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    New Clone Wars Trailer Shows The Violent Side Of Lucas' Aliens

    Korean Dog Clones Start Sniffing Drugs, Underwear

    Keira Knightley's Clone Bits Are Up For Grabs

    Think of It As a Vibrator for Your Mind [NSFW]

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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    07/26/09

    In reply to New Clone Wars Trailer Shows The Violent Side Of Lucas' Aliens
    I don't even know if I care about Star Wars anymore. It is such a huge property and casts such a huge shadow over the space opera genre that it seems new properties don't have a chance. Any new space opera that comes along will be compared to one of the big four: Star Wars, Star Trek, BSG, or Stargate. I would like George Lucas to do something not related to Star Wars.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    07/26/09

    In reply to New Clone Wars Trailer Shows The Violent Side Of Lucas' Aliens
    Satine? Seriously?

    I don't know if thats completely awesome or somewhat silly.

    Are they going to break into duet? I couldn't keep it together if they start singing "Your Song".
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    07/26/09

    @tande04: I didn't catch that, but that is pretty damn hilarious.
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    Image of Blue_Thark Blue_Thark
    07/26/09

    In reply to New Clone Wars Trailer Shows The Violent Side Of Lucas' Aliens
    Mandalorians...? Aren't they all supposed to be gone (save for young Boba of course)?

    Er, I mean... Yeah, Mandalorians... F Yeah!
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    07/26/09

    @Blue_Thark: Hell no the Mandalorians aren't gone; they never left!
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    Image of Evdor Evdor
    07/26/09

    In reply to New Clone Wars Trailer Shows The Violent Side Of Lucas' Aliens
    Oh don't worry. This is just the promo to get people excited. There will be plenty of really tiresome episodes that revolve around Jar Jar or R2D2 getting into wacky hijinks or something. You know, for the kids. (Funny, the bits I liked as a kid had nothing to do with Ewoks, R2D2, or C-3P0 and had everything to do with Hoth or the Death Star Attack run or Tie Fighters, but hey, apparently I wasn't like most kids).
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    07/26/09

    In reply to New Clone Wars Trailer Shows The Violent Side Of Lucas' Aliens
    Well it is "The Clone Wars." Not "The Clone Debates."

    Looks good. Love the score.
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    Image of Shiryu Shiryu
    07/26/09

    In reply to New Clone Wars Trailer Shows The Violent Side Of Lucas' Aliens
    Wow, I loved that trailer. I was surprised for how much I loved season 1, this next one looks like it will be even better. ^_^
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    07/20/09

    In reply to Korean Dog Clones Start Sniffing Drugs, Underwear
    its really nothing that radical. we have been modifying dogs for centuries now with eugenics to serve us better. this is just the next step.
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    Image of Tracy Ham and Eggs Tracy Ham and Eggs
    07/20/09

    In reply to Korean Dog Clones Start Sniffing Drugs, Underwear
    SyFy is already working on the plot to its new Saturday night movie
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    Image of (DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD (DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD
    07/20/09

    In reply to Korean Dog Clones Start Sniffing Drugs, Underwear
    I wonder how this can work to make certain species "better." Of course that's where I draw the line in playing GOD.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    07/20/09

    In reply to Korean Dog Clones Start Sniffing Drugs, Underwear
    this is an excellent use of the technology, especially if this is the dog that the cartels tried to have killed a few years back.

    Is it still true that clones don't live as long as the original animal or has that problem been solved?
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    Image of ryno365 ryno365
    07/20/09

    In reply to Korean Dog Clones Start Sniffing Drugs, Underwear
    I really really dont like this. Attack of the Dog Clones anyone?
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    Image of (DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD (DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD
    07/20/09

    @ryno365: We can always counter them with black bears.
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    07/20/09

    @ryno365: Yes, but will one dog look to the other and say, "Sniff me like you did on Naboo"?
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    07/20/09

    @ryno365: Order 66 is for a mass-peeing. Followed by an all-clone dump in the Jedi temple.
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    Image of TheAlmanac TheAlmanac
    03/02/09

    In reply to Keira Knightley's Clone Bits Are Up For Grabs
    To be fair to Meredith, it isn't exactly a shocking twist in the
    novel--I had no idea what it was about when a friend gave it to me, and
    I figured out the organ scheme within the first twenty pages.


    In fact, I'd argue that it's much more obvious if you already have a grounding in sci-fi...

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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    03/02/09

    @TheAlmanac: also it's all over the trades that this is what this is about. So...it's out there already.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    03/02/09

    In reply to Keira Knightley's Clone Bits Are Up For Grabs
    The Island - Bayification=Do not Want.
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    Image of frederic frederic
    03/02/09

    In reply to Keira Knightley's Clone Bits Are Up For Grabs
    for "the soul purpose"


    really?

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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    03/02/09

    @frederic: Ha, typo slipped thru the cracks. Fixing!
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    Image of Mary Ratliff Mary Ratliff
    03/02/09

    In reply to Keira Knightley's Clone Bits Are Up For Grabs
    A-Calling it a "cloning drama" is completely screwing up how beautiful and fantastic a ride the author has made because it's NOT ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT UNTIL THE END. And never even that explicitly. WHY do people have so much fun ruining the end of a good story just to describe the story? It's like the posters for City of Ember all over again.


    B-It's not like The Island, it's NOTHING like The Island. The society has advanced to the point where we have clones and they use the clones for organ harvesting.


    Gee, never heard that story before.


    That is the only similarity they have. They aren't even clones of the people who get the organs.


    It's a fantastic novel, I think it would make a good film, but for the love of heaven why does everybody have to say things like "This movie is just like that movie" when they're only superficially similar? Somebody even said City of Ember was like The Island. GAH.

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    Image of Ghost_in_the_Machine Ghost_in_the_Machine
    03/02/09

    @Meiran: The book sounds good. Is it ruined if I know about the end?
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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    03/02/09

    @Meiran: @Ghost_in_the_Machine: ha ha ha no, I have high hopes for it even with KK.
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    Image of NorthernWhistle NorthernWhistle
    03/02/09

    @Ghost_in_the_Machine: Not ruined--I think a lot of readers probably knew the 'twist' going into it, since it was sort of this big "Hey everybody, Ishiguro does sci-fi!" thing when it came out. But it's not written as a thriller, so it works--the mystery is more of a sort of low-key, lingering malaise that unfolds over the course of the novel. If I recall correctly, most of the student/clones themselves actually know about who/what they are, but it's not made clear to the reader exactly what's happening til the end.


    Definitely worth a read.

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    Image of Mary Ratliff Mary Ratliff
    03/02/09

    @NorthernWhistle: You said it best! It's absolutely worth a read even if you know the ending beforehand, it's a brilliant book.


    I liken it to slow disclosure in films. Yes, it colors everything that came before and it's best if you don't know, but it doesn't make you not like watching things again.


    I just get mad because people love going around saying the endings to things. If I _want_ to know the ending, that's fine, and it's not always ruined. But if I don't want to know...then why say it?

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    03/02/09

    @Meiran: Hey genius - the book has been out for years and is internationally famous. If you didn't know what the "big twist" was by now, you'd be a giant, illiterate moron.


    quit whining.

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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    03/02/09

    @Pope John Peeps II:


    Really? I mean, I sometimes think it's silly to try and shield oneself from spoilers but "illiterate moron"? Not wanting to know a spoiler makes you unable to read? And he was actually saying that one can still enjoy the book (as well as many other twist ending stories) even if you know the end.

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    Image of Illogic Illogic
    07/20/09

    @Meiran: Now I'm starting to think I should read it... I hated Remains of the Day, but maybe this is more my style? If it isn't, well, let's just say YOU WILL ALL PAY! Hrm, yes.
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