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    MGM Has Two Months To Save Hobbit, Robocop

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    10/02/09

    In reply to MGM Has Two Months To Save Hobbit, Robocop
    Okay MGM. Here's how I'm going to save your bacon.

    Stop all production on the Hobbit and finish Robocop.

    I know that principal shooting hasn't wrapped up (or even started) on the Hobbit movie. That's alright. Because at a towering 5'3", I am one of the tallest members of my family. So what I can do is give the MGM studio editors a whole shitton of family movies from birthday parties, family reunions, drinking contests, backyard wrestling matches, and amateur pornos.

    It's a win-win. MGM gets a Robocop movie and a Hobbit movie. I get to clear out the attic.

    I like this plan. I can't see anything wrong with it.
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    10/02/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: I find a big flaw with your plan.to bad that you support even more hollywood remakes over a brand new never done film.i take offense that folks think you can go and destroy another classic.why would robocop even need a remake ????
    MONEY !!! GREED !!!
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    Image of SuperTuna SuperTuna
    10/02/09

    In reply to MGM Has Two Months To Save Hobbit, Robocop
    To save both, you must MERGE both.

    Hobocop or Robbit both work for me.
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    crashedpc - unrein promoted this comment SuperTuna was starred SuperTuna was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/02/09

    @SuperTuna: Hobocop sounds fucking AWESOME.
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    Image of Belabras ate my dingo! Belabras ate my dingo!
    10/02/09

    @crashedpc - unrein:
    He'll hop trains, play guitar, live off the land, and never stop in his unflagging war against crime.
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    Belabras ate my dingo! was starred Belabras ate my dingo! was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/02/09

    @Belabras ate my dingo!: And if people don't give him spare change or some minestrone, he'll blow their fucking heads off with his bindle cannon.
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    10/02/09

    @SuperTuna: You could have a main villain in Hobocop called "Robbit" (maybe an organized gang?) who robs banks.
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    crashedpc - unrein promoted this comment psychiccheese was starred psychiccheese was unstarred
    Image of Arryma Arryma
    10/02/09

    @SuperTuna: Hmmmm. Hobocop.

    Gives one a whole new outlook on "The Scouring of the Shire".
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    crashedpc - unrein promoted this comment Arryma was starred Arryma was unstarred
    Image of jbq jbq
    10/02/09

    @SuperTuna: Super-LOL!! Hobocop is the best thing since fingerless gloves!
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    Image of cletar cletar
    10/02/09

    @SuperTuna: I would go see Hobocop.
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    Image of Dee4leeds Dee4leeds
    10/02/09

    In reply to MGM Has Two Months To Save Hobbit, Robocop
    I'm sure Robocop will fail, because by doing so it's protecting the innocent. (From terrible remakes.)
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    gorehound promoted this comment Dee4leeds was starred Dee4leeds was unstarred
    Image of gorehound gorehound
    10/02/09

    @Dee4leeds: AWESOME !!!!
    I really hope to hell that robo never gets redone.the original is flawless and doesnot need to be done again.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/02/09

    In reply to MGM Has Two Months To Save Hobbit, Robocop
    What did they squander their resources on? Or was Robocop REAL???
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    10/02/09

    @crashedpc - unrein: You nerds always whine and complain about CGI, but when a company goes to the mattresses and bankrupts itself building an actual Robocop you still complain.

    There is no pleasing some people.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/02/09

    @OW-Holmes--Sexual Tyrannosaur: Damn right. My Robocop is only 4 feet tall and requires constant maintenance, what the hell. Damn studios, never getting anything right.
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    crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
    Image of John John
    10/02/09

    In reply to MGM Has Two Months To Save Hobbit, Robocop
    Hint: Drop Robocop and redouble efforts on the Hobbit.
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    Belabras ate my dingo! promoted this comment John was starred John was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/02/09

    @John: Nah, that's far too logical for Hollywood. It makes sense, both artistically and financially, so they won't do it.
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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 TemporalSword TemporalSword
    05/14/09

    In reply to MGM Sets Its Sights On Terminator Franchise
    I realize Hollywood is a business, but crap like this just makes me mad.


    I feel sorry for WB. They've been taking all the risks and putting in all the effort on this and Watchmen, and they end up getting screwed. It's a wonder any decent movies get made anymore.

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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    05/14/09

    @TemporalSword: They should probably have lawyers go over their dealings a little closer - it would have saved time and trouble with Watchmen. As for this Terminator issue, they must have known the risks about losing the franchise when they dealt with Halcyon.


    Don't worry, Warner Bros. will make it's money. T4 looks pretty great. As for the future of the series, either we get another good installment or we bare withness to awful, awful CGI... Ugh.

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    AngryEddy was starred AngryEddy was unstarred
    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    05/14/09

    @AngryEddy: I smell cross-over. Terminator vs. The Goonies.
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    BadUncle was starred BadUncle was unstarred
    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    05/14/09

    @BadUncle: "Terminator vs. The Goonies"


    Oww! My brain!!!

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    MonkeyT was starred MonkeyT was unstarred
    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    05/14/09

    @MonkeyT: That isn't much of a fight. "Pinchers of Power" would decimate Terminator crotches in seconds, leaving nothing but whimpering endoskeletons crumpled over in what would pass for a robot fetal position.
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