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First trailer for "Civil War", new movie written and directed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina, 28 Days Later, Annihilation)
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Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Ah excuse my idiocy. The Dark Tower series by Stephen King, also has a capital named Gilead where all the gunslingers (the main character is one of these) come from. The main story is also set in a ruined post apocalyptic world
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Lunarorbit
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You didn't like wizard and glass? I stopped after way through wolves of calla once they introduced lightsabers but I really liked the series up until that pointAh excuse my idiocy. The Dark Tower series by Stephen King, also has a capital named Gilead where all the gunslingers (the main character is one of these) come from. The main story is also set in a ruined post apocalyptic world
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Two fails from me in this thread alone. You're right, The Wizard and the Glass was probably my most favourite book in the series. Well really it's the
flashback story
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Make sure you watch it in IMAX. The sound design is fucking wicked here
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Also the young girl would make a fucking perfect Ellie from TLOU 2 casting, the guys name was even Joel 
Badlucktroll
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I wish i could just rent some of these movies like during covid, sometimes i dont feel like draggin ass to the theater to see everything
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Definitely worth a theatrical viewing
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Just watched it again in IMAX.
It's fucking shameful how little people are talking about the final 30 minutes of this film. It's right up there with the best shot combat in movies this decade. Masterclass in filmmaking. Beautiful cinematography.
GAF Film heads where the hell you at!?!
It's fucking shameful how little people are talking about the final 30 minutes of this film. It's right up there with the best shot combat in movies this decade. Masterclass in filmmaking. Beautiful cinematography.
GAF Film heads where the hell you at!?!
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
I watched this last night and absolutely loved it. A modern masterpiece.
Radical Dreamer
Member
Goddamn I need to watch it. Gonna go on saturday alone (gf isn't fond of war movies )
)The commie types just love the idea of America splitting into a civil war.
But we ALL KNOW 'murica stands strong against the rest of the world!! You 80's kids know what I'm talking about
Just try to take my cities, the partisans will destroy you and my laser towers shall striketh thee down!!
But we ALL KNOW 'murica stands strong against the rest of the world!! You 80's kids know what I'm talking about
Just try to take my cities, the partisans will destroy you and my laser towers shall striketh thee down!!
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
Just got back from watching it.
Wow. A lot Better than I expected.
Although there thankfully is no left/right divide or culture war BS in this film, it is hinted that the US forces and the POTUS are the cause of the conflict.
Or that could just be Sammy's POV.
My only disappointment with the film was the abrupt end. I needed something else to end it. Not a happy ending, but maybe some final dialogue between Joel and Jessie.
8/10
Wow. A lot Better than I expected.
Although there thankfully is no left/right divide or culture war BS in this film, it is hinted that the US forces and the POTUS are the cause of the conflict.
Sammy suggests to Joel that if he gets to interview the President, he should ask him why he went for a third term or if he thought disbanding the FBI was a good idea. Sammy also compares the POTUS to dictators such as Gaddafi and Mussolini.
Or that could just be Sammy's POV.
My only disappointment with the film was the abrupt end. I needed something else to end it. Not a happy ending, but maybe some final dialogue between Joel and Jessie.
8/10
Chittagong
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Watched it yesterday in BFI IMAX. After the slow beginning it got going and was generally pretty entertaining al the way through the end. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that less than two hours had passed from sitting down when I left the theatre.
While the story avoided discussing politics it was still inevitable and utterly predictable that
a black woman shot the white male president who failed to vacate to his post
the story had all kinds of dumb stuff, like
”hey, the front door of White House is open, nobody else noticed, let’s go and check out what’s in there”
Rental tier.
While the story avoided discussing politics it was still inevitable and utterly predictable that
a black woman shot the white male president who failed to vacate to his post
the story had all kinds of dumb stuff, like
”hey, the front door of White House is open, nobody else noticed, let’s go and check out what’s in there”
Rental tier.
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come on bruh
NecrosaroIII
Ultimate DQ Fan
What board game is this fromThe commie types just love the idea of America splitting into a civil war.
But we ALL KNOW 'murica stands strong against the rest of the world!! You 80's kids know what I'm talking about
Just try to take my cities, the partisans will destroy you and my laser towers shall striketh thee down!!
Alebrije
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Fortress:America, one of the classic (along with Shogun and Axis and Allies) Milton Bradley games from the 80s. This is the OG, there was a reprint a few years back as well.
If you have 4+ hours to kill, this is about the best way to do it
NecrosaroIII
Ultimate DQ Fan
One of my fondest gaming memories is playing Axis and Allies on my 16th birthday. Shogun is a game that I've been wanting for a long time but seems to be out of print (occasionally reprinted as Ikura or Samurai Banners).Fortress:America, one of the classic (along with Shogun and Axis and Allies) Milton Bradley games from the 80s. This is the OG, there was a reprint a few years back as well.
If you have 4+ hours to kill, this is about the best way to do it
This looks pretty cool. Look at Good ole Sadam over there. Those were the fucking days when you could put contemporary dictators on a children's board game.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
I've seen a few people criticize the political divide, but quite a few of those people seen to miss that the divide in the film is centrists vs extremists.
Yeah, those three are like the classic American board game experiences when you move on from monopoly, life, and trivial pursuit. A&A had the most life, plenty of good variations on that one (including a GI Joe one this summer) but F:A is a fav of mine. Just a great thematic experience and it NEVER fails to draw a crowd at a con. Shogun is super fun as well since it plays so differently. I don't recall ever playing the Rome GM game from back them, and missed a copy of Cannons and Broadsides or whatever the sailing ship one was.
Def worth getting them. The mechanics are old school but the experience is unmatched.
NecrosaroIII
Ultimate DQ Fan
Watched this movie tonight. It was decent. Jessie was a terrible character. Everything else was great. I was dummy into Kirsten Dunst in this.
Catphish
Member
Watched this last night. Complete and utter waste of time. What was the point? A movie about a supposed civil war, but doesn't actually say anything about the civil war. The characters, like the plot, were impotently superficial, and the whole thing was just a bunch of noise. I want my 2 hours back.
Nonsense.
Nonsense.
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The point was REPORTERS SUFFER THE MOST! FEEL FOR THESE REPORTERS!
Catphish
Member
That did seem to be the only thing approaching a message that I could identify. And if a single one of them had any sort of backstory or arc to make me care about them, maybe I could have felt something for them. But there was nothing to grab onto. They were as much strangers at the end as they were at the beginning.
Horseshit.
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
Come on. They had to put Texas and California together and make it about east vs west, because it’s not like there’s any real life historical precedent in which to base a movie about a modern American civil war.
It's looking like geographically I match up in Canon with the better funded, better organized east coast. Suspension of disbelief will be hard unless they film a Jesus looking dude at a public library pounding away at NeoGAF while AR rounds buzz overhead.
Ownage
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Go Joe!Fortress:America, one of the classic (along with Shogun and Axis and Allies) Milton Bradley games from the 80s. This is the OG, there was a reprint a few years back as well.
If you have 4+ hours to kill, this is about the best way to do it