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Off Topic => Everything Else => Topic started by: CosmicCastaway on March 23, 2011, 06:08:02 pm
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Everyone has different tastes, there may be something that you don't like that I absolutely love and visa-versa. In this thread you can talk about things you really like that a majority of people don't. Whether they be games, movies, music, food, whatever you can think of. I'll start off...
I really like the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy. I love the political war that sets up the original films and like seeing the backstories of the various characters. While the acting isn't as good as Episodes IV-VI, I really enjoy the story and visual effects. Also, I love Jar Jar Binks. :mrgreen: Every Star Wars fan hates me for that but I just think he's incredibly awesome. The Prequel Trilogy also contains my favorite Jedi of the series, Qui-Gon Jinn, who is played by the fabulous Liam Neeson. I like all of Episodes I-III, but if I had to choose I would say Episode I is my favorite. It's such an exciting film each time I watch it.
I enjoy the original Star Wars films very much as well. (Return of the Jedi is my favorite of those, gotta love the Ewoks) Overall though, I would say I enjoy the Prequel Trilogy just as much as the Original Trilogy. It's just great seeing the six part saga as a whole. =)
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I love Ernest movies (Like Ernest Goes to Jail, etc.). I just like his weird non-sequiter rants and the crazy stuff Ernest says.
RIP Jim Varney.
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I love Ernest movies (Like Ernest Goes to Jail, etc.). I just like his weird non-sequiter rants and the crazy stuff Ernest says.
RIP Jim Varney.
I love the Ernest movies too! I think my favorites are Ernest Rides Again and Ernest Goes To Africa. Classic. ^-^
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I really like the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy. I love the political war that sets up the original films and like seeing the backstories of the various characters. While the acting isn't as good as Episodes IV-VI, I really enjoy the story and visual effects. Also, I love Jar Jar Binks. :mrgreen: Every Star Wars fan hates me for that but I just think he's incredibly awesome. The Prequel Trilogy also contains my favorite Jedi of the series, Qui-Gon Jinn, who is played by the fabulous Liam Neeson. I like all of Episodes I-III, but if I had to choose I would say Episode I is my favorite. It's such an exciting film each time I watch it.
I enjoy the original Star Wars films very much as well. (Return of the Jedi is my favorite of those, gotta love the Ewoks) Overall though, I would say I enjoy the Prequel Trilogy just as much as the Original Trilogy. It's just great seeing the six part saga as a whole. =)
I read the title of this topic and came in here JUST to say that!
I'm a big prequel fan too. I grew up on the classics (the 80's VHS tapes specifically) then got really hyped when the Special Editions hit theaters. I really didn't give a shit about a few scenes being altered. Then the prequels hit and I was all over the concept art and learning all I could about the special effects. I've probably watched the documentary on the Phantom Menace DVD more than the movie itself. I've caught all three prequels at midnight with my dad, even when I was in college I came home so we could catch episode III (aww!).
The Clone Wars has really helped strengthen the weaker points of the prequels (yes, I do admit that there are weak points) and I just like all six movies as a whole.
Besides that, I guess I could say modern episodes of The Simpsons. Since they went HD and made the movie, they've put extra effort into the animation and writing which was lacking during seasons 14-18. Now a modern season has probably 12 good to great episodes while the 14-18 season years had only a few good ones per season.
Aaaaaand, I really like movies from Full Moon Entertainment. I'm a fan club member and drove out to Pittsburgh to meet the president/lead director Charles Band. Dude directed most of the Puppet Master movies and a ton of other stinkers. They're bad and cheesy, but that's why I love them.
Trancers is probably the one movie from them that is legitimately awesome. Oh, that and Dollman.
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Movies:
Bad 80's movies... They remind me of my childhood even if I have never seen them before.
The Mothman Prophacy... I love that movie, in fact I find the atmosphere far, far more creepy then anything in any other horror movie I've seen.
The Happening - I hated 'The Sixth Sense' bored me side ways, but the Happening is awesome.
The Chronicles of Narnia movies, yeah I like them a lot... The actors are not the best but that battle in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe might just be my favourite fantasy battle ever... I love seeing all the mythical creatures fighting it out.
P.S I feel I should mention that I hate both StarWars Episode 1 and JarJar... But there you go... Different strokes etc.
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I like the Star Wars prequels, and I saw the original run of every star wars movie in the theater. Then we had Laser discs (they were in stereo when the VHS were mono). Of the prequels, episode 3 was the best, but I enjoyed 1 the most because it was so exciting to see something new.
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I find Episode I to have a lot more going on than it looks to on the surface. Palpatine is probably my favorite character from the series, so to know that he is behind every single event in TPM is really awesome. I mean, he created the unrest on Naboo, he was the catalyst for the Chancellor being voted out, he was behind the Sith attacks and (as hinted in Episode III) he or his master may have very well manipulated the force to create Anakin. In creating such a strong force user, it is possible that Obi Wan and Qui Gon finding him was not by chance, but rather the force guided them to him. THen they bring him right back to Palpatine, as though they were delivery men. Genius!
With all that in mind, I love the story of TPM. I also like how is has the most practical special effects of any of the prequels. YOu'd be surprised how much model work was done for that film. I don't have a percentage, but I'm pretty sure practical effects > CGI in TPM and I even believe there were more practical effects in TMP than all of the original trilogy combined (I think).
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Watching movies with Subtitles. :) A lot of people do not like to read movies.
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Watching movies with Subtitles. :) A lot of people do not like to read movies.
I like to watch movies and play games with subtitles too. That way I can see every bit of dialogue if I didn't quite hear it. ;)
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Well they are just more interesting to watch, and most of them have an option to watch it or play it in English if you really wanted to.
Japanese my most common language to watch movies in.
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I love the Star Wars prequel. In seriousness, I think the best Star Wars films are I, III and V, in no particular order.
I also like Jar Jar. And Episode II. I grew up with these films, so I got more attached to them then the first ones, though I love them as well.
I like teenpop music. Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, Westlife. All that crap.
I like both Rap and Metal as well. Many people find that confusing.
I like Sonic Shuffle. A lot.
I like Theoretical Physics.
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I think I'm in the minority about the SW prequels too.
Never, ever publicly state that you like the prequels. Don't, you are opening Pandora's Box, in doing so.
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I liked the latest Indiana Jones.
While not as great as Raiders or Last Crusade, I thought it was far better than Temple of Doom, and I really enjoyed the first half hour. Plus, being a big fan of the TV series, I really appreciated the call out they gave to the premiere episode with Pancho Villa. People who get worked up over the refrigerator scene, need to calm the fuck out. I mean, Temple of Doom had falling from a freakin' airplane in a rubber dingy, sliding down a snow covered mountain and sliding right into a river in India. :P
Lol, I actually bitched out a coworker at a staff meeting for saying he heard it was shit. He also claimed it have too many recycled lines from the previous movies, which is complete nonsense. I said "Have you seen it? Jesus, dude. Why don't you watch a movie before forming an opinion of it. Idiot."
Oh, I also found the fourth Terminator to be a great summer movie.
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I liked the fourth Teminator film.
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I liked the fourth Teminator film.
Me too.
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I liked the fourth Teminator film.
Me too.
Me as well. I've said it before, but it didn't crap all over the first two movies like the third one did. That, and "You Could Be Mine" really sold me on the whole thing.
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I liked the fourth Teminator film.
Me too.
Me as well. I've said it before, but it didn't crap all over the first two movies like the third one did. That, and "You Could Be Mine" really sold me on the whole thing.
HA! Yeah, I loved the Guns & Roses callback. Really connected the movie to the second film. I actually could see John from 2 being the same John from Salvation. I had a really hard time buying that the actor in 3 was the same character.
Also, the old model terminators with the rubber skin hanging off their bodies were pretty badass. I believe they referenced them in the first film, how the early models had rubber skin and were easy to spot.
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I found some of the arguments about Indy 4 to be overly exaggerated.
Really? The Ark of the Convenant, Vodoo Dolls, The Holy Grail and people think aliens is too much of a stretch?
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I found some of the arguments about Indy 4 to be overly exaggerated.
Really? The Ark of the Convenant, Vodoo Dolls, The Holy Grail and people think aliens is too much of a stretch?
I thought this exchange did a good job in fitting aliens in with judaism, christianity and hinduism:
[looking at the odd shaped human skulls]
Mutt Williams: Why'd they do that?
Indiana Jones: To honor the gods.
Mutt Williams: No, no, God's head's not like that, man.
Indiana Jones: Depends on who your god is.
Really, the main drive of each Indy film is a religious artifact. So I see no problem in having aliens as a religion. Hell, people exist who worship aliens. Like Tom Cruise.
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Watching movies and TV shows over and over again. Even if I just finished watching it.
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Another thing I like that most people don't is Golden Axe: Beast Rider. Secret Level hasn't been the most well received studio to work with SEGA, but I personally love the game they made for the Golden Axe series. I just find it to be a fun, challenging re-imagining of one of the classic SEGA franchises. The beasts are lots of fun to use and some of the stages look really great. Also, Death Adder may very well be one of my favorite SEGA boss fights. I guess the only thing I didn't like is how abruptly the story ends, it's quite jarring.
So yeah, I love Golden Axe: Beast Rider.
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Me too! People think I'm crazy when they look at my achievements and how much time I've put into it.
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I found some of the arguments about Indy 4 to be overly exaggerated.
Really? The Ark of the Convenant, Vodoo Dolls, The Holy Grail and people think aliens is too much of a stretch?
Exactly. I love all Indy films, fuck the haters.
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I love the Indestructible song from Street Fighter IV. I just find it to be an incredibly catchy and fun song.
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I'm kinda bummed it didn't make it in Super Street Fighter IV.