Burt Gummer’s Rec Room- SUmmer 2013 Archive
A gathering place for paranoid survivalists and those who worship at the Church of Chang
Summer 2013, Dryer than a camel’s nutsack.
Disclaimer: This is the part of the Church that is the most no holds barred. None of it is intended with malice, and although it can on occasion seem a little bit fraught, it is banter rather than venom. So, be warned that this is like taking a naked swim in a piranha tank and not recommended for the faint of heart.
Werewolves On The Moon 
!!!!!!!!! JARV! Congrats to you and the Mrs. I am so excited for you guys!!
Cheers. Chuffed to bits.
Jarv! Awesome news!
Mrs. Jarv! Even Awesomer!
I am very happy for the both of you.
BTW the state of the art in ultrasound has grown by leaps and bounds since my youngest was born seven (almost 8 as she would no doubt say) years ago.
Pretty soon you will be able to see dang thing waving a flag and whistling dixie!
Yes, your viewing habits will change. And your drinking. I have had to confine my drinking to when the kids are away from the house on overnights with family or friends. Poor Ruf has gone through rehab about 12 times because he binges when they are away!
Cheers TKD, but this is Terrible news:
Hey congrats there Jarv. You will enjoy watching Blues Clues.
Cheers Tom.
A nice bit of light in the otherwise fucking horrible time we’ve been having the last few months.
Congrats Jarv.
I expect if it’s a son he will be trained in boxing and martial arts so that I may live vicariously through his bullying.
Hehehehehe.
If he/she is built like me then some kind of training is probably vital.
For fight fans, an article my brother wrote about mma cornermen:
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/10/21/4859330/ufc-166-dos-santos-sanchez-throwing-in-the-towel-mma-cornermen
Werewolf Kids on the Moon?
Lovely news to start the week Jarv. Congratulations to you and the Mrs. Really, that’s just wonderful!
Cheers Barfy- We’ve known for a bit, but she wanted to wait for the first scan before announcements and whatnot.
Chang’s with Children:
Pillow
TKD
Me
Bartlby
The rest of you need to get on that shit, legitimate or otherwise
You sound like my mom, kloipy.
HA! I didn’t want to tell you this Conti…..
I don’t like where this is heading…
Already on it I have dozens of children I have to look after they’re called Officers.
hahaha! it’s always the big kids you have to watch out for
big dumb and annoying.
Now here come’s Kloipy’s short list of parental do’s and dont’s
Sleep as much as you can now. sleep is golden.
Don’t use a binky or pacifier, they are the devil’s instrument
let them cry it out once in awhile
you will fuck up as a parent, not a matter of if, it will happen
things that once meant nothing to you will eventually end in emotional outbursts such as tears out of nowhere during something stupid like commericals
Spend as much time as you can with them, it goes by so fast
Parenting books/magazines are shit
You will get the urge to hurt other children if they mess with your kid
having a kid does not mean you will like other children
don’t buy all new clothes for them, they grow out of them sometimes within the week and they get shit all over themselves all the time
If it gets quiet in the house, something BAD is happening
You will question everything you thought about life and eventually come to realize that you just do what you can as you go along
Get in as many kisses and cuddles as you can while they still let you
TV isn’t always bad, you need to get other shit done sometimes
You’ll probably laugh your ass off with them and at them a lot
Punishing them sucks as much as your own parents led you to believe
Be aware you will get panic attacks about them out of the blue
Some days you will wish you weren’t a parent
BUT you will always love them unconditionaly. It is truly a love like nothing you will EVER experience
Great advice Kloipy, but you missed one.
Never, ever, ever joke with a first time mom that you will give the cranky baby a shot of bourbon in their Enfamil.
First time moms have no sense of humor and you will end up sleeping next to the dog.
She’s already lost all sense of humour and she’s not due until May.
I thought the mood swings thing was an exaggeration. It’s not.
The hormonal changes are real, but they also can be uh, purposely exaggerated? Ha!
You will never know though, so just be a duck and let it roll off your back. Remember Jarv – be a duck!
Gotcha.
Was working on just ducking most of the time.
That is a good strategy. You will lose every argument, even if you win, because afterall she is pregnant. So you can not win against a pregnant woman, you will even feel guilty if you do. So just be a duck.
It does pretty much trump everything I try for.
the bourbon is for first time dads. As soon as the baby falls asleep. Lots of it. Also I forgot to mention how many tasks you will be able to complete while almost 100% fully asleep
Scotch. I pity your American imitations.
it’s an american classic like cheese fries or obesity
Cheese Fries.
Chips and Gravy FTW!!!
have you seen the american hamburger that has doughnuts for the bun?
Yeah. That’s horrible.
What’s wrong with you lot?
well when you get fat enough you can get on disability so there is that I guess
Reminds me, I watched a Danish film called How to Get Rid of Others where the government is eliminating the socially undesirable. Good, but bleak.
I think Americans view food as a challenge not a meal, as in, what sort of vile disgusting shit can we shovel down our throats
Two things:
First: The Giants beat the Vikings so nah-nah Conti!
Second: The most vile disgusting thing Americans eat is called Lutefisk. I married a Minnesotan – it is their unofficial state dish -of shit. My wife and i have had ‘words’ over me eating that!
Fucking Vikes.
Only thing worst than them is fuking lutefisk. That shit is repugnant.
Taking it well, I see.
Conti,
I found it
Simon Garth
http://marvel.wikia.com/Simon_Garth_%28Earth-616%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_%28comics%29
That’s top news, Jarv!
Congratulations, man and best wishes to Mrs Jarv.
Now you’re gonna need to put a few reviews in the Bank Of Chang ready for when the time comes…
Cheers mate. Luckily I’m also unemployed from Jan so will bank a load then.
Hah!
Congrats ya bastard! You did hold out for as long as you could.
Saw a screening of ESCAPE PLAN.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t escape from watching it. Mind-numbingly stupid.
That bad? I was semi-tempted by it.
Hello all! As I said over in the Hopkins article, congrats to you and Mrs. Jarv. Concur with all of what Kloipy says above. I suppose it’s good to take what Toad says as well about the bourbon.
I liked Escape Plan a little better than Conti, but it isn’t good, and can’t muster a recommendation. Then again, I think I’m getting movie fatigue these days.
Hey Bart.
ESCAPE PLAN because in the 80s & early 90s this would have been a b-movie (with tits), but nowadays it’s the plot for a big studio movie. Fuck that.
You see that Saudi Arabia movie about the little girl who wants a bike yet, bart?
Wadjda, Conti. Just saw it recently and loved it. It’s one of those movies, when you realize the cultural climate it springs from, you are sort of amazed it was made at all. I highly recommend it.
Going to hopefully see it next week, right after I see GRAVITY and CAPT. PHILIPS.
Conti,
I have a question for you. Do you recall a marvel zombie hero? I can not find anything on him/it. But i recall seeing one way back in 70’s.
Yes, Zombie, from Tales of the Zombie.
He wasn’t so much a superhero as a monster doing more harm to villains than to goo people or the innocent. Very much in the Werewolf by Night and Man-Thing mold.
I was just watching The Longest Yard (original), and why they ever thought it was a good idea to remake it with Sandler is beyond me. It’s a classic.
Last night I watched Pacific Rim, which I liked. I do not know if I would watch it again, but it is much better than say a flick like Battleship. The filler shit was much easier to get through here, and the robots-monsters battles were fun. Granted, you had the two annoying douche “scientists”, but at least the battles were not too far and few between.
Last night I watched Pacific Rim, which I liked. Yes, there’s some annoying filler shit and yes there are annoying as fuck characters (hello scientists ass clowns), but the robots-monsters beating the shit out of each other was good. It’s definitely better than Battleship for instance as a comparison.
Wtf? This fucking phone.
Still haven’t seen it.
In other news, Lang is returning for Avatar 2 (eh?), and Marvel are bringing Dr. Strange to the Screen.
That could be interesting.
It was only a flesh wound.
Never read Dr. Strange, but I am aware of him. I’m assuming the older stories are better to pick from and I guess it could be a funky movie.
And I am making that assumption based on nothing more than a guess that the newer stories sucked ass like I believe Conti and Xi mentioned about the civil war storyline.
Avatar seems like it came out ten years ago.
If they make the Dr. Strange movie set in the 70’s and go bat shit crazy with it and cast it good it might be a fun movie. they won’t though, Marvel wants to tie everything together in modern times.
I’m still waiting for my Power Man and Iron Fist movie set in the 70’s. NOW that would rock hard.
Now that I agree with. Iron Fist was awesome.
Dr. Strange is easy to do. Just adapt Lee & Ditko’s awesome story arc where Strange is fleeing from Baron Mordo and his master, Dormammu. Fucking awesome story and cinematic as hell.
And first you need to do a Power Man movie, then an Iron Fist movie, then finally Power Man & Iron Fist (with guest appearances by Nightwing Restorations).
Dr. Strange is problematic on the screen, though, given that it is going to ask the audience to accept “magic” in the real world.
Curious to see what they do with it
Sox in 6? Hard saying.
Dr Strange and his blonde partner there in the fishnets-you might have something. It could be fun. Needs Hulk cameo.
Iron Fist was awesome, but my favorite Kung Fu dude was Shang Chi – the Master of Kung Fu!
I still have the Iron Fist vs Master of Kung Fu B&W mag. Power Man and Iron Fist were a great fish out of water team. The awesome Return to Ku’n Lun double size book with the painted cover is one of the best of the series and best of the 80’s.
Dr. Strange can be insanely awesome if marvel simply sticks to its guns as they have been doing and introduce their universe without trying to change it to fit the ‘real world’. I think that alone is what makes marvel stand out and ironically I think that is what will make the Batman vs Superman flick great because now Dc no longer has to keep Supes out of the ‘real world’ that batman inhabits since the Nolan era. I am really looking forward the that flick.
Conti,
I found the zombie I was talking about
Simon Garth
http://marvel.wikia.com/Simon_Garth_%28Earth-616%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_%28comics%29
I’m not as enamored with marvel films as you are (thought Iron Man 3 was fairly shit as well, to be honest), so not so sure that’s a good thing
Toad, saw the Zombie link. I made a comment about him above as well.
Jarv, I agree with but one thing about Doc Strange and Marvel U, they actually handle it in a very realistic manner. It’s got rules and laws and limits and shit.
Also, Dr. Strange isn’t really a known superhero. He’s actually a secret magician who goes to the shadowy corners handles the threats the rest of mankind doesn’t even know about. It’s like Harry Potter meets Dr. Who in that regard – magic exits but regular people don’t know about it, and only Dr. Strange stands between us and all hell.
Doesn’t Harry potter ask you to accept magic in the real world? Serious question I saw the part of the first movie once and that’s all I know and they seemed to be be fairly successful flicks. the
Looking at Funny book movies they already ask you to accept a lot of things like gods(Thor), a rampaging super ego(Hulk), A super soldier and a scientist that can bend the laws of physics(T. Stark) so is asking the audience to accept a super powered wizard really all that much more to ask? Especially if you make a good movie out of the subject, the good movie part being the key point to this whole thing.
I enjoyed Pacific Rim at the theater and at home – i did not buy the 3d because my teevee aint 3d. I had some seriously clunky moments just like Pillow said, but giant robots and kaiju action was great – should have had more though
the lack of giant robot lions kinda diminished the fun for me.
Sox in six?
I think it might go 7
Only if that rookie pitcher for the Cardinals pitches as well as he has so far in the playoffs.
Their rotation is pretty solid though and they can hit but who knows? I gave up trying to figure out post season play I never get it right.
I can not stand either of those teams. The both have smug fanbases, but the cards are self righteous. So I guess I prefer the sox
yeah I really don’t have a dog in this fight either.
8 Million Ways to Die……..Anybody seen it?
Yes. Classic.
Saw it in the 80’s and loved it. Been meaning to see it again.
I watched it last night for the first time and was baffled as to how it had never crossed my path before!
Never seen it. Sounds like groundhog day. 🙂
This looks way better than the first one. Who’s the bad guy?
Ah, just looked it up. It’s a spoiler.
Yep. But no way that was going to slip out before for you saw it.
And it looks better but I’m not a fan of the story line they adapted.
“WASN’T going to slip.”
It does look a LOT better than the first, but that is a shit villain/storyline to pursue.
The first was absolute turd though. Awful, awful film.
Anyone seen THOR 2 yet?
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER’s second trailer/teaser is a lot better.
If he’s not wearing a parachute how does he not auger in?
Or am I not suppose to ask these sort of questions about funny pages flicks?
suspension of the laws of physics?
He’s magical shield. No, really.
I have to ask and believe me I am kicking myself for asking this but, how does his small shield capture enough air to slow his terminal velocity? which in turn would allow Cap to do a proper PLF or do they say that he can land standing like if he had a HALO type chute?
It’s a totally comic book thing.
His shield made from a fictitious material called “vibranium” (vibranium/adamantium in the comic), that absorbs impact and kinetic energy.
So he just lands on his shield, which absorbs the vast amount of kinetic energy that is directed into his shield, than he just tumbles and rolls with it so it is like he just jumped like from a height of 10 feet.
Its ridiculous, but if I remember right it is actually feasible (I mean, if you could magically have something that absorbs 99% of the energy from the fall). And, of course, it is just a comic book.
He does have little wings on the side of his head, doesn’t he?
Not just suspension but marching them to to rock crusher and turning them into dust then dosing it in white phosphorous and igniting.
hee hee.
I also watched X-Men: First Ass again, and aside from wanting to set fire to McAvoy (I really can’t stand him) enjoyed it much more.
it’s not a bad movie however anytime Fassbender isn’t on the screen and it shifts to Bacon, the kids or Mrs Draper it drags like a net full of dolphin. I am cautiously optimistic for Days of Future Past.
No, it’s shit. Every time McAvoy is on screen I hate it, because I hate the smug twat. Fassbender is OK, K-Bacs is in a completely different film to everyone else, and the kids frankly suck (particularly Beast).
It’s garbage, but now they’ve done the set up, I’m also cautiously optimistic.
like TKD said if they pull off like half of the Days storyline it could be a good movie.
The ending of First Class is kind of sucky though. That moth girl was horrible.
I agree the ending was a bit lame.
Totally lame. Completely lame.
Fucking waste of DO THE CUNT Ironside as well.
yes sir all that is true.
Cheers.
Actually, that film wastes decent actors all over the place. I was surprised at how many I spotted.
Jarv actually said something nice about XFC?
Good gravy, the world tilted!
I loved the opening of that flick. Loved the 60’s vibe. But as soon as the x babies got together the flick nose dived and bacon was just playing it for laughs which also hurt and the ending sucked eggs.
Still, Days of Future Past is an awesome story arc and if they can just get half of it right I will forgive all
Like I said cautiously optimistic.
He knows the drill.
That was a pun by the way.
Weekend Roundup-
Some shit about a stalker paperboy starring a very rough looking Rose McGowan. Watched about 20 minutes of it, then realised that nonce Salva directed, so turned it off.
Army of Darkness. HAIL TO THE KING, BABY!
Fuck all else, but played a lot of the Last of Us again. Gutted, got so close the the 120 survivors, but then it went all runny on me.
Apparently Army of Darkness 2 with The Chin is ON!
Yes!
Although it does worry me, because it’s been a long time since he was last Ash, and he’s fat and old now.
I do not see how it would be good after all this time.
Good…bad…I’m the guy with the gun.
Raimi’s badly lost it. Spider-Man broke him.
Can you imagine vintage Raimi making a PG13 horror?
I liked Drag Me to Hell.
Yes, Drag Me To Hell was good and didn’t really trade up its edge for PG-13. The problem with Sam’s other recent stuff is that it’s not eve pitched towards his wheelhouse. Spiderman 3 and Oz aren’t potentially insane movies neutered by a rating, they are family fare paychecks. If Spidey 3 helped get Drag funded, good on Sam. Still, no excuse for crappy product.
Oz was so unbelievably awful on every level- but most grating I think was the CGI, which was DREADFUL.
Weekend round up
The Conjuring a pretty decent movie. Maybe because i had zero expectations for a movie about two charlatans peddling mumbo jumbo nonsense but I was thoroughly entertained.
I quite liked The Conjuring, and was curious what you would think of it. I recall you being one of the few who ran into the Warrens while they were peddling their crap. I almost wish the film had some fictitious ghost hunters in there, so there wasn’t some sense of legitimizing the charlatans themselves.
Still some screaming violin chords, but leaps ahead of Insidious and Insidious 2.
the tried to make them seem sympathetic but then again they were the stars of the story so I don’t have a problem with that.
Yeah it was a fun little flick. I guess since I was expecting zero from it and they exceeded my expectations it was a solid win.
Yeah those charlatans kicked me out of a presentation at some hippie book store in Seattle. What’s her face claimed I had a dark aura and had them 86 me. Of course that was after I asked a series of impertinent fact based questions.
The best part of the story though was the two dummies that followed me out into the parking lot.
Finally got my wife to sit down and watch Poltergeist with me. She hates ghost films, but I talked her into it. I think she hates me now.
In regards to the movie, I haven’t seen it in a while, and wasn’t surprised to see that it still holds up. Has some great classicaly creepy shit in it.
It’s good Poltergeist. Especially considering The Berg directed it because Hooper was coked out of his gourd.
Rewatching it definitely put into perspective just how much Berg did direct it. It totally has his mark all over the film.
I would genuinely like to see a crazy coked up Hooper version. Bet you it would be demented genius,
No doubt it would be. I’d love to know the full story behind it
Me too. All we’ve really got so far is rumour and bullshit.
I’m all for seeing the coked up version of Poltergeist it can’t drag as bad as the beard’s version.
It’d be awesome, just clinically insane.
I would like to see a behind the scenes movie of him giving direction while coked to the gills.
I have a sneaking feeling that he was ensconced in his trailer with a Tony Montana sized pile of blow and 2 hookers.
who hasn’t done that?
The Berg, probably.
and The Neck after that everybody has.
I think the Neck did though- round about Return of the Jedi time.
That would explain The Ewoks
They’re such a bad idea, that there must have been drugs involved.
I would say hallucinogens were heavily involved in that idea.
Either that or one of the hookers was a midget.
both probably
The first one definitely has some good moments.
I think the Berg kicked him out of chair because he wanted Jobeth to walk around nude througohut the flick. He had to wait three more years before he pulled that off with…Mathilda!!!!!!
I wonder if anyone has ever called him Tobelerone?
It was probably the moment Jobeth declined, and coked-out Hooper said he’s settle for Zelda Rubinstein. Choppo! Gone.
Ha!
Just finished the main story of GTA5. Hands down the best video game I’ve ever played. Trevor is genius. Now to try to 100% it and also check out the online game.
Good is it?
Have you tried The Last of Us yet? If you do, check out the multiplayer.
It’s great. Email me your details and a time and I’ll find you.
Yeah, it’s brilliant. Much better than GTA 4. For one, it’s constantly entertaining and a lot of fun. GTA 4 became a bit of a slog at times, because it simply wasn’t much fun. It’s also a huge game. Lots to do. So value for money.
I completed Last of Us about a month ago. Very good game. I tried the multiplayer for all of 1 match. Got my ass handed to me by some guys that were obviously friends in a team.
Also, just got the new Batman game, which is okay. Not as good as City. Not so far anyway.
Well, let me know your username and whatnot. I’m Jarv1978 (unsurprisingly).
Give it a shot- I’ll help you.
You need to give it a bit of a run. There’s lots of new players pop up all the time, and the game gives you help to level the playing field really easily. A good example is don’t use the preset layouts. Set yourself up with the Semi-Automatic Machine Gun (don’t even think about silencers, total waste of time), and the revolver in the guns, and in the skills put in Explosive expert, and a few others.
Don’t get into gunfights at the start. Your goal is to amass supplies- and make as many bombs and molotovs and shit as you can. First thing you ALWAYS make is a 2×4 with a nail through it. I call that “The Leveller”. Then make a molotov, nailbombs etc.
I still die about 3-4 times per game (or on a bad one about 8 times), but I’m good for 8 kills usually, and I don’t use the guns at all unless I’ve got a sure kill.
Above all else, though, stick with your team, don’t run unless you absolutely have to (are badly exposed and need to cross a clear space), and don’t worry about dying. By the 5th or 6th supply box, it’ll start actively helping you if you’re getting thrashed.
I just finished the main story of Asteroids and that kicked my ass…
Stupid Marvel Entertainment thought, but why don’t they make “R”-rate action horror movies?
I mean, the first two BLADE films were rated R, and they’ve got a plethora of horror based characters: Werewolf by Night, Morbius the Living Vampire, Son of Satan, Man-Thing, Tales of the Zombie (for Toad), Tomb of Dracula, the Living Mummy, etc.
Shit, that’s a market they could easily be exploiting. FRIGHT NIGHT, TREMORS and ARMY OF DARKNESS style horror action movies.
Shit not just horror you could make an R rated Power Man and Iron Fist, Moon Knight( my dream) Punisher of course. Black Panther there are tons of funny book heroes you could go hard R with.
Yeah, but it just hit me:
Disney owns Marvel now.
So forget any R-rated Marvel comic books.
(But an R-rated Moon Knight and Punisher would be awesome).
Well yeah there is that stumbling block
R rated Punisher already happened. Called War Zone.
I actually really like War Zone, it’s one of my favourite Marvel films, purely for the bit where he explodes the parkour moron with a rocket launcher.
didn’t particularly like that one.
I liked Moonknight. He was a bit different from the other “heroes” being a mercenary and mental. Am I remembering that right? I thought he went a bit crazy being the chosen onefor the moon god. Or was that a later iinterpretation?
more or less right.
As long the R isn’t too hard, they could release it under Touchstone.
Or as some have said, Touchstone was founded so Disney could remake That Darn Cat as That Fucking Cat.
HA! funny
Moon Knight= slightly more deranged Marvel Batman though.
More then just slightly plus he has a way cooler costume.
I fucking wish. But seeing as they keep gelding horror movies and making them, well, shit, I’m not optimistic about anyone being smart enough to go down that line.
Also, been watching THE WIRE. Never saw the entire series so I’m trying to fix that.
Also so SMILE (1975) last night. That movie deserves to be rediscovered.
Conti Ripper Street season 2 started tonight. good one it had Heroin, The Elephant Man and The Karates in it.
I’ll make sure to watch it tomorrow. I’ve been looking forward to season 2 (which pretty much guarantees it’ll disappoint me).
first ep was solid.
Yea, thought that was a good way to jump back in. Turning out to be a pretty great show, that one. Also took a nice crap all over From Hell, which was a nice addition.
Why don’t you like the Chinese Karates?
To be fair a Shaolin monk trains his whole life for combat plus they were English so it wasn’t like it was hard to feed them their lunch.
Watched Ghost Ship last night. It’s still terrible.
I would be shocked if that changed.
Mrs Jarv liked it. Most disappointing.
To be fair, I am watching Blade Trinity right now.
Boy, does it really suck. I mean what the fuck does it suck. You could not get a more shitty group of vampires together. It still surprises me how shit it is.
The constant “humor” further kills the flick. Ugh.
The vampire dog.
And the fact that Goyer seemed to have a crush on Ryan Reynolds. It’s a blade film that sidelines blade.
Not to mention the Dracula make up.
That film is ass.
The vamp pooch is the least of the mistakes made in that flick. Why introduce the night stalkers first of all? Have Blade be totally on his own.
And when your villains are laughable, it defeats the whole premise of a vampire movie. Zero fucking threat.
Pah…time to go to work.
Blade Trinity has the WORST casting of Dracula. Terrible choice, they should have fired that casting director
Dude needs a neck. It’s astonishing.
How he gets a tie on is one of life’s mysteries.
it’s almost as bad as Peter Stormare as satan in Constantine. He’s an actor I normally like, but I hated him in that movie, probably more of the directors fault than his own
Of course he needs a neck. He’s Dracula! mwa ha ha ha ha!
I think I am the only person that semi-enjoyed Blade trinity. It was so dumb that i had fun with it.
I thought Stomare as a very, very fey Satan was riot then again I enjoyed Constantine.
I liked Constantine too. Here I thought I was the only one.
There are not too many many of us around. I enjoyed it thought it was decently entertaining and had some cool visuals.
I liked the opening scene of that flick. Otherwise, terrible.
Finally got around to seeing ‘In Bruges’. That movie was fucking fantastic.
Great film. 7 psychopaths was a bit of a let down after it.
I haven’t seen 7 Psycopaths, I’ve heard too that it isn’t as good. I thought ‘Bruges’ has a lot of great things going for it, great characters that aren’t 1 note, a really good dark sense of humor, genuinely touching moments, and beautiful setting. Only one part of the film toward the end I didn’t like, total nit picks but Spoilers I guess if anyone hasn’t seen it here (which I think all you guys have)
When he jumps off the bell tower, there is no way he’d survive that fall
and at the end when Jimmy is dressed up as the kid, and Ray says ‘It’s a kid’ as if knowing that Henry (or Harry?) had a code that he would kill himself instantly if he ever killed a kid. Like I said, these are nit picks, but in a film that was normally smarter than that, I thought those were slight misteps, but overall I loved it
This trailer has tempered my enthusiasm some. I know its a first trailer but it was quite underwhelming. I can truthfully say I was not whelmed in the least by it.
I am with you Xi, I saw nothing that screamed ‘wow this is DOFTD’ now it is only the first trailer so i will reserve judgement but i am not whelmed
My hope is that it follows the general trend of the last few years of the first trailer sucking balls and the second one delivers the goods. I want to be whelmed god dammit.
Ya,
that is my hope too Xi.
BTW you are double posting.
This aint AICN dude, no need to drive up post count! Ha!
Shitty trailer. Desperately tries to generate grandeur by mashing together the most memorable parts of two great scores. For such a “big” sounding story, it looks cheap. Maybe they should have waited until they had some special effects to show off.
ya,
it is not a good trailer.
hey Droid how are you, things going well in the land down under? How’s summer shaping up?
Yeah, things are good. I’ve been busy working on some applications for a few things, non-employment related. I’m hoping that works out. As for summer, it’s been a letdown so far! Bah! Every time we get a belter of a day, the next is shit. I’m off to the races this saturday so I’m counting on some nice weather. How’s things where you are?
We’re heading towards late fall so the days are getting shorter and its getting cooler. since I’m on the coast its getting wetter. Which sucks for me in the morning since all my various injuries hurt more.
Good luck on the aps and hope summer clears up. Which track are you going to?
Off to Derby Day at Flemington. Should be good fun.
Flemington I’ve seen pictures and videos of that place quite nice. Its on my list of places to visit if i ever get down there.
Went to see Cinematic Titanic here in nh. They did Wasp Woman from ’59. Good stuff, Joel and co were on.
Oooooooh, are they still doing those??
I had wanted to go what feels like a long while back, but various combined circumstances prevented it. Joel is practically a saint in my book.
He’s nice in person too. It was a good time, saw them 3 years back, same show, quite fun.
Work bumming me. Up to my neck in legal shite.
Fucking awful.
So, last week I watched nothing, aside from Friday Night Lights. I’m about half way through season 1, and aside from seriously disliking the quadraplegic story, it’s really good.
FNL is a very very good show one of the best. even though they occasionally had to resort to stupid story lines once in awhile(due to NBC and budget) it still manages to shine.
The QB 1 story line is actually important and and plays out throughout a lot of the series and many characters. It’s resolution is pretty good in season 4 i think.
I think I’m just tired of conflict from female characters falling on their back with their legs in the air at the first sign of difficulty (looking at you wanking dead).
Do you mean Layla?
Yes.
It was about episode 4 of the first series that she dropped them for Riggins.
Didn’t bother me they are after all supposed to be teenagers which means they are idiots being lead around by their crotch looking for a way to alleviate their pain without resorting to using recreational freelance pharmaceutical distributors.
It’s just bloody lazy and I can see what’s coming from miles away now.
I’m sick of it as a plot device. the Wanking Dead has no excuse. None. Egg had been missing for about half an hour before his wife shagged that doofus.
yes it is a lazy device I agree but I usually look at how its done if it makes sense and done well I have no problem with it. It’s all about the execution of the plot device.
to be fair to TWD that is one of the very few things lifted almost directly from the comic strip.
I didn’t used to have a problem with it, and to be fair to FNL, if I’d seen it on release it wouldn’t have bugged me. I think it’s just overplayed now.
That’s a fair point I agree.
What sort of legal shit?
They’re trying to force me to not use the lawyer of my choice for one they’re recommending.
It’s miles out of order.
wait they want you to use their shill? That’s cheeky of them
It’s totally against the law as well.
No kidding, Are they trying to force you into some sort of fast settlement or something?
I have no idea. I already have my leaving date and financials agreed. Just give it to me to fucking sign and the world will be a better place.
If everything is taken care of what the hell is the issue? Fucking lawyers.
It’s not actually lawyers this time. It’s the Human Resources fat cretin at our head office.
The wording of the act says I need to get “independent” counsel. So, ergo, not my dad. Except that’s complete bollocks, because anyone I retain is, by definition not going to be independent. Therefore she’s not giving me the fucking settlement agreement to even look it.
It’s infuriating. She’s trying to protect the company from me suing for constructive dismissal (I’ve got a nailed on case), except I don’t want to. I want to just leave with what’s left of my dignity intact.
it was lawyers who wrote the laws is what i meant. Everything they do is benefit themselves.
What a buffoon you can hire anybody you want as representation its one of the cornerstones of western law,
Ah, to be fair, the morons responsible for the wording weren’t lawyers. That’ll be the Labour government.
Lawyers that I know hate the wording, and it’s just generally ignored, because it’s such obvious bollocks and benefits nobody.
It’s outrageous, isn’t it. I can’t get my breath. In the end, I’ve gone with a mate of my dad’s, and not heard anything for days.
wouldn’t that be Labour government lawyers? They usually have a hand in these things. A big smothering reatrded hand.
It’s entirely outrageous. good luck I know its a huge pain in the ass I went through something with Navy and Marine Corps a few years ago. Its drains you.
I think it came down from the EU, and was mistranslated. Wouldn’t be surprised to discover some cretinous QC with their big inept hands in the wording though.
Fucking EU.
I’m tired of it. Don’t want to be here at all.
I get that.
And, even if I wasn’t leaving, what I heard at head office yesterday would have made me hand in my resignation due to the sheer impossibility of the target and inevitable series of “reviews” that will come when we miss it.
A mate of mine in the company is going to take over sections of my job- it’s a total hospital pass- he doesn’t stand a chance.
Poor bastard
I actually feel really sorry for him. He’s a decent bloke, but seriously has no idea what he’s in for.
His bit of the company only has a turnover of about £1.5m
My bit has £15m but untold problems. It’s going to be a shock.
Man, sorry to heat about all that utter bullshit you seem to be going through Jarv.
I believe that you must have the cretin box checked off to work in HR. Plus dress up like a hobbit on the weekends.
I genuinely believe that HR is full of fat chicks that were too ugly and stupid to make it in PR.
A job in HR is one of my personal visions of HELL. It is shocking to me how many people have getting an HR position as a primary goal.
Yah sounds awful
Personnel douche canoes in The Corps are always rigid rule following ass hats.
Personnel/ HR everywhere are always colossal tosspieces. I’ve got my settlement contract now, and it’s honk. I have no idea why they were faffing so badly about my legal representation. There’s literally nothing in it- other than an outrageous non-disclosure clause.
That is HR for ya.
Need to hire more people they do!
Yeah Hr is the most disfunctional dept at work, notorious for that in fact.
HR is also the one department that never shrinks. funny that
Ah, you noticed that too, huh.
I’ve never seen so many people in an HR dept. What on earth do they all do up there…?
Carry fruit baskets and taste food for the Christmas party.
That’s what mine does.
Oh…and rob the company by getting paid for it.
Ours are so fat they don’t carry anything anywhere
What’s Cinematic Titanic and who is Joel?
Midnight Science Theatre 3000 touring group. Has Joel Hodgson, Frank Coniff, Mary Peihl and a few of the rest from the TV show. They do the MSTK3 routine but live w/ a movie etc. It’s good fun they’re great.
That does sound cool.
Oh ok missed that one totally didn’t connect the names.
hey Droid how are you, things going well in the land down under? How’s summer shaping up?
Such a blah trailer.
yes sir it is.
i fucked up the days of future past acronym
I watched the first 3 eps of the new SN season. First two were good, but the writing in the 3rd ep was terrible. Ezekiel is turning into a magic scriptwriting tool.
Agreed about episode 3. Last night’s was a surprise, but I can see people not liking it. For me, it was probably one of the more tonally different ones, and likely their best Halloween ep alongside that black and white one with the shapeshifter who adored classic monsters.
Zeke is angel ex machina again, but Im starting to think all of that must be leading somewhere. Either way, it’s an enjoyable season thus far. I don’t have that sense of frustrated dread I had during the backend of six, all of seven and the first half of eight.
Just watched that X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST.
Fucking XINO (X-Men In Name Only).
Ok, watched episode 1 of Ripper Street season 2. Didn’t like it nearly as much as you did, Xi.
Certain things I liked (like the Elephant Man), but I couldn’t get over the slight historical inaccuracy (Heroin wasn’t rediscovered and mass produced until 1897 or 1898 I believe), and. most importantly, how superhuman and invincible they made the kung fu kid (I really hate kung fu).
The follow up episode looks really promising though.
Heh…caught some of At the Earth’s Core last night. So wonderfully awful. And Carolyn Munro….yowzers!
Watched two-fer Outbreak and Contagion. Had forgotten that Gooding jr and Spacey were in it. Still ok despite sillyish copter standoff w big plane at end. Contagion played like a tv miniseries, good cast walking thru roles. Wanted Damon to get sick. They needed more crowd scenes and bayhem oh well.
New Xmen Does have Sentinels which means big robots which means I will watch it, sadly.
Droid how are you doing dodging the brushfires?
I liked X-Men First Class ok, which was weird cuz I usually find the style of the xmen movies annoying for some reason, or maybe it’s the presence of Frasier? I don’t know, I had chalked up liking the one to grudgingly finding young Picard cute, even if it’s the kind of cute where I kinda want to punch him in the face for some reason.
Yikes. If he’s in the new one I’ll prob see it. Why not.
I’m starting to feel the same way about McAvoy that Droid feels about Bradley Cooper. I genuinely just want to pummel his annoying smug face into dust.
and he makes shit films too.
I looked him up on IMDb but I’ve only seen a couple other movies he’s been in, and they are movies I don’t remember him being in? There is something incredibly irritating about him though.
Droid was always correct about Bradley Cooper.
Also, and this is belated, in tribute to Lou Reed (r.i.p.) , i’m gonna watch some MST3K…Joel episodes!!
OVer the next few weeks, because we’ve been so content-lite recently, I’m going to do all the Halloween movies- even that piece of shit with Busta Rhymes and the two remakes.
This one could be rough, because from recollection:
Halloween: 4 changs
Halloween 2: 2 Changs (would be more but it loses a chang for being responsible for the sister nonsense)
Halloween 3 Season of the Witch: 2.5 Changs.
Halloween 4: 1 Chang. This is where the series starts to get dull
Halloween 5: 1/2 Chang. Lazy does not begin to sum this one up
Halloween H20: 2.5 Changs- shiny modern slasher. Benefits hugely from having a decent cast including the return of JLC.
Halloween Resurrection: Orangutan of Doom. All good will from H20 squandered in the first 10 minutes
Hallowen Remake: Orangutan of Doom. Fuck you Rob Zombie.
And I’ve not seen the sequel to the remake.
I’ve not seen 5 or anything after H20. Not having given it a thought, I forgot how many of those damn movies they made.
Maybe you should review them in reverse order. Ease the pain.
Get the worst 2 over with? It’s worth considering.
It will erase that feeling of dread that will be hanging there while you have to get through the first seven flicks, which won’t exactly be a picnic.
I tried watching some of Freddy vs Jason last night…couldn’t do it.
Jesus. That’s going to make it hard. I may watch Original then remake, then sequel then remake sequel.
Get them over with. But Busta’s turdfest is still there stinking up the end.
That’s an idea…you can do side by side comparisons. I would make that two reviews instead of four.
Hey D. Vader made a new short. it’s pretty funny.
For the hell of it I decided to watch that Agents of Shield show last night. Right off the bat the show annoyed me with how it begins, and the writing was pretty bad. Plus that agent Colson (sp) who got impaled by Loki is still alive and boring as fuck. All in all a shit show.
Thought it would be. It looks and sounds heinous.
Check and check.
Speaking of heinous….Species 3 is on right now.
Hehehehehe
Never seen that one. The original is fantastic, but I seem to remember them turning to poo fairly fast.
The actors get worse, production values get worse, and number 3 has a kid in it.
That’ll do it.
Wtf? How did my previous comment post so far up instead of at the end?
It’s magic! Jarv has been practicing the dark arts….
Been watching this French “zombie” show called Les Revenants(The Returned) about the dead returning to life, fully intact. Its not about eating brains but how death and life affects those left behind and found again. It’s pretty solid and I have to hand it to the Frogs they can create atmosphere like nobody business on film. Plus the broads are pretty attractive and there is some casual nuding up.
The press were wanking over it here. Never really interested me.
It’s pretty decent but I could see how the press would cream their jeans over it because it is ‘deep”. I just find it to be entertaining and interesting. It does have one of the creepiest kids I’ve seen on film in a long long time in it.
May give it a shot at some point. Got the feeling we’re remaking it as well.
Both English and American TV are making versions of it.
Not a surprise. In other news, Halloween series kicked off. I’ll regret this.
So apparently Harold has lined his pockets w/ lotsa toys from that kickstarter of his….my my my. What a surprise. A New Car! thanks Bob.
Fucking twat. He’s beneath contempt.
Was reading in the Guardian about the new Star Wars. Apparently the first drafts were written by the guy who wrote Tory Story 3!
I must have missed those. UK only release?
So it turns out Joel & Co. ARE still doing Cinematic Titanic. Yay!
But, their last performance is in Philly on Dec. 30th and it’s friggin Sold Out. Booooo!
Have the strangest urge to watch JFK.
Clearly need to find a boyfriend.
Clearly if you have a need to watch that lied filled POS.
I know!!
Part of it is a definite craving for the hilarity/torture of Costner’s atrocious accent.
To be honest though, I don’t think I’ve ever made it through the entire film in one sitting….
Costner and accents
*shudders*
I think his worst is Robin Hood.
Oy Vey Costner and accents are not a good combo.
Totally overrated film that.
absolutely overrated.
Actually that’s one of my fave flicks from the ’90’s. Michael Rooker and Jay O Sanders are pretty good in it. Stone’s ramblings are exactly that. I liked John Candy in it too. Makes you wonder what he could have done had he lived past 43.
John Candy was a fine actor. Great comic timing. I think I really enjoy almost everything he’s been in.
Ummm……ZERO recollection of John Candy even being in that. I am actually stunned by this.
Now I definitely have to watch it again….if I can track down a copy that is. My source reportedly loaned it to his aunt. Hmmph.
Why, does he not like her?
Hehehehe
He plays a fat shades wearing fast talking lawyer. Has one scene really, eating w/ Costner in a restaurant. He’s quite good in it, actually. It happens about half way thru? ‘You put down that crab cake and listen to me Dean-o!’ that’s Costner’s line. Candy: if I give you the name of the big enchilada, it’s bye bye Deano, as in a bullet to my head, you dig? Kennedy’s as dead as that crabmeat–you wanna line up w/ a dead man-?!’ words to that effect.
Oh shit! That’s right!! Thanks tom for the vivid description. It’s all coming back to me now.
Shit Xi, I didn’t know you could breakdance.
But seriously, for a white dude whom I am assuming is straight, he could actually move.
Sheeeeeeeeeit i can throw it down and pick it up mofo.
Hey wait I know that guy
It’s the new Barry Corps you can’t assume that anymore. In fact you probably have to assume the opposite since Barry wants to make us in broads since he is highly effeminate and can’t stand any sort of masculinity.
Watched Taken 2 again, which really was shot very helter skelter Bourne like. It’s still hysterical watching the daughter heave grenades from rooftops.
Also saw the last few episodes of The Pacific for the first time, which were good but not on par to Band of Brothers from what I saw.
No interest in re-Taken.
It’s just pointless.
And Jean Gray is not aging well BTW.
Taken 2 blows. And The Pacific is good, but yes, not on par with BoB.
A license to print Passion of the Christ type money.
Hey Bart, if you stop by, saw WADJDA. Loved it. Probably my favorite film of the year so far.