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@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@booboo said in Movie review thread...:
Dune
Eventually went yesterday with the girl which was cool (didn't think she'd hang with the daggy old man).
Early session. Only a total of 7 in the cinema including us.
Overall was slightly disappointed. Think it was because of lot of the dream/vision sequences were difficult to decipher. Too much indistinct whispering. You got the idea but it wouldn't hurt to be just a tiny bit obvious.
I read the book back in like 3rd Form, and have a couple of times since, so know the story, and was looking for the wow factor on the visuals, but it seems paradoxically there were too many visuals between the narrative bits (for me anyway).
Liked the actors except for Jason Momoa. Thought he was a bit weak.
Having said all that am looking forward to Part Two.
A disappointing 3 why are they using swords in the age of interstellar travel out of 5 those helicopter things look like mosquitos.
A bigger nerd than me like @NTA might know but I think they use swords because everyone has shields so guns are rendered useless ?
That was my understanding and thought they explained that in the movie and book
Interesting a idea starwars seems to have nicked in the knights of the old republic game, personal shields so people use blades
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@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
A bigger nerd than me like @NTA might know but I think they use swords because everyone has shields so guns are rendered useless ?
Pretty much. In the books, they go into a more detailed description about how shields work - essentially a fast blade or projectile gets stopped by the shield, so the technique is to beat your opponent with a fast move but a slow finish.
Lasers exist in hand-held and other forms, but they produce unpredictable results if they hit a shield - up to and including nuke-level devastation.
Also pretty sure some technology was outlawed hence they use scrolls and paper instead of tablets.
The Butlerian Jihad is mentioned in the books, as the great war against thinking machines - AI computing. AI brought war to a new level that was deemed too dangerous for the Empire, so they stopped that shit.
There are a couple of dudes in shot who are mentats - human computers, trained from an early age to run complex computations at sprred. When their eyes roll back in their heads, they're doing stats, retrieving inventory, or calculating probabilities.
Paper is used but isn't exclusive. There are data storage formats and ways to read them E.g. at the start where Paul is using a firm of projector to learn about the Fremen, but nothing really resembling what we see as a computer.
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@nta said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
A bigger nerd than me like @NTA might know but I think they use swords because everyone has shields so guns are rendered useless ?
Pretty much. In the books, they go into a more detailed description about how shields work - essentially a fast blade or projectile gets stopped by the shield, so the technique is to beat your opponent with a fast move but a slow finish.
Lasers exist in hand-held and other forms, but they produce unpredictable results if they hit a shield - up to and including nuke-level devastation.
Also pretty sure some technology was outlawed hence they use scrolls and paper instead of tablets.
The Butlerian Jihad is mentioned in the books, as the great war against thinking machines - AI computing. AI brought war to a new level that was deemed too dangerous for the Empire, so they stopped that shit.
There are a couple of dudes in shot who are mentats - human computers, trained from an early age to run complex computations at sprred. When their eyes roll back in their heads, they're doing stats, retrieving inventory, or calculating probabilities.
Paper is used but isn't exclusive. There are data storage formats and ways to read them E.g. at the start where Paul is using a firm of projector to learn about the Fremen, but nothing really resembling what we see as a computer.
You sure didn’t let me down. Great post nerdlinger !!!
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@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@nta said in Movie review thread...:
Have been meaning to ask, did you think the 80s version was any good ? To me it actually had a couple of scenes the more recent one missed and the Baron was a bit more fun.
Those days are long gone.
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@catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@nta said in Movie review thread...:
Have been meaning to ask, did you think the 80s version was any good ? To me it actually had a couple of scenes the more recent one missed and the Baron was a bit more fun.
Those days are long gone.
No not him, he never was
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@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@nta said in Movie review thread...:
Have been meaning to ask, did you think the 80s version was any good ? To me it actually had a couple of scenes the more recent one missed and the Baron was a bit more fun.
Been years since I watched it. Just so camp ..
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@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@booboo said in Movie review thread...:
Liked the actors except for Jason Momoa. Thought he was a bit weak.
Wow, I thought he was great.
Maybe it was one of those instances where I was expecting awesome things and he was just great?
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@nta said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@nta said in Movie review thread...:
Have been meaning to ask, did you think the 80s version was any good ? To me it actually had a couple of scenes the more recent one missed and the Baron was a bit more fun.
Been years since I watched it. Just so camp ..
You sure you not thinking Flash Gordon ?
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@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@nta said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@nta said in Movie review thread...:
Have been meaning to ask, did you think the 80s version was any good ? To me it actually had a couple of scenes the more recent one missed and the Baron was a bit more fun.
Been years since I watched it. Just so camp ..
You sure you not thinking Flash Gordon ?
No.
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@nta said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@nta said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@nta said in Movie review thread...:
Have been meaning to ask, did you think the 80s version was any good ? To me it actually had a couple of scenes the more recent one missed and the Baron was a bit more fun.
Been years since I watched it. Just so camp ..
You sure you not thinking Flash Gordon ?
No.
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GoldenEye
The good: The movie spawned a brilliant video game.
The bad: The movie gives you pink eye.
One Walter Mitty out of five N64 games.
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
GoldenEye
The good: The movie spawned a brilliant video game.
The bad: The movie gives you pink eye.
One Walter Mitty out of five N64 games.
@Nepia will be here soon. Goldeneye is a tier 1 Bond movie along with Martin Campbell's other effort (Casino Royale).
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@bovidae said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
GoldenEye
The good: The movie spawned a brilliant video game.
The bad: The movie gives you pink eye.
One Walter Mitty out of five N64 games.
@Nepia will be here soon. Goldeneye is a tier 1 Bond movie along with Martin Campbell's other effort (Casino Royale).
You called?
Yep, best Brosnan and best Craig both directed by the Hawkes Bay boy.
