1 Reply by JL-209

(971 replies, posted in Movie Stuff)

Did anyone else happen to stumble on to the new trailer for the Riddick movie that is coming out in September?

It looks like they are going to return to the style of Pitch black instead of the overly expansive universe of Chronicles. Which I am very happy about. This means it could end up going the way of Ghostbuster's 2 and the hangover 2, which isn't great but I loved Pitch Black so I wouldn't complain too much.

I know they are going to cram Karl Urban's character into this movie. So in some way it will be connected to chronicles, not sure if that is a positive or negative yet.

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2 Reply by JL-209

(198 replies, posted in Episodes)

Re-listening to the kick ass commentary made me think of a possible intermission where you discuss Vaughn and other people you want to tell to fuck off because they win at everything.

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3 Reply by JL-209

(22 replies, posted in Episodes)

I loved die hard the first time I saw it and still see it almost every year. Two things Ive learned that I found interesting were that the role of McClane was originally offered to Frank Sinatra, because of his movie the detective. The other thing was that the man who played Karl, the terrorist who wouldn't die, used to be a ballet dancer. I think this is the pinnacle of action movies because it has great moments of action. It has slower points so you can catch your breath, and this is the point it will make you laugh. It is probably the smartest action movie Ive ever seen as well. I know that doesnt mean that much though kind of like being the smartest kid who has to wear a helmet to school.

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4 Reply by JL-209

(364 replies, posted in Episodes)

I just posted to the old thread yesterday and all the ones I mentioned were on this list so thats good for me. Just glancing at the list the ones Id love to hear that I didnt bring up are October sky and gremlins 2.

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5 Reply by JL-209

(2,061 replies, posted in Episodes)

My top five movie suggestions would be:

First Blood
Robocop
Super Mario Brothers
Groundhog Day
Demolition Man

I havent heard every episode yet, so maybe I have missed it, but I would like hearing more from dorkman on how a movies post conversion 3D is done.

Or maybe another DIF review of a documentary, you mention a lot of them but the only ones you have gone into are the people vs George Lucas and backyard blockbusters.

I also wouldn't mind a series of episodes or maybe a intermission, where everyone that has been on DIF picks their absolute favorite movie and it is reviewed or there is a Q&A as to why.

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6 Reply by JL-209

(431 replies, posted in Off Topic)

First of all, yes I was watching Robocop when I signed up. It and the first TMNT movie were in heavy rotation for me as a child. That, plus seeing candyman at age 9 and Seven in theaters at age 11, made me who I am today. Which means most of my girlfriends have asked my parents what the fuck.

I am 28 and currently live in the Indianapolis area, I have lived in Indiana all my life except for a cold, dark year in Michigan. I work as a histotech for a medical company, not what I want to be doing but it's paying the bills. Hopefully I wont retire from it, but there are worse outcomes I guess.

I love all kinds of movies mostly from the 70's till now, I have yet to go back and see some of the classics that came before then. Partly because Im too lazy to find a copy of citizen kane and partly because, fuck you, for saying I dont know a good movie if I havent seen something.

When I was a child I wasnt allowed to watch sesame st or mr rodgers or any of that wholesome give everyone a hug crap. So I probably know a couple orders of magnitude more about classic cartoons such as Hong Kong Phooey, than the average person under 30. I also never met anyone else who has seen or remembers seeing Yogi's first christmas or the good the bad and the huckleberry hound.

I found DIF not long after my dad died. Working nights alone left too much time alone with my thoughts and I discovered it's much more fun to have four friends in my head.

I look forward to being a active member of the forums, be prepared for the occasional dumb question since 80% of my film making knowledge I have learned from DIF.

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