Nazgul Girl
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Post by Nazgul Girl on Sept 1, 2013 19:41:40 GMT -5
We just got back from seeing Elysium. It was excellent. It was by the same man who created District 9. Wonderful science fiction. Jodie Foster really delivers. I have a former boss who looks, dresses, and acts just like she does in the picture. Scary.
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8 Bit WWBG
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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on Sept 1, 2013 20:40:05 GMT -5
I want to see the movie. DW doesn't, so maybe I'll go by myself.
I kind of imagine Elysium as being where all the YM people who planned live, and the the desolate Earth being where those non-planners end up.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2013 21:51:41 GMT -5
I want to see it! Thanks for the recommend.
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Nazgul Girl
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Post by Nazgul Girl on Sept 1, 2013 21:52:22 GMT -5
Boy, if that's the way it's going to be, I sure feel sorry for the non-planners.  |
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Post by ontrack on Sept 3, 2013 15:39:51 GMT -5
I saw it too and really liked it. I read some derrogatory comments about how Hollywood should stay out of politics, but I don't agree at all. I guess they think only fluffy movies with no substance should be made?
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Post by dividend on Sept 3, 2013 16:06:42 GMT -5
It wasn't really a movie - more like a special effects filled propaganda piece for universal health care and immigration reform. And the plot holes! Oh man you could drive a truck through them! Plus all the usual Hollywood misrepresentations of hacking, helicopters, space ships, and PHYSICS.
But, there the exoskeleton armor was pretty sweet - I'd love for this director to take a crack at doing a real adaptation of Starship Troopers.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2013 16:08:34 GMT -5
We went to Starship Troopers Rifftrax the other week! Awesome. I love that movie...
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Nazgul Girl
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Post by Nazgul Girl on Sept 3, 2013 16:37:14 GMT -5
As I said to my husband at the beginning of the movie, it's the classic Assault on Heaven theme. But, that plot (a trope, really [img src=" ![]() images.proboards.com/new/wink.png" src="http://images.proboards.com/new/wink.png" style="max-width:100%;"] has been used in sci-fi for the last 75-80 years, so it's no new political propaganda, dividend. Read Roger Zelazney's great " Lord of Light " for another take on the same theme. It was never made into a movie, but it won the Hugo award in the early 60's, if I recall correctly. Starship Troopers is quite adorable. |
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