LordAdam16:


Blimey, a functional human being didn't just post this.

You are a troll. That's the only semi-decent adjective I can use to describe you.

-Lord

Olamyyde:

Another example is la la land. Label me a troll or whatever i still hold on to my opinion that boyhood is an average movie.

One man's food is another man's poison. For example I never understood the hype about mr robot and i enjoyed season 2 more than any other season. I have met people who said game of thrones is boring.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion

LordAdam16:


Not when you can't justify your opinion.

You just said the only special thing about a movie with 16 A-class award nominations is that it was filmed for 12 years. Does that sound like a reasonable opinion? Is that even an opinion? That's factually incorrect and sounds like a bad joke.

The internet is not a lavatory where you just spout sh*t opinion, and then say "I am entitled to it." You aren't entitled to say factually incorrect things because you have access to data. People read these things, often times, without doing additional research. Have some decency.

You don't walk in a daycare center and start using swear words while conversing, then turn around with your nose up that you're entitled to do that.

If you don't like a movie, and you want to share your opinion about it, be detailed. Give reasons why you don't like it, since as you said, "one man's food is another man's poison." The reason why you don't like it may be the reason someone else would like it. That's what the professional critics you like to deride do. Not using blanket words to mask your chronic inability to express yourself.

-Lord

koice:
Please, guys, take the Black Panther discussion to What Movie Are You Watching Now?

I know some folks can't tell the difference between movies and tv series, but, please, be so kind as not to derail this thread further with a movie discussion and request when there's a thread created specifically for that. Thanks.

Olamyyde:

OK you want facts abi. It seems I struck a nerve when I attacked a movie you probably thought was exceptional. As I said the only thing special about the movie is that it was filmed for 12 years. Now let me go detailed:

The most interesting character is by far the dad, played by Ethan Hawke, who always trys to guide his son and impart wisdom where he can... even when not qualified. Everyone else is a shadow of a borderline offensive cliche. The lead was clearly cast because he was a good-looking kid. There obviously isn't a single acting bone in his body. He actually became worse at acting as time progressed. He doesn't even seem interested in... anything. There is a dull, lifelessness in his performance.

I noticed this trend in many of 250 top IMDb movies(overrated). Especially in the movie se7en. That is the worst movie I've seen Kevin spacey in.

Kaziar:

OK guys, the thread above is not limited to just black panther discussions but all discussions and debates having to do with movies.
So olamyyde and LordAdam16, Pls try not to derail this thread further.

SuperSuave:
Just finished Absentia S01, 2 episodes left of The Punisher, what series would you suggest I go for next?

LordAdam16:


Sorry.

The genesis of this is that review sites like RT, MC, et al are unreliable. When that is very far from the truth. Boyhood is only a case study.

I've timed out tho'.

-Lord

PrettySatan:
I don't know why there have been no series release of favorites shows this week and last week.....

Is there any reason

Keky:
Winter Olympics

Blackfyre:
Finished watching Altered Carbon.

Phew! This series is loaded. A whole lot of stuffs happened. From start to finish there was expletives and also nudity although you become numb to that by the end of the series. I think it should be rated Mature content.

It did create an interesting topic, the idea of bringing someone back from the dead, isn't that against God's command or trying to redefine God's creation? I see they eventually tried to justify it by saying the dead can now be brought back to life to point out their murderers except for the case of VR which doesn't break.any law really.

But let's face it, is there a possibility such can be achieved in reality? I know Baba Vanga predicted much of what that series showcases but looking at it in make believe, I didn't think God will allow it get that far before putting an end to this world plus I just don't think man become as technologically advanced as that. Encoding a human's consciousness into a metal tech stuff? I strongly doubt that.

Anyways my favorite line from this series with an eastern European acccent is, Are you a believer?

shoyemiayodeji:



Recen/Current scientific discoveries and technologies that we make use of now were termed impossible years back.

Blackfyre:
Finished watching Altered Carbon.

Phew! This series is loaded. A whole lot of stuffs happened. From start to finish there was expletives and also nudity although you become numb to that by the end of the series. I think it should be rated Mature content.

Blackfyre:

It did create an interesting topic, the idea of bringing someone back from the dead, isn't that against God's command or trying to redefine God's creation? I see they eventually tried to justify it by saying the dead can now be brought back to life to point out their murderers except for the case of VR which doesn't break.any law really.

Blackfyre:

But let's face it, is there a possibility such can be achieved in reality? I know Baba Vanga predicted much of what that series showcases but looking at it in make believe, I didn't think God will allow it get that far before putting an end to this world plus I just don't think man become as technologically advanced as that. Encoding a human's consciousness into a metal tech stuff? I strongly doubt that.

koice:

It is rated MA

I don't know why you're bringing god into this. I think you misunderstood the whole thing. I'll try to elaborate:

Even though, humans have largely conquered the universe and death, some people from the old planet (Earth) retained some of their religious believes. The Catholics & Muslims for example, encoded their stacks in such a way that when they died, they won't be resleeved, so that their "souls" can go to heaven. They still believe, even if they're largely deluded. However, it made them easy targets for murder, since their killers know their victims won't be resleeved to testify. So, UN in a bid to stop this, passed a Resolution 653. It's basically a law that would allow authorities to resleeve deceased catholics temporarily to testify in a murder trial. That's it in a nutshell. There is on God narrative here.

Jeez! Emancipate yourself from mental slavery!

Blackfyre:


I don't think what we see today can be classed in the same analogy as these in this series. I understand the body parts aspect and all. But for those things to work, a part of ourselves has to become machines. It's just not that possible. Take a look at today gadgets, you hear of radiation, how certain things and exposure can cause cancer to the body now we are talking of things buried into our body. The ONI stuff were it triggers some sort of projection to the eyes is another thing, for such things to work our body has to remodified more like morphing into half machine half man and there is no way that can guarantee long healthy life.

If for example a technology comes that could construct a house in a week or a skyscrapper in a month, I won't doubt it but that which can modify humans and advance them? I will be real shocked by that. Let them start with cure for aids and cancer before I can believe such.

koice:


Oga, don't be this way na. The future is limitless. Humans get smarter every century. We evolve every millenium. Even today, people are burying gadgets in their body, but somehow, you don't think it's possible in 5000 years to come. Wow! People that have surgically implanted pacemakers underneath their chest, I don't believe they have morphed into cyborgs yet, or have they? You don't have any problem believing in techs that can build houses in a day, but, it's impossible for man to conquer certain diseases and death.

Uh-huh, I see what is happening here. You don't want to think freely, because it interferes with your believes. It's okay.

Blackfyre:


I got all that from the series but my point was that, at first they showed how evil it could be used by people who have the means to do so and people who don't have the means to do so. I mean Bancroft killed himself and brought himself back alive again and conveniently deleted a memory that couldn't make him live with himself. There was even a point Ortega and her grandma I suppose with her mum were having an argument over the righteness of the technology. The series did highlight the moral part, how immoral it could get and the in between of that too.

My point was that eventually, they justified it or showing how the dogmas of religion doesnt really apply by noting the UN law which defeated the God aspect. It's a hard thing to argue against really, do we let people die because God said so or bring them back to life and allow them point out their murderers for victims or those whose lives were cut short abruptly.

Blackfyre:

Haha, I take it you are an atheist.

Blackfyre:

Good show I must say, well written, gives some deep ideological things to debate or think about, very good CGI and all. My favorite character was Mr Poe, very eloquent. Ironic its an AI.

Blackfyre:


See that arm of Ortega, I am not that much of a physics student but by the weight of that arm as it is metal, it would interfere with the balance of her body. Pacemakers and the rest you mentioned are to aid the body organs in question. When something as a whole arm,leg, the central nervous system is harnessed into a single metal, I have to raise eye brows about the possibility.

Blackfyre:

Yes it will interfere with my beliefs because it does make me wonder God will never put the power of life and death in the hands of man. It negates everything the bible stands for. The day that happens we can very well say religion was man made and just toss what we thought exist aside. It negates alot of things. At least Christianity says when someone dies, the soul is called away from the body, now you are talking of trapping that very soul into a metal slot it into another body and it starts working. Where do we put the angel of death that is often talked about to?

Blackfyre:

The fact that religion still exist in that time nullifies the possibility of that happening, because if it were, religion would have been scrapped off because man would have enough to reason it is baseless. I just think it's just some futuristic free thinker fantasy. One of the reasons I am not so keen on watching sci fi movies.

koice:


I think you're overthinking this. Altered Carbon isn't that complex. It's simply a lesson in misogyny and nature of identity. Simply put, It focuses on how much of our morality is driven by the fact of what might happen if death suddenly stopped being an endpoint and, instead, became a minor stopgap in an ultimately immortal life.

Mr Poe is badass. My fav is Ortega. She's the perfect embodiment of everything I want in my fantasy woman: Smart, strong, stubborn, loyal, rocking body, pretty, and an ass kicker.

koice:


See, that's your problem, you don't have too much faith in technology, and you view science too literally, like a layman. What if I tell you that a robotic limb can be operated with a mind? You won't believe it, would you? But, it's a fact indeed. University of Minnesota made a breakthrough that allows people to control a robotic arm using only their minds. Google it. Anything is possible with science. A human's mind is a powerful tool, and I believe Ortega was able to control and use her superlimb effortlessly only because, it was connected to her mind, like a real limb.

You underestimate the primal stubborness of the human nature to believe in something, no matter how impalpable. It's a fantasy of course, but it's offers an interesting perspective of what the future may hold 5000 years from now.

koice:
F**k Wenger.

About to begin SMILF.

idu1:
No vex for Wenger matter.


I need movie that involves the use of computers like hacking shits please. Thanks

koice:


- Mr Robot
- Silicon Valley
- Halt And Catch Fire
- StartUp
- Scorpion
- Westworld
- The IT Crowd
- CSI: Cyber
- Persons Of Interest