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seemed appropriate to mention its on TV again soon, what with the HL2 thing n all. And since a few I noticed didn't even know what it was heh

FILM: 1984
Channel: Channel 4 4
Date: Thursday 24th March 2005
Time: 00:00 to 02:00 (starting in 17 days)
Duration: 2 hours.
Michael Radford's bleak, faithful and powerful screen version of George Orwell's nightmare vision of life in a terrifying totalitarian state. Starring John Hurt as the doomed rebel against the system and Richard Burton as his torturer-interrogator.
Director: Michael Radford
Starring: John Hurt, Cyril Cusack, David Cann, Suzanna Hamilton, Richard Burton, Roger Lloyd Pack
(Subtitles, Widescreen, 1984, 15, 3 Star)
 
Tonight, Channel 4, 11:35, the original "The Evil Dead" fully uncut!

Thought I'd mention it 'cos it's a cool movie!
 
mortiz said:
Tonight, Channel 4, 11:35, the original "The Evil Dead" fully uncut!

Thought I'd mention it 'cos it's a cool movie!
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hehe yeah im gonna be watching that. There's a whole bunch of these so called banned movies coming on in the next few days

Evil Dead
The Idiots
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Kids
A Clockwork Orange
The Last Temptation of Christ


oh and Dark City is on sometime this week too, brilliant film.
 
The Dark Elf said:
Evil Dead
The Idiots
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Kids
A Clockwork Orange
The Last Temptation of Christ
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Looks like I'm set for a while then. woot.
 
1984, great movie, great book.

Great inspiration for HL2, I feel.
 
The Dark Elf said:
oh and Dark City is on sometime this week too, brilliant film.
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Freaky film, especially when that Kid wearing a top-hat pulls out a knife and looks like he's got the F*cking munchies...Mouth, open wide style :thumbs:

But how-come was that banned, or was it, it was only a 15 in the UK was it?
 
DEATH eVADER said:
Freaky film, especially when that Kid wearing a top-hat pulls out a knife and looks like he's got the F*cking munchies...Mouth, open wide style :thumbs:

But how-come was that banned, or was it, it was only a 15 in the UK was it?
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Dark City wasn't banned.. it just happens to be on sometime this week.. hold on i'll check when
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FILM: Dark City
Channel: SCI FI 102
Date: Monday 28th March 2005
Time: 22:00 to 23:55 (starting in 21 days)
Duration: 1 hour and 55 minutes.
Cher would approve of The Strangers - mysterious beings that can turn back time and erase people's memories. With the help of Keifer Sutherland, the aliens frame Rufus Sewell for murder.
Director: Alex Proyas
Starring: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland
(1998, 15, 3 Star)

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FILM: Dark City
Channel: SCI FI 102
Date: Saturday 2nd April 2005
Time: 22:00 to 23:55 (starting in 26 days)
Duration: 1 hour and 55 minutes.
Cher would approve of The Strangers - mysterious beings that can turn back time and erase people's memories. With the help of Kiefer Sutherland, the aliens frame Rufus Sewell for murder.
Director: Alex Proyas
Starring: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland
(1998, 15, 3 Star)

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FILM: Dark City
Channel: five 5
Date: Saturday 12th March 2005
Time: 22:50 to 00:45 (starting in 5 days)
Duration: 1 hour and 55 minutes.
Imaginative science-fiction thriller set in a nightmarish urban complex of the future. A man wakes up in a bathtub with a murdered woman and no recollection of how he got there. In desperation, he escapes from the scene of the crime, but is pursued by shadowy, mysterious figures. From Alex Proyas, director of 'The Crow'.
Director: Alex Proyas, William Dieterle
Starring: Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly
(Subtitles, Stereo, 1998, 3 Star)

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so cool, its on three times lol I <3 cable :p
 
My trial runs out today, boo. Soon as I've got £9 going spare, I'll be upgrading, it really is an fantastic app, and cheaper than buying a TV guide every week.
 
pomegranate said:
My trial runs out today, boo. Soon as I've got £9 going spare, I'll be upgrading, it really is an fantastic app, and cheaper than buying a TV guide every week.
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get it through my link, its only fair :)

Really good support too, glad I ended up paying for it (was getting annoying looking for ways to get around the trial) lol
 
But is the film half as good as the book? I mean the book isnt exactly action packed, so is it actually a decent film?

Watched that Tv They Tried To Ban and Evil Dead afterwards. Twas a good night...
 
SimonomiS said:
But is the film half as good as the book? I mean the book isnt exactly action packed, so is it actually a decent film?

Watched that Tv They Tried To Ban and Evil Dead afterwards. Twas a good night...
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Well the film is good, but like the book, its no action film, more a thinker than a do-er.

If you want 1984 with action, watch Brazil which is great/weird, or watch someone playing HL2 hehe.
 
The Dark Elf said:
Well the film is good, but like the book, its no action film, more a thinker than a do-er.

If you want 1984 with action, watch Brazil which is great/weird, or watch someone playing HL2 hehe.
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Mack and Mesh :D Ill most likely skip it. Bowling for Columbine and American History X are films that make you think, but American History X just kept me hooked so I HAD to watch it, its become one of my favourite films since, and Bowling For Columbine just intrigued me as a documentary. Apart from that not really into big thinking movies, although I cant really think of some others.
 
SimonomiS said:
Mack and Mesh :D Ill most likely skip it. Bowling for Columbine and American History X are films that make you think, but American History X just kept me hooked so I HAD to watch it, its become one of my favourite films since, and Bowling For Columbine just intrigued me as a documentary. Apart from that not really into big thinking movies, although I cant really think of some others.
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im not one for these documentries that call themselves films. If I want documentries I just watch tonight with trevor this is the 10 o'clock news mcdonald.
 
The Dark Elf said:
get it through my link, its only fair :)

Really good support too, glad I ended up paying for it (was getting annoying looking for ways to get around the trial) lol
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Why, do you get some kind of points if I do?
 
pomegranate said:
Why, do you get some kind of points if I do?
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yeah i get 60 days extra. Then when you sign up you do the same and get 60 days extra if someone buys it through yours.
 
The Dark Elf said:
hehe yeah im gonna be watching that. There's a whole bunch of these so called banned movies coming on in the next few days

Evil Dead
The Idiots
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Kids
A Clockwork Orange
The Last Temptation of Christ


oh and Dark City is on sometime this week too, brilliant film.
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The Idiots is a Danish movie, i know a girl who vomitted when she watched it :D ... Extremely strong movie, not for fragile minds
 
SupremePain said:
The Idiots is a Danish movie, i know a girl who vomitted when she watched it :D ... Extremely strong movie, not for fragile minds
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seen it before, its pretty basic really, found it more an example of the pathetic class (the ones who don't know their born), but then I used to be a fan of Lars Von Trier, until I found out some of the things he would do.

Kids bothered me more than the idiots did though. Just another example of why kids should be grown in boxes :p
 
The Dark Elf said:
yeah i get 60 days extra. Then when you sign up you do the same and get 60 days extra if someone buys it through yours.
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Ok mate I will try and remember.... if you're really bothered, email me in about a week thomashiles at gmail dot com
 
1984 was on like a month ago on Channel 4. Wonder why they're showing it again.

I saw the Evil Dead last night, and it's almost the worst movie i've ever seen in my entire life. I kept telling myself "it was made ages ago, give it some leeway", but it just wasn't happening.

Can't wait for Clockwork Orange and Dark City, when are those 2 on?
 
pomegranate said:
Ok mate I will try and remember.... if you're really bothered, email me in about a week thomashiles at gmail dot com
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excellent, thanks :D

I just had another look, apparantly there's a freeview STB you can get the same way, but I think thats more like a raffle type thing, so I'm sticking with the extra time, seems more useful.

I dunno if you can with the trial but download the beta versions their working on, usually some neat features hidden away in those and they do seem to work well, not buggy like a lot of beta things are.

StardogChampion said:
1984 was on like a month ago on Channel 4. Wonder why they're showing it again.

I saw the Evil Dead last night, and it's almost the worst movie i've ever seen in my entire life. I kept telling myself "it was made ages ago, give it some leeway", but it just wasn't happening.

Can't wait for Clockwork Orange and Dark City, when are those 2 on?
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Evil Dead was better than I remembered.

Dark City (see above)

Clockwork Orange, a few days I think.
 
i only have 5 channels, and only four of them are worth watching :(

no good films for me..
 
Jangle said:
i only have 5 channels, and only four of them are worth watching :(

no good films for me..
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These are all on Channel 4, you've got that im sure. And Dark City is on sci-fi aswell as five.
 
Jangle said:
yay!

i love channel four!
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Channel 4 can be good sometimes. Whatever they put on filmfour usually ends up on it eventually, and they tend to avoid shredding things to pieces like the other channels do.

They showed that fun little short film again last night too, with the scientist who goes back in time only to become part of the dig he'd gone back in time to investigate. I liked it.
 
channel four's definitely the best channel for films.

i somehow always end up watching the 'five family movie' on sunday..
 
1984 and the movie Brazil should be watched together ...personally I prefer Brazil to the movie version of 1984 (the book was better ...obviously)
 
CptStern said:
1984 and the movie Brazil should be watched together ...personally I prefer Brazil to the movie version of 1984 (the book was better ...obviously)
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At the same time!? But they're confusing enough already!
 
Can't believe I didn't spot this sooner, finishes just before Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Coolies :D

FILM: Leon
Channel: ITV2 6
Date: Tuesday 8th March 2005
Time: 22:00 to 00:05 (starting tomorrow evening)
Duration: 2 hours and 5 minutes.
Stylish, violent thriller about a hit man who saves a 12-year-old girl from a murderous gang of corrupt cops in New York City. Once the ice-cold assassin opens his door to the little girl, a complex relationship develops as she thirsts for revenge and he becomes increasingly vulnerable to his emotions. French director Luc Besson's first English language film.
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1994, 5 Star)
 
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