Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted June 10, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted June 10, 2018 Anyone bothered watching 2001 in the cinema? It's obviously great, like, but the Star gate sequence is about billion times more engrossing and effective on the big screen. I think most pleasingly is the film still looks fantastic on the big screen. The fear is it may be easier to see through all the incredible and clever effects, but aside from the monkey suits, it is genuinely a bit of a miracle that it still looks so good by 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted June 10, 2018 Awards Moderator Share Posted June 10, 2018 Watched Cargo on Netflix tonight. Really good Aussie zombie drama. Martin Freeman is very good in it. Best Netflix original film I’ve seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted June 11, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted June 11, 2018 11 hours ago, HarmonicGenerator said: Watched Cargo on Netflix tonight. Really good Aussie zombie drama. Martin Freeman is very good in it. Best Netflix original film I’ve seen. I'm looking forward to seeing Martin Freeman in the remake of Argo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 On 10 June 2018 at 5:58 PM, johnnyboy said: Yeah, we went to see it last week. I loved that they showed the presentation in its entirety: pre credit music, aspect ratio change for the pre credit sequence, intermission, the whole nine yards. It looked stunning and was the only time I'd ever seen it in its pomp. The VHS I had as a kid didn't quite do it justice, especially on a 14 inch telly. Along with Blade Runner, it's one of those films that doesn't age.  All the effects were physical and in-camera, and that gives them infinite fidelity that survives throughout all the format changes over the years. I'm particularly impressed by the computer UI stuff which all looks very modern despite the fact that none of it is done with computers but drawn painstakingly by hand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 1 hour ago, johnnyboy said: Well ahead of the curve on tablets and commercialisation too. Landing bays were the only ones that stood out with the control rooms wobbling a bit in the background. The long run along Discovery One is gorgeous. When Samsung were being sued by Apple for copy write infringement of the iPad, they used 2001 as evidence that Apple weren't the ones who invented tablet computers. https://www.pcworld.com/article/238664/samsung_claims_tablet_like_device_in_2001_a_space_odyssey_invalidates_apple_patent.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted June 12, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted June 12, 2018 12 hours ago, wordsfromlee said: When Samsung were being sued by Apple for copy write infringement of the iPad, they used 2001 as evidence that Apple weren't the ones who invented tablet computers. https://www.pcworld.com/article/238664/samsung_claims_tablet_like_device_in_2001_a_space_odyssey_invalidates_apple_patent.html  On the same site, though, an article a year later says that the killjoy judge presiding over that case decided that it couldn't be used as evidence, in the end. Boooooo. https://www.pcworld.com/article/260307/2001_a_space_odyssey_nixed_as_samsung_evidence_in_suit_against_apple.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted June 12, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted June 12, 2018 (edited) 14 hours ago, johnnyboy said: Well ahead of the curve on tablets and commercialisation too. Landing bays were the only ones that stood out with the control rooms wobbling a bit in the background. The long run along Discovery One is gorgeous. Indeed. All in, it's staggering how well it has aged. Some of the gravity effects are performed like a magic trick, in that you do spend a chunk of your time figuring out what sort of sorcery they used to make it work. The pen floating scene, while quite a simple effect now and in practice, is nonetheless brilliantly done - turns out all they used was glass and some newly developed double sided sticky tape to keep the pen in place. Edited June 12, 2018 by ColinBollocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Army Of One God instructs Nicolas Cage to go and capture Osama Bin Laden. Â I don't think I need to add anything to that except there is a sword fight between the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapnut Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 3 hours ago, Keith Houchen said: there is a sword fight between the two. Cage and Bin Laden, or Cage and God? I need such information, Keith! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) I’m hoping Cage and Bin Laden so it ends with Cage saying “I’m Lt. Frank Drebin, Police Squad. And don’t ever let me catch you guys in America” before falling out of a window Edited June 13, 2018 by WyattSheepMask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 It’s Cage vs Binny. Don’t let it put you off, but God is played by Russell Brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Justice Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Was this a dream Keith? It sounds like it should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 34 minutes ago, Steve Justice said: Was this a dream Keith? It sounds like it should be. No, but this is a dream from the film  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted June 14, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 14, 2018 So, Hereditary. The first half is amazing. It's this unnerving family horror film with one moment especially that was utterly shocking and it's some of the best stuff I've seen in any film for ages. The second half? Not so much. Feels like it just becomes a run-through of so many familiar horror cliches but what I will say for it is that it's still really enjoyable. It just felt like this turns into a really good horror film when for an hour it was on course to be one of the greatest horror films. I think it would certainly improve with me on a rewatch though, knowing that shift is coming in the second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted June 18, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted June 18, 2018 (edited) I hate when they compare new horror films to "The Exorcist", that always puts it on my "Do No Watch" pile. I'm expecting Mike Oldfield musical scores and shit when you say that. Edited June 18, 2018 by bAzTNM#1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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