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Title: This is the franchise that never ends... now a general movie thread...?
Post by: MissingName on October 07, 2009, 03:19:11 AM
Saw VI comes out on October 23rd (http://www.saw6film.com/main.html)...

..sigh.  When will they put the series to rest?  JIGSAW DIED IN III.  (Or you can say IV; I never bothered to watch that or V)
Title: Re: This is the franchise that never ends...
Post by: ZeroKirbyX on October 07, 2009, 03:26:07 AM
My dick is in a blender. Your face is in the toaster. You have the plugs. If we work as a team, we can obviously get out together, this isn't that tough. Whatever you do, DON'T plug it in to save yourself.

And you just toasted your face. Awesome.
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Post by: Bluhman on October 07, 2009, 03:57:57 AM
Don't worry; Saw is clearly like Final Fantasy, in that 6, 7, and 9 are somehow going to be freaking awesome.

Also, I've never seen a SAW film in my life.
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Post by: Archem on October 07, 2009, 04:01:54 AM
I don't get how people want to watch this. What good is a horror film that's all gore and no scares?
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Post by: Bluhman on October 07, 2009, 04:06:01 AM
It's fetish material!
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Post by: Fading on October 07, 2009, 04:25:02 AM
Don't worry; Saw is clearly like Final Fantasy, in that 6, 7, and 9 are somehow going to be freaking awesome.

Also, I've never seen a SAW film in my life.

Seven?
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Post by: fruckert on October 07, 2009, 05:00:56 AM
I hate these movies.
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Post by: FFL2and3rocks on October 07, 2009, 07:25:36 AM
Reminds me of that episode of Two and a Half Men where it's 20 or 30 years in the future, and Alan and Jake are working at a theater, and you can see a poster in the background that says SAW XXXVII or something.

I've never seen any of the Saw movies. Oh well.
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Post by: zuhane on October 07, 2009, 08:17:47 AM
What's enjoyable about watching them? I've tended to notice that
the people that watch them are the weirder ones. I know a couple of people
who watch them at college and they were saying how good it would be
to tie someone up and torchur them.... right... good luck with that...
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Post by: Ben on October 07, 2009, 09:07:14 AM
there will be nine of them, and it will eventually taper off into a series. I know a guy who is with a company that has all of the contracts for set lighting with the saw movies. He told me this.
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Post by: Felix-0 on October 07, 2009, 09:59:48 AM
Don't worry; Saw is clearly like Final Fantasy, in that 6, 7, 8, and 9 are somehow going to be freaking awesome.

Also, I've never seen a SAW film in my life.

Much better.
Now on topic, I hated the saw movies. I usually get no enjoyment from watching horror movies.
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Post by: X_marks_the_ed on October 07, 2009, 10:24:56 AM
There is no SAW IV, V or VI.

Only SEEN I, II, and III.
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Post by: schilcote on October 07, 2009, 11:06:15 AM
Yeah, I don't understand horror movies. Pepole getting mutilated, woo hoo! Oh boy, that 5yr old is in a giant blender, how exciting.

"The evil building got you" springs to mind.
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Post by: MissingName on October 07, 2009, 11:19:21 AM
The Saw movies really aren't my thing.  Pointless gore and stupid games.  If a movie is going to have gore, it needs to have a purpose.  Saving Private Ryan was incredibly messy but at least that was in a war.

On a related note: Billy fail (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9eNru2WO6Y).
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Post by: _JeT_ on October 07, 2009, 12:27:58 PM
Skillcoat: It is not really much of a horror film, just random gore. Just throwing that out there.

Also, if you havent seen it before, then check out the confused matthew review of the first one which pretty much sums up the first one, and the basic structure of each additional film... Here (http://www.confusedmatthew.com/Saw.php)
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Post by: Zerlina on October 07, 2009, 03:36:08 PM
Glad I'm not the only one who's disgusted by the fact that they can sell (and people will buy) these movies.

Couldn't stand Saw - I really like Cary Elwes though. Robin Hood Men in Tights anyone?
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Post by: Grandy on October 07, 2009, 04:03:54 PM
Glad I'm not the only one who's disgusted by the fact that they can sell (and people will buy) these movies.

Couldn't stand Saw - I really like Cary Elwes though. Robin Hood Men in Tights anyone?

King illegal forest to pig wild kill in it a is!
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Post by: Obvious Sock Account on October 07, 2009, 08:41:16 PM
Oddly enough, I watched Saw IV a few nights ago, so unlike most of us here, I have a firsthand account of the fact that the movie is, at the least, sub-par.  I at the very least enjoyed it on some primitive, violent level, but the constant, nagging memory that human limbs can not seamlessly be torn out of their sockets, flesh and all, by the sharp yank of a chain did interfere with that what mild amusement I got out of the movie considerably.  Hell, reminded me alot of Brain Dead, which I also saw quite recently, only Brain Dead intended to be a joke.  Saw is supposed to chill me, or so I've been informed.

The plot was about as inventive and well-executed as I expected, which, needless to say, was about on par with any sane person's expectation of a shitty horror movie, but it did carry me through regardless of being painfully stupid and circumstantial.  I didn't care for the literal "How do you get all of this into a motel?" "One piece at a time." explanation of how no one intervened on the killing at any point in the movie.  If anything, and it's probably impossible to know how ashamed I am for saying so, the movie was too short.  Or just focused too much on the clown fellow's background. (I've since forgotten his name)

I'll see it, if it happens to be on any of the movie channels, but I highly doubt it will, and I have no intention of spending money on it.  I'm anything but interested in public opinion (echoed well enough by my appearance alone) but not even I would be seen watching Saw in a cinema.
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Post by: X_marks_the_ed on October 07, 2009, 10:00:44 PM
Stuff.

...and the crowd goes wild.
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Post by: Darkfox on October 07, 2009, 10:09:17 PM
Wait wait wait... Saw has a PLOT!?

I kinda got lost in the bad acting, empty personalityless plot device characters, poorly executed scenes and effects, and... eh... if there is anything passable as a plot, it's sure well hidden!

Coincidentally, read my sig. =D
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Post by: Archem on October 07, 2009, 11:40:39 PM
There is no SAW IV, V or VI.

Only SEEN I, II, and III.
It's like reverse-Star Wars.
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Post by: Bluhman on October 07, 2009, 11:45:35 PM
Isn't star wars rather reverse to begin with anyway?
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Post by: Archem on October 08, 2009, 12:12:12 AM
Surely you're not implying that Saw is straight-forward.
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Post by: MissingName on October 08, 2009, 12:15:59 AM
Saw is like that bundle of yarn your cat was playing with and somehow got it tangled up in the ceiling fan.
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Post by: Darkfox on October 08, 2009, 05:15:45 AM
Saw is more like a movie that was made by a guy who thinks he can write and develop characters and such then make a decent movie, and a few people buy into it because they'll buy into anything and under peer pressure their (sheep) friends do too. And only later do they realize that the guy who made it can't write and even the filming was cheap and cheesy, and that the harassment of the doctor from the first movie was purely based on a penlight...

...

...

Yeah... a penlight.

All-in-all it is badly written, the characters can't even be called characters, they are circumstantial plot devices with no personality, the traps are too elaborate, the tools are too elaborate, the situations are unrealistic (how the dude from the first movie had a whole complex computer monitor system in the dudes own house is beyond me), the car chase scene looked like a spoof reel the way it was sped up. And the following sequels never made up for it.

What's next? Jigsaw comes back from hell to kill people in their dreams? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_Krueger)
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Post by: fruckert on October 08, 2009, 05:17:13 AM
Might I ask what movie you are talking about?
It sounds horrible.
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Post by: Obvious Sock Account on October 08, 2009, 09:15:17 AM
It turns out that Saw's writer had come into the possession of a demonic entity and his only method of defeating the aforementioned evil consciousness was to personify him in a film series.  That carries with it the unfortunate consequence of the consciousness being granted physical form through the memories and superstition of the various actors.  The burden of slaying this demon at last is placed upon the original lead character's actor by the writer of the series, whom the spirit seems to have an especial penchant for harassing. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Craven%27s_New_Nightmare)
Title: Re: This is the franchise that never ends...
Post by: lilsniffs3 on October 09, 2009, 12:59:41 AM
The first two were okay. Then it sucked.
Title: Re: This is the franchise that never ends...
Post by: Obvious Sock Account on October 09, 2009, 03:15:27 PM
Aren't you a bit young to have seen Saw?
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Post by: Red Giant on October 09, 2009, 05:30:43 PM
I've happily missed 3 onwards.

Or in other words, I saw saw.

I saw saw two too (http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg263/iareimporter/SmallAwesomeSmiley.png)
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Post by: Archem on October 09, 2009, 07:24:53 PM
Kids these days.


Playing their violent video games and watching their violent movies and listening to their violent music and internetting those violent websites.

Ok, so a lot of those examples are more naked than violent, but you get the point. He's really no different than us oldersteins.
Title: Re: This is the franchise that never ends...
Post by: Obvious Sock Account on October 09, 2009, 10:29:32 PM
Oh, he's twelve?  I figured he was younger.  My mistake.
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Post by: Uberpwn_w00t on October 09, 2009, 11:24:04 PM
I guess I'm not missing out then, because I haven't seen any of them.
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Post by: fruckert on October 10, 2009, 12:30:04 AM
I hate this series.
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Post by: MissingName on October 10, 2009, 03:43:17 AM
It really is a stupid series.  I like Billy the Puppet, and that's about it.
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Post by: Musha on October 10, 2009, 11:56:07 PM
Oh, he's twelve?  I figured he was younger.  My mistake.

Rule 236 of the internet: If he's under 21, he's 12.  No exceptions.
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Post by: Valiere on October 11, 2009, 01:15:55 AM
I've never seen a Saw movie. It's not just that gore porn doesn't appeal to me, but also that I'd rather not share a theater with people I'm convinced are subtle sadists.
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Post by: Valiere on October 11, 2009, 01:21:40 AM
Gore porn. You know.
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Post by: lilsniffs3 on October 11, 2009, 02:22:38 AM
Most fans are stereotypical 12 year olds. I was the only one smart enough to realize 3 onward sucked.
Title: Re: This is the franchise that never ends...
Post by: MissingName on October 11, 2009, 02:41:22 AM
Hum.  What other series do y'all think must absolutely die?
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Post by: _JeT_ on October 11, 2009, 03:03:42 AM
Trust me Val, he knows. He is just being... Lucas.
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Post by: fruckert on October 11, 2009, 03:21:02 AM
Hum.  What other series do y'all think must absolutely die?
T1L1T?
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Post by: Archem on October 11, 2009, 05:54:53 AM
Tilit? What?
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Post by: fruckert on October 11, 2009, 05:58:23 AM
Twilight.
In my failed attempt at pretteenspeak.
Title: Re: This is the franchise that never ends...
Post by: Archem on October 11, 2009, 06:08:57 AM
That's a series now? How many are there? I hope to God there's only two.

That way, it's a sequel, not a series.
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Post by: fruckert on October 11, 2009, 07:12:37 AM
There's supposed to be 4.
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Post by: X_marks_the_ed on October 11, 2009, 11:32:19 AM
STALK ME EDWARD!
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Post by: MissingName on October 11, 2009, 01:39:26 PM
Argh, Twilight.

"Like, totally!"
"He's so hot!  I want him to suck my blood!"
"He sparkles!"

I seem to have run out of aspirin AND bullets.
Title: Re: This is the franchise that never ends...
Post by: Musha on October 11, 2009, 01:45:57 PM
Hum.  What other series do y'all think must absolutely die?
Hostel
Title: Re: This is the franchise that never ends...
Post by: fruckert on October 11, 2009, 06:33:20 PM
Hostel
This too.
Although it's probably going to find future releases in the Straight-To market.
Unfortunately.
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Post by: Archem on October 11, 2009, 07:09:53 PM
There's supposed to be 4.
****.

I'm done.
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Post by: Zerlina on October 11, 2009, 08:18:39 PM
*sigh*

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/103/1033434p1.html
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Post by: fruckert on October 11, 2009, 08:24:22 PM
Quote from: Stupid Review
8.0 - Presentation
Kudos to the developers for capturing the essence of a Saw movie. It isn't perfect, but it's worth any horror fan's attention.
SAW IS NOT SCARY.
Title: Re: This is the franchise that never ends...
Post by: Zerlina on October 11, 2009, 08:28:58 PM
SAW IS NOT SCARY.

I'd say it's scary. It's the scariest **** ever, because they can make 6 of these films AND people will pay to see them AND they will enjoy them.
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Post by: fruckert on October 11, 2009, 08:32:58 PM
Good point.
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Post by: MissingName on October 12, 2009, 02:22:34 AM
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/103/1033434p1.html
Now is that really necessary?  ****. 
Sad thing is, it just might be profitable.

Come to think of it, are there really any GOOD horror movies out there?
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Post by: Emerates on October 12, 2009, 02:35:22 AM
Now is that really necessary?  ****. 
Sad thing is, it just might be profitable.

Come to think of it, are there really any GOOD horror movies out there?

Jaws and Passion of The Christ.
Title: Re: This is the franchise that never ends...
Post by: MissingName on October 12, 2009, 02:40:30 AM
Jaws
I was scared as hell to even go near the water for a while after that.
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Post by: Archem on October 12, 2009, 02:41:42 AM
Yes. Just not enough.
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Post by: Mr.Dark666 on October 12, 2009, 08:59:18 AM
I don't like saw. To much gore  :-X
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Post by: Obvious Sock Account on October 12, 2009, 06:36:52 PM
Or any adventure game ever made by Sierra.  Ever.
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Post by: Zerlina on October 13, 2009, 12:01:49 AM
"It keeps players on their toes because these traps don't wound, they kill, every time. "
You know, this Saw game, it reminds me of Sprite for Life.

Freddie is actually Jigsaw.



(Whatta twist!)
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Post by: Darkfox on October 13, 2009, 01:33:32 AM
Darned sadists. Then again, it isn't even scary, it isn't even really so gross as much as dorky in execution.
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Post by: Legacy of Elecrusher on October 15, 2009, 03:24:26 AM
Never watched one. Never will. Yet I had a dream about a poorly written Saw movie.
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Post by: Valiere on October 16, 2009, 08:56:35 PM
Now is that really necessary?  ****. 
Sad thing is, it just might be profitable.

Come to think of it, are there really any GOOD horror movies out there?

Does Silence of the Lambs count? I guess that's more drama/suspense.
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Post by: MissingName on October 16, 2009, 09:11:57 PM
Does Silence of the Lambs count? I guess that's more drama/suspense.

I wouldn't say it's really horror... but it's still an excellent movie.  Hannibal, not so much.  Didn't even bother to watch Hannibal Rising.

Actually, two of the stupidest movies my parents showed me gave me nightmares when I was little:
The Thing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_from_Another_World) and the Blob (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blob_(1988)).  Now I can watch those and crack up.  But when you're only a few years old...
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Post by: fruckert on October 16, 2009, 11:35:08 PM
It makes me crack up epically so.
I'm pretty sure if I were to have seen it when I was littler, then it would have made me **** my pants.
Thrice.
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Post by: MissingName on October 17, 2009, 01:54:02 AM
My aunt's terrified of clowns.  So we tried to show her without telling what it was about...

She got to Tim Curry in the sewer.
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Post by: fruckert on October 17, 2009, 02:11:29 AM
I would totally pay to see a Sesame Street horror movie.
It'd be terrifying.

Wow that was off topic.
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Post by: MissingName on October 17, 2009, 02:18:58 AM
Or something else terrifying:  If Winnie the Poo and friends were like real animals.

*Tigger bounces over to Hare
"Hey, Tigger, do you want some carro-"
*Tigger eats Hare

"P-p-p-p-poo, have you seen H-h-hare?  I-"
*CHOMP

Horror movies for little kids.
Title: Re: This is the franchise that never ends... now a general movie thread...?
Post by: Archem on October 17, 2009, 04:43:23 AM
It
Made me **** myself with fear.

Tim Curry is the scariest man I knew growing up. Clowns are unpleasant, on top of that.







Although I'm suddenly very interested in re-watching Clue. Despite childhood fears, I do love Tim Curry.
Title: Re: This is the franchise that never ends... now a general movie thread...?
Post by: Obvious Sock Account on October 18, 2009, 08:35:32 PM
Hell Raiser conquers all your Sesame Street and Pooh Bear and It.  Clive Barker FTW