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    Image of econdave econdave
    12/04/09

    In reply to Bow Before the Comcast-NBC Universal Megalith
    I can get my local Comcast sports channel, and Comcast-owned Versus, on my Verizon system.
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    Image of skt.smth skt.smth
    12/04/09

    In reply to Bow Before the Comcast-NBC Universal Megalith
    Why would Comcast pull NBC content from DirecTV? They would have to believe that pulling the content would initiate a massive consumer withdrawal from satellite TV, otherwise it would just be a lost revenue stream.
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    Image of Wendy_Kroy Wendy_Kroy
    12/01/09

    In reply to Comcast, NBC Will Combine to Form Unstoppable Voltron of Entertainment
    It'll be interesting to see how this plays out in the net-neutrality debate, what with Comcast now in a position to bottleneck its competitors' online content...
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    Image of Swifter Swifter
    12/01/09

    In reply to Comcast, NBC Will Combine to Form Unstoppable Voltron of Entertainment
    I predict the sale of NBC to Comcast will be stopped by Federal regulators.
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    Image of BowlingForDollars BowlingForDollars
    12/01/09

    In reply to Comcast, NBC Will Combine to Form Unstoppable Voltron of Entertainment
    Cockcast is going to really suck.
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    Image of registered registered
    12/01/09

    In reply to Comcast, NBC Will Combine to Form Unstoppable Voltron of Entertainment
    Wait. What about Jack and Liz L in 30 Rock until 2012?
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    Image of Poop Cooper Poop Cooper
    12/01/09

    In reply to Comcast, NBC Will Combine to Form Unstoppable Voltron of Entertainment
    This article at THR says Baldwin isn't planning on retiring until 2012. Clearly, this is what the Mayans were counting down to.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    12/01/09

    @Poop Cooper: Yeah, I also remember reading yesterday that it was 2012. Please confirm/fix, as this is of incredible life-or-death importance.
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    Image of jwick25 jwick25
    11/27/09

    In reply to Is The Lovely Bones a Masterpiece or Kinda Lame?
    I read the book a few years back and was fairly disappointed. I felt that it could have been something much better. I was surprised after hearing such rave reviews.
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    Image of pooks pooks
    11/25/09

    In reply to Is The Lovely Bones a Masterpiece or Kinda Lame?
    The book sucked. I would expect nothing less from the movie.
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    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    11/25/09

    @pooks: I really detested the book as well. I expected MUCH more from a book receiving such accolades. I'd like to see a better execution of the premise by a writer who cares about her reader after chapter, say 5 or 6?
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    Image of Erda Erda
    11/26/09

    @pooks: What really ruined it for me were the incredibly one-dimensional characters, and the just general treacly nature. It's interesting that at the same time I was reading a YA novel called Elsewhere with a somewhat similar premise, and I found that to be much more sophisticated and moving than Lovely Bones.
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    Image of eatsshootsleaves eatsshootsleaves
    11/26/09

    @Erda: I read both of these two, and while I hated the pretentious and insulting Lovely Bones, Elsewhere was actually moving and imaginative.
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    Image of Erda Erda
    11/26/09

    @Morne: Agreed. I mean, a lot of high schools teach The Great Gatsby and 1984 and no one would ever say those are "YA books." A lot of adult novels can easily be read by high schoolers, especially advanced ones.

    @eatsshootsleaves: Yeah, it's amazing how imaginative and original some of the YA novels are, which is why as a college student I still occasionally read some of them. It just sucks that the ones that get the most popular - Twilight, for example - tend to be the worst, and I hope publishers don't take a cue from that drivel and stop publishing good YA novels.
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    11/25/09

    In reply to Is The Lovely Bones a Masterpiece or Kinda Lame?
    Well, I almost walked out on Heavenly Creatures, so if that's the best the critiques get, I'll pass.
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    Image of nicepony nicepony
    11/25/09

    In reply to Is The Lovely Bones a Masterpiece or Kinda Lame?
    I saw Lovely Bones . It's horrible. An afterschool special meets a Skittles commercial. The girl from Atonement is good. But Mark Wahlberg is awful....in a really bad wig. Susan Sarandon is there for some reason too.
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    Image of twoeightnine twoeightnine
    11/25/09

    In reply to Is The Lovely Bones a Masterpiece or Kinda Lame?

    I'm sorry but...
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    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    11/25/09

    In reply to Is The Lovely Bones a Masterpiece or Kinda Lame?
    I just had a thought--what if...no, life could not be this kind, but if there is a Santa Claus: I really, really, really want Kathryn Bigelow (the former Mrs. James Cameron) to be nominated for Best Director for The Hurt Locker while Avatar is simpering in its last days of theatrical release before being lost to DVD obscurity.

    I've been a good girl! I deserve this! Bigelow deserves it even more!
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    Image of oudemia oudemia
    11/25/09

    @PaisleyPajamas: The first former Mrs James Cameron. Or, wait, which one is she?
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    Image of oudemia oudemia
    11/25/09

    @PaisleyPajamas: Also, The Hurt Locker totally deserves it.
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    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    11/25/09

    @oudemia: Her IMDb bio says she was married to Cameron for a short time in the late 80s/early 90s. I really think she has him beat as a director comin' and a goin'.

    [www.imdb.com]
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    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    11/25/09

    @oudemia: "If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies. It's irrelevant who or what directed a movie, the important thing is that you either respond to it or you don't. There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible. It is." ~~Kathryn Bigelow
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    Image of oudemia oudemia
    11/25/09

    @PaisleyPajamas: Loove her. She is too cool to be anything but the first.
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    Image of TheSometimesWhy TheSometimesWhy
    11/25/09

    In reply to Is The Lovely Bones a Masterpiece or Kinda Lame?
    How long before there is a porn version of this movie? "The Lusty B--" No, I am not going there--it's the holidays and I have to learn to abstain in all forms...
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    Image of Friedhamster Friedhamster
    11/25/09

    @TheSometimesWhy: Your not supposed to abstain during the holdays, you're supposed get crazy.
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    Image of TheSometimesWhy TheSometimesWhy
    11/25/09

    @Friedhamster: Sorry, Fried--I am lysdexic, so I oftentimes invert things. Thanks for the feet-dow--, um, I mean the heads-up.

    #tips
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    Image of riotnrrd riotnrrd
    11/25/09

    @TheSometimesWhy: It could show in a double feature with "The Squirt Locker"
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    Image of twoeightnine twoeightnine
    11/25/09

    @TheSometimesWhy: I'm pretty sure The Long Bones has already been made.
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    Image of TheSometimesWhy TheSometimesWhy
    11/25/09

    @riotnrrd: If I had any idea what I would start....

    #tips
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    Image of TheSometimesWhy TheSometimesWhy
    11/25/09

    @twoeightnine: (see previous post, please)...I may have abstained from the entire thing. And just for the sake of curiosity, 289, are you telling me no one worked the word "Boner" into the title? Because if that's what you're saying it is malfeasance of a level that may well require a class-action lawsuit on behalf of people like me who thrive on bad porn titles derived from conventional cinema.
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    Image of Friedhamster Friedhamster
    11/25/09

    @TheSometimesWhy: Well played sir! I laughed.

    #tips
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    Image of vitajex vitajex
    11/25/09

    In reply to Is The Lovely Bones a Masterpiece or Kinda Lame?
    I'm still waiting for the sequel, 'The Opulent Offal'.
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    Image of OliversArmy OliversArmy
    11/26/09

    @vitajex: The final movie in the trilogy, "The Human Stock"
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