Posts by mistyotter35

The remake honestly feels quite subpar when you hold it up against the originals.

Mostly just Sci-Fi and Fantasy, I suppose.

Once again, after quite a significant hiatus, I found myself watching "Stargate" on TV last night. It was, I suppose, a rather lovely and engaging spectacle. I find that I truly miss those kinds of movies and that specific cinematic atmosphere characteristic of the 90s. Modern films seem to me to be visually overdone, and as for the clunky, poorly written scripts, well, I don't even need to mention them.

I wouldn't go that far, honestly, because even during the production of the third installment, he seemed to be filming from behind the scenes, mostly just capturing shots where his face was visible.
As for this upcoming movie, I suspect we might be looking at an absolute epic fail.

The movie is available on Netflix.

I suppose an ironic or sarcastic tone like that might come across as provocative to some people, so it is entirely possible the post was taken down just to prevent things from escalating into a full-blown shouting match.

Are you actually complaining about the deletion itself, or is your issue specifically with Fox News?

🙂 What about me? I think my location is actually displayed right under my avatar here.

swiftowl7 said:Personally, I find it hard to believe that in over 5,000 posts you haven't dropped a hint about what you do for a living somewhere, or maybe you shared that info in a private message and then someone just happened to mention it...

And regarding public figures, people generally know where they reside; if it’s a small town, it’s incredibly easy to track someone down, especially if they use their last name as their handle and happen to be a woman. 🙂

Plus, depending on the specific threads you hang out in, it might actually be pretty easy to guess your profession. 🙂

Your location? Au contraire, my friend! https://www.ip2location.com/

It doesn't give away everything, but sometimes it reveals quite a bit, though I suppose it's hard to say if anyone actually cares about that kind of nonsense.

Anyway, I think this serves as a perfect lesson for the first rule of sociology on Reddit for anyone with a public profile: never include any identifying personal details in your username unless you're looking to get found or exposed. 🙂

🙂 It seems like a total waste of time to me, since the data is completely inaccurate. In my case, it missed me by 124 miles.

It has officially begun on IMDb

Duke Paul Atreides joins the free agents and embarks on a spiritual and martial journey to become Muad'dib, all while attempting to avert the horrific yet seemingly inevitable future he has witnessed: a holy war fought in his name that spreads across the known universe.

🙂 Are they trying to lure you into a 'Holocaust denial' trap?

I have watched the first film along with a few of its sequels. To be honest, I didn't really perceive them as horror films so much as some sort of instructional manual for butchers and pathologists. I suppose I just didn't care for it much.

Elamyth said:

I suppose you didn't grab the right link.



You should probably put this into the image code: [ IMG]https://iili.io/RgIwYJ.jpg[/IMG]

Gerald Jackson48 said:They will probably just carry the story forward using some close successor to Maximus, which I suppose would be similar to how the uncharismatic Sasha Mitchell replaced Jean-Claude Van Damme in Kickboxer 2. There is just no way that works.

It is stated right there in the article; the lead character is Lucius, Lucillin's son, who is actually the grandson of Marcus Aurelius.

Honestly, the fundamental issue with sequels like this is that they tend to trigger this sense of déjà vu, making the whole experience feel recycled rather than fresh. It’s just not the same. We saw this exact pattern play out with the sequel to "300", and I suppose we're likely to see the same thing happen with this one as well.

northerncobra31 said:It seems like someone didn't bother reading the article at all.

Well, we certainly have, and we are well aware that Lucius is the central figure, but I suppose without Maximus, the whole thing just feels rather underwhelming. 🙂>

🙂 I suppose Ryan was at least saved, though it seems Maximus didn't make it through.

Jack Cook7 said:I think you've got a point there, but look—the Green Knight basically presents him with this vision, right? Like he's "living out" this entire future reality filled with the "sin" he’s carrying (kind of like the Temptation of Jesus), and then he "wakes up" or snaps back to the exact moment he stepped into that parallel future. Even if the whole future thing feels pointless, it's because the Green Knight is basically dropping this heavy truth on him:

1. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

or

2. "Whatever you do to me, you do to yourself."

It’s super obvious that everything revolves around Christmas, even though the movie never really explains why Christmas matters so much here. I mean, the Green Knight is essentially this pre-Christian Indo-European figure who gets reborn every spring (like how his head grows back, right?), so he shouldn't really be the main focus during Christmas time.

To me, the vibe of this movie is most similar to Neil Jordan's Wolf Pack.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087075/

I'm honestly surprised you guys haven't caught onto what's actually going on here yet.

When I was thinking about a parallel reality, I was actually picturing that circular shot where...
he lies bound in the woods, which seems to suggest that in one version of events, that is simply where his journey ends..

Jack Cook7 said:I think I actually get it now.

Man, honestly? Better if I hadn't. There are just these random, nonsensical scenes scattered all over the place that are supposed to show "what the writer meant."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Ga...e_Green_Knight

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th-century Middle English chivalric romance. The author is unknown; the title was given centuries later. It is one of the best-known Arthurian stories, with its plot combining two types of folk motifs, the beheading game and the exchange of winnings. Written in stanzas of alliterative verse, each of which ends in a rhyming bob and wheel,[1] it draws on Welsh, Irish and English stories, as well as the French chivalric tradition. It is an important example of a chivalric romance, which typically involves a hero who goes on a quest which tests his prowess. It remains popular in modern English renderings from J. R. R. Tolkien, Simon Armitage and others, as well as through film and stage adaptations.

It describes how Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur's Round Table, accepts a challenge from a mysterious "Green Knight" who dares any knight to strike him with his axe if he will take a return blow in a year and a day. Gawain accepts and beheads him with his blow, at which the Green Knight stands up, picks up his head and reminds Gawain of the appointed time. In his struggles to keep his bargain, Gawain demonstrates chivalry and loyalty until his honour is called into question by a test involving the lord and the lady of the castle where he is a guest. The poem survives in one manuscript, Cotton Nero A.x., which also includes three religious narrative poems: Pearl, Cleanness and Patience. All are thought to have been written by the same author, dubbed the "Pearl Poet" or "Gawain Poet", since all four are written in a North West Midland dialect of Middle English.[2][3]

Basically, it’s just some dumb woke fluff instead of making a movie about what the original poem was actually aiming for.

Rather than actually telling a coherent story, the director opts for parallel realities and visions of some possible future instead. It feels like a rather clumsy attempt at being philosophical within the wrong genre altogether.

I’ve finished watching it, and I must say, I am somewhat at a loss as to what the director was actually attempting to communicate or convey through this film. 😵