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i couldn't watch 'v for vendetta' -- it was so hackneyed and self-serious yet loaded with lame violence, had to leave after twenty-five minutes. all the former dungeons and dragons lovers in our aisle couldn't believe we were leaving...

x-p: likewise, the lame animation of darger's work in that movie about him made me unable to watch that thing! and i can usually watch, like, anything, really.

time to put zardoz in my "queue."

― Michael J McGonigal (mike mcgonigal), Thursday, 18 January 2007 08:54 (nineteen years ago)

zardoz is pretty incredible

― latebloomer needs to be less crappy (latebloomer), Thursday, 18 January 2007 11:50 (nineteen years ago)

whatever happened to lsd ;(

― PRKLTR (flezaffe), Thursday, 18 January 2007 12:53 (nineteen years ago)

I think there was just a glut of disco-ear films

And you had to have a disco ear to watch em! I liked the Whit Stillman one, as disco was quite peripheral. (also, isn't it a mid-80s setting, ie not the classic Disco Era?)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 January 2007 14:28 (nineteen years ago)

i love last days of disco. i'm a big fan. my brother-in-law edited that movie! he might do whit's next one too.

i love zardoz too. even though it would be nice to have it on dvd, i broke down and bought a copy on vhs at the thrift store a couple weeks ago. i hadn't seen it since i was an acid-crazed teen.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 18 January 2007 14:43 (nineteen years ago)

devo music video compilation on vhs

― elmo argonaut (allocryptic), Thursday, 18 January 2007 15:12 (nineteen years ago)

pan's labyrinth. pretty great! unexpectedly dark and violent.

― trans pacific donkey cell phone (sleep), Thursday, 18 January 2007 15:46 (nineteen years ago)

V for Vendetta is kind of bad in parts but I didn't think it was terrible. The cell scenes and the ending were well done.

― AllyzayEisenschefterBDawkinsFlyingSquirrelRomoCrying.jpg (allyzay), Thursday, 18 January 2007 15:54 (nineteen years ago)

I probably shouldn't mention, for fear of appraisal, that I saw Blade Runner for the first time the other day and thought it was kinda meh.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 18 January 2007 15:56 (nineteen years ago)

jaymc, why you break heart?? ;_;

― elmo argonaut (allocryptic), Thursday, 18 January 2007 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

i'm banning you from life.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 18 January 2007 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

get out and don't come back until you are a human boy.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:00 (nineteen years ago)

It made me think a lot about the 1982 vision of the future vs. the 2007 vision of the future, and there was some visually stunning sequences, but it wasn't as philosophically compelling as I'd been led to believe, and eventually it just devolved into an action movie (like just die already, Rutger Hauer).

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:02 (nineteen years ago)

okay, you can stop now.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:05 (nineteen years ago)

It's simply a very good, bleak action movie to everyone but teens and nerds.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:11 (nineteen years ago)

^^^^^^^^^^ OTM X 100 ^^^^^^^^^^^

― AllyzayEisenschefterBDawkinsFlyingSquirrelRomoCrying.jpg (allyzay), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:14 (nineteen years ago)

Rutger Hauer is very close to unwatchable – a large reason why I can't stand it.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:14 (nineteen years ago)

^^^^^^^^^^ NOT OTM X 100 ^^^^^^^^^^^

Though "Just Die Already, Rutger Hauer" would be a good title for many movies he has been in.

― AllyzayEisenschefterBDawkinsFlyingSquirrelRomoCrying.jpg (allyzay), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

I did like the creepazoid sexual tension between him and Daryl Hannah-as-Ziggy Stardust.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:20 (nineteen years ago)

but do you even like action movies in the first place??

― rrrobyn, breeze blown meadow of cheeriness (rrrobyn), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:22 (nineteen years ago)

No. I thought it was supposed to be a smart sci-fi movie.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:23 (nineteen years ago)

uggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you were right that you shouldn't have brought it up if you think "action movie" and "smart sci-fi" are two separate things.

― AllyzayEisenschefterBDawkinsFlyingSquirrelRomoCrying.jpg (allyzay), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think they're mutually exclusive, I just mean I probably wasn't aware of the degree to which it was ALSO an action movie, oftentimes at the EXPENSE of all else.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

JUST STOP. Anyway, I'm going to watch Crank next!

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

The thing is, I was really looking forward to it, and partially because I liked A.I. and Minority Report.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:44 (nineteen years ago)

What, in specific terms, were you expecting from this movie? I'm not sure how it differs from Minority Report in terms of being an action movie. If you were expecting something like Gattaca, then I could understand being surprised by it, but Minority Report?

― AllyzayEisenschefterBDawkinsFlyingSquirrelRomoCrying.jpg (allyzay), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:46 (nineteen years ago)

Though "Just Die Already, Rutger Hauer" would be a good title for many movies he has been in.

EXCEPT THE HITCHER

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:47 (nineteen years ago)

speaking of rutger hauer, does anyone remember the original Hitcher with him in it? i remember seeing it when i was in like 7th grade or something and it scared the piss out of me. my heart kind of shrinks a little whenever i see a commercial for the re-make, there's no way it will scare me as much.

― chicago kevin (chicago kevin), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:48 (nineteen years ago)

WHOA!

― chicago kevin (chicago kevin), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:48 (nineteen years ago)

The War Room (omg best movie ever obv). I hadn't realized that it features a young Mark Halperin doing his Al Gore impression.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

The Hitcher is a very good movie, i watch it often. i dont think theyll be able to recreate the air of 4am exhaustion in the remake though, thats what made the original special

― PRKLTR (flezaffe), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:55 (nineteen years ago)

The War Room (omg best movie ever obv).

This is really weird that you mention this, because I was walking to the train this morning and thinking "You know what, I never saw The War Room, maybe I should put that on my Netflix queue."

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

Also: Ally, I seem to remember more intriguing twists from Minority Report. It's been a while, though.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:01 (nineteen years ago)

well it's the best movie ever because this is gabbneb talking, but it really is very good as that sort of thing goes, and you'd be hard-pressed to find a screenwriter to match carville

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:06 (nineteen years ago)

well it's the best movie ever because this is gabbneb talking

Yeah, that sort of went without saying.

My girlfriend is kind of a political junkie, too, though, and loves Carville -- so I figured it'd be something we could watch together.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:12 (nineteen years ago)

Rutger Hauer is the bomb.

― Zwan (miccio), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:16 (nineteen years ago)

Fuck Sheen Bean.

― Zwan (miccio), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:16 (nineteen years ago)

The worst thing about the HITCHER remake (that I gather from the trailer): instead of the hitcher antagonizing the boy (interesting macho / homoerotic subtext!), it's just dude fucking w/ the girl (booooooooring pseudo-slasher bullshit). SEAN BEAN GET ONE MOVIE.

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:17 (nineteen years ago)

Which version did you see, Jaymc? The one with narration or without? (I actually saw both versions in school, the studio cut ironically enough in a Directing class because the teacher was that fucking clueless). I'm with Morb (??) on the whole action movie thing, re: the director's cut.

x-post I've seen enough of them to tell that if they finally a remake of a horror movie I haven't seen, all that means is I have to go see the original.

― Zwan (miccio), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:19 (nineteen years ago)

re Rutger Hauer, srch Soldier of Orange (ie, before he became a Walkenlike joke)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

instead of the hitcher antagonizing the boy (interesting macho / homoerotic subtext!), it's just dude fucking w/ the girl (booooooooring pseudo-slasher bullshit).

ugh. that makes my heart shrink and frown.

― chicago kevin (chicago kevin), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

These folks fucking w/ 70s / 80s horror movie remakes need to wise the fuck up.

"What was wrong w/ the original BLACK CHRISTMAS? Oh, yeah - not enough gore & tittays!"

"What was wrong w/ the original HITCHER? Oh, yeah - too gay!"

I hope any HALLOWEEN remake replaces the Shatner mask & jumpsuit w/ a polyurethane Q-Bert costume.

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:23 (nineteen years ago)

the original hithcer is brilliant. they will ruin it. because that is what they do.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:24 (nineteen years ago)

"What was wrong w/ the original BLACK CHRISTMAS? Oh, yeah - not enough gore & tittays!"

actually, I do kinda want to see that one.

― Zwan (miccio), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:24 (nineteen years ago)

I like my gore and tittays in seperate scenes, though.

― Zwan (miccio), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:24 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, i won't even watch black christmas re-make. no margot kidder no credibility

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:25 (nineteen years ago)

"I like my gore and tittays in seperate scenes, though."

loser

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:26 (nineteen years ago)

Morb, is that Hauer flick one of the early Verhoeven movies? I vaguely remember some footage of RH jerking off in that Channel Z doc (because I remember stuff like that).

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

Turkish Delight. Evidently the Dutch Love Story or something. Sorta need to see it.

I actually liked the first half of the When A Stranger Calls remake. It's all obnoxious score and long shots in a house designed for maximum ominous shadow.

― Zwan (miccio), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:29 (nineteen years ago)

The Verhoeven/Hauer flick is Turkish Delight, in case I wasn't clear.

― Zwan (miccio), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:30 (nineteen years ago)

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