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Chaka said:
I haven't been.  What is the consensus on TWD (the actual show not the posters)? We recently started watching and are in mid season 3 (the prison).  I am enjoying it well enough but it isn't blowing my mind or anything.  Is it worth it to continue or does it just go completely off the rails?
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I'm a sucker for post-apoc stuff, so I'm all in. at it's best, it can touch on interesting ideas about humanity/morality- there's some pretty compelling stuff in there. but there's also a lot of inane "we'll have them do this because plot". so.. really up and down. if you're not a fan of zombies or post-apoc... it's ok to skip, IMO.

 
El Floppo said:
I'm a sucker for post-apoc stuff, so I'm all in. at it's best, it can touch on interesting ideas about humanity/morality- there's some pretty compelling stuff in there. but there's also a lot of inane "we'll have them do this because plot". so.. really up and down. if you're not a fan of zombies or post-apoc... it's ok to skip, IMO.
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Thanks.  I love me some post apocalyptic scenarios.  I want to see it burn!

I can handle uneven so long as their are still enough high points.  I get concerned with shows that enter their 6th/7th seasons (particularly with 16 episode seasons) because it can become more about generating revenue with a built in audience than quality storytelling to gain new viewers.   I hate when shows linger too long because when they finally drive their fan base away you end up with crappy final seasons (I'm looking at you Dexter). I like it when a show can recognize that they have had a good run and focus on giving the audience the final season they deserve (ala Breaking Bad, Battlestar Galactica).  I get the feeling that TWD is going to fall into the former category and not the latter.

What about "Fear the Walking Dead"?  Any good?

 
Chaka said:
Thanks.  I love me some post apocalyptic scenarios.  I want to see it burn!

I can handle uneven so long as their are still enough high points.  I get concerned with shows that enter their 6th/7th seasons (particularly with 16 episode seasons) because it can become more about generating revenue with a built in audience than quality storytelling to gain new viewers.   I hate when shows linger too long because when they finally drive their fan base away you end up with crappy final seasons (I'm looking at you Dexter). I like it when a show can recognize that they have had a good run and focus on giving the audience the final season they deserve (ala Breaking Bad, Battlestar Galactica).  I get the feeling that TWD is going to fall into the former category and not the latter.

What about "Fear the Walking Dead"?  Any good?
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UGGGHHH.. So much Promise, so little return :(

Saying that.. I'll watch Season 2 hoping beyond hope the writers dig themselves out of the grave they dug with Season 1..

 
snogger said:
UGGGHHH.. So much Promise, so little return :(

Saying that.. I'll watch Season 2 hoping beyond hope the writers dig themselves out of the grave they dug with Season 1..
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yeah, exactly.

FTWD should have been about showing the genesis of the apocalypse... instead, it kinda jumped over it and became TWD 2, electric van-flip boogaloo. the other problem is they're showing what the viewer knows are zombies, the canon for which TWD viewers know inside and out, but we're having to watch the characters figure it out for themselves. got old.

that said- yeah... I'll watch start season 2 on a short leash. druggy depp.

 
Chaka said:
Thanks.  I love me some post apocalyptic scenarios.  I want to see it burn!

I can handle uneven so long as their are still enough high points.  I get concerned with shows that enter their 6th/7th seasons (particularly with 16 episode seasons) because it can become more about generating revenue with a built in audience than quality storytelling to gain new viewers.   I hate when shows linger too long because when they finally drive their fan base away you end up with crappy final seasons (I'm looking at you Dexter). I like it when a show can recognize that they have had a good run and focus on giving the audience the final season they deserve (ala Breaking Bad, Battlestar Galactica).  I get the feeling that TWD is going to fall into the former category and not the latter.

What about "Fear the Walking Dead"?  Any good?
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the writers throw in some serious garbage to drive the plot- either characters doing/saying out of character things, or nature/science somehow flipping the rules. plus, ninja zombies flipping whatever rules the writers laid down originally. but again, there are some pretty great moments too- for me about the minutia of day-to-day existence, relationships and selfawareness/morality that this new world provokes. 

when those fans of us complain about the shortcomings above, supporters/apologists say "it's based on a comic book, what do you want?". consistently better writing, IMO- because they've shown they're capable. 

 
Drifter said:
Rewatched The Martian on the plane.  Liked it a bit more but there are some parts that really annoyed me.  Off the top of my head:

Basically sums up the - you, the audience are dumb so we're going to keep things super light and simple for you.
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I don't agree that this movie is condescending to the audience. I've read reviews that call this movie scientifically dumb, but I don't see it that way at all. I think The Martian is meant to appeal to fans of NASA and space exploration. While the movie obviously spells certain things out for the younger crowd, The Martian is smart and engaging. 

 
jdoggydogg said:
I don't agree that this movie is condescending to the audience. I've read reviews that call this movie scientifically dumb, but I don't see it that way at all. I think The Martian is meant to appeal to fans of NASA and space exploration. While the movie obviously spells certain things out for the younger crowd, The Martian is smart and engaging. 
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I'm with Drifter on this one. Don't know that it's pandering to the basist of lowest denominators, but the bar is pretty low. From the humor to the narrative structure to the dialogue... smart it ain't. Still a fun ride, well done for what it is, and worth watching. But not a major piece of art, this one.

 
El Floppo said:
I'm with Drifter on this one. Don't know that it's pandering to the basist of lowest denominators, but the bar is pretty low. From the humor to the narrative structure to the dialogue... smart it ain't. Still a fun ride, well done for what it is, and worth watching. But not a major piece of art, this one.
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Every movie you love is a major piece of art? I don't think something needs to be described as "art" to be good.

 
Chaka said:
Thanks.  I love me some post apocalyptic scenarios.  I want to see it burn!

I can handle uneven so long as their are still enough high points.  I get concerned with shows that enter their 6th/7th seasons (particularly with 16 episode seasons) because it can become more about generating revenue with a built in audience than quality storytelling to gain new viewers.   I hate when shows linger too long because when they finally drive their fan base away you end up with crappy final seasons (I'm looking at you Dexter). I like it when a show can recognize that they have had a good run and focus on giving the audience the final season they deserve (ala Breaking Bad, Battlestar Galactica).  I get the feeling that TWD is going to fall into the former category and not the latter.

What about "Fear the Walking Dead"?  Any good?
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It's definitely trending more towards the former than the latter.  There are still good parts and it's not totally off the rails a la Dexter.  There are ups and downs but even the "ups" don't approach the quality of seasons 1 and 2, which are far and away the best so far.  You just have to adjust expectations.  It started as a drama but now it's just a summer action flick.  Fun if that's all that you want, but just a bit different than what seasons 1 and 2 built you to expect.  A main character will run around and hit 10 consecutive 100 yard headshots to escape while a character that the writers want to die will get pwned by a lone zombie in the open.

 
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The Shipping News 3/5

interesting story with promise but seemed to fall short. Also just overly depressing  

 
Legend 3/5

Hardy does his typical outstanding work portraying both of the famous London gangsters the Kray brothers.

However the script itself was underwhelming, It pales to the 1990's version with the Spandau Ballet brothers.

 
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El Floppo said:
I'm a sucker for post-apoc stuff, so I'm all in. at it's best, it can touch on interesting ideas about humanity/morality- there's some pretty compelling stuff in there. but there's also a lot of inane "we'll have them do this because plot". so.. really up and down. if you're not a fan of zombies or post-apoc... it's ok to skip, IMO.
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I usually am too, but I guess maybe that just applies to 90min chunks in movies.  I got about to the point where Chaka is (1/2 way through season 3) and bailed.  Just felt like a lot of silly decisions or random stuff happening just so they would be in peril again - just like a lot of horror movies.  I figure one of these days when it is over I will just get the discs and power watch them.  Didn't want to do the week to week thing with it anymore though.

 
Chaka said:
Yeah the fact that everyone seems to be an expert marksman definitely rubs me the wrong way.
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I've been always more bothered by the ease at which a small semi-sharp object can pierce a skull of a freshly dead person. I get the couple year old zombies whose bones gave softened, but it's not like the skulls becomes instantly weaker on death. 

 
El Floppo said:
we saw Good Dinosaur with the kids. 

So when they get the environment looking SO astonishing and rich, it's a little distracting to me when the characters are rendered more old-school CG/comic style. Overall, I felt like it lacked something... more humor or tension. or maybe it was that they needed to start the main dinosaur as such as miserable useless annoying wretch just so they could show his growth into something more. also distracting was making the critter so dog-like; his natural advantage is to walk upright and use his opposable thumbs, but instead all fours and teeth. I know they show the resolution at the end, but just found it too overtly obvious as a way of telling little kids- hey, look- it's a pet, just like your dog. or maybe I'm just expecting too much from a kids' movie. mine seemed to like ok (not crazy excited about it).
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Recently saw both this and Inside Out, which is a far superior "kids movie".  All family member really, really enjoyed it.

 
Bone Tomahawk 4/5

In a different type of western. Kurt Russell plays a sheriff in the west whose part of a

4 man posse set out to rescue a group of captives held by cannibal cave dwellers.

 
Zow said:
I've been always more bothered by the ease at which a small semi-sharp object can pierce a skull of a freshly dead person. I get the couple year old zombies whose bones gave softened, but it's not like the skulls becomes instantly weaker on death. 
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Or a couple of weeks ago, still living people.

 
Zow said:
I've been always more bothered by the ease at which a small semi-sharp object can pierce a skull of a freshly dead person. I get the couple year old zombies whose bones gave softened, but it's not like the skulls becomes instantly weaker on death. 
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skulls turn into butter and zombie teeth turn into diamonds- ripping through flesh, muscle, sinew, etc with ease.

 
17seconds said:
Started to watch the first episode and couldn't get through the farting jokes.  I'm assuming it gets better?  Huge Louis CK fan here
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Horace and Pete is so not about fart jokes.

It's a tribute to great scripted comedic one-act melodramas like All In The Family and Barney Miller.

 
Sisters:

I generally find Fey and Pohler (sp?) quite amusing.  I guess this movie was OK.  I laughed a few times, which is about what I was expecting.  5/10. 

 
Watched a new Norwegian disaster porn movie called The Wave. I think a Norwegian writer got fired from the WalkingDead for writing stuff even too stupid for that. So he wrote this instead. Movie cliches aplenty, plus supposedly smart, trained people having to do really stoopit things because writing.

 
The French Connection.

Watched this one again.  Just as good as I remember.

I know it's non-fiction but I think the ending would have worked better without the closing credits explaining what happened to all the players.  Should have just ended it with the off screen gunshot.  

 
Starman

This classic John Carpenter movie still holds up well. Karen Allen and Jeff Bridges are very good. The movie has some script mistakes and some spotty acting throughout. But the story is excellent and the movie has a sincerity about it that isn't easy to pull off. Aside from some spooky special effects at the beginning, this is a great movie to watch with kids 10+ and up.

 
jdoggydogg said:
Starman

This classic John Carpenter movie still holds up well. Karen Allen and Jeff Bridges are very good. The movie has some script mistakes and some spotty acting throughout. But the story is excellent and the movie has a sincerity about it that isn't easy to pull off. Aside from some spooky special effects at the beginning, this is a great movie to watch with kids 10+ and up.
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Rewatched this fairly recently and I agree completely.  Sure it's flawed at times (as are so many good 80s films) but the good far outweighs the bad by a wide margin and it has heart.

 
Chaka said:
  2 hours ago, jdoggydogg said:
Starman

This classic John Carpenter movie still holds up well. Karen Allen and Jeff Bridges are very good. The movie has some script mistakes and some spotty acting throughout. But the story is excellent and the movie has a sincerity about it that isn't easy to pull off. Aside from some spooky special effects at the beginning, this is a great movie to watch with kids 10+ and up.
Rewatched this fairly recently and I agree completely.  Sure it's flawed at times (as are so many good 80s films) but the good far outweighs the bad by a wide margin and it has heart.
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Heart it most certainly has. Some very sweet emotional scenes.

 
Daywalker said:
The French Connection.

Watched this one again.  Just as good as I remember.

I know it's non-fiction but I think the ending would have worked better without the closing credits explaining what happened to all the players.  Should have just ended it with the off screen gunshot.  
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Were you flying Delta?  I saw that it suddenly appeared in their featured movie list where they normally put new releases.

 
The 5th Wave 1/5.  I knew this was going to be crap but I like YA movies, movies about alien invasions, and it had Ray Donovan in it so I thought it might be a little entertaining.

NOPE

 
The Big Short was very good. A couple of minor complaints but overall very enjoyable. 3.5/5

Lucy - Scarlett looked great in it and the first half or so was good but it got worse as it went along. 2/5

300 - Horrible. 1/5

 
Peanuts Movie - Kinda like all the TV specials and greatest hits out of the comics rolled into one movie. Animation was really good and of course the stories never get old. 8/10

Ant-Man - Not bad, not great. Some chuckle out loud moments, and pretty cool effects. Michael Douglas was pretty bad as to be a distraction. 6.5/10

The Revenant - Outstanding movie. As good as a "western" as I've ever watched. Decaprio was (obviously) great and I thought Tom Hardy as Fitzgerald was probably better. 10/10

Ex Machina - Good and gets props for originality and (to me) a surprise ending. 8/10

Bridge of Spies - Some one earlier said it was good but something Spielberg and Hanks could've done in their sleep. I agree. On it's own merits 7/10, considering the sources 6/10.

Salton Sea - I like Val Kilmer (Batman aside) and this was a pretty good good guys vs bad story with enough plot twists to keep things moving along. I was pretty hesitant 15 minutes in as to what the heck I was watching, but i stuck it out and it paid off. I think this was a free HBO or Showtime or what not weekend flick that I DVR'd. 8/10

 
Over the last week or so, I talked my son into watching the Spider-Man movies with me.  I thought he would like them, and I remember liking at least the first two.  Sadly for only being about 15 years old they already looking a little clunky.  Maybe they always did, and my old man memory is just getting cloudier.  Still think 2 is one of the best superhero movies ever - had good humor, heart, story.  1 was still fun, and I liked it.  3 is every bit as bad as I remembered.   My son said he liked all 3 and wants to watch the newer reboots now.  Will report back after that - I remember thinking the first one was decent, but not sure if I have watched all of the second one. 

 
Deadpool  - Good stuff.  Enjoyed it a bunch more than the typical superhero fare these days in no small part because if its ability to make fun of itself and those movies.  The villians were a bit uneven and their powers not well explained and I didn't understand why in an R rate movie we got implied bare breast instead of actual bare breast, but whatever.  3.75/5

 
Gored - A Love Story


The Story


Antonio Barrera is the most gored bullfighter in modern history, and known to perform with total abandonment. He’s been gored twenty three times, an unusually high number that includes seventeen surgeries, countless broken bones and many mental scars.

Now with a family to consider, a body that won’t hold up and a lack of interest from promoters, Barrera has decided to retire. Before his last bullfight, he is conflicted. After taking such a beating all his life, he dreams of staying alive for his family. Yet he still fantasizes of becoming a well known bullfighter, a dream that he and his father shared, and to do that he feels he must sacrifice himself to the bulls. Will he survive his final performance?

Caught this the other night.  Was a pretty wild tale.. This guy really kinda stunk as a bullfighter and took his hits for it, numerous hits.  I'm not sure how he lived through all he went through.  He really took a lot of unnecessary chances to try to make a name for himself. Honestly I think its a pretty archaic sport and the bull never has a chance, but whatever floats your boat.  Was interesting for what it showed about his life and career.  I'd give it a 2.5/5.

 
BroncoFreak_2K3 said:
Gored - A Love Story


The Story


Antonio Barrera is the most gored bullfighter in modern history, and known to perform with total abandonment. He’s been gored twenty three times, an unusually high number that includes seventeen surgeries, countless broken bones and many mental scars.

Now with a family to consider, a body that won’t hold up and a lack of interest from promoters, Barrera has decided to retire. Before his last bullfight, he is conflicted. After taking such a beating all his life, he dreams of staying alive for his family. Yet he still fantasizes of becoming a well known bullfighter, a dream that he and his father shared, and to do that he feels he must sacrifice himself to the bulls. Will he survive his final performance?

Caught this the other night.  Was a pretty wild tale.. This guy really kinda stunk as a bullfighter and took his hits for it, numerous hits.  I'm not sure how he lived through all he went through.  He really took a lot of unnecessary chances to try to make a name for himself. Honestly I think its a pretty archaic sport and the bull never has a chance, but whatever floats your boat.  Was interesting for what it showed about his life and career.  I'd give it a 2.5/5.
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i liked it better when it was called "The Wrestler" or "For the Love of the Game".

 
The Amazing Spiderman:

I actually liked this one a bit.  I would probably put this one slightly below the 2nd one in the series. 

Zootopia:

Pretty damn good kids movie.  It had a bit of everything - laughs, message, and scares.  As far as being able to rewatch and like it as much as some other kids movies that have come out, I don't think I loved it quite as much.  I think for me it didn't have that subtle adult humor quite to the level of some others - although I did like the sloths and the Breaking Bad nod.  Still a recommended watch and a good family movie.  Not as serious as Inside/Out, not as fun as something like The Lego Movie.  6.5/10

 
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