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Quote:Time travel? which is pretty much the central conceit of the movie.Originally Posted by CaptainFoamerang
Fight Club was sci-fi?
And what were the sci-fi elements of Twelve Monkeys again? I only saw it once and I just remember Pitt being a crazy person, can't recall a sci-fi aspect. -
She wouldn't be in a genra film? what like Antony and Cleopatra?
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Quote:Peoples problems with 300 is not so much specific events rather the leather nappies in place of the most heavily armoured soilders in the world at the time and the lack of the 700 odd archers, 500 light infantry too (I think) that where there too.Originally Posted by BrandX
o.O
300 was a comic book that stylized a period/event in history that really isn't all that well documented to the point of 100% historical accuracy.
Could it have been closer to what REALLY happened? Perhaps. Wouldn't have been the same however. -
Quote:Classic slow mo fetish. 2 minutes of film streched in the 5 minutes with over use of doing everything at half speed.Originally Posted by Innovator
They just released the the first six minutes of Sucker Punch to those who are still on the fence about watching it.
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Quote:A film about characters does need it though. You know, so that the story can progress.Originally Posted by BrandX
Some of us haven't said SUcker Punch had a bad story.
The story was simple. Simple doesn't mean bad. And while some see the connections of the imaginary to the real world, it sounds like some missed it.
If you're looking for character developement, then yes, Sucker Punch lacks that. I however, am of the opinion that not every movie needs character developement to be a good movie.
If it doesn't it's a story about immutable idiots that go through life in a daze never leaning anything. Or boring as i like to call them. -
Quote:Sounds more like he's ripping off one flew over the cookoos nest. badly.Originally Posted by Lothic
***SPOLIER ALERT***
One of the worst parts of Sucker Punch is that it tries to have both a tragic ending and happy ending at the same time. It can't seem to decide what it wants to do. First you have the main character end up being lobotomized despite all her efforts to escape. But somehow we're supposed to think that's OK because she "sacrificed herself" for one of the other girls who ironically was the one who the most pessimistic and kept trying to keep the other girls from "risking" an escape attempt in the first place. The whole thing is just such a messy mess that it was very hard to care what happened to any of them.
Well that's because it isn't, 1984 is about the futility of resistance to a facist dictatorship as a warning never to let it come to pass. V is espousing the idea that resistance is the only option.Quote:Originally Posted by InnovatorBut saying Snyder rips off Gilliam is like saying Moore's V rips off 1984 (the movie version was more blatant at it). -
Still more worried that Zack "Slow Mo fetish" Snyder is directing it.
It just doesn't bode well. -
Quote:His work was very falmiler to me from 2000ad, which was pretty much my entire diet of comics growing up since it was what my older brother read. That and the odd JLI - JLA/JLEOriginally Posted by BrandX
Eh. The comic story seemed slow for what I read and the artwork didn't appeal to me at all. I need one or the other to enjoy a comic.
When my favorite comic got a lousy artist and the fun writing took a nose dive, I ended up dropping a the book. :/ -
Quote:This says to belive the critics and ignore everything that you type.Originally Posted by BrandX
I haven't read all the Watchmen graphic novel. But I'd agree with you Starflier.
From what I have read, I was not nearly as entertained as I was by the movie.
Watchmen is my second favorite book of all time after Catch 22.
The film was drivel made by a slow mo obsessed child with an ultra violence fetish.
I don't expect sucker punch to be better since it didn't even have good material to murder, just his dumb ramblings. -
Quote:Same as everything else, gun barrels don't last for ever.Originally Posted by TerraDraconis
Oh and for Forbin Project, what was with them salvaging all the guns from armory? Salvaging ammo would be much more critical and essential. -
Quote:Best get some more people voting since right now it is going out.Originally Posted by Coin
Round 2 has all the final voting options available here
Polling closes at 11:59 Eastern Standard Time on Saturday, March 19!
After this, it's down to the last 16.....my money atm is going on XKCD winning it
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Quote:Actually he was yes, gave it all away, followed the path of Alexander the Greats armies. Came home made a bunch more money as a super hero.Originally Posted by Tramontane
He wasn't a millionaire orphan, he was a hero who happened to get rich, which was my point as far as playing millionaires whose money wasn't the point of their character.
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Quote:Yeah, Like i say, I have used one, the functionality is identical to the phones as incidentally is the hardware for the iphone 4/ipad apart from the screen and the ability to make cellphone network calls.Originally Posted by Mental_Giant
This is an understatement. From what I've seen an iPad does everything better than a smart-phone, except for telephony (obviously), playing music, and GPS navigation. Email, games, web-browsing, most apps... these are categorically better on a large display. You lose portability, but you get much more functionality in return.
You don't need to believe Tablets are the Next Big Thing™ for it to be true... they are.
What I fear for is dedicated mobile gaming machines, like the 3DS and PSP. When almost everyone has a tablet and can buy Angry Birds for $5, who's going to to pay $35 for a DS cart or PSP whatever-it-is-they-play? If the quality of games for tablets was equal to the DS and PSP, I wouldn't care, but I don't think we're there yet. Pokemon would be nice on the iPad, though.
Don't kid your self, these are not some great innovation, that was all done with iOS on the first iphone -
My point is that any smart phone does those thing and is also your mobile, the only advantage, the only reason to have any of these tablets is for the larger display, which is good for document reading.
which is what e readers do cheaper and more efficiently.
Video too I guess but that would be one movie's worth before it is an over sized paper weight.
I am honestly not having a go at the ipad so much as the culture around tablets that says they are the next big thing. -
Quote:For a start the $199 Nook colourOriginally Posted by Coin
That wasn't the debate though, you stated it was an overpriced ereader, I asked you to show me an e-reader that can the same things as an iPad 2 for less money.
I get you don't like it, fair play to you, but at least be consistent in your arguments, dude, makes it all the better for an intelligent conversation
the reason for the iphone comparison is that the only advantage it has over an iphone is the larger screen, and if that is what you are interested in, an electronic device with a big screen to read comics on, then getting a ipad would be a spectacular waste of money.
so I come full circle, it's an over priced e reader.
You really wanting one doesn't change that. -
Quote:Having used one and not just lusted after it, yes i can say that.Originally Posted by Coin
Over those? Probably not much. It's lighter and more portable than the average laptop, and has a bigger screen than all smartphones, but for functionality, it's not that much better.
Calling it an overpriced e-reader is somewhat ridiculous though
Show me an ereader that can do all the things the ipad 2 can, for a normal ereader price, and I'll be more inclined to agree.
what "all the things" it does less than a frigging iPhone and you pay more. -
Quote:Did you find the first half of District 9 boring too?Originally Posted by Dark One
Perhaps so.
But Blade Runner was one of those movies that I struggled to sit completely through. And even then, I couldn't watch it in one sitting. I had to space it out over 3 or so nights because it was boring.
I bet you like Michel Bay's transformer movies don't you. -
Quote:That would require DADOES to be focused on one idea for more than 5 seconds to achieve said depth.Originally Posted by The_Coming_Storm
Even if that were true, Blade Runner lacked any semblance of depth in "DADOES?".
The film asks a profound question about the nature of the human experience in a subtle and involving way, the book asks your at least 5 questions and then stand there impatiently asking for the answers. -
It's an over priced E reader.
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Quote:Your mental mate, Dick couldn't write novels for toffee. the shorts are were all the best stuff of his are.Originally Posted by The_Coming_Storm
HELL NO! Blade Runner sucked in comparison to its source, DADOES?
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Quote:Given it's a Zack Schneider film there isn't a chance in hell of anything remotely that good.Originally Posted by Lothic
*MILD SPOILERS ALERT*
In a nutshell the main character is a girl who's (apparently falsely) imprisoned in a mental institution and she use her "vivid imagination" to cope/escape from reality. It's not clear from the trailers if she ACTUALLY escapes from the nuthouse or if this is all just a fantasy she creates for herself as she goes insane for real.
That's why I think it'd be cool if they handle Sucker Punch like the "Owl Creek Bridge" story I mentioned. In that story a Civil War soldier is about to be hung but somehow escapes the noose and makes a fantastically desperate attempt to get home. Turns out the entire "escape" never actually happened and the whole story was just an instantaneous "life flashing before his eyes" hallucination he experiences seconds before they hang him.
If they apply that kind of twist to this movie it'd be great. Basically she "imagines" that they all become cool ninja warrior-chicks but in reality she's just moments away from a lobotomy that's going to effectively kill her anyway. That'd be tragically cool. -
SOunds like they have been ignoring it for a while now anyway.
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Quote:The Flaming lips disagree. More to the point anything that makes a conscious decision to hurt another being is doing "evil". Choice being the important factor.Originally Posted by FloatingFatMan
Sidenote: Robots cannot, and never will, be evil.
They're either made that way (either deliberately or by mistake), or are malfunctioning! -
So some irrelevant rubbish has been replaced with some slightly different irrelevant rubbish?
What sane person would care? -
Quote:Are you going to play a game where you literally have the same face as everyone else of your characters chosen gender?Originally Posted by LegionAlpha
The first thing I know will be nip picking is "We've got seven years of content, lore, " my first words were so. The competition has what? 60 plus years of content/lore they can delve into, plus books,games, animated series etc. Overall like usual there was really nothing said that was not printed in other interviews, to me a let down.
Question tho this was brought up in the interview alot is I20, what could be so big in 20 that would knock our socks off? I get end game content that's good and all, but I the competition is offering interactive environments and no mitten hands, no travel suppression, faces that do not looked painted on.
Sorry if I seem cynical, I just want more and this game can do more, just needs the right push.
only have three heights to choose from?
no body slider controls at all?
That seems really worth it just to not have mitten hands, painted on faces and no goat legs.
The CC is severely limited in games that are not CoH.