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  1. cabal cabal

    The Cabal has arrived.

    Monday, 04-Apr-11 23:23:56 UTC from web
    1. Scribus Scribus

      @rotation BTTF 3?

      Monday, 05-Sep-11 14:49:47 UTC from web
    2. derps derps

      @rotation STABBING PEOPLE! (aka: I refuse #)

      Monday, 05-Sep-11 14:52:35 UTC from web
    3. Scribus Scribus

      @rotation No, seriously though... (As much as I do love the BTTF movies) I think it'd probably be easier to pick one per genre, and there's a lot of variation based on mood. But, being restricted for the sake of conversation to one-and-only-one film I will say "The Secret of NIMH." It's got marvelous animation, a solid balance of humor and adventure, genuine relatable emotions, and (I'll be honest) a high-powered nostalgia factor. Even if the story has its holes. #

      Monday, 05-Sep-11 14:56:22 UTC from web
    4. Eric Eric

      @applebloomsarepetalknives

      Monday, 05-Sep-11 15:22:59 UTC from web
    5. adiwan adiwan

      @rotation I say that Metropolis (1929) is a far more influential film.

      Monday, 05-Sep-11 15:24:23 UTC from Choqok
      1. colfax colfax

        @broniebrown Have you seen the restored version they just found a couple years ago?

        Monday, 05-Sep-11 15:27:02 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
        1. adiwan adiwan

          @colfax Yes! I've seen it live on television while an orchestra performed live to the film. It was gorgeous. I saved the HD version on my hard drive.

          Monday, 05-Sep-11 15:33:58 UTC from Choqok
          1. colfax colfax

            @broniebrown I'm waiting for it to come out on DVD, I need that one for the collection.

            Monday, 05-Sep-11 15:36:16 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
    6. Eric Eric

      @applebloomsarepetalknives Good morning

      Monday, 05-Sep-11 15:25:35 UTC from web
    7. Eric Eric

      @applebloomsarepetalknives How are you doing on this lovely morning Jonathan?

      Monday, 05-Sep-11 15:30:08 UTC from web
    8. Eric Eric

      @applebloomsarepetalknives Not what I asked, but exciting nonetheless.

      Monday, 05-Sep-11 15:31:11 UTC from web
    9. Eric Eric

      @applebloomsarepetalknives There's some evil pony named Dischord that does evil stuff and ponies and stuff. (Clearly I know a lot about what's going on)

      Monday, 05-Sep-11 15:34:00 UTC from web
      1. Macpony55 Macpony55

        @loak quite

        Monday, 05-Sep-11 15:34:49 UTC from web
    10. Eric Eric

      @applebloomsarepetalknives That promo was fanmade, wasn't it?

      Monday, 05-Sep-11 15:35:23 UTC from web
    11. Eric Eric

      @applebloomsarepetalknives Unless we're not talking about the same video.... Link?

      Monday, 05-Sep-11 15:36:45 UTC from web
    12. Eric Eric

      @rotation That would be amazing.

      Monday, 05-Sep-11 15:37:00 UTC from web
    13. Eric Eric

      @applebloomsarepetalknives Ohhhh ok, I understand now.

      Monday, 05-Sep-11 15:39:23 UTC from web
    14. adiwan adiwan

      @rotation It is clearly a sci-fi. This film shows an alternate society structure, an avant-garde style of architecture and technology not seen before like an android. But of course it is a political, society-driven plot. An upper-class man in a forbidden love with a lower-class woman.

      Monday, 05-Sep-11 15:40:56 UTC from Choqok
      1. colfax colfax

        @broniebrown @rotation It's considered to be the great grandfather of modern sci-fi, and it's influence can be clearly seen in countless movies.

        Monday, 05-Sep-11 15:44:45 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
      2. colfax colfax

        @broniebrown Right now TCM is showing a few Geore Melies movies, century old scifi, gotta love it.

        Monday, 05-Sep-11 15:47:12 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
    15. Eric Eric

      @applebloomsarepetalknives TTYL

      Monday, 05-Sep-11 15:41:18 UTC from web
    16. adiwan adiwan

      @rotation I second this! This would be really awesome in all regards. And fabulous!

      Monday, 05-Sep-11 15:46:01 UTC from Choqok
    17. colfax colfax

      @rotation Oh no, of course not, I have the book it was based on and that's even more political,

      Monday, 05-Sep-11 15:47:54 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
    18. adiwan adiwan

      @rotation What is purely sci-fi? Every story can't live without the usual story elements seen in other movies. Sci-fi only dictates the setting the protagonists act in. The sci-fi setting is usually in an alternate society structure in a different time/time-line than ours. There is often technology involved in.

      Monday, 05-Sep-11 15:56:30 UTC from Choqok
    19. adiwan adiwan

      @rotation I can see your problem. Metropolis isn't obviously a sci-fi. We are used to see sci-fi as flicks that take place in space or in dystopian futures. Back then it was the definition of sci-fi. Skyscrapers as high as the sky itself. Machines everywhere. A city-wide surveillance system. Robots. Planes that fly through the city. Times changes. Sci-fi changes. But I think we know each other's point of view about this.

      Monday, 05-Sep-11 16:08:02 UTC from Choqok
    20. naa naa

      @rotation I'm honestly not too keen on that film personally. Besides the story with HAL it failed to invest me or even interest me ,I do understand its impact on film as a medium, but to me it seems like it was more of a special effects demonstration, a very impressive one for the time ,but still. (A popular online critic by the name of Confused Matthew shares my opinion on the film, but he's...a bit more sarcastic with the delivery of said opinion ,but yeah)

      Monday, 05-Sep-11 16:11:53 UTC from MuSTArDroid
    21. Barton Flank Barton Flank

      @rotation Ah... those heady days when we only had a synopsis, a rumour, and a doomy looking OC pony to go on.

      Monday, 19-Mar-12 12:11:06 UTC from web