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CHILDREN OF MEN

Wow, cinematic masterpiece and epic story.
Julian Moore, Michael Caine, and Clive Owen

Check out this 2006 dystopian 2027 based drama.
Extremely well done on all levels....

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This is an intriguing one, I have only seen parts of it but one day was watching Outer Limits the newer series and there was a story
that was very similar, so I searched it up and it was the same story done before as an episode of the TV series.

If you liked it I would check it out, not great but fun to see those different takes on the same story.
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Just viewed the Japanese Laserdisc version of Stephen King's FIRESTARTER.

Drew Barrymore, David Kieth, and George C. Scott.
Excellent thriller about cover operations at "The $hop".

Been a long time since viewing. Enjoyed the revisit.... warmly....

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Watched Robot Carnival on roku and about half way through Escape Plan, reminds me of those films a few years ago with Sly, can't remember now
where they were a combat team, 3 of them.

Anyway off to get some baseboard for the kitchen floor, need to have a floor if we must survive the pre-game apocalypse :lol:
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Watched Robot Carnival on roku and about half way through Escape Plan, reminds me of those films a few years ago with Sly, can't remember now
where they were a combat team, 3 of them.

Anyway off to get some baseboard for the kitchen floor, need to have a floor if we must survive the pre-game apocalypse :lol:


I was looking at some Robot Carnival cels recently and it make me feel very happy about skipping the Bluray which was cropped wide. When you see the cel...there’s no arguing about missing image. You are holding in your hand a 4:3 drawing which was 4:3 on VHS and LD for decades and now cropped 16:9 removing 1/3 of the frame. Stupid. There’s no other word for it.
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Yeah, I used to own the Japanese LD but sold it as I didn't care too much for it other than the steam punk robot segment.

It seems that the roku version is matted to widescreen and then matted even more than 1.85 almost like a 1.95 or even 2.0 as there are black bars on the
tops and bottoms of my widescreen TV :crazy:

Its really funny how we all wanted to see more and get widescreen films to the point that they are selling us everything as widescreen now.
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Another reason I'll never touch blu ray.
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Another reason I'll never touch blu ray.

They did this on DVDs too, you just need to find the right releases of films on the proper formats. LD first :mrgreen:
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rein-o wrote:
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Another reason I'll never touch blu ray.

They did this on DVDs too, you just need to find the right releases of films on the proper formats. LD first :mrgreen:


Agree. I am not okay with ar fuckery.
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Instead of watching films that reflect the current situation, I decided to flick through the collection to find some comedies.

I was always a fan of Bill Bellamy's stand up so I decided to watch How to be a player. Never seen it before having picked it up cheap last year. This is a nasty film full of nasty characters, but let me tell you it made me laugh! Bill Bellamy is a player who is seeing multiple girls at once. His sister hates how he treats women because she was treated the same way. So she and her friend try to scupper Bellamy's love life by trying to invite all his girlfriends to one party. Like I said the film is mean spirited in tone but still comes across as funny. It's not as mean spirited as say Antonio Banderas in Two much. Where he pretends to be his own twin just so he can date two girls at the same time!

For a film that came out in '97 it feels like it came out in '93. It feels very early nineties but in the best possible way. Bernie mac was funny as well. Its always a treat to see him on screen since he passed. I cant say I'd recommend the film to everyone but it cheered me up.

For a complete tonal shift I spun up father of the bride 2 afterwards. Classic movie. Makes me wish I had the first one on ld too. Defiently a bit sappy and schmaltzy, but Steve Martin always puts a smile on my face. What accent is Martin Short meant to be doing in these films anyway?? :lol:
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 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
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Haven't seen father of the bride 2 but saw part of the first one.

I think he was trying to be French? Not too sure.
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just saw AKIRA for what is essentially the first time

(saw it once back in the mid-90's, rented it when i was staying up at my grandma's. remembered very little about it)

- and... yes, it was/is technically impressive, but... that is pretty much ALL it has going for it, at least IMHO.

THE VENUS WARS, for instance, might not be quite so exquisitely crafted, and in general, is no real masterpiece in storytelling, IMO,
but it certainly is, in virtually all meaningful respects, head-and-shoulders above the technically lovely but otherwise rather hideous AKIRA...
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Just re-watched True Lies (1994) [PCLH-00001]

My I gave it full rating on all fronts after watching it the last time, and you know what? I'd still probably give it that. Good picture, surprisingly competent sound (for a mere dolby surround), and a lovely gatefold.
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Just recorded THE STAND for a buddy

Man, I forgot how much went into that production.
Really awesome dystopian saga....

WITH A HAPPY ENDING :clap:

Not a fan of Stephen King books or films per say.
HOWEVER - check out the stand if you never have and/ or revisit if able.
May just buckle down and read my first King novel !

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Just recorded THE STAND for a buddy

Man, I forgot how much went into that production.
Really awesome dystopian saga....

WITH A HAPPY ENDING :clap:

Not a fan of Stephen King books or films per say.
HOWEVER - check out the stand if you never have and/ or revisit if able.
May just buckle down and read my first King novel !

Cheers


His writing is not my taste but I have read The Shinning and Running Man. Running Man was actually pretty good and didn't have
a King feel.

Shinning was OK but not great, thank everything that Kubrick was able to make a really great horror film out of that story.
As for The Stand, Haven't seen it in some time but do have the book that I will tackle one day.

Keep going firehorse and stay safe, I know you are? EMT? Can't remember but we all must do our parts here.

Lets hope it ends sooner and then we get back on track faster.
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I think he was trying to be French? Not too sure.


I'm not sure! Maybe German? It's as incomprehensible as it is hilarious.

Continuing the comedy theme, I decided to pull another random comedy off the shelf that I hadn't seen yet. Pulled out a movie called 'Another Steakout' with Emilio esteves Richard dreyfuss and rosie o Donnell.

I wasn't sure what to expect. On the back of the cover it has a singular thumbs up from Roger Ebert, which means Gene Siskel didnt like it. There were a few funny jokes in it, like a recurring joke about Emilios character having to shave off his moustache. The plot was lame and unexciting. The best part was the opening scene, where they literally blew their entire budget. The pytotechnic explosion at the beginning is so good that nothing else can rival it later on in the film.

Rosie o Donnell is one annyoning actress though. My only real exposure to her being a brit was the flintstones movie. Shes not funny and her voice is extremely grating.

I realised halfway through that this must be a sequel hence the word 'Another' in the title. Not recommended.

After all that I decided to put on some Tex avery cartoons from the compleat collection. Shoulda put that on from the start. 8-)
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 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
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Tex, some great stuff, I have the individual discs but never picked up the box set.

Been watching free roku, or free by means of image rather than internet, still have to pay for internet :lol:
Watching Lily C.A.T., pretty bad early anime, then started watching Space Adventure Cobra the movie, still classic even if dubbed on Roku.

Not a 100% perfect film but very enjoyable, can watch multiple times. Even own it on LD and DVD so may give a spin in original language rather than dealing
with the dub.
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Speaking of dub. I just watched Operarion Condor on Ld. Sure is a good movie with some excellent choreography. The end scene in the wind tunnel is iconic. The only thing that detracts is the scene in the hotel which goes on for ages. It was always funny to hear Jackie dub himself in all his American released foreign films. Really helps you forget you're watching a dub.

If it wasnt for the aliasing this disc could be considered near reference in my eyes. Very clean picture with solid colours.
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Yeah, I think I saw that in the theaters when they reissued it in the USA, the hotel scene was very long and tiresome.
If you like Jackie I feel his best two are Meals on Wheels, the fights are just great, the story is so so, and Who Am I, again so so story but I feel
its his last amazing fight film which is pretty extraordanary considering he was in his mid or late 40s in that film if I remember right.

I don't know if I would bother picking up either on LD in this day and age for the price that you may end up paying, Who am I is very expensive since it was
a later release, I think its still up there but it also may not be anymore.

May need to spin that up later today now that I think of it :lol:
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Yeah why not! Go for it.

The only other Jackie chan films I've got on ld are Rush hour, supercop 3 and twin dragons.

I havent seen twin dragons yet I've been meaning to spin it for a while. Having said that I'm not sure what movie to watch tonight. Will have to have a look!
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Operation Condor is classic JC. Love it.
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