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#2261 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 753 weeks ago
I think Aliens and Gladiator are terrible films, though very enjoyable on a blockbuster level. So it's not that I can't stand those type of films even though I wish them eternal damnation.
holy fuck haha excellent
Forced and cheap homages to the previous films
well... yea. it is a prequel. to be expected & not a major crime as far as i could tell. there's a lot of homages to other films too, that use of cinematic language is something i love in films.
That being said, a proper directors cut (+45 to 60 mins of extra footage) could make this a decent flick. As it is it just feels extremely rushed.
jesus, another hour?!
i do agree it felt rushed but noway it needs that much extra material. certain things like the
coulda been expanded upon but i dont see where there'd be benefit from so many more mins..
a crew that doesn't seem to care at all when somebody dies. Seriously, they don't even mention it, like it never happened.
i found this very refreshing actually.
i was so relieved they didn't expend energy & time on character development & their relationships.
i mean one of the guys who
& that sorta thing helped keep up the quick pace.
sure stringer bell even has a bit of a chuckle when the
asif he knows they're done for. the acceptance of the predicament is refreshing & enables them to dispense w/insignificant stuff quickly. they get to the point & move on swiftly to the next. i don't care when they die, i just like seeing them die. it's good not to be weighed or slowed down by mourning. for the living it's solely about survival - which is kinda the way it's been since Alien tbh. nobody mourned harry dean stanton (to their shame!)
tho "having said that"
#2262 Re: Guns N' Roses » State of GNRevolution (PLEASE READ, discuss) » 753 weeks ago
we should do a poll of our fave GnR songs to re-energize & reconnect. list our top 20 songs, write about a few of ur faves & get some sucker to tabulate the results into an almighty countdown.
#2263 Re: Guns N' Roses » Axl Rose robbed » 753 weeks ago
im sorry for him
not sorry for me
it's frankly more than a little obscene & embarrassing a grown man running around w/that many necklaces & crap.
but then, that's what it is to have more money than sense i suppose.
lucky him.
or unlucky perhaps.
#2264 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 753 weeks ago
i dont wanna say too much for fear of influencing peoples perceptions or leaking spoilers...
i am a massive Alien fanboy.
it & Blade Runner are prob comfortably in my top 10 fave films of all time. but i'd really disliked Ridleys recent out put.
that coupled w/the review i read, had kinda dampened my expectations.
& i mean, it's not like the first Alien. it's more homogeneous an action blockbuster than the suspense/scares/thriller of Alien.
i was surprised @ how enjoyable that aspect was. & then there was a lot of payoff for the fanboy in me too.
it worked out very well. for me.
#2265 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 753 weeks ago
Just back from Prometheus
Fuckin brilliant.
Loved it.
Fassbender, already legendary, is terrific.
It's nowhere near as funny as Aliens & lacks the tension of the 1st. But it ticks all the boxes on its way to the inevitable sequel. Tip-top sci-fi & mega cool Alien shit.
Story is a little muddled w/plenty of flashes of brilliance (the opening scene for one - I won't mention any other deets for fear of spoilers).
Great entertainment. Ridley still brings it. Kinda actually looking forward w/confidence about Blade Runner 2 now!
I coulda watched Prometheus again now...
(am totally geeking out. great fun.)
#2266 Re: The Sunset Strip » HBO's A Game of Thrones » 753 weeks ago
Hmmm.. not exactly what I was hoping to hear! I like the tv show much more than the book... But I'll take it word for it & get book 2...
#2267 Re: Guns N' Roses » London, May 31 (14 Years and Dead Flowers w/ Izzy!) » 753 weeks ago
he had plenty of reasons.
he didn't have a reason to go.
#2268 Re: The Sunset Strip » HBO's A Game of Thrones » 753 weeks ago
awesome last ep
proper cliffhanger stuff
gonna be a longass wait til next season lol
needs more tits tho!
hopefully joff's new queen gets hers out again. they were p nice.
#2269 Re: Guns N' Roses » London, May 31 (14 Years and Dead Flowers w/ Izzy!) » 753 weeks ago
I was disappointed that he couldn't make an effort for RRHOF - it struck me as sort of childish to be honest.
I'm just sick of him getting a pass from fans I guess. He has this mystique of it being cool that he won't commit to anything. And I like his songwriting, but I think praise of it from fans is out of proportion....GNR was famous because Axl's voice was in the top 5 of all time singers, and Slash's guitar is up there with the all time guitarists too....izzy is great...and gave them a platform to work on....but there's no way he's better than either of them to me....but that's personal taste.
that's all very fair, & i would agree w/some of it. but i do disagree re: the songwriting & his importance for the synergy.
& i mean, it'd be nice to debate that - where his mystique comes from & if it is deserved (obv from people who don't identify w/slash or axl as much, but also maybe because axl & slash are such larger than life characters & suffer a backlash); his role as a go-between/communicator for axl etc etc.
but that's not gonna happen w/o spiteful mf's twisting some bitter fued into the middle of it. it's seemingly impossible to avoid in this particular universe.
i think it's p clear, & it's a point bigbri or someone made earlier, when you look @ the post-Izzy output of both the 'big guns', it's not just the absence of the other that's missing.
& yea, Coma/Estranged are evidence that maybe there coulda been life beyond Izzy. but he was able to communicate between the two of them better than anyone, than even the duffer. & that has been irreplaceable & a deadly loss. & that's why he was so important.
he mightn't have written the most epic songs, or been the main man, but he was the man that allowed them to be able to work together...
#2270 Re: Guns N' Roses » London, May 31 (14 Years and Dead Flowers w/ Izzy!) » 753 weeks ago
Oh and for the record had Slash not showed up to the RRHOF I'd have thought he was lame as well. Difference is he "got it" As did the other guys who showed up. It's not my fault Axl's ego and Izzy "coolness" prohibited them from being there. The fact is they weren't there and it was a dick move on both their parts.
jesus fucking christ.
YOU DON'T FUCKING GET IT
stop fucking dumbing it down!!
how the fuck is the RnRHoF about the fans?! explain it to me, please. i have yet to see any fan of any artist ever inducted into that crap ever benefit one fucking iota. did faldor get a handjob off steven or did i miss something?! i just thought he had to pay money for the privilege of seeing the mega rich congratulate themselves!!
