TUROK
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Oh God, no!
P R O M E T H E U S |OT| Ridley Scott goes back to Building Better Worlds
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brandonh83
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I'm the same way. TV almost feels like a chore to me, so much time has to be devoted to a TV series that I usually just don't bother. There's a lot of shows I would like to watch, there's just usually other things that I would rather be doing with my time. I just happened to get sucked into Lost after being introduced to it by a friend while the fourth season was airing and we spent a majority of that summer getting me caught up.
Yeah, maybe not.
brandonh83
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Well, I won't get into this discussion here as the thread is not fitting, but the last third of Sunshine had no proper "rational" build-up and seemed too inspired by Event Horizon to be satisfying...I almost considered it as loose attempt to move from an interesting Sci-Fi movie with clever premises to a run-of-the-mill Sci-Fi horror.
SpeedingUptoStop
will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
He's the very definition, but who knows, maybe the mods think sometime in the next couple centuries he'll contribute one level headed, worth while post.
brandonh83
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Popping into a thread for no other reason than because he saw me recommend the show to someone else who god forbid may enjoy it like a lot of people did, as much as that might keep him awake at night biting his fingernails off, is pretty extreme.
VistraNorrez
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It seems pretty bizzare to attack characterization in Prometheus if you are an Alien fan. The first time you see Alien you are not talking about how great Brett, Lambert, Parker, Kane or Dallas are. You talk about Ripley and Ash. It's not until a 2nd or 3rd time that you start really looking a how these characters interact. It took me until my second viewing to even remember all their names, but now I like rewatching the film because I get to spend more time with those characters. Kane's last meal becomes especially interesting on the second view.
BotoxAgent
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And I like Sunshine (all of it), so cool!
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Damn it. I really wanted this one to be a home run.
Demoncarnotaur
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So, impressions are average? =/
Discotheque
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Lindelof sucks, Erigu redeemed....kind of. Sort of...not really.
Well, that didn't sound like such a good advice to me, especially considering the guy apparently values his time... Simple as that.
Dreams-Visions
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JUNE 8TH IS SO FAR AWAY.
I fucking love the violent flashes then cut to... a holographic Coors can floating in the foreground. Haha.
brandonh83
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So tell me, do you prance around everywhere making sure that nobody talks about or recommends things that you don't like? You can argue about it all you want in the OT, but this is some nerve-grating shit right here.
You can act as "innocent" as you would like, but there's no two ways about it -- you are annoying as fuck.
You said the show was "a ride worth taking for sure". I disagree, hence "maybe not".
Awful "nerve-grating shit", indeed.
So you acted like you were simply saying that the guy just might enjoy the show and I was categorically arguing otherwise (let's read that again, shall we?) and basically called me a troll (which is why I've been gloating ever since the first reviews criticized the plot, I guess... oh, wait).
Heh.
brandonh83
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No, no. I'm calling you a troll because you've now migrated out of the Lost thread and are actively nudging yourself into what was going to be a very brief exchange about Lost in a different thread just because you have this uncontrollable, seething hatred for it. I'm sorry that you hate it so much but I do not wish to deal with your bullshit at every turn, every time I mention it, wherever I mention it. That's what's grating and that's why I'm saying that you're trolling. It's okay to troll in the OT, but to go out of your way to butt into a conversation I guess to remind to the world that you hate Lost even though we are all very much aware.
If I see someone recommend a movie, or a videogame, to someone else, even if I personally despise said product I'm not going to butt in, especially not by quoting part of the conversation to add nothing but a simple, three word post.
ViewtifulJC
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Maybe you two can have make-up sex in PMs and we can back to talking about the fucking movie instead of each other? Yes?
Anyone in objection to this idea?
Anyone in objection to this idea?
brandonh83
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None whatsoever.
That's a weird definition of "troll" you're using there.
ViewtifulJC
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Can't be worse then Robin Hood!
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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But it's a prequel, so he's comparing Alien to Blues Brothers 2000. dhun dhun dhun
Ugh, that film was fucking abominable (apart from Mark Strong and Oscar Isaac, because they're awesome in everything).
Is Russell Crowe a good actor, save LA Confidential? Why must Cate Blanchett ruin her hotness by being a boring fuck in that film? Why is the whole film brown? Why is Robin Hood not a fox?
Boggles the mind.
brandonh83
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I'll admit that I haven't seen any Ridley Scott film since Gladiator. Not one, even despite owning the director's cut of Kingdom of Heaven which I've heard is pretty good, but I don't know that it deserves over 3 hours of my time.
Dunno, none of them have looked interesting to me and Matchstick Men's twist was spoiled for me.
edit: I take that back, I've seen Black Hawk Down, and Hannibal.
Dunno, none of them have looked interesting to me and Matchstick Men's twist was spoiled for me.
edit: I take that back, I've seen Black Hawk Down, and Hannibal.
That scene you love is part of the 3rd act of Sunshine.
Also, I don't recall Alien as this rich character piece. The crew was barely memorable, Ripley notwithstanding. They were there to be monster's chow. Mind you, it was a tense sci-fi horror but not that strong chracterization-wise.
el retorno
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It does
Agree, it's nostalgia talking. Like I keep saying, reviews of Prometheus will mean more to me in 6 months when people rewatch it on its own terms.
Preach Lost.
Resist 3 hours of sexual celluloid.
WHY
Absolutely.
The Insider, A Beautiful Mind, Master & Commander and 3:10 to Yuma are great Crowe performances, to name some. He's particularly excellent in The Insider.
Forgot about the Insider, I'll give you that. Haven't seen A Beautiful Mind but have little issues with the other two. Meh.
Robin Hood sucks though.
ViewtifulJC
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Man, I saw Kingdom of Heaven in theaters and it was ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
This would have to be the greatest Theater-to-DC quality jump in history the way GAF hypes it up as one of Scott's best.
This would have to be the greatest Theater-to-DC quality jump in history the way GAF hypes it up as one of Scott's best.
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Only serious problem I had with it, is the completely non realistic character protagonist.
Absolutely my only gripe with the film.
Absolutely my only gripe with the film.
Better than Blade Runner for me. It's incredible. Bloom isn't great but... makes Ridley a little more respectable. The man's made a lot of shite, but he's got 3/4 astonishingly good movies.
I don't get it. Is he saying its Terrible? Or disappointing since it was held to high expectations?
Mgoblue201
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I saw the director's cut without first having experienced the theatrical cut, and I can't imagine how the movie could possibly work without some of the scenes that were gutted. Entire characters and storylines were apparently excised for the theatrical run and only restored for the DC. It probably joins Once Upon a Time in America as the most unexplainable theatrical cut of all time that was made into a masterpiece by subsequent cuts.
ViewtifulJC
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Well Gaf, I have a confession to make. Something I've been hiding from MovieGAF for a long time now. But, I think now is as good as time as any to say it out loud.
*deep breath*
I don't like Blade Runner.
In fact, it took 3 separate sittings years apart to even watch it all the way through.
I'm sorry ;_;
edit: oh good, last post, hopefully nobody sees this
*deep breath*
I don't like Blade Runner.
In fact, it took 3 separate sittings years apart to even watch it all the way through.
I'm sorry ;_;
edit: oh good, last post, hopefully nobody sees this
I can't tell whether he is saying:
(a) that Prometheus is a disappointment on the level of BB2000; or
(b) as a joke, that Prometheus is actually not a prequel to Alien but a sequel to BB2000.
Gah.
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