Red Mosquito

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.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Really enjoyed Gemini Man. Especially enjoyed the technical presentation: 4K HDR in 60fps. Magnificent. So fascinating to watch a genre movie like this with the distancing veneer of “movie” all but utterly removed - we’re talking near total immersive realism in visual terms. HFR is almost like a whole new visual medium; I hate that no one besides Ang Lee seems to be embracing if.

dimejinky99 wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Really enjoyed Gemini Man. Especially enjoyed the technical presentation: 4K HDR in 60fps. Magnificent. So fascinating to watch a genre movie like this with the distancing veneer of “movie” all but utterly removed - we’re talking near total immersive realism in visual terms. HFR is almost like a whole new visual medium; I hate that no one besides Ang Lee seems to be embracing if.

Do you wear glasses? I’ve always wondered.

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.

dimejinky99 wrote:Cool.

It’s like the audio quality thing. There’s a limit to how much depth you can see or hear I reckon.
Retina burning definition and technology sorta scares me

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:Cool.

It’s like the audio quality thing. There’s a limit to how much depth you can see or hear I reckon.
Retina burning definition and technology sorta scares me

We're all gonna die by nanobots anyway, dime. Just enjoy your retinas being burned.

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:Parasite, Motherless Brooklyn, Terminator Dark Fate, and Pain and Glory all just popped up for digital purchase, which means they can be rented in another 2-3 weeks. Looking forward to getting caught up on this year's movies.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Really enjoyed Gemini Man. Especially enjoyed the technical presentation: 4K HDR in 60fps. Magnificent. So fascinating to watch a genre movie like this with the distancing veneer of “movie” all but utterly removed - we’re talking near total immersive realism in visual terms. HFR is almost like a whole new visual medium; I hate that no one besides Ang Lee seems to be embracing if.

tragabigzanda wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Really enjoyed Gemini Man. Especially enjoyed the technical presentation: 4K HDR in 60fps. Magnificent. So fascinating to watch a genre movie like this with the distancing veneer of “movie” all but utterly removed - we’re talking near total immersive realism in visual terms. HFR is almost like a whole new visual medium; I hate that no one besides Ang Lee seems to be embracing if.

Gonna try to watch it sometime this week

LoathedVermin72 wrote:6 Underground is a masterpiece. No joke at all.

bune wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:6 Underground is a masterpiece. No joke at all.

I was watching this and that first car chase had me thinking "man, I wish LV were here so I could see the look of joy on his face." The only part that I didn't like was how goofy Ryan played his role only to have him disarm someone at a pro level and have #7 say "we're going to have to talk about this" and they never do but he goes back to being goofy #1. that was literally the only part of the movie I had an issue with because it stopped being a ridiculous movie and took itself seriously for a few seconds so it took you out of what was going on.

also: have you watched The Man Who Killed Don Quixote? That's the other movie I watched with WWLVD in my mind because it's so...improper...for what a film should be and do throughout.

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.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

bune wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:6 Underground is a masterpiece. No joke at all.

I was watching this and that first car chase had me thinking "man, I wish LV were here so I could see the look of joy on his face." The only part that I didn't like was how goofy Ryan played his role only to have him disarm someone at a pro level and have #7 say "we're going to have to talk about this" and they never do but he goes back to being goofy #1. that was literally the only part of the movie I had an issue with because it stopped being a ridiculous movie and took itself seriously for a few seconds so it took you out of what was going on.

also: have you watched The Man Who Killed Don Quixote? That's the other movie I watched with WWLVD in my mind because it's so...improper...for what a film should be and do throughout.

I dunno, I don’t think it’s a ridiculous movie; it often takes itself plenty seriously. There’s real emotion and growth at play in the characters and their relationships - that’s one of the reasons I love it. It’s the first movie I’ve ever liked Reynolds in because Bay used his smartass humor as a means of developing the character since he’s a detached guy with a fear of intimacy who’s using it a shield.

Have not seen Quixote yet. Gilliam can go either way for me, but Pryce and Driver sure sweeten the deal.

A year prior to the release Ryan Reynolds posted a video on Instagram of himself talking about how quiet Michael Bay's movies are, while in the background a car explodes. This scene is in the movie and you can actually see Reynolds in the background filming the video for this post.