Speilberg's Lincoln.-40hz (March 28, 2013, 04:50 PM)
From 4th Lincoln/Douglas Debate, 1858
I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in anyway the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I, as much as any other man, am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race. I say upon this occasion I do not perceive that because the white man is to have the superior position the negro should be denied everything.
Two days ago I saw The Fairy (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1922645). Normally I'm not into French art house movies, but as this one is from the French speaking part of Belgium so I could resist the urge to turn it off immediately. And I am glad I did.-Shades (April 09, 2013, 08:21 PM)
Dennis Hopper and Michael J. Pollard (Doc Tesla) lead a crew of misfit Vietnam veterans highly trained in psychological warfare and armed with a B29 equipped as a flying pirate TV station creating havoc for the broadcast networks and authorities as they fly the country on a crusade to bring radical philosophies and classic audiovisuals to a conservative and media brainwashed viewing public
I nominate Zaine to be the official full-time DonationCoder.com movie reviewer.Seconded!-mouser (May 28, 2013, 08:08 AM)
I nominate Zaine to be the official full-time DonationCoder.com movie reviewer.Seconded!-mouser (May 28, 2013, 08:08 AM)-barney (May 28, 2013, 12:06 PM)
One Morning in New England, 1940, the entire population of Friar New Hampshire - 572 people - walked together up a winding mountain trail and into the wilderness. They left behind their clothes, their money, all of their essentials. Even their dogs were abandoned, tied to posts and left to starve. No One knows why. A search party dispatched by the U.S. Army eventually discovered the remains of nearly 300 of Friar's evacuees. Many had frozen to death. Others were cruelly and mysteriously slaughtered. The bodies of the remaining citizens are still unaccounted for. Over the years, a quiet cover-up operation managed to weave the story of Friar into the stuff of legends and backwoods fairy tales. The town has slowly repopulated, but the vast wilderness is mostly untracked, with the northern-most stretches off limits to local hunters and loggers. In 2008, the coordinates for the "YELLOWBRICKROAD" trail head were declassified. The first official expedition into a dark and twisted wilderness will attempt to solve the mystery of the lost citizens of Friar...and reach the end of the trail. Written by Andy Mitton and Jesse Holland
I'd give it a 4 on a scale of 10.-40hz (May 30, 2013, 12:20 AM)
Next up will be The Corridor (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1602617/).
I'd give it a 4 on a scale of 10.-40hz (May 30, 2013, 12:20 AM)
A bit too generous, I'd go for 3. ;)-4wd (May 30, 2013, 01:22 AM)
Watched Banlieue 13 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414852) the other night starring David Belle, one of the developers of Parkourw.-4wd (May 30, 2013, 01:22 AM)
Watched Banlieue 13 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414852) the other night starring David Belle, one of the developers of Parkourw.-4wd (May 30, 2013, 01:22 AM)
In the 19th century, a serial killer begins murdering victims using methods from Edgar Allan Poe's stories. Poe himself teams up with a young Baltimore detective to get inside the murder's mind and try and stop more of his fictional works becoming grisly fact. As the hunt intensifies, Poe's own love, Emily Hamilton, becomes a target for the killer.
Psht. If I was going to watch a Traci Lords video, it would be Traci I Love You (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traci%2C_I_Love_You) ;)-wraith808 (June 10, 2013, 09:45 PM)
I think a lot of it has to do with circumstance. I'm just amazed that she was able to do it without denouncing the industry (http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0056367/).-wraith808 (June 11, 2013, 07:10 PM)
(I say "technically" because there's something about her expression that makes me think she wasn't ever much of a minor, despite her age, once she left home.)-40hz (June 11, 2013, 08:15 PM)
I have access to thousands of hot porn chicks at any given moment, none seem special.-superboyac (June 11, 2013, 09:51 PM)
Man, Traci Lords really did a number on the men before my generation. Every time I hear one of you guys talk about her, it's like a special thing.-superboyac (June 11, 2013, 09:51 PM)
I keep trying to relate and can't. I have access to thousands of hot porn chicks at any given moment, none seem special. I'm always blown away by that. I guess the closest I can relate was all the hubbub in junior high about Sharon Stone and Basic Instinct.
^^ ;D You're the man, 40.-superboyac (June 12, 2013, 10:42 PM)
Synopsis:
At an international school in Jakarta, a brilliant but mysterious philosophy teacher challenges his class of twenty graduating seniors to undertake one final thought experiment in order to complete the requirements for graduation. The experiment is to be the most extreme they have ever had to face. Using the power of logic alone, the students must choose which of them would be worthy of a place in an underground shelter built to withstand a fast-approaching nuclear apocalypse. The shelter only has space for ten people, which means certain death for those that are not chosen.
The real-life world of the classroom dramatically segues into the imaginary yet all too real world of the nuclear bunker and the approaching atomic catastrophe. Forced to make impossible decisions, the twenty young students enter an explosive and highly stylised world in which the survival instinct reigns supreme. Murder, deceit, sex and betrayal become the norm as the students strive to survive the impossible scenario. In doing so, they take the audience on an exhilarating journey across multiple realities, each one ever more intense than the last.
I just watched about 18 episodes of "Doc Martin". (British version of House.)-TaoPhoenix (July 19, 2013, 05:42 PM)
The Grandmaster (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1462900) - good movie about kung fu (after all, Bruce Lee had to learn his art before becoming a master, this is about his teacher)I just watched ip man and ip man 2! And now this? are they independent of each other?-Shades (July 20, 2013, 12:35 AM)
Europa Report (somewhat eerie in parts, I love sci-fi/space flicks so I certainly wasn't bored but I wouldn't watch it again).-nosh (July 26, 2013, 01:21 PM)
Just ran across this over at QuietEarth (http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2013/06/Must-Watch-THE-PHILOSOPHERS-Play-Apocalyptic-Mind-Games-Trailer).Talking of "Quiet Earth", I wondered whether you had seen this:-40hz (June 27, 2013, 01:33 PM)
Loved The Illusionist and The Prestige although the romantic in me preferred the first...Yes, same here.-40hz (July 26, 2013, 01:54 PM)
Just watched "State Of Mind: The Psychology Of Control".Was "State Of Mind: The Psychology Of Control" worth watching (and the bandwidth)? I wondered about downloading that yesterday, and decided to give it a miss.
I watch UFO TV documentaries. Very entertaining. --> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaasFoY9yYQpOfL00N3nSxg-Renegade (July 19, 2013, 07:58 AM)
The hunger games (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392170/) - Waste of time (why it got the high IMDB score is beyond me).-Shades (July 27, 2013, 12:04 PM)
Grabbers (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1525366) - Good Irish horror movie that is more funny than horror and I think that the missus wouldn't mind watching this one together either.-Shades (July 27, 2013, 12:04 PM)
The Colony (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1160996) - Predictable storyline (same as Hunger games) but the actors put in better performance.-Shades (July 27, 2013, 12:04 PM)
The hunger games - Waste of time (why it got the high IMDB score is beyond me).-Shades (July 27, 2013, 12:04 PM)
Gallowwalkers
Don't expect anything meaningful though. It's straight up action/horror/western.-Renegade (July 28, 2013, 01:08 PM)
And I'll go along with Shades w.r.t. The Colony, much of the storyline was apparent after the first 10-15 minutes.-4wd (July 28, 2013, 10:10 PM)
I never watch trailers or anything about a movie before I see it,-Renegade (July 28, 2013, 10:32 PM)
I never watch trailers or anything about a movie before I see it,-Renegade (July 28, 2013, 10:32 PM)
For The Colony, neither had I, but from watching other movies that had the same 'adversaries', (hinted at in the first few minutes), the narration of what happened to the planet, the SOS, the initial confrontation between Paxton and Zegers, etc, etc - it all adds up to give you a pretty good idea of what's going to happen further on. As Shades said.-4wd (July 28, 2013, 10:52 PM)
Paulette lives alone in a housing project in the Paris suburbs. With her meager pension, she can no longer make ends meet.-
And actually, I don't mind any genre if its well done. It's just that most of the crap they put out now *isn't*.-wraith808 (July 29, 2013, 11:59 AM)
It's just that most of the crap they put out now *isn't*.-wraith808 (July 29, 2013, 11:59 AM)
And actually, I don't mind any genre if its well done. It's just that most of the crap they put out now *isn't*.-wraith808 (July 29, 2013, 11:59 AM)
Pfft! Liar! No guy likes any chick-flick no matter how well it's done! We only tolerate them because of our ladies! :P
Now, add in some aliens or cyborgs or space ships or lasers or zombies or something that's actually cool/interesting, and yeah... they can be done well enough to enjoy. :P
Sleepless in Seattle/Titanic = zzzzzzzzzzzz... :P-Renegade (July 29, 2013, 12:05 PM)
(see attachment in previous post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=34481.msg332600#msg332600))Thank YOU! I'll add all superhero movies, knight movies to the list. And even though the 3D cartoons are technically ok, both in story and special effects (that is, I have no real complaint), well, I'm sick of them too.
A partial list of things in movies over the past several years that I've (by now) just about had enough of:
- Vampire everything - monsters, lovers, lesbians, special forces
- Werewolf everything - (see Vampire above)
- Werewolves + Vampire everything - (see Vampire above)
- Flesh-Eating Zombie Apocalypse riffs - even if they do star Milla Jovovich
- Unstoppable "might be supernatural or possessed by the Devil" psycho "slice&dice" killers wearing masks - Halloween, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Hills Have Eyes, Last House on the Left, etc. etc. - you know the franchises.
- Teams of kids or teenagers (with no formal training) who take on crack professional military units - and win
- Remakes of: Porky's, Risky Business, Animal House
- Additional installments of Die Hard (and while were at it - Bruce Willis in general)
- Schwartzenegger and Stallone - either solo or in combo. Gentlemen? It's getting sorta old - and so are you. Wake up and smell the steroids! As my GF put it: Seeing young heavily-muscled dudes is one thing. However, seeing musclebound old men is kinda creepy.
- Harry Potter everything
- Kevin Smith's "Jay" and "Silent Bob" characters - Hey Kev? It's true they were sorta funny in Dogma. Not so much anywhere else. So let's give it a rest ok?
- And just to get a jump on it: the inevitable sequels to The Hunger Games along with all the "me too" spin-offs that will likely follow.
There's more items on that list, but these will do for a start. ;) ;D-40hz (July 29, 2013, 07:39 AM)
And actually, I don't mind any genre if its well done. It's just that most of the crap they put out now *isn't*.-wraith808 (July 29, 2013, 11:59 AM)
Pfft! Liar! No guy likes any chick-flick no matter how well it's done! We only tolerate them because of our ladies! :P
Now, add in some aliens or cyborgs or space ships or lasers or zombies or something that's actually cool/interesting, and yeah... they can be done well enough to enjoy. :P-Renegade (July 29, 2013, 12:05 PM)
I'm not afraid to admit that one of my favorite movies is "Somewhere in Time (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081534/)". :)-wraith808 (July 29, 2013, 12:16 PM)
No guy likes any chick-flick no matter how well it's done!-Renegade (July 29, 2013, 12:05 PM)
And actually, I don't mind any genre if its well done. It's just that most of the crap they put out now *isn't*.-wraith808 (July 29, 2013, 11:59 AM)
Pfft! Liar! No guy likes any chick-flick no matter how well it's done! We only tolerate them because of our ladies! :P
Now, add in some aliens or cyborgs or space ships or lasers or zombies or something that's actually cool/interesting, and yeah... they can be done well enough to enjoy. :P
Sleepless in Seattle/Titanic = zzzzzzzzzzzz... :P-Renegade (July 29, 2013, 12:05 PM)
I'm not afraid to admit that one of my favorite movies is "Somewhere in Time (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081534/)". :)-wraith808 (July 29, 2013, 12:16 PM)
Here's a prediction... A DC comics movie about the Flash. Involves time travel. Sometime in the next 2 years.-Renegade (August 03, 2013, 12:08 PM)
EL PÁRAMO un comando especial de alta montaña compuesto por nueve experimentados soldados es enviado a una base militar en un desolado páramo con la que se perdió contacto hace varios días y que se cree fue blanco de un ataque. Al llegar encuentran un único y misterioso sobreviviente. Poco a poco el aislamiento, la incapacidad de comunicarse con el exterior y la imposibilidad de huir, socavan la integridad y la cordura de los soldados, haciendo que pierdan la certeza sobre la identidad del enemigo y les crea dudas sobre su verdadera naturaleza.
***
A special high mountain command of nine experienced soldiers is sent to a military base in a desolate high-plains moor of Colombia with which contact was lost several days ago and was believed to be target of a guerrilla attack. Upon arrival, the only person found inside the base is a peasant woman who is heavily chained. Gradually , the isolation the inability to communicate with the outside world, an the impossibility to escape, undermine the integrity and sanity of the soldiers, causing them to lose the certainties about the identify of the enemy and creating them doubts about the true nature of that strange woman.
Here's a prediction... A DC comics movie about the Flash. Involves time travel. Sometime in the next 2 years.-Renegade (August 03, 2013, 12:08 PM)
Not sure if that qualifies as a prediction since they've already said it, and it's in production slated for 2016 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439572/). :P
They're trying to follow marvel's successful path, i.e. phase 1 to intro characters, group movie, phase to to develop those and more, group movie 2, phase three introduces more... ad infinitum.-wraith808 (August 03, 2013, 12:19 PM)
Ok...my quest for some quality H.P. Lovecraft stories or themed movies continues.-40hz (August 03, 2013, 11:14 PM)
Lovecraft is difficult to get right in a film. Half the horror is simply not knowing, and film exposes a lot.-Renegade (August 03, 2013, 11:21 PM)
If anyone made a Lovecraft film, of the currently known directors, I'd only want Del Toro.-wraith808 (August 04, 2013, 08:03 AM)
I think however the best for it right now might be Chris Columbus if the whole look and feel of the first Harry Potter movie was anything to go by. Especially for Lovecraft's "Dunsanian" fantasies like Ex Oblivione or Hypnos. Although the noir vibe Zack Snyder does so well (Watchmen etc.) could work too with Lovecraft's darker mythos tales such as The Shadow over Innsmouth, The Shadow Out of Time, or At the Mountains of Madness.Columbus would be an interesting choice. Before the Harry Potter movies I dismissed him as a second rate hack. In retrospect he was just stuck with a bunch of third rate movies. The first Harry Potter movie completely surprised me for just that reason. Chamber of Secrets made me a believer.-40hz (August 04, 2013, 09:37 AM)
I'm wondering why people are advocating Del Toro for a Lovecraft film... I've seen some of his work, and he's good, but Lovecraft?It wouldn't make any more sense to to Hellboy like Lovecraft than to do Pan's Labyrinth like Hellboy. A lot of the design elements just made me think he was a fan. Since At The Mountains Of Madness is his dream project that seems right.-Renegade (August 04, 2013, 10:23 AM)
I'd still take Del Toro though.-Vurbal (August 04, 2013, 10:00 AM)
I'm wondering why people are advocating Del Toro for a Lovecraft film... I've seen some of his work, and he's good, but Lovecraft?It wouldn't make any more sense to to Hellboy like Lovecraft than to do Pan's Labyrinth like Hellboy. A lot of the design elements just made me think he was a fan. Since At The Mountains Of Madness is his dream project that seems right.-Renegade (August 04, 2013, 10:23 AM)
Have you seen The Devil's Backbone? It's a ghost story, so not exactly the same, but between that, Hellboy, and Pan's Labyrinth I'm satisfied he can do it. He hasn't put them together in a single film but he hasn't done Lovecraft yet. Given how giddy he is about it and his refusal to do it unless he gets to make it right he's probably our best shot at this point. Based on what he's said, though, it's a very long shot.-Vurbal (August 04, 2013, 10:47 AM)
And I'd like to see At the Mountains of Madness get made so badly that I don't think I really care who (within reason) makes it at this point.-40hz (August 04, 2013, 10:54 AM)
Oh, for Lovecraft fans (especially old AD&D players):-Renegade (August 04, 2013, 10:27 AM)
However, I think I'll have to disagree with King that Lovecraft didn't like people. His voluminous correspondence (approximately 100,000 letters, many of which contained several pages of very small writing) with friends, fellow authors, and fans seems to fly in the face of that. If Lovecraft were alive today he'd probably be the quintessential Facebook addict.-40hz (August 04, 2013, 10:54 AM)
Hard to say on the Devil's Backbone although I seem to recall it being more quiet creepy than dialog. I don't trust my memory when it comes to details like that so don't take my word for it. I would definitely recommend Pan's Labyrinth. It's not horror so much as dark and atmospheric fantasy. My wife loved it and she acts like she's allergic to subtitles.I'm wondering why people are advocating Del Toro for a Lovecraft film... I've seen some of his work, and he's good, but Lovecraft?It wouldn't make any more sense to to Hellboy like Lovecraft than to do Pan's Labyrinth like Hellboy. A lot of the design elements just made me think he was a fan. Since At The Mountains Of Madness is his dream project that seems right.-Renegade (August 04, 2013, 10:23 AM)
Have you seen The Devil's Backbone? It's a ghost story, so not exactly the same, but between that, Hellboy, and Pan's Labyrinth I'm satisfied he can do it. He hasn't put them together in a single film but he hasn't done Lovecraft yet. Given how giddy he is about it and his refusal to do it unless he gets to make it right he's probably our best shot at this point. Based on what he's said, though, it's a very long shot.-Vurbal (August 04, 2013, 10:47 AM)
Ok. I'm starting to see why there now. I've not see Pan's Labyrinth or The Devil's Backbone. I'm just not into subtitles. Been there - done that - tired of 'em. It's got to be one DAMN good flick for me to bother with subtitles.-Renegade (August 04, 2013, 11:03 AM)
I'd think that one of these fellows would do a better job:
- Terry Gilliam
- Ralph Bakshi
- Gregory Hoblit (Directed "Fallen", probably one of the best horror films of all time)
Bakshi has a twisted enough imagination to make things work. "Fritz! Fritz! They've killed Fritz!" - Hilariously twisted scene in "Wizards".
Terry Gilliam can warp darn near anything. He's an artist.-Renegade (August 04, 2013, 10:23 AM)
Wait, did you just call me old? I'll have you know I didn't get Basic D&D until Christmas of 1983 which means I had to buy my original cover PHB used. That makes me a kid compared to most of the other Champions players I know. I'm certainly not old enough to remember any version of Deities and Demigods with Cthulu in it.... if something like that existed.... which I wouldn't know.....
Just get off my lawn!-Vurbal (August 04, 2013, 11:08 AM)
And I'd like to see At the Mountains of Madness get made so badly that I don't think I really care who (within reason) makes it at this point.-40hz (August 04, 2013, 10:54 AM)
I was kind of hoping that it would get made well! ;D
(Sorry - that was just such a wonderfully low-hanging dangling participle that I had to pick it~! :P )-Renegade (August 04, 2013, 11:06 AM)
One way we could guarantee a film never gets made: Let briliant Terry Gilliam direct, the masterful Joss Whedon write the script, and for the coup de grâce cast the lovely Summer Glau in there someplace. Ever notice how any time one of those three show up the project suddenly experiences an incredible string of bad luck? :tellme:-40hz (August 04, 2013, 11:23 AM)
Wait, did you just call me old? I'll have you know I didn't get Basic D&D until Christmas of 1983 which means I had to buy my original cover PHB used. That makes me a kid compared to most of the other Champions players I know. I'm certainly not old enough to remember any version of Deities and Demigods with Cthulu in it.... if something like that existed.... which I wouldn't know.....
Just get off my lawn!-Vurbal (August 04, 2013, 11:08 AM)
Hahahahaa!
I have an original Deities & Demigods with all that in it. Though I bought it well after it came out - found it in a store one day and snatched it up real quick.
(I also have Chainmail in my collection.)-Renegade (August 04, 2013, 11:24 AM)
And if anyone does want some good advice on writing there's a lot of it in that book. It helped me improve my writing immensely and I don't write fiction.-Vurbal (August 04, 2013, 11:17 AM)
And if anyone does want some good advice on writing there's a lot of it in that book. It helped me improve my writing immensely and I don't write fiction.-Vurbal (August 04, 2013, 11:17 AM)
+1. An excellent writing book. I own dozens. King's book is one of the best. :Thmbsup:-40hz (August 04, 2013, 11:47 AM)
One way we could guarantee a film never gets made: Let briliant Terry Gilliam direct, the masterful Joss Whedon write the script, and for the coup de grâce cast the lovely Summer Glau in there someplace. Ever notice how any time one of those three show up the project suddenly experiences an incredible string of bad luck? :tellme:-40hz (August 04, 2013, 11:23 AM)
If Joss Whedon was writing I'd rather it died in pre-production. Don't get me wrong, I love his glib dialog, but for Lovecraft? Might as well make it a romantic comedy.-Vurbal (August 04, 2013, 11:35 AM)
And I'd like to see At the Mountains of Madness get made so badly that I don't think I really care who (within reason) makes it at this point.-40hz (August 04, 2013, 10:54 AM)
If Joss Whedon was writing I'd rather it died in pre-production. Don't get me wrong, I love his glib dialog, but for Lovecraft? Might as well make it a romantic comedy.-Vurbal (August 04, 2013, 11:35 AM)
I have an original Deities & Demigods with all that in it. Though I bought it well after it came out - found it in a store one day and snatched it up real quick.-Renegade (August 04, 2013, 11:24 AM)
[Hmm. Maybe. But glib isn't an absent element with Lovecraft. He was enamored of witty exchanges and slangy dialog in his letters. And some of his earliest works threw in a little comedy.Yeah he definitely had some humor and I wouldn't put anything past Whedon. He just tends to remind me more of 40's Cary Grant, cute rapid-fire repartee but I guess Firefly's humor had a more serious edge.
Er...I'm also from New England, and FWIW, much of the dialog with (and between) the common gentry in Lovecraft's stories could pass for glib and/or funny dialog around here. Guess it's one of those regional things though.
:)-40hz (August 04, 2013, 11:58 AM)
What the hell. Why not Uwe Boll. He can turn any movie into a horror story.And I'd like to see At the Mountains of Madness get made so badly that I don't think I really care who (within reason) makes it at this point.-40hz (August 04, 2013, 10:54 AM)
Michael Bay? How about Cameron? Or Ridley Scott!
Sorry for that visual :P-wraith808 (August 04, 2013, 12:01 PM)
In my day I was lucky to have access to a PDP-8 from a wide format teletype terminal when I started learning Basic. The first year comp-sci students at Iowa State were still stuck with punchcards.-Vurbal (August 04, 2013, 11:42 AM)
I was just lucky to have parents who saw it as a good creative outlet instead of being ignorant about it. I really had no idea how cool my Mom was.I have an original Deities & Demigods with all that in it. Though I bought it well after it came out - found it in a store one day and snatched it up real quick.-Renegade (August 04, 2013, 11:24 AM)
I bought mine new from the store. :P I was like 10 or so at the time... but still.
The funnier thing... I worked at that same store 8 years later... and the person I bought it from was still working there. And he wasn't the owner. Flash forward 20 or so years with me working part time there sometimes (for credit, natch)... and that guy was still working there when the store closed down.-wraith808 (August 04, 2013, 12:08 PM)
It helps when the local college is insanely expensive. The funny thing is Grinnell is a liberal arts school. It wasn't until quite a while later I appreciated the irony of a school where Bob Noyce got introduced to transistors not buying PCs for the students until 1999 or maybe 2000.In my day I was lucky to have access to a PDP-8 from a wide format teletype terminal when I started learning Basic. The first year comp-sci students at Iowa State were still stuck with punchcards.-Vurbal (August 04, 2013, 11:42 AM)
Lucky you! I was stuck with punch cards until I finally decided to declare CS as a second major. You had to be a CS major to be given access to a terminal- or allowed to use PL/I (or Stony Brook Pascal or all those other "new" languages) in my college back then. Otherwise it was punch cards and COBOL or WATFOR/WATFIV and SPSS for "the civilians."
8)-40hz (August 04, 2013, 12:25 PM)
Yeah he definitely had some humor and I wouldn't put anything past Whedon. He just tends to remind me more of 40's Cary Grant, cute rapid-fire repartee but I guess Firefly's humor had a more serious edge.
Jayne, your mouth's talkin. You should see to that.-Vurbal (August 04, 2013, 12:09 PM)
What the hell. Why not Uwe Boll. He can turn any movie into a horror story.
Sorry, I forgot that's horrible not horror. My mistake.-Vurbal (August 04, 2013, 12:12 PM)
What the hell. Why not Uwe Boll. He can turn any movie into a horror story.
Sorry, I forgot that's horrible not horror. My mistake.-Vurbal (August 04, 2013, 12:12 PM)
OMG... I'm just hoping that Uwe Boll never gets another cent to make a movie. I swear, he must have some really good dirt on someone to get the names and the money and the rights to continue to slaughter movies.-wraith808 (August 04, 2013, 12:47 PM)
Boll's movies have often performed poorly at the box office in the United States. House of the Dead, which was budgeted at $12 million, made $5.73 million in its opening weekend,[6] Alone in the Dark, which was budgeted at $20 million, made $5.1 million,[7] and BloodRayne, which was made for $25 million, made $2.42 million.[8] The least profitable commercial performance of his career was In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, which made barely $10 million worldwide at the box office on a $60 million budget.
Until the law was changed in 2005, Boll was able to acquire funding for his movies thanks to German tax laws that reward investments in film. The law allowed investors in German-owned films to write off 100% of their investment as a tax deduction; it also allowed them to invest borrowed money and write off any fees associated with the loan. The investor was then only required to pay taxes on the profits made by the movie; if the movie loses money, the investor would get a tax writeoff.[citation needed]
In the DVD commentary of Alone in the Dark, Boll explains how he funds his films: "Maybe you know it but it's not so easy to finance movies in total. And the reason I am able to do these kind of movies is I have a tax shelter fund in Germany, and if you invest in a movie in Germany you get basically fifty percent back from the government."
Boll has received a lot of negative publicity regarding this funding method.[9]
But what I don't get is his cast. Everyone knows who Uwe Boll is and what kind of movies he makes. But they still sign up for it... do they need the paycheck that bad?!?Some of them baffle me. Others not so much. I think the best answer I've ever heard to a question like that was when some bobble head entertainment "reporter" asked Ice-T why he agreed to be in the brilliant satirical farce Leprechaun In The Hood. It was a farce, right?
And I'm not talking the bit people... he gets some pretty big names, and drags them along with him.-wraith808 (August 04, 2013, 02:25 PM)
97% Owned - Economic Truth documentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcGh1Dex4Yo
Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ECi6WJpbzE-panzer (August 07, 2013, 04:58 AM)
97% Owned - Economic Truth documentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcGh1Dex4Yo
Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ECi6WJpbzE-panzer (August 07, 2013, 04:58 AM)
Downloaded 'em! Got "Overdose" playing now... Not sure if I've seen them or not, but they're right up my alley. (Oooh! Gerald Celente! Love that guy!)
Topical, but not a film, you might like a series of articles I wrote on banking. They have some accompanying software (simple stuff - Windows, Mac, Linux, Web, Android versions) to go along with them to help demonstrate. This is the best place to start:
http://cynic.me/2012/05/28/frackin-reserve-the-mechanics-of-fractional-reserve-banking-1-6/
The general category for them is here: http://cynic.me/tag/fractional-reserve-banking/
I add a couple new perspectives in there, but a lot of it has already been said numerous times before.
The last article in the series lists a number of documentaries and films that are similarly themed to what you've posted above. (They were also published at The Activist Post and reposted quite a few times, which made me happy! 8) )-Renegade (August 07, 2013, 09:26 AM)
Btw, you can get free pdf of Creature From Jekyll Island from here:
http://archive.org/details/CreatureFromJekyllIslandByG.Edward-G.EdwardGriffin-panzer (August 08, 2013, 03:01 AM)
Thick books can be intimidating. We tend to put
off reading them until we have a suitably large
block of time—which is to say, often they are
never read. That is the reason a preview has been
placed at the beginning and a summary at the end
of each chapter. All of these together can be read
in about one hour. Although they will not contain
details nor documentation, they will cover the
major points and will provide an overview of the
complete story. The best way to read this book,
therefore, is to begin with the previews of each
section, followed by the chapter previews and
summaries. Even if the reader is not in a hurry,
this is still an excellent approach. A look at the
map before the journey makes it easier to grapple
with a topic such as this which spans so much
history
It was still watchable, but didn't quite work its magic this time.-nosh (August 13, 2013, 01:38 PM)
The year is 2071, a few days before Halloween. An unknown pathogen is being released in the capital city of Mars, and the government has issued a 300 million woolong reward, the largest bounty in history, for the capture of whoever is behind it. The bounty hunter crew of the spaceship Bebop; Spike, Faye, Jet, Ed and Ein, take the case with hopes of cashing in the great bounty. But the mystery surrounding the man responsible, Vincent Volaju, goes deeper than they ever imagined, and they are not the only ones hunting him. The original creators of the pathogen have dispatched an agent named Elektra to deal with Vincent, as well as take out anyone who might uncover the truth behind his murderous crusade against the Martian government. As the hunt for the man with no past and no future continues to escalate, the fate of Mars rests with the Bebop crew, a responsibility they aren't so sure they can handle.
“Our experience is that it leads to more paying subs. I think you’re right that Game of Thrones is the most pirated show in the world. That’s better than an Emmy,” Bewkes said.
Oh dear, the MAFIAA are going to hate him.-4wd (August 14, 2013, 07:50 AM)
Just re-watched Cowboy Bebop The Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's DoorCan I watch the movie first without first getting into the series?
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If you're at all into anime (or just thinking about getting into it) this feature length film is a must watch. (Great soundtrack too!)The year is 2071, a few days before Halloween. An unknown pathogen is being released in the capital city of Mars, and the government has issued a 300 million woolong reward, the largest bounty in history, for the capture of whoever is behind it. The bounty hunter crew of the spaceship Bebop; Spike, Faye, Jet, Ed and Ein, take the case with hopes of cashing in the great bounty. But the mystery surrounding the man responsible, Vincent Volaju, goes deeper than they ever imagined, and they are not the only ones hunting him. The original creators of the pathogen have dispatched an agent named Elektra to deal with Vincent, as well as take out anyone who might uncover the truth behind his murderous crusade against the Martian government. As the hunt for the man with no past and no future continues to escalate, the fate of Mars rests with the Bebop crew, a responsibility they aren't so sure they can handle.
Watch a few of these and you start to wonder why you can have such a solid story in an animated feature when Hollywood can spend hundreds of millions on a film and not even come close.
Highly recommended. :Thmbsup:-40hz (August 13, 2013, 09:01 PM)
Can I watch the movie first without first getting into the series?-superboyac (August 16, 2013, 06:08 PM)
OT: I would quickly need a simple translation from English to German. Is there a German guy ready to help me?-Giampy (August 17, 2013, 08:13 AM)
An interactive torture site. Very difficult to access. Very successful.
An interactive torture site. Very difficult to access. Very successful.
Sounds fascinating. I recall a movie with a similar theme with Diane Lane in it (IMDB to the rescue: Untraceable (2008) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0880578)) - found it fairly average, IIRC - it didn't creep me out, but then I'm _extremely_ jaded.-nosh (August 24, 2013, 02:31 PM)
The Great Gatsby (2013) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343092) - I'd rate it higher than the other two. The visuals are typically 'Luhrmann' - the kind of visual assault I imagine a Mantis Shrimp encounters on a day to day basis. Gatsby gets a :up: from me.I love Mantis Shrimps. Hard to say, but definitely one of the most interesting creatures in existence.-nosh (August 24, 2013, 02:31 PM)
The Dyatlov Pass incident generally refers to the mysterious deaths of nine ski hikers in the northern Ural mountains on the night of February 2, 1959.
Just watched The Dyatlov Pass Incident (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1905040/) - another FFF, (Found Footage Film).-4wd (September 09, 2013, 10:21 PM)
Director: Renny Harlin
Ironman 3 (2013) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1300854) - Ten million things being juggled all at once, trying to compensate for the lack of a solid, gripping storyline. There's only so much spectacular CGI can do to hold my interest. This movie's so long I swear I could hear the ironman suit creak during the last few scenes. :P-nosh (August 24, 2013, 02:31 PM)
All-in-all, I find FFFs rather tedious and boring but this one I rather enjoyed,-4wd (September 09, 2013, 10:21 PM)
Agree. We can thank the Blair Witch Project for coming up with the concept (gimick?) that set the stage for an endless stream of low-budget and indie copycats.-40hz (September 10, 2013, 11:10 AM)
You can watch it in full on YouTube here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVQrozMTWlY) or here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpvSoPooaek). Not HD by any stretch, but it's adequate for viewing.
Star Trek Into Darkness (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1408101) - a fun ride but nothing to write home about. Hardcore Trekkies would appreciate it more, I suppose.-nosh (September 10, 2013, 08:26 PM)
I watched "Dytlov pass incident", didn't liked it much. There wasn't anything creepy in it. However here are some of the found footage movies that I enjoyed watching-mahesh2k (September 11, 2013, 01:52 AM)
Edit: If you want to see a good found footage documentary, Search for "Troll Hunter". You'll love this movie. :)-mahesh2k (September 11, 2013, 01:52 AM)
Edit: If you want to see a good found footage documentary, Search for "Troll Hunter". You'll love this movie. :)-mahesh2k (September 11, 2013, 01:52 AM)
+1! Troll Hunter is absolutely awesome. Excellent premise, great characters, well done minimalist script, spot on internal integrity with no plot holes, excellent pacing, and a totally logical but very surprising ending. Full points for this one! Easily one of the best films of this type ever made. :Thmbsup:-40hz (September 11, 2013, 08:21 AM)
@Ren - you'll love the ending. The ending was made for people like us. ;D-40hz (September 11, 2013, 09:02 AM)
A man awakens to find himself alone in the world.
Four friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention.
Took my wife out to supper, then to see "You're Next". Great flick!-kyrathaba (September 23, 2013, 09:55 AM)
Resolution:
http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Resolution/70239495?trkid=13462100-mouser (September 23, 2013, 08:54 PM)
Sorry, Netflix is not available in your country yet.
Done.-mouser (September 23, 2013, 09:59 PM)
Just finished "Impostor", a 2001 sci-fi movie starring Gary Sinese. Good movie. Surprise-ending.-kyrathaba (September 27, 2013, 11:34 AM)
Primer (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390384/?ref_=sr_1)
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Rated: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup:-Renegade (September 23, 2013, 01:47 AM)
Primer (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390384/?ref_=sr_1)
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I cannot agree more, Primer is a fantastic movie.-p3lb0x (October 15, 2013, 07:51 AM)
FAIL-SAFE (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058083/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4)
Enjoyed it with breakfast last Thursday. It framed my thoughts in a surreal way. As relevant today as it was on its premiere. Should be a mandatory annual world-wide viewing for all military "Brass" and politicians*.-CodeTRUCKER (October 22, 2013, 08:05 PM)
Gravity 3D.
Not bad - although nothing special either. IMO the admission ticket is a bit pricey considering howlightweightweightless a script this film has.-40hz (October 22, 2013, 08:27 PM)
I don't who recommended fail-safe...but it was very good!-superboyac (November 16, 2013, 05:35 PM)
The Man From Earth (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756683): Just a group of professors/friends that try to have of going-away party in a remote location, because one of their own is leaving. That is and stays the whole movie set. The story is where the action takes place...addressing a lot of philosophical issues and concepts in interesting ways. Very well written!-Shades (November 19, 2013, 07:56 PM)
I admit I didn't take a look if the movie re was already mentioned somewhere else on the site. :-[
Recently found an independent DVD rental place here and tried this movie first. Just thought it was one movie title nice enough to share. But next time there will be more due diligence on my part, rest assured.-Shades (November 19, 2013, 09:12 PM)
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Set in an alternative past where steam power still rules the world, Outpost 11 is the story of three soldiers manning a remote listening post in the Arctic Circle. One day the warning light goes off unexpectedly and their world is plunged in to chaos.
This evening, The Europa Report. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2051879/)-40hz (November 24, 2013, 08:27 PM)
A group of astronaut explorers succumb one by one to a mysterious and terrifying force while collecting specimens on Mars.
Watched it for the first time after hearing David Knight give a short explanation on some bits of the film. Fantastic film. I can see why it's a classic.-Renegade (January 04, 2014, 08:25 AM)
Not so much a movie as a half-bio half-documentary on master magician Ricky Jay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Jay) called Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2654360/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)
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Absolutely fascinating look behind the curtain at the education and psychology of those who practice the art of illusion for their living.
The beauty of a film like this is how the lessons of magic can apply to so much more than just the performance of tricks and illusions.
You can see it on Netflix streaming or Amazon.
Highly recommended. :Thmbsup:-40hz (February 12, 2014, 01:30 PM)
An unsuspecting, disenchanted man finds himself working as a spy in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. Quickly getting way over-his-head, he teams up with a mysterious femme fatale.
Worth a watch for fun. It gets better as it goes along, making it very worthwhile.-Renegade (March 02, 2014, 07:45 AM)
And Lucy Liu is just plain hot! :D
C'mon... worth watching just for her~! :P
I felt the whole thing was pretty ridiculous and implausible.Hmm, after reading the basic plot line on IMDB I have to check it out at some future opportunity.
have to disagree with your reading it as a comedy. I love those fake comedy documentaries (This is Spinal Tap remains the pinnacle of the genre). This movie may have been funny to you but I don't think there's a chance in hell the film makers intended it as a comedy.-mouser (March 22, 2014, 02:12 PM)
“We do take a little poke at Scientology, but we never say it, we never address it. But not necessarily just Scientology–just sort of that kind of cultish mentality. The fact that somebody can just kind of generate–and we’ve talked about this before–is that really, there’s enough philosophy and folklore and propaganda that could be associated with Lunopolis and the Church of Lunology.
If we wanted to, we could really start this organization. We could start a Church of Lunology, and people would probably sign up for it.”
Recently rewatched "Angel Heart (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092563/)".
I love the acting, directing, dialog, and cinemetography in this movie. Very underrated imho.-mouser (April 03, 2014, 12:59 PM)
I felt the whole thing was pretty ridiculous and implausible.Hmm, after reading the basic plot line on IMDB I have to check it out at some future opportunity.
But I gather it's not on a par with Three Days of the Condor. :)-MilesAhead (March 22, 2014, 01:47 PM)
Recently rewatched "Angel Heart (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092563/)".
I love the acting, directing, dialog, and cinemetography in this movie. Very underrated imho.-mouser (April 03, 2014, 12:59 PM)
In preparation for spring cleaning, I have been watching a lot of post-apocalyptic movies & TV shows.-app103 (April 15, 2014, 02:14 AM)
Apollo 18. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772240/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)
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Finally got to see it all the way thorough.
It's...not bad actually. Some pretty good low-key acting on the part of the astronaut characters in a few scenes. It could have been a lot better however. And all this "found footage" schtick is getting pretty old. But Apollo-18 is nowhere near as badly done as some reviewers would have you think.
So, for a cheap no-brainer bit of sci-fi inspired throw-away horror, it's moderately entertaining - even if you can guess the ending from about 20 minutes into the movie. After that, the final "big reveal" is pretty ho-hum. And it's also one that's been used before.
Possibly worth a watch if you don't have anything better to do (I'll admit to a little web surfing while watching it after about 45 minutes in) - or there's nothing else on.
8)-40hz (April 03, 2014, 12:56 PM)
A woman tries to exonerate her brother, who was convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
c'mon... Who doesn't love Amy Pond?-Renegade (May 25, 2014, 09:22 AM)
Cocky investment analyst Sam Larson has a lot on his mind. After a financial scam goes horribly wrong, he hits the road in a desperate bid to out run his guilt. A fragment of a radio broadcast that may or may not be a distress call lures him to an isolated transmitting station and into a terrifying mystery of murder, madness and the insatiable hunger of a power beyond his comprehension.
In occupied France, Lebrac leads a play war between two rival kid gangs, but his feelings for Violette, a Jewish girl in danger of being discovered by the Nazis, encourage Lebrac to face the reality of what's happening around him.-http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1837587/
And that is as kind as I can possibly be about this abomination.-Renegade (May 29, 2014, 08:55 AM)
I tried to get through it on three separate occasions. My GF and I both fell asleep each time.-40hz (May 29, 2014, 11:00 AM)
I tried to get through it on three separate occasions. My GF and I both fell asleep each time.-40hz (May 29, 2014, 11:00 AM)
You're lucky... I think I read about a few suicides of people trying to watch it more than once... ;)-Renegade (May 29, 2014, 01:08 PM)
I tried to get through it on three separate occasions. My GF and I both fell asleep each time.-40hz (May 29, 2014, 11:00 AM)
You're lucky... I think I read about a few suicides of people trying to watch it more than once... ;)-Renegade (May 29, 2014, 01:08 PM)
Thank goodness it wasn't an updated version of Polydeus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFi6Nqo93e0). :tellme:-40hz (May 29, 2014, 01:12 PM)
Based on Sam Greenlee's controversial novel, THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR is a hard-hitting shocker that depicts a world in which the long-suppressed black man fights back with a vengeance. Director Ivan Dixon's uncompromising adaptation was relegated to bottom-rung status upon its release, and it subsequently slipped into oblivion for decades until the film was rediscovered and released on DVD in 2004. Lawrence Cook plays Dan Freeman, a head-nodding, smiling African-American who impresses his CIA cohorts with his winning demeanor. What they don't realize is that Freeman's friendly facade is nothing more than a mask for a deep seated hatred of white people. When he returns to his Chicago hometown, Freeman uses his newly acquired knowledge to organize an underground militant movement that revolts against the very army that trained him.
Dixon's matter-of-fact approach to the material makes the film an even more powerful experience. It also manages to transcend the Blaxploitation genre by making a broader statement about the devastating effects of death and war. Featuring an impassioned performance from Cook (COLORS, POSSE), THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR is a frightening, but important, cautionary tale.
“The Spook Who Sat by the Door,” directed by Ivan Dixon and starring Lawrence Cook — with a score by Herbie Hancock, an old Chicago friend of Mr. Greenlee — was selected in 2012 for inclusion in the National Film Registry, a catalog of American movies of “enduring cultural or historical significance.” In a citation accompanying the announcement, the Library said that the film reflected a dimension of “who we are as a nation.”
After a successful three-week run in the fall of 1973 in Chicago and several other cities, the film disappeared from movie theaters, presumably because of its subject matter. The distributor, United Artists, never offered an explanation. Mr. Greenlee said that several theater owners had told him they were contacted by men who identified themselves as F.B.I. agents and ordered them to stop showing the film. The F.B.I. never addressed that accusation.
Back in the old days when they installed governments to get the oil. ;)-MilesAhead (June 01, 2014, 01:16 PM)
Six years ago... NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A space probe was launched to collect samples but broke up during re-entry over Mexico. Soon after new life forms began to appear and half of the country was quarantined as an INFECTED ZONE. Today... The Mexican & US military still struggle to contain 'the creatures'...
Gareth Edwards created all the films visual effects himself using only his home computer and store bought visual effects programs. Edwards claimed that advancements in computer technology is what made it possible for him to create the films visual effects on such a low budget, saying; "You can go in the shop now and you can buy a laptop that's faster than the computers they made Jurassic Park (1993) on."
The film was shot opportunistically, with little to no outline of scenes and their direction. The two actors were given a general outline of scenes and simply interacted with one another and the other cast members, all whom are not actors. All the scenes and shots were opportunistic as well.
The film was shot entirely on location: any settings featured in the film were real locations often used without advanced permission, and all the films extras were just people who happened to be there at the time.
The film was shot using prosumer level recording equipment, with an on set crew of only seven people: director and camera operator Gareth Edwards, sound operator Ian Maclagan, line producer Jim Spencer, production manager Verity Oswin, a driver, and the two stars (dating each other at the time, now a real-life married couple) Scoot McNairy and Whitney Able. Because they were such a small crew using so simple equipment, the entire production team could fit into one van.
Monsters (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1470827/?ref_=tttr_tr_tt)
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Reccomended. :Thmbsup:-40hz (June 07, 2014, 10:14 PM)
I love those plays on words.-MilesAhead (June 01, 2014, 01:16 PM)
Monsters (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1470827/?ref_=tttr_tr_tt)
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Reccomended. :Thmbsup:-40hz (June 07, 2014, 10:14 PM)
+1 -- It's a fun flick.-Renegade (June 07, 2014, 11:21 PM)
I'm in the minority here. :( I didn't think too badly of 'Melancholia' - don't remember it too well... viewed it quite a while back but I've rated it a 7 on IMDB. I'm smitten with Kirsten "Fangs" Dunst, so that may have had something to do with it.yes for grand budapest! freaking loved that movie, i had a great time! I know the wes anderson style is becoming a bit familiar, but I don't mind one bit so far. keep them coming, i love these movies.
And I didn't think 'Oculus' was particularly interesting. 'The Conjuring' was the only horror that did it for me this year, had some seriously creepy bits.
My recommendations:
(see attachment in previous post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=34481.msg356869#msg356869))Wes Anderson's 'The Grand Budapest Hotel (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2278388)' - Not his best but it has Anderson's characteristic quirky feel and is an out-and-out visual masterpiece.
(see attachment in previous post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=34481.msg356869#msg356869))O Som Ao Redor (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2190367) (Neighboring Sounds) - I adore Brazilian flicks, love their realism. The plot is mostly easygoing but kept me engrossed throughout. And there just might be something more going on than appears on the surface. ;)
-nosh (June 08, 2014, 01:25 PM)
Did you guys see the SNL spoof on wes anderson? So accurate! lolol!-superboyac (June 08, 2014, 04:26 PM)
In 1998, thirty four unidentified bodies were found in shallow graves in a remote Siberian forest. After subsequent investigations, no official explanation by the Russian authorities was ever offered about the circumstances of the deaths. The case was closed.
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In 2010, a small English TV crew from the show 'Darkest Secrets' set out for the Siberian forest. 'Darkest Secrets' focuses on revisiting the sites of unsolved crimes and they employ the gifts of a psychic whose extraordinary powers may help shed new light on cold cases. The last communication to their production office in London stated that they were approaching the Siberian region where the bodies were found.
Regarding Entity, one complaint...
The sound guys.
Creepy sound effects 20~30 dB above the speaking level doesn't work well. We actually want to hear what the people say.-Renegade (June 11, 2014, 09:26 AM)
Alice in Wonderland (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043274/?ref_=nv_sr_2)
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I've been watching this a few times lately as I play it for my daughter.
And I must confess, I'm a bit of a freak for Lewis Carroll's Alice stories. They're simply brilliant.
This is always worth watching again every now and then. It never gets tired or worn or old.
My guess is that most people here have seen it at least once. I suppose I'm just posting as a silly reminder about how much fun it is.-Renegade (June 11, 2014, 09:31 AM)
(excerpted form a longer essay which can be found here (http://www.rightreading.com/writing/dodgsons-dodges.htm))
Alice, unlike other Victorian child protagonists, is critical, defiant, and self-assertive. She is the only one to stand up to the arbitrary and domineering Queen. "The underlying message of Alice, then, is a rejection of adult authority, a vindication of the rights of the child."<11> This, not its nonsense, is the truly subversive element in the Alices.
Nearly a quarter century later, in the two volumes of Sylvie and Bruno (Sylvie and Bruno was first published in 1889, Sylvie and Bruno Concluded in 1893) Carroll launched an attack on the Victorian novel that was perhaps even more subversive. Gathering together diverse materials to include in them, Carroll called the result "litterature," and he challenged the reader to identify the "padding" in the stories. "Victorian novels," as Gattegno observes, "would never dream of describing themselves in this ironic and even sacrilegious way."<12> Nor would most Victorian writers dare to begin as Carroll does, in midsentence: "--and then all the people cheered again" (a device Joyce picked up for the opening of Finnegans Wake). Carroll introduces self-reflexive mannerisms that anticipate Joyce, Queneau, Beckett, and the whole line of artifice-oriented modern writing. For example, when the narrator first encounters Lady Muriel, he reflects: "And this, of course, is the opening scene of Vol. 1. She is the Heroine. And I am one of those subordinate characters that only turn up when needed for the development of her destiny."
But the most radical element of the novel is its simultaneous, separate, yet mysteriously corresponding plots, which take place in separate planes of reality that shift with dizzying abruptness, as Anne Clark explains:
Dodgson hinges his story on an intricately worked-out series of hypotheses. First, that besides the world in which we live there exist two others: its counterpart, called Outland, whose society is a kind of burlesque of the real world, and Fairyland as we all understand it. Second, that human beings, unseen and in a state of trance, may observe people and events in Outland, and that in another state, which Dodgson describes as "eerie," they may participate in adventures in Fairyland, without losing consciousness of events in the real world. Thirdly, time may reverse or stand still, and fairies may assume human form. The links between Outland and the real world are the narrator, who passes back and forth between the two, and Sylvie and Bruno, alternately appearing in fairy form or as human children.<13>
The main story lines of the novels concern an attempt by the warden of Outland to usurp the birthright of the fairy children Sylvie and Bruno, and the rivalry of Captain Eric Linden and Dr. Arthur Forester for Lady Muriel Orme, in the English town of Elveston. The first plot has the form of a folktale, the second the form of a romance, but Carroll quickly undermines ordinary expectations of these genres. Characters on one level suddenly transform into equivalent, yet distinct, characters on another level: indeed, the very nature of character is challenged, as Carroll explores the borderline between dreaming and waking, probing the limits of language and logic.
When she gets a little older try reading her Carroll's Sylvie and Bruno books. In addition to being a multi-level children and adult story, it's also one told using multiple realities. (Available from Project Gutenberg btw.)
The Cloud Atlas. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/)
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A not bad at all adaptation of the David Mitchell novel by the same name. A quantum metaphysical romp through several centuries of linked souls and events. Some remarkably good performances by Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, and especially Korean actress Doona Bae for her portrayal of a clone by the name of Sonmi-451.
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One fun thing about this movie is that almost every actor plays several (as in three to seven) different roles - so it's a fun game to try to identify who is playing whom in the various storylines. Some of them will surprise you when the credits roll.-40hz (May 19, 2014, 11:12 PM)
@40hz... that was a horrible intro to that film... Some good description, but you left me entirely unprepared for it. Perhaps that was a good thing...-Renegade (June 14, 2014, 12:10 PM)
40hz has given a bit of description there, but it's completely inadequate to describe what this is.
This is more than just a film. This is an adventure.
I think that I need to watch this again.
@40hz... that was a horrible intro to that film... Some good description, but you left me entirely unprepared for it. Perhaps that was a good thing...-Renegade (June 14, 2014, 12:10 PM)40hz has given a bit of description there, but it's completely inadequate to describe what this is.
Um...wasn't it you who said never tell you too much or show you trailers?
Well...we aims to please. :P ;D-40hz (June 14, 2014, 12:41 PM)
Note: by "not bad adaptation" I meant it doesn't exactly mirror the book. But I don't see that as an automatic negative. Some films do suffer by comparison to their origins.
The Host (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517260/?ref_=nv_sr_1)
(see attachment in previous post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=34481.msg357233#msg357233))
At almost 2 hours long, it is long, but by no means drawn out. They use those 2 hours very well.
If you like sci-fi, chances are you'll love this.-Renegade (June 14, 2014, 01:44 AM)
The Host (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517260/?ref_=nv_sr_1)
(see attachment in previous post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=34481.msg357233#msg357233))
At almost 2 hours long, it is long, but by no means drawn out. They use those 2 hours very well.
If you like sci-fi, chances are you'll love this.-Renegade (June 14, 2014, 01:44 AM)
Count me out, much prefer the Korean version: The Host (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468492/)-4wd (June 23, 2014, 03:22 PM)
The Host (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517260/?ref_=nv_sr_1)
(see attachment in previous post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=34481.msg357233#msg357233))
At almost 2 hours long, it is long, but by no means drawn out. They use those 2 hours very well.
If you like sci-fi, chances are you'll love this.-Renegade (June 14, 2014, 01:44 AM)
Count me out, much prefer the Korean version: The Host (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468492/)-4wd (June 23, 2014, 03:22 PM)
The stories are totally different - same title, but not the same story.
I did see the Korean one, but I didn't know that it was also put out in English.-Renegade (June 23, 2014, 08:57 PM)
The Korean film doesn't come in English language, which would completely ruin it as has English dubs done to countless previous films.
Let's Make Money:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NETxzILPokw-panzer (July 07, 2014, 03:33 AM)
Century of Enslavement: The History of The Federal Reserve (http://www.corbettreport.com/federalreserve/) <-- Web page with transcript & references.-Renegade (July 07, 2014, 07:04 AM)
[EDIT: Don't read the blurbs or watch the trailers, go into it knowing nothing]-mouser (July 07, 2014, 09:46 AM)
Highly recommended low-budget low-key movie. No real twists or surprise endings, just a slow, steady, satisfying burn.-mouser (July 07, 2014, 09:46 AM)
In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.
In the future humans have extended and improved our lives through highly sophisticated and expensive mechanical organs created by a company called "The Union". The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is that if you don't pay your bill, "The Union" sends its highly skilled repo men to take back its property... with no concern for your comfort or survival. Former soldier Remy is one of the best organ repo men in the business. But when he suffers a cardiac failure on the job, he awakens to find himself fitted with the company's top-of-the-line heart-replacement... as well as a hefty debt. But a side effect of the procedure is that his heart's no longer in the job. When he can't make the payments, The Union sends its toughest enforcer, Remy's former partner Jake, to track him down.
When a man faces surmounting bills for his dying son's hospital stay, he enters into an agreement to sell his body for organ transplants to pay the bills. However, when he is advised that the doctors want to claim his organs immediately, he goes on the run.
I recently saw Frozen (2013) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2294629/) against my better judgement. I have no idea why it's such a hit. The lyrics were not very clever or catchy. Very little of the humor was actually humorous. They tried too hard to make Olaf the snowman this movie's comedic relief a la Ice Age's Sid the Sloth or Shrek's Donkey, but I personally didn't find much of anything he did or said to be funny. And while the woman who does the voice of the ice queen is a talented singer, I didn't feel that it fit her character or the movie very well. I really don't understand why "Let It Go" is such a popular song. It's not a classic, fun song that should be enjoyable to kids and adults alike.
Though there were 2-3 parts of the movie I found genuinely funny, most of the time I was just scratching my head wondering why people seem to like this movie so much, with its lame humor, lame lyrics, lame dialog, and generally lame plot all around.
I find myself more in agreement with these (paraphrased) words of a friend-of-a-friend's 4-year old son: "That movie would have been pretty good if she had died at the end. And if there was no singing."
I would not recommend the movie.
I also recently saw Despicable Me 2 (2013) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1690953/). From the previews I had seen last year, I wasn't too excited about the movie. It looked like it was just an excuse to have random "funny" minion moments. The actual film lived up to my expectations. I think they tried too hard to do more minion funniness, but it all just seemed too random; it was just for the sake of showing the minions doing hilarious things and had nothing to do with the plot. The plot itself was pretty weak. The whole movie seemed like just one big excuse to show off more minions and a couple of cute Agnes moments.
It's not as good as the first Despicable Me. But it was a decent waste of time.-Deozaan (July 26, 2014, 05:21 PM)
I think both are a matter of taste. I liked DM and still liked DM2. Especially the storyline with the other agent. My daughter LOVES Frozen. It's her favorite Disney movie of all time. I think that it really is a girls movie.-wraith808 (July 26, 2014, 05:48 PM)
...The "found footage" movie that pretty much jump-started the whole trend that continues to this day is obviously "The Blair Witch Project", and a large part of that film's initial success was the cleverness of a promotional campaign that made it unclear whether or not "Blair Witch" was, in fact, an actual documentary. These days, audiences are way too familiar with this approach, and even the claim in a movie's titles of "Inspired by a true story" doesn't carry the weight it once did. But now, with "The Conspiracy", we get a very different and very welcome riff on the formula. We're obviously watching something that is basically fiction, but that's not the point. The real burning question under everything isn't "Did this really happen?", but rather "Could this, in some form, already be happening?", and director Christopher MacBride uses our uncertainty to weave a fairly disturbing tapestry. The decision to pepper Aaron's and Jim's fictional journey with a veritable onslaught of persistent cultural conspiracy artifacts is not only brilliant but genuinely unnerving, so much so that by the end you may want to immediately head to the books to try and separate the concocted from the documented.
MacBride does a really good job of ramping up a steady crescendo of tension, and in terms of pacing is clearly drawing inspiration from "JFK" and "All the President's Men" (which is referenced directly in one scene). One thing that struck me is that neither Aaron or Jim is particularly charismatic at the film's outset; both have a vaguely smug hipster bent, but by the end I'd done a complete turnaround, and this is to the filmmakers' credit. The fear of the ominous "They" certainly does bring us together and put aside our petty differences, at least for an hour and a half. And what the viewer does with the unease he or she takes from the theater is his or her own business, of course, so I won't try and turn a review into a forum for my own beliefs or theories.
But, "The Conspiracy" is guaranteed to provoke talk, at least in some circles, and regardless of whether or not it's a conscientious whistle-blower or a cynical, cash-in prank (for the record, I'm not sure either way) it's always good to keep this particular discourse alive. After all, the worst case scenario might not be true, and the world's awfulness is just relatively random. But what if it's not? Where "The Conspiracy" excels is in how it compels us to consider if any of us would actually want to know the truth, no matter the cost.
The Conspiracy
Clever little faux(???) documentary that transitions rather nicely from the usual "found footage" to a pretty decent thriller. I found it really entertaining throughout - and even thought-provoking at times - despite how little is "new" in this picture.
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Good flick! Recommended. :Thmbsup:-40hz (July 30, 2014, 12:54 PM)
@Ren:
(see attachment in previous post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=34481.msg360864#msg360864))
;) ;D-40hz (July 31, 2014, 06:41 AM)
If you like "Homeland" this is the "original", and much, much better if you ask me. The Israeli low budget TV series "Hatufim" (Kidnapped) is the TV series that later was adapted into "Homeland".
Article in The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/may/05/homeland-hatufim-gideon-raff)-lindberg (July 31, 2014, 11:21 AM)
"You Are Here" starring Tracy Wright (Me and You and Everyone We Know) is a Borgesian fantasy composed of multiple worlds, circling and weaving around each other in always unexpected ways. At the centre of this narrative labyrinth is a reclusive woman who searches for meaning in the mysterious documents that keep appearing to her.
Her investigation begins when she finds a tape recording of a man giving a bizarre lecture: calming and sinister at the same time, he instructs how to "get where you need to go". Is this a random find, or a message to her? Another strange document presents itself, and another... Swiftly her home becomes an archive brimming with enigmatic texts, images and sounds.
Spoiler: The film does not end well-Paul Keith (August 12, 2014, 01:20 PM)
One of my favorite things about Elementary are the fact that they were not afraid to take certain parts of the mythology, and completely turn them on their head. And I love the primary actors.-wraith808 (August 26, 2014, 02:28 PM)
But that's me. And as I said, I know fellow Baker Street Irregulars that positively love the Elementary series. So what do I know?-40hz (August 26, 2014, 06:11 PM)
Dominion: great concept, good production values...but the main actors don't bring 'it' for me.-Shades (August 28, 2014, 09:50 PM)
It covers from his beginning up until the mid-80's, after he beat his addictions.-4wd (August 31, 2014, 07:23 AM)
I'm rewatching "The Puffy Chair (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436689/)", an indie movie by the Duplass brothers -- who I think are geniuses. One of my favorites.
(see attachment in previous post (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436689/)) (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=34481.msg353274#msg353274)-mouser (April 15, 2014, 05:25 AM)
...What's even more surprising is AC since then. Along with Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, Brian Welch of Korn, Nicko McBrain of Iron Maiden, and Dan Spitz of Anthrax, and Blackie Lawless of WASP, they have all converted to Christianity. THAT bit in a documentary I would like to see.-Renegade (August 31, 2014, 07:44 AM)
"The most dejected, reluctant convert in all England" C.S. Lewis in Surprised By Joy.
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...What's even more surprising is AC since then. Along with Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, Brian Welch of Korn, Nicko McBrain of Iron Maiden, and Dan Spitz of Anthrax, and Blackie Lawless of WASP, they have all converted to Christianity. THAT bit in a documentary I would like to see.-Renegade (August 31, 2014, 07:44 AM)
Impressive - I hadn't known about that - though perhaps these were not as spectacular conversions as the academic and atheist C.S. Lewis' self-conversion to Christianity:"The most dejected, reluctant convert in all England" C.S. Lewis in Surprised By Joy.
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Interestingly he did not convert to RC though.-IainB (September 22, 2014, 08:22 AM)
Quarantine (2008) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1082868/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)
- Very poor plot and acting.
-IainB link=topic=34481.msg364851#msg364851
...C.S. Lewis has been one of my favourite authors for a very long time. His Christian apologetics never venture into the territory of being nasty or cruel or anything of the sort. He's simply one of the finest authors to have ever lived. Our love of the Narnia chronicles is a testament to his skill.-Renegade (September 22, 2014, 10:02 AM)
Amusingly I only knew him mainly for The Screwtape Letters and his sci-fi trilogy which I think I read at about age 12 or so:-IainB (September 22, 2014, 12:04 PM)
I am going to watch this one today:
Century of Enslavement: The History of The Federal Reserve
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IJeemTQ7Vk-panzer (September 23, 2014, 04:31 AM)
If you like that, you will very likely appreciate this:
Original Article:
http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/allwarsarebankerwars.php
Video:
http://whatreallyhappened.com/zh-hans/content/all-wars-are-bankers-wars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfEBupAeo4
A note about that: "This video is in the public domain. The producers have waived their copyright to this video." :o
It's highly related.-Renegade (September 23, 2014, 07:19 AM)
A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
Not to pick a fight, but I thought Lucy was just terrible.-mouser (October 19, 2014, 11:37 AM)
I much prefered 'The Guard'
I much prefered 'The Guard'
One of my favorites. I used to watch it with the English subs on to catch all the dialog. The type of flick I could watch every 3 or 4 months or so. :Thmbsup:-MilesAhead (October 30, 2014, 04:37 PM)
I much prefered 'The Guard'
One of my favorites. I used to watch it with the English subs on to catch all the dialog. The type of flick I could watch every 3 or 4 months or so. :Thmbsup:-MilesAhead (October 30, 2014, 04:37 PM)
you'll be able to understand the locals now when you visit :)-tomos (October 31, 2014, 08:51 AM)
I can't define lolligaggin' or galavantin' but I know them when I see them. :)-MilesAhead (October 31, 2014, 01:53 PM)
It's the dawn of the Golden Age of Aviation on planet Prester, and retro-futuristic sky vehicles known as vanships dominate the horizon. Claus Valca - a flyboy born with the right stuff - and his fiery navigator Lavie are fearless racers obsessed with becoming the first sky couriers to cross the Grand Stream in a vanship. But when the high-flying duo encounters a mysterious girl named Alvis, they are thrust into the middle of an endless battle between Anatoray and Disith - two countries systematically destroying each other according to the code of chivalric warfare. Lives will be lost and legacies determined as Claus and Lavie attempt to bring peace to their world by solving the riddle of its chaotic core.
Lolligag - to be busy doing nothing, just sitting around, making haste slowly
I can't define lolligaggin' or galavantin' but I know them when I see them. :)-MilesAhead (October 31, 2014, 01:53 PM)
I can. Those were two of my grandmother's favorite words. ;D
Lolligag - to be busy doing nothing, just sitting around, making haste slowly
Gallivant - making the rounds in search of a good time or crowd to hang out with - ideally with (or in hopes of meeting) an attractive member of the opposite sex; running around with your friends
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:Thmbsup:-40hz (October 31, 2014, 02:22 PM)
Detective Philip Lovecraft lives in Los Angeles in the 1950s when an ambitious Senator is holding hearings, on Magic. Magic is the new influence in Tinsel Town. Lovecraft is unique in that he is the only one who refuses to use magic in his work. Shortly after he is hired, he finds his client, Kim Hudson, accused of the murder of her husband, a film executive. Philip uses the tallents of a local witch, Kropotkin, to explain what is happening only to see her accused of the murder and sentenced to be burnt at the stake.
Must have Witch Hunt (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111730/) (1994) in amongst your old VHS tapes also :)Detective Philip Lovecraft lives in Los Angeles in the 1950s when an ambitious Senator is holding hearings, on Magic. Magic is the new influence in Tinsel Town. Lovecraft is unique in that he is the only one who refuses to use magic in his work. Shortly after he is hired, he finds his client, Kim Hudson, accused of the murder of her husband, a film executive. Philip uses the tallents of a local witch, Kropotkin, to explain what is happening only to see her accused of the murder and sentenced to be burnt at the stake.-4wd (November 26, 2014, 10:09 PM)
Predestination (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2397535/) - which has the most convoluted temporal paradox I've ever seen in a movie.
(see attachment in previous post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=34481.msg369997#msg369997))-4wd (November 26, 2014, 04:37 AM)
Out of Mind casts an entertaining eye on the work of American writer H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), one of the early 20th century's masters of gothic-horror literature. The film offers an encounter with Lovecraft and enters into his world. Engaging in a kind of game around the writer, the film playfully winks at some of the themes characteristic of his work: the occult, cursed books, monstrous creatures. Out of Mind draws its inspiration from Lovecraft's personal correspondence and many of his stories, carrying the viewer through a labyrinth "beyond the wall of sleep."
Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213968/)-40hz (November 29, 2014, 06:36 PM)
Divergent (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1840309/)-Renegade (December 13, 2014, 07:36 AM)
Open Window (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2409818/) - Reasonably good thriller applying capabilities of current computer and smartphone technology to the NSA's wet dream happen.-Shades (December 13, 2014, 08:19 AM)
Divergent (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1840309/)-Renegade (December 13, 2014, 07:36 AM)
I'm starting to find these movies rather tedious being, seemingly, rather teen oriented.
Divergent
The Maze Runner (first of what seems to be a series)
The Hunger Games
The Giver (which reminded me of a toned down PG13 version of the far better Equilibrium (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238380/))
etc-4wd (December 14, 2014, 01:18 AM)
I'm starting to find these movies rather tedious being, seemingly, rather teen oriented.
Divergent
The Maze Runner (first of what seems to be a series)
The Hunger Games
The Giver (which reminded me of a toned down PG13 version of the far better Equilibrium (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238380/))
etc-4wd (December 14, 2014, 01:18 AM)
BTW - Am I the only one here who wasn't impressed by Equilibrium?-40hz (December 14, 2014, 02:11 PM)
BTW - Am I the only one here who wasn't impressed by Equilibrium?-40hz (December 14, 2014, 02:11 PM)
BTW - Am I the only one here who wasn't impressed by Equilibrium?-40hz (December 14, 2014, 02:11 PM)
@wraith808: I guess if you'd read the books or any of the hype then you'd know they were aimed squarely at teens. I usually just go, "Sci-Fi, I'll have to give it a try." :)
Plus, I guess, it's the hope that maybe one of these films will actually be worth the time :-\-4wd (December 14, 2014, 05:58 PM)
I'm starting to find these movies rather tedious being, seemingly, rather teen oriented.
...The Giver...-4wd (December 14, 2014, 01:18 AM)
Liberty
n. One of Imagination’s most precious possessions.
The rising People, hot and out of breath,
Roared around the palace: “Liberty or death!”
“If death will do,” the King said, “let me reign;
You’ll have, I’m sure, no reason to complain.”
- Martha Braymance
Freedom
n. Exemption from the stress of authority in a beggarly half dozen of restraint’s infinite multitude of methods.
A political condition that every nation supposes itself to enjoy in virtual monopoly. see: Liberty. The distinction
between freedom and liberty is not accurately known; naturalists have never been able to find a living specimen
of either.
I don't remember much about Smila other than that I watched the whole thing.-MilesAhead (December 15, 2014, 04:50 PM)
BTW - Am I the only one here who wasn't impressed by Equilibrium?-40hz (December 14, 2014, 02:11 PM)
Maybe it's also because I had trouble with how the story seemed to present virtually every male as a sexual predator-40hz (December 16, 2014, 09:15 AM)
I pray nobody in Hollywood gets a wild hair to start cinematizing Kafka.-Edvard (December 17, 2014, 12:12 AM)
Well, just came from a pre-release showing of 'The Hobbit - Battle of the Five Armies'.I saw this yesterday. I don't know what to say. I feel like I've graduated from something. What is this, 18 hours of Peter Jackson's Tolkien? What a journey, I was still in college when I saw (and got excited) for the first LOTR trailer. Damn. It actually bookends my entire career so far. Time flies...even the elves have aged noticeably.
(see attachment in previous post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=34481.msg371618#msg371618))
Though I long ago abandoned any hope that Peter Jackson and company would follow the books in any semblance of exactivity (and who's to say the movies would have been better for it if they had?), but I was not disappointed. If you're a Tolkien fan and have already seen the others, don't miss this one, it's just as good (or, if you're not a fan, just as bad) as the previous installments. 'Nuff said.
Not in 3D, but it was free because my son's orthodontist does a "customer appreciation" event every year where he rents out the entire theater and only customers/patients and family can go to see the latest hit. Call me a cheap date if you will, but hey, I got to go to a movie with my wife (looooong overdue), and my son thoroughly enjoyed it.
:Thmbsup:-Edvard (December 16, 2014, 11:54 PM)
I was still in college when I saw (and got excited) for the first LOTR trailer. Damn. It actually bookends my entire career so far.-superboyac
;D that's almost word for word what i said as i was walking out of the theater!I was still in college when I saw (and got excited) for the first LOTR trailer. Damn. It actually bookends my entire career so far.-superboyac
It seemed to take forever to get a decent version. When I finally watched the trilogy it was like some burden had been removed(like maybe throwing a ring into Mount Doom?) Now I feel like I can ignore LOTR stuff for the duration. :)
The analogous situation was the Atlas Shrugged movie part I. Except in this case I have no desire to see the remaining installments. Talk about a lackluster rendition of the story! It was like someone traversed a checklist of everything that had to be there, with no feeling about any one item in particular. What a waste. I watched the entire flick waiting for something to happen. Nothing did. :(-MilesAhead (December 29, 2014, 10:58 AM)
;D that's almost word for word what i said as i was walking out of the theater!-superboyac
I thought the glacially slo-mo "death of Boromir" sequence in LOTR set a new record.
He should have used a different talont agency.-MilesAhead (December 30, 2014, 09:55 AM)
He should have used a different talont agency.-MilesAhead (December 30, 2014, 09:55 AM)
Nice. Almost crainioscopical-esque that one. ;D-40hz (December 30, 2014, 07:37 PM)
The movie was...um...mostly less so. Sinclair Lewis's It Can't Happen Here handled that theme far better, and frankly, far more believably - no scifi or fancy tech needed to pull it off. Lewis's book should be required reading for every schoolchild in America. (I'm not holding my breath for that however.) And I'd love for someone to make it into a major motion picture. (Not holding my breath for that one either.)V the 1983 miniseries doesn't count?-40hz (December 16, 2014, 01:36 PM)
There are 3 episodes in one season of Black Mirror. Season 3 kicks of very soon now. Some episodes are not interesting, the rest is really great (in a disturbing way).-Shades (January 02, 2015, 05:57 AM)
There are 3 episodes in one season of Black Mirror. Season 3 kicks of very soon now. Some episodes are not interesting, the rest is really great (in a disturbing way).-Shades (January 02, 2015, 05:57 AM)
I'm not sure what you found "not interesting". Everything I've seen seems to be pretty good. Could just be personal preferences and the like there -- chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice cream preferences?-Renegade (January 03, 2015, 08:24 AM)
The story where making a living on a home-trainer didn't. But that might be caused by my stance on watching dreck such as "reality"-TV, Dancing with the American idol's Big brother and what not.-Shades (January 03, 2015, 10:27 AM)
I pray nobody in Hollywood gets a wild hair to start cinematizing Kafka.-Edvard (December 17, 2014, 12:12 AM)
@Edvard - Too late!
...
8)-40hz (December 17, 2014, 08:48 PM)
"Lying in my heap of Earth I can naturally dream of all sorts of things, even of an understanding with the beast, though I know well enough that no such thing can happen, and at the moment when we see each other, more, at that instant we merely guess at each other's presence, we shall both blindly bare our claws and teeth, neither of us a second before or after the other, both of us filled with a new and different hunger, even if we should already be gorged to bursting."
"But all remained unchanged."
[/i] (actually, that one could be made into one of those "torture porn" movies so popular lately),-Edvard (January 04, 2015, 09:37 PM)
Torture porn? You mean when the talent tries to read their lines like it's Macbeth? I hate it when that happens. :)-MilesAhead (January 05, 2015, 09:51 AM)
UGH!! Like "Canoe" did in "My Private Idaho"? Gag. And gag again.-Edvard (January 05, 2015, 07:31 PM)
If the worst day of your life consisted of accidentally killing your girlfriend with an axe, chain-sawing your own arm off, and watching in horror as your closest friends were devoured by a zombified Nazi battalion, you'd have to assume that things couldn't get much worse. In Martin's case, that was only the beginning.
lol! Loving the equal opportunity movie reviewing, 40!-superboyac (January 13, 2015, 08:54 PM)
http://princesoftheyen.com/#watchthefilm
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4172710/-panzer (January 13, 2015, 03:38 AM)
I'm not quite sure why this film has attained the nascent cult status it has.-40hz (January 13, 2015, 08:44 PM)
There are quite a few films that I've seen in the past that won awards and had lots of praise, and turned out to be some of the worst drivel.-Renegade (January 13, 2015, 09:14 PM)
There are quite a few films that I've seen in the past that won awards and had lots of praise, and turned out to be some of the worst drivel.-Renegade (January 13, 2015, 09:14 PM)
I generally attribute it to one of the worst possible scams a writer can try to pull: Being deliberately obscure in the hopes someone will mistakenly think you're profound.-40hz (January 14, 2015, 09:29 PM)
Atsu Hime (http://www.gooddrama.net/japanese-drama/atsu-hime)
50 episodes.
Based on the true life story of Tenshōin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensh%C5%8Din), an influential and extraordinary Japanese princess who lived from 1836 to 1883.-bit (January 23, 2015, 10:27 PM)
Blast off for outrageously funny space travel in this screwball comedy that spins wildly out of control all the way to Mars! Though he's a wiz with computers, accident-prone astro-nut Fred Randall (Harland Williams) is the last guy on Earth you'd want on the first manned mission to Mars. But as bad luck and poor timing would have it, that's exactly what happens, and Fred undergoes rigorous, if not hilarious, training at NASA. After that it's t-minus a reality check as Fred blasts off with the rest of the space shuttle crew: a cocky, no-nonsense Commander, a sexy Mission Specialist, and a mischievous space chimp named Ulysses. From the dizzying preflight foolishness to the even loonier landing, ROCKETMAN is the out-of-this-world comedy that's more than go for launch ... it's go for laughs!
Yes, I can't get enough of them myself. :Thmbsup:Atsu Hime (http://www.gooddrama.net/japanese-drama/atsu-hime)
50 episodes.
Based on the true life story of Tenshōin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensh%C5%8Din), an influential and extraordinary Japanese princess who lived from 1836 to 1883.-bit (January 23, 2015, 10:27 PM)
Good site. I've been watching some Asian movies etc. on YouTube and many emanate from there. :Thmbsup:-MilesAhead (January 24, 2015, 06:01 AM)
My primary concern was that it would be too raunchy/inappropriate.-Deozaan (January 24, 2015, 03:11 PM)
I don't recall if there was much of that in Guardians of the Galaxy though.-Renegade (February 05, 2015, 07:55 PM)
Ah, the good old days-4wd (February 06, 2015, 05:32 AM)
Working my way through the original 1963 series:
(see attachment in previous post (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056777/)) (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=34481.msg375153#msg375153)
Ah, the good old days :)-4wd (February 06, 2015, 05:32 AM)
I also did the Twilight Zone-Renegade (February 10, 2015, 05:41 AM)
They're both out on DVD! :Thmbsup:-40hz (February 10, 2015, 09:03 AM)
One Step Beyond-40hz (February 10, 2015, 09:03 AM)
@SB! I really really like the look of that animation. Almost a noir vibe don't you think? Did they rotoscope it? Or are they working off 3D models? (It looks rotoscoped.)
Great music too! :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup:-40hz (February 09, 2015, 07:51 PM)
I think it's just cell-shaded 3D models from Poser or something like that.-Deozaan (February 10, 2015, 12:03 PM)
I think it's just cell-shaded 3D models from Poser or something like that.-Deozaan (February 10, 2015, 12:03 PM)
Thx. Learn something new every day. :)-40hz (February 10, 2015, 12:32 PM)
I've been looking at the tools available now. I also think it's not rotoscoping. But it's not just 3D either. I may be wrong, but the most efficient (cheap) way to do this now is the rig a character in your choice of software, and then use motion capture for the joints/movements. The movements are too realistic for me to believe an indie person did it without motion capture. Otherwise, I'm VERY impressed.I think it's just cell-shaded 3D models from Poser or something like that.-Deozaan (February 10, 2015, 12:03 PM)
Thx. Learn something new every day. :)-40hz (February 10, 2015, 12:32 PM)
Damn, if that's true, Poser is awesome!!-superboyac (February 10, 2015, 08:25 PM)
I'd never seen a "One Step Beyond" episode before this evening.
The first episode? Pretty darn cool.-Renegade (February 11, 2015, 09:40 AM)
In this story of the early days of daylight bombing raids over Nazi Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a "hard luck" bomber group. Much of the story deals with his struggle to whip his group into a disciplined fighting unit in spite of heavy losses, and withering attacks by German fighters over their targets. Actual combat footage is used in this tense war drama.
I'd never seen a "One Step Beyond" episode before this evening.
The first episode? Pretty darn cool.-Renegade (February 11, 2015, 09:40 AM)
I really liked OSB and sprung to get it on DVD along with a multi-disk Hitchcock TV collection.
The short story format was definitely experiencing a Golden Age between the late 40s and early 60s. Especially in the scifi, mystery, and horror genres. Some of the finest writing those genres ever produced got penned during that era. All the biggies (Asimov, Ray Bradbury (who was probably the best), Bob Heinlein, Harlan Ellison, Sam Delaney, "Doc" Smith, Ellory Queen, Rex Stout, et al were all busy cranking out these fantastic short stories. So it was only natural that TV shows like OSB, Thriller, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, (and the much later Night Gallery) would benefit from their existence. These were stories written by actual writers rather than just some backroom network hack screenwriter - with the utterly brilliant Rod Serling being the notable exception.-40hz (February 11, 2015, 10:45 AM)
^I'd add Thomas Ligotti and Poppy Z. Brite in with Matheson as well. Brilliant - utterly brilliant storytellers both. And, with Matheson, are some of the very few that can instil that same sense of 'absolute otherness' and cosmic dread that Lovecraft strove for.-40hz (February 12, 2015, 02:57 PM)
Matheson is famous for the Twilight Zone episode Nightmare at 20,000 Feet.. (That's the one with the airliner and the gremlin.) His anthology by the same name is one place to start. He's one terrific writer, and more mainstream than the previous two.-40hz (February 13, 2015, 02:22 PM)
I'm up to Episode 37, which also now includes scenes with Horikita Maki as the Imperial Princess (not to detract from the others, and especially Miyazaki Aoi as Lady Tenshoin), and this historical drama series continues to impress beyond all expectations. :Thmbsup:Atsu Hime (http://www.gooddrama.net/japanese-drama/atsu-hime)
50 episodes.
Based on the true life story of Tenshōin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensh%C5%8Din), an influential and extraordinary Japanese princess who lived from 1836 to 1883.-bit (January 23, 2015, 10:27 PM)
Good site. I've been watching some Asian movies etc. on YouTube and many emanate from there. :Thmbsup:-MilesAhead (January 24, 2015, 06:01 AM)
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Tokyo Boy-bit (April 15, 2015, 12:56 AM)
Tokkan (http://www.dramago.com/japanese-drama/tokkan) is a 10-episode situation comedy drama starring Inoue Mao.
I hope nobody gets annoyed with me posting Japanese multi-show dramas or films; nobody likes duds, and I am trying to be as careful as I can to post only what I think are really good ones.
One of the best ways to find them is to browse the host web filmographies of top stars, and Inoue Mao is another awesome film star in Japan who always delivers.
"Miki (Inoue Mao) is run ragged each day as ruthless tax investigator Kagami’s assistant to collect taxes from tax defaulters." (see attachment in previous post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=34481.msg381709#msg381709))Inoue Mao-bit (May 15, 2015, 12:57 AM)
For sure! :Thmbsup:Tokkan (http://www.dramago.com/japanese-drama/tokkan) is a 10-episode situation comedy drama starring Inoue Mao.
I hope nobody gets annoyed with me posting Japanese multi-show dramas or films; nobody likes duds, and I am trying to be as careful as I can to post only what I think are really good ones.
One of the best ways to find them is to browse the host web filmographies of top stars, and Inoue Mao is another awesome film star in Japan who always delivers.
"Miki (Inoue Mao) is run ragged each day as ruthless tax investigator Kagami’s assistant to collect taxes from tax defaulters." (see attachment in previous post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=34481.msg381709#msg381709))Inoue Mao-bit (May 15, 2015, 12:57 AM)
The first show I saw her in was Hana Yori Dango (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Hana_Yori_Dango)
She was way cute. Although the dancing boxing bit got old after awhile. Still, it was kind of fun. I have been on jdorama.com and d-addicts.com for years. Although I rarely post. As for me please post series you enjoy. Especially if they can be accessed online for free with English Subs. :Thmbsup:-MilesAhead (May 15, 2015, 05:36 AM)
- Mad Max Fury Road - Not bad, but basically one long car chase.
- Poltergeist (2015) - Should have walked out half way; terrible.
-mouser (May 28, 2015, 08:55 AM)
Victoria (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4226388/?ref_=nv_sr_6) - set in Berlin nightime, mostly in (broken) English.
Unusual movie - it's filmed in one take (!)-tomos (June 19, 2015, 06:07 PM)
A 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years.-http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318034/
Strange that you should mention that. I'd never heard of a feature-length movie filmed in a single take until last week.-Deozaan (June 19, 2015, 07:52 PM)
I remember watching The Player-tomos (June 20, 2015, 06:49 AM)
Cellular 2004 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_%28film%29) which was given a remake into the Hong Kong film Connected 2008 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connected_%28film%29).
Both are energizers with nonstop action that never gets tiresome.-bit (September 09, 2015, 11:17 PM)
Los Ultimos Dias (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1935914) - A Spanish sci-fi movie where people cannot go outside anymore. This is a well-made movie, even you don't understand Spanish.
The male actors carry the story fine, for me the female lead character overdid it at the end. I guess the director banked on her 'pleasing-the-eye-ness' to get away with that end scene.-Shades (August 03, 2013, 12:39 PM)
Ultimate Door Knocker (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtlUNhbODCQ)-bit (September 19, 2015, 06:48 AM)
Ratings do matter, but I really enjoyed Connected and thought it was an xlnt film, and if I may say so, I think ^reviewer Kozo's long-winded rating (http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/connected.html) fits himself more than the film. :)Cellular 2004 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_%28film%29) which was given a remake into the Hong Kong film Connected 2008 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connected_%28film%29).
Both are energizers with nonstop action that never gets tiresome.-bit (September 09, 2015, 11:17 PM)
I haven't seen this film. So I have no idea if this review (http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/connected.html) is on the mark. But generally this site is a good resource for Hong Kong movie reviews. I have read it for many years. It also has bios with pics of many HK and Chinese actors to complement sites like AsianWiki and d-addicts.
Edit: Also if you hate Wong Jing films http://lovehkfilm.com is the site for you. :)-MilesAhead (September 10, 2015, 06:54 AM)
@MilesAhead I don't know any of those websites you name, so I'm unfamiliar with them.
That would be a cool idea, any kind of an Asian films thread.
The way I often find good Asian films is to start with a good film I already know, and see what other films were done by the same Producer or with any of the same actors.
Or sometimes a film by a western company may be cloned by an asian one, or vice-versa, which often works out quite well.
Or I'll see a review linking to a trailer and then check it out with rotten tomatoes or asian wiki. :)-bit (September 20, 2015, 07:45 PM)
The bravest thing about David Schwimmer’s "Trust" is that it doesn’t try to simplify. It tells its story of a 14-year-old girl and a predatory pedophile as a series of repercussions in which rape is only the first, and possibly not the worst, tragedy to strike its naive and vulnerable victim. It’s easy to imagine how this story could have been exploited and dumbed down. It works instead with intelligence and sympathy. "Trust" doesn’t offer soothing solutions. Annie will survive, but has been damaged perhaps more by the aftermath than by the rape itself. The movie is merciless in depicting the methods by which pedophile predators operate; Charlie is the embodiment of evil. But society is lacking in instinctive sympathy and tact for Annie, and society isn’t supposed to be evil. Catherine Keener does a warm, unobtrusive job of loving and comforting her daughter, but that’s not enough — not when her husband grows more concerned with vengeance than with healing. It is all too tortuous and complicated. Liana Liberato does such a poignant job of showing how, and why. She has three scenes in particular where her wounded feelings spill out in words of anguish, and they are so well-written and well-acted that they’re heartbreaking. David Schwimmer has made one of the year’s best films: Powerfully emotional, yes, but also very perceptive.
After (came out 2012) was a B+ movie that could have been grade A if it'd had better production/casting.
Though not a movie per se, I've been enjoying the sci-fi series "Extant", featuring Halle Berry.-kyrathaba (September 22, 2015, 08:50 AM)
How would I get it to show just the video in full-screen?-bit (September 23, 2015, 01:53 PM)
Anyway I watched the Limitless pilot. It was interesting. Often the pilot is good even if the series isn't.-MilesAhead (September 23, 2015, 06:59 AM)
Anyway I watched the Limitless pilot. It was interesting. Often the pilot is good even if the series isn't.-MilesAhead (September 23, 2015, 06:59 AM)
Have you ever seen the unaired pilot of The Big Bang Theory?
It's unaired for a reason...
I saw recently the pilot of 'Lucifer'. That was an interesting one in my book. Can go either way, though.-Shades (September 23, 2015, 06:58 PM)
After a bit of research:
Gunsmoke (1958 I think) was another good one.-tomos (October 05, 2015, 02:16 PM)
I Saw the Devil
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
A Bittersweet Life
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance-panzer (October 14, 2015, 02:34 AM)
Published on 17 Jul 2015 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5mnqxwErTk
A young man discovers a hole in the floor of a local motel that leads to yesterday. Dark Epic Films presents a Glenn Triggs Film.
WINNER* Rhode Island Flickers Film Festival. Las Vegas Film Festival. Maverick Movie Awards. Made in Melbourne Film Festival. (2012/2013).
Starring: Chris Gibson, Dafna Kronental, David Macrae, Menik Gooneratne, Nick Antoniades, Glen Hancox, Anne Cordiner, Robert Plazek, Shane Lee, Keith Gordon, Bethia Triggs.
http://www.darkepicfilms.com
http://www.41film.com
http://www.facebook.com/41movie
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2319739
Watched this excellent free movie online on YouTube, a couple of nights back: "41" (2012) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5mnqxwErTk)
- Full Movie - 1080p - Time Travel Film PG13-IainB (October 14, 2015, 01:13 PM)
Battle Royale
12 Angry Men (1957)-panzer (October 19, 2015, 04:37 AM)
Battle Royale
12 Angry Men (1957)-panzer (October 19, 2015, 04:37 AM)
I didn't say anything the first time... but it seems that your "recommendations" are Trojan horses to put in youtube videos of questionable intent. I could be having an unfavorable reading, but I don't think so...-wraith808 (October 19, 2015, 10:26 AM)
^ hi Panzer, I started the thread and I meant it to be for movies. Yes, you quote me -- and you would win on a technicality in a court of law :) but hey, we're just in dc forums. Posting them is fair enough, but this does not seem to me to be the right thread for them...-tomos (October 20, 2015, 05:46 AM)
It seems that you are too paranoid. But that's your problem, not mine ...-panzer (October 20, 2015, 03:18 AM)
And Favorite does tend towards recommendations if we're picking someone's words apart.-wraith808 (October 20, 2015, 10:42 AM)
All 3 films have their own peculiar qualities, but as regards SEPTEMBER CLUES 9/11 - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gORu-68SHpE), I would have to say that amateur films such as that give testament to the fact that Americans are not all a gullible lot and they don't tend to swallow the PC line wholesale without raising some thorny questions, and long may they stay so. That amateur film forms a legitimate part of the nation's cultural history, and to object to it or try suppress it in this forum because it doesn't pass the arbitrary wraith808-Tomas rule or requires the Witchfinder-General to be summoned, or something, would seem to be blunt censorship. However, if @Tomos feels that he has squatter's rights on this thread, or something, and can (say) dictate its contents, then why not get out of his face and start up another thread entitled (say), "Movies you've seen lately (amateur and professional) and why you would recommend them". Not sure whether that would fit in the title line (probably too long) but you get the idea. You could then (say) ask the Admins to move your posts from this thread into that, and thus start it off. I'd be a contributor! I'm all for freedom of speech and no censorship, and love films that discuss what might have been, or currently are, difficult or contentious issues, or which force one to think beyond the narrow confines of one's preconceptions. My first post would probably be about "The Boy With Green Hair" and "My Left Foot", the second "Lady Chatterly's Lover" and "Straw Dogs", as I have been watching these with my 14 y/o daughter (she's studying social justice issues and films/books that have been censored/banned due to not meeting the shifting/arbitrary PC standards of the day).-IainB (October 20, 2015, 10:04 PM)
I really don't care about what is posted... just the fact that it was shoehorned in.
Battle Royale: I had never heard of this before, but from IMDB is seems that it was an updated remake based on the gruesome Battle Royal (2000), ...-IainB (October 20, 2015, 10:04 PM)
What I wrote was what IMDB said about it. The film Battle Royal (2000) - without the "e" - was the "original", I gather, and Battle Royale - with the "e" was apparently what @panzer was referring to. He could have misspelt it, I suppose, or maybe it's a confusion arising from a misspelling on IMDB. I was initially confused by it, but I thought I had it figured aright after rereading all that I could find about the films on IMDB.Battle Royale: I had never heard of this before, but from IMDB is seems that it was an updated remake based on the gruesome Battle Royal (2000), ...@IainB: Which Battle Royale are you referring to when you say "updated remake" because AFAIK there is only the one film, Battle Royale (2000) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266308/), or it's original title, Batoru rowaiaru.
__________________________-IainB (October 20, 2015, 10:04 PM)
Watched it and its sequel a few years ago and didn't think the first was too bad, can't remember much about the sequel - have to watch them again.
__________________________-4wd (October 21, 2015, 01:27 AM)
15 | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 6 July 2012 (UK)
Ratings: 6.8/10 from 28,035 users Metascore: 63/100
Reviews: 80 user | 152 critic | 15 from Metacritic.com
Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by a mysterious biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.
Storyline
The independent and lonely hunter Martin David is hired by the powerful biotech company Red Leaf to hunt down the last Tasmanian tiger. Red Leaf is interested in the DNA of the animal and Martin travels to Tasmania alone. He poses as a researcher from a university and lodges in the house of Lucy Armstrong. Martin learns that Lucy's husband has been missing for a long time and he befriends her children, Sass and Bike. When Martin goes to the village, he has a hostile reception from the locals. Along the days, Martin spends his days in the Tasmanian wilderness chasing the Tiger and becomes closer and closer to the Armstrong family. But Red Leaf wants results no matter the costs. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
_______________________________
-panzer (October 14, 2015, 02:34 AM)
@panzer: Thanks for posting about those films - always happy to have my comfort zones stretched a bit.
My take:
- SEPTEMBER CLUES 9/11 - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gORu-68SHpE): I hadn't seen that "911 conspiracy theory" video before, and it seemed a quite well-made and well-researched amateur film, and it definitely had something to say. From experience, and given the catalogue of what look rather like tell-tale warning lights, during and post-911, particularly regarding the "911 Commission", and including, for example, the treatment of conflicting eyewitness reports, the preferential appointment of key personnel, the funding constraints, deliberate procrastination, prevarication, redaction (actually hiding some of the truth), lack of FOI, and a seemingly inconclusive outcome with suspect "truth", one might be forgiven for assuming that Americans were a somewhat gullible lot if they all swallowed it wholesale, as directed. But they aren't, and they didn't, and the production of 911 conspiracy theory videos/films illustrates that and was arguably a predictable outcome under the circumstances.
-IainB (October 20, 2015, 10:04 PM)
The point was missed in all of the text that was thrown at the ill perceived problem. That stuff is in general basement worthy. That's my point. I really don't care about what is posted... just the fact that it was shoehorned in.-wraith808 (October 20, 2015, 11:25 PM)
Watched this excellent free movie online on YouTube, a couple of nights back: "41" (2012)
- Full Movie - 1080p - Time Travel Film PG13-IainB (October 14, 2015, 01:13 PM)
But that was the "What if?".
What if:
- You were going to kill your own girlfriend;
- You could only go back in time;
- You couldn't fix it for yourself (too many impossible anomalies);
- But you maybe could fix it for yourself in another, separate time-stream?
The hero was smart enough to seek the advice of other thinkers/scientists and, despite his efforts to the contrary, he realised that it was an impossible objective to fix it for himself. So he changed the objective and worked within the constraints of inter-dimensional time-travel.
I thought that was pretty nifty SF.-IainB (October 23, 2015, 07:42 AM)
Love and Sex with Robots conference cancelled in Malaysia
The Love and Sex with Robots conference due to be held in Malaysia has been cancelled by police for being "illegal".
The annual event, which was supposed to go ahead on 16 November, was called "ridiculous" by police chief Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar.
There was "nothing scientific about having sex with machines," he said.
An apology has since been posted on the event organiser's website, loveandsexwithrobots.org.
It said the cancellation was because of "circumstances beyond our control.
"The conference will definitely not be held anywhere in Malaysia.
"We deeply apologise to any person or any authority which has felt offence in any way," a statement said.
Cherry 2000 is about technology, human sexuality, freewill, and companionship. Lots for people to lose their minds over in that film. But nobody is losing their minds and freaking out in this thread.-Renegade (October 22, 2015, 03:46 PM)
...Also what happens to all these twins he has flying around? Do they create a softball team of clones? Like Joe Shmoe playing all 9 positions and managing versus the high school girl's softball team? :)
_________________-MilesAhead (October 23, 2015, 08:09 AM)
OH MY FREAKING CRIPES ALMIGHTY~!
This is just 1,000,000 degrees of awesomeness~!
It's got:And it's in the friggin' WASHINGTON POST!!! (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/10/20/a-youtube-video-claims-back-to-the-future-predicted-911-and-that-isnt-even-the-weird-part/?postshare=4191445388681106)
- 9/11
- Conspiracies
- Back to the Future (the movie)
- Funky wildness
- "Concentrating collective consciousness onto a single space-time focal point" (Just how friggin' awesome is that???)
- And so much MOAR~!
At under 13 minutes (11 minutes after the credits), this is going to be one of the best/wonkiest films you've seen in forever!
I've got $5 in DC credits for anyone* that watches it and isn't one of:(* Must have >50 posts and have posted in this thread before. Max 4 people.)
- Entertained
- Freaked out a bit
- Saying to themselves, "WTF did I just watch???"
And that's why the wonky, freaky stuff always has a place~! :P ;D
_______________________________-Renegade (October 24, 2015, 02:12 AM)
Ok... So I go outside for a smoke, and I trip across this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk...ancelled-in-malaysia-Renegade (October 24, 2015, 02:29 AM)
Ok... So I go outside for a smoke, and I trip across this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk...ancelled-in-malaysia-Renegade (October 24, 2015, 02:29 AM)
That's priceless. I sometimes wonder whether the BBC doesn't try to do its level best to grind its face into its own poo. It's probably a form of ritual liberal-marxist religio-political self-abasement as penance/atonement and as proxy for an imagined history of racial abuse by white male (mainly British) colonists.-IainB (October 24, 2015, 03:40 AM)
I started the thread and I meant it to be for movies. Yes, you quote me -- and you would win on a technicality in a court of law :) but hey, we're just in dc forums. Posting them is fair enough, but this does not seem to me to be the right thread for them...-tomos (October 20, 2015, 05:46 AM)
On the nutter side... Stuff about aliens & stuff:
https://youtu.be/bqj4-DE1EIQ
Nutty, but ok to watch while you're getting other stuff done away from the computer.
Or maybe not nutty, and I'm just wonky.
You decide. :P-Renegade (October 29, 2015, 03:44 AM)
The General (1926)-panzer (November 19, 2015, 03:56 AM)
The General (1926)-panzer (November 19, 2015, 03:56 AM)
The first time I saw Keaton ride that connecting rod I laughed my ass off. Classic sight gags.-MilesAhead (November 19, 2015, 09:13 AM)
@Renegade:
Same sentiment here. Season 6 of The Walking Dead started already tense, but the last episode cranks it up a notch (or two)...-Shades (October 26, 2015, 07:08 PM)
Rotor DR1 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4162992/)-Renegade (December 09, 2015, 01:35 AM)
drone-Deozaan (December 09, 2015, 11:45 PM)
I really thought that it was pretty good. Would watch it again. I really like the experiment movies like this one so please, recommend some if you know of any.-zigy25 (December 14, 2015, 07:57 AM)
...-Renegade (December 16, 2015, 11:52 AM)
...-Renegade (December 16, 2015, 11:52 AM)
"In charge" and "shock" ??? I have to cast my volt against that. :)-MilesAhead (December 19, 2015, 07:16 AM)
The Good, the Bad, the WeirdIs that a movie :-\? Or just a comment on acrivity here :huh:?-panzer (December 20, 2015, 12:40 AM)
The Good, the Bad, the WeirdIs that a movie :-\? Or just a comment on acrivity here :huh:?-panzer (December 20, 2015, 12:40 AM)-barney (December 20, 2015, 10:10 AM)
The Good, the Bad, the WeirdIs that a movie :-\? Or just a comment on acrivity here :huh:?-panzer (December 20, 2015, 12:40 AM)-barney (December 20, 2015, 10:10 AM)
...-Renegade (December 16, 2015, 11:52 AM)
"In charge" and "shock" ??? I have to cast my volt against that. :)-MilesAhead (December 19, 2015, 07:16 AM)
Meh. To each their own. Some people get really amped up about it.-Renegade (December 19, 2015, 10:03 PM)
...-Renegade (December 16, 2015, 11:52 AM)
"In charge" and "shock" ??? I have to cast my volt against that. :)-MilesAhead (December 19, 2015, 07:16 AM)
Meh. To each their own. Some people get really amped up about it.-Renegade (December 19, 2015, 10:03 PM)
But we all know resistance is futile. :)-MilesAhead (December 20, 2015, 04:35 PM)
...-Renegade (December 16, 2015, 11:52 AM)
"In charge" and "shock" ??? I have to cast my volt against that. :)-MilesAhead (December 19, 2015, 07:16 AM)
Meh. To each their own. Some people get really amped up about it.-Renegade (December 19, 2015, 10:03 PM)
But we all know resistance is futile. :)-MilesAhead (December 20, 2015, 04:35 PM)
But capacitance has potential!-Edvard (December 20, 2015, 06:49 PM)
...-Renegade (December 16, 2015, 11:52 AM)
"In charge" and "shock" ??? I have to cast my volt against that. :)-MilesAhead (December 19, 2015, 07:16 AM)
Meh. To each their own. Some people get really amped up about it.-Renegade (December 19, 2015, 10:03 PM)
But we all know resistance is futile. :)-MilesAhead (December 20, 2015, 04:35 PM)
But capacitance has potential!-Edvard (December 20, 2015, 06:49 PM)
I just hope the discussion doesn't get too polarized. Mouser will ban us to the basement.-MilesAhead (December 20, 2015, 07:43 PM)
And thus an ode to electricityode? or oh'd :-\?...-Renegade (December 16, 2015, 11:52 AM)
"In charge" and "shock" ??? I have to cast my volt against that. :)-MilesAhead (December 19, 2015, 07:16 AM)
Meh. To each their own. Some people get really amped up about it.-Renegade (December 19, 2015, 10:03 PM)
But we all know resistance is futile. :)-MilesAhead (December 20, 2015, 04:35 PM)
But capacitance has potential!-Edvard (December 20, 2015, 06:49 PM)
I just hope the discussion doesn't get too polarized. Mouser will ban us to the basement.-MilesAhead (December 20, 2015, 07:43 PM)
An ode will then be required.-4wd (December 20, 2015, 11:27 PM)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi-panzer (December 21, 2015, 04:18 AM)
And thus an ode to electricityode? or oh'd :-\?...-Renegade (December 16, 2015, 11:52 AM)
"In charge" and "shock" ??? I have to cast my volt against that. :)-MilesAhead (December 19, 2015, 07:16 AM)
Meh. To each their own. Some people get really amped up about it.-Renegade (December 19, 2015, 10:03 PM)
But we all know resistance is futile. :)-MilesAhead (December 20, 2015, 04:35 PM)
But capacitance has potential!-Edvard (December 20, 2015, 06:49 PM)
I just hope the discussion doesn't get too polarized. Mouser will ban us to the basement.-MilesAhead (December 20, 2015, 07:43 PM)
An ode will then be required.-4wd (December 20, 2015, 11:27 PM)-barney (December 20, 2015, 11:41 PM)
An ode will then be required.-Renegade (December 21, 2015, 04:34 PM)
I haven't been
to a movie since 1997.
I'm BAD, right?-jadinolf (December 21, 2015, 06:30 PM)
Tampopo-panzer (December 30, 2015, 08:26 AM)
Tampopo-panzer (December 30, 2015, 08:26 AM)
A classic :Thmbsup:-MilesAhead (December 30, 2015, 08:52 AM)
Tampopo-panzer (December 30, 2015, 08:26 AM)
A classic :Thmbsup:-MilesAhead (December 30, 2015, 08:52 AM)
thanks to you both for the tip.
I started watching, but got this compelling urge to eat (noodle soup would be nice but I'll have to make do with whatever's in the fridge)
:)-tomos (December 30, 2015, 11:20 AM)
One of the first movies that got me into Sci-Fi in a big way wasn't Star Wars - but the Last Starfighter.-wraith808 (January 07, 2016, 03:22 PM)
If you're a big Star Wars fan, it's not to be missed. But why am I bothering to say anything if you if you are?-40hz (January 07, 2016, 08:26 PM)
You've probably seen it twice already and are planning on going back at least once more, right? ;)-40hz (January 07, 2016, 08:26 PM)
Nope. Haven't seen it yet. Haven't had time. I'll wait for the online version. But, I still really like Star Wars a lot. Even if I don't have posters of it all over the house, and dress up like SW characters...-Renegade (January 10, 2016, 01:48 AM)
If you're a big Star Wars fan, it's not to be missed. But why am I bothering to say anything if you if you are?-40hz (January 07, 2016, 08:26 PM)
Because you care, of course! ;D-Renegade (January 10, 2016, 01:48 AM)
You've probably seen it twice already and are planning on going back at least once more, right? ;)-40hz (January 07, 2016, 08:26 PM)
Nope. Haven't seen it yet. Haven't had time. I'll wait for the online version. But, I still really like Star Wars a lot. Even if I don't have posters of it all over the house, and dress up like SW characters...
Honestly... A lot of Star Wars and Star Trek fans are just frikkin' nuts.
Balkan spy
Airplane!
Fantastic planet-panzer (January 11, 2016, 08:46 AM)
The Revenant (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663202/?ref_=nv_sr_1)
(http://i.imgur.com/bDhAGYP.jpg)
I utterly HATED Leonardo many years ago in the "Titanic" era.
But dammit! He's a bloody great actor.
This movie is long, but it is a good story. Totally predictable, but still... a good watch.-Renegade (January 10, 2016, 01:45 AM)
Kind Hearts and Coronets-panzer (February 04, 2016, 04:01 AM)
Confessions
Dersu Uzala
Rhythm of a Crime-panzer (January 18, 2016, 04:30 AM)
Dirty Harry-panzer (March 17, 2016, 12:05 PM)
Pi: Probably one of the best Sci fi movies Ive ever seen.-AdrianMix (May 19, 2016, 11:36 PM)
Pi: Probably one of the best Sci fi movies Ive ever seen.-AdrianMix (May 19, 2016, 11:36 PM)
I really liked that one, too! :Thmbsup:-app103 (May 20, 2016, 06:44 AM)
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
Sing Street (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3544112/?ref_=nv_sr_3)A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
I enjoyed this a lot -
coming of age in the eighties helped; having lived a year in Dublin in the mid-eighties helped; liking the music helped.
But none of the above necessary I'd say ;-)-tomos (July 06, 2016, 09:10 AM)
The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn-MilesAhead (July 22, 2016, 12:41 PM)
@Deozaan ^^: Hey, don't knock it. Some comments would seem to demonstrate that other forum members occasionally see amongst @panzer's excessively loquacious posts references to films that are quite interesting or that they had not known of before and liked them, or something.
Similarly, though I haven't checked, I seem to recall that it might have been he that also authored some comments with references to great vids, on the short vids thread. Anyway, whoever it was, I blame them because it caused me to waste a great deal of time looking at videos when I could have probably been doing something more useful.-IainB (November 23, 2016, 03:51 AM)
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjA1MjYyNDkxN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTgxODAwOTE@._V1_UX182_CR0,0,182,268_AL_.jpg)
Morgan (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4520364/?ref_=nv_sr_2)
Interesting premise (corporate troubleshooter must decide if a project involving an artificially created life form should be terminated - and the subject also), and interesting moral implications (is the lifeform truly a human? when does that happen? what rights does 'it' truly have), but too self aware and, dare I say it, pretentious for my tastes. I tried to get through it, but it just became bogged down in the less than stellar implementation of the concept.-wraith808 (December 12, 2016, 11:30 AM)
A sci-fi/thriller story centered on a special-ops team that is dispatched to fight supernatural beings.
I found it similar to Ex Machina ... I'm sure there'll be at least another 4 or 5 movies on the same premise in the pipeline since they'll all want to jump on the bandwagon.-4wd (December 12, 2016, 06:43 PM)
Dr. Strange-Shades (December 14, 2016, 06:20 PM)
I saw Suicide Squad (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386697/).
It was OK. It assumed I had already seen Batman vs. Superman (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2975590/) (which I haven't), so some minor details of the plot were lost on me. But my biggest gripe about the movie is that it introduced a bunch of random characters (twice!) that nobody has ever heard of and expected me to care about them without giving me a reason to. That and the plot was generally stupid from beginning to end.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 03:55 PM)
It assumed you'd seen BvS? I didn't catch that, and so didn't lose out on anything from that.-wraith808 (December 21, 2016, 04:00 PM)
I thought that was a reference to Man of Steel, not BvS. Especially since the other aliens that were there were just as powerful- but Superman was the one that survived. Never put together that they could be referring to BvS.It assumed you'd seen BvS? I didn't catch that, and so didn't lose out on anything from that.-wraith808 (December 21, 2016, 04:00 PM)
I think so. It mentioned a few times things like "what if we're not so lucky next time?" which was a reference to Superman being super powerful, but benevolent. I figured that the general idea of BvS (AFAIK) is that Batman thinks Superman is too powerful and therefore must be stopped because no one should have that much power. And the general idea of Suicide Squad is "we need to stop people/things who are too powerful." So I guess I just assumed it was a reference to BvS because I haven't seen it and don't know what happens in it.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
As for the characters, the following is all my opinion, so of course very subjective:-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Captain Boomerang (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Boomerang) sounds like one of the silliest supervillains ever. The movie gave no reason or information whatsoever why he was so evil and threatening as to be locked up with the likes of Harley Quinn or Deadshot. It also gave no indication of his "special abilities" that would make him an ideal person for the squad. He's a criminal who can throw a boomerang. Big whoop! That's even more lame than Hawkeye (who I think is pretty lame).There have been a few different incarnations. The first had no particular background that would seem to make him villain worthy- other than the fact that he made his boomerangs, and they had varied effects, paired with the unusual nature of the weapon, made him a threat for Flash. In Arrow (the TV show) they added the angle that he was Australian Special Forces, and an assassin. So it was his skills with an unusual modified weapon and the ability to get creative with the effects that makes him dangerous.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Slipknot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipknot_(comics)) maybe had potential, but obviously went completely unused, so we'll never know.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Killer Croc (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Croc) reminded me of some mashup of something from Spiderman and The Thing from Fantastic Four and the movie gave me no reason to care about him.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Harley Quinn (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Quinn) was the only one of the group (not counting Joker as part of the group) who I knew of before the movie began and I didn't understand her role or her "abilities" in the film. Just because she's crazy doesn't mean she would survive combat (or "perform" it) any better than anyone else.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Katana (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana_(comics)) was an unknown who was good with, you guessed it, a katana. But Deadshot could have easily shot her dead before she got to him, so what's the point of her?You underestimate her, and the Katana. She has great mystical powers from being tied to the Katana and all that have ever been killed by the sword. When Flagg said she could take all of them out easily, he wasn't kidding.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Katana is a highly proficient hand-to-hand combatant and swordswoman, having studied martial arts as a child and later being trained by the samurai Tadashi. From her time with the Outsiders and Batman, she has also developed strong tactical skills.
Katana's Soultaker sword, along with its non-powered twin, was forged in the 14th century by Muramasa, whose swords were said to be cursed and make those who were evil commit evil acts. It sometimes takes the souls of those it kills, storing them inside the sword, where they can engage in limited communication with whoever wields it. These souls can be reincarnated by the means of a sacred ritual, under which they serve their summoner, even if it is against their will. In The New 52, the Soultaker is established as being the 'Sword Totem' of the Outsiders, meaning like the other totems it supposedly bestows immortality and enlightenment upon its wielder, although some like Green Arrow are skeptical of the literal truths of these claims.
Diablo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Diablo_(comics)) was somewhat interesting but his character and backstory wasn't developed/revealed enough until too close to the end of the movie. Ultimately I didn't really care about him or his story outside of the small part it played in the film.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Deadshot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadshot) was the only one who, by the time the movie ended, I felt I'd like to know more about and see a movie about. That said, I kind of feel the novelty would wear off pretty quickly if they tried a full-length film all about him.Deadshot, other than Bronze Tiger (they didn't show him for some reason), and of course Deathstroke (who they will have in the next Batman film). They have had many different incarnations of him since the 40s, but the one characteristic that has defined him (that they took out) was that he has a deathwish and was a tragic character.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Floyd's parents were the most powerful people in his town, however, they were known to despise each other. Eventually Floyd's mother claimed his father had become "too abusive," prompting Floyd to kill him. When Floyd took the shot from his tree house, he missed and killed his brother, Eddie, instead. From that moment on, Floyd swore to never miss another shot again.
Probably his most defining trait is a desire to die in a spectacular fashion, this being his primary motivation for joining the Squad. He feels he has no reason to continue living, and, while he does not want to commit suicide, he simply does not care if he dies. Various reasons have been cited for this, but the most common thread in them is his parents' peculiar hatred for one another.
The Joker was a joke.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Enchantress (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enchantress_(DC_Comics)) was a super powerful being whose actions largely make no sense.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Incubus was a super powerful being whose actions largely make no sense, and whose name I only know after having looked it up on IMDB.Incubus was the entity that was inside of June's brother, and more powerful than she. They did an OK job of explaining this, I thought, if less than they should have.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Flag (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Flag) was OK, I guess, but I couldn't figure out what made him any more special than any of the other military folks.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Waller (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Waller) was OK, I guess, but I couldn't figure out why Deadshot, or anyone else, for that matter, didn't just smash/break/shoot/steal her phone/tablet and then kill her and Flag.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
I also saw Rogue One.
I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about it. It was a decent film. Probably better, in my opinion, than the last 4 Star Wars episodic movies that were released (so 1-3, and 7). It had some really great moments, but also some silly/pointless moments. There were some things that happened that make no sense to me and as far as I can tell were never explained. They used CGI to resurrect or make young again a couple of actors from the original trilogy (episodes 4-6). The CGI was pretty good, but still not good enough to avoid the Uncanny Valleyw. I feel they did a good job of making Darth Vader feel menacing and powerful. But there was a weird moment in there where they had Vader make a CSI-like sunglasses-pun. Then again, maybe it was subtle enough that most people didn't catch it.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 03:55 PM)
I thought that was a reference to Man of Steel, not BvS. Especially since the other aliens that were there were just as powerful- but Superman was the one that survived. Never put together that they could be referring to BvS.-wraith808 (December 21, 2016, 09:50 PM)
It might be because you haven't read the comics? Admittedly, with a cast that was this large, it was inevitable that some people would get the short end of the stick... I knew slipknot's position because of this. And I do think that your complaint has merit beyond what you say- it's bad writing. More than the BvS link, I thought this was the point where they relied on you already knowing the characters, though I'm not sure offhand of a better way to execute it in the time given. They are doing a better job with Justice League, but I still give the credit to Marvel, as they were willing to give the major characters in the Avengers their own movies (for the most part), and not rush the project to market as DC is. I'll go down your list interjecting what makes each special- at least the ones I know. I also linked the names up to the wikipedia entries.-wraith808 (December 21, 2016, 09:50 PM)
Enchantress (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enchantress_(DC_Comics)) was a super powerful being whose actions largely make no sense.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
I think her actions made sense, but they just didn't do a good job of conveying them. Sort of like in the comics; they never really knew what to do with her.-wraith808 (December 21, 2016, 09:50 PM)
June Moon-wraith808 (December 21, 2016, 09:50 PM)
Incubus was a super powerful being whose actions largely make no sense, and whose name I only know after having looked it up on IMDB.Incubus was the entity that was inside of June's brother, and more powerful than she. They did an OK job of explaining this, I thought, if less than they should have.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)-wraith808 (December 21, 2016, 09:50 PM)
Flag (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Flag) was OK, I guess, but I couldn't figure out what made him any more special than any of the other military folks.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
They needed a handler. He was it. Nothing really special about him.-wraith808 (December 21, 2016, 09:50 PM)
Waller (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Waller) was OK, I guess, but I couldn't figure out why Deadshot, or anyone else, for that matter, didn't just smash/break/shoot/steal her phone/tablet and then kill her and Flag.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Again, her position was that she did have the killswitch and was the power behind the throne, and that was the reason that they were just after her tablet with her alive, rather than dead. If she wasn't in range of the tablet, their bombs go boom. Not in range also means dead. She's supposed to be very much a ruthless power behind the scenes type of person, that thinks several steps ahead of the opposition.-wraith808 (December 21, 2016, 09:50 PM)
All the Star Wars flix, including Rogue One. Here's the thought-provoker that still stymies me; if you had asked me at any time before today if I felt especially impressed by Carrie Fisher (as Princess Leia), or especially attached to her as a fan, I'd have answered, 'Not particularly, but yeah, sort of'. Even so, even in spite of this seeming lack of attachment to her memory, when I learned just a day ago that she had just died, something came over me, and within a minute or two, tears began to stream down my cheeks, and kept doing so for hours. I soaked a paper towel.http://www.tmz.com/2016/12/28/debbie-reynolds-dead/ (http://www.tmz.com/2016/12/28/debbie-reynolds-dead/)
Writing this today, the tears just came back and I still can't say why.-holt (December 28, 2016, 01:42 PM)
I thought Incubus was her brother, and she gave him a new host. But aside from that, I still don't understand why--if he is an actual god, and she is only god-like--why does he do everything she says. And again, he can kill in an instant, and everything he touches--except the Suicide Squad--is immediately destroyed. I honestly can't remember if it ever came down to kicks and punches with the Suicide Squad (not counting the one obvious exception), but it still seems to me like he could have annihilated them instantly.-Deozaan (December 22, 2016, 01:39 AM)
Interstellar (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692/?ref_=nv_sr_1) I just found tiresome -- I actually gave up on it. Most voice parts delivered in a sort of a monotone that just left me jaded.
EDIT// Dunno, maybe I'll try Interstellar again sometime - it gets very good score on imdb-tomos (January 10, 2017, 01:51 PM)
Interstellar (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692/?ref_=nv_sr_1) I just found tiresome -- I actually gave up on it. Most voice parts delivered in a sort of a monotone that just left me jaded.
EDIT// Dunno, maybe I'll try Interstellar again sometime - it gets very good score on imdb-tomos (January 10, 2017, 01:51 PM)
Hey tomos! Yes, try it again, it was one of the best movies I saw in the last 3 years. :) (Wouldn't have minded it being a bit shorter though. 8) ) And I just saw that it even entered IMDb's Top 250 (as #33).-brotherS (January 10, 2017, 02:08 PM)
La La Land (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3783958/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)
the lack of chemistry between the two really took away from it for me-tomos (January 18, 2017, 02:58 PM)
La La Land (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3783958/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)
the lack of chemistry between the two really took away from it for me-tomos (January 18, 2017, 02:58 PM)
You mean Gosling and Stone? I thought they had great chemistry. It's amazing how multiple people can see the same movie, and have such wide-ranging differences in what they see. I've heard them compared to the Golden Age greats.-wraith808 (January 18, 2017, 04:40 PM)
I'd totally prefer a 3D J.Law porno.-Tuxman (January 19, 2017, 03:04 PM)
Manchester by the sea-panzer (February 01, 2017, 05:49 AM)
Fail-safe-panzer (February 01, 2017, 05:49 AM)
Arrival (http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt2543164/) (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi). Loved it! :-*
"When twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world, linguistics professor Louise Banks is tasked with interpreting the language of the apparent alien visitors."
For whatever reason some people don't seem to understand the movie, but it still made it (currently as #209) into IMDb's Top Rated Movies. Will watch it again some day for sure!-brotherS (February 12, 2017, 09:12 AM)
Color me stupid but I didn't care all that much for Arrival (great beginning, watchable throughout but it ultimately didn't pack the punch I was hoping for)-nosh (March 06, 2017, 05:30 PM)
I think the main problem is / was expectations -- it wasn't what many expected from that 'type' of film-tomos (March 07, 2017, 04:48 AM)
Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives an unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the future.
A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.
During a period of high activity on the sun a physicist receives images in his lab that show an event that has yet to happen.
In the lonely Scottish highlands, a small band of military personnel fight a desperate battle against a formidable alien intruder to prevent an invasion of the Earth.
Based on the internationally best-selling novel by Jonas Jonasson, the unlikely story of a 100-year-old man who decides it's not too late to start over. For most people it would be the adventure of a lifetime, but Allan Karlsson's unexpected journey is not his first. For a century he's made the world uncertain, and now he is on the loose again.
The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Vanished...-40hz (April 01, 2017, 02:31 AM)
Ostrov (2006) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0851577/) - Available on YouTube: The Island (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz-vegualMg)
[ You are not allowed to view attachments ]Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives an unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the future.
Stalker (1979) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/) - Also on Youtube: Stalker (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK8O9eKnDss)
[ You are not allowed to view attachments ]A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.
TV series that I keep meaning to mention: Paradox (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1460746/) (Unfortunately cancelled after 5 episodes) Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRJypyiZ4R8) (Rather crappy video over backdrop episodes)During a period of high activity on the sun a physicist receives images in his lab that show an event that has yet to happen.
And another blast from the past: Invasion: Earth (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140743/) Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsH7X_OpKrc&list=PLzjVl31ynMrDJkd6JOMuuKLmV8LyPOdbU)In the lonely Scottish highlands, a small band of military personnel fight a desperate battle against a formidable alien intruder to prevent an invasion of the Earth.-4wd (March 09, 2017, 09:55 PM)
The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Vanished...-40hz (April 01, 2017, 02:31 AM)
The Hundred-and-one Year Old Man is showing in cinemas here in Germany atm.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4940370
Haven't seen either film, but read the first book, knowing very little about it beforehand: it was a real surprise, and great fun.-tomos (April 01, 2017, 01:36 PM)
I watched Dirty Dancing (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092890) years back and remember finding it enjoyable, I decided to watch it again this weekend and HOLY SHIT - I was blown away by how emotional the movie made me! Maybe part of it had something to do with nostalgia but I really enjoyed it. It's amazing how time changes the way you perceive things. BTW, they're remaking it (again!) this year as a TV movie with Abigail Breslin. Sorry, but I just don't see anyone replacing Swayze and Jennifer Grey.
[ You are not allowed to view attachments ]-nosh (April 10, 2017, 04:04 PM)
Hostile Waters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtomoLplUw4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtomoLplUw4)
_____________________-holt (June 18, 2017, 11:34 PM)
Towards the icebreaker "Mikhail Gromov" is moving a huge iceberg. Leaving from collision, the ship falls into the ice trap and is forced to drift near the coast of Antarctica. Around it only an ominous silence and a bitter cold. Fuel is running out - Nerves on edge - And even if it would be possible to go, nowhere to go anyway.
I watched Doctor Strange (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1211837/) yesterday. I read that comic book every month back in the day when it cost $.12. Lots of action. Not bad at all.I'll see-MilesAhead (July 13, 2017, 03:05 PM)
I enjoyed Contact very much. So I will try this one !!!!!Arrival (http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt2543164/) (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi). Loved it! :-*
"When twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world, linguistics professor Louise Banks is tasked with interpreting the language of the apparent alien visitors."
For whatever reason some people don't seem to understand the movie, but it still made it (currently as #209) into IMDb's Top Rated Movies. Will watch it again some day for sure!-brotherS (February 12, 2017, 09:12 AM)
I watched this last week. It didn't go in the direction I thought it would go from watching the trailer. I was expecting a bit more action or, at the least, something along the lines of The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970416/). But it was more slow, thoughtful, and philosophical. It reminded me a lot of Contact (1997) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118884/). When it was over, I wasn't sure what to think about it. Ultimately, I decided that I thought it was a decent movie. I'd recommend it to people who liked Contact.-Deozaan (March 02, 2017, 11:39 PM)
Since there are lots of foreign subtitle movies recommended in this thread, it seems only appropriate to cross-post a warning that a recent vulnerability was discovered where hackers can infect machines using malicious subtitle files downloaded from the internet. More info here: https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=43881Ejem !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All i see with english subtitles !!!!!
Be careful about downloading subtitle files and keep your video players up to date!-mouser (May 27, 2017, 12:09 AM)
What We Become (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3547682/) - Another zombie apocalypse type film this time from Denmark.
[ You are not allowed to view attachments ]-4wd (January 13, 2017, 04:48 AM)
Anti Matter (AKA Worm) is a sci-fi noir take on the Alice in Wonderland tale. Ana, an Oxford PhD student, finds herself unable to build new memories following an experiment to generate and travel through a wormhole. The story follows her increasingly desperate efforts to understand what happened, and to find out who - or what - is behind the rising horror in her life.
^ Is it good? Its hard to tell, looking at conflicting reports...-wraith808 (September 15, 2017, 08:07 AM)
A fantasy-thriller set in present-day Moscow where the respective forces that control daytime and nighttime do battle.
I don't know how many times I've watched Alien (1979), or will yet watch it again,-holt (September 18, 2017, 12:21 AM)
Three Days of the Condor-panzer (November 20, 2017, 06:02 AM)
Man of Steel.
My favorite Superman movie so far. In this case the cliche "action packed" actually applies. :D-MilesAhead (December 22, 2017, 10:07 AM)
"A Merry Christmas to us all; God bless us, every one!"
- Tiny Tim - A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.
Man of Steel.
My favorite Superman movie so far. In this case the cliche "action packed" actually applies. :D-MilesAhead (December 22, 2017, 10:07 AM)
I loved it too, but it appears that the die hard fans don't like it.-wraith808 (December 22, 2017, 11:14 AM)
Man of Steel.
My favorite Superman movie so far. In this case the cliche "action packed" actually applies. :D-MilesAhead (December 22, 2017, 10:07 AM)
I loved it too, but it appears that the die hard fans don't like it.-wraith808 (December 22, 2017, 11:14 AM)
Heh. One thing that bugs me about Superman is how can he claim to be "Super Intelligent" when he flies around with a cape creating immense drag? That thing should only be worn around the house like a smoking jacket. :D-MilesAhead (December 26, 2017, 04:09 PM)
Man of Steel.
My favorite Superman movie so far. In this case the cliche "action packed" actually applies. :D-MilesAhead (December 22, 2017, 10:07 AM)
I loved it too, but it appears that the die hard fans don't like it.-wraith808 (December 22, 2017, 11:14 AM)
Heh. One thing that bugs me about Superman is how can he claim to be "Super Intelligent" when he flies around with a cape creating immense drag? That thing should only be worn around the house like a smoking jacket. :D
Perhaps he flies so fast that the drag is insignificant to him getting where he needs to go? :P
As well as having read Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol a couple of times as a child, I think I've probably seen all/most of the film and TV versions (though I don't recall the 1935 version). However, no-one seemed to capture Scrooge so perfectly as Alastair Sim in this 1951 version. Really good supporting cast as well.-IainB (December 24, 2017, 04:17 AM)
It seems the marvel movies are suffering from the same thing that (as I understand) tends to happen in comics: Each one tries so hard to out-do the previous entries, with the characters and their enemies becoming even more powerful, until the stakes get raised so high it becomes increasingly bombastic and absurd.-Deozaan (February 11, 2018, 12:25 AM)
To be fair, the first two Thor movies played it straight and were just not good. So I guess it's an improvement that at least Ragnarok was funny and entertaining.I actually liked the first one best as a movie, just not the pacing. I never saw the second for anything other than what everyone ekse was saying which colored my views, but I couldn't get past that in order to formulate my own opinion.
I felt GotG2 suffered from many things, but not the humor. With the exception that Drax, who it was established in the first film didn't understand humor and sarcasm, was the one cracking all the jokes and laughing all the time, which seemed very out of character. (I felt that many of the characters acted out of character in 2.) So in that sense, and in those instances, the humor fell flat in my opinion. But otherwise, I came into it expecting a lot of humor, since the first was so funny.-Deozaan (February 11, 2018, 02:26 PM)
I actually liked the first one best as a movie, just not the pacing. I never saw the second for anything other than what everyone ekse was saying which colored my views, but I couldn't get past that in order to formulate my own opinion.-wraith808 (February 11, 2018, 07:07 PM)
The Ten Commandments (1956) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049833/?ref_=nv_sr_1)
was surprised how good most of this epic about Moses was. They were going mad with the colour too. (There's a restored version on archive.org (https://archive.org/details/the-ten-commandments-1956/the-ten-commandments-1956-1080p.torrent))-tomos (April 02, 2018, 11:19 AM)
surprisingly Justin Timberlake-wraith808 (June 09, 2018, 09:02 PM)
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The movie Upgrade was very entertaining indeed. Still, 5 stars (out of a maximum of of five) is in my point of view too much. 3.5 to 4 stars would be better. Story line and acting was solid, but not great. However, how the movie was shot, that was very well done. Which is why I'm hovering between 3.5 to 4 stars.Yes, it probably won't disappoint SF fans. It had a good story.
Having said the above, as a SciFi fan, you definitely should see Upgrade. It won't disappoint.-Shades (August 23, 2018, 10:54 AM)
After a mysterious global crisis, a young girl is left alone to hide from a malevolent power that stalks her home. Her parents eventually return and the struggle begins to save their daughter.
The Incantation (2018)
Rating: 1/10
Oh, the horror!
31 July 2018
"This is a great movie if you're blind, and don't understand english..."
Copied from: ohmanoid's Review of The Incantation - IMDb - <https://www.imdb.com/review/rw4262444/?ref_=tt_urv>
A group of kids did a shot-for-shot remake of “Star Wars”
You haven’t seen “A New Hope” until you’ve seen it remade by kids in a garage...
My Name Is Earl - A great series that was axed too soon.
However, if you are a fan of the obvious and hidden humor in that series, the creator (Greg Garcia) has a new series, called: The Guestbook. That is also very funny....and you see a few actors from 'My Name Is Earl' re-appear (but in very different roles). Recommended!
Another series that you should start to watch is: The Rookie. Nathan Fillion (FireFly, Castle) is one of the rookies in the L.A.P.D. That show mixes comedy and drama from situations that occur on the streets over there. It is better than you think. Mellisa O'Neil is also one of the rookies. You could know her from the underrated sci-Fi series 'Dark Matter'...also axed too soon.-Shades (November 22, 2018, 05:33 PM)
Henry is resurrected from death with no memory, and he must save his wife from a telekinetic warlord with a plan to bio-engineer soldiers.
Yes Minister (TV series)Also been watching that lately. From the 1980s but still very fresh: brilliantly written and acted. (Many/most episodes available on YT.)-panzer (December 18, 2018, 11:21 AM)
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Christmas Chronicles was unexpected and a real treat!-wraith808 (December 27, 2018, 09:21 PM)
A Few Good MenIf you keep doing detailed reviews like this, people may start to think you've got too much time on your hands... :o
The Shining
Blue Ruin
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A picture worth a thousand words?The media's avoidance behaviour and the solitary blogger who was reporting on the trial and who took the photograph of the empty reserved seats are featured in the movie. The blogger was effectively the only journalist there, at first, but the photo she took, when circulated on the Internet, ensured that the MSM could ignore the trial no longer.
Photo: Empty 'Reserved Media Seating' at Abortion Doc Gosnell's Murder Trial (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2013/04/12/Photo-Empty-Reserved-Media-Seating-at-Abortion-Doc-Trial)
...The trial that wasn't?-IainB (April 13, 2013, 07:07 AM)
At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet spacecraft crash lands after a mission gone awry, leaving the commander as its only survivor. After a renowned Russian psychologist is brought in to evaluate the commander's mental state, it becomes clear that something dangerous may have come back to Earth with him.
From the acclaimed filmmaker behind Mr. Six comes a riveting war epic. In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.It's like... Band of Brothers (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185906/) meets Dunkirk (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5013056/)... in China! Okay, okay... it's not quite as good, but really good if you can overlook that it was clearly (mostly) made for a Chinese audience.
Guan Hu had been preparing for the film for 10 years. The Eight Hundred is the first Chinese and Asian film shot entirely on IMAX cameras. The production team had built a real scene of 68 buildings with an area of 133,333-square-metre (1,435,180 sq ft) in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu province.That's impressive, and I bet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numerology had something to do with that square meter number. 8)
Maggie Lee of Variety describes the film as "monumental, if sometimes unwieldy" and comparing The Eight Hundred to Dunkirk, "the saga does share similar sentiments of survival, grit and triumph in defeat" to Dunkirk (2017) and "it too plunges audiences into both the intimacy and magnitude of brutal war spectacle while immersing them in a stunningly mounted period canvas."
Cath Clarke of The Guardian praised the film, characterizing it as an “Ear-rattling, breathtaking battle for [the] Chinese Alamo” and stating that “Guan goes hammer and tongs with the special effects, delivering stupendously, joint-rattlingly-loud battle scenes and combat sequences edited to the lightning pace of a superhero movie.” and “with so much intense focus lavished on the action, there’s none to spare for the characters’ emotional lives, and it’s hard to care much about who lives or dies.”
Michael Ordoña of the Los Angeles Times criticized the film’s character development, stating, “Unfortunately, “Eight Hundred” skips over the whole character-development part, along with the logic of many choices and scenes. “ and “Yet somehow, we don’t get to know any of these folks. The sort-of protagonists are a collection of deserters and draft-dodgers forced to aid with the defense.”
Attack on Titan is, in my opinion, an even better story.I just can approve that too. I like this series a lot too!-Shades (March 20, 2021, 11:43 PM)
A bystander who intervenes to help a woman being harassed by a group of men becomes the target of a vengeful drug lord.
In addition to Bob Odenkirk, the cast includes Connie Nielsen, RZA, Aleksei Serebryakov, and Christopher Lloyd.
A bystander who intervenes to help a woman being harassed by a group of men becomes the target of avengeful drug lordarms manufacturer.
Highly recommended if you like lots of violence ...-brotherS (April 18, 2021, 12:14 PM)
A little change to the plot line and you have: Shoot 'Em Up (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465602/).-4wd (April 19, 2021, 12:03 AM)
:D Right! That one was fun too, had totally forgotten about it... here's the Shoot ' Em Up 2007 Red Band Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV-nIlZ3XeE in case anyone wants to watch it. :)A bystander who intervenes to help a woman being harassed by a group of men becomes the target of avengeful drug lordarms manufacturer.
Highly recommended if you like lots of violence ...-brotherS (April 18, 2021, 12:14 PM)
A little change to the plot line and you have: Shoot 'Em Up (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465602/).-4wd (April 19, 2021, 12:03 AM)
The Cloud Atlas. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/)Saw this lately. Did really enjoy it, and would probably watch again. Was a little confused initially with the very quick changes from one story to the next, but the stories were different enough, and strong enough that I started to enjoy that aspect of it -- was done very playfully, and humourously at times.
A not bad at all adaptation of the David Mitchell novel by the same name. A quantum metaphysical romp through several centuries of linked souls and events. Some remarkably good performances by Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, and especially Korean actress Doona Bae for her portrayal of a clone by the name of Sonmi-451.-40hz (May 19, 2014, 11:12 PM)