Oh I'm sorry, Did I Break Your Conversation........Well Allow Me A Movie Thread by S&T

[japanair21]

Season four is gold all the way through. I can't really believe you're sitting here questioning the season because Trinity was an old white guy. So what? Doakes was a big black dude, and Speltzer was a big white dude, yet neither can touch Trinity or the Ice Truck Killer. Hell, is Isaac not formidable because he's gay now?

Everyone sleeps with Deb, that wasn't the last time Deb slept with someone that ended up on Dexters hitlist let's be real Rudy was great, but it all was a little too much to grasp. So he's Dexters brother who is also a serial killer who paints girls nails? That's awfully convenient to be his brother, but whatever.

And how can you sit here talking about Expendables 2 like that when Fast&Furious is the same **** with cars?

You got the biggest group of 80s stars kicking *** together. Yet you'd rather watch Vin and Paul Walker flirt with each other with their hot wheels toys.

 

[Chester McFloppy]

Yet you'd rather watch Vin and Paul Walker flirt with each other with their hot wheels toys.

 

[venom lyrix]

Zack Snyder talks Man of Steel, the serious content and how good Michael Shannon and Henry Cavill were - http://wp.me/p2CCWq-2mE

 

[CP1708]

JA, I wonder about you sometimes.

Let go of the old white man thing. Pretend that that isn't true, even tho it is, he's an old white man. My point is, what he did, was nothing. He bleeds a chick out by cutting her leg. *shivers*
He pushes another old lady out a window, oh wait, no he doesn't, he lets the ***** fall herself. *the horror* And then he beats a donut pretend cop with a hammer *at least that's something*

HIS DAUGHTER was a bigger killer than he was. What, the, ****, are you not getting? Dude was a lame. Old dude, with mommy issues. He cried when they hit bambi. **** man, this is a serial killer that Dex wanted to learn from, dude was pathetic. So yeah, call me crazy, it was lame. He performed the role well, the dialogue was terrific, but on the whole, he (as the main adversary) and the season were meh to me. Everything I just said, is true. Those were literally his kills. He had mommy problems, he was all sad and broken about the dear getting hit, dude was weak as hell.

The very next year, the Jordan Chase year, the first of the 5 guys that Dex finds, the idiot animal picker upper guy, they both pass out, ambulance gets them, they sit there face to face, lookin at each other, race out the hospital, hunting each other, those scenes were better than anything in season 4 minus the final 30 seconds. Even better than the Hello Dexter Morgan..... Sorry dude, Trinity was overrated imo big time.


As for Expendables, yeah, I have no idea how it could work. The greats of the EIGHTIES kickin *** 3 decades later. No clue how that ain't work out. Ya know, other than they were all in their 40's in the 80's, sure. Dude, this was On Golden Pond with machine guns. The villain? I think that used to be Van Damme, instead he was just VD. I was wondering why the glasses the whole time, then he took them off. I wish he hadn't.

I have no idea what happened to Drago, but it wasn't good.

I have no idea why Statham and Crews are there, but oh well.

Loved the dialogue "I'll be back" "Who's next, Rambo?"

"Sorry, we can't help you"' Helps them.

"I work alone" Comes with friends.

It was beyond lame. Sure, I get the fun of seeing them do some work, no prob. The idea of it all, I like, but the actual usage, lame. HORRIBLY exectued. Each scene was just a hurry up to shoot more bullets.

Everyone up eating food, literally, in the middle of eating foot, "lights out" and it goes dark. Time to shoot ****. Come on.


Fast and Furious isn't about bullets or any of that, they had like 2 gun fights in the last movie, and they don't even really "race" cars anymore. They merely allude to it. They've built the story up with each movie, and everyone loved 5, it was easily the best of the franchise, and bringing in key characters has worked wonders. You actually SEE the villians, they aren't just random bodies that get shot and crash into a windshield. So yeah, not the same movie, not even remotely close. Surely the Furious franchise isn't Macbeth or anything, absolutely has cheese to it, but the directing at least has a purpose, there is a reason for things, the story vibes with what you are seeing. That is NOT the case with the 80's rebirth and former glory of the washed up action stars.

 

[japanair21]

Again, why is the success of a season based on how menacing a killer is? Is Bane a better villain than The Joker?

Trinity leaves Dexter's son in the very same fate that Dexter was in when he was an infant. Crying in the blood of his mother.

Do you really not remember what Trinity stands for? Killings of people in threes. He bleeds one out by cutting the femoral artery, makes another jump from a building, and the last he beats the **** out of.

What is the importance of him being a strong killer or not?

Dexter envies the man, because is a monster, but yet he puts on the facade that he can sustain a family, and Dexter is amazed. He kills people in the same fashion that his OWN family died.

Again, I'm fine with you saying he's overrated, but please explain to me how just because you don't think he's menacing enough, that doesn't mean it the best season, easily.

Fast Five is fine, but the prior four are pretty horrid. The original was alright at the time, but doesn't hold up well at all. 2 Fast? Putrid. Tokyo Drift? Putrid. Fast & Furious? Awful.

Expendables is homage to all the classic 80s cheese. If you can't appreciate it, that's fine.

 

[big j 33]

All I know is I read a brief recap of what's going on with Dexter this season and I'm glad I stopped.

 

[CP1708]

All I know is I read a brief recap of what's going on with Dexter this season and I'm glad I stopped.

You gotta be joking.

 

[big j 33]

Do they still overly rely on narration?

Did Dexter form a bond with another person who might understand his dark Passenger?

Is the brother sister love still a story?

Is Miami homicide still absurdly incompetent?

The quality of the episodes might have improved and that was a weakness of recent seasons.. So that's great if true, but ifthe same wheel spinning and repeat plots are happening, then I'll wait it out.

 

[CP1708]

Overly? I dunno, does Dex still talk to us? Yes.

Did one serial killer maybe hook up with another serial killer? Maybe.

Brother/sister not a love issue (yet) Mentioned, yes, followed? No. I'd say......5 minutes, one scene. That's it. Will it expand? I dunno, possibly.

Incompetent? Not so much. Lot going on, it's not a well oiled machine of course, but there are reasons for things.

You are delusional tho about the repeat plots, and wheel spinning. That ain't this season. Not even remotely close. Everyone still following is LOVING this season, and they probably all had similar concerns you did last year and beyond. This year, and of course next, is wrapping it all up nice and tidy. Still no way to know how it's going to end, but this year has been fantastic. (with 4 ep left, so it could change I suppose)

 

[mronegative]

Like I said, I'll wait until I hear the Dexter finale was amazing from a nonbeliever, before I bother trying to catch up.

And season 4 is great because of the dynamic of Dexter finding his mark and not killing him...trying to figure out how to be a better, more human person through him, and the bitter, bitter Shakespearean consequences of him dreaming when the oasis in the desert went up in flames.

What made Lithgow's performance WAS that he was harmless and sweet and broken. You could almost convince yourself that he was fixable, unlike the cold psychos Dexter normally deals with. That scene at the dinner table was absolutely classic and that they kept this cool rising tension throughout the whole season...that Lithgow's proved that the show wasn't flawed, Jimmy Smits just sucks...I loved it.

I would almost give you the Jordan Chase card, but he had Bane's problem. Once you realized he was gonna ***** out at the end, he became irrelevant. When I and everyone else thought AWESOME so this is it. The big reveal is gonna happen, then they wrap up this show next season! What...no? No, they're gonna wimp out and make this season mean nothing? They just signed for 3 more seasons? They're gonna drag this out Weeds style? ****.

And Julia Stiles sucked.

 

[japanair21]

Miami Metro isn't necessarily incompetent, it's just in shambles. A lot of things happen to a lot of people this season. I don't want to spoil it because it'll ruin it for when you do watch it.

As for this season, it's absolutely been one of the better seasons. We still have three episodes and there's still a lot to conclude.

Last season was only going to be as successful as this seasons opening would be. It wasn't nearly as effective as it could have been, but this season still has been consistently good.

 

[japanair21]

Do they still overly rely on narration?
Did Dexter form a bond with another person who might understand his dark Passenger?
Is the brother sister love still a story?
Is Miami homicide still absurdly incompetent?
The quality of the episodes might have improved and that was a weakness of recent seasons.. So that's great if true, but ifthe same wheel spinning and repeat plots are happening, then I'll wait it out.

What do you mean by relying on narration by the way? Almost every episode of the show ends with some sort of narration, or at least a good majority of them do. It's just their style, similar to how many shows like to always end on a cliffhanger.

I don't mind the brother/sister love since they are so different.

Lumen and Hannah McKay are completely different stories. Yes, Dexter has a new love interest, but it's pretty different than what we've seen.

 

[Master Zik]

Do they still overly rely on narration?

Did Dexter form a bond with another person who might understand his dark Passenger?

Is the brother sister love still a story?

Is Miami homicide still absurdly incompetent?

The quality of the episodes might have improved and that was a weakness of recent seasons.. So that's great if true, but ifthe same wheel spinning and repeat plots are happening, then I'll wait it out.

Yes but I like the narration. I wish more shows would have some inner monologue of what a character's thinking. Dex obviously uses it A LOT to the point they're not letting the story, acting, and writing tell the story itself but Michael C. Hall got a smooth voice anyway.

Yup

At first thought it was dead but it's back.

Extremely so, I want more of them to die as times goes on. What's funny is LaGuerta is suddenly a super detective

 

[japanair21]

Man, I bought the Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Blu-rays recently, these things are gorgeous. Been watching Fellowship of the Rings, and it's a beastly three hours and forty-five minutes long.

I love extended cuts of films, I always like soaking up more of great films. It hasn't lost any of the flow either.

 

[japanair21]

... What?

I knew what I was talking about! (In reference to the World War Z zombies looking like something out of Lord of the Rings).



This is exactly the scene I was talking about. The orcs spewing from the ceiling. @1:10-1:18.

And then the WWZ trailer, @ 2:10-2:14.

 

[big j 33]

I get narration is the show's style, but it wears on you and it can be a drag. Repeating obvious information, using it to cover up bad writing, too much exposition, etc. It's one thing to use it as an extra element to the story, but you have actors and writers..

And the connection isn't just a romantic one, it's the same "Dex finds someone to share with but at what cost" that seems to happen every season.

It waited too long to get into the endgame. I'd they're rectifying that now, I'mglad and look forward to watching later. But if similar problems still exist, im not jumping back in. I'll especially wait until this season ends and see how people's attitude changes

 

[Chester McFloppy]

The orcs spewing from the ceiling. @1:10-1:18.

Those are goblins.

 

[venom lyrix]

Dwayne Johnson takes the justice system and the fight against drugs into his own hands in the first trailer for Snitch - http://wp.me/p2CCWq-2mN

 

[mronegative]

Do you even bother to read anything anyone else posts or bother to try and start/continue any type of conversation or bother to post your article instead of just a headline and link or bother to treat NT as something other than your business networking twitter?

 

[|A-Man|]

I do be thinking he just randomly posts them links and adds nothing. Thing is it's not like we all don't know what sites to go to get movie/tv info.

 

[big j 33]

On the one hand, I can't lie and say I'm not intrigued. She's gorgeous so of course I might be interested.

On the other, I really do like her and would kind of feel bad if this were to happen. If she was an obvious jerk actress who everyone hated, then maybe. But I like her movies, she's always funny in interviews, and it has to suck for this to happen. I guess that's a risk you take if you do this kind of stuff, even when you're not famous.

Oh, did I not mention? Emma Stone might have a sex tape.

http://gawker.com/5962549/last-minute-christmas-wish-list-addition-emma-stones-pre+fame-sex-tape

 

[CP1708]

Name your price.

 

[jpzx]

"New SkyFall Trailer... with the link"

Directs us straight to his website.

 

[CP1708]

Eeeeeasy guys, he been with us since the beginning, and it's Thanksgiving in a few hours, have some holiday cheer.

He's brought our attention to some previews and what not, such as World War Z I watched on his link, it's not a big deal. He contributes in his own way, come on now. We all fam.

 

[noskey]

I just wish Venom still actually posted stuff that was involved with discussions. Dude just stopped as soon as he started his blog

Anyways, happy Thanksgiving to y'all. Watch football, watch movies, eat too much, drink too much, dont go shopping until midnight. Enjoy the days off for you corporate folks.