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#781 dasmo

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Posted 06 May 2024 - 07:20 AM

I saw THX 1138 the other night for the first time. Wow. Crazy I never got around to it before. Great movie really. Perhaps better to have waited since it’s much closer to reality now…
Arty sci-fi doing a lot with little. Lucas did better with a limited budget.
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Posted 06 May 2024 - 07:24 AM

Definitely a great movie. I highly recommend it.
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Posted 06 May 2024 - 01:40 PM

I’m officially over Jerry Seinfeld. Don’t get me wrong - I’ll always love the sitcom and it’s the best ever made.

But it’s increasingly clear that Larry David was the genius there.

Bee movie was a dumb concept and wasn’t funny. But Jerry insisted it was comedy, so we kinda went along with it.

Comedians in cars getting coffee is at best a cute idea. But it’s not funny. Jerry is kind of a jerk, very self aggrandizing, not kind, and not very funny.

The pop tart movie seals the deal. Stupid concept. Unfunny execution. Just a really dumb idea, but he’s too rich and out of touch and in love with himself to see it.

Notice how Larry David didn’t touch any of these projects with a 10 foot pole (except his (once?) appearance on cars/coffee).

Jerry Seinfeld stinks.
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Posted 06 May 2024 - 01:55 PM

I'll add that Seinfeld the TV series is the most overrated sitcom of all time.


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Posted 06 May 2024 - 03:53 PM

Had its moments, but they were rare, IMO. I enjoyed Friends, HIMYM, and TBBT much more. We need a new one, Young Sheldon is a different breed...


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Posted 06 May 2024 - 04:43 PM

I’ve heard of people (young, uninformed) preferring Friends to Seinfeld.

But never thought I’d hear someone compare How I met your mother to Seinfeld.

In the parlance of the big lebowksi… you’re out of your element lanforod.


Edit: oh gross, just realized TBBT stands for the Big Bang theory. I just threw up in my mouth 🤢

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Posted 06 May 2024 - 04:59 PM

Ya… well that’s just your opinion man….
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Posted 06 May 2024 - 10:01 PM

A coworker suggested The Outsider, a 10 part series on HBO/Crave, based on the recent Stephen King novel. Ben Mendelsohn, Jason Bateman feature. Good show, great cast.

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Posted 07 May 2024 - 07:03 AM

thx 1138 is a classic. francis ford coppola challenged lucas to make something more accessible next which led to american graffiti, then i suppose lucas put them together for star wars.


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Posted 07 May 2024 - 07:35 AM

I should watch American Graffiti again. See if it holds up. I feel Empire Strikes Back was his last good movie. THX was very good. Surprised me. Perhaps it's better now as the content is more relevant and the minimalism is more contrasting to the maximal nature of movies now. 


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Posted 07 May 2024 - 05:51 PM

sound effect at the start of the downward spiral is sampled from thx 1138:
https://www.youtube....h?v=Y9-zxc_tbeM
https://www.youtube....h?v=GysyU8sCdlM


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Posted 08 May 2024 - 07:01 AM

The sound was a big part of THX. I recognized the influence on Blade Runner immediately.

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Posted 10 May 2024 - 02:25 PM

CBS Primetime, May 9, 1982: — Network premiere of ‘Caddyshack’

 

 

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Posted 11 July 2024 - 10:47 AM

Gladiator II | Official Trailer (2024 Movie) - Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington

 

Video trailer on YouTube:

 

https://youtu.be/4rg...e0qZHbpF-whQUYH


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Posted 11 July 2024 - 11:26 AM

Pass.



#796 Matt R.

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Posted 11 July 2024 - 11:48 AM

Smash

#797 Nparker

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Posted 11 July 2024 - 12:03 PM

I never saw the first one, so I can't imagine wanting to watch a sequel.



#798 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 12 August 2024 - 08:54 AM

 In the Ryan Reynolds-Blake Lively box-office showdown, both husband and wife came out winners.

 

Reynolds’ Marvel Studios smash “Deadpool & Wolverine” remained the top movie in North American theatres for the third straight week with $54.2 million in ticket sales according to studio estimates Sunday. Worldwide, it’s now surpassed $1 billion. “Deadpool & Wolverine,” though, was closely followed by “It Ends With Us,” the romance drama starring Lively, which surpassed expectations with a stellar $50 million debut.

 

Together, the films created a kind of family edition of “Barbenheimer,” in which a pair of very different movies thrived in part due to counterprogramming. Only this time, the opposite movies were fronted by one of Hollywood’s most famous couples. The films’ one-two punch wasn’t entirely unprecedented. In 1990, Bruce Willis’ “Die Hard 2” led the box office while Demi Moore’s “Ghost” came in second.

 

The weekend also featured a high-priced flop. “Borderlands,” the long-delayed $120-million videogame adaptation directed by Eli Roth, launched with a paltry $8.8 million for Lionsgate. The film, starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart and Jack Black, was shot all the way back in 2021. After delays and reshoots, it finally landed in theaters effectively dead-on-arrival; it scored just 10% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and seems likely contend for one of the worst movies of the year.

 

 

 

 

https://www.cheknews...sehold-1218563/


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#799 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 10 September 2024 - 12:45 PM

Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen and Bad Bunny (!?) confirmed for ‘Happy Gilmore 2’

 

 

https://www.golfdige...lf-comedy-movie


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Posted 11 November 2024 - 09:33 AM

Final reckoning? Trailer for Mission: Impossible 8 suggests end to franchise

 

After underwhelming box office for seventh movie in Tom Cruise series, $400m-budgeted next chapter might be last

 

https://www.theguard...final-reckoning

 

 

https://x.com/TomCru...973903249924554

 

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