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Another Movie About the Dangers of Technology

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (16)



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I’m not all that familiar with cyberpunk, so I don’t feel comfortable passing complete judgment on the trailer for Offline. I will say this, however: At nearly five minutes, the trailer feels like a short film (the idea, originally, was for a short film, but it’s now being developed into a feature length one). It comes from Matthew Santoro, who did the visual effects for AvP — Requiem and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Basically, it looks like nothing but visual effects. It’s hard to tell where it’s going. Or what’s going on. It’s very low budget, but if anything, the effects are great considering the lack of money involved.

And here’s the synopsis:

In this future, the world is dying a slow and ugly death. In an effort to cope or perhaps out of pure denial, humanity has become increasingly obsessed with mass media. The Internet has evolved into an all-consuming visceral experience where every one’s perception of the world around them is fully customized. The brown smog in the sky can be easily ignored when a beautiful sunset is projected through your optic nerve, courtesy of the Naneuron Corporation.

But like all systems there are glitches.

(H/T Kris )









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Comments

yawn

The concept sounds pretty boring. None of these things ever seem to have happened 20 years after a movie is released.

Posted by: barf at June 8, 2009 12:01 PM

"...Internet has evolved into an all-consuming visceral experience where every one’s perception of the world around them is fully customized...."

Gee I liked this first time I saw it, when it was called, The Matrix.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at June 8, 2009 12:03 PM

Arthouse matrix!

Posted by: strtwise at June 8, 2009 12:25 PM

Inquiry:

H/T?

Heartfelt-Thanks?
Hearty-Thanks?
Hat-Tip?
Hamandcheesesandwich-holdtheTomato?

Posted by: Rykker at June 8, 2009 12:53 PM

Soylent Green---It's PEOPLE!

Posted by: UncleJR at June 8, 2009 1:00 PM

"In this future, the world is dying a slow and ugly death. In an effort to cope or perhaps out of pure denial, humanity has become increasingly obsessed with mass media. The Internet has evolved into an all-consuming visceral experience where every one’s perception of the world around them is fully customized. "

Isn't this reality right now? Second Life, anyone?

Posted by: BWeaves at June 8, 2009 1:16 PM

H/T?

Heartfelt-Thanks?
Hearty-Thanks?
Hat-Tip?
Hamandcheesesandwich-holdtheTomato?

Stop.

Hammertime.

Posted by: branded at June 8, 2009 1:36 PM

How come the future never contains a sunny beach where drinks are served by robots all day long?

Posted by: Cindy at June 8, 2009 1:37 PM

How come the future never contains a sunny beach where drinks are served by robots all day long?

Posted by: Cindy at June 8, 2009 1:37 PM
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It did ... in the 1930s.

And we would have had Mr. Atom to thank for it.

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at June 8, 2009 1:53 PM

If by "robots" you mean naked, easy Chippendale dancers with big hands, I'm there.

Posted by: slower lower at June 8, 2009 1:54 PM

Mr. Atom had it right then. I want to see a cheery futuristic movie, dammit.

Posted by: Cindy at June 8, 2009 2:05 PM

Naneuron Corporation.

A wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsoft?

I'm very leery of short films getting inflated to feature length - too often it's the shortcut to failure. This one lands solidly on the "maybe much later" pile.

Posted by: lordhelmet at June 8, 2009 3:10 PM

Naneuron Corporation.

A wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsoft?

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Nah, I heard they are part of the Conglomo Corporation.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at June 8, 2009 3:44 PM

How come the future never contains a sunny beach where drinks are served by robots all day long?

Posted by: Cindy at June 8, 2009 1:37 PM
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It did ... in the 1930s.

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at June 8, 2009 1:53 PM

In which case, I'm all for a revival of the 30's. "Dark future" was subversive when the newspapers were chock full of denial, economic growth was supposedly unlimited and the environment was something hippies worried about. Now, it's just pointing to the 800 pound gorilla in the room and saying "oooo, isn't he hairy?" It seems like the only subversive thing left for a budding futurist is to suggest there might be a way out.

Posted by: RandyPanTheGoatboy at June 8, 2009 5:23 PM

Stop.

Hammertime.

Posted by: branded at June 8, 2009 1:36 PM

That just made my day.

Posted by: Melissa at June 8, 2009 6:30 PM

Mr. Atom had it right then. I want to see a cheery futuristic movie, dammit.

Watch out, Cindy...next thing you know they'll be doing a movie version of that carton show with the space family with the robot maid and the dog? You know the one? I don't want to mention the name because the second I do the movie will be greenlit and oh god I couldn't live with myself then. You know the one. Rhymes with "The Petsons"

Posted by: figgy at June 8, 2009 9:22 PM