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Orpheus said:
Outlander.. Great flick.

It was an okay flick. Your measurement of great is strange

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Of a genre it was great. When compared to "The Incredibles" it blew chunks. But that doesn't retract from my earlier statement one iota.

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The way you talk is so fucking weird I don't know what you're saying ...

Are you saying The Incredibles wasn't an action movie? Or are you saying that a movie being great has nothing to do with other movies like it?

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You know Adam, someday you're gonna surprise me and follow your own conversation without derailing yourself. The only one confused, is you AND its your own doing.

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OK follow the bouncy ball here: You said my measure for great was strange.
I said the movie Outlander was great in its own genre. It would not compare to The Incredibles, which is in my opinion the best movie made.

But that doesn't change the fact that Outlander was a great movie when compared to others of the same type.

My point was, my idea of great isn't the issue because I do not wad all movies together. I wouldn't say Outlander was ok, just because there are others that make it look bad.

Besides, haven't we already established that between you and I, I'll always be either strange or sub-par.

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They're part of the same meta-genre. Namely, action/adventure. So I don't know what you're talking about when you say they're in entirely different genres.

Generally speaking, shit you're saying doesn't make sense, I ask you about it, and you say more nonsense, so whatever.

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You know that stuff you don't say.. This isn't one of those times.

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Red.... Great Movie..

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Shatner was just about 40 when he took the role of captain in 1966. So yes, he's from their day not ours. (I'm 49 just in case you're wondering). I was 6 when he made Star Trek.

Outlander was OK IMO, not too very technically accurate (Sean Connery as an inter-stellar Marshall is a push to say the least. Perhaps his role in Zardoz was more fitting to his personna), which is what I look for behind story and content in a Sci-fi flick. But I am a wierdo anyways with that stuff. I'm a die hard Trekkie, (I've crashed several of the feature sets, and a couple of the series, Voyager and Enterprise), have set pieces, crew jackets and a butt-load of memorabelia.
One of my favorite Sci-fi movies is "The Fifth Element". I am amazed at the cinematography, and have always thought that a story where the hero and the protagonist never meets was clever to say the least. ALIENS is also a ripping yarn, with some sincere effort put into accurate tech based details. Bladerunner was also amazing. I happened to shoot at several of the local (Los Angeles) locations for that movie, on other projects of course. Attention to detail, and quite believable future tech makes this a great watch.

As for what Crono and Orph are on about, who could say. I do think though, that in an entertainment world seemingly bereft of fresh ideas, Outlander would be an excellent opportunity for a re-make with modern day cinematic effects and a more modern and relevant message.

And in closing, yes, RED was awesome. It's nice to see Willis accepting his age now in his roles, and John Malkovitch's character was hilarious as the conspiracy addled ex-spook, who was more right than wrong. Loved it.

Juim, Connery was in "Outland" I saw it at the drive in when it was new. Outlander is a new movie COMPLETEY unrelated. I am not quite sure where Connery came into this. Personally I don't think he made a good movie at all until after he did Highlander. Excepting his role as 007, he sucked in film. Now however he has a shitload of great movies.

He reminds me of Tom Hanks. Until he did "Forrest Gump" his movies were awful.

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Outland with Sean Connery and Peter Boyle is a pretty crappy movie. It's one of those 80s scifi movies that had no budget for story and it shows. Even though it's full of some pretty good actors the whole thing falls flat on its face.

Outlander is a much better movie with Jim Cavezal and Ron Perlman about hunting a "dragon" which is actually some alien creature. It's pretty badass, but not anything amazing. I think the movie's funding just get a axed a bit so they knocked it from theatrical release. But it's got a serious Eaters of the Dead vibe going for it ... and Ron Perlman, who is awesome.

Recently, I watched Operation Endgame, which was pretty funny until they decided to have a cobbled together plot that makes little sense (Rob Corddry is always funny), and I saw Rubber. That was so ridiculous it was great (Plot: a 4th wall breaking melodrama about a tire suddenly coming to life and killing everything in its path with telekinetic powers)

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LOL. You are correct Orph. My apologies.

Charlie St. Cloud. Good watchin.

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I have to say, when I saw you guys talking about Star Gate, I thought about what I've been watching recently, and wanted to talk about it. So I looked up this old thread, and here it is....

I've been Watching Season 1 & 2 of Breaking Bad from AMC. And I gotta say, it's really really good. It's listed as a drama, but I can't think of it that way, it's too funny and witty for me to feel it ultimately is a drama. But regardless, it's a pretty good show, with good actors. If you want to be somewhat surprised, don't read my description of what the show is about in the spoiler tab below.
The show is about an American high school chemistry teacher getting mixed up with a drug dealer to go cook methamphetamine for money. And it's pretty exciting.

Anyhow, I just got through watching Season 2 on DVD, will be starting season 3 in a couple weeks (watching with friend's schedule) and Season 4 is currently still airing on TV. I wanted to know if anyone else has seen it, and what they thought about it? And of course to spread the word to check it out. The first episode is a pretty good gauge to show you the kind of issues the characters deal with all the time. But it also builds up a lot of tension, so it never gets stale for me. And after every episode I gotta say, "dang, this is a good show!"

Go watch it!

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I've watched it since it started. It is a good show, but Season 2 was the best so far.

Season 3 feels like a lot of ground work ... I really suggest that you IMMEDIATELY start Season 4 to not feel sort of ripped off by the way Season 3 ends.

Season 2 also is just one big Easter egg for actual history. Go look up Walter White and plan crashes, as a fan of the show you'd appreciate the dedication to detail on the show-writers part.

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Riven said:
I have to say, when I saw you guys talking about Star Gate, I thought about what I've been watching recently, and wanted to talk about it. So I looked up this old thread, and here it is....

I've been Watching Season 1 & 2 of Breaking Bad from AMC. And I gotta say, it's really really good. It's listed as a drama, but I can't think of it that way, it's too funny and witty for me to feel it ultimately is a drama. But regardless, it's a pretty good show, with good actors. If you want to be somewhat surprised, don't read my description of what the show is about in the spoiler tab below.

Anyhow, I just got through watching Season 2 on DVD, will be starting season 3 in a couple weeks (watching with friend's schedule) and Season 4 is currently still airing on TV. I wanted to know if anyone else has seen it, and what they thought about it? And of course to spread the word to check it out. The first episode is a pretty good gauge to show you the kind of issues the characters deal with all the time. But it also builds up a lot of tension, so it never gets stale for me. And after every episode I gotta say, "dang, this is a good show!"

Go watch it!

Today I'm going to a big city. If I happen to find season 1 on DVD I might buy it. (If you say it's good then I believe it is true).

I'll finish Stargate first though, and that may take some more weeks\months since I am trying not to see too many on a day. (1 - 4)

Thanks for the hint! I did not read the spoiler part because every surprise is a spoiler to me

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PAUL - its a great movie, very funny, and loaded with many hidden easter eggs, some in your face some not so much.

Your Highness - not the best of movies, but still funny, and what they lacked in some areas they made up with tits and ass.

Two of the best shows that never made past a first and second season.

Firefly, Dead Like Me.

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Firefly is great.
I have recently discovered Wilfred
I laugh so hard I cannot breath.

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Just finished skyline. I cannot even describe how disappointed I am. This movie had so much potential and it just ended. Just freakin ended. It was oh freakin WOW until that point though. I was really getting into it and then you see the closing credits.

Fucking asswipes.

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Yeah those guys don't make very good movies.

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Yeah really disappointed in Skyline, what an f-ed up ending.
Though I did just watch Battlle LA and Sucker Punch, B_LA I really liked and I liked S_P too mostly for the CGI.

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Skyline was more lost potential than anything else ... they're just stuck in the apartment the whole time.

Battle L.A. was alright. It has some big problems. Though I did watch it on August 12th 2011 ... which is the date the movie takes place (coincidence) which was kinda neat.

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Facing advanced civ's with our modern day weapons and whpping their butts ....yeah a little far fetched I agree. If you can travel from star to star you have major technology and shouldn't lose to someone alot less advanced.
But that's entertainment I guess.

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Your riches in life are family and friends, everything else is just a distraction.

But the fact remains that lead/brass traveling fast enough and impacting with tissue causes damage.
Technology has a hard time dealing with that sometimes. :P

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Most alien invasion movies don't make sense because they want our planet for some feature or resource. For example:

In Battle LA it makes no sense that their technology would be water powered by a pure source (liquid) how would they even developed that in the first place? Even if the idea is that they depleted all the resources in their system ... then they would actually have a better plan for conquest then to just drop in some shock troops. They would take everything by surprise .. .or I don't know siphon off the water secretly.

It's not that I don't want alien invasion war movies ... but like with all Sci Fi it's much more fulfilling if it's plausible or there's truth in it. If it's just stupid, then it's rather difficult to care about what's going on.

I wish there was more realistic awesome sci fi out there. As it stands there's like ... Moon ... and that's it. Sunshine is also good ... but it has it's own trope violations. I'm fine with gimmicks (like the communications array ... or the bomb that starts the sun ... or the clones.) as long as they're used sparingly.

I think most of the issue is people try to simplify their movie's message too much, while making the actual plot overtly complex. Sometimes, a nice simple movie with a powerful message is far better.

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Dunno about the rest of you but I'll be glad when 2012 comes and goes. All these end of the world movies has gotten on my nerves. Yeah, some are even good but the end of the world craze has just about run out of ideas.

About the only thing they have not made a movie about is the world ending cause reality tv got canceled.

Anyway, come on 2013.

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I think Hollywood is running out of ideas to make movies...especially good ones.
I'm sure you've all noticed all the remakes ...usually bad coming out of the studios lately.

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Yeah, the recent True Grit remake. They could have picked and week or month before the time frame of this movie and made another movie about Rooster Cogburn. I am stumped as to why they chose to remake that one adventure.

I am pretty psyched about the new Planet of the Apes movie. It looks more less fresh from the previews. I hope against hope that they aren't showing the 10 best parts in the previews.

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LOL....Yeah they sometimes show all the good parts in the trailers and you get disappointed at the show. Did that with cowboys & aliens.

They probably edit and put the film together and go "Well crap that sucks, let's put all the good parts in the trailer and get people to come so we can grab some cash b4 they say it stinks."

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Your riches in life are family and friends, everything else is just a distraction.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes isn't bad. It's biggest problem is it's too much groundwork. It's obvious they have a bigger plan in mind for the franchise, I just wish they covered more in the flick.

If you go into it with the mindset that it's a story about Caesar, you'll be fine.

It also seems to be more re-imagining than prequel, since most of the Ape-lore from the original flicks and the book is violated (and more practical, if you can believe it)

I liked Cowboys and Aliens ... I made sure to see it when it first came out so the ultra-spoiler TV trailers hadn't started yet (I hadn't seen any of the space craft or the aliens at all before seeing the actual flick)

As for True Grit, it was another adaptation of the book, not a remake of the movie.

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Crono said:
As for True Grit, it was another adaptation of the book, not a remake of the movie.

Someday you're really gonna have to publish this book of definitions you use.

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There's a difference!

It's not Cowboys & Aliens the novel (A novelization of a movie that's adapted from a comic book)

It's not a remake of an adaptation. It's an adaptation of a book that had also previously been adapted.

They're not the same thing at all.

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Ok. That cleared that up, not.
Anyway, not worth the time to define further.
I have the book. I have the audiobook (unabridged) I have both movies. That's enough for me.

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Watched this yesterday.
I ain't slobbered this much since I watched The pursuit of happiness.

This movie is fantastic but, bring lots of tissue.

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Gotten hooked on Big Bang Theory, funny ass show. Also the Avengers movie was awesome. Loved the way they tied it all together and gave each character their moments. Having Joss Whedon direct it was genius too.

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