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Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:59 am
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Saint Kimo [Hollow Point] That's why Dee Snider's Strangeland was so effective. It was made when the internet was first gaining momentum, it was relatively new and scary. The fact that a psycho killer could use this to his advantage and lure younglings to him is incredibly scary, especially if you put it in the time frame that it was supposed to be viewed. I want to see A Scanner Darkly for 2 reasons: 1) I'm excited about the vector art, that is superbly done 2) It's cyberpunk I agree with you as far as the internet part but the movie just came off being preachy when it came to dee sniders character. Pain blah blah finding yourself blah blah. I don't think this movie was baffling at all just bullshit. I never said it was baffling. I was using it as example in reply to Jadera's comment about real life being scarier.
You can't really just put it down as "too preachy" either. You have to look at the character as a whole. His pseudo-philosophical ideals were self-righteous as well as incredibly frightening when put into context. It showed that he was incredibly strong, he was insane on many levels, he was intelligent and tactful, and finally he had no remorse whatsoever.
Put into context, I think that his "preachy-ness" just added another facet onto an already multifaceted character.
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Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:04 am
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[Hollow Point] Saint Kimo [Hollow Point] That's why Dee Snider's Strangeland was so effective. It was made when the internet was first gaining momentum, it was relatively new and scary. The fact that a psycho killer could use this to his advantage and lure younglings to him is incredibly scary, especially if you put it in the time frame that it was supposed to be viewed. I want to see A Scanner Darkly for 2 reasons: 1) I'm excited about the vector art, that is superbly done 2) It's cyberpunk I agree with you as far as the internet part but the movie just came off being preachy when it came to dee sniders character. Pain blah blah finding yourself blah blah. I don't think this movie was baffling at all just bullshit. I never said it was baffling. I was using it as example in reply to Jadera's comment about real life being scarier. You can't really just put it down as "too preachy" either. You have to look at the character as a whole. His pseudo-philosophical ideals were self-righteous as well as incredibly frightening when put into context. It showed that he was incredibly strong, he was insane on many levels, he was intelligent and tactful, and finally he had no remorse whatsoever. Put into context, I think that his "preachy-ness" just added another facet onto an already multifaceted character.
I stand corrected sir. My hats off to you.
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:45 am
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Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 10:14 pm
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 2:17 pm
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 4:47 pm
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 7:29 pm
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 7:24 pm
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 6:57 am
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Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 10:20 pm
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Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 10:57 pm
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Atomic Pixie7 And Pay it Forward, why did it have to end so sadly? There was no point in killing the kid!
There was a point. His death was absolutely perfect. Here was a kid, no more than 12 years old, who wanted to make a difference. He saw a problem and he wanted to fix it. And he succeeds. His death was inevitable the moment the Pay it Forward succeeded. Why? Because the film attempts to depict an unforgiving society changed. However, it doesn't attempt to present a world that is perfect; in a perfect world, the kid would have lived happily ever after. The death of the kid, and the subsequent vigil work together to show that no matter how hard you try to stop the change, once it occurs, it cannot be stopped.
In short, the death of the kid (whose name obviously escapes me) adds more hope to the film than his life. He becomes a sort of martyr, which gives the audience more hope and and greater emotional connection to the film's message.
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 6:35 am
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 2:42 am
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SweeneyTodd30 I wouldn't say that these films baffled me, but they were like a complete mind f - - - -! lol *Memento *Fight Club Memento is presented with the scenes out of order and the plot is just incredible! Fight Club is really metaphorical. I love it. heart
i hated memento my husbands loves it
we both love fight club thats a great movie weve watched it so many times and still dont get sick of it.
the only movie i was baffled by was southland taled till the end then i thought it was just stupid..
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 7:59 pm
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Silly Tilly SweeneyTodd30 I wouldn't say that these films baffled me, but they were like a complete mind f - - - -! lol *Memento *Fight Club Memento is presented with the scenes out of order and the plot is just incredible! Fight Club is really metaphorical. I love it. heart i hated memento my husbands loves it we both love fight club thats a great movie weve watched it so many times and still dont get sick of it. the only movie i was baffled by was southland taled till the end then i thought it was just stupid..
Aww really? crying I think it is a really good film... what did you not like about it?
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