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Antifa Turkeesian posted:I took years to get around to seeing it, partially because I had this idea that was really sappy and sentimental, but I found it to be so much more than what I expected. It’s pretty clear-eyed and honest about what makes life bad and how people can respond, and it presents the then-recent history of the depression with far more honesty than I was expecting. It’s well worth watching no matter who you are or how you feel about sentimentality. It's worth noting that it was also investigated for being Anti-American
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Antifa Turkeesian posted:I took years to get around to seeing it, partially because I had this idea that was really sappy and sentimental, but I found it to be so much more than what I expected. It’s pretty clear-eyed and honest about what makes life bad and how people can respond, and it presents the then-recent history of the depression with far more honesty than I was expecting. It’s well worth watching no matter who you are or how you feel about sentimentality. It makes me cry, but not because it's sentimental, but because I relate to George Bailey to an uncomfortable degree. It depresses the gently caress out of me, while also reminding me that no one is promised their dreams, but very matter-of-factly shows that's not necessarily what Life is about.
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Iron Crowned posted:It's worth noting that it was also investigated for being Anti-American It’s wild they tried to drag Frank Capra’s name in the mud, but I guess some things never change.
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ruddiger posted:It’s wild they tried to drag Frank Capra’s name in the mud, but I guess some things never change. The villain of the film is a Capitalist, and he is a thief, and he gets away with his crimes without any repercussions. Also his scheme is to gentrify the town with cheap buildings and outsourced labor.
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I can’t remember the last time I sat through the entire film, but I really like It’s a Wonderful Life - I usually end up watching a bit on Christmas Eve. Might have to make a point of watching the whole thing this year.
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If you have any interest in Capra, Five Came Back by Mark Harris is a fascinating read.
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CPL593H posted:If I ever had "gently caress you" money I'd buy a shitload of rare/limited edition slip cover and make snuff videos of me destroying them to post on the blu-ray.com forums. Like Mike from RLM did with classic Star Wars figures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf2tBFfMLMk&t=8s
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Happy Hippo posted:Like Mike from RLM did with classic Star Wars figures. Amazing.
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Lumbermouth posted:If you have any interest in Capra, Five Came Back by Mark Harris is a fascinating read. I haven’t read the book but the documentary was fantastic.
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Happy Hippo posted:Like Mike from RLM did with classic Star Wars figures. That just makes the existing ones more valuable 
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I saw a video where the guy on camera was holding a still sealed vintage Boba Fett for a friend who ended up banging his girlfriend. So in the video he opened the package, took the figure out, shoved it into a bottle of honey, then took the little gun picked his ear with it, and stuck the gun in there too.
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CelticPredator posted:Shame he didn’t do what that one goon’s GF did to greedo At least now we know what maclunky means.
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CelticPredator posted:Shame he didn’t do what that one goon’s GF did to greedo Tell me more. 
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Xenomrph posted:Tell me more. This is the thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3813781&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 This is the post: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3813781&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=8#post470673165 It's kinda worth the 8 pages of buildup from memory. I don't think anyone thought there would be a payoff.
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Xenomrph posted:Tell me more. If you want a tl;dr She stuck it in her b-hole and took a now famous picture of Greedo's head sticking out of there.
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EL BROMANCE posted:This is the thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3813781&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 Absolutely worth not spoiling yourself and going on this whole roller-coaster. Being there for it was wild as hell although now thinking about it the blurry consent of posting a photo of someone's else's orifices who very obviously has mental illness is uh...yeahhhhh
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Just found a crack in my old shout factory Gamera vs Gyaos/Vs Viras dvd, which sucks because the transfers were decent enough that I didn’t feel the need to upgrade, so now I’m eyeing the Arrow Showa set and thinking I’m gonna have to pull the trigger.
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CelticPredator posted:I’m going to try and pick up Prometheus, Covenant, and TLJ tomorrow bc I love them and care about them One of these are good tho [ok one of these are magnificent, one good, and one with cool ideas but too much Kenny Powers in space]
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More important than Danny McBride, Alien: Covenant also stars Jussie Smollett
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Boywhiz88 posted:I totally forgot Roger Rabbit is coming next week until I got my pre-order reminder! I totally forgot until this post
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Boywhiz88 posted:I totally forgot Roger Rabbit is coming next week until I got my pre-order reminder! Let's not forget the seminal action classic, Hard Target. Yes, I will be buying Hard Target because it has a great explosions and UHD explosions are my favorite thing.
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Alec Eiffel posted:More important than Danny McBride, Alien: Covenant also stars Jussie Smollett Don’t see how this is important
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CelticPredator posted:Don’t see how this is important When Trump is Prez again all movies featuring Jussie Smollett will be banned so if you buy it now you'll have a valuable collector's item.
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I have 2 copies of Alien Covenant and also own it on digital
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CelticPredator posted:Don’t see how this is important have you missed the vlogs?
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CelticPredator posted:Don’t see how this is important Your copies will sky-rocket in value when Disney/Fox decides to digitally erase Smollett and replace him with CGI Michael Biehn. Alec Eiffel fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Dec 2, 2021 |
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CelticPredator posted:I have 2 copies of Alien Covenant and also own it on digital So you bought the UHD and it came with a BR + code?
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Basebf555 posted:Let's not forget the seminal action classic, Hard Target. I’m waiting for reviews just to be sure, but it’ll probably happen. Wilford Brimley as a full on Cajun is such a weird but great choice! And Lance is pretty loving scary in his role. Edit: Malignant sucked and I do not understand the love Blu-Ray.com has for it.
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Malignant worked for me because there's a lot of interesting camerawork and set design that felt like an intentional homage to many different eras of horror movies. I think the combination of CGI and practical effects really worked to create interesting environments in a way a lot of big CGI pictures don't. From a plot perspective, that batshit twist that reframed everything really tickled me and made me want to rewatch the movie but I can understand not liking it.
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Cloks posted:Malignant worked for me because there's a lot of interesting camerawork and set design that felt like an intentional homage to many different eras of horror movies. I think the combination of CGI and practical effects really worked to create interesting environments in a way a lot of big CGI pictures don't. Can you even call that a twist though? It was really obvious what was going on right away.
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CPL593H posted:Can you even call that a twist though? It was really obvious what was going on right away. I definitely caught on to the basic premise of what was happening, but the full extent of it definitely was shocking and went way further over the top than I expected. Like, I thought he was psychically taking over her body or something and forcing her to commit the murders, which is technically not incorrect, but I did not expect that he would be literally emerging from the back of her skill and running around with backwards limbs and all that.
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CPL593H posted:Can you even call that a twist though? It was really obvious what was going on right away. I think it's more obvious in retrospect but I had no idea that it was going to escalate the way it did. Basebf555 posted:I definitely caught on to the basic premise of what was happening, but the full extent of it definitely was shocking and went way further over the top than I expected.
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I also can’t wait for Who Framed Roger Rabbit on UHD. I’ve never owned the movie and have only caught it on tv.
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