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Taken for Granite => Rotting Corpse Takes Manhattan => Topic started by: RottingCorpse on July 27, 2007, 10:18:51 PM
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. . . Because he still smiles when I do the whole "Put my penis through a hole in the bottom of the popcorn bucket" trick.
I'll update this as other "must sees" present themselves.
--I Am Legend - December 14, 2007
--Aliens vs. Preadator: Requiem - December 25, 2007 (We skipped it.)
--J.J. Abrams weird "Cloverfield" thingy - January 18, 2008
--George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead - February 15, 2008
--Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - May 22, 2008
--Mother of Tears - June 6, 2008
--The Happening - June 13, 2008
--Get Smart - June 20, 2008
--Gonzo - July 4th, 2008
--The Dark Knight - July 18, 2008
--Blindness - Sept 26, 2008
--Star Trek Reboot - X-Mas '08?
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Dude, 2008's in, like, 25 years.
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Man, it's like tomorrow.
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Well, I'll see that all those dates are free.
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Gotta free up for I Am Legend. If it sucks I'm really afraid I'll get arrested for disturbing the peace.
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We're going to have to get drunk before because, well, yes, it will suck.
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Does that fact I'm holding out hope make me totally pathetic?
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Sure does.
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I figured.
*SOB*
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Updated with Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem.
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Noted on the calender. Let's challenge ourselves by going to the opening night of each of these.
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X-Mas night for AvP is the only tough one.
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Actually, yeah, that won't happen. But that can wait till Boxing Day!
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First up: I Is Legend.
edit: I was looking at the wrong month.
Dec. 14th is the APA Christmas party...that whole weekend is out cause I'll be drunk. Want to crash it? We're having an after party at the Black Rooster. And an after-after party somewhere...
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Doubtful on the party.
Maybe we'll wait until Boxing Day and do an I Am Legend/AvP2 double feature. Er, when is Boxing Day?
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Monkey wants a movie date.
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The 26th, and I'll be in the UK.
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26th December?
I will still be in the Paris.
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I'm angling for Paris around the 27th/28th.
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Should work. Can't see why it wouldn't.
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Monkey, be warned. Nacho is notorious for the old "penis in the popcorn bucket" trick.
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I'm notorious for the old "biting at whatever's in the popcorn bucket" trick.
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Yikes!
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Yikes!
BIKES!
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I Am Legend and AvP2? Can you handle that much shittiness in one night?
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I think AvP2 is going to bad in a fun way, at least I hope it will be. I Am Legend is another bowl of fish entirely.
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It's a bowl of fish, alright.
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Fish?
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So let's work this, RC. Dec 16 maybe for I Am Legend? Or the night of the 17th?
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I have plans on the 17th so the 16th seems best.
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The 17th is his other date.
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Solstice party, which means I'll be running around high and naked in thirty degree weather.
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I'm going to angle for being sober on Saturday the 15th... Might be better all around. So I'll try and take it easy during the holiday party.
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I'm going to angle for being sober on Saturday the 15th... Might be better all around.
What's happening on the 15th that requires sobriety?
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Getting myself from toilet-side to a movie theater and stomaching a Will Smith flick.
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Oh right, that.
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You should join us, Reggie.
RC -- how's Saturday? ANSWER ME! PAY ATTENTION TO ME!@
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I'll check my schedule.
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Horrifying shoulder/back pain. Can't type.
Saturday sounds great.
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RC has neuralgia!!! Oh ono!!!
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Everyone's catching it from me.
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Mine is from lifting heavy shit all evening yesterday, then jumping out of bed too fast when the plumber showed up this morning.
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Wait, did we say Saturday or Sunday for I Am Legend?
Also, if we can set aside four and a half hours, I'll bring up a copy of the Women's Studies rough cut.
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Whichever day is fine. The weekend is free for me.
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Sunday is my better day, but we'll see.
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Sunday's probably better for me, too.
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Such a pair of gays.
I hate you both.
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I'll wear my best dress, RC!
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I'll wear my best dress, RC!
Slut.
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Nacho, I went to Vicky's Secret just for you.
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Nacho, I went to Vicky's Secret just for you.
Tease.
What is Vicky's Secret then?
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God, Monkey. Life in the barbarian lands.
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God, Monkey. Life in the barbarian lands.
JESUS!
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What is Vicky's Secret then?
http://www.victoriassecret.com
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Monkey's no longer in my will.
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Are you sure he wasn't making a lame joke?
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I knew all about Victoria's Secret.
I was making a bad joke on what "Vicky's" secret might be... you know, molestation at a young age, etc.?
I hate Nacho. I now love Reggie.
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Your love will fade like the stench of rotten flesh.
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I hate you more than you hate me.
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Your love will fade like the stench of rotten flesh.
And become sweeter...? Everybody likes it when the stench of rotten flesh fades, meaning that my love for you will become even more pleasant to sniff.
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I hate you more than you hate me.
You don't.
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I, for one, would miss the smell of rotten flesh.
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I, for one, would miss the smell of rotten flesh.
I bet you would, tit-monkey.
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monkey is a terrible excuse for a human being
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monkey is a terrible excuse for a human being
That I am!
I wouldn't want to excuse any humans. They're all cunts.
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I, for one, would miss the smell of rotten flesh.
I bet you would, tit-monkey.
One should be so lucky to come from those tits.
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I, for one, would miss the smell of rotten flesh.
I bet you would, tit-monkey.
One should be so lucky to come from those tits.
Pervert.
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RC -- just left a VM. I Am Legend is at the Uptown... 1pm, 4pm. Think we can make it? Hit Cleveland Park about 11am and pound a few at Nanny's, then walk over?
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Should be fine. I've toyed with the idea of coming up on Saturday night, but Mrs. RC's recent job shake-up has her in odd moods this week.
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So 1pm at the Uptown?
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Sounds like the plan.
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Okay... Sirharles may be joining us. We must drink, so come early and we'll plan to hit Nanny's around 11. Also there's going to be a snowstorm at the same time.
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So we couldn't emotionally bring ourselves to do I am Legend, and I'll be gone for AvP... So next up is:
--J.J. Abrams weird "Cloverfield" thingy - January 18, 2008
That's a Friday, RC. Let's go see the Saturday matinee at the Uptown on the 19th and get drunk.
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Pervert.
Hello, kettle. I am pot. You are black.
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So we couldn't emotionally bring ourselves to do I am Legend, and I'll be gone for AvP... So next up is:
--J.J. Abrams weird "Cloverfield" thingy - January 18, 2008
That's a Friday, RC. Let's go see the Saturday matinee at the Uptown on the 19th and get drunk.
Ugh. Talk to me.
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You want to skip Cloverfield and go see Teeth instead? Maybe even a double feature?
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Plot Keywords:
Female Protagonist / Castration / Female Nudity / Incest / Self Discipline
Sure!
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You know it's about a girl with teeth in her pussy, right?
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The movie that has had center spotlight on the GS forums for the last 15 months? Yes.
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Updated for Diary of the Dead.
So, next weekend: Cloverfield? Mrs. RC would actually like to join us for this one, but we have to see what her rehearsal schedule is. What's good is that she's rehearsing in DC.
I'd like to see Teeth as well.
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Okay to whatever.
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Mrs. RC might be out due to rehearsals, but Sunday looks like our day.
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Nice. The floor is covered with manuscripts from the contest. Endless entertainment!
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Cloverfield update:
Currently in the midst of the incredibly complicated planning necessary to see a movie on Sunday! RC lives too far away.
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I said I'd come to you.
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Not good enough!
Hey, come Saturday and read manuscripts with me.
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Thats sounds like a horrible time.
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I'm starting on Friday. My plan is to drink all of the outdated wine I have lying around.
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Ooh...RC, we get to see the Star Trek trailer in front of Cloverfield...
http://hollywoodchicago.com/news/exclusive-star-trek-teaser-description
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So, up as ass-crack of dawn tomorrow to watch Cloverfield and then drink all day?
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Ugh. Guess so. Been drinking for 30 hours straight now. Head hurts.
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Cloverfield with lots of handheld shaky-cam seems to be the perfect hangover movie.
BLARF!!
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Was it good though?
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It sucked and should be avoided. Watch it on TV because (1) that's the only way to really enjoy the shaky cam and (2) It's not even worth a matinee. Fuck you Abrams.
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I liked it a bit better than Nacho, but it really is the type of thing that would be better on TV rather than the big screen.
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The good news is that you can go ahead and download the Cam. You won't notice the difference.
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most people on SA except for the worthless pretentious fucks in CD seem to like it. Tough decisions.
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Guy I work with said it was alright... his biggest complaint was that the hand-cam shit made him dizzy and he'd have to look away from the screen every once in a while. That's a pretty huge complaint for me and would totally ruin a movie, regardless of how much merit the movie itself had. I hate that kind of crap.
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Stylisitically, it would definitely be more enjoyable on TV (or your computer screen) than in the theatre
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Updated with dates.
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Guy I work with said it was alright... his biggest complaint was that the hand-cam shit made him dizzy and he'd have to look away from the screen every once in a while. That's a pretty huge complaint for me and would totally ruin a movie, regardless of how much merit the movie itself had. I hate that kind of crap.
My complaint is that people can get pierced through the chest with rebar and dance afterwards. And that the monster is silly. And that everything else is silly. And that nothing is explained. And that no character is likable or believable in any way. It's one loooong gimmick.
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Anyway --next up!
George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead - February 15, 2008
That's Friday night. Do a Saturday matinee?
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Let's try and see what happens. No more of that early morning shit.
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Yeah, I'm still working that off.
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Diary of the Dead is only getting a limited release.
Closest to us is the Muvico Egyptian 24 which is between Baltimore and Laurel. I'd say it's a half hour drive from your place, Nacho.
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Dairy of the Dead ... zombies open an ill-advised cheese shop.
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Diary of the Dead is only getting a limited release.
Closest to us is the Muvico Egyptian 24 which is between Baltimore and Laurel. I'd say it's a half hour drive from your place, Nacho.
Jesus...what? That's retarded.
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Maybe they're afraid of Cloverfield saturation?
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Well, it's up by BWI. Not terrible...just a serious haul. More so for you. Is it showing near you? (ha ha)
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Negative.
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If you think it's worth it, I'm in. But I don't mind waiting a few weeks (or sooner) for it to pop up online.
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I'll have to go. The Egyptian is my DP's hometown theater, so we can make a day of it.
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Well, I'm in. Yay!
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We''ll figure out dates/times when I get back from Florida.
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This is in Arundel Mills. Let me know when you're going, I may interface.
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Yay!
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Saturday, February 16th will likely be the day, but I'll know better once I get back on the 10th.
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--Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem - December 25, 2007 (We skipped it.)
Downloading this shit now!
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Let me know just how bad it is.
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Let me know just how bad it is.
For some reason, all I can think to compare it to is if there's some sort of cataclysm in the near future then, 40 years later, a major fan initiative, guided only by a few minutes worth of youtube footage as the rest was all destroyed, convinces a Russian Sci-Fi channel to reboot Stargate. It's not like Stargate, it just has those sort of production values. Well, no, it has the production values of the first Rambo...
Also, I think there might have been an accident. There are two movies -- a high school drama and the alien-predator love affair. So the good news is that you can pick which one you like! I prefer the high school drama, which has NOTHING TO DO with all the shit going on between the aliens and the predator for 50 minutes. Then, when the two movies do meet, it's really retarded.
For a while, I thought it wasn't so bad. I only wanted to kill myself three times. Then I realized that it was only at the halfway mark.
It's laugh out loud ridiculous after 60 minutes as it becomes a montage of unrelated scenes for the rest of the movie.
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Geez. How the mighty have fallen.
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I AM VERY DRUNK AND WAITING FOR RC BECAUSE HE IS BRINGING MORE BEER HELP ME JESUS I HAVE BETRAYED YOU
And RC is online fucking now instead of on his way to my place. Loser. Fuck you. Ya wee bin hoker!
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Updated the first post with some new additions, and taking out Diary of the Dead.
We both liked it, by the way. More at the end of this thread:
http://www.greatsociety.org/forums/index.php/topic,1854.0.html
Next up is Indy 4!
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Updated with Mother of Tears, and Star Trek dates.
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We should start planning May 22nd now...
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Yeah. Indy 4 is almost certainly going to play the Uptown, but I'm also fine with Silver Spring's theater.
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Uptown had posters for it long ago. No doubt. And I think it should be done there. So May 22 is a Thursday... First showing?
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As per usual, I have to see what's going on as we get closer.
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Son of Rambow gets a limited release on May 7th. Not sure if it'll be in town, but it'll certainly show up online. I think we should add a drink and crouch around my computer event for when I do finally get it...
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Added Blindness, September 08.
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What's Blindness?
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What's Blindness?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindness_%28novel%29
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Sounds pretty good.
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The novel is intensely hard to read, because he has a sort of experimental writing form (which that link talks about), but the story is so gripping that you can't help but push through the idiotic arty writing "style."
All doom and despair apocalypse. The rape gangs in the asylum, the government freaking out, the soldiers losing their shit... And then escape into hell. All with the sighted girl sort of hiding her gift but still trying to orchestrate everything.
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oh, sign me up for blindness, please. Last apocalypse I saw was Children of Men; it's been too long.
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Reminder that we have Indy 4 next week! How's your schedule looking, RC? Thursday night? Friday...? Uptown?
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If it's not Thursday or Friday night, then I'm out for the rest of the weekend. WS crunch time.
Mrs. RC is at her belly-dancing class on Thursday, by the way.
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I'm working weddings all through that weekend. So Friday looks like the only choice?
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I'd say so.
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Or Monday?
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Nope. That week is pretty much set aside for whatever cataclysmic fuck up will occur right at the end.
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Friday it is, then. Have to be at work early AM the next morning, so it'll be a fly-by viewing.
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Maybe Indy can wait... There's no avoiding the bad press, no matter how much I try:
Don't call me a sour-puss, call me a soothsayer. Here's more bad news about the new "Indiana Jones" flick.
Former St. Pete Times television critic and frequent Stuck in the 80s guest-host Chase Squires caught a special screening of "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" on Sunday, and he was dumbfounded on how simply dreadful it was.
"Oh, sweet Jeebus. This movie made NO sense and burned through millions in pointless special effects, interesting no one," Chase writes in his "Dirty Thoughts" blog. "The dialogue is silly, the premise involves space aliens (seriously, space aliens). ... Not to mention the fist fights (about 72 percent of the movie is fist fights), and Harrison Ford looks positively annoyed."
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Harry Knowles at AICN loved it which immediately makes me skeptical.
And honestly, with all that's going on this week, I may be hard pressed to make Friday happen.
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Haha! The AICN praise convinces me. We'll wait. Maybe Saturday the 7th?
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The 7th might be good.
Though most reviwers at www.rottentomatoes.com are saying "Not bad, but not great either."
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That's because it's not the shit on your childhood fuckfest of Star Wars. Everyone's so fucking glad it's not Phantom Menace that they're celebrating what is, otherwise, a really bad movie.
At least, that's the tone of every review I see.
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From CNN:
Review: 'Indiana Jones' works but doesn't shine
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That's almost fit for the stupid headlines thread.
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It's got 81% positive reviews on RT.com.
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Nice! I figured it was just one bad review... I will probably love it no matter what.
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Added Gonzo. Are we going to aim for Indy sometime soon?
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We talked about this coming weekend, didn't we?
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I think. Working Sunday.... Saturday matinee at the Uptown?
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ooh me too!
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I'll be there! Wait fuck... I live in Georgia.
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Saturday's a maybe. We're in Women's Studies flux right now.
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It's kind of cheesy...which is to be expected.
Some parts are very bad. Like laugh out loud ridiculous.
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Man, with every review I turn to just wanting to wait for the download...
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I'm kind of fine if we want to treat this like AvP.
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I've shifted focus to The Happening now...
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I sort of want to see The Strangers, but the reviews are scaring me off from that as well.
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One thing's for sure -- we need to go see these movies as soon as they come out, before we're polluted by the Suck Reviews. Especially with The Happening, because everybody hates M. Night these days.
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I saw The Happening last night. It sucked!!
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Okay! Let's skip The Happening!
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I think I'm going to Indiana Jones @ Uptown this Saturday whether y'all go or not. I try not to let good taste get in the way of a good time. =)
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Okay, looks like I just got drafted into a showing tomorrow night at 7pm. Three friends are going around then. Up for it, RC?
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Wednesday tomorrow?
Timing is sort of bad, but let me see where I'm at tomorrow afternoon.
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Yep, Wednesday at 7pm. Or 10pm if someone can drive me home...
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We moved it to a Saturday matinee -- so that's more in keeping with the original plans.
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When I planned to go! But nice try avoiding me.
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Let's all go when fajwat's not there!
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I watched pulp fiction @ AFI last night. awesome to see it big. i think tonight and tomorrow night are the last nights.
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--Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - May 22, 2008
So I watched this retarded, insane, poorly acted trash last night.
It's testament to the quality of the franchise that the formula manages to still keep this movie above water. But if this wasn't an Indy movie, I'd be bitching for a page right here.
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I've heard it's just awful.
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it doesn't leave that taste of cock in your mouth like Attack of the Clones did, but you do get a pretty strong whiff.
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it doesn't leave that taste of cock in your mouth like Attack of the Clones did, but you do get a pretty strong whiff.
That's the perfect review!
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it doesn't leave that taste of cock in your mouth like Attack of the Clones did, but you do get a pretty strong whiff.
That's the perfect review!
Wow, yeah, that is.
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So next up is Blindness... We've sucked at this, RC. But, then, most of the movies on the original list sucked.
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Yeah, we've been really bad.
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Okay, seriously...
Quantum of Solace. November 14th. The first full Star Trek trailer will be in front of it. Let's organize. You're gone that weekend, RC? How about the 22nd of November?
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You know I haven't seen Casino Royale, right?
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You know I haven't seen Casino Royale, right?
I'll summarize: James Bond is now a superhero with special powers and ninja balance skills when fighting in the field. At home, he's a bizarre combination of the Pierce Brosnan "fossil" James Bond and a moderately polite Sean Connery.
He enjoys overlong romantic sequences, absurd gun battles, and spending too much time in Venice.
Straying just about 17 light years from the Quantum of Solace short story, this movie will be a sequel to the last one where, after two and a half agonizing hours, Bond went rogue in a vaguely passive way that didn't really ask for a sequel. In fact, we had no idea that was the message at the end of Shitfest of Bullets & Weak Female Leads until the Quantum of Solace trailers started showing and that British lady we all like turned to the camera and told us.
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Casino Royale was good... a much grittier Bond movie. The Parkour at the beginning is the best part.
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So what you're saying is we'd be going for the Star Trek trailer?
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So what you're saying is we'd be going for the Star Trek trailer?
Yep. Oh, and, the same story I summarized above except with all the cinematic improvements achieved in the last two years. Maybe he'll have an Iron Man outfit!
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All right. May 8, 2009. Star Trek.
It's in my calendar.
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Yep. We need to go on opening night dressed as Khan's henchmen.
"Shields are going down!"
"Well...raise them!"
"I CAN'T!!!!"
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My date is taking me to this tomorrow -- sounds like something up your alleys. Heard of it? I'll let you know how it is.
http://www.lettherightoneinmovie.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_the_Right_One_In_(film)
98% fresh!!
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lat_den_ratte_komma_in/
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My date is taking me to this tomorrow -- sounds like something up your alleys. Heard of it? I'll let you know how it is.
http://www.lettherightoneinmovie.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_the_Right_One_In_(film)
http://www.greatsociety.org/forums/index.php/topic,3935.0.html
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All right . . . We need a bad movie night to watch the amazingness I bought at the last horror con I attended.
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Well...next weekend is your girl time, and the weekend after will probably find me in Chincoteague.
I have a wedding on Sunday the 22nd... So how about Saturday the 21st at my place? Or would you rather me come down your way? Which would get us to Labor Day, I think...
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Haha... Years and years of failed outings!
Let's revive this thread and actually get together for.... Dark Knight Rises. July 20th.
Reggie, Sirharles. You in?
The 20th is Friday...so maybe a Sunday matinee? Or the following week? Or during the week?
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Yeah! I probably can't do the 22nd, but most other times would work.
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Reggie! RC! Sirharles!
Star Trek.
Matinee on the 18th or 19th of May.
Let's do it and ink it in. Discuss!
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Yes, I'm in. I promise I won't bail on this one.
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Sunday, the 19th is good for me. I am IN!
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Sunday, the 19th is good for me. I am IN!
Okay. First matinee? Bethesda, Silver Spring, or DC?
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Bethesda or SS.
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I think Bethesda's the better theater.
Okay! Done! The 19th of May. Ink it in!
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In blood.
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Star Trek Day!
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That is wonderful.
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That made my day.
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Elysium opens August 9. We're doing this, right?
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Even NOLA girl says it looks good. Shocking.
I'm up for it. Why's that weekend raising a red flag in my head?
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It's the shindig at our place.
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It's the shindig at our place.
Ah-ha! Good. August feels like it's both 32 minutes and 17 years away...
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Seriously, right?
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So...Elysium is our farewell movie, RC. Just realized that.
I'll take off half a day that Friday and work my ass down to your fucking VA hideaway. 8/9 is drunken Elysium, 8/10 is drunken renewal of vows party, and then I'll force Sirharles to drive me back to, you know, America.
Perfect!
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Sounds good.