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    What If Moviemakers Swapped Franchises?
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    Image of Pants McCracky Pants McCracky
    11/11/09

    In reply to What If Moviemakers Swapped Franchises?
    The only one who doesn't belong on this list is McG. The guy is a competent craftsman, but he has no personal style. There's nothing distinctive about him at all. That's why the only thing you can do with "McG vs Dollhouse" is go with a Charlie's Angels gag. With McG there's no there there. He's in the same class of bland journeyman hack as Brett Ratner. Not that there's anything wrong with that. #transformers
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    11/10/09

    In reply to What If Moviemakers Swapped Franchises?
    Despite the snark, Nolan's G.I. Joe was the best idea in this whole article. I want that movie so bad.

    And The Dark Knight was amazing. :P #transformers
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/10/09

    In reply to What If Moviemakers Swapped Franchises?
    Bong Joon-Ho to direct Terminator.
    Hideo Nakata to direct Dollhouse.
    Michael Bay to direct traffic.
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    Edited by SJ_Edwards at 11/10/09 8:32 PM SJ_Edwards was starred SJ_Edwards was unstarred
    Image of Miksho Miksho
    11/11/09

    @SJ_Edwards: Given his love for explosions and crash scenes, should we even be letting him direct cars? #transformers
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/11/09

    @Miksho: I was hoping he'd get run over. #transformers
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    Image of Miksho Miksho
    11/11/09

    @SJ_Edwards: He'd make some awesome roadkill. #transformers
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    11/10/09

    In reply to What If Moviemakers Swapped Franchises?
    If McG did Dollhouse would we see breasts ?? #transformers
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    Image of Evdor Evdor
    11/10/09

    @gorehound: Possibly, but it would be in such a way to be completely uninteresting. #transformers
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    11/10/09

    In reply to What If Moviemakers Swapped Franchises?
    Another great article, Graeme. #transformers
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/10/09

    In reply to What If Moviemakers Swapped Franchises?
    I'd go see Abrams' Terminator. #transformers
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    Image of Alasdair5000 Alasdair5000
    11/10/09

    In reply to What If Moviemakers Swapped Franchises?
    Genius:), especially the pros/cons for McG's Dollhouse:). Also Abrams doing Terminator would be fascinating and I seem to remember reading a parody script for Bay's Dark Knight a while back. It was nothing but a constant circling slow mo shot of Gordon and Batman standin up until...the Pentagon exploded. #transformers
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    11/10/09

    In reply to What If Moviemakers Swapped Franchises?
    For your consideration. #transformers
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    11/10/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: Holy cow. Now I really want to see LotR through Wes Anderson's eyes. #transformers
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    Image of franklinshepard franklinshepard
    11/10/09

    @Smeagol92055: Yeah, normally I hate Wes Anderson (well, except for The Royal Tenenbaums), but I would be very interested in seeing the movie he would make out of LotR. #transformers
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    Image of Davio Davio
    11/10/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: Dear God. I'm pretty drunk right now, and I need to watch the entire LOTR trilogy under the influence of something. I just need to get a new perspective. #transformers
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    11/10/09

    In reply to What If Moviemakers Swapped Franchises?
    All of the ideas sound like they would be awesome except for McG and Dollhouse. I only have two words for that: Fuck McG! The guy is given too much credibility like M. Night, why these guys get handed awesome franchises to take incredible liberties with is beyond me. Of course we haven't seen The Last Airbender but we all know it won't be as awesome as the cartoon. #transformers
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    Image of Log1c Log1c
    11/10/09

    In reply to What If Moviemakers Swapped Franchises?
    Ridley Scott's X-Men? #transformers
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    Image of kosai kosai
    11/10/09

    @Log1c: This is too awesome for my brain. #transformers
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    Image of geesejuggler geesejuggler
    11/10/09

    @Log1c: Brain-blowingly awesome!! #transformers
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    Image of Log1c Log1c
    11/10/09

    @kosai: @geesejuggler: I just kind of threw this one out there, but now that I think about it that would be absolutely sick! #transformers
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    Image of Dresan Dresan
    11/10/09

    @Log1c: Whedon's X-men ? You know, as a movie?
    You know you want to see Wolverine. #transformers
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    Image of ExtensionOfBob ExtensionOfBob
    11/10/09

    @Log1c: I think I almost cried...trying to imagine something so beautiful... #transformers
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment ExtensionOfBob was starred ExtensionOfBob was unstarred
    Image of Motoki Motoki
    11/10/09

    In reply to What If Moviemakers Swapped Franchises?
    A McG Dollhouse is just about the most shitacular thing I can think of. Worst idea of the year. #transformers
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    11/10/09

    @Motoki: Yes, yes it is. That would be like giving M. Night Fringe and letting him run with it. There would be a mindblowing but totally transparent twist at the end of every episode. #transformers
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    Image of The_Sporean_Bob The_Sporean_Bob
    11/10/09

    @Makidian: Some guy just dissolved into dust and it turns out he was a dead water fairy trying to communicate with Peter, who is really a superhero, in order to save a backwoods amish village from the TREES!
    What a TWIST! #transformers
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    Image of CParis CParis
    11/10/09

    @The_Sporean_Bob: I almost peed my pants! Can't wait to see it on the CW! #transformers
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/10/09

    In reply to What If Moviemakers Swapped Franchises?
    Unless he gets hired as a security guard, Michael Bay needs to be banned from going anywhere near a movie studio. Bryan Singer doesn't need to direct another movie. He needs to be hired to work on other people's movies so he can direct the 20 minute monologues in which the leaders of teams of heroes explain each and every hero's powers and abilities. McG needs to start using a more professional sounding name. I don't care if it was a family nickname, I can't take any professional seriously when their professional name sounds like something you would order at a McDonald's run by "gangstas". Christopher Nolan should direct Batman movies for the rest of his career and I don't care what anyone has to say about moral ambiguity and the nihilistic Joker. Those were the best elements in Nolan's Batman movies. JJ Abrams can reboot any franchise he wants...as soon as he learns not to use lens flares in every scene. I'm actually kind of ambivalent about Orci and Kurtzman. They need to go to psychologists to deal with their daddy issues and stop foisting them on the audience.
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    Image of Im_your_Huckleberry Im_your_Huckleberry
    11/10/09

    @Bill-Lee: (Slow clap) Excellent! #transformers
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Im_your_Huckleberry was starred Im_your_Huckleberry was unstarred
    Image of CParis CParis
    11/10/09

    @Bill-Lee: McGangstas! LOL!! #transformers
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    Image of WeaponizedPlacebo WeaponizedPlacebo
    11/10/09

    @Bill-Lee: I agree with everything you just said and would like a subscription to your magazine.
    I can't help but wonder what the commercials for the McG would be like... #transformers
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    11/10/09

    In reply to What If Moviemakers Swapped Franchises?
    Does anyone else think we live in an alternate dimension where we actually got all the wacky director choices? There's gotta be someone on Earth-392 thinking "How could anyone but Wes Anderson direct Battlestar Galactica? And if Kevin Smith didn't do Lord of the Rings, how would you get that hilarious banter when Saruman and Sauron make fun of Wormtounge?" #transformers
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    Image of Mr.Anansi Mr.Anansi
    11/10/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: But then they probably have to put up with some weird circumstance where Sofia Coppola directed the Voltron movie or Uwe Boll has an oscar for best director. #transformers
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    Image of geesejuggler geesejuggler
    11/10/09

    In reply to What If Moviemakers Swapped Franchises?
    You keep Abrams and McG away from my Terminator and Dollhouse! It just ain't right. #transformers
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    11/10/09

    In reply to What If Moviemakers Swapped Franchises?
    You do know Michael Bay actually did do a treatment for a Batman movie right?

    Script excerpts are here:

    [my.spill.com] #transformers
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    11/10/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: "Pyrotechnics erupt in the distance. Guitar solo."

    One of my favorite things to ever grace the internet. #transformers
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    Image of ElimGarak ElimGarak
    11/10/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: Wow, that is awesome!!!

    "But which one of the internets do we hack?"
    "All of them!" #transformers
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    Image of Rtrain Rtrain
    11/10/09

    @Darklighter: "Pyrotechnics erupt in the distance. Guitar solo."

    Is that the Bay equivalent of "I put on my robe and wizard's hat"? #transformers
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    omgwtflolbbqbye promoted this comment Rtrain was starred Rtrain was unstarred
    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    11/10/09

    @Rtrain: No, it's what happens when Michael Bay has an orgasm. #transformers
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    Image of Rtrain Rtrain
    11/10/09

    @Darklighter: Way to go! Way to put that image in my head! #transformers
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