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[quote="Nova"]Unlike the boarding of tanks. I was riding around on the back of someone's Scorpion for a good long while punching merrily away at the grille on the back - I think grenades might have b...

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[quote="krystyn"]Considering that I never saw it as a strictly Melissa vs. Dana situation, a lot of that deep, philosophical hemming and hawing goes right out that window over there.

I am glad that...

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[quote="gkrohne"]We're trying to decide whether The HALO AI's are

a) alive
b) sentient beings

We haven't dealt with a real AI (Melissa/Durga/etc), just a living, sentient being that pretends to...

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[quote="krystyn"]Making assumptions of someone's or something's inherent value based upon a couple of factors you don't even know the limitations of seems a bit capricious, especially with such...

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krystyn wrote:

I dunno. I get all the mechanics you're describing, but I am still not getting from anyone the end result: does her essence preclude her from having value??

Again, I think t...

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[quote="Phaedra"]Contrast, say, Gary Oldman, who brings the character completely to life without constantly reminding you that he's Gary Oldman.

In my mind, an actor who's always primarily himself ...

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now that's a post I can moreso agree with

[quote="Kali"]

thebruce wrote:

There was no pleasure in seeing this portrayal of Jesus' death...

I'm not sure about that. While I doubt tha...

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[quote]Woo is an excellent director who is afraid of being stereotyped as an 'Asian' director, so he's stayed away from the tricks of Wuxhai film-making even when those tricks became prevalent in Amer...

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[quote="cheebers"]

vector wrote:

Also if an AI was simply a program that could be copied and treated like we treat any bit of software, why are there more than on AI personalities?

Now this i...

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Phaedra wrote:

I'm mostly over it. But I still will not watch The Passion. For one thing, I don't like snuff films.

ooooooooo... 'snuff film' is about as accurate as saying The Pas...

[thebruce]

weeph, I sent ya an invite! why didn't you respond? *sigh* oh well... have a great thanksgiving... a little late though, eh? Thanksgiving's in October...




[spoiler]yes, I know it's the US...

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well hey, they made star wars 1-3 without luke skywalker

it could be done... especially if say, they introduced MC at the end in a cameo, setting up for a sequel . But if it's advertised as,...

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well then they screwed themselves, because if next tuesday the guy doesn't get back or doesn't promise to get screenshots, then they are known liars.

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...or at least, not respectably

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Dasro_Kast wrote:

bruce, I can't see yours, so sorry if mines redundant . *Edit....nevermind. Mines too big to upload. Apparently you can only upload 10 mb. Mines 12.

nothing could...