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Post by tuigirl on Aug 11, 2024 17:23:40 GMT
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Well, this was obviously heavily influenced by Doctor Who. I had seen the movie back in the day, but then, I had no clue Doctor Who even existed. Back in the day, I thought is was a nice, entertaining movie, but it never ranked very high with me. I decided I will do a re-watch... some of it it cringe (the humor does not work the same today), and the part with Ghengis Khan has aged badly and comes across as very, VERY racist. Maybe we are lucky that the proposed future based on Bill and Ted got lost somewhere in the 90s. While bits of it have aged badly, it's still a great feel-good movie for me. And it's so silly that even when it does mis-step, it doesn't feel too malicious. But the main thing I wanted to exposit is, it wasn't actually inspired by Doctor Who. Initally, they were going to time travel with a van, sort like a band would, gathering members. It makes sense given hoew many people they have to cram in there. But they changed it because they didn't want people to draw comparisons to Back to the Future which was still recent. They thought of a phone booth, because who the hell else would have done that? BTW, did you ever see the third one? It's not quite as funny as the first two, but it's a nice round-off to the trilogy. Nah, I did not know there was even a third movie. I only know the first 2.
Well, what a co-incidence with the time-travel phone booth. But in all seriousness, I actually do not believe this was a co-incidence. It was probably just a story they came up with to avoid having to pay royalties to the BBC. I mean, what are the chances.
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Post by Kestrel on Aug 11, 2024 19:23:47 GMT
I've only caught bits and pieces of the movie, and that was just from TV airings as a kid (it didn't grab me). I think the phone-booth thing was almost-certainly a deliberate homage, though. Well, I know that the series existed... but I have never actually watched it. Might have to watch it, sadly I right now did not find a Streaming service where I could watch it without the German dubbing. I refuse to watch it dubbed. And the DVD collection is 120 Euro. This will have to wait. You might have more options than you think. I remember looking it up one of those nights when I watched an episode with my folks, and as I recall it had actually be licensed -- and remade -- in a number of other countries, at least one of which had made even more episodes than the UK original, iirc. I think... the Spanish version, maybe? Or could've been Italian.
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There’s a horror movie called Alien? That’s really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you.
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Post by shutupbanks on Aug 11, 2024 22:41:17 GMT
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Well, this was obviously heavily influenced by Doctor Who. I had seen the movie back in the day, but then, I had no clue Doctor Who even existed. Back in the day, I thought is was a nice, entertaining movie, but it never ranked very high with me. I decided I will do a re-watch... some of it it cringe (the humor does not work the same today), and the part with Ghengis Khan has aged badly and comes across as very, VERY racist. Maybe we are lucky that the proposed future based on Bill and Ted got lost somewhere in the 90s. I’m just going to leave this here godotbroadway.com/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1EzLFDdaGpljCNmh46zMkZ8DQpYzD1iUSa0uCGjeyZNzglP0P12_b7D7U_aem_gBSPurZMsiwaKmSq6ReJdA
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Post by tuigirl on Aug 12, 2024 6:32:08 GMT
I've only caught bits and pieces of the movie, and that was just from TV airings as a kid (it didn't grab me). I think the phone-booth thing was almost-certainly a deliberate homage, though. Well, I know that the series existed... but I have never actually watched it. Might have to watch it, sadly I right now did not find a Streaming service where I could watch it without the German dubbing. I refuse to watch it dubbed. And the DVD collection is 120 Euro. This will have to wait. You might have more options than you think. I remember looking it up one of those nights when I watched an episode with my folks, and as I recall it had actually be licensed -- and remade -- in a number of other countries, at least one of which had made even more episodes than the UK original, iirc. I think... the Spanish version, maybe? Or could've been Italian. Nah, no thank you. I want to see the original.
Yes, there is ONE season of German Doc Martin episodes. It clearly did not take off.
I would watch it because I like ENGLISH pop-culture (surprise!) and some series.
Not some bad German copy.
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Post by tuigirl on Aug 12, 2024 6:34:15 GMT
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Well, this was obviously heavily influenced by Doctor Who. I had seen the movie back in the day, but then, I had no clue Doctor Who even existed. Back in the day, I thought is was a nice, entertaining movie, but it never ranked very high with me. I decided I will do a re-watch... some of it it cringe (the humor does not work the same today), and the part with Ghengis Khan has aged badly and comes across as very, VERY racist. Maybe we are lucky that the proposed future based on Bill and Ted got lost somewhere in the 90s. I’m just going to leave this here godotbroadway.com/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1EzLFDdaGpljCNmh46zMkZ8DQpYzD1iUSa0uCGjeyZNzglP0P12_b7D7U_aem_gBSPurZMsiwaKmSq6ReJdARight. Clearly aimed at the nostalgia crowd.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Aug 12, 2024 16:03:30 GMT
Longlegs
Maxxxine
Twisters
Robocop (1987)
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (25th Anniversary)
The Rock
Cliffhanger
Deadpool and Wolverine
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight
The Lost Continent (1968)
Ten Little Indians (1964)
Nobody
Spontaneous
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Post by elkawho on Aug 13, 2024 14:48:57 GMT
Deadpool and Wolverine
Everything I wanted from a Deadpool movie, and a lot I didn't know I wanted. The most fun I've had at the movies in ages.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Aug 13, 2024 20:12:58 GMT
Deadpool and Wolverine Everything I wanted from a Deadpool movie, and a lot I didn't know I wanted. The most fun I've had at the movies in ages. So many Easter Eggs- it's obvious a lot of love and thought went into this- I can clearly remember reading the comics in the early 90's and just being amazed at the tone, was so different to everything else.
Not bad shape for ol' Hugh Jackman.. my gawd LOLZ
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Post by elkawho on Aug 13, 2024 20:31:08 GMT
Deadpool and Wolverine Everything I wanted from a Deadpool movie, and a lot I didn't know I wanted. The most fun I've had at the movies in ages. So many Easter Eggs- it's obvious a lot of love and thought went into this- I can clearly remember reading the comics in the early 90's and just being amazed at the tone, was so different to everything else.
Not bad shape for ol' Hugh Jackman.. my gawd LOLZ
God, I love Hugh Jackman.
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Post by timleschild on Aug 13, 2024 21:11:11 GMT
Twisters.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Aug 13, 2024 21:54:57 GMT
So many Easter Eggs- it's obvious a lot of love and thought went into this- I can clearly remember reading the comics in the early 90's and just being amazed at the tone, was so different to everything else.
Not bad shape for ol' Hugh Jackman.. my gawd LOLZ
God, I love Hugh Jackman. No one can ever question his commitment to looking like the character.. But honestly, Australians cannot hide their accents.. British people can do spot on accents (Hugh Laurie enters the room!). There were at least 5 obvious (to me) moments when the Aussie ockerism overpowered the American/Canadian accent.
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Post by christmastrenzalore on Aug 14, 2024 0:06:31 GMT
The Wild Bunch Bits of it were interesting, but something about this wasn't clicking for me. I don't know if the violence was intentionally unglamerous, but intercutting made the action sequences too chaotic to enjoy. Definitely feel like the Red Dead games took a lot of inspiration from this.
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Post by Kestrel on Aug 14, 2024 5:27:09 GMT
The Wild BunchBits of it were interesting, but something about this wasn't clicking for me. I don't know if the violence was intentionally unglamerous, but intercutting made the action sequences too chaotic to enjoy. Definitely feel like the Red Dead games took a lot of inspiration from this. Yeah, that was pretty much my experience with it, too. Also that none of the characters were all that sympathetic and I had a bit of a hard time telling some of them apart. I did like the old prospector(?) guy, though.
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Post by Whovitt on Aug 18, 2024 11:27:18 GMT
Just saw Alien: Romulus at the cinema. Gotta say... I don't get why people are so in love with this movie. I was expecting to read middling reviews when I got home, so to find that it has a largely positive response (with many calling it a worthy entry along with original two!) is a little mindboggling to me. I felt the first 20 minutes or so were painfully generic, with quite dull character relationships and motivations. Then the movie started "Alien-ing" and was pretty decent for at least a solid hour. Then we get to the final 15 minutes and it all just fell apart for me. Without going into spoilers, the elements of the franchise that come to the fore at the end of the movie are among my least favourite, and I didn't think they were particularly popular generally. The ending really dragged the whole movie down as a result for me, and I felt it was just... okay. Worth seeing once for fans of the franchise, but probably not worth an independent revisit outside of a franchise movie marathon. But what do I know, I guess?
Having said that, I've seen Deadpool and Wolverine twice at the cinema over the last few weeks (only the fourth movie I've ever watched twice on the big screen), and I may well go see it a third time before it goes (which would be a first for me)! Like most of the popular opinion I've seen about it, I love this movie! There's a little too much sexual humour in the first half for my taste, but the second half is just a ridiculous amount of fun, and this is coming from someone who has only a baseline knowledge of all of the references and callbacks going on. While I wouldn't necessarily recommend Romulus, I heartily recommend D&W!
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Aug 18, 2024 20:01:18 GMT
Just saw Alien: Romulus at the cinema. Gotta say... I don't get why people are so in love with this movie. I was expecting to read middling reviews when I got home, so to find that it has a largely positive response (with many calling it a worthy entry along with original two!) is a little mindboggling to me. I felt the first 20 minutes or so were painfully generic, with quite dull character relationships and motivations. Then the movie started " Alien-ing" and was pretty decent for at least a solid hour. Then we get to the final 15 minutes and it all just fell apart for me. Without going into spoilers, the elements of the franchise that come to the fore at the end of the movie are among my least favourite, and I didn't think they were particularly popular generally. The ending really dragged the whole movie down as a result for me, and I felt it was just... okay. Worth seeing once for fans of the franchise, but probably not worth an independent revisit outside of a franchise movie marathon. But what do I know, I guess? Having said that, I've seen Deadpool and Wolverine twice at the cinema over the last few weeks (only the fourth movie I've ever watched twice on the big screen), and I may well go see it a third time before it goes (which would be a first for me)! Like most of the popular opinion I've seen about it, I love this movie! There's a little too much sexual humour in the first half for my taste, but the second half is just a ridiculous amount of fun, and this is coming from someone who has only a baseline knowledge of all of the references and callbacks going on. While I wouldn't necessarily recommend Romulus, I heartily recommend D&W! In the comics it was established a few decades ago that Wade Wilson/Deadpool is pansexual - Ryan doesn't necessarily play it like that..
Red Letter Media did a great review on the new Alien movie. They are very harsh but fair in their movie review critiques.
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Post by tuigirl on Aug 18, 2024 20:21:08 GMT
Just watched the second Incredibles movie. I like the artstyle, all that art deco. Some fun colorful entertainment about family and what it means to be different and how to stand up for what is right. I especially loved the agent with his wise words: "Politicians do not like you doing good just because it is right. It makes them feel uncomfortable."
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Post by timleschild on Aug 18, 2024 20:46:10 GMT
Just saw Alien: Romulus at the cinema. Gotta say... I don't get why people are so in love with this movie. I was expecting to read middling reviews when I got home, so to find that it has a largely positive response (with many calling it a worthy entry along with original two!) is a little mindboggling to me. I felt the first 20 minutes or so were painfully generic, with quite dull character relationships and motivations. Then the movie started " Alien-ing" and was pretty decent for at least a solid hour. Then we get to the final 15 minutes and it all just fell apart for me. Without going into spoilers, the elements of the franchise that come to the fore at the end of the movie are among my least favourite, and I didn't think they were particularly popular generally. The ending really dragged the whole movie down as a result for me, and I felt it was just... okay. Worth seeing once for fans of the franchise, but probably not worth an independent revisit outside of a franchise movie marathon. But what do I know, I guess? Having said that, I've seen Deadpool and Wolverine twice at the cinema over the last few weeks (only the fourth movie I've ever watched twice on the big screen), and I may well go see it a third time before it goes (which would be a first for me)! Like most of the popular opinion I've seen about it, I love this movie! There's a little too much sexual humour in the first half for my taste, but the second half is just a ridiculous amount of fun, and this is coming from someone who has only a baseline knowledge of all of the references and callbacks going on. While I wouldn't necessarily recommend Romulus, I heartily recommend D&W! In the comics it was established a few decades ago that Wade Wilson/Deadpool is pansexual - Ryan doesn't necessarily play it like that..
Red Letter Media did a great review on the new Alien movie. They are very harsh but fair in their movie review critiques.
Ryan certainly doesn't. Anything that isn't heteronormative he turns into a tiresome punchline. I'd watch Alien: Romulus 100 times before a crappy Deadpool movie.
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Post by bethhigdon on Aug 19, 2024 16:26:17 GMT
For the Disney stream we watch Doug's First Movie. It's not as bad as the critics say, but it really should have remained as a home release as it was originally intended to be.
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Post by mark687 on Aug 19, 2024 20:31:39 GMT
For the Disney stream we watch Doug's First Movie. It's not as bad as the critics say, but it really should have remained as a home release as it was originally intended to be. Doug was different almost felt like an attempt to reach a more mature audience 13 + but didn't quite know how Regards mark687
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Post by bethhigdon on Aug 19, 2024 21:15:18 GMT
For the Disney stream we watch Doug's First Movie. It's not as bad as the critics say, but it really should have remained as a home release as it was originally intended to be. Doug was different almost felt like an attempt to reach a more mature audience 13 + but didn't quite know how Regards mark687 Eeeehhh, I don't don't know about the age it was trying to reach. Especially when it aired alongside the likes of Ren and Stimpy and Rocko's Modern Life which were absolutely marketed to older kids/teens. But Doug did kick off the 'slice of life' crazy that dominated cartoons during the late 90s/early 2000s. Doug might not be the greatest example of that genre but there's no denying it's influence.
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