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TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
11/30/09

In reply to Glimpses Of Rodriguez's Predator Planet
At least that interview confirmed it's going to be R-rated, no toning it down to grab the PG-13 crowds, which is a good sign.
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gods-n-clods
11/30/09

In reply to Glimpses Of Rodriguez's Predator Planet
Is it "yolked-out" or "yoked out"? Because one implies eating raw eggs in your shake for protein, and the other implies you haul around an ox-yoke on your neck. Odd thought.
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twophrasebark
11/30/09

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"So we decided early on to go in a very different direction as far as the casting process..."

Sounds very smart to me. Curious as to how it turns out...
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Asbestos_Underwear
11/30/09

In reply to Glimpses Of Rodriguez's Predator Planet
Even Arnold had to outsmart the Predator, so my money would not be on the muscle crowd to begin with.

All Brody needs is a less fashion oriented haircut and a less dozy-dopey look in his eyes and he is ready for outer space.
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
11/30/09

In reply to Glimpses Of Rodriguez's Predator Planet
" if you look at the guys in Iraq and Afghanistan today, they're not 'yolked-out' Schwarzenegger-looking guys. They're all very wiry and thin guys, and I think it's going to play well."

Maybe so, but if you look at most street whores they don't' look like Rebecca De Mornay but that doesn't mean I want an update of Risky Business starring a trashed out overweight meth-head.
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Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
11/30/09

In reply to Glimpses Of Rodriguez's Predator Planet
I wonder if the stars of this version will have the same political future of the stars in the first movie...
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Jessy Jacobs
11/30/09

@#c17181796: oh God, I can only hope...Danny Trejo for president!
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GreyHammer
11/30/09

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i honestly pictured preds as more of a jungle hunter type than a desert type.
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MonkeyT
11/30/09

@GreyHammer: I dunno. I could picture them sprawled out on the rocks, taking in some sun. I wouldn't exactly enjoy picturing it, but I could.
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ManchuCandidate
11/30/09

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For once, I'd like to see an alien landscape that wasn't an extreme environment.

Are humans the only ones that prefer grasslands or temperate coastal regions?
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Dr Emilio Lizardo
11/30/09

@ManchuCandidate: While I agree in principal, doesn't it make sense that an extreme race comes from an extreme environment? Like Fremen from Arrakis? The only exception that comes to mind are Kzin and they were sort of granted intelligence rather than evolving it.
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SkaHimself
11/30/09

@ManchuCandidate:

Are you familiar with the Predator?

They don't exactly live in Coco Cabana.
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hamshank
11/30/09

@SkaHimself: actually, maybe they like to chill out somewhere nice? A little sun, sand and some cocktails?
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goldfarb
11/30/09

@ManchuCandidate: as much as it might detract from the 'wow' factor always present in alien world building...I too would like to see a more plausible take on the environments of alien species...
of course this isn't specified as the Predator home world so...
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Marasai
11/30/09

@Dr Emilio Lizardo: Humans are a pretty extreme race and out environment is quite nice.

The real reason is that the people who these films are aimed at, don't live near that kind of environment, so it looks alien to us.

I'm more pissed off about how every sci fi series always has each planet being only one kind of climate. Fire worlds and water worlds and a world of sinkholes and whatnot.
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TemporalSword
11/30/09

@ManchuCandidate: I like how entire planets are usually all one thing. Ex: Mustafar (lava planet) and Hoth (ice) in Star Wars. Planets, even "alien" ones, would have several different climate zones.
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tetracycloide
11/30/09

@ManchuCandidate: they're way too big to have evolved naturally in a desert environment eating only meat. although i guess it's possible the size came later, after they had access to additional food sources. not unlike humans in that respect. cultural evolution remains something of a mystery since we have no way of knowing if all predators are hunters like those in film or if that's just a club they have, like ducks unlimited only with human beings instead of ducks.
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FrankN.Stein
11/30/09

@Marasai: Earth enviroment is nice? Sahara? Antartica? New Jersey? One Alien Planet Landscape doesn't neccessarily represent a whole planet - climate zones, anyone?
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
11/30/09

@ManchuCandidate: This is only a small glimpse of the planet. Just wait until you see all the Predators driving though suburbs.
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Dr Emilio Lizardo
11/30/09

@Marasai: That's more of a Star Wars thing, but other universes are guilty of it as well. In Dune, most planets seemed to have more varied ecology than Arrakis.
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Mecharine
11/30/09

@hamshank: For all we know, the Predators we saw in the films were just slack-jawed hicks who like to hunt stuff.

The Officer Worker Predators are probably sitting at their desk calculating the cost of exterminating a fledgling civilization.
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lazyeight
11/30/09

@tetracycloide: Could've stripped their environment on the way up, neh? Or like Puppeteers, they could have farm worlds.Even worse than extreme landscapes would be the totally mundane (sorry for the terracentric term)...Predators bowling or mowing the lawn - though I think they would be aces at bobbing for apples.
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CParis
11/30/09

@FrankN.Stein:
Stop dissing New Jersey! We have lots of beautiful landscapes, plus IKEA!
And you can always head to the Pinelands and get lost in thousands of acres of forests and wildlife - looking for the New Jersey Devil.
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Dirk Anger
11/30/09

@TemporalSword: Darth Vader doesn't like it
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tetracycloide
11/30/09

@lazyeight: i never really bought the idea of a puppeteer. don't get me wrong, i enjoyed ringworld as a story, but i just don't see how a herbavoir would evolve for intelligence. when the only instincts needed to survive are fear, hunger, and lust where would this need for intelligence have come from? predators are smart, herbavoirs are pretty much universally dumb pack animals at best. elephants would be an exception but they have no natural predators so they fear very little, selection for thinking over fear in this case would make sense.
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Gann
11/30/09

@tetracycloide: African Greys are rather intelligent, and naturally herbivorous.
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hamshank
11/30/09

@Mecharine: indeed - and shaking their heads at their ruinous dentist bills and the endless darning costs of string mesh vests
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Srynerson
12/01/09

@Dirk Anger: The picture won't expand, so the text isn't legible. :-(
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Dirk Anger
12/01/09

@Srynerson: just use the "view image" thingy
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bonniegrrl
10/14/09

In reply to Meet The Half-Animal Mutant Baby Of Adrian Brody And Sarah Polley
As usual, Mighty Boosh did it first.
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MargaretMoony
10/14/09

In reply to Get Up Close And Personal With The Unholy Splice Baby
So where did the get the grant to do this?
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ParryLost
10/14/09

In reply to Get Up Close And Personal With The Unholy Splice Baby
THEY AM PLAY GODS!
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Daumier
10/14/09

@ParryLost: THEY GRASP EXCEED GRASP!
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Franknbeans
10/14/09

@ParryLost: I love that comment for two reasons: first it made me lol because of the awsome comic refrence, and second because this movie seems to be along the same lines, genetic engenerring is evil and will distroy the world, we should never try something new
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ParryLost
10/14/09

@Franknbeans: Thank you, those were my thoughts too. :D Though I'm hoping the gene-spliced baby will be a likeable character -- but still, the overall message will (I am guessing!) be in that "don't play god" vein. Also, it's a brand-new baby meme! It needs our love and support. :(
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Prolorn
10/15/09

@ParryLost: I just want a tale where the Luddites are just plain wrong.
Screw balanced storytelling; this science aficionado wants mental comfort ford.

On topic, I feel sad for Dren. She seems set up for a tragic fate. #splice
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leicester
10/14/09

In reply to Get Up Close And Personal With The Unholy Splice Baby
"Where is she off to with that cat?"...

ALF: [about cat] Last time I saw him he was high-tailing it out the window.
Willie: And why was that?
ALF: Cause I was chasing him with a fork.
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stereobot
10/14/09

In reply to Get Up Close And Personal With The Unholy Splice Baby
I guess Adrien Brody just should have thrown in the towel after winning the oscar in The Pianist. Can't get higher than that so instead he just goes much, much lower.
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AngryEddy
10/14/09

@stereobot: Cuba Gooding Jr. says hello.
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stereobot
10/15/09

@AngryEddy: ahhhh nice! #splice
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Lightice
10/14/09

In reply to Get Up Close And Personal With The Unholy Splice Baby
And so thousand geneticists cry, seeing their work misrepresented this ridiculously...
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goldfarb
10/14/09

@Lightice: has there ever been a film that represents genetics as it really is?
I can't think of a single one.
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thebrownshow
10/14/09

@Lightice: Maybe now they'll know how archeologists have felt ever since Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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AngryEddy
10/14/09

@Lightice: They'll get over it.
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psybab
10/14/09

@thebrownshow: or psychologists since...well...every movie ever.
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evildead1971
10/14/09

In reply to Get Up Close And Personal With The Unholy Splice Baby
once you go prehensile, nothing else will fill
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