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#5981 QuickTidal

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Posted 23 July 2013 - 07:58 PM

Abyss, on 23 July 2013 - 07:31 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 21 July 2013 - 12:14 PM, said:

Sombra, on 21 July 2013 - 11:17 AM, said:

The Bat + Supes?

..."I am the man who beat you," read Harry Lennix, before an image of the Superman logo, backed by the Batman symbol, flashed on the screen.
...Comic nerds - assemble! What could that line of dialogue hint at?

A. that line of dialogue is directly out of Frank Miller's THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS.

B. This is a VERY solid way to go forward towards the ensemble movie....

DKR is epic, but it's rooted in heavy Reagan-era imagery, a politically servile Superman, and an old old Bruce Wayne.
Plus the entire thing is Gotham-bound and the main baddie is the Joker (and nuclear war).

Whatever form this takes is not going to resemble the source material at all.

Oh no, I mean that doing a Superman/Batman movie was a solid way to move towards the JUSTICE LEAGUE movie...Not that it should be TDKR storyline...Zack Snyder actually made it very clear that though the dialogue was from TDKR, that they were in no way adapting that as the source material...he was just showcasing Clark at odds with Bruce as the tease for the Superman Batman movie and that bit of dialogue showcased it well.

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Posted 24 July 2013 - 12:06 PM

Watched Boiler Room last night as I noticed it was on last chance viewing on Love Film. Was actually pretty good as I had my doubts for a semi serious film involving Vin Diesel and Ben Affleck. Somehow it seemed too short though for me to really get into even though it's 2hrs long. The ending and resloution came about too abrupt and just the timescale of everything happening didn't seem to take long enough. Affleck's character didn't even really need to be in the film, could have easily been one of the other senior brokers doing that part tbh. Otherwise I think it's well worth a watch if you are into crime/drama films.

Has anyone seen Taking Lives? Any good? It has Tcheky Karyo and Ethan Hawke in it, so I am kind of intrigued.

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Posted 24 July 2013 - 07:43 PM

This looks fucking terrifying:

No sound in space too. Nice touch.

As one wag has noted, the most sf thing about this appears to be that there's a Space Shuttle in orbit... :blink:

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Posted 24 July 2013 - 09:50 PM

stone monkey, on 24 July 2013 - 07:43 PM, said:

This looks fucking terrifying:

No sound in space too. Nice touch.

As one wag has noted, the most sf thing about this appears to be that there's a Space Shuttle in orbit... :blink:

I've been waiting for this for ages. Alfonso Cuaron, oh yeah.

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Posted 26 July 2013 - 03:25 AM

QuickTidal, on 23 July 2013 - 07:58 PM, said:

Abyss, on 23 July 2013 - 07:31 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 21 July 2013 - 12:14 PM, said:

Sombra, on 21 July 2013 - 11:17 AM, said:

A. that line of dialogue is directly out of Frank Miller's THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS.

B. This is a VERY solid way to go forward towards the ensemble movie....

I have to correct myself on an upthread point...

The DKR animated movie was damn near perfect, surprisingly true to the source material, and didn’t dumb it down. They still needed three hours to do it, but having just watched this i was pretty damn impressed.

As a live action film tho... I'm not sure anyone has enuf money to pull it off that well.

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Posted 29 July 2013 - 08:46 AM

I saw The Worlds End. It was pretty good but I had 2 problems with it:

1. It is a film about getting old and the music and humour were aimed specifically at my age group. Now I feel old! I have virtually the entire soundtrack in my iTunes already (and have had the equivalent since I was about 16).
2. It is a film about going back to your hated home small town. The house I am buying is in the next town along from the one they chose to use as the location for their archetypal boring English small town.

This means I am old and boring!!!

Alpha Papa is next on the list!

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Posted 29 July 2013 - 11:19 AM

BAD, on 24 July 2013 - 12:06 PM, said:

Has anyone seen Taking Lives? Any good? It has Tcheky Karyo and Ethan Hawke in it, so I am kind of intrigued.

Ended up watching this and it was actually pretty good. Angelina Jolie was decent in it which I wasn't expecting. There was one generic twist that yu see coming a mile off and one I didn't really see coming. Average to good crime drama. I Recommend if bored/sick one weekday afternoon.

Also watched Con Air again. Fkin good movie. That cast, that dialogue, it's just great. I watch it everytime it's on TV which lately has been almost every other week on one channel or another. Should really get it on dvd/bluray.

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Posted 29 July 2013 - 12:45 PM

Saw TURBO. Not bad, standard sports underdog story, decent animation.

OK, I think I got it, but just in case, can you say the whole thing over again? I wasn't really listening.

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 07:09 PM

Just saw Untouchable. An absolutely fantastic film about the coming together of a rich bloke paralysed from the neck down and a part-time criminal from the deprived areas of Paris. Delightful is the word I'm looking for. The actors makes this. So damned human and real, but without all the boring bits inbetween. Go see it if you haven't already (I*m a bit late, it's been out since 2011).

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Posted 05 August 2013 - 08:47 PM

Watched The Wolverine and while Hugh Jackman is very good I didnt actually enjoy it. Im not sure why it just seemed off to me. COuld be one of those 'watched a film in the wrong mood' kind of thing though the Post Credit sequence was good.

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 01:49 AM

Might wanna fix that spoiler tag tiam...

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Posted 09 August 2013 - 09:28 PM

http://www.slate.com...o_the_next.html

Werner Herzog Made a Documentary About Texting While Driving. And It’s Haunting.

The result is haunting. It focuses on four accidents, some of them fatal, and Herzog aims his camera squarely at the faces of both victims and perpetrators, asking them to describe in detail what happened and the aftermath.

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Posted 11 August 2013 - 05:19 AM

Jean-Claude Van tiam, on 05 August 2013 - 08:47 PM, said:

Spoiler

Mariko (much more than Jean Grey) is the love of Logan's life. Throughout all the rest of the events in his life, he ALWAYS comes back to Mariko. Jean ignited a spark he didn't think he had....but Mariko fosters it, accepts him, and is the truest love he'll ever know.

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Posted 11 August 2013 - 07:40 AM

QuickTidal, on 11 August 2013 - 05:19 AM, said:

Jean-Claude Van tiam, on 05 August 2013 - 08:47 PM, said:

Spoiler

just incase

Spoiler

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#5995 QuickTidal

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Posted 11 August 2013 - 12:13 PM

Jean-Claude Van tiam, on 11 August 2013 - 07:40 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 11 August 2013 - 05:19 AM, said:

Jean-Claude Van tiam, on 05 August 2013 - 08:47 PM, said:

Spoiler

just incase

Spoiler

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Posted 11 August 2013 - 02:14 PM

QuickTidal, on 11 August 2013 - 12:13 PM, said:

Jean-Claude Van tiam, on 11 August 2013 - 07:40 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 11 August 2013 - 05:19 AM, said:

Jean-Claude Van tiam, on 05 August 2013 - 08:47 PM, said:

Spoiler

just incase

Spoiler

Ok

And the other question or is this a film only inclusion not in the source material.

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Posted 11 August 2013 - 06:08 PM

Jean-Claude Van tiam, on 11 August 2013 - 02:14 PM, said:

And the other question or is this a film only inclusion not in the source material.

Spoiler

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Posted 12 August 2013 - 12:10 PM

Saw the restored version of Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS.

And for the hell of it, saw CABIN IN THE WOODS again.

OK, I think I got it, but just in case, can you say the whole thing over again? I wasn't really listening.

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Posted 12 August 2013 - 01:05 PM

Finally got around to watching G.I. JOE: RETALIATION....and was more than pleasantly surprised! Really such a blast. I think the key to it was not attempting to be serious with it and just going full-out cartoony G.I. Joe action and characters. Ridiculous, over-the-top and one hell of a lot of fun!

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Posted 12 August 2013 - 01:45 PM

Finally got around to seeing Pacific Rim. Robot and monster fights, pretty cool looking. Anything involving people that wasn't Mako's flashback or Ron Perlman mugging for the camera... not so good. Well, that and

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Hello, soldiers, look at your mage, now back to me, now back at your mage, now back to me. Sadly, he isn’t me, but if he stopped being an unascended mortal and switched to Sole Spice, he could smell like he’s me. Look down, back up, where are you? You’re in a warren with the High Mage your cadre mage could smell like. What’s in your hand, back at me. I have it, it’s an acorn with two gates to that realm you love. Look again, the acorn is now otataral. Anything is possible when your mage smells like Sole Spice and not a Bole brother. I’m on a quorl.