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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2011.07.27 21:11:00 - [ 1]
You just know Hollywood is out of ideas when they make a movie about "Battleship", the BOARD GAME. "Yes, that Battleship - the board game where players take turns "shooting" at little plastic boats hidden on little plastic grids. In case you're wondering how that's going to look on the big screen, let me give you the low-down.
Rock Strongjaw is a renegade Navy man who ****es off Admiral Fallout by putting the schmooze on his daughter. Then he goes off to sea with his brother and rival, Broody McBlueeyes, where they meet giant robot aliens. Cue explosions, roll credits and insipid Rihanna song. The end, baby!" Oh, yeah, included is the trailer. Liam Neeson is in it. What... the... f...udge ? |
Blacksquirrel |
Posted - 2011.07.27 21:16:00 - [ 2]
Old news actually. Also I believe they're making one about monopoly. |
Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2011.07.27 21:16:00 - [ 3]
What's next, tic-tac-toe and pac-man ? |
JordanParey
Suddenly Ninjas
Tear Extraction And Reclamation Service |
Posted - 2011.07.27 21:52:00 - [ 4]
Pac-Man would make a great action-adventure film.
Also.. I sunk my battleship.. in your mom. |
Slade Trillgon
Endless Possibilities Inc.
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Posted - 2011.07.27 22:01:00 - [ 5]
That actually looks pretty..... Pac-Man Slade |
Maddi5on |
Posted - 2011.07.27 22:16:00 - [ 6]
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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2011.07.27 22:56:00 - [ 7]
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Kalle Demos
Amarr
Helix Protocol
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Posted - 2011.07.27 23:08:00 - [ 8]
 Originally by: Akita T
What's next, tic-tac-toe and pac-man ?
I would definitely watch a movie about monopoly |
Wilhelm Riley |
Posted - 2011.07.27 23:35:00 - [ 9]
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Templar Dane
Amarr
Amarrian Retribution
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Posted - 2011.07.28 00:20:00 - [ 10]
Edited by: Templar Dane on 28/07/2011 00:27:24
200 million dollar budget. Man, I hope that is an iowa class...and lots of shooting...
16 inchers make me hard. |
Culmen
Caldari
Culmenation
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Posted - 2011.07.28 02:12:00 - [ 11]
Originally by: Templar Dane
16 inchers make me hard.
I'm not one to judge. But are you sure your colon can take one that long? |
stoicfaux
Gallente |
Posted - 2011.07.28 03:31:00 - [ 12]
Originally by: Akita T
What's next, tic-tac-toe and pac-man ?
Tic-tac-toe is in the public domain. No way they would do a movie on it due to a lack of copyright. OTOH, Disney's lawyers could probably find a way to copyright tic-tac-toe and sue a *lot* of people after releasing the movie... |
Viktor Fyretracker
Caldari
Emminent Terraforming
O.G.-Alliance |
Posted - 2011.07.28 03:45:00 - [ 13]
Originally by: Blacksquirrel
Old news actually. Also I believe they're making one about monopoly.
Technically its already been done. HBO series "Boardwalk Empire" is about the Real monopoly. Atlantic City, NJ |
Nimrod Nemesis
Amarr
Royal Amarr Institute
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Posted - 2011.07.28 03:59:00 - [ 14]
Originally by: Viktor Fyretracker
Atlantic City, NJ
That's more like Baltic Ave at the moment. |
RiskyFrisky
Interrobang Inc.
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Posted - 2011.07.28 05:19:00 - [ 15]
Originally by: Akita T
...and pac-man ?
RUUUUN! OHH GOD! PINKI! HE GOT PINKI! |
Louis deGuerre
Gallente
Malevolence.
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Posted - 2011.07.28 08:38:00 - [ 16]
Mazes and Monsters (starring Tom Hanks!) This must have been one of the most horrible movies I ever saw. I kept watching in horrified fascination as it became worse and worse lol. |
Xtreem
Gallente
The Collective
White Noise. |
Posted - 2011.07.28 09:29:00 - [ 17]
Is it wrong that i actually liked the look of the battleship film? lol
Just need them to make one about monopoly now! |
Zyck
Greater Order Of Destruction
Black Legion. |
Posted - 2011.07.28 17:34:00 - [ 18]
I think I have to see it now because Liam Neeson is in it. |
Caleidascope
Minmatar
Republic Military School |
Posted - 2011.07.28 17:49:00 - [ 19]
The trailer is ok, the whole transformer thing is a little off putting.
I might download it when it comes out. |
Grimpak
Gallente
Midnight Elites
Echelon Rising |
Posted - 2011.07.28 21:56:00 - [ 20]
this piece of news is one of those news that makes you think that the day of judgement can't come soon enough, dammit. |
Nimrod Nemesis
Amarr
Royal Amarr Institute
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Posted - 2011.07.28 23:46:00 - [ 21]
It's almost like Hollywood hasn't been cranking out cheap action flicks with 95% of their budget in the CGI for ages...
Nothing particularly new about this, tbh. |
Wild Rho
Amarr
Silent Core |
Posted - 2011.07.29 07:17:00 - [ 22]
Originally by: Xtreem
Is it wrong that i actually liked the look of the battleship film? lol
Just need them to make one about monopoly now!
Nah, nothing wrong with films just being a bit of fun :P |
Hoya en Marland |
Posted - 2011.07.29 14:49:00 - [ 23]
I wanna chess movie. Preferably with lot of sword fighting, cavalry charges and cannon explosions. |
Culmen
Caldari
Culmenation
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Posted - 2011.07.29 15:34:00 - [ 24]
Thats the thing about Battleship.
The term is so vague....
In order to be a Battleship movie the movie needs to
Involve ships....
and that's it!
Sort of like the Pirates of the Caribbean only needed to involve pirates.
Hell if you relabeled Saving Private Ryan as Medal of Honor. It would work just as well.
That being said, the trailer makes it seem like a Michale Bay-esc crap CGI-athon.
I'd hate it on that grounds alone.
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stoicfaux
Gallente |
Posted - 2011.07.29 17:54:00 - [ 25]
Originally by: Culmen
Thats the thing about Battleship.
The term is so vague....
In order to be a Battleship movie the movie needs to
Involve ships....
and that's it!
Errr, no. If you saw the trailer, you would have noticed that the ships' radar is jammed, it looks like some kind of bubble was placed over a vast expanse of ocean, and the aliens submerged. In other words, the navy is going to be shooting blindly into the ocean in a limited area (grid) in an attempt to hit the aliens. I thought that reading Gygax's combat scenes (which matched D&D's combat round for round) in his Gord the Rogue novels was painful enough. Making a movie around Battleship's rules/mechanics just sounds painfully difficult to sell to the audience. |
Nimrod Nemesis
Amarr
Royal Amarr Institute
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Posted - 2011.07.29 18:23:00 - [ 26]
Edited by: Nimrod Nemesis on 29/07/2011 18:23:40 Originally by: Culmen
Thats the thing about Battleship.
The term is so vague....
Three words: Cowboys and Aliens. |
Brujo Loco
Amarr
Brujeria Teologica
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Posted - 2011.07.29 23:01:00 - [ 27]
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Roosterton
Eternal Frontier
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Posted - 2011.08.03 01:01:00 - [ 28]
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Nimrod Nemesis
Amarr
Royal Amarr Institute
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Posted - 2011.08.03 01:05:00 - [ 29]
Originally by: Nimrod Nemesis
Three words: Cowboys and Aliens.
Quoting myself to say, this was a pretty good movie for such an odd premise. Not an award winner (I hope), but worth dow.. i mean, seeing. |
Wendat Huron
Stellar Solutions |
Posted - 2011.08.03 02:02:00 - [ 30]
Originally by: Nimrod Nemesis
Originally by: Nimrod Nemesis
Three words: Cowboys and Aliens.
Quoting myself to say, this was a pretty good movie for such an odd premise. Not an award winner (I hope), but worth dow.. i mean, seeing.
No it really wasn't. What did it have to make it good? Great aliens, magnificient scenery, good acting, amazing action? It had none of that, it was mediocre across the board. It's yet another Suckerpunch where Hollywood throws together a couple of interesting tidbits and watch to see what sticks, sorta like what you did as a kid, the industry is regressing. |
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