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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.
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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).
That says two things:
- How bad the other Bond movies are, and
- Martin redeemed himself with Casino Royale.
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
@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).
That says two things:
- How bad the other Bond movies are, and
- Martin redeemed himself with Casino Royale.
You’ll be thrilled to know the Bond movies are 60 years old this year and not showing any signs of slowing up although I hope they don’t get as woke as the SJWs want them to get.
What a series, long may it continue.
