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*cinema *parody of T2's nuke scene.

Part 2: http://www.therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=5442

I agree that it was a fantastic film. Your point of it being 'clean' and that being impressive I don't agree with though. Everything is clean now, everything is PG13ified now in order to get return business from children. It is a business decision for high budget films to get money back. In real life people swear, and violence actually causes peoples bodies to be brutally hurt. I would have preferred Inception to be R rated film because of this.

This was one thing that District 9 did last year that made it stick out, and made it feel more real. There hasn't been a full on well made R rated sci fi in 20 years. T2 was the last one. The Matrix was R rated, but didn't have any f-bombs in it. I think Inception is a better film then D-9 though. District 9 had too many logic flaws. It was the opposite approach to Inception actually. It didn't explain anything, or at least very little. Something defenders like a lot about it.


>> ^Sylvester_Ink:

Not sure what's with all the hate towards Inception lately. It really is a fantastic movie. There are a lot of comparisons to The Matrix, but I feel that it was a lot less pretentious and a lot more focused on the characters and emotions. It didn't have the fantastic fight scenes or massive special effects sequences, but it didn't need them. To focus on action and visuals would take away from the plot.
What impressed me the most was that not only was the movie stand-alone, not a sequel, based off a franchise, or a comic-book movie of any sort, but it was also relatively clean. There was no cursing, no sex or nudity, and the violence wasn't excessive. It's encouraging to see that a great science fiction movie can be made while still being PG-13.
As for the ending, I think it's quite clear that it doesn't matter whether Cobb was still dreaming or was awake. He finally got the happiness he was seeking, and decided not to further question it. People can argue one theory or another, but the driving point is that Cobb finally achieved his dream.
(And comparing it to Moon, Dag? Come on, the movies are of two completely different types and both are excellent in their own way. The more quality science-fiction movies the better.)

That T2 part was awesome!

According to this article it sounds like the extortion thing is an effort by the FBI to entrap him in a different wire-fraud charge (which seems to have worked to an extent, but he went and killed someone else before they could act on it).

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/06/10/peru.murder.case/index.html?hpt=T2

I like these raps. I posted the T2 one a few months back: http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Terminator-2-Rap but it also didn't get much love at the time.... and @shuac even posted a pretty similar comment then

I really don't get all the criticism of Avatar. No, the plot wasn't original. Avatar just offered an unoriginal narrative better than it's predecessors.

This concept of 'white guilt' is intriguing to me. Railing against a film for supposedly rehashing that white guilt even moreso. Native Americans WERE almost wiped out by (exclusively) white folks interested in land and resources. This is not to say you should feel guilty today - but it does make me wonder why discussing it (or including it in a movie plot) should be so taboo. Don't be so sensitive. (As an aside, this kind of resource grabbing at the expense of native populations continues to this day.)

How dare Cameron make a film we don't all love. The audacity! How dare Cameron portray unbridled greed and environmental destruction in a negative light. What an asshole! What gives him the right to make films I am not obligated to watch?!?!? How dare he not make a perfect film! Doesn't he know we have all made such a huge emotional investment in him since Aliens/T2/The Abyss that we expect nothing less than perfection from him?!?

Avatar rocked. That's just the way it is folks.

James Cameron would have found a way!

>> ^dbot2006:
>> ^Throbbin:
Why wasn't that in Terminator 2?

Because T2 took place in L.A? Not a ton of icy roads there.

>> ^Throbbin:
Why wasn't that in Terminator 2?

Because T2 took place in L.A? Not a ton of icy roads there.

Faster, John Conner, faster! Hehe, T2 was my first thought as well.

More on the coup in Honduras at The Real News
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=74&jumival=408

Oh, ScrewAttack. In T2: The Arcade Game, you don't attack T-1000s. You attack T-800s.

/geek

Some of the video is deliberately jittery. Some people around the internets are commenting about how when the wheelchair guy gets off of the transport, it looks "so fake". Well, that's because the framerate is deliberately choppy. Compare that with other scenes later in the preview where it is silky smooth.

I think people are being overly critical with a video. I've looked at this with 1080p and my limited screens and yes, I would go so far as to say it's "photorealistic". There is a very hard line between what you call "realistic" though -- the alien critters convey some very real emotions and that might be the disconnect for some people. To say this is jar jar binks is almost insulting. Jar jar only conveyed his emotions through physical actions (jumping, hanging his head, etc) where you can actually see easy emotions on these aliens.

This isn't star trek either. Star Trek had the forehead-putty-alien of the week. These aliens are disproportionate, big eyes, foreheads that move, etc. And according to JC, this was all done in real time so the actors could really shine through much like Andy Serkis and Gollum -- but even that performance, he couldn't see his work done live.

And lets talk about James Cameron. He doesn't write the best dialogue in the world sometimes, but his stories are really solid. After Terminator, T2, Aliens, True Lies, The Abyss (his cut)... those are practically geek anthems, often imitated, truly unique.

This is a teaser, don't forget it. I see some true possibilities of continued greatness here. It is definitely not star trek or star wars .. no forehead alien or bland lifeless CGI.

I can't wait until December.