Topic: Edge of Tomorrow, with Tom Cruise

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I'm 100% in. Especially after Oblivion ended up being pretty awesome, Cruise clearly knows what he's doing.

Also it's fascinating to watch video-game influences creep into mainstream movies. This looks like a game more than anything I've seen in a long time.

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Looks good to me, and I like Liman's stuff in general.  Cautiously optimistic.

btw, "Edge of Tomorrow with Tom Cruise" sounds like the title of a syndicated talk show that would air around 2 AM.

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I read one of the earlier drafts of the script for a class. The action sounds beautifully brutal but the actual story and characters are weak. However, the explanation for how/why the time-loop happens is the absolute worst technobabble bullshit ever conceived.

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Much worse than that. I give that line some leeway because it's Jeff Bridges being himself. I might as well post the specific exchange of dialogue so you guys know what I'm talking about. Exactly how much traffic does this forum get? I don't want to risk a chance of hurting anyone, besides myself, by posting it.

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not long to go now...

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I love that power armor, or rather armory. Some of the visuals remind me of the book Armor.

"You're not going in there" or whatever the line... umm, buddy she's been doing this a lot longer than you have tongue

Looks good. I wonder at how well it'll be played primarily for drama; typically this sort of thing has been played for laughs (Groundhog Day, "Window of Opportunity") on top of whatever drama is happening. I look forward to seeing if they can utilize it well.

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I didn't know they were doing a Source Code remake already.

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They can introduce it to a whole new Generation  smile

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Well, since Source Code is a pretty weak excuse for a sci-fi movie, I'm all for it.

I believe this approach was also tried as a network TV show with Taye Diggs called DayBreak.

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Source Code isn't that bad. It just has a terrible, terrible ending.

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I'm all for melodrama with 'splosions, I just don't want it to come in the form of another fucking Batman or Avenger movie.   Edge of Tomorrow may or may not have a great story, but at least it's a story I haven't already heard.

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Aliens invading Earth? Looked to me like humans were invading an alien planet, a la Starship Troopers.

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Whatever, I'll take this premise over Transformers or Star Trek Into Darkness any day of the week.

I'm a big fan of stories involving time-loops, so curious to see what they do with it.

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Time travel stories, loops or no loops, will require some form of technobable so I think I can forgive it that point. Quantum temporal mechanics are not exactly the easiest of building blocks... wink

But, it certainly has an interesting premise, ignoring the temporal mechanics, especially Cruise's line regarding not being a soldier, implying that this might not have been his original career. Again, a good trailer causing more questions than revealing the whole plot (at least, in theory).

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not long to go now...

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That song seems like such a strange choice. Loved it.

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"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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