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#283931
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Celebrate Global Warming
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Global Warming brought Civilization out of the Dark Ages and into the Renissance. I'm serious. The dark ages where cold and dank, and a global warming phenomenon brought the world into a warmer era that made people become more ambitious about the arts and recording history.

And if the Republicans caused Global Warming, then the Republicans caused the Renissance!
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#283000
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Would you still watch SW without John William's brilliant score?
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An odd question, but a very answerable one. The answer is no, absolutley not. Music is as key a component as the camera itself. The musical score can make or break a movie, and if Williams is conducting, the movie will be twice as good. As Tiptup said, the only excellent part of the prequels was William's score. I kind of have to wonder where he found inspiration for the prequel score. The films weren't good enough to merit such excellent music.
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#281260
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should I get the GOUT?
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My family just got our first widescreen HDTV, and I haven't watched my GOUT dvd's yet. (That sounds like some sort of medical training video. ) I'm waiting until I get the neccesary cables to make my Xbox 360 upconvert DVD's. No way will I try GOUT without an upconverter. It'll still look bad, I know, but it'll be a lot better than without the upconverter.

BTW, I've been noticing a lot of ghosting on some of my newer, anamorphic DVD's. Is this just because I don't have an upconverter?
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#279410
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Spider-Man 2.1 - Extended Cut
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But HD-DVD won't win this format war. It's being outsold by Blu-Ray 2 to 1. If Universal announces support for blu-ray, then the format war is over. All major studios will support blu-ray. So it being cheaper doesn't really help. But I am glad to know that blu-ray players are getting cheaper. I have a 360 too, and if HD-DVD was winning the format war, I'd get the add on, but it isn't, so I'm just going to wait for now.
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#277798
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300
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Originally posted by: C3PX
Yeah, I don't see the premise being so flimsy. It was based on a real event and adapted from a comic book. Sure kicks the pants off crap like Troy and Alexander. It did a lot better of a job depicting Greeks than they did (Persians are way off though). I think it is funny how bad the reviews for this movie are compared to the crap load of money it is pulling in.


I'd have to agree. The premise really isn't flimsy. It doesn't depict it very accurately, but it does what it sets out to do. Make a kick ass film and show the courage of these 300 men. And I think the way persians are are depicted is actually kind of symbolic of what the greeks must have thought of them; cold, heartless bastards. The movie is obviously shown from the Greek perpective, which is why it shows so many fantasy elements as well, like the guy with swords for arms. Greek myths exaggerate things, and the movie gives you hints of this. That's what makes 300 so great; it shows a battle from the perspective of the Greeks, the "heroes," and shows it from thier myths and legends.

And I think that it is a testament to Frank Miller's genius that a movie based off a comic "kicks the pants off crap like Troy and Alexander." Those movies must have had 3 times the budget 300 did, along with more professional, seasosoned filmmakers attached. But 300 flys miles ahead of them. I'd say comic have come a long way since the 10 cent Superman comics of the 40's, and Frank Miller had a huge influence in that. (If anyone here hasn't seen Sin City yet, go rent it ASAP. It's about as good as 300, but in a totally different way.)
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#277258
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300
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I saw it Sunday afternoon, and I think it was phenomenal. Definately the best movie of the year so far. The battles were great, and so were the visuals. It really should win some Oscars for its visual effects. The story and acting was also great, especially the dialouge and narration. Of Course, this is to be expected, coming from a comic by Frank Miller. He writes the best dialouge. I think its great that directors are now doing movies that hardly alter Miller's work. That's how you make a great movie. Despite Miller not co-directing 300, I think it was easily on par with Sin City, possibly even better.
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#274696
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Grindhouse
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Originally posted by: Nanner Split
I dunno, maybe I'm just desensitized, but I didn't think the violence in Sin City was all that bad. I mean, it was pretty intense, but it never got to a point where I would say "Oh God, I can't look!"

It seems like most of the really violent stuff happens off-camera, leaving it to the imagination (which was great, by the way).


It wasn't that bad. The blood was almost always discolored and all the violence was done in a way that kept reminding you you were basically watching a comic book with sound. I would have to say Sin City is definately an aquired taste, but the violence really isn't that bad. It's an excellent movie, and I can't wait for number 2.

Grindhouse should be fun, though it seems like a lot of time and money gone to basically just homaging/parodying exploitation films.
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#272805
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Getting too old for this sort of thing?
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I'm 14. What's amazing about Star Wars is that it is truly timeless, and always will be. On this thread alone, we have a huge range of ages of fans; all as devoted as the next. How many movies are there that attract a fan base like that? It's amazing.

My parents decided to rent Star Wars and show it to me when i was 6 or 7, and really don't remember what I thought about it. I also saw ESB and ROTJ, and, as a young kid, loved ROTJ the most. (It is now my least favorite of the trilogy--still a great movie though) All I really remember is that I thought ROTJ was the best. I loved the films--I know that. I liked playing with toy lightsabers, or watching the movies over again when I was bored. I saw the prequels, and loved them all---at first. As you probably know, I dislike them with a fierce passion now. But I had never really loved Star Wars nearly as much as I do now until two summers ago, when I went to visit some relatives with my mom in Chicago; my uncle was getting his P.h.D

We stayed at my other Uncle's house, and I had a lot of fun--it's a nice house, and my relatives are great. Thing is, my cousins are all twenty years older then me. My mom's closest sibling is seventeen years older than her. So I didn't really have anyone to hang out with, and when my mom was talking to all the adults, I kind of had to do my own thing. In the basement, my Uncle had a really big TV, and a good sound system, and a widescreen VHS set of the Star Wars Trilogy. I hadn't seen the movies in a long time---I think I thought I had grown out of them---or maybe I thought they were outdated in comparison to the prequels. Whatever the case, I wasn't eager when I popped Star Wars in; heck, I didn't really remember much of it. But then there was the opening crawl, and the first scene where Vader invades the rebel ship; and the first scenes on Tatooine. Within fifteen minutes, I was hooked like a fish. An hour and a half later, when my mom was telling me it was time for bed, I didn't even hear her; I was so into the movie. When it was over, I just wanted to pop in Empire Strikes Back and continue watching; but it was time for bed. The next day, we toured Chicago, went to a great Pizza place, and did lots of fun stuff, but I couldn't wait until we got back to the house and the adults started talking again, and I was free to go watch the next movie.

Yes, I was 12, quickly approaching 13. But at 12, I saw Star Wars for the first time, and fell in love with it like countless people half my age had in '77. I had seen it before; but not in the way I did now. I had had a rough year in sixth grade; horrible teachers, a horrible school, the whole nine yards of awfulness. The day sixth grade ended, we left for the trip to Chicago, and I didn't think anything could really chear me up; after all, I had to go back to school in three short months. But that vacation really cheered me up at a time when I needed nothing more than happyness in my life; and Star Wars a big part of it. I cherish memories of that one week trip above most vacation memories; yes, it was low-key and simple; but that's what I needed, and like I said, Star Wars contributed to it a lot. The point I'm trying to make is that Star Wars knows no age; 6 year olds loved it; and it helped out a 12 year old when he really needed it; right at the age where most kids forget about Star Wars. Star Wars still helps me when I've had a bad day; I just have to pop the DVD in, and get transported to a galaxy far, far away, and everything's better, if only for two hours.

Sorry if I rambled; I just wanted to tell that story, and make a point about the timelessness of Star Wars.

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#270758
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Happy Birthday John Williams!
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Happy Birthday Mr. Williams! I celebrated by listening to the score of the original Star Wars film while doing my homework. It's amazing what a grand score that is. If I didn't know it was from a film, I would guess it was from the era of classical musicians like Motzart and Beethoven. It's just to grand in some places to be a movie score. John Williams is one of the best composers alive because to this day he still writes excellent, quality film scores. Few have carreers that long, extensive, and continually good. Happy Birthday!
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#270757
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Indiana Jones IV
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I'm cautiosly optimistic about this one. I don't think it can be as good as the others, but I think it can still be an entertaining and fun movie. Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford returning seal the deal in my book. And George Lucas may be a hack, but Spielberg isn't. Lucas is just a producer after all, so I don't think he'll be much of a problem. And even though the prequels sucked hard, thet's no indication this will. Like I said, Lucas is only a producer, and plus, this is a sequel, not a prequel. Prequels almost always suck, no matter what series, mostly because we know what will happen eventually and everything feels cheesy because of it. Sequels, however, let characters evolve and branch off into new territory.

I hope there's little to no CGI, and I think there probably won't be much. Spielberg probably wants to make this like the old ones, so CGI will only be used once in a while, as it should. Lucas might throw a fit at not having Jar Jar in, but he's probably in the minority in the crew of this film.
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#269328
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Movie Help Needed
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Well, if gore won't bother her much, and you're looking for something fun and interesting, I'd reccomend the film Sin City. Probably something a girl wouldn't like though, and not a "date" movie, or anything remotely resembling one. I just thought I'd throw it out there though. And if you two like bio pics and don't mind long movies, I'd heartily reccomend Martin Scorsese's The Aviator, the story of Howard Hughes.
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#267705
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Horriffic Violence Theater
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Originally posted by: Nanner Split
The season will end when you get bored making episodes, unless we can put together a petition of 75 signatures asking you to continue.

This sort of reminds me of a group of comics I drew when I was in 8th grade called "The Many Deaths of Pikachu". Some of them actually got quite inventive; if only I knew where I put them....


Nah, as long as people like it, I think I'll continue. I think it will end when I stop getting ideas of how to kill people in .bmp images...