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post #201 of 209
8/29/08 at 4:27pm
Now that they've fixed the gawdawful stunt double for Joanna Cassidy in Blade Runner, I am left wondering how a tiny guitar pick somehow stands in for a snake's scale. Just a niggle, I guess.
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post #202 of 209
8/30/08 at 1:03am
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Originally Posted by Keith Fordyce View Post
I still hear that dialogue as Melanie Whorehouse, no matter how stupid that is. And then I imagine it's Bridget Fonda's character from Jackie Brown, even though her name is Ralston or something.
It's not Whorehouse? Could have sworn it was. Seen the movie tons of times. Hear that every time.

About the concealing of her name, I don't think he even came up with it until he split the movie in two. It seems apparent from the way the story unfolds, and the fact that the first movie has a line that completely doesn't make any sense without knowing her name. It seems likely he just went "Well since the first movie is just the action half, I'll save her name for the character half." and came up with this sloppy way to do that.
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post #203 of 209
8/30/08 at 1:27am
Yeah, thing is, the gag looses it's steam. There's only one beep in Part 2, so the reveal isn't that powerful unless you've watched them back to back.

When I watched the scene to write down that dialogue, I was pretty sure it was Whorehouse. I just didn't want to sound immature.
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post #204 of 209
8/30/08 at 1:32am
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Yeah, thing is, the gag looses it's steam. There's only one beep in Part 2, so the reveal isn't that powerful unless you've watched them back to back.
It worked much, much better when only the first one was out. The mystery made it something to wonder about, and possibly try and figure out. I've also found it works pretty well when showing it to new people.

For me though, it's just kind of annoying now. Maybe, if they release a special edition DVD, they could give you the option of turning it on or off.

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When I watched the scene to write down that dialogue, I was pretty sure it was Whorehouse. I just didn't want to sound immature.
Far more immature shit is said on this site in all earnesty every day. I wouldn't sweat it.
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post #205 of 209
8/30/08 at 11:39am
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And then again another aging connection. Heath Ledger's aging makeup in Brokeback Mountain makes him look like he's been mashing potatoes with his eye sockets.
Anne Hathaway in Brokeback Mountain. The wigs, the horror.
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post #206 of 209
8/30/08 at 11:48am
I thought the beeping/unbeeping of Kiddo worked to symbolize her as terminator/mom, as said above. Her name reminds you of Beatrix Potter and the word 'kid.'

But how Morehouse sounds like Whorehouse, and the camera movement to Uma Thurman in pigtails? When I saw that, I thought "Scrubs." It took me out of the movie.
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post #207 of 209
8/30/08 at 3:22pm
I definitely hear Whorehouse. I thought maybe you looked it up, Renn, and my ears were the ones being immature.

I think the gag is unnecessary, but almost worth it for the moment Bill calls her Kiddo at the beginning of Vol. II, and you think it's just a term of endearment.

By the way, I know it's like an EVP suggestion thing, but once you know what everybody's saying, you can clearly hear it even with the beep.
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post #208 of 209
8/31/08 at 12:22am
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Each technological development takes us steps and steps away from reality. At least with rear-projection, the actors had something to play off of. There was at least some illusion of movement in their performance. Now with bluescreen/greenscreen, they don't even have that. And if the lighting in the car doesn't match the images they're to be composited with later, forget about it. That Die Hard job was just shoddy.

And though nostalgia is no excuse for a bad rear-projection job, I'd much prefer that over a badly done bluescreen job. It's really an emotional preference thing though. I'm sure someone younger than me would prefer the opposite. Though I'd call them insane!

Can anyone point me to a bluescreened in-vehicle dialogue scene that was done really well?
Fight Club with (spoilers for the five people who don't know)

[spoiler]Jack and Tyler driving away from the airport, arguing about Project Mayhem, and Tyler crashes the car into a ditch.[/spoiler]
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post #209 of 209
9/1/08 at 6:11am
THE WARRIORS. Coolest fuckin movie ever... until the last fight. All that buildup with "Warriors come out and play!" and the pussy gets one knife in his arm before the fight even starts, then they're surrounded by the Grammercy Riffs.

2nd Place: The annoying comic book panel transitions in the Director's Cut.
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