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 Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:13 am Post subject: IG sees 'King Kong' |
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And he declares it the Awesomest Movie of 2005.
And anyone who does not agree is a stinky donut.
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Yey, free donuts!
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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Mmmm... donut...
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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I heard it only did 9 million in its first day. Not a huge start.
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Riso
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Well, the original with 95% identical plot and 99% better acting is available for quite some time now.
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| Riso wrote: |
| Well, the original with 95% identical plot and 99% better acting is available for quite some time now. |
You mean KING KONG isn't an original flick? I thought Hollywood was filled with originality and OMG brilliant actors/actresses and producers!
* Notice: There is a WAS in the last sentence.
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OscarWilde
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Since we're on the topic of original movies from Hollywood: Coming soon to a theatre near you, 'Poseidon', which is about a boat that gets hit by a really big wave and starts to sink and the people inside must escape!!!11!!
Never before has such a story been written nor produced nor directed. The name itself has never been used in a movie title either.
All we need now is 'King Kong vs. Poseidon: Who drowns faster, the over sized chimp or the boat?'
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Wait a minute.
Wasn't the Poseidon that movie about a ship that floats upside down in the water?
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| Riso wrote: |
Wait a minute.
Wasn't the Poseidon that movie about a ship that floats upside down in the water? |
Yeah, the original move is titled,The Poseidon Adventure, and was released in 1972. Was just being sarcastic in my last post. The new movie, due to be released next year, is just titled, 'Poseidon' to probably trick the masses into thinking it's a new and original movie.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Riso wrote: |
Wait a minute.
Wasn't the Poseidon that movie about a ship that floats upside down in the water? |
Yeah, the original move is titled,The Poseidon Adventure, and was released in 1972. Was just being sarcastic in my last post. The new movie, due to be released next year, is just titled, 'Poseidon' to probably trick the masses into thinking it's a new and original movie.
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And not at all like the recent remake, where it is not a giant wave that overturns the boat, but TERRARISTS! (  )
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| HitScan wrote: |
| OscarWilde wrote: |
| Riso wrote: |
Wait a minute.
Wasn't the Poseidon that movie about a ship that floats upside down in the water? |
Yeah, the original move is titled,The Poseidon Adventure, and was released in 1972. Was just being sarcastic in my last post. The new movie, due to be released next year, is just titled, 'Poseidon' to probably trick the masses into thinking it's a new and original movie.
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And not at all like the recent remake, where it is not a giant wave that overturns the boat, but TERRARISTS! ( )
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Are you referring to this infamous CBS made for tv movie? I liked their Category 7: The End of the World movie with falling chunks of mesospheres and Randy Quaid and Shannon Dougherty getting it on. 
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| HitScan wrote: |
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| Riso wrote: |
Wait a minute.
Wasn't the Poseidon that movie about a ship that floats upside down in the water? |
Yeah, the original move is titled,The Poseidon Adventure, and was released in 1972. Was just being sarcastic in my last post. The new movie, due to be released next year, is just titled, 'Poseidon' to probably trick the masses into thinking it's a new and original movie.
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And not at all like the recent remake, where it is not a giant wave that overturns the boat, but TERRARISTS! ( )
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Are you referring to this infamous CBS made for tv movie? I liked their Category 7: The End of the World movie with falling chunks of mesospheres and Randy Quaid and Shannon Dougherty getting it on.
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Yeah, it was some major network show. Ass, ass I say.
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OscarWilde
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Is it every 2 seasons that some major network is going to make some major disaster mini series? When I was in college, a mini series, 'asteroids'? or something was aired. I saw the first half hour and could not believe just how fucking stupid the show was. There is this new one I saw on tv, about a some major earthquake, 10.1 or some stupid name. Good lord. The lame shit just keeps getting churned out. There must be an audience for this to happen. Otherwise, why would the big stations do it?
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| OscarWilde wrote: |
| Is it every 2 seasons that some major network is going to make some major disaster mini series? When I was in college, a mini series, 'asteroids'? or something was aired. I saw the first half hour and could not believe just how fucking stupid the show was. There is this new one I saw on tv, about a some major earthquake, 10.1 or some stupid name. Good lord. The lame shit just keeps getting churned out. There must be an audience for this to happen. Otherwise, why would the big stations do it? |
It's copycatting in the hopes of riding on the popularity of another show. Each major netweork makes it's own stupid disaster movie around the same time one comes out in theatres. Asteroids and Volcanoes and Tsunamis have all held this dubious honor. *Golf clap*
The most recent (and disasterously stupid, from my POV) example is "Happy Feet" It's a movie about dancing penguins, which only exists because of "March of the Penguins" (which was really cool by the way.) There will be little or no relation between anything in them, but apparently penguins are "in" this year, so we get penguins.
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| There will be little or no relation between anything in them, but apparently penguins are "in" this year, so we get penguins. |
Maybe Linux can ride that wave... or not.
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<deep announcer voice> This Sunday on Fox....
When Penguins Attack!!! OMG !!!!1111oneoneone
</deep announcer voice>
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| Jay wrote: |
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| There will be little or no relation between anything in them, but apparently penguins are "in" this year, so we get penguins. |
Maybe Linux can ride that wave... or not.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Jay wrote: |
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| There will be little or no relation between anything in them, but apparently penguins are "in" this year, so we get penguins. |
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"Linux is like the dancing penguins! You just have to compile dancing into the kernel! Of course, you'll have to completely reconfigure X and your desktop environment... And that'll mean fixing the inevitable application breaks and... wait where are you going?"
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There's going to be a stoner in the group.* I think we all know what he does in the off season.
*Well, to put it more accurately, there's a high statistical probability of there being a stoner penguin in this movie. Far higher than the probability of a real penguin ever being exposed to the smoke of a burning cannibis plant. Therefore, mathematically, Tux will be in the movie, even if he's not. Damn, that's heady.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 10:39 am Post subject: |
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What does 'heady' mean? Heavy on the head? Wha? 
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Originally, it said "Damn, I'm smart." This was not really my intended message, so I looked for something to change it to. I did not think of the word "deep" at the time, thought it was exactly what I wanted, and so "heady" (which I'm not that big a fan of either, for the most part) was the first thing that fit. Also, I was here 5 minutes past time to go home, and decided it wasn't worth much more time. 
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I saw 5 previews in a row for movies that looked absolutely awful. I don't think there will be more than 1 or 2 good movies in the next 6 months.
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The wife and I were going to see Kong last night - but once we got in line - she said that she didnt want to see that. So I got her to see Syriana instead. Much better choice in my opinion. What a great movie. It is definitely worth at least another viewing so that I can attempt to pick up on anything that I may have missed the first time around.
It doesn't seem to be a crowd pleaser though. Most people left confused because you really had to pay attention. There were a lot of politics and interrelated storylines so once you miss one crucial point - the whole thing just snowballs from there. |
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We are seeing Kong tomorrow (today)
Jen got me the DVD of Serenity for Christmas and I have watched that, and then again with the director's commentary, and all the special features, and the deleted scenes, and the deleted scenes again with the director's commentary, and I want more.
MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE!
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