― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Friday, 12 January 2007 16:41 (seventeen years ago) link
Let's not go fucking with the classics. I don't remember 1982 OR 1985 very well, but it seems that both of those movies do an amazing job of retrofitting the future (if you will). Maybe that's for another thread.
― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Friday, 12 January 2007 16:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 12 January 2007 16:42 (seventeen years ago) link
Ditto.
― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Friday, 12 January 2007 16:44 (seventeen years ago) link
I do see what you mean, in that it's a movie about having a future beyond yourself, however intangible. Having children is how most people do that. Maybe all people.
― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Friday, 12 January 2007 16:44 (seventeen years ago) link
TAMARRAH, TAMARRAH, I'LL GIVE BIRTH TO YA TAMARRAH,YOU'RE JUST A FLOATING BUOY AWAAAAAYY!!!!!
(sorry)
― do i have to draw you a diaphragm (Rock Hardy), Friday, 12 January 2007 16:47 (seventeen years ago) link
Yeah, I agree. What's the problem. That's exactly the sort of thing I'd expect.
But it would have been awesome if they came in this instead:
http://www.aztlan.net/oiltank.jpg
― Fleischhutliebe! like a warm, furry meatloaf (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Friday, 12 January 2007 16:52 (seventeen years ago) link
I agree with you, re: Brazil. Like CoM, Brazil is/was set in an exaggerated version of the present, enabling the film to function as fairly direct sociopolitical commentary. I think this is much less true of Blade Runner, but again, that's all kinda OT here.
― Adam Beales (Pye Poudre), Friday, 12 January 2007 16:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Friday, 12 January 2007 16:53 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.aztlan.net/ricec.jpg
― Fleischhutliebe! like a warm, furry meatloaf (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Friday, 12 January 2007 16:54 (seventeen years ago) link
Jesus, I didn't say TOMORROW was implausible; it disrupts the mood of the last scene with hamfistedness. (As for the dialogue mentions, I've either forgotten them or they were drowned out by the Murmuring Couple Near Me who wouldn't shut the fuck up.)
Brazil (aka Terry Gilliam's good movie) struck me as much more repetitive last time (also more like a futuristic 1948), certainly no classic; I like Blade Runner but not cultishly.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 12 January 2007 16:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 12 January 2007 16:57 (seventeen years ago) link
Also, I find your assertion that all people have children somewhat suspect.
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Friday, 12 January 2007 16:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Friday, 12 January 2007 16:58 (seventeen years ago) link
Mayyybe.
― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Friday, 12 January 2007 16:59 (seventeen years ago) link
ever heard of a little film called 12 monkeys?
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:00 (seventeen years ago) link
Yeah, it's the fact that I was looking for a ship named "Tomorrow" as described earlier in the movie that made the name just a little more mundane and therefore not as overstated as it would have been coming at me from out of the blue.
― Fleischhutliebe! like a warm, furry meatloaf (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:01 (seventeen years ago) link
So no thoughts on Nigel shrieking "Take your pills Alex" (or what game Alex was playing)?
xpost
little is right, cutty
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:05 (seventeen years ago) link
funny, all my favorite films are in this thread
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:06 (seventeen years ago) link
fixed
― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:06 (seventeen years ago) link
What's to say really? Shiny happy veneer cracks momentarily on an aristocrat, reveals maggots underneath, film at 11.
― do i have to draw you a diaphragm (Rock Hardy), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:11 (seventeen years ago) link
The birth scene was what, 3 minutes long? Using an animatronic baby does not excuse that, and the lack of mess.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:18 (seventeen years ago) link
the name of the boat didn't make me cringe that way but calling the kid(s) "Dylan" sort of did
Bob will save us all!
― dmr (Renard), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:26 (seventeen years ago) link
God you're a pretentious prick.
― there to preserve disorder (kenan), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Fleischhutliebe! like a warm, furry meatloaf (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:33 (seventeen years ago) link
grid wars 2
http://www.universo-nintendo.com/files/Imagenes/Grid_Wars2.jpg
― max (maxreax), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:44 (seventeen years ago) link
Ha: so if you do a spectral analysis of the rest of the film, you think that one frequency will be stripped out?
The game being played was giving me hardcore flashbacks to playing Hyperframe. (Which, incidentally, rules.)
― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:45 (seventeen years ago) link
that would be pretty awesome.
― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― dmr (Renard), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Friday, 12 January 2007 18:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 12 January 2007 18:05 (seventeen years ago) link
xp - I loved the Cod/'English Fish' line.
― milo z (mlp), Friday, 12 January 2007 18:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Friday, 12 January 2007 18:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― milo z (mlp), Friday, 12 January 2007 18:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 12 January 2007 18:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Friday, 12 January 2007 18:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Friday, 12 January 2007 18:35 (seventeen years ago) link
There's a very good thread here (that I can't find at the moment) that gets into the 1982 sociology of Blade Runner (urban anxiety, white flight, fear of Asian economic immigration)
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Friday, 12 January 2007 18:37 (seventeen years ago) link
Right, right, duration and pretense being inextricably tied and all.
― do i have to draw you a diaphragm (Rock Hardy), Friday, 12 January 2007 18:39 (seventeen years ago) link
In another day or so I might check this out http://www.thehumanprojectlives.org/indexnew.php
But... I usually hate things like it. With the exception of those 'Lost' videos and a few peeks at the message boards for the Wire I think I've never participated in such folly.
Ohhhhh man they want me to redeem "credits" for like a photo of myself and a ticket stub? Sorry.
― Michael J McGonigal (mike mcgonigal), Saturday, 13 January 2007 06:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Saturday, 13 January 2007 10:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael J McGonigal (mike mcgonigal), Saturday, 13 January 2007 11:17 (seventeen years ago) link
--couple of good joeks in unexpected places
--vibe and look kinda reminded me of 28 Days Later
--great kitten
― Jordan (Jordan), Saturday, 13 January 2007 18:34 (seventeen years ago) link