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RE: [VIDEO] Captain America: Brave New World
That's a fake trailer.
So is the previous one you posted 😂
RE: [VIDEO] Thunderbolts
Quote:
Jitendar Canth says...
"Some of those greenscreen shots look rank!"
That's a fake trailer, or a "trailer concept" as they put it.
That channel produces lots of them. Not sure why they do it for movies that already have real trailers, though.
RE: [VIDEO] The Substance
I loved it. Probably my favourite film of the year.
The prosthetics and makeup were really good and Demi Moore deserves some awards recognition.
I'd read a lot about how crazy the third act was and I was a little bit disappointed that it leaned more towards comedy than horror with its grand guignol splatter, but I quickly came to appreciate it for what it is.
I cracked up at...
SPOILER:
MONSTRO ELISASUE 😂
RE: [VIDEO] Alien: Isolation (a possibly decent Alien game finally?)
After ten long years, a sequel is finally announced:
https://x.com/AlienIsolation/status/1843305291322200488
RE: [VIDEO] Post Trump fallout
Quote:
Pete-MK says...
"Every betting website has Harris ahead in the polls."
Getting flashbacks to 2016 here...
Never underestimate American stupidity.
RE: [VIDEO] The Killer
Quote:
mbilko says...
"so tv series"
It's a film, btw.
Not to be confused with David Fincher film 'The Killer' from last year.
In fact, this is a US remake of Woo's own 1989 film of the same name. He's been trying to get this off the ground for years now.
RE: [VIDEO] Gladiator II
Quote:
Par Mizan says...
"Gladiator was a great film right up to the end, where the emperor cheated in the last fight, I did not like that. Never watched it since."
Hang and burn Maximus' wife and young child to death, I sleep.
Cheat in a fight, real s***...
[VIDEO] Gladiator II
2024 seems to be the year of trailers with incredibly terrible music choice.
Especially weird since the original film's score is particularly memorable (albeit heavily borrowed from Holst and Wagner).
Film itself looks... well made, but completely unnecessary.
RE: Amazon ditches Free Delivery for all orders under £10
I always use lockers these days. I've got a choice of about four in the local area and it's much more convenient than waiting in for the delivery guy to arrive. And it's free.
I wish Royal Mail would implement a similar locker-style solution.
[VIDEO] Summer Game Fest 2024
It's that time of year again, when the major studios and indie publishers show off their upcoming titles. Announcements and trailers abound. Here is the schedule:
Links:
Summer Game Fest Youtube | Twitch
Devolver Direct YouTube | Twitch
Xbox Games Showcase YouTube | Twitch
Ubisoft Forward YouTube | Twitch
PC Gaming Show YouTube | Twitch
Future Games Show YouTube | Twitch
Sony already put on their State of Play yesterday, announcing PC ports of God of War Ragnarok and Until Dawn, plus a new live-service (yawn) game Concord and the remake of Silent Hill 2.
They also showed the first brief gameplay footage of Alien: Rogue Incursion, which is about as close as we'll ever get to a sequel to the much-loved Alien Isolation. Really hoping it's not VR-only. Also hoping the frame rate will be better than shown in the trailer...
Also, artwork for Resident Evil 9 was leaked:
I hope they show some footage of the Splinter Cell remake at the Ubisoft show. I also hope they didn't dumb it down too much.
RE: Ripping CDs
If it still doesn't rip with other software, it could be that the disc has a form of copy protection.
I remember trying to rip some of my brother's CDs a few years ago and encountered a few copy protected discs. I tried a bunch of different solutions but in the end I just downloaded some rips instead.
RE: [VIDEO] Speak No Evil
Looks cool but I really don't see the point of remaking this so soon after the original. The Danish version was only two years ago. One of the better horror movies in recent memory.
RE: 3 Body Problem
Just finished this and it was surprisingly disappointing. Given how good of a job they did with adapting the first four seasons of Game of Thrones, I thought they would manage something similar here.
This was like somebody giving you the jist of a story after skim-reading through it. They left out all of the philosophy and skipped over half the story without giving it time to breathe. The pacing is so fast that some of the big plot points feel incredibly silly, such as:
SPOILER:
"My plan is to perfectly line up a thousand nuclear bombs in space and detonate them one by one..."
*one episode later*
"Alright the thousand nukes are in place, let's roll..."
They really needed to do a better job of depicting the passage of time and the logistics of all these grand plans.
The chinese adaptation was much better in that sense, although very flawed in other ways. The Netflix version certainly has better acting and production value (although some of the CGI was terrible), but the story feels terribly dumbed down.
Liam Cunningham felt miscast IMO. Just didn't suit that role at all, which is sad because he was literally perfect for Ser Davos. Benedict Wong was the best part of the show.
One final grievance: the cover of Lana Del Rey's 'Video Games' would have been great if I didn't spend the whole scene wondering where I'd heard it before (it was in Westworld).
They've got a 4 season plan but I don't know if they'll get that far. The later seasons are going to be super expensive and I'm not sure this was quite the megahit they were hoping for.
RE: [VIDEO] Masters Of The Air (AppleTV+)
It took me until episode 3 to really warm to the characters but now I'm enjoying it a lot.
Only three episodes left so presumably Ncuti Gatwa (the new Doctor Who) will show up soon.
RE: [VIDEO] True Detective
‘True Detective’ Renewed For Season 5 At HBO As Showrunner Issa López Strikes Overall Deal
Quote:
True Detective is coming back for a fifth season at HBO.
Issa López, who served as showrunner for True Detective: Night Country, the fourth and most successful iteration of the crime franchise, will oversee the next installment as part of an overall deal she signed with the network.
It’s yet to be decided as to whether season five of True Detective will be related to Night Country or will be an entirely new story.
Hopefully this season will have some detectives in it.
RE: [VIDEO] True Detective
Well this was a complete dud. I don't think I've ever been so disappointed in a series. Such a waste of potential with that setting and cast.
Almost every character was a complete moron. Most of the detective work was done off-screen by the one competent character, whose wife somehow cannot fathom that he might have to work late given the insane mass murder case that just landed on his desk.
Seemed like the writers cared more about the indigenous people than the actual detective story, which would have been great if the show's entry point into their perspective wasn't the most annoying character in television history. Good Lord, Leah was just insufferable.
The final episode tried so hard to tie up all the loose ends with one horrible contrivance after another, not always successfully either. The throw-away explanation for the mass deer suicide was especially unconvincing. Some things they didn't even bother to explain.
Laughed out loud when it turned out...
SPOILER:
it was the cleaning ladies
So dumb.
Not a patch on seasons 1 and 3.
RE: [VIDEO] Windows 11
It only affects CPUs that are at least ~15 years old, and if you're running a system that ancient I doubt W11 would run particularly well anyway.
RE: [VIDEO] Next on Netflix
Quote:
RJS says...
"Yeah, when last Stranger Things tho?"
Need to wait for Next on Netflix 2025 for that 😁
RE: [VIDEO] Loudermilk
Not sure why they made a new trailer for this, it's been running since 2017. Three seasons so far.
As much as I love Ron Livingston, it wasn't for me.
EDIT: Trailer is because they just added it to Netflix.
This item was edited on Thursday, 1st February 2024, 15:51
RE: [VIDEO] Masters Of The Air (AppleTV+)
First two episodes are out. Only watched episode 1 so far and it's fairly decent.
I remember watching the first episode of Band of Brothers and feeling almost like I was part of the company because the sense of cameraderie amongst the characters was so strong. This doesn't really have that, but it does establish the characters fairly well.
The airborne scenes are pretty brutal. So often in movies, you see those puffs of black smoke from flak cannons and they only seem to make the ride a bit bumpy. Here they tear planes to shreds.
Those scenes are quite bloody in places...
SPOILER:
I wasn't quite prepared for that shot of the guy with his face half blown off.
Some ropey CG effects in places, though, particularly the landing in Greenland. But mostly it does the job.
I remain somewhat hyped.
Pop Quiz, Hotshot!
So, Speed is coming up on its 30th anniversary this summer and to celebrate the occasion, Kris Tapley (formerly a film journalist and awards editor for Variety) created a podcast all about the making of the film, from development and pre-production all the way up through to the release.
50 MPH - The Making of a Movie Megahit
It's a 50 part series, one episode per week. The 30th episode was just released, focusing on Mark Mancina's pulse-pounding score, which is what drew me to the podcast.
I particularly recommend episode 12, which details all the drafts the script went through before they started shooting (including ones where Jeff Daniels died at the start and another where his character was the villain).
It's a fascinating look behind the scenes of the Hollywood machine and well worth a listen if you're a fan of the film.
(sorry if you were expecting a quiz)
This item was edited on Tuesday, 23rd January 2024, 02:56
RE: [VIDEO] True Detective
Thought the first episode was sort-of okay. Love the setting - big Fortitude vibes! Sadly, I can't imagine the resolution to the story will be anywhere near as cool or out-of-left-field as that show. The storytelling feels strangely unfocused and littered with boring family drama.
As much as I love Jodie Foster, her character here isn't all that interesting so far. Navarro feels better defined, but also not particularly likeable. I hope the interplay between them evolves into more than just the two of them sniping at each other all the time.
John Hawkes is really good, although his character is just plain weird. Not sure how his Russian bride will factor into the proceedings...
Awful choice for the title song as well.