Movie Talk (New Films, Old Films... doesn't matter) (65 Viewers)

[ZoSo]

Elysium- Pretty cool sci-fi. I liked it and didn't feel that I wasted my $8.50. If I have to rank against similar recent releases, not as good as D9 or Pacific Rim, but way better than Oblivion. Not terribly long either (just a shade under 2 hours). The action is pretty well paced. Blomkamp gets a lot done in a short amount of time, which is refreshing when every other film seems to be drawn out to 2 hours and 30 minutes regardless of whether or not it has the content to fill that time.

I liked the story, the action is good without being distracting. The only gripe I had with the movie is Matt Damon. Don't get me wrong, I like Matty D. The character just seemed like he should have been a lot darker and Damon has such a nice guy persona. The main character's name is also Max, which sounds like Matt, acts like Matt, and looks like Matt. So basically it felt like you're watching Matt Damon doing all this stuff. Rather than the guy he's portraying. Which takes away from the film.

 

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[JuveJay]

Elysium- Pretty cool sci-fi.

I only saw seconds of the trailer, but 'Stanford torus' sprung to mind.

 

[Enron]

Pacific Rim is probably my favorite movie in a long time.

 

[Vinny Del Pogba]

Wasn't Elysium supposed to have some sort of connection to District 9? Thought i read that somewhere.

 

[Enron]

Wasn't Elysium supposed to have some sort of connection to District 9? Thought i read that somewhere.

Other than it taking place in a similar looking slum. No. Though it may take place in the same Universe.

 

[Vinny Del Pogba]

Other than it taking place in a similar looking slum. No. Though it may take place in the same Universe.

I figure it out, same director. Lol

 

[swag]

Pacific Rim is probably my favorite movie in a long time.

It is amazing what that tranny can do with ping pong balls.

 

[Enron]

I figure it out, same director. Lol

Yeah. I thought you meant in the storyline.

 

[Vinny Del Pogba]

Yeah. I thought you meant in the storyline.

Thats what i was asking. Must have read something wrong, but i was under the impression elysium was a sequel or somehow related to D9. But i think it was an interview with the director about elysium and he mentions doing a sequel to D9.

 

[swag]

And the totally one sided perspective.

analog recording ftw

Why? Theyre still converting it into digital when they run it through pro tools for mixing and mastering.

Is it entirely coincidental -- and by-correlation-only -- that just as it's become much easier to spit-polish recordings and correct mistakes on any laptop that both a) the value of recorded music has declined significantly, and b) the value of live performances has increased significantly? (At least in how artists are making their cash flow.)

 

[ZoSo]

Pacific Rim is probably my favorite movie in a long time.

And Oblivion

But Pacific Rim is so cool. They're making a new Godzilla coming out next year

Is it entirely coincidental -- and by-correlation-only -- that just as it's become much easier to spit-polish recordings and correct mistakes on any laptop that both a) the value of recorded music has declined significantly, and b) the value of live performances has increased significantly? (At least in how artists are making their cash flow.)

Nah, it's technology/internet. The ease of recording decent quality music these days and putting out in the internet means there is a massive amount of music out there compared to even 15 years ago. Look at sites like myspace (lol), bandcamp etc.

But I'd argue the loudness wars are worse for music than any of that.

 

[swag]

But the value of recorded music has declined a lot. Some of it is distribution. But some of it is the ease of fabrication.

The supply is ridiculously high now.

 

[ZoSo]

But the value of recorded music has declined a lot. Some of it is distribution. But some of it is the ease of fabrication.

The supply is ridiculously high now.

I don't think you can put that down to one thing, too many factors have changed in the last 10-15 years.

 

[Klovn]

Oblivion is the worst shit i've ever seen.

 

[ZoSo]

You probably don't like sci-fi then

 

[Klovn]

Good guess. - GoT is the exception though.

 

[Vinny Del Pogba]

Ben Affleck is going to be the new Batman according to an IGN post on facebook.

 

[Enron]

Ah shit. It's for real. I love Affleck and his recent work, but he's not Batman.

Zach Snyder ruined Superman and now he wants to shit on Batman too.

 

[Vinny Del Pogba]

Ah shit. It's for real. I love Affleck and his recent work, but he's not Batman.

Zach Snyder ruined Superman and now he wants to shit on Batman too.

I thought this movie was a terrible idea to begin with. Now its gotten worse.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Ben Affleck is the new Batman!