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Title: Battle Los Angeles
Post by: Realboss on March 11, 2011, 09:43:48 PM
Just saw the movie.  It was good for what it was---a shoot em up Blackhawkdown type movie.

Don't expect too much in the way of story.  They basically copied ideas from a bunch of other movies i.e. Independence day.

But good for a couple of hours of entertainment.
Title: Re: Battle Los Angeles
Post by: bandonov on March 11, 2011, 10:30:12 PM
I was wondering about this one...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAdm9ssE6gk[/youtube]
Title: Re: Battle Los Angeles
Post by: bandonov on March 11, 2011, 10:31:11 PM
I found a better trailer for it...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWPkJD0YHeM[/youtube]
Title: Re: Battle Los Angeles
Post by: latinjoe22 on March 12, 2011, 12:18:20 AM
Why are Aliens always seem interested in taking over LA?

They should stop watching "historical documents" from light years away...
Title: Re: Battle Los Angeles
Post by: ARROW on March 12, 2011, 01:21:22 AM
Quote from: "latinjoe22"
Why are Aliens always seem interested in taking over LA?

They should stop watching "historical documents" from light years away...

 

I guess it can be explained that they go where the people are.
 Largest population centres would be attacked first, and Greater Los Angeles is, what...........the third largest population in the USA?
Ignoring political boundaries like borders, it'd be one of the primary targets on the North American continent for an "alien invasion".
Title: Re: Battle Los Angeles
Post by: Sundance on March 12, 2011, 02:38:04 AM
i would've thought a compentent alien invasion that's done its research would hit Washington DC, Cheyenne Mountain and New York first.
Title: Re: Battle Los Angeles
Post by: bandonov on March 12, 2011, 08:11:33 AM
Quote from: "Sundance"
i would've thought a compentent alien invasion that's done its research would hit Washington DC, Cheyenne Mountain and New York first.

My Aliens would hit Beijing, Moscow, Washington, Colorado Springs!  

I found the Rankings of the TOP 30 ARMYs of the World! if you go to the site each it will tell you about the might of each country.

http://www.globalfirepower.com/ (http://http://www.globalfirepower.com/)

1
  U.S.A.
2
  China
3
  Russia
4
  India
5
  U.K.
6
  France
7
  Germany
8
  Brazil
9
  Japan
10
  Turkey
 11
  Israel
12
  South Korea
13
  Italy
14
  Indonesia
15
  Pakistan
16
  Taiwan
17
  Egypt
18
  Iran
19
  Mexico
20
  North Korea
 21
  Sweden
22
  Greece
23
  Canada
24
  Saudi Arabia
25
  Ukraine
26
  Australia
27
  Spain
28
  Thailand
29
  Denmark
30
  Poland
Title: Re: Battle Los Angeles
Post by: B on March 12, 2011, 08:41:19 AM
why bother invading, I think we can tell the aliens that canadians are very accepting of immigrants.  :wink:
Title: Re: Battle Los Angeles
Post by: pdaat on March 12, 2011, 09:04:18 AM
Good to hear.  I'm trying to figure ut which show to see tonight.  Looks like it may be Adjustment Bureau.
Title: Re: Battle Los Angeles
Post by: condor knight on March 12, 2011, 09:23:20 AM
Good thing we are Best friends with the USA or we would be F****d.
Title: Re: Battle Los Angeles
Post by: Sundance on March 12, 2011, 11:58:09 AM
tehy need to downgrade Britain considerably. we just retired our only aircraft carrier and we've also scrapped our entire Harrier fleet and are scrapping our BRAND NEW NEVER FLOWN Nimrod MR4 recon planes, and are laying off troops left and right thanks to our d!ckhead government and their ludicrous need to cut the deficit in 4 years.

the deficit needs cutting, i agree, but it should be done slower and should not be done the way this bunch are doing it, which amounts to: oh, this costs X million quid, cut it. that costs Z billion quid, scrap it.

 ::)
on the other hand, whilst we may not have the numbers, we've got a hell of a lot of experienced veteran troops these days. that ought to count for something.

the bigger the army, the more targets the opposition has...
Title: Re: Battle Los Angeles
Post by: bandonov on March 12, 2011, 12:04:27 PM
Quote from: "Sundance"
on the other hand, whilst we may not have the numbers, we've got a hell of a lot of experienced veteran troops these days. that ought to count for something.
the bigger the army, the more targets the opposition has...

+1 that's the attitude!

(http://http://sarahjlwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/keep-calm-and-carry-on.png)
Title: Re: Battle Los Angeles
Post by: Realboss on March 12, 2011, 12:18:18 PM
It's a shame because we had the world's number one ranked Navy coming out of WWII and not until the last decade we had the number one ranked Army in terms of training and skill based on the international war games, still top 5.  It's sad that we are an under equipped and under funded army.  It's funny when I was young the running jokes were about the Polish Army's equipment, now the same jokes hold true about our armed forces.



Quote from: "B"
why bother invading, I think we can tell the aliens that canadians are very accepting of immigrants.  :wink:

It's funny they actually refer to Canada and aliens in the movie.  I won't tell you the context in case you see the film.
Title: Re: Battle Los Angeles
Post by: bandonov on March 12, 2011, 12:25:06 PM
Quote from: "Realboss"
Quote from: "B"
why bother invading, I think we can tell the aliens that canadians are very accepting of immigrants.  :wink:
It's funny they actually refer to Canada and aliens in the movie.  I won't tell you the context in case you see the film.

I do not plan to see the movie, can you PM the context? That way you don't have to spoil it for anyone.
Title: Re: Battle Los Angeles
Post by: latinjoe22 on March 12, 2011, 12:47:30 PM
Quote from: "bandonov"
Quote from: "Realboss"
Quote from: "B"
why bother invading, I think we can tell the aliens that canadians are very accepting of immigrants.  :wink:
It's funny they actually refer to Canada and aliens in the movie.  I won't tell you the context in case you see the film.

I do not plan to see the movie, can you PM the context? That way you don't have to spoil it for anyone.

I also want you to send CC me on the same PM you send to Bandonov please  :) If you can. Thanks!
Title: Re: Battle Los Angeles
Post by: bandonov on March 12, 2011, 01:41:20 PM
Forwarded the PM to LJ just in case...
Title: Re: Battle Los Angeles
Post by: latinjoe22 on March 12, 2011, 02:06:48 PM
Quote from: "bandonov"
Quote from: "Sundance"
on the other hand, whilst we may not have the numbers, we've got a hell of a lot of experienced veteran troops these days. that ought to count for something.
the bigger the army, the more targets the opposition has...

+1 that's the attitude!

(http://http://sarahjlwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/keep-calm-and-carry-on.png)

This saying reminded me of the late Edward John Smith, Capt. of the Titanic, who was heard telling the passangers not to panic, but to "BE BRITISH".

EDIT: added a missing word in the sentence.
Title: Re: Battle Los Angeles
Post by: bandonov on March 12, 2011, 02:42:28 PM
HAHAHA... I'm glad you liked it! You may be quick with the One Liners.... but I'm quick with the Pics!!!!

(http://http://i3.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/-1/lens8239901_12590647291-2.jpg)
Title: Re: Battle Los Angeles
Post by: martin-montreal on March 12, 2011, 03:15:49 PM
Quote from: "bandonov"
HAHAHA... I'm glad you liked it! You may be quick with the One Liners.... but I'm quick with the Pics!!!!

(http://http://i3.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/-1/lens8239901_12590647291-2.jpg)

Oh man, that pic is too funny... I'm still laughing!
Title: Re: Battle Los Angeles
Post by: latinjoe22 on March 12, 2011, 05:03:43 PM
Quote from: "bandonov"
HAHAHA... I'm glad you liked it! You may be quick with the One Liners.... but I'm quick with the Pics!!!!

And you also have a finger that is fast like lightning when it's posting time. Hey! What am I doing replying back to you. Last time I checked you were a JPEG image of yourself or an A.I.  :lol:
Title: Re: Battle Los Angeles
Post by: bandonov on March 12, 2011, 05:54:45 PM
Quote from: "latinjoe22"
Quote from: "bandonov"
HAHAHA... I'm glad you liked it! You may be quick with the One Liners.... but I'm quick with the Pics!!!!

And you also have a finger that is fast like lightning when it's posting time. Hey! What am I doing replying back to you. Last time I checked you were a JPEG image of yourself or an A.I.  :lol:

(http://http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_v4zHjvP-nZ0/TN-KpmZIuDI/AAAAAAAAAAs/YqbkWCk45M0/s1600/Artificial+Intelligence%252C+A+Modern+Approach.jpg)
Title: Re: Battle Los Angeles
Post by: NeoDragonKnight on March 20, 2011, 08:24:07 PM
saw it on friday, man I hate how directors fall in love with the shaky cam...it makes the movie terrible, basically saw the movie b/c i thought it would be just a dumb fun action movie but you cant even see whats going on.