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The Quiet Earth. That whole mess started with a large scale wireless power initiative.

On the bright side, anyone who dies at the exact moment this stuff is deployed can look forward to an existance happily unmarred by traffic jams, cell phones in theatres, and income taxes.

Cheers
-b

But why? We all know how useless they are - even a bunch of those unbearable Gungans can beat a whole army of them.

You're thinking of The Jackal with Bruce Willis.

I know a scout sniper from 3rd ID who served in Iraq, and as I understand the rift between how movies portray snipers and how they actually function in combat is quite large. Contrary to popular belief, and especially in an urban environment, snipers are not "loners"; they depend heavily on the fire support of their fellow squad members.

Though the future might hold anything, I'm pretty sure that today's robots aren't physically capable or aware enough to replace human snipers, who depend particularly on movement, communication, and a keen sense of what's going on around them: abilities that the robots of today tend to lack.

A perfect chance to use "You Maniacs. You Blew It Up. Damn You. God Damn You All To Hell." and you blew it!

"The TALON robot can be reconfigured in the field by operators using simple pin mounted components and plug-and-play subsystems."

Just so I understand this...

We're giving automatic weapons, and license to kill, to remote-controlled robots that are not only hackable and abusable but that use PLUG'N'PLAY?!?!

I can see the future general now... "Bring me Bill Gates!"

You obviously are not a connoisseur of fine sci-fci drama. I belive you missed the incredible performances by Rhona Mitra (The original live action Lara Croft model for Eidos Interactive's) or the erotic Layla Roberts (Playboy Playmate of the Month October 1997), who plays herself in Wet & Wild: Slippery When Wet (2000).

Do we really want Catwoman and Sing The Hits of Ashlee Simpson sitting anywhere near The Thomas Jefferson Papers on the shelves of the Library of Congress?

The Ahmad Tusi Manuscript that Crichton referenced in his bibliography as being the source of this story, is completely made up. The name of the translator Fraus Dolus is in fact two Latin words meaning both 'hoax' and 'fraud'.

Taken from IMDB

"When was the last time you saw a "bugged" movie? "

Lots of movies have bugs...

Even this one..

It happens all the time!

"When was the last time you saw a "bugged" movie? "

Lots of movies have bugs...

Even this one..

It happens all the time!

I think the parent should be modded down because Grendel is a Troll!

Don't forget The 13th Warrior in 1999.

Yet Another Beowulf movie? How many is this now? 5? 6?

Indeed hopefully this one will be better than "The Thirteenth Warrior". That movie is based on a Michael Crichton book, "Eaters of the Dead", which is a rather amusing literary exercize.

Hollywood is a ridiculous echo chamber. After a millenium and a half, they finally make a Beowulf in 1998, after a century of movies, so they make another in 1999. Then they make another two in 2005. They're more "me, too" than Usenet. Ever since the biz stopped being run by gamblers, it's gone straight down the tubes.

Hollywood is a ridiculous echo chamber. After a millenium and a half, they finally make a Beowulf in 1998, after a century of movies, so they make another in 1999. Then they make another two in 2005. They're more "me, too" than Usenet. Ever since the biz stopped being run by gamblers, it's gone straight down the tubes.

Surely this can't be any better than the version with Highlan^H^H^H^H^H^H^H errr, Christopher Lambert in it!

Robert Zemeckis was also the director of Forrest Gump. This movie has the potential to have a pretty wild success.

The Nude Bomb, A.K.A. The Return of Maxwell Smart. 1980.

For a demonstration of massive rotary-dial phone smackdown, check out Get Shorty.Dennis Farina beats the crap out of Gene Hackman with a desk phone.

Hannibal Lector also uses this trick in Red Dragon. A bit more of a mainstream movie.

I was about to say that you don't have to be that old of a fart. But I guess 1986 really was a long time ago. Ouch!

First of all, you didn't answer any of my questions.

If you saw "Paycheck" you'd know that they accomplished time travel (well, seeing into the future) by shooting an extremely powerful laser through a lens which folded time AND space. What would stop us from doing the same and being able to see solar flares BEFORE they happened? The telescope is a lens? And I'm sure one of the Star Wars weapons has a powerful laser.

Matlock can contract out the job! CHEAP!

Buddy, roll over and die already. If there's no purpose to life then why live in the first place? I certainly hope your nihilist beliefs aren't passed onto the next generation.

The whole purpose of this article wasn't to create robots (it actually says don't be a worker robot), but to motivate people into a direction that will eventually provide a fulfilling career, one where as an adult they can get up every day feeling life is fresh and new. The message is pretty simple: do stuff because you find it fun and challenging, not because you need to fit better into some existing mold.

Here's a neat truth: there's a very good chance neither you nor I will be remembered 1000 years from now. Should I be so overwhelmed by my own mortality that I can't enjoy myself past the time of realizing this? No way. Don't go chasing some childhood innocence either, time will move on with or without you.

Don't motivate squandering, you can work at something and enjoy it, even that guy from Office Space found his calling.

-Matt

You know what I'd do if I had a million dollars?

Two chicks at once.

Could you imagine if earth became like Planet Spaceball, with our leaders denying there's a lack of Oxygen while taking big gulps of branded bottled oxygen "PerriAir"?

When can I print out my own perfect being just like in the Fifth Element?
It's interesting how the thermal bandages only covered the "sensitive" areas.

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I was thinking of 'The Day After Tomorrow', but, okay.

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yeah, some asshole tripped on the big red "don't touch" switch and the whole Matrix went down. Of course we've got backups but the darn tape got stuck during upload; yours was just a little glitch... another guy really had a tough ride

yeah, some asshole tripped on the big red "don't touch" switch and the whole Matrix went down. Of course we've got backups but the darn tape got stuck during upload; yours was just a little glitch... another guy really had a tough ride

Best Fifth Element reference ever!

Series 7

Stan Lee is seemingly one of the nicest guys in the comic industry all around. Not to mention he's put so much into what he has done, with obvious enjoyment in his work. It doesn't seem to have gotten tedious for him, as you can see in all the interviews he does for the special edition DVDs of the many Marvel movies. I'm glad he will get proper compensation for all of his efforts. Check out his interviews on the Spidey DVDs and also the Comic Book Heros Unmasked

Yeah, but Elvis's only good re-appearance was to stop a mummy.

> It's a reference to a movie he was in: "The Saint".

Funny. I thought it was a reference to 'Real Genius'.

Nah, Val Kilmer was indeed what he meant.

Nope, they mean Val Kilmer.

Keanu Reeves.

It's not very funny. Val Kilmer and Elisabeth Shue were in The Saint http://imdb.com/title/tt0120053/plotsummary, where the lovely Elisabeth plays a physicist who develops a formula for cold fusion using something similar to what TFA is talking about (although TFA is talking about "hot" fusion, not Pons/Fleischmann cold fusion.)

Its a cheesy thriller movie, very little science, just 2 good looking actors getting it on. Worth a Friday night though.

The Val Kilmer reference is from this movie.

"Now then, what do we know? One, that Professor Fassbinder and his daughter have been kidnapped. Two, that someone has kidnapped them. Three, that my hand is on fire. "

"You fool! You have broken my pointing stick! Now I have nothing to point with! "

Regardless, we should all be so fortunate that we don't have movies based on reality shows....yet.

Of course, I'd like to be young for 100 years rather than be a vegetable in bed for 300 .. The real trick of immortality is staying young, not living long.

Of course, I'd like to be young for 100 years rather than be a vegetable in bed for 300 .. The real trick of immortality is staying young, not living long.

This was the greatest X Files movie ever made. There was great action, comedy, romance, alien menace. I'm glad they couldn't get Gillian Anderson to be in it, Julianne Moore was just freakin' HOT. I was a little confused at first why David was playing a teacher, but no more confused than normal episodes. They mentioned he was kicked out of a government program so I just assumed this was in some type of time-dimensional-portal-loop thingy that would be explained in the next movie.

Correction: we don't have movies based on REAL reality shows yet. :)

And while David doesn't know exactly what Chris's script for the reunion X Files film contains, he said it won't be picking up the storyline from the show's final episode.

"I think we're going back to the 'monster of the week' type feel, where if you're not an avid fan and don't understand the mythology you can still come to it and get the movie," the hunky actor revealed.

And while David doesn't know exactly what Chris's script for the reunion X Files film contains, he said it won't be picking up the storyline from the show's final episode.

"I think we're going back to the 'monster of the week' type feel, where if you're not an avid fan and don't understand the mythology you can still come to it and get the movie," the hunky actor revealed.