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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#121 - 2014-06-03 13:43:20 UTC
Dav Varan wrote:


Worst = Black Hole
complete travisty from 1st minute to last



At least it had some hilarious lines for Slim Pickens as the little junky robot.

I always found it strange that the lead was Maximillian Schell....and the evil robot was named Maximillian as well.

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Reaver Glitterstim
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#122 - 2014-06-03 17:33:41 UTC  |  Edited by: Reaver Glitterstim
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
...and just how can an alien from another planet possibly be "African-American" ????????
I didn't say African-American. I said black. The aliens had a very dark complexion, and (debatably) other features stereotypical of African people.


Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
the lead was Maximillian Schell
the robot was Maximillian as well.
rolls off the tongue nicely =)

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#123 - 2014-06-03 17:40:02 UTC
Reaver Glitterstim wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
...and just how can an alien from another planet possibly be "African-American" ????????
I didn't say African-American. I said black. The aliens had a very dark complexion, and (debatably) other features stereotypical of African people.


Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
the lead was Maximillian Schell
the robot was Maximillian as well.
rolls off the tongue nicely =)



That's because the actor playing him was Louis Gossett Jr.

The short story did not imply black at all, and your "dark complected" also applies to Hispanics, etc, so why are you just jumping to "black".

The character is just an alien from elsewhere.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Reaver Glitterstim
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#124 - 2014-06-03 17:43:24 UTC
I'm talking less about Enemy Mine and more about District 9, but I really feel that both stories were trying to compare an alien with black people. And him being played by Louis Gossett isn't what I'm talking about. Sure, it was obvious that there was a black guy in the suit, but there were plenty of other subtle hints that had nothing to do with the actor.

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Frostys Virpio: "We have to give it to him that he does put more effort than the vast majority in his idea but damn does it sometime come out of nowhere."
Vortexo VonBrenner
Doomheim
#125 - 2014-06-03 23:42:02 UTC
WORST BY FAR: I recently forced myself to watch Star Trek: Into Darkness despite not having watched it previously because of what people had said about it. So sadly...they were all right. :( Never have I had such a reaction to any movie. I thought "Nooooo! abrams, what have you done!?" Makes me highly concerned about Star Wars...

BEST: Everything Star Trek that built up a universe over the decades abrams bligthly destroys in the name of vapid rapid crap.

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Reaver Glitterstim
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#126 - 2014-06-04 03:54:32 UTC
It really makes me sad when so-called Trekkers watch JJ Abrams' monstrosity and actually say that they are relieved he didn't break any of the elements that make it Star Trek. I'd ask them to point out any that he didn't break, but I know they wouldn't be able to come up with one.

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Aspalis
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#127 - 2014-06-04 04:29:20 UTC
Scandalous! No one even mentions Dune as the worst?

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Reaver Glitterstim
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#128 - 2014-06-04 04:49:19 UTC  |  Edited by: Reaver Glitterstim
I don't feel that Dune was a bad movie, but I haven't seen it since I was a teen, and I didn't really get it then. The only things I really remember are 20,000 A.D. and giant sandworms that Final Fantasy X totally ripped off.

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Frostys Virpio: "We have to give it to him that he does put more effort than the vast majority in his idea but damn does it sometime come out of nowhere."
Aspalis
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#129 - 2014-06-04 06:12:45 UTC
Reaver Glitterstim wrote:
I don't feel that Dune was a bad movie, but I haven't seen it since I was a teen, and I didn't reallt get it then. The only things I really remember are 20,000 A.D. and giant sandworms that Final Fantasy X totally ripped off.


Well, I wouldn't leave it to you to discern a good movie from a bad movie when you can't tell Star Citizen apart from Elite: Dangerous. P

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#130 - 2014-06-04 12:35:43 UTC
Reaver Glitterstim wrote:
It really makes me sad when so-called Trekkers watch JJ Abrams' monstrosity and actually say that they are relieved he didn't break any of the elements that make it Star Trek. I'd ask them to point out any that he didn't break, but I know they wouldn't be able to come up with one.


Just what did they "break" in the first one ? It was a different universe, and I didn't mind anything too different. And I watched the original broadcast of the original series. I was not bothered by a thing.

(2nd one was awful indeed).

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#131 - 2014-06-04 12:38:18 UTC
Aspalis wrote:
Scandalous! No one even mentions Dune as the worst?


Because it's not. There are SF films far, far worse. It has too much David Lynch stuff going on to be awful.

Perhaps, "disappointing" is a better word choice that "worst".

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Dorian Tormak
RBON United
#132 - 2014-06-04 14:38:54 UTC
Vortexo VonBrenner wrote:
WORST BY FAR: I recently forced myself to watch Star Trek: Into Darkness despite not having watched it previously because of what people had said about it. So sadly...they were all right. :( Never have I had such a reaction to any movie. I thought "Nooooo! abrams, what have you done!?" Makes me highly concerned about Star Wars...

BEST: Everything Star Trek that built up a universe over the decades abrams bligthly destroys in the name of vapid rapid crap.

Sad sad panda with sad trombone

Really it was that bad? What did you think of the first new Star Trek movie, the one that came out a few years ago?

Also, "makes me highly concerned about the new Star Wars.."

Dude, no concern necessary. Anyone with a brain knows how that is going to turn out. Was a whole prequel trilogy of non-sense not enough to alert you to the danger of imminent death upon the Star Wars franchise?

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#133 - 2014-06-04 15:01:21 UTC
Dorian Tormak wrote:


Dude, no concern necessary. Anyone with a brain knows how that is going to turn out. Was a whole prequel trilogy of non-sense not enough to alert you to the danger of imminent death upon the Star Wars franchise?



Prejudgement is bad, m'kayyyyy

We won't know a thing until it's actually seen.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Dorian Tormak
RBON United
#134 - 2014-06-04 15:51:25 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Dorian Tormak wrote:


Dude, no concern necessary. Anyone with a brain knows how that is going to turn out. Was a whole prequel trilogy of non-sense not enough to alert you to the danger of imminent death upon the Star Wars franchise?



Prejudgement is bad, m'kayyyyy

We won't know a thing until it's actually seen.

George Lucas made a mess of his franchise and then sold it to Disney. That is what we have seen. That is what we know.

I'm just wise enough to face the truth.

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#135 - 2014-06-04 15:56:43 UTC
Dorian Tormak wrote:


I'm just wise enough to face the truth.



That's interesting because so far there is no "truth", only speculation.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Dorian Tormak
RBON United
#136 - 2014-06-04 16:38:21 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Dorian Tormak wrote:


I'm just wise enough to face the truth.



That's interesting because so far there is no "truth", only speculation.

You're right. One could speculate that through some miracle perhaps Walt Disney and JJ Abrams could make a great Star Wars movie.

Too bad that just ain't gonna happen.

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Vortexo VonBrenner
Doomheim
#137 - 2014-06-04 18:03:18 UTC
Dorian Tormak wrote:

Really it was that bad?

Yes. Tragically, it is.




Quote:
What did you think of the first new Star Trek movie, the one that came out a few years ago?

Wasn't the awful pile of putrid cinematic offal the second one is, but at risk of making statements not direct enough for you I'll just simply say I didn't care much for it.





Quote:
Also, "makes me highly concerned about the new Star Wars.."

Dude, no concern necessary. Anyone with a brain knows how that is going to turn out. Was a whole prequel trilogy of non-sense not enough to alert you to the danger of imminent death upon the Star Wars franchise?

Well...hope springs eternal, I suppose. Guess I don't have a brain, then. *shrug*
Wait....."no brain"....have you been talking to my ex? More than talking, you say? Uh-oh...Run bro...

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#138 - 2014-06-04 18:31:15 UTC
Dorian Tormak wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Dorian Tormak wrote:


I'm just wise enough to face the truth.



That's interesting because so far there is no "truth", only speculation.

You're right. One could speculate that through some miracle perhaps Walt Disney and JJ Abrams could make a great Star Wars movie.

Too bad that just ain't gonna happen.


What is your purpose behind being so damned insistent ???

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Dorian Tormak
RBON United
#139 - 2014-06-04 18:47:13 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Dorian Tormak wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Dorian Tormak wrote:


I'm just wise enough to face the truth.



That's interesting because so far there is no "truth", only speculation.

You're right. One could speculate that through some miracle perhaps Walt Disney and JJ Abrams could make a great Star Wars movie.

Too bad that just ain't gonna happen.


What is your purpose behind being so damned insistent ???

No purpose, just um, I don't know. Unashamedly me. Un-apologetically me. Preaching the word.

What's your purpose behind being so insistent?

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#140 - 2014-06-04 18:49:18 UTC
Dorian Tormak wrote:

No purpose, just um, I don't know. Unashamedly me. Un-apologetically me. Preaching the word.


Just as expected.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882