I'm having a hard time tricking people into clicking this link on IRC.
Also, don't worry, it's safe for work, no screamer, nothing that could upset the ballance of your bowels or breakfast or whatever. Nothing gross, nothing scary. Relatively speaking.
Also, don't worry, it's safe for work, no screamer, nothing that could upset the ballance of your bowels or breakfast or whatever. Nothing gross, nothing scary. Relatively speaking.
Anyway, I watched and loved Megamind...I can't believe I said that. I hate most 3D movies, and I would have preferred this one be 2D as well, but there are a couple reasons...I liked it.
For one, it didn't feel focus tested to hell and back. Any focus testing there was was used to the advantage of the film's themes.
And two, it really made me look inside myself. I have a little too much in common with Hal/Titan, way more in common than I'd like...I don't know about this one, dude...I don't know about this. I've always been angry at the world for my failures and rejections, and I've always pent that anger up, and I've always felt like I was entitled to everything and everyone. To be honest, before I met my fiance, which was a big moment of acceptance in my life, I was on a pretty bad path, and I'm sure if I suddenly got superpowers I'd have instantly chosen to get revenge on everyone I felt wronged by.
Also, Hal looks exactly like my friend monkey_05_06. I mean the resemblance is uncanny.
Hell yeah! I usually despise remakes but this one looks pretty good. Also it's not really a remake; apparently it's still a part of the same continuity as the Ash trilogy.
Hell yeah! I usually despise remakes but this one looks pretty good. Also it's not really a remake; apparently it's still a part of the same continuity as the Ash trilogy.
WANTED: Guybrush Threepwood: For the murder of G. P. LeChuck, and also for the use of witchcraft on the person of Largo LaGrande, the thievery of clothing and medically-prescribed hair supplements for such witchcraft, graverobbing, trespassing, larceny without a permit, disturbing the peace, illegal gambling on a sporting event, use of falsified identification for the purchase of alcohol, exceeding allowable FDA limit for rodent parts in vichyssoise, premature entombment of a non-dead individual, reckless tampering with city-maintained plumbing without prior acquisition of environmental impact report, transportation of animals not in a mental state to give consent, vandalizing a historical miniature, reckless use of gardening tools, impersonating a woman in order to evade prosecution, two counts of unauthorized exiting from a penal institution, impersonating a federal mail boat, reanimating dead persons within city limits, possession of library books not specifically checked out to oneself, mixing drinks without a liquor license, and releasing a dangerous reptile in a populated area.
Also wanted for questioning regarding the disappearance of prescription eyewear.
Anyway, I watched and loved Megamind...I can't believe I said that. I hate most 3D movies, and I would have preferred this one be 2D as well, but there are a couple reasons...I liked it.
For one, it didn't feel focus tested to hell and back. Any focus testing there was was used to the advantage of the film's themes.
And two, it really made me look inside myself. I have a little too much in common with Hal/Titan, way more in common than I'd like...I don't know about this one, dude...I don't know about this. I've always been angry at the world for my failures and rejections, and I've always pent that anger up, and I've always felt like I was entitled to everything and everyone. To be honest, before I met my fiance, which was a big moment of acceptance in my life, I was on a pretty bad path, and I'm sure if I suddenly got superpowers I'd have instantly chosen to get revenge on everyone I felt wronged by.
Also, Hal looks exactly like my friend monkey_05_06. I mean the resemblance is uncanny.
Yay! I love Megamind, for both the reasons you stated and also because of the bazillion references they stuck in it. Also, because the script for that movie was so... tight. I felt like there wasn't a word or moment wasted in the entire film. Even the seeming throwaway jokes from the beginning ended up having plot relevance later on. And I liked that.
Yay! I love Megamind, for both the reasons you stated and also because of the bazillion references they stuck in it. Also, because the script for that movie was so... tight. I felt like there wasn't a word or moment wasted in the entire film. Even the seeming throwaway jokes from the beginning ended up having plot relevance later on. And I liked that.
I was reading a discussion on IMDB (shut up) about whether or not Titan was a one-note character or not. And I'm kind of on the fence that he's not. I bet Josh would say he is. Dunno why.
It's incredible to me that he's a trope that plays on our expectations of that trope, namely the awkward nerdy guy who has no social skills or charisma, and completely manages to surprise the viewer. He was kind of the backbone of what really made the movie interesting to me. I loved Megamind, and Minion, and the other characters, but Titan was the one I could empathize with the most. Megamind had similar issues that Hal had, but Megamind had an outlet, and Hal had none.
I found myself just hating Roxanne over the course of the movie, but then I realized that's because I have the same shortcomings as Titan/Hal does. I'm insecure and have a lot of pent up anger, and I throw a fit whenever I don't get what I want either outside or inside, especially in regards to responses from other people. I realized after watching the movie that Roxanne was completely justified in rejecting Hal, because she realized what a creep he was, albeit harmless until he got powers. "Absolute power corrupts absolutely" and "Verily I have often laughed at weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws" are two quotes that apply to Hal greatly. Because he's insecure and trampled on and rejected and treated like someone insignificant like I have been most of my life, I automatically empathized with him and therefore rooted for him. I realized that that is because I have the same ugliness inside me he has, and so my goals as a viewer would be his goals. As an insecure nerd, I would automatically root for the insecure nerd. I would be angry at rejection that he faces. I wouldn't realize normally that on the inside, Hal is a completely POSSESSIVE DANGEROUS CREEP. I once fell for a girl who gave me the worst rejection of my life, and I had pretty much already decided I deserved her and that there was no way she wouldn't accept me. I failed to recognize how pathetic I was on the inside, and Hal has the same problem. The issue is that he was manipulated one too many times, and before he had a chance to be redeemed, or anyone realized he should be, it was too late. Hal was always a bad guy deep down.
In regards to throwaway lines, the big one when you first realize who Hal really is on the inside was when he said "The lady across the hall has WAY better stuff" when he thought he was going to be robbed. He's a coward, who will do anything to save his own ass. The powers didn't make him bad, they just gave him the means to take what he wanted.
And if I look around, in my past, and present, I can see a lot of signs of creepdom and evil inside me that is pretty similar. And I'm kind of sick too. The movie was a well done morality play that was a slap in my face, and I'm glad I saw it.
You could say the same about the Friday The 13th and A Nightmare On Elm Street remakes... but it doesn't make me feel any better about them existing.
The thing is that the "remake" is produced by Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell and Robert G. Tapert. Plus, I hear that Ash makes a brief cameo during a post-credits scene, as a setup to a crossover sequel.
Of course, I'll probably end up agreeing with DAISHI once I've seen it but it really does look to be more promising than most of these remakes to me.
Final university replies are in and I'm left with four unconditional offers (three of which are for London based places) and one rejection.
I didn't expect it to be as successful as this! Going to head down to London in a few weeks so I can check out the three places I've got offers for. I can't make this decision without seeing what they've got to offer.
I Started work on the next part of my 'Let's Play' but 15 minutes in and I've already stopped working on it to do more interesting things (such as watching shitty daytime TV whilst devouring numerous scotch eggs). I'd do something about my laziness, if only I weren't so lazy!
Well, that's the.... how many times in the past few months? that I had a job in my hands only to have it pulled out from under me at the last minute. Sunday night I got an email from my boss saying they didn't need me and were canceling my contract (and I was supposed to start on Monday). Ugh.
Well, that's the.... how many times in the past few months? that I had a job in my hands only to have it pulled out from under me at the last minute. Sunday night I got an email from my boss saying they didn't need me and were canceling my contract (and I was supposed to start on Monday). Ugh.
Well, that's the.... how many times in the past few months? that I had a job in my hands only to have it pulled out from under me at the last minute. Sunday night I got an email from my boss saying they didn't need me and were canceling my contract (and I was supposed to start on Monday). Ugh.
I'm watching Thor because Thor 2 is coming out this year so I need to see the first.
i like Thor (did you know he is captain kirk's dad) i think the only one of the newer avenger films they messed up was captain america, but i think the main problem was setting up the film so that from the start we know that everyone he meets in the film will be dead by the end (passage of time) also his best buddy relationship with bucky was basically non existent and his (clearly never gonna happen) love interest was only interested in him when he got all captain americanised
i like Thor (did you know he is captain kirk's dad) i think the only one of the newer avenger films they messed up was captain america, but i think the main problem was setting up the film so that from the start we know that everyone he meets in the film will be dead by the end (passage of time) also his best buddy relationship with bucky was basically non existent and his (clearly never gonna) love interest was only interested in him when he got all captain americanised
Uh Captain America's movie reflects the comics like every other Marvel movie. Plus he's not the Captain unless you have m fighting in WWII, that's the core of his identity. Also it was a better movie than Thor.
Uh Captain America's movie reflects the comics like every other Marvel movie. Plus he's not the Captain unless you have m fighting in WWII, that's the core of his identity. Also it was a better movie than Thor.
it wasn't the being set in WWII that was bad it was just that i knew everybody in the film he meets will be insignificant and with no future because the film was gonna end with him being taken out of the frozen ice, the whole film was just "a get it over with already" film, and the time passage battle montage (stolen from wolverine) was a pathetic way of showing his bond and camaraderie with the troops,
i do think the film had a good message that "it is what is inside (your heart) that counts" but that is why it bugs me that she was only interested in him after he got his super powers
Putting Thor on Earth was necessary, sure, but also kind of pathetic considering everything that makes Thor interesting is....I'm saying this without a big knowledge of Thor in the comics....but I'd say everything interesting there is in the cosmic forces he faces. The cosmic side of things is why I care about the Marvel universe in the first place. All of the cosmic stuff in Thor was great, but the Earth stuff was bland and boring, and belonged in a Syfy Channel original movie.
I still enjoy the movie, but the Earth segments put it down as my second least favorite of Phase 1, after The Incredible Suck.
Putting Thor on Earth was necessary, sure, but also kind of pathetic considering everything that makes Thor interesting is....I'm saying this without a big knowledge of Thor in the comics....but I'd say everything interesting there is in the cosmic forces he faces. The cosmic side of things is why I care about the Marvel universe in the first place. All of the cosmic stuff in Thor was great, but the Earth stuff was bland and boring, and belonged in a Syfy Channel original movie.
I still enjoy the movie, but the Earth segments put it down as my second least favorite of Phase 1, after The Incredible Suck.
yeah, the earth bits were more the comedy/love interest bits, the Asgard parts were the more interesting bits, but personally as a film i think it was better than captain america, but yeah i don't even know what hulk is supposed to be in the avengers but if you just ignore the films but keep the knowledge of the character the hulk works well in the avengers
it wasn't the being set in WWII that was bad it was just that i knew everybody in the film he meets will be insignificant and with no future because the film was gonna end with him being taken out of the frozen ice, the whole film was just "a get it over with already" film, and the time passage battle montage (stolen from wolverine) was a pathetic way of showing his bond and camaraderie with the troops,
i do think the film had a good message that "it is what is inside (your heart) that counts" but that is why it bugs me that she was only interested in him after he got his super powers
Ummmm time passage montage is not stolen from Wolverine, it's a common Hollywood device. The people likewise aren't insignificant since they help shape his character.
I like Thor better then Cap America I rly didn't like that movie and didn't think Cap was interesting and it had a music number in it god that was annoying! Plus Thor is sexy I know that doesn't mean anything when comparing movies but still!
The Incredible Hulk has grown on me. I didn't like it very much until I started reading the comics and was able to notice all the little nods that they put into the movie as well as appreciate what they were going for. It's still flawed, though, and probably the worst of Phase I, mainly because of a few glaring things:
1. The CGI. Normally I don't particularly care what the CGI looks like, except that this movie could (and should) have taken more care with it. It just looked really out of place. In my opinion, they should have used a mixture of puppetry and CGI (kinda what like Jurassic Park and Walking With Dinosaurs used) and, while they would have been more constrained in what they could do, it would have looked loads better. And Blonski getting backhanded into the tree makes me laugh every time.
2. Betty Ross. Liv Tyler did not convince me for one second that she was a biologist of any sort. Of course, the original Betty Ross wasn't a biologist either, but the movie was trying to make her into a scientist and I didn't believe it for a moment. Not once did she do anything sciency. She didn't comment on the blood samples, she didn't offer to help with any analysis... hell, her writing didn't even come off as particularly clever. And it may sound superficial... but she didn't "look" like a scientist. She dressed too well, wore make-up, didn't seem to be thinking. Now I know plenty of women scientists do the first two... but I don't know a single one who doesn't seem to be constantly thinking about something.
3. The red sweatshirt. This might seem like nitpicking, but at the beginning, when Bruce Banner is fleeing from the SWAT team guys, he gets out of bed and puts on a red sweatshirt before jumping out the window. Let me clarify. The movie explicitly states that Banner has been on the run for years and has managed to successfully evade the US government... and everyone else, for that entire time. In fact, they emphasize it. And then, when he has reasonable suspicion that there's guys outside his door who want to do unpleasant things to him... his first reaction is to pop on the "I'm a target!" red sweatshirt? Please. I'm surprised that he would even HAVE a red sweatshirt. Banner from the comics would have dyed it black or something, even if it made the shirt look horrible. Because Banner is all about practicality, not appearances, otherwise it wouldn't have taken him so long to ditch his twenty-seven purple suits. And it's not like he hasn't been there long enough to get an appropriate wardrobe, he's gotten a job and has a ton of stuff in his apartment... even a frickin' DOG... he could definitely have a dark colored sweatshirt. But no. They decided that red was the color for him, which I will always insist makes no fucking sense.
Ummmm time passage montage is not stolen from Wolverine, it's a common Hollywood device. The people likewise aren't insignificant since they help shape his character.
ok fine nothing is original but the timing of the montage so soon after wolverine(a film that is obviously gonna be seen by the same type of people) was bad, and they didn't shape his character, he had the great character before he just didn't have the muscles, all it was was a montage saying captain america did some heroic stuff but nothing special so have a montage about it, it was like they were fast forwarding the film because they knew they had to make time for the finale, which really they could have done in the avengers as a flashback of how he got frozen and just had a different climax to his film, that way they could have left space for the people in the film to have some extra history with him and leave more space for prequels to the avengers
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Also, don't worry, it's safe for work, no screamer, nothing that could upset the ballance of your bowels or breakfast or whatever. Nothing gross, nothing scary. Relatively speaking.
Well that was a blatant lie.
I did say "Relatively speaking".
Exactly lies!
I would if I could go a ride to the city.
Anyway, I watched and loved Megamind...I can't believe I said that. I hate most 3D movies, and I would have preferred this one be 2D as well, but there are a couple reasons...I liked it.
For one, it didn't feel focus tested to hell and back. Any focus testing there was was used to the advantage of the film's themes.
And two, it really made me look inside myself. I have a little too much in common with Hal/Titan, way more in common than I'd like...I don't know about this one, dude...I don't know about this. I've always been angry at the world for my failures and rejections, and I've always pent that anger up, and I've always felt like I was entitled to everything and everyone. To be honest, before I met my fiance, which was a big moment of acceptance in my life, I was on a pretty bad path, and I'm sure if I suddenly got superpowers I'd have instantly chosen to get revenge on everyone I felt wronged by.
Also, Hal looks exactly like my friend monkey_05_06. I mean the resemblance is uncanny.
Hell yeah! I usually despise remakes but this one looks pretty good. Also it's not really a remake; apparently it's still a part of the same continuity as the Ash trilogy.
Read my review.
It's fucking terrible!
Also wanted for questioning regarding the disappearance of prescription eyewear.
Have you actually SEEN it?
Yes I was invited to attend an advanced screening.
Yay! I love Megamind, for both the reasons you stated and also because of the bazillion references they stuck in it. Also, because the script for that movie was so... tight. I felt like there wasn't a word or moment wasted in the entire film. Even the seeming throwaway jokes from the beginning ended up having plot relevance later on. And I liked that.
You could say the same about the Friday The 13th and A Nightmare On Elm Street remakes... but it doesn't make me feel any better about them existing.
I was reading a discussion on IMDB (shut up) about whether or not Titan was a one-note character or not. And I'm kind of on the fence that he's not. I bet Josh would say he is. Dunno why.
It's incredible to me that he's a trope that plays on our expectations of that trope, namely the awkward nerdy guy who has no social skills or charisma, and completely manages to surprise the viewer. He was kind of the backbone of what really made the movie interesting to me. I loved Megamind, and Minion, and the other characters, but Titan was the one I could empathize with the most. Megamind had similar issues that Hal had, but Megamind had an outlet, and Hal had none.
I found myself just hating Roxanne over the course of the movie, but then I realized that's because I have the same shortcomings as Titan/Hal does. I'm insecure and have a lot of pent up anger, and I throw a fit whenever I don't get what I want either outside or inside, especially in regards to responses from other people. I realized after watching the movie that Roxanne was completely justified in rejecting Hal, because she realized what a creep he was, albeit harmless until he got powers. "Absolute power corrupts absolutely" and "Verily I have often laughed at weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws" are two quotes that apply to Hal greatly. Because he's insecure and trampled on and rejected and treated like someone insignificant like I have been most of my life, I automatically empathized with him and therefore rooted for him. I realized that that is because I have the same ugliness inside me he has, and so my goals as a viewer would be his goals. As an insecure nerd, I would automatically root for the insecure nerd. I would be angry at rejection that he faces. I wouldn't realize normally that on the inside, Hal is a completely POSSESSIVE DANGEROUS CREEP. I once fell for a girl who gave me the worst rejection of my life, and I had pretty much already decided I deserved her and that there was no way she wouldn't accept me. I failed to recognize how pathetic I was on the inside, and Hal has the same problem. The issue is that he was manipulated one too many times, and before he had a chance to be redeemed, or anyone realized he should be, it was too late. Hal was always a bad guy deep down.
In regards to throwaway lines, the big one when you first realize who Hal really is on the inside was when he said "The lady across the hall has WAY better stuff" when he thought he was going to be robbed. He's a coward, who will do anything to save his own ass. The powers didn't make him bad, they just gave him the means to take what he wanted.
And if I look around, in my past, and present, I can see a lot of signs of creepdom and evil inside me that is pretty similar. And I'm kind of sick too. The movie was a well done morality play that was a slap in my face, and I'm glad I saw it.
The thing is that the "remake" is produced by Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell and Robert G. Tapert. Plus, I hear that Ash makes a brief cameo during a post-credits scene, as a setup to a crossover sequel.
Of course, I'll probably end up agreeing with DAISHI once I've seen it but it really does look to be more promising than most of these remakes to me.
Airplane!
Blazing Saddles
The Evil Dead featuring Bruce Campbell trilogy
All Alien films
Inception
Totally Spies: The Movie
Anything missing here?
I didn't expect it to be as successful as this! Going to head down to London in a few weeks so I can check out the three places I've got offers for. I can't make this decision without seeing what they've got to offer.
Eh, I’m still going.
Oh well, sod it; 'The Simpsons' is on soon.
I'm seriously at my wit's end.
That's a dick move. Seriously, what a chode.
I'd stop procrastinating, but I've got so many other things to do first!
Disappointing. And via email too?
i like Thor (did you know he is captain kirk's dad) i think the only one of the newer avenger films they messed up was captain america, but i think the main problem was setting up the film so that from the start we know that everyone he meets in the film will be dead by the end (passage of time) also his best buddy relationship with bucky was basically non existent and his (clearly never gonna happen) love interest was only interested in him when he got all captain americanised
Uh Captain America's movie reflects the comics like every other Marvel movie. Plus he's not the Captain unless you have m fighting in WWII, that's the core of his identity. Also it was a better movie than Thor.
it wasn't the being set in WWII that was bad it was just that i knew everybody in the film he meets will be insignificant and with no future because the film was gonna end with him being taken out of the frozen ice, the whole film was just "a get it over with already" film, and the time passage battle montage (stolen from wolverine) was a pathetic way of showing his bond and camaraderie with the troops,
i do think the film had a good message that "it is what is inside (your heart) that counts" but that is why it bugs me that she was only interested in him after he got his super powers
I still enjoy the movie, but the Earth segments put it down as my second least favorite of Phase 1, after The Incredible Suck.
yeah, the earth bits were more the comedy/love interest bits, the Asgard parts were the more interesting bits, but personally as a film i think it was better than captain america, but yeah i don't even know what hulk is supposed to be in the avengers but if you just ignore the films but keep the knowledge of the character the hulk works well in the avengers
Ummmm time passage montage is not stolen from Wolverine, it's a common Hollywood device. The people likewise aren't insignificant since they help shape his character.
I have a bias where I immediately think anything involving super heroes is amazing.
The Incredible Hulk is by far the worst of Phase One. I still loved it to pieces.
1. The CGI. Normally I don't particularly care what the CGI looks like, except that this movie could (and should) have taken more care with it. It just looked really out of place. In my opinion, they should have used a mixture of puppetry and CGI (kinda what like Jurassic Park and Walking With Dinosaurs used) and, while they would have been more constrained in what they could do, it would have looked loads better. And Blonski getting backhanded into the tree makes me laugh every time.
2. Betty Ross. Liv Tyler did not convince me for one second that she was a biologist of any sort. Of course, the original Betty Ross wasn't a biologist either, but the movie was trying to make her into a scientist and I didn't believe it for a moment. Not once did she do anything sciency. She didn't comment on the blood samples, she didn't offer to help with any analysis... hell, her writing didn't even come off as particularly clever. And it may sound superficial... but she didn't "look" like a scientist. She dressed too well, wore make-up, didn't seem to be thinking. Now I know plenty of women scientists do the first two... but I don't know a single one who doesn't seem to be constantly thinking about something.
3. The red sweatshirt. This might seem like nitpicking, but at the beginning, when Bruce Banner is fleeing from the SWAT team guys, he gets out of bed and puts on a red sweatshirt before jumping out the window. Let me clarify. The movie explicitly states that Banner has been on the run for years and has managed to successfully evade the US government... and everyone else, for that entire time. In fact, they emphasize it. And then, when he has reasonable suspicion that there's guys outside his door who want to do unpleasant things to him... his first reaction is to pop on the "I'm a target!" red sweatshirt? Please. I'm surprised that he would even HAVE a red sweatshirt. Banner from the comics would have dyed it black or something, even if it made the shirt look horrible. Because Banner is all about practicality, not appearances, otherwise it wouldn't have taken him so long to ditch his twenty-seven purple suits. And it's not like he hasn't been there long enough to get an appropriate wardrobe, he's gotten a job and has a ton of stuff in his apartment... even a frickin' DOG... he could definitely have a dark colored sweatshirt. But no. They decided that red was the color for him, which I will always insist makes no fucking sense.
That is all.
ok fine nothing is original but the timing of the montage so soon after wolverine(a film that is obviously gonna be seen by the same type of people) was bad, and they didn't shape his character, he had the great character before he just didn't have the muscles, all it was was a montage saying captain america did some heroic stuff but nothing special so have a montage about it, it was like they were fast forwarding the film because they knew they had to make time for the finale, which really they could have done in the avengers as a flashback of how he got frozen and just had a different climax to his film, that way they could have left space for the people in the film to have some extra history with him and leave more space for prequels to the avengers