Michael Crichton was basically comissioned to make a retconning sequel to Jurassic Park for god knows how much money and then they barely based the movie on the book they comissioned
I will say I liked the exploration of the idea that the island was a hyper-predatory murder nightmare because InGen bred a wildly disproportionate number of predators because they're cool
Yeah I know if my life depended on climbing a rope I'm pretty much fucked. Then again if my life came down to just climbing a rope I'm pretty sure I made a serious mistake along the way.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
Movies also like to have people hanging on to something by one hand to avoid falling to death, and yo suspending yourself with one hand and being able to recover from that is super hard
I think maybe y'all are underestimating the effects of adrenaline
Adrenaline isn't going to suddenly give me the skills to climb a rope. I mean maybe hang on a ledge longer than normal, but going up a rope is not just a simple strength thing.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
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I remember a scene from Minority Report where Tom cruise is chasing his own eyeballs as they bounce down a hallway and I've always thought that eyeballs can't possibly have that sort of bouncability
I watched Battleship at the weekend and holy shit what a pile of jingoistic, militaristic, poorly thought out, stupid shit that glorified recruitment poster is.
Just think of it as an adaptation of The First Contact War from Mass Effect.
Well, against Quarians instead of Turians.
Nothing at all, no narrative, deserves to be as shit as that movie.
Like, the aliens in it suck. They are useless. They've got badass power armour and one of them couldn't kill like, a single sailor armed with a gun he was immune to. Fucking Jesus I hate that. What the alien spaceships cannot shoot down missiles? Cannot destroy a single human destroyer without getting mangled? Losers.
Sometimes, I get the impression if you'd told the story of David and Goliath, Goliath would've squashed David flat.
Back when I did gymnastics we used to do rope climbs as part of our daily conditioning, and even when I was in excellent shape they weren't exactly easy.
Now, with 12 years and 100 pounds extra? Yeah I'd die like a chump.
I watched Battleship at the weekend and holy shit what a pile of jingoistic, militaristic, poorly thought out, stupid shit that glorified recruitment poster is.
Just think of it as an adaptation of The First Contact War from Mass Effect.
Well, against Quarians instead of Turians.
Nothing at all, no narrative, deserves to be as shit as that movie.
Like, the aliens in it suck. They are useless. They've got badass power armour and one of them couldn't kill like, a single sailor armed with a gun he was immune to. Fucking Jesus I hate that. What the alien spaceships cannot shoot down missiles? Cannot destroy a single human destroyer without getting mangled? Losers.
Sometimes, I get the impression if you'd told the story of David and Goliath, Goliath would've squashed David flat.
As a fucking pancake.
I have always had a soft spot for narratives where you don't get to win just because you're the cool hero, unfair or not, and gimping the scary aliens so they're laughably pathetic is just like that.
The movie would have been vastly improved if the alien spaceship had just fired a plasma death beam and cut all the Destroyers in half like that.
Movies also like to have people hanging on to something by one hand to avoid falling to death, and yo suspending yourself with one hand and being able to recover from that is super hard
Look, I don't mean to be rude but this is not as easy as it looks, so I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't distract me.
Movies also like to have people hanging on to something by one hand to avoid falling to death, and yo suspending yourself with one hand and being able to recover from that is super hard
Look, I don't mean to be rude but this is not as easy as it looks, so I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't distract me.
The only good part of Minority Report is Colin Farrell in the elevator with Cruise. "Now put the gun down, John. I don't hear a red ball." His super fucking smug smile turning to abject terror is the only redeeming factor in that film for me. And it doesn't redeem it.
I just watched Pojkarna (English title Girls Lost). It's kind of a young adult gender identity story about three girls who get bullied at school and then find a magical plant that turns them into boys
It freaked me out a little seeing a depiction of Swedish school bullying/general ugliness that in many ways closely mirrored my own experiences
Overall it was perhaps a bit heavy-handed at times with its symbolism and whatnot, but I liked it. It's dreamy and tender and with some really vulnerable performances
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Like, I know I'm defending Battleship here, but the movie takes great pains to give both sides a relatively level playing field. Criticizing it for not having the aliens be an overwhelming force of conquerors seems silly, especially when there is no hard rule stating that aliens have to be superior to humans in all ways. And in this case, the aliens remind me of the sci-fi short story, The Road Not Taken, in the sense that not all their technology is developed to the same level.
The aliens threw up a shield to keep most of the Navy from blowing them away. Every time the alien ships fought on their own terms, they won. But their goal was not to kill everything, that would be impossible for them, it was simply to fix their communications so they can actually call in the real invasion force you wanted.
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
The short story Minority Report is so much fucking better and the movie completely ejects the entire fucking premise of the title and it bugs the hell out of me because it was such a cool twist
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
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I really enjoyed the short lived Minority Report TV show.
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I will say I liked the exploration of the idea that the island was a hyper-predatory murder nightmare because InGen bred a wildly disproportionate number of predators because they're cool
Just yesterday our own Blankzilla learned that Boourns is from the Simpsons, despite saying it for years
Amazing.
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I'll take 1 flogging then please
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While I agree, adrenaline isn't exactly the sort of thing I want to be relying on
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one time I sat down to watch minority report but I got bored halfway through and went to eat a cheeseburger, then never finished the movie
Adrenaline isn't going to suddenly give me the skills to climb a rope. I mean maybe hang on a ledge longer than normal, but going up a rope is not just a simple strength thing.
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Especially
But preserved eyeballs, like you might use for a dissection (I know I've done cow before), would bounce a bit better due to the preservatives used
I disected a sharks head at some science fair weekend thing in middle school and by the end of the day the shark eyes were pretty good bouncy balls
Sometimes, I get the impression if you'd told the story of David and Goliath, Goliath would've squashed David flat.
Now, with 12 years and 100 pounds extra? Yeah I'd die like a chump.
As a fucking pancake.
I have always had a soft spot for narratives where you don't get to win just because you're the cool hero, unfair or not, and gimping the scary aliens so they're laughably pathetic is just like that.
The movie would have been vastly improved if the alien spaceship had just fired a plasma death beam and cut all the Destroyers in half like that.
Look, I don't mean to be rude but this is not as easy as it looks, so I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't distract me.
"Miss. E-1 to E-10."
"I hate you."
And people say Daredevil was too self-serious...
It freaked me out a little seeing a depiction of Swedish school bullying/general ugliness that in many ways closely mirrored my own experiences
Overall it was perhaps a bit heavy-handed at times with its symbolism and whatnot, but I liked it. It's dreamy and tender and with some really vulnerable performances
The aliens threw up a shield to keep most of the Navy from blowing them away. Every time the alien ships fought on their own terms, they won. But their goal was not to kill everything, that would be impossible for them, it was simply to fix their communications so they can actually call in the real invasion force you wanted.
my kingdom for good movie box art for once
I can only assume this movie features a tiny Forest Whitaker and the giant floating head of Amy Adams
I would even accept using this poster
Like I love you photoshop, but you hurt me.