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Xenomrph posted:Bingo. quote:Step 1: Crawl inside.
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I always felt bad for stross.
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Jul 7, 2015 14:25
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The greatest thing Event Horizon did was act as a plausible bridge between the Hellraiser and Warhammer 40k Universes while being a dozen times better than Hellraiser's actual "in space" entry.
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Jul 7, 2015 14:42
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Buckaroo Banzai involves similar Pandora's box of humans playing with dimensional travel. Imagine if Back to the Future also opened a gateway to a Hell universe. Great Scott indeed!!!
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Jul 7, 2015 18:11
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Xenomrph posted:Also if you liked Event Horizon, check out the other 3 horror movies from around the same time frame with literally the exact same plot execution: Deep Rising wasn't a salvage team, they were pirates that had an inside man who was going to stop the ship so they could rob it for millions in jewelry and valuables.
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Jul 7, 2015 18:24
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lmao ahoy for terror
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Jul 7, 2015 19:28
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doctor 7 posted:Soldier was better than Event Horizon, sorry goons Soldier owned but I prefer EH, bcoz of Emily Booths bloody tits. but my point still stands on his lovely direction because again, there was little action in Soldier.
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Jul 7, 2015 19:34
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Young Freud posted:Deep Rising wasn't a salvage team, they were pirates that had an inside man who was going to stop the ship so they could rob it for millions in jewelry and valuables.
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Jul 7, 2015 19:40
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Lasher posted:Soldier owned but I prefer EH, bcoz of Emily Booths bloody tits. but my point still stands on his lovely direction because again, there was little action in Soldier. Soldier was OK because of the script. Don't get me wrong, with a better director you would've got a better movie for sure. It's just normally you have mediocre-lovely directing on top of an utterly garbage script when it comes to Paul WS Anderson flicks. Also The Thing is a legitimately amazing movie. I say this as someone who doesn't even like John Carpenter or Kurt Russell. The prequel is OK as well but it isn't a remake any more than the Jurassic Park sequels are. The general plot is just completely the same. Honestly I feel like the prequel would've been better received if it didn't resort to so much CGI. So much of what made the original great we're the grotesque practical effects.
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Jul 7, 2015 20:04
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doctor 7 posted:I say this as someone who doesn't even like John Carpenter or Kurt Russell.
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Jul 7, 2015 20:13
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Xenomrph posted:A doctor can probably prescribe something for your obvious psychosis. I've seen a lot of his stuff but honestly I only think The Thing is a genuinely great film. Great setting, great buildup, special effects, soundtrack and, also very important, nobody makes stupid decisions, which is rare in horror. I mean, bad decisions are made but they're believable ones not "well plot needs this guy to be dumb so here's a terrible decision for no reason." They Live is a good film, pretty campy, but it has some good moments making it worth a watch. I appreciate Halloween for it's historical significance but was never a fan of horror to begin with. His other big ones with Russell, Escape and Big Trouble, are just too campy for me. I need to rewatch Village of the Damned though. I remember liking that remake.
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Jul 7, 2015 20:22
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Xenomrph posted:A doctor can probably prescribe something for your obvious psychosis.  It's the only way to be sure. It's not like he has that many movies. Assault on Precinct 13 is pretty drat dated and hard to watch but still better than the remake. I admit I don't care for Halloween much either but it's still good. The Fog is great, Escape from NY is great, The Thing is super amazing, Big Trouble in Little China is super amazing, Prince of Darkness is good, Cigerette Burns is good, and In the Mouth of Madness is great. Ghosts of Mars and the couple others are ehhhhh though. Xaris fucked around with this message at 20:28 on Jul 7, 2015 |
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Jul 7, 2015 20:23
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doctor 7 posted:I've seen a lot of his stuff but honestly I only think The Thing is a genuinely great film. Great setting, great buildup, special effects, soundtrack and, also very important, nobody makes stupid decisions, which is rare in horror. I mean, bad decisions are made but they're believable ones not "well plot needs this guy to be dumb so here's a terrible decision for no reason." Xenomrph fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Jul 7, 2015 |
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Jul 7, 2015 20:25
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Funky See Funky Do posted:Oh it's Lovecraft! Looking forward to some indescribable, non-elucidian, cyclopedean scares! Watch In the Mouth of Madness, OP
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Jul 7, 2015 20:27
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Xenomrph posted:'At the Mouth of Madness', 'Assault on Precinct 13', and "Christine' are all pretty great, you should check those out if you haven't seen them. Granted 2 of those are horror and you said you don't like horror, but diff'rent squids for diff'rent kids I guess. I have seen Assault on Precinct 13 and thought it was alright but have since forgot basically everything about it other than my general impressions so it can't of been that memorable. I guess I'm not a huge fan of Carpenter's film style where things feel like they dry up for a while where nothing is really happening or something is happening but it's drawn out to the point of being boring. The Thing really breaks from that mould as poo poo is always happening and when there isn't something going on he's laying on some superb tension. I should clarify I like some horror movies but I like them for other reasons, if that makes sense. My two favourite horror flicks, Alien and The Thing, I love for similar reasons: superb setting and effects, characters not being dumb for the sake of being dumb, and a less-is-more approach where the implication of horror is better than actually seeing it (admittedly less so in The Thing but the whole "are you human or it" really hits the same type of button by hiding in plain sight).
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Jul 7, 2015 20:33
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Impressive that an Event Horizon thread made it nearly 2 pages without any comparisons to WH40K
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Jul 7, 2015 21:26
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doctor 7 posted:His other big ones with Russell, Escape and Big Trouble, are just too campy for me. right up there with a millenial baby saying predator was sort of ok for an old movie
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Jul 7, 2015 21:42
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doctor 7 posted:I've seen a lot of his stuff but honestly I only think The Thing is a genuinely great film. Great setting, great buildup, special effects, soundtrack and, also very important, nobody makes stupid decisions, which is rare in horror. I mean, bad decisions are made but they're believable ones not "well plot needs this guy to be dumb so here's a terrible decision for no reason." Your mind and your spirit are going North and South.
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Jul 7, 2015 22:56
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gary oldmans diary posted:not liking big trouble in little china is pretty much unthinkable Predator was OK because it was an OK movie. Neat idea but not skillfully made by any means.
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Jul 8, 2015 01:51
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doctor 7 posted:Predator was OK because it was an OK movie. Neat idea but not skillfully made by any means.
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Jul 8, 2015 02:16
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predator had good muscles and also shooting action
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Jul 8, 2015 02:23
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doctor 7 posted:Predator was OK because it was an OK movie. Neat idea but not skillfully made by any means.
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Jul 8, 2015 02:51
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If I had seen this movie when I was 12 years old and had never seen a horror movie or sci-fi movie before I would probably think it was really great.
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Jul 8, 2015 03:06
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doctor 7 posted:I've seen a lot of his stuff but honestly I only think The Thing is a genuinely great film. Great setting, great buildup, special effects, soundtrack and, also very important, nobody makes stupid decisions, which is rare in horror. I mean, bad decisions are made but they're believable ones not "well plot needs this guy to be dumb so here's a terrible decision for no reason." what about when that guys head sprotus loving legs and walks away and no one seems to notice
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Jul 8, 2015 04:00
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Funky See Funky Do posted:Oh it's Lovecraft! Looking forward to some indescribable, non-elucidian, cyclopedean scares! It is eldritch as gently caress. And Event Horizon is the third best Hellraiser movie and the best 40K movie. ElectricSheep posted:Impressive that an Event Horizon thread made it nearly 2 pages without any comparisons to WH40K Heh.
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Jul 8, 2015 04:03
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Xenomrph posted:Predator is a really great deconstruction of 80s macho action movies. Don't try and SMG out the fact it's just OK babypolis posted:what about when that guys head sprotus loving legs and walks away and no one seems to notice Real talk poo poo is so hosed up at that point it's a room full of grown me going "I can't even" so it makes sense if you think about it
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Jul 8, 2015 04:03
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babypolis posted:what about when that guys head sprotus loving legs and walks away and no one seems to notice they do and kill it
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Jul 8, 2015 04:04
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Event Horizon is definitely my poo poo.
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Jul 8, 2015 04:05
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttVaQ-qnm98
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Jul 8, 2015 04:06
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Ramsus posted:they do and kill it maybe im remebering wrong i gotta rewatch that movie i dont think any monster in any movie has ever looked as scary and gross its really sad how cgi stuff today generally looks worse than the best practical effects from 30 years ago
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Jul 8, 2015 04:07
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Network Pesci posted:It is eldritch as gently caress. And Event Horizon is the third best Hellraiser movie and the best 40K movie. What is the second best Hellraiser movie? Hellbound is pretty funny but not as good as the first one. http://i.imgur.com/WV8XDph.jpg http://i.imgur.com/K321h15.jpg Event Horizon must of had a crazy production crew.
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Jul 8, 2015 04:08
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babypolis posted:what about when that guys head sprotus loving legs and walks away and no one seems to notice doctor 7 posted:Don't try and SMG out the fact it's just OK And then one of them gets murdered by an unseen enemy (incidentally it's the character who was the quippiest, most light-hearted of them all). They go "whoa, that's hosed up, we're gonna kill this motherfucker", and then another one of them gets killed (and this time, it's the biggest guy on the team, with the biggest gun). Now they're loving scared shitless, and over the course of the movie they get murdered one by one as all their guns, and biceps, and one-liners are rendered completely ineffectual. Arnold only even kills the Predator by accident when he's cornered and he's able to trigger one of his own traps. Saying "Predator is just okay as an action movie" is like saying 'Starship Troopers' is just an okay action movie. Starship Troopers IS mediocre when you look at it strictly as an action movie, but once you realize it's a hilarious satire, the movie becomes totally goddamn amazing. Xenomrph fucked around with this message at 04:15 on Jul 8, 2015 |
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Jul 8, 2015 04:13
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tomstuart posted:im the black guy that gets blown out into space but somehow creates enough delta v with his o2 tank to come back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-_mqJLxIww
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doctor 7 posted:Don't try and SMG out the fact it's just OK Holy poo poo look at this dumb motherfucker. SPACE HOMOS posted:What is the second best Hellraiser movie? Hellbound is pretty funny but not as good as the first one. Maybe the third? I don't even know. The Hellraiser movies take serious steps down in quality with each sequel to the point where the last ones are literally basement home video shoots done solely to keep the license going.
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Jul 8, 2015 04:22
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Best part of the thing is the subtle idea that the human imitations are so perfect they don't even realize they're things until they freak out and transform
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Blue Raider posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c6jr1hoYZQ gonna raise you this http://youtu.be/IrUf-QBBngY
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DragQueenofAngmar posted:Best part of the thing is the subtle idea that the human imitations are so perfect they don't even realize they're things until they freak out and transform Yeah the only one they can spot right away is Wilford Brimley in the Cabin. Literally everyone else goes down to the wire and it's up to the humans to force The Thing's hand.
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Jul 8, 2015 04:27
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babypolis posted:maybe im remebering wrong i gotta rewatch that movie i dont think any monster in any movie has ever looked as scary and gross https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjIXwkX1e48 yeah
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Jul 8, 2015 04:28
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mind the walrus posted:Holy poo poo look at this dumb motherfucker. I'll even defend the most recent one, the one that didn't have Doug Bradley as Pinhead. If you can get past the fact that it doesn't have Doug Bradley in it, it's arguably the sequel that's closest to the original movie (and Clive Barker novella) in terms of tone and hosed-up-ness.
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I actually remember some of the Hellraiser comics that were collected and rereleased in the 00s being surprisingly good and very much in the spirit of the original novella too without being xeroxes of the first one. When is Barker going to finish that final book with all that Hellraiser poo poo in it anyway? That was considered in development hell when I first hear about it 15 years ago.
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