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Post by booncabal on Dec 13, 2015 23:33:18 GMT
I'm 39.
I actually thought the prequels, when watched back to back whilst pissed, set out an interesting history of how the Emperor came into power.
I love the originals.
Yet, frankly, I'm struggling to give a fuck. Geriatric uninterested Solo; frumpy Leia; stupid gold storm trooper; teen angst heroes and villains who all subscribe to the modern "must look like gay children's TV presenter" TV demands...nah. I think I'd rather wank into a Muslim Man's face whilst shitting on the Koran than endure this further rape of my youth.
One question though - my kids are 4 early next year. It's about time I explained that the shitty cartoons they see are bollocks. However, would you start with the Phantom Menace...or A New Hope?
Or this?
I'd like to see Topher Grace's 87 mins cut of the first three combined, but it doesn't appear to be online.
Fuck it, Fuck star Wars. They'll start with the greatest Sci Fi movie of all time instead...
I have trained my wife to say, as I drop my kegs, "I have worm sign the likes of which even God has never seen!You are the Kwisatz Haderach"
That's right. Fuck you George, you fucking bearded HACK.
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wilgutspleens
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Post by wilgutspleens on Dec 15, 2015 18:43:28 GMT
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Post by wilgutspleens on Dec 16, 2015 21:08:51 GMT
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Post by wilgutspleens on Dec 16, 2015 21:11:11 GMT
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Post by thedancingpikey on Dec 16, 2015 21:42:55 GMT
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wilgutspleens
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Post by wilgutspleens on Dec 16, 2015 21:57:27 GMT
I just saw this.. I cant let this slide you have got to be shitting me...Dune! Its not even the best fucking movie of Dune! Dune! With its shit fucking wirms and Fucking Tantric sex fucking Sting for fucks sake! It was a great book , Iloved it , still quote it, but best fucking movie, you are laying a brown stinky cable in my cereal bowl and telling me to enjoy the profiteroles! David Lynch has had his moments Dune is not among them , unless you count the moments when he was vomiting gummy bears and vodka or felching his mum. ..and Gurney Halleck , oh dear, Lynch did to Dune what Jackon did to LOTR Plus theres this... www.therobotsvoice.com/2011/04/10_things_david_lynch_needlessly_added_to_dune.phpHow can Dune (FFS) be considered better than, and in no particular order....Silent Running, Blade Runner, Space Oddysey, Metropolis, 5th Element, 12 Monkeys, Alien, the THing, Ice Pirates, Invasion of the Bodysnatchers, Galaxy Quest is a better film amd its a parody! Fuck, even Wall E is better! Old classics that are better...War of the Worlds, The day the Earth Stood Still, heheh Gort HEHEHE, Attack of the 50 foot woman, Then the not so good ones that are still better , Starship Troopers, Minority Report, the list goes on. Guardians of the Galaxy is a better film...its really that bad David Lynch is brilliant at what he does but lets face it , Dune is not what he does Check this out and compare Dune is the best Sci Fi movie ever, yeh , and David Cameron doesn't even like pork!
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Post by booncabal on Dec 17, 2015 21:50:39 GMT
I love the novel.
I love the film, but as a standalone piece of stylised entertainment.
Yes that list of Lynch's shit is accurate, yes there are many many MANY omissions and just plain stupid bits. That list omits the biggest novel-rape, which is the decision to the turn a martial art into a shit shouty voice weapon.
But I still love it as it's so fucking weird. It may make a lot of mistakes, but for the most part it gets the style right.
And Sting is awesome.
I WILL KILL HIM!
I laugh far louder and harder whilst pissed watching Dune than I ever will at Star Wars.
Your alternatives are largely shite though.
Silent Running - dull nonsense. Blade Runner - classic Space Odysey - dull and bollocks. I despite Kubrick for the dreary pretentious tedious fake he was. Metropolis - dull and you quoting it demonstrates a hitherto pretentious streak. It's fucking shit. 5th Element - overblown fun bollocks, but like all of Bessons's except Leon, it's generally poo. 12 Monkeys - classic Alien - classic The Thing - classic Ice Pirates - fuck off. If you're quoting this then where is Buckaroo Banzai? Invasion of the Bodysnatchers - original is shit, remake is classic with Donald. Galaxy Quest - Great comedy. Wall E - dull War of the Worlds - Okay The day the Earth Stood Still - classic, unless you refer to the Canoe Reeves one... Attack of the 50 foot woman - bollocks. Starship Troopers - Classic Minority Report - Forgettable Guardians of the Galaxy - Fun bollocks.
You forgot Outland.
So there.
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Post by feverishloser on Dec 17, 2015 22:26:50 GMT
You are so beautiful, my Baron. Your skin — love to me. Your diseases — lovingly cared for for all eternity!
Lynch's Dune is a good movie just for that scene alone.
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Post by wilgutspleens on Dec 17, 2015 22:40:05 GMT
hehehe
i forgot loads, I actually liked Metropolis, mostly cos of how it looks , but i havent seen it for years, I admit a pretentious element as I saw it in a film club when I was 18
this would be hard to beat
I also forgot They Live and Brazil-if Brazil counts as sci fi
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Post by beefburger on Dec 20, 2015 22:26:08 GMT
I love Dune - book and film.
My issue with Dune is that all the books after the first are garbage.
Also fuck off Boon - space odyssey is ace!
Cheers
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Post by booncabal on Dec 20, 2015 23:01:24 GMT
The only time 2001 is anything other than utter fucking pretentious dross, is when watching it fucked off your tits on LSD or shrooms.
Then, and only then, is it entertaining.
In fact, even then, I'd rather watch The Wall.
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Post by Admin on Dec 20, 2015 23:03:39 GMT
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wilgutspleens
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Post by wilgutspleens on Dec 21, 2015 16:49:27 GMT
"My issue with Dune is that all the books after the first are garbage."
After the first three! As a trilogy Dune works really well.
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Post by beefburger on Jan 4, 2016 20:57:15 GMT
So I just went to watch SW TFA.
Its actually alright, certainly better than any of the prequels... although its not much better than the Revenge of the Sith which was the pick of that particular litter imo.
Biggest gripe is just how similar the plot is to the first one, broadly speaking - its almost halfway between a new film and the sort of 're-imagining' that Abrahams did with the new Star Trek pictures. Maybe that was the idea, cleanse the fans palates after the abortions of the prequel trilogy.
It looks more star wars-ie, stuff is mixed up, broken, and I quite liked the characters. And even though I'm not the target market at almost 40, its didn't just feel like a 2 hour toy advert.
Still its given me a new hope (eh? eh?) for the other SW films Disney are making - especially Rogue 1.
As an aside a) have cinemas always been that loud? I've still got the headache from a mid-afternoon screening! And b) how much??? £12 squid for a Monday afternoon 2d screening and a bottle of water.
Cheers
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