coldangel
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- My developing theory was that because Uhura's redness is in the form of a dress it means she doesn't get killed. It's only shirts that are hazardous. But apparently Scotty wears red too. I guess he's an exception?
The redshirt rule only applies to unknown supporting characters. Since red uniforms in TOS-era Trek denote Technical or Security positions (Command is yellow and Science/Medical is blue), Scotty and Uhura both wear them, but they are exempt from the death rule, unlike that poor fellow who parachuted with Kirk and Sulu. I want Sulu's awesome unfolding sword.
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coldangel
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Maz, did you see Galaxy Quest? It's a great spoof of all things Trek. It basically tells you everything you want to know. Plus it has Tim Allen as the Kirk/Shatner character!
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LayZ341
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Terminator 4I heard that Batman voice a couple of times. And the beat down of Future Rednecks was hilarious. I don't have anything relevant to say about the movie but I'll rate it anyways. B
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i_c_weiner
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I put most my comments in the Trek thread. I give it a B+ on my scale.
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Tweek
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The Killer
I saw this first several years ago on television and thought it was brilliant so when I saw it for sale on DVD I snapped it up and enjoyed watching it as much as I did the first time. If there is such a thing as a perfect action film them this is probably it. John Woo is clearly a master of the genre and this is the best of his films that I've seen.
Chow Yun-Fat plays Ah Jong, the eponymous killer who wants to do one last job in order to pay for an operation to help restore the eyesight of Jenny, a singer he accidentally blinded in a shoot out. On his trail is Insp. Li Ying, who grows to respect his quarry as the film progresses. After his final job Ah Jong finds that he also has the Triads after him as they decide they would rather kill him than pay him.
As one would expect from an action film there are lots of exciting shoot outs all of which are excellently choreographed; expect to see his trademark doves and characters standing so close to each other that their arms cross as they point pistols at each other. The mood is lightened by some nice comic scenes, although it never resorts to the comic one liners one might expect in Hollywood action films of the time. Of course being an action film there is a certain lack of realism; guns don't run out of ammunition unless it is time to trade up to another gun and a good guy with a pistol can get the better of a dozen men with automatic weapons. This doesn't detract from the film however it is just something that goes with the genre.
The main actors were all good and made me care about the characters, as stated before the direction and Choreography were top notch. As well as his direction John Woo must be congratulated for writing such a good story. If you like action films you really need to see this, it warrants a place in the DVD collection of any such fan.
These comments are based on watching the film in Cantonese with English subtitles although an English dub is available on the DVD I bought.
[10/10]
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Spacedal11
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Annoying little 11-year-old who's always talking about her vagina? Look, it's a new thing for me, and there's a lot there to talk about.
Hey! I'm the only 11 year old around here who likes talking about my vagina. And no I have not personally seen The Room but I've heard about it. The hype around it is ridiculous from what I understand. Where could one even view such a film? Oh and vagina, vagina, vagina.
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i_c_weiner
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I find it detrimental to my geekiness that I actually enjoyed Angels and Demons more than I did Star Trek. I give it a B+, but would rank it higher than the equally-ranked Star Trek.
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DrThunder88
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Is your review for the first half of Life is Beautiful you as a child?
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I love Chay's little emotions
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Melllvar
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I want to see I Love You Man on the basis that they go to see Rush in the movie.
I, too, have seen Star Trek recently, and thought that it was fantastic. Highlights of which include: Beastie Boys' "Sabotage", Kirk doing the green girl, Scotty "giving her all she's got, Captain!", everything which came out of Karl Urban's mouth (he's channelling DeForest Kelly), Uhura being uber le hot, the dead-meat-red-uniform, and Sylar doing a fine turn as Spock which included the on-screen handover from Nimoy. Loved it.
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Spacedal11
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Terminator SalvationBatman playing John Connor was like watching Batman playing John Connor. I kept jumping though, I'm such a wuss. Oh well my favorite character: Kyle Effing Reese. I loved this Anton Yelchin as Chekov in Star Trek, but he definitely rocked this part. My one complaint: Not enough father-son time spent blowing the shit out of robots together. Now as for that whole T800 model, um...weirdest cameo ever? CGI Aw-nuld in the nude, I think that was 10x stranger than Dr. Manhattan's wang in Watchmen. But it was an interesting call back to the original. Ok I get it, Terminator 1 takes place in 2029 and this takes place 11 years before. I'm sorry I haven't seen the first one. I plan on it, because I really like this movie a lot. Kicked Star Trek's ass in my opinion.A
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DrThunder88
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Speaking of riffs, 100 Million B.C.
I got this DVD as a B-side for Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus so the shipping fees seemed less exorbitant. I also got it because dinosaurs are awesome, and the trailer promised a rampage in a modern city and the box art showed a fairly well-rendered T-rex.
Well, the box art lied, as I expected. The main dinosaur, a giganotosaur by the looks of it, looked like it was straight out of Jurassic Park: Trespasser. The velociraptors were slightly more cheesy thanks to the use of an actor in a crosseyed, barely articulated, jiggly, rubber suit.
The story itself had merit but it dwelt way too long on scifi technobabble. They even handled temporal paradoxes fairly well until a 1940's era group of soldiers showed up.
The actors were all particularly forgettable, but the standout performance goes to Navy SEAL Lt. So-and-so, whose most memorable line is the inexplicably loud, "TAKEYOURFUCKINGPILLS!"
All in all, it was great riff-bait. It ranges from super-goofy to sublimely goofy. The bonus features are great too if only to see the velociraptor suit operator attempting to navigate light brush. "It's a drunkasaurus!" says a crewmember. The trailers are also awesome, offering glimpses of B-movie ripoffs of popular films: Monster (Cloverfield), Transmorphers (Transformers and Terminator Salvation), 2012 Doomsday (2012).
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Nixorbo
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Up
Amazing. Why aren't you watching i right now? GO!
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i_c_weiner
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Up I agree with Nix. However, it suffered from subtle WALL-E-itis where the first half-hour to hour is genius and the last half is not as good. I think this is my third favorite Pixar film, behind WALL-E and Toy Story. It really exceeded my expectations. I'll give it an A
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Nixorbo
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For the record, I Pixar and I still think Nemo was overrated.
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