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pnK on 31/8/2007 at 19:50

Yeah, that's exactly what i'm talking about. I really like games/movies whatever, where you really don't suspect anything until it actually happens. Often it's just lame and you know right from the start "ohhh wow, that's gonna be the evil guy at the end". I really would like to study gamedesign here in germany but it's very expensive :/
Well, anyway, i hope i can save the money over time, then study gamedesign and maybe - if i'm lucky - i find a small developer where i can bring in some of my ideas. I hate how most publishers seem to push the developer's around just to make cash but let the final game suffer from that.

redrain85 on 1/9/2007 at 03:18

Quote Posted by ZylonBane

By 2010, the original Forbin Project will have been released 40 years ago. I think that's a reasonable cooling-off period. And let's be honest here-- as a film that's almost entirely about computers, the original production hasn't aged very well.

A remake could be good, but I don't trust Hollywood enough to make a good one. For every "The Fly" or "The Thing", there are dozens of turkeys.

And while an update of the technology in a remake might be appealing, the cold war era setting doesn't really work any more. So they'd have to fundamentally change the premise of the film. I just don't know if the Hollywood hacks, these days, could make something workable from the original.

Yakoob on 1/9/2007 at 09:08

Quote Posted by RocketMan

I think its our nature as human beings to resist being controlled by anything, whether there is sound reasoning or not.

Though it would seem that, once exposed to too much freedom and choice, humans would prefer for someone else to make those choices for them... i.e. to be controlled. Or perhaps, to be controlled but maintain the illusion of freedom?

catbarf on 1/9/2007 at 15:56

I remember from Deus Ex, an AI talking about how man needs God because man wants to be watched and understood. The AI says that soon computers will replace God, and perform all the same functions.

It's pretty creepy, but it's an insightful look into human nature.

Ostriig on 1/9/2007 at 18:26

Quote Posted by catbarf

Morpheus. Quite a neat little critter to keep in your basement.

Yakoob on 1/9/2007 at 23:06

Quote Posted by catbarf

Oh yeah, especially watching my classmates sometimes... :erg:

catbarf on 1/9/2007 at 23:24

Quote Posted by Ostriig

Morpheus. Quite a neat little critter to keep in your basement.

Thanks. Actually, you can listen to the whole exchange here:
(http://youtube.com/watch?v=inODOOYjAbI)

Wait for the end. It's pretty funny.

Ultraviolet on 2/9/2007 at 04:07

Quote Posted by catbarf

Thanks. Actually, you can listen to the whole exchange here:
(http://youtube.com/watch?v=inODOOYjAbI)

Wait for the end. It's pretty funny.

Or just really dumb.

pnK on 2/9/2007 at 07:46

I just re-watched Blade Runner. Haven't seen it for years. I don't know why but i think it somewhat fits the topic.

Here's the ending scene on the roof
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk70YMVuULg)

Ostriig on 2/9/2007 at 10:24

Quote Posted by catbarf

Thanks. Actually, you can listen to the whole exchange here:
(http://youtube.com/watch?v=inODOOYjAbI)

Wait for the end. It's pretty funny.

You make me eager to get to Everett's again. Just went through the superfreighter two nights ago (not much time to play right now). By the way, the AI's in Deus Ex are covered in a Wiki article on minor characters in the first game: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_Ex_characters).