1 Reply by Ewing

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switch wrote:

I don't have very high hopes for movies this summer.

http://www.joblo.com/newsimages1/blomkamp-elysium.jpg

The hero Hollywood deserves.

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2 Reply by Ewing

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Dave wrote:

Mike, why did you have to mention Encino Man?

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Encino Man is a masterpiece. Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, and the rest of those losers could have learned a thing or two from it.

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3 Reply by Ewing

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Trey wrote:

I've been trying to get this crowd to do Predator and/or Lethal Weapon since the day we started this monkeyfarm.

Along with Die Hard, that's the damn Holy Trinity of '80's action and still - no luck.  Kids today.  Meh.

Keep fighting the good fight, Trey. The next time they suggest something nobody cares about like Zombieland, just keep yelling about Predator and Lethal Weapon; filibuster if you must.

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4 Reply by Ewing

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I wonder if all this Iron Man 3 discussion will prompt a commentary for a film with Shane Black. Here's my recommendation:

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5 Reply by Ewing

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I feel like I'm the only person amongst my real life and internet friends that doesn't like Doctor Who. I don't hate it, but I just can't get into it. What do I do, FIYH?

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6 Reply by Ewing

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7 Reply by Ewing

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Kyle wrote:

Wait.  With all due respect I am bummed if you decided definitively on The Back Row.  Again, this is an opportunity to make a first impression here.  I you asked me what I thought a podcast called The Back Row was about, I would assume exercise or racism.

Indeed. I would expect a podcast bitching about interracial marriage on television.

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8 Reply by Ewing

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I don't have a suggestion but I can't wait for Teague to botch the intro/outro for the first few episodes with the new name.

WELCOME TO DOWN IN FRO- *fuck*

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9 Reply by Ewing

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Squiggly_P wrote:

FireFighter, it's no wonder you've not heard about it. I've been actively following it and all I knew about it until the trailer got released was that it had Matt Damon in a weird suit and was directed by Blomkamp. They've been especially secretive about this film, and only in the last couple of weeks has any real info or photos started to trickle out about it.

It does look pretty good, too.

This. I've been following every IMDB update possible on Blomkamp since District 9 came out. I cannot wait for Elysium. It's easily my most anticipated movie of the year.

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10 Reply by Ewing

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I've been saying it for three years. Predator.

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11 Reply by Ewing

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Jimmy B wrote:

You could ask the question about any show. Everyone is different and we all like different things. There won't be a single TV show ever made that every single person will agree on, same with movies.  It doesn't matter if someone likes a show that you don't like and vice versa, it is just the way it goes.

You show me someone who hates Back To The Future and I'll show you a liar.

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12 Reply by Ewing

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You should be asking this question about The Walking Dead.

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13 Reply by Ewing

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Trey wrote:

I use TGA usually, although PNG seems to do the job as well with smaller file size.   

Whichever, the point is to use a format with as little compression as possible.   Any video version you spawn from those will add its own flavor of compression, but at least you're always starting with the best possible source resolution.

BigDamnArtist wrote:

Typically I'll use tga's for most stuff, although I find myself use png more lately, but I haven't been doing a lot of vfx stuff lately.

AshDigital wrote:

All audio I use in projects goes in as aiff.

What ever you use, never ever use mp3.

.mp3 in AE for example gives this clicking track when rendered.

Trey wrote:

Exactly -  the same argument applies there.   mp3 is designed for small file sizes for internet streaming and so on, but brings with it a lot of compression artifacts that can cause trouble if you try to export the file again.

.wav or .aiff at maximum quality are my usual choice.

You plebeians make me sick. I only use .tiff and .flac like a true patrician.

  Show
File type elitists are the worst people on Earth.

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14 Reply by Ewing

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Mark Kermode, the UK's version of Roger Ebert, recently spoke out too:

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15 Reply by Ewing

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I fucking hate shaky cam and fast cutting. It ruins action scenes, turning what should be a combative dance-like sequence into an incoherent headache. I'll gladly take the action scenes in Haywire, Skyfall and The Raid over the messes in Quantum of Solace and the Bourne franchise.

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16 Reply by Ewing

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TechNoir wrote:

For those of you who remember the car chase in the beginning of Quantum Of Solace, if you like me just cannot stand that, it's more of the same here.

Count me out. That car chase made me physically angry. Looks like I dodged a bullet when I showed up late to a showing last Friday.

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17 Reply by Ewing

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paulou wrote:

If you're still hung up on what he thinks is good or bad you're missing the whole point.

That he's a contrarian trying to make himself seem like the smartest person in the world? No, I got that point.

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18 Reply by Ewing

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bullet3 wrote:

That's not an indictment though. You can't be "right" or "wrong" about whether a film is good or not. Like I said, I strongly disagree with most of his viewpoints, but if you follow the guy at all it's clear that he genuinely believes his opinions. More importantly, he's basically the only guy that will go out and approach a movie from these totally weird and unexpected directions, and he's very literate, so I find his reviews often very interesting reads. I'll take that over another critic that tells me why Toy Story 3 is a great movie.

I'll take any critic over the guy who claims Little Man and Norbit are great works of art and that Pixar makes nothing but shit.

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19 Reply by Ewing

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Teague wrote:

I'm certainly not on team White over here, I'm not throwing him under the bus... honestly, as of right now, I find him to be an interesting case.

Well I'll go ahead and throw him under the bus. Armond White is a troll. The fact anyone could read up on him for more than hour and come to any other conclusion is mind boggling.

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/1897/armondwhiteisntinsane.jpg

This isn't a matter of taste or opinion, this is just one guy being as contrarian as possible so he can stand out from the rest of the pack. The reason I brought him up in this thread is because the idea Toy Story 3 is somehow a bad film is something this dolt originally started back in 2010.

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20 Reply by Ewing

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No and Armond White is a contrarian for the sake of being one.

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21 Reply by Ewing

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bullet3 wrote:

Man, this project really is cursed, I don't know if you want to take it on Tom, you might get struck by lightning or something

I'm blaming all my problems on this project.

Why did I get a shitty parking permit? DIF Road Trip.

Why was I coughing snot with the consistency of tar? DIF Road Trip.

Why is it cold as shit outside? DIF Road Trip.

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22 Reply by Ewing

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Just wanna comment real quick on a couple things before I get to the last question.

Allison wrote:

Have you ever drunk called/texted someone you shouldn't have?

I once called a girl I liked and mocked her voicemail greeting of "Hello this is X, please leave me a message and I'll call you back" with "Hello this is Alex, I'm drunk, lets fuck."

Good times.

I frequently call/text people when I get drunk. It's fun, consequences be damned.

Jimmy B wrote:

She laughed in my face then I got teased and bullied for months at school by other boys (and some girls). In retrospect, she was a bit of a nasty bitch....

That's a first ballot Hall of Fame cunt.

redxavier wrote:

What's the worst thing you've ever said to somebody?

I think I have too many instances to list. I can get pretty brutal with words when I get pissed off enough.

Has anyone ever caught you pleasuring yourself?

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23 Reply by Ewing

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Tomahawk, if you wanna put it together, be my guest. I've been sidelined by the following:

1. Car accident literally within days of getting the files
2. Computer refusing to work with this project
3. A horrendous chest cold for the past two weeks
4. Moving to a new campus with new computers - with a different OS than the old campus, thus possibly causing problems when transferring shit back to Teague

It's been one clusterfuck of fuckups. On the bright side, at least all the files you need are in one place now on the FTP server. If you wanna take over, go right ahead, I haven't put a dent in the thing.

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24 Reply by Ewing

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Doty for President because he doesn't strongly lean one way or the other politically. Anthony Alba for VP because he would be a sarcastic jackass during debates and press conferences.

What disappointed you more, the Matrix sequels or the Star Wars prequels?

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25 Reply by Ewing

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I wasn't overly stoked for this movie. I wanted to see it, but I wasn't super excited for it by any means.  I went to a late Thursday showing two weeks after it opened in September.  When I got to the cinema, it turned out the projector for that particular theater was on the fritz. However, I couldn't see it the next day because they were pulling the movie. I ended up driving 45 minutes to another town to catch a showing that night before Dredd was gone from theaters completely. I had to settle for 3D but if it meant 3D or not seeing the film at all, the choice was easy to make. Anyway, my buddy and I buy tickets, head into the theater... and we were the only two people in there for the entire showing - truly driving home just how hard it bombed across the country.

A broken projector, a trip across the interstate, an increased ticket cost and a theater to myself. That's how I saw Dredd. It was worth it.

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