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What is the deal with Robert De Niro now? Seriously. Did he lose a bet and have to start picking scripts at random out of a hat?
"Hey Robert, I be you can't be in a movie with Robin Williams this year?"
*theorized true story*
Possible movie suggestions for DIF this year:
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Good idea. I'll ask my friend to borrow one.
While scheduling is rough for me, but usually Wednesdays and Thursdays are best for me.
Edit:
Also, this:
I enjoy video games for years and often enjoyed some of the 8 bit games because they often built more from the imagination for their story than most do nowadays. I'm serious, read a booklet from an old Intellivision game or Nintendo system. There is a lot more backstory than many games get nowadays.
Shooter games I think have surged in popularity due, in part, to games like Halo, Battlefield and others and giving studios are surefire formula for making money. Much like some movies now, video games are looking for a sure profit with little risk. So, lots of shooter games.
I find the concept work behind video games is very similar to preproduction process of making a movie. The design, artwork and scripting process is interesting to me.
I've got the next few hours clear. Also, a professional level mic meant for recording vocals. Not a condensator mic, a dynamic one, but it should do the trick just nicely. Also, sound is being processed by a Roland UA-55.
Show off...
*needs to buy new mic, especially if wants to become an internet sensation*
I would recommend a test run to see how good the audio pick up is for everyone.
My cell block is notoriously noisy so I will need to get a new microphone to make sure I just get my voice and not the screeches of the other crazy people 
I would love to be a part of this and while I am only familiar with the 9th and 10th doctors, I would be willing to play the knows nothing guy
However, my work schedule means I am usually working weekends. So, I might just have to listen on this one
I feel like I'm in a bad Futurama episode...
Ok, I think I follow now.
But really, if the Roman Colosseum had video cameras it would have been televised. Even Star Trek: The Original Series explored that in "Bread and Circuses."
So, its kind of a combination of the two, because gladiator sport could sometimes involve training, while reality TV involves no training but volunteering, similar to our current cultural obsession (in the United States) with reality TV.
Finally got some time to listen to this one.
When you guys were having that whole debate about the Hunger Games being akin to a reality show and the Hunger Games being a comment on the people who watch that sort of thing and Teague was having that whole disconnect of "reality tv show with volunteers" vs. "People drafted into the game to kill each other". I'm really surprised no one brought up (or if they did it was so brief I missed it) the fact that the Hunger Games are basically a literal translation of Gladiatorial Events into this world.
What are essentially slaves are picked out of the crowd, thrown into a ring filled with booby-traps and dangers, (And dictatorial puppet masters that every so often might want to throw a lion or something into the mix just to shake things up) given weapons and told the last one out alive gets to live and gets a reward. While hordes of onlooking citizens watch gleefully and are entertained.
That was us humans, like actually the same species as us did that 1800 (ish) years ago. There is very very little stopping us from going back to that.
Of course, there are aspects of reality tv show in there as well, but I think that's mostly just a side effect of the upgraded technology of it. If The Romans had TV cameras you can bet your ass they would have shown it across the empire.
IDK, that's just always been my reading of the whole Hunger Games thing, less Survivor more Gladiator.
I'll grant that I haven't listen to the whole thing, but I thought that was Trey's point. He brought up the fact that in another thread people were discussing dystopias, and that is in essence what Hunger Games is. Trey's point is that if it is a realistic movie, its almost always about a dystopia, because that is the way the real world is. And the fact that humanity hasn't changed as much as we would like to believe, BDA, and your point is well taken. It wouldn't take much for humanity to go back to gladiator style games, and Hunger Games is essentially that.
As for dystopian stories, I have no problem with them existing, but personally, give me a movie with a happy ending. There is a place for gritty, realistic, and dark tales-I'll not deny that. But, sometimes I just need something like "Tangled" or the like. Hunger Games doesn't sit as well with me, because humanity is not far removed from it.
Its funny that you have the Battlefield Earth review and I just watched another one from SFDebris.
Ah, to be united with anger towards a movie
Wow, its one of the weirdest things to read. It sounds cold, but I know it was inevitable, but I really didn't expect it.
RIP Roger
I think Elektra is my favorite costume design, though Supergirl is a close second.
Its an amazing concept, female super heroines in clothes O_o
I couldn't believe the news...I asked my friend to double check the date to be sure 
My sincerest condolences on your lost, Pav.
I'm sorry to hear that 
Alright, weather is much better up here and i am off on Thursday from work.
I can try and shoot footage that day. I do apologize for the delay, but illness, poor weather and busy work week limited my time.
Teague, you crazy, crazy man...
fireproof78 wrote:I LOLed at Under Armour's new product line
I'm slightly embarrassed at this, I worked at an Under Armour store for a few years.
Its ok, it will pass, I promise *sympathy hug*
I think we stumbled on the right answer in our commentary - not just a more fitting ending for that story, but as a sequel starter as well.
First, Noomi "my silly ideas got everyone killed" gets crushed and Charlize, the power-hungry ice queen survives.
Then Charlize, with her hated robo-head pseudo-brother, takes off in an alien ship full of death and daddy issues, headed back to Earth.
There's yer gorram sequel.
I LOLed at Under Armour's new product line
I think it's time to admit I have a man crush on Kurt Russell. Fella has been awesome ever since I first saw him in Big Trouble in Little China.
When you are willing to wear this outfit at his age, I agree, the man is amazing!
Edit: Linked to new picture
New pictures from Empire magazine:
I'm really curious how they deal with the events of Chronicles. I mean, once you've jumped down that rabbit hole, it's kinda hard to climb out again. I have high hopes, though.
I love Chronicles and yes, the new film follows shortly after Chronicles, with Riddick being betrayed by the Necromongers, no doubt for working against their goals.
It sounds like more of a survival story, with Riddick again hunted by Mercs (hired by Karl Urban?)
It sounds like a blast and I love Vin Disel playing Riddick, regardless of the movie 
Awww. It's nice when siblings get along so well.
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