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    Robots Are Getting Their Own World War Z

    Monsters Versus Aliens Dies, See Their Final Halloween Clip

    Star Trek Writers Tackle Xombie's Undead Superhero

    Four Gets Smallvilled For Michael Bay's Pleasure

    Bay Swaps Robots For Angst-Ridden Aliens In Number Four

    Nothing Can Stop The Ultimate Victory Of Oobermind (Except Oobermind Himself)

    Meet Rainn Wilson's Army, From Monsters Vs. Aliens Superbowl Trailer

    Monsters Versus Aliens Versus Stephen Colbert

    Dwight Schrute's Giant Robot Holds The World To Ransom

    Dreamworks Makes Our SF Movie Dream A Priority
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    11/05/09

    In reply to Robots Are Getting Their Own World War Z
    So, it's kind of cute that in the graphic, the big anthropomorphic robot is fighting modern, remotely-piloted "robots".

    However, the artist shows the Global Hawk, an unarmed high-altitude recce aircraft as a strike platform. Kinda kills the mood, you'd think he could have Googled "predator"...
    -Kle. #robopocalypse
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    Image of Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon
    11/04/09

    In reply to Robots Are Getting Their Own World War Z
    Blasted Robots! Always shooting me with their laser eye beams and chanting "Kill... all... humans" with their mechanical voices...

    What I wouldn't give for a good EMP device right about now.

    Number five is alive my ass!

    Sing Daisy, pinhead! #robopocalypse
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    Image of Mr. Damage Mr. Damage
    11/04/09

    @Anekanta - Go Play!: Nah, they'll just drink all our liquors, slack off, and want to pick pocket our wallets given half the chance.

    See, that is the case unless someone gets their mits on Mom's universal remote.

    Then you may proceed with the mass wholesale EMPing of the metal bastards.

    And Old Mutual Liberty Insurance with Robot Coverage! #robopocalypse
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    Anekanta - Go Play! promoted this comment Mr. Damage was starred Mr. Damage was unstarred
    Image of reaper2k reaper2k
    11/04/09

    In reply to Robots Are Getting Their Own World War Z
    Let's hope the movie version has more robots in it than Terminator: Salvation. #robopocalypse
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment reaper2k was starred reaper2k was unstarred
    Image of SuperTuna SuperTuna
    11/04/09

    In reply to Robots Are Getting Their Own World War Z
    So defeat zombies build robots...to defeat the robots enlist the help of aliens...to defeat aliens...Get Will Smith? #robopocalypse
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    ManchuCandidate promoted this comment SuperTuna was starred SuperTuna was unstarred
    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/04/09

    @SuperTuna:
    No, Predators (assuming they're ALIEN aliens.) #robopocalypse
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    Image of xAnarChisTx xAnarChisTx
    11/04/09

    @ManchuCandidate: And then to defeat the Predators, we get the Governator...to defeat the Governator, we wage war with biological weaponry, which creates zombies...which, in turn, will start the whole cycle again. #robopocalypse
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment xAnarChisTx was starred xAnarChisTx was unstarred
    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/04/09

    In reply to Robots Are Getting Their Own World War Z
    I hope they title it: Kill All HUMANS, BABY!!! #robopocalypse
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    Image of Lightice Lightice
    11/04/09

    In reply to Robots Are Getting Their Own World War Z
    And in 30-50 years time people will be watching that film with similar discomfort as they now watch the Birth of the Nation... #robopocalypse
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    J_Frank_Parnell promoted this comment Lightice was starred Lightice was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/04/09

    @Lightice: That is, if we're not all dead or enslaved by our metal overlords yet. #robopocalypse
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/04/09

    @Lightice: But will it be people or 'People' ? #robopocalypse
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    Image of Lightice Lightice
    11/04/09

    @crashedpc - Haifisch: Yeah, just like we're now oppressed by Jewish bankers using black enforcers to do their evil bidding.

    Lets face it, Hollywood is not the best place to go looking for accurate depictions of our future. #robopocalypse
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    Image of Lightice Lightice
    11/04/09

    @SJ_Edwards: There's a difference? #robopocalypse
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/04/09

    @Lightice: If they're sentient, mobile and mortal. They're people.

    If they're sentient, distributed and immortal. They're not people.

    Wishing it so, won't make it so. #robopocalypse
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    Image of Lightice Lightice
    11/04/09

    @SJ_Edwards: I don't comprehend your logic. Sentience makes a person, nothing else. Or are you seriously saying that if I were to expand your lifespan indefinately, you'd cease to be a person? #robopocalypse
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/04/09

    @Lightice: Yes. #robopocalypse
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    Image of Prolorn Prolorn
    11/05/09

    @Lightice: If to die is human, give me transhumanity?

    Personhood based on non-cognitive criteria doesn't compute for me, anyways. #robopocalypse
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    SJ_Edwards promoted this comment Prolorn was starred Prolorn was unstarred
    Image of Lightice Lightice
    11/05/09

    @SJ_Edwards: I can only say this: you are insane. You can't base personhood on arbitrary distinctions like that. I guess you don't think that paralyzed people qualify as persons, since they are not mobile. #robopocalypse
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    Image of givemeanameffs givemeanameffs
    11/05/09

    @Lightice: I think that last post = fail m8.

    When he say's mobile I believe he just means corporeal and limited to one instance - Johnny 5 was a person, Skynet is more like a God.
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    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    10/29/09

    In reply to Monsters Versus Aliens Dies, See Their Final Halloween Clip
    FINALLY!!!

    a good movie. no franchise. it was an event. let everyone move on and keep the memories. #monstersversusaliens
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    Image of joetato joetato
    10/30/09

    @PostMarque: I agree. This movie was a tongue in cheek homage to the great classics of the fifties and sixties. Let's enjoy the look back and then move forward! #monstersversusaliens
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    Image of Plague Plague
    10/29/09

    In reply to Monsters Versus Aliens Dies, See Their Final Halloween Clip
    I like Halloween. I like Pumpkins. So I pretty much enjoyed this- even without seeing the movie. However, those monster characters are pretty much walkin' cliches. #monstersversusaliens
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    10/29/09

    In reply to Monsters Versus Aliens Dies, See Their Final Halloween Clip
    I enjoied the show. It was funny and the kid liked it.
    I am glad to see that it is not going to be a series. 9 times out 0f 9 when they make a half hour cartoon out of a feature film, the toon sucks. #monstersversusaliens
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/28/09

    In reply to Monsters Versus Aliens Dies, See Their Final Halloween Clip
    Liked the movie and the special, sorry to hear there won't be any more. #monstersversusaliens
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    Image of karpar karpar
    10/28/09

    In reply to Monsters Versus Aliens Dies, See Their Final Halloween Clip
    For some reason, perhaps unfairly, I've always looked at Dreamworks Animation as something like an imitation Pixar run by accountants. Obviously, this bit of news hardly shakes that impression. I haven't seen many of their outings, but the ones I have, even the ones people have told me were really great, all seemed empty somehow. Occasionally funny? Sure, but I can't help thinking "Your playing, while technically proficient, lacks passion." On the other hand, there was a moment in Monsters, Inc., toward the end of the movie, where the little girl was hugging Sully, and she patted his back gently as she did it. A tiny moment, about a second long, and it utterly defined Pixar for me. They go beyond the whiz-bang trappings of CG to tell great, emotionally engaging stories. They're not without missteps - Cars and A Bug's Life are fun, but little more - but more often than not, they get storytelling and emotion far righter than almost anyone out there. Dreamworks just seems to see the bottom line and little else. #monstersversusaliens
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    it must be bunnies promoted this comment karpar was starred karpar was unstarred
    Image of it must be bunnies it must be bunnies
    10/28/09

    @karpar: Dreamworks had a some of the biggest misses with regards to challenging Pixar. A Bug's Life vs Antz: who thought that a neurotic ant voiced by Woody Allen would be appealing to kids? Bee Movie: really Seinfeld? You thought it would be fun to make a movie about bees - too bad you forgot the part about actually having a story. Bee Movie was an overly promoted piece of crap. Shrek was fun once. They are now making Shrek 4 and Puss in Boots = $/quality.

    My kids watch the Pixar movies again and again. Over the Hedge is the only Dreamworks production that they re-watch. It is appealing because Bruce Willis really did a great job and we love William Shatner hamming it up.

    While we enjoyed Monsters Vs Aliens I did feel that it was lacking something. Heart? #monstersversusaliens
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    10/28/09

    @it must be bunnies: and lest we forget Steve Carell as the squirrel! #monstersversusaliens
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    Image of Blazeldude Blazeldude
    10/28/09

    In reply to Monsters Versus Aliens Dies, See Their Final Halloween Clip
    Monsters vs. Aliens was a terrific movie, It's a shame to see crap like Shrek and Madagascar continue and thrive when something that was actually funny and original (mostly due to the cast that was chosen for talent and not just for being celebrities). It felt like a film that was made from the heart by people who loved monster movies and good comedy. STEPHEN COLBERT FOR GOD'S SAKES! #monstersversusaliens
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    Chip Overclock promoted this comment Blazeldude was starred Blazeldude was unstarred
    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    10/28/09

    @Blazeldude: But I didn't fall asleep in the middle of SHREK or MADAGASCAR. #monstersversusaliens
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    Image of it must be bunnies it must be bunnies
    10/28/09

    In reply to Monsters Versus Aliens Dies, See Their Final Halloween Clip
    The commercial played fine but now all I get is a blue 'loading' circle. It is hypnotic but not really very entertaining. Maybe it is because I live in the dreaded "your region"?

    Can anyone else who lives outside the US see the clip? #monstersversusaliens
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    10/28/09

    In reply to Monsters Versus Aliens Dies, See Their Final Halloween Clip
    Those bastards. I actually liked MVA for the most part. Sure it had some low spots but I enjoyed most of it. Maybe we can get a spin off cartoon. I could live with that. #monstersversusaliens
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    Image of Spaceknight Spaceknight
    10/28/09

    In reply to Monsters Versus Aliens Dies, See Their Final Halloween Clip
    didn't there used to be a time when movies were evaluated as art and not as commodities? #monstersversusaliens
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    Cory Gross promoted this comment Spaceknight was starred Spaceknight was unstarred
    Image of Cory Gross Cory Gross
    10/28/09

    @Spaceknight: M'nope, it's been like that ever since the Lumires. Sorry man. #monstersversusaliens
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