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Post by acejack on Apr 21, 2013 20:26:09 GMT -5
I think if QT was going to do anything from the DC universe it should be the Crime Syndicate of Amerika. I don't think anyone has ever used them to their full potential. I tried writing something using them a few times, but it always just turned into a two hour lezdom porno with Superwoman and Antimatter Zatanna.
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Post by G&T on Apr 21, 2013 20:29:25 GMT -5
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Post by acejack on Apr 21, 2013 20:33:32 GMT -5
I agree with you. A large majority of people are retards.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2013 20:58:16 GMT -5
Watched The Place Beyond the Pines. It sucked. The wife liked it.
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Post by acejack on May 22, 2013 0:57:40 GMT -5
We're going to do a Two for Tuesday for you all. First off, The Amazing Spider-Man. Fucking sucked. A few early moments of hope, I liked this Peter Parker better than Tobey McFuckface and I liked Emma Stone's Gwen Stacy better than the ginger cunt that played M.J. Denis Leary aka "Guy-From-The-Ford-Commercials" was totally vanilla and the villain Curt Connors aka "The Lizard" aka "Doctor Dinosaur" was laughable. Imagine if Louis Gosset Jr. in Enemy Mine has a polished English accent. That's was him exactly. The Lizard from the storybooks we read our kids at night is a lot more menacing. The first hour was "Ah, there he's being bullied at school." then "Okay, here's where he's bit by the spider." then "Oh, here's where Uncle Ben gets shot." and on and on. The second hour was equally dull and predictable. One of those movies you couldn't wait for it to end. The world really didn't need a new Spider-Man, and it especially didn't need this one.
Enough talking about shit that sucks. Let's talk about IRON MAN #! Damn it. IRON MAN 3! I really enjoyed it. Probably not a big surprise to most. I'll admit, I was excited that Shane Black was writing it, I was nervous about Shane Black directing it. It's usually not a good sign when a director does two and hands the third off to someone else. Though other than some flagrant explosion time in the mansion scene and a kitschy end credits sequence you could have fooled me it wasn't Jon Favreau. Speaking of which, he must be on the Kevin Smith diet. Good god, more like Jon Fatreau. Fucking Happy's been eating Happy Meals, four times a day. Maybe that's why he only has seven minutes of screen time and four of it is laying in a hospital bed getting intravenous food.
Okay enough fat jokes. How about a skinny joke? Why did the chicken cross the road? To wet his beak with Gwyneth Paltrow and the chick from The Town. Talk about fine actresses. I'm pretty sure GP is an android like Vanna White because she has not aged at all since Se7en and that was 18 years ago. Children conceived on dates thinking about Gwyneth Paltrow in Se7en can join the army and buy cigarettes. Look, I'm not saying she's hotter than ScarJoey from Iron Man 2, but believe it or not she kicks more ass. And actually shows more skin, so there.
Ben Kingsley is great. Did I need to say "is great"? Could I have just said Ben Kingsley? That's all I'm saying, Ben Kingsley. Guy Pearce was cool. Nice to see him playing someone not 120 years old. I liked that they referenced AIM, but didn't really go anywhere with it. Where were the yellow jumpsuits? Where was M.O.D.O.K.?
The kid. People always say "Oh no, a kid." Rightly so. How many kids have fucked up movies that could otherwise have been good? This one is only a little annoying. The back and forth between he and Tony Snark is decent, and why am I at the theater at 1pm on a Tuesday for a comic book movie if not for my kid? So fuck it, the kid can stay.
Speaking of Snarky Tone, he's a little fucked up after The Avengers. Apparently crossing the wormhole into Skrull space is a big ask. He's not sleeping and he spends most of his time alone in the lab with Jarvis building suit after suit after suit. (Somebody tell the guy to have a drink!) His house gets blown up and he spends most of the movie fighting bad guys as Home Depot Man. Though the movie might as well been called Iron Man 33 from how many suits he goes through in the last 20 minutes. In the comics he builds a specific suit to fight different villains so this was a big boner pinch to all of the nerds who can name off every suit they ever drew since 1963. My kid only shouted for one, "HULKBUSTER!" Fuck yeah.
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Post by acejack on May 22, 2013 1:03:05 GMT -5
Superman begins and ends with Richard Donner I & II. No other story needs telling. You mean to tell me you wouldn't shell out 13 bucks to go see Quentin Tarantino's alternate history saga continue with "Red Son?" I actually bought this today. My pull box was like $75 and I thought "I guess I'm pulling out a hundred anyway." It's behind Clash of Kings, The Game Of Thrones graphic novel #1 and Avengers vs. X-Men but I'll be sure to pm diz a review when I get around to it.
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Post by flats on May 22, 2013 12:03:29 GMT -5
Enjoy Batman's Russian hat.
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Post by acejack on May 22, 2013 23:33:55 GMT -5
I'm writing a comic where Bizarro comes to Earth and everyone thinks he's Russian because he does everything fucking bass-ackwards and doesn't fit in at all.
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Post by Diz on May 23, 2013 19:34:28 GMT -5
You mean to tell me you wouldn't shell out 13 bucks to go see Quentin Tarantino's alternate history saga continue with "Red Son?" I actually bought this today. My pull box was like $75 and I thought "I guess I'm pulling out a hundred anyway." It's behind Clash of Kings, The Game Of Thrones graphic novel #1 and Avengers vs. X-Men but I'll be sure to pm diz a review when I get around to it. Shocker. Am I right?
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Post by G&T on Jun 10, 2013 16:38:17 GMT -5
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Post by acejack on Jun 10, 2013 20:19:21 GMT -5
Well at least I know how to say "zombie ass" in Japanese now.
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Post by acejack on Jun 17, 2013 1:06:27 GMT -5
The new Superman movie is fucking amazing. I was stunned at how good it was. Well written, well directed, cast perfectly. I didn't think I'd like the new Supe, but he was really good. If you think Michael Shannon is menacing on Boardwalk Empire, wait until you see what he does with General Zod. Russell Crowe is a lot of fun as Jor-El. He has his own little mini action flick on Krypton for the first half hour or so.
I liked how they basically made Superman I & II into one movie. If we're doing a reboot, might as well not waste time. Though let's just skip III and IV this time around and get right to Justice League. The way they showed Clark Kent growing up was really cool, they peppered it in as flashbacks instead of having to have it as one big meal. Which they had to do it that way, otherwise it would have literally been three different movies. All of his little talks with Kevin Costner were pretty profound, and they showed that x-ray vision, super strength, hearing etc. aren't really gifts until you learn how to use them. It really humanized a character who has almost been marginalized because of his invulnerability.
I'm so glad my wife talked me into seeing it at the theater. If I had waited to see it on Bluray I would have regretted it. She's a lot more into Superman than I am, and I know guys who have to take their chicks to see romantic comedies and shit, so going to see Superman was a fucking no brainer. At the end of the movie Supe has a big choice to make. When he did, we turned to each other and said "Wow." We're definitely going to check it out again in the theater. I wanted to see it on the XD screen, but good luck getting a 5 y/o much less her little brother to wear those stupid fucking glasses the whole time.
After "Superman Returns" I was really afraid Man Of Steel would be shit. Then they fucked up that last Batman movie so bad, I'm hoping they make a Robin movie before they ever touch Batman again. But this did not disappoint in any way. Like a Tony Iommi live solo, they hit every note perfectly. By the way, the sequel is going to be called Man Of Steel II: Rebuilding Metropolis because that town is fucked up.
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Post by acejack on Jun 17, 2013 1:26:19 GMT -5
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Post by G&T on Jun 23, 2013 23:26:37 GMT -5
Saw Man of Steel tonight, only in the movies can you slam a guy through 6 skyscrapers and then give him the old neck twist move to finish him. I was a little disappointed myself.
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Post by flats on Jun 24, 2013 13:14:53 GMT -5
Before Midnight was a lovely addition to Linklater's passion project. First half was a bit slow, but it picks up once they get to the hotel room and launch into the kind of vicious fight only a couple that knows everything there is to know about each other can pull off. Can't wait for the next installment in 2022.
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Post by acejack on Jun 24, 2013 13:36:48 GMT -5
Saw Man of Steel tonight, only in the movies can you slam a guy through 6 skyscrapers and then give him the old neck twist move to finish him. I was a little disappointed myself. {Spoiler Alert!} Zod > Skyscrapers
Superman = Zod
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Post by acejack on Jun 24, 2013 13:37:15 GMT -5
Can't wait for the next installment in 2022. Just in time for the new Tool album.
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Post by Diz on Jun 24, 2013 21:41:54 GMT -5
Can't wait for the next installment in 2022. Just in time for the new Tool album. It would probably suck like when Metalica came back.
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Post by acejack on Jun 25, 2013 0:19:44 GMT -5
Tool is my last hope for a band from when I was a kid to put out something worth listening to. The only concert where I ever had to hold back tears. It's tough. Especially when your pregnant wife is bawling next to you. You know, sometimes you have to discreetly wipe one or two. It's an emotional song. His fucking mom just died.
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Post by acejack on Jun 25, 2013 0:22:50 GMT -5
I just realized, I dubbed my first copy of "Opiate" from a kid who's serving 25 to life for 2nd degree murder. What's even crazier is like 15 of those 25 have passed. Fuck I'm old.
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Post by G&T on Jun 28, 2013 9:58:09 GMT -5
Terminator reboot coming in 2015, I'm sure that won't suck.
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Post by flats on Jun 30, 2013 1:22:20 GMT -5
Ugh - looks like the studio's trying to rush out a new trilogy before the franchise rights revert back to James Cameron in 2019. Suckfest for sure.
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Post by G&T on Jul 22, 2013 8:50:40 GMT -5
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Post by Voodoochile on Jul 22, 2013 10:00:48 GMT -5
LOL
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Post by acejack on Jul 22, 2013 13:59:32 GMT -5
Bigger news yesterday was they announced the title of Avengers 2 and the guy who plays Cap asked "Who's Ultron?"
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