'Jobs' - Steve Jobs Biopic starring Ashton Kutcher

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Originally Posted by DickieT

Jobs was a visionary and innovator just like your mom. The only thing he innovated was modern day piracy. Steal a company's technology, say like Creative, brand it as your own, wallow in lawsuits for 5 years and be-zinga, you've made 5 Billion Dollars. Once the patent rights are settled, you pay out and go back to stealing the next technology. Nice ethics.

Yah, good thing Microsoft never pulled any of that kind of crap.

[RiseDarthVader]

Bill Gates is a well known philanthropist and has signed The Giving Pledge so that really does more then make up for Microsoft's own dirty business practices.

[Wingman1977]

Originally Posted by Tony208

I know and I hated that one too.

I hate facebook, but I found the social network film to be great.

[Wally Q]

Bad, bad call. Kutcher is all personality and little ability and four years of acting classes could save him.

I'm just gonna track down Pirates of Silicon Valley instead.

[Monkey]

Originally Posted by Walts Ghost

It's not. And I have to say, in surprised by all the backlash. Kutcher has actually proven to be a very good dramatic actor in The Butterfly Effect and The Guardian. Given the right director and material, he can be a really great actor.

+1.. I find him annoying in That 70's show but the movies you've mentioned, particularly The Butterfly Effect he was really good.

[Josh]

First off, this is an independent film with no relation to the biopic coming based on Isaacson's book. Second, definitely looks like him, and depending on who is writing the film, may be the perfect fit.

[SevenwithaT]

Originally Posted by prof. Farnsworth

1. Jobs doesn't need a movie.
2. Ashton kutcher = you can go **** yourself.
3. Casting "actors" based on looks and not talent, hollywood = you can go **** yourself.


And that is all, good night and good luck

agreed!

[dolphinc]

Don't worry, he will return as soon as Jabba is done with him.

[GORT]

Originally Posted by retablo

Well, we already have Wylie's interpretation of Jobs.. we really don't need another. If anyone wants that, they can just watch the previous films.



You mean for changing and saving the music industry, as well as computers and inventing the smartphones half the planet uses? Yeah let's hate him for being a visionary.

But let's make more needless Batman movies. Oh, and more Kill Bills, and any amount of other junk.

I do believe blackberry was the first smartphone on the market.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Josh

First off, this is an independent film with no relation to the biopic coming based on Isaacson's book. Second, definitely looks like him, and depending on who is writing the film, may be the perfect fit.

Third, PBS has already been airing the official authorized bio-documentary, "One Last Thing", all this week, and...it's pretty good.

[avecha]

Originally Posted by retablo

Well, we already have Wylie's interpretation of Jobs.. we really don't need another. If anyone wants that, they can just watch the previous films.



You mean for changing and saving the music industry, as well as computers and inventing the smartphones half the planet uses? Yeah let's hate him for being a visionary.

But let's make more needless Batman movies. Oh, and more Kill Bills, and any amount of other junk.

I had a friend once who practically lived in an Apple store. He had a perfectly good Iphone. Went to buy the new one, i said why? he said Because.

My sister in law loves Apple. I said why do you need an Iphone. She said because. I said You'll only need to buy a new one next year with some stupid upgrade. She didn't care.

Whatever happened to people buying stuff and being happy with it and not being forced to buy something new every year.
I had another discussion with someone about this and i used the word con-artist. They agreed with me.

And yes, i'd love another Kill Bill.

[Mr. Joshua]

Originally Posted by Walts Ghost

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So it's going to be a comedy? Cool!

[RiseDarthVader]

Originally Posted by avecha

My sister in law loves Apple. I said why do you need an Iphone. She said because. I said You'll only need to buy a new one next year with some stupid upgrade. She didn't care.
Whatever happened to people buying stuff and being happy with it and not being forced to buy something new every year.
I had another discussion with someone about this and i used the word con-artist. They agreed with me.

Complaining that Apple will release a new upgraded product annually is pointless. Nearly all manufacturers have annual upgrades to their product lines and release them in schedules that end up having new products targeting different demographics from a particular brand that's closer to every 6 months. And you can thank Apple's brilliant marketing and the fan base for creating launches of their new products such a big event. No one is being forced to buy any products every year I'm still with my iPhone 4 and only intend to upgrade my phone and tablet every 2 years when the big leaps in technology are made with transistor die shrinks.

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Originally Posted by RiseDarthVader

Bill Gates is a well known philanthropist and has signed The Giving Pledge so that really does more then make up for Microsoft's own dirty business practices.

Something not quite right about that statement (think it has something to do with the ends justify the means part)... But regardless, good to see Bill doing good things with his billions.

[Cinemach]

Originally Posted by Walts Ghost

It's not. And I have to say, in surprised by all the backlash. Kutcher has actually proven to be a very good dramatic actor in The Butterfly Effect and The Guardian. Given the right director and material, he can be a really great actor.

Originally Posted by Wally Q

Bad, bad call. Kutcher is all personality and little ability and four years of acting classes could save him.

I'm just gonna track down Pirates of Silicon Valley instead.

I don't understand why one would be surprised by the backlash. I even suspect the producers on this project should expect it, given that Kutcher is nothing near a dramatic actor and has based the vast, vast majority of his career on playing the same one-note dolt. See 2 & 1/2 Men, which is practically unwatchable now.

Discussion over whether he could bring the necessary dramatic weight to portray Jobs - one of the great visionaries of this time - onscreen is warranted. I will admit that Kutcher does bear a striking facial resemblance to Jobs, though he's much taller.

[dyne]

Would it be too much to ask for them to include his association with Pixar in the film? I, for one, would enjoy that probably the most.

[Blufury]

When I first heard this I laughed. But seeing those comparison shots makes me feel he is the right choice for a young Steve.

[chad_1138]

Anybody ever see the TNT movie Pirates of Silicon Valley?

Starred Noah Wyle and Anthony Michael Hall as Jobs and Gates.

It was a pretty good flick.

[ZoetMB]

Originally Posted by avecha

I had a friend once who practically lived in an Apple store. He had a perfectly good Iphone. Went to buy the new one, i said why? he said Because.

My sister in law loves Apple. I said why do you need an Iphone. She said because. I said You'll only need to buy a new one next year with some stupid upgrade. She didn't care.

Whatever happened to people buying stuff and being happy with it and not being forced to buy something new every year.
I had another discussion with someone about this and i used the word con-artist. They agreed with me.

And yes, i'd love another Kill Bill.

I buy Apple products precisely because you don't have to upgrade every year. I kept my Mac Tower for around seven years and when I finally got rid of it, it was still working perfectly, it just wasn't powerful enough to edit video or very large Photoshop files efficiently. My current Mac laptop is three years old and is as good as the day I bought it (actually better, because I just upgraded the hard drive to 750GB). And I'm still using an iPhone 3G, waiting for the iPhone 5 to be released. I've never been able to get a PC laptop to last more than two years at places where I've worked. All kinds of companies release new models every year, such as car companies, some of whom have already "released" their 2013 models. Now that's a con. That doesn't mean they expect everyone to upgrade. It's not Apple who is perpetuating the con, it's idiots who feel that they have to have the latest thing. No one is forcing anybody to buy anything. It's no worse than people on here who double and triple dip when stuff is re-released.

[OrlandoEastwood]

Here's a movie I am not watching. Anything with Kutcher, STAY AWAY!!!