Big gorram shout out for a wonderful little SF movie by chrisisall

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Big gorram shout out for a wonderful little SF movie

POSTED BY: CHRISISALL
UPDATED: Thursday, October 1, 2009 14:00
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Sunday, September 27, 2009 1:56 PM

CHRISISALL

City Of Ember. What a good flick. I rented it, now I must own it.
Do yourselves a favour & see it!
'Nuff said.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Sunday, September 27, 2009 3:51 PM

CYBERSNARK

Saw it in theatre. It was indeed awesome, though that mole is Nightmare Fuel.

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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.

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Sunday, September 27, 2009 3:53 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Cybersnark:
that mole is Nightmare Fuel.

I'm hoping my Son doesn't think/dream so.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Sunday, September 27, 2009 8:10 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Perhaps you would also like Pandorum.

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Sunday, September 27, 2009 8:10 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Perhaps you would also like Pandorum.

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Sunday, September 27, 2009 8:10 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Perhaps you would also like Pandorum.

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Monday, September 28, 2009 3:23 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by Cybersnark:
that mole is Nightmare Fuel.

I'm hoping my Son doesn't think/dream so.

It appears City Of Ember infiltrated my Son's dreams after all.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 2:31 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

Quote:
Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
Perhaps you would also like Pandorum.

You seem triply sure of that!

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 3:04 PM

CHRISISALL

I HAVE to see it now!

Hmmm, a *good* version of Event Horizon? I'll give it a rent.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:28 PM

CLJOHNSTON108

Some trivia for ya: That huge set was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard where the Titanic was built!

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:43 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Another day of fff.net failure to function is all.

Hmm, had not heard the comparison to Event Horizon. EH was so bad it had not occurred to me. Perhaps that is a decent comparison. I do not want to give better example, for tripping over spoilers would be too easy.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 6:22 AM

STORYMARK

The City of Ember trailer didn't do much for me, but I'll try to check it out.

And everyone I know who's seen Pandorum has compared it to Event Horizon, except they say it's not as good.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 9:21 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:
And everyone I know who's seen Pandorum has compared it to Event Horizon, except they say it's not as good.

NOT AS- ?

*shakes head*

The laughing Chrisisall

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 9:48 AM

MSA

How scary are we talking here??? and are there spiders?

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:15 AM

STORYMARK

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:
And everyone I know who's seen Pandorum has compared it to Event Horizon, except they say it's not as good.

NOT AS- ?

*shakes head*

The laughing Chrisisall

So I'm told, but I have not seen it.

To be fair, they said it did have some very well done, intense sequences, but overall they said it came off as a hodgepodge of various other scifi films smooshed together.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:31 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:
overall they said it came off as a hodgepodge of various other scifi films smooshed together.

Sounds like a Paul W.S. Anderson movie...

The laughing Chrisisall

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:04 AM

STORYMARK

I kinda liked Event Horizon. Great cast, great production design, a creepy atmosphere... then it all just goes retarded in the last 20 minutes or so.

But given that most of his films are retarded from the opening credits on..... I guess that's an accomplishment for him.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:06 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:
I kinda liked Event Horizon. Great cast, great production design, a creepy atmosphere... then it all just goes retarded in the last 20 minutes or so.

I heard they cut out a scene that explains that the ship went to Hell or something. A severe supernatural twist like that might have saved the ending some, don't ya think?

The laughing Chrisisall

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 8:49 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:
How scary are we talking here??? and are there spiders?

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

There was at least one spider. It had a close-up scene.

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Thursday, October 1, 2009 11:46 AM

ASARIAN

*spoilers ahead*

City Of Ember, in earnest, disappointed a bit. 'Tweren't bad or anything. But a thousand points of light, all hopelessly oldfashioned lightbulbs, hanging from the ceiling, high above the city, c'mon! After the Earth's destruction, in the year of our fluffy Lord 2416, you'd think they have better lighting than 19th century bulbs that look like made by Thomas Edison himself, no? And then, to give the title meaning, these bulbs are all burning at, say, 10% capacity, with clearly visible filament, to get the ember glow going.

Then the story itself, eh, mankind is about to come to an end, and a group of scientists decide to create and populate a city deep underground. All ruled by a self-serving administration who wants to keep things as is. And then, much later, a few manage to escape and find out the earth is long since habitable again. That's Highlander 2: The Quickening all over again! (sans the silly embers). Or any other SF movie that has dealt with that downtrodden theme.

Like I said, 'tweren't really bad. And I liked Lina. She probably single-handedly held the whole thing together. But I ain't buying the movie on account of her; nor would I recommend it to others. All of this has been done before, much better; and all of this will be done again, probably much better too.

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"Mei-mei, everything I have is right here." -- Simon Tam

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Thursday, October 1, 2009 2:00 PM

CHRISISALL

Ummm... that's why I said, "little movie."

The laughing Chrisisall

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