WAR OF THE WORLDS | ICE CUBE | AMAZON PRIME OFFICIAL TRAILER

Technically, you can delete files the game isn't actively using while it's running, and the moment the game tries to load them, it'll crash because they're gone. But uninstalling an entire game mid-play? Nah, that's pure sci‑fi. Wait, It is a sci‑fi movie. :messenger_beaming:
 
They look like a mix of the Striders from Half-Life 2 and the Tallboys from Dishonored

The movie, however, looks like shit
 
Idleyes said:
Technically, you can delete files the game isn't actively using while it's running, and the moment the game tries to load them, it'll crash because they're gone. But uninstalling an entire game mid-play? Nah, that's pure sci‑fi. Wait, It is a sci‑fi movie. :messenger_beaming:
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If you remote control a PC that is playing a game, the person playing would immediately notice because you're capturing the mouse controls. But Ice Cube brings up the fake Steam UI and uninstalls the entire game without his son noticing, who then calls and asks "did you delete my game?!"

Forgot to mention he also hacked his daughter's fridge so he can keep an eye on her nutrition...

And yeah I know it's a sci-fi movie but the previous Screenlife movies made a decent effort to keep things somewhat believable within the context of using a computer... even in Unfriended, a movie about a ghost killing people over the internet.


Anyway I'll try to finish watching the movie throughout the day and report back later.
 
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StreetsofBeige said:
LOL. Looks horrific. So Ice T sits at a computer all show doing online conference calls?

Never followed the story aside from reading about it and the Tom Cruise movie (I dont know if there's more to it than that), but I always found the story the dumbest thing ever where some unstoppable force dies days later due to Earth bacteria.

It would be like a movie where there's a mass murderer killing everyone, then a few days later the cops find his body. He got sick and died from covid germs.
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In the original HG Wells novel, the humans (or the British armed forces) actually put up a spirited fight (RIP Thunder Child), but still get spanked. This is a 19th century army going up against the overwhelming superiority of the Martian technology.

Realistically, the British armed forces in the late 1800s are not taking out the Martians with that kind of technology gap. Wells understood this. He was scientifically literate and well read in Darwinian evolution and bacteriology. The idea that an alien species, uncustomed to Earth's microbial ecosystem, could be fatally vulnerable is plausible and scientifically grounded.

There are other reasons as well, such as the need to subvert readers expectations and an analogy to British imperialism, but the scientific route is the main reason.

You should read the book. It can be a bit difficult to get into considering it was written in 1898 and gets a bit slow towards the end, but the first half is a hell of a thrill ride.

Oh, and I agree with clarky clarky . This new adapation looks gash. Propper gash.
 
IDKFA said:
In the original HG Wells novel, the humans (or the British armed forces) actually put up a spirited fight (RIP Thunder Child), but still get spanked. This is a 19th century army going up against the overwhelming superiority of the Martian technology.

Realistically, the British armed forces in the late 1800s are not taking out the Martians with that kind of technology gap. Wells understood this. He was scientifically literate and well read in Darwinian evolution and bacteriology. The idea that an alien species, uncustomed to Earth's microbial ecosystem, could be fatally vulnerable is plausible and scientifically grounded.

There are other reasons as well, such as the need to subvert readers expectations and an analogy to British imperialism, but the scientific route is the main reason.

You should read the book. It can be a bit difficult to get into considering it was written in 1898 and gets a bit slow towards the end, but the first half is a hell of a thrill ride.

Oh, and I agree with clarky clarky . This new adapation looks gash. Propper gash.
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It's even more well reasoned than this. The martians had sterilized their environment and controlled it to such an extend that they had nearly 0% waste/inefficiency in their biology but had also lost all the protective adaptations that come with living in a dangerous, unruly environment.
 
Finished watching it. It's a piece of shit but we got some enjoyment from laughing at it. Pretty sure they knew they had a turd on their hands at some point during the production because there's a scene where Cube yells "bitch, get out the way" and slaps an alien

2/10
 
Revolutionary said:
Finished watching it. It's a piece of shit but we got some enjoyment from laughing at it. Pretty sure they knew they had a turd on their hands at some point during the production because there's a scene where Cube yells "bitch, get out the way" and slaps an alien

2/10
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Are you kidding or does this actually happen?
 
Sonik said:
Are you kidding or does this actually happen?
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It was an alien tentacle to be more accurate, but I'm not kidding... it does happen.

I guess I can list off more dumb things that happens in the movie. Unmarked spoilers ahead.

- Boyfriend of Cube's daughter is an Amazon driver so later in the movie he tells Cube to make an order (reminder: an alien invasion is in progress) so that they can hack and take control of the delivery drone, which he controls with a VR headset

- Turns out that Cube's son is a super hacker and hacks an actual combat drone to defend the aforementioned Amazon delivery drone from the tripods (which can detach and fly in this one)

- the Amazon delivery drone flips on its back so they bribe a nearby homeless man to flip it by texting him a $1000 Amazon gift card (sensing a pattern yet?)

- Eva Longoria has TWO fakeout deaths where she screams and her feed cuts off, only to call back later like nothing happened

I'll post more if I think of more
 
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Revolutionary said:
It was an alien tentacle to be more accurate, but I'm not kidding... it does happen.

I guess I can list off more dumb things that happens in the movie. Unmarked spoilers ahead.

- Boyfriend of Cube's daughter is an Amazon driver so later in the movie he tells Cube to make an order (reminder: an alien invasion is in progress) so that they can hack and take control of the delivery drone, which he controls with a VR headset

- Turns out that Cube's son is a super hacker and hacks an actual combat drone to defend the aforementioned Amazon delivery drone from the tripods (which can detach and fly in this one)

- the Amazon delivery drone flips on its back so they bribe a nearby homeless man to flip it by texting him a $1000 Amazon gift card (sensing a pattern yet?)

- Eva Longoria has TWO fakeout deaths where she screams and her feed cuts off, only to call back later like nothing happened

I'll post more if I think of more
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So Bezos made a 90 minute ad for Amazon delivery that features Ice Cube and Eva Longoria? :P
 
Revolutionary said:
Finished watching it. It's a piece of shit but we got some enjoyment from laughing at it. Pretty sure they knew they had a turd on their hands at some point during the production because there's a scene where Cube yells "bitch, get out the way" and slaps an alien

2/10
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Hold up. This sounds like a 10/10 just from that last bit alone.
 
Honestly, O'Shea Jackson Jr. playing Ice Cube in every movie is played out. At this point the only way I'd be entertained is if he starred in a full‑on Bollywood flick, looking mad as hell while he dance-fights up the side of a skyscraper, kicks a meteor back into space only to land in the middle of a cricket match happening on the moon.
 
Sci-fi horror movie told through zoomer TikTok footage? This looks fucking horrible. And it's even worse than I think??
 
I watched the one with Tom Cruise when I was a teen with severe anxiety issues. It was one of the most immersive movie experiences I've had. One of my favourites despite the annoying kids.
 
The reviews are in: 😂

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Is this one of those times Gaffers will say "why let reviewers make up your mind for you? Watch it and have your OWN opinion!"

Well, these films are why reviewers exist :P
 
jason10mm said:
Is this one of those times Gaffers will say "why let reviewers make up your mind for you? Watch it and have your OWN opinion!"

Well, these films are why reviewers exist :P
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That's reserved for divisive films, I.P. fatigue, and strong 7s.

When something is universally canned from critics and audiences alike, it slowly slides into two categories:
  • So bad it's good
  • So bad it's terrible
Regardless of which, it's usually agreed upon that it's a bad watch and that sets expectations.
 
bitbydeath said:
The reviews are in: 😂

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Who would had guessed? Just going by the trailer where it's sketchy CGI and Ice Cube yelling to his daughter on conference call (or whomever it is) surely fits in with a War of the Worlds movie. LOL.

Next up, Jason gets reanimated for its 84th horror sequel. Instead of partiers running for their lives in dark fields, a buddy in downtown LA gives the group a play by play which haystack Jason is hiding in from drone coverage.
 
Trilobit said:
I watched the one with Tom Cruise when I was a teen with severe anxiety issues. It was one of the most immersive movie experiences I've had. One of my favourites despite the annoying kids.
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Yeah all of the crap with the son was really dumb, but absolutely Spielberg all the way up until the end when everyone thinks he's dead, but oh..oh wait! There he is!

The rest of the movie was great though for sure. I liked that sci fi era of Spielberg in the early aughts. Minority Report, WOTW and AI. All were super cool.
 
It's a solid 1/5 in the prestigious Camp Film category. That's a whole point for the "Move bitch" alien slap. Certainly there are other aspects of the film that can earn it another point. 0/5 is just wild IMO.
 
Trogdor1123 said:
Will this move into the so bad it's good movies?
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I don't think so.

The reviews I've seen just say it's straight up dog shit. Possibly the worst film ever made.

Films like The Room fall into the cult classic category because they're laughably bad. This film appears to be just offensively bad.
 
You guys are too harsh, this is a perfect date night movie to watch on your Amazon ordered TV, streaming directly to you from the internet using Amazon's Fire TV Stick, exploring the Prime benefits, a movie that you can just turn your mind off and enjoy. Isn't that right Alexa?
 
IDKFA said:
I don't think so.

The reviews I've seen just say it's straight up dog shit. Possibly the worst film ever made.

Films like The Room fall into the cult classic category because they're laughably bad. This film appears to be just offensively bad.
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That's a shame… oh well. I'm sure someone made a bunch of money on this.
 
Trogdor1123 said:
Will this move into the so bad it's good movies?
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I'm gonna go against the grain and say ABSOLUTELY. This is my new favorite movie. It is unbelievably dumb and hamfisted from the word go, and then it just keeps getting dumber. I don't think I've heard a script this stupid since Shyamalan's The Last Airbender. This movie's grasp of how computers work rivals that of Summer Wars, and that's anime for God's sake.

At one point during the climax, a character reads a certain keypad combination out loud, and we simultaneously see the character she's talking to enter a completely different combination to unlock the door. You can't get continuity errors that lazy just anywhere. The fact that all of this emerged from a "clever" reinterpretation of what it means for the tripods to be defeated by a "virus" is a sign of divine inspiration.

In conclusion, 10/10, a masterpiece, no notes.
 
I saw naked gum over the weekend and it was hilarious... I watched this and it was way funnier..
 
adamsapple said:
Ice Cube delivering the dialogue in his dead-pan delivery style makes it all the better. :messenger_grinning_sweat:
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I'm sorta liking this movie ngl

It just turned into cloverfield but if the dude from cloverfield never left the room and decided to play on his laptop instead

Edit: holy fuck this movie is dumb
 
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