Pre PAX Movie

The Geek

dyaballikl wrote: »

The Geek wrote: »

tr0tsky wrote: »

The Geek wrote: »

So Clone Wars fits perfectly then.

Clone Wars is going to be awesome. The CGI is kinda cheesy compared to the awesome animation style of the original (imo), but the storyline is top-notch.

I'm not terribly familiar with the story line the movie is going to take, but the CG and animation looks atrocious. For Lucas saying he didn't like Tartakovsky's Clone Wars, he sure had no problems using the exact same character models, except rendered in CG. And rendered rather poorly, I must say. That art style does not translate well to 3D CG models at all. And the animation (from the trailer) is blocky and incredibly low-rent. Makes Dreamworks look like Pixar. And that's saying something.

personally, i was a big fan of the tartakovsky series, i want more!

I love the Tartakovsky series. It was brilliant and well executed.

George Lucas did not like it, because he is apparently a crazy old man.

The only passing resemblance this movie has to the toon series is that they copied the character models, which as I said before, do not translate well into 3D CG at all.

dyaballikl

The Geek wrote: »

dyaballikl wrote: »

The Geek wrote: »

tr0tsky wrote: »

The Geek wrote: »

So Clone Wars fits perfectly then.

Clone Wars is going to be awesome. The CGI is kinda cheesy compared to the awesome animation style of the original (imo), but the storyline is top-notch.

I'm not terribly familiar with the story line the movie is going to take, but the CG and animation looks atrocious. For Lucas saying he didn't like Tartakovsky's Clone Wars, he sure had no problems using the exact same character models, except rendered in CG. And rendered rather poorly, I must say. That art style does not translate well to 3D CG models at all. And the animation (from the trailer) is blocky and incredibly low-rent. Makes Dreamworks look like Pixar. And that's saying something.

personally, i was a big fan of the tartakovsky series, i want more!

I love the Tartakovsky series. It was brilliant and well executed.

George Lucas did not like it, because he is apparently a crazy old man.

The only passing resemblance this movie has to the toon series is that they copied the character models, which as I said before, do not translate well into 3D CG at all.

and don't forget that the aliens took all of his directing ability in 1978!

The_Reflection

Anything Gendy Tartakovsky does is absolute brilliance

Lyanth

slacktron wrote: »

Heckling is fun, but the problem with it is that you have to sit through a bad movie. And you can't heckle well unless you've already seen the movie. So you have to sit through a bad movie twice. I just don't have that kinda free time any more.

One should not be so sure of a large, partially smashed group of nerds' ability to heckle. Some movies are made to be heckled by us. Like Dragon War. *shudders*

tr0tsky

The_Reflection wrote: »

Anything Gendy Tartakovsky does is absolute brilliance

Lemoned for truthyness.

CaptainTapole

tr0tsky wrote: »

The_Reflection wrote: »

Anything Gendy Tartakovsky does is absolute brilliance

Lemoned for truthyness.

...I thought it was spelled with an "i" not a "y"????

tr0tsky

CaptainTapole wrote: »

...I thought it was spelled with an "i" not a "y"????

That`s only if you`re copying Colbert...which I wasn`t

hrm...why are my apostrophe`s coming out all slanty....É

egads, my keyboard has switched to foreign layout...how bothersome

HoLeY

Large group is of no consequence!

I just say we all meet up at the theater and part our separate ways if needed...then after the movie - pre pax bar time! LOL

Petesalzl

tr0tsky wrote: »

CaptainTapole wrote: »

...I thought it was spelled with an "i" not a "y"????

That`s only if you`re copying Colbert...which I wasn`t

hrm...why are my apostrophe`s coming out all slanty....É

egads, my keyboard has switched to foreign layout...how bothersome

Colbert did coin the word, foorcing it into the english language as now printed in the dictionary. Say what you will about colbert, i never had one of my words put into the dictionary... yet

mentok1982

Last update I think.
Next time I post here I should have the list of the movies and show times at the loacl theaters. Wooo!

The changes are marked with: **

July 30:
The Rocker

Aug 1st:

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Swing Vote

Aug 6:
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
**Pineapple Express

Aug 8:

**Hell Ride

Aug 13:

**Tropic Thunder

Aug 15:

**Henry Poole is Here
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Mirrors
The Horsemen
**Wild Child
**Fly Me to the Moon
Towelhead (aka Nothing Is Private)

Aug 20:

**The Rocker

Aug 22:

Hamlet 2 Limited Release
The House Bunny (Was titled: I Know What Boys Like)
**The Longshots
Death Race

Moved out of August:

17 Again
Bangkok Dangerous
Blindness
Case 39
Choke
**Crossing Over
Dragonball
Eagle Eye
**Far Cry
**Ghost Town
He's Just Not That Into You
Midnight Meat Train
Repo! The Genetic Opera
**The Accidental Husband
**The International

mentok1982

Pacific Place 11's schedule goes up 8/14 so far.

Regal Meridian 16's schedule also goes up to 8/14.

Sumi

The House Bunny Looks absolutely stupid.

I vote for that.

But apparently The Mummy was pretty horrid too.

Star Wars is pretty appropriate.

Haikufrenzy

Star Wars looks like a trainwreck... and as dorks we cannot let it pass without mocking the unholy crap out of it.

I vote for Clone Wars.

RowdyTheDog

I vote for Death Race. It's the kind of improbable and stupid action flic we can enjoy and heckle!

parabola

What about Cthulhu ?

degreesplatinum

Wouldn't the movie Pineapple Express be more appropriate for the likes of us? I know that traditionally we're supposed to be watching a bad movie. But, I think we can still heckle and scream at Pineapple Express.

Haikufrenzy

degreesplatinum wrote: »

Wouldn't the movie Pineapple Express be more appropriate for the likes of us? I know that traditionally we're supposed to be watching a bad movie. But, I think we can still heckle and scream at Pineapple Express.

Having heard the reviews for it... it sounds too good for the likes of this. Where as Death Race or Star Wars has that "Holy crap they expect people to take this seriously?!" quality to it you just can't find anywhere else.

parabola

degreesplatinum wrote: »

Wouldn't the movie Pineapple Express be more appropriate for the likes of us? I know that traditionally we're supposed to be watching a bad movie. But, I think we can still heckle and scream at Pineapple Express.

Most people already have seen it or will see it before PAX. Got to pick a movie that comes out JUST before PAX.

bbqninja

the movie needs to bad for a riffing and I think a comedy just doesn't go well with heckling they are trying to be funny we need a movie thats trying to be serious.
Anybody know anything about the movie zombie strippers it looks very riffable with boob jokes aplenty!

mentok1982

RowdyTheDog wrote: »

I vote for Death Race. It's the kind of improbable and stupid action flic we can enjoy and heckle!

Speaking of voting, once the theaters have their schedules posted for the 28th we should ask Moe to put up a
poll in this thread for us so we can pick the movie.

Nienu

Death Race (for those who do not know) is a remake of a truely amazing B-Movie. It exemplifys every trait that the genre has. It stars:

David Carradine
and
Sylvester Stallone

Do we need any further reason to go after this flick? True it is an alteration to the original storyline. But it stars Jason Statham.. He is our current reigning champion of B-Movies!

Here is one of the more memorable clips from the original to give you a taste.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pphMecGZQ_s

RowdyTheDog

Nienu wrote: »

Death Race (for those who do not know) is a remake of a truely amazing B-Movie. It exemplifys every trait that the genre has. It stars:

David Carradine
and
Sylvester Stallone

Do we need any further reason to go after this flick? True it is an alteration to the original storyline. But it stars Jason Statham.. He is our current reigning champion of B-Movies!

Here is one of the more memorable clips from the original to give you a taste.

Hmm, I was going to say that's what I should have done, posted a promotional trailer, except that's a terrible clip in which to gauge the newer Death Race. Try some'o'this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83-stjseRMQ

tr0tsky

wtf...they got rid of the awesomeness of Death Race and made it into some sort of crap "Condemned with Cars"?

lame.

Kyouteki

so, have we decided on a movie yet?

mentok1982

Kyouteki wrote: »

so, have we decided on a movie yet?

I don't think we can decide until we know for sure what is playing at the two local theaters.

There is only two of them right?

I suppose we could pick 10 and vote, then go see the movie that is available and has the most votes.
Is that what we want to do?

Here are the films from August listed from oldest at the top (Aug 1st) to newest at the bottom (Aug 22).

1. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
2. Swing Vote
3. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
4. Pineapple Express
5. Hell Ride
6. Tropic Thunder
7. Henry Poole is Here
8. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
9. Mirrors
10. The Horsemen
11. Wild Child
12. Fly Me to the Moon
13. Towelhead (aka Nothing Is Private)
14. The Rocker
15. Hamlet 2 Limited Release
16. The House Bunny (Was titled: I Know What Boys Like)
17. The Longshots
18. Death Race

If I had to choose 10, I would pick:

1. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
2. Swing Vote
4. Pineapple Express
5. Hell Ride
6. Tropic Thunder
7. Henry Poole is Here
8. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
13. Towelhead
15. Hamlet 2
18. Death Race

That_Guy

I will throw my vote in for Death Race. It sounds like just the b- movie we deserve to see.

dyaballikl

mentok1982 wrote: »

Kyouteki wrote: »

so, have we decided on a movie yet?

I don't think we can decide until we know for sure what is playing at the two local theaters.

There is only two of them right?

pretty much every movie should be playing at atleast one of those two theaters. i would like to know soon, though, so that i might be able to approach the manager of the theater and see if we can't get a special screening.

degreesplatinum

Death Race has that B-movie quality all over it. I'm voting for that one.

mentok1982

degreesplatinum wrote: »

Death Race has that B-movie quality all over it. I'm voting for that one.

Don't go vote crazy yet. Save that for the poll. Right now I just want to know what movies should be in the poll.
The poll can only hold 10 movies.

mentok1982

Well now we know that Tropic Thunder features the Wii, Space Invaders and some Blu-ray stuff.

All the more reason that we choose it as one of the movies to go in our poll.

RickardsRouge

death race, it has cars and death and racing, and looks ridiculous in a "wow-I-actually-almost-wanna-see-that" kinda way

Polago

Is there still not a movie chosen? Dragonball and Death race look good for something like this.

The_Reflection

sisterhood of the traveling pants 2 and hamlet 2 should both be on there

mentok1982

Polago wrote: »

Is there still not a movie chosen? Dragonball and Death race look good for something like this.

Yep. the movie has not been chosen yet because before we can put up a final poll we have to decide
what 10 films should be on the poll. And Dragonball is not an option. It is a 2009 film.

Remember, right now we are picking 10 films to be placed on the forum poll. You can choose up
to 10 films from this numbered list of 18:

1. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
2. Swing Vote
3. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
4. Pineapple Express
5. Hell Ride
6. Tropic Thunder
7. Henry Poole is Here
8. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
9. Mirrors
10. The Horsemen
11. Wild Child
12. Fly Me to the Moon
13. Towelhead (aka Nothing Is Private)
14. The Rocker
15. Hamlet 2 Limited Release
16. The House Bunny (Was titled: I Know What Boys Like)
17. The Longshots
18. Death Race


Here is what we want on the poll so far:

1. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 1 vote
3. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 1 vote
2. Swing Vote 1 vote
4. Pineapple Express 1 vote
5. Hell Ride 1 vote
6. Tropic Thunder 1 vote
7. Henry Poole is Here 1 vote
8. Star Wars: The Clone Wars 1 vote
13. Towelhead 1 vote
15. Hamlet 2 2 votes
18. Death Race 4 votes

Kyouteki

Hamlet 2 looks like it would be a good Pre-PAX movie.

VThornheart

I'll vote for Death Race. If the trailer is any indication, this will be the most unintentionally funny movie since Adam Wests' Batman. It looks like it's going to be the undisputed champion in the "tired action movie cliches" department. =)

I can see the marketing execs that came up with this one.

"Racing + Prison + Guns + Death for Public Entertainment + exceptionally unlikely romantic subplot = $$$ (and the sum total of 90% of action movies ever made, mashed into a thick and syrupy slop)"

EDIT: D'oh... not that I can make it to the movie, I forgot. =( D'oh =( I still encourage you guys to go to this one though. =)

ElectricTurtle

Haikufrenzy wrote: »

Star Wars looks like a trainwreck... and as dorks we cannot let it pass without mocking the unholy crap out of it.

I vote for Clone Wars.

I have to vote Clone Wars too. For chrissake it's so bad that Lucas put an "embargo" on reviews because everybody was saying it was irredeemable crap.

mentok1982

Shame on all of you! Is really that hard to pick more than 1 film? I picked my 10 in about 5 minutes.

Remember, right now we are picking 10 films to be placed on the forum poll. You can choose up
to 10 films from this numbered list of 18:

1. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
2. Swing Vote
3. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
4. Pineapple Express
5. Hell Ride
6. Tropic Thunder
7. Henry Poole is Here
8. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
9. Mirrors
10. The Horsemen
11. Wild Child
12. Fly Me to the Moon
13. Towelhead (aka Nothing Is Private)
14. The Rocker
15. Hamlet 2 Limited Release
16. The House Bunny (Was titled: I Know What Boys Like)
17. The Longshots
18. Death Race


Here is what we want on the poll so far:

1. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 1 vote
3. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 1 vote
2. Swing Vote 1 vote
4. Pineapple Express 1 vote
5. Hell Ride 1 vote
6. Tropic Thunder 1 vote
7. Henry Poole is Here 1 vote
8. Star Wars: The Clone Wars 2 vote
13. Towelhead 1 vote
15. Hamlet 2 3 votes
18. Death Race 5 votes

It looks like Star Wars, Hamlet 2 and Death Race will be on the poll for sure as they are the only films with
more than one vote.

Moe Fwacky

The easiest way to do this is to cut sisterhood from that second list and use what you have. People who cry about it can, uh, cry about it.

tr0tsky

I vote for Sisterhood 2 to be on the poll.