Amentep Posted November 12, 2021 Author Share Posted November 12, 2021 Big Trouble in Little China 4 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartimaeus Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, Keyrock said: What is the best Drew Struzan movie poster? I nominate The Goonies: Is Drew Struzan the guy responsible for making all the "let's just throw all the characters into a giant hot mess a la Star Wars" posters? ...Yes, yes he is. Spoiler Ugh. Okay, so I'm going to look real quick for some where he DIDN'T do that. It turns out, there weren't very many where he didn't do that, and most of them where he didn't were ultra cheesy in some other way, so this ended up being a very easy choice: The Thing. In retrospect, it's probably not necessarily his fault all his posters look the same, but more likely a function of the types of movies he's being hired to make posters for (i.e. big action/adventure movies that want a poster that "looks the same" as other successful action/adventure movies' posters in order to help sell it) and being "type-casted" into doing the same kind of poster over and over. I guess at least his posters are actual posters, unlike what we get today. Edited November 12, 2021 by Bartimaeus 1 Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 am not sure if we got a favorite drew struzan poster, but for some reason we insta thought o' the russian star wars movie poster, though not 'cause it was great or anything Spoiler we do recall a few fantastic polish offerings. am thinking the polish saving private ryan might be top three for us. polish blade runner, apocalypse now and the birds are also kinda kewl. Spoiler HA! Good Fun! 2 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartimaeus Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 The Polish, uh, don't pull many punches with their posters, do they? 2 Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 I love this Polish poster for "Electronic Murderer" aka The Terminator: It's so simple, yet stylish. 2 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Bartimaeus said: The Polish, uh, don't pull many punches with their posters, do they? image gotta admit, our first reaction were, "wtf?" ... then we kinda reflected and thought 'bout saving private ryan and we realized no other poster came anywhere near to capturing what am believing spielberg were trying to say. HA! Good Fun! 1 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 (edited) Well, at least in the beach sequence. Edited November 12, 2021 by Malcador Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartimaeus Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 (edited) Little Shop of Horrors (1986). Uh, what? Final sequence with Spoiler the plants just eating the entire world was pretty wild. They didn't need to have that, but I (think I) am glad they did. Not one hundred percent sure it was needed from a plot standpoint, but it sure was fun to see the practical effects in action. Edited November 13, 2021 by Bartimaeus Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amentep Posted November 13, 2021 Author Share Posted November 13, 2021 It's the original ending of the Broadway play. Interestingly, that isn't the original ending of the film. The Broadway end tested badly with film audiences so they shot a happier, slightly ambiguous end for the original theatrical release. The original 60s film the Broadway play is based on has its own sorta downbeat ending. 1 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartimaeus Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, Amentep said: It's the original ending of the Broadway play. Interestingly, that isn't the original ending of the film. The Broadway end tested badly with film audiences so they shot a happier, slightly ambiguous end for the original theatrical release. The original 60s film the Broadway play is based on has its own sorta downbeat ending. Yeah, I read after that I apparently watched the "Director's Cut" version of the film. The "happier" theatrical cut ending seems almost seems even more subversive, because the "hero" gets away with several murders and lives happily ever after. Doesn't really strike me as right for obvious reasons, but in a horror black comedy musical, I could see it working as being an arguably even more screwed up way to resolve the story. Most likely, that wasn't what the film audience intended, though - dumb film audience gonna dumb film audience, I guess. Edited November 13, 2021 by Bartimaeus 1 Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Shang-Chi on Disney+. I liked it a lot more than I thought I would since Marvel movies haven't been doing it for me lately. Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Dune (2021). I watched in on a TV and I'm a little disappointed that it didn't detonate. Motor boat in a bath tub my ass. The movie itself was boring. Drab color palate, generic sci-fi special effects, and some great actors playing centimeter deep characters in what basically amounts to a 2.5 hour trailer for Dune part 2. Oh, and big worm was a let down. 1 1 "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "I'm gonna hunt you down so that I can slap you square in the mouth." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "Am I phrasing in the most negative light for them? Yes, but it's not untrue." - ShadySands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairchucker Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 I watched the following movies on Disney+ over the weekend: Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings or whatever - really liked this one but to be fair I'm a card carrying MCU superfan and intend to still be watching the latest Marvel film on my deathbed. Funny, likeable characters, I like that all the main characters got decent screen time. Jungle Cruise - really liked this one, probs helps that Emily Blunt can do no wrong, and also I just like swashbuckly tales. This was a good time. Home Sweet Home Alone - So here's the thing. In Home Alone and Home Alone 2, it's fun to watch acts of over the top violence happen because the people it's happening to are jerks who in number one are trying to rob a house and then kidnap a child or whatever, I dunno it's been a while but the point is they sucked and it's fun to watch evil Joe Pesci get all kinds of violent comeuppance. In this latest one the people trying to break into the house are actually more sympathetic than the child and I didn't enjoy seeing violence happen to them at all so I guess overall I didn't care for the film. There were a couple moments that made me chuckle I guess but overall my recommendation is don't bother, which is a conclusion I'm sure most of you already came to by yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugarup Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 On 11/14/2021 at 12:20 AM, KP Cross Split Attack said: Dune (2021). I watched in on a TV and I'm a little disappointed that it didn't detonate. Motor boat in a bath tub my ass. The movie itself was boring. Drab color palate, generic sci-fi special effects, and some great actors playing centimeter deep characters in what basically amounts to a 2.5 hour trailer for Dune part 2. Oh, and big worm was a let down. Dune (2021) is totally absolutely big cinema screen movie. I'm sure you would have liked the worm if you saw him on the big screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 An Actual Bus Driver Has a Few Notes On Shang-Chi’s Bus Fight Scene | Tor.com "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 I can never decide if I should post in this or the streaming thread. Anywho, I watch The Legend of the 10 Rings on Disney+ and it was really good. Like, I only expected to be half interested (because I know nothing about the character) and it really surprised me how much I liked it. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amentep Posted November 17, 2021 Author Share Posted November 17, 2021 1 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Ah, the classics... "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amentep Posted November 17, 2021 Author Share Posted November 17, 2021 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 21 hours ago, Amentep said: first, am thinking more villains is usual a bad choice for a sooperhero movie, especial as dr. strange correct identifies the new spiderman protagonists as scoobies. the new spider-man movie is a big budget cinematic action spectacle, so character development opportunities is gonna necessarily suffer. peter and the scoobies, as well as dr. strange and a large % o' the rogue's gallery needs get their screen time while making certain this movie is more EPIC than previous spiderman films? am not doubting a few villains show up as little more than screen filler, but such a result is also gonna be cause for valid criticism. based on how doc oc's story concluded in spidey 2, am kinda conflicted 'bout him returning as a villain even if is multiverse shenanigans. to a lesser degree am similar concerned 'bout sandman. is not as if am assuming the movie is gonna be bad, but the setup is creating unnecessary storytelling obstacles. am fully aware is much easier to sell spectacle to studios and sequels is frequent indulging the perceived need to be bigger than previous titles, but such realities don't make us less dubious 'bout the direction am seeing from the new spidey film. HA! Good Fun! "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Shang-Chi. No skybeam. "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maedhros Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Watched Shang-Chi too. Same formula as always. Meh out of 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 I was going to watch Shang-Chi, but my daughter informed me that our Disney+ subscription had expired. Clearly we were not missing it very much. So we watched The Bourne Identity instead. Greatest love story ever told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amentep Posted November 18, 2021 Author Share Posted November 18, 2021 2 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugarup Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Watched new "Blade Runner", by the same dude who did new "Dune". It was a visual treat that Stanley Kubrick himself wouldn't be too critical of, but thematically it was not like original film at all. Also kind of stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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