Valerian

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 07/22/2017 at 14:20 • Filed to: None

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As a hard-core Luc Besson fan, I’m really looking forward to this movie. I generally eschew movie reviews until after I’ve seen the film, but I started reading A.O. Scott’s !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! in the NYT and came across this paragraph:

To say that “Valerian” is a science-fiction epic doesn’t quite do it justice. Imagine crushing a DVD of “The Phantom Menace” into a fine powder, tossing in some Adderall and Ecstasy and a pinch of cayenne pepper and snorting the resulting mixture while wearing a virtual reality helmet in a Las Vegas karaoke bar. Actually, that sounds like too much fun, but you get the idea.

Scott says that like it’s a bad thing. Sounds pretty friggin’ awesome to me.

I’ll finish reading the review after I see the movie.

EL_ULY > ttyymmnn 07/22/2017 at 14:31

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thread hijack:

ttyymmnn > EL_ULY 07/22/2017 at 14:37

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PS9 > ttyymmnn 07/22/2017 at 14:41

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The tagline bothers me so much. ‘City of a thousand planets’. How can one city span multiple planets? Are the connected via tubes? What the hell kind of structure would be needed to hold 1000 planets together? Wouldn’t it be easier to just have a thousand cities on each planet instead and use space travel to get to/from all of them? I know the movie might not actually be about or have a city that is also a thousand planets, but my jimmies are still rustled by it!

PS9 > EL_ULY 07/22/2017 at 14:46

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Thread Lojack.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > ttyymmnn 07/22/2017 at 14:47

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I’m going out to see it later today

ttyymmnn > PS9 07/22/2017 at 14:55

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I think it is one city on one planet that hosts beings from 1000 planets. Or something like that. I’m not familiar with the source material, and I’m trying very hard to see it with a completely open mind.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn 07/22/2017 at 15:03

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I’m taking my kids to see it maybe tonite or tomorrow afternoon. We missed baby driver because I got the impression is was a bit too violent and sexually suggestive scenes.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > EL_ULY 07/22/2017 at 15:04

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Thread lock.

Bryan doesn't drive a 1M > ttyymmnn 07/22/2017 at 15:16

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Saw it last night. If you liked 5th Element, you’ll like this one. All it’s missing is Bruce Willis.

Super fun and imaginative movie. This review gets it: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/valerian-and-the-city-of-a-thousand-planets-2017

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 07/22/2017 at 15:22

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Wife mentioned she was interested in seeing Valarian. I thought the trailer looked good. I made the mistake of reading a negative review, and now am not very interested in seeing it. My wife HATES it when this happens.

ttyymmnn > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 07/22/2017 at 15:31

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Go see it anyway. Screw the reviews. For context, here is a story:

Two critics were sitting on a bench next to a lake. They watched a man row a boat out to the middle of the lake and then stand up in the boat. Then the man stepped out of the boat and walked across the surface of the water back to shore. One critic turned to the other and said, “Look at that; he can’t even swim.”

MrDakka > PS9 07/22/2017 at 16:09

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It better be a 1000 body Klemperer rosette  encased in a Dyson shell

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > PS9 07/22/2017 at 16:22

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Multinational city with space for everyone.

ktfright | Kinja Neighborhood Black Guy > ttyymmnn 07/22/2017 at 16:29

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I saw it last night. It’s pretty much what you describe. It’s a space station that initially welcomes all walks of life, and for centuries grows into a huge city with thousands of lifeforms coexisting.

arl > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/22/2017 at 16:37

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You would be correct. Saw it, OK movie. Way too violent for kiddos.