Film/Video Discussion Thread - The Bear and Badger

Cos

Moot_Geeza wrote:

I just bought it, had to after a recommendation like that. The film hit the right spot for me, I thought it was the best modern western since....Meek's Cutoff? I'm possibly forgetting something in between.

I was all set to reel off a few more recent westerns only to discover they were almost all older than Meek's. Time, eh? The only more recent one that might challenge it is Slow West.

yourfavouriteuncle

mistercrayon wrote:

Isn’t the main driver

Spoiler:

a chemical that can magically find gold?

Yeah, but I didn’t read that as Sci Fi, just as a fictionalised grounded world setting with a little extravagance. There’s probably an entirely different, deeper, level to the book that I missed if i should have been thinking sci fi? The thing you mention was just the narrative Mcguffin to me - the end point of the tale but not the reason for the journey.

Blocks100

Syph79 wrote:

Blocks100 wrote:

Currently watching RoboCop the remake and and I can't put my finger on it but something's not quite right is it? I mean it should work, it's a stellar cast and there are one or two memorable set pieces - but did they really think they could eclipse the original in any way shape or form? I mean really, what was the point of even trying?

I still reflect regularly on the fact they saved his hand, for no discernible reason. It played no role in the film at all.

You ever tried wanking with a cold titanium robotic hand with a crushing power of 1800 PSI?

Wookienopants

Blocks100 wrote:

Syph79 wrote:

Blocks100 wrote:

Currently watching RoboCop the remake and and I can't put my finger on it but something's not quite right is it? I mean it should work, it's a stellar cast and there are one or two memorable set pieces - but did they really think they could eclipse the original in any way shape or form? I mean really, what was the point of even trying?

I still reflect regularly on the fact they saved his hand, for no discernible reason. It played no role in the film at all.

You ever tried wanking with a cold titanium robotic hand with a crushing power of 1800 PSI?

Yes. Once

Kow

Is that why you don't have pants anymore?

Yossarian

Wookienopelvis.

mistercrayon

yourfavouriteuncle wrote:

mistercrayon wrote:

Isn’t the main driver

Spoiler:

a chemical that can magically find gold?

Yeah, but I didn’t read that as Sci Fi, just as a fictionalised grounded world setting with a little extravagance. There’s probably an entirely different, deeper, level to the book that I missed if i should have been thinking sci fi? The thing you mention was just the narrative Mcguffin to me - the end point of the tale but not the reason for the journey.

I’m being slightly loose but for me sci fi is a genre where you bend a rule of physics and then see what happens when relatively normal people are set off in that world.

Yossarian

Just watched Johnny Mnemonic for the first time. What an impressively bad film it is. Absolutely terrible in pretty much every way, and possibly the worst acting that Keanu Reeves has ever committed to film.

b0r1s

It is truly terrible.

Raiziel

I remember being quite excited about that film, but it didn’t even have the good graces to be something that was good at the time. It’s a proper stinker.

jdanielp

I did see it at the cinema but I don't remember much now.

Kow

Werewolves Within - what a lot of shite. I knew something was up when the Ubisoft logo appeared at the beginning. I half expected guardposts and towers but I didn't even get that. I got an unfunny and strange kind of whodunit with a werewolf thrown in, which didn't work on any level. Apparently it's based on a game of the same name but I've never heard of it.

Minkymu

Kow wrote:

Werewolves Within - what a lot of shite. I knew something was up when the Ubisoft logo appeared at the beginning. I half expected guardposts and towards but I didn't even get that. I got an unfunny and strange kind of whodunit with a werewolf thrown in, which didn't work on any level. Apparently it's based on a game of the same name but I've never heard of it.

Aww damn the trailer made it look like good fun. I was hyped for that

Minkymu

Constantine is a great Keanu film. As is street kings

mk64

Saw black widow last night. Great Marvel film

Yossarian

regmcfly

That did me a good Chuckle

davyK

g.man

Love me some Korg

ShabbyMcCrabby

I do like the bluntness that he has around Hollywood politics and such too.

Also, the more I think about it, the more I feel like Fast and Furious 9 is a genuine modern masterpiece. It's the pinnacle of big dumb action and I'm not sure it'll ever be topped

poprock

I am extremely hyped for F9, but waiting to view it at home. It’ll be the first one I haven’t gone to the cinema for.

Diluted Dante

Ah, watching it with family, gotcha.

Kow

I'd prefer to stab myself with anthrax smeared shards of Chernobyl's reactor than ever see another Fast and Furious film.

superflyninja

Diluted Dante wrote:

Ah, watching it with family, gotcha.

Hahahahahahahahaha zing!

Wookienopants

ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

I do like the bluntness that he has around Hollywood politics and such too. Also, the more I think about it, the more I feel like Fast and Furious 9 is a genuine modern masterpiece. It's the pinnacle of big dumb action and I'm not sure it'll ever be topped

I can't wait to see this. Love the Fast and Furious movies. Big dumb action is what I want.

hylian_elf

Kow wrote:

I'd prefer to stab myself with anthrax smeared shards of Chernobyl's reactor than ever see another Fast and Furious film.

I had only ever seen the first one. Didn’t want to watch another. Then I saw Hobbs & Shaw with the wife in the cinema not long ago, which I understand is a F&F spin-off or something, I dunno. Was quite fun. Obviously stupid and silly, but fun.

I trust Shabby’s judgement, to an extent. Might give F9 a go at some point.

Unlikely

Watched Hobbs and Shaw yesterday. Stupidest film I've seen in ages. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

The Daddy

H&S was too long for me, but most of the FF films have been great fun.

Raiziel

Kow wrote:

I'd prefer to stab myself with anthrax smeared shards of Chernobyl's reactor than ever see another Fast and Furious film.

So it’s not just me then.

davyK

Never watched an F&F film. The trailers put me off.

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