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as if a 5th batman movie wasn't enough, check out these other installments of well-known flicks...
(these are all scheduled to be released in 2006)

Hellboy 2
Indiana Jones 4
Kung Pow 2
Pirates of the Carribean 2
Police Academy 8
Return of the Living Dead 5
Shrek 3
Superman Returns
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Prequel
X-Men 3

and for a complete list of 2006 movies, click here.

Personally, I'm looking forward to a few of them (e.g. X-Men) but really, how much longer until the Police Academy series reaches into the double digits?
This is insanity!

Historically, the Batman movies have gone from great to shit...

Actually, you're only looking at the recent movies.

Go back further, and you'll find that the first full-length batman movie was campy and silly, and had none of that "dark" bullshit associated with it.

The person may be somewhat dead [. . .]

Thank God, someone who sees through the fog of Colin Farrel. Look he is just playing the same I'm a sterotypical irish guy in every film. And Crowe would make a better villian ala Sid 6.7. And what are you judging C. Bale on, newsies? btw when did /. become moviepoopshoot.com?

That being said, no pulse....how the hell do I get a BP? I'm guessing my pulseox won't work either. Do they have an LCD control panel mounted on their chest so I can check and adjust their BP with a little screwdriver? I can see this type of thing really compilcating/confusing emergency medicine.

Paramedic #1: You have no pulse, your blood pressure's zero-over-zero, you have no pupillary response, no reflexes and your temperature is 70 degrees.
Freddy: Well, what does that mean?
Paramedic #1: Well, it's a puzzle because, technically, you're not alive. Except you're conscious, so we don't know what it means.
Freddy: Are you saying we're dead?
Paramedic #2: Well, let's not jump to conclusions.
Freddy: Are you saying we're dead?
Paramedic #2: No conclusions.
Paramedic #1: Obviously I didn't mean you were really dead. Dead people don't move around and talk.

Memorable Quotes from
Day at the Races, A (1937)

[Taking a pulse]
Dr. Hackenbush: Either he's dead or my watch has stopped.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028772/quotes

http://imdb.com/title/tt0083197/

He's not a doctor, but he played one in the moovies.

There's a movie called Threshold with Donald Sutherland as a doctor that implants an artificial heart which does not produce a pulse. I recall it being quite good, although it was a long time ago.

Their fancy equipment will probably tell them that they are hearing magma.

I don't know about all the locations but I do know that some of it was filmed in Chicago.
But it does look like Warner has decided to make this one less craptastic than the live-action cartoon that was Batman and Robin.

It was directed by Christopher Nolan who also directed MEMENTO.

Here some stats on Batman Begins

On a side note, for those of you who doubt Christian Bale's ability to play the dark night, should check out Equilibrium

It was directed by Christopher Nolan who also directed MEMENTO.

Here some stats on Batman Begins

On a side note, for those of you who doubt Christian Bale's ability to play the dark night, should check out Equilibrium

where did I agree to being bombarded with ads?

With every page load of Slashdot. I notice you're not a subscriber. Why do you feel OSDN is obligated to provide you this entertainment for free?

Every time you go to CNN.com or IMDB.com, you're implicitly agreeing to consume some ad content in exchange for the free content you're requesting.

Do you really not see this? The bottom line is, someone's gotta pay the bills, and by refusing to pay for sites you like (such as Slashdot), you're forcing them to rely on advertisers to foot the bill for your freeloading. Now there's nothing wrong with that, as long as you abide by your end of the deal (that is, allow them to show you the ads).

If you don't like the deal, buddy, then either subscribe, or stop visiting those sites.

where was I warned that the site needs me to view ads to stay in business?

Are you capable of basic math? It costs $n to provide you with entertaining content, such as the kind found on Slashdot. If everybody who views the site refuses to pay more than $0 to consume that content, then in order to continue operating, the site owners must find another source to make up that $n - $0 difference (that is to say, the entire cost of running the website).

where was I given the choice before the full page ad came screaming down my monitor

The instant you decided to click on that link, bookmark, or type in the URL, while in the back of your head saying to yourself, "this better be worth my time, and by the way, I'm not paying 1 cent for this." Also, every moment that you choose not to subscribe to Slashdot, you're choosing to accept the ads.

they are using the opportunity to make EXTRA cash.

Uh, this is simply false. It is a pretty commonly-known fact that ad revenue doesn't amount to very much. Slashdot used to be paid for entirely with ad revenue, but rather than swimming in a pool of their "EXTRA cash", they had to resort to a subscription model, just to keep the doors open. Just look at all the websites that have collapsed into bankruptcy, even though they had this ad revenue that you assert should have been burying them in "EXTRA cash".

You're simply wrong, if you think there are any websites out there basking in the windfall of web-based ad revenue.

if they depend on the ads as business model, then their business model is flawed.

Ugh, it really bugs me when people say stupid things like that. OK then, smartypants, what's a better model? I dare you to describe for me a business model in which a website, frequented by readers who refuse to pay for any content, can create a revenue stream sufficient to break even, without resorting to ad revenue?

If it were so easy, don't you think there'd be a ton of sites out there doing it? The only sites that don't have ads are ones in which the users pay for stuff, like eBay. Even our beloved Google has to rely on ad revenue to survive.

Come on, genius, what's the superior business model? How would you run a content-driven website with 100,000 readers sucking down multimedia content through your high-bandwidth connection, none of whom are willing to pay for any of it?

Bah, I've already wasted too much time on your post. How old are you, 14? You can't even bother to capitalize. People like you bug me so much, because not only are you part of the problem and you don't even know it, you critisize the very system that is allowing you to enjoy your leeched content free of charge, without providing any supposedly superior alternatives! You act like the current system sucks, but you don't have any suggestions for a better system.

Has anyone else heard about this movie possibly being directed by Darren Aronofski? (Requiem for a dream, Pi) I've heard this from other people, and was just curious to see if anyone else had heard anything similar

Now THIS sounds like a topic for Ask Slashdot--the new source for people too lazy to use google. Or you could try imdb, and see it's Christopher Nolan.

But I like your comic movie so I pardon you (despite your puny americanhood).

Osaka, Japan - In a worldwide first, GNAA founder and president timecop agreed to conduct an interview with Real Troll Talk, a Slashdot member documenting the ways and means of internet trolls worldwide.

Although meant to be a one on one interview, several GNAA members were present in the audience, and many "contributed" to the interview by shouting out points that timecop forgot and by calling him an asshole. "The interview went well," timecop said afterward, "I was very pleased with the interest in GNAA and the exposure we'll be getting through this. Real Troll Talk seemed to have an unhealthy obsession with the sexual aspects of GNAA, though."

GNAA member godspeed noted that "The interview was really good, and I have a strong feeling that Real Troll Talk may be a homosexual black man himself. You could say my gaynigdar was set off by that dude." Opened to other GNAA members for comment, vSKIZZILE was quick to add "HAHA FGTS! You are all gay, LOL @ WTC LOL @ JEWS!!!! FRIST POSTAGE FOR GNAA!"

A transcript of the interview is available in Real Troll Talk #6, available at Real Troll Talk's Slashdot journal

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That's the official site.

There's a DC Comics logo at the bottom.

'Nuff said.

The reason DC is involved with it is because the producers got the rights to the "Catwoman" name from them. Apparently, that didn't mean they had to follow the continuity of the character.

I know that on two other occasions, DC gave permission to use names of their characters to other movies. (I can't find an online reference for the second movie, though I remember seeing the acknowledgment in the credits.)

Jay (=

That's the official site.

There's a DC Comics logo at the bottom.

'Nuff said.

The reason DC is involved with it is because the producers got the rights to the "Catwoman" name from them. Apparently, that didn't mean they had to follow the continuity of the character.

I know that on two other occasions, DC gave permission to use names of their characters to other movies. (I can't find an online reference for the second movie, though I remember seeing the acknowledgment in the credits.)

Jay (=

No, I am not a microbiologist, I am just a lowly student that has to bow down to microbiologist profs.

Minority Report shows a sort of example of this: stop the disease by fully understanding it and stopping before it happens. This may involve a lot of science (which may include the horrid bad science ), but it does look promising and more research into it is very exciting.

There are many spectulated culprits ( randomness, heredities and free radicals ), but I believe I am going to be one of those graduate students doing 1000s of hours of expirments and research on this. Or maybe I will write a bash script for it instead (bash 3.0 released!)

Yeah, right. Adam West would never make himself the butt of the joke on television.

I wish they'd used the cloth and leather, grey and black suit like the one in Batman: Dead End.

It sux0r, but at least it features Andrew Koenig

Wow, Christian Bale playing a rich, handsome, borderline sociopath. We've never seen THAT before. That being said, although the guy's typecast, at least he's good at it.

Wow, Christian Bale playing a rich, handsome, borderline sociopath. We've never seen THAT before. That being said, although the guy's typecast, at least he's good at it.

I can't believe you called Christian Bale an annoying punk. He's the "American Psycho"!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144084/

If they want a moody, crazy, on-the-verge Batman, then I believe they found him. I'm personally looking forward to seeing the Dark Knight lose control on the big screen. Should be quite entertaining.

Christian Bale is not a buffon...first of all.
Check him out in Equilibrium: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238380/.

Its one of the better sci-fi films in the lines of Matrix and such. I don't think they could've picked a better actor after Keaton. This definitely will put Batman back on track along the comics turned movies like Spiderman and X-men.

I just can't wait till they make Superman!!!!

Osaka, Japan - In a worldwide first, GNAA founder and president timecop agreed to conduct an interview with Real Troll Talk, a Slashdot member documenting the ways and means of internet trolls worldwide.

Although meant to be a one on one interview, several GNAA members were present in the audience, and many "contributed" to the interview by shouting out points that timecop forgot and by calling him an asshole. "The interview went well," timecop said afterward, "I was very pleased with the interest in GNAA and the exposure we'll be getting through this. Real Troll Talk seemed to have an unhealthy obsession with the sexual aspects of GNAA, though."

GNAA member godspeed noted that "The interview was really good, and I have a strong feeling that Real Troll Talk may be a homosexual black man himself. You could say my gaynigdar was set off by that dude." Opened to other GNAA members for comment, vSKIZZILE was quick to add "HAHA FGTS! You are all gay, LOL @ WTC LOL @ JEWS!!!! FRIST POSTAGE FOR GNAA!"

A transcript of the interview is available in Real Troll Talk #6, available at Real Troll Talk's Slashdot journal

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About GNAA:
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Even with 800 delegates, if even one of them is Pauly Shore, the whole thing is buggered.

Note to moderators: I'm not sure myself if this is an insight or a cheap joke.

Not to get all MPAA on you, but when you block the ads, you're hurting the site. Not only that, but you're encouraging "innovation" on the advertisers side to keep you from blocking the ads. This leads to a mixing of advertising and content, so that the web pages start becoming all flash or all pictures so you can't filter out certain images without breaking the whole site for yourself.

Want to keep the subscription sites down and keep the free web up? Leave the banner ads be. Hell, click on them once in a while. If the advertisers and website are satisfied with how their ads are doing, they'll be less aggressive and less likely to piss you off.

...I seized it by the power cord, gave it three vertical overhead rotations and slammed it into the trash can...

Can you name any other (non-pr0n) german films?

keith richards is nearly physicaly indestructable

Yes, Keith Richards cannot be killed with conventional weapons.

They should have called the movie Bourne Again.

Osaka, Japan - In a worldwide first, GNAA founder and president timecop agreed to conduct an interview with Real Troll Talk, a Slashdot member documenting the ways and means of internet trolls worldwide.

Although meant to be a one on one interview, several GNAA members were present in the audience, and many "contributed" to the interview by shouting out points that timecop forgot and by calling him an asshole. "The interview went well," timecop said afterward, "I was very pleased with the interest in GNAA and the exposure we'll be getting through this. Real Troll Talk seemed to have an unhealthy obsession with the sexual aspects of GNAA, though."

GNAA member godspeed noted that "The interview was really good, and I have a strong feeling that Real Troll Talk may be a homosexual black man himself. You could say my gaynigdar was set off by that dude." Opened to other GNAA members for comment, vSKIZZILE was quick to add "HAHA FGTS! You are all gay, LOL @ WTC LOL @ JEWS!!!! FRIST POSTAGE FOR GNAA!"

A transcript of the interview is available in Real Troll Talk #6, available at Real Troll Talk's Slashdot journal

About Real Troll Talk:

Real Troll Talk is Slashdot member number 793436, and has been running a series of journal articles on internet trolling, seeming to take a particular interest in Slashdot and Kuro5hin. You can find back issues of "Real Troll Talk" at Real Troll Talk's Journal

About GNAA:
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Are you GAY ?
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If you answered "Yes" to all of the above questions, then GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) might be exactly what you've been looking for!
Join GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) today, and enjoy all the benefits of being a full-time GNAA member.
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Why not? It's quick and easy - only 3 simple steps!

• First, you have to obtain a copy of GAYNIGGERS FROM OUTER SPACE THE MOVIE and watch it. You can download the movie (~130mb) using BitTorrent.
• Second, you need to succeed in posting a GNAA First Post on slashdot.org, a popular "news for trolls" website.
• Third, you need to join the official GNAA irc channel #GNAA on irc.gnaa.us, and apply for membership.

Talk to one of the ops or any of the other members in the channel to sign up today! Upon submitting your application, you will be required to submit links to your successful First Post, and you will be tested on your knowledge of GAYNIGGERS FROM OUTER SPACE.

If you are having trouble locating #GNAA, the official GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA irc channel, you might be on a wrong irc network. The correct network is NiggerNET, and you can connect to irc.gnaa.us as our official server. Follow this link

But to believe that 1/4 ton of brass could hit the ground could hit the ground, but not one round found flesh was ridiculous.

But to believe that 1/4 ton of brass could hit the ground could hit the ground, but not one round found flesh was ridiculous.

who would win in a wrestling match between lemmy and god?

lemmy?
BZZT.

god?
Wrong. Trick question Lemme is GOD!!!!

love that movie...

You've never seen Rocky IV? Ivan Drago is the russian boxing machine that comes and kills Apollo Creed in the ring and then Rocky has to face him. He's very much a stereotypical cold-war russian indestructible uber-soldat (yes, I know that's german, not russian, it's just fitting).

Your comment just made me think of him telling the americans he would destroy them because he's so much stronger.

indeed

Yeah? Well I've also heard that "once you have a man with no legs, there's no goin back..."

eBay now rounds a bill of $30.78 up to $30.80. Despite the fact that the system tacks on only a few cents to each transaction, the customers said the additional charges add up over time.

I agree with the earlier parent about Disney engaging in censorship, but while you are on P2P, don't forget to grab THE most controversial movie that Disney ever created.

The solution to extinction on Earth is not to send out a single life-boat to a chosen destination, but to send out life-boats in every direction and recognize that some will last longer than others. The Soviets knew it ("quantity has a quality of its own") and the plant world exists by virtue of it (launch a million spores, produce a dozen offspring).

Bad Canadian S/F features notwithstanding, the future of the human species may depend more on the journey than in the destination.

Yes -- of course -- the government should not and never should have been involved in space transportation let alone human space flight (perhaps with the exception of militarily justified missions). Everything operational and developmental should have been up to free enterprise. But lets give private adventurers their due. We're natural predators -- curious as cats. We need to know what's around the corner and in space just because it is what we do as humans. Science is an aspect of this predatory instinct as is pure adventure. Some may say that science is more noble -- especially scientists -- but when people put their own money and lives at risk to pursue their own adventures, whether it be Biosphere II, X-Prize or Touching the Void it should be viewed in a moral light as an entirely different thing than government funding pseudo-heroes from an affirmative action line-up.

• Complementary Benefits - If the competition leaves something desirable out of their design, a developer can cater to that. Untold zillions of people (myself, included) have enjoyed a myriad of games in the first-person shooter genre. Many of these players would love to create their own levels and content, but lack the time or technical expertise to do this, even with the mod tools available. We want our offering to allow anyone adept enough to play our game to be able to create within it. I'm hoping that folks of all ages can play other FPSes, and still enjoy our game, for that reason.
• Consistency - From a marketing standpoint, the release of a small title is almost a non-event; rather, steady and consistent support causes awareness to gradually snowball. After all, most FPS fans know than Doom 3 will be released on 7/20/2004 (just kidding), but unless PGC and CWG suddenly do big pieces on indie developers, they won't be slapping us onto their covers. So, for us, it's a long-haul grassroots thing -- hopefully, this means that players will benefit from lots of fresh, new content over the next 12 months.
• Differentiation - This is where the consumer stands to win the most: developers can recognize saturation in a sub-genre and create products that evolve it. Or: to those who lament the current state of the myriad identical MMOGs, don't fret -- it's only a prelude to evolution! Our biggest example of this is the ability to create arenas. But we also apply it in small ways; whereas Doom 3 and Half Life 2 approach hyperrealism, we're trying for the oppsite effect. Aesthetics are not central to our game, but I hope players will consider it pretty enough -- and different enough -- to enjoy.

• Complementary Benefits - If the competition leaves something desirable out of their design, a developer can cater to that. Untold zillions of people (myself, included) have enjoyed a myriad of games in the first-person shooter genre. Many of these players would love to create their own levels and content, but lack the time or technical expertise to do this, even with the mod tools available. We want our offering to allow anyone adept enough to play our game to be able to create within it. I'm hoping that folks of all ages can play other FPSes, and still enjoy our game, for that reason.
• Consistency - From a marketing standpoint, the release of a small title is almost a non-event; rather, steady and consistent support causes awareness to gradually snowball. After all, most FPS fans know than Doom 3 will be released on 7/20/2004 (just kidding), but unless PGC and CWG suddenly do big pieces on indie developers, they won't be slapping us onto their covers. So, for us, it's a long-haul grassroots thing -- hopefully, this means that players will benefit from lots of fresh, new content over the next 12 months.
• Differentiation - This is where the consumer stands to win the most: developers can recognize saturation in a sub-genre and create products that evolve it. Or: to those who lament the current state of the myriad identical MMOGs, don't fret -- it's only a prelude to evolution! Our biggest example of this is the ability to create arenas. But we also apply it in small ways; whereas Doom 3 and Half Life 2 approach hyperrealism, we're trying for the oppsite effect. Aesthetics are not central to our game, but I hope players will consider it pretty enough -- and different enough -- to enjoy.

For those lacking taste, the reference is to Good Morning, Vietnam

joke-boy writes "CNN reports that a driver in Alaska is being charged with second-degree murder for allegedly causing a fatality accident by driving while watching the movie 'Road Trip' in an in-dash DVD player. The driver contends he was just listening to music. Alaska has no laws prohibiting drivers from watching DVDs, although many other states do."

Look at that! Now people who have no idea what "Road Trip" is can just click that hyperlink and know. Astounding :-O!

A smaller scale experiment can give insights to a larger problem. Thus, before the Wright brothers flew, they made (essentially) toy airplanes.

We already know that the earth's ecology more-or-less works (leaving aside some human intervention), but we don't have much understanding of how or why it works, or what might lead to our current niche in the ecology abruptly reducing in distribution and scope (aside from certain obvious threats). Small scale experiments in space allow us to get a better understanding of the principles, and possibly try some purturbation analyses.

Yes, in theory, this can be done on Earth as well. But there are other synergistic benefits to doing it in space (EG, getting free soup)... and just because it can be done on Earth, doesn't mean it will be done. How much biosphere research is done from NASA? How much of that would go away without the need to occaisionally keep some %^&%* lucky bastards alive up there every now and then?

(Disclaimer: I work with someone who was one of those %^&%* lucky bastards.)