What do you think about the movie Jumper? Movie Details and Spoilers would be ni!
Question: it looks awesome. and rachel bilson is sooo hot. (oc anybody?)
Answers: it looks awesome. and rachel bilson is sooo hot. (oc anybody?)
I think it's a ripoff of TWO series of novels published sometime back. Here's a list of the first, a series of novels by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.:
The Journeys of McGill Feighan #1: Caverns (1981)
The Journeys of McGill Feighan #2: Reefs (1981)
The Journeys of McGill Feighan #3: Lava (1982)
The Journeys of McGill Feighan #4: Cliffs (1986)
The Journeys of McGill Feighan #5: Plains (1987)
This is part of a review:
Caverns" is the first book in a (currently) four book series by Mr. O'Donnell. As the title implies, the focus is on a character named McGill Feighan. In this first book, the origin of McGill and the start of his adventerous life is revealed.
"Caverns" is at first a light-hearted read, but you soon find yourself drawn into the life of the hero, his triumphs and despair. McGill is a "flinger", a person who can teleport anything (himself, other people, things) anywhere that he's been before. But even for a flinger, he does not lead a normal life due to unusual events in his life, when he was a newborn. Much of the story revolves around McGill's growing-up and learning to deal with his powers, as well as the assortment of people and aliens that take an interest in his life (both good and bad).
http://www.amazon.com/Caverns-Journeys-M...
The idea also is a ripoff of Anne McCaffrey's Pern series:
Dragons and fire-lizards can also teleport. They do this by briefly entering a hyperspace dimension known as between. Both humans and dragons experience between as an extremely cold, sensory-deprived, black void. After spending no more than eight seconds in between, the dragon or fire-lizard can re-emerge anywhere on Pern, along with any passengers or cargo they carried. This ability evolved in fire-lizards as a defense against Thread; not only does it allow them to quickly escape from Threadfall, but the intense cold of between kills any Thread that has already burrowed into them. If a dragon attempts to teleport without a clear mental image of the place where they intend to reappear, they can simply fail to emerge from between and thus, be gone forever.
Going between allows dragons to travel through time as well as space, as long as they have a clear picture of what a particular place looked like (or will look like) at the desired time. However, the practice is highly dangerous to both dragon and rider and is severely restricted. Existing in two places at once for extended periods of time, or in close proximity, causes severe weakness and psychological disturbance for humans but not for dragons. In addition, while teleporting through space always takes the same amount of time, when a dragon travels through time, the amount of time they spend in between increases depending on how long ago or how far in time the destination is. Thus, traveling to remote times poses severe dangers from hypothermia and oxygen deprivation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragons_%28...
So, it's extremely irritating that this is being treated as such an original idea when it "borrows" from two other writers, especially Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. We should be having McGill Feighan movies! He's a cutie, so they would be extremely interesting if he was cast correctly. Check out the cover art:
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/o/kevi...
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/o/kevi...
Pern has been ripped off recently by the extremely poor film "Eragon" and the novels it springs from, which copy so many elements of McCaffrey's beloved books.
well the thing is.In Jumper Ball z You have to remember is that when goku returned to earth frieza had been killed by trunks. Gohan didn't have a tail then. But then when Goku fought Cooler, Gohan somehow had a tail. Weird stuff but yeah.
Looks good. Can't wait to see it.