I have never understood how someone can hate Flash Gordon. It's probably a cultural difference- Britain invented Pantomime, BRIANBLESSED and heavy metal, after all.
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Ted hopefully may have given it a bit of a Colbert Bump.
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I went to my cousin's house earlier today and she was watching Bride Wars. I was like "really?" And she said "Well, I like it."
I liked Prometheus a lot more than most Alien fans seemed to. Sure, it was nowhere near the first two Alien films, but it wasn't like it was trying to be the same kind of film anyway. Had some great sets, y'know? And I really liked the clearly At The Mountains of Madness - inspired plot. The film really struck the atmosphere and aesthetic I associated with that story.
More minorly, I thought critics were really too harsh on The Internship. Sure, it was basically a 90 minute advert for Google, but it was a funny 90 minute advert for Google. Dumb kind of funny, sure, but still funny. And, hey, the characters were at least a lot more likable than the ones from The Hangover, which everyone seemed to love.
edited 6th Jan '14 5:55:37 PM by NolanRBurke
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Sorry, but I had to.
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Yes, well, like I said, I was referring to the response of the critics, not the general public; the film has 34% on Rotten Tomatoes, and I've seen it on several "worst of 2013" lists, which I feel is overly harsh.
Self-loathing and sandwiches.
I like Prometheus and Indiana Jones 4.
Cue in people who think I must hate both franchises but actually no, I love the Indy movies to death (maybe less Crusade but it's still a fine movie, and Raiders is just a masterpiece), and I like pretty much every Alien movie except Resurrection (bear in mind I haven't seen AVP Requiem).
So yeah, make of that what you will.
edited 7th Jan '14 4:42:07 AM by Akalabth
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.
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My pick would be the Rocky And Bullwinkle movie.
I am a big fan of the original show. It's one of my favorite cartoons ever. But this movie seemingly was hated by everyone.
It wasn't a great movie, I will admit, but they did try to keep true to the series it was based on. Unlike some movies...I'm looking at you, Underdog...
"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
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The Underdog movie was actually based on the true story of the real-life Underdog.
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Are we thinking about the same film? Because the one I'm thinking of was based off the cartoon, released by Disney in 2007...
"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
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Yes.
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Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
Tam: I loved the flash film. The sound track was awesome.
Who watches the watchmen?
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There really was a real-life Underdog, then? Was there also a real Simon Barsinister?
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I'm not sure if everyone else hates it, especially given that there is a whole social movement based around wearing the protagonist's mask, but I'm a fan of V for Vendetta, and I don't think it really deserves the criticism it gets for anviliciousness.
Norsefire is even more evil/less nuanced, but I don't think the audience is supposed to wholeheartedly root for V. Him torturing and brainwashing Evey is an obvious clue, as is the whole blowing up symbolic buildings thing, especially after 9/11- I think the use of rousing music is so that the initial emotional reaction is favorable until one thinks about what he's doing.
Edit- Well, Alan Moore certainly hated the film, but he hates most adaptations of his work and recently seems to hate everything
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edited 8th Jan '14 2:50:52 PM by Hodor
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Indeed, though they took some huge liberties with him. The real-life Underdog was actually the dog of one of the scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project—Simon Barr, though known as "Bar Sinister" to his friends thanks to his fondness for tequilas—the latter of whom was given a historical villain upgrade in this flick because they needed to make the story more black and white for the kiddies. He was really just a very irresponsible man in real life, as you can tell by the fact that he had his dog there while working on the project, and he ended up accidentally spilling some chemicals on him in the lab. His senses and athleticism were greatly enhanced, though, which gave Simon the idea to give the dog to his local police force, as he figured he'd be a great asset to their K-9 division. They agreed...and promptly arrested him there and then for gross negligence in his treatment of his dog.
edited 8th Jan '14 4:57:00 PM by Odd1
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Crap. I had my Sarcasm Mode detector off.
"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
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I was wondering how I long I could go on with this before you caught on or someone told you 
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I was actually buying that story hook, line and sinker until you said that they asstested him for animal negligence.
edited 8th Jan '14 5:21:58 PM by joeyjojo
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I love Flash Gordon, the one with that awesome Queen soundtrack, Sam Jones, Topol and BRIAN BLESSED. Unfortunately most of America HATED it, Sam Jones fell out with De Laurentis and it never got the sequels it deserved. It seems to be popular (ish) here though, which is nice.