@Rambler Cool, I just looked up the show's Wikipedia article, and episode 3 makes note that it inspired Shaun of the Dead. I also recognize Simon Pegg is involved with it too. Actually, I just found out it's on in the US via Tubi, which I have. Thanks for the heads up.
@Gryffin I agree, I really enjoyed the game too. I also have it on PC, IIRC, Origin gave it out when they had the old "On The House" program that gave away the occasional free game.
The resident Trolls superfan! Saw Trolls Band Together via early access and absolutely loved it!
watching Nightmare on Elm Street 4 from the Elm Street 1-4 DVD Collection. Sometime pretty soon im going to buy the blu ray collection since that has some cool bonus features
@Rambler I thought Lenny was into H though? I remember hearing the story about how he took the wrong drugs so he was thrown out of Hawkwind and got revenge by sleeping with their old ladies. It worked out for the best though as there would be no Motörhead otherwise.
I’m surprised there’s so much fuss over the Need For Speed movie, I vaguely remember watching it and being underwhelmed. I just looked it up and the cast is pretty strong with Michael Keaton, Dominic Cooper, Rami Malek and Imogen Poots but I think some of these are playing henchman number 4 type deals.
I remember enjoying Need for Speed in like a "So bad it is good" kinda way. I remember it having genuinely pretty fun racing sequences but being really tonally muddled with loads of stock narrative and character arcs just sorta jumbled together regardless of whether they make a cohesive whole. What I remember the most though was how awful Aaron Paul was. Although from what I remember, his character was ludicrously written, so I am not sure how much of it was him actually being bad or just the writing, but still, his ***** himself expression and silly Batman like voice he used here stuck in memory.
I like to think of myself as a big Slasher fan, and I actually lived through the late 90s/early 00s attempt to revive the Slasher genre, but I was sorta born a decade too late to really appreciate a lot of these movies. The odd one might somehow have slipped into our 12-year-old hands, but I missed a lot of the pillar Slashers where I was actually alive at the height of their popularity.
I can't really say in any conscious sense why I have since gone back and ticked off almost every Slasher from the 70s/80s I could get my hands on, while mostly leaving those films I was alive for untouched, but I am slowly ticking them off.
I've now ticked off both 'I know what you did last summer' and 'Urban Legend' and while I am sure I would have loved both of these back in Secondary School, now I am in my 30s and with so many Slashers under my belt, these films do nothing for me whatsoever.
@Heroofthenexus Why? It sounds like grumpy old man talk about how things were better back in my days.
@Eagly I watched OG Hellraiser fairly recently and quite liked it. It's not to say it's not a mess as the cinematography jumps from having the camera just sit still to some cool looking shots, the book's writer decided he wanted to direct so it has typical first director problems, it's clearly a British film but tries (and fails) to be ambiguous to pass off as American and the characters are flat but its two core things of a messed up romance story and showing off the Cenobites who are just a really cool concept work well enough to forgive the rough edges for me.
On a side note I listened to a podcast with Clive Barker the director/book author of Hellraiser, despite getting toxic shoch syndrome from going to the dentist with resulted in him going into a coma and having multiple strokes he's still really passionate about his work.
I watched Hellraiser for the first time like a year or two ago, I just remember it being really long and really dated. Like even at the time I am pretty sure this was made on a super low budget, and the effects set pieces are definitely well designed, so you can certainly give it some slack, but I've watched plenty of films from around the same time or earlier that held up far better.
@Rambler Yeah, it's mental something as routine as going to the dentist caused it. Listening to him you're worried about his health because it's clear he's not in good shape and he's struggling to talk but he still is very defiant over it and passionate about the work he's doing at the moment.
The podcast was recorded in his home and apparently he has secret passages and messed weird art everywhere. I'd be disappointed if he didn't to be honest!
I'm not overly familar with Howard The Duck in the comics. I don't really remember anyone saying this run of Howard Dee slaps so go check it out so I never bothered. However the problem seemed to be Howard is all spoof and satire driven rather than being about a duck that saves the day so it was always gonna struggle as an action movie and if it was a comedy I'd imagine it would be more like Scary Movie or Hot Shots so I'd rather take the weird mess you watch like it's a car crash myself.
I would be way more annoyed about how Batman films are nothing like Batman but the quailty is mostly good enough that I can forgive them even if it does jump from him having a gun, listening to Nirvana, killing people or Batman is 8 years old and his arch nemesis is now in his 50s for some reason.
@Heroofthenexus I can't imagine why anyone would think you're grumpy.
Whilst yes we all agree The Blue Lagoon, Weekend At Bernie's 2 and Hercules In New York from yesteryear are clearly the pinnacle of filming making and loved by that generation for very good reasons, I can't help but feel you're only looking at the rubbish which exists in every decade. However it's so easy to find films in general now that if you watch a rubbish film it's on you for watching it. It's liking going to McDonalds and complaining it tastes like rubbish when there's a good steakhouse right next door and not only that there's a coupon for 50% off in your pocket too but still choosing Maccy Ds.
@Pizzamorg I never troll, I just have strongly beliefs in banter and mockery to amuse myself.
@Heroofthenexus If you're not watching a single one of them, how do you know they are nauseating?
Every generation complains about how things aren't as good as they were, at one point people were complaining about how those films with sounds wouldn't match the quality of silent movies with a man playing the piano in the corner.
Chances are there's gonna be some kind of subgenre or a film maker from the days of now which will blow you with how awesome it is and from that point you're gonna be able to find a bunch of stuff you do like. To do that though you are gonna need to have a more open mind, if you go into something thinking it will suck it probably will.
@Heroofthenexus Yep, we can browse through every movie ever made, that's how I know the past is littered with the likes of The Blue Lagoon, Weekend At Bernie's 2 and Hercules In New York which the older timers love. Bad dialogue, casting and characters aren't new things, like GD Schwarzenegger of all people was consider a leading man for a long period of time.
I think you keep missing my point as there are good movies out there, you just can't sit around and expect them to find you as it's harder to find the good stuff where you're becoming less relevant to the pop culture of now.
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