Patrick R Posted March 17, 2015 On 3/17/2015 at 4:38 PM, syntheticgerbil said: Cat's Eyes did the soundtrack for that film. Cat's Eyes creates great music. The music was great! Sounded very inspired by 70's European horror movies even though the movie itself isn't really that. On 3/17/2015 at 4:47 PM, BusbyBerkeley said: Ughhhh I've been wanting to see Duke of Burgundy for months but there is straight up no way for me to legally see it. Immensely frustrating. In less garbage news I'm going to see It Follows this weekend! Yeah, it's weird. For one of the most anticipated films of the year it's only getting 5 total showings in the small screening room-sized theater at the Music Box. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ariskany_evan Posted March 17, 2015 On 3/17/2015 at 7:53 PM, Twig said: Uh what how is that even a thing and how did no one else want to pick it up over fucking Yahoo. It's a super expensive show to make! And from the press around this new season, they've thrown even more money than NBC gave them. It's all part of Yahoo!'s attempt to get in on that Netflix/Amazon/Hulu/HBOGo/Sling/Sony/etc streaming channel game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted March 17, 2015 Let me rephrase: How is Yahoo streaming even a thing! This disgusts me. I hate that all these things are in different places. I am a baby. Fuck Yahoo! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brannigan Posted March 18, 2015 I'm waiting for Altavista streaming myself Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Merus Posted March 18, 2015 On 3/18/2015 at 5:46 AM, Brannigan said: I'm waiting for Altavista streaming myself Location: Pawnee, Indiana Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BadHat Posted March 18, 2015 On 3/17/2015 at 12:02 PM, Merus said: I always read this as deliberate: we're only shown him practising in that way after Fletcher's been established as a real piece of work. I'm honestly a little confused how many people read the movie as approving of what's going on - I'd almost say it was too subtle about its opinion of the consequences of Fletcher's beliefs, except that we get to hear Fletcher's beliefs after: Reveal hidden contents we see Neiman stumble out of a fucking car crash, racing to the competition, and Fletcher's only reaction being that he's not going to play looking like he crawled out of a car crash. This is not exactly subtle. Reveal hidden contents I think I may have just grossly misread the tone of the final scene because I did not get any sense that it was meant to be anything less than an ultimate moment of triumph. His dad staring on in awe was just "I can't believe my son is capable of this shit!" to me. But the more I think about it that reading is pretty flawed. I guess the way he shares a smile with Fletcher at the final moment is meant to represent the fact that he hasn't moved on from craving his approval, rather than a brief moment of mutual respect. But... honestly, the inaccuracies really did bother me in and of themselves, because the movie, even if it's not ultimately about drumming, still seems infatuated with it in a way that seems like it's meant to win over the audience. Except for anyone who actually knows the first thing about drumming. So I guess it's not really For Me. On a more positive note, I've been meaning to see it for ages but the Raid 2 did not disappoint. Hammers Lady and Baseball Bat Boy (no relation) might have been a smidge too goofy, in an anime kind of way, but the rest of it was goofy in exactly the right way. A+ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted March 18, 2015 Oh, man those two Community episodes were great! Every time they've disappeared and come back I've worried they've lost it, but they still got it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N1njaSquirrel Posted March 18, 2015 I don't know if this has been disussed earlier, but Pixels looks like a huge pile of shit: I haven't even heard of it before today. Now I wish I never knew about it at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigJKO Posted March 18, 2015 There's also subliminal messaging in that official trailer! Fun times! I did like the Iwatani bit. It was cute. (even though it was obvious where it was going) I have an urge to unlock a lady Lisa now, for some reason.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N1njaSquirrel Posted March 18, 2015 Yep, thanks JKO for making me aware of it I know it's subliminal messaging, but I don't even understand the message. Subliminal or not it kinda fails then. I felt really sorry for Iwatani. It was awkward and forced. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BobbyBesar Posted March 18, 2015 Yikes. I feel sorry for everybody involved in that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted March 18, 2015 For some reason the most aggravating thing was that once again, movie makers don't understand how big the universe is. If NASA sends anything into space in the year 1982, it's not magically going to end up in another solar system a mere 30 years later. It don't care that mostly 'stupid' movies do this (Battleship), it's an instant Fuck This. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BobbyBesar Posted March 18, 2015 The (admittedly stupid) thing that bothers me is that for some reason, things the aliens touch turn into glowing pixels? I can see an alien race creating death machines that look like physical manifestations of Pacman or whatever, but the conceit of them somehow converting or infecting things with pixel-ism is pretty stupid. I mean, it's obviously just Ghostbusters-find/replace-video games, so that's their visual shorthand for ectoplasm, I guess. But it's very stupid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Merus Posted March 18, 2015 It's based on that one short film which basically just started off with a TV getting dumped, which they optioned and put Adam Sandler in because Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bjorn Posted March 18, 2015 Y'all take things a touch seriously sometimes. It looks like a dumb, fun disaster movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SecretAsianMan Posted March 18, 2015 On 3/18/2015 at 3:12 PM, Bjorn said: It looks like a dumb disaster of a movie. I agree Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted March 18, 2015 On 3/18/2015 at 1:37 PM, BigJKO said: I did like the Iwatani bit. It was cute. (even though it was obvious where it was going) Agreed! At least it was doing something beyond "hey, remember [video game]?!" and that's actually a really nice performance for a non-actor cameo, imo. The rest makes it looks pretty awful though. And not for 'logic' reasons - this is a silly comedy, not Interstellar! It has to be 1982 to get the games in the time capsule; maybe it fell through a wormhole? Or some other alien technology? And maybe the technology the aliens used to make living pixel things limited them to pixel-based weaponry? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bjorn Posted March 18, 2015 On 3/18/2015 at 3:40 PM, SecretAsianMan said: I agree it looks like a lot of fun! I'm super happy we're both on board with how cool this movie looks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted March 18, 2015 On 3/18/2015 at 3:40 PM, SecretAsianMan said: I agree with Ben X On 3/18/2015 at 3:47 PM, Bjorn said: I'm super happy with how cool Ben X looks! Dawww, thanks, you two. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patrick R Posted March 18, 2015 I am mostly not down with Pixels because it is basically a rip-off of a Futurama episode and there's no way it will have 1/10th the wit of that. EDIT: Well also because Adam Sandler. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted March 18, 2015 Cross-over with the Big Dog thread: tonight in robot news: my review of Chappie, full of AI shenanigans and synthetic life forms with 'tude. http://www.filmadeus.com/2015/03/chappie-neill-blomkamp-2015.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted March 19, 2015 Blade Runner Final Cut is getting a theatrical release in April. Looks like BFI have made a digital print of it. Prince Charles Cinema in London is one of the places showing it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elvaq Posted March 20, 2015 This joke has probably been done but... HEY EVERYTHING IS 3D WHY ISNT IT CALLED VOXELS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmuerte Posted March 22, 2015 meh.. "All right. It's Saturday night, I have no date, a two-liter bottle of Shasta and my all-Rush mix-tape." was better Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
