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by Raxivace
Sat Apr 22, 2023 2:18 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2023
Replies: 89
Views: 2821

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I like his Mission: Impossible and that's about it.
by Raxivace
Thu Apr 20, 2023 1:29 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2023
Replies: 89
Views: 2821

Re: Lyndon in 2023

I haven't seen all the Coppolas, but I personally liked Dracula more than The Conversation.
by Raxivace
Sat Apr 15, 2023 11:03 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: This is it - A Gendo 2023 movie watching thread
Replies: 73
Views: 2253

Re: This is it - A Gendo 2023 movie watching thread

I thought Daniel Kaluuya was actually kinda bad in Nope tbh, something I never though I'd say about one of his performances before watching. His mumbling and moping and such was completely unconvincing to me.
by Raxivace
Tue Apr 04, 2023 6:43 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2023
Replies: 89
Views: 2821

Re: Lyndon in 2023

Gendo wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2023 11:06 pm I watched and reviewed all The Thin Man movies a couple years ago.
The Thin Man sequel I remember best is the one with the young James Stewart. So bizarre seeing him play the villain.
by Raxivace
Tue Apr 04, 2023 6:42 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2023
Replies: 89
Views: 2821

Re: Lyndon in 2023

I've seen all those movies and also liked them. EDIT: Wait I goofed, Duck Soup is not one of the Marx Brothers films I've seen. D'oh! 34. Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (2022– ) Decided to check out season 1 because of the huge hype surrounding it. It was very good. Some really epic and bloody batt...
by Raxivace
Sat Mar 25, 2023 12:55 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14708

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

Adventure might be my pick for most underrated NES game tbh. Its fairly late for the NES but its honestly impressive what they were able to do on it.
by Raxivace
Fri Mar 24, 2023 6:07 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14708

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

https://i.imgur.com/7zFPTMP.jpg Kirby's Dream Land 2 (1995) - This was the first game I remember playing and owning as a child. I really loved playing Kirby on my blue Game Boy Pocket (And in retrospect I wonder if such a formative gaming experience for me being done and that little old black &...
by Raxivace
Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:12 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14708

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

https://i.imgur.com/XXG7QDM.jpg Resident Evil 4 "Chainsaw Demo" (2023) - The demo for the RE4 remake has been out for a few days now and it rules. I really like the changes they've made here based on the opening village section- Leon might not be quite as overpowered as he was in the OG R...
by Raxivace
Fri Mar 03, 2023 2:13 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2023
Replies: 89
Views: 2821

Re: Lyndon in 2023

Interesting observations about Godard, Scorsese, history of film and possible future. But I remembered something. Eva Yojimbo once said that Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul is doing something interesting with film as medium, something different from others. You should definitely check out ...
by Raxivace
Thu Mar 02, 2023 11:08 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: This is it - A Gendo 2023 movie watching thread
Replies: 73
Views: 2253

Re: This is it - A Gendo 2023 movie watching thread

I didn't think Danny Boyle completists existed tbh. I mean I don't hate the guy or anything but I've never known anyone to care about watching his stuff as much as you.
by Raxivace
Sat Feb 25, 2023 3:03 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14708

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

Also if I remember right I think this is the first GameCube release I've reviewed since joining this forum (Well even if it is a glorified port of N64 games). That's a little surprising to me tbh, since the GameCube had a huge impact on me growing up but we don't really talk about many of its titles...
by Raxivace
Sat Feb 25, 2023 3:02 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14708

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

https://i.imgur.com/A3X1YCUl.jpg The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Master Quest (1998/2002) - It took me 20 years but I finally beat this. And I mean that literally. I actually started out replaying this from the beginning, but I had forgotten just how much of Master Quest really draws things ou...
by Raxivace
Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:04 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2023
Replies: 89
Views: 2821

Re: Lyndon in 2023

I'm looking at De Niro's filmography and this is really impressive. Just look at some of the films he's been in: Mean Streets The Godfather Part II Taxi Driver The Deer Hunter Raging Bull The King of Comedy Once Upon a Time in America Brazil The Untouchables Goodfellas Awakenings Cape Fear Casino H...
by Raxivace
Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:02 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2023
Replies: 89
Views: 2821

Re: Lyndon in 2023

Did you notice that Scorsese uses a music track from Godard's Contempt in it? No, I didn't actually. But interesting that you mentioned Godard... I was just thinking how, when I was younger, Godard was way ahead of Scorsese on my list of favourite directors. But times change and people change. Now ...
by Raxivace
Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:29 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14708

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

Since we got the GBA version of SMB3 already, I'd be surprised if we don't get the GBA LTTP/Four Swords pak as well. That would almost certainly be the definitive way to play Four Swords.
by Raxivace
Sat Feb 18, 2023 2:25 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14708

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https://i.imgur.com/f600PzWl.jpg The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991) - Yeah this is one of those games that does what it wants to do so perfectly its almost hard to talk about. I had played a bit of the GBA version when I was younger but I never got too far into it for some reason. Maybe...
by Raxivace
Fri Feb 10, 2023 10:30 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14708

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

I've only really played a randomizer for Resident Evil 2 Remake and I think I turned one on for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night once, but they're pretty neat. Really adds back some sense of discovery and some neat challenge to a game you know really well.
by Raxivace
Fri Feb 10, 2023 10:28 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular
Replies: 340
Views: 68199

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular

I haven't been watching the HBO series but it seems to be fairly popular. Apparently its been making some changes to the story of the game.
by Raxivace
Fri Feb 10, 2023 10:27 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2023
Replies: 89
Views: 2821

Re: Lyndon in 2023

I like Casino a lot, and feel its fairly distinct from GoodFellas. Did you notice that Scorsese uses a music track from Godard's Contempt in it?

Die Hard rocks.
by Raxivace
Fri Feb 03, 2023 7:15 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14708

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

I'll be playing what looks to be a much better Zelda game next:

by Raxivace
Fri Feb 03, 2023 7:13 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14708

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

https://i.imgur.com/NYi94HV.jpg Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1987) - Yeeaaaahhhh this might be my pick for the worst Zelda. I didn't get why it had a bad reputation at first (And was hoping most of the outrage was just fanboys that couldn't handle a franchise entry being different), because the...
by Raxivace
Mon Jan 16, 2023 5:09 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2023
Replies: 89
Views: 2821

Re: Lyndon in 2023

Yeah Big O is great, though it needs a rewatch for me. What did you make of that ending? If I understood it correctly, they were all living in a kind of simulation. I think the point was that the main character, Roger Smith, realized that in the end. And despite the fact that he was aware that they...
by Raxivace
Sat Jan 14, 2023 3:54 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2023
Replies: 89
Views: 2821

Re: Lyndon in 2023

BTW where are you on Malick's Tree of Life? I haven't seen it in like ten years, but I remember thinking it was almost a masterpiece, except that the cosmic framing device with the dinosaurs and such didn't really work for me. Rest was very good though.
by Raxivace
Sat Jan 14, 2023 3:45 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2023
Replies: 89
Views: 2821

Re: Lyndon in 2023

Progressive and Alternative get a bad rap because they're not as good as the original FLCL (How could they be?), but taken on their own terms I thought they were decent little shows. That one fake-out episode in Alternative in particular strikes me as very sad. Yeah Devilman Crybaby is something. I ...
by Raxivace
Fri Jan 06, 2023 3:53 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular
Replies: 340
Views: 68199

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular

Where does it fall in your queue? Would be great to get your thoughts on it. Last of Us 2 is on sale on PSN right now for ten dollars. I ended up buying and might just play it at some point this year now. I gotta be honest, I don't expect I'll actually like it much but for that cheap a price it mig...
by Raxivace
Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:56 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: This is it - A Gendo 2023 movie watching thread
Replies: 73
Views: 2253

Re: This is it - A Gendo 2023 movie watching thread

Logan Lucky is probably the last Soderbergh I liked. I think its the first time Craig really tried that Southern accent too that he's really put to use in Knives Out and Glass Onion.
by Raxivace
Mon Jan 02, 2023 8:30 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2022
Replies: 84
Views: 3935

Re: Lyndon in 2022

Yeah as much as I loved Rebuild, I haven't been able to really see the same degree of thematic depth. As cathartic as the last movie was to watch, it hasn't really called to me the same way as something like EoE did. Buy yeah, even matching EoE is such a high bar for me that I'm not sure any movie i...
by Raxivace
Mon Jan 02, 2023 1:31 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2022
Replies: 84
Views: 3935

Re: Lyndon in 2022

Cool that you finally saw Rebuild, Lyndon. What do you mean make of it as an overall series?
by Raxivace
Mon Jan 02, 2023 1:29 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14708

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

BTW does anyone know what the deal with Fallout 76 is supposed to be? It's the last of these modern Fallout games I've yet to play, and while it seems to have a very low reputation from people I'm not exactly sure why that is.
by Raxivace
Mon Jan 02, 2023 1:19 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14708

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

Catching up on the last few games I played in 2022... https://i.imgur.com/GC8Ogmjl.png Battle Arena Toshinden 2 (1995) – Another pretty meh early 3D fighter. Pretty laggy to get back up after being knocked down particularly. Weapon system doesn’t feel as good as something Soul Calibur either. Its fu...
by Raxivace
Thu Dec 01, 2022 10:27 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2022
Replies: 84
Views: 3935

Re: Lyndon in 2022

Five Easy Pieces is one of the films that really made me realize that Nicholson's star persona was very different pre-The Shining. Before that film, he very much had this "lost man, American masculinity is in crisis and I'm sad and mad and don't know what to do" thing going that you see ve...
by Raxivace
Mon Nov 07, 2022 12:05 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2022
Replies: 84
Views: 3935

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Yeah all three of those are great. I think you're sort of right about Seven Samurai- I think its certainly about an end of an era (It's kind of telling the that the four samurai that die in the movie are all killed by bullets and not blades), but its the end of an era that was also kind of built on ...
by Raxivace
Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:16 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2022
Replies: 84
Views: 3935

Re: Lyndon in 2022

Lyndon man I hope you keep pushing on through- you seem to have the strength for it. We would all be very sad here if you just upped and vanished forever one day.
by Raxivace
Sat Nov 05, 2022 6:25 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2022
Replies: 84
Views: 3935

Re: Lyndon in 2022

"Deteriorating mental condition"? Lyndon man, are you okay?
by Raxivace
Sun Oct 30, 2022 12:52 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2022
Replies: 84
Views: 3935

Re: Lyndon in 2022

I remember you once said that Devilman manga was a huge inspiration on Evangelion. Yeah. There's even some Anno quote out there where he says that Evangelion is basically just Devilman plus Space Runaway Ideon. I think he's being a bit glib with that line but that man is hugely influenced by the th...
by Raxivace
Sat Oct 29, 2022 8:42 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14708

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

https://i.imgur.com/ySvMc68m.jpg Capcom Fighting Evolution (2004) - This is another one of the more blah Capcom fighters. The roster is weird mix of Street Fighter 2, Street Fighter Alpha, Street Fighter 3, Red Earth, and Darkstalkers (Though its weird having Darkstalkers characters without Morriga...
by Raxivace
Sat Oct 29, 2022 1:09 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14708

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

Glad to hear you liked it too! I'm put so many hours doing deliveries, building roads, etc. Things that shouldn't sound like they'd be fun... but somehow are. One thing I remember about that game is just what a huge relief anytime other players donated supplies to one of your roads or something. An...
by Raxivace
Sat Oct 29, 2022 1:06 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14708

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https://i.imgur.com/RmrgCQTl.jpg Captain Commando (1991) – Fairly decent beat-em-up that I mostly played from remembering the character from MvC games (I think I had an action figure of Captain Commando himself as a kid too). Kind of reminds me of American comic books of the time with its visuals. ...
by Raxivace
Thu Oct 06, 2022 5:41 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14708

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

Die Hardman is maybe the greatest name for a fictional character ever.
by Raxivace
Thu Oct 06, 2022 5:35 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14708

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

I still need to watch season 2 of the Netflix Witcher. Hopefully I'll get to it within a few months here soon. Happy birthday btw. Hey thanks! :) It's been a few months. Did you see Witcher season 2? I've been playing Death Stranding lately. Yes, yes, it's a "cargo delivery" game, but dam...
by Raxivace
Wed Oct 05, 2022 12:53 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2022
Replies: 84
Views: 3935

Re: Lyndon in 2022

I haven't seen Tatami Galaxy yet, but I really liked that director's Devilman adaptation from a few years ago. City Lights and Murnau's Nosferatu are generally considered among the best films of all time. I saw both and I liked them. I saw Adolescence of Utena too. I love it. I think it's a minor ma...
by Raxivace
Tue Oct 04, 2022 9:16 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14708

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

https://i.imgur.com/lKrLAvrl.jpg AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative (2022) – Followup to AI: The Somnium Files 1. This is set after the first game and involves the investigation into the "Half Body Serial Killings" (Or the "HB Case" for short), where basically some assho...
by Raxivace
Tue Sep 27, 2022 11:41 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Raxivace's 2019 List of Movies or: (Goodbye to Neo-General Chat 3D)
Replies: 365
Views: 80727

Re: Raxivace's 2019 List of Movies or: (Goodbye to Neo-General Chat 3D)

Cameron likely was. He's at least into an anime/manga enough to the point he spent years and years getting that live action Battle Angel Alita adaptation made (Even if he didn't ultimately direct it himself), so it wouldn't shock me if he was familiar with work as mainstream as Miyazaki's.
by Raxivace
Mon Sep 26, 2022 5:43 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2022
Replies: 84
Views: 3935

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Like if I were to add things it would probably be some kind of Chaplin film (Probably City Lights, really its weird to me now that I left Chaplin off altogether), Murnau's Nosferatu, Adolescence of Utena (Granted it would be a hard sell since that "compressed remake" genre of anime film is...
by Raxivace
Mon Sep 26, 2022 5:01 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2022
Replies: 84
Views: 3935

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That list looks familiar (Looks like I was limiting myself to one film per director too), but man it kind of bums me out that I've seen very little since then that I would even consider adding to that.
by Raxivace
Sun Sep 25, 2022 9:46 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2022
Replies: 84
Views: 3935

Re: Lyndon in 2022

I don't remember what this list was, but yeah Seven Samurai is my favorite Kurosawa and one of the best films ever made IMO.
by Raxivace
Fri Sep 23, 2022 4:46 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2022
Replies: 84
Views: 3935

Re: Lyndon in 2022

I think Dersu Uzala should be higher but generally I agree with those. That movie really needs a good restoration...

I would have High & Low slightly lower than you I guess. I don't think the second half of the movie is really as good as the first half.
by Raxivace
Thu Sep 22, 2022 3:29 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14708

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

https://i.imgur.com/eszqCXpl.jpg Bakemonogatari Portable (2012) – Loosely an adaptation of Bakemonogatari . You basically just run through the story of the anime, though instead of battling like a fighting, you “argue” with your opponents. I remember reading a description being that the goal was th...
by Raxivace
Tue Sep 20, 2022 1:45 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2022
Replies: 84
Views: 3935

Re: Lyndon in 2022

I'm generally in the ballpark with those ratings. I remember really hating Gangs of New York though, but I haven't seen that in like 10 years. I think you're being awfully generous with Kundun too- I don't think the performances in that really work IMO.
by Raxivace
Wed Sep 14, 2022 7:11 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2022
Replies: 84
Views: 3935

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I mean I liked The Descendants, Clooney was good in it and it was a moving story etc., but if you went into it expecting the kind of movie Kubrick or someone like that would make then The Descendants would seem worse than it really was.