just watched it the other night, loved it, again,
but i has a lot of interesting facts along with it

it was based on a 60's french short film called "La Jetee", its currently on netflix and is equally if not more awsome

the director also directed fear and loathing in las vagas, another awsome movie
unfortunately thats the only two good films he ever made, except brazil which i havent seen

/rant

what is your top 10 scifi movies

12/8/2009 12:23:35 PM

are you not familiar with Terry Gilliam's work? Great director but has fallen off of late

12/8/2009 12:26:53 PM

hack the planet

im a leaf on the wind

12/8/2009 12:29:08 PM

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"unfortunately thats the only two good films he ever made, except brazil which i havent seen"

Wrong. First off, see Brazil, it's by far his best. It's my personal favorite movie of all time.

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is great.
Time Bandits is great.
The Fisher King is great.

12/8/2009 12:52:43 PM

^ You forgot Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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12/8/2009 12:56:01 PM

That, too, but I didn't include the Monty Python stuff because it was more of a group effort, whereas the stuff I referenced are strictly Gilliam films.

12/8/2009 12:58:33 PM

We had to watch this in my Time Travel class. Very interesting movie. Although I can't remember if its actually plausible or not...I don't believe it was.

12/8/2009 1:01:36 PM

I watched 12 Monkeys again over Thanksgiving break. Definitely one of my favorites.

12/8/2009 1:02:34 PM

i just popped in to express how much i love Brazil, which is quite a lot.

12/8/2009 1:03:09 PM

awesome

12/8/2009 1:34:30 PM

i might check out brazil, i hope its awesome, will report result

12/8/2009 4:37:29 PM

12/8/2009 4:54:45 PM

Brazil is better but 12 monkies is awesome


I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

[Edited on December 8, 2009 at 7:35 PM. Reason : dat backwards sentence]

12/8/2009 7:33:11 PM

another ace thread by lafta.

12/8/2009 8:05:22 PM

I liked tideland a good bit. 12 Monkeys, Fisher King, and Time Bandits were all good. I never really got on board the Monty Python boat. I get why people like it, I just don't care for it that much.

Brazil was good, but I always felt like I was "watching a well acclaimed film" instead of being fully immersed... if that makes sense. Maybe I need to give it another watch.

12/8/2009 8:10:08 PM

im currently 12 minutes into brazil, and i must say i am so far not too thrilled
its random, confusing and is going no where
i'll give it 10 more minutes

12/29/2009 7:47:40 PM

lawl, just watch it all and man up.

12/29/2009 8:22:14 PM

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"We had to watch this in my Time Travel class. Very interesting movie. Although I can't remember if its actually plausible or not...I don't believe it was."

umm what? how come i never heard of that class?

12/29/2009 8:42:36 PM

***SPOILER****


I really think the end of the world will be like they do in the movie. Releasing a deadly airborn contagious virus into a major international airport. It would be almost impossible to contain when you consider the sheer amount of people that you would initially infect and then they would fly off all over the world infecting tons of people along the way. There is no way in hell you could quarantine that many people in so many locations.

12/29/2009 8:51:50 PM

sure there is. shut down every airport in the world, shoot down any planes still in the sky, quarantine cities with airports and declare martial law in them with house arrest for all citizens. let doctors work on cure. profit.

12/29/2009 9:20:08 PM

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"my Time Travel class"

We have a class on Time Travel?

really?

wtf.

12/29/2009 9:28:57 PM

ok im done watching Brazil
if you have 2 hours of nothing else to do, and you're in the mood for self punishment then watch this movie
although you might find one scene that might make the whole movie worth it

12/29/2009 10:09:04 PM

^ i agree. i never understood why this movie was supposed to be so great

12/29/2009 10:41:41 PM

it was a big part of the 1984 craze (came out in 85). it isn't too original but at the time the visuals were pretty impressive.

12/29/2009 10:49:30 PM

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"sure there is. shut down every airport in the world, shoot down any planes still in the sky, quarantine cities with airports and declare martial law in them with house arrest for all citizens. let doctors work on cure. profit."

Not gonna work. By the time people start showing symptoms they are already going to be home and or to their desired destination. Ebola, while not air born, yet, doesnt show symptoms for a few days. If it was airborn and released in an airport, there is no way you could stop it. Its not like the terrorists are going to go into the airport and be like "Hey everybody, we are releasing Ebola into the air! You are all fucked" And you can just shut down the airport or, god forbid, shoot the planes out of the sky. The beauty of it is that you won't know it has even happened until its too late.

12/29/2009 11:42:03 PM

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"We have a class on Time Travel? really?"

The class is Existentialism. The professor uses time travel as a prism with which to explore ideas related to existentialism.

12/30/2009 12:23:50 AM

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"it isn't too original"

the fuck?

Brazil is one of the most imaginative movies I have ever seen.

12/30/2009 2:32:16 AM

you find the story creative?? i think the movie would have been bigger if it had any sort of surprising twist or plot.

as it is its just a 1984 clone thats well written and visually appealing

12/30/2009 11:29:59 AM