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Yac 08-09-2016 04:59 AM
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Originally Posted by djchameleon (Post 1727406)
How do you feel about the watchmen movie ending though compared to the graphic novel ending?

Feel free to go into details in spoilers for those who have seen it yet.
I won't go into details because quite honestly, it's been years since I saw the movie and twice as long since I read the comics :D I mostly remember how I felt about them, not the facts ;)
Well.. it wasn't as good, I can agree. Still, since we're comparing 2 different mediums really, I didn't mind it that much. Some things that are perfectly said in one form don't translate too good to different ones.
I'm one of those people that can, for example, enjoy both the Walking Dead comics and the tv show without ranting about how they differ but instead enjoying the differences.

djchameleon 08-09-2016 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Yac (Post 1727657)
I won't go into too details because quite honestly, it's been years since I saw the movie and twice as long since I read the comics :D I mostly remember how I felt about them, not the facts ;)
Well.. it wasn't as good, I can agree. Still, since we're comparing 2 different mediums really, I didn't mind it that much. Some things that are perfectly said in one form don't translate too good to different ones.
I'm one of those people that can, for example, enjoy both the Walking Dead comics and the tv show without ranting about how they differ but instead enjoying the differences.
:clap:

Thank you so much. I always felt like I'm the only one when people try to compare the books to either films or tv shows. I'm always harping about the fact that they exist within two different mediums. I think it would have been interesting to have something related to it or a little easter egg for diehard fans. I need to re-watch it myself because maybe there is an easter egg related to the squid that was overlooked.

Blank. 08-09-2016 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by djchameleon (Post 1727646)
The answer is no.

The further you go into those sequels the worse they get but I love B movies so it's just fine for me. I enjoyed them.
I finished it. It's decent. Not as good. As the first one. I'll watch species 3 soon enough. I'm sure that one's going to be so bad it'll make me cry.

djchameleon 08-09-2016 05:31 AM
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Originally Posted by 1blankmind (Post 1727663)
I finished it. It's decent. Not as good. As the first one. I'll watch species 3 soon enough. I'm sure that one's going to be so bad it'll make me cry.
Don't stop at 3 push through to 4 as well.

Blank. 08-09-2016 05:33 AM
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Originally Posted by djchameleon (Post 1727665)
Don't stop at 3 push through to 4 as well.
I have to see. If it doesn't make me hurl myself off the roof of my house.

The Batlord 08-09-2016 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by 1blankmind (Post 1727412)
It pissed me off. Without the comic within a comic, it doesn't allow you to feel the pain of ozymandias. Also, without the alien, it doesn't give you a cohesive reason for everyone to join together. Russia has no way of knowing if Dr. Manhattan is going to just attack them or not. Doesn't give a logical reason for them to end the war.
It was a three-hour movie already. Add in the comic story, the island with all the intellectuals, and then the monster and you'd probably add at least a half hour to the run time (and the movie already had some pacing problems, so cutting the time down was the lesser of two evils AFAIC).

Spoiler for spoilers:
The monster probably also would not have translated as well onto the big screen. And I actually like the idea of Dr. Manhattan being the fake "ultimate evil". Instead of people uniting to fight aliens, they're uniting to be good little boys and girls so basically God doesn't come down from the heavens to lay waste to the world. Which IMO makes the heroes' decision to keep the truth a secret even more morally problematic.


Edit: lol@ arguing that a movie one-upped Alan Moore in his own comic while using an Alan Moore avatar.

Blank. 08-09-2016 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1727680)
It was a three-hour movie already. Add in the comic story, the island with all the intellectuals, and then the monster and you'd probably add at least a half hour to the run time (and the movie already had some pacing problems, so cutting the time down was the lesser of two evils AFAIC).

Spoiler for spoilers:
The monster probably also would not have translated as well onto the big screen. And I actually like the idea of Dr. Manhattan being the fake "ultimate evil". Instead of people uniting to fight aliens, they're uniting to be good little boys and girls so basically God doesn't come down from the heavens to lay waste to the world. Which IMO makes the heroes' decision to keep the truth a secret even more morally problematic.


Edit: lol@ arguing that a movie one-upped Alan Moore in his own comic while using an Alan Moore avatar.
Lol. Considering I've sat and watched a six hour movie because they stayed pretty faithful to the book, I wouldn't mind it being longer.

The Batlord 08-09-2016 11:31 AM
Like I said, the movie already had pacing problems due to it being otherwise pretty faithful to a comic book made up of twelve separate issues, each with their own beginning, middle, and end. It's almost like a movie made up of 12 different TV episodes.

Blank. 08-09-2016 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1727685)
Like I said, the movie already had pacing problems due to it being otherwise pretty faithful to a comic book made up of twelve separate issues, each with their own beginning, middle, and end. It's almost like a movie made up of 12 different TV episodes.
Fair enough.

innerspaceboy 08-12-2016 10:46 PM
Took in Citizenfour for the first time this evening. Was digging the dark ambient electronic score and when the credits rolled I discovered I'd been enjoying NIN's Ghosts I-IV.

http://i.imgur.com/TwaphQul.jpg

Tristan_Geoff 08-12-2016 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by innerspaceboy (Post 1729492)
Took in Citizenfour for the first time this evening. Was digging the dark ambient electronic score and when the credits rolled I discovered I'd been enjoying NIN's Ghosts I-IV.

http://i.imgur.com/TwaphQul.jpg
I quite like that album. It's too long to take in one sitting personally and it feels kinda all over the place stylistically, like sketches instead of real songs, but there's still some good **** on there.

Chula Vista 08-13-2016 11:55 AM
Re-watched No Country for Old Men last night. Hadn't seen it in years. What a great movie. Dare I say perfect? Yes.

Key 08-13-2016 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1729566)
Re-watched No Country for Old Men last night. Hadn't seen it in years. What a great movie. Dare I say perfect? Yes.
It's got Robin Williams in it. Of course it's perfect.

Chula Vista 08-13-2016 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Ki (Post 1729582)
It's got Robin Williams in it. Of course it's perfect.
Huh? Wha?

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Key 08-13-2016 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1729585)
I'm a ****ing idiot. I read "Good Will Hunting" instead of what you said. Blame my non existent dyslexia on that one.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard 08-13-2016 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1729566)
Re-watched No Country for Old Men last night. Hadn't seen it in years. What a great movie. Dare I say perfect? Yes.
I will second that Yes.

Key 08-13-2016 02:52 PM
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The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2012)

If you're into this kind of thing, this one is really good. It's on Hulu. Don't let the 3 star rating fool you, it's actually really well done.

Blank. 08-13-2016 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Ki (Post 1729620)
http://i66.tinypic.com/ipwnyd.png
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2012)

If you're into this kind of thing, this one is really good. It's on Hulu. Don't let the 3 star rating fool you, it's actually really well done.
I've watched way to many documentaries on him.

Key 08-13-2016 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 1blankmind (Post 1729622)
I've watched way to many documentaries on him.
Me too. This one is pretty good though. You hear things from the neighbor in Dahmer's apartment and the detective that questioned him.

Blank. 08-13-2016 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Ki (Post 1729623)
Me too. This one is pretty good though. You hear things from the neighbor in Dahmer's apartment and the detective that questioned him.
Ok. I'll check it out. Those are the people I don't think I've heard interviews from yet.

The Batlord 08-13-2016 04:14 PM
Suicide Squad

http://heroichollywood.com/wp-conten...06/image-1.png


It feels like they gave David Ayer the script and a few issues of the crappy modern comic, and he just looked at the zeroes on the check and said, "Uh... I'll do what I can, I guess."

I so wanted this to be good. But it just wasn't. Margot Robbie was still cool as Harley Quinn though, even if they didn't do as much as they could have with her.

Blank. 08-13-2016 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1729641)
Suicide Squad

It feels like they gave David Ayer the script and a few issues of the crappy modern comic, and he just looked at the zeroes on the check and said, "Uh... I'll do what I can, I guess."

I so wanted this to be good. But it just wasn't. Margot Robbie was still cool as Harley Quinn though, even if they didn't do as much as they could have with her.
I've been pretty disappointed with the DCEU so far. Have you?

The Batlord 08-13-2016 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by 1blankmind (Post 1729646)
I've been pretty disappointed with the DCEU so far. Have you?
Can't think of a non-Nolan movie that's been any good. Suicide Squad was actually the best they've done in a while, and that's not saying ****.

Blank. 08-13-2016 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1729651)
Can't think of a non-Nolan movie that's been any good. Suicide Squad was actually the best they've done in a while, and that's not saying ****.
I liked the Tim Burton movies.

The Batlord 08-13-2016 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by 1blankmind (Post 1729658)
I liked the Tim Burton movies.
I'm only really talking about the post-X-Men movie world.

Blank. 08-13-2016 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1729659)
I'm only really talking about the post-X-Men movie world.
Oh. I'd agree with you then.

Key 08-13-2016 05:11 PM
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My Amityville Horror (2012)

I'm having a great time spending the day watching these movies. I've always been a big fan of horror / killer / documentary type films, and this one fits the bill. Certainly worth a watch if you know anything about the story, because you get a first hand interview throughout the movie with Daniel Lutz, who was the 10 year old boy involved in this story.

Justthefacts 08-13-2016 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1729651)
Can't think of a non-Nolan movie that's been any good. Suicide Squad was actually the best they've done in a while, and that's not saying ****.
Justice League looks like shit. Wonder Woman looks kinda cool I guess. I'm hoping Aquaman turns out well considering James Wan will be at the helm, and a standalone Batman flick because Affleck will be directing. I wonder how many flops it'll take before the DCEU comes to grip with the fact that Marvel has this down to a science.

The Batlord 08-13-2016 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Justthefacts (Post 1729684)
Justice League looks like shit. Wonder Woman looks kinda cool I guess. I'm hoping Aquaman turns out well considering James Wan will be at the helm, and a standalone Batman flick because Affleck will be directing. I wonder how many flops it'll take before the DCEU comes to grip with the fact that Marvel has this down to a science.
Wonder Woman does look cool, but it's also quite possibly a ripoff of the first Captain America movie.

Justthefacts 08-13-2016 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1729690)
Wonder Woman does look cool, but it's also quite possibly a ripoff of the first Captain America movie.
And Wonder Woman's not nearly as hot as Captain America.

The Batlord 08-13-2016 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Justthefacts (Post 1729693)
And Wonder Woman's not nearly as hot as Captain America.
It's close, but Chris Evans is a Top 5.

djchameleon 08-13-2016 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1729641)

I so wanted this to be good. But it just wasn't. Margot Robbie was still cool as Harley Quinn though, even if they didn't do as much as they could have with her.
I feel like they were saving Harley Quinn's backstory for her own film.


I bought The Killing Joke on Blu-Ray. It was great to see it on the big screen for the limited two day showing they did the weekend of Comic Con.

So I re-watched it and it is still strange to see
Spoiler for Madness:
Batgirl fucking Batman.


Other than that, I feel like they did the graphic novel justice. I saw in the previews that they are doing animated Justice League Dark and also Dark Knight Returns animated. Can't wait til those two come out. Female Robin is pretty kick ass.

The Batlord 08-13-2016 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by djchameleon (Post 1729743)
I feel like they were saving Harley Quinn's backstory for her own film.
I'm talking more about how they didn't use the characters to play off each other in general, and Harley, being Harley, was the most noticeable about this.

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I saw in the previews that they are doing animated Justice League Dark and also Dark Knight Returns animated. Can't wait til those two come out. Female Robin is pretty kick ass.
Bro, Dark Knight Returns has been out for a few years. It's pretty ****ing awesome, even if chick Robin is more a vehicle for random, future slang than a well-defined character.

djchameleon 08-13-2016 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1729750)
Bro, Dark Knight Returns has been out for a few years. It's pretty ****ing awesome, even if chick Robin is more a vehicle for random, future slang than a well-defined character.
Is it? I didn't know. I need to watch it then!

What about Justice League Dark?

Blank. 08-13-2016 08:07 PM
Watching Species III

http://wapkaimage.com/300269/300269835_3e08ee8f75.jpg

One more movie I think after this.

Shadou Dan 08-13-2016 09:36 PM
Just watched the hateful eight for the second time. A few people told me they were disappointed with it, but honestly I had no preconceived notions to begin with. I just love Western movies and was curious to see what Quentin Tarantino would do in the genre.

Justthefacts 08-13-2016 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Shadou Dan (Post 1729808)
Just watched the hateful eight for the second time. A few people told me they were disappointed with it, but honestly I had no preconceived notions to begin with. I just love Western movies and was curious to see what Quentin Tarantino would do in the genre.
I liked it upon first viewing, but loved it after the second, regardless of what I knew would happen in the story.

SuperCoolGuy 08-14-2016 03:59 PM
Saw Suicide Squad with some friends a few days ago. It was pretty lame.

MicShazam 08-14-2016 07:10 PM
American Gangster just this evening. I love Ridley Scott movies, but seeing this one was a first. The editing was a bit busy and it was quite long (extended cut), but like with most RS movies, I enjoyed it quite a bit. That man is also incapable of shooting a bad frame. The movie looked extremely crisp!

MicShazam 08-14-2016 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by SuperCoolGuy (Post 1730116)
Saw Suicide Squad with some friends a few days ago. It was pretty lame.
What I've been hearing about the movie has been enough to keep me out of the movie theater.


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