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    THREE Jane Austen Science Fiction Movies In The Pipeline?

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    Image of FredicvsMaximvs FredicvsMaximvs
    02/18/09

    In reply to THREE Jane Austen Science Fiction Movies In The Pipeline?
    BWAHAAHAhahahahaha! I just finished reading Thursday Next: First Among Sequels, which makes this just absolutely hilarious.


    If you haven't read the series, I HIGHLY recommend it. Jasper Fforde. Check it out. Seriously. Do it.

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    02/17/09

    In reply to THREE Jane Austen Science Fiction Movies In The Pipeline?
    At least it isn't M. Night Shamallamadingdong doing The Sixth Sense and Sensibility...


    "I see people that have expired from consumption..."

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    02/17/09

    In reply to THREE Jane Austen Science Fiction Movies In The Pipeline?
    Okay the zombie novel was a cute idea. And Anne of Green Gables in Space was pretty funny too.


    But let's keep it to a low roar here.


    I mean what's next? Great Expectations in Space?


    I imagine a conspiracy of English Lit professors somewhere.

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    02/17/09

    @corpore-metal: I am a fan of A Tale of Two Werewolves myself.
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    02/17/09

    In reply to THREE Jane Austen Science Fiction Movies In The Pipeline?
    Isn't there yet another one where Austen is a vampire and is basically knocking off anyone who has been abusing her work?
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    02/17/09

    In reply to THREE Jane Austen Science Fiction Movies In The Pipeline?
    Hmm, to say nothing of the dog.
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    02/17/09

    @Starwatcher-23: Jerome K. Jerome was half a century after or so Austen, of course. I'd love to see the Connie Willis book as a show or movie. Funny, funny stuff.
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    02/17/09

    In reply to THREE Jane Austen Science Fiction Movies In The Pipeline?
    Pride and Predators made me laugh. Then I remembered Predator II and I threw up in my mouth a little.


    I guess I should go pitch my Jane Austen-cyborgs-time travel-romantic action adventure script "Terminators and Terminatability" pretty quick, before this trend dies.

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    02/17/09

    @cletar: Mind = Blown. I have like 20 bucks to go to production for that.
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    02/17/09

    In reply to THREE Jane Austen Science Fiction Movies In The Pipeline?
    i feel like this is happening TO ME - i can't handle it. i love sci-fi and i LOVE JANE (yes, we're that familiar -> on a first name basis) but should they be brought together in such a way???????


    is this real life? is this going to be forever?

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    02/17/09

    @BeccaSaurus Rex: I hope so. I fully expect that these books/movies/whatever will be the greatest culmination of awesomeness to ever rock the socks off of society.


    I don't care if that made no sense. It is that awesome.

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    02/17/09

    @lilbobbytables: can something be TOO awesome? we shall see.
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    02/17/09

    @BeccaSaurus Rex: I'm in! Wouldn't it be great if they could get Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant and crew to participate or at least have cameos?
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    02/17/09

    @it must be bunnies: Oh that needs to happen, and it needs to happen now.
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    02/17/09

    In reply to THREE Jane Austen Science Fiction Movies In The Pipeline?
    Hey, maybe this will get me to read some Jane Austen novels!!


    no, that's probably not going to happen.

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    02/17/09

    @Garrison Dean: The only Jane Austen I enjoyed was when the Red Dwarf crew entered Pride and Prejudice in their virtual reality module, and Kryten blows the everloving shit out of a tea party with a tank.
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    02/17/09

    In reply to THREE Jane Austen Science Fiction Movies In The Pipeline?
    Wow, these movies may actually suck the funny out of the room faster than that one terrible Pride and Prejudice episode of Red Dwarf.



    + Watch video





    And that was just a little over 3 minutes.
    Imagine having to sit through basically the same joke, except stretched out over an hour and 25 minutes.


    (I do hold out some hope for Lost in Austen, since by my understanding, events begin to change the moment Amanda wakes up in Austen-world)
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    02/17/09

    @bluehinter: Yeah, this sounds funny on paper, but I don't care how good the special effects are. If I have to take listening to Jane Austin conversation, someone is getting hurt.


    Unless Predator dies of consumption from running around the english countryside in the rain. That would be hysterical

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    02/17/09

    @NerD!!!: Consumption! My favorite method of death in any 19th century novel.
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    02/17/09

    @bluehinter: -10 points for dissing Red Dwarf.
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    02/17/09

    @jbq: Man, I can't believe I missed that point that was RIGHT ABOVE the post I responded to.
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    02/17/09

    @jbq:
    Hey, I love me some Red Dwarf, but even I'm willing to admit that a good chunk of Series VII was embarrasingly unfunny, and this episode was, above and beyond, the worst of the lot.


    (That said, Series VII did provide us with Ace Rimmer wind-surfing an alligator, the Epideme virus, and Kryten hunting for nanobots in Lister's dirty laundry, so it wasn't all bad)

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    02/17/09

    In reply to THREE Jane Austen Science Fiction Movies In The Pipeline?
    If it bleeds blue, we can kill it.
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    02/17/09

    In reply to THREE Jane Austen Science Fiction Movies In The Pipeline?
    Jezebel is all in a tizzy over this. I think these are the greatest ideas to come across tv/movie studio desks in years.
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    02/17/09

    @oboesqueaks: But all at once? they'll overkill it harder than the internet overkilled LOLcatz.
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    02/17/09

    @Themindtaker: You are correct... that's why they should combine all the ideas into ONE movie.
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    02/17/09

    @oboesqueaks: God, seriously, the more Jane Austen Zombie Alien crap, the happier I will be. The comments at Jezebel that I read are equally as ecstatic. Brilliant I say!
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    02/17/09

    @oboesqueaks: Keira Knightley as herself gets transported back in time to combat Zombie Elizabeth Bennet while fending off a Predator named D'Ar See?
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    02/17/09

    @oboesqueaks: The Jezombels are in a tizzy because of the implication the zombies should eat something and could use a little sun.
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    02/17/09

    @oboesqueaks: Oh man, if all those things came together for one film, my elation would have me in 'happiest boy in the world' territory.
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