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post #101 of 155

Excuse me?

 

I CARE.

post #102 of 155

Also...

 

WATCH-ALONG!

post #103 of 155
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Also...

 

WATCH-ALONG!



Yes.

post #104 of 155

I just picked up the Bluray and would love to do a watch-along! I'm in as long as work doesn't get in the way.

 

edited for stupidity

post #105 of 155

So let me try spearheading this thing.

 

What's a good day for people?  I'd assume that weekends are best for most people.

 

The last two Transformers: The Movie Watch-Alongs have been done on a Saturday (7 am PST, for me).  So let's start with Saturday and see what becomes of that.

 

 


Edited by mcnooj82 - 10/9/11 at 9:06pm
post #106 of 155

I love this movie so much that I'm down to try this, if I can.

post #107 of 155

I suppose it would be smart to find out who would be up for this and what timezone each of us are in.

 

As I said, I'm on PST.  West Coast!

post #108 of 155

A watchalong would be tits on fire. I'm in.

 

EST.

post #109 of 155

Totally down if I can get the chatroom to work, and I'm not blind stinking drunk*.
EST


*maybe that won't matter

post #110 of 155

Havent done one of these in too long. Totally in, though a night would be preferable, especially since I work weekends.

post #111 of 155

I'll give this a try!

 

I'm EST

post #112 of 155

So far, most people are on EST.  And we have one person (Justin) who would prefer night time.

post #113 of 155

If you gentlemen would like to postpone this a bit so it would be on one of my days off, I'd be all up for it.

post #114 of 155

Absolutely.  Do you know which days you have off?

 

Also, do we want to do this in the CHAT ROOM or on a newly made thread?  If we do choose the CHAT ROOM, ya'll should make sure it works on your browser.

post #115 of 155

The first that comes to mind would be the 25th. I'll be free from 17:00 EST onwards. 

post #116 of 155

I'll take that opportunity to set a date.

 

October 25th. 

 

Tuesday. 

 

After 5 pm EST (2pm PST)

 

This is the date until it dies or we find one better.

post #117 of 155
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Also...

 

WATCH-ALONG!


Shoot the idea of a watch-along down the Sewer, you got a lot of excited Chewers. Myself included.
 

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I'll take that opportunity to set a date.

 

October 25th. 

 

Tuesday. 

 

After 5 pm EST (2pm PST)

 

This is the date until it dies or we find one better.


Bit later for me, but I'd still be up for that. Till all are o- I mean, I want to know more! Aim for the nerve-stem! Etc!

 

post #118 of 155

This sounds cool.

post #119 of 155

I'll pencil in a maybe. I work normal-ish hours and I'm 18 hours ahead of PST so if you guys were doing it on your Friday pm I'd be on like Donkey Kong on my Saturday am, but I may have a couple of days off around the 25th/26th anyway so with a bit of luck I could even make that.

post #120 of 155

What's a good online clock that we can use to synchronize the pressing of the PLAY button?

post #121 of 155
I would like to know more.

We've got cell phones, right? Let's just Atomic Clock this goat rodeo.
post #122 of 155

Yeah, bur my phone's clock is always acting up randomly.

post #123 of 155

Yeah, for purposes of synchronization the atomic clock would be the best choice.

 

And as for talking to each other, if you have Google+ accounts, Google hangout can handle up to nine or ten people simultaneously. We could do a trial run sometime.

post #124 of 155

Now we just need to concoct a Starship Troopers drinking game and we'll be set.

post #125 of 155

Drink every time Rico rises in the chain of command due to his superior biting it!

 

Every time Busey gives a toothy grin!

 

Every time Denise Richards does that 'slightly-parted-lips' thing!

 

Every time Clancy Brown goes, "MEDIC!!!"

post #126 of 155

Drink every time Dizzy makes a more appealing romantic lead than the actual one!

post #127 of 155

DUKE!  I know you're in here!  Will you be joining us!?

post #128 of 155

mcnooj82, No, I will not be...Singing Along, Drinking Along, Or Singing And Drinking while Posting Along.  Enjoy!

post #129 of 155

Aw Duke... that really BUGS me.

post #130 of 155

We'll see about that date, but I am SO in favor of a drinking game.

post #131 of 155

Drink every time Basil Poledouris punches you in the nuts

post #132 of 155

I'm going to turn on the commentary and drink every time Verhoeven says "Burgs".

 

post #133 of 155

Here's the world clock I use. If you scroll to below the city lists there's a UTC/GMT/Zulu clock. I somehow managed to use it to mess up my times to make the start of the Transformers watchalong but I don't blame the clock for that.

 

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

post #134 of 155

Hey mr.falcons.

 

Is this thing happening or what? I need to inform my ladies if and when my services won't be available.

post #135 of 155

Did we still want to shoot for Tuesday, Oct 25th (tomorrow for me)?

 

Or is that too sudden?

 

 

post #136 of 155
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Did we still want to shoot for Tuesday, Oct 25th (tomorrow for me)?

 

Or is that too sudden?

 

 



I'd do it. I'd do it in a heart beat! Assuming it's not while I'm at work or cleaning my kitchen floor with my mom (meaning, I'm free after 4 PM EST, roughly)

post #137 of 155

I'm down for tomorrow, but won't be home till after 6.

post #138 of 155

So, let's say:

 

Tuesday

October 25th

Tomorrow

 

7 pm (EST)

4 pm (PST)

 

... and see how that sounds for the other Chewers that showed interest.

post #139 of 155
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So, let's say:

 

Tuesday

October 25th

Tomorrow

 

7 pm (EST)

4 pm (PST)

 

... and see how that sounds for the other Chewers that showed interest.



 

Great, I just set a reminder in my REMINDERS APP in iOS 5

 

What do we do? Talk in a thread? Or in the chat room?

post #140 of 155

7 EST is midnight for me if I am correct. I'm in. Got my Jameson, got my nuts. Bring the teen space fascists on.

post #141 of 155

Wouldn't it be 2 AM in Greece?  Unless you're not currently in Greece...

 

My math could be off.  It always takes me more thought than necessary to calculate over time zones.

post #142 of 155

You guys on the left coast are still in summer, so on PDT right now, not PST, correct?

 

PST is UTC minus 8.

PDT is UTC minus 7.

 

So as I post this right now it's 12:20 there. But under PST it'd be 11:20?

post #143 of 155

Should I start a new thread for the watch-along?  Maybe it would do a better job drawing more participants.

post #144 of 155

Dammit.  I ended up editing my original post instead of starting a new one.  To repeat:  I'm in Seattle (PST) and it is currently 12:30 PM.  I'll try to remember to post around 4 PM (PST) later today to mark that time.  Any Chewer should be able to see what time that post was made based on their own timezone. 

 

post #145 of 155
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Wouldn't it be 2 AM in Greece?  Unless you're not currently in Greece...

 

My math could be off.  It always takes me more thought than necessary to calculate over time zones.


Shit, you're right. Nevermind, I'm still in.

 

 

post #146 of 155

I'm going to start a new thread for this at 4 PM (PST) to mark that as the time the watch-along will start.

post #147 of 155

So, I was watching X-Men: First Class over the weekend, and noticed Michael Ironside had an utterly thankless and forgettable role near the end as a military man. He was basically just reacting to mutant happenings, and doing a rather poor job of it. 

 

I remember distinctly thinking to myself, "Starship Troopers... now THAT'S how you use Michael Ironside." 

 

That's all. 

post #148 of 155


 

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So, I was watching X-Men: First Class over the weekend, and noticed Michael Ironside had an utterly thankless and forgettable role near the end as a military man. He was basically just reacting to mutant happenings, and doing a rather poor job of it. 

 

I remember distinctly thinking to myself, "Starship Troopers... now THAT'S how you use Michael Ironside." 

 

That's all. 



 

Though it was a very small role, I thought they made much better use of him in TERMINATOR SALVATION

 

WATCH ALONG QUESTION: how does it work? How do we sync it up?

 

 

Problem I see: unless we start from a unified point (like the second the Tristar logo comes up or something), and make sure we have it all queued up to exactly that moment ready to go), with everyone having different editions (blu ray, ETC), simply saying that we'll all push "play" on the main menu at the same time won't be enough to sync us!

 

 

Additionally, I am curious if we are to discuss the movie in the CHUD CHAT ROOM, or is there an official thread for all commentary. If its a thread, what sort of comments are best? Exclamations? Or multi sentence commentary

 

Inquiring minds want to know 

 

post #149 of 155

Finally got around to watching this. As far as Verhoeven films go, I think I would still rank RoboCop over this because I actually gave a shit about the main character in that, and the villains were more interesting in their personalities. But this is still a damned entertaining piece of action satire. Laundry list!:

 

-Johnny and Carmen are both terrible people; they frankly deserve each other. He got Dizzy killed, I'm sorry! If he had kept his mouth shut, she would've KEPT FUCKING RUNNING. And nice job yanking that claw to make her bleed out, dumbass. YOU ARE NOT A SURGEON WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING.

 

-As for Van Dien and Richards, I'll say this for Casper: his line readings and attempts to be macho are at least so bad they're hilarious, and the man's giving everything he's got (it just isn't much, hahaha). Denise... yeah, this is almost as bad as her TWINE casting. I do not for one second believe her as a badass pilot. Of course, that's probably part of the joke.

 

-These are the whitest damn Argentinians I've ever seen. Again, part of the joke, I know, but it's still bizarre.

 

-Of the young ones, Dina Meyer and (of course) Neil Patrick Harris are easily the standouts, although Jake Busey is fun because of how unintentionally creepy he is (and god DAMN he looks so much like Gary here. It's those fucking teeth). I will note that poor Dina is unfortunately saddled with those terrible last words: I GOT TO HAVE YOU JOHNNY BLURGH. Excuse me while I wretch. Everyone else is just kind of "there".

 

-The real stars here are Michael Ironside and Clancy Brown, who easily steal the film away from their pretty cadets. I was disappointed to see Ironside apparently leave the film early, so I practically cheered when he popped up again. Clancy... do I need to say anything? I already loved him as a voice actor, but after seeing him in this and Shawshank, I love him even more.

 

-Yeah, the effects still hold up thanks to a combination of various techniques. I actually kind of like the brain bug for how disgustingly fleshy it is, although I can't help but feel sorry for it at the end with those big, sad eyes. Well, and they're fucking torturing it, so that helps.

 

-Biggest laughs of the movie for me were following the censored death of the cow with visibly eviscerated Mormons (they ruin everything!), the dumbass soldiers cheerfully handing out guns and ammo to kids, and what look like some of the same kids stomping cockroaches with glee.

 

-Oh, and that the *black guy* whips the shit out of Rico. And the hilariously stupid military tactics. I'm not even IN the military and I can tell you that.

post #150 of 155

I'm flabbergasted that there are people who know Clancy Brown primarily as a voice actor.  Not that he's not great at it, but you need to check out Highlander and Carnivale but now.

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