Battlefield Earth: Part Duh - Page 4

surfinmuse · 07-05-2005, 12:29 PM

Moonliner, no references at all to *** in the movie. The prologue & epilogue (narrated by Morgan Freeman) are almost word-for-word from H.G. Well's though.

Cadaverous Pallor · 07-05-2005, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by surfinmuse

Moonliner, no references at all to *** in the movie.

Which I dug. The whole movie is from the perspective of Tom Cruise's Joe Shmoe character - no stupid President, Generals, etc. No knowing what's going on except what he's told and what he sees. I thought that was awesome.

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The prologue & epilogue (narrated by Morgan Freeman) are almost word-for-word from H.G. Well's though.

Yeah, which is why it was lame.

Sorry guys, I'm a fan of old sci-fi, but you can't use that old language in an updated movie. It sounded silly and people laughed, including me. Should have been integrated with the style of this 2005 film.

Moonliner · 07-05-2005, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Which I dug. The whole movie is from the perspective of Tom Cruise's Joe Shmoe character .

Tom Hank's character in "Castaway" was the same way. I really liked the way they did not explain things like why the plane crashed or what the lights he saw out in the ocean were.

Ghoulish Delight · 07-05-2005, 12:57 PM

The content of the ending was straight from the book. However, though I've not read the book, I can't help but think a little more effort was put into building the ending up. The word I'd use to describe the ending is "abrupt". Anyone who has seen the Lord of the Flies episode of the Simpsons will leave the theater thinking, "And the aliens were killed by, oooh, let's saaaay....Moe." (Just replace James Earl Jones with Morgan Freeman).

Gn2Dlnd · 07-05-2005, 01:29 PM

Copula.

Larf!

Moonliner · 07-05-2005, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

Copula.

Larf!

Ahh, yes I see. Well congaratulation on spotting that. I ment "Coppola" of course. I am so embarassed by my grammar. Perhaps I should have a roomate spell-check all my documents for me in the future so I can avoid these situatons. Thank you so very much for pointing out the inherent fallibility that is my nature. You are making me a better me.

Gn2Dlnd · 07-06-2005, 12:34 AM

Mine are boring, yours was dirty. Dirty dirty dirty!

Made me laugh.

How long did that take, anyhow?

Moonliner · 07-06-2005, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

Mine are boring, yours was dirty. Dirty dirty dirty!

Made me laugh.

How long did that take, anyhow?

Too damn long, you spell way to good...

Ghoulish Delight · 07-06-2005, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

Too damn long, you spell way ~~to good~~ too well...

Too easy.

Moonliner · 07-06-2005, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Too easy.

OK, just for you GD:

This has turned into a thread about Spelling/Grammar and my apparent deficiencies in this area.

Posting "to good" was part of the game. "to" rather than "too" and "good" rather than "well".

You will notice the "unharder to spell good" comment from Gn2Dlnd who gets the concept.

Please try and keep up. Thanks.

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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	The content of the ending was straight from the book. However, though I've not read the book, I can't help but think a little more effort was put into building the ending up. The word I'd use to describe the ending is "abrupt". Anyone who has seen the Lord of the Flies episode of the Simpsons will leave the theater thinking, "And the aliens were killed by, oooh, let's saaaay....Moe." (Just replace James Earl Jones with Morgan Freeman). __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Gn2Dlnd Parmmadore Jim Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Casita del Queso Posts: 3,810	Mine are boring, yours was dirty. Dirty dirty dirty! Made me laugh. How long did that take, anyhow? __________________ Does anyone still wear a hat?
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