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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Try harder.
  • QsAssistantQsAssistant All those moments lost in time... like tears in rain
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    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    I agree with you on some of those counts, so when it comes time for you to be burned at the stake following a majority vote, I'll be there to cut you down from the post.

    lol Thanks! I knew I could count on you!

    :D
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,423
    QsAssistant wrote:
    Time to piss some people off...
    Batman Begins is the best of The Dark Knight Trilogy and The Dark Knight is highly overrated.
    The Godfather is terrible and boring.
    Alien, while a good movie, is the least rewatchable of the Alien movies.
    Pierce Brosnan is one of the best Bonds and while we're at it Die Another Day isn't that bad but it is Brosnan's worst.
    The Beatles were never that great.

    Apart from the Beatles comment, there's not too much controversy. Although, I prefer Godfather, good, but not spectacular, to Godfather 2; simply tedious.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Anything is controversial if you find the right angle and the right audience.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Thunderfinger wrote:
    Anything is controversial if you find the right angle and the right audience.
    That's not controversial at all. Try again.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,798
    Lemme have a go at REAL controversy:

    Christian Bale is a terrible Bruce Wayne.
    The Vipers on the old Galactica show are way cooler looking than the X-Wings of Star Wars.
    Gone With The Wind is a stupid soap opera.
    YOLT is twice as entertaining as SF.
    George Lucas' additions to Return Of The Jedi made the movie better.
    At least one quarter of licensed drivers should not have a license (nor access to firearms or be allowed to have children).
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited June 2014 Posts: 14,572
    I love DAD.

    AAAARGH, DAMN KEYBOARD IS STUCK ON CAPS LOCK AGAIN!
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    chrisisall wrote:
    Lemme have a go at REAL controversy:

    Christian Bale is a terrible Bruce Wayne. TRUE
    The Vipers on the old Galactica show are way cooler looking than the X-Wings of Star Wars. TRUEISH
    Gone With The Wind is a stupid soap opera. TRUE and frankly I do not give a damn
    YOLT is twice as entertaining as SF. TRUE
    George Lucas' additions to Return Of The Jedi made the movie better. TRUE
    At least one quarter of licensed drivers should not have a license (nor access to firearms or be allowed to have children). TRUE even if I would go for a higher percentage

    you FAILED being controversial. ;)
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited June 2014 Posts: 11,189
    Relating to the death of Francis Matthews the other day:

    Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons was always better than Thunderbirds. Better animation, better paced and more exciting.

    (It was certainly my favourite as a kid anyway)
  • QsAssistantQsAssistant All those moments lost in time... like tears in rain
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    Alright how about this...
    Michael Keaton was the worst Batman while George Clooney was the best... :>

    In all seriousness, I think Bale was a much better Batman than Keaton. While I'm a fan of Keaton he just doesn't scream Batman to me. Although out of all the actors to play Batman/Bruce he's the second best. I think Affleck looks the part, now lets see if he can own the part.
  • RC7RC7
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    BAIN123 wrote:
    Relating to the death of Francis Matthews the other day:

    Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons was always better than Thunderbirds. Better animation, better paced and more exciting.

    (It was certainly my favourite as a kid anyway)

    Disagree. While I enjoy all Anderson's stuff, Thunderbirds is a charming, idiosyncratic, masterpiece.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    QsAssistant wrote:
    Bale was a much better Batman than Keaton.

    Pissed now.
    [-(
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited June 2014 Posts: 11,189
    RC7 wrote:
    BAIN123 wrote:
    Relating to the death of Francis Matthews the other day:

    Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons was always better than Thunderbirds. Better animation, better paced and more exciting.

    (It was certainly my favourite as a kid anyway)

    Disagree. While I enjoy all Anderson's stuff, Thunderbirds is a charming, idiosyncratic, masterpiece.

    I enjoy Thunderbirds very much, there's certainly a cute charm to it. But Scarlet feels a bit more sophisticated to me. Thunderbirds is good but doesn't really hold up as well.

    For me its Scarlet first and Thunderbirds second.
  • RC7RC7
    edited June 2014 Posts: 10,512
    BAIN123 wrote:
    RC7 wrote:
    BAIN123 wrote:
    Relating to the death of Francis Matthews the other day:

    Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons was always better than Thunderbirds. Better animation, better paced and more exciting.

    (It was certainly my favourite as a kid anyway)

    Disagree. While I enjoy all Anderson's stuff, Thunderbirds is a charming, idiosyncratic, masterpiece.

    I enjoy Thunderbirds very much, there's certainly a cute charm to it. But Scarlet feels a bit more sophisticated to me.

    For me its Scarlet first and Thunderbirds second.

    Well, I think that was the intention. But I think in the transition to something more sophisticated and, for want a better word 'realistic', they lost the spark of originality that made TB work. I still love Scarlett and think it has some genuinely brilliant episodes.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited June 2014 Posts: 11,189
    Yes, I remember Anderson saying that with Scarlet he wanted more realistic looking puppets.

    I can see why people may prefer Thunderbirds, but I always found Captain Scarlet more compelling - even as a 7 year old.

    I suppose the episodes of Scarlet were shorter so the action moved quicker than Thunderbirds.

    Actually reading this author describe the opening titles reminds me of Casino Royale's dark, moody opening of Craig shooting Dryden
    http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/feature/a578415/captain-scarlet-revisited-francis-matthews-iconic-hero-47-years-later.html#~oHtSR7hqWmXyqI
  • StirredNotShakenStirredNotShaken Toronto
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    Now that I'm being forced to watch Frozen for a second time I can safely say that it is the worst Disney film ever.
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
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    QsAssistant wrote:
    Batman Begins is the best of The Dark Knight Trilogy and The Dark Knight is highly overrated.
    I agree. TDK is actually my least favorite of the Nolan trilogy.

    chrisisall wrote:
    George Lucas' additions to Return Of The Jedi made the movie better.
    The new song and dance routine in Jabba's Palace is one of the worst things I have ever seen in any film ever. Not that the original puppets were great but to replace it with that?
    Also, Darth Vader now yells "Nooooooo" when he throws the Emperor down the shaft. Unacceptable.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    pachazo wrote:
    Also, Darth Vader now yells "Nooooooo" when he throws the Emperor down the shaft. Unacceptable.
    He loves his Son....
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    edited June 2014 Posts: 17,798
    SaintMark wrote:
    you FAILED being controversial. ;)

    Oh yeah? How about THIS-

    The the majority of the Bond movies are simple mass entertainment.
    IMHO, the 'best' Bond movies are DN, FRWL, TB, TLD, and LTK.
    All the rest are merely in the 'fun' category.
    Connery's later movies turned into 60's Batman Bond. Lazenby was the deer-in-the-headlights Bond, Moore was the Saint Bond,
    Brosnan was the 'Remington Steele' Bond, and Dan's movies, as serious as they are, are 21st Century CGI-filled Bourne-derivative Bond.

    HA!
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    QBranch wrote:
    Thunderfinger wrote:
    Anything is controversial if you find the right angle and the right audience.
    That's not controversial at all. Try again.

    The only thing worse than Bond films is Bond fans.
  • Suivez_ce_parachuteSuivez_ce_parachute
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    Thunderfinger wrote:
    The only thing worse than Bond films is Bond fans.

    And Skyfall's script looks like fan fiction :)

  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    chrisisall wrote:
    Oh yeah? How about THIS-

    The the majority of the Bond movies are simple mass entertainment. TRUE
    IMHO, the 'best' Bond movies are DN, FRWL, TB, OHMSS, TSWLM, FYEO. :D
    All the rest are merely in the 'fun' category.
    Connery's later movies turned into 60's Batman Bond. THE 007 WHO ALREADY BORROWED SO MUCH FROM LESLIE CHARTERIS' SAINT NOVELS, THE DRESS SENSE, THE WICKEDNESS, SUAVENESS AND WORLDTRAVELLER
    Lazenby was the deer-in-the-headlights Bond, THE NINCOMPOOP THAT WALKED AWAY AFTER ONE SHEER PERFECT 007 MOVIE
    Moore was the Saint Bond, THE TV IVANHOE/SAINT/SINCLAIR KIND OF BOND
    Brosnan was the 'Remington Steele' Bond, I LOVE REMINGTON STEELE, A CLEAR THROWBACK TO THE 30-40'S ROGUE LIKE MOVIES
    and Dan's movies, as serious as they are, are 21st Century CGI-filled Bourne-derivative Bond. TOO BAD DAN NEVER COULD MATCH THE QUALITY THAT BOURNE SHOWED 3 MOVIES IN A ROW. TOO DIVERSE AND OFTEN LACKING IN A COHESIVE STORY.

    HA!

    MY COMPLIMENTS BY THE WAY, NICE AND CHALLENGING. -)
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    edited June 2014 Posts: 17,798
    SaintMark wrote:
    MY COMPLIMENTS BY THE WAY, NICE AND CHALLENGING. -)
    Burn the land & boil the sea,
    you can't take DAL-TON from me... L-)
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 15,117
    Suivez_ce_parachute wrote:
    Thunderfinger wrote:
    The only thing worse than Bond films is Bond fans.

    And Skyfall's script looks like fan fiction :)

    No that would be DAF.

    But we have a thread for controversial opinions about Bond films.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited June 2014 Posts: 11,189
    DAD is the 'fan fiction' script in the series. No contest.

    -Bond imprisoned
    -Bond sword fighting
    -Bond fighting a Drax-esque millionaire
    -Invisible car
    -Jinx
    -Bond in Iceland
    -Bond surfing

    All these ideas thrown together in one big mess.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,467
    BAIN123 wrote:
    DAD is the 'fan fiction' script in the series. No contest.

    I don't think this is too controversial...
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Once we successfully 'clone' meat parts to consume so we do not have to raise animals in inhumane conditions and slaughter them, we will have taken our first real step towards world peace by removing the most pervasive 'acceptable' extreme violence that serves as a subliminal psychological springboard for every other form of killing we as individuals & governments participate in.

    Have I finally been controversial?
  • MrcogginsMrcoggins Following in the footsteps of Quentin Quigley.
    Posts: 3,144
    chrisisall wrote:
    Once we successfully 'clone' meat parts to consume so we do not have to raise animals in inhumane conditions and slaughter them, we will have taken our first real step towards world peace by removing the most pervasive 'acceptable' extreme violence that serves as a subliminal psychological springboard for every other form of killing we as individuals & governments participate in.

    Have I finally been controversial?

    No but completely Accurate my friend.
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    Posts: 3,157
    chrisisall wrote:
    Once we successfully 'clone' meat parts to consume so we do not have to raise animals in inhumane conditions and slaughter them, we will have taken our first real step towards world peace by removing the most pervasive 'acceptable' extreme violence that serves as a subliminal psychological springboard for every other form of killing we as individuals & governments participate in.

    Have I finally been controversial?

    Yes, but I agree with you. The others are wrong.
  • Suivez_ce_parachuteSuivez_ce_parachute
    Posts: 2,015
    BAIN123 wrote:
    DAD is the 'fan fiction' script in the series. No contest.

    -Bond imprisoned
    -Bond sword fighting
    -Bond fighting a Drax-esque millionaire
    -Invisible car
    -Jinx
    -Bond in Iceland
    -Bond surfing

    All these ideas thrown together in one big mess.

    - A big action sequence with Bond going from one kind of vehicle to another (car, motorbike, train, digger !)
    - Moneypenny on the field !
    - M on the field !
    - Bond family !
    - Someone who knew Bond as a child (that's a way to have a "father" on screen despite Fleming killing him) !
    - A former agent as the main villain !
    - And the super big twist : the villain was captured because he wanted to !

    Hm, it could be fan fiction :)



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