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Film:The Fifth Element

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:43:25 GMT

Title: The Fifth Element
Year: 1997
Director: Luc Besson
Plot: Good and evil battle for the future of 23rd century Earth in this visually striking big-budget science fiction epic. In the movie's prologue, which is set in 1914, scientists gather in Egypt at the site of an event that transpired centuries earlier. Aliens, it seemed, arrived to collect four stones representing the four basic elements (earth, air, fire and water) - warning their human contacts that the objects were no longer safe on Earth. A few hundred years later (in the 23rd century), a huge ball of molten lava and flame is hurtling toward Earth, and scientist-holy man Victor Cornelius (Ian Holm) declares that in order to prevent it from destroying the planet, the same four elemental stones must be combined with the fifth element, as embodied by a visitor from another world named Leeloo (Milla Jovovich). However, if the force of evil presents itself to the stones instead, the Earth will be destroyed, and a sinister alien race called the Mangalores are intent upon using their representative, Zorg (Gary Oldman), to trigger the disaster. Despite her remarkable powers, Leeloo needs help with her mission, and she chooses her accomplice, military leader-turned-cab driver Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis), when she literally falls through the roof of his taxi. Writer and director Luc Besson began writing the script for The Fifth Element when he was only 16 years old, though he was 38 before he was able to bring it to the screen. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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Spout Post: Clothes to the Future. Clip of the Day

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:01:33 GMT

Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 1/28/2009 4:01:33 PM
Body: Today’s clip isn’t exactly film-related, but it does tie into Kevin’s list from earlier about unsuccessful movie prophecies. Plus, its title somewhat references Back to the Future, and anything paying tribute to BTTF immediately sparks my interest (this tie-in may have even influenced my vote for president). The comedy short comes from FunnyorDie.com and stars Paul Scheer of Human Giant (and Bride Wars, just to make this more movie-related) in two roles. One role, really, but its divided into two parts, “Alex” and “Future Alex.” And the whole thing is a play on the idea of fashions of the future. Anyway, the video made me think of the Oscars’ usual ignorance of science-fiction costumes, particularly of designs for films set in the future (meaning Star Wars‘ win in the category was apparently okay). Why wasn’t Jean-Paul Gaultier nominated for The Fifth Element? And what about Milena Canonero for A Clockwork Orange? Of course, even more disappointing than those snubs was the failure to nominate Joanna Johnston for Back to the Future Part II, a film so visionary in its futuristic fashions that fans campaigned to have Nike produce a pair of sneakers similar to those seen in the movie. Maybe we won’t have self-drying clothes in 6 years, but what a great concept and what a great execution of that idea in Marty McFly’s jacket. Much better work than anything seen in Driving Miss Daisy, that’s for sure. If only we could go back in time and change the Academy’s mind. “Clothes to the Future” with Paul Scheer from Paul Scheer Originally posted on:SpoutBlog

Spout Post: Re:Sci-Fi Weekly Theme

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:11:58 GMT

Post By: Dr_Gor
Post To: sci-fi
Post Date: 12/21/2008 4:11:58 AM
Body: [quote user="Risselada"] [quote user="rjsprague"] [quote user="Risselada"] [quote user="Dr_Gor"] I ain't afraid of no virus... I think we should talk about hot sci-fi chicks! From Fay Wray to Caroline Munroe to "Weena" from The Time Machine and "Altera" from Forbidden Planet to "Sarah Conner" and "Ripley" and Denise Richards in Starship Troopers ... < GOR > [/quote] I will have to agree with Weena from The Time Machine. She was pretty titilating [/quote] Titillating! Great word. I've only read The Time Machine, but never watched it. I suppose I should. I really like Milla Jovovich(sp?) from the Resident Evil movies. :) She's sexy and kicks ass. Does Resident Evil fall under the sci-fi genre, or is it just plain old horror? [/quote] I don't know if Resident Evil counts, but you could say the same thing about The Fifth Element and that sure counts. [/quote] Resident Evil is as much sci-fi as it is horror. I think that we should also mention Angelina Jolie as Laura Croft ...

Spout Post: Re:Sci-Fi Weekly Theme

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:50:18 GMT

Post By: Risselada
Post To: sci-fi
Post Date: 12/19/2008 1:50:18 PM
Body: [quote user="rjsprague"] [quote user="Risselada"] [quote user="Dr_Gor"] I ain't afraid of no virus... I think we should talk about hot sci-fi chicks! From Fay Wray to Caroline Munroe to "Weena" from The Time Machine and "Altera" from Forbidden Planet to "Sarah Conner" and "Ripley" and Denise Richards in Starship Troopers ... < GOR > [/quote] I will have to agree with Weena from The Time Machine. She was pretty titilating [/quote] Titillating! Great word. I've only read The Time Machine, but never watched it. I suppose I should. I really like Milla Jovovich(sp?) from the Resident Evil movies. :) She's sexy and kicks ass. Does Resident Evil fall under the sci-fi genre, or is it just plain old horror? [/quote] I don't know if Resident Evil counts, but you could say the same thing about The Fifth Element and that sure counts.

Spout Post: Ryan's Sci-Fi Meme

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:09:43 GMT

Post By: rjsprague
Post To: sci-fi
Post Date: 12/19/2008 1:09:43 PM
Body: I've never made my own meme before so this might suck. Basically I'm going to create a list of stuff and apply my own choices which are sci-fi related. :) I'll try to be inventive. If you were going to be the villain in a sci-fi movie, which movie would it be? Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back because he makes Luke look like a pansy, and he beats the crap out of the good guys. How about sci-fi hero? Corbin Dallas from 5th Element because he knows how to kick ass, and he's got a soft spot for Milla. Weapon of choice? A lightsaber, obviously! Woman/Man of choice? (To hook up with etc.): Milla Jovovich in the 5th Element. Setting of choice: Steampunk! :) Special Power of Choice (if you had to have one): Negation of other people's special powers. Like the Haitian in Heroes (probably the only character on that show who isn't completely useless and annoying). Mode of Transportation: Some sort of hover-device like the silver surfer's board, or the Goblin's hoverboard, which would be a smaller part of a one-man spaceship (two would be cozy though =D). How would you die? (If you had to die.): In the arms of Milla! I suppose I'd prefer something quick and painless like decapitation, but perhaps that left my body in one piece, or maybe obliterated. It would need to be the result of fighting against my arch-nemesis though. Okay that's all I can think of for now. Now hit reply, delete my answers and fill in your own! DO IT!

Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for December 1: The Anti-Hero

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:30:22 GMT

Post By: mercurial
Post To: Weekly Theme
Post Date: 12/1/2008 9:30:22 PM
Body: Great theme Leeroy! The Silence of the Lambs - Hannibal Lector Sick, perverse yet you can't help rooting for him to get out of prison. A Clockwork Orange - Alex DeLarge Again, sick and perverse but you're still rooting for the bastard. The Professional - Leon Minimalist. Botanist. Cold-blooded killer. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - Max You thought he wasn't gonna help those aboriginal kids, didn't you! Natural Born Killers - Mickey & Mallory Knox Bring on the arguments, but I loved this cute little couple. Kill Bill - Beatrix Kiddo Trained assassin that shows (almost) no mercy. Great female anti-hero. Pitch Black - Riddick Great role for Vin Diesel. He barely spoke the entire film. Constantine - John Constantine Smoker. Sinner. Blasphemer. Suicidal. But still cool a pretty cool guy. Hellboy - Anung un Rama, The Beast of the Apocalypse Again, smoker, blasphemer, jerk. But really nice to pyrokinetics, cats and the occasional human baby. From Dusk Till Dawn - Seth Gecko Mass murderer. Kidnapper. Bank Robber. But we all still think he's badass. Even if it is George Clooney. Brick - Brenden Frye Loner. Plays rough with the ladies. Blackmailer. Smart little hard-boiled detective. Point of No Return - Maggie Hayward Druggie. Runaway. B*#$h. But really likable towards the end. The Fifth Element - Korben Dallas Complete a*&#@le but does good and gets the alien chick. The Crow - Eric Draven Goth freak vigilante revenant (?) serial killer. But the good kind. Fight Club - Tyler Durden Thief. Terrorist. Womanizer. Soap Maker. Made every straight man just a little gay with his abnormally perfect abdominal muscles. The Boondock Saints - Connor & Murphy McManus Blah. Blah. Murderers. Blah. Blah. Alcoholics. Blah. Blah. Inspirational Vigilantes. Sin City - Marv Brutish ogre with a soft spot for big breasted woman.

Spout Post: Tell a story using only movie titles and references

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:41:51 GMT

Post By: csprague
Post To: Movie Games
Post Date: 11/20/2008 8:41:51 PM
Body: I came up with this idea after reading Rjsprague's post in the Sci fi group about Movies that take place in the future: "I WANT A HOVERBOARD!!!!!!!!!! PLEEEEEAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEE!!! That's how I used to be, before I got one of those sweet guns from The Fifth Element that has bullets that track a target. One of my former, stupid, roommates hit the red button on it while I was out at the movies. That was a real mess. Luckily I met this cool guy named HAL. He lives inside of a computer, I think, but we get along pretty well out here in the cold depths of outer space. That is, until this ghost chick kept stalking me as I approached the edge of a black hole. Needless to say, I made like Ripley and gtfo, if you know I mean. Then I hooked up with weird guys who kept talking about some guy named Schwartz or something. Anyway they were cool dudes so I didn't mind chillin'. Funny story, huh?"

Spout Post: Re:Movies about the future

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:36:00 GMT

Post By: rjsprague
Post To: sci-fi
Post Date: 11/20/2008 6:36:00 PM
Body: I WANT A HOVERBOARD!!!!!!!!!! PLEEEEEAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEE!!! That's how I used to be, before I got one of those sweet guns from The Fifth Element that has bullets that track a target. One of my former, stupid, roommates hit the red button on it while I was out at the movies. That was a real mess. Luckily I met this cool guy named HAL. He lives inside of a computer, I think, but we get along pretty well out here in the cold depths of outer space. That is, until this ghost chick kept stalking me as I approached the edge of a black hole. Needless to say, I made like Ripley and gtfo, if you know I mean. Then I hooked up with weird guys who kept talking about some guy named Schwartz or something. Anyway they were cool dudes so I didn't mind chillin'. Funny story, huh?

Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for November 17: In The Nude

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:43:22 GMT

Post By: mercurial
Post To: Weekly Theme
Post Date: 11/18/2008 8:43:22 PM
Body: So many to list . . . so how about I go with the most shocking (to me). Julianne Moore / Heather Graham / Mark Wahlberg in Boogie Nights Kevin Bacon in Wild Things Never have I wanted to rip out my eyes so badly before. Denise Richards in Wild Things Makes up for Kevin Bacon. Kate WInslet in Titanic Jennifer Connelly in Requiem for a Dream Holly Hunter in Crash Mena Suvari in American Beauty Michael Pitt in The Dreamers Kate Hudson in Almost Famous Get your pause buttons ready. Dina Meyer in Starship Troopers Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love Monica Bellucci in Irreversible Laura Harring in Mulholland Dr. Out of the middle of nowhere, BAM! Lesbian Sex Scene! Elizabeth Berkley / Gina Gershon in Showgirls From Saved By The Bell to this. Nice transition. Jaime King in Sin City Vinessa Shaw in Eyes Wide Shut Wait? She was wearing a mask? I didn't notice. Milla Jovovich in The Fifth Element Selma Blair in Storytelling Some people only saw a big black censored square over her. Find the unrated version of the film. Selma Blair in A Dirty Shame So they are obviously fake, but holy &#$%! Uma Thurman in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen So she's almost completely naked. Who cares! Sheryl Lee in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me They couldn't do that on television! Rose McGowan in The Doom Generation Erika Eleniak in Under Siege Happy Birthday to me! Erika Eleniak in Chasers Amy Adams in Psycho Beach Party Before she was an Academy Award Nominee. Natalie Portman in Hotel Chevalier Heather Matarazzo in Hostel 2 Christina Ricci in The Opposite of Sex Christina Ricci in Black Snake Moan WOW! Isabella Rossellini in Blue Velvet Ewan McGregor in Velvet Goldmine Emmanuelle Seigner in The Ninth Gate Straddling Johnny Depp next to a burning castle. Hot! Demi Moore in Striptease I think that's enough for now. And yes, I am a pervert.

Spout Post: 10 Coolest Film Presidents

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:01:21 GMT

Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 10/1/2008 12:01:21 PM
Body: Will this year’s presidential election be determined by which candidate is more hip? Barack Obama is younger, listens to Jay-Z and Kanye West and is something of a trendy choice among college students. McCain, on the other hand, is older and (now) less athletic but is still considered to be hip in a cool grandpa kind of way. Like the grandpa who has exciting war stories to share. Have you seen the video footage of him jumping from an explosion during the USS Forrestal fire? That’s pretty cool. So, the outcome of the race may depend on what the majority of Americans think is cool. Charisma or Muscle. It reminds me of an election for high school class president. Who is more popular, the preppy basketball player or the more jockish captain of the wrestling team? But do we really want a cool president? Let’s take a look at some of the coolest fictional presidents from the movies and decide if it’s truly a good idea to base our vote on which candidate we’d prefer to hang with. 10. President Lindberg (Tony “Tiny” Lister), from The Fifth Element I’m not saying that being cross-eyed or incessantly receiving calls from your mother is cool, though both could very well be thought so in the year 2263. That’s so far in the future that Lindberg isn’t just the President of the United States, he’s head of the “United Federation” (like in Star Trek). No, I’m saying that Lindberg is cool because he’s really big and badass and could probably do some sweet damage to some Mangalores all by his lonesome. Unfortunately, Lister never gets to display his old wrestling moves in any action scenes. 9. President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho (Terry Crews), from Idiocracy Another African-American wrestler-turned-president, also in a future setting. Only this time it’s the character who is a former pro wrestler (Crews is instead a former pro football player) and the setting is even further in time, 2505, when the people of the world are very, very stupid. But is it stupid to elect a man with an awesome chopper and a tendency to sing his speeches? If Teddy Roosevelt were alive, he’d probably also have a motorcycle and a machine gun, though maybe he wouldn’t shoot the latter while standing before Congress. Or maybe he would, and maybe we’d still re-elect him. 8. President Devlin (George Clooney), from Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over If George Clooney stopped simply talking politics and actually ran for president, a lot of people would vote for him regardless of what he stood for. Simply because he’s a cool celebrity. Fans of the Spy Kids films kind of got a taste of what President George Clooney would look like when his character, Devlin, became commander-in-chief by the third installment. 7. President James Dale (Jack Nicholson), from Mars Attacks! Of course, if there’s one actor even cooler than Clooney, it’s Jack Nicholson. What if the presidential race consisted of these two actors up for the position? If you truly voted based on the coolness of the candidate, you’d have to go with Jack. But only if he wore sunglasses during every public appearance, including especially the State of the Union Address. 6. President Joseph Staton (Dennis Quaid), from American Dreamz American Idol may not be the coolest thing on television, but it is one of the most popular TV shows, and it’s pretty cool to a good percentage of the people old enough to vote for the president. Perhaps if the voting age was lowered to 14 (see #1), it would be cooler for the President to appear on MTV or at a Jonas Brothers concert. However, as the election tends to be more in the hands of older folk, it would be cool for a president or presidential hopeful to appear on Idol, as Staton does in this movie (with a fictionalized version of the show, titled American Dreamz). 5. President George W. Bush (James Adomian), from Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay This list is basically limited to fictional presidents in film, but we can make an exception for Adomian’s portrayal of Bush, as it’s no more accurate a representation than is Neil Patrick Harris’ portrayal of himself in the same film. In this movie, Bush is a much cooler guy. He gets high, has an awesome rec room, and he’s like a rebellious yet spoiled teenager. Heck, if ‘Rold and Kumar like hanging with him, you’d probably like hanging with him, too. 4. President James Marshall (Harrison Ford), from Air Force One People used to prefer a leader who’d proven himself in battle. Now, it’s not so important for a presidential candidate to have served in war or even been shown to have some sort of fight in him. Now it’s more cool than qualifying for a president to be able to kick a bad guy’s ass without need of assistance from the Secret Service. Even cooler, though, is a president who can kick a bad guy’s ass while also avoiding falling out of an airplane cargo door. 3. President Thomas “Tug” Benson (Lloyd Bridges), from Hot Shots! Part Deux Even tougher a guy than President Marshall is President Benson. In fact, he’s been through enough to make McCain look like a lazy hippie. He caught a bazooka round in Okinawa, took a bullet in Corregidor that went straight through both ears, took a torpedo in the lower abdomen that resulted in the removal of his intestines, he has a shell the size of his fist in his head and he was shot down on more than 194 air missions. He’s not too bright these days, but he’ll still take it upon himself to go into Iraq and fight the enemy face to face. With a light saber. 2. President Mays Gilliam (Chris Rock), from Head of State He’s not as cool as his running-mate (who is also his brother, played by Bernie Mac), and the movie isn’t as funny or insightful as Chris Rock’s political stand-up, but Mays Gilliam is like an even hipper exaggeration of Obama. Not only does he listen to rap, he plays Nelly at formal events and gets old ladies to dance and sing along. He takes mudslinging to a new level with “Yo Mama” jokes. And his “That Ain’t Right” slogan is like a cooler, possibly more genuine, inverse of Obama’s “Yes We Can.” 1. President Max Frost (Christopher Jones), from Wild in the Streets As the hit song from the movie goes, “nothing can stop the shape of things to come,” and I take that to mean that inevitably there will one day be a rock star elected to the presidency. After all, there has already been a movie star president, and eight years ago plenty of young music fans were ready to vote Jello Biafra into the White House, simply because he’s Jello Biafra. Despite the uncool things done by Max Frost and his band, The Troopers, such as putting LSD in the capital’s water supply and detaining citizens over the age of 35 for re-education, they do carry out some really hip ideas, such as lowering the voting age to 14, and more importantly they gave the world some classic garage rock tunes. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog

Spout Post: Re:Tough Chicks of Sci-Fi

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:24:53 GMT

Post By: csprague
Post To: sci-fi
Post Date: 8/15/2008 2:24:53 PM
Body: [quote user="SkyPilot"] Claire Danes? Haha, you mean the T-3000, right? [/quote] Kristanna Loken Yeah, she was pretty ass-kicking. I know I bring this movie up a lot, but some one else already mentioned it in here so I don't feel so bad saying it again: I was a huge fan of Milla Jovavich in The Fifth Element. Evidently she was in Dazed and Confused , but I am trying to remember her in it (?) totally blank.

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