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post #1741 of 2341
10/2/12 at 6:35pm
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Like Dune?
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Don't get us started....tongue.gif
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post #1742 of 2341
10/2/12 at 7:31pm
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^Boston has a strange effect on people....tongue.gif

Tell me about it. Watching these Bostonians argue makes me want to put down my ale, roll up the ol' sleeves and start punching away. I don't care what I end up hitting.
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post #1743 of 2341
10/3/12 at 12:12am
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Tell me about it. Watching these Bostonians argue makes me want to put down my ale, roll up the ol' sleeves and start punching away. I don't care what I end up hitting.
Spoken like a true American....tongue.gif
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post #1744 of 2341
10/3/12 at 1:36am
So I just got my copy. smile.gif

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post #1745 of 2341
10/3/12 at 3:03am
Saw one of the deleted scenes, that I actually think could have been left. Because it gives a little more explanation how one of the "stupid" scientist thinks.
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post #1746 of 2341
10/3/12 at 4:55am
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Saw one of the deleted scenes, that I actually think could have been left. Because it gives a little more explanation how one of the "stupid" scientist thinks.


Awesome is the conversation with David, and the Engineer there as well? That's what I want to see.

Sorry but I like the Covers that are being release on this side of the continent better smile.gif I think I'm getting the 3D version..and I hate 3D:p

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post #1747 of 2341
10/3/12 at 5:17am
Wonder if Netflix will have the full version for rent on BD, or if it will be one of those damnable "rental" disks with nearly everything stripped out except the movie itself?
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post #1748 of 2341
10/3/12 at 6:18am
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Awesome is the conversation with David, and the Engineer there as well? That's what I want to see.

I havnt watched all the deleted scenes yet, but one deleted scene that could fit that scenario (that I havnt watched yet).
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post #1749 of 2341
10/3/12 at 6:28am
Looking forward in watching this in the next few weeks. I was going to blind buy but Ive been told best to rent first.
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post #1750 of 2341
10/3/12 at 9:07am
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Wonder if Netflix will have the full version for rent on BD, or if it will be one of those damnable "rental" disks with nearly everything stripped out except the movie itself?
Arch, just buy the damn thing and you won't have to contend the damnable rental disk!tongue.gif
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10/3/12 at 9:21am
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Wonder if Netflix will have the full version for rent on BD, or if it will be one of those damnable "rental" disks with nearly everything stripped out except the movie itself?

I am buying this, but curious if they just do lossy audio for the rental...
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post #1752 of 2341
10/3/12 at 11:12am
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Arch, just buy the damn thing and you won't have to contend the damnable rental disk!tongue.gif

I didn't like it that much. tongue.gif
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post #1753 of 2341
10/3/12 at 11:49am
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Saw one of the deleted scenes, that I actually think could have been left. Because it gives a little more explanation how one of the "stupid" scientist thinks.

Oxygen deprivation to the brain?
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post #1754 of 2341
10/3/12 at 11:52am
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> As a sidenote Prometheus now has passed $400M worldwide.

Which other unbelievably godawful movie made that in 4 months (w/ inflation adjusted)?

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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The Dark Knight Rises
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post #1755 of 2341
10/3/12 at 12:09pm
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Oxygen deprivation to the brain?
LOL...seriously, it's all about good writing...in this case, there wasn't much.wink.gif

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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The Dark Knight Rises
Sorry, you're limited to just 3....tongue.gif
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post #1756 of 2341
10/3/12 at 12:39pm
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Oxygen deprivation to the brain?

Im not gonna tell you, you have to buy the movie. tongue.gif
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post #1757 of 2341
10/3/12 at 1:04pm
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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The Dark Knight Rises

So I take it you're a Twilight fan Josh?
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post #1758 of 2341
10/3/12 at 2:16pm
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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The Dark Knight Rises
Out of those, how many are R rated sci-fi?
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post #1759 of 2341
10/3/12 at 4:18pm
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So I take it you're a Twilight fan Josh?

I prefer to ignore it completely.
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post #1760 of 2341
10/3/12 at 4:28pm
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Out of those, how many are R rated sci-fi?

Oh, are we qualifying this now? That isn't what you asked. Will you next limit it to R rated sci-fi movies that are exactly 124 minutes long? What other arbitrary criteria can you throw in to make your point seem valid? Do they have to star actors whose initials are M.F.?

Unbelievably awful movies rake in huge amounts of money all the time. If box office success is suddenly a measure of quality, then I guess The Phantom Menace is a masterpiece after all.

By the way, The Matrix Revolutions says hello.
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10/3/12 at 4:53pm
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That isn't what you asked.
That's right. I asked additional question, that's all.
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Will you next limit it to R rated sci-fi movies that are exactly 124 minutes long? What other arbitrary criteria can you throw in to make your point seem valid?
Not arbitrary, it's a fact that R rated movies limit the size of demographics by its rating nature compared to PG-13 or PG. The examples you mentioned should be subjected to rating since you only listed none R rated ones. If you included them, then I wouldn't have asked the additional question.
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Unbelievably awful movies rake in huge amounts of money all the time.
Good movies rake in huge amounts of money too.
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If box office success is suddenly a measure of quality, then I guess The Phantom Menace is a masterpiece after all.
Masterpiece is reflected in box office success too. Also, unbelievably awful movies are box office failure as well.
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By the way, The Matrix Revolutions says hello.
Since I didn't get your answer for my previous question, let me ask you again, what 5 (+-) movies of last 10 years did you find not dumb or stupid and thus liked it?
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post #1762 of 2341
10/4/12 at 10:20am
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Since I didn't get your answer for my previous question, let me ask you again, what 5 (+-) movies of last 10 years did you find not dumb or stupid and thus liked it?

Your question is so ignorant and insulting that I shouldn't even dignify it with a response.

I have thousands of movies in my collection. Many of them are from the last 10 years. To narrow the list down to a handful of movies of a comparable nature to Prometheus (i.e. big-budget blockbuster fluff), I found all of the following from the past five years to be perfectly enjoyable:

The Avengers
The Hunger Games
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
The last three or four Harry Potters
Super 8
Inception
The Star Trek reboot
The Dark Knight (though not Dark Knight Rises so much)
The Bourne Ultimatum (the previous two as well, but they go back more than 5 years)

While none of these may be intellectual masterpieces, nor are they insultingly stupid. Prometheus is insultingly stupid.
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post #1763 of 2341
10/4/12 at 11:31am
Maybe we can all treat this thread like an intense scene in Prometheus. Everyone just act like it never happened.
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post #1764 of 2341
10/4/12 at 1:12pm
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Your question is so ignorant and insulting that I shouldn't even dignify it with a response.
It was only a curiosity question. Internet forums being what it is, such question is necessary to figure out who is what and as I suspected, it can be seen as an insult from the other side of the computer screen but that's not what I meant. Never the less, you answered anyway. confused.gif
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The Avengers
The Hunger Games
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
The last three or four Harry Potters
Super 8
Inception
The Star Trek reboot
The Dark Knight (though not Dark Knight Rises so much)
The Bourne Ultimatum (the previous two as well, but they go back more than 5 years)
Hmm..., all PG-13 except for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (PG). I did enjoy The Hunger Games and Bourne series for suspense. MI3 was enjoyable for actions and HP were all good for what they are meant to be. Any thoughts on No Country for Old Men, District 9, Toy Story 3, Frost/Nixon, LOTR: The Return of The King?
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While none of these may be intellectual masterpieces, nor are they insultingly stupid.
If intellectual aspect of movie is what you are after, R rated movies should be tried more.
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Prometheus is insultingly stupid.
You are entitled to your own opinion and all I did was to put numbers, whose opinion is in the largest pool, whose is in the small fringe. For some reason, that didn't go down easy for some people.
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post #1765 of 2341
10/4/12 at 1:29pm
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Hmm..., all PG-13 except for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (PG).

As I explained, I was trying to name off other big-budget blockbuster type movies. Big-budget blockbusters these days are more often than not PG-13. This says nothing about what I think of R-rated content, which I have no problem with.
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Any thoughts on No Country for Old Men, District 9, Toy Story 3, Frost/Nixon, LOTR: The Return of The King?

Liked it, liked it, liked it, didn't see it, wondered if it would ever end - in that order.
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If intellectual aspect of movie is what you are after, R rated movies should be tried more.

If an intellectual aspect was all I was looking for, I wouldn't ever go to see big-budget blockbusters in the first place. I can enjoy a popcorn movie as much as anyone else. I just prefer them not to be insanely stupid. You'd think that wouldn't be much to ask for, but apparently it is.
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You are entitled to your own opinion and all I did was to put numbers, whose opinion is in the largest pool, whose is in the small fringe. For some reason, that didn't go down easy for some people.

Citing box office numbers as a measure of quality is a fool's game. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen grossed over $800 million. Do you know a single person who would admit to liking it? The Phantom Menace grossed over $1 billion.
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post #1766 of 2341
10/4/12 at 2:23pm
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If an intellectual aspect was all I was looking for, I wouldn't ever go to see big-budget blockbusters in the first place.
Intellectual aspect isn't the only thing the movies have. There are things with such but we don't call that movie.
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You'd think that wouldn't be much to ask for, but apparently it is.
Ask to whom, director, producer, screen writer or others?
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Citing box office numbers as a measure of quality is a fool's game.
Fool's game? Tell that to the (movie) investors. You do realize this is movie business, don't you?
When I said numbers, it's the review rating. Those who disliked Prometheus as much as you did are in the minority. Lets not forget, minorities are always around. Will the Hollywood care about the minority for their decision making process? I don't think so.
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen grossed over $800 million. Do you know a single person who would admit to liking it?
Yes, more than one. I saw couple on this forum.
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The Phantom Menace grossed over $1 billion.
Yes. And...?
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post #1767 of 2341
10/4/12 at 5:08pm
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Wonder if Netflix will have the full version for rent on BD, or if it will be one of those damnable "rental" disks with nearly everything stripped out except the movie itself?
There's a good chance BB will have the original dvd and BD...some stores have to buy them from best buy so I'm crossing my fingers my BD copy which should arrive on tue will have the whole shabang incl the dir cut.
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post #1768 of 2341
10/5/12 at 10:23am
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Intellectual aspect isn't the only thing the movies have.

confused.gif What part of my last post was not clear to you? You don't appear to have comprehended anything I've written.
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post #1769 of 2341
10/5/12 at 10:28am
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confused.gif What part of my last post was not clear to you? You don't appear to have comprehended anything I've written.
You seem to have a difficulty distinguishing between "confirmation" and "question".
What about other questions I asked on that same post?
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post #1770 of 2341
10/5/12 at 10:41am
http://i.imgur.com/tEKt5.jpeg

Looks like Ridley is connecting his Alien / Blade Runner universe,

Why use Guy Pearce in an old-man make-up in Prometheus? Because he'll play his younger self in the upcoming Blade Runner movie? Most likely.

I welcome this. smile.gif
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