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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:What's this about LV's return to RM? I know you've been around less since the new job. Did you quit that job or something?
No, I started posting many years ago when I was like 14. Then I left when I was like 17 or something. I just came back a year or two ago.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:What I am asking is how big is it and how many p does it have
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48" UHD
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The first movie I'm going to watch on blu ray is Monsters
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:What I am asking is how big is it and how many p does it have
:lol:

48" UHD
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:Have you seen Southland Tales? Why did I never know about this movie?
LOVE Southland Tales. :bammer:

I prefer Donnie Darko, though I don't expend you to agree on that. Either way, Southland Tales is excellent.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Have you seen Southland Tales? Why did I never know about this movie?
LOVE Southland Tales. :bammer:

I prefer Donnie Darko, though I don't expend you to agree on that. Either way, Southland Tales is excellent.
Any opinions on The Box?
The worst of the three. But I still enjoyed well enough for what it is. It's uneven. A better idea maybe than execution but it's not a bad movie by any stretch. There's stuff to like, for sure, but it's a bit of a chore and not as gripping or tense as it should be. It's the only on of Kelly's films that I've seen just once, so my memory is fuzzy. I recall Diaz being just fucking terrible but all of the smaller players being great (Langella, Rebhorn, Holmes).
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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LV, what are your opinions of Richard Kelly, specifically The Box? Should trag drop it from his queue?
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Hey LV, I'm watching Resident Evil: Afterlife right now (very underrated). How hot is Ali Larger in this?!
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durdencommatyler wrote:LV, what are your opinions of Richard Kelly, specifically The Box? Should trag drop it from his queue?
I didn't see this until now. I've only seen Donnie Darko.
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hey LV, I'm watching Resident Evil: Afterlife right now (very underrated). How hot is Ali Larger in this?!
Haha, on SyFy? I was watching it for a while too. Definitely a good movie.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hey LV, I'm watching Resident Evil: Afterlife right now (very underrated). How hot is Ali Larger in this?!
Haha, on SyFy? I was watching it for a while too. Definitely a good movie.
Yeah, was flipping through and saw it was on
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hi lv...i came across this and was wondering if you still felt this way?
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:hi lv...i came across this and was wondering if you still felt this way?
Nope, I feel the opposite now.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:hi lv...i came across this and was wondering if you still felt this way?
Nope, I feel the opposite now.
do you like gladiator at all? i haven't seen either in at least ten years, and i'm wondering how i would react to them now
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:hi lv...i came across this and was wondering if you still felt this way?
Nope, I feel the opposite now.
do you like gladiator at all? i haven't seen either in at least ten years, and i'm wondering how i would react to them now
I do like it, though I liked it a lot more when I was younger. I think the action setpieces hold up very well, and it has some great performances from a great cast, but a lot of it feels...lightweight? It's a little silly.

I do think the contrast between the theatrical and extended cuts is interesting, though. The former is pretty lean, and plays like a revenge-fueled action movie. The latter is almost a political thriller, full of backdoor machinations and talky tangents. I'm not sure if one or the other is better; they're just very different.

I loved Braveheart when I watched it semi-recently. I thought it had aged much better than Gladiator. I love Mel.
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Do they cut off the whole package (dick and nuts) in one swoop during a castration or do they just do one or the other (and if so which one)?
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