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TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter
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2021 Nov 3, 1:10pm
TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter
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2021 Nov 3, 1:10pm
Worth the money? Story good? No forcing characters into new genders?
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Shaman
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2021 Nov 3, 1:22pm
Shaman
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2021 Nov 3, 1:22pm
I watched it as well. Well done! Better than the 80s version. However the story stops in the middle. I assume there will be a sequel. Perhaps more than one. This was always a story that required more screen time, not less.
On a related note: anyone stoked for the release of Wheel of Time on Amazon Prime? Probably the longest and best fantasy series ever, and they’re doing it tv episode style for some unknown number of seasons. Should run about double the time as Game of Thrones. Release is November 19th, and there are a few nice trailers out.
On a related note: anyone stoked for the release of Wheel of Time on Amazon Prime? Probably the longest and best fantasy series ever, and they’re doing it tv episode style for some unknown number of seasons. Should run about double the time as Game of Thrones. Release is November 19th, and there are a few nice trailers out.
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Tenpoundbass
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2021 Nov 3, 1:27pm
Tenpoundbass
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2021 Nov 3, 1:27pm
When I was kid, if it were a Space movie and there weren't a lazer shoot out every five minutes they put me to sleep. The biggest problem is they tried to hard to shoehorn epic telling story into an action movie. To this day Terminator stands up as a better movie than the first Star Wars. Star Wars put me to sleep every time I ever tried to watch it as a kid. I never saw the whole thing until I was in my late 20's and it aired on Network television with commercial breaks to snap me out of dosing off.
Dune never held my interest either, even with the righteous analog Synth VCO and filters.
Dune never held my interest either, even with the righteous analog Synth VCO and filters.
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indc
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2021 Nov 3, 2:16pm
All I got from Automan's comment is he had GF in 80's and 40 yrs later he still has a GF :). I like Sifi movies and for some reason I did not like Dune. All I remember is sand hence the name Dune. It was most boring Sifi movie for me.
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fdhfoiehfeoi
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2021 Nov 3, 2:58pm
fdhfoiehfeoi
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2021 Nov 3, 2:58pm
I figured I shouldn't watch the new one without seeing the original. I wouldn't watch 80's Dune again, but it was enjoyable, although the story was a bit scattered.
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Automan Empire
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2021 Nov 3, 3:39pm
Automan Empire
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2021 Nov 3, 3:39pm
Tenpoundbass says
I was 10 when it came out. The family went to a weeknight showing that was sold out, line around the theater. When we got home it didn't matter it was approaching midnight on a school night, I was wide awake beat boxing Tie Fighter and R2D2 noises while dogfighting two quite non-spaceship looking toys.
Star Wars put me to sleep every time I ever tried to watch it as a kid.
I was 10 when it came out. The family went to a weeknight showing that was sold out, line around the theater. When we got home it didn't matter it was approaching midnight on a school night, I was wide awake beat boxing Tie Fighter and R2D2 noises while dogfighting two quite non-spaceship looking toys.
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Theater was strange, went to a 7:50 Tuesday showing. The ticket counters were completely vacant, they had devices at each window to choose your own movie, pay for it, and get your ticket. I would have bypassed the concession stand, GF wanted something so we waited. There were 2 workers, each serving a couple in front of us, literally nobody else in the vast lobby. After 3 minutes of it not being clear whether they were actually buying stuff or not we went in. There were 4 other people in the whole place.
A story I like telling from the 80s. My high school GF and I went to a Worldcon in Anaheim, Ca. One of the events was the world premiere screening of footage from Lynch's DUNE which was under production. VERY long line outside in the heat for 2 hours to get in, and it was standing room only. There was some Q&A with someone from the production, then they started screening with the mediocre convention center projector which threw barely enough lumens to really see the picture. The audience was rapt, and I swear 1000 orgasms busted when the sand worm was shown. Then some usher opened the back door, FLOODING the screen with outside light. It was like a switch was flipped and thousands of people roared, "CLOSE THE FUUUUUCKIIIIINNGGGG DOOOOOOOR!" A minute later, the same usher opened the door again with a quicker and louder response. A minute later, that fucker opens it again, and this time everyone seated sprang to their feet and all in attendance whirled and shouted CLOSE THAT FUUUUCKINNGGG DOOOOOOOR! with a passion and frenzy that suggested the entire crowd was about to run over the seats to beat the guy up if it happened again. Luckily they ran the film a second time.