Motion Pictures (that anuse me)

Post by **dng** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 2:18 pm

hooray

Post by **dng** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:02 pm

There are a lot more raymond chandler films than i ever knew

Post by **dng** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:02 pm

(and i knew there was a lot)

Post by **vom** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:07 pm

I like that the films cleverly remove his racism and homophobia by simply removing all black or gay characters entirely

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 4:26 pm

vom wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 1:15 pm
vom wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 1:11 pm That's the plan, yeah - 1947 to be precise
and here it is!

https://www.the-solute.com/tales-from-t ... s-on-1947/

A most pleasing and informative article! Top stuff Vom!

Post by **vom** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 5:05 pm

Thank you! It wasn't as fun to write as the 80s one but as usual I'm glad I did it.

Next up is 1991 and the films I have available are all extremely trashy so that should be good

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 11:37 pm

Look forward to reading it, sir!

Post by **dng** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 11:41 pm

Like there was a year called 1991!

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 11:49 pm

1991 was all done with smoke and mirrors.

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 9:29 pm

I remember people going on about how 1991 was a palindrome year at the time, and how 2002 would be the next one. I don't know why I remember that, but I do.

Post by **The Robotic Anomaly** » Fri Jul 28, 2023 8:38 am

I like how I couldn't hear anything in Oppenheimer, but apparently it's fine because Chris Nolan mixes for only high end cinemas and I guess fuck me for paying thirty quid for tickets to watch it on a slightly less massive screen

Post by **The Robotic Anomaly** » Fri Jul 28, 2023 8:39 am

I saw Mission Impossible at the BFI IMAX and it was crap, then I saw Barbie at a 40 seat community cinema and it was great
Stupid IMAX

Post by **dng** » Fri Jul 28, 2023 9:29 am

i genuinely think christopher nolan's not only colour blind but also actually deaf

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Aug 11, 2023 2:07 am

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I bet Foul Play made -3746 puon.

Also - I've never seen it.

Fri Aug 11, 2023 11:46 am

I was going to give IMAX another chance with Tron Legacy but they've "upgraded" it to 3D, with a "hey if you don't like this, chat to us" message that implies NO REFUNDS

Post by **richschnauzer** » Fri Aug 11, 2023 7:01 pm

What is point?

https://twitter.com/ScarredForLife2/sta ... 69955?s=19

Post by **dng** » Fri Aug 11, 2023 8:38 pm

i saw the trailer for that the other day and it looked abysmal

Post by **dng** » Fri Aug 11, 2023 8:38 pm

unsurprisingly

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Aug 11, 2023 11:28 pm

At least the running time (96 minutes) seems moderately sensible for such a premise.

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 9:36 pm

I've not yet seen the trailer so it may be rubbish for all I know, but I do like the fact it's one of the few movies that are allowed to made these days that's about some daft shite instead of [insert major IP here] or something

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 9:43 pm

Just watched the trailer. It's made by Saban, the people behind Power Rangers?!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saban_Films

Post by **vom** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 9:49 pm

speaking of daft shite, I just watched The Sect (1991), an Italian horror movie which contains a scene where a rabbit operates a TV remote control

Post by **vom** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 9:49 pm

I loved it, obviously

Post by **dng** » Fri Aug 18, 2023 12:16 am

i think a rabbit operating an electrical device of some kind should be the plot of more movies

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Aug 18, 2023 1:30 pm

I'm going to write: Shake N Vac - The Movie, and I'm going to write it on a giant carpet utilising the carpet freshener powder as 'dry ink'.

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 10:41 pm

Not a flim, but I watched the comedy-drama Private Schulz, starring Michael Elphick, a few days ago. It was pretty good in a quirky kind of way, and is definitely worth a watch (available on the Internet Archive).

Post by **vom** » Wed Aug 30, 2023 3:44 pm

Here's another Tales of the Backlog article from me, this time about 1991. Where all movies are total trash, apparently.

https://www.the-solute.com/tales-from-t ... s-on-1991/

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:22 pm

I enjoyed that, Vomas - fine stuff! And I say that as someone who'd neither seen or heard of any of your film choices! Prime VHS era goodness! *thumbs up*

Post by **dng** » Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:54 pm

hooray. i love your film articles vom

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:10 pm

Yes, I like this a lot. Also I miss 1991, otherwise known as the year of "Leisure" by Blur

Post by **vom** » Thu Aug 31, 2023 6:28 am

thank you all! I particularly enjoyed this one, because the films were all so weird and trashy

1970 up next

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Aug 31, 2023 3:34 pm

Kelly's Heroes is 1970, I think. No other films were made or released in that year!

Post by **vom** » Thu Aug 31, 2023 4:56 pm

I've never actually seen that, somehow

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Sep 01, 2023 2:28 pm

This is unacceptable!

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:55 pm

I only heard the Black Grape song

Post by **vom** » Fri Sep 29, 2023 2:15 pm

Here's the 1970 article! Might be the last one for a while, I don't have much backlog stuff for the next couple of months

https://www.the-solute.com/tales-from-t ... s-on-1970/

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Sep 29, 2023 7:16 pm

A jolly good write-up, Vomola!

And it's YOUR fault that I've now added Beyond the Valley of the Dolls to my 'must watch' list! *shakes fist*

Post by **vom** » Fri Sep 29, 2023 7:53 pm

cheers! and damn right, it's so much fun. glad this project finally got me to watch it!

Post by **dng** » Fri Sep 29, 2023 10:24 pm

excellent

i have seen none of those films and now want to see all of them

Post by **richschnauzer** » Sun Oct 08, 2023 8:58 am

Original Blade Runner review from teletext

Post by **endar** » Sun Oct 08, 2023 11:27 am

Sounds good, might have to watch it

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Oct 09, 2023 12:57 am

Great stuff, although does "(AA)" have something to do with either batteries or vehicle roadside rescue?

Post by **dng** » Mon Oct 09, 2023 11:17 am

AA was basically what became a 15 in the mid 80s

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Oct 09, 2023 7:12 pm

Ah, right-o! I had no idea!

Post by **vom** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 12:57 pm

now sure how appealing this is to Actually Read, but I took part in this discussion of the (first four) Alien movies, mostly so I could talk about the cat

https://www.the-solute.com/you-still-do ... th-do-you/

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:18 pm

This pleases me!

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Vom: In fact I’d go so far as to say there’s a certain mutual respect between the cat and the creature – one perfect organism recognises another?

Oliver: For sure, there’s that one moment where the alien and the cat are just hanging out. They seem chill with each other. Humans are lame!

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A most enjoyable discussion! Hurrah!

Post by **vom** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 9:03 pm

hooray thank you

I stole the perfect organism line from my song about Jonesy

https://spintunes.bandcamp.com/track/the-ships-cat

Post by **dng** » Fri Oct 20, 2023 12:11 pm

excellent (article and song)

Post by **vom** » Fri Oct 20, 2023 1:11 pm

thank you!

Post by **Pual** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:34 am

If aliens were as good as cats, it would ask to be let back into John hurts chest again, then to be let out, then to be let in, then let out