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chronovore · « **Reply #11040 on:** July 19, 2011, 09:07:07 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on July 16, 2011, 09:59:08 PM

[youtube=560,345]trXy3J6QQ9s[/youtube]

You know, considering the source, this seems in really bad taste:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wells_(bank_robber)
...then again, it looks like it's already been done by several TV programs

chronovore · « **Reply #11041 on:** July 19, 2011, 09:13:15 AM »

Quote from: ManaByte on July 18, 2011, 06:35:22 PM

Quote from: AWESOM-O on July 18, 2011, 02:23:42 AM
Quote from: Diunx on July 18, 2011, 01:59:30 AM
I still can't believe we are getting an avengers movie

Josh Wheadon

I just wish Marvel had ponied up the cash for Ed Norton.

What cash? Marvel didn't want him in The Avengers after he shit all over the cast and crew of the last Hulk movie. They didn't want an egotistical asshole in their big ensemble movie.

Whoa! I'd never read any of that before. From teh wiki:

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Norton explained of his decision to ignore Lee's origin story, "I don't even like the phrase origin story, and I don't think in great literature and great films that explaining the roots of the story doesn't mean it comes in the beginning."[10] "Audiences know this story," he added, "[so] deal with it artfully." He wanted to "have revelations even in the third act about what set this whole thing in motion".[12] The new origin story references Ultimate Marvel's take on the Hulk, which also had him created in an attempt to create super soldiers.[46] Norton deleted Rick Jones and toned down S.H.I.E.L.D.'s presence.[18] He also added the scene where Banner attempts to extract a cure from a flower and his e-mailing with Samuel Sterns,[41] which references Bruce Jones' story.[47] Norton rewrote scenes every day.[20] Ultimately, the Writers Guild of America decided to credit the script solely to Penn,[48] who argued Norton had not dramatically changed his script. Journalist Anne Thompson explained "The Guild tends to favor plot, structure and pre-existing characters over dialogue." Before either Penn and Norton joined the project, an anonymous screenwriter wrote a draft and lobbied for credit.[41]

This kind of explains what happened in the Sega HULK game, in as much as SHIELD and Rick Jones feature in it extensively.

Then again, there are a bunch of comic book characters which show up in it, so I just assumed it was because of that.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #11042 on:** July 19, 2011, 09:35:34 AM »

I don't think it matters who plays Bruce Banner in the Avengers, really. There's a dozen characters in the movie, everyone's only gonna get around ten minutes of screen time anyway.

Mupepe · « **Reply #11043 on:** July 19, 2011, 09:53:18 AM »

Jacob's Ladder
Awesome movie. Wow. The acting is incredible all the way through. The ending is a bit obvious considering all the hints that are smacking you in the forehead. But what an amazing ride. The acting was so believably awesome. I can't get over how good it was. Jezebel looking at him and saying "Please don't go" was awesome. The horror effects were so subtle and not overdone. Only the scene in the hospital was really over the top and it was so amazingly well done. Ah fuck. I'm gonna need to watch this again soon.

ManaByte · « **Reply #11044 on:** July 19, 2011, 10:03:39 AM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Who was it who kept bashing it for being PG-13?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #11045 on:** July 19, 2011, 10:31:17 AM »

Quote from: ManaByte on July 19, 2011, 10:03:39 AM

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Who was it who kept bashing it for looking terrible?

Fixed that for ya. And it was everyone.

cool breeze · « **Reply #11046 on:** July 19, 2011, 02:04:20 PM »

a trailer for the new Spider-Man (called 'The Amazing Spider-Man') also leaked

youtube links go down fast but someone uploaded an mp4 of it here: http://www.multiupload.com/N9TWW0N26W (contains links to various sites like megaupload and rapidshare)

bad trailer $:-\$

has more more excited for a Spider-Man Mirror's Edge that will never exist than the actual movie

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #11047 on:** July 19, 2011, 03:41:08 PM »

Man, I wish that Golan-Globus had made their Spider-Man movie back in the 80's:

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Golan and Globus misunderstood the concept of the character—"They thought it was like The Wolf Man", said director Joseph Zito—and instructed writer Leslie Stevens, creator of the television series The Outer Limits, to write a treatment reflecting their misconception. In Stevens's story, a corporate scientist intentionally subjects ID-badge photographer Peter Parker to radioactive bombardment, transforming him into a hairy, suicidal, eight-armed monster. The human tarantula refuses to join the scientist’s new master-race of mutants, battling a succession of mutations kept in a basement laboratory.

Himu · « **Reply #11048 on:** July 19, 2011, 03:51:10 PM »

Jacob's Ladder is my favorite horror film and the final shot of

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Jacob's corpse in the medical bed

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is one of the most powerful ending shots I've ever seen in a film.

Himu · « **Reply #11049 on:** July 19, 2011, 04:07:49 PM »

so ugly

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #11050 on:** July 19, 2011, 05:09:27 PM »

Quote from: Billy Rygar on July 19, 2011, 04:09:08 PM

Those are dwarves, Borys.

smh, Borys.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #11051 on:** July 19, 2011, 05:11:11 PM »

Riddick 3 concept art

TEEEPO · « **Reply #11052 on:** July 19, 2011, 06:24:22 PM »

conan still looks terrible but not so much as before.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #11053 on:** July 19, 2011, 07:01:24 PM »

Quote from: Billy Rygar on July 19, 2011, 05:25:10 PM

Cool things about Riddick:

you forgot these:

TEEEPO · « **Reply #11054 on:** July 19, 2011, 07:18:23 PM »

nm, sold

http://www.whenbloodisspilled.com/

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #11055 on:** July 19, 2011, 07:31:28 PM »

They should have just released that as the theatrical trailer.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #11056 on:** July 19, 2011, 08:03:46 PM »

Quote from: TEEEPO on July 19, 2011, 07:18:23 PM

nm, sold

http://www.whenbloodisspilled.com/

That "3D" under the Conan logo is so hideously out of place

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #11057 on:** July 19, 2011, 08:16:21 PM »

Quote from: Billy Rygar on July 19, 2011, 05:25:10 PM

Cool things about Riddick:

My dad is the biggest Riddick fanboy. I thought Pitch Black was alright; he said the big budget sequel rocked but everyone else I know didn't like it.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #11058 on:** July 19, 2011, 08:20:44 PM »

Speaking of which, my parents must be the target audience of every summer blockbuster. They like EVERYTHING (except Inception, smh). Although I was shocked my dad, who also is a huge Thor fan, thought the movie was disappointing.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #11059 on:** July 19, 2011, 08:31:37 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on July 19, 2011, 08:16:21 PM

Quote from: Billy Rygar on July 19, 2011, 05:25:10 PM
Cool things about Riddick:

My dad is the biggest Riddick fanboy. I thought Pitch Black was alright; he said the big budget sequel rocked but everyone else I know didn't like it.

I liked Pitch Black. It was a ripoff of Alien/Aliens, but had some neat elements to it. Chronicles was kind of okay and kind of not okay. Wasn't really that big on it when I saw it in theaters 7 years ago.

The OVA by Peter Chung is AWESOME though.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #11060 on:** July 19, 2011, 09:02:17 PM »

chronicles of riddick directors cut is awesome.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #11061 on:** July 19, 2011, 10:22:57 PM »

Quote from: TEEEPO on July 19, 2011, 07:18:23 PM

nm, sold

http://www.whenbloodisspilled.com/

For some reason I read that as "who spilled dis blood"

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #11062 on:** July 19, 2011, 11:24:39 PM »

Oh, forgot I saw Green Lantern last weekend.

There's my review. Not bad, not good, just forgettable. Also, fuck 3D movies with a dick made of cactus thorns.

I did see the long trailer for Captain America, and it made me want to see Captain America. Looks like more of an old action movie than anything else, lots of practical effects and not so much video game CGI.

etiolate · « **Reply #11063 on:** July 20, 2011, 04:29:35 AM »

Dead Man

Took awhile to get going for me, but when you start off with Crispin Glover talking crazy to Johnny Depp in a locomotive, I'm hooked.

Mupepe · « **Reply #11064 on:** July 20, 2011, 11:11:27 AM »

I still like Shyamalamadingdong. I'll defend everything pre-The Happening.

He's a victim of huge ego and in turn his movies suffer from great concept/bad exection-itis.

I'll even defend Lady in the Water. So much wrong with that movie but I still love it.

Mupepe · « **Reply #11065 on:** July 20, 2011, 12:51:26 PM »

defending Signs? senor, you're loco! If there was any of his movies pre-The Happening that I wouldn't defend it's Signs.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #11066 on:** July 20, 2011, 02:02:48 PM »

Quote from: Billy Rygar on July 20, 2011, 01:59:19 PM

That Spiderman trailer $:-\$

Peter Parkour: Turn ON the Darque

good to see DICE was able to license the Mirror's Edge engine tho

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #11067 on:** July 20, 2011, 02:03:15 PM »

Dunno what's worse, the shitty CGI towards the end or GAFers acting like Mirror's Edge is the first thing to ever display jumps/running from a first person perspective.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #11068 on:** July 20, 2011, 02:08:38 PM »

Quote from: Billy Rygar on July 20, 2011, 02:06:52 PM

the thing is the CGI feels like Mirror's Edge. It's not simply the perspective.

it's about the same render quality, too

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #11069 on:** July 20, 2011, 02:09:57 PM »

yea that shit is ugly

bud · « **Reply #11070 on:** July 20, 2011, 02:45:27 PM »

but you just said you'd defend everything pre-the happening.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #11071 on:** July 20, 2011, 03:03:11 PM »

Fuck that, his most enjoyable film is obviously The Happening. It's so fucking hilarious and camp. It's MST3K levels of awful.

Mupepe · « **Reply #11072 on:** July 20, 2011, 03:07:51 PM »

Quote from: bud on July 20, 2011, 02:45:27 PM

but you just said you'd defend everything pre-the happening.

I would...

Quote from: Mupepe on July 20, 2011, 12:51:26 PM

defending Signs? senor, you're loco! If there was any of his movies pre-The Happening that I wouldn't defend it's Signs.

If! It still has redeeming qualities, but it's his worst movies before falling off the cliff that I call The Happening. He was past the point of no return there. The Village, Lady in the Water and The Sixth Sense are way better movies than Signs.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #11073 on:** July 20, 2011, 03:10:18 PM »

The Last Airbender was terrible, not even unintentionally funny like The Happening just really boring.

cool breeze · « **Reply #11074 on:** July 20, 2011, 03:44:48 PM »

if I had to guess, I don't think it will be in the film

they went through all the trouble to make swinging a practical effect with stunt men actually swinging through city streets, and they didn't show it? it's probably not ready yet. but they needed a way to show spider-man doing what he does. that's where the first person stuff came in.

Mupepe · « **Reply #11075 on:** July 20, 2011, 04:21:10 PM »

Quote from: AWESOM-O on July 20, 2011, 04:10:41 PM

Rise of the Planet of the Apes looks to be the worst major film that will be released in the next fifty years.

The Amazing Spiderman will probably be second-worst.

The last planet of the apes movie is the worst movie to be released in the last 50 years. That's a whole century of shit thanks to that series.

Himu · « **Reply #11076 on:** July 20, 2011, 04:24:10 PM »

Didn't we see the last Planet of the Apes in theaters together with Ruben?

Mupepe · « **Reply #11077 on:** July 20, 2011, 05:00:44 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on July 20, 2011, 04:24:10 PM

Didn't we see the last Planet of the Apes in theaters together with Ruben?

Nah, I'm pretty sure I went to go see that movie with my mom and we were both appalled.

Mupepe · « **Reply #11078 on:** July 20, 2011, 05:16:21 PM »

I've never seen the Heston original. Don't care to really. I'll get around to it one day but all the ape shit I've seen growing up has soured me on the series so much that my interest is zero.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #11079 on:** July 20, 2011, 05:33:09 PM »

The original also had a really good debate between science and religion [with the benefits and dangers of both].

Boogie · « **Reply #11080 on:** July 20, 2011, 06:26:26 PM »

Quote from: AWESOM-O on July 20, 2011, 04:38:56 PM

This is seven years old, but in 2004, Jane Goodall estimated that there were only 150,000 chimps left in the world.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0402/S00048.htm

Even adding gorillas to the mix, they couldn't overthrow 7 billion humans even if they were as smart as Prole and Green Shinobi combined.

It's really lame to refer to yourself in the third person.

etiolate · « **Reply #11081 on:** July 20, 2011, 10:14:23 PM »

I think Signs was well made and manifested the tension levels much better than his other films. Unbreakable is easily the biggest offender of Knight's crutch.

So is the Last Airbender not even laughably bad? It's on netflix. I want to watch something to laugh at while I eat.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #11082 on:** July 20, 2011, 10:49:22 PM »

Quote from: etiolate on July 20, 2011, 10:14:23 PM

So is the Last Airbender not even laughably bad? It's on netflix. I want to watch something to laugh at while I eat.

Not even, unfortunately. It's painfully generic and painfully boring. Bad special effects, laidback direction, flat acting, awkward dialog. It's not even worth watching for a laugh.

Himu · « **Reply #11083 on:** July 20, 2011, 10:50:55 PM »

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #11084 on:** July 20, 2011, 11:28:14 PM »

Yep, it doesn't even have good action scenes to fall back.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #11085 on:** July 21, 2011, 12:07:16 AM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on July 20, 2011, 10:50:55 PM

omg

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cool breeze · « **Reply #11086 on:** July 21, 2011, 12:21:11 AM »

I have the full 6 movie set preordered

I only really want Empire Strikes Back and A New Hope. I'm the best consumer ever.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #11087 on:** July 21, 2011, 12:22:55 AM »

The Hobbit looks amazing
https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150326323406807

cool breeze · « **Reply #11088 on:** July 21, 2011, 12:48:37 AM »

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on July 21, 2011, 12:35:24 AM

Quote from: Linkzg on July 21, 2011, 12:21:11 AM
I have the full 6 movie set preordered

I only really want Empire Strikes Back and A New Hope. I'm the best consumer ever.

I'm waiting for the inevitable release that has the non-Special Edition cuts on it.

I had that thought too, but it won't be for a long time or even the blu-ray format, or any physical format at all.

at least now when the apocalyptic comes and internet servers die, I can get my manservant Manfred to peddle power my PS3.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #11089 on:** July 21, 2011, 12:51:08 AM »

Tim Burton will always get a free pass for doing Ed Wood:

[youtube=560,345]hAt0p4EPCmo[/youtube]

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #11090 on:** July 21, 2011, 01:20:08 AM »

Speaking of Depp:

[youtube=560,345]23u0OflZ7gU[/youtube]

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #11091 on:** July 21, 2011, 01:52:24 AM »

speaking of which, is Sleepy Hollow good?

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #11092 on:** July 21, 2011, 01:55:25 AM »

I mostly liked it, but far from a classic. Spooky/kooky!

Mupepe · « **Reply #11093 on:** July 21, 2011, 10:25:35 AM »

I forgot I saw The Others Tuesday night. I don't know why I remembered this to be a good movie. Terrible pacing, terrible accents, terrible child actors and painful exposition. Is there anything more boring than seeing Nicole Kidman walk around the house explaining the paper thin plot for an hour? I guess maybe if Julia Roberts was doing it. That would be worse. Yes. There's like a total of 5 really good scenes and a couple more decent ones that add up to no more than 15 minutes of goodness. The one thing that's fantastic is the atmosphere. That house was the perfect place for the movie. The cinematography was gorgeous and creepy. But the script was so terrible. They seriously couldn't keep the ghostly caretakers in their pants for more than a few minutes and then they fell back on mundane outdated shit to try to make them scary. It was almost funny. But mostly sad. Fuck that movie.

chronovore · « **Reply #11094 on:** July 21, 2011, 10:27:12 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on July 19, 2011, 08:31:37 PM

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on July 19, 2011, 08:16:21 PM
Quote from: Billy Rygar on July 19, 2011, 05:25:10 PM
Cool things about Riddick:

My dad is the biggest Riddick fanboy. I thought Pitch Black was alright; he said the big budget sequel rocked but everyone else I know didn't like it.

I liked Pitch Black. It was a ripoff of Alien/Aliens, but had some neat elements to it. Chronicles was kind of okay and kind of not okay. Wasn't really that big on it when I saw it in theaters 7 years ago.

The OVA by Peter Chung is AWESOME though.

That OVA was good enough that it made me want to see Chronicles of Riddick again. So there are good and bad points to it, in as much as Chronicles sucked and should only be seen once.

Mupepe · « **Reply #11095 on:** July 21, 2011, 10:32:15 AM »

PeeWee's Big Adventure (Awesome)
Beetlejuice (Awesome)
Batman (Awesome)
Edward Scissorhands (Awesome)
Batman Returns (Awesome)
Ed Wood (Awesome)
Mars Attack (Awesome)
Sleepy Hollow (Alright)
Planet Of The Apes (Terrible)
Big Fish (Awesome)
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (Terrible)
Corpse Bride (Awesome)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Terrible)
Alice In Wonderland (Terrible)

Yeah I like Tim Burton. His lows are really low. His highs are really high. Way more highs than lows.

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Alice in Wonderland would have been better without the completely unnecessary third act

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Mupepe · « **Reply #11096 on:** July 21, 2011, 10:33:07 AM »

Jesus. I've seen every Tim Burton film and own 6 of them.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #11097 on:** July 21, 2011, 01:21:55 PM »

Can't remember the plot...of the Headless Horseman myth?

As for Burton, I mostly agree with Oscar. I think he peaked early in his career when his creative juices were still truly flowing, relatively fresh out of his tenure at CalArts. Edward Scissorhands and Ed Wood are his best movies I'd wager, with considerations towards Batman and Sleepy Hollow. I don't know his posse very well, but whoever his trite art director has been for the past decade needs to be axed, and quickly. He takes Burton's inherent creativity and vision and Frankensteins it. It's not flattering and its not endearing anymore. And it's just another "me too!" in modern, soulless cinema.

edit: oh christ I forgot about Big Fish. Add that to his best films. Truly a diamond in the aughts' roughs.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #11098 on:** July 21, 2011, 01:23:18 PM »

Sweeney Todd is amazing

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #11099 on:** July 21, 2011, 01:25:41 PM »

It's Sleepy Hollow with songs and a weaker art design.

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