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I don't know what you're talking about. I'm liking it even more now.

You'll like it alot less if you discover that one of you is The Thing.

Entertaining movie, but no Kate Beckinsale in that one...

San Francisco, Ca - Mikhail Borovskiy (GNAP) - Moments after the announcement made by Steve Jobs that Apple would be changing the Macintosh computing platform from a PowerPC based CPU architecture to an Intel Pentium based architecture, GNAA executives jesuitx and timecop were visibly shaken. The announcement confirmed rumors started four days prior when C-Net News reported that this change would be taking place. As C-Net News was the first technical news source to report this story, most people assumed the truth would be somewhere near the polar opposite of their findings.

"Guys what is going on? It seems Apple is trying to market towards 'Straighties'! That's never going to work! Fuck Apple, Apple is dead to me, Apple hit WTC!" said jesuitx upon hearing the news. He was later seen backstage speaking with Apple's Vice-President of Marketing, Phil Schiller, quoted as saying "Phil, baby, this is massively fucked up. As a typical Macintosh user, and as a fellow Vice-President of Marketing [Gay Nigger Association of America], I can tell you there's no amount of spin you could put on this that will save you from losing support from the homosexual installed base [all Macintosh users] that has kept Apple Computer alive for so many years!"

timecop, founder and President of GNAA, is expected to renounce Apple, and order the immediate purchase of Chinese made IBM computers by it's members, 87% of which are Macintosh users, at the July 8th Copperfield Conference to be held in Kyoto, Japan. At the last Copperfield conference, held in Nome, Alaska, timecop had praised Apple for their continuous support of the homosexual community.

About Apple

Until today, Apple Computer was the creator of the Macintosh, popularly known as the "gay computer". 87% of GNAA members were Mac users. Founded in 1974 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, Apple was nearly out of business in the mid 90's, when Jobs was rehired. He then started the now infamous iGay marketing scheme which involved both the Step 2 ???? Profit model, and a 100% effort towards marketing to homosexuals. Apple is nowadays run by fuckfaced retards.

About GNAA:
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the first organization which gathers GAY NIGGERS from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being GAY NIGGERS.

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Have you seen the movie Whiteout ? While I like the idea of Kate Beckinsale being trapped there with me, the killing is a real turn off. Oh, and the snow. Just fuck that.

Why is it *every* time I hear something about the UK and their "latest idea" for "policing the masses", I wind up getting flashbacks of a certain Stanly Kubrick movie???? Seriously, that man was warning you people! (specifically the part where Alex DeLarge's ex-gangbanger friends wind up as cops)

detailed research into the melting point of diamond found it behaves like water during melting and freezing -- with its solid form floating on the liquid

I only point this out because you would be surprised at how many human beings don't know this...

And then they go make movies. "Blow the ice cap!" I was just stunned when they said that. Even Wile E. Coyote knew better than to leave the helium balloons attached to his anvils.

Seriously, am I the only one that thought of the Trace-Buster-Buster-Buster from The Big Hit

I want to see the scene from the movie "Heavy Metal" performed in real life. A car (not just any car, a 57-ish 'vette) drops from the shuttle, survives re-entry (with a little help from the windshield wipers to clear the char/ash), lands safely, and drives off!

In that event, I would not rule out the chance to preserve a nucleus of human specimens. It would be quite easy at the bottom of some of our deeper mine shafts.

Mr. President, we cannot allow a mineshaft gap!

The problem is you end up spending 10 seconds explaining to the audience what 2 seconds of fictional computer display does.

Except that's happening already anyway. If something is only onscreen for two seconds, with no other confirmation, you're going to lose the audience.

Think about that "access denied" message. Now imagine, instead, simply zooming in on something like:

$ ssh root@cia.gov
Permission denied (publickey).
$

Then, whether or not the actor actually explains what's going on, they probably do something like mutter "shit" under their breath...

I mean, think about it. Even with the bright red ACCESS DENIED, you're still usually going to need some sort of exposition to explain why their access is denied, or what they're trying to access anyway.

It doesn't make the movie any more entertaining just like turning the sound off in space scenes doesn't automatically make it better.

Sound in space is similar -- it allows for much easier suspension of disbelief. I think Firefly showed it can also work very well. Granted, it's not automatic -- it can be difficult to write something realistic -- but that's not really an excuse, especially when you consider how much budget there is for effects on a Hollywood blockbuster, they couldn't hire one decent writer?

All it buys you is one less nitpick.

When anyone who is half-awake can nitpick you ("Wait, why is their sound in space? And why are 'lasers' more like little glowing darts -- and how can you have a laser sword that's only a few feet long, yet cuts through steel?"), you kind of fucked up. When the nitpick is something more along the lines of, "But I've done the math, and the Ringworld is unstable!" and all you need to do is throw in a few as-yet undiscovered elements, or handwave it as super-advanced construction, you're doing pretty well.

That's the difference between hard science fiction and fantasy. Frankly, it's much easier for me to get into something like Stardust, which doesn't even pretend to have anything to do with the real world, where you'd actually need a Rules Lawyer to even begin poking holes in it.

I could put it another way -- if computers are playing a major role, geeks are a big potential audience for you. Things like Swordfish, or The Matrix, or even as far back as Hackers -- you've got to realize that the people who would love a movie like that are people who know their way around technology. And then you piss off your fanbase by making Unix some sort of flying-through-a-city-with-lightning-bolts interface, and a virus is some sort of 3D acid-trippy visual, and some random dude can crack 128-bit encryption in under a minute by slamming on a keyboard...

I mean, come on. It's like making a movie about the life of Jesus and filling it with random sex and nudity. It's like if Slumdog Millionaire filmed the slums in a Chicago suburb. It's like if Disney bought Devo and replaced them with some 12-year-olds... oh wait, that happened.

Even in an action movie, it's annoying. Unfortunately, since I'll still watch a good movie with bad computers, it's likely to continue...

As a matter of fact, Digital Restrictions Management with its inherently evil capabilities for censorship will indeed make every Adam Sutler drool with joy over its Orwellian prospects.

Advocating unions or government regulation makes you sounds like a socialist.

Is there a problem with that?

Yes! Regan, Rocky, and the Wolverines didn't team up to defeat soviet russia so we could become communists!

ARIA will soon be in control!

What is different about this is that we aren't talking about putting the power of the State in the hands of an individual or group of individuals. We are talking about putting it at the disposal of artificial entities; immortal profit making machines with a capacity for accumulating wealth beyond that of any individual.

I'm looking forward to the Rollerball championships...

It's a play on a quote from the movie Dodgeball.

Is Chuck Norris the Healthiest Man in Chicago?

Wow, no one has watched the movie Swordfish have they?

I'm glad to know that I wasn't the only one who thought of the Blackadder when I saw this headline.

The difference is, Yao Ming never became commonplace because there's only one of him. "Uncanny" robots could be manufactured by the millions and hence become commonplace, if there is ever a reason to do so.

My guess is lots of companies will make robots that creep everybody out. Then eventually Apple will release something that's weird but in a cool way, and people will start dressing up like it at halloween.

And will they make it available to small indie movies too?

There are MANY movies I have wanted to see, but the distribution channels just don't exist.

One recent film festival (Fantastic Fest, Austin 2008 I think) allowed you to stream the movies being showcased at the festival from anywhere in the world. It was great. I saw some excellent documentaries I would never have had the chance to see otherwise.

(Like the very disturbing "I think we're alone now" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152828/ )

Curse Romy and Michelle for inventing something that the government is using to spy on it's own people!

I say we hang them for treason!

All the above derived from the abomination that was the 1984 Dune movie and not from the award winning books.

Interesting aside to PP: The movie Irreversible used low-frequency sounds in its soundtrack to induce nausea in the viewer.

And here I was thinking it was Dances-With-Wolves-With-Blue-People http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099348/ . From two years prior to Fern Gully.

Every kid of a certain age who has seen "Avatar" correctly notes that it's a mash-up of "Fern Gully" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104254/ and the Disney version of "Pocahontas" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114148/.

The plot of Avatar is hardly new. It was an entertaining movie, but let's not pretend any of this was a new idea.

Every kid of a certain age who has seen "Avatar" correctly notes that it's a mash-up of "Fern Gully" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104254/ and the Disney version of "Pocahontas" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114148/.

The plot of Avatar is hardly new. It was an entertaining movie, but let's not pretend any of this was a new idea.

So? Stallone is what, 64 this year? And yet he managed to slice and dice (as well as shoot, of course) through a whole bunch of people while looking absolutely badass in Rambo. Not to mention The Expendables, which looks even more awesome, if that is even physically possible.

As long as he has some nice shades, a pair of Berettas, and a cool coat, I have high hopes indeed for Chow Yun Fat, the patron saint of guns and kicking ass. Toothpick is optional, but John Woo is highly recommended.

I felt the same way when they banned Rush Hour 3.

Reminds me of the movie Boxing Helena. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106471/

Not to mention S1m0ne

Actually, James Cameron's brother, Mike (an aeronautical engineer and stuntman) has invented a number of special film cameras. They are mostly for underwater filming: IMDB link. So I wouldn't be surprised if James and Mike actually invented new camera technology themselves for Avatar as has been reported.

Battle Angel movie is old news. He has been wanting to do that for about as long as he wanted to do Avatar.
Before and while Avatar was still "Project 880" it was the stuff of rumors if 880 is Battle Angel or "something else". It turned out not to be Battle Angel.
Also... Remember "Dark Angel"?
It doesn't take much to realize how that was influenced by GUNNM.
Jessica Alba's Max was a carbon copy of Alita's fighting ability, looks and emotional problems.
Logan is an Ido surrogate. Post-apocalyptic Seattle served as stand in for Scrapyard. Those shots of Max sitting on top of Seattle Needle watching the city are practically copied from "Tears of an Angel" pages 46-47 spread...
Also... there is that photo of him wearing Battle Angel Alita shirt on the Avatar set.
Yeah, he is a fan. He owns the movie rights. He already did a lot of pre-production... There will be a Battle Angel movie sometime in the next couple of years.

As for Terminator Salvation's Arnie...
I don't know... it kinda didn't work for me at all.
One of the reasons for that, I'm guessing is because they didn't really bother to make him life-like.
For a machine that infiltrates into human communities, even the real Arnold was always a bit too stiff. A CG clone trying to emulate that...
Also, those 15 seconds he is on screen didn't warrant better (more expensive, more time consuming...) modeling than that.
If they were going to bring back Bogie or Cagney for a major role... they will probably take a year or couple of them to work on the model.

And besides... Cameron is talking about future implementation, couple of cycles down the road.
Arnie was done with technology that was "yesterday's" even before Avatar's motion and emotion capture.
And Cameron himself said that Avatar tech alone is not ready for Battle Angel. VERY close... but not quite there yet.
Instant Eastwoods are probably a year to half-a-decade down the road from a believable Alita.

So... We won't be seeing any actors brought back to life in a way to fool us into believing they are real this summer or the next.
But a couple of summers down the road...
Hey, the next decade is 2020s. Bringing back Bogie for another run would be perfectly timed.

Actually, they took Yet Another Austrian Bodybuilder/Stuntman and slapped Arnie's face on him...

Time to put Silent Running on your rental list...

Seriously?

Like, why can't a black or asian guy play the lead in MacBeth?

How about an Othello re-imaging with a black male lead? ("O", 2001)

Are greedy kings somehow relevant only to white people?

No, guy in blackface (or something similar) in that role played a Persian in that role a couple years ago. (If we're going to keep repeating the lie as a society that "race doesn't matter" the least we could do is not give any credence to claims of racism for something like blackface).

Or why couldn't a white guy play a role as a slave?

Because we have been told, as a society, that it is racist/socially unacceptable/whatever to have films which are such racially insensitive to those who "actually have been enslaved" (as if blacks enslaved by whites are the only kind of slaves).

Besides, there's Sparticus, if you haven't seen it. Good film.

(Also, are you a troll? I can't think of a single "slavery" movie since Gladiator, and there was only one notable black slave throughout that film. Seems to me you're race baiting.)

Acting is -acting-.

Ah, I see. Seems to me you don't understand how it works, and would likely be one of about 5 people who would enjoy watching purple dome-headed aliens which speak Bulgarian and wear kilts invade the alps on flying carpets.

Acting is not just acting, it's creating a character. It has to be believable, or it will suck. That is why studios can't just pull anyone off the streets, or hire any old SAG member: they won't accomplish the same thing as a name brand actor.

Let's mix high art and low, TV and theater, toss it all into the pot, mix things up, and do something new.

I'm so tired of recycled culture. Can we let Grease die already and stop using it for high school musicals, reimaging franchise after franchise, and so on? We're getting to the point of mixing franchises (AVP, which was, coincidentally, very profitable due to the lack of a name-brand actor/actress) and regular franchise parodies (the "dog" in Planet 51), reimaging of books into films... all of this having a near-spiritual cultural significance to many. It's fucking nuts.

I'm glad at least a couple newer films are mostly original, like Law Abiding Citizen or the stuff put out by Pixar and Dreamworks. But for the most part, the best we have to look for is a reimaging of a 20-year-old franchise (AVP, Terminator), another sequel to a majorly overdone franchise (Spiderman 23), or some such thing.

I know a lot more becomes capable with CG, and some good films have resulted from it (LotR trilogy comes to mind). But c'mon, lets not raid the popular fiction of the past for the popular fiction of the future: let's make something interesting and new, and not nostalgic. I'm tired of having flashbacks to my childhood as a direct result of the stuff coming out of the studios today.

Failing that (very likely), how about we go outside and do something with our hands, sit and do something with our minds, and make something new? Failing that, go fuck around.

Seriously?

Like, why can't a black or asian guy play the lead in MacBeth?

How about an Othello re-imaging with a black male lead? ("O", 2001)

Are greedy kings somehow relevant only to white people?

No, guy in blackface (or something similar) in that role played a Persian in that role a couple years ago. (If we're going to keep repeating the lie as a society that "race doesn't matter" the least we could do is not give any credence to claims of racism for something like blackface).

Or why couldn't a white guy play a role as a slave?

Because we have been told, as a society, that it is racist/socially unacceptable/whatever to have films which are such racially insensitive to those who "actually have been enslaved" (as if blacks enslaved by whites are the only kind of slaves).

Besides, there's Sparticus, if you haven't seen it. Good film.

(Also, are you a troll? I can't think of a single "slavery" movie since Gladiator, and there was only one notable black slave throughout that film. Seems to me you're race baiting.)

Acting is -acting-.

Ah, I see. Seems to me you don't understand how it works, and would likely be one of about 5 people who would enjoy watching purple dome-headed aliens which speak Bulgarian and wear kilts invade the alps on flying carpets.

Acting is not just acting, it's creating a character. It has to be believable, or it will suck. That is why studios can't just pull anyone off the streets, or hire any old SAG member: they won't accomplish the same thing as a name brand actor.

Let's mix high art and low, TV and theater, toss it all into the pot, mix things up, and do something new.

I'm so tired of recycled culture. Can we let Grease die already and stop using it for high school musicals, reimaging franchise after franchise, and so on? We're getting to the point of mixing franchises (AVP, which was, coincidentally, very profitable due to the lack of a name-brand actor/actress) and regular franchise parodies (the "dog" in Planet 51), reimaging of books into films... all of this having a near-spiritual cultural significance to many. It's fucking nuts.

I'm glad at least a couple newer films are mostly original, like Law Abiding Citizen or the stuff put out by Pixar and Dreamworks. But for the most part, the best we have to look for is a reimaging of a 20-year-old franchise (AVP, Terminator), another sequel to a majorly overdone franchise (Spiderman 23), or some such thing.

I know a lot more becomes capable with CG, and some good films have resulted from it (LotR trilogy comes to mind). But c'mon, lets not raid the popular fiction of the past for the popular fiction of the future: let's make something interesting and new, and not nostalgic. I'm tired of having flashbacks to my childhood as a direct result of the stuff coming out of the studios today.

Failing that (very likely), how about we go outside and do something with our hands, sit and do something with our minds, and make something new? Failing that, go fuck around.

Of course you can shoot something documentary-style in the shuttle -- after all, they did shoot The Dream is Alive with Imax cameras with the shuttle in orbit.

Have you tried to shoot a single scene, let alone an entire movie, in a bathroom stall without breakaway walls? It's a pain in the ass-- I've only done one with breakaway walls and it was extremely difficult.

Actually, Terminator Salvation didn't have "young Arnold" in it, as CGI or old footage. They used a stand-in actor (I think it was this guy) who wore a 'prosthetic' face/mask. The guy's body/physique was a bit off, but it was close!

Like, why can't a black or asian guy play the lead in MacBeth? Are greedy kings somehow relevant only to white people?

Ummm... why not indeed?

Kurosawa also made Ran, a Japanese samurai adaptation and interpretation of Shakespeare's King Lear, with additions based also on Japanese history http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089881. It's well worth seeing, as elements of King Lear are revealed in different contexts, and often in changed form.

You, Murderer (1995)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0716912/

Or has Hauser been recalled from Mars?

I guess you'll love S1m0ne

Are you sure Stallone at any point in time played a British reggae musician? To be honest, I can't see that film being any good. Not that Judge Dredd was a masterpiece, but at least it was fairly entertaining.

Does your comment make this movie S1m0ne prophetic?

I thought this topic was covered already. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258153/

It wasn't a company. I think it's pretty clear who is REALLY behind this. All you have to do is follow the money. Ask yourself - who had the most to gain? The answer is clear, as long as you're not a sheep. There can be no doubt that the true perpetrator is ..... JENNY MCCARTHY!

Think about it .... who vacationed in Mexico shortly before H1N1 hit? Who was a washed-up actress with no real prospects until this "pandemic"? Who made millions of dollars and gained millions of loyal followers thanks to this event? Who is married to The Riddler - a mad genius capable of engineering a mutant virus? You got it! Opportunity, Motive, and Means - only one person has them all! I'm surprised that someone of your (clearly superior) intellect hasn't come up with the answer up until now, but I suppose we all have our off days. Now that you know The Truth, though, I'm sure you'll join me in spreading our message!

Maybe names like THX-1138 aren't that far off in the future after all?

*raises hand*

While I was extremely young when the Osbourne thing happened, I've heard about it enough to know what you were referring to.

And I don't mean Ozzy's TV show!

A surrogate. ;-) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0986263/

You asked for cites. Here ya go:

September 12, 2005 - Robertson not so subtly implies that hurricane Katrina was God's wrath for legalized abortion.

Sure, if you read his exact words, you could interpret it to mean something other than "Katrina was God's wrath," but given his numerous other warnings about various disasters caused by God, and his far less subtle comments about the 9/11 attacks (see below), and now the Haiti earthquake, it's pretty clear what his not-so-hidden message was when he made his Katrina comments.

September 13, 2001 - Robertson and Falwell say that America's liberal, secular society is to blame for the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-CAcdta_8I

Here's the transcript (scroll down): http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/f/falwell-robertson-wtc.htm

Of course, Falwell later tried to backpedal and state that he did not believe that God caused the 9/11 attacks, but rather he "lifted the veil of protection," thereby allowing the attacks to occur. Read the transcript. It's clear what he (and Robertson) meant. He said America had made God "angry," clearly implying that this was God's wrath.

June 8th, 1998 - Robertson warns Orlando that their "Gay Days" celebration might cause earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, and even terrorist bombs.

Or, in Robertson's own words "I don't think I'd be waving those flags in God's face if I were you. ... [A] condition like this will bring about the destruction of your nation. It'll bring about terrorist bombs, it'll bring earthquakes, tornadoes and possibly a meteor."

A meteor? WTF? Really? He probably just got done watching the trailer for Armageddon (note the release date in the IMDb link and the date of his Orlando rant).

Oh, and just for good measure, here's a couple more. Apparently, he also blamed Ariel Sharon's 2006 stroke and the death of two people in a Sedona, Arizona sweat lodge on God's wrath.

If this does not convince you that Pat Robertson believes this crap, just hop on over to YouTube, and you can find a few dozen videos where you can see and hear him spewing it right out of his own mouth.