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What does the shuttle 'imaging' team have to show us?

Images of the shuttle.

If JFK had the balls to make that call, and the governers of this country respect him, why have we not been back there?

If only someone whould have written the reasons down. We could call it history and stored those historical documents historical documents into places we could call libraries perhaps located in a complex called a university and people could come to look at them and learn why decisions were made.

It needs to be preserved, and expanded. Expansion is not possible while people are still fighting over things as trivial as religion, philosophy, and wealth. All three are fairly relative when you consider survival, are they not?

Sorry, I'd love to answer but after college I try to not get high before 8 AM.

"you can't negotiate with gravity" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430357/board/nest/170444171

It's not just products...I thought the many movie reviews from IMDB on a movie were fake...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0490668/

How wrong I was....My eyes have been opened.

Dreamworks & co. are way ahead of you..... Real Steal (2011) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433035/ Starring Hugh Jackman as a down and out boxer who's only hope for glory is a boxing robot and his surprise illegitimate son..... *cringe*

If the data is out and can't be contained, discredit the source. Call it fabrication, call it a disgruntled ex-employee, make the one spreading the information appear like a lunatic or someone who wants to hurt Uncle Sam (or whoever is the target), under no circumstances even talk about the information leaked, just assassinate the character of the person spreading the information.

It reminds me of the Michael Moore films, in particular the Bush one: the critics kept complaining about what a fat slob he was, about how his movie was biased because he was a commie, how his sources wern't identified, etc, but never did they comment the facts shown in the move. I did find this astounding at the time.

So the question is, did they take all the good genes from the two fathers but somehow accidentally a smaller less perfect twin was produced and.... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096320/ (for those that don't get the reference, jokes are always best if they need to be explained) - Christopher

Of course you have to reference the movie Looker as probably the first concept of how one might do this in a commercially successful manner.

Then there is the question how much more work it would have been if there were no actors in Avatar? Or Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow? No sets, so how far is it really to have no actors?

The video mashup has been done already, notably with Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid.

The movie Looker dealt with the moral issues of digitizing actors even back in 1981. And it also had a naked Susan Dey (back when that was actually something you WANTED to see) and that cool gun.

The film Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow featured Laurence Olivier, 15 years after his real life death, in the role of the villain, Dr. Totenkopf, using previously recorded archival footage.

The film Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow featured Laurence Olivier, 15 years after his real life death, in the role of the villain, Dr. Totenkopf, using previously recorded archival footage.

Well maybe, but it's been done before with Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid and Zelig not to mention Fred Astaire's posthumous commercial for the Dirt Devil (at 3m02s).
It'd be interesting to see the end product but I'm certain it will cause nothing for grief for various estates despite any good intentions.

Well maybe, but it's been done before with Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid and Zelig not to mention Fred Astaire's posthumous commercial for the Dirt Devil (at 3m02s).
It'd be interesting to see the end product but I'm certain it will cause nothing for grief for various estates despite any good intentions.

Thank goodness no one has invented a device or program by which we can modify images or video to make it look like you've done something wrong.
Imagine if they could crop a photo to make it look like you've done something wrong, like maybe make it look likeyou're having an affair with an under aged girl. I'm glad we'll be quite safe until someone invents deception.

Thank goodness no one has invented a device or program by which we can modify images or video to make it look like you've done something wrong.
Imagine if they could crop a photo to make it look like you've done something wrong, like maybe make it look likeyou're having an affair with an under aged girl. I'm glad we'll be quite safe until someone invents deception.

Since when do we arrest people for doing things that are almost illegal?

See thoughtcrime and Minority Report.

They have a lot more latitude nowadays to lock you up for "suspicion" of crimes, so you don't need to do anything. Now that the supposed "Western" governments who were supposed to believe in liberty and freedom have gotten used it it, it will only get worse.

Soon, I expect it to be a crime to criticize governmental policy under the crime of sedition.

Jack Sparrow: I thought you were supposed to keep to the code.
Mr. Gibbs: We figured they were more actual guidelines.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325980/quotes

I'm sure you already know this, but...

Yojimbo (1961)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055630/

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058461/

Last Man Standing (I) (1996)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116830/

And while we're on the topic, Sanjuro is also a great flick. "It is a sequel to Kurosawa's previous film Yojimbo, with Mifune reprising his role as a wandering ronin."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056443/

I'm sure you already know this, but...

Yojimbo (1961)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055630/

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058461/

Last Man Standing (I) (1996)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116830/

And while we're on the topic, Sanjuro is also a great flick. "It is a sequel to Kurosawa's previous film Yojimbo, with Mifune reprising his role as a wandering ronin."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056443/

I'm sure you already know this, but...

Yojimbo (1961)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055630/

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058461/

Last Man Standing (I) (1996)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116830/

And while we're on the topic, Sanjuro is also a great flick. "It is a sequel to Kurosawa's previous film Yojimbo, with Mifune reprising his role as a wandering ronin."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056443/

I'm sure you already know this, but...

Yojimbo (1961)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055630/

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058461/

Last Man Standing (I) (1996)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116830/

And while we're on the topic, Sanjuro is also a great flick. "It is a sequel to Kurosawa's previous film Yojimbo, with Mifune reprising his role as a wandering ronin."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056443/

Ya, Kurosawa is a pretty bad hack, it's true. Check out The Hidden Fortress, it's practically a scene-for-scene rip off of the first Star Wars.

Everytime time thinking about the winter war gives me schills.

Always reading about the events shows mostly tactical & strategic superior planning by finns, along with "pure willpower" what we call "Sisu", just pushing through and keep pushing until there's nothing to give anymore despite no matter how hard you try.

We were vastly overwhelmed in numbers and supplies.

Now i think it's time to watch again "Winter war", http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098437/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780622/

This includes a malfunctioning agricultural robot.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088024/

As in the phenomenal movie The Man From Earth.

The reason why permanent storage facilities do not exist is only because politicians have never agreed on where those facilities should be located and how they would be constructed. each time some proposal comes up it's immediately shot down by the anti-nuclear lobby.

Although you're right that no permanent waste repositories have yet been completed, one is currently being built. The Onkalo waste repository is being consturcted right here in Finland, and its one of those things that I'm especially proud as a Finn. Granted it is relatively small (designed to contain only all of our nuclear waste, and we're a small country by any comparison) but still, it's a project that gives a lot of important information and shows that permanent waste disposal sites are possible. The location should be choosen carefully, but that's a decission in which people should trust geologists and other scienticst more than politicians.

For those fellow /.'ers that are interested about these kinds of thigs: there's an interesting documentary about Onkalo (which is finnish for "a pit/cave") - and the challenges of selecting and building such a repository - called Into eternity directed by the danish director Michael Madsen. While I might not agree with everything that's said in the film, it's a documentary with exceptional cinematography and it perfectly illustrates how much time, effort and planning has to be put into projects this big.

Sadly... this isn't the first. These sorts of parks have even been lampooned in Bill Maher's Religulous.

Really, how so?

Um, this?

In case you don't get it Predator . This video is not about doing the greatest CG. It's kind of obvious that the distortion was on purpose.

The bankers financing the production and marketing of "The Dark Knight Rises" expect a solid return from their $250-$500 million dollar investment.

So did the bankers who financed Ishtar and Knight and Day, both of which were almost certainly pitched as the best movie ever...guaranteed blockbusters with top box office stars.

Nobody has a "right" to make money. Like every investment, you pays your money and you takes your chances.

They get "Tangled."

Which was likely pitched pretty much the same as something like The Last Airbender: guaranteed box office from kids who watch Disney/Nickelodeon/whatever. Remember that every movie is supposed to be either the next Harry Potter (big budget franchise that might hit the top 10 all time) or My Big Fat Greek Wedding (small budget movie that takes the world by storm).

All that said, when X-Men Origins: Wolverine leaked to the Internet before it was released to the theaters, the movie still made money, despite being not very good. There is a great deal of evidence (both anecdotal and serious studies, like the GAO) that show that unauthorized copying has almost no effect on product sales.

The bankers financing the production and marketing of "The Dark Knight Rises" expect a solid return from their $250-$500 million dollar investment.

So did the bankers who financed Ishtar and Knight and Day, both of which were almost certainly pitched as the best movie ever...guaranteed blockbusters with top box office stars.

Nobody has a "right" to make money. Like every investment, you pays your money and you takes your chances.

They get "Tangled."

Which was likely pitched pretty much the same as something like The Last Airbender: guaranteed box office from kids who watch Disney/Nickelodeon/whatever. Remember that every movie is supposed to be either the next Harry Potter (big budget franchise that might hit the top 10 all time) or My Big Fat Greek Wedding (small budget movie that takes the world by storm).

All that said, when X-Men Origins: Wolverine leaked to the Internet before it was released to the theaters, the movie still made money, despite being not very good. There is a great deal of evidence (both anecdotal and serious studies, like the GAO) that show that unauthorized copying has almost no effect on product sales.

The bankers financing the production and marketing of "The Dark Knight Rises" expect a solid return from their $250-$500 million dollar investment.

So did the bankers who financed Ishtar and Knight and Day, both of which were almost certainly pitched as the best movie ever...guaranteed blockbusters with top box office stars.

Nobody has a "right" to make money. Like every investment, you pays your money and you takes your chances.

They get "Tangled."

Which was likely pitched pretty much the same as something like The Last Airbender: guaranteed box office from kids who watch Disney/Nickelodeon/whatever. Remember that every movie is supposed to be either the next Harry Potter (big budget franchise that might hit the top 10 all time) or My Big Fat Greek Wedding (small budget movie that takes the world by storm).

All that said, when X-Men Origins: Wolverine leaked to the Internet before it was released to the theaters, the movie still made money, despite being not very good. There is a great deal of evidence (both anecdotal and serious studies, like the GAO) that show that unauthorized copying has almost no effect on product sales.

The bankers financing the production and marketing of "The Dark Knight Rises" expect a solid return from their $250-$500 million dollar investment.

So did the bankers who financed Ishtar and Knight and Day, both of which were almost certainly pitched as the best movie ever...guaranteed blockbusters with top box office stars.

Nobody has a "right" to make money. Like every investment, you pays your money and you takes your chances.

They get "Tangled."

Which was likely pitched pretty much the same as something like The Last Airbender: guaranteed box office from kids who watch Disney/Nickelodeon/whatever. Remember that every movie is supposed to be either the next Harry Potter (big budget franchise that might hit the top 10 all time) or My Big Fat Greek Wedding (small budget movie that takes the world by storm).

All that said, when X-Men Origins: Wolverine leaked to the Internet before it was released to the theaters, the movie still made money, despite being not very good. There is a great deal of evidence (both anecdotal and serious studies, like the GAO) that show that unauthorized copying has almost no effect on product sales.

The bankers financing the production and marketing of "The Dark Knight Rises" expect a solid return from their $250-$500 million dollar investment.

So did the bankers who financed Ishtar and Knight and Day, both of which were almost certainly pitched as the best movie ever...guaranteed blockbusters with top box office stars.

Nobody has a "right" to make money. Like every investment, you pays your money and you takes your chances.

They get "Tangled."

Which was likely pitched pretty much the same as something like The Last Airbender: guaranteed box office from kids who watch Disney/Nickelodeon/whatever. Remember that every movie is supposed to be either the next Harry Potter (big budget franchise that might hit the top 10 all time) or My Big Fat Greek Wedding (small budget movie that takes the world by storm).

All that said, when X-Men Origins: Wolverine leaked to the Internet before it was released to the theaters, the movie still made money, despite being not very good. There is a great deal of evidence (both anecdotal and serious studies, like the GAO) that show that unauthorized copying has almost no effect on product sales.

Sigh. I'm going to assume from your comments that you haven't seen the movie.

The context in the movie is that a military officer is offering excuses for giving the order -- an illegal order -- that resulted in the death of a soldier under his command. Exactly as you suggest, the speech sounds impressive but the rationale is deeply, deeply wrong. If you know the context, the point the original post is making by twisting that movie quote a little is pretty insightful.

This is the dumbest propaganda since Bristol crashed Dancing With The Stars.

Dont let the source of the quote get in the way of your frothing sentiments.

Wow. Did you ever fall asleep on the floor and get covered in Sharpie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104257/quotes?qt0470412

"What a crock of shit. This is the sort of pretentious pseudo-patriotic rubbish that has supported dictatorial regimes since time immemorial. You either watched far too many hollywood action movies, believed the drivel you were fed at boot camp, or both."

Um, yeah. Coincidentally, it is a permutation of a quote from a Hollywood movie that deals with such themes.

So this is where Drillbit Taylor comes from!

Drillbit Taylor movie info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0817538/

back in the '60, when The Penguin bought a surplus nuke sub?

If anyone has not seen Life of Brian, please do. It is Monty Python's best.

The US release was, in fact, November 2009.

However it was released in April 2009 first. Did they make a new version for the US?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400426/releaseinfo

If that trick worked you could extend your copyright for 10-20 years extra. But just holding off publishing in some countries.

Date of first publishing is usually when the clock starts ticking. Doesnt matter much where.

For example many Elvis albums are public domain in Europe. However they are still under copyright here in the united states. But that is only due to the differences in copyright laws between the countries. The date it was first published still holds sway over it all.

Well, why don't you spend $100 million to make a movie

Why the fuck do you need $100 million to make a movie???

Inbefore the obligatory quote from Terry Gilliam's prophetic movie masterpiece Brazil with the mistake between 'Buttle' and 'Tuttle', and the ensuing pandemonium.

Slight "Woosh!" to you too. As much as I hate to admit it, I know this reference and it's from The Last Action Hero. Oh Arnold, why hast thou forsaken us?!

Relevant to your argument http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119528/

But I will always remember you most for your portrayal of Commander J.J. Adams in Forbidden Planet. You and Robbie rocked!

He also directed the understated and underrated (IMO) Never Say Never Again.

1956 actually. :)