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That Weird Al movie wasn't worth it. It's literally a parody of a biography. Not sure what the point of this was. Total waste of time.
(I know it was a parody. And I "got it". it just wasn't what I was expecting nor was it amusing.) I feel let down. womp womp.

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I watched Avatar 1 & 2 over the past week. I'm in the minority, I don't get they hype for this series.  It has some cool elements and spectacular visuals, but the plot is very lacking and they drag it out over 3+ hours. The humans have no redeeming quality and the Na'vi culture is a very indulgent visual spectacle.  Yes, you can very much compare this to a Dances With Wolves type story, or the Empire fighting the Ewoks.  That's basically all it is.

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7 minutes ago, KvHulk said:

You aren't in the minority. In 12 years I have yet to meet a single person that enjoyed Avatar, or wanted or asked for a sequel.

That being said, some people must love this blue porn because it's selling... or so they keep telling me.

I have no idea how James Cameron is going to drag this out into five movies.  The first two are very similar in plot, with some family stuff thrown into Avatar 2.

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Random rant:

I havent watched much star wars since the first 6 films came out. 

Recently started catching up on clone wars, bobba fett, obi wan  mando etc..

Is it just me or has the violence gone off the charts? Both in volume and graphicness. IIRC the original trilogy  and prequel was 85% story 15% fighting and even the fighting was a super tame lightsaber duel or occasional force lightning. I think even the lightsabers didnt slice through people but almost comically glanced off of them.

All the modern stuff feels more like a 40% story 60% fighting split. And the fighting doesnt shy away from beheadings and other body sections being sliced away at will. 

Yes I know you can point to a force choke or 2 from vader in the OT but I dont remember being as turned off from the graphic violence as a kid watching them as I do from the the modern shows as an adult. And I definitely have not become more sensitive. 

Some of these should be PG13 or R.

Rant over.

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34 minutes ago, Bricklectic said:

Random rant:

I havent watched much star wars since the first 6 films came out. 

Recently started catching up on clone wars, bobba fett, obi wan  mando etc..

Is it just me or has the violence gone off the charts? Both in volume and graphicness. IIRC the original trilogy  and prequel was 85% story 15% fighting and even the fighting was a super tame lightsaber duel or occasional force lightning. I think even the lightsabers didnt slice through people but almost comically glanced off of them.

All the modern stuff feels more like a 40% story 60% fighting split. And the fighting doesnt shy away from beheadings and other body sections being sliced away at will. 

Yes I know you can point to a force choke or 2 from vader in the OT but I dont remember being as turned off from the graphic violence as a kid watching them as I do from the the modern shows as an adult. And I definitely have not become more sensitive. 

Some of these should be PG13 or R.

Rant over.

Just wait until you get to The Bad Batch. They use stun mode like crazy throughout and then kill a whole village.

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18 hours ago, exciter1 said:

I watched Avatar 1 & 2 over the past week. I'm in the minority, I don't get they hype for this series.  It has some cool elements and spectacular visuals, but the plot is very lacking and they drag it out over 3+ hours. The humans have no redeeming quality and the Na'vi culture is a very indulgent visual spectacle.  Yes, you can very much compare this to a Dances With Wolves type story, or the Empire fighting the Ewoks.  That's basically all it is.

the point was the "spectacular visuals"

the plot is rehashed and acting meh...it killed because of the visuals...but obviously the impact is lessened quite a bit when watching after the fact.

very similar to the first Jurassic Park movie (seen in theaters in opening week)...felt so special AT THE TIME but in hindsight meh.

18 hours ago, KvHulk said:

You aren't in the minority. In 12 years I have yet to meet a single person that enjoyed Avatar, or wanted or asked for a sequel.

That being said, some people must love this blue porn because it's selling... or so they keep telling me.

Grand Admiral Thrawn is going go ballistic mainstream

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18 hours ago, exciter1 said:

I have no idea how James Cameron is going to drag this out into five movies.  The first two are very similar in plot, with some family stuff thrown into Avatar 2.

since so much time between sequels...I think he's taking this full Terminator series...500 years  ahead when Navi is cybertron and an extinct species comes back to reclaim control of the time machine to get back and prevent the apocolapse

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21 hours ago, Pseudoty said:

Top Gun Maverick is free on Paramount. 

It's pure fan service. Not gonna lie, Tom Cruise hasn't aged a day and looks insanely good for 60. The fact that they had to kill off Val Kilmer because you know he actually aged and had real life health issues with throat cancer while Tom Cruise opens the film with an ad of him parachuting out of helicopter as a promo was just too much for me. 

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38 minutes ago, Mark Twain said:

It's pure fan service. Not gonna lie, Tom Cruise hasn't aged a day and looks insanely good for 60. The fact that they had to kill off Val Kilmer because you know he actually aged and had real life health issues with throat cancer while Tom Cruise opens the film with an ad of him parachuting out of helicopter as a promo was just too much for me. 

I mean he did this for upcoming dead reckoning

 

 

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Is it just me or is this show alternatively boring and cringe worthy. Tries wayy too hard to be cool. And too much forced laughter. 
 
That is one of my 9 year old's favorite shows. We watch it together every week. A lot of the contestants they have on are pretty cringe, but I actually like Will and appreciate his 'dad joke' sense of humor lol
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