Comments on: India's most expensive movie yields most astonishingly violent and demented action-scene in cinematic history http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 07:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008640 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008640 Are you sure the over-dub/description was Russian? I could swear I heard a Finnish swear, P*rk*l* (censored the vowels, not sure how to correctly handle it) at 6:40 or so. Are you sure the over-dub/description was Russian? I could swear I heard a Finnish swear, P*rk*l* (censored the vowels, not sure how to correctly handle it) at 6:40 or so.

]]> By: precursor http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1009159 precursor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1009159 Is this the first time so many of you are seeing such stuff ??? This is everyday stuff in india. Check these out : http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-mind-blowing-moments-from-indian-action-movies_p2 and, a brilliant Slate article : http://www.slate.com/id/2267820/ Is this the first time so many of you are seeing such stuff ???
This is everyday stuff in india.
Check these out :

http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-mind-blowing-moments-from-indian-action-movies_p2

and, a brilliant Slate article :
http://www.slate.com/id/2267820/

]]> By: Hagrid http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008651 Hagrid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008651 Good ear! Noticed the Wilhelm Scream, too! Good ear! Noticed the Wilhelm Scream, too!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008909 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008909 Matrix + Terminator + (x)ollywood. Very derivative. But highly entertaining regardless. CGI math nerds go nuts. I thought the prog rock comment was perceptive. But I happen to love technical overboard anyway. Even though I'm just as happy (more so) watching Stalker or listening to TG. /rip sleazy Matrix + Terminator + (x)ollywood.

Very derivative. But highly entertaining regardless. CGI math nerds go nuts.

I thought the prog rock comment was perceptive. But I happen to love technical overboard anyway. Even though I’m just as happy (more so) watching Stalker or listening to TG.

/rip sleazy

]]> By: lewis stoole http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008913 lewis stoole Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008913 train fight says "wow"! train fight says “wow”!

]]> By: MarkM http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008676 MarkM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008676 > The best part is when the giant robot flips the bird and the little robot who is his middle finger also flips the bird. It gets better. I happen to have a CSI:Miami-type supercomputer. So when I watched the clip, I just said "Enhance" (continuously) into my mic, and was able to see that each robot's middle finger contains another robot flipping the bird, seemingly to infinity. > The best part is when the giant robot flips the bird and the little robot who is his middle finger also flips the bird.

It gets better. I happen to have a CSI:Miami-type supercomputer. So when I watched the clip, I just said “Enhance” (continuously) into my mic, and was able to see that each robot’s middle finger contains another robot flipping the bird, seemingly to infinity.

]]> By: wigg1es http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008424 wigg1es Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008424 I can't think of a single better example that proves throwing money at something doesn't make it better. I can’t think of a single better example that proves throwing money at something doesn’t make it better.

]]> By: dr http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1009193 dr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1009193 I saw this in the theater, and thought it was not the worst Bollywood (or Kollywood in this case) movie I've ever seen...but it was close. The final scene was technically impressive, but was too long. On top of that, they missed the opportunity to get some comedy out of the twins plot. The TV show Automan (in the episode where Automan watches too much Dallas and falls in love with Delta Burke) is a far more convincing story of android-human infatuation. That said, there are plenty of bad movies out there, at least this one has singing, dancing, and some fairly high-quality CGI. I saw this in the theater, and thought it was not the worst Bollywood (or Kollywood in this case) movie I’ve ever seen…but it was close. The final scene was technically impressive, but was too long. On top of that, they missed the opportunity to get some comedy out of the twins plot. The TV show Automan (in the episode where Automan watches too much Dallas and falls in love with Delta Burke) is a far more convincing story of android-human infatuation.

That said, there are plenty of bad movies out there, at least this one has singing, dancing, and some fairly high-quality CGI.

]]> By: PaulR http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008682 PaulR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008682 Meh. It's like playing Doom in God mode, with clipping turned off (or on?). I lost interest... Meh.

It’s like playing Doom in God mode, with clipping turned off (or on?). I lost interest…

]]> By: robulus http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008685 robulus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008685 Lucky bastard. I've only got a Bladerunner-type supercomputer as imagined in the 80's. It takes me like twenty minutes of yelling coordinates and commands, and then ordering 'Stop!', to zoom in on anything. And when I did I think the robot was giving the bird, but it was all fuzzy, so I can't really tell. Lucky bastard. I’ve only got a Bladerunner-type supercomputer as imagined in the 80′s. It takes me like twenty minutes of yelling coordinates and commands, and then ordering ‘Stop!’, to zoom in on anything. And when I did I think the robot was giving the bird, but it was all fuzzy, so I can’t really tell.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008686 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008686 Spoiler Alert? The end of the movie is revealed at the end of this clip. Spoiler Alert? The end of the movie is revealed at the end of this clip.

]]> By: methystic http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1013038 methystic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1013038 now I have mine ordered you can get them here too: http://eshop.ayngaran.com/ww/index.php now I have mine ordered you can get them here too: http://eshop.ayngaran.com/ww/index.php

]]> By: a_user http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008943 a_user Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008943 This only reminded me of why I hate directors who think moar stunts moar guns and moar <INSERT EXPENSIVE CONSUMER ITEM HERE> blowing up = a great film. The only difference between this and a Hollywood effort is the cars are real and not CG and I can't help thinking whoever made it would take that as a compliment. This only reminded me of why I hate directors who think moar stunts moar guns and moar blowing up = a great film. The only difference between this and a Hollywood effort is the cars are real and not CG and I can’t help thinking whoever made it would take that as a compliment.

]]> By: MarkM http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008434 MarkM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008434 Wilhelm Scream detected @ 04:19 (helicopter pilot) Wilhelm Scream detected @ 04:19 (helicopter pilot)

]]> By: tomrigid http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008695 tomrigid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008695 The bastard child of James Cameron and Tom Servo. The bastard child of James Cameron and Tom Servo.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008440 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008440 There's musical numbers, too-and they are amazing! Actually, the music is great, real head bopping stuff. Is Endhiran cheesy? Yes. Are the effects improbable, and bloody awful? Yes. Is it full of tropes? And then some! Like, robot falling in love with the female lead. Troptastic, tropalicious, trope-a-doped to the gills, a tropoholic's wet dream! And does it effortlessly kick ass over anything Hollywood has to offer? Absolutely. This is moviemaking, Hollywood. Take note, and step aside. To rephrase Lou Reed: "Hollywood. Stick a fork in it's ass and turn it over. It's done." There’s musical numbers, too-and they are amazing! Actually, the music is great, real head bopping stuff.
Is Endhiran cheesy? Yes. Are the effects improbable, and bloody awful? Yes. Is it full of tropes? And then some! Like, robot falling in love with the female lead. Troptastic, tropalicious, trope-a-doped to the gills, a tropoholic’s wet dream!
And does it effortlessly kick ass over anything Hollywood has to offer? Absolutely. This is moviemaking, Hollywood. Take note, and step aside. To rephrase Lou Reed: “Hollywood. Stick a fork in it’s ass and turn it over. It’s done.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008697 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008697 Relax guys. This is a comedy. That is why the action is both cheesy and over the top. Also comedies don't have to obey the laws of physics or common sense. Relax guys. This is a comedy. That is why the action is both cheesy and over the top. Also comedies don’t have to obey the laws of physics or common sense.

]]> By: Nylund http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008953 Nylund Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008953 I couldn't even get through those 10 minutes. A lot of whirling and buzzing signifying nothing. The complete lack of respect for the laws of physics also bugged me. I did appreciate the inclusion of the Wilhelm Scream though. I couldn’t even get through those 10 minutes. A lot of whirling and buzzing signifying nothing. The complete lack of respect for the laws of physics also bugged me.

I did appreciate the inclusion of the Wilhelm Scream though.

]]> By: WaylonWillie http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008446 WaylonWillie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008446 wow, it is so cheap and so expensive at the same time. that doubles its awesomeness wow, it is so cheap and so expensive at the same time. that doubles its awesomeness

]]> By: Miss Lynx http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1010496 Miss Lynx Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1010496 Amazon may not have many copies, but they're not the only place that has it. Via the comments on another site, I found it at http://www.bhavanidvd.com/product_info.php?products_id=4961 Ordered! :-) Amazon may not have many copies, but they’re not the only place that has it. Via the comments on another site, I found it at http://www.bhavanidvd.com/product_info.php?products_id=4961

Ordered! :-)

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008449 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008449 So many Elvis impersonators! So many Elvis impersonators!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008451 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008451 Why is it overdubbed in Russian? Also, there's another sound effect I recognized - it's used in World of Warcraft when someone attacks you while you're mounted, and your mount makes a noise. Why is it overdubbed in Russian? Also, there’s another sound effect I recognized – it’s used in World of Warcraft when someone attacks you while you’re mounted, and your mount makes a noise.

]]> By: zikman http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008452 zikman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008452 this video is one big fuck yeah! this video is one big fuck yeah!

]]> By: IRC http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008453 IRC Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008453 Where's the blood? I see lots of violence, some explosions but...no blood. Maybe my attention span just can't spot it skipping around in that clip? Where’s the blood? I see lots of violence, some explosions but…no blood. Maybe my attention span just can’t spot it skipping around in that clip?

]]> By: BastardNamban http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008967 BastardNamban Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008967 I'm not the kind that likes pure action movies. But that video was FUCKING INSANELY AWESOME. Geometric assembling destroying robots- somehow felt real. The movement felt perfectly robotic, angular and instantaneous, the way it really would if robots shaped like that existed. I have never been so convinced that I was watching a real humanoid robot. It was like a spherical phalanx of killer robots. I fucking love this!! I’m not the kind that likes pure action movies.

But that video was FUCKING INSANELY AWESOME.

Geometric assembling destroying robots- somehow felt real. The movement felt perfectly robotic, angular and instantaneous, the way it really would if robots shaped like that existed. I have never been so convinced that I was watching a real humanoid robot.

It was like a spherical phalanx of killer robots. I fucking love this!!

]]> By: jima http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008456 jima Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008456 The Turkish knock-off of this film should be awesome. The Turkish knock-off of this film should be awesome.

]]> By: sujal http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008457 sujal Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008457 Wait, is this a dubbed copy of the movie? Sounds like russian to me? Wait, is this a dubbed copy of the movie? Sounds like russian to me?

]]> By: frankstendal http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008458 frankstendal Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008458 SHHHHHH...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRaWoN6lRiI SHHHHHH……
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRaWoN6lRiI

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1008459 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008459 the whole movie is on YouTube with English subtitles and all (they're the closed captions) --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRaWoN6lRiI the whole movie is on YouTube with English subtitles and all (they’re the closed captions) –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRaWoN6lRiI

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2011/01/27/repost-indias-most-e.html#comment-1009229 penguinchris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1009229 I don't get why people think she's so attractive. Attractive yes, but not mind-blowingly so - just not my type, I guess. Maybe it's just because she, and the girl who played Latika in Slumdog Millionaire I guess, are the only Indian girls most people in the west are familiar with? I've seen Indian women (actresses and people I've met in real life) who were much more attractive than Aishwarya Rai - the girl from 3 Idiots is one example I can think of, but not necessarily the most attractive. Then again, she's got a very glamorous Angelina Jolie look, and I don't find Jolie attractive either. As I said - just not my type :) I was going to comment about the video, which I thought was awful (though I did make it through the whole thing), but my complaints have mostly been covered by others. So I had to comment about something else. I don’t get why people think she’s so attractive. Attractive yes, but not mind-blowingly so – just not my type, I guess. Maybe it’s just because she, and the girl who played Latika in Slumdog Millionaire I guess, are the only Indian girls most people in the west are familiar with?

I’ve seen Indian women (actresses and people I’ve met in real life) who were much more attractive than Aishwarya Rai – the girl from 3 Idiots is one example I can think of, but not necessarily the most attractive.

Then again, she’s got a very glamorous Angelina Jolie look, and I don’t find Jolie attractive either. As I said – just not my type :)

I was going to comment about the video, which I thought was awful (though I did make it through the whole thing), but my complaints have mostly been covered by others. So I had to comment about something else.

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