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The Movie Thread Reloaded

Started by Apparition, January 03, 2018, 11:10:35 PM

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Warboss Squee

#240
April 12, 2019, 11:12:48 PM
Quote from: Omega;1083156Dark side Ghost? Or possibly he he uncovered the secret of immortality and reformed. Or its a clone. Or like Darth Maul, he survived somehow. I mean really. If Maul can survive being cut in half then all bets are off.

It's J.J. Abrams. Guy is an imitator. He knows what works without knowing why it works. Look at Into Darkness for a great example.

Armchair Gamer

#241
April 13, 2019, 11:23:36 AM Last Edit: April 13, 2019, 11:28:07 AM by Armchair Gamer
Quote from: Omega;1083156Dark side Ghost? Or possibly he he uncovered the secret of immortality and reformed. Or its a clone. Or like Darth Maul, he survived somehow. I mean really. If Maul can survive being cut in half then all bets are off.

   If some of the rumors I heard a few months ago are true, it's going to be flashbacks and Palpatine's last secret/master plan, although the possibility of them bringing him back a la Dark Empire is also there. Any of those do seem to be ways to get things out of the plot cul-de-sac TLJ left things in. A straight return has several problems, although one of the big ones mentioned in the past is that it undercuts the end of RotJ ... and after Episodes VII and VIII, that ship has not just sailed but run aground, crashed, and caught on fire.

Ratman_tf

#242
April 13, 2019, 02:05:24 PM
Quote from: Armchair Gamer;1083180If some of the rumors I heard a few months ago are true, it's going to be flashbacks and Palpatine's last secret/master plan, although the possibility of them bringing him back a la Dark Empire is also there. Any of those do seem to be ways to get things out of the plot cul-de-sac TLJ left things in. A straight return has several problems, although one of the big ones mentioned in the past is that it undercuts the end of RotJ ... and after Episodes VII and VIII, that ship has not just sailed but run aground, crashed, and caught on fire.

When watching the Hobbit movies, I think it was the second one, I got to this zen state of saying "Why not?" in a kind of sarcastic tone. I'm only around because I'm a fan of the original movies, (Or in the case of The Hobbit, the book) the new stuff is gonna do what it does, and I can laugh at it. So bring back the Emperor. Have him create an army of Ewok cyborg clone warriors who can blow up planets with their spears. Why not?
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Doom

#243
April 13, 2019, 10:09:28 PM
I think they should just "Highlander 2" the Star Wars franchise, simply forget the last couple of movies even existed, and start over.
(taken during hurricane winds)

A nice education blog.

Omega

#244
April 16, 2019, 09:54:22 PM
Quote from: Doom;1083206I think they should just "Highlander 2" the Star Wars franchise, simply forget the last couple of movies even existed, and start over.

Any day now they will announce the NEW Highlander movie franchise. Or TV series.

Warboss Squee

#245
April 16, 2019, 10:14:38 PM
Quote from: Omega;1083490Any day now they will announce the NEW Highlander movie franchise. Or TV series.

As long as it's better than Raven or that last direct to disc movie, I'm down.

Omega

#246
April 18, 2019, 07:49:51 AM
Raven was not too bad from what little I saw of it. Seemed to keep the same feel of the Highlander TV series.

Least it wasnt the complete mess of the cartoon or the weirdness of that one off anime movie.

Warboss Squee

#247
April 18, 2019, 01:22:29 PM
I liked that wierd water punk cartoon.

Omega

#248
April 19, 2019, 03:27:42 AM
Quote from: Warboss Squee;1083704I liked that wierd water punk cartoon.

The anime? Search for Vengeance?

Warboss Squee

#249
April 19, 2019, 01:43:31 PM
Quote from: Omega;1083786The anime? Search for Vengeance?

Nah, there was a unfortunately short lived cartoon by DIC in the late 90's. It's a weird post-apocalypse where the bad guys tech was water based. At least that's the impression I got.

Omega

#250
April 21, 2019, 09:49:45 PM
DIC did not produce the Highlander animated show. If I recall right it was a French or Canadian animation studio, (Galmont?) and I believe Bobbot? Could be wrong though. Been a few decades! And it has been so long I am not sure if their tech was water based or not. Seems unlikely as there was at least one episode where they had to deal with ocean dwelling people? It ran for I think two seasons. So it outlasted Xyber 9.

Godfather Punk

#251
April 24, 2019, 12:00:17 PM
Avengers : Endgame

As a capstone to 10 years MCU, I give it an 8. Could have been a nine if they had made it a 100 minutes Avengers movie without the 80 minutes schmalz, emo and non-action stuff. When you keep checking your watch and wondering when something is going to happen.

As a movie I give it a 6,5 , maybe a 7. Ok, I enjoyed it but the humor didn't work this time for me. And too many characters that didn't get their chance to really shine.

HappyDaze

#252
April 26, 2019, 03:01:00 AM
Quote from: Godfather Punk;1084386Avengers : Endgame

As a capstone to 10 years MCU, I give it an 8. Could have been a nine if they had made it a 100 minutes Avengers movie without the 80 minutes schmalz, emo and non-action stuff. When you keep checking your watch and wondering when something is going to happen.

As a movie I give it a 6,5 , maybe a 7. Ok, I enjoyed it but the humor didn't work this time for me. And too many characters that didn't get their chance to really shine.

I liked it well enough, but I did find the "get all the females characters on-screen for this shot for no particular reason other than they're female and make sure none of the boys are in the shot" to be outrageously stupid. Thankfully, it was only a few seconds of the film.

Ratman_tf

#253
April 26, 2019, 12:02:20 PM
Quote from: Godfather Punk;1084386Avengers : Endgame

As a capstone to 10 years MCU, I give it an 8. Could have been a nine if they had made it a 100 minutes Avengers movie without the 80 minutes schmalz, emo and non-action stuff. When you keep checking your watch and wondering when something is going to happen.

As a movie I give it a 6,5 , maybe a 7. Ok, I enjoyed it but the humor didn't work this time for me. And too many characters that didn't get their chance to really shine.

Was Satan in it?
The notion of an exclusionary and hostile RPG community is a fever dream of zealots who view all social dynamics through a narrow keyhole of structural oppression.
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Godfather Punk

#254
April 26, 2019, 12:29:13 PM
If the devil is in the details,  you could make a case, but I saw no actual evidence of him.
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