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Aug 24, 2016 13:18:12 GMT -5
Post by deuce on Aug 24, 2016 13:18:12 GMT -5
This looks awesome. Hyperboreans versus Aesir!
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Aug 24, 2016 16:19:57 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2016 16:19:57 GMT -5
Viking looks pretty good. In 2006, a Disney style feature-length Russian animation of 'Prince Vladimir' was released. In this version the young Vladimir unites the Slavic tribes to battle against Kurya, a leader of the Pechenegs. Historically Kurya was once an ally of Vladimir's father Svyatoslav (945–972AD) Kurya betrayed and killed Svyatoslav and had his skull made in to a goblet. Anyway, here's the full movie with subs. enjoy
Update: Just realised how bad the subs are, still easy enough to follow, more or less.
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Aug 29, 2016 21:03:20 GMT -5
Post by trescuinge on Aug 29, 2016 21:03:20 GMT -5
"You're going to jump on me. I know you're going to jump on me – like Nero jumped on Poppaea." - Leo Bloom
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Aug 29, 2016 21:48:44 GMT -5
Post by themirrorthief on Aug 29, 2016 21:48:44 GMT -5
The first reviews are in for Ben-Hur and there's talk of it being one of the summer's biggest box office bombs. They also confirm the absence of Quintus Arrius in this version, apparently in order to simplify the story and speed up the action. ...... the Risen was a big hit, its a good watch too
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Sept 2, 2016 19:52:36 GMT -5
Post by almuric on Sept 2, 2016 19:52:36 GMT -5
Starship Apocalypse (2014) - Every once in a while, a low-budget movie comes along that transcends its low-budge trappings with imagination and verve.
This is not one of those movies.
The movie is apparently the sequel to Starship Rising, about five minutes of which is included here as recap. There are virtually no sets, with greenscreen backdrops being used in almost every scene. Apparently, a Sith-wannabe called the Overseer (lets just call him Darth Plagiarism) is the ruler of the evil Federation and also secretly the Space Pope, which is supposed to be bad, or something. We also get a confusing, boring prologue where we're told over and over "He knew". This connects to the "ending" (more on that later).
Our "heroes" are John Worthy (yes, that is honestly his name) and an overweight guy I dubbed "Space Chumley". He's supposedly the comic relief, but I soon longed for relief from his comedy. There is also a chick I forgot the name of (assuming they ever used it) and an android, who is the only actor in the entire movie worth watching. This guy might have a career, if he stays away from films like this. Aiding Darth Plagiarism is a scantily-clad chick who looks and acts like she wandered onto the set of this movie from a porno being shot in the studio next door. I think she's meant as an homage to Jacqueline Pierce's Servalan character from Blake's Seven (there are some unsubtle B7 refs in the movie which made a fan like me cringe), but she's no Jacqueline Pierce. Darth Plagiarism is looking for an alien nanovirus that will allow him to control the minds of everyone in the galaxy. Of course, he already rules the galaxy, so isn't this just overkill?
After some rigamarole involving a trial, escape from execution, heavy-handed religion-bashing, dull scenes of talking, the chick is tragically slain and dies in John Worthy's arms. Oh no, not the chick I don't remember the name of! Not her!
The main thing of note in this scene is the floor she falls on, one of the few physical sets in the movie.
After getting his hands on the nanovirus, Darth Plagiarism goes from planet-to-planet, infecting them all (mostly off-screen). This means:
a.) His ship is crazy-fast b.) The Federation is really, really small
Fortunately (or not) Worthy and his crew remain unharmed. Darth Plagiarism is killed in the worst-choreographed fight in film history and . . . that's it? Wait, the movie is over? And fifteen minutes early! Huzzah!
Oh no, couldn't be that easy. No, instead, we're getting a whole new conflict! The android, who we have been told is "untethered" (that is, not fully under human control) leads a robot uprising that sweeps the entire galaxy (off-screen), confining all humans to the planets they live on. And John Worthy's old friend knew this going to happen, hence the otherwise inexplicable prologue.
Seriously.
This leads to the only location shot in the entire film, when the android comes back a few years later, with a clone of Nameless Dead Chick he's been growing to make up for him conquering the galaxy and subjugating the human race, I suppose. And then this sucker finally ends.
Hands down, one of worst movies I've ever seen. While most low budget films suffer from a lack of ambition, this one has too much, and not enough talent to realize it. Writer-director-producer and star Neil Johnson aims for a big epic and ends up with a muddled mess. Yes, that's right, star. He plays Darth Plagiarism, who is supposed to be some badass evil overlord type, but most of his dialogue (at least what we can hear with the crappy soundmix) is obscenity-laden trash-talking, making him sound more like a punk. If nothing else, his acting makes his directing look better, though not in the way he would hope.
Apart from the android, the only thing of note are some of the CGI landscapes and ships. They look alright, at least if they were on a syndicated TV show a decade ago. Maybe Johnson should stick to FX work. With a budget, and someone else handing the important stuff, he might do some good work.
Such a waste.
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Sept 4, 2016 15:52:51 GMT -5
Post by johnnypt on Sept 4, 2016 15:52:51 GMT -5
Was on a martial arts kick a few weeks back. Finally had time to watch the Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon sequel. It was...well, what you'd expect from a made for TV sequel, even if that TV is Netflix. It did take pieces for its story from the fifth novel in the cycle and Yuen Woo Ping was directing so the stunts were OK. It just looked like it was shot on a set. As a follow up I recorded the One Armed Swordsman trilogy off of El Rey. Wow did the Shaw Brothers crank up the blood content by 1969! It's also amazing how many films Jimmy Wang Yu did pretending to only have one arm. He went from playing the One Armed Swordsman to becoming the One Armed Boxer who eventually took on the Master of the Flying Guillotine. I have the 36th Chamber of Shaolin trilogy recorded but may not be able to watch it for a while.
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Sept 4, 2016 20:02:28 GMT -5
Post by trescuinge on Sept 4, 2016 20:02:28 GMT -5
Thanks to almuric for mentioning Blake's 7:
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Sept 19, 2016 22:17:31 GMT -5
Post by deuce on Sept 19, 2016 22:17:31 GMT -5
Every time I see this trailer, I get pumped. Anybody got an update?
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Sept 22, 2016 16:55:57 GMT -5
Post by deuce on Sept 22, 2016 16:55:57 GMT -5
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Sept 24, 2016 11:31:46 GMT -5
Post by deuce on Sept 24, 2016 11:31:46 GMT -5
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Sept 24, 2016 18:16:44 GMT -5
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Post by thedarkman on Sept 24, 2016 18:16:44 GMT -5
Damn, I was hoping for better. Denzel often has enough charisma to carry a so-so film...
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Oct 19, 2016 10:55:55 GMT -5
Post by KiramidHead on Oct 19, 2016 10:55:55 GMT -5
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Oct 20, 2016 13:36:20 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2016 13:36:20 GMT -5
Trailer for the new Wolverine/Old Man Logan (but, not quite Old Man Logan) movie called LOGAN
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Oct 28, 2016 15:46:24 GMT -5
Post by deuce on Oct 28, 2016 15:46:24 GMT -5
A Danish buddy of mine just saw Doctor Strange. He had this to say:
"BY THE HOARY HOSTS OF HOGGOTH that was good!!"
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Nov 4, 2016 11:33:02 GMT -5
Post by deuce on Nov 4, 2016 11:33:02 GMT -5
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