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Yeah, we all should know how well great sci-fi authors works translate to the big (or little in this case) screen.... William Gibson for example.

Just imagine if you are filming your best friend's wedding, some joker walks by with his jukebox--maybe not even audiable enough for you to notice, but loud enough for the system to detect it, and the watermarking causes your camera to stop recording.

If the camera had stopped recording, My best friend's wedding would have been much improved.

Haha, now there's a movie that needs wider exposure in the geek community :) Too bad it got no more than a cursory theatrical release, and no promotion at all. Freakin' Fox.

Before the law, there stands a guard.
A man comes from the country, begging admittance to the law.
But the guard cannot admit him.
May he hope to enter at a later time?
That is possible, said the guard.
The man tries to peer through the entrance.
He'd been taught that the law was to be accessible to every man.
"Do not attempt to enter without my permission", says the guard. "I am very powerful. Yet I am the least of all the guards. From hall to hall, door after door, each guard is more powerful than the last."
By the guard's permission, the man sits by the side of the door, and there he waits.
For years, he waits.
Everything he has, he gives away in the hope of bribing the guard, who never fails to say to him "I take what you give me only so that you will not feel that you left something undone."
Keeping his watch during the long years, the man has come to know even the fleas on the guard's fur collar.
Growing childish in old age, he begs the fleas to persuade the guard to change his mind and allow him to enter.
His sight has dimmed, but in the darkness he perceives a radiance streaming immortally from the door of the law.
And now, before he dies, all he's experienced condenses into one question, a question he's never asked.
He beckons the guard.
Says the guard, "You are insatiable! What is it now?"
Says the man, "Every man strives to attain the law. How is it then that in all these years, no one else has ever come here, seeking admittance?"
His hearing has failed, so the guard yells into his ear. "Nobody else but you could ever have obtained admittance. No one else could enter this door! This door was intended only for you! And now, I'm going to close it."
This tale is told during the story called "The Trial".
It's been said that the logic of this story is the logic of a dream... a nightmare.

you've never seen the documentary on this guy, have you?

he field tests each one *personally*

and while yes, the documentary did paint him in a bad light, the guy's main purpose in life was/is to wrestle a grizzly (to the point he bankrupted his multi-million dollar scrapyard business), and if you can take that seriously you're a better person than I am.

    By far the funniest documentary I remember ever seeing, though I haven't seen it since catching it in a university theater many years ago, so I don't know how well it stands the test of time.

WOW - if it pans out, this device is amazing. It only weighs 40lbs, and can withstand the impact from a car or elephant gun? If he can really mass produce it for $2,000 a piece, I would think the government would buy thousands

TPS Reports Confirm It!

is actually standard operating procedure in many jobs. Has anyone see the movie Clerks? Case in point.

Does doing it in front of them help develop a professional communication channel? No, probably not.

I don't go to the cinema very often, however I do keep track of what movies are released.

I haven't heard of a good Canadian release in a long while. There are many TV shows and documentaries, but very few movies that make it "big".

The last good Canadian movie that saw was Nothing . I am sure that there are a lot more movies from Canada, made by Canadians, but the simple fact is I don't hear about them - I only seem to stumble upon them accidentally.

Brazil was a film made by Terry Gilliam of Monty Python Fame. I'm not sure if there was/is a book.
Try going to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/

Note that the working title for the film was 1984 and a Half. This puts where it is coming from perfectly.

I really thought you were going to link to this: Night of the Lepus!

But will No Holes Barred, be released on HD-DVD?

Kim Jong Il is known to be a fan of Daffy Duck. Having giant rabbits around can allow him to re-enact one of the funniest cartoons of all time.

It already happened to Janet Leigh and DeForest Kelley. Night of the Lepus.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0069005/

I was thinking of this:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0246578/

Did someone say "cheesy horror film"?

Night of the Lepus http://imdb.com/title/tt0069005/ starring the late, great, DeForest Kelly.

The Agony Booth's in-depth review of this masterpiece of 70's cinema: http://www.agonybooth.com/lepus/.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0312004/ already. It won't be easy.

"Attention! Attention! Ladies and gentlemen, attention! There is a herd of killer rabbits headed this way and we desperately need your help!"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069005/

It's already happened:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0312004/

Remind anyone of Night of the Lepus? http://imdb.com/title/tt0069005/

For anyone who is curious as to how the world would end up after a nuclear war, watch the movie Threads. It should lay any and all questions to rest.

There is a page on imdb, apparantly the new movie will be called "Romulus, My Father."

Like to the forum: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462023/board/flat/354 86597 (Free reg required)

The term "hacker" is overloaded, whether we like it or not.

True enough, actually news reporters were called hackers, er hacks. Heck though I'm not sure I thing "hacks" was used for reporters in Orson Welles' 1941 movie "Citizen Kane". I just get so pissed when I see people use "hackers" to mean criminals or those who use computer to do bad things. I grew up in the '70s and saw the homebrew computers coming out. In magazines like Byte I read about these hardware and software hackers designing new systems and programs and I wanted to be one of them. It was either Computer Engineering/Science or Marine Biology. Too late but now I sometimes think I should of went into Marine Biology instead.

If they had any balls at all they would have gone with the idea of having Captain Riker ...

Jonathan Frakes is competent enough as an actor, and his roles are always well-written, but let's face it, the guy isn't that interesting to watch.

On the other hand, this guy looks strangely like Riker and performs a similar role (albeit without a uniform or official title), but is interesting to watch. Hell, I thought it was Jonathan Frakes with a few years of acting classes under his belt doing something new.

The Washington Times and the National Science Teachers Association certainly don't constitute a large enough population to constitute "most people".

You're probably right about "most people", but in this case "most people" really doesn't matter. I would think that we would defer heavily to a decision made by an organization made up entirely of science teachers. If they didn't choose to distribute the movie for free, a school in Washington choosing to limit its viewing isn't really that surprising is it?

I'll bet for every one organization or source that you can provide that describes it as other than a documentary, I can provide two organizations or sources that classify as a documentary.

Classification as a documentary doesn't mean the data is credible or suitable for the classrooms. There are documentaries on alien abductions, crop circles, ghosts, etc. This creationist video is classified as documentary by IMDB (and an adventure... sounds fun... or not).

Don't forget Bad Taste and Brain Dead. No one can deny that they are works of cinematic genius.

Don't forget Bad Taste and Brain Dead. No one can deny that they are works of cinematic genius.

Please don't take out your anger on one issue against another.

The difference between Peter Jackson and the Home Depot CEO is that Peter Jackson made New Line money. Billions of dollars.

Plus as others have pointed out, this is a matter of ensuring his contract is executed correctly. If New Line agreeded to give him a percentage cut, and they try change the books to make his cut smaller , he has every right to 'stick it to the man' trying to shaft him. And let's face it, it's not the first time a movie company has tried this.

Actually, he'd probably argue that An Inconvenient Truth 2 was already filmed, but called Left Behind .

"The Bible says that in the end times everything will burn up, but that perspective isn't in the DVD."

Just make the kids watch Reign of Fire afterwards. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0253556/ It ironically has the same scientific merit as the view that the parent demands from the school. You're welcome Seattle School Board!

Ever seen the movie Screamers?

Different movie dude. Gremlins. 1984. Maybe someone quoted it in there? I've never seen Cast a Deadly Spell before. Perhaps a homage.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087363/

'All we ever brought back from France was the clap'

I love that movie:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101550/

...New Zealand...

What's the ethnic and cultural diversity within each of these countries? I know Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Norway, and Netherlands are relatively homogenous.

New Zealanders of European descent pretty much dominate New Zealand but aboriginals, the Maori are reclaiming their culture. A good example of this is the movie Whale Rider , made in 2002. Keisha Castle-Hughes, the star of the movie, went to NY to receive an award for her part. Japan isn't so homogenous as many think. Many of those "Japanese" aren't aboriginal to the islands of Japan. The aboriginals are the Ainu. In the Scandinavian, northern European, countries of the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden, they have experienced the immigration of Muslims from different Middle Eastern countries. And Switzerland isn't homogenous either. Three, now four, languages are frequently used. In the north a Germanic language is used, to the west French is used, and to the south Italian is found. And then there's English. Overall Europe isn't as homogenous as many Americans in the US think.

Well, now is the time to send up some more Space Cowboys to repair it. Clint Eastwood shouldn't be to busy right now...

I was under the impression that Ford's character was not a great guy in What Lies Beneath, but I've never seen it, so I can't be sure. He's also gearing up for another Indiana Jones pic, isn't he?

However, Ford has kinda been typecast as the FBI CIA USPS XYZPDQ Übermensch. He plays a character a tiny bit blase who saves the day with his Fordiness. I wonder if he even gets offered roles other than those...

He could do little indie films (independent, not Indiana), I suppose. He is Harrison Ford. What up-and-coming filmmaker would turn down the opportunity to cast Ford as a gay homeless TV salesman from Thailand and rip apart the universe with that juxtaposition?

I think I saw the prequel to this movie when I was a kid...

I think I saw the prequel to this movie when I was a kid...

Can gorillas swim, or pilot small manuevable water craft?

Well, just remember that for every "Showgirls" you end up watching, you'll also watch ten "Meet the Feebles", then.

Maybe they should buy Pimlico, it should be cheaper than £500m and all they will need is a passport to it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041737/

"That character is a little thin for me now".

But his character in Firewall was so friggin deep...

Lucas most likely would have partnered Han with a squadron of Jar Jar's children and a midget in a monkey constume

I didn't see Firewall. In Ford's defense, I think Hollywood was trying to turn him into the new Humphrey Bogart--especially with Sabrina, a remake of an old Humphrey Bogart movie. Six Days and Seven Nights has a sort of an African Queen vibe to it.

I didn't see Firewall. In Ford's defense, I think Hollywood was trying to turn him into the new Humphrey Bogart--especially with Sabrina, a remake of an old Humphrey Bogart movie. Six Days and Seven Nights has a sort of an African Queen vibe to it.

I didn't see Firewall. In Ford's defense, I think Hollywood was trying to turn him into the new Humphrey Bogart--especially with Sabrina, a remake of an old Humphrey Bogart movie. Six Days and Seven Nights has a sort of an African Queen vibe to it.

For reference, http://imdb.com/gallery/granitz/3463/CarrieFish_Gr ani_5733926_400.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Fi sher,%20Carrie&seq=2

Look as good at fifty-something you will not.

As far as I'm concerned, the largest space disaster to date is still Leprechaun 4.