, Toy Story 3, Two Women, Ugetsu, Vengeance Is Mine, Vice Squad, Victor Victoria, Young Mr. Lincoln
Seconded
Batman, Battleship Potemkin, Beauty & The Beast (Cocteau), Beverly Hills Cop, Blood Simple, City of God, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Curse of The Cat People, The, Dark City, Days of Heaven, Diabolique, Duel, Excalibur, Eyes Without A Face, Fifth Element, The, Five Easy Pieces, Friends of Eddie Coyle, The, Fright Night, General, The, Harder They Fall, The, Hidden Fortress, High & Low, Highlander, House of Mirth, Hud, In Cold Blood, In the Loop, Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom, The Iron Giant, Jungle Book, The, Ladykillers, The, Last Detail, The, M, Mediteraneo, Modern Times, Night & The City, Ox-Bow Incident, The, Peeping Tom, Playtime, Porco Rosso, Quick Change, Rob Roy, Sanjuro, Sunrise, Throne of Blood, Touch of Evil, Umberto D., Un Prophete, Unbreakable,Vampyr, Visitor, The, Wages of Fear, The, Waiting for Guffman, Where The Wild Things Are, Z.
-
If I gotta go. I'll go out like that. I just hope my gun cleared the holster. Otherwise I'll just look like a total pussy. Although, I would probably be piss drunk in a little cantina like that soooooo...meh..I never had a prayer against The Man With No Name.
-
ballots due in a week.and lets not forget to nominate..a film cannot be perfect without being nominated first.
-
...and I think I like it.
-
to get a proper discussion of this amazing film going. AICN is mystifying. Is it that ComicCon has overwhelmed everything? I don't buy it. This is the movie event of the summer, if not the entire year. We get one review from Capone? And I heard another review (negative) was deleted. Is that true?
Yet, when the new Twilight movie comes out, that gets total saturation coverage here on AICN.
Thank Maltus (God of beer) for the pedalback. -
waiting on your quick review of UP IN THE CLOONEY..
-
the rest i'm just kinda feeling my way. I hope it lives up to your expectations.
-
...I haven't seen any of them in a while...my gut tells me that one of them deserves referred status, despite the infinite different versions.
The other two are very good, but it wouldn't have occurred to me to consider the perfect. I'd need to see them again to give them a fair shot, but don't really have the time...
...it huuuurts. -
Cool. I've really been enjoying the ongoing voting and such. Can anyone nominate?
-
whos would it have been?
-
it takes 3 votes for induction into ALFIEtown..then 3 are chosen randomly every month to see if they make the grade..so star hump...nom, second, or third AWAY!!
-
Jul 26, 2010 11:30:54 AM CDT
I must say I'm loving all this INCEPTION theorizing.
by colonelfatheart
It still doesn't add anything to the movie itself for me, though. As of right now, anyway. I do want to see it again, preferably under the influence of something, if only because it was so fun and well done.
-
blade runner and royal tenenbaums are streaming on netflix..SE7EN..well yer just gonna hafta vote with your head on that one..oooh, bad phrasing on that..VOTE WITH YOUR HEART!!
-
i came home and ate nachos and then shaved my head..im a fucking space monkey!
-
I actually had an easy time. One was a no brainer, one I didn't really consider perfect, and one i flat out didn't really care for. So pretty easy decision. It wasn't a close horse race.
-
As for the "Is the whole movie a dream?" question, I'm with Dileep Rao on that. As for the final shot, whether it's real or not, I'd guess that it's Cobb's dream, but I'm perfectly happy embracing the ambiguity of it, that Nolan is leaving us hung up with this sly little visual joke so we can debate about it. I don't know how it was received in your showings, Peebs, but in mine there was a collective warm chuckle at the final cut to black. It was like, "Oh you!" but in a good way.
-
...I really liked it...brimming with style and charm. Thematically, it was a remake of SCROOGED( but with a different ending (could there be two endings like that?), and no ghosts, toasters, or ripping of goddamn wings off.
George Clooney fires people for a living, and I thought it balanced humor and wit against the very real heartbreak of people losing their jobs admirably...if not perfectly.
I have two complaints, but talking about them would involve spoilers...and while I think they hurt the movie somewhat, they didn't detract from my enjoyment.
People bitch about Clooney always being Clooney. I say sure, kind of, but every performance is carefully calibrated and modulated for the movie he's in. This guy is George Clooney, but he isn't the George Clooney of MICHAEL CLAYTON, or exactly like any other George Clooney you've seen before. I see at most one of the man's movies a year...I look forward to hanging out with him once every 365 days or so.
Oh, and I'd give UP IN THE AIR a good 3 1/2 stars out of 5 on the Likelihood Of Post Movie Coitus scale.
-
but in a way it is taking away from the enjoyment I had leaving the theater. The idea that "it was never real" kinda sucks to me. I think i already said it but the idea that hardy and JGL weren't real bums me out.I do like the theory that Mal was trying to kick Cobb back up into lesser levels of subconscious cause that makes for a completely different viewing experience. The only theory I had while watching it was that Leo and Juno were actually Cobbs kids searching for their parents but I got away from that.I like the topic. Lots of chatter.
-
I'm with you on the "all a dream" theory. Have you checked out Dileep Rao's (he played the chemist) take on it?
-
Jul 26, 2010 11:56:06 AM CDT
Nolan uses a lot of narrative trickery, but he's still
by colonelfatheart
a straightforward director who sets up clear goals for his protagonists. Sure, he's known to subvert the formula when it comes to his protagonists' "success" in reaching their goals, which lends credence to the idea of the very ending itself being a dream, but his baseline realities in his movies are always so clearly defined. It would be a bummer to find out these characters weren't "real." To me, the movie struggled enough to make me care about some of them anyway. If it were all a dream, I just wouldn't give a shit at all. It makes the movie more than just another gimmicky puzzle flick, which it's treacherously close to being anyway.
-
just until Sunday, there's only one of us left to see it. How's work by the way? You still on the early shift?
-
Jul 26, 2010 11:57:43 AM CDT
OOH, sorry. Spoiler warnings apply to my previous post.
by colonelfatheart
-
Whoa.
-
Before Salo I watched Valhalla rising. Something light tomorrow I think!
-
I have the Criterion DVD sitting on my shelf waiting for the right moment. Although I'm unsure whether there is a "right moment" for that one.
-
It's OnDemand, so hopefully can get to it soon.
-
So we do have a week. Your email said Wednesday the 31st. I was confused.
Maybe I done goofed! -
...inclined to work that way.
I thought it was very good, I thought the end was left deliberately open to inspire (like Hi5 said) dorm room speculation on the nature of reality for those so inclined (I am so inclined, but I burnt out on that years ago).
I think 1/4 to 1/5 less complicatedosity would improve it...and hopefully cut down on the sheer amount of Instructions For Watching INCEPTION exposition in the first third of the movie. -
but no Cuban.
-
...that one for a couple of years now.
-
A FISH CALLED WANDA is in the Alife's list?! Well I never... great film btw.
I'd like to be the first to first INCEPTION.
Fuck it, now that Subs isn't around i'll first AVATAR too! -
...hours after he watched SALO! I tremble at the thought...
-
...[places Jamie Lee Curtis' boot over his face and takes a long, deep breath]
...ECCO L'UOMO!
-
for that awesome scene were Joseph Gordon Levitt wrestles in a turning hallway. And I'm okay with that. I, like Hump et all, am enjoying the buzz. Any movie, even a flawed one, that creates this much conversation, wins.But it coulda been a vehicle with more nipple. "I gotta fever, and the only cure..."
-
When they were close enough for her to see them she stopped moving back. No way was she going to give them the impression that she was at all intimidated. She silently stood in their path. Motionless. It was a dune buggy. Two figures on it. One driving and the other manned a mini-gun mounted to the top. For a moment she thought they were just gonna run her down. They probably would have had they not caught a glimpse of those luscious jugs barely contained by the leather vest she was wearing. Those guns came in handy more than the machine pistol nine times out of ten. The buggy flew right up on her and screeched to a halt inches from her. ”Where ya headed?” The driver ask. It was a woman. Was that..?....it couldn’t be…..?.....Scarlett Johansson? Well it looked just like her except….she seemed to be lactating non-stop. From each nipple down was just soaked. You could see right through her tank top. Her thighs glistened from the moisture.Scary said nothing.”Don’t make me repeat myself.” ScarJo said. She looked up at her companion. He trained the mini-gun on Scary. “She aint talking.” ScarJo rhetorically informed him.”That’s gay. She’s gay. This desert is gay. You’re gay. This dune buggy is gay.”This guy has a one track mind she thought.”Alright alright alright, sorry I said anything.” ScarJo said. “Drop the pistol.”Scary did.”What’s that in you waitband?” ScarJo asked.Scary said nothing.”Your trying my patients bitch.” ScarJo slowly approached her. She brushed a lock of hair away from Scary’s face and ran the back of her hand down her cheek…..over her barely contained heaving breast….…past her exposed navel…”That’s so gay.” The guy at the mini-gun drooled all over his Scott Pilgrim t-shirt.Scary slapped her hand away before she could touch the package tucked in her hip huggers. ”No touchy.” Scary said.”Gay.” You know who said this.”Bitch! You don’t know who you’re fucking with.” ScarJo bumped her sopping tits into Scary’s sending a splash of tittie juice into each of their faces. Scary was now equally saturated. She fumed.”I think you need to get pumped.” Scary said. With that she brought an elbow up under ScarJo’s jaw, chattering her teeth and disorienting her. With ScarJo standing between her and the mini-gun there was no way he was getting a shot off with out hitting them both. Scary spun her around and put her in a half nelson while grabbing a hand full of that silken red hair. She reached around front and scooped one of the full titties out of ScarJo’s top and gripped it firm. A continuous stream of melony goodness shot straight into the face of the gunman.”GurrrrrrrgglleeeeGaygggggllleGayyyyyyyyyyggle!” He was choking on the only word he knew.Scary was surprised when his head exploded. Could breast milk have that effect on someone? Oh. Teddy had her back. She released the woozy ScarJo who rubbed her now dry tit. Scary drew The blade. She walked over to the buggy.”Now get that skank ass outta here.” She raised the weapon and brought it down on the barrel of the mini-gun slicing through it like it wasn’t even there.”You don’t know what you have brought down on yourself.” ScarJo hissed at her.”I’m real fucking scared. Ask Mr. Cherry Pie over there how scared I am.” She motioned to the Scott Pilgrim shirt that no longer had a head.With one hand on her tit and the other on the steering wheel ScarJo tore ass back the way she had come.Ted could see Scary in the crosshairs of his scope. She looked in his direction and gave him a thumbs up.
-
don't leave me hanging!
-
thats a honeymoon viewing..and then after the divorce, throw it away..
-
I thought the inclusion of the word Inception in the title of the post would send ST for the hills. I'm trying to occupy his mind in other ways so he doesn't get totally bored.
-
You gonna give flicka a little Christina Hendricks action after heaving all over his Scary's barely contained breasts? It's only proper (especially if it's really improper).
-
before seconding it..i wouldnt want to be rash..
-
I thought you would mention ScarJo's torn ass.
-
http://i27.tinypic.com/j6u1yp.jpg -
at cobbs home..we hear an offscreen voice from a woman, could this be mal?could she still be alive? in reality?and that the inception job was all along to get cobb out of limbo and return to his real life?
-
Mac, that last installment might just be the greatest piece of lactational literature of the millenium. A modern classic.
Good work fella. -
thats next to the HOW TO books?
-
then again I used ScarJo too. Maybe we'll see her again. She is such a prolific actress that there is no reason she couldn't sink her teeth into a thick meaty role in this story as well.
-
It'll be tough to wean me off your writing.
-
some troll handles write their own stories.
-
Caligula illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
-
hopefully I can feed your addiction for a little while longer. I know where it's going I just don't know how it's gonna get there. I'll try and let you know when it is almost time to get to the methadone clinic.
-
...to settle down and read the latest chapter...sounds Limbo worthy.
-
...too, come to think of it.
It's BYO A-Z. -
the Avengerback.Maybe he will pick up my linen hanky.
-
...he sure does hate it!
-
Jul 26, 2010 12:59:30 PM CDT
Subs and I had a brief exchange over in the LET MEback.
by colonelfatheart
The fella's still got it.
-
he told me if he is gonna see it, it would be the the discount theater in a few months..love it or hate it, i would enjoy hearing his thoughts on INCEPTION.
-
...good, but the thought of it depresses me. I can't bring myself to post about it, or watch the trailers.
-
sorta...
Too bad he didn't pop in for the birthday. -
I think they can be good, great even. But this one is not moving the needle. LET THE RIGHT ONE IN was perfect in so many ways. Speaking of which, has that been Hoagie'd?
-
Jul 26, 2010 1:15:35 PM CDT
...it should get to walk straight to Alphie while we stand...
by flickapoo
...and clap.
-
...I'd be tempted to second it. I think AVATAR was brilliant at what it was trying to be.
I don't think it will have much of a shelf life for me, but as a one time theater experience it rocked my world. -
I watched the trailer with no sound. Strictly visual. It's close. I got a good vibe from it but I just don't feel like they will capture the essence. They can obviously improve on the scene with the cats but other than that....what can you do. The kid comes off just as pathetic as Oskar, I'll give it that.
-
...was perfectly cast...she could look young, old, innocent, and predatory...I can't imagine the poor new girl can fill those shoes.
And if she fails, people will shit all over these new kids...but it won't be their fault. -
if you second it..i will induct.cause whever i think about AVATAR, i get giddy..that rush of overwhelming GEEZ WHIZ feeling like when i was younger..ive been trying to capture it since, and it has avoided me like a fucking white whale. this was the closest ive gotten.so second it and i will do the rest.
-
Hit Girl just doesn't look menacing enough. Plus...with all the "Cunt" this and violence that is there anyway this girl doesn't get hooked on meth by 14? She is gonna be the female Cory Haim.
-
But IMO, there's something to be said for a movie that good with dialogue that bad. Right back to Star Wars territory, where all the 'importance' is visual, not spoken. Instantly translatable, and more importantly fuckin' awesome. My taint tingle fourth's Avatar.
-
Well, it was strange viewing it in the current context. Living in a post two-girls-one-cup era sorta puts it in a slightly different light, and I felt I'd made a mistake watching the last of Passolini's films first, as I didn't have the proper context in terms of his other work. Also I viewed it post-Irreversable, so it didn't quite have the visceral (literally in some places) impact it might have. Not to say some bits weren't pretty harsh.
Also I felt I wasn't well-read enough about the analogies to seventies Italy and the political climate to fully appreciate what he was railing against and by extension what got him killed for making this, even before its release. Sure the thematic elements are clear and the relationship to De Sade, and the somewhat detached filming/viewpoint also makes sense in and of itself and in relation to the characters depicted, but, yeah - I just think I was missing things. Damn my ignorance! Oh and the HD quality was lousy, even compared to Criterion's previous DVD release.
As for Valhalla Rising, dunno what the deal is there, it came out a while back in the U.K. - I borrowed the Blu from a friend (Along with Vincent Cassel's Mesrine parts 1 and 2, and La Haine Blus). It's certainly striking, and a world away from the Hollywoodish B-movie Outlander which I'd watched the night before (Scot/Vikings). The feeling of a violent malaise is quite strong, but at one point I felt it worked against itself. It's very sparse, the dialogue perfunctory and carried by the visuals which sometimes were beautiful and harsh, but sometimes just sorta cheap-looking and video-ish. Good stuff though, and Mads Mikkelsen is a well-hard bastard!
Oh and I watched Ang Lee's Ride with the Devil too. Great stuff, and a helluva cast. -
that kid was pretty fuckin' flakey in the original!
My concern is that even though that girl is a good actress in her precocious way (which worked perfectly for Kick Ass if a bit tired in 500 days), I just can't see her as right for this one. Who knows, I've been wrong a million times before, and hope I am again in this one.
The fact that for some reason they thought they had to change the fucking names though gives me a bad feeling, but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt. Don't wanna judge it before I see it if that's possible. -
it will be etched into my brain forever...it was last summer, and i was putting my grill together..for the BBQ i was having that night..needless to say, i didnt eat anything.
-
...something over in the AVENGERSback...and it appeared on the thread. Five minutes later I refreshed that thread on another computer, and my post was gone. So I went back to the laptop...and my post was in the thread. So I clicked to the AICN home page and back again...and my comment was gone...and still is.
Weird. -
and another thing with Oskar, I know I'm an uncool Dad and all these days, but when he was in the pool or standing there in the cold I was reflexively like "close your bloody mouth kid! wipe ya damn nose!". Couldn't help it...
One of my all-time favourite Bill Cosby jokes is when he referred to his snotty-nosed kid as a "glazed doughnut monster"! Robin Williams referring to his own as "little nose-miners" is pretty good too! -
the kid was a flake and I felt they got that part right. Not so much with the girl.Hey. Anybody see the photo for SuckerPunch in EW? I kn ow Snyder elicits mixed feelings, but I am loving what I have seen (one pic). Jaime Chung in thigh high fishnets. Yes please.
-
Wow, what casting indeed. Amazing how a kid can pull of what's ostensibly centuries of malaise like that.
-
Yeah, one dish did look like a burned sausage...
-
Incredibly otherwordly even just in her look. Hit Girl she ain't - that kid looks like a chipmunk to me.
And malaise is MY word for the day, dagnabbit! -
Check your totem...
-
Scary's 'puter is on level 1 and yours is in limbo.
-
Simuthought!
-
I just noticed I'm having too much fun chatting with you jokers. It's almost 5 in the morning and I'll get nothing done tomorrow if'n I don't hit the proverbial. Later all!
-
Malaise is everyone's word of the day.
-
KICK OUT!! KICK OUT DAMN YOU!!wheres my walkman with edith piaf?
-
Jul 26, 2010 1:57:59 PM CDT
someone just pulled subs' string regarding TDK and BB..
by six demon bag
this is gonna be awesome..i love it when subs unleashes wrath on unsuspecting posters about his scorn of the cinematical batmans.
-
or did I miss something?
-
dont let the red hot pokers get you!
-
Cobb and his new sidekick, Rob Cordry, go back in time to plant the seeds of the iPhone in Steve Job's dreams...
-
...the Castle Park With The Samurai Jack Bridge, as DD calls it.
Watch out for bad guys...we'll be back. -
Hot Tub Inception:Arthur "sets it off" with a futuristic rendition of Let's Get Retarded.
-
don't rock to hard on the spring loaded elephant.
-
Liv Tyler sets out in a Hot Tub Dream Machine to convince Bebe Buell that Steve Tyler's seed won't look like a small mouth bass on the floor of a canoe at summer camp. Hilarity ensues. Also, Liv Tyler almost sleeps with Steve Tyler, begetting Liv Tyler squared, how meta.
-
but maybe it's just a dream
-
scotsmen.and beetle-robots. but mostly scotsmen.
-
SPEARHEAD FROM SPACE
THIRD DOCTOR. SEASON 7. SERIAL 51.
well doesnt it looke so pretty in colour?
this is basically a set up serial with a pretty eerie looking baddie
thrown in more good measure. the doctor, exiled on earth, crash lands
in a ditch near modern day london. this knocks him out and some
soldiers, seeing the TARDIS on the radars, capture him and take him to
the hospital. meanwhile, the head of UNIT, (Brigadier Alistair
Lethbridge-Stewart--BALS) is interviewing a new scientist--LIZ and
then go check out this mysterious man whjo came from the police box.
BALS has met the second doctor before and is disappointed to see
another man claiming to know him. the third doctor, BALS claims, is
delusional.
eventually, the new doctor is able to convince BALS that he is the
same doctor he met before, and is asked to help UNIT fight off an
alien life form called the NESTENES, who take the form of plastic. in
the end, the monster is destroyed and fearful that it may return, BALS
asks the doctor to hang out at UNIT. he complies, if LIZ stays too.
There are a couple of cool scenes of plastic figures, not unlike the
robots in HEARTBEEPS, attacking people. their faces look like the
masks in EYES WIDE SHUT and i kept waiting for them to ask me the
password and kill my naked tour guide.
anyway. tis a good intro to the new doc who seems to be more physical
than the first two incarnations of the famous doctor. and you can tell
a new facet is shining through, with the doc knowing hes not going
anywhere for a while. hes kinda frustrated yet excited of his
predicament. though its not stopping him from trying to fix the TARDIS
to vamoose.
NEXT: DOCTOR WHO AND THE SILURIANS
-
ROBOCOP remake no more!thank fucking christ.
-
I'm happy.
-
Still haven't seen Toy Story 3. Or Predators Or Splice Or Iron Man 2 I've got a lot of catching up to do.
-
so don't feel bad. (No real interest in PREDATORS.)
-
Then I'll just have to go and see it.
-
Jul 26, 2010 4:01:54 PM CDT
See it, Ted. Your thoughts on it will be appreciated.
by colonelfatheart
Yours too, Vades.
-
we don't wanna have to force-choke a bitch.
-
Jul 26, 2010 4:20:28 PM CDT
On the way home from the grocery store just now...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
there was a spot on the news about some new depression findings and I got to wondering...How long until the first Inception inspired suicides start rolling in...You just know it's gonna happen..."Good bye, cruel Limbo world...I go to be with my husband Leonardo DiCaprio in reality 'cause my top won't quit spinning..."
-
And the way the writer describes Asgard, it sounds like they're portraying it as another planet, another galaxy instead of some sort of "God dimension". Which got me thinking: Are the Asgardians in the comics supposed to be aliens of sorts? A unique race that the Norsemen took to be Gods because they could control the weather and other elements on Earth? Even if not, I find that to be a fascinating element that the movie may or may not explore.
-
"Good bye, cruel world... I go to be with the rest of my true family, the Nav'i, in the paradise of Pandora..."
-
That's how I've ALWAYS thought of Thor.
-
How are you and the (ex) gf?inception would be a good date flick..but also stands as a good solo flick too.
-
I've never read Thor. The closest I've ever gotten to reading Thor is from the Utimates comics and maybe a few Avengers issues here and there as a kid. I always figured he and Odin and Hercules were just real Gods, but never considered them to be aliens until today. But I really like the alien angle a lot.
-
Thanks for asking. I came home from the beach and she's gone to the beach with her family. Since that night 2 thursdays ago, the one where we think she was drugged, things have been good. Like I was a superhero who saved her life that night and she's now fallen in love with the guy... I took her to work the next morning and I needed to fax some documents. I helped her with some stuff and she helped me with mine. I went upstairs to see my mom before I left (they work in the same law firm) and she seemed a bit sad I was leaving. I gave her the letters I had written. She texted me later that day and said the first one was making her cry, that she'd have to read the rest later. I made her dinner that night bc she was still feeling wonky and left the next morning for the beach. She went to work her second job and left her phone and outfit, so I took them to her at her work place and left for the beach. That day she and I texted back and forth, and that's what the past week has been like. Lots and lots and LOTS of texts and emails (some dirty) back and forth. We talked one night and she apologized for all her behavior. She actually surprised me. Said she thinks there's something wrong with her, that maybe she needs therapy or medication because she always screws up good things that are happening to her. Said that she knows and recognizes now that I was improving and making strides and trying to do better the past few months (something she had basically ignored or shot down as not being enough, etc), but something about her just wouldn't let her acknowledge it then. But now she does. She wanted me to come down to the beach with her and her family and best friend (the one she made out with a few weeks ago!). I told her I felt it'd be awkward, that I'd feel like a fool in front of her friends who know of all the crap that's happened. She said she'd be more concerned that they'd think *she's* the fool, the idiot, because she's the one who keeps screwing things up. And then her mom called to personally invite me to the beach and tell me that they all wanted me to be there and it wouldn't be awkward. I came home to do work today but I think I'm going to leave tomorrow. She keeps saying she loves me and wants to make this work. I do too. We've got to improve our communication and work on some other things (based on our talks/texts, I think our sex life will be vastly improved) to make it right. I think we can do it. I look forward to it, but I'm still a bit cautious and we still need to have another big talk or two to air out all that's bugging me (and maybe her).
-
Makes 'em aliens in my book.
-
I don't have to concern myself with moving out and trying to find a place to live. I can still focus on my work and writing.
-
Warms the heart, so it does.
-
Here's hoping to a sustained solution.
-
... ever go to war with the Asgardians in the comics? Who else exists from Mt Olympus? Anyone au fait with those guys in Marvel?
-
She wanted you to go to the beach along with the "best friend"?Put the brakes on, fella. Think about it. That ain't exactly... standard etiquette.
-
We'll see how well things go when I get to the beach tomorrow evening! Should be a good time regardless. Her family, and the other family of friends that are next door down there, are great people.
-
Her best friend and her husband were always coming to the beach. I was going to the beach too before the breakup. Nothing's really changed. Sorry if I confused you with the best friend thing- did you think I was referring to my best friend and that she had made out with him? No! 2 weeks ago I had a dream that my gf was cheating on me with a girl. Two nights later when I picked her up from being out (when she was drugged) she confessed to me that she and her best friend made out and groped each other the previous weekend. That's the one who will be there at the beach. Her husband arrives a day after me.
-
Jul 26, 2010 5:10:55 PM CDT
D-man...good news...if that's what both of you want...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
Just be careful...Been thru the let's reconcile phase many many time in my life...and from my experience, once it's broken, it can never be totally repaired...But, I'm kinda an asshole, so, might just be me...That 'best friend' she made out with was a chick, if I remember correctly, right? Hurry your ass down there, boy...they want to get freaky with you...count on it...
-
Still, if you guys are open minded, could be a memorable weekend...
-
I did read it as her best friend - which I instinctively thought was a bloke.Sorry about that. I'm blushing. That'll teach me to come wading in, the voice of reason, before I know half the story!But still... 'drugged'. What an intriguing life you lead...
-
I don't know what I'd do.
-
Jul 26, 2010 5:19:06 PM CDT
Well, then D...you have ONE night to plant the Inception...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
in their minds before the Husband gets there...
-
Jul 26, 2010 5:25:59 PM CDT
And BTW, getting drugged at a club isn't all that uncommon...
by cheeses_of_nazareth
Daughter was drugged at her 23rd birthday party at a club in Dallas. Fortunately she had lots of friends around who recognized she was more than intoxicated and took care of her...Bad guys just walk around and drop date rape drugs in beers and drinks left unattended at tables...Sucks to be young these days...
-
Gotta work my magic while I can. It helps that I HAVE hooked up with the best friend too. Back in college. So it wouldn't be weird, you know what I'm saying?
-
I wonder how that's gonna play... And I wonder if it will lead to Thanos in the Avengers film? I wouldn't mind seeing a Skrull invasion for the Avengers flick, though that might be better suited for a Fantastic Four reboot?
-
Chicken &c.
-
You already did the friend, too!!! This won't be as difficult as I originally thought...You lucky bastard...Just, after you get there, tease each of them individually and then both together...You're a WRITER man, if you put your mind to it, you can come up with some knock out lines between now and then...Controlled change, bro...its the only way...
-
We're all supposed to be sleeping in the same room!
-
...relationship building "trust falls"...get things rolling.
Hey...it worked at summer camp. -
I'll be fuckin' a chicken over hot coals a little later this evening...
-
If you guys remember that site... anyway, I hear one of the creators of the site died in a car accident last month? I wonder if he was the one who always shamelessly plugged the site in the talkbacks here. Weird.
-
Jul 26, 2010 5:58:11 PM CDT
...Col, you should try to get the chicken's friend involved...
by flickapoo
...too.
If one of you has a little weed it'll be long night of chicken pot pie. -
when you get her alone..."So, I hear you're into carpet cleaning, these days...Girlfriend says her's was so clean after you got thru, that you could eat out of it..."
-
Ooops! I fell over and into you! Oops I fell over again!
-
Two Chickens, one pot....
-
...camisoles and panties are essential to trust building intimacy.
-
...now we're cookin'.
-
I gotta go for a bit...
-
just about everything thats important and good in life...
-
Cobb and his team go back to 1953 and plant the inception in Hugh Hefner's mind that naked pictures of chicks will sell magazines...Mal is not upset and does not try to stop them...
-
Would have been 82 today. Hmmm, what to watch tonight in his honor? "A Clockwork Orange" perhaps? Can't wait for the Criterion release of "Paths of Glory" this fall! (mainly bc it will be the first time I see it)
-
Last year I got Seventh Seal, The Third Man, and Kurosawa's Stray Dog and Drunken Angel. What to get this year? Tax write-off either way! Oh shit... I forgot to write last year's purchases off.
-
also a breeding ground for yeast infections and herpes...
-
Cobb and his team go back to the 50's and plant the inception for the Flux Capacitor in Doc Brown's brain...Doc only thinks he hit his head and conceptualizes it, but it was all a dream inception...
-
That's what I like to read. I'm glad she came correct and you patched things up.
-
Cobb and his team go back to 1983 and plant the inception for Videodrome in James Wood's dreams...
-
Cobb and team travel to 1989 and plants the inception in Kevin Costner's dreams to build a baseball park in his corn field...
-
Cobb and his team go back in time to 1984 to plant an inception in Johnny Depp's dreams (that would have eventually led to Edward Scissorhands and the whole Tim Burton was just a projection of Depp's theory...) and Arthur is severely burned and loses all his vaunted fashion sense and becomes Freddy Krugger...
-
Playing a stoned out, long-haired, long bearded "Sherpa" getting the guys high in his "palace" ... and holy crap he just pulled a gun out on the guys. This is insane. Never heard of this episode. He's nuts.
-
this week, you GOT to see Inception...then give us the Inception/Field of Dreams mash up I am imagining in my head...James Earl Jones vs Mal...Costner debating DiCaprio...just give me a "based on an idea by" tagline...
-
"Based on an idea by Cheeses of Nazareth". That'd be something to see on the big screen.
-
after Teddy turned me on to Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang....That shit was HILARIOUS...SOOOO many great lines for Val in that one...
-
http://tinyurl.com/2539c8b
-
...Dream Police kick in over INCEPTION's closing credits?
-
...but is actually about dead people not playing baseball".
AAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA! -
I kept expecting to hear Gary Wright's 'Dream Weaver'...
-
Me? No. I'm hip deep in pussy. Just liked the name so much thought I'd keep it.
-
if you looked up the word 'idiot' in the dictionary? A picture of me? No. The definition of the word 'idiot', which you FUCKING ARE.
-
One of the all-time greats. Love Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. YOU love it too. You just don't know it yet. Unless you do. Like you should.
-
Fuzzy...that whole movie had me cracking up...I gotta buy that one...soon...
-
In honor of Mr. Kubrick. I'll be in and out.
-
not kill at the box office? If they re-released it this fall, I bet it's make a frikkin' MINT.
-
From the future. Ugly little cuss. Only says the word 'ficus'.
-
not it's
-
Downy wasn't Iron Man yet...
-
...like you said, Jefe...they'd probably have a lot better luck today. Not huge, but better.
-
need to work together more. And more Michelle Monaghan is always a good thing. But damn, that movie was, indeed, just chock-full of killer dialogue. "Jesus, could I use the word 'fuck' more?" Downey's narration was awesome too.
-
'I mean, Jesus...look at those stems.'
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TaSNh0R4cY
-
Type much? "Downer and Kilmer"? Robert Downer Jr, the most depressing thespian to ever mope on the silver screen!
-
I'm drinking the leftovers from a Shiraz that was opened a week and a half ago at least. But its the only red wine left in the house. Bleh.
-
that hurt my ears...
-
the secret to Val's astonishing weight gain...
-
I love the harp part, really.
-
Just sad to see I am so deep in Pop culture Limbo that it seems a dream to me...I always knew the day would come...but, you never really expect it to be today...
-
I love the part in the end when RDJ is on the top of the car and is almost about to get shot and he just mutters NO and unloads on the guy
-
I love the part in the end when RDJ is on the top of the car and is almost about to get shot and he just mutters NO and unloads on the guy
-
You should check out the 10 minute long music video for it. I actually really like the video and the way it was shot.edited. For some reason, Kill Bill's Pussy Wagon is in it. Haven't figured that one out yet.
-
ya'll need to google Suckerpunch trailer right now. I know where I'll be in March next year. I don't care if this movie is widely considered the worst piece of cinematic trash ever produced. My ass is in a seat.
-
need to smoke a cig anyway.
-
Cobb and his team travel back in tome to 1939 to plant the Inception in Judy Garland's head that a tornado takes her to a magical land with talking lions, Straw Men and androids...Just so they can Extract the Wizard's secrets...
-
had the original Inception team. 'And you were there, and you were there...'
-
Who would be who?
-
1. Hi. 2. I'm VERY happy your relationship might work out after all, and I'm VERY glad it's because your girl realized she was being a jerk and not appreciating you. I hope it works out... and I hope you remember, you are not her doormat. If she fucks with you again you need to bring the hammer. BUT, I really hope you guys live happily ever after. Love stories make me all weepy and shit. [Scary cocks her gun and pops off a couple of shots, to prove she's not a pussy.] 3. FOR THE LOVE OF , MAN. IF YOU'RE GOING TO DRINK WINE THAT OLD- AND FUCKING SHIRAZ
&zwj
NO LESS, CUT THAT SHIT WITH O.J. AND SELTZER. THAT IS SANGRIA WINE NOT FINE WINE. Goddamn amateur hour up in here. [Scary shoots a couple more bullets 'cause she's pissed about the alcohol abuse referenced in D.Vader's post.] -
all that and flying monkey's, too...
-
but I'd stay behind and play with my boobies all day.
-
I think Mal is hot and all, but she's all depressed and shit. Ariadne is smart. Except I'd want to be hot. DAMMIT!!!! Decisions, decisions...
-
Dorothy ain't EVER leaving the farm. 'There's no place like home' after all.
-
What boobs?
-
nothing to see here...move along...
-
I hate- not dislike, not don't prefer- HATE The Wizard of Oz. HATE it. Hate all the many versions of it. Hate everything about it. FUCKING. HATE. IT.
-
Every boob is beautiful...in it's own way.
-
Or old Saito...
-
I'll get you my pretty....and your bottle of shiraz, too!
-
as cool-looking as she is... Marion Cotillard has, like, NO neck. She's still beautiful... but she's got the neck and shoulders of a petite linebacker.
-
Oh wait, yeah hold on. I meant... 1. Hi! Good to see you! 2. Thanks! Yeah, I hope this works out too. But if this happens again, I think she knows it will be the last time. Third strike and all. But we've known each other since we were kids. We were summer romances. We've got history. We should have that happy ending, and I do hope we get it. 3. In my defense... the gf bought it. Not me. And apparently she drank all the Shannon Ridge bottles that my dad had given my roommate for housesitting a few weeks ago. This is all that's left in the house, and I didn't feel like a beer or opening the new bottle of scotch I'm saving for the beach. Oh wait, I forgot I had some new sake in the cabinet. That's what I should be drinking. *Fires a few rounds from the shotgun out back to join the club*
-
them milk cartons will fill out the maternity top jes' fiiine.
-
did anyone see the new godzilla design? Looks a lot better than that other peace of shit movie.
-
Just look at the pics. In the Shelter, I mean.
-
Was/Is a variation of Trinity. Chew on that, Scary.
-
Jul 26, 2010 9:11:38 PM CDT
Ah. Excellent, Hi5. We were missing the adult point of view.
by scarywaitress
Way to step up. ☺
-
breathing fire...he stands in the sky! Godzilla! Godzilla! And Godzooooookey!
-
that couldn't be undone homeskillet.
-
We talkin' daiginjo here?
-
Spoken by one who has obviously never motorboated a massive pair of 36 DDs....
-
perfecting my Godzira. Just warning you... this is sacred ground.
-
Holy Hell, that looks pretty damn cool. And Emily Browning grew up to be the hottie I knew she would be since I first saw her in A Series of Unfortunate Events.
-
"motorboated a massive pair of 36 DDs". Wow. Just, wow.
-
I dug her. She ALMOST made me forget Jim Carrey was in that one. , I hate him.
-
it's not at all like waterboarding...
-
She'd be goin' places...
-
I always drink sake when I go to a Japanese restaurant, and I just go with the house. I think once I bought something other than house when I was at a Vietnamese Pho restaurant, but I couldn't tell you what it was. I've read about sakes for years but when I got to the liquor store in SC, which has privately owned stores, unlike the state-run stores here in NC, which means more variety in SC, I wandered down the aisles of liquor like a kid in a candy store, noticing all sorts of new drinks I'd never seen before. Bought myself a scotch, a rum called "Kraken" with an awesome old-school drawing of a giant squid on the label, and a sake. But I couldn't, for the life of me, remember any of sake info I'd read before. Couldn't remember what was good. So I just went with a moderately priced sake (since I was already in the hole with the scotch purchase). Lemme go see what it is... Its Shochu Yokaichi Mugi. Whatever THAT means. Ah fuck, I should have noticed this when I bought it. This is distilled from barley, not rice.
-
Jul 26, 2010 9:24:50 PM CDT
Wow. My shapely ass is in the seat for SuckerPunch too.
by scarywaitress
That looks fun. I predict a bit too much CGI, but what the hell. I'ma goin' to smuggle in a 375ml of something tasty. I'm thinking either Brut Champagne or red Burgundy.
-
http://trailers.apple.com/movies/wb/suckerpunch/suckerpunch-tlr1_480p.mov http://tinyurl.com/28yt4kz PS: The End Credits to "A Series of Unfortunate Events" are the best End Credits Ever.
-
That IS the girl from 'A Series..'! I didn't even connect it. I thought she'd be quite lovely myself. And I was quite right. Again. It's amazing. And good catch Vader. Feels good to be right. I was right for a short time on Kirsten Dunst after Inverview With the Vampire, but something happened there. I think her head is STILL growing. And on Suckerpunch....I had no idea it was gonna be THIS COOL looking. Dragons vs WWII bombers? Giant machine-gun wielding samurai robos? Bzzzt! Krklllzzzzt! (That's my geekometer blowing)
-
I get a happy little shiver every time I see them. Peter Gabriel can make even preachy enviromental lyrics cool. He's like jesus with the water into scotch.
-
[Scary rubs his Sasquatch-like furry head.] You and your geekometer.
-
was so cool-looking I totally forgot to mention all the lovely ladies. That trailer had me squeezing off a few rounds myself.
-
It tells a story using history and the history of art and ends with 16-bit versions of Wall-E and EVE. Pretty damned awesome.
-
I had a serious crush on Kirsten Dunst circa Jumanji.
-
The Wall-E credits are brilliant... partly because the animation is cool, but mostly because PETER GABRIEL IS A GOD. I Grieve is one of the best, most heartbreaking tracks ever recorded. I need to get his album of covers. Any song is better when he sings it.
-
Just siiiiiiingin' in the rain! What a glooooorious feeling! I'm haaaaappy again!
-
and Carla Gugino. Queen of the BEAUTIFUL WOMEN THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE 12-YEAR-OLD-BOYS Club.
-
was one of those? God, I miss Rocketeer/Dark City Jennifer. Why? WHYYYYYYYYYY? Curves are God's gift to men. CURVES. A beautiful woman should be built like a scenic byway. IMO.
-
Back during the middle school years when it was "Good Morning Mrs. Bliss" or whatever with Hayley Mills. She played an 8th grader that Zach met over the summer. Total hottie back then too.
-
we're going to get along JUST FINE, my friend. Ain't no straight-n-narrow highways up here, I tell ya.
-
...MY ASS. http://tinyurl.com/27uk32z
Still, thank they pulled her out of the gulf before something horrible happened to her, like getting covered in slick shiny oil. (Oil, Tuna, Can + Carla Gugino, it's a gold mine of material) Goodnight Pebrews. -
Nicely done, Hi5. I tip my hat (well, I would if I wore one.)
-
thank you. Truly, you are an asset. Nothin' like those in that pic, but an asset nonetheless. And Scary...you're already my favorite, but keep on checking those boxes for me. WHEN WILL WE PERFECT CLONING? 'Cause I'll tell ya, there's a DEARTH of lovely, curvaceous, geek-friendly, and intelligent ladies here in the 'Bam. You might get most of the good things, but geeky is in short order. That's why I miss my ex-wife so much. She used to let me read her comics. She LOVED Preacher, for cryin' out loud! Hellboy! Bone (the comic.....and, y'know)! She was as close to perfect as I'd found. *sniff* I'M NOT CRYING!
-
Thank you.
-
Jul 26, 2010 10:02:09 PM CDT
OK, I just finally listened to Peter Gabriels's version
by scarywaitress
of My Body Is A Cage. Holy shit. It's like when Johnny Cash did the cover of Hurt. NO WAY the writer of that song had ANY idea what they had... she's just not old enough to know what she wrote. DAMN.
-
I need to download that right now ... Have you and Flick heard the new Arcade Fire album yet, by the way?
-
I'M THERE! I heard 2 tracks from the new Arcade Fire a few weeks ago on some website. Loved it. Is the new album out already? PS: Johnny Cash's cover of "The Mercy Seat" is superior to Nick Cave's original.
-
And its going to be directed by Terry Gilliam. Hole. Eee. Shit.
-
his voice is annoying enough, but for some reason I can get over it... HER voice just grates on me. It's not melodic... she just belts it out... and for some reason, I guess all the hype about how great she is just bugs me. I wish I liked them more, but they're of that "traditional singing is hit" school... which I can respect, to a point, but if you're writing these beautiful melodies it just bugs me, I guess. And the thing is, none of their voices are BAD... they just choose to belt out every song like they're channeling Ethel Merman. I KNOW they can sing... their belting feels pretentious. But, they write some GREAT shit.
-
though modern cinema is FILLED with hacky, point-and-shoot dunderheads, it's a pretty good time to be a geek. I mean, you have Christopher Nolan, Zack Snyder, Guillermo del Toro, Sam Raimi, Darren Aronofsky, Alex Proyas,and Wes Anderson (sensibility-wise)...all genre-friendly. Cuaran also. Jury's still out on likes of Neill Blomkamp, Francis Lawrence, Duncan Jones, Matt Reeves, and The Spierig Brothers. And maybe Stephen Norrington will get back in the game soon. Maybe throw JJ Abrams in there (he straddles the line between geek-centric and mainstream pretty well). Plus you have Spielberg still kicking, it seems like Scorsese is branching out some in his older years. And Tarantino, Rodriguez as well. Not too bad a time to like ze genres when you really think about it.
-
Chicken.
-
JJ Grey and Mofro AND Ray Lamontagne both have new albums coming out in August! Yay! JJ Grey and Mofro....I'd describe as 'swamp funk'. Ray Lamontagne is sort of a young Van Morrison who isn't afraid to get a lil funky himself. If'n you didn't know them already.
-
Has the DSL real bad.
-
occam's razor dictates that the simplest possible solution is the correct one. in the case of Inception, all you have to do is figure out which the simplest answer, is it Cobb still dreaming or Cobb waking up? its pretty clear which is right if you apply occam's razor.
-
ass crack of dawn and all...
-
Still watching Clockwork Orange. Been distracted a lot this evening. Night Cheeses!
-
Good to see you by the way.
-
Jul 27, 2010 12:05:03 AM CDT
Fuzzyjefe...The surgeon who lopped of Jennifers Incredible...
by conspiracy
massive, udders of magical milky perfection should not only have his license revoked...but burned at the stake outside of Fredricks of Hollywood. The man certainly is the devil.
-
waiting for the 'beanpole' trend to FUCKING DIE already. Women need to look like women. I have no problem with well-defined washboard ladies, but I like softness. Voluptuousness. HOTNESS.
-
that gave me knew respect for Devito. The guys heart is in the right place, seems to really be a film fan..and a horror geek...rare in Hollywood these days..most actors don't give a fuck about the craft anymore.
-
the tank is empty. And 1 second off from my first ever simupost there Conspiracy. Oh so close.....
-
Don't get me wrong..I Loves me some hardcore, toned and skinny chicks too..like Milla Jovovich. A cup cuties are just fine with me..IF that is the way they really are.What I hate is a beautiful healthy curvy babe like Jennifer C. ruining herself because she is Too breasty/curvy.Here is a lesson from Old Conspiracy for you babes considering life altering plastic surgery; Short, tall, skinny or thick, a cup-e we likes all the tit... jus keep yourself trim, no drama or fits and we'll hit that pink till you babes scream "I quits".
-
But it doesn't beat a slice of fresh muenster or cheddar. Mmmm mm.
-
Jul 27, 2010 1:27:06 AM CDT
need to get Starcraft 2 almost forgot thanks to Inception
by dioxholsterreturns
too much happened this weekend, comic-con, inception, stargate trailer, and now starcraft 2
-
"What They Died For". Sniff. Made me quite a bit weepy.
-
they in heaven now arent they? what do people do in heaven i wonder.
-
Diox, I know you forget about the spoiler thing every now and then and have gotten into the spirit of things, but holy fucking shit I hope you didn't just spill on Lost. I've said earlier when letting you know our policy in here that the whole Lost thing is the main case in point.
There are only a few weeks to go 'til the last season hits disc and a couple of us waiting it out. Fuck fuck fuck. There's no way I'm gonna forget that. Jesus Christ dude... please tell me you're guessing. Fuck! -
ever. Best opening credit sequence, Seven.
-
I check out Fashion Police (shut up) and it's fascinating - not just for the perv value, but the outrageous comments from truly sad, half-witted girls on there who are already completely brainwashed into thinking that curves mean fat. Sure, it's a polite, politically correct term for fat in the same way as guys are called 'big', but these people are so stupid they don't understand that the majority of the gay male designers who make these clothes go for the pre-pubescent thing because completely aside form any gay angle, they're just interested in a walking clothes hanger, not so much the body inside - especially with couture, it's a statement and a sketch. It's not about the stick insect inside. The CLOTHES are the thing. And the withered, baby-less old women who run the magazines perpetuate this brain damage while disingenuously creating the supermodel con. These poor girls while on the one hand are not responsible for the abstraction being pushed on them, are obviously too stupid to look on it as anything less than literal. And it gets worse, because the visual reinforcement actually takes it's toll on women who ARE intelligent.
The other day the worst thing I saw was this sort of confusion in action when a commenter was actually making a literal mental comparison between curves and fat. It was clear she believed one was the other. I'm not sure whether to be sad for her or angry at her. Both probably. You can be thin as and still have no shape. Sigh. At least good self-image amongst black women is much stronger. Despite all the misogyny bombarding them.
My thinking (to talk in broad strokes for a minute) is that the distinction is this: on the whole, men always think they look better than they do, women the opposite. -
I meant the IDEA.
-
and taco chunks came out.
-
How does one say, "I hate the Wizard of Oz." and escape unchecked?You all are a little too gentlemanly to the lady.
-
"I grabbed your tit! It's a biggie!"(or something damn close to that)
-
on a few recommendations from in here.I really liked it - I had a vague idea what the ending was going to be going in and thought that may spoil it a little.But it wasn't really a twist film. It was clearly working towards something the whole way through and with some clever nuances/red-herrings, I was totally wrapped up in it. Leo does some great work - and the whole wife and kids angle mirrors Inceptions emotional centre a lot too. He's pretty good with bringing some empathy to the broken family unit role.Scorcese didn't pull many punches either. There were a lot of little flourishes that looked great and/or had a decently creepy vibe. The strange off cuts during the first dream sequence (while his wife talks the scene jitters about and plays some games with the dialogue) and when one interviewee asks for a glass of water she lifts an empty hand to her face and puts down a glass.Anyway, good shout, fellas.
-
head em off at the pass?!?!i hater that cliche
-
MadFuckingMax!Well tarnation!Weird how Leo (unmarried, no kids) is drawn to these tragic widower/missing kid roles lately.I don't really think it is anything more than coincidence in the roles but odd none the less.
-
White_V disregard what Diox said about Lost as a spoiler, just a euphemism. Go on and enjoy the last season, it's v.good (Desmond, my fave character gets some juicy scenes).
-
Waitress, a while back I might have agreed with you about WIZARD OF OZ but now my daughters are nuts for it. They must have watched it maybe 20 times. That's given me a new found appreciation for it - that it can still resonate so powerfully, timeless.
However I do still think it's a film for little girls... and i'd be a wee bit suspicious if a grown man claimed to love it. -
i'm next to a computer this week sooo all the better for pedaling back this week. Hey cobes.
-
Skinny vs curves can be illustrated by fashion models vs glamor models.
Fashion models = the 'ideal' beauty for women and gay men
Glamor models = the 'ideal' beauty for men
Did Jennifer Connelly (who was uber hot) actually have breast reduction surgery? I just guessed she dieted and worked out too hard, like Angelina Jolie and Geri Halliwell, and foolishly lost her best bits.
-
...curves, great. Carla Gugino, great. Arcade Fire, great. Peter Gabriel, great. Young plump Jennifer Connely > bony Jennifer Connely (although I still love her). End credits for UNFORTUNATE EVENTS/WALL-E, great. SUCKER PUNCH trailer...fuck yes...
All set? -
Hey Mac. If you're gonna do some more story telling then slip in a slithery role for me.
My ideal part would be as the snake in SWORD & THE SORCERER that gets all gratuitous with the big boobed princess. Good god, that girl was hot. -
Sarah Jessica Parker = the 'ideal' beauty for women.
How the fuck did *that* happen???! -
...chapters...
-
hatred of WIZARD OF OZ? Or have you guys had that showdown already?
-
Yes, I love Snyder's WATCHMEN. There I fucking said it! I love the novel AND the movie! I've seen WATCHMEN maybe four times (once as the Ultimate Cut) since it was released, and the damned thing has seeped into my mind. Whenever a movie takes that quickly to become a part of the grammar of my imagination, it's gotta be a favorite. I FUCKING LOVE WATCHMEN.
-
Glad you really liked SHUTTER ISLAND.
-
http://tinyurl.com/26dkt75
-
Most women just want to have her money. AND her shoes.
-
Gabriel's song is better than that kind of song deserves to be. My favorite Gabriel movie work, though, is his score for THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST.
-
dorothy and the wicked witch of the west.
-
I wore that tape out when I had it. GREAT soundtrack. Rabbit Proof Fence was great, too... Sky Blue is a GREAT song. P.S., I liked Watchmen too. I need to see that again, I only saw it the once.
-
I wore out my CD.
-
what else is Jolie good for, entertainment wise? I HATE hearing about her life... I just want to watch her shoot at stuff.
-
...olds scarred for life by flying monkeys. I held a grudge for years after watching WIZARD OF OZ and then being sent up to sleep in my nifty little trundle bed in the attic (we were visiting my grandparents).
I saw it again not too long ago, and still think the whole thing is unbelievably creepy...the spastic gaiety of Munchkin Land in particular. I also think every character is unpleasant, starting with Dorothy.
That said (© Harry Knowles), I love the use of stage/theater effects in film, and I'm not an expert, but I think OZ is probably one of the greatest examples of that style. I particularly like all the forced perspective stuff when they're in that field of poppies.
And like Cobra said, you can't deny that it taps into something elemental... -
I think the best opening credits have to go to Bond. Not one individual movie but as a more cumulative appreciation. That they've kept a certain iconography throughout really helps tie them all together, and I love the music also. Even the lesser Bond songs have got something going for them in the instrumentation or the arrangment.
-
One of the most vivid dreams I've ever had is from when I was about five or six (no shit), and I had to rescue Dorothy from this really dark, austere, fog-shrouded environment. She was naked, but her skin had ruddy patches in several places, not quite welts, but irritations, I guess. I don't remember seeing her genitalia, though, but that's because back then I really had no concept of what pudenda looked like. The key image I remember, though, is my five-/six-year-old body picking her up to rescue her and holding her in my arms as if I were about to carry her over the wedding night threshold.
-
Keep fuckin' that flying monkey.
-
to the chants of FIRECROTCH..good to see shes making friends
-
Jul 27, 2010 8:42:30 AM CDT
...that's great, Col. Did you read our dream conversation...
by flickapoo
...from the other night? One of my most vividly remembered dreams is from when I was three or four. I won't bore Pebrews with it again, but it was comically Freudian.
-
On Flicka's point about the effects in OZ, I saw some of MARY POPPINS yesterday with my girls and the visuals in that one really wowed me in one places.
There's a moment when they go up the chimney before the sweeps dance, and look over the London rooftops that is truly breathtaking. -
Only in Pedalback could u go from big boobed princess in SWORD & SORCERER getting snake-raped to MARY POPPINS...
-
...well. Perfectly, in fact.
-
and PETES DRAGON..lil demon loves that one..but i have a strnage feeling hes taking notes on how to get away with murder..just blame it on the invisible dragon.
-
...scene. She was...vivacious...
-
Sorry I freaked out - sorry Diox, you scared the crap outta me. So close...
-
but I just can't stand Dick Van Dyke, and never could. It's not even his astoundingly atrocious accents, he just sorta rubs me the wrong way - even as a kid he did too. Which is why it was funny when we were talking about musicals last time at about the same time as remakes and Subs guessed what I was working on at the time but it came and went. We'll see if this one finally gets up...
Anyway, I actually think that from interviews and all Van Dyke seems like a really lovely guy. In movies though? Can't quite come at it. I know I'm always saying to separate the singer and the song, but man, sometimes it is hard. -
a few more weeks and then you'll know it was all a.............
-
next week..it will be mine..
-
under the hood? or something like that?
-
i will picking that up
-
...is so stagey that I see Van Dyke as just mugging for the kiddies. I have a hard time with old movies precisely because of that acting style they used back then...but for some reason it doesn't bother me much in those old family musicals.
-
...to that one.
-
LARRY SANDERS SHOW coming to DVD..the complete series!!hell yeah!! ive been waiting for this..
-
There ARE problems with it. And I try to separate that objectivity from the general American audience's overwhelming desperation for their own home-grown movie mythology. Baum seems to be a darling because he's OURS and OZ is OURS (by which I mean yours), not yet another classic by some Brit or whoever. Maybe it's just because I'm an outsider, but most people seem blind to the pacing and other problems it has and are just WILLING the thing to be a perfect jewel with all their might.
When the truth is, it's revisionist history. The thing didn't even make money until I think it was the seventies with reruns and syndication and all that. Not as beloved even in it's home as everyone loves to think. So that's another element that rubs me the wrong way - revisionist history.
But like I say, I try to separate that from the flick itself and not impose criticisms that aren't appropriate for such a flight of fancy.
But when it comes to effects, oh bloody hell yes. I got the blu-ray and my God, even with the soft focus and film stock, the burlap texture on the scarecrow's face/makeup is just amazing, all those makeups are just a beautiful balance between a caricatured version of the actor's features and an anthropomorphic character style. The tornado is still incredible, the acting double for the colour 'reveal (the whole thing is in colour anyway even before she opens the door) is a masterful sleight of hand, and well, the monkey are awesome precisely BECAUSE they didn't puss out and kept 'em freaky. -
I got the first season and even that sneaky best of (I usually hate those cash-grabs) because I thought we were never gonna see it. Good news.
-
Don't you dare, you evil sonofagun, don't you dare...
-
I'm a sucker for DC animation. Haven't made it through Green Lantern yet though.
-
Jul 27, 2010 9:18:20 AM CDT
...that's interesting, Nilla. I grew up almost exclusively...
by flickapoo
...on English children's classics (the usual suspects, HOBBIT, NARNIA, GEORGE MACDONALD, WATERSHIP DOWN, etc...etc...), but the fact that WIZARD OF OZ is "American" never once occurred to me.
I wonder if it's more on the minds of people from your part of the world...what with the OZ and all... -
...YET TODAY...COME BAAACK!
-
I'm watching Fringe with my wife for a bit of X-Files-ish fun. Only a few eps in and I'm giving it time - everyone seems to say it starts off a bit lame but comes good later in the season, and then the end and second seasons are fantastic.
The one thing that's really bugging me though is the lead actress is actually sorta crap. It seems like everyone's been to the CSI shit-acting school where you try to look super concerned or intense or whatever whether it suits the tone of the scene or matches the dialogue or not. I mean, they sorta all do that but she goes over the top. Her accent's fine (yet another Aussie, as is John Noble/Denethor), but yeeks, tone it down luv! There are some cool campy things and if they ease up on the canned formula or Orci and Kurtzman ease out it seems like it has the goods. We'll see.
Anyone here watch it? -
it came out waaaaay back then..and then nothing..i hoped one day..
-
Jul 27, 2010 9:32:51 AM CDT
...ha! I read that entire post thinking Nilla was talking...
by flickapoo
...about FARSCAPE instead of FRINGE.
-
Yeah, maybe you need some distance to see the 'OZ' effect but man, it's full-on.
They're trying to do it too with stuff like Spiderwick and all that and it galls me because sorry, New England is NOT the same as England! I mean, you guys can't even pronounce Notre Dame or Celt-type stuff correctly! Again, of course I don't mean ALL of you - you know what I mean. Yeah, if you're gonna do goblins and sprites and trolls and all in the Americas, at least build on analogous native folklore instead of co-opting the original stuff in such a disingenuous fashion! But hey, those illustrations in the books are fantastic...
There are a few genre type things where it makes total sense in an American context though. Sure, Witches and spooks and puritanical dementia - Salem and all, yeah, go for it! And One reason I can come at the southern Vampire stuff whether it be Rice or True Blood or whatever is that the deep south has a direct connection to European and African mythologies and superstitions. And well sure, even girly-swat Native werewolves, O.K. But man, some of that other gear just reeks of desperation and appropriation. And you know, maybe when it comes to that other stuff beside OZ, the audience doesn't care half as much as the Hollywood suits. All the stuff that still goes on about remaking perfectly good genre flicks because supposedly you lot can't read or something (?!) yet at least if it's English language, your average Joe Six-Pack will still go to see wall-to-wall Poms being wall-to-wall Pommie in things like Potter or Rings to the tune of billions. Yanks sure do love their Oz though.
And believe me, I'm still perplexed as to why Baz gave a film the generic, all-encompassing name "Australia" and yet hung the whole thing on an AMERICAN pop culture icon. And I worked on the thing! -
that was made down here, actually.
-
I wonder if the Scandinavians feel the same way about Tolkien/Poms co-opting theirs as foreigners feel about Americans/Hollywood doing it? Hmmm. Tolkien WAS very upfront about it though I guess, which counts.
-
..prematurely ejaculated my thoughts all over the web.Midgets, Courage, and lethal water. Whats not to like?I guess I can understand people Down under being possessive of "Oz". Really though...I love the Lions courage speech. Great.
-
Hes why I love the show mainly. I think the lead actress Ana Torv is kinda hot. My gf is bothered by her face. Says she has a weak chin. And for some reason, that always bugs her.
-
Least of AUSTRALIA's problems (the film not the country!) was the OZ references (waltzing mathilda would have been a better tune to whistle tho, rather than over the rainbow, surely?).
White_V, as one of Luhrman's 'yes men' I hold you partly accountable! -
...it travels, and the further you go back the more it's all the same. I used to be more purist about it, but now I see it as our collective human heritage.
Have you read Gaiman's AMERICAN GODS? It's come up a lot in the green fields of Pedalback recently...basically it's about the idea that all the various gods from all the old countries came to America along with the immigrants who believed in them. Over time they've been fading and turning into semi-regular people (and some don't even know they're gods anymore) because nobody believes in them. They settled in places of power that people can sense, but don't understand...and have turned into ridiculous highway rest-stop tourist attractions. It's pretty great.
The Tolkien thing is a different matter. He was a very careful historian, and a stickler for accuracy. He specifically wanted to try to imagine a mythology for a lost age of English history (before the French influence I think). Anyway, I believe that he carefully mixed Norse elements into his invented mythology to reflect the very real Scandinavian presence during the period he was working with. I'm not 100% sure, but I'm pretty sure. He was a meticulous old grump. -
The Lollipop Guild, hahaha! They were like 3 pint-sized Popeye's..
Can anyone explain why The Lollipop Guild's the most macho one in Munckin Land?? -
...really blurry. I grew up in the very north eastern corner of Italy...right near Austria and Slovenia. None of the local dialects and stories were what you immediately think of when you think of Italy...lots of Slavic and Germanic/Central European in the mix. I love those in-between places. Of course, it has to be done well...that's the first thing.
-
seems to be one of the most American stories but it has a very English feel to it. Obviously speaking to the traveling that Flick was talking about.That is America though. Everything has traveled here....except like The Wendigo which is Native American folklore.
-
prison sex. Lollipop indeed.
-
That SUCKER PUNCH trailer looks incredible. 'Girls with guns' is a tricky line to tread tho and it could end up as rather stupid but visually it looks fantastic.
Zach Snyder's a machine isn't he? Not long finished on 3.5 hours of WATCHMEN and he's already done this one plus the Owl movie and has started on XERXES... -
I wanted to reference something from the PB only I can't remember were it occurred. I have been scouring the past unsuccessfully.I might just have to recreate it the best i can. we fucking talk a lot.
-
I wanted to reference something from the PB only I can't remember were it occurred. I have been scouring the past unsuccessfully.I might just have to recreate it the best i can. we fucking talk a lot.
-
...were best mates for a long time, but not everyone knows that they eventually drifted apart in partly because Tolkien hated NARNIA...specifically the promiscuous mixing of mythologies and folklore. He fucking HATED that Father Christmas shows up in WARDROBE.
For Lewis, that mixing and matching was half the point. He believed that all real myths are "true" in the sense that they represent Truth. He believed that the mythologies and religions of the world are all echoes and distorted reflections of on true unknowable story/reality...sort of a Plato's cave sort of thing. Of course, he believed that Christianity is the best incomplete reflection of this ultimate reality available to us in this life, but he thought that all myths and religions were in some sense "true".
Just an interesting (to me) bit of trivia.
I tried to adopt his view of things for quite a while when I was younger...not so much because I wanted to be religious, but because his vision of religion gave extra weight and dignity to all kinds of cool shit I'm interested in. Great to be able to believe that while not "real", Siegfried, and Prometheus, and Osiris are still "true". -
Don't call me a "yes-man" (there were already plenty of those)! I think I've mentioned this before but the whole thing used to make a HELL of a lot more sense before he changed the ending at the last minute. Gah.
-
inappropriate expressions. And she looks like my wife's cousin, so I feel really strange when I don't like her!
And Noble's quasi-Vincent Price voice is really funny - I like it! -
He wasn't around much for the owl movie. And boy oh boy are they going hell for leather to make up time on that one!
-
Flicka, it's true that Christianity doesn't have such a cool bestiary of beasties as some of the others. Cerberus, Charon the boatman, ganesh, the sphinx, the midgard serpent... even Hare Krishna has a blue skinned dude.
I think CS Lewis was just adding some much-needed monsters into the mix. -
I do believe in the Joseph Campbell thing. And I'm fine with common roots and all that - like I say, it just annoys me when things like Spiderwick (which I liked fine beyond the central contrivance) don't even bother to change the names to protect the innocent but uproot them completely. Do some storytelling of your own, dagnabbit!
And yes, my Father-in-law comes from Northern Italy and talks about the town-to-town dialects and so on which used to be the counterbalance to the cultural crossbreeding. Even with the Scandinavian stuff there's a lot of similar versions to central European folklore. It's all good.
So the question is, do I bring this all neatly back to the Aussie DREAMtime and talk of Inception? Ha ha! -
Hey, they got zombies though! And at the end of time, EVERYONE becomes a Zombie!
-
White_V I didn't know that one was being done down under. Were 300 and WATCHMEN shot in Sydney too?
-
...Christianity/Judaism have a lot of cool stuff that's never been properly explored...
"The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown."
Sounds like early Pebrews to me. -
they actually sort of work her aloof, distant nature into the overarching mythology, so it seems her early 'matter-of-factness' was a conscious acting choice. She actually does show a bit of range, especially season 2.
-
and yeah the same effects place did do 300 stuff and its effects art director is from there, but I can't remember if they did any Watchmen stuff. Not that I remember. Those two flicks used an awful lot of vendors from what I recall. I was supposed to go in there for a meeting today actually but didn't hear back from them. They did the first Happy Feet, but Miller is working with a different lot on the sequel.
-
i mean it looks ok..and zack knows how to cut a trailer. i give you that..but after WATCHMEN and that OWL film (i love that trailer because lil demons mind was blown before TOY STORY 3) its kind of a let down..i need to see more.
-
I wanted to reference something from the PB only I can't remember were it occurred. I have been scouring the past unsuccessfully.I might just have to recreate it the best i can. we fucking talk a lot.
-
I guess she was just settling in. She really pulls some funny pouty faces and line deliveries that seem to contradict what's required - but that could easily be direction as well, like the Dept. head (the bald guy) always talking in those clipped little bites to be all DRAMATIC. Bom bom bom! Like I said before, it was the OPPOSITE of "matter of fact" and way too broad - but hey, I'll stick with it, everyone says it gets better and better.
"Fringe & Torv" - sounds like a comedy duo! -
that or hes in a time loop..and ive been watching WHO, so i knows that happens more often than not.KICK OUT MAC!!!KICK OUT!!
-
Get out of that loop before you DO blow something!
-
Simuthought!
-
or we all are gonna blow!
-
Simuthoughts might mean Mac is pulling us in! Where's my copy of "La Vie En Rose"?! Quick!
-
I wanted to reference something from the PB only I can't remember were it occurred. I have been scouring the past unsuccessfully.
I might just have to recreate it the best i can.
we fucking talk a lot.
-
Put it in - OH NO - Marion Cotillard! What level are we in? Aaah!
-
I wanted to reference something from the PB only I can't remember were it occurred. I have been scouring the past unsuccessfully.
I might just have to recreate it the best i can.
we fucking talk a lot.
-
...I might just have to recreate it the best i can.
I wanted to reference something from the PB only I can't remember were it occurred. I have been scouring the past unsuccessfully. -
lotta floaters off and on. I'm feeling all wobbly...
-
˙ʎllnɟssǝɔɔnsun ʇsɐd ǝɥʇ ƃuıɹnoɔs uǝǝq ǝʌɐɥ ı ˙pǝɹɹnɔɔo ʇı ǝɹǝʍ ɹǝqɯǝɯǝɹ ʇ,uɐɔ ı ʎluo qd ǝɥʇ ɯoɹɟ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos ǝɔuǝɹǝɟǝɹ oʇ pǝʇuɐʍ ı
˙uɐɔ ı ʇsǝq ǝɥʇ ʇı ǝʇɐǝɹɔǝɹ oʇ ǝʌɐɥ ʇsnɾ ʇɥƃıɯ ı˙˙˙ -
you better get yer fookin hands offa my totem..
-
I wanted to reference something from the PB only I can't remember were it occurred. I have been scouring the past unsuccessfully.I might just have to recreate it the best i can. we fucking talk a lot.
-
Mind the step - aaaah!
-
...yllufsseccusnu tsap eht gniruocs neeb evah I .derrucco ti erew rebmemer t'nac I ylno BP eht morf gnihtemos ecnerefer ot detnaw I
.nac i tseb eht ti etaercer ot evah tsuj thgim I.tol a klat gnikcuf ew > P <
-
I just performed an inception on myself! If I ever become a rapper I'm gonna call myself M.C. Escher! Tripped-out, yo!
Now where was I? Oh yeah, Mac (daddy?) - AAAAAH! -
I like many others in the OJ, I remember what happened, how. I have been looking into the past without success.
Maybe I should again make it the best I can.
Who too much dog waste talks -
...than this place.
-
...TRUTH.
-
WEDGE DEFUCK OUT!!
-
I kept refreshing the page and it kept posting the same thing so I just thought no one was no here.Glad you guys had some fun with it.Rest assured my brain is fine. Well as fine as it was. Thats not saying much. Stupid work computer.
-
have any of you seen what that boney bitch can do physically? She is a real contortionist...look it up. Being able to lock your legs behind the head and present the gash without interferance is a big plus when you have a mug like that.
-
It has never been confirmed that she had the reduction..ala Punky Brewster...but the rumor mill suggests she did. YOu can not be THAT naturally curvy, pop out a kid (which usually adds to things), and THEN loose the magnificent mams. Fun bags of that proportion don't just shivel up with a few push ups and a carb free diet.
-
she was afraid of being typecast as the "sexpot" and not being taken seriously as an actress carrying those luscious 34Ds. Got her nose done too, looks coke cutter thin comapred to her old nose...damned shame.
-
...check out the new digs.
-
Conspiracy, you speak wise and true. Continue in node 45828.
Readers Talkback
User Login
Top Talkbacks
- AVENGERS enemy revealed as pink boardgame pieces... You might suffer some form of elation... SPOILERS!!! -- 151 total posts 140 posts
- There's a STAR TREK video game that is going to lead into JJ's STAR TREK 2 apparently... -- 128 total posts 94 posts
- Whitney Houston 1963 - 2012 -- 92 total posts 91 posts
- To Commemorate The 3D Release Of STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE, George Lucas Wants You To Know...Greedo Shoots First!! -- 474 total posts 70 posts
- Here's The Red Band Trailer For Drafthouse Films' THE FP! -- 64 total posts 64 posts
- New JUDGE DREDD post production footage pops up -- 51 total posts 51 posts
- Friday Brings SWEEPS DAY NINE!! Gab Here About Tonight’s FRINGE!! Plus Einstein on TIM, Wiig On PORTLANDIA, MAHER, CLONE, GIFTED, GRIMM, SPARTACUS, SUPERNATURAL, GOLD RUSH And More!! -- 116 total posts 41 posts
- Wanna smell like the Hulk? What about Cap? Consider yourself a Thunder God or a unisex God of Mischief? -- 71 total posts 40 posts
- HANNA's Saoirse Ronan to boss around seven little people -- 35 total posts 35 posts
- Does ‘SNL’ Rhyme With ‘Deschanel’?? Learn Which SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Vet Hosts After Sexy Zooey!! -- 35 total posts 34 posts