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    Image of iCurmudgeon iCurmudgeon
    09/18/09

    In reply to Is the U.S. the Least Futuristic Country?
    Reminds me of the pods in Logan's Run.
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    07/15/09

    In reply to Fake Dubai Movie Trailer Proves Dubai's Futuristic Cityhood Is All Hype
    Does anyone else find Dubai creepy and smacking of a sci-fi city? I mean it has the plush decadence, the shitty environmental problem, THE SLAVE CLASS, the creepy ruler smiling at you all the time. It's like the perfect sci-fi dystopia, only it's real!
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    07/15/09

    In reply to Fake Dubai Movie Trailer Proves Dubai's Futuristic Cityhood Is All Hype
    That was silly, but visually appealing nonetheless.
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    Image of zerofritz zerofritz
    07/15/09

    In reply to Fake Dubai Movie Trailer Proves Dubai's Futuristic Cityhood Is All Hype
    I declare "Did you guys see Voyager?" to henceforth be code for "Maybe we should rethink the whole 'hiding comments' plan..."
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    Edited by zerofritz at 07/15/09 12:37 PM zerofritz was starred zerofritz was unstarred
    Image of phoenix phoenix
    07/15/09

    @zerofritz: Hey hey! Did you see voyager in there? X3



    Seriously though all those shuttlecraft were WAY out of scale. Seriously.
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    Image of spacebum spacebum
    07/15/09

    In reply to Fake Dubai Movie Trailer Proves Dubai's Futuristic Cityhood Is All Hype
    Anyone else catch Voyager flying around? :)
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    Image of Aurangzeb Aurangzeb
    07/15/09

    In reply to Fake Dubai Movie Trailer Proves Dubai's Futuristic Cityhood Is All Hype
    Wow, the homages in this clip are all over.



    0:09 - Colonial Raptor

    0:21 - Colonial luxury liner

    0:49 - Intrepid-class starship

    0:52 - Maybe a Tel'tak?
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    Image of BcBeBop BcBeBop
    07/15/09

    In reply to Fake Dubai Movie Trailer Proves Dubai's Futuristic Cityhood Is All Hype
    Uh...correct me if I'm wrong but I would swear you see Voyager and the Delta Flyer tooling around "Dubai 2010" around 50 seconds in. Apparently "Rolling Thunder" is Dubai'ian for "Please sue us, Paramount".
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    Image of RoccoEscatruck RoccoEscatruck
    07/15/09

    In reply to Fake Dubai Movie Trailer Proves Dubai's Futuristic Cityhood Is All Hype
    Colonial One flies by at 0:20...

    Dubai 2010: Before the Fall
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    Image of stubot stubot
    07/15/09

    In reply to Fake Dubai Movie Trailer Proves Dubai's Futuristic Cityhood Is All Hype
    They snuck Voyager in at 0:48 - not exactly backing up the whole 'epic journey' argument...
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    07/15/09

    In reply to Fake Dubai Movie Trailer Proves Dubai's Futuristic Cityhood Is All Hype
    Welcome to Dubai, land of abandoned luxury cars and apartments and 1/2 filled mega bucks office towers.
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    Image of se7a7n7 se7a7n7
    07/15/09

    @ManchuCandidate: And slave labor, don't forget the slave labor.



    You don't get amazing, huge skyscrapers built quickly and cheaply by paying the workers.
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    Image of kosai kosai
    07/15/09

    @ManchuCandidate: Also location of the world record highest base jump from a man made object
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    Image of WindowlickinDaywalker WindowlickinDaywalker
    07/15/09

    @se7a7n7: And prostitutes. Don't forget the Russian and Ukrainian prostitutes in the hotel bars.



    Serious ladies, I'm in a hotel bar at 9PM to drink beer...Really...Seriously...Yes, I'll buy you a drink.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    02/12/09

    In reply to Meet The Autobots And Welcome Back The Reaper
    "proves to be "an enduring presence" in the Heroes universe"


    but who doesn't really?

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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    02/12/09

    @tetracycloide: Peter Petrelli.


    Unless they mean one has to endure his presence, in which case...

     Reply
    92BuickLeSabre was starred 92BuickLeSabre was unstarred
    Image of Little Time Bomb Little Time Bomb
    02/12/09

    In reply to Meet The Autobots And Welcome Back The Reaper
    Kings?! What the heck is this, first I've heard of it.
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    02/12/09

    In reply to Meet The Autobots And Welcome Back The Reaper
    i wish ali larter would stop being an enduring presence.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    02/12/09

    @GreyHammer: Seconded. She's the worst actor/ess on the show and the weakest character/s.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    02/12/09

    In reply to Meet The Autobots And Welcome Back The Reaper
    Skids and Mudflap are the knicknames I gave my boxer shorts after a night of PBR, brautworst and sauerkraut.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    02/12/09

    @zenpoet: It's not the nicknames themselves, but the detailed causation that makes me wish I hadn't read that.
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    92BuickLeSabre was starred 92BuickLeSabre was unstarred
    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    02/12/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: The devil is in the details, my friend. Devil in the details.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    02/12/09

    In reply to Meet The Autobots And Welcome Back The Reaper
    I'm surprised the new Transformers weren't named:

    Handout, Incompetent or Guzzler
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    ManchuCandidate was starred ManchuCandidate was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    02/12/09

    @ManchuCandidate: i would have gone with:
    methusela, dotard, or white bread
     Reply
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