I love this, I have a copy of Vic and Blood somewhere by Harlan Ellison and Richard Corben that this was based off, one of my favorite comics
One of the things I've been most genuinely thankful for in recent years is that Harlan finished the story before he died.
I could be wrong but I think "Blood's a Rover" is his final written work to be released, which is just absolutely a gift to humanity.
Re: MOVIES
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 6:53 pm
by DevilDoa
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Re: MOVIES
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 2:23 am
by Tolenza
The Hobbit trilogy wasn't too bad from what I remember, but it doesn't have a Helm's Deep so it's not that crazy.
I almost exclusively watch movies from between 1920 and 1970. I feel like back in the day it was only the cream of the crop films that were even allowed to be greenlit, so you got these stellar over the top performances from even the most minor characters. It also feels like the writers, actors and directors have an actual educated understanding of the human condition. In every modern movie evil and good are not just obvious, but simple, without any real drama or conflict from the characters. Good people end good and bad people end bad. There are obviously good movies to have come out in the past 50 years, but I feel like modern films use the same devices those in the 20's created, but forgot that you're supposed to fucking innovate it. Older movies are just classier, the culture around them was cleaner and the style of acting was very "honorable" for lack of a better term. There was a lot of dimension to characters, be it from slight facial expressions, or a certain intonation in their voice, they just had a better grip IMO.
I almost exclusively watch movies from between 1920 and 1970. I feel like back in the day it was only the cream of the crop films that were even allowed to be greenlit, so you got these stellar over the top performances from even the most minor characters. It also feels like the writers, actors and directors have an actual educated understanding of the human condition. In every modern movie evil and good are not just obvious, but simple, without any real drama or conflict from the characters. Good people end good and bad people end bad. There are obviously good movies to have come out in the past 50 years, but I feel like modern films use the same devices those in the 20's created, but forgot that you're supposed to fucking innovate it. Older movies are just classier, the culture around them was cleaner and the style of acting was very "honorable" for lack of a better term. There was a lot of dimension to characters, be it from slight facial expressions, or a certain intonation in their voice, they just had a better grip IMO.
in those times all actors were theatre actors, some just did films too.
Now that CGI and social media is a big thing, actors are little more than pretty faces with memorable enough names to pivot from one pop film to the next.
For example, look at how many of the films from that period led with the credits and how slow the names scrolled. It was a different time for a different sort of consumer and I don't blame you for having any sort of taste.
