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Fsmhunk posted:The original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is the best comic book movie of all time and it's not even close. It's the best at being closest to its source and still being good but it's not the level of, say, Road to Perdition at being a great film.
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Aug 15, 2022 06:16
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There is one good comic book movie and everyone else has been trying to ice skate uphill ever since.
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Aug 15, 2022 09:31
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massive spider posted:There is one good comic book movie and everyone else has been trying to ice skate uphill ever since. I like Batman & Robin too, but this seems like hyperbole.
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Aug 15, 2022 12:09
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Secret of the Ooze is secretly actually better 
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Aug 15, 2022 13:05
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A History of Violence is a comic book movie, as is Ghost World.
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Aug 15, 2022 13:21
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feedmyleg posted:Secret of the Ooze is secretly actually better I'm all for hot takes, but this is just wrong, and also how dare you?
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Aug 15, 2022 13:29
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It's a masterpiece of camp
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Aug 15, 2022 13:31
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feedmyleg posted:It's a masterpiece of camp It's not so much camp as being an episode of the cartoon with character swaps (Tokka and Razor or whatever for Bebop and Rocksteady, David Warner for Baxter). It's pretty much as close to the cartoon as the first was to the comic and that's also why the first is better.
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Aug 15, 2022 13:48
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It's basically a Bill & Ted movie and it has a great heart and I've been extremely tempted to write a very long essay about how secretly great it is for years so don't tempt me because I am quite busy tia.
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Aug 15, 2022 13:50
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Keno wishes he was even half as likable as Casey Jones.
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Aug 15, 2022 14:04
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In Secret of the Ooze the Super Shredder is killed by a some of a rickety dock falling on him after regular human Shredder survived being compacted in a garbage truck 90 minutes earlier. TMNT 1 will always be better because it's a kids movie that ends on a note of casual gruesome murder being okay.
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Aug 15, 2022 14:16
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Having recently rewatched them, the first one is much better shot and edited, it’s like a good episode of law and order but with puppets doing kung fu. However, the second one doesn’t have an awful gay panic joke like the first one does so that’s a point in its favor. The theme rap song is better in the first one too
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Aug 15, 2022 15:11
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They are both perfectly fine.
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Aug 15, 2022 15:20
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DeimosRising posted:Having recently rewatched them, the first one is much better shot and edited, it’s like a good episode of law and order but with puppets doing kung fu. However, the second one doesn’t have an awful gay panic joke like the first one does so that’s a point in its favor. The theme rap song is better in the first one too Yeah, I recently rewatched them both again with my nephew. That one gay panic joke is terrible, for sure, but aside from that, I just love how seriously it treats a very silly concept. The final fight against Shredder still feels appropriately epic. And Raph in the trenchcoat is amazing to me. To say it's "the best comic book movie ever" is silly, but it's so well remembered because it's "pretty drat good, actually", when a Ninja Turtle movie didn't need to work so hard to be that good. Secret of the Ooze is what you'd expect from a Ninja Turtles movie having not seen the first movie. It's fine, very silly, and they clearly go out of their way to not use their weapons, instead using breadsticks and sausage links and stuff like that. (Not that they were stabbing people in the first movie, or anything.) But it's not without its moments, David Warner didn't know how to phone it in, and Vanilla Ice rapping about Mutant Turtles doing Karate will always put a smile on my face. It's the third movie we should all agree is just poo poo, even if they someone got the original actors for April and Casey back.
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Aug 15, 2022 15:40
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Can we talk about TV shows as well? Just want to say that Harley Quinn is reason enough to subscribe to HBO Max. Such an amazing show.
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feedmyleg posted:It's basically a Bill & Ted movie and it has a great heart and I've been extremely tempted to write a very long essay about how secretly great it is for years so don't tempt me because I am quite busy tia. We could always use another Movie of the Month candidate. I say do it.
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Aug 15, 2022 20:03
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Vintersorg posted:They are both perfectly fine. Probably. But this one is still better
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Aug 15, 2022 20:05
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HBO Max Layoffs have begun. - 15% of all staff that work for the content departments at HBO Max and HBO (with the total overwhelmingly tilted towards HBO Max) have been laid off. - The unscripted and live-action family programming divisions at HBO Max were mostly eliminated (possibly to merge with Discovery+ and that does not that there will be 0 people working in those departments on the new streaming service). The "reality" content division at HBO Max was shut down entirely. - Casting, acquisitions and international divisions received less significant layoffs. - WB/D thought HBO Max's creative division already had too much stuff that could be done by HBO and with Discovery+ staff now in the mix, they saw no reason to keep those divisions. quote:When executives at AT&T, HBO’s former parent company, decided to bring a new streaming service to market, they hired a dedicated programming team for HBO Max, including scripted and unscripted divisions to help accelerate the number of TV shows that could be produced for the new streaming service. The new programming team was originally separate from HBO’s pre-existing programming team. The new company is $50 billion in debt and part of the reason so many changes have been happening so fast is that they want to pull the band-aid off quickly to readjust to their new strategy and find a way to meet their goal of $3 billion in cost savings before the end of 2022. quote:Warner Bros. Discovery, which began as HBO’s parent company in April when AT&T spun off WarnerMedia and merged it with Discovery Inc., has a crushing debt load of more than $50 billion. Executives at the new company have vowed to find $3 billion worth of savings, and significant layoffs are expected at the company in the coming weeks, particularly in areas where WarnerMedia and Discovery have overlap. They are eliminating the original content division at HBO Max and folding it into HBO proper. quote:Sarah Aubrey, the head of original content at HBO Max, will now oversee the drama division for HBO Max, as well as a new assignment to work on international programming, the people said. Suzanna Makkos, an executive in charge of HBO Max’s comedy slate, will now report into Amy Gravitt, the head of comedy at HBO. Some existing unscripted series that are HBO Max exclusive may still survive. quote:The unscripted programming team at HBO Max made reality fare like “FBOY Island,” and “Selena + Chef.” Unscripted series that HBO executives deem to be successful will continue airing, one of the people said. Some of these moves do make a lot of sense, but it also seems to confirm the previous reports that new streaming-exclusive original content is mostly dead. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/business/media/hbo-max-layoffs.html Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 21:00 on Aug 15, 2022 |
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Aug 15, 2022 20:55
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I think this stuff is better suited for the Whats Streaming thread.
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MacheteZombie posted:I think this stuff is better suited for the Whats Streaming thread. Thanks. Will move over there.
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Aug 15, 2022 21:56
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Warner Brothers/Discovery just released a statement saying that Ezra Miller has apologized, is seeking therapy, and WB/D support them on their journey. They also released a short written statement of apology from Ezra's manager: quote:“Having recently gone through a time of intense crisis, I now understand that I am suffering complex mental health issues and have begun ongoing treatment,” Miller says. “I want to apologize to everyone that I have alarmed and upset with my past behavior. I am committed to doing the necessary work to get back to a healthy, safe and productive stage in my life.”
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Aug 16, 2022 04:18
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Aug 16, 2022 04:41
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They’d BETTER get therapy. I mean, what a mess.
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Aug 16, 2022 04:49
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"i would like to continue to be extremely wealthy"
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Aug 16, 2022 04:59
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Didn't know it was possible for a canister of film to hold a gun to someone's head like that.
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Aug 16, 2022 08:48
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Ezra, blink twice if you still wanna do crime.
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Aug 16, 2022 09:08
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Grendels Dad posted:Ezra, blink twice if you still wanna do crime. frantic fluttering of eyelashes
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Aug 16, 2022 10:10
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lmao ok. Aren't they still wanted in court in at least 2 states? Or does that just go away because they have a movie coming up? I'll take my answer off air, because I actually know the answer.
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Aug 16, 2022 13:59
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thrawn527 posted:lmao ok. Aren't they still wanted in court in at least 2 states? Or does that just go away because they have a movie coming up? They do, but they also can't get arrested until they go back to those states (and even then, someone would have to snitch on them or they'd have to get arrested/pulled over for something else. There isn't a manhunt going on for someone with warrants for assault, disorderly conduct, and several misdemeanors.) Their recent mental health crisis also doesn't really explain the whole "allegedly started grooming multiple teens/tweens 6 years ago" or why WB and their manager released the statements instead of Ezra. But, at least they are apparently getting therapy and prevented from travelling interstate for a while? At least one of those should prevent new crimes in the short-term and possibly long-term.
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Aug 16, 2022 14:07
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Give it a week.
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Aug 16, 2022 14:21
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Give it a week. Or until they see a really cute and/or vulnerable teen/tween?
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Aug 16, 2022 15:09
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I do wish WB/D was as forgiving of my crimes, though. I told them I was sorry, but I missed the deadline to cancel my free HBO trial by two days and they still said I had to pay for the month. They also tattled on me to my ISP when I tried to stream Dune. I didn't say sorry to them for that one, so that could be the reason.
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Aug 16, 2022 15:12
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So apparently some previously unseen content of WW84 has been released, and Yikes https://twitter.com/GalGadotWWFans/status/1558955632295923713?s=20&t=RYWrSxpJ0B35TeJrrXEskQ Wonder Woman hanging out at a nazi rally acting like a scandalized aunt is really something. I guess it falls perfectly in line with Patty Jenkins WW though
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Aug 16, 2022 18:29
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"I thought you said this was gonna be a party?"
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Aug 16, 2022 18:33
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McCloud posted:So apparently some previously unseen content of WW84 has been released, and Yikes "Wonder Woman was definitely in Germany during Nazi times but didn't really do anything" is one idea you can go with, I guess but watch out if you rob a mall, she'll get you!!!
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Aug 16, 2022 18:35
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McCloud posted:So apparently some previously unseen content of WW84 has been released, and Yikes This is amazing work. As a student of history I can say I've seen hundreds of pictures like this, and have shown little to no emotion. The pictures were just a window to a past I've never lived in, people who I never knew or would ever know. But this picture made me stop and evaluate. Putting Diana Prince in made me actually look at what is really happening. Putting something that everyone is familiar with in a situation that no one knows, and to make people feel those emotions well, that takes amazing talent. Thank You.
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Aug 16, 2022 18:41
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McCloud posted:So apparently some previously unseen content of WW84 has been released, and Yikes Going to the Adolf Hitler rally but looking visibly appalled so people don't think I agree with what he's saying
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Aug 16, 2022 18:45
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This is some good photoshop fodder though
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I like that the Nazis let huge Native American men into their rallies. So much for the intolerant right!
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