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    Image of lava lava
    11/20/09

    In reply to Apocalyptic Images We Should Have Seen in 2012
    yes, yes,.. this is a fertile land and we will thrive..
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    LittleDragon promoted this comment lava was starred lava was unstarred
    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    11/20/09

    @lava: We will rule over all this land and we will call it... This Land.
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    LittleDragon was starred LittleDragon was unstarred
    Image of Nasdaf Nasdaf
    11/20/09

    In reply to Apocalyptic Images We Should Have Seen in 2012
    This gallery was better than the movie
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    11/20/09

    In reply to Apocalyptic Images We Should Have Seen in 2012
    Where's the one with Sarah Palin taking the oath of office?
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/20/09

    In reply to Apocalyptic Images We Should Have Seen in 2012
    Passing a video camera in front of these paintings and then editing the resulting footage together with some loud Wagnerian music would be about 100 times more entertaining than anything Roland Emmerich has ever made.
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    Image of mattycakes mattycakes
    11/20/09

    In reply to Apocalyptic Images We Should Have Seen in 2012
    The pedestrians in #8 seem so unaware of their impending fiery, crushed death.

    But then again, aren't all NYC denizens pretty much like cockroaches? Or at least just able to shrug off anything that's not actively trying to steal their kidneys?

    Isn't "cockroach" a really funny word?
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    acrobatic rabbit promoted this comment mattycakes was starred mattycakes was unstarred
    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    11/20/09

    @mattycakes: indeed. i take it more like one of those split-second photos that shows a chaotic event *just* before human reflexes kick in.
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    Image of Logan5 Logan5
    11/20/09

    In reply to Apocalyptic Images We Should Have Seen in 2012
    I didn't see 2012 but I always thought one of the biggest missed opportunities in Independence Day had been to have distributions of the film customized for the regions they were being shown in.

    That is, if you live in NY, DC, and LA you would have seen the film as is.

    But if you happened to live in Boston or Chicago you would have seen clips substituted in depicting the destruction of the former Sears Tower or Prudential Center. Or if you were in San Fran or Seattle you might have witnessed the evaporation of the Golden Gate bridge or the Space Needle.

    Had this been the case I might have taken a plane down to Orlando for some gratification. I'm bitter like that.
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    omgwtflolbbqbye promoted this comment Logan5 was starred Logan5 was unstarred
    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/20/09

    In reply to Apocalyptic Images We Should Have Seen in 2012
    In the second image I seriously doubt that Bamboo Reef Sharks would be in such deep water. Furthermore, in the...

    Oh who am I kidding? These are stupid cool and probably more entertaining than sitting through that movie.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    11/20/09

    @Grey_Area: It looks like the water has just swept into the city, hence the trucks still floating around with their lights on. The poor sharks were probably swept in by the water. As soon as the water settles they will find a better place to live.
    These pictures are amazingly cool. They are my kind of end of civilization.
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    Image of neolex neolex
    11/16/09

    In reply to A Step-By-Step Guide to Making Your Own Disaster Movie
    Ahhh... See I pine for the true days of Disatser Flicks; Towering Inferno, Posiedon Adventure, Earthquake!

    Now that was some heart-wrenchingly long drawn out destruction! #culturepulp
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment neolex was starred neolex was unstarred
    Image of lava lava
    11/16/09

    In reply to A Step-By-Step Guide to Making Your Own Disaster Movie
    hmmmmm.

    Lava tornado?

    I'm IN! #culturepulp
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    Julius Seizure - Canuck promoted this comment lava was starred lava was unstarred
    Image of Julius Seizure - Canuck Julius Seizure - Canuck
    11/16/09

    @lava: I think we could get Celine Dion to sing the theme. Oh, heck, let's make it a musical!

    Although "Lava Tornado" sounds like an exotic dancer.
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    Edited by Julius Seizure - Canuck at 11/16/09 5:10 PM Julius Seizure - Canuck was starred Julius Seizure - Canuck was unstarred
    Image of jamesryan jamesryan
    11/16/09

    @Julius Seizure - Canuck: Hey, let's take further...

    Celine Dion is... LAVA TORNADO!

    This girl's HOT! Even if her life is a total disaster, destroying everything in its path in a whirl of heat, you can't stop watching her...

    Throw in a few bucks worth of CG destruction in between the set pieces, maybe make it look like a sexed-up HANCOCK set to music, and you could have something there... #culturepulp
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    Julius Seizure - Canuck promoted this comment jamesryan was starred jamesryan was unstarred
    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    11/16/09

    @Julius Seizure - Canuck: Or something off a Taco Bell menu. #culturepulp
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    Image of Foggynotion Foggynotion
    11/16/09

    @lava: Actually there was a syfy channel movie recently called "Ice Twisters" about tornadoes made of ice, of course.

    Soooo, I think it's in the realm of possibilities that Lava Tornado could actually be produced. #culturepulp
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    Image of EugeniaBSG EugeniaBSG
    11/17/09

    @Foggynotion: There are such things as ice tsunamis. As Dave Barry says: "I am not making this up". In Alaska they're referred to as "ivus".

    Anyway, I'm all for Lava Tornado 2: Lava Tsunami. #culturepulp
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    Dirk Anger promoted this comment EugeniaBSG was starred EugeniaBSG was unstarred
    Image of Julius Seizure - Canuck Julius Seizure - Canuck
    11/17/09

    @jamesryan: I am ... weeping openly. I'll need a moment. #culturepulp
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    11/16/09

    In reply to Everyone Wants To See The End Of The World
    do we really need more proof that people go see dumb ass movies constantly? and therefore we get dumb ass movies constantly. #2012
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    Image of Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm
    11/16/09

    In reply to Everyone Wants To See The End Of The World
    Not a lot of competition in the theaters right now. Just sayin. #2012
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    omgwtflolbbqbye promoted this comment Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm was starred Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm was unstarred
    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/16/09

    In reply to Everyone Wants To See The End Of The World
    On The Awl, Mary Choi posted a hilarious and very positive review about 2012 that leads me to want to see it (no matter how craptastic):

    [www.theawl.com] #2012
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    11/16/09

    In reply to Everyone Wants To See The End Of The World
    I'm not sure if this or Transformers 2 was a better movie. It was that bad. #2012
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    11/16/09

    In reply to Everyone Wants To See The End Of The World
    Lots of stupid movies make a lot of money. People are dumb; it's not really surprising.
    -Kle. #2012
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    Klebert L. Hall was starred Klebert L. Hall was unstarred
    Image of mopo mopo
    11/16/09

    @Klebert L. Hall: I have not seen the movie, so I have no idea if it is good or not, but to say people are dumb is well dumb. Okay, so not everyone likes the same movies you do, but being a highbrow elitist makes you a better person, really?
    Plus, why sign your name? We can all see who wrote it... #2012
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    Klebert L. Hall promoted this comment mopo was starred mopo was unstarred
    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    11/17/09

    @mopo:
    Nah, I'm dumb too - just dumb in different ways from the people who like this movie.

    I sign my name, because that's the way I was taught to end a text communication. I'm old enought to have been taught proper form for letters, where your name also appears at the top and at the bottom.
    -Kle. #2012
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    Image of AngriestGeek AngriestGeek
    11/16/09

    In reply to Everyone Wants To See The End Of The World
    I wish I could say this was completely awful, but it wasn't. It was the dumb fun that both GI Joe and Transformers 2 failed to be. #2012
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