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"Modern." Funny. This has been common for about 25 years--Friday the 13th 3 in 1982, and Jaws 3 and SPACEHUNTER from 1983 spring to mind. People older than me might remember examples from the '70s. Not sure when it became common, but it was quit the fad in the early '80s.

"Modern." Funny. This has been common for about 25 years--Friday the 13th 3 in 1982, and Jaws 3 and SPACEHUNTER from 1983 spring to mind. People older than me might remember examples from the '70s. Not sure when it became common, but it was quit the fad in the early '80s.

"Modern." Funny. This has been common for about 25 years--Friday the 13th 3 in 1982, and Jaws 3 and SPACEHUNTER from 1983 spring to mind. People older than me might remember examples from the '70s. Not sure when it became common, but it was quit the fad in the early '80s.

I can't help to think that 3D hasn't taken off yet because, to date, there hasn't been a really good movie to take advantage of the process

Granted, it was half a century ago, but it would be hard to argue that 3-D was never given a chance. Maybe those movies were really good in 3-D, but they are also really good in 2-D, and I can't imagine that there's really that much difference between the two viewing experiences.

I can't help to think that 3D hasn't taken off yet because, to date, there hasn't been a really good movie to take advantage of the process

Granted, it was half a century ago, but it would be hard to argue that 3-D was never given a chance. Maybe those movies were really good in 3-D, but they are also really good in 2-D, and I can't imagine that there's really that much difference between the two viewing experiences.

I can't help to think that 3D hasn't taken off yet because, to date, there hasn't been a really good movie to take advantage of the process

Granted, it was half a century ago, but it would be hard to argue that 3-D was never given a chance. Maybe those movies were really good in 3-D, but they are also really good in 2-D, and I can't imagine that there's really that much difference between the two viewing experiences.

"It's in the Canadian Criminal Code eh, like there's legal precedents set in cases in law."

"Yeah, so like give us our free beer, eh."

"You want free beer? Go to the brewery. Now get outta here before I put the two of YOU in a bottle."

On that good 'ole Canadian Criminal Code.
(Special thanks to Bob & Doug)

Since 1993, both Grave Of The Fireflies AND Schindler's List should be mandatory viewing by anybody contemplating warfare of any sort.

If these individuals have any sort of 'moral conscience ', they will solve their problems without going to war which will inevitably lead to the events depicted in those two widely acknowledged 'antiwar' cinematic masterpieces.

If they don't care or if no other option is viable then go ahead, and fight it out and suffer the inevitable consequences....

Since 1993, both Grave Of The Fireflies AND Schindler's List should be mandatory viewing by anybody contemplating warfare of any sort.

If these individuals have any sort of 'moral conscience ', they will solve their problems without going to war which will inevitably lead to the events depicted in those two widely acknowledged 'antiwar' cinematic masterpieces.

If they don't care or if no other option is viable then go ahead, and fight it out and suffer the inevitable consequences....

Shouldn't matter, so long as your idea of a cool movie is something like this.

"Oh no! Cosmic Space Rocks! Look out!"

Dude: obviously you've never seen "The Attack of the 50 Foot Woman".

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051380/

1.) Send Chicks to Mars for genetic changes.
2.) Take orders for "Big Mars Mail Order Brides"
3.) Profit!

Is that you, Jobe?

Lovecraft is hard to do right on film. Much of the mood of his stories comes from his use of archaic and unusual words in his descriptions (e.g. squamous, cyclopean), and his love of ancient myths and legends. It's hard to have a comprarable effect on the big screen where little can be left to the imagination.

My favorite film adaptation of one of his stories is Dagon. Despite the title, it's based on the story The Shadow Over Innsmouth, except it is set in a Spanish fishing village instead of New England. Other than that change, it does the best job I've seen of capturing the feel of one of his stories, and it manages to be truly horrifying in parts. Highly recommended.

A lesser movie that's still a pretty good adaptation of one of his movies is The Curse. It's an (uncredited) version of HPL's story The Color Out of Space, and it stars perrenial favorite Wil Wheaton.

I also want to second the recommendation of In the Mouth of Madness. Excellent stuff. While not based on one of his stories, it gets closer in feel than most existing movie adaptations.

Lovecraft is hard to do right on film. Much of the mood of his stories comes from his use of archaic and unusual words in his descriptions (e.g. squamous, cyclopean), and his love of ancient myths and legends. It's hard to have a comprarable effect on the big screen where little can be left to the imagination.

My favorite film adaptation of one of his stories is Dagon. Despite the title, it's based on the story The Shadow Over Innsmouth, except it is set in a Spanish fishing village instead of New England. Other than that change, it does the best job I've seen of capturing the feel of one of his stories, and it manages to be truly horrifying in parts. Highly recommended.

A lesser movie that's still a pretty good adaptation of one of his movies is The Curse. It's an (uncredited) version of HPL's story The Color Out of Space, and it stars perrenial favorite Wil Wheaton.

I also want to second the recommendation of In the Mouth of Madness. Excellent stuff. While not based on one of his stories, it gets closer in feel than most existing movie adaptations.

Lovecraft is hard to do right on film. Much of the mood of his stories comes from his use of archaic and unusual words in his descriptions (e.g. squamous, cyclopean), and his love of ancient myths and legends. It's hard to have a comprarable effect on the big screen where little can be left to the imagination.

My favorite film adaptation of one of his stories is Dagon. Despite the title, it's based on the story The Shadow Over Innsmouth, except it is set in a Spanish fishing village instead of New England. Other than that change, it does the best job I've seen of capturing the feel of one of his stories, and it manages to be truly horrifying in parts. Highly recommended.

A lesser movie that's still a pretty good adaptation of one of his movies is The Curse. It's an (uncredited) version of HPL's story The Color Out of Space, and it stars perrenial favorite Wil Wheaton.

I also want to second the recommendation of In the Mouth of Madness. Excellent stuff. While not based on one of his stories, it gets closer in feel than most existing movie adaptations.

San Francisco, CA - The Gay Nigger Association of America (GNAA) has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in US District Court for the State of California. They allege in their complaint that "for over two decades, the CDC has unlawfully continued violating our patent on G.R.I.D.S, or Gay-Related Immune Deficiency Syndrome, also known as The Gay Cancer, by engaging in a relentless, worldwide campaign to coerce citizens to refrain from hot man on man anal intercourse and called for use of the aforementioned name "AIDS" or "Auto-Immune Deficiency Syndrome".

The switch to AIDS -- which did not contain any mention of homosexuality in any form -- enraged gay heritage groups, who demanded a congressional hearing and vowed to defeat the CDC. In 2004, with the support of faggots and other groups whom the CDC had rankled, the GNAA submitted the lawsuit after promising a G.R.I.D.S. referendum.

"Homosexual black men invented G.R.I.D.S. We brought it over from Africa by having anal intercourse with baboons and spread the love of G.R.I.D.S. in bathhouses across America. Not to give the gay black man credit for his sacrifice is in violation of our civil liberties. There is a very strong sentiment among homosexual men of African-American descent, or as they prefer to be called, Gay Niggers, that AIDS is an offensive acronym, and they understand its connection with bigotry and oppression of faggots in America," said Enid Pakistan, executive director of the state chapter of the Gay Nigger Association of America.

About G.R.I.D.S.

1981 saw the emergence of Kaposi's Sarcoma and Pneumocystis among gay men in New York and California. When the Centers for Disease Control reported the new outbreak they called it GRIDS (gay-related immune deficiency syndrome), praising the gay community as carriers of this wonderful gift to all of mankind. However, cases started to be seen in heterosexuals, drug addicts, and people who received blood transfusions, proving that the syndrome knew no boundaries, and that the hets wanted a piece of the action too.

About areems

Areems is the IRC handle of Armands Leimanis, a 15 year old Latvian boy with a poor grasp of English, and a strong grasp of Hebrew traditions.

About Latvians

Latvians are grotesquely obese, deformed goblin-like mongrels very closely resembling pigs. They practice Judaism and have a habit creeping into houses and stealing the foreskins of babies.

About GNAA:
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Also, there has yet to be a good serious movie made around the Cthulhu mythos yet.

Maybe you'll discount it as a movie, as it was made for Canadian TV, but the best Lovecraft adaptation I've seen by far is Out of Mind. It's not based on any single one of his stories, but blends elements of a few of them along with excerpts from his letters. In my opinion, it's the closest thing to the spirit of Lovecraft's stories that I've seen on film.

If you want to give it a shot, it's available on DVD along with a few shorts as the third volume of the H. P. Lovecraft Collection.

She's taking a trip to Canada to learn curling. Turns out that the hotel I was going to stay at was inadvertently double-booked. Satan shaid that she'd hapily trade the suite for my soul... I'm still deciding. I may go for the "share the bed" option, instead. I mean, a weekend with Elizabeth Hurley would be hot.

Think the creators of this Mighty Mouse will let Apple cash in on their name???

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0161170/

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0120272/

You've never seen this, have you?

Funny anyway ;)

Most importantly:

some horror flic

He also did voice for a character in 'Castle in the Sky'. I originally guessed wrong which character he was voicing. His vocal range seems to have grown substantially since his "this R2 unit has a bad motivator!" days.

He also did voice for a character in 'Castle in the Sky'. I originally guessed wrong which character he was voicing. His vocal range seems to have grown substantially since his "this R2 unit has a bad motivator!" days.

Yeah, for real. Sheesh.

I was actually surprised that LucasFilm wasn't keeping this, but I guess they have a bunch of famous lightsaber props to choose from...

But this doesn't really mean the series is done for...I'm sure they haven't actually used the thing for any of the new (prequel) movies...

Not to mention the new live action series that's in the works...

Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (2005) (post-production) (voice) .... Commander Taylor Thru the Moebius Strip (2005) (post-production) (voice) .... Simon Weir "Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!" (2004) TV Series (voice) .... The Skeleton King "The Wrong Coast" (2004) (mini) TV Series (voice) .... Jameson Burkright Comic Book: The Movie (2004) (V) .... Donald Swan Wolf Tracer's Dinosaur Island (2004) .... Blake Burl's (2003) (uncredited) .... Narrator X2 - Wolverine's Revenge (2003) (VG) (voice) .... Wolverine ... aka X-Men 2: Wolverine's Revenge (UK) Reeseville (2003) .... Zeek Oakman Aero-Troopers: The Nemeclous Crusade (2003) (V) (voice) .... Older Joshua Dark Chronicle (2002) (VG) (voice) .... Emperor Griffon ... aka Dark Cloud 2 (USA) Baxter and Bananas (2002) .... Bananas Balto II: Wolf Quest (2002) (V) (voice) .... Niju the Evil Wolf Grandia Xtreme (2002) (VG) (voice) .... Col. Kroitz "Teamo Supremo" (2002) TV Series (voice) .... Birthday Bandit ... aka Disney's Teamo Supremo (USA: complete title) Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe In Santa (2002) (TV) (voice) .... Eric The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian (2002) (VG) (voice) .... Apep, Additional Voices ... aka The Scorpion King (USA: short title) Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (2002) (VG) (voice) .... Assistant Director Wilson Night of the Living Doo (2001) (TV) (voice) .... Mr. Shifty, Himself ... aka Scooby Doo's Night of the Living Doo (USA: complete title) Batman: Vengeance (2001) (VG) (voice) .... Jack Napier/The Joker, Dr. Isaac Evers Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) .... Cocknocker

I realize you were just being funny, but anyone with kids has seen (and heard) quite a bit of Mark Hammill since Return of the Jedi. See here.

I believe somebody already did that one 25 years ago.

;)

The nobles are vastly over-rated. How about a Vincent Price instead?
Befits the mad scientist theme of TFA better, anyway.

The Power of the Sun in the Palm of my Hand?

Perhaps, but Washington never had a TV series named after him.

Planet X is soooo Gen X.

Actually it's an old 50's sci-fi movie
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043778/

But what about Ishtar?

It isn't just Generation X, The name "Planet X" is already taken:
Planet X

But I have a few other names:
Planet Spaceball!
Staying in the same vein...Druidia!
Titan A.E.
Planet of the Apes
and my personal favorite: Forbidden Planet

Any others?

Cale: I'll call it planet Bob.
Akima: You can't call a planet "Bob."
Cale: So now you're the boss. You're the King of Bob?
Akima: Can't we just call it "Earth"?
Cale: No one said you have to live on Bob.
Akima: I'm never calling it that.
Titan AE

It's not so hard after a while... or seeing http://imdb.com/title/tt0382719/ this.

No Levy? Poor guy, I didn't even know he had an album out, let alone be barred from iPods.

He played the loveable dad in American Pie. Thanks to the Canadian government you can't get him on your iPod any more, even if you ask for him!

Which is especially perverse, given that he's Canadian; is this how the Canadian government supports successful Canadians?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071230/quotes

FYI, Mr. and Mrs. Smith was a remake of an Alfred Hitchcock movie, so I wouldn't call that too original.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033922/

What's the business case for it? Microsoft isn't in this for the respect of a very small part of the population. They're in it for the money (eek: that's reminding me of a scene from a B movie that had me chuckling hysterically a couple of weeks ago. But I digress). What exactly will they achieve with this? Why would they do it? They already have a cut down version of XP for embedded systems.

I have often wondered about this ever since seeing Natalie Wood and Christopher Walken in the 1983 release of the movie "Brainstorm".

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085271/

In the movie, they developed a "brain recorder" which could record the experience of one individual, and play it back for another person.

They experimented with numerous scenerarios...the "death" experience was kinda chilling. But the most popular one seemed to be the sex tape.

Imagine having all the sensations of having sex with your favourite porn star. Gauge, Jenna, Sarah Blue, Ron Jeremy [eww].

One of the guys came up with the brilliant idea of "looping" the tape at the climax point, and just eventually reached the point of extreme exhaustion. I think we'd somehow better work a failsafe into the coding before we kill someone with sex.

Don't think this isn't being researched by Vivid RnD at this very moment.

But with the fundies trying to impose their ideas of morality on the country, how long before these "sex" robots or "brain/memory" playback devices are ruled immoral and illegal.

Strange dilema for something only 2 clicks up from a vibrator...

"Yeah we had a sex bot store in the neighborhood once. Immediately crime and drug use went up. Fortuneately the KofC came by and started protesting on the sidewalk. When we started photographing the John's, business soon dried up for them, and they were forced to close up shop.

Posting the John's pictures on the web and in the newspapers, quickly gave us additional leverage...Joe Doe has sex with robots!"

Life be weird.

Oh boy! SkyNet here we come!

"Why can't they be like we wer,e
Perfect in every way?
Yes, what's the matter with kids today?"

Bye, Bye Birdie probably said it best in an early '60s musical made into a great film in '63. Too many people still feel that way and, I'll admit, it's easy to do so. We all remember the good things we did as kids and forget (or maybe never realized) the things we did wrong and the ways we bugged our parents.

Plot Outline: Set in a world with memory implants, Robin Williams plays a cutter, someone with the power of final edit over people's recorded histories. His latest assignment is one that puts him in danger.

Tinfoil hats for everyone!

I disagree, this android is not "smack in the middle" of the Uncanny Valley. She is in fact, to the right of it-- she is too human looking to be considered in the Valley. In my mind, something that looks very very human is only creepy when it's immediately and obviously NOT human.

TFA says that it's possible that this thing could fool people into thinking she's real for ten seconds or so. This says to me that what would give her away is her mannerisms and actions, not the way she looks. You could stare at a picture of her all day long and not realize she wasn't human.

Something that is smack in the middle of the Valley is something more like the characters in The Polar Express animated movie. They do look very human, but there's something you can't quite put your finger on that lets you know immediately that they are not human at all. And that's what is so disturbing.

A Character Shot from The Polar Express

Hey, let's not forget that was how Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt caught that whacked out Kevin Spacey in Seven .

And that dude was seriously messed up. I mean cutting the skin off your fingers to avoid leaving fingerprints... ugh, man just wear gloves, already.
Plus, he killed a bunch of people. And then he made that Bobby Darrin movie, too.