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nemesis wrote:
> Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
>> The problem is, I watched this thing, and it just seemed to be a fairly
>> random assemblage of different images with no obvious connection or
>> meaning.
>
> surely there is this huge visual clue connecting it all together, namely a black
> monolith? Note the story isn't about people or any character in particular...
So... it's a story about an inanimate black brick?
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Darren New wrote:
> Pan's Labrynth is like that, except exactly opposite.
OMG, that's quotable...
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Darren New wrote:
> Also the only movie where the door had a sign saying "if you want your
> money back, just ask."
Woah... that's *advanced*! o_O
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Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
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>> Pan's Labrynth is like that, except exactly opposite.
>
> OMG, that's quotable...
I had already seen the movie, and I was reading the review going "WTF?
What movie did *this* guy watch?" until I got to the end, which I still
giggle over.
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It's not feature creep if you put it
at the end and adjust the release date.
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> >> Alien artifact. To kickstart human evolution.
> > Intelligent Design! ;)
>
> That's one of the several ways in which you can have designed humans
> without God, which is why I don't understand the position of "evolution
> has problems, therefore it must be God." :-)
tell me then who designed the alien designers? ;)
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> The main point was to demonstrate special
> effects. The plot was secondary. That's why they spend so long on things
> like showing space ships coming over the horizon (first matte painting),
> pens floating in air, jogging around the inside of a centrifuge, and so on.
Cinema is a visual medium. And 2001 excels at this, with very powerful and
poetic imagery: the famous opening with the sun rise from space at the sound
of Richard Strauss' finest; the bone flowing into air and cutting to the ship;
or the ships ballet in space with Blue Danube...
ironically, much more impacting than most CG orgies showing these days...
the plot was secondary?! An enigmatic monolith sparking intelligence, a
paranoid AI and a men's quest for survival going beyond the beyond should be
enough...
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Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> nemesis wrote:
> > Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> >> The problem is, I watched this thing, and it just seemed to be a fairly
> >> random assemblage of different images with no obvious connection or
> >> meaning.
> >
> > surely there is this huge visual clue connecting it all together, namely a black
> > monolith? Note the story isn't about people or any character in particular...
>
> So... it's a story about an inanimate black brick?
yeah, that's the materialist take...
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nemesis wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Warp wrote:
>>>> Alien artifact. To kickstart human evolution.
>>> Intelligent Design! ;)
>> That's one of the several ways in which you can have designed humans
>> without God, which is why I don't understand the position of "evolution
>> has problems, therefore it must be God." :-)
>
> tell me then who designed the alien designers? ;)
It's monoliths all the way down!
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Kevin Wampler <wampler+pov### [at] uwashingtonedu> wrote:
> nemesis wrote:
> > Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> >> Warp wrote:
> >>>> Alien artifact. To kickstart human evolution.
> >>> Intelligent Design! ;)
> >> That's one of the several ways in which you can have designed humans
> >> without God, which is why I don't understand the position of "evolution
> >> has problems, therefore it must be God." :-)
> >
> > tell me then who designed the alien designers? ;)
>
> It's monoliths all the way down!
giggle... :)
surely such perfectly-sharp geometric shape handifully spreading life around is
proof of existence of God, Adamsian thinking notwithstanding... :)
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Invisible wrote:
> #3 Island of the Twelve Monkeys
I actually found this to be one of the very few movies I've seen in
which the time travel actually seemed to work in a coherent way (the
other one I can think of is Primer). Sure, it's by Terry Gilliam so
it's a bit strange, but I think it's reasonably comprehensible,
particularly as far as his movies are concerned.
> #2 2001 Space Oddessy.
I like this movie quite a bit, but I do agree that it doesn't go through
many lengths to explicitly tell you what's going on. I'd suggest
reading the book first since it does a much better job of explaining
things instead of just showing them.
> #1 Dune.
You should see some of the *other* films by David Lynch!
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