Scrappy is a character who just didn't add anything, which is a problem a lot of hannah barbara cartoons had... I think of the martian character on Flintstones. Honestly, Scooby as a franchise is interesting because it feels like they really hit their stride mid-2000s with the excellent straight to DVD movies like Zombie Island, the live action film and a slew of decent to great cartoons starting with A Pup Named Scooby Doo and continuing on from there. A lot of the direct spinoffs after the original are bad, even if guest of the week batman or don knotts was nifty.
Scrappy is a character who just didn't add anything, which is a problem a lot of hannah barbara cartoons had... I think of the martian character on Flintstones. Honestly, Scooby as a franchise is interesting because it feels like they really hit their stride mid-2000s with the excellent straight to DVD movies like Zombie Island, the live action film and a slew of decent to great cartoons starting with A Pup Named Scooby Doo and continuing on from there. A lot of the direct spinoffs are bad, even if guest of the week batman or don knotts was nifty.
Mystery Inc is my favourite Scooby Doo. They need to make movies and live action adaptions from that, please.
The best thing Scooby Doo has going for it is its hook of "skepticism for kids" while also keeping it light and entertaining and having a silly chase scene with some groovy tunes playing over it, or whatever. Unfortunately they keep betraying that because everyone who gets their hands on the franchise thinks "what if the monster in scooby doo was real?" is the most clever idea anyone has shat out since some caveman clacked two rocks together for the first time.
Idk when done well I like it. The old "it was a some old guy trying to get rich quick" plot got stale within the first run of the series. Scooby works either way because it's about the characters and their problem solving skills. When it falls flat for me is when they play it for laughs, like the Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School
I was there for 2 reasons. Number 1, I loved that Scooby would dunk his balls in an alligators mouth if you could just figure out the right number of Scooby snacks to bribe him with. I found this endlessly entertaining, like get the fuck out of here with that ghost, I'm not going near that thing for a Scooby snack. Hmmm? 2 Scooby snacks? I'm in.
Number 2, the guest stars. I've got no idea what the Harlem Globetrotters have to do with mysteries, but they just buckle down and start gathering clues because obviously. It's the same feeling I get when I'm able to have a big game night and all the people I care about actually play and work together. Collaborating is fun!
Scrappy is a character who just didn't add anything, which is a problem a lot of hannah barbara cartoons had... I think of the martian character on Flintstones. Honestly, Scooby as a franchise is interesting because it feels like they really hit their stride mid-2000s with the excellent straight to DVD movies like Zombie Island, the live action film and a slew of decent to great cartoons starting with A Pup Named Scooby Doo and continuing on from there. A lot of the direct spinoffs after the original are bad, even if guest of the week batman or don knotts was nifty.
Every show suffers from that though if it goes on longer than a season or two. Things get weirder and more out there and guest stars and martians and alternate dimensions and Steve and Carl travel back in time and fight Blackbeard and now they're in college and OH GOD.
I think I'm the only person who didn't loath Scrappy Doo. At least he was courageous when men dressed up as monsters ran after our heroes. Never understood why people hated that character, and the character assassination in the live action movie was unbelievable.
It's not in the action, it's in the execution
LEMME AT EM LET ME AT EM I'LL SPLAT EM in every single fucking episode, and what felt like every other goddamned line
When I was 8 I liked that tho
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I think I'm the only person who didn't loath Scrappy Doo. At least he was courageous when men dressed up as monsters ran after our heroes. Never understood why people hated that character, and the character assassination in the live action movie was unbelievable.
It's not in the action, it's in the execution
LEMME AT EM LET ME AT EM I'LL SPLAT EM in every single fucking episode, and what felt like every other goddamned line
And that was the problem with "toned down" Scrappy. They kept the blustering attitude but ditched his ability to do anything. Instead of Young Pup Adventurer he was just Loudmouth Wannabe
Can't have any of that "imitable violence" on a kid show!
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I think I'm the only person who didn't loath Scrappy Doo. At least he was courageous when men dressed up as monsters ran after our heroes. Never understood why people hated that character, and the character assassination in the live action movie was unbelievable.
It's not in the action, it's in the execution
LEMME AT EM LET ME AT EM I'LL SPLAT EM in every single fucking episode, and what felt like every other goddamned line
And that was the problem with "toned down" Scrappy. They kept the blustering attitude but ditched his ability to do anything. Instead of Young Pup Adventurer he was just Loudmouth Wannabe
Yeah, if the original intent was to make him like Henery Hawk then he could back up his bark with a substantial bite. The whole joke with Henery Hawk was that he was this tiny fucker who could go toe to toe with literally anything and come out on top.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
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Apparently Mark Kamiyama, who played "Ick" Ikagami in Real Genius passed away on February 27th. His son made a post about it and was sharing some stories.
Apparently Mark Kamiyama, who played "Ick" Ikagami in Real Genius passed away on February 27th. His son made a post about it and was sharing some stories.
One of Arnold's kids confirmed what we always wanted to know, in that Arnold does literally quote his own movies randomly to family members. YESSSSSSSSSS
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
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I’ve had free AppleTV+ for almost a year now and never watched any of their stuff, thought about giving this Cherry movie a try with the new Spoder-Man, saw that it’s just a generic small town guys got issues drama that is almost two and a half hours long and just nope’d out. I could almost smell the smug farts wafting from Silicone Valley when I saw that run time.
One day, AppleTV+, I might watch something you offer, but it will likely be whenever I’m about to be finally billed and do one last check of your library before you get dabbed off.
Just watched The Man From London, from my main man Béla Tarr and his wife Ágnes Hranitzky.
Having now watched all of his films from Almanac of Fall onward, this was my least favorite of his. Which isn't that harsh of a criticism; Tarr is among my favorite directors, so for me a film can be great while not being as good as Satantango or The Turin Horse. And some aspects of this film are indeed great. The cinematography was just as amazing as I've come to expect. So many shots linger far longer than shots generally have any right to, yet somehow rarely overstay their welcome, because they're just so beautiful to gaze upon. The soundtrack is as delightfully minimalist and dour as ever, setting up a deep brooding atmosphere with mournful keyboard repetition.
But what the hell was with Tarr's decision to dub the film in French and English despite its Hungarian cast (aside from Tilda Swinton)? I think this is the first time that I've had to endure a film that is both subbed and dubbed. The French dubbing didn't bother me quite as much as the English (just due to my knowing the latter and not the former, I think), though for me it still added an undesirable layer of separation between the characters and the viewer. But man, the "English" inspector giving an extended monologue in a voice that clearly wasn't his own as the camera circles his face was hard to deal with.
Aside from that, while I was thoroughly into the style, I didn't find the characters or story as compelling as in Tarr's other work. Almanac of Fall's claustrophobic net of twisted relationships is unforgettable. Thinking of Damnation's bitter triangle makes me do an involuntary even now. Satantango's depiction of a social web being torn apart in the context of economic despair is glorious in its detail and complexity. The Turin Horse's apocalyptic minimalism has a special place in my heart. And Werckmeister Harmonies has philosophizing about music theory and a giant whale carcass; hard to beat that.
The Man From London feels somewhat bland in comparison. The main dude is the only one who is central enough to the story to really develop, but he has almost no character, just kind of looking pained for the whole movie aside from yelling a couple times. Tilda Swinton is always cool but only gets a couple scenes. Dude's daughter largely looks scared. The police inspector has an awesome old man face, but again, his dubbing is just too ridiculous for me. And then we end with a lengthy zoom in on the face of a character who only showed up about ten minutes ago and was basically unrelated to the plot.
I'd still say it's worth watching for fans of Tarr's work; if nothing else the film is visually beautiful, and it still does a good job of establishing that atmosphere that is unique to his movies. But it's the first time I've seen one of Mr. Tarr's movies and not been amazed.
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One of Arnold's kids confirmed what we always wanted to know, in that Arnold does literally quote his own movies randomly to family members. YESSSSSSSSSS
"Remember Sully, when I promised to kill you last?"
Wow I stop reading the movie thread for a few weeks and this is what happens.
I've watched a shitload of Hanna Barbera. As a kid it was probably 1:1:1 Warner bros vs edit : vs Disney vs Hanna Barbaera. And their quality was no warmer brothers.
I watched the 2000 Freddy Prince abominations because of Sarah Michelle Gellar.
We started watching the Scooby with for whatever reason the WWE Undertaker tie in. And tapped out in five minutes.
Hanna Barbera has always been the free rider easy out cheap pretend cartoon. Shit, Sealab and Archer and a whole fucking genre spinner off HB 70s cartoons.
One of Arnold's kids confirmed what we always wanted to know, in that Arnold does literally quote his own movies randomly to family members. YESSSSSSSSSS
"Remember Sully, when I promised to kill you last?"
It made me wonder what he prefers to quote. Like the obvious cutting into a piece of meat and seeing juices "if it bleeds we can kill it." Someone's about to leave "Stick around." You see someone you haven't seen in a while BILLY!!!!
I mean so versatile.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
One of Arnold's kids confirmed what we always wanted to know, in that Arnold does literally quote his own movies randomly to family members. YESSSSSSSSSS
just imagining the eye rolls every time he leaves a room temporary.
edit: oh, this has been done.
"Come with me if you want to live" had to be a rough way to get picked up after sportsball practice.
I’ve had free AppleTV+ for almost a year now and never watched any of their stuff, thought about giving this Cherry movie a try with the new Spoder-Man, saw that it’s just a generic small town guys got issues drama that is almost two and a half hours long and just nope’d out. I could almost smell the smug farts wafting from Silicone Valley when I saw that run time.
One day, AppleTV+, I might watch something you offer, but it will likely be whenever I’m about to be finally billed and do one last check of your library before you get dabbed off.
I’ve had free AppleTV+ for almost a year now and never watched any of their stuff, thought about giving this Cherry movie a try with the new Spoder-Man, saw that it’s just a generic small town guys got issues drama that is almost two and a half hours long and just nope’d out. I could almost smell the smug farts wafting from Silicone Valley when I saw that run time.
One day, AppleTV+, I might watch something you offer, but it will likely be whenever I’m about to be finally billed and do one last check of your library before you get dabbed off.
One of Arnold's kids confirmed what we always wanted to know, in that Arnold does literally quote his own movies randomly to family members. YESSSSSSSSSS
"Remember Sully, when I promised to kill you last?"
One of Arnold's kids confirmed what we always wanted to know, in that Arnold does literally quote his own movies randomly to family members. YESSSSSSSSSS
I mean, I do that and I’m not even him, so it would be extremely weird if he didn’t.
I always liked the final part of the new Dredd to just show you how fucked up mega city 1 was, like to the audience it seems like a big event, but to Dredd and the judges that was just a shitty drug bust gone wrong.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
I’ve had free AppleTV+ for almost a year now and never watched any of their stuff, thought about giving this Cherry movie a try with the new Spoder-Man, saw that it’s just a generic small town guys got issues drama that is almost two and a half hours long and just nope’d out. I could almost smell the smug farts wafting from Silicone Valley when I saw that run time.
One day, AppleTV+, I might watch something you offer, but it will likely be whenever I’m about to be finally billed and do one last check of your library before you get dabbed off.
I am the same I tried to watch it got about 20 minutes in and bounced off it hard. Not sure who that movie is aimed at but its not me.
We did a two-night watch of The Shining followed by Doctor Sleep.
I don’t think this was a very kind thing to do to Doctor Sleep.
I think the story itself has a lot of potential, and might drive me to read the book - Danny Torrance struggling with life after the events at the Overlook and turning to drugs and alcohol makes a lot of sense and suggests a strong character focus.
That’s not really the case - you get a sense of who grown up Danny is, but never really enough of his internal life to see him as anything but the kid from The Shining, but fucked up now. Instead the movie is a strange mix of horror and whimsy and action, which, to be fair to the movie itself, is an area Stephen King plays in all the time, particularly in these later years. And the director, Mike Flanagan, is generally pretty great at picking up what makes King unique and making sure it’s not lost in the transition to something more bland (especially in the dialogue).
But Doctor Sleep wants to be slavishly loyal to King while also being an extended acknowledgment of Kubrick’s movie, and it just does not work, because they are incredibly different things, and Kubrick was not Flanagan. The weird mishmash tones that all kind of work separately just can’t co-exist in the shadow of such a strong vision.
And this is kind of small, but it just killed me while watching Doctor Sleep. Two hours in you get an extended retread of the opening of The Shining, driving through the hillsides up to this lonely remote hotel. ‘Neat!’ you think, before it occurs to you that this long, languid shot was the opening for a long, languid movie, and not an odd three minute sequence directly before the climax of a much more traditionally told story. It just makes no fucking sense to include it there, and it’s not like the movie has failed to nod to Kubrick at this point.
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Mystery Inc is my favourite Scooby Doo. They need to make movies and live action adaptions from that, please.
Number 2, the guest stars. I've got no idea what the Harlem Globetrotters have to do with mysteries, but they just buckle down and start gathering clues because obviously. It's the same feeling I get when I'm able to have a big game night and all the people I care about actually play and work together. Collaborating is fun!
Every show suffers from that though if it goes on longer than a season or two. Things get weirder and more out there and guest stars and martians and alternate dimensions and Steve and Carl travel back in time and fight Blackbeard and now they're in college and OH GOD.
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When I was 8 I liked that tho
And that was the problem with "toned down" Scrappy. They kept the blustering attitude but ditched his ability to do anything. Instead of Young Pup Adventurer he was just Loudmouth Wannabe
Yeah, if the original intent was to make him like Henery Hawk then he could back up his bark with a substantial bite. The whole joke with Henery Hawk was that he was this tiny fucker who could go toe to toe with literally anything and come out on top.
I mean, yes literally.
https://old.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/m3y637/my_father_as_ick_ikigami_to_the_right_of_val/
That's a heartwarming thread. I haven't seen Real Genius in years, I wonder if it's streaming
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One day, AppleTV+, I might watch something you offer, but it will likely be whenever I’m about to be finally billed and do one last check of your library before you get dabbed off.
Having now watched all of his films from Almanac of Fall onward, this was my least favorite of his. Which isn't that harsh of a criticism; Tarr is among my favorite directors, so for me a film can be great while not being as good as Satantango or The Turin Horse. And some aspects of this film are indeed great. The cinematography was just as amazing as I've come to expect. So many shots linger far longer than shots generally have any right to, yet somehow rarely overstay their welcome, because they're just so beautiful to gaze upon. The soundtrack is as delightfully minimalist and dour as ever, setting up a deep brooding atmosphere with mournful keyboard repetition.
But what the hell was with Tarr's decision to dub the film in French and English despite its Hungarian cast (aside from Tilda Swinton)? I think this is the first time that I've had to endure a film that is both subbed and dubbed. The French dubbing didn't bother me quite as much as the English (just due to my knowing the latter and not the former, I think), though for me it still added an undesirable layer of separation between the characters and the viewer. But man, the "English" inspector giving an extended monologue in a voice that clearly wasn't his own as the camera circles his face was hard to deal with.
Aside from that, while I was thoroughly into the style, I didn't find the characters or story as compelling as in Tarr's other work. Almanac of Fall's claustrophobic net of twisted relationships is unforgettable. Thinking of Damnation's bitter triangle makes me do an involuntary
The Man From London feels somewhat bland in comparison. The main dude is the only one who is central enough to the story to really develop, but he has almost no character, just kind of looking pained for the whole movie aside from yelling a couple times. Tilda Swinton is always cool but only gets a couple scenes. Dude's daughter largely looks scared. The police inspector has an awesome old man face, but again, his dubbing is just too ridiculous for me. And then we end with a lengthy zoom in on the face of a character who only showed up about ten minutes ago and was basically unrelated to the plot.
I'd still say it's worth watching for fans of Tarr's work; if nothing else the film is visually beautiful, and it still does a good job of establishing that atmosphere that is unique to his movies. But it's the first time I've seen one of Mr. Tarr's movies and not been amazed.
"Remember Sully, when I promised to kill you last?"
I've watched a shitload of Hanna Barbera. As a kid it was probably 1:1:1 Warner bros vs edit : vs Disney vs Hanna Barbaera. And their quality was no warmer brothers.
I watched the 2000 Freddy Prince abominations because of Sarah Michelle Gellar.
We started watching the Scooby with for whatever reason the WWE Undertaker tie in. And tapped out in five minutes.
Hanna Barbera has always been the free rider easy out cheap pretend cartoon. Shit, Sealab and Archer and a whole fucking genre spinner off HB 70s cartoons.
But scrappy doo was always a low point.
It made me wonder what he prefers to quote. Like the obvious cutting into a piece of meat and seeing juices "if it bleeds we can kill it." Someone's about to leave "Stick around." You see someone you haven't seen in a while BILLY!!!!
I mean so versatile.
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Oh that's a given, you know that like any time he leaves the room he's dropping that one.
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I mean shit I do that 80% of the time and I'm not Arnold. If I was. I'd be even more insufferable.
This is the worst and also I'm going to hell for laughing
just imagining the eye rolls every time he leaves a room temporary.
edit: oh, this has been done.
"Come with me if you want to live" had to be a rough way to get picked up after sportsball practice.
Silicone Valley is an entirely different genre.
And it's in LA.
Capt: So, what happened in there?
(after a day of fighting dozens of baddies through a sealed fortress and nearly dying a couple times)
Dredd: Drug bust. Perps were uncooperative.
"Don't feed me anymore lines from Monsters' Inc, it pisses me off."
I mean, I do that and I’m not even him, so it would be extremely weird if he didn’t.
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On rematch I noticed the hacker kid was listening to Matt Berry:
It's like this movie was made for me
Maybe he was watching Snuff Box on a smaller screen.
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I am the same I tried to watch it got about 20 minutes in and bounced off it hard. Not sure who that movie is aimed at but its not me.
I don’t think this was a very kind thing to do to Doctor Sleep.
I think the story itself has a lot of potential, and might drive me to read the book - Danny Torrance struggling with life after the events at the Overlook and turning to drugs and alcohol makes a lot of sense and suggests a strong character focus.
That’s not really the case - you get a sense of who grown up Danny is, but never really enough of his internal life to see him as anything but the kid from The Shining, but fucked up now. Instead the movie is a strange mix of horror and whimsy and action, which, to be fair to the movie itself, is an area Stephen King plays in all the time, particularly in these later years. And the director, Mike Flanagan, is generally pretty great at picking up what makes King unique and making sure it’s not lost in the transition to something more bland (especially in the dialogue).
But Doctor Sleep wants to be slavishly loyal to King while also being an extended acknowledgment of Kubrick’s movie, and it just does not work, because they are incredibly different things, and Kubrick was not Flanagan. The weird mishmash tones that all kind of work separately just can’t co-exist in the shadow of such a strong vision.
And this is kind of small, but it just killed me while watching Doctor Sleep. Two hours in you get an extended retread of the opening of The Shining, driving through the hillsides up to this lonely remote hotel. ‘Neat!’ you think, before it occurs to you that this long, languid shot was the opening for a long, languid movie, and not an odd three minute sequence directly before the climax of a much more traditionally told story. It just makes no fucking sense to include it there, and it’s not like the movie has failed to nod to Kubrick at this point.