The latest thing that will suck

Post by **eddiecanuck** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 2:54 pm

No, it's not a new model of Dyson vaccum, it's the upcoming live action/CGI version of Underdog.

That's right, apparently there just aren't enough new ideas left, they have to dredge up old cartoons and see how they look with all the fancy computer animation. I just don't see this translating to live action, especially with what they've decided Underdog will look like. Kinda like the whole Garfield thing. You want to use those fancy graphics?? Make a full CGI animated version of the cartoon. That, I would take my kid to see. This? I'll most likely wait until it hits network TV, then decide not to watch it then as well.

Post by **bio** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 3:04 pm

What's next, Hong Kong Fooey, the Movie?

Personally, I'm pretty sick of the crap that they're dumping on us. No more comic books, no more cartoons, no more bad remakes of Japanese horror films, and for the love of all that's good and pure... no more Final Destination or Friday the 13th!

They keep churning this crap out, and people keep paying to watch it.

So... follow along with me: No movies for 1 year! Do not go to the theater. Renting is ok. Send a clear message to the studios that we're not paying for crap any more.

Post by **miftah** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 4:18 pm

Shit, dude, I was already on that. I see about five movies in the theater a year, and I'm known among my friends as being the film guy. The next couple weeks are big ones though for DVD. A lot of shit I passed over in the movies is going to hit the stores and I'm going to be one busy little renting beaver.

Post by **bio** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:45 pm

miftah wrote:I'm going to be... busy... renting beaver.

Dude... that's all I read in your last line.

moe flam · Post by **moe flam** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:52 pm

I can't stand the theaters, but in general like movies. So I've gone the home theater route (although I enjoy the audio piece the most). Bathroom is right there, no one sitting in front of you talking on their cell phone. Oh, and 'Pause'. And... beer.

I've been toying around with the idea of storing backed up movies on a home theater PC. Would be handy, and storage is cheap...

Anyway, I'm with you! If they can't make the movie in to some kind of franchise/ action figure/ McDonald's toy, they won't take a chance on it. Lame.

ZIPPER · Post by **ZIPPER** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 6:38 pm

bio wrote:So... follow along with me: No movies for 1 year! Do not go to the theater. Renting is ok. Send a clear message to the studios that we're not paying for crap any more.

Last movie I saw in the theater was "Titanic" and it wasn't by choice either. When I want to watch a movie I don't rent it, I buy it. I haven't seen a bad movie in over 4 years. Most of the movies I currently own are from the late 60's and 70's. The funny thing is that I think more than half of them have been remade in one form or another in the last 5 years.

Post by **miftah** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:48 pm

I'm amazed how many mouth breathers there are out there. The age of communal entertainment died with the age of civility. The very fact that its illegal for me to club a cellphone user in a movie theater is evidence enough that we have irreparably interfered with Darwin on a catastrophic level.

bio wrote:
miftah wrote:I'm going to be... busy... renting beaver.
Dude... that's all I read in your last line.

There's no need to rent porn when it exists as a natural resource on the web.

bugfreezer · Post by **bugfreezer** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 3:26 pm

bio wrote:So... follow along with me: No movies for 1 year! Do not go to the theater. Renting is ok. Send a clear message to the studios that we're not paying for crap any more.

Been that way for going on 6 years - maybe 1 or 2 theater trips in all that time...

...they haven't come looking for me.

I feel...unwanted.

Post by **miftah** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:35 am

I apparently, will be making an exception this summer.

Post by **bio** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:32 pm

miftah wrote:I apparently, will be making an exception this summer.

Damn it! Um... I guess I am too.

moe flam · Post by **moe flam** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:00 pm

Bah-humbug. Invest your money right now, and spend it next summer on a good subwoofer for your house. You'll get that chest-compressing sub-sonic rumble in the comfort of your living room. Without the sticky shoes.

You can then also re-live the Matrix shooting spree/ chain gun glory any time you want.

Post by **bio** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:12 pm

That's already been done.

I purchased the JVC TH-C60 home theater from Newegg.... it'll be here tomorrow. 1,200 watts (200 per channel) and a 5 disk DVD that will play anything you can buy or burn (plus a USB 2.0 port for playing MP3's from my thumb drive).

Sure... there are far better systems out there, but this seriously kicks ass over the "this and that" system that I have right now (my speakers were made by Sansui about 20 years ago).

Post by **miftah** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:32 pm

Yeah, I have a pair of 20" cabinets that have their own amp, as well as a powered sub routed off that amp for anything that dips too low from there. Bass... I have covered. My new neighbor downstairs would kill me if I were to take it any further. And the Matrix lobby scene is nothing to the Star Destroyer rolling overhead at the beginning of Episode IV or the chariots in Gladiator. Those will cure constipation.

moe flam · Post by **moe flam** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:55 pm

Excellent, power good. I love that rumble, and yes, it does make me giggle sometimes.

And isn't that why we work, to buy stuff that makes us giggle? And/ or drunk. Giggle and drink, that's the ticket.

I used to have a SVS cylindrical subwoofer that looked like a big cat scratching post. But at about 3+ feet tall, it could easily dip to 20hz with authority, and wiggle those guts.

Bio, that's cool it has USB support. I wish more things did, like a car deck. That would be handy.

Post by **bio** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:34 am

moe flam wrote:Bio, that's cool it has USB support. I wish more things did, like a car deck. That would be handy.

Your wish is my command!