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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/05/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich On 2012 Sequel: It's Lost Meets District 9
    You know I really hope in that tidal wave scene there are gonna be sharks flying through the air chomping down on people. Though thats just me dreaming. #2013
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    Jeremy Tapsell was starred Jeremy Tapsell was unstarred
    Image of CParis CParis
    11/05/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: Only on Syfy. #2013
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    CParis was starred CParis was unstarred
    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/05/09

    @CParis: ahhh well I live in NZ, so, we don't have Syfy. My only hope is this movie. I have the same vain hope everytime a disaster movie (with tidal wave) is made. #2013
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    Jeremy Tapsell was starred Jeremy Tapsell was unstarred
    Image of CParis CParis
    11/06/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: Oh no! You have great healthcare, wonderful landscapes, women running the country, but no Saturday nights watching MegaSnakes or SuperSquids or man-eating lobsters?

    I think you should move! #2013
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    CParis was starred CParis was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/05/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich On 2012 Sequel: It's Lost Meets District 9
    Thats a surprisingly good idea.

    I always wondered why you don't see more of that. You always get movies based on TV series but never the other way around (maybe BSG but that was just a pilot that they put in theaters first). Seems like there are lots of movies with one off concepts that never get their full exploration. #2013
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    tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of Aidje Aidje
    11/05/09

    @tande04: Stargate (also a Roland Emmerich film) is an example of another film-turned-TV-show. Buffy could also be used as an example, but that was largely because the film failed to live up to the writer's idea. #2013
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    tande04 promoted this comment Aidje was starred Aidje was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/05/09

    @Aidje: Can't believe I forgot about both of those when they're two of my favorite shows.

    Just further illustrates that its a good idea that doesn't get used often enough. #2013
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    tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of Andy Neil Andy Neil
    11/06/09

    @tande04: There are LOTS of examples of TV show spin-offs from movies. The problem is, most are so ingrained that people don't remember they came from film...or else they sucked. M*A*S*H was a spin-off (didn't suck), there was Ewoks show (most definitely sucked), Alice was a spin-off, Alien Nation, Blue Thunder, Clueless, Ferris Bueller, Freddie's Nightmares, Friday Night Lights, Highlander, Odd Couple, Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles, Young Indy Jones Chronicles, Tremors.

    And that's not even counting the animated spin-offs of films. #2013
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    tande04 promoted this comment Andy Neil was starred Andy Neil was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/06/09

    @Andy Neil: Arg forgot about MASH too.

    The rest of those, well they're mostly forgettable. Maybe thats why they don't do this very often. #2013
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    tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of Andy Neil Andy Neil
    11/06/09

    @tande04: Actually, in the 70s-80s they did it a lot. In the 90s they started going the other way, making movies from TV shows. Who can forget, "The Mod Squad" with Claire Danes. And then there was Mission Impossible, Charlie's Angels, and Brady Bunch. All trying to cash in on the rose-colored memories of Baby Boomers. Now, thanks to flops like Bewitched and Land of the Lost (hmm, both Will Farrell films), Hollywood's "creative" pendulum is once again heading back to TV show from film spinoff. I for one can't wait for The English Patient on NBC's "Can't Miss Comedy" Thursdays, right after Parks and Recreation. #2013
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    Andy Neil was starred Andy Neil was unstarred
    Image of gusnyc.com gusnyc.com
    11/05/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich On 2012 Sequel: It's Lost Meets District 9
    This would be great with the cast of Friends and/or Seinfeld. #2013
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    gusnyc.com was starred gusnyc.com was unstarred
    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    11/05/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich On 2012 Sequel: It's Lost Meets District 9
    Well, we're guaranteed a 3-year run at the most, aren't we? #2013
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    HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. was starred HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of gorehound gorehound
    11/05/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich On 2012 Sequel: It's Lost Meets District 9
    This Is A Disaster !!!! #2013
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    gorehound was starred gorehound was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/05/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich On 2012 Sequel: It's Lost Meets District 9
    Well this answers one question I had about the film. if all this Destruction takes place halfway through the film then they could have some good character stuff afterwards as people are dealing with being survivors... looks like it's all disaster porn.

    YEAH!!! #2013
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/05/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich On 2012 Sequel: It's Lost Meets District 9
    2013: Last Year Was Perhaps Less Apocolyptic Than We Feared #2013
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    AmishJohn was starred AmishJohn was unstarred
    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/05/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich On 2012 Sequel: It's Lost Meets District 9
    Spoiler warning? How can you spoil something I wouldn't watch if you paid me? #2013
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    11/05/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich On 2012 Sequel: It's Lost Meets District 9
    The movie looks like crap but the series has potential. Its sort of like Jericho or Jeremiah. #2013
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    LittleDragon was starred LittleDragon was unstarred
    Image of CaptainSnarky CaptainSnarky
    11/05/09

    @LittleDragon: I guess we can call the show "Jerichrap"? #2013
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    CParis promoted this comment CaptainSnarky was starred CaptainSnarky was unstarred
    Image of Shini: R.O.A.C.H. Shini: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/05/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich On 2012 Sequel: It's Lost Meets District 9
    I bet it's going to be nothing like D9. #2013
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    Shini: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Shini: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of burlybax burlybax
    11/05/09

    @Shini: R.O.A.C.H.: Yeah, that would require it to not suck #2013
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    Meredith Woerner promoted this comment burlybax was starred burlybax was unstarred
    Image of Belabras ate my dingo! Belabras ate my dingo!
    11/05/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich On 2012 Sequel: It's Lost Meets District 9
    It seems remarkably optimistic to assume the movie will do well enough to justify a tv show at this point. #2013
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    Belabras ate my dingo! was starred Belabras ate my dingo! was unstarred
    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    11/05/09

    @Belabras ate my dingo!: I'm not even sure I'll rent this from Netflix. The premise is lame to the core. #2013
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    Image of Aurangzeb Aurangzeb
    11/05/09

    @FrankenPC: Lame as "The Core"? Perhaps. #2013
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    Belabras ate my dingo! promoted this comment Aurangzeb was starred Aurangzeb was unstarred
    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    11/05/09

    @Aurangzeb: The Core is one of my guilty pleasures... I apologize. #2013
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    AngryEddy was starred AngryEddy was unstarred
    Image of firstanointed firstanointed
    11/05/09

    @AngryEddy: Apologize for nothing! The Core was epic. #2013
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    Image of Ryanrule Ryanrule
    11/05/09

    @firstanointed:
    Epicly bad. #2013
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    Belabras ate my dingo! promoted this comment Ryanrule was starred Ryanrule was unstarred
    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    11/05/09

    @Aurangzeb: It's possible. #2013
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    11/05/09

    @AngryEddy: What's inside the Earth daddy?

    Diamonds...HUGE diamonds... #2013
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    Image of Megaera Megaera
    11/05/09

    @Belabras ate my dingo!: Considering some of the garbage that has come out of the Hollywood machine lately, I am not surprised at all. #2013
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    Belabras ate my dingo! promoted this comment Megaera was starred Megaera was unstarred
    Image of firstanointed firstanointed
    11/05/09

    @Ryanrule: Nooo, epicly & fantastically cheeeeeesy. Ya gotta open your mind, dude. Sniff the flowers. #2013
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    firstanointed was starred firstanointed was unstarred
    Image of CParis CParis
    11/05/09

    @Aurangzeb: Get me some unobtanium! I love Delroy Lindo, but "The Core" has to be one of the stoopidest movies ever made. #2013
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    Image of evildead1971 evildead1971
    11/05/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich On 2012 Sequel: It's Lost Meets District 9
    one of the good things that comes is with age is taste. this movie and tv show are so laughable i wont ever watch them #2013
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    evildead1971 was starred evildead1971 was unstarred
    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    11/05/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich On 2012 Sequel: It's Lost Meets District 9
    Huh, even with him giving us the ending to the movie, I don't feel like anything was actually spoiled. Probably because 2012 isn't a film about story, but about shit getting blowed up really good.

    Which makes me wonder who, exactly, is going to watch it and then care enough about the characters to spend time watching a TV series.
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    Edited by Dunny0 at 11/05/09 12:07 PM Dunny0 was starred Dunny0 was unstarred
    Image of Erix_Cale Erix_Cale
    11/05/09

    @Dunny0: Michael Bay will be first in line #2013
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    Dunny0 promoted this comment Erix_Cale was starred Erix_Cale was unstarred
    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    11/05/09

    @Erix_Cale: If this were a Michael Bay film, I would be far more interested.
    No one does explosions as well as him. #2013
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    Dunny0 was starred Dunny0 was unstarred
    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/05/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich On 2012 Sequel: It's Lost Meets District 9
    All we need is a badly done Godzilla and some aliens to terrorize the good people of Jericho, er, Cape Town.
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    Edited by ManchuCandidate at 11/05/09 12:07 PM ManchuCandidate was starred ManchuCandidate was unstarred
    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    11/06/09

    @ManchuCandidate: Shot in "Shakey Vision" in hand held, documentary style.

    - More splatter on the lens please. #2013
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    Hamslicer was starred Hamslicer was unstarred
    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    10/26/09

    In reply to Throw Out Your Old Cat Ears, It's Time To Update Your Halloween Costume
    How about Zombie Sexy Joker Who Has to Pee in a Princess Leia Dress.

    ... wait, ... that sounds like instructions. #halloween
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    Hamslicer was starred Hamslicer was unstarred
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