Dr.Jonesy
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Stoo said:On topic: Which is better? “Doom” of course!
None of the clips in the video you posted above are from “old adventure serials”. They are all from films.
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Stoo said:On topic: Which is better? “Doom” of course!
None of the clips in the video you posted above are from “old adventure serials”. They are all from films.
Stoo said:Hate to break it to you, Dr. Jonesy, but a feature film is NOT the same thing as a serial.
On topic: "Doom" is better than "Skull" because Kate C. is hotter than Cate B.
Darth Vile said:That much is true... although Cate B is the one you'd want to settle down with.
Stoo said:Hate to break it to you, Dr. Jonesy, but a feature film is NOT the same thing as a serial.
On topic: "Doom" is better than "Skull" because Kate C. is hotter than Cate B.
ResidentAlien said:That's funny...
I just so happened to have just watched The Mummy oh... about 10 minutes ago. First time in around 10 years. And while it's simple-minded, poorly scripted and highly derivative, at no point did I see a bumbling 50-something bimbo drive a car off a cliff while smiling like a moron.
It's stupid, but hardly unpalatable. The picture had sense enough to kill off characters rather than string them along for the duration of the piece as set dressing.
Needless to say, I'll take the Steven Sommer's schlock over the latest abortion to sully the name that once stood for adventure.
That name is hardly Rick O'Connell, but Dr. Jones don't mean what it used to... Vernacular's changed and all...
I will say, it was amusing looking back on an 11 year old summer movie. What was (and is) a loud, overly busy, unrefined and yet over-produced film seems rather tame in the wake of even louder and busier fare to befoul screens since.
Darth Vile said:That much is true... although Cate B is the one you'd want to settle down with.
Montana Smith said:Now, which marriage would be better? The Shriek of Doom or The Kingdom of the 'I told you once so now it should be Crystal Clear'?
Rocket Surgeon said:I like those! My take: Temple of Whine, or Kingdom of you didn't have to say it, I know what you're thinking.
Let's broaden the playing field to Raiders of the Liquor Cabinet and The Last Infidelity.
FedoraHead said:When it comes to Crystal Skull:
Lucas & team were so preoccupied with whether or not they could do a sfx shot, they didn't stop to think if they should.
Just cause it can be done, doesn't always mean it should. Case in point: Mutt's swing on the vine or going over board with the ants.
Darth Vile said:I personally thought the vine swing was pretty dire, but the ants scene was the best use of creepy crawlies since Raiders. Swings and roundabouts...
FedoraHead said:I mean come on, they climb on top of each to get to someone? Drag a man in the ant hill?
I don't think Raiders or LC came anywhere close to anything that unreal.
I understand what you're going for...DocWhiskey said:Personally, the ants weren't anymore unreal than Nazi saluting monkeys, face melting ark ghosts, or the fact that Indy got his fedora, chin scar, whip, and fear of snakes all in one afternoon (imagine if he was sick that day!). I do agree that KotCS is a bit more unreal than the previous entries, but the ants were the least of my troubles with the film.
O.K. How about "Doom" is better than "Skull" because Willie Scott in a tight, red dress is hotter than Irina Spalko in grey, utilitarian threads.Lance Quazar said:Your conclusions are correct, your reasoning dead wrong.
Agreed. A bob haircut looks good on some faces, but not Cate B.'s.dr.jones1986 said:They are both very attractive. Cate B's look in skull did not do her justice.
What is "CK"?FedoraHead said:I think each movie has it's "unreal" moments but it seemed like CK asked me to be believe the unbelievable to many times
FedoraHead said:It was ok, if it wasn't so UNREAL! I think each movie has it's "unreal" moments but it seemed like CK asked me to be believe the unbelievable to many times. I mean come on, they climb on top of each to get to someone? Drag a man in the ant hill?
I don't think Raiders or LC came anywhere close to anything that unreal. Now Doom, yea maybe the "heart" scene or the rift but I can over look a few things but like I said CK took it over the top. The fridge, the ants, the vines, the waterfall.
I dont want to sound like I hated the movie, I liked it
Darth Vile said:For me, it's not that they were more photorealistic and/or that they behaved in a more believable way... it was that the ants served a purpose and acted as an efficient peril within the movie. Sure, the bugs and rats in TOD and TLC are real (in most cases), but apart from the "ewww" factor, they didn't serve any purpose at all. As I say, the only other Indy movie where the critters present an actual threat is the snakes in Raiders. So for me, the ants scene is only bettered by the well of the souls.