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Movies & TV / Re: New Movies still in Theaters coming to VOD NOW!!!! Thanks to COVID-19

« on: March 22, 2020, 03:50:57 PM »

Unfortunately yes, TVs are still "Sold" in diagonal inches as are monitors, easier to market and too much inertia.  However every other metric is in metric.

that's why you invite over all your friends, family and neighbors, at $5 a head, and now the movie is making you money /$

Plague parties!

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Movies & TV / Re: Hey! DC's got stuff too... (Official Thread for the DCU of Movies and TV)

« on: March 06, 2020, 03:52:38 AM »

Just watch the cartoon show which is actually good.

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Movies & TV / Re: Hey! DC's got stuff too... (Official Thread for the DCU of Movies and TV)

« on: February 12, 2020, 01:44:29 PM »

I wouldn't say they threw out all the expectations as people expect to see a Joker rather than someone called Joker. Hamill, Nicholson, Caesar and Ledger Joker are very different but no one argues over their legitimacy. If Joaquin couldn't legitimise his take the rest of the movie doesn't matter. Leto fucked that up and has been disavowed.

Which causes a problem for BoP. HQ can't "Free" herself if Joker isn't the antagonist. HQ show has Joker as an antagonist but she isn't free at the end of the first episode. It's an ongoing arc where she continues to be abused making every step towards freedom that much sweeter. If you can't get Joker dump the freedom angle by having an adventure during one of those "Mister J told me to **** off" periods.

The lack of Poison Ivy is a death blow for fans of HQ's "Emancipation". The creators had no idea where they were going understanding only the most shallow aspects of HQ's deep mental issues.

That's not really who Huntress is based on my limited knowledge. She is meant to be a willing to kill version of Batman, she wouldn't give a damn about the diamond other than a way to track down the murderers. The other characters have the same issue where they are illegitimate, couldn't sell this version of them, a common complaint.

It has the same issue of SS with too many characters but at least SS didn't **** around getting them together so they can interact.

It doesn't work for the fans. Causals has zero hype. Being effectively a sequel to SS poisoned it. The R rating is underutilised. It chases Deadpool without understanding why it worked. It doesn't understand HQ freeing her too early instead at the end making it an abandoned arc.

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Movies & TV / Re: Hey! DC's got stuff too... (Official Thread for the DCU of Movies and TV)

« on: February 12, 2020, 03:58:47 AM »

As to the reviews on Meta Critic has anyone read the reviews for them.  This is review bombing in progress since it doesn't align with what they wanted it to be instead of judging it for what it is.

This would only be true if this was an original film. Being a Harley Quinn movie it has expectations. Joker and The Harley Quinn cartoon managed to meet them and thus rewarded. Doesn't help it has the stink of Suicide Squad and having them be the Birds of Prey is a real ass backwards head scratcher. The Huntress working with her like what??

"No one wanted or needs this but please buy it and give it a thumbs up". Have you considered there isn't review bombing? Maybe giving what the audience wants is a good idea? The cartoon gave us what we wanted and by being superior makes HQ:BoP redundant. Even without HQ show Joker raised the bar which is a GOOD thing.

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last movie you've seen

« on: February 12, 2020, 03:33:44 AM »

Captain America: Winter Solider is the only Marvel movie that rises above "Meh" because of the real stunts. The simple elevator fight puts all the other movies to shame.

For the other movies what stunts there are was plastered over so much they stop being stunts.

I am not sure there is anywhere to go with Avatar. Absent the humans coming back for more it's Blue Cats. If the humans come back it would just be a replay of the first as they wouldn't be a trade delegation. If they don't switch up the biome it would be hours of faux rituals no one cares about.

The above is why I think Cameron has taken so long to move on the sequels, he knows it's a dead end. Not helped that he has been spending a lot of time swimming with fishes blunting his skills and presence.

Imagine trying to make a sequel to Dances with Wolves or Last Samurai. That doesn't work. The story is actually complete.

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last movie you've seen

« on: February 11, 2020, 02:56:11 AM »

For all the release hype Avatar made no cultural impact because it is so hollow. I didn't see it in the cinema but it was clear I wasn't missing anything. That's the problem with CGI spectacles and increasingly so as we get more and more processing power. It's not impressive or exciting. It makes directors and writers lazy.

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Movies & TV / Re: Hey! DC's got stuff too... (Official Thread for the DCU of Movies and TV)

« on: February 10, 2020, 08:52:42 PM »

I've been checking out DC Universe. That Harley Quinn cartoon is heinous trash.

Another Oohhboy argument in 3, 2, 1.....

The trailer was very representative.

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Movies & TV / Re: Khushrenada's Annual Oscar Thread. 2020 Edition.

« on: February 09, 2020, 08:02:40 PM »

He's never won. They want him to win.

Also, the character Cliff supports Rick. So there's that. Even if in the movie they share the load and are interesting equal individuals themselves the character supports the other. Though you could say Rick pays Cliff.

Well, I suppose it's a thing. If Brad hasn't won yet this is definitely an excellent project for him to win on.

Taratino really messes with you switching between the leads like it's a videogame. On a surface level it does everything to say Cliff is subservient to Rick. Yet Rick needs Cliff emotionally, to take his load. We follow Cliff more(That's the impression). It's an interdependent relationship, throughout the movie they are constantly helping each other and finding ways, almost desperately, to stay together.

In the end you can pick either one as the lead depending on who you like more. Want someone kickass? Cliff. Emotional gravitas? Rick. Want both? hell yeah.

People complain about the Emmy's always nominating and voting for the same old shows. Well, the Oscars can also be a bit static. They've been nominating a Marvel movie for Visual Effects almost yearly. Likewise, the Star Wars movies always seem to get a few technical considerations and John Williams a composing nod even if they probably don't deserve them. They've been sort of grandfathered in at this point. But lol at your Animated Film part 2 crack. There is some truth to that.

Williams getting a nod, especially for Skywalker seems to be a running joke. All three films he hasn't even bothered to go back to the well, too much walking. Just opens the fridge to get Hungry Man and leftovers. Limply siding it into the microwave, sets the timer too short under cooking it.

Lion King is most egregious as it is straight up animated in a computer. Whatever real shots in there might as well be CGI.

When a character goes any faster than walking or has a suit in Marvel on we go into CGI at an exponential rate. iirc they would have Tony do whatever just for the animation cues when his head is shown but even his head gets composited back on. If he sat on a chair it wouldn't make a difference. They barely have a physical "Suit" with none of it showing up on film as it has degraded into a another reference point.

I hope the category goes back to actual visual effects that are novel, bend and blend reality. The Irishman is a odd case as de-aging isn't novel, but the method forgoing the dot system is. However they did nothing with their old af gait.

No idea American Factory had anything to do with Obama. The ending was garbage though both irl and on film. We needed to know why the vote failed and what the breakdown was. There was clearly some sort of shenanigans beyond the standard union busting not helped by the editing falling apart.

Then to salt the wound it segue into "Haha machines are going to take your jobs" giving the middle finger to every human which we really, really didn't need. Undermines itself almost completely.

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Movies & TV / Re: Khushrenada's Annual Oscar Thread. 2020 Edition.

« on: February 09, 2020, 01:19:23 PM »

What the hell putting Brad Pitt in supporting role? Leo and Pitt were partners, twin leads.

LOL Skywalker getting nominated for anything. I guess Disney handed out enough money to slip it in somewhere. Endgame's Oscar promotion was laughable.The visual effects category is dire. Might as well list it as Animated Feature Film part 2.

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Movies & TV / Re: Khushrenada's Annual Oscar Thread. 2020 Edition.

« on: February 08, 2020, 09:57:32 PM »

If Once Upon A Time In Hollywood doesn't win big I would be very disappointed. This is the Oscars so that will be a given.

Haven't watched 1917 however I can easily understand the roller coaster issue*. It's this year's Gravity. I have seen Gravity which is at it's heart a roller coaster and the cart you are riding is Bullock. Visually stunning in a way it isn't just the director throwing money at some over worked CGI house, the director cares every step of the way. You can see it in the trailer. It isn't more pew pew, bigger, MAKE NUMBERS BIG. That isn't remotely impressive, that is just a function of money + time. It's lazy, carelessness, boring, lacks creativity, passion, it's product, less than videogame cut scenes.

Gravity doesn't stand up to a rewatch (Other than the opening) as there is nothing more to be gained. One of the best things to get when rewatching is picking up new details of which there are none. It's hollow, you have seen everything the first time around. I suspect 1917 is the same.

*The roller coaster isn't WW1.

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is visually impressive beyond something like Gravity. You are completely transported to that world, that era. It's not a edifice nor a museum piece. Taratino does not impose our sensibilities, judgement, he presents it as is. It's a living, breathing world where care has been taken on every single level. A world you live in briefly as if the theatre was a time machine. 1969 is outside with it's leaded gasoline, it's joys, it's lows, failure and successes. If only you could open the door.

There is no higher praise.

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last movie you've seen

« on: January 30, 2020, 04:12:22 AM »

It's a lot more dangerous now as rumours and disinformation require little to no effort. It's so much more virulent, persistent, much easier to weaponise by either state actors or snake oil salesman or trolls. We have repeatedly seen social media get weaponised causing real world damage. Anti Vaxxers are an example of this leading to a lot deaths that never should have happened at an increasing rate.

In the past a rumour would require it to be plausible sounding, maybe a method of broadcasting like TV or radio to gain wider traction which gave the authorities an edge on information. Which meant you needed to already have access to the network in the first place. On top of that it is much easier to impersonate the authorities or someone with a wider audience.

People increasingly don't read anything beyond the headline before hitting share. Their BS meter is under developed or isn't able to deal with the new environment.

People with a lot of followers tend not to do the due diligence before sharing nor feel responsibility or falsely believe they are doing good or don't do a retraction as that is considered "Embarrassing" thus lose followers. In many cases they double down or simply delete the tweet. Not helped the system is a loop based entirely on clicks.

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Movies & TV / Re: Hey! DC's got stuff too... (Official Thread for the DCU of Movies and TV)

« on: January 26, 2020, 06:47:56 PM »

Harley Quinn continues to own.

A corporate orientation VHS fronted by Lex Luthor for the Legend of Doom? Yes please.

Bain: I am still trying to get a chair...

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Movies & TV / Re: Star Wars IX The Rise of Skywalker

« on: January 19, 2020, 10:57:08 PM »

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DoF doesn't have any glaringly asinine elements.
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Our viewpoints differ here.

I think it probably would have had fewer asinine elements, but there are still some present and we don't know what might've changed (for better or worse) from the leaked script.

Also, people take this all too seriously.

DoF script isn't exactly setting off alarms here, it's got issues and obviously adjustments made for Fisher. But it doesn't have any show stoppers out of the gate.

RoS has issues so bad any one of them would have sank it. When a leak came out my response was "This is too stupid to be true". It turned out more stupid it sounded the more true it was.

Oohboy:  You are right script is important.  Have a direction, trust the creative team and let them complete the project.  Jumping teams, not have a 3 movie completed script was stupid.

The one thing I might disagree with you on is the PT (I am assuming PT is the prequel trilogy). I actually think the Prequel trilogy's overall arching story was great and a true trilogy.  However, Lucas should have had help writing the movie and the dialog and the pacing.  He went at it alone which was foolish.  Disney has teams of writers that are collaborating a building their animated empire movies.  When was the last Disney animated movie 100% trash?  They haven't been, because they take their time.  (Pixar is another story I don't know what happened there.)  But I would take a remake of the prequel trilogy with good dialog over this new trilogy. 

Now, though I really want to know where do you stop Rogue One?  Or when do you start it? Since you treat it like a short film. 

PT premise is fine on the surface, but the premise isn't a script. The premise being Rise of Sheev, the rise of Anakin and birth of Vadar. It reveals a problem, we didn't need the TPM for the trilogy nor the prequels as a whole as these are things we don't need to know. We didn't need to know who Anakin was to know who Vadar is. Knowing more made Vadar worse off.

The prequels were really written out of tiny snippets of dialogue. TPM only existed because Yoda said "Too old to be trained". Anakin accidentally blows up the tradeship and scraps buzz droids because he is a "Great pilot". Clone wars is well clones wars. Then **** up the ending when you gotta kill Padme but do it way too soon. Establish the Imperial Senate so we can kill it. Entire movies just to fit a couple lines. The earlier premise is almost incidental. The real premise is those lines. Just don't make prequels. They are glorified flashbacks.

Now you say what about R1? R1's premise is go get DS plans. The problem comes in when it gets fixated on a non-plot hole. We didn't need to know who or how or what flaw came about. Which leads us to how I treat R1.

The characterisation is pretty much non-existent and contradictory anyway so you start at around after Jyn gives her bewildering speech as Yavin. The opening scroll is "band of Rebels goes to get DS plans", cut, next scene they are getting on the transport. The key to the movie is R1: Go Get DS Plans. That's pretty much it. You don't really need to re-edit it. Just fudge a little and you're there.

We don't need to know the DS is powered by Kyber Crystals. We don't need to know it has a low power setting. The office politics. We didn't need to know much about who these people are, if anything what came before makes them worse. Their character design, archetypes and what they do is enough. We don't need the first half of the movie.

I suspect this works as well as it does because this portion likely has the least reshoots if any. The attention to detail, the clever call backs, the cohesion, it feels and looks very different to the rest of the movie. You can feel the care taken. It's pretty much the only SW thing Disney has aside from Mando.

It doesn't have any significant bizarre orphaned elements like "I am going to stay here to die", Rebel's/Casian moral grey area, Jyn sudden turn or missing motivation. It doesn't pandering blue milk or have death sentence in 12 systems. No Marvel TV fighting. Cuts Vadar's dad joke and pointless meeting which undermines his appearance later. Like, why in the hell would Vadar have a house on Lava planet??? If you look out the window that is where I got really badly burnt. Cool eh?

R1: Go Get DS Plans

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Movies & TV / Re: Star Wars IX The Rise of Skywalker

« on: January 19, 2020, 02:26:21 AM »

... One thing for sure, DoF would have been the better movie. ...

Can't agree with any certainty.

It might have been a better movie.  On the surface, I'll say that the script definitely sounds more appealing at a high level, despite a few niggling problems. I'm sure the critics would've preferred this movie. But execution really matters with big productions like this and sometimes "big, fun, and dumb" is better than a script that has strong/interesting ideas but botches the execution.

**glances at The Last Jedi with disgust**

If you can't know the actual outcome of both potential paths, and we certainly can't here, then second-guessing what might've been is an empty game of speculation instead of some kind of 20/20 hindsight.

Err I think you got the idea a little backwards. A strong script is fundamental, it's your literal blueprint. TLJ is not a strong script. There is no way in hell any level of production value would have overcome the script, all that does is a flash in a pan. The premise alone gives pause. "Resistance runs out of space gas and a slow speed chase ensures". Canto bite should have made you bulk at the idea TLJ has a good script let alone executed well.

PT had massive production values for the time but had an absurdly weak script. It's boring execution simply made that more apparent.

One massive advantage on DoF has is that it isn't trying fight the last two movies or do "Damage control". It's pragmatic and professional, it plays the cards it was dealt. It throws a couple of jabs at TLJ as even back then Colin thought TLJ was stupid, but that's it. Nobody likes Rose yet it gives her a fair shake she never got. It does a reverse Jar Jar. Fisher dying isn't great but it's a known issue and just about anyone could have fixed that.

DoF doesn't have any glaringly asinine elements. Not having Sheev alone puts it well ahead. It doesn't un vaporise the DS 2. The characters are proactive, coming up with plans instead of following something. They fail not because they are idiots but because the villains were competent.

What we know wouldn't have changed is the environment that it would have made under which was bad enough to make Colin walk. People keep throwing the excuse that JJ didn't have a choice. Bull Fucking ****. He could have walked or not taken the deal at all. He knew ahead of time what the environment was having experienced it. DoF provides additional proof that JJ is a hack if his body of work before RoS hasn't done so.

Given the behavior of angry Star Wars fans, there’s no universe in which I believe this sentiment from angry Star Wars fans.

They made very bad movies. Everybody could see RoS was going to be bad. You would be angry if you were kept being feed ****. Mando while not saving SW proves that the anger isn't something eternal or unfounded and that Solo flopping wasn't just TLJ.

By my count we have maybe 1/3 to 1/2 of a good SW movie in R1. DoF might have gotten you another 1/2 - 2/3. Anytime I go back and watch R1 which is the only I would rewatch I treat it as a short film.

Rey doesn’t need more motivation than doing the right thing especially given her Light Side alignment and the Jedi’s moral superiority we’ve been fed at every turn.

Designated hero does the needful. If that isn't the writer needing her to do something instead of her being self motivated I don't know what is. Rey is a tool, not a character. Whenever the writer hits a wall and JJ hits a lot of walls of his own making, just have Rey literally Force their way through it. RoS so called "Humanisation" doesn't change that, she is still getting handed powers, she is still a tool of the writer.

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Movies & TV / Re: Star Wars IX The Rise of Skywalker

« on: January 18, 2020, 02:29:12 PM »

People probably would have hated Duel of the Fates anyway, right? We should at least acknowledge that before we start discussing this. There's no way anyone who hated The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi would have praised even this version of Episode IX. Colin Trevorrow was like everyone's favorite punching bag after The Book of Henry flopped.

That said, Trevorrow's Dual of the Fates appears better than the Episode IX we got if only because it leaned more into what was already set by The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi (though perhaps not enough). My main criticism of Rise of Skywalker essentially boils down to: YOU DIDN'T EARN THAT. It's what Return of the Jedi would have been if they walked back on [sopiler]Darth Vader being Luke's father[/sopiler] and spent most of the movie trying to justify that decision.

Anyway, Trevorrow makes some odd choices which may have been ditched had he had a chance to revise. These include:

• Kylo Ren having a mask put on still hot so it melts onto his face. Why would they do that?
• Some dialog sounds awkward.
• The entirety of Tor Valum. Don't introduce a major villain/Sith entity in the final installment.
• Quasi-shipping Rey and Poe.
• The reveal of Kylo Ren killing Rey's parents. That's completely unearned and unnecessary. He's Supreme Leader of an oppressive regime. Rey doesn't need more motivation to stop Kylo Ren.
• Kylo Ren blinding Rey. Seems unnecessary.
• Kylo Ren throwing Rey down some stairs instead of, you know, murder-death-killing her.
• The entirety of the final Kylo Ren/Rey duel. He's redeemed after giving back some life force he stole from her. Why does everyone want Kylo Ren redeemed?
• Hux kills himself with purple lightsaber.
• Rey shooting the breeze with Luke, Yoda, and Obi-Wan in the astral plane.
• R2-D2 projecting holographic memories. More nostalgia bait. Pass.

I don't really want to get into Rise of Skywalker's various issues right now. At the very least, Trevorrow's Dual of the Fates doesn't bring back Palpatine from the dead for a weak twist on Rey's lineage that ultimately had absolutely no payoff.

It wouldn't save Star Wars. But instead of SW being despised it would be more it's finally over now and we got one actual movie out of it.

The entire trilogy if you can even call it that is one of "You didn't earn that" whether it be the movies or the people making them.

Tor Valum isn't a villain nor a Snoke replacement. He is a way to turn Kylo into a villain instead of a joke.

Shipping Reylo is far worse given that is a creepy abusive relationship. Rey and Finn is the natural choice but that was never going to happen. It also reinforces that time has pass.

Kylo killing Rey's parents is somewhat necessary as Rey doesn't actually have any motivation to do what she does. She goes somewhere, does things because the writer needs it rather than her needing to do so.

Blinding Rey is critical as Rey needs to get hurt and given how OP she is it has to hurt a lot to make Kylo as a threat.

Kylo isn't redeemed nor should he be given there is no one to do it. The only person who could stop Kylo was Ben. This also prevents Rey winning the fight again. It's a twisted mirror of the throne room scene.

Had the trilogy actually worked R2-D2 scene would have worked because it would have been earned instead of endless nostalgia bait.

The "leaked script" sounds pretty decent, and I like the big picture. There are a bunch of details that I don't particularly like as described, and some especially weak moments in the way things are wrapped up... but some of that might've been revised. Even if it wasn't, the movie sounds fun to watch.

I don't know though. Would that proposed script really be better than Rise of Skywalker? Both have some good and some bad points, and that's running on a lot of assumptions regarding how the "leaked script" would turn out. It's also easy to see how the death of Carrie Fisher would've made that script difficult to film - I think the leadership shown by her character is integral to the story (and one of the parts I liked most about it). Depending on what your expectations are for the final movie in a trilogy of trilogies, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to say definitively which story is "best".

I'm also a bit worried that some of the moments that sound good might not have turned out that way. Managing the "side stories" would've had to be done better than in The Last Jedi, because the pacing and lack of urgency (and relevance) there absolutely killed pacing and makes re-watching that film a painful slog. I'm not against having so many split lines of action in the film, but it would take a fine touch to make things come together well.

The word is one of the reasons Trevorrow walked as he couldn't flip Leia's and Luke's death in TLJ or keep Luke alive because of KK and Rian. Remember, TLJ had a year before release after Fisher's death. If anything needed reshoots this would be it. TLJ would still be omni bad but at least we wouldn't have gotten Mary Poppins.

Having multiple stories running is necessary given the resistance had to be rebuilt and state of the galaxy be shown. The logistics of why all these ships are there for the final show down.

A bizarre thing about these movies is everything about the production and decision making did everything it could to not be a trilogy. Instead it's 3 sequels that is labelled a trilogy. It's like calling Die Hard 1 2 3 a trilogy.

One thing for sure, DoF would have been the better movie. It's coherent. Makes use of it's characters. It doesn't undermine itself by turning a chunk of the movie irrelevant later or Canto biting it. No retarded mc guffins. It doesn't pervert it into a victory for Palpatine nor deal with the absurdity of un-vaporising him then killing himself. It undoes the disrespect done to Luke.

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Movies & TV / Re: Star Wars IX The Rise of Skywalker

« on: January 18, 2020, 02:05:16 AM »

You don't have to watch it. It's not about my statement that JJ is a hack.

It's a bit of disservice not to post the original source of the script as it comes from Burnett.

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Movies & TV / Re: Star Wars IX The Rise of Skywalker

« on: January 18, 2020, 01:47:07 AM »

If you are going to post that post the OG source.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ShS32kJclU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m62H56LMB-U

I told ya all JJ is a hack.

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Movies & TV / Re: Hey! DC's got stuff too... (Official Thread for the DCU of Movies and TV)

« on: January 15, 2020, 09:59:14 PM »

In fact in order to save your sanity I would recommend against it.

I can agree with this. If you are going to watch one of the shows I recommend Legends of Tomorrow. It's a fun adventure show with a ship full of Losers/C-List heroes that doesn't take itself seriously at all. There is a Unicorn that eats hearts, so yeah not serious. Then there is Rip, he is brilliant asshole, Duvuel carries the show until it can stand on it's own.

A warning I do give is the supporting character of the first 2 seasons are "Please go away". It still suffers from "TV" fighting where somehow it's hand to hand despite guns and there is a bit of shoehorning. It bad enough that at times I rather not have a fight at all, less can be more.

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Movies & TV / Re: Star Wars Fanhouse, Chewie, we're home!

« on: January 11, 2020, 06:21:15 AM »

I couldn't stand Rebels. Ezra bugged the ever living hell out of me and based on what I read he never changes. Then there is the obvious "Hidden" Jedi. Oh great the fucking Force. Hot Topic Mandolorian. Noped out around ep3.

Cartoon is one thing, but Rebels was childish. What grains of gold wasn't worth digging up. Cartoons can be intelligent, I rather enjoyed Clone Wars because it has some depth. Anakin and Dooku episodes were terrible though. Obi wan focused, clones focused, no Force episodes were the best.

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Movies & TV / Re: Hey! DC's got stuff too... (Official Thread for the DCU of Movies and TV)

« on: January 07, 2020, 01:39:39 PM »

The Harley Quinn show has been most excellent. Once again DC Animation comes out on top.

Supergirl is buckling under it's own weight as it is manufacturing more drama for drama sakes. Man Hunter has been flanderised to to point of being the stereotypical Native American Indian. Alex has nowhere to go. Lena is just plain crazy now. Brain is tiresome.

Crisis has been a mixed bag. Everything about the tower was serious cringe. Who wrote this ****? I am not even sure what the point of it was other than an excuse to kill Ollie which gets undermined later. The Batman / Bradon Superman episode is good stuff.

Pretty much just waiting for Legends to come back and thoroughly enjoying HQ.

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Movies & TV / Re: Star Wars IX The Rise of Skywalker

« on: January 07, 2020, 06:18:57 AM »

OT

That's it.

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last movie you've seen

« on: January 06, 2020, 01:25:19 AM »

The Rise of Skywalker - 7.9/10

I think the movie was fine. It just wasn't fantastic. I'd rank it with Attack of the Clones.

Attack of the Clones: 7.9/10. Yeah, nah.

Does anybody actually rate movies on  a 0 - 10 scale?

Jumanji 2

Honestly, it was entertaining, just not as funny as I thought it would be going in. The Rock wasn't quite capturing the Danny Devito I wanted, and Kevin Hart didn't really capture Danny Glover at all imo. There was so much potential in the concept, but I just think it wasn't executed nearly as well as I had pictured it in my head going in. I imagine a "ghostly overlay" may have helped bring it back to who they were attempting to portray, but that might not've worked out well either.

The Rock isn't that great of an actor so doing Devito is asking a lot from him. He is better than Sam Worthington and his ilk but that is faint praise.

He worked in nu-Jumanji because he was just playing himself again but excited looking based on a character/actor we don't know.

In light of the new (and apparently quite good) Star Wars game coming out, I decided to finally check out Rogue One. A year or so back, I commented on how much I dislike The Force Awakens, and someone (Adrock, I think) commented that I would probably like Rogue One. Well, I've now seen it and...yeah, I actually do quite like it.

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 but overall that was a solid film and probably the lone good Disney Star Wars film.

I works out better if you completely ignore the first 2/3 viewing it as a short film. The first 2/3 really there to give the DS a backstory which is why??. It's almost like it was all reshoots. There are stark visual differences and change in style that scream it even if you didn't know the BTS issues. Krennic being middle management trying to climb the corporate ladder getting cold blocked by everyone is funny; dad joke aside. ughh, it took away from his what should have been his one and only appearance.

Diego Luna had little to work with along with everyone else. They wasted so much time they didn't build anyone up. Killing everybody isn't an excuse not to (Felicity Jones excluded as if you watch any of her previous work she is beyond limited). It's like they rolled a bunch of RPG characters and not play them. I do like there wasn't a romantic sub-plot by accident or otherwise. They are two people at the end sharing their fate the best they can.

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Movies & TV / Re: Star Wars IX The Rise of Skywalker

« on: January 06, 2020, 12:47:50 AM »

I will never see RoS.

But man I love high level bus demolition derby Disney is having.

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Movies & TV / Re: Star Wars IX The Rise of Skywalker

« on: December 06, 2019, 12:40:11 PM »

Teleportation.

That would solve a lot of problems.

I bet people who watched Empire Strikes Back thought Han was dead at the end of that movie. Turns out you can get unfrozen from Carbonite.

Eerrrr what?? They check on him after freezing and he was fine. There is a blinking light, dialogue to say he's fine and in hibernation. How could anyone miss that and assume he couldn't be unfrozen? Why would Vadar try to use it on Luke if he couldn't get him back out alive? I don't even.

A lot of the people who get angry about them introducing new force powers with the new movies seem to forget that they've been doing it since Luke force pulled his lightsaber so he could face the Wampa in the opening of episode 5.

They have never been outrageous, a retcon and wasn't to solve a outside of movie problem. The problem with the Force, a mistake JJ is clearly making is that bad writers use it to get out of the corners they write themselves into. If they need to keep retconning your story maybe they are terrible at it. Another is power creep which is really bad for very obvious reasons.

lol Luke would arrive at his destination naked.

GL never had a "9 movie" plan. He pulled that out of his ass, a retcon to make more movies.

The leaks are true. JJ on international tv BSed everyone. That KK interview was WOOOOOWWW. Good god, never has Hollywood trash burned this brightly. If it bombs it wholly deserves it.

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I'm a guy and Ruth's muscles is giving me feelings. Not sure who is the master, Supes or his hair. Nice and bright costume. It's good.