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[The Brain]

Tropic Thunder. I liked it, especially Robert Downey Jr and Tom Cruise.

[Eddie Teach]

Inglourious Basterds- Pretty much what you'd expect from Tarantino doing a WW2 pic. I loved it.

District 9- Neat concept, disappointing execution. The first half hour was pretty funny, then it stopped trying to be. Problem is it was too ludicrous to be taken seriously. I think it would have been better to be a straight up comedy a la Mars Attacks.

[CountDeMoney]

Tropic Thunder. I liked it, especially Robert Downey Jr and Tom Cruise.

Downey was genius, and Tom Cruise was awesome.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

"Outland" - by Peter Hyams, starring Sean Connery as a hardass marshall in space (Io moon base no less) who faces off against the GM of the local mining op, shotty in hand. "In Space No One can hear your Rebel yell" :p... duller than I remembered, the models used are great, and there is no cgi to speak of. Old school tech. It's an Alien rip-off to be sure, but wasn't a bad re-experience overall.

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[The Brain]

"Outland" - by Peter Hyams, starring Sean Connery as a hardass marshall in space (Io moon base no less) who faces off against the GM of the local mining op, shotty in hand. "In Space No One can hear your Rebel yell" :p... duller than I remembered, the models used are great, and there is no cgi to speak of. Old school tech. It's an Alien rip-off to be sure, but wasn't a bad re-experience overall.

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I only read the MAD Magazine version.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

"Outland" - by Peter Hyams, starring Sean Connery as a hardass marshall in space (Io moon base no less) who faces off against the GM of the local mining op, shotty in hand. "In Space No One can hear your Rebel yell" :p... duller than I remembered, the models used are great, and there is no cgi to speak of. Old school tech. It's an Alien rip-off to be sure, but wasn't a bad re-experience overall.

:shotgun:

I only read the MAD Magazine version.

I remember that! It was much funnier than the movie, and thus better.

[Syt]

I recall the title of the translation in German mad (Autschland - Planet der Verdummten), but not the parody itself. It was the golden age of German MAD, with good translations of U.S. material and pretty good homegrown stuff. I bought a few copies of the relaunched version a few years back, but it's nowhere near as good as the ones from the early to mid 80s. But then again their chief editor at the time was a genius.

[Syt]

I miss Don Martin and Sergio Aragones comics.

[The Brain]

I recall the title of the translation in German mad (Autschland - Planet der Verdummten), but not the parody itself. It was the golden age of German MAD, with good translations of U.S. material and pretty good homegrown stuff. I bought a few copies of the relaunched version a few years back, but it's nowhere near as good as the ones from the early to mid 80s. But then again their chief editor at the time was a genius.

Swedish MAD was awesome from the start in 1960 until the mid-80s. Editor from 1960 to 1975 was legendary (in Sweden) comedian Lasse O'Månsson, a seriously amusing guy.

[Syt]

Swedish MAD was awesome from the start in 1960 until the mid-80s. Editor from 1960 to 1975 was legendary (in Sweden) comedian Lasse O'Månsson, a seriously amusing guy.

Research reveals that German MAD with Herbert Feuerstein (Austrian turned German) ran from 1967 till 1992 when Feuerstein left to pursue a TV career (he's the closest equivalent to Michael Palin we have). I. Astalos was also brought on board as a cartoonist. Issues were 60-70% U.S. material (esp. movie parodies, but also Spy vs. Spy, Don Martin, S. Aragones, Don Edwing, Dave Berg etc.) and the rest German material. The created a whole dictionary of vocabulary and names for their version. I'd say reading those as a kid were pretty formative for me, because reading the parodies and jokes I wanted to understand what they were based on/referring to. That, plus subtitled Monty Python, the HHGTTG tv series, and Tom & Jerry and Pink Panther and Bugs Bunny and Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker are responsible for my humour today.

[Josquius]

I've just watched the first episode of Stargate Universe. Hmm. It seems to me it doesn't know what it is, its partially wanting to be a fun kids show (Complete with a Wesley!) and partially trying to be BSG.

[Habbaku]

Going to watch Shutter Island tonight.  I've deliberately avoided reading anything remotely resembling a spoiler.

[Malthus]

Going to watch Shutter Island tonight.  I've deliberately avoided reading anything remotely resembling a spoiler.

The butler, who was his father, did it.

And he's a chick.

[Scipio]

Going to watch Shutter Island tonight.  I've deliberately avoided reading anything remotely resembling a spoiler.

The butler, who was his father, did it.

And he's a chick.

Actually, he's two chicks at the same time.

[Habbaku]

two chicks at the same time.