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Pi on my Cake

Pi on my Cake

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Dark PerGron said:
While we wait for the game to return on Thursday the 28th, I wanted to discuss 2024.

2024 looks like an interesting year in film, mainly due to the writers and actors strikes either pushing off or canceling filming, so I wanted to go over my top 10 most anticipated movies of 2024.

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My top 10 are as follows

Nosferatu- I’m a giant fan of Robert Eggers, with The Lighthouse being in my top 5 movies of all time and The Witch and The Northman both being among the best of their respective years. It doesn’t matter what his next movie is, I’m down, but seeing the Egg-man take on Nosferatu, color me intrigued.

Dune Part II- I loved the first part and part two was insanely anticipated. It was my number one most anticipated movie of 2023 and it falls just one to number two of 2024.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes- The biggest issue I have here is neither Matt Reeves nor Andy Serkis are part of this movie. That said, the most recent apes trilogy is one of the best of all time and this looks like a solid successor.

Bob Marley: One Love- I’m a sucker for a music biopic and I love Bob Marley, so this one has me hooked already.

Furiosa- Not gonna lie, the trailer cgi looks terrible here but I love Anya Taylor-Joy with all my heart and I also adore Mad Max: Fury Road, so I can’t say I’m not excited for it.

Challengers- This is kind of where my excitement is less than the others ahead of it, but I love Zendaya and I think this looks like a solid drama and it being pushed back caught my attention so on the list it goes.

Inside Out 2- Hot take, but I don’t really like the first Inside Out, it’s just kind of boring to me. That said, I think introducing new and more complex emotions is an interesting hook and I’m excited to see how it goes.

The Book of Clarence- I don’t know a whole lot about this one beyond seeing a trailer once and it having a lot of buzz from whichever festival it was at. That said, it looks intriguing and is getting good reviews, so I’m interested in seeing it.

Gladiator II- Ridley Scott is missing more than he’s hitting in recent years, especially with Napoleon which fell very flat for me, but I enjoy the first Gladiator and am interested in what he does with a sequel over two decades later.

Deadpool 3- I’ll be honest, this is on the list more because I needed 10 than actually being excited. I don’t want to give away too much because I’m arguing against it in a Disney debate tomorrow night, but it is at least somewhat interesting as I love the first film, but I wish there were others I could’ve put here but alas, 2024 looks kind of barren.

Anyway, what are your top 10?
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Oh wow not really enough I'm excited about to fill a top 10 that's sad lol. Although Inside Out 2, Kung Fu Panda 4, and Furiosa could definitely win me over once I see more or see some reviews. And while I'm not a Deadpool fan, Hugh Jackman and the TVA being involved does at least have me more curious. I think this is the first time in a LONG time there hasn't been a super hero movie, comic book movies, or Disney movie in my top anticipated films (although "Untitled Walt Disney Animation Studios film" releasing in November shows some promise)

Lisa Frankenstein - Looks like a really fun, cheesey, campy, horror comedy. Trailer was super fun

Beetlejuice 2 - Do I think this will be good? No, absolutely not. Do I think I will love it? Yes, 100%

Argylle - Trailers look great and it's Matthew Vaughn. I usually really enjoy his style. Plus, the cast is stacked. Bryce Dallas Howard, Henry Cavill, John Cena, Bryan Cranston, Sam Rockwell, Catherine O'Hara... All in a stylish spy comedy. Even if it sucks it will be a fun ride

Sonic 3 - I feel no shame. I love these movies. They know exactly what they are and what they want to be and then they do it well. Plus, Shadow is gonna be in this one so it is instantly perfect

Wicked Part One- I absolutely hate that this is just part one, but I'm a sucker for musicals and John Chu's directing style was amazing for the musical numbers for In the Heights. I'm cautiously optimistic even if I wish it was animated and not split into two parts.
 
TheOriginalTiki

TheOriginalTiki

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My list...

20. Saw X
19. Past Lives
18. Are You There God, It's Me Margaret
17. Across the SpiderVerse
16. Barbie
15. Blackberry
14. Priscilla
13. Oppenheimer
12. Saltburn
11. The Color Purple
10. Poor Things
9. Anatomy of a Fall
8. Talk To Me
7. May December
6. The Boy and the Heron
5. Bottoms
4. Godzilla Minus One
3. The Holdovers
2. Asteroid City
1. Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3

The "going against current trends thing I was talking about is the fact that 2023 is probably going to go down as THE year that the superhero movie bubble burst. It's wild to me that it's also the first (and in all likelihood last ;) ) year that an MCU film tops my list. It's the kind of contradiction that I think fits very well into the spirit of Guardians as a franchise.
 
cdunlap

cdunlap

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Nutcracker Review

Well, I've been keeping it for 2 months by now so I think it’s time to tell you all about The Nutcracker. It was transcendent! My local ballet company set the story in the present day, added an orchestral rendition of Green Onions to the first act, changed the Chinese Dance to be more authentic (They had the Lion and Dragon Dances!), and added an African dance during intermission. The 15 minute intermission had 5 minutes to go to the restroom and 10 minutes of West African song and dance (Forgot where they were representing, but I think it was Ghana) for those who stayed in the theatre, which I thoroughly enjoyed. It was fun! I literally got up and danced during intermission! I wish you all were there, being a respectful crowd during Act One, then getting up and dancing and singing along to a West African song you don’t understand the lyrics to during intermission, only to return to being a respectful audience from Act Two to the end. You would probably enjoy it given you like:

Jazz

Weird 1960s Instrumental Music

Chinese Song+Dance

Dance

Tap

Slavic Classical Music

Fighting in DANCE FORM

Pure unadulterated chaos

The Undisputed Truth (Band)

People in the most LGBTQ+ outfits ever

West African Song And Dance (Intermission only!)

Dancing To Music You Don’t Understand
 
Lord Fozzinator

Lord Fozzinator

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In the Parks
No
cdunlap said:
Nutcracker Review

Well, I've been keeping it for 2 months by now so I think it’s time to tell you all about The Nutcracker. It was transcendent! My local ballet company set the story in the present day, added an orchestral rendition of Green Onions to the first act, changed the Chinese Dance to be more authentic (They had the Lion and Dragon Dances!), and added an African dance during intermission. The 15 minute intermission had 5 minutes to go to the restroom and 10 minutes of West African song and dance (Forgot where they were representing, but I think it was Ghana) for those who stayed in the theatre, which I thoroughly enjoyed. It was fun! I literally got up and danced during intermission! I wish you all were there, being a respectful crowd during Act One, then getting up and dancing and singing along to a West African song you don’t understand the lyrics to during intermission, only to return to being a respectful audience from Act Two to the end. You would probably enjoy it given you like:

Jazz

Weird 1960s Instrumental Music

Chinese Song+Dance

Dance

Tap

Slavic Classical Music

Fighting in DANCE FORM

Pure unadulterated chaos

The Undisputed Truth (Band)

People in the most LGBTQ+ outfits ever

West African Song And Dance (Intermission only!)

Dancing To Music You Don’t Understand
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Ya like jazz.

Jeffery Seinfield: hey that’s my line.

Muppetsfan: not anymore.
 
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PerGron

PerGron

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I finished off 2023 having seen a total of 169 new releases from the year. It’s easily the most I’ve ever seen in a single year and it was a part of my friends and I challenging each other to the “100 movie challenge.”

I’ll be revealing my top 5 at the Golden Tikis award show in February, but I’ll also be doing a livestream at some point going through all 169 movies I watched worst to best, so keep your eyes peeled if you care at all about that sort of thing!
 
spacemt354

spacemt354

Chili's
I saw one movie in theaters this year - Oppenheimer, so it was the best and worst film of the year for me!

And may be late to the party but I did see Guardians 3 over the winter break thanks to some of our rank lists here. I can definitely see why people love this movie. There were many aspects that I loved about it.

- The High Evolutionary is one of the best Marvel villains. He's not sympathetic, he's just evil and very well acted.
- Everything with Rocket was emotional but also extremely well done.
- I thought each of the Guardians played a role and it's something that in the finale you want to have that proper send off. Definitely felt like a satisfying ending even if the real world circumstances behind the film's production delayed/altered perhaps what was supposed to happen.

It's definitely top tier MCU like all the Guardians films, but I can't say it's my favorite of the 3. it's weird because to me a lot of it had to do with the emotional weight of Rocket's story being so good.
A lot of the jokes didn't land as effectively in this one because unlike other Guardians films where they had to save the day but had fun along the way, nothing about this setup to me was "fun."

Rocket literally has a kill-switch that will go off in 48 hours and we are joking around in colorful suits about which button talks to what suit. Or we are spending way too much of the run-time on the Orgocorp.

And the emotional beats were laid throughout the film so you kept cutting back from young Rocket and his friends being tortured, then to the Guardians joking around, which is what makes them so great, but felt disconnected to me. Both the previous Guardians films had emotional moments but were towards the end and were timed right like Yondu or Groot.

May end up changing with another viewing or two, but I would say it's comfortably here.

MCU Ranking
1. Avengers: Infinity War
2. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
3. Guardians of the Galaxy
4. Spider-Man: No Way Home
5. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
6. Iron Man
7. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
8. Captain America: Civil War
9. Thor Ragnarok
10. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
 
Chaos Cat

Chaos Cat

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So as you may know, Steamboat Willie is in the Public Domanain as of today. This means you can do anything you want with that version of Mickey, but you cannot use any elements that developed afterwards (so no using his morden design and the like). This means that you can't use Mickey's iconic voice. Which leads into today's (very late) question of the day:

What new voice would you give to Mickey?
(My choice: Mel Blanc)​
 
Pi on my Cake

Pi on my Cake

Well-Known Member
In the Parks
Yes
Chaos Cat said:
So as you may know, Steamboat Willie is in the Public Domanain as of today. This means you can do anything you want with that version of Mickey, but you cannot use any elements that developed afterwards (so no using his morden design and the like). This means that you can't use Mickey's iconic voice. Which leads into today's (very late) question of the day:

What new voice would you give to Mickey?
(My choice: Mel Blanc)​
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cdunlap

cdunlap

Well-Known Member
Chaos Cat said:
So as you may know, Steamboat Willie is in the Public Domanain as of today. This means you can do anything you want with that version of Mickey, but you cannot use any elements that developed afterwards (so no using his morden design and the like). This means that you can't use Mickey's iconic voice. Which leads into today's (very late) question of the day:

What new voice would you give to Mickey?
(My choice: Mel Blanc)​
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Make him speak only in Classical Mayan!
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Or like this:
 

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