D'Juhn Keep on 29/7/2007 at 12:38
Quote Posted by Nicker
"They outnumber us a hundred to one and it takes six of us 300 rounds ea etc etc
Poor Robert Heinlein must have been spinning in his grave to see such tactical and strategic errors and waste of soldiers lives - and in his name no less.
because nobody could draw parallels with the Vietnamese war with this kind of situation, could they? :)
Quote Posted by Lady Taffer
Lemme think. . 300. And I didn't even SEE it! HOHO! But frankly, it's just one of those things you really don't need to see to know that it's utter shite.
How can you read this back to yourself and not realise how stupid you sound? It's a good stroy with excellent cinematography and stylisation but you KNOW it's shit with your magical shitty movie spider sense. And you like Cube, so it obviously doesn't work anyway.
and oh dear GOD we're having the annual Starship Troopers Debate itt
vurt on 29/7/2007 at 14:47
Im guessing Lady Taffer is not male. Im 100% certain she wouldnt like it ;) AND she has very good taste it seems, The Cube movies are indeed great (except for the acting perhaps :cheeky: )
I thought 300 was "ok", i would've loved it 15 years ago though, im sure of that. One thing i hated was the commentator, he sounded so incredible retarded, like someone from the South Park gang making a impersonation of someone _trying_ to sound tough... I even said to my friend that i watched it with "South Park will totaly rip on this movie" and in the next ep they did :laff:
Tocky on 29/7/2007 at 15:30
Quote Posted by Nicker
Poor Robert Heinlein must have been spinning in his grave to see such tactical and strategic errors and waste of soldiers lives - and in his name no less.
You do realize that this is an author who writes himself into a corner and gets out of it by throwing in magic and pubescent homosex right?
PeeperStorm on 29/7/2007 at 17:23
Hey, as long as we're talking bad movies, how 'bout (
http://imdb.com/title/tt0085935/)
Metal Storm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn? The only redeeming feature was that it had Richard Moll (of
Night Court fame) in it.
In the non-scifi arena, I'd nominate (
http://imdb.com/title/tt0063709/)
The Touchables, an awful bit of British crap with a bunch of groupies who kidnap their favorite rock star, and then rape him repeatedly.
And then there's the '80s movie (that I can't remember the name of) which involves a female barbarian fighting evil cyborg tyrants who basically eat people in a post-apocalyptic setting. Really. All I can remember about the title is that it had nothing to do with the actual movie. It also included a blurb at the end that told you to "watch for the sequel", which never was made.
And while trying to find out the name of the above movie, I found (
http://imdb.com/title/tt0018150/plotsummary) this. Sounds perfectly awful.
Quote:
You do realize that this is an author who writes himself into a corner and gets out of it by throwing in magic and pubescent homosex right?
Damn, I must have missed that part of
Starship Troopers the 5 or 10 times that I read it...
Lady Taffer on 29/7/2007 at 20:02
Quote Posted by D'Juhn Keep
It's a good stroy with excellent cinematography and stylisation but you KNOW it's shit with your magical shitty movie spider sense.
All I saw was the preview. . .that was enough for me. Would you watch the preview for Underdog and think, "Gee! That looks like crap, but I'll bet it's really a good movie! I go see it!" :tsktsk:
Also, not only am I not a man (duh. . ) but I absolutely LOATHE Frank Miller. He can't write for shit and he can't draw for even more shit. In fact, I'm quite certain he just takes a crap on a bunch of comic pages and sends that off to his publisher. Apparently all of his fans like shit, so they're all "OMG BEST COMIC EVAR!" It's only a short step to turn it into a really shitty movie.
Also, I saw Cube years and years ago when I was much younger and my tastes were different. I'm sure I would be disenchanted if I saw it today. I was merely poking fun at myself. :p
marshall banana on 29/7/2007 at 20:24
You want a bad movie? How about evil dummies, telekinetic powers, hamburger monsters, and Darth Vader?
(
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089378/) Making Contact
D'Juhn Keep on 29/7/2007 at 22:52
Quote Posted by Lady Taffer
All I saw was the preview. . .that was enough for me. Would you watch the preview for Underdog and think, "Gee! That looks like crap, but I'll bet it's really a good movie! I go see it!" :tsktsk:
No. No I wouldn't.
But I also wouldn't say "Gee, that looks like crap, I think I'll say it's the worst film ever made"
WITHOUT EVEN SEEING THE BLOODY FILMchrist why am i bothering. I don't even CARE that you don't like it and you could put a Jihad on Frank Miller for all I care. The only part that bothers me is the rampant stupidity of saying it's awful without seeing it.
Tocky on 29/7/2007 at 23:50
Quote Posted by PeeperStorm
Damn, I must have missed that part of
Starship Troopers the 5 or 10 times that I read it...
That particular piece of crap was "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls". I was just pointing out that Heinlein who is a crap author would not "spin in his grave" over a crap interpretation of crap work. I can make it through the most juvenile tripe or the most impenatrably archaic eighteenth century prose but his writing disgusted me so badly I could not finish. That is a rare thing and noteworthy because of the range of genre and number of works I've read. He is an astoundingly bad author.
Scots Taffer on 30/7/2007 at 00:56
Quote Posted by D'Juhn Keep
The only part that bothers me is the rampant stupidity of saying it's awful without seeing it.
Yeah, that shit irks me too - fortunately, I have seen it. It is utter crap. :)
Also, people can criticise the satirical content of
Starship Troopers to the Moon and back, it doesn't change the fact that it was just an awesomely stupid action sci-fi besides.
CandyStick on 30/7/2007 at 01:56
I nominate "Shawn of the Dead", I know a lot of people love this move for some reason, but I could bearly stand watching it all the way through. It's just dumb, not funny, not scary, it's not anything, and that scene where that main character cries for his father is unberable with lameness (wtf is this movie supposed to be?). By the end I just wanted them all to be eaten by zombies, as quickly as possible.
