Yeah, that looks farking awesome.

A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock.

I guess I need more explanation. Why would you need to send someone back in time to kill them? I suppose it does take care of leaving evidence, but if things have advanced enough to allow time travel...

That's.. not quite what I imagined. An assassin who doesn't have to go anywhere, the victims just appear in front of him for death?

Joseph-Gordon Leavitt.
Rian Johnson.
Brick.
This movie.

/nuff said

I was hoping it was going to be the backstory about Carl Spacker's time in the Himalayas.

This looks very cool. Of course, I'll probably like much anything with Bruce Willis in it. Not Cop Out, though. That movie does not exist.

GoodyearPimp: A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock.

I guess I need more explanation. Why would you need to send someone back in time to kill them? I suppose it does take care of leaving evidence, but if things have advanced enough to allow time travel...

Yeah, I'm not sure about that, either...

Really, just seems like a convenient device allowing them to do a "Bob's a contract killer, but his next contract... is on HIMSELF! [dun dun DUNNNN!!!]" story (Oh, the EYE-RON-EEEE!), but with a twist (ghost written by M. Night Shamalamadingdong?).

Still, doesn't mean it's terrible, I guess.

Did somebody say looper?



Concept looper:


Coming soon to a blankety-blank near you.

labman: Alphax: That's.. not quite what I imagined. An assassin who doesn't have to go anywhere, the victims just appear in front of him for death?

Are they appearing at the same spot they left? if not, just drop them over the middle of the ocean 400 years ago. then you don't have that pesky assassin to worry about.

or just drop them in the middle of the Jurassic period or ice age with no way of time traveling back to the present.

Carth: labman: Alphax: That's.. not quite what I imagined. An assassin who doesn't have to go anywhere, the victims just appear in front of him for death?

Are they appearing at the same spot they left? if not, just drop them over the middle of the ocean 400 years ago. then you don't have that pesky assassin to worry about.

or just drop them in the middle of the Jurassic period or ice age with no way of time traveling back to the present.

The movie expects me to believe Joesph Gordon-Levitt looks like Bruce Willis when he gets older. I'm not sure they will even bother explaining the rest of it.

KRAMER: Oh no, no,. no. I had to fish around in the evidence room for it. You know, they're all preoccupied, trying to hunt down this new psycho-serial killer, the Lopper. All right, I'll see ya.
ELAINE: Wait a minute, wait a minute. Who is the Lopper?
KRAMER: Oh, it's no big deal. It's just some guy who's been running around Riverside park-pffff. You know, cutting people's heads off.
JERRY: How come I haven't read about this?
KRAMER: Well, you know, the police, they've been having some internal dissension about the name.
ELAINE: Really? What're the other titles?
KRAMER: Uh, Headso...uh...The Denogginizer...Son of dad.
JERRY: Son of dad?
KRAMER: Yeah. That was my suggestion. It's sort of a catchall.

GoodyearPimp: Carth: labman: Alphax: That's.. not quite what I imagined. An assassin who doesn't have to go anywhere, the victims just appear in front of him for death?

Are they appearing at the same spot they left? if not, just drop them over the middle of the ocean 400 years ago. then you don't have that pesky assassin to worry about.

or just drop them in the middle of the Jurassic period or ice age with no way of time traveling back to the present.

The movie expects me to believe Joesph Gordon-Levitt looks like Bruce Willis when he gets older. I'm not sure they will even bother explaining the rest of it.

He's a faceless man of Braavos.

Carth: labman: Alphax: That's.. not quite what I imagined. An assassin who doesn't have to go anywhere, the victims just appear in front of him for death?

Are they appearing at the same spot they left? if not, just drop them over the middle of the ocean 400 years ago. then you don't have that pesky assassin to worry about.

or just drop them in the middle of the Jurassic period or ice age with no way of time traveling back to the present.

I'd assume the worry would be the butterfly affect. If they survive the ocean drop somehow, or survive the first bit of time in the Jurassic period they could feasibly screw up a lot of stuff in the future.

Looks like a fun movie.

That's "Hooper", Big Bird, "Hooper", not Looper....



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minnesotaboy: That's "Hooper", Big Bird, "Hooper", not Looper....

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Old man remembers old Sesame Street

As do I.

As someone who really enjoys time travel movies here are three good ones from the last decade that if you haven't seen you should feel bad about:
Timecrimes (new window) Primer (new window) and Triangle (new window)

Wasn't there an anecdote in Stephen King's story, "The Jaunt" where a guy "killed" his wife by throwing her into the portal but turning off the exit one?

Got me thinking, couldn't the mobsters kill someone in their time and send the body back to 5billion BC? They guy already disappears from their timeline, what does it matter where they go from there?

/still seeing the farking awesome-looking movie

The premise just doesn't really work, does it.

It's an extremely expensive way to dispose of bodies. If you are involved in crime might as well be sending back fair fight results so you don't have to fix them, a little bit of financial data, patent designs.

If the time travel from the future wasn't built into the time thread IE the universe is already prepped for the travel, then you have to kill anyone from the future. Immediately. and burn them to a crisp immediately. anything they do mucks with the future, but if they aren't perfectly clean, then they're bringing back virii and bacteria that have had however many years to evolve. 10 years? probably not absolutely horrible, would probably just be a nasty nasty cold. 50+ years? could be doomsday.

Too bad it looks like an orgiastic feast of shiat blowing up. Otherwise, the premise seems like it could be pretty solid, serious sci-fi.

Mawson of the Antarctic: Wasn't there an anecdote in Stephen King's story, "The Jaunt" where a guy "killed" his wife by throwing her into the portal but turning off the exit one?

Got me thinking, couldn't the mobsters kill someone in their time and send the body back to 5billion BC? They guy already disappears from their timeline, what does it matter where they go from there?

/still seeing the farking awesome-looking movie

LOOPER - Probably can't send anyone back farther in time before the device was invented in the 2040's.

Saw this at Wondercon and was honestly the most impressive trailer I saw (against Battleship,Spider-Man, and Lockout).

SwingingJohnson: Mawson of the Antarctic: Wasn't there an anecdote in Stephen King's story, "The Jaunt" where a guy "killed" his wife by throwing her into the portal but turning off the exit one?

Got me thinking, couldn't the mobsters kill someone in their time and send the body back to 5billion BC? They guy already disappears from their timeline, what does it matter where they go from there?

/still seeing the farking awesome-looking movie

LOOPER - Probably can't send anyone back farther in time before the device was invented in the 2040's.

Looks like you're right. From Wikipedia: In a futuristic gangland, a killer (Gordon-Levitt) works for a mob in the year 2042 and kills people who are sent from the year 2072.

Makes sense paired with where he says "Time travel doesn't exist now, but it will in 30 years" from the teaser.

I'm no gangster, but sending someone back in time to have them executed seems awfully complicated and expensive. A pistol and a boat rental seems like a much simpler and cheaper solution.

I'll probably still see it.

discgolfguru: This looks very cool. Of course, I'll probably like much anything with Bruce Willis in it. Not Cop Out, though. That movie does not exist.

You're right - Hudson Hawk WAS a masterpiece.

Looper you say? Dunno if this guy can carry a movie.

The guy who did Brick, Brothers Bloom, and directed that super-polarizing episode of Breaking Bad made a scifi movie with JGL and Bruce?

Color me interested.

Carth: As someone who really enjoys time travel movies here are three good ones from the last decade that if you haven't seen you should feel bad about:
Timecrimes (new window) Primer (new window) and Triangle (new window)

If I only watch one of those - which has the hottest chicks who get naked?

From the director of Brick and The Brothers Bloom? Yes, please.

PainInTheASP: Looks good, but they should have went with Bill Murray and not Bruce Willis.

They did that already. It's called "Groundhog Day". Besides, no one would believe you anyway.

Carth: or just drop them in the middle of the Jurassic period or ice age with no way of time traveling back to the present.

If I was sent to the Jurassic by the mob I'd make it my goal to disrupt the time steam as much as possible to ensure you farkers never evolve. That's one good reason NOT to allow someone to be sent back in time & not immediately terminated.

There will plot holes you could fly a 380 thru, but there always is with time travel...that said; looks like fun if nothing else.

Why not shove some cyanide down their throat and send them 200 years in the future. It's not like they'll be able to do anything to you once they find out it's you.

Meh, I hate time travel the whole idea is idiotic. If you're going to try and change an event you should already know before you even attempt to change it if you succeeded or not. And if you did succeed you would have no idea that the even needs to be meddled with by your future self to begin with and have no urge to "fix" it to begin with.

ShamWowofDamocles: Carth: As someone who really enjoys time travel movies here are three good ones from the last decade that if you haven't seen you should feel bad about:
Timecrimes (new window) Primer (new window) and Triangle (new window)

If I only watch one of those - which has the hottest chicks who get naked?

Timecrimes had hot chicks and nudity but it is subtitled. Triangle has hot chicks in it but they remain clothed.