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RBA Starblade posted:The secret of Doctor Who is that it's always been terrible, but occasionally it's fun terrible instead of poo poo terrible It's always had strengths and weaknesses, I'd agree on that. But it's consistently been more imaginative than most sci-fi out there, while also pretty successfully delivery genuinely emotional stories and moments. So it's a unique mix.
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I've recently been getting into the Ultra franchise, and if you like classic sci-fi TV like original Star Trek or Doctor Who but good, you really should give the original Ultraman a try
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Feb 27, 2020 20:00
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I like the old Doctor Who because it's really cheap looking and campy as gently caress. Just look at this loving thing:
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Feb 27, 2020 20:04
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CPL593H posted:I like the old Doctor Who because it's really cheap looking and campy as gently caress. Just look at this loving thing: Check out Jirass  Literally a Godzilla costume they had laying around that they stuck a frill on
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Feb 27, 2020 20:08
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My favorite bad BBC costume is zaphod from the hitchhikers show but it's my favorite show 3ver so it has a excuse
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Feb 27, 2020 20:14
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If Doctor Who had the camera work and fight choreography of even mid level tokusatsu it would be 100% better.
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Feb 27, 2020 20:17
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I read this as Tonkatsu every time and I refuse to change that 
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Feb 27, 2020 20:18
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FreudianSlippers posted:If Doctor Who had the camera work and fight choreography of even mid level tokusatsu it would be 100% better. Or even if the Doctor just introduced themself like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NGW3iVpih0
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Feb 27, 2020 20:25
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Ogmius815 posted:The Matrix really suffers on rewatch. It does not hold up that well two decades out I’m afraid. The Matrix is exactly as good as it was when I saw it in theaters, which is "fine".
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Feb 27, 2020 20:32
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CPL593H posted:The Doctor doesn't kill, except for all those times he did and when several of those were genocides. The most British show, yes.
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Feb 27, 2020 20:53
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Empress Brosephine posted:My favorite bad BBC costume is zaphod from the hitchhikers show but it's my favorite show 3ver so it has a excuse That's bad, but it's no bubble wrap monster. 
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Feb 27, 2020 21:03
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It's hard to top the guy in an early third doctor story who gets killed by a chair:
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Feb 27, 2020 21:13
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duz posted:That's bad, but it's no bubble wrap monster. I skimmed the old ones on Netflix one and the monster of the week was apparently just film damage
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Feb 27, 2020 21:13
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Flying Zamboni posted:It's hard to top the guy in an early third doctor story who gets killed by a chair: drat look at the brutality can’t believe the beeb allowed this!
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Feb 27, 2020 21:18
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I like to imagine that Third Doctor stories took place in Scarfolk.
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Feb 27, 2020 21:20
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Flying Zamboni posted:It's hard to top the guy in an early third doctor story who gets killed by a chair: I can’t believe I even have to say this,
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Feb 27, 2020 21:29
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Lurdiak posted:The Matrix is exactly as good as it was when I saw it in theaters, which is "fine". You know how it's said that young people don't watch movies from before they were born? I've shown The Matrix to my students, age 17-18, and they loving loved it.
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Feb 27, 2020 21:32
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Flying Zamboni posted:It's hard to top the guy in an early third doctor story who gets killed by a chair: Splice this with Frank emerging from the couch
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Feb 27, 2020 22:07
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Grendels Dad posted:You know how it's said that young people don't watch movies from before they were born? I've shown The Matrix to my students, age 17-18, and they loving loved it. Yeah I'm well aware I'm an outlier on this. I thought the movie was fun enough, then didn't really think about it at all after seeing it, and then 6 months later it had apparently spawned a cultural revolution.
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Feb 27, 2020 22:08
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Halloween Jack posted:I wanted to like the new Lost in Space series, but I just can't. There's the boy-and-his-dog aspect, and the family sitcom aspect, and the interesting stuff happens around the margins of that. I actually found it really surprising that the robot is just a character, and doesn’t overwhelm the show. Making him a mute extension of whoever ‘syncs’ him was a great move. He doesn’t really know much. The Terminator 2 / ET references are upended by a rare emphasis on just how dangerous this thing is - like maybe it’s not good to give some kid partial control over some plasma canons? The sitcom-y stuff is also contextualized by the crushing meaningless of the universe around them. So you might get some kind of petty argument to provide characterization, but then these things almost invariably go nowhere - not because the narrative is dropped, but because it’s ultimately revealed to be unimportant.
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Feb 27, 2020 23:00
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Lost in Space is also structurally kind of a nostalgic throwback to LOST, or at least the one-season LOST ripoffs that aired right after it got big. I thought it was odd that I found that quaint, but then I realized it's been 16 years since LOST premiered.
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Feb 27, 2020 23:07
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Steve Yun posted:
The Fountain followed by Dark City. Two of my favorite movies
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Feb 27, 2020 23:23
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is the thing from The Outsider supposed to be related to Pennywise in some way?
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Feb 28, 2020 00:06
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Lil Mama Im Sorry posted:is the thing from The Outsider supposed to be related to Pennywise in some way? I've never read the book but in the show it just seems like it's "a pennywise"
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Feb 28, 2020 00:23
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Grendels Dad posted:You know how it's said that young people don't watch movies from before they were born? I've shown The Matrix to my students, age 17-18, and they loving loved it. Young people sound like boring losers.
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Feb 28, 2020 00:31
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Grendels Dad posted:You know how it's said that young people don't watch movies from before they were born? I've shown The Matrix to my students, age 17-18, and they loving loved it. Who says that? The youth love Shrek.
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Feb 28, 2020 00:35
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Ytotd, Roger Corman's movie that made him stick to Poe and schlock because he got his rear end physically kicked by the KKK when he screened it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwgMuDQzm2I Shatner's first movie, too
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Feb 28, 2020 00:39
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pospysyl posted:Who says that? The youth love Shrek. I've seen more than one high school kid wearing a Space Jam t-shirt.
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Feb 28, 2020 00:41
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The Peccadillo posted:I've never read the book but in the show it just seems like it's "a pennywise" ya ive never read the dark tower but I’m aware thru osmosis that pennywise has siblings/offspring i figure a monster that feeds on grief has gotta be closely related to one that feeds on fear
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Feb 28, 2020 01:02
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The one that pops up in the Dark Tower is an evil standup comedian that eats laughter. The last three Dark Tower books are certainly something.
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Feb 28, 2020 01:05
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CPL593H posted:I've seen more than one high school kid wearing a Space Jam t-shirt. You never told us you've been to a house party at R Kelly's place.
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Feb 28, 2020 01:10
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I didn't know there was a King's canonical family of feelings monsters
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Feb 28, 2020 01:34
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I'm watching Parasite It's good Ok I'm going to keep watching it now
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Feb 28, 2020 01:43
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I found the copy of It I read when I was like twelve It has my dad's cigarette burns and everything 
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Feb 28, 2020 01:49
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Gripweed posted:Or even if the Doctor just introduced themself like this Why do that when you can enter like this https://twitter.com/jonnymorris1973/status/1086933679690207232?s=20
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Feb 28, 2020 01:53
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Davros1 posted:Why do that when you can enter like this I get why people don't like the modern show, but how can you hate this goofy rear end poo poo?
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Feb 28, 2020 02:06
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The Peccadillo posted:It has my dad's cigarette burns and everything
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Feb 28, 2020 02:20
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The Peccadillo posted:I found the copy of It I read when I was like twelve ah dude this is my favorite version of the cover!
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Feb 28, 2020 02:52
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PenguinKnight posted:drat look at the brutality They actually did get in trouble for this story because it was all regular things coming to life and attacking people and this scared the poo poo out of the kids, more than some monster on an alien planet.
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Skwirl posted:Wow, my decision to never watch Doctor Who is looking pretty good. I mean, in the Sunmakers the plot is literally a worker's revolution overthrowing an exploitative capitalist, colonialist upper class. Good stuff for kids to watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9emqnRpYoU
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