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Oohhh... Linklater's A SCANNER DARKLY screens in Houston! How'd it go?

Keanu again? by cagirl	Oct 31st, 2005 05:05:45 AM
C'mon...let someone else be "the one" in a few movies.
almost first by Jearom	Oct 31st, 2005 05:09:28 AM

Well, shitburgers. by Nordling	Oct 31st, 2005 05:10:02 AM
If I would have known about this, I woulda been there. Dammit.
cool! by MAGGA	Oct 31st, 2005 05:13:43 AM
I love Waking Life, if this is anywhere near as cool I
Winona's Animated Tits by Itchy	Oct 31st, 2005 05:51:42 AM
Damn Winona for not busting those huge boobies out years ago when she was teh new hotness .... they look glorious. Now she's old and busted and no one wants to see them.
Itchy by MrNelson	Oct 31st, 2005 06:30:24 AM
You are one sad person. I feel sorry for your parents having such a disfunctional kid. Enjoy your Playboy collection, sad fuck.
It was obvious that this film was f*cked the moment Keanu was ca by workshed	Oct 31st, 2005 06:51:58 AM
...I was hoping Matrix would kill his career once and for all. Shame that it had to be this story. This adaptation of one of the best sci-fi novels ever has been ruined, it seems, by another of Keanu's bullshit, overpaid 'performances'.
cell shading by gredenko	Oct 31st, 2005 07:25:19 AM
unless i'm way off base, cell shading is a term that applies to video game graphics, but not animation like this. i heard from someone who was there and was in the focus group that the flick was good and that the focus group was pretty kind to it, with only a few gripes about some scenes that dragged.
They should put Keanu in the Charles Schaub commercials.. by Brock DD Landers	Oct 31st, 2005 07:31:13 AM
If he wants to be animated so bad, let him ruin those. And every fucking year, it seems like there is less and less silence in movies. Everything has to have some hack fucking score going on constantly.
I think I will like this film... by FluffyUnbound	Oct 31st, 2005 08:06:45 AM
...But I trust the first reviewer about as far as I can throw him. No spoilers, and it's better than Blade Runner? OK, if you say so. And to fulfill my duties in any Linklater talkback, let me add: WAKING LIFE sucked.
Mr.Nelson by Henry Jones Jr.	Oct 31st, 2005 08:08:28 AM
Don't be talking smack to Itchy- he is right on the money. Winona should have been baring those babies a decade ago. But I'd still like to see them anyhow. Although, Meg Ryan's were really disappointing in "in the cut." BTW- Scanner Darkly is a cool book. Hope Linklater does it justice. Going to opening day on this one.
One of the few gushing reviews on this site that I don't thi by InspectorDoppler	Oct 31st, 2005 08:22:28 AM
I actually get the sense I'll agree with the first reviewer, I'm really looking forward to this flick. Now stop being such a pussy, Linklater, and DO THE VALIS TRILOGY!!!! 350 million dollar back-to-back-shooting LOTR style, Orlando Bloom as Horselover Fat, summer tentpole release. Boffo BO, baby.
No, you don't understand by MonkeyBytes	Oct 31st, 2005 08:24:28 AM
The quote from the review is as follows: "Winona Ryder does a good job too, theres not too much, but you her animated tits...eh?". So we don't see Winona's animated tits... we actually ARE her animated tits! This is groundbreaking interactive cinema, people. Undoubtedly this will result in audience members groping, licking and pinching themselves as they suddenly realize they ARE WINONA RYDER'S ANIMATED TITS! Now, tell me you can wait to see this one.
keanu reeves is my favorite actor by reckni	Oct 31st, 2005 09:24:15 AM
Don't sleep on "Feeling Minnesota." That movie is the bomb.
"Now she's old and busted and no one wants to see them." by Osmosis Jones	Oct 31st, 2005 10:01:30 AM
Speak for yourself, Itchy. Winona just turned THIRTY-FOUR!!!
"but you her animated tits..eh?" by white owl	Oct 31st, 2005 10:55:35 AM
that's hilarious. I'm looking forward to taking a few unsuspecting friends to see this so I can lighten a few minds to the imagination of PKD. Lord knows you can't get anybody to read books these days ("Books? Who does books?" is a quote I got some time ago. Stupid America, grumble grumble). Anyways, Waking Life is awkward on its first viewing, but later viewing, most while under the influence of weed and shrooms, make the film better and better, in my eyes. I liked the scene with rich playing pinball and he tells about his dream. Totally ..."whoa". And that's where I come to Keanu Reeves. I cannot stand him anymore and I hope he doesn't mar the film from otherwise being excellent among a year of mediocre studio films.
George Takei will own your ass !!! by jesuschrist	Oct 31st, 2005 11:18:34 AM
Including the anti-matter. Owned! Takei! Deal with it!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETER JACKSON!!! by Prague23	Oct 31st, 2005 11:23:40 AM
Someone had to say it.
A Scanner Darkly....what the hell is that? by MonteCristo	Oct 31st, 2005 11:27:48 AM
Really, what is it? I'll have to check it out.
I'd say Keanu's been... by Childe Roland	Oct 31st, 2005 11:38:56 AM
...irrevocably typecast, but that implies he'd be capable of playing any part other than the semi-literate, overwhelmed-by-what-he's-s eeing, emotionless, personality-less cipher for the audience to enter the world of the film through. He was the gaping hole through which we all entered the Matrix (brilliantly cast, by the way), but as dsoon as they tried to develop his "character" beyond that, the whole series fell apart. Every First Person Shooter videogame character should be played by Keanu "insert your own personality here" Reeves. Whoa!
I Think... by KarmicRelief	Oct 31st, 2005 11:43:55 AM
I'd rather see Keanu in a remake of "Scanners". A single "whoa" before his fucking head explodes. That'd rule...
Winnona's not old...she still looks pretty hot by jrbarker	Oct 31st, 2005 11:57:05 AM
I'd do her.
Can't wait! by Lord_Soth	Oct 31st, 2005 12:06:42 PM
Such a huge fan!
Even if Keanu isn't the best actor in the world, I'm sur by Doc_Strange	Oct 31st, 2005 12:30:30 PM
That and you get Winona's animated set. This movie will be one to watch. Plus, I read this film only cost 30 million to produce. I'm sure it'll make its money back.
WAKING LIFE - A film to watch if you feel like listening to a bu by TheGinger Twit	Oct 31st, 2005 12:31:57 PM
And that animation.... Clever, but geezus it was ugly. Seriously, has there ever been such a pretentious film as wkaing life. I've lost friends over this film. They told me how good it was and how they applied the knowledge to themselves. I refused to talk to them ever again. Philip K Dick is awesome though!
All I want for Christmas... by cyanide christ	Oct 31st, 2005 12:58:50 PM
...is a good adaptation of a PKD story. Why do they keep fucking it up?! Blade Runner was one of the best and it sucked. I'm not even going to waste any more words on Minority Report.
If Winona's Tits Were In Itchy's Vicinity... by filker-tom	Oct 31st, 2005 02:09:32 PM
He'd drown in his own drool. God knows the rest of us would. ;)
What exactly happens when a movie "owns"? by slone13	Oct 31st, 2005 02:42:02 PM
Can anyone tell me? Seriously. I own a bunch of things. A house. A car. A dog. The funny thing is, the fact that I own them actually means nothing. My dog still craps when he wants. My car still needs gas to run. And my house still needs its mortgage paid. So, in essence, me "owning" them is a real drag, to a certain degree. So please, please, please, you language starved fanboys, please tell me what you mean when you say a film will "own". Go ahead. Try. I dare you. Also, you are not allowed to use the word "meh" in your description, for a number of reasons. The major one being the fact that "meh" is not even a word.
And I concur with everything "TheGingerTwit" said by slone13	Oct 31st, 2005 02:43:53 PM
He's right.
"pink laser" by DarthCorleone	Oct 31st, 2005 02:47:23 PM
Good reference on that first review. I am very excited about this film.
I fucking agree, by Winterchili	Oct 31st, 2005 02:54:50 PM
This movie is going to be fucking good. Fuck.
KarmicRelief, you are a funny fuck. by 3 Bag Enema	Oct 31st, 2005 03:12:59 PM
I just got home from being fired from my job, and you made me laugh. It's funny, because it's true. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go kill myself.
It depends on what context you use "own" in by Doc_Strange	Oct 31st, 2005 03:13:57 PM
In this case own means rules or kicks ass. Basically when you know you can kick someone's ass, you say you own them. The same goes for superiority in all things.
Why Keanu? by Mars1	Oct 31st, 2005 03:33:32 PM
Think about how similar Keanu is to Wiley Wiggins in Waking Life...casting makes sense.Linklater likes that type... Waking Life is funny as hell if you watch it with a phd Philosophy guy that bitches (loudly) all the way through it. Gingertwit, I wish you could borrow mine, it works well as MST3000.
Can't wait by oducerproducer	Oct 31st, 2005 05:10:37 PM
I'm a fan of past Linklater films and this one looks pretty good.
Keanu is perfect for Arctor by MissyHHades	Oct 31st, 2005 05:30:52 PM
Really, I can imagine him as Bob Arctor anyday. He has all that confused and lost look that anyone in that situation would have. I read the book some weeks ago and it's easy to imagine Keanu as Arctor and Downey as Barris. And the guy does stoned very well, as in Rivers Edge. Plus, he is not ashamed to try odd roles and independent stuff, he could very well stuck with safe action movies and he would get work. And he never claimed to be the best actor in the world, so I can't understand why people still demanding that from him. People are always complaining but when he fits the character he is good and one can't deny that the guy knows how to choose roles and the people with whom he works. I'm not a die hard Keanu fan but, really, I like many of his movies and think he was a nice choice to play Arctor and that the movie looks very promising and, at least, one of the few projects who aims to challenge the audience in the middle of many mindless movies that are slated for next year.
I'd rather see UBIK on the big screen. by Incrediburgible	Oct 31st, 2005 05:54:47 PM
And not in the form of some "flash"-in-the-pan superfluous animation that's going to date this film immediately and bore and distract the fuck out of its audience 10 minutes into the film.
Tits are great. by tango fett	Oct 31st, 2005 06:13:39 PM
That is all.
So if this movie is practically almost finished, what is the rel by Johnno	Oct 31st, 2005 07:18:21 PM
I wanna see!
slone13 by jesuschrist	Oct 31st, 2005 08:20:49 PM
It means this. George Takei is the legal owner of your ass. Even though it's on your body, it belongs to George Takei, for him to do with what he will. Owned!
Alex "InfoWars" Jones in cameo appearance by prisonplanet	Oct 31st, 2005 08:44:38 PM
I'd see this for that alone. That seen in Waking Life had audiences here in Raleigh, NC, just balls-out hollerin'! It just makes me smile when I see that people are waking up to the fact that the "left and right" in this country are just "two sides of the same coin", lovin it!!.....
In other news. Access Hollywood will be showing the new KONG tra by Orionsangels	Oct 31st, 2005 08:57:47 PM
Kong and the T-rex are fighting and they fall off a cliff as they're falling thru huge vines. Kong is trying to grab one on the way down, effects look amazing
All right, let me be clear by Itchy	Oct 31st, 2005 09:05:11 PM
First off, Mr.Nelson, if you don't want to see Winona's tits, then you are a poofer - go put on your Sulu uniform and watch your Vagina Monologues DVD and shut the hell up. For everyone else, yes indeed I would like to see Winona's boobies, but trust me - there's a HUGE difference in tits between ages 18 and 34. See Uma Thurman, for example. What I'm saying is Winona was the hottest thing going back in the Edward Scissorhands era - young, beautiful, "deep" and a talented actress. Then she must have had the worst fucking agent in the world, because she went from being bank to making a string of shit formula period pieces. If she really wanted to be a powerful and influential indie actress, she should have taken a cue from Christina Ricci and busted those things out in some "deep" role. So, in closing, Winona, there's still time - find the right role and get those things on Mrskin.com pronto ... only now, you're probably going to have to show some off that beaver, too. And Lacey Cahbert, if you're reading this, you can still salvage your career too - it's not too late !
What about my kong news itchy? by Orionsangels	Oct 31st, 2005 09:14:31 PM
perhaps you should acknowledge it and say its cool er something. like wow thats cool news. i didn't know that. thanks for informing me. this made my day or week or something. ok...peace out
cyanide christ by Monkey Butler	Oct 31st, 2005 09:23:06 PM
Blade Runner was (and is) an incredible film. It's not Do Android's Dream of Electric Sheep?, but it's still an incredible film. Would it be fair to say that this is the first proper adaptation of a PKD story?
Linklater is a genius. This movie will rock! by Proman1984	Nov 1st, 2005 01:54:44 AM
Enough said. But I'm still not sure it will top Minority Report as best Dick adaptation.
Keanu Reeves can't act. In other news, the earth revolves ar by Drebin	Nov 1st, 2005 04:23:11 AM

Orionsangels by Itchy	Nov 1st, 2005 05:33:56 AM
Sorry, orionsangels ... just am not that interested in Kong. I trust Peter Jackson to do it right, but I've never really been that intrigued by the original, so I'm not that hyped about a remake. Maybe if I had some info that at some point, Kong mounts a naked and quivering Naomi Watts ... but I haven't heard that, so just don't care that much.
Speak for yourself Itchy. I'd still like to see them by R.C. the "Wise"	Nov 1st, 2005 10:33:12 AM
Bring 'em out Bring 'em out!
About the whole Ryder breasts debate: by FluffyUnbound	Nov 1st, 2005 11:29:37 AM
We're talking about animation here folks. That means you can draw a couple of tits on a piece of scrap paper with ball point pen, label them "Ryder's tits", and you'll have "seen" them just as much as you will in this film.
My understanding is... by Childe Roland	Nov 1st, 2005 11:40:58 AM
...that Winona's got herself a big brown beaver.
word, serenityfan by duanejones	Nov 1st, 2005 04:17:35 PM
_waking life_ was painfully overrated. i think critics got suckered by the technique and, you know, it's all a dream, so why should the narrative be anything but episodic self-absorption masquerading as waxing philosophical? what worked SO well in _slacker_, SO did not work in _waking life_. and i further agree we'll yet see great work from this great filmmaker again -- perhaps, some would appear to be indicating, real soon...
Ryder Breasts by Powerpuff69	Nov 2nd, 2005 12:34:45 AM
I hate to burst everyone's bubble here, but as someone who worked on the movie I want to let you in on a little secret. It was shot first on DV and we animated on top of that video, and Winona was fully clothed in all the scenes. The animators had to use thier imagination for her breasts. So sorry guys, there will not be any live action shots of Winona's boobs floating around the net from this film.
jesuschrist by themanlikedave	Nov 2nd, 2005 05:26:05 AM
well well, surprise suprise, jesuschrist is talking about peoples arses again. come on out mate, you'll feel much better
Why is Winona even in this? by bingo the clown	Nov 2nd, 2005 10:06:52 AM
Donna is supposed to be 19.

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