'100 things i learned from The Colony' - The Colony (2013) Discussion

[–] no_paranoia 11 years ago

6. When you and your friends escape from a panic room, somehow they will disappear and you will have to fight the final boss alone.

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[–] risegollem 11 years ago

7)When you are afraid for mutiny don't take the risky guy with you but let him take over.

8)In cold conditions rabbits loose the reproductive desire but not humans and soy pellets are rabbit viagra.

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[–] iff-abid 11 years ago

9. When you become canibal, you also stop speaking any modern language and start howling and growling. It's sort of package deal.
10. Cannibals do parkour.

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[–] iff-abid 11 years ago

I can understand lack of language skills if a person has lived in wild since childhood. So they never had the chance to learn any human language. But I think cannibals in this movie are regular people who started eating other people due to lack of food. Right?
Eating humans doesn't make anyone forget all their social skills. There have been news of cannibals living in modern society among normal people with normal jobs.

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[–] Strazdamonas 11 years ago

There is precedent that after certain time of isolation peopl forget how to speak. if they never spoke and were driven mad by hunger they may just have that effect.

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[–] TanteWaileka 10 years ago

I wish there was a like button on imdb. I really wanted to 'like' your 10.
I used to do that with my younger brothers when we were kids on the farm with a rock quarry on our back 40. Of course that was in the 1950s and it wasn't called 'parkour' then, but I trust you didn't actually think it was a 'sport' invented by city kids in the 2000's, did you? :)

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[–] purple_stop_sign 10 years ago

WILDCHRISSY32
7.5 Also when worried about Mutiny leave your girlfriend with the guy who you are worried about while you go out into ice age temperatures.

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[–] purple_stop_sign 10 years ago

WILDCHRISSY32
7.5 Also when worried about Mutiny leave your girlfriend with the guy who you are worried about while you go out into ice age temperatures.

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[–] mandycw 10 years ago

soy pellets were the protein to keep the rabbit babies from being born dead. Wouldn't have helped them be interested in reproducing, unless, of course, they were sick from lack of protein and felt better. Course, there would be more chance if there was a boy bunny in the cage too....

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[–] be236 10 years ago

6. When you and your friends escape from a panic room, somehow they will disappear and you will have to fight the final boss alone.

LOL. Good one.

Andrew

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[–] jayarebee 11 years ago

It wasn't a terrible movie, I've seen far worse, many that I've not even finished. I liked it, LF is one of my favorite actors in these types of movies, hence Event Horizon. The kid was pretty good. Yea it contained all the idiotic scenarios and worse case outcomes, but whatever it was entertaining.

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[–] HelmutsR 11 years ago

yeah, Event Horizon is one of my favourites too. some hardcore sci-fi and horror well blended together!

T-X has co..corrupted my system

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[–] jorgemtrevino 11 years ago

«litmus test movie, if you actually liked it, you're an utter moron.»

Please don't do that without warning. I nearly choked to death with laughter reading your comment.

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[–] BornIntoThis 11 years ago

Haha, sorry about that, Jorge.

Look, the movie was a blatant ripoff of The Thing(even riffing that signature bass line) and Ghosts of Mars, it started out okay enough, but not only brought nothing new to the genre, was just plain boring and had TERRIBLE lazy writing.

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[–] Temporary_Jesus 11 years ago

BornIntoThis:

blatant ripoff of The Thing

Which part? The shapeshifting alien? The all male cast?

I guess it must be the fact they both have snow that makes this one a ripoff.

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[–] BornIntoThis 11 years ago

You seem pretty stupid, so I'll type slowly.

1) Isolated outpost in an icebound environment.

2) The almost note for note bass line that is The Thing's signature.

3) Likeable mechanic-type guy

4) Trigger happy authority guy

5) Sense of paranoia and distrust amongst the survivors.

Individually, these aren't so bad, but combined in a horror story, yeah, ripoff. On top of everything else, it was *beep*

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[–] Temporary_Jesus 11 years ago

Pretty flimsy comparisons.

You must think 99% of all movies are blatant ripoffs of other movies.

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[–] BornIntoThis 11 years ago

And you must think trash ripoffs are original masterpieces.

Good luck with having no taste.

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[–] branden-findeisen 11 years ago

Hey, how does it feel to always be the smartest person in the room?

Can't stand dickholes like this.

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[–] evejanelucille 11 years ago

Hi, no, this film was nothing like The Thing. The Thing was about a group of scientists plagued by an alien escaped from a block of ice. It was psychological and action-packed.

This film was about a bunch of survivors of a frozen Earth trying to communicate with other colonies. The go out looking for a distress call and encounter cannibals.

You insult others, but you are so wrong. Like, have you only seen five movies or something?

You have absolutely no idea what "comparison" means.

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[–] BornIntoThis 11 years ago

It was a *beep* done mish mash of both The Thing and Ghosts of Mars. I never said it was a direct scene-for-scene ripoff. It just stole major elements of both without bringing anything new to the table. Or entertaining.

When I see a shot of an isolated frozen-wasteland outpost and hear the bass line from The Thing, yeah, good things are not about to happen.

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[–] evejanelucille 11 years ago

Well that isn’t the same as being a blatant ripoff. But what you say is correct, this film was ridiculous and I guess yeah, tried to be like The Thing, but failed. Peace.

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[–] rac19141 11 years ago

Weak comparison. All i can connect is snow, isolation, and sci-fi horror elements.

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[–] BornIntoThis 11 years ago

I guess you missed the note for note ripoff of the famous The Thing bass line at the beginning of this garbage movie.

That's cool, keep defending it.

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[–] rac19141 11 years ago

It is so not like the thing. It didn't even have the same vibe. ONE of the main themes of the movie is corrupt leadership during horrible times. That set the tone of the movie with many other subplot that the thing did not have. This movie had too many characters in it so It didn't even have the feeling of isolation like the thing.

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[–] BornIntoThis 11 years ago

Themes? This movie had themes? The only theme it had is that it was crap. Crap isn't a theme, this movie was a coalescence of suck.

Did you work on this movie or something? Stop wasting energy defending this piece of *beep*

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[–] mandycw 10 years ago

Why do you call everyone "stupid" who doesn't agree with you or question what you mean. Aren't you mature enough to have a normal conversation?

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[–] allenm-01050 9 years ago

How did it ripoff the Thing? Simply because it was in snow?

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[–] Qaoz 11 years ago

This is like a litmus test movie, if you actually liked it, you're an utter moron.

Oh, really? Well, excuse me.

Care to share any other nuggets of wisdom with us people of lesser intelligence?

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[–] Dr_Sagan 11 years ago

20. Black guy ALWAYS DIES! (even if he is a well known actor)

21. If you are a cannibal, you can left 50 or more fresh (!) bodies you just chopped (!), to hunt 2-3 more guy (that you don't even know if they taste good!)

22. Don't try to control the weather. (Playing God is always a bad idea).

23. Bees might rule the world after all. (Instead of cockroaches!)

Google is your enemy.

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[–] mandycw 10 years ago

Clearly they weren't rational thinking. As the cannibal answered when questioned as to what he wanted. The cannibal said "more."

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[–] Latina1976 11 years ago

24. You can get your face bashed in a hundred times (hard) by the big scary cannibal leader, and only have a little cut on your head, and be just fine....

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[–] tai_yang85 11 years ago

25. Never shot the head. Facing with aggressive cannibals, we need to shot a lot at their body. No worries about wasting bullets even in surviving situation. One shot at the head definitely kill but only suicidal knew that, not for everybody.

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[–] rober7152000 9 years ago

wut

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[–] Criti-Cal 11 years ago

99. No movie is too bad or cheap to have a "100 Things I Learned" thread

There's nothing for you here so move along please!

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[–] alveolate 11 years ago

26. when underground, green lighting is the best.

27. there is a solution to global warming after all.

28. cannibals never think to eat each other!

29. when you stumble upon a pack of cannibals, shooting them would tend to wake the entire clan and entice them to chase you rabidly.

30. cannibals tend to be cold-resistant. probably due to their high-protein diet.

31. the chief cannibal looks like a cross between Voldemort and Imotep (from The Mummy series).

32. whether you liked or hated this movie, it's okay to cheer when Sam finally sliced that cannibal's head off.

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[–] ransak 11 years ago

33. Laurence Fishburne will hold on to a lit stick of dynamite to get himself out of a movie.

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[–] HelmutsR 11 years ago

this one was nice :D

T-X has co..corrupted my system

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[–] Strazdamonas 11 years ago

34. When everyone is dead, dumb military idiots will still be running things.

35. Its always good idea to leave a wanabe-scary girl in charge when you suspect mutiny. especially if said girl seems to not care about her life at all.

36. Canibals dont get cold apperently, can travel great distances in the snow.

37. If you throw enough chickens into the canibal leader he will only get angry.

38. You can seperate somones jaw with a saw, in fact, you can go right through the bone as long as you scream and pant while doing it.

39. When entering outside that is perma-frost. always open your clothes as much as possible to exposse your skin.

40. When your friends escape the canibal onslaught, they will just hang around waiting for you or them to come up.

41. All rules break down, unless they benefit the plot device.

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[–] YodogNomar 11 years ago

42. An entire night of snow can not erase your footprints.

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[–] oscar_ray2_jimenez 11 years ago

Those were Laurence Fishburne's. RRREALLY DEEP footprints, yo!

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[–] jmix66 10 years ago

43) Snow can cover the entire planet including sea level ares near/at the equator.
44) It is possible for it to continue any weather pattern (particularly snow) for an indefinite period, across the entire world.
45) Weather control machinery which malfunctions cannot be repaired or rebuilt easily.
46) Nuclear power apparently will be forgotten about when a natural disaster strikes.
47) Cannibalism isn't the exceptionally poor diet that history demonstrates it to be.
48) When you are in an unknown situation, retreating the way you came isn't the best solution.
49) Cannibalism as a diet doesn't affect your dental care (Cannibals have a great teeth)
50) Blowing snow and wind don't cover tracks in the future

Bad films are a crime against humanity.

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