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  • #601
    Originally posted by Kepler View Post
    I would have sworn I knew Blade Runner by heart, but the soundtrack includes the song "One More Kiss, Dear" and I have no idea where it is used. Cutting room floor, half second reference, or whazzit?
    Going to watch the sequel?
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    • #602
      Re: Movies: New Ideas Welcome II Prequel Reboot

      Originally posted by joecct View Post
      Going to watch the sequel?
      Yes. I am very cautiously optimistic.
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      • #603
        Re: Movies: New Ideas Welcome II Prequel Reboot

        Originally posted by Brenthoven View Post
        Taking Lives:

        Angie Jolie plays an FBI profiler who helps out Canadian cops try to find a serial killer; only has one witness. To believe him or not? It was ok. A couple red herrings tossed into some twists and turns, but the ending was rather predictable. Worth it if you have some time to kill.
        walked past a restaurant here named "cereal killer cafe". guessed it was breakfast... didn't go look. (a-scared to)
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        • #604
          Re: Movies: New Ideas Welcome II Prequel Reboot

          Originally posted by mookie1995 View Post
          walked past a restaurant here named "cereal killer cafe". guessed it was breakfast... didn't go look. (a-scared to)
          One of my favorite albums.

          http://www.allmusic.com/album/cereal...s-mw0000674508
          What kind of cheese are you planning to put on top?

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          • #605
            Re: Movies: New Ideas Welcome II Prequel Reboot

            War For The Planet of the Apes was awesome...that is all
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            • #606
              Re: Movies: New Ideas Welcome II Prequel Reboot

              Hadn't seen Starship Troopers in a long time. It's so awesome; I can't believe how they suckered the studios, the money, and everybody else. How could they have seen the rushes and not realized what it was until it was too late?

              It's also the best parody of big budget movies in the 80s ever made, and possibly the most biting satire of The Empire ever made.

              Lots grosser now of course that we're a hundred times worse.
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              • #607
                Re: Movies: New Ideas Welcome II Prequel Reboot

                Love Starship Troopers!


                Caught the start of Dazed and Confused and got sucked in. Haven't seen it since it came out and don't remember liking it all that much.

                LOVED it tonight.

                And it's really about nothing.

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                • #608
                  Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                  Hadn't seen Starship Troopers in a long time. It's so awesome; I can't believe how they suckered the studios, the money, and everybody else. How could they have seen the rushes and not realized what it was until it was too late?

                  It's also the best parody of big budget movies in the 80s ever made, and possibly the most biting satire of The Empire ever made.

                  Lots grosser now of course that we're a hundred times worse.
                  Read the book? The only thing the movie had in common with the book was the title.
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                  • #609
                    Re: Movies: New Ideas Welcome II Prequel Reboot

                    Starship Troopers is incredible. I'm so happy to find others that agree. Most of my peers give me a stink eye. So good.
                    the state of hockey is good

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                    • #610
                      Re: Movies: New Ideas Welcome II Prequel Reboot

                      Originally posted by joecct View Post
                      Read the book? The only thing the movie had in common with the book was the title.
                      The movie was lampooning propaganda movies from back in the day, hyper violent to drive home the cost of a nation/govt/people obsessed with warring ways, and they did it with bad acting all the to the end. Then it spoofed action movies from the 80s. If you weren't ready for some actually smart spoofing, the whole thing was going to fall flat.
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                      • #611
                        Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
                        The movie was lampooning propaganda movies from back in the day, hyper violent to drive home the cost of a nation/govt/people obsessed with warring ways, and they did it with bad acting all the to the end. Then it spoofed action movies from the 80s. If you weren't ready for some actually smart spoofing, the whole thing was going to fall flat.
                        It's a full on left-wing spoof of right-wing politics with a title from a right-wing beat off material book.

                        That said, it's *ing hilarious. "Medic!"
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                        • #612
                          Re: Movies: New Ideas Welcome II Prequel Reboot

                          Originally posted by joecct View Post
                          Read the book? The only thing the movie had in common with the book was the title.
                          I have. The book, like much of Heinlein, is fascist tripe. The only connection between the book and the movie is the latter is savagely mocking the former and the type of reader who loved it.

                          The Forever War is a much more intellectual parody of the same tendencies in Heinlein but it's less accessible.
                          Last edited by Kepler; 07-21-2017, 07:48 AM.
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                          • #613
                            Re: Movies: New Ideas Welcome II Prequel Reboot

                            Originally posted by Jimjamesak View Post
                            It's a full on left-wing spoof of right-wing politics with a title from a right-wing beat off material book.

                            That said, it's *ing hilarious. "Medic!"
                            It's perfect because they play it straight. Even the narrative "romance" is like some hyper-idealized Nazi fantasy crossed with an Orange County well-scrubbed teen flick.

                            An ironic masterpiece; it never breaks character once. "It's afraid!" (outburst of cheering)

                            Verhoeven must have been hilarious. Supposedly the cast objected to the naked shower scene and gave him an ultimatum that they'd only do it if he shot it naked. He wanted the scene, so he did.

                            I still have no idea how he snuck it past both Disney (Touchstone) and Sony (TriStar). "Would you like to know more?"
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                            • #614
                              Originally posted by joecct View Post
                              Read the book? The only thing the movie had in common with the book was the title.
                              As others have said, the movie satirizes the book and old war propaganda reels. On that front, it's amazing. The bad acting fits that narrative, too.

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                              • #615
                                Re: Movies: New Ideas Welcome II Prequel Reboot

                                Having said that, has anyone watched any of the sequels? I've been assuming they aren't in on the joke of the original and are your standard horrific b-rated straight to DVD fare.

                                If they're more than that, I'm open to actually watching them.

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