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Image of PVIII PVIII 11/21/09

This is so just the The Last Samurai with robots.

John Logan, is that you? Reply
Edited by PVIII at 11/21/09 4:57 PM

Image of --Core-- --Core-- 11/21/09

@PVIII: The plot is kinda clich'e since you put it that way. Reply

Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye 11/21/09

@PVIII: And Last Samurai was just Dances With Wolves with Samurai... Reply
Edited by omgwtflolbbqbye at 11/21/09 6:16 PM

Image of PVIII PVIII 11/21/09

@omgwtflolbbqbye: we all know where this leads us. Dances with Smurfs. A.k.a. Avatar. Reply

Image of goldfarb goldfarb 11/21/09

@PVIII: it seems to me that a lot of people really liked Dances With Wolves...I sure did...
now I get Dances With Wolves in SPACE! Reply

Image of jorel845 jorel845 11/21/09

@PVIII: No I think this is FernGully all over again. Reply

Image of Rtrain Rtrain 11/22/09

@omgwtflolbbqbye: Last Samurai is just a horrible bastardization of Shogun. [en.wikipedia.org] Reply

Image of Rtrain Rtrain 11/22/09

@PVIII: I have asked this before, but what is wrong with rehashing old movie tropes but simply adding robots?
Robots are awesome, period. Reply
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Image of crystallic crystallic 11/22/09

@omgwtflolbbqbye: Don't forget Ferngully. That's the same idea as Avatar. Reply
Jassen approved this comment

Image of PVIII PVIII 11/22/09

@Rtrain: notice, I didn't add any negatives... Reply

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