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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/13/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Monopoly Movie Is About Parallel Universes
    who should play him? Bruce Campbell, that's who! #monopoly
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    11/12/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Monopoly Movie Is About Parallel Universes
    !? #monopoly
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    Image of jbq jbq
    11/12/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Monopoly Movie Is About Parallel Universes
    @Meredith: "But who should play him?"
    Duh, Bruce Campbell. It's pretty much exactly the kind of roles he plays in the Spider-Man franchise. I mean, there's already the maître d' at the restaurant and the (presumably) snooty usher. Throw in a wrestling ring announcer, and presto! #monopoly
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    Image of gd01skorpius gd01skorpius
    11/12/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Monopoly Movie Is About Parallel Universes
    I have no concept of how this could possibly be successful, but if it is then I will be extremely impressed! #monopoly
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    11/12/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Monopoly Movie Is About Parallel Universes

    Is there really any doubt? #monopoly
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/12/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Monopoly Movie Is About Parallel Universes
    For every "Pirates of the caribbean" there is a "Haunted Mansion. And about 40 movies based on video games. #monopoly
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    Image of BlueBeard BlueBeard
    11/12/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Monopoly Movie Is About Parallel Universes
    Thank you, Meredith, for getting his name right- Uncle Pennybags has long suffered under the generic "monopoly guy" moniker, and I think they recently changed his name rather than try to explain to people he already had one. #monopoly
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/12/09

    @BlueBeard: Unfortunately, in the 60's Uncle Pennybags got a sex change and started working for MI6 under the pseudonym Moneypenny.
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    Edited by Jeremy Tapsell at 11/12/09 10:48 AM Jeremy Tapsell was starred Jeremy Tapsell was unstarred
    Image of phoghat phoghat
    11/12/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Monopoly Movie Is About Parallel Universes
    Hate: Monopoly
    " : Ridley Scott for wasting his talent #monopoly
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    Image of cletar cletar
    11/12/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Monopoly Movie Is About Parallel Universes
    So, is this going to be like "My Dinner with Andre," except instead of eating dinner Wallace Shawn and a couple of other guys are sitting in a room playing Monopoly and chatting engagingly about stuff?

    Or is it going to be a lame-ass attempt to inject sci-fi pew-pew into a staid Depression-era board game? #monopoly
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    11/12/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Monopoly Movie Is About Parallel Universes
    Buying up Broadway and Park place never works. Hell, I played the game with my wife just the other day and I DESTROYED her with some of the cheapest properties on the board.

    It's all about the hotels. #monopoly
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    Image of Scaramanga9 Scaramanga9
    11/12/09

    @Smeagol92055:
    Well it's all about the hotels on three property monopolies at one end of their side of the board. #monopoly
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    11/12/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Monopoly Movie Is About Parallel Universes
    I was hoping for a gritty prison drama where the only way out is through random chance or bribery.

    Side note: I love Monopoly. When my family gets together we always play and my brother and I end up using the other family members as pawns in our long going monopoly rivalry. We also trade everything including rights to profit sharing and immunity. I'm still trying to figure out how to include a side futures market or mortgaged back securities. #monopoly
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    Image of kosai kosai
    11/12/09

    @OW-Holmes: Bringer of Fear: You could introduce more than one bank with going rates, so one bank gives a 20% increase on mortgage value with bank receiving 10% earnings interest on other properties. Then your brother and you could just set up banks and watch everyone else run around the board. #monopoly
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    11/12/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Monopoly Movie Is About Parallel Universes
    Edit: SuperTuna was up earlier than I was and suggested the same as I did for Moneybags.

    So I am going to also go with Robert Hardy.
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    Edited by Ruthless, If you let me at 11/12/09 7:43 AM Ruthless, If you let me was starred Ruthless, If you let me was unstarred
    Image of SeeingI SeeingI
    11/12/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Monopoly Movie Is About Parallel Universes
    Uncle Pennybags should be played by Simon Cowell. #monopoly
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    Image of Davio Davio
    11/12/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Monopoly Movie Is About Parallel Universes
    I don't see this movie going well. At all... I mean, what is its target audience? Who is realisticly going to go and watch a film about the most boring board game ever? #monopoly
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    Image of Invisible-Echidna Invisible-Echidna
    11/12/09

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Monopoly Movie Is About Parallel Universes
    I wanna see Star Wars and Pokémon Monopoly to make an appearance. That would be bad-ass. #monopoly
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