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Tom Selleck Already Knew how to handle those in the 80's.. who remembers the movie Runaway ? the bad guy literally had bullets with your name written on. and those spiders ... OMG... I had nightmares with those... I was 6 when I first watched this movie...

and it is a movie by Michael Crichton ! he is a genius...

I thought the same thing when I read this... perhaps even more sinister... using RFIDs. Shoot anyone in possession of XYZ RFID and on impact and verification release a nerve agent or other nasty. The next nasty level of sophistication will be a DNA verification? If DNA =X then KILL. How long until we get those nifty hunter/ killer bullets we saw in Runaway? s/paranoia/righteous fear of rising police states/

I thought I'd give a quick plug for the screenwriter. I saw Chicken Run and I thought it was a good movie.

I've also included the obligatory imdb link.

Let there be light

"Is anyone else here thinking of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"?"

No, I was thinking more of Runaway (1984), an old Michael Crichton film starring Tom Selleck. The bad guy had a gun that recorded the IR signature of the target when it fired. The bullets would then track you round corners etc. - even through crowds.

I remember it as a pretty fun film to watch - esp. the small spider robots with the poison syringes...

Anyone think of even one music video director who has gone on to make a successful full length feature? I can't.

David Fincher? Michel Gondry?

You make a very good point however there have been cases where a book has been turned into something very very...very bad when made into a movie.

I personally think that everyone involved in making "The Cat in the Hat" should be flogged. Granted these "books" were never really the type that should grace the big screen but it is a case in point about how wrong something can go.

Of course it's out of our hands as the last time Hollywood listened to anyone was...well never so the best we can do is hope and vote with your dollars. If the movie stinks don't pay to see it! (Nasty catch-22 there as the only true way to see if something is bad is to see it but I'm sure a few slashdotters will chime in when that time comes so that we might get some sort of idea as to it's quality.)

From the funniest movie of all time

This is Spinal Tap is the funniest movie of all time, you ignorant clod!

From the funniest movie of all time

This is Spinal Tap is the funniest movie of all time, you ignorant clod!

"Who is the Greatest Man Alive?" - If you ask Gary Niger, he'll tell you it is most definitely Osama Bin Laden.

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Tracy was unavailable for further comment, as she was masturbating furiously under her desk - claiming that "Ten guys were on the phone and (she) had to take them all on."

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Arthur Dent = Martin Freeman ("Tim" from The Office)
Ford Prefect = Mos Def (weird, but I could see it)
Warwick Davis = Marvin (?!? uh, Willow?? is Marvin short, I can't remember)
Humma Kavula = John Malkovich (say no more)
Zaphod Beeblebrox = Sam Rockwell (right on!)

I have hope.

Is Techno Trousers to pull them!

That was Bill Paxton as Fred Haise.

The 1936 movie of HG Wells' Shape of Things to Come is good for this sort of thing. Captures that 30s "futuristic" look perfectly.

The 1936 movie of HG Wells' Shape of Things to Come is good for this sort of thing. Captures that 30s "futuristic" look perfectly.

From the funniest movie of all time:

Sonja: "Sex without Love is an empty experience."
Boris: "Yes, but as empty experiences go, it's one of the best."

Linux's design is obsolete. But as obsolete designs go, it's doing quite well.

"Computer games in 2034 are likely to offer simulated worlds and interactive storytelling that's more engaging than linear presentations such as those in most movies today "

Even some of today's primitive games have most movies beat... (watching Hollywood eat it's young at a prodigious rate, I sometimes think "Tetris" is more complex, multifaceted and emotional storytelling.)

'Computer games in 2034 are likely to offer simulated worlds and interactive storytelling that's more engaging than linear presentations such as those in most movies today.'. You mean like this?

I don't know if it's as bad as "And the Children Shall Lead," but the Nazi alien made me bust out laughing. (It comes to mind that putting a spoiler warning on this message would be so redundant.)

Thank the Gray Ghost of Gauss that SpikeTV is showing "Deep Space Nine." It is becoming my favorite Trek series -- as much as I wanted to hate it as a "Babylon 5" rip-off, it won me over.

Maybe "Enterprise" is going to do something very great and cool with the Nazi aliens. Maybe they will borrow some old "Hogan's Heroes" plots. What's Arlene Martel up to lately?

Either that, or it will go down in infamy, drummed out of canon like the awful "Galactica 1980."

Would you want a T-rex on your boat? Have you not seen the movies? But for those that want a balanced rational argument lets see what the chick tracts have to say about that high falutin' evolution WARNING - may increase blood pressure

Bruce Willis says, "Yes."

Highlander 2 was seriously godawful.

But I suggest you two look into a stunning little number called:

Hot Dog... the movie

also, from the same maker:

Hamburger... the motion picture

You might feel that H2 is still worse than both of these movies, but I would suggest this is due to feelings of being let down after the awesome first movie.

Highlander 2 was seriously godawful.

But I suggest you two look into a stunning little number called:

Hot Dog... the movie

also, from the same maker:

Hamburger... the motion picture

You might feel that H2 is still worse than both of these movies, but I would suggest this is due to feelings of being let down after the awesome first movie.

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No joke, this really happens. There's even a documentary on the subject. Posting AC so they don't find me...

Development of technology is amazing. I read somewhere a long time ago about and engineer (I think) who said his mother (I think) was afraid that we will lose control over the computers in a near future. His reponse was that this was very unlikely to happen, but he did believe that we already have lost control over development and technology advancements. Along those lines - how long until we have a telescope that can see far out/back enough that we can "see" the events even closer to da big boom?

Development of technology is amazing. I read somewhere a long time ago about and engineer (I think) who said his mother (I think) was afraid that we will lose control over the computers in a near future. His reponse was that this was very unlikely to happen, but he did believe that we already have lost control over development and technology advancements. Along those lines - how long until we have a telescope that can see far out/back enough that we can "see" the events even closer to da big boom?

Development of technology is amazing. I read somewhere a long time ago about and engineer (I think) who said his mother (I think) was afraid that we will lose control over the computers in a near future. His reponse was that this was very unlikely to happen, but he did believe that we already have lost control over development and technology advancements. Along those lines - how long until we have a telescope that can see far out/back enough that we can "see" the events even closer to da big boom?

Development of technology is amazing. I read somewhere a long time ago about and engineer (I think) who said his mother (I think) was afraid that we will lose control over the computers in a near future. His reponse was that this was very unlikely to happen, but he did believe that we already have lost control over development and technology advancements. Along those lines - how long until we have a telescope that can see far out/back enough that we can "see" the events even closer to da big boom?

sorry, i was trying to make a reference but no one recognized it..

something to the effect of

I deal with the god damn customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people skills. I am good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?!

Anti-Trust incase anyone is wondering

Pretty bad hacker movie, but not as bad as The Net.

The title of the movie (The Day After Tomorrow) struck me as strangely similar to that of The Day After, a TV movie released in 1983 which highlighted the Doomsday consequences of nuclear war. Both movies appear to be highly politicized, anti-GOP movies timed (more or less) to coincide with the election cycle.

He's nothing but a low-down, double-dealing, backstabbing, larcenous perverted worm! Hanging's too good for him. Burning's too good for him! He should be torn into little bitsy pieces and buried alive! -- Hanover Fiste, Heavy Metal (1981)

See also other alternate reality movies, where our laws of space and time simply do not apply.

See also other alternate reality movies, where our laws of space and time simply do not apply.

See also other alternate reality movies, where our laws of space and time simply do not apply.

FWIW, The Day After had a realistic representation of the effects of nuclear war.

Not really-- it was made just before the "nuclear winter" theory was developed, so it shows a bright if not sunny day not long after the war (when the farmer's daughter freaks out and runs outside, chased by Steve Guttenberg).

If you want to see the most realistic representation (IMHO) of the effects of nuclear war, find a copy of Threads. Threads makes The Day After look like a sitcom. I caught it when PBS broadcast it back in '85, when I was 12 or 13, and it really stuck with me. I haven't seen it again since, but some of the scenes still make me shudder a little even now when they cross my mind. For those of you reading this who have seen it, three words: melting milk bottles.

~Philly

Like the infamous nmap portscanner/security tool the FreeBSD operating system was featured in a hollywood movie.

The title of the movie (The Day After Tomorrow) struck me as strangely similar to that of The Day After, a TV movie released in 1983 which highlighted the Doomsday consequences of nuclear war. Both movies appear to be highly politicized, anti-GOP movies timed (more or less) to coincide with the election cycle. Naming the new movie "The Day After Tomorrow" struck me as an obvious play on the original "The Day After". It just seemed too close to it to be an accident.

FWIW, The Day After had a realistic representation of the effects of nuclear war. Too bad the current The Day After Tomorrow seems to be according to many accounts just a modified, updated Poseidon Adventure or Towering Inferno. To some extent that undercuts my theory that there may be political motivation behind this, but the less realistic it is, the less effective it is, and it becomes just a fantasy type movie. Unfortunately, people often take fantasy (i.e. "JFK") and turn it into their reality because they are too intellectually lazy to find out whether something on the big screen has any basis in reality. Too many people just guzzle the shit that the media pumps out to them without questioning any of it. That goes for for left, right, and plain old profit-seeking media alike.

I'm feeling cynical this morning for some reason. Please excuse my negativity and have yourself a really nice day. Maybe it'll offset the negative karma I'm giving off this morning.

GF.

Narrator: So when the snoody cat, and the courageous dog, with the celebrity voices meet for the first time in reel three, that's when you'll catch a flash of Tyler's contribution to the film.
[the audience is watching the film, the pornography flashes for a split second]
Narrator: Nobody knows that they saw it, but they did...
Tyler Durden: A nice, big, cock...
[several audience members look rattled, a little girl is crying]
Narrator: Even a hummingbird couldn't catch Tyler at work.

IMDB THAT is why they'll render their own frames, thanks very much :-)

I keep hearing and reading all these news stories about how traditional 2D animation is dead, about how Disney is only doing CG animation from now on. I'm amazed at how ignorant these bean counters and suits are: it's not about the technique that produces these films, it's all about the story and the characters.

The animation in "The Lion King" isn't too different than what we saw in "Snow White" almost 60 years earlier. It was the story and the characters that made the movie (and the other Disney classics from the early 1990s) such a great hit and instant classic.

I think that Pixar should surprise everyone and come out with a traditional 2D cell movie and show just how brilliant their storytelling really is. That way the public and media will get over how computer animation alone will make blockbusters.

I keep hearing and reading all these news stories about how traditional 2D animation is dead, about how Disney is only doing CG animation from now on. I'm amazed at how ignorant these bean counters and suits are: it's not about the technique that produces these films, it's all about the story and the characters.

The animation in "The Lion King" isn't too different than what we saw in "Snow White" almost 60 years earlier. It was the story and the characters that made the movie (and the other Disney classics from the early 1990s) such a great hit and instant classic.

I think that Pixar should surprise everyone and come out with a traditional 2D cell movie and show just how brilliant their storytelling really is. That way the public and media will get over how computer animation alone will make blockbusters.

Yes, it was. But, it wasn't original. It's a variation on one from Back to the Future:

"I'm sure in 1985, plutonium is available at every corner drugstore, but in 1955 it's a little hard to come by."

I am the master of the C.L.I.T. Remember this ficking face. Whenever you see C.L.I.T., you'll see this fucking face. I make that shit work. It does whatever the fuck I tell it to. No one rules the C.L.I.T like me. Not this little fuck [referring to Silent Bob], none of you little fucks out there. I AM THE C.L.I.T. COMMANDER! Remember that, commander of all C.L.I.T.s! When it comes down to business, this is what I do. I pinch it like this. OOH you little fuck. Then I rub my nose with it.

From Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

The french actor is Jean Reno.

The French Line (1954)

Advertising tag line: "J.R. in 3D. It'll knock both your eyes out!"

(J.R. == Jane Russell: 39D - 26.5 - 37.5)

A great reference to what is probably the Worst. Movie. Ever.

I know what their fist ship should be named: The Vulture, after the old TV show, Salvage, about a junk yard owner whe builds a ship to salvage moon-junk. His ship, The Vulture, used low-acceleration to allow him to use safer fuels. Neat idea, although the writers got a tad carried away with the possibilities after a few shows.

This didn't have a GI Joe type plot, it was serious, and had serious plotlines. When characters died, they weren't forgotten in the next episode... it would shake the troops up and they would remember said character(s). I personally loved the series for its visual elements, but even moreso for its plot.

I think the problem with FF was not so much the fact that it was a serious plot in an animation, but simply that it was a plot that didn't particularly interest people, plain and simple. I'm sure the same plot wouldn't have worked so well even if it were live action.

My two cents.

Have we all forgotten this movie? I really wish it would of done better, imagine what they would be working on now if they didn't go under..