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(125 replies, posted in Off Topic)

As a skydiver, yep the falling scene was fun to watch. not remotely feasable but well captured (good luck talking to anyone in freefall and i won't bother asking how the "i'll electrify your arm so you cant let go" bit worked).  again its the fact it has good moments that make me more dissapointed with the overall film.  i dont expect any type of reality from an iron man film but i do want some level of consistency with the two other films and the avengers since its mentioned constantly throuought IM3. we have had previously a fight between iron man and Thor which was hard fought though Thor clearly had the upper hand being a literal god and all. now we have Guy Pearce (go aussie) and his minions who can shred the iron man suit with no effort which is something the god of thunder wasn't able to do and why, because they are hot??. If it was a stand alone film no problem but it's not, it has 3 films worth of hstory behind it and contradicts a hell of a lot of what came before it.

Tony having the panic attacs because of the new york thing was a nice touch but nothing comes of it, it allows him to have a moment with an inconsequential character (the kid) who tells him to build something then he's fine the rest of the film. I dont care about the random kid he meets, he does nothing to progress the story, neither does ben kingsly but at least the argument there can be made that he's the macguffin of the film.

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(119 replies, posted in Episodes)

+1 for Cloverfield and Let me in, both Matt Reeves films and he hasn't done much since.

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(125 replies, posted in Off Topic)

trying to write coherantly isn't my strong point, hence why i dont post much on here or any forum.  there is too much to list for me but i didnt get out of the cinema before it annoyed me. there are characters who are introduced to give a funny slap stick punch line and go nowhere, a kid missing his dad to give it some emotional grounding as there isnt any really in the main story who does nothing other thanhelp out by escaping from a situation that was only causedy him being there,, it feels like a contrivance as the whole plot serves no puropose oter than an excuse for a feel good clip in the afformentioned everything's fine montage at the end.
The main protagonist and his minions are able to tear dozens of iron man suits apart with their bare hands and survive explosions and occasionally being blown up and regrowing half their heads (depending on whats needed sometimes they survive a 3000 degree explosion and others dies when a sparky microwave ignites a bit of gas after walking through an inferno) not to mention suddenly Guy can breath fire for one scene that never comes back. All this and suddenly super fire ninja pepper kicks his ass and wins.

Im not great at articulating why i really, dislike this film, its disjointed, setups arent paid off some payoffs have no setup and never occur again, suddenly tony has an army of ai iron man suits that are all fully functioning when tony jumps into them and fully autonomus as well as seemingly made of aluminium foil (bad guys tear them apart with their bare hands cause they're hot i guess) and the kit even breaks off a finger from one of the suits...

rant over, there is plenty more that i dont like but as mentioned man times on theis site your milage may vary, did not work for me at all and the fact it had glimmers of great lines or the odd entertaining scene made the fact it was so bad much worse.  im done, bloody hate typing but have soo many more prblems with this film.....

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(125 replies, posted in Off Topic)

this film sends me into a near murderous rage. an awful way to cash grab at the series.  it'll probably appeal to the transformers fans though as it has lots of things blow up even if it's mindless and i dont care about any of the characters. as dave said, montage out and everythings fine...

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(388 replies, posted in Creations)

this is why i lurk rather than post, I'm keeping this for your next birthday party...
  hmm

Dave wrote:

No, sitrap.

Teague be jammin' on the pink five visual effecting
Making hotties light it up, under Trey's directing
Kickstarter timetable doesn't want to wait.
With a 9 to 5, after effects is keeping him up late.

Road trip, car crash, premiere revolt
Make time for Cloe or get ready for assault
Road trip, in time, life gets in the way
Either way prepare for an Internet spray

/whitey

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(388 replies, posted in Creations)

Teague wrote:

\ so we can all come together and laugh at Dave's acting.

His acting is fine.

I mean, we'll laugh, but.


that made my morning big_smile  fortunately i was brilliant despite what the camera may show on my takes

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(388 replies, posted in Creations)

trying a few setups on Wednesday and shooting on Saturday.

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(388 replies, posted in Creations)

fcw wrote:

That's it. I'm filming mine on the Moon.

We have the Aussie outback that's close...  Bit of a wrong colour though.  Should make for an interesting montage at the end but I'm guessing I need to go someplace a bit more impressive for my exit scene than the local Kmart carpark to compete with bloody norway  tongue

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(388 replies, posted in Creations)

Cutting it a bit close but if another Aussie is needed you can count me in,

1: depends on how much i've had to drink, somewhat soft spoken but kinda fast

2: Aussie, more bogan than Dave but not fake like steve irwin

3:  Happy doing anything really. not a wacky funny guy by nature though.

4: Depends on the car work has me driving, sometimes an sv6 commodore sometimes a hilux ute

5: You gotta be fkkn kidding im aussie

6: Wall.e, seen it more times than i can remember

I head out bush reasonably often and know some good places to get good "outback" driving  shots

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(56 replies, posted in Creations)

so i missed trying out skype the other week, do i need a premium account or will the free version do?

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(56 replies, posted in Creations)

FixedR6 wrote:

I'm testing how effective handbraking the PAL DVD using NTSC framerates will be.


let me know how you go with that, i might throw on the dvd and blu ray side by side this weekend an see how they sync up, just got to find my dvd copy

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(56 replies, posted in Creations)

Might be there for this one, got to see if I'm still off work or not.  Not a fan of Skype though, bit too close to being on camera for me...

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(12 replies, posted in Creations)

stoked mate, looking forward to seeing how it turns out big_smile

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(12 replies, posted in Creations)

redxavier wrote:

Sounds intriguing, I like the idea and concept, and the kickstarter vid shows that you're serious about making a quality short, so consider me a backer.

ditto

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(12 replies, posted in Creations)

cheers for the link mate, combining 2 of my favorite things and made by a fighter...  If it comes close to capturing the sensations of being in the ring after a few rounds it'll be a rare project indeed  smile

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(8 replies, posted in Off Topic)

bugger it, the dvd drive on my macbook is playing up so having an interesting time trying to get screen caps...  little help anyone?

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(8 replies, posted in Off Topic)

will do, just gotta grab some screen caps that aren't too obvious and i'll kick it off

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(8 replies, posted in Off Topic)

glad to be one of the sad people who stop by daily even if i dont post much but not too up on forum activities. I'm mainly on bike forums and one we have is someone posts a photo of an obscure bike/ place to ride (its a bike travel site) and people guess what it is/where it is. could maybe do something similar posting a screen cap from movies and see who can pick them? preferably not iconic shots as it would be too easy..

Just an idea and probably not great but im bored smile

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(37 replies, posted in Episodes)

its not perfect but i like this movie.  not sure if i really want to hear this commentary as previous comments don't give me much hope of an unbiased viewing (the pans labyrinth one still irks me)....

we'll see tomorrow at work i guess

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(4 replies, posted in Off Topic)

yay  smile

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(4 replies, posted in Off Topic)

both the saber shop and the rvd site have lapsed sad    you guys gonna renew the hosting?

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(7 replies, posted in Off Topic)

saw this at MIFF this year and loved it.  not perfect by any means but it knows what it is and damnit it does it well smile

Kinda like the tongue in cheek bastard love child of blair witch and cloverfield, not a film for everyone (especially seeing the reactions a lot of foreign films get here..)  but worth a watch.

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(1,014 replies, posted in Episodes)

damn it why does sucker punch and kick ass have to be on the sunday (monday morning here)   sad

probably the 2 movies i wanted to be there for most

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(60 replies, posted in Off Topic)

FixedR6 wrote:

Possibly out of scope, but you can't scroll through the episodes on an iPhone. Not sure if this is a requirement though.

Playback however, works a treat.

same thing on my android htc

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(27 replies, posted in Episodes)

I love this thread, im excited to be a part of it : lol

Im impressed this thread managed to devolve in little over 5 posts, well done everyone.