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kityglitr
01/25/09

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Is this movie ever getting a major release? I live in a small area and we're 4 and 1/2 hours away from any major metropolitan area! Help!
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Grey_Area
01/23/09

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SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CHEESEFEST!
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Annalee Newitz
01/23/09

@Grey_Area: It's playing in SF, so you are one of the privileged few who can sample the delectable cheese!
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AveryGuerra
01/23/09

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I just got back from catching one of the Atl. screenings and=WOW!! It was freakin' awesome!! Lot's of great fx, creature/viking carnage, acting, etc. That and a cool story to boot. Highly recommended that you guys catch this on the big screen right away!! It was definitely one of the best, most kick-ass monster flicks I've seen in some time.
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Plague
01/23/09

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First positive review I have read for this (the best I've read is an "eh" from Cinematical) with most calling it on the level of a Sci Fi channel movie.

Your review kinda seems to be making a lot of excuses for its cheesiness...

I'll wait for it to show up on the Sci Fi channel in a few months.
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Annalee Newitz
01/23/09

@Plague: I'll fight those Cinematicals! With my spaceship sword!
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godspiel
01/23/09

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"Look me in the eye and tell me that you haven't at some point dreamed of a giant fucking sword made from indestructable space material."

I can't. Not since reading Brian Jacques' Mossflower in the 5th grade.

Somehow knowing that a Badger did this in a children's book twenty years ago doesn't detract from the coolness factor.
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ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
01/25/09

@godspiel: That means that it needs to be done in an adult movie for DOUBLE BADASS!
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Hotscot
01/23/09

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The only thing I'm disturbed about is that it sounds as though the "monster" is really the victim here. Ecosphere destroyed, it's people killed...

I love an alien smackdown as much as the next Scotsman..but hey...just sayin..
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Annalee Newitz
01/23/09

@Hotscot: Actually, you are totally right. In fact there's this weird moment in the movie where Kainan is like, "Oh yeah I feel really guilty and bad because actually we destroyed the Moorwens and their planet." And then they go back to hunting and killing it. I guess that's the difference between monster movies in the 50s and now - back then we had no guilt about killing "aliens" and now we do. But we still kill them.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
01/23/09

@Annalee Newitz: While it may have been wrong to destroy them and their planet, it's still wrong to let one of them run amok on some primitive world where they had nothing to do with it. So this particular killing is, objectively, good.

Plus, ya know, the space ship sword.
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
01/23/09

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Annalee Newitz
01/23/09

@Grrsn Dn: I know, weird right?
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