Chairchucker Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 The new D&D movie looks like maybe it won't suck like every other one has, but also it's a D&D movie so I won't get my hopes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Christopher Pike is very capable of hamming it up, so I have some confidence in the D&D movie. Plus I think I saw Hugh Grant in there for a moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 3 hours ago, Hurlsnot said: Christopher Pike is very capable of hamming it up, so I have some confidence in the D&D movie. Plus I think I saw Hugh Grant in there for a moment. Which one, Jeffrey Hunter, Sean Kenney, Bruce Greenwood, or Anson Mount? 3 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...
LadyCrimson Posted July 22, 2022 Author Share Posted July 22, 2022 If that D&D film is at least 30% better than that one that starred Jeremy Irons, it'll probably be counted as a win. Although that trailer does nothing for me. Something about it looks cheap or cramped for some reason, not sure why, feels more like TV sets, and while the cast is maybe ok and it has that Guardians humor vibe, dunno. Looks very generic. Also, is there something about D&D that make rogues/thieves desirable as the core hero bunch? Didn't the J. Irons movie feature two theives too? Trap disarming maybe? Gotta have those I guess. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 ... ... https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57950.Swords_and_Deviltry *shrug* tolkien, howard and leiber arguable represent three o' the top five fiction sources for original d&d. 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...
Hurlshort Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 11 hours ago, Keyrock said: Which one, Jeffrey Hunter, Sean Kenney, Bruce Greenwood, or Anson Mount? Hah, I had no idea what you were talking at first. Weird that there were so many Christopher Pike Star Trek Captains, but a guy with one letter difference ends up playing Kirk. Anyways, I enjoy Chris Pine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 This is the Call of Duty of movies 1 1 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...
Lexx Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Alright man, the first movie was good, but now we gotta stop. "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Duel_(2021_film) This is an excellent movie based on a true story set in 14th Century France, its about 2 men of wealth who fight a duel to the death over allegations one of the mens wife was raped by the other The filming and recreation of medieval France is superlative and its the best fight I have ever seen between knights "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 5 hours ago, Lexx said: Alright man, the first movie was good, but now we gotta stop. Theyre like the RE series for me. I never get tired of watching Milla/Keanu kill hordes of zombies/mooks. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 as an aside, am not sure why there has never been a fafhrd and gray mouser movie or tv vehicle. is four or five decades worth o' fafhrd and gray mouser stories and leiber's prose style were far easier (better) than tolkien's. c.s. lewis has had animated and live action adaptions o' his works. has been how many conan/robert e. howard movies and shows? there were a couple aborted attempts to do elric movies and tv, which is nevertheless more than has ever been done insofar as leiber's rogues. am having no idea what is the situation with the intellectual property, so perhaps the leiber estate don't want movies or tv, but the absence o' arguable the most entertaining o' the early fantasy works o' fiction from tv and movies is a curiosity. 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...
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 The Departed (2006) It's been a while since I've seen this, and I think it was previously the only Scorsese movie I've seen once. The Bawstawn accents were a source of (unintentional) comedy, but even with that it's a beautiful film. It was nice to see Jack Nicholson in something where he gets to go madcap. "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "you're a damned filthy lying robot and you deserve to die and burn in hell." - 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 "I love cheese despite the pain and carnage." - ShadySands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 53 minutes ago, KP wants Blue Velvet said: The Departed (2006) It's been a while since I've seen this, and I think it was previously the only Scorsese movie I've seen once. The Bawstawn accents were a source of (unintentional) comedy, but even with that it's a beautiful film. It was nice to see Jack Nicholson in something where he gets to go madcap. I really wanted to like this one, but could never get over the shoddy text-based chase scene, nor the part where holding up your cell phone allows you to locate the person you're calling. It's almost like Scorsese is confused by mobile phones and assumes the audience is also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 19 minutes ago, Achilles said: I really wanted to like this one, but could never get over the shoddy text-based chase scene, nor the part where holding up your cell phone allows you to locate the person you're calling. It's almost like Scorsese is confused by mobile phones and assumes the audience is also. I don't think the almost is necessary. In retrospect though, it doesn't bother me as much as iPad wizardry that happens in some action movies or shows. The chase scene was weak, but I think the rest of film more than makes up for it. It's not Scorsese's best film, maybe not even in the top 10, but I found myself enjoying it quite a lot. "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "you're a damned filthy lying robot and you deserve to die and burn in hell." - 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 "I love cheese despite the pain and carnage." - ShadySands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartimaeus Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 (edited) Aliens (1986). In "honor" of James Cameron's Avatar 2 coming out soon (not that I've actually, you know, seen the first Avatar), I finally watched Aliens. Historically speaking, I don't have much appreciation for James Cameron's work: I don't care a ton for Terminator 2, I thought Titanic was pretty terrible, I got ten minutes through Avatar before I turned it off (though the only thing I really remember about it now is that Sigourney Weaver was coincidentally in it)...buuut the original Terminator is pretty enjoyable as far as really silly action flicks go - at least from what I can remember. I loved the original Alien when I saw it about five years ago (even with the one lady screaming and crying throughout the entire film...well, not quite the entire film as it turns out, heh), and I waited to see this because of my apprehension for Mr. Cameron's work. So how does Aliens stack up? Well...right off the bat, Sigourney Weaver's doing a pile of bad lines in corny scenes with nearly theatre levels of over-acting, and trust me that I know that it ain't Ms. Weaver's fault; we also have hundreds of xenomorphs running around like ants zerg-rushing everywhere in grotesquely bad action scenes starring the cringiest possible 80s space marines. At least the film has a lot of special effects that the film gratuitously idles away on, right? Sigh...I tried to wait a long time to watch this so that I could be kind to it (as watching right after having seen and loved the original would almost certainly be a very bad decision), and it turns out for good reason. No, even accounting for the totally different style, it does not measure up very well against the original: it's a hollowed out, rotten husk of a film that put all of its time and focus into all of the wrong things in an apparent deliberate attempt to be a near perfect opposite of the original film. As far as cheesy popcorn 80s monster mash action flicks, I guess it might be okayish - it starts getting very mildly enjoyable once Sigourney actually springs into action instead of having to listen to all the other Hollywood paper cutout bozos do the world's worst acting job. Not that it's their fault, James Cameron is just a woefully insufficient actor's director (and never mind the writing). Bleh, all in all, it was about what I expected. Edited July 24, 2022 by Bartimaeus Will I ever write a post where I don't screw up the wording of something at least a little bit, necessitating an edit? Probably not. 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...
Chairchucker Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Marvel Studios just announced release dates for about a billion new MCU movies GotG V 3 - 05 May 23 (Wonder if there will also be a Star Wars thing the day before?) Blade - 03 Nov 23 Captain America: New World Order - 03 May 24 (Another one right next to Star Wars day) Thunderbolts - 26 Jul 24 Fantastic 4 - 08 Nov 24 Avengers: The Kang Dynasty - 02 May 25 (They can't stop releasing around that date, huh?) Avengers: Secret Wars - 07 Nov 25 I will watch every single one of them, but might wait for some to come to streaming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 (edited) I saw the trailer for Netflix's The Sandman, which was visually interesting. I'm not sure I care about the show but it did make me curious about the comic. Edit: oh wait that should've gone into the TV thread. Sorry. Heh. >.> Edited July 24, 2022 by LadyCrimson “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amentep Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 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 July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 (edited) Alien 3 (1992). If not enjoying big dumb Hollywood action blockbusters is a sin, then call me Antichristus Bartimaeus, because Alien 3 is far and away the better and more enjoyable film compared to Aliens - I actually rather enjoyed it. Though that comes with the caveat that I watched the "Assembly Cut" version of the film, which is half an hour longer than the theatrical cut and supposedly restores a great deal many scenes that help flesh out the characters better. The special effects, of course, aren't nearly as impressive (or flamboyant) as Aliens, but they're fine enough to carry a solid core of a film (this film actually had tension at various points - wow, imagine a horror film having tension!). Well, outside of a few scenes in particular that had visibly bad lighting/color balancing for the xenomorph anyways, . Edited July 25, 2022 by Bartimaeus 1 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...
Sarex Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 @Bartimaeus What about Alien Resurrection, you watching that? 1 1 "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartimaeus Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Sarex said: @Bartimaeus What about Alien Resurrection, you watching that? If someone can inform me as to whether it's an incredibly stupid action movie like the second one, or a horror movie like the first and third, I could probably tell you. Apparently, Sigourney Weaver insisted that there be NO GUNS for her to come back for the third, which I think all in all was a pretty wonderful decision. Edited July 25, 2022 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...
majestic Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 6 minutes ago, Bartimaeus said: If someone can inform me as to whether it's an incredibly stupid action movie like the second one It is, except worse in every way, and Ripley is an alien/human hybrid for whatever reason. If you thought she overacted in Aliens, you're in for a treat in Resurrection. 1 No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartimaeus Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, majestic said: It is, except worse in every way, and Ripley is an alien/human hybrid for whatever reason. If you thought she overacted in Aliens, you're in for a treat in Resurrection. That...sounds less than ideal. Have you seen it, would you recommend it to me? 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...
uuuhhii Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 On 7/24/2022 at 1:26 PM, Chairchucker said: Marvel Studios just announced release dates for about a billion new MCU movies GotG V 3 - 05 May 23 (Wonder if there will also be a Star Wars thing the day before?) Blade - 03 Nov 23 Captain America: New World Order - 03 May 24 (Another one right next to Star Wars day) Thunderbolts - 26 Jul 24 Fantastic 4 - 08 Nov 24 Avengers: The Kang Dynasty - 02 May 25 (They can't stop releasing around that date, huh?) Avengers: Secret Wars - 07 Nov 25 I will watch every single one of them, but might wait for some to come to streaming. pretty sure there are multiple secret war in marvel comic will this one end with old captain punching tony in ironman suit thunderbolt should be out about 2015 far too late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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