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MisterBadIdea 
"PLZ GET MILK, KTHXBYE"
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 Posted - 03/27/2008 : 00:14:04
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BTW: Are you by any chance a writer who doesn't get to curse in s/his own newspaper? Just askin'...
Man, am I that transparent? Yeah, I don't know if you were joking, but you got me dead fucking right on, dammit. I am in fact a fucking reporter (and part-time fucking movie critic) for a small bi-weekly paper in Virginia, and I greatly dislike not being able to curse in my fucking reviews. |
Edited by - MisterBadIdea on 03/27/2008 00:16:53 |
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ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 03/27/2008 : 06:08:28
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Originally posted by MisterBadIdea
For what it's worth, I thought the Hairspray remake was way better than the original,
Yes, Hairspray was okay. Fun to see Travolta in a fat woman's suit, some nice music, something to escape into for a bit but ultimately forgetable. It was simply missing pizazz, if you ask me.
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 03/27/2008 : 06:10:05
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Originally posted by silly
Why didn't we think of it before:
Logan's Run, the Musical!
Why stop there? What about:
Psycho: The Musical! |
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Sean 
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 03/27/2008 : 07:33:53
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Originally posted by MisterBadIdea
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BTW: Are you by any chance a writer who doesn't get to curse in s/his own newspaper? Just askin'...
I am in fact a fucking reporter (and part-time fucking movie critic)
You're one of those critics I ignore (I ignore most movie critics).  Your taste and my taste in movies have only moderate correlation, and there are far too many movies that you like that I think are garbage, and that you think are crap that I think are great. I'm guessing you'd also ignore my movie recommendations.  There's nothing wrong with that at all. Vive la Diff�rence!  |
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 03/27/2008 : 09:38:13
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Originally posted by Se�n
Vive la Diff�rence!
Ooh, I think you just invented a good name for a transsexual stripper!
 
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Wheelz 
"FWFR%u2019ing like it%u2019s 1999"
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Posted - 03/27/2008 : 11:16:21
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Originally posted by ChocolateLady
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Originally posted by silly
Why didn't we think of it before:
Logan's Run, the Musical!
Why stop there? What about:
Psycho: The Musical!
Many years ago, a friend and I cooked up the idea for Friday the 13th: The Musical!
The opening number went something like this (very up-tempo; think "Oklahoma" or "Comedy Tonight"):
Jason, Jason
Comin' at you with a knife
Jason, Jason
Wants to terminate your life
You're gonna get maimed, you're gonna get bloody
Think you're gonna live? I got news for ya, buddy:
Jason's on his waaaaaaay!
...and on like that.  Of course we never did anything about it.
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 03/27/2008 : 18:37:46
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Originally posted by MisterBadIdea
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BTW: Are you by any chance a writer who doesn't get to curse in s/his own newspaper? Just askin'...
Man, am I that transparent? Yeah, I don't know if you were joking, but you got me dead fucking right on, dammit. I am in fact a fucking reporter (and part-time fucking movie critic) for a small bi-weekly paper in Virginia, and I greatly dislike not being able to curse in my fucking reviews.
I wasn't joking, just paying attention to the rather obvious id-spews [they don't improve one's argument, they simply underline/obscure it]. I've been a critic too, and I'm a native of Virginia. So goddam fuck fuck fuck it is, my brutha. |
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MisterBadIdea
"PLZ GET MILK, KTHXBYE"
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Posted - 03/28/2008 : 05:28:50
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Originally posted by Se�n
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Originally posted by MisterBadIdea
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BTW: Are you by any chance a writer who doesn't get to curse in s/his own newspaper? Just askin'...
I am in fact a fucking reporter (and part-time fucking movie critic)
You're one of those critics I ignore (I ignore most movie critics). Your taste and my taste in movies have only moderate correlation, and there are far too many movies that you like that I think are garbage, and that you think are crap that I think are great. I'm guessing you'd also ignore my movie recommendations. There's nothing wrong with that at all. Vive la Diff�rence!
Ah, but I don't read movie critics because I always agree with them. I read them because they're excellent writers, or failing that, because they bring insight I might have missed, and generally just to increase my knowledge of movies.
Of the movies listed, I would say only The Birds, Straw Dogs and, for previously mentioned reasons, Tron should be left untouched. All the other ones, even the good ones, could stand a good remake, I think.
And as a side note, I think I'll retract some of my statements about movies being boring.
Westworld, for example, is not boring. It's just decidedly minor, the characters aren't particularly compelling, and it doesn't really go anywhere. It's more of a dry run for Jurassic Park than anything. Logan's Run, also, is not boring. The first half of Logan's Run is boring. The second half is campy and incredibly stupid, but not boring. (Fish! Plankton! Seagreens! Proteins from the sea!) Even for those of you who don't find the first half dull and the second half ridiculous, how do you reconcile the two? Are people really gonna sit here and tell me that Westworld and Logan's Run resonate the same way Soylent Green, The Stepford Wives, THX-1138 do?
My statements on Conan the Barbarian stand. It is super-boring. (I would even go so far as to obscure/underline my point by calling it "fucking" boring. Because it's really, fucking, boring.) |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 03/28/2008 : 07:30:24
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Originally posted by MisterBadIdea
Ah, but I don't read movie critics because I always agree with them. I read them because they're excellent writers, or failing that, because they bring insight I might have missed,
All I'm interested in in a movie review is whether to go see it or not. I simply couldn't care less what someone else thought about it, the only opinion that matters when I see a movie is mine. The only time I'm interested in analysis is for those movies where I didn't understand everything after a viewing and need others' interpretations.quote:
Westworld, for example, is not boring. It's just decidedly minor, the characters aren't particularly compelling, and it doesn't really go anywhere. It's more of a dry run for Jurassic Park than anything.
I found it much more entertaining than Jurassic Park.quote:
Logan's Run, also, is not boring. The first half of Logan's Run is boring. The second half is campy and incredibly stupid, but not boring. (Fish! Plankton! Seagreens! Proteins from the sea!) Even for those of you who don't find the first half dull and the second half ridiculous, how do you reconcile the two? Are people really gonna sit here and tell me that Westworld and Logan's Run resonate the same way Soylent Green, The Stepford Wives, THX-1138 do?
Yep. They're fictional entertainment based on an extrapolation into the future. Sure, some are darker than others, (THX-1138 for example). And some are perhaps more feasible than others. |
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thefoxboy
"Four your eyes only."
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Posted - 03/29/2008 : 04:33:54
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I would go see a remake of Fahrenheit 451.
Loved the book and think that a better version could be made. |
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 03/29/2008 : 19:25:07
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Originally posted by silly
Why didn't we think of it before:
Logan's Run, the Musical!
Today in weekly VARIETY, I saw a photo from...
MASK: THE MUSICAL!
Yeah, the one with Cher and Eric Stoltz. They will be singing, for Pete's sake! What's next, ELEPHANT MAN? |
Edited by - randall on 03/29/2008 19:25:43 |
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Some remakes you didn't know about...
