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Starring:Tabbanella, Pursley, Harper
Studio: Mti Home Video
Product Type: DVD

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What a waste of technology!
THE PHONE MACHINE
Engaging sci-fi movie
Science Fiction without all the Crappy Effects
Not bad, complicated in places, but watchable!

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Starring: Tabbanella , Pursley , and Harper
Manufacturer: Mti Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B0000AB15M
Release Date: 2003-10-14

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What a waste of technology!.......2005-12-03

My fascinating with time travel plots led me to this movie. While it doesn't involve time travel per se, it does feature the ability to send messages back through time and thus alter the present. As other reviewers have mentioned, this is obviously a low-budget flick with pretty weak acting, but it's definitely an intriguing concept and I kept thinking throughout the movie how I might have used the technology had it been in my possession.....the possibilities are endless. The real downer was that the main characters were so low-brow they didn't take the time to carefully think through the consequences of their actions or bother exploring any possibilities other than making money. Eventually their own ineptitude led to their demise. At the end, I felt more annoyed than entertained.

THE PHONE MACHINE.......2005-05-10

FEEDBACK is a time travel movie, but not your typical physical time travel. Rather we have a phone in which you can dial up the past (or at least six hours of the past), and the tragic results it has in three peoples' lives. Joe Tabbanella, Melissa Pursley and Jesse Harper are the "stars"; their acting is credible, but whoever did their makeup should be shot. They always looked gray and their lipstick changed colors within the same shots? Anyway, while I commend the movie's originality, it's plot really is pretty incredulous and the ending is murky enough to be frustrating. Not horrible, but not good either.

Engaging sci-fi movie.......2005-03-01

I caught this late one night on Showtime and was really captivated. The plot line is very simple as are the sets, the characters, and the production of the movie itself. The actors are all no-names and some of the acting shows it. But overall the acting is transparent enough not to interfere with the characters themselves. The music is high-energy techno and all original it seems.

As the other reviewers said, the movie is about a phone that can dial up to 6 hours into the past (the past only) allowing the phone caller to change past, current, and future events. It does this because its creators discovered all time occurs at once, essentially now. Now is the present is the future is the past, etc., etc. All time is now. It's a great premise and allows the director much freedom.

Since there is no actual physical time travel, the movie avoids the usual pitfalls of films of this genre - transporting into time into a rock, let's say; transporting back or forward and meeting yourself; or what exactly would a time machine look like and how would you control it? The phone simply allows you to place a phone call to any time you desire within the previous 6 hours. The one thing you supposedly cannot do, we are warned, is call yourself. That would create a feedback loop (hence the name of the film) . With this description of the nature of time, the film presents a new, refreshing take on time travel.

The movie starts with one of the 3 main characters having discovered the phone. From there he and his friends try to profit from the phone by changing the past after they know the outcome. It's clever and the way the film develops from each of these attempts to alter the past is handled well.

The film is dark and fairly violent. The main characters have skeletons in the closet and unsavory people from their past, both of which come back to haunt them. Also, people literally kill to get this phone. The main characters all get killed at least once. To be fair, this phone gives the owner massive power, so perhaps the degree of violence in the director's vision is warranted. Most people probably won't find the violence offensive, but I think it is sufficiently apparent to point out.

My objections to the violence notwithstanding, the movie is clever enough that, in the end, perhaps the killing actually doesn't even occur! Say what? I mean, if they kill to get the phone back, then call back into time to prevent the person they killed from ever getting the phone in the first place, they would never have to kill the person since they would prevent the person from ever getting the phone. Right?!? Herein lies the beauty of this movie. It is very simple, very open-ended, and very believable. In fact, you'll probably need to watch it a few times to fully piece it together. Even after many viewings you still don't know what truly happens in the end.

I think a slightly less dark vision, while keeping the suspense, could have made the movie better. But I still highly recommend this film for its novel approach to an age-old idea and its refreshing, well-written script.

Science Fiction without all the Crappy Effects.......2003-10-16

Something of a guilty pleasure, but to me, this is what science fiction is all about: a real story, based on a "what-if" concept, effecting realistic characters in a tight drama. It's pretty well acted, but what I like is how the movie explores a smart idea without hitting all the same beats that bigger budget movies do. If I could call myself on a special phone six hours in the past, I'd recommend this movie to myself as well as everybody else.

Not bad, complicated in places, but watchable!.......2003-10-01

This movie is just one of those B-movie wonders that spring out by the dozen over the course of the year. They aren't made to really affect you in any way, but moreover are created to hopefully illuminate the careers of either some budding young actors, or rekindle those of some Hollywood has-beens! Well, 'Feedback' is the tale of how a trip back in time via a phone line can either save lives or change destiny's - for the better or for the worse! Sure, it's all been done before and sure the phone used is just silly, but the premise is interesting, the acting solid and the ending worthwhile!

Resolving Conflict Creatively: In the Multicultural Community

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Resolving Conflict Creatively: In the Multicultural Community

Manufacturer: TITLE HOUSE DISTRIBUTION
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Demonstrates ignorance of other cultures may result in conflict
Comes with manual and student handouts

ASIN: B000JLF6EU

Product Description

Participants from four countries, themselves experienced in conflict resolution, attend a workshop to upgrade their skills and knowledge of the mediation process. In the video, the participants stage a mock mediation and feedback session to make the point that ignorance of other people's culture (or cultural misunderstanding) can become the underlying cause of conflict. This mock mediation and feedback session is used to demonstrate techniques on how to address inter-cultural conflict.

Machine Intelligent Fixtureless Robotic Assembly & Joining Using Real-time Feedback Controlled Vision and Force Sensing Smart FANUC Robots

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Machine Intelligent Fixtureless Robotic Assembly & Joining Using Real-time Feedback Controlled Vision and Force Sensing Smart FANUC Robots
Starring: Paul G Ranky; PhD
Director: Paul G Ranky; PhD
Manufacturer: www.cimwareukandusa.com
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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This publication is a professional quality DVD video introducing and demonstrating various fixtureless, machine intelligent robotic assembly and joining solutions (also shown in slow motion video) using robot-integrated vision and force sensing. The in-depth technical interview and demonstrations also illustrate some robot control, cell networking and vision system programming related aspects of lean, flexible, and reconfigurable assembly cells using smart FANUC robots. Due to the many innovative and mind-triggering ideas shown and discussed, this DVD is also excellent for undergraduate / graduate education and research. (See more about these methods and technologies in Professor Ranky's Library.) Level: Assembly cell and system design engineers, product and process design engineers, lean / reconfigurable robotic cell design engineers, industrial engineers, system integrators and engineering managers, quality control engineers, manufacturing systems engineers, visual factory designers, sensor and vision system engineers, students & faculty, interested in fixtureless assembly and joining, welding and other lean sensory-feedback controlled robotic solutions, methods and technologies. Also excellent for undergraduate / graduate education and research.

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Starring: Jimi Hendrix
ProductGroup: DVD
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Transworld Skateboarding: Feedback/The Reason

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Transworld Skateboarding: Feedback/The Reason
Starring: Chad Muska
Manufacturer: Redline Ent
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Feedback - TransWorld Skateboarding is proud to present our eighth video, FEEDBACK. An In-Depth look at skateboarders, the streets, and the general public skateboarders are in contact with on a daily basis. We've taken the time to get opinions and perspectives expressed by those mentioned below to create a documentary-style film on the skateboarders and the streets they skate. So open your eyes and ears and let the Feedback seep in. The Reason - Skateboarding is undeniably affecting our society- from waxed-up ledges, scraped -up rails, and wheel-stained walls to talk shows, TV commercials, magazine features, movies, and lawsuits. Whether embraced or shunned, skateboarding has continued to shine. We've selected six professionals to find out the reason they skateboard, and we've interviewed a healthy cross-section of our culture to determine society's opinion of what we do, as well. So get ready for audio-visual overload from the skateboarders you respect and the society they skateboard through... Who knows, you might just discover your very own reason.

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