Matri Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I think they call him "Invincible" because from the time he donned the first prototype suit, he's already suffering from a weak heart. He then graduates to a fully artificial heart and has been that way since. We're talking about a guy with a busted heart who has laid waste to entire armies. Imagine if he had a working heart. Mind you, this is only what -I- think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strong Bob Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Tony Stark (Iron Man's alter ego) is an alcoholic with a bad heart, and eats nothing but crap food while never taking very good care of himself whatsoever. The only reason he is alive is because his original suit acts as a form of "pacemaker", although I never quite understood why he needed such a massive piece of armor for something like that. I only like Iron Man in concept when compared to Captain America in the Civil War series. Iron Man always stood for capitalist society, while Captain America always stood for the freedom and civil rights of the American dream. Both of which are polar opposites of the outlook on what America is. Besides that, all he really is... Is a man in a robot suit that keeps him from dying of various types of organ failure. God, a game about Halo, I've played few FPS as lame and boring as Halo, I honestly cannot understand what all the big hype about that thing is about. Personally, I found the Half-Life series to be more "lame and boring" by comparison. It's simply a matter of taste and what you look for. I made a huge post in the past regarding your question on why Halo is considered so good, I would recommend reading it. https://www.strategycore.co.uk/forums/The-E...0421#entry80421 It will, of course, not sway your opinion of the game at all. We will each have our tastes of what we do and do not like. But you may at least begin to understand what the fuss is all about. And why there is a substantial potential for a movie. (It already has about 5+ high selling novels.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Personally, I found the Half-Life series to be more "lame and boring" by comparison. It's simply a matter of taste and what you look for. I made a huge post in the past regarding your question on why Halo is considered so good, I would recommend reading it. https://www.strategycore.co.uk/forums/The-E...0421#entry80421 It will, of course, not sway your opinion of the game at all. We will each have our tastes of what we do and do not like. But you may at least begin to understand what the fuss is all about. And why there is a substantial potential for a movie. (It already has about 5+ high selling novels.) Heretic!! Somehow I missed your reply that time, just read it now. It all comes down to tastes anyway, I still think Halo sucks worse than many FPS that came before and after it, but I'll admit it kept me pretty entertained when I first played it, I do still need to try Halo 2, just that looking at the screenies, I found it as uninteresting as the first one, from looks at least, nothing compelling. And the story may be better developed in the next two games, I'll give you that, but speaking from the first game alone, it's very boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Indy 5 soon to be released! anyone here going to see it? For me its a must, wether its as good as the others or a complete train wreck, though to be honest, I pretty much expect the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matri Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Five? I thought it was Indy 4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Bah, I didn't read the topic title so I thought you were talking about an adventure game featuring Indy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted May 10, 2008 Author Share Posted May 10, 2008 Having seen the trailer for the new Indy movie, I'm not sure. I will see it without a doubt though! Bioshock movie could be interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Five? I thought it was Indy 4?My mistake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 It's not Indy 4 unless it has to do with the Fate of Atlantis. That would be an awesome movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Rec - brilliant zombie film. We've had some stinkers recently, God knows, but this one is special. It's Spanish, the leading lady is lovely, the film is well-paced, taut, and isn't too long. It's got gore, horror, the lot. It's another shaky cam job, but it's not too shaky to see what's going on. It got a remake in double-quick time, as Quarantine. The Fountain - Depending upon who you ask, a work of genius or a pretentious load of shit. I'm still working it out, so it definitely makes you think. Nice to look at if nothing else. A love story taking place in three different times between the same two people. 39th Battalion (Kokoda in some territories) - Japs versus Ozzies in the jungles of New Guinea in WWII. Dirty, violent, brilliant. God knows how either side managed to fight in conditions like that. Especially good weapon noises. Dead Snow - Nazi zombies in the mountains of Norway attack some people on holiday. Said holidaygoers fight back with improvised and WWII weaponry. A good low-budget laugh, not really scary at any point but enjoyable. Shoot 'em up - Massive amount of fun, everything that cinematic turd Max Payne should have been. Every single gunfight is ridiculously over the top as a loner tries to save a baby from a hitman and hundreds of goons, with only a prostitute for company. Great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Indy 4 sucked big time. Went to see Star Trek on thuesday, excellent movie! terrific! Much better than I expected, even though I hated the young Kirk's actor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 The International - a neat little thriller with some good action. Clive Owen's popular lately isn't he. Most of it has been done before, and the character's aren't anything special, but it's competent and enjoyable. Tell No One - Brilliant film based on a mediocre book. First film in ages that has had me on the edge of my seat, really deserves to be called a thriller. Bloke playing the lead is just a shortarse with a Gallic nose, so he's the perfect everyman. Dante 01/Eden Log/Chrysalis - three surprisingly good French sci-fi films, I didn't know they were such a cinematic country. Eden Log is showing its budget, but has a good idea behind it, Dante 01 was directed by Marc Caro (co-director of Delicatessen and City of Lost Children with Jeunet) and Chrysalis is quite slick and has some good action in it. All worth a watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted June 20, 2009 Author Share Posted June 20, 2009 I've been stuck to the sofa today after my employer had a "summer party" last night. There was a French movie on, and being in a shape where picking up the remote was too much, I ended up watching it. It was "Tell No One", and I agree that it was a very nice movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Made me tenser than any action film of late! I refused to watch it for months, having read the book and found it to be rather average. I thought the chances of getting a good film out of it were nil! The Reader - not really sure what to make of it. Acting was good, probably worth a watch, but it seemed to be about the banality of evil by being banal. Might have to watch it again. The Spirit - works as a comedy, which I hope it's meant to be. Very derivative of Sin City, in themes and visual style. Samuel L. Jackson is in fine form as the villain. I really enjoyed how daft it was, but it's impossible to take any scene in it seriously. Acting is well over the top. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans - shit. Got Rhona Mitra in it, that's the only thing worth looking at. Dialogue is awful, film as a whole is ridiculous. Let The Right One In - vampire film from Sweden, and the best one I've seen in ages (vampire film or Swedish film, you pick). A lonely lad, bullied at school, makes friends with a vampire child. The book's quite good as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Me and my bro were holding out lots of hope for Transformers 2 seeing as the first one wsan't too shabby. Off on a tangent already here, but, y'know, I can't help but wonder that if Michael Bay spent a bit of money on cameras that do normal speed, his films could be condensed somewhat. Pearl Harbour too painful to watch over the course of 3 hours? Watch it normal speed in only half an hour! Transformers 2? Not quite as bad in that regard but it did drag towards the end, despite all the action sequences. They'd just get the pace up and do one of his needlessly slow-mo cheese-laden shots. I actually sat there and found myself silently cursing for the film to speed up just so I could go to the toilet - if the film had gripped me a bit more I wouldn've relaxed and immersed myself in it - possibly literally. Not a bad film, just not as good as the original in my opinion. Too many Autobots - new and annoying minor ones that reminded me of Jar Jar Binks too much (as in colourful, bumbling, chatty AND pointless) - and a scene off-world (not much of a spoiler, honest) where all sense of perspective is lost because there is nothing to give a sense of scale. These machines are huge, but in that scene they may as well have been 6 inches tall if you see what I mean. Pickyness aside, it's much of the same humour, the story's a bit more complicated but for those of you that know the Transformers universe you'll probably see a few familiar elements. All the cast return and it;s a generally good outing. Just a bit too long and convoluted in places, whilst in others the Transformers dumbly explain what the human characters just said in two syllable words for the benefit of the youngsters (which always pisses me off). Oh, and there's rather a lot of swearing for a kids film - or maybe I'm just getting old An enjoyable and humorous romp - just not quite as good as the first one in my opinion. Pretty close, but a few too many annoying moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Slumdog Millionarie - really divided my friends. I enjoyed it, it wasn't what I was expecting, but a minority of the people I watched it with now refer to it as 'Shitdog Millionaire'. Danny Boyle isn't as good as his press, but he does make good films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matri Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Transformers 2 opens tomorrow, will be catching the first screening. Watch a movie on Wednesday, get a discount. Watch it before lunch, get a discount. Unfortunately, they don't stack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Bah! I fell asleep during the first one, I found it boring with a ridiculous ending, maybe the next one... As for Terminator... it's the first of a new trilogy! I was expecting the damn end so I left the cinema quite annoyed. Decent movie, but nothing otherwordly, some inconsistencies with the third one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matri Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 I went to Transformers 2 with only the expectation of watching giant robots beating the ever-loving circuits out of each other (and Megan Fox, but that's a given ) and wasn't disappointed. And to those who haven't seen it yet but plan to, you might want to steel yourself during the first few minutes after they arrive at the museum. It'll give you nightmares... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Yay, floods of silly and insignificant movie memorabilia and shelf warming toys that no one wants (since they're repaints)! Must find some time to find a cheap copy of the first movie first. Never did get round to watching it. Speaking of which, just learned that there's going to be an Avatar The Last Airbender movie. Apparently directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Not sure what this'll be like, but having bought the DVD boxsets and immensely enjoyed the TV series, my expectations are really stacked up high at the moment. Unfortunately, through it, I learned of the passing of Mako , who did awesome job as Uncle Iroh, but I'll probably remember him best as Aku in Samurai Jack. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matri Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Well, 2 of the actors from Slumdog will be cast in the Last Airbender movie, with Dev Patel as Zuko. That's right. Fangirl favourite Chinese-looking Prince Zuko will be played by an Indian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 A fine Hollywood tradition... Unfortunately. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matri Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 *sigh* Yeah. Apparently it's fine for them to do something like this, but the moment someone does a remake of the Godfather with William Shatner in the titular role, people will be drawn & quartered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 *sigh* Yeah. Apparently it's fine for them to do something like this, but the moment someone does a remake of the Godfather with William Shatner in the titular role, people will be drawn & quartered. That would actually work quite well. Think about it. He could even do his rendition of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds to be played in the background to some of the more violent moments. Classy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Only if it's the spoken word version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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