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Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 weeks ago
Replies: 51
Disney CEO Pushes Back Against Idea Of Superhero Fatigue
Posted By ralfy
Re: Disney CEO Pushes Back Against Idea Of Superhero Fatigue

They have no choice given high ticket prices, international markets, and high production and marketing costs. That is, make more long spectacles with fantasy elements.
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 2 weeks ago
Replies: 98
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Posted By ralfy
Re: Mad Max: The Wasteland (working title)

Fury Road is essentially a rehash of Road Warrior.
Forum: The Television & Music Forum 3 weeks ago
Replies: 79
Everything WRONG With Modern Television
Posted By ralfy
Re: Everything WRONG With Modern Television

https://twitter.com/TruueDiscipline/status/1764064432299425830
Forum: The Television & Music Forum 4 weeks ago
Replies: 417
True Detective (HBO) Official Thread
Posted By ralfy
Re: True Detective (HBO) Official Thread

About the first season, from 2014, concerning the show, Ligotti, and others:



https://lovecraftzine.com/2014/08/04/did-the-writer-of-true-detective-plagiarize-thomas-ligotti-and-others/
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 02-15-24
Replies: 68
Napoleon 2023 (Ridley Scott)
Posted By ralfy
Re: Napoleon 2023 (Ridley Scott)

There's something wrong with the story, transition from scene to scene, and characterization of Napoleon. I think one flaw involved attempting to cram his whole story into one film.


2 out of 4...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-15-24
Replies: 81,281
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By ralfy
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

Prey - It was at best banal. They should have come up with something like Last of the Mohicans, like a tribe of Native Americans working with European settlers and their families working together as...
Replies: 26
Star Trek...A Journey with TOS, TNG, DSN, VOY, ENT
Posted By ralfy
Re: Star Trek...A Journey with TOS, TNG, DSN, VOY, ENT

I think there's not much new content that can be added to the franchise unless its context is merely used as a skin to create regular drama, political intrigue, etc.
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 02-09-24
Replies: 44
Prey (2022) - Predator 5
Posted By ralfy
Re: Prey (2022) - Predator 5

It's at best average.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-09-24
Replies: 1,713
Most Overrated Movies
Posted By ralfy
Re: Most Overrated Movies

From some IMDB lists:



Shawshank Redemption
Schindler's List
Forrest Gump
Star Wars (any of the first three movies)
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Gladiator
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-03-24
Replies: 28
Favorite Director Documentaries?
Posted By ralfy
Re: Favorite Director Documentaries?

Burns and The Civil War

Also, Claude Lanzmann and Shoah
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 01-28-24
Replies: 115
ESSAY: James Cameron Probably Hates You
Posted By ralfy
Re: James Cameron Probably Hates You

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090605/trivia/





https://www.getblockbuster.com/post/the-mutiny-that-nearly-destroyed-james-cameron-s-aliens
Replies: 417
True Detective (HBO) Official Thread
Posted By ralfy
Same: I don't expect any season, including the...

Same: I don't expect any season, including the present one, to match the first, where I think references to anti-natalism helped a lot.
Replies: 417
True Detective (HBO) Official Thread
Posted By ralfy
I'm not talking about the presence of a dark side...

I'm not talking about the presence of a dark side that automatically makes a character remarkable but the way they're written. The first season did very well in that case, which is why we even get to...
Replies: 417
True Detective (HBO) Official Thread
Posted By ralfy
I don't mean taking them out for coffee but...

I don't mean taking them out for coffee but characters you either like or can say a lot about (hence, remarkable) because they're well-written. Examples of the latter include Travis in Taxi Driver,...
Replies: 417
True Detective (HBO) Official Thread
Posted By ralfy
Re: True Detective (HBO) Official Thread

The first episode was at best banal. I also saw no character that was either likeable or remarkable, and events like the sex scene were cringey. Maybe it'll get better.



The first season is...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-20-24
Replies: 141
Question about the plot to Aliens (1986)
Posted By ralfy
It's possible that Mother was preprogrammed to...

It's possible that Mother was preprogrammed to re-route the Nostromo, but the decision to do that still remains with Dallas because he was Captain of the ship; computers are only tasked with...
Replies: 123
Internet Forum Culture
Posted By ralfy
Re: Internet Forum Culture

Movie lovers will remember scenes like these from WarGames:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2_h-EFlztY


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXzNo0vR_dU
Replies: 123
Internet Forum Culture
Posted By ralfy
That time, even Win 3.1 wasn't popular yet, so...

That time, even Win 3.1 wasn't popular yet, so some used programs like DesQView to attempt multitasking.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 05-30-21
Replies: 57
Gorgeous gore?
Posted By ralfy
That only means you have more guts than I do. I...

That only means you have more guts than I do. I saw the second when I was ten, and remain afraid of it.
Replies: 123
Internet Forum Culture
Posted By ralfy
BBSes or bulletin boards. Dial-up modems were...

BBSes or bulletin boards. Dial-up modems were used then, but for some reason real names were usually used in forums.


There's a multi-part documentary about it here.

...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 05-28-21
Replies: 57
Gorgeous gore?
Posted By ralfy
Re: Gorgeous gore?

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover, The Devils
Replies: 2,419
What is your favorite YouTube video?
Posted By ralfy
Re: What is your favorite YouTube video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFM140rju4k
Forum: General Movie Discussion 05-28-21
Replies: 238
The 75 best looking films ever made
Posted By ralfy
Re: The 75 best looking films ever made

To add to any references to Barry Lyndon, and in case these haven't been shared:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EykTXlhVmTg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC5gJEoMvQ4
Forum: General Movie Discussion 05-28-21
Forum: General Movie Discussion 05-28-21
Replies: 59
Directors who made only one five-star movie
Posted By ralfy
Salem's Lot was pretty good, unless TV movies...

Salem's Lot was pretty good, unless TV movies don't count.