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Subject: Re: It's quiet... and I know why
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2025 22:10:03 -0000 (UTC)
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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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