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Peter Hyams is the director. End of Days certainly applied to Arnold's film career....

Leave the classics alone. It's not possible or him to exceed the above linked movie.
Or, is this a John Ashcroft advocacy piece? HEY, is this new meaning for "-1 Flamebait?"

You don't know Hollywood very well do you?

Well, Frank Darabont at least has some experience when it comes to turning a novel into a movie.
Unlike the bunch who worked on "A Sound of Thunder".

This, at least, can cast a little bit of hope on the project (until some exec blasts into the editing room asking for a truckload of changes, that is).

You don't know Hollywood very well do you?

Well, Frank Darabont at least has some experience when it comes to turning a novel into a movie.
Unlike the bunch who worked on "A Sound of Thunder".

This, at least, can cast a little bit of hope on the project (until some exec blasts into the editing room asking for a truckload of changes, that is).

Not much info there yet, but might be worth bookmarking for the future.

That movie was incredible!

The music score by Basil Poledouris was exceptional!

Paul Verhoven sure knows how to put bite into sci-fi movies!

I was thinking of that as a kind of ultimate security device for the 'Port-A-Nuke'

But your idea is a possibility as well, Coupons.

Select a copy from one of these 'mirrors'.

I think of it as Dr. Strangelove compressed down into a 90-second animated masterpiece!

This and Broken Saints prove that Flash can be used for serious storytelling as well as annoying online advertisements.

now what i really want on DVD is the starwars Holiday special

I say don't bother setting them up.

When you try to counter sue for libel/slander/whatever, they'll just say to the court 'Entrapment', the case will be dismissed (or tied up on appeal 'forever minus a day'), and that will be that.

Remember kids: In a government corrupted by corporate interests, Money Talks.

The best way to fight back is to boycott the ??AA's goods and services. 'Speak' to them in the only language they understand: Money Talks.

He's no Frank Abagnale Jr., that's for sure. If anything, the article makes it sound like he was a small time criminal who the cops had fingered the whole time - they were just waiting to catch the ring in the act of printing to take them down. Sure, he printed a lot of money, but TFA doesn't make it seem like he'd do any better a second time around.

So is this being released because of more riddick stories? Well the screen writer seems familiar http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923646/

James

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087225/ The Ewok Adventure

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.

Clearly not all the viewers share the submitter's appreciation of these movies!

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.

Clearly not all the viewers share the submitter's appreciation of these movies!

In response, the MPAA filed suit against Topps candy, demanding immediate removal of any and all material related to the 2000 film "Proof of Life" starring Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe.

for NAME in $(grep title/tt index.html | sed -e 's/^.*\/\"\>//' -e 's/ (200.*//' -e 's/ //g' | awk -F"," '{print $2.$1".MPG"}')
do
echo "MPAA suck it and die" > $NAME
done

AlienVs.Predator.MPG OpenWater.MPG WithoutaPaddle.MPG
Anacondas:TheHuntfortheBloodO rchid.MPG SuspectZero.MPG Yingxiong.MPG
Collateral.MPG TheBourneSupremacy.MPG
Exorcist:TheBeginning.MPG ThePrincessDiaries2:RoyalEngagement.MPG

I thought ICE was civilization!

(obscure Mosquito Coast reference)

...ever bothered to pick up a copy of Infinite Energy magazine?

Let us not forget Irving Langmuir's symptoms of pathological science:

The maximum effect that is observed is produced by a causative agent of barely detectable intensity, and the magnitude of the effect is substantially independent of the intensity of the cause.

The effect is of a magnitude that remains close to the limit of detectability, or many measurements are necessary because of the very low statistical significance of the results.

Theories outside the field's paradigm are suggested.

Criticisms are met by ad hoc excuses thought up on the spur of the moment.

The ratio of supporters to critics rises and then falls gradually to oblivion.

Nicholas Turro has added:

The remarkable result is specific for a "special" system.

Some special technique or equipment is involved.

The result requires a stunning departure from the paradigms that fully determine results in all other comparable systems, including those studied by the authors.

Some of the common traits seen by the Infinite Energy crowd are summed up nicely by Martin Gardner:

He considers himself a genius.

He regards his colleagues, without exception, as ignorant blockheads.

He believes himself unjustly persecuted and discriminated against.

He has strong compulsions to focus his attacks on the greatest scientists and best established theories.

He often has a tendency to write in a complex jargon, in many cases making use of terms and phrases he himself has coined.

You don't see the last one, and you get only a taste of the first one, but I'd say your vitriolic comment is covers the rest rather well here.

I was going to add some other good tell-tale signs, but a little Googling has turned up a nice page.

Please note Bubba that it was over four months between when the DoE decided to look again at cold fusion and when Mallove was murdered. This may constitute "shortly after" in a cosmic sense, but your statment is ignorant and misleading. I assume you either spout it in a deliberate attempt to mislead, or you probably heard it secondhand and didn't bother to verify it (both qualities, by the way, the "infinite" and/or "free" energy crowd have in abundance).

By the way, did you know that Art Carney, the great comedian, died on November 9 2003: THREE DAYS AFTER THE DoE COLD FUSION MEETING!

Coincidence? I think not.

Also known as the Nude Bomb. Luckily Agent 99 saved us from this terrifying Weapon of Polyester Destruction (WPD) back in 1980.

If that black&white chick from Quest For Fire could make it, you'd think a Boy Scout leader from Ohio could do it. Oh? Wait a minute. Ohio...

Found Here:

Marge : I'm worried about the kids, Homey. Lisa's becoming very obsessive. This morning I caught her trying to dissect her own raincoat.
Homer : I know. And this perpetual-motion machine she made today is a joke. It just keeps going faster and faster.
Marge : And Bart isn't doing very well either. He needs boundaries and structure. There's something about flying a kite at night that's so unwholesome.
[Looks out window]
Bart : [creepily] Hello, mother dear.
Marge : That's it, we have to get them back to school.
Homer : I'm with you, Marge. Lisa. Get in here.
[Lisa walks in]
Homer : In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics.

J:)

How about inflatable women spaceships? Shades of John-Boy Walton in space!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086837/

According to this movie, you already can use mobile phones on planes and the only reason you're not allowed to is because airline companies want to charge you more to use their phone services! Then again, it does have a fear of flying class fight off a hijacker, then drop a bioweapon into the sea next to a major U.S. city in order to "defuse" it, so perhaps I can't count 100% on its accuracy.

"I can be sitting in the bathroom with my Sidekick, and I'll be reading e-mail."

Oh come on Mark Cuban, nobody is rich enough to have Chuck Norris sit around while you take a crap.

Seriously, what sort of idiot would think that we'd make energy by splitting up water and then recombining it?

Neo.

-tid242

or we can beam our favorite Simpsons episodes right back to source to prove our own intelligence.

If you'll forgive me for referencing the movie, Contact, and not the book (seen/read both)... They give an interesting idea. Instead of first broadcasting signals that require decoding the aliens simply broadcast pulses in a sequence of prime numbers.

Wouldn't he just have to put them in Morse Code?

The same year he did this masterpiece ?

An NP computer, if one existed, could try all of the possible keys at the same time, and recognize instantly which key was correct. Code breaking is an NP problem.

Wasn't this covered in the movie sneakers? As I recall, it didn't work out too well for the mathematician involved.

Geez, did I miss the note in the article blurb where it tells us which side we should take on this.

The guys already dropped "Theatre 3000" from their name. I haven't been to a show in a while so I don't know if they modified their opening which included "Theatre 3000" in their name. And this is all over a show that is in re-run purgatory.

Besides, how can you be upset at these guys? They actually made Crossroads into a wonderful experience.

-prator

I'd expect a slightly more complicated plot, something like Shuttle! with Leslie Nielsen and William Shatner, but I bet something sufficiently close to it has already been done...

A more serious point being, when you have been doing groundbreaking stuff for a few years and still find it exciting, those who once admired your achievements now see you more like someone shoveling dirt for them. Maybe that's actually the same thing.

I believe what you a referring to is a sequence from the documentary Trekkies. It's an interesting yet humourous watch. It also IMHO illustrates what ruined Star Trek for me so that I don't admit likingL people who just don't get it. People who memorize StarDates but fail to realize that it was just a vehicule for sharing hope and ideas about the future and thats what was really important to the series. That said as soon as I read the news thought of that clip.

I have absolutely no idea about whether or not he deserves the star. Whats far more important to me, is that from the little tiny bit I know about him, he seems to be a decent person. I would rather be remembered as a good human being than have a dozen stars or the admiration of a bunch of dorks. Looks like he got both, so bonus points for him!

Beyond the Clouds, The Promised Place. Info Here It's like waiting for Duke Nukem Forever... But it's going to rock.

Meant four, sorry. There's info at imdb's bbiography.

No, I mean like the guy who spends a year knocking on doors and tracking down people who don't want to be found.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003164/

The prequel isn't directed by Miike, at least according to IMDB, nor is the animated movie. Both prequels are watchable, as long as you're a fan, but are nowhere near Miike's film. 1-Ichi in particular is quite terrible - the bullies are cool, and it does add some depth to the character, but it's still a badly filmed straight to video piece of fluff.

The prequel isn't directed by Miike, at least according to IMDB, nor is the animated movie. Both prequels are watchable, as long as you're a fan, but are nowhere near Miike's film. 1-Ichi in particular is quite terrible - the bullies are cool, and it does add some depth to the character, but it's still a badly filmed straight to video piece of fluff.

Actually it's Here.

That sounds familiar..

Even then you aren't finished. Exactly what do you find entertaining. What does make a story involving. What stuff have you already thought about and don't need to be reminded by a movie?

The one that made me think was "Grave of the fireflies" a movie you could compare with the western "Empire of the sun". Both tell the what happens to kids in times of war. I liked one review that claimed fireflies was the best movie he ever watched and never wanted to watch again.

Of course if you like Akira and Ghost in the shell you might find fireflies very slow moving even boring. Perhaps. Depends for what reason you like the first two.

Another highly regarded movie you don't list is "Angels egg". One of the few movies you could watch without knowing any japanese and still be able to "understand" what is going on.

This will probabaly get me modded down but the movies you list are the typical "hollywood approved" anime movies people in the west have heard about. Doesn't mean the movies are bad or any less then their more unknown, in the west, siblings but if you really want to find the greatest anime movie ever you need to do a little bit more watching. Akira may then still be the greatest to you but at least you will have a longer list to show you watched anime other then the ones with a western approved release.

Oh and my favorite movie? I don't really have such a thing. There are far to many great movies I have seen that I like for different reasons. I am afraid that if I pick a single movie that "scores" best in all my catogories that I am falling into the hollywood trap of creating movies to appeal to everyone that end up appealing to no-one. Just saw a docu on Red Dwarf. American movie studie wants to cast Hugh Grant as Lister.

Even then you aren't finished. Exactly what do you find entertaining. What does make a story involving. What stuff have you already thought about and don't need to be reminded by a movie?

The one that made me think was "Grave of the fireflies" a movie you could compare with the western "Empire of the sun". Both tell the what happens to kids in times of war. I liked one review that claimed fireflies was the best movie he ever watched and never wanted to watch again.

Of course if you like Akira and Ghost in the shell you might find fireflies very slow moving even boring. Perhaps. Depends for what reason you like the first two.

Another highly regarded movie you don't list is "Angels egg". One of the few movies you could watch without knowing any japanese and still be able to "understand" what is going on.

This will probabaly get me modded down but the movies you list are the typical "hollywood approved" anime movies people in the west have heard about. Doesn't mean the movies are bad or any less then their more unknown, in the west, siblings but if you really want to find the greatest anime movie ever you need to do a little bit more watching. Akira may then still be the greatest to you but at least you will have a longer list to show you watched anime other then the ones with a western approved release.

Oh and my favorite movie? I don't really have such a thing. There are far to many great movies I have seen that I like for different reasons. I am afraid that if I pick a single movie that "scores" best in all my catogories that I am falling into the hollywood trap of creating movies to appeal to everyone that end up appealing to no-one. Just saw a docu on Red Dwarf. American movie studie wants to cast Hugh Grant as Lister.

Even then you aren't finished. Exactly what do you find entertaining. What does make a story involving. What stuff have you already thought about and don't need to be reminded by a movie?

The one that made me think was "Grave of the fireflies" a movie you could compare with the western "Empire of the sun". Both tell the what happens to kids in times of war. I liked one review that claimed fireflies was the best movie he ever watched and never wanted to watch again.

Of course if you like Akira and Ghost in the shell you might find fireflies very slow moving even boring. Perhaps. Depends for what reason you like the first two.

Another highly regarded movie you don't list is "Angels egg". One of the few movies you could watch without knowing any japanese and still be able to "understand" what is going on.

This will probabaly get me modded down but the movies you list are the typical "hollywood approved" anime movies people in the west have heard about. Doesn't mean the movies are bad or any less then their more unknown, in the west, siblings but if you really want to find the greatest anime movie ever you need to do a little bit more watching. Akira may then still be the greatest to you but at least you will have a longer list to show you watched anime other then the ones with a western approved release.

Oh and my favorite movie? I don't really have such a thing. There are far to many great movies I have seen that I like for different reasons. I am afraid that if I pick a single movie that "scores" best in all my catogories that I am falling into the hollywood trap of creating movies to appeal to everyone that end up appealing to no-one. Just saw a docu on Red Dwarf. American movie studie wants to cast Hugh Grant as Lister.

1. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (Spirited Away) * ^
   
2. Mononoke-hime (Princess Mononoke) * ^
   
3. Hotaru no haka (Grave of the Fireflies) ^
   
4. Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (Laputa: Castle in the Sky) * ^
   
5. Sennen joyu (Millenium Actress) ^
   
6. Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbor Totoro) * ^
   
7. Majo no takkyubin (Kiki's Delivery Service) * ^
   
8. Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban: Air/Magokoro wo, kimi ni (Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion)
   
9. Kaze no tani no Naushika (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds) * ^
   
10. Mimi wo sumaseba (Whisper of the Heart) * ^
    
11. Akira
    
12. Kurenai no buta (Flying Pig/Porco Rosso) * ^
    
13. Kôkaku kidôtai (Ghost in the Shell)
    
14. Jûbei ninpûchô (Ninja Scroll)
    
15. Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro (Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro) * ^
    
16. Vampire Hunter D
    
17. Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no tobira (Cowboy Bebop: The Movie)
    
18. Jin-Rô (Jin Roh)^
    
19. Perfect Blue ^
    

I don't like anime which I consider dull and boring.
Akira was a fantasdtic comic but didn't make it on a screen.
I do not know the other you mention but there's ONE anime which actually carried me, it was Hotaru no haka".
Very few anime were THAT convincing.

Innocence
Steamboy
Howl's Moving Castle

You'll find links onward to trailers from here...I'd paste the direct links, but I don't want to /. anyone who can't handle it...