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Post by blueshift on Apr 2, 2017 21:50:06 GMT
Oh very true. Also from a production point of view: it does not look 20 years old. Looks like it was made this year. -Ralph It's unbelievable that Starship Troopers wasn't a post-911 film! |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 2, 2017 21:55:41 GMT
One thing it has in common with Robocop though was in spawning rubbish sequels and spin-offs! Just like with Highlander there should only have been one.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 2, 2017 22:22:15 GMT
I liked that animated series. God I can't even remember what it was called but i remember trying to chase down the DVDs.
Someone gave me the four TV movie set of Robocop recently. I felt at the time I'd been true friended.
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Post by Benn on Apr 2, 2017 22:43:53 GMT
Wait, there's four?
I can appreciate the second Highlander film in a so bad it's good, kind of way. And it causes pain to folk, which is always fun.
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 2, 2017 22:51:05 GMT
Four TV movies, nothing to do with the three cinema films. They were low budget efforts that came some time after the first TV series.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 3, 2017 7:19:01 GMT
And after the two different (!) cartoon shows. They were the last gasp of original Robocop before the reboot.
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Apr 17, 2017 21:04:38 GMT
Made myself suffer this past week or two. Saw CHiPs whih was sort of funny in places, but felt like large chunks of the plot had been forgotten about.
Today saw GiTS. And that I hope will be the worst film I see this year. Bored out of my skull for the first half. It did eventually pick up, but I could never get used to Johanssons weird posture and mannerism as Major. There was some good stuff but not enough.
Next up Fast and Furious 8 and the Guardians of the Galaxy double the week after.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 21, 2017 19:10:43 GMT
Saw Fast 8. One of the weaker ones but still very enjoyable and the submarine v cars sequence was just sheer joy to watch on an IMAX screen. Put a grin on my face.
It does miss a certain something not having Paul Walker there though.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 27, 2017 19:27:12 GMT
1. Logan
2. The Lego Batman Movie
3. Kong: Skull Island
4. Ghost in the Shell
5. Fast and Furious 8 (would be in third place if it weren't for Vin Diesel being crap as always - the scenes without members of the original film's cast in them are all highly entertaining)
6. Assassin's Creed
Martin
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 30, 2017 14:39:45 GMT
1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (better than the first one)2. Logan 3. The Lego Batman Movie 4. Kong: Skull Island 5. Ghost in the Shell 6. Fast and Furious 8 7. Assassin's Creed Martin |
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Post by Bogatan on Apr 30, 2017 17:27:58 GMT
Just saw it for a second time and I think I agree with Martin. Its a better, deeper film, its just lost the surprise value of the first.
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Post by legios on May 1, 2017 19:58:05 GMT
1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 - A good solid Space Opera film. Pacy, and with a deft lightness of touch to it. Good stuff, and not a bad way to break my cinematic duck for the year so far.
Karl
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 5, 2017 21:38:50 GMT
1. GOTG V2 - not as good as the second, still great fun. Once again Dave Bautista steals the show.
2. Logan
3. Assassins Creed.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on May 7, 2017 18:12:07 GMT
GOTG Vol2 : Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear oh dear. The most boring Marvel Studios film by a country mile. So lifeless. Nothing happened and then the film assumes the audience are so thick they need a Cat Stevens song blaring over the end to tell us the thematic point of the thing in case we missed the point. Doesn't help that I do not give a fuck about Yondu. I spent much of the first 90 minutes wondering when the plot would begin.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on May 7, 2017 21:08:02 GMT
Lady Macbeth: a strange and disturbing little film, which eschews musical scores and expository dialogue for a style of 'point and shoot' camera work that is strangely disturbing. Not sure what I thought of it. Needs more contemplation.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on May 8, 2017 9:07:12 GMT
1. Guardians Of The Galaxy: Volume 2: Really enjoyed this. Didn't feel any of the mood whiplash that others have mentioned, but I can see why it would bother people. It's very much more of the same, but for me still top tier MCU.
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Post by The Doctor on May 8, 2017 10:24:36 GMT
Easily the worst MCU movie for me by a loooooong distance. Dreadful.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on May 8, 2017 11:20:35 GMT
For me, Iron Man 2 and 3 are the worst MCU films. They're pretty much the same as the first one and that bugs me.
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Post by blueshift on May 8, 2017 11:23:10 GMT
What, 3 was amazing!!!
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Post by Benn on May 8, 2017 12:10:37 GMT
It was just... when the big bad turns out for the third film in a row to be a tech billionaire genius rival, I checked out. Thought it was brave of them to do the Mandarin like that, but that was really it.
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Post by The Doctor on May 8, 2017 12:12:14 GMT
I enjoyed Iron Man Three.
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on May 8, 2017 15:15:55 GMT
Ironman 3 was great. Im not sure Id ever want to watch all 3 back to back due to there similarities, but I mostly blame that on 2.
3 adds enough to the mix to be interesting, 2 didn't.
Worst MCU film for me is probably Hulk, though its not actually bad, its just doesnt feel as much like an MCU film as the others. Not surprising as it was being made alongside Ironman, all the rest have built on Ironmans foundations.
Or Ironman 2. Again not actually that bad but from memory is just a repeat of the first.
After that I'm into Ultron and Thor 2 territory. Films I still like a lot, just not as much as the rest.
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Post by The Doctor on May 8, 2017 17:04:54 GMT
I always forget the Hulk film exists until it is brought up!
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on May 8, 2017 20:55:44 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on May 8, 2017 21:02:19 GMT
Decently argued though for me Vol 2 was a thousand times worse than the original!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 8, 2017 21:18:30 GMT
Ironman 3 was great. Im not sure Id ever want to watch all 3 back to back due to there similarities, but I mostly blame that on 2. 3 adds enough to the mix to be interesting, 2 didn't. Worst MCU film for me is probably Hulk, though its not actually bad, its just doesnt feel as much like an MCU film as the others. Not surprising as it was being made alongside Ironman, all the rest have built on Ironmans foundations. Or Ironman 2. Again not actually that bad but from memory is just a repeat of the first. After that I'm into Ultron and Thor 2 territory. Films I still like a lot, just not as much as the rest. This would appear to be Actionmaster Bogatan's 9000th post.  |
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Post by Bogatan on May 8, 2017 21:25:02 GMT
Discussing the mcu. I can live with that.
though I shall prepare properly for the next one.
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Post by The Doctor on May 8, 2017 21:26:12 GMT
Phil gets angry if we do not properly prepare for milestone posts.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 11, 2017 21:26:11 GMT
This is true.
You have 329 to prepare for 50K/
Make it count.
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Post by Jim on May 11, 2017 21:46:57 GMT
1. Love and Friendship 2. La-La Land 3. Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 - starts well, keeping some of the fun and energy of the first in the opening sequence, but then becomes a bit predictable. It also doesn't trust the audience with its heavy-handed underlining of the film's themes at the end. {Spoiler}It seems churlish to complain when you get a big budget movie realisation of Ego the Living Planet, though. Astonishing.
I liked Mantis, I found her charming where she could easily have been irksome if played badly.
I was sad to see Yondu go, I liked his portrayal and with one of the end credits clips we were denied a near complete classic GotG line-up on-screen by a whisker! -Jim |
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