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Posted by wil5on on Sun May 30th at 6:29am 2004

The book was good, but it will be interesting to see how it translates to a movie. Hopefully at least as well as A.I. or Bicentennial Man, if not better...

Will Smith? F**K! I'm not paying money to see it then.

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Posted by Tracer Bullet on Sun May 30th at 6:30am 2004

On topic- I don't think I will probably see the movie in the theaters. I don't like "machines are evil" movies.

Off topic-

Nanotech is my area of specialization and interest. that said however keep in mind that this is a very broad topic which goes very deep. I may not be the most authoritative source.

I don't recommend investing in any "nanotech" firms atm. The field is very young, and while it is good to get in early, it will be very hard to pic the winers form the losers this early in the game. To be honest, nanotechnology is over hyped like nothing I have ever encountered. there are incredible possibilities but most of them only exist in the minds of scientists. Nanotech truly is the realm of basic research at present. as such you can't expect to see any radical new commercial products for at least another 15-20 years. there are nanotech products on the market, but for the most part they are mundane things like better sun screens made from titanium dioxide nanoparticles. Probably the first place you will really notice the impact of nanotech is in the computer industry.

As far as investing goes, I recommend an index fund, as they typically out perform almost anything else. However, if you find a company that has a product you truly believe in and has the organizational strength to be successfully, go for it!





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Posted by Yak_Fighter on Sun May 30th at 6:49am 2004

I dislike Asimov, Will Smith is not nearly enough of a draw by himself, and the trailer was rather blah. I don't think I'm looking forward to any movies this year, as there's no LOTR movie waiting for me as a Christmas present.





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Posted by Leperous on Sun May 30th at 8:44am 2004

I'd agree with Tracer, there's not really any companies worth investing in just yet. I guess when the technology comes out, medical applications will be the Big Ones to plow your money into- I think the first stuff we'll see are 'nanokits' and disease monitors and the like, not actual bots that do anything...

*saves his money to invest in picotechnology and field technology instead*





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Posted by Orpheus on Sun May 30th at 10:15am 2004

? posted by Yak_Fighter

I dislike Asimov, Will Smith is not nearly enough of a draw by himself, and the trailer was rather blah. I don't think I'm looking forward to any movies this year, as there's no LOTR movie waiting for me as a Christmas present.

gimme a freakin break guys, is there no damned movies worth a s**t that doesn't involve LOTR or Matrix??

both of those movies were mediocre at best, yet it seems they are all you people can talk about

and will smith?? he is one of the best actors i have seen in ages.. didn't like him in that stupid sitcom, but i don't like sitcom's so its prolly not his fault.

this story is decades old, and way past due for a movie version... i would have preferred they did the foundation books first, but i will settle for what i can get.

if you hadn't guessed yet, i disliked LOTR, and have gone way past my limit on how many threads i can endure containing references to the movie :/

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Posted by fishy on Sun May 30th at 10:39am 2004

? posted by Orpheus

if you hadn't guessed yet, i disliked LOTR, and have gone way past my limit on how many threads i can endure containing references to the movie :/

i'd say that's much the same as how the rest of the population feel about will smith.





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Posted by Orpheus on Sun May 30th at 10:43am 2004

? posted by fishy
? posted by Orpheus

if you hadn't guessed yet, i disliked LOTR, and have gone way past my limit on how many threads i can endure containing references to the movie :/

i'd say that's much the same as how the rest of the population feel about will smith.

i concur, i know many who don't think he is all that great, but seriously, every damned day, someone mentions those two movies.. will smith is just a passing thought around here, a foot note at best.

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Posted by Biological Component on Sun May 30th at 4:42pm 2004

Nice avatar, Gwil.



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Posted by Gwil on Sun May 30th at 4:47pm 2004

? posted by Biological Component
Nice avatar, Gwil.

Thanks it is a superb picture.. all of Alex Greys work is (if you dig the style). take a lookski at alexgrey.com , he has done some fantastic works in his "career" as an artist

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Posted by Orpheus on Sun May 30th at 5:01pm 2004

? posted by Biological Component
Nice avatar, Gwil.

you only said that cause of my earlier comment

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Posted by Juim on Sun May 30th at 5:26pm 2004

This movie looks awesome. I worked extensively with Alan Tudyk during firefly, he's a real genuine guy. With that in mind I would go see the movie regaurdless. Will Smith?, I have no real problems with him, save for his choices in movie roles. (Can you say Wild Wild west?, come on, not only was it a bad idea to make the US's top secret service agent black, but the whole premise was just stoooopid, like a cartoon with real people. MIBII?,BAD BOYS II????????). He's not a character actor, He's Will Smith in different clothes/scenarios. If the vehichle is right then he's OK.



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Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Sun May 30th at 5:42pm 2004

I enjoyed the action scenes in bad boys II, some cool stuff. Martin Lawrence constantly whining was a bit annoying though.



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Posted by Orpheus on Sun May 30th at 6:32pm 2004

another preview while i was at the theater i wanna see is.. "The Chronicles of Reddick" looks kick ass..



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Posted by ReNo on Sun May 30th at 6:35pm 2004

It's "Riddick" - not being a pratt, just incase you go looking for it online or whatever I quite enjoyed Pitch Black, which is the film that introduces you to the character Riddick, and apparently the game is shaping up to be one of the best movie tie ins ever seen. I'm not a big fan of Vin Diesel but I might give it a looksee in the future



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Posted by Orpheus on Sun May 30th at 6:42pm 2004

sorry, my bad, but google finds it none the less.. i saw my first preview yesterday..



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Posted by Crono on Sun May 30th at 7:09pm 2004

I'm sure the book it's based off of is good. But this movie looks like s**t.
Will Smith can't pull a decent delivery from the fanciest crevice in his body.
The story looks fine, just the acting looks terrible.

Secondly, Robots of any kind would turn only if they were made to. And if we DID create technology for them to become 'self-aware' or some crazy nonsense like that, we'll all be dead by then. We're not too far on the robot front, at least nothing near something like an android or something. (Plus it'd be too expensive)

Some good movies out or coming out that will at least be entertaining:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Spider-Man 2 (shut up, comic book movies are awesome)
THX1138 is getting re-released around September.
The Incredibles
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
AVP
Alexander
The Bourne Supremacy (because those books kick ass).

And, if it makes you feel better, Yak, The Extended Edition will be out for you near Christmas

Orph, the movies are a pretty good adaptation from the books (which is why I like them) ... if you didn't like the books or something I can see how you wouldn't like the movies ... but ... they're good. So was the Matrix trilogy, I'm sick of people bashing it because they have a chip on their shoulder from the shoddy editing in Reloaded.

The Chronicles of Riddick looks like s**t. I hate Vin Diesel. I hated Pitch Black. It did TERRIBLY, so what do they do? Make a sequel (as in another movie, not really post story).

It's fine if you liked or disliked any of these movies, these are just things I'm looking forward to.



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Posted by Orpheus on Sun May 30th at 7:15pm 2004

crono, you will notice, i bash far fewer things than people do me..
i like the movies i like, i base that on no ones opinion save my own.. will smith is a good actor, not great, but good.. he doesn't bring a movie down just cause he is in it, but he makes it no better either.
his sense of humor reflects my own, much like jim carey does.. i like basic crude humor, and he excels at it.. MiB was great. i have literally watched it dozens of times.. same with wild,wild west..

books into movies are only good if you watch the movie first.. reading it first will always ruin it IMO cause books are so much better.

comics into movies always rock.. especially if its marvel



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Posted by Yak_Fighter on Sun May 30th at 8:25pm 2004

? posted by Orpheus
? posted by Yak_Fighter

I dislike Asimov, Will Smith is not nearly enough of a draw by himself, and the trailer was rather blah. I don't think I'm looking forward to any movies this year, as there's no LOTR movie waiting for me as a Christmas present.

gimme a freakin break guys, is there no damned movies worth a s**t that doesn't involve LOTR or Matrix??

both of those movies were mediocre at best, yet it seems they are all you people can talk about

and will smith?? he is one of the best actors i have seen in ages.. didn't like him in that stupid sitcom, but i don't like sitcom's so its prolly not his fault.

this story is decades old, and way past due for a movie version... i would have preferred they did the foundation books first, but i will settle for what i can get.

if you hadn't guessed yet, i disliked LOTR, and have gone way past my limit on how many threads i can endure containing references to the movie :/

pfft. Different strokes for different folks.

PS: LOTR LOTR LOTR LOTR LOTR





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Posted by $loth on Sun May 30th at 8:33pm 2004

OK,so this movie is about a robot, being charged with homocide? The trailer makes it seem a little bit,erm, iffy?

[edit] It seems like, to abolish these robots, were gonna need a hell of a lot of electro magnets!

God help those people with braces.

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Posted by Hornpipe2 on Sun May 30th at 8:52pm 2004

The movie will probably be nothing like the book, except the main female character's name is the same, as is the title. There was little violent action in the book, no gunfights, no major robot revolutions overthrowing their human masters (well, at least not on Earth) - in short, they took a book full of mostly peaceful stories about robots, dropped in Will Smith, and made a guns-blazing robot-smashing action movie.
Not that that's bad, but it would've been nicer if they could have changed the name.




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