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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 03:39:54 PM
MEGAN 2.0 (2025):
I thought the original was fairly successful in blending horror, sci-fi, melodrama, and comedy; a lot of other folks seemed to like it, too. So they made a sequel, doubling or quadrupling down on the comedy, more or less smothering any legitimate pathos, and giving Horror its walking papers in favor of unabashed Action. The original's bloodshed is now absent (presumably to secure a PG-13) even though characters are getting impaled onscreen and decapitated & dismembered offscreen. The original's entire surviving human cast is back and appear to have been provided with permanent plot armor.  :lookingup: (Maybe the execprod James Wan is hoping for another CONJURING or FAST/FURIOUS franchise.) And the titular killer android is back, now (more or less) on the side of the angels in a conflict against a newer nefarious female model... rendering this whole affair more than a bit like a distaff T2:JD.

Perhaps I should feel offended but, ehh, 2.0 is one of those passable movies too pleasant and competent to get offended over. The best line/laugh comes within the first 5 minutes (regarding the wisdom of supplying adolescents with smart phones) but I was kept complacent for most of the running time with a steady supply of smirks and small chuckles. I have nothing more complimentary to say about MEGAN 2.0, but it ain't bad........

.......Words I may regret in 2035 after 5-7 more MEGAN sequels........
3/5
It's also about 20 minutes too long. (So are the CONJURINGs and so probably are the F/F movies, only one of which I've had the patience to watch.)
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Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...
Last post by claws - Today at 03:21:28 PM
#3
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 03:11:37 PM
Quote from: lester1/2jr on October 13, 2025, 06:06:36 PMRazortooth (2007)-
Half the fun of these things is the slice of life aspect and pointless sub plots.

Sir, I vociferously object, and motion to introduce into evidence NIGHT OF THE GRIZZLY (recently reviewed in the Bad Movies section)!   :bouncegiggle:
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Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...
Last post by claws - Today at 02:35:30 PM
This probably looks too good for Hallmark



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Good Movies / Re: 100 Movies Over 3 HOURS Lo...
Last post by Dr. Whom - Today at 01:02:05 PM
Quote from: Trevor on Today at 02:09:04 AM
Quote from: pacman000 on October 13, 2025, 07:50:46 PM102) The Alamo (1960)

Tho I'm not sure the 3+ hour version still exists.

The version I have on DVD is 159 minutes and I agree that the 3 hour + version no longer exists.

Well, as long as people remember it
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Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 12:58:44 PM
Accept no substitutes!  :cheers:
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: The Nice, Never Mean, Slig...
Last post by ER - Today at 12:43:28 PM
Question: Would say you are closer to unique, or more like the majority of people?

Remembering to answer this time..... Not saying it's necessarily something to boast about but my life has reallllllllly been unlike most people's.
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Fact Of The Day
Last post by ER - Today at 12:38:57 PM
A. I'm stuck in a car waiting for school to get out.

B. Despite my efforts falling apart a couple years ago, this year I am bloody going to do a ghost hunt for Halloween!

C. I've reached a weird point in my life where filling out government paperwork smacks of nostalgia.

Q. You don't see as many scraped up elbows on tennis players anymore.

H. Metamorphic stones are geology's rock stars.

A. Rick and Morty makes me feel more normal.

W. The Roman army marched on a largely vegetarian diet.

13. Fingernails grow faster than toenails.

Purple: I am now twelve minutes closer to school getting out.
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Statements About So...
Last post by ER - Today at 12:32:27 PM
Quote from: Dr. Whom on October 13, 2025, 02:33:43 AMForgot to post yesterday, but it was Aleister Crowley's 150th birthday
Let's go cheat gullible rich people to celebrate!  :teddyr: