I've seen this before.
Anyone remember the movie "Strange Days" by James Cameron in 1995? It reminds me very much of the "boosting" aspect of Rant. Here is a quote from the plot outline. "Lenny Nero deals in dreams. Formerly an LAPD vice cop, he now deals in illegal 'squid' recordings - recordings made directly from the cerebral cortex of the participant, which allow the viewer to feel and experience everything the participant experiences as if they were there". Rather than having a "port" in the back of ones neck, a device is attached to the head which records all of the senses taking place (sight, sound, touch, etc) onto a disc. Said disc is then sold on the streets, as is this is an illegal process. User experiences everything that the recorder experienced. They even use the term "boosting" in the movie. Similiar, perhaps an inspiration? Or is it just me?
that was a good movie, i'm surprised that idiot made it.
[QUOTE=morey;977780]that was a good movie, i'm surprised that idiot made it.[/QUOTE]
even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then
C'mon guys. I've kinda got a soft spot for Cameron. Partly because of this movie, but also because he produced Point Break. And though I'm not a Titanic can pers se, I can respect is as a film. Along with Terminator 2. Plus he made a cameo in Entourage, a show I truly enjoy. I'm gonna get bashed huh?
I wouldn't really bash him on his work. I'm more against the guy because he seems pompous and condescending.
Oh. I've never met him, nor really seen any of his interviews. I've also missed alot of his "documentaries" if that's what they are. But I'll take your word for it.
Someone named Meatthinker posted this in response to the whole "Carlos Mencia biting everyone's stuff" ordeal...
"I've heard the same about Robin Williams, and a dozen other comedians. Sometimes, I catch it, then I kind of tune out because it sounds cliche to me, old and tired, it's just not funny anymore. On the other hand, comedy can be sort of like magic--yeah, it's the same old magic trick done an hundred different ways, but what makes it work or not work is the delivery and whether the person doing it can make it believable or new in some way. Likewise, if Mencia tells the joke in a way that I can forget that it's an old joke, maybe that's not so bad."
I can't remember ever reading/seeing anything else about plugging into other peoples experiences besides Strange Days, and somewhere there's a forum about the book/movie "Crash" (the older one, not the Cheadle flick). I think that Chuck has probably seen/read both of these ideas and (maybe subcounsciosly) drawn ideas from them. Which does not make him unoriginal, as he has reinvented them in a way that only he can. There will come a time when there is no more originality left. When all the colors have been created and named and all of the chords on a guitar have all been arrangedand mixed and matched every way possible and all of the flavors of bubble gum have been used up. When this time comes, everything will be a copy of a copy of a copy. Perhaps it already has....
I thought the same thing as I was reading it. But i don't think even Strange Days was the first to use that kind of idea for tapping into others experiences like that.
He definitely went into too much detail for what's really just a plot device for explaining [i]why[/i] they needed to party crash.