Secret Satan 2011: Satans sent! Let the Giftening begin

The Lovely Bastard

I like zack snyder movies

well, except for sucker punch

and I did not see that owl movie

#pipe

Romanian My Escutcheon wrote:

Yeah, I saw Watchmen for the first time last weekend.

And all I could keep thinking was how Zack Snyder had not managed to choke on all of that pretension while making the film.

I swear to god

if it doesn't have tits and a wise cracking parrot someone's going to call it pretentious

Kochikens

TLB, for once we completely agree on something

Legba

I like both comic book adaptations Snyder did, but god damn Sucker Punch was a trainwreck and a half.

Kadith

I enjoyed Watchmen except for the part where all my friends my age didn't get any of the time period/cultural references.

2 Marcus 2 Ravens

#pipe wrote:

Romanian My Escutcheon wrote:

Yeah, I saw Watchmen for the first time last weekend.

And all I could keep thinking was how Zack Snyder had not managed to choke on all of that pretension while making the film.

I swear to god

if it doesn't have tits and a wise cracking parrot someone's going to call it pretentious

And usually not actually know what the word means and use it inappropriately.

I mean, if you're going to throw a word around a lot, at least look up the definition.

The Lovely Bastard

it was bound to happen, kochi

now, the four horsemen may ride

Kochikens

Kadith wrote:

I enjoyed Watchmen except for the part where all my friends my age didn't get any of the time period/cultural references.

my dad loved watchmen
he said it was because of those references

The Lovely Bastard

hey marcus. let's get drunk and watch red state on netflix.

it could be a good time.

Romanian My Escutcheon

#pipe wrote:

Romanian My Escutcheon wrote:

Yeah, I saw Watchmen for the first time last weekend.

And all I could keep thinking was how Zack Snyder had not managed to choke on all of that pretension while making the film.

I swear to god

if it doesn't have tits and a wise cracking parrot someone's going to call it pretentious

I am not saying it was bad!

It just seemed to be trying to make a lot of social commentary, more than a fair bit of which came off as kind of preachy or dumb.

EDIT: Also, giant blue space time manipulating dicks.

The Lovely Bastard

rme do you not know what watchmen is

Romanian My Escutcheon

2 Marcus 2 Ravens wrote:

And usually not actually know what the word means and use it inappropriately.

I mean, if you're going to throw a word around a lot, at least look up the definition.

Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.

BAM.

Romanian My Escutcheon

The Lovely Bastard wrote:

rme do you not know what watchmen is

The Alan Moore comic?

Kind of, if you consider brief references in other entertainment as a basis for knowledge.

2 Marcus 2 Ravens

The Lovely Bastard wrote:

hey marcus. let's get drunk and watch red state on netflix.

it could be a good time.

Man, I got dumb Canada Netflix and it ain't on there. Though I gotsta get that on DVD some time.

The Lovely Bastard

wait you are a filthy canuck?

2 Marcus 2 Ravens

Born and raised. There's snow outside right now.

Legba

Oh no.

The greatest team ever created: Split before it even began.

Romanian My Escutcheon

They can still make this work.

Stereotypical Canadians play hockey, clearly they know something about recreational violence.

2 Marcus 2 Ravens

Well, we've got Michael Ironside. That guy's pretty cool, right?

...right?

Romanian My Escutcheon

Depends on which Michael Ironside movie we're talking about.

Legba

2 Marcus 2 Ravens wrote:

Well, we've got Celine Dion. That girl's pretty cool, right?

...right?

2 Marcus 2 Ravens

I grew up right near this guy.



He's kind of cool these days.

The Lovely Bastard

I love Michael Ironside

You just skirted by on a technicality, son.

Also, is John Saxon still alive? I always wanted a Michael Ironside/John Saxon buddy cop movie where they play brothers.

Romanian My Escutcheon

The Lovely Bastard wrote:

I love Michael Ironside

You just skirted by on a technicality, son.

Also, is John Saxon still alive? I always wanted a Michael Ironside/John Saxon buddy cop movie where they play brothers.

IMDB and Wikipedia both say he's still alive.

The Lovely Bastard

gonna make this dream come true then

Kochikens

The Lovely Bastard wrote:

wait you are a filthy canuck?

guess the peace between us is over again

Abracadaniel

My mystery Satan has been taunting me on twitter with batman themed music videos

Romanian My Escutcheon wrote:

#pipe wrote:

Romanian My Escutcheon wrote:

Yeah, I saw Watchmen for the first time last weekend.

And all I could keep thinking was how Zack Snyder had not managed to choke on all of that pretension while making the film.

I swear to god

if it doesn't have tits and a wise cracking parrot someone's going to call it pretentious

I am not saying it was bad!

It just seemed to be trying to make a lot of social commentary, more than a fair bit of which came off as kind of preachy or dumb.

EDIT: Also, giant blue space time manipulating dicks.

historical context

youngin

The Lovely Bastard

it would never have lasted, kochikens

you know this

now go watch blood diner

Okami

suckerpunch was... pretty? I guess?

I wasn't nearly as impressed with it as my boyfriend and some of his friends seemed to be

Romanian My Escutcheon

Smart Hero wrote:

My mystery Satan has been taunting me on twitter with batman themed music videos

historical context

youngin

Daaaaaaaaaaaan, when are you and Heather coming back to Orlando?

I want to do a FloPAX bar crawl now that I can legally drink.

DJ Eebs

the arguments people make to defend sucker punch sound incredibly stupid

"no no! she pretends to be a doodle from my freshmen year notebook because of female empowerment!"

#pipe

I enjoy sucker punch just fine.

It's awful, but so is a big mac, and I enjoy those too.

The Lovely Bastard

sucker punch, on paper, looks like a movie I should enjoy

it's biggest crime is not being that

Romanian My Escutcheon

You know, I have to wonder if Zack Snyder actually regrets 300 at this point, because now he's constantly judged by the metric set by that movie.

Though he made a fuckton of money off of it, so he's probably not too upset.

MetroidZoid

Gonna go to the city next over for some Christmas shopping tomorrow. Mostly idea scouting, though. Hopefully getting a couple of friends to go with.

Anyone have an idea of how much the UPS flat-rate boxes go for, save me a trip to the post office?

Romanian My Escutcheon

USPS or UPS?

I couldn't find the prices for the UPS boxes, sorry.

MetroidZoid

USPS I guess. Thanks for the link.

DJ Eebs

dawn of the dead is actually his best movie

ceres

Oh look, people talking about movies I will never ever watch. :P

Legba

Snyder did Dawn of the Dead? Dang, that was a really good movie.

I guess he should have stuck to remakes and adaptations. :P