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#6341 QuickTidal

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Posted 10 February 2014 - 12:11 PM

Gothos, on 10 February 2014 - 07:51 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 10 December 2013 - 03:49 AM, said:

Teaser trailer for the new Wachowski's flick JUPITER ASCENDING.

Looks really slick, and quite frankly after the genius CLOUD ATLAS, I will see everything these two bring to the screen.

please don't forget they also spawned Reloaded and Revolutions

I hadn't forgotten, and I enjoy both of those films a lot.

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Posted 10 February 2014 - 12:47 PM

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Posted 10 February 2014 - 07:55 PM

Illuyankas, on 10 February 2014 - 12:47 PM, said:

Eeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

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Posted 10 February 2014 - 08:29 PM

HoosierDaddy, on 10 February 2014 - 03:36 AM, said:

Captain Phillips is intense. Really, there is no let up at all in the tension, aside from:

Spoiler

I quite enjoyed it.

I found his interaction with the pirate leader to be fairly flat. I was waiting for something, some interesting bit, if not a big 'i grew up in Crapiopia, Africa and my entire career path consists of doing this stupid shit until/or being shot by the local warlord and you, privileged white american person, don't know me' moment than at least a tiny shred of 'we're all human here' and it never came. The pirates were incompetent savages, everyone but Philips was a fairly blank slate and yeah that's probably a true to life depiction but i dunno, maybe a better director could have drawn more from the cast.

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#6345 QuickTidal

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Posted 10 February 2014 - 08:44 PM

worry, on 10 February 2014 - 07:55 PM, said:

Illuyankas, on 10 February 2014 - 12:47 PM, said:

Eeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

I've long ago come to terms with your various disgust with my enjoyment of the Matrix sequels.

Have at it.

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Posted 10 February 2014 - 09:59 PM

Abyss, on 10 February 2014 - 08:29 PM, said:

HoosierDaddy, on 10 February 2014 - 03:36 AM, said:

Captain Phillips is intense. Really, there is no let up at all in the tension, aside from:

Spoiler

I quite enjoyed it.

There were some interesting interactions between Musa and Phillips and Balal and Phillips, but for the most part their characters development came from interactions amongst themselves and the decisions they made. So, while I'd say it is still present, it is very understated.

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Posted 13 February 2014 - 11:24 AM

Briar King, on 13 February 2014 - 02:29 AM, said:

Omw to see RoboCop!

Ed: well fuck that was pretty unimpressive...action was good and modern tech Robo was nice eye candy but for the story itself...crap

So.....basically like the original ROBOCOP?

lol

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Posted 13 February 2014 - 03:27 PM

My favorite part from OG ROBOCOP was as soon as we "woke up" he takes a cop car and heads right out to arrest people. Like, right away. No delay. Just goes out and enforces the law.

Badass.

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Posted 13 February 2014 - 03:31 PM

The original ROBOCOP had a lot of humor in it, which I've heard the remake avoids.

Got a great supporting cast though. I'll still go see it this w/end.

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 13 February 2014 - 04:01 PM

McLovin, on 13 February 2014 - 03:31 PM, said:

The original ROBOCOP had a lot of humor in it, which I've heard the remake avoids.

Got a great supporting cast though. I'll still go see it this w/end.

I want to see it...and I have fond memories of the original...but it's also nothing more than a really fun B-movie...so my HOPE is that I am offered up the same in this.

Even tho this one doesn't have Red Foreman blowing little bits off Murphy with a sawed off shotgun...which is a step down.

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Posted 13 February 2014 - 06:43 PM

The original RoboCop is a certified masterpiece. QT trippin.

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Posted 13 February 2014 - 06:55 PM

I bet in the new one he doesn't kill anyone with a retractable pointy wrist-based flash drive.

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Posted 13 February 2014 - 06:58 PM

worry, on 10 February 2014 - 07:55 PM, said:

Illuyankas, on 10 February 2014 - 12:47 PM, said:

Eeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

this. Two of the worst films I've ever been stupid enough to sit through, I don't blame them, I blame myself for sticking it out till the end.

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Posted 13 February 2014 - 09:37 PM

Macros, on 13 February 2014 - 06:58 PM, said:

worry, on 10 February 2014 - 07:55 PM, said:

Illuyankas, on 10 February 2014 - 12:47 PM, said:

Eeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

this. Two of the worst films I've ever been stupid enough to sit through, I don't blame them, I blame myself for sticking it out till the end.

Oh, c'mon. If those are the worst films you've ever watched you've led a sheltered life indeed. Yeah they're pretentious and bloated, but they had their moments.

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Posted 13 February 2014 - 09:48 PM

Oh dear god, these guys crack me up...

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Posted 13 February 2014 - 09:55 PM

One of those "moments" was a cave rave.

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Posted 13 February 2014 - 10:24 PM

And if you watch them now the CGI is so embarrassingly dated. The first film doesn't suffer from that at all.

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Posted 13 February 2014 - 10:34 PM

The second one wasn't so bad, but the third was so laughably silly. Just like Robocop!

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Posted 14 February 2014 - 12:37 AM

I've watched some god awful turds in my day, I'll not deny it, but few films have left me walking from the cinema feeling as cheated out of my money as they did. In fact none, any other car crashes I've watched have been at hone and thus not paid for, or have been you know, actual car crashes.

Pointless money milking trash that would not have been envisioned had the original not been so popular, they are the crossroads of twishite of the scifi genre

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Posted 14 February 2014 - 11:37 AM

worry, on 13 February 2014 - 09:55 PM, said:

One of those "moments" was a cave rave.

I'm not sure why everyone has such an issue with that scene.

I went to raves. In my eyes, it was fun, and made sense. You live underground? You gotta dance!

Morgoth, on 13 February 2014 - 10:24 PM, said:

And if you watch them now the CGI is so embarrassingly dated. The first film doesn't suffer from that at all.

I don't "date" films based on their special effects. That's what was available at the time, and I'm cool with that. Just like I'm cool with all the Stop Motion fantasy films Ray Harryhausen made in the 1960's.

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