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Topic: Transcendence (Read 2820 times)
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Riggswolfe
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"We live in a country, where John Lennon takes six bullets in the chest, Yoko Ono was standing right next to him and not one fucking bullet! Explain that to me! Explain that to me, God! Explain it to me, God!" - Denis Leary summing up my feelings about the nature of the universe.
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Lakov_Sanite
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Seems neat if a bit....predictable?
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~a horrific, dark simulacrum that glares balefully at us, with evil intent.
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Der Helm
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it is nice to see Johnny Depp play something different than his Jack Sparrow persona.
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"I've been done enough around here..."- Signe
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schild
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This is legitimately stupid.
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HaemishM
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the Confederate flag underneath the stone in my class ring
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It started off well enough but by the end of the trailer, it was just...  |
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Pennilenko
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This is going to be a amazing as lawnmower man...am I right?
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"See? All of you are unique. And special. Like fucking snowflakes." -- Signe
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rattran
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Do Not Want. Science fantasy always seems to make crap films. Ooh computers and Ai and brain scanning = magic!
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Nevermore
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But nanites!  |
Over and out.
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Tannhauser
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I can't wait to see this!
Said no one ever.
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Ghambit
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It started off well enough but by the end of the trailer, it was just... My thoughts exactly. Took a good premise (and one that has been in quite a few good novels) and morphed it into some actiony pop horror flick. Queue digi-zombies. |
"See, the beauty of webgames is that I can play them on my phone while I'm plowing your mom." -Samwise
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Lakov_Sanite
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With a surprise twist at the end when he ascends to godhood and realizes the petty squabbles of the planet are beneath him and leaves us alone.
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~a horrific, dark simulacrum that glares balefully at us, with evil intent.
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Teleku
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I don't know, I thought the trailer was pretty good. Fun concept as always, and nice to see a big screen attempt at it. I'll agree that the second half of the trailer went in a far more extreme direction than I though the initial plot would, but that actually gives it a chance to be even better than standard human mind into a machine bullshit. As with all Hollywood sci-fi, it could be total shit that's nothing like the trailer, but for now I'm looking forward to this. As always, you assholes are way to jaded. |
"My great-grandfather did not travel across four thousand miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this nation overrun by immigrants. He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland. That's the rumor."
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Lakov_Sanite
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The last good movie depp was in was ten years ago so I can't say I'm expecting much.
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~a horrific, dark simulacrum that glares balefully at us, with evil intent.
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Ghambit
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I don't know, I thought the trailer was pretty good. Fun concept as always, and nice to see a big screen attempt at it. I'll agree that the second half of the trailer went in a far more extreme direction than I though the initial plot would, but that actually gives it a chance to be even better than standard human mind into a machine bullshit. As with all Hollywood sci-fi, it could be total shit that's nothing like the trailer, but for now I'm looking forward to this. As always, you assholes are way to jaded. The problem with most hollywood sci-fi is it's not really sci-fi; it's horror in teh futures. They have pretty splosions and scare you 'n stuff, missing the point of the story entirely. My hypothesis of late has been they do this for copyright reasons, as in the case of this movie, if they explored the standard tropes they'd easily violate quite a few IPs (like Modular Man; which is pretty much exactly the 1st half of this trailer). Dying comp. scientist puts himself into his machine, his also genius wife won't let him die, etc. I would rather explore the how's and the why's of that motif rather then just go all lol-nanite zerg. They'll pay Depp $20m to do this movie, but wont grease the novelist a few pennies, who originally came up with the idea. That's Hollywood.  |
"See, the beauty of webgames is that I can play them on my phone while I'm plowing your mom." -Samwise
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HaemishM
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If the novelist doesn't write the screenplay, he's likely to get at most about $100k out of this unless he's a big name and has sold other rights.
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rattran
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Ideas aren't copywritable, only the expression. You have an idea, great. That and $2.27 will get you a cup of coffee.
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