A SCANNER DARKLY
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- aliceblue0
this is a great line:
"They wanted to have a good time, but they were like children playing in the street; they could see one after another of them being killed--run over, maimed, destroyed--but they continued to play anyhow."
....Philip K. Dick
A Scanner Darkly
- st33d0
Minority Report weren't no novel it was a short story, and the character was nothing like Tom Cruise. Just like the character in We Can Remember It For You Wholesale (Total Recall) was an office worker and no character came out with great lines like:
"Screw Youuuu!" *holding drill
"Makes me wish I had three hands!"
"I'll blow this place up and be home in time for Corn Flakes."
- Jaline0
I liked Minority Report as well.
- e-pill0
anyone going to catch this today?
- fresnobob0
I guess Phillip Dick lived with a bunch of meth tweekers so it's kind about that but with a sci fi twist.
fooler
(Jul 25 06, 16:21)
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Actually, he was a meth tweaker, among other things...
- Jaline0
I still want to see the film. Unfortunately, I grew up watching Winona Ryder films (she looks the same as always), and I'm in love with Keanu Reeves as well as Robert Downey Jr. (their appearances, anyway), so I just may have to see it soon. I have a feeling the style will annoy me at first but I'll eventually get used to it.
- rtl30
Those Charles Schwab commercials are such a turn-off.
I read, the rotoscoping technology was under lock and key but the producers weren't happy with progress of post-production and fired everybody bringing in a new team.
Guess someone took the knowledge and made some quick cash.
I'll catch it on net fliks
- PonyBoy0
besides my fav movie of all time Blade Runner was based on his novel.
aliceblue
(Jul 25 06, 11:11)Enter response:
WOAH!!!!! Blade Runner is a-okay w/me too... I had no clue there was any inspiration pulled from it on this story... now I'm intrigued.
As for rotoscoping - it's progmatic in a lot of ways (meaning the computer DOES fill in a ton of gaps... but it does require a lot of hand work: http://www.wired.com/wired/archi…)
"Originally developed for Waking Life by MIT grad Bob Sabiston, the program was updated for Scanner: It has a few hundred thousand lines of new code and a couple of dozen new commands. It's proprietary and few people know how to use it."
Here's the creator's website - I recall NT talking about this a few months ago... and as you can see - he's really willing to share the proprietary soft. created while at MIT:
- Mishga0
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/…
huummmm....nice.
- Tara0
a quote from a stupid girl in the book which is genius
"Best line from the book: "If I'd known it was harmless, I would have killed it myself."
- robotron3k0
i wish i could see this movie but since i can't stand keanu i won't be able to. he say's "Duuude" in this film too i suppose....
- jaylarson0
"besides my fav movie of all time Blade Runner was based on his novel." - ponyboy
i am a little under caffeinated, so sorry if i interpreted this wrong. but pk dick did both stories...
i would like to see this, but I think it can wait till dvd or a good version appears online.
peace,
j
- GreedoLives0
Seeing it tonite at 10...
I'm of two minds about it, seems like Linklater keeps making the same movie over and over, buncha dudes talking drug-addled what-ifs in this hermetic little world.
But i still enjoy it, reminds me of art school.
- aliceblue0
great link Mishga -
did you check out the officail site? - kinda fun.
- Beeachboy0
How long's this been out for?
Anyway - UKers - don't bother going to see. It's utter shonk.
Nairn
(Sep 4 06, 03:24quite agree - waste of money - no story - funny colouring in rubbish!
- kuttyranks0
Watched Waking Life last night, one word, pish
- aliceblue0
fyi guys
The film was shot and edited.
Then it was transferred to quicktime for the animation.It took up to 500 hours to make one minute.
The Style Guide for each character is amazing
- aliceblue0
a quote from a stupid girl in the book which is genius
"Best line from the book: "If I'd known it was harmless, I would have killed it myself."
TaraTara
(Jul 25 06, 17:12)this one is pricless, too:
"Where there's dope, there's hope!"
- aliceblue0
besides my fav movie of all time Blade Runner was based on his novel.
aliceblue...meaning one of his OTHER novels ...sorry for confusion.
(BladeRunner was based on
"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?")
- Mishga0
the site is a little messy...but still amazing.
curious about the movie...