Sam's Thread of Chattin' w/ Jake & Other Robust Subjects
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Mighty NorCal
SHALL WE BEGIN?
He does.
Just dreadful. Should have known by the PG-13 rating. Fuck you forever Paul WS Anderson.
Do you fine chaps get the El Rey network in the UK? I feel as though it would probably be Jake's favorite network. Nothing but giallo and exploitation and martial arts flicks with some wrestling thrown in. Where else can I get a day long marathon of uncut Fulci and Argento.
The girlfriend is obsessed with Studio Ghibli and is now getting into cosplay and random anime. I don't want to fuck a weaboo.
Look, Paul WS Anderson's best film is Event Horizon, a film that sucks, but we're all just going to have to accept that the man inhabits his own criticism immune bubble.
Apparently Jake gets it but all I know if it is it's the channel with Lucha Underground on (which I don't watch).
Wait until one of your closest friends looks you dead in the eye and tells you that *********ion Master is a genuinely great coming of age story.
My definitive guide to really good anime films:
- Ghost in the Shell
- Akira
- Spirited Away
- Princess Mononoke
- Howl's Moving Castle
My definitive guide to really good anime series:
- Cowboy Bebop
Dragon Ball Z is great if you're eight years old and it's 1999, which I am and it is.
The series? That's on Netflix. It's never going to be as fun as the film and it's always going to be exponentially longer - why bother?
You should definitely take a look at their programming schedule sometime, they play a lot of stuff you'd dig and it's all uncut. Well, atleast it started off that way but I've heard they now edit nudity and some violence if it's before 9PM, but after that it's all uncut. This past month they've been playing a lot of Lucio Fulci, obscure spaghetti westerns, martial arts flicks (they play those the most probably) and some great slasher films like the original Maniac (remake was pretty good though).
FDTD the series is okay. I'm a HUGE fan of the film so I was skeptical but I actually like most of the actors, Robert Patrick does well in the Harvey Keitel role and the two brothers playing the Gecko's aren't bad either. It's a bit slow but there's some fun stuff in it. The first few episodes are definitely the best ones, when they first commit the robbery. Once they get to the bar it's still okay but not quite as good. I'm curious to see where they go with it from here.
I wouldn't say EH sucks, but it's certainly overrated by genre fans. It's got some great moments and Sam Neill is fucking awesome in it (how underrated is that guy? Ever seen Possession or In the Mouth of Madness?)
You've basically checked off my entire experience with anime. Started with Akira at about 12 from my local comic shop, eventually saw Ninja Scroll and Ghost in the Shell, and then decided to jump into Ghibli films but have unfortunately only seen My Neighbor Totoro, which was great. I want to watch Miyazaki's whole filmography but am in the precarious position where I told my girlfriend we'd watch them together, but then we always put it off for other things, so it's been months and still Totoro is the only one I've seen. I'd watch them on my own, but that would likely just cause an argument.
I loved DBZ back in elementary school. Late 90s, come home from basketball practice (I was terrible at shooting but a pretty good defender, will always remember the look of shock on all of the black kids faces when this pudgy white kid dived about five feet in the air to steal the ball. Was great at steals) and watch a bunch of DBZ. Holy segue Batman. I'd like to rewatch the series for the lovely nostalgia feels, but isn't it like 500 episodes or something ridiculous like that?
As far as anime shows go, yeah, Cowboy Bebop is my only real experience, I watched about half the series (still need to finish it now that I think about it) and found some of it boring but some of it was awesome. I, obviously, loved the episode where they eat a bunch of hallucinogenic mushrooms and trip balls. That's awesome.
I think I tried watching some Bleach once for a little while, someone on here actually got me into it, think it was Doc. Didn't last long though.
Oh, I have seen Perfect Blue though and you should add that to your queue if you've never seen it, Aronofsky basically ripped it off with Black Swan.
I'm assuming you gents have seen Drive?
Nate DaMac
Fuck erbody but me
That surprises me. I figured you would love it. If nothing else, you should definitely check out the Aztec Warfare match. 20 Man Battle Royal where eliminations only occur by pinfall or defeat. It's awesome.
I suppose I've got time to add another hour of wrestling to my schedule. WWE's having a laugh if it expects me to sit through three hours of shite every Monday - or any Monday. Even with fast forward, I started finding that show unwatchable over a year ago. I like Lucha Underground's production values - maybe I'll like the rest of it.
I always found My Neighbour Totoro intensely boring. It's beautifully animated and it's in another language, which I suppose gives it a certain level of charm, but it's basically a day in the life of a little girl with some whimsical fairytale animals chucked in. I suppose you could describe Spirited Away as the same thing, only with the volume turned way, way up. Howl's Moving Castle is in a similar vein. Princess Mononoke has violence and conflict and feels less like it's been made up as it's gone along, which probably makes it the best. If I were to recommend any Ghibli films, it would be those three. Grave of the Fireflies isn't bad either.
If you liked Watching Paint Dry and Reading A Lengthy Report On Something In Which You're Not Particularly Interested, you'll love The Wind Rises. It is literally as interesting as watching the wind rise. If you had carte blanche to change history, would you introduce the world's most boring love interest (she's, get this, a woman... with long hair... and she smiles sometimes... BOI-OING-OING!) or, I dunno, a time travelling cyborg intent on helping Japan win the war? I mean, I can see how the latter could be taken the wrong way but at least it wouldn't have been shit.
Cowboy Bebop feels like it was written by grown people and not a group of thirteen-year-old perverts, making it the best written anime series of all-time. I wonder if you ever got to the episode about Mad Pierrot Le Fou:
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And yes, I've watched Drive. I watched Only God Forgives, I'm hardly going to skip Drive. I'm even a member of the fan club - The Real Human Beings.
I always found My Neighbour Totoro intensely boring. It's beautifully animated and it's in another language, which I suppose gives it a certain level of charm, but it's basically a day in the life of a little girl with some whimsical fairytale animals chucked in. I suppose you could describe Spirited Away as the same thing, only with the volume turned way, way up. Howl's Moving Castle is in a similar vein. Princess Mononoke has violence and conflict and feels less like it's been made up as it's gone along, which probably makes it the best. If I were to recommend any Ghibli films, it would be those three. Grave of the Fireflies isn't bad either.
If you liked Watching Paint Dry and Reading A Lengthy Report On Something In Which You're Not Particularly Interested, you'll love The Wind Rises. It is literally as interesting as watching the wind rise. If you had carte blanche to change history, would you introduce the world's most boring love interest (she's, get this, a woman... with long hair... and she smiles sometimes... BOI-OING-OING!) or, I dunno, a time travelling cyborg intent on helping Japan win the war? I mean, I can see how the latter could be taken the wrong way but at least it wouldn't have been shit.
Cowboy Bebop feels like it was written by grown people and not a group of thirteen-year-old perverts, making it the best written anime series of all-time. I wonder if you ever got to the episode about Mad Pierrot Le Fou:
[youtube]-6nmTundSn4[/youtube]
And yes, I've watched Drive. I watched Only God Forgives, I'm hardly going to skip Drive. I'm even a member of the fan club - The Real Human Beings.
Dowdsy McDowds
Sally was here
Any of you guys seen the anime, Attack on Titan? Started watching it on Netflix off the recommendation of a couple of friends and despite the long start and end credits, as well as some rather strangely worded monologues which I can only put down to a very literal Japanese to English translation process, its been quite a decent show.
I can't remember if its My Neighbour Totoro or Spirited Away but I believe one of them is actually based on a real kidnapping/murder case, without the fantastical elements of course.
I can't remember if its My Neighbour Totoro or Spirited Away but I believe one of them is actually based on a real kidnapping/murder case, without the fantastical elements of course.
Dowdsy McDowds
Sally was here
No idea what the manga/anime comparison is like to be honest.
Got me a date tomorrow. Might go with a goodbye punch on the arm, seems safer.
Got me a date tomorrow. Might go with a goodbye punch on the arm, seems safer.
Christ, I'd not seen a new film in ages. Still might go see that Alzheimer's one.
Honestly felt a little phoned in, even from a franchise whose pitch has become "What is the dumbest thing we could commit to film?" The bank heist in Fast Five is quite novel and unique; this just felt like escalation for escalation's sake.
On Paul Walker and the film's final minutes:
I had a little something in my eye, but I got rid of it once I started bawling.
- It Follows ★★★★
- Whiplash ★★★★
- Fast & Furious 7 ★★★
- Kingsman: The Secret Service ★★★
- Inherent Vice ★★
- Big Hero 6 ★★
- Ex Machina ★★
Honestly felt a little phoned in, even from a franchise whose pitch has become "What is the dumbest thing we could commit to film?" The bank heist in Fast Five is quite novel and unique; this just felt like escalation for escalation's sake.
On Paul Walker and the film's final minutes:
I had a little something in my eye, but I got rid of it once I started bawling.
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Brian's on a beach, playing with his kid. The other characters look on wistfully, discussing how it's beautiful and it's where he belongs. Dom leaves without saying goodbye: "Because it's never goodbye." Dom comes to a stop at a crossroads. Brian (CG) pulls up alongside him. Something about saying goodbye. They race each other, smiling. A montage of Brian plays while Dom narrates: "He'll always be my brother." Cut back to the race, Dom carries on down the road while Brian pulls off, driving through the hills and toward the sunset. A title card appears which reads "FOR PAUL". Credits.
Spoilers:
Spoilers:
Brian's on a beach, playing with his kid. The other characters look on wistfully, discussing how it's beautiful and it's where he belongs. Dom leaves without saying goodbye: "Because it's never goodbye." Dom comes to a stop at a crossroads. Brian (CG) pulls up alongside him. Something about saying goodbye. They race each other, smiling. A montage of Brian plays while Dom narrates: "He'll always be my brother." Cut back to the race, Dom carries on down the road while Brian pulls off, driving through the hills and toward the sunset. A title card appears which reads "FOR PAUL". Credits.
Dowdsy McDowds
Sally was here
Watched Whiplash this afternoon. Pretty good overall but I would have preferred if that big fuck-off drum solo actually led into the song, Whiplash. I get that it was a percussive way of demonstrating who was in control but at the same time its an over-long drum solo.
Watching Leon at the moment but watching my Blu-Ray version for the first time, which is apparently the directors cut. Never seen Mathilda going along for the hits with Leon before.
Watching Leon at the moment but watching my Blu-Ray version for the first time, which is apparently the directors cut. Never seen Mathilda going along for the hits with Leon before.
Dowdsy McDowds
Sally was here
It does help both Leon and Mathilda develop their characters a lot more. Always fun to see Gary Oldman as Stanfield too.
