TheBoost said:
FanFiltration said:
This is NOT my video, and I am NOT saying the connections are fact. I just have a LOT of questions.
I'm curious... what are your questions then?
Who runs the village, and who is number one? *wink*
Warbler said:
the guy that posted that video, and anyone that believes this shit, is nuts.
Your comment comes across as a conditioned response. Are you a doctor by chance?
TheBoost said:
I didn't click, imagining the video is in terrible taste.
DK and DKR were both films that, apparently with great success, dealt with the anxieties of the era.
That's why DK is held up as both a celebration and a condemnation of the Patriot Act. That's why DKR has been seen as a call for revolution and a satire of the Occupy protests. The modern era is filled with a general sense of an evil we can't understand, but dealing with that feeling in a film is not prescient.
The video only shows a building with the word "Aurora" (location where the shootings took place during the DKR opening night), and a prop map on Gordon's desk showing a location called "Sandy Hook" that Gordon then points to. No bad taste footage, or references to victims or motives.
Some folks have found some strange connections to the recent mass shootings in the new Batman DKR film.
They say "Batman hints towards Aurora and Sandy Hook shootings"
Make up your own mind...
This is NOT my video, and I am NOT saying the connections are fact. I just have a LOT of questions.
The Expendables II (2012)
I liked this one much more then the first one. Pure cheese, but lot's of fun for what it is. I can't help but love these actors doing the thing that made them popular.
Total Recall (2012)
A huge pile of crap that I just had to turn off 15 min in.
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
"Pacific Rim" kind of reminds me of that old movie "Robot Jox".
Tyrphanax said:
How is nobody here talking about Pacific Rim?
Fucking giant monsters fighting huge robots and Idris Elba. WHAT MORE IS THERE TO LIFE GENTLEMEN?
Sorry, but I'll be waiting another year for my Giant Monster fix.
"Godzilla" (2014)
When I was a child and saw "A Hard Day's Night" I asked, "Why do The Beatles talk with accents like English people, yet sing with an American accent?"
Remember, I was a child when I asked that.
I've always wondered, "If U.S. visitors to Mexico get diarrhea from drinking the water, do Mexican's get constipated from drinking U.S. water?"
adywan said:
My balls itch and i've got my hands in cement. I'm fucked!
The same thing kinda happened to me once, but I was chopping up a heap of Habanero Peppers by hand.
Tobar said:
So it's looking like 2013 is going to be a banner year for Scifi. So far we have the following to look forward to:
Pacific Rim (my personal favorite)
Which are you looking forward to and why do you think 2013 is turning into such a good year for the genre?
"Star Trek into Darkness"
I don't personally have anything against sports or people who enjoy them, but I do have a problem with calling people who play Golf and Bowl "athletes". :P
Bingowings said:
Ravi Shankar 92.
I am so saddened about this. I saw him play with his incredible daughter last winter in San Francisco. He was such a wonderful spirit, and his contribution to culture was incalculable. Rest in peace dear man.
SilverWook said:
Ah, so the AFA didn't actually produce it themselves?
Not that I am aware of. Just someone for them to interview on their journey. I don't think the documentary supports the AFA or their agenda.
SilverWook said:
Thanks for deepening my holiday depression, FanFiltration. Now I feel bad about buying that ACS Leg Lamp on clearance a couple years ago.
Why that video uses Walt Disney font, I have no idea. I've heard of the AFA before, unfortunately.
The segment is from the documentary "What Would Jesus Buy" about the Rev. Billy and The Church of Stop Shopping, and their ongoing movement to bring attention about the commercialization, psychological manipulation, and impact of modern day Christmas. It was produced by Morgan ("Super Size Me") Spurlock. The Disney font is used because as the Rev. Bill said during his Disneyland visit "It's Main Street U.S.A., but everything is made in China!"
Speaking of Christmas lights, take a look at all the evil that goes into these little beacons of holiday joy.
Bingowings said:
No broadcast television, no commercial radio, no problem other than the constant strobing of the neighbour's seasonal Vegas.
Ditto!
TV's Frink said:
Actually they all start with Klondike.
I don't think some of the youngsters will get this reference. ;P
Here is a funny video!
How English sounds to non-English speakers.
I am in Mexico right now, and I must say that these are some of the friendliest and hard working people I have ever had the pleasure to meet. I'm trying so hard to speak the language to show respect as a visitor. I LOVE mexico and her peoples! Very safe and clean here in Cancun, and I recommend it to anyone who loves Sun, Great Food, Friendly People, and Beautiful Places.
FF
The Avengers (2012)
Just saw this on my plane ride to Cancun. Loved it. Best script out of all the hero movies leading up to it. Captain America was much better in this. I think the new guy playing Hulk was good too. Took me a long time to see this one.
That just reminded me that years ago I saw Patrick Stewart's A Christmas Carol live on Broadway in NYC.
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DuracellEnergizer said:
Bah! That's not true Stargate! That a piss-poor piece of afterbirth spawned from the belly of a parody series that turned to shit after its fifth season!
Tell us how you really feel.
Scrooged (1988)
So I realized today that it had been a while since I sat down to watch a movie. For whatever reason, I picked Scrooged. I'd only seen one scene of the film before and was not prepared at all for that opening. The film was filled with lots of surprises like that, Danny Elfman...Karen Allen... It felt very uneven, including an adaption of A Christmas Carol in the middle of it contributes a lot to that. Definitely not one of Bill Murray's best. It's...passable.
I dare anyone not to laugh at "The Night The Reindeer Died". That should have been a real tv movie. ;)
As far as unusual takes on A Christmas Carol go, it's one of the best. And there have been several of those over the decades.
My fondest memory of seeing this in a theater was the Batman trailer in front of it. There was no title screen, just the stylized Bat logo. As the trailer ended, these two ladies a row or two in front me exclaimed, "What's the name of the movie?" >_<
I friggin love this movie, and consider it a top 5 Bill Murray performance.
My favorite adaptation of A Christmas Carol, though for a traditional performance, nothing touches George C Scott as Scrooge.
Alastair Sim all the way!
