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    I know that made for TV movies are usually not their thing unless it's something spectacular like the Sharknado franchise or the Elizabeth Taylor movie that Lohan did but this is something really out there.

    In the present day idyllic kingdom of Auradon, the benevolent teenaged son of the King and Queen (Beast and Belle from Disney’s iconic "Beauty and the Beast") is poised to take the throne. His first official proclamation: offer a chance at redemption to the trouble-making offspring of Cruella De Vil, Maleficent, The Evil Queen, and Jafar, who have been imprisoned on the Isle of the Lost, a forbidden island where all the other villains, sidekicks, evil step-mothers and step-sisters are placed upon their defeat.

     

    These villainous descendants are allowed into the kingdom to attend prep school alongside the offspring of iconic Disney heroes. However, the evil teens face a dilemma: Should they follow in their nefarious parents’ footsteps and help all the villains regain power by stealing the Fairy Godmother's magic wand, or embrace their innate goodness and save the kingdom?

    I had to do work with the poster for this movie and now all I want to do is to watch this trainwreck and laugh and laugh and laugh.

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    science corner.

     

    i did my best to search through the other posts to make sure that i wasn't repeating something someone else already said, but my cat is asleep on my arm so instead of doing the sensible thing, i'm trying to balance my slippery computer on my sternum while doing everything with my non-dominant hand.

     

     

    all reptiles have lungs (and not gills) so turtles need to surface in order to breathe.

    but you'd think they'd be able to hold their breath longer, right?

     

    weeeeeird.. i did a cursory wikipedia search and found some weird turtle/tortoise respiratory facts/"facts":

    • "...some species have modified their cloaca to increase the area for gas exchange". <-- they exhale through their butts?
    • they don't really have a diaphragm, and because of the varying rigidity of turtle shells, it sounds like there's some kind of internal Rube Goldberg machine at work.. some of sets of muscles work like our diaphragm.. but other turtles basically need to retract/protract their legs in order to breathe? some maybe need to be walking for this to worki think i'm misunderstanding that part, while green sea turtles can't breathe while "walking".. so when you see video of a turtle dragging itself on a beach to lay eggs it's holding it's breathe while moving and can only breathe when resting..
    • and something about most reptiles not having a separation between thei nasal and oral cavities.. so the Turtles wouldn't likely be able to talk (breathe) while eating pizza. i think.

    WHAT?

     

    http://illuminations...com/archives/63"

     

    some turtles can actually breathe through their butts!?

     

     

     

     

    http://www.nejm.org/...200011233432118

     

    apparently it was most likely breast cancer.

    This was some serious knowledge dropped! I have to admit that I am definitely not an expert on turtles (or any reptiles for that matter) so I didn't know the extent of their ability to breathe underwater. I just knew what I have seen from the turtles that live in the pond by my house ahaha. But I have to completely agree that turtles should still be able to hold their breath for longer!!!

     

    And that article about Michelangelo was so interesting! That brings up so many points I have never heard discussed among art historians!

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    I totally get it not working for people. I don't even think it really works. But I still like it.

     

    I agree that the CGI is super inconsistent. Ebert even pointed out the oddity of faraway shots of the Hulk looking worse than closeups, which makes no sense at all.

     

    BUT there are some really great effects, like that fight between Hulk and Absorbing Man where they jump from cloud to cloud via lightning. That thing is absolutely beautiful.

     

    I would also argue that the casting is much better than the Ed Norton Hulk.

    Sam Elliot's Thunderbolt Ross > William Hurt's Thunderbolt Ross

    Jennifer Connolly's Betty > Liv Tyler's Betty

    Etc., etc.

    Oh man yeah the cloud fight was actually pretty spectacular. But that video that Lando posted above may be some of the worst I've ever seen. It came out in 2003 and all of that reads like a 90s movie.

     

    I also agree about Sam Elliot being greater than William Hurt but I have to say I really liked Liv Tyler more than Jennifer Connolly. I may be slightly biased because I genuinely love Liv but I enjoyed her performance in The Incredible Hulk more.

     

    And I don't think any of the Bruce Banners beat Mark Ruffalo so that's not a fair fight haha.

  17. Posted

    I have to agree that it really was shot beautifully. I appreciated that Ang Lee really wanted to bring the comic-vibe to the screen, but unfortunately it just did not pay off for me. I think it was a combination of everything rather than just his directing. The acting from every single cast member was awful. The special effects were awful. Everything is awful (please sing the tune of Everything is Awesome while reading this).

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    ...or a musician. (Why yes, that was a sick burn)

     

    And just so you don't go to sleep tonight thinking you won this thing, I'd like to point out, we still have the all important swimsuit competition coming up. I've been leaving the manscaping up to Great Mother Gaia and, not to brag or anything, I'm feeling pretty confident.

     

    Ladies...

     

    I know when to admit defeat and this is that time. That was one hell of a note to end on, my friend. Congratulations on a ridiculously amazing game.

     

    I think Tom Selleck liked that too...

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    Yup. Not only that, I will not sit idly by as you use the golden visage of the good Mr. Tom Selleck against me! I'll let Lando be the arbiter on this, but I feel that it was implied in the challenge that he set forth that we would each have to choose either Selleck or Simmons to be our champion in this contest of wits. You weren't here, so I chose Selleck*. From this point forward, if you are going slander me and my good name, I would appreciate it if in you only used .gifs of Gene Simmons.

     

    Good luck with that!

     

    *Last Halloween I actually dressed as Magnum. I really think owning my own red, Hawaiian shirt and Tigers baseball cap only furthers my exclusive claim to use his images.

    1. That's some buuullllllll shiiiiittttttt. Lando will have to be our official judge but I did not see those extensive rules in that post. If we are going on Iron Chef rules then everything on that damn table is to be used, which includes Tom Selleck and Gene Simmons. Which would require you to use the tongue yourself.

    2. All of these gifs I found of Gene Simmons are rather upsetting...

     

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