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Pacific Rim (1 Viewer)
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Mario Kart
Footballguy
I thought this was an Arizona Ron sex move or something.
boots11234
Footballguy
SmoovySmoov
The Way of the Samurai
I think I saw it the first time it came out when it was called Cloverfield.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Did you watch the trailer?
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
This. Looks. Awesome.
pats3in4
Footballguy
Looking forward to Pacific Rim.Legendary Pictures will be coming out with both halves of Godzilla in 2014.
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SmoovySmoov
The Way of the Samurai
Meh. I like del Toro, but as the poster above mentioned, this looks like a Michael Bay film to me.
Run It Up
Footballguy
Lol, furthest thing from the truth.Michael Bay is possibly the most american film director, this is very much Del Toro's take on a common asian theme.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
This looks terrible.
Run It Up
Footballguy
Im sure there is another Transformers movie coming out you can go watch.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Isn't that what I just watched?
Run It Up
Footballguy
Unintentionally trolling my inner nerd softly.No.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
I have no idea as to what is going on.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Right. Except that Del Toro is awesome and Bay is a ####.
SmoovySmoov
The Way of the Samurai
I concur with that, but it still looks like a pass, for me.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
I'm probably more stoked to see this because I have a 9 year old son.'SmoovySmoov said:
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Did I miss something? What has Del Toro directed that is awesome?'jdoggydogg said:
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Pan's Labyrinth
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
I'm being serious here.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
So am I.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Oh. Well I now under stand why you think this Pacific Rim thing looks good.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
I don't usually resort to the group think mentality, but Pan's Labyrinth was universally lauded by critics. Just sayin'.
SmoovySmoov
The Way of the Samurai
Even though I agree that this movie doesn't look very good, I have to side with jdog here. Pan's Labyrinth is a very good movie. Also, his taste in movies is generally pretty respected around here. The only knowledge I have of you is that you like Mad Men (which is boring), and that you took over the Name 3 Movies You Love That No One Else Has Seen thread needlessly and annoyingly.It's like the staff meeting I was in the other day, where a very annoying male coworker was going on and on about how disappointing The Hobbit was. I pointed out "Yeah, but you like Twilight, so there's that." I would rather listen to jdog on movies. Just my two cents.Having said that, still don't want to see this.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
I should re-state that my enthusiasm for Pacific Rim is partially colored by having a 9 year old son in the house.I don't think Pacific Rim is going to be the next Citizen Kane. I think it's going to be fun to watch with my boy.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
1. Mad Men is only boring if you've got the attention span of a 12 year old boy.2. Pan's Labyrinth was overhyped and overrated. 3. I "took over" the Name 3 movies" thread because not one person followed the rules. They either listed movies that other people have seen or didn't list 3 exactly. Not my fault if people are stupid.4. There isn't much difference between "The Hobbit" and "Twilight" except for the intended audience.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
1. I love Mad Men. 2. Everything good is overhyped and overrated - and that includes Mad Men.
SmoovySmoov
The Way of the Samurai
So let me get this straight:1. Mad Men is awesome, and there's no debating that. If you don't like it, you obviously have the attention span of a 12 year old boy. 2. Pan's Labryinth, which is lauded pretty much across the board, not so much.3. In a thread where it's blatantly obvious that, while impossible to list movies that you are 100% positive that no one else has ever seen, that most of these are movies that may have flown under the radar (which would have been a better thread title)............you thought you would comment on each and every one of the movies that you had seen, because you thought other people actually cared which of those movies you have seen.4. The Hobbit, which is a classic of the literature world, that is taught in high schools around the nation, and widely loved by generations of readers, is basically the same as a story about teenage angst with vampires that shimmer in the sunlight.Got it.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
1. Yes2. Yes3. Yes4. YesSo let me get this straight:1. Mad Men is awesome, and there's no debating that. If you don't like it, you obviously have the attention span of a 12 year old boy. 2. Pan's Labryinth, which is lauded pretty much across the board, not so much.3. In a thread where it's blatantly obvious that, while impossible to list movies that you are 100% positive that no one else has ever seen, that most of these are movies that may have flown under the radar (which would have been a better thread title)............you thought you would comment on each and every one of the movies that you had seen, because you thought other people actually cared which of those movies you have seen.4. The Hobbit, which is a classic of the literature world, that is taught in high schools around the nation, and widely loved by generations of readers, is basically the same as a story about teenage angst with vampires that shimmer in the sunlight.Got it.
SmoovySmoov
The Way of the Samurai
Edited to add - Notebook updated.1. Yes2. Yes3. Yes4. YesSo let me get this straight:1. Mad Men is awesome, and there's no debating that. If you don't like it, you obviously have the attention span of a 12 year old boy. 2. Pan's Labryinth, which is lauded pretty much across the board, not so much.3. In a thread where it's blatantly obvious that, while impossible to list movies that you are 100% positive that no one else has ever seen, that most of these are movies that may have flown under the radar (which would have been a better thread title)............you thought you would comment on each and every one of the movies that you had seen, because you thought other people actually cared which of those movies you have seen.4. The Hobbit, which is a classic of the literature world, that is taught in high schools around the nation, and widely loved by generations of readers, is basically the same as a story about teenage angst with vampires that shimmer in the sunlight.Got it.
Now this conversation makes sense.
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Run It Up
Footballguy
Everyone has different tastes, I think Pacific Rim will either be a huge success or huge flop depending on how many people A: expect it to be transformers and are glad/disappointed it isn't or B: expect it to be a Kaiju/Mecha movie and are ####### ecstatic that Michael Bay has nothing to do with ruining anymore genres that he has no business being a part of.
larry_boy_44
Footballguy
GUYS! Stop arguing with this guy!How can you not tell he's using some awful bait and you're all biting? I know crazy girl twihards who watched that crap opening night 5 times who would NEVER claim that there is no difference between Hobbit and Twilight.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Says the dragon guy.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Edited to add - Notebook updated.1. Yes2. Yes3. Yes4. YesSo let me get this straight:1. Mad Men is awesome, and there's no debating that. If you don't like it, you obviously have the attention span of a 12 year old boy. 2. Pan's Labryinth, which is lauded pretty much across the board, not so much.3. In a thread where it's blatantly obvious that, while impossible to list movies that you are 100% positive that no one else has ever seen, that most of these are movies that may have flown under the radar (which would have been a better thread title)............you thought you would comment on each and every one of the movies that you had seen, because you thought other people actually cared which of those movies you have seen.4. The Hobbit, which is a classic of the literature world, that is taught in high schools around the nation, and widely loved by generations of readers, is basically the same as a story about teenage angst with vampires that shimmer in the sunlight.Got it.
larry_boy_44
Footballguy
If you read the thread, I was relaying other people's information and staying out of stating whether it was right or wrong.But, hey! I'd rather believe in dragons than think that shiny vampires are the same as The Hobbit.
SmoovySmoov
The Way of the Samurai
Edited to add - Notebook updated.1. Yes2. Yes3. Yes4. YesSo let me get this straight:1. Mad Men is awesome, and there's no debating that. If you don't like it, you obviously have the attention span of a 12 year old boy. 2. Pan's Labryinth, which is lauded pretty much across the board, not so much.3. In a thread where it's blatantly obvious that, while impossible to list movies that you are 100% positive that no one else has ever seen, that most of these are movies that may have flown under the radar (which would have been a better thread title)............you thought you would comment on each and every one of the movies that you had seen, because you thought other people actually cared which of those movies you have seen.4. The Hobbit, which is a classic of the literature world, that is taught in high schools around the nation, and widely loved by generations of readers, is basically the same as a story about teenage angst with vampires that shimmer in the sunlight.Got it.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Vampires and werewolves vs midgets that live to be 150, wizards, elves, dragons etcOh, yeah...HUGE difference.If you read the thread, I was relaying other people's information and staying out of stating whether it was right or wrong.But, hey! I'd rather believe in dragons than think that shiny vampires are the same as The Hobbit.
larry_boy_44
Footballguy
Vampires and werewolves vs midgets that live to be 150, wizards, elves, dragons etcOh, yeah...HUGE difference.If you read the thread, I was relaying other people's information and staying out of stating whether it was right or wrong.But, hey! I'd rather believe in dragons than think that shiny vampires are the same as The Hobbit.
have you read the books?Do you understand the themes and purpose behind writing the books?Are you aware of how ridiculous the existence of something like the idea of "Middle Earth" is that it exists at all? How much work and effort was put into it? What Tolkien actually did?I'm sorry all you see is vampires and werewolves vs. hobbits, wizards, elfs, dwarves, and dragons... But you couldn't be missing it any more than you are.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
I love this. I've been called a film snob on this board for years, and now I get to champion the people's movies for once.I'm not a fan of the Lord of the RIngs trilogy. But for you to equate The Hobbit with the Twilight series is just ridiculous. Totally different universes.Vampires and werewolves vs midgets that live to be 150, wizards, elves, dragons etcOh, yeah...HUGE difference.If you read the thread, I was relaying other people's information and staying out of stating whether it was right or wrong.But, hey! I'd rather believe in dragons than think that shiny vampires are the same as The Hobbit.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
I read The Hobbit back probably before you were born. No idea what the bolded means.Vampires and werewolves vs midgets that live to be 150, wizards, elves, dragons etcOh, yeah...HUGE difference.If you read the thread, I was relaying other people's information and staying out of stating whether it was right or wrong.But, hey! I'd rather believe in dragons than think that shiny vampires are the same as The Hobbit.
Do you understand the themes and purpose behind writing the books?
Are you aware of how ridiculous the existence of something like the idea of "Middle Earth" is that it exists at all? How much work and effort was put into it? What Tolkien actually did?
I'm sorry all you see is vampires and werewolves vs. hobbits, wizards, elfs, dwarves, and dragons... But you couldn't be missing it any more than you are.
Doesn't matter how much effort was put in to it. Somewhere there is probably someone that has been working on a novel for 20 years. That doesn't mean it's a great novel.
At best The Hobbit is a pretty decent juvenile lit book. At best.
bigbottom
Footballguy
Vampires and werewolves vs midgets that live to be 150, wizards, elves, dragons etcOh, yeah...HUGE difference.If you read the thread, I was relaying other people's information and staying out of stating whether it was right or wrong.But, hey! I'd rather believe in dragons than think that shiny vampires are the same as The Hobbit.
Do you understand the themes and purpose behind writing the books?
Are you aware of how ridiculous the existence of something like the idea of "Middle Earth" is that it exists at all? How much work and effort was put into it? What Tolkien actually did?
I'm sorry all you see is vampires and werewolves vs. hobbits, wizards, elfs, dwarves, and dragons... But you couldn't be missing it any more than you are.
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