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Jeff Goldblum cannot infect an Alien Spaceship with a computer Virus. C'mon!

That virus idiocy was the worst part of the movie. It breaks the suspension of disbelief.
 
atszyman said:
If by Book you mean words written on paper and bound, then yes there was a book. It was, however, one of those books that's based on the movie so it likely has information not contained within the movie so if you're defining book as "literary work" I'm guessing it's no more of a "literary work" than the film was "cinematic achievement".
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Not entirely true. Some novelizations contain more information since they are based on more complete scripts than the final movie, or include scenes that were cut from it later. For example, the book of Terminator 2 included an extensive prologue of the things happening in the future "prior" to the arrival of both Terminators (victory of the human resistance over Skynet, infiltration of the Cyberdyne/Skynet building complex, discovery of traces of the T-1000 prototype etc.).
 
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c-Row said:
atszyman said:
If by Book you mean words written on paper and bound, then yes there was a book. It was, however, one of those books that's based on the movie so it likely has information not contained within the movie so if you're defining book as "literary work" I'm guessing it's no more of a "literary work" than the film was "cinematic achievement".
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Not entirely true. Some novelizations contain more information since they are based on more complete scripts than the final movie, or include scenes that were cut from it later. For example, the book of Terminator 2 included an extensive prologue of the things happening in the future "prior" to the arrival of both Terminators (victory of the human resistance over Skynet, infiltration of the Cyberdyne/Skynet building complex, discovery of traces of the T-1000 prototype etc.).
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That's exactly why I said that the book likely has more information in it than was actually presented in the movie.
 
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dmr727 said:
I love that movie, and own it on DVD. Awesome!

Matrix: Remember, Sully, when I promised to kill you last?
Sully: That's right, Matrix. You did.
Matrix: I lied.

I also had a crush on Alyssa Milano back then (before you call me a perv - I was seven at the time!).
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And I thought I was the only person alive to have seen that movie.

Classic. Full of epic Arhnold one-liners.
 
I read the book and it said something about the alien's computer system using some type of binary which is why Goldblum's character's computer was able to read it.
 
BigHungry04 said:
I read the book and it said something about the alien's computer system using some type of binary which is why Goldblum's character's computer was able to read it.
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And how would be be able to dissassemble the OS and unfathomable programs for an unknown architecture and roam about millions and millions of lines of code to find its vulnerabilities?
 
To be fair, they could have analyzed the architecture by probing the found vessel's hardware, but the power source was only available for a little time, not since years ago, or they just zapped the on-board computers with any random power supply?
 
Seriously, aren't there even more far-fetched things that are portrayed in sci-fi films from the past 10 years that could be debated?
 
Everyone knows that aliens use objective-c coding for their software:p
 
cube said:
And how would be be able to dissassemble the OS and unfathomable programs for an unknown architecture and roam about millions and millions of lines of code to find its vulnerabilities?
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GimmeSlack12 said:
Thank you.
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The space ship was sitting at Area 51 for what, 40+ years? it's not like they wouldn't have analyzed anything the could get off of it?

Of course, now I'm arguing both sides of the issue...
 
I just saw Eagle Eye tonight.

I don't even want to talk about Independence Day anymore.
 
dmr727 said:
I love that movie, and own it on DVD. Awesome!
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Same here. Love it. :)

dmr727 said:
IMatrix: Remember, Sully, when I promised to kill you last?
Sully: That's right, Matrix. You did.
Matrix: I lied.
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I was going to put that exact quote. Awesome.

Great minds must think alike. :D

szark said:
Awesome movie. I especially enjoy finding new errors and continuity problems every time I watch it. :D
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So true.

Teh Don Ditty said:
And I thought I was the only person alive to have seen that movie.

Classic. Full of epic Arhnold one-liners.
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You have good company! :)

So many good one-liners.
 
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