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Someone please convince me to watch this

posted 7 years ago by nico-lauro95
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I'm being honest. I'm having a hard time getting over the fact that I'm supposed to believe that a boy gets superpowers because fragments of a technological device gets imprinted into his head. At least with spider venom there's a suspension of disbelief due to the made-up spider and it's venom having an odd reaction with his DNA.

Am I truly supposed to believe that a manufactured product in which developers wrote code for is the reason why the boy now has abilities similar to his phone? That's like saying I could get the power to emit heat after I protect myself with a toaster after being shot.

Someone please give me a way to see around what seems to be the laziest and most ridiculous idea since tornadoes being composed of only sharks.

[–] mullanharry 7 years ago

I just went to bed and literally stumbled across this movie and had no preconceived idea in what to expect.

It actually surprisngly got me hooked and of course it very much is a simple plot. Good vs Evil, angst of teenage love for those lucky enough to remember it. At the end I wished it was in fact a Tv series. Similar to Lethal Weapon TV series, just a great show with no great concentration required other than just enjoyment.

[–] Snaggelpuss 7 years ago

I'm having a hard time getting over the fact that I'm supposed to believe that a boy gets superpowers because fragments of a technological device gets imprinted into his head

AS OPPOSED TO THE NORMAL WAYS PEOPLE GET SUPER POWERS?
Do you now see why your question is illogical?

My pea tastes like toast

[–] nico-lauro95 7 years ago

My post is not illogical, you should try reading it. I already addressed that point by saying there's a suspension of disbelief due to the odd biological nature of a majority of superhero origins.

We know exactly what is inside of a phone, and the idea of code being imprinted in his head because his phone bumped his noggin seems kinda weak.

[–] tristanp25 7 years ago

Well just think of the show, The Flash. One day Barry Allen gets electrocuted and all of a sudden he has the power to outrun the speed of light. Plausible? Maybe not but it's science fiction. Just roll with it. IBoy is a pretty cool and enjoyable movie.

[–] nico-lauro95 7 years ago

I've never watched The Flash but I see your point. This is probably not connected as I'm out of my death here, but one of the reasons why I never watched the show is because it seemed too lighthearted, and usually those kinds of action shows skimp on real details in order to keep it PG and not scare the younger audience. In the comics was it also just a generic electrocution, or was it somehow different like how Banner is exposed to an unconventional recreation of gamma rays?

[–] tb-sch 7 years ago

It is mild fun, but an interesting non-franchise take on the super-hero genre. If you could find something in Chronical, I can recommend it. If you are interested in seeing where cinema aside from the event movies (which will be the only theatrical releases in the next years) is going, this is it: Low budget, rather clever production to make the most of it, so there is a certain 70s flair in the background.

For the most part it is more convincingly written (with in the limits - cell phone in head etc. yaddayadda, I see what you mean...) than the majority of the AAA stuff. But it is still located in a totally meaningless genre which since Xmen 2 did not offer a single movie at its upper end with deeper meaning than supernatural guys beating up other guys until they are at 150 minutes, and a halflife less than 5 years, before replacing it with a equally meaningless reboot. So the quality is very relative, but in that environment the movie feels rather fresh.
Nonetheless the ending is some especially stupid deus ex machina crap, because obviously nobody can write whole screenplays anymore.

With all this in mind, it can be enjoyable enough to be recommended.

[–] nico-lauro95 7 years ago

Thanks for the decent explanation, you covered some good points. Overall, this probably means this movie isn't for me unless I get wrapped up in another comic trend. Which is entirely possible, since marvel's lineup is pretty robust this year.

[–] theholl 7 years ago

I agree with OP, it just sounds stupid. Like, Sharknado stupid.

Especially when you look at it from the perspective of recent explosive events with the SGN5.

The Superman sounds more realistic than this, I just can't get the image out of my head that if all this sheet happened to him, his head would get blown off due to the battery explosion.

And if you work in the IT industry, or hell, even know a thing or two about technology, it's just even more laughable.

[–] nico-lauro95 7 years ago

Haha thank you! It really doesn't help that I'm a computer science major. Computer code isn't like spider DNA or radioactive matter. I get that the brain uses electrical pulses to function, but the voltage of a phone is not comparable to the brain cells that transfer data on a microscopic level. Plus how exactly would a brain even read the code and programs after being injected into your head? Are we all born with Microsoft Visual Basic installed lol?

[–] anythingbutthatoldone 7 years ago

As a computer science major, you'd know that no phone uses Visual Basic. Unless it's some crappy obsolete Windows phone. It's either Android(Stolen Linux), iOS(Proprietary stolen Linux) or Java.

Just watch the movie, it's decent just for the acting by Maisie Williams and Miranda Richardson alone. It probably should have been a small series and they could have improved the cinematography and sound editing.

"You always half-scared me"

"That's because you're smart"

[–] filmmekker 7 years ago

Is it any less plausible than a radioactive spider biting you and you get superpowers or any of the various ways superheroes get their abilities in comic books and the films they spawn. I liked it but I was able to suspend my disbelief.

[–] scaringi95 7 years ago

Yeah kinda like getting hit with a huge amount of Gamma Rays and turning into a massive green superhero instead of getting Cancer. Yeah OK. Find something else to lead your argument against the premise.

[–] Xcalat3 (3703) 7 years ago

Maisie Williams.