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Masters of the Universe: Revolution Announced During Netflix Geeked Week

Kevin Smith is returning to produce a new He-Man project for Netflix.

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Billed as an all-new story in the battle for Eternia, Revolution will once pit He-Man and his allies against the nefarious Skeletor while picking up right where the previous series left off.
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His remake was waaaay better than I thought it was going to be. Quite entertaining.
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Count me in for more Masters of the Universe...Revelation was great!
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Yeah, I’m not a fan of He-Man. Hated the cartoon back in the day. But Smith’s version was actually entertaining.
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I don't think we ever got a dedicated thread for Bo Burnham's "Inside" but he released a deluxe album with a bunch of new songs and a new video




Actually it's a whole new series of videos: :shock:

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Made it through all 10 episodes of The Lincoln Lawyer. I must admit they hooked me on the mystery. But the ending with the shady client was...unsatisfying.
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I enjoyed it. For better and worse, it very much feels like a throwback to 90s/00s network television other than the streaming format differences. I think having multiple cases/storylines going throughout the season was great, and rarely became confusing. But in this era, it's also kind of weird watching a series in which the legal and law enforcement systems are largely glorified. The same can be said for the main character's apparent wealth (though the way he acts usually counteracts this, and this isn't to say there aren't interesting stories to be told about the wealthy). I guess the viewer would expect a hard-working, hotshot defense attorney to be well off, and that's part of the fantasy. But it still feels kind of out of touch to me, a not-wealthy person lol.

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There were a few things that bugged me:
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And a new (and I think final) season of PEAKY BLINDERS (best said by yelling) is here!
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Wait, what? There's another season? I was not expecting that.
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YellowKing wrote: Wed Jun 01, 2022 8:43 pm Be sure to check out RRR. It's a ton of fun. Easily one of the best buddy comedy/historical drama/action epic/musicals I've ever seen. :D
Was cruising through their top films list and left this on long enough for the trailer to start to play. I immediately recognized the brilliant absurdity of it when a man saved himself from a panther attack by leading it into jumping into the path of a similarly pouncing leopard. Onto my watch list it goes.
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hepcat wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 6:58 pm
YellowKing wrote: Wed Jun 01, 2022 8:43 pm Be sure to check out RRR. It's a ton of fun. Easily one of the best buddy comedy/historical drama/action epic/musicals I've ever seen. :D
Was cruising through their top films list and left this on long enough for the trailer to start to play. I immediately recognized the brilliant absurdity of it when a man saved himself from a panther attack by leading it into jumping into the path of a similarly pouncing leopard. Onto my watch list it goes.
Just skimmed a review and this sort of thing is right up my alley! Have the tv to myself so I’m going in!

Edit: Damn this looks good in 4K! And fuck you white British colonizer scum!
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So yeah….RRR….that’s….well…

Marvel and DC should be on the first flight to India after seeing this. I mean, it has its goofy song and dance stuff, it’s horribly overwrought and melodramatic, it’s childishly over the top at times, and there’s a 3 minute montage with a song outlining how the two main characters are now friends for life after they first meet…but none of that matters when you have scenes like this



And that’s probably the smallest action scene in the movie.

I could see the makers of this one doing a superhero franchise right.

P.S. don’t watch if you’re an Anglophile. This movie really wants you to hate the English. And I do mean hate.
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Reminds me of...

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Yeah, I need to remind myself to find that one. I've seen that clip before.

I still stand by my earlier assertion that Indian films are not my cup of tea. However, there are always exceptions to every rule.

You can point out a hundred things that are wrong about RRR, and I'll agree with most, if not all, of them. But it doesn't matter when you get to the fight scenes. They're beautifully shot, incredibly imaginative (to the point of being hilariously over the top at times...but entertainingly so, as opposed to annoyingly so), and more brutal than I would have thought they would be from previous experiences with Indian films.

And the song and dance is kept to a minimum (although there is a torture scene song that was actually pretty moving).

Also, they inform you at the start of the film that the animals in all the fight scenes are completely CGI...which is amazing when you watch the movie. That is some top shelf CGI, I have to say.
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I remember last year I watched an Indian movie with lots of action that didn't songs and dancing in it. Rather surprised me.
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If you are putting things into spoilers, it would be helpful to say what show it's a spoiler for. I'm catching up on Netflix shows after a 2 month hiatus and, while I'm not clicking any spoilers at all, I have no idea which show most of these spoilers are for.
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hepcat wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:29 am Whoever made the episode Jibaro, just give them whatever money they want to do a full feature of anything. :wub:
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I thought the new "Bastard!! Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy" anime might be interesting, as I'm always a sucker for more mature animation and the heavy metal themes seemed right up my alley. I mean, the kingdom is named "Metallicana", there's a "Castle Judas", the priest is named Lars, a main villain named "Anthrasax", and the main character yelled "SODOM!" as he flung out a fire spell. How could that not be at least a little bit cool, right?

This left me feeling absolutely just...gross. I knew it had lots of sexual innuendo (one review described it as "unapologetically horny"), but it's done in the creepiest way possible. Most of it involved women being forced into overly sexual situations against their will, then coming around to "well, this isn't so bad". I get that they were going for a 90's OVA aesthetic (i.e. Ninja Scroll) but It's all just really, really off-putting.

The first three episodes aren't terrible, but I actually turned off the fourth episode because it was in such bad taste. Absolutely do not recommend.
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Damn, the final season of Peaky Blinders was excellent. So many twists and turns. :wub:
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The Gray Man was quite good. Very "John Wick". A few over the top stunts, but enjoyable.
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We also enjoyed The Gray Man. It was a paper thin plot, but the characters and action were great.
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msteelers wrote: Sat Jul 23, 2022 11:40 pm We also enjoyed The Gray Man. It was a paper thin plot, but the characters and action were great.
I enjoyed it too, but I think they missed a golden opportunity:
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Day Shift….oof.
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hepcat wrote: Sat Aug 13, 2022 10:44 pm Day Shift….oof.
Yeah? I watched the trailer/clip earlier. But it wasn't winning me over. Hard pass?

Also... I saw that Netflix has/is pushing John Carpenter's Vampires. But... James Woods? Oof. I just don't think I could watch that again. I am not a fan of Mr. Woods.

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Day Shift is just painful to watch. For me, at least. Stunt casting, unfunny jokes, etc. It tics all the boxes in my list of things to dislike in a movie.

And yeah, Woods is unlikeable, but I still have a soft spot for John Carpenter’s Vampires. Mostly because of John Carpenter.
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hepcat wrote: Sat Aug 13, 2022 10:44 pm Day Shift….oof.
This just moved into my watch list....
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stimpy wrote: Sun Aug 14, 2022 12:06 pm
hepcat wrote: Sat Aug 13, 2022 10:44 pm Day Shift….oof.
This just moved into my watch list....
It is true. We are close to polar opposites when it comes to tv and film. Day Shift will probably become your favorite movie on Netflix. :D
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hepcat wrote:And yeah, Woods is unlikeable, but I still have a soft spot for John Carpenter’s Vampires. Mostly because of John Carpenter.
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It's such a weird film. :lol:
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More on that Guillermo del Toro anthology series.



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