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Transformers Movie Examples Caution with Advanced Technology
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Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:50 pmby Raymond T.
The business section on the website of The Economist has placed an article on the dangers of, and the caution with, new advanced technology. As a means of example they have used the newly released live action Transformers Movie. Namely the fact that the character Frenzy in parts of the movie changes himself as a cellphone. But also on the fact that for the Premiere of the movie a Digital viewer was used to show the movie, while a second projector was running the movie on old style celluloid film, as back-up in case the new technology of the digital projector would have failed.
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Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:52 pmby 1337W422102
Having a projector break down and having the planet invaded by mechanical extraterrestrial life forms are two VERY, VERY different things.
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Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:01 pmby Bottom Out
1337W422102 wrote:Having a projector break down and having the planet invaded by mechanical extraterrestrial life forms are two VERY, VERY different things.
not when that projector is playing the transformers!!
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Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:06 pmby Decepticon Spike
1337W422102 wrote:Having a projector break down and having the planet invaded by mechanical extraterrestrial life forms are two VERY, VERY different things.
What if the projector IS an alien invader?
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Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:25 pmby crazyfists
i dont get it.
i also saw the movie twice with dpi.
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Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:11 pmby Megatron Wolf
Im confused. What the hell is this about? First it talks about Frenzy turning into a phone next it talks about some projector. So did Frenzy turn into a projector and show the film?
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Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:21 pmby Raymond T.
Megatron_Wolf wrote:Im confused. What the hell is this about? First it talks about Frenzy turning into a phone next it talks about some projector. So did Frenzy turn into a projector and show the film?
They used Frenzy as an example of how we trust our advanced technology when it could actually have hidden horrors with it. They just used that scene as a metaphor. Then they go into the actual piece about how they took the precaution with the movie, where they wanted to use the new digital technology but kept a backup plan handy in case the news technology failed.
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Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:33 pmby SnipeShade
That seems very....farfetched. To use that as an analogy. Even old tech can crap out on us. ; \ So.... *shrugs*
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Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:35 pmby proximus
eh..bit of a reach if you asked me. They could have used a far more effective analogy.
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Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:46 pmby Ultra Markus
nothing beats the picture quality of celluloid film!
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Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:12 pmby Jordi S3
Raymond T. wrote:They used Frenzy as an example of how we trust our advanced technology when it could actually have hidden horrors with it. They just used that scene as a metaphor. Then they go into the actual piece about how they took the precaution with the movie, where they wanted to use the new digital technology but kept a backup plan handy in case the news technology failed.
That's the idea! Recently we can see in some movies, the computer viruses and sofware problems as a part of the weakness of human systems: Terminator 3, Independence Day (in an inverted way), BattleStar Galactica 2003, etc...
That makes think..., is internet and military nets (Arpanet¿?), as weak as they look on the fiction?
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Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:23 pmby i_amtrunks
As much as I love the old way of watching film from a celluloid projector, it wont be too much longer before they are gone from the majority of large, major cinema chains.
As for the 2 projectors, when Diesel Locomotive were first being introduce to railways around the world, they were often accompanied by Steam Locomotives (or at least had them on standby) to help them incase they broke down.
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Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:36 pmby Mr.RobotoAutoMan
Jordi S3 wrote:Raymond T. wrote:They used Frenzy as an example of how we trust our advanced technology when it could actually have hidden horrors with it. They just used that scene as a metaphor. Then they go into the actual piece about how they took the precaution with the movie, where they wanted to use the new digital technology but kept a backup plan handy in case the news technology failed.
That's the idea! Recently we can see in some movies, the computer viruses and sofware problems as a part of the weakness of human systems: Terminator 3, Independence Day (in an inverted way), BattleStar Galactica 2003, etc...
That makes think..., is internet and military nets (Arpanet¿?), as weak as they look on the fiction?
yes it is weak. didnt you watch die hard 4? its that easy.
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Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:26 pmby Liege Evilmus
New stuff always breaks.
My Dads old Buick outlasted 3 of my Brother's brand new cars. More bell's and whistles just mean more things to break!
Still, I'll make sure before I go to bed that none of my tech stuff is gonna transform and kill me tonight now.
they got me scared now