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Everybody here is out watching "The Minecraft Movie"

Honestly, I thought this movie had already been released last year.
I'd have put money down on that belief, had I been in a gambling mood.
So learning that it was only released this weekend sort of blew my
mind.

Not as much as it becoming a block-buster hit though.

Although, I sort of get it. The movie is based on a popular
video-game. It's kid-friendly. It's got Jack Black in it. It's at
least worth a look, right? How bad can it be?

Pretty bad, as it turns out. Comparisons to the original 1993 "Super
Mario Bros." movie are apt.

It's a completely awful piece. None of the characters are likable.
Jack Black is.... well, he's Jack Blacking constantly. The idea that
his humor works in short bursts seems to have escaped him. I actually
like him in a lot of films, but he's irksome and exhausting in this
one.

And the sad part is, he's the BEST bit of the movie. The rest of the
movie is either forgettable or stupid. Maybe pre-teens will get
something out of it, but if you've a fully-developed brain then it's
going to hurt to watch this.

I enjoyed "Borderlands" more than this claptrap. And "Borderlands" was
utter, utter shit.

"Minecraft" isn't a 'turn-your-brain-off-and-enjoy' movie. It's a 'jam electrodes into your ears until your cerebral matter is ashed and then
maybe you won't hate life so much watching it' movie. It's awful.

It does seem popular in America, though. I wonder why that is.
(looks at electorate)
Oh, that explains a lot.







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Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Everybody here is out watching "The Minecraft Movie"

Honestly, I thought this movie had already been released last year.
I'd have put money down on that belief, had I been in a gambling
mood. So learning that it was only released this weekend sort of blew
my mind.

Not as much as it becoming a block-buster hit though.

Although, I sort of get it. The movie is based on a popular
video-game. It's kid-friendly. It's got Jack Black in it. It's at
least worth a look, right? How bad can it be?

Pretty bad, as it turns out. Comparisons to the original 1993 "Super
Mario Bros." movie are apt.

It's a completely awful piece. None of the characters are likable.
Jack Black is.... well, he's Jack Blacking constantly. The idea that
his humor works in short bursts seems to have escaped him. I
actually like him in a lot of films, but he's irksome and exhausting
in this one.

And the sad part is, he's the BEST bit of the movie. The rest of the
movie is either forgettable or stupid. Maybe pre-teens will get
something out of it, but if you've a fully-developed brain then it's
going to hurt to watch this.

I enjoyed "Borderlands" more than this claptrap. And "Borderlands"
was utter, utter shit.

"Minecraft" isn't a 'turn-your-brain-off-and-enjoy' movie. It's a
'jam electrodes into your ears until your cerebral matter is ashed
and then maybe you won't hate life so much watching it' movie. It's
awful.

It does seem popular in America, though. I wonder why that is. (looks
at electorate) Oh, that explains a lot.

I have heard news about kids (not sure if in Eagleland or UK) being so
rowdy that cops were called to expel them from the theatre. I don't
think I have seen anything like that since the first Pokémon film, when
i had to accompany my younger brother.

Top reason I'm not interested in watching the film is that well... This
is not my Minecraft. I fell in love with Beta 1.7 in 2011, before the
Adventure update. The game was very different back then. Almost no lore,
no NPCs, crazier terrain generation... In 1.8 it had a unique feel that reminded me of Shadow of the Colossus, as if you had reached a far away
land where a cataclysm had eradicated everyone. Villages and underground strongholds would appear, but without NPC's it was like discovering the
ruins of a past civilization.

We would play on our own, and write fictional exploration journals. Some
people preferred reading those stories to playing, which now sounds a
bit like Dwarf Fortress. This was when it was a java game, PC only, hard
to run, and while getting popular, it was not something mainstream. And
there barely were any Minecraft youtubers. i don't think youtuber was
even a term. We uploaded videos to show how cool it was, not to make
money out of it.

Unfortunately the movie screams Microsoft Minecraft and I have no love
for the current merchandise driven IP powerhouse they turned it into.
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Oh, I almost forgot. There's a workprint version with unfinished effects
that was leaked a few hours before the theatrical release. It may be a
lot more entertaining to watch than the final product, thanks to the unfinished special effects.
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 15:29 this Wednesday (GMT):

Everybody here is out watching "The Minecraft Movie"

Honestly, I thought this movie had already been released last year.
I'd have put money down on that belief, had I been in a gambling mood.
So learning that it was only released this weekend sort of blew my
mind.

Not as much as it becoming a block-buster hit though.

Although, I sort of get it. The movie is based on a popular
video-game. It's kid-friendly. It's got Jack Black in it. It's at
least worth a look, right? How bad can it be?

Pretty bad, as it turns out. Comparisons to the original 1993 "Super
Mario Bros." movie are apt.

It's a completely awful piece. None of the characters are likable.
Jack Black is.... well, he's Jack Blacking constantly. The idea that
his humor works in short bursts seems to have escaped him. I actually
like him in a lot of films, but he's irksome and exhausting in this
one.

And the sad part is, he's the BEST bit of the movie. The rest of the
movie is either forgettable or stupid. Maybe pre-teens will get
something out of it, but if you've a fully-developed brain then it's
going to hurt to watch this.

I enjoyed "Borderlands" more than this claptrap. And "Borderlands" was
utter, utter shit.

"Minecraft" isn't a 'turn-your-brain-off-and-enjoy' movie. It's a 'jam electrodes into your ears until your cerebral matter is ashed and then
maybe you won't hate life so much watching it' movie. It's awful.

It does seem popular in America, though. I wonder why that is.
(looks at electorate)
Oh, that explains a lot.

I'm not watching it. I am curious how bad/good it is, though.
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On 4/9/2025 8:29 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Everybody here is out watching "The Minecraft Movie"

No. My son does want to see it though. Surprising and my son has
turned into Mikey and hates everything. He used to like Minecraft.
He's been watching weird videos of AI Jack Black singing Flint and Steel Chicken Jockey. *shrug*.

He also showed me a 'reaction video' of teens in a theater going nuts at
the mention of Chicken Jockey, whatever that is. He says it's in the
game, but I never ran into it.

Honestly, I thought this movie had already been released last year.
I'd have put money down on that belief, had I been in a gambling mood.
So learning that it was only released this weekend sort of blew my
mind.

Not as much as it becoming a block-buster hit though.

Although, I sort of get it. The movie is based on a popular
video-game. It's kid-friendly. It's got Jack Black in it. It's at
least worth a look, right? How bad can it be?

Pretty bad, as it turns out. Comparisons to the original 1993 "Super
Mario Bros." movie are apt.

Aw, I enjoy that movie. I was never a fan of Mario or Nintendo
particularly though. Dr. Mario is the only Mario game I can think of I
liked, and I played that in the arcade.

It's a completely awful piece. None of the characters are likable.
Jack Black is.... well, he's Jack Blacking constantly. The idea that
his humor works in short bursts seems to have escaped him. I actually
like him in a lot of films, but he's irksome and exhausting in this
one.

He's not main character material that's for sure, well the exception of
School of Rock, but he wasn't him as his character. I think he 'jumped
the shark fairly recently too, the Mando appearance, Borderlands for
sure (though I still haven't seen it.)

And the sad part is, he's the BEST bit of the movie. The rest of the
movie is either forgettable or stupid. Maybe pre-teens will get
something out of it, but if you've a fully-developed brain then it's
going to hurt to watch this.

I enjoyed "Borderlands" more than this claptrap. And "Borderlands" was
utter, utter shit.

I saw what you did there.
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On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:08:09 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
wrote:

On 4/9/2025 8:29 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

I enjoyed "Borderlands" more than this claptrap.

I saw what you did there.

It's good to be appreciated.

;-)

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On Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:29:54 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

It does seem popular in America, though. I wonder why that is.
(looks at electorate)
Oh, that explains a lot.

Actually, it's turning into a new Rocky Horror Picture Show over here.
People are screaming at memes, throwing popcorn, basically hate watching.
There are videos of folks getting thrown out of theaters, riotous
reactions to lines, or the theatre operator pausing the movie.

In my youth, a theater nearby had midnight showings of Heavy Metal and
RHPS. We used to go all the time. Drugs were required for Heavy Metal.

This could be just that sort of phenomenon.
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Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote at 15:08 this Friday (GMT):

On 4/9/2025 8:29 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Everybody here is out watching "The Minecraft Movie"

No. My son does want to see it though. Surprising and my son has
turned into Mikey and hates everything. He used to like Minecraft.
He's been watching weird videos of AI Jack Black singing Flint and Steel Chicken Jockey. *shrug*.

I prefer the sentence mixing videos.

He also showed me a 'reaction video' of teens in a theater going nuts at
the mention of Chicken Jockey, whatever that is. He says it's in the
game, but I never ran into it.

CHICKEN JOCKEY

They are in the game, its a rare spawn varient of a zombie that is extra painful to kill because of the small hitbox and high speed. I do think
it's funny, but it will probably be beaten into the ground.

Honestly, I thought this movie had already been released last year.
I'd have put money down on that belief, had I been in a gambling mood.
So learning that it was only released this weekend sort of blew my
mind.

Not as much as it becoming a block-buster hit though.

Although, I sort of get it. The movie is based on a popular
video-game. It's kid-friendly. It's got Jack Black in it. It's at
least worth a look, right? How bad can it be?

Pretty bad, as it turns out. Comparisons to the original 1993 "Super
Mario Bros." movie are apt.

Aw, I enjoy that movie. I was never a fan of Mario or Nintendo
particularly though. Dr. Mario is the only Mario game I can think of I liked, and I played that in the arcade.

It's a completely awful piece. None of the characters are likable.
Jack Black is.... well, he's Jack Blacking constantly. The idea that
his humor works in short bursts seems to have escaped him. I actually
like him in a lot of films, but he's irksome and exhausting in this
one.

Its fun to laugh at, though.

Also, if you want an actually good retro mario movie, there's a japanese
mario movie thats older and pretty entertaining.

He's not main character material that's for sure, well the exception of School of Rock, but he wasn't him as his character. I think he 'jumped
the shark fairly recently too, the Mando appearance, Borderlands for
sure (though I still haven't seen it.)

And the sad part is, he's the BEST bit of the movie. The rest of the
movie is either forgettable or stupid. Maybe pre-teens will get
something out of it, but if you've a fully-developed brain then it's
going to hurt to watch this.

I enjoyed "Borderlands" more than this claptrap. And "Borderlands" was
utter, utter shit.

I saw what you did there.

cheers
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Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote at 16:45 this Friday (GMT):

On Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:29:54 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

It does seem popular in America, though. I wonder why that is.
(looks at electorate)
Oh, that explains a lot.

Actually, it's turning into a new Rocky Horror Picture Show over here.
People are screaming at memes, throwing popcorn, basically hate watching. There are videos of folks getting thrown out of theaters, riotous
reactions to lines, or the theatre operator pausing the movie.

In my youth, a theater nearby had midnight showings of Heavy Metal and
RHPS. We used to go all the time. Drugs were required for Heavy Metal.

This could be just that sort of phenomenon.

I've never seen the operator have to pause a movie before, these crowds
must be INTENSE.
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2025 22:10:05 -0000 (UTC), in
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, candycanearter07 wrote:

Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote at 16:45 this Friday (GMT):

On Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:29:54 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

It does seem popular in America, though. I wonder why that is.
(looks at electorate)
Oh, that explains a lot.

Actually, it's turning into a new Rocky Horror Picture Show over here.
People are screaming at memes, throwing popcorn, basically hate watching.
There are videos of folks getting thrown out of theaters, riotous
reactions to lines, or the theatre operator pausing the movie.

In my youth, a theater nearby had midnight showings of Heavy Metal and
RHPS. We used to go all the time. Drugs were required for Heavy Metal.

This could be just that sort of phenomenon.

I've never seen the operator have to pause a movie before, these crowds
must be INTENSE.

What's hilarious is we have no operators in America any more. It's all automated. So much for Fight Club.

So the theater manager is dashing to the kill button somewhere.
Hopefully, it's at Their desk.
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Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote at 23:34 this Sunday (GMT):

On Sun, 13 Apr 2025 22:10:05 -0000 (UTC), in
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, candycanearter07 wrote:

Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote at 16:45 this Friday (GMT):

On Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:29:54 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

It does seem popular in America, though. I wonder why that is.
(looks at electorate)
Oh, that explains a lot.

Actually, it's turning into a new Rocky Horror Picture Show over here.
People are screaming at memes, throwing popcorn, basically hate watching. >>> There are videos of folks getting thrown out of theaters, riotous
reactions to lines, or the theatre operator pausing the movie.

In my youth, a theater nearby had midnight showings of Heavy Metal and
RHPS. We used to go all the time. Drugs were required for Heavy Metal.

This could be just that sort of phenomenon.

I've never seen the operator have to pause a movie before, these crowds >>must be INTENSE.

What's hilarious is we have no operators in America any more. It's all automated. So much for Fight Club.

:/ You don't talk about Fight Club!

So the theater manager is dashing to the kill button somewhere.
Hopefully, it's at Their desk.

The big red button of DOOOOOOM
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candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
...

What's hilarious is we have no operators in America any more. It's all automated. So much for Fight Club.

:/ You don't talk about Fight Club!

So the theater manager is dashing to the kill button somewhere.
Hopefully, it's at Their desk.

The big red button of DOOOOOOM

Did someone say DOOM? Classic DOOM? ;)
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On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 04:18:23 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
wrote:

candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

So the theater manager is dashing to the kill button somewhere.
Hopefully, it's at Their desk.

The big red button of DOOOOOOM

Did someone say DOOM? Classic DOOM? ;)

That'd be a sight to see, somebody playing Doom on 20m x 10m movie
screen, in front of hundreds of others. If that sort of thing became a
regular occurence, it might actually drag me back to the theatre ;-)


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On 4/11/2025 8:47 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:08:09 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
wrote:

On 4/9/2025 8:29 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

I enjoyed "Borderlands" more than this claptrap.

I saw what you did there.

It's good to be appreciated.

I saw it Sunday with the family. I enjoyed it, some out-loud laughs and
it doesn't take itself seriously. My wife enjoyed it too, she's never
played Mincraft. It's just a family fun movie. Yeah it's not an
awesome movie with an important message beyond "Imagination!" just fun.
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On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 10:06:44 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 04:18:23 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
wrote:

candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

So the theater manager is dashing to the kill button somewhere.
Hopefully, it's at Their desk.

The big red button of DOOOOOOM

Did someone say DOOM? Classic DOOM? ;)

That'd be a sight to see, somebody playing Doom on 20m x 10m movie
screen, in front of hundreds of others. If that sort of thing became a >regular occurence, it might actually drag me back to the theatre ;-)

Goddamn. I'm considering getting a business loan now.
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On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 17:03:30 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:

On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 10:06:44 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 04:18:23 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
wrote:

candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

So the theater manager is dashing to the kill button somewhere.
Hopefully, it's at Their desk.

The big red button of DOOOOOOM

Did someone say DOOM? Classic DOOM? ;)

That'd be a sight to see, somebody playing Doom on 20m x 10m movie
screen, in front of hundreds of others. If that sort of thing became a >>regular occurence, it might actually drag me back to the theatre ;-)

Goddamn. I'm considering getting a business loan now.

Don't do it! You'll never make your money back. I wouldn't be going
THAT often to the theatre! ;-)

I actually saw Doom on a theater screen. Well, I don't know if it was
a proper 20m x 10m screen but it looked pretty big at the time (it was
at a con). It was fairly impressive to see the massive cacodemons but
I didn't really give it much of my attention; it was just something
going on in the background rather than a main event. I remember being
more impressed by the tech than by the actual game; back then, it was
a lot harder to output computer images to a projector than it is
today.

Honestly, I'm pretty good with Doom on my big-screen TV. Just a couple
feet away, it's almost as good as a proper movie theatre screen, and
no sticky floors to worry about! ;-)






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