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@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
@victor-meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
..There were some great British Sci Fi films in the 50' s about a rocket scientist, Bernard Quatermas, written by Nigel Kneale which were years ahead of their time and still really watchable. Quoted as hugely influential by the likes of Spielberg and Ridley Scott.
I loved Quatermas! Spooked by it too.
I was really into 50's and 60's films after being given a copy of Scorceses's History of Cinema and discovered Nigel Kneale from an interview with Spielberg.
His themes are truly scary, original and based in the day to day which makes them very unnerving. If you can find a copy, check out The Stone Tape - awesome.
Edit: available on Youtube
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Gunpowder Milkshake - cool movie, as others have mentioned, in the John Wick style, except with female leads.
3.5 claw hammers out of 5 self help sections
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@taniwharugby is that not netflix yet? when it was announced it was advertised as a netflix film but then when it was release it was in cinemas
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@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia so you are ok with the undead, raising people from the dead and seeing things through the eyes of a raven, but you draw the line at dragons...
I draw the line at all fantasy, the dragons was my stand in for all the fantasy aspects of the show. I will be more specific next time.
How bout Giants ?
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@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia so you are ok with the undead, raising people from the dead and seeing things through the eyes of a raven, but you draw the line at dragons...
I draw the line at all fantasy, the dragons was my stand in for all the fantasy aspects of the show. I will be more specific next time.
How bout Giants ?
Fuck, I'm going to be busy on this thread if I don't provide a list.
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@kiwiwomble not on NZ Netflix
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@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia so you are ok with the undead, raising people from the dead and seeing things through the eyes of a raven, but you draw the line at dragons...
I draw the line at all fantasy, the dragons was my stand in for all the fantasy aspects of the show. I will be more specific next time.
How bout Giants ?
Fuck, I'm going to be busy on this thread if I don't provide a list.
to be honest mate its a bit f*ked up (and we all are in our own way).. lol, but in a movie about immortality, soul eaters, some half bird/pig thing with no head, a planet where they had the blip.. you just didnt like the dragon..thats going to get comments
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@dogmeat said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia You're commenting on a Marvel movie. You regularly contribute to the DCEU / Star Wars and Marvel threads. But
you're not a fantasy dudeWhat you are is in denial
Jesus, this is a thread full of pedants. I don't like fantasy as a genre in the old way it was understood - LOTR, Game of Thrones etc. Hard fantasy as a definition maybe?
But, I like stuff with a fantastical element like all that stuff you mentioned.
I like and dislike what I like and dislike. Apparently here's no rhyme or reason to do it. (Is that the saying or did I just make that up?)
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@nepia You want pedant. I'll give you peak pedant.
Rhyme or reason has been around since the 15th century. It was first used in it's most common form by Nicolas Udall who wrote the first comedy in the English language.
As with most aphorisms though it is Shakespeare who made it popular using it in both Comedy of Errors and As You Like it.
I never thought I would get to use my Middle English education, especially on the fern
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@dogmeat said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia You want pedant. I'll give you peak pedant.
Rhyme or reason has been around since the 15th century. It was first used in it's ...
Are you quite sure you are at the peak of pedantry?
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@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@dogmeat said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia You're commenting on a Marvel movie. You regularly contribute to the DCEU / Star Wars and Marvel threads. But
you're not a fantasy dudeWhat you are is in denial
Jesus, this is a thread full of pedants. I don't like fantasy as a genre in the old way it was understood - LOTR, Game of Thrones etc. Hard fantasy as a definition maybe?
But, I like stuff with a fantastical element like all that stuff you mentioned.
I like and dislike what I like and dislike. Apparently here's no rhyme or reason to do it. (Is that the saying or did I just make that up?)
So what about Marvel's Thor? You like Thor? Or is he too close to fantasy? He is basically a Boromir who gets off on a hammer.
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@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@dogmeat said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia You're commenting on a Marvel movie. You regularly contribute to the DCEU / Star Wars and Marvel threads. But
you're not a fantasy dudeWhat you are is in denial
Jesus, this is a thread full of pedants. I don't like fantasy as a genre in the old way it was understood - LOTR, Game of Thrones etc. Hard fantasy as a definition maybe?
But, I like stuff with a fantastical element like all that stuff you mentioned.
I like and dislike what I like and dislike. Apparently here's no rhyme or reason to do it. (Is that the saying or did I just make that up?)
So what about Marvel's Thor? You like Thor? Or is he too close to fantasy? He is basically a Boromir who gets off on a hammer.
Enough of your bullshit. He is a handsome, muscular man. It's like a pirate had a baby with an angel.
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@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@dogmeat said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia You're commenting on a Marvel movie. You regularly contribute to the DCEU / Star Wars and Marvel threads. But
you're not a fantasy dudeWhat you are is in denial
Jesus, this is a thread full of pedants. I don't like fantasy as a genre in the old way it was understood - LOTR, Game of Thrones etc. Hard fantasy as a definition maybe?
But, I like stuff with a fantastical element like all that stuff you mentioned.
I like and dislike what I like and dislike. Apparently here's no rhyme or reason to do it. (Is that the saying or did I just make that up?)
So what about Marvel's Thor? You like Thor? Or is he too close to fantasy? He is basically a Boromir who gets off on a hammer.
And the Wizard dude, it is totaly a fantasy series - same as Star Wars, space fantasy. There is not too much popular so called ‘sci fi’ that isn’t actually fantasy. Almost all of it has mystical stuff, fantasy is awesome.
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@machpants said in Movie review thread...:
@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@dogmeat said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia You're commenting on a Marvel movie. You regularly contribute to the DCEU / Star Wars and Marvel threads. But
you're not a fantasy dudeWhat you are is in denial
Jesus, this is a thread full of pedants. I don't like fantasy as a genre in the old way it was understood - LOTR, Game of Thrones etc. Hard fantasy as a definition maybe?
But, I like stuff with a fantastical element like all that stuff you mentioned.
I like and dislike what I like and dislike. Apparently here's no rhyme or reason to do it. (Is that the saying or did I just make that up?)
So what about Marvel's Thor? You like Thor? Or is he too close to fantasy? He is basically a Boromir who gets off on a hammer.
And the Wizard dude, it is totaly a fantasy series - same as Star Wars, space fantasy. There is not too much popular so called ‘sci fi’ that isn’t actually fantasy. Almost all of it has mystical stuff, fantasy is awesome.
Bullshit. Star Wars is history and as learned academics discover more and more evidence that history is fleshed out. Occasionally (eg the sequel trilogy) some unconfirmed theories get through and get mistaken as real.
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Despite being an avid viewer of "arthouse films" with gratuitous sex and nudity, not to mention "sexual thrillers", I categorically take exception to any claim that I consume porn. That's for perverts.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
Despite being an avid viewer of "arthouse films" with gratuitous sex and nudity, not to mention "sexual thrillers", I categorically take exception to any claim that I consume porn. That's for perverts.
Yeah I don’t eat it either. Ugh, dirty porn eating perverts. I watch a fair bit though…
