classictiger

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re: Point Break remake

Posted by classictiger on 11/29/15 at 7:02 pm

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No, just no, who thought this movie needed a reboot?

Because Hollywood doesn't give two fricks about your moral "no reboot" high ground. They care about all the revenue they can generate from the retread formula. Much less effort than having to come up with an original story. Most who go see it (Millennials) will never compare it against the original and the one's that do will not make the comparison a requirement of spending their money.

re: Kobe Bryant retiring at end of season

Posted by classictiger on 11/29/15 at 6:43 pm

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Kobe Bryant retiring at end of season

Did he really have a choice? Father time + injuries have completely caught up with him. He is 1/3 of the player he used to be. He is playing on lagged reward money. No one is gonna sign him next year, except for the league minimum (and not the Lakers). Ego and legacy-wise he only wanted to play for one team.

re: Spotlight

Posted by classictiger on 11/22/15 at 6:47 pm

Great investigative reporting movie. But what you see is what you get. The two hours are spent on uncovering the Catholic Church child sex abuse scandal in Boston, MA and surrounding areas. This leaves little time for any real character development aside from their investment in the story. Given the ensemble of actors, I would have really liked to see a little more about the characters' personal stories. This would've made for a 3hr movie, though.

re: Narcos (Netflix Original) is phenomenal NO SPOILERS

Posted by classictiger on 8/31/15 at 8:51 pm

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Late twentieth centurty Columbia

No one can ever spell the country correctly :casty: Not even Starbucks!! I'm from there so it's a pet peeve.

re: Jay Gruden announces Cousins will be 2015 starter

Posted by classictiger on 8/31/15 at 4:02 pm

Lolz

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RGIII is on the game ticket (1st regular season game vs Dolphins) that he won't be starting in

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re: Eddie Murphy's top movies

Posted by classictiger on 8/24/15 at 7:51 pm

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6. Coming to America

WTF

WTF WTF :banghead:

re: Trainwreck tonight

Posted by classictiger on 7/18/15 at 1:37 pm

Saw it Friday afternoon. Really enjoyed it. It dragged a little, but not a lot. If you don't like Amy Schumer then don't go see it. The movie is a vehicle for her brand of comedy and she is in almost every scene (makes sense since she wrote the screenplay).

Btw, Tilda Swinton as Amy's boss is great. She steals every scene she is in.

re: Someone tell me about Movie Tavern

Posted by classictiger on 7/10/15 at 7:18 am

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Is the food good? Cheap? Trashy clientele? is the 3D good?

Went to one in Williamsburg, VA. The food is ok but pricey. You are definitely paying for the convenience.
Clientele was not very trashy but I am sure this varies by locale. I cannot speak to the 3D quality.

For me it is not worth going to one of these on a regular basis. I'd rather just do the movie and then go to a nice restaurant where I can get better food for not much more than a Movie Tavern meal.

re: Does ESPN's Chris Broussard consider himself a journalist?

Posted by classictiger on 7/10/15 at 7:09 am

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hendersonshands

Is that a real picture? :speechless:
The proud product of Louisiana.

re: Does ESPN's Chris Broussard consider himself a journalist?

Posted by classictiger on 7/9/15 at 2:59 pm

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Sports "journalism" these days is basically just who can tweet a story first, regardless of accuracy

Yep. And it is all about who can "report" the most outrageous thing.

This and Adam Shefter's post of JPP's medical report have to be major black eyes for ESPN.

And I am glad Cuban is not letting Broussard get away with it.

Does ESPN's Chris Broussard consider himself a journalist?

Posted by classictiger on 7/9/15 at 2:52 pm

If this is journalism, then go ahead an flip Edward R. Murrow over in his grave.

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Oliver Stone's "Snowden" teaser trailer

Posted by classictiger on 6/30/15 at 12:19 pm

Sorry, no shot of JGL for all you hyper-fans on this board!

Pretty loaded cast, including Nicholas Cage.

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re: True Detective S2 headlines HBO's most disappointing Season Ever

Posted by classictiger on 6/21/15 at 8:43 am

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I'm really hoping True Detective is going to be good. I just finished season 1 and really liked it a lot.

In some ways perhaps True Detective is the most unfair criticism of the three since it has a basis for comparison. However, the fact that the director Fukunaga and the original actors aren't back can certainly be cause for skepticism. We'll see where it goes. I think it is fair to wonder how this method of a series with rotating actors/stories every season will work.

re: Jerry Richardson and Carolina Panthers donate $100K

Posted by classictiger on 6/20/15 at 9:50 pm

Classy.

True Detective S2 headlines HBO's most disappointing Season Ever

Posted by classictiger on 6/20/15 at 9:47 pm

Perhaps a bit of hyperbole, but this critic thinks all three shows premiering on Sunday--True Detective, Ballers, and The Brink are not very good.

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The lineup of shows that launches Sunday, June 21, on HBO is the most disappointing full lineup the network has ever assembled. It banks heavily on star power, but its three shows mostly fail to tell coherent stories. There are good reasons to watch all of them, but there are also good reasons to skip them.

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re: Remakes, Reboots...

Posted by classictiger on 6/4/15 at 11:02 pm

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"I won't listen to any argument"

Got it. So why start the thread?

Generally one uses quotes to actually quote something someone said. I never said the above. I am listening to your argument, I just don't agree with it. I don't consider slasher films in the vein of Friday the 13th with no recognizable lead actors and a half a million dollar budget a mainstream movie. I know it earned a lot of money, but it and its "sequels" do not make it the norm.

Sorry if I have to agree with you in order to start a thread.

re: Remakes, Reboots...

Posted by classictiger on 6/4/15 at 9:14 pm

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The 80s saw almost every single horror property go to at least three, and many times 5 movies...

Phantasm 1-4
Friday the 13th 1-7
Nightmare on Elm Street 1-6
Ghoulies 1-3
Sleepaway Camp 1 and 2
Halloween 1-6
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1-3
Evil Dead 1-2
Hellraiser 1-3
Critters 1-2
Toxic Avenger 1-4
Pumpkinhead 1-2
Zombi 2 and Day of the Dead (unofficial)

None of these are mainstream movies. These were the exception rather than the norm.

I get that there has always been sequels but it is a matter of degrees. I have never made an argument in absolute terms. Again, if people want to equate any other era to today, it's a strawman argument, imo.

re: Remakes, Reboots...

Posted by classictiger on 6/4/15 at 12:35 pm

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Obligatory - please point to a time when Hollywood was original.

Strawman. Everything is relative. If you don't see the difference between past and current eras, then I can't help you.

Remakes, Reboots...

Posted by classictiger on 6/4/15 at 11:45 am

...or as I prefer to call it, a lack of originality in Hollywood production and audience consumption

Here is list of the remake explosion. Some I did not know about like Point Break.

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