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Manco · #**1441** 10-13-2012, 06:31 AM

I watched Apollo 18 last night. Really great take on the premise of “evil aliens in spaaace”.

Dixanadu · #**1442** 10-13-2012, 11:44 AM

Watched Ted for the first time.

It is not deserving of it's praise, I chuckled at one thing. Then, that was it.

It also reminds me of Wilfred, likely continuing McFarlane's trend of ripping off other TV shows.

Nepsotic · #**1443** 10-13-2012, 02:32 PM

Except Wilfred is good.
To be honest, I didn't find Ted that bad, but it certainly didn't stand out, and it annoys me that everybody's raving about it purely because Seth McFarlane made it.

OANST · #**1444** 10-13-2012, 02:59 PM

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I watched Apollo 18 last night. Really great take on the premise of “evil aliens in spaaace”.

Did you chuckle after writing that?

Manco · #**1445** 10-13-2012, 03:19 PM

I take it you didn’t like it?

Mr. Bungle · #**1446** 10-13-2012, 07:49 PM

Saw Looper. It was pretty good, but not great. Ending kind of bothered me.

Daxter King · #**1447** 10-14-2012, 10:30 AM

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Watched Ted for the first time.

It is not deserving of it's praise, I chuckled at one thing. Then, that was it.

It also reminds me of Wilfred, likely continuing McFarlane's trend of ripping off other TV shows.

Yeah, Ted was essentially Family Guy the movie, the only time I really laughed was the scene where they were talking about letting Jews into their restaurant.

Dynamithix · #**1448** 10-15-2012, 05:35 AM

Watched the new episodes of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia and Walking Dead. Sunny was better, but surprisingly, the new Walking Dead wasn't that bad either. At least not as bad as some of the S2 episodes. Michonne seems like an interesting character.

Mac Sirloin · #**1449** 10-15-2012, 02:40 PM

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I watched Apollo 18 last night. Really great take on the premise of “evil aliens in spaaace”.

I thought it rocked.
But I may have been a little stoned when I watched it.
I'd say there might even be a pebble of truth to it.

Manco · #**1450** 10-15-2012, 02:44 PM

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I thought it rocked.
But I may have been a little stoned when I watched it.
I'd say there might even be a pebble of truth to it.

would you say you were spaced out at the time

but seriously, that movie was out of this world

OANST · #**1451** 10-15-2012, 02:54 PM

I didn't actually see it. I just remember seeing the trailer, and thinking "Oh, it's Paranormal Activity in space."

Strike Witch · #**1452** 10-15-2012, 04:18 PM

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I didn't actually see it. I just remember seeing the trailer, and thinking "Oh, it's Paranormal Activity in space."

Pretty much.

Also the big twist is that

the moon is made of tiny rock spiders

Nepsotic · #**1453** 10-15-2012, 05:35 PM

I mean... You're not serious, right?

Dixanadu · #**1454** 10-16-2012, 06:24 AM

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Except Wilfred is good.

That's what I meant.

Plus their behaviour and habits are very similar, they both drink and smoke bongs.

scrabface · #**1455** 10-16-2012, 02:04 PM

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Saw Looper. It was pretty good, but not great. Ending kind of bothered me.

I saw it tonight and although I was entertained, the movie didn't make any sense.

why did they dismantle the one looper? why didn't they just kill the young joe? they had their chances - the older joe would have just disappeared. why didn't the older joe take any precautions to avoid his or his wife's death. he had 30 years!
also, if in the end the young boy wouldn't turn into the evil rainmaker, there wouldn't be this looping business in the first place

OANST · #**1456** 10-16-2012, 03:07 PM

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I saw it tonight and although I was entertained, the movie didn't make any sense.

why did they dismantle the one looper? why didn't they just kill the young joe? they had their chances - the older joe would have just disappeared. why didn't the older joe take any precautions to avoid his or his wife's death. he had 30 years!
also, if in the end the young boy wouldn't turn into the evil rainmaker, there wouldn't be this looping business in the first place

They said a few times that they don't like messing with the future at that level.

***Nate*** · #**1457** 10-17-2012, 03:05 AM

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also, if in the end the young boy wouldn't turn into the evil rainmaker, there wouldn't be this looping business in the first place

I don't follow your logic there. The looping had been going on for quite some time before the Rainmaker took control of organised crime. He shook things up by closing all the loops.

scrabface · #**1458** 10-17-2012, 06:08 AM

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I don't follow your logic there. The looping had been going on for quite some time before the Rainmaker took control of organised crime. He shook things up by closing all the loops.

alright I got this one wrong. but it still doesn't make much sense.

so the rainmaker has the idea of killing the loopers by sending them back in time. so when the young boy won't become the rainmaker there won't be this "closing all the loops" thus there won't be the contract of killing your elder self. ---> no bruce willis in the past ---> no danger for the kid ---> no suicide of the younger joe ---> kid still wouldn't become the rainmaker because he needs the alternative reality of his mom getting killed.
also why don't they just send the loopers or whoever 200 years or better, 5 billion years back to the past (no earth) - you wouldn't need any loopers at all.
ALSO, why don't they just kill the people and send the dead bodies into the past? they killed joe's wife (by accident) and dragged her body to the time machine.
and really what was the purpose of dismantling the one looper? they kept the young looper alive and tortured him. only for the fun? and if the younger one looses his finger for example, why should the elder one looses his one too? there's no history of that, the only possible one would be that he escaped or survived for 30 years.

but like OANST pointed out, it wasn't intended to be logical. but it still bugs me.

OANST · #**1459** 10-17-2012, 06:13 AM

Time travel movies never make sense when broken down. Never.

scrabface · #**1460** 10-17-2012, 06:26 AM

yeah but some handle the idea that there's only a deterministic reality where the characters fulfill the coming events.
like twelve monkeys for instance - as a kid bruce willis watches as his elder self gets shot on the airport, but he doesn't know that the man is he himself. he isn't even sure that this is only a dream or a memory. every time when he thinks back about what he saw, the memory is slightly different because that's the way memory works. he builds characters into his memory that weren't there. he could have changed his faith as soon as he realized that it was him being shot. but he had difficulties deciding whether he was sane or not, so his actions were plausible.

OANST · #**1461** 10-17-2012, 06:30 AM

SHUT UP I ENJOYED IT

scrabface · #**1462** 10-17-2012, 06:33 AM

ME TOO

OANST · #**1463** 10-17-2012, 07:25 AM

WELL GOOD THEN

MeechMunchie · #**1464** 10-17-2012, 07:43 AM

Loopers always got killed by themselves at the end. That's why they're called loopers. The Rainmaker just started closing all the assassin's contracts early so no-one could try to bump him off.

The things I do object to are the TK mutation, which was a bit too much (Rainmaker Kid could just have been a hyperintelligent psychopath or something), and the whole "dismantling man" scene.

I'm not pedantic, really, I know it's just a movie, but it should at least be consistent.

I mean, when Joe blows himself through the chest Bruce Willis just vanishes. Fine. He died, never got there, ceased to be present; hardly realistic but whatever this is sci-fi. He doesn't suddenly develop a scarred wound over his chest like that sweaty JennyGenesis lookalike did with his fingers.

People say "yeah but Bruce Willis died, he couldn't have moved, this guy was alive". What they are saying is that future JG man managed to run around for 30 years with no feet and no wheelchair.

Wings of Fire · #**1465** 10-17-2012, 07:54 AM

Nice spoilers you have there.

I SAW THEM BEFORE YOU SPOILERED TEXTED THEM YOU BASTARD

MeechMunchie · #**1466** 10-17-2012, 07:56 AM

It took you four minutes to post that?

Wings of Fire · #**1467** 10-17-2012, 08:03 AM

I was also watching anime, playing pokemon and browsing 4chan.

OANST · #**1468** 10-17-2012, 08:24 AM

People still use 4chan?

MeechMunchie · #**1469** 10-17-2012, 08:49 AM

People still watch anime?

Nepsotic · #**1470** 10-17-2012, 09:54 AM

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People still use 4chan?

I wouldn't call them "people".