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John Carter was definitely pretty good, and got a bad wrap..

I think the marketing of it was the problem...No one had any idea what it was about and the name "John Carter" sounds like a boring title.
06-22-2012 12:53 AM
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Saw Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter today.

Pretty fun. The book was better, so what else is new?
06-23-2012 04:12 PM
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I have no desire to see the Abe Lincoln movie...

The vampire craze is one that I'm going to pass on, unless they make a movie that features sexy female vampires attacking their victims in the nude...
06-23-2012 04:36 PM
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(06-23-2012 04:36 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  I have no desire to see the Abe Lincoln movie...

The vampire craze is one that I'm going to pass on, unless they make a movie that features sexy female vampires attacking their victims in the nude...

Sounds like you need to catch some anime then 03-shhhh
06-23-2012 08:08 PM
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(06-23-2012 04:36 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  I have no desire to see the Abe Lincoln movie...

The vampire craze is one that I'm going to pass on, unless they make a movie that features sexy female vampires attacking their victims in the nude...

I get that, but this isn't happy sparkly metrosexual vampires.

These were blood-sucking parasites that have to die, and right now, vampires.
06-23-2012 11:19 PM
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The only problem with such blood sucking parasites is that they don't exist, except in stupid fantasies...
06-24-2012 06:17 AM
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Yeah, kinda like men who come from another planet and can fly, who put on tights and fight crime.
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I was more into off-center comics and sci-fi mags, rather than super hero and bad guys...

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06-24-2012 09:17 AM
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(06-24-2012 09:17 AM)bitcruncher Wrote:  I was more into off-center comics and sci-fi mags, rather than super hero and bad guys...

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of course you were
06-24-2012 10:24 AM
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(06-23-2012 04:36 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  I have no desire to see the Abe Lincoln movie...

I disagree entirely, but then, I'm referring to another movie coming out later this year, Steven Spielberg directing Daniel Day Lewis as the sixteenth president in "Lincoln" due out this December.

(06-23-2012 04:36 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  The vampire craze is one that I'm going to pass on, unless they make a movie that features sexy female vampires attacking their victims in the nude...

True Blood is not a far cry from that...
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Brave / Theatre
--Not bad but not quite the female heroin action movie either. Kind of a female empowerment/ daughter versus mom on where a princess's place is kind of thing. The put some serious work in to on rendering fur and hair.

Black Panther animated series ('09) / NF Stream
--Aside from it being 15m episodes and done in a completely different animation style that most cartoons it is pretty solid.

The Town / BR
--Ben Afleck and Jeremy Renner in a stone cold action movie. I love the badassness of the movie.

Hot Shots I and II / dvd
--Charlie Sheen is epic in this Rambo/Top Gun parody franchise.

Kick Ass / BR
--great take on super heroes and super hero movies. Hopefuly #2 will be as good.

Machete / BR
--BAD ASS all around.
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The Bourne Identity, Supremacy, and Ultimatum / dvd
--Loved the series. The ending was epic. Wonder how they spin the new one in regards to Treadstone, Black Briar, and whatever else they want to toss in as Black Ops.

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter / theater
--Delivered on concept. Found somethings interesting. It was like a mix of Matrix, Bourne, and Blade movies cinematography wise.

Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol
--Pretty solid.
07-01-2012 10:10 PM
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GI Joe --"2nd Generation" / dvd
--Picks up the GI Joe cartoon post GI Joe The Movie/Cobra-La plot. I like that part but it feels like the new toons are a step down in quality from the original series. Also, some of the main characters kept over had voice talent changes.

Top Gun / SEDVD
--One of Tom Cruise's best IMO.

Glory/ SEDVD
--I still love the movie. It has so much heart from all the angles of the characters in the Civil War drama.

Toy Story 3/ BR
--Lotso is probably the series best villain. Loved the Day Car angle.... Andy going to college and putting away all his toys was pretty heart felt.

Total Recall/ BR
--Loved the Arnie movie.... and I still debate as to whether it was real or the Recall implant.

The Bourne Trilogy / dvd
--A great series throughout. Loved the good balance of drama and action.

Spiderman / theater
--pretty good for a reboot, however the merits of the reboot were dubious. I did dislike them not fully delivering on the promise of finding out about Peter Parker's parents.
07-08-2012 12:34 PM
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Ted was pretty good...I liked more than the average Family Guy episode.
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(07-08-2012 04:15 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  Ted was pretty good...I liked more than the average Family Guy episode.

How much do you like the average Family Guy episode? Because if I made that statement it wouldn't be saying much.
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(07-09-2012 11:16 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  
(07-08-2012 04:15 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  Ted was pretty good...I liked more than the average Family Guy episode.

How much do you like the average Family Guy episode? Because if I made that statement it wouldn't be saying much.

I should love Family Guy based on my tastes but somehow I don't enjoy it. That said, I thought Ted was pretty decent.
07-10-2012 12:26 AM
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(07-09-2012 11:16 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  
(07-08-2012 04:15 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  Ted was pretty good...I liked more than the average Family Guy episode.

How much do you like the average Family Guy episode? Because if I made that statement it wouldn't be saying much.

I should love Family Guy based on my tastes but somehow I don't enjoy it. That said, I thought Ted was pretty decent.

Family Guy just isn't that funny and Seth Macfarlane is kind of a joke. This is not to say he's not talented and this is not to say he's not funny, but...

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My beef with Family Guy(and South Park nailed it) is that it's just not intelligent. It's formulaic and it's repetitive and it's cheap and easy. It's much easier to write a series of off beat jokes and randomly insert them throughout a 22 minute episode than it is to write a show with a linear storyline and a plot and jokes that derive from that plot.

Also, sometimes I feel like Family Guy tries to hard to reach as far as they can for their references and wants to pat themselves on the back for some obscure 70's pop culture reference.

The show certainly has it's laughs, Seth Macfarlane is too intelligent and talented to not make the show funny, but he's too business savvy to stray from his time tested formula that more than likely doesn't live up to his real talents. The guy could probably write a funnier show, but it would stray from his proven method and would also probably alienate some fans. With all due respect to the average Family Guy fan, it's primarily a lowest common demoninator type show. The jokes are spoon fed to the audience and the better show he could probably write would more than likely stray from that as well.
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I never watched any of the cartoon examples you showed in that graphic, past a few seconds, if I wasn't fast enough changing the channel. I've always been of the opinion that your intelligence dropped just by watching those shows...
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(07-10-2012 01:58 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  My beef with Family Guy(and South Park nailed it) is that it's just not intelligent. It's formulaic and it's repetitive and it's cheap and easy. It's much easier to write a series of off beat jokes and randomly insert them throughout a 22 minute episode than it is to write a show with a linear storyline and a plot and jokes that derive from that plot.

Also, sometimes I feel like Family Guy tries to hard to reach as far as they can for their references and wants to pat themselves on the back for some obscure 70's pop culture reference.

The show certainly has it's laughs, Seth Macfarlane is too intelligent and talented to not make the show funny, but he's too business savvy to stray from his time tested formula that more than likely doesn't live up to his real talents. The guy could probably write a funnier show, but it would stray from his proven method and would also probably alienate some fans. With all due respect to the average Family Guy fan, it's primarily a lowest common demoninator type show. The jokes are spoon fed to the audience and the better show he could probably write would more than likely stray from that as well.

Heh.... I can't stand American Dad and have never actually watched a Cleveland episode. Family Guy is tolerable depending on the episode.


I'd say South Park has gone more satire than funny in its later years. The first 2-3 seasons was foul mouthed humor..... then they decided to try to teach people a lesson in every show. They are more hit and miss of late IMO. I still like it and they have a few winners every season but those are getting less and less.
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(07-10-2012 10:22 AM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  
(07-10-2012 01:58 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  My beef with Family Guy(and South Park nailed it) is that it's just not intelligent. It's formulaic and it's repetitive and it's cheap and easy. It's much easier to write a series of off beat jokes and randomly insert them throughout a 22 minute episode than it is to write a show with a linear storyline and a plot and jokes that derive from that plot.

Also, sometimes I feel like Family Guy tries to hard to reach as far as they can for their references and wants to pat themselves on the back for some obscure 70's pop culture reference.

The show certainly has it's laughs, Seth Macfarlane is too intelligent and talented to not make the show funny, but he's too business savvy to stray from his time tested formula that more than likely doesn't live up to his real talents. The guy could probably write a funnier show, but it would stray from his proven method and would also probably alienate some fans. With all due respect to the average Family Guy fan, it's primarily a lowest common demoninator type show. The jokes are spoon fed to the audience and the better show he could probably write would more than likely stray from that as well.

Heh.... I can't stand American Dad and have never actually watched a Cleveland episode. Family Guy is tolerable depending on the episode.


I'd say South Park has gone more satire than funny in its later years. The first 2-3 seasons was foul mouthed humor..... then they decided to try to teach people a lesson in every show. They are more hit and miss of late IMO. I still like it and they have a few winners every season but those are getting less and less.

I think South Park is some of the best social commentary/satire on television.

I agree that South Park is a bit on the decline, not in that it's not good anymore, but that in the middle seasons, nearly every episode was fantastic and in the past couple it's definitely been hit or miss, but there have been some absolute hits in the past few seasons(i.e. Medicinal Fried Chicken, It's a Jersey Thing, Insheeption, Creme Fraiche, Crack Baby Athletic Association, City Sushi, Broadway Brodown, Cartman Finds Love)

I do think the most recent half season has been the biggest disappointment with Cartman Finds Love being the only top notch episode, but I think only one or two episodes in recent seasons have been actually bad. I Should Have Never Gone Ziplining is one of the only episodes that I really thought had almost no redeeming qualities.

Perhaps their best days are behind them, but then, people said that many times about SNL and the Simpsons ans both have been cyclical over the years, perhaps never returning to their full former glory, but definitely having upswings after it appeared they were done for sure. I doubt South Park lasts as long as either of those shows, but then back in the beginning when the animation was crap and it was basically just crude humor I never would have believed it would last as long as it has, but the fifteenth anniversary of the series premiere is coming up in a few weeks.
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