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spoilers if you're avoiding those things until you see it:
sigh. this would have been a better movie without any of the rafiki/kiara/timon & pumbaa storyteller and meta stuff. cutting away to this garbage every 15 minutes or whatever just takes you out of any immersion you might have had and is really just unnecessary. even with that, it's a let down of a movie (not that i had high hopes going in). the songs are not catchy or good. the movie has a LOT of running away from things. the story does give some additional heft to scar's ultimate betrayal in the original movie (both in story and visually), which is probably it's biggest accomplishment. but you're probably not missing much by not seeing it unless you really want to.
 
mdmost said:
Maybe it leads to new thriller/action movies that are all a derivative of Carry-On. Carry-On at a mall. Carry-On at a hotel. Carry-On on a train. Carry-On on a cruise ship.
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What happens when we're only getting derivative works based on derivative works? I feel like Carry-On was derivative of Die Hard and probably some Steven Segal movie plot that I've forgotten about. So the question is if down the rabbit hole it gets worse then Segal or better? In fact I propose using Segal as our new measurement for each film that follows this trend.
 
Hemotep said:
What happens when we're only getting derivative works based on derivative works? I feel like Carry-On was derivative of Die Hard and probably some Steven Segal movie plot that I've forgotten about. So the question is if down the rabbit hole it gets worse then Segal or better? In fact I propose using Segal as our new measurement for each film that follows this tend.
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I am watching Black Doves (which is really fun, BTW) on Netflix and they keep running a preview for Carry-On playing up its “Die Hard-ishness”.
 
Hemotep said:
What happens when we're only getting derivative works based on derivative works? I feel like Carry-On was derivative of Die Hard and probably some Steven Segal movie plot that I've forgotten about. So the question is if down the rabbit hole it gets worse then Segal or better? In fact I propose using Segal as our new measurement for each film that follows this trend.
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I hadn't heard of this so I looked it up, and it just looks like every other generic thriller Netflix churns out? It'll be a blip for a second, and be buried in the consciousness (and on Netflix) by next week.
 
So I have to both thank and be annoyed at this forum. I've been annoyed lately at all the streaming options being uneven on the quality you get for movies, especially dialogue and sound. Apple rentals are good. Max is god awful. Anything Warner Bros is terrible audio quality.

Since this forum is all about physical media, I went to Movie Trading Company (used blu-rays) and Half Price Books over the weekend. I've now purchased at least 10 blu-rays including the 4 movie pack for the WB Batman movies because I couldn't find just Batman Returns for our Christmas movie watchings.

The oldest and I discussed what our next round of movie watching will be and thanks to the Rewatchables podcast (highly recommend), I wanted to dive into 90s movies with her. I have about 28 movies on the list and that's given we've watched others that should be on the list already. Kinda feel I'm going to find these on blu-ray now since they are almost around the same price as an Apple TV rental or purchase but in much higher audio quality. I also got each of us our favorite Christmas movies (Elf, Christmas Vacation, Love Actually, Die Hard) and Christmas Story for our customary Christmas Eve watch.
 
mdmost said:
So I have to both thank and be annoyed at this forum. I've been annoyed lately at all the streaming options being uneven on the quality you get for movies, especially dialogue and sound. Apple rentals are good. Max is god awful. Anything Warner Bros is terrible audio quality.

Since this forum is all about physical media, I went to Movie Trading Company (used blu-rays) and Half Price Books over the weekend. I've now purchased at least 10 blu-rays including the 4 movie pack for the WB Batman movies because I couldn't find just Batman Returns for our Christmas movie watchings.

The oldest and I discussed what our next round of movie watching will be and thanks to the Rewatchables podcast (highly recommend), I wanted to dive into 90s movies with her. I have about 28 movies on the list and that's given we've watched others that should be on the list already. Kinda feel I'm going to find these on blu-ray now since they are almost around the same price as an Apple TV rental or purchase but in much higher audio quality. I also got each of us our favorite Christmas movies (Elf, Christmas Vacation, Love Actually, Die Hard) and Christmas Story for our customary Christmas Eve watch.
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Does your local library have Blu-rays? Mine does, and it's great for "renting" a couple of movies. I get them for about 4 weeks or so.
 
Hemotep said:
Can you rip Blu-ray or is the size too prohibitive to bother?
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Evaluation copies are possible, yes. Biggest issue is that the discs can get a little battered if they are borrowed a few times - means they will play on a watch through, but sometimes can't be ripped. Oftentimes, it's the only way I can watch them, as I'm still using UK players in Australia: blu-rays are still the same region, but DVD's are an issue.
 
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