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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    07/26/09

    In reply to This Just In: Hollywood Still Out of New Ideas
    This is a waste of time. I need to watch a live-action Lupin III yesterday.
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    Image of skt.smth skt.smth
    07/26/09

    In reply to This Just In: Hollywood Still Out of New Ideas
    There is no chance this will be as good as the anime, but it could still be highly entertaining.

    I'm still not sure how they're going to do those crazy hallucination scenes, though. Obviously with some kind of CG, but most of what makes those great in the original is Otomo's art style.

    Wait, they probably won't even include the hallucination scenes.

    And the audience won't get what's going on at all.

    Fuck it, this is going to suck.
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    07/26/09

    In reply to This Just In: Hollywood Still Out of New Ideas
    Akira is the granddaddy of all anime in the same way that Star Wars is the granddaddy of all science fiction.
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    Image of skt.smth skt.smth
    07/26/09

    @badasscat: Wait, anime didn't start in 1988?
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    Image of Jim Topoleski Jim Topoleski
    07/25/09

    In reply to This Just In: Hollywood Still Out of New Ideas
    wait didnt they shitcan it once already?
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    Image of Dickdogfood Dickdogfood
    07/25/09

    In reply to This Just In: Hollywood Still Out of New Ideas
    This is going to involve destroying New York twice over, isn't it?
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    07/26/09

    @Dickdogfood: See, if we could somehow connect this with Cloverfield it might just work.
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    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    07/25/09

    In reply to This Just In: Hollywood Still Out of New Ideas
    This will be horrible, undoubtedly.
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    Image of switchblade saints switchblade saints
    07/25/09

    In reply to This Just In: Hollywood Still Out of New Ideas
    please cast keanu Reeves.

    /sarcasm
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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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    Image of limber limber
    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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    Image of oboesqueaks oboesqueaks
    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 Maulleigh Maulleigh
    03/16/09

    In reply to Watchmen Shellacked on Second Weekend
    I saw the movie this weekend and loved it. Yes, I read the book years ago but found it entirely too dense at the end when Dr. Manhattan and the chick were blah blah blah blah on Mars.


    I think I'll have to read it again.


    Why did it come out in March? I thought it would be more of a summer movie.

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    Image of blix blix
    03/16/09

    In reply to Alien Witches Team Up With Giant Squid to Further Devour Watchmen Audience
    Leno's writing staff will just print this out and leave early.
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    Image of Richard Lawson Richard Lawson
    03/16/09

    @blix: Ouch.
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    Image of blix blix
    03/16/09

    @Richard: I meant it as a compliment. 7 of the 18% left with children is way better than most of his material.
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    Image of Richard Lawson Richard Lawson
    03/16/09

    @blix: Ah, OK. Knee jerk Leno = Bad Association reaction.
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    Image of BlinkyMcChuck BlinkyMcChuck
    03/16/09

    In reply to Watchmen Shellacked on Second Weekend
    I can't believe they didn't learn instead that taking a legendary brand title, evacuating it of meaning and changing the ending would in turn alienate the fans. I mean, didn't they learn this with LeGuin's Earthsea TV show?
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    Image of Cicada Cicada
    03/16/09

    @Koreanish: Oof! I had almost forgotten about the Earthsea travesty. Not only did they screw with the plot, but they decided that all of the non-white characters should be white. WTF?
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    Image of BlinkyMcChuck BlinkyMcChuck
    03/16/09

    In reply to Watchmen Shellacked on Second Weekend
    Dang!
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