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Princess Aura: But my father has never kept a vow in his life!
Dale Arden: I can't help that, Aura. Keeping our word is one of the things that make us... better than you.

I've been waiting for affordable display glasses since I saw the concept in Flash Gordon. Fwiw, the company mentioned is hardly the first to develop this kind of device -- MicroOptical Corp and Icuiti to name two, and Icuiti's is shipping (i.e. non-vaporware) -- as Slashdot well knows, having posted numerous entries on the subject before. So the implication of the article that this is some kind of new development is odd and inaccurate.

madvirii - Afrociated Press, Nigeria. In what will go down as one of the largest inflation of niggernuts on this twisted zionist planet, GNAA art director JacksonBrown rotted the core of the Apple store early last week in front of a cumload of onlookers.

"So I goes to the Apple Sto' lookin' to mess shit up," JacksonBrown begins, still dehydrated from jerking off to the mp3 recording from the twit44 fagcast, "and Patrick Norton is a filthy liar, I did not have 20 windows open, and I sure as hell wasn't using vi." Brown has been pegged as a known hater of vi, the most Judenesque text editor in the long, near-sterile line of UNIX-like text editors.

"And for the records, hello.jpg was loaded 110 times in 15 minutes," Brown was quoted as saying. Apple tried to minimize their losses by fabricating details surrounding JacksonBrown's total annhiliation of their defenses. When asked about the show, Brown could only add, "it's boring, I know that...all I knew was they were going to be on my turf so I took advantage."

After viewing the glory of goatse, Patrick Norton literally could not see the light at the end of the tunnel, and furiously masturbated, and is still masturbating at this very moment. Apple has tried to downplay the incident by including goatse as the bootup splash screen in future versions of its amazingly inefficient failure of an operating system, in an attempt to make peace with the GNAA before facing total annhiliation.

About TWiT

TWiT (This Week in Tech) is a weekly fagcast showcasing Apple's latest failures in the world of technology. Featuring such personalities as "Blow" Jobs and Leo LaPorte, it is broadcast over the internet at www.lastmeasure.us.

About Apple

Apple Computer is the creator of the Macintosh, popularly known as the "gay computer". 87% of GNAA members are Mac users. Founded in 1974 by Steve "Blow" Jobs and Steve "SuperElite(tm)" Wozniak, Apple was nearly out of business in the mid 90's, when "Blow" Jobs was reinstated. He then started the now infamous iGay marketing scheme which involved both the Step 2 ???? SUKI Profit(tm) model, and a 100% effort towards marketing towards black homosexuals. The two Steves got married, and eventually introduced Intel processors as a standard in Macs by the end of 2007.

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Yeah, someone else pointed out that by "hand" he probably meant "mouse cursor". But still...

His comments about jiggering resolution don't wash either. In fact the further I RTFA'd, the more bullshit indicators lit up.

As to all the claims about UFOs, free energy, and the like... I agree with those who point out that 1) the U.S. is not the only country with satellite imaging and a space program, 2) if such stuff was available, why isn't someone using it -- if not the U.S., then one of our rivals?? If some snot-nosed kid can break into a gov't facility's network with so little effort, you can bet *professional* hackers employed by enemy gov'ts are way ahead of him.

I'm reminded of an episode of Under Cover ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101229/ ) in which a green but rather too full of himself young agent believes he's found satellite views of hitherto-unknown Soviet missile silos. The old hands let him make a thorough ass of himself, then reveal that the satellite images he's so excited about aren't satellite views at all, but rather the product of a small camera in the back room, pointed at a printout of a genuine view of Russia.... with several still-rolled-up condoms strategically placed. Gee, it's amazing how much a condom's ridge looks like the dirt around the mouth of a missile silo, don't you agree? ;)

[This was, as the single review says, one of the best TV series ever, but got no audience attention because it was done so low-key. John Rhys-Davies was at his best.]

It is with great regret that we in the glorious GNAA were called to arms against a revered institution known as Star Trek. Impi, while in training as a high priest in the popular religious cult scientology, was approached by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy to contract the services of the Black Ops wing of the GNAA.

Both Shatner and Nimoy, on which the Star Trek franchise and legend were built, expressed serious concern with regard to the affront of a little known "television station" called G4TV.

"Star Trek prides itself on boldly going where no man has gone before. Not boldly sitting on your fat ass and playing computer games and talking about it in a failed IRC channel!" said Shatner. "G4TV is taking the very ethos of Star Trek and perverting it for profit. They have targeted a segment of the population known as Fatmerica. Their actions in sanctioning such an event promote obesity and diabetes within our youth and we as Star Trek representatives do not want to be associated with this sentiment."

Leonard Nimoy was instrumental in crafting the attack on #startrek20 on the IRC network irc.gamesurge.net. Using an exploit that allowed a redirect from the www.g4tv.com to the infamous Last Measure, many fatties were tricked into being Last Measured.

"They turned on us," said Neal Tiles, president of G4TV. "It was like stampede at a buffet, there was nothing we could do. People were ping timing out all over the place. Mothers were calling the station asking why their children were looking at gay porno. It was a nightmare. Our moderator of the channel, Ravager|CH, tried valiantly to keep things together, but he was eventually g-lined due to massive complaints against the channel."

The overwhelming success of the operation was reflected by the failed moderator Ravager|CH own words: [23:37] <Ravager|CH> another ruined night..

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This would be the more likely scenario.

But if we don't leave warnings and such, how will humanity be held in suspense when the Psychlos decide to let a few rag-tag slaves lead by Johnny Goodboy run free for a few days? And really, you folks in the DoD, make sure that you leave the flight simulators for the F-16s plugged in kplzthx.

I remember seeing this movie before.

Can't Hollywood do anything original anymore?

I also thought the original ending was pretty lame... but if you add to it the re-done, arguably "real" ending seen in End of Evangelion, it's great! Really harrowing, and leaves you scratching your head with that "what the fuck?" feeling you get after seeing "2001: A Space Odyssey" for the first time. (Interestingly enough, that article includes at least one screen cap from End of Evangelion, without ever mentioning that exists and wasn't part of the original 26 episodes.)

Yeah, a lot of the religious stuff in Evangelion seems tacked-on. It's more accurately described as "pseudo-religious" anyway, because aside from stealing a bunch of names from old Christian mythology it doesn't really have much of anything to do with Christianity. That's OK, though -- it makes it interesting. I'll take a show that even pretends to make you think, as some people are accusing Evangelion of, than one that doesn't even try at all. Patrick McGoohan's "The Prisoner" is another show that comes to mind that's vulnerable to a lot of criticism, but if you watch it with an open mind it can be very rewarding.

The psychoanalytical stuff in Evangelion is more interesting than the religious stuff. A lot of people here describe it as "Freudian," but while I don't know a whole lot about the various schools of psychoanalysis, I don't know if that's strictly accurate. What it does do is try to get inside the heads of these characters in a way that is, at times, profoundly disturbing (if you've managed to pay attention through the whole show).

One thing that's probably lost on a lot of American, non-otaku audiences, though, is that much of what was going on in Evangelion was meant to be sort of a criticism of otaku culture. Early episodes of Evangelion regularly feature teasers of the next episode that promise lots of "fan service" and seem to make it clear that it's meant to be the ultimate show for fans. But the later, more psychological episodes try to delve in to the characters' minds, many of whom have personality traits that the producers of the show thought were common in anime fandom in Japan.

The long and the short of it: That joke about Slashdot people living in their parents' basements, watching anime? That's how the creator of Evangelion saw anime fandom, basically.

The main character of Evangelion, Shinji, is extremely introverted in a way that a lot of Japanese anime fans are. He can't connect with girls, or with anyone really. He feels his parents can't understand him, and has a bad relationship with him. Then he discovers that he can pilot this giant robot and it makes him feel worthwhile. His fellow pilots have this same feeling too; they begin to feel worthless if they are no longer able to fly the giant robots. In that sense, you could say the purpose of the larger pseudo-religious conspiracy storyline going on in the background is really just to point out, Meanwhile there's a whole big world going on out there. All the characters are just too wrapped up in themselves and their angst to see it at first. Shinji's main character arc is his discovery of himself as an individual and coming to terms with what it means to be an adult living in the world.

This subject matter isn't going to appeal to everyone. If you aren't interested in fun stories about cool-looking giant robots battling alien monsters, then the first few episodes aren't going to appeal to you at all. But if you can't get that far, then the later episodes are going to seem hollow, silly, and contrived. Basically, though Evangelion has a broad audience, if there's no part of y

Two responses, one funny, one serious:

1: Anger Management's got prior art.

2: They'll probably use the technology with XBox Live. I don't know if you play many online games, but stress levels are quite high when playing intense competitive games. If you're serious, eliminating the cause would require eliminating the game. When Mario Kart can violent emotions, not to mention what more 'serious' games can do (see: chocolate milk), I think the only solution would be to make that zen game multiplayer. Call it a hunch but I don't see the CPL adopting that.

Tom Reilly is running for governor, in a campaign where his first choice for lieutenant governor turned out to have not paid federal taxes, state taxes, property taxes or parking tickets for the last several years, and then dropped out of the race to spend more time with her family, all within 24 hours of being picked. (She's still a state rep, and on the Ways and Means Committee, no less, but apparently you don't need to pay taxes to hold that position.)
Anyway, thus Tom Reilly's sudden concern about MySpace...

Trumpy! You can do stupid things!

So here is the REAL question... when the Original release hit the theaters, it didn't say "Episode IV" or "A New Hope" anywhere, not in the scroll text, not on the posters... it was just "Star Wars". The movie did so well, that Lucas decided to add that in in 1981, and release the "Episode IV: A New Hope" version once he realized that the budgets for his sequels were in the bag.

So I ask you this:

IV or no IV? If it's there, or says "A New Hope" anywhere, it STILL isn't the original.

From IMDB Alternate versions for SW:

When the original theatrical version was first released, it was simply titled Star Wars.The opening crawl was changed to "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope" during the 1981 re-release. According to Sterling Hedgpeth, Lucasfilm film archivist: "I found a box with all the positive elements for the 'revised' opening crawl, and the assorted trim boxes are dated from October through December 1980. This, then, is consistent with the view that Episode IV: A New Hope was added for the first time to the opening crawl for the April 10, 1981 re-release."

Let's not forget about James Earl Jones. He's done pretty well too.

And I personally think Mark Hamill kicked ass as cockknocker in Jay and Silent Bob...

Billy Dee Williams didn't do too bad after his role as Lando either...

Let's not forget about James Earl Jones. He's done pretty well too.

And I personally think Mark Hamill kicked ass as cockknocker in Jay and Silent Bob...

Billy Dee Williams didn't do too bad after his role as Lando either...

Let's not forget about James Earl Jones. He's done pretty well too.

And I personally think Mark Hamill kicked ass as cockknocker in Jay and Silent Bob...

Billy Dee Williams didn't do too bad after his role as Lando either...

You say that the death penalty does not solve crime, and you also say that you have to get a second offense before you can invoke the can spam act. It apperas that someone was able to come up with a punishment that prevented a repeat offense.

I might be wrong but under any set of laws you will always find at least one person willing to break the law thus you will always have crime.

If you will always have crime you need a way to discourage repeat offenders. With the death penalty the person being punished is prevented from breaking any more laws.

Once you establish that they have broken a law what deterrent would you suggest?

If you fine someone who has broken the law are they required to prove they money they pay with was gained legally, perhaps by mandatory irs audits for several years before and after the event.

If you imprison them do they lose more then they gain, in prision all of your basic needs are met you have food shelter clothing and medical treatment, would this work better if we had a situation like cool hand luke http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061512/

Since we already have a minimum wage that is supposed to be enough to make a living that will provide all of the basics of life lets use that figure to our advantage.

Change the legal system so that crimes aren't punished by jail time but by a fine.
Stipulate that the only way to pay the fine is by going to a prison work camp.
Instead of paying them by writing them a check, give them payroll deductions that pay for room, board and all of the other expenses of running a prison and the rest goes to thier fine.
when the fine is paid off they are released.

Under this system they are at least helping the rest of society, because the goverment won't have to hire or contract out the jobs that could be done by the criminals and the money we would have used goes to paying the criminals.

I can't believe no one (especially in this crowd) has mentioned this, but...

Dude, didn't you see Logan's Run?!?

"Identify."

Requirements for defeating retinal scans: one fountain pen. This proves it conclusivly. Hollywood NEVER lies.

A riot is an ugly thing.... And I think it's about time we had one!

http://imdb.com/title/tt0072431/

Now then, when do they release the original version of Blade Runner to DVD?

... the first time around?

Nothing says 'Peace' like the United States blasting another country's satellite out of the sky. I can't see how doing so would help prevent attacks on the U.S. Perhaps the idea is to disable communications and espionage capabilities, but there are other, more conventional means of warfare, as ineffective as they may be.

The other theory, give countries warnings about removing satellites? Countries love ultimatums too. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I'm against this (or for it, really) but I'm suggesting that perhaps the political and diplomatic repercussions might need to be investigated more thoroughly.

From a sci-fi point of view, its Spies Like Us all over again! Sounds interesting and technological to say the least.

...someone pulled out their copy of Real Genius and thought, "Hey, if someone else thinks of this movie and puts a laser in a satellite to snipe us, we should pre-emptively strike with a laser that shoots their satellites!".

OHS NAP

In the bar scene on Tatooine Han shot Greedo first in the original.

In the remasters, Greedo shot Han first.

Might not seem like much but some people made a big fuss about it (Holden McNeill in Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back says, "That's the worst idea since 'Greedo shooting first' ").

Some other people aren't huge fans of some of the other edits but that's the big one

You know, there's something undeniably good about Episodes IV, V & VI.

Especially when you see it on the big screen. Unfortunately, I was born in 1982 meaning that I wasn't quite to the point of being able to go see it in theatres when it was released. But the special edition releases changed all that--though the changes George Lucas made did leave me feeling kind of hollow (wtf, Han?).

I would think that the mass turn out to see the special edition movies would be proof enough that releasing the originals to theatres every ten years would be profitable. In fact, I would conjecture that releasing it every ten years would give everyone the chance to see it at an early age and be beneficial to the Star Wars franchise. I know Lucas wouldn't be able to resist changing parts of it but hopefully he'll be preoccupied with destroying the Indiana Jones Trilogy by then.

I did notice that Mr. Lucas isn't cited once in this article and instead we hear from Jim Ward who is perhaps actually interested in what the fans have to say as they are providing his paycheck.

If you were to ask me on any day of the week, "Would you like to go see one of the Star Wars movies on the big screen?" You bet I would. It's immeasurably better than the utter drek that's in theatres now. Oftentimes my friends propose we go see a movie only to discover that there is nothing but pure crap. What does Lucasfilm have that so few movies today lack? Timelessness--the ability to surpass the aging of the film and the advances in technology that every movie today uses.

While it's true I'm a fan of Star Wars so my opinion might be biased, I've never found anyone who's outright hated it.

Well, I got original separate movies for my birthday at a young age, the VHS set of this trilogy when I was about 15, I bought the special edition DVDs in wide screen format a couple years ago and now it looks like I'll be purchasing yet another copy of these movies. Boy, Lucasfilm sure has my number.

You know, there's something undeniably good about Episodes IV, V & VI.

Especially when you see it on the big screen. Unfortunately, I was born in 1982 meaning that I wasn't quite to the point of being able to go see it in theatres when it was released. But the special edition releases changed all that--though the changes George Lucas made did leave me feeling kind of hollow (wtf, Han?).

I would think that the mass turn out to see the special edition movies would be proof enough that releasing the originals to theatres every ten years would be profitable. In fact, I would conjecture that releasing it every ten years would give everyone the chance to see it at an early age and be beneficial to the Star Wars franchise. I know Lucas wouldn't be able to resist changing parts of it but hopefully he'll be preoccupied with destroying the Indiana Jones Trilogy by then.

I did notice that Mr. Lucas isn't cited once in this article and instead we hear from Jim Ward who is perhaps actually interested in what the fans have to say as they are providing his paycheck.

If you were to ask me on any day of the week, "Would you like to go see one of the Star Wars movies on the big screen?" You bet I would. It's immeasurably better than the utter drek that's in theatres now. Oftentimes my friends propose we go see a movie only to discover that there is nothing but pure crap. What does Lucasfilm have that so few movies today lack? Timelessness--the ability to surpass the aging of the film and the advances in technology that every movie today uses.

While it's true I'm a fan of Star Wars so my opinion might be biased, I've never found anyone who's outright hated it.

Well, I got original separate movies for my birthday at a young age, the VHS set of this trilogy when I was about 15, I bought the special edition DVDs in wide screen format a couple years ago and now it looks like I'll be purchasing yet another copy of these movies. Boy, Lucasfilm sure has my number.

But I would seriously expect the products at Wal-mart and the small business guy not to compare well. Big-box stores like Wal-mart, Home Depot, etc, are known for playing games with margins.

AMEN! And boxed parts are likely to appear in stores if this works. If computer parts companies who aim for enthusiast are smart, they WILL hold out against the WalMart-cheapening of their products. There would quickly be advice on the 'Net pointing out which sound cards, or video cards or speakers used low quality parts under the brand's high quality name, so enthusiasts could avoid them. The use of low quality base parts (like no-name MB/RAM/power supplies/etc) in barebones computers is pretty common, so maybe they are safe there, but thhat seems like it would lead to more boxed parts next to the computers eventually.

There was this Slashdot article http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/28/223524 6 about a man taking his products OUT of WalMart to avoid the cheapening of his high quality lawn equipment (the cheapening of the brand, and the price gap/struggle in WalMart lawn centers without knowledgeable staff to enable the high-quality products to shine)

WalMart is also known to leverage additional censorship upon movies and music sold there, leading to those works being issued in WalMart-censored and everybody-else versions. (ex.the comic-book-animated movie Spawn.http://imdb.com/title/tt0118475/alternatever sions There was also a live action version with John Leguizamo)

There are very few computer parts that I wouldn't worry about getting a YET CHEAPER part than whatever the manufacturer manages to create for their margin vs. my brand expectation. As it is, those who care have to read a lot of benchmarks and tests to put something together a la carte that will be stable under pressue.

Maybe case screws? Floppy drives? Air in a can?

Exactly, They estimate that "From Justin to Kelly (2003)" DVD lost 480 million due to piracy.

(Or that nobody bought the fucking thing, its IMDB's worst rated movie.)

After they spend $100 million to make movies like Stealth or $130 million to make The Island, I'm a little surprised. Oh? Their study didn't take those kind of "costs" into account? Well no wonder it's only 6 billion.

Incidentally, do you ever notice how you never see any studies calculating the exact amount of money the MPAA loses each year from making crappy, unoriginal, cookie-cutter movies; showing the movies in a medium where you have to spend gas money to get to the theater and then more than half the cost of a DVD to get in the theater door; and then once they have your money putting more effort into showing you more ads than they do the movie? That's a study I'd be curious to read.

That is a fuggin' great idea. I'd love to see a study like that. Perhaps something comparing the rate of return on art flicks vs. standard Hollywood fare. If the major studios put out 4x the movies in 2007, with the same aggregate budget they spent in 2006, covering a wider variety of themes targeted at a wider variety of audiences, they might make as much or more revenue.

The problem is that they bank on losing money on 4 out of every 5 movies, knowing that the fifth will be a blockbuster that will recoup all the money they threw down the toilet producing flicks like Battlefield Earth.

Wal-Mart has destroyed a lot of people's livelihoods on this planet. They are a money hungry company with no morals or ethics anywhere in sight. You may save a few bucks by shopping there but you are ruining your future by supporting them. Go mom and pop or get off my planet! As for OEM sales... sure go ahead and buy at Wal-Mart, take their advise too, I'm sure you'll be fine... Not! Few companies like Microsoft have the ability to stand up to Wal-Mart's strong arm tactics and I wouldn't be surprised to see some foreign supplier cave in to good ol' Wally-Mart and sell cheaper to Wal-Mart than all the mid sized distributors. Some good documentaries on the subject are : Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473107/ Store Wars: When Wal-Mart Comes to Town http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318087/

Wal-Mart has destroyed a lot of people's livelihoods on this planet. They are a money hungry company with no morals or ethics anywhere in sight. You may save a few bucks by shopping there but you are ruining your future by supporting them. Go mom and pop or get off my planet! As for OEM sales... sure go ahead and buy at Wal-Mart, take their advise too, I'm sure you'll be fine... Not! Few companies like Microsoft have the ability to stand up to Wal-Mart's strong arm tactics and I wouldn't be surprised to see some foreign supplier cave in to good ol' Wally-Mart and sell cheaper to Wal-Mart than all the mid sized distributors. Some good documentaries on the subject are : Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473107/ Store Wars: When Wal-Mart Comes to Town http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318087/

No, I didn't blame them. They help make it possible. Any news outlet which simply parrots what government or corporate sponsors want said are not what the 1st amendment is there to protect.

Sadly, the Whitehouse (and particularly the president since a leader is responsible for those who work at his/her behest) may pick and choose who attends press briefings. The president's handlers have also made it a point in the past few years to keep protesters at bay, in a specially designated "not friends of the president" lot down the street during rallies.

I feel we are heading towards the type of press we vilified in Soviet times, where it was nothing but propaganda. Piss-off the Whitehouse and see if you continue to be invited to press briefings. TV is soft news. Newspapers are a bit better, but still beholden to corporate interests. Why the love-fest between Fox and Bush, I do not know, but perhaps it's explored in the film Outfoxed I missed it when it was in town and should probably go rent it.

Making "gobs and gobs" of money doesn't sound dead in the water to me. Being irrelevant AND making gobs and gobs of money sounds ideal, really; you don't need to do much except have a treasure bath.

Well the PC guy (John Hodgman) is an expert.

Meet the worst man in film... Roy Lee. Here's his partner from Vertigo Entertainment as well... Doug Davison. All they do is remake great Asian cinema into not-so-great pieces of work.

Meet the worst man in film... Roy Lee. Here's his partner from Vertigo Entertainment as well... Doug Davison. All they do is remake great Asian cinema into not-so-great pieces of work.

How about

Apple = mono
Windows = AIDS, Syphilis, Genital Warts, Clymidia, Herpes, and Erectile Dysfucntion

And maybe Apple could get Madonna to do a song for their ads this time. I'm thinking "Like a Virgin". This song would work on many levels, seeing as how it's really a song about a guy with a monster cock.

From IMDB:
Mr. Brown: O.K., let me tell you what Like a Virgin's about. It's all about this cooze who's a regular fuck machine, I'm talking morning, day, night, afternoon, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick.
Mr. Blue: How many dicks is that?
Mr. White: A lot.
Mr. Brown: Then one day she meets this John Holmes motherfucker and it's like, whoa baby, I mean this cat is like Charles Bronson in the Great Escape, he's digging tunnels. Now, she's gettin' the serious dick action and she's feeling something she ain't felt since forever. Pain. Pain. It hurts her. It shouldn't hurt her, you know her pussy should be Bubble Yum by now, but when this cat fucks her it hurts. It hurts just like it did the first time. You see the pain is reminding a fuck machine what it once was like to be a virgin. Hence, "Like a virgin."

Ira

"Well, well, Freud was right."

Airplane! is a spoof of several plane based disaster movies. It used Zero Hour as base material, kinda like Kentucky Fried Movie used Enter the Dragon as base material for A Fistful of Yen and blaxploitation movies like Cleopatra Jones as base material for the Cleopatra Schwartz segment. Both segments spoof other movies of the genre (and other genres), as well, but have one particular movie as the basis. I imagine the producers of Airplane! bought the rights to Zero Hour to use character names and some dialogs. I vaguely recall seeing Zero Hour a long time ago (I think on TV), but don't remember it being intentionally funny. I also vaguely recall the Airport movies (75, 77, the concorde one [80?] - haven't seen them since they were on TV).

Airplane! is a spoof of several plane based disaster movies. It used Zero Hour as base material, kinda like Kentucky Fried Movie used Enter the Dragon as base material for A Fistful of Yen and blaxploitation movies like Cleopatra Jones as base material for the Cleopatra Schwartz segment. Both segments spoof other movies of the genre (and other genres), as well, but have one particular movie as the basis. I imagine the producers of Airplane! bought the rights to Zero Hour to use character names and some dialogs. I vaguely recall seeing Zero Hour a long time ago (I think on TV), but don't remember it being intentionally funny. I also vaguely recall the Airport movies (75, 77, the concorde one [80?] - haven't seen them since they were on TV).

Starship Troopers. How about actually following the book and not trying to turn it into a comedy.
Windtalkers. Try to remake it without having Nicolas Cage win the war single handedly.

Starship Troopers. How about actually following the book and not trying to turn it into a comedy.
Windtalkers. Try to remake it without having Nicolas Cage win the war single handedly.

As long as they don't use Ron Howard's brother, Clint Howard, to play a character like Booger (Curtis Armstrong), I'll be fine. For some reason, every time my dad sees Clint Howard, he's got to exclaim "Look! There's Booger!". He just can't keep those two guys straight. I can't take it anymore!

As long as they don't use Ron Howard's brother, Clint Howard, to play a character like Booger (Curtis Armstrong), I'll be fine. For some reason, every time my dad sees Clint Howard, he's got to exclaim "Look! There's Booger!". He just can't keep those two guys straight. I can't take it anymore!

So, Hollywood will only make remakes of movies that were good in the first place. Which makes it pretty hard to create a remake that is better than the original.

Hollywood's solution to that is fivefold:

• Adding big special effects
• Adding computer graphics
• Adding well-known actors
• Adding semi-explicit sex
• Adding loud music

All this to make the movie appeal to a "young audience." Unfortunately, the gross of the "young audience" is mainly interested in trash, which Hollywood's fivefold solution will help to emerge.

Here are some movies that should be remade:

• The Fountainhead (1949). This could have been a very good movie, but unfortunately Gary Cooper had no idea how to play Howard Roarke.
• Trapped in Space (1994). A gripping story which is performed by fairly poor actors in an environment of low production values. This one could actually benefit from good special effects.
• The Power (1968). A SF-Thriller-Mystery based on a great book which it manages to totally fuck up by giving it a happy ending, mainly by redoing the last few chapters.

Furthermore, any movie based on one of Philip K. Dick's books could use a remake, that does not shy away from the more philosophical sides of his stories. True, Blade Runner is cool, but losing Mercer and thereby totally ignoring the last three chapters of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" were big disappointments for me.

So, Hollywood will only make remakes of movies that were good in the first place. Which makes it pretty hard to create a remake that is better than the original.

Hollywood's solution to that is fivefold:

• Adding big special effects
• Adding computer graphics
• Adding well-known actors
• Adding semi-explicit sex
• Adding loud music

All this to make the movie appeal to a "young audience." Unfortunately, the gross of the "young audience" is mainly interested in trash, which Hollywood's fivefold solution will help to emerge.

Here are some movies that should be remade:

• The Fountainhead (1949). This could have been a very good movie, but unfortunately Gary Cooper had no idea how to play Howard Roarke.
• Trapped in Space (1994). A gripping story which is performed by fairly poor actors in an environment of low production values. This one could actually benefit from good special effects.
• The Power (1968). A SF-Thriller-Mystery based on a great book which it manages to totally fuck up by giving it a happy ending, mainly by redoing the last few chapters.

Furthermore, any movie based on one of Philip K. Dick's books could use a remake, that does not shy away from the more philosophical sides of his stories. True, Blade Runner is cool, but losing Mercer and thereby totally ignoring the last three chapters of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" were big disappointments for me.