In Reply to: never let me go. IMO a modern masterpiece and a movie for the ages posted by Analog Scott on November 27, 2010 at 11:48:41:
There were whole scifi books back then predicted on the notion that
people would be grown solely to use as spare parts.
Not only did it not happen, technology is slowly making the idea
pointless.
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- Looks like 1960s scifi - late 17:57:46 11/27/10 (37)
- Beg to differ, children are now being sprouted for use as spare/replacement parts. * - Tony D. 00:15:53 12/02/10 (1)
- Not quite - late 14:08:08 12/03/10 (0)
- You saw Charlotte Rampling and thought "Zardoz"... Admit it! nt - SF tech 16:59:23 11/30/10 (1)
- That's not Barbarella! - late 14:05:40 12/01/10 (0)
- Maybe the basic idea does, but what matters here is how beautifully developed and written -and filmed- it is.. - orejones 11:32:56 11/30/10 (0)
- Question... - Harmonia 14:37:05 11/29/10 (13)
- Nope - late 14:48:27 11/29/10 (12)
- But... - Harmonia 17:05:29 11/29/10 (11)
- Excellent point. Westerns make do with only 6 plots. nt - tinear 14:29:18 11/30/10 (10)
- Here's another, I'm tired of Westerns, too ..nt - late 15:09:10 11/30/10 (9)
- Star Wars is a Western set in space. nt - tinear 08:24:40 12/01/10 (7)
- More a Kurosawa character vehicle set in space. - Tony D. 01:21:50 12/02/10 (1)
- Kurosawa worshipped Ford. nt - tinear 21:14:34 12/04/10 (0)
- Umm, not quite - late 14:08:09 12/01/10 (4)
- Firefly...me too... - Harmonia 19:09:31 12/02/10 (3)
- I gave up on Star Wars a long, long time ago.. hard to believe how bad it sucks now (nt) - late 14:05:39 12/03/10 (2)
- It always sucked, late. Always. A kiddie series from beginning to end. nt - tinear 21:15:50 12/04/10 (1)
- Nope - late 07:03:47 12/05/10 (0)
- Late! You have me worried! - Harmonia 18:31:53 11/30/10 (0)
- There is an international trade in human organs. As usual, - tinear 11:18:29 11/28/10 (11)
- Yes, but - late 08:34:06 11/29/10 (5)
- No, it is not the "plot" of the movie - Analog Scott 14:10:42 11/29/10 (4)
- The thing about scifi is... - late 14:50:47 11/29/10 (3)
- But if you're mainly into SF or the tech... - Harmonia 18:36:13 11/30/10 (1)
- That's the first I have heard of Children of Men, will check it out ..nt - late 14:10:38 12/01/10 (0)
- Once again you are getting caught up on your preconceptions - Analog Scott 05:21:03 11/30/10 (0)
- this movie is as much about organ harvesting as Bicycle Thieves is about stealing bicycles nt - Analog Scott 19:17:18 11/28/10 (3)
- Amen! - Harmonia 14:38:17 11/29/10 (1)
- Correct. .nt - late 14:08:42 12/03/10 (0)
- My point stands, addressing "late"'s. nt - tinear 19:36:14 11/28/10 (0)
- So THAT'S what happened to AuPh... - Victor Khomenko 11:29:41 11/28/10 (0)
- while there is some pretty brilliant late 60s scifi... - Analog Scott 18:32:15 11/27/10 (4)
- They are growing people to use as spare parts. - late 18:44:45 11/27/10 (3)
- "Am I missing something?" - Analog Scott 18:52:16 11/27/10 (2)
- and that would be? ..nt - late 19:13:00 11/27/10 (1)
- a fantastic movie based on some overly simplistic preconception you can't get past - Analog Scott 19:22:04 11/27/10 (0)
- ..and with all the diseases Soylent Green is out too.n/t - ArdRi 18:12:49 11/27/10 (0)