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..... who next year, credited as Anna Katarina, played the ex-wife of Michael Douglas's character, in David Fincher's gorgeous movie 'The Game'.
Omega Doom was based, like Akira Kurosawa's 'Yoyimbo', Sergio Leone's 'A Fistful of Dollars' and the Coen brother's wonderful, wonderful 'Miller's Crossing', on Dashiell Hammett's 1929 detective novel 'Red Harvest', which featured his eternal protagonist, the nameless 'The Continental Op', who was, in turn, based on Hammett's own work, as a (disillusioned) Pinkerton, strikebreaking for brutal mine bosses in 1916 Butte, Montana.
The story of a 1916 labourer, fleeing the consequences of killing his brutal boss, is the basis for Terrence Malick's, photogenic elegy to 'The Golden Hour', 1978's 'Days of Heaven', which was narrated by its ethereal ingenue star Linda Manz .....
..... who returned, once, after a twelve year absence from the screen and history, to play the unrecognizable, butch, tattooed roommate of Michael Douglas's co-star in 'The Game', only to then disappear once more, this time apparently forever.
i didnt see this movie, but i bet they out ran earthquakes on foot because thats possible. day after tomorrow taught me you can out run cold, so thank god for that. #2012
Its going to be cheese. Its going to have the worst script in history. Its going to have some seriously bad acting. It may even have an animal avoid a raging fireball of death!!!
But Emmerich does Disaster porn great. So when the world comes to an end..he's the guy I want directing it!! Literally! Visually it looks stunning. Its one of my guilty pleasures, and I dont mind admitting it.
I wonder what our heroes will outrun this time. Independance Day = Fireball. The Day After Tomorrow = The cold (Scoff). Stargate = Pissed off Egyptians. So 2012 should have them outrunning the END!!!!
Bring on the cinema visit. I want my world rocked for 2 hours!! #2012
@CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): i saw it yesterday (guilty pleasure indeed) it's got them outrunning;
1 California sinking (in a limo)
2 Yellowstone erupting (in a winebago)
3 Las Vegas sinking (in an Antonov airplane)
4 Almost colliding with Mount Everest (in an ark)
So, disaster porn, yes it is. Good storytelling and science, meh
@CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): This movie was awful, it made almost no sense at all. But...it was awesome. The effects work was incredible, totally worth the price of admission. And honestly, the script reminded me of all sorts of awful scifi movies of the 50s and 60s (very similar to "when worlds collide"). Total a fun way to spend an afternoon #2012
@protohiro: There were parts of this movie where the actors were channeling Ernest Borgnine and Shirley Winters. It was great. They were able to pay homage to Irwin Allen without being too obvious...
well maybe just a little obvious. #2012
@reddingofish: I know. Sad, isn't it? She did give a very memorable - in my eyes at least - and John-free performance as an incredibly evil femme fatale in Addam's Family Values. #2012
I'm sure they will use the recreation as another jab at how bad America was for dropping an atomic bomb on peace-loving Japan, who didn't start the war(s) with us, China, Russia, Austrailia, et al. How could we do such a thing? And before someone begins pulling out the tired arguments of why it was unnecessary: Get over it. It was done, it ended the war, and we have lived happily with that decision for the last 60 years. #rolandemmerich
@Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.: Dropping the bombs were totally necessary. It was either that or invade Japan like we invaded mainland Europe but with the potential for almost a million dead US troops in the process and who knows how many dead Japanese troops and civilians. The bombs were, in effect, the lesser of two evils. #rolandemmerich
@Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.: Yeah, it's always easy for people who live in countries that have never had atomic bombs dropped on them to tell Japan to "Get over it."
@Bill-Lee:
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were no worse than any of the other things people did to each other in WW2. They just sound more dramatic, so they're easier to whine about.
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I somehow doubt that all the people we burned to death in Tokyo, or all the people Unit 731 tortured to death went to their graves thinking "gee, at least we weren't atomic bombed".
-Kle. #rolandemmerich
@Klebert L. Hall: So basically what you're saying is: Hey you! Stop all that whining about slowly dying from radiation sickness! Hey you protesters stop all that whining about the use of atomic bombs in Japan ushering in the Cold War. Hey you jerks from Bikini atoll, stop all that carrying on about nuclear fallout poisoning your home land. Hey US Presidents Bush and Obama stop all that bitching about rogue nations having nuclear capabilities.
Yeah, you're right. Hiroshima and Nagasaki. No big deal... #rolandemmerich
@Bill-Lee: My point is: It was a war, and civilians die in war. We firebombed the shit out of Tokyo, and killed a hell of a lot more people there than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. Want to whine about dying from radiation sickness/getting cancer? Whine to your own government, they got you into this war. Don't whine to the US, who did what the had to in order to end the war. And it did end the war. Japan was nowhere near ending the war before we unleashed the A-bomb on them. And I don't see how using Atomic bombs ushered in the cold war. #rolandemmerich
@Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.: This is website devoted to speculative fiction. So let's speculate. Suppose Joseph Stalin came to the Tehran Conference and told Roosevelt and Churchill that he had a new bomb that would end the war in days instead of the months required for an invasion. Suppose it was the Soviets who invented the bomb before the US and used it in 1944 to end the war with Nazi Germany instead of the US using it to end the war in Japan? Would you still feel the same way about the atomic bomb?
My problem with the atomic bomb is not the death or destruction it wrought, the bombing of Dresden killed more people. My problem with it is the world that it ushered in. It let out a genie that can't be put back into the bottle with both positive and negative results.
"Whine to your own government, they got you into this war."
Uh...I didn't realize that the states of New Mexico, Missouri, Hawaii (where various family members were born), and Colorado (where I was born), Oakland, California (where I now live) were part of Japan. Shucks, I've been paying taxes to the wrong government.
"And I don't see how using Atomic bombs ushered in the cold war."
Then you have no grasp of history. My Filipino stepmother who just got her US citizenship probably has a firmer grasp of history. Do words like "detente", Mutually Assured Destruction, and SALT mean nothing to you? #rolandemmerich
Most of those things are water under the bridge, there's absolutely no point in bitching about them any more.
The "rogue states" thing isn't worth worrying about, since nobody in the world is willing to do anything about it, except pontificate and wring their hands.
Nuclear weapons have also given us an unprecedented era w/o general major power conflicts, and I'll take that trade-off any day of the week.
-Kle. #rolandemmerich
I'm guessing that the building with the green dome in the distance is the copper-domed industrial exhibition building which was at ground zero and (amazingly) partly survived the blast. The copper roof was completely vaporized, but absorbed enough of the heat to partly preserve the underlying iron framework. The structure was made of reinforced concrete which is very strong under compression, so some of the walls survived as well.
It's the only structure to still be recognizable after the blast. It's remains are still there today. It's humbling to realize everything around it dates from an instant in August 6, 1945.
However, I found a little bothersome the (IMO) revisionist history one encounters at the Peace Memorial today. #rolandemmerich
@Chip Overclock: "However, I found a little bothersome the (IMO) revisionist history one encounters at the Peace Memorial today."
Indeed. Japanese history books are pretty interesting. Summary: there was a war (not our fault) and we got nuked. Did we forget to tell you we got nuked? #rolandemmerich
No porn about it. Historic reconstructions like these have been around as long as computers were capable of creating them, however many ambitious scholarly exercises were often derailed by disagreements over cosmetics - areas where there wasn't enough verifiable information such as precisely how buildings were painted or the appearance of finish elements. Archeologists, dismayed by the fact that they couldn't be 100% accurate, often overlooked the public relations power of a 90% match. TV historians, on the other hand have embraced it - now that it's inexpensive enough to do well. It has proven to be an extraordinarily effective communications tool: witness the computer simulations of aerial combat on shows such as Dogfights and Battle 360.
I've always expected, once it became cheap enough, 3D architectural reconstruction would become folk art, much as folk paintings of early 20th century storefronts and gas stations are now. #rolandemmerich
@GreyHammer: Ferngully was awesome! You know it! We all know it! How do space marines, Power armor and Sigourney Weaver make anything not awesome? #avatar
I always knew Cameron had vision. Pandoras scope looks epic in the trailer. He' always has lots of imput into his films prior to filming. I know Giger was very impressed on the set of Aliens with the level of visionary genius that Cameron had. Kudos to that man. And (the late great) Stan Winston ALWAYS rated him highly. I only hope the film rocks as much as the trailer does.
@CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): I know! I mean I understand people wanting to hate on the guy, being all awesome and shit ususally gaurantees that, but his movies are damn good! As hard as it is to admit on io9 i have to say Titanic is actually enjoyable. I get a tear in my eye everytime I see that old lady throwing away her precious jewellery. #avatar
@Jeremy Tapsell: That old dear is (unfortunatly) the only reason why I want to punch her in the head and throw her overboard. She sits in that cabin and takes them on this wonderous journey. Bores them a bit, drinks their tea and uses their faclitys for her own gain! Then when she has them all waiting with baited breath about this gem.....she tells them she doesnt know where it is and throws it overboard!!!!
What we fail to see 10 minutes later, is Bill Paxtons character fire a harpoon right through the silly old bints head!! Screaming WHHHHHHY!!! Do you have any idea how much this fuckin research vessel and all this equipment is costing me on a daily basis!!!
@CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Oh it does, Cameron will be releasing his Titanic Redux with this extended ending shortly after Avatar makes him more money than god and he won't have to worry about offending anyone. #avatar
@Jeremy Tapsell: Titanic Redux. Awesome. Hopefully we'll see the missing scene where Dennis Hopper (high) walks up to the captain and tells him the insignificance of his life and the meaning of the great blue yonder! Oh and fingers crossed that the Titanic sinks to the haunting sound of Wagner! #avatar
@CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard):
"I know Giger was very impressed on the set of Aliens with the level of visionary genius that Cameron had"
Do you have a reference for this statement , I was under the impression that Giger was not involved in "Aliens"
@ChapmanHog: Wondering about that myself. Wikipedia (I know, I know) says Geiger was involved with Alien and Aliens 3, but not Aliens (2, Cameron's flick). #avatar
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Smokin weed smokin weed drinkin beers. Pack of wraps brother man.
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11/24/09
I've seen it again since.
It's not good.
It's got Shannon Whirry in it.
It's got Anna Katerina in it .....
..... who next year, credited as Anna Katarina, played the ex-wife of Michael Douglas's character, in David Fincher's gorgeous movie 'The Game'.
Omega Doom was based, like Akira Kurosawa's 'Yoyimbo', Sergio Leone's 'A Fistful of Dollars' and the Coen brother's wonderful, wonderful 'Miller's Crossing', on Dashiell Hammett's 1929 detective novel 'Red Harvest', which featured his eternal protagonist, the nameless 'The Continental Op', who was, in turn, based on Hammett's own work, as a (disillusioned) Pinkerton, strikebreaking for brutal mine bosses in 1916 Butte, Montana.
The story of a 1916 labourer, fleeing the consequences of killing his brutal boss, is the basis for Terrence Malick's, photogenic elegy to 'The Golden Hour', 1978's 'Days of Heaven', which was narrated by its ethereal ingenue star Linda Manz .....
..... who returned, once, after a twelve year absence from the screen and history, to play the unrecognizable, butch, tattooed roommate of Michael Douglas's co-star in 'The Game', only to then disappear once more, this time apparently forever.
For some reason I know all this.
Somebody take my head.
Please.
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But Emmerich does Disaster porn great. So when the world comes to an end..he's the guy I want directing it!! Literally! Visually it looks stunning. Its one of my guilty pleasures, and I dont mind admitting it.
I wonder what our heroes will outrun this time. Independance Day = Fireball. The Day After Tomorrow = The cold (Scoff). Stargate = Pissed off Egyptians. So 2012 should have them outrunning the END!!!!
Bring on the cinema visit. I want my world rocked for 2 hours!! #2012
11/15/09
1 California sinking (in a limo)
2 Yellowstone erupting (in a winebago)
3 Las Vegas sinking (in an Antonov airplane)
4 Almost colliding with Mount Everest (in an ark)
So, disaster porn, yes it is. Good storytelling and science, meh
11/15/09
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11/16/09
well maybe just a little obvious. #2012
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11/15/09
If you don't know the name, it's because you aren't a girl between the ages of 20-40.
If you are, Cusack can do no wrong.
If you aren't, Cusack is a pedantic douche.
You can sell a film by saying "Lloyd Dobler (insert action verb) a (insert anything), and you've got a bunch of women who are willing to see it. #2012
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11/05/09
Nah, just whiny melodrama.
-Kle. #rolandemmerich
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11/04/09
No repercussions whatsoever. #rolandemmerich
11/05/09
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were no worse than any of the other things people did to each other in WW2. They just sound more dramatic, so they're easier to whine about.
.
I somehow doubt that all the people we burned to death in Tokyo, or all the people Unit 731 tortured to death went to their graves thinking "gee, at least we weren't atomic bombed".
-Kle. #rolandemmerich
11/05/09
Yeah, you're right. Hiroshima and Nagasaki. No big deal... #rolandemmerich
11/05/09
11/05/09
My problem with the atomic bomb is not the death or destruction it wrought, the bombing of Dresden killed more people. My problem with it is the world that it ushered in. It let out a genie that can't be put back into the bottle with both positive and negative results.
"Whine to your own government, they got you into this war."
Uh...I didn't realize that the states of New Mexico, Missouri, Hawaii (where various family members were born), and Colorado (where I was born), Oakland, California (where I now live) were part of Japan. Shucks, I've been paying taxes to the wrong government.
"And I don't see how using Atomic bombs ushered in the cold war."
Then you have no grasp of history. My Filipino stepmother who just got her US citizenship probably has a firmer grasp of history. Do words like "detente", Mutually Assured Destruction, and SALT mean nothing to you? #rolandemmerich
11/06/09
Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying.
Most of those things are water under the bridge, there's absolutely no point in bitching about them any more.
The "rogue states" thing isn't worth worrying about, since nobody in the world is willing to do anything about it, except pontificate and wring their hands.
Nuclear weapons have also given us an unprecedented era w/o general major power conflicts, and I'll take that trade-off any day of the week.
-Kle. #rolandemmerich
11/04/09
It's the only structure to still be recognizable after the blast. It's remains are still there today. It's humbling to realize everything around it dates from an instant in August 6, 1945.
However, I found a little bothersome the (IMO) revisionist history one encounters at the Peace Memorial today. #rolandemmerich
11/04/09
@Chip Overclock: #rolandemmerich
11/04/09
Indeed. Japanese history books are pretty interesting. Summary: there was a war (not our fault) and we got nuked. Did we forget to tell you we got nuked? #rolandemmerich
11/04/09
I've always expected, once it became cheap enough, 3D architectural reconstruction would become folk art, much as folk paintings of early 20th century storefronts and gas stations are now. #rolandemmerich
11/04/09
and this stuff is really very easy these days...
check out some of the vids for this product - [www.procedural.com] #rolandemmerich
10/25/09
more honest i think. #avatar
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10/25/09
Bring on December. #avatar
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What we fail to see 10 minutes later, is Bill Paxtons character fire a harpoon right through the silly old bints head!! Screaming WHHHHHHY!!! Do you have any idea how much this fuckin research vessel and all this equipment is costing me on a daily basis!!!
Well...thats what I hope would happen! #avatar
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"I know Giger was very impressed on the set of Aliens with the level of visionary genius that Cameron had"
Do you have a reference for this statement , I was under the impression that Giger was not involved in "Aliens"
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10/08/09
and then remake that to a new TV Series
and then remake that to a brand new movie
FRAK THIS !!! I have had enough of this BSG
10/08/09