ZappBrannigan
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I feel like this is deja vu all over again. I remember the same freakouts for Catching Fire's OD, but this is happening even earlier with the preview numbers.
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Wait, is that Sunshine domestic number right? 3 million total?
Wow, it is right. Didn't realize how much that bombed here in the US.
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The fifth dimension he has proposed is made up. Hope you do know that.
I mean, technically speaking that is correct. But that just means you're taking the stance that a lot of theoretical physics is made up.
And I can't even tell anymore if people are serious when they think that Nolan was saying love is the fifth dimension or just poking fun at how overly done he pushed the whole concept of love.
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Your dedication to flogging this show is admirable. Think I'll add this to my queue to check out.
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Yeah I was surprised to see Battle Royale is not listed as sci-fi, considering its sequel is listed.
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Is Chronicle considered a superhero movie? Just curious, I'm not done yet refining a list so I don't even know if it'll make mine.
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But in THG case it wasn't to quash the rebellion, they lost period. The games were to pubicly humiliate and psychologically render them into meaningless, mindless bodies (not to mention entertainment for the Capital).
How's that working out for them?
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However in BR how would it quash rebellion if the kids were not scared or fearful of it and simply did not even know about it.
It's not like they were trying to keep it a secret, the kids were just ignoring it. There's news cameras all around to interview the 'winner' somewhere in the beginning. The fact that it wasn't effective and the government kept doing it probably indicates how sadistic the government had become. But to be honest, the tactic itself is stupid and illogical anyway in either movie. It's not a good way to quash rebellion, it's just a hook for the movie.
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In the THG the point was to show the rest of the districts that the government is in charge and it broadcast them to all.
In Battle Royale the games take place and that is it.
In THG it is like life revolves around the games while in BR the teens did not know anything about it.
Maybe we saw different versions of the movie, but I thought the BR act was explained in the beginning of the movie. The fact that the kids have no idea what the act was just highlighted the intent of the act. The games are there in both movies as intimidation factors to try to quash rebellion.
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Snowpiercer
Interstellar
The Raid 2
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And again, it's not about the shock value of the violence to me. It's the fact that the games are more interpersonal and there's actual real conflict between the people that forces desperate actions to be taken in those horrible circumstances. You can see a history between the classmates which just doesn't exist in THG.
THG and its sequel play out more like survival games rather than games that pit the people against each other. It just lessens the tension and impact of the games to me and downgrades my opinion of both of them.
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It it is true this film has gotten a ton of renewed interested due to THG...
However I still ask, what was the point of the games in BR?
What was the point of the games in THG?
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And I should say I was the oooonly person laughing at any of the gags.
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I've always been partial to these:
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Yes, clearly people hate "dumb" humour.
Wait, didn't you ask what The Wire is? This gif is from The Wire.
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I feel bad for people who like THG and have never seen this film. This movie is how the games in the THG movies should have played out. And I don't mean the bloody violence.
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What really is kind of... disturbing, is the fact that after Cooper sends the message back to Murph and is catapulted out of the worm hole next to Saturn, the wormhole disappears.
This means that in the end, he sets off the find Brand without the help of that wormhole. And we know how well that is going to end...
Well, take the next logical leap. Murphy was able to solve the equation that seems to allow for some breakthrough in propulsion/travel. Further breakthroughs could have been made in the 60-70 years after that which is where we are the end of the movie. Granted, it's still a needle in a haystack looking for her, but it's not like in that future, interstellar travel isn't possible so he'd just never make it there.
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So can I ignore parts of a TV show's run for my list? Like, the last few seasons of Dexter, X-Files, Heroes, etc.?
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Here's my list:
1. The Wire
I'll make a real list probably later in the month, could binge watch another show or two before it's time to submit a list.
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If The Wire isn't #1, I'm disowning this forum.
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Although, let's face it,
Plan A is really just Plan B on a bigger scale. Sure, you'd be able to maybe save a couple thousand people, but even in a depopulated earth, that's still just a tiny fraction of humanity.
That's true,
but I imagine that Plan A was just an initial starter. By solving the equation and apparently understanding 4? 5? dimensional travel, they could work to escalate the evacuation to the point where they are at the end of the film.
At least, that's how I figure it worked.
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Other than the language, I think what I'd change about Interstellar is
more focus on the planets and less time in the boring ship. Also a few things needed to be explained about why Plan A didn't work. I still don't get that? 4 people can fly to the new world but no one else? Why?
Plan A required solving an equation that wasn't solvable because they didn't have the data to solve it. The data needed to solve it comes from directly interacting with a black hole. They wanted to save a large portion of the population and didn't have the time to send them out on separate 1-4 man missions.
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I think the comparison to 2001 is there, it's just shallow. If I gave a general description of the plot to 2001 and Interstellar, they'd come off as very similar (though I haven't seen 2001 in over 10 years so maybe my memory is off).
Basically, mankind discovers an anomaly in space. A mission is sent out to investigate this anomaly. Things go awry in the mission, a member of the crew sabotages the mission which forces the main protagonist to an action that is very dangerous. The protagonist ends up in a room where trippy shit happens that will make a lot of the audience go 'huh?'.
Now to me, that sounds like both movies, but it's all in the how and why things happen that differentiate the two films.
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Where's your IMAX?
Mall of Georgia in Buford, GA.
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Ah, ok, I was trying to track down if it was just a limited release or not. How weird to not release it wide considering the budget.