looks fun, sure, bad reviews, but that's never stopped my fun having before?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py_IndUbcxc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py_IndUbcxc
How did I miss this? Iron Sky
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Thanks for the reminder! Just queued it up on Netflix. Udo Kier ROCKS. 
Ill NF it tonight (Im sure Im not the first to use NF as a verb?)
I know! It looks so ridiculous fun IDK how they made it suck - but they did!
When I first saw the trailer I thought "This is gonna be brain-dead bubblegum great!", but when I saw how few theater owners were going to show it I knew it was gonna be a stinker.
http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekly&id=ironsky.htm
Amazingly, somehow, it's at one of my county's farther away libraries, so I'm just gonna wait for some other fools to quit checking it out.
It might be cr@p, but it's popular cr@p that's not so obscure despite limited release that other's ain't lookin' for it, either!
Udo desperately needs a screenplay written just for him, before he gets much older.
When I first saw the trailer I thought "This is gonna be brain-dead bubblegum great!", but when I saw how few theater owners were going to show it I knew it was gonna be a stinker.
http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekly&id=ironsky.htm
Amazingly, somehow, it's at one of my county's farther away libraries, so I'm just gonna wait for some other fools to quit checking it out.
It might be cr@p, but it's popular cr@p that's not so obscure despite limited release that other's ain't lookin' for it, either!
Udo desperately needs a screenplay written just for him, before he gets much older.
I just Googled that and apparently you can even NF on iTunes. 
rayw,
not clear on if you have actually seen it.. ?
not clear on if you have actually seen it.. ?
Nope. Not yet.
It's been at the library on DVD (I love special features/extras & subtitles) but it keeps getting checked out!
It might suck, according to RT reviews, but it sure is popular!
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/iron_sky/
It's been at the library on DVD (I love special features/extras & subtitles) but it keeps getting checked out!
It might suck, according to RT reviews, but it sure is popular!
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/iron_sky/
cool, maybe its bad in a good way 
RT comments indicate an acknowledgement of promising premise but just doesn't deliver.
Sounds like another Sucker Punch, Skyline, Battle:L.A., et al sorta deal.
You'll buy ANYTHING, won't you?!
Sounds like another Sucker Punch, Skyline, Battle:L.A., et al sorta deal.
I'll be getting the disc of this, I reckon.
You'll buy ANYTHING, won't you?! 
I saw this months ago. It's very kitsch-y. Not quite camp, but not quite serious.
It's funny in places where it doesn't mean to be, but it's also very funny in places where it does. Not a bad was to waste and hour and a half....
It's funny in places where it doesn't mean to be, but it's also very funny in places where it does. Not a bad was to waste and hour and a half....
hey, I like all those.. Sucker Punch, Skyline, Battle:L.A., But Im a sucker for anything remotely scifi..
The movie's received very mixed reviews, but personally I liked it quite a bit.
It does have some problems with the writing and pacing, but overall it is very enjoyable.
I don't know if you are aware of the history of the production, but basically the director and VFX guy are known amongst Star Trek and Babylon 5 geeks for their long running Star Wreck series they did in Finland, first it started as short animations, leading up to a feature length film made on a $10,000 or so budget, 90% of it filmed in one of their mom's basement, and most of the CGI done by Samuli Torssonen, the guy who started the whole thing.
They released the movie on the internet for free, and they've actually sold it to numerous countries since.
This was in 2005. After that they started working on Iron Sky, they basically worked their asses off since then, producing teasers and trailers to entice investors.
In the end they managed to raise almost a million bucks in donations and investments from fans of their Star Wreck movies.
At the end they made it with Finnish, German and Australian money, making it an international co-production.
The entire budget was under $10 million I believe.
Also what's amazing is the CGI, which is on par with most big budget Hollywood productions IMO, was done in only 9 months by a team of 20 or so.
My hat's off to them, an incredible feat.
It does have some problems with the writing and pacing, but overall it is very enjoyable.
I don't know if you are aware of the history of the production, but basically the director and VFX guy are known amongst Star Trek and Babylon 5 geeks for their long running Star Wreck series they did in Finland, first it started as short animations, leading up to a feature length film made on a $10,000 or so budget, 90% of it filmed in one of their mom's basement, and most of the CGI done by Samuli Torssonen, the guy who started the whole thing.
They released the movie on the internet for free, and they've actually sold it to numerous countries since.
This was in 2005. After that they started working on Iron Sky, they basically worked their asses off since then, producing teasers and trailers to entice investors.
In the end they managed to raise almost a million bucks in donations and investments from fans of their Star Wreck movies.
At the end they made it with Finnish, German and Australian money, making it an international co-production.
The entire budget was under $10 million I believe.
Also what's amazing is the CGI, which is on par with most big budget Hollywood productions IMO, was done in only 9 months by a team of 20 or so.
My hat's off to them, an incredible feat.
Yeah... that's what I'm afraid of.
Been there. Done that. It's pushin' rope while the lady's looking at the drapes wondering if a different shade would brighten the room.
Im watching it now, its pretty funny..
I'm at the part where they
Thats just cool.. lol
I will say that Im also debugging a VM problem at the same time, but meh..
EDIT: Finished, acceptable waste of time. I dont know if the attempt at seriousness was comic irony or not.. I cant imagine they REALLY expected the serious seeming parts to actually be taken seriously.. oh well.. i had fun..
I'm at the part where they
mock the Hitler Video Meme (you know the one, where Hitler freaks out with various topic de-jour subtitles)
I will say that Im also debugging a VM problem at the same time, but meh..
EDIT: Finished, acceptable waste of time. I dont know if the attempt at seriousness was comic irony or not.. I cant imagine they REALLY expected the serious seeming parts to actually be taken seriously.. oh well.. i had fun..
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I don't know what you guys are talking about. Personally, I loved IRON SKY. I'd followed the progression of this film since it's pre-production days and the release of the very first teaser trailer (about three years). This film lived up to my every expectation of it, visually, and was actually a lot funnier than I expected it to be. More importantly, this movie was made exactly the way I want to make movies and that is uber inspiring to me.