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TL
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Victory! [Smile]
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Who's seen it? They opened it at the Canal Place theatre on Friday here, and I HAD to see it, and I loved it.

Except that I had to pee really bad and ran to the bathroom and missed the very very end. [Mad]

Well, now I'll just have to go see it again. [Big Grin]

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It's not showing in Kissimmee or Orlando. [Roll Eyes]
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You can watch the first 24 minutes on IGN Filmforce's site. Low or High res stream. It's pretty crazy [Wink]
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We've got it here in Tally and I loved it. It has all the makings of a cult classic. Robert Downey Jr's lines are infinitely quotable. I'll have this the moment it comes out on DVD.

The ending has to be one of the oddest I've seen in a while. It leaves you plenty to debate with your friends.

So many questions about so many people. In the interst of not spoiling anything, I'll just leave it at that. You'll love it or you'll hate it. I doubt there'll be a lot of in between with this one.
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Icarus
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Interesting.

The ending of the book is pretty clear, I think.
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I'm seeing this tonight! I'm psyched.
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Keeping in mind that I haven't gotten around to reading any of Dick's original work, I thought the movie was phenomenal.

Robert Downey Jr was absolutely terrific in my mind, and personally I loved Woody Harrelson's performance as well. (both were over-the-top but in a very appropriate manner). Canoe (intentional misspelling) did his usual good job of being dazed and confused as appropriate for this role at least.

The filming technique was great I thought for what the film was, adding to the kind of distinct haziness that pervaded the whole thing.

My only real complaint was wondering how Keanu could eat things through the mask... =p
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In the past month I've read Man In The High Castle and A Scanner Darkly. Even though I've really enjoyed the short stories of his I've read, I didn't enjoy these novels any more than I enjoyed Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

I'm glad that I've read all three of those books, but I have no desire to return to them.
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mph, while I believe that A Scanner Darkly is the best of Dick's novels, it is undoubtedly true as you suggest that his real strength was in short fiction. If you've only read a few of his short stories, I highly recommend picking up a volume or five of his Collected Stories. Many of them are stunning, and a few of them are perhaps the best in the genre.
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