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As someone who grew up in the deep south, I didn't find the accent, though pastiche -y, off the charts weird. Ed Norton, OTOH was way too insipid as a supposed tech titan, someone more like DiCaprio (were he available & affordable) might have been a better choice.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42932.3&return_msg=42932.3" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42932.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42932_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_42932_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">28 Dec 2022 12:59</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 28 Dec 2022 15:01"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 13</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42932.4">42932.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42932.3#a42932_3" target="_self">42932.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Fair enough. I did hear the occasional line that came out entirely in BBC English. But no, in all honesty, I suppose he did avoid the "Stroyk a loyt Meery Poppins" mash-up of imaginary accents favoured by Mr Van D. I like Ed Norton as a villain, but he was a bit light-weight for such a colourful cast.<br /> <br /> By the end of the second film (Glass Onion) I was too engrossed in my Christmas bottle of Palma gin to worry about either accents or casting.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42932.4&return_msg=42932.3" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42932.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42932_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_42932_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">28 Dec 2022 15:19</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 28 Dec 2022 18:42"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 13</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42932.5">42932.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42932.3#a42932_4" target="_self">42932.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Best thing we watched (of several really good ones) was "Surge" with Ben Wishaw in the lead as an airport security dude losing his mind.<br /> <br /> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CW6lYo5AMyo" style="height:360px;margin:0px auto;width:480px;"></iframe></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42932.5&return_msg=42932.3" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42932.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42932_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_42932_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: milko<span class="message_time"> 5 Jan 2023 12:20</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">6 of 13</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42932.6">42932.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> merry xmas and new years and things.<br /> <br /> Most of us got flu at various intervals so not much was done. I watched a film called DUNC that turned out to be an extended pilot episode for Dune, I'd have assumed a big-budget tv series by the pacing if I didn't know better. And Glass Onion which yeah, it's alright and quite fun.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42932.6&return_msg=42932.3" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42932.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42932_7"></a><div class="message" id="message_42932_7"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time"> 5 Jan 2023 13:27</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: milko <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 5 Jan 2023 15:14"></span></span> <span class="message_count">7 of 13</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42932.7">42932.7</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42932.3#a42932_6" target="_self">42932.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> We watched Villeneuve's Dune over xmas. Reasonably entertaining but meh, didn't really add anything to the Lynch version and in some ways (fx, surprisingly), inferior. E.g., the giant worms were dumb AF.<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 5 Jan 2023 13:28 by DSMITHHFX</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42932.7&return_msg=42932.3" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42932.7"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42932_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_42932_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: milko<span class="message_time"> 5 Jan 2023 15:18</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 5 Jan 2023 15:44"></span></span> <span class="message_count">8 of 13</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42932.8">42932.8</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42932.3#a42932_7" target="_self">42932.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Yeah, that's the one I watched as well. I'm just being facetious over the stupid typography.<br /> <br /> I liked the look of the thing, Deakins-esque sandy stuff at times and brutalist architecture and whatnot. I'm not sure about this whole 'take a single story and split it into multiple films' thing that they keep doing though, this one ends feeling very incomplete. Because it's only halfway through the first book!</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42932.8&return_msg=42932.3" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42932.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42932_9"></a><div class="message" id="message_42932_9"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time"> 5 Jan 2023 22:38</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: milko <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 5 Jan 2023 23:56"></span></span> <span class="message_count">9 of 13</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42932.9">42932.9</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42932.3#a42932_6" target="_self">42932.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I know nothing about Austin Butler who is stepping into the Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen role that Sting did in the Lynch version, but his IMDB bio, including the Elvis role, makes me worry that there's more TV pilot episode on the way. <br /> <br /> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42932.9&return_msg=42932.3" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42932.9"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42932_10"></a><div class="message" id="message_42932_10"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time"> 6 Jan 2023 17:39</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 6 Jan 2023 17:59"></span></span> <span class="message_count">10 of 13</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42932.10">42932.10</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42932.3#a42932_9" target="_self">42932.9</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Villeneuve has had some great outings, this ain't one of them.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42932.10&return_msg=42932.3" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42932.10"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42932_11"></a><div class="message" id="message_42932_11"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)<span class="message_time"> 8 Jan 2023 23:19</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 9 Jan 2023 17:13"></span></span> <span class="message_count">11 of 13</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42932.11">42932.11</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42932.3#a42932_10" target="_self">42932.10</a></div> <div class="message_body"> The man who didn't fuck up Blade Runner 2049 has managed to do a passable version of DUNC. I've seen it at the cinema, in the comfort of my own home, and at my sister's on Christmas Eve, on their big telly with all the motion-smoothing turned on, and my 80-year-old mother watching utterly bewildered, and Meh, it's OK. I've managed to say nothing about the thopter crash makes a mockery of aerodynamics, UNTIL NOW. The thopter crash makes a mockery of aerodynamics.<br /> <br /> I'll give him points for casting Charlotte Rampling as the Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam, though.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42932.11&return_msg=42932.3" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42932.11"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42932_12"></a><div class="message" id="message_42932_12"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time"> 9 Jan 2023 17:18</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Jan 2023 09:42"></span></span> <span class="message_count">12 of 13</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42932.12">42932.12</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42932.3#a42932_11" target="_self">42932.11</a></div> <div class="message_body"> It kind of pissed me off. Villeneuve I expected to come up with a radically different take, or even a slightly different take, instead of mostly the same but less. I couldn't care less about the thopter thing (which I didn't even know the name of), it's just moar marvel universe bilge.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42932.12&return_msg=42932.3" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42932.12"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="42932.13" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>