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Mueen Nawaz wrote:
> I'm one of the few people I've met who liked the first a lot more.
I liked Alien better than Aliens, but they were all good.
>> Max Max, Mad Max 2.
> So 2 is worth watching? I saw the first and didn't care much for it...
MM2 is far better than MM1. MM3 is ehn. I don't remember much, but I
remember I never had the urge to watch it a second time.
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Star Trek, Star Trek II
*drumbeat, cymbal hit*
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On 4/10/2009 9:19 AM, Darren New wrote:
> Mueen Nawaz wrote:
>> I'm one of the few people I've met who liked the first a lot more.
>
> I liked Alien better than Aliens, but they were all good.
I disagree. Alien and Aliens were both excellent (and which is better
depends on what mood I'm in), but the other two were definitely NOT good.
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On 4/9/2009 7:41 PM, nemesis wrote:
> Really, what was the big impact of the first movie: suggesting this reality is
> all but a simulation. You can't beat that in sequels.
The funny thing is, it wasn't anywhere near being a new idea. Sci fi
writers have been working this concept for decades, and philosophers a
similar one (Life is just a dream) for millenia.
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On 4/9/2009 11:28 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:16:50 -0700, Chambers wrote:
>
>> http://xkcd.com/566/
>>
>> Ten years already... heck, I still can't believe that Jurassic Park was
>> made 15 years ago! I know people who are younger than that!
>
> I'm still laughing about the xkcd comic. :-)
>
> Jim
I think it's one of the best I've seen for a while :)
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Chambers wrote:
> but the other two were definitely NOT good.
The third one brought closure (or should have), but was a kind of dumb
premise overall. It was definitely the weakest of the series.
A comedy about a bunch of rampaging Aliens is going to be weird no matter
how you work it, but I liked the fourth one. It was quite different, tho.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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Chambers wrote:
> Sci fi writers have been working this concept for decades,
If you want a *thoughtful* treatment of the subject, incidentally, try Greg
Egan's "Permutation City".
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:50:07 -0700, Chambers wrote:
> On 4/9/2009 11:28 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:16:50 -0700, Chambers wrote:
>>
>>> http://xkcd.com/566/
>>>
>>> Ten years already... heck, I still can't believe that Jurassic Park
>>> was made 15 years ago! I know people who are younger than that!
>>
>> I'm still laughing about the xkcd comic. :-)
>>
>> Jim
>
> I think it's one of the best I've seen for a while :)
I would agree with that.
Jim
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Chambers <ben### [at] pacificwebguy com> wrote:
> On 4/9/2009 7:41 PM, nemesis wrote:
> > Really, what was the big impact of the first movie: suggesting this reality is
> > all but a simulation. You can't beat that in sequels.
>
> The funny thing is, it wasn't anywhere near being a new idea. Sci fi
> writers have been working this concept for decades, and philosophers a
> similar one (Life is just a dream) for millenia.
Yes, but they brought it mainstream and got kung-fu, Buddhism and Christianism,
cool looks and a foreboding 90's workplace and conspiracy theories into the
mix. It was just the right movie at the right time. :)
Anyone out there read Neuromancer?
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On 4/10/2009 8:35 PM, Darren New wrote:
> Chambers wrote:
>> but the other two were definitely NOT good.
>
> The third one brought closure (or should have), but was a kind of dumb
> premise overall. It was definitely the weakest of the series.
>
> A comedy about a bunch of rampaging Aliens is going to be weird no
> matter how you work it, but I liked the fourth one. It was quite
> different, tho.
>
It was a comedy? I'll have to watch it again - that would definitely
change my perspective of it.
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