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    09:39 AM

    In reply to JJ Abrams Gets Small For Micronauts Movie?
    I would think JJ would back away from another robot movie. I don't ever remember watching the Micronauts cartoon but I do remember that it only lasted a season or two. Did it ever get a cult following? #micronauts
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    06:39 AM

    In reply to JJ Abrams Gets Small For Micronauts Movie?
    If they use the comics as a launching point, there was some great potential. Talk of "body banks" and the different worlds with different alien races. Good reading. #micronauts
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    11/07/09

    In reply to JJ Abrams Gets Small For Micronauts Movie?
    So, how long before we get a live action Power Puff Girls film, because I would be all over that. #micronauts
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    Image of cadrina cadrina
    11/07/09

    In reply to JJ Abrams Gets Small For Micronauts Movie?
    I never heard of micronauts but wikipedia say that it was discontinued in 1980, therefore before I was born.
    It was only a toy line? did actually had a mythology included? #micronauts
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    11/07/09

    @cadrina: There were great toys and there was a great comic book series. Although as a kid I found the link between the two to be pretty tenuous, they were both still awesome. #micronauts
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    11/07/09

    In reply to JJ Abrams Gets Small For Micronauts Movie?
    Micronauts were pretty cool - and the mythology wasn't so obtrusive that it kept you from making up your own storylines. The interchangeable nature was the key: like Legos, you could always build something awesome that had nothing to do with the original toys' parts from which it was constructed. Everything had some kind of missile-launcher, too!

    In addition, the design was ahead of its' time for both characters and toys. When I recall these and the Corgi, Matchbox, and GI Joe stuff of the same era, it's easy to see why Kenner went to draw inspiration the Micronauts for its' Star Wars line. #micronauts
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    11/07/09

    In reply to JJ Abrams Gets Small For Micronauts Movie?
    I still have a magnetic Baron Karza, with his evil black magnet horse, whom he can merge with and become an evil black magnet centaur.

    That's the problem with kids today. Not enough magnet centaurs. #micronauts
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    11/07/09

    In reply to JJ Abrams Gets Small For Micronauts Movie?
    Paul Pope Paul Pope Paul Pope Paul Pope Paul Pope Paul Pope Paul Pope Paul Pope Paul Paul! That would be kinda awesome.

    ...and if you say Paul Pope really quickly... it will sound like a bird. #micronauts
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/07/09

    In reply to JJ Abrams Gets Small For Micronauts Movie?
    Is it going to be the Micronauts climbing up Pam Anderson's boobs again?

    Look out Robot Chicken, you have competition! #micronauts
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    10/21/09

    In reply to Marc Ecko/Timex Star Wars Watches: That's Right, We're Fashion Plates Now
    those are probably the best nerd watchs i've seen. i'd like to see something bluey/glowey like the storm trooper watch, but with a star trex '09 theme. #starwars
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    10/21/09

    In reply to The G.I. Joe On-Set Motto: "Overdo Things"
    I know you all are saying "This movie sucked. They can't act and he can't direct" but I'm still totally buying this! #gijoe
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    10/21/09

    In reply to The G.I. Joe On-Set Motto: "Overdo Things"
    Yes, G.I. Joe cost waaaaaay too much money and had wooden characters/dialogue, but the "stuff blowing up" part was nicely done. #gijoe
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    10/21/09

    In reply to The G.I. Joe On-Set Motto: "Overdo Things"
    $175million to make a film in which ice SINKS... #gijoe
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    10/21/09

    @goldfarb: Well maybe they thought it was cooooool. #gijoe
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    Image of Ryuku Ryuku
    10/21/09

    In reply to The G.I. Joe On-Set Motto: "Overdo Things"
    It's nice to know that Stephen Sommers was completely and utterly aware of what he was making.

    I sincerely doubt that.
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    Meredith Woerner promoted this comment Edited by Ryuku at 10/21/09 9:49 AM Ryuku was starred Ryuku was unstarred
    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    10/21/09

    In reply to The G.I. Joe On-Set Motto: "Overdo Things"
    If they spent some of the money they used on overblown SFX to hire human writers instead of ScriptBot #403 and 10000 Monkeys chained to PCs. #gijoe
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    10/21/09

    In reply to The G.I. Joe On-Set Motto: "Overdo Things"
    It still wasn`t worth 175 million ,

    They could have found an indie director and do for less than half of that horrific budget , they would had a better success with it .

    ( in my opinion ) #gijoe
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    10/21/09

    @disatess: I always love a retroactive explanation for crap like this. The FX were terrible- and it wasn't done that way on purpose. #gijoe
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    10/21/09

    @Plague: sometimes less is more . #gijoe
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