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  1. Re:Tron Redux by ShaniaTwain · · Score: 1 · on Disney Plans Tron Remake

    nope - here it is:

    http://www.thezreview.co.uk/comingsoon/t/tron2.sht m

    they had a script in 2003, Jeff Bridges was slated to be in it. then disney said it was happening no more. Then it came back with more scripts: http://www.countingdown.com/movies/291442/news?ite m_id=3464520

    this is probably an extension of the same project.

  2. Re:Wow by dipipanone · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on DaimlerChrysler/SCO Case Winds Down

    That's a perfect cue for that predictable boneheaded poster to chime in about how we'd *all* be speaking German over here if it wasn't for your brave GI's back in WWII.

  3. Re:The "Mars" Series by Robinson if you like this by AndroidCat · · Score: 2, Interesting · on What To Wear On Mars

    And if you've never read it, Heinlein's Have Spacesuit, Will Travel would be a good matching read for this. (It's in audio too, but I fear the eventual movie.)

  4. Re:A great day for fantasy by Gldm · · Score: 1 · on Lord Of The Rings - Oscars, We Loves Them
    Oh yes, three quality, high grossing movies, followed by a torrent of sewage. By this time next year, we'll be watching Gauntlet: The Movie.

    Maybe not quite Gauntlet, but close enough.

  5. Ha, most unbelievable point about the Hulk. by Oscar_Wilde · · Score: 1 · on Sci-Fi Movies and 'Bad Science'

    I think the most unbelievable thing about the Hulk is that it stars Eric Banner...

    I guess that most non-australians never saw Chopper or his talk show.

  6. Re:Biological counterpart? by the+bluebrain · · Score: 0 · on Curious Yellow, Superworm

    OK, so I'm not acquainted with the "Dead" trilogy either, but there are plentiful reviews out there. And it seems that this oevre is missing the salient point as well.

    Regular computer viri have been known to infect a system and turn it into a "zombie", at the beck and call of some originator. A regular zombie or vampire movie may describe a similar behaviour: people are "infected" or killed (computer: DOSed); if they are infected they go on to infect and kill in turn.
    So far, so good. Now, the computer virus described in this article goes a step further: it attempts to infect a system. If it is successful, the system is turned into a "zombie". If it is _not_ successful, it keeps the particular system it was unable to affect in mind, and flags it as a top-level target for dossing, putting it above all other DOS targets in importance (to the degree of ignoring all other targets).

    So: this virus attacks primarily or exclusively targets it was unable to infect.

    What zombie or vampire movie or book describes a similar behaviour? Any?

    Hint: standard-issue zombie movie, with the additions:
    - not all live persons can be turned into zombies. Some are immune.
    - if a person cannot be turned into a zombie, the attacking zombie, and all zombies with which the attacker is in contact, do their best to kill the immune person. This may happen with a time-lapse: the attcking zombie keeps a mental list of all immune persons, and shares this list with its compadres, staging a larger attack specifically on the immune persons at a later time.

    This does not ring a bell, for me at least. Anyone?