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10 2000AD Characters Who Could Rule Cinema

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If there's one trend that we hope both The Losers and Kick-Ass will jumpstart, it's one where British comic creators get their due in Hollywood. Particularly because that could lead to these 2000AD movies we've always longed for... More »

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#doctorwho Click here to read New Doctor Who Season 5 Trailer: "It Begins!"

New Doctor Who Season 5 Trailer: "It Begins!"

Hang on to your TARDIS console. The new Doctor Who series five trailer, shown at the press launch, is online, and it reveals new monsters, new space battles, and dangerous TARDIS stunts. (And it's spoilery, natch.) More »
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By Charlie Jane Anders
#guardians Click here to read Image's Kirkman Explains Guardian Teases

Image's Kirkman Explains Guardian Teases

Not content with tweaking Marvel for their Avengers teases, Image Comics flirted with copyright law by teasing Harry Potter as a member of their Guardians Of The Globe series, right before writer Robert Kirkman explained all. More »
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#panspermia Click here to read Professor Believes It's Our Moral Imperative to Launch Packets of Life Into Space

Professor Believes It's Our Moral Imperative to Launch Packets of Life Into Space

Is it possible to send starter kits of Earth life to other worlds in the hopes of triggering terraforming processes all over the galaxy? Not only is it possible, argues Michael Mautner, but we have an obligation to do it. More »
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Image of Marty-Party Marty-Party 09:38 AM

I watched The Thing today, and it ends with McCready and Chiles both sit in the cold and drinking alcohol. But when I watched years ago I thought I remembered it ending with McCready sitting in a mine with a flare and dynamite, waiting for the monster. Is there an alternate ending somewhere on dvd/vhs, or am I misremembering the end of the movie?

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Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock 10:41 AM

@Marty-Party: The first ending you describe is the one I've always seen. Including seeing it as first run in the theatre as a double feature with CHARIOTS OF FIRE, if you can believe that.

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Image of PostMarque PostMarque 09:31 AM

What is the name of the movie...

... that is fairly old, probably made in the 1980s. It was the story of a girl who went to a small village/community, that was primarly centered around a large house with an old decrepit grounds fill with ruined church and houses.

Then there was a magic chanting ceremony.

A bell in the church fell on a girl way back in the old days. The girl blinked out of existence.

This new girl who came to town looked like the girl who disappeared years ago.

She convinced members of the town to do the ceremony again.

Then the old girl came back after the church bell fell down again.

It used to be played a lot back on NBC/ABC/CBS in the early 90s.

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#spacedebris Click here to read That's No Moon... That's A Bunch Of Free-Floating Debris

That's No Moon... That's A Bunch Of Free-Floating Debris

If analysis of new images of Jupiter are to be believed, the planet may have found itself with a new ring recently, which may answer the question of what happened to disappearing moon S/2000 J 11... More »
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#drhorrible

Dr. Horrible 2 Won't Be Online

The good news is, there will be a sequel to Doctor Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog. The bad news is, it won't be available for free online. According to Neil Patrick Harris, Dr. Horrible 2 will be a major motion picture. More »
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Will Chris Evans Yield To Cap Movie Offer?

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Is Johnny Storm the new Captain America? The Marvel superhero crossover may come true with the new rumor that Chris Evans, who played the Human Torch in Fox's Fantastic Four movies has been offered the role of Captain America. More »
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By Graeme McMillan
Image of Wolfsheim Wolfsheim 06:35 AM

Fantastic Four star Chris Evans has won the race to become comic book superhero Captain America on the big screen, according to industry reports.

The actor was among the favourites to land the coveted role, and now The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Evans will be the colourful character.

The news is sure to upset comic book purists, who wanted a more mature actor to play the role.

Alex Ross, the artist who redesigned Captain America for Marvel Comics, recently went public with his thoughts on who should play the character.

He told Entertainment Weekly magazine, "We've been saying for years, if you don't sign Jon Hamm to play this part, you're crazy.

"Captain America is supposed to be the patriarch of the Marvel universe. To get a guy in his early to mid-20s is only thinking about where the character began, not what he ultimately needs to become."


Evans will reportedly battle The Matrix and The Wolfman villain Hugo Weaving in the first Captain America movie.

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Image of matthewabel matthewabel 08:29 AM

@Wolfsheim: Bleargh.

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Image of Richard Stevens Richard Stevens 06:26 AM

Ok I hope someone can help me after years of never knowing what this film was called.
It was on in the middle of the eighties I think, on BBC2. It was a (I'm guessing) Japanese.
I can remember a planet covered in giant mushrooms and on this planet lived an old man. There is a ship with a crew and in that crew is a young boy, who somehow gets stranded on that planet in the past and turns out to be the old man. very wild stab in the dark that someone may know, but I hope somebody can help. It really moved me that film did.

Thanks

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Image of Bobbobins Bobbobins 07:32 AM

@Richard Stevens: I know its (probly) definitely not, but the only things that come to mind are Nausicaä and Fantastic Planet.

Yeah, I'm wrong.... Hmm....

Was it animated or live action?

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Image of evildead1971 evildead1971 06:05 AM

there's a book about a boy who's being bullied at school. the boy meets this old man and the old man teaches the boy to use telekinesis and telepathy. when the boy enters a person's mind he sees it as doors of a house. the bully's house is a old dirty house. that's all i remember from it

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Image of matthewabel matthewabel 08:28 AM

@evildead1971: Christopher is the name of the book, don't recall the author.

It involved cubes with binary numbers on them, yes?

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Image of matthewabel matthewabel 10:14 AM

@evildead1971: I can't recall the author, and I must say it is driving me crazy because I read that book several times in my younger youth.

Edit: Richard M. Koff

Library Thing: [www.librarything.com]
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Image of Roklimber Roklimber 03:56 AM

Regarding last night's Caprica...

I bet a million cubits that Vergis is behind Amanda's visions of her dead brother. He's making Amanda go crazy because he knows that Daniel loves her. He's also brewing trouble between them by telling Amanda that he thinks Daniel has stolen the MCP chip.

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Image of Cash907Censored Cash907Censored 03:52 AM

So, I finally broke down and netflixed Stargate Universe on bluray this week. Let me tell ya, I have a whole new appreciation for this series now. I still think it's trying too hard to be like BSG, but rewatching all the episodes with the commentary turned on has really warmed me up to the characters in a way the original broadcasts didn't. If you're still on the fence about this show, or haven't yet partaken in it yet, I highly recommend doing so before the second half starts in two weeks. And get it in bluray, if you can. There are extra special features there you won't find in the dvd release. Besides, a show this visually stunning demands hi-def.

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Image of Roklimber Roklimber 02:31 AM

Biology May Not Be So Complex After All, Physicist Finds
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Songbirds Yield Insight Into Speech Production
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Image of Roklimber Roklimber 02:30 AM


Zodiacal Light Vs. Milky Way
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Image of Technogamer1992 Technogamer1992 02:22 AM

#tips are you aware of the new doctor who trailer featuring spitfires fighting dalek saucers in space, a city of weeping angels, a zombie cyberman and the new tardis interior..? [www.digitalspy.co.uk] Reply

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Image of AngriestGeek AngriestGeek 12:21 AM

Here's one for you: set in the future, enhanced humans engage in martial arts battles. Only our hero shuns enhancements. His girlfriend is kidnapped by the evil guy who runs the games---and in the most evil idea I've seen in awhile--not only blackmails the hero with her life, but also the fact that he can brainwash the girl to make her think that he [the villain] is the hero and basically rape her while she thinks she's having sex with her boyfriend. Anyone? Bueller?

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Image of Darklighter Darklighter 03/19/10

I watched Hot Fuzz again tonight, for the greater good.

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Image of phoghat phoghat 02:58 AM

@Darklighter: Yeah, I watched it too

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Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierD... 05:01 AM

@Darklighter: I wanted to, but the TV was occupied. Tonight is homemade pizza and movie night, so I'm hoping I can squeeze it into the line up. They can't say no if I tell them it's for the greater good . . . (greater good).

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Image of Darklighter Darklighter 09:31 AM

@RandomFrequentFlierDent: If they say no, then they're just a bunch of bloody hoodies and crusty jugglers, and you should get rid of them before they jeopardize your chances of winning the Village of the Year award.

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Image of Ruthless if you let me Ruthless if you let me 11:17 AM

@RandomFrequentFlierDent: Occupied by Caprica?

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Image of Illundiel Illundiel 03/19/10

I still think this is a search box...
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Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock 07:23 AM

@Illundiel: I've made that mistake myself now and then.

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Image of avidreader514 avidreader514 03/19/10

I remember reading a zombie-style novel in the early 80s. The twist was that it wasn't a zombie, but some kind of contagious sociological psychosis from overcrowding. People locked themselves away from the hordes, but all that time in closed quarters brought on the condition.

The other twist, a shrink develops a bullet full of downers and anti-psychotic meds to cure the condition.

Any ideas?

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@avidreader514: I have no idea. It sounds interesting though. If no one can guess it, I'd like to know the title :)

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