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Doireen Kaundur
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Posted - 2014.03.23 03:18:00 -
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Quote:Europa Report (2013) 90 min - Sci-Fi | Thriller - 27 June 2013 (USA)
An international crew of astronauts undertakes a privately funded mission to search for life on Jupiter's fourth largest moon.
Dont let the low rating fool you. This is an EXCELLENT movie. Minimizing the cost of replacing implants.
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Baneken
Arctic Light Inc. Arctic Light
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Posted - 2014.03.23 07:10:00 -
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I take it that makers have avoided an obvious alien rip-off then ? |
Bagrat Skalski
Poseidaon
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Posted - 2014.03.23 09:19:00 -
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I could not think about more obvious scenario for Sci-fi film
Decent film but nothing really great i think. Edit signature? What's the point? |
Sibyyl
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Posted - 2014.03.23 11:04:00 -
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I thought the bad acting was a bit distracting. The actors looking like they.. are acting.
/Fÿ¡
Now that you are *campers* you will have more *parties* and no more *sad* *lonely* *bubbles*. |
Aspalis
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
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Posted - 2014.03.23 11:10:00 -
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http://imgur.com/ehM50W6 |
Abyss Azizora
Ominous Holding
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Posted - 2014.03.23 11:45:00 -
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I watched this several months back on netflix, it wasn't nearly as bad as I had expected, hell it was almost "good".
Now if you want a "laugh your ass off" bad movie, watch "Ghost Shark" it's a syfy original movie, I was laughing for an hour it was so bad. |
jason hill
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.03.23 12:04:00 -
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the links borkd |
Doireen Kaundur
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Posted - 2014.03.23 13:33:00 -
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Abyss Azizora wrote:I watched this several months back on netflix, it wasn't nearly as bad as I had expected, hell it was almost "good".
Now if you want a "laugh your ass off" bad movie, watch "Ghost Shark" it's a syfy original movie, I was laughing for an hour it was so bad.
I think that is why SciFi channel cancelled MST3K. It would only be a matter of time before the show would be lampooing SyFy's "original" movies.
Sibyyl wrote:I thought the bad acting was a bit distracting. The actors looking like they.. are acting.
/Fÿ¡
The semi-documentary look of the film and the "acting" did lend to the film. Considering that such a voyage may be possible in this century lends it more credence to such encounters than any "Alien" film IMO. Minimizing the cost of replacing implants.
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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
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Posted - 2014.03.23 14:06:00 -
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Doireen Kaundur wrote:
I think that is why SciFi channel cancelled MST3K. It would only be a matter of time before the show would be lampooning SyFy's "original" movies.
MST3K was cancelled years before Sci Fi started making low budget schlock like "Volcano in New York", etc. Sci-Fi got tired of funding the rights to films to be riffed.
Also, why would Sci-Fi not want those bad movies riffed ? Movies are already paid for, so MST3K could have had them (on the same network) for free. Broadcast as 2 different shows, and a double-dip profit.
But, the made for Sci-Fi movies are already so deliberately bad by design, it spoils the spirit of the concept. They already riff themselves. It's funnier if the movie is earnestly struggling to be "good". This is why they did not do obvious Ed Wood films like "Plan 9" as it needs no help being made fun of. Instead they used his more rarely seen films like "The Violent Years". "He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."-á - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882 |
Doireen Kaundur
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Posted - 2014.03.23 14:16:00 -
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Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:Doireen Kaundur wrote:
I think that is why SciFi channel cancelled MST3K. It would only be a matter of time before the show would be lampooning SyFy's "original" movies.
MST3K was cancelled years before Sci Fi started making low budget schlock like "Volcano in New York", etc. Sci-Fi got tired of funding the rights to films to be riffed. Also, why would Sci-Fi not want those bad movies riffed ? Movies are already paid for, so MST3K could have had them (on the same network) for free. Broadcast as 2 different shows, and a double-dip profit.
MST3K: Original channel KTMA (1988GÇô89) The Comedy Channel (1989GÇô91) Comedy Central (1991GÇô96) Sci Fi Channel (1997GÇô99)
SciFi had the series for only 3 years compared to Comedy Central's 8 years. I doubt costs were an issue.
As for why would SciFi, then SyFy not want their own movies riffed? Becuase they actually beleive their movies are good? Otherwise SyFy would have to change their name again to SyComedy. Minimizing the cost of replacing implants.
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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
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Posted - 2014.03.23 14:40:00 -
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Doireen Kaundur wrote:
SciFi had the series for only 3 years compared to Comedy Central's 8 years. I doubt costs were an issue.
Wrong again.
As MST3K got more popular, movie companies started charging more for the broadcast rights as they figured out it was quite a lucrative way to finally profit from films that had failed.
Costs were indeed what killed MST3K. This is well known in the industry and amongst the fans. Sorry.
"Q: Why did Sci-Fi Channel officials decide to stop ordering episodes? A: Initially, network executives said the issue was ratings, pure and simple. Later, they also noted that the cost of acquiring the rights to movies for riffing was getting too high. Many viewers also noticed a change in the network after Barry Schulman -- MST3K's chief defender at the channel -- departed, and Bonnie Hammer -- an executive from what was then Sci-Fi's parent company, USA Networks -- took over. MST3K apparently did not fit with her vision for the network."
http://www.mst3kinfo.com/mstfaq/cancel.html "He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."-á - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882 |
XNCReman
Soviet Directorate of Eve
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Posted - 2014.03.23 16:22:00 -
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This movie was really good, one of the few good scifi-movies that has come out these days! |
Robby Altair
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Posted - 2014.03.23 17:44:00 -
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"Zardoz speaks to you, His chosen ones. "
TCM rules! Room 3420 Boelter Hall UCLA |
Sibyyl
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Posted - 2014.03.23 22:33:00 -
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Doireen Kaundur wrote:The semi-documentary look of the film and the "acting" did lend to the film. Considering that such a voyage may be possible in this century lends it more credence to such encounters than any "Alien" film IMO. Do NOT say anything bad about Alien. :p
Aliens was a terrible movie though.. my opinion. Now that you are *campers* you will have more *parties* and no more *sad* *lonely* *bubbles*. |
Rouen-Michel en Lefevre
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Posted - 2014.03.24 04:41:00 -
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Sibyyl wrote:Doireen Kaundur wrote:The semi-documentary look of the film and the "acting" did lend to the film. Considering that such a voyage may be possible in this century lends it more credence to such encounters than any "Alien" film IMO. Do NOT say anything bad about Alien. :p Aliens was a terrible movie though.. my opinion.
Blasphemy! Throw wet confetti at the heretic. |
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
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Posted - 2014.03.24 12:32:00 -
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Robby Altair wrote:"Zardoz speaks to you, His chosen ones. "
TCM rules!
Zardoz 007 "He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."-á - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882 |
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
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Posted - 2014.03.24 12:33:00 -
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Rouen-Michel en Lefevre wrote:Sibyyl wrote:Doireen Kaundur wrote:The semi-documentary look of the film and the "acting" did lend to the film. Considering that such a voyage may be possible in this century lends it more credence to such encounters than any "Alien" film IMO. Do NOT say anything bad about Alien. :p Aliens was a terrible movie though.. my opinion. Blasphemy! Throw wet confetti at the heretic.
Most indeed. Save the hate for Alien 3, Alien Resurrection, and AvP.
And Prometheus. "He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."-á - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882 |
Aspalis
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
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Posted - 2014.03.24 13:47:00 -
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Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:Rouen-Michel en Lefevre wrote:Sibyyl wrote:Doireen Kaundur wrote:The semi-documentary look of the film and the "acting" did lend to the film. Considering that such a voyage may be possible in this century lends it more credence to such encounters than any "Alien" film IMO. Do NOT say anything bad about Alien. :p Aliens was a terrible movie though.. my opinion. Blasphemy! Throw wet confetti at the heretic. Most indeed. Save the hate for Alien 3, Alien Resurrection, and AvP. And Prometheus.
While I agree that we should save the hate for Alien 3, Alien Resurrection, AvP and Prometheus. I have to agree that Aliens was not a Alien movie, it is great action flick with Xenomorphs but the absolute absence of horror made it a pretty bad Alien movie.
Alien 3 did better in that regard. |
Commissar Kate
Team Evil
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Posted - 2014.03.24 13:52:00 -
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Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:Rouen-Michel en Lefevre wrote:Sibyyl wrote:Doireen Kaundur wrote:The semi-documentary look of the film and the "acting" did lend to the film. Considering that such a voyage may be possible in this century lends it more credence to such encounters than any "Alien" film IMO. Do NOT say anything bad about Alien. :p Aliens was a terrible movie though.. my opinion. Blasphemy! Throw wet confetti at the heretic. Most indeed. Save the hate for Alien 3, Alien Resurrection, and AvP. And Prometheus.
Only thing I really don't like about Aliens is the Vietnam war references. Even the space marines looked like vietnam era soldiers. People, who talk, don't know. People, who know, don't talk.
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Sibyyl
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Posted - 2014.03.24 14:16:00 -
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Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:Save the hate for Alien 3 I liked Alien 3. Fincher tried his best! d: Now that you are *campers* you will have more *parties* and no more *sad* *lonely* *bubbles*. |
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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
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Posted - 2014.03.24 14:29:00 -
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Commissar Kate wrote:
Only thing I really don't like about Aliens is the Vietnam war references. Even the space marines looked like vietnam era soldiers.
Completely understandable, as Vietnam had been our last major military action when Aliens was made. Did we need James Stewart type characters to make them like WWII-type Marines ?
If done now, and the movie were reflective of current military operations, they would just send in a bunch of drones, and no movie really to be had.
In short, I'm not understanding your reasoning at all for your "complaint". "He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."-á - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882 |
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
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Posted - 2014.03.24 14:33:00 -
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Sibyyl wrote:Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:Save the hate for Alien 3 I liked Alien 3. Fincher tried his best! d:
The opening night audience I saw it with were quite loudly complaining about the badness while we were exiting the theater. Never experienced that before, or since.
2 things:
They should have stuck with William Gibson's original screenplay, set on an asteroid with tons of zero-g tunnels and such to present the scares.
Mayhaps they should not have hired a director for such a meticulous and fragile concept as Alien, whose only prior major experience was directing Madonna's "Vogue" video. "He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."-á - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882 |
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
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Posted - 2014.03.24 14:34:00 -
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Aspalis wrote:. I have to agree that Aliens was not a Alien movie, it is great action flick with Xenomorphs but the absolute absence of horror made it a pretty bad Alien movie.
Oh no. The xenomprphs crawling at you in the dark when that ceiling tile was raised was not scary at all.
Neither was the surprise appearance of the Queen before ripping apart Bishop.
Right. No scares at all. Did we see the same film ??? "He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."-á - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882 |
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
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Posted - 2014.03.24 19:31:00 -
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Europa Report was Academy award winning acting compared to the acting in Iron Sky.....
Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings? |
Aspalis
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
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Posted - 2014.03.24 21:14:00 -
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Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:Aspalis wrote:. I have to agree that Aliens was not a Alien movie, it is great action flick with Xenomorphs but the absolute absence of horror made it a pretty bad Alien movie.
Oh no. The xenomprphs crawling at you in the dark when that ceiling tile was raised was not scary at all. Neither was the surprise appearance of the Queen before ripping apart Bishop. Right. No scares at all. Did we see the same film ???
We did, I think Cameron tried too hard to make Aliens scary (which made Alien so terrifying) when its end result turned out to be a monster closet flick.
John Carpenter's The Thing scared me. Aliens did not. |
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
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Posted - 2014.03.24 21:41:00 -
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The Engineer scene in Prometheus was Epic. Too bad the writing was horrific. For example, what biologist would approach such a heinous looking creature like it was the sexiest thing alive, just after he was freaking out about exploring the caves (/.*) |
Bagrat Skalski
Poseidaon
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Posted - 2014.03.24 21:43:00 -
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I think there is more of the Lovecraft works influence in Thing. Edit signature? What's the point? |
Reiisha
Evolution
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Posted - 2014.03.25 10:06:00 -
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Back on topic...
Europa Report was pretty decent. I loved how Europa itself was designed. The only downside to the movie is that instead of focusing on the exploration of Europa it starts to trail off into disaster movie material, which is a shame. There's not enough optimistic scifi around... Though i guess it's still optimistic in its own way.
If you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all... |
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
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Posted - 2014.03.25 11:11:00 -
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Now that I have watched the trailer and red the Rotten Tomatoes page (which was @ 80%), which usually means it will be a decent to good watch in my book, I feel like I can make a comment towards the direction of the movie towards a catastrophe movie. Hollywood does not, typically, give sci-fi flicks much range to work with. Mostly catastrophe/drama, horror or comedy. Since this movie looks like it starts out as a 'reality' movie, catastrophe almost seems like the most logical funneled end point, otherwise it would probably have ended up watching like a fakumentary...EDIT-- Which would not sell at all. |
Doireen Kaundur
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Posted - 2014.03.25 11:18:00 -
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Slade Trillgon wrote:Now that I have watched the trailer and red the Rotten Tomatoes page (which was @ 80%), which usually means it will be a decent to good watch in my book, I feel like I can make a comment towards the direction of the movie towards a catastrophe movie. Hollywood does not, typically, give sci-fi flicks much range to work with. Mostly catastrophe/drama, horror or comedy. Since this movie looks like it starts out as a 'reality' movie, catastrophe almost seems like the most logical funneled end point, otherwise it would probably have ended up watching like a fakumentary...EDIT-- Which would not sell at all.
I think the "reality" of the movie was in its mission. See, everyone wants to look for extraterrestrial life, but no one says -what will we do if we find it...and it turns out to not be so friendly? The mission was in over its head from the start, so I think robotics will be the future of space exploration. Minimizing the cost of replacing implants.
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