Are we still doing your canister tomorrow?
Are we still doing your canister tomorrow?
Originally Posted by TransNone13
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Last edited by Ghost; Mon Jul 23rd, 2012 at 03:34 PM.
Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.
~Hunter S. Thompson
The last good science fiction TV I have seen are the past 2 seasons of Doctor Who with Matt Smith as the Doctor.
You want old school scifi try Blake's 7 and Red Dwarf.
Last edited by Snowman; Mon Jul 23rd, 2012 at 03:07 PM.
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What the Fire one about?
From Amazon:
Hyperion looks sick too, gotta pick this one up:Faster-than-light travel remains impossible near Earth, deep in the galaxy's Slow Zone--but physical laws relax in the surrounding Beyond. Outside that again is the Transcend, full of unguessable, godlike "Powers." When human meddling wakes an old Power, the Blight, this spreads like a wildfire mind virus that turns whole civilizations into its unthinking tools. And the half-mythical Countermeasure, if it exists, is lost with two human children on primitive Tines World.
Serious complications follow. One paranoid alien alliance blames humanity for the Blight and launches a genocidal strike. Pham Nuwen, the man who knows about Countermeasure, escapes this ruin in the spacecraft Out of Band--heading for more violence and treachery, with 500 warships soon in hot pursuit. On his destination world, the fascinating Tines are intelligent only in combination: named "individuals" are small packs of the doglike aliens. Primitive doesn't mean stupid, and opposed Tine leaders wheedle the young castaways for information about guns and radios. Low-tech war looms, with elaborately nested betrayals and schemes to seize Out of Band if it ever arrives. The tension becomes extreme... while half the Beyond debates the issues on galactic Usenet.
Vinge's climax is suitably mindboggling. This epic combines the flash and dazzle of old-style space opera with modern, polished thoughtfulness.
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it. In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all. On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage to Hyperion seeking the answers to the unsolved riddles of their lives. Each carries a desperate hope--and a terrible secret. And one may hold the fate of humanity in his hands.
Last edited by Ghosty; Mon Jul 23rd, 2012 at 06:33 PM.
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Watching Stalker now!! It's in Russian and B/W right?
Yes that's it, 1979. Is it available on Netflix streaming? Plot sounds very interesting.
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Did this happen to be the idea behind the game Stalker?
Yep, that's it! Hope you like it.
Dunno if it was anything official, or just "inspired by"...
Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.
~Hunter S. Thompson
Bittorrent...
Almost done with the movie, hoping for some big epiphany.
I dunno about the big epiphany, I saw it more as being very similar to Apocalypse Now or Waiting for Godot, it's about the journey, the characters, their motivations and decisions more than anything mind-blowingly surprising, I guess...
Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.
~Hunter S. Thompson
Waiting for Godot? Any good? It's not bad. This movie reminds me of a Russian literature, yeah that makes sense. But really, like Crime and Punishment, it's about character development and philosophy.
Yep, that's really an accurate analogy, it's a lot like Russian Lit.
Never saw Godot in film, only on stage in college and had read it in high school. If you find a good film version lmk.
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is similar to Godot, and set as being told from the background characters of Hamlet.
Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.
~Hunter S. Thompson
Last edited by TransNone13; Mon Jul 23rd, 2012 at 09:30 PM.
Guess I'll find out if it's good.
Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.
~Hunter S. Thompson
This movie was dumb as shit. Glad I waited until it came out on rental but pissed off I wasted two hours. Fail!
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Im checking it out too.
I also like Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Love MST3K, and they do Riff Tracks now, since copyright keeps them from doing MST3K on more recent movies.Im checking it out too.
I also like Mystery Science Theater 3000.
I just started up Metropia on NF, friend recommended it. Dystopian future, unique/odd animation style...
Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.
~Hunter S. Thompson
3/5 on Stalker, not great, not bad. Firing up Metropia.
Watch Max and Mary on netflix. It's a very dark movie, but well done.
Last edited by TransNone13; Mon Jul 23rd, 2012 at 09:56 PM.
Metropia was Ok, kinda standard, not bad, not earth-shattering.
Just watched The Warrior's Way, odd genre-bending ninja in Wild West movie. Kinda campy at times, fairly predictable, yet I enjoyed it as a fun if not deep movie. Sorta like Kung Fu Hustle, but darker at times...
4/5 for me, mainly because it surpassed my (low) expectations. It's on NF streaming.
Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.
~Hunter S. Thompson
Don't forget Leviathan, 1989!
I never saw Leviathon, but I do remember The Abyss. Very intelligent, loved that one!
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'94 Supra Turbo 6spd. (black), BUILT motor/head, CompTurbo CT43-xx, '69 Dodge Coronet SuperBee tribute, 440/520 SixPack stroker, auto.
Finished Akira, not sure what I think. It's not as good as some other Epic Anime movies. I liked spirited away, castle in the sky (moving castle), etc more.
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