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LeoNatan
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Licensing 
I dropped my Netflix subscription because of that. Fuck if I care the "nuances" of Hollywood, or how "hard" they have it. I want to have the easiest life for myself. If I had to go to the torrents for half the shit I searched for, why am I paying for that crap again?
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LeoNatan
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Same reason the CGI in Terminator 2 looks better than all modern Terminators. Love, care and professionalism.
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ixigia
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It's baffling and sad indeed how superficial and fake effects can look today despite relying on immensely more powerful technology, and in my opinion a lot of blame has to be placed at how the actual scenes are shot, too. Respecting the laws of gravity and perspective in elegant subtle ways while providing attention to little details should always have the priority, unlike the oomph-y exaggerations or jarring hyper Bayspeedian scenes that many modern action movies adopt. CGI was obviously expensive as hell back then, but the way talented directors wisely used it made all the difference.
I remember watching an analysis a few months ago about the tricks used by Spielberg to make Jurassic Park look as believable as possible: he specifically worked on various angles to preserve a correct scale (something that current action movies often miss completely), he put a lot of focus on verticality, frame-within-a-frame techniques, close-ups, many scenes were shot to realistically follow the characters' reactions (and enhance them), and so on. Most of the Hollyboo directors nowadays just don't give a damn about that, and the audience with chronically low standards doesn't help either  
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| Posted: Sat, 1st Feb 2020 14:32 Post subject: ***** |
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*****
Last edited by Areius on Fri, 19th Sep 2025 16:25; edited 1 time in total
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| ixigia wrote: | | I remember watching an analysis a few months ago about the tricks used by Spielberg to make Jurassic Park look as believable as possible: he specifically worked on various angles to preserve a correct scale (something that current action movies often miss completely), he put a lot of focus on verticality, frame-within-a-frame techniques, close-ups, many scenes were shot to realistically follow the characters' reactions (and enhance them), and so on. Most of the Hollyboo directors nowadays just don't give a damn about that, and the audience with chronically low standards doesn't help either |
Exactly! That's something definitely missing in the vast majority of modern CGI "blockbusters!!!11" - that kind of care and attention to detail is what truly makes some films that much better. I finished "Fallen Kingdom" last night and, again, whilst it was a fun film with some nice effects.. it still all looked like CGI. Not once did I look and think "wow, that... that looks real!" 
| Areius wrote: | If all you're after is convenience then you should look into Sonarr or something, that's arguably even easier  |
Does it run on a PS4? Does it run on a Smart TV? Both of those are what we use the most and both have Netflix apps... it doesn't get more convenient than that 
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Sin317
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| Posted: Sat, 1st Feb 2020 15:20 Post subject: ***** |
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*****
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With the price of octacore Android boxes dropping all the time, I'm seriously considering it. I'm sure even *I* can stretch to thirty quid at one point xD
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Sin317
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is the story picking up on that sea gate that was left open or something ?
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| PickupArtist wrote: | | is the story picking up on that sea gate that was left open or something ? |
It's been a while since I watched Fallen Kingdom. But wasn't that at the start of the film?
Then the ending was the dinosaurs escaping, from the black market auction, into Americas countryside?
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Sin317
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| ITRUK wrote: | | PickupArtist wrote: | | is the story picking up on that sea gate that was left open or something ? |
It's been a while since I watched Fallen Kingdom. But wasn't that at the start of the film?
Then the ending was the dinosaurs escaping, from the black market auction, into Americas countryside? |
Yes, it was.
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s. johannson was exceptionally bad in this as well ...
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