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I read an interview with Braga where he states that the ending of Kirk in Gen was indeed inauspicious and aluded to the fact that it may in fact be rethought. Hey, this is sci-fi. If you can bring back Spock you can most certainly Bring back Kirk.

Of course, Shatner ain't the spring chicken he was. He's over 70 now and has been battling a wieght problem since he was in his 30's at least. You can see the poor guy ballooning with each movie sequel. And in his senior years he's portlier than ever, and most likely not up to the physicality of the job. But by the same token, how could you "prequel" Trek with other actors playing that inimitable cast? Certainly, I would concur that since Enterprise is still in production it wouldn't be likely to involve that cast. Unlesss...there's something we don't know about, yet.

His directorial debut was... Star Trek II. He wrote all the script for Star Trek IV that took place in the 20th century. He also directed Star Trek IV and did a great deal of the story, based upon an idea by Nimoy.

His directorial debut was... Star Trek II. He wrote all the script for Star Trek IV that took place in the 20th century. He also directed Star Trek IV and did a great deal of the story, based upon an idea by Nimoy.

Ever notice there are two types of drivers? The morons in front of you and the idiots behind you?

Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a moron.

- George Carlin

And don't forget Otto West's famous driving word.

What I don't get is at the end of the movie after he offloads what he was holding, all of his childhood memories come back. But I guess that it's already hokey enough that they already have to rely on human brains for data transfer via sneakernet.

"And then there's the chance that this is a prequel to all of this, but Enterprise seems pretty early in the Trek timeline. Hard to imagine anything interesting happening before that with the Vulcans watching and all."

They already made that movie. It was called Star Trek: First Contact. Unless.....

Star Trek: Attack of the Boring Vulcan Ambassador Clones!

I would much rather have another movie than another formula tv series, TNG was good, but basically repeating it over and over is really starting to damage star trek as a whole.

And I actually enjoyed Nemesis, sure in some ways it ripped off the wrath of khan, but if you are going to copy any ST movie then you copy the best.

I'd be very interested to know if this is going to be a prequel to The Next Generation or to the original Star Trek series. Considering the last number of films were based on TNG, I would personally find it odd to go back to the original series at this point.

Still, the article only refers to STAR TREK, which would indicate that perhaps Kirk and not Picard might be our captain in this one. At least it would be a welcome change from Priceline.com adverts and Miss Congeniality 2 for William Shatner.

Yup that's the one Bill Suitor was the stuntmen.

You should see this:
Seksmisja.

This is not only a fad, but one based on an extremely silly premise (which happens to be a fallacy) - that this is a "budget"-quality ("garage band") method for those who can't afford real filmmaking equipment to break into the art.

For the price of a PC with modern FPS-capable GPU, RAM and CPU someone interested in filmmaking could easily buy the basics necessary to assemble a short film/trailer/fund raiser. El Mariachi was completed on Robert Rodriguez' credit card for less than $3000. Trey Parker and Matt Stone created the proto-"South Park" demos for less than that. "The Blair Witch Project" got started on $2000 and raised $14000 more to complete the film.

What this really is, is Yet Another method of making cut and paste 'art' for people somewhat interested in fooling around but far more interested in gaming and having a gaming PC than pursuing any sort of genuine filmmaking goals or attempting serious projects.

"Artists" who use FPS demos as a basis for their art are IMO about on the level of Ed Wood Jr. with his stock footage...

I think some one has been watching this movie too many times.

It's known to happen in dinosaurs too. C'mon people, didn't we all see this movie? This is truly old news.

/hides in corner for when the mice find a way off the island

Certainly fits the double-initial convention...

e.g. Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Reed Richards, Bruce Banner, Dr. Steven Strange,Peter Parker, Dr. Otto Octavius, Scott Summers, Warren Worthington,Matt Murdock etc. ad infitum...

But what of his super-hero genitals?

You're all set now for Barter Town.

well i guess, but if he really wants to be same he had better watch this one too.

Hell, I'd settle for a blowjob because I'm a programmer.

He is tasked with preventing contamination of earth by alien organisms

Couldn't he just watch this movie?

- Tony

...until I see it on CSI.

:)

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Wow! A robotic Axl Foley! (I am surprised to hear that super glue actually works to pick up fingerprints.)

Seriously, though... do we need a robotic fingerprint gatherer? Doesn't it make more sense to use robots in more dangerous assignments, and leave the forensics to human officers?

--- JRJ

I must confess that when I visited my American colleagues I was, to put it mildly, nonplussed by their relaxed attitude to actually doing any f'ing work at all while at the office.

Yes, only Americans behave like that. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant didn't base The Office on any personal experiences. Nope, no one but Americans and Gervais would think to put a cow-orker's stapler in Jello.

Ok, but do they get a blowjob too?

You forgot:

"Cool! Hopefully, this'll be big enough to put Duke Nukem Forever on it! Oh, oh! And it'll have enough space for all those Phantom Console games I'll be downloading."

Seriously, though. Sometimes I wish researchers would just go voltron* with manufacturers and get the product out and surprise the crap out of all of us apathetic slashdotters awaiting our be-all-end-all data storage medium, as well as flying cars, hoverboards and the whole gamut of consumer electronics novelties that only have seven years left until they are supposed to have already been in use.




*yes, this is the first time the phrase "go voltron" being defined as a synonym for "team up" has appeared in print.

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"cool cyborg costume???"

You must be smoking some of Uncle George's crack; the new Darth Vader costume is an ill-conceived reprisal of Leia's widely revered gold bikini. Hayden Christensen has been working out for months in preparation for his new outfit.

You realize that you're insinuating in Slashdot of all places that story *may* be more important than special effects.

Next you'll tell us that Battlefield Earth sucked.

Rad (1986)

Right before the nintendo generation :D

What's really amazing is that the Clone Wars animated shorts are better than the last two movies. There's no particular reason - they just feel more like the Star Wars we're used to. And there's definitely "Who's gonna fly it?" lines. Hell, ANAKIN gets a couple. (Like the sequence where he's zipping back and forth dogfighting with that Sith chick over Obi-Wan's head while Obi-wan lectures at him)

I think Clone Wars is better than the prequels because the Jedi are really modern-day Samurai, and who better to create Samurai action sequences than Genndy Tartakovsky? Lucas has the Jedi fight, and they fall like flies to a bunch of stupid droids. Tartakovsky has the Jedi fight, and Mace takes out an entire field of droids with his *bare hands*.

There were only a couple of spots in Clone Wars that I wish weren't so cheesy, such as the sequence with Padme and R2-D2/C3-PO in the snowstorm. That section smacked of Saturday-morning tripe. But the action sequences were definitely well done. The best thing about Clone Wars was that we finally get to see what the Jedi are capable of. Lucas has all this SFX power at his fingertips, and the Jedi fight sequences either look uninspired (the Arena Battle in Episode II), just plain silly (Yoda's fight with Dooku), or completely implausible (Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan vs. Maul in Episode I -- seriously: two against one? Maul would have been toast in under two minutes). I realize some of the Jedi fight sequences weren't very fast in the Original Trilogy, but there were technical limitations, and George made up for it by injecting emotion. He has no excuses now -- if the fight is going to be emotionless, it better be hardcore.

starting with Star Trek II

starting with Star Trek II

starting with Star Trek II

On a side note it's good to see Shaolin Soccer get refrenced. Funny flick.

Watch Minority Report .

John Anderton: I'd like to keep the old ones.

Dr. Solomon: Why?

John Anderton: Because my mother gave them to me.

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Though she is not really not a doctor, Pransky says, tongue-in-cheek, she is proactively paving the way for an emotionally healthy environment for the robots of the future.

She's not a doctor, in any field.

But her real mission is to help people to understand the issues that will arise in a world where highly skilled, competent, and sensitive robots will play an integral role.

Nor is she dealing with any real-world issues in the field of robotics or technology.

My guess is she's spending some time ramping up her PR in order to cash in on the latest summer blockbuster. I'm sure someone with her dubious credentials will be a hot item on all the daytime talk shows that week.

Dr. Pransky is clearly not "an undergraduate philosophy student", so she cannot answer your question as one.

Human-level AIs will probably learn in conversations with people. Remember the implied lesson in SpaceCamp: be careful what you say!

Of course, to stop users exploiting their new bionic power, they'd need to hardcode some directives into this brain chip.

Bonus points for those that can spot the link between this post and the parent.

I'm with you, heck, this technology existed wayyyyy back in 1974. Thirty years to clinical trials is a heck of a long time.

This is a nice page describing the THC and its import.

Actually, there was a nice movie made describing THC and its import.

This is it.

check out his other hits
Fucking literary genious!

Have an open mind.

I was curious to see everyone's response to this (well, everyone that has a better idea of the implications of this working, that is) and i'm surprised there aren't more posts!

Is this a sign that we've stopped caring about "cold fusion"? Is the fact that this field has had a less-than-credible past hurt this discovery? Is this a discovery? Have movies like Chain Reaction spoiled us into thinking that this is a pipe dream?

Somebody help me out.

"MGM has hired Lowry Digital to make 4K digital masters of nine James Bond films, including all of those starring Sean Connery."

Seems authorised to me. The other movies mentioned, are MGM productions as well.

Singing in the Rain

Casablanca (1942)

Once Upon a Time in the West (MGM/UA)

"MGM has hired Lowry Digital to make 4K digital masters of nine James Bond films, including all of those starring Sean Connery."

Seems authorised to me. The other movies mentioned, are MGM productions as well.

Singing in the Rain

Casablanca (1942)

Once Upon a Time in the West (MGM/UA)

"MGM has hired Lowry Digital to make 4K digital masters of nine James Bond films, including all of those starring Sean Connery."

Seems authorised to me. The other movies mentioned, are MGM productions as well.

Singing in the Rain

Casablanca (1942)

Once Upon a Time in the West (MGM/UA)

I would imagine that, as with anything else that has components that can be categorized as either "good" or "popular", sales of the "popular" stuff will subsidize the production of the "good" stuff.

Face it - they're going to sell more copies of "Dr. No" with Ursula Andress wearing the New & Improved High Resolution Digital Bikini than they are of Singin' in the Rain, starring Gene Kelly and the Incredibly Vivid High Resolution Raindrops.

I would imagine that, as with anything else that has components that can be categorized as either "good" or "popular", sales of the "popular" stuff will subsidize the production of the "good" stuff.

Face it - they're going to sell more copies of "Dr. No" with Ursula Andress wearing the New & Improved High Resolution Digital Bikini than they are of Singin' in the Rain, starring Gene Kelly and the Incredibly Vivid High Resolution Raindrops.

Some cinematic examples

THX1138 (1971) has an astonishing number of paralells to what is happening today.

Police brutality as entertaiinment (COPS)
Every individual numbered (SSN on birth)
Everyone moved into cities
Instantly accessible, total information on each person, by "system operators"
Universal, pervasive CCTV (UK)
Drugging of children (ritalin)
Drugging of adults (prozac)
Kangaroo courts
State torture
Everyon working soley to construct the means of control (Taxes)
Enforced Birth control (RU486)
Female-less gestation and birth

This is a film to re-visit, and if you havent seen it see it.

An insightful part of the film is when one of the characters says that, to paraphrase, "no one knew that anything was happening because everything was changing so slowly". More true today than ever it was.

Homer: I'm not normally a religious man, but if you're up there, save me, Superman!



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