Yeah, the article doesn't really define "martial arts movies"... if you're generous enough, you could include things like Raging Bull or Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai.
This is also free on Dailymotion, Japanese dub with English subtitles (480p): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8tcswo
- Black Belt (kuro obi) has a pretty good story, see it here free: https://lemm.ee/post/35029047
- Hard Times, with Charles Bronson - note that some cuts remove up to half an hour of fights
Variously translated as "The Angel of Hearth and Home" or "The Fireside Angel", subtitled: "The Triumph of Surrealism."
> Ernst painted The Triumph of Surrealism shortly after the defeat of the Spanish Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. In this conflict, Spanish fascist leaders were supported by Germany and Italy in their victory. Ernst's goal was to depict the chaos that he saw spreading over Europe and the ruin that fascism brings to countries. > > ... > > retitled by Ernst in 1938 as The Triumph of Surrealism, "a despairing reference to the fact that the surrealists with their Communist ideas had been unable to do anything to resist fascism."
https://www.max-ernst.com/the-triumph-of-surrealism.jsp
I just finished watching this. Well, I sped through some of it. I really like Briar Rose's "look" in the dream sequences... I wish we'd got more of that. I kind of like the ending "twist" though I wish they'd shown more of that too. I reckon they didn't bc of budget constraints, but still... Anyway, it was OK...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Judgment_(Michelangelo)
Oh yeah I also came across something called Terminus (1987) which sounds kinda cyberpunk, but haven't watched it yet. See it free on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dBxa992y1g
In the year 2037, an international sport has been established, wherein a driver of a truck must cross the country and arrive at a designated terminus, while confronting obstacles and enemies along the way. The lead truck, named "Monster", has been designed by a boy genius (Gabriel Damon) and is to be piloted through the course by a woman named Gus (Karen Allen). Eventually, the truck's AI fails and Gus ends up in uncharted territories...
oh yeah I also came across a movie called "CyberTracker" (1994) recently. It sounds pretty cyberpunk but def low-budget, I haven't watched it.
- See it free on DailyMotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x98enpm
- Looks like it has a sequel, kek: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x98ephs
In the future, Eric Anthony Phillips is the head of the Secret Service detachment assigned to protect Senator Bob Dilly (John Aprea). Senator Dilly is a champion of the recently implemented Computerized Judicial System (Computerized Justice for short), a product of Cybercore Industry, that uses data as evidence to determine the guilt of accused criminals, then carries out the sentence using cyborg executioners called "Trackers" (Maniaci). However, the more Phillips learns about Dilly and the Cybercore's ruthless plans, the more uncomfortable he becomes...
Hmmm.... I started watching OtherLife (2017) the other day... it's more of a techno-thriller than cyberpunk tho.... But it does have evil corporates and evil government types... you can see it free here: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x93okqm
It's kind of meh, but if you're in the mood for something Inception-like, you might dig it.
OtherLife is a 2017 Australian science fiction thriller film directed by Ben C. Lucas. It stars Jessica De Gouw as the co-founder of OtherLife, a company that developed a form of biological virtual reality. When her business partner, played by T.J. Power, insists she license it for unethical use, she struggles to retain control of her invention with the help of her lover...
edit: oops forgot this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OtherLife
The funny thing is reading the source article, when Trump had the same procedure, he didn't make Pence the acting president because he didn't trust Pence with presidential powers for even an hour.
This is my first time seeing any of this, but the party arc starts here: https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5404
This is a pretty horrible movie in terms of acting, plot, realism, special effects, etc. The one redeeming value is the following. Apparently it was made with the support of the local chapter of the Japan Karate Association, a "traditional" shotokan karate organization known for the rigor and quality-control of its training. So every once in a while you'll see people doing karate moves that clearly demonstrate they've spent years of practice on them.
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14991177 >> A famous martial artist, Steve Hunt, travels to the desert for what he thinks is an Olympic-style competition. The competition turns out to be a trap set by Baron von Rudloff, an ex-Nazi general who is still bitter over the humiliating defeat of his martial arts team > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_or_Be_Killed_(1976_film) > > It has a sequel, you know.... > - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVHFcQlOiM0 - this film, "Kill or Be Killed" > - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5hwo2Cu6Sg - the sequel, "Kill and Kill Again" >
This is a pretty horrible movie in terms of acting, plot, realism, special effects, etc. The one redeeming value is the following. Apparently it was made with the support of the local chapter of the Japan Karate Association, a "traditional" shotokan karate organization known for the rigor and quality-control of its training. So every once in a while you'll see people doing karate moves that clearly demonstrate they've spent years of practice on them.
> A famous martial artist, Steve Hunt, travels to the desert for what he thinks is an Olympic-style competition. The competition turns out to be a trap set by Baron von Rudloff, an ex-Nazi general who is still bitter over the humiliating defeat of his martial arts team
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_or_Be_Killed_(1976_film)
It has a sequel, you know....
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVHFcQlOiM0 - this film, "Kill or Be Killed"
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5hwo2Cu6Sg - the sequel, "Kill and Kill Again"
fwiw she briefly had presidential powers a couple years ago when Biden was sedated for a medical procedure. Source.
See higher-res versions on Wikipedia.
> No. 4.– The picture represents the Vicious State, or State of Destruction. Ages may have passed since the scene of glory – though the decline of nations is generally more rapid than their rise. Luxury has weakened and debased. A savage enemy has entered the city. A fierce tempest is raging. Walls and colonnades have been thrown down. Temples and palaces are burning. An arch of the bridge, over which the triumphal procession was passing in the former scene, has been battered down, and the broken pillars, and ruins of war engines, and the temporary bridge that has been thrown over, indicate that this has been the scene of fierce contention. Now there is a mingled multitude battling on the narrow bridge, whose insecurity makes the conflict doubly fearful. Horses and men are precipitated into the foaming waters beneath; war galleys are contending: one vessel is in flames, and another is sinking beneath the prow of a superior foe. In the more distant part of the harbor, the contending vessels are dashed by the furious waves, and some are burning. Along the battlements, among the ruined Caryatides, the contention is fierce; and the combatants fight amid the smoke and flame of prostrate edifices. In the fore-ground are several dead and dying; some bodies have fallen in the basin of a fountain, tinging the waters with their blood. A female is seen sitting in mute despair over the dead body of her son, and a young woman is escaping from the ruffian grasp of a soldier, by leaping over the battlement; another soldier drags a woman by the hair down the steps that form part of the pedestal of a mutilated colossal statue, whose shattered head lies on the pavement below. A barbarous and destroying enemy conquers and sacks the city. Description of this picture is perhaps needless; carnage and destruction are its elements.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Course_of_Empire_(paintings)
Remember those people who caught covid and were put on ventilators while denying that they had covid? When bad things happen to Trump supporters they'll just deny it or blame it on someone else.
This was a "Fuck YOU, in particular" sent right at Harris.
hmm.... I think a "fuck you" would be if people went to the polls and wrote in someone else. This was more of a "meh" sent right at Harris... they couldn't even be bothered to vote.
I firmly believe it was a combination of her race and male voters' unwillingness to vote for a woman under any circumstances.
I suspect that this played a large part, but the tricky thing is: how do we confirm this? We can't just poll people, bc they'll rarely admit it. We can't compare the performance of congressional candidates because people likely hold the presidency to a different standard. To make things even more complicated, Harris is mixed-race - and Americans are notoriously bad at studying that. And what do we do with the results of these studies? Clearly we still want to nominate qualified people regardless of gender or race.
Political scientists and historians will spend years analyzing the causes and significance of this election. My focus is more immediate. Although the data are imperfect and incomplete, I will offer preliminary answers...
To his credit, the writer explicitly warns us that this is a hot take and is almost certainly wrong.
Hey I'm really sorry to hear about your dog. It must be tough knowing that it's coming.
Yeah at one point his parents are like: "Bob, you got a letter from some guy in New England... do you know a Howard Phillips Lovecraft?"
> The Whole Wide World is a 1996 American independent biographical film produced and directed by Dan Ireland in his directorial debut. It depicts the relationship between pulp fiction writer Robert E. Howard (Vincent D'Onofrio) and schoolteacher Novalyne Price Ellis (Renée Zellweger).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Whole_Wide_World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtIQr7pLDEM
Not a GREAT movie, but I think it's fun, and the idea is solid.
"the truth is, there's more than enough. no-one has to die before their time."
cross-posted from !fullmoviesonyoutube@lemm.ee
> In Time is a 2011 American science fiction action film written, produced, and directed by Andrew Niccol. > > Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried star as inhabitants of a society that uses time from one's lifespan as its primary currency, with each individual possessing a clock on their arm that counts down how long they have to live. Cillian Murphy, Vincent Kartheiser, Olivia Wilde, Matt Bomer, Johnny Galecki, and Alex Pettyfer also star. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Time > > !the poster >
This is a totally 80s movie. It's got cocaine, beaches, cops dressed in suits with their hair slicked back, and sex in the hot tub with a sax solo playing. I thought it was all too cheesy, but the youtube comments are full of people talking like it's the best movie ever. Anyway, it's got three of the biggest stars of the period, as well as a very entertaining Raul Julia in a supporting role, so if you're in the mood for something 80s, go for it.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjRKdaiTrQo
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tequila_Sunrise_(film)
> Memory is a 2022 American action thriller film starring Liam Neeson as a hitman with early dementia who must go on the run after declining a contract on a young girl. ... Memory was theatrically released in the United States on April 29, 2022 by Open Road Films, and received mostly negative reviews from critics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_(2022_film)
Yeah it's not that great of a movie, but if you're a Liam Neeson fan you might want to watch it.
It was only uploaded yesterday, so it might be taken down pretty soon! EDIT: Looks like it was removed already...
About half of these are cyberpunk, most of the rest are kinda steampunk I guess. The music is sorta weak so just listen to some synthwave instead lel.
> When, at an important moment in the story of an anime, the quality of the animation improves drastically to make more impact or to be more dramatic or memorable, you can say that this moment is sakuga or has sakuga.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sakuga
There've been a couple major sequels and re-makes that have bombed recently, namely Joker and The Crow, and so this leads to the question: how do you successfully follow up a movie that seems like it could have no sequel?
Here's the answer. The original 1992 Bad Lieutenant would seem like it could have no follow-up, but I argue this film succeeds for a couple reasons.
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Good actors. I'm not a huge Nicholas Cage fan, but he does the job here, with his typical somewhat-unhinged burnout persona. Solid backups by people like Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, and even a memorable scene with Fairuza Balk.
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Great director: Werner Herzog. Wikipedia sez: > French filmmaker François Truffaut once called Herzog "the most important film director alive".
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Low expectations. "Port of Call New Orleans" had relatively modest production budget of 25 mil so the fact that it only made 10 mil domestically was bad, but not a disaster. (I mean it only ran in 24-96 venues total so they weren't expecting much!)
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A story that could stand alone. Apparently Herzog didn't even want to use the "Bad Lieutenant" prefix, and Abel Ferrara was mad about it, and there are no returning characters, so... Thematically there's a parallel though, and I think the movie's richer for that being made explicit in the title.
Anyway, it's not an amazing movie or anything, it gets a bit campy at times, but I'm pretty sure Herzog's doing that on purpose and it's worth watching at least once.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yDkoKoZdXY
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Lieutenant:_Port_of_Call_New_Orleans
The link goes to Episode 1 of the 1994 live action TV series. See this playlist for all 22 episodes of Season 1. There was no Season 2; apparently ratings weren't that good. But it's not that bad, given the limitations of its TV budget.
> RoboCop is a 1994 cyberpunk television series based on the RoboCop franchise. It stars Richard Eden as the title character. Made to appeal primarily to children and young teenagers, it lacks the graphic violence of the original film RoboCop and its sequel RoboCop 2 and is more in line with the tone of RoboCop 3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop_(live_action_TV_series)
> The film stars Dev Patel as Srinivasa Ramanujan, a real-life mathematician who, after growing up poor in Madras, India, earns admittance to Cambridge University during World War I, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G. H. Hardy, portrayed by Jeremy Irons. > > ... > > After the film's world premiere, Allan Hunter in Screen Daily found the film to be "a well-heeled, sincere production following the memories of Ramanujan's English mentor and friend ... The film tells such a good story that it is hard to resist. The old-fashioned virtues of a well-told tale and a particularly fine performance from Jeremy Irons should endear the film to that supposedly under-served older demographic who like to turn out for a weekday matinee ... Mathematics plays a key role in the story, but in a way that is entirely accessible, allowing the viewer to comprehend the advances that Ramanujan made and why his legacy remains so important almost a century after his death."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Knew_Infinity