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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 43 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Them: "Waterworld is crap, it's just Mad Max on water"

Me: "that sounds awesome"

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[–] TVA@thebrainbin.org 19 points 7 months ago (5 children)

I honestly have no idea how WaterWorld was not a huge hit, I loved that movie ... I'm also very afraid to re-watch it since I haven't seen it in quite a while.

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[–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 12 points 7 months ago (3 children)

It was a pretty big hit at the time but the production costs got so out of control I don't think it made it's money back. I'm sure in the long run it's done ok.

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[–] HobbitFoot 6 points 7 months ago (1 child)

They had to build the main set twice because of a hurricane.

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[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

They also had a chunk of the budget set aside to digitally un-recede Costner's receding hairline.

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[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago*

Eh...it may have made money, but even back then it was panned as a huge misfire, and probably hurt Costner's career for a while. There's a reason it's Sam's favorite movie in Generation V. The kid who's been held in psychiatric prisons his whole life.

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[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 months ago

It is very entertaining. And universal created a live action show at their theme park in Hollywood based on it, that's still running.

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[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 11 points 7 months ago

Waterworld

Dennis Hopper was just crushing it back in the day.

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[–] nsfw_archivist@lemmynsfw.com 32 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Hack the planet! God that movie is such an amazing time capsule.

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[–] Ashtear@piefed.social 20 points 7 months ago (1 child)

"Twelve megabytes of RAM, 500 megabyte hard drive. Built-in spreadsheet capabilities and a modem that transmits at over 28,000 BPS."

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[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

I just watched Blade for the first time. The computer model of the ascension chamber felt a lot like the visualization of the Gibson mainframe operated by that magician/skateboarder duo

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[–] Lawnman23@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

I have it on Blu-ray and I love it.

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[–] rammer@sopuli.xyz 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

The postman was good. Sure it's a generic post-apocalyptic romp with a positive message. But I liked it.

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[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

It's so corny that it wraps around to feeling sincere.

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[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

More boobies would have made me love waterworld

Great concept though

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[–] chocrates@piefed.world 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

There is that rape scene....

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[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

I apologise for my previous comments I actually haven't watched waterworld all the way through

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[–] chocrates@piefed.world 7 points 7 months ago

I think I'm confusing two scenes. One where the women and girl are effectively at Kostner's mercy and she offers herself to him so they don't get thrown over board. I -think- he turns her down and then there is a consensual act later.

Probably I was getting confused with blade runner.