16||0|1432|0|yes 0|0|0|||1||Now %2Athis%2A is high concept|Wedge||20:09:57|05/13/2009|%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FPsDNN %0D%0A%0D%0ANo words can describe this.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.gweep.net%2F%7Ewedge%2Fufchad_ficon.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5DChad Collier%0D%0ASmirking Kilrathi%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%230000CC%5DThe Captain of the Gravy Train%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 1|1|0|||1||RE%3A Now %2Athis%2A is high concept|BobSchroeck||20:24:11|05/13/2009|%3ENo words can describe this. %0D%0A%0D%0ADear gods in heaven. Is that %5Bi%5Dreal%5B%2Fi%5D%3F Please tell me it isn%27t.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AFive years ago I was a four-stone apology. Today I am two separate gorillas. 2|2|1|||1||RE%3A Now %2Athis%2A is high concept|Offsides||20:45:18|05/13/2009|Unfortunately%2C it appears to be a real direct-to-DVD film. Why anyone would ever buy it is beyond me%2C but there you have it...%0D%0A%0D%0AOffsides%0D%0A%0D%0A%26%2391%3B...%26%2393%3B in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.%0D%0A -- David Ben Gurion%0D%0AEPU RCW %23%26pi%3B%0D%0A%23include %3Cstdsig.h%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A 3|3|2|||||RE%3A Now %2Athis%2A is high concept|BLUE||22:24:06|05/13/2009|%3EUnfortunately%2C it appears to be a real direct-to-DVD film. Why anyone %0D%0A%3Ewould ever buy it is beyond me%2C but there you have it... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0AYou overestimate the taste of the American public. I need only remind you of the theatrical release of %22Snakes on a Plane%22. 6|4|3|||1||RE%3A Now %2Athis%2A is high concept|Wedge||03:09:25|05/14/2009|%3E%3EUnfortunately%2C it appears to be a real direct-to-DVD film. Why anyone %0D%0A%3E%3Ewould ever buy it is beyond me%2C but there you have it... %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3EYou overestimate the taste of the American public. I need only remind %0D%0A%3Eyou of the theatrical release of %22Snakes on a Plane%22. %0D%0A%0D%0AHey now%2C %5Bi%5DSnakes on a Plane%5B%2Fi%5D was a good time.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.gweep.net%2F%7Ewedge%2Fufchad_ficon.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5DChad Collier%0D%0ASmirking Kilrathi%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%230000CC%5DThe Captain of the Gravy Train%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 8|5|6|||||RE%3A Now %2Athis%2A is high concept|BLUE||16:43:29|05/14/2009|%3E%3E%3EUnfortunately%2C it appears to be a real direct-to-DVD film. Why anyone %0D%0A%3E%3E%3Ewould ever buy it is beyond me%2C but there you have it... %0D%0A%3E%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EYou overestimate the taste of the American public. I need only remind %0D%0A%3E%3Eyou of the theatrical release of %22Snakes on a Plane%22. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EHey now%2C %5Bi%5DSnakes on a Plane%5B%2Fi%5D was a good time. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0AGranted. It%27s still not even in the same zip code as %27quality%27 though. 9|6|8|||1||RE%3A Now %2Athis%2A is high concept|Wedge||17:15:41|05/14/2009|[updated:LAST EDITED ON May-14-09 AT 05:16 PM (EDT)]%3E%3E%3E%3EUnfortunately%2C it appears to be a real direct-to-DVD film. Why anyone %0D%0A%3E%3E%3E%3Ewould ever buy it is beyond me%2C but there you have it... %0D%0A%3E%3E%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3EYou overestimate the taste of the American public. I need only remind %0D%0A%3E%3E%3Eyou of the theatrical release of %22Snakes on a Plane%22. %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EHey now%2C %5Bi%5DSnakes on a Plane%5B%2Fi%5D was a good time. %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3EGranted. It%27s still not even in the same zip code as %27quality%27 %0D%0A%3Ethough. %0D%0A%0D%0AI%2C again%2C have to disagree. Quite a bit more thought and care went into its making than many cookie-cutter movies that get churned out%2C and it really does come through in the final product.%0D%0A%0D%0AI realize you%27re probably trying say that you either didn%27t like it%2C thought it was stupid%2C or both%2C but those things aren%27t the same as quality or a measure of everyone else%27s taste. Your opinion is perfectly valid%3B assuming that it ought to apply to everyone isn%27t. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AAs far as %5Bi%5DMega-Shark vs Giant Octopus%5B%2Fi%5D goes%2C I dunno. I appreciate that not only did they grab the concept%2C but they ran with it. At full speed. With scissors. And I admire that. But then the first fully narrative film I helped make in school reveled in the title %5Bi%5DGimme Back My Arm%2C You Bastard%21%5B%2Fi%5D So you might understand that I come at this with a certain amount of bias.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.gweep.net%2F%7Ewedge%2Fufchad_ficon.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5DChad Collier%0D%0ASmirking Kilrathi%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%230000CC%5DThe Captain of the Gravy Train%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 4|3|2|||||RE%3A Now %2Athis%2A is high concept|Rickdominated||23:26:02|05/13/2009|Are you kidding%3F This thing looks absolutely WONDERFUL...once you%27re inebriated or tired enough to truly %22enjoy%22 it.%0D%0AHell%2C it practically already screams %22Bargin Bin%22 so I%27ll probably pick it up in a year for a dollar to join my growing collection of similar films. 5|1|0|||||RE%3A Now %2Athis%2A is high concept|Droken||23:56:52|05/13/2009|My old 3D modeling instructor is waxing ecstatic about how ridiculous this thing is...%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd now that I%27ve seen it for myself%2C I have to say%2C humanity drops yet another notch. Hooray.%0D%0A%3E_%3C 11|2|5|||1||RE%3A Now %2Athis%2A is high concept|Ardaniel||19:52:36|05/14/2009|I %2Aworked%2A with the guy who directed %5Bi%5DAlien vs. Hunter%5B%2Fi%5D%2C the late Scott Harper%2C while I was at Henson. AvH is arguably one of the %22finest%22 examples of this particular genre of cinema.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt was... an interesting experience.%0D%0A%0D%0AArd Collier%0D%0Athat Janice chick%0D%0AUsual Suspect and general menace 7|1|0|||||RE%3A Now %2Athis%2A is high concept|Ash_3||14:42:23|05/14/2009|Wow. Straight to DVD. This isn%27t a SciFi Channel bad monster flick%3F If it isn%27t%2C it should be. 10|2|7|||||RE%3A Now %2Athis%2A is high concept|Lethosos||19:32:28|05/14/2009|%3EThis isn%27t a SciFi Channel bad monster flick%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AAMEN%21%0D%0A%0D%0ASeriously--I watch Sci-Fi Channel every now and then for the movies %28particularly disaster ones%2C%29 and I can%27t even see those guys air it in the first place. Even the trailer was more hokey than Tristar Godzilla and the eggs.%0D%0A%0D%0ATo be fair%2C I would%27ve gone for Megalodon vs Giant Squid... there%27s so much mangled science in terms of aquatic biology that screams at me--the size alone is easily one.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut that%27s a rant for better days.%0D%0A 12|1|0|||1||RE%3A Now %2Athis%2A is high concept|Nathan||19:58:37|05/14/2009|Hi%2C Lusca%21 13|1|0|||1||RE%3A Now %2Athis%2A is high concept|Wedge||17:32:14|06/04/2009|So%2C I was on-call for work last weekend%2C which meant I was basically under house arrest between 10am and 6pm. So I went down to the corner Ballbuster Video and rented a few movies. One of which was %5Bi%5DMega-Shark versus Giant Octopus%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m not going to go so far as to do an all-out review. It is a bad movie%2C in the classic sense of low budget bad movies. What%27s fascinating to me is how technology has changed the face of that.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe story is ridiculous. That goes without saying. The characters are really rather shallow and mainly exist to hang what little action and effects there are. You can spot many of the classic B-movie tropes%2C like %27Hey%2C we paid for this location%2C by god we%27re going to use it for as many scenes as possible%27 location use%2C %27throw some vaguely tech shit on the wall and call it a submarine%27 set dressing%2C and the use of nearby lesser-known landmarks for establishing shots of exotic locations %28most notably%2C a shot from across the LA harbor of the dome at the Long Beach Aquarium standing in for the Japanese military headquarters. More impressive for the fact that they managed to shoot it in such a way as to not show the %5Bi%5DQueen Mary%5B%2Fi%5D%2C which is right next door.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AThe actors... are not as bad as they could be. Lorenzo Lamas is actually pretty funny in a hammy sort of way%2C and surprisingly Debbie- sorry%2C Deborah- Gibson cheerily plays it pretty straight with a side of %27what the hell%2C lets just have fun%27. They are written pretty poorly%2C but I have to give kudos to being able to maintain in the face of truly horrible dialog.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe two interesting parts to me are technical.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe effects... are no-budget bad cgi%2C yes. But that they were able to fabricate what they did at all%2C through cgi and creative %28if somewhat ridiculous%29 use of stock footage%2C is pretty impressive on the scale of a feature length film. Or%2C it is to me%2C being in the position I am to have seen big budget computer effects evolve from what was considered cutting edge in %5Bi%5DTitanic%5B%2Fi%5D to%2C say%2C %5Bi%5DThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button%5B%2Fi%5D. While they%27re not as good as either of those%2C what%27s awesome is that they%27re %2Aaccessible%2A to a production on a low budget. It%27s really kind of a watershed moment%2C regardless of the overall quality of the film.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe second thing%2C and the thing that left me the most with my jaw on the floor%2C is the fact that%2C for what it is%2C it%27s %2Aexquisitely%2A photographed. It%27s shot in HD on a Sony HDW-F900 %28thank you IMDb%29%2C which some of you might be familiar with from %5Bi%5DAttack of the Clones%5B%2Fi%5D%2C and while a lot of times%2C especially in the more contrived interior sets%2C what they%27re photographing is crap%2C on the whole it was technically executed very well. The exterior magic hour shots on the beach and the pier especially were well handled%2C and really made the best use possible of the hardware they had.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo%2C yeah%2C bad movie%2C most certainly MST%27able%2C but surprising in enough ways to make me not regret the rental.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.gweep.net%2F%7Ewedge%2Fufchad_ficon.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5DChad Collier%0D%0ASmirking Kilrathi%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%230000CC%5DThe Captain of the Gravy Train%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 14|2|13|||1||RE%3A Now %2Athis%2A is high concept|Wedge||17:37:12|06/04/2009|Oh%2C and the airplane bit featured in the trailer%3F %2ABarking laughter out loud%2A funny in the film. Edited very well for maximum humor.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.gweep.net%2F%7Ewedge%2Fufchad_ficon.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5DChad Collier%0D%0ASmirking Kilrathi%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%230000CC%5DThe Captain of the Gravy Train%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 15|2|13|||1||RE%3A Now %2Athis%2A is high concept|Ardaniel||18:57:21|06/04/2009|I did not share in the couch viewing experience of this cinematic classic%2C mind%3F%0D%0A%0D%0ABut there was a guy in there whose dialogue ended with %22...or SOME SHIT%22 enough to catch my attention while I sat over in our gweepery. It seemed like he said %22...or SOME SHIT%22 every two or so minutes through one chunk of the movie. I was immensely amused.%0D%0A%0D%0AArd Collier%0D%0Athat Janice chick%0D%0AUsual Suspect and general menace 16|3|15|||1||RE%3A Now %2Athis%2A is high concept|Wedge||19:09:06|06/04/2009|That would be Lorenzo Lamas. Or some shit.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.gweep.net%2F%7Ewedge%2Fufchad_ficon.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5DChad Collier%0D%0ASmirking Kilrathi%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%230000CC%5DThe Captain of the Gravy Train%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D