I don't know if this is the movie I'm thinking of. But it's been bugging me since this thread was started. I was hoping someone else would know if this is the movie.
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
jimbow8 Wrote:I don't know if this is the movie I'm thinking of. But it's been bugging me since this thread was started. I was hoping someone else would know if this is the movie.
I'm not following you, Jim. What movie are you thinking of? This is the IMDB site for "Primer."
http://imdb.com/title/tt0390384/
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jimbow8 Wrote:I don't know if this is the movie I'm thinking of. But it's been bugging me since this thread was started. I was hoping someone else would know if this is the movie.
I think you are thinking of The Day after tomorrow.....
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The Mad American Wrote:I think you are thinking of The Day after tomorrow.....LOL, No, that's too obvious. :p
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
jimbow8 Wrote:I seem to remember a movie that came out within the past year or so in which the science was pure rubbish. I am not certain if this was the one; I can't find the articles.
Tried to dig up a few possibilities for you Jim...
Slipstream
Timeline
Paycheck
I know all too well how annoying it is to have things stuck in your head like that. My brain LOVES to play that trick on me.
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