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Mr Mustache .
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:06 am Post subject: |
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Dracko wrote: | see A Very Long Engagement or The City of Lost Children. |
No, these are also crap. Watch Pierrot le Fou. _________________ Straight up |
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Dracko .
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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Actually fuck it, just watch Tim Burton films until you die. _________________ "This is the most fun I've ever had without being drenched in the blood of my enemies!" |
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digi .
Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 49 Location: the Canadas, k-town, The Mission
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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This just in: "Juno" is amazing and also suprisingly lovably feel-good! _________________ * Me Profile * Me Blog * Me Photos * |
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Harveyjames the meteor kid
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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This just in: Tim Burton's movies are kinda stupid |
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Cycle Mac daddy
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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I like a few of his movies, but most are style over substance and end up being dissapointing. _________________
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aderack .
Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 1105 Location: San Francisco
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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Ed Wood?
He hasn't done much of real import since then. _________________
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sediment .
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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saw I Am Legend on the 4th!
it was quite good, though not at all what I expected it to be. _________________
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Redeye .
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:26 am Post subject: |
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sediment wrote: | saw I Am Legend on the 4th!
it was quite good, though not at all what I expected it to be. |
I watched the Charlton Heston version a few weeks ago. (Omega Man)
Have you seen that one?
How do the two compare?
Trailer for the Moses version.
The 70s/manson thing in Heston's version was amusing but also a bit lame.
Topical perhaps. _________________ I felt sheer anarchic joy when I ran over my first pedestrian. |
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sediment .
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:57 am Post subject: |
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i have not, though from the trailer i'm going to venture a guess that I Am Legend is, generally speaking, better and not simply through superior effects. _________________
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Dracko .
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:40 am Post subject: |
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This just in: Juno made me want to punch children.
I Am Legend is apparently actually quite good. That is, until the ending comes round and they turn it into some ACCEPT CHRIST nonsense with survivors instead of the book's brilliant conclusion. _________________ "This is the most fun I've ever had without being drenched in the blood of my enemies!" |
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aderack .
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:49 am Post subject: |
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I think I want to see Juno. _________________
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aerisdead .
Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 254 Location: Toronto, Canada
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:18 am Post subject: |
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No, you don't. _________________ aerisdead |
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Dracko .
Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:43 am Post subject: |
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When her water breaks she screams "THUNDERCATS ARE GO!" I'm not even kidding.
Fuck this Scott Pilgrim bullshit. _________________ "This is the most fun I've ever had without being drenched in the blood of my enemies!" |
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:50 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | When her water breaks she screams "THUNDERCATS ARE GO!" |
that seems more like a selling point than a detraction. _________________
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Dracko .
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:00 am Post subject: |
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If you're into Napoleon Dynamite and spitroasting children with your Dad, sure. _________________ "This is the most fun I've ever had without being drenched in the blood of my enemies!" |
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dhex Breeder
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:28 am Post subject: |
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i've never seen napoleon dynamite so i have no idea if that's good or bad. i'll presume bad cause homeboy has some kinda weird jewfro. _________________
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Harveyjames the meteor kid
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:38 am Post subject: |
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I didn't like Napoleon Dynamite, but I'm pretty into spitroasting children with my dad right now so I guess I'll give this a whirl, thanks! |
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digi .
Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 49 Location: the Canadas, k-town, The Mission
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah Juno is pretty great if you're okay with falling in love a least a little with a fictional character. It just abouts ties with No Country for Old Men for best of the year with me.
Napolean Dynamite is terribly boring yeah. And I don't think that's "the point" of it, either.
I Am Legend is an adaptation of The Omega Man rather than of the book. Both kind of suck with camp being the saving grace of the latter. _________________ * Me Profile * Me Blog * Me Photos * |
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Winged Assassins (1984) .
Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 996 Location: Super Magic Drive
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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I bought Rock 'n' Roll High School for ten bucks and watched it and ate pizza. 'twas a nice morning in. _________________
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Redeye .
Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Posts: 986 Location: filth
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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digi wrote: | ...
I Am Legend is an adaptation of The Omega Man rather than of the book. Both kind of suck with camp being the saving grace of the latter. |
While watching the Omega Man I kept expecting a Monkees chase sequence.
Last Train To Clarksville! _________________ I felt sheer anarchic joy when I ran over my first pedestrian. |
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Harveyjames the meteor kid
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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Winged Assassins (1984) wrote: | I bought Rock 'n' Roll High School for ten bucks and watched it and ate pizza. 'twas a nice morning in. |
That's such a weird movie. It's so twee and 50's, and you're like what the hell are the Ramones doing in this movie. Also you get the distinct impression that the lead actress does not actually find Joey Ramone attractive.
Also Joey Ramone only eats pizza and his manager forces him to eat vitamin supplements when they're on the road?? You have to assume that is actually true because they can't have put it in for comic effect. |
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Winged Assassins (1984) .
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:21 am Post subject: |
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Harveyjames wrote: | That's such a weird movie. It's so twee and 50's, |
Granted, The Ramones just recycled twee 50's rock and roll but yeah, it is really twee and 50's.
Quote: | and you're like what the hell are the Ramones doing in this movie. |
They are in there because they couldn't get Cheap Trick. There were a few others that were suggested for the film like Devo and Van Halen, even Todd Rundgren was supposed to be in there but nothing came of that.
Quote: | Also you get the distinct impression that the lead actress does not actually find Joey Ramone attractive. |
I don't think anyone finds Joey Ramone attractive. He looks too much like a buzzard, in a leather jacket. Also, Dee Dee can't act. He had, like, one line in the movie and he couldn't even get that right so they had to cut it down to "Hey, pizza!".
And then they blow up the school whilst playing the title song, this film has a little of everything if everything means rock and roll, total lame-o authority figures and explosions. _________________
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boojiboy7 .
Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 248 Location: Yeah, THAT Cleveland.
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:39 am Post subject: |
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Any movie is better if Devo is in it. I really wonder how that would have worked out. Not a single member of Devo is sexually attractive at all, with even them making jokes about it, so I can't imagine very many actresses being able to fake it.
"Oh Mark, you are so dreamy!" |
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Harveyjames the meteor kid
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:36 am Post subject: |
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The film is really quite dumb, if it'd had a better script I'm sure they'd have had no problem getting Todd Rundgren and Cheap Trick and Devo. I'm still impressed they got the Ramones!
Also I heard the producers wanted to make the film 'Disco High School' but the director talked them down because 'DISCO SUCKS'. You know, 'Disco High School' would probably have gone down pretty well in the UK. |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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I got some box in the mail and it had a film in it.
It was called Expect to Die.
It was terribly awesome. The director/producer/writer was also the main actor.
Thank you cycle. _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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Harveyjames the meteor kid
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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Was the direct/writer/producer Cycle? |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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That would make the movie all the better, but the guy had what seemed like an Italian accent, not an Aussie one. _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
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Winged Assassins (1984) .
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe he's in disguise. _________________
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Cycle Mac daddy
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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Shapermc wrote: |
It was called Expect to Die. |
When I first watched that movie I thought it was from the 80's, but then I discovered it was made in the year 2000 and something and decided it must be some kind of deranged tribute to bad 80's movies. I love how the game is stored on two floopy disks and... well man, there is so much to love about how bad that movie is.
The company that did the special effects are actually a z-grade game company. I owned a couple of their games which I bought out the dollar bin years ago.
The other movie I sent you is also interesting. Do you remember the company Digital Pictures? They released a bunch of FMV "interactive movies" on the Sega CD and what not back in the day, Sketchpanic is probably a big fan of their work. ANYWAY, what this movie is, is a bunch of scenes from their different games, with a new movie filmed to fill in the gaps and tie the scenes together. It's pretty funny, some of the footage from their earlier games looks like it was recorded off VHS tapes, the change in quality is so obvious. A friend of mine actually owned one of the games...
Those other DVDs I sent you are worth watching too, Dess can vouch for them! _________________
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Harveyjames the meteor kid
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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Where's my package? |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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Cycle wrote: | Shapermc wrote: |
It was called Expect to Die. |
When I first watched that movie I thought it was from the 80's, but then I discovered it was made in the year 2000 and something and decided it must be some kind of deranged tribute to bad 80's movies. |
Actually it seemed more like an early/mid nineties softcore porn on Cinemax more than anything I've seen from the 80's. _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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Cycle Mac daddy
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:05 am Post subject: |
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Perhaps, we don't have cinemax in Australia I don't even know what it is. _________________
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Winged Assassins (1984) .
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:55 am Post subject: |
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Cinemax is a bunch of cable TV channels, Cycle. I'm as Australian as you are and even I know that. _________________
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Cycle Mac daddy
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:56 am Post subject: |
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have you read my article yet _________________
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Winged Assassins (1984) .
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:20 am Post subject: |
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No Cycle I haven't I was too busy tossing a shrimp on the barby. I don't even like shrimp, I don't know what I am doing, I'll have to venture out and get the magazine tomorrow if my newsy has it in. _________________
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aderack .
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:01 am Post subject: |
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Cycle wrote: | Perhaps, we don't have cinemax in Australia :( I don't even know what it is. |
It's what you used to watch scrambled in the early morning because your parents wouldn't pay for premium movie channels. And every now and then you'd imagine you could spot a green, distorted boob. _________________
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Redeye .
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:25 am Post subject: |
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I watched Tron last night.
Matrix in 1982.
The computer usage stuff was pre-GUI. And phoney even for keyboard paradigm.
Filming at Lawrence Livermore was a good call.
Cindy Morgan looked like a cross between Kim Cattrall and Michelle Pfieffer.
With big glasses.
Mmmmmm.
On the sleeve: "Mixing Alice in Wonderland, Star Wars, Ben Hur and German Expressionism, Tron amazes".
Probably better with chemicals.
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Harveyjames the meteor kid
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:42 am Post subject: |
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I want to watch TRON again!
I once saw a pretty weird deleted scene from that film where TRON had it off with a Byte Hooker or something. It was good. |
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sediment .
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:26 am Post subject: |
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TRON is one of my favourite movies from my childhood. _________________
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Dracko .
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:11 am Post subject: |
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Apparently, the game is quite good (Tron 2.0, not the arcade game, because everyone knows that one is fun times already) With Marathon references too! _________________ "This is the most fun I've ever had without being drenched in the blood of my enemies!" |
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sediment .
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:13 am Post subject: |
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I've been meaning to play it but I can never seem to find a copy.
Living in IOWA probably isn't helping. _________________
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ryan .
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I saw Sunshine tonight. The last act was really just ... ugh. What? I don't want to spoil the movie for anyone, but holy shit that was dumb. I'm not talking dumb as in 'What? Comms shouldn't rotate! That makes it harder to communicate!' dumb, but dumb in a general 'Fuck this movie!' dumb. I was really looking forward to seeing this too. _________________ Come to me, Mordel. We shall depart. |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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sediment wrote: | TRON is one of my favourite movies from my childhood. |
If you liked it as a kid it's still pretty good, honestly.
I also use to have a friend who had a Tron arcade cabinet in his garage that his dad picked up for cheap. That set me on my quest to own real arcade cabinets and I had two before I was 21. I blame Tron. _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
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Cycle Mac daddy
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:47 am Post subject: |
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I've always wanted my own arcade cabinent... don't know what game I'd get though.
Also, Tron 2.0 is pretty swell at first, but it gets tedious about half-way through. I find this to be the case for most Monolith games. _________________
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Redeye .
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:52 am Post subject: |
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Cycle wrote: | I've always wanted my own arcade cabinent... don't know what game I'd get though.
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Battlezone and Tron
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simplicio .
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ryan wrote: | I saw Sunshine tonight. The last act was really just ... ugh. What? I don't want to spoil the movie for anyone, but holy shit that was dumb. I'm not talking dumb as in 'What? Comms shouldn't rotate! That makes it harder to communicate!' dumb, but dumb in a general 'Fuck this movie!' dumb. I was really looking forward to seeing this too. |
Things you need:
1. A much bigger (HD)TV
2. A much bigger surround sound setup
3. MORE VOLUME
aka: a movie theater. _________________ "Worlds turn the new machine to thee. To thee. Though, thine the new machine space."
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sediment .
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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i have concluded that elektra blows chunks.
the messengers is really slow and plodding. it'd be a lot better if it were, say, an episode of The Outer Limits.
decasia is pretty cool, but i rented it knowing firsthand that it's basically a 67-minute version of the tape from ringu. _________________
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daphaknee just enemies now
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:17 am Post subject: |
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HEY EVERYONE
WATCH FLESH GORDON |
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Harveyjames the meteor kid
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:43 am Post subject: |
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wikipedia wrote: | The plot has the Emperor Wang aiming a "Sex Ray" at the Earth from his home world of Porno. |
Funny, that's the same as the first draft of Kind Hearts and Coronets.
I'm looking at clips of Flesh Gordon on Youtube! It has really good Ray Harryhausen-style animation. I also like the way Emporer Wang says lines like 'I'm going to burn your fucking planet to a fucking crisp!' It's so direct and to the point. |
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Redeye .
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:52 am Post subject: |
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daphaknee wrote: | HEY EVERYONE
WATCH FLESH GORDON |
Watched it 2 weeks ago.
What wonderful cheese.
Very similar to Barbarella.
Last night I watched Devil's Playground. Was interesting, but I thought it would be more of a wandering documentary.
I was impressed how rapidly those Amish kids figured everything out.
Cellphones, cars, sex/drugs/rocknroll, etc.
It was nifty.
I was also amused by the cracker thing. They are rural, not suburban or urban.
So the males in Rumspringa go for the wigger look and the redneck look, sometimes both.
I wonder what Rumspringa was like in the 60's/70's.
This week coming up:
Lorenzo's Oil
Hacking Democracy
Reds _________________ I felt sheer anarchic joy when I ran over my first pedestrian. |
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