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    The Insane Work Behind Crafting Coraline's Smile, Plus DVD Details

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    Image of Mister_Bump Mister_Bump
    07/13/09

    In reply to The Insane Work Behind Crafting Coraline's Smile, Plus DVD Details




    So, wait? Does the US release not contain the 3-D version of the film?
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    Image of Mister_Bump Mister_Bump
    07/13/09

    In reply to The Insane Work Behind Crafting Coraline's Smile, Plus DVD Details
    The really depressing thing? I still haven't seen this yet. I will own the BluRay BEFORE it comes out at the cinema here in New Zealand (August). What were they thinking? =/
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    Image of Shewski Shewski
    07/10/09

    In reply to How Will BluRay Add To Your Hogwarts Curriculum?
    Answer: It won't?

    Seriously didn't this use to be the realm of collectors editions' DVDs? More extras, blah.
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    07/10/09

    @Shewski: It is evidence that they really don't know what to do with all of that space on a blue ray. DVDs already have this kind of stuff on them.
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    Image of Charax Charax
    07/10/09

    In reply to How Will BluRay Add To Your Hogwarts Curriculum?
    Surely with all that extra space on the BRD they could edit the two movies together into a seamless whole? That'd be way cooler.

    As with most film series, I'm got buying the DVDs/BRDs until the whole series is done, so I don't end up going "Aww, they brought out an extra-deluxe ultimate special edition director's cut boxed set..."
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    Image of NotArthurPDragon NotArthurPDragon
    06/29/09

    In reply to Zack Snyder Walks You Through Each Insane Watchmen Detail
    And he shows you how he got it all wrong from the moment he began planning it. There's no point in showing the demise of The Comedian in such detail. Alan Moore knew that and Dave Gibbons knew that. Zack Synder doesn't know that because he knows so little about actual storytelling. He doesn't understand it doesn't serve the story in any way to show it in this detail. All it did was tack on more running time.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    06/29/09

    @NotArthurPDragon: >img src =http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/06/AICN_CommenterAwareness_400.jpg"/>
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    06/29/09

    @Plague: >img src ="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/06/AICN_CommenterAwareness_400.jpg"/>
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    Image of Plague Plague
    06/29/09

    @Plague: OKAY, I SUCK! FINE!
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    06/29/09

    In reply to Zack Snyder Walks You Through Each Insane Watchmen Detail
    I honestly still don't know if I actually liked Watchmen or not. For every positive thing I can think of, there's an equal negative thing to balance it all at zero - what this means and the ultimate answer to my own question may haunt me till I draw my last breath. Wel, that and whether if that hitchhiker deserved to die like he did... But that's neither here nor there.


    Anyway!


    That being said, the footage of Snyder going through the creation of the movie had me more interested than actually watching the movie proper. It might be enough to earn my cash.

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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    06/29/09

    @AngryEddy: I liked it.


    I have more of a 80/20 feeling towards the film, where I enjoyed 80% of it, an didn't need the other 20 to be perfection to justify my enjoyment.


    I find the complaints about this film similar to the people who ranted about Tom Bombadil not being in Jackson's LOTR.


    I also know at some point on a Saturday, when I am cleaning the house. I will play this insanely long version of the film, complete with Snyder yacking up a storm.

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    NerD: Blattella was starred NerD: Blattella was unstarred
    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    06/29/09

    In reply to Zack Snyder Walks You Through Each Insane Watchmen Detail
    Based on the comments whenever a Watchmen item pops up leads me to believe that I'm the only person on this site who actually liked Snyder's adaptation.
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    Image of Caitlin Petrakovitz Caitlin Petrakovitz
    06/29/09

    @atrus123:


    Me me me! I liked it!

    And I even thought it could have been more campy.

    The thing about Synder's film is that I would have been severely disappointed if he hadn't been so OCD about it. The best part about the novel was the attention to detail (read Watching the Watchmen anyone?) and to have a director who respected those ideas and moments was spectacular.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    06/29/09

    @atrus123: I loved this movie, changes and all.
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    Image of stoprobbers stoprobbers
    06/26/09

    In reply to Now You Can Attend Comic-Con From The Comfort Of Your Own Living Room
    Broadcast LOST! Broadcast the LOST panel! DO IT!!!
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    Image of MosesMonster MosesMonster
    06/26/09

    In reply to Now You Can Attend Comic-Con From The Comfort Of Your Own Living Room
    Comic-Con is releasing more tickets for the con on their twitter account. Last night they gave out a two pairs of tickets for each day as well as a pair of 4-day passes.


    [twitter.com]


    If that is a sign of comic con's increasing popularity, next year is going to be packed tighter than a Japanese Rail Train.

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/26/09

    @MosesMonster: I volunteer to be one of the packers. That looks like fun.
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    05/19/09

    In reply to How A Star Trek Alien Ensured Job Security For Himself
    The Xenobites called and they want their wardrobe back.
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    05/19/09

    @Hamslicer: Cenobites?
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    Image of John Hazard John Hazard
    05/19/09

    In reply to How A Star Trek Alien Ensured Job Security For Himself
    The common thread between Remans and Xindi is that they both sucked hard.


    I can't believe Trek went back to Romulan villains after that awful movie "Nemesis". What do people see in Romulans? They're like a cross between Vulcans and Klingons, minus the coolest stuff in both races.


    Then again, the new Trek also copied Nemesis' dune buggy race when li'l Kirk drove that Corvette off the cliff. I'm really not sure which movie was worse.

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    Image of Twisk Twisk
    05/19/09

    @John Hazard: Really?? Wait, whaaaa... REALLY?


    Hang on, you thought lil' Kirk driving a car in a straight line was copying the dune buggy chase from Nemesis?


    Was it also copying the other movies for having stars, in space? Oh, and space ships shooting? PEW PEW!


    /facepalm

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    Image of Colander Colander
    05/19/09

    @Twisk: It copied Charlie Bartlett, cuz Anton Yelchin had lines.
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    Colander was starred Colander was unstarred
    Image of John Hazard John Hazard
    05/19/09

    @Twisk: Okay, I don't think the filmmakers (intentionally) COPIED the dune buggy chase from Nemesis- I just think the producers of both movies put a car chase in both Star Trek movies in an all-too desperate attempt to appeal to younger and dumber moviegoers. They had the same goals, and the results (onscreen, if not at the box office) were the same- a silly, anachronistic scene which didn't add anything to the story.
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    Image of Mav Mav
    05/19/09

    @John Hazard: I don't feel the car chase in the new movie was geared at getting a younger/dumber audience. I felt it was establishing Kirk's character as being reckless and bucking authority from a young age. As show by his stealing and racing a corvette.


    I know. Character development. It can be hard to understand.

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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    05/19/09

    In reply to How A Star Trek Alien Ensured Job Security For Himself
    And this is why you should always at least pick up the collectors editions of any film you enjoy from Netflix.


    I love this kind of movie trivia.

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    NerD: Blattella was starred NerD: Blattella was unstarred
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