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2013/12/10 15:15:42
Subject: First Trailer For The Wachowskis’ Jupiter Ascending
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2013/12/10 15:39:16
Subject: First Trailer For The Wachowskis’ Jupiter Ascending
Really, I for one wish this one to succeed. We really need a Space Opera that borrows from current sci-fi lit instead of just rehashing the old Golden Age cliches.
Maybe I'm assuming too much, though. What little we know of the plot looks like The Culture goes to Barsoom...
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2013/12/10 16:15:12
Subject: Re: First Trailer For The Wachowskis’ Jupiter Ascending
Ensis Ferrae wrote: looks interesting... only question I have of course... is Does Sean Bean die in it?
it would be nice to see something where Sean Bean doesn't die in it. he's died like 127 times.
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2013/12/10 16:20:08
Subject: Re: First Trailer For The Wachowskis’ Jupiter Ascending
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2013/12/11 02:31:55
Subject: First Trailer For The Wachowskis’ Jupiter Ascending
Is it a dystopian future in which people have their freedoms curtailed by an oppressive regime which can only be defeated by hip counter-culture heroes who embrace secret lives that value personal freedom over personal security, ultimately leading to the anarchic downfall of society with the vague promise of a "better" tomorrow?
You know, the Wachowski's usual order?
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Is it a dystopian future in which people have their freedoms curtailed by an oppressive regime which can only be defeated by hip counter-culture heroes who embrace secret lives that value personal freedom over personal security, ultimately leading to the anarchic downfall of society with the vague promise of a "better" tomorrow?
You know, the Wachowski's usual order?
So that's the sub-text of Speed Racer.
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2013/12/11 14:34:14
Subject: Re: First Trailer For The Wachowskis’ Jupiter Ascending
Medium of Death wrote: Don't like the look of this. Cast don't seem terribly great either.
Just because they aren't big names doesn't mean its necessarily a bad cast. Mid-level names are probably the route to go with this sort of film because if it's great it can help them out in the rest of their careers, but if it flops, it doesn't really hurt them either.
2013/12/12 03:25:56
Subject: Re: First Trailer For The Wachowskis’ Jupiter Ascending
Looks like standard Wachowski fare. Their movies might be a little heavy-handed with the insufferable political subtext, but they're usually pretty good. I'll probably go see it.
Really, I for one wish this one to succeed. We really need a Space Opera that borrows from current sci-fi lit instead of just rehashing the old Golden Age cliches.
Maybe I'm assuming too much, though. What little we know of the plot looks like The Culture goes to Barsoom...
Agreed.
Outside of the niche video game and table top games scifi/space opera sucks in the book/novel and movie department. Elysium was the only ok movie that I saw as of late in this genre. It wasn't great but wasn't terrible.
District 9 was the last great scifi movie I saw.
Seems like most movies obsess over SE, the tech and how it works.
And typical lame ass uniforms.
Movies in general eat dead dog sheet.
Thank the gods for HBO and showtime.
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2013/12/12 17:02:04
Subject: First Trailer For The Wachowskis’ Jupiter Ascending
Outside of the niche video game and table top games scifi/space opera sucks in the book/novel and movie department. Elysium was the only ok movie that I saw as of late in this genre. It wasn't great but wasn't terrible.
District 9 was the last great scifi movie I saw.
You didn't enjoy Oblivion?
As for this trailer, it looks beautiful. We could use some space opera besides Star Wars. I'll definitely "acquire" it when the BluRay comes out and watch it here at home. I almost never go to the movies — tickets are about $20 here.
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