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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    04:11 PM

    In reply to Only A Book Trailer With Nothing To Lose Could Bring So Much Spicy Death Sauce
    I'm guessing he's carrying a H&K MP5 9mm submachinegun with an optical sight and integral suppressor.

    I've fired an MP5 on full-auto.

    Travis Chase, The Next Great Action Hero, could do better.
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    Edited by Chip Overclock at 12/09/09 4:13 PM Chip Overclock was starred Chip Overclock was unstarred
    Image of Ghost_in_the_Machine Ghost_in_the_Machine
    04:43 PM

    @Chip Overclock: But it's a standard Hollywood weapon. Most people see it and know it's some kind of automatic weapon with cool gadgets on it. Whether it is actually the best weapon for the situation is irrelevant.
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    06:13 PM

    @Ghost_in_the_Machine: True that.

    I like the MP5 models that only have a rear and fore grip and fit inside a special break-away briefcase. (It's the kind of thing the Secret Service would use.)
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09:15 PM

    @Chip Overclock: Even I, who own no boomsticks and know little about them, have fired a machine pistol full-auto.

    I don't think The Next Great Action Hero should shoot things that are usable by suburban housewives on a Saturday morning.
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    Image of TotalFanGirl TotalFanGirl
    03:45 PM

    In reply to Only A Book Trailer With Nothing To Lose Could Bring So Much Spicy Death Sauce
    I think this would make such an awesomely craptastic movie that I'm wishing this was a movie trailer. Although, if I wrote a book and someone showed me this as the book trailer, I think I'd shoot them...
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    03:22 PM

    In reply to Extinct Bees and Drugs Haunt Douglas Coupland's "Generation A"
    Sounds great! I'll read this after I am done with Santa Olivia for the book club.
    [io9.com]
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    Image of Byronotron Byronotron
    02:47 PM

    In reply to Extinct Bees and Drugs Haunt Douglas Coupland's "Generation A"
    I love Coupland. I read Generation X when I was 18 and was fascinated. I read Microserfs earlier this year and I'm just finishing up Jpod. Microserfs was clearly his best novel, but I'm excited for his first "sci-fi" book.
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    Image of jenndavo jenndavo
    03:05 PM

    @Byronotron: His short stories are fun, too, just little blasts of attitude. Nice to have a new book to put on the Xmas list ...
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    Image of Alasdair5000 Alasdair5000
    02:42 PM

    In reply to Only A Book Trailer With Nothing To Lose Could Bring So Much Spicy Death Sauce
    I love action hero names. Always have. Travis Chase, like John Cold, could never have been a florist.

    This looks fun:) Reminds of Basil Sands' work (65 Below is, literally, Northern Exposure meets 24 and is exactly that magnificent) and if it's as cheerfully crazy as Sands' stuff, it'll be great
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    02:37 PM

    In reply to Only A Book Trailer With Nothing To Lose Could Bring So Much Spicy Death Sauce
    Man. How do I get work doing voiceovers for book trailers?
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    braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. was starred braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. was unstarred
    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    03:03 PM

    @braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Two packs and a few double bourbons daily should help.
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    04:36 PM

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Oh, I've got the voice. I just need the opportunity.
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    braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. was starred braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. was unstarred
    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    04:56 PM

    @braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: As for most jobs in the entertainbment industry, kneepads might be useful.
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    Image of EBone EBone
    02:31 PM

    In reply to What Is The Wachowskis' Secret Science Fiction Project — Guest-Starring Arianna Huffington?
    How perfect since she's batshiat crazy.
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    Image of Ghost_in_the_Machine Ghost_in_the_Machine
    02:08 PM

    In reply to Only A Book Trailer With Nothing To Lose Could Bring So Much Spicy Death Sauce
    Trailers for books still seems so wrong to me.
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    02:19 PM

    @Ghost_in_the_Machine: I like the idea myself...
    it's better than the book of a trailer.
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    Image of einsteinsquandry einsteinsquandry
    02:35 PM

    @Ghost_in_the_Machine: If it gets more people to read, I'm all for it.
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    Ghost_in_the_Machine promoted this comment einsteinsquandry was starred einsteinsquandry was unstarred
    Image of Ghost_in_the_Machine Ghost_in_the_Machine
    02:42 PM

    @einsteinsquandry: I am all for more people reading, too. It's just the old curmudgeon in me that's bothered by the whole concept of book trailers.

    (And get off my lawn! *shakes fist*)
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    Ghost_in_the_Machine was starred Ghost_in_the_Machine was unstarred
    Image of einsteinsquandry einsteinsquandry
    02:45 PM

    @Ghost_in_the_Machine: Pfft, you think you have it bad. Why, back in my day people actually had to have paper copies of the books. We didn't have no dang blasted Kindies or whatsits. I received no less than 25 paper cuts reading Moby Dick in the 10th grade!! You whipper snappers have it easy, I tell ya.
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    einsteinsquandry was starred einsteinsquandry was unstarred
    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    03:04 PM

    @Ghost_in_the_Machine: I didn't even know books had trailers. Are they all as eye-rollingly cheesetastic as this one?
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    Image of Ghost_in_the_Machine Ghost_in_the_Machine
    03:25 PM

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Apparently it's a big thing.

    [io9.com]
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    Image of Adam Whitehead Adam Whitehead
    12:34 PM

    In reply to Is Tom Waits A Hobbit? And Who Is This New Hobbit Lady?
    Ron Perlman = Beorn.

    According to Jackson, nothing has actually changed and there is no delay to THE HOBBIT. Production was always going to start in mid-2010 with the movie coming out 18 months later. I must admit I'd always heard that filming was due to start in March 2010, but Jackson seems to be saying in all the latest interviews that this was never the case. Weird.
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    09:32 AM

    In reply to What Is The Wachowskis' Secret Science Fiction Project — Guest-Starring Arianna Huffington?
    Arianna is the Jar-Jar of this movie.
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    Image of Davio Davio
    03:38 AM

    In reply to Is Tom Waits A Hobbit? And Who Is This New Hobbit Lady?
    TENNAANT!
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    Davio was starred Davio was unstarred
    Image of salthegeek salthegeek
    12/08/09

    In reply to What Is The Wachowskis' Secret Science Fiction Project — Guest-Starring Arianna Huffington?
    Will people please stop speculating if Larry had a sex change. It's his business and we should just roll with it. It's not that big a deal.
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    Annalee Newitz promoted this comment Edited by salthegeek at 12/08/09 10:18 PM salthegeek was starred salthegeek was unstarred
    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    12:41 AM

    @salthegeek: I think, given that she's now Lana, we can do her the courtesy of calling her by the proper name and gender. Just saying.
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    Image of salthegeek salthegeek
    12:58 AM

    @Annalee Newitz: Sorry about that, thanks for the correction. Shame I can't edit my post now
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    12/08/09

    In reply to What Is The Wachowskis' Secret Science Fiction Project — Guest-Starring Arianna Huffington?
    Huffington's hair does not make me optimistic about this project.
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    Lassus was starred Lassus was unstarred
    Image of firstanointed firstanointed
    12/08/09

    @Lassus: ...or the future of fashion 90 years into the future. Apparently the Pluto-Martianians will be invading. How glorious I won't (hopefully) be around for that.
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    firstanointed was starred firstanointed was unstarred
    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    12/08/09

    In reply to What Is The Wachowskis' Secret Science Fiction Project — Guest-Starring Arianna Huffington?
    90 years ago WW I had just ended. Imagine trying to predict modern Germany based on the breadlines and Freikorps of that era? And would you ever predict a second cataclysmic war, followed by the establishment of an ultra-liberal state? The Berlin Wall?
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    Canoehead was starred Canoehead was unstarred
    Image of cylon_conspiracy cylon_conspiracy
    12/08/09

    In reply to The Lovely Bones: Hitchcock Meets Dali In Purgatory
    I can't read the review just because I don't want to be spoiled, but I have been watching Hitchcock films at a furious pace lately, so that has piqued my interest in this film. I would have seen it on DVD just because of Jackson but if it's really like a Hithcock film, that might convince me to see it in a theater. Was not aware Brian Eno was involved either.
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    Edited by cylon_conspiracy at 12/08/09 6:21 PM cylon_conspiracy was starred cylon_conspiracy was unstarred
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