shrader Posted January 15, 2019 Report Posted January 15, 2019 6 minutes ago, WildCard said: What did the Last Jedi give that was new? An entire movie that consisted of a super slow space race... except for a pointless side plot at a space casino. Quote
LTS Posted January 15, 2019 Report Posted January 15, 2019 I mean.. they killed the top bad guy in the second movie. That's kind of unprecedented... Quote
shrader Posted January 15, 2019 Report Posted January 15, 2019 23 minutes ago, LTS said: I mean.. they killed the top bad guy in the second movie. That's kind of unprecedented... Top in rank maybe, but he was never the important one. Go back to the original movies. The emperor is always the top bad guy, but Vader was the one everyone cared about. Hell, technically Star Wars did exactly what you're saying. The emperor wasn't really a part of that one (was he even mentioned? I forget). Fran Moff Tarkinton was in charge in that one and he dies with the Death Star. Quote
Ogre Posted January 15, 2019 Report Posted January 15, 2019 10 hours ago, Thorny said: Agree on Solo, but The Last Jedi is an amazing movie. And when The Last Jedi gave us something new, everyone complained. This is why Solo was so by the book. The complaints that I personally heard were from diehard fans who spent the last 40 years pouring over every official Lucas release as well as every scrap of fan fiction regarding the time beyond the Return. It was a huge let down rewriting the sequence in their heads. Luke went from one of the most powerful force users to ever exist(in the EU)to what JJ and Rian gave them. A bitter old man pouting over a failure and giving the entire galaxy the middle finger. The anger in them lead to hatred and as the story goes, made it easier for them to pick apart those two movies. 1 Quote
Ogre Posted January 15, 2019 Report Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, shrader said: An entire movie that consisted of a super slow space race... except for a pointless side plot at a space casino. There’s that lightsaber duel in Snoke’s throne room that makes me cringe. Ren’s lightsaber stabs into the ground(for no reason)and the guard attacks the lightsaber stuck in the floor rather than lopping off Ren’s head... Edited January 15, 2019 by Ogre Autocorrect Quote
JujuFish Posted January 15, 2019 Report Posted January 15, 2019 19 hours ago, WildCard said: The first two were great, that's true. Then they ruined it with the Ewoks Solo was fun and the best of the new ones for sure, but still underwhelmed. They're all just so predictable; same type of characters, plot, arc, twists and turns, etc. Surprised to here Aquaman was that good, it did great in the box office though too The originals were just as predictable. Quote
WildCard Posted January 28, 2019 Report Posted January 28, 2019 Anyone watch the Ted Bundy Tapes on Netflix? Pretty interesting to hear that the guy escaped twice, also that at that time serial killers were a new phenomenon to US law enforcement, so they had no idea how to go about tackling the issue Quote
Sabres Fan in NS Posted January 28, 2019 Author Report Posted January 28, 2019 I rewatched 'The Message' over this past weekend. It's on YouTube and is 3 hours long. It is accepted as accurate historically and Islamically (is that the right term?). It was pretty good, but it must have been hard to cram 23 years into 3 hours. Quote
Samson's Flow Posted January 28, 2019 Report Posted January 28, 2019 13 minutes ago, WildCard said: Anyone watch the Ted Bundy Tapes on Netflix? Pretty interesting to hear that the guy escaped twice, also that at that time serial killers were a new phenomenon to US law enforcement, so they had no idea how to go about tackling the issue Just finished it last night. Amazing how he eluded cops in those days by just moving to a different state. There were no centralized databases or anything that they have now, so once he left Washington (then Utah, then Colorado) the law enforcement there were literally starting from scratch. With the media coverage we have now, I can't imagine a serial killer surviving to gain the notoriety that Bundy ultimately achieved. Quote
WildCard Posted January 28, 2019 Report Posted January 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, Samson's Flow said: Just finished it last night. Amazing how he eluded cops in those days by just moving to a different state. There were no centralized databases or anything that they have now, so once he left Washington (then Utah, then Colorado) the law enforcement there were literally starting from scratch. With the media coverage we have now, I can't imagine a serial killer surviving to gain the notoriety that Bundy ultimately achieved. Yeah there's no way he could pull that off today. I thought the whole thing about 'possession' was pretty fascinating; a ton of people like Bundy practice the same crimes in the same manner for that reason: ultimate possession of something Also, the dude was on the wrong for some of the most heinous crimes in American history, and he casually stopped at Michigan to watch his alma matter (no chance that's spelled right) play a bowl game?? It's insane to think how casually he took his crimes to be. To just up and act like you're on vacation like that is absolutely absurd Quote
Samson's Flow Posted January 28, 2019 Report Posted January 28, 2019 2 minutes ago, WildCard said: Yeah there's no way he could pull that off today. I thought the whole thing about 'possession' was pretty fascinating; a ton of people like Bundy practice the same crimes in the same manner for that reason: ultimate possession of something Also, the dude was on the wrong for some of the most heinous crimes in American history, and he casually stopped at Michigan to watch his alma matter (no chance that's spelled right) play a bowl game?? It's insane to think how casually he took his crimes to be. To just up and act like you're on vacation like that is absolutely absurd Yeah the casual-ness of which he treated the pursuit is nutty. He was on the FBI's top 10 wanted list for years, but also was so confident that the police were idiots that he escaped from court, came back, escaped from prison, got in a bar fight while on the run, went to Michigan for shits and giggles, then chilled on a beach in Florida for a few weeks before the Phi Kappa murders. Bundy just always thought that he was the smartest guy in the room, and felt he could outsmart and talk his way out of any situation. Quote
Eleven Posted February 1, 2019 Report Posted February 1, 2019 (edited) So I just watched Cool Hand Luke for the first time. Gotta say, I'm pretty disappointed. I thought he would beat the prison guards in football, or save a soccer penalty from the Nazis and escape, or something. Then again, Paul Newman tends not to fare well in the movies I've watched. (Butch Cassidy and The Hustler come to mind.) Edited February 1, 2019 by Eleven Quote
Sabel79 Posted February 1, 2019 Report Posted February 1, 2019 23 minutes ago, Eleven said: So I just watched Cool Hand Luke for the first time. Gotta say, I'm pretty disappointed. I thought he would beat the prison guards in football, or save a soccer penalty from the Nazis and escape, or something. Then again, Paul Newman tends not to fare well in the movies I've watched. (Butch Cassidy and The Hustler come to mind.) I had a wackaloon priest show it to our sophomore religion class in high school. Everybody enjoyed the car wash scene. We weren't as interested in discussing the idea of Paul Newman's character as a Christ figure. Oh well. Quote
Scottysabres Posted February 1, 2019 Report Posted February 1, 2019 Just watched Hunter Killer. Wasn't that impressed. Enjoyable, but nothing to write home about. Quote
Eleven Posted February 1, 2019 Report Posted February 1, 2019 49 minutes ago, Sabel79 said: I had a wackaloon priest show it to our sophomore religion class in high school. Everybody enjoyed the car wash scene. We weren't as interested in discussing the idea of Paul Newman's character as a Christ figure. Oh well. I guess I can't see Newman's character as a Christ figure. He punched a lot. He made a lot of money gambling. He did suffer, but chose to try to escape his suffering, several times, including the end. Christ figure? No; NFW. I agree that your teacher was a wackaloon. I like that word; it's new to me. I also enjoyed the car wash scene. Any straight guy or gay gal would. 1 Quote
SABRES 0311 Posted February 1, 2019 Report Posted February 1, 2019 Anyone else looking forward to the Walking Dead soon? Quote
nfreeman Posted February 1, 2019 Report Posted February 1, 2019 I've been enjoying season 3 of "True Detective" so far. Solid B-plus. Quote
Eleven Posted February 2, 2019 Report Posted February 2, 2019 Tonight's feature was The Dirty Dozen, again, which I had not seen before. A few points: --Telly Savalas's character has to be the early model for Hannibal Lecter. --A German double bassist playing with a French bow instead of a German bow in WWII? Come on. NFW. Even I played with a German bow mostly, and I'm just some American who never was in a war. --I hated watching Jim Brown's career end with a tackle for a loss. --Wladislaw was an amazing character. There is no way I would have known that was Bronson. --It was nice to see the good guys win, after last night's movie and tonight's Hutton situation. Quote
ubkev Posted February 2, 2019 Report Posted February 2, 2019 Hobbs and Shaw. The Rock and Jason Statham have a Fast and the Furious spin off movie and Idris Elba is the bad guy. August is gonna be awesome! Man, I love big, dumb movies! Quote
Hoss Posted February 3, 2019 Report Posted February 3, 2019 6 hours ago, ubkev said: Hobbs and Shaw. The Rock and Jason Statham have a Fast and the Furious spin off movie and Idris Elba is the bad guy. August is gonna be awesome! Man, I love big, dumb movies! Going back and watching the first Fast & Furious makes you realize it hasn’t been the same franchise for like four movies now. This is legit a superhero movie that they somehow decided to put in the F&F franchise world. Quote
ubkev Posted February 3, 2019 Report Posted February 3, 2019 43 minutes ago, Hoss said: Going back and watching the first Fast & Furious makes you realize it hasn’t been the same franchise for like four movies now. This is legit a superhero movie that they somehow decided to put in the F&F franchise world. The first 3 are almost set in a different universe. Imagine doing that stuff to your car now...my God, the laughter. Quote
TrueBlueGED Posted February 3, 2019 Report Posted February 3, 2019 8 hours ago, Hoss said: Going back and watching the first Fast & Furious makes you realize it hasn’t been the same franchise for like four movies now. This is legit a superhero movie that they somehow decided to put in the F&F franchise world. It doesn't make any sense at all, but I think Idris Elba could probably make a movie about painting good, so there's that. I'll definitely see it. 7 hours ago, ubkev said: The first 3 are almost set in a different universe. Imagine doing that stuff to your car now...my God, the laughter. To be fair, rice machines have always been terrible, even if the movie helped popularize them. Quote
JujuFish Posted February 3, 2019 Report Posted February 3, 2019 Are the Fast and Furious movies actually any good? I've never really cared about cars so I never watched them. Quote
ubkev Posted February 3, 2019 Report Posted February 3, 2019 4 hours ago, JujuFish said: Are the Fast and Furious movies actually any good? I've never really cared about cars so I never watched them. Pure dumb fun. First one is very dated but charming for some(me). Second one is terrible! 3rd one not so hot. 4th one is a good action flick. 5th one is where they become superheroes. And so on.... Quote
ubkev Posted February 3, 2019 Report Posted February 3, 2019 4 hours ago, TrueBlueGED said: It doesn't make any sense at all, but I think Idris Elba could probably make a movie about painting good, so there's that. I'll definitely see it. To be fair, rice machines have always been terrible, even if the movie helped popularize them. Never riced* out a car, but I've always loved my Japanese vehicles! I don't think I'll ever own anything else. Had one German car and 4 Japanese ones. *Body kit, under glow, sprayer nozzle lights, spoiler wing, vinyl, chrome trim, etc... Quote
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