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post #1 of 27
5/9/09 at 6:28am
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AKA: "Hey guys! Let's once again pat the backs of/blow the writers!"

I was searching for an In Bruges review(by the way, if anyone can link me to the other reviews of the film, let me know. This was "Alex's take", which implies there are more)... and yeah, I started clicking like a maniac, and reading older reviews.

I'm talking theatrical and DVD reviews. I'm sure I've missed a few. The entertaining DVD reviews, caps, and captions are what drew me here in the first place, after all.

Devin- Halloween, obviously. Great stuff. He's written better of course(same goes for Nick and Russ), but this review is brutal. The review score that will live in infamy.

Nick- Torque DVD review. Hopefully the screencaps are still there, they aren't showing up for me for some reason. So good.

Russ- In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale. Love it. What else could be done with this film? I'll admit, I haven't seen it, but the review is more entertaining than the movie, no doubt(I have seen the dude's first 3 American movies).

Some of yous cats with superior searching skillz should track down some of the old ones you love, I'm keen on reading them(links please!). Plus, there are a ton of great writers throughout the years that I'm totally leaving out. Beaks and Smilin' Jack for instance, and Slater has done some DVD reviews that killed me.
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post #2 of 27
5/9/09 at 7:36am
Slater did a DVD review of a kids film called Xtreme Ape or something like that, and I remember it as one of the reasons I stuck with CHUD. I can't find the link.
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post #3 of 27
5/9/09 at 7:57am
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Originally Posted by Nexus-7 View Post
(by the way, if anyone can link me to the other reviews of the film, let me know. This was "Alex's take", which implies there are more)
Sadly, that was the only one.

Speaking of multiple reviews, though, I have to say I really enjoyed the week of No Country takes, especially Anderson's and Matchstick's.
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post #4 of 27
5/9/09 at 8:51am
I still make it a point to hunt down Slater's Holiday Orgy of Despair series around Christmas time for sure fire gut laughs.
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post #5 of 27
5/9/09 at 9:05am
Devin's Aqua Teen Movie Review

Nick's epic take on Saw

If I had more time, I'd seek out the Police Academy and Most Xtreme Primate DVD reviews. A job for someone else I guess.
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post #6 of 27
5/9/09 at 9:22am
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Originally Posted by LinusUK View Post
If I had more time, I'd seek out the Police Academy and Most Xtreme Primate DVD reviews. A job for someone else I guess.
That was the one! Fuck yes! Thank you, sir!
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post #7 of 27
5/9/09 at 9:22am
Does anyone else have trouble viewing pre-revamp articles? I get question marks in place of the original punctuation.
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post #8 of 27
5/9/09 at 9:31am
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Same here, I get weird symbols. Similar to if I ran across a foreign font or something.

Did anyone else get images for that Torque review?
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post #9 of 27
5/9/09 at 9:36am
No Torque pics here. I've noticed images missing from other articles too-- the new Gilmore Girls thread had me going through the DVD reviews and I was saddened to see that the caption "Slitherin girls put out" is no longer illustrated.
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post #10 of 27
5/9/09 at 9:45am
Devins beautiful review of The Fountain and his spot on take on Hot Fuzz.

...and probably my favorite, Nicks DVD reviews (that essentially mirror my own) of The Fellowship Of The Ring, The Two Towers (couldn't track it, I think it's been lost in the update - even the imdb link to Nicks review goes nowhere now) and The Return Of The King.

PS, if anyone with access to Nicks original reviews of all three Rings films is reading, I'd love to read them again if they can be accessed.
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post #11 of 27
6/19/09 at 12:45pm
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This is greatness.
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post #12 of 27
6/19/09 at 12:47pm
I will make it a point to fix the classic DVD reviews.
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post #13 of 27
6/19/09 at 12:50pm
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Originally Posted by Nexus-7 View Post
Which you should go and digg.
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post #14 of 27
6/19/09 at 12:51pm
Nick's Saw review is definitely one of my all-time favorites.
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post #15 of 27
6/19/09 at 12:56pm
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Originally Posted by Phil View Post
Done!
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post #16 of 27
6/19/09 at 1:00pm
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Originally Posted by Nexus-7 View Post
Same here, I get weird symbols. Similar to if I ran across a foreign font or something.

Did anyone else get images for that Torque review?
In Opera 10.00 I just had to switch the browser's text encoding from default Unicode UTF-8 to Western ISO-8859-1 to clear up the weird symbols.
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post #17 of 27
6/19/09 at 1:02pm
Classic DVD reviews are fixable by the user. Go to View --> Character Encoding --> Western (ISO-8859-1) in whatever browser you're using. The old articles don't seem to like Unicode.
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post #18 of 27
6/19/09 at 1:03pm
Since I just dug this up for a new story...

http://chud.com/articles/articles/14...MBO/Page1.html
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post #19 of 27
6/19/09 at 2:00pm
There was a terrific fake Batman review done (I think) by Andre, where the film was a 70s era grindhouse flick. It was a really interesting fictional review, and if anyone can provide a link I'll buy you a hoagie.
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post #20 of 27
6/19/09 at 2:17pm
It was actually a blog post:

http://chud.com/articles/blogs/793/D...tman-1976.html

this is the poster I made for it: http://chud.com/articles/blogs/798/I...THIS-Blog.html
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post #21 of 27
6/19/09 at 2:26pm
I just cracked up from the "I LOVE ROHAN'S BRUNSWICK LANES!" screengrabs from Nick's ROTK:EE review. This was right as I had a customer walk in. I had to do my best to stifle the idiot grin on my face. You know how hard that is!?

Bless you, Nick.
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post #22 of 27
6/19/09 at 2:35pm
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Originally Posted by Renn Brown View Post
I was about to post the link to that great Peckinpah Batman blog, but Renn beat me to it. Also, great poster, Renn.
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post #23 of 27
6/19/09 at 3:06pm
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Originally Posted by Trevor View Post
Classic DVD reviews are fixable by the user. Go to View --> Character Encoding --> Western (ISO-8859-1) in whatever browser you're using. The old articles don't seem to like Unicode.
That's the default (I think) in Firefox, and I still get question marks all over the place.

(edit) Huh, it worked the second time. Bizarre.

(2edit) For some reason, the old articles trigger a change from Western to Unicode. Still missing a lot of images either way.
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post #24 of 27
6/20/09 at 1:19am
the movie microscope. the only reason I ever felt the urge to seek out the Black Knight.

Bring it Back!!
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post #25 of 27
6/20/09 at 1:30am
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Originally Posted by Renn Brown View Post
Thanks Renn! Great poster!
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post #26 of 27
6/20/09 at 2:42am
Nick's review of SAW.
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post #27 of 27
8/11/09 at 3:30pm
Definitely Devin's review of Alexander. he is maybe the only person to really get that film besides myself adn obviously Mr Stone i've ever heard of.

Second fave... devin's review of ong bak. it so perfectly sums up what makes that movie a classic
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