What movies are you viewing?

ApplESeed82

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13 years ago

Mar 20, 2012, 8:59:20 PM

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Nausicaä

Vexille....

I Love animes <3

VIPSharidann

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VIPSharidann

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13 years ago

Mar 7, 2012, 9:00:20 PM

@ slowhands: try Elizabeth Moon, I really enjoyed The Deed of Paksenarrion back then and her follow-up series "Paladin's legacy" (3 out of 5 out right now) are actually quite nice.

Besides that Ringo is also ok on military ops. Ah and yeah, Black Company is good stuff.

BiberDark

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BiberDark

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13 years ago

Mar 20, 2012, 12:32:43 PM

My favorite films :

- Dune 1984 by David Lynch

- A Chinese Ghost Story

- King Kong by Peter Jackson

Awaiting:

Hobbit & Prometheus and in the far future Avatar 2

Raptor

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13 years ago

Mar 20, 2012, 1:21:16 PM

znork wrote:
Im looking forward to Prometheus. i realy cant wait for it scifi movies are the best. have not seen any bad scifi movivs. Blade Runer all time favorit

And iron sky that is gona be a killer. http://www.ironsky.net/site/

+1 for Prometheus, can't wait for it

I love sci-fi movies, but serious ones, that's why I'm not too hyped about Ironsky.

maceman

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13 years ago

Mar 20, 2012, 1:26:55 PM

The Lorax!

MODNosferatiel

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13 years ago

Mar 20, 2012, 5:44:07 PM

If you can see blood and stand japanese films, 13 Assassins is a definite hit.

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13 years ago

Mar 20, 2012, 7:01:02 PM

Nosferatiel wrote:
If you can see blood and stand japanese films, 13 Assassins is a definite hit.

This one is good but one of my favorite has got to be 2003 Zatoichi.

ApplESeed82

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ApplESeed82

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13 years ago

Mar 20, 2012, 8:15:11 PM

My favorite films:

Gladiator

Escaflowne

Matrix

MODNosferatiel

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13 years ago

Mar 20, 2012, 8:25:51 PM

If animes do count as movies, here, I'll just add a few series... XD

Neon Genesis Evangelion (the classic mecha movie)
Rah Xephon (another mecha, but even crazier story)
Serial Experiments Lain (cyber conspiracy!)
Shiki (Blood, vampires, but this time combined with deep moral questions, really nice anime!)

Just a few, but all very good. ^^

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13 years ago

Mar 7, 2012, 8:14:57 PM

do sg1 youll have tones of time to think

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reynanuy

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13 years ago

Mar 20, 2012, 10:20:51 PM

Slowhands wrote:
Or in any other:

1. Osgiliath

"Here come the orcs in boats across the river!"

"Okay, let them land, and then ambush them when they come ashore! In superior numbers! On solid ground, instead of capsizing their boats and drowning them in their armor and weapons!"

2. Minas Tirith

"Here comes the largest army in Mordor to destroy us!"

"Great! Let them arrive, dig in, set up their siege equipment, ensure their supply lines, and then start throwing rocks at them!"

I don't think Jackson spent much time at West Point/Sandhurst/St. Cyr...

And 10/10 for "Bored of the Rings" -- "Blood-sucking umpires and fungo bats!"

It's not up to Jackson to dictate the tactics and strategy of the men of the west during the assault of Osgiliath and the siege of Minas Tirith, it's up to the characters to do that and they might not be as well versed on these subjects as you. Taking into account that the kingdom was long since in disgrace, with a steward mad if not controlled by the shadow of the dark enemy; can you expect any better? If you take this factors into account, it stands to bear that it was reasonable for these "stupid" decisions to be put into the script, even when they closely mirror what master Tolkien wrote(at least on Minas Tirith)

There are also tactical limitations to the alternatives you present, had the attack on the boats have taken place by means of bow and arrow; it would have been difficult to measure its probable success since it was during the cover of darkness. Additionally such an action would have certainly caused a commotion enough to "wake up" the whole front, something the defenders might not have desired. The siege is a more clear example, if the numerically and "quality"(Armored Trolls vs Halberdiers?) inferior defenders met the attackers on open ground they would have certainly lost. It would have been considerable worst, in military terms as well as a plot device; since it means they stupidly waste their greatest asset, which are the numeronean walls of the city. That strategy worked twice for the men of the west, on Helm's Deep and Minas Tirith; both times justifiably so in my opinion.

Some of my favorite movies(in no particular order):

Back to the Future

Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Star Wars V: Empire Strikes Back

Gladiator

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Mar 20, 2012, 10:31:42 PM

Slowhands wrote:
Or in any other:

1. Osgiliath

"Here come the orcs in boats across the river!"

"Okay, let them land, and then ambush them when they come ashore! In superior numbers! On solid ground, instead of capsizing their boats and drowning them in their armor and weapons!"

2. Minas Tirith

"Here comes the largest army in Mordor to destroy us!"

"Great! Let them arrive, dig in, set up their siege equipment, ensure their supply lines, and then start throwing rocks at them!"

I don't think Jackson spent much time at West Point/Sandhurst/St. Cyr...

And 10/10 for "Bored of the Rings" -- "Blood-sucking umpires and fungo bats!"

You know, the flying Nazgul can't physically pass between the two side off the street at Minas Tirith...

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13 years ago

Mar 22, 2012, 9:50:44 PM

About to go watch the Hunger Games in a few hours! The books where awesome, I hope the movie is just the same.

zoky

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zoky

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13 years ago

Mar 23, 2012, 12:18:13 AM

Ghost in Shell , Akira, Star Wars( every one of them), Blade Runer, Fatherland, Matrix( just the first), Prestige, Aeon Flux, Videodrome, Dark City and much much more

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13 years ago

Mar 26, 2012, 7:28:46 PM

Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars

love the space battles in there

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13 years ago

Mar 27, 2012, 2:17:02 AM

Ok was it me or...

... John Carter simply the most painful experience I've had in a looong while. I could find no redeeming qualities to that film and I'm not a harsh critic.

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13 years ago

Mar 27, 2012, 6:42:41 PM

Fight Club, that movie is so good.

Le pacte des loups (Brotherhood of the Wolf), the director's cut.

I never say "no" if my wife want to see any of them.

VIPSharidann

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VIPSharidann

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13 years ago

Mar 7, 2012, 10:48:22 AM

Most favorite ones: The Shawshank Redemption, Lost in translation

After that, about everything with GOOD action. Right now having "Forces spéciales" to watch, looking forward to it.

Most hated one: Highlander Endgame (really, really, really bad and then worse, and then some!)

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13 years ago

Mar 7, 2012, 7:55:43 PM

Currently going through the Star Trek Next Generation series for lack of inspiration of looking something else...

Alderbranch

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Alderbranch

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13 years ago

Mar 7, 2012, 5:43:00 PM

Either that or the Orcs just facepalmed themselves over the stupidity of the humans so many times they actually got so dumb that everyone thought they were until they got to the point where they facepalmed themselves a serious concussion that proved to be fatal...

But yes, the rants are needed. To bad you had this rant though cause now you increased expectations quite a bit.

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13 years ago

Mar 7, 2012, 5:35:13 PM

The whole tactics thing drives me nuts in most fantasy writing, so I have to do the occasional rant. There some exceptions from people who are serious military historians or have served in the military (Drake, Weber, Turtledove, and Cook's phenomenal Black Company stuff) but by and large (and almost always in movies) it's just stupid.

And you'd think Darwin would have the bad guys winning in LOTR -- they're way smarter...

Alderbranch

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Alderbranch

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13 years ago

Mar 7, 2012, 5:14:30 PM

Well the evil guys didnt win... thats the pity in that case.

VIPSharidann

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VIPSharidann

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13 years ago

Mar 7, 2012, 5:04:32 PM

Slowhands wrote:
Or in any other:

1. Osgiliath

"Here come the orcs in boats across the river!"

"Okay, let them land, and then ambush them when they come ashore! In superior numbers! On solid ground, instead of capsizing their boats and drowning them in their armor and weapons!"

2. Minas Tirith

"Here comes the largest army in Mordor to destroy us!"

"Great! Let them arrive, dig in, set up their siege equipment, ensure their supply lines, and then start throwing rocks at them!"

I don't think Jackson spent much time at West Point/Sandhurst/St. Cyr...

And 10/10 for "Bored of the Rings" -- "Blood-sucking umpires and fungo bats!"

Well, let's face it, tactics in movies usually err do not exist or suck big time.

And between Osgiliath, Minas Tirith and Helm's Deep, well, if the bad guys win, they deserve it because the good guys are actually too stupid to deserve to win...

Alderbranch

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Alderbranch

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13 years ago

Mar 7, 2012, 5:00:06 PM

Slowhands: Awesome to see another person that appreciates the finer art of tactics... Helms deep and firing arrows straight down is even more awesome... yeah lets wait until they arrive at the gates before firing... that will make it easier to hit a sea of orcs cause you only want to kill the ugly ones??!

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13 years ago

Mar 7, 2012, 4:59:29 PM

Just so its said the movie is not that good compered to the books. Gimmli is portraied as idot. And aragorn is a wimp.

I have spoke about it

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13 years ago

Mar 7, 2012, 4:55:04 PM

Alderbranch wrote:
So the elves in helms deep, the fact there were no battle-tactics during that fight...

Or in any other:

1. Osgiliath

"Here come the orcs in boats across the river!"

"Okay, let them land, and then ambush them when they come ashore! In superior numbers! On solid ground, instead of capsizing their boats and drowning them in their armor and weapons!"

2. Minas Tirith

"Here comes the largest army in Mordor to destroy us!"

"Great! Let them arrive, dig in, set up their siege equipment, ensure their supply lines, and then start throwing rocks at them!"

I don't think Jackson spent much time at West Point/Sandhurst/St. Cyr...

And 10/10 for "Bored of the Rings" -- "Blood-sucking umpires and fungo bats!"

VIPznork

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13 years ago

Mar 7, 2012, 2:12:11 PM

Im looking forward to Prometheus. i realy cant wait for it scifi movies are the best. have not seen any bad scifi movivs. Blade Runer all time favorit

And iron sky that is gona be a killer. http://www.ironsky.net/site/

Alderbranch

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Alderbranch

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13 years ago

Mar 7, 2012, 2:08:28 PM

So the elves in helms deep, the fact there were no battle-tactics during that fight, the induced homoerotic thingy between gimli and legolas and the constant innuendo were not enough to loath the movies?

Yeah we can hope they kept to the book this time around when it comes to the hobbit...

Although after reading "Bored of the rings" I can however laugh at the parody if nothing else and rate it after that.

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13 years ago

Mar 7, 2012, 2:01:33 PM

Actually I'm looking forward to the Hobbit, since it also covers the period between the Hobbit and LOTR. No doubt, like in the movies, the original story will be publicly abused. But if you (like me) are geek enough to buy the extended version and listen to the director's comments and watch the "making of" stuff, Jackson only changed the source material when he had to for reasons of pacing. A lot of it makes sense for that reason (yeah, okay, except for Aragorn taking a dive off the cliff).

But he should still burn in hell for not having done "The Scouring of the Shire"!

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13 years ago

Mar 7, 2012, 12:38:47 PM

the books and the movies are 2 different experiences, usually and not only for LOTR.

There was ONE thing which pissed me off in the movies, that was Gimli being reduced most of the time to the role of comical relief.

I am actually more worried about the Hobbit. Quite sure it shall be a GREAT movie but without much to do with the book at the end of the day.

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