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Favorite recurring character? (Select 4)

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I knew they would come for Event Horizon, but they'll have to pry my joy for Mortal Kombat from my cold, dead hands!

Anyway, good video. I think I'll finally watch Hellraiser now.
 
vulgar said:
glad theyre reviewing it, Ive seen a lot of people defend this movie probably due to chromosomal abundance or something of the sort.

really, the only reason I can think of for why people have good feelings towards it is that they saw it on cable when they were 13.
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I think it's a fun little horror movie with some great imagery and some interesting (if derivative) ideas. I always dig stories about finding some abandoned, haunted locale -- I like Ghost Ship for similar reasons, even though it's mostly shit.
 
Mola Ram said:
I think it's a fun little horror movie with some great imagery and some interesting (if derivative) ideas. I always dig stories about finding some abandoned, haunted locale -- I like Ghost Ship for similar reasons, even though it's mostly shit.
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if you recognize it’s stupid and shit but still enjoy it, that’s respectable and power to you.

there are people who will unironically defend it as a “good” movie though, which is beyond me.
 
vulgar said:
glad theyre reviewing it, Ive seen a lot of people defend this movie probably due to chromosomal abundance or something of the sort.

really, the only reason I can think of for why people have good feelings towards it is that they saw it on cable when they were 13.
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It's also widely considered a Warhammer 40k prequel.

Like not officially, but so many fans have adopted it, it's just about official.
 
vulgar said:
if you recognize it’s stupid and shit but still enjoy it, that’s respectable and power to you.

there are people who will unironically defend it as a “good” movie though, which is beyond me.
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They hit on one major problem with it that they could have spent more time on -- the characters are incredibly unlikable. You don't much care what happens to any of them, and you certainly don't want to spend a couple of hours with them.
 
Flexo said:
It's also widely considered a Warhammer 40k prequel.

Like not officially, but so many fans have adopted it, it's just about official.
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I’m a Warhammer fan too, so I’m also accustomed to having to dig through the lore’s cringe and feces to find the gold within Warhammer, but event horizon is completely unsalvageable.
Mola Ram said:
They hit on one major problem with it that they could have spent more time on -- the characters are incredibly unlikable. You don't much care what happens to any of them, and you certainly don't want to spend a couple of hours with them.
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what really bugs me is that these are also meant to be super qualified astro scientists sent on an incredibly important and dangerous mission, and theyre all unlikable idiots.

it’s disappointing because it could’ve been a great premise to have super rational and professional scientists having to reckon with horror and chaos of incomprehensible evil. Exhausting every possible logical resource until they resort to sado-sexual madness.

Instead, we get characters who are dumber and less resourceful than crewmates for a mining or trade expedition.
 
Mola Ram said:
They hit on one major problem with it that they could have spent more time on -- the characters are incredibly unlikable. You don't much care what happens to any of them, and you certainly don't want to spend a couple of hours with them.
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This is also a problem with Alien Resurrection, a film I would not seriously defend except to say it has a large cast of characters, and that I noticed each one when they died. That's something, at least.

Problem is the protagonists were kidnaping innocent civilians to sell. So I wasn't really feeling it when they died beyond, "Ah, good." And that was a bit weird, because all they had to do was make them smugglers who had no idea what they were carrying and were shocked to find out.
 
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vulgar said:
what really bugs me is that these are also meant to be super qualified astro scientists sent on an incredibly important and dangerous mission, and theyre all unlikable idiots.
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Like I forget which one of them pointed out, these people weren't space scientists, they were a space salvage/rescue crew. They fly out to stranded vessels and get the crew to safety. Still trained professionals at what they're doing, but they weren't scientists. More a space ambulance.
 
All the fans I’ve seen of Event Horizons always seem to talk more about the cut R rating parts of them being in hell and mutated and everything more than the movie itself. The appeal of “what could have been” is more interesting than the execution, essentially.
 
robobobo said:
Like I forget which one of them pointed out, these people weren't space scientists, they were a space salvage/rescue crew. They fly out to stranded vessels and get the crew to safety. Still trained professionals at what they're doing, but they weren't scientists. More a space ambulance.
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fair enough, but my point still stands that a scientific/more professional/more intelligent crew would've been more appropriate for a mission like this both thematically and contextually.
 
Flexo said:
Well if anybody here wants to see the movie defended.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=aR3hfLz5LhE
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I feel like the RLM review is best preceded by the Critical Drinker recap/review. It helps you get in the mindset of the people who like the movie, and gives you a plot summary. Whether you agree or disagree with Drinker, RLM, or are somewhere in between. Drinker's not always great, but this is one of his good ones.
 
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