LedRush
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No...I know it's a SPOILERS
Captain Marvel allusion. But the abruptness of the ending would totally bamboozle the non-serious Marvel movie fan.
You should see audiences out here in Japan after watching MCU mid and post credits. Nobody knows what the hell is going on! lol
Catching some of their conversations as we are all walking out of the cinema, I find that they are nowhere close to understanding what the end credits scenes mean.
I didn’t understand it, nor did the Singaporeans with whom I watched the movie. Actually, 70% of the theater left before the post credits scene, so I imagine they were coming because of advertising.
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I’ll be checking this out in a few hours. I’ll be back with my thoughts afterwards.
I’ll say this though: there is no hype out here (other than a few tv commercials and some ads about heavily commuted areas) so I can’t say that any hype has influenced me in anyway.
I stayed clear of all hype and spoilers. I even averted my eyes when TV commercials came on.... :laughing guy:
I do this for all movies in which I have interest.
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I’ve seen most of the Marvel movies and enjoyed those. I can’t say that any really stuck with me, but I remember enjoying the Guardians movies, Spider-Man, and Iron Man the most. I haven’t seen the last Thor or Black Panther. That probably influences my opinions on this movie, and I will go back and see them.
But this movie was a huge, relentless, boring, mess. It has way, way too many people in it and these people all are doing the greatest hits of what they’ve done before without the pauses for any drama at all to exist. Also, while I should have expected it due to the name of the movie, but the ending was horrible.
I would say that I was confused but entertained for the first hour or so, and then less entertained in the middle, and then exhausted by the last 45 minutes. This movie isn’t horrible for what it is, and it stayed entertaining for most of it’s overblown running time, but I won’t be paying money to watch this again.
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Any Led Zeppelin album except In Through the Out Door (the side B opener is the only Zep song I don't like).
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Also Aaron Paul (played Jesse Pinkman) was amazing throughout, by far my favorite character.
The changed he goes through throughout the show is painful, you sympathize for him.
The ending when he escapes and drives away put me to tears.
Yes, he was great! And what a cool thing in real life; to get a role in an unknown series put on by a small cable network and have it turn out to be the job of a lifetime. Bryan Cranston was so good in it as well but since I am the wife of a chemistry teacher (seriously) I couldn't or wouldn't let myself identify with Walt too much, it was so often sordid.
I think Friday Night Lights was his coming out.
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Great show. If only there was already a huge thread discussing it lol.
To be fair, before making this thread, I tried looking it up, nothing to be found, blame the search bar. BLAME THE SYSTEM.
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I could even get past it leaving out all but the briefest cameo Rush image appearances (same one showed twice in different places), but the soundtrack itself and what did make the cut was just forgettable.
My daughter asked me to go see it to see if I thought she could see it. I agree, it was pretty bland...very much like watching someone else play a video game. Regarding the Rush references, I saw two distinct ones:
The poster on the wall and Aech's T-shirt at the end.
Are those the same ones you saw?
That’s what I saw.
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LZ1, LZ2, then Abbey Road, Let it Bleed, and Tommy.
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If you like the 20 minutes versions of Whole Lotta Love, Moby, Dick, and Dazed and Confused, you might want to go with HTWWW. Otherwise, BBC is better recording, better selection, better performances and more interesting historically.
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I Love You Man was awkward, at its best moments. As a Rush fan it seemed... arbitrary. Any other popular rock band could have been chosen for the role the music played in the movie. I don't feel like they ever really got to the core of what makes Rush popular among those who like them. Sounds like the same can be said of Ready Player One. Interchange Rush for this or that.
It probably doesn't help I don't particularly care for Rudd either. He has the charisma of a box of unsalted crackers.
But the two lead actors are notorious for their actual love of the band Rush. It wasn't like Rush as just randomly selected. They truly were fans and were acting like dorks.
And Ernest Cline is a huge Rush fan. If you read the book, it's easy to tell that he loves the band.
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Better Call Saul, the Breaking Bad spinoff, just released season 3 on Netflix. :drool:
Weird. It must have been out internationally before domestically as I saw season 3 a few weeks ago.
You got me excited that season 4 was actually being released as I didn’t know that the show was still active and had assumed it was older than it is.
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Currently watching, for the first time, the Blu-ray reworked version of Return Of The Jedi.
Oh my gawd.....what utter stupidity. The opening scene in Jabba’s chamber....Lucas turned it into total shit.
That is, BY FAR, the worst of the tinkering Lucas did to the special editions. It's worse than the entirely new and shitty ending of Jedi, worse than the terrible CGI Jabba getting stepped on by Han... It's totally embarrassing. What were they thinking??!
Worse than Greedo shooting first or kenobi’s dragin scream?
Yes, it was worse. It was blatant pandering to children. It was a Muppet Show music video.
I will NEVER watch it again. It's the original version or nothing.
It was a test. Lucas knew he’d make the prequels at that point and he wanted to test the technology and the style.
The crazy thing is he thought that these efforts passed that test.
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Saw it last night with my son and supermouse. Loved it!!
I really enjoyed the movie, and the Rush references in it. The movie was simplified a lot to work for film, and a lot of references were changed to make it work with licensing. I disliked the music and soundtrack of the movie, but it still works with the themes of the story.
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Currently watching, for the first time, the Blu-ray reworked version of Return Of The Jedi.
Oh my gawd.....what utter stupidity. The opening scene in Jabba’s chamber....Lucas turned it into total shit.
That is, BY FAR, the worst of the tinkering Lucas did to the special editions. It's worse than the entirely new and shitty ending of Jedi, worse than the terrible CGI Jabba getting stepped on by Han... It's totally embarrassing. What were they thinking??!
Worse than Greedo shooting first or kenobi’s dragin scream?
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This news has left a hole in my heart...a hole bigger than the hole in his black hole theory was!
When I first read a brief history of time in college, my mind was blown. Even though the book was written for idiots, I still couldn't grasp everything clearly. I always loved hearing his speculation on what the future would be like. He will be missed.
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Spoiler warning?
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He's the polar opposite of Jesse, who has no book smarts but was a successful criminal, pre-Walt.
Skyler, the wife? What season are you on?Breaking Bad. I love and hate it.
What do you hate about it?
The entire premise is ridiculous when you have access to the money and choose not to accept it. That, and time and time again White makes the worst decision possible. It makes the problems so avoidable that it’s hard to empathize with him.
And I'm getting to the point where I might fastforward any scene Skler is in.
5. The wife (Skyler) is destroying the middle of the show I'm in. She started off horrible, got more horrible, got much better, got bad, and is now horrible again.
And Walt was an obstinate ass in season 1, but he’s insufferably stupid in season 5. All his problems can be solved time and time again, but he chooses the dumbest options possible.
You do realise that Walt making dumb decisions is the whole point, right? For as smart as he was when it came to chemistry and being able to create that special kind of meth. He was equally as dumb as a criminal. The show wouldn't have been that good if he made good decisions once he got into the drug game.
The problem I have is that he’s a criminal genius 95% of the time, and he just makes the absolute worst decision at the worst time for no godly reason at all.
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Skyler, the wife? What season are you on?Breaking Bad. I love and hate it.
What do you hate about it?
The entire premise is ridiculous when you have access to the money and choose not to accept it. That, and time and time again White makes the worst decision possible. It makes the problems so avoidable that it’s hard to empathize with him.
And I'm getting to the point where I might fastforward any scene Skler is in.
5. The wife (Skyler) is destroying the middle of the show I'm in. She started off horrible, got more horrible, got much better, got bad, and is now horrible again.
And Walt was an obstinate ass in season 1, but he’s insufferably stupid in season 5. All his problems can be solved time and time again, but he chooses the dumbest options possible.
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Skyler, the wife? What season are you on?Breaking Bad. I love and hate it.
What do you hate about it?
The entire premise is ridiculous when you have access to the money and choose not to accept it. That, and time and time again White makes the worst decision possible. It makes the problems so avoidable that it’s hard to empathize with him.
And I'm getting to the point where I might fastforward any scene Skler is in.
5. The wife (Skyler) is destroying the middle of the show I'm in. She started off horrible, got more horrible, got much better, got bad, and is now horrible again.
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I haven’t smoked since R40. :(
Maybe not since 2010 for me
10 minutes here
I would if I could but Mary Jane is looked upon differently in this part of Asia.
Besides, the cost here is crazy stupid (3-4 times that in the states maybe? Don’t know these days) and not worth it even if the punishing laws weren’t so brutal.
Any MJ usage I save for Cambodia or Vietnam...but I haven’t been to those parts in several years. The cost there is ridiculously cheap to boot.
Where did you find some in Vietnam? A bar? A happy pho place?
Howmuchya get and howmuchya pay?
Xoxo
Smitty
It found me, I didn’t look for it...street, taxi, other? Can’t remember. Paid maybe about 20 (U.S.) bucks for a big f**k all bag.
I found the same to be true in Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand. However, I live in Singapore and am surrounded by Malaysia and Indonesia. Probably 3 of the worst places on earth for 4:20.
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http://i.pinimg.com/736x/14/5c/0d/145c0df79cdde84c1ec52fcfa692db06--padm%C3%A9-amidala-queen-amidala.jpg^ Actually now that I think about it R1 and 6 are kind of a tie for me
They’re the two that’d be the closest (points-wise, if there were such a scale)...maybe like an A- and B+ respectively. Empire would certainly be an A+ and A New Hope an A. So maybe like this:
Empire: A+
New Hope: A
Return: A-
Rogue One: B+
Force Awakens: B
Last Jedi: B-
Revenge: D+
Clones: D
Phantom: F dammit!!!
You guys must be hardcore Star Wars !! I thoroughly enjoyed Phantom, Attack and Clones. Not nearly on par with the first 3 movies, but definitely not as bad as you guys think.
Yes! Also I don't get why people hate Phantom so much more than Clones. Much as enjoy all three prequels, even I'll admit half of Clones is barely watchable because of the "romance" between Anakin and Padme and how terribly the whole thing is performed (and written). Phantom is heartwarming! Solid B- from me at worst.
Probably because Portman looks hot battling giant iguanas!
This picture makes me want to become a massage therapist.
so romantic
That’s one of the most honest and believable moments of the movie. Out of all the crap dialogue, I never understood why people pick on the one of the only pieces which works.
Because it's sounds corny as heck, and it's a lot easier to swallow than the even angstier and more awkward "relationship" scenes which devour the rest of the movie.
How is it corny? It is a bunch of facts with a simple opinion of how someone who was a slave on a desert planet feels about sand. I might add, sand does suck major ass for the very reasons Anakin points out :D
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Breaking Bad. I love and hate it.
What do you hate about it?
The entire premise is ridiculous when you have access to the money and choose not to accept it. That, and time and time again White makes the worst decision possible. It makes the problems so avoidable that it’s hard to empathize with him.
And I'm getting to the point where I might fastforward any scene Skler is in.
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I used to watch the Clone Wars series when I was in elementary school. I didn't keep up with it by the time it ended, but I always enjoyed it. The few episodes I saw of rebels I didn't really enjoy for various reasons. I though the animation looked like a more kid-friendly attempt at replicating the animation from the Clone Wars, which didn't sit well with me, not to mention the show itself seemed less serious in nature and didn't seem to play by the guidelines of the SW galaxy as well as other spinoffs and side-cannons (I heard in one episode the child protagonist and managed to take out like a whole Star Destroyer with barely more than a straighter and a friend or two and without much difficulty, I realize you could argue it's like Luke in episode four on a smaller scale, but it doesn't feel realistic to me, even with the force at play). I heard from friends it got better as it went on and got a little more serious, but I've still always viewed it as a kind of hokey smaller children's show revolving around characters who are meaningless to the movies. At least The Clone Wars was about what the main movie characters did during that oft-referenced period that no one ever explained in the movies. It made sense to fill in that part of the story. Rebels didn't make sense to me, especially after I'd played through The Force Unleashed video games and seen a more preferable attempt at explaining the kinds of things that happened in those years.
I think the animation style throws a lot of people off, but I found the series to be equal parts fun and light and dark and serious. Generally the main story line was serious, often very adult and sometimes somber; while the side stories were more kid friendly. I won't let my 6 year olds watch the show because of how much death, torture, pain, and other adult themes are in it. That is also true of Clone Wars, but that animation style grated on my far more than the Rebels one does.
Anyway, you get more information in Tano, Maul, Vader, Tarkin, Palpatine, Obi-Wan, and General Thrawn, and a much more mature and nuanced look at the force than any Star Wars movie or TV show has taken.
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I love this show as well, but I watch on Netflix, so I’ll have a long wait for new episodes.
Greatest Album Side Opener, Side B Edition: Nomination Round
in Music Of The Spheres
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1. Back in Black - AC/DC
2. Here Comes the Sun- Beatles
3. Wake Up Sunshine- Chicago
4. Unchained- Van Halen
5. Street Fighting Man-Rolling Stones
6. Rock and Roll Band - Boston
7. Question 67 and 68 - Chicago
8. The Boys Are Back in Town-Thin Lizzy
9. Money - Pink Floyd
10. KISS - Love Gun
11. Smoke On The Water- Deep Purple
12. Kings and Queens - Aerosmith
13. Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker
14. Reelin' In The Years - Steely Dan
15. Killing Yourself to Live - Black Sabbath
16. The Entertainer- Billy Joel
17. The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden
18. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
19. Spanish Bombs - The Clash
20. I Wanna Be Sedated - Ramones
21. Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
22. Somebody to Love - Queen
23. The Vigil--Blue Öyster Cult
24. God Only Knows- The Beach Boys
25. Sin City - AC/DC
26. Stargazer - Rainbow
27. Thela Hun GInjeet - King Crimson
28. Velvet Green - Jethro Tull
29. This Flight Tonight - Nazareth
30. Hot For Teacher - Van Halen
31. Territorial Pissings - Nirvana
32. Heroin - The Velvet Underground
33. Killers - Iron Maiden
34. Robbery, Assault and Battery - Genesis
35. My Generation - The Who (live at leeds)
36. Flight of the Rat - Deep Purple
37. You're All I've Got Tonight - The Cars
38. Karma Police - Radiohead
39. Phantom Lord - Metallica
40. Too Rolling Stoned - Robin Trower
41. Misty Mountain Hop - Led Zep
42. Hello, Goodbye - The Beatles
43. Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
44. Don't Do Me Like That - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
45. The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
46. Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads
47. Edge Of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks
48. Little Dolls - Ozzy Osbourne
49. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - The Police
50. Suite Sister Mary - Queensryche
51. Mr. Crowley - Ozzy Osbourne
52. The Trooper - Iron Maiden
53. Walking On the Moon - Police
54. And You and I - YES
55. Powderfinger - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
56. Mountain Jam - Allman Bros
57. Disposable Heroes - Metallica
58. TVC 15 - David Bowie
59. Gudbye T'Jane - Slade
60. Electric Funeral - Black Sabbath
61. Maggie May - Rod Stewart
62. Liar - Queen
63. No More Mr. Nice Guy - Alice Cooper
64. Bitch - The Rolling Stones
65. In The Light - Led Zeppelin
66. Blood - Pearl Jam
67. My Michelle - Guns N'Roses
68. Far Away Eyes - The Rolling Stones
69. S.O.S. (Too Bad) - Aerosmith
70. Beat It - Michael Jackson
71. Am I Evil? - Diamond Head
72. Stagnation - Genesis
73. Midnight Rambler - Stones
74. The Confessor - Joe Walsh
75. Low Budget - Kinks
76. Rebel Waltz - The Clash
77. No Class - Motorhead
78. Black Tiger - Y&T
79. Flaming Youth - Kiss
80. The Sails of Charon - Scorpions
81. Get Down, Make Love (Queen)
82. Europa and the Pirate Twins - Thomas Dolby
83. Jungle Love - Steve Miller Band
84. When Doves Cry - Prince
85. Hard to Handle - Black Crowes
86. Dancing Days - Led Zeppelin
87. Detox Mansion - Warren Zevon