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babe 2 was great by reckni	Nov 7th, 2006 10:55:11 AM
Miller rules, I'll go see this.
First! Can't wait! by Stollentroll	Nov 7th, 2006 10:55:38 AM
Penguins rule.
My fiance... by Jaffa8	Nov 7th, 2006 10:59:05 AM
really wants to see this movie. Should be good. THIRD???
Forty fifth!!! by nemesisdarkside	Nov 7th, 2006 10:59:40 AM
or maybe forty-sixth?
I so want to see this!!!! by Gilkuliehe	Nov 7th, 2006 10:59:58 AM
Three words for the naysayers: George Fucking Miller. And no, NEVERENDING STORY II was done by another guy, you idiots.
Can't wait to see the new Harry Potter trailer by Bean_	Nov 7th, 2006 11:06:28 AM
Hopefully it shows up on the internet on the same day.
The trailer does not do this movie any favors. by rbatty024	Nov 7th, 2006 11:11:19 AM
I'm curious because I thought Babe 2 was given the short end of the stick, but the preview does not give you much to anticipate except for dancing and singing Penguins, which is not exactly my cup of tea.
Well, you don't see that every week. by Catnip_Thieves	Nov 7th, 2006 11:14:32 AM
Cute CGI critter movies, that is. What a treat!
Penguins have but only two purposes in life by georges garvaren	Nov 7th, 2006 11:20:50 AM
One, is to make baby penguins, and the other is to be cute. I think this movie just might be for children and not geeks. Dopes, I’m sure are more then welcome, so some of us had better go get in line now.
Anyone catch "March of the Penguin" on... by Childe Roland	Nov 7th, 2006 11:40:28 AM
...Robot Chicken a while back? Pretty freaking hilarious. After that, I may just have my quota of penguin-related humor for the next couople of years. Sorry, George. Now get on Fury Road, pronto.
PLANT by jimmy_009	Nov 7th, 2006 11:52:31 AM
Here's an idea, let's make an animated movie where all the characters look alike! Audiences will love trying to figure out who's who. And then we can make a bunch of penguins dance around and not give any hint of what the story's about in the trailer, if there even is one. And can we get Robin Williams to do one of his 4 character's that he's been running into the ground for two decades? We can! Anyhoo, anyone that's seen this trailer knows that the movie is garbage. This guy couldn't sound more like an ad guy trying to sound in with geekboys if he tried. "But, doods, it was a great movie." "and by the time the movie ends, you'll really feel like Mumble went on this epic journey." "I think it is his best voice work, cause now he actually acting, instead of ranting like a maniac." Um... appearently, when they show him ranting like maniac in the trailer, he's actually not. So disregard that.
Jimmy 009 by Gilkuliehe	Nov 7th, 2006 12:04:45 PM
Say whatever you want. These three words still win the argument: George Fucking Miller. Thank you and don't give up, I'm here all week.
Gilkuliehe by jimmy_009	Nov 7th, 2006 12:19:30 PM
Uh, right. Because George Miller is a titan among movie directors, right? He produced Babe right? The most overrated movie of the 90's. They might as well have called it Charlotte's Web 2. Witches of Eastwick. Next. Lorenzo's Oil. Next. Aside from the Mad Max movies he's only done average to good movies. Nothing great. Certainly nothing to warrant "George Fucking Miller" as a valid counterpoint to the abortion that is the Happy Feet trailer.
doods? by cyberskunk	Nov 7th, 2006 12:33:04 PM
Was that a Disgaea allusion to the penguin-like prinnies who keep saying that?
Jimmy. by Gilkuliehe	Nov 7th, 2006 12:35:11 PM
Hum... let's see. The most overrated movie of the 90's is BRAVEHEART. That is common lore. You pass on WITCHES and LORENZO'S and don't acknowledge the brilliance of BABE 2 or the fourth segment of TWILIGHT ZONE THE MOVIE? I'm sorry to say this since you're one of God's creatures and all, but you're an idiot and you should cease to exist. And in case you forgot: George Fucking Miller. (I win)
Penguins are responsible for all the wars in the world. by Det. John Kimble	Nov 7th, 2006 12:35:16 PM
Two men enter, one man leaves.
Bah by TheyCallHimFlane	Nov 7th, 2006 12:36:14 PM
I still think the best penguin-related film is Exploding Penguins 3: Total Annihilation (from the makers of Exploding Penguins and Exploding Penguins 2: The Sequel)
Babe by Kentucky Colonel	Nov 7th, 2006 12:46:10 PM
Remember, kiddos, that BABE was nominated for best picture. I still get all goose-bumpy when I watch it and still get that damned lump in my throat when Farmer Hogget says "That'll do, Pig" at the end. I have got to be the world's biggest pussy, but so what?
I smell bacon by georges garvaren	Nov 7th, 2006 01:03:31 PM
Fry the Pig! Benji is the greatest animal to come across the screen ever. That dog spoke French and could undo handcuffs while being suspended upside-down in a tank of ginger ale. Fucking incredible, people.
Screw the penguins... by critch	Nov 7th, 2006 01:11:01 PM
Tell us more about the Harry Potter V trailer!
Gilkuliehe by jimmy_009	Nov 7th, 2006 01:30:23 PM
Wow you've got some serious issues to sort through. If you think sitting through an hour and half of this crap makes you 'win', by all means. I know how being right vs. some guy on the internet is important, so I don't want to take that away from you. Witches of Eastwick, Babe 2, and Lorenzo's Oil are the finest pieces of cinema any man has ever created, and no doubt 'Happy Feet' (could there be a more spine tingling title?) will only add to the director's pantheon of glory. Happy?
PLANT, PLANT, PLANT by El Scorcho	Nov 7th, 2006 01:31:07 PM
Sometimes it's just too easy to tell.
Actually Witches of Eastwick... by Childe Roland	Nov 7th, 2006 01:37:33 PM
...is pretty darned good. Never saw Babe all the way through, so I can't really comment on that, but all of the Mad Max films leave me a very happy cinematic camper. Even Thunderdome. So George can keep the "Fucking" as his middle name, regardless of whatever penguin movie he makes that I won't see, just so long as I know Fury Road is coming.
hopefully it's better than Farce of the Pengiuns.... by Jarek	Nov 7th, 2006 02:32:57 PM
.....had to shut that one off after 10 minutes. All that comedic talent gone to waste on what was shaping up to be the most puerile and inane script ever.
HARRY POTTER TRAILER!!!! by caltsoudas	Nov 7th, 2006 05:19:14 PM
GAAAAAAAAAHHHHH. WHAT WAS IN THE TRAILER? GET HIM TO TELL US COME COME ONE. Spill.... pleeeeeeeease?
Yellowguy, if you're out by caltsoudas	Nov 7th, 2006 05:20:05 PM
Yellowguy, if you're out there.... please tell us everything it showed.
Fuck Robin Williams by arrangedletters	Nov 7th, 2006 05:22:20 PM
Seriously his shit was old in Aladdin. The only way I will ever see this movie is if it comes with a foreign language track on DVD
Mel needs to do Fury Road by Neo Zeed	Nov 7th, 2006 05:35:38 PM
to restore his popularity
Babe 2 is a great film by Bazka Berzerker	Nov 7th, 2006 09:08:40 PM
People tore that film a new asshole back in the day mainly for one reason: It was too dark and violent for kids. And yeah, it was, at least for kids under 6 years. But I saw it as an adult and fucking loved it. Great story, great characters, great execution, great bold messages for anyone who is old enough to take the darkness and violence. It's one of the best kiddie movies ever, althought I think it suits better kids on the 7-10 year old group, as opposed to younger ones. But if you simply ignore it's a kiddie film and watch it as a dark fairy tale for adults, it works on all levels. I think it's a masterpiece, and I would recommend it to anyone who just wants to a see a great film and doesn't pigeonhole movies because of their genre.
PLEASE, YELLOWGUY, WHERE ARE YOU? by caltsoudas	Nov 7th, 2006 09:40:03 PM
Please post in here and tell us what they showed in the Harry Potter 5 trailer... something... anything... and if you can't post publically at least email ME and tell me... caltsoudas@hotmail.com
"The Babe movies" by Doc_McCoy	Nov 7th, 2006 10:30:23 PM
Too bad the good BABE movie isn't the one that Miller directed.
And next summer...Surf's Up! by Osmosis Jones	Nov 7th, 2006 10:32:16 PM
Yeah, now we need duelling CGI penguin movies to go with the duelling CGI insect movies and duelling CGI rat movies and duelling animated Incan movies, and...
'Babe 2 is a great film' by half vader	Nov 7th, 2006 11:01:54 PM
Maybe people were also harsh because just like beyond Thunderdome you had a lead character who was previously the protagonist and them turned them into a recipient where things happened to them rather than because of them (which more in Babe's situation was character regression). Been a while since I saw it but that was the overwhelming reaction I had. ___________________As for Doc_McCoy, the general consensus is that Miller ostensibly directed that one too. I guess it's a bit of a Poltergeist situation. ___________________Jimmy_009 - "where all the characters look alike". Boy it would be embarrassing to realise how completely you missed the point, if you were remotely self aware in the first place. "Lorenzo's oil - next." WhatEVER, dude. I don't think you even saw it. You're probably too young, or at least I hope so.
Half Vader - About Babe 2 by Bazka Berzerker	Nov 8th, 2006 12:11:04 AM
I have to disagree strongly. Babe 1 was a movie about Babe liberating himself. Babe 2 is about Babe liberating an entire tribe of animals. The animals are without hope, Babe gives them hope. He becomes their leader and leads them to a better life. Babe 1 one was about how Babe became what he is. In the sequel he is a Messiah character who guides others – Parallels to Jesus are obvious. It should be noted that I’m not a Christian, but I value many teaching of Jesus, and this is a very Christian movie thematically. Anyway, Babe is the reason and protagonist for everything that happens – Without him the animals of the city would be doomed the a life without hope. In the end Babe 2 is a movie about hope, and about compassion. One of the most poignant and tear-jerking scenes I have ever seen in film is the much maligned Pitbull-dying-on-a-bridge scene. The Pitbull is at first painted as a one-dimensional villain, as an evil killer, in a typical kiddie movie fashion. But when he is about to die, and all the animals are letting him die, Babe risks his own life, runs to the dog and saves him – A dog which just a moment ago was trying to kill Babe - in an act of extreme love, compassion, mercy and forgiveness. And this first experience of compassion the pitbull has ever experienced in his life makes the dog understand that he is in fact not a killer at heart – It was just something humans made him to be. He was trained to be a killer to and extent that he himself believed it, along with everyone else. This is remarkable powerful and poignant filmmaking. Another outstanding, tear-jerking, this time very spiritual scene, is the one in which the crippled dog is hit by the car and he momentarily dies, and we see him in the in the dog afterlife joyously chasing butterflies, no longer crippled. Words can’t describe the poetic beauty of that scene, and the glimmer of hope it offers in the darkest of moments. Like I said I’m not religious myself, I’m an agnostic, and I don’t really believe much in heaven. But the way I saw it, heaven was a symbol for hope. And Babe 2 is a movie about hope, even in the lives of the most desperate and sad souls. Like when the dog on the back ally talks about committing a suicide. Or when the children of the chimpanzee are taken away from her. Or when the little dog tells how as a puppy he was closed into a sack and thrown into the river. And like Ferdinand The Duck says: "What can you possibly do? What can anyone do? Why even try?". But the story shows through Babe that the triumph of (human) spirit can overcome even the darkest moments, when you live by the principles of truth, love and compassion, and never give up the hope. What an awesome movie this is.
It's my first review... by Yellowguy21	Nov 8th, 2006 01:43:12 AM
..., give me a break, fools. I'm honored to be already given the title of Plant. Thanx fellas! Anyhoo, yes, Dood is a reference to Disgaea. The penguins love saying it. Though I could never figure out why they ended up in hell... I figured I'd be called a plant, cause I couldn't really figure out what to say, so ended up sounding like a chump. That's okay. I'm not that hurt. Besides, I wrote the dang thing @ like 2am while at work. Well, about the Potter trailer, I'm gonna start writing something up and I'll send it to Merrick to post. I will say this: D.A. FLYING THROUGH LONDON ON BROOMSTICKS. Yup, no threstals. Bummer.
wow by Yellowguy21	Nov 8th, 2006 01:44:53 AM
I really do sound like as ass.
Hey Bazka by half vader	Nov 8th, 2006 02:32:48 AM
Like I said it's been a while since I saw it (when it first came out) but I remember later in the film where Babe sort of took a backseat to Magda Szubanski flying around in a clown suit or something and I felt like Babe was no longer driving the thing. Remember I did qualify my initial comments with maybe, indicating it was a subjective opinion. I might actually have another look. I will say though that people like Jimmy are morons with their "all the penguins looking the same " and "Babe is the most overrated movie of the 90s" posturing. If only someone had shown George Lucas and Rick McCallum Babe 1 they might have known how to make Episode 1 accessable to kids without 'dumbing it down' and how to make things simple without being simplistic. I'm happy you disagree about Babe 2 though, don't get me wrong. You did it by pointing out why it was good rather than attacking or dumping on something else. More class than me!
Babe and Penguins by Abhimanyu	Nov 8th, 2006 05:04:40 AM
Interesting to see all the Babe comments - a friend of mine had commented when Babe 2 came out: "Time will be far kinder than critics today". I really saw Babe 1 and 2 like Alien and Aliens - both great movies working in different genres almost (though that's tough to say with talking pig movies)with very different execution(s?). In any case, I happen to be one of those people who really enjoyed Babe - there was something perfectly done that defied the limitations of that kind of(aforementioned talking pig)movie. As for the inanne Charlotte's Web comments - the farty, soapy trailer for the CW movie makes me think that Babe wins hands down already. Even as a "sequel" to a "book" - sorry, I have no idea what that talkbacker was trying to say. Since I have only seen the TRAILER for Happy Feet I can only say that I was not excited about that - a bunch of penguins dancing, Robin Williams mugging, singing....blah. But it might be good. I'll register the opinion of a movie given by someone who has seen it. L.A Confidential had a crappy trailer from what I remember...
The trailers and tv spots by Yellowguy21	Nov 8th, 2006 05:57:09 AM
suck for Happy Feet. It makes it look like any other kids movie these days. But, it just has more to it. The depth of the story (yes, it has some meat to it, like the Lion King) surprised me the most. So, if anything, going into the movie not knowing what to expect, except for a bunch of dancing, kinda helps Happy Feet. You'll see. The director deffinitely knew what he was doing. As for HP OOTP, I already sent a synopsis to Merrick. Get cracking!!
As for the Thestrals by caltsoudas	Nov 8th, 2006 08:10:56 AM
Sources have in fact confirmed that the kids do take the thestrals to London so maybe you just saw quick glimpses of the advance guard instead. But wow, that's so cool. I wanna see how they did that. They've never really focused on London that much in the movies so far.
yellowguy21 by lionbiu	Nov 8th, 2006 08:32:16 AM
why don't you just send the synopsis of the OOTP trailer to a HP fansite or post it on here in the talkback?
i don't normally cry "plant"... by es4	Nov 8th, 2006 08:39:45 AM
but I've had trouble with this movie and plants in other forums (lookin at you, IMDB). no one's ever really given any legit reasoning so far as to why this movie's good. are you a plant? i dunno, if you are I thank you for not saying stupid crap like "me and my family downloaded the trailer just so we can dance to it! it's soooooo good!", if not, I'd like to hear some better logic as to what makes this movie so damn enjoyable.
babe by lionbiu	Nov 8th, 2006 09:24:56 AM
I am glad some people out there like Babe 2, it was far more darker and (just like Batman Returns) suffered for this...it's a great children's movie that never get's its kudos
prinnes in hell by cyberskunk	Nov 8th, 2006 09:32:34 AM
The penguin-like prinnies were 'bad' souls in a transitory state. When they leave the netherworld because they've paid their dues, they shed the appearance like a mascot costume.
Yellowguy was kind enough to write a synospis for me... by Bean_	Nov 8th, 2006 10:43:32 AM
Sorry for site whoring but you can see it at http://dissendium.com
Like the animated Rudolph? by Moa Kaka	Nov 8th, 2006 12:11:39 PM
Where the cute animated baby Rudolph is made fun of by the other kids. And embarasses his father in front of Santa. Only the cute girl reindeer "Clarice" stands up for him. But he runs away anyway to not shame his family. Only to find inner strangth and come back during the snow storm to prove his worth to Santa. And saves the day and wins the girl. Kinda sounds like that.
Telegram for Mongo! by Pipple	Nov 8th, 2006 01:04:49 PM
I just felt like saying that. Some penguin movie thing review, eh? Ok... whatever.
Abhimanyu by Flux_brown	Nov 8th, 2006 03:45:55 PM
you're handle sounds...oddly enough...indonesian. anyhoo, george miller is a great director....babe is one of my most favorite movies...i remember a tear falling down my cheek (and it still does) during that scene at the very end of the sheep dog competition, when the crowd suddenly erupted in cheers and applause after several moments of an akward silence...pure magic. when i heard that miller was making a cgi movie...i was excited. hopefully i'll be lucky enough to feel the same way as yellowguy did...
It was a "Candygram" for Mongo. by ripper t. jones	Nov 8th, 2006 03:58:53 PM
Just felt like correcting ya.
On being a plant by Yellowguy21	Nov 8th, 2006 08:11:33 PM
Well, I gues it doesn't really matter, but I'm not a plant. The flick just took me by surprise, that's all. I guess I suck at writng reviews. I'm sure fans of George Miller will enjoy it as much as I did. It is a little strange how he kind of just throws you into the movie without explaining why the penguins are all singing. But the way you find things out eventually, and how the penguins "seem" to be in their own world, it's just cool. Anyway, I'm ranting. Go to dissendium.com for the OOTP synopsis.
Animals! by Abhimanyu	Nov 9th, 2006 03:05:03 AM
Flux_Brown - close, it's Indian (dots, not feathers). Did Miller direct Babe? I thought it was someone called Noonan. I could IMDB it, but where's the fun in that? I really can't get over how crappy the Charlotte's Web trailer is. Babe was great, Babe 2 was also great. And I've said it before and I'll say it again - the best animal movie is Ballard's The Black Stallion. Hands down.
Yeah like Rudolph, & Flik, & Skellington, & Nacho, & by half vader	Nov 9th, 2006 03:50:15 AM
Kimba/Simba, Kong & Ann, & Mulder & Sculley (eventually), Neo and Morpheus, & Frodo & Sam (Sam and Morpheus count as "the girl" really), & Woody & Slinky dog, The Fly, Dumbo, American Werewolf, Iron Giant/E.T., Robots & a heap of other 'misfit undertakes the hero's journey when only his girl/friend understands' examples I can't even recall. Just a variation on the hero quest thingie. Been done a million times, and it'll be done a million more. Just as long as it's done well, I guess. Don't just narrow it down to Rudolph. I haven't watched those Rankin Bass things for aeons but I think even they repeated the same exact template with the hero whose girl turns on the bad guys/popular opinion even though she's one of them storyline. Can't remember which for the life of me though. Some Halloween monster type thing? Anyway the point was not to be nasty - I was just trying to have some fun thinking of the other versions of this tried and true template while having fun and not being quite so literal-minded. No offence taken I hope. I'm sure you were being facetious.
Chris Noonan, Abhimanyu by half vader	Nov 9th, 2006 05:51:07 AM
Babe was his last film, and there are many arguments about how much of the film he actually directed. Guess we'll never know, just like Poltergeist. Not like Nightmare Before Christmas though. At least people who want to know realise how much Selick did and that trading on Burton's name was a canny marketing more, however unfair.

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