Offside Chat Archives (2014-2021)

It’s clearly not some comic book fantasy🙂

Amanda Evans2 said:It’s clearly not some comic book fantasy🙂

I was thinking more along the lines of monkeys🕺

ambertinker41 said:I was thinking more along the lines of monkeys🕺

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_...es_%28novel%29

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brightpilot6 said:Does anyone here actually grasp the concept of a remake? I mean, which specific remake is this version of Planet of the Apes supposed to be?

Technically, "remake" is the wrong term here, given that if they had actually executed it properly, the narrative would mesh seamlessly with the original film...

It’s quite a shame they didn't bother telling the full story—you know, the actual collapse of American civilization and how the apes managed to seize dominance—instead choosing to spend the bulk of the runtime on animated monkeys bickering with one another after giving us a mere five minutes of context...

If we are being honest, even that small group of humans could have wiped out every single ape with the weaponry they had available... 😬 The film fails to provide even a single convincing reason why the events of the first movie would have actually unfolded the way they did...

Amanda Evans2 said:Tomorrow night, we’re seeing Vuco live at the Blue Note 😒
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Look at that, man. Now he's joined the club too. 👏

So, I was catching some old countdown of the top three action flicks from the eighties—it popped up on TV the other day and I managed to record it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082340/?ref_=nv_sr_3

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So I just got back from my trip to Tokyo and my head is absolutely spinning, but honestly, who cares because Interstellar is hands down the greatest movie ever made 🙏 🙏 🙏
My god, thank you Nolan, thank you Matthew, thank you for this masterpiece. Seriously, I’m giving this a 15/10. It was pure, unadulterated perfection. Those three hours felt like three minutes flat. The entire theater was a sobbing mess. It was freaking magic.

YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO SEE THIS IN THEATERS. That sound design 🙏 🙏 🙏, man, you could practically lose yourself in the audio; it’s so vital to the experience that I highly doubt watching it at home could ever feel even remotely close to this. I'm officially taking a break from movies because I need a week just to process this, and honestly, what's the point of watching anything else after seeing this?

It’s a bold take, sure, but hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained

Interstellar > 2001: A Space Odyssey

I waited so damn long for this, I spent forever anticipating it, and man, it paid off big time. Absolute madness

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Peter Thompson4 said:So I just got back from my trip to Tokyo and my head is absolutely spinning, but honestly, who cares because Interstellar is hands down the greatest movie ever made 🙏 🙏 🙏
My god, thank you Nolan, thank you Matthew, thank you for this masterpiece. Seriously, I’m giving this a 15/10. It was pure, unadulterated perfection. Those three hours felt like three minutes flat. The entire theater was a sobbing mess. It was freaking magic.

YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO SEE THIS IN THEATERS. That sound design 🙏 🙏 🙏, man, you could practically lose yourself in the audio; it’s so vital to the experience that I highly doubt watching it at home could ever feel even remotely close to this. I'm officially taking a break from movies because I need a week just to process this, and honestly, what's the point of watching anything else after seeing this?

It’s a bold take, sure, but hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained

Interstellar > 2001: A Space Odyssey

I waited so damn long for this, I spent forever anticipating it, and man, it paid off big time. Absolute madness

Yeah, yeah, it’s always like that; after a big performance by someone like Bruno Mars, everyone is suddenly claiming he’s the greatest singer on the planet. Give me a call when you’ve cooled off a bit. ☕

If Interstellar lives up to the hype, we might catch it next weekend at AMC... though honestly, even getting a decent seat in a theater these days feels like a losing battle. Before that, maybe hit up XYZ—as my colleague Amanda Evans2 would tell you, it really just depends on whether I'm in the mood for some local comfort food or Chinese... 170 minutes is quite a stretch, and I find myself gravitating toward shorter films more and more as I get older, which is an interesting realization...

Keith Miller30 said:Yeah, yeah, it’s always like that; after a big performance by someone like Bruno Mars, everyone is suddenly claiming he’s the greatest singer on the planet. Give me a call when you’ve cooled off a bit. ☕

Look, I’m still absolutely floored by this movie. I don't even know how to put it into words, but everything just clicked for me—from the dialogue to the visual storytelling, including that intentionally grueling, slow burn at the start and an ending I totally didn't see coming but was genuinely happy with. Every single main character has their own deep-seated motivations, which makes even the "villains" feel more like protagonists in their own right.

Honestly, I went in expecting something completely different and got blindsided, but man, I loved being blindsided.
It’s so much easier to just be a hater and nitpick every little thing, but I was having such a blast.
Still a solid 10/10 for me.

Robin Fox2 said:If Interstellar lives up to the hype, we might catch it next weekend at AMC... though honestly, even getting a decent seat in a theater these days feels like a losing battle. Before that, maybe hit up XYZ—as my colleague Amanda Evans2 would tell you, it really just depends on whether I'm in the mood for some local comfort food or Chinese... 170 minutes is quite a stretch, and I find myself gravitating toward shorter films more and more as I get older, which is an interesting realization...

Seriously, I am beyond satisfied with this film.
I'd recommend it to anyone. Even my friends who usually hate movies said it was great, giving it at least an 8/10.

Just don't go in there with a bunch of preconceived notions or massive expectations; and yeah, forget about hitting up the AMC, it doesn't make sense to go anywhere else (I was there yesterday alone) because you're going to have a blast regardless. Just clear your head and let the movie take you along for the ride.

As for the runtime and how long it lasts.
Trust me, if a movie is actually good, I don't care if it runs for five hours. Time absolutely flew by for me yesterday and I was actually bummed when it ended.
Now, don't get me wrong, I generally hate movies that drag on forever because most modern films don't even earn their 120 minutes, let alone anything over that, but here, something is happening practically every single second.

Oh, and one more thing. Yesterday was my first time heading to the AMC in a while, and damn it, I immediately ran into the biggest idiot in cinema history. This guy was just constantly whining from the trailers all the way through the first 20 minutes of the film (after that, he just did these weird hand gestures 😁). Is that the kind of moron that frequents theaters these days, or did I just happen to sit next to the biggest clown alive on my first outing? 🤣

Peter Thompson4 said:Look, I’m still absolutely floored by this movie. I don't even know how to put it into words, but everything just clicked for me—from the dialogue to the visual storytelling, including that intentionally grueling, slow burn at the start and an ending I totally didn't see coming but was genuinely happy with. Every single main character has their own deep-seated motivations, which makes even the "villains" feel more like protagonists in their own right.

Honestly, I went in expecting something completely different and got blindsided, but man, I loved being blindsided.
It’s so much easier to just be a hater and nitpick every little thing, but I was having such a blast.
Still a solid 10/10 for me.

Seriously, I am beyond satisfied with this film.
I'd recommend it to anyone. Even my friends who usually hate movies said it was great, giving it at least an 8/10.

Just don't go in there with a bunch of preconceived notions or massive expectations; and yeah, forget about hitting up the AMC, it doesn't make sense to go anywhere else (I was there yesterday alone) because you're going to have a blast regardless. Just clear your head and let the movie take you along for the ride.

As for the runtime and how long it lasts.
Trust me, if a movie is actually good, I don't care if it runs for five hours. Time absolutely flew by for me yesterday and I was actually bummed when it ended.
Now, don't get me wrong, I generally hate movies that drag on forever because most modern films don't even earn their 120 minutes, let alone anything over that, but here, something is happening practically every single second.

Oh, and one more thing. Yesterday was my first time heading to the AMC in a while, and damn it, I immediately ran into the biggest idiot in cinema history. This guy was just constantly whining from the trailers all the way through the first 20 minutes of the film (after that, he just did these weird hand gestures 😁). Is that the kind of moron that frequents theaters these days, or did I just happen to sit next to the biggest clown alive on my first outing? 🤣

I might have been exaggerating a little bit, but if it really is as good as you say, then I think we'll make a trip over to the AMC Theater this Tuesday. Even though I haven't actually looked up what the movie is even about, I'm not planning on checking. We'll have Interstellar on Tuesday, maybe Fury on Wednesday, and then we still need to find time for Gone Girl, Dracula, and whatever Jennifer Lawrence is in now. We'll try to squeeze them all into the week. ☕

It was pretty boring to me. Just some cheap, low-budget flick 🤷

Keith Miller30 said:I might have been exaggerating a little bit, but if it really is as good as you say, then I think we'll make a trip over to the AMC Theater this Tuesday. Even though I haven't actually looked up what the movie is even about, I'm not planning on checking. We'll have Interstellar on Tuesday, maybe Fury on Wednesday, and then we still need to find time for Gone Girl, Dracula, and whatever Jennifer Lawrence is in now. We'll try to squeeze them all into the week. ☕

Just to set the record straight, the ending wasn't some big surprise to me, it was just the exact kind of ending I was dreading, so yeah, let me know what you think because I'm dying to hear your take.🙂

Interstellar was just okay for me.
I expected more from it.
Honestly, kind of a letdown.

Robin Fox2 said:If Interstellar lives up to the hype, we might catch it next weekend at AMC... though honestly, even getting a decent seat in a theater these days feels like a losing battle. Before that, maybe hit up XYZ—as my colleague Amanda Evans2 would tell you, it really just depends on whether I'm in the mood for some local comfort food or Chinese... 170 minutes is quite a stretch, and I find myself gravitating toward shorter films more and more as I get older, which is an interesting realization...

I went to Bio tonight; similar setup, except swap the BBQ for some fine dining—it was much tastier and significantly less salty. The venue was a bit smaller, more intimate.
Instead of watching Interstellar, they were showing some romance flick, but since we were at Applebee's, the crowd was still full of those trendy girls hanging out there, all heavily made-up with those perfectly arched brows and obvious silhouettes.
There are some decent new spots popping up too, but they're charging $35 a pop just for a drink...

I can't say I'm surprised, really... Amazon always manages to impress me with their selection of vendors, and honestly, the women aren't half bad either. I used to find DSquared quite dreadful, though perhaps my tastes have matured with age, hmm...

Sent the wife to the theater with her friends; there’s a certain joy in not having to sit through every single blockbuster, leaving me plenty of freedom to catch Transformers instead. Rosie 😍

I just sat through *Edge of Tomorrow* for a second time, mostly because that illogical ending was driving me absolutely crazy, even though everything leading up to it is genuinely fantastic. Every explanation I’ve stumbled upon online feels incredibly shallow, usually reducing the whole thing to the vague idea that he somehow slips back into the past while carrying over certain memories and leaving others behind 🙏
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But isn't there a more coherent way to look at it? You could argue that just before the final creature—the true original Omega—perished, and right before Cruise's character met his end, he was struck by that specific Omega plasma, which logically ought to be distinct from whatever the Alphas are using. Once that plasma hit him, he essentially became an Omega himself, allowing him to outlast the original organism. Because he survived longer than the initial entity, the timeline didn't reset while that first Omega was still alive; instead, the reset only triggered once he, too, passed away. So, when he finally wakes up, he finds himself at the exact same temporal "restore point" established by that previous Omega, except this time the circumstances have shifted so much that the Normandy landing and all that chaotic maneuvering with the General aren't even necessary. In this version of events, the Omega wasn't dead—the Omega was him. It explains why the Mimics remained passive, since he no longer acted as a catalyst for war, and why his squad and the woman were still alive, just as they had been during every other loop.

brightpilot6 said:I just sat through *Edge of Tomorrow* for a second time, mostly because that illogical ending was driving me absolutely crazy, even though everything leading up to it is genuinely fantastic. Every explanation I’ve stumbled upon online feels incredibly shallow, usually reducing the whole thing to the vague idea that he somehow slips back into the past while carrying over certain memories and leaving others behind 🙏
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But isn't there a more coherent way to look at it? You could argue that just before the final creature—the true original Omega—perished, and right before Cruise's character met his end, he was struck by that specific Omega plasma, which logically ought to be distinct from whatever the Alphas are using. Once that plasma hit him, he essentially became an Omega himself, allowing him to outlast the original organism. Because he survived longer than the initial entity, the timeline didn't reset while that first Omega was still alive; instead, the reset only triggered once he, too, passed away. So, when he finally wakes up, he finds himself at the exact same temporal "restore point" established by that previous Omega, except this time the circumstances have shifted so much that the Normandy landing and all that chaotic maneuvering with the General aren't even necessary. In this version of events, the Omega wasn't dead—the Omega was him. It explains why the Mimics remained passive, since he no longer acted as a catalyst for war, and why his squad and the woman were still alive, just as they had been during every other loop.

Honestly, is there a better way to put it? 🤔 🙏

I dropped this link to that movie discussion thread earlier, but I didn't get much of a response. I guess nobody felt like sitting through a nearly hour-long deep dive into why the film was such a mess, even though ☕he lays out every single flaw perfectly right here.