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#31

Off Topic Discussion / Re: What are you cooking?

Last post by Rev. Powell - August 25, 2026, 10:07:38 AM

I've been making hamburgers according to an old recipe from the 50s. You mix grated onion, salt and pepper, and half and half (surprise ingredient) into the ground beef before forming the patties. Then broil in the oven. Best burgers I've ever made (don't know if I'll ever fry burgers again).

#32

Good Movies / Re: Movies that you never "got...

Last post by HappyGilmore - August 25, 2026, 09:59:38 AM

I'm almost afraid to read the book. I love the film, but I know if I read it I'll end up hating the film.

I'm almost afraid to read any of Bret Easton Ellis's other books 

I remember frequently having to put AMERICAN PSYCHO down and walk around the room a bit before continuing !

So, I ended up reading another book by Ellis. The Shards.

They've made a TV show about it starring Wes Bentley from Yellowstone and the son of Richard Gere and daughter of Cindy Crawford.

The show is produced by Ryan Murphy of American Horror Story

my brother told me he's read his latest one and enjoyed it... not sure if that's the same one

Possibly. The Shards came out in 2023. The show just came out a few weeks back.

Last book I know of he did was Imperial Bedrooms, and that was 2010 or so. Sequel to Less Than Zero.

#33

Games / Re: Answer the question with a...

Last post by Rev. Powell - August 25, 2026, 08:10:47 AM

How do you think you will die?

#34

Games / Re: Movie Title Chains

Last post by Rev. Powell - August 25, 2026, 08:05:24 AM

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025)

#35

Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...

Last post by Rev. Powell - August 25, 2026, 08:02:49 AM

"It Goes On" by Westside Cowboy. Alt-country band, but from England. Not bad, but honestly doesn't sound very "country."

#36

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

Last post by bob - August 25, 2026, 07:53:49 AM

#37

Good Movies / Re: Movies that you never "got...

Last post by zombie no.one - August 25, 2026, 07:44:24 AM

I'm almost afraid to read the book. I love the film, but I know if I read it I'll end up hating the film.

I'm almost afraid to read any of Bret Easton Ellis's other books 

I remember frequently having to put AMERICAN PSYCHO down and walk around the room a bit before continuing !

So, I ended up reading another book by Ellis. The Shards.

They've made a TV show about it starring Wes Bentley from Yellowstone and the son of Richard Gere and daughter of Cindy Crawford.

The show is produced by Ryan Murphy of American Horror Story

my brother told me he's read his latest one and enjoyed it... not sure if that's the same one

[Tropic Thunder]

#38

Bad Movies / Re: movies that namecheck anot...

Last post by HappyGilmore - August 25, 2026, 07:07:43 AM

Tropic Thunder references a few movies including Crocodile Dundee and Freaky Friday.

South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, Brooke Shields talks about Blue Lagoon

#39

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

Last post by chainsaw midget - August 25, 2026, 06:49:43 AM

#40

Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2

Last post by M.10rda - August 25, 2026, 06:18:34 AM

Supergirl (2026)
Not bad. Nowhere near as bad as some are making it out to be. 

I had no idea about how "some" were making it out to be, nor about its poor box office.
I haven't had 3 hours to go to the drive-in and watch it, but I'd been excited and am bummed that much of the spin is anti-DC (not a novel thing), anti-Gunn (unsurprising), and anti-female (the stalest $#!t ever).

I really don't think it should have bombed like it did.  And yes, the criticisms made by a certain type of online personality have gotten even more annoying and bothersome at this point.   

SUPERGIRL (2026):
We finally watched this on Prime - and paid for the rental, and I don't regret it. I think it's Better, or at least an easier movie to enjoy, than 2017's WONDER WOMAN (which I liked) - and maybe for that matter better and easier to enjoy than Gunn's lore-dense SUPERMAN (ditto). The action is terrific, the SFX are terrific, there are a handful of gorgeous shots (courtesy of the director of LARS AND THE REAL GIRL, of all things). A lot of the screenplay (from a first-timer) is deft and well-handled, a bit of it is OTN and could've used a light polish. Milly Alcock (who I disliked on "House of the Dragon", though honestly I checked out of that early) is a sympathetic and multi-dimensional Supergirl; Jason Momoa is an ideal Lobo. (Madame commented at one point that she thought he was doing Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse, and indeed - comic book Lobo unquestionably lent inspiration to the titular BEETLEJUICE and then became more like Keaton's character after the movie was a hit. As in Gunn's GOTG3 and SUPERMAN, the antagonist is truly despicable - a positive thing, I think, in this kind of movie.

In spite of some sub-Gunn needle drops, I'm unsure what a legitimate condemnation of SUPERGIRL might be. We saw Supergirl for 30 seconds in SUPERMAN, thus maybe the smarter move would've been to develop her as a supporting character in that film. But Gunn promised (for better or worse) to do two things w/ his DC movies - one, to refrain from making any one film dependent on another (mission accomplished here) and two, to exploit different genres. On the latter point one might object that Supergirl isn't much of a superhero movie (neither was WONDER WOMAN) - but it's a great sci-fi action movie.

I imagine the final reasonable objection would be that SUPERGIRL wears its non-comic influences on both sleeves and its back - w/ Daenerys Targaryen's great-grandmother and Khal Drogo aiding a defenseless Arya Stark on a revenge mission against Immortan Joe's army of steampunk r@pists - but as an enormous FURY ROAD stan and the world's biggest (o.g.) GAME OF THRONES stan, I am immune.    4/5