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offline lupus yonderboy from 1970. (United Kingdom) on 2009-07-27 16:14 [#02310254]
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see it before it gets overhyped. very good sci fi. a rarity.


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2009-07-27 16:16 [#02310255]
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Been waiting for this. Will go and watch at the weekend.
Thanks.


 

offline lupus yonderboy from 1970. (United Kingdom) on 2009-07-27 16:36 [#02310261]
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i'd avoid reading a peep about it but if you like 70's scifi
you'll be stoked.


 

offline Phresch from fucking Trondheim (Norway) on 2009-07-27 16:38 [#02310262]
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yeah, read about it. looks really promising! love brainy
sci-fi flicks


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2009-07-27 16:42 [#02310264]
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i really want to see this, but there isn't a cinema near me
that's showing it.

the only places i can easily get to are Manchester or
Birmingham. and i'm not spending a fortune getting there
just to watch it at the cinema. gonna have to wait until
it's released :(


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2009-07-27 16:43 [#02310266]
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I have been avoiding reading about it as its been years
since ive gone in to a Sci-Fi film completely clean. Only
got the trailer to go on. It's a refreshing feeling, like
living in the age before the internet ruined every surprise
ever.

I adore old sci-fi. Just got femdeksical in to Planet of the
Apes the other night. We're working our way through them
now.


 

offline MetallicaDude from the stazhole on 2009-07-27 16:45 [#02310270]
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how big does the earth look from the moon. about 4 times as
the moon looks on earth?


 

offline Guybrush from the white room on 2009-07-27 16:45 [#02310272]
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Did the box art not ruin it?


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2009-07-27 16:50 [#02310279]
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She didn't look at the box. She wouldn't have watched it in
the first place if I had told her what film it was going to
be. Once it was on she couldn't be arsed to protest and
ended up loving it.


 

offline elusive from detroit (United States) on 2009-07-27 16:53 [#02310281]
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good
surprised the plot / twist wasn't spoiled before i saw it

i felt it could have been two parts; it seemed like they
were cramming in a lot of plot/development and were running
out of time.

why/how was gravity normal (earth-normalized) inside the
base?


 

offline lupus yonderboy from 1970. (United Kingdom) on 2009-07-27 17:09 [#02310285]
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i bought the andromeda strain too the other day to celebrate
swine flu. not watched it in years. . .

-why/how was gravity normal (earth-normalized) inside the
base?

not really one of the pressing questions i had when i left
the cinema=] but best not get into discussion about any of
it since hardly anyones seen it yet.


 

offline freqy on 2009-07-27 17:23 [#02310290]
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metalicadude doesnt the earth atmosphere alter the
perceived size of the moon ...so instead the earth looks
quite small from the moon as their is no atmos? or is it
all the otehr way around/?>


 

offline pulseclock from Downtown 81 on 2009-07-27 17:52 [#02310299]
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on the moon, the earth would look like what the sun looks
like from earth i bet


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2009-07-27 17:55 [#02310301]
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apparently you can see the moon from the great wall of china


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2009-07-27 17:55 [#02310302]
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oh thats a GREAT film


 

offline morguean from Calgary (Canada) on 2009-07-28 00:04 [#02310333]
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agreed! Soooooo tasteful


 

offline AphexAcid from Sweden on 2009-07-30 13:03 [#02310849]
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trailer looks nice.


 

offline christ deburger from helmans pr0vince (Afghanistan) on 2009-07-30 13:33 [#02310850]
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i think GERTY must have some reference to this guy
Christopher Gerty
Constellation Program Aerospace Engineer NASA
Assignment:
"I will be the Mission Specialist #3 during the NEEMO 13
mission. My job is to be a liaison for the Constellation
Program to see how living and working in an underwater
habitat can help us learn how to live and work on the moon
and Mars".
(link doesnt seem to work directly to nasa biopage)
i reckon he may have had something to do with the
development of this film



 

offline J198 from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2009-07-30 13:41 [#02310852]
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good grief.. i expected a somewhat less revealing trailer.

it looks heavily inspired by 2001 and solaris, obviously,
and i can't help but thinking of sam rockwell as a comedy
actor, his most notable performance no doubt being his part
in THHGTTG.

nevertheless really excited about this one! looks fucking
great.


 

offline MetallicaDude from the stazhole on 2009-07-30 13:55 [#02310856]
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THHGTTGGGHHHHTHTHHTHGGGGHHTTHTTHHHHGGGGGHHHH


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2009-07-30 14:11 [#02310859]
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Watch Joshua, He's great in that.


 

offline MutterMenace from Groton (United States) on 2009-07-30 14:13 [#02310860]
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Pretty shweet


 

offline J198 from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2009-07-30 14:27 [#02310862]
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i will. thanks for the recommendation.



 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2009-07-30 15:07 [#02310867]
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Everyone seems surprised that it only cost five million to
make. It's just a big lump of cheese.


 

offline Brisk from selling smack at the orphanage on 2009-07-30 16:05 [#02310878]
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nah, they just hired the original set from 1969, silly.


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2009-07-30 16:08 [#02310879]
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The cros that is sposed to be on the CARMERA is added
afterwards you can see wher it goes through the space suit


 

offline AphexAcid from Sweden on 2009-07-30 17:16 [#02310886]
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Haha, yes, my first reaction was: "wait, isn't that HAL ...
with a smiley?"

I get some 'Sunshine' vibes as well.

I liked sam rockwell's performance in 'the assassination of
jesse james'. it's a looong film, though.

hopefully we'll see some good stuff soon. i believe the film
I've enjoyed the most this year's 'the international'. it's
got its fair share of ranting, but I really enjoyed it.

and I'm a 99 % sure that 'surrogates' will be a blockbuster,
and I'll probably see it whenever it reaches sweden, even
though we're all familiar with the themes. i mean, it's
obvious, just look at the trailer.


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2009-11-03 09:19 [#02341991]
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Disctrict 9 was more down to earth but good movie none the
less.


 

offline Pope Benedict from Vatican City (Italy) on 2009-11-03 10:17 [#02342009]
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I hate Clint Mansell


 

offline 7Pd from britney's upskirt vagina on 2009-11-03 11:08 [#02342031]
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you're obsessed with clint mansell


 

offline larn from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-11-03 11:42 [#02342039]
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dunno about this film hmmm


 

offline Terence Hill from Germany on 2009-11-03 12:41 [#02342053]
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this.


 

offline Barcode from United Kingdom on 2009-11-03 15:40 [#02342088]
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The film is average. It just seems good because everything
else around is shit. Solaris was miles better. Liked the
moon shots though, very effective.


 

offline Mr Brazil from Oh Joan, I love you so... on 2009-11-03 15:54 [#02342091]
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That's about what I thought also. District 9 and Moon where
good movies but not groundbreaking. They only seem
groundbreaking because everything else is mediocre in
science fiction movies. In fact, District 9 almost evolved
into another action movie in the guise of a science fiction
movie which really makes it sci-fi.


 

offline rudster from the glasgow on 2009-11-03 15:55 [#02342092]
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solaris was much better, i agree

moon was ok, not as good as it was made out to be


 

offline Terence Hill from Germany on 2009-11-03 16:01 [#02342093]
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are there any decent science fiction films past.. say...
Jurassic Park?


 

offline apextinss from New York (United States) on 2009-11-03 16:12 [#02342095]
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Moon was the result of someone watching Solaris (Solyaris)
and 2001, combining them, stripping them of any real
intellectual value and then hiring a writer to produce a
poorly written script that reveals the entire story within
30 minutes.

Add some hacky CGI sequences and VOILA! You have Moon...
but dont worry, you'll still get rave reviews simly based on
the fact that you made the movie with under 5 million
dollars which is supposed to be incredibly impressive.


 

offline rudster from the glasgow on 2009-11-03 16:16 [#02342096]
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good point about the big reveal within 30 mins


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2009-11-03 16:23 [#02342098]
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it starts falling apart when the clone argument is
introduced in the story imho, from that moment the actor
acts both the performances like he knew he wasn't being
credible.


 

offline Barcode from United Kingdom on 2009-11-03 17:28 [#02342109]
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Didn't like District 8 either. Every sci-fi or action film
is like every other sci-fi or action film. CGI replaces
stories, and it's so expensive they can't afford actors that
can bring credibility to the roles. I say, go back to paying
actors and drop the CGI. There's no substitute for human
emotion. Transformers proved how CGI becomes utterly
meaningless and pointless and not even enjoyable when the
script is dogshit and the acting not much better.


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2009-11-03 18:39 [#02342112]
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I disagree with the last few comments, as I thought this
film was fantastic.

It's premise created one of the saddest films I've seen in a
long time. With the idea that this man, who believed himself
to be a real person with a history, is actually a clone in
place quite early on in the film we're given time to view
how he comes to terms his new found non-existence.

The setting, special effects etc. all serve as a function
for putting a man in a room to have a conversation with
himself about the meaning of his pitiful existence. I
thoroughly enjoyed the differences in personality between
the two Sam's and how the one who had spent three years
longing and waiting to go back to his 'family' reacted
differently to the 'newborn'. Rockwell was great for me.

I could write a whole lot more but I think I'm coming across
as a bit of a gobshite.


 

offline apextinss from New York (United States) on 2009-11-03 19:04 [#02342113]
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Rockwell did have a great performance.
A big problem I had was the way the Clones interacted with
each other after discovering each other. It was completely
unrealistic, especially considering they were supposed to
think they were human. Theyre response to a moment that is
meant to be completely and utterly shocking was totally
unhuman.


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2009-11-03 19:13 [#02342115]
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spot on


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2009-11-03 19:28 [#02342116]
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How would you react considering you'd been hallucinating and
building up to some kind of nervous breakdown already? Even
at the end, with the 'original' Sam back in the seat at the
point of the crash, how can we be sure that the whole
incident is even real and not some massive hallucination
during his last few breaths?

I thought the whole thing worked well in this context and
that that idea, rather than the one that they were even
clones in the first place was the 'big reveal'. That the two
Sam's are such different parts of what is essentially one
personality and the nature of their conversations with one
another (discussing the purpose of the universal 'Sam'
existence) pointed, for me anyway, towards the last gasp
justification of his life.

He wanted to believe so much that somewhere there was a part
of him returning to earth with a second chance to begin life
afresh ('newborn' Sam), that somewhere there was a version
of him that had never made the foolish decision to go to the
moon (older Sam on Earth) and that somehow there was the
possibility of him living on forever, in whatever form (the
massive number of clones) rather than dying pitifully young
and by his own stupid hand without ever having the chance to
say goodbye to the ones he loved.

Or something like that.


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2009-11-03 19:47 [#02342120]
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that's way more realistic than the movie i have seen


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2009-11-03 19:48 [#02342122]
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:)


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2009-11-03 20:02 [#02342125]
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'night


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2009-11-03 20:06 [#02342126]
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Good night mo, I'm going to get in to bed and watch another
sci-fi classic... Critters 4.


 

offline IronLung from the 91fwy in soCAL (United States) on 2009-11-03 21:47 [#02342128]
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cool flick indeed


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2009-11-03 22:22 [#02342131]
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I wasn't expecting that particular twist. I thought maybe he
was dying out in the rover, hallucinating waking up in the
base. As soon as he saw the suit missing, I knew what was
going on and everything fell into place.

I like when they show you the "rescue crew" and you see
their thug faces for a moment. It was non hollywood. In
hollywood movie, someone would have said, "hey, those guys
don't look like rescuers to me. I don't like this." *ominous
music*


 


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