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    This Is A..."Disaster by Candlelight"?!?

    "Book of Eli" Is "Mad Max" For the Twenty-First Century

    The Book Of Eli's Pages Are Stuck Together With Awesome Blood, Judging From The Trailer

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    So When Does The Writers Strike Stop Ruining Movies?

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    This is a Disaster... So Say We All!!!

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    Image of Brisco_County_Jr Brisco_County_Jr
    09/28/09

    In reply to This Is A..."Disaster by Candlelight"?!?
    Neo? We found your spoons. Mister Willis likes to cup his eyes with them.
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    09/28/09

    @Brisco_County_Jr: Whoa.
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    AngryEddy was starred AngryEddy was unstarred
    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    09/28/09

    In reply to This Is A..."Disaster by Candlelight"?!?
    Why does your Galactus look like a giant man with a silly hat? Everyone knows Galactus is a giant space-cloud.
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    AngryEddy was starred AngryEddy was unstarred
    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    09/27/09

    In reply to This Is A..."Disaster by Candlelight"?!?
    I'm sorry, I'm late to this as usual... what the hell is a MacGuffin?
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    CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) was starred CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) was unstarred
    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    09/27/09

    @CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton): The MacGuffin is the object of the quest in a movie: the One Ring; the Holy Grail; the Death Star Plans; the pirate's treasure or other similar plot device that sets the story in motion. The term was coined by Alfred Hitchcock.
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    Image of Bat21 Bat21
    09/27/09

    @Bill-Lee: Here we go again! There are 2 things that make a MacGuffin a MacGuffin.
    1 - It is desired by the characters. This desire motivates the characters to action.
    2 - It serves no useful purpose or is not used in the film. It could be anything. If you replaced the Maltese Falcon with the Hope Diamond or a near mint Detective Comics #27, the plot would still be the same.

    MacGuffins are most often used in heist and spy movies. Some examples of MacGuffins are Beavis & Butt-head's crappy TV in Beavis & Butt-head Do America, the missing fortune in Charade and the ATAC in For Your Eyes Only.
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    ThisDudeRufus promoted this comment Bat21 was starred Bat21 was unstarred
    Image of DeepFriar DeepFriar
    09/27/09

    In reply to This Is A..."Disaster by Candlelight"?!?
    Replace the book with Dakota Fanning and Mexico with a postapocalyptic America - TAH DAH! Man on Fire II!
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    Image of AutonymousPrime AutonymousPrime
    09/27/09

    In reply to This Is A..."Disaster by Candlelight"?!?
    Mr. Lit. reminds me of Todd Klein's "Library of Dream"

    [kleinletters.com]
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    ThisDudeRufus promoted this comment Edited by AutonymousPrime at 09/27/09 5:53 PM AutonymousPrime was starred AutonymousPrime was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/27/09

    @AutonymousPrime: Looked more Brad W. Foster-ish to me.

    But the caption is the point.
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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 AutonymousPrime AutonymousPrime
    09/27/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: I'm never one to resort to this but, *ahem

    duuuurrrrrrr
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/27/09

    In reply to This Is A..."Disaster by Candlelight"?!?
    Mr. Lit is brilliant and should be distributed everywhere in the world.

    Love the 3PO "um".

    Love that there was nothing you could do to make Cage more ridiculous.

    A nice change of pace, and kudos for carrying on through adversity.
     Reply
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Franklin Harris Franklin Harris
    09/27/09

    In reply to This Is A..."Disaster by Candlelight"?!?
    "Is any movie starring Bruce Willis really a disaster?"

    Hudson Hawk.
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Franklin Harris was starred Franklin Harris was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/27/09

    @Franklin Harris: BITE YOUR TOUNGE!!!

    It's not without its many faults but I will defend that movie 'til the end. The CIA, with candy-bar code-names, drags a singing cat-burglar into a global race between a massive corporation and the Vatican (complete with sexy nun spies and talking Jesus radios) searching for Da Vinci's alchemy machine through codes and secrets hidden in his work? What's not to like?!

    It's like Umberto Eco's Buckaroo Banzai... with cappuccinos!
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Ghost_in_the_Machine Ghost_in_the_Machine
    09/27/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: I'd say more like Dan Brown's Buckaroo Banzai but otherwise I agree.
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    09/27/09

    @Franklin Harris: Man, I can't even go to dinner without someone bagging on Bruce Willis.

    How can you not like a film that gives you lines like: "I'll torture you so slowly, you'll think it's a career."

    You know, maybe I'm a little biased.
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    NerD: Blattella was starred NerD: Blattella was unstarred
    Image of geesejuggler geesejuggler
    09/27/09

    The whole movie is just "Shut Up and Eat Your Awesome". Sure, it was plot holes but Bruce Willis stealing a priceless artifact while singing Bing Crosby is a *classic* in my opinion.
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    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    09/27/09

    @Ghost_in_the_Machine: lol! Good one! First time I ever heard someone try to describe Hudson Hawk and succeed. Ghost, ya did well.
     Reply
    CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) was starred CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) was unstarred
    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    09/27/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: What is a TOUNGE and why should anyone bite it?
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    09/28/09

    @Franklin Harris: I think I have seen that movie at least twice and I still cannot remember what happened in it.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/28/09

    @Ghost_in_the_Machine: I was gonna say Dan Brown's etc... but I knew that would get slagged by Dan Brown haters, even though I personally kind of enjoyed "The DaVinci Code". (but yeah it's closer to that)
     Reply
    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    09/27/09

    In reply to This Is A..."Disaster by Candlelight"?!?
    HOLY SHIT LO PAN'S GONNA KICK ALL Y'ALL'S ASSES!
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    ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. was starred ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    09/27/09

    @ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.: "I am pissed off to no end!"
    Love that guy.
     Reply
    Grey_Area was starred Grey_Area was unstarred
    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    09/27/09

    @Grey_Area: I love everything about that film.

    "Is it getting hot in here, or is it just me?"
     Reply
    Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. was starred Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. was unstarred
    Image of Dr.ClaytonForrester Dr.ClaytonForrester
    09/27/09

    @Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: All I know is that this Lo Pan character comes out of thin air in the middle of a goddamn alley while his buddies are flying around on wires cutting everybody to shreds while he just STANDS there waiting for me to drive my truck straight through him?? with LIGHT coming out of his mouth??
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    Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. promoted this comment Dr.ClaytonForrester was starred Dr.ClaytonForrester was unstarred
    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    09/27/09

    In reply to This Is A..."Disaster by Candlelight"?!?
    Old Mr. Lit there kinda reminds of the old cabin boy in the Garfield Halloween Special. Ah, Garfield. Shakespeare in our time people! Shakespeare in our time. Why yes, I am a little high on pain killers right now.
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    ThisDudeRufus promoted this comment EdificeComplex was starred EdificeComplex was unstarred
    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    09/27/09

    @The Architect of Tartaros: I've got a certain old english teacher I sent the link to this page. The emails subject was "To my favorite Mr. Lit".
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    09/27/09

    In reply to This Is A..."Disaster by Candlelight"?!?
    Questions / Comments:

    So, in your story above. Is POWER the Macguffin?

    Were the eyepieces on Bruce Willis designed by Yuri Geller?

    Was this entire post just a MacGuffin for us to comment on your sweet sweet new Avatar?

    To end... MacGuffin.
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    NerD: Blattella was starred NerD: Blattella was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/27/09

    @NerD: Blattella: I couldn't figure out a way to make it work for the post, but as a bonus... Doesn't that Bruce shot look remarkably like the Android Head of Philip K. Dick?
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/27/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: The parallels are eerie.
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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 NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    09/27/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Great Ceaser's ghost!

    I hope that is sitting in Bruce Willis's house somewhere.
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    NerD: Blattella was starred NerD: Blattella was unstarred
    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    09/28/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: There's an image I'll be unable to scrub from my mind...
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    AngryEddy was starred AngryEddy was unstarred
    Image of nrXic nrXic
    09/03/09

    In reply to "Book of Eli" Is "Mad Max" For the Twenty-First Century
    The visuals for this movie look heavily influenced from the videogame Fallout 3
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    Image of mayfaire mayfaire
    07/27/09

    In reply to "Book of Eli" Is "Mad Max" For the Twenty-First Century
    Hot damn, I hope this is good. I've been wanting a new Road Warrior since I saw it... Well, that's not strictly true; I want a Fallout-esque movie, really (and Mad Max 2 and A Boy and His Dog are the closest I have so far). All the super-camp 80's PA just ain't doing it for me.
     Reply
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    Image of InconspicuouslyConspicuous InconspicuouslyConspicuous
    07/26/09

    In reply to "Book of Eli" Is "Mad Max" For the Twenty-First Century
    Wow, finally a post-apocalyptic movie ... with a black man is the lead role!

    Or am I missing one?
     Reply
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    07/26/09

    In reply to "Book of Eli" Is "Mad Max" For the Twenty-First Century
    I throw down $20 that it's a Farmer's Almanac describing how to make deodorant from household items.
     Reply
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    07/26/09

    @Trai_Dep: Or, assuming the Internet is down 30 years from now, it's the last remaining swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated.
     Reply
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    Image of Julius Seizure - Gall Bladder Free Julius Seizure - Gall Bladder Free
    07/26/09

    In reply to "Book of Eli" Is "Mad Max" For the Twenty-First Century
    The 4 Hour Work Week?
    How Stella got her Groove Back?

    Stop me if I'm getting warm?

    OMG it's "The Little Book of Calm!"

    (Sorry missed the not-embeddable marker. Click the black screen to view.)
     Reply
    Edited by Julius Seizure - Gall Bladder Free at 07/26/09 1:11 PM Julius Seizure - Gall Bladder Free was starred Julius Seizure - Gall Bladder Free was unstarred
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