And we're getting another Jack Reacher.

Respects,

Murph

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This movie is the 'Groundhog Day' for those that favour high-tech kill fests.

who's the old crusty dude in it? :P

First film I've wanted to see in a while. Ground Hog day meets Open your Eyes.

OMFG-

http://www.smh.com.au/world/scientology-officially-recognised-as-religion-20131212-hv5dj.html

Now I can finally marry TOM!

Legally!

Oh praise the Lord, or Lords in this case(Privy Council and all)

I liked Emily in 'Young Victoria' but she seems a little uptight in the flesh.

Oh and 'Looper' with Bruce.

Actually I think I will marry Bruce.

That is a fkn great movie.

Power suits & explosions means I can overlook Tom.

Looks pretty good, based off of a really enjoyable Japanese book (All You Need Is Kill) so here's hoping they don't bugger it up

I think Luke Plunkett over at Kotaku Australia made this observation

"It’s not actually based on a game, I know. But the face masks, the armour, the aliens, the dropships… this is the visual language of the last decade of video games, turned into a Tom Cruise movie."

Being an aged Hipster, I didn't like Tom Cruise before it was cool. Meh.

Outstanding....

actually Oblivion was pretty good too...

Girls in bikinis wearing Vader helmets always strikes me as a little *too* dark side for my taste.

Awsome

Didn't get the Shogan warrior reference though

The Waynes World nod was very subtle. Loved it

OT but Superman has arrived from Krypton http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24718-icy-fortress-of-solitude-snapped-by-antarctic-survey.html

That is awesome, thanks for the heads up. I now have an interview with a Professor Paul DeNigris to talk about their epic geek program. :-)

This is the greatest thing ever to have been thinged in the history of all things.

It makes me feel bloody proud to be Australian.

I like the paint job on the ute speeder. It the same as an MFP pursuit car from the first Max Max.

Now go and play the Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures game and your week of geek indulgence shall be complete.

And your wallet empty. Just, you know, FYI.

I'm a bit disappointed they didn't exhume Bill Hunter for this. Although the rebel leader with the beard is a close substitute.

Beauty bottler bonza my boys will love this. Thanks Mayte

Oh, Disney. Never mind about Episode VII. Aussies got 'er done for you.

Even has English subtitles to help translate!

I am going to go to Apple.

Working on Microsift and Bill wants to replace the fkr who can't make my computrer work.

What is linux?

On the topic of interesting new videos, Bob Dylan has put out an interactive video for 'Like A Rolling Stone'.

You can change the channel. Fun.

I think, Drew Carey, host of 'Price is Right' is my favourite so far.

http://www.bobdylan.com/us/home

One of your 10000, Darthsiditious, work on this :)

So you skip Episode 1 entirely? Meh I'm ok with that.

I don't think Ep. 1 was a very good movie.
But I think, as the years go by, with the more considered perspective of history,
Jar Jar Binks will be given his rightful place as one of the most delightful and heroic characters within the Star Wars universe.

Star Wars Down Under, just saying.

star wars prequels.... um just no. No alright. No. Nooooooooooooooooooooooo

http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/star-wars/ I recomend sitting down with your son and watching theses movies. You will need the same ammount of time as watchingthe real thing. My kids and I watched them. I also made them watch Fight Club with me when they hit 13. I'm sure that says something.

It's called the machete order, and it is the only way to watch it. It is the way I introduced my little boy to it, and you know what his favourite movie is? Revenge of the Sith.

http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2011/11/11/the-star-wars-saga-suggested-viewing-order/

I love the character Darth Maul, but really, it was the only thing that was really worth keeping from that movie. It was amazing after watching it in this order how complete a series it became.

Straight to the synopsis...

http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2011/11/11/the-star-wars-saga-suggested-viewing-order/#toc-introducing-machete-order

It really changes the story, and makes it... dare i say it... great.

I am looking forward to trying this in the holidays, but the question is which version do you use? The one with the extra scenes, Jabba The Hut at the Mos Eisley that Han Steps on, where he shoots Guido first?

In Return of the Jedi, in the scene in which Darth Vader stops Emperor Palpatine from electrocuting Luke with Force lightning by picking up the Emperor and hurling him into the bottomless shaft of the Death Star, Vader now screams "Nooo! Noooo!!!" as he does so.

Or in A New Hope the arrival of a howling hooded figure who scares of the Tusken raiders crowded around Luke's prone form--a figure that turns out to be Ben Kenobi. For some reason, Lucas altered this howl, supposed to be Ben's simulation of a Krayt Dragon cry, to make it much more shrill and unpleasant--and startlingly less scary

"Me Jar Jar Binks and Me Ruins de whole movie!"

Frequently heard quote late 1990s.

Respects,

Murph

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This is the only way to watch Star Wars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_n8FRILoYE

Or this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A0rwG39Jzk

When I introduced them to wife and son I went 4,1,2,3,5,6 - that way they got the shock of Anakin being Vader (which was much bigger than finding out that Vader was Luke's father).

Also Episode 1 will be watched in 20 years. Kids like it - and as someone who has 2 lightsabers, about 200 different star wars ships, and shelves full of Star Wars books I remember that the target audience is 9 year olds.

Lucas once said that there was a generation of people that wanted Star Wars to be like The Matrix with cool fights and cool people doing cool things and that wasn't what it was about at all. It was about entertaining kids in the same way that 1930's serials did.

A primary reason why nerds get all angsty about Jar Jar and Ewoks is that they are obvious proof that the films are aimed at kids. If you want inception, go watch inception. If you want angsty Sci-Fi, go watch FireFly. But don't pretend Star Wars is anything other than escapist entertainment where 9 year olds are the primary audience.

but surely we can all agree Han shot first!

Darth Maul. Is that some kind of jedi rugby thing?

Having just read the blog that defines the Machete method, I can see how this would work. I'd still show Ep 1 but last as he suggests as a by line to the main story.

Wow I feel i have to go and find a Star Wars newby and try it out!

On a related point, there was a youtube clip of a guy discussing what Episode 1 should have done not to suck, essentially he discusses what a rewrite should do... it has some great ideas, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgICnbC2-_Y.

Essentially, it is no longer Anakins story per see, but Obi Wan's.... tracking his story from young padawan, to inexperienced Jedi, to master, his great failure (Anakin, his charge, becoming Vadar) and his redemption (his sacrifice so that Luke can become "the new hope" and fullfill his destiny.)

Not sure I agree with all his ideas, but some I think stand out;

Darth Maul doesn't die a pointless death, but remains a villain through the entire three films,

Anakin is not a child when he meets obi wan, maybe a late teen.

Bit of a love triangle, jeolousy thing between Obi Wan, Anakin and Padmae,

Yoda not appearing, but referred to (building his mystique), until the final episode.

Anyway, I thought it was an interesting appouch essentially making it not a trilogy, but a story arch that lasts four films beginning with Obi Wan meeting Anakin, and ending when Vada strikes him down.

Well when ex-super carriers can be had for pennies, flying aircraft carriers might as well be disposable.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/23/uss-forrestal-sold-penny_n_4151288.html

Personally I don't think anything that isn't nuclear can really be 'super', but they didn't consult me for the classification system.

The aircraft is a Helicarrier. That is, it is really just a big helicoptor.
This creates a problem of 2 competing film conventions.
(1) The hero's super cool conveyance survives, battered but indomitable.
(2) All helicoptors must die.
Clearly, that second rule is one very powerful rule.

Much as I like them the practical side of me wonders how much just one of these damned things cost? How do you hide the logistics needed to maintain just one of them let alone three? Where do you build them at? How do you keep the people who built them to keep their mouths shut?

And what are they actually supposed to be used for?

Personally, I think a more practical and believable vessel would be one that could submerge, travel undetected underwater and emerge to launch an airstrike with VLS cells popping off any flavor of missiles in support.

Respects,

Murph

On the Outer Marches

I could be wrong, but I believe Anton Chekhov advised screenwriters "If in the film you have in one scene a flying aircraft carrier, then in the following one, it should crash and explode."

and was that Callan Mulvey playing a baddie? Are there any actors left in Australia?

Worf syndrome. Show the most badass thing you've got and then show the enemy beating it to show what a threat they are.

This is why the lions almost always don't form Voltron at the start - they have to be kicked around a bit to show "yeah, this enemy is badass" before going all Voltron and fucking up robeasts.

Thats because the fkn dumb as shit gits didnt fkn listen to me..ITS FROM FKN ORBIT!...OK, not atmosphere..that way the decay rates slower...of sorts I guess and..well, lets really fkn face it. I DO IT SOOOOOOO MUCH FKN BETTERER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This trumps a flying aircraft carrier!

http://gizmodo.com/japan-just-successfully-tested-its-asteroid-shattering-1451371986

(The link thingy won't let me link)

Although research be damned. We all know the real reason and those Mysterians had better back off now! We've got a proper space cannon.

Now that I think of it: surely the cray amount of energy required to make something like that fly would be more usefully deployed as a weapon in its own right...

Awesome!

Respects,

Murph

On the Outer Marches

Sean Young steps right out the shadows like a Chandler-esque femme fatale

I could see Harrison Ford as a Marlow in space

Oh and all the smokes. Lots of smokes.

And those square booze glasses

Cool!

It is, however, no 'Han Solo, P.I.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEigvdbzia8

Man, this is the kind of awesome that makes me glad we have Youtube, and kinda makes up for the horror that is the comments section.

The Burgers who are Night Vale fans might appreciate this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=061MpC5q1NM

They are doing another one. (I love the extras on the super edition of Blade Runner - I even have the oragami bit and a model of the police car).

What freaks me out about that film is young Eddie Olmos.

Ahhhhh.... Bladerunner. Now I need to revisit. Thanks JB.

Classic.

I've worked in IT all my life.

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Sun-servers on fire over the shoulder of Ryan. I watched tape-reels glitter in the dark near the Mailgate. All those backups will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time... to die."

Very Very nice.

I'm going to plug something I did for the greatest Film Noir of all time......

"Out of the Past, aka Build my Gallows High" with Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer (who Sean Young channels in Blad Runner) and Kirk Douglas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1jZaVxQz8g

The music at the start and the black and white made me feel I was wandering through Fallout 3.

That was gorgeous.

Through a scanner darkly is how I've always seen the world unfortunately.