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Dixanadu 02-25-2014 12:44 AM

Starship Troopers 3.

oh god why

I never seen the second, but in comparison to the first, it was like a blockbuster went full B-movie. I felt a little sick after it.

JennyGenesis 02-25-2014 08:15 AM

Oh no, that song >_<

Dynamithix 02-25-2014 12:32 PM

I went to see the Lego Movie and I really enjoyed it. The animation was great and I liked a lot of the humor in it (Batman's song and the ghost Vitruvius had me cracking up). I thought the ending was a bit of a disappointment. I mean, I understand what they were going for but still, I didn't really dig that.

Job McYossie 02-25-2014 06:14 PM

I just saw the Lego movie, there is not any reason a lego movie should be that good.

Wings of Fire 02-25-2014 10:05 PM

I finished Ergo Proxy. It's supposed to be very good but I found it to be not very good. It had pretensions to be a lot of things, but could only manage to have a good soundtrack, good character designs and an endlessly adorable robot girl.




The Disneyland parody episode was really good though. Go figure it was like nothing else in the show.

MeechMunchie 02-25-2014 11:00 PM

I watched the first series of Heroes for the first time in years. Damn, that show used to be so good.

Crashpunk 02-26-2014 02:06 AM

It was. I hope the upcoming miniseries Heroes Reborn will be good. I have doubts it will be though.

Job McYossie 02-26-2014 01:56 PM

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It was. I hope the upcoming miniseries Heroes Reborn will be good. I have doubts it will be though.

Woah what? A reboot? So excite.

EVP_Glukkon 03-01-2014 04:20 AM

Myself and a couple of other Glukkons from work caught a screening of the sequel to Wolf Creek known as; Wolf Creek 2! Worth watching if you are curious enough, otherwise it didn't thrill me in the least. I give it two out of five slaves.

On a more positive note, I ended the afternoon with a lovely ice chocolate from the 'Lindt Chocolate Cafe'. Hmm Hmmm the perfect treat for any occasion!

This reply is not endorsed by Lindt & Sprüngli AG
If you're in Melbourne visit us at Chocolat Café at 271 Collins Street

Nate 03-01-2014 04:23 AM

Hey, EVP_Glukkon, please dial down the 'Glukkon' thing. It's funny for like two posts, but would get rather tiresome after that.


Also, I prefer the Lindt cafe on Chapel Street.

EVP_Glukkon 03-01-2014 05:02 AM

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Hey, EVP_Glukkon, please dial down the 'Glukkon' thing. It's funny for like two posts, but would get rather tiresome after that.

Like I said in 2009, TO HELL WITH YOUR RULES!

Well no, I didn't say that... I actually said it was just something for my own amusement to which you replied other members may throw things at me etc etc.

I didn't get to Exe Vice President by caring what others think, and looking down from the top, I sure don't care now! (Lights cigar) Everybody loves me anyway, the rest are just haters.

Nepsotic 03-01-2014 06:50 AM

Yeah, it still isn't funny. And you should probably stop spamming.

Anyway I've been watching Peep Show again, it's definitely one of the best comedies there is. I've noticed that series 2 has made me laugh the most, such a great programme. I hope they give it at least another series sometime in the future.

Jordan 03-01-2014 08:28 AM

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Yeah, it still isn't funny. And you should probably stop spamming.

Anyway I've been watching Peep Show again, it's definitely one of the best comedies there is. I've noticed that series 2 has made me laugh the most, such a great programme. I hope they give it at least another series sometime in the future.

There's another one lined up for this year (I think!) which will definitely be the last. I think it's run its course though, I'm not sure they can keep pumping them out anymore. Hopefully it'll get a great ending.

Phylum 03-01-2014 01:18 PM

I want to know if they're going to still focus on Dobby, or introduce a new character. We had 4 seasons with Sophie, 4 with Dobby. I'm kind of hoping they won't do something big to wrap too many things up. It's the kind of show that should end with lose ends. The kind of show where you need to know that nothing's really changed about the main characters since the pilot.

Season 2 has some really great moments, especially with Nancy. It really made Jeremy develop a bit more as a character, and made way for him and Mark falling in love with every girl they meet. I can't decide if my favourite from that season is Dance Class or University Challenge.

Also I'll just leave this here.


STM 03-01-2014 01:27 PM

I'm watching James and the Giant Peach, went into the bedroom and the girlf had already put it on, Netflix I suppose. Any way, I can't see why everyone was hating on it, it's almost as quaint as when I first saw it!

Slog Bait 03-01-2014 06:13 PM

I remember not caring much for the movie as a kid and just rewatching it recently I cringed so hard I'm pretty certain I pulled something in the process. The animation is wonderful, but I seriously feel that's all it's got going for it.

STM 03-01-2014 08:48 PM

What didn't you like about it? Admittedly I thought some of the dialogue was executed a bit...meh...but I wouldn't say it was particularly cringe worthy.

Slog Bait 03-03-2014 09:04 AM

The story was incoherent. The goal was made clear, but the entire journey leading up to the goal didn't make a damn bit of sense. Why did anything that happened in the movie happen? Where the fuck did that mecha shark come from? Why was it attacking them? how did they end up in the arctic over night, and how were they able to breathe under water/ not die from the extreme cold of being submerged in that water? Where was the character development? What the fuck did the spider, the only one there that can only survive off of meat, eat? What exactly was the rhino? Why did all of the bugs want to go to NYC as well? Where all those seagulls really okay with being forced to lug around a massive peach for days on end?

And the most important question of all: Why would James turn down those delicious looking fish heads I mean really they looked fantastic I would have eaten them pff smh

They made no effort to explain anything, and as a result, every couple of minutes I'm asking questions with no closure and that's something that I personally am not fond of. Also, I don't like coming up with my own explanations for why everything happened in a work of fiction. If I really had to guess, the entire story was just one massive fever dream of Jame's or maybe the damn kid was on the verge of death or in a coma because of abuse, while his parents were just taken by a storm and the whole rhino thing was a fabrication of his aunts'. But what if the original intent was just to show off a wondrous, fictional world where anything could happen? Well, now I'm just a cynical douchebag who can't enjoy the fun fantasy elements of the movie.

The musical bits were awful. You know when you watch a show that shoves in random musical bits for the sake of it to entertain children but they're always so horrible and campy you have a hard time sitting through them? Every musical bit in the entire movie in a nutshell.

There was no flow. Every major event in the movie outside of the very beginning and very end just felt like filler. How does that even happen? I don't know but this movie sure pulled it off.

The characters themselves had no depth. None of them were memorable as their own individual beings. The only thing that stood out about them were their designs. Every character interaction in the movie didn't read as natural. It was all very forced.

In short: It was a poor story poorly executed and as a result I CRINGE



Despite all this, I'm totally okay with the aunts literally driving through the ocean to get to New York. That was hilarious.

MA 03-03-2014 11:18 AM

it's Roald Dahl.

i agree about the aunts. it's one of my favourite bits when they turn up at the end in that old piece of shit car. and i also wanted to know more about that FUCKING AWESOME ROBOSHARK THING

Varrok 03-03-2014 11:23 AM

I've just watched Gravity. The movie is not about gravity, it's about a girl lost in space.
0/10 for false advertising.

Slog Bait 03-03-2014 11:41 AM

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it's Roald Dahl.

i agree about the aunts. it's one of my favourite bits when they turn up at the end in that old piece of shit car. and i also wanted to know more about that FUCKING AWESOME ROBOSHARK THING

I have an extreme aversion to Roald Dahl and derivatives of his work so hah

Seriously though, the fuck was up with that shark?

Manco 03-03-2014 11:51 AM

It’s a robot shark. It doesn’t need to justify itself to you.

MA 03-03-2014 11:52 AM

yeah, bitch. it just harpoons whales and giant flying fucking peaches.

Slog Bait 03-03-2014 01:22 PM

I demand explanations! I allow myself to believe I'm entitled to shit that I'm not actually entitled to! I NEED ANSWERS

Nepsotic 03-03-2014 03:24 PM

Just because it's Roald Dahl doesn't mean it has to suck, look at Willy Wonka, that film's great.

STM 03-03-2014 04:39 PM

Actually I thought Willy Wonka was boring as hell, plus Dahl hated the first film.

At the end of the day it's a kids film. It doesn't have to make sense, it's like when people complain that there are fires in Spongebob, let's all ignore the talking cleaning sponge and the shorts-clad starfish.

Slog Bait 03-03-2014 06:15 PM

No fuck that I don't care if it's a kids' film or story or fucking tv series or anything. Being targeted at kids is NEVER an excuse for a sloppy piece of shit for a story, or being completely incoherent or campy or overall horrible.

If you're producing a story or film or game or anything targeted at kids, and it's nothing but garbage, you're conditioning them to like garbage and they will always like garbage and then the rest of us have to deal with the evolution of this garbage. Saying 'oh well it's for kids therefore it doesn't matter' is the absolute laziest and dismissive excuse you can pull out of the book regarding any form of media.

Also, that's not even a good example. They even make fun of the underwater fires in the show. The entire point for a lot of the nonsensical stuff in Spongebob is there specifically to be nonsensical and zany, and that was there from the get go. There's reasons why the things that happen in Spongebob happen. And for the things that flat out don't make a damn bit of sense, it's pointed out and mocked throughout the show.

It's about believability within the world presented. Spongebob gives us an idea of what to expect and how things work in the first handful of episodes alone, and sticks to these general rules. When things don't make sense in-universe, it's picked fun at.

James and the Giant Peach doesn't do this. It kind of gives you somewhat of an idea of how things kind of work not really then doesn't abide by any in universe laws and the story is all over the place. It takes itself very seriously. Everything's presented in a way that makes it seem like it knows what it's doing. Not to mention, it's not even that light hearted of a movie. It's pretty damn dark, which only makes this whole thing worse.

I hate plot holes so large they bust a hole in the fabric of time and space and that's pretty much what came out of this movie/story/whatever.

huff

Phylum 03-03-2014 08:19 PM

Yeah that was a really bad example STM. You should have used the pineapple than isn't really a pineapple.

STM 03-03-2014 09:43 PM

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No fuck that I don't care if it's a kids' film or story or fucking tv series or anything. Being targeted at kids is NEVER an excuse for a sloppy piece of shit for a story, or being completely incoherent or campy or overall horrible.

If you're producing a story or film or game or anything targeted at kids, and it's nothing but garbage, you're conditioning them to like garbage and they will always like garbage and then the rest of us have to deal with the evolution of this garbage. Saying 'oh well it's for kids therefore it doesn't matter' is the absolute laziest and dismissive excuse you can pull out of the book regarding any form of media.

Also, that's not even a good example. They even make fun of the underwater fires in the show. The entire point for a lot of the nonsensical stuff in Spongebob is there specifically to be nonsensical and zany, and that was there from the get go. There's reasons why the things that happen in Spongebob happen. And for the things that flat out don't make a damn bit of sense, it's pointed out and mocked throughout the show.

It's about believability within the world presented. Spongebob gives us an idea of what to expect and how things work in the first handful of episodes alone, and sticks to these general rules. When things don't make sense in-universe, it's picked fun at.

James and the Giant Peach doesn't do this. It kind of gives you somewhat of an idea of how things kind of work not really then doesn't abide by any in universe laws and the story is all over the place. It takes itself very seriously. Everything's presented in a way that makes it seem like it knows what it's doing. Not to mention, it's not even that light hearted of a movie. It's pretty damn dark, which only makes this whole thing worse.

I hate plot holes so large they bust a hole in the fabric of time and space and that's pretty much what came out of this movie/story/whatever.

huff

Urgh, look, it's a film. I had a nostalgia trip watching it, I enjoyed watching it. Then I promptly stopped caring about it. It really doesn't bother me that much to entertain an argument over it. If you don't like, if you think it's crap, fair play, you're so entitled to your opinion.

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Yeah that was a really bad example STM. You should have used the pineapple than isn't really a pineapple.

Man, I would love to just step inside the mind of the person that sees the Spongebob pineapple and decides it's inherently unnatural because of the spirals on it. A beautiful mind indeed. A beautiful, pedantic mind.

Phylum 03-03-2014 10:08 PM


Slog Bait 03-04-2014 12:05 AM

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Urgh, look, it's a film. I had a nostalgia trip watching it, I enjoyed watching it. Then I promptly stopped caring about it. It really doesn't bother me that much to entertain an argument over it. If you don't like, if you think it's crap, fair play, you're so entitled to your opinion.

No no no you missed what I was being fussy over. I wasn't being fussy over the fact that you might like it, that it's something people might actually enjoy GOODNESS GRACIOUS, I was being fussy over

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At the end of the day it's a kids film. It doesn't have to make sense,
Which is horrible and you should feel horrible for saying something so obscenely horrible you horrible-opinion-haver you

HORRIBLE

was that light-hearted enough of a reply I'm genuinely sick of people misreading the tone of my posts

STM 03-04-2014 12:17 AM

I do feel horrible. I am a horrible person and I apologise for being so horrible.

Slog Bait 03-04-2014 12:22 AM

I'm so, so proud of you for owning up to your horribleness. Brings a tear to my eye.

Nate 03-04-2014 02:35 AM

Okay, that's enough argumentation about that damned peach film.

OANST 03-04-2014 08:18 AM

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The story was incoherent. The goal was made clear, but the entire journey leading up to the goal didn't make a damn bit of sense. Why did anything that happened in the movie happen? Where the fuck did that mecha shark come from? Why was it attacking them? how did they end up in the arctic over night, and how were they able to breathe under water/ not die from the extreme cold of being submerged in that water? Where was the character development? What the fuck did the spider, the only one there that can only survive off of meat, eat? What exactly was the rhino? Why did all of the bugs want to go to NYC as well? Where all those seagulls really okay with being forced to lug around a massive peach for days on end?

And the most important question of all: Why would James turn down those delicious looking fish heads I mean really they looked fantastic I would have eaten them pff smh

They made no effort to explain anything, and as a result, every couple of minutes I'm asking questions with no closure and that's something that I personally am not fond of. Also, I don't like coming up with my own explanations for why everything happened in a work of fiction. If I really had to guess, the entire story was just one massive fever dream of Jame's or maybe the damn kid was on the verge of death or in a coma because of abuse, while his parents were just taken by a storm and the whole rhino thing was a fabrication of his aunts'. But what if the original intent was just to show off a wondrous, fictional world where anything could happen? Well, now I'm just a cynical douchebag who can't enjoy the fun fantasy elements of the movie.

The musical bits were awful. You know when you watch a show that shoves in random musical bits for the sake of it to entertain children but they're always so horrible and campy you have a hard time sitting through them? Every musical bit in the entire movie in a nutshell.

There was no flow. Every major event in the movie outside of the very beginning and very end just felt like filler. How does that even happen? I don't know but this movie sure pulled it off.

The characters themselves had no depth. None of them were memorable as their own individual beings. The only thing that stood out about them were their designs. Every character interaction in the movie didn't read as natural. It was all very forced.

In short: It was a poor story poorly executed and as a result I CRINGE



Despite all this, I'm totally okay with the aunts literally driving through the ocean to get to New York. That was hilarious.

Hi there! My name is whimsy! I'm a thing, but apparently you've never heard of me!

Edit: I hadn't read this page when I typed this.

Wings of Fire 03-04-2014 09:07 AM

I caught up with Space Dandy. It has some good episodes, but I'm warning all you pussies that a dog dies.

Job McYossie 03-04-2014 07:19 PM

My brother keeps telling me to watch Space Dandy. Is it really good?

STM 03-04-2014 10:07 PM

It's weird.

I watched This is England with my girlfriend and taught her that northerners are icky.

Manco 03-05-2014 02:18 AM

Was introduced to Studio Ghibli last night.

Spirited Away is fucking fucked, man.

Slog Bait 03-05-2014 10:10 AM

Spirited Away was the only Ghibli film I could really get into. Also, I have a mighty desire for all that food Chihiro's parents pigged out on.