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Comment Impressed (Score 5, Interesting) 140

Just got back from watching it, submitting the story before I did.

Overall, I was very impressed with it. When seeing the first teaser, I’ve got to say, the eyes of the lead was a bit much, but coming back from seeing the entire film, they ended up blending in very well, not at all being the distraction I thought they could be.

From the current review score, expected a generic Sci-Fi movie, but it surpassed my expectations, having good characters, story, setting, and action. Due to the nature of the story, had a good deal more heart to it as well.

Been a while since I’ve read it but diverts from the source material a bit, but overall, it's a faithful adaptation of the first few volumes.

I’d recommend it for any Sci-Fi fan.

Submission + - James Cameron's Alita: Battle Angel Released After Sixteen Years (rottentomatoes.com)

Drakster writes: Hollywood Producer & Writer James Cameron, who best known for first two Terminator films, Titanic, Avatar, and Aliens, has released his most recent film this week, Alita: Battle Angel, to mostly mixed to positive reviews.

First announced in 2003, based on Yukito Kishiro’s Gunnm manga series, it was stuck in development for several years, finally starting production in 2008.

Slashdot last discussed this fifteen years ago, so now that it’s finally here, for those who have seen it, what did you think? Met your or surpassed your expectations, or not worth the wait?

Comment Call me crazy... (Score 5, Interesting) 312

Call me crazy, but I have a (morbid?) fascination of giving George Lucas a budget, isolating him from the fan community and press, and simply leaving him to his own devices to produce the Star Wars movies he visions.

Judging by the changes he's made to them already, I wouldn't expect them to be good, but nonetheless, it would certainly be interesting to see.

Comment Let's Stop SMTP (Score 1) 95

I feel that the real problem that allows spam to thrive is due to the horrible protocol that's used. Sure, with improvements like SPF, DKIM, and the like, it's a lot better, however I feel we need to move to a more modern protocol.

Anything with a form of proof of work should cut down spam drastically. After users have confirmed legitimate mail from that MTA, allow an exception to be made, preventing the proof of work, or at least a more intensive version.

Comment Safety (Score 4, Insightful) 38

I honestly can't see this fight being all that great as both robots require local pilots, two of them at least on the American robot. I'm no lawyer but suspect due to safety measures, this will be a very dull dual.

These two bots should be controlled remotely, much like BattleBots. Now that should be a sight to see.

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