Chat Thread 34: Something I Shouldn't Be Chatting About

[Sleet]

I haven't seen too many, but the newest Star Trek movie was pretty good.

Also, what was that one movie? Shark Night 3D or whatever? That was pretty awful and B-movieish, judging from the trailer.

[RandomGeekNamedBrent]

but it was big budget, just intending to be B-movieish, as was Piranhas 3D.

[Psykeout]

Probably District Nine
that was such a cool flick

That movie was so completely awful.

The only real reason WHY (I couldn't sit through it) was because it was impossible to tell what the aliens were saying. That was so stupid of them and I hate the movie and it can go die.
I just don't understand why they didn't put subtitles there. It just makes me angry.

Or I dunno were the aliens even speaking english? If not then it was hard to tell what the PEOPLE were saying. Regardless I remember thinking that the production crew should be tortured of punished in some form for annoying me so much with it.

[RandomGeekNamedBrent]

I liked District 9, as did my brother, but my parents both hated it.

Battle L.A. was pretty good.

[Alastair]

I have a few I like. War of the Worlds w/ Tom Cruise was good, as was Cloverfield, Star Trek, and Super 8. We went to see Aliens vs. Cowboys.... HUGE disappointment....
Had really high expectations on that one...

All the Marvel movies within the past ten years have been good, especially Thor, Captain America, and Iron Man 1 and 2. Those were the best.

[Rollofthedice]

Probably District Nine
that was such a cool flick

Oh man, that movie was such an experience for me. I got the blu-ray version of it this summer (as I had money to waste) and saw it during the dead of night and - wow. Just wow. I was in total awe for about an hour. I have no idea how a low-budget sci-fi film can be chilling, thrilling and STILL have insightful political commentary on Apartheid through aliens, but District 9 somehow pulled it off.

That movie was so completely awful.

The only real reason WHY (I couldn't sit through it) was because it was impossible to tell what the aliens were saying. That was so stupid of them and I hate the movie and it can go die.
I just don't understand why they didn't put subtitles there. It just makes me angry.

Or I dunno were the aliens even speaking english? If not then it was hard to tell what the PEOPLE were saying. Regardless I remember thinking that the production crew should be tortured of punished in some form for annoying me so much with it.

Um, I believe they do have subtitles? Unless your movie experience was tampered or something, I'm dead certain there should be subtitles for the aliens. They weren't speaking English, though. And while the people in the movie speak in English, they DO happen to originate from South Africa (as it was a film made in South Africa), so perhaps some accent confusion is the case there.

[Seth]

Also, what was that one movie? Shark Night 3D or whatever? That was pretty awful and B-movieish, judging from the trailer.

I never did drag my carcass out of my house to see that in theatres
I regret that to this day.


Cloverfield was great, all my friends hated it but I really like the whole found footage genre so I thought it was fantastic.

I just don't understand why they didn't put subtitles there. It just makes me angry.

there were subtitles

[Psykeout]

Ah. Well I was definitely confused the entire movie and I couldn't tell what anyone was saying. Maybe the subtitles were just hard to read on the tv we were using.

It was very upsetting. |:(

[Wanderer]

Talking about movies?
Aw I have nothing to say. :(

[KJOokami]

The only thing that somewhat bothered me about District 9 was the sheer mass of f-bombs they laid out in that film. I actually started counting about half way through and ended up at about 147 or so. It was pretty ridiculous.

Most people seem to chalk it up to, "Oh! But realistically...!", to which I say, "That's nice. Still not interesting or intelligent dialogue."

[Seth]

Ah. Well I was definitely confused the entire movie and I couldn't tell what anyone was saying. Maybe the subtitles were just hard to read on the tv we were using.

It was very upsetting. |:(

that's too bad some of the dialouge with the aliens is hilarious.

Talking about movies?
Aw I have nothing to say.

Gor rent some movies then

My whole family loves ditrict 9
we even started calling my dad christopher Johnson (he has a red vest that looks a little bit like the one in the movie)

F bombs don't really phase me, I swear so much I've just become numb to it.

[KJOokami]

They don't phase me either. I just think that when literally every other word someone says is ****, it gets annoying. Fast.

[Alastair]

They don't phase me either. I just think that when literally every other word someone says is ****, it gets annoying. Fast.

I try my best not to curse, and I don't make it part of my vocabulary, but I can take it in a movie as long as it's not too much.

[Psykeout]

Also, the aliens disturbed me a bit and I sort of felt like the camera was never in focus when they were on screen because the scene usually had a "dusty dirty" look to it, which I understand it's supposed too. I just felt like I was watching a home movie the entire time.

[RandomGeekNamedBrent]

Also, the aliens disturbed me a bit and I sort of felt like the camera was never in focus when they were on screen because the scene usually had a "dusty dirty" look to it, So I felt like I was watching a home movie the entire time.

I think that may have been the intention

[CaptainPea]

So I felt like I was watching a home movie the entire time.

I haven't seen it, but I'm pretty sure that was entirely their goal.

I've seen a disproportionate amount of movies this weekend.

Saw 2001 and the Muppets, both for the first time.

I thought 2001 was fairly good. I didn't mind the slowness, I thought it was nice, actually. I also didn't hate the final act like some people do- it was pretty much impossible to parse, but at least it was interesting. Really the biggest problem I had with the movie was that the most interesting part by far- namely, the exploration of HAL, was a deviation from the main plot, which was presumably about the monoliths. Really, the main reason I just accepted the final act and went along with the ride was because we had already seen what felt like the "real" climax to me (the "Daisy" scene). When the best character in the film is an aside from the central plot, that's a problem. Plus I couldn't tell the different human characters apart. I only could keep track of people once Dave was the only one alive, and I only remembered his name because of the famous line.

...do I really have to spoiler the plot of 2001? I'll do so, just to be safe.

The Muppets was pretty good, the songs were good and the new characters were more clever than grating. The only complaint I have there was the villain. He was ridiculously flat, so much so that it would make more sense for him to be a parody of shallow children's movie villains than the true villain he's supposed to be. He's a rich guy who uses his evil knowledge of the law to take the Muppet theater. So that he can drill under it for oil. Because he's greedy. And doesn't like the Muppets. And his name is Tex Richman. I'm glad he had relatively little screen time.

I also saw probably my favorite Pixar movie, not for the first time. Can you guess what it is? (You've only got 11 choices, so it's not a toughie).

[Alastair]

I watched District 9 a while back when it was on T.V. I thought it was..... Eh.... Thought it could have been better.

And Captain Pea, I'll say you watched Toy Story. Of course, that was a pretty obvious guess, wasn't it. ^-^

[Psykeout]

The Incredibles.
Which was chosen completely arbitrarily and I would personally not rate quite as high as most of the others.

which I understand it's supposed too.

I know It's SUPPOSED to look bad, but when I have nothing to go by except the visuals, it's just annoying rather than intriguing.

[RandomGeekNamedBrent]

I also saw probably my favorite Pixar movie, not for the first time. Can you guess what it is? (You've only got 11 choices, so it's not a toughie).

Toy Story? A Bug's Life? Toy Story 2? Monsters Inc? Finding Nemo? The Incredibles? Cars? Ratatouille? WALL-E? Up? Toy Story 3? Cars 2?
(there were actually 12)

[CaptainPea]

And Captain Pea, I'll say you watched Toy Story. Of course, that was a pretty obvious guess, wasn't it. ^-^

You were actually right before you edited this post! It was WALL-E. That I told you I had just watched 2001 might have given you a bit too much of a hint.

The Incredibles.
Which was chosen completely arbitrarily and I would personally not rate quite as high as most of the others.

I agree with that. Incredibles is mid-range, I'd say. Probably in there a bit above Ratatouille and somewhere around Nemo.

I also saw probably my favorite Pixar movie, not for the first time. Can you guess what it is? (You've only got 11 choices, so it's not a toughie).

Toy Story? A Bug's Life? Toy Story 2? Monsters Inc? Finding Nemo? The Incredibles? Cars? Ratatouille? WALL-E? Up? Toy Story 3? Cars 2?
(there were actually 12)

I forgot about Cars 2. Still have to see that one.

[Alastair]

I got it right the first time I posted?! Shoot... Do I still get an A+ for getting it right the first time?

[Sleet]

I think Wall-E is a serious candidate for the best Pixar film. It was absolutely excellent.

2001 was ridiculously good. The science was unbelievably realistic.

[Psykeout]

I've never even heard of 2001.
I'm so out of touch with the world sigh.

I did see V for Vendetta this weekend though. It's like getting hit over the head with a 2 x 4 of subtlety.

Wall-E was great, but I found it just a little stale I guess? I don't know. "Do robots feel" and "the environment is at stake" just sort of feel over used.
And they weren't even what the movie was about really it was just a robot love story and it was good and ugh.
I don't know why but I just don't put it at the top.

I think my favorite Pixar movie is probably UP, but Bugs Life I enjoyed a lot for some reason, even though it's not a great story.

Jesus my opinions are so odd.

[Sleet]

2001 is considered one of the greatest movies of all time. Would you recognize the full title, 2001: A Space Odyssey?

[Wanderer]

Funny how people thought we would be so advanced by the 21st century. Portrayed like super advanced civilizations. We didn't live to their expectations, no we weren't even close .

[CaptainPea]

I've never even heard of 2001.

You've definitely seen it referenced in some way (especially considering you just told me you've seen Wall-E), you just don't know it. References to it are all over science fiction. It's the one with HAL 9000, the supercomputer with "red eye" cameras that look like this. He says "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that." It has the bit with the monkeys to the tune of Also Sprach Zarathustra.

Wall-E was great, but I found it just a little stale I guess? I don't know. "Do robots feel" and "the environment is at stake" just sort of feel over used.
And they weren't even what the movie was about really it was just a robot love story and it was good and ugh.
I don't know why but I just don't put it at the top.

Whether or not robots feel I don't think is very central. If you watch the whole thing with the mindset of "WALL-E can't feel, he's a robot", it's not going to be very compelling. I think it was more about the robotic-ness of the humans than the humanness of the robots.

Of course, you're right in that the core of the movie is the love story. I think it's interesting that, according to the way they recount the story of it's development at least, the other themes (and even the love story itself) came about completely by accident as developments of the plot. We need to make the Earth unlivable so that Wall-E can be lonely, so let's say there's lots of trash everywhere. Wall-E is lonely, so the most logical way to move forward is to add a love interest.

I think my favorite Pixar movie is probably UP, but Bugs Life I enjoyed a lot for some reason, even though it's not a great story.

Up is up there as well. I think it's because by the time they got to Wall-E, they realized they were allowed to explore more "adult" themes like love and grief in addition to the "kid" themes of parenting and friendship that their movies had used earlier.

I'd probably list my top three as Wall-E, Up, and Monsters Inc (I realize that's the odd one out), in no particular order, just because they're such apples to oranges.

Funny how people thought we would be so advanced by the 21st century. Portrayed like super advanced civilizations. We didn't live to their expectations, no we weren't even close .

We exceeded them, in some avenues, just not the ones they were expecting. Think telecommunications.

[Seth]

I've never even heard of 2001.
I'm so out of touch with the world sigh.

I did see V for Vendetta this weekend though. It's like getting hit over the head with a 2 x 4 of subtlety.
.

Have you read it yet?
If not you need to do that ASAP it's fantastic

The Incredibles.
Which was chosen completely arbitrarily and I would personally not rate quite as high as most of the others.

which I understand it's supposed too.

I know It's SUPPOSED to look bad, but when I have nothing to go by except the visuals, it's just annoying rather than intriguing.

that's kind of the risk inherent in the whole found footage/home movie genre.
I personally really like the flawed camera work as it makes it alot more immersive.

The incredibles is hands down the best pixar movie.

[Wanderer]

Incredibles is a movie I wouldn't mind watching the sequel to. I really expected a sequel after that movie ended.

[RandomGeekNamedBrent]

I've never even heard of 2001.

You've definitely seen it referenced in some way (especially considering you just told me you've seen Wall-E)

Was also referenced in Housepets! of course.

[Sleet]

And My Little Pony.

[KJOokami]

I've never seen 2001 either.

As for favorite Pixar film, I don't think I can really name one. They're all fantastic, really. Though I will say that I hold The Incredibles as a much better movie than a lot of people seem to. Not talking about anyone here, just that most people I've talked to say that it was one of their worst movies and it happens to be one of my personal favorites (noting, of course, they're all brilliant).

[Seth]

I need to watch 2001
I've never seen it

[The Grey Wolverine]

I've never even heard of 2001.

You've definitely seen it referenced in some way (especially considering you just told me you've seen Wall-E), you just don't know it. References to it are all over science fiction. It's the one with HAL 9000, the supercomputer with "red eye" cameras that look like this. He says "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that." It has the bit with the monkeys to the tune of Also Sprach Zarathustra.

If you watch Linkara on TGWTG he has an AI named NIMAWAY, its just a replica HAL 9000. Also, in Metal gear Solid: Peace Walker many references are made to 2001 and Doctor Strangelove.

[Psykeout]

Whether or not robots feel I don't think is very central.

Yeah, there we go. That's what I meant when I said "Not what the movie's even about"
I don't know I just feel weird about things

Maybe how much I enjoy a pixar movie is proportional to the unlikeliness of the hero.
Yeah that makes sense.
Superheroes and robots doing cool things is "meh" but old people and rodents and insects are like woah those things don't do interesting things they should be playing checkers or eating cheese or walking in lines.

Would you recognize the full title, 2001: A Space Odyssey?

Oh.

Yeah I know that.

[CaptainPea]

I've never even heard of 2001.

You've definitely seen it referenced in some way (especially considering you just told me you've seen Wall-E)

Was also referenced in Housepets! of course.

I must've missed that, although it makes sense considering I only just saw the film a couple days ago.
Unless of course it's an obvious shout out that I could've gotten when I was six and I just have a bad memory.

Whether or not robots feel I don't think is very central.

Yeah, there we go. That's what I meant when I said "Not what the movie's even about"
I don't know I just feel weird about things

Maybe how much I enjoy a pixar movie is proportional to the unlikeliness of the hero.
Yeah that makes sense.
Superheroes and robots doing cool things is "meh" but old people and rodents and insects are like woah those things don't do interesting things they should be playing checkers or eating cheese or walking in lines.

True. I think it's interesting to see that, when they do feature extraordinary things like superheroes and robots and such, they clearly attempt to do so in a way that makes them ordinary enough to still qualify as unorthodox heroes. Mr. Incredible is a superhero, but as a counterbalance he's a middle aged father. Wall-E is a robot, but in practice he's no more than a glorified trash compactor.

As for favorite Pixar film, I don't think I can really name one. They're all fantastic, really. Though I will say that I hold The Incredibles as a much better movie than a lot of people seem to. Not talking about anyone here, just that most people I've talked to say that it was one of their worst movies and it happens to be one of my personal favorites (noting, of course, they're all brilliant).

I think people often give it marks down for being a superhero movie, since "all superhero movies are meaningless tripe which rely on cheap thrills". That ignores, of course, that The Incredibles follows Pixar's favorite tactic of injecting unconventional themes into an established genre.

[RandomGeekNamedBrent]

I must've missed that, although it makes sense considering I only just saw the film a couple days ago.
Unless of course it's an obvious shout out that I could've gotten when I was six and I just have a bad memory.

This strip. It was a reference to one of the things you said Psyke would have seen referenced.

[Seth]

Blasting nirvana at midnight?
Gosh darn right we are!

[Psykeout]

Lightning McQueen was just a racecar.
pff.

And wait Brave is about a princess who pulls a Mulan
which isn't very original

[Sleet]

I'm sure it'll be excellent though.

[Seth]

Finally messaged my cousin over the facepage to get the information of hte guy he gets his tatoos from.
I'm gonna need to start saving up some money.