TV/Movies Megathread

[Eddie Teach]

Canuckiweenie.

[CountDeMoney]

petulant douchebag, maybe, atheist certainly, but certainly not Euroweenie!

All obnoxious Soviet Canuckistanis are a Euroweenie subcategory, and the closer they are to Quebec the more Euroweenie they are.

they constantly talk of God, playing God, etc in the 1st movie

Talking about "playing God" isn't the same as "Faith," Muttski.

[Savonarola]

petulant douchebag, maybe, atheist certainly, but certainly not Euroweenie!

they constantly talk of God, playing God, etc in the 1st movie

"Jurassic Park" is an exploitation film with big lizard puppets a variation of the Frankenstein story, which is similar to Greek tragedy (Shelly's book is subtitled "The Modern Prometheus.")  "Playing God," is a common reference in this sort of story and refers to the hero's fatal flaw (or hamartia), hubris, rather than a reference to faith.  The twist in "Jurassic Park" (being a Hollywood movie) is that the protagonists are innocents, it's the antihero's hubris that creates the monster.  In the book the dinosaurs are the righteous avengers (or nemeses); they eat the business owner.  The movie doesn't even do that, which, in my opinion, is why it's an more an exploitation film than a Frankenstein story.

[11B4V]

petulant douchebag, maybe, atheist certainly, but certainly not Euroweenie!

All obnoxious Soviet Canuckistanis are a Euroweenie subcategory, and the closer they are to Quebec the more Euroweenie they are.

they constantly talk of God, playing God, etc in the 1st movie

Talking about "playing God" isn't the same as "Faith," Muttski.

Never really noticed that.

[Razgovory]

Where, exactly, are you getting the whole "Faith" and "loyal to God" angles from? 
Are you that snotty of a petulant douchebag Euroweenie atheist that you're actually seeing something that isn't there? Oh, wait;  yeah, you are.

Too many hockey pucks to the head.

[CountDeMoney]

Never really noticed that.

That's because it's not there, and Viper is being a hipster douchebag.

[CountDeMoney]

petulant douchebag, maybe, atheist certainly, but certainly not Euroweenie!

they constantly talk of God, playing God, etc in the 1st movie

"Jurassic Park" is an exploitation film with big lizard puppets a variation of the Frankenstein story, which is similar to Greek tragedy (Shelly's book is subtitled "The Modern Prometheus.")  "Playing God," is a common reference in this sort of story and refers to the hero's fatal flaw (or hamartia), hubris, rather than a reference to faith.  The twist in "Jurassic Park" (being a Hollywood movie) is that the protagonists are innocents, it's the antihero's hubris that creates the monster.  In the book the dinosaurs are the righteous avengers (or nemeses); they eat the business owner.  The movie doesn't even do that, which, in my opinion, is why it's an more an exploitation film than a Frankenstein story.

Ian Malcolm was infinitely more interesting in the book.  Had to read it for a "Ethical Issues in Business and Society" 101 class even before it was a movie.

And the kids were switched for Hollywood purposes.  It was the boy who was the computer geek, and the girl that was the "I has a dinosore book" toddler.

[viper37]

petulant douchebag, maybe, atheist certainly, but certainly not Euroweenie!

they constantly talk of God, playing God, etc in the 1st movie

"Jurassic Park" is an exploitation film with big lizard puppets a variation of the Frankenstein story, which is similar to Greek tragedy (Shelly's book is subtitled "The Modern Prometheus.")  "Playing God," is a common reference in this sort of story and refers to the hero's fatal flaw (or hamartia), hubris, rather than a reference to faith.  The twist in "Jurassic Park" (being a Hollywood movie) is that the protagonists are innocents, it's the antihero's hubris that creates the monster.  In the book the dinosaurs are the righteous avengers (or nemeses); they eat the business owner.  The movie doesn't even do that, which, in my opinion, is why it's an more an exploitation film than a Frankenstein story.

well, that wasn't a professional review, and I'm not going to argue with CdM, and I'm hesitant to call his behavior "fun" because he looks totally mad at everyone and everything and I fear the worst.

get well, Cdm.

[11B4V]

Denzel my Man on Fire, Liam can't hold a candle to ya.

[mongers]

'The Family' mildly amusing mobster grotesque comedy staring DeNiro and Pfifer, best scene the Goodfellas referencing.

'Lion' - Worthy, but telegraphed plot-points made for an only adequately OK film.

[Ed Anger]

While dredging the depths of Amazon Prime, I come across a movie called 476AD. The opening text and credits take ten minutes and it looks like a school project movie. I bail out faster than DB Cooper.

I watch a Gallager stand up show instead. I like watermelons.

[CountDeMoney]

Crimson Tide is on HBO On Demand.  THEYRE FUELING THEIR MISSILES OBAMA WE DONT HAVE TIME TO FUCK AROUND

[CountDeMoney]

well, that wasn't a professional review, and I'm not going to argue with CdM, and I'm hesitant to call his behavior "fun" because he looks totally mad at everyone and everything and I fear the worst.

get well, Cdm.

Stop being a dick about movies.

[Ed Anger]

I just noticed in the Hunt for Red October, the political officer's name is 'Putin'.

LOLZ. Putin on the Ritz.

[celedhring]

Baby Driver - the story has been done a million times (criminal wants to go straight after meeting a nice girl, his partners won't let him quit), and Wright surprisingly fails to put a new spin on it. The car chase scenes are good, but overedited. There was lots of moments where I was almost screaming "just let me see this cool shit you're doing with the car dammit". The leads are bland, but the villains (Spacey, Foxx, and Hamm) are entertaining to watch. Great soundtrack. The film is ok, I guess, but as a fan of a lot of Wright's work I was kinda expecting more.