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#1

Good Movies / Re: Hokum (2026)

Last post by M.10rda - Today at 12:36:46 PM

Maybe he just chooses to play a lot of unlikeable characters...

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Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...

Last post by M.10rda - Today at 12:12:00 PM

Well, in the XXX version, there is a definite Ending! 

I can't argue w/ any of your criticisms of this film/these films - but I still like it/them. Romay was really something and must've been a good time to work/live with.

#3

Humorous Captions / Re: What is your favorite beer...

Last post by chainsaw midget - Today at 11:59:23 AM

"Great.  We wore the same outfit.  Well, ONE of us is going to have to go home and change."

#4

Humorous Captions / Re: JC Yul

Last post by chainsaw midget - Today at 11:58:25 AM

"Can you dig it!?"

#5

Television / Re: Joel sells out!

Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 11:57:55 AM

And they're going to leave the fourth movie for a surprise, which I think is a good idea.

I pledged, i.e., pre-ordered the Blu-ray with a couple of perks.

Is it still possible to pledge/pre-order the Blu-ray? Or will it be for sale after the fact? Once I read about Trace and Frank, I was sold.

I don't think you can pledge anymore, but they will certainly be available for purchase after the fact.

#6

Entertainment / Re: Mixtape: 1979

Last post by M.10rda - Today at 11:35:22 AM

That there is what one might term a "rump-shaker". 

#7

Television / Re: Joel sells out!

Last post by M.10rda - Today at 11:28:23 AM

And they're going to leave the fourth movie for a surprise, which I think is a good idea.

I pledged, i.e., pre-ordered the Blu-ray with a couple of perks.

Is it still possible to pledge/pre-order the Blu-ray? Or will it be for sale after the fact? Once I read about Trace and Frank, I was sold.

#8

Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...

Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 11:20:28 AM

All of these made me laugh for a bit

Thanks, man.  That always make me feel good hearing that.

Well, I liked them too, I just didn't want to be a suck-up.   

#9

Television / Re: THE BOYS has finished its ...

Last post by M.10rda - Today at 11:19:38 AM

those who are complaining about Homelander's death

- - - Who the hell is complaining about Homelander's death?!?!?!?       

I am of two (or 2.5 or 3) minds about THE BOYS. There's a lot of great acting, Urban and Starr truly did justice to Butcher and Homelander, and MM, Frenchie, and Kimiko are all extraordinarily expanded and elaborated upon, beyond their counterparts in the comic. (Also all beautifully acted.)

The show is certainly timely (to the extent that one of the showrunners sort of complained that Donald Trump's recent behavior has made Homelander's behavior less noteworthy or even downright grounded). I enjoy the irony of THE BOYS airing on Prime, owned as it is by the shamelessly groveling fascist-appeaser Jeff Bezos. However, if there are viewers complaining about Homelander's ultimate defeat/demise... what then is even the point?  Those who might benefit most from watching THE BOYS may be beyond the reach of satire.......

I am often inclined to defend comic source material, but while THE BOYS often departed from "The Boys", it mostly did so in ways that made the comic deeper, more complex, and less trite... to a point, anyway. (Sometimes, admittedly, it just added filler in between the plot beats.)

That said - Hughie and Starlight were often monotonous in the comic and often monotonous and purely functionary on the show. Starlight does serve a thematic purpose, but Hughie was mostly intended as a visual joke in the comic - one that failed to translate, as aging Simon Pegg was recast in a supporting role. Jack Quaid isn't as funny to look at and is an even way more tiresome presence than Pegg. It's true that in the comic, the rest of The Boys are essentially ciphers, thus Wee Hughie has to carry the drama. As strong as MM, Frenchie, and Kimiko (just "the Female" in the comic) become in the show, Hughie's irrelevance is really underlined.

One thing that is preserved from the comic and even amplified on the show - the constant, constant scatologia. We started counting every instance just in the final season of someone peeing or pooping, or peeing or pooping on another character, or sodomizing someone or being sodomized, or talking about peeing or pooping or sodomy... and it's half a dozen times minimally in each episode - sometimes as much as eight or ten times. I am fine with peeing and pooping and sodomy, however those elements appear pathologically on this show, I think to its eventual detriment. A friend recently asked me to recommend an "extremely violent" TV show, along the lines of "Breaking Bad" or something similar. I described THE BOYS and they were impressed, but then mentioned the prevalent scatologia and they said "Oh well I'm not watching that..." 

#10

Press Releases and Film News / Re: RIP George Eastman

Last post by M.10rda - Today at 10:26:10 AM

P. HOLOCAUST seemed like a must-see to me in the 90s... I paid $25 to VSOM for the honor. It's, uh... skippable! There's some "porno" but very little holocaust. Ladies perform orally upon George and then pass out/die, bloodlessly. That's about it.