Primer (film)

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Post by iamwil » Fri, May 28, 2010, 6:57 AM UTC

Re: Primer (film)

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Post by phoboslab » Fri, May 28, 2010, 9:16 AM UTC

Primer is one of my all time favorite movies. I had goose bumps watching it the first time.

The linked timeline from the article is actually pretty "easy" to read and really helped me understand what I've just seen. Just watch the movie beforehand :)

http://neuwanstein.fw.hu/primer_timeline.html

Edit: The entire movie is officially(?) available on Google Video, though the quality is not that good. You should find yourself a better copy...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3909854615539675694#

Re: Primer (film)

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Post by ilkhd2 » Fri, May 28, 2010, 9:30 AM UTC

Alas, most of people saw Avatar, and believe that it was the best movie in the history of genre..

Re: Primer (film)

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Post by X-Istence » Fri, May 28, 2010, 9:32 AM UTC

Please, don't read the Wikipedia article before you go out and rent or buy this movie. The movie is absolutely fantastic.

I have seen it 17 to 18 times, and even-though people have attempted to explain everything that is going on to me I still have a hard time wrapping my mind around it. Awesome for the hacker in you!

Re: Primer (film)

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Post by almost » Fri, May 28, 2010, 9:51 AM UTC

X-Istence wrote: post #4

Please, don't read the Wikipedia article before you go out and rent or buy this movie. The movie is absolutely fantastic. I have seen it 17 to 18 times, and even-though people have attempted to explain everything that is going on to me I still have a hard time wrapping my mind around it. Awesome for the hacker in you!

Seconded, watch the movie! Don't read too much about it first. Primer is totally awesome, seriously confusing though it is :)

Re: Primer (film)

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Post by maushu » Fri, May 28, 2010, 10:07 AM UTC

Required link to related xkcd strip: http://xkcd.com/657/

Re: Primer (film)

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Post by camperman » Fri, May 28, 2010, 10:07 AM UTC

X-Istence wrote: post #4

Please, don't read the Wikipedia article before you go out and rent or buy this movie. The movie is absolutely fantastic. I have seen it 17 to 18 times, and even-though people have attempted to explain everything that is going on to me I still have a hard time wrapping my mind around it. Awesome for the hacker in you!

I'm on my tenth time and I'm just starting to figure out a few of the nuances in only some of the scenes. The timeline has helped but one day I will do an animation that shows it more intuitively it that's possible.

Re: Primer (film)

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Post by gorog » Fri, May 28, 2010, 10:09 AM UTC

If you like films like Primer you will like Triangle. I clearly want to watch it again to understand every time loop. Plus there's Melissa George in the lead role, which doesn't hurt.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1187064/

If you're broke, it's available on Bittorrent (I am broke). Otherwise you won't regret your purchase.

Re: Primer (film)

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Post by fierarul » Fri, May 28, 2010, 10:17 AM UTC

gorog wrote: post #8

If you like films like Primer you will like Triangle. I clearly want to watch it again to understand every time loop. Plus there's Melissa George in the lead role, which doesn't hurt. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1187064/ If you're broke, it's available on Bittorrent (I am broke). Otherwise you won't regret your purchase.

Triangle was ok, but it has another feel to the movie. It's a bit of a horror with some mystical explanation to it.

But Primer is pure mind-bending sci-fi. You could feel the atmosphere of the guys inventing something like few other movies.

Actually - this is how I think a startup should feel and look like: the way the movie portrays it at the beginning, while the guys are still figuring things out.

Re: Primer (film)

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Post by bd » Fri, May 28, 2010, 10:30 AM UTC

If you liked Primer, check also Timecrimes:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480669/