OT: Hit Movies that Blow Chunks - Page 8

Puke · #71 October 14th, 2003, 01:48 AM

ah yes, i did enjoy day of the jackal - as well as the more recent bruce willis remake. though i would not consider those sniper movies.. what im looking for is a realistic treatment of long range marksmanship and fieldcraft.

and yes, i understand full well that those concepts dont lend themselves well toward exciting movies.

other hit movies that blew - god how i hated the sam ramie spider man movie! what a turd! bad computer graphics, Mary Jane was total trailer trash, and spiderman whined more than skywalker! i cant figure out why it was so popular! and I usually like ramie's movies, though im probably spelling his name wrong.

narf poit chez BOOM · #72 October 14th, 2003, 05:01 AM

well, i didn't have any preconceptions, all my spare money tending to head to games and books, so i don't have much or any to spare for comics.

narf poit chez BOOM · #73 October 14th, 2003, 07:35 PM

a person's brain distracts them from pain by thinking about trivail things. i can say for a fact that, in the midst of screaming, after doing something that wasn't well thought-out, my thoughts can center on the weirdest thing...even for me...

Loser · #74 October 14th, 2003, 07:37 PM

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
a person's brain distracts them from pain by thinking about trivail things. i can say for a fact that, in the midst of screaming, after doing something that wasn't well thought-out, my thoughts can center on the weirdest thing...even for me...

True, but that is one aspect of reality that leads to poor narrative.

Fiction or not, we are not especially entertained by accurate representations of the 'real world'. (no pun intended)

Erax · #75 October 14th, 2003, 07:46 PM

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I think anyone would sound whiney and self-centered if you could hear their internal dialog. Or if their internal dialog were somehow represented in an external way.

True, but some superheroes go beyond that. Spiderman is OK on my scale, he feels inadequate at times but always always ends the story coming to terms with himself (as in the movie). The worst offender would be the Cosmic Crybaby, aka the Silver Surfer.

narf poit chez BOOM · #76 October 14th, 2003, 08:16 PM

he lost his entire planet and spent years as a mind-slave to a planet devourer. doesn't he have things to whine about?

*Narf is pulling a Fyron*

Loser · #77 October 14th, 2003, 08:34 PM

Apparently not.

Erax · #78 October 15th, 2003, 01:08 AM

Um... in the comics, Spiderman also whines more than Skywalker. So what's the problem ?

Loser · #79 October 15th, 2003, 01:22 AM

I think anyone would sounds whiney and self-centered if you could hear their internal dialog. Or if their internal dialog were somehow represented in an external way.

This is typically something I bring up when we talk about Rand from the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.

Erax · #80 October 15th, 2003, 12:04 PM

I never answer Fyron's calls to argument because it's pointless, so I'll do the same here.