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Re: Last Movie You Watched?
« Reply #600 on: July 08, 2013, 02:45:24 am »
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After all, in the Trek universe, money is a thing of the past and living in a futuristic society they could just easily rebuild most of the destruction.

Well, the TV shows have the pseudo-communistic economy thing going on. Michael Wong of stardestroyer.net has a very long essay detailing the politics and economic situation of the Federation, and it doesn't paint a very pretty picture. The reboot films don't seem to delve very much into the economic or political situation beyond what's immediately necessary. Which is probably a good thing.

Even then, "money is a thing of the past" simply cannot happen without a reversion to prehistoric tribal populations. Capitalists will always be around, and any society that tries to simply provide its citizens with their needs as is appropriate will have a massive black/gray market. The Federation definitely isn't a utopia that allows for unlimited production of anything, and even a small lack of goods will result in illegal methods to acquire them. Rebuilding will still cost resources, replicators or not. Said resources need to come from somewhere, workers still need to be paid for the cleanup, etc.

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Metropolis... I had to say I felt more nauseous seeing most of it get destroyed. I actually though "What about the cost of numerous property damages?" and "Holy shit, that's one nasty body count from the destruction."

I've posited that everything outside of the camera view in the finale shots is actually just a smoking wasteland, and they're being careful not to let us know that they've only managed to rebuild about one city block.

The violence in Man of Steel was gratuitous. Not over the top (it was certainly realistic in terms of the damage superhuman combat would cause), but it felt like they really, REALLY wanted to hammer us over the head with the grimdarkness of the new Superman.

It all felt way, way too serious to be a Superman film. This was like a PG-13 Punisher film. And they don't seem to get why the Marvel Cinematic Universe works as well as it does: they have good actors who actually match the comic characters closely in appearance and demeanor, they make things colorful and pretty instead of desaturating everything so it looks like the entire world is a Canadian fishing village on a stormy day, and they manage to make things more serious and realistic (such as Captain America shooting people in the face) without losing the feeling of the comics.

Superman probably would have been much, much better if it was made by the same guys as Iron Man.
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Re: Last Movie You Watched?
« Reply #601 on: July 08, 2013, 11:21:54 am »
They really did go a bit overboard with the destruction porn in the new Superman movie

And they don't seem to get why the Marvel Cinematic Universe works as well as it does: they have good actors who actually match the comic characters closely in appearance and demeanor

You know, I do have a theory that Tom Hiddleston is really Loki in his Misgardian form, and he's trolling us all.


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Re: Last Movie You Watched?
« Reply #602 on: July 08, 2013, 12:38:55 pm »
They really did go a bit overboard with the destruction porn in the new Superman movie

And they don't seem to get why the Marvel Cinematic Universe works as well as it does: they have good actors who actually match the comic characters closely in appearance and demeanor

You know, I do have a theory that Tom Hiddleston is really Loki in his Misgardian form, and he's trolling us all.
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Re: Last Movie You Watched?
« Reply #603 on: July 08, 2013, 12:44:35 pm »
They really did go a bit overboard with the destruction porn in the new Superman movie

And they don't seem to get why the Marvel Cinematic Universe works as well as it does: they have good actors who actually match the comic characters closely in appearance and demeanor

You know, I do have a theory that Tom Hiddleston is really Loki in his Misgardian form, and he's trolling us all.
Be careful. The fangirls WILL kidnap him.

I'm currently working on a plan to do so, I got the duct tape and the rope all ready.  ;) Mwahahahahahahahahaha...
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Re: Last Movie You Watched?
« Reply #604 on: July 08, 2013, 12:58:35 pm »
They really did go a bit overboard with the destruction porn in the new Superman movie

And they don't seem to get why the Marvel Cinematic Universe works as well as it does: they have good actors who actually match the comic characters closely in appearance and demeanor

You know, I do have a theory that Tom Hiddleston is really Loki in his Misgardian form, and he's trolling us all.
Be careful. The fangirls WILL kidnap him.

I'm currently working on a plan to do so, I got the duct tape and the rope all ready.  ;) Mwahahahahahahahahaha...
No chains?  :(
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Re: Last Movie You Watched?
« Reply #605 on: July 08, 2013, 02:08:37 pm »
I would've said chains, but I have a friend who is a bondage enthusiast and in her opinion rope is much more fun.

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Re: Last Movie You Watched?
« Reply #606 on: July 08, 2013, 02:27:08 pm »
I would've said chains, but I have a friend who is a bondage enthusiast and in her opinion rope is much more fun.
Good point. Personally, I don't have a preference, though I do enjoy bondage.
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Re: Last Movie You Watched?
« Reply #607 on: July 10, 2013, 04:23:59 pm »
Last night, my dad and I finished (re)watching Gettysburg.

Dear Lord was that film epic! I nearly cried at Pickett's Charge.
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Re: Last Movie You Watched?
« Reply #608 on: July 11, 2013, 03:09:57 am »
Last night, my dad and I finished (re)watching Gettysburg.

Dear Lord was that film epic! I nearly cried at Pickett's Charge.

Seconded! That is a bitching film!

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Re: Last Movie You Watched?
« Reply #609 on: July 11, 2013, 04:02:13 am »
I would've said chains, but I have a friend who is a bondage enthusiast and in her opinion rope is much more fun.

It's Loki, a Prince if Asgard. Nothing but the finest silk rope. :)
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Re: Last Movie You Watched?
« Reply #610 on: July 11, 2013, 11:06:23 am »
I would've said chains, but I have a friend who is a bondage enthusiast and in her opinion rope is much more fun.

It's Loki, a Prince if Asgard. Nothing but the finest silk rope. :)

Good point, A Prince does deserve the best.

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Re: Last Movie You Watched?
« Reply #611 on: July 11, 2013, 11:17:15 am »
Yesterday, I went and saw "The Lone Ranger" with a friend.

I enjoyed it. I can see why some people call it "Pirates of the Caribbean" in the Old West, but I found it a fun watch.
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Re: Last Movie You Watched?
« Reply #612 on: July 11, 2013, 02:34:24 pm »
Actually, I was calling it Disney Writes Off Taxes Levied on Iron Man 3 Earnings, but y'know. What do I know?

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Re: Last Movie You Watched?
« Reply #613 on: July 13, 2013, 07:00:46 am »
Hatchet 3. And oh my freaking god it was hilarious in its B horror cheese. What I find awesome is that it was so much better than it predecessor. Two parts stuck with me for their hilarity

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Re: Last Movie You Watched?
« Reply #614 on: July 14, 2013, 02:26:32 am »
Watched Pacific Rim yesterday, it was awesome.
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