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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#161 - 2014-06-22 19:49:46 UTC
Brigitte wrote:
Alien!


umm.....as best or worst ??? Lol

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Debora Tsung
Perkone
Caldari State
#162 - 2014-06-22 21:48:56 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Brigitte wrote:
Alien!


umm.....as best or worst ??? Lol
It's like a miniature paradoxon, because depending on who you are, it can actually be both at once. Big smile

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Marsha Mallow
#163 - 2014-06-22 22:20:25 UTC
Has anyone mentioned Cloud Atlas yet?

I really expected to hate it, heard nothing but negative feedback, but I reckoned it couldn't be worse than generic superhero stuff. It's probably the film I've enjoyed the most in recent years. Really hope it becomes a cult classic.

It's not mindblowing or actually all that clever if you're familiar with the genres it references. But it's intricate, well directed and has a strong cast. When I watched it the first time I immediately realised I'd like to watch it again, and read the book, which is rare - but I didn't because it is better to mentally return to it in some ways. It's referencing and slyly reworking a hell of a lot of other genres and motifs - not just sci fi, storytelling but also cinematic themes (5th Element vs Django vs MadMax vs Shaft).

Anyway, I just watched it again and noticed that the film is a symphony movement, stylistically. Which I didn't notice the first time around because I was paying attention to the plot/characters, but is a subtext. It is quite long, and there are a lot of characters, but I think that allows you to interpret it differently each time, which is pleasing.

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#164 - 2014-06-22 22:31:16 UTC
Marsha Mallow wrote:
Has anyone mentioned Cloud Atlas yet?

I really expected to hate it, heard nothing but negative feedback, but I reckoned it couldn't be worse than generic superhero stuff. It's probably the film I've enjoyed the most in recent years. Really hope it becomes a cult classic.

It's not mindblowing or actually all that clever if you're familiar with the genres it references. But it's intricate, well directed and has a strong cast. When I watched it the first time I immediately realised I'd like to watch it again, and read the book, which is rare - but I didn't because it is better to mentally return to it in some ways. It's referencing and slyly reworking a hell of a lot of other genres and motifs - not just sci fi, storytelling but also cinematic themes (5th Element vs Django vs MadMax vs Shaft).

Anyway, I just watched it again and noticed that the film is a symphony movement, stylistically. Which I didn't notice the first time around because I was paying attention to the plot/characters, but is a subtext. It is quite long, and there are a lot of characters, but I think that allows you to interpret it differently each time, which is pleasing.


I'm really looking forward to the Wachowski Sibling's next "Jupiter Ascending".

"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
Marsha Mallow
#165 - 2014-06-22 22:50:56 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
I'm really looking forward to the Wachowski Sibling's next "Jupiter Ascending".

Just had a look at the trailer. Sean Bean = SOLD! It looks a bit heavy on CGI/makeup for my taste, less on plot/character but I'll watch it v0v

I just watched Man of Steel. Made me a bit sad, and annoyed. I liked the trailer, really like Cavill and Costner and his mother (can't remember name but she was awesome in Cotton Club). And it was just ~ hrrr, ugh, no, really? Not sure who they are trying to please there, the comic fans who know the backstory, older viewers, or (without wishing to be rude) those who want to re-enact 9/11 over and over again. I had to stop watching Olympus Has Fallen 20 minutes in because it was annoying me. But the sight of Lawrence Fishburn dragging someone out of mangled wreckage really did turn my stomach. I'm not sure why this crap is being pumped out, but that final fight scene in a burnt out city should have been shot in Kabul for authenticity. Or Srebrenica.

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Sweets > U can dd my face any day
Brigitte
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#166 - 2014-06-23 13:44:43 UTC  |  Edited by: Brigitte
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Brigitte wrote:
Alien!


umm.....as best or worst ??? Lol


The best scifi film of course Lol
NightmareX
Pandemic Horde High Sec Division
#167 - 2014-06-25 14:51:55 UTC  |  Edited by: NightmareX
Purity by Fire wrote:
Darnit to many to choose from

Best

Blade runner
Aliens special edition ( you know the ones with the added sentry guns that remind me of baby space sentries Blink)
Star Trek into Darkness

Worst
Oblivion ( cant stand the film my wife actually understood it which means its crap) Big smile


Oblivion is actually one of my favourite movies today. The movie isn't perfect but it's pretty darn close to be perfect.

My list on what's the best movies for me is:

1. Oblivion
2. Elysium
2. Star Trek Into Darkness
3. Battleship (2012)
4. Halo 4 - Forward Unto Dawn
5. Sunshine (This is actually a low-budget movie)
6. Star Wars Episode I - VI
7. Space Battleship Yamato
8. Serenity

The pretty cool thing with the Oblivion movie is that most of the movie is recorded in Iceland Big smile.

When it comes to the bad movies, i don't remember any names right now as i usually forget about the bad movies.

Here is a list of my current EVE / PVP videos:

1: Asteroid Madness

2: Clash of the Empires

3: Suddenly Spaceships fighting in Tama
Mirajane Cromwell
#168 - 2014-06-25 19:35:40 UTC
Best - there's too many to pick one so I'll say a few of them: Aliens, Bladerunner, The Matrix, Back to the future, District 9, Ghost in the shell.

Worst - Invasion:Ufo or Naked Space. After seeing those two even After Earth and Battlefield Earth movies seem to be ok.
Matilda Cecilia Fock
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#169 - 2014-06-26 13:27:08 UTC
NightmareX wrote:
Purity by Fire wrote:
Darnit to many to choose from

Best

Blade runner
Aliens special edition ( you know the ones with the added sentry guns that remind me of baby space sentries Blink)
Star Trek into Darkness

Worst
Oblivion ( cant stand the film my wife actually understood it which means its crap) Big smile


Oblivion is actually one of my favourite movies today. The movie isn't perfect but it's pretty darn close to be perfect.

My list on what's the best movies for me is:

1. Oblivion
2. Elysium
2. Star Trek Into Darkness
3. Battleship (2012)
4. Halo 4 - Forward Unto Dawn
5. Sunshine (This is actually a low-budget movie)
6. Star Wars Episode I - VI
7. Space Battleship Yamato
8. Serenity

The pretty cool thing with the Oblivion movie is that most of the movie is recorded in Iceland Big smile.

When it comes to the bad movies, i don't remember any names right now as i usually forget about the bad movies.


Houm, how many SF films have you seen? 12?Lol

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Uriel Paradisi Anteovnuecci
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd.
Arataka Research Consortium
#170 - 2014-06-26 17:32:00 UTC
Hell yeah, Space Battleship Yamato!

The live action movie really could've been better- but the series has been my favorite show for nearly my whole life- go watch 'Space Battleship Yamato 2199' if you like it- it's a remake of all of series 1 and it's awesome!

Also, I liked Prometheus. I don't care what you say about what's wrong with it- I agree that a LOT is wrong with it, but I really enjoyed it anyways!

"A City made of Dreams is built in heaven"
Morihei Akachi
Doomheim
#171 - 2014-06-26 17:35:05 UTC
I learned everything I needed to know about life from Galaxy Quest. Bear

"Enduring", "restrained" and "ample" as designations for starship components are foreign to the genre of high-tech science fiction and don’t belong in Eve Online. (And as for “scoped” …)
Uriel Paradisi Anteovnuecci
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd.
Arataka Research Consortium
#172 - 2014-06-26 17:46:28 UTC
Morihei Akachi wrote:
I learned everything I needed to know about life from Galaxy Quest. Bear

Oh man that movie is the best Lol

"A City made of Dreams is built in heaven"