Yet Another Cycling Forum
Off Topic => The Pub => Arts and Entertainment => Topic started by: rogerzilla on 13 February, 2012, 07:34:42 pm
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If I made a film, it would probably be like this. Spot the warmongering Sarah Palin lookalike.
http://www.b3ta.com/links/Iron_Sky_trailer
;D
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Yay! Silly film time!
Can I have sweeties, daddy?
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SPACE NAZIS!
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I saw the trailer for Sarah Palin vs The Space Nazis last week, and was mildly disturbed that I hadn't heard of it from andygates first...
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I'd probably gushed over it back when it was in crowdfunded pre-production :)
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Is this actually going to make it to cinemas, or be straight to DVD? Presciently, I was at a party on Saturday bemoaning the lack of decent men's titles in "book clubs"...specifically, because they didn't have enough Nazis and spaceships in them.
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Is this actually going to make it to cinemas, or be straight to DVD? Presciently, I was at a party on Saturday bemoaning the lack of decent men's titles in "book clubs"...specifically, because they didn't have enough Nazis and spaceships in them.
Or Nazi Spaceships!
Space Battleship Bismarck FTW!
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So the Sunday Sport was right. There was a Lancaster Bomber made it to the moon.
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Is this actually going to make it to cinemas, or be straight to DVD? Presciently, I was at a party on Saturday bemoaning the lack of decent men's titles in "book clubs"...specifically, because they didn't have enough Nazis and spaceships in them.
About the only book I can think of that's got the Nazis anywhere near space was Philip K. Dick's "The Man In The High Castle" - IIRC, it's mentioned in the book that the Germans were beginning to colonise the Moon, but it wasn't like it was a central part of the plot...
In fact, there's such a dearth of Space Nazis that even with the imminent coming of Iron Sky, there still isn't a fleshed out Space Nazis page on TV Tropes!
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So the Sunday Sport was right. There was a Lancaster Bomber made it to the moon.
That's strange, I don't recall reading that the Germans used Lancasters... ;D
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So the Sunday Sport was right. There was a Lancaster Bomber made it to the moon.
That's strange, I don't recall reading that the Germans used Lancasters... ;D
They do in the posters :D
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Is this actually going to make it to cinemas, or be straight to DVD? Presciently, I was at a party on Saturday bemoaning the lack of decent men's titles in "book clubs"...specifically, because they didn't have enough Nazis and spaceships in them.
Or Nazi Spaceships!
What about zombies? Nazi zombies in space for a trope trifecta!
Space Battleship Bismarck FTW!
Sounds a bit derivative to me1... ;) And the Bismark's proportions are all wrong, the bridge/conning tower section is too far forwards. If anything HMS Rodney would work better as an ironclad/spaceship cut'n'shut job.2
1 As, I guess, you knew. And there's already been a live-action/shedloads-of-CGI remake (http://youtu.be/4bmkBAFuL5M) of the original anime. :o
2 Ye Godz, the things I end up discussing in here... ;D
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Very much looking forward to this. The Finnish team behind it produced Star Trek spoofs, the Star Wreck series, culminating in the full-length 'Star Wreck: In The Pirkinning' (it took them seven years, the render farm was three PCs in a kitchen!), available on DVD and as a torrent. I loved that, so Iron Sky should be right up my street. And Udo Kier's in it too :)
Oh yes, they have cinema releases scheduled: UK April 20 (funny coincidence, that was Hitler's birthday....!).
The Guardian gave it a rather sniffy review, I agree with one of the comments: "I refuse to believe you can make a bad film about Nazis from the moon. I'm sorry; it's just not possible."
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Independence Day meets Starship Troopers meets Wag the Dog meets Downfall. An interesting mix. I assume the reference to the Bismarck upthread is to the Hindenburg. 'Oh, the humanity'.
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I've been waiting to see this released for about a year since I first heard of it. It looks like it'll be done in the style of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.
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Independence Day meets Starship Troopers meets Wag the Dog meets Downfall. An interesting mix. I assume the reference to the Bismarck upthread is to the Hindenburg. 'Oh, the humanity'.
No, Wascally's Bismark reference is a Teutonic riff on a Japanese anime franchise, based on the premise that the Japanese WW2 super-battleship Yamato is raised from the depths of the Pacific, welded to a futuristic propulsion system that can be used, in extremis, as a weapon and festooned with frikkin' lasers.
Hence the footnote in my previous post, though I wonder why I bothered...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato
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Oooooh. I'm going to that Essex over Easter. We could all meet up in that London and see it together for added hilarity.
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Independence Day meets Starship Troopers meets Wag the Dog meets Downfall. An interesting mix. I assume the reference to the Bismarck upthread is to the Hindenburg. 'Oh, the humanity'.
No, Wascally's Bismark reference is a Teutonic riff on a Japanese anime franchise, based on the premise that the Japanese WW2 super-battleship Yamato is raised from the depths of the Pacific, welded to a futuristic propulsion system that can be used, in extremis, as a weapon and festooned with frikkin' lasers.
Hence the footnote in my previous post, though I wonder why I bothered...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato
I was taken by the quoting of this famous footage of the Hindenburg. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F54rqDh2mWA at 1min 42sec in the trailer, hence 'O' the humanity'.
It was also the cover of Led Zeppelin's first album.
(http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/2705/cover_2321726112010.jpg)
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Independence Day meets Starship Troopers meets Wag the Dog meets Downfall. An interesting mix. I assume the reference to the Bismarck upthread is to the Hindenburg. 'Oh, the humanity'.
No, Wascally's Bismark reference is a Teutonic riff on a Japanese anime franchise, based on the premise that the Japanese WW2 super-battleship Yamato is raised from the depths of the Pacific, welded to a futuristic propulsion system that can be used, in extremis, as a weapon and festooned with frikkin' lasers.
Hence the footnote in my previous post, though I wonder why I bothered...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato
The live action film is quite good:
http://youtu.be/Row0rYFQCHs
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I've just mentioned this at work. Everyone's now very excited about it.
ETA: we are hoping that the inevitable sequel will be Space Nazis vs The Clangers.
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God bless the Japanese
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5cQVff7GMM
There is also manga battlemech strip set in an alternate Nazi post war world by the name of "Hell Hounds".
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God bless the Japanese
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5cQVff7GMM
There is also manga battlemech strip set in an alternate Nazi post war world by the name of "Hell Hounds".
If you like that you'll like the Worldwar books by Harry Turtledove.
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The BBC has noticed it now:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17046477
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Presciently, I was at a party on Saturday bemoaning the lack of decent men's titles in "book clubs"...specifically, because they didn't have enough Nazis and spaceships in them.
Instead of moaning at a party, you could make some suggestions:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006s5sf
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Presciently, I was at a party on Saturday bemoaning the lack of decent men's titles in "book clubs"...specifically, because they didn't have enough Nazis and spaceships in them.
Instead of moaning at a party, you could make some suggestions:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006s5sf
How about Sven Hassel's 'The Bloody Road to Death'? A book which , as a forumite* has previously pointed out, disproves the maxim "You can't judge a book by its cover".
*possibly Rogerzilla
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I liked the use of Laibach's B Machina (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgqjnzkYPnA) in the trailer.
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Oooooh. I'm going to that Essex over Easter. We could all meet up in that London and see it together for added hilarity.
They appear to currently be quoting the UK release date as 4th April 2012, are you around after then?
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I told Mrs Z about this and she rolled her eyes in a "men!" kind of way.
Then she watched the trailer and said, "Actually, that looks as if it might be rather good..."
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Oooooh. I'm going to that Essex over Easter. We could all meet up in that London and see it together for added hilarity.
They appear to currently be quoting the UK release date as 4th April 2012, are you around after then?
It's April 20, as announced by the distributor.
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I saw Snakes On A Plane at the cinema. I'm not risking good money on Sarah Palin vs The Space Nazis unless I know it's not going to be a similar disappointment, which I fear it may.
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Which is of course where YACF comes in, any sufficiently bad film seen with a bunch of (possibly slight over alcoholed) YACFers, would still be good. ;D
The worst case scenario is that it's one of those films which isn't really that bad, just tedious and boring.
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I told Mrs Z about this and she rolled her eyes in a "men!" kind of way.
what an amazing coincidence. Mrs TC also rolled her eyes. I haven't made her watch the trailer yet though.
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Reminds me of the excellently-titled Surf Nazis Must Die!
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Which is of course where YACF comes in, any sufficiently bad film seen with a bunch of (possibly slight over alcoholed) YACFers, would still be good. ;D
Good point well made. One of my lesser-known hobbies is the synchro-watching of cheesy disaster/horror movies with like-minded people on IRC, to good effect.
The worst case scenario is that it's one of those films which isn't really that bad, just tedious and boring.
*has flashbacks to Starflight One* (see above)
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Good point well made. One of my lesser-known hobbies is the synchro-watching of cheesy disaster/horror movies with like-minded people on IRC, to good effect.
LOL, I've never tried that, but I have done synchro-listening to various cheesy tunes and albums, whilst discussing (and suggesting others!) on IRC. ;D
This was pre-ADSL, so required CDs of the music, since you couldn't reliably stream decent quality audio down a modem connection.
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Sometimes there is overlap. The James Whale 'Frankenstein' was on the TV the night after the college ciema club showed 'Young Frankenstein', and there was lots of giggling at the seconds film.
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Reminds me of the excellently-titled Surf Nazis Must Die!
It is a tragically bad film though. The Toxic Avenger is slightly better if you want to try Troma films.
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Hitler's already seen the Iron Sky trailer and isn't happy.
. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s27xsDazEw).
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Mark Kermode likes it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/2012/03/kermode_uncut_iron_sky.html
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That was a remarkably upbeat pre-review by Kermode. If he likes it, even a bit, the chances are it's got something.
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That was a remarkably upbeat pre-review by Kermode. If he likes it, even a bit, the chances are it's got something.
It's got Nazis and spaceships. You need more?
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Oh you cynical lot everyone knows they did it!
http://discaircraft.greyfalcon.us/HAUNEBU.htm
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That was a remarkably upbeat pre-review by Kermode. If he likes it, even a bit, the chances are it's got something.
It's got Nazis and spaceships. You need more?
Zombies, kittens, an annoying talking animal?