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    Image of lukeoneil47 lukeoneil47
    10/14/09

    In reply to Forget Blade Trinity, Daybreakers' Vampire Blood Farm is Creeptastic
    Because magic romance zombies in goth makeup and three hundred year old assless chaps were so on point before the kids got into them? Did mean old Michael Bay touch you in the nostalgic private pee pee area with his Transformers movie too? Is nothing sacred if our silly childhood monsters can't be kept out of the hands of actual children?
    [putthatshitonthelist.blogspot.com]
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    10/14/09

    In reply to Forget Blade Trinity, Daybreakers' Vampire Blood Farm is Creeptastic
    I am sick of vampire movies/teevee shows but I am looking forward to this one. Sci-fi vampires pique my interest.
    It is good to see an original vampire story that does not involve rednecks.
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    Image of disatess disatess
    10/14/09

    @reddingofish: I truly agree .
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    Image of CodenameV CodenameV
    10/14/09

    In reply to Forget Blade Trinity, Daybreakers' Vampire Blood Farm is Creeptastic
    "We're the folks with the crossbows" -- Defoe totally sells that line
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    LittleDragon promoted this comment CodenameV was starred CodenameV was unstarred
    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    10/14/09

    @CodenameV: Defoe can sell any thing.
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    Image of salthegeek salthegeek
    10/14/09

    In reply to Forget Blade Trinity, Daybreakers' Vampire Blood Farm is Creeptastic
    It's looking like the Matrix W/vampires. Which is not bad , maybe even cooler .
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    Image of chanmy000 chanmy000
    10/14/09

    In reply to Forget Blade Trinity, Daybreakers' Vampire Blood Farm is Creeptastic
    Daybreakers sounds like a group of street-busking, breakdancers. :)
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    Motoki promoted this comment chanmy000 was starred chanmy000 was unstarred
    Image of Motoki Motoki
    10/14/09

    @chanmy000: Daybreakers 2: Electric Boogaloo?
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    10/14/09

    In reply to Forget Blade Trinity, Daybreakers' Vampire Blood Farm is Creeptastic
    I think I'll be seeing this movie.
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    Edited by Ruthless, If you let me at 10/14/09 12:11 PM Ruthless, If you let me was starred Ruthless, If you let me was unstarred
    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    10/14/09

    In reply to Forget Blade Trinity, Daybreakers' Vampire Blood Farm is Creeptastic
    I saw the trailer for this movie. It reminds me of the British TV series Ultraviolet (not be confused with the truly awful Milla Jovovich movie) in which vampires are plotting to create a similar world. The trailer for this film looks like a look into that world.
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    10/14/09

    @Bill-Lee: +1 for the ULTRAVIOLET love. One of my favorite series and well worth watching. The term "Vampire" is never used in the series. Instead, the government task force uses the euphemism "Code V". And they deploy high tech to fight Code V, like guns with CCD/LCD gunsights (you shoot at what _doesn't_ show up) and carbon tipped bullets (because it's the carbon in the wood that is fatal to Code V). Also, takes a very "grey area" approach involving moral ambiguities about just who the good guys and bad guys really are. (No more shall I say lest spoilers occur.)
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    Edited by Chip Overclock at 10/14/09 12:16 PM Chip Overclock was starred Chip Overclock was unstarred
    Image of engtech engtech
    10/14/09

    @Bill-Lee: that show looks awesome.

    [www.imdb.com]

    too bad it's from 1998 pre-bittorrent times
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    lukeoneil47 promoted this comment engtech was starred engtech was unstarred
    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    10/14/09

    @Chip Overclock: I always wondered what code I, code II, code III, and code IV were. Great series. Always wanted more seasons.
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    10/14/09

    @LittleDragon: I admire the British in their ability to do limited run series (really, what we think of as miniseries in the U.S.), maintain high quality, then call it quits and go off to do something else.

    Another example: FAULTY TOWERS; the episode "Basil the Rat" is the only television series episode I've ever seen in which I laughed so hard I cried and had trouble breathing.
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    Image of lukeoneil47 lukeoneil47
    10/14/09

    @engtech: rent it then
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    Image of hhaller hhaller
    10/14/09

    In reply to Forget Blade Trinity, Daybreakers' Vampire Blood Farm is Creeptastic
    Can't be any worse than Blade: Trinity though, can it?
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    Image of Hotscot Hotscot
    10/14/09

    @hhaller: I'm confused..why was Blade: Trinity considered bad. Seriously..I thought it was fun, there was plenty of action etc..enjoyable entertainment.
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    tetracycloide promoted this comment Hotscot was starred Hotscot was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    10/14/09

    @Hotscot: probably the same reason batman and robin was considered 'bad.'
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    Image of Hotscot Hotscot
    10/14/09

    @tetracycloide: Yes, but that WAS bad:)
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    Hotscot was starred Hotscot was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    10/14/09

    @Hotscot: and so was blade: trinity

    'bad' doesn't mean unenjoyable. it doesn't even mean unentertaining. it just means bad.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    10/14/09

    @Hotscot: I liked Blade: Trinity. The series was painful. I loved King, he was a funny wise-ass.
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    Image of TehLastTimeLord TehLastTimeLord
    10/14/09

    In reply to Forget Blade Trinity, Daybreakers' Vampire Blood Farm is Creeptastic
    I'd be way more excited if this wasn't locked into the usually-means-its-terrible January release slot...
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    Edited by TehLastTimeLord at 10/14/09 12:07 PM TehLastTimeLord was starred TehLastTimeLord was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    10/14/09

    @TehLastTimeLord: hawke's comments to mtv seem to back up this suspicion:

    [moviesblog.mtv.com]
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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    10/14/09

    In reply to Forget Blade Trinity, Daybreakers' Vampire Blood Farm is Creeptastic
    I always thought they should have explored the Vampire Final Solution a bit more. This seems promising.
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    Image of zenfluence zenfluence
    08/07/09

    In reply to Robin Hood Gets a Dystopian Makeover
    i believe they called this the postman
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment zenfluence was starred zenfluence was unstarred
    Image of gorehound gorehound
    08/07/09

    In reply to Robin Hood Gets a Dystopian Makeover
    i got an even better idea than this failure and here it is:
    Robin Hood Hero Of Tomorrow:
    A tale of a lonely pirate who stands up to the asshole RIAA & MPAA stealing from the rich to give away to the poor who can not afford the vastly inflated entertainment prices.
    Soon many folks joinour lonely hero till the evil lords of RIAA & MPAA are driven to the ground where they belong.
    ah much better idea than what they will do.
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    Image of YohannJibronie YohannJibronie
    08/07/09

    In reply to Robin Hood Gets a Dystopian Makeover
    Wasn't this already done - Rocket Robin Hood!
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Robin_Hood

    I still have that damn theme song in my head 35 years later...

    "Band of brothers, marching together. Heads held high in all kinds of weather. With fiery blasts, our roaring rockets rise, beyond the Earth, beyond the skies! At the side of Robin, take your stand, with the gallant leader of our band. Send a joyous shout throughout the land! For Rocket Robin Hood!"
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    Anekanta promoted this comment YohannJibronie was starred YohannJibronie was unstarred
    Image of RachelFlaccus RachelFlaccus
    08/07/09

    In reply to Robin Hood Gets a Dystopian Makeover
    It was already done - 40 years ago.

    Has nobody heard of Rocket Robin Hood?
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    Anekanta promoted this comment RachelFlaccus was starred RachelFlaccus was unstarred
    Image of capnrob capnrob
    08/07/09

    @RachelFlaccus: No. We haven't. Even if we have, we haven't.
    I taught a course on Canadian animation, and when I showed an episode of Rocket Robin Hood, the class nearly passed out from the sheer agony.
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    Anekanta promoted this comment capnrob was starred capnrob was unstarred
    Image of transbastard transbastard
    08/07/09

    In reply to Robin Hood Gets a Dystopian Makeover
    I once read a book about the search for a criminal on the frontiers of a huge stellar republic, who was supposed to be a mastermind and a Houdini-like escape artist, but also a brute and a trigger-happy nutjob. The twist of the contradictory stories was that this super-criminal was actually several people, who have taken up the name as each one dies. Their deeds were woven into related Robin Hood-like stories by the populace, due to disappointment with an absent and uncaring central bureaucracy, as well as simple tabloid fodder.


    This would make an awesome movie (or series), even if I can't remember the title despite Google and Wikipedia.


    A tiny, little bit of originality, please! Don't need another Robin Hood for at least a decade, not even the Russel Crowe/Ridley Scott collaboration, both of whom are awesome.
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    capnrob promoted this comment Edited by transbastard at 08/07/09 10:51 AM transbastard was starred transbastard was unstarred
    Image of capnrob capnrob
    08/07/09

    @transbastard: Mike Resnick's _Santiago_.
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    capnrob was starred capnrob was unstarred
    Image of transbastard transbastard
    08/07/09

    @capnrob: That fits! Awesome.
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