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Saturday Evening Movie Thread 01-20-2018 [Hosted By: TheJamesMadison]
Animation
The Thief and the Cobbler
The Secret of Kells
CGI
to the most recent animated film from Disney and Pixar, Coco (a movie I love, by the way), and all I see is that traditional hand-drawn animation is still more beautiful and soulful than computer generated animation. No matter the beauty put into the designs of a computer-generated image, I always find that the image itself has a certain sterile feel to it in comparison. I don't disdain computer animation. I celebrate how it's allowed some very good stories to be told. Moana is an example of a movie that contains a lot of very detailed and realistic water effects that would be damn near impossible to create with hand-drawn animation.
And yet, there is no awe in me when I see the marvelous water effects in Moana. I feel like it's expected at this point. In my mind, computers can create any image, and it feels easy (I know that computer artists work really hard at a job that few people can do, but still, it feels like the computer is doing most of the work). Seeing a sequence come together like the war machine sequence in The Thief and the Cobbler or the fight against Maleficient in Sleeping Beauty and knowing that a team of people started with blank paper and came up with that is amazing to me.
Best Picture Update The votes are in, and we have a winner. I'm holding off for another week though. Because reasons. I'll let you know next week.
Movies of Today Opening in Theaters:
12 Strong
Den of Thieves
Forever My Girl Next in my Netflix Queue:
Fiddler on the Roof Movies I Saw This Week:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (Netflix Rating 3/5 | Quality Rating 2/4) Poster blurb: "Really wants to entertain and succeeds about half the time." [Netflix Instant]
Bone Tomahawk (Netflix Rating 4/5 | Quality Rating 3/4) "Quiet western that becomes horrifying in the best of ways by the end." [Amazon Prime]
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (Netflix Rating 5/5 | Quality Rating 3.5/4) "A wonderful little look into the life of a man and his dedication to his work." [Netflix Instant]
Seance on a Wet Afternoon (Netflix Rating 4/5 | Quality Rating 3/4) "Successful little thriller that relies on one of my pet peeves where the main characters know something but the audience doesn't until the end." ["Library"]
Salome (Netflix Rating 5/5 | Quality Rating 4/4) "Absolutely everything about this movie is wrong, and it's glorious. Whoever recommended that I watch this, thank you so much. Probably the earliest example of so bad its good." [Youtube]
I don't feel at home in this world anymore. (Netflix Rating 5/5 | Quality Rating 3.5/4) "Very funny movie made in the same stylistic vein as Blue Ruin and Green Room." [Netflix Instant]
Real Genius (Netflix Rating 4/5 | Quality Rating 3/4) "Witty and intelligently written while being consistently fun." [Netflix DVD]
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at January 20, 2018 06:41 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at January 20, 2018 06:42 PM (hMwEB)
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Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2018 06:43 PM (Nyg5o)
Need to go find some of those.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 20, 2018 06:45 PM (bNbo2)
apparently this is our only chance to see it or something
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at January 20, 2018 06:46 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 20, 2018 06:48 PM (WbIyz)
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Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2018 06:49 PM (aC6Sd)
Posted by: Javems at January 20, 2018 06:49 PM (ir75J)
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Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 20, 2018 06:48 PM (WbIyz)
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I actually really like that. The rotoscoping stuff provided some realistic movement. It's definitely not for everyone though. Does look kinda weird.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at January 20, 2018 06:51 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: NZFrank withanM2 at January 20, 2018 06:51 PM (56LWv)
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2018 06:51 PM (aC6Sd)
I saw an Antiques Roadshow kind of thing recently where someone had a model of a Disney character that was some sort of donkey. (I should know more, but I don't. Something Fantasia I think).
The thing that leapt out at me was that this is how Disney got the animators to stay on the same page. We're not coming up with our original ideas of what Peter Pan looks like (it was a donkey, Peter Pan isn't a donkey, stay with me, I'm trying here) it was saying "base everything off this model". And then you get the 3D and everything but the character starts from somewhere and has there to go back to.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 20, 2018 06:51 PM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 20, 2018 06:52 PM (NWiLs)
They just painted over live footage and you can see the real people through it.
That was pretty bad. It makes Fritz the Cat's animation look like Sleeping Beauty.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 20, 2018 06:52 PM (WbIyz)
Pinnochio, I am thinking.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 20, 2018 06:53 PM (bNbo2)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 20, 2018 06:53 PM (pvjTE)
Posted by: josephistan at January 20, 2018 06:53 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2018 06:54 PM (aC6Sd)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 06:54 PM (qJtVm)
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Posted by: josephistan at January 20, 2018 06:53 PM (ANIFC)
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Sleeping Beauty
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at January 20, 2018 06:54 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 20, 2018 06:55 PM (WbIyz)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 20, 2018 06:56 PM (w+Jhj)
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 20, 2018 06:56 PM (dUJdY)
The thing that leapt out at me was that this is how Disney got the animators to stay on the same page. We're not coming up with our original ideas of what Peter Pan looks like (it was a donkey, Peter Pan isn't a donkey, stay with me, I'm trying here) it was saying "base everything off this model". And then you get the 3D and everything but the character starts from somewhere and has there to go back to.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 20, 2018 06:51 PM (fuK7c)
There's a mini-doc on Pixar which plays on my OnDemand while waiting for me to make a choice, and Pixar animators still do work off real models to make the 3D renderings.
Posted by: josephistan at January 20, 2018 06:56 PM (ANIFC)
Had a wish to see Fantasia again, and Songs of the South which is so verboten its not funny.
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2018 06:51 PM (aC6Sd)
Disney re-releases Song of the South every few years like most of their old classics. The last time they released it I got three copies.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 20, 2018 06:57 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Bill R. at January 20, 2018 06:57 PM (IuYIh)
Posted by: Javems at January 20, 2018 06:57 PM (pkU+3)
Posted by: NZFrank withanM2 at January 20, 2018 06:54 PM (56LWv)
Saw Fellowship of the Ring at the theater. Halfway through I was sulking like a teenager, arms folded, sighing, closing my eyes, hoping to fall asleep. Worst theater experience of my life. Fooking hate those movies (somehow my sons comvinced me to watch the whole trilogy on DVD...got worse)
Blasphemy.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 20, 2018 06:57 PM (bNbo2)
realistic movement. It's definitely not for everyone though. Does look
kinda weird."
Like in "Wizards". That's a pretty wild movie.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 20, 2018 06:58 PM (w+Jhj)
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at January 20, 2018 06:58 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: Traveling Man at January 20, 2018 06:58 PM (R5lpX)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 06:58 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at January 20, 2018 06:58 PM (3DZIZ)
realistic movement. It's definitely not for everyone though. Does look
kinda weird."
Like in "Wizards". That's a pretty wild movie.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 20, 2018 06:58 PM (w+Jhj)
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I never liked Wizards. It felt like The work of a guy with a lot of ideas but nothing strong to connect them together with.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at January 20, 2018 06:59 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: josephistan at January 20, 2018 07:00 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Javems at January 20, 2018 06:57 PM (pkU+3)
Plus it's funny as hell.
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 20, 2018 07:00 PM (NWiLs)
Probably my second favorite. My favorite is Foghorn Leghorn.
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 20, 2018 07:00 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at January 20, 2018 07:00 PM (hMwEB)
Like a lot of people, I'd never heard of it till now. No wonder -- apparently it got taken over by the Weinstein brothers who FUBAR'd it.
From the intro to the video by the person who posted it on youtube:
"Williams lost control over the film when it was mere minitues away from completion, resulting in an change in tone, and in some cases, animation (see my other Theif video). The movie was released in 1997 and was a complete flop due to the fact that Miramax had assraped it into being a Disney-style musical." [ Miramax = Weinsteins ]
And from this article - A review of several versions of "The Thief and the Cobbler":
"Later, Miramax bought the rights for distribution in the US, and Harvey Weinstein demanded that the movie be edited and recut even further. On top of the changes Calvert [ the 2nd director ] had made, Weinstein added new voice actors, new dialogue, and cut even more footage out, resulting in an abridged version that was released under the title Arabian Knight."
So Harvey Weinstein isn't just a perv, but an all around a**hole, a living stereotype of the greedy, crooked, stupid, a**hole Hollywood exec. His brother too.
Posted by: Hands at January 20, 2018 07:00 PM (EzdLW)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dihJ1w48Jh0
It was a more civilized time, when characters wore gloves (though oftentimes no pants).
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 07:00 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at January 20, 2018 07:00 PM (3DZIZ)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 20, 2018 07:01 PM (w+Jhj)
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2018 07:01 PM (aC6Sd)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 07:02 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at January 20, 2018 07:02 PM (3DZIZ)
So Harvey Weinstein isn't just a perv, but an all around a**hole, a living stereotype of the greedy, crooked, stupid, a**hole Hollywood exec. His brother too.
Posted by: Hands at January 20, 2018 07:00 PM (EzdLW)
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The documentary about the movie, if I remember correctly, never mentions Weinstein by name. They were probably still terrified of pissing him off. If they were to make that documentary now, though...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at January 20, 2018 07:02 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 20, 2018 07:00 PM (dUJdY)
I say son, whatcha got there.
I liked them all. My better half hates animation or cartoons.
Posted by: Traveling Man at January 20, 2018 07:02 PM (R5lpX)
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I wonder how many people even remember that Disney once made a Black Cauldron movie?
It'd be nice to see someone make another attempt at it. The book series is quite good.
Posted by: junior at January 20, 2018 07:02 PM (fqOFI)
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at January 20, 2018 07:03 PM (hMwEB)
Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzales, Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner,the Tasmanian Devil.
Barney Rubble.
And many others.
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 07:03 PM (pV/54)
The new one (Ron D. Moore) or the old one, with Ben Cartwright?
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at January 20, 2018 07:03 PM (8O3HH)
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I wonder how many people even remember that Disney once made a Black Cauldron movie?
It'd be nice to see someone make another attempt at it. The book series is quite good.
Posted by: junior at January 20, 2018 07:02 PM (fqOFI)
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I read yesterday that it's Disney's next live action remake they're putting into development.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at January 20, 2018 07:03 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at January 20, 2018 07:03 PM (hMwEB)
Animation is important to me. Growing up, only animation could make the truly fantastic come to life. Yes, ILM did wonders in Star Wars and Empire but it was largely done with minuatures and practical effects, good but still 'grounded' in something physical.
If you want a talking owl who can emote and convey power, frailty and strength all at once...well, you can only really find that in the animated movie the Secret of NIHM.
Want to see a superhero truly be super and interact with his environment using his powers? You need to animate him and his world. Marvel has solved that in the last six years, but growing up, CGI just was not there yet. Too expensive and too 'fake'.
Don't ask my why, but I'd accept 'fake' things easier if they were animated. An animated control panel or image felt more 'real' than early digital or a film insert would.
Likewise in themes, Japanese animation kept on telling stories adults might like long after Warner and Disney had pretty much abandoned that.
Starships, battle suits, sexy girls, sex itself even, sword fights, ninjas, fireballs, cyberware...Japan kept on making interesting stories that weren't directed at kids....until the late 90's when every protagonist got turned into a teenager. Grr.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:03 PM (xJa6I)
As for the abortion that he did do The Hobbit. Grrrrrr...... He needs a blood eagle.
Posted by: NZFrank withanM2 at January 20, 2018 07:05 PM (56LWv)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dihJ1w48Jh0
It was a more civilized time, when characters wore gloves (though oftentimes no pants).
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 07:00 PM (qJtVm)
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The Merrie Melodies shorts were Warner Brothers, like Looney Tunes.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 20, 2018 07:05 PM (FUu/Z)
Chernabog is cool, but I've always been partial to the dancing mushrooms.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at January 20, 2018 07:05 PM (3DZIZ)
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new one
it's free on amazzon prime
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at January 20, 2018 07:05 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 20, 2018 07:00 PM (dUJdY)
I say son, whatcha got there.
I liked them all. My better half hates animation or cartoons.
Posted by: Traveling Man"
'I had my feathers numbered, in case of just such an emergency' is one of my favorite sayings.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 20, 2018 07:06 PM (w+Jhj)
33 Not a movie but I like the "Archer" animation.
Posted by: Javems at January 20, 2018 06:57 PM (pkU+3)
Plus it's funny as hell.
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 20, 2018 07:00 PM (NWiLs)
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I've been watching some re-runs the past few days. Hoping they come out with a new season.
Posted by: Javems at January 20, 2018 07:06 PM (pkU+3)
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at January 20, 2018 07:06 PM (hMwEB)
I never did care that much for the Warner Brothers animations.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 20, 2018 07:06 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: junior at January 20, 2018 07:02 PM (fqOFI)
Lloyd Alexander, The Chronicles of Prydain. Read them numerous times as a kid. I still have a battered paperback collection in my library. Great boy books.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 20, 2018 07:06 PM (bNbo2)
Posted by: Javems at January 20, 2018 07:06 PM (pkU+3)
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2 more then done.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at January 20, 2018 07:07 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Puddin Head at January 20, 2018 07:07 PM (vV/gB)
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 07:07 PM (pV/54)
Oh that's amazing.
I sometimes fall into the hole of thinking that everything from the past is stupid, but that's not. At all.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 20, 2018 07:07 PM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2018 07:08 PM (aC6Sd)
I saw '12 Strong' yesterday.
And...it's ok. '13 Hours' did a better job, honestly. Though Chris Hemsworth has real charisma. The story of the first Special Forces troops into Afghanistan is told simply and accurately. Though once again, it seems like just about every military wife is a ball-cutting bitch. Dunno why. Only one really seemed to be a grown up about her SOLDIER husband going off to war.
Fight choreography was 'ok', not great. Setting was good, 'Afghanistan' looked great on the screen. Some digital 'blood' and explosions it seems but other practical effects were used.
There is the right amount of flag waving and a good amount of jargon, specific details and clueless upper officers without going too far in those directions.
Go see it, it's Moron fuel, even if it's not perfect.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:08 PM (xJa6I)
I never did care that much for the Warner Brothers animations.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 20, 2018 07:06 PM (mpXpK)
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For non Disney stuff, I've always had a real soft spot for Anastasia. There's some wonderful animation in that movie like when she goes to the abandoned palace and her memories busy out in color from the windows.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at January 20, 2018 07:08 PM (Jj43a)
Animation wise; has anybody mentioned Heavy Metal yet. Love the animation and the soundtrack is the GREATEST SOUNDTRACK EVAH!! Plus, nekid women!
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 20, 2018 07:09 PM (peJQi)
The new one (Ron D. Moore) or the old one, with Ben Cartwright?
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new one
it's free on amazzon prime
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at January 20, 2018 07:05 PM
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First season was good, especially the third episode I think it was. 33May have to watch it tonight.
Posted by: Javems at January 20, 2018 07:09 PM (pkU+3)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at January 20, 2018 07:09 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 20, 2018 07:06 PM (mpXpK)
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You realize, of course, that this means war.
*smacks Vic in the face with glove*
Posted by: Bugs Bunny at January 20, 2018 07:09 PM (FUu/Z)
Posted by: junior at January 20, 2018 07:02 PM (fqOFI)
Lloyd Alexander, The Chronicles of Prydain. Read them numerous times as a kid. I still have a battered paperback collection in my library. Great boy books.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 20, 2018 07:06 PM (bNbo2)
:fist bump
That was my first fantasy series I read when I was in Middle School. Good books that still hold up today. I like Taran Wanderer the most, I think.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:09 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 20, 2018 07:10 PM (bNbo2)
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 07:10 PM (pV/54)
Posted by: Felix the Cat at January 20, 2018 07:10 PM (BxkYl)
Posted by: Javems at January 20, 2018 07:09 PM (pkU+3)
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33 was the first episode of the series proper. Everything before was the miniseries pilot.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at January 20, 2018 07:10 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 20, 2018 07:09 PM (peJQi)
I also love that movie. Last gasp of grown up animation in the US...even if it's more 'teenaged boy' than 'grown up'.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:10 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Puddin Head at January 20, 2018 07:11 PM (vV/gB)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:09 PM (xJa6I)
I believe that was my favorite as well. I might just throw that back on the to-read pile. Might be fun.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 20, 2018 07:11 PM (bNbo2)
Have a soft spot for the Robotech series from the 80s that took several unrelated Japanese series and linked them together for an American re-imagining.
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 20, 2018 07:11 PM (6n332)
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at January 20, 2018 07:11 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:12 PM (xJa6I)
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Wait, so you're saying you really are 29?
Posted by: ShainS at January 20, 2018 07:12 PM (BiLU+)
A Brad Bird film. I've already circled Jine 15 on my calendar for when Incredibles 2 comes out.
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 07:13 PM (pV/54)
Have a soft spot for the Robotech series from the 80s that took several unrelated Japanese series and linked them together for an American re-imagining.
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 20, 2018 07:11 PM (6n332)
Jah, agreed.
The animated Suicide Squad is much better than the movie (apart from Margot Robie's bod), and it tells a better story in half the time of the live action abortion.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:13 PM (xJa6I)
Do they still do intermissions?.....another lost piece of our once civilized world.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 20, 2018 07:13 PM (EoRCO)
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at January 20, 2018 07:13 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: freaked at January 20, 2018 07:13 PM (UdKB7)
yet. Love the animation and the soundtrack is the GREATEST SOUNDTRACK
EVAH!! Plus, nekid women!
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 20, 2018 07:09 PM (peJQi)
I also love that movie. Last gasp of grown up animation in the US...even if it's more 'teenaged boy' than 'grown up'.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards"
And Bruce Willis' character in Fifth Element is a takeoff of the taxi driver in Heavy Metal. And the "Orb of Evil" storyline.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 20, 2018 07:13 PM (w+Jhj)
The early years of Disney animated feature films are probably the benchmark for animation. All done by hand and they are breathtaking. Snow White and The Seven Dwarves on the big screen is a revelation. Unearthly good.
Posted by: otho at January 20, 2018 07:14 PM (qGuLD)
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at January 20, 2018 07:14 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at January 20, 2018 07:10 PM (Jj43a)
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OK, thanks.
Posted by: Javems at January 20, 2018 07:14 PM (pkU+3)
it's free on amazzon prime
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I was a big fan of that in the day. I got into that more than any other show, I think before, and haven't since and probably won't.
I've got the whole thing on DVDs. But I got so mad at the ending, I haven't wanted to rewatch it. I will someday I think, but that ending just made me want to airlock Ron Moore.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at January 20, 2018 07:14 PM (8O3HH)
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Wait, so you're saying you really are 29?
Posted by: ShainS at January 20, 2018 07:12 PM (BiLU+)
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32.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at January 20, 2018 07:15 PM (Jj43a)
Also damm Peter Jackson to hell for Lord of the Rings. Just rereading the books. He needs to be drowned in his own shit.
Posted by: NZFrank withanM2 at January 20, 2018 06:54 PM (56LWv)
I need to reread them again.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 20, 2018 07:15 PM (8iiMU)
Heh! I caught that the first time I saw Fifth Element.
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 20, 2018 07:15 PM (peJQi)
I've got the whole thing on DVDs. But I got so mad at the ending, I haven't wanted to rewatch it. I will someday I think, but that ending just made me want to airlock Ron Moore.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at January 20, 2018 07:14 PM (8O3HH)
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I love the ending. It actually says two diametrically opposed things. The first is said by Baltar in his speech, but the second is told dramatically throughout the course of the episode. It's a wonderfully complex ending of ideas.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at January 20, 2018 07:17 PM (Jj43a)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-UpwWauZ50
It's very Rankin-Bass but I like it.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 07:17 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 20, 2018 07:09 PM (peJQi)
I also love that movie. Last gasp of grown up animation in the US...even if it's more 'teenaged boy' than 'grown up'.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:10 PM (xJa6I)
Hell yeah, great movie.
STERRRNNNNNNN
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at January 20, 2018 07:17 PM (aMlLZ)
"April Showers" from Bambi;
https://tinyurl.com/y7m2t7w4
Old school animated water.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at January 20, 2018 06:58 PM (3DZIZ)
Very nice, thanks for sharing that.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:17 PM (xJa6I)
simply and accurately. Though once again, it seems like just about
every military wife is a ball-cutting bitch......"
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LOL. when 9/11 happened, and when i called my wife to tell her i'd likely have to go to Afghanistan immediately.... her reply was, "Just kill the bastards." that has become our sort of inside joke.
Posted by: lurkingdude at January 20, 2018 07:18 PM (XHKtF)
yet. Love the animation and the soundtrack is the GREATEST SOUNDTRACK
EVAH!! Plus, nekid women!
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 20, 2018 07:09 PM (peJQi)
I've never seen it.
But I love BOC.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 20, 2018 07:18 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 20, 2018 07:09 PM (peJQi)
I also love that movie. Last gasp of grown up animation in the US...even if it's more 'teenaged boy' than 'grown up'.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:10 PM (xJa6I)
Hell yeah, great movie.
STERRRNNNNNNN
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at January 20, 2018 07:17 PM (aMlLZ)
"Hangin's too good for him! Burnings too good for him!"
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:18 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: lurkingdude at January 20, 2018 07:18 PM (XHKtF)
Good on you both!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:18 PM (xJa6I)
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I'm waiting for "Gotham By Gaslight" movie to come out.
Posted by: josephistan at January 20, 2018 07:18 PM (ANIFC)
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I keep reading stories about film projects that went over budget so the studio just shut it down or the director was forced to release it in a truncated form.
Why do I never read the same about government projects? Maybe Trump should appoint some studio bosses to head up some agencies.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 20, 2018 07:19 PM (/qEW2)
sure, it's cis-gendered and the singing is dubbed (as well as the seven dwarfs!), but it still surprises with beautiful effects. there was absolutely nothing like it before, no precedent or craft to rely on. & it succeeds brilliantly.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at January 20, 2018 07:19 PM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 20, 2018 07:19 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: freaked at January 20, 2018 07:19 PM (UdKB7)
I could spend an entire afternoon here just singing the praises of Breaking Away. Such a great flick.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 07:19 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: ROB GRONKOWSKI at January 20, 2018 07:19 PM (YwGz6)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-UpwWauZ50
It's very Rankin-Bass but I like it.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 07:17 PM (qJtVm)
I saw Last Unicorn at the Cinerama in Seattle. It had a live interview with Beagle.
It has some very good stuff in it, but also a lot of Schmedrick.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:19 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at January 20, 2018 07:19 PM (8O3HH)
Why do I never read the same about government projects? Maybe Trump should appoint some studio bosses to head up some agencies.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 20, 2018 07:19 PM (/qEW2)
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Movies are expected to make a profit. Governments are not.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at January 20, 2018 07:20 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2018 07:20 PM (hyuyC)
It's true, Robert Shaw was such a fantastic actor. I'm surprised it didn't become a nationwide fad for a while to end every sentence with "ya folla?" ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 07:21 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at January 20, 2018 07:21 PM (hMwEB)
yet. Love the animation and the soundtrack is the GREATEST SOUNDTRACK
EVAH!! Plus, nekid women!
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 20, 2018 07:09 PM (peJQi)
I also love that movie. Last gasp of grown up animation in the US...even if it's more 'teenaged boy' than 'grown up'.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards"
And Bruce Willis' character in Fifth Element is a takeoff of the taxi driver in Heavy Metal. And the "Orb of Evil" storyline.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 20, 2018 07:13 PM (w+Jhj)
That I did not know, though I could see it.
In that case, Bruce should have banged LeeLoo way earlier in that flick.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:21 PM (xJa6I)
I first read Mrs. Brisby and the Rats of Nimh back in about 5th grade. Didn't see the movie til years later and loved it equally.
Posted by: Son of Sam the butcher at January 20, 2018 07:21 PM (VJBq9)
I've been wanting to get a copy of Mad Monster Party on DVD forever. I should probably do it before it goes out of print. (The blu-ray did go OOP and is already priced outrageously at Amazon.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 07:22 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 20, 2018 07:19 PM (/qEW2)
Steve Mnuchin(?) is a Hollywood producer. I remember the liberal outrage du jour when he recommended people see "Lego Batman" because that was grounds for impeachment or some shit.
Posted by: josephistan at January 20, 2018 07:22 PM (ANIFC)
California high speed rail won't even be direct to DVD.
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 07:23 PM (pV/54)
The early years of Disney animated feature films are probably the benchmark for animation. All done by hand and they are breathtaking. Snow White and The Seven Dwarves on the big screen is a revelation. Unearthly good.
Posted by: otho at January 20, 2018 07:14 PM (qGuLD)
If you get the chance, see 'My Neighbor Totoro' on the big screen. Also hand-drawn, breathtaking in places.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:23 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at January 20, 2018 07:23 PM (3DZIZ)
I first read Mrs. Brisby and the Rats of Nimh back in about 5th grade. Didn't see the movie til years later and loved it equally.
Posted by: Son of Sam the butcher at January 20, 2018 07:21 PM (VJBq9)
Cool.
I've read the book too.
A lot of folks seem to hate one or the other and I never understood that.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:24 PM (xJa6I)
If you get the chance, see 'My Neighbor Totoro' on the big screen. Also hand-drawn, breathtaking in places.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:23 PM (xJa6I)
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I was originally going to wow about Ponyo, but I couldn't find a good clip of it's opening, so I did the Secret of Kells instead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at January 20, 2018 07:24 PM (Jj43a)
It's a hobby. How to meet hot women, like his new wife.
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 07:24 PM (pV/54)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 20, 2018 07:24 PM (w+Jhj)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:18 PM (xJa6I)
he should be torn into little bitsy pieces and buried aliiiivve
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at January 20, 2018 07:25 PM (aMlLZ)
Posted by: junior at January 20, 2018 07:26 PM (fqOFI)
Why do I never read the same about government projects? Maybe Trump should appoint some studio bosses to head up some agencies.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 20, 2018 07:19 PM (/qEW2)
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Well there was the A-12, B-2, F-22, and Zumwalt-class in defense procurement. Not to mention two iterations of a new amphib personnel carrier for the Marines etc,etc,,,etc.
Or anything NASA started in the last two decades.
Posted by: RioBravo at January 20, 2018 07:26 PM (giT7q)
Posted by: Mega at January 20, 2018 07:26 PM (rv0Fo)
Posted by: otho at January 20, 2018 07:26 PM (qGuLD)
If you get the chance, see 'My Neighbor Totoro' on the big screen. Also hand-drawn, breathtaking in places.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:23 PM (xJa6I)
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I was originally going to wow about Ponyo, but I couldn't find a good clip of it's opening, so I did the Secret of Kells instead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at January 20, 2018 07:24 PM (Jj43a)
Ponyo is odd. Some scenes I like a lot but other sequences and the story overall just bumped me. Maybe it was Liam Neeson's voice.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:26 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2018 07:26 PM (9tO1t)
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2018 07:26 PM (aC6Sd)
The Pink Panther was its own genre. Never have pre-credits drawn so much attention.
Posted by: goatexchange at January 20, 2018 07:27 PM (YFnq5)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 20, 2018 07:27 PM (bNbo2)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:18 PM (xJa6I)
he should be torn into little bitsy pieces and buried aliiiivve
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at January 20, 2018 07:25 PM (aMlLZ)
Heh.
*Cues up 'Reach Out'*
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:27 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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There is a Disney animation (may have been a project short) not to be widely released of The Matchstick Girl. I hadn't ever read the short story by Hans Christian Andersen so the ending was a complete shock to me. A very well done project but it tore my guts out and I boo-hoo'd like a teenaged girl.
Just really hit me for some reason.
Took the granddaughters to see Paddington 2 today at a newly renovated movie house. It was terrific for the younger crowd. However, the previews for upcoming releases beforehand were appalling. Ostensibly for young children, the trailers were full of fart and sex jokes and double entendres. Not child friendly at all.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 20, 2018 07:27 PM (tr2D7)
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Taran Wanderer would probably cause real fits with the scriptwriters of today, since that's the book that completely cuts out Eilonwy (except maybe for cameos at the start and/or finish).
Posted by: junior at January 20, 2018 07:28 PM (fqOFI)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at January 20, 2018 07:28 PM (3DZIZ)
I'd better go, too. But heh, made it to the thread for once!
Take care folks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:28 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 20, 2018 07:28 PM (w+Jhj)
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Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 20, 2018 07:28 PM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: The Last Man at the CDC at January 20, 2018 07:29 PM (jeefx)
When I was growing up, movie animation was "Bambi Meets Godzilla." j/k
I'm embarrassed to admit I fell asleep during my first attempt to watch "Fantasia"; I might have been exhausted from work at the time.
Looking forward to watching The Recobbled Cut of "The Thief and the Cobbler" (looks great, and that's interesting about having Vincent Price's performance in the can for years) as well as The Secret Of Kells -- neither of which I'd previously known existed.
Posted by: ShainS at January 20, 2018 07:29 PM (BiLU+)
She's a take-off on Edith Head who won eight Oscars for costumes.
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 07:29 PM (pV/54)
The Matchstick Girl. Totally with you there.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 20, 2018 07:30 PM (bNbo2)
Starships, battle suits, sexy girls, sex itself even, sword fights, ninjas, fireballs, cyberware...Japan kept on making interesting stories that weren't directed at kids....until the late 90's when every protagonist got turned into a teenager. Grr.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 07:03 PM (xJa6I)
I once watched a pre-war Jap cartoon (1940?) about a little island in the Pacific where the peaceful natives are all doing their thing when the American Mickey Mouses shows up with black bat wings and attack the island and bomb them until the heroic Japs show up and defend them from such unwarranted aggression.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 20, 2018 07:30 PM (EoRCO)
I can't get into "modern" computer animated stuff. It just looks plastic and void of life. With one exception... The Toy Story films. For some reason it WORKS... the style of animation actually suits a story as seen from the perspective of children's toys.
Posted by: otho at January 20, 2018 07:30 PM (qGuLD)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 20, 2018 07:31 PM (w+Jhj)
On the upside, the NPS will not hamper our cutting of firewood in the National Forest.
Posted by: Armageddon, not the movie at January 20, 2018 07:32 PM (5OO3x)
The animation was absolutely mindblowing, and I don't think there was much computer generated with it. I could be completely wrong, of course, but it looked a like meticulously hand-drawn cartoon that would've taken tens of thousands of man hours.
Random grab that isn't even particularly special:
https://tinyurl.com/q6otfma
Just the clouds and shadows and detailed cities were incredible, and then there were these intricate (giant) robots and monsters and the people involved. It was amazing.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 20, 2018 07:33 PM (ks6bw)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 20, 2018 07:31 PM (w+Jhj)
Good movie, but easily the most gut-wrenching first ten minutes I've ever seen. The themes of loss and obsession were very interesting.
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 20, 2018 07:33 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 07:33 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Abby at January 20, 2018 07:33 PM (YS7Pk)
She's a take-off on Edith Head who won eight Oscars for costumes.
Posted by: Ignoramus"
Until now I'd always thought that was Robin Williams. Damn.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 20, 2018 07:34 PM (w+Jhj)
Posted by: The Last Man at the CDC at January 20, 2018 07:34 PM (jeefx)
Fine, dahling, I fix the hobo suit.
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 20, 2018 07:34 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Puddin Head
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I thought I hallucinated Clutch Cargo.
You're old Puddin Head.
Oh yeah, get off my yard.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 20, 2018 07:35 PM (tr2D7)
ten minutes I've ever seen. The themes of loss and obsession were very
interesting.
Posted by: Insomniac"
My wife started bawling when we first watched it because of our own troubles with that exact same problem.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 20, 2018 07:35 PM (w+Jhj)
No pic visible at Amazon so here is the one from Disney.
http://tinyurl.com/ybuvmslo
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 20, 2018 07:35 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 20, 2018 07:35 PM (ks6bw)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 07:35 PM (2DOZq)
I wonder if the animation for "The Thief and the Cobbler" was done in Eastern Europe.
It shares to same sterile anti-entertainment feel of those old Tom and Jerry cartoons made in Europe cuz it was much cheaper.
Hard to imagine Tom and Jerry laugh-free and boring. Welp, brother they managed it.
No doubt that TTaTC was technically a hand drawn marvel, but I found it completely entertainment free.
Maybe if I saw it from the beginning...but there was no attempt at all to let us feel what the Thief(?) was feeling or how, why, and where it was happening....just geometrical psychedelica.
Like Richard Williams was trying to achieve the animator's equivalent of the Stargate scene from 2001...only with less purpose.
Meh on Eastern European animators.(if that's who did it).
Posted by: naturalfake at January 20, 2018 07:36 PM (9q7Dl)
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 20, 2018 07:33 PM (NWiLs)
Yup. Pixar movies are very good at telling the story of humanity through animation. Up is my second-favorite modern animated film, after the Incredibles. The Toy Story films are third.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 20, 2018 07:36 PM (bNbo2)
Posted by: The Last Man at the CDC at January 20, 2018 07:36 PM (jeefx)
Posted by: otho
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Same here. In spite of all of the swell computer generated this or that, it sooner or later seems either too one dimensional, or too detailed. Neither fish nor fowl.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2018 07:37 PM (5OO3x)
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2018 07:37 PM (aC6Sd)
Another distinctive and trippy flick... "Fantastic Planet".
Posted by: otho at January 20, 2018 07:37 PM (qGuLD)
I used to like the cartoon shorts between intermissions at the movies. And the little food thingamabobs that would march around and tell you to get goodies at the snack bar.
Let's all go to the lobby
https://youtu.be/40cT6I21JV4
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2018 07:37 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at January 20, 2018 07:15 PM (Jj43a)
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Interesting. I think I've watched a lot of movies in my lifetime (now 56), much more than the average American, and your catalog seems much more extensive, so I assumed you were older.
I remember you originally noting that you did watch a tremendous number of movies weekly. Not sure what your occupation is but, assuming not film-related, it'd be neat if you could somehow utilize your extensive movie knowledge to meld with and capitalize on your passionate avocation for movies.
Posted by: ShainS at January 20, 2018 07:37 PM (BiLU+)
Pixar movies can fail for me when they push realism too much, because it will often be off and fail. I thought that about Coco. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.
Toy Story 3 is perfection, because of the script and the well-voiced characters that developed over the series.
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 07:37 PM (pV/54)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at January 20, 2018 07:38 PM (aMlLZ)
Posted by: Thursby at January 20, 2018 07:38 PM (WVn9a)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2018 07:38 PM (5OO3x)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 20, 2018 07:38 PM (w+Jhj)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 07:38 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 20, 2018 07:33 PM (NWiLs)
Yeah, I felt a bit sucker punched. Cuz I drag the kids in to see a fun Disney cartoon and I'm crying like a baby.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 20, 2018 07:39 PM (9q7Dl)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 07:39 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
Well he did "try" and nearly got his head blown off.
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 20, 2018 07:39 PM (peJQi)
Posted by: kurt von eichenwald at January 20, 2018 07:39 PM (ewxPW)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 20, 2018 07:40 PM (/SISC)
Posted by: pogomip at January 20, 2018 07:40 PM (uUGkr)
Posted by: Kermit the Frog at January 20, 2018 07:40 PM (jeefx)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 07:41 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 20, 2018 07:41 PM (/qEW2)
Here's my question, can I just leave the thermometer in the meat in the oven, or should I poke it in at intervals?
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 20, 2018 07:41 PM (WbIyz)
I have watched Girls und Panzer twice, want to see the movie but don't do Netflix.
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2018 07:41 PM (aC6Sd)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 07:35 PM (2DOZq)
Yeah it took me a little bit to get over that. Great movie, but why that bastard was cast is beyond me. Maybe they needed that dickishness to come through.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at January 20, 2018 07:42 PM (aMlLZ)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 07:42 PM (2DOZq)
I have to say, it was a disappointment. It was visually sumptuous, yes, but the plot and especially the casting were so bad that it spoiled the whole thing. The chick with the eyebrows, of which I am normally a big fan. couldn't act, but that was okay because neither could the leading man.
But the eyebrows......like two caterpillars on her face.
Anyway, as I said, a disappointment. CGI simply isn't a substitute for plot and acting skill.
Posted by: pep at January 20, 2018 07:42 PM (LAe3v)
Another distinctive and trippy flick... "Fantastic Planet".
Posted by: otho at January 20, 2018 07:37 PM (qGuLD)
Rene Laloux, n'est ce pas? He was really weird.
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 20, 2018 07:42 PM (NWiLs)
https://youtu.be/40cT6I21JV4
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2018 07:37 PM (IqV8l)
Cool! Thanks BC Jr.! I haven't seen that in ages.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 20, 2018 07:42 PM (EoRCO)
Are they available on DVD?
If you can find the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show on DVD, it should be on it.
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 20, 2018 07:42 PM (peJQi)
Posted by: Concerned People's Front Splitter Chapter at January 20, 2018 07:43 PM (rdl6o)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2018 07:43 PM (hyuyC)
I am in the minority but I really disliked Up. Maybe Ed Asher's commie assholishness soaked through his voiceover.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 07:35 PM (2DOZq)
You are not alone. I hated Up and could not even watch it all the way through.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 20, 2018 07:43 PM (mpXpK)
Breaking Away is a fantastic movie.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2018 07:43 PM (hyuyC)
I second that.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 07:44 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2018 07:44 PM (5OO3x)
Oh yes, and "The Point." The 70's, trippy indeed...
Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2018 07:44 PM (W+vEI)
If you've got kids, they're all safe and very, very smart. Timmy Time is a good show for the pre-K crowd, too. You'll see why when you watch.
I marvel at claymation as it is, but those shows are so ridiculously clever that it's like getting two scoops for the price of one.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 20, 2018 07:44 PM (ks6bw)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 07:35 PM (2DOZq)
You are not alone. I hated Up and could not even watch it all the way through.
Posted by: Vic
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Me three.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2018 07:45 PM (w1zJX)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 07:35 PM (2DOZq)
Yeah it took me a little bit to get over that. Great movie, but why that bastard was cast is beyond me. Maybe they needed that dickishness to come through.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at January 20, 2018 07:42 PM (aMlLZ)
They needed a bitter, cranky old man so they hired one.
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 20, 2018 07:45 PM (NWiLs)
Kimcartoon dot me
You're welcome you filthy animals.
Posted by: The Last Man at the CDC at January 20, 2018 07:45 PM (jeefx)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2018 07:45 PM (W+vEI)
https://youtu.be/E4ikEBaMOBE
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2018 07:45 PM (aC6Sd)
Genius was one of them. Val Kilmer is hysterical, and William Atherton
plays a great asshole just like in Die Hard.
Posted by: Concerned People's Front Splitter Chapter"
And Ghostbusters.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 20, 2018 07:45 PM (w+Jhj)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 20, 2018 07:45 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 20, 2018 07:46 PM (bNbo2)
Breaking Away is a fantastic movie.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2018 07:43 PM (hyuyC)
I second that.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 07:44 PM (2DOZq)
Cutters.
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 20, 2018 07:46 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 20, 2018 07:42 PM
Oui! Tres etrange!
Posted by: otho at January 20, 2018 07:46 PM (qGuLD)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 07:46 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 20, 2018 07:45 PM (dKiJG)
They don't look pinkish and spongy to me.
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 20, 2018 07:46 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 07:46 PM (pV/54)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 20, 2018 07:46 PM (dKiJG)
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Unless it's a special design (remote monitoring), check it infrequently. Lookin' ain't cookin'.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 20, 2018 07:47 PM (ks6bw)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 20, 2018 07:47 PM (w+Jhj)
Posted by: Kermit the Frog at January 20, 2018 07:40 PM (jeefx)
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Comet TV had a Thunderbirds movie (Thunderbirds 6 -- in Supermarionation!) on and the amount of work that went into the sets alone was epic. Very groovy 60's.
But the laughing puppets are creepy as f.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7W9a9tNhvA
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 07:47 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 20, 2018
Yes. It happens to me a lot.
Posted by: Thursby at January 20, 2018 07:47 PM (WVn9a)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2018 07:47 PM (W+vEI)
Thirded
Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2018 07:45 PM (W+vEI)
Refund! Refund?!....Refund?!
A classic.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 20, 2018 07:47 PM (EoRCO)
Besides "REFUND?!?!?", another great line/scene from Breaking Away:
"Don't forget to punch the clock!" ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 07:47 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 07:48 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2018 07:48 PM (aC6Sd)
I remember when none of those things were standard on cars.
Hell, I even remember window cranks. I didn't even want power windows. I figured it's just another thing to break.
Lawn. Get off it.
Posted by: rickl at January 20, 2018 07:48 PM (sdi6R)
My question is Will it harm the thermometer? It's one of the analog metal and glass ones.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 20, 2018 07:48 PM (WbIyz)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 07:48 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 20, 2018 07:49 PM (/SISC)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 20, 2018 07:49 PM (ks6bw)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 20, 2018 07:49 PM (89T5c)
shaving his legs.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 07:49 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 20, 2018 07:49 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2018 07:49 PM (aC6Sd)
Posted by: jsg at January 20, 2018 07:50 PM (YwGz6)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert
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Yup. Still, we'll have to wait and see what Punxsutawney Phil says. I ain't packing away the long undies yet.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2018 07:50 PM (c/EDo)
plays a great asshole just like in Die Hard.
Posted by: Concerned People's Front Splitter Chapter"
And Ghostbusters.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 20, 2018 07:45 PM (w+Jhj)
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at a certain point you wonder if it isn't acting. always reminds me of Jeffery Jones (Principal from Ferris Bueller)
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 20, 2018 07:50 PM (vChNs)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2018 07:51 PM (hyuyC)
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 07:51 PM (pV/54)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2018 07:44 PM (5OO3x)
It was fairly well-lit and lasted around two hours. Flagrant false advertising.
Posted by: josephistan at January 20, 2018 07:51 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2018 07:51 PM (hyuyC)
Their coop? Number 17.
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 20, 2018 07:51 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 20, 2018 07:51 PM (/qEW2)
Heh - my hubby's friend is a cameraman and yes, that guy is (was?) a jerk.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2018 07:52 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 20, 2018 07:45 PM (dKiJG)
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add more egg sausage and bacon
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 20, 2018 07:52 PM (vChNs)
Posted by: goatexchange at January 20, 2018 07:52 PM (YFnq5)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 20, 2018 07:52 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 20, 2018 07:48 PM (WbIyz)
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I've never considered it, but, while it possibly won't harm it, I suspect the exposed metal would just make it begin to read the cooking/air temperature a minute or two after you close the oven door.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 20, 2018 07:52 PM (ks6bw)
Young Walter Kovacs was in that.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 20, 2018 07:52 PM (WbIyz)
Heh - my hubby's friend is a cameraman and yes, that guy is (was?) a jerk.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2018 07:52 PM (W+vEI)
Didnt he get popped for child pr0n?
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 20, 2018 07:53 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 20, 2018 07:53 PM (4CCz5)
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 07:51 PM (pV/54)
Bad News Bears guy was the only one that had a hit beforehand. The other guy at least is seen every Christmas.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 07:53 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: An Observation at January 20, 2018 07:53 PM (9wsMY)
Also, Moocher was played by Jackie Earle Haley, who went on to have an interesting career, to say the least.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 07:53 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Grump928
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So, a real thermometer? I believe that it can be left in the meat. I'm not the last word on this.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2018 07:53 PM (c/EDo)
My son debuted the same year the movie did, so we didn't see it until it was on VHS. Frankly, I liked it more than he did. It may me cry many times.
One of my co-workers with a kid the same age thought it was kinda creepy because it's a romance with an animal. Yeah, ok, that is kind of weird.
Now that he's grown, the brat takes me to movies. He took me to see Coco, which we both loved. He doesn't know though, that our family will probably be facing a "remember me" situation this year.
Posted by: stace at January 20, 2018 07:53 PM (6HFDU)
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another rejected motto for youpron
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 20, 2018 07:53 PM (vChNs)
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2018 07:53 PM (aC6Sd)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2018 07:44 PM (W+vEI)
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LOVE "The Point".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAkmmZZdAsM
LSD was mandatory for animators back then.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 07:54 PM (qJtVm)
I can't even.....
Posted by: The Last Man at the CDC at January 20, 2018 07:29 PM (jeefx)
Here's a claymation short film shot in IMAX format called, "More." I bought the DVD from Despair, Inc. many years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCeeTfsm8bk
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at January 20, 2018 07:54 PM (NL6wI)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 20, 2018 07:52 PM (dKiJG)
"Bl azers" gets rejected, don't know why.
And what new "StarBl azers?"
Posted by: josephistan at January 20, 2018 07:55 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2018 07:55 PM (aC6Sd)
I remember when none of those things were standard on cars.
Hell, I even remember window cranks. I didn't even want power windows. I figured it's just another thing to break.
Lawn. Get off it.
Posted by: rickl at January 20, 2018 07:48 PM (sdi6R)
Somehow I found a 2013 Nissan Frontier with none of the bells and whistles. Hand-cranked windows, manual door locks, six-speed manual (the 4-hi and 4-lo are run by a switch on the dashboard, alas; but I guess it beats locking the hubs manually), and a very basic radio/CD player. Love it. this is the last vehicle I will ever buy just for me. it was also the first that I bought just for me (it was always what's best for the family in the past).
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 20, 2018 07:55 PM (bNbo2)
Heh - my hubby's friend is a cameraman and yes, that guy is (was?) a jerk.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2018 07:52 PM (W+vEI)
My girlfriend insisted Dwight Yokum had to be an abuser in real life after we saw Sling Blade.
I guess that could be a compliment.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 07:55 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable
I hid his stash for him.
Posted by: Chevy Chase at January 20, 2018 07:55 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at January 20, 2018 07:56 PM (prxs+)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 20, 2018 07:56 PM (WbIyz)
The thing that hooked me was the TV commercial for it.
They took the quietest scene from the movie, the standing under the umbrella in the rain scene and just let it play out until Totoro jumps and makes the rain water fall off the trees' leaves. Then the title and out.
Wonderfully Japanese commercial with the quiet and simple esthetic.
I had to see the movie.
And like everyone else fell in love with Miyazaki anime.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 20, 2018 07:56 PM (9q7Dl)
Posted by: Texican ette at January 20, 2018 07:56 PM (dwBLr)
My favorite animated song to a short for Horde enjoyment listed below...my personal favorite Bugs line in the song:
("...Whirl, whirl, twist and twirl,
jump all round like a flyin' squirrel.
Now don't you cuss and don't you swear,
just come right out and form a square..."
https://tinyurl.com/yca63dha
Posted by: texcat at January 20, 2018 07:56 PM (wf3RQ)
Still has crankshaft windows, standard.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 07:57 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 20, 2018 07:57 PM (ks6bw)
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2018 07:55 PM (aC6Sd)
They used the same trick in Monsters Inc as they did in Despicable Me to get soft hearted macho guys to like it.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 07:57 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 07:57 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: goatexchange at January 20, 2018 07:58 PM (YFnq5)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 20, 2018 07:58 PM (WbIyz)
the bells and whistles. Hand-cranked windows, manual door locks,
six-speed manual (the 4-hi and 4-lo are run by a switch on the
dashboard, alas; but I guess it beats locking the hubs manually), and a
very basic radio/CD player. Love it. this is the last vehicle I will
ever buy just for me. it was also the first that I bought just for me
(it was always what's best for the family in the past).
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 20, 2018 07:55 PM (bNbo2)
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I'm honestly jealous. I looked for something similar a few years ago and it was impossible to find.
It's hard to beat a truck that allows you to use a waterhose to clean out the interior.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 20, 2018 07:59 PM (ks6bw)
Posted by: Texican ette at January 20, 2018 07:56 PM (dwBLr)
But didn't the Rock do a great job singing You're Welcome?
Someone linked that part here a couple of days ago.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 07:59 PM (2DOZq)
As Gingy can confirm all of us growing up in the '60s and '70s all watched these as fillers between early-morning TV shows. I got her crying a bit out of nostalgia once after linking several of them once.
Feel free to check out the sidebar links too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4fJPyGIQzU
Posted by: andycanuck at January 20, 2018 07:59 PM (ewxPW)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 20, 2018 07:59 PM (WbIyz)
I asked about that odd banned word the other day (for much the same reason). Apparently someone used to post here under that name. And they made themselves persona non grata.
Posted by: junior at January 20, 2018 07:59 PM (cSguU)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 08:00 PM (qJtVm)
https://youtu.be/qQXpd1GIV1Q
https://youtu.be/YDiN9w_Min4
Seven assassin "sisters" hunt Jack. He had killed one in the previous episode.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 20, 2018 08:00 PM (rnAwa)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2018 08:00 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 08:00 PM (pV/54)
Herbert Lom, as Inspector Clouseau's mindbendingly put-upon boss Dreyfus in the Pink Panther films. OMG.
IMHO two of the Pink Panther sequels, Return of the Pink Panther and The Pink Panther Strikes Again, are far funnier than any other of the PP series, as well as so many other films of the time. Maybe at least partially because they were directed by the great Blake Edwards.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 08:01 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 20, 2018 07:59 PM (ks6bw)
Ideal for eliminating trace evidence.
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 20, 2018 08:01 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Ed Blaserly at January 20, 2018 08:01 PM (UdKB7)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 20, 2018 08:01 PM (WbIyz)
Lawn. Get off it.
Posted by: rickl
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I had an '64 Chevelle 300 Deluxe. The *only* options were a cigarette lighter and an AM radio. Just plain rubber flooring. No day/night rear view mirror, no backup lights, no nuthin.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 20, 2018 08:01 PM (cp1if)
https://youtu.be/E4ikEBaMOBE
Posted by: Skip
Thankyouthankyouthankyou!!!!!11!!
Posted by: pogomip at January 20, 2018 08:01 PM (uUGkr)
Good quick read on shutdown and congressional memo
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2018 08:01 PM (aC6Sd)
The beginning of Finding Nemo the family gets massacred
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 20, 2018 08:02 PM (dKiJG)
There's also a lot of people who still can't believe Raging Bull lost Best Picture in 1980 to... Ordinary People.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 08:02 PM (eMKNe)
Herbert Lom, as Inspector Clouseau's mindbendingly put-upon boss Dreyfus in the Pink Panther films. OMG.
IMHO two of the Pink Panther sequels, Return of the Pink Panther and The Pink Panther Strikes Again, are far funnier than any other of the PP series, as well as so many other films of the time. Maybe at least partially because they were directed by the great Blake Edwards.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 08:01 PM (eMKNe)
Shot in The Dark in my favorite. And Lom is side-splitting in that one.
Posted by: josephistan at January 20, 2018 08:02 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: goatexchange at January 20, 2018 08:02 PM (YFnq5)
I've seen someone say that cutting them up into chunks and smoking them in a pan of butter and sauce is a good technique, so I might give that a shot at some point.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 20, 2018 08:02 PM (ks6bw)
Pretty much a perfect movie - great script, great acting, unobtrusive yet dead on directing and hilarious to boot.
It doesn't get much better than that.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 20, 2018 08:02 PM (9q7Dl)
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 08:00 PM (pV/54)
Just one more reason I absolutely loathe the Oscars. Pure, unadulterated circle-jerk action.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 20, 2018 08:02 PM (bNbo2)
I was sleeping so I missed it.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 20, 2018 08:03 PM (WbIyz)
Posted by: Weasel at January 20, 2018 08:03 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 08:00 PM
Yep.. AND Alien. Think about it. In 1979 KVK got the nod over both Apocalypse Now and Alien.
Posted by: otho at January 20, 2018 08:03 PM (qGuLD)
Still has crankshaft windows, standard.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 07:57 PM (eMKNe)
Huh. I bought as 2014 Mazda5 new, base model, which was so cheap I was able to write a check for it. It had power windows, as well as all kinds of other gimcracks I never had before.
Oh well, I've gradually gotten used to it. And I was able to use "gimcracks" in a comment, so there's that.
Posted by: rickl at January 20, 2018 08:04 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Lizzy
I read about that. Great flick but Stone drove the audio crew crazy the whole time she was sitting recording, because she wouldn't stop crossing her legs. ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 08:04 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: An Observation
**cough**
Posted by: Nuremburg rallies at January 20, 2018 08:04 PM (LAe3v)
If it was a donkey, it was probably for Pinocchio.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at January 20, 2018 08:04 PM (2kiKp)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 20, 2018 08:05 PM (/qEW2)
naturalfake, agreed 100%.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 08:05 PM (eMKNe)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9xUxgN4oEE
This was on a kid's show.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 08:05 PM (qJtVm)
Alien was sci-fi, though. And when it came out, sci-fi was still considered a 'non-serious' genre. No way that Alien was going to win.
Posted by: junior at January 20, 2018 08:05 PM (cSguU)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 08:06 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Jeff SezZzions at January 20, 2018 08:06 PM (Tyii7)
But there was something missing - and I realize what it was. The first movie is ostensibly about Deckert (Harrison Ford) but the true emotional heart of that film is the spiritual and emotional journey of Rutger Hauer. The original Bladerunner starts with Roy Batty portrayed as almost a kind of Terminator (super strong, built to be a warrior, no remorse, no inhibitions about killing) and then at the end, you realize he mourns his dead too, he has good reasons to fight his oppressors, and in fact he may be far more moral than those who are hunting him - More Human than Human, as Tyrell says. That journey is what makes the original so emotionally fulfilling.
2049 was a good story, but K (Jo) was not that character. He was a newer version of Deckert, who admittedly was rather wooden and one dimensional in the first film, too. The hyper-strong woman who works for Walker who plays the "big bad" in the fights in 2049 is exclusively one dimensional - no development, and she dies, still nothing more than a biological machine. A Boring character, overall.
I liked it, overall, and thought it was a valiant effort, but not nearly as good as the first. Oh, and the only times the sound track in the second really shone was when they repeated the Vangellis motifs from the first - I will always maintain that the original Bladerunner has one of the best musical scores of any movie ever made, in any era.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2018 08:06 PM (V2Yro)
Kramer v Kramer was a forgettable movie, except behind the Iron Curtin.
It was shown in Poland to emphasize the decaying USA and the absolute rot in the Free World. But the Polish audience were mesmerized by the standard of living, the kitchen appliances, the wealth, shown in that movie. It was very influential in undermining Soviet rule.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2018 08:06 PM (hyuyC)
naturalfake, agreed 100%.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 08:05 PM (eMKNe)
Not sure about the exploding cigar, but he does cut off his thumb with a cigar cutter. And has one of his best lines "Give me 10 men like Clousseau and I can destroy the world."
Posted by: josephistan at January 20, 2018 08:06 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 08:06 PM (2DOZq)
I did like Author Author better though.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 08:07 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2018 08:07 PM (aC6Sd)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9xUxgN4oEE
This was on a kid's show.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 08:05 PM (qJtVm)
Gravity Falls was awesome.
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 20, 2018 08:07 PM (NWiLs)
As much as I like 'The Incredibles', and I do, the appeal isn't the animation as much as clever dialog and voice overs. Modern animation doesn't impress me as much as the older stuff I mentioned.
'Fantasia' is in its own category and I never tire of it. But for animated movies of my childhood, the winner was 'Sleeping Beauty', especially after Maleficent turned into the dragon.
Posted by: JTB at January 20, 2018 08:08 PM (V+03K)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 08:02 PM (eMKNe)
I think "Ordinary People" won for the first few minutes of the movie.
Seriously. That opening was genius. Scenes of an all-American town and people going about their business while a child's choral version of Pachelbel's Canon plays in the background.
You just settle into the movie mood sighing with contentment.
And then it turns into a lame-ass soap opera with Mary Tyler Moore acting a bitchy. UGH.
But, those first few minutes....movie perfection.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 20, 2018 08:08 PM (9q7Dl)
Alien was sci-fi, though. And when it came out, sci-fi was still considered a 'non-serious' genre. No way that Alien was going to win.
Posted by: junior at January 20, 2018 08:05 PM (cSguU)
It still is. "Return of The King" is the only "genre" film to win best picture in my memory. I guess "Silence of The Lambs" is horror, and it won BP.
Posted by: josephistan at January 20, 2018 08:08 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2018 08:09 PM (aC6Sd)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgX2cu9N6_8
every time I see that, I think "damn that animator was WARPED!"
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2018 08:09 PM (V2Yro)
I've seen someone say that cutting them up into chunks and smoking them in a pan of butter and sauce is a good technique, so I might give that a shot at some point.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 20, 2018 08:02 PM (ks6bw)
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This is the movie thread, not the porn thread!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 08:09 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: josephistan at January 20, 2018 08:06 PM (ANIFC)
Yup....I laughed just reading your post remembering that.
Another classic.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 20, 2018 08:09 PM (EoRCO)
And, Robert Redford directing. I think most of the Oscar voters fell in love with the movie, just based on that phrase alone.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 08:09 PM (eMKNe)
And what new "StarBl azers?"
Posted by: josephistan at January 20, 2018 07:55 PM (ANIFC)
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There's a hack to get around it, cut and paste the following:
bla<x>zer
So blazer.
In any case Starblazers was a kiddie show, like Voltron, not really an animated movie.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 20, 2018 08:09 PM (/qEW2)
whole time she was sitting recording, because she wouldn't stop crossing
her legs. ;-)
Aw, this is a show for 5 year olds!It's just such a sweet and funny cartoon amidst so much PC and snark in kids shows nowadays.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2018 08:10 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 20, 2018 08:05 PM (/qEW2)
++++
The vaginas are out to get you.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 20, 2018 08:10 PM (FUu/Z)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 20, 2018 08:11 PM (WbIyz)
Yes, they were great but some of those cartoons were EXTREMELY dark, such as the one titled "Happy Birthdaze," which ends with Popeye shooting a depressed friend to death.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 08:11 PM (eMKNe)
Alien was sci-fi, though. And when it came out, sci-fi was still considered a 'non-serious' genre. No way that Alien was going to win.
Posted by: junior at January 20, 2018 08:05 PM
One would think they'd learned with 2001. In any event, if they were serious about the awards and it wasn't just giving prizes to favourites (which it is, of course)... they'd take into account ART. Apocalypse Now and Alien are both monumental cinematic works of art. KVK is not.
Posted by: otho at January 20, 2018 08:11 PM (qGuLD)
Posted by: Ed blazer at January 20, 2018 08:12 PM (UdKB7)
Posted by: goatexchange at January 20, 2018 08:12 PM (YFnq5)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 08:00 PM (qJtVm)
Oh, lol, I'd forgotten that part. That's a great movie. I remember the clueless galactic authorities were trying to prevent mosquitoes from becoming extinct on earth.
For years I used a plush Stitch doll to camouflage the gun I keep in the bedroom.
Posted by: stace at January 20, 2018 08:12 PM (6HFDU)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 20, 2018 08:12 PM (dKiJG)
I believe that Shaddap!, the one where a drunken Popeye beats Olive Oyle unconscious, was only played one time in the theaters.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 20, 2018 08:13 PM (WbIyz)
I do *not* believe that if many of those (older) voters could do it all over again, they would have given away all the Oscars to all the same pictures, again.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 08:13 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 20, 2018 08:11 PM (WbIyz)
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#METALTHREAD!
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 20, 2018 08:14 PM (ks6bw)
Agreed. The music and the movie were symbiotic. Perfection! Lots of great Vangelis scores out there but Bladerunner was the best of the bunch. Haven't seen 2049 yet. I'm going to soon though. I'm tempering my expectations. I'm a bit of a fanboy of Bladerunner.
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 20, 2018 08:14 PM (peJQi)
hard to pick a favorite, but the Germs one is pretty close to the top. "So...much...filth":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai0_IlBWSlY
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 08:14 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 20, 2018 08:05 PM (/qEW2)
++++
The vaginas are out to get you.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 20, 2018 08:10 PM (FUu/Z)
Don't be fatuous.
Posted by: Maude Lebowski at January 20, 2018 08:14 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 20, 2018 08:11 PM (WbIyz)
I did. Upthread.
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 20, 2018 08:14 PM (peJQi)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 08:14 PM (eMKNe)
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I heard that they're going to remake Ordinary People but change the name to The Deplorables.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Help! The Deranged Beavers Are Trying To Kill Me! at January 20, 2018 08:15 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 08:11 PM (eMKNe)
Reminds me of Alice the Goon. Absolutely horrific character. I've had nightmares about Alice the Goon.
"I love Popeye"
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 20, 2018 08:15 PM (bNbo2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgX2cu9N6_8
every time I see that, I think "damn that animator was WARPED!"
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2018 08:09 PM (V2Yro)
YOU LIKE ICE CREAM. YOU LIKE ICE CREAM. YOU LOVE IT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBbNUbknh6k
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at January 20, 2018 08:15 PM (NL6wI)
I've rewatched that, and in some of the group scenes you can see the other actors put a hand over their faces, trying to stop from cracking up on film, since no one knew what Sellers was going to do next.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2018 08:15 PM (V2Yro)
Seriously. That opening was genius. Scenes of an all-American town and people going about their business while a child's choral version of Pachelbel's Canon plays in the background.
You just settle into the movie mood sighing with contentment.
And then it turns into a lame-ass soap opera with Mary Tyler Moore acting a bitchy. UGH.
But, those first few minutes....movie perfection.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 20, 2018 08:08 PM (9q7Dl)
Ordinary People is tedious and full of itself just like Redford. The only reason to watch is for Elizabeth McGovern who was very cute. The rest of them needed a good thrashing.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 20, 2018 08:15 PM (SiINZ)
Invader Zim was so-o-o-o-o great.
Believe it or not, the reason Invader Zim got cancelled was.......911!
The Nickelodeon a-holes said such a violent show wasn't appropriate on a children's network after 911.
At least, that was the public version.
I'm guessing the animation cost a lot and wasn't always delivered "on time".
Posted by: naturalfake at January 20, 2018 08:15 PM (9q7Dl)
I'm not very PC and even *I* look at them and find myself going "WTF!!!" more often than not.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 08:16 PM (eMKNe)
The guy who discovered spinach contains iron misplaced a decimal point in his calculations so that it was thought it contained 10 x more than it really did. Thus why people and Popeye thought it was the super food.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 08:16 PM (2DOZq)
Now if we can just get the last tenant to finish getting his crap off the property.
Posted by: Traveling Man at January 20, 2018 08:17 PM (R5lpX)
Of the later, the only one I had much use for was the Mermaid, and that for only one scene. I like the part where the chef was chasing and trying to kill her little shrimp friend. It hit me while watching, that the whole style was more Warner Looney Tunes than the Disney I knew.
But for the most part, I can live without the later stuff. But then, I'm an old fart.
(And once again, how is the internet up, if the government has shut down? And without net neutrality, at that. There's something funny going on. If I didn't know better, I suspect that Chuck, Nancy, and CNN were lying to me. But of course, that could not happen.)
Posted by: George LeS at January 20, 2018 08:17 PM (+TcCF)
And then Blake added in some comedy gold like Elke Summers and Clouseau in a nudist colony.
Dead? Do Do?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 20, 2018 08:17 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: Publius Redux at January 20, 2018 08:17 PM (0YSzp)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 08:18 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 08:19 PM (2DOZq)
==
Le Poisson, le poisson, how I LOVE le poisson
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at January 20, 2018 08:19 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at January 20, 2018 08:19 PM (3DZIZ)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 20, 2018 08:20 PM (6Ll1u)
There is not a subject that show has not addressed.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 08:20 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: goatexchange at January 20, 2018 08:12 PM (YFnq5)
Nah, I disagree. The animations were great.
Come to think of it, the only time I would agree with you was in "Holy Grail". But even then they were funny. "Bloody weather!"
Posted by: rickl at January 20, 2018 08:20 PM (sdi6R)
So 2013s have a 6 speed stick. New ones only a 5-speed.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at January 20, 2018 08:20 PM (2kiKp)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2018 08:22 PM (scP6Z)
When I was 14, I thought those were the funniest animations I had ever seen in my life, I loved them. Now, when I see them, I can't quite remember why I used to like them so much.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2018 08:22 PM (V2Yro)
Pure genius. Three or four minutes long, Pete has a pegleg again and is an actual bad guy, etc. I wonder if the people involved in Renn and Stimpy had a hand in them.
I had a hard time figuring out which one to link. They're all enjoyable:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE-4RzDLZck
(It was either this or Yodelberg)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 20, 2018 08:22 PM (ks6bw)
Have heard it was hilarious.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 08:23 PM (eMKNe)
But there was something missing - and I realize what it was. The first movie is ostensibly about Deckert (Harrison Ford) but the true emotional heart of that film is the spiritual and emotional journey of Rutger Hauer. The original Bladerunner starts with Roy Batty portrayed as almost a kind of Terminator (super strong, built to be a warrior, no remorse, no inhibitions about killing) and then at the end, you realize he mourns his dead too, he has good reasons to fight his oppressors, and in fact he may be far more moral than those who are hunting him - More Human than Human, as Tyrell says. That journey is what makes the original so emotionally fulfilling.
2049 was a good story, but K (Jo) was not that character. He was a newer version of Deckert, who admittedly was rather wooden and one dimensional in the first film, too. The hyper-strong woman who works for Walker who plays the "big bad" in the fights in 2049 is exclusively one dimensional - no development, and she dies, still nothing more than a biological machine. A Boring character, overall.
I liked it, overall, and thought it was a valiant effort, but not nearly as good as the first. Oh, and the only times the sound track in the second really shone was when they repeated the Vangellis motifs from the first - I will always maintain that the original Bladerunner has one of the best musical scores of any movie ever made, in any era.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2018 08:06 PM (V2Yro)
The Greatest opening sequence of a movie I have ever seen. If you watch the 5th Element they have the same actor selling noodles to Bruce Willis
I think it was mentioned that Soldier with Kurt Russell was set in the same universe as Blade Runner.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 20, 2018 08:24 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: rickl at January 20, 2018 08:20 PM (sdi6R)
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God: Every time I try to talk to someone it's "sorry this" and "forgive me that" and "I'm not worthy"...
God: What are you doing now?
King Arthur: Averting our eyes, oh Lord.
God: Well, don't. It's just like those miserable psalms, they're so depressing. Now knock it off!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 08:25 PM (qJtVm)
(i am a YUGE MP fan), but i always thought the animations were fillers
to stretch the show/movies. i just didn't like them.
Posted by: goatexchange"
They were mostly to link together different sketches.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 20, 2018 08:26 PM (w+Jhj)
Posted by: Eromero at January 20, 2018 08:26 PM (zLDYs)
Have heard it was hilarious.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 08:23 PM
Saw it a long time ago. I recall that it was good, but... I have a recollection that it wasn't as funny as the regular episodes.
Posted by: otho at January 20, 2018 08:26 PM (qGuLD)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 20, 2018 08:27 PM (ks6bw)
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I did, and I liked it. It got atrocious reviews.
One of my favorite skits from this or any show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGYJyeX-oMc
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 08:27 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Texican ette at January 20, 2018 08:27 PM (dwBLr)
God: What are you doing now?
King Arthur: Averting our eyes, oh Lord.
God: Well, don't. It's just like those miserable psalms, they're so depressing. Now knock it off!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes"
King Arthur: Good idea oh Lord!
God: Of course it's a good idea!
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 20, 2018 08:27 PM (w+Jhj)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2018 08:28 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at January 20, 2018 08:28 PM (xzV6l)
"The Future Diaries" is an excellent anime series.
full of twists and surprises.
It skirts horror but doesn't quite go that far except in an existential way.
It's been recently released on blu-ray with the OVA, which was made to make sure fans understood what had happened at the end.
The only down side (like everything now)is a gay side story that really doesn't have anything to do with anything necessary, but it's mostly a minor annoyance.
Anyway, it's also on crunchroll but without the OVA so....pay attention.
Check it out.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 20, 2018 08:29 PM (9q7Dl)
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at January 20, 2018 08:20 PM (2kiKp)
That was the one feature that stuck for me. It's a sweet tranny. IYKWIM
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 20, 2018 08:29 PM (bNbo2)
Schumer can't let Trump get a wall, else his Brooklyn home will get surrounded by insane Lefties until the end of time.
Hence the impasse.
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 08:30 PM (pV/54)
"I don't want to be a pie! I don't like gravy."
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at January 20, 2018 08:30 PM (3DZIZ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2018 08:30 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at January 20, 2018 08:28 PM (xzV6l)
Cool. Read the Horse Soldiers book. It's good.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 20, 2018 08:30 PM (bNbo2)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 20, 2018 08:31 PM (WbIyz)
Weird insane cartoon creature...?
Coily the spring sprite.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2018 08:28 PM (IqV8l)
No springs!
Posted by: Coily at January 20, 2018 08:32 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 08:32 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at January 20, 2018 08:33 PM (akSgU)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX7yTGqgBOA
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 20, 2018 08:33 PM (ks6bw)
They're awesomely funny.
Posted by: Blutarski-esque 0.0 at January 20, 2018 08:33 PM (+Tibp)
I used to be able to do a fairly good imitation of Brak. Which is probably something I shouldn't ever tell anyone.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2018 08:33 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 08:34 PM (pV/54)
Very good. Still...could have been better. Old man was great.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2018 08:34 PM (scP6Z)
There hasn't been much chatter here regarding pure CGI, so I'll throw out a classic short video by Cyriak:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX3iLfcMDCw
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at January 20, 2018 08:34 PM (NL6wI)
I used to be able to do a fairly good imitation of Brak. Which is probably something I shouldn't ever tell anyone.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2018 08:33 PM
Did you get that thing I sent you?
Posted by: otho at January 20, 2018 08:35 PM (qGuLD)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 20, 2018 08:35 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: Publius Redux at January 20, 2018 08:35 PM (0YSzp)
Posted by: Ignoramus"
I still remember the 'Electricity Monster' episode these many years later.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 20, 2018 08:35 PM (w+Jhj)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2018 08:35 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, this space for rent! Call 1-800-MORON-AD for details! at January 20, 2018 08:35 PM (lLeln)
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 08:34 PM (pV/54)
Yup...fun adventure and the good guys always won.
I remember Dr. Quest's plane and sometimes he had a different one than the V-wing.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 20, 2018 08:36 PM (EoRCO)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 08:18 PM (eMKNe)
Yes! And they were really funny with excellent stories! Ren, an Asthma Hound Chihuahua and
Stimpy (Stimpson J. Cat), the dumbest cat in the world!
Posted by: texcat at January 20, 2018 08:36 PM (wf3RQ)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Watched it with my kids before school. Or maybe in the evening. I forget. Loved them though.
Posted by: Blutarski-esque 0.0 at January 20, 2018 08:36 PM (+Tibp)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2018 08:36 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2018 08:37 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 08:14 PM (qJtVm)
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We are not amused.
Posted by: H. G. Wells at January 20, 2018 08:37 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2018 08:37 PM (hyuyC)
If you want to see hand drawn animation that looks like CG, back in 1983 Japan held Daicon IV, a sci-fi convention. For that, a few guys working in their basement made an opening animated film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KUsRbMUpEU
Check out the nuclear-blast sequence at 4:33. Not a computer in use.
The people who made this would go on to form Gainax
Posted by: JSchuler at January 20, 2018 08:37 PM (YsGL+)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2018 08:38 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 20, 2018 08:38 PM (w+Jhj)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 20, 2018 08:38 PM (ewxPW)
"Space Ghost: Coast to Coast!" was a show I never missed, and I have all
of Harvey Birdman - Attorney at Law on DVD. I grew up on Hanna Barbara
in the 60's, the guys who made those shows were just like me.
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Same here. It was a very natural progression to Sealab 2021, then to Frisky Dingo (find it if you haven't seen it), then to Archer.
I've enjoyed Bobs Burgers recently, too.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 20, 2018 08:39 PM (ks6bw)
My favorite show when I was a kid was Rocky & Bullwinkle, which had some of the cheapest, lousiest animation ever committed to film. Brilliant writing compensates for a lot.
Please, never, ever, ever mention "Cl*tch C*arg*" again.
A thread on movie animation and no mention of Sylvain Chomet? Here are a couple of excerpts from "The Triplets of Belleville."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-KChYBFiB0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0VrHQ-cHUA
Posted by: Don at January 20, 2018 08:39 PM (4espk)
The first season of Ren & Stimpy was the first "WTF? Did I just see that?" cartoon. I couldn't believe they got away with a lot of what they did.
Second and later seasons were toned down a bit too much. I believe the originators were forced out and a new team tried to make it a little too kid-friendly.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at January 20, 2018 08:39 PM (2kiKp)
And after you see that, you can never shake the idea that Johnny Quest was the Gayest kid show ever.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2018 08:40 PM (V2Yro)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ1pO-tZbYA
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 08:40 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 08:40 PM (pV/54)
the animation, but the writing was VERY clever. The feature film was
great, too.
Loved that show! Clever and fun songs - we used to listen to the CD in the car. Squirrels in my pants!!
Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2018 08:40 PM (W+vEI)
Dear Hollywood, I really enjoyed watching a coherent story by a talented cast. As a bonus, I LOVED not being preached to, scolded, condescended to, educated, intervened, or involved in a teachable moment. I may go a third time, as the experience was so enjoyable.
Posted by: One at January 20, 2018 08:41 PM (9XizI)
Posted by: Rob Crawford at January 20, 2018 08:41 PM (fVubI)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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TS, the Harvey Birdman episode with Dr. Quest and Race Bannon in court for a custody hearing over Jonny may in fact be the funniest writing ever.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 20, 2018 08:41 PM (tr2D7)
Bob's Burgers is great. Same guy who produced KOH. Funny with a non preachy conservative message.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 08:42 PM (2DOZq)
Does anybody know what this is?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 08:43 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at January 20, 2018 08:39 PM (2kiKp)
The same thing happened to Invader Zim years later.
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at January 20, 2018 08:43 PM (NL6wI)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 20, 2018 08:43 PM (ks6bw)
TS, the Harvey Birdman episode with Dr. Quest and Race Bannon in court for a custody hearing over Jonny may in fact be the funniest writing ever.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 20, 2018 08:41 PM (tr2D7)
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Agree.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 08:43 PM (qJtVm)
That's funny.
When it came out I was 7 or 8 and a proud member of the He-Man Woman-Haters Club.
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 08:44 PM (pV/54)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 20, 2018 08:44 PM (8iiMU)
"WTF? Did I just see that?" cartoon. I couldn't believe they got away
with a lot of what they did.
Second and later seasons were toned down a bit too much. I believe
the originators were forced out and a new team tried to make it a little
too kid-friendly.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer"
When they started selling Stimpy's hairballs I absolutely lost it. But then he horked so many times that his hairball generator broke down.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 20, 2018 08:44 PM (w+Jhj)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2018 08:33 PM (V2Yro)
Same. It's irresistible.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 20, 2018 08:44 PM (rnAwa)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at January 20, 2018 08:44 PM (3DZIZ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 08:44 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 20, 2018 08:45 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 08:45 PM (2DOZq)
Invader Zim was so-o-o-o-o great.
Believe it or not, the reason Invader Zim got cancelled was.......911!
The Nickelodeon a-holes said such a violent show wasn't appropriate on a children's network after 911.
At least, that was the public version.
I'm guessing the animation cost a lot and wasn't always delivered "on time".
Posted by: naturalfake at January 20, 2018 08:15 PM (9q7Dl)
Frank Conniff from MST3k was one of the writers on that show.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 08:45 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, this space for rent! Call 1-800-MORON-AD for details! at January 20, 2018 08:45 PM (lLeln)
There is not a subject that show has not addressed.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 08:20 PM (2DOZq)
*fist bump*
Posted by: stace at January 20, 2018 08:45 PM (6HFDU)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 08:45 PM (xJa6I)
The brave little toaster
Posted by: Texican ette at January 20, 2018 08:46 PM (dwBLr)
I think you're right! My kids loved the show (as did I) and then came Rocko's Modern Life. That was a favorite show of our family at time too!
Posted by: texcat at January 20, 2018 08:46 PM (wf3RQ)
And Bruce Willis' character in Fifth Element is a takeoff of the taxi driver in Heavy Metal. And the "Orb of Evil" storyline.
Heh! I caught that the first time I saw Fifth Element.
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 20, 2018 07:15 PM (peJQi)
Me too.
As I recall, Besson was pretty open about how Heavy Metal influenced Fifth Element, especially the French comic books. Even used some of the same artists, especially Moebius, who was the primary visual influence.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2018 08:46 PM (eXA4G)
I could relate to Hank having a father who's pretty much antisocial and crazy.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 08:47 PM (eMKNe)
Something about an entire series where the theme is failure. Some of the best names and ideas for super-villains, too.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at January 20, 2018 08:47 PM (fVubI)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 20, 2018 08:47 PM (ewxPW)
We're thinking along the same lines! The episode that is on just about the same level for me is when Harvey Represents the Apache Chief in his suit against the Coffee Shop - they made their coffee too hot, it accidentally spilled into his lap, and now the Apache Chief can no longer "Grow". Since his Special Talent was to Get Large, and that power was controlled by his lap.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2018 08:47 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at January 20, 2018 08:48 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2018 08:40 PM (W+vEI)
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The songs were genius & so catchy! My favorite is "The Yellow Sidewalk" from The Wizard of Oz parody.
Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at January 20, 2018 08:48 PM (akSgU)
I believe at one point, the network R&S aired on (don't remember who it was... HBO?) tried to get him fired from his own show, they were so sick of the situation.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 08:49 PM (eMKNe)
We get a Roku channel, Looney Toons Network. In addition to a lot of Bugs material, it shows early Merrier Melodies and Mighty Mouse. I barely remember MM from my childhood in the '60s, when MM was on TV. Watching them now, I find them to run all over the spectrum from dull to fun. I've also been singing some of them in my head while at work.
I also spent much of a recent day off searching out a WB Clamped short, "Coal Black and de Sebbin Dwarfs." This is one of the so-called "banned" cartoons because of material some see as racist. Found clips on YouTube bit had to sit through diatribes. I liked the wartime attitudes, but then I really like prewar and wartime animated stuff. Tex Avery did a great MGM short, "Blitz Wolf."
Do not like Tom & Jerry or Woody Woodpecker. I root for Tom.
As for more recent work -- Pixar, of course, "Anastasia," and "Cowboy Bebop." OK, maybe not that recent. I intend to try "Archer" because of Moron recommendations. Lots of other stuff to wade through before that, however.
If I had known as a kid that someday I would be able to see practically anything made for TV, I would have pitched fewer fits when my parents' plans forced me to miss a show.
Posted by: Weak Geek at January 20, 2018 08:49 PM (G+J43)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at January 20, 2018 08:48 PM (fA1SL)
Killed fidy Japs.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 08:50 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 20, 2018 08:50 PM (tr2D7)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at January 20, 2018 08:50 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2018 08:51 PM (IqV8l)
Jerry was an asshole.
And poor Tom was a bit of a dumbass.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 20, 2018 08:51 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Weak Geek at January 20, 2018 08:51 PM (G+J43)
As much as I like 'The Incredibles', and I do, the appeal isn't the animation as much as clever dialog and voice overs. Modern animation doesn't impress me as much as the older stuff I mentioned.
'Fantasia' is in its own category and I never tire of it. But for animated movies of my childhood, the winner was 'Sleeping Beauty', especially after Maleficent turned into the dragon.
Posted by: JTB at January 20, 2018 08:08 PM (V+03K)
I love the old Popeye toons, too. One thing that cracks me up are the things Popeye and Bluto mutter.
The "Get a Horse" short has some of that. "Why, I'm gonna knock you inta next week!"
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at January 20, 2018 08:51 PM (di1hb)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
Posted by: otho at January 20, 2018 08:52 PM (qGuLD)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at January 20, 2018 08:52 PM (fA1SL)
When I was 14, I thought those were the funniest animations I had ever seen in my life, I loved them. Now, when I see them, I can't quite remember why I used to like them so much.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2018 08:22 PM (V2Yro)
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Come on people. You don't find dancing teeth funny?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IRsj0ZwGOM
Gilliam's animations had a really cold, disturbing vibe to them, which is what made them really funny.
Posted by: H. G. Wells at January 20, 2018 08:52 PM (/qEW2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7OIfqpjHok
You'll recognize Ray and Pam from Archer. Others, too.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 20, 2018 08:53 PM (ks6bw)
However, The Rock is charming and his song is great.
My favorite part of Lilo & Stitch (so many) is the shout out to Lady and the tramp in the dog pound. Cracks me up every time.
Posted by: Texican ette at January 20, 2018 08:53 PM (dwBLr)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at January 20, 2018 08:53 PM (fA1SL)
I am a big Mike Judge fan. But I never liked King of the Hill, much as I wanted to. I really did want to.
But it never, ever hooked me. Great lines, great stories, great voice acting. And yet, I just did not "get it." I found it tedious.
I accept that this is a flaw on my part.
GO VIKINGS!!!!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 20, 2018 08:53 PM (bNbo2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 20, 2018 08:54 PM (IqV8l)
Would the horde care to try and come up with one?
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 08:54 PM (2DOZq)
Pickle Rick!
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 08:40 PM (pV/54)
forgot the sarc tag?
Posted by: The Last Man at the CDC at January 20, 2018 08:54 PM (jeefx)
I've sometimes wondered if they recorded dialogue *before* animating, in fact. It was nothing like what you see in so many cartoons (and in fairness, even sitcoms) today, where everyone is so careful about letting every other actor say a line before coming in with his or her response.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 08:54 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2018 08:54 PM (aC6Sd)
450 Texican ette
Thank you. A piece of my sister's childhood is reclaimed. I'll sent it to her.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2018 08:55 PM (hyuyC)
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 08:56 PM (pV/54)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
Posted by: otho at January 20, 2018 08:52 PM (qGuLD)
Make the homies say "Ho!" and the girlies wanna scream!
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 20, 2018 08:56 PM (NWiLs)
Frank Conniff from MST3k was one of the writers on that show.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 08:45 PM (xJa6I)
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Many of the writers ended up as caricatures in the cartoon itself:
http://zim.wikia.com/wiki/File:FrankSaucerMoron.png
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 08:56 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at January 20, 2018 08:56 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2018 08:56 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 08:56 PM (eMKNe)
"The Trump Administration has terminated more UNNECESSARY Regulation, in
just twelve months, than any other Administration has terminated during
their full term in office, no matter what the length. The good news is,
THERE IS MUCH MORE TO COME!"
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 20, 2018 08:57 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 08:27 PM (qJtVm)
This link went to a series of Foghorn Leghorn cartoons. Not that I'm complaining, mind you.
Posted by: Traveling Man at January 20, 2018 08:57 PM (R5lpX)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 08:58 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Texican ette at January 20, 2018 08:58 PM (dwBLr)
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 20, 2018 08:58 PM (vChNs)
I am a big Mike Judge fan. But I never liked King of the Hill, much as I wanted to. I really did want to.
But it never, ever hooked me. Great lines, great stories, great voice acting. And yet, I just did not "get it." I found it tedious.
I accept that this is a flaw on my part.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 20, 2018 08:53 PM
I love KOTH and watch reruns all the time. But, the achilles heel of the show is Hank and Bobby and they're just not that funny. Now, episodes about Dale (doing anything) or Peggy's massive ego and I'm golden. The downturn was the arrival of Lucky. That character sucked the funny out of every scene.
Posted by: otho at January 20, 2018 08:58 PM (qGuLD)
I AM IMMORTAL!
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 20, 2018 08:58 PM (gC2IV)
Or, a Cotton Hill episode. Great stuff.
Posted by: otho at January 20, 2018 08:59 PM (qGuLD)
I accept that this is a flaw on my part.
GO VIKINGS!!!!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 20, 2018 08:53 PM (bNbo2)
I think I spotted your problem.
GO EAGLES!
Posted by: rickl at January 20, 2018 08:59 PM (sdi6R)
https://youtu.be/nDtzUymj3Ic
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at January 20, 2018 08:50 PM (fA1SL)
It was a strange set of circumstances.
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 20, 2018 08:59 PM (NWiLs)
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Huh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGYJyeX-oMc
It takes me to the KitH sketch.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 09:00 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Texican ette at January 20, 2018 09:00 PM (dwBLr)
OTOH the show really hit a goldmine when Khan moved in next door. "Stupid redneck!!" It also was a cute idea to have Bobby and Khanie fall for each other.
There was even a great episode where Khan was trying to prove he wasn't a "banana" to Laotian business bigwigs at the nearby Country Club, which humanized him as a character a bit.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 09:01 PM (eMKNe)
A long, long time I hope!
Monday - Trump furloughs everyone at the Dep't of Education as non essential personell.
Tuesday - Trump Furloughs the EPA.
Wednesday - Trump furloughs the entire Civil Rights Division of the DOJ.
Thursday....
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2018 09:01 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 09:01 PM (eMKNe)
Yeah not my favorite but he did have a violent of good episodes. Some of my favorite episodes were with Khan.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 09:01 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Texican ette at January 20, 2018 09:02 PM (dwBLr)
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2018 09:02 PM (aC6Sd)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 09:02 PM (2DOZq)
I did the whole Fantasia thing as a teen; first stoned and then a second time on shrooms -- Oooh, the colors! Not worth another repeat.
***************
I watched A Serious Man, a 2009 Coen bros flick about a Jewish math professor and his various troubles -- Entertaining, but soo Jewish religion specific in details that I felt I was only getting one half or even one quarter of the story.
This goy can only give the movie 2.5 stars. On Netflix streaming now.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 20, 2018 09:02 PM (0ogQG)
OTOH the show really hit a goldmine when Khan moved in next door. "Stupid redneck!!" It also was a cute idea to have Bobby and Khanie fall for each other.
There was even a great episode where Khan was trying to prove he wasn't a "banana" to Laotian business bigwigs at the nearby Country Club, which humanized him as a character a bit.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 09:01 PM
Oh, yeah... Khan! Any Khan episode is fantastic too. There's more than enough great stuff in the show to keep me hooked despite finding some characters tedious.
Posted by: otho at January 20, 2018 09:03 PM (qGuLD)
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2018 09:03 PM (aC6Sd)
Or, a Cotton Hill episode. Great stuff.
Posted by: otho at January 20, 2018 08:59 PM (qGuLD)
Mr Kahn, my bags!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 20, 2018 09:03 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Castle Guy at January 20, 2018 09:03 PM (Lhaco)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 09:02 PM (2DOZq)
I can hardly wait for AI. That will certainly be a hoot.
Posted by: rickl at January 20, 2018 09:04 PM (sdi6R)
I've swallowed placebos with more content, but this is better than what he'd been posting when in his, er, prime.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 19, 2018 06:01 PM (6FqZa)
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There's a guy on YouTube doing some great Flash Gordon animation.
Posted by: MAGA at January 20, 2018 09:04 PM (LnOh3)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 09:04 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 09:05 PM (eMKNe)
When enough D Senators realize they're vulnerable to a 2018 attack that they don't care about their own states people (especially legal minorities), and are putting illegals first, because they're in thrall to Schmuck Schumer.
I'd say a week.
Schumer now knows that he fucked up, and may be collateral damage, so he'll fight to drag it out. He may lose his leadership position over this.
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 09:05 PM (pV/54)
I guess it's the High IQ retarded strength of Dilly Dilly.
I'm too dumb to be that retarded.
*places gun mouth and pulls the trigger*
Posted by: The Last Man at the CDC at January 20, 2018 09:05 PM (jeefx)
431 Best animated sequence ever -- the opening of "Up".
Posted by: Rob Crawford at January 20, 2018 08:41 PM (fVubI)
Nah, the first 20 min or so of Wall-E.
But I'll grant you, Up is easily #2. The only problem with recommending people watch Up is that a fair number of wimmenz get massively pissed off over that opening. Mainly because I recommended something that was so sad at the beginning.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2018 09:05 PM (eXA4G)
youtube.com/watch?v=_3H18bkKyG8
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 20, 2018 09:05 PM (NWiLs)
I sent to my two scumbag senators and my Rep:
Release The Memo
Release The Memo
Release The Memo
Fund Citizens Before Illegals
Fund Citizens Before Illegals
Fund Citizens Before Illegals
Support The President
Support The President
Support The President
Or you'll be voted out of office.
Posted by: goatexchange at January 20, 2018 09:06 PM (YFnq5)
"We can become pork products TOGETHER!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 09:06 PM (eMKNe)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz9rQsutfuo
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 09:06 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Texican ette at January 20, 2018 09:00 PM (dwBLr)
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I used to watch that!!! I mean (ahem) when I was really, really, really young. Sigh. Thread's bringing back a lot of childhood memories.
Re: Tom & Jerry - one of the kids was watching it & said "it's really not fair. Jerry is such an instigator".
Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at January 20, 2018 09:07 PM (akSgU)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 09:08 PM (qJtVm)
I admit I've always been a little bit too much like Bill, too much of a wimp. Watching him on that show taught me, I needed to toughen up somewhat to get through life.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 09:08 PM (eMKNe)
I love KOTH and watch reruns all the time. But, the achilles heel of the show is Hank and Bobby and they're just not that funny
...
I disagree. Hank and to a lesser extent Bobby are the moral center of the show. Hank is the one who usually sees past the PC BS going on if anyone does. He's the common sense good guy who's usually right in the end.
Posted by: stace at January 20, 2018 09:09 PM (6HFDU)
I know Hank would usually rescue Bill, but I would have liked to see an episode where Bill got in Dale's face himself.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 09:10 PM (eMKNe)
Great episode. There are so many I couldn't choose the best.
I do remember laughing the hardest in the first season where Hank's clothes were torn of by a tornado and he was looking for something to cover himself with. He looked at a potted cactus plant and then a Texas flag. Cut to the next scene and he was holding the cactus in front of his privates.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 09:10 PM (2DOZq)
Oh boy, you talk about "dark," the Fleishers cornered the market with their early stuff.
Looney Tunes Network has Fleisher shorts. Two stand out in my mind. In "Hawaiian Birds," girl bird dumps boy bird for city excitement. When it goes sour, she attempts suicide. And in "The Cobweb Hotel," (think that's the title), a hotel for flies only is run by a spider. In one scene, the honeymoon couple has just entered their room when they hear a noise next door. They look through a wall of webbing to see another "guest" struggling to escape the webbing that secures him to the bed. That rattled me.
Posted by: Weak Geek at January 20, 2018 09:10 PM (G+J43)
I have high standards for the animated movies I show guests. Only The Incredibles & Chicken Run made that list.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2018 09:10 PM (hyuyC)
One of my favorite things Chris Rock ever did, is his KOTH episode about racism.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 09:10 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 09:11 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 20, 2018 09:11 PM (ewxPW)
I think I spotted your problem.
GO EAGLES!
Posted by: rickl at January 20, 2018 08:59 PM (sdi6R)
Heh. Much as I am a Vikings guy, I like the Iggles as well. Nick Foles is kind of a sleeper, the dude nobody considers, until he does what he can do. All honesty, they would be my second choice in the Sooper Bowl.
Nevertheless, GO VIKINGS!!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at January 20, 2018 09:11 PM (bNbo2)
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 09:11 PM (pV/54)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2018 09:11 PM (V2Yro)
The Fleischers were old, and I mean OLD, school storytellers. I think their POV was that the cartoons just weren't worth doing if there wasn't something there for the adults as well as the kids.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 09:12 PM (eMKNe)
Hank and to a lesser extent Bobby are the moral center of the show. Hank is the one who usually sees past the PC BS going on if anyone does. He's the common sense good guy who's usually right in the end.
Posted by: stace at January 20, 2018 09:09 PM (6HFDU)
My memory is notoriously shoddy, but didn't Hank Hill originate from the neighbor in Beavis & Butthead?
Posted by: rickl at January 20, 2018 09:12 PM (sdi6R)
Eris, I agree wholeheartedly: the opening sequence of "Up" is heart-rending: as powerful a ten minutes of film as one will ever see. And it's done so simply, through song and visual queues, nothing more - almost like a classic silent movie.
That is the genius of Pixar, I think: they know that the story is everything. And while they do give the viewer a feast for the eye, what the audience carries away is the impression left by the story itself. It used to be that every movie company cared about that. Now it's Pixar and ... well, nobody.
And by the way: I simply cannot wait for "Incredibles 2"!
Posted by: Brown Line at January 20, 2018 09:12 PM (S6ArX)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 20, 2018 09:13 PM (eMKNe)
Maybe tied with their deer hunting trip episode.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 09:14 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 20, 2018 09:14 PM (2DOZq)
"The Trump Administration has terminated more UNNECESSARY Regulation, in
just twelve months, than any other Administration has terminated during
their full term in office, no matter what the length. The good news is,
THERE IS MUCH MORE TO COME!"
-
Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump
Beautiful weather all over our great country, a perfect day for all Women to March. Get out there now to celebrate the historic milestones and unprecedented economic success and wealth creation that has taken place over the last 12 months. Lowest female unemployment in 18 years!
I have stood here before beside these prog assholes
With the world turning circles but I'm in controls
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end these LOLs
But it's my destiny to be the king of trolls
King of trolls
I'll always be king of trolls
I'll always be kiny of trolls
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Help! The Deranged Beavers Are Trying To Kill Me! at January 20, 2018 09:14 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: stace at January 20, 2018 09:09 PM
True. But I don't watch it for life lessons and morals. I watch for the lolz. The "moral centre" and whatnot are a bonus, but not the draw (for me). I just find some characters drag a bit. Hank's love of lawncare, propane and his truck etc are ok, but gets boring.
Posted by: otho at January 20, 2018 09:15 PM (qGuLD)
https://youtu.be/7aLC0J31Z9g
Quite entertaining.
Posted by: Dead Parrot Society at January 20, 2018 09:16 PM (AJeMv)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twice_Upon_a_Time_(1983_film)
And here's the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqCRgiHHvB4
Posted by: Jim S. at January 20, 2018 09:16 PM (ynUnH)
Me neither! I always say that "Incredibles" is an action movie that just happens to be animated. It is as slick and stylish as any Bond flick, and the mother's desperate attempt to save her children during the airplane crash is as taut and pulse-pounding as anything I've seen in a serious adventure movie.
And yes, who else is making movies that appeal to all demographics like Pixar?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 09:17 PM (qJtVm)
youtube.com/watch?v=_3H18bkKyG8
Posted by: Insomniac - mostly stable at January 20, 2018 09:05 PM (NWiLs)
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There's a website called televisiontunes.com that is a library of songs from probably hundreds of shows. Not exactly sure how they get away with it even with a disclaimer, but it's fun to go on & listen to the old (or new) themes, including songs from P & F.
Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at January 20, 2018 09:19 PM (akSgU)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 20, 2018 09:19 PM (8iiMU)
My memory is notoriously shoddy, but didn't Hank Hill originate from the neighbor in Beavis & Butthead?
Posted by: rickl at January 20, 2018 09:12 PM (sdi6R)
I have no idea what his origin is. All I know is the first episode I saw of KOTH I thought, jeez, I KNOW that guy, and he's a really good guy.
Posted by: stace at January 20, 2018 09:20 PM (6HFDU)
Posted by: Dead Parrot Society at January 20, 2018 09:20 PM (AJeMv)
Well, it's taken a long time but I'm really jazzed. The short trailer is a hoot.
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 20, 2018 09:23 PM (pV/54)
Have you seen "Gravity Falls"? There's actually a cross-over moment between the two series (minor, but it's there, and they intended more), and there's something about a Disney kid's cartoon that manages to have Cthulhu appear.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at January 20, 2018 09:23 PM (fVubI)
He is a master at carefully calibrating to elicit the most outrage at his opposition. This was perfect - if he would have done his usual blustery Sad! type of tweet, they would have rolled their eyes and ignored it with a "Yeah, he's an asshole".
With *this* however, all they can do is seethe, knowing he's doing it just to troll them. And they can't help themselves - it's been nothing but twitter histrionics and mumbling to themselves "What an asshole."
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at January 20, 2018 09:23 PM (2kiKp)
Posted by: Traveling Man at January 20, 2018 09:23 PM (R5lpX)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 20, 2018 09:24 PM (tAiTN)
Posted by: The Dr. Brake Bemoray at January 20, 2018 09:26 PM (V3U1L)
Commander Ralph Kane of militia Company B! Voiced by Jack Burns. "Huh? Huh? Huh-huh-huh?"
Now we're getting into esoterica.
Anybody remember the H-B prime time show "Where's Huddles?" Pro football player. Flopped.
Posted by: Weak Geek at January 20, 2018 09:27 PM (G+J43)
Great animation, and a funny little story.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at January 20, 2018 09:27 PM (uDcBt)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 20, 2018 09:31 PM (qJtVm)
Like the Cobbler and the Thief, the story of this is almost better than the movie. The studio (a subsidiary of Lucasfilm, if you'd believe it) was failing financially, so they launched a hail-mary of an animated movie with limited studio release. The film itself had lots of cool subversive moments, and was a great mix of real live film mixed in with what would be South Park style animation with a great soundtrack, sprinkled with pop culture references of all stripes. There were just a few problems.
First, as I said before, the studio was failing, and spectacularly at that. They could only afford to do a limited release of the film, so it didn't even hit all theaters. Most of those that did get it wound up showing it as a double header with the Don Bluth classic, "The Secret of NIMH"
Second, the voice actors (mostly comedians) recorded a second, adult audio track and didn't inform the producer. Worse, some theaters got the adult audio track instead of the kid friendly one. The uproar pretty much ensured that the whole thing blew over and wound up being a loss.
The only reason I knew about this movie in the first place was because, as a loner in my high school years, I frequented our town library, which had a copy on vhs. You can, for what it's worth, buy a dvd copy on Amazon, but really, this movie needs a soundtrack release too. (See exhibit a, the opening track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFHTeJU7fqo )
Anywho, it's worth a look if you can find it.
Posted by: Ferrous at January 20, 2018 10:08 PM (9zK/z)
Posted by: Joe Biden at January 20, 2018 10:13 PM (bc2Lc)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2018 10:21 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Corona at January 20, 2018 10:22 PM (88+VL)
The most memorable part of the movie was the sequence where the invaders break into the fortifications. But it's bleak and depressing because the invaders kill everyone stuck inside. So I've only watched it the one time.
I agree that The Incredibles is by far the best 3D animated movie ever. The story, characters, voices, soundtrack, world-building... all top-notch. I convinced an 82-year-old relative to watch it and when it was done, she agreed it was great and thanked me for talking her into it.
I'm currently watching an anime series called Psyco-pass on Crunchyroll. It's set in a future where technology allows reading personality traits, and if your personality reads as overly dangerous they lock you up (just as a precaution) in comfortable cells. The average person leads an idyllic life, with very low crime and high technology. But there are still criminals (a surprising number of which seem to be serial killers) so there are still police. I'm about half-way through the first season and I'm enjoying it. As a lover of liberty I'm offended by the idea of locking up people before they commit any crime, but the story isn't sugar-coating that aspect of it... the system is shown to be flawed and more flaws are appearing as the story unfolds.
Semi-spoilers follow. The police in this anime are called "Inspectors" but they have "Enforcers" who work for them. "Enforcers" are all people whose personality reading shows that they are capable of being violent. The Inspectors are supposed to supervise the Enforcers. But also, the Inspectors actually are supposed to make the Enforcers do the dirtiest parts of the job, because exposure to crime can tend to change your personality to make you more capable of violence yourself... your "Psycho-pass" reading can increase if you lose your detachment or get really upset. Inspectors and Enforcers are authorized to use weapons, including nifty pistols called Dominators. A Dominator reads the Psycho-pass, and if the reading is too low the Dominator won't shoot at all; above a threshold it will shoot "paralyzer" and at still-higher threshold it will shoot lethal rounds. A Dominator also only works when it can communicate with the main computers on the Internet somewhere. (This resulted in an entertaining scene where they were hurriedly running cables to try to extend Internet into an area with poor connectivity so that the pistols would work when needed.) The Enforcers are people too, people who would be locked up if they didn't have the Enforcer job; they want to help protect ordinary citizens, they want to stay out of the prison, and to some extend they enjoy being able to indulge their violent side a bit while shooting criminals or whatever. The main protagonist is a young woman with extremely high scores on all the standardized tests, who could have chosen any career; she chose to join the police. She is very interested in one of the Enforcers (possibly even romantically interested), and possibly risking her own Psyco-pass if she gets too involved with him. It can happen that an Inspector whose Psycho-pass gets bad can get demoted to Enforcer status, and she might be at risk for this.
There's some blood and gore but it was shown on TV so it's not really explicit. But the show is not for the squeamish.
Here's the entire first episode on YouTube. It's dubbed into English. (On Crunchyroll it's in the original Japanese with subtitles.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk7KivEwZVk
Posted by: mr_jack at January 20, 2018 11:03 PM (M59SC)
Posted by: Ferrous at January 20, 2018 11:44 PM (9zK/z)
Posted by: Mel Krewall at January 20, 2018 11:54 PM (MyZXQ)
In this short, Robert is taken through storyboard meeting, those statues of various Disney characters are shown that the animators use as references, painting the cels, and all kinds of things. But the neatest is being shown the six foot tall apparatus they used to shoot the really deep depth shots.
For interesting trivia from Fantasia, the Nutcracker Suite used 20,000 frames.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 21, 2018 12:40 AM (2+EWn)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 21, 2018 06:24 AM (qJtVm)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 21, 2018 06:28 AM (qJtVm)
My son has seen the poo video, Eris. He says it's actually Korean stop-motion and it's called "Doggy Poo":
https://youtu.be/argbjMdueug
Posted by: Gem at January 21, 2018 12:41 PM (XoAz8)
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