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Games / Re: Answer the question with a...
Last post by bob - Today at 11:18:36 AM
Where did you learn to levitate?
#13
Off Topic Discussion / Rank the seasons
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 11:04:07 AMMy choices:
Summer - best weather, vacations, my birthday!
Fall - OK weather at the beginning, Halloween, Thanksgiving, football, and the run-up to Christmas
Spring - improving weather but kind of boring
Winter - terrible weather, a little snow is nice, too much is a disaster; once New Years is over, nothing really going on
Summer - best weather, vacations, my birthday!
Fall - OK weather at the beginning, Halloween, Thanksgiving, football, and the run-up to Christmas
Spring - improving weather but kind of boring
Winter - terrible weather, a little snow is nice, too much is a disaster; once New Years is over, nothing really going on
#14
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by Dr. Whom - Today at 10:32:25 AMGhostbusters (1984)
Way back, when it came out I somehow decided that this wasn't a movie for me so I never saw it. Perhaps the ubiquitous theme song put me off. In the meantime it has become so much a part of pop culture that you're familiar with its main scenes whether you want to or not. So, although it now holds few surprises, it is entertaining.
When did we stop thinking that car crashes were funny and ought to be included in any chaotic scene?
Way back, when it came out I somehow decided that this wasn't a movie for me so I never saw it. Perhaps the ubiquitous theme song put me off. In the meantime it has become so much a part of pop culture that you're familiar with its main scenes whether you want to or not. So, although it now holds few surprises, it is entertaining.
When did we stop thinking that car crashes were funny and ought to be included in any chaotic scene?
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Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 10:30:54 AMIt's the worst one (unless there's a fifth one which I ignored). 1 and 2 at least have moments and 3 is pretty meh. The series gets progressively co-star happy, as if adding a new permanent cast member/sidekick every movie will keep audiences interested. (Maybe the FAST/FURIOUS franchise works the same way, I dunno.) Nevertheless the problem is director Donner, who really seems asleep at the wheel or drunk in the 3rd and 4th ones. Long stretches seem totally non-directed, almost abstract.
Another personal vignette about me: I went to film school w/ a guy named Fred Topel, who for a while was a pretty well-known internet movie reviewer, kinda-famous for being one of those guys you could count on for a positive pull-quote on even the worst studio dreck. I'm sure he provided copy for BUCKY LARSON, DEUCE BIGALON, etc. We were in LA at the same time in 1998 and I saw him right after he attended the press screening for LETHAL WEAPON 4. I asked him how it was and without skipping a beat he said "The greatest action film of all time!"
Another personal vignette about me: I went to film school w/ a guy named Fred Topel, who for a while was a pretty well-known internet movie reviewer, kinda-famous for being one of those guys you could count on for a positive pull-quote on even the worst studio dreck. I'm sure he provided copy for BUCKY LARSON, DEUCE BIGALON, etc. We were in LA at the same time in 1998 and I saw him right after he attended the press screening for LETHAL WEAPON 4. I asked him how it was and without skipping a beat he said "The greatest action film of all time!"
#16
Games / Re: Movie Title Chains
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 10:27:03 AMOne Battle After Another
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: What are you doing right n...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 10:23:47 AMPosting on badmovies.org.
#19
Television / Re: Blake's 7 reboot?
Last post by Dr. Whom - Today at 10:21:00 AMBattlestar Galactica has a lot to answer for. I mean, I watched the first couple of seasons and thought they were great. But then it became accepted wisdom that in order to reboot a show, all you needed to do was to keep the trappings and steer it in a completely different direction, preferably gritty.
In the case of BSG this worked, because the original wasn't all that great to begin with, and the new direction was truly interesting, but it by no means a formula for success.
Frankly, I don't thing we'll see Blake's 7 reboot anytime soon.
In the case of BSG this worked, because the original wasn't all that great to begin with, and the new direction was truly interesting, but it by no means a formula for success.
Frankly, I don't thing we'll see Blake's 7 reboot anytime soon.
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Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...
Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 10:12:16 AMLETHAL WEAPON IV (1998)
Never paid any attention to this series till I attempted part 1 a couple of years ago and lasted maybe 20 mins... Not seen 2 or 3.
This one's just a continuous bunch of explosions and cars with vaguely jokey interludes. Expected more based on the franchise reputation + actors. It's just averageville... meh.
Never paid any attention to this series till I attempted part 1 a couple of years ago and lasted maybe 20 mins... Not seen 2 or 3.
This one's just a continuous bunch of explosions and cars with vaguely jokey interludes. Expected more based on the franchise reputation + actors. It's just averageville... meh.