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Metropolis (1927)
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 5:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Your comment sounds logical concerning the material used in the construction of the robot suit. Very Happy

I think it was Hitchcock you quoted — but he might have denied it later. I certainly would have! Rolling Eyes

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I once made a pistol handle out of plastic wood. before it dried it was easily moldable and after easily carveable into a custom grip.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 2:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I wonder if a pistol made out of plastic wood could shot bullets made of the same material? Confused

And would these "wooden bullets" burst into flames and set the target on fire? Or would they fragment into splinters and act like shotgun pellets on the intended victim? Shocked

Hmmm . . . perhaps our guards in those high security prisons should insure that inmates don't gain access to "plastic wood" and create an arsenal of wooden weapons that could used in blast their way to freedom!

Hot damn, folks! Did I just invent the most unusual and unlikely prison break story ever conceived? Cool

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 4:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

While quite effective for the handgrip it would NOT be able to be used for the barrel or the internal parts of the pistol. Springs , firing pins etc. would still be made of steel. Same with the bullet. The slug could be made of plasic wood, but the part holding the gunpowder would still be a metal part.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 6:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Naturally, I was just being silly. Here's a few more wacky ideas.

A water gun made of ice! Cool

A bow that shoots rocket-powered arrows.

A spear with a bungee cord attached to the back so it returns to the thrower.

A boomerang with knives on the ends, for aborigines who want to commit suicide.

(Heck, I could do this all day!) Laughing

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 9:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bud Brewster wrote:
A boomerang with knives on the ends, for aborigines who want to commit suicide.

I believe that the boomerang was used in "The Road Warrior", but it was metal with sharpened edges.

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Boy, if I had a nickle for every time Hollywood stole one of my ideas by thinking of it before I did anything with it. . . Rolling Eyes

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2022 5:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

From: Special Effects, The History & the Technique by Richard Rickitt.

"Hollywood was the world's leading film factory of the 1920s, but the special effects of German film makers, with their mechanical expertise and love of fairy tales, was technically far superior."

"Fritz Lang's effects masterpiece was Metropolis (1926), a visionary science-fiction fable that made stunning use of models, animation, matte painting, early rear projection and full-scale mechanical effects."

"Although a financial failure, Metropolis had a huge impact on contemporary American film makers, and it continues to be one of the most influential films ever made. Futuristic artistry and technical excellence have secured its place in popular culture."
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PostPosted: Mon May 01, 2023 10:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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In 2002 Metropolis was admitted by U.N.E.S.C.O. into their "Memory of the World Register" and joined the ranks of such historical works as Beethoven's 9th Symphony and the Guttenberg Bible.

The film's German Expressionistic style reflected the state of Germany at that time. The country was humiliated by its loss of WWI, it was dealt brutal and crippling terms by the Treaty of Versailles, inflation and joblessness was rampant, the social order collapsed. The outlook was deeply pessimistic throughout the nation.

German Expressionism is defined as bizarre characterizations set against unnatural backgrounds. Examples in film are The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), and Nosferatu (1922).

Director Fritz Lang had an aristocratic personality and was a perfectionist who drove his actors and crew to their breaking point. He rarely showed any regard for people's feelings. He wore a monocle and carried a riding crop with him. He would slap the crop on his hip when he was displeased with anything.

There were 36,000 extras used and 200,000 costumes involved in the massive production.

Filming began in May of 1925 and ran to August of 1926. This was a day and age when most movies were shot in a matter of a few weeks.

300 miniature model cars were moved via stop-motion animation. Eight days of shooting with stop-motion would result in 10 seconds of film.

500 schoolchildren worked for two weeks while standing in pools of cold water.

When the movie was first released audiences didn't know what to make of it.

Critics at that time were not kind to the film. Many found it a mix of science fiction, trite melodrama, simplistic moralizing, 1920s idealism, and plain old kitsch. Technically impressive and heavy on allegory and symbolism.

Luis Bunuel: "The story in the film was trivial and pedantic and of antiquated romanticism. It is also a marvelous looking picture book."

The film cost six million dollars and drove the studio producing it perilously close to bankruptcy.

Adolph Hitler was a big fan of Lang and Metropolis. Goebbels offered Lang the position of being the head of the German film industry. The Nazis were unaware of the fact that Lang was half-Jewish on his mother's side. Lang asked for time to think over the offer and then promptly fled Germany, first going to Paris, and then America.

"To begin with, I should say that I am a visual person. I experience with my eyes and never, or only rarely, with my ears --- to my constant regret." Fritz Lang

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PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2023 10:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wonder how this upcoming remake will turn out...it certainly is a timely subject.

Sam Esmail’s ‘Metropolis’ Series Adaptation at Apple Casts Briana Middleton in Lead Role
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PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2023 2:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I seriously doubt that it will have the grand sets and models that the original had. Now days it's all CGI and LED soundstages using CGI and photo backgrounds.

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PostPosted: Wed May 03, 2023 2:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't mind CGI/LED sets too much as long as they look good. Too much of what's done today looks too similar to everything else. Like everyone suddenly started using the same Adobe Illustrator texture plug-in at the same time, or the same design fad hit everywhere at once.
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PostPosted: Thu May 11, 2023 11:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks like it'll be LED sets: https://screenrant.com/mandalorian-metropolis-tv-show-apple-technology-production-comparison/
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 15, 2023 3:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Aaaaand it's DEAD...
https://deadline.com/2023/06/metropolis-tv-series-dead-writers-strike-sam-esmail-ucp-apple-tv-plus-production-costs-1235419899/#comments
...victim of the writer's strike.

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 15, 2023 9:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh I'm willing to bet it was the "Mounting Pre-Production Costs" that was the nail in the coffin.

At the German Cinema Museum in Berlin.



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