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# I loved that film
My Good lady wanted to buy the game for the DS but I explained that games based on movies generally suck, as do movies based on games
(I helped save b3ta! Laird Dave Draws Now charges to take off his clothes., Mon 30 Jul 2007, 13:52, archived)
# This is not fundamentally true.
The Chronicles of Riddick was good. But was probably just an exception to the rule actually

Edit: what the fuck is going on with my posts? they keep posting themselves before I'm done typing.
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 13:52, archived)
# I said Generally
I thought the chronicles of Riddick was a bit pap myself, but different folks different strokes.
(I helped save b3ta! Laird Dave Draws Now charges to take off his clothes., Mon 30 Jul 2007, 13:55, archived)
# perchance
but the movie sucked
(The Director of Directing, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 13:55, archived)
# Well I liked it :(
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 13:56, archived)
# also....
that bit with the scorpion transformer

why did he track them for ages before attacking?
then why, once he does start to attack did he just stand out in the open
shooting at the walls instead of at the solidiers??
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:00, archived)
# Because if the soldiers had died they wouldn't be able to fight later on
and ride awesome motorbikes, skid under transformers and fire SABOT rounds into the "weak armour under the chest" (which they never actually said how they discovered, because they'd spent the past fuck-knows-how-long just shooting blindly and doing no damage)

I know it's full of plotholes and stupid shit. But I like that stuff :D
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:02, archived)
# any cnut can throw a film together full of cheese and plot holes
if i wanted to see a lump of two bit crap
i'd have watched Channel Five's saturday matinee

i do not want to pay over £7 to watch a badly thought out turd
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:05, archived)
# Then you
and I
are on two different wavelengths. ;p

Did you see it with friends or anything? I saw it with two other guys and we all took the piss out of pisstakeable scenes (alright, not EVERY pisstakeable scene, we'd just be talking for the entire movie if we did that :D), which just made the whole thing all the more entertaining.

I don't tend to think too hard about entertainment like this. If it makes me laugh or think "fuck yes" for whatever reason, it's £4.85 well spent (sod paying £7+ when I can get a student discount :D)
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:09, archived)
# i understand where you're coming from
and i do enjoy the odd cheesy flick

some films are so bad they become good
but Transformers was a film i didn't want to be in this camp
i just expected a bit more, and that's where it all went wrong for me :(
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:31, archived)
# Ah, you went in with expectations.
Never expect things, good or bad. Clear your mind. Enter with a blank slate and take it at face value. ONLY THEN CAN YOU ACHIEVE TRUE ZEN HARMONY. GO ZEN!
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:33, archived)
# normaly i can
but when it comes to childhood dreams
and having waited over 20 years for this film
how could i not have had expectations?

(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:36, archived)
# Unfortunate.
Like I said, I don't even like the original transformers stuff. I didn't even want to see the film all that much - but I'm glad I did :D

One of the guys I went with was a really big transformers fan. He said things like "What the fuck? He's meant to be multiple robots, not just one robot!" (regarding whatever the hell the tank decepticon is called) and other such things, but he still liked the film for its lulz :D
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:39, archived)
# so...
next time your favourite band releases an album and it turns out shit,
it will be your fault for expecting too much?

(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 15:01, archived)
# I don't have a favourite band.
But if that ever happened, I'd just go "Oh, well that album's shit." and just keep listening to the old stuff.

Like Infected Mushroom. I like their new stuff, but hate their old stuff. So I just listen to the stuff I like.

I try not to get too hyped about anything. Fallout 3, for example, is a game I'm looking forward to - but I don't expect it to be a fantastic game or anything, because Bethesda are making it.
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 15:10, archived)
# i understand where you're coming from
but on the other hand
if the album was crap, you wouldn't keep playing it and laughing at how
crap it was, and how much you enjoyed it's crapness

i too am waiting for fallout 3
*fingers crossed*

the trouble with never expecting anything is
you never get excited about anything, and that's half the fun
especially when something DOES live up to your expectations
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 15:18, archived)
# Yeah, you have a point.
It's hard to get craptastic lulz out of music, though. The music has to be at least a bit funky in order for that to happen - see MC Hammer :D
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 15:25, archived)
# There are exceptions.
Spiderman 2 was an awesome game.
(I helped save b3ta! Willwillwritehiswill An arse like a slapped face., Mon 30 Jul 2007, 13:54, archived)
# street fighter alpha 3
based on the anime, is tops!
especially the Ken and Ryu Vs Bison option :)

and ghost busters on the ZX spectrum kicked ass!
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 13:57, archived)
# Spectrum???
Commodore 64 ftw!
(I helped save b3ta! Aenesis, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 13:58, archived)
# ...I had an Amstrad....
By I, I mean my brother..I rarely got a go on it.
(I helped save b3ta! (|D[ekionplexis B3ta.com: fictional child porn is OK, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:01, archived)
# ha ha!
old school fanboyism!

still, it was a class game no matter the system
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:02, archived)
# indeed.
*straps vacuum cleaner to VW Beetle*
(I helped save b3ta! - D - SharkTrousers, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:06, archived)
# DON'T CROSS THE STREAMS!!!
:P
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:08, archived)
# *high fives*
(I helped save b3ta! mugatu, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:02, archived)
# "He slimed me!"
First time I heard my computer speak... I nearly shit myself
(I helped save b3ta! Hamster Trippin' aka Mr. Titts, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:04, archived)
# I remember the first time I heard a Mega-drive say 'SEEEEEEEEGAAAAAAAA', as Sonic loaded, I thought it was magic.
(I helped save b3ta! (|D[ekionplexis B3ta.com: fictional child porn is OK, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:18, archived)
# any film that has every best bit in the trailer
is seriously lacking in best bits
:D
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 13:54, archived)
# The Simpsons is a bit like this, alot of the best bits are in the trailer
but they leave enough in for a funny film.
I hated the animation style though, it worked for futurama but not the simpsons. The 3d mixed with 2d was done in a too obvious way.
(I helped save b3ta! Aenesis, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:03, archived)
# i recently visited a friend of mine...
"hey!" says friend "i've got the simpsons movie downloaded, wanna watch it??"

"hell yeah" i replied

*watches.....*

what the fuh...
hold on, this is four simpsons TV episodes edited together
labelled "Movie" and placed on bit-torrent!!

ha ha! how i laughed
especially as my friend had already watched it before
and hadn't noticed...
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:08, archived)
# hahahaahahaha
I love "film buffs" who grab all their films off the web and never seen them on proper copies at the cinema or on DVD, missing out all the detail, parts of the screen, chunks of the film when a digital tape runs out and only hearing it in mono.

It's like a wine expert who has only drunk schloer
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:11, archived)
# ^THIS SO HARD
You haven't seen a film if you've watched it like that.

OMG I SAW 300 ON YOUTUBE.

(Quatermass and teh Shit, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:15, archived)
# they go on about picture quality
but it's the sound that's the worst

a film's score is so unconciously important
and yet it's the most lacking part of any pirate copy
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:18, archived)
# ha ha!
too true Mr Toast
too true
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:16, archived)
# That said, due to the fucking disgrace in the UK not getting Ratatouille until October
I watched a download of it a couple of weeks ago. The poor quality of a camcorder job had almost been rectified by what appeared to be a watercolour filter being applied to the whole film!

It made it quite acceptable to watch. Needless to say Ratatouille is fucking awesome and I will be queuing up outside the cinema come release and buying the Blu Ray as soon as it's out (Pixar's short films have just been announced on a Blu-Ray compilation by the way, for those who get excited by such things)
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:20, archived)
# i've had my eye on this film since the first teaser trailer
looks really funny
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:25, archived)
# "funny" doesn't do it justice
It's already listed at 66 in the IMDB's all time top 250 films! (ahead of Raging Bull, Metropolis, Forest Gump, 2001, etc etc)
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:29, archived)
# What the fuck
Are you with FA(C)T or something? :D

I find it hilarious that FA(C)T or whatever other anti-pirate organisations can only try to get people to stop pirating by telling them the quality is worse

Apparently something being ILLEGAL isn't enough to stop someone doing something these days. Hahaha.
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:16, archived)
# ^ this ^
because what are they going to do about the perfect copies??
are those ok to watch because they're good quality??
:D
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:19, archived)
# "What the fuck"
are you on about?

I was talking about people who think they have seen every film when they've been watching 300mb camcorder jobs that feature an anorak over the lens every 20 minutes.

Not copyright. I'm not getting in to that again (for a while at least)

but I get your point about their adverts seemingly about shitty versions over good ones
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:21, archived)
# I'm talking about in the cinema, before a film begins
a copyright notice comes up which says pretty much exactly what you just said. Sometimes it says "Pirates are illegal oh no :(", but lately it's just been "If you watch pirated films, you lose out on QUALITY! See the REAL THING!".

There was a Ratatouille version of such a warning before Transformers, actually. Saying that pirated films are like eating junk and that proper cinema experience is like eating gourmet cheese. That's what I was getting at :p
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:24, archived)
# the thing is, I hate going to the cinema
because I find the film is spoilt by screaming kids, twats talking and stuff like that.

:D
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:27, archived)
# Transformers on saturday was spoilt even more by the
35mins of adverts shown before the feature

this was really taking the piss
my arse was going numb before the bloody film even started!
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:29, archived)
# I love film trailers, but surely there's enough product placement
in movies now to stop this now?
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:32, archived)
# no no no
there were two trailers
the rest was phone and car adverts, around 20mins worth
all stuff you see on the telly everyday

i could hack 30mins of trailers!
in fact, give me a 30min transformers trailer, call it a day and i'd be happy!

:D
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:34, archived)
# Haha
Strangely there was none of that in the two films I saw in a row yesterday. The Simpsons had a couple of childrens doing really forced HA HA HA HA laughs for no reason at all, but they didn't do it often (and it only continued for like 2 seconds after everyone else had stopped laughing for real), and there was only like nine people in the 3000-seat* studio watching Transformers :D

*may be made up. I have no idea how many seats it actually has.
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:29, archived)
# oddly enough, i also saw both TF & Simpsons at t'cinema yesterday.
(I helped save b3ta! - D - SharkTrousers, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:32, archived)
# Could it be... that YOU are ME!?
GET OUT OF MY HEAD, ALTERNATE PERSONALITY
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:34, archived)
# I'M CRISPS!
(I helped save b3ta! - D - SharkTrousers, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:37, archived)
# I wish I was crisps.
WAIT I'M CRISPS TOO
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:40, archived)
# *spooky musics*
(I helped save b3ta! - D - SharkTrousers, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:42, archived)
# This is very true.
The last film I downloaded was Ghost Rider. I wish I had seen it on the big screen now. I have the DVD which is almost as good.
(I helped save b3ta! Aenesis, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:21, archived)
# You have down well sir.
(I helped save b3ta! (|D[ekionplexis B3ta.com: fictional child porn is OK, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 13:58, archived)
# Down what?
(I helped save b3ta! Laird Dave Draws Now charges to take off his clothes., Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:08, archived)
# I meant 'done'.
Down my chubby hands....I meant damn there...shit..
(I helped save b3ta! (|D[ekionplexis B3ta.com: fictional child porn is OK, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:11, archived)
# It sucks
had a go on the xbox version - I want those 5 minutes back!

I was having the same discussion with a mate about are there any good film to game conversions, and the only ones we could think of were the chronicles of riddick (not played it psersonally) and most of the star wars games
(I helped save b3ta! Weetobix, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:08, archived)
# Oh
and Batman on the spectrum
(I helped save b3ta! Weetobix, Mon 30 Jul 2007, 14:09, archived)