Super Sweet Movie Discussion Thread

Gunz said:
Here's a plot line:

Maverick attends a drag show on the hanger deck. He falls head over heels for the drag queen, Harold. A romance ensues. In the meantime, the rogue country of Slobweenia--a far Right dictatorship led by a despot named J.D. VanTrumpowitz--declares war on America determined to destroy democracy. The pilots on the aircraft carrier are put at high alert: CONDITION ORANGE.

Semen First Class Harold, the drag queen, pleads with Maverick to lead a mutiny to take over the ship and sail to Tahiti where they can live on coconuts instead of possibly getting killed in a war with Slobweenia. Despite Harold's tearful remonstrances, Maverick says that he must don his crash helmet and protect democracy.

Alarm bells sound. Sailors run everywhere. "PILOTS MAN YOUR ELECTRIC JETS," booms the ship's PA system. Maverick gets in his jet and immediately takes off to defend the ship against incoming Slobweenian Air Force JP-8 powered gas-guzzling ozone-depleting fighters.

A dogfight ensues. Maverick tries to shoot down the Slobweenian attackers but suddenly his electro-meter starts beeping, indicating that his jet needs an immediate recharge. Heroically, Maverick ignores the alarm, and fires off two of his solar-powered Obama missiles.

Alas, nothing happens because it's a cloudy day. The Obama missiles fall harmlessly into the sea, Maverick's jet goes into a stall and he's forced to bail out. His parachute, made out of soy, has been eaten by the ship's bilge rats, so it has holes in it and Maverick falls with a sickening thud right on the aircraft carrier's windmill, breaking the ship's only means of propulsion.

As he lays on the flight deck, a broken wreck of a man, a girl runs up to him and kneels beside him. It is Greta Thunberg. "The ship is dead in the water because of what you did to the windmill, Maverick," says Greta with a frown. "So the Slobweenians were able to hit the hanger deck with a greenhouse gas-powered rocket that hit your beloved during a drag show! So she's dead! And the ship is sinking! You've have stolen my dreams and ruined my childhood!"

The ship sinks. THE END.
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Box said:
Calling it a dog fight just needs to go.

Why a "dog" fight
We need to leave animals out of this and just refer to it as an aerial engagement.
This "dog fight" business is just another remnant of toxic masculinity and it has no place in cinema for "modern audiences"
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I'm cool with " an air to air disagreement that sometimes results in higher than average decibel ratings ending with an exotic light show!"

:ninja: :thumbsup:
 
Gunz said:
Here's a plot line:

Maverick attends a drag show on the hanger deck. He falls head over heels for the drag queen, Harold. A romance ensues. In the meantime, the rogue country of Slobweenia--a far Right dictatorship led by a despot named J.D. VanTrumpowitz--declares war on America determined to destroy democracy. The pilots on the aircraft carrier are put at high alert: CONDITION ORANGE.

Semen First Class Harold, the drag queen, pleads with Maverick to lead a mutiny to take over the ship and sail to Tahiti where they can live on coconuts instead of possibly getting killed in a war with Slobweenia. Despite Harold's tearful remonstrances, Maverick says that he must don his crash helmet and protect democracy.

Alarm bells sound. Sailors run everywhere. "PILOTS MAN YOUR ELECTRIC JETS," booms the ship's PA system. Maverick gets in his jet and immediately takes off to defend the ship against incoming Slobweenian Air Force JP-8 powered gas-guzzling ozone-depleting fighters.

A dogfight ensues. Maverick tries to shoot down the Slobweenian attackers but suddenly his electro-meter starts beeping, indicating that his jet needs an immediate recharge. Heroically, Maverick ignores the alarm, and fires off two of his solar-powered Obama missiles.

Alas, nothing happens because it's a cloudy day. The Obama missiles fall harmlessly into the sea, Maverick's jet goes into a stall and he's forced to bail out. His parachute, made out of soy, has been eaten by the ship's bilge rats, so it has holes in it and Maverick falls with a sickening thud right on the aircraft carrier's windmill, breaking the ship's only means of propulsion.

As he lays on the flight deck, a broken wreck of a man, a girl runs up to him and kneels beside him. It is Greta Thunberg. "The ship is dead in the water because of what you did to the windmill, Maverick," says Greta with a frown. "So the Slobweenians were able to hit the hanger deck with a greenhouse gas-powered rocket that hit your beloved during a drag show! So she's dead! And the ship is sinking! You've have stolen my dreams and ruined my childhood!"

The ship sinks. THE END.
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I thought that was a typical night in the Med..... :-xO_o :ROFLMAO:
 
Muppet said:
84C MoPic - Wikipedia

@Gunz

I recall watching this when it came out in 89, I was in high school, watched it with my Nam vet pops.

Just finished it again, group of Army LRRPS. I presume they were like tou guys in your group.

Respectfully, you motherfuckers were hard dicks, for sure.
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One of the better Nam pictures. Very similar to us. Appreciate the hard dick compliments, Mijo, but no harder than our other members here...and not nearly as hard as our SF/SOF folks. And you jumped out of fucking planes. How crazy is that? :ROFLMAO:
 
Just went out to IMDB to see what movies are in theaters and what's on the horizon. The answer is nothing...at least nothing I'm even remotely interested in.

Hollywood writers and filmmakers must be so incredibly bad that 3 major AMC theaters closest to me have at least 1 or 2 re-releases playing, ex. Shrek 2, The Fifth Element, etc. That can't be a sustainable business model.

Of the new movies being released and showing in theaters, a good percentage appear to be B-type horror movies. Who's really seeing these? This observation aligns with the following chart, which is a couple years old but seems accurate.
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I'm not sure where the Marvel films fall in terms of genre, fantasy or sci fi, but based on the last half dozen or more releases, it seems audiences largely tapped out. This is probably a combination of poor product and general fatigue with the franchise. Deadpool & Wolverine did fine, but look at all the other flops.

The number of movies worth seeing in the theater since Covid can be counted on one hand with fingers to spare. That's sad.

So, have we witnessed the death of movies? Convince me otherwise, but it seems so.😞
 
Blizzard said:
Just went out to IMDB to see what movies are in theaters and what's on the horizon. The answer is nothing...at least nothing I'm even remotely interested in.

Hollywood writers and filmmakers must be so incredibly bad that 3 major AMC theaters closest to me have at least 1 or 2 re-releases playing, ex. Shrek 2, The Fifth Element, etc. That can't be a sustainable business model.

Of the new movies being released and showing in theaters, a good percentage appear to be B-type horror movies. Who's really seeing these? This observation aligns with the following chart, which is a couple years old but seems accurate.
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I'm not sure where the Marvel films fall in terms of genre, fantasy or sci fi, but based on the last half dozen or more releases, it seems audiences largely tapped out. This is probably a combination of poor product and general fatigue with the franchise. Deadpool & Wolverine did fine, but look at all the other flops.

The number of movies worth seeing in the theater since Covid can be counted on one hand with fingers to spare. That's sad.

So, have we witnessed the death of movies? Convince me otherwise, but it seems so.😞
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They've been making Democratic and Tranny propaganda for so long it's hard to even care. I saw Dune in March, that was the last theatrical release I saw. I was gonna see something else. But back when I was single and lived relatively close to a theater (a mile or so) I would see a move every 2 or 3 weeks if I was exceptionally bored one nice when not playing rugby.

Armor looks ok.

Invisible Raptor could be funny.

Kraven looks enjoyable.

Homestead?

War of the Rohirrim, maybe?

Would be nice if people stop DEIing films. But yeah this looks like Hollywood has entered the post wokeopalypse.
 
Blizzard said:
Just went out to IMDB to see what movies are in theaters and what's on the horizon. The answer is nothing...at least nothing I'm even remotely interested in.

Hollywood writers and filmmakers must be so incredibly bad that 3 major AMC theaters closest to me have at least 1 or 2 re-releases playing, ex. Shrek 2, The Fifth Element, etc. That can't be a sustainable business model.

Of the new movies being released and showing in theaters, a good percentage appear to be B-type horror movies. Who's really seeing these? This observation aligns with the following chart, which is a couple years old but seems accurate.
View attachment 46248

I'm not sure where the Marvel films fall in terms of genre, fantasy or sci fi, but based on the last half dozen or more releases, it seems audiences largely tapped out. This is probably a combination of poor product and general fatigue with the franchise. Deadpool & Wolverine did fine, but look at all the other flops.

The number of movies worth seeing in the theater since Covid can be counted on one hand with fingers to spare. That's sad.

So, have we witnessed the death of movies? Convince me otherwise, but it seems so.😞
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It's not the death of movies, but it may be the death of the traditional theater system.

Studios don't want to release movies unless they can make a billion dollars, so there's less incentive to release something new or interesting, because that's risky.

Horror movies are usually super cheap to make, so their RTI can be high. BIOpics usually put fan butts in seats, so similar thing.

Most films that would have been something @ThunderHorse might have seen instead of watching rugby release on streaming now.

I think places like 12-16 screen places like Alamo drafthouse or roadhouse cinema, where I can get dinner+beer+movie for under $40 per person, will become more common.
 
Cookie_ said:
I think places like 12-16 screen places like Alamo drafthouse or roadhouse cinema, where I can get dinner+beer+movie for under $40 per person, will become more common.
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I do a makeshift Roadhouse Cinema thing using AMC Stubs ($20 a month for up to 12 free movies) and also haven't gone over $40 yet, even when I'd forgotten to eat that day. :D

I'd like to try those two joints out too when I'm in the region.
 
COVID and the writer's strike helped destroy Hollywood as much as its dogshit political messaging. The strike...I get it, but hopping on board the "jab or die" train with a connecting flight to "You're a Fascistville" meant they supported the very things that killed the industry.

Enjoy your activism, I guess. Whatevs.
 
Cookie_ said:
It's not the death of movies, but it may be the death of the traditional theater system.

Studios don't want to release movies unless they can make a billion dollars, so there's less incentive to release something new or interesting, because that's risky.

Horror movies are usually super cheap to make, so their RTI can be high. BIOpics usually put fan butts in seats, so similar thing.

Most films that would have been something @ThunderHorse might have seen instead of watching rugby release on streaming now.

I think places like 12-16 screen places like Alamo drafthouse or roadhouse cinema, where I can get dinner+beer+movie for under $40 per person, will become more common.
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Been trying to watch less Rugby since it's the off-season, but the Autumn Internationals are on and I can confirm I watched 5 matches. And that doesn't include Football. So I suppose I'm not that motivated to watch films right now.

The Spring is much worse since I'm watching 5-6 matches for work and that takes up time.

But here's the thing, even like the HUGE Netflix movies, some of these are complete duds. Like Rebel Moon 1 and 2, was supposed to be huge space opera. Watched both. For what they spent on it, it could have been so much better. AppleTV is cutting back on original content because it hasn't really driven subs for them.
 

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