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... well then, I guess you don't want to read my novel about a cyborg that comes from the future to save a young man he was once sent to kill? Do you?

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #2947 on:** January 12, 2010, 02:18:23 AM »

I's trollin', GS. Take the wind out of me when I post something and I'll laugh in return.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #2948 on:** January 12, 2010, 02:23:26 AM »

Quote from: BlueTsunami on January 12, 2010, 02:13:10 AM

Does it still count if I come up with an idea when that idea already exists?

...

... well then, I guess you don't want to read my novel about a cyborg that comes from the future to save a young man he was once sent to kill? Do you?

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #2949 on:** January 12, 2010, 02:29:51 AM »

Quote from: Green Shinobi on January 12, 2010, 02:04:26 AM

It's okay, I'll just cannibalize the best ideas and insert them into other stories.

It wasn't exactly that similar. What I wanted to do was write a story about a lethal pandemic that focused only on the outbreak itself - no aftermath with survivors. That was the only goal. The actual plot points could be just about anything as long as that was the setting.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114069/

brawndolicious · « **Reply #2950 on:** January 12, 2010, 02:49:29 AM »

Quote from: Green Shinobi on January 12, 2010, 02:21:34 AM

I've also never seen Coraline. Is it really that dark a film?

It's not hard to watch.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #2951 on:** January 12, 2010, 10:00:29 AM »

Everything you think is original has been done by somebody else. The point is to do it as good or better, and not like Avatar.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2952 on:** January 12, 2010, 10:15:48 AM »

Quote from: The Fake Shemp on January 12, 2010, 10:00:29 AM

Everything you think is original has been done by somebody else.

Yeah, this is something you've got to come to grips with. If you obsess over what everybody else has done and try to come up with something that's never be done before, you'll go crazy...and never get anything done.

As long as it's not plagiarism, you'll probably do just fine.

Raban · « **Reply #2953 on:** January 12, 2010, 12:57:26 PM »

Just watched Minorty Report again. Is it just me or do all films based on a PKD book have a really similar feel? All of them focus around displaying some kind of technology, and mix in this really twisted and almost stupid sense of humor (Tom Cruise chasing eyeballs, all of A Scanner Darkly, Arnold suffocating, Deckard's interview voice).

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #2954 on:** January 12, 2010, 01:03:29 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 12, 2010, 10:15:48 AM

As long as it's not plagiarism, you'll probably do just fine.

Or in the case of Avatar, you'll still do fine!

ManaByte · « **Reply #2955 on:** January 12, 2010, 03:36:19 PM »

Haven't seen it in years, so I just watched Time After Time. You can really see where they took inspiration from when making Back to the Future. There are some things that are direct lifts from it (Spielberg watched Time After Time over and over when developing BTTF).

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #2956 on:** January 12, 2010, 04:15:50 PM »

I watched that on streaming Netflix a few months back. I believe my immediate reaction was, "Wow, Nicholas Meyer made the same exact film just years later with Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home."

Eric P · « **Reply #2957 on:** January 12, 2010, 05:04:05 PM »

tonight i will be watching Jackie Chan's New Police Story on Blu.

thank you, amazon.com

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #2958 on:** January 12, 2010, 11:15:22 PM »

G.I. Joe is completely ridiculous, and that's the best thing about it. There's a point late in the film where Dennis Quaid barks out the order "Send in the sharks!", and I thought for a moment that he meant he was going to send in real, actual sharks to fight the enemy, not the jet-fighter-esque attack subs that were really sent out, and it would have fit in perfectly with what came before. Its that kind of movie.

Everything is totally goofy, but the action scenes aren't half bad, you can actually even tell whats going in them almost all the time (virtually shaky cam free). And Joseph Gordon Levitt is full-on awesome as Cobra Commander, if he ever wants a career as a voice actor for kiddy cartoon shows, he would nail it.

Its also, by PG-13 standards, pretty damn violent. There had to be like three decapitations in the film, plus a shitload of eye stabbing, torso stabbing, and stabbing stabbing.

Its not a great movie, but its way, way, way better then any film with such a dubios petagree ought to be. If there's ever a Transformers movie that's as good I will shit my pants in amazement.

**1/2

and I want EricP's verdict on New Police Story.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2959 on:** January 12, 2010, 11:20:13 PM »

Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome on January 12, 2010, 11:15:22 PM

G.I. Joe is completely ridiculous, and that's the best thing about it. There's a point late in the film where Dennis Quaid barks out the order "Send in the sharks!", and I thought for a moment that he meant he was going to send in real, actual sharks to fight the enemy, not the jet-fighter-esque attack subs that were really sent out, and it would have fit in perfectly with what came before. Its that kind of movie.

Everything is totally goofy, but the action scenes aren't half bad, you can actually even tell whats going in them almost all the time (virtually shaky cam free). And Joseph Gordon Levitt is full-on awesome as Cobra Commander, if he ever wants a career as a voice actor for kiddy cartoon shows, he would nail it.

Its also, by PG-13 standards, pretty damn violent. There had to be like three decapitations in the film, plus a shitload of eye stabbing, torso stabbing, and stabbing stabbing.

Its not a great movie, but its way, way, way better then any film with such a dubios petagree ought to be. If there's ever a Transformers movie that's as good I will shit my pants in amazement.

**1/2

GI Joe is basically everything that Transformers should have been. There's no breaks in the action to [attempt to] develop characters that no one cares about, there's no breaks from the action to focus on the main character's parents, there's no breaks from the action to have some American Pie-esque humor, there's no break from the action for...well...ANYTHING. It's one big action scene from beginning to end and it's cheesy, cheesy fun.

Die in a fire, Michael Bay.

Also, it's "pedigree".

Diunx · « **Reply #2960 on:** January 12, 2010, 11:29:50 PM »

The Doctor was also pretty awesome on that movie, I hope they keep them as the villains for part 2.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2961 on:** January 12, 2010, 11:32:15 PM »

Quote from: Diunx on January 12, 2010, 11:29:50 PM

The Doctor was also pretty awesome on that movie, I hope they keep them as the villains for part 2.

After seeing how much it cost versus how much it made, it looked like there wasn't going to be a sequel, but apparently they're doing one anyway with the writers of Zombieland penning the script.

Raban · « **Reply #2962 on:** January 12, 2010, 11:33:27 PM »

I like GI Joe aside from Cobra Commander sucking ass. The plot should have been non-existent instead of endangered species level of absent, since the dinner party scene was beyond stupid.

My idea of a perfectly plotless action movie based on a license? Mortal fucking Kombat. Not an ounce of story in that film.

Diunx · « **Reply #2963 on:** January 12, 2010, 11:52:14 PM »

The women of G.I.Joe>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Megan Fox.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2964 on:** January 12, 2010, 11:55:54 PM »

The only thing I didn't like about GI Joe was:

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Baroness not really being evil, just mind-controlled.

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Laaaaaaame.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #2965 on:** January 13, 2010, 12:12:55 AM »

My only gripe with G.I. Joe was

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all of it, holy shit

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Diunx · « **Reply #2966 on:** January 13, 2010, 12:14:44 AM »

Quote from: BlueTsunami on January 13, 2010, 12:12:55 AM

My only gripe with G.I. Joe was

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all of it, holy shit
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smh

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2967 on:** January 13, 2010, 12:19:25 AM »

Quote from: BlueTsunami on January 13, 2010, 12:12:55 AM

My only gripe with G.I. Joe was

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all of it, holy shit
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Wrong.

GI Joe: Rise of Cobra was basically a live action episode of GI Joe: The Animated Series, meaning that it was AWESOME.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #2968 on:** January 14, 2010, 12:40:43 AM »

Watched The Hurt Locker again tonight. Still absolutely brilliant.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #2969 on:** January 14, 2010, 02:04:37 AM »

The Onion's AV Club just did a write up on G.I. Joe, the author compared to an irony and musical free version of Team America, which is so brilliant I wish I'd thought of it.

Also, Lee Byung-Hun was pretty awesome. Made those movies like JSA and A Bittersweet Life look like piles of crap.*

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oh my fuck no.

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Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2970 on:** January 14, 2010, 10:23:48 AM »

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If this was a real G.I. Joe adaptation, Wayans and Nichols would’ve come out at the end and told us to stay away from downed power lines, and that if a stranger offers us candy, we should give it to a friend we don’t like.

Mupepe · « **Reply #2971 on:** January 14, 2010, 11:17:48 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on January 10, 2010, 07:42:11 PM

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

Great! I loooove Terry Gilliam's films but his last couple (Tideland, Brothers Grimm) have been less than stellar so expectations were a bit lower here but he made another great movie It wasn't bizarro art-world pacing like Brazil but rather entertaining well paced mainstream movie with fantastic visuals like Munchausen and 12 Monkey's to a lesser degree. Was a lot of fun with good performances, a good script and neat visual design. The CG was really low-budget, but sometimes it still looked cool. Glad to see Gilliam hasn't lost his touch.

The movie really should have gotten wide release and not just be limited to art houses. It has enough mainstream appeal and big name actors to carry it.

I saw this a couple nights ago. It has a pretty decent wide release now I think. Nothing crazy, but a decent amount. It's playing in like 6 theaters in Houston and none of them are the art houses.

This movie is pretty damn great. Way more accessible than any other Gilliam film. With a good marketing push as Heath Ledgers final performance and with the big names of Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell, it could have done pretty well I think.

I thought the CG was pretty awesome and fit the movie perfectly. It was a pretty dark, yet whimsical tale. So the CG is pretty much what I imagined it to have.

They also worked around Ledger's death pretty great. It didn't feel compromised whatsoever. Some say the "workaround" was planned, but I don't know. I can't really tell to be honest. And that speaks to how well it was done anyways.

Oh and Lily Cole is so fucking hot in this movie.

I love this movie though. Go see it!

Eric P · « **Reply #2972 on:** January 14, 2010, 11:56:19 AM »

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Mars Attacks!: Bryan Cranston, the amazing star of Breaking Bad, has joined the cast of Pixar's first live-action film, John Carter of Mars. The film focuses on a Civil War veteran (the amazing Taylor Kitsch) who somehow ends up on Mars, fighting in the planet's own war. Cranston will play a Civil War colonel who goes to Mars with him. Once on the red planet, they start a high-school football team and start cooking meth.

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/#ixzz0cbgJhzNd

well there goes my hopes for a good A Princess of Mars movie

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #2973 on:** January 14, 2010, 01:17:04 PM »

Quote from: mojovonio on January 14, 2010, 12:17:16 PM

House of the Devil wasn't that great.

You're not that great, but I won't hold it against you.

Eric P · « **Reply #2974 on:** January 14, 2010, 01:19:24 PM »

i liked most of it, but the end was pretty special

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #2975 on:** January 14, 2010, 01:21:49 PM »

Yeah, the last fifteen minutes or so is

ManaByte · « **Reply #2976 on:** January 15, 2010, 02:15:49 AM »

Star Trek II is now June 2012. No script or story yet.

They should have Shatner play Harry Mudd.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #2977 on:** January 15, 2010, 06:26:59 AM »

I don't give a fuck what everyone else says, Envy is pretty damn funny. Yeah, THAT Envy. The 2004 Ben Stiller and Jack Black comedy about vaporizing dog shit. I don't know why I find this movie enjoyable and 95% of the rest of the population out there can't stand it but after catching it again last night on TBS I'm sticking to my opinion.

Normally I don't like either of these guy's films (especially Stiller) but there's something about watching Stiller's out of control slow burn in this one that just cracks me up.

Eric P · « **Reply #2978 on:** January 15, 2010, 08:15:10 AM »

caught Stray Dog at the Film Forum last night. Still my favorite of the Post War Kurosawa crime films, though it was like a new experience because i had confused its ending with High and Low, as it has been a number of years since I've seen either.

tonight I'm probably going to the IFC Center to catch Hausu

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Himu · « **Reply #2979 on:** January 16, 2010, 12:33:02 AM »

I didn't get to see Book of Eli like I wanted today so I should be seeing it tomorrow. Unfortunately our local theater isn't playing ANYTHING else I want to see like A Serious Man, The Road;etc. and we have enough money to see two movies tomorrow.

Fuck.

Raban · « **Reply #2980 on:** January 16, 2010, 01:27:05 AM »

Quote from: Himuro on January 16, 2010, 12:33:02 AM

I didn't get to see Book of Eli like I wanted today so I should be seeing it tomorrow. Unfortunately our local theater isn't playing ANYTHING else I want to see like A Serious Man, The Road;etc. and we have enough money to see two movies tomorrow.

Fuck.

A Serious Man was sooooo goooooood

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #2981 on:** January 16, 2010, 01:09:27 PM »

I watched Terminator: Salvation the other day. I guess it was marginally better than the third. Would have been so much cooler if they had come up with a less boring story than How Batman and That Generic White Guy From Avatar Saved Kyle Reese, especially one that did a better job of fleshing out the world. I think it might have even been better if they just played the DUN DUN DUN DA DUN song throughout the entirety of the film.

Raban · « **Reply #2982 on:** January 16, 2010, 01:16:00 PM »

Quote from: OptimoPeach on January 16, 2010, 01:09:27 PM

I watched Terminator: Salvation the other day. I guess it was marginally better than the third. Would have been so much cooler if they had come up with a less boring story than How Batman and That Generic White Guy From Avatar Saved Kyle Reese, especially one that did a better job of fleshing out the world. I think it might have even been better if they just played the DUN DUN DUN DA DUN song throughout the entirety of the film.

I really liked Terminator Salvation. I don't understand the hatred. Did people going in expecting Terminator 2? It's a fun action romp and it was loads better than Transformers 2: Shit Harder, and as it relied less on horrible CG, I place it above GI Joe as well.

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Arnie cameo made me

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BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #2983 on:** January 16, 2010, 03:50:35 PM »

Quote from: Raban on January 16, 2010, 01:27:05 AM

A Serious Man was sooooo goooooood

Didn't click with me for some reason, but I'm going to watch it again.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #2984 on:** January 16, 2010, 03:54:44 PM »

Gonna watch Crazy Heart this afternoon.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #2985 on:** January 16, 2010, 03:58:15 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on January 15, 2010, 08:15:10 AM

tonight I'm probably going to the IFC Center to catch Hausu

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

I want this shirt!!

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #2986 on:** January 16, 2010, 04:02:39 PM »

(500) Days of Summer

Pretty great. The nonlinear structure works very well, as it helps keep you interested in what is otherwise a fairly basic failed relationship. As other people have said, the expectations vs. reality scene summed it all up.

Amelie

Just an adorable movie. Audrey Tautou is cute, but there's almost a sort of creepiness there (I thought) which was perfect.

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #2987 on:** January 16, 2010, 04:23:00 PM »

Quote from: Raban on January 12, 2010, 12:57:26 PM

Just watched Minorty Report again. Is it just me or do all films based on a PKD book have a really similar feel? All of them focus around displaying some kind of technology, and mix in this really twisted and almost stupid sense of humor (Tom Cruise chasing eyeballs, all of A Scanner Darkly, Arnold suffocating, Deckard's interview voice).

Well PKD's central themes are similar- altered fractured reality, exaggerated villains etc

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #2988 on:** January 16, 2010, 04:23:32 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on January 16, 2010, 04:02:39 PM

(500) Days of Summer

Pretty great. The nonlinear structure works very well, as it helps keep you interested in what is otherwise a fairly basic failed relationship. As other people have said, the expectations vs. reality scene summed it all up.

Amelie

Just an adorable movie. Audrey Tautou is cute, but there's almost a sort of creepiness there (I thought) which was perfect.

You are a girl

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #2989 on:** January 16, 2010, 04:27:27 PM »

It's Netflix's fault for not sending me Inglorious Basterds! :'(

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #2990 on:** January 16, 2010, 04:30:54 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on January 16, 2010, 04:02:39 PM

(500) Days of Summer

Pretty great. The nonlinear structure works very well, as it helps keep you interested in what is otherwise a fairly basic failed relationship. As other people have said, the expectations vs. reality scene summed it all up.

Amelie

Just an adorable movie. Audrey Tautou is cute, but there's almost a sort of creepiness there (I thought) which was perfect.

Cheebs?

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #2991 on:** January 16, 2010, 04:31:53 PM »

Amelie is a great movie. Fuck off, haters.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #2992 on:** January 16, 2010, 04:32:25 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on January 16, 2010, 04:30:54 PM

Quote from: CajoleJuice on January 16, 2010, 04:02:39 PM
(500) Days of Summer

Pretty great. The nonlinear structure works very well, as it helps keep you interested in what is otherwise a fairly basic failed relationship. As other people have said, the expectations vs. reality scene summed it all up.

Amelie

Just an adorable movie. Audrey Tautou is cute, but there's almost a sort of creepiness there (I thought) which was perfect.

Cheebs?

Ouch. That hurts more than Willco's post.

And DM

Himu · « **Reply #2993 on:** January 16, 2010, 05:11:06 PM »

Whoever hates on Amelie can fuck off.

Himu · « **Reply #2994 on:** January 16, 2010, 05:11:59 PM »

Quote from: OptimoPeach on January 16, 2010, 01:09:27 PM

I watched Terminator: Salvation the other day. I guess it was marginally better than the third. Would have been so much cooler if they had come up with a less boring story than How Batman and That Generic White Guy From Avatar Saved Kyle Reese, especially one that did a better job of fleshing out the world. I think it might have even been better if they just played the DUN DUN DUN DA DUN song throughout the entirety of the film.

No way is Salvation better than the T3. T3 has amazing action. What does T4 have?

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #2995 on:** January 16, 2010, 09:03:42 PM »

Sherlock Holmes

decent. nothing special. RDJ and Law have no chemistry together. Blackstone wasn't really that great of an enemy. 6/10

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2996 on:** January 16, 2010, 09:47:38 PM »

Despite saying I'd wait for the DVD, I went to see Book of Eli tonight since my brother wanted to go. It was...watchable. The best thing about it was Denzel Washington, who lent the whole affair some credibility, Gary Oldman mostly chewed on the scenery [not that there's anything wrong with that]. The post-apocalyptic world was superbly realized and looked fantastic, although a lot of it was a bit too "I've seen this before" like the cannibal family and the bandit trap.

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One scene in particular was almost a carbon copy of the scene from Road Warrior where the two people get caught by the Humongous's gang and killed, the one where Mel Gibson watches from the top of the hill. The three action scenes were pretty cool but lasted about ten seconds as Denzel quickly dispatched of 4-5 bandits and then 8-10 bar patrons. The shootout near the end was pretty good, but is mainly just a frenetic shot from halfway between the two parties as they shot at each other with hundreds of bullets. Somehow Denzel and the woman don't get hit despite a ton of bullets going all the way through the house and they're just standing up against the wall beside a window.

And the ending was just...out of nowhere. Suddenly there's this secret base at Alcatraz where the sum total of human culture and art and history is being stored. Also, Eli's blind and his bible was in grail. Just way too many things that were never mentioned anywhere else in the movie and just served to tie up all the loose ends left from the rest of the movie.

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Watchable, but it's not great and it doesn't really tread any new ground.

Raban · « **Reply #2997 on:** January 16, 2010, 11:19:21 PM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on January 16, 2010, 03:50:35 PM

Quote from: Raban on January 16, 2010, 01:27:05 AM
A Serious Man was sooooo goooooood

Didn't click with me for some reason, but I'm going to watch it again.

I'm extremely biased towards the Coen Brothers, and the setting/dialog/jewing it up in Serious Man totally hit a soft spot.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #2998 on:** January 17, 2010, 03:21:02 AM »

Just watched Fish Story finally!

Japanese movie set in 1975, 1982, 2009 and 2012 (with some brief stops in other dates).

In 1975, a Japanese punk band records a single album - then disbands, unknown and unheard. Yet in 2012 ... their song Fish Story is going to save the fucking world!! From a giant fucking comet that hits in 5 hours, holy shit!

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

This movie was pretty great, it's basically Nana x Ouendan, a story about Believing in the Power of Music and Hey Everybody Let's Form a Band, mixed with quirky character piece (good quirky, not stupid Japanese quirky) and world-ending apocalypses. In the end, will seigi no mikata find a way to save the day? Of course they will, they are seigi no mikata, motherfuckers! It's a really charming movie with a slamming soundtrack and totally worth a watch if it sounds like it might be your thing.

Mandark · « **Reply #2999 on:** January 17, 2010, 03:27:40 AM »

I saw Avatar but if I posted my thoughts that would basically be trolling Green Shinobi and he's suffering enough at this point.

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