What DVD's are we Watching? - Page 16

wolf · 05-14-2006, 04:52 PM

Hick towns are precisely why netflix was invented. Those three Satoshi Kon dvds are what put me over the edge into signing up.

Bee Season (hoped that it would be set in Cheltenham/Elkins Park, just like the book ... they moved the action (or lack of action) to Oakland. How can anything with Richard Gere not be good?)

Timeline (okay adaptation of the book that I wasn't terribly excited about to begin with ... not one of Crichton's best, but not as bad as Sphere or Congo).

Princess Mononoke (nice artistically, moderately good story line, but I still don't understand how the forest creatures became demons, since the Ironworks humans did not use magic. I also don't get how the title goes with the film ... there is no princess. Is this something like the spoon in the Matrix?)

I am also watching Dangermouse.

Happy Monkey · 05-14-2006, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Princess Mononoke (nice artistically, moderately good story line, but I still don't understand how the forest creatures became demons, since the Ironworks humans did not use magic. I also don't get how the title goes with the film ... there is no princess. Is this something like the spoon in the Matrix?)

IIRC, the boar god got shot, and went crazy, which in turn infected the other boars.

And San was the princess, but I never quite understood how that worked.

wolf · 05-15-2006, 12:13 AM

I get that the boar god getting shot led to it ... but it was just a bullet, not some locus of evil like the thing in the toaster oven from the end of Time Bandits.

05-15-2006, 12:20 AM

Watched Bubba Ho-Tep tonight again, my Wife's first viewing. She is a Bruce fan.

Happy Monkey · 05-15-2006, 01:35 AM

Well, silver affects werewolves, and iron affects faeries. Maybe lead isn't so great for boar gods.

But I actually think it was the pain and rage that did it, not the bullet itself. The point was that an angry nature god is a dangerous nature god.

wolf · 05-23-2006, 11:27 PM

Shrine of the Morning Mist (Asagiri No Miko) Vol. 1 - More anime, I caught episodes 8 and 9 on OnDemand and wanted to see more. I'm not sure if I'll get volumes 2 and 3, at this point. I dropped them about 10 places on my Queue to think about it.

Munich - I was not terribly impressed by this movie. Given the subject matter and the number of things that blow up, I was very much looking forward to it. I expect that Spielberg had something to say with this movie, actually I think that's what the 3 minute intro was for, but it got missed in the storytelling somewhere. I also think the cinematography could have been handled better ... the shots were too tight, almost claustrophobic, and didn't really do much as far as conveying the mood. It was filmed like it was intended to be seen on TV, if you know what I mean.

Van Helsing - Why, oh why did I not go see this in a theater? This is a cool movie.

wolf · 05-23-2006, 11:33 PM

Ooooh. Forgot one, and it's a MUST SEE for absolutely everybody.

Scotland, PA.

Shakespeare probably never quite envisioned MacBeth like this. But I'm very glad that Billy Morrissette did. Tragedies aren't usually this funny, though.

Tse Moana · 05-24-2006, 04:18 PM

I'm going to see Serenity on DVD soon. I love Firefly and Serenity so can't wait until I buy it (which will be soon).

Ibby · 05-25-2006, 01:46 AM

I NEED the Firefly DVDs. Man, they oughtta bring that show back.

You know whats a horrible movie that I love anyway, that I want the DVD for? Underworld. I lessthanthree Kate Beckensale. She is hotttttttttt...

dar512 · 05-25-2006, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ibram

I lessthanthree Kate Beckensale. She is hotttttttttt...

lessthanthree

BigV · 05-25-2006, 11:01 AM

<3 == :heart: rotated 90 deg

wolf · 05-25-2006, 02:25 PM

Wild Palms

A TV miniseries by Oliver Stone that showed up in 1993, ran once, and disappeared. Until now.

It's still pretty cool, but as usual for moderately sci-fi settings, they didn't move the timeline forward enough ... it's set in 2007, and technology hasn't caught up to the needs of the storyline.

The cameo appearance by William Gibson is mucho forced ... you shouldn't have to explain the punchline, you know? There was some pointless exposition regarding his coining of the term "Cyberpunk."

It's basically a goodguys/badguys tale, where the badguys are clearly bad and the goodguys bad, but with a noble cause. There's a clear dig at Scientology.

Tse Moana · 05-26-2006, 11:14 AM

I totally agree on Underworld, bad but still so much fun. Although, it's better than Van Helsing...

Happy Monkey · 05-26-2006, 12:03 PM

Finished Stargate SG-1 Season 1, about to satrt on the Muppet Show Season 1.

BigV · 05-26-2006, 12:26 PM

You're gonna LOVE it. The opening act of the opening disc of the opening season is Mahna Mahna! It sets the tone perfectly.

05-14-2006, 04:52 PM	#226
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Hick towns are precisely why netflix was invented. Those three Satoshi Kon dvds are what put me over the edge into signing up. Bee Season (hoped that it would be set in Cheltenham/Elkins Park, just like the book ... they moved the action (or lack of action) to Oakland. How can anything with Richard Gere not be good?) Timeline (okay adaptation of the book that I wasn't terribly excited about to begin with ... not one of Crichton's best, but not as bad as Sphere or Congo). Princess Mononoke (nice artistically, moderately good story line, but I still don't understand how the forest creatures became demons, since the Ironworks humans did not use magic. I also don't get how the title goes with the film ... there is no princess. Is this something like the spoon in the Matrix?) I am also watching Dangermouse. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-15-2006, 12:13 AM	#228
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I get that the boar god getting shot led to it ... but it was just a bullet, not some locus of evil like the thing in the toaster oven from the end of Time Bandits. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-15-2006, 01:35 AM	#230
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Well, silver affects werewolves, and iron affects faeries. Maybe lead isn't so great for boar gods. But I actually think it was the pain and rage that did it, not the bullet itself. The point was that an angry nature god is a dangerous nature god. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-23-2006, 11:27 PM	#231
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Shrine of the Morning Mist (Asagiri No Miko) Vol. 1 - More anime, I caught episodes 8 and 9 on OnDemand and wanted to see more. I'm not sure if I'll get volumes 2 and 3, at this point. I dropped them about 10 places on my Queue to think about it. Munich - I was not terribly impressed by this movie. Given the subject matter and the number of things that blow up, I was very much looking forward to it. I expect that Spielberg had something to say with this movie, actually I think that's what the 3 minute intro was for, but it got missed in the storytelling somewhere. I also think the cinematography could have been handled better ... the shots were too tight, almost claustrophobic, and didn't really do much as far as conveying the mood. It was filmed like it was intended to be seen on TV, if you know what I mean. Van Helsing - Why, oh why did I not go see this in a theater? This is a cool movie. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-23-2006, 11:33 PM	#232
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Ooooh. Forgot one, and it's a MUST SEE for absolutely everybody. Scotland, PA. Shakespeare probably never quite envisioned MacBeth like this. But I'm very glad that Billy Morrissette did. Tragedies aren't usually this funny, though. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis Last edited by wolf; 05-23-2006 at 11:38 PM.

05-15-2006, 12:20 AM	#229
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Watched Bubba Ho-Tep tonight again, my Wife's first viewing. She is a Bruce fan.

05-24-2006, 04:18 PM	#233
Tse Moana You're just jealous 'cause the little voices talk to me Join Date: May 2006 Location: Netherlands Posts: 203	I'm going to see Serenity on DVD soon. I love Firefly and Serenity so can't wait until I buy it (which will be soon).

05-25-2006, 01:46 AM	#234
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	I NEED the Firefly DVDs. Man, they oughtta bring that show back. You know whats a horrible movie that I love anyway, that I want the DVD for? Underworld. I lessthanthree Kate Beckensale. She is hotttttttttt... __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

05-25-2006, 11:01 AM	#236
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	<3 == :heart: rotated 90 deg __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-25-2006, 02:25 PM	#237
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Wild Palms A TV miniseries by Oliver Stone that showed up in 1993, ran once, and disappeared. Until now. It's still pretty cool, but as usual for moderately sci-fi settings, they didn't move the timeline forward enough ... it's set in 2007, and technology hasn't caught up to the needs of the storyline. The cameo appearance by William Gibson is mucho forced ... you shouldn't have to explain the punchline, you know? There was some pointless exposition regarding his coining of the term "Cyberpunk." It's basically a goodguys/badguys tale, where the badguys are clearly bad and the goodguys bad, but with a noble cause. There's a clear dig at Scientology. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-26-2006, 11:14 AM	#238
Tse Moana You're just jealous 'cause the little voices talk to me Join Date: May 2006 Location: Netherlands Posts: 203	I totally agree on Underworld, bad but still so much fun. Although, it's better than Van Helsing...

05-26-2006, 12:03 PM	#239
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Finished Stargate SG-1 Season 1, about to satrt on the Muppet Show Season 1. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-26-2006, 12:26 PM	#240
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	You're gonna LOVE it. The opening act of the opening disc of the opening season is Mahna Mahna! It sets the tone perfectly. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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