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I still think you are underestimating how many crap low budget movies are made, and I am also a bit loathe to accept a $20 million movie as "low budget".

E.g. have you watched Titanic II? That certainly qualifies but it's crap. The four Tremors movies? Perhaps the first one is a stretch at $11 million, but the others certainly qualify. I found those great, but hardly an epitome of wonderful acting.

IMDB has 7,014 feature films from 2010 (I avoided 2011 as some of them weren't actually released yet). Most of them must be low budget; there just isn't enough money in the industry for even a thousand $20M+ movies a year. Half of them don't even have a rating listed in the overview.

My view is still the same: There are many more excellent low budget movies than there are excellent high budget movies, but it is because there are so many more low budget movies than high budget movies.

Are you kidding? All of the Tremors movies were great. (The fourth one less so.) They were edgy and quirky and had interesting characters. The series also had its moments, and didn't deserve to be canceled after only one season.

In terms of raw numbers you are of course correct, but I submit that the percentage is higher also, for the reasons I have cited.

I still think you are underestimating how many crap low budget movies are made, and I am also a bit loathe to accept a $20 million movie as "low budget".

E.g. have you watched Titanic II? That certainly qualifies but it's crap. The four Tremors movies? Perhaps the first one is a stretch at $11 million, but the others certainly qualify. I found those great, but hardly an epitome of wonderful acting.

IMDB has 7,014 feature films from 2010 (I avoided 2011 as some of them weren't actually released yet). Most of them must be low budget; there just isn't enough money in the industry for even a thousand $20M+ movies a year. Half of them don't even have a rating listed in the overview.

My view is still the same: There are many more excellent low budget movies than there are excellent high budget movies, but it is because there are so many more low budget movies than high budget movies.

So now I can sleep through this movie at 48FPS like I slept through the rest of the Ring movies at 24FPS?

What does a Japanese horror movie have to do with this at all?

My then pregnant wife wanted to see District 13 about 3 days before our daughter showed up... We made it to about when the aliens started talking and that was the end of that...

Wives and movies just don't seem to work out well...

Think you're talking about District 9.

District 13is a different thing, also it's French and subtitled, which means that if you're from the US as I expect, then you would hate it.

My then pregnant wife wanted to see District 13 about 3 days before our daughter showed up... We made it to about when the aliens started talking and that was the end of that...

Wives and movies just don't seem to work out well...

Think you're talking about District 9.

District 13is a different thing, also it's French and subtitled, which means that if you're from the US as I expect, then you would hate it.

Aliens ? In District 13 ?!? I must have skipped something going to the bathroom. Or something.

People don't like to be meddled with. We tell them what to do, what to think, don't run, don't walk. We're in their homes and in their heads and we haven't the right. We're meddlesome.

(Young) River Tam, Serenity

Timothy is an Excellent Editor and deserves a Pay Raise

"That's all right - he tried. That's the important thing. I think he should get a nice big raise for trying so hard." - Hazel Bergeron (in the short movie 2081).

There are also many underwater cities yet to be ... discovered.

For example?

I think the GP is talking about the Alterans in this historical documentary including a discussion of this city located a few miles to the west of San Francisco.

There are also many underwater cities yet to be ... discovered.

For example?

I think the GP is talking about the Alterans in this historical documentary including a discussion of this city located a few miles to the west of San Francisco.

Teeth or spines ?

Ksenia Solo would be a better fit.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0989959/

Excellent choice! Something tells me this one could do a good job with it, too.

Depending on how long it takes to get this off the ground, my money would actually be on Jason Momoa - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0597388/

Height doesn't particularly matter on film, they have all sorts of tricks to make someone look taller than they are. And the rock is quite a bit more muscular than I ever pictured Raven but maybe that's just me.

This person may be able to fill the role well.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0989959/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1397511/

According to this documentary, mashups are not legal per US copyrights.

Everybody knows you never go full retard. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0942385/quotes

Wait a sec, I know that movie. It sucked.

There was a well-reviewed movie about the Atacama Desert last year called Nostalgia for the Light, which touches on both the science and local politics of the area.

So it's cowardly to remotely fly a drone and fire on people, but it's not cowardly to dress as a civilian, snipe at the enemy clearly outfitted as non-civilians, then when the enemy comes after them, hide their weapon and claim to just be a regular civilian?

....whined General Bratchenko.

I never had a problem understanding anything anybody said to me in English

While I agree with everything else you have said, there is English and then there is English.

In the ’70s, I watched “The Harder They Come” starring Jimmy Cliff. It was in English with English subtitles because the Jamaican dialect is that different from central Canadian English. Although by the end of the film I could understand most of what was being said, at the beginning of the film the subtitles were most certainly necessary.

The cap is to hide the face from (usually high-mounted) cameras

Or because they're fuck-ugly.

(Hint for the mods.)

I'm getting really tired of hearing that $technology or $application_of_technology may be "useful to criminals".

In a supposedly free country (yeah, I know, who am I kidding?), shouldn't we always err on the side of liberty instead of trying to "pre-regulate" criminal activity?

Nah, Minority Report gives the legislatures huge boners. So do the phrases "for the children" and "to prevent terrorism."

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_JOGmXpe5I
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071230/quotes

Our (that is, the US's) Cyberweapons threaten ourself more than any other target. We are the most dependent on the internet We have the most to lose. We wave these weapons of self-mutilation around in the hopes that our intimidated foes will not force us to destroy ourself.

What could go wrong?

ALL Praise Irony and His Prophet Mel!

Miles

The Earth's load limit is 5 billion and we're over 7 billion already. There aren't enough resources to go around no matter how you divide it.

What kind of "science" gave you that conclusion?

Recent estimates indicate that there are enough raw materials in the earth's crust to last another 10,000 years of advancing civilization. Just because we have historically only mined the top ½ mile of the earth's crust does not mean that we will not develop new ways to reach natural resources. The beauty of the future is that it does not have to be restricted based on our current technological inabilities. It is organic, adaptable as situations change. In 1950, nobody thought we would be able to sustain a planet with four billion people. By 1980, not only had we surpassed that number, but we also improved world average life expectancy and were agriculturally productive in places that had been barren wasteland before. Do not limit the potential for our children based on the archaic limitations that we face today.

The planet is getting too heavy, they are warning us about the future... ts'all about the weight man...

"There's that word again. "Heavy." Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?"
BTTF

See! See! I told my parents that the Secret of NIMH wasn't just a fictional piece! Trained smart rats with backpacks CAN help us humans... even after we took their rosebush fort!

I can't mentally fuck a mannequin.

Sounds like you lack imagination.

And you know what? sometime odd things happen, and factors turn out to be more extreme then normal..

Of course, sometimes people are drunk. I just assume if they are piloting a ship, they are either Ffolkes*, or a drunk pirate.

*Roger Moore's best film. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081809/

The issue is not about dick meeting vagina - that will continue to happen. Its just who's dick and pussy is getting it - gang banger lowlife meets crackwhore bitch and they have lots of kids.
College boy's dick stays in his hand and college girl decides lesbianism, a room full of cats, or a overly-focussed career are a better option.

What happens to the western world after a few generations of this?

This

The weird pink submarine movie was Operation Petticoat

"The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success." from Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Maybe pilots know of her, but I and many others had never heard of her before.

I first heard of hear in the pilot for the TV series "Misfits of Science" (Deep Freeze). But yeah... I'm a pilot, too :)

OK... I'm old.

"With the price of 'smartphones' now, you can get a cheap china-sourced device that is about as small, and has all the communications you need AND even has a built in touchscreen."

The Nazis behind the moon ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034314/ ) even use it to fly their spaceships while the shuttle used one which was 0.005 percent as powerful as an Xbox 360.

"Six weeks after Hollywood lost a landmark internet piracy case in Australia, it appears the film studios have gone cold on the idea of helping develop legal avenues to access copyrighted content as a way to combat piracy. Instead, they've produced research to show people will continue pirating even if there are legitimate content sources available.

That's not strictly trie, I downloaded AVATAR and was so impressed I then went to see it at a Cinema ...

Speaking of Adm Sandler... A.W.E.S.O.M-O quotes ( link to that southpark episode )

Producer: Watch this. A.W.E.S.O.M-O, given the current trends of the movie going public, can you come up with an idea for a movie that will break $100 million box office?
A.W.E.S.O.M.-O: [Cartman]Um... Okay, how about this: Adam Sandler is like in love with some girl. But it turns out that the girl is actually a golden retriever or something.
Mitch: Oh! Perfect!
Executive: We'll call it "Puppy Love".
Mitch: Give us another movie idea, A.W.E.S.O.M.-O.
A.W.E.S.O.M.-O: Um... How about this: Adam Sandler inherits like, a billion dollars, but first he has to become a boxer or something.
Mitch: "Punch Drunk Billionaire".
......
A.W.E.S.O.M.-O: Movie idea #2,305: Adam Sandler is trapped on a deserted island and falls in love with a coconut.
Producer: Great. Great, A.W.E.S.O.M.-O. Uh, guys, take a break. I need a minute alone with A.W.E.S.O.M.-O.
Executive: Okay.
Producer: You are an incredible robot, A.W.E.S.O.M.-O. I was just wondering, are you by chance a *pleasure* model?
A.W.E.S.O.M.-O: What?
Producer: Have you been programmed to satisfy urges of humans?
A.W.E.S.O.M.-O: A.W.E.S.O.M.-O does not understand.
Producer: Let me show you what I mean.
Butters: [on the phone] Yeah, we're having a great time, Aunt Nellie. The movie studio guys are real nice.
A.W.E.S.O.M.-O: Lame!
[bursts out of the board room, followed by a pants-less Producer]
A.W.E.S.O.M.-O: Not cool! Total lame!

No. Definitely no. There are works which only shine in translation. A notable example would be the TV series The Persuaders!, which was o.k. in the original English, but hilariously great in the dubbed German version.

Which brings up a interesting question: can a cyberwar escalate to a real war? If so, what would provoke that transition?

Launch of nuclear weapons? See Colossus: The Forbin Project http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064177/, Wargames http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086567/, and others.

Realistically speaking, any action that results in death or large scale destruction will result in real war.

Which brings up a interesting question: can a cyberwar escalate to a real war? If so, what would provoke that transition?

Launch of nuclear weapons? See Colossus: The Forbin Project http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064177/, Wargames http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086567/, and others.

Realistically speaking, any action that results in death or large scale destruction will result in real war.

"the only desktop Unix to date done right" -- Consider the following: Opinion = Asshole.

(Presumably referring to "opinions are like assholes - everybody's got one"; I sincerely doubt I'm the only person to add "and many of them are full of shit". BTW, are there any citations of that line prior to its use by Insp. Harry Callahan?)

Battlefield Earth

*shudder*

Watch the movie Idiocracy

If you can tolerate 5 minutes of that movie, you've already joined the party.

Maybe we ARE doing too much to protect weak genes in the pool....that might have weeded themselves out in the past....and allowing them to continue to proliferate?

Watch the movie Idiocracy. It's coming, and I don't know if there's anything we can do about it. I'll paraphrase something that I once read (can't come up with a cite, sorry): "I say we take the safety labels off of everything and let nature work itself out."

It's already here man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz12kGOZ-mw

Enhance you calm, Afecks.

And also, you should give credits where due: Demolition Man

jigJag

Indeed. Was watching Dr. Phil this morning, there were two quite pretty young girls. One just had a baby with an overweight punk 18 y.o. During the course of the pregnancy they had a few fights (as expected from having knocked up your now 16 y.o. girlfriend). So he started dating her best friend. Knocked her up too. He's overweight, greasy looking, not very bright (but actually -did- graduate from high school), no job, no prospects right now, no vehicle to get to a job.

Yet two girls apparently found him attractive enough to procreate with... it boggles the mind.

Idiocracy FTMFW.

Maybe we ARE doing too much to protect weak genes in the pool....that might have weeded themselves out in the past....and allowing them to continue to proliferate?

Watch the movie Idiocracy. It's coming, and I don't know if there's anything we can do about it. I'll paraphrase something that I once read (can't come up with a cite, sorry): "I say we take the safety labels off of everything and let nature work itself out."

Higherlander 2?

That's kid stuff.

Here's a list to keep you awake at night:
- Event Horizon
- Battlefield Earth

Anyone else has something to add to that list?

Higherlander 2?

That's kid stuff.

Here's a list to keep you awake at night:
- Event Horizon
- Battlefield Earth

Anyone else has something to add to that list?

Sorry, didn't think anyone would want know that much. Yes it was Watchbird. Here's another link:

IMDB

Ender's Game: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731141/
Neuromancer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1037220/

Unfortunately they take so long to get approved I am afraid the stories will be a bit dated.
There are more in the works that might be along the lines of decent Sci-Fi, but just remember, they did base I-Robot on Asimov, even if it wasn't a direct translation of a book.

Ender's Game: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731141/
Neuromancer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1037220/

Unfortunately they take so long to get approved I am afraid the stories will be a bit dated.
There are more in the works that might be along the lines of decent Sci-Fi, but just remember, they did base I-Robot on Asimov, even if it wasn't a direct translation of a book.