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    Image of Golem100 Golem100
    08:02 PM

    In reply to Will Smith Starring In Flowers For Algernon?
    I don't know. I think I could see L. L. Cool J or Cuba Gooding, Jr. in the Charlie role rather than Will Smith. #flowersforalgernon
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    08:01 PM

    In reply to Will Smith Starring In Flowers For Algernon?
    Pajiba (which is an awesome site, by the way) occasionally likes to float false rumors to see if other people will believe them. If you're not sure it's true, better corroborate. #flowersforalgernon
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    07:06 PM

    In reply to Kim Stanley Robinson: Dystopian Fiction Is For Slackers
    KSR has been getting a little preachy lately but I really like his stuff in general. he seems to be trying to right about how we got to the utopia in all his big works (Mars, 40/50/60, Rice and Salt) and that can certainly be an interesting story. #kimstanleyrobinson
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    06:59 PM

    In reply to Will Smith Starring In Flowers For Algernon?
    It would never have occurred to me to cast Will Smith in an adaptation of FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON... but once I warmed to the idea, I can totally see him in this role. Seriously. #flowersforalgernon
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    Image of cletar cletar
    06:50 PM

    In reply to Will Smith Starring In Flowers For Algernon?
    And he finally finds the project that will get him an Oscar. No, seriously. I have no objection to this. #flowersforalgernon
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    Image of CParis CParis
    07:26 PM

    @cletar: He was very good in "Ali". #flowersforalgernon
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06:45 PM

    In reply to Will Smith Starring In Flowers For Algernon?
    "Aw, HELL no!" is my only reaction. #flowersforalgernon
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    05:54 PM

    In reply to Will Smith Starring In Flowers For Algernon?
    Deer jerno,

    Nao, tis iz an storee aw abot hou
    mai liffe got fleppd turnd upside dow.
    Ann I laik two tak a minit
    Jus siit rite heir
    to rite in yew hou i bcam reel smert fer 1 yeer.

    In nort neu york born an rased
    In der bred factery is ware I spen mos o' my dais
    Cleening out der ovons, an sweipin all da leeves
    hannin at da lernin annix, lernin hao too reed

    Wen a cuple of guye In wite lab cotes
    Strted falloin me rond da neiberhod
    I wuz making a book reeport bud tey stoaped mi tere and said 'we're taking yer braaine too hour lab fer sum repares!
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    06:00 PM

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: Just send this along to Smith and he'll be all set for his simultaneously released rap song and movie combo. It's been too long since we had one of those. #flowersforalgernon
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    05:52 PM

    In reply to Will Smith Starring In Flowers For Algernon?
    Wow. I'm really starting to think that Will Smith's whole "movie career" might just him seeing how many "movie-adaptations of classic sci-fi novels" he can star it.

    I bet he’s got a checklist. #flowersforalgernon
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05:44 PM

    In reply to Kim Stanley Robinson: Dystopian Fiction Is For Slackers
    This is one of the best things I've read in ages. He's right, and he said it well.

    +1, Kim. #kimstanleyrobinson
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    Image of Anekanta - Space Hippy! Anekanta - Space Hippy!
    05:54 PM

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Absolutely--thanks for this Kim! #kimstanleyrobinson
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    Image of Dr.Quatermass Dr.Quatermass
    05:32 PM

    In reply to Will Smith Starring In Flowers For Algernon?
    As long as he does not go full retard, this could be a brilliant career move for him. #flowersforalgernon
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    Image of CodenameV CodenameV
    05:47 PM

    @Dr.Quatermass: normally I'd think that line was funny, but its not for Flowers for Algernon

    particularly because it doesn't, really; he gets smart;

    the criticism of "you don't go full retard" is that Hollywood doesn't actually like retarded people struggling with everyday problems; only idiot-savants who have some sort of hidden talent, not everyday people-struggles. #flowersforalgernon
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    Image of Dr.Quatermass Dr.Quatermass
    06:57 PM

    @CodenameV: The line isn't the joke. The joke is that the line was made famous by a white man playing a black man and it can be applied to a possible project with a black man playing a white man. Tasteless, yes. But smoking killed my taste buds years ago. #flowersforalgernon
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    Image of strideo strideo
    03:28 PM

    In reply to Kim Stanley Robinson: Dystopian Fiction Is For Slackers
    Most science fiction I've read doesn't necessarily take place in a dystopia or a utopia but in some form of society that is pretty much somewhere in between.

    Also there are science fiction stories where one civilization has spread out to include many cities, planets, or colonies where some are virtually utopias while others are very much dystopian factory worlds.

    Also, a lot of stories I've read about utopian societies often suggest that there is something terribly wrong with the utopia at it's secret inner core or the author portrays a world where somehow people are no longer responsible for their own well being while still somehow retaining a great degree of personal freedom and growth while having almost no external challenges to overcome whatsoever. I think it'd be great if humanity could be so greatly self motivated but I imagine in such a world we'd look a lot like the fat people in WALL·E .
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    03:25 PM

    In reply to Kim Stanley Robinson: Dystopian Fiction Is For Slackers
    Color me intrigued. I like my dystopian stories but am always looking for some one to prove that utopias can be as interesting. #kimstanleyrobinson
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    Image of Daveinva Daveinva
    03:23 PM

    In reply to Kim Stanley Robinson: Dystopian Fiction Is For Slackers
    While I count myself as a huge fan of the Mars Trilogy, the unfortunate truth is that every time KSR decided to write about his "utopia" in the novels, it descended into unreadable pseudo-eco-socialist blathering nonsense that detracted from what was otherwise a fantastic yarn.

    I won't take my sci-fi from my economists if I can avoid taking economics from my sci-fi authors. #kimstanleyrobinson
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    05:59 PM

    @Daveinva: Funny, I had the total opposite reaction. I loved the times when he talked economics and politics--the parts about the struggle to create a utopia--and was bored to tears by the endless textbook-like descriptions of Martian geology and botany. I still have yet to finish Blue Mars as a result.

    Don't get me wrong; science is cool, geology is cool, but at the end of the day, rocks are just rocks, and the challenge of creating a better society is much more interesting. #kimstanleyrobinson
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    Image of Daveinva Daveinva
    09:15 PM

    @Anekanta - Space Hippy!: To each their own. I was a poli sci major, I already had my fill of bad philosophy and econ by the time I read the books, I ate up the science stuff instead.

    I mean, come on: SPACE. ELEVATOR. WRAPPING. AROUND. MARS.

    And you like the econ???

    ;-) #kimstanleyrobinson
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    Image of Anekanta - Space Hippy! Anekanta - Space Hippy!
    09:35 PM

    @Daveinva: I loved that! That's what I mean though--the falling space elevator and the politics that led up to it was way more interesting than the dry explanations of which species of lichen would be likely to survive on the Martian surface.

    It wasn't that I found his political or economic explanations any more interesting. It was more the human interactions involved--the different motivations behind the political and economic discussions--that I found appealing.

    Not sure I'm making sense, but...

    :D #kimstanleyrobinson
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    03:05 PM

    In reply to Kim Stanley Robinson: Dystopian Fiction Is For Slackers
    Ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod... A new Robinson book that's actually out in space?

    WOOOOHOOOOOO YAY SPACESHIPS #kimstanleyrobinson
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    03:16 PM

    @Lassus: Well, I read the summary, so that might be pushing it, but even so, yay! #kimstanleyrobinson
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    02:54 PM

    In reply to The Lost "Cantina Scene" From Abrams' Star Trek
    instead of tatooine we got hoth #startrek
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    Image of cylon_conspiracy cylon_conspiracy
    07:18 PM

    @GreyHammer: Lucas used up all the "entire planets that are based on specific geographical regions" so it's hard to imagine someone else coming up with something new.

    That being said, it was definitely a homage to Hoth, wampa and all. #startrek
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