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iamaelephant

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Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
Originally posted by: Accipiter22
sounds like The Core....which was the worst movie in history. ( I will argue to the death that it was)

I wouldn't say it is like the Core, nor Armageddon. This one looks to take place in the future - no magical technology that the government has been hiding, this stuff actually has time to develop.

Hopefully they don't try to cook up how the science would work and just play off of the "it's far into the future and thus we've naturally developed the technology" card thus making the movie about the mission. Then it could actually be pretty good.

Not sure how good though, trailer makes it seem to be a typical disaster movie, not too different from Apollo 13 or even the Core (but not necessarily in the same phony sense)

Errrm, how could you possibly equate this movie with Apollo 13?

Apollo 13 - some guys go for a trip to the moon, ship malfunctions, guys narrowly make it back to Earth alive. Also a true story

This film - The sun is jacking off and we need to restart it. :confused:
 

dighn

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Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
Originally posted by: Accipiter22
sounds like The Core....which was the worst movie in history. ( I will argue to the death that it was)

I wouldn't say it is like the Core, nor Armageddon. This one looks to take place in the future - no magical technology that the government has been hiding, this stuff actually has time to develop.

Hopefully they don't try to cook up how the science would work and just play off of the "it's far into the future and thus we've naturally developed the technology" card thus making the movie about the mission. Then it could actually be pretty good.

Not sure how good though, trailer makes it seem to be a typical disaster movie, not too different from Apollo 13 or even the Core (but not necessarily in the same phony sense)

the premise is extremely similar.

and it's fifty years into the future, no the far future. even if they come up with a explanation for technology that can affect the frigging sun (huge breakthroughs etc), it would still sound pretty far fetched.
 

MustangSVT

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Im sorry but for couple of weeks only thing i can think about is...

MADNESS?!?! THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAA!
 

MustangSVT

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a quick question. Is there away to save quicktime trailer without having quicktime pro? 300 on 1080p is just amazing :p
 

TheChort

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Is no one else bothered by the fact that the sun has enough fuel to last another 5 billion years?
And even if it were to run out, the nuclear fusion reactions of the heavier elements (because the hydrogen ran out) would cause the sun to explode and turn into a red giant.

Or am I just reading into this too much :confused:
 

PhoenixOrion

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Originally posted by: TheChort
Is no one else bothered by the fact that the sun has enough fuel to last another 5 billion years?
And even if it were to run out, the nuclear fusion reactions of the heavier elements (because the hydrogen ran out) would cause the sun to explode and turn into a red giant.

Or am I just reading into this too much :confused:

I like the trailer. I'll watch the movie on the big screen.
 

destrekor

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Originally posted by: TheChort
Is no one else bothered by the fact that the sun has enough fuel to last another 5 billion years?
And even if it were to run out, the nuclear fusion reactions of the heavier elements (because the hydrogen ran out) would cause the sun to explode and turn into a red giant.

Or am I just reading into this too much :confused:

reading into it too much.
i immediately pointed that out too, but alas I won't let it ruin what could be an enjoyable movie.
 

Fullmetal Chocobo

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Meh. Good idea, but it looks like they Armageddoned it... One mission, and fifty fvcking billion things go wrong. Makes for a horrible movie.
 

Excelsior

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Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged
Originally posted by: MustangSVT
Im sorry but for couple of weeks only thing i can think about is...

MADNESS?!?! THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAA!

Hell yes! :D

I don't think I have ever anticipated a movie premier this much. :D
 

Aharami

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Aug 31, 2001
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Originally posted by: destrekor
Originally posted by: TheChort
Is no one else bothered by the fact that the sun has enough fuel to last another 5 billion years?
And even if it were to run out, the nuclear fusion reactions of the heavier elements (because the hydrogen ran out) would cause the sun to explode and turn into a red giant.

Or am I just reading into this too much :confused:

reading into it too much.
i immediately pointed that out too, but alas I won't let it ruin what could be an enjoyable movie.

yea. cant think too much into how realistic the physics would be.
 

Aharami

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Aug 31, 2001
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Originally posted by: Excelsior
Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged
Originally posted by: MustangSVT
Im sorry but for couple of weeks only thing i can think about is...

MADNESS?!?! THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAA!

Hell yes! :D

I don't think I have ever anticipated a movie premier this much. :D

LOTR: ROTK
Matrix 2
 

clamum

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Feb 13, 2003
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Originally posted by: Excelsior
Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged
Originally posted by: MustangSVT
Im sorry but for couple of weeks only thing i can think about is...

MADNESS?!?! THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAA!

Hell yes! :D

I don't think I have ever anticipated a movie premier this much. :D

It's coming out this Friday, isn't it? I hope so. :D
 

purbeast0

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Sep 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: cr2250
Originally posted by: destrekor
nooooo... too far away (december)
damnit

same writer as 28 days later and The Beach, and same director as 28 days later and trainspotting.
that writer is also currently partially credited with the script for the Halo movie.

and i love how Clint Mansel's theme from Requiem for a Dream is used in so many damned trailers. its perfect-like though, because it adds a layer to the trailer it feels like.

and to the above, apparently I just answered your question. ;)

Well that theme makes the trailer so damn good. Btw 28days later was one of the best zombie movies that are available today and there making a 28weeks later, a follow up which should be awesome also.

28 days later wasn't about zombies.
 

djheater

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As though any one would name a vessel Icarus.

They may have named it Daedalus, and the device they would fire into the sun Icarus, but that's still pretty macabre.
May as well name it Phaeton.
 

destrekor

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Originally posted by: purbeast0
Originally posted by: cr2250
Originally posted by: destrekor
nooooo... too far away (december)
damnit

same writer as 28 days later and The Beach, and same director as 28 days later and trainspotting.
that writer is also currently partially credited with the script for the Halo movie.

and i love how Clint Mansel's theme from Requiem for a Dream is used in so many damned trailers. its perfect-like though, because it adds a layer to the trailer it feels like.

and to the above, apparently I just answered your question. ;)

Well that theme makes the trailer so damn good. Btw 28days later was one of the best zombie movies that are available today and there making a 28weeks later, a follow up which should be awesome also.

28 days later wasn't about zombies.

through technicalities it wasn't, however it represents how we commonly view zombies, and they kept the behavior very similar. the only difference was it was merely a virus that affected living humans and they stayed alive, versus making them walking dead.
 

CountZero

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Originally posted by: purbeast0
Originally posted by: cr2250
Originally posted by: destrekor
nooooo... too far away (december)
damnit

same writer as 28 days later and The Beach, and same director as 28 days later and trainspotting.
that writer is also currently partially credited with the script for the Halo movie.

and i love how Clint Mansel's theme from Requiem for a Dream is used in so many damned trailers. its perfect-like though, because it adds a layer to the trailer it feels like.

and to the above, apparently I just answered your question. ;)

Well that theme makes the trailer so damn good. Btw 28days later was one of the best zombie movies that are available today and there making a 28weeks later, a follow up which should be awesome also.

28 days later wasn't about zombies.

Sure it wasn't but really then no zombie movie is about zombies.

Anyways if it wasn't Danny Boyle and rated R I wouldn't give it a second look but since it is it has the potential to be good if you turn off the part of your brain that knows the science is almost certainly bunk.
 
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Originally posted by: TheChort
Is no one else bothered by the fact that the sun has enough fuel to last another 5 billion years?
And even if it were to run out, the nuclear fusion reactions of the heavier elements (because the hydrogen ran out) would cause the sun to explode and turn into a red giant.

Or am I just reading into this too much :confused:

1 word. Aliens.

The only way this movie will be any good is if they don't explain any of the technology. "We have a device that will re-ignite the sun, Oh look a penny."
 

Bacstar

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I thought I saw the actors that played Scare Crow in Batman Begins, and the guy who played the flame guy from The Fantastic 4.

Looks like an interesting movie...definitely like The Core. I'd like to see how they explain how the sun went out...military test gone awry?

oh wait... nm better not say it...
 
Aug 23, 2000
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I thought about this for awhile, but would a Sci-Fi movie/ disaster movie with amazing special effects like this do good if everything went right and the tail end of the movie was used to explain the aftermath of the events? I liked Deep Impact more than Armeggedon because it showed us what life was like during the events.