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Title: Gamer
Post by: JD on 17 Jun 2009, 19:15
Have a look at this trailer, in all it's glory (http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/gamer/trailer)
Title: Re: Gamer
Post by: ackblom12 on 17 Jun 2009, 20:25
..This looks fun enough for me to watch actually.
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Post by: Blue Kitty on 17 Jun 2009, 20:33
I confused this movie with Surrogate for some reason
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Post by: Nodaisho on 17 Jun 2009, 20:43
It probably won't be any good, but might be enough explosions for me to watch.
Title: Re: Gamer
Post by: KvP on 18 Jun 2009, 10:34
It looks like a Paul W.S. Anderson film directed by Michael Bay... or that guy who directed Chronicles of Riddick.

In fact the general oomph of the plot is almost exactly Death Race (death row inmate / Most Dangerous Game player is so good that the people who set it up try and rig it against him) which is itself was derivative of the greatest Most Dangerous Game movie ever made, The Running Man with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Yaphet "Fucking" Kotto.

In fact this is basically a remake of The Running Man.

In fact the people who run this website apparently don't know what the term "high concept" means.
Title: Re: Gamer
Post by: Nodaisho on 18 Jun 2009, 12:19
In fact the people who run this website apparently don't know what the term "high concept" means.
Sure they do. Someone had a concept while they were on an airplane. High concept.
Title: Re: Gamer
Post by: De_El on 18 Jun 2009, 15:34
Yeah, I thought about it for a minute, but I have decided that it is probably not going to be worth my time.
Title: Re: Gamer
Post by: Yayniall on 18 Jun 2009, 21:13
It has Ludacris in it, how can it be bad?
Also it better have corpse humping and such in it.
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Post by: Gridgm on 18 Jun 2009, 22:16
It looks like a Paul W.S. Anderson film directed by Michael Bay... or that guy who directed Chronicles of Riddick.

In fact the general oomph of the plot is almost exactly Death Race (death row inmate / Most Dangerous Game player is so good that the people who set it up try and rig it against him) which is itself was derivative of the greatest Most Dangerous Game movie ever made, The Running Man with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Yaphet "Fucking" Kotto.

In fact this is basically a remake of The Running Man.

In fact the people who run this website apparently don't know what the term "high concept" means.

see i didn't know running man was a movie but i don't want to see it becuase i know for a fact it's going to wreck the book for me reguardless of how well they do it
Title: Re: Gamer
Post by: Reed on 18 Jun 2009, 22:30
If you enjoyed the book, the movie will disappoint. The two share very little beyond the fact that a guy is running for his life on a game show in a dystopian future.
Title: Re: Gamer
Post by: ackblom12 on 18 Jun 2009, 22:45
No, no no no. It's not that the movie will disappoint you, it's that the movie is awesome and you get to see a opera singing fat man shoot lightning from his fingers.

The story is also quite good, but really, the movie is fantastic.
Title: Re: Gamer
Post by: Inlander on 19 Jun 2009, 07:01
When I was a kid that movie used to be on T.V. at least three times a year. I don't think I've seen it around for a decade-and-a-half, now. I wonder what's going on with it.
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Post by: Surgoshan on 19 Jun 2009, 09:31
When I was a kid that movie used to be on T.V. at least three times a year. I don't think I've seen it around for a decade-and-a-half, now. I wonder what's going on with it.

I hear it put on some weight and got a job as a mall cop.
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Post by: Blyss on 19 Jun 2009, 11:20
Saw it a while ago.  Not particularly interested, though given the premise, I expected I would be.
 :|
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Post by: Ozymandias on 19 Jun 2009, 15:38
No, no no no. It's not that the movie will disappoint you, it's that the movie is awesome and you get to see a opera singing fat man shoot lightning from his fingers.

The story is also quite good, but really, the movie is fantastic.

YES

YES

YES

I'll live to see you eat that contract, but I hope you leave enough room for my fist because I'm going to ram it into your stomach and break your goddamn spine!
Title: Re: Gamer
Post by: Scandanavian War Machine on 19 Jun 2009, 15:43
Running Man has more one-liners and neon per frame than any other movie ever.

it is glorious.
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Post by: Surgoshan on 19 Jun 2009, 21:33
Running Man has more one-liners and neon per frame than any other movie ever.

it is glorious.

The same could be said of Tammy Faye Messner.
Title: Re: Gamer
Post by: Gridgm on 19 Jun 2009, 22:29
so where does tron rate?