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Post by ram on Apr 29, 2008 13:34:53 GMT -5
AvP SPOILERS cont'd... I see...so AvP: Requiem blissfully carried on without explaining how the Predators missed the baby Alien at the end of AvP. I haven't seen Requiem but I did read its plot synopsis, and I'm already shaking my head. So...not only did the Predators goof up in failing to see they had an Alien on their ship, they also somehow allowed that one Alien to wreak havoc with said ship, forcing it to crash back onto Earth. I can understand the filmmakers wanting to underline what a dangerous foe the Aliens are, but come on: how did the Predators turn into bungling Keystone Cops? I fear their bad-ass reputation is in jeopardy at the hands of these filmmakers.
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Post by thomasallencummins on Apr 29, 2008 15:52:55 GMT -5
AvP SPOILERS cont'd... I see...so AvP: Requiem blissfully carried on without explaining how the Predators missed the baby Alien at the end of AvP. I haven't seen Requiem but I did read its plot synopsis, and I'm already shaking my head. So...not only did the Predators goof up in failing to see they had an Alien on their ship, they also somehow allowed that one Alien to wreak havoc with said ship, forcing it to crash back onto Earth. I can understand the filmmakers wanting to underline what a dangerous foe the Aliens are, but come on: how did the Predators turn into bungling Keystone Cops? I fear their bad-ass reputation is in jeopardy at the hands of these filmmakers. Yep. That's pretty much it. However (BIG SPOILER HERE! DO NOT READ BEYOND THIS POINT IF YOU CARE ONE WHIT ABOUT WATCHING THE MOVIE)...still here? Okay. The Alien that runs loose and causes the Predator ship to crash is what they call a PREDALIEN. Yep an Alien Predator hybrid. I don't know if because of it's unique properties it was undetectable by the usual Predator scans however when fully grown it was big and bad and generally pretty upset most of the time. It's nature favored the Alien not the Predator and as other Aliens began to swarm over the town they seemed to look to the Predalien as the leader. Okay I'll stop. I've said too much as it is. ;D
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Post by ram on Apr 30, 2008 1:19:37 GMT -5
SPOILERS cont'd some more...
Yeah, when the Alien creature burst from the Predator's chest, I could see that it was a hybrid by the way its jaws opened. Admittedly, that was a nice twist. But how does being a Predator/Alien hybrid make you suddenly invisible to scans?
See, I'm only ragging on about this because the filmmakers appear to be sloppy over what I feel are pretty important details. Just a guess, but I imagine that Ridley Scott or James Cameron would pay a bit more attention to such things.
Anyway, if AvP Requiem happens to be on TV, I might still watch it out of curiosity.
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Post by thomasallencummins on May 15, 2008 12:59:00 GMT -5
I'm planning on picking up the Golden Compass though I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to get since I don't know the story and I haven't seen the film theatrically. I'm leaning toward the purchase mainly because of the huge mistake I made with Stardust. Once I finally rented Stardust I was shocked at how good it was. I make that kind of mistake from time to time but I am willing to own up to it. :-)
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Post by thomasallencummins on May 19, 2008 6:05:48 GMT -5
Well I rented the Golden Compass but after watching the film I wouldn't mind owning it. I had a very annoying Ann McCaffery type opening, filled with proper names and no definitions to clarify them. It also didn't help my understanding of what was transpiring that some of the young actors were employing almost incomprehensible cockney accents. Not since Jar Jar Binks have I had so much trouble understanding an actor. However as the film progresses and the proper names are somewhat identified, the film began to grab my interest. I was not annoyed at the anti Catholic metaphors since I refused to pay any attention to them while watching the film however they are there none the less. All in all Compass was enjoyable.
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Post by Captain Nemo on Aug 17, 2008 20:03:05 GMT -5
We picked up a copy of "The Golden Compass", after having seeing it at the theater. And I still very much enjoy it. Ian Mckellum, as the voice of Iorek Byrnison, the was awsome! I loved the way he tore Ragnar's lower jaw out of his head(IS THAT ALL! IS THAT ALL! GAAAAHGGG!).
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Post by Captain Nemo on Aug 17, 2008 20:04:46 GMT -5
Tomorrow Tuesday 8-18-08 Season 2 of "Dexter"... Highly recomended!
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Post by thomasallencummins on Aug 18, 2008 6:10:44 GMT -5
Tomorrow Tuesday 8-18-08 Season 2 of "Dexter"... Highly recomended! I'm sorry to say I don't have any idea what that is.
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Post by thomasallencummins on Aug 18, 2008 6:11:45 GMT -5
We picked up a copy of "The Golden Compass", after having seeing it at the theater. And I still very much enjoy it. Ian Mckellum, as the voice of Iorek Byrnison, the was awsome! I loved the way he tore Ragnar's lower jaw out of his head(IS THAT ALL! IS THAT ALL! GAAAAHGGG!). I rented Golden Compass and I did enjoy it. It would be welcome in my dvd collection.
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Post by ram on Aug 27, 2008 10:08:20 GMT -5
I picked up The Bourne Ultimatum, completing my Bourne movie collection, unless of course they make a fourth one. Wouldn't mind that at all. Don't know about you guys, but I think this is one of the best action movie series ever made. Maybe the best.
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Post by cleburne on Aug 27, 2008 13:20:17 GMT -5
I picked up The Bourne Ultimatum, completing my Bourne movie collection, unless of course they make a fourth one. Wouldn't mind that at all. Don't know about you guys, but I think this is one of the best action movie series ever made. Maybe the best. Agreed you cant go to far wrong with the Bourne movie collection never loses its interest throughout the 3 films As for me I picked up a dvd yesterday of Bones Season 1 but it cost enough so ill have to wait till I get season two. Have you guys watched Bones ever ?
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Post by ram on Aug 27, 2008 13:30:33 GMT -5
Sorry, I've never seen that show. No idea what it's about. But it's clearly good enough in your estimation that you're willing to fork over money for it on DVD.
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Post by cleburne on Aug 27, 2008 13:37:11 GMT -5
Its kinda like CSI but the main actress and storyline is that they read and identify the bones of victims in other words unlike C.S.I they only have bones to work from. Its into its third season and has the actor David Borennza(didnt spell that right) the guy that was Angel and is based on a real life person its quiet good but cost me 40 pound sterling.
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Post by thomasallencummins on Aug 27, 2008 16:06:10 GMT -5
I agree about the Bourne Trilogy. I have all three films and they are all very constantly excellent. dANdeLION watches Bones regularly. I've seen an episode or two but somehow manage to miss most of them. I could be that Bones is scheduled at the same time as some other show I regularly watch.
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Post by ram on Aug 30, 2008 18:15:41 GMT -5
Got the 2-disc edition of Constantine. For $10, I couldn't resist. I wouldn't say Constantine is a great comic book adaptation, but I don't think it's awful either. For the most part, it's faithful to the spirit of the comic - which is to say, pretty grim. Not a whole lotta laughing, though there is a lot of dark humour in the book which didn't translate to the screen as well as it could have.
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