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#711 Re: The Sunset Strip » Evo's favourite movies of the 21st century so far » 308 weeks ago
A real shame. Up until 1990, her career was skyrocketing. You can watch movies like No Way Out, The Boost, etc and see a major star in the making.
Then it was over.
Speaking of actresses headed to the stratosphere and the mission aborts, I've always wondered what really happened with Winona Ryder. I know the official story but it doesn't add up.
No Way Out was a great 80s film to me. It has almost everything I want---chase scenes, deception, pretty good plotting and characters.
What exactly was the "official story"? I just assumed she lost the helium/hollywood push when she starred in a few 90s disappointments like the Crucible. And the shoplifting thing kind of made her a pariah (kind undeserved and hypocritical as there are far worse pervs in Hollywood).
There's another thing that's always bothered me about Hollywood...remakes. Now they are re-imagining blockbusters from the 80s and the 90s which is probably even lazier.
I'd prefer they start remaking more obscure films from that era. It would also bring more attention to the originals.
But it's all about branding nowadays.
The Burning
Happy Birthday To MeDo something with those.
Speaking of Hollywood remakes and Mike...
Let him remake Videodrome.
Depends. Do you really want some hack remaking Spookies (just bringing up some really random 80s obscure horror film)? Or do these films really need to be remade? With the numerous streaming or downloading options almost all obscure films hit the "scene" at some point.
Miike and Videodrome would be really interesting. He'd have to reign in the violence a bit. But it could be done. Did you watch Chan Wook Park's Stoker. It's his only Hollywood film at this point. It's a really well made and has his usual style and energy.
#712 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 308 weeks ago
mitchejw wrote:mitchejw wrote:Lol greatest ONE TERM president of our lifetime.
If he was so great he would’ve been re-elected.
He was terrible at everything...especially the pandemic.
He didn’t do shit but eat fast food, golf and watch tv while continuously getting fatter.
He IS white entitlement.
I’ll add to this...do you remember how his campaign began? Questioning Obama’s birth certificate.
It really tells you everything you’ll ever need to know about Trump and his supporters.
Racist to the core.
Nobody really knows where he was born. It’s not like he would know and his mom and is dead and his birth certificate is a reissued copy. That said I assume he was born in the US and even if he was not his mom is a US citizen and he won the election so who cares. Ted Cruz wasn’t born in the US yet ran for president.
Holy shit, are you REALLY this dumb? The state of Hawaii released his fucking birth certificate like a decade ago. Yeah, but go ahead and trust your conspiracy theories.
#713 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 308 weeks ago
Seriously, quit deflecting. You were the one bragging about how they filed this lawsuit to the Supreme Court. Now they got bitchslapped hard.
All 9 justices DENIED this motion. The 2 conservatives wanted it to be filed but said they would not grant any other relief. You are the one always complaining about this election being "rigged".
anyway since someone mentioned him McConnell is almost as big a threat and jackass as Trump. He is the one holding up coronavirus relief. Even Trump (for his own reasons) wants to pass a relief bill. McConnell been the one screwing up this the entire time.
#714 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 308 weeks ago
.are you saying the media should’ve paid him no attention and then be accused of censorship?
There's a difference between censoring someone and obsessing over them 24/7.
No attempt was ever made at a middle ground.
If you believe it would be censoring him, that means every president before Trump was censored.
Trump is who he is. It does not change.
I didn't mean he would've changed personalities with a different approach. He's always been abrasive...even in the happy go lucky days of the 80s.
Had he been treated as a normal president day one, he could've adapted to the environment and morphed into a more presidential role.
He was never given this opportunity. It was full blown faux outrage from jump street and his WWF heel type character lashed out adding fuel to the arson underway and this set in motion the feedback loop that engulfed the entire nation.
A shit show? Sure....but there's varying degrees of shit.
The media went all in on chaos day one pushing outrage for clicks and entertainment.
I'm not excusing his handling of the presidency. I'm just not letting the media off the hook. Without them, none of this ever happens.
All presidents deal with similar amounts of media coverage.
That's not true.
Modern presidential coverage....
5 minutes on the evening news....10 if there's a major scandal(Lewinsky)
Couple segments on the hour news shows on CNN, MSNBC, FOX, etc. then they move on to other topics
Newspaper headlines
Online coverage restricted to news sites, political forums, news youtube channels
It started spreading out to other areas during the 2nd term of Obama's presidency. Once the Trump era got underway, everything became Trump world. News programs talking about nothing but Trump, social media drowning in Trump discussion, and any website no matter what the topic, Trump discussion.
Trump world even took over people's lives. Trump derangement syndrome is real. His lovers and haters. Friendships and families torn apart over this madness. If anyone so much as farts, everyone has to know if they're a Trumper so they know how to react.
Trump coverage can't be compared to anything that came before it. There is the pre-Trump world....and then there's Trump world. You can easily draw a line between the two. The contrast is that noticeable.
The coming months are going to be very interesting. Millions of Trump addicts worldwide are about to be deprived of their drug. I can't wait to see how the media changes focus...and how they do it.
Barr did what others would not, that is commendable
How is it a travesty for the media to cover it up but it's commendable for the one guy who could do something about it to cover it up?
Pretzel logic.
This is why our country is broken... likely beyond repair....and we drown in corruption.
There has to be a partisan slant on everything....and various levels of hypocrisy throughout.
Neither side truly wants it investigated. No offense but you're a great example why. You were out for blood until finding out Barr buried it.
This socially engineered, hyper-partisan trench warfare the general public fights in the name of politicians who care nothing for them is the ruination of this country.
Which leads to....
gotta get that revenge right? i hope they block every single Biden appointee...it'll work out well for them
Good idea! And then in 2024 when the red team gets the presidency back, let's block those too!
Great things will be achieved.
No one cares anymore about actually doing anything productive.
It's all a game now....and the elites laugh at our stupidity behind closed doors.
Good to see Susan Rice being nominated
Ugh. This is why I had to hold my nose tightly when voting for Biden. I had a feeling the blue team crowd of corrupt dipshits would be moving in.
It's musical chairs at this point.
I still don't think he had/has in it him to be a more presidential and adaptable really. His tactics have never really changed through time. OK the changing media coverage is far more interesting to me. Trump didn't help with his constant barrage of tweets, but it just speaks to the modern "coverage" of just going over everything at the point of overkill. So I kinda agree after reading what you said. I mean Trump didn't help but I put the blame less on him than other things. Also, as previously mentioned some of his supporters are insane.
What does Hunter Biden have to do with anything. He is not going to be president of the US now.
Oh that laughable lawsuit by the Texas AG got slapped down by the Supreme Court 9-0.
#715 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 308 weeks ago
slashsfro wrote:mitchejw wrote:Didn't you vote for the all time champion of lying to your face last month?
Yeah, calling someone else a liar and supporting Trump, who LIES ALL THE TIME, is just mind boggling.
At least he will have a fvcking press conference. Biden only takes softball questions.
I have no idea what that has to do with the topic at all.
All 50 states have now certified their election results. Biden will finally be certified as the President.
#716 Re: The Garden » The Wrestling thread » 308 weeks ago
That sucks...RIP
I know he was the bad guy in the "No Holds Barred" movie...but did his wrestling career ever go anywhere?
I think after he had the 1989 WWF feud with Hogan. He returned in WCW as Z Gangster or whatever and had another feud with Hogan. I forgot whether or not this was pre-NWO.
#717 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 308 weeks ago
Randall Flagg wrote:Good to see Susan Rice being nominated. I know I trust an official who goes on the sunday morning talkshows and lies to the American people.
Didn't you vote for the all time champion of lying to your face last month?
Yeah, calling someone else a liar and supporting Trump, who LIES ALL THE TIME, is just mind boggling.
#718 Re: The Sunset Strip » Evo's favourite movies of the 21st century so far » 309 weeks ago
IRISH OS1R1S wrote:Love me some Asian flicks. They still have that magic in the story telling that Hollywood seems to have abandoned. Special shout out to the Korean movie industry. Those folks put out some cracking movies.
There was an obscure Asian slasher flick that completely blew my mind. I don't remember the name. I should try to find it.
When Hollywood started remaking the 80s slasher classics, I was hoping they would call that director.
You're right... Hollywood lost it's way. That's why I started diving into foreign horror.
I really should rediscover those classics.
Ever watched Visitor Q? What a mind fuck. Even though the US was drowning in reality Tv culture, we never could've made a film like that.
There's another thing that's always bothered me about Hollywood...remakes. Now they are re-imagining blockbusters from the 80s and the 90s which is probably even lazier.
Speaking of obscure 80s Asian films...I watched one a while ago called Evil Dead Trap. Really effective slasher film. Nobody makes more effective horror films than the Japanese.
I've mentioned my love for Miike before. And Visitor Q is a unique film. I really need to rewatch it...last time I watched it netflix was still mostly known for dvd rentals. It's also the type of film that most US audiences would never get.
Someone mentioned Korean films, I watched Train to Busan. That was a really effective take on the zombie film. I really hope that Hollywood stays the fuck away from remaking that one.
Even something like John Wick is sort of ripping off the old 80s-90s John Woo films. The second John Wick film was pretty mediocre because it was just him piling up bodies and kills. That doesn't really work if you don't give a shit about any of the characters.
#719 Re: The Sunset Strip » Evo's favourite movies of the 21st century so far » 309 weeks ago
Neemo wrote:Was never a fan of bladerunner ... 2049 or the original
I even rewatched the original when 2049 came out...
The whole Blade Runner thing is reminiscent of Tron...an old movie where its cult following perceives it to be bigger(and better) than it really was.
Best thing about Blade Runner was Sean Young.
I like Rutger Hauer in it as well. Blade Runner looks good in high def. But man that film just drags for me...and I love neo-noir too.
#720 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 309 weeks ago
I'll always wonder what a Trump presidency would've been like under different circumstances. He never had a chance at a normal presidency. This madness was already in overdrive before he was inaugurated. Once he took office....an utter shit show.
This is where we diverge. It was always going to look/be the same. Trump is who he is. It does not change. The guy who doesn't pay attention at all and is dumber than shit (confirmed by multiple former members of his adminstration) those things have nothing to do with media coverage or whatever. He'll always be the same con/huckster person.
All presidents deal with similar amounts of media coverage. Trump was never equipped both in temperament or the political savvy or he just never understood the exact job description of what it means to be the US President and the things you have to do. I get WHY he was elected the first time but if you look at his past it was always going to be a shitshow like this.
