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Offline General Battuta

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Duncan Jones, Source Code
on: April 09, 2011, 11:01:54 pm
It's not exactly ****ty but it's not really great, don't see it.

Okay I mean I guess I can spare a few more words, not as good as his previous and mostly-excellent film Moon, not really full of any gaping flaws, just brought down by lots of nagging plot holes and some weird technobabble and janky pacing and a too-saccharine ending. I'm glad it was made though, it's a high-concept SF movie in an era of really terrible action-SF movies. Keep rocking, Duncan Jones.

going to go get excited to see hanna now

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Offline Mefustae

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Re: Duncan Jones, Source Code
Reply #1 on: April 09, 2011, 11:30:15 pm
Well, Moon is an incredibly had act to follow. That was some truly awesome sci-fi at work. Not flawless, by any stretch of the imagination, but still bloody good for a director with no previous feature film experience.
 

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Re: Duncan Jones, Source Code
Reply #2 on: April 10, 2011, 02:53:20 am
I thought Source Code was actually quite good.
Spoon - I stand in awe by your flawless fredding. Truely, never before have I witnessed such magnificant display of beamz.
Axem -  I don't know what I'll do with my life now. Maybe I'll become a Nun, or take up Macrame. But where ever I go... I will remember you!
Axem - Sorry to post again when I said I was leaving for good, but something was nagging me. I don't want to say it in a way that shames the campaign but I think we can all agree it is actually.. incomplete. It is missing... Voice Acting.
Quanto - I for one would love to lend my beautiful singing voice into this wholesome project.
Nuclear1 - I want a duet.
AndrewofDoom - Make it a trio!
 

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Re: Duncan Jones, Source Code
Reply #3 on: April 10, 2011, 03:01:54 am
A few of my movie-nerd friends have been raving about it, but I'm not the movie-nerd type, so I'm not really interested.  Hell, seeing "Source Code" used as the title of a movie made me facepalm somewhat. :p
 

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Re: Duncan Jones, Source Code
Reply #4 on: April 10, 2011, 07:05:40 am
Quote from: Mongoose on April 10, 2011, 03:01:54 am
Hell, seeing "Source Code" used as the title of a movie made me facepalm somewhat. :p
Same here. I haven't seen it, but i can tell from the previews is that it has nothing to do with developers in pre-compilation phase of making software.
Every pilot's goal is to rise up in the ranks and go beyond their purpose to a place of command on a very big ship. Like the colossus; to baseball bat everyone.

SMBFD

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Re: Duncan Jones, Source Code
Reply #5 on: April 10, 2011, 08:29:26 am
Anyone who gets hung up on the title is a terrible sperglord! It's a military operation, you don't seriously think Operation Phantom Thunder was about ghostly thunder, do you?
 

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Re: Duncan Jones, Source Code
Reply #6 on: April 10, 2011, 11:53:00 am
No, though I did have to look up "sperglord" to figure out what the hell you were talking about. :p
 

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Re: Duncan Jones, Source Code
Reply #7 on: April 10, 2011, 11:55:51 am
I dunno, I feel like maybe people should go see this movie. Maybe it'll be an awesome ride if you don't rankle at sloppy use of quantum mechanics.

I maintain that the pacing went all to hell and the ending was dumb, though.
 

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Re: Duncan Jones, Source Code
Reply #8 on: April 10, 2011, 09:17:17 pm
Would be best if the last five minutes were chopped off the end
We are the Borg
We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own

Resistance is FUTILE
 

Offline Nuclear1

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Re: Duncan Jones, Source Code
Reply #9 on: April 10, 2011, 09:31:37 pm
Agreed, the ending was a little cheesy.  They could have taken off the last few minutes and it would've been perfect.
Spoon - I stand in awe by your flawless fredding. Truely, never before have I witnessed such magnificant display of beamz.
Axem -  I don't know what I'll do with my life now. Maybe I'll become a Nun, or take up Macrame. But where ever I go... I will remember you!
Axem - Sorry to post again when I said I was leaving for good, but something was nagging me. I don't want to say it in a way that shames the campaign but I think we can all agree it is actually.. incomplete. It is missing... Voice Acting.
Quanto - I for one would love to lend my beautiful singing voice into this wholesome project.
Nuclear1 - I want a duet.
AndrewofDoom - Make it a trio!
 

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Re: Duncan Jones, Source Code
Reply #10 on: April 12, 2011, 12:23:31 pm
Wow tutta.
 It's my opinion that computer lingo for the name of a movie not about computers or software is something that's pretty alien to do (not to mention different degrees of misleading).

Let's imagine pretty woman was called A+. While we're at it, we'll call a movie about time travel source code.

Im only hung up on the title making me cringe and nothing else. It appears to be decent exciting sci-fi movie that i do want see regardless.
« Last Edit: April 12, 2011, 01:30:28 pm by S-99 »
Every pilot's goal is to rise up in the ranks and go beyond their purpose to a place of command on a very big ship. Like the colossus; to baseball bat everyone.

SMBFD

I won't use google for you.

An0n sucks my Jesus ring.
 

Offline Nuclear1

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Re: Duncan Jones, Source Code
Reply #11 on: April 12, 2011, 12:46:33 pm
Quote from: S-99 on April 12, 2011, 12:23:31 pm
Wow tutta, amazing insult of intelligence.

I totally see how this was necessary. 
Spoon - I stand in awe by your flawless fredding. Truely, never before have I witnessed such magnificant display of beamz.
Axem -  I don't know what I'll do with my life now. Maybe I'll become a Nun, or take up Macrame. But where ever I go... I will remember you!
Axem - Sorry to post again when I said I was leaving for good, but something was nagging me. I don't want to say it in a way that shames the campaign but I think we can all agree it is actually.. incomplete. It is missing... Voice Acting.
Quanto - I for one would love to lend my beautiful singing voice into this wholesome project.
Nuclear1 - I want a duet.
AndrewofDoom - Make it a trio!
 

Offline S-99

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Re: Duncan Jones, Source Code
Reply #12 on: April 12, 2011, 01:31:25 pm
Yeah i was. I edited it out.
Every pilot's goal is to rise up in the ranks and go beyond their purpose to a place of command on a very big ship. Like the colossus; to baseball bat everyone.

SMBFD

I won't use google for you.

An0n sucks my Jesus ring.
 

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Re: Duncan Jones, Source Code
Reply #13 on: April 15, 2011, 05:41:26 pm
gonna watch it in a little while. hopefully its good.
 

Offline mxlm

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Re: Duncan Jones, Source Code
Reply #14 on: April 16, 2011, 02:13:15 am
Quote from: General Battuta on April 09, 2011, 11:01:54 pm
going to go get excited to see hanna now

You absolutely should be.
I will ask that you explain yourself. Please do so with the clear understanding that I may decide I am angry enough to destroy all of you and raze this sickening mausoleum of fraud down to the naked rock it stands on.
 

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Re: Duncan Jones, Source Code
Reply #15 on: April 16, 2011, 01:01:33 pm
Was good butt not great.
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