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kazmac said:
LOL. Aw Huntn, I know, but sometimes even I question sci-fi logic or illogic. I thought the mutative black goo was key to creating Xenomorphs
when that geophysicist tripped up, got a face full and started changing.
Studying Giger's original design for the xenomorph you clearly see a human skull,
so after falling face first into that muck, this unlucky fellah appeared to become a prototype for the Xenomorph. Had they pushed that further I am sure his head would have become more legume shaped.
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You missed with your spoiler tags, lol. 😀 If applied correctly the text will be hidden. Highlight the text you want to hide, then click on the spoiler option under the box with the + sign on it.

That's just a drawing. If you go with the story, the black goo is used to create life, now what kind of life, I guess that depends on elements we are unaware of. It was used to seed the entire Earth and no xenomorphs appeared here.
 
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Huntn said:
Prometheus Spoilers

You missed with your spoiler tags, lol. 😀 If applied correctly the text will be hidden. Highlight the text you want to hide, then click on the spoiler option under the box with the + sign on it.

That's just a drawing. If you go with the story, the black goo is used to create life, now what kind of life, I guess that depends on elements we are unaware of. It was used to seed the entire Earth and no xenomorphs appeared here.
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LOL, of course I missed with the spoiler tags. 😵 Thank you and @SandboxGeneral for the tutorials on that.

Now Prometheus: I understand the element of the seeding of the Earth, but I was talking specifically about the bio engineering of the Xenomorphs. That accident could possibly be seen as the first step towards the two mouthed thingy we all know and love. Or something. 😛

Actually, it's not just a drawing. It was looking at Giger's design where I remembered that human skull in the creature. I initially came across the 12-18" figure first long before I saw the original Alien. if you look at the Xenomorph in the original Alien (and said figure), you will see the human skull in the face. I think that was a fascinating piece of lore to work with and I was hoping to see the literal creation of the xenomorphs.
 
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I am always surprised to see where Martin Freeman will turn up.

He was a good additon to the MCU in "Captain America: Civil War". I look forward to seeing him again in an Agent Coulson like role.

He also turned up in "The Jam: About the Young Idea" which I caught on Showtime.

Loved both, even though (heresy!) I listen to the Style Council and Paul Weller's solo work more than the Jam these days...

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And now for not so anal commentary, Swordsman and Enchantress. One of my favorite Ti Lung performances both acting and martial arts-wise. The story about his big hearted bandit, Xiao Shiyi Lang and the lengths Xiao must go through to clear his name for major thefts, is a lot of fun and sometimes strange. Oh and there's romance which works more often than not, even with snoozer actress Ching Li who was constantly cast with Ti. I get the feeling Ti was channeling Errol Flynn's Robin Hood here right down to the costume, which is another reason why I dig Xiao so much. It's too bad the author who created Xiao stopped with one novel, he was a great character in print and especially in film.
 
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Huntn said:
This is good, but my favorite CE is a toss up between Outlaw Josey Wales, Where Eagles Dare, and Dirty Harry. 🙂
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Loved Outlaw Josie Wales, - Chief Dan George was superb, and this was one of the first, intelligent, thoughtful westerns which offered a more nuanced, rounded perspective on matters - whereas the others were movies I enjoyed but would not ever feel the need to revisit.

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Oops, I forgot to include Kelly's Heroes!

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I saw that movie as a kid in the cinema, and loved it. Saw it later as a teenager, and still enjoyed it.
 
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One of the many things I love about Shaw Brothers films is that if I do not like or understand a Shaws film on the first go, I keep rewatching in order to try to understand and enjoy it. There's something that compels me to do this, whether it's cast, crew or storyline.

The Venoms mob films are constantly evolving in that some I initially loved I am not as fond of now and vice versa. The bug nuts gory and over-the-top Masked Avengers (1981) was one such Venoms film in which I wasn't crazy about it until I skimmed through earlier this evening. This was my fourth and half go at watching this film and I finally am beginning to enjoy it. Of course, now that I recognize some of the performers it makes their roles stand out.

So the title characters are the bad guys. A gang of blood drinking debauched assassins who kill for profit. Led by three chiefs in demon masks, they terrorize the surrounding counties and are just not nice people. One of the chiefs has a change of heart in the opening sequence attack which sets up the slow demise of the title baddies.

Interestingly, the Venoms were in another film called House of Traps (which I love except for the very last shot) just prior to this. I can clearly say the traps in the Masked Avengers lair are much more nasty and brutal than those in the previous film. Even as I know the gents behind the masks, I still cannot figure out who is underneath each mask until the chiefs or their opponents remove them. I suppose this would be a good time to memorize costumes, but no.

If you like gory, weapons filled kung fu and an interesting mystery, this might be your bag.

Me, I can't help but think those demon masks look something like Homer's father from the Simpsons (the forehead.) 😕 This was fun and I look forward to fully watching the whole thing later this week. Probably the movie I'll christen the new iPP with. 😛

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I watched Dead Pool tonight. It was as expected. The (attempts at) witty jokes were vastly overdone. I expected that from the previews. Anyway, I've wasted a worse $6, but not by much.
 
D.T. said:
More than showing the foundation of life, the creation of the universe and deconstructing our perspective of reality? 😀
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Point taken. 🙂 The problem with a story like this, and I acknowledged in the Lucy thread is that with
basically a defacto omnipotent being and without a battle between super heroes what kind of fight could there be? She'd wipe the floor with everyone, no challenge hence they had to occupy her with achieving her gift to mankind.
The script put them into this position. My desire would have been to have different pacing, have her more involved in resolving the final conflict.
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kazmac said:
LOL, of course I missed with the spoiler tags. 😵 Thank you and @SandboxGeneral for the tutorials on that.

Now Prometheus: I understand the element of the seeding of the Earth, but I was talking specifically about the bio engineering of the Xenomorphs. That accident could possibly be seen as the first step towards the two mouthed thingy we all know and love. Or something. 😛

Actually, it's not just a drawing. It was looking at Giger's design where I remembered that human skull in the creature. I initially came across the 12-18" figure first long before I saw the original Alien. if you look at the Xenomorph in the original Alien (and said figure), you will see the human skull in the face. I think that was a fascinating piece of lore to work with and I was hoping to see the literal creation of the xenomorphs.
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Prometheus discussion continued here.
 
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Huntn said:
Point taken. 🙂 The problem with a story like this, and I acknowledged in the Lucy thread is that with
basically a defacto omnipotent being and without a battle between super heroes what kind of fight could there be? She'd wipe the floor with everyone, no challenge hence they had to occupy her with achieving her gift to mankind.
The script put them into this position. My desire would have been to have different pacing, have her more involved in resolving the final conflict.
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Yeah, it was nothing like I expected to be honest. I was thinking more Matrix and less 2001 😀
 
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Huntn said:
Ah-hem, speaking of John Carpenters's The Thing (1982), the movie was a critical and commercial flop, when it came out, but is now considered one of the top 10 horror films. And it is considered more true to the original 1938 story by John Cambell (an impressive achievement for scifi circa 1938* which can be read online), than the 1951 movie.

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*The novella provides examples of:
  • Alien Blood: The greatest weakness in the creature's disguise is that its blood, once separated from the body, is a separate organism with its own instinct for self-preservation.
  • Alien Hair: The creature has "blue hair like crawling worms".
  • An Axe to Grind
  • Ape Shall Never Kill Ape: People repeatedly make the mistake of assuming that you can't be a Thing if you attack a Thing.
  • The Assimilator: It's a little different (and slightly less nightmarish) than the movie version created by John Carpenter. While the thing can absorb people and create multiple copies, the creature is less like a virus and more of highly morphological plasticity. While pieces of its body will act independently of the main body, it seems unable to infect and devour people from within by using its blood or just a few cells. Instead this version of the thing seems to envelop and digest organisms to copy themand grown more copies. Still horrific but less so than an enemy that can attack you on a cellular level. The dogs are theorized to have bitten off pieces large enough that the pieces were still alive and could digest them from within.
  • And 20 more!
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I just found this Art of the Scene series on YouTube. This one is about The Thing (1982). Lots of trivia for fans:

 
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