um...okay then

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 01/29/2018 at 16:33 • Filed to: None

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This is Peter Jacksons latest movie, some kind of mishmash of steampunk and mad max. It looks...um...original?

Actually it could be really good in the context of movies that aren’t all the same formula. We’ll see. Definitely some gearhead themes

Aaron M - MasoFiST > HammerheadFistpunch 01/29/2018 at 16:40

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Based on a novel, because nothing is new, ever.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Engines

HammerheadFistpunch > Aaron M - MasoFiST 01/29/2018 at 16:42

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Thats what I’m seeing. Im not thinking it will be a hit, but I think I could like it based on its oddball worldbuilding.

Aaron M - MasoFiST > HammerheadFistpunch 01/29/2018 at 16:45

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I’m glad it’s something different than a lot of what’s out there, but my cynical side can’t help but see a YA cash-grab.

MonkeePuzzle > HammerheadFistpunch 01/29/2018 at 16:49

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oh the people are powering the trains?

#SnowPiercer

BaconSandwich is tasty. > HammerheadFistpunch 01/29/2018 at 16:49

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The books are actually not bad - or at least the first two aren’t bad. I haven’t read the rest yet (my “to read” pile is growing faster than I can knock it down).

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > HammerheadFistpunch 01/29/2018 at 16:50

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Looks... interesting. Personally, I’m excited for this:

HammerheadFistpunch > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/29/2018 at 16:51

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yup, my wife just grabber her old copy from her folks house and has set about re-reading it.

Sir Halffast > HammerheadFistpunch 01/29/2018 at 17:13

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It’s been forever since I read any of that series. I’ll maybe have to revisit as well. I hope it’s not schlocky. That’s always the biggest danger with filming sci-fi/fantasy with vaguely Christian themes (see also: all versions of the Chronicles of Narnia ever made).

boredalways > HammerheadFistpunch 01/29/2018 at 17:48

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nope

gmctavish needs more space > HammerheadFistpunch 01/29/2018 at 17:53

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Howl’s Moving Castle looks different than I remember

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Sir Halffast 01/29/2018 at 18:23

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Voyage of the Dawn Trader is one of the worst films I’ve ever seen in theatres, ever.

UltraLibKinjaGod > HammerheadFistpunch 01/29/2018 at 18:38

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It’s basically the same plot as Dreamgirls, but with machines. I’m in.

DayManFighterOfTheNightMan > MonkeePuzzle 01/29/2018 at 18:52

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Snowpiercer= Captain America + Soylent Green

gmctavish needs more space > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2018 at 20:43

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Wow, I’ve seen that, but completely blocked it out. Ugh.

Sir Halffast > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/30/2018 at 09:46

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And don’t forget the weird-ass BBC versions from the 1980s. Those were... wow.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Sir Halffast 01/30/2018 at 09:51

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I would rather watch a religious movie that was either anecdotal or a direct interpretation of whatever text you believe in.

Taking the bible and turning into a fairy tale to be relatable to kids seems to, uh, ironically undermine it’s legitimacy.

SWITAWI > HammerheadFistpunch 01/30/2018 at 10:16

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The book series has been recommended to me before, just haven’t gotten around to it - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Engines

Sir Halffast > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/30/2018 at 10:19

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Yeah, I think that’s why the Lord of The Rings (not the Hobbit) was so good. You know Tolkien was a serious Christian, but he never really injected it into his stories, other than as a general sense of right and wrong, and good and evil. It was more about the story and the characters and Tolkien actively resisted efforts by others to explain his stories in allegorical terms (which, let’s be honest, if it was an allegory it was a loose allegory of WWII).

The Chronicles books were significantly better than the movies, as they were clearly allegorical, but it never felt shoe-horned in. Whereas the “films” some reason felt the need to hit you in the face with it.