Elemental's Excitingly Excellent Random Banter: No.CLXXVII (177)

[Heliomance]

...Nazis from the moon. That sums up everything you need to know about that movie right there.

[Castaras]

...Nazis from the moon. That sums up everything you need to know about that movie right there.

Pretty much.

Still very angry at Revolver though (who are releasing Iron Sky in Cinemas in Britain). Iron Sky will be able to be seen on the 23rd, and that's it. -.- which is a bad date for me to go see it.

RAEGE. ALL MY RAEGE.

[Amiel]

Yha, Hollywood is kinda scummy, but in the case of this movie they actually did a good job. Which did surprise me.

No, not those kind. I mean pegs that look almost exactly like the ones from the actuall Battleship game.

....wow. That's all I have to say.

At least it was entertaining; this is what, unfortunately, few movies do nowadays, truly entertain us.

Ah, it's been ages since I've played Battleship; we mostly play Beership.

...Nazis from the moon. That sums up everything you need to know about that movie right there.

Pretty much.

Still very angry at Revolver though (who are releasing Iron Sky in Cinemas in Britain). Iron Sky will be able to be seen on the 23rd, and that's it. -.- which is a bad date for me to go see it.

RAEGE. ALL MY RAEGE.

Nazis from the Dark Side of the Moon!


This is me;

[Mercenary Pen]

...Nazis from the moon. That sums up everything you need to know about that movie right there.

The anime watcher in me wants to know what, apart from presumably the lack of mecha, differentiates Iron Sky from stuff like Mobile Suit Gundam, Metal Armour Dragonar and a few others that can be summed up in roughly the same way...

[Asta Kask]

You will never sleep again...

[HalfTangible]

Because Captain is already used BY Captain America. Yeesh.

it's kind of amazing how little that actually answered the question

[AtlanteanTroll]

The only reason to see Battleship is for Brooklyn Decker. Yep. Only reason. Woof.

[HalfTangible]

The only reason to see Battleship is for Brooklyn Decker. Yep. Only reason. Woof.

I decided it wasn't worth even trying after I heard nobody in the movie said "You sunk my battleship!"

[LaZodiac]

I decided it wasn't worth even trying after I heard nobody in the movie said "You sunk my battleship!"

Well, we do get "They sure as hell aren't going to sink this battleship". Yay subversion?

[AtlanteanTroll]

Well, we do get "They sure as hell aren't going to sink this battleship". Yay subversion?

No. No yay subversion. Boo Warner Brothers (I think that's who did it) for even thinking it was remotely good idea to do a multifilm Hasbro tie-in.

ION: My iPod screen seems to need replacing. I had it in my pocket yesterday and it was sort of warm and when I took it out the whole bottom half of the screen is covered in horizontal white lines that I can't get to go away. k

[LaZodiac]

No. No yay subversion. Boo Warner Brothers (I think that's who did it) for even thinking it was remotely good idea to do a multifilm Hasbro tie-in.

ION: My iPod screen seems to need replacing. I had it in my pocket yesterday and it was sort of warm and when I took it out the whole bottom half of the screen is covered in horizontal white lines that I can't get to go away. k

I didn't see any Warner Bros logo during the movie. And it really was a good movie, so I think it was atleast a decent idea.

Oh dear, poor iPod.

[Rawhide]

Another game of DOTA 2, but this time we got slaughtered. We were reduced to only our final layer of defences, and we were barely keeping them protected.

We did get organised and managed to kill Roshan, but we were still being kept on the backfoot. They were organised and kept killing far too many of us at each encounter.

Eventually I saw an opportunity where they weren't engaging and we were all fully healed, so I commanded everyone to push down the middle lane. We managed to get all the way through and take their ancient down by 1/4 health, before pretty much our entire team was wiped out (I think one managed to run away).

Then it was their turn to push, they pushed through the top lane and removed the last layer of defence, but didn't get to our ancient.

We grouped again and took out Roshan a second time. I then ordered another push down the middle lane. We killed many of their heroes, and reduced their ancient's health down a fair way, but many of us died and a couple of us, myself included, managed to limp away on low health and our tails between our legs.

I decided to use items to heal rather than return to the base and we were readying to form another push, when suddenly we hear the victory chant. Not a single one of our heroes was anywhere near the base, and at least some of their heroes were close to us. But, somehow, they had neglected the creeps that were attacking their ancient.

Yes, their ancient was killed by unassisted creeps.

[LaZodiac]

Bob the Minion saves the day!

[AtlanteanTroll]

I didn't see any Warner Bros logo during the movie. And it really was a good movie, so I think it was atleast a decent idea.

Oh dear, poor iPod.

Of course you didn't. That sort of stuff generally goes before the movie. Though I was wrong. It was Universal. Poor fools, they lost millions on Battleship and they're going to lose even more.

Yeah. Might have to buy me a video once I get me paws on some cash. Or wait till my birthday rolls around in September. Either way, it'll be a bit. *le sigh*

[LaZodiac]

Of course you didn't. That sort of stuff generally goes before the movie. Though I was wrong. It was Universal. Poor fools, they lost millions on Battleship and they're going to lose even more.

Yeah. Might have to buy me a video once I get me paws on some cash. Or wait till my birthday rolls around in September. Either way, it'll be a bit. *le sigh*

They lost money on it? I'll note that according to TVTropes they didn't lose as much as they WOULD of, because Hasbro was going to punish them for having the movie license and not doing anything with it.

[AtlanteanTroll]

They lost money on it? I'll note that according to TVTropes they didn't lose as much as they WOULD of, because Hasbro was going to punish them for having the movie license and not doing anything with it.

Read this. (Contains some mild swearing.)

EDIT: Should be noted it only opened with 9.5 million. So the article is right.

[LaZodiac]

Read this. (Contains some mild swearing.)

EDIT: Should be noted it only opened with 9.5 million. So the article is right.

Interesting. And yes, it is a shame that it's not going to be making much money, because I quite liked it.

[Pheehelm]

My class has plans to go see that movie and MST it if necessary. The one question on my mind is how they work "battleship" into it insofar as the Navy's long since decommissioned all our battleships.

Also what uniform we should wear.

[LaZodiac]

My class has plans to go see that movie and MST it if necessary. The one question on my mind is how they work "battleship" into it insofar as the Navy's long since decommissioned all our battleships.

Also what uniform we should wear.

They work it in quite well, actually. Both real life Battleships and the game itself. I repeat, the alien's main missle weapons are shaped like pegs strait from the board game. And it is glorious.

[Teddy]

You will never sleep again...

Nah, it's not as bad as it may seem at first.

My class has plans to go see that movie and MST it if necessary. The one question on my mind is how they work "battleship" into it insofar as the Navy's long since decommissioned all our battleships.

Decommissioned doesn't equal scrapped, and in the case you can't find any true battleship, no one (except anyone who knows anything worth mentioning about 20th century warships) will notice the difference if you sneak in a cruiser or a destroyer instead (I mean, the Japanese didn't). This is common practice with tanks in movies, and especially the famous Tiger, seeing as there is but one single fully functional Tiger left in the world today, but the Pzkpfw IV is similar enough that most people won't be able to tell the difference. It's sad, but true.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

but... the PzIV and the Tiger I look completely different! The Tiger I is twice the weight!
And the King Tiger is COMPLETELY different, and not even comparable!

Next you'll be saying laypeople don't know the difference between a PzIV and a PzIII.

At least nobody's gonna mistake a StuG or Jagd of any design for a Pz, Panther, or Tiger.

[Teddy]

but... the PzIV and the Tiger I look completely different! The Tiger I is twice the weight!
And the King Tiger is COMPLETELY different, and not even comparable!

Next you'll be saying laypeople don't know the difference between a PzIV and a PzIII.

At least nobody's gonna mistake a StuG or Jagd of any design for a Pz, Panther, or Tiger.

Size matters less than you think when you pass the line of "OMG it's huge!". Especially when most of your viewers have no sense of scale whatsoever to start with. That said, I'm more worried about the turret. Unless they make their own mock-up turrets, that is.

Also, no one makes movies with a Königstiger and call it an ordinary Tiger, because there aren't enough Königstigers for you to do that, and it's stupid. And no one makes a movie with Königstigers, because the common people have no idea of what that is.

And to be honest, I'm a bit afraid that a majority of the laypeople won't be able to tell the difference between a Tiger and a Sherman if you remove the paintjobs...

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Yeah, probably. Ah well, not everyone can be as obsessed over military history as I!

[DraPrime]

Yeah, probably. Ah well, not everyone can be as obsessed over military history as I!

Ooooh, which areas of military history?

[Mercenary Pen]

Lets face it, most people have no clue what the differences are between a Battleship and a Battlecruiser when it comes down to it, and some of them aren't even too clear on the differences between a fighter aircraft and a bomber...

[LaZodiac]

Lets face it, most people have no clue what the differences are between a Battleship and a Battlecruiser when it comes down to it, and some of them aren't even too clear on the differences between a fighter aircraft and a bomber...

Well, they use the SS Mousori (sic from my) so I'm pretty sure they are using a real Battleship in it, when they DO use one.

[AtlanteanTroll]

It's sad, but true.

How the flaming fish feces is that sad? That's wonderful. People shouldn't know that. They shouldn't have to.

[Mercenary Pen]

Well, they use the SS Mousori (sic from my) so I'm pretty sure they are using a real Battleship in it, when they DO use one.

That is correct, since the USA has only ever completed one class of Battlecruiser (being the Alaska class), of which the USS Missouri was not a part.

[DraPrime]

How the flaming fish feces is that sad? That's wonderful. People shouldn't know that. They shouldn't have to.

It would be better if we lived in a world where military tech was unnecessary, but since we do it certainly doesn't hurt to be educated about it.

[Qwertystop]

How the flaming fish feces is that sad? That's wonderful. People shouldn't know that. They shouldn't have to.

I would comment on your point, but instead I simply gape in awe of your choice of expletive.