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Post#1 » by MickeyDavis » Wed Aug 7, 2024 4:25 pm

Other thread maxed out. Please use spoiler tags when discussing specifics. If you aren't sure if you should use spoiler tags, use them. You guys always do this anyway but just a reminder.
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Post#2 » by ReasonablySober » Wed Aug 7, 2024 7:15 pm

Read some pre-review Borderlands impressions on Twitter. Movie appears to be as awful as everyone predicted.
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Post#3 » by ReasonablySober » Thu Aug 8, 2024 1:38 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:Read some pre-review Borderlands impressions on Twitter. Movie appears to be as awful as everyone predicted.


Read on Twitter


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Post#4 » by emunney » Thu Aug 8, 2024 1:50 pm

Still laughing about the Tár -> Borderlands move.
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Post#5 » by ReasonablySober » Fri Aug 9, 2024 4:28 pm

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Read on Twitter


Good SPOILER filled conversation here. It really puts in plain text how ridiculously jam packed the last two seasons are going to be, even if you go by a conservative and condensed version of the story. Just banger after banger in terms of events.

Didn't you just post somewhere about how the whole thing should've been fit into one season? :lol:


Guilty. In my defense, I think the first two seasons could have been half as long.

But yea, I'd forgotten about half of the bigger events yet to come.
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Post#6 » by humanrefutation » Fri Aug 9, 2024 6:24 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:
Read on Twitter


Good SPOILER filled conversation here. It really puts in plain text how ridiculously jam packed the last two seasons are going to be, even if you go by a conservative and condensed version of the story. Just banger after banger in terms of events.


I have not read the books and am avoiding book spoilers. However, the way HBO condensed a bunch of events towards the end of GOT (in part to save money) does not give me confidence that they'll handle that much content well here.
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Post#7 » by ReasonablySober » Tue Aug 13, 2024 4:06 pm

Read on Twitter


It occurred to me when reading this review (and many others like it) that we already got a good version of Borderlands (sort of) on the screen. Twisted Metal did everything Borderlands was attempting, but did it reasonably well. It had the setting, violence, language, juvenile humor, wacky characters, questing, macguffin, and Big Bad.

It was a proof of concept too. How can you take this video game with minimal plot and build a feature out of it? A bunch of reviewers are pointing to that initial question as where the whole Borderlands thing went wrong; the idea of making a Borderlands movie was misguided from the start. And yet, Twisted Metal exists and works. I think there's a universe where better creatives take control of the project and make something good.
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Post#8 » by machu46 » Wed Aug 14, 2024 3:39 pm

Went to see Deadpool & Wolverine last night. Don't know how anyone that enjoyed the first two Deadpool movies could have possibly not liked this. It was a lot of fun; some cameos I unfortunately knew about but some cool ones in there that I did not know about. It was a fun send off and I look forward to seeing how they incorporate Deadpool into the larger MCU.
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Post#9 » by FrieAaron » Wed Aug 14, 2024 4:47 pm

I was pretty meh on the first Deadpool movie, skipped the second, and enjoyed the one much more than the first, personally. It's been a long time since I saw that one but this latest just felt more fun and less serious. It still drags anytime it stops to explain whatever the hell is going on with the MCU.
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Post#10 » by ReasonablySober » Wed Aug 14, 2024 4:58 pm

Deadpool and Wolverine just made me sad more than anything. It's bad.

That said, I've never been a huge fan of the character. Just not for me.
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Post#11 » by jschligs » Wed Aug 14, 2024 5:36 pm

I know I'm late to the party, but just started Succession. Good show so far but I'm only 4 episodes in.
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Post#12 » by Ron Swanson » Wed Aug 14, 2024 5:42 pm

jschligs wrote:I know I'm late to the party, but just started Succession. Good show so far but I'm only 4 episodes in.


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Post#13 » by Ron Swanson » Wed Aug 14, 2024 5:44 pm

Deadpool was probably the most entertaining thing to come out of this current "Intellectual Property Gruel" era of film-making (that, or Barbie), but I can definitely understand why it can be an exhausting experience for some. I didn't get half the easter eggs/meta references but still found it funny.
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Post#14 » by ReasonablySober » Wed Aug 14, 2024 5:51 pm

I liked Watchmen Chapter 1. Not sure why it exists, though.
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Post#15 » by M-C-G » Wed Aug 14, 2024 6:51 pm

Ron Swanson wrote:Deadpool was probably the most entertaining thing to come out of this current "Intellectual Property Gruel" era of film-making (that, or Barbie), but I can definitely understand why it can be an exhausting experience for some. I didn't get half the easter eggs/meta references but still found it funny.


I am a mild fan of Deadpool 1 and 2. But I found this last one as the most enjoyable. Not sure if it is because I hadn’t seen the previous ones in years, or it was fun to see this version of Wolverine or what, but it was a fun watch

Reminded me a bit of the humor in Fall Guy but further out there.
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Post#16 » by buckboy » Wed Aug 14, 2024 7:06 pm

jschligs wrote:I know I'm late to the party, but just started Succession. Good show so far but I'm only 4 episodes in.


Eh. Really overrated in my opinion.

Some great writing in parts and certainly well-done, but the story is just ok for me.

Hope you like it as much as a lot of people did!
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Post#17 » by MickeyDavis » Wed Aug 14, 2024 8:48 pm

jschligs wrote:I know I'm late to the party, but just started Succession. Good show so far but I'm only 4 episodes in.

Great show
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Post#18 » by humanrefutation » Wed Aug 14, 2024 9:54 pm

I was kind of excited about Alien: Romulus until I learned that it wasn't a sequel to Alien: Covenant. The Alien movies have plenty of flaws, but I thought Michael Fassbender was really **** good in the last two installments.
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Post#19 » by Prez » Wed Aug 14, 2024 11:21 pm

I’m the opposite lol. Agree Fassbender is amazing but overall I thought story wise Alien Covenant was kinda dumb tbh. I was super hyped when I heard there was a Fede Alvarez directed, claustrophobic, more horror focused Alien film coming out that seemed like a love letter to the OG movie and wasn’t tied to the latest films. The teaser had me super hyped as well.

Early reviews makes it seem like it could be the best one since Aliens, I’m still pretty hyped
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Post#20 » by Plossum » Thu Aug 15, 2024 12:10 am

Prez wrote:I’m the opposite lol. Agree Fassbender is amazing but overall I thought story wise Alien Covenant was kinda dumb tbh. I was super hyped when I heard there was a Fede Alvarez directed, claustrophobic, more horror focused Alien film coming out that seemed like a love letter to the OG movie and wasn’t tied to the latest films. The teaser had me super hyped as well.

Early reviews makes it seem like it could be the best one since Aliens, I’m still pretty hyped

Agree. I appreciate how they tried to evolve the story of the Aliens universe with Prometheus and Covenant but story in both just didn't hit the mark. Prometheus was too muddled and Covenant was just NPCs doing dumb **** all movie.

I still don't get how Alien 3 gets such a bad wrap. It suffered a lot coming off of the back of Aliens (and killing off Newt and Hicks) but was an underrated movie.

Def keen to see Romulus - it looks like they've taken the Prey approach and gone back to the roots of what Alien started as. It looks enjoyable but nothing especially unique.
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