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Finally Saw "Moon"

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:10:36 -0700

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From what I had been reading, and reviews from friends - I already was pretty sure I would love it, and I did. What a fantastic movie.

My biggest complaint, is that this smart, beautifully acted and directed film didn't get a general release here in Australia. I had to go to the local "art house" cinema (Dendy Brisbane) across town to see it. It depresses me that a dumb, CGI wet-dream spasm like Eagle Eye would be shown everywhere, forever- and film like Moon doesn't rate a national release. We may never have another movie culture changing SF movie like 2001 because not enough people would see it. Honestly, I doubt that 2001 would make a national release in this era.

- dag

Sagemind Sells Han Solo For A Shiny Ruby!

demon_ix (http://scifi.videosift.com/member/demon_ix) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:56:44 -0700

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Siftbot is in a ruby-bestowing mood recently, and it seems it's just Len's time to get one! My own acquaintance with this excellent sifter is quite lacking, so I'll leave the congratulations and celebrations to the rest of the Sift community.

I would simply add, congrats Len Nickel, keep on sifting the wonderful stuff you find and get to work on coming up with a channel idea for yourself (and one for me, if it's not too much trouble )

Now, go storm his queue for all those gems he has hidden away there.

- demon_ix

So why's everyone down on the Matrix trilogy?

Throbbin (http://scifi.videosift.com/member/Throbbin) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:06:03 -0700

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Ok, I'll admit off the bat I like the Matrix trilogy. All 3 of them. I've always heard other people berating 2 and 3 as if they were terrible, terrible movies, but I never understood why. Instead of trolling the internet trying to figure out why they sucked, can't you all just fill me in?

Thanks

- Throbbin

VideoSlough

kronosposeidon (http://scifi.videosift.com/member/kronosposeidon) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:34:02 -0700

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Why is VS so slow today? Navigating from one page to another is like walking through a swamp. I've also noticed it's been kind of slow off and on in recent days, but today takes the cake. Someone pull the gerbil out of blankfist's ass and put it on the wheel already.

- kronosposeidon

Just saw 'District 9', and the verdict is...

kronosposeidon (http://scifi.videosift.com/member/kronosposeidon) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:41:52 -0700

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...Very good. I don't believe in lengthy reviews, mainly because they often give away too many plot points, so I'll just say a few things. The special effects were good, but they didn't overshadow the story. Plenty of action. It is somewhat gory, so don't see it with someone if they're squeamish about bloody scenes. And the story? Well, considering how savage we are with each other, I can completely see human beings behaving in the way they're portrayed in the film.

It's a dark film, if you couldn't pick that up from the trailers, so don't expect a typical Hollywood ending like in 'E.T.' or 'Cocoon'. If it had one like either of those films I wouldn't be giving it a positive review. Now don't get me wrong. I enjoyed both 'E.T.' and 'Cocoon', but those were "cute" scifi movies, and for the "cute" scifi genre they satisfied. But 'District 9' ain't no 'E.T.', even though it did have a couple of touching moments.

So I recommend it. So does RottenTomatoes, and as of this moment the film stands at 88% on the Tomatometer. Pretty impressive. Definitely worth the price of admission.

Now let's get back to treating each other like shit, so that when aliens come we can focus all that hostility on them. Do it for the species.

- kronosposeidon

Anyone Seen "Moon"

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:57:50 -0700

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I went to see Moon at the Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) but it was sold out.

Has anyone seen this movie? No spoilers please.

- dag

Awesome 8mm ILM footage from making of Star Wars

spoco2 (http://scifi.videosift.com/member/spoco2) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:52:48 -0700

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Unfortunately I can't work out how to embed it, I assume it has embedding turned off.

But this video is awesome for all the special effect wizards in their native environment back in the 70s. Or, as the submitter says
"Crude home movies from the 1970s depicting activities at a certain location in the San Fernando Valley. "

- spoco2

Key voice actors return to FUTURAMA anyway

gwiz665 (http://gwiz665.videosift.com) — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:36:06 -0700

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"'We are thrilled to have our incredible cast back. The call has already gone out to the animators to put the mouths back on the characters,' Futurama creators Groening and David X. Cohen said in a joint statement."

Source: http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/674841

So, YAY.

- gwiz665

Ponceleon's Identify the Movie Challenge

ponceleon (http://scifi.videosift.com/member/ponceleon) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:26:10 -0700

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Okay, so when I was a kid growing up in Puerto Rico, I remember seeing this weird movie when I was relatively young. As best as I can remember, this movie seemed to be something from before the 80s, though it might be early 80s at the latest. More likely though, this was something from either the 60s or 70s which had just been put on TV and dubbed into Spanish.

I don't know if this was a US film or not and worse, I only remember one scene:

At the very end of the movie, a man and a woman are put into this giant machine. The interior of the machine may have had throw pillows in it. When the machine is turned on, all sorts of 60s/70s psychedelic special effects happen and they are fused into one hermaphrodite-like being that walks out of the chamber to some macabre sounding music...

For some reason that scene always stuck with me, but I have never been able to identify the movie, likely some bad, seldom referenced sci-fi thingy.

A'ight sifters, have at it. Remember that since this happened on PR tv, it may not be a US film... very possibly it was foreign.

- ponceleon

A Universe wide Sift...

ponceleon (http://scifi.videosift.com/member/ponceleon) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:43:13 -0700

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I'm drunk...

... I just saw a beautiful sift of Nuriev dancing Le Corsier (sp? because i'm drunk), and it occurred to me: what an amazing thing that I can sift something from a 9 to a 10 and bring it to a wider audience and hopefully expose them to something so unlikely in the grand scheme of the universe... just beautiful...

... It got me to thinking. If by some chance we were to find a way to overcome the rules of physics and communicate with other intelligence across the universe and set up an "internet" that went beyond our planet... can you imagine the absolutely amazing, unlikely and wonderful things that we would sift? Could we possibly imagine the insanity of sifting something from 9 to 10 that just goes beyond anything in our conception of our own cultures?

Sorry, drunk and feeling inspired by the sift and all that it brings to me on a daily basis... I swear, if my financial situation improves, I'll become a charter member on a subscription, because the sift is a wonderful wonderful thing...

- ponceleon