KetarCome on upstairswe're having a partyRegistered Userregular
I was still checking AICN a couple times each week for Capone's stuff and AICNHorror. Mostly just because Capone would line up screenings of movies in Chicago though, and the contests to get tickets were only on/through AICN.
I saw a lot of advance screenings of good movies that way, often with directors, writers or actors in attendance for Q&A sessions afterwards. I already follow Steve on twitter and will keep up with him wherever he winds up for the same reason. The rest of AICN has been a giant garbage fire though and not worth looking at since Drew McWeeny left many years ago.
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KetarCome on upstairswe're having a partyRegistered Userregular
I rescind my desire for Chicago to have a Drafthouse
The drafthouse itself - the events, the theater, the food - is good, but the company culture has me thinking twice about spending any money there until they clean up their act.
Wasn't the Drafthouse already moving away from Knowles and AICN before this came out? The one article I saw mentioned that he wasn't involved in the event this year.
They were trying to give the appearance of moving away from association with a different scuzzbag while still secretly employing him and waiting for the bad press to blow over soooo
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
But if "rescuing someone important from a weird jail" is enough to be plagiarism thats a weird ass precedent
It's not tho. There's quite a bit more similarities than that.
In their ruling, the judges listed a long list of similarities between “Escape From New York” and “Lockout,” including heroes that “got into the prison by flying in a glider/space shuttle, had to confront inmates led by a chief with a strange right arm, found hugely important briefcases and meet a former sidekick who then dies” and “at the end (of both films the heroes) keep secret documents recovered during their mission.”
These are all either incredibly common action movie cliches that can be found in thousands of films or so vague as to be meaningless (Strange right arm)
i think you're really reaching here. the two films are really similar; it's not just strange right arm, it's "had to confront inmates led by a chief with a strange right arm". it's similar in very specific ways, not just incredibly common cliches but all the same cliches presented in very similar ways
is it a similarity worth a million bucks? i don't think so but a bunch of professionals in Europe do and I'm pretty sure they know more than I do about it.
It's a common thing that when court cases about plagiarism talk about the similarities it sounds really goofy, and then when you see the two things next to each other it looks obvious as shit.
Like, this is something that happened a few times in copyright class. We'd read a case and they would mention something that seemed universal, and then we'd watched clips from the two movies and they'd be exactly the same.
So yeah. Don't take the dry text from the court case purely at face value or you're gonna get the wrong idea.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
I about fell out of my chair to discover drew curtis's fark dot com still exists
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Isn't fark the place that would get into pissing contests with something awful back in the aughts?
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
Aintitcool is a joke at this point, but there was a good stretch in the late nineties/early 2000's in which it (along with Harry) honestly was a pretty big player in the film world. They were breaking tons of stories, had reviews for movies before anyone else did, etc. It was through them that I first learned of shit like Equilibrium, Eternal Sunshine, and others.
That said, Harry was always the weakest and creepiest part of the site. For the longest time I figured his thing was just an act, but I came across him a couple of times in Drafthouse excursions, and nope, dude's pretty much like he's on the page.
I still read AICN because old habits die hard. Pretty much anything written by Harry was ignored by me because there was no way he didn't like it (99% of the time), so his opinion was less than meaningless. And when I say I read the site, I really mean I just read Quint's articles and Herc's TV info.
Moriarty leaving was basically the end of that site for me.
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Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Per Deadline, James Cameron officially began production today on the four Avatar sequels he is shooting in succession. Estimated collective budget expected to surpass $1bil
Per Deadline, James Cameron officially began production today on the four Avatar sequels he is shooting in succession. Estimated collective budget expected to surpass $1bil
Just thinking about the ET game for Atari today for no reason
Per Deadline, James Cameron officially began production today on the four Avatar sequels he is shooting in succession. Estimated collective budget expected to surpass $1bil
The sad part is that's a deal for 4 movies
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GustavFriend of GoatsSomewhere in the OzarksRegistered Userregular
I'm not going to bet against it
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Bloods EndBlade of TyshallePunch dimensionRegistered Userregular
harry knowles achieving any level of fame is america's biggest crime
I don't know how to twitter so imagine I dug up one of those "______ is the number one comedy in america? have you seen the white house lately" tweets and posted it here
Per Deadline, James Cameron officially began production today on the four Avatar sequels he is shooting in succession. Estimated collective budget expected to surpass $1bil
Somewhere there is an intern or a grip or something that had a moment of opportunity to tell James Cameron that no one gives a rat’s ass about 3D or Avatar anymore and they couldn’t muster up the courage to do it and here we are.
That said, $175 million opening weekend. I mean, this is America, for Christ’s sake. We elected Donald Trump to lead us.
Per Deadline, James Cameron officially began production today on the four Avatar sequels he is shooting in succession. Estimated collective budget expected to surpass $1bil
Somewhere there is an intern or a grip or something that had a moment of opportunity to tell James Cameron that no one gives a rat’s ass about 3D or Avatar anymore and they couldn’t muster up the courage to do it and here we are.
That said, $175 million opening weekend. I mean, this is America, for Christ’s sake. We elected Donald Trump to lead us.
First sequel maybe. No way in hell for the others.
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I saw a lot of advance screenings of good movies that way, often with directors, writers or actors in attendance for Q&A sessions afterwards. I already follow Steve on twitter and will keep up with him wherever he winds up for the same reason. The rest of AICN has been a giant garbage fire though and not worth looking at since Drew McWeeny left many years ago.
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Possibly the first site I came across with a horrid comment system.
The drafthouse itself - the events, the theater, the food - is good, but the company culture has me thinking twice about spending any money there until they clean up their act.
It's a common thing that when court cases about plagiarism talk about the similarities it sounds really goofy, and then when you see the two things next to each other it looks obvious as shit.
Like, this is something that happened a few times in copyright class. We'd read a case and they would mention something that seemed universal, and then we'd watched clips from the two movies and they'd be exactly the same.
So yeah. Don't take the dry text from the court case purely at face value or you're gonna get the wrong idea.
That said, Harry was always the weakest and creepiest part of the site. For the longest time I figured his thing was just an act, but I came across him a couple of times in Drafthouse excursions, and nope, dude's pretty much like he's on the page.
then you will be gratified to know he had a small role in Fanboys
a movie written by one Ernest Cline
Steam
no i wouldn't!!!
i'd be very much the opposite!!
That makes so much sense.
But I thought ernie cline was your favorite
You love stories that exist only to pander to nerds
That's your whole deal!
my good sir i fear you must have mixed me up with someone else!
Moriarty leaving was basically the end of that site for me.
the only problem with this article is that now I also can't stop thinking about this
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Just thinking about the ET game for Atari today for no reason
The sad part is that's a deal for 4 movies
Because he's way more successful with your bit than you'll ever be?
I'm actually prepared to have my eye balls vaporized (in a good way!) by whatever Cameron manages to conjure up for these movies
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Stephen King's what part 2 oh god yes it feels so good
legitimately offended on multiple levels right now
Holy Shit
hey, on an entirely serious note, fuck you
what the fuck
Steam
I don't know how to twitter so imagine I dug up one of those "______ is the number one comedy in america? have you seen the white house lately" tweets and posted it here
Somewhere there is an intern or a grip or something that had a moment of opportunity to tell James Cameron that no one gives a rat’s ass about 3D or Avatar anymore and they couldn’t muster up the courage to do it and here we are.
That said, $175 million opening weekend. I mean, this is America, for Christ’s sake. We elected Donald Trump to lead us.
I mean, I've never read any posts here describing a movie via cunnilingus.
First sequel maybe. No way in hell for the others.