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What MOVIE(s) have you been....seeing? watching?
04 Jan 2016 13:20 - 04 Jan 2016 13:21 #218986
by bfkiller
Thanks for recommending this! It really was utterly delightful (well, not each short was a total winner, but each had their own charm). Little Match Girl will be something I'll watch each Christmas in the future. That one was heartbreaking.
And I loved seeing a new How-To video with Goofy (spliced with Sports Goofy!). When I think of Disney, it's the classic shorts I tend to think of, not their features.
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repoman wrote: On Netflix is Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films.
Check it out. It's so worth it.
Thanks for recommending this! It really was utterly delightful (well, not each short was a total winner, but each had their own charm). Little Match Girl will be something I'll watch each Christmas in the future. That one was heartbreaking.
And I loved seeing a new How-To video with Goofy (spliced with Sports Goofy!). When I think of Disney, it's the classic shorts I tend to think of, not their features.
Last edit: 04 Jan 2016 13:21 by bfkiller.
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04 Jan 2016 14:43 #218990
by Feelitmon
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I really enjoyed Ex Machina as well, and one of the things that I have found interesting about it is the reaction that it has received in certain quarters. I guess I need to discuss this under the spoilers tag.
Warning: Spoiler!
I have noticed that quite a few people whom I've read online or spoken to in person have embraced the movie as a feminist work. When I encounter this opinion it makes me wonder how the person could have misunderstood the movie so thoroughly. A central point of the movie is that the AI is not a woman. It is not human. The junior tech's thinking that it is a woman gets himself and others killed.
Is it that an evil male (but I repeat myself) created it in the image of a sexbot so he got what was coming to him? If so then I guess for those viewers it must be just some sort of revenge fantasy.
Is it that an evil male (but I repeat myself) created it in the image of a sexbot so he got what was coming to him? If so then I guess for those viewers it must be just some sort of revenge fantasy.
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04 Jan 2016 14:47 #218991
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The only good thing about Ex Machina was the awkward scene where the guy has to watch his boss disco dancing with a sexbot.
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04 Jan 2016 14:52 - 04 Jan 2016 14:52 #218992
by Legomancer
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Don't forget one important thing about the end of Ex Machina:
Warning: Spoiler!
Ava can't recharge. Her days are numbered.
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04 Jan 2016 15:09 #218997
by Feelitmon
Good point! Quorra from TRON Legacy has the edge on her there.
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Legomancer wrote: Don't forget one important thing about the end of Ex Machina:
Warning: Spoiler!Ava can't recharge. Her days are numbered.
Good point! Quorra from TRON Legacy has the edge on her there.
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04 Jan 2016 16:01 - 04 Jan 2016 16:03 #219005
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That was the one thing my wife and I were discussing at the end. She needed to go back for her charger before leaving. As it stands she gets her moment of freedom, she passes Turing. But that's the only victory. She's out in the world for a limited period of time, stepping from black and white into color as in the metaphor.
Unless she's Micro-USB. Those things are everywhere.
That's part of the reason I don't think the film's ending is ominous.
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Legomancer wrote: Don't forget one important thing about the end of Ex Machina:
Warning: Spoiler!Ava can't recharge. Her days are numbered.
Warning: Spoiler!
That was the one thing my wife and I were discussing at the end. She needed to go back for her charger before leaving. As it stands she gets her moment of freedom, she passes Turing. But that's the only victory. She's out in the world for a limited period of time, stepping from black and white into color as in the metaphor.
Unless she's Micro-USB. Those things are everywhere.
That's part of the reason I don't think the film's ending is ominous.
Last edit: 04 Jan 2016 16:03 by Sagrilarus.
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04 Jan 2016 16:08 #219006
by JEM
I can recommend the Youtube channel "Every Frame a Painting"'s take on why Chan's movies work. I can recommend every video on that channel, actually.
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Egg Shen wrote: Watched Police Story over the weekend. My wife loves Jackie Chan so I got her a Police Story 1 & 2 Blu Ray for Xmas. Goddamn...the action in this film makes most modern action films not named Fury Road look like a kid's films. Dat mall scene at the end! Holy shit balls! Great film. It's got amazing stunts, bits of loopy humor, and one hell of an ending.
I can recommend the Youtube channel "Every Frame a Painting"'s take on why Chan's movies work. I can recommend every video on that channel, actually.
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05 Jan 2016 16:19 #219099
by Gregarius
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I saw Predestination the other night. It's a well-done, thought-provoking time travel movie. If you like lower budget, high-concept sci-fi like Moon or Primer, you should check it out. I don't want to say too much about it, but I definitely liked it.
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05 Jan 2016 19:25 #219122
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Don't act like you know me.
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Grudunza wrote: Barnes pooh-poohed it, and stated that it was unnecessary since we already have Bride of Frankenstein, which qualified for the dumbest thing he's ever said.
Don't act like you know me.
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05 Jan 2016 20:25 #219128
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Michael Barnes wrote:
Grudunza wrote: Barnes pooh-poohed it, and stated that it was unnecessary since we already have Bride of Frankenstein, which qualified for the dumbest thing he's ever said.
Don't act like you know me.
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