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On April 18 2015 12:00 Requizen wrote:
I watched the first part of VHS the other day, need to take that shit in parts, can't go all at once.
I thought 1 was pretty good, 2 is barely even watchable, and I didn't even last 1/3 of the 3rd one.
edit: Now that I really think about it, I'm not even sure why I think its good, it's all types of fuqqed up I usually never watch/enjoy, but humorous in a messed up way too.
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On April 18 2015 12:00 GhandiEAGLE wrote:
3) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. (I know I'm basic, but to me it always amazes me how much fantasy stems from this. It's a good movie, obviously, but the reason it's so high on my list is because it allows me to enjoy the best parts of the quintessential fantasy novel without actually having to read it, since I find the books to be pretty dry).
what the fuck? Is this really your reason for including it in the list? I'm not saying the movies are good, bad, or whatever anyone else wants to say. I just find the reasoning really confusing.
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On April 18 2015 13:51 wei2coolman wrote:Show nested quote +On April 18 2015 13:44 Gahlo wrote:On April 18 2015 13:41 wei2coolman wrote:
Jeez, after watching that Superman v Batman trailer release, I wonder if affleck is juiced to the gills to get that big within a short amount of time? Nah dude, that's just actors. If you need to physically change for a role, you can spend literally all your free time adapting to it. You can't train every day without taking roids. Roids all about the recovery time, allows you to train every day, multiple times a day. It'd be one thing if he was already pretty swole, but it looked like he put on like 40-50lbs of muscle in like a year.
I think Gahlo's right on this one.
I mean, look at Christian Bale. That guy gained/lost weight like it was nobody's business. Of course I don't know how fast one can actually gain muscle, but I'd think it's within the realm of plausibility.
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On April 18 2015 14:24 Frudgey wrote:Show nested quote +On April 18 2015 13:51 wei2coolman wrote:On April 18 2015 13:44 Gahlo wrote:On April 18 2015 13:41 wei2coolman wrote:
Jeez, after watching that Superman v Batman trailer release, I wonder if affleck is juiced to the gills to get that big within a short amount of time? Nah dude, that's just actors. If you need to physically change for a role, you can spend literally all your free time adapting to it. You can't train every day without taking roids. Roids all about the recovery time, allows you to train every day, multiple times a day. It'd be one thing if he was already pretty swole, but it looked like he put on like 40-50lbs of muscle in like a year. I think Gahlo's right on this one. I mean, look at Christian Bale. That guy gained/lost weight like it was nobody's business. Of course I don't know how fast one can actually gain muscle, but I'd think it's within the realm of plausibility.
Bale got big, but he was not Affleck level of swole. I also wouldn't put it past Bale if he was taking hgh or roids.
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Daredevil is pretty amazing.
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On April 18 2015 13:52 Cixah wrote:
Force of Will is the best children's card game.
It's exactly like Magic the Gathering, except with anime pictures.
Nothing can go wrong ever.
Force of Will should just be a game where every player's deck is 60 Force of Wills.
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On April 18 2015 14:48 wei2coolman wrote:Show nested quote +On April 18 2015 14:24 Frudgey wrote:On April 18 2015 13:51 wei2coolman wrote:On April 18 2015 13:44 Gahlo wrote:On April 18 2015 13:41 wei2coolman wrote:
Jeez, after watching that Superman v Batman trailer release, I wonder if affleck is juiced to the gills to get that big within a short amount of time? Nah dude, that's just actors. If you need to physically change for a role, you can spend literally all your free time adapting to it. You can't train every day without taking roids. Roids all about the recovery time, allows you to train every day, multiple times a day. It'd be one thing if he was already pretty swole, but it looked like he put on like 40-50lbs of muscle in like a year. I think Gahlo's right on this one. I mean, look at Christian Bale. That guy gained/lost weight like it was nobody's business. Of course I don't know how fast one can actually gain muscle, but I'd think it's within the realm of plausibility. Bale got big, but he was not Affleck level of swole. I also wouldn't put it past Bale if he was taking hgh or roids.
Bale in Batman Begins was pretty shredded.
And on the movies thing I forgot to add a Haneke film, quite possibly my favourite director.
Das Weiße Band, Caché, Funny Games, Amour...
What a resume.
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I read a bit into this matter some time ago. What basically happens is that the actors work with a personal trainer for 6 months - 1 year doing a special program with a diet in order to get the physique for the movie. The scenes where they are shirtless are planned months in advance since they require lots of prep work and can only be done for a 24 hour window as they lower their body fat to almost nothing which is really bad for you. That's why certain actors like the guy from Arrow asked the directors to stop doing so many shirtless scenes as they were such a huge hassle for him. Another thing to note is that the goal of these trainers aren't to be strong or fit, it's to look big. You'll get actors like Hugh Jackman that is actually that big because he trains constantly instead of just going through a quick fix to look big for a movie.
I don't think they Roid but maybe they do.
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So why try to make people look that big for shirtless scenes instead of simply buff then?
On April 18 2015 12:15 JonGalt wrote:
Fizz is FPed on other team.
"The game has been disbanded because Cheep did not pick a champ"
Blames it on busy playing phone games.
YEAH OK
Is it really that surprising? 
Ghandi, you could at least praise Lee Van Cleef too. That guy was good.
I remember having watched Elephant, once I snapped. So many movies I watched and liked, but I just seem to forget them anyway after awhile. I usually have very good memory but I'm just bad with these. :<
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That's how society views "strength" these days. Same thing as why does the fashion industry promote borderline anorexia? If you look at how "action" star like Sean Connery looked say 30 years ago doing James Bond vs how the new James Bond you see how society's view changes. It's dumb as fuck honestly. We shouldn't be promoting an unhealthy body image but well it sells so they do it.
It's a little funny in that if you look at all the "strongest" man type stuff their bodies would almost be considered "fat" by today's standards where as the movie stars are all "strong". Such bs.
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On April 18 2015 21:23 Numy wrote:
That's how society views "strength" these days. Same thing as why does the fashion industry promote borderline anorexia? If you look at how "action" star like Sean Connery looked say 30 years ago doing James Bond vs how the new James Bond you see how society's view changes. It's dumb as fuck honestly. We shouldn't be promoting an unhealthy body image but well it sells so they do it.
It's a little funny in that if you look at all the "strongest" man type stuff their bodies would almost be considered "fat" by today's standards where as the movie stars are all "strong". Such bs.
Eh I don't think there's anyone who would consider guys like Hafthor Bjornsson or Pudzianowski fat/weak.
In all likelihood the "ideal male body" is healthier than that of world class strongmen. Top level athletes tend to ruin their bodies.
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Both extremes aren't exactly healthy at the end of the day. I'd just like if there was more conversation into male body image in general and promoting balance life instead of these extremes.
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On April 18 2015 21:35 Doctorbeat wrote:Show nested quote +On April 18 2015 21:23 Numy wrote:
That's how society views "strength" these days. Same thing as why does the fashion industry promote borderline anorexia? If you look at how "action" star like Sean Connery looked say 30 years ago doing James Bond vs how the new James Bond you see how society's view changes. It's dumb as fuck honestly. We shouldn't be promoting an unhealthy body image but well it sells so they do it.
It's a little funny in that if you look at all the "strongest" man type stuff their bodies would almost be considered "fat" by today's standards where as the movie stars are all "strong". Such bs. Eh I don't think there's anyone who would consider guys like Hafthor Bjornsson or Pudzianowski fat/weak. In all likelihood the "ideal male body" is healthier than that of world class strongmen. Top level athletes tend to ruin their bodies.
Man this Hafthor guy is 13 days younger than me and looka t him. We clearly didn't have the same hobbies post-puberty.
Oh about that, since I got asked what kind of exercising I was doing:
- I only have a dumbbell (15.5 lbs atm) that I did one-arm lifts with daily, 3x 20 currently, I did squats (3x 10) using it as a pseudo-kettlebell every other day too, and recently started adding push-ups.
- Last week I looked at other, more varied exercises that I could do home/without equipment, thinking it'd be healthier (and would burn my fast better) than only woking the same things, and started this routine every other day, which is basically crunches, "leg lifts"?, "crossed crunches" or something? and I dunno what to call these.
I must have poor form however as I tend to be more tired of the arms and legs than abs after that (the crunches wreck my abs at first, but after that it's more the rest, especially the "leg lifts" where I need to push on my arms to remain stable). I tried it once and got super sore of the abs so I thought the routine must have merit despite the flashy title, buzzwords and stuff (which I don't buy into, I'm in for daily exercises over immediate results anyway).
- Wasn't sure what to do every other day and Numy told me he did this so I alternated both, adding push-ups every day and the squats+dumbbel lifting the "stretch" days.
I had trouble making the 3x 20 lifts (may have been better form since when I first went up to that I managed to finish them), sometimes stopping before because of arm pain (right arm only, which surprises me since as a lefty my right arm has always been stronger than the left).
Maybe I don't let it rest enough, or it's because I added the push-ups, I don't know.
It feels weird only "working out" 10-15 minutes a day though, it feels like I'm not doing much exercise and it wouldn't burn a lot of calories. On the other hand even if I rarely get sore I often have some fatigue in the limbs (and first abs workout had them sore and a bit painful for 2 days) so it has an effect. But I'm sometimes tempted to do some exercice again later in the day when I'm a bit rested because I feel like I haven't done much and should try to do more; which is probably a very wrong perception and I should let my muscles rest even if I don't feel like they're exhausted.
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On April 18 2015 22:13 Alaric wrote:Show nested quote +On April 18 2015 21:35 Doctorbeat wrote:On April 18 2015 21:23 Numy wrote:
That's how society views "strength" these days. Same thing as why does the fashion industry promote borderline anorexia? If you look at how "action" star like Sean Connery looked say 30 years ago doing James Bond vs how the new James Bond you see how society's view changes. It's dumb as fuck honestly. We shouldn't be promoting an unhealthy body image but well it sells so they do it.
It's a little funny in that if you look at all the "strongest" man type stuff their bodies would almost be considered "fat" by today's standards where as the movie stars are all "strong". Such bs. Eh I don't think there's anyone who would consider guys like Hafthor Bjornsson or Pudzianowski fat/weak. In all likelihood the "ideal male body" is healthier than that of world class strongmen. Top level athletes tend to ruin their bodies. Man this Hafthor guy is 13 days younger than me and looka t him. We clearly didn't have the same hobbies post-puberty. Oh about that, since I got asked what kind of exercising I was doing: - I only have a dumbbell (15.5 lbs atm) that I did one-arm lifts with daily, 3x 20 currently, I did squats (3x 10) using it as a pseudo-kettlebell every other day too, and recently started adding push-ups. - Last week I looked at other, more varied exercises that I could do home/without equipment, thinking it'd be healthier (and would burn my fast better) than only woking the same things, and started this routine every other day, which is basically crunches, "leg lifts"?, "crossed crunches" or something? and I dunno what to call these. I must have poor form however as I tend to be more tired of the arms and legs than abs after that (the crunches wreck my abs at first, but after that it's more the rest, especially the "leg lifts" where I need to push on my arms to remain stable). I tried it once and got super sore of the abs so I thought the routine must have merit despite the flashy title, buzzwords and stuff (which I don't buy into, I'm in for daily exercises over immediate results anyway). - Wasn't sure what to do every other day and Numy told me he did this so I alternated both, adding push-ups every day and the squats+dumbbel lifting the "stretch" days. I had trouble making the 3x 20 lifts (may have been better form since when I first went up to that I managed to finish them), sometimes stopping before because of arm pain (right arm only, which surprises me since as a lefty my right arm has always been stronger than the left). Maybe I don't let it rest enough, or it's because I added the push-ups, I don't know. It feels weird only "working out" 10-15 minutes a day though, it feels like I'm not doing much exercise and it wouldn't burn a lot of calories. On the other hand even if I rarely get sore I often have some fatigue in the limbs (and first abs workout had them sore and a bit painful for 2 days) so it has an effect. But I'm sometimes tempted to do some exercice again later in the day when I'm a bit rested because I feel like I haven't done much and should try to do more; which is probably a very wrong perception and I should let my muscles rest even if I don't feel like they're exhausted.
You can try mixing in more stuff. Maybe create a small circuit training for yourself with those exercises. Adding some balance/stability training is nice too. Planks are really great for abs too.
If things eventually get too easy, you can increase difficulty too. Going from squats to single legged squats or progressing to wider grip or going for V crunches etc.
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Planks are amazing. I prefer them to any of the "crunches" type activities as I find it's easier to hurt yourself with those than Planks.
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Ya'll should check out Dmitry Klokov. What a beastly physique.
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On April 18 2015 15:41 Ketara wrote:
Daredevil is pretty amazing.
Yyyyup.
That hallway fight scene might be one of the best I've seen in ages. In fact, all the fight scenes are like heads and shoulders above most western movies and TV shows. I don't think it's able to be put on par with like true Hong kong Kung Fu flicks, but it's a damn sight closer than most of what Hollywood is trying to push as action sequences.
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I'm just amazed at how dark it is.
First crime show I've seen in a while that doesn't try to glorify crime.
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What do you mean by "glorify crime"?
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Not sure how that can be misconstrued?
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