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    Bai Ling's Best Role Yet: A Zombie Mermaid Who Lives In A Pool

    It's Like Blade Runner, By Way Of Uwe Boll

    Bai Ling Wrote Her Own Crank 2 Dialogue
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    Image of Golem100 Golem100
    09/18/09

    In reply to Bai Ling's Best Role Yet: A Zombie Mermaid Who Lives In A Pool
    Hey, this movie easily makes over the bar for me. Admittedly, however, I have the bar set pretty low.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/17/09

    In reply to Bai Ling's Best Role Yet: A Zombie Mermaid Who Lives In A Pool
    "Bai Ling is going to play a 1960's actress named Karen Slater?"

    Yeah, that's where my suspension of disbelief ended too. Astral zombies, I'll go with, but that backstory is a no-go.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Theomeny Theomeny
    09/17/09

    In reply to Bai Ling's Best Role Yet: A Zombie Mermaid Who Lives In A Pool
    You know this could very well, be her best roll ever.

    But seriously, I loved her in Dumplings. Her actual serious work is in China. It's just that simple.
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    crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division promoted this comment Theomeny was starred Theomeny was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    09/17/09

    @Theomeny: Sorry, I saw "roll" and "dumplings" and I got hungry.
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    Image of it must be bunnies it must be bunnies
    09/17/09

    @Theomeny: I liked her in Dim Sum Funeral.

    There is a theme here...I'm hungry too crashedpc!

    Edit...OK now that I know the story of Dumplings - not so hungry now.
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    Edited by it must be bunnies at 09/17/09 1:25 PM it must be bunnies was starred it must be bunnies was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    09/17/09

    @it must be bunnies: Yeah... that one is fairly notorious for its content.
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    09/17/09

    In reply to Bai Ling's Best Role Yet: A Zombie Mermaid Who Lives In A Pool
    Darn those pranksters! Always out throwing random people into water and getting laid!

    Sounds like Splash PunkinHead with a Carrie Grudge.
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    Image of SuperTuna SuperTuna
    09/17/09

    In reply to Bai Ling's Best Role Yet: A Zombie Mermaid Who Lives In A Pool
    "...morphs into an Alien-like creature with razor-sharp piranha teeth..."

    So no make-up was used for Bai Ling's role? :D

    She doesn't look as bad/crazy on the shot you have up here, but the thing is, she's got 1 1/2 hours to change that.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment SuperTuna was starred SuperTuna was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/17/09

    In reply to Bai Ling's Best Role Yet: A Zombie Mermaid Who Lives In A Pool
    Sadly the only time I'll probably watch this will be on Siffie which means the only bits worth watching will be blurred or cut out.

    Which brings me to something I've been wanting to discuss. SyFy... we all know you'll show two hours of people getting their heads graphically removed from their body and the ensuing blood spurts but you won't show a nipple. That is why I suggest you do SyFy Unleashed (or something suitably stupid) where you show all your B-Movies with all the fun bits intact late at night on the weekends. Just throwin that out there.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    09/17/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Isn't that Cinemax After Dark?
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/17/09

    @Plague: yes but I don't have Cinemax, I do have syfy
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    09/17/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: You don't need to see norks! Imagine Greater!
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    09/17/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division:
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    09/17/09

    @Smeagol92055: Ahh! Smeagol return!
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/17/09

    @Smeagol92055: Smeagol return with one of our favorite GIF's! (and a new avatar).

    Hi dude!
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of AveryLawlipap AveryLawlipap
    09/17/09

    In reply to Bai Ling's Best Role Yet: A Zombie Mermaid Who Lives In A Pool
    Yeah, you're right. The fear of water gets its name from the Latin rather than the Greek--Aquaphobia. Late stage rabies has symptoms including the inability to quench thirst and a debilitating fear of liquids, which is where it gets the name.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division approved this comment AveryLawlipap was starred AveryLawlipap was unstarred
    Image of kingmanic kingmanic
    09/17/09

    In reply to Bai Ling's Best Role Yet: A Zombie Mermaid Who Lives In A Pool
    By Chinese standards Bai Ling is a pretty ugly woman. I always find it odd that so many white guys fall all over themselves for even the fugliest Asian girls. I guess exoticness overcomes buck teeth, oddly proportioned faces, saggy boobs and meth addict skin.

    Also, as an ugly person myself, I am good at recognizing them.
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    crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division promoted this comment Edited by Annalee Newitz at 09/17/09 11:54 AM kingmanic was starred kingmanic was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    09/17/09

    @kingmanic: Self-hating Chinese person? Blithely ignorant white person? Let's guess!

    Disclosure: I am Chinese American and I know where you live.
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    Image of kingmanic kingmanic
    09/17/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division:
    Self hating? I'm Chinese Canadian. Do you contend she's attractive? with her buck teeth, oddly proportioned faces, saggy boobs and meth addict skin. Or did you misread my comment as applying to all Chinese girls rather than just Bai Ling?
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    Edited by kingmanic at 09/17/09 8:57 AM kingmanic was starred kingmanic was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    09/17/09

    @kingmanic: I don't think she's ugly. She doesn't appeal to me because she's batshit insane.

    I think the sequencing of your sentences was a little obtuse, but I get it now. I haven't seen her sit still long enough for me to even check out her skin.
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    Edited by crashedpc - Haifisch at 09/17/09 9:03 AM crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    09/17/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: Funny, as a white guy, I find her level of crazy oddly appealing. I also think that if she wasn't batshit insane, she would probably get better roles. She's not a bad actress.

    And don't kid yourself King, Bai Ling is considered attractive because she is, or has been. She goes through stages.

    If you don't find her attractive, that is your concern. Don't lump us white guys in one box, thank you.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment NerD: Blattella was starred NerD: Blattella was unstarred
    Image of Miksho Miksho
    09/18/09

    @NerD: R.O.A.C.H.: Hell, I'm a mixed race Black-Indian-Canadian guy, and I find Bai Ling attractive.

    I think we're onto something here. Her craziness breaks down borders and destroys prejudice. A new world order, run by Bai Ling? It's crazy enough to work.
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    Edited by Miksho at 09/18/09 1:19 PM Miksho was starred Miksho was unstarred
    Image of Blue_Thark Blue_Thark
    09/17/09

    In reply to Bai Ling's Best Role Yet: A Zombie Mermaid Who Lives In A Pool
    Sounds like what she did to our beloved Jack on that one episode of Lost. I'm pretty sure his soul (or the show's) has never been the same since.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Edited by Blue_Thark at 09/17/09 8:29 AM Blue_Thark was starred Blue_Thark was unstarred
    Image of Mr.Anansi Mr.Anansi
    09/17/09

    In reply to Bai Ling's Best Role Yet: A Zombie Mermaid Who Lives In A Pool
    So she's a ghost-zombie-mermaid-monster? It's like they are just daring MST3k to come back. So what I guess I'm saying is, I hope this movie gets made.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Meredith Woerner approved this comment Mr.Anansi was starred Mr.Anansi was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    09/17/09

    In reply to Bai Ling's Best Role Yet: A Zombie Mermaid Who Lives In A Pool
    Well, if she's as ridiculous of a chariacture as she was in Crank 2, I'll... uh... hrm. I'll prolly skip it.
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    Image of Charax Charax
    09/17/09

    In reply to Bai Ling's Best Role Yet: A Zombie Mermaid Who Lives In A Pool
    isn't Zombie Mermaid already a film?

    Ah, here it is. "Oh, my Zombie Mermaid", Japanese film from 2004
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    Image of Charax Charax
    09/17/09

    @Charax:
    Also, isn't Hydrophobia Rabies? Man, this film would be much cooler if the protagonist had rabies. Zombie Mermaid Vs Madman
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Charax was starred Charax was unstarred
    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    09/17/09

    In reply to Bai Ling's Best Role Yet: A Zombie Mermaid Who Lives In A Pool
    I saw her in Wild Wild West with The Fresh Prince last night. Is that the last thing she was in?
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    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    09/17/09

    @reddingofish: She was in Crank 2.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/17/09

    @reddingofish: Sadly, or gladly, depending on your view, she "acts" quite a bit. She's got like 20+ credits on imdb for the past 3 years alone.
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of extracrispy extracrispy
    04/09/09

    In reply to It's Like Blade Runner, By Way Of Uwe Boll
    I've actually been waiting for this movie because the music was co-composed by VNV Nation.
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    Image of Necrosynth Necrosynth
    04/09/09

    @extracrispy: I think Combichrist is in the movie also.
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    Image of geekgrrl geekgrrl
    04/09/09

    @Necrosynth: why'd you have to go and tell me that?


    still, i'd rather see Repo! than this, i think. or shit, maybe a double header.

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    Image of PalinFreeborn PalinFreeborn
    04/08/09

    In reply to It's Like Blade Runner, By Way Of Uwe Boll
    What's funny about this article is that, in the next few months, Blade Runner is being re-released as "Blade Runner: Unrated Extended Special Director's Edition Final Cut Part Deux."


    In this new final cut of the beloved sci-fi cult classic, Deckard finds out he's not only a replicant... but actually a replicant of a replicant, which actually makes him human. Scenes from The Gene Generation have actually been spliced in to bridge the story gaps, making this article wholly appropriate.


    ~Palin

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    Image of Alvy Singer Alvy Singer
    04/08/09

    @PalinFreeborn:


    But before it will Blade Runner: the unrated Laser Disc director's recut of the 1992 vhs director's uncut".


    In that versiones, Deckard saw two unicorns. You know what it means. TWO!!!! It has probably two personalities, but do dream androids with schyzophrenia?

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    Image of TrueCrime TrueCrime
    04/09/09

    @Alvy Singer: Two unicorns? Bang-a-dang dang!
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