King Kong trailer

King
Kong Trailer. It looks pretty good, however Jack Black
seems a little mis-cast. Any thoughts?

By the way, it is a pretty big video, so it may take awhile to load. Sit tight, it's good.

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Was it? Didn't notice. :heee:

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As for the preview... :eek: "OMFG" :eek: about sums it up methinks.

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WHAT!>? You guys think this is good? Seriously I'm shocked, especially with you Orph. I mean cumon, King Kong with dinosaurs? Its a load of crap SFX mashed together to get morons to watch a film. I'm disapointed with you both! Deeply...

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Myrk- said:
I'm disapointed with you both! Deeply...

You're not gonna insinuate that this is your first time are'ya?

I grew up on all the el'cheapo Kong flicks throughout my life.. I am not a kong fan by any stretch but, this one looks the best of the lot.

So yeah, I think its gonna kick ass.. BTW, what makes you think that an island that can grow a 50 foot monkey, cannot also retain some dino's?

Stop over-analyzing it and accept it for what its attempting. :biggrin:

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<span style="color: lightblue;">This sounds very unoriginal... but I can't imagine why.</span>

Besides the fact that there were many dinosaurs in the original King Kong, right?

It looks good, and after LOTR and The Frighteners I trust Jackson's abilities. Not to metion, I like Adrian Brody. Good actor.

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

Well, where did this monkey come from? Why wasn't it killed by the dinosaurs? What makes this island so special to keep dinosaurs? The giant monkey I just accepted as being some strange occurance, but dinosaurs?

Cumon Orph, I know its King Kong, but Dinosaurs? Jack Black? I see the makings of a new Independance day esque film of crapness. You can't win me over with good SFX alone!

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says in a small voice

"I likes ID4"

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The Trailer looked pretty good, but im betting the movie is gonna suck.. look at the cast for starters..

The Trailer looked pretty good, but im betting the movie is gonna suck.. look at the cast for starters..

Yeah, why don't you look at the crew. That's a good list of actors, the only one that's really questionable is Jack Black, and I'm sure he'll fit in once in context.

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

Actually, I'm a big fan of Jack black. He's a total moron, but does it with a certain style - love Tenacious D. Naiomi Watts and Adrian Brody are very good drama actors, and I think will do well to balance out Jack Black's schtick. With Jacksons reputation and resources, do you think he would mis-cast a role with Jack Black? More likely, he's perfect for this 'entrepreneur, film maker' role. This movie looks like a fun flick. I don't expect anything more.

Yeah, why don't you look at the crew. That's a good list
of actors, the only one that's really questionable is Jack Black, and
I'm sure he'll fit in once in context.

If you say so..

Yeah, I do think Jack Black is in a good role. Even from the trailer, I got a good vibe off him.

Completely random trivia: The guy who did a lot of Kong's facial features and animation is a former Raven employee. Woo!

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I like Jack Black, I have a lot of respect for Peter Jackson.
While I can't see this being a huge awesome incredible ground breaking
film with no plot holes full of realism, I think it'll be fun to watch.

Finger said:
This movie looks like a fun flick. I don't expect anything more.

That about sums up my feelings.

I have a feeling this movie will be nothing more than a chain of
chewed-up cliches despite it's almost but not quite interesting
trailer.

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Fun is the same word used by FY and AIM mappers for CS...

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Which means that this movie will be over-popular despite of it's inferior quality?

It means people will watch it first, then never again. If they do its to laugh at the moment where Jack Black gets killed by the T-Rex, or when Kongs smashing the city, rather than because its a good film.

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King
Kong Trailer. It looks pretty good, however Jack Black
seems a little mis-cast. Any thoughts?

I think he was cast for a comedy element, I think it is taking a bit of
risk (marmite factor, love it or hate it). But I think it could work.

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pet's 2mb cable.

Hmm, i'm supried, the special effects looks pretty good. I think this
movie is going to be quite fun to watch :biggrin: . King-kong, dinosaurs,
sword-fighting, machine guns, ancient culture and a bit of spicy urban
smashing thrown in. I mean it's not original but who cares? It will
give me a laugh.

pets 1.5 DSL modem fondly

pet's 2mb cable.

pet's 8mb DSL modem more fondly

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God got tired waiting all sunday for the world to compile and finaly had it.
On the Eight day, god created func_details, and he saw that it was fast.

hmm wont let me install quicktime.... ill have to get it elsewhere.

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ok... dinosaurs and a huge ape... but a good cast and some entertaining looking actions scenes. one ill probably see.

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sighs in euphoria at 500kb/s download speeds (3.3mb/s over steam!)

Myrk- said:
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<DIV class=quotetext>This movie looks like a fun flick.

Fun is the same word used by FY and AIM mappers for CS...</div></div>

The definition of fun can't be measured on a rigid scale. The people who play those maps may squeeze the same amount of enjoyment from them as you do with your choice of entertainment. Who cares. Sometimes I wan't depth, sometimes I want simple, yet forgettable, entertainment.

(3.3mb/s over steam!)*

My peak is 15mb/s. Maybe it was just a good day, but I"m damn proud of that.

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My peak is 15mb/s. Maybe it was just a good day, but I"m damn proud of that.
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15? damn thats fast!

We are talking 45mb in 3 seconds aren't we French Toast? Not 15 Mega bits...

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Yar. It was really wierd. I usually peak at 7 or 8, but I
guess nobody else was on or something. It was pretty sweet
though. I shoulda taken a screenshot to prove it...

Shame. Anyways, that movie is gonna be good friday night entertainment.

French Toast said:
Yar. It was really wierd. I usually peak at 7 or 8, but I guess nobody else was on or something. It was pretty sweet though. I shoulda taken a screenshot to prove it...

Shame. Anyways, that movie is gonna be good friday night entertainment.

I have gotten over 300k out of a 56k modem before. It turns out that if you have a file partially downloaded, and its resumable that it will often appear to connect at a higher rate than possible.

Resumable downloads do not have to "SAY" that they are so, so you may not even be aware you have one.

Internet connections are strictly monitored, its highly unlikely that you had any connection that much over your peak limit.

Course, I have been wrong way to often to be taken as a guru on the subject.

/theoretical commentary

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I'm fairly sure that Steam measures its download speeds in bits, not
bytes, as Myrk was wondering. So if steam says its downloading at
8mb/s, its likely just 1 megabyte per second (a byte is 8 bits,
therefore a 8 megabits = 1 megabyte). As I've nothing to download on
steam just now I can't test that, but I seem recall noticing it before.

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I'll see it, if I have money.

ReNo is correct on the bits/bytes thing, but 15megabits per second is
still damn fast. What speed connection are you on French Toast?

Oh yeah, the film - I don't think I'd be able to take Jack Black
seriously, he has and always will be a comedian to me. Film looks like
it'll be fun to watch so long as I keep telling myself not to think
about how or why any of the story happens.

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What speed connection are you on French Toast?

I have no idea. My dad said put that cable in the outlet, and
that's about the furthest extent of my knowledge. I really don't
know much since my dad is a computer guru programmer guy who does
everything for me while I smile and nod. I know that 15 is a lot
though :smile:

Man, I'm smart...

im in seattle right now and im running on a comcast but i have no idea how fast it is but back home in scotland i run on 2.2mb/s which is pretty slow according to the rest of world ive heard. ohh by the way i only achieved the 3.3mb/s over steam here in seattle.

I don't know if this movie will be good or bad. I'd have to see the credits. I need to know who the "Best Boy" is before i make any judgements.

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I know that 15 is a lot
though :smile:

Man, I'm smart...

Try Japan, 100mb speeds aren't unusual.

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Andrei said:
Thread derailment detected.

Slow wits detected.

/runs

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BMI <20 :smile:

WHAT!>? You guys think this is good? Seriously I'm shocked,
especially with you Orph. I mean cumon, King Kong with dinosaurs? Its a
load of crap SFX mashed together to get morons to watch a film. I'm
disapointed with you both! Deeply...

The original had dinosaurs as well you silly person. :razz: I think it's fairly obvious Kong's meant to be a prehistoric animal.

Stop being so cyncial, it's a fantasy monster movie. :razz:

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I think it's gonna be kinda like the new Star Wars movies in that you
can only enjoy it as long as you go in knowing it's going to be crappy.