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Darren New wrote:
> Bill Pragnell wrote:
>> 3 was good, I liked the puzzle-bombing concept, but it all fell apart
>> a bit towards the end.
>
> Disagree. The end is what made it all worthwhile: that there was
> something other than just mad-bomber puzzles going on.
Yeah, it definitely needed something else, but it just felt like two
different stories shoe-horned into one movie for me.
>> Number 4 was surprisingly good but there was too much to-ing and fro-ing.
>
> Four with the power grid bit? That was awful. The hacker characters knew
> way too much about what was going on. For example, why would the
> computers at the electrical substation know what valves were opening and
> closing in the gas pipes in the next city over? Dumb stuff like that
> kept pulling me out of it.
Well, surprisingly good is only a relative term! I did find most of the
plot devices pretty silly to be honest. Sounds like you had the same
sort of problems with this one as I had with the second one.
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Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> gregjohn wrote:
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>> Episode Three is a fascinating study in fascism and
>> indoctrination of the political and religious stripe.
>
> Erm... if I knew what you're talking about, maybe I'd agree.
>
The scene where Palpatine and Annikin watch a movie that looks like something
made by (our own) Dennis Miller. Palpatine engages in some political/
religious brainwashing there. It is so moving to me, if only because I've had
someone in my own congregation who looks like that try the same thing to a
group of us, to get us to join up in one particular sect he favored. The
gentle tone, with a touch of humor if only to show something oh-so serious....
I'd heard that Lucas was hospitalized with heart troubles when the first one
almost didn't make production schedule. You go through **THAT**, almost die
for something, and it turns out to be a massive financial success: yeah, I
might sit on by butt for Episodes 5,6,1,2,3 and let a studio make up something
half-heartedly in tune with the great storytelling vision of my youth, too.
Darren:
>... Palentine ...
Uh, is that a misspelling of Palestine or Palpatine?? :-)
I can easily see America post 9/11. Who's whom if you're talking about
Palestine?
> ... Wallace...
I'd put the Wallace trilogy in my top 12 favorite films, but the last two have
some over-done polish that "A Grand Day Out" does not.
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Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> I am curios though... I thought the original Star Wars was from the
> 1970s, whereas the film Alien was from 1985 or so?
Aliens was from 1986. Alien was the earlier one.
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Invisible wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>> Actually, thinking about it, the same goes for Pirates of the Carribean.
>>
>> I found the second movie quite hard to follow.
>
> I've heard quite a few people say this. I didn't find it so,
> particularly...
2nd was OK. I only really enjoyed the 1st one. As a totally non-serious
movie.
For me, Shrek 2 had its moments, but not good enough for me to want to
watch the 3rd.
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Warp wrote:
> The Star Wars movies, especially the first one... I just don't like it.
Honestly, I think I've just outgrown them. The only one I still
consider worth watching is "Empire Strikes Back", which is definitely
the most thoughtful piece of the set.
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gregjohn wrote:
> Episode Three is a fascinating study in fascism and indoctrination of the
> political and religious stripe.
If by "fascinating study" you mean "fairly obvious and shallow".
Ooh, let's show a dictator curbing civil rights! That must make it a
deep movie, right?
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Invisible wrote:
> Well, I've seen films where the sequal is *better* than the original
> too. (Off the top of my head... Shrek. Pirates of the Carribean. Die Hard.)
No way, the original "Die Hard" was definitely the best! It actually
gave you a sense that this was an ordinary cop in a crummy situation (a
few key stunts aside), rather than Rambo with a badge for the whole movie.
And was anyone else bothered by the Raptor in "Live Free or Die Hard"?
While I'll openly admit not having access to a real one to check, I'd be
very surprised if it used a single rotor to hover the way it was shown
in the movie (how do they keep it stable? Helicopters at least have
tail rotors to counter the torque...)
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Mueen Nawaz wrote:
> Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>> I am curios though... I thought the original Star Wars was from the
>> 1970s, whereas the film Alien was from 1985 or so?
>
> Aliens was from 1986. Alien was the earlier one.
Well, yes, there were several films, but I thought they were *all* from
about the same time...
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Mueen Nawaz <m.n### [at] ieeeorg> wrote:
> For me, Shrek 2 had its moments, but not good enough for me to want to
> watch the 3rd.
You should watch the third for the graphics. They are cool.
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Chambers <ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> wrote:
> And was anyone else bothered by the Raptor in "Live Free or Die Hard"?
It wasn't a Raptor, but a F-35B Lightning II. It's described here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-35_Lightning_II#F-35B
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