Movies

[Andi]

My friend showed me 2 days ago a french magazine (who knows were he got it from. He doesn't even know french.) where they wrote that it is possible to clone Spiderman. It's also possible to clone Batman, but very impossible to clone Superman. Who wonders about that?

[Louise]

Um, clone them from what? &#A0;::

Or do you mean 'create' them?


edit: actually, Batman wouldn't be a problem ... He's just a human with a funny outfit, a lot of money and a load of gadgets. So all you'd really need is the human bloke and a lot of money, which you could spend on the outfit and gadgets. But I still don't see where you'd get a Spiderman from...

[Andi]

Yeah, you are right. "Clone" is not the right word. "Create" them is better.

[Louise]

I'm still sceptical about Spiderman. If one existed, it'd be cloneable, but I don't know how you could make one. The wrist rope thing isn't very scientific, for a start.  :-/

[Andi]

I also wonder about his hands. He's to heavy to climb up walls.

[Conway]

Anyone seen Brazil?

[remline]

The movie industry is quite morally corrupt these days... pretty much the only movie I can recommend is A Man for All Seasons (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060665/).

[DragonsLover]

Here are the new movies I seen:

Reign of Fire (Oooooh! Dragons! )
Butterfly Effect

I also seen "The Ring" again. What an excellent movie! Did you were stressed the first time you've seen it?

[Lemika]

Yeah, I saw Brazil... but I didn't like it much. It was another one of those seen during our run of 'bleak future movies'.

[Conway]

I saw Brazil for the first time last week on DVD, and it's now one of my all-time favourite films ever, tying with Donnie Darko (and a few others)! B)

 Didn't you think it was funny when they're sitting in the restaurant and the bomb goes off, and everyone carries on talking as normal? Or when the audio-typist is typing in screams and other sounds from a person apparently being tortured? Or when Sam threatens to shoot Jill with his finger?

 Of course, there's much more to it than the humour. It's also a hyperbole of how society could become, not technologically, but socially and how formal and commercial everything is, or tries to be. And how every other minute people are expected to fill out forms and receipts for everything, and all the people trying to sell him policies and what-not before he's interrogated! Hilarious!

 True, it is also very bleak and creepy, and the ending isn't very pleasant. But I can't help but love it for those aspects as well!

 So, how long ago did you see it? Why did you not like it?

[G3K]

The Ring, Dragonslover? Was it the original Japanese version?

EDIT: I only got to see the first hour or so of the American version; needless to say, I was still a tad uneasy that night

[Lemeri]

I like the torture scene, but other then that, I don't like it all that much.

[Louise]

So who's seen Farenheight Nine Eleven? Opinions?

[G3K]

I haven't saw it yet, but I've heard Mr. Moore doesn't mind people distributing it on filesharing networks; may as well try and download it, I enjoyed his previous film, Bowling For Columbine, as it made some very strong points.

[Lemeri]

Is that the one were the firemen burn the books?