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Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by cao(f): 1:48pm On May 21, 2018 |
oyetpel:Actually, it isn't, it's sci-fi. Sci-fi & fantasy are usually bundled together as a genre, even though they should be seperated. Although, there are films that blur the line. The drug altering the brain is science fiction, it is altering the brain's chemistry to make it do things that could even be considered superhuman (or peak human condition if you're feeling less hyperbolic). Now, if the drug had turned it into a gateway to seeing supernatural/paranormal/magic elements, it would be seen more as fantasy. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Beorn: 2:21pm On May 21, 2018 |
koice: @emboldened, well written. Aptly broken down. It's what I've been trying to explain. You forgot to add the nonexistent black aphrodisiac the lady took with qualities like making one feel no pain to the extent of cutting off one's body parts and blood wouldn't drop. All these points to the fact that it isn't real. Just a fictions adrenaline rush kind of movie made for one's entertainment only. The 24 description is funny as hell. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Beorn: 2:24pm On May 21, 2018 |
cao: I checked its genre on 3 different sites and none called Limitless a fantasy movie. All called it what it was - sci-fi. Sci-fi and fantasy are two distinguished genres. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Beorn: 2:32pm On May 21, 2018 |
oyetpel: Fast and Furious and Revenge both have fake stunts/logic. The difference is that the entertainment value of Fast and Furious is more so people didn't care about the fake logic unlike in Revenge where the person probably didn't enjoy the movie as much as he would like to, and hence started seeing cracks in the storyline. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by cao(f): 2:36pm On May 21, 2018 |
Beorn:I already said they're usually bundled together, even though they should be separate. Yes, even when you go to a bookshop. Yes, if you go to buy LotR on amazon or any actual shop, it will be placed in the sci-fi & fantasy (or sci-fi/fantasy) section, even though the books (& films) are clearly fantasy. So, I repeat, Limitless is NOT fantasy, it's sci-fi. It's literally based on science fiction, science that is not fact, i.e. science that does not exist. Drugs that alter the brain's chemistry already exist, but there isn't a drug that exists that alters it to Limitless' NZT's level (yet). Aldderall is probably the closest drug with its crazy focus properties. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by J2381: 2:59pm On May 21, 2018 |
Ready Player One. By best part... can't believe I shouted 'Haduken' right in my office. ![]() 1 Like 1 Share
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Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Nollyshortskits: 3:29pm On May 21, 2018 |
am watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C4O0YE4tEI |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Nollyshortskits: 3:31pm On May 21, 2018 |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Nollyshortskits: 3:32pm On May 21, 2018 |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Ishilove: 4:52pm On May 21, 2018 |
J2381:Me I shouted 'Shoyuken' ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by sod09(m): 4:54pm On May 21, 2018 |
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Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Ishilove: 4:54pm On May 21, 2018 |
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Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Nobody: 4:56pm On May 21, 2018 |
cao: Fantasy themed books like Lord of the Rings are found on sci-fi/fantasy section because they are actually science fantasy fiction (SFF), which is a subgenre of speculative fiction(SF). You said it yourself, science fiction is an unproven science, speculative at best, but doesn't exist, no? So what if we throw in some outlandish ideas while we're at it? It will cross the line into fantasy threshold. Limitless is a science fantasy for the fact that the science used is very wacky. It's a blurred line... thus, sff. There are actual pure sci-fi (without fantasy) books and films out there, for example, The Expanse and The Moon. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Nobody: 5:00pm On May 21, 2018 |
Beorn: As in eh. It boggles the mind that some people actually believe that sh*t like that can happen in real life. It's very entertaining and all, and sometimes can even make sense in a stoned kind of way, but c'mon now, let's not blur the line between fiction and reality. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Nobody: 5:26pm On May 21, 2018 |
jammer777: It's not a FACT. My whole point is that it's fictitious, but somehow you missed it. Go and try that in real life and let's see if you can even make it past the guards. Believe everything you see in that film at your peril. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Nobody: 5:47pm On May 21, 2018 |
cao: For the irreality that a drug can alter a person's brain to limitless level has already placed it firmly within the realms of fantasy. It's a bad science, thus science fantasy. Fantasy is not always about things happening in an imaginary world, it's also when an idea or something is far removed from normal reality. Don't get it twisted. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by freezyprinzy(m): 6:01pm On May 21, 2018 |
Ready player 1.. 5.5/10 |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by cao(f): 6:18pm On May 21, 2018 |
Breaking In. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by calliope(f): 6:37pm On May 21, 2018 |
Acrimony. I'd give an 8/10. So, basically its a story about a woman who allowed destructive emotions to drive her literally insane. I thought I was crazy until I saw this movie, it hit me, I was nothing but a learner where she is ![]() ![]() Art imitating life; indeed. I really have to commend Tyler Perry on this one. There are women/men out there who can't handle moving on, their lives are forever attached to that one person. The movie had a huge message. So, it's not one of those predictable stories about cheating, it drives deeper than that. And yes, I'd love to see this all over again. 1 Like |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by sod09(m): 7:04pm On May 21, 2018 |
cao:where are you watching your own movies madam You just calling films that are yet to be out |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by J2381: 7:12pm On May 21, 2018 |
Ishilove: ![]() ![]() ![]() Next time shout Shoryureppa. ![]() Shoryuken is the uppercut, Hadoken is the fireball. I miss playing Street Fighter. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by J2381: 7:26pm On May 21, 2018 |
calliope:I believe it's called 'soul mate'. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Ishilove: 8:13pm On May 21, 2018 |
freezyprinzy:Ahn ahn, 5.5?? Guy why the hate? ![]() |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Ishilove: 8:15pm On May 21, 2018 |
J2381:ROTFL! I knew I was getting wrong but it's been close to two decades I played that game so don't blame me for mixing them up ![]() |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by freezyprinzy(m): 8:17pm On May 21, 2018 |
Ishilove:baba I no like the ending part jare it ended so blah blah blah.. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Ishilove: 8:17pm On May 21, 2018 |
calliope:Where can we download? Na dis kain movies I dey like o |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Emekus92(m): 8:34pm On May 21, 2018 |
freezyprinzy:to u how e suppose end |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by cao(f): 8:45pm On May 21, 2018 |
sod09:Cinema, they are out here in the UK. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by sod09(m): 8:50pm On May 21, 2018 |
cao:oh okay... |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by cao(f): 8:57pm On May 21, 2018 |
koice: koice: If we used your logic, then Ghost in a Shell, Lucy will be termed science fantasy. Fringe is not termed science fantasy, it's science fiction, even the show's name tells you that. That crazy fantastical science you're going on about is fringe science. In fact, the Thor franchise is science fantasy. They've used Norse mythology, magic (or as the first Thor pointed out science we don't understand) and science (that we do understand). |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by cao(f): 8:59pm On May 21, 2018 |
sod09:If it makes you feel better, we won't be getting Ant-Man & the Wasp until August, thanks to the World Cup. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by sod09(m): 9:01pm On May 21, 2018 |
cao:yeah I feel better ![]() ![]() Btw I don't enjoy watching at the cinemas, I watch films alone |
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