Woldan Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 ^ I think that rather proves my point. Ex-IRA men are knuckle-dragging street thugs, not dashing espionage paramilitaries. I've read books about IRA snipers, and I couldn't disagree more. Those sniper teams were incredibly professional specialists, from their shooting techniques, escape routes, techniques of destroying evidence etc. I imagine other branches were similar organized and skilled so I wouldn't say those would turn into street thugs after their ''War''. Also, as far as I know many of the ex-IRA specialists went to the middle east to work as instructors for ''various organizations''. I gazed at the dead, and for one dark moment I saw a banquet.
Bester Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 (edited) In all consciousness I can't blame IRA for what they're doing after what the Brits did to the Irish over the history. Genocides is not something you easily forgive and forget. And I'm not even talking about the rest. Edited August 23, 2014 by Bester IE Mod for Pillars of Eternity: link
Hurlshort Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 In all consciousness I can't blame IRA for what they're doing after what the Brits did to the Irish over the history. Genocides is not something you easily forgive and forget. And I'm not even talking about the rest. Too transparent, I'll give it a 3/10.
Raithe Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 In all consciousness I can't blame IRA for what they're doing after what the Brits did to the Irish over the history. Genocides is not something you easily forgive and forget. And I'm not even talking about the rest. Eh, it's history back and forth. At various points in time the Irish were only too happy to come over to England to act as enforcers to prevent rebellion. They were one of the threats Charles I used in an attempt to prevent any threats against the crown from the people and aristocracy, so it's not exactly a surprise Cromwell put the boot firmly in. Then again, if you judge by the standards of warfare of the time period and what was happening in the rest of Europe, Cromwell was fairly decent in his behaviour and the rules of warfare he used. But there's a fair bit of myth and popular revisionism that's taken hold over the centuries about it all. "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
HoonDing Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 Jack Ryan > IRA The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
Bester Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 (edited) In all consciousness I can't blame IRA for what they're doing after what the Brits did to the Irish over the history. Genocides is not something you easily forgive and forget. And I'm not even talking about the rest. Eh, it's history back and forth. At various points in time the Irish were only too happy to come over to England to act as enforcers to prevent rebellion. They were one of the threats Charles I used in an attempt to prevent any threats against the crown from the people and aristocracy, so it's not exactly a surprise Cromwell put the boot firmly in. Then again, if you judge by the standards of warfare of the time period and what was happening in the rest of Europe, Cromwell was fairly decent in his behaviour and the rules of warfare he used. But there's a fair bit of myth and popular revisionism that's taken hold over the centuries about it all. Sure, atrocities were commonplace. But Americans have acknowledged that they did horrible things to African slaves, and yet the Brits who did so much more to many more nations have acknowledged absolutely nothing. Edited August 23, 2014 by Bester IE Mod for Pillars of Eternity: link
Raithe Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 Sure, atrocities were commonplace. But Americans have acknowledged that they did horrible things to African slaves, and yet the Brits who did so much more to many more nations have acknowledged absolutely nothing. Eh, Bollocks. Tony Blair went and apologised for slavery to some African nations a few years ago. Of course, how many of those tribes have apologised to each other for the genocide they committed, or that they were selling each other to the slavers in the first place? Plus The Brits started enforcing anti-slavery laws a bit before others. Also interesting to note, historically speaking, (if I remember the statistics accurately) over 1,000,000 Europeans were taken as slaves into North Africa during the Renaiisance period but nobody really cares about them. But the point I'm making is that from a general point of view history tends to be fuzzy thing, full of popular images, cultivated perceptions, and turned into nice urban legends. Which most people are happy to go along with rather then establishing fact. Take note the statue of William Wallace that went up based on Mel Gibson, and how many people take the entire story of Braveheart as true fact. "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
ManifestedISO Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 (edited) Same with our Boston Tea Party a few centuries ago. In early school, for me, the event was recounted as massively patriotic one notch below heroism. In college, I learned it was actually deceptive, offensive, violent, and expensive. I haven't seen any movies, lately, not even Guardians. My film buddy is having a kid, or some thing ... Edited August 23, 2014 by ManifestedISO All Stop. On Screen.
Raithe Posted August 26, 2014 Posted August 26, 2014 B-roll From Sin City: A Dame To Kill For.. Reinforcing that every shot was done on green screen http://youtu.be/0EFzyGIRuMY 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Hurlshort Posted August 30, 2014 Posted August 30, 2014 Amazing Spider-Man 2 - It was great. Electro was extremely well done, just a masterful use of special effects. The Gwen Stacey/Spider-Man dynamic is fun to watch. It was just a fun superhero movie.
Oerwinde Posted August 30, 2014 Posted August 30, 2014 Amazing Spider-Man 2 - It was great. Electro was extremely well done, just a masterful use of special effects. The Gwen Stacey/Spider-Man dynamic is fun to watch. It was just a fun superhero movie. My problem was Harry. His character arc was awful, and how the hell did his father live to like 60 with his disease while Harry looked like/thought he was going to die like a week after his first symptoms? Also, the whole changing Peters origin from random accident to THE CHOSEN ONE was annoying. The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity.
Hurlshort Posted August 30, 2014 Posted August 30, 2014 (edited) I agree that Harry was the worst character arc. Was he in the first movie? I don't remember him at all. That being said, I like the family history angle where Peter's father basically lays the groundwork for Spider-Man being possible. It's an interesting twist. Harry was super unreasonable about everything. Edited August 30, 2014 by Hurlshot
Woldan Posted August 31, 2014 Posted August 31, 2014 (edited) Renegade (2004) I like this movie, its strange for sure but the picture is really beautiful and the drug hallucination scenes, which are excellent, remind me of Tool music videos. Don't understand the low rating. Edited August 31, 2014 by Woldan I gazed at the dead, and for one dark moment I saw a banquet.
Oerwinde Posted August 31, 2014 Posted August 31, 2014 I agree that Harry was the worst character arc. Was he in the first movie? I don't remember him at all. That being said, I like the family history angle where Peter's father basically lays the groundwork for Spider-Man being possible. It's an interesting twist. Harry was super unreasonable about everything. No he wasn't in the first one. If I remember right him and Peter were BFFs then his dad shipped him off when his disease started getting really apparent. I didn't like it because there is a trend in comics/movies/tv to wipe out origins of accident. It always has to be destiny or someone's plan. One of the appealing things about origins of accident is it could have happened to anyone so people can imagine themselves in the role. The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity.
Freshock Posted August 31, 2014 Posted August 31, 2014 Just watched Precious, no idea why because it never seemed like my kind of movie. Great acting, directing and a good movie overall, but kept feeling I was the only audience of a Oprah/Dr.Phil show. My YouTube
Meshugger Posted August 31, 2014 Posted August 31, 2014 There will be Blood Damn good. Almost a modern day Citizen Kane, just almost. It lacks a better pathos and the editing was a bit off at times. Tombstone It was ok. It could've been much, much better though. I suspect that it suffered from the "too many chefs in the kitchen"-syndrome. But it had this awesome scene that redemeed it completely: "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy
Hurlshort Posted August 31, 2014 Posted August 31, 2014 Val Kilmer makes that movie. http://lebeauleblog.com/2011/05/05/what-the-hell-happened-to-val-kilmer/
Blarghagh Posted September 1, 2014 Posted September 1, 2014 I maintain that Johnny Depp's claims of having created the character of Jack Sparrow are completely made up as he is just a lamer pirate version of Val Kilmer's Doc Holiday. 2
Bester Posted September 1, 2014 Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) Doc Holiday is actually one of my rangers in W2. I was thinking of who to take on the post-apocaliptic adventure, of all the cool characters and real people I know, I was lying in bed thinking literally for hours until I heard a familiar voice whispering softly at the back of my head... I'm your huckleberry - I heard it say. Edited September 1, 2014 by Bester IE Mod for Pillars of Eternity: link
Meshugger Posted September 1, 2014 Posted September 1, 2014 After reading more about the characters in Tombstone, i realized that Doc Holliday is buried in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. I was there last year without even knowing it "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy
Amentep Posted September 2, 2014 Posted September 2, 2014 Watched Stephen Chow's JOURNEY TO THE WEST (2013) which is a sort of a "origin story" to the classic novel. Its similar to Chow's Kung Fu Hustle which is alternatively hilarious and serious. How it plays out is pretty clear to anyone familiar with the story, and the end isn't as satisfying as it could be as it trades on knowledge of the novel story to maintain a satisfactory conclusion. Also watched AS ABOVE, SO BELOW (2014) which I thought was really interesting. Its part horror film, but its also an occult journey, with ideas similar to those about the path of alchemistry/magic. In that way it can be seen as both a horror film and an occultist film. The story is kind of an occult horror "National Treasure" with an archeologist trying to validate her deceased father's research into Nicholas Flammel and the philosopher's stone. 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
Bester Posted September 3, 2014 Posted September 3, 2014 (edited) I wish Denzel stopped wasting his time on meaningless action movies like Liam Neeson has taken the habit of doing lately. You've got what, 5-10 more years before you can't play most roles any more? You're making one movie/year. You've got 5-10 movies left in you, and you're seriously wasting precious time on this shit? Congrats, now it's not 5-10, now it's 4-9 movies left. Great. Just great... Edited September 3, 2014 by Bester 1 IE Mod for Pillars of Eternity: link
Chairchucker Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 I think you'll find this is actually the best scene in Tombstone: 1
Lexx Posted September 5, 2014 Posted September 5, 2014 Watched the first season of Orphan Black. Was pretty good, imo. "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die."
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