I think I’m going to hold out for the Pon Farr cologne.
I’m not joking either. I plan on buying at least one of the three just for the novelty.
Anybody like the new wolverine movie?
EDIT: Nevermind, I saw the thread for it.
I know the movie is old at this point, but I finally saw Rob Zombie’s re-hash of Halloween. Being a horror fan, and a geek, and knowing there are other horror geeks here, I’ll give my take on it. (With spoilers)
First half of the movie = Good
Second half = Bullshit
I enjoyed how they established the origin of MM. The kid did a good job of playing the “Stay the fuck away from him” kid at school. I have to say - I’m a horror and a gore vet. Like, I love that shit. But the first killing that happened in the movie with the boy from school - I was actually a bit disturbed by it. Now granted, I had some extremely high-quality marijuana prior, so this may have led to overanalyzation, but it was bloody [ha] realistic.
But then Mike Meyers got old.
Alright, first of all - I expected much better from Rob Zombie. The movie was so full of “Oh, give me a break…” moments. For instance: When MM breaks out from the mental ward, he first magically destroys his hand-cuffs, and then plows through four-fully loaded policeman who you can assume have been veterans for some time.
Give me a break.
Then, as he somehow magically appears in his old hometown, he’s sane enough to know who his long-lost sister was.
Give me a break.
Finally, the entire time he’s trying to reach his younger sister, (the reason for which was never clearly established,) he gets stabbed in the neck, shot in the chest by a cop who only knows how to fire a gun once, then shot four additional times. Yet he still makes the wonderful “final scare” of the movie that no one expects! /sarcasm
I can’t believe Zombie allowed so many tired and recycled cliches to ruin a movie that could have been quite decent.
I’ve given up on most modern-day horror movies because most of the actions of the characters are so irrational is pisses me off just to watch it.
Well anyway, ancient movie review complete.
I have to say, I enjoyed the original more, as it was just disturbing-scary. Why, and how, does Meyers do that level of evil? No explanation.He just [i]is[/].
Zombie was trying way, way to hard to make it gore-funny.
[quote]SSC wrote:
I know the movie is old at this point, but I finally saw Rob Zombie’s re-hash of Halloween. Being a horror fan, and a geek, and knowing there are other horror geeks here, I’ll give my take on it. (With spoilers)
First half of the movie = Good
Second half = Bullshit
I enjoyed how they established the origin of MM. The kid did a good job of playing the “Stay the fuck away from him” kid at school. I have to say - I’m a horror and a gore vet. Like, I love that shit. But the first killing that happened in the movie with the boy from school - I was actually a bit disturbed by it. Now granted, I had some extremely high-quality marijuana prior, so this may have led to overanalyzation, but it was bloody [ha] realistic.
But then Mike Meyers got old.
Alright, first of all - I expected much better from Rob Zombie. The movie was so full of “Oh, give me a break…” moments. For instance: When MM breaks out from the mental ward, he first magically destroys his hand-cuffs, and then plows through four-fully loaded policeman who you can assume have been veterans for some time.
Give me a break.
Then, as he somehow magically appears in his old hometown, he’s sane enough to know who his long-lost sister was.
Give me a break.
Finally, the entire time he’s trying to reach his younger sister, (the reason for which was never clearly established,) he gets stabbed in the neck, shot in the chest by a cop who only knows how to fire a gun once, then shot four additional times. Yet he still makes the wonderful “final scare” of the movie that no one expects! /sarcasm
I can’t believe Zombie allowed so many tired and recycled cliches to ruin a movie that could have been quite decent.
I’ve given up on most modern-day horror movies because most of the actions of the characters are so irrational is pisses me off just to watch it.
Well anyway, ancient movie review complete.[/quote]
I agree with all of this. He was apparently going for “realistic” at first…but then must have realized that he needed Michael to be somewhat supernatural just to keep coming back.
I personally think they should have ditched the “can’t be killed” bullshit and made the character more real as an adult.
He was big, but you couldn’t really take him seriously. Plus, what kind of weights was this dude lifting to grow like that from a chubby kid? What was he in the movie, 6’4" and 260+lbs?
The kid playing his sister was no Jamie Lee Curtis either.
You guys are really going to like Rob Zombie’s H2…he even treats you to his wife:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
The kid playing his sister was no Jamie Lee Curtis either.[/quote]
But unlike Jamie Lee Curtis, she doesn’t have a penis.
[quote]Big_Boss wrote:
You guys are really going to like Rob Zombie’s H2…he even treats you to his wife:
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What the hell? Why’s the mom re-introduced? I thought the doctor got his eyes gouged out in the first movie? I hope this isn’t a follow-up like Devil’s Reject. I was a huge fan of House of 1,000 Corpses, but I was severely disappointed with DR.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
I agree with all of this. He was apparently going for “realistic” at first…but then must have realized that he needed Michael to be somewhat supernatural just to keep coming back.
I personally think they should have ditched the “can’t be killed” bullshit and made the character more real as an adult.[/quote]
Exactly. Everything was following a logical, set, and realistic path - and then he’s an adult who’s either hopped on massive amounts of blow or is immune to pain. I know there has to be a ‘mystique’ and supernatural essence established with the character, but I agree. Can we at least have him show a BIT of physical disability after being shot like four times?!
Hah! Yeah, that guy was pretty big for sure. I actually liked how they “super-sized” him a bit. I mean, as long as Zombie’s souping up the character, might as well make him a beast. Although your inquiry about how he got so big is interesting…
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The kid playing his sister was no Jamie Lee Curtis either.[/quote]
No shit. This is the part that ruined the movie for me the most. First, I didn’t give a shit about that girl. Because I didn’t give a shit about that girl, she annoyed the hell out of me while she ran around screaming and crying for like 45 straight minutes. Ya, it’s the ‘classic-horror damsel in distress’ situation, but jeezus. Zombie could have done withoiut all of that nonsense. I hope her role is severely limited in H2, although I have a feeling it won’t be.
I don’t think the movie was terrible or anything, I guess I expected better from Zombie. It had some great touches and innovative ideas, but halfway through it just started to feel… sloppy.
Damn. Geeks rule the entertainment industry.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Damn. Geeks rule the entertainment industry.[/quote]
It actually looks pretty promising. I’ll check out the game-demo, in the very least for sure.
And I’ve also just heard Arkham Asylum is geared towards stealth. NOT COOL. I fucking hate stealth games - I’m a “light every mothafucka up as efficiently as possible” gamer.
Didn’t Batman say at one point that only “4% of my time is spent actually engaged in crime fighting. The rest is setting up the dominoes.” Or somesuch.
I’m just glad the game isn’t going to consist of sitting in a dive bar for three days dressed as Matches Malone waiting to overhear a codeword in some asshole’s conversation.
Terminator Salvation, the game, for 360/PS3/PC:
The PCR song.
Don’t know how old it is but wanted to share this little bit of awesomeness and this felt like the appropriate place to put it.
back to lurking
Looks like Wolverine 2 and a Deadpool spin-off have already been greenlit.
[quote]Vash wrote:
Didn’t Batman say at one point that only “4% of my time is spent actually engaged in crime fighting. The rest is setting up the dominoes.” Or somesuch.
I’m just glad the game isn’t going to consist of sitting in a dive bar for three days dressed as Matches Malone waiting to overhear a codeword in some asshole’s conversation.[/quote]
In the Son of Batman story arc when they did the look into the future where Damian took over he “cheated” by booby trapping every major area in Gotham. Pretty sweet.
Damian’s whiny little bitch that grows up into a whiny athletic bitch.
Besides, that was probably one of the plans Batman had in his files, right next to the “War Games” plans and the tits-to-ass ratio of every female supervillain on Earth.
Talented Artist On This Site.
I didn’t know if this needed its own thread, but Iron Dwarf on this site designed the avatar…proving he deserves much respect for his skills with a pen.
Thanks, man.
The avatar is fantastic. I knew it was made by Iron Dwarf as soon as I saw it. Great job Iron Dwarf.
I saw this geek shit and because I’ve been playin a lot of steam games recently, out of curiosity, anyone else play any games on steam? If so, what’s everyone’s steam nicks?
[quote]dracbest wrote:
The avatar is fantastic. I knew it was made by Iron Dwarf as soon as I saw it. Great job Iron Dwarf.[/quote]
x2 That’s pretty awesome!
Iron Dwarf is the man!