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^^^True that. And I think I'll always respect him as a physical actor. (To shanty Re: martin short)Skwirl posted:
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penismightier posted:I was about to say Escape from New York is his best premise, but actually now that I think about it I think it's Prince of Darkness - trapped in a church performing science experiments on the devil is radtown USA. Absolutely. Escape has style out the rear end but Prince of Darkness so many wild ideas in one. Halloween is the film that will make him known a hundred years from now. It's our Frankenstein.
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Beyond sane knolls posted:^^^True that. And I think I'll always respect him as a physical actor. (To shanty Re: martin short) In retrospect it's pretty funny, but at the time it was a loving horrible ordeal.
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Jul 26, 2014 18:27
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penismightier posted:I was about to say Escape from New York is his best premise, but actually now that I think about it I think it's Prince of Darkness - trapped in a church performing science experiments on the devil is radtown USA. I think the parts with Lee Van Cleef talking to Kurt Russel are my favorite scenes in Carpenter's filmography.
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Skwirl posted:Oh, our little Dickeye is growing up. From what I understand the rights of the tenants in NC are as follows:
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Jul 26, 2014 18:32
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Literally The Worst posted:From what I understand the rights of the tenants in NC are as follows: That's why I said you need to look it up, there's a lot of case law (a judge says something is against the law, based on other laws, instead of there being a statute) on this stuff, but that varies widely by state and county.
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What do you guys think of Platoon? Because I don't know. It's a great film, don't get me wrong, but it feels like it should be way more of a shock to the senses than it actually is. And some of the choices made - I'm thinking of the final Charlie Sheen voiceover specifically - actively work against it.
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Jul 26, 2014 18:39
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Hammer Backspace posted:What do you guys think of Platoon? Because I don't know. It's a great film, don't get me wrong, but it feels like it should be way more of a shock to the senses than it actually is. And some of the choices made - I'm thinking of the final Charlie Sheen voiceover specifically - actively work against it. I think it's the best Viet Nam movie, personally. But more people here probably agree with you than with me.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:I think the parts with Lee Van Cleef talking to Kurt Russel are my favorite scenes in Carpenter's filmography. "President of what?" is the best line he ever wrote and Kurt Russell's best delivery ever. Hammer Backspace posted:What do you guys think of Platoon? Because I don't know. It's a great film, don't get me wrong, but it feels like it should be way more of a shock to the senses than it actually is. And some of the choices made - I'm thinking of the final Charlie Sheen voiceover specifically - actively work against it. The weird thing about Platoon is that it was shot by someone who unquestionably knew Vietnam better than any other filmmaker who took a crack at it, but for me it's the major Nam movie that evokes the least sensory feelings of any of them. Maybe it's the 80s filmstock and lighting?
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penismightier posted:"President of what?" is the best line he ever wrote and Kurt Russell's best delivery ever. "That's not funny, Plissken" is even better. I listen to the soundtrack a lot and it includes those conversations and I'm always at first like "Oh, I'll skip the talking parts" but I never do.
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Hammer Backspace posted:What do you guys think of Platoon? Because I don't know. It's a great film, don't get me wrong, but it feels like it should be way more of a shock to the senses than it actually is. And some of the choices made - I'm thinking of the final Charlie Sheen voiceover specifically - actively work against it. Part of it is that "shocking movie about Vietnam" is a category with some pretty stiff competition, and part of it is probably that your watching the movie 40 years removed from the war. I think Ollie Stone fought in Vietnam, and it was just 10ish years after the war when it came out, so it was pretty fresh in a lot of peoples minds. I agree though, I liked it when I saw it, but it didn't seem as powerful as it should have been for whatever reason. That's how I feel about Oliver Stone movies in general though, so that might be another part of the problem.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:I listen to the soundtrack a lot and it includes those conversations and I'm always at first like "Oh, I'll skip the talking parts" but I never do. Same but with Dead Man.
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Hammer Backspace posted:What do you guys think of Platoon? Because I don't know. It's a great film, don't get me wrong, but it feels like it should be way more of a shock to the senses than it actually is. And some of the choices made - I'm thinking of the final Charlie Sheen voiceover specifically - actively work against it. I'd probably have to watch it again, but I remember finding it kind of...I dunno, bland?
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:"That's not funny, Plissken" is even better. Another one that always gets me is the long pause before Isaac Hayes says "...on the hood of my car!" like it's just a whim he thought up on the spot. I find that... charming. HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Absolutely. Escape has style out the rear end but Prince of Darkness so many wild ideas in one. It's like someone took all the unrelated stories in one issue of EC Comics and smashed them together.
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penismightier posted:Another one that always gets me is the long pause before Isaac Hayes says "...on the hood of my car!" like it's just a whim he thought up on the spot. I find that... charming. That's great too. I also really love the way Van Cleef says "The Gullfire's waiting."
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Skwirl posted:That's why I said you need to look it up, there's a lot of case law (a judge says something is against the law, based on other laws, instead of there being a statute) on this stuff, but that varies widely by state and county. See my plan was to just shriek until their ears bleed and then gorge myself on their entrails. Yours sounds good too though.
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Jul 26, 2014 18:53
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Skwirl posted:Oh, our little Dickeye is growing up.
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The ending of Escape from New York is pretty much the best thing.
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I love John Carpenter, but Escape From New York bores the poo poo out of me.
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I saw a twofer of Murder, My Sweet and The Maltese Falcon last night, Murder, My Sweet was the one I'd never seen and was amazed at how stylish it was. It seems that a lot of noir tics are taken straight from that film. The best of Film Forum's noir series I've seen was Mildred Pierce, however.Anonymous Robot posted:I love John Carpenter, but Escape From New York bores the poo poo out of me. Yeah, I find it surprisingly dull no matter how many times I watch it. Also, I really do have to say the Christine soundtrack is far better than that film deserves.
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Jul 26, 2014 19:22
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Rageaholic, would greatly appreciate food recs, tia
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SALT CURES HAM posted:Rageaholic, would greatly appreciate food recs, tia Dude raved about packaged hummus, why are you asking him for food recs?
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SALT CURES HAM posted:Rageaholic, would greatly appreciate food recs, tia I hear they have good mexican food at this little place called chipotle
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SALT CURES HAM posted:Rageaholic, would greatly appreciate food recs, tia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yQIb2ouzuw Some good recs here hth
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Slice of Life: Shortly before my last ex and I broke up, I bought her son Pokemon X. Now she's selling the 3DS and all the games—including Pokemon X—on a local auction site. My first reaction was, "Oh come on! I bought that on opening day! That was expensive!!" Why I cared at all, I have no idea, but there it is.
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Escape from L.A. owns and people who hate it can suck my dick. The basketball scene is the loving dumbest thing ever captured on celluloid, though.
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Dickeye what made you in North Carolina? That place is horrible and govt. designed to gently caress people over. Man I wish you the best. You are having it rough.
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GonSmithe posted:Dude raved about packaged hummus, why are you asking him for food recs? Because dude lives in NOLA and I'm visiting NOLA and literally the only NOLA restaurant I know of is Cafe du Monde.
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SALT CURES HAM posted:Because dude lives in NOLA and I'm visiting NOLA and literally the only NOLA restaurant I know of is Cafe du Monde. Ask people in the street.
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Haha, you had me going there. For a second I thought Dickeye had moved to New Orleans. Ahh, poo poo. Dickeye, search for a NOLO bookstore.
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Skwirl posted:Ahh, poo poo. Nobody Only Lives Once?
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I Before E posted:Nobody Only Lives Once? You Only Live Twice.
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Reading Dwayne Johnson's Facebook page, I can't tell if he genuinely believes in Hercules or if he's just trying to drum up interest.CPL593H posted:You Only Live Twice.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Hahahahaha Kim Kardashian as Xena.
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I'm so glad DC/Warner has decided to take a page from Marvel's book and use their movies as promotional tools for other movies that they'll regurgitate over and over until we're all dead.
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All this Carpenter chat has made me realize I've only ever seen The Thing. I think I'm gonna have to take some time and remedy that, maybe in release order.
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Toebone posted:All this Carpenter chat has made me realize I've only ever seen The Thing. I think I'm gonna have to take some time and remedy that, maybe in release order. Not a bad way to do it, actually.
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Toebone posted:All this Carpenter chat has made me realize I've only ever seen The Thing. I think I'm gonna have to take some time and remedy that, maybe in release order. The Thing Escape From New York They Live Halloween Big Trouble in Little China Assault on Precinct 13 I didn't personally like his debut, Dark Star, but some people love it, so give that a shot if you want to as well.
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The only Classic Carpenter movie I haven't seen is Assult. I need to fix that soon.  Carpenter is one of my favorite all time directors. I could watch his films and listen to his scores all drat day. His cinematography is just so loving great. You could spot a Carpenter film easily without even knowing it was him. Which was how I saw They Live for the first time. I caught it on TV at like 3 in the morning when I was a kid. I knew it was Carpenter, but I had never seen it before. And knowing pretty much nothing about it, it was a crazy experience. CelticPredator fucked around with this message at 20:28 on Jul 26, 2014 |
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