Sensible Erection | A Scanner Darkly (movie trailer)

Monday, 20 February 2006

quote [ What does the scanner see? ]

it's a hotlink to a QT mov, but I think Warner Bros will be ok with that.

This looks sooo cool. Lotsa great actors + Keanu. Looks like Linklater has finally worked out the rotoscope-esque animation technique into something watchable.

PK Dick was truly the shit. If you're not paranoid, you're not paying attention.

as an unrelated bonus, here's some up & coming nasty gossip about Deadeye Dick Cheney - http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/2006_02_19_firedoglake_archive.html#114035928446061183

[art] [by muttly@2:13pmGMT] [+10 Good]

Comments

Ashura_Stephanos said @ 2:15pm GMT on 20th Feb
Havent watched yet but that thumb looks like something out of HL2.

muttly said @ 2:18pm GMT on 20th Feb
That's just a pic of the Man hisself that I stole from Google. It seemed to fit the mood and I've got too many apps going to open PS and generate something of my own.

Ashura_Stephanos said @ 2:40pm GMT on 20th Feb
..Ah >.>

Well I guess that's a testament to Source then ^^

jaxtraw said @ 2:29pm GMT on 20th Feb
I'm getting really crap speed downloading this. Not much better than dialup. BOOOOO.

diskis said @ 2:32pm GMT on 20th Feb
And I'm maxing out my bandwidth on this one.
Are you really sure your parents didn't install a dial-up when you weren't paying attention?

v21 said @ 3:22pm GMT on 20th Feb [Score:3 Funny]
- urns?

eskimonoise said @ 4:53pm GMT on 20th Feb
Did you update shockwave?

Gunner v2.0 said @ 2:30pm GMT on 20th Feb
Hm. This looks moderately tasty. I'll have to pick up the novel.

jaxtraw said @ 3:10pm GMT on 20th Feb
I'm not sure if I've read it. I went through a phase where I read everything by PKD I could lay my hands on, but I can't remember the plot of this one at all.

b said @ 8:52pm GMT on 20th Feb
fuck, this may be his best book. it's about an undercover narcotics cop named fred who is assigned to arrest a dealer named bob (i may have the names reversed and my books are packed away right now). teh only problem is, they're both the same guy. all thanks to a lovely drug called substance D.

great shit. that's a pretty bare bones summary, but just throw in some of the regular pdk shit about paranoia, altered reality, what it means to be human and all that shit and it comes out pretty amazing. i read it at least once a year now. go get it if you like dick. or philip k dick for that matter.

jaxtraw said @ 9:43pm GMT on 20th Feb
It's odd. I'm sure I've read it but can't remember a damned thing about it, even though I remember lesser stuff like Counterclock World and The Penultimate Truth.

I'd better go get a copy, I think.

My favourite probably is Martian Timeslip. The world inside the autistic boy's mind is amazingly written. The word "gubbish" entered my lexicon as a result of that book. Brilliant.

Gunner v2.0 said @ 10:41pm GMT on 20th Feb
Well, it looks like I finally have some novels to add to my deleted reading list.

Gunner v2.0 said @ 10:42pm GMT on 20th Feb
That should actually say "depleted".

b said @ 2:43am GMT on 21st Feb
if you like martian timeslip, you'd probably enjoy UBIK as well, if you haven't already read it.

Hactar said @ 10:43pm GMT on 20th Feb
To add to the above comment, this is also the first book of his that he ended well. The plot lines fit together and the ending made me smile, but in a sad way. It didn't leave me dissapointed like Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Definately worth the read.

the_one_you_want said @ 2:31pm GMT on 20th Feb
PK Dick was a great writer.

Richard Linklater is also one of my favourite directors working right now.

I am so stoked for this movie, so stoked.

KingPellinore said @ 2:37pm GMT on 20th Feb
PK Dick + Rotoscoping = T3l-l 4w350m3n355

jaxtraw said @ 2:40pm GMT on 20th Feb [Score:1 Interesting]
i think sometimes they're only pretending to be cartoons

jaxtraw said @ 10:49pm GMT on 20th Feb
i think sometimes they're only pretending to be jaxtraw

Kimota said @ 2:54pm GMT on 20th Feb
I would hate to get all amped up about this movie just to be disappointed (and having Teh Keanu as the main star is always a bad sign), but fucking hell, this looks fantastic!

muttly said @ 3:08pm GMT on 20th Feb
my ultimate nightmare: the go ahead and do a movie version of Neuromancer and then put Tom Cruise AND Keanu in it.

KingPellinore said @ 3:15pm GMT on 20th Feb
I dunno...judging by Cruise's recent meltdowns, I think he could pul off Armitage pretty well.

But, in order to REALLY screw things up, you'd need to put in Will Farrell as Lupus Yonderboy.

muttly said @ 3:30pm GMT on 20th Feb
or Paris Hilton as Molly

KingPellinore said @ 3:34pm GMT on 20th Feb
I can see Billy Bob Thornton as the Dixie Flatline, though.

gma said @ 3:40pm GMT on 20th Feb
Is there some kind of law that requires putting Keanu in every cyberpunk-ish movie?

the_one_you_want said @ 5:21pm GMT on 20th Feb
yes. didn't you get the memo?

ethangilchrist said @ 7:56pm GMT on 20th Feb
It didn't have the TPS cover so I didn't read it.

the_one_you_want said @ 8:41pm GMT on 20th Feb
Were attaching TPS cover sheets to all our memos now...

Bill Lumbergh said @ 8:47pm GMT on 20th Feb
Hello ethan, what's happening? Listen, are you gonna have those TPS reports for us this afternoon?

egads said @ 1:47am GMT on 21st Feb
Keanu amassed so much wealth from the Matrix series that he simply bought all of the international patents on cyberpunk protagonists. It is now impossible to film any such story without a license from Keanu, Ltd.

ittastesgreat said @ 3:06pm GMT on 20th Feb
i just recently saw Waking Life for the first time and really liked it. Although I have to wonder if Linklater is just using Keanu as the closest hollywood equivalent to Wiley Wiggins' "acting" style.

wrathful said @ 3:21pm GMT on 20th Feb
"the two... hemispheres in my brain... are... competing...?"

god i fucking hate keanu

God said @ 4:15pm GMT on 20th Feb
Don't blame me, evolution did it.

Evolution said @ 5:19pm GMT on 20th Feb
Don't pass the buck onto me, you bastard.

Keanu said @ 6:32pm GMT on 20th Feb [Score:1 Insightful]
If you prick a dude, do we not get bummed?

ComposerNate said @ 3:21pm GMT on 20th Feb
"Alex Jones created a ten minute "see-for-yourself" report (with YouTube video) that conclusively shows that Vice President Dick Cheney's claims to Kennedy County Sheriff's Deputies in south Texas is a total fabrication."
http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/2006/02/shooting_story.html

verycleanteeth said @ 3:48pm GMT on 20th Feb
well that's relevant.

ComposerNate said @ 3:57pm GMT on 20th Feb
Its relevant to the second post: "as an unrelated bonus, here's some up & coming nasty gossip about Deadeye Dick Cheney."

verycleanteeth said @ 9:22pm GMT on 20th Feb
ah, missed that.

mrcookieface said @ 3:27pm GMT on 20th Feb
"If you're not paranoid, you're not paying attention"? PKD was a raving schizophrenic. Of COURSE he was paranoid.

Class1Product said @ 3:45pm GMT on 20th Feb
+1 philip k dick
+1 M83 in the soundtrack
-1 rotoscoping

Class1Product said @ 3:47pm GMT on 20th Feb
-1 linklater
+1 winona ryder

eskimonoise said @ 4:55pm GMT on 20th Feb
-1 something
+1 something else

the_one_you_want said @ 5:23pm GMT on 20th Feb
come on, Linklater is a total +1... probably one of the best directors working in hollywood right now.

Class1Product said @ 8:03pm GMT on 20th Feb [Score:1 Funny]
oh c'mon, Waking life was utter crap, just an excuse to throw some supposedly mind blowing bullshit at you. School of rock wasn't that great. I have seen parts of slacker and it looked boring and dull and Dazed and confused was just kinda annoying although it had some good parts. plus I hate that fucking kid with the hair Wiley Wiggins.

the_one_you_want said @ 8:50pm GMT on 20th Feb
Okay, rebuttle time:

Waking Life - very intersting and overall very good.
School of Rock - great movie; oneof the best "kid" movies ever; JB's so funny
Dazed and Confused - HILARIOUS!!!

Plus, Before Sunrise and Before Sunset - two of the most inteligent, well-written, and beautiful romance movies in recent memory; Bad News Bears - made me laugh a lot!

I love Linklater - I am also stoked for his adaptation of Fast Food Nation; the man's as close to a guaranteed hit as I know of: he always is evolving and pushing boundaries; even if the end resukt is less than a masterpiece, he is always trying something new.

mrcookieface said @ 9:00pm GMT on 20th Feb
Waking Life felt like being locked in a dorm room with a bunch of really fucked up philosophy majors for two hours.

It's telling that you left out 'The Newton Boys'.

bathoz said @ 2:06am GMT on 21st Feb [Score:1 Interesting]
I watched Waking Life immediately after writing a philosophy exam. That was the least fun I'd ever had in a movie.

Class1Product said @ 10:52pm GMT on 20th Feb
yes but where were the explosions

CrazyIvan said @ 3:45pm GMT on 20th Feb
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5540304229064620509&q=a+scanner+darkly

loads WAY faster
looks damn cool

harrisonicus said @ 4:30pm GMT on 20th Feb
The google one is the old trailer. If you download the post to your desktop, it goes a lot quicker.

ring riot said @ 3:51pm GMT on 20th Feb
This looks like a lot of fun.

alglick said @ 3:59pm GMT on 20th Feb
so does this mean hotlinking is ok if the content of the post is good or it is free advertising for whatever is being linked to?

muttly said @ 4:16pm GMT on 20th Feb
no, it doesn't. You should mod me down.

alglick said @ 9:36pm GMT on 20th Feb
but i am a contrary, and the post is good

oth3r said @ 5:13pm GMT on 20th Feb
i recently finished "man in the high castle".

it surprises me that that hasn't been made into a movie yet - i think it would have appeal way beyond the average "sci-fi" audience.

RowanSJ said @ 5:20pm GMT on 20th Feb
...What can I say, I'm a visuals geek. >_>

Smegmar said @ 5:55pm GMT on 20th Feb
Wow. I might actually like this one. I usually roll my eyes at PKD stories (Blade Runner excluded), but I might be looking forward to this.

Volcaos said @ 6:25pm GMT on 20th Feb
Do you actually read the stories however? Because there have been some shitty adaptations.

I presume you haven't read PKD because you mention Blade Runner as a PKD story, which it ain't. BR is loosely based on "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" which is a PKD story, but very, very different from the film.

the_one_you_want said @ 6:35pm GMT on 20th Feb
both are very different, but, strangely enough, both are very good.

Volcaos said @ 6:42pm GMT on 20th Feb
yep, indeed.

Class1Product said @ 4:31am GMT on 21st Feb
I love total recall

mtnmonkey said @ 6:22pm GMT on 20th Feb
One question -- how in the hell do they get such large (as in dimensions) files to load so quickly and smoothly? I'm tearing my hair out trying to do the same on my own site. Any video/web geeks out there who can help, please send me a message.

Class1Product said @ 4:32am GMT on 21st Feb
step 1: update shockwave

supermario12 said @ 6:39pm GMT on 20th Feb
That was so awesome I wish I could give it a second + whatever mod i clicked.

Also, at the risk of being savagely raped, I don't Keanu is that bad.

::grabs lube and hides in corner::

zenviper said @ 8:33pm GMT on 20th Feb
::appears for the raping::

blacksun said @ 10:00pm GMT on 20th Feb
*shows up with chips and salsa*

v21 said @ 10:41pm GMT on 20th Feb
salsa santorum?

jones24 said @ 7:08pm GMT on 20th Feb
perfect. thnx

AshikKerib said @ 11:26pm GMT on 20th Feb
this is pkd's best novel, imo. his other stuff isn't really to my taste, but this one is damned touching.

Chris Woods said @ 12:20am GMT on 21st Feb
God Damn. I was going to downmod this for being a hotlink no matter the situation and all stand up for the rules and shit, but that trailer looks awesome.

muttly said @ 1:02am GMT on 21st Feb
I knew you'd see it my way. FWIW, I wouldn't hotlink if I thought I was denying someone ad revenues or if I believed we might genuninely damage someone's bandwidth budget. As it is, I'm sure WB is getting the better end of the deal. Not only did I help promote their product, when the movie actually comes out, I'll be in line early to drop $9.50 on a ticket, pay another $9 for 32 cents worth of popcorn and sugar water and still be forced to sit thru 15 minutes worth of commercials for cell phone services I'm not interested in and local car dealerships I'll never visit.

felix said @ 1:33am GMT on 21st Feb
+1 snuggles

Hemiii said @ 3:14am GMT on 21st Feb
they made scanner darkly look like the next Shorcuts... bah.

my favorite PKD book and they turned it into a "Keanu Reeves vehicle."

but +1 M83's "Teen Angst" which of course is the best single of 2005.

MrRBlack said @ 3:25am GMT on 21st Feb
I dont why people make a big deal about Keanu Reeves. I think he is cool. Not the best actor in the world but then who is? So he likes to play cyberpunk movies, just like Segal likes to beat up people with the same plots he done already. BooHoo Untill they fucking die live with it. Alot of actors go hand in hand with things Im only suprised or pissed when they dont and it turns out baaaaad. Last Keanu Reeves movies I saw all were good. Except that baseball one. I hate baseball.

A Scanner Darkly looks sooo cool, def smoking some weed before that movie.

Khafra said @ 6:02am GMT on 21st Feb
+1 "coming this summer," I'd hate to have to wait 'til 2007.