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[FormallyMegadrive]

Jesus Christ, it is still going! And the website looks like it was designed in 1996 and you can't stream anything ugh.

Oh yeah I forgot about Mad As Hell. I adore Micallef but that show just never clicked with me. I kind of wish it wasn't scripted at all really.

dat background audio i cnt turn off.

 

[Jables Swan]

chris lilley needs to do a better brand of comedy because his stupid characters are stupid.

I've never really been a fan either. I try and steer clear of his shows now.

I missed The Moodys last night. I'll have to try and see it on iview tonight.

 

[jambo]

What are we supposed to do with your post? Ban any criticism that is not formal in nature and in-depth?

Sounds good.

I could even personally approve them.

 

[Planet_JASE]

Ferret.

Gah, that's right. There was a character that Magda did who had a boyfriend named Barry, wasn't there? Or did I make that up?

 

[roosters93]

Sounds good.

I could even personally approve them.

It's a full-time position! Also no pay.

 

[Shaneus]

He got parachuted in when Happing Endings was going down the cancellation toilet.

Not that I watch the show anyway.

That's what I was thinking of. I didn't actually mind the first season or so of that, but it went to shit pretty quickly.

Bitch in Apt. 23 was great though, can't believe the fuckers cancelled it. One of the few I would've been glad to see get a lifeline on something like TBS. Pack of cunts.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

Watching robocop reboot. Zero expectations.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

Rewatching last night's Spicks and Specks on 2. This arrangement will certainly do.

 

[Jables Swan]

Watching robocop reboot. Zero expectations.

I would have less than zero expectations. But I love the original.

 

[markot]

I loved Robocop. Some classic movie lines. I'll be back!

 

[Shaneus]

Rewatching last night's Spicks and Specks on 2. This arrangement will certainly do.

I hope you turned down the volume for when the host spoke.

 

[jambo]

I loved Robocop. Some classic movie lines. I'll be back!

Stallone was such a good choice.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

I hope you turned down the volume for when the host spoke.

I think you put the finger on it. He's just so there the whole time. Hopefully he mellows out a bit as they get into it because the captains are good and the show format's more or less the same, he's just a bit intense.

 

[Shaneus]

Yup. He's the opposite of what Hills was like on the first episode, if you caught that during the repeats a month or two ago. Better to start with low energy and work your way up than have to work your way down.

But I think he'll get there. If he tones it down, it'll be fine. A workmate went to the eps 3 and 4 recording and enjoyed it, so I reckon it'll get better.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

I would have less than zero expectations. But I love due original.

Nothing beats the original.

Reboot was, as expected, underwhelming. Good start to the movie and the build up was well till about halfway, then it all went downhill. Forced humor thrown around, firefights were disappointing and typical cliche ending set up for a sequel.

 

[BananaArnie]

sorry i just realise i probably spammed the shit outa the chat with steam messages last night
should have left my bad

edit: is anyone else even using their gazutars or whatever we called them still?
is it time for a new bananatar?

 

[Jables Swan]

Nothing beats the original.

Reboot was, as expected, underwhelming. Good start to the movie and the build up was well till about halfway, then it all went downhill. Forced humor thrown around, firefights were disappointing and typical cliche ending set up for a sequel.

Don't know if I'll even bother.

 

[BananaArnie]

Don't know if I'll even bother.

i look forward to it
i liked the dredd reboot
not that i think if seen the original

 

[Jables Swan]

i look forward to it
i liked the dredd reboot
not that i think if seen the original

The thing with Dredd is that the original was a piece of shit. So it could only get better. I wasn't a huge fan of the reboot but Karl Urban definitely needs more work. He's fantastic.

 

[reptilescorpio]

Dredd was really well developed, with a solid vision from the start of the project rather than saying "Hey! That movie probably needs a reboot right about meow!" like they did with Robocop. Dredd benefited from the culture of 'reboot, reboot!' but that wasn't the genesis of it for the creative behind it. And it shows.

 

[bodyboarder]

I'll try and see robocop on the weekend. Got to somehow balance out seeing 12 years a slave the other night.

The thing with Dredd is that the original was a piece of shit.

You shut your dirty mouth!

 

[senahorse]

I don't get the love for the Dredd remake, but then again I saw The Raid first. Also I love the original Dredd with Sly, very cheesy but fits the universe perfectly.

 

[codswallop]

I don't get the love for the Dredd remake, but then again I saw The Raid first.

Yeah, they're basically the same movie, but I enjoy both and think there are enough differences.

 

[reptilescorpio]

I don't get the love for the Dredd remake, but then again I saw The Raid first. Also I love the original Dredd with Sly, very cheesy but fits the universe perfectly.

I found them to be very different movies with different styles, aside from both being set in a similar living environment.

 

[senahorse]

I guess what I am saying is it's Dredd by name only, and nothing like the IP it's named after, but I am basing that on what I remember of the comics as a kid, not what they possbily are now. It was a waste of the IP in my opinion.

 

[ClivePwned]

I hate to be a pedant but then this is nominally a videogame forum so...

The Karl Urban Dredd is not a remake or a reboot of the Stallone movie (which all I remember is Rob Schneider yelling 'Dredd!" the whole time. They're just based on the same source material. Like Sherlock, Elementary and the RDJ Holmes movies aren't remakes of each other or a new literary adaptation of am Austen/Bronte novel

Robocop is a reboot/ remake same as Total Recall, Battlestar Galactica, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Amazing Spidermand and Man of Steel. Casino Royale, etc.

I see Dredd staring at me when I trawl through Netflix but I can't bring myself to watch it just yet.

hey. Bunheads is on Amazon Prime. It's like they founder a younger Lauren Graham and made more Gilmore Girls for one season. Marathoning that this week.

 

[Gazunta]

Everyone should have Gazatars!

Even me!

Edit: Threes on iOS is a fantastic game and you should buy it.

 

[reptilescorpio]

:/

 

[Poimandres]

New Turtles are less insulting than new Knuckles at least.

 

[Rezbit]

:/

Fuck, right in the childhood.

 

[roosters93]

Melon heads.

 

[Arksy]

Who designs this shit?

 

[Jables Swan]

:/

Every time I see that picture I cry.

Yeah, Dredd wasn't really a reboot. Still wasn't overly great either though. I need to see the Raid.

 

[ClivePwned]

really? yet this was acceptable?

http://youtu.be/R_K6971WmAs

 

[Stackboy]

Rewatching last night's Spicks and Specks on 2. This arrangement will certainly do.

I caught it on iView yesterday afternoon. Was fine. But I'm not the biggest fan of the previous series anyway.

Nothing beats the original.

Reboot was, as expected, underwhelming. Good start to the movie and the build up was well till about halfway, then it all went downhill. Forced humor thrown around, firefights were disappointing and typical cliche ending set up for a sequel.

I'm still going to see Robocop tonight.

I don't get being precious about a childhood cartoon being turned into a movie. If it's that precious to you, then you should know better than to go see a remake of something you hold so close.

The same goes for Transformers. They are robots who fight each other.

 

[Dryk]

Remakes bug me because they often replace the originals in pop culture long-term regardless of their quality.

The same goes for Transformers. They are robots who fight each other.

Transformers has always had so much potential that never gets explored though. So much you could say about how the eternal war of a society of giant, long-lived transforming robots would have on the lesser species around them.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

They are robots who fight each other.

Not that you'd know that watching the movies primarily featuring The Beef's school misadventures.

 

[Poimandres]

I'm still going to see Robocop tonight.

I don't get being precious about a childhood cartoon being turned into a movie. If it's that precious to you, then you should know better than to go see a remake of something you hold so close.

The same goes for Transformers. They are robots who fight each other.

I don't really mind if a reboot/re-imagining is substantially different from the original... as long as it's decent in its own right. That goes for games as well. But a shit film is a shit film.

Total Recall wasn't bad because it differed from the original, it was bad because it just wasn't very good. If anything you're almost better going in a radically different direction with a remake ala The Fly then sticking close to the original template but watering it down.

 

[Stackboy]

The Total Recall remake didn't feel like Total Recall at all

Spoiler

if i recall LOL

.

 

[Poimandres]

The Total Recall remake didn't feel like Total Recall at all

Spoiler

if i recall LOL

.

It didn't feel like anything, and that was its problem.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

If you didn't see it over in the OT:

The Economist: Australians gamble and lose the most per-person

Is it really mainly due to poker machines?

 

[Kritz]

really? yet this was acceptable?

http://youtu.be/R_K6971WmAs

vanilla ice or the costume design?

Cuz the answer's a resounding yes.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

Dredd was really well developed, with a solid vision from the start of the project rather than saying "Hey! That movie probably needs a reboot right about meow!" like they did with Robocop. Dredd benefited from the culture of 'reboot, reboot!' but that wasn't the genesis of it for the creative behind it. And it shows.

Both Dredd and Robocop also have the potential to be kickass video games IF picked up by the right studios.


Call of Duty is getting 3 studios now? Bloody hell.

Interesting news out of Activision. Sledgehammer will be added to the rotation of teams making Call of Duty games, thereby giving Treyarch and Infinity Ward longer development cycles. Each team will now have three years instead of two to make their entries, hopefully allowing for bigger leaps from one game to the next. via GameInformer

:/

Fuck me.

 

[Jables Swan]

The Total Recall remake didn't feel like Total Recall at all

Spoiler

if i recall LOL

.

It didn't feel like anything, and that was its problem.

Yeah it was just nothing. Didn't expect anything from it though so I wasn't disappointed.

 

[Omikron]

Can't unsee the lips.

 

[magenta]

If you didn't see it over in the OT:

The Economist: Australians gamble and lose the most per-person

Is it really mainly due to poker machines?

Reading through wikipedia I found out that Australia has 1/5 of the worlds gaming machines, more than any other. Welp.

Nothing will change as there are too many groups making money of the trade. From the State governments, pubs and clubs as well corps like Aristocrat and Konami.

 

[dishwasherlove]

The new TMNT. The baby from The Dinosaurs all grown up. Or the goombas from the live action Mario movie after a diet. Not the momma, dude.

 

[Jables Swan]

Can't unsee the lips.

April and Raph to get together confirmed.

Spoiler

again.

 

[Quasar]

Reading through wikipedia I found out that Australia has 1/5 of the worlds gaming machines, more than any other. Welp.

I do have to wonder. Mostly because in my circle of friends and family, basically no-one plays poker machines. At least not with any regularity and only with small amounts. Of course given they exist in great numbers, they must work.

Its like F2P/micro games. They generate a shit-ton of money, but no-one I know puts any money into them.

 

[hamchan]

Call of Duty is getting 3 studios now? Bloody hell..

So the good CoD might now be every three years instead of every two.