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Warren Beatty Retains Rights To DICK TRACY!
Nordling here.
Warren Beatty's DICK TRACY, I think, has grown in estimation over the years. Released in 1990, it was an antithesis to the previous year's Tim Burton BATMAN film - while the former was gothic and dark, Beatty's DICK TRACY actually felt like it was from a comic book, or the Sunday paper spread. Richard Sylbert's amazing art direction is still jawdropping even today. With its bright colors and cartoonish villains, Beatty actually did a fine job directing as well as playing the square jawed hero, who can fight crime without a blink of an eye but can still lock up around his true love, Tess Trueheart. The film harkens back to a simpler time, and I'd say the one real flaw in it was Madonna, who just didn't have the skills or screen presence to pull off the dialogue. But other than that miscast, the film still works.
And now, according to Deadline, his longstanding suit with the original rightsholders of the comic, Tribune Co, has been settled in a summary judgment that gives film rights to the character back to Beatty. He's struggled for a few years to keep those rights, and the only reason that comes to mind why is that he might return back to the comic and make another DICK TRACY film. He's 74 now, and too old for the part, but that shouldn't keep him from directing or producing another DICK TRACY. And now that he's clearly established himself as the rights holder, he's free to do what he likes with it.
It's a cynical time right now. I think upcoming films like CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER are going to do amazing business because I think people are tired of cynical and they want heroes they can believe in. DICK TRACY is one of those kind of films, and I'd love to see Warren Beatty return to filmmaking regardless. He's still one of our best actor/directors and with the glut of comic book movies right now, 21 years later DICK TRACY still holds up. I'd love to see that world realized onscreen again.
Nordling, out.
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bring on the coats of glory
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When (if ever) will they release the oft spoken of extended edition on Blu-Ray?
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When do we eat? When do we eat? When do we eat?
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Dick Tracy is as dead a character as Popeye, Little Orphan Annie, and anything Rob Liefield made in the 90's. It was out of date already by decades when it was released in 1990. No way would anyone want to risk money on a new Dick Tracy. The guy's name is a penis, fer crissakes! And his surname is a woman's name. Might as well make a movie called Phallis Susan.
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March 25, 2011, 9:06 p.m. CST
My favorite character in the movie was always Mumbles
by KEVIN_COSTNERS_RECYCLED_PISS
As a kid I remember hearing that the action figure for the Madonna character had to be pulled because it gave away the ending (ie, Madonna is the bad guy without a face). i'm guessing that figure must be worth quite a bit these days.
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Warren, if you're reading this somehow, I would love a Dick Track sequel. I'm pretty sure Warren can still play the character with no problem. If Harrison Ford can still play Indiana Jones at that age, then why not Warren can play Dick Track again?
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March 25, 2011, 9:23 p.m. CST
Wow, Beatty is a major asshole according to that Deadline article
by Chewtoy
He kept the rights from reverting back to the publisher by filming a half-hour interview on TCM wearing the Dick Tracy costume. That's it. The publisher argued that he hadn't done anything with the character in decades, and that ass-hat plays dress-up for an interview and successfully argues that he's still producing movies and/or television shows based on him. If that's the standard of making use of a character's rights, then kiss goodbye any chance of Marvel ever getting their assorted rights back, regardless of whether Fox goes 20+ years without making a film on the characters. Seriously, fuck Beatty. As if his little stunt was at all in the spirit of the agreement when he signed on to make use of the character.
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Dick Tracy...old and wrinkled,like all 70+ dicks should be. Then one day during dinner at the old folks home,the now-leathery and senile Tess Trueheart accidentally slips some Viagra into his Prune(face)juice and BAM-the now harder,tougher Dick Tracy comes out of retirement to clean up whatever city Dick Tracy took place in....but only for four hours at a time...any longer than that and he has to consult his doctor. But yeah...Beatty is a dick for squatting on the rights...heres hoping he dies soon so someone who actually wants to do something with the character has the chance.
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he was never happy with the theatrical cut of the flick and has been trying to do an extended cut for years. Now he can finally do it. The original script for the film was very good, much better than the movie that was released.
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Yeah I don't remember it being that freaking colorful as a kid, but it was. Also I was surprised at how many well known actors were in it, like Mumbles... And Madonna played her role pretty well, there wasn't much chemistry between her and Dick, but the lines were witty and hilarious and full of innuendo. She did sultry VERY well.
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Just a picture of Dick Tracy (not even Beaty, mind you, just an illustration, and his facial features weren't even clearly defined), looking at his coo' telephone watch, with his trademark yellow hat and coat, with the words I'M ON MY WAY or something to that effect. Very simple, yet effective and elegant.
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March 25, 2011, 9:34 p.m. CST
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GIchwvJ-aNk/S_mnH1qNpsI/AAAAAAAAQz8/-LrilngFHG4/s800/Dick+Tracy+movie+poster.jpg
by Meadowe
You're welcome.
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March 25, 2011, 9:36 p.m. CST
I don't think Dick Tracy has aged well at all. It sucked when it first came out. It sucks now.
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
Beatty was not a good choice for the character.
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Together with writer Len Wein, he did two prequel books and turned it into a trilogy. It's terrific! (The prequel stories are better than the film they set up, IMHO.)
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HANDS DOWN!!!! i loved seeing so many great actors in various roles. al pacino, warren beatty, dustin hoffman, r.g. armstrong, dick van dyke, james caan and madonna i don't agree with nordlings assessment of her performance. this was one of her BETTER films
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The Dick Tracy comic strip just got new creators after 30 years, like a week or two ago. In the brief run of the new guys -- a veteran comic book writer and artist -- the strip already seems to be greatly improved.
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...the bad story structure, poor pacing and misguided decisions. The climax where every villain drives out of a garage one by one into a completely unexciting hail of machine-gun fire pretty much epitomizes this.
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I like the original Dick Tracy movie. If I want to see it again, I'll rent it. I am not going to pay out the ass at the theater to see another version of it. A remake will probably be a 3D money grab, too.
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Never got through Dick Tracy. I think Madonna being anywhere near it was a turn off. Where other people see a sexy vixen or whatever, I see a stringy, cold-hearted businesswoman who has been taught act sexy by a choreographer. Desperately Seeking Susan is a good movie mainly because she's not in it that much. Mmmm - a rotoscoped Tracy is a pretty cool idea. But why not skip the movie and make that a TV show on AMC or something?
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March 25, 2011, 10:34 p.m. CST
Dick Tracy = One of the best and truest comic book movies.FACT.
by KilliK
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March 25, 2011, 10:36 p.m. CST
Madonna was perfect in her role.but i guess it is cool to hate her.
by KilliK
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It looked like a Sunday strip came to life. But we don't need another Dick Tracy movie. Move on Warren, move on.
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but you'd have to admit that she has been in terrible movies. That's just general consensus.
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Did that bump in your pants from watching her on screen distract you from the movie too much Nordling? Don't be ashamed, it happens to the best of us.
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but over the years. I've come to the realization that even well-executed stylization can become a to much of a barrier to my emotional connection to a story. DICK TRACY, like SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW, was a very stylized (and *very skillfully* stylized) pastiche. With it's strict adherence to the 4 color palette, it looked interesting; sometimes even amazing. But at the end of the day, it felt artificial, and for me, this alienated me from the story and the characters I was supposed to care about. Ulitmately, I just didn't buy into the world on it's own terms, and the whole thing was more of a visual exercise. (And again, the sentiments can be applied equally to SKY CAPTAIN.) So if they do decide to do another DICK TRACY, I'm hoping they will have gotten the literal-minded art direction out of their system, and that they steer towards something with a little more visual verisimilitude.
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March 25, 2011, 10:54 p.m. CST
ALEC BALDWIN OR THAT GUY FROM THE NEW HAWAII 5-0 CAN BE DICK TRACY
by Meadowe
Or Gabriel Macht, he did the best you could do with that pos The Spirit.
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I agree with Nordling, but only partly. Her acting sucked, but then so did Beatty's. And god DAMN, I'd never thought she was particularly hot until I saw her in this. Even with her shitty line readings, that almost sheer black body stocking thing she sported is by far the most memorable part of the movie. What a bod.
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pretty good and his performance got a great laugh out of me and the audience what I seen it with (pardon my hillbilly grammar).
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March 25, 2011, 11:29 p.m. CST
I loved Dick tracey as much as Burton's Batman.
by room23storeblogspotcom
It would be great to get another one! I actually liked Madonna in it also.
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Dick Tracy is the only movie I've seen in the theater that made me fall asleep. I have no recollection of any part of it. I woke up when the end credits rolled. Was it any good? Cool story, bro! (took care of that for ya).
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21 years? REALLY? wow.. and I can't believe he's 74... I loved Dick Tracy when it came out, had a blast with it, granted I was a kid and I havn't seen it since it came out on Video Cassette, I should probably Netflix it.
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March 25, 2011, 11:31 p.m. CST
De Palma WOULD have made a great Dick Tracy movie
by Nasty In The Pasty
Hell, The Untouchables pretty much IS an R-rated comic book thriller, right down to the boy-scout earnestness of Costner's performance and De Niro's grandiose mugging as Capone. Considering his visual pizazz, it's funny to me that De Palma has never been tapped to make a comic book adaptation. Then again, he's a filmmaker who has made very few PG-13-level movies, so studios probably wouldn't let him blow $200 million on an R-rated property.
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March 25, 2011, 11:32 p.m. CST
Anyone else remember Beatty's Red Carpet fiasco at the Oscars?q
by D.Vader
I say he was COMPLETELY wasted on booze. My gf thinks he's just deaf. Either way, you could see Annette Benning was fucking PISSED at the way he was speaking during the red carpet interview for the network. I don't think anyone understood his slurred words.
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Don't forget, Sondheim won an Oscar for his work on Dick Tracy. He's still working too (though he just turned 81). The Kid (Charlie Korsmo) will definitely NOT be back. He's a tea-party conservative, which Beatty would not abide... oh, and he left acting too. Which might be a factor.
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...I remember liking it a lot at the time, but hell, I was just turning sixteen when it came out. Just like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie that came out the same year, I've had no real desire to revisit Dick Tracy in the two+ decades since, as I imagine I'd have a Nostalgia Critic-like meltdown over how disappointing the films would be to my jaded, mid-30's intellect. Now The Rocketeer still holds up (or at least it did when I watched it last around 2004 or so), because it didn't try so hard to look "comic book-y" and it had a pre-anorexia Jennifer Connelly.
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Still remember the first time I saw it the theater... So amazing always wondered why FILMS didn't take the art direction from DICK TRACY... So colorful all the villians were spot on... Who better than than one of the Original Gangsters of Hollywood to bring back the creation he started... Hope they get the ball rollin on this one...
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great in Dick Tracy and A League of their Own...everything else...shit
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but she looks like a gargoyle now.
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or something that's really ugly
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March 26, 2011, midnight CST
Yeah, I remember rubbing one out to Madonna's "Like A Prayer" video back in the day...
by Nasty In The Pasty
...but she's aged HORRIBLY. Hell, everybody ages, but I can still look at Elisabeth Shue today and get it up, whereas Madonna and Jennifer Connelly are mere shadows of their early-90's hotness now.
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So did I! I went to the midnight show expecting a cool comic book movie. Snoozefest!
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Make it happen
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March 26, 2011, 12:59 a.m. CST
Remember that movie when Where Jennifier Connely was locked in a Target
by Phategod100
She had biggest tits ever in that picture.
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From the time you're born until the age of 12-13. After that, it's all downhill.
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Unlike most I do enjoy parts of Miller's THE SPIRIT. Also, I own the "Making of DICK TRACY" book which any fan should try to get a copy of.
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.....she was super hot. i mean, close to michelle pfeiffer levels of hotness..... but she fucked it all up by fucking that pin-striped piece of shit.
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It's not perfect, but really a beautiful film. I hope Beatty makes another Dick Tracy.
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Jesus, are you kidding? The casting was awful, the acting was awful, the art direction was awful. Even Danny Elfman's score seemed out of place. This was a disaster of a movie. Except for Tess Truehart..she was very good. Other than that...it's a crap sandwich with not much bread.
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C'mon....Pacino ruled that movie! It's been running on HDNet Movies and I caught it a couple weeks ago. Looks great in HD (although some Beatty close-ups were soft, as he was using filters to hide the aging back then). And it was the first time that Pacino & Caan shared the screen since GODFATHER. The movie is filled with small touches like that.
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even as a kid I thought it was ok...forgettable, but entertaining. The movie sucked, the plot was nonsensical, the bad guys were goofy, I hated the kid, and Dick Tracy wears a fucking yellow suede trench coat. I am pretty sure its supposed to be a regular old tan trenchcoat and hat that was just yellow when printed. The Shadow blows it out of the water, and so does the Phantom I am sad to say. Dick Tracy is due for a proper treatment. They should do it Sin City style.
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actually, you've got to be the one that's kidding..the casting was great, the acting was appropriately theatrical with great punchy dialogue, the art direction was perfect, and i don't think there could have been a more fitting composer then danny elfman for the project.
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you're crazy DICK TRACY was a great film. if you didn't like it the fault is with you not the film
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there wasnt enough scenery for the actors to chew on madonna shouldnt have been in it...and neither should beatty
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Holy. Fucking. Shit. YES!!
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but i liked the rest of the movie.
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or is that too obvious?
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Calling Gabriel Macht... It's time to atone your your sins Gabriel Macht...
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Obligatory.
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And moon maid
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something tells me you didn't catch 'inside job'. now i know thats a doc but goddam if it didn't prep me for some cynical times.
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For the money or creative control? I can't imagine that Dick Tracy is still making much money.
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but as a whole it just wears down on you with it's exaggerated style and tone.
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Wanted to punch him in the face the entire movie.
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March 26, 2011, 8:04 a.m. CST
I say he's too old. Let him play an old and gritty dick
by Bobo_Vision
A penis.
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Sometimes obvious is good! Found DICK TRACY very stuffy, no sense of fun or excitement, though I loved the gallery of villains character makeup. Madonna sucked, she can't act, someone should tell her. She may have been hot back then but her acting was so wooden it took all of the hotness out of her. And now she looks like 85% made of wax
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The movie relies to much on montages with musical numbers- the actual plot is not very compelling. It looks great though, I like the feel of the era. The gangsters were a bit overdone with their makeup. If it were done again, it would probably be made to be more realistic. Definitely would need a more serious plot.
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but a great choice.
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I kind of like that it looks like a studio backlot though. Like when there is the drive by shooting and the Kid warns Tracy and he runs down the street. It has a great feel to it.
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...where they visit some old guy with a barn full of stuff that he has collected and has been rusting, untouched, unseen and forgotten for 40 or so years, and yet when somebody comes by who actually wants the item, the old kook can't part with it for any price. I doubt this is a victory for anyone who cares about the property or would like to see it revived. Beatty will toss it in a drawer again, keeping it safe from everyone who might like to take a shot at using it. The publisher will complete their decent into bankruptcy, Beatty will remain in his mansion not making films and the property will rust away another 20 years.
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well that sucks.
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Now I'm Pruneface! Take that Dick Tracy! Now I'm Prune Tracy! Take that Dick-
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You bastard. Learn it. Live it. Love it. CHOPPED
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- Beatty didn't look the part. He didn't need a prosthetic face like everyone else in the movie, but someone with a natural square jaw was needed - Completely wasted several dozen interesting villains. It was like a Batman movie opening with the Penguin killing Two-Face, Scarecrow, Mr Freeze, and Killer Croc, then every other Batman villain getting killed in a single shootout at the end.
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March 26, 2011, 9:13 a.m. CST
Beautiful to LOOK at, I dreamed of James Cameron directing.
by JDanielP
If that flick had the action and choreography to match (like RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK), it could have been spectacular!
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One of her better acting roles. And her singing was just fine in that. One of her songs even won an Oscar for song writer Stephen Sondheim that year. Her performance at the Oscars of the song was a bit over the top but fun.
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Littld Ned, no!!!
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March 26, 2011, 10:04 a.m. CST
Madonna wasn't the problem - it was that fucking irritating KID.
by Professor_Monster
And, yeah, I know "the kid" is part of the comic, but shit, there were plenty of stories without him and those are the ones they should have chosen to do. When I remember Dick Tracy, I sometimes mix up scenes from Johnny Dangerously - which is wayyy awesome, but Dick Tracy is still a good fun film, it just needed more action and no kid.
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March 26, 2011, 10:18 a.m. CST
Now, reviving Johnny Dangerously is something I could get behind...
by Chewtoy
"You shouldn't hang me on a hook Johnny... My mother hung me on a hook once. ONCE."
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.. Madonna can't carry a tune in a bucket. Listen to her try to sing Evita. It was her ONLY attempt at singing without backup or pitch correction, and it's horrifying. As for 'hotness'.. geebus cheerios, I've seen sexier in a Wal-Mart clothing ad.. gimme a break. As for DANCE?? LOL.. You should hear some of the stories choreographers tell how she demanded elaborate routines and moves, then had to simplify them when she wasn't willing to practice or prepare for them & ended up looking like a wounded stork on initial prep!
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i thought she NAILED the role,,ok,,eveyone shoot me,,,i think shes kinda underated,,,i think of her in Dick tracy,,,then desperatley seeking susa,a league of their own and Evita,,,its hard to beleive its all the same woman,,where as someone as jennifer anniston,,even julia roberts,,,they all seem to be the "same" kinda role in most all their movies....THERE i said it! ;) let the crucifying began!! o;)
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I remember Siskel & Ebert were so impressed with the film they dedicated a whole show to it. Its a great under appreciated comic book film, and I never understood why the film wasnt given the royal treatment on DVD. THIS is the type of film special editions were made for. Behind the scenes makeup stuff and so on. Anyway this film needs to be remastered and released on Bluray.
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He's got the look and would pull off the camp cheese required for the role of Dick Tracy.
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Was killing off the strip's most notable villains in the first few minutes of the movie. I understand the point, but all of those interesting characters were never given a chance to shine.
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I would like to see those villains explored more, the whole gangster aspect, instead of just Big Boy Caprice/Pacino yelling a lot. The movie did focus a lot on the Kid as well as Madonna and less on the underworld, which was kind of glossed over.
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It's the legal troubles that have never gotten the movie a proper special edition release or blu-ray.
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Make sure you catch Warburton in ROCK SLYDE. It's as close to TRACY as he'll probably get.
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I actually found this movie more entertaining than TRACY. It doesn't have the terrific production design that TRACY had, but it seemed more in keeping with the tone of the comic strip...villain included.
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hmmm I dont think so. Its not one of those movies that is so bad that I think no one should ever watch it. But it could have been a really cool cops and robbers film and instead we got something looked like Batman and Robin circa 1950, with a nonsensical plot, no real villians, no main actors under 50 (except for the Kid and Madonna) and no action.
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Which makes up for all the movies that have no main actors OVER 50!
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i saw dick tracy and thought it looked incredible. but the studio system that allowed beatty to vent his creative ego is not there anymore. if warren wants to make another dick tracy movie, then its in his head and aint going to happen. whats the point of this article.
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March 26, 2011, noon CST
The only thing 'HOT' about Madonna is her raging case of Herpasyphagonalaids
by LargoJr
FACT!
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March 26, 2011, 12:14 p.m. CST
Yeah well you can't get rid of the time and batt info at the top
by UltraTron
of the screen on iPad while using Kobo. You should be able to get rid of that useless info whenever you want. Somebody tell apple!
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the point isn't art direction. the movie just wasn't good. casting was terrible starting with Dick. the entire movie wasn't "this is Dick Tracy comic strip on screen" it was "oh look here's Madonna, oh here there's Hoffman, oh here is Beatty, wow he looks way too old to be in this movie" I'm glad we're covering shit from 30 years ago that have nothing to do with anything. well played AICN
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...that if this movie came out today, it would be thrashed JUST as hard as it was when it came out.<P> Rose-colored glasses, buddy.
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Per Bendis' tweet he was trying to get permission to do a comic or graphic novel or something but Beatty wasn't letting him so I assume that means Beatty has more than just film rights to the character?
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This isn't some sort of geek victory, this was pure douchebaggery in action.
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This film is great my brother brig it home form America last year - we all love his kooky face and hat. Can not believe this man is 70 year old - He fuck that blondie all the time like a dog with one cock and another jus below it. Thought the film looked shitty though all the colours were red an blue an green - my mamas eyes were stinging her so much. Would love to see more of this kooky cunt with his wrinkly neck.
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there should be a scene where dick tracy is fiddling with his trying to get reception, while some tween nearby is having facetime on their iphone and accessing like 10 kinds of info from the internet. though when they make an iPhone or iPad you can wear on your wrist, i'm getting one.
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...she's bound to get something along the way.
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YES!!!! i know the remakes are pretty much owning the cinemas along with films based on comic books and graphic novels (which i love) but i could totally go for a remake of this one!! bring it on!!!
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Only not as square jawed, but that's to be expected. He could capture that earnest, yet "I'll punch the fuck out of you if I don't have a tommy gun" vibe.
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It would make up for the fact that he is too old to play Superman, but for Dick Tracy he would be perfect. Keep the colorful comic book style of Beatty's film but with more action. That could be fun, and as Nordling suggested, another Dick Tracy film would be a good companion film to Captain America.
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March 26, 2011, 2:28 p.m. CST
This just in....Michael Bay retains rights to ANDY CAPP 3D
by Wilford_Brimleys_Diabetes_Rage
Starring Martin Lawrence..as Andy..Capp
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He'd be perfect for the part.
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tracy was not really a comic book character but one of the few movies in that genre done well.
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Hamm has the look but he's a little too mellow for this movie.
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You are a fool crazybubba - Dick Traceys was a great comic. I read it in paper every week - so you do not know what you speak of. And what is Hamm are you jew?! Ha Ha Ha. Ha.
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hell, the woman can't even adopt a child right.
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Hurray, let's have Warren Beatty keep the rights with no intention of doing anything with them? He's never making another DICK TRACY movie. The only thing he did was make some lame-ass TCM special years ago so he could retain them for whatever reason. Probably he kept them so his family can make a fortune off selling them to the highest bidder when he's dead. Sorry to be cynical but this isn't good news -- if anyone actually wants another DICK TRACY the only way that would happen is if Tribune got them back. Now, that's as dead as Beatty's career.
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The pacing of the movie just draaaaaaaaagggggggged and was not helped by all the montages cut to Madonna's singing. It felt like very boring music videos intruding in the middle of the movie. Also, who cared about the ownership of the Club Ritz? There just wasn't a lot of gravitas in that script. If this director's cut is so great, maybe that'd be something to see. But I have trouble saying the movie has aged well. For me all of its value is the nostalgia along with the '89 Batman. That was a fine time to be a kid loving movies. Too bad the 90s in general did not deliver anymore classics in that vein except maybe the Rocketeer (as a cult fav obviously since it tanked).
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I'm surprised the Tribune did more than rent the rights to Beatty. I thought the original was well done, and it correctly didn't try to be 100% like the comic. It had to evoke the idea of a comic world. Wished they could have done something with B.O. Plenty, tho. :-)
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remember that huge backlot fire that destroyed so many memorable sets way long ago? it completely destroyed all the Tick Tracey sets and nearly all the vehicles used in the film. They simply couldn't afford a sequel after that.
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There ya go.. fixed the syntax error in there for ya buddy.
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The problem with a sequel was no-one could agree to how the movie would move on. Beatty wanted further character development as Tracy decides to retire after 1 last case, studio wanted a tighter story with less distraction and more action. Neither would budge.
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It would be a sort of Blade Runner pastiche crossed with a futuristic Dick Tracy reboot concept that would also somehow work in a Philip K. Dick biopic subplot.
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March 26, 2011, 7:35 p.m. CST
My Dad's Member's Only jacket has aged better than Dick Tracy.
by Flip63Hole
Only good thing about it was the makeup and Danny Elfman's score.
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why would I give a shit about a director's cut. That movie blew and left my memory after leaving the theater. I was hoping for a real movie and not some comic-strip noir bullshit.
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Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. Tank Girl. The original Batman with Adam West. Johnny Mnemonic. The 90's Fantastic Four. The new Fantastic Fours. The 90's Captain America. The Spirit (so much better than that self-serious Sin City.. good job, Frank) The Shadow (Baldwin's best performance to date), The Phantom. Superman 3 and 4.. and the superior scores. Half of Spider-Man 3. And he wants the TV show The Mask to come back, please.
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DICK TRACY? Anybody who'd think that would probably fall for, Jebus, I dunno, something as bad as SUCKER PUNCH. Nordling's credibility hangs by a slender, fraying thread. Only his ability to see Madonna as the unwatchable, horrifying, ugly mess she's always been/will ever be keeps him dangling. I like the kid. Anybody willing to type complete nonsense like "DICK TRACY has grown in estimation over the years" and sell it with conviction is okey-dokey. Even if they're full of it.
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Wanna third? She smells weird.
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I think you might be in the minority here on this one, Nordling. I was 10 years old when I saw this in the theater, and I had a total prepubescent crush for Breathless. Plus, her duet with Mandy Patinkin "What Can You Lose" is amazing. Such a great song.
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March 26, 2011, 8:41 p.m. CST
Here's another Madonna fact, then: The only people who are into her are gay and closeted men.
by Subtitles_Off
Why would anyone trust their opinion on what's hot? I don't even trust A-Rod in baseball.
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March 26, 2011, 8:47 p.m. CST
HA! The dude who listens to Mandy Patinkin songs would know about minorities.
by Subtitles_Off
But he's wrong about this one. Madonna hasn't been anything but a fringe "star" since girls who were twelve in 1984 turned thirteen. Oh, sure. They'll keep writing about her in Entertainment Weekly. Like I said, the gays love her. Nobody even calls GaGa the "new" Madonna. That's how irrelevant she is. She's the old GaGa.
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March 26, 2011, 9:37 p.m. CST
Viggeo, I would love to expose The Choppahs, and end it, but
by Subtitles_Off
I only know five of them, for certain, three of whom say they no longer use The_Choppah as a handle. Even they got sick of it. They learned, you can't pretend you stand against "the trolls" when you become one. If I knew them all, I'd blow the whistle on them all, and they know it. But, I don't think it's fair to go after just a few of them while the most obnoxious might skate away. They're not all cunts. Their idea is a cunty one, but some actually thought (think) they were being clever and funny. You'll notice, every once in awhile, some of them are. Kinda clever. Also, they all still self-identify with a group I once counted myself a part of and had great regard for. I don't want further damage done by association. Sorry. I'm not trying to be evasive.
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March 26, 2011, 9:38 p.m. CST
As for my dick. If I let it anywhere near Madonna, it would be because
by Subtitles_Off
it was already broken anyway, and I had no further use for it. That's not gonna happen for awhile.
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Horrible soundtrack.
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None of the names you mention can be confirmed. I'll find out, because, Jebus, if they let Mr. Nice Gaius in my former club, I'm not even going to let sentimentality stand in my way. That guy's a fuckstick.
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I don't see why this hack's victory over the legitimate rights-holders is a good thing. This guy and Ryan O'Neal stopped being relevant before I was born and I just don't get their appeal.
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March 26, 2011, 10:30 p.m. CST
I have had other handles. Never two at the same time, though.
by Subtitles_Off
Immediately prior to Subtitles_off, I was Bjornegar (a name that was chosen for me --- I don't even know what it means), for which I was banned when I pissed off Kevin Smith. I was moviemack, who was ahead of the curve on exposing BATMAN BEGINS. I think "he" was finally banned for making a gay joke about Bryan Singer. Who hasn't? Before that I had a handle, too, but I can't even remember it. And perhaps one before that. I actually tried very hard to be less nasty as Subtitles, until I just gave up giving a fuck. Oddly, I now have three "trolls," and when I was at my worst in the past, I could only get Gaius to muster up enough animosity. I've been around, more or less, since '04-ish.
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Too late. Enjoy your grandpa character and shitty movie.
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Did the Predator get him?
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She's planning a sex change. True story. Poor old guy. Has another Chazz on his plate.
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If you're seven. I really do like this Nordling newbie. He's got all of Harry's pixie-ish naïvete with much better grammar. (Of course that's damning his grammar with feint praise.) I hope he doesn't take my slagging off on his opinions personally.
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their penis size and the word "wee." They are usually so wrapped up in the blanket of their belief in Christopher Nolan as their personal savior, they just can't tolerate non-believers. They're like Tea Partiers and Obama. "Whaddaya mean we might actually benefit ferm hef care? We ain't Commie-nists!" Except Kobe. Kobe, insofar as the whole Choppah thing, which he accused us of, more or less, long ago, turned out to be sorta right. Credit where credit is begrudgingly due.
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I think there needs to be an active counter-weight to hype. It's literally the only thing left between us and sniffing dog's hind ends, culture-wise. I believe, however, I have a pretty good record at keeping it to the stuff, as opposed to slagging on somebody's mother, or something. It's only pop, people. Get over it. saying Madonna sucks is not the same thing as saying you suck for liking Madonna. When somebody goes off on me, I'll get just as childish as they wanna be, though. I can be as juvenile as the next dude living in the basement of his mom's house. But, I'm getting better, I thought. The whole cyber-bullying thing has taken a lot of the fun out of being a cunt on the internet.
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Dickblood remains an inspiration to several Choppahs, though. I was never around the "legendary" Baleback, where Dickblood gained his fame. I don't share his reverence for The Welsh Mumbler. Dickblood hangs out (at least he used to) at his own parody/movie site Ain't It Bale News.
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If his AVENGERS thing comes off, it'll be worse than it ever was during the Buffy years. Malformed adult men are always worse than women. Always.
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I'm not a blockbuster fan, at all. The last one I liked was the first IRON MAN, because I had such low expectations it couldn't help but be a pleasant surprise. People accuse me all the time of hanging out at the wrong place when I'm here. They're right. I like the classics. If you haven't seen Kurosawa and Fellini, your opinion on how awesome Nolan is means nothing. (And, if you've seen Kurosawa, Fellini, Ozu, plenty of Hitchcock, lots of Lean, plenty of Herzog, Ford, Huston, etc., and you still think Nolan is a bag of chips, there's gotta be something wrong with part of you.) So, I'm ALWAYS the nay-sayer. Doesn't mean I'm wrong. Just means I might get played out on a site like this where it's all, pretty much, more or less garbage.
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a man can first write... "It's only pop, people. Get over it. saying Madonna sucks is not the same thing as saying you suck for liking Madonna." Then turn around and write... "I like the classics. If you haven't seen Kurosawa and Fellini, your opinion on how awesome Nolan is means nothing. (And, if you've seen Kurosawa, Fellini, Ozu, plenty of Hitchcock, lots of Lean, plenty of Herzog, Ford, Huston, etc., and you still think Nolan is a bag of chips, there's gotta be something wrong with part of you.)" I'd say CHOPPED, but why bother.
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From the first time I saw an ad for it there was something I hated about this movie. As a kid I'd sit in front of the TV drawing for hours, watching pretty much any movie that came on that was worth half a shit. But whenever this movie came on, and that fucking "Kid" shit started up, I would get a sudden urge to go shoot some hoops.
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I didn't much care for it when it came out, but over the years, I have come to appreciate it, not a great flick in any grouping, but not a train wreck either. But, one thing has not changed is that, once Madonna opens her mouth to speak, her character falls flat. Good God, she looks the part, and as other have pointed out, that black dress...om my, but as soon as she has to act, well, she was never known for her acting skills. I could stand for anther stab at this world, perhaps a little less bounds to the four color palete of the strip, but rather informed by it.
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Nice to see they are alive and well in the minuscule brains that inhabit these TB's... You idiots crack me up, at least you give me a reason to come back here once in a while....your rants are entertaining, in the way that watching retards play in the park is amusing. Carry on!
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Telling me what a "loser" i am, cause all I do is "whine". Predictable, as morons always are.
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A person can confuse "if you've seen Kurosawa, Fellini, Ozu, plenty of Hitchcock, lots of Lean, plenty of Herzog, Ford, Huston, etc., and you still think Nolan is a bag of chips, there's gotta be something wrong with part of you" with "you suck" and still come on fully-engorged as if he's the smartest most clever merfer around. Was that your idea of a "get," Choppie?
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March 27, 2011, 11:34 a.m. CST
WTH, are we know pretending this was a good movie???
by HollywoodHellraiser
Because we all know damn well it wasn't! It was nothing but talk, talk, talk, and very, very, very little action. Lets not pretend this was a good comic book movie! It was as "Happy Boy" stated, a film to introduce us to the stars playing comic-book characters! The costumes, direction, visuals, and acting wasn't inspiring! And Betty like some have stated, is going to keep this property hidden til he's likely passed!
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March 27, 2011, 11:35 a.m. CST
Here's one for ya, Choppah. One of your "Pedalback" buddies just called a bunch of people retards and morons.
by Subtitles_Off
You gonna call him out at the next club meeting? No? Oh, that's right this chopping thing of yours is relative. "Hey, guys, I know what will be fun! We'll create a 'troll' personality, and we'll go on AICN and engage other people we think are trolls, and then we'll whine about how bad 'trolls' are. See? It'll be funny when WE do it. We'll have to agree though, on who are 'trolls' and who aren't. We're qualified to do that, after all. Takes a bunch to know a bunch."
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March 27, 2011, 11:42 a.m. CST
Don't mind Subtitles, he's a little sore today. You see in reality...
by THE_CHOPPAH
subtitles_off is the AICN "Yes, I am an actual ninja" Ninja. Despite the fact that "he sees things in the films that other people don't notice", his SHAOLIN review didn't go over so well. He's even crankier than usual.
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Thanks for playing, Chirpah. When cornered, call me cranky. That works for you and, maybe, a third of your buddies. Nobody with any sense would care if I were cranky or not. Yeah, I guess that IS the same as saying you suck whether you like Madonna or not. My bad.
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Your paranoid games are all solitary, only you know the rules. If you say I've been cornered in Subtitles Ninjaball, then it has to be true...right? It seems like an awfully serious game. So much at stake!
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The paranoid card, again? Thanks for playing. Run off to The Shelter and get permission to keep it up. Tell them it's their asses on the line. See if they all still got your hairy back. If you don't know which ones to ask, I'll give you their e-mail addresses.
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it takes great courage and insight to take a first year film school required viewing list and say THIS IS WHAT'S GOOD. THIS IS WHAT I LIKE! Maybe paraphrase a Roger Ebert review in your appreciation for good measure. It isn't easy going out on a limb like that, even for a movie ninja. I respect that kind of courage, shall we bury the hatchet?
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Catchy!
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March 27, 2011, 12:44 p.m. CST
Faulkner is back? I thought he said he was leaving for good?
by D.Vader
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March 27, 2011, 12:47 p.m. CST
And how on earth did anyone discover someone's real name on here?
by D.Vader
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One of the main problems was they killed off some of the best villains too early. They killed the Brow, Pruneface, and Littleface right away. And they used one of the most obscure and uninteresting ones for the main bad guy(although Pacino gave it his all).
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The whole movie was like vomiting on acid, oh look at the colors. Wow a techni-color yawn, meh, shitty acting, sub-par plot, the Shadow was better, the Rocketeer was better, etc, etc, Warren go back to fucking underage starlets (although I am jealous he got Carrie Fischer.)
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March 27, 2011, 12:56 p.m. CST
"Warren Beatty's DICK TRACY, I think, has grown in estimation over the years"
by brobdingnag
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I'm even starting to come around on subtitles_off. His movie opinions are predictable, but his talkback theories are a hoot. I particularly like all the dark implications of agendas and counter agendas, trolls and anti-trolls. The stakes are so high, it's all so important! I think it's good for talkback. As for me, I am, therefore I chop.
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I missed whatever TB it was where the Ryan stuff started. I came in at the tail end of it, whatever the story was, and just assumed Viggeo found some videos of someone doing something stupid, something like Tourette's Guy, and then said "See, this is Braindrain!" Didn't realize there was actually some sort of truth behind the name. Its kinda scary. Reminds me of the debacle that went down between ContinentalOp and someone else... MJ's Corpse maybe?
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And they know I know. It really does sound hilarious and stupid. Just like one of those Nolan films some of them are so fond of. Vades, you gonna back me up, or are you still out of the loop, or are you still gonna say you're out of the loop?
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I'm going to keep playing this thing to the absolute end, because I'm so clever. I'm Choppah! I swore I would never come back to this place, but now that I've got the attention I crave, I'm just gonna keep playing and playing. Chirp. Chirp. Chirp.
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Now they can all wash their hands and claim, "Oh, I was a Choppah, but I wasn't THAT Choppah." Chirp. Chirp. Chirp.
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THE ABSOLUTE END...so ominous! I love it. Is the absolute end the one where I travel back in time to terminate you before you're born, or where I travel back in time, make sweet love to you, and our love child saves the human race? ♪♫ chirp chirp chirp. I love this song, it has a beat and you can dance to it!
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"Absolute end" is just a figure of speech, ill-used. But, it's fitting that you, with such a malformed, outsized ego, would immediately jump to delusions of grandeur.
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or not? I'll put on some romantic mood music ♪♫ chirp chirp chirp...
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I'd check out another Dick Tracy, just hope they stick with prosthetics and don't go the cgi route or put it into 3Dull. 30% colour loss wouldn't benefit the yellow suit.
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Oh man! I've just read this thread and I have to say, Subs is right... DICK TRACY is shit.
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Viggeo, spilling a guy's real name on here and dancing around with verbal delight makes YOU look like the fool. You may have provided a picture of someone else but let me tell you I now picture you as some scrawny asswipe who hoots and hollers in the background to encourage a bully. And you used to be that Lowes_Girl? Yep. You were a wanker then and you're a wanker now. ps. You're not half the man Subs is. Don't delude yourself.
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I'm just trying to take it down a degree or two. It's well documented that paranoid people are capable of superhuman feats of nerd rage retard strength when agitated. Nobody needs that.
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I'm still out of the loop?
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March 27, 2011, 2:47 p.m. CST
Oh its nice to see DioxHolster's particular brand of posting back again
by D.Vader
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As much as i don't get along with Subs, at least he has some balls, where as lowes_forehead, viggo, whatever that dick calls himself now, is just a gutless turd. So Subs, it may be meaningless to you, but I do actually have a strange sort of respect for you. A moronic troll like lowes_forehead? Yea, just an asshole. He was then, still is now.
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March 27, 2011, 3:08 p.m. CST
"It's well documented that paranoid people are capable of superhuman feats of nerd rage retard strength when agitated."
by Subtitles_Off
Yeah. That's the modus operandi. Rather than acknowledge you're busted and boring, or even just shut the fuck up and crawl away, you gotta convince yourself I'm the problem. Ahole, the answer to your query is "All of the Above." The Choppah is more than one person. They are part of a group that used to call itself The Pedalback. Then, some of them got the idea that they could belittle people by coming on and typing different, contradictory statements, trying to stir up shit. Some of them would come on and be funny and friendly. Some of them would come on and poke Asimov. Whatever. They were uninhibited by the anonymity of one handle and the fantasy that they were all funny and entertaining. Then, they mouthed off in an obituary thread and all got banned for awhile. Indirectly, as a result, they got D.Vader banned, too, and we all know what resulted from all of that. While banned, some of them came back on as Sons of Choppah and Latent Gay Partners of Choppah and that inspired others to join in and borrow the handle for awhile. But then they got called out. I told one of them they were bullshitting themselves, and I started getting e-mails from the rest. "Oh, we didn't know." "Oh, we're sorry." "Oh, please don't embarrass us." Some of them didn't get the memo. One of them, the drunkard, well, he never could learn to stop while he was ahead. It's part of his disease. He has no idea how he's painted everybody with his sloppy brush. Or maybe that's the other one. Now, they're down to, maybe, just two or three, and some of the rest of them pretend they were never involved in it. Completely unaware. Just so shocked at the whole thing. Like I said, they aren't all cunts. Most of them aren't. Truly. It's too bad you can't tell which ones those are anymore because they're all hiding behind their unleashed Id. Chirp. Chirp. Chirp.
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It was pretty amazing the way Beatty's DICK TRACY looked like a comic strip come to life. Ang Lee's HULK and George Romero's CREEPSHOW also managed to pull it off. In fact, I believe Romero was the first to really go for that particular look and pull it off. Here's a lesser known film that tried the same thing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhWsiGdnD58
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Wait, did Subtitles just acknowledge that he's NerdRage? Because I was starting to think he's Mr. Beaks...he certainly sounds like Faulkner.
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March 27, 2011, 3:47 p.m. CST
I watched Dick Tracy probably more than any other movie when I was a kid outside Jaws and maybe Tim Burton's first Batman film.
by D Middling
I always thought it got a raw deal. Mumbles was AWESOME
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March 27, 2011, 3:51 p.m. CST
Wow I'm reading through these comments--why not just focus on the topic at hand?
by D Middling
I kno its AICN and their are trolls crawling all over the place, but come on guys (if you're guys that is) give it a rest. I know i'm asking for it by feeding the trolls but it seems like choppah, subtitles, this ahole, this braindrain are in every single thread around here? Sometimes I think the trolls are ALL just one guy. It all kinda blends together no?
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March 27, 2011, 3:54 p.m. CST
So many trolls! diox, subtitles, choppah, ahole, braindrain, all of you shut up!
by D Middling
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March 27, 2011, 3:54 p.m. CST
Not all Pedalbackers are Choppahs. Id' like to say MOST aren't, but I can't be sure, anymore.
by Subtitles_Off
Nor, really, do I care, since I am no longer a Pedalbacker. Vades is not, to my knowledge, one of The Choppahs. He knows them all, though, even though he may honestly not know he knows them all. You may have me on the order of the bannings. I wasn't there. I was told Vades got banned as a result of defending the "humor" of Choppah-hood at the obit thread for Tarantino's friend and co-film-maker. That's hardly a pointed detail. All of the bannings came as a result of misplaced loyalty and petulance. The idea that one would come on and string along some unknowing Talkbacker, then another would come on to confuse that Talkbacker, then they'd all run off to a private location and laugh about how they "got" that Talkbacker is the issue of Choppah-hood. It's their intent to make certain Talkbackers look foolish. This makes them Champions of Something, as far as social networking on the internet goes. Then, they have the cajones to call other people "trolls." In fact, I'm not the only ex-Pedalbacker who tried to talk them out of their cyber-bullying nonsense. When they came up with their great plan, wiser heads among them told them they were being knobs. And, again, Ahole, realize, more than a few of The Choppahs aren't malicious. They really were just being funny. Problem is, there's that whole apple-barrel-rot thing that some of them thought was just a figment of the wiser heads' imaginations. Then, they started getting accused of being me, and I started getting accused of being them. Just can't let that go. Gotta disassociate as far as I can from any of that. rogueleader dislikes me? That's alright. At least I know, when I'm dealing with rogueleader that it's him. And, he can have faith that he's dealing with me. Neither of us has to wonder if we're being set up or say anything we don't mean at the moment. Tomorrow, he'll remember what he typed about me, and I will remember what I typed about him. If we step over a line, we'll know who to step to and apologize. That's how it should be. The opposite of Choppah. Chirp. Chirp. Chirp.
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March 27, 2011, 3:55 p.m. CST
dark doom--I know, bullshit right? Polanski gets shit but no one rags on Beatty
by D Middling
You just know that guy had his faire share of young ladies in hollywood.
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March 27, 2011, 4:02 p.m. CST
I cant believe Im getting sucked into this, but WHO CARES who choppah is???
by D Middling
Who cares if hes one guy or three guys or a woman or whatever? Why bother writing so much about choppah unless you are A. crazy/paranoid B. actually choppah him/her/itself and this is ALL some elaborate joke on everyone? There comes a point where if youre that obsessed about trolls you become one yourself. Shit on that note I should heed my own wisdom and drop this. I thought it would be fun to talk Dick Tracy and superhero movies but you guys have to go and muck up these boards!
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March 27, 2011, 4:07 p.m. CST
And what the heck is a "Pedalbacker"? Are you just making workds up??
by D Middling
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March 27, 2011, 4:10 p.m. CST
I'm only answering questions, muddbutt. You may now go back to your important discussions
by Subtitles_Off
about a twenty year-old flop. Nobody forced you to read any of the posts. Don't waste your wise words on anger, muddy. Sing out. Tell us something interesting about Warren Beatty and DICK TRACY.
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March 27, 2011, 4:13 p.m. CST
Who cares if it flopped? Why should box ofice have anything to do with quality??
by D Middling
Dick Tracy was damn fun movie, mainly because of the villains obviously. Al Pacino did a nice spin on his yelling growling persona he unfortunately ebraced after doing Depalma's Scarface. Ah well. As for your admonishment "dont waste your wise words on anger" yeah I can tell youre a smartass. It was a mistake to even talk to you. You sound bitter and I try to be nice and friendly when I talk to people I don't even know. Why cant the rest of you angry talkbackers do the same? I understand when some guys can be funny on here but some of you like that braindrain character and choppah and you apparently take it too far. Youre doing this for your own amusement no? I don't appreciate it.
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March 27, 2011, 4:15 p.m. CST
Again I have to take issue with your "flop" comment. It bothers me, sorry!
by D Middling
Why do you think box office succes is the same as quality??? Didnt Citizen Kane bomb? The Searchers bombed too and thats an American classic
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Box Office has nothing to do with quality. But DICK TRACY was a flop. It very famously lost a ton of money. That's what a flop is. I'm sorry it bothers you. DICK TRACY is a nicely art directed movie. I don't think it ever really works, but I concede that some might. I can't stand it because Madonna stinks up the screen, and it tries to have it both ways by being serious-ish but exaggerating the sets and color, but that's only my opinion, and you're entitled to a different one. DICK TRACY is vastly superior to lots of things being made today, because, at least, it had a thoughtful mind behind it. Oh, and people used to call out Beatty on his affairs all the time. The difference between him and Polanski ought to be obvious: Beatty's women were adults, and he was never convicted of a crime.
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March 27, 2011, 4:39 p.m. CST
Let me guess ahole you're actually choppah and you're playing with subtitles?
by D Middling
Or is subtitles choppah because he seems hellbent on creating a backstory for his supervillain/superhero troll? Creative but tiresome I guess. Anyway again I'm sorry abou getting caught up in this crap. Heres hoping Beatty gets to make another dick Tracy!
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March 27, 2011, 4:43 p.m. CST
Ahole, your translation skills need re-configuring, a bit.
by Subtitles_Off
I wasn't telling muddbutt to fuck off. Look, he's right. This is a current thread about Warren Beatty and DICK TRACY. That's what people are expecting to read and discuss when they come in. I've hijacked more than my fair share of threads in the past, but I try to wait until they've cooled off first. All The Choppah shit resulted from people asking me direct questions. If you don't want to know, just ignore posts with my name on them. That's what the whole +Expand All thing is for. See? It's a better idea than you thought it was.
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March 27, 2011, 4:45 p.m. CST
Personally, I don't think Beatty has the slightest interest in another DICK TRACY.
by Subtitles_Off
Someone ELSE probably does, and old Warren just wanted to make sure they'd have to come and pay him off first.
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March 27, 2011, 4:49 p.m. CST
Here's another post you'll want to ignore, muddbutt. It's for viggeo.
by Subtitles_Off
Are you the one who has been attacking Cobra_Kai and The Dojo? 'Cause, if it is, sorry, but you and I are gonna have to come to blows after all. Cobes is aces. Always has been. Always will be.
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March 27, 2011, 4:51 p.m. CST
Thank you subtitles. Maybe I misjdged you and you're not so nasty and condescending
by D Middling
You have sone insights. Thanks for chatting. And if the choppah or any other jerk on here bother you just ignore them. not worth it man. Sorry about getting angry toward you.
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To think that bothered me, you'd have to be dense. Chirp. Chirp. Chirp.
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"Heres hoping Beatty gets to make another dick Tracy!" mudbutt is hoping for MORE DICK? Sorry! Ahh dear.. you set 'em up like that and I can't help myself. ps. Subs, thank you!
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Even a straight man has to know his color palette.
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March 27, 2011, 5:05 p.m. CST
Will it stream somewhere, diox. I'll watch it then jus out of solidarity.
by Subtitles_Off
I don't have cable.
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March 27, 2011, 5:18 p.m. CST
Ahole, you might have just given Snyder his next movie idea.
by Subtitles_Off
He's gonna need one after they kick him off Superman on Monday.
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"He's not allowed to do that to me! I'm visionary!"
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Subby and I agree on that!
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This movie was unwatchable.
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March 27, 2011, 7:40 p.m. CST
Hey, it's a family reunion in here. Diox, are you buying fancy beer?
by FlickaPoo
I'll take STARGATE for a whirl with you.
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...Beatty can play Pruneface!
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Real classy. Real masculine, picking on a "real" person, not a celebrity, an internet nobody's real identity from an anonymous handle. Kudos to you guys, its admirable.
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March 27, 2011, 9:19 p.m. CST
We can end this right now. I ... am ... THE_CHOPPAH.
by ColonelFatheart
THE_CHOPPAH doesn't need miracles. He is the miracle. Now he's here. Are you ready for me? I'm here to tear down everything around you, and you know what I'm going to replace it with? Something new: CHOP. The World of CHOP. So take your vintage one-sheets and give them to the geeks. What difference does it matter what you own? You have video games and maquettes? It's going to rot, and that rot is going to eat away your heart. All of you! There will be a flood, and there will be a fire. Everything will be destroyed. But there will be a new ark riding on that fire, and I hold the keys and I open the door, and I decide who goes in and who doesn't. You're my brothers from AICN, and you're the first I invite on the ark. Don't wait. Don't waste your life. CHOP with me.
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March 27, 2011, 9:20 p.m. CST
After all, which one of you people haven't CHOPPED?
by ColonelFatheart
Whoever that is, come up here and throw these stones!
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Like I said, I wasn't there for whatever spat you guys had in the past, and I don't think I've seen any ill will from you towards him in this TB. But pple like Faulkner picking on Braindrain's real identity, its bullying. Its pathetic, and Faulkner is too arrogant to admit I'm right.
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Maybe you're blind, maybe your reading comprehension is poor, but I admitted in that talkback that I was perfectly jealous of her. Sorry to take the wind out of your sails so soon.
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March 27, 2011, 9:39 p.m. CST
AICN really has become an awful place. What can we do to make it better?"
by Subtitles_Off
Chirp. Chirp. Chirp.
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Chirp. Chirp. Chirp.
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Of all people, its obvious I've been spicing things up to get your attention. Amazing that what others think affects you so much. Says a lot about your character.
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Chirp. Chirp. Chirp.
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Especially coming from a guy willing to debase himself enough to pick on someone else's real identity. Its funny, he's trying to insult me, get a rise out of me, but in the end... This is a guy who knows all about my history, didn't like that people missed me during my banning, has apparently been following me enough to know my past posts, and yet his strongest attack so far is "You're boring." Boring enough to garner a strong following and elicit many responses from this joker apparently. Again, that says a lot about your character, mate.
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March 27, 2011, 9:56 p.m. CST
braindrain, I'd let you use a photo of my scrotum if I really thought it would work.
by Subtitles_Off
Chirp. Chirp. Chirp.
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March 27, 2011, 10:05 p.m. CST
Poor Faulkner. You really do have poor reading comprehension.
by D.Vader
""Boring enough to garner a strong following and elicit many responses from this joker apparently." " You have to understand, that comment was directed at YOU, you who knows my past history so intimately, who felt the need to constantly post about ME, and yet feels I'm so "boring". You need to understand, you don't mean shit to me. You get a laugh from me, regarding the irony of your situation (being an expert on someone you don't like-me- and feel is undeserving of the attention). I guess I shouldn't be surprised that went right over your head.
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I have been around longer than before you decided to bring your sorry ass back here, so stop being so full of you pretentious dick. That is as much attention that I will give your trolling, sorry loser ass.
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I meant to say "stop being so full of YOURSELF you pretentious dick" Excuse my mistake
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March 27, 2011, 10:15 p.m. CST
Its cool, Faulkner, ignore EVERY point I've made about you
by D.Vader
Chicken out, cower into a corner, back away, ignore it all. But its right there, plain as day, for everyone to see. Faulkner is obsessed with D.Vader, knows all about his history, is jealous of the attention he received, proclaims him as being "boring", yet continues to respond to him months after the banning. You can't let it go. Its also obvious now that you are perfectly fine with cyber-bullying and picking on someone's real identity, which everyone knows is low and scummy. Dirty pool. There's no defense against that. Oh, and you can't read either. In the end, all this makes you look laughably bad. And in the end, you'll ignore it all to toss out another light-weight insult and give me more attention. To which I say, AHTHANKYOU!
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Keep it up fellas, the more you feed the trolls, the more fun they are.
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what is all this energy being released at THE CHOPPAH about? I've been lurking for a few months and he/she/it is one of the most consistently INCONSISTENT voices on this site. as for the charges against him that he picks on people like a troll, I challenge ANYONE to show me that. Choppah is nice to everyone. Does CHOPPAH stur up interesting conversation? hells yeah!!! why would ANYONE hate on that?
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this "ban" i keep hearing about was well before i found AICN, so i have no dog in this fight, but really, you both come across as maladjusted attention whores. just saying. i understand this site just underwent a renovation and impressive upgrade. why can't you guys do the same?
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Let's just clear this bullshit up now. No one else shall make this claim. I am he. I AM CHOPPAH.
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The only thing more pathetic than your insults are your responses. Talk about boring, you've actually caused me to not care one bit about your replies. The truth is, you DO care about me, probably MUCH more than what is needed to validate my existence. Because the facts are, after I was banned you A) talked about me, B) responded to those who continued to talk about me, C) know all about my history, D) continue to engage me. And what's especially interesting is what you DO know about me... ... That apparently after I was banned I "whined and whined", which is not something a talkbacker would know, as I was banned and unable to post. Or that I "whined for 3 months to get" my dot back. This speaks volumes about either A) an AICN editor/moderator, or B) someone who has an unhealthy obsession with me. So which is it? Because neither says very good things about you. And why engage you in the first place? I dunno, I guess I find it comical that someone would proclaim that he was quitting AICN and wouldn't be posting here ever again, and yet returns and knows what everyone has continued to post since he left. I guess you have a hard time sticking with your goals. *Yawn* Thanks for the chat, Faulkner. You've bored me quite a bit; I've lost interest in this "debate" (if one could call this one-sided discussion such). You've exposed your weaknesses, I've exploited them. Its over. You're done. Now go back to picking on people's real names to make yourself feel better about your lowly station in life. See you in the funny papers. I'm off to bed.
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Fuck off, you attention-starved Warlock wannabe. Is that a good reinvention? Or should I be nicer? Not sure which angle I should take =).
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All of you have been CHOPPED
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March 27, 2011, 10:38 p.m. CST
Darn it. You trolls are still at it. Well I don't think all of you are trolls.
by D Middling
This Vader guy seems reasonable except that he cant seem to shake off this faulker troll guy and Charlie Sheen is, uh, winning, but subtitles just when I thought you were cool you start this chirp chipr shit. Why man why?
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and, in real life I am Dan Sinker, a journalism professor at Chicago's Columbia College and the former editor of a zine called Punk Planet. You might know me better as the 'fucking' genius behind fake twitter MayorEmanuel . I got a SWEET book deal for that, and there is NO LIMIT to what THE CHOPPAH brand will ultimately be worth. Thanks for playing....
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I need one for the little boy who lives in my mouth.
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Trolls should at least be entertaining. Well the good ones anyway. You sir are not a good one.
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March 27, 2011, 10:43 p.m. CST
my attorney will be calling you in the morning, cheese dick
by AssyMuffJizz
CHOPPED
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March 27, 2011, 10:48 p.m. CST
Is everyone sayint theyre choppah? Or is everyone just the same guy?
by D Middling
Cuz I want to get in on thsi choppah business? Can I be a choppay too? Should I just declare it? So much for talking about Dick Tracy lol. I violated my own rules/standards! Such is the talkback huh?
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You didn't happen to grow up as an altar boy in the Newark area, did you? Because I've never lived there nor have known any altar boys in that area.
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and I am he.
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Sorry I wanted to get in ont his fun. I think you missed by joke by the way before, assymuff jizz. I asked you if you were a priest since you had a little boy living in your mouth.
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Never been there. As God is my witness.
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Really when you think about it. Youre good people too I reckon, troll or not. Come one let's say it in one voice I AM the CHOPPA!!!
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I'm afraid you have me confused with some other priest. Happens all the time. Now say three hail Marys and get back on your knees. CHOPPED
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but I wanna be the_choppah too! Why not? He gets more ink than any topic I've read around here.
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this is the new escape persona i have recently begun to filter into regular background noise. Unfortunately, i let my government down. i didn't find THAT many cyber-terrorists.....this time. sad pitiful trolls, YES. True threats? non-existent.
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March 27, 2011, 11:23 p.m. CST
There are government agencies that will help...
by Cheeses_of_Nazareth
people who cannot afford their mood altering prescription drugs. they are nice people. Pride is your own worst enemy.
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You gonna go with alcoholism? Which of The Choppahs is gonna give you a ride home?
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But, at least, I forced a few of the cowardly dummies to finally step out of the shadows. Aren't they a handsome and impressive lot? A round of applause, please, for all of the nitwits who didn't want to have anything more to do with AICN so many months ago. They've been here all along.
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No, FUCK that. I AM CHOPPAH! WOMEN LOVE ME!
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Face it. There's a little Choppah in you too.
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March 27, 2011, 11:44 p.m. CST
I believe it was Descartes who originally stated:
by kermit_the_fraud
"I think, therefore I CHOP." But as Peirce stated: "Do not block the way of inquiry." So....who or what is the_choppah? What are the goals/ends of said choppah? These are essential questions, and need must be answered. Or, you could just follow in the footsteps of Socrates and drink in the deliciousness of choppah, as many choose to do. What's the harm in a refreshing quaff?
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THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE CHOPPAH. The insufferable shithead persona is a mere ruse. Ha! I am a puppetmaster!
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It'd be nice if you could AFFORD to drink. Found a job yet? Or is your little anger issue still standing in the way? Oh, also that you are off your meds for 2 years.... Wanna keep playing?
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THIS TB BROUGHT TO YOU BY... THE CHOPPAH!
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March 28, 2011, 12:02 a.m. CST
Hope you are spending a LOT of time crafting your response, Subs....
by Cheeses_of_Nazareth
Remember all your e-mails. Unlike other fucktards on this site, I would NEVER bring the real world, ie real names, addresses, etc into a public internet discussion, but the content of those e-mails were never deemed private. There's a lot of hate filled missives contained in said e-mails. Are you REALLY sure you want the wrong people to see them? Especially the people you talked shit about and called derogatory names and now still play nicey-nice to their face? ****** See kids, its easy to make up a back story about why people hate each other if the only reason you are telling the story is to generate an audience by shocking them with good story telling...
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is this stuff about to get REAL? Somebody call MTV!! I think I need to pitch "The Real World: Ain't It Cool News Talkback" to them. This is the true story...true stooorrrrry....of GOD KNOWS how many people...placed in an internet movie site talkback together....to see what happens when...the shit starts flinging....and said shit.....gets REAL.
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March 28, 2011, 12:13 a.m. CST
What the fuck is all this? I'm THE CHOPPAH and all of you know it...
by FlickaPoo
...just look at his frequent and debonair use of ellipses. Just wait till my girl finds out, I'm getting laid within an inch of my life tonight!
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This place smells funny...Did you ever get your pedal back? DD won't like riding a pedal-less bike.
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Is he that nefariously ingenious? To come up with the idea of a false talkback persona in order to generate site traffic via discussion and debate? Only the neck-beard knows.....
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I haven't been here much, but this DICK TRACY thread stinks to high heaven...I couldn't resist.
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on another thread...(forget which one...) Choppah was talking about TRACING his DICK on a chick's forehead... I thought that shit was FUNNY...
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Go right the fuck ahead. You've hung on to private e-mails for so long for some reason, right? You got the "please, I hope we can still be friends" one. That's the one you wrote to me. Go ahead. Show 'em all how big your balls are. I didn't say anything to you I haven't said to Stabby, 'moose, EssDub, Sixies, Colonel, Teddy or Flickapoo already. I'd fire off all your drunken ramblings to put all these "hate-filled missives" in some sort of context, but context isn't what you do anymore is it? Sorry. I'm no longer your enabler. Do whatever you think is in your best interests.
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I hated the way that movie ended s much as I loathed THERE WILL BE BLOOD. I'm just trying to get you to wake the fuck up....you used to be a fun funny guy. We all miss that guy and the newer recruits do not understand how you could have been a founding father. The one that got replaced by the "get off my lawn" guy. There is no harm/no foul in all that the pedalback does. Only those who fear change fear the pedalback.... ***** See kids... its easy to make up crazy shit....
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March 28, 2011, 12:42 a.m. CST
Oh, damn. I seem to have mis-placed the drunken ramblings.
by Subtitles_Off
I must have thrown them all away. Oh, whatever will I do? I'll be exposed with no defense. Oh, dear. I should be cowering.
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You can be whoever you wanna be on there my man...it's all anonymous. Me....I'm gonna be the dude who wears his cowboy hat and boots to the fucking BEACH! Yeah.....it's been a looooong time since I've watched ANYTHING on MTV. They DO still do the Real World, right?
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Why not just get some sleep and wake up like you were 2 years ago....
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March 28, 2011, 12:44 a.m. CST
"We all miss that guy." Let's accuse him of hate-filled missives and see if that "wakes him up."
by Subtitles_Off
Yep. I'm the delusional one, folks.
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Kobe's laughing his ass off at you right about now. He wants to jump in here and type a big all-capped TOLD YOU SO, but I'mma gonna save him the trouble and do it for him.
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...I feel pretty good about that.
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I didn't hold onto e-mails....I found them as I was recently cleaning out/deleting my account. I was amazed. We all miss the old you that was... ****** See kids, that is how you build up one of those emotional connection thingies...
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Isn't that precious? I'm the only one on here who has always used the same handle, all that time. I'm hiding right out in the open, being accused by Mr. I'm So Fucking Hilarious I Have To Pretend To Be Someone Else So No One Holds It Against Me. Shit is finished. Chirp. Chirp. Chirp.
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...I mean, it has to be...right?
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of the fact that DICK TRACY was nowhere nearly as engaging and dramatic as this talkback. *nom-nom*....'s delicious!
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Nobody ever gets out of one alive...
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...I never considered first or second billing. I just wanted to be involved in flicking holes. Gently of course, especially at first...
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March 28, 2011, 1:15 a.m. CST
Wait-wait-wait....braindrain (not trying to start nuthin)
by kermit_the_fraud
You're asking "You're still here?" and saying "Get a life"? The VERY ACT of which shows that you, yourself are in fact HERE. More of that deliciousness.....I might just get sated.
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March 28, 2011, 1:22 a.m. CST
I feel like this TB is getting away from the fact that YourAholeFlicker...
by FlickaPoo
...is THE CHOPPAH. We're here to take a bow, dammit!
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for several crop circles in northern England. We use them to predict sporting game outcomes.
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...we're going to chop the shit out of it!
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activity equals energy, equals productivity, equals stop hating your country, equals asshole. Seriously, okay? calm down
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Back in the early 80's...Sundays, too. In the Fall I could watch football and get wasted and sleep it all off on Monday. As you grow older and accept corporate responsibility, more and more, they want you to work on Monday mornings...to analyse shit and plan the coming week. Every week is contest.
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Brilliant! Still doesn't equal 40 hours unless you're working 13 hour shifts each time. Which makes me wonder, how do you find the time to post in every single talkback here multiple times, stalk C-list celebrities on twitter with inane questions, and eat snacks during those long hours on Thursday night during the daytime... and on weekends? I seem to remember you said you made millions of dollars every year from ebay sales or some shit. If that were true, I highly doubt you would bother having a job that makes you work Thursday nights during the day. So which is it?
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"Lord, what chemical element was known as Brimstone in ancient times?" asked one of the disciples of the dojo. "Sulphur" replied Cobra--Kai, and then sniffed. What was that smell in the air? And lo, Cobra descended from his Dojo into the plains below and there he did find a scene of ruination. Smoke and ash. 'What happened here?' Cobra mused to himself. A flame war? No, this was something different. And then Cobra noticed a small figure, hiding below a charred tree stump. "Who are you?" Cobra commanded. "Please sir" said kermit_the_fraud "I am but a humble noob. Don't hurt me." "You will not be harmed little one" spake Cobra and lifted kermit to his feet. "Now tell me - what happened in this place?" "I.. I.. was just looking for a place to talk about Amy Adams as Lois Lane. I didn't know, when I stumbled here, I had lost my way. The things I saw..." kermit began to shake, so Cobra smacked him dutifully across the cheek. "Ahh, thank you Sir" said kermit as the sting brought him back to the present. "There was shouting... and outing.. and madness... and mentions of tweeting... a many-headed Hydra who made people laugh and cry.. and emails and step daddys... and a man called Faulkner..." At the mention of Faulkner, Cobra spat on the ground. His spittle sizzled on the baked mud. Then Cobra saw another survivor. He was filthy but alive. "Please sir" said deweymuddbutt23 "I also was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I only survived by smearing myself with mud, like in Predator." "Tell me then" said Cobra "What think you of the sequels?" "Uhhh... " said mudbutt "Predator 2 is fun, but the recent Predators was a missed opportunity." "That is good" said Cobra "you can be trusted. Now take this fellow noob to a place of safety. I suggest Harry's DVD Picks and peeks of the week. Don not return, AND DO NOT SPEAK OF WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN HERE." With those words mudbutt gathered up kermit and hurried away. Cobra looked around him. 'That which does not kill us make us stronger', he said to no one in particular. And then returned to his dojo.
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"My Lord!" a messenger burst into the Dojo "I bring news. A story about Gary Oldman running his mouth off about Batman has just appeared!" The wisest of the monks turned to Cobra "A coincidence?" Cobra did not answer.
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and will carry the mark as a badge of honor. *cue resounding chorus*
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I think?
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I bid you all adieu.
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March 28, 2011, 10:35 a.m. CST
Is Subtitles still trying to peddle his photoshopped paparazzi pics of me?
by THE_CHOPPAH
BWAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! How much are they going for? Any buyers? This thread is a false dawn.
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I agree he did a nice job directing it, and the photography and production design were fantastic--but Beatty himself was all wrong. Dull, charisma-free and too goddamn old. Only Beatty's ego made him think he could pull the character off. Actually, I disagree with the comment on Madonna. I think she did a fine job playing a sexy slut. Only damn film she was every in that I could actually stand her.
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March 28, 2011, 1:13 p.m. CST
Here's braindrain at work, being closely watched by his immediate supervisor:
by evergreen
http://tinyurl.com/4dq53ub
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March 28, 2011, 2:07 p.m. CST
overrated, LOL! I can almost forgive you for liking Sucker Punch
by THE_CHOPPAH
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...that was inspired. I wish we could have another tournament.
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"Mistah Subs -- he chopped." I We are the clever men We are the CHOPPED men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! Our dried voices, when We talkback together Are quiet and meaningless As wind in dry grass Or Kobe's feet over broken glass In our dry cellar CHOPs without form, shade without colour, Paralyzed force, gesture without CHOPPING; Those who have crossed With direct eyes, to Harry's other Kingdom Remember us—if at all—not as lost Silly souls, but only As the clever men The CHOPPED men. II Eyes I dare not meet in dreams In Harry's dream kingdom These do not appear: There, the eyes are Sunlight on a broken talkback There, is a noob swinging And voices are In the TB’s singing More distant and more solemn Than braindrain's star. Let me be no nearer In Harry's dream kingdom Let me also wear Such deliberate disguises Dickblood’s coat, Kobeskin, crossed Cobras In a field Behaving as the TB behaves No nearer— Not that final meeting In the talkback kingdom III This is the MJ Corpse land This is Kobe land Here the digital images Are raised, here they receive The supplication of a CHOPPED man’s hand Under the twinkle of a fading talkbacker. Is it like this In Harry's other kingdom Waking alone At the hour when we are Trembling with troll-i-ness Fingers that would CHOP Form prayers to broken servers. IV The eyes are not here There are no eyes here In this valley of dying talkbackers In this hollow valley This broken jaw of our lost talkbacks In this last of meeting places We grope together And avoid speech Gathered on this beach of the soiled sock Sightless, unless The eyes reappear As the perpetual star Multifoliate turd Of Harry's twilight kingdom The hope only Of CHOPPED men. V Here we go round the DVD column DVD column DVD column Here we go round the DVD column At two o’clock in the afternoon. Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the CHOPPAH For Thine is the Kingdom Between INCEPTION And the fellation Between the emotion And the response Falls the CHOPPAH Life is very long Between the desire And the spasm Between the potency And the existence Between the essence And the descent Falls the CHOPPAH For Thine is the Kingdom For Thine is Life is For Thine is the This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a CHOPPAH.
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March 30, 2011, 9:23 a.m. CST
Somewhere Warren Beatty is reading this talkback and crying gently at the mayhem he's caused.
by Cletus Van Damme
Sure, he was already crying because of being married to Annette Benning, but still...
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Hollywood must love taunting here with Oscars just to get that lemon face out of her. Its hysterical.
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