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[Rolan7]

I'm sad because I complained about a bad movie and no-one agreed with me.
IT WAS AWFUL OKAY

Snowpiercer?  Hell yeah, that was painful to watch.  It was a bit interesting at first, but only briefly.  As soon as they left the caboose (which was already a bizarre mass of overacted tropes) things just got so silly.  Which doesn't go well with grim.  And they made it so grim!

I'm almost positive they saw the first Hunger Games movie and were like "How can we capitalize on this... uh... steampunk is trendy right now, yeah?  So train.  Okay throw in a mysterious asian or two and get shooting.  Oh, and make it even more over the top.  No, keep going.  It doesn't have to be at all believable, just dark."

[WillowLuman]

Snowpiercer was... okay, but it kind of fell apart at the end. Also, the psychic stuff was entirely out of place.

@LW: Sometimes, for no good reason, I feel old, but this reminds me that I am young. I have a hard time imagining that, seeing such a change over time, having lived for only two decades. But that sense of history being lost to progress, I sort of get that.

[KingofstarrySkies]

I'm sad because I complained about a bad movie and no-one agreed with me.
IT WAS AWFUL OKAY

Snowpiercer?  Hell yeah, that was painful to watch.  It was a bit interesting at first, but only briefly.  As soon as they left the caboose (which was already a bizarre mass of overacted tropes) things just got so silly.  Which doesn't go well with grim.  And they made it so grim!

I'm almost positive they saw the first Hunger Games movie and were like "How can we capitalize on this... uh... steampunk is trendy right now, yeah?  So train.  Okay throw in a mysterious asian or two and get shooting.  Oh, and make it even more over the top.  No, keep going.  It doesn't have to be at all believable, just dark."

you know
hunger games kinda ripped off like, two fucking movies
soooooo

Also, I never saw it, but I've heard far too mixed reviews to give a proper opinion.

[Tawa]

you know
hunger games kinda ripped off like, two fucking movies
soooooo

What movies are these?

[KingofstarrySkies]

The Running Man (Based on book by Stephen King!) and Battle Royale.

[Teneb]

The Running Man (Based on book by Stephen King!) and Battle Royale.

The Running Man movie is incredible and I recommend it thoroughly (as long as you understand the movie is extremely silly).

[Rolan7]

Oh I'm not saying the Hunger Games was great, just that Snowpiercer seemed to be riding its coattails in some ways.  It's not surprising that the Hunger Games took a lot of ideas from other movies too (I heard it was, like, almost word for word copied from a series of novels too  )

I did enjoy the first Hunger Games though.  Might have helped that I saw it in a theater, and haven't ever seen Battle Royale.  The second movie was okay, but the relationship stuff seemed weak.

Fakedit:  I don't think I've seen the Running Man.  Logan's Run, though!

[KingofstarrySkies]

It has Arnie. It's automagically amazing.

Except for Jingle All The Way. FUCK that movie.

[Mesa]

Seeing all my friends having fun in multiplayer games (that I don't have because #poor) while I just watch random videos that barely catch my interest is absolutely a great way of spending a Thursday evening. /s

On another note, I'm really starting to feel the downsides of not having a partner really get to me...But I'm far too uninteresting, ugly, antisocial and anxious to ask anyone out on the Internet, much less in real life (nevermind how few girls there actually are in this area).
I don't want to be a hermit like this...I was like that once but I refuse to go back.

Mental breakdowns, mood swings and diarrhea really compliment all this as well.

Something makes me feel like this is worthy of a Life Advice section thread...But I don't know. I just felt like I have to vent, and this is only one of the things that's on my mind as of late.

[Rolan7]

Venting and movie reviews is what this is here for.  Splitting an internet connection can really suck, I remember...  Good luck.

[Descan]

If all that is true and representative, then that would make BDSM like communism.

Wh...
Bu...
I just... Could you please explain that connection a bit further? I'm not sure how you got to that.

Alright in theory.

[Levi]

Seeing all my friends having fun in multiplayer games (that I don't have because #poor) while I just watch random videos that barely catch my interest is absolutely a great way of spending a Thursday evening. /s

On another note, I'm really starting to feel the downsides of not having a partner really get to me...But I'm far too uninteresting, ugly, antisocial and anxious to ask anyone out on the Internet, much less in real life (nevermind how few girls there actually are in this area).
I don't want to be a hermit like this...I was like that once but I refuse to go back.

Mental breakdowns, mood swings and diarrhea really compliment all this as well.

Something makes me feel like this is worthy of a Life Advice section thread...But I don't know. I just felt like I have to vent, and this is only one of the things that's on my mind as of late.

A friend of mine signed up for a "Extremely shy Meetup" where he lives(from http://www.meetup.com/), and it helped him quite a bit.  Usually they got together to play board games or went to comedy clubs.

Even if you aren't dating somebody, sometimes its good just to be around other people. 

[Tack]

Why are movies so adverse to having the good guys lose?

[Teneb]

Why are movies so adverse to having the good guys lose?

Stories with happy endings tend to sell better. People tend to dislike it when the bad guy wins.

[Bohandas]

I think the good guys lose in Frankenstein