MERGED: sci-fi / futuristic movies that gives us hints to change the future...

[handsoff241]

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"One man's pile of garbage might be another man's treasure trove."

What may be annoying/useless to one person may prove to be useful to another.

-RODION

Let's use common sense as the margin for "might". okies? But anyway thanks for the info...

[gregggy_ph]

haha nice one with the ireboot..hehe...

"One man's pile of garbage might be another man's treasure trove."

might be the quote of the day for me..

oh dont forget..ever annoying idiocracy
https://www.istorya.net/forums/scienc...the-movie.html

and also..the keanu ribs movie..was that The Day the Earth stood still?

[Hellblazer 2.1]

You didn't get the analogy from the pizza?

I'm sorry. The analogy is this:

Just because I post about HOW to do something (in this case, how to appreciate futuristic movies better), doesn't necessarily make me an expert (on futuristic movies). I made this response because your statement "Can you do that?" basically implied that I'm someone who can do that because I've read about Dystopia and related items.

But, not being an expert doesn't also t necessarily and automatically make me naive of the subject matter.

-RODION

duh, of course, i "got the drift" of the pizza analogy. for a brianiac, you don't seem to know how to "read between lines." oh, that's an idiomatic expression, by the way.

mr.rodsky, why is it that we should only appreciate futuristic movies according to your standards? could you tell us what is your "ideal" futuristic movie? that is if you do watch and appreciate futuristic movies.

[Hellblazer 2.1]

i like that movie, The Day The Earth Stood Still. it's got esoteric flavor in it.

[rodsky]

I have several favorites, but I think my favorite movie (among the list of movies that I like, regardless of genre) is 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Although first shown in 1968, I only saw the movie for the first time, sometime in the mid-80's in my high school years, as a television re-run, and eventually bought a special 2-Disc DVD set of the movie not so long ago. It's not exactly "ideal" because I do not believe there is such a thing as an "ideal" futuristic movie. I just like it primarily because Kubrik wanted to change the form of cinema, particularly sci-fi cinema, and he achieved it with this film. Basically, in later years, the likes of Lucas, Spielberg, Cameron and Scott all credited their successes to having seen 2001: A Space Odyssey as a child. The movie made such a great impression in their minds, that when they went on to making their own blockbuster sci-fi films, the lessons they learned while watching 2001 was still crystal clear in their heads, and they kept seeking to elevate their work to the "level" by which 2001 has gained a reputation throughout these years.

-RODION

[Hellblazer 2.1]

i've seen that movie too when i was a kid, mr.rodsky. yes, i think it was a nice movie. but i like Arthur Clarke's book better.



for some younger generation, they may not agree with us and would rate this movie as lame. i can't blame them actually. they grew up watching state-of-the-art computer graphics that took their imagination soaring. i just think that was way-below-the-belt when you said that futuristic movies these days are lame. it wouldn't hurt to imagine sometimes, mr.rodsky.

[rodsky]

i've seen that movie too when i was a kid, mr.rodsky. yes, i think it was a nice movie. but i like Arthur Clarke's book better.



for some younger generation, they may not agree with us and would rate this movie as lame. i can't blame them actually. they grew up watching state-of-the-art computer graphics that took their imagination soaring. i just think that was way-below-the-belt when you said that futuristic movies these days are lame. it wouldn't hurt to imagine sometimes, mr.rodsky.

I don't recall stating that I find futuristic movies nowadays as "lame". If you are referring to this remark I made:

"flimsily-made futuristic "soap operas" (which are so many out there, movies with lots of special effects, but very empty and hollow plots)"

then I was just stating a fact. There are movies out there showing a lot promise, however, they always fail to deliver their message at some point, because all the explosions start tearing the attention away from the point/message of the movie. Case in point--"The Island". Again, I was just stating facts, and I didn't say in verbatim that these movies were "lame" per se.

-RODION

[kit_cebu]

Before you begin to discuss topics such as these, you have to have a good grasp of the following terms:

Dystopia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Utopian and dystopian fiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of dystopian films - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Once you finish reading all that, then hopefully you can now distinguish between a true futuristic utopo-dystopic films or works of fiction, as opposed to flimsily-made futuristic "soap operas" (which are so many out there, movies with lots of special effects, but very empty and hollow plots), because only then you can draw valid conclusions if the message of such films or books are actually meant to "change" the way humankind is, for the better.

-RODION

wow... really... i bet in your case you don't enjoy a shallow, comedy... a pity for you sir...

you might want to lighten up... you're a type of semi-Regnauld in this part of the forum... and by that, i meant, you might want to be with your kind....a deep thinker with vast knowledge about something but missing what's under your nose...

lighten up chief... i wonder when was the last time you had a good laugh...

[kit_cebu]

you don't have to mix einstein's E=mx2 with 1+1....

[kit_cebu]

the good part about regnauld is he's open-minded and is a very good shock absorber...