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Frog Act posted:so I have a slightly weird movie recommendation request: my favorite movie ever is Repo Man. I love stuff like Assault on Precinct 13, They Live, Death Wish, The Warriors, Escape from NY, etc and to a slightly lesser extent, Soylent Green and Omega Man. basically things from the 70's/80's that have synthesizer heavy soundtracks and an aesthetic focus on urban decay in the late 20th century, particularly in big urban areas. like, I watched Death Wish II last night (objectively a horrible movie that Ebert correctly gave 0 stars for lacking both stylistic merit and being "morally repulsive") and remembered why I liked it despite that stuff - the street scenes of urban decay in LA, where Kersey wanders around hunting the inexplicably multiracial rape gang of 80s syle punks. In the future, please post these types of requests in the new Recommend Me A Movie thread. The last one was closed, so it's fine that you posted this here, but please, everyone in the future, use the Recommend Me thread.
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Frog Act posted:so I have a slightly weird movie recommendation request: my favorite movie ever is Repo Man. I love stuff like Assault on Precinct 13, They Live, Death Wish, The Warriors, Escape from NY, etc and to a slightly lesser extent, Soylent Green and Omega Man. basically things from the 70's/80's that have synthesizer heavy soundtracks and an aesthetic focus on urban decay in the late 20th century, particularly in big urban areas. like, I watched Death Wish II last night (objectively a horrible movie that Ebert correctly gave 0 stars for lacking both stylistic merit and being "morally repulsive") and remembered why I liked it despite that stuff - the street scenes of urban decay in LA, where Kersey wanders around hunting the inexplicably multiracial rape gang of 80s syle punks. Lots of Freidkin movies have this (Cruising, To Live and Die in LA, French Connection), Black Caesar (and really most blaxploitation movies), not the US but Get Carter is an excellent urban/industrial decay film
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Jun 6, 2019 22:35
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The last kingdom figured out sword hand in one episode, how on Earth did game of thrones never give what's his face a sword hand
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Adlai Stevenson posted:Okay, if you're into Black Mirror, I'd like to ask you a long-winded, meandering, and fairly rude question about the show. It’s incredibly hit or miss. When it hits it’s great but there are some stinkers. There are no diamonds in the first season so I wouldn’t hold that against it. The fourth has the strongest episodes but also probably two of the worst, so good luck!
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Frog Act posted:so I have a slightly weird movie recommendation request: my favorite movie ever is Repo Man. I love stuff like Assault on Precinct 13, They Live, Death Wish, The Warriors, Escape from NY, etc and to a slightly lesser extent, Soylent Green and Omega Man. basically things from the 70's/80's that have synthesizer heavy soundtracks and an aesthetic focus on urban decay in the late 20th century, particularly in big urban areas. like, I watched Death Wish II last night (objectively a horrible movie that Ebert correctly gave 0 stars for lacking both stylistic merit and being "morally repulsive") and remembered why I liked it despite that stuff - the street scenes of urban decay in LA, where Kersey wanders around hunting the inexplicably multiracial rape gang of 80s syle punks.
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Frog Act posted:so I have a slightly weird movie recommendation request: my favorite movie ever is Repo Man. I love stuff like Assault on Precinct 13, They Live, Death Wish, The Warriors, Escape from NY, etc and to a slightly lesser extent, Soylent Green and Omega Man. basically things from the 70's/80's that have synthesizer heavy soundtracks and an aesthetic focus on urban decay in the late 20th century, I can't fight down the urge to recommend Punisher: Warzone. It's not a good movie, or from the 80s, but it reminds me of the aesthetic you're describing. Fight Club? Nameless dystopic city, definitely has self serious moments.
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Jun 7, 2019 04:39
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It's a VERY good movie
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Adlai Stevenson posted:Okay, if you're into Black Mirror, I'd like to ask you a long-winded, meandering, and fairly rude question about the show. Imo season 1 is the best season, so probably the latter. I dunno. I just generally enjoy it a lot. Sometimes it feels insightful, sometimes it doesn't. It's always entertaining to me and has some good twists, good performances and tends to look really nice more often than not. Goons seem to have turned on it full stop and I really can't relate to why at all, so I don't even bother to try to understand anymore. Not that I expect everyone to enjoy it, but people's reasons for disliking it so much seem barely coherent to me. I'm not singling you out there or anything. If you don't like it you don't like it. that's fine. it's clearly not for everyone.
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Jun 7, 2019 05:50
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I Am Mother: how to write basic bitch western scifi about robots and AI. How we haven't gotten past this beep boop bad bads skynet phase yet is beyond me. The robot mom actually looks really cool too. what a waste. ...Thinking about it, Moon did a real good job of having a cool AI character. I'll just watch that again and pretend I Am Mother was that. Diabetes Forecast fucked around with this message at 07:33 on Jun 7, 2019 |
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Jun 7, 2019 07:26
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Yeah, evil AIs are pretty boring now. I kinda liked that low-budget movie about a guy in prison and his AI jailor.
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Jun 7, 2019 07:58
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veni veni veni posted:Imo season 1 is the best season, so probably the latter. Yeah, I like season 1 a lot. Some of that is definitely due to David Cameron actually loving a pig though. It's always been hit or miss for me, but I've found stuff to enjoy in every season so far. The latest stuff though just does not interest me at all.
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Thanks for all the gritty 80s recommendations my dudes, now I’ve got a lot of stuff to check out! Next time I’ll use the right thread
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Jun 7, 2019 13:38
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It's not quite the same, but City of God might have what you're looking for too.
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Frog Act posted:Thanks for all the gritty 80s recommendations my dudes, now I’ve got a lot of stuff to check out! Next time I’ll use the right thread Please tell me you have already seen Streets of Fire.
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All of you should just go and watch Chernobyl. It is probably one of the finest pieces of TV I've ever seen. You're welcome 
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Mr Shiny Pants posted:All of you should just go and watch Chernobyl. It is probably one of the finest pieces of TV I've ever seen. Yes it is. Around episode 3 I was wondering if they would do the roof scraping sending folks to their doom. Sadly, it didn't disappoint. edit: That was an intense scene. Colostomy Bag fucked around with this message at 12:58 on Jun 8, 2019 |
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TheMopeSquad posted:Please tell me you have already seen Streets of Fire. Oh hell yes. This is a great rec that was missed.
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TheMopeSquad posted:Please tell me you have already seen Streets of Fire. I haven’t, so that’s going on the list. I got stoned and rewatched Repo Man last night and it’s still my favorite movie of all time, so I’m definitely in the mood for anything aesthetically similar or equally well written
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TheMopeSquad posted:Please tell me you have already seen Streets of Fire. Streets of Fire and Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai are my favorite '80s movies that rarely get included on lists of people's favorite '80s movies.
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Jun 8, 2019 14:58
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I haven't seen Streets of Fire either.... Thanks all
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Jun 8, 2019 16:31
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Wow Black Mirror SSN 5 is a real piece of work. And by work I mean poo poo.
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Jun 8, 2019 16:39
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Just finished I Am Mother and though it in the end didn't offer anything truly surprising, it felt really well-made and -acted. Whole plot spoilers below: I think the director was banking a bit too hard on the audience not being good at math though. The passage of "13,867 days" at the beginning of the movie is immediately suspect to anyone willing to convert that to years and realize it does not match up with the age of Daughter at all. Still, even seeing the twist coming, it didn't stop me enjoying how the full scope of the AI's scheme was revealed. The implication that Mother deliberately left APX01 in the care of human survivors as a baby, watched over her from afar and then engineered her encounter with Daughter to serve as an example of humanity at its worst. It puts a whole new angle on the plot that she was always aware of everything, and allowed everything to happen as it did to psychologically engineer Daughter to be the perfect mother for the future human race that Mother desired to create.
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I haven't watched I am mother yet so I could be totally wrong (not reading spoilers cause I'll probably watch it tonight), but the trailer makes it look like a huge ripoff of Horizon Zero Dawn.
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Mr Shiny Pants posted:All of you should just go and watch Chernobyl. It is probably one of the finest pieces of TV I've ever seen. I've watched four episodes, and it's 4 for 4 at making my jaw drop. I'll be very surprised if there's a better TV show this year. Watch Chernobyl you guys. Currently only streaming on HBO, but I know some of you probably have a couple weeks left thanks to Game of Thrones.
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Slashrat posted:Just finished I Am Mother and though it in the end didn't offer anything truly surprising, it felt really well-made and -acted. Yeah, I wouldn't say IAM (I kinda like the Biblical way the acronym turned out, all things considered  ) goes any entirely new places compared to the whole of robot fiction, but I definitely consider it well-executed, and reasonably more complex than just another "Skynet" story.It's basically one big trolley problem type thought experiment, like the doctor question Mother presents during testing, but playing out in real time with no more opportunities to sit at a desk and take your time pondering or second-guessing your answers. The whole movie is Daughter's final exam playing out in real time. Terrifying, but I enjoyed it. Also there was more foreshadowing than just the days not adding up, like Woman vaguely remembering watching that show, or the fact that they look weirdly similar. It's definitely meant to be extremely obvious by the second time you watch even if you miss it the first time through. Personally I didn't quite catch it, and just had some vague thought about "oh maybe that's just how long it took the system to fire up Mother" and didn't think about it again until later.
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veni veni veni posted:I haven't watched I am mother yet so I could be totally wrong (not reading spoilers cause I'll probably watch it tonight), but the trailer makes it look like a huge ripoff of Horizon Zero Dawn. The basic premise is similar, and that was my impression going into it too, but it's different enough that you forget about it entirely by the half-way point.
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TheMopeSquad posted:Please tell me you have already seen Streets of Fire. oh poo poo this reminds me, while it's not american, also 1000000% School On Fire
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I just watched Always Be My Maybe, and holy poo poo Marcus is the most genuinely irritating character I've seen, especially for a lead. He's such a prick at every moment for absolutely no reason. It really doesn't help that Randall Park's voice makes everything he says sound sarcastic. Not to mention the movie was just bad. Pretty much every moment with the assistant character was just "it will be funny if I just write my stand-up act here, or the several moments they have Ali Wong ADR stand-up style lines when the back of her head is to the camera. EDIT: That scene near the end after the gala when Marcus, the embodiment of a failson, simultaneously man- and Asian-splains the theory of cuisine to one of the most renowned chefs in the country was enraging. Not only was he belittling the success she's had for unspecified reasons, but he also accuses her of appropriating her own culture, while racistly insisting that all Asian cuisine is the same. Euphoriaphone fucked around with this message at 10:20 on Jun 9, 2019 |
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Euphoriaphone posted:I just watched Always Be My Maybe, and holy poo poo Marcus is the most genuinely irritating character I've seen, especially for a lead. He's such a prick at every moment for absolutely no reason. It really doesn't help that Randall Park's voice makes everything he says sound sarcastic. Randall Park and Ali Wong had zero chemistry in the movie, and even seeing their history together, I couldn't understand what they saw in each other or why they wanted to be together.
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Can someone please confirm if we see the robot have intercourse and get impregnated in I Am Mother?
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veni veni veni posted:Wow Black Mirror SSN 5 is a real piece of work. And by work I mean poo poo. There's literally a "what if phones, but too much" episode.
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I Am Mother was ok. I was left feeling kind of meh at the end because it didn't really wrap up all that well. They had enough going on with the premise that I felt like they could have done something more interesting than that. Also for some reason Hillary Swank's character annoyed the living gently caress out of me. Overall it was entertaining and decently well made though. It's the type of thing I enjoyed watching but will probably forget about entirely in a week.
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IG-88 posted:Can someone please confirm if we see the robot have intercourse and get impregnated in I Am Mother? Can confirm. One of the robots in the movie is literally a truck-sized dick on four legs.
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After watching Man of Tai Chi I want Keanu Reeves to direct more. That guy knows how to film action scenes.
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Slashrat posted:Can confirm. One of the robots in the movie is literally a truck-sized dick on four legs. How on Earth am I supposed to not watch it now
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How is the French paranormal series Black Spot? E: on Netflix
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I just finished Black Summer and my disbelief was working until the final episode where civilians are wildly firing guns at close range with pandemonium going on and only the zombies get killed
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veni veni veni posted:Wow Black Mirror SSN 5 is a real piece of work. And by work I mean poo poo. It's not just that the episodes are poor, but they are way too long. There's no way to justify the run time on these episodes.
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Re: Urban Decay - The Troma movies might fit this. They have this weird aesthetic that kinda nails what you're going for. But the movies themselves you gotta be prepared for the ridiculousness.
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Sand Monster posted:It's not just that the episodes are poor, but they are way too long. There's no way to justify the run time on these episodes. Yeah, I was really disappointed when I got 20 minutes into one of them and saw I had 45 minutes left. I wonder if part of the problem is that some of the most appropriate material to drop—like, say, three-quarters of our time with Topher Grace playing his cliched tech-bro billionaire—couldn't be cut because they got Topher Grace, and so on.
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