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Minority Report, Good or Bad?

Minority Report

Good
6 (35.3%)

Bad
1 (5.9%)

I Haven't Seen It
3 (17.6%)

Eh...
3 (17.6%)

Not Enough Pie :D
4 (23.5%)

Total votes: 17
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12-06-2005 16:51
I didn't like it, but that may be because my brain didn't like that much information that fast..

Opinions, Poll to come!
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12-06-2005 16:52
Not bad. Light entertainment, nothing great.
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12-06-2005 16:55
Like I said, good popcorn film: cool effects, plot that's not too complicated and not too simple, cute bald chick. :p
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12-06-2005 17:48
It looked like polished hollywood special effects schlock, so I never bothered to watch it.
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12-06-2005 17:55
Minority Report is one of my faves. I would have named it in my earlier list if I had remembered it, well, earlier.

Unfortunately I did not.

So thanks for the refresher!

The sonic guns in the weapon are an accurate visual depiction of what I experience known as rippleshock in my mind. In addition to this, Philip K. Dick is one of my favorite authors, despite me never having read a single book of his in entirety. I hope to, someday. (I did like Blade Runner the movie.)

Precognition, or some quasiaspect of "tunnelling through time", or dare I say, "time travel", appeals to me wholesomely.

I really liked the other special effects in this movie too, like how Tom Cruise acted like an orchestra conductor when he was scanning through the frames. Very neat interface, I'd like to do that with SL.

In addition, there was a mall in it that's one of the biggest abandoned malls in the world... Hawthorne Plaza I believe it's called.
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12-06-2005 18:00
From: Torley Torgeson
Precognition, or some quasiaspect of "tunnelling through time", or dare I say, "time travel", appeals to me wholesomely.
Ever read the Dune series? Very interesting views on the phenomenon.
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12-06-2005 18:02
From: AJ DaSilva
Ever read the Dune series? Very interesting views on the phenomenon.


This is another highly-acclaimed series (at least the first few tomes?) I have not yet read. I know there's a time and place for it, not yet, but I hear so many good things.
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12-06-2005 18:04
From: Torley Torgeson
This is another highly-acclaimed series (at least the first few tomes?) I have not yet read. I know there's a time and place for it, not yet, but I hear so many good things.


What is wrong with you, man? Read the first two books at the very least.
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12-06-2005 18:05
From: Torley Torgeson
In addition to this, Philip K. Dick is one of my favorite authors, despite me never having read a single book of his in entirety. I hope to, someday.


But they're so short! Keep trying. ;)

I didn't think I like the movie, but a subsequent viewing entertained me.
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12-06-2005 18:06
I liked, I think it was Rich Halls joke about Tom Cruise movies, about the plot of them all being the same..

From: someone

First he was a Cocktail Maker.. He was a pretty good Cocktail Maker, until he had a crisis of confidence and couldn't make cocktails anymore.. Then he found the love of a good woman who restored his confidence in making cocktails..

Then he was a Racing Driver.. He was a pretty good Racing Driver, until he had a crisis of confidence and couldn't race cars anymore.. Then he found the love of a good woman who restored his confidence in racing cars..

Then he was a Sports Agent!.. He was a pretty good Sports Agent, until he had a crisis of confidence and couldn't be a Sports Agent anymore.. Then he found the love of a good woman who restored his confidence in being a Sports Agent..

Then he was a Jet Pilot.. He was a pretty good Jet Pilot, until he had a crisis of confidence and couldn't pilot jets anymore.. Then he found the love of a good woman who restored his confidence in poloting jets..

He cuda been a scrabble player for all I care! He was a pretty good scrabble player.. Until he drew all vowels! Had a crisis of consonants.. Until he found the love of a Welsh woman who taught him how to spell with all vowels..


Possibly vaugly true of Minority Report? Police Pre-Crime Enforcer, pretty good one, until the system came after him and he had a crisis of confidence?
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12-06-2005 18:09
Rippleshock hasn't compelled me to read Dune yet. I actually have the musty first book of Frank Herbert's epic somewhere in a bookshelf here (I reckon I got it from the Salvation Army some years ago on a sci-fi trawl), but on past occasions, when I've drawn near to it, I feel this energy pushing me back.

I'm convinced that like a fire extinguisher, Dune may very well be beneficial to me in a time of emergency. (More of a dramatic, extended period than any single literal event of flames breaking out, however.) I know from experience Asimov's Robot books were this way to me in my youth.

There is one quote I've heard tho, that stands out to me all along. Correct me if I'm wrong, and I don't know where exactly it's placed in the context of things, but here it goes:

FEAR IS THE MIND KILLER

I've felt this way often when reading the SL Forums. :)
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12-06-2005 18:10
From: Zapoteth Zaius
I liked, I think it was Rich Halls joke about Tom Cruise movies, about the plot of them all being the same..



Possibly vaugly true of Minority Report? Police Pre-Crime Enforcer, pretty good one, until the system came after him and he had a crisis of confidence?


HAHAHA... that's a good generalization, but don't quite hold up with Vanilla Sky. Unless you think Tom Cruise is a lousy lover or something.
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12-06-2005 18:12
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HAHAHA... that's a good generalization, but don't quite hold up with Vanilla Sky. Unless you think Tom Cruise is a lousy lover or something.


Never seen it, probably should, but Rich Hall is hilarious :D
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12-06-2005 18:13
Aah... the Bene Gesserit litany against fear...
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I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
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12-06-2005 18:16
My gosh that's a gorgeous quote. Thanx!

Should hang this on the alcove of the SL Forums.
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12-06-2005 18:24
Oh, speaking of books you might like Torley. I noticred in another thread you said you liked Steampunk; I quite enjoyed The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce stearling - it's got the same unledrlying plot as Gibson's 2 series but set in Victorian England. It's got the most confusing end of anything I've ever read.
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12-06-2005 18:25
From: Torley Torgeson
Rippleshock hasn't compelled me to read Dune yet. I actually have the musty first book of Frank Herbert's epic somewhere in a bookshelf here (I reckon I got it from the Salvation Army some years ago on a sci-fi trawl), but on past occasions, when I've drawn near to it, I feel this energy pushing me back.

I'm convinced that like a fire extinguisher, Dune may very well be beneficial to me in a time of emergency. (More of a dramatic, extended period than any single literal event of flames breaking out, however.) I know from experience Asimov's Robot books were this way to me in my youth.

There is one quote I've heard tho, that stands out to me all along. Correct me if I'm wrong, and I don't know where exactly it's placed in the context of things, but here it goes:

FEAR IS THE MIND KILLER

I've felt this way often when reading the SL Forums. :)


I used NIN as a fire extinguisher. I refused to buy or listen to The Downward Spiral (I knew it was good since I'd heard parts on the radio) until I absolutely felt like I didn't know what to listen to. I think I finally bought it around 2000, just in time to save me from the oppressively boring album The Fragile, which I will never buy but have heard in its entirety exactly once.
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12-06-2005 18:27
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I quite enjoyed The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce stearling - it's got the same unledrlying plot as Gibson's 2 series but set in Victorian England. It's got the most confusing end of anything I've ever read.


Worst endorsement ever. :cool:
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12-06-2005 18:28
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Oh, speaking of books you might like Torley. I noticred in another thread you said you liked Steampunk; I quite enjoyed The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce stearling - it's got the same unledrlying plot as Gibson's 2 series but set in Victorian England. It's got the most confusing end of anything I've ever read.


Nice rec, another one I haven't read. Allen Kerensky also recommended this to me.

And on the topic of NIN, "The Perfect Drug" is still my fave single of theirs (his?).
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12-06-2005 18:30
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Worst endorsement ever. :cool:
lol! I think it's a book I need to read a second time, I was all into subtexts at the time so didn't really get into the characterisation at all.
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12-06-2005 18:31
From: Torley Torgeson

And on the topic of NIN, "The Perfect Drug" is still my fave single of theirs (his?).


Theirs at that point. I don't know about single, but I like Hey, Pig.
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12-06-2005 18:41
*sings* I started a successful thread in off topic about a trivial subject that didn't decend into a flame war! HEY!*
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*sings* I started a successful thread in off topic about a trivial subject that didn't decend into a flame war! HEY!*


Congratulations.

And in doing so, fear has not killed your mind.
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12-06-2005 18:42
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*sings* I started a successful thread in off topic about a trivial subject that didn't decend into a flame war! HEY!*
You suck, try harder! :p
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12-06-2005 18:42
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Congratulations.

And in doing so, fear has not killed your mind.


Yeah! Damn straight..

I wish I could get my head round philosophy of some kind :p
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