3D Pool

Use video projectors on the walls and floor of a pool to turn it into any kind of 3D landscape you want. It will allow you to take a swim anywhere in the world you want or if you like video games you can program it to simulate real-life sea-swim. If you are a tough guy and want to increase your speed to Michael Phelps levels you can put a special close-up version of Jaws and Crocodiles on. The next Olympic medal will soon be yours to claim :)

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curious to know if benjamin (un)button(ed) lolita?

the story is brilliant and the movie is perhaps a very smart way to sneak in 'lolita' back into america but from the front door this time. as you know, the story of lolita is the story of an old man falling in love with a little girl. it was judged too immoral to be allowed to be seen in america. the brilliant trick with the benjamin button movie was that they convinced people that an old man could develop a connection with a young girl because he was a little boy inside. if old-looking is not same as old yet all old men are old-looking and if all old-looking old men develop into little kids anyway as they age, then what's to stop old men now from openly pursuing hidden lolita dreams and sexual desires? did benjamin unbutton lolita? i think so.

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subliminal advertising

suggested to me by a friend. most hollywood movie classics that have jungle scenes in them use the sound of kookaburra birds even if the setting is not in australia. the laughing kookaburra bird is to be found only in australia though. ignorance or conspiracy? a zoolander-kind of a covert mission to advertise australia to the world perhaps? :)

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Bruno or Borat?

I find his 'movies' funny but I don't really think of them as movies. They feel like publicity stunts whose aim is to be funny by shocking people so that everyone talks about them after. Both Borat and Bruno would have made great TV series. I had a few good laughs watching Bruno but I think I liked Borat more.

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Sex scene in a movie. Your reaction.

How do you feel when you're watching a movie with your parents and there is a well-acted sex scene in it? Do you react to it by saying something about it or feel weird and say nothing hoping that your parents won't say anything about it either? It's just no fun for anybody to say anything, isn't it?

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Star Wars restaurant

With millions of fans around the world, it would be popular to have Star Wars restaurants. Like Planet Hollywood restaurants, they will be decorated with a Star Wars theme, but the food will be served by C-P30 droids R2-D2 robots. Tips for good service will be left in the form of olive oil, batteries or robotic parts and screws depending on, what else, the vintage of the droid :)

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Previews at The End

Why should previews be shown only at the start of a movie? What about showing a few previews after the movie has finished? Previews at the end will cost less as they will probably be seen by fewer people but even if only half the audience stays seated to watch them, that's still good enough for the advertisers whose trailers will be shown to viewers who are more interested in watching them.

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Rent a bike and watch a porno movie

I had to share this! You know about the rental bicycle programs, where you pay a fee and you can use any bicycle parked at various points in the city. There is usually a computer to automate the rental process. Well, a computer hacker in Zamora, Spain accessed the computer system and figured out how to play a porno movie on one of the bicycle stations. The free movie attracted a lot of visitors. Imagine this happening in a more crowded place like the giant screens in NY Times Square! Apparently the first police officer who arrived at the scene was a woman and could not stop laughing when reporting it to the others. Maybe she liked it :-)

Have you seen or heard other such stories?

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Mamma Mia, Pappa Trio

Wouldn't that be a more descriptive title for the famous musical and movie? One mamma and three fathers taken one at a time classifies as a trio. The play was written in the 60s where DNA testing wasn't a popular method to discover paternity and know for sure who your father is. Perhaps that's why great stories like Mamma Mia can not be inspired in our times. The DNA testing kills the most imaginative Pappa Trio part of the story. [As we say in Greek, the Pappa takes his Tria tou...] :D:D:D

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Movie scenario

2011. The US economy is going through its Greatest Depression. People everywhere are gloomy, depressed, unhappy. The government is too embarrassed and stops reporting suicide rates. Government-provided universal health coverage in the US has been implemented and all medical records are digital. All patient-doctor communication is electronic, therapy is delivered online and patients rarely visit the doctor at his office. The government wants to do something drastic to end the Depression and decides to write a software that will inform every citizen that they have been diagnosed with a terminal illness. You get informed that you have 1-2 years of healthy life in front of you before the illness takes over.

Will the government's action, however drastic, energize people to ostracize misery and gloom from their lives and turn a whole nation away from depression?

Do you think it is an interesting scenario for a movie? I imagine that the end will be that the whole nation will recover fast from the economic slump and misery but when the people realize that their diagnosis was fake they will be shocked not knowing whether to forgive or not forgive their government for lying to them.

How would you develop the story?

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Of London dust and dirt

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 4 March 2008 by member JackSparrow

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I saw the movie Sweeney Todd yesterday. In it London is portrayed as a very dirty and dusty place. At the time people wore wigs a lot. If London was a dirty and dusty place and people carried a lot of hair on their head, real or wigged, then why was not anyone scratching their head at all in the movie? Why is London portrayed as a very dusty and filthy place in movies but you never see the British scratching their heads? Is it in the shampoo they use? :)

I thought lice causes you to itch. But will lice behave benignly the more dirt, dust and hair is around?

Movies: The Idea Is Everything

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 24 October 2007 by member helena

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Ok, this is an idea about an idea. I have always been wondering what is it that makes a movie a good movie?

It's the idea, stupid! The one spark that gets your script going, and you've got your film. Most films that really grab you can be summed up in one line.

Don't believe me? Try these :

Jaws - 'Man afraid of water pursues killer shark'
Reservoir Dogs - 'Diamond heist goes wrong.'
Independence Day - 'Aliens invade Earth'

Asking yourself, 'what if...' might help

For example 'What if...an alien visitor gets left behind on Earth' (ET), 'What if...toys came to life' (Toy Story), 'What if...a lodger dies leaving behind a suitcase with a million pounds in it' (Shallow Grave).

Try to create a couple of these by asking yourself 'What if...' and post them here.

Let's see who can come with the next million dollar idea for a great movie.

If this idea gives you many thoughts for your next idea, don't forget to support me please!

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