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Polter-Cow - Sep 06, 2004 10:17:21 am PDT #3632 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I'm not sure why I'm doing this to myself, but I just watched Jason X.

Jason X answers the question, "What would happen if you crossed Friday the 13th with Alien ?"

The answer is, "You get a bad Jason movie and a bad sci-fi movie! Two for the price of one!"

The characters are...not interesting! The plot is...not logical! The killing is...not creative! The humor is...not funny! (With the exception of a pretty hilarious metajoke near the end.)

No, no, no, people. I'm generally a lenient guy, but this movie's just plain bad.

tommyrot - Sep 06, 2004 3:05:25 pm PDT #3633 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Is Terminator III worth watching?

'Cuz I'm watching it. (For free, on cable.)

Polter-Cow - Sep 06, 2004 3:10:45 pm PDT #3634 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Is Terminator III worth watching?

It's all right. And it's got a ballsy ending. I'd say you're making the right decision with the free, on cable, business.

It's better than the stuff I've been watching for free, on cable.

Anne W. - Sep 06, 2004 3:37:12 pm PDT #3635 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

Saw Hero today and enjoyed it muchly, partly because of the art direction, and partly because of the way the story of the assassination attempt was gradually refined from lie to something resembling the truth.

What bothered me, in retrospect, was the final message of the film, that the unity and overall peace of "Our Land" could excuse acts of tyranny and so on. I found it chilling in how that message applied to Communist China and a number of other regimes.

Betsy HP - Sep 06, 2004 3:40:10 pm PDT #3636 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

Consider who funded it, Anne.

Anne W. - Sep 06, 2004 3:42:00 pm PDT #3637 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

I knew nothing about the movie going in, Betsy. Who funded it? Was it the Chinese Gov't, or was it Mel Gibson?

Betsy HP - Sep 06, 2004 3:47:38 pm PDT #3638 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

Heh.

The movie's funded by Communist China ("Beijing New Picture Film Co."). The first Qin Emperor has become an official cultural hero in Communist China. It felt a bit allegory-ish while I was watching it, so I looked up the details. The first Qin Emperor is famous, by the way, for burning all the Chinese books he didn't approve of -- every single copy. He also buried scholars alive.

Anne W. - Sep 06, 2004 4:01:56 pm PDT #3639 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

Somehow, I do not find any of that surprising. I loved the movie while I was watching it. It didn't hit me until the ride home just how propagandistic the thing was.

Betsy HP - Sep 06, 2004 4:39:29 pm PDT #3640 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

Yip. That's why I ultimately love CTHD more. Hero is a more beautiful movie, but CTHD has a better text and subtext for me.

tommyrot - Sep 06, 2004 4:48:41 pm PDT #3641 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

For the record, I did like Terminator III. And I managed to watch the whole thing without being distracted by the fact that the lead character is governor of California.

I think I should rent Predator. That movie has two governors in it.

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