How about a movie thread?

[nailer]

Revisiting Sagan's Cosmos and Burke's Connections.

[bobabode]

'Remember The Titans' over a late breakfast with the wife.

Helluva cast and movie about race relations in the DC area in the early '70s. There was even a little high school football in the flick.

[Dondilion]

Planet of the Apes: Charlton Heston

A planet where the apes are in charge.

[nailer]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Planet of the Apes: Charlton Heston

A planet where the apes are in charge.

Great SF flick.

Aren't apes always in charge?

[MrPots]

The missus bought me a blue ray version of "The King and I". I love those old extravaganzas.

Also the newest X Men video "Days of future past" It was pretty good, but Marvel is always a sure bet.

Spoiler alert:

If you've seen the movie, I have a question. Does this mean that everything that happened between "X Men first class" and "Days of future past" now never happened?

[MrPots]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Planet of the Apes: Charlton Heston

A planet where the apes are in charge.

Like Star Trek, I'm a fan of the new version, although I haven't seen the second installment of the apes. I'm also looking forward to seeing the second version of "Sin City"

[donquixote99]

Just watched 'Cloud Atlas,' which turned out to be 6 stories spread out over 300 years, cut into pieces, and reassembled semi-randomly. So you are skipping back and forth in time as you skip between stories, but not within stories (usually). But aside from that stricture it seems random which piece comes next.

Oh, it's probably not really random, they probably had some organizing ideas, but good luck perceiving them. Likewise, they were trying to tell some story where there's sort of a meta-drama of souls developing and changing and influencing each other over numerous lives. But I couldn't quite follow that, even though big clues are suggested by it being often the same actors in different characters (sometimes wildly different) across the six stories.

Some of the stuff going on was engaging, and it was neat seeing patterns (like, there's a point where there are fights everywhere, and always the bad guy is taken out by being clobbered from behind.) But you're left feeling like you missed a lot.

And who was the devil who was deviling Tom Hanks?

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by nailer

Great SF flick.

Aren't apes always in charge?

Some deep points projected in this film.

Also highlighted is the danger facing anyone seeking the truth. The threat of
being called an heretic is ever present.

This is a recurring theme in the history of man.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by nailer

Great SF flick.

Aren't apes always in charge?

The only problem I had with that movie was Charlton Heston playing Charlton Heston.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by merrylander

The only problem I had with that movie was Charlton Heston playing Charlton Heston.

Indeed. Over actor extraordinaire.