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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083943/ Directed by: Clint Eastwood Plot Outline: A pilot is sent into the Soviet Union on a mission to steal a prototype jet fighter that can be partially controlled by a neuralink

Clint Eastwood owns the Firefox name. He stole it from the Russians in the early 1980's, ;-).

And make Angelina Jolie to be its official face.

I liked this when I was 12-- HBO used to show it all the time:
"A pilot is sent into the Soviet Union on a mission to steal a prototype jet fighter that can be partially controlled by a neuralink."

1984-- a very good year-- Macintosh first appeared, Firefox on HBO, and Airwolf on CBS. Best... tv show theme... ever.

Now how much more does it cost to produce a movie?
Well, probably on the order of many tens of millions of dollars.

Only if you are wasteful. For example:

Garden State cost about $2.5M and was great.

Wicker Park cost about $30M and is lucky to be considered even slightly better than average.

There are hundreds of more examples just like those.

Stars cost too much money, coke costs too much money, but movies don't have to - its just traditional since they've had a free ride on the copyright monopoly.

Now how much more does it cost to produce a movie?
Well, probably on the order of many tens of millions of dollars.

Only if you are wasteful. For example:

Garden State cost about $2.5M and was great.

Wicker Park cost about $30M and is lucky to be considered even slightly better than average.

There are hundreds of more examples just like those.

Stars cost too much money, coke costs too much money, but movies don't have to - its just traditional since they've had a free ride on the copyright monopoly.

D-Day: War's over, man. Wormer dropped the big one.
Bluto: Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
Otter: Germans?
Boon: Forget it, he's rolling.
Bluto: And it ain't over now. 'Cause when the goin' gets tough...
[thinks hard]
Bluto: the tough get goin'! Who's with me? Let's go!
[runs out, alone; then returns]
Bluto: What the fuck happened to the Delta I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? "Ooh, we're afraid to go with you Bluto, we might get in trouble." Well just kiss my ass from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this. Wormer, he's a dead man! Marmalard, dead! Niedermeyer...
Otter: Dead! Bluto's right. Psychotic, but absolutely right. We gotta take these bastards. Now we could do it with conventional weapons that could take years and cost millions of lives. No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part.
Bluto: We're just the guys to do it.
D-Day: Let's do it.
Bluto: LET'S DO IT!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/quotes

Nice to see he thinks the right way, but Mr. Boucher should check his facts. Steamboat Willie was created by Disney. The character was later renamed Mickey Mouse, but it is certainly their original creation.

For a far better example, compare Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island and Disney's Treasure Planet.

Perhaps it would have been better if he'd been a normal guy that accidentally discovered an alien device that gave him superpowers.

Oh, no, The Greatest American Hero!

Flying away on a bat-wing and a prayer!

The lifespan of a zombie is 28 days.

There is an interesting part where Michael goes to congress and asks them what is in the Patriot Act. Hardly anybody knows.

That movie is definitely +5 Insightful, or +5 Flamebait, depending on your point of view

Alan Tudyk ("Wash") comments that "Serenity" will be the first of THREE Firefly movies.

Even if we don't get more episodes, I'd be willing to cough up for the movies.

I don't think I'd cough up for more Trek-related movies (the last one STUNK, bad!), but I would for Firefly-related movies.

No way! Newsies was a far better role.

;)

The Batman can't hold a candle to The Pumaman.

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I agree, I've also just watched it. Christian Bale plays a mighty fine Batman. Then again, it's quite fitting for him to play the dark, brooding type; he does it well, and pulls it off for a third time. Additionally, Michael Caine was a great Alfred to Bale's Bruce Wayne/Batman.

I've not read the comics, but have seen the movies. IMHO, Batman Begins is the best of the franchise. Well worth the price of admission. (I paid only $4 to watch it! :) )

I agree, I've also just watched it. Christian Bale plays a mighty fine Batman. Then again, it's quite fitting for him to play the dark, brooding type; he does it well, and pulls it off for a third time. Additionally, Michael Caine was a great Alfred to Bale's Bruce Wayne/Batman.

I've not read the comics, but have seen the movies. IMHO, Batman Begins is the best of the franchise. Well worth the price of admission. (I paid only $4 to watch it! :) )

Just re-watched my DVD collection, but for the folks who haven't seen FireFly check it out. The writing and acting are both excellent and it has a feel of authenticity. "Old West" in space.

Actually, I think it was in this movie:
Batman (1966)

But it might have been in an episode too?

This is an improvement over the only noticable feature of "has nipples" from previous Batman films... I approve!

No no, the concept is good! The mistake was making Batman's visible. Maybe that explains this film's creation...

It's sad that everyone is reporting on Tom and Katie instead of, oh I dunno, a guy who gained 100 pounds a year after The Machinist, a ton of muscle, and the part of Batman?!?

Side note: the holy-too-much-free-time dept.? Maybe if Robin came into the story this early; IMDb's "full credits" don't show him, and we already had a movie telling his tale eight years ago...right?

It's sad that everyone is reporting on Tom and Katie instead of, oh I dunno, a guy who gained 100 pounds a year after The Machinist, a ton of muscle, and the part of Batman?!?

Side note: the holy-too-much-free-time dept.? Maybe if Robin came into the story this early; IMDb's "full credits" don't show him, and we already had a movie telling his tale eight years ago...right?

It's sad that everyone is reporting on Tom and Katie instead of, oh I dunno, a guy who gained 100 pounds a year after The Machinist, a ton of muscle, and the part of Batman?!?

Side note: the holy-too-much-free-time dept.? Maybe if Robin came into the story this early; IMDb's "full credits" don't show him, and we already had a movie telling his tale eight years ago...right?

It's a disguised spaceship?!

I'll buy that one if they bundle Jessica Alba with it!!!!

How can they possibly forget the Super Mario Bros. movie?! I don't think it's been released on DVD yet...

You have to be patient. They have to build new sets for the sequel.

You could definitely get either Vin Diesel or Ben Affleck to star in it. That, or Bruce Willis. Er... wait. I guess Stallone already did.

The matrix? Also soon, A Scanner Darkly is coming out. Obviously I don't know if it will be any good. It will be rotoscoped with the same software that Bob Sabiston created and was used in Waking Life, which was somewhat in the same vein, but not really a cohesive story.

The matrix? Also soon, A Scanner Darkly is coming out. Obviously I don't know if it will be any good. It will be rotoscoped with the same software that Bob Sabiston created and was used in Waking Life, which was somewhat in the same vein, but not really a cohesive story.

I know this is slashdot and all, but really, you should get out more.

I know this is slashdot and all, but really, you should get out more.

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The reason most "major" cinema houses don't play more independent films is because more sheep^H^H^H people are interested in seeing the lastest Vin Deisel film or other movie that had such a large advertising budget that you can't escape. Movie theaters want to make money, so they play films that they think will make them the most money. Indies only get played when there's a lull (few major releases come out during the autumn) and they can be gotten for extremely cheap, otherwise, you've got the local multiplex still devoting half their screens to Star Wars a month after release.

I think this has incredible potential, if people get behind it. There is already a huge underground of short films. Unless you subscribe to the Sundance Channel or are a regular to websites like i-film you will very likely never see any of this. BMW films, Google video, ACTLab. The movement is fractured, but it is there. Think of it more like the state of OSS a decade ago

"I know we are the chosen people, but once in a while can't you choose someone else?"
-- Tevye's plea to God, Fiddler on the Roof

I don't know why, but I love this movie. I've enjoyed a few John Carpenter movies.

Actually, you don't need to do any of those things, so if you felt strongly enough, you could choose not to interact with those organisations and not need to register anything.

However, we are all compelled to interact with the state, so if the government's ID card/database proposals become law, every (legal) citizen will be compelled to register and carry ID. In effect, it becomes a license to live, in the same way that you need a dog license. Excuse me, but I don't live by permission of the state.

All of those things bring the burden of proof of identity on you, and a government backed proof would make all of these things easier.

Well, until there's a cockup, or you're the victim of identity theft (see Brazil!) and no-one will believe that you're not the terrorist, paedophile, tax-evading, kitten-boiling Richard Price because officially, the card and database are "100% foolproof".

I'd rather be blown up by a suicide terrorist than see you unsafely convicted (and that's assuming ID cards would even do anything to prevent the former anyway).

The link provides a lot of garbage data.

First off, the author mentions that you've got a thermonuclear bomb after a piss-poor description of a fission bomb.

Secondly, in his description of a fission bomb, the author mixes up two different designs. In the one design ("Thin Man" and "Little Boy" approach), you impact two subcritical masses of Pu-238 together. The total mass/density of the combined material is supercritical, fission happens quickly, bang. In the second design ("Fat Man" approach), you have a single spherical subcritical mass of Pu-238 at the center of a set of explosive charges.

The exact size, shape, and location of the explosive charges surrounding the core of the "Fat Man" design are essential as they must create an enormous inward pressure evenly around the entire spherical core. The writers of "The Manhattan Project" guessed at a soccer-ball arrangement of truncated "prismatic cones", but there's almost certainly more to it than that. After all, they were allowed to make the movie... Those of us without security clearances and a need to know don't get to know how to set up these explosives. Because of the complexity of the explosives in the "Fat Man" approach, it's usually set aside as impractical by everyone except for those trying to build a thermonuclear device (for which getting the explosives right is critical).

The bomb design that could most easily be built by a terrorist group is the "push two subcritical masses together" type of "thin man" and "little boy" fame. Now, they'd still need to actually get their hands on a lot of fissionable material (not 50lbs, more like 6-10lbs of high purity Pu-238) and we can hope that too many Soviet and/or Pakistani warheads don't get lost here and there.

The author jokes about the hazards of plutonium dust, which is fairly funny as we're all in on the joke. Just don't get any plutonium inside your body (this means breathing in the same airspace where plutonium has been machined) wash yourself thoroughly after being near fissionable materials, wear your safety gear in the places where the signs look scary (especially the lead-lined jock strap), and chances are you and your children will be just fine.

That's what I learned from Hollywood, a few books from the public library, and a summer internship working at Fermilab (the radiation safety class was a blast :)

Regards,
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Yes, in this movie. It is at least as good as Dark Star.

I can't wait, finally a date!

Anybody have the source code for Kelly LeBrock?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090305/

back in feb04, sylvain chomet ( les triplettes de belleville (2003)) contributed an interesting article to the times opinion page about the cartoon characters (definitely no longer free reading) that make the decisions at the mouse. it's not very complimentary.

nor should it be...

back in feb04, sylvain chomet ( les triplettes de belleville (2003)) contributed an interesting article to the times opinion page about the cartoon characters (definitely no longer free reading) that make the decisions at the mouse. it's not very complimentary.

nor should it be...

Two company's have been doing this for years in Santa Barbara:
Dining Car
Restaurant Connection

The services are easy to use. The Restaurant Connection started doing deliveries over the phone years before the internet was readily available. The Dining Car moved into the city a few years ago with an established website. The thought was the Dining Car, with their superior technology and deep pockets, would push the Restaurnt Connection out of business however that did not happen. It was easier for the Restaurant Connection to create an online presence then it was for the Dining Car to establish relationships with local restaurants and customers. This technology is a commodity that anyone can create. Best of luck to Seamlessweb but I think this is the making of a sequel to startup.com.

"My other pet peeve is using famous movie/TV actors for the voice talent."

It's always been done that way, you're just too young to notice ;-)

A few examples:
Pinocchio: Jiminy Cricket, voiced by Cliff Edwards (big in vaudeville and movies, he's the guy who preimered the song "Singin' in the Rain," in the film The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929))
Peter Pan: Captain Hook, voiced by Hans Conried (remember Fractured Flickers?-- appeared in 64 films prior to Peter)
Alice in Wonderland: Mad Hatter, voiced by Ed Wynn (vaudeville and stage, was the Texaco Fire Chief on radio, later appeared in Mary Poppins); March Hare, voiced by Jerry Colonna (another radio person-- but appeared in 34 movies, member of Bob Hope's USO touring company); Cheshire Cat, voiced by Sterling Holloway (141 films-- mostly bit parts-- "character" voice for many radio dramas)

etc, etc...

"My other pet peeve is using famous movie/TV actors for the voice talent."

It's always been done that way, you're just too young to notice ;-)

A few examples:
Pinocchio: Jiminy Cricket, voiced by Cliff Edwards (big in vaudeville and movies, he's the guy who preimered the song "Singin' in the Rain," in the film The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929))
Peter Pan: Captain Hook, voiced by Hans Conried (remember Fractured Flickers?-- appeared in 64 films prior to Peter)
Alice in Wonderland: Mad Hatter, voiced by Ed Wynn (vaudeville and stage, was the Texaco Fire Chief on radio, later appeared in Mary Poppins); March Hare, voiced by Jerry Colonna (another radio person-- but appeared in 34 movies, member of Bob Hope's USO touring company); Cheshire Cat, voiced by Sterling Holloway (141 films-- mostly bit parts-- "character" voice for many radio dramas)

etc, etc...

"My other pet peeve is using famous movie/TV actors for the voice talent."

It's always been done that way, you're just too young to notice ;-)

A few examples:
Pinocchio: Jiminy Cricket, voiced by Cliff Edwards (big in vaudeville and movies, he's the guy who preimered the song "Singin' in the Rain," in the film The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929))
Peter Pan: Captain Hook, voiced by Hans Conried (remember Fractured Flickers?-- appeared in 64 films prior to Peter)
Alice in Wonderland: Mad Hatter, voiced by Ed Wynn (vaudeville and stage, was the Texaco Fire Chief on radio, later appeared in Mary Poppins); March Hare, voiced by Jerry Colonna (another radio person-- but appeared in 34 movies, member of Bob Hope's USO touring company); Cheshire Cat, voiced by Sterling Holloway (141 films-- mostly bit parts-- "character" voice for many radio dramas)

etc, etc...

"My other pet peeve is using famous movie/TV actors for the voice talent."

It's always been done that way, you're just too young to notice ;-)

A few examples:
Pinocchio: Jiminy Cricket, voiced by Cliff Edwards (big in vaudeville and movies, he's the guy who preimered the song "Singin' in the Rain," in the film The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929))
Peter Pan: Captain Hook, voiced by Hans Conried (remember Fractured Flickers?-- appeared in 64 films prior to Peter)
Alice in Wonderland: Mad Hatter, voiced by Ed Wynn (vaudeville and stage, was the Texaco Fire Chief on radio, later appeared in Mary Poppins); March Hare, voiced by Jerry Colonna (another radio person-- but appeared in 34 movies, member of Bob Hope's USO touring company); Cheshire Cat, voiced by Sterling Holloway (141 films-- mostly bit parts-- "character" voice for many radio dramas)

etc, etc...

"My other pet peeve is using famous movie/TV actors for the voice talent."

It's always been done that way, you're just too young to notice ;-)

A few examples:
Pinocchio: Jiminy Cricket, voiced by Cliff Edwards (big in vaudeville and movies, he's the guy who preimered the song "Singin' in the Rain," in the film The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929))
Peter Pan: Captain Hook, voiced by Hans Conried (remember Fractured Flickers?-- appeared in 64 films prior to Peter)
Alice in Wonderland: Mad Hatter, voiced by Ed Wynn (vaudeville and stage, was the Texaco Fire Chief on radio, later appeared in Mary Poppins); March Hare, voiced by Jerry Colonna (another radio person-- but appeared in 34 movies, member of Bob Hope's USO touring company); Cheshire Cat, voiced by Sterling Holloway (141 films-- mostly bit parts-- "character" voice for many radio dramas)

etc, etc...

I blame a sudden burst of competition from Don Bluth. Sure, not all of HIS stuff was top-of-the-line, and there was a tendency for his stuff to be even more sickly-sweet than Disney's, but shortly after Bluth left Disney you started to get fun stuff like Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin.... gradually tapering off into another rut.