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The Movie Thread Reloaded

Started by Apparition, January 03, 2018, 11:10:35 PM

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oggsmash

#1350
March 30, 2024, 07:46:25 AM
Quote from: Bedrockbrendan on March 29, 2024, 08:39:37 PM
Watching The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires again. Fun blend of Shaw Brothers and Hammer Films style. Plus you get to see Peter Cushing and David Chiang share scenes together. Great fodder for the game table

  I saw that in the theatre when I was a kid.  Caught it on you tube a few years ago and the the nostalgia surged through me.   

Omega

#1351
March 30, 2024, 07:53:36 AM
Quote from: Bedrockbrendan on March 29, 2024, 08:39:37 PM
Watching The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires again. Fun blend of Shaw Brothers and Hammer Films style. Plus you get to see Peter Cushing and David Chiang share scenes together. Great fodder for the game table

Saw that in a theater. Was really unusual. Felt like it did not quite ply up the east meets west aspect. But overall was not bad really.

Speaking of Cushing, He is alot of fun along with David MacClure in At the Earths Core.

Bedrockbrendan

#1352
March 30, 2024, 09:54:34 AM
Quote from: Omega on March 30, 2024, 07:53:36 AM
Quote from: Bedrockbrendan on March 29, 2024, 08:39:37 PM
Watching The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires again. Fun blend of Shaw Brothers and Hammer Films style. Plus you get to see Peter Cushing and David Chiang share scenes together. Great fodder for the game table

Saw that in a theater. Was really unusual. Felt like it did not quite ply up the east meets west aspect. But overall was not bad really.

Speaking of Cushing, He is alot of fun along with David MacClure in At the Earths Core.

It may possibly have been the 75 minute cut, which was the American version. I haven't seen that cut so I am not sure if it is very different (I have it as a bonus on one of my DVDs somewhere so maybe I will check it out). The 95 minute version had a good amount of east meets west in it (things like the issue of face were brought up, differences in lore, Van Helping's cold reception to his ideas at the Chinese University, etc).

Bedrockbrendan

#1353
March 30, 2024, 09:56:30 AM
Quote from: oggsmash on March 30, 2024, 07:46:25 AM
Quote from: Bedrockbrendan on March 29, 2024, 08:39:37 PM
Watching The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires again. Fun blend of Shaw Brothers and Hammer Films style. Plus you get to see Peter Cushing and David Chiang share scenes together. Great fodder for the game table

  I saw that in the theatre when I was a kid.  Caught it on you tube a few years ago and the the nostalgia surged through me.   

Wish I had a chance to see this one in the theater. The bluray is pretty nicely restored though

Omega

#1354
April 13, 2024, 11:53:07 PM
Had a glance at the Ark "anime" and whoooooeee is that thing woke to hell.

And its not an anime.

yosemitemike

#1355
April 14, 2024, 07:36:32 AM
*cue some knuckle dragger who is neither Japanese nor in Japan citing the usage of anime by Japanese people in Japan to justify why (fill in American animated thing here) is totally anime*
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Lurkndog

#1356
April 15, 2024, 08:04:40 AM
Fallout is pretty good so far.  I'm about two and a half episodes in.

They hit the right tone, I think, walking the line between dark humor and farce.

Omega

#1357
April 15, 2024, 08:08:04 AM
Seems that way so far from some clips seen. I like that the power armor is a real suit instead of more damn CGI. And what CGI they are using is not bad really.

yosemitemike

#1358
April 15, 2024, 08:32:16 AM
Someone should compile a list of all of the movies with Amityville in the title and then review and rank all of them.  Not me though.  There are a lot of them and the great majority are complete shit.  So far, Amityville Hex is the worst one I have seen but there are many, many more of them.  I don't think I want to find one worse than that though.
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Crazy_Blue_Haired_Chick

#1359
April 15, 2024, 08:52:18 AM
I watched the Mortal Engines movie yesterday and I'd make for a perfect ttrpg setting. The idea of mobile cities alone is enough.
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yosemitemike

#1360
April 15, 2024, 09:08:44 AM
There are several of those YA series that would make for a better rpg setting than they did for a movie.  Maze Runner would probably make a better rpg setting that it did a movie series.
"I am certain, however, that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice."― Friedrich Hayek
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Thornhammer

#1361
April 15, 2024, 01:47:34 PM
I'm 5 episodes in on Fallout. I like it, my son likes it, and my wife (who has no experience with Fallout) is also enjoying it.

Feel is right, the music is definitely right, tone is right. Walton Goggins delivers as expected. Even has Matt Berry. Kick ass.

Lot of swearing, and holy shit did they take Bloody Mess.

oggsmash

#1362
April 15, 2024, 03:52:26 PM
   Goggins is also very good at using his V.A.T.S. 

ralfy

#1363
April 15, 2024, 11:18:45 PM
Problems with the Fallout TV show:

They crammed too much material, leading to underdeveloped characters. They should have focused on only one, like Lucy, and then brought in the others as Lucy explores her surroundings.

The characters aren't interesting, unlike in shows like Mandalorian.

The story coasts along, from one event to another, like Halo. There's not much by way of buildup, which is one reason why the characters aren't interesting.

Side note: the characters look funny, from the recruits in the base to the council members to Lucy's brother and cousin. It's as if as Sims game had come to life, and that the writers are Fallout gamers who imagine themselves as characters in the story that they're developing.

Given that, I think the 6-7 out of 10 score given in places like Metacritic looks right; it's similar to what I gave to Halo.

I also saw the first Dune movie. The problem's obviously the material: it's probably meant to be shown in mini-series form, although they already did that and that was OK. But this one, like it, also looks ordinary (I avoid looking at vfx because it's mostly computer-generated, anyway). The only way one could probably spice it up is to make it weird, like what they did in the 1980s movie, or what Jodorowsky imagined. The problem's weirdness has unintended consequences.

Maybe they'll do better with the second part.

Ratman_tf

#1364
April 16, 2024, 02:38:47 AM
Quote from: ralfy on April 15, 2024, 11:18:45 PMI also saw the first Dune movie. The problem's obviously the material: it's probably meant to be shown in mini-series form, although they already did that and that was OK. But this one, like it, also looks ordinary (I avoid looking at vfx because it's mostly computer-generated, anyway). The only way one could probably spice it up is to make it weird, like what they did in the 1980s movie, or what Jodorowsky imagined. The problem's weirdness has unintended consequences.

Maybe they'll do better with the second part.


I thought the 2021 Dune was vastly overrated. The VFX were spectacular, but all the characters were dull as dishwater. I didn't buy any of them except maaaaaybe Stilgar. But we got far too little of him to tell for sure.
I've skipped part 2 because part 1 was so boring.
I really liked Arrival, but I think Villenue's dry style (the joke never gets old) didn't help an already complex story like Dune.
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