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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    05/28/09

    In reply to Will Transformers 2 Be The Perfect Movie?
    I don't mean to be mean Charlie, but that pic of Alice has been around for awhile.


    Well, in internet terms, probably a week. But you know what I mean.

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    Image of Gawktard_Snarkinator Gawktard_Snarkinator
    05/28/09

    In reply to Will Transformers 2 Be The Perfect Movie?
    Yeah, we had to rip T4 for it's weak moronic storyline, so it's only fair that we give Transformers 2's weak moronic storyline a free pass.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    05/28/09

    @Gawktard_Snarkinator: Didn't you see me dealing with that above? The problem with T4 wasn't that it didn't make sense -- it's that it took it self incredibly seriously and was kind of blah.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    05/28/09

    @Gawktard_Snarkinator: My basic point: there are stupid fun movies, and stupid dark/heavy movies. And lately I've been preferring the stupid fun movies. A smart dark movie will always win of course.
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    Image of lovelight lovelight
    05/28/09

    In reply to Will Transformers 2 Be The Perfect Movie?
    Transformers was so stupid I could actually feel my IQ being lowered. Every pounding plot point ("We must go to the city!" "Why?" "Erm, cause the fight will look cool?") and pounding sound (*Bang* *THUD!!!!* *CRUNCH* *KABOOOM*) killed millions of brain cells.

    It left me without some subtle motor skills and the ability to recognise the colour green.

    I saw Transformers2 is also available in IMAX. I actually think this makes it a weapon of mass destruction and it will contravine the Geneva Convention.

    [cheap shot] Now wonder it's American! [/cheap shot]
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    Image of Plague Plague
    05/28/09

    @lovelight:

    Thanks for explaining your own post then!
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    05/28/09

    In reply to Will Transformers 2 Be The Perfect Movie?
    good post...I want to agree with you, but I've found in the last, I don't know, 15 years I guess, that I'm less and less willing to give ANY movie a pass...

    I want all movies to be good...I hate having to qualify my opinions about a film...

    two films I've seen in the last few weeks, Star Trek and Fugitive Pieces pretty much sum it up - both movies are worth seeing, both are entertaining (in they're different ways) but Fugitive Pieces is so much better, I can barely think about Star Trek without feeling disappointment - don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to seeing it again - I just can't help asking myself why films like Star Trek and this impending Baygasm can't be better...

    scripts are the cheapest part of film - I'll bet the catering budget on Transformers 2 was more than the script cost.


    oh and something else these movies all have in common is people running and yelling at each other, pause, something 'splodes, more running and yelling.

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    Image of jajbowler jajbowler
    05/28/09

    In reply to Will Transformers 2 Be The Perfect Movie?
    Does Linkin Park's involvement have any affect its "perfect" potential? I for the most part don't care, but if I have to listen to Mike Shinoda rap about what a bummer everything is while Devastator is on-screen, I will be a cranky baby.
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    Image of Meirelle Meirelle
    05/28/09

    In reply to Will Transformers 2 Be The Perfect Movie?
    You know, I'm looking forward to it too. It's weird. Even with the crappy Pretender, I'm still looking forward to it. Huh. :)
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/28/09

    In reply to Will Transformers 2 Be The Perfect Movie?
    Charlie, I gotta agree with you on this one. But I don't want you taking my word on it. And I know you have had your issues in the past but...


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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    05/28/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Weirdly, he scares me even more now.
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    Charlie Jane Anders was starred Charlie Jane Anders was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/28/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: Gah! Poor little guy can't win.
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/28/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: I think that's a girl. I saw the name somewhere, but I forgot it. But see the pink? Humans that age are always wearing stereotypical clothes. A boy would be in blue.
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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 Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/28/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Maybe this baby is just trying to dazzle you and blow your preconceived notions of sexuality away. He's like a little David Bowie.
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Mark 2000 Mark 2000
    05/28/09

    In reply to Will Transformers 2 Be The Perfect Movie?
    Please stop calling female students coeds as if a woman in school is still something special. This is not the 1930s. She's a college student, mkay?
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    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    05/28/09

    @Mark 2000: I think that one's never going away, mostly because it's short.
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    05/28/09

    In reply to Will Transformers 2 Be The Perfect Movie?
    Michael Bay would kick you in the face with a ferrari if he heard you going around and calling Transformers 2 'perfect'.


    Cause there's one only suitable adjective worthy of gracing any of his masterpieces:

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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    05/28/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: I'm beginning to think that word might be overused these days.


    Nah.

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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    05/28/09

    In reply to Will Transformers 2 Be The Perfect Movie?
    That pic of Shia and Bumblebee is just begging for a snarky Brokeback Mountain-type comment.
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    Image of Meirelle Meirelle
    05/28/09

    @Smeagol92055: R.O.A.C.H.: I'll be looking for the fanfictionz.
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    Image of MosesMonster MosesMonster
    05/28/09

    @Smeagol92055: R.O.A.C.H.: Is it considered Slash Fiction if one of the characters is robotic?
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    Image of Meirelle Meirelle
    05/28/09

    @MosesMonster: I've seen many a Transformers fanfiction. The verdict: yes, it is considered slash.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    03/27/09

    In reply to Nic Cage Wants To Take You Higher With Science Fiction
    Well duh, dude's a Scientologist, of course he believes in sci-fi and such.


    Xenu sure put a curse on his hair.

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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 goldfarb goldfarb
    03/27/09

    In reply to Nic Cage Wants To Take You Higher With Science Fiction
    um...did anyone ask him about his plans for The Bad Lieutenant?
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    03/27/09

    In reply to Nic Cage Wants To Take You Higher With Science Fiction
    In about 15 years, this interview is going to give great comfort to his son KAL-EL, WHO CERTAINLY WILL NOT HAVE A TERRIBLE CHILDHOOD.
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    Image of Kpibca Kpibca
    03/27/09

    In reply to Nic Cage Wants To Take You Higher With Science Fiction
    If only he had an antidote for his ridiculous hair.
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    Image of ratcore ratcore
    03/27/09

    @Kpibca: Maybe it's all a ploy for a sci-fi movie in the future. Kinda like a futuristic Samson where the more ridiculous his hair is, the more powerful he is.


    Shit, I'd watch that.

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    03/27/09

    @ratcore: "Oh no... oh no... you've gone and done it now.... THEY SENT SOMEONE WITH A PONYTAIL and MULLET!!!!!"
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    03/27/09

    In reply to Nic Cage Wants To Take You Higher With Science Fiction
    Science Fiction is also the antidote to acting unemployment. It's not like he's competing with Richard Gere for chick flick roles.
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