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  • PsYcHoZeRoSk8eR
    Threat Emulation
    FFR Simfile Author
    • May 2004
    • 5184
    #1

    A Scanner Darkly

    Well, I couldn't find a thread about this anywhere, Which is bothering be because I swore that I first heard about this movie here. Anyways, moving on...


    Movie Info >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Scanner_Darkly_(film)
    Official Site >>     http://wip.warnerbros.com/ascannerdarkly/ (pretty cool)
    Production Photos >>     http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808626786/photo/stills
    Originally posted by Yahoo Movies
    Set in a future world where America has lost the war on drugs, an undercover cop, Fred, is one of many agents hooked on the popular drug Substance D, which causes its users to develop split personalities. Fred, for instance, is also Bob, a notorious drug dealer. Along with his superior officers, Fred sets up an elaborate scheme to catch Bob and tear down his operation.
    Based on the book by the same name http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Scanner_Darkly. Simply because of this book, I've been following this movie very closely. Its a great book, and hopefully it will be a great movie. I won't get to see it until Friday, because thats when the first showing in the chicago-land area is. I'll write my review on A Scanner Darkly after I see it. But until then, mabye someone else has something to add to this, or has been waiting like me to see it, or has already seen it.

    Well, there 'ya go.

    Originally posted by Lightdarkness
    I'm light f**king darkness
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    • ShadowSkill
      FFR Player
      • Jul 2003
      • 118
      #2
      Re: A Scanner Darkly

      I want to see this movie so bad.
      They showed that scene where charles fleck is on his bed and he's imaging things in a commercial I watched earilier today.

      Oh the website is like an ARG. The weird IMs and how they're counting the number of mouse clicks you had pretty much yells ARG.



      http://www.13thlabour.tk

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        • jewpinthethird
          (The Fat's Sabobah)
          FFR Music Producer
          • Nov 2002
          • 11711
          #3
          Re: A Scanner Darkly

          I've been following this movie for a year and then I find out that it is limited release. So yesterday I went out and bought the book.

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            • ShadowSkill
              FFR Player
              • Jul 2003
              • 118
              #4
              Re: A Scanner Darkly

              The story that Wired had about this movie was pretty good. This movie was really close to getting pulled from production. I'm glad the staff got together and pulled through.



              http://www.13thlabour.tk

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                • Tasuke
                  FFR Player
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 1671
                  #5
                  Re: A Scanner Darkly

                  hurray for Philip K. Dick. My friends were making fun of
                  me for reading his novels, but I'll show 'em. But yeah the movie looks really cool.

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                    • Animefreak999
                      FFR Player
                      • May 2006
                      • 767
                      #6
                      Re: A Scanner Darkly

                      thats some silencer! i want to see it even though its a keanu reeves movie

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                        • Afrobean
                          Admiral in the Red Army
                          • Dec 2003
                          • 13262
                          #7
                          Re: A Scanner Darkly

                          I honestly don't know a whole lot about this movie.

                          I do want to see it though.

                          Why?

                          The style is just too good. How did they do that anyway? Just a simple filter over live action? Or is that truly animated over live action? I honestly can't tell.

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                            • T0rajir0u
                              FFR Player
                              FFR Simfile Author
                              • Aug 2005
                              • 2946
                              #8
                              Re: A Scanner Darkly

                              Originally posted by Afrobean
                              How did they do that anyway?
                              A Scanner Darkly (film) - Wikipedia
                              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Scanner_Darkly_%28film%29#Rotoscoping
                              hehe

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                                • Omeganitros
                                  auauauau
                                  • Jun 2003
                                  • 8897
                                  #9
                                  Re: A Scanner Darkly

                                  It took like, a bazillion animators. So cool.

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                                    • jewpinthethird
                                      (The Fat's Sabobah)
                                      FFR Music Producer
                                      • Nov 2002
                                      • 11711
                                      #10
                                      Re: A Scanner Darkly

                                      Originally posted by Tasuke
                                      hurray for Philip K. Dick. My friends were making fun of
                                      me for reading his novels, but I'll show 'em. But yeah the movie looks really cool.
                                      What? Why? Your friends f*cking suck. Ditch them.

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                                        • ShadowSkill
                                          FFR Player
                                          • Jul 2003
                                          • 118
                                          #11
                                          Re: A Scanner Darkly

                                          http://media.filmforce.ign.com/media/670/670907/vids_1.html


                                          IGN just got a legal preview of the movie (the first 24 minutes of the movie). The movie should be the first one on the page, just click it and the pop-up window should play the movie.

                                          For those who didn't read the book, this should clue you in to what's going on in the movie.

                                          Let me warn you the preview is NSFW. When you click on this link, you acknowledge that you are allowed to view this kind of material. I am not responsible if you get in trouble because of it.



                                          http://www.13thlabour.tk

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                                            • Tasuke
                                              FFR Player
                                              • Oct 2003
                                              • 1671
                                              #12
                                              Re: A Scanner Darkly

                                              Originally posted by jewpinthethird
                                              What? Why? Your friends f*cking suck. Ditch
                                              them.
                                              I was holding it and they sawthe cover, it was either VALIS or
                                              The Man in the High Castle, and it ahd a computer generated
                                              naked guy on the cover, so they laughed and said something
                                              like, "Mitch's reading a book with a naked guy on the cover and
                                              it's by a guy named Dick. HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! HA!"

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                                                • jewpinthethird
                                                  (The Fat's Sabobah)
                                                  FFR Music Producer
                                                  • Nov 2002
                                                  • 11711
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: A Scanner Darkly

                                                  Originally posted by Tasuke
                                                  I was holding it and they sawthe cover, it was either VALIS or
                                                  The Man in the High Castle, and it ahd a computer generated
                                                  naked guy on the cover, so they laughed and said something
                                                  like, "Mitch's reading a book with a naked guy on the cover and
                                                  it's by a guy named Dick. HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! HA!"
                                                  Do you hang out with 11-year-olds or something?

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                                                    • MalReynolds
                                                      CHOCK FULL O' NUTRIENTS
                                                      • Sep 2003
                                                      • 6571
                                                      #14
                                                      Re: A Scanner Darkly

                                                      Robert Downey Jr needs to win some kind of award for consistantly being an amazing actor.
                                                      "A new take on the epic fantasy genre... Darkly comic, relatable characters... twisted storyline."

                                                      "Readers who prefer tension and romance, Maledictions: The Offering, delivers... As serious YA fiction, I’ll give it five stars out of five. As a novel? Four and a half." - Liz Ellor


                                                      My new novel:

                                                      Maledictions: The Offering.

                                                      Now in Paperback!

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                                                        • PsYcHoZeRoSk8eR
                                                          Threat Emulation
                                                          FFR Simfile Author
                                                          • May 2004
                                                          • 5184
                                                          #15
                                                          Re: A Scanner Darkly

                                                          Ok, I just saw it, and it was good. I had watched the preview thing that shadowskill linked and thats exactly what happens. The whole rotoscoping thing is weird but you get used to it very quickly and it fits the mood of the movie perfectly. Only thing I didn't like really (trying not to give away plot here) was that they didn't spend enough time at the one place right before the last place/scene. In the book, they go into better detail and it shows a change in arctor as something more gradual instead of this big jump. Other than that I was practically blown away by it. There was a lot more comedy than I remembered from the book, but it was very well done.

                                                          I highly recommend both the book and the movie.

                                                          Originally posted by Lightdarkness
                                                          I'm light f**king darkness

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