951 Reply by Abbie

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From V for Vendetta:
"The only thing you and I have in common, Mr. Creedy, is that we are both about to die...with my hands around your neck."
"Bollocks. We've swept every inch of this place. You've got nothing, nothing but your bloody knives and your fancy karate gimmicks. We've got guns!"
"No, what you have are bullets, and the hope that when you've used them all I'm no longer standing. Because if I am, you and your men will all be dead before you've reloaded."

I ultimately prefer Moore's less sympathetic, more psychotic V, but the film's V has just as many badass moments, and this one tops them all.

Also, I've always found this defiant monologue to be the most badass thing Tyler Durden ever said:
"You have to consider the possibility to that God doesn't like you. He never wanted you. In all probability, He hates you. This is not the worst thing that can happen. We don't need Him! Fuck damnation, man, fuck redemption! We are God's unwanted children? So be it!"

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952 Reply by Abbie

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I don't hate Zimmer, but I really, really miss the days of his sweeping melodies, like the Lion King OST. I think minimalism is the right choice for films like The Dark Knight, but I can't just listen to a minimalist soundtrack for pleasure. Just a personal enjoyment thing.

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953 Reply by Abbie

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On it.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Hitler's Slinky theme song (1:16:04-1:17:13)

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954 Reply by Abbie

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Hitler reacts to Indy's stealing the horses (1:35:40-1:36:52)

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955 Reply by Abbie

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Twilight continued:
I don't understand their relationship (32:37-33:51)
Meyer vs. Bradbury (38:58-43:17)
Bella is a blank slate (48:39-52:17)
What is a soul? (1:10:13-1:13:35)
Have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too sex (1:22:04-1:23:23)
Religion and sexuality (1:26:52-1:29:07)
Gay club sparkles (1:40:03-1:41:06)
I'm gonna rape the rape out of her (1:53:05-1:53:41)

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956 Reply by Abbie

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Have you guys ever considered doing a Capra film? It'd be quite the experience to hear you cynics discuss It's a Wonderful Life or Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

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957 Reply by Abbie

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Twilight
Vampire sexuality (12:45-13:31)
She earns nothing (14:46-17:53)
Bella is a cunt (27:48-31:07)

Am partway through the episode; will finish uploading clips tomorrow. All of these are of the scholarly variety, and should please the Potter fans who hate Twilight. tongue Actually, this is probably one of your guys' best episodes, in my estimation.

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958 Reply by Abbie

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Uploaded:

Transformers
A pile of sewage (37:11-37:25)
Shit castle (2:09:07-2:10:44)
Banging bricks and screaming (2:32:29-2:33:06)

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959 Reply by Abbie

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Uploaded:

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
They don't call him Wormtongue for nothing (2:06:47-2:08:05)

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960 Reply by Abbie

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This may be the greatest thing ever.

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961 Reply by Abbie

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sellew wrote:

Sorry, Teague, not quite sure I'm following you.  Of the two, I think The Princess Bride is a parody, rather than a satire, though it's true that the purpose of a parody is usually to satirize its object.

The novel is definitely a satire.

sellew wrote:

I guess then the problem with The Princess Bride is more specifically that it's trying to be such a broad parody of the fairy tale/adventure genre as such, and therefore the stuff that it chooses to hold up to ridicule is stuff which is absolutely fundamental to the story and the characters. ("True love", for example, is theoretically what's driving the whole narrative.)  So it couldn't possibly be trying to walk a line between being a parody and being sincere, because there's basically nothing meaningful left for the film to be sincere about.

At the same time, though, parodies have an inherent respect for what they parody, at least most times. Again, look at Galaxy Quest. Look at any Star Wars parody ever made (well, of the OT). People who make parodies have a deep love and respect for what they parody, or they wouldn't bother. Epic Movie and its siblings excepted.

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962 Reply by Abbie

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
They did all this WORK! (1:49:52-1:51:14)

I'll try to go through Cars over the weekend; a lot of the moments of you guys pondering the existential implications of that movie's world are fantastic.

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963 Reply by Abbie

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sellew wrote:

Something like Airplane! on the other hand is a parody.  We're precisely not supposed to be invested in the suspense/distress of the stricken airliner, for example.  The film relates to those aspects of the narrative in a way that's not sincere or genuine.  And it's precisely the way in which this lack of sincerity is manifested that makes the film funny (for those people who find the film funny).  In other words, you can be watching Airplane! and thinking "that's not funny", but if you're watching Airplane! and thinking "gosh, I hope that little girl's heart transplant goes OK", then you've misunderstood what's going on.

I'd disagree about a parody having an inherent lack of concern for the characters. Look at the Hitchhiker's novel—yes, they're parodies of SF novels, but you genuinely care about Arthur and Ford and all the rest of them by the end. The same with Galaxy Quest and its crew members.

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964 Reply by Abbie

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To use an apt cliche: still a better love story than Twilight. tongue Seriously, though, great work! I love the script, and the acting was very well-done, particularly on the part of la vampira.

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965 Reply by Abbie

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Absolutely no problem—I'm just glad that I have the opportunity to be useful to you guys. You've been awesome for five years, it's the least I can do. smile

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966 Reply by Abbie

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I'm not that big a fan of The Matrix. I love the plethora of references I can make to it, and I love Agent Smith, but I'm rather "meh" on the film itself. Maybe it's just because I'm getting tired of Chosen Ones and the Hero's Journey, maybe because I've seen too many later films with derivative effects and camera moves to be impressed by its innovations. I think it's a perfectly decent film, but it's not one of the greats in my book.

Slight tangent: as I've mentioned before, I think maybe one other reason it didn't hit me right is that I saw The Formula years before I finally saw The Matrix this summer, and thus had no idea that all of the Matrix references in that film (save the obvious alleyway scene) were references. Thus, when I finally saw The Matrix, I was watching it and seeing references to The Formula. I know it came first, but I can't divorce my experiences from my brain in this particular case, so it creates this weird feeling.

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967 Reply by Abbie

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And:

Pan's Labyrinth
Talking to the hobo (2:08:57-2:10:37)

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968 Reply by Abbie

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Uploaded:

Revenge of the Sith
Darth Stapler (1:25:41-1:26:00)

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Map stabbing (50:10-51:35)
Crushing on the captain (55:12-55:36)
Shut up, JFK (57:12-58:09)
The hammered narrator (1:14:47-1:17:06)
They fucking nailed everything (1:17:15-1:18:32)
Shakespearean insult generator (1:23:38-1:24:46)
The Passion of the Christ II: The Christening (1:32:55-1:34:48)
Sexy smudge (1:49:15-1:50:19)
Raging at the sky (1:52:33-1:53:16)
Sirens (1:58:03-2:00:24)

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969 Reply by Abbie

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I don't see why they wouldn't want to move it to 2016. As is, it and Avengers II will be warring at the box office and probably diminishing each other's profits to at least some considerable degree.

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970 Reply by Abbie

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Uploaded:

Return of the Jedi
This is your pilot speaking...what the fuck is that? (2:08:15-2:09:09)
Dragging Vader (2:09:41-2:11:09)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Knotting Nazis (1:06:04-1:06:44)

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971 Reply by Abbie

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I prefer Road Trip II: The Trippening. Roads will be tripped.

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972 Reply by Abbie

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And:

Revenge of the Sith
Yoda is a bitch (2:03:03-2:06:16)
Hotter than a barbecue (2:12:12-2:13:11) [as per Fireproof's request]

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973 Reply by Abbie

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Uploaded:

The Princess Bride
Trombone-toting stud muffin (12:42-13:32)
Morgan Freeman as the crone (1:01:01-1:01:38)
With every screenplay... (1:30:03-1:30:33)
This movie is never going to love you back as much as you love it (1:50:58-1:52:39)

Rendered them as mono files for consistency's sake.

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974 Reply by Abbie

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This is true.

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975 Reply by Abbie

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No problem. smile It gives me an excuse to re-listen to all these old episodes. tongue

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