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Seems I might have unwittingly dodged a bullet. This was one of those projects that I wished I had contributed towards, but was over before I became aware of it.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/09/21/clang … ter-money/
A sword fighting simulation called Clang. They run out of money, with half a million from their kickstarter campaign. It makes me wonder at whether the next generation of console games aren't just going to leave most developers out of the running, given the enormous costs associated with game development even on the current generation (see GTA V budget for example).
I like both, but I can't really be trusted with these sorts of vaguely hard sci-fi movies. 
I've been able to get a much better headset, so if you find yourself short on people again give us a holler.
The director's cut does add some interesting new and extended scenes, there's some great new Sean Bean stuff, but it doesn't change the overall tone (and your issues with the movie).
You're absolutely right in that it seems they chose the path of least resistance, it lacks punch I guess. But then... Clash of the Titans, its sequel and Immortals all seem to have gone too far in the other direction. That's not to say it's all bad though, there are a few elements I like. I think they chose poorly with their casting of Achilles. Brad Pitt might physically be apt for the role, but to my eyes he was always too 'modern'.
Just film, not miniseries?
Currently, I'd love:
1. A film series based on the Saxon Chronicles, a book series written by Bernard Cornwell (also wrote Sharpe) about a Saxon lord at the time of Alfred the Great.
2. A live action adaptation of Macross Plus, a sci-fi anime series about rival test pilots competing in a programme to decide a next generation transforming fighter craft
3. A continuation of HBO's Rome
Trey wrote: For me, I remember the coffee-table books were far more interesting than the movie itself.
You go too far sir! Retract or I shall demand recompense for your malicious slander.
I liked it. Huge improvement on the second movie, with a much better villain, greater stakes, and a better arc for Stark.
GELFLING??!
I love Dark Crystal. Scared me immensely as a young impressionable kid. Now I just marvel that someone actually made a feature-length film with puppets which is incredibly beautiful and has a poignant storyline.
[oldmanvoice]They don't make them like they used to![/oldmanvoice]
I'm a big fan of the Stargate movie, always have been. It's one of the few films that acknowledges the concept that there are in fact different languages and that realistically, if we travelled to another planet with humans there would be a language barrier.
It's also a really cool concept. I love all the Stargates.
I'm not a fan of that Punisher movie, or of Thomas Jane's interpretation. Frank Castle isn't the sit around and mope type of character, which is what he does for most of the movie, and he's certainly not a stand around and watch criminals raping women and beating up children kind of character either.
For me, the best Frank Castle is the Garth Ennis in Punisher Max.
Man that's old! Good times. There's a great animated gif of it.
paulou wrote:Yeah, because everyone everywhere ever has complete control over the environment in which they come in to existence. Gah.
Everyone can use their environmental circumstances to rationalise their actions, it doesn't mean it's right or justified though. "My rich daddy ignored me", "my mother died when I was young", "I didn't get given that toy when I was 9", "I went to an underfunded school", "my parents are useless layabouts who do drugs all day" are ultimately the same in the eyes of the victim. That doesn't given license to then victimise others. Sociopaths are sociopaths. The vast majority of the downtrodden don't go around behaving in the same way.
And I imagine that the extent of one's sympathy towards these kids is dependent upon one's distance from the reality. Because I bet you everyone wouldn't give two shits of sympathy if a film about arab terrorists saving the world during an alien invasion was released.
It's been a while since I saw it, but do any of the characters actually feel remorse or guilt for mugging the woman outside of the fact that she's poor and similar to them? Doesn't that imply that the film thinks it's ok to rob rich or well to do people who don't live in your neighbourhood?
Yup, I have the same problems with this as Pavlich. We're forced to 'protagonise' these vile, loathsome shits, and not nearly enough of them are mauled horribly by the creatures.
Interesting... haven't listened yet, but I hated this film, mostly on principle.
Cotterpin Doozer wrote:But Raise the Red Lantern owes a lot of its place in my heart to The Last Emperor (1987), which would be one of my top Ten Childhood Defining Movies
I absolutely love The Last Emperor; you wouldn't think a young boy would find much interest in it, but I struggle to name a film that has so enraptured me and haunted me. There are still parts of it that come to mind every now and then as I go through life.
Raise the Red Lantern is great too, and I've always liked Red Sorghum as well.
Wow, that's just amazing. And of course, that was Josh Brolin as the elder brother! It's funny how some of the actors look similar, whilst others look completely different.
1. Mallrats (1995) - saw this one hundreds of times, to the point where I've not seen it for about 10 years now
2. Aliens (1986) - I believe I saw it when I was younger than 13, but it wasn't until I was this age that I really started to love it and watch it religiously
3. Armour of God (1987) - this one acted as a gateway to the world of Jackie Chan and Hong Kong cinema
1. Star Wars (1977) - to me, there has always been Star Wars, I can't remember a time pre-Star Wars
2. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) - always my favourite growing up, such fun to watch and it had a cool Chinese kid who did martial arts. I was a kid who wanted to be that cool and do that stuff.
3. The Vikings (1958) - historical epic with Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis, ends with big battle, I'd run about my garden swishing my wooden sword around humming one of the tunes from the soundtrack
I love InnerSpace, one of my favourites growing up.
Django Unchained... I liked it very much, it has the same sort of tension building play-like sensibility of Inglorious Basterds, which I also liked a lot, with a bit of the cool factor of Kill Bill thrown in.
Some people just have no concept of phone etiquette. I also don't believe it has anything to do with having a "right to be connected", it's selfishness, either knowing or oblivious.
The best solution is embarassment. Switch off the film, turn up the lights, and have an usher walk up to the perpetrator and ask them to stop, then resume the film only when they've stopped. I bet that person wouldn't ever do it again. Because clearly, others have let them carry on with being a selfish arsehole for much of their life already.
Saw this terrible film called Gallowwalkers, starring Wesley Snipes and some other people, this past weekend. Someone spent money (and from the looks of it, quite a bit) to make this dull and incoherent "Horror Western", and it's utterly bonkers. This isn't 'so bad it's good', just bad.
The tragedy is that it actually looks great; the cinematography is pretty good (apart from a couple of shots of drunk cameraman). The acting is pretty much all over the place, and the writing is minimalist. So it's essentially an art house schlock B-movie which throws all manner of stuff to the wall and none of it really sticks.
Anyhow, this is my latest worst film I've ever seen. Makes me wonder if it was some guy's dream project, and all these disparate forces on the set resulted in this thematic and visual mess.
Where Eagles Dare!
Well, it does have Ursula Andress and Joanna Pettet in it. That's always a plus.
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