Topic: Geek movies which belong in everyone's collection. (Read 19029 times)

Agent_Tachyon · « **Reply #50 on:** July 26, 2007, 11:57:18 PM »

Quote from: ivan on July 26, 2007, 12:33:04 PM

hate remakes

cuncurs

pbsaurus · « **Reply #51 on:** July 30, 2007, 03:16:59 PM »

Watched This Film Is Not Yet Rated over the weekend. Excellent documentary. Add this one to the list too.

12AX7 · « **Reply #52 on:** August 05, 2007, 10:12:38 PM »

The Porno Tomato.

ivan · « **Reply #53 on:** August 06, 2007, 12:30:43 PM »

Quote from: 12AX7 on August 05, 2007, 10:12:38 PM

The Porno Tomato.

I don't think it's out on DVD yet!

Scheherazade · « **Reply #54 on:** August 06, 2007, 02:13:13 PM »

Hot Fuzz was awesome; I'm adding it to this list.

I apologize if anyone else listed these, but I didn't see them on the list, so here are some more I feel are essentials:

Club Dread
Beerfest
Super Troopers

Dark Shade · « **Reply #55 on:** August 06, 2007, 03:54:14 PM »

Quote from: ihatecliches on August 06, 2007, 02:13:13 PM

Hot Fuzz was awesome; I'm adding it to this list.

I'm anxious to see it. Unfortunately I haven't had the time these days to sit down and enjoy a good movie, although I badly want to watch this one!

d_money · « **Reply #56 on:** August 07, 2007, 07:35:18 AM »

I don't know if anybody has said Snatch, but I watched it last night and it was pretty good.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #57 on:** August 07, 2007, 01:39:15 PM »

Snatch 17 was pretty good too.

maca_4 · « **Reply #58 on:** August 08, 2007, 06:33:47 AM »

Vote for star wars and hot fuzz great movies, And watching the holy grail as I am making this post

12AX7 · « **Reply #59 on:** August 08, 2007, 06:56:28 AM »

Vote? What the fuck are you talking about?

Scheherazade · « **Reply #60 on:** August 08, 2007, 12:58:42 PM »

I dunno...if Star Wars ran for something, I'd DEFINITELY vote for it.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #61 on:** August 08, 2007, 01:02:08 PM »

Quote from: ihatecliches on August 08, 2007, 12:58:42 PM

I dunno...if Star Wars ran for something, I'd DEFINITELY vote for it.

You mean like the razzies?

Scheherazade · « **Reply #62 on:** August 08, 2007, 01:02:54 PM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on August 08, 2007, 01:02:08 PM

You mean like the razzies?

No, I mean like...for president.

Dark Shade · « **Reply #63 on:** August 08, 2007, 02:22:57 PM »

Quote from: maca_4 on August 08, 2007, 06:33:47 AM

Vote for star wars and hot fuzz great movies, And watching the holy grail as I am making this post

I'm sorry, who are you again?

Please introduce yourself, if you'd like, in our appropriate forum. Also, the advertising in your signature isn't really appreciated either. I took the liberty of removing it, please do not attempt to put it back.

If you abide by our forum policies and rules, or even bothered to read them in the first place, we'd all appreciate it. Thanks!

Merc · « **Reply #64 on:** August 09, 2007, 03:01:43 AM »

I know I'm new and all....

but Starship Troopers and SLC Punk. I think SLC can make the cut if Donnie Darko did.

Paladin · « **Reply #65 on:** August 09, 2007, 06:38:38 AM »

I've just seen Sunshine. Great visuals, good effects, acceptable acting.
Stupid, stupid plot and story.

I have a question that went unanswered for a long time, i'd appreciate if anyone can answer it (maybe it should go to "riddle me this" thread):

Why, when doing a multi-million budget film, the producer won't hire a real technical person as a consultant for a few hundred dollars? (i guess any of the films' IT staff that reads sci-fi would do in a hurry). I don't mean so the whole scenario should be re-written, but just a few scenes or sets.

Is it because nobody cares in the audience? But i do, and there are a lot of geeks that do too.
Or is it that logic and science really offend the movie-goer audience?

pbsaurus · « **Reply #66 on:** August 09, 2007, 12:50:33 PM »

How could I have forgotten?

Westworld

Dark Shade · « **Reply #67 on:** August 09, 2007, 01:31:26 PM »

Quote from: Merc on August 09, 2007, 03:01:43 AM

I know I'm new and all....

but Starship Troopers and SLC Punk. I think SLC can make the cut if Donnie Darko did.

But see, you read our rules and introduced yourself as opposed to just slapping down a post randomly without making an entrance.

That, for all of you out there, is something I appreciate. Merc, thank you!

And for the record, I love Starship Troopers!

Agent_Tachyon · « **Reply #68 on:** August 13, 2007, 01:31:35 PM »

Quote from: Paladin on August 09, 2007, 06:38:38 AM

I've just seen Sunshine. Great visuals, good effects, acceptable acting.
Stupid, stupid plot and story.

I have a question that went unanswered for a long time, i'd appreciate if anyone can answer it (maybe it should go to "riddle me this" thread):

Why, when doing a multi-million budget film, the producer won't hire a real technical person as a consultant for a few hundred dollars? (i guess any of the films' IT staff that reads sci-fi would do in a hurry). I don't mean so the whole scenario should be re-written, but just a few scenes or sets.

Is it because nobody cares in the audience? But i do, and there are a lot of geeks that do too.
Or is it that logic and science really offend the movie-goer audience?

The movie Hackers had fucking Emmanuel Goldstein as a technical consultant and it was still a colossal trainwreck and lolfest.

Paladin · « **Reply #69 on:** August 13, 2007, 04:35:47 PM »

Fine, let me rephrase that: hire a guy AND FUCKING LISTEN TO HIM!

I don't mean in just hacker flicks, i mean in everything that has a technical/scientific little thing in it. I know ships and asteroids look cooler when they make a sound BUT SOUND CAN'T TRAVEL IN VACUUM! You can't have an IPv4 starting with 4xx. If there's gravity in a space ship, you should explain how the hell it got there, and for pete's sake, you don't steer a spaceship like an aeroplane! Laser beams are invisible in vacuum.

And so on. My point was, you could, with little changes in a script, get rid of 90% of those stupidities without hurting the story/ visuals. And there are a lot of people who notice this, judging by what's posted a many sites. So why don't they?

I know there are pre-screenings with different versions of the films sometimes, and i just picture people coming out of some of those: "Like, dude, that flick made my head hurt, you know... Make it stoopider or something."

pickled kitten · « **Reply #70 on:** August 13, 2007, 08:27:20 PM »

I can completely agree with what you just said about the space stuff but when a movie is made for a general audience (particularly a space action flick of some kind) they want to hear the explosions and sounds of the ships and such. Lame, but true.

Merc · « **Reply #71 on:** August 13, 2007, 09:56:14 PM »

I know where I remember this argument... the documentary on Star Wars. They explained, in basic terms, why they wanted the sound in the movie. It adds to umm... I can't remember the word. It adds to the believability of something unbelievable. Normal people have a preset belief, that when a gun fires, you hear a sound. If you take this out of a movie, even if its true that there should be no sound, this will confuse the general populace because they are, in short, stupid. Now, I think that in light of this, movie producers are willing to 'listen' to a tech supervisor, but still put his belief of what should be right into play during production.

If you watch Supernatural, a perfect example of this is the episode "Hollywood Babylon" in Season Two. That is, if your willing to sit around and watch a hour show to see just a few minutes at the end. You could always look it up on YouTube... only God knows whats been uploaded on that website.

Paladin · « **Reply #72 on:** August 14, 2007, 02:26:28 AM »

Ok, i 've been a troll on this subject, so i'll stop posting. I know that movies are usualy made for the 10-12 age group, (most of) who couldn't care less about all that stuff i posted, but i got all worked out by seeing Die Hard 4 and Sunshine just a week apart.

And a last little rant: i didn't mean to say that Hollywood is stupid; i meant the audiience is stupid, else the films wouldn't be.

I'll take a break from watching movies, i'll read some more books and re-watch any Monty Python's i can find.

Agent_Tachyon · « **Reply #73 on:** August 14, 2007, 11:29:24 AM »

Here's a tip from a guy who goes to the theatre at least once, often more than that a week. If you know in advance that a movie has things in it that will tick you off, yet want to go anyway because it will kick ass, shut off your higher brain functions. Seriously, this works every time. There are several ways of doing this. For the straight-edged, you can watch Fox or reality television for an hour or so prior to viewing. For those of you who (like me) lack the stomach for such ventures, I recommend something herbal.

Scheherazade · « **Reply #74 on:** August 14, 2007, 11:35:31 AM »

Quote from: Paladin on August 13, 2007, 04:35:47 PM

I don't mean in just hacker flicks, i mean in everything that has a technical/scientific little thing in it. I know ships and asteroids look cooler when they make a sound BUT SOUND CAN'T TRAVEL IN VACUUM! You can't have an IPv4 starting with 4xx. If there's gravity in a space ship, you should explain how the hell it got there, and for pete's sake, you don't steer a spaceship like an aeroplane! Laser beams are invisible in vacuum.

I agree on the sound part; I think that Star Wars could have survived if there where no blaster sounds in space. But I really do think that, even if it's unrealistic, it's really necessary for the laser beams to be visible in Star Wars (and most other movies like it). Otherwise, you'd have people sitting in the audience going "Weird Tingly Feeling, why dat blows up?"

The only way to rectify the confusion this would cause would be to have some cheesy report line like "Captain, we've managed to hit and disble the [insert target here]!" Imagine hearing that every. time. something. blows. up.

I can see why a visual laser shooting something previous to its explosion is a more effective way to do this.

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