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Oh I'm ready for this shit.
fuck. yes.
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First image of Tom Cruise in "All You Need Is Kill"
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fuck. yes.
Rastafarian42
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Those pics have me hyped.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
looks like shit.
had zero hopes for this movie ever since they changed the story from the book.
had zero hopes for this movie ever since they changed the story from the book.
fastford58
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You shut your whore mouth!
Elysium uses junkyard exo suit. This one uses premuim military suit from Boston Dynamic.
Valkyr Junkie
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New image looks pretty good, and I actually like the new name since it works well thematically.
I was just thinking about this movie last week and thinking how there's zero chance they follow the source material much since it would involve Cruise playing a pretty inept soldier for half the movie, which I doubt he would go along with. I'm sure the enemies will be changed as well. Speaking of, has there ever been any official or semi-official art of the Mimics?
I was just thinking about this movie last week and thinking how there's zero chance they follow the source material much since it would involve Cruise playing a pretty inept soldier for half the movie, which I doubt he would go along with. I'm sure the enemies will be changed as well. Speaking of, has there ever been any official or semi-official art of the Mimics?
BattleMonkey
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Skinni pretty actors really do sell that gritty look.... lol
This looks so awkward.
This looks so awkward.
sweetvar26
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Both have mediocre to terrible scripts, although I think this one underwent heavy rewrites.
Expendable.
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WB have yet to confirm anything and that site is wrong about a lot of things. I wouldn't necessarily trust it until we hear from then.
Then again, Edge of Tomorrow seems more marketable than All You Need is Kill, but a lot more bland.
robertsan21
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all you need is kill, sounds terrible! Edge of Tomorrow sounds good enough.
SirIgbyCeaser
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Is he still doing his own stunts?
Elysium looks like it's hitting all of today's hot political topics; class warfare, universal healthcare, immigration, TSA screenings etc.
Mr. B Natural
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That premise sounds like something I would have come up with if I were 7 and a half years old and just got done watching Groundhogs Day, and that includes the "level up skills" system.
Nothing stops the Cruise missile.
Isn't that just in Lebanon? Pretty horribly generic name.
Screaming Meat
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I don't think Cruise would have a problem with playing an inexperienced soldier. Just think of Born on the Fourth of July.
Mr. B Natural
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Coming up with allegories is easy. Take a real conflict, put it in a new time or place. Subtlety, however, is hard. Can't remember the last thing I've seen that has an ounce of subtlety to it.
Both sound like parodies to me. Can't remember the last time when I could tell the difference between sci-fi and a parody of sci-fi either. Well, Moon was good. Moon was four years ago. Okay, well I answered my own inquiring.
Yeah, in the most simplistic, rudimentary and heavy handed way possible. He literally just put a visual spin on the caste system, which is not only the most literal and lazy means of conveying those themes, but it's already been done before. Upside Down for example. Not to mention the fact that Blomkamp has a tendency to abandon his thematic premises after the first act in favor of mindless action.
It's literally Groundhogs Day, Halo and Gears of War in the script that I read. It was inspired by gaming in the worst way possible. Hopefully the rewrite ditched everything but the initial premise.
Along with Jupiter Ascending this is my most anticipated sci-fi project of 2014. I hear that the studio is very confident about this project so I'm definitely eager to see the first trailer and see what this supposed 'buzz' is all about.
Agree 100%. When I first read the draft that sold I told a friend that there was NO WAY the studio would release a film with a title like that.
And lo and behold...,
Not that 'Edge Of Tomorrow' is that much better mind you. It makes it sound like a South Korean soap opera.
Agree 100%. When I first read the draft that sold I told a friend that there was NO WAY the studio would release a film with a title like that.
And lo and behold...,
Not that 'Edge Of Tomorrow' is that much better mind you. It makes it sound like a South Korean soap opera.
Magic Mushroom
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Satire doesn't have to be subtle. Dr. Strangelove, Animal Farm and Robocop aren't subtle, but they're all classics. It's the execution that matters.
Chairmanchuck
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They changed the story? How? I read the novel and thought it was really interesting, but why would they change the story?
It also brings up memory of all the bad sci-fi/action movies Jodie Foster has starred in.
Yea this is exactly what I got from the latest trailer. I'm no longer excited for the movie.
Contact was a great movie.
You cant be serious...
To be fair, I can't think of a lot of other actors with a career like Cruise's. Dude was a movie star in the 1980's and he is still an A-lister pushing the lead role in major tentpole summer blockbusters 30 years later. I'm sure there are a couple others like him, but I can't think of any off hand. Mel Gibson probably would be if he hadn't tanked his career a few years ago. Stallone maybe?
Mr. B Natural
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You do realize that you chose three tongue-in-cheek satires because you HAD to right? Humor doesn't need to be subtle. The viewer must be in on the joke. The parody must sell as such.
There is nothing tongue-in-cheek about modern sci-fi. It's all trying so very hard to be intelligent and real and gritty and yet allegorical in the most obvious and uncreative of ways as possible. Again, I can't tell the difference between parody and non-parody any more.
At the end of Elysium, what do you expect to get out of the allegory? Because for Dr. Strangelove it was a laugh out of yourself, your culture and our government. At the end of District 9 what did you get out of it other than a "derpy" message that did not need to be said? And, sadly, by today's standards District 9 is subtle, and humorous despite being neither of those things.
Black Door
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Oblivion 2: Fuck the rebellion, I want my sky apartment back
Victory Red
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Anything Tom Cruise is a must see for me.
Day one.
Day one.
Karsticles
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Is it really called "All you need is kill"? What the hell.
Jason's Ultimatum
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If there are two directors I keep a close eye on, it's Doug Liman and Paul Greengrass. Probably has to do with the two being Bourne directors and have two different filming styles. I'm just curious if they go on to make good and successful movies post-Bourne.
Wiktor
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I am. Everybody else burned out and nobody from younger generations has anywhere near the pull Cruise has.
Karak
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Jezuz this just went from oh...to OH! That is awesome looking or maybe that first pic was just terrible. Most likely a mix of both but I love the framing in this picture.
Oh I'm ready for this shit.
Brian Fellows
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I can see his awkward running style even in that still pic.
Maninthemirror
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Simo
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SCULLIBUNDO
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Nice!
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