Movie Reviews 2.0

[Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.]

Complete fluid immersement for increased shock resistance (as opposed to pressure resistance like in the abyss) is featured in Neon Genesis Evangelion for example.

First time I remember reading about it was in Joe Haldeman's "Forever War" and that was published in 1974!

It's used by the soldiers while their spaceships are manoeuvring at high gee during military engagements. The soldiers have a couple of valves implanted in their bodies and they are filled with fluid both internally and lie inside flooded tanks and body shells while their computers run the ships during high-gee battles.

 

[Laa-Yosh]

Oh yes, Forever War got a new screenwriter in november. With the re-emergence of large scale scifi projects, there's a chance we'll see a movie version - it's also a good subject, lots of action scenes to entertain blockbuster audiences, but quite a lot of serious content to sneak in as well.
Oh and Fox News would have a field day with some of the themes so marketing would be an easy one

 

[Sxotty]

If we're at it, why is the bridge at the top of the ship where it's totally vulnerable? And why can't they do something about the wiring so that the bridge equipment does not start to explode whenever they're hit?

And why did they fly all their ships with buttons until they had the magic 1993 era looking joystick pop out

 

[John Reynolds]

Watched the Perks of Being a Wallflower yesterday at a 2nd run theater ($3 tickets) and loved it. Movie is better than it deserves to be, at least for me, because I could relate so well to the main character. And it didn't hurt having Emma Watson, who becomes more adorably cute with each passing year.

 

[Cornsnake]

I just saw the Hobbit. I like it. The lightheartedness seemed to clash with the epicness at times, but other than that great movie. I wish I had seen the 2D version though.

 

[jimbo75]

The Avengers isn't really my kind of thing but I absolutely loved it to bits. Best film I've seen since The Matrix.

The Hobbit was ok to good - my girlfriend seemed to enjoy it more than I did. I've noticed a trend on facebook where the women seem to like the film more than the guys do.

 

[Daozang]

The cabin in the woods felt more like a Whedon film to me than The Avengers.
I just hope we'll see more of his dialogue and comedy in Avengers 2.

 

[Gubbi]

I just saw the Hobbit. I like it. The lightheartedness seemed to clash with the epicness at times, but other than that great movie. I wish I had seen the 2D version though.

I've seen both, first in 2D then in HFR 3D. Other than having a sense of the HFR movie being played back at twice normal speed the first five minutes, the HFR version is vastly superior, IMO.

The initial attack on Erebor is one big blurry mess in the 2D version. The HFR version seems a lot more dynamic (and violent).

Not only do you get higher temporal resolution with the HFR version, the reduced motion blur also brings an increase in virtual spatial resolution. For once, you can actually see what is going on in action sequences.

Cheers

 

[Malo]

The cabin in the woods felt more like a Whedon film to me than The Avengers.
I just hope we'll see more of his dialogue and comedy in Avengers 2.

Cabin in the Woods was a great surprise movie for me, had no idea what to expect going into that which is perfect considering how strange it gets.

 

[Bludd]

Just saw The Hurt Locker (yeah yeah, 2008, I know!), and I loved it. Extremely well done and authentic.

 

[DuckThor Evil]

I watched Prometheus few days ago and I liked it. I went in with pretty low expectations as many had criticized it, but it seemed pretty good to me.

 

[Bludd]

I watched Prometheus few days ago and I liked it. I went in with pretty low expectations as many had criticized it, but it seemed pretty good to me.

Same here. The plot holes weren't a big problem for me. I liked Prometheus much more than that POS Avatar.

 

[Daozang]

Cabin in the Woods was a great surprise movie for me, had no idea what to expect going into that which is perfect considering how strange it gets.

I couldn't stop chuckling for the whole movie!
In my opinion it was a parody of the genre filled with black humor.

 

[Grall]

I went in with pretty low expectations as many had criticized it, but it seemed pretty good to me.

Prometheus had great acting (IMO, of course), and it just looks fantastic. If I turn off as much of my brain as I can to try and immunize it against all of the botched science and lack of self-preservation and nonexistent logic in the actions taken by the on-screen characters, I like it too for the most part.

Ben Affleck won a Golden Globe for directing that iranian hostage crisis movie whatsitscalled. Good for him! He's always been a pretty ho-hum actor, but it seems the directorial aspect of film-making is more up his alley. Has anyone seen the movie?

 

[zed]

First time I remember reading about it was in Joe Haldeman's "Forever War" and that was published in 1974!

According to my stats Ive read

the forever war
forever peace
forever free

They cant be any good though since I remember bugger all about them, just some generic space opera trash. Why on earth they want to make a film about them begs a question

 

[Laa-Yosh]

Forever War won all major sci-fi awards, it is a masterpiece not just in the genre but in general literature too. If you didn't like it it's your loss.

 

[Babel-17]

Forever War was quite good and Haldeman, almost as a throwaway, painted a picture of health care in the future that would still look reasonable in todays SF.

He was too optimistic in his projections as to advances in space technology/physics but that's often par for the course when writing stories that occur in space.

See Arthur C. Clarke, Heinlein, etc.

His ideas about how important obsolescence can be in a match between technological societies still resonate imo.

 

[Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.]

According to my stats Ive read

the forever war
forever peace
forever free

They cant be any good though since I remember bugger all about them, just some generic space opera trash. Why on earth they want to make a film about them begs a question

It's a SF version of the Vietnam war, including boot camp. Throw in armoured battlesuits, and the fact that relativity pulls the combatants further and further away in time from those they are fighting for, and it has major potential for a movie.

If you read the restored version, you get the massive social and emotional disconnect every time the soldiers go away for a year long mission, and come back to a world that's twenty years older.

It probably resonated more when it was published because the Vietnam war was much more current that it is today. In some aspects it hasn't aged so well, looking like a slightly naive space-opera by today's standards, but it's still a great story, and tbh, much better than it's sequels.

 

[Mariner]

Forever War: Good.
Forever Peace: Dull.
Forever Free: Weird.

The Forever War would make a decent film, providing they stick to the themes of the book and don't try to Hollywood-ise it too much.

 

[Pete]

Ben Affleck won a Golden Globe for directing that iranian hostage crisis movie whatsitscalled. Good for him! He's always been a pretty ho-hum actor, but it seems the directorial aspect of film-making is more up his alley. Has anyone seen the movie?

Argo is pretty good.

Spoiler

It gets a bit cute at the end, but otherwise solid.

(I'm with you on Affleck's acting and Prometheus' writing, if you want a point of reference.)