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    Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World

    Roland Emmerich On 2012 Sequel: It's Lost Meets District 9

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    Image of Coolmodo Coolmodo
    11/07/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World
    They were interviewing him on German TV last night, interestingly enough he never was a big fan of sci-fi and actually preferred to read literature from the 19th and 20th centuries, such as Dostoyevsky. #2012
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    11/07/09

    @Coolmodo: So when did his interests migrate to the Brothers Kaboomov? #2012
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World
    Meredith, when you were writing this, were you experiencing deja vu regarding your previously published Ronald Chevalier story? #2012
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/06/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World
    Do you suppose he's ever said, "Ich bin ein Desaster!"?
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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    11/06/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World
    Seriously Roland Emmerich is like, my Disaster Hero.

    I don't always want to see a thinker, a ponderer.

    Sometimes I want a reptile brain rollercoaster!

    When will we see the Emmerich/Bay crossover movie: The End - Everything Blows Up - EVERYTHING #2012
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    Image of EnochLight EnochLight
    11/06/09

    @RoboBagins: LOL - "Disaster Hero". +10. #2012
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    11/06/09

    @RoboBagins: And it would have to be a mash up cast with every actor that has been in their movies, and Will Smith would have to be the lead. #2012
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    Image of MacWarrior MacWarrior
    11/07/09

    @RoboBagins: I was sort of looking forward to Independence Bay until Roland announced he's directing :( #2012
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    Image of Dresan Dresan
    11/07/09

    @Makidian: Imagine! Will Smith and Shia LaBlaBla together at last!

    Oh wait... #2012
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    11/07/09

    @Dresan: They had I, Robot but Shia wasn't a huge star that was roundly hated by the internet at the time so they could lead together. For the record I think Shia is a decent actor, I hate his name but he is entertaining. #2012
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    Image of Dresan Dresan
    11/07/09

    @Makidian: Yup, agreed. Just don't mention him wanting to be in Y: The Last Man 'cause I'll flip out.
    :( #2012
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    11/06/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World
    I was reading through this and wondering "just how many of these applied to Godzilla?" Turns out, most of them. Good luck, Roland. #2012
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/06/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World
    Meredith... great questions, nice answers on his part (good to know he doesn't take this that seriously) but I am a little upset that you didn't ask him his position on Bongos. #2012
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    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    11/06/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: ditto... she has skillz... put i want his position on pancake and bacon strip #2012
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/06/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World
    Roland Ememrich's most important rules:

    You don't need a script, just more 'splosions
    Directors shouldn't need to direct people, just 'splosions.
    'Splosions! #2012
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/06/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World
    Maybe I'm alone in this, but the more gratuitously the heaps of bodies pile up in a movie, the less I actually care. It becomes akin to mowing over an anthill in your backyard. War of the Worlds had its fair share of problems, but when people got incinerated, it seemed to matter. #2012
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    Image of PendensProditor PendensProditor
    11/06/09

    @Kaiser-Machead:
    You're not alone. I watched that trailer where an entire city is falling down around the characters, and I felt absolutely nothing. The world is ending and I'm bored by it.

    Meanwhile when I watch Saving Private Ryan and one of the characters takes a single bullet, my stomach aches and churns with empathy.

    Until Hollywood figures out that it needs to deliver some genuine feeling again, it's going to be stuck making everything bigger and bigger and bigger just to keep people awake. #2012
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment PendensProditor was starred PendensProditor was unstarred
    Image of Cory Gross Cory Gross
    11/06/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Disaster porn is the ultimate excess of torture porn. The only enjoyment that can be derived from it is ignoring what it would be like to be a real human being caught in a real, horrifying circumstance like that.

    This is part of what makes Gojira so incredible and its sequels, honestly, only kinda' so-so. The tragic atmosphere of it, the dead bodies, the singing children, is so unnerving because it so powerfully recalls Hiroshima. It's also why, no offense to Ray Harryhausen, the atomic warnings of Beast from 20,000 Fathoms are so tepid and forgettable.

    Emmerich's "destruction of humanity as an aesthetic pleasure" (to paraphrase Walter Benjamin's essay on facism) is also tepid, for the same reasons. The whole friggin' planet blows up but nobody "real" dies. Or aliens blow up everybody and we're just supposed to cheer on the happy Americans who swept into the power gap *grumble* #2012
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/06/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World
    You forgot Godzilla. That was the biggest bomb of them all... #2012
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/06/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®:

    We shall never forget. #2012
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/06/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World
    So when the apocalypse does come, will we bitch it wasn't exciting enough? #2012
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    11/06/09

    @ManchuCandidate: Imagine how disappointed you're going to sound when you tell your great grandchildren how the city took forty years to completely flood; not at all like the CGI tsunami you saw in that movie way back when.

    Then your great grandchildren will ask you what a movie is.
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/05/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich On 2012 Sequel: It's Lost Meets District 9
    You know I really hope in that tidal wave scene there are gonna be sharks flying through the air chomping down on people. Though thats just me dreaming. #2013
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    Image of CParis CParis
    11/05/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: Only on Syfy. #2013
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/05/09

    @CParis: ahhh well I live in NZ, so, we don't have Syfy. My only hope is this movie. I have the same vain hope everytime a disaster movie (with tidal wave) is made. #2013
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    Image of CParis CParis
    11/06/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: Oh no! You have great healthcare, wonderful landscapes, women running the country, but no Saturday nights watching MegaSnakes or SuperSquids or man-eating lobsters?

    I think you should move! #2013
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/05/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich On 2012 Sequel: It's Lost Meets District 9
    Thats a surprisingly good idea.

    I always wondered why you don't see more of that. You always get movies based on TV series but never the other way around (maybe BSG but that was just a pilot that they put in theaters first). Seems like there are lots of movies with one off concepts that never get their full exploration. #2013
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    Image of Aidje Aidje
    11/05/09

    @tande04: Stargate (also a Roland Emmerich film) is an example of another film-turned-TV-show. Buffy could also be used as an example, but that was largely because the film failed to live up to the writer's idea. #2013
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/05/09

    @Aidje: Can't believe I forgot about both of those when they're two of my favorite shows.

    Just further illustrates that its a good idea that doesn't get used often enough. #2013
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    Image of Andy Neil Andy Neil
    11/06/09

    @tande04: There are LOTS of examples of TV show spin-offs from movies. The problem is, most are so ingrained that people don't remember they came from film...or else they sucked. M*A*S*H was a spin-off (didn't suck), there was Ewoks show (most definitely sucked), Alice was a spin-off, Alien Nation, Blue Thunder, Clueless, Ferris Bueller, Freddie's Nightmares, Friday Night Lights, Highlander, Odd Couple, Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles, Young Indy Jones Chronicles, Tremors.

    And that's not even counting the animated spin-offs of films. #2013
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/06/09

    @Andy Neil: Arg forgot about MASH too.

    The rest of those, well they're mostly forgettable. Maybe thats why they don't do this very often. #2013
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    Image of Andy Neil Andy Neil
    11/06/09

    @tande04: Actually, in the 70s-80s they did it a lot. In the 90s they started going the other way, making movies from TV shows. Who can forget, "The Mod Squad" with Claire Danes. And then there was Mission Impossible, Charlie's Angels, and Brady Bunch. All trying to cash in on the rose-colored memories of Baby Boomers. Now, thanks to flops like Bewitched and Land of the Lost (hmm, both Will Farrell films), Hollywood's "creative" pendulum is once again heading back to TV show from film spinoff. I for one can't wait for The English Patient on NBC's "Can't Miss Comedy" Thursdays, right after Parks and Recreation. #2013
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    11/05/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich On 2012 Sequel: It's Lost Meets District 9
    This would be great with the cast of Friends and/or Seinfeld. #2013
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    11/05/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich On 2012 Sequel: It's Lost Meets District 9
    Well, we're guaranteed a 3-year run at the most, aren't we? #2013
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    11/05/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich On 2012 Sequel: It's Lost Meets District 9
    This Is A Disaster !!!! #2013
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