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Post by Mjolnir on Sept 23, 2011 0:50:53 GMT
Today,I have mostly been Watching....
Fringe(Season 3) Voyager(season 7) Fox News UFC TUF UFC Vault WCW WRESTLING(the Monday night Wars) Discovery Channel PRIMORDIAL (live) NASA Channel
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Post by Mjolnir on Sept 26, 2011 20:02:35 GMT
Today I have mostly been Watching..... UFC 135 Rampage Vs Jones. THOR...I Bloody loved THOR as a comic Book adaptation movie and not a story from Legend.... (Amon Amarth Bloody hated this movie and Mr Hegg said he would beat Kenneth up for doing an Injustice to a true Viking Spiritual Leader..) I think Mr Hegg missed the point as this is a Comic book version of said Legend and Mythology and not a true depiction as written in ancient texts... I enjoyed this as it was and so did my wife and of course i waited(fastforwarded the end credits) to see what was next and of course there was something!! Avengers next which should be a humdinger as both the Hulk and Iron man were mentioned in this movie and Shield was omnipresent all the way through!!!Bravo Marvel for a funny and Enjoyable Romp...I loved Ray Stevensons Beard,It was the best since Gimlys from LOTR trilogy and yes this Movie had a feel of said rings but different and The Look of the Rainbow Bridge was Sublime!!!!! Mjolnirs Rating For Mr THOR and Mjolnir was a hearty Halls of Asgard filled 9/10...
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Post by MetalBlade on Sept 27, 2011 21:09:55 GMT
I could be wrong, but does this mean that Ray Stevenson has become the first person ever to play two different Marvel characters?
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Post by Mjolnir on Sept 27, 2011 21:47:08 GMT
Mmmmm!!!!! Ponder?? Ponder?? Ponder???
Ron Pearlman probably has and I'm sure theres others if we research it!!!
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Post by Mjolnir on Oct 4, 2011 21:30:19 GMT
The year is 1941, the height of World War II. In German-occupied France, a youthful submarine crew gathers for a last night of drunken revelry before they will hit the seas. They feast, make love, dance - live it up as if there is no tomorrow. For them, there very well may not be. Though they cannot know this, of the 40,000 Germans who will serve aboard U-boats, a mere 10,000 will return home to their loved ones. Joining the crew on this mission is Lieutenant Werner (Herbert Grönemeyer) an ambitious but very green young war correspondent who hopes to discover the essence of warfare at sea. Little does he know as the sleek, grey tube glides into the open sea, that he will taste the very extremes of human experience - blood-pumping excitement and stultifying boredom, fierce camaraderie and numbing dehumanization, intense fear and wondrous pride, near-death and miraculous survival.
One by one, Werner gets to know his mates. At the helm is The Captain (Jürgen Prochnow), at 30 years old the so-called "old man" of the ship, whose face bears the wise sadness that previous U-boat missions have wrought. The Captain must lead and inspire his men even as he takes on impossible orders. There is also the Chief Engineer (Klaus Wenneman), who at age 27 has the enormous responsibility of keeping the boat, and hence the crew, afloat; and Johan (Erwin Leder), the crew's taciturn mechanic known to his friends as "the Ghost," who tends to the U-boat's engine like a lover day and night.
At first, Werner's days with his new comrades are filled with aimless cruising. They goof off, reminisce about girlfriends and tell dirty jokes to help kill time between watches. But as time wears on, the men grow increasingly pent-up and claustrophobic. The narrow tube they call home is crammed beyond even a memory of privacy. They must even sleep in shifts, two men to a bunk, and share a single toilet.
Now they watch as loaves of bread go stale in the hammocks, as sides of bacon hanging from the pipes take on the stench of diesel oil. Their nerves are pulsating without relief.
Then it comes at last - a destroyer is sighted. The Captain gives the alarm and the U-96 dives. Attack! Depth charges explode. Men tumble, scramble, trip and crash through the narrow gangways and into the metal sides as the boat plummets and a bomb plunges into its gurgling wake. The men now have their first taste of war.
From hence forth, neither the enemy, nor Hitler's command, nor the sea, nor the fates will let up on this young crew. A three-week storm drives the boat underwater and the men to the limits of their endurance. But when they surface, the battle begins anew. The men will be severely tested as they go up against a freighter convoy guarded by destroyers. The crew unleash their sleek, silver torpedoes, then dive to avoid attack - pushing the boat beyond all limits to an astonishing depth of 800 feet, bolts and rivets exploding off the hull from the pressure! The Captain, too, will find himself wrenched as he is forced to leave behind survivors begging for help, responding to a strict order on both sides never to pick up survivors.
Then, just as the U-boat crew think they are headed for some much need Christmas vacation, new orders come through. The boat is commanded to break through the blockade of British destroyers guarding the dangerous striates of Gibraltar - sheer madness!
Morale plummets like the submarine itself. The men know this is an almost certain suicide mission. They no longer feel any patriotic fervor. Their dreams of reunion with loved ones back home feel very far away. But sustained on youthful faith, and their loyalty to the Captain, they go forth. Under cover of darkness, riding the surface, the U-96 heads straight for British patrol lines.
Suddenly, a British destroyer looms out of the mist, and an airplane buzzes the boat from the skies. Bombs hurls the U-96 on its side. Water crashes into the engine room and the boat dives. Out of control, the boat sinks faster and faster, rivets exploding, metal stretching and screeching, until it plows into the rocky bottom, settling in a watery grave, an unheard-of 930 feet below the surface.
There is a crushing silence. The men have just hours of oxygen and almost no hope. But these brothers in war, these ghosts of the sea, dig in with haunting tenacity, hang on to one another with poignant camaraderie, and fight an incredible battle against time and fear to return haunted but still alive from the deadly depths of the sea - only to have fate intervene one last time upon their return to the La Rochelle harbor.
When DAS BOOT was originally released in the U.S. in 1982, the film's enormous success was a surprise. A sub-titled German war movie a hit? It sounded absurd. And yet the astonishing level of filmmaking and deeply felt anti-war message gripped audiences to their chairs as they witnessed the never-before-seen story of German U-boat soldiers riding the bottom of the ocean. DAS BOOT forever changed audiences' expectations of unrelenting tension and visceral authenticity in an action film. DAS BOOT set a new standard for high-wire suspense and broke fresh technological ground. It also became the most successful foreign film ever released in the United States - nominated for six Academy Awards and shattering box office records - and continues to be one of the most popular foreign films on the video shelves.
Now a new generation of moviegoers will have a unique opportunity to experience the director's "ideal" cut of DAS BOOT in the theaters - complete with newly added footage and re-designed digital sound that bring this action classic to state-of-the-art standards for today's audiences.
Wolfgang Petersen, who emerged from DAS BOOT to become one of Hollywood's most sought-after directors ("In The Line of Fire," "Outbreak," the forthcoming "Air Force One"), oversaw re-editing from more than six hours of original footage into his own personal vision of the ultimate DAS BOOT journey. Petersen also supervised restoration of the negative, along with his original cinematographer Jost Vacano, reprinting onto today's color-rich film stock. The filmmaker's sound team completely redesigned and re-recorded new sound effects for the film's Oscar-nominated sound and musical score to bring it up to today's highest digital standards.
The final result is one of the most extensive enhancements efforts ever undertaken by a director on his classic motion picture, similar to the massive restoration of the "Star Wars" trilogy by George Lucas. Subtle changes throughout the film add new depth to the lives and relationships between the men on the boat, further heightening the suspense as they plummet to the sea floor with only a slim hope of survival. The state-of-the-art sound and film quality - taking the realism of every ping and creak to a new level - further adds to the minute-by-minute build-up of tension on the submarine. "Here we had a rare and unprecedented opportunity to take one of the most intense movie experiences ever created and bring it up to the expectations of 1990's audiences," says Ortwin Freyermuth, who produced the restored director's cut of DAS BOOT. "It is amazing how well the film stands up even fifteen years later, perhaps because it was so ahead of its time originally. It is not only one of the most riveting action movies ever made, it continues to be one of the all-time most successful depictions of the human experience of war - audiences really feel the fear, the tension, the excitement, the boredom, the desires, the hopes and the incredible tragedy of these young men on the U-boat as they were used and abused by a war machine."
"My vision for DAS BOOT was always to show the gritty and terrible reality of war, and to combine it with a highly entertaining story and fast-paced action style that would pull audiences into the experience of these young men out there," says Wolfgang Petersen. "This cut represents my ideal version of that experience. Thanks to new technology, the film now comes even closer to revealing the shocking realities of life in a U-boat -- the way it sounded, the way it felt, the way it affected people so strongly -- and I think that this new cut will be even more shocking and affecting for audiences."
DAS BOOT is a Columbia Pictures release of a director's cut restoration from Twin Bros. Productions of a Bavaria Studio production and a film by Wolfgang Petersen based on the novel by Lothar-Günther Buchheim. The film stars Jürgen Prochnow (seen most recently in "The English Patient"), Herbert Grönemeyer and Klaus Wennemann. The director of photography is Jost Vacano, the production designer is Rolf Zehetbauer, the art director is Götz Weidner, the editor is Hannes Nikel and the music is by Klaus Doldinger. The film was originally executive produced by Mark Damon, Edward R. Pressman and John W. Hyde; the co-producer was Michael Bittins and the producer was Günter Rohrbach. The director's cut is produced by Ortwin Freyermuth.
So thats what ive been watching today although it was the shorter version but a Grim nailbiter none the less... This is still a 10/10 for me and like JAWS the music score is a huge factor in its Brilliance...Take the music away and you would lose soo much tension!! Have we ever done a top10 music score list dude??
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Post by MetalBlade on Oct 10, 2011 21:21:32 GMT
Dude I can't watch this film unless it's the full 4 hours 42 minutes TV serial version. There's so much I love that's cut out of the director's cut.
Today I watched a film that warrant's it's own thread.
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Post by Mjolnir on Oct 12, 2011 0:07:45 GMT
Today i are Mostly been watching.... UFC136 FRINGE WWII In Color (i hate how yanks spell Colour!!) The History of Celts
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Post by Mjolnir on Oct 28, 2011 19:26:24 GMT
HAPPY BIRTHDAY METALBLADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Mjolnir on Nov 11, 2011 23:48:22 GMT
Today i have mostly been watching...V series 2....This Is an Awsome Show and love it lots.... .......................................................Ultimate Fighter...This season gets better and Better and am soo glad that Sakira or what ever his bleedin name is,got beat... .......................................................Fringe Season 3....This IS THE Best show Ever in the history of all Television..
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Post by MetalBlade on Nov 12, 2011 22:19:56 GMT
Glad you're still enjoying Fringe dude. Season four is about five episodes old, and it's very odd indeed.
Here are some shows you really need to check out: Breaking Bad Boardwalk Empire Game Of Thrones Sons Of Anarchy
You will seriously love all these shows dude.
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Post by Mjolnir on Nov 17, 2011 20:03:25 GMT
TNA Wrestling er sorry,Impact wrestling.... I cant understand why you are so anti tna as i just watched a great show and the talent is stacked bottom to top!!! I mean if you have AJ,Daniels,RVD and Lynn in the same ring then im sorry but thats real class and a real history and the top of the crop if you ask me!!! Then another match with Morgan vs Joe which was a nice match even though it was a biuld up to a ppv... Ok i know that tna has wwf hasbeens(although nash fucked off thank god!) But the talent is deep with Abyss still my fave and former wwe star Anderson is awsome and is a shining light now and the fact that Taz is behind the mike is soo good for the company and it brings a freshness that was lacking for a long time!!!
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Post by strongboy on Aug 28, 2012 20:52:05 GMT
just a quick reply to metalblade's question about Ray Stevenson being the first to play 2 different Marvel characters... Chris Evans has played Captain America and Johnny Storm, and Ryan Reynolds played seperate characters in Wolverine and Blade 3, and also played DC's Green Lantern. I wonder how many actors have played both Marvel and DC characters...?
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Post by MetalBlade on Aug 29, 2012 3:13:34 GMT
Ah, so it's Reynolds who takes the crown as the first to play two different Marvel characters. Thor came out just before Captain America so Stevenson just beat Evans. Halle Berry played both Marvel's Storm from X Men and DC's Catwoman. Also Michael Fassbender, who played the young Magneto in the X Men First Class movie, also starred in Jonah Hex, which is based on a DC comic.
I'm sure there are others but this is good discussion to keep going.
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Post by strongboy on Sept 4, 2012 9:41:24 GMT
Mark Hamill played The Trickster in The Flash tv series, and also voiced The Joker in the Batman animated series, both for DC.
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Post by MetalBlade on Sept 4, 2012 22:33:24 GMT
Haha, quality! You could also make the (tenuous) argument that Hamill also played a Marvel character:
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