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    Monsters, Aliens Destroy Connecticut, Thousands of Sweaters Lost

    Real C.I.A. Sex Scandals Not As Fun as Julia Roberts/Clive Owen Vehicles

    From the Director of 'Michael Clayton': Clive, Julia, and Her Thong
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    Image of AspasiaReptile AspasiaReptile
    03/30/09

    In reply to Monsters, Aliens Destroy Connecticut, Thousands of Sweaters Lost
    Duplicity? I'll tell you what went wrong. I hate Julia Roberts. I LOVE Clive Owen and I LOVE thrillers. But because of Julia "the mouth" Roberts, I won't go. And with any other actress, I would have already attended.

    America does not like Julia Roberts as much as the press thinks we do.
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    03/30/09

    @AspasiaReptile: I went to this movie and I enjoyed it, dammit! Helps that Roberts doesn't play a particularly likeable character, that's largely left to lovely Clive.


    The opening credit sequence really set the tone for the whole film, too. And the soundtrack was good... Seriously, go see it, it's thinky and convoluted and I liked it. Slightly Thomas Crown Affair-ish.

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    Image of JudgeFudge JudgeFudge
    03/30/09

    In reply to Monsters, Aliens Destroy Connecticut, Thousands of Sweaters Lost
    I find it interesting that this morning everyone (except gawker) is reporting that Monsters V.S. Aliens is a box office smash!!!!! But just a few weeks ago Watchmen grossed 3 million dollars less in its first weekend and everyone was painting it as a moderate flop.
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    Image of Gena Radcliffe Gena Radcliffe
    03/30/09

    @JudgeFudge: Because nobody was rooting for Monsters vs. Aliens to fail. Note the "How embarrassing for Watchmen to get beaten by a kids movie!" jab, when I don't think anyone was expecting it to hold onto the "biggest opening weekend of the year" title for very long.


    That being said, Monsters vs. Aliens was actually pretty cute.

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    03/30/09

    @Gena Radcliffe: I think Watchmen also cost a whole lot more to make.
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    Image of JudgeFudge JudgeFudge
    03/30/09

    @oboesqueaks: I haven't seen any figures, but my guess is that Monsters was close to $150, which was Watchmne's budget. All those CG animated family tent-pole seem to be budgeted around that these days....
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    Image of TimGunn TimGunn
    03/30/09

    In reply to Monsters, Aliens Destroy Connecticut, Thousands of Sweaters Lost
    I thought the problem about Duplicity was the marketing. It was confusing and didn't tell you anything about what the movie was about. I mean, are they supposed to be spies? Do they work for the CIA? Are they rivals or partners? Is there romantic tension? And it's helpful to know that they wear big sunglasses, but why do they wear big sunglasses?
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    Image of Calraigh Calraigh
    03/30/09

    @TimGunn: Also the fact that it is shit.
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    Image of hortense hortense
    03/30/09

    In reply to Monsters, Aliens Destroy Connecticut, Thousands of Sweaters Lost
    I am only down with the Pals n' Gals adaptation if there is an interruption by an incredibly annoying Lil' Jinx segment every 20-25 minutes. That Lil' Jinx! She's incorrigible!
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    Image of Richard Lawson Richard Lawson
    03/30/09

    @hortense: Remember That Wilkins Boy? That one was hilarious. His name was Bingo.
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    Image of Richard Lawson Richard Lawson
    03/30/09

    @hortense: Here it is.
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    Image of hortense hortense
    03/30/09

    @Richard: Sadly, it's only a matter of time before Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale get cast as Betty and Veronica.
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    Image of Richard Lawson Richard Lawson
    03/30/09

    @hortense: Wouldn't a gay version of Betty & Veronica with Lucas Grabeel and Mark Indelicato be sort of fantastic?
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    Image of hortense hortense
    03/30/09

    @Richard: Oh, if only. I'm surprised nobody has done anything decent with those comics, one way or another. There's a lot of potential for hilarity ensuing. And burger joint sponsorships!
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    Image of Macloserboy Macloserboy
    03/30/09

    @hortense: Are you too young to remember the live action TV versions of them in the 80's? Yes, they added a heaping dose of sex and it just seemed wrong.
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    Image of Cam/ron Cam/ron
    03/30/09

    @Macloserboy: I was going to say that. Didn't Veronica wear lingerie to seduce Archie into marrying him? Damn, I miss the Reagan years.
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    Image of GuyBitchy GuyBitchy
    03/20/09

    In reply to Real C.I.A. Sex Scandals Not As Fun as Julia Roberts/Clive Owen Vehicles
    Well, look... once you get away with blowing a president's brains out in public--and see that basically no one in mainstream politics or media will ever call you out on it (helpfully, you keep a lot of your own people working in mainstream politics and media, by the way), then why not just fucking do whatever the fuck you want, always?


    You're not only high above the law and the constitution, you're high above history. Fuck it.


    Grab the oil in Iraq while you're at it...

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    Image of DavidWatts DavidWatts
    03/20/09

    @GuyBitchy: Dr. Ron Paul, thanks so much for joining us!
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    Image of Mo MoDo Mo MoDo
    03/20/09

    In reply to Real C.I.A. Sex Scandals Not As Fun as Julia Roberts/Clive Owen Vehicles
    Who knew that the James Bond movies were underselling the sex and debauchery of the spy business?
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    Image of Sproing Sproing
    03/20/09

    @Mo MoDo: At core, per Ian Fleming, Bond is pretty much a sexual brute himself.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    03/20/09

    In reply to Real C.I.A. Sex Scandals Not As Fun as Julia Roberts/Clive Owen Vehicles
    I was employed by our government overseas for a short period of time and met quite a few CIA guys, active and "retired." Bad suits and dead eyes. Add a bit of cheap local liquor and it is about as far from a le Carre novel as you can get.
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    03/20/09

    @BookishLookish: That's just what they want you to think.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    03/20/09

    @i'm a bottle: Do you know how to say "Jungle reveals truth" in Quechua? If not, you are out of this conversation, hon.
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    Image of Sproing Sproing
    03/20/09

    @BookishLookish: You're right, does sound more Graham Greene than le Carre. Although Smiley's people were often beaten souls too.
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    03/20/09

    @BookishLookish: I presume you kept finding bits of microfilm in your bras for years afterward.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    03/20/09

    @skahammer: Their microfilm nor micro anything got anywhere near my undergarments, thank you.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    03/20/09

    @BookishLookish:


    Drunken desk jockies were trying to bed Bookish?

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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    03/21/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: No, I figured Bookish was probably pulling a reverse double-cross (with backflip!) and spying on them. For, you know, the greater good and everything.


    She denies it, of course...but I think we can all interpret that denial for ourselves.

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    Image of ADismalScience ADismalScience
    03/20/09

    In reply to Real C.I.A. Sex Scandals Not As Fun as Julia Roberts/Clive Owen Vehicles
    You need to uncomplicate the scandal. Do CIA operatives, by any chance, receive bonuses for rape or corruption?
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    Image of blix blix
    03/20/09

    @ADismalScience: They do it pro boner.
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    Image of saythatscool saythatscool
    03/20/09

    In reply to Real C.I.A. Sex Scandals Not As Fun as Julia Roberts/Clive Owen Vehicles
    But what's Warren's bowling average Pareene? And is it good enough to beat that retarded kid who wants an Obama bowl-off? (Warren would undoubtedly rape the lil scamp after the game. But who am I to judge?)
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    03/20/09

    In reply to Real C.I.A. Sex Scandals Not As Fun as Julia Roberts/Clive Owen Vehicles
    CIA makes a helluva KGB, doesn't it?


    Is our resident homeless guy going to be doing a story on the 3 journos that were detained by North Korea after too much filming on the border with China?

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    Image of Sproing Sproing
    03/20/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Now if only the FBI would catch up on the becoming-the-NKVD front.
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