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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Speaking of Michael Madsen ( yes, he definitely was in Reservoir Dogs ) it’s a damn shame the prequel involving him in Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction never happened in the mid 90s. I have a feeling that would have been all sorts of awesome.
Both those guys have unfortunately been in an ungodly number of shit films. Madsen must be close to cracking a century of films, if not roared past it.
Oh he’s been in some absolute turkeys, no doubt about it but his presence alone can drag a film out of the mire in some cases.
I suppose some of them would only pay a few grand ? Small independent types ?
He was memorable and awesome in every Tarantino flick he did, good in Species too once I stopped looking at Natasha Henstridges tits
Travolta was a genuine A lister at one stage which Madsen never has been ( this is not a criticism ) but has taken the Neeson/Willis/Cage/Butler ( if they want someone younger ) road to action shitter ville
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@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel been discussed here before, but I think Eric Roberts must take the prize for the busiest dude in HOllywood?
Looks like he has been involved in 18 movies or series in 2023 already, and looks like 39 in 2022....
Eric Roberts has had a very solid career. Has done well in every movie I’ve seen him in but he probably still feels stink when he compares bank balances with Julia who must be worth a fucken truckload from the massive ( but not necessarily good ) movies she’s been in.
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@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel been discussed here before, but I think Eric Roberts must take the prize for the busiest dude in HOllywood?
Looks like he has been involved in 18 movies or series in 2023 already, and looks like 39 in 2022....
Damn. He's actually been nominated for an Academy Award but that was approximately 8,000 films ago.
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Speaking of Michael Madsen ( yes, he definitely was in Reservoir Dogs ) it’s a damn shame the prequel involving him in Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction never happened in the mid 90s. I have a feeling that would have been all sorts of awesome.
Both those guys have unfortunately been in an ungodly number of shit films. Madsen must be close to cracking a century of films, if not roared past it.
Oh he’s been in some absolute turkeys, no doubt about it but his presence alone can drag a film out of the mire in some cases.
I suppose some of them would only pay a few grand ? Small independent types ?
He was memorable and awesome in every Tarantino flick he did, good in Species too once I stopped looking at Natasha Henstridges tits
Travolta was a genuine A lister at one stage which Madsen never has been ( this is not a criticism ) but has taken the Neeson/Willis/Cage/Butler ( if they want someone younger ) road to action shitter ville
Species is a masterpiece.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel been discussed here before, but I think Eric Roberts must take the prize for the busiest dude in HOllywood?
Looks like he has been involved in 18 movies or series in 2023 already, and looks like 39 in 2022....
Damn. He's actually been nominated for an Academy Award but that was approximately 8,000 films ago.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttttt ?
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel been discussed here before, but I think Eric Roberts must take the prize for the busiest dude in HOllywood?
Looks like he has been involved in 18 movies or series in 2023 already, and looks like 39 in 2022....
Damn. He's actually been nominated for an Academy Award but that was approximately 8,000 films ago.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttttt ?
Runaway Train 1986. Nominated for a Golden Globe too I think.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Speaking of Michael Madsen ( yes, he definitely was in Reservoir Dogs ) it’s a damn shame the prequel involving him in Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction never happened in the mid 90s. I have a feeling that would have been all sorts of awesome.
Both those guys have unfortunately been in an ungodly number of shit films. Madsen must be close to cracking a century of films, if not roared past it.
Oh he’s been in some absolute turkeys, no doubt about it but his presence alone can drag a film out of the mire in some cases.
I suppose some of them would only pay a few grand ? Small independent types ?
He was memorable and awesome in every Tarantino flick he did, good in Species too once I stopped looking at Natasha Henstridges tits
Travolta was a genuine A lister at one stage which Madsen never has been ( this is not a criticism ) but has taken the Neeson/Willis/Cage/Butler ( if they want someone younger ) road to action shitter ville
Species is a masterpiece.
Yeah I’m gonna track it down for a rewatch.
Forrest bung eye Whittaker’s character is one of the most pointless and ridiculous in cinema history if I remember rightly.
Some sort of stupid empath or something…..from memory they all turn up where the Alien has been and find stuff smashed up and dead bodies everywhere and he comes up with the amazing conclusion that
“Something bad happened here”
But yeah, Madsen is cool as fuck with some great lines, some cool sci fi action and of course this….
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Speaking of Michael Madsen ( yes, he definitely was in Reservoir Dogs ) it’s a damn shame the prequel involving him in Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction never happened in the mid 90s. I have a feeling that would have been all sorts of awesome.
Both those guys have unfortunately been in an ungodly number of shit films. Madsen must be close to cracking a century of films, if not roared past it.
Oh he’s been in some absolute turkeys, no doubt about it but his presence alone can drag a film out of the mire in some cases.
I suppose some of them would only pay a few grand ? Small independent types ?
He was memorable and awesome in every Tarantino flick he did, good in Species too once I stopped looking at Natasha Henstridges tits
Travolta was a genuine A lister at one stage which Madsen never has been ( this is not a criticism ) but has taken the Neeson/Willis/Cage/Butler ( if they want someone younger ) road to action shitter ville
Species is a masterpiece.
Yeah I’m gonna track it down for a rewatch.
Forrest bung eye Whittaker’s character is one of the most pointless and ridiculous in cinema history if I remember rightly.
Some sort of stupid empath or something…..from memory they all turn up where the Alien has been and find stuff smashed up and dead bodies everywhere and he comes up with the amazing conclusion that
“Something bad happened here”
But yeah, Madsen is cool as fuck with some great lines, some cool sci fi action and of course this….
Ben Kingsley in that flick as well. 2 Academy Award winners hilariously enough. But who gives a shit. It's all about Natasha. Saw it at the cinema, rented it on video, recorded it when on TV, have it on DVD.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
Actors striking right now. And as usual, a monumental lack of self awareness. Robots taking jobs? What a new concept!
I guess it begs the question: If AI becomes so realistic that we can't tell if it's real people, will we really care? I think yes, but if you can't tell the difference....
It’s a weird one.
I mean for the first scene in the new Indiana Jones movie (worth a watch for nostalgias sake by the way ) I truly believed Ford was in his early 40s as opposed to the 80 year old we saw later on.
The episode of Black Mirror with Salma Hayek covers the subject pretty well.
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
Actors striking right now. And as usual, a monumental lack of self awareness. Robots taking jobs? What a new concept!
I guess it begs the question: If AI becomes so realistic that we can't tell if it's real people, will we really care? I think yes, but if you can't tell the difference....
It’s a weird one.
I mean for the first scene in the new Indiana Jones movie (worth a watch for nostalgias sake by the way ) I truly believed Ford was in his early 40s as opposed to the 80 year old we saw later on.
The episode of Black Mirror with Salma Hayek covers the subject pretty well.
Well that's the thing. Would you be happy to watch a new IJ film with a de-aged AI Harrison Ford rather than recasting with a younger actor? I certainly would. In fact I'd be happy for them to remake the SW sequels using AI Han, Luke and Leia. But obviously the quality would have to be perfect. They're not quite there yet.
But, yeah, the lack of self awareness is off the chart. It's not like there aren't swathes of the US that have had local industries and jobs replaced by robots and much cheaper alternatives. But actors are apparently above that because....actually I can't think of a reason. I have much more sympathy for a coal miner to be honest.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
Actors striking right now. And as usual, a monumental lack of self awareness. Robots taking jobs? What a new concept!
I guess it begs the question: If AI becomes so realistic that we can't tell if it's real people, will we really care? I think yes, but if you can't tell the difference....
It’s a weird one.
I mean for the first scene in the new Indiana Jones movie (worth a watch for nostalgias sake by the way ) I truly believed Ford was in his early 40s as opposed to the 80 year old we saw later on.
The episode of Black Mirror with Salma Hayek covers the subject pretty well.
Well that's the thing. Would you be happy to watch a new IJ film with a de-aged AI Harrison Ford rather than recasting with a younger actor? I certainly would. In fact I'd be happy for them to remake the SW sequels using AI Han, Luke and Leia. But obviously the quality would have to be perfect. They're not quite there yet.
But, yeah, the lack of self awareness is off the chart. It's not like there aren't swathes of the US that have had local industries and jobs replaced by robots and much cheaper alternatives. But actors are apparently above that because....actually I can't think of a reason. I have much more sympathy for a coal miner to be honest.
Yeah it would be interesting if the entire movie was Ford ( and Mads Mikkelsen ) de-aged as opposed to the first 15-20 minutes.
I’m just thankful the actors are whinging about this and not Trump. The self righteous ness from them and preachy bullshit ( in particular from Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep ) was sickening.
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
Actors striking right now. And as usual, a monumental lack of self awareness. Robots taking jobs? What a new concept!
I guess it begs the question: If AI becomes so realistic that we can't tell if it's real people, will we really care? I think yes, but if you can't tell the difference....
It’s a weird one.
I mean for the first scene in the new Indiana Jones movie (worth a watch for nostalgias sake by the way ) I truly believed Ford was in his early 40s as opposed to the 80 year old we saw later on.
The episode of Black Mirror with Salma Hayek covers the subject pretty well.
Well that's the thing. Would you be happy to watch a new IJ film with a de-aged AI Harrison Ford rather than recasting with a younger actor? I certainly would. In fact I'd be happy for them to remake the SW sequels using AI Han, Luke and Leia. But obviously the quality would have to be perfect. They're not quite there yet.
But, yeah, the lack of self awareness is off the chart. It's not like there aren't swathes of the US that have had local industries and jobs replaced by robots and much cheaper alternatives. But actors are apparently above that because....actually I can't think of a reason. I have much more sympathy for a coal miner to be honest.
Yeah it would be interesting if the entire movie was Ford ( and Mads Mikkelsen ) de-aged as opposed to the first 15-20 minutes.
I’m just thankful the actors are whinging about this and not Trump. The self righteous ness from them and preachy bullshit ( in particular from Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep ) was sickening.
Well hopefully they'll all be gone soon. Trump because he's old and fat and the actors because of AI.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel wouldnt those actors then be entitled to royalties for using thier image/likeness? Isnt that another part of the issue?
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@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel wouldnt those actors then be entitled to royalties for using thier image/likeness? Isnt that another part of the issue?
That's a different matter entirely. I would support that. I believe another big issue is getting actual streaming figures for the payment of residuals. Alot of dodginess there.
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