03-10-2011, 02:24 PM
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Montreal
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Originally Posted by 3 Justin 3
District 9 is still the king of Alien Sci-Fi in the last decade.
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I agree with this. I think most good sci-fi, like District 9, is an allegory or mirrors reality in some way. Since you can use settings and characters (ie space and aliens) that don't have any associated connotations with them, you can get away with harsher criticisms than you could if you'd used known groups of people or places.
Special effects and explosions are fun too, but without a compelling story to go along with it, it feels hollow, imo.
I thought District 9 did an excellent job of blending a meaningful story with cool visuals.
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03-10-2011, 02:36 PM
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#82
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Vancouver
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Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
It's true, but this can be applied to any genre flick. Basically, stick to making a good movie, and it's bound to please someone. Or just make a crap movie with aliens or whatever scattered throughout it.
Really, I watch movies for a different experience than I get when playing video games. In games, blowing up aliens with big guns is fun and it's interactive. If that's all I wanted, than I'd do that. Battle: LA is being described as a video game you have to sit there and watch. That doesn't sound that fun.
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Good point. I think I'm pretty much the same. I can't sit through terrible movies these days, but I don't mind cheesey plot lines and bad dialogue in the video games I play. Video games have taken over for whatever role terrible action or sci fi films used to have in my entertainment fix.
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03-10-2011, 02:37 PM
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#83
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Maybe it's because I was a kid when Independence Day came out, but I liked the movie.
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03-10-2011, 02:45 PM
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#84
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by Jake
Maybe it's because I was a kid when Independence Day came out, but I liked the movie.
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I saw it at that theatre on the corner of Heritage and Macleod, was one of my favourite movies as a kid. I make fun of it just because of how cheesey it is, but I'll still sit down and watch it.
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03-10-2011, 02:48 PM
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UnModerator
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Originally Posted by Kybosh
As a matter of fact, re-watching Transformers cartoons as an adult completely ruined my fond childhood memories.
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So what you're saying is that watching a kid's cartoon as an adult wasn't as entertaining as you thought'd be?
There are a few good episodes in the old cartoon, but the only consistently good thing was the voice acting.
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03-10-2011, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Jake
Maybe it's because I was a kid when Independence Day came out, but I liked the movie.
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That's exactly why. I was 12 when it came out. I saw it three times in the theatre. I thought it was the greatest movie ever made. You couldn't pay me to watch it now. It's pretty awful.
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03-10-2011, 03:08 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
Michelle Rodriguez is the reason why to this day i still have not watched Avatar yet. haha
She was epic in Lost though. Best character ending ever.
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I recommend watching Machete.
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03-10-2011, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
Michelle Rodriguez is the reason why to this day i still have not watched Avatar yet. haha
She was epic in Lost though. Best character ending ever.
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Whenever I see her cast in an upcoming movie, I usually avoid. There is something about her and crappy films that go hand in hand.
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03-10-2011, 03:38 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Market Mall Food Court
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Originally Posted by Kybosh
Barf. The Transformers movies are a steaming pile of inadequacy. As a matter of fact, re-watching Transformers cartoons as an adult completely ruined my fond childhood memories.
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Barf. Transformers the cartoon is still super awesome because of the dinobots.Something that the stupid Shia movies did not have.
That first movie was so bad i regretted using my bandwidth to download it. Not even going to try to watch the 2nd one.
There is a really good transformer movie out there and here it is.
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03-10-2011, 03:39 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Whenever I see her cast in an upcoming movie, I usually avoid. There is something about her and crappy films that go hand in hand.
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Are you kidding me? Machete was awesome! 
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03-10-2011, 03:39 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Vancouver
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Originally Posted by Jake
Maybe it's because I was a kid when Independence Day came out, but I liked the movie.
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I watched it when I was a kid, and I remember thinking it was stupid that human computers could communicate with alien computers to upload a virus- like boths species used DOS or Windows 3.1 or something. It was mildly entertaining though.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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03-10-2011, 04:14 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: still in edmonton
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Originally Posted by Igottago
I watched it when I was a kid, and I remember thinking it was stupid that human computers could communicate with alien computers to upload a virus- like boths species used DOS or Windows 3.1 or something. It was mildly entertaining though.
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Hey man, they started it. They were using our own satellite network to time out the attack. Only Jeff Goldblum could figure it out
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03-10-2011, 04:17 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: CGY
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Originally Posted by TylerSVT
Some people like movies that are good....
Just because it has an action focus does not mean it has to be a ####ty movie.
Pretty much what i thought it would look like, just like everything else hollywood does recently, put out a good looking trailer for a ####ty movie and people will watch it without reading reviews.
At 129102310239 dollars a ticket i wouldnt waste my money on this crap fest.
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Sometimes when its bad enough, it becomes awesome again.
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03-10-2011, 04:29 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN
That's exactly why. I was 12 when it came out. I saw it three times in the theatre. I thought it was the greatest movie ever made. You couldn't pay me to watch it now. It's pretty awful.
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I was around that age when Star Wars came out. Yikes.
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03-10-2011, 04:31 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Maple Ridge, BC
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Originally Posted by troutman
I was around that age when Star Wars came out. Yikes.
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Sorry to make you feel old. But I was actually 13 when it came out if that makes you feel any better.
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03-10-2011, 04:33 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: still in edmonton
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I turned 10 like a month and a half after it came out. So you can feel old again.
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03-10-2011, 04:36 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Vancouver
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Kazaam with Shaq came out at the same time Independence Day came out. I was 12. I reallyyyyyyyyyyyyyy wanted to see Kazaam. My brother and dad wanted to see Independence day. They won the fight and Independence day was awesummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. A week later we went to Kazaam and it sucked ballssssssssssssssssss.
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03-10-2011, 04:37 PM
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#98
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: @HOOT250
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Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN
I'm going to a media screening on Wednesday morning, I'm pumped!!
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And how was it?
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Originally Posted by henriksedin33
Not at all, as I've said, I would rather start with LA over any of the other WC playoff teams. Bunch of underachievers who look good on paper but don't even deserve to be in the playoffs.
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03-10-2011, 04:40 PM
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#99
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: still in edmonton
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Originally Posted by HOOT
And how was it?
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'10/10 Best Movie Ever!"
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03-10-2011, 04:48 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Maple Ridge, BC
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Originally Posted by HOOT
And how was it?
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Yeah, I overslept. I overslept for a screening of Tron and now this. I'm going tomorrow afternoon though.
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