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  3. RIP Tina Turner

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    I am sure I had heard of her before this, but my first clear memory of her was the song "We don't need another hero" in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. She was a courageous woman, and an inspiration to many millions of people.

  5. Every Film You've Watched in 2023

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    7 hours ago, Donomark said:

    You may be aware of it, but Rocky was originally meant to die in the street after winning the fight. Stallone changed that ending cuz it sucked.

    I never knew that. I would have preferred that ending. It makes more sense in the context of the story and the brain damage Rocky suffered over the years. They set up the brain damage angle and did not follow through.

  6. Episode 1141 - Flickchart Forum: Star Wars

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    On 5/6/2023 at 8:36 PM, Missy said:

    Thank you for the kind words! To be honest, this was the first time I've spoken about The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker pretty much anywhere because the toxic backlash to the films online (not here) made me keep my mouth shut and pushed me away from Star Wars fandom, so it was good to sit down with Ian and Dan to cover all the movies.

    It was good to hear you and @Dan get back into talking about Star Wars, I have the half-dozen podcasts where you covered the original trilogy and prequels saved to my hard drive. I don't hate Episode II like you guys do - I enjoyed all 11 of the films quite a bit - but it was fun to listen to.

    The toxic fandom hate of Episode VIII is ridiculous. As I said before, I think people were imagining SJW stuff that was not there.

  7. Every Film You've Watched in 2023

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    Rocky V: Rocky should have died at the end. They set up the brain damage angle, and then there are no consequences for getting punched in the face repeatedly, slammed into things and slammed to the ground.

    Rocky and Tommy are allowed to have an extended, brutal street fight at the end of the movie and not one cop shows up until after the fight is over. Rocky is not arrested despite the fact that he was also a willing participant in the street fight and assaulted the stand-in for Don King. It's almost like there are no police.

    All of the emotional weight of the brain damage was undone by Rocky Balboa 16 years later, though I can't blame this film for what comes after it.

  8. Every Film You've Watched in 2023

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    8 hours ago, Dread said:

    Well, it finally happened. I woke up with Covid 19.

    Hope you feel better soon.

    I had almost no respiratory symptoms with COVID-19 last summer, but I had nausea, fever, and body aches. Almost identical to the symptoms I had with the second dose of the vaccine, but not as bad.

  9. Every Film You've Watched in 2023

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    While Governor Schwarzenegger beating up the child abuser in Kindergarten Cop was meant to be an applause scene, it also continues the glorification of vigilantism in Hollywood, a right-wing populist theme I have ranted about on these forums before. And what makes it worse is that the Governor played a police officer. No sympathy for anyone who hurts a child, but we have due process for a reason.

  10. Every Film You've Watched in 2023

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    Started to watch The Mist. Interesting seeing three Walking Dead actors in that movie, though I really wish Melissa McBride had gotten more screen time.

    I hated it when I watched it a decade ago. The anti-Christian propaganda irritated me and I thought the ending was unnecessarily bleak and cruel.

    I wish there had been one actual Christian in the store to shut down Mrs. Carmody by quoting the Old Testament's condemnation of human sacrifice in Jeremiah 32:35 and the kings of Israel and Judah who were condemned because they caused their children to "pass through the fire." (They burned their babies to death in sacrifice to Molech.)

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    Edit: Finished it. I was curious if it was as bad as I remember. It is worse. I hate it as much now as I hated it when I watched it in 2011.

  13. Every Film You've Watched in 2023

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      Plane - Better than I expected. Seeing Mike Colter reminded me I never did finish Luke Cage.

    On 3/23/2023 at 8:46 PM, Professor said:

    Catwoman - I mean, it's Catwoman.  It is what it is.  But at about the halfway point I had a thought.  Replace the cast, add about ten hours, air it on the WB on Thursdays in 2003 and I would have probably loved this.  I mean, it is already basically a movie version of Birds of Prey, only stupid.

    I just re-listened to the Tranquil Tirades episode on this one again this week. Dubs said that since this apparently is a spin-off of Batman Returns, "What a way for that series to end."

    Twenty years after Halle Berry's Catwoman, the Michael Keaton version of Batman is back, in The Flash this summer.

  14. Every Film You've Watched in 2023

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    On 3/31/2023 at 10:15 AM, Donomark said:

    John Wick Chapter 4: I loved this. I genuinely think this is a masterwork in action filmmaking, and one of the best action movies of the 21st century. Easily since the Raid movies.

    More on my thoughts here.

    I saw JW2 a while ago, but haven't seen 3 or 4. Again, watching out of order because it was a Redbox rental.

    John Wick: I had a Beagle for 13 and a half years, and a Beagle / Rat Terrier mix for 16 and a half years. Both died of old age, one at 15 and the other a month shy of turning 17. If you want me to hate a character, have him hurt or kill a Beagle. But it's also cheap heat, and I don't need to see it in movies.

  17. Every Film You've Watched in 2023

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    On 3/16/2023 at 9:24 PM, Dread said:

    Chris Rock: Selective Outrage: I've thought for a while that Chris Rock hasn't been funny for 20 years, and this is another example of that. I watched old clips on Youtube to wash the taste of this out of my mouth.

    He does seem a little overly defensive.

    I started it but haven't finished it. The nice thing about stand up specials is that I can listen via my Bluetooth headset while doing dishes and cooking dinner.

    My tuna casserole turned out nicely.

  20. Every Film You've Watched in 2023

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    1 hour ago, Donomark said:

    The DC animated movies have really leaned into changing things from the comics for a long while now. Hush, Red Son...think the last generally faithful adaptation they did was maybe Dark Knight Returns over ten years ago.

    I didn't mind the changes to Hush and Red Son, but I hated the changes to Long Halloween.

  23. Random wrestling thoughts

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    Baron Corbin has been de-pushed again and WWE feels he has no real potential for star power.

    The problem is not Corbin, but the booking. He gets a little push, then he is made to look like a clown, and then falls back down the card. Rinse and repeat.

    Obviously the fans don't take the character seriously when he is pushed, as there is no confidence that he will not be booked like a total loser again in a couple months. But despite the incompetent booking, the higher-ups will never admit they are wrong.

    It is a testament to Sami Zayn's charisma that he has endured being booked like a clown for years and is still in the hottest feud in WWE right now.

  25. Random wrestling thoughts

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    On 1/23/2023 at 10:04 PM, Missy said:

    Thinking about the Bloodline story and how it will impact the Rumble and Wrestlemania, and my dream situation is: Cody returns early in the Rumble, making it deeper and deeper into the match. Meanwhile, Roman's pulled some strings and got Sami in -- possibly the high 20s. He's given him one goal: eliminate Cody, win the match, and relinquish the shot at Mania. Sami completes parts one and two, but then refuses to let his title shot go. Between the Rumble and Mania it's Sami getting beating after beating by The Bloodline, so he enters Mania "inured," and winds up winning with the help of Kevin.

    Yeah, it's fantasy stuff, but oh man it's what I want.

    I do hope Sami main events Mania and wins the title from Roman. Last year it seemed like Sami was shoved into the Bloodline as a lame hanger-on and wannabe, and would just be their gopher. I think that was always the plan, but he got over despite being booked like a loser. WWE is known for burying people the fans desperately want to see in the main event, and I cannot imagine it will be any different with Sami than it was with Cesaro and many others. I am used to being disappointed.