Mega Thread The Random Thoughts Thread Part 1

[Magpiespower]

Batman & Robin on Go!

All kinds of awesome awful...

 

[El_Scorcho]

That was the outcome but not the intent.

No it wasn't.

It did exactly what it was trying to do.

 

[chiwigi]

No it wasn't.

It did exactly what it was trying to do.

Do some research.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Chiwigi vs. El scorcho bass battle. It's happening.

 

[bomberclifford]

Let's talk about tea instead

So it's infused tea sippin' hipster nerd time

I'm quite fond of a robust Rooibos of a night.

 

[raman]

Do some research.

Be less cryptic.

I haven't see Fury Road yet, but your contention that it's marred by narrative problems is highly suspect.

 

[chiwigi]

Be less cryptic.

I haven't see Fury Road yet, but your contention that it's marred by narrative problems is highly suspect.

Watching it would be a start then. The source material and the directors intent are well discussed. There's no point arguing here what has been argued over and over elsewhere in this case.

 

[I Dont Care]

I'm quite fond of a robust Rooibos of a night.

I admit I sometimes steal some of the Missus' Chai tea of a night

 

[edgie]

Except I was talking about Justice League, years before Mad Max came back in the picture.

Not giving Miller the producer's rebate was a shocking own goal by the bureaucrats. He was playing a longer game to set up a film infrastructure beyond hodge-podge funding bodies (an actual industry!) And the MEAA can always go f@%k itself for campaigning against it.

Australia being a big budget production destination pretty much relies on a shithouse $A...

And Broken Hill

 

[Powerade 08]

Go on...

Purely scifi, just off the top of my head - The Thing, Invasion of the body snatchers, Moon. Solaris and 2001 but that's more artsy fartsy stuff.

A lot of non-scifi psychopath ones.

Alien is great, it's just there are a lot of other movies with the same sort of set up, but better character development and more interesting bad guys.

 

[edgie]

In response to this post:

Kane Cornes hated that part

 

[edgie]

Such a shame what happened to the interceptor.

Talk about crappy aussie films with cars... anyone seen Running on Empty?

This is a good read mate

http://www.madmaxmovies.com/mad-max-interceptor/
And
http://www.madmaxmovies.com/mad-max-2-the-road-warrior/cars-and-vehicles/film-wrecks/index.html

I really do find it heartbreaking.

Also, Running on Empty the one with the 57 Chev and the sex scene in the shower?

 

[Grave Danger]

The Babushka class race is always a highlight of the Russian Grand Prix...

 

[Powerstufff]

I admit I sometimes steal some of the Missus' Chai tea of a night

Tried Chai once, in my top 5 ingestion mistakes.

 

[raman]

Purely scifi, just off the top of my head - The Thing, Invasion of the body snatchers, Moon.

Pls.

Solaris and 2001 but that's more artsy fartsy stuff.

And not monster movies.

Alien is great, it's just there are a lot of other movies with the same sort of set up, but better character development and more interesting bad guys.

Character development shmaracter development. No monster/horror movie has ever done anything close to the chestburster scene. It's just so iconic and so familiar you overlook how amazing it is.

Close second, Harry Dean Stanton's death scene, no monster movie before or since ever constructed a whole scene using little but unkeeled widescreen composition and lighting to brilliantly psych you out about where the **** the attack was coming from, including a shot where the monster appears in plain sight without actually being visible.

This is depressing me, what the hell happened to Ridley Scott...

 

[Zakk Wylde]

Wraith is the best move ever.

 

[Powerstufff]

... Alien is great, it's just there are a lot of other movies with the same sort of set up, but better character development and more interesting bad guys.

It was another film that was a cultural phenomenon. Imitated, parodied etc and didn't even have one good sequel but still one of the greats. Jaws, The Matrix the same.

 

[I Dont Care]

Tried Chai once, in my top 5 ingestion mistakes.

You probably have a delicate palate

 

[bushwood]

Combine cars and George Lucas and you get American Graffiti, fantastic film.

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

Cold Chisel just on 60 minutes

Man the amount of times I've heard "Oh americans just never got Cold Chisel" from Barnes and the groggy shirt wearing Chisel bogan fanatics oh lordy.. Then we hear on the 60 minutes interview they only went over there for 5 weeks in their prime LOL what the **** did they expect.

 

[edgie]

Cold Chisel just on 60 minutes

Man the amount of times I've heard "Oh americans just never got Cold Chisel" from Barnes and the groggy shirt wearing Chisel bogan fanatics oh lordy.. Then we hear on the 60 minutes interview they only went over there for 5 weeks in their prime LOL what the **** did they expect.

What a cop out.

Every other Aussie rock band in that time frame found some degree of success in the states.

 

[Zakk Wylde]

Chisel were a damn good band...

 

[Powerstufff]

... Every other Aussie rock band in that time frame found some degree of success in the states.

From 'My name is Earl'.

 

[edgie]

Still are, but there's an obvious chip on their shoulder about the USA, when every other Aussie band in the same league as Chisel found more success than they did.

When you consider how highly they are regarded in Aus they overseas success is a bit disproportionate to their peers.

 

[Dalfino]

There is so much Star Trek.

Overall yeah it's great if you're into Sci Fi.

Have a look at the reboot movie released in 2011. If you like Star Wars, it's got the action sequences, pacing and character interaction you'd expect from a Star Wars film, but obviously set in the Star Trek universe. It's everything it should be.

If you like that, grab a season of Next Generation (it's the most palatable series to a newcomer straight off the bat) and have a look. The series is a lot slower and more methodical than the reboot movie though.

Sounds good, cheers for the advice I'll definitely start a season once my exams are over plus it's got Patrick Stewart (big fan of him in the X-Men movies) so that should motivate for it even more.