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You seem to forget that Alien predated Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and most of the other "classic horror" movies:

Alien (1979)
Friday the 13th (1980)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Only Halloween (1978) predates Alien, and by a short enough period that I think it's safe to say that Alien was well underway before Halloween hit the theater.

It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)

"Out of the fifties 'B' Science-Fiction monster movies, this easily ranks as the best. It's most notable as the film that ALIEN is an unaccredited remake of, thus giving it a certain historical significance."

Also, if you're into this kind of stuff, Them! (1954) was probably an inspirational precursor to Aliens, just watch it and you'll see the parallels, some are glaring.

Alien and Aliens were both done very well. There's nothing wrong with derivative work, as long as it's done well. I'd bet anything that the writers saw the above linked films as children.

"It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)"

"Out of the fifties 'B' Science-Fiction monster movies, this easily ranks as the best. It's most notable as the film that ALIEN is an unaccredited remake of, thus giving it a certain historical significance."

Iirc it was 1964 when Star Trek came out.

Nooooooo it wasn't http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060028/
"Star Trek" TV series 1966-1969

There is visual proof of them being on the Moon, and next year we will have Jupiter turn into a second star in our solar system. 2010

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Did you know that Africa could feed itself, and half the world if they simply stopped fighting. Went to modern farming techniques and stopped fighting?

The situation is actually far worse than that. E.g., fairly stable countries like Burkina Faso could easily generate more money than they need every year with their cotton production, if it weren't for

• subsidies by the US and European Union to their own cotton producers that keep the price of cotton on the world market artificially low
• "free" trade agreements that forbid Burkina Faso to locally process the cotton and turn it into higher margin finished products

If you ever have the opportunity, I'd strongly recommend you to watch Let's Make Money. Even if you think that you already have an idea about the kind of abuses that are going on, it really is an eye opener in many ways.

I can see it now: "Microsoft Hall of Justice"

You've probably already seen it.

It's called schadenfreude.

You ever watch The Green Mile?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120689/

Compare and contrast the deaths of Delacroix and Wharton.

dude,

it's scary that I remember that line being (almost identically) straight out of The Hunt for Red October

I might be missing something, too, but I've seen a vocal minority of Obama supporters assuming that if you disagree with Obama, you must be racist against blacks. Some of us prefer disagreeing with Obama for his actual statements, policies, and actions, without regard to race, but some people think that Obama is so infallible that they think the only reason to disagree with him is because he's black. See "Undercover Brother". These people I refer to think this is a documentary, not a parody.

"That was no laser blast..."

Yeah, Laser Blast wasn't nearly as bad as the Star Wars prequels.

And honestly the chances of a tornado hitting that exact same place and causing any sort of major damage is slim.

That's what they said about the Nuclear Facility in "Atomic Twister"

The Movie was Damnation Alley from 1977. Based on the book by Roger Zelazny of the same title.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075909/

Well, the problem with the Jessica Alba clone is that you'd end up getting your ass kicked by the vengeful clone of Bruce Willis

Maybe better to take Lucy Liu to the next level head in jar >> robot >> clone

There's some funny for whomever mistakenly modded my other post "funny" when it was deadly serious.

I dunno how old you are... but I think you'll find your body starts to wear out faster than you ever dreamed possible. I'm in my mid 30s and find my eyes, teeth, and knees are going much faster than I ever expected. Have fun with your sex goddess clone. I just want my old body back.

I thought the sequel was already done... Three times over, in fact...

I thought the sequel was already done... Three times over, in fact...

I thought the sequel was already done... Three times over, in fact...

Yeah, I think I meant Salad Shooter(tm) there. We'll just ignore what salad-tossing pens might be a metaphor for...

I believe you're looking for Chris Rock.

Brazil was before either of those and is closer to "1984".

with bilateral symmetry.

If Final Fantasy has thought me anything, it's that asymmetric aliens will have aliens with the same exact anatomy reflected along vertical axis sharing the same planet. And this will result in a cataclysmic civil war that will destroy said planet!

Same could be said about "V for Vendetta" and "Equilibrium". Bah, just go read or watch "1984".
However, watching or reading 1984 just flat drains the soul. The other two movies are more entertaining, have a happier ending, yet still deliver the core of the same message as 1984. Does it soften the message? Somewhat. However, they reach far more people, and those that watch it don't usually kill themselves during the closing credits.
Respect the originals, yet keep refreshing it to new audiences. Often, those that like the new versions end up hungry to read about the original source material.

Same could be said about "V for Vendetta" and "Equilibrium". Bah, just go read or watch "1984".
However, watching or reading 1984 just flat drains the soul. The other two movies are more entertaining, have a happier ending, yet still deliver the core of the same message as 1984. Does it soften the message? Somewhat. However, they reach far more people, and those that watch it don't usually kill themselves during the closing credits.
Respect the originals, yet keep refreshing it to new audiences. Often, those that like the new versions end up hungry to read about the original source material.

That was my first thought. Actually, I thought of the Alien Nation movie, which I thought was even better than the series. "Your mother mates out of season!"

That kind of hassle, instead of just clicking a button online to cancel, is a sure way to make sure I'll never play another game from your company again for the rest of my life.

From that statement, I know you played MxO during the classic period of Time Warner-AOL(March-May 2005). If you think AOL(and AIM) was/is God's gift to the internet, The Matrix Online is/was the game for you.

All of this nonsense was brought to you by Jace Hall (AKA Jason Hall) here's his IMDB page:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0995727/

Notice that he lists producer credits for StarCraft(1998) and World of Warcraft(2004) in spite of the fact he worked for Monolith Productions and/or Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment during those time periods. I smell a rank con-artist. I suppose by some miracle he *could* have had a hand in the production of those games, but I don't think so.

tepples wrote and included with a post:

[In a non-Pokemon related work,] They had used the same voice actor as the one who did Misty in the Dutch translated version of the Pokemon tv show.
Yeah, that totally didn't ruin any immersion..

Did it also ruin immersion when Tim Allen played Tim Taylor in Home Improvement, Santa Claus in The Santa Clause trilogy, and Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story?

Sometimes using the same voice actor for different roles can be a little distracting. I'm a fan of the series Bleach and many of the voice actors from that series do many different characters. For example, a check of the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) shows that Wendee Lee, Megan Hollingshead, Kate Higgins, and Stephanie Sheh both do at least two regular voice actor roles in the series. But they often alter their voices so that they sound significantly different in different roles.

Also, many of the voice actors from Bleach have appeared in many other series over the years. As an example, a check of the IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0283253/) shows that Wendee Lee alone has over 290 voice actor credits.

I imagine that a substantial part of the sudden increase in society's respect for geeks, (maybe mostly their potential incomes,) was due to the glamorous press exposure l0pht received at that time.

Or maybe it's that whole Internet thing that was popping up around that time. The geeks became attractively rich. The tech stopped being black boxes hidden in white-floored, air-conditioned caves and became vehicles for wealth and ubiquitous services. And did I mention the geeks becoming attractively rich?

I doubt "society" in general paid much attention to L0pht (beyond the attention the mysterious hacker "whiz kid" usually gets). There was already about a decade of exposure to the microcomputer and the concept that it would change our lives. And we had already seen ample exposure of the hacker to pop-culture (i.e. the movie War Games and T.V. show Whiz Kids). Mainstream society seemed sort of curious but not entirely impressed with the geek behind the curtain.

But when the Internet dot-boom era began, money got everyone's attention. Suddenly the geek behind the curtain got much more interesting.

I imagine that a substantial part of the sudden increase in society's respect for geeks, (maybe mostly their potential incomes,) was due to the glamorous press exposure l0pht received at that time.

Or maybe it's that whole Internet thing that was popping up around that time. The geeks became attractively rich. The tech stopped being black boxes hidden in white-floored, air-conditioned caves and became vehicles for wealth and ubiquitous services. And did I mention the geeks becoming attractively rich?

I doubt "society" in general paid much attention to L0pht (beyond the attention the mysterious hacker "whiz kid" usually gets). There was already about a decade of exposure to the microcomputer and the concept that it would change our lives. And we had already seen ample exposure of the hacker to pop-culture (i.e. the movie War Games and T.V. show Whiz Kids). Mainstream society seemed sort of curious but not entirely impressed with the geek behind the curtain.

But when the Internet dot-boom era began, money got everyone's attention. Suddenly the geek behind the curtain got much more interesting.

Based on their lack of action over the last 30 years to put fiber to our homes, something some of them, if not all, have been promising since the 1990s; they do NOT have a leg to stand on.

Economics are not working due the Oligopoly / Monopoly nature of Cable Companies and Telcos, ONLY de-regulation will WORK with this economic model.

Govt deregulation of NTT worked in Japan back in 2000, since 2006 those customers are now getting 1 Gbps / 1 Gbps for less than $52 per month, a cost savings to the customer thanks to technological innovation. A huge success for all, even NTT whose dominance in Fiber is paying off very well.

Here in the US, the Telcos, Cable Companies, ISPs could have innovated us out of their outdated tiered pricing model, but they chose NOT to. They made their choice for all Americans to see. They made their choice when they watered down the Telecommunications act of 1996. They make their choice each and every week today, when they spend $1.5 million or more on lobbying elected officials to prevent fiber getting to our homes. What if they spent that $1.5 million per week and the estimated $300 billion they have received since 1990, some of in tax revenue from Americans, and actually laid fiber to our homes. How many more jobs would Americans have today thanks to the higher bandwidth available to us.

American Telcos and Cable companies continuously choose to hurt Americans with their Actions. Their words fall on deaf ears.

I want to live in a city like Wilson, North Carolina; where they are putting their neighbors first, as it should be. If all politicians did this, treated their office like a public service ~ which it is, and returned to their real work after serving for a few years, lobbyists would not be able to get their way and hurt the average American.

Hey politicians, watch the movie Dave or Mr Smith Goes to Washington and do the right thing! If you can not do the right thing, remove yourself from office with honor and let someone else in that will do the right thing. Or do you really want to continue to mess up your neighbors, hurt Americans and destroy your own family. Do you really hate those you serve that much?

Elected leaders in Wilson, North Carolina, stick to your guns, serve your neighbors who you promised to protect and serve and all will benefit, even you when you leave office. More importantly your kids and their kids will benefit by what you are doing.

What other communities are going to take it upon themselves to put the fiber in the ground, ignore the Cable Companies and Telcos and do the right thing for your citizens? Heads up all Internet corporations, Wilson, North Carolina looks like a good place to relocate your jobs for their citizens and the benefit of your company!

Here I thought it would take a company with no ties, no peering agreements to any other American telco to pull this off. And was secretly hoping such a company would rear its head, I would want to work with them for their success in the US, or at least a company like Google, that is laying undersea cables would be able to offer bandwidth to communities being chocked dry by the current American Telcos and Cable Companies.

Can you please find out who they are buying their Internet access through, as I want to support that company over all the others in America? I will encourage all my friends to do likewise, the day that Wilson North Carolina gets fiber to 10% or more of its homes.

Based on their lack of action over the last 30 years to put fiber to our homes, something some of them, if not all, have been promising since the 1990s; they do NOT have a leg to stand on.

Economics are not working due the Oligopoly / Monopoly nature of Cable Companies and Telcos, ONLY de-regulation will WORK with this economic model.

Govt deregulation of NTT worked in Japan back in 2000, since 2006 those customers are now getting 1 Gbps / 1 Gbps for less than $52 per month, a cost savings to the customer thanks to technological innovation. A huge success for all, even NTT whose dominance in Fiber is paying off very well.

Here in the US, the Telcos, Cable Companies, ISPs could have innovated us out of their outdated tiered pricing model, but they chose NOT to. They made their choice for all Americans to see. They made their choice when they watered down the Telecommunications act of 1996. They make their choice each and every week today, when they spend $1.5 million or more on lobbying elected officials to prevent fiber getting to our homes. What if they spent that $1.5 million per week and the estimated $300 billion they have received since 1990, some of in tax revenue from Americans, and actually laid fiber to our homes. How many more jobs would Americans have today thanks to the higher bandwidth available to us.

American Telcos and Cable companies continuously choose to hurt Americans with their Actions. Their words fall on deaf ears.

I want to live in a city like Wilson, North Carolina; where they are putting their neighbors first, as it should be. If all politicians did this, treated their office like a public service ~ which it is, and returned to their real work after serving for a few years, lobbyists would not be able to get their way and hurt the average American.

Hey politicians, watch the movie Dave or Mr Smith Goes to Washington and do the right thing! If you can not do the right thing, remove yourself from office with honor and let someone else in that will do the right thing. Or do you really want to continue to mess up your neighbors, hurt Americans and destroy your own family. Do you really hate those you serve that much?

Elected leaders in Wilson, North Carolina, stick to your guns, serve your neighbors who you promised to protect and serve and all will benefit, even you when you leave office. More importantly your kids and their kids will benefit by what you are doing.

What other communities are going to take it upon themselves to put the fiber in the ground, ignore the Cable Companies and Telcos and do the right thing for your citizens? Heads up all Internet corporations, Wilson, North Carolina looks like a good place to relocate your jobs for their citizens and the benefit of your company!

Here I thought it would take a company with no ties, no peering agreements to any other American telco to pull this off. And was secretly hoping such a company would rear its head, I would want to work with them for their success in the US, or at least a company like Google, that is laying undersea cables would be able to offer bandwidth to communities being chocked dry by the current American Telcos and Cable Companies.

Can you please find out who they are buying their Internet access through, as I want to support that company over all the others in America? I will encourage all my friends to do likewise, the day that Wilson North Carolina gets fiber to 10% or more of its homes.

I find it interesting to speculate on what you must have been told about healthcare in civilized countries, such that you are able to accept the american system.

Try watching Sicko for a little bit of reality.

This is your cue to start calling Michael Moore names to help yourself avoid the truth of what he's saying...

It should. I had to Google it to make sure I got it right, though I added the stage directions from memory.

I've left it as a mystery long enough. It's from the 1984 movie Body Double.

Considering how much the concept of "The Force" borrowed from Eastern Philosophy (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch'i) ... at least in the first films ... that's much less surprising then it could be. :)

To quote the full quote: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080684/quotes

Yoda: Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you; here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere, yes. Even between the land and the ship.

This has parallels with the main premise of Sleep Dealer http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804529/

A theme in the film is Virtual Labor - robots of the future will really be remotely operated by cheap overseas labor. SpinVox is doing similar kind of things, but unlike Mechanical Turk has the factore of outsourcing to the low-wage regions.

We tried to nail Jane Fonda.

Noise:

"Broke into a car because the alarm was going off? Jesus Christ! What if everybody did that?"

"If everybody did it, people would turn off the damn alarms now, wouldn't they?"

I didn't mind "In the Name of the King", which is based on Dungeon Siege. It was pretty good, and made me want to play the game again.

This reminds me of a film my father got a screener copy of, but never even opened.
Who Killed the Electric Car?

I thought he did, just a couple of months ago.

[D]oes this offer hope that someone might finally make a good movie based on a game IP?

A good movie based on MMORPG game IP has already been made: Ben X revolves around the game Archlord and the real life of some players. Think Rainman meets WoW.

Last week I saw In the shadow of the moon, a series of interviews with the Apollo astronauts. In this, Aldrin says the reason for the overload was that he kept the rendezvous radar running (against procedure) so they'd be able to find the CM quickly in case of an abort.

Reminds me of Nothing but the Truth, except his motives were a heck of a lot different. Furthermore, Kate Beckinsale is ridiculously hot.

Never give up the source

Oh no.. Watch the movie "Naked Space" With Leslie Nielsen, Patrick MacNee, and Cinty Williams.

The highlight of the movie is an alien singing "I'm going to eat your face."

HA! You whippersnappers should get acquainted with Ed Wood.

May I suggest "Glen or Glenda"?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_or_Glenda

It's this movie. Unfortunately there's no sound.

So, it is not a Soylent Green style food, then???

That is the basic plot of this movie

Well, i guess, medicine is what happened. In the "good old days" if you were seriously messed up on birth, you would simply die. But now days, doctors can patch you up, so you give birth to more messed up humasn, that will then breed with healthy humans, and eventually create a race where no one is really healthy. That is called backward evolution and is nicely described in Idiocracy ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/ ). Some people would call it inhuman or sick, but in my humble opinion medicine should be limited to fixing injuries and curing viruses and infections, rather than helping non-adapted survive. Life is a game of numbers. Not everyone is meant to win. Just look at complexity of our bodies... there is so many things that can and often do go wrong. Call it God or Evolution... each and every one of us is an experiment... and not all experiments lead to a great discovery... in fact, most of them fail. But, in a world governed by emotions, empathy and cash no one ever cares about real progress. Bottom line: When we started cheating in a game of life, we gave up on evolution. That was the moment we stopped being a specie and started being... a goo?

I've heard that voice acting is a nice club to be in (the producers and whatnot have a group of people that they work with, and it is good to be in that group, but hard to get in). You can draw your own conclusions about how much difficulty they have finding work:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921942/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0224007/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534134/

(I arbitrarily did not select Katey Sagal there because she is well known as an actress; I'm sure the voice actors aren't getting $5,000 for each episode on those lists, but they don't seem to be having any trouble finding work over long periods of time)

I've heard that voice acting is a nice club to be in (the producers and whatnot have a group of people that they work with, and it is good to be in that group, but hard to get in). You can draw your own conclusions about how much difficulty they have finding work:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921942/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0224007/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534134/

(I arbitrarily did not select Katey Sagal there because she is well known as an actress; I'm sure the voice actors aren't getting $5,000 for each episode on those lists, but they don't seem to be having any trouble finding work over long periods of time)

I've heard that voice acting is a nice club to be in (the producers and whatnot have a group of people that they work with, and it is good to be in that group, but hard to get in). You can draw your own conclusions about how much difficulty they have finding work:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921942/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0224007/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534134/

(I arbitrarily did not select Katey Sagal there because she is well known as an actress; I'm sure the voice actors aren't getting $5,000 for each episode on those lists, but they don't seem to be having any trouble finding work over long periods of time)

Bruce Willis? Are you kidding?

More like the secret shooting of Transporter 4 with Jason Statham.

np: Tosca - Honey (Only Child Dub) (Different Tastes of Honey)

No, I was referring to this piece of crap: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077869/

Wizards was totally different.