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Title: Van Helsing
Post by: Nico on January 19, 2004, 06:33:09 am: Take all the regular litterature monsters, add crappy sfx, and you have Van Helsing:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/van_helsing/large.html

d'huh.
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Post by: kasperl on January 19, 2004, 07:14:28 am: mmm, doesn't sound all that good, really.
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Post by: aldo_14 on January 19, 2004, 07:24:56 am: Checklist movie.

Y'know, get a list of stuff people like - vampies, werewolves, explosions - make a list, then write a screenplay, scoring out each item on the list as you cram them in.
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Post by: kode on January 19, 2004, 07:48:09 am: ah, yeah... that other vampire flick with kate beckinsale...
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Post by: Fineus on January 19, 2004, 07:55:41 am: Could be an entertaining action flick - nothing to push the barriers though.
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Post by: Gloriano on January 19, 2004, 08:42:35 am: could be good action film..nothing more
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Post by: mikhael on January 19, 2004, 01:46:44 pm: This is going to be so bad, but its going to be good-bad. LXG was bad but it was good-bad. Same X-men. Lots of popcorn, beer and giggling over how silly it is.

On the other hand it could be Timeline, which was so bad that people were actually CRYING and BEGGING TO LEAVE.
Title: Timeline?
Post by: Star Dragon on January 19, 2004, 03:12:28 pm: I was crying half-way through THE BOOK! But I finished it.. Imagine my surprise to see amovie made like 2-3 years after reading that horror!

I hoped it would be better but from the trailers it looks like it is a (GASP!) accurate transfer from novel to screen, which means it will BLOW DEAD FROZEN GOATS! baaaah!
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Post by: mikhael on January 19, 2004, 03:34:36 pm: ACtually, I thought the book rather rocked. the movie though... did they even ask Chrichton before they did some of the stupid things they did?
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Post by: diamondgeezer on January 19, 2004, 03:36:45 pm: Er... this Van Helsing of Bram Stoker fame? Cos he's already been a major character in a movie

[EDIT] The Penny Arcade crew seem to like it
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Post by: SKYNET-011 on January 25, 2004, 07:35:17 pm: Penny Arcade also hates Halo.
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Post by: adwight on January 25, 2004, 08:27:15 pm: Well a person in my neighborhood did some of the programming for the game. I might see it, but I don't know...
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Post by: mikhael on January 25, 2004, 09:12:36 pm: Quote
Originally posted by SKYNET-011
Penny Arcade also hates Halo.

Proof of their very good taste.
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Post by: Setekh on January 25, 2004, 09:18:00 pm: Yay, an Aussie in the lead! :D

But, oh well. Even if this movie turned out to be pretty good, it's not my type.
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Post by: Stealth on January 25, 2004, 11:05:52 pm: looks pretty badass i think... what looks stupid is that movie "Hellboy"...which looks like a cross between men in black and xmen
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Post by: Black Wolf on January 25, 2004, 11:53:33 pm: I get the distinct feeling from the trailer that that Hellbo film is not meant to be taken too seriously, thus might well be quite a decent flick, from that POV anyway.
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Post by: Stealth on January 26, 2004, 10:13:23 am: i dunno, it looks extremely lame. the "hellboy" (i'm guessing he's the red guy) looks like a man with a rubber mask on.
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Post by: diamondgeezer on January 26, 2004, 10:31:23 am: Quote
Originally posted by SKYNET-011
Penny Arcade also hates Halo.

Quote
Originally posted by mikhael
Proof of their very good taste.

:nod:

Anyway:

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From the Penny Arcade News Desk:
Where I was initially resolved to merely tolerate the Van Helsing trailer, the two hundred subsequent viewings have warmed me to it considerably. Using crosses as weapons is not only reverent, it's awesome. Van Helsing is demonstrably a bad-ass, even loose coalitions of superheroes and satellites are no match for him under theoretical conditions. Though, I will concede that the inclusion of absolutely every monster ever does gild the lily a bit.

(http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2004/20040119l.gif)
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Post by: ZylonBane on January 26, 2004, 12:12:06 pm: Gah. Bloody moronic hip-to-be-lowbrow Penny Arcade. Good for maybe one laugh a week.
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Post by: diamondgeezer on January 26, 2004, 12:13:39 pm: And bloody moronic hip-to-be-sarcastic ZB. Change the ****ing record dude
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Post by: aldo_14 on January 26, 2004, 12:13:55 pm: Quote
Originally posted by ZylonBane
Gah. Bloody moronic hip-to-be-lowbrow Penny Arcade. Good for maybe one laugh a week.

At least it tries.
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Post by: Black Wolf on January 26, 2004, 12:14:01 pm: Err... how many comics do they put out ina week?
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Post by: diamondgeezer on January 26, 2004, 12:24:16 pm: Prep for comedy lads...

*braces self*
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Post by: ZylonBane on January 26, 2004, 12:30:13 pm: Quote
Originally posted by diamondgeezer
And bloody moronic hip-to-be-sarcastic ZB. Change the ****ing record dude
Umm, except that I wasn't being sarcastic. I genuinely believe PA to be, 90% of the time, bloody moronic (this (http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20031003) pretty well sums up my perception of PA). Try picking up a dictionary some time, ya font-color-attention-whore gimboid. And at least make up your own insults instead of just piggy-backing on mine.
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Post by: aldo_14 on January 26, 2004, 12:31:38 pm: *slow handclap*
Hey, this is kind of fun
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Post by: diamondgeezer on January 26, 2004, 12:34:17 pm: Um, you do PVP are good mates with PA, yes?

Regarding font colour, silver is hardly obtrusive.

And if you want an original insult (**** knows why you think it's important) how about 'spotty little troll with no friends'?
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Post by: Fineus on January 26, 2004, 12:38:58 pm: Guys, simmer down will you? there's really no need to get worked up over who has the biggest personality around here.

It's clearly me :p

Back to topic please :)
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Post by: ZylonBane on January 26, 2004, 12:41:17 pm: The relationship between PA and PvP is irrelevant to the truth of that strip (and the one that precedes it) representing my feelings toward PA.

EDIT: Well frell, Thunder posted while I was composing.

EDIT2: And again while I was editing this post. Jeez!

EDIT3: And then deleted the post in response to my first edit. It's like Minority Report in here! Aaaahhhh!!!
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Post by: Black Wolf on January 26, 2004, 12:47:54 pm: The use of the words "Frell" and "Gimboid" have made this thread more than worthwhile for me. I'd tell you to continue, but Thunder'd probably boot me down to Apollo or summat... :nervous:
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Post by: Fineus on January 26, 2004, 12:49:33 pm: He can say frell all he likes, just not here. Back to the topic please :)
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Post by: Gloriano on January 26, 2004, 01:51:19 pm: anyway I'am gong to see it

OT:Nice Avatar Kal;)
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Post by: kode on January 26, 2004, 01:54:31 pm: furi kuri?
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Post by: Shrike on January 26, 2004, 02:12:46 pm: Thunder, who is it that as your avatar?
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Post by: Nico on January 26, 2004, 04:07:44 pm: Quote
Originally posted by kode
furi kuri?

yeah, the chick with the mouth like a pump :p
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Post by: aldo_14 on January 26, 2004, 04:15:08 pm: :eek:
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Post by: Rictor on January 26, 2004, 04:19:49 pm: He hunts monsters? No way! And he uses crosses as weapons. Holy ****! And theres a tought but beautiful woman in there? Blows my mind! And did you see when he jumped across the cart to the other cart, and it was going really way fast!? That was awesome!!!! Its like, that got all that, but then then they also put in not only 1 monster, but like 3! Dude, this is going to rock more than 2Fast 2Furious!

Oy vey.
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Post by: Nico on January 26, 2004, 04:25:39 pm: Quote
Originally posted by aldo_14
:eek:

Not-what-you-think :p

it's just she's always taking that weird pause like she's about to kiss someone ala Tex Avery. She's not the Alabama Queen of Bukkakes or anything like that :p
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Post by: kode on January 26, 2004, 04:37:11 pm: I've yet to pain myself through furi kuri. series that are actually good and watchable always comes in between.
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Post by: mikhael on January 26, 2004, 05:07:13 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Nico

Alabama Queen of Bukkakes

And what pray tell does that mean, Venom? A girl from the american south who likes soup?
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Post by: Stealth[cro] on January 26, 2004, 05:13:26 pm: Heh... something tells me it just won't live up to Hellsing (the anime, not the book). Just like Live-action Evangelion won't get anywhere near it.

kode - FLCL is damn worth watching. ;)
mikhael - trust me, you do NOT want to know what bukkake is...
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Post by: mikhael on January 26, 2004, 06:24:47 pm: Its a soup, Stealth. I used to eat it (http://www.hakubaku.com/bukkake_noodles_recipes.html) when I lived in Japan.
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Post by: neo_hermes on January 26, 2004, 06:39:01 pm: :blah: Dracula and Frankenstein in the same movie? whats going on here is someone pulling my leg?
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Post by: mikhael on January 26, 2004, 08:31:41 pm: They've been in the same movie a couple of times:

House of Frankenstein (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0036931/plotsummary)
Dracula vs Frankenstein (http://www.stomptokyo.com/badmoviereport/dvf.html)
Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (http://www.monstrous.com/cgi-bin/movies.cgi?input_item=0783233582&input_search_type=AsinSearch.html)
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Post by: Stealth on January 26, 2004, 10:02:59 pm: Quote
Originally posted by neo_hermes
:blah: Dracula and Frankenstein in the same movie? whats going on here is someone pulling my leg?

well look at LXG (league of extraordinary gentlemen, the Sean Connery movie that came out last year sometime)... it had Dorean Gray, the Invisible man, the Phantom, Dracula's wife, that famous scientist, Captain Nemo, the whole lot. and that was a good movie!
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Post by: Black Wolf on January 27, 2004, 01:28:11 am: God dammit. Mina wasn;t dracula's wife. Go read a book. :doubt:
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Post by: kode on January 27, 2004, 02:52:36 am: Quote
Originally posted by Stealth[cro]
kode - FLCL is damn worth watching. ;)

known fact: flcl isn't everyones cup of tea. it's not mine, for example. I'd rather watch the fumoffu type of anime.
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Post by: Gortef on January 27, 2004, 04:21:30 am: Van Helsing.... at first the name brings a mix up of Van Halen and Helsing (the anime) in my mind... quite disturbing

according to the trailer the movie might be entertaining though :)
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Post by: Fineus on January 27, 2004, 10:13:31 am: Yes, the avatar is Mamimi from FLCL, I like it :)

As for the film - I suppose like all the others I should see it before passing judgement but at a glance it looks generic.
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Post by: diamondgeezer on January 27, 2004, 12:14:20 pm: Hey Thunder, will you shout at me if I pursue the bukkake line of conversation any further?
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Post by: Gloriano on January 27, 2004, 12:24:13 pm: Quote
Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Hey Thunder, will you shout at me if I pursue the bukkake line of conversation any further?

You wanna talk about soup? more yes I know there is that other thing that is not legal talk here.
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Post by: diamondgeezer on January 27, 2004, 01:01:43 pm: I think I'm allowed to poke you with a stick, you know
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Post by: Gloriano on January 27, 2004, 01:06:44 pm: Yeah, do that feel better but you know you don't want see me angry...but Guess that don't work In net that well..in RL you don't would want see me angry
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Post by: diamondgeezer on January 27, 2004, 01:08:33 pm: :lol:

Dude, if you don't go huge and green right now your credibility is going to slip off the edge it's currently teetering over :nod:
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Post by: Zeronet on January 27, 2004, 01:11:11 pm: What credbility?
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Post by: Fineus on January 27, 2004, 01:17:45 pm: Quiet now children ;) And diamongeezer, no you can't talk about bukkake anymore - soup or any other kind. I don't care if you just learn't what it is, this isn't a forum for it.
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Post by: diamondgeezer on January 27, 2004, 01:20:03 pm: Right you are boss

*opens folder labeled 'Bukkake'* ;7
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Post by: vyper on January 27, 2004, 01:28:57 pm: Bukkake? :wtf:

EDIT: Never mind. :eek:
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Post by: Gloriano on January 27, 2004, 01:34:50 pm: Quote
Originally posted by diamondgeezer
:lol:

Dude, if you don't go huge and green right now your credibility is going to slip off the edge it's currently teetering over :nod:

what about little green man;)

*goes back to topic*
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Post by: Nico on January 27, 2004, 02:47:50 pm: Quote
Originally posted by kode

known fact: flcl isn't everyones cup of tea. it's not mine, for example. I'd rather watch the fumoffu type of anime.

I've had pbs with FLCL too, not my cup of tea either...
Fumoffu... Only know Full Metal Panic Fumoffu ( which I love ), but does the term means anything specific?
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Post by: Stealth on January 27, 2004, 03:01:25 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Black Wolf
God dammit. Mina wasn;t dracula's wife. Go read a book. :doubt:

yeah i was getting confused with the old movie "Bride of Dracula" or whatever it was.

mina was one of dracula's obsessions wasn't she?
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Post by: kode on January 27, 2004, 03:54:31 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Nico

I've had pbs with FLCL too, not my cup of tea either...
Fumoffu... Only know Full Metal Panic Fumoffu ( which I love ), but does the term means anything specific?

no, I meant fmp fumoffu.
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Post by: Gortef on January 28, 2004, 03:55:44 am: and as far as I've heard "Fumoffu" doesn't really mean anything... it's just what the Bonta-kun says :p

I have flcl waiting for me on the table too... ... maybe I could watch it on this evening (at least a few eps) ^^
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Post by: kode on January 28, 2004, 05:26:56 am: yeah, I might finish watching it today or tomorrow or something. the soundtrack for it is good, at least.
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Post by: Fineus on January 28, 2004, 05:30:11 am: I just found a place in the UK that sells the DVDs.. unfortunately that's £50 - but I really love that show.
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Post by: Stunaep on January 28, 2004, 05:39:27 am: Is it me, or has HIG suddenly started to make sense?
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Post by: Black Wolf on January 28, 2004, 06:56:17 am: Quote
Originally posted by Stealth

yeah i was getting confused with the old movie "Bride of Dracula" or whatever it was.

mina was one of dracula's obsessions wasn't she?

She was his first kill in England, and getting sucked for about a quarter of the book (ie over the course of about a month or so's worth of nights), eventually sucked dry and turned into a Vampire despite all Harker, Van Helsing and their bunch's attempts to stop him. It's all diarys and notes so we never really get into Draculas head to find out if he was actually obsessed with her, or if sucking someone dry was just the way these things work.
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Post by: Gloriano on January 28, 2004, 07:00:54 am: Quote
Originally posted by Stunaep
Is it me, or has HIG suddenly started to make sense?

I'am gonna change and take little trust again but it's hard work takes loong time but I don't stop
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Post by: Fineus on January 28, 2004, 11:19:16 am: Glad to hear it :)
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Post by: vyper on January 28, 2004, 07:35:01 pm: [q]Dude, if you don't go huge and green right now your credibility is going to slip off the edge it's currently teetering over[/q]

Best. Post. Evar! ;)
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Post by: diamondgeezer on January 29, 2004, 03:44:25 pm: Calm down kid
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Post by: vyper on January 30, 2004, 08:40:06 am: Kid? Kid? You getting carried away sonny!
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Post by: Gortef on January 31, 2004, 05:59:41 am: hookay FLCL is just plain weird... more weird than I expected :p

But it is entertaining though :D