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What Movies Have You Seen Lately?
| December 30th, 2017 at 1:08:22 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Please use SPOILER tags, but I thought the recent popular horror film with a blind guy was "Don't Breathe", not "Get Out". |
| December 30th, 2017 at 2:36:06 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5104 |
it becomes clear that these people are up to no good, but what? It was a very uniquely evil thing which, well, hell, you should see the movie to find out. The blind guy has a minor role. I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| December 30th, 2017 at 5:36:50 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 | Just saw Dunkirk It was entertaining but overall a disappointment for me Just a few survival stories Would rather see the breath of the amazing evacuation of 300k instead of a few survival stories Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| December 30th, 2017 at 9:21:33 AM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 |
The major points to remember about Dunkirk is that the British Expeditionary Force did not know that their position was untenable and that they were surrounded by German troops. It took a British cryptographer specializing in Metadata to tell Churchill "Your entire army is surrounded and has no hope of escaping defeat in any battle". There was a complete breakdown of discipline among many of the evacuees. No one manned small craft and ferried troops to offshore ships, everyone got out of the small craft and evacuees had to wait for the craft to float back in to be re-used. Churchill did not hesitate to give the most important order: "Able Bodied First" which meant "leave our wounded behind, England needs soldiers not hospital patients". Most of the daring feats of survival did not take place on or near the beach, they took place aboard the small craft navigating the short choppy seas of the English Channel in boats totally unsuitable to the task. |
| December 30th, 2017 at 12:40:11 PM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | SJW's are killing Marvel, in push for diversity : http://theantimedia.org/marvel-comic-books/ The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
| December 30th, 2017 at 2:16:47 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 |
Wow Comic books are still around? Gotta be a tiny niche business these days I just never see them anywhere Growing up, they were in a lot of stores. I bought comics as a kid. Archie then Batman and Superman then war comics Loved them Never got into Marvel Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| December 30th, 2017 at 3:21:05 PM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12523 | Anyone who uses the phrase "SJW" in a non-ironic way is someone not to be listened to. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
| December 30th, 2017 at 4:12:37 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 | I think its absurd to blame declining comic book sales on SJW Come on Printing on paper? Everything regarding printing is dying Its so last century Kids today are not looking for comics, instead its the latest Nintendo Switch games Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| December 30th, 2017 at 5:29:31 PM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | I posted my comment in the movies thread, maybe for common interest, not because of paper comic books, but the movies based on them. I care not about the sjw movement, but it was in the link. Haven't read a comic book in ages, however I do read the funnies in newspapers, often that is the best part in the whole paper. Many movies start out from comic book themes or characters, the article was of interest to me, pointing out that PC has gone overboard many times and this article points out how that has worked for Marvel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_Marvel_Comics http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/32829/80-upcoming-comic-book-movies-and-when-to-expect-them "...Again, if you’re not into comics, then on the surface of all this you’re probably assuming that as a business, Marvel must be ending these titles because they aren’t selling. And you’d be correct in that assumption. As the sales figures clearly show, very few people had an interest in reading these books."> <To a small but highly vocal group of comic book fans on social media, the cancellation of those series foreshadowed the end of a period at Marvel in which they say social justice warriors were ruining the company.> The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
| December 31st, 2017 at 4:10:59 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Marvel started in the early 1960's and took a long time to eventually get into the movies. From worldwide box office gross, Spiderman in 2002 basically set a new kind of standard for movie success: the movie that makes lots of money in a very short time. After Spider-Man studios were no longer content with films that would build slowly by word of mouth. Now they had to prepare audiences for months before hand so they would all want to go the first week.
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