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Upcoming Film Based On Arthur C. Clarke Story

Posted by Zonk on from the should-have-taken-the-skyhook dept.

SoyChemist writes "The Wired Science blog has production stills and a story about a side project that several Industrial Light and Magic employees have been working on. They are producing the short story Maelstrom II as an independent film. The entire thing was shot in front of a bluescreen, so all of the sets and props will be CGI. The lone actor, Chuck Marra, plays a guy that hitches a ride on an electromagnetically launched freight capsule from the moon to earth. When the nuclear reactor that powers the catapult fails, he is thrown into space, but not far enough to escape lunar gravity — leading to an Apollo 13 style rescue mission. The original story was written by Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey."

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  1. Who? by glwtta · · Score: 5, Funny

    The original story was written by Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

    Oh, that Arthur C. Clarke.

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    1. Re:Who? by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 5, Funny

      The original story was written by Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

      Oh, that Arthur C. Clarke.

      Remember, any sufficiently advanced sarcasm is indistinguishable from offtopic.
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  2. Re:Crack open that wallet, Poindexter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well I'm on Slashdot, and you're on Slashdot, so a reasonable guess might be: Linux.

  3. lol by Dunbal · · Score: 5, Funny

    The entire thing was shot in front of a bluescreen

          As if I really care which OS they used...

          oh, wait...

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    1. Re:lol by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 1, Funny

      "Offtopic". Fucking mods. That was funny. I'm offtopic.

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    2. Re:lol by Dunbal · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm used to it. It's the puppies. I get a lot less mod points since I got the sig about the puppies. I guess I'll have to bump it up to eight.

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  4. Re:This is slashdot. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah, that guy from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

    Of course we all know.

  5. Re:This is slashdot. by jandrese · · Score: 3, Funny

    If they hadn't put that bit at the end the first comment would have been something like: "Would it KILL you to tell me who you're talking about? I actually had to use Google! Slashdot sucks!"

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  6. Re:This is slashdot. by Fallingcow · · Score: 3, Funny

    That usually happens when they have a headline like, "gPySQLbird 1.0.4 released", then talk about how great it is, without ever saying what the hell it does or comparing it to some better-known, similar project or product that might give us a hint.

    Then, they have an article about a guy who almost certainly makes anyone's top-5 list of best sci-fi authors 1950-present, and they feel like they have to explain it. He's one of a handful of sci-fi authors that even non-sci-fi fans usually know.

    Weird.

  7. lone actor? by phrostie · · Score: 2, Funny

    how much dialoge can you have in a movie with only one actor?

    not much.

    can too

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  8. Graypeace will hate it by ishmalius · · Score: 2, Funny

    With modern (hyper)sensitivities, ecologists will likely decry the damage to the lunar landscape.