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I agree and personally think this has been the most unpredictable season since season 2 to be honest. This season I've actually been surprised at a lot of things that's happened, something I rarely ended up being with season 3-5 as it just followed the "unpredictableness" of the first two seasons.
 
And as weird as I am I think this season's been great and on par with previous seasons. And again I am enjoying the shit out of the dialogue. I'm not too sure about this as I haven't read the books, but I am under the impression that 90% of the best dialogue in this series are made for this series and didn't feature in the books. I remember reading a lot about the dialogue in the series and it said that this, that and those dialogues were original for this series, while this and that were from the books. And if that was right I am not surprised about the quality of the dialogue.
 
I think my biggest complaint for the season is the lack of Tywin Lannister, and the lack of Tywin, Tyrion, Cersei, Varys, Littlefinger and co. sitting around a table and talking. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I'd fucking love a spin-off where these guys just sit around a table and talk, talk and do nothing more than to talk. The dialogue's been that good for the show. Would be perfect!

I'm late to the party but HOT DAYUM that was a good episode.
 

I agree with that. I think they handled that battle extremely well. They used very simple techniques and basics for it, but it was o'so effective to be honest. Game of Thrones has an awfully big budget for being a series (around 10m for each episode), but compared to bigger films (100-200m) it's nothing for an episode lasting an hour, and it's not often we get to see battles this massive, intense and epic anymore. It's a rarity IMO.
 
While the CGI was awful for a second here and a second there I thought the CGI looked real nice in this episode. I'm not a fan of CGI and I am very rarely impressed by the use of it, but I was very impressed with it for this episode, and aside from the very few seconds I didn't even think about it being CGI when watching it. That's a huge plus for me.
 
Anyway, another great episode. Really looking forward to the last episode now. Shit's gonna be good.
 
 
Very surprised anyone would multitask when watching Game of Thrones, or anything at all, to be quite honest. If anyone came into my house and picked up their phone/tablet/whatever the fuck during a film/episode without it ringing I'd stop the film/series, throw 'em the fuck out and continue watching it alone. That's like blasphemy to me.

I agree with that. I think they handled that battle extremely well. They used very simple techniques and basics for it, but it was o'so effective to be honest. Game of Thrones has an awfully big budget for being a series (around 10m for each episode), but compared to bigger films (100-200m) it's nothing for an episode lasting an hour, and it's not often we get to see battles this massive, intense and epic anymore. It's a rarity IMO.
 
While the CGI was awful for a second here and a second there I thought the CGI looked real nice in this episode. I'm not a fan of CGI and I am very rarely impressed by the use of it, but I was very impressed with it for this episode, and aside from the very few seconds I didn't even think about it being CGI when watching it. That's a huge plus for me.
 
Anyway, another great episode. Really looking forward to the last episode now. Shit's gonna be good.
 
 
Very surprised anyone would multitask when watching Game of Thrones, or anything at all, to be quite honest. If anyone came into my house and picked up their phone/tablet/whatever the fuck during a film/episode without it ringing I'd stop the film/series, throw 'em the fuck out and continue watching it alone. That's like blasphemy to me.

I agree with that. I think they handled that battle extremely well. They used very simple techniques and basics for it, but it was o'so effective to be honest. Game of Thrones has an awfully big budget for being a series (around 10m for each episode), but compared to bigger films (100-200m) it's nothing for an episode lasting an hour, and it's not often we get to see battles this massive, intense and epic anymore. It's a rarity IMO.
 
While the CGI was awful for a second here and a second there I thought the CGI looked real nice in this episode. I'm not a fan of CGI and I am very rarely impressed by the use of it, but I was very impressed with it for this episode, and aside from the very few seconds I didn't even think about it being CGI when watching it. That's a huge plus for me.
 
Anyway, another great episode. Really looking forward to the last episode now. Shit's gonna be good.
 
 
Very surprised anyone would multitask when watching Game of Thrones, or anything at all, to be quite honest. If anyone came into my house and picked up their phone/tablet/whatever the fuck during a film/episode without it ringing I'd stop the film/series, throw 'em the fuck out and continue watching it alone. That's like blasphemy to me.

I agree with that. I think they handled that battle extremely well. They used very simple techniques and basics for it, but it was o'so effective to be honest. Game of Thrones has an awfully big budget for being a series (around 10m for each episode), but compared to bigger films (100-200m) it's nothing for an episode lasting an hour, and it's not often we get to see battles this massive, intense and epic anymore. It's a rarity IMO.
 
While the CGI was awful for a second here and a second there I thought the CGI looked real nice in this episode. I'm not a fan of CGI and I am very rarely impressed by the use of it, but I was very impressed with it for this episode, and aside from the very few seconds I didn't even think about it being CGI when watching it. That's a huge plus for me.
 
Anyway, another great episode. Really looking forward to the last episode now. Shit's gonna be good.
 
 
Very surprised anyone would multitask when watching Game of Thrones, or anything at all, to be quite honest. If anyone came into my house and picked up their phone/tablet/whatever the fuck during a film/episode without it ringing I'd stop the film/series, throw 'em the fuck out and continue watching it alone. That's like blasphemy to me.

Thanks for all the recommendations~ I've only gone as far as watching the trailers for Tetsuo and 964 Pinocchio, haha. Not sure if I'm ready to go down that road because I know I won't come back feeling like the same person.
I've been quite interested in Visitor Q for a while though. Will be sure to check that one out~

1. Fast Five (8/10)
2. Furious 7(8/10)
3. Fast & Furious 6(8/10)
4. Fast & Furious (5/10)
5. The Fast and the Furious (4/10)
6. 2 Fast 2 Furious (3/10)
7. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2/10)
 
I'm not a big fan of Fast & Furious (2009), but I feel like this is the film where things started to change a bit. At this point I felt like they shifted focus from ugly cars and a very teenage-esque feeling to a cooler cars and a more mature feeling. Not that I consider it a good film, not at all. But it was a step in the right direction. But the real change came with Fast Five which felt like a completely different film from a different series. The focus was shifted from poor street-racing action-nonsense to a badass heist film that's got more in comon with The Italian Job and Ocean's Eleven, than with the previous F&F films. Same goes for the two after Fast Five as well. Completely different movies from the first four. Love the last three films! Can't wait for the next one.

1. Fast Five (8/10)
2. Furious 7(8/10)
3. Fast & Furious 6(8/10)
4. Fast & Furious (5/10)
5. The Fast and the Furious (4/10)
6. 2 Fast 2 Furious (3/10)
7. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2/10)
 
I'm not a big fan of Fast & Furious (2009), but I feel like this is the film where things started to change a bit. At this point I felt like they shifted focus from ugly cars and a very teenage-esque feeling to a cooler cars and a more mature feeling. Not that I consider it a good film, not at all. But it was a step in the right direction. But the real change came with Fast Five which felt like a completely different film from a different series. The focus was shifted from poor street-racing action-nonsense to a badass heist film that's got more in comon with The Italian Job and Ocean's Eleven, than with the previous F&F films. Same goes for the two after Fast Five as well. Completely different movies from the first four. Love the last three films! Can't wait for the next one.

Legend - Let me just start by saying that this film is visually stunning with beautiful sets and fantastic cinematography. Visually it just looks very much like a traditional fairly tale for kids, but beneath the lovely style, Tom Cruise and Mia Sara's young and fine faces and a brilliant Tim Curry there's a lot more delving. Ridley Scott's Legend is surprisingly bleak and dark, which is interesting considering how postive and uplifting the visual style is. In one way it totally breaks with the visual style, but it totally works. Totally worth your time IMO.
 
Great soundtrack and brilliant special effects too.
 
And don't forget what I believe would be a refrence/tribute to Häxan. Very cool!
 

 
Excalibur - A big, majestic and epic Sword & Sorcery adventure based on the Arthurian legend. It's flawed, especially in its lack of good female characters, but it's a big, fat adventure and a really fun one as well. Beautifully shot, lovely told and very well-crafted film that should please any fan of Sword & Sorcery/fantasy. Classic. Totally recommended!
 

Dear god, why would you hope for such a thing?

This thread needs som Japanese insanity:
 
The Machine Girl

 
Tokyo Gore Police

 
Mutant Girls Squad

 
Meatball Machine

 
Robo Geisha

 
Helldriver

 
Yakuza Weapon

 
Samurai Zombie

 
Alien vs Ninja

 
 
 
 
Haha! Hellz fuckin' yeah, baby! I just love these trashy films. Only thing that could've done them even more enjoyable is if the CGI were dropped for ONLY practical special effects. Other than that these are hard not to enjoy as long as you have a few beers, a friend or two and love trash cinema.

A lot of bands can be awfully productive and keep releasing quality every single year. A fine example of this is Njiqahdda/Oaks of Bethel/Funeral Eclipse. Three bands that consists of two members, and from 2007-2016 they've released 28 albums, 66 EPs, and some splits, demos and stuff. In other words we're talking about a highly productive duo here. Now, I haven't heard every single release, but I guess I've heard 15 albums and 15 EPs, and it's all quality music, and I expect the same from the rest.
 
Boris who released 22 albums from 1996-2011. 8 of these albums was released in 05-06, and they are all fantastic.
 
Nadja is another band with a big amount of releases. 22 albums from 2002-2016. I'm not gonna say anything about the quality of their later albums, but their 16 albums from 2002-2009 are very good.
 
Now these are a few very extreme examples, but the amount of albums doesn't say anything about the quality itself. You can keep releasing ten albums a year and only release brilliant albums, just like you can release one album every five year and keep releasing mediocre-to-bad albums.

It was a very good discussion (as a reader). In fact, it was one of the most interesting music duscussions I've seen on this forum for a long while.

Finished the main-story in Borderland with my brother and two friends. It was way too easy and the ending was such an anti-climax, but overall it was very fun and playing together with someone just made the entire game much better. But I wish the bosses were much harder and more difficult to destroy. Shooting some fat fuck in the eyes for two minutes just isn't much fun.
 
Started on some of the DLCs now. Will play some of them before we start on Borderlands 2. Looking forward to that!
 
But all in all I'm happy with the game. 7,5/10. Great atmosphere, much due to the soundtrack and good humour.

Finished the main-story in Borderland with my brother and two friends. It was way too easy and the ending was such an anti-climax, but overall it was very fun and playing together with someone just made the entire game much better. But I wish the bosses were much harder and more difficult to destroy. Shooting some fat fuck in the eyes for two minutes just isn't much fun.
 
Started on some of the DLCs now. Will play some of them before we start on Borderlands 2. Looking forward to that!
 
But all in all I'm happy with the game. 7,5/10. Great atmosphere, much due to the soundtrack and good humour.

eah, there's plenty other reasons to watch Ash vs Evil Dead, like Bruce Campbell for example. But I'm a huge fan of all three original Evil Dead films, as well as the remake/reboot, and the special effects are a huge part of what makes all these films so good. They're simply special. Love me some good old-fashioned special effects.

Since we already have a thread like this I thought I'd put up a list of my favourite Japanese films, and films I consider quintessential as far as Japanese cinema goes.
 
Kwaidan (Masaki Kobayashi)
Onibaba (Kaneto Shindo)
Ninja Scroll (Yoshiaki Kawajiri)
Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo)
Lady Snowblood (Toshiya Fujita)
Gojira (Ishiro Honda)
The Street Fighter (Shigehiro Ozawa)
Boachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight (Teruo Ishii)
Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa)
The Magic Serpent (Tetsuya Yamanouchi)
Castle of Owls (Eiichi Kudo)
Sword of Doom (Kihachi Okamoto)
Sex and Fury (Noribumi Suzuki)
Stray Dog (Akira Kurosawa)
Samurai Rebellion (Masaki Kobayashi)
Harakiri (Masaki Kobayashi)
Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion (Shunya Ito)
Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (Shunya Ito)
Female Convict Scorpion: Beast Stable (Shunya Ito)
Howl's Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki)
Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa)
The Hidden Fortress (Akira Kurosawa)
Lone Wolf and Cub (all 6 films!)
Ugetsu (Kenji Mizoguchi)
Jigoku (Nobuo Nakagawa)
Hausu (Nobuhiko Obayashi)
Ghost Story of Yotsuya (Nobuo Nakagawa)
Evil Dead Trap (Toshiharu Ikeda)
Kuroneko (Kaneto Shindo)
Ringu (Hideo Nakata)
The Snow Woman (Tokuzo Tanaka)
 
 
Mu thought was to keep it at a maximum of 15 movies, but that was just too hard. Japanese cinema is too good to keep it at such a low amount. And even now I feel like I left out way too many movies and I can think of at least 25 samurai films that should be on a list consisting of what one think of as quintessential. But I feel like I managed to cover everything I wanted to cover, ranging from classic Japanese samurai films to classic Japanese horror films, trashy horror films, exploitation and anime. It's a little something for everyone. But I could go on forever to be honest.

You need to watch Strange Circus, Love Exposure, Guilty of Romance and Himizu for sure. Quality films!

You need to watch Strange Circus, Love Exposure, Guilty of Romance and Himizu for sure. Quality films!

That's a hard pick, but I'd say you should start with Sonatine, Boiling Point, Battle Royale, Violent Cop, Brother or Hana-bi. Those are great films and you can't go wrong with any of them. He's got other films like Tokyo Eyes, Dolls and Zatoichi too that is amazing.
 
 
 
 
And as far as Japanese and unique cinema goes I'd have to agree with Tokage on the New Wave of Japanese Splatter which really ystands out. They took the whole genre to a new level of weirdness with a lot of these films. The 80's and early-mid 90's Cyberpunk scene was pretty unique and of course samurai/chambara cinema. But that's it as far as I can think of.

I thought the episode was fantastic as well. But...
 

Finished Making a Murderer today. An incredibly interesting but very flawed documentary-series about the murder of Teresa Halbach by Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey. The documentary is a bit too black & white for me and is very much one-sided, which is quite a shame. But other than that it's a well-made and superbly edited documentary about a very engaging and interesting case. Worth a look for sure.
 
The most shocking thing here is the treatment of Brendan Dassey, a teenager who's clearly not very intelligent and who clearly doesn't fully understand the situation he is in. The treatment of this, to some degree I'd guess, autistic boy is quite disgusting to be honest. He was never given a fair chance, and it just shows how awful the justice system can actually be. The facts about Brendan's defense attorney and defense attorney's hired investigator might be the most shocking thing I've ever seen. This is like taken straight outta a poorly written Law & Order episode or something. How the fucking fuck can that shit be real? Christ almight, what the actual fuck?

Still working on the H album.
 
 
 
 
Hellz yeah!

Finally, one of my J-music Holy Grails has arrived... ;w; Chu Ishikawa's glorious 3-CD Tetsuo Complete Box, featuring music from the cult classic Tetsuo movies, plus unreleased tracks and mixes (and a sick booklet). Also, the box is so thick, damnnn! lol