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I wish the 372 pages podcast would do another book; Mike and Conor put out a real level, easygoing, mellow kind of hate that's perfectly suited to listening while you work at a job you despise.
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DoubleCakes posted:I hadn't read a book in years and my friend recommended me RPO. It was one of those 'I never read books and I love this one so that's how you know it's good!' situations. I don't remember how far I got but I remember hating it from page one. God what a garbage fire. A dozen dissections on its problems wouldn't be enough. Very similar thing happened to me except I sort of appreciated the world building. And then it was all dropped for chatlogs and sub-Family Guy level references. I was genuinely mad at said friend.
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Went looking for that Green Room interview Andrew was talking about. I had to trawl through dozens of bloggers chatting with them. But I found it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFULjhEdHis
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Empress Brosephine posted:That 372 pages podcast is p good. Any other podcasts y’all recommend that riff on popular stuff You might enjoy I Don't Even Own A Television. They do WHM-style breakdowns of bad books. They did an episode for each Ernest Cline book. They do a lot of schlock books as well as music biographies and dumb popular books.
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Masterminds was a move that I saw in theaters. I was 9, and I had no idea what the hell was going on, and then Patrick Stewart started screaming UNITED, UNITED at the end.
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DoubleCakes posted:I'm hoping that the WHM guys do a video on that Fanboys film Cline did the screenplay for. It's exactly what you'd expect from that writer. It's a 90 minute SW jerk off fest with absolutely no laughs. It's a comedy without any actual comedy. Early in WHM's history they did an episode on the movie Free Enterprise and an episode on Fanboys would be very similar. I saw that movie at the urging of a friend back when it first came out on DVD, the best part was Ethan Suplee as Harry Knowles. Fanboys is 2009, so it's only 3 months until it becomes available for WHM. This friend also sadly really liked Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, which is probably very ripe for WHM. God I hated that movie, and I feel like I was the only one, I can only see it as becoming much more problematic these days, sadly that one is 2010, so we're stuck waiting until the reelection of Trump.
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Iron Crowned posted:I saw that movie at the urging of a friend back when it first came out on DVD, the best part was Ethan Suplee as Harry Knowles. Fanboys is 2009, so it's only 3 months until it becomes available for WHM. Scott Pilgrim and Trump, two horsemen of the apocalypse.
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MariusLecter posted:Scott Pilgrim and Trump, two horsemen of the apocalypse. It really does make me realize just how dire the first decade of the 2000s really was
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Sep 13, 2018 14:38
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Iron Crowned posted:I saw that movie at the urging of a friend back when it first came out on DVD, the best part was Ethan Suplee as Harry Knowles. Fanboys is 2009, so it's only 3 months until it becomes available for WHM. They don't all hate it so probably not
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Fezz posted:You might enjoy I Don't Even Own A Television. They do WHM-style breakdowns of bad books. They did an episode for each Ernest Cline book. They do a lot of schlock books as well as music biographies and dumb popular books. This podcast did Meg, so hell yeah. I read that book once I heard the movie was J. Stath vs. a giant shark and it was so....something
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That movie was so weird because when I saw the trailer I said “hah, that sounds like that terrible book I read back in high school “ only to discover that the movie had been in development hell for twenty years.
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Iron Crowned posted:This friend also sadly really liked Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, which is probably very ripe for WHM. God I hated that movie, and I feel like I was the only one, I can only see it as becoming much more problematic these days, sadly that one is 2010, so we're stuck waiting until the reelection of Trump. When I first saw SPvtW I was so blown away I thought it was going to launch some sort of sub-genre of film, an artistic movement. Even though it bombed at the box office, I was convinced it was going to become a cult classic and spearhead a zeitgeist of movies that combine comedy with early-twenties social themes, fantasy with contemporary settings. I saw it opening day and didn't see it again until I bought it on the Blu-ray. That second viewing killed my soul. It's not a bad film, but it's barely passable. Coming down from that realization put me back in a depressive funk. Old Kentucky Shark posted:That movie was so weird because when I saw the trailer I said “hah, that sounds like that terrible book I read back in high school “ only to discover that the movie had been in development hell for twenty years. I'm just surprised that kind of movie was based on a book. It seems like the kind of movie premise you could pull out of a hat. It seems like the kind of movie that doesn't need a screenplay.
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DoubleCakes posted:When I first saw SPvtW I was so blown away I thought it was going to launch some sort of sub-genre of film, an artistic movement. Even though it bombed at the box office, I was convinced it was going to become a cult classic and spearhead a zeitgeist of movies that combine comedy with early-twenties social themes, fantasy with contemporary settings. I saw it opening day and didn't see it again until I bought it on the Blu-ray. That second viewing killed my soul. It's not a bad film, but it's barely passable. Coming down from that realization put me back in a depressive funk. Not only is there a book, there are six sequels to that book. It is the Lord of the Rings of stupid giant shark stories. Old Kentucky Shark fucked around with this message at 22:37 on Sep 13, 2018 |
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Sep 13, 2018 17:55
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:Not only is there a book, there are six sequels to that book. It is the Lird of the Rings of giant stupid shark stories. And the first book comes in at least two printings, one to make it more "modern". There's a whole lot of weird about that novel.
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Sep 13, 2018 19:25
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I'm listen to the Meg episode of I Don't Eve Own a Television and this is pretty great. Listen to he 2 hosts compare the 2 versions of the book they read is gold. I also thought the author of Meg was trying to go for schlock, but then hearing them explain who he is......I don't think so
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Iron Crowned posted:This friend also sadly really liked Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, which is probably very ripe for WHM. God I hated that movie, and I feel like I was the only one, I can only see it as becoming much more problematic these days, sadly that one is 2010, so we're stuck waiting until the reelection of Trump. Uh... wha? Scott Pilgrim is a totally fine movie. Its gender politics aren't perfect, but the point being that Scott is a stupid rear end in a top hat smooths it over a lot, imo.
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Coincidentally I watched Scott Pilgrim last week after not seeing it since it was released on video. I still kind of like it? The themes don't "resonate" or anything, and like they said it gets weird with mild sexism re: "it was just a phase" defending, but it also has been 8 years and the 2000s were terrible. It's not something I'd make a movie night out of, and it'll probably be another 10 years before I watch it again, if ever, but it was enjoyable to watch while cooking and I really like the sound design and camera angles 'n poo poo. Probably gonna leave it on the Plex HDD for nostalgia's sake. Growing up in a PNW winter hellhole very similar to the environment of Toronto, combined with all my friends being part of "bands" probably biases me a bit, though.
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I think Scott Pilgrim really suffers from feeling the need to include a lot of elements from a six volume comic series into a two hour movie, it ends up being unfocused and rushed. Reducing the number of exes would have been a good call. Edgar Wright is a good director, I think he was just constrained by the adaption process more than anything else.
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Sep 14, 2018 09:01
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Edgar Wright has made more bad movies than good tbh
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Red Bones posted:I think Scott Pilgrim really suffers from feeling the need to include a lot of elements from a six volume comic series into a two hour movie, it ends up being unfocused and rushed. Reducing the number of exes would have been a good call. Edgar Wright is a good director, I think he was just constrained by the adaption process more than anything else. Yeah, the extra time the books have really drive home the point that Scott has alienated all his friends because he's an rear end in a top hat. Not quite enough time to do that in a two hour movie when you're trying to cram in all the high points.
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DoubleCakes posted:It was one of those 'I never read books and I love this one so that's how you know it's good!' situations. When people say this I think they mean "this book is SO GOOD it leapt over my incredibly high bar for reading anything!" but all I hear is "I don't know what a good book is cuz I have nothing to compare it to". I asked folks whether I should read The Expanse books and someone said "they're so good they got me reading books again" which... made me not want to read them.
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That certainly is weird, but take it from me, a person who reads a lot of books, that they are good and you should read them if you want to. Or don't, what do I care? 
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Dr Monkeysee posted:When people say this I think they mean "this book is SO GOOD it leapt over my incredibly high bar for reading anything!" but all I hear is "I don't know what a good book is cuz I have nothing to compare it to". The Expanse books are fine; the TV show is better. The show details the characters more thoroughly and the story flows better. The writers of the books have some really bad ticks (If i read the line "he said something obscene" ever again I will go postal), and its really obvious that Holden is a self-insert for what they think the coolest guy ever is that all the ladies wanna gently caress. Story is good, though; for the most part. Also, in the book, the main characters learn of the 'evil plot' from a commercial the bad guys made that they were going to use to shop their evil plans around to investors. A literal commercial.
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Sep 14, 2018 20:31
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The Expanse also shows you some real nice space travel and relativistic effects.
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If anyone hasn't, there is a really good Let's Read of RPO in the Book Barn. I don't have a link handy though
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To go back to WHM, the Animation Damnation of Star Wars: Droids is pretty good, and I know exactly how Eric feels. Also, Boba-tholomew and Sydney Fett.
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The weird thing about Meg the book is how much more traditionally cheesy it is. The intro has a meg eating a t-Rex, it jumps out of the ocean completely to eat a helicopter, and it ends when the hero is eaten by the shark and cuts it’s giant heart out from the inside. How they ended up with the tame movie is beyond me. The first one or second one also has a villain who is eaten by the shark, and in his last moments his life flashes before his eyes and he regrets all the bad he’s done. Even as like a 10 year old it stuck me how cheesy it was. Edit: Actually I think it was an evil woman. And the book shark glows in the dark because it lives in the deep and I guess used it to attract prey I guess. Could have made for some interesting visuals.
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Violator posted:The weird thing about Meg the book is how much more traditionally cheesy it is. The intro has a meg eating a t-Rex, it jumps out of the ocean completely to eat a helicopter, and it ends when the hero is eaten by the shark and cuts it’s giant heart out from the inside. How they ended up with the tame movie is beyond me. I remember, even as a dipshit teenager, thinking that the end of the book, where the protagonist dived down the Meg's throat and cut out the shark's heart with his bare hands, was too stupid to tolerate. It was really amusing listening to that podcast and finding out that they'd cut that bit out of future iterations of the book.
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Is there any reason the guys hate Hellraiser so much? The sequels I can understand but the first one is a classic.
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That ernest Cline "poem" thing was one of the most painful things I've ever heard. It had a real incel vibe going for it. Sad thing is there's almost certainly a market for that. If he could successfully brand a porn series as "enlightened" or...I dont know what the gently caress, he'd probably make a lot of money
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SleepCousinDeath posted:Is there any reason the guys hate Hellraiser so much? The sequels I can understand but the first one is a classic. Hell, I would say the first two are both classics- Hellraiser vs. Hellbound is pretty much a matter of whether you prefer a small-scale, personal BDSM vampire story over a weird-rear end descent into Hell. 3 is where the seams start showing, and it falls off a cliff after 4.
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Yeah, seems like the first two movies are everywhere these days (on hulu and netflix at the same time) but it's really hard to get ahold of three+ without paying
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Masterchef vs. Predator
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Sep 18, 2018 12:23
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♫Eric Szyszka saw my dick♫
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Sep 18, 2018 12:41
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Iron Crowned posted:♫Eric Szyszka saw my dick♫ Eric Dickszka?
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Too much boner! Send it back!
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I’m begging someone to make a AVP V MVP poster
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All 3 have iconic foreheads.
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As a side note, who actually likes Peyton Manning? I remember having a coworker who hated him way back in 2004
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