:) its great how 10 people can go in and get 11 different thoughts on a movie or anything else.
That's what humanity's about :) Now we can hear the other 10 thoughts on what humanity is all about lol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 3:01 PM Subject: RE: The Grand List of Overused Scie nce Fiction Clich�s > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 2:43 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: The Grand List of Overused Scie nce Fiction Clich�s > > > > Ack, hit enter too quickly: > > > > Speaking of cultures, something interesting I read once. > > > > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > > The following is spoiler space for Signs: > > > > If you have see Signs, then you know the aliens had an issue with doors. > > When asked about it, the director made the point that a kangeroo > > couldn't open a door but it could still hurt you if it wanted. Not sure > > how serious he was, but it does bring an interesting point. What if an > > alien race had no concept of a door? In theory, the idea that a wall > > would just "open" would not be something they could even consider. > > > > Further ramblings: This then reminds me of the concept of 'newspeak' in > > 1984 (forgive me if I get the term wrong, it's been _many_ years). If I > > remember right, the idea was that if there were no verbal way to express > > dissent, then there would be no way to rebel against the government. > > There was a cute in-joke on StarGate: SG1 last week where Sam was > complaining about how unrealistic "Sign" was (specifically about how aliens > that could be killed by water would try to attack planet covered by it). I > thought it was cute, but also that she missed the point. > > "Signs" wasn't about the aliens at all, in my opinion. The movie was about > that family and how it dealt with crisis - both personal and fantastic. The > aliens did only what they needed to do to bring about the crisis and could > do nothing to end it (they couldn't break through the door because that > would have ended the crisis for example). > > The aliens were just a plot device: it could have been just about anything > (government testing/cover up, science gone mad, the supernatural, etc). > > I was actually annoyed at the marketing focusing so much on the crop circles > when those simply weren't the "signs" of importance in the movie. > > The signs were the coming together of those little annoying threads in life > and the realization that they were part of a (in this case beneficial) plan. > > Although I'm both a skeptic and an atheist I am actually often quite touched > by these "yes lord I see you" movies. But I didn't even go to see signs > just because the marketing made it out to be a sci-fi suspense validating > crop circles. > > I know I'm harping, but I just don't think "Signs" was (really) a sci-fi > movie. Once I (being forced into it) watched it I loved it, but that's > because it wasn't the movie that was marketed to me. > > Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
