Spoiler Dicussion of The Force Awakens
December 29th, 2015 at 1:45:14 PM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Me, too. I placed it immediately. My problem was with the number of SW movies. Why should there be more than four?? :)
Words to the effect that "for a moment I could see three lights." (or however many the interrogator wanted him to see). The odd thing is I saw the episode when it aired, and then never again. The same thing happens with Orwell's "1984." It's one of a handful of good books I never re-read, yet I recall an awful lot about it (I did see the movie). I've been meaning to get it and re-read only the portions of "Goldstein's book." Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
December 29th, 2015 at 2:18:47 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | A perfect example that if you wear a costume, you have to over-act to out-act the costume. Especially if you have a plastic butt crack glued to your face. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
December 30th, 2015 at 10:59:33 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
It was a very pivotal scene in the book. I will always remember it. Particularly the line, "We, the Party, control all records, and we control all memories. Then we control the past, do we not?" Star Trek always took pains to borrow from great literature in the past, particularly Shakespeare. Star Wars never did that AFAIK.
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December 30th, 2015 at 11:16:39 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
"1984" is the best concise manual on how to run a totalitarian dictatorship. The story is fiction, but the methods are all too real. If Stalin's USSR fell short of Oceania, it was mostly due to lack of technology and manpower, not the will to implement full control. What's scary is how much like religion the Party's basic philosophy is. I've drawn parallels before. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
December 30th, 2015 at 12:27:20 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
This was always the attitude of the Church. Even today they are still trying to rewrite and change their awful history, but they no longer control anything. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
January 1st, 2016 at 11:16:03 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | Star Wars nearly beat the box office total of Jurassic World in two weeks. It missed by -0.047% or $305K. It is almost certain to pass Avatar and Titanic in the USA and Canada box office, to be the largest grossing domestic film ever by the end of the third week (without adjusting for inflation). It hasn't released in China yet, but there is almost no doubt that it will pass Jurassic World on a worldwide basis. The jury is still out on Avatar and Titanic. The film may not resonate as loudly in Asia. Worldwide Box Office in millions 1 Avatar Fox $2,788 2 Titanic Par. $2,187 3 Jurassic World Uni. $1,669 Star Wars $1,331 after two weeks |
January 1st, 2016 at 8:26:43 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
I was going to remark that I didn't think any of those movies were that great. Avatar I outright didn't like, Titanic was entertaining in a primitive kind of way, but wouldn't make my top 100, and Jurrassic World was somewhere between those two. So, I got to wondering how far I would have to go down the list to find a movie I really liked. All Time Box Office The answer, I had to go down to #85, with The Sixth Sense, to find a movie that I would enthusiastically recommend. It doesn't seem to belong on that list of what looks more like the most expensive movies ever made. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
January 1st, 2016 at 10:55:33 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
The Sixth Sense was a lower budget film that was a shocking hit, and supposedly made Bruce Willis over a $100 million. But a big revenue film around the world has to be somewhat simplistic since many people do not speak English. But certainly no film in the top 10 of money earners has won the Oscar for Best Picture since 2003 2014 #78 Birdman FoxS 2013 #62 12 Years a Slave FoxS 2012 #22 Argo WB 2011 #71 The Artist Wein. 2010 #18 The King's Speech Wein. 2009 #116 The Hurt Locker Sum. 2008 #16 Slumdog Millionaire FoxS 2007 #36 No Country for Old Men Mira. 2006 #15 The Departed WB 2005 #49 Crash Lions 2004 #24 Million Dollar Baby WB 2003 #1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King NL 2002 #10 Chicago Mira. 2001 #11 A Beautiful Mind Uni. |
January 2nd, 2016 at 12:23:18 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
I hated both those movies. I was rooting for the weirdo CGI characters to be destroyed. Titanic was just a stupid movie, I liked the one from 1953 with Clifton Webb much better. I like scary dinosaurs so I'll probably like Jurassaic World. I root for the dinosaurs, of course. They're such simple creatures, eat and crap, and make crude oil for us to use 400 million years later. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
January 2nd, 2016 at 6:28:48 AM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | I might see the final Hunger Games movie today -- another huge money-maker. I'm not expecting to like it but two of my kids have been asking to go. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |