[Mezla PigDog]

I can confirm Ant Man and the Wasp is a lot of fun and not at all scary. I heart Michelle Pfeiffer.

[worry]

Yah Ant Man & the Wasp was light and sweet, like the first one.

Bird Box's first half hour is pretty good and kinda scary, but then the nest 1.5 hours aren't scary and, generally speaking, suck "arse". (translating to British English)

[Aptorian]

Mezla PigDog, on 23 January 2019 - 07:55 PM, said:

Is Bird Box scary? Mr PigDog is away and I want to watch something and he already saw it and says it's not scary but I heard it is scary. To place me on the scared scale I'm a total wuss - I still get scared if I think about watching Blair Witch about 20 years ago..... I don't want to spend the night cowering under the duvet afraid to go for a wee!!! But I also want to watch something.

It's scary the same way The Happening is scary.

[QuickTidal]

Watched that Fyre Festival doc on Netflix, and it was excellent. Really opens a decent look into the shady founder, and the people in that orbit who got swindled by him.

It's also a decent look at people with more money than brains (patrons who paid thousands for this insane pipe dream festival; AKA if it looks too good to be true, it probably is), and how the Bahamian locals got absolutely effed over by a bunch of rich (mostly white) white american assholes and were left hanging with nothing.

Even the people who come off as "I was telling them this was wrong and they didn't listen" still don't really do much to stop the founders. The exception being whoever ran that wikileaks type website that exposed the shenanigans.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 24 January 2019 - 02:00 PM

[Primateus]

QuickTidal, on 24 January 2019 - 01:49 PM, said:

Watched that Fyre Festival doc on Netflix, and it was excellent. Really opens a decent look into the shady founder, and the people in that orbit who got swindled by him.

It's also a decent look at people with more money than brains (patrons who paid thousands for this insane pipe dream festival; AKA if it looks too good to be true, it probably is), and how the Bahamian locals got absolutely effed over by a bunch of rich (mostly white) white american assholes and were left hanging with nothing.

Even the people who come off as "I was telling them this was wrong and they didn't listen" still don't really do much to stop the founders. The exception being whoever ran that wikileaks type website that exposed the shenanigans.

I watched it today as well. I remember the ruckus around that festival, it was also interesting to see how the main guy behind it continued after it had broken down around them.

It was very excellent and highly recommendable. It just goes to show that people need to be on the lookout when being asked in something that sounds totally awesome.

[QuickTidal]

Primateus, on 24 January 2019 - 06:36 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 24 January 2019 - 01:49 PM, said:

Watched that Fyre Festival doc on Netflix, and it was excellent. Really opens a decent look into the shady founder, and the people in that orbit who got swindled by him.

It's also a decent look at people with more money than brains (patrons who paid thousands for this insane pipe dream festival; AKA if it looks too good to be true, it probably is), and how the Bahamian locals got absolutely effed over by a bunch of rich (mostly white) white american assholes and were left hanging with nothing.

Even the people who come off as "I was telling them this was wrong and they didn't listen" still don't really do much to stop the founders. The exception being whoever ran that wikileaks type website that exposed the shenanigans.

I watched it today as well. I remember the ruckus around that festival, it was also interesting to see how the main guy behind it continued after it had broken down around them.

It was very excellent and highly recommendable. It just goes to show that people need to be on the lookout when being asked in something that sounds totally awesome.

Yeah, when he gets out on bail and tries to pull a new scam...I was like "What the fuck is wrong with this sociopath?!"

[worry]

Now imagine if instead of a music festival they were trying to put on a government!


Annnyways, I watched Venom. What's to say? I don't even know whether good or bad apply here. It's like if you took all the campiness of the Raimi Spider-Man movies but filtered it through an Affliction t-shirt. Maybe with a wink, maybe not, who knows.

[amphibian]

The founder of Affliction called me an idiot and then backtracked a second later when a friend of mine informed him that I was deaf. Very funny moment in my life.

[Aptorian]

You can't just tell half a story like that. Was this on Twitter? What was the reason?

[Primateus]

amphibian, on 25 January 2019 - 12:31 AM, said:

The founder of Affliction called me an idiot and then backtracked a second later when a friend of mine informed him that I was deaf. Very funny moment in my life.

Huh, I did not know that. You learn something new everyday. Plus it's a funny story.

[amphibian]

Alternative Goose, on 25 January 2019 - 04:28 AM, said:

You can't just tell half a story like that. Was this on Twitter? What was the reason?

He was doing an interview with me and my MMA specific podcast co-hosts. He was talking in response to my question and sort of mumbled something which had him asking me the same question within it that I missed due to being deaf and not fully used to his voice. I then moved on to the next question without answering the one he posed to me. He went on a rant about how I was an idiot and not respecting him by answering his question. My co-host stepped in, explained that I was deaf, I apologized for missing what he had asked me then answered the question, and we all moved on with the interview fairly nicely after that with some laughing by everyone.

[polishgenius]

amphibian, on 25 January 2019 - 03:05 PM, said:

He was doing an interview with me and my MMA specific podcast co-hosts.

What's your podcast, would I know it, and have I argued with you on twitter without knowing any time recently?

[amphibian]

polishgenius, on 25 January 2019 - 06:03 PM, said:

amphibian, on 25 January 2019 - 03:05 PM, said:

He was doing an interview with me and my MMA specific podcast co-hosts.

What's your podcast, would I know it, and have I argued with you on twitter without knowing any time recently?

We were known as "The Verbal Submission" and it went from about 2010 to about 2016. We were not famous, although a few pieces of interviews/news got on ESPN and so on. We were primarily associated with Bloody Elbow dot com, which I wrote for at the time and MMA Mania dot com, which Hemminger produced content for.

My twitter is @defgrappler and I'm pretty sure we didn't argue or anything if we interacted. I still keep in touch with lots of combat sports people I met or digitally met through the years on there. I still train BJJ, but I have mostly stopped watching fights as there's too many demands on my time to really gear up regularly for them these days.

[polishgenius]

amphibian, on 25 January 2019 - 07:22 PM, said:

polishgenius, on 25 January 2019 - 06:03 PM, said:

amphibian, on 25 January 2019 - 03:05 PM, said:

He was doing an interview with me and my MMA specific podcast co-hosts.

What's your podcast, would I know it, and have I argued with you on twitter without knowing any time recently?

We were known as "The Verbal Submission" and it went from about 2010 to about 2016. We were not famous, although a few pieces of interviews/news got on ESPN and so on. We were primarily associated with Bloody Elbow dot com, which I wrote for at the time and MMA Mania dot com, which Hemminger produced content for.

My twitter is @defgrappler and I'm pretty sure we didn't argue or anything if we interacted. I still keep in touch with lots of combat sports people I met or digitally met through the years on there. I still train BJJ, but I have mostly stopped watching fights as there's too many demands on my time to really gear up regularly for them these days.

Ah, mostly before my time so I didn't catch the poddy though I do follow Bloody Elbow and interact with the odd guy from around that way on twitter. I wondered because I do remember you saying you know Pat Wyman and while he's not one of them it's that crowd I chat with. I'm much newer to following MMA so still got that babyface freshness...
But yeah, that lot tends to be the side I argue along with, not against.

I just followed you, anyways, we have a couple mutuals it looks like.

This post has been edited by polishgenius: 25 January 2019 - 07:36 PM

[Slow Ben]

https://ew.com/movie...ot-kevin-smith/


Snooch

[Macros]

Watched Polar last night.
Meh, I know nothing of the source material, I assume it influenced the style, but the quick cuts be overly loud soundtrack were very jarring for me. Its watchable, but not great outside of a few killer scenes.
Like a bastard child of John Wick and Smoking Aces, but not the glorious meld it could have been. More like the unwanted weird kid

[Tsundoku]

But ... but ... it has Mads fucking Mikkelsen!

Damn you, I was looking forward to that.



EDIT ... aaaaaand I just read some online reviews. Mistake.

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 26 January 2019 - 09:47 AM

[Macros]

Mads is pretty good in it, the scene in the school is brilliant, his deadpan delivery kills it there. but I feel they missed an opportunity to do something a bit different here. I will say Hudgens was very good in it, and by the end of the film her direction in acting makes a lot of sense. But stylistically, for me, the film was a mess and overall it was a let down, the trailer sells it very much as Mads does Wick, but its not.


Watched John Wick 2 there now. Excellent action flick, clear set up at the end for chapter 3, which I'm looking forward to

[Tsundoku]

OK I just watched Polar, and I see why it got the reaction it did.

However, I think a lot of people missed that it was from a very stylised noir graphic novel. It was supposed to be cartoonish. I didn't mind it, and yes, the scene in the school is just awesome. It's not misogynistic which is what a few reviewers claim - they've missed the point as well.

Downsides:

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Let down by an overly cartoonish, unbelieveably stupid villain who makes (old school) Blofeld look like a genius. Why the fuck does anyone follow him?
And the old Bad Guys Shooting Academy cliche gets a thorough workout. As does the Totally Superhuman Protagonist, and They Talk Too Much Instead Of Just Shooting.

I did like the bit at the end though, where

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the remaining henchmen all do a morale check with Duncan walking in like a total badarse and they shit themselves and leave Matt Lucas on his own.

Plus

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going into Camille's back story. I knew there was something, but it wasn't completely telegraphed so that was nice.

Looks like there were a couple of edit jumps, especially in the bit in the bar with Richard Dreyfuss.

Unsurprisingly, it leaves itself open for a sequel with at least three threads left hanging that I can recall. Like John Wick there are heaps of back story hints at the world he was/is involved in.

Mads is totally awesome though, and Hudgens wasn't bad either.

I give it five arterial sprays out of nine. Watch it if you have Netflix and a couple of hours to kill.

Warning: lots of gore, some rather unnecessarily extended torture porn (IMHO) and a few boobies.

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 26 January 2019 - 12:29 PM

[polishgenius]

Yeah I liked Polar. It's not the John-Wick-meets-RED the trailer sold it as, but if you can deal with the squicky violence it's pretty well made and I think it handles its tonal contrasts well, although the very final scene does feel a bit jarring coz the tone had been consistently the 'cartoonishly violent revenge' bit for a solid half hour at least before then.

The reviews are definitely off the mark for this one. It's not going to go down as a classic of action cinema, but it's completely fine, fun fare. And two of the action scenes in particular are really well staged.


That said:

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I think a lot of people missed that it was from a very stylised noir graphic novel. It was supposed to be cartoonish.

Is that really the case? I haven't read the comic yet but it's supposedly almost entirely wordless at least in its first edition, and almost entirely black and white with just splashes of colour. It's certainly nothing like the film visually.

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One thing I found odd is that the villain and most of the main hit-squad were ridiculous cartoons but it still found place for character subtlety in things like the character of Vivien in general and poor old Cindy, who was quite interesting.

This post has been edited by polishgenius: 26 January 2019 - 03:41 PM