Comments on: Sunshine http://www.freelyassociative.org/2007/sunshine Freelyassociative.org Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:27:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: fabio http://www.freelyassociative.org/2007/sunshine#comment-22749 fabio Sun, 09 Sep 2007 21:04:32 +0000 http://www.freelyassociative.org/2007/sunshine#comment-22749 I've just recently seen this and it does look pretty, but everything else was, as you've said, kinda.. dumb. It reminded me of event horizon, but without any intelligence, survival instincts, gruesome bits, or funny scenes.. i.e. "oh shit". Doing it for the greater good of mankind. I'd have to say that if those people represented mankind, I'd have been gunning for an extinguished star. I’ve just recently seen this and it does look pretty, but everything else was, as you’ve said, kinda.. dumb. It reminded me of event horizon, but without any intelligence, survival instincts, gruesome bits, or funny scenes.. i.e. “oh shit”.

Doing it for the greater good of mankind. I’d have to say that if those people represented mankind, I’d have been gunning for an extinguished star.

]]> By: Ian http://www.freelyassociative.org/2007/sunshine#comment-10253 Ian Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:58:16 +0000 http://www.freelyassociative.org/2007/sunshine#comment-10253 I saw the trailer for this just before 300 (I think) it looked pretty bad. It seemed to be mainly about sending a bunch of people to their deaths by putting them in a tin can and firing them at the sun to help prevent some global catastrophe. I think the solution to a similar problem was addressed in Futurama by having all the world's robots "cut the cheese" in a group to push the planet further away from the star. I'm not sure which one is the more daft. I saw the trailer for this just before 300 (I think) it looked pretty bad. It seemed to be mainly about sending a bunch of people to their deaths by putting them in a tin can and firing them at the sun to help prevent some global catastrophe.

I think the solution to a similar problem was addressed in Futurama by having all the world’s robots “cut the cheese” in a group to push the planet further away from the star. I’m not sure which one is the more daft.

]]> By: Paul http://www.freelyassociative.org/2007/sunshine#comment-9878 Paul Sun, 08 Apr 2007 23:42:16 +0000 http://www.freelyassociative.org/2007/sunshine#comment-9878 Yes, but... <em>more.</em> It's the Sun, rather than the centre of the Earth, so there's more scale for the dumb to happen in. Honestly, my brain sort of glazed over after 20 minutes or so. I think it was some manner of hardwired primitive survival response. It does look lovely, though. Yes, but… more.

It’s the Sun, rather than the centre of the Earth, so there’s more scale for the dumb to happen in. Honestly, my brain sort of glazed over after 20 minutes or so. I think it was some manner of hardwired primitive survival response.

It does look lovely, though.

]]> By: Stoo http://www.freelyassociative.org/2007/sunshine#comment-9877 Stoo Sun, 08 Apr 2007 23:04:25 +0000 http://www.freelyassociative.org/2007/sunshine#comment-9877 Is it like The Core, but in space? Is it like The Core, but in space?

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