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#1 Posted by stryker1121 (933 posts) - 1 month, 12 days ago

@aegon said:

@arbitrarywater said:

If the third book is being split into two seasons, then you people have two more seasons of the good stuff before dealing with "The adventures of characters no one likes and Tyrion gets a scene every once in a while to remind you that you used to like these books". I'm interested in actually watching this series one day, if only to see how they portray certain events (especially certain events that will happen this and next season), but after that I'm wondering how the TV series will adapt to the noticeable drop in quality that accompanies the 4th and 5th books. If I wanted to be cynical, I could say that they could both be abridged into one season, considering the absurd amount of pointless filler present in both of them.

Either way, I know what's going to happen, and thus am dealing with the far worse fate of having to anticipate book 6, which will come out who knows when.

There was no drop in quality in the 4th and 5th books. The 4th book was dealing with smaller scale stuff, but the story was still interesting. The 5th book, I seriously do not understand what people are talking about when they say "nothing happened". Did they even read the book? So many crazy reveals. One of the craziest I've ever read having to do with that one character who you thought was this, but he was really... you know (don't forget your name). Also, a lot of the pieces on the chess board were making their moves. You had new and viable players showing their competency. Also, you find out who the players behind the chess game really are and what their goals are. That book does more than enough to keep the series moving towards the end while staying intense and interesting.

Also, GRRM has said the 4th and 5th book will probably be fused for TV since they have overlapping timelines, but I'm guessing it'll be split in two as well.

The excerpts I've read from Winds of Winter have been great as well.

Felt like GRRM overextended himself w/ books 4 and 5. The Pyke Island and Dorne stuff did not grab me, and the unnamed character POV chapters felt burdensome at times, like "Ah shit, another one of these." Books 4 and 5 are good, but a drop in quality from the brilliant first 3 books of the series. I hope Winds of Winter has a tighter focus.

#2 Edited by stryker1121 (933 posts) - 1 month, 12 days ago

@inkerman said:

I think I like the tv series more, although I kind of read the books in sort of a whirlwind (all of them in a week and a half), so I don't remember a lot. I like the addition of the redheaded whore in the series, even though as far as I can remember she wasn't in the books (at least after they leave Winterfell), hope she sticks around to kind of 'fill in the blanks' around Littlefinger's plotline. Also kind of pissed that Tyrion's whore/girlfriend gets wacked at the end, although that reveal was so fucking crushing, the actress is really good.

You read 5,000 pages in 10 days? Are you a supercomputer?

You are correct? Roz is not in the books. The Shae reveal in SoS is great, really everything regarding Joff's wedding, Tyrion's trial and the ramifications of each are some of my favorite moments of the series.

#3 Posted by stryker1121 (933 posts) - 1 month, 15 days ago

No question, Deadwood. It was such a fantastic show, and it was cancelled without any resolution to the plot.

I'd go with Deadwood, too. Even a two-hour movie to wrap up the story. It'll probably never happen, I'm afraid. HBO scratched the set not long after the cancellation so it looks like we're stuck with that last shot of Al scrubbing the floor clean of blood.

#4 Posted by stryker1121 (933 posts) - 1 month, 15 days ago

All the Kubrick's movies I've seen have that cold, detached feel. I'm not a huge fan of The Shining myself because of this (although it's been ages since I've seen the flick) and King's own adaptation is certainly worse. Whoever said King doesn't do psychological horror is out of their tree, however. At his best he's a master at world-building, storytelling and characterization, all of which help build tension and terror of the more visceral, "literal" bits.

#5 Posted by stryker1121 (933 posts) - 1 month, 16 days ago

For Cage scenery-chewing craziness

Wicker Man

Deadfall (see above post)

Bad Lt: Port of New Orleans

For a genuinely good movie w/ Cage:

Lord of War

Raising Arizona

Adaptation

Leaving Las Vegas

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (ok, i don't even remember Cage in this but it's a great movie)

Cage has also done some Japanese commercials. Those pyramids he bought don't pay for themselves, kids!

#6 Edited by stryker1121 (933 posts) - 1 month, 16 days ago

Deadfall is what you seek. View this NSFW video for the proof.

#7 Edited by stryker1121 (933 posts) - 1 month, 17 days ago

Yeah for me, The Thing really got under my skin. Mostly because of the creature design: Tentacles, horrible beaks and teeth and misshapen mounds of flesh. Fuck that dog scene.

There are japanese movies that I've been told are kinda similar to this. Tetsuo the bullet-man and Akira obviously come to mind. Really disturbing imagery.

Irreversible is something I might consider a horror movie. A lot scarier than most other 'horror' movies because the monsters in that movie are all human beings. I've yet to see AntiChrist but I've heard that's also weepingly horrific.

Irreversible for "those scenes" is certainly horror to me. The director put in all sorts of weird ambient sounds and b/g noises to mess with theater-goers as well. More than a few stories about people fainting during the movie. Truth is stranger than fiction and there's nothing more horrible than what us human beings can get up to. I view American Psycho (particularly the novel) in the same light.

#8 Posted by stryker1121 (933 posts) - 1 month, 18 days ago

It wasn't good...oddly anticlimactic even w/ the "surprise" death. I cannot believe Alan was killed. Kidding. Unfortunately instead of plot movement we got yet another moral quandary to ruminate over and a pretty lame attack on the prison. So, another season at the prison it seems, w/ the Gov still roaming around? Ach, i'm hoping the new showrunner turns the ship around, but I am getting to the end of my tether with TWD The Show.

#9 Edited by stryker1121 (933 posts) - 1 month, 18 days ago

Hellraiser is an effectively disturbing horror flick. Some of the effects look cheesy now but the Cenobites always scared me- just that weird S&M fetish-wear combined with their grotesque self-mutilation. So bizarre and messed up. Doug Bradley as Pinhead is amazing. he's got that carved-out-of-stone appearance. "No tears, child..."

Otherwise, I'd go old school w/ the usual suspects like Halloween and Alien. I love THe Thing but that's more of a creature flick/thriller than pure horror. What I won't go near is stuff like Martyrs, Serbian Film or the Japanese underground gore flicks. Just no desire to sit through that kind of stuff - I do not see the value.

I can name more books that disturbed/scared me than movies - Let The Right One In (I hear the Swedish version of the movie is unnerving/disturbing), American Psycho, The Shining, Pet Semetary, The Ruins, to name a few.

EDIT- Go see REC, the Spanish version, and try to find a subtitled version not the terrible English dub.Damn good freaky little horror flick. Sequel is OK but does not have the power of the original.

#10 Edited by stryker1121 (933 posts) - 1 month, 20 days ago

@jasonr86 said:

@stryker1121 said:

@jasonr86 said:

I got two things for this thread. First, Colecovision son! Second, "back in my day...!" etc. etc.

ColecoVision, yessir! Showing my age here but this was my first gaming system. There was a side-scrolling James Bond game I played to death, and a platformer called Squish Em Sam. Boy were those shitty games...ah the memories.

One-on-One Dr. J vs Larry Bird, 2010, Tapper, Donkey Kong Jr, that fucking Smurfs game, Pitfall motherfucking 2! That system was awesome.

Oh jesus the Smurfs game! Never did get past that skull I don't believe..

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