So I seem to have too much time on my hands.
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― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Friday, 22 November 2019 01:03 (four years ago) link
Hahahajajaja
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Friday, 22 November 2019 01:27 (four years ago) link
wow
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 22 November 2019 12:44 (four years ago) link
amazing
if only other people always put this much effort into breathing life into my lazy throwaway posts
― actor Robert de Niro disguised as an Uzbek homeopath (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 22 November 2019 12:50 (four years ago) link
Someone needed to.
― War Crimes Tribunal of the Network Stars (Old Lunch), Friday, 22 November 2019 12:54 (four years ago) link
The inherent absurdity of humankind is occasionally very gratifying.
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― War Crimes Tribunal of the Network Stars (Old Lunch), Friday, 22 November 2019 12:59 (four years ago) link
My daughter really enjoyed the first "Terminator," as far as I could tell. She guessed a couple of the beats but still found the concept pretty compelling, I think. I might have been even more impressed, since it's been years since I saw it, and whenever I last saw it must have been a pretty shitty print somewhere (and this is after years watching it in bad cable and pan-and-scan versions). The copy I had was pretty pristine and really looked great, though as well made as the movie may be I'm sure it must really bug Cameron to have those fleeting bits of stop motion in it (as effective as they are). I'm sure Carpenter feels the same way about "The Thing."
Anyway: hopefully T2 this weekend! One of the most iconic '80s movies followed by one of the most iconic '90s movies.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 04:48 (four years ago) link
Surprising takeaway from watching the second one with my daughter: she liked the first one better! Another (pleasant) surprise: she thought the effects were great. A bad surprise: I accidentally put on the alternate/extended version, and it is not better than the theatrical version.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 November 2019 03:06 (four years ago) link
it really isn’t. the only really essential scene is sarah trying to destroy the terminator’s cpu and john stopping her
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 November 2019 05:29 (four years ago) link
yeah most of the extra stuff is unnecessary - movie is tight af without it
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 28 November 2019 06:20 (four years ago) link
Alternate old age makeup Sarah ending also kind of silly.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 November 2019 06:43 (four years ago) link
so dumb
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 28 November 2019 06:48 (four years ago) link
great to read your happy parenting experiences, Josh :)
(and I can't imagine Carpenter has any regret over the effects in The Thing. apart from anything else, they're better than most of his subsequent films!)
― insecurity bear (sic), Thursday, 28 November 2019 07:35 (four years ago) link
the alternate ending is easily the worst thing about the movie. it’s written so terribly
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 November 2019 13:17 (four years ago) link
xpost The only issue Carpenter had, iirc from the commentary track, is the brief bit of stop animation at the end, where the thing drags the dynamite away. Otherwise yeah, "The Thing" effects are impeccable.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 November 2019 16:10 (four years ago) link
re the alternate ending and the bad outtakes, at least we can happily say that Cameron made good choices at the time and is able to tell an effective story pretty succinctly.
I mean, I love Ridley Scott but in contrast I do get kind of irritated by his now self-parodying directors cuts. 'well I made a movie that was 5 hours long that told a beautiful story but the bastards at the studio would only let me release a 2 hour cut and so now it makes no sense'
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 29 November 2019 00:21 (four years ago) link
I still do kind of want to see the director’s cut of Kingdom of Heaven though, lol
― mh, Friday, 29 November 2019 00:51 (four years ago) link
it’s really, really good
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 29 November 2019 01:38 (four years ago) link
Tbf I don't think Cameron has ever called his alternate cuts director's cuts. I believe he stands by his theatrical versions, maybe even in the case of "The Abyss."
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 November 2019 04:02 (four years ago) link
The longer Aliens cut is pretty solid even tho I really don’t dig the scene w/the colonists. It’s better to go into that place cold.
― omar little, Friday, 29 November 2019 04:15 (four years ago) link
agree
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 29 November 2019 04:31 (four years ago) link
For sure. Learning Ripley had a daughter changes the dynamic a bit, though.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 November 2019 04:50 (four years ago) link
hey! dark fate was surprisingly adequate for a sequel that had no reason to exist! a gentleman's 6/10, arnold looked great and was actually genuinely funny, mackenzie davis should be in everything, thanks for yr time
― international sword swallower, producer and creative director (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 20 January 2020 14:39 (four years ago) link
also i'm not gonna lie, watching an evil shapeshifting robot run amok through a border concentration camp and fillet a bunch of ice agents was extremely good
― international sword swallower, producer and creative director (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 20 January 2020 14:43 (four years ago) link
that's the first thing I've read that makes me want to see it. not enough mainstream movie sequences of cops getting owned (e.g. the bridge climax of the first nu-Apes or the wonderful chaingun shootout in the otherwise bleh Hold the Dark)
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Monday, 20 January 2020 14:47 (four years ago) link
the heroes beat the shit out of ice agents too, you love to see it tbh
― international sword swallower, producer and creative director (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 20 January 2020 14:50 (four years ago) link
highway and prison camp setpieces were great.
but that plane/underwater sequence at the end was godawful.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Monday, 20 January 2020 21:11 (four years ago) link
thinking I could use some draperies
― babu frik fan account (mh), Monday, 20 January 2020 21:14 (four years ago) link
Yeah, carving through the border patrol agents like a knife was good stuff
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Monday, 20 January 2020 21:54 (four years ago) link
This was good, this was bad. This was solid, this was OK. This was fine, this was boring. Maybe even in that order or maybe each at random times.
I was not expecting so much border stuff, I wish this movie had been smart enough to do something more interesting with it.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 27 January 2020 21:39 (four years ago) link
really enjoyed this!!!! wish literally anyone else had directed it, but as far as terminator sequels that don't need to exist go, this is the best one easy
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 21 November 2020 04:49 (three years ago) link
yeah it starts out a little campy but has some impressive set pieces throughout. I enjoyed it on rewatch too.
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Saturday, 21 November 2020 04:50 (three years ago) link
I just watched Lady Terminator today and I don't know if I ever need to see another official Terminator entry after that ride.
― You will notice a small sink where your sofa once was. (Old Lunch), Saturday, 21 November 2020 06:08 (three years ago) link
I recall it fondly. Going to movies was the best.
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Saturday, 21 November 2020 06:26 (three years ago) link
saw Lady Terminator in a packed house at the Alamo last year, it was an absolute blast, def concur
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 21 November 2020 13:29 (three years ago) link
Wait, which one are you calling Lady Terminator, this most recent one or Rise of the Machines?
I literally remember nothing about the most recent one except that it had some good parts, and some bad parts, and the bad parts were worse than the good parts were good.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 21 November 2020 14:02 (three years ago) link
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Terminator
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Saturday, 21 November 2020 14:02 (three years ago) link
The Queen of the South Sea, an ancient sex goddess, seduces men before using a serpent that resides in her vagina to devour their penises.The Queen of the South Sea, an ancient sex goddess, seduces men before using a serpent that resides in her vagina to devour their penises.The Queen of the South Sea, an ancient sex goddess, seduces men before using a serpent that resides in her vagina to devour their penises.The Queen of the South Sea, an ancient sex goddess, seduces men before using a serpent that resides in her vagina to devour their penises.The Queen of the South Sea, an ancient sex goddess, seduces men before using a serpent that resides in her vagina to devour their penises.The Queen of the South Sea, an ancient sex goddess, seduces men before using a serpent that resides in her vagina to devour their penises.
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Saturday, 21 November 2020 14:09 (three years ago) link
Oh shit! Like, literally, "Lady Terminator!" I was in when I read that same first sentence.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 21 November 2020 14:12 (three years ago) link
lol Just Watch suggests, in order: Terminator, Terminator: Dark Fate, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Terminator Genisys, Terminator Salvation, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Lady Bird. It would be so awesome to program a Terminator series in that exact order with those exact films. You know, the *true* chronology, for the *real* fans.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 21 November 2020 14:15 (three years ago) link
(this was from searching for Lady Terminator)
Oh double shit, I tried watching the trailer for Lady Terminator, and this is what I got: "This video is no longer available because the YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated."
!!!!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 21 November 2020 14:18 (three years ago) link
Don't spoil yrself with the trailer (which rehashes way too many quality moments). Just jump right in. It's somehow both LOL terrible and a pretty decent action movie (and the eye-removal scene features better SFX than the one in OG Terminator!).
― You will notice a small sink where your sofa once was. (Old Lunch), Saturday, 21 November 2020 14:30 (three years ago) link
Based on the landing strip set piece at the end, I'd be very surprised if someone involved with MacGruber hadn't seen and been inspired by this film.
― You will notice a small sink where your sofa once was. (Old Lunch), Saturday, 21 November 2020 14:35 (three years ago) link
We've been watching all 6 in order over the past few weeks. Despite loving 1 & 2 I had no idea there were actually this many sequels until recently. I think I enjoyed Dark Fate way more than it deserved because of how much we all really needed the og Sarah Connor as a lead - it was really refreshing and invigorating. And kind of funny! If not really having anything novel. Actually the idea of what Arnie would do after objective achieved was kind of interesting. They treated it as a bit of a handwave but an unexpected little idea. What I found odd was that the New Improved Terminator had the trick of splitting body from skeleton but they didn't really outline why/what the limitations were, which usually happens in these kind of films.
3 or 4 were the most boring. 4 was like a good showcase of killy machines but then you start wondering why a super AI killy machine system would bother making a motorbike version and sort of lost interest. 5 was kind of funny but too much of a lightweight reaction to the previous one and I couldn't get my head around the casting for the whole movie. John Connor was like Quentin Tarantino crossed with Chandler Bing.
― kinder, Sunday, 13 June 2021 22:27 (two years ago) link
The one with HBC as a computer head is the only one I try to forget.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Sunday, 13 June 2021 23:02 (two years ago) link
all otm
― mh, Monday, 14 June 2021 00:19 (two years ago) link
5 was kind of funny but too much of a lightweight reaction to the previous one and I couldn't get my head around the casting for the whole movie.
Just started watching it, certainly a bold choice to cast Will Young as Kyle Reese.
― In the wastelands of Birmingham and Manchester, massages are back (ledge), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 12:58 (two years ago) link
Halfway through this - I have to watch films episodically at the moment. I wasn't expecting Terminator: The Sitcom but I'm all for it. The mild humour and timey wimey stuff was making me think of Doctor Who... and then Matt Smith showed up! Incredible.
― In the wastelands of Birmingham and Manchester, massages are back (ledge), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 07:32 (two years ago) link
do you have a baby or something? :)
― kinder, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 10:34 (two years ago) link