Thanks! We licensed several minutes of footage for Long Walk To Freedom so I'm looking forward to it for more than just the obvious reasons of Idris and Elba.
She just... she just did the math.
Kaylee ,'Objects In Space'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Jessica - Jul 14, 2013 12:49:47 pm PDT #24916 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Dana - Jul 14, 2013 2:32:58 pm PDT #24917 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Pacific Rim was sufficiently monsters-versus-giant-robots for me. I agree that the plot was occasionally...wah?, and I feel like maybe two of any of the plot points could have been removed without any problem.
Dana - Jul 14, 2013 2:48:08 pm PDT #24918 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Also, y'all, I am seriously worried about Jeff Bridges' choices lately.
Polter-Cow - Jul 14, 2013 3:08:51 pm PDT #24919 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I feel like maybe two of any of the plot points could have been removed without any problem.
For instance, was there any point at all to the fact that the kaiju were clones or...something?
I liked the movie more the second time around since I wasn't expecting anything more than what it was, so I just appreciated its efforts to be decent in the character/plot department and awesome in the robots vs. monsters department. I did think it was neat that the heart of the movie was a father-daughter relationship between a black man and a Japanese woman.
Dana - Jul 14, 2013 3:11:27 pm PDT #24920 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
There were too many white guys with brown hair. It took quite a while for me to be able to tell them apart.
I did think it was neat that the heart of the movie
Agreed. Would have been even better if there were more than two women with speaking roles, one of whom got like three lines.
Polter-Cow - Jul 14, 2013 3:30:52 pm PDT #24921 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Agreed.
le nubian - Jul 14, 2013 3:51:43 pm PDT #24922 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
P-C,
yes. it meant that the scientist could tap into their brain waves and have an understanding of how the door to the inner sanctum worked. If they weren't clones, they might have had unique brain responses that wouldn't give information about the big picture.
At least that's what I hand waved.
Polter-Cow - Jul 14, 2013 4:08:01 pm PDT #24923 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I thought he could learn anything he wanted because of the hive mind. Wasn't that where he was getting all his information, the hive mind? How would clones make it any easier to get information from the hive mind?
le nubian - Jul 14, 2013 4:43:45 pm PDT #24924 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I think it was a hive mind BECAUSE they were all clones.
Steph L. - Jul 14, 2013 4:47:34 pm PDT #24925 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Despicable Me 2 = however many minutes of complete delight.
I can't wait to see that! I have ridiculous minion-love.