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What 'Looper' tells us about the American future
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Posted on 09/28/2012 6:03:14 PM PDT by Perdogg

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And if you have something as powerful as a time machine, why not transport the victim three billion years into the past, before oxygen became abundant on earth, or three billion years into the future, when the earth will likely have been swallowed by the sun? Better yet, why not think of a better and more fruitful use for a time machine, beyond body-disposal?

All good questions. When I saw the trailer for this film I was totally underwhelmed by its basic premise.

21 posted on 09/29/2012 7:30:45 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Flatus I. Maximus
Or Demolition Man...
22 posted on 09/29/2012 7:36:30 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Perdogg

May I present “The Book of Eli” as a possible glimpse into a God-free, post-apocalyptic America.


23 posted on 09/29/2012 11:14:36 AM PDT by Tonytitan
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To: Perdogg

Looper is such a weird movie. The telekinetic angle felt tacked on, but has a huge impact on the rest of the movie. I love the theory that Kid Blue and Abe are the same person.


24 posted on 09/30/2012 12:19:04 AM PDT by GunRunner (***Not associated with any criminal actions anonymus by the ATF***)
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Looper is such a weird movie. The telekinetic angle felt tacked on, but has a huge impact on the rest of the movie. I love the theory that Kid Blue and Abe are the same person.


25 posted on 09/30/2012 12:19:04 AM PDT by GunRunner (***Not associated with any criminal actions anonymus by the ATF***)
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To: PittsburghAfterDark
2001 was also very hopeful in its tone.

It was in the sense that aliens implanted our intelligence, and then saved us before we destroyed ourselves. But then again, the movie was so abstract and purposely mysterious that I doubt most people saw it that way. I know I didn't. (A person would have to read the book to make any sense of it.)

Quite a few people figure that Kubrick held a very low opinion of his own species.

26 posted on 09/30/2012 1:13:10 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Nuc 1.1

I enjoyed those books. The next one should be out next year.


27 posted on 09/30/2012 7:21:16 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Math is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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I am looking forward to the next daybreak book.
28 posted on 09/30/2012 3:36:06 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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