Re: [Official!] Project Horizons Comment Crew Chat thread.

[StoneSlinger88]

Not really, I just jumped and hoped the shutter speed was fast.

[Frost]

You never told me you were black.

[Ironmonger]

So some kids are outside playing with firecrackers and other sparkly-poppy shit. One of them threw a firecracker at my house, which exploded by my window, which is about a foot and a half from my head. I raise up real fast off the couch with a "WTF" expression and  I look out the window directly in front of me. The oldest one, who looked around 15, looked at me with an "Oh shit" expression.

RUN.

[Admiral Stoic Rum]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUovke8f72k

 oh the phallic references

[Harmony Ltd.]

Well, Gurren Lagan is a Gainax anime, what else would you expect ?

[Harmony Ltd.]

I have the Evangelion opening theme stuck in my head.

It is a good feeling.

[Harmony Ltd.]

Just went back from seeing World War Z.

It was decent. The Deus Ex Machina plot resolution device wasn't too cringe-worthy, and it was foreshadowed a number of times during the course of the movie from the middle onward.

On the other hand, I felt that the 3D didn't add much, so if you can see it in 2D, save yourself the hassle (and the price).

Also, the fight scenes were... the best word to describe them is "confused". Shaky cam and closeups everywhere. I guess it's a good stylistic choice to carry the feeling of confusion the characters might feel, but if you get dizzy easily or are prone to seizures, that could be a problem...

All in all, it's a decent pop-corn movie : the emotional / human parts and the action parts balance each other pretty well and don't get into each other's ways, the pacing is good, and I didn't feel there was any preachy undertone, so that's good I'd say.

Not sure it's worth paying €10 to go see, though... But, heh, I could say that of pretty much any movies out there.


Now, to wait for Pacific Rim...

[Harmony Ltd.]

Also, for a zombie movie I felt it was surprisingly easy to suspend disbelief, and I didn't catch anything that would have broke said suspensions of disbelief. At least the military was portrayed as competent, if overwhelmed.

[Frost]

That was a nice change of pace, yeah. 90% of zombie fiction portrays the military as utterly, ridiculously incompetent fuckwads--including the book the movie's 'based' on. 

I, too, will see Pacific Rim at some point, and at every opportunity will mention how dirty it sounds

 The wife was annoying, though. While everyone else is running around, making themselves useful, she just sits around crying

[Harmony Ltd.]

Not everyone is a survivor.

I have to say I internally cringed

this is a movie spoiler:

[Harmony Ltd.]

Oh also :

still a movie spoiler:

[Harmony Ltd.]

And one that will be in the mind of everyone who watched the movie :

nothing here but us spoilers:

[Frost]

later in the movie:

[Ketchup]

That was a nice change of pace, yeah. 90% of zombie fiction portrays the military as utterly, ridiculously incompetent fuckwads--including the book the movie's 'based' on. 

Ironically, only the US Army got that treatment in the book(until the re-org), really. The Indian Army, IDF, Bundeswehr, the Russian Ground Forces, and the PLA are actually shown to be at least semi-competent in their respective sections of the novel.
They did eventually win, after all.

And one that will be in the mind of everyone that watched the movie :

nothing bu us spoilers here:

Spoiler:

[Kippershy]

I refuse to go see World War Z.
It's not the book I know and love so dearly.
It's not even a fucking shell of it.
It's a good name used to try sell a crap movie, but I refuse to let it sully my beloved.

[Ketchup]

I refuse to go see World War Z.
It's not the book I know and love so dearly.
It's not even a fucking shell of it.
It's a good name used to try sell a crap movie, but I refuse to let it sully my beloved.

I had really low expectations because of the differences, but I found it to be a genuinely good movie and a worthy adaptation.

As I've said before, not everyone will like it. And I'm sure many people don't.

[Frost]

I, on the other hand, thought it was relatively good because it wasn't anything like the steaming pile of wankhole shit that was dry-humped onto paper and passed off as a book

[Harmony Ltd.]

It was a good movie on its own.

@ Ketchup : lol at the idea of Iran having nuclear weapons.

[Harmony Ltd.]

@ Ketchup : lol at the idea of Iran having nuclear weapons.

I mean, what, did Max Brooks also believe that Irak had weapons of mass destructions ?...

[Frost]

@ Ketchup : lol at the idea of Iran having nuclear weapons.

I mean, what, did Max Brooks also believe that Irak had weapons of mass destructions ?...

 Iraq had the most dangerous kind--invisible ones. You'll never see them coming.  You'll never see them on surveillance photos. The only defense is to invade any country populated mostly by brown people

[Harmony Ltd.]

The great lol is that Pakistan represent a far greater danger for the stability of the region and is a haven for islamist militants, but given it has more than half the population of the United States and is armed with nuclear weapons the US won't do anything. Even better when you consider that Pakistan is an Ally of the United States.


And after that people have the sheer gall to condemn any country trying to pursue a nuclear deterrent ? A crowd of hypocrites.

Even if I know that Iran does not in fact seek to acquire nuclear weapons, I say, good on them if they do manage to get their bombs. At least then the US will be forced to treat them decently or face the prospect of pissing-off a nuclear power fighting for its survival.

[Frost]

To be fair, though, it's not just the US that has itself all up in the Middle East's shit.

[Harmony Ltd.]

Yeah. I just hope we're not going to end up actively involved into that Syrian clusterfuck.

Because this time I'm pretty sure France will join into that one, and it won't be pretty...

We are just getting out of Afghanistan and there's still a lot to do in Mali. If we were to go into Syria, with the level of involvement that would be needed to actually do something and not just guard refugee camps with UN-white painted armored transports... Well, let's just say that we're going to be seriously outstretching our limited resources if there isn't a whole lot more people than us in the coalition.


At least I'm also pretty sure that if we have to go into Syria, it's Turkey that's going to do most of the heavy lifting, boot-on-the-ground-ing and generally dying. First because they're the most concerned by that whole mess south of their borders ; second because of all the actors in the region, they have the intersection of military capabilities, geographical position and political interests in stabilizing Syria ; and third because it would be a good symbol for Turkey to show its return to relevance on the world stage to be leading the Syrian Reconstruction Efforts.

Though the problem for Turkey is that Russia is just north of their borders, and they are supporting al-Assad against the rebels...


Basically, the only thing guaranteeing that the Syrian mess stay more or less safely contained right now is Russia.

For once, we can be glad they play their role as assholes of play.

[Frost]

Of course, I have a more direct interest than most about where the US will be sending troops in the coming months

[Harmony Ltd.]

I hear you on that one.  

" hey son, getting tired of the everyday moisture ? How about a prolonged trip in an arid area ? I'm sure you'll like it !

Well, to be perfectly honest, it's not as if you really have a choice... "

[Frost]

Ironically, it's pouring down rain right now where I am

[Harmony Ltd.]

Irony ? That was 100% intended.  

[Frost]

Unironically, I hate you. 

 In other news, my 18th is on Saturday, so anyone on the forum can PM for now-legal sexual favors, assuming you're into pale, hairy, somewhat chubby Ohioans

[Harmony Ltd.]

Unironically, I hate you.

Let's be honest, now. You hate everyone.

[Frost]

Unironically, I hate you.

Let's be honest, now. You hate everyone.

 Eh, not the Vikings. Everyone else, though

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