"What Does A Scanner See... Does It See Into Me Clearly, Or Darkly?"

Seil · 10-29-2010, 01:25 AM

In lieu of reviewing horror flicks - Imma do that on Halloween 0 I wanna talk about a movie called "A Scanner Darkly." Here is the trailer.

The movie, at least from the trailer, looks science fiction-y abstract-y and art-y. The last one is true. The second one is also true. It's not so much science fiction-y. It focuses on Keanu Reeves, playing an undercover cop named Bob Arctor. Downey Jr. and Harrelson are his addicted room-mates, and Ryder is "his girl." Arctor is trying to stop the spread of a drug called "Substance D." Shown to be highly addictive, one of the characters - played by Rory Cochrane - is the first sight we see. He's paranoid about aphids crawling all over him, his dog and his house.

The animated stly is pretty neat, it's fun to watch... if a little too reminiscent of flicks like "Fear And Loating In Las Vegas," without the narration. The ending kinda stinks too, there's not really any closure, but I need to read the book.

See, the movie is based off of a book written by this guy named Phillip K. Dick, who I hear is pretty neat. Anyone have a beat on him?

10-29-2010, 01:25 AM	#1
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	"What Does A Scanner See... Does It See Into Me Clearly, Or Darkly?" In lieu of reviewing horror flicks - Imma do that on Halloween 0 I wanna talk about a movie called "A Scanner Darkly." Here is the trailer. The movie, at least from the trailer, looks science fiction-y abstract-y and art-y. The last one is true. The second one is also true. It's not so much science fiction-y. It focuses on Keanu Reeves, playing an undercover cop named Bob Arctor. Downey Jr. and Harrelson are his addicted room-mates, and Ryder is "his girl." Arctor is trying to stop the spread of a drug called "Substance D." Shown to be highly addictive, one of the characters - played by Rory Cochrane - is the first sight we see. He's paranoid about aphids crawling all over him, his dog and his house. The animated stly is pretty neat, it's fun to watch... if a little too reminiscent of flicks like "Fear And Loating In Las Vegas," without the narration. The ending kinda stinks too, there's not really any closure, but I need to read the book. See, the movie is based off of a book written by this guy named Phillip K. Dick, who I hear is pretty neat. Anyone have a beat on him?