Big s Posted September 30, 2023 Posted September 30, 2023 8 hours ago, Black Valkyrie said: I’m curious. I loved the old movies growing up. Quote
sh9000 Posted September 30, 2023 Posted September 30, 2023 On 9/24/2023 at 2:11 PM, sh9000 said: Can't wait. I enjoyed it. Also, Quote
renegadeleader1 Posted September 30, 2023 Posted September 30, 2023 3 hours ago, sh9000 said: I enjoyed it. Also, Yeah, there's some problems with that heavy spoilers video. Spoiler The nuke that hit L.A. wasn't fired by Nomad, as the film clearly states Nomad was built after the attack and is the only thing keeping the A.I in check and turning the tide on a war they were losing. It's also hard to believe the AI are peaceful non violent when it's shown multiple times they're just as violent as humans and are perfectly fine killing them and murdering them throughout the film despite whatever Ken Watanabe's simulant said. Especially him as he was about to execute the main character prior to being interrupted by another Nomad attack on an AI base. Quote
sh9000 Posted September 30, 2023 Posted September 30, 2023 Prey and The Creator are two of my favorite films from 20th Century Studios so far. Quote
kajnrig Posted October 4, 2023 Posted October 4, 2023 I did end up seeing The Creator last night on a whim. It's not a MAJOR cliche fest like I feared... but also, it kind of is? But also also, and I think more importantly, the movie doesn't know what it wants to be about. It's supposedly a movie about the struggle between humanity and AI, but it doesn't really know how to properly frame AI (in a speculative fiction way), so "AI" becomes functionally just another racial makeup of mankind... except when the movie remembers they're robots and treats them as such... but then it just as quickly forgets that in order to score cheap drama points. That lack of focus paints much of the story as kind of an allegory for and condemnation of Bush-/Obama-(/Trump-/Biden-)era US imperialism, but that doesn't seem fully intentional. Again, it doesn't strongly commit to the idea just as it strongly doesn't commit to any other idea it's working with, so the allegory/criticism is surface-level at best. All this, of course, set against the backdrop of it also wanting to be a Hollywood blockbuster, which I think is ultimately where the fault lies. It makes what I feel are too many sacrifices of narrative depth for the sake of hitting arbitrary "big-budget war epic" story beats. I had this issue with Rogue One, too - another Gareth Edwards joint - where they took what should have been a relatively small-scale story and unnecessarily blew it up into this big military operation to no real benefit. I'm not saying it had to be Ghost in the Shell, or Blade Runner, or Ex Machina... but I AM saying it makes me want to watch those instead. Quote
TangledThorns Posted October 11, 2023 Author Posted October 11, 2023 Finally, a NETFLIX film that looks interesting. Quote
troyness Posted October 11, 2023 Posted October 11, 2023 Haven't seen it yet. Apparently it's hard to eat & watch this movie.... enjoy. Quote
electric indigo Posted October 12, 2023 Posted October 12, 2023 23 hours ago, TangledThorns said: Finally, a NETFLIX film that looks interesting. Can't do wrong with Sam Ismael. If you haven't seen it, check out the "Homecoming" miniseries, also with Julia Roberts (and also with awesome cinematography). Quote
sh9000 Posted October 15, 2023 Posted October 15, 2023 Back in theaters for a limited time for its 30th Anniversary. Quote
TangledThorns Posted October 15, 2023 Author Posted October 15, 2023 45 minutes ago, sh9000 said: Back in theaters for a limited time for its 30th Anniversary. Saw it when it first came out with a group of friends from my Coast Guard unit and left early in the film when we realized it was a kids film with goofy songs and not BEETLEJUICE. Quote
Thom Posted October 16, 2023 Posted October 16, 2023 'Kid's' film...!? I have been enjoying this movie for thirty years and it is the Halloween/Christmas crossover film! But oh damn... THIRTY years!!! Quote
Big s Posted October 16, 2023 Posted October 16, 2023 53 minutes ago, Thom said: 'Kid's' film...!? I have been enjoying this movie for thirty years and it is the Halloween/Christmas crossover film! But oh damn... THIRTY years!!! You can tell by all the aged goth mommies out there wearing the T-shirts and stickering up their cars with the plushies from the film around the dash and back windows of their cars Quote
TangledThorns Posted November 2, 2023 Author Posted November 2, 2023 Lots of movie trailers today. This one came out of nowhere but looks fun. Quote
Thom Posted November 2, 2023 Posted November 2, 2023 3 hours ago, TangledThorns said: Lots of movie trailers today. This one came out of nowhere but looks fun. This does look like it will be a lot of fun. Quote
Big s Posted November 2, 2023 Posted November 2, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, TangledThorns said: Lots of movie trailers today. This one came out of nowhere but looks fun. I kinda figured when an A-Team movie came out The Fall Guy would be soon to follow. I guess it took a little longer than I thought now we wait for Air Wolf the movie Edited November 2, 2023 by Big s Quote
Thom Posted November 3, 2023 Posted November 3, 2023 16 hours ago, Big s said: I kinda figured when an A-Team movie came out The Fall Guy would be soon to follow. I guess it took a little longer than I thought now we wait for Air Wolf the movie It was called Blue Thunder.😜 Seriously though, that would (could) be pretty cool. Quote
Big s Posted November 3, 2023 Posted November 3, 2023 50 minutes ago, Thom said: It was called Blue Thunder.😜 Seriously though, that would (could) be pretty cool. Blue Thunder was pretty cool, but the theme music wasn’t nearly as epic. You gotta remember that the quality gauge of the 70’s and 80’s is one part cool concept, one part cool characters played by cool actors and one part cool vehicles and one part cool title and six parts cool music to get that perfect 10 score. Quote
Thom Posted November 3, 2023 Posted November 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Big s said: Blue Thunder was pretty cool, but the theme music wasn’t nearly as epic. You gotta remember that the quality gauge of the 70’s and 80’s is one part cool concept, one part cool characters played by cool actors and one part cool vehicles and one part cool title and six parts cool music to get that perfect 10 score. I love the math on that! Quote
TangledThorns Posted November 3, 2023 Author Posted November 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Big s said: Blue Thunder was pretty cool, but the theme music wasn’t nearly as epic. Uh... I disagree! Quote
Big s Posted November 3, 2023 Posted November 3, 2023 3 hours ago, TangledThorns said: Uh... I disagree! You can disagree all you want, but the fact not opinion is that the music in Airwolf is far more epic. Not trying to say that blue thunder didn’t have good music, just stating the facts Quote
Old_Nash_II Posted November 8, 2023 Posted November 8, 2023 On 11/2/2023 at 7:10 PM, Big s said: I kinda figured when an A-Team movie came out The Fall Guy would be soon to follow. I guess it took a little longer than I thought now we wait for Air Wolf the movie Or Street Hawk XD Quote
Big s Posted November 8, 2023 Posted November 8, 2023 30 minutes ago, Old_Nash_II said: Or Street Hawk XD Was that the one with the motorcycle? Quote
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