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mirth

June 10, 2015, 12:02:18 PM
"I'm going to have to science the shit out of this"

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Arctic Blast

#1
June 10, 2015, 02:47:29 PM
I am intrigued! I think I may have to pick up the book.

Sir Slash

#2
June 10, 2015, 06:48:38 PM
I'll chip-in on sending Matt Damon to Mars. O0
"Take a look at that". Sgt. Wilkerson-- CMBN. His last words after spotting a German tank on the other side of a hedgerow.

Nefaro

#3
June 10, 2015, 07:14:04 PM
Quote from: Sir Slash on June 10, 2015, 06:48:38 PM
I'll chip-in on sending Matt Damon to Mars. O0


This x2.

Con

#4
June 11, 2015, 12:18:05 AM
Loved the book. Science nerds rejoice it's pretty damn accurate and believable

Hoping Hollywood stays true to the humor and science of the book trailer looks promising

Con

bbmike

#5
June 11, 2015, 08:22:43 AM
Pfft, no way it beats the original.  :P
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."
-Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

"There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you!"
-The Doctor

"Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth."
-Clifford D. Simak

Sir Slash

#6
June 11, 2015, 10:39:56 AM
I saw that one at the theatre when I was just a wee lad. Scared the wee-wee out of me.
"Take a look at that". Sgt. Wilkerson-- CMBN. His last words after spotting a German tank on the other side of a hedgerow.

mirth

#7
October 12, 2015, 09:17:17 PM
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Huw the Poo

#8
February 09, 2016, 06:44:07 PM
Really, that's as far as this thread went?  Pfft.

Finally watched this.  I bought the blu ray blind, somehow avoiding all spoilers and thus knowing absolutely nothing other than it was a sci-fi by Ridley Scott; more than enough endorsement.  As expected, it is a brilliant film.  It's full of spectacle, drama, tension, humour, fantastic acting and Scott's signature attention to detail, and makes a complete and utter mockery of Gravity.  I love it and I'm dying to see it again already.

The only downside - no director's commentary.  That's a great shame because Scott's are always entertaining.

bbmike

#9
February 09, 2016, 07:18:01 PM
I also finally watched it (well, as much as I could stand). I thought it was typical Hollywood garbage. I was told it was 'scientifically accurate' before I saw it. It was anything but. It even won a Golden Globe for Best Comedy. Best Comedy? Even the attempts at humor were horrible. I know that people liked it but it was not for me.
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."
-Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

"There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you!"
-The Doctor

"Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth."
-Clifford D. Simak

Huw the Poo

#10
February 09, 2016, 07:29:41 PM
Tell me you hated Gravity as well and I'll consider letting you live!

bbmike

#11
February 09, 2016, 08:08:16 PM
 ;D Didn't see it. I'm guessing I shouldn't?
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."
-Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

"There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you!"
-The Doctor

"Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth."
-Clifford D. Simak

Huw the Poo

#12
February 10, 2016, 01:43:21 AM
No.  Overhyped, absolute nonsense.  And if you hated the science in The Martian (which had a decent stab at it in my opinion) you'll really hate the science in Gravity.  Plus it's another Christian fable disguised as something else which I personally can't stand.

JasonPratt

#13
February 10, 2016, 09:10:16 AM
^^ The Martian, or Gravity? I lost the pronoun trail. (I have no opinion having seen neither movie yet.)
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Huw the Poo

#14
February 10, 2016, 09:49:37 AM
Gravity.
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