Best Films of 2016/2017

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Post by Speaker to Animals » Tue Feb 28, 2017 7:02 pm

Alexander PhiAlipson wrote:
Speaker to Animals wrote:So the movie is more AIDS?
I wouldn't call it full-blown, but there's only one character--and only she can save us from ourselves.
Give it a watch:
http://www.zmovie.se/movies/view/arrival-2016

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Post by Okeefenokee » Tue Feb 28, 2017 7:59 pm

Alexander PhiAlipson wrote:
GloryofGreece wrote:Arrival was original and inspiring in a lot of ways. Great message overall.
I'm with her.
Stronger together.
We need someone who'll unite us, not divide us.
I just finished watching it (online, for free.) There's only one person in the whole world who can reach out to the aliens and the Chinese, and she happens to be a beautiful, young woman with a tragic past... but she is brave enough, smart enough, and strong enough, to overcome a world ruled by cowardly, stupid, and weak men--because she can see the future.
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Re: Best Films of 2016/2017

Post by GloryofGreece » Wed Mar 01, 2017 6:49 am

I forgot how cunty most of the DCF was. A couple of months off should have been a little longer most likely. Yall are so cynical its corrosive. No sentimentality, no passion other than fake disgust, and nothing but glib responses. Sure, the ONLY realistic possibility for Aliens coming here is war and colonization...ok

For your time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDut-A2GtLA
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Post by Dand » Wed Mar 01, 2017 7:26 am

I think there was some paradoxical/circular logic going on when Amy Adams spoke to the Chinese man. That was the only part I had a problem with. iirc The aliens wanted Earth's help with some unexplained problem so it wasn't just benevolent aliens bestowing gifts on savage humans. They needed the humans for some reason.

Mostly I was into the alien design, the visuals, and the score.

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Re: Best Films of 2016/2017

Post by Speaker to Animals » Wed Mar 01, 2017 7:28 am

GloryofGreece wrote:I forgot how cunty most of the DCF was. A couple of months off should have been a little longer most likely. Yall are so cynical its corrosive. No sentimentality, no passion other than fake disgust, and nothing but glib responses. Sure, the ONLY realistic possibility for Aliens coming here is war and colonization...ok

For your time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDut-A2GtLA


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GloryofGreece wrote:I forgot how cunty most of the DCF was. A couple of months off should have been a little longer most likely. Yall are so cynical its corrosive. No sentimentality, no passion other than fake disgust, and nothing but glib responses. Sure, the ONLY realistic possibility for Aliens coming here is war and colonization...ok

For your time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDut-A2GtLA
What other motive do you see for an interstellar species to bother with making contact? It would be the equivalent of Europeans landing in South America. Just here for the loot, fuck off.
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Post by SilverEagle » Wed Mar 01, 2017 8:12 am

Two movies that I'm looking forward to seeing.

1. Star Wars Episode VIII
2. Logan, which I hope to see this weekend.
There is a time for good men to do bad things.

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Post by GloryofGreece » Wed Mar 01, 2017 8:12 am

GrumpyCatFace wrote:
GloryofGreece wrote:I forgot how cunty most of the DCF was. A couple of months off should have been a little longer most likely. Yall are so cynical its corrosive. No sentimentality, no passion other than fake disgust, and nothing but glib responses. Sure, the ONLY realistic possibility for Aliens coming here is war and colonization...ok

For your time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDut-A2GtLA
What other motive do you see for an interstellar species to bother with making contact? It would be the equivalent of Europeans landing in South America. Just here for the loot, fuck off.
You didn't listen to the video or use your mind. Be creative. There are multiple possibilities. And your main problem is your prescribing Human characteristics/motives etc. to ALIENS. I know I expect too much from avatars on a niche obscure forum.
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Post by GloryofGreece » Wed Mar 01, 2017 8:13 am

SilverEagle wrote:Two movies that I'm looking forward to seeing.

1. Star Wars Episode VIII
2. Logan, which I hope to see this weekend.
Awesome. Someone can play the game! :clap:
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Post by SuburbanFarmer » Wed Mar 01, 2017 8:15 am

GloryofGreece wrote:
GrumpyCatFace wrote:
GloryofGreece wrote:I forgot how cunty most of the DCF was. A couple of months off should have been a little longer most likely. Yall are so cynical its corrosive. No sentimentality, no passion other than fake disgust, and nothing but glib responses. Sure, the ONLY realistic possibility for Aliens coming here is war and colonization...ok

For your time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDut-A2GtLA
What other motive do you see for an interstellar species to bother with making contact? It would be the equivalent of Europeans landing in South America. Just here for the loot, fuck off.
You didn't listen to the video or use your mind. Be creative. There are multiple possibilities. And your main problem is your prescribing Human characteristics/motives etc. to ALIENS. I know I expect too much from avatars on a niche obscure forum.
Calm down. Most of us already listened to NDT on Joe Rogan.

He's an optimistic guy, but I don't find it particularly realistic to broadcast our presence across the void, and expect a far more advanced species to come calling with purely altruistic motives.

I find it more likely that they'd simply ignore us and go about their business, unless we had something they want on our tiny rock. if that were the case, there would certainly be no reason for them to treat us as equals, other than as some sort of 'humanitarian' mission.
SJWs are a natural consequence of corporatism.

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