RainstormIII Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Didn't realize that this is now on Netflix. I heard that it was a good horror movie. Glad that I watched. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Revvie Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 After the movie, my dad and brother showed me some episodes of the original Power Ranger and that look more cool than this imo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheLakota Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 On 3/27/2017 at 0:31 PM, starcrunch061 said: Well, I personally hated myself. But in answering your "struggle", a good story, that didn't rely on a whole bunch of lucky nonsense, would have helped. Yes, we know they succeeded in stealing the Death Star's plans, but did it have to go down in such a stupid way? Could we, for ONCE, see a well-planned battle strategy from the rebels? We haven't seen one since their escape from Hoth in Empire. I personally despise movies where everyone acts in the dumbest way possible in order to achieve an end (see, e.g., The Girl on the Train). I would be pleased to believe that the Rebellion is actually a useful, thinking entity, and not the completely, utterly lost group of losers it always seems to be (this seems to have carried over into Episode 7 as well, but I won't even start on that). My response concerned the poster's comments regarding how cliched/overly predictable they felt the film was; it had nothing to do with the overall quality of the storytelling, which I still felt was far superior to TFA. You could always fall back on the Legacy books to read about brilliant tacticians on both sides (Thrawn, Horn, etc.), though unfortunately when it comes to film I think we can all agree the deus ex machina rules the day in Hollywood. Literally every Star Wars film is built on a perpetual avalanche of absurdity, so I'm definitely giving Rogue One a pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starcrunch061 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 8 hours ago, TheLakota said: You could always fall back on the Legacy books to read about brilliant tacticians on both sides (Thrawn, Horn, etc.), though unfortunately when it comes to film I think we can all agree the deus ex machina rules the day in Hollywood. Literally every Star Wars film is built on a perpetual avalanche of absurdity, so I'm definitely giving Rogue One a pass. Not all. The back-and-forth in Empire is actually pretty well thought out, on both sides. In fact, Darth Vader actually criticizes (and ultimately eliminates) one commander not because he failed his orders, but simply because he executes them too quickly (Vader even says one of my favorite lines in the series - "He is as clumsy as he is stupid"). That suggests a level of precision that we don't see again, beginning in Jedi (which begins with some wacky Skywalker "plan" that apparently had him falling into the Rancor pit, escaping, and then getting sentenced to death in the Sarlacc Pit). The plan in A New Hope might have been crazy, but it was certainly valid, and was executed well (small guerrilla flies often buzz large armies in the real world). Empire's strategies (on both sides) were solid. No need yet to enter the EU. By the time of Jedi, though, where the Empire and the Rebels vie for a race to the bottom in stupidity, hope is indeed lost. I will freely admit that this continues through the prequels, as well as TFA (which gets a lot of undeserved praise). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPage17 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 3 hours ago, starcrunch061 said: Not all. The back-and-forth in Empire is actually pretty well thought out, on both sides. In fact, Darth Vader actually criticizes (and ultimately eliminates) one commander not because he failed his orders, but simply because he executes them too quickly (Vader even says one of my favorite lines in the series - "He is as clumsy as he is stupid"). That suggests a level of precision that we don't see again, beginning in Jedi (which begins with some wacky Skywalker "plan" that apparently had him falling into the Rancor pit, escaping, and then getting sentenced to death in the Sarlacc Pit). The plan in A New Hope might have been crazy, but it was certainly valid, and was executed well (small guerrilla flies often buzz large armies in the real world). Empire's strategies (on both sides) were solid. No need yet to enter the EU. By the time of Jedi, though, where the Empire and the Rebels vie for a race to the bottom in stupidity, hope is indeed lost. I will freely admit that this continues through the prequels, as well as TFA (which gets a lot of undeserved praise). Well Empire Strikes Back is in a league of its own, and everything about it is the best Star Wars movie ever. Plus Empire has General Veers who appears to be the only competent member of the Empire's entire military structure. Having said that, Star Wars is not a SciFi film it is a Fantasy in space film, and as such every plan and strategy is the space equivalent of a guy on a donkey fighting a dragon that has a super secret weak spot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starcrunch061 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 55 minutes ago, hugglebunn-e said: Well Empire Strikes Back is in a league of its own, and everything about it is the best Star Wars movie ever. Plus Empire has General Veers who appears to be the only competent member of the Empire's entire military structure. Having said that, Star Wars is not a SciFi film it is a Fantasy in space film, and as such every plan and strategy is the space equivalent of a guy on a donkey fighting a dragon that has a super secret weak spot. I can't wait to see that guy on a donkey in episode 8. I just hope he isn't Donnie Yen, resurrected as some blind robot droid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPage17 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 1 hour ago, starcrunch061 said: I can't wait to see that guy on a donkey in episode 8. I just hope he isn't Donnie Yen, resurrected as some blind robot droid. Shhhh. You may give someone and idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Waffle-Sensei Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Cujo, Thinner, IT, Pet Sematary, and Antiviral. I've always actively avoided movies based on Stephen King books (and the books themselves), but after coming across the synopsis for Cujo I decided to just watch it. Then at that point I got absorbed into some of his other stuff. Cujo probably freaked me out the most, though the rest of them were also pretty spooky at times. Antiviral wasn't scary as much as it was creepy, I can't quite describe my exact feelings on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLakota Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 16 hours ago, starcrunch061 said: Not all. The back-and-forth in Empire is actually pretty well thought out, on both sides. In fact, Darth Vader actually criticizes (and ultimately eliminates) one commander not because he failed his orders, but simply because he executes them too quickly (Vader even says one of my favorite lines in the series - "He is as clumsy as he is stupid"). That suggests a level of precision that we don't see again, beginning in Jedi (which begins with some wacky Skywalker "plan" that apparently had him falling into the Rancor pit, escaping, and then getting sentenced to death in the Sarlacc Pit). The plan in A New Hope might have been crazy, but it was certainly valid, and was executed well (small guerrilla flies often buzz large armies in the real world). Empire's strategies (on both sides) were solid. No need yet to enter the EU. By the time of Jedi, though, where the Empire and the Rebels vie for a race to the bottom in stupidity, hope is indeed lost. I will freely admit that this continues through the prequels, as well as TFA (which gets a lot of undeserved praise). 1) A New Hope: fire proton torpedos into a thermal exhaust port to destroy a space station the size of a small moon (Rogue One attempted to downplay the absurdity of this premise by explaining it away as intentional). 2) Empire: survive subzero temperatures inside a tauntaun carcass overnight while your friend toughs it out in a makeshift camp, in the process overcoming blistering winds with no heat source and little in the way of provisions. Fly into the belly of a space slug and survive. Right. 3) Jedi: befriend furries and wage war against elite ground forces on a supposedly heavily guarded moon. 4) Phantom: Pod racing. Chance cubes. Jar Jar. 5) Clones: Ninja Yoda. 6) Sith: Land a massive starship with no thrust or lift. 7) A New Hope Awakens: As title suggests, a rehash. 8) Rogue: Outrun a curiously slow moving Death Star blast. I'm aware you disagree beyond Jedi, TFA and the prequels, but that's fine. End the end, none of the above really bothers me as I'm more than willing to suspend disbelief when it comes to Star Wars. And yes, Empire is my favorite too, but I'm also willing to admit it has its faults (while minor). On topic: Saving Private Ryan. The film has aged so well and is just as relevant today, if not more so, than it was nearly twenty years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DO_or_DIE_312 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 I will never be to old watching this movie.Goonies never say die. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer_333 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 One of the few recent movies I loved 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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starcrunch061 Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 I finished Brave with my daughter last night. It was a fun movie. I don't really like Pixar much anymore (probably since the awful Cars 2), but Brave was quite solid. 2 hours ago, ZoKu08 said: That movie is the free movie at Iowa State this week. Any good? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Welmosca Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Not bad but not that good either...as an Assassin's fan I can say it was ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wlkownz Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 4/10 WWE Productios came out with their superstar Kane to play Jacob Goodnight. Bad slasher whit no taste and a long watch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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