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RE: New Jurassic World Trailer
December 5, 2014 at 7:48 pm
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This movie will almost certainly disappoint me. But, as the first movie was so awesome and formative for me, I will fanboy it up.
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RE: New Jurassic World Trailer
December 5, 2014 at 7:52 pm
(December 5, 2014 at 7:34 pm)Alex K Wrote: (December 5, 2014 at 7:32 pm)Gawdzilla Wrote: That movies aren't deep or worth rants and raves.
I disagree, they are worth rants to me
Then question then becomes how much are your rants worth? 
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RE: New Jurassic World Trailer
December 5, 2014 at 7:54 pm
(December 5, 2014 at 7:52 pm)Gawdzilla Wrote: (December 5, 2014 at 7:34 pm)Alex K Wrote: I disagree, they are worth rants to me
Then question then becomes how much are your rants worth?
Like, who cares, srsly.
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RE: New Jurassic World Trailer
December 5, 2014 at 8:00 pm
(December 4, 2014 at 3:55 pm)Minimalist Wrote: And Hollywood keeps making the same movie over and over again.
And people keep going to see it.
Which is the idiot?
Who cares?! 
Moar Jurassic Park + Chris Pratt = $$$
And yet I'll go see because I have a ton of JP related stuff from my childhood.
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RE: New Jurassic World Trailer
December 5, 2014 at 8:18 pm
(December 5, 2014 at 6:11 pm)Alex K Wrote: (December 5, 2014 at 3:15 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Surely no one actually expects reasonable plots out of a Hollywood "blockbuster", much less accurate science?
The vast majority of what comes out of the major studios is utter crap,
I agree. But why? So often I wonder why 100 million were spent on fx, another 100 mill on famous actors, and apparently 5$ on the script. Why why why?
Because that's what they think sells (and they're probably right).
I rarely see new movies any more, and almost never in the cinema - I may have seen four movies at the cinema in the last 4 or 5 years, and with the pablum that Hollywood has been putting out, I can't see that changing.
I will note that the cinema I usually to, in addition to having state-of-the-art projection and sound, *also* serves kick ass beer. Strong beer. At least when I do go to the cinema, I'm able to get my mind into an easily entertained state.
Most of the shit coming out of Hollywood isn't even worth the bandwidth to download free. I'll watch this one, because dinosaurs, fuck yeah, but that's about all it's gonna have going for it for me. Aside from the cost, I hate like hell to have two-three hours of my life that I'll never get back.
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RE: New Jurassic World Trailer
December 5, 2014 at 8:22 pm
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Havent been to the movies in 2 years this winter, for the same reason. I really don't get it. I'm not a fan of pretentious author film stuff either, so I'm stuck with watching mostly 80s and 90s stuff at home.
I generally think movie industry has jumped the shark and become a forgettable gimmick factory, as all good story telling now happens in tv series.
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RE: New Jurassic World Trailer
December 5, 2014 at 8:25 pm
(December 5, 2014 at 8:22 pm)Alex K Wrote: Havent been to the movies in 2 years this winter, for the same reason. I really don't get it. I'm not a fan of pretentious author film stuff either, so I'm stuck with watching mostly 80s and 90s stuff at home.
Same here. I'm rediscovering some older film as well, recently rewatched "12 Angry Men" - that even kept my girlfriend's teenage son glued to the screen (though he's a drama geek, so perhaps not surprising).
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RE: New Jurassic World Trailer
December 6, 2014 at 4:58 am
Haven't seen it, sounds interesting
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RE: New Jurassic World Trailer
December 6, 2014 at 9:59 am
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(December 4, 2014 at 3:40 pm)Alex K Wrote: Star Wars trailers are nice and all, but frankly... They do not have dinosaurs. So how about it? Looks as if they're just pissing all over Crichton's legacy to me. Is it even still set in Costa Rica?
As if you could possibly have a giant crocodile in close proximity to humans like that - not to mention the fact about where did they get a giant crocodile is that another one of their "genetic inventions"? And where the fuck is the main character (Ian Malcolm)? Let me guess, they decided they don't need the main character, just like Jurassic Park III. What a surprise.
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RE: New Jurassic World Trailer
December 6, 2014 at 10:53 am
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(December 6, 2014 at 9:59 am)Aractus Wrote: (December 4, 2014 at 3:40 pm)Alex K Wrote: Star Wars trailers are nice and all, but frankly... They do not have dinosaurs. So how about it? Looks as if they're just pissing all over Crichton's legacy to me. Is it even still set in Costa Rica?
As if you could possibly have a giant crocodile in close proximity to humans like that - not to mention the fact about where did they get a giant crocodile is that another one of their "genetic inventions"? And where the fuck is the main character (Ian Malcolm)? Let me guess, they decided they don't need the main character, just like Jurassic Park III. What a surprise.
Yeah yeah, in principle, all these things piss me off, too. I was so close to write a fanfic sequel myself, with some of these characters and some depth. Anyways... What parts in particular of MCs legacy you think they get particularly wrong?
I love the whole franchise too much to already be miserable now, though. I'll save it for after watching it, possibly.
But the croc is not a croc but a Mosasaur, which were discovered a stone throw from where I live. However, they made the movie version like 4 times the length of the original.
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