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Author: FanFiltration
Time: 8-May-2011 2:53 AM
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Conan the Barbarian (1981)

I found out something new about the production of the film after watching the special features. Ridley Scott had workd on the film during the pre-production stage.

When I first saw "Gladiator", I could not help but see a number of similarities between the two films. Now I can see why.

“First feel fear, then get angry. Then go with your life into the fight.” - Bill Mollison

Author: RedFive
Time: 8-May-2011 2:54 AM
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xhonzi said:

(DoubleO/Red)Five-

How was the 3D?

Totally unnecessary. It wasn't overly bad or anything, you could just tell it was done after the fact.

Author: doubleofive
Time: 8-May-2011 2:04 PM
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xhonzi said:

(DoubleO/Red)Five-

How was the 3D?

The effects were rendered in 3D, but the live action wasn't as DEEP as Avatar was. Kind of cardboard cut-outy, but not distracting unless you're looking to find faults in it.

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Author: Monolithium
Time: 9-May-2011 3:05 AM
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The Kids are All Right

I didn't know it was possible to make a film about lesbians boring.

Since they're like poetry, what with the rhyming and all, I find that I only need to watch three out of the six films.

Author: CP3S
Time: 9-May-2011 6:38 AM
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I actually didn't think it was possible to make a film about lesbians interesting.

Author: Bingowings
Time: 9-May-2011 11:29 AM
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^I take it you haven't seen The Killing Of Sister George?

Whatever your views on that film it's certainly interesting.

I saw Capote last night, solid performances all round but a rather over-rated film in general.

It doesn't say anything new or tell what is generally well known in a compelling way.

Author: xhonzi
Time: 9-May-2011 4:13 PM
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doubleofive said:

xhonzi said:

(DoubleO/Red)Five-

How was the 3D?
The effects were rendered in 3D, but the live action wasn't as DEEP as Avatar was. Kind of cardboard cut-outy, but not distracting unless you're looking to find faults in it.

Just out of curiosity- when someone is 30 feet away, how "3D" do they appear to be to the lot of you? Either In Real LifeTM, or in "Real 3D" movies. Because some of my friends *cough005cough* complain about the "Cardboard cutoutness" of characters in the background in converted 3D movies. Not whole groups of characters mind you, but that each individual looks like it's a cut-out. I've never noticed this myself, because either my eyes/depth perception aren't good enough, or I don't have an expectation to see a lot of depth in characters that are relatively far away.

Some of these complaints were primarily made about Avatar, which was shot in 3D, so I don't know what to do with those.

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Author: FanFiltration
Time: 9-May-2011 4:33 PM
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Conan the Destroyer (1984)

What a piece of celluloid garbage.

“First feel fear, then get angry. Then go with your life into the fight.” - Bill Mollison

Author: doubleofive
Time: 10-May-2011 8:08 AM
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xhonzi said:

doubleofive said:

xhonzi said:
(DoubleO/Red)Five-

How was the 3D?
The effects were rendered in 3D, but the live action wasn't as DEEP as Avatar was. Kind of cardboard cut-outy, but not distracting unless you're looking to find faults in it.
Just out of curiosity- when someone is 30 feet away, how "3D" do they appear to be to the lot of you? Either In Real LifeTM, or in "Real 3D" movies. Because some of my friends *cough005cough* complain about the "Cardboard cutoutness" of characters in the background in converted 3D movies. Not whole groups of characters mind you, but that each individual looks like it's a cut-out. I've never noticed this myself, because either my eyes/depth perception aren't good enough, or I don't have an expectation to see a lot of depth in characters that are relatively far away.

Some of these complaints were primarily made about Avatar, which was shot in 3D, so I don't know what to do with those.

My thing is that in Avatar, a person's nose was subtly closer to the audience than his ear. In Thor, the CG Frost Giant's shoulders were closer than his face, but if Thor was standing there, his whole body was the same distance away.

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Author: xhonzi
Time: 10-May-2011 3:04 PM
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In close ups, medium shots, and wide shots?

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"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

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Author: doubleofive
Time: 10-May-2011 3:48 PM (Edited)
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xhonzi said:

In close ups, medium shots, and wide shots?

Close ups were a little better, but medium and long shots were more cut-outed. Mostly the medium shots, I can think of a couple with Thor and Odin in Asgard at the end that are pretty flat.

I actually took of my glasses on a couple shots on Earth when Thor and Jane are talking on the roof and it wasn't blurry at all.

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Author: TV's Frink
Time: 10-May-2011 3:57 PM
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doubleofive said:

Thor and Jane are talking on the roof

Spoiler alert!

Author: xhonzi
Time: 10-May-2011 4:15 PM
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doubleofive said:

xhonzi said:

In close ups, medium shots, and wide shots?
Close ups were a little better, but medium and long shots were more cut-outed. Mostly the medium shots, I can think of a couple with Thor and Odin in Asgard at the end that are pretty flat.

I actually took of my glasses on a couple shots on Earth when Thor and Jane are talking on the roof and it wasn't blurry at all.

Got it. I would think the close ups would have been taken care of, and that the long shots would be hard to tell (per my question several posts ago- How 3D does someone 30 ft away appear?). Medium shots might be in the range where you can tell... but I've never really noticed.

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

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Author: Bingowings
Time: 10-May-2011 7:38 PM
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Shutter : Lackluster remake of a lackluster Thai ghost film. Self destructs any potential tension but has a few nice moments.

Splinter : Rather fun (if ragged around the edges) low budget riff on John Carpenter's version of The Thing. Nice to see very little evidence of CGI (even the occasional visible cable seems like blessed relief in this context). The central idea is so joyfully icky that a sequel made in the same way but with a bit more money wouldn't upset me.

Author: RedFive
Time: 10-May-2011 8:25 PM
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I just got back from seeing Fast Five.

It was pretty bad, but not as bad as I thought it would be, and TheBoost would fucking love this movie.

LOL: http://youtu.be/iIY5b1JMvGs

Author: FanFiltration
Time: 11-May-2011 12:37 AM
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Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)

Planet of the Apes (1968)

I am watching the story arc a little differently this time around.

Started with Conquest... a few days age.

“First feel fear, then get angry. Then go with your life into the fight.” - Bill Mollison

Author: TV's Frink
Time: 11-May-2011 12:39 AM
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FanFiltration said:

Started with Conquest... a few days age.

I read this as "a few days ape."

Author: Ripplin
Time: 11-May-2011 1:13 AM
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Be sure and check out the fanedit that turns the first movie into a Twilight Zone episode as well: http://fanedit.org/599/

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Author: FanFiltration
Time: 12-May-2011 12:24 AM
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Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

and

Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)

“First feel fear, then get angry. Then go with your life into the fight.” - Bill Mollison

Author: TV's Frink
Time: 12-May-2011 7:34 AM
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Balls?

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Author: Johnny Ringo
Time: 12-May-2011 9:34 AM
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sallyliao said:

Nice! Loved it. The Mist. I was pleasantly surprised, despite some dodgy CG. Really loved the ending. 3 balls out of 4 balls.

I enjoyed the black and white version much more than the standard colour version. just lends to the feel of the movie better i guess.

Author: Monolithium
Time: 12-May-2011 11:08 AM
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Johnny Ringo said:

sallyliao said:

Nice! Loved it. The Mist. I was pleasantly surprised, despite some dodgy CG. Really loved the ending. 3 balls out of 4 balls.

I enjoyed the black and white version much more than the standard colour version. just lends to the feel of the movie better i guess.

The B&W version is killer! Makes it feel like one of those sci-fi/horror movies from the 1950s.

Since they're like poetry, what with the rhyming and all, I find that I only need to watch three out of the six films.

Author: ChainsawAsh
Time: 12-May-2011 1:13 PM
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100% agreed. I just can't watch The Mist in color anymore. The B&W just adds so much more atmosphere.

Author: asterisk8
Time: 12-May-2011 1:22 PM
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Where is this black & white version you speak of?

Author: TV's Frink
Time: 12-May-2011 1:47 PM
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sallyliao said:

Nice! Loved it. The Mist. I was pleasantly surprised, despite some dodgy CG. Really loved the ending. 3 balls out of 4 balls.

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