The Lynch film is awesome, but terrible.
I love the designs - the costumes and sets - and some of the effects are amazing... but then others are just crap and stupid looking.
Still not seen the new one - going to the cinema is still not on the cards for those of feeble lung.
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Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Thu 27 Jan 2022, 9:52,
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It's a real shame.
Because this is one of the few films in the last decade (at least) that genuinely deserves a cinema viewing.
I'm totally with you, though. I'm not particularly concerned about contracting Covid, but the thought of spending 2+ hours surrounded by fuckwits that are unwilling/unable to keep their faces covered is my idea of hell - and I didn't much like going to the cinema before all this, anyway.
I'm lucky enough to have a reasonably large telly and a reasonably good surround sound setup which is capable of at least doing justice to the movie - especially if I sit close, but a soundbar and a 43" flatscreen really isn't going to cut it.
I'm counting on Chapter One being re-released for cinemas when Chapter Two finally gets released so folk can sit down and watch the whole thing in one go. Maybe by then I'll be able to visit the local cinema without wanting to bludgeon to death everybody within 20 feet. Maybe.
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Imma waiting for Chapter 2
I have my nice 4k 55" telly and ye olde (but still perfectly good) digital Sony surround system sitting and waiting. I did have a projector and pull down screen back in the day when 1080p HD was a thing but I can't afford a 4k projector so the 55 will have to do :)
Considering my first telly was a 14" Samsung I think I'll be fine :)
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TBL I posted this on, Thu 27 Jan 2022, 13:42,
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The new one is fantastic.
I've watched it about 8 times already.
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Boris Johnson's Press Secretary, Thu 27 Jan 2022, 18:08,
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I'm not far behind.
Had to watch it a second time almost immediately because I was so distracted by the visual spectacle the first time round. Best CGI I've ever seen.
Then showed it to the folks at Christmas as an excuse to watch it again (and because my 75 year old dad gets a real kick out of the sound system).
It's so bloody well done.
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Yeah it's great being a single virgin, ain't it?
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Fri 28 Jan 2022, 9:03,
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No kids or partner to constantly funnel money into?
It's fucking brilliant. I've basically got the disposable income of somebody on twice my salary.
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