@FuriousMachine every time I see Troll mentioned I confused it with Troll Hunter. I thought that the movie had just has a random resurgence on streaming or something, but yes, it was indeed a different title and I forgot the Hunter part.
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P.S I think I lost the embossing lottery on Jarhead. I was hoping they'd surprise us with some kind of embossed dog tag on the steel =[ they did not. You may now invade Denmark on my behalf and tell them to get their act together 😄 or maybe universal were skimping on paying production costs.
I just finished watching the 2022 version of Hellraiser and I thought it was quite good. Good enough for me to order the Turbin steelbook releasing tomorrow, anyhow.
@Ravix Hmm, them Danes are a shifty bunch. I'll see what I can do, but no promises. We haven't really invaded countries before. Back when we were bad we primarily either just settled or pillaged and burned and returned home for dinner. Full scale invasions wasn't really our thing.
It seems the first trailers for Avengers Doomsday and Supergirl both come out tomorrow. I've not seen Superman yet and been out of the loop of Marvel for a while but curious to see what these look like.
@BearsEatBeets As the resident Marvel apologist, I must say I'm more excited about Supergirl than Avengers Doomsday. I don't have much faith in the latter, but I'll be happy to be proven wrong.
I forgot it wasn't directed by Gunn because it looks like it could exist in the same universe as GoG. Due to that it actually looks potentially pretty fun to me.
@BearsEatBeets I'll be there when it drops at the cinemas, but that was never really in doubt. The trailer would have to be pretty damned awful for that not to be the case Seems like Milly Alcock will be a good casting decision (though I'm still a bit sad that Sasha Calle only got that one shot at it in The Flash - I think her Supergirl was pretty great and one of the best bits in a movie I think is somewhat underrated)
@FuriousMachine I'll have to disagree with you on The Flash, I thought it was a complete mess of a film. But I will cede that Sasha Calle's Supergirl was probably the most interesting and best part of the film.
Still nothing for the Avengers yet, it's crazy the amount of fake ones made by random channels gaining loads of views.
@BearsEatBeets Yeah, it's hardly a masterpiece, so I get that. I also found Ezra Miller mostly annoying and the VFX work is properly janky in places. Still, I enjoyed it for what it was and what it wanted to be, even on my second viewing where it no longer had the thankless job of washing the foul taste of the Snyderverse out of my mouth.
I'm not really surprised that there was no Doomsday trailer yesterday. I never saw it mentioned by any "reputable" sources, only the ones who make up their own entertainment news for clicks (did you know that Netflix have already announced the return of Zach Snyder to the DCEU? Read all about it on social media) or report on unsubstantiated rumours (and/or both), while the Supergirl trailer was confirmed by Gunn in advance.
It probably isn't too far off, though - question is if they think it may take the focus away from the next Spider-man movie or not, I guess. Wouldn't be surprised if it drops in the next month or two, but no shocker if it doesn't either.
@FuriousMachine Now I think about it I can't remember where I read about the avengers trailer so it's very possible I blindly took it at face value without considering the source. I thought the next Spider-man film was much further out than Doomsday? It doesn't feel like it was that long ago I saw pics of them starting filming in Scotland.
To be honest I stay on top of film news way less than I used to. Nowadays I can sometimes get surprised by a trailer for a film coming out I didn't even know was getting made.
@BearsEatBeets Spider-man is slated for July and Doomsday for December. I had to look it up, which is new for me when it comes to Marvel movies I keep a fairly close eye on what's coming out, both movies and tv series, and typically have the things that interest me on the radar, but these days I find that they dip in and out more than they did in "my younger days". It is not a particularly rare occurrence to have the "oh yeah, that one was coming out, has it come this far along already" surprise when a trailer drops for me either
@FuriousMachine it's probably the case were I feel like I read about Spider-Man only just started filming not long ago, but was actually quite a while ago. Maybe I should be more excited for that trailer coming soon then, I'm more interested in that than Avengers anyway.
Earlier today, I watched the new Knives Out mystery, Wake Up Dead Man. It's good. Very good, and perhaps my favourite of the (as it currently stands) trilogy. More of an actual mystery than the bleedin' obvious Glass Onion but also not a total head-scratcher, either. Which helps give its actual point room to breathe, and its powerful emotions resonate where necessary. Daniel Craig's performance is stronger than ever, to the point where I'd argue the first line of his obituary should read, "Benoit Blanc actor and former James Bond" rather than the other way around, and the all-star cast assembled around him are as excellent as always, with special mention to Josh O'Connor (who I'd never seen in anything before, to the point where I thought he was an unknown) and the ever-reliable Glenn Close.
"If I let not knowing anything stop me from doing something, I'd never do everything!"
@FuriousMachine I'm getting ready to watch The Running Man 2025 again, at home this time so maybe I'll notice some things I didn't the first time. I'll keep you posted, it was okay the first time but so was Badlands. I watched Badlands twice and appreciated it even more. I'd like to appreciate this movie more too. Just don't tell Ravix that Drive slipped down the list again. My girlfriend didn't want to watch a movie about a killer gingerbread man either, we reached a compromise. I really don't think there's much of an appreciation for Christmas horror movies.
Okay it was more or less the same experience.
The first time I saw it was in the theater/event and I wasn't sure if it was the location or those first thirty minutes that deeply unsettled me, it gave me bad anxiety. It was definitely the movie because it happened again and this time at home, while comfy etc. In the original movie he more or less gets pushed into running. It's not the desperation of providing for his family, there isn't as much of a focus on the haves and haves not because obviously it's Arnie and it's more about action/fun/one-liners than a message. The new one has action/fun too but it definitely flirts with some dark themes like that sick child in brownstone buildings he hides out in (with the family) I think it just hit a chord that resonates with the viewer, which isn't a bad thing when it means they made you feel something. I can watch some crazy monster do bad things in a horror movie and 'it's fake', The Running Man 2025 just has a human rawness to it. Something I haven't seen in many other movies.
@Werehog 👏👏👏 You have excellent GIF-game, good sir Looking forward to Wake Up Dead Man, planning on watching it tomorrow
@BearsEatBeets I'm with you 100% on that. Today, however, there is another rumour circulation regarding the Doomsday trailer and this one, while still marked as a rumour, seems to come from more reliable sources than the previous one. This one states that Disney will release no less than four teasers and attach them to the new Avatar movie, each one attached for a week. The hope is that the diehard Marvel fans (do they even exist in measurable numbers these days?) will go see Avatar four times to see all the teasers. If this is the case, they probably won't show up online until a fair amount of time has passed (if at all), otherwise that would defeat the plan, I suppose.
@GirlVersusGame I only saw it once and it definitely wants to hit those notes, I just thought it was a bit ham-fisted going about it. Additionally, it felt like it wanted to be satirical, which it failed at completely, mostly because being so heavy handed about its social commentary and, finally, it sometimes forgot all about that and just wanted to be a fun action movie - which, in my opinion, is what it was most successful at. I didn't dislike it, but it was a tonal mess and that prevented me from enjoying it properly. It should have been one of those things instead of attempting to be all three. I will see it again once it hits streaming, so maybe I'll change my mind
@MrStark Villeneuve is one of my favourites, too. He's also the only one involved in the Amazon Bond setup that gives me any kind of hope that the next one will be any good
@FuriousMachine That's exactly it. I couldn't focus on the rest because of that social commentary, it was always there either in bright lights or dimly flickering in the background. It may have been the tapes he had to make too, once the message turned into a cause it managed to plunge you back into that raw commentary and linger between action sequences until once again there was another tape. I think one of the only times I really did manage to fully shift focus was the hotel/motel? scene where he only wore that towel, it was shot really well and slick in it's approach especially with the hunters. The part with the grenade in the elevator was so simple but worked to bring the two characters together if even for a moment, it was like a kind of high explosive chivalry
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@FuriousMachine That's both genius and devious so will definitely work on a certain subset of fans. There are bound to be some shaky phone footage being posted if this is the case then, it depends how quickly Disney can shut them down. I'm not fussed, I'll wait until they are officially put online.
@Werehog Good to hear about Wake Up Deadman. I really enjoyed the first two (second wasn't as good but still entertaining) so look forward to watching it soon. My mum was a big fan of them so I'm going to watch it with her, so it might be a few days until I see it.
I watched A House of Dynamite the other night. I heard rumblings about an unsatisfying ending but I quite enjoyed how it was done. I guessed it might do that once the first jump back in perspective happened. Overall I found it engaging and a good watch.
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