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bono_212
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Time to hit this shit up.
corianderstem
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I have Baby Jane coming from Netflix today. Will try and watch tonight and make mental notes to discuss next week.
lazarus
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How is babby formed?
corianderstem
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Netflix is the new Stork.
lazarus
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So you've been keeping your eye on the Stork Market?
bono_212
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Now my only thing is I want to talk about the movie now 
GirlsAloudFan
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Yeah, great idea everybody. Let's put Lance, a guy who leaves the forum for long stretches of time, and whose mother is a whore, in charge of running our new movie club.
I'm j/k, of course. I think Lance is the ideal movie club executive.
OP
OP
No spoken words
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Well, technically speaking, Lance was not put in charge, he actually volunteered to take over once I expressed my disinterest in doing it. I never know whether to thank him or pity him.
UberBeaver
Breakdancing Soul Pilgrim
I'll put this here. I thought it was kinda funny.
The winners of the invent-your-own-movie-based-on-an-'80s-TV-show contest. - By Dana Stevens - Slate Magazine
When The A-Team came out earlier this month, I decided to make that movie's flimsy excuse for existence into an even flimsier pretext for a Slate "Summer Movies" contest. I challenged readers to send me their elevator pitches for a big-screen version of an '80s TV show.
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*An astonishing number of people suggested casting Dakota Fanning as V.I.C.I., the obedient robot-child in Small Wonder. The best of these pitches came from Joshua Freemire: "Dakota Fanning plays V.I.C.I. the child robot in a big-screen Small Wonder. This time, however, we flip the script: After a shipping mix-up, V.I.C.I. is being raised in crushing poverty, a la Precious. Theme: How Does a Heartless Robot Handle the Heartbreak of Systemic Poverty? Total Oscar-bait for Dakota."
*More than one entry noted the thematic overlap between Golden Girls and Sex and the City, proposing that, if their franchise keeps going, Carrie, Miranda, et al. can one day be cast as the superannuated Miami foursome. But my favorite Golden Girls pitch was the loopiest one, from Henry Visotski: "After four black-ops agents (Angelina Jolie, Uma Thurman, Halle Berry, and Robin Williams) are framed for the murder of an Afghan politician, they have to hide out in a Florida retirement community with ninja assassins hot on their trail."
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*William Rohde just may restart the 84-year-old Andy Griffith's career with Matlock: Locked and Loaded: "The loss of his first case sends mild-mannered defense attorney Matlock over the edge, where his gentle southern demeanor gives way to the Vietnam-era CIA assassin he thought he'd left behind forever, and where his only solace can be found in explosive, high-octane revenge against the crooked jury who tarnished his perfect record."
*Steve Forsberg, noting that District 9 proved there is "a demographic attracted to movies that deal with illegal immigration in a sci-fi context," repurposes Mork & Mindy as a feature-length drama, with "Mindy as a conflicted ICE agent harboring the undocumented Ork citizen Mork in her Denver home, with alien sex scenes as appropriate for the PG-13 crowd. "
*Sometimes, a title and a director is all that's needed to conjure a whole movie: "Rob Marshall brings Cop Rock to the big screen!" gushed Neil Quarterman, while J. Lutz evoked a far grittier police procedural in just four words: "Quentin Tarantino's Barney Miller."
I'm going to award first place to Deanna Tolliver's pitch for not only cleverly recasting an '80s sitcom according to the new rules of Hollywood, but nailing the solemnly bogus language of the remake-trailer voiceover: "A tragic accident. A friend's promise. A new life. This summer, the world moves to the beat of just one drum. Willow Smith. Jaden Smith. Brad Pitt. Diff'rent Strokes: The world's about to get moved."
The winners of the invent-your-own-movie-based-on-an-'80s-TV-show contest. - By Dana Stevens - Slate Magazine
When The A-Team came out earlier this month, I decided to make that movie's flimsy excuse for existence into an even flimsier pretext for a Slate "Summer Movies" contest. I challenged readers to send me their elevator pitches for a big-screen version of an '80s TV show.
.....
*An astonishing number of people suggested casting Dakota Fanning as V.I.C.I., the obedient robot-child in Small Wonder. The best of these pitches came from Joshua Freemire: "Dakota Fanning plays V.I.C.I. the child robot in a big-screen Small Wonder. This time, however, we flip the script: After a shipping mix-up, V.I.C.I. is being raised in crushing poverty, a la Precious. Theme: How Does a Heartless Robot Handle the Heartbreak of Systemic Poverty? Total Oscar-bait for Dakota."
*More than one entry noted the thematic overlap between Golden Girls and Sex and the City, proposing that, if their franchise keeps going, Carrie, Miranda, et al. can one day be cast as the superannuated Miami foursome. But my favorite Golden Girls pitch was the loopiest one, from Henry Visotski: "After four black-ops agents (Angelina Jolie, Uma Thurman, Halle Berry, and Robin Williams) are framed for the murder of an Afghan politician, they have to hide out in a Florida retirement community with ninja assassins hot on their trail."
.....
*William Rohde just may restart the 84-year-old Andy Griffith's career with Matlock: Locked and Loaded: "The loss of his first case sends mild-mannered defense attorney Matlock over the edge, where his gentle southern demeanor gives way to the Vietnam-era CIA assassin he thought he'd left behind forever, and where his only solace can be found in explosive, high-octane revenge against the crooked jury who tarnished his perfect record."
*Steve Forsberg, noting that District 9 proved there is "a demographic attracted to movies that deal with illegal immigration in a sci-fi context," repurposes Mork & Mindy as a feature-length drama, with "Mindy as a conflicted ICE agent harboring the undocumented Ork citizen Mork in her Denver home, with alien sex scenes as appropriate for the PG-13 crowd. "
*Sometimes, a title and a director is all that's needed to conjure a whole movie: "Rob Marshall brings Cop Rock to the big screen!" gushed Neil Quarterman, while J. Lutz evoked a far grittier police procedural in just four words: "Quentin Tarantino's Barney Miller."
I'm going to award first place to Deanna Tolliver's pitch for not only cleverly recasting an '80s sitcom according to the new rules of Hollywood, but nailing the solemnly bogus language of the remake-trailer voiceover: "A tragic accident. A friend's promise. A new life. This summer, the world moves to the beat of just one drum. Willow Smith. Jaden Smith. Brad Pitt. Diff'rent Strokes: The world's about to get moved."
lazarus
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Whatchoo talkin' about, Willow?
Lancemc
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Hey Gump, just a reminder you're up for Monday. If you want you can put up the thread in similar manner to the one for Baby Jane, or if you'd prefer you could just PM me your choice and I could set it up myself. I really wouldn't mind doing all the threads myself, provided I could get them up in time from now on, heh.
corianderstem
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Huh, weird - it's on Netflix, but not available on DVD. Only available to stream or watch online.
Never seen that before.
Never seen that before.
corianderstem
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I can watch it on my laptop so no big deal for me - just thought it was odd, but maybe it's available elsewhere, too?
lazarus
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Another film I haven't seen, and one I really should have by now. In fact, I haven't seen anything by the Dardennes.
Good choice.
Good choice.
LMP
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It's also on Watch Instantly.
bono_212
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Watch Instantly <3
UberBeaver
Breakdancing Soul Pilgrim
Not sure when I'm supposed to submit this by, so I'll just put it here now:
Metropolis. I've always wanted to see this, but never have. It's available for streaming on Netflix as well.
Metropolis. I've always wanted to see this, but never have. It's available for streaming on Netflix as well.
lazarus
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Only problem with that is the new resotred version is coming out this fall, and so it may be harder to get ahold of, or you may have people watching and discussing different cuts.
I've been waiting to see it for a while but I'm making the new cut the first one I see.
I've been waiting to see it for a while but I'm making the new cut the first one I see.
lazarus
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Only problem with that is the new resotred version is coming out this fall, and so it may be harder to get ahold of, or you may have people watching and discussing different cuts.
I've been waiting to see it for a while but I'm making the new cut the first one I see.
I've been waiting to see it for a while but I'm making the new cut the first one I see.
UberBeaver
Breakdancing Soul Pilgrim
OK, fair enough. I'll go back and find a different movie.
UberBeaver
Breakdancing Soul Pilgrim
UberBeaver
Breakdancing Soul Pilgrim
bono_212
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Damn on the passing up of Metropolis. Good friggin' movie. But, Paths of Glory is on my list, so, awesome.
