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    Avatar's Spiritual Father? The Wizard of Oz

    Dog Versus Zombie Sex Slave In New Deadgirl Clip Plus A Human Centipede

    The Cobra Commander Talks About His Mangled Face Time

    The Spawn of Dragon Ball

    Gears Of War Trilogy A Bloodier Lord of the Rings?

    Night At The Museum 2 Trailer Has Adorable Amy Adams And Terrible Stiller-isms

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    Image of VedettePhoenix VedettePhoenix
    08/12/09

    In reply to Avatar's Spiritual Father? The Wizard of Oz
    But will it sync up with Darkside of the Moon???
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    08/12/09

    In reply to Avatar's Spiritual Father? The Wizard of Oz
    yes both oz and alice are/were important to the genre but do not forget that in the latter part of the 1800's you saw a bunch of "fantasy" novels come out and they did contribute to the genre as well.
    now i am stupidly forgetting the authors or book names to give you but you can always google it.
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    Image of Zombie Peach Zombie Peach
    08/12/09

    @gorehound: Wells and Verne are good places to start. :-)
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    Image of capnrob capnrob
    08/12/09

    @Crenshaw13: Lord Dunsany, too.
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    Image of mikecap mikecap
    07/24/09

    In reply to Dog Versus Zombie Sex Slave In New Deadgirl Clip Plus A Human Centipede
    Deadgirl is amazing. If you're in NYC or one of the other cities it's showing in this weekend, you MUST go see it.
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    Image of Sproing Sproing
    07/05/09

    In reply to Dog Versus Zombie Sex Slave In New Deadgirl Clip Plus A Human Centipede
    Deadgirl actually raises a lot of questions about the immature male's response to sexuality. It's better than you'd expect. [filmfreakcentral.net]
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    Sproing was starred Sproing was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    07/05/09

    In reply to Dog Versus Zombie Sex Slave In New Deadgirl Clip Plus A Human Centipede
    You know I'd like to say that the Zombie Girl Dog film is just sick and the filmakers have no taste, but, I don't think they went far enough. I'd have probably had the dog hump the girl.
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Evdor Evdor
    07/05/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: This is what watching Transformers 2 does to people.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    07/05/09

    @Evdor: No, that's Transformers 1. Transformers 2 would have the dog and girl speaking in horrible racist ebonic "slang".


    -Yo, bitch!

    -Who's the bitch, you be a dog, yo.

    -Yo yo. For shiz I'm a dog.

    -Yeah?! So you be a bitch.

    -Yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo!

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    Image of viloki9 viloki9
    06/26/09

    In reply to The Cobra Commander Talks About His Mangled Face Time
    Hey what's with the Levitt bashing?


    Maybe you should watch Brick before you shove that foot of yours further down your mouth.

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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    06/27/09

    @viloki9: There was no Levitt bashing here. Stop projecting, we love him but statements like that are just silly.
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    Image of shauntacular shauntacular
    06/26/09

    In reply to The Cobra Commander Talks About His Mangled Face Time
    I wished they would have released this movie this week, it could have been 'the battle of the movies that are anal-raping 80's cartoon franchises!'
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/26/09

    @shauntacular: Tell me about it! Can you believe they took GI Joe, a children's cartoon where army guys dressed as cowboys, ninjas, football players and snow bunnies fight, but never kill, an army of snake-themed goons in chrome masks and eyepatches, and then turned it into a silly movie?!


    WHERE IS THE GRAVITAS?

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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/26/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: In the triple missile launcher systems mounted to a snowmobile.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    06/26/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.:

    CARTOONS ARE SERIOUS BIZNESS.
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    Plague was starred Plague was unstarred
    Image of Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee. Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.
    06/26/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Ladies and Gentlemen, the internet has just been awarded to Garrison Dean. Again.
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    Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee. was starred Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee. was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/26/09

    @c0dek: Awe shucks. thanks.
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    06/26/09

    @shauntacular: Did we not decide that "anal-rape" of the childhood was too harsh? Didn't anyone besides myself settle for "Sayid shot my childhood in the chest"?
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/26/09

    @gods-n-clods: I dunno -- people can get over rape and have normal lives. If Sayid shoots your childhood in the chest, you are completely screwed up for good.
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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 Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/26/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: You totally deserve it, maestro.
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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 crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/26/09

    In reply to The Cobra Commander Talks About His Mangled Face Time
    Russian Clown Shows involve a lot of extremely drunk clowns. The only funny ones that exist.


    it's old-fashioned makeup, totally different, of course, than what we did in G.I. Joe


    G.I. Joe uses only the newest, most hi-tech of makeup, utilizing the finest nanobots and depleted uranium flakes to ensure that the actor is completely drugged out and prone to babbling on and on about his goddamn makeup.

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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    06/26/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: I always though the Russian clown shows used young women kidnapped and sold to the highest bidder so they could be killed in creative ways to entertain the wealthy people.


    ...no, wait - that's snuff films. Sorry, I get the two confused a lot. Costly mistake, let me tell you! LOLZ!

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    AngryEddy was starred AngryEddy was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/26/09

    @AngryEddy: Aha..haha... *calls police*
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    crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/26/09

    In reply to The Cobra Commander Talks About His Mangled Face Time
    "That's why I love Daniel Day-Lewis or Gary Oldman. Actors like that, where they're so different as each character, the actor disappears."

    Yeah, they disappear because they're acting, not cause they get a mask thrown on their face.
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Courteous_Gentleman Courteous_Gentleman
    06/26/09

    In reply to The Cobra Commander Talks About His Mangled Face Time
    It's the kid from 3rd Rock from the Sun. Anything he says, boils down to that in the end.
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    Courteous_Gentleman was starred Courteous_Gentleman was unstarred
    Image of kromekoran kromekoran
    06/26/09

    @Courteous_Gentleman: watch Brick.
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    kromekoran was starred kromekoran was unstarred
    Image of srdailey srdailey
    06/26/09

    @Courteous_Gentleman: and heath ledger was just that guy from ten things i hate about you, which also featured levitt. explore the things he's done since that show (brick, the lookout, mysterious skin), then talk.
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    srdailey was starred srdailey was unstarred
    Image of geesejuggler geesejuggler
    06/26/09

    @kromekoran: @srdailey: Hey, It's like NPH; he has done many great things in his career but first thing that pops into your mind is "Doogie Howser".
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    geesejuggler was starred geesejuggler was unstarred
    Image of Courteous_Gentleman Courteous_Gentleman
    06/26/09

    I think my point was more that he's comparing himself to GO and DDL when he hasnt really done much since his stint on a vaguely popular 90's(?) sitcom.


    Not bad-mouthing the guy, that's just all I remember him from. I'll have to investigate this "Brick" of which you all speak.

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    Courteous_Gentleman was starred Courteous_Gentleman was unstarred
    Image of brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there( brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there(
    06/26/09

    @Courteous_Gentleman: You need to stop by imdb and check out Gordon's list there--he's done a tonne of stuff since 3rd Rock that many consider to be decent work.


    He even realized that 3rd Rock was hurting him as an actor and that is why during the show's last season he wasn't in every episode. You can't blame an adult for work he did at 12, plus, how many child stars would realize-before they're even legally adults--the work they are doing is type casting them in a bad way?

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    brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there( was starred brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there( was unstarred
    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    06/26/09

    @brentbent: I still hold Growing Pains against Leo DiCaprio.


    Oh, and pretty much everything else he's done since, but still. Growing Pains!

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/26/09

    @geesejuggler: Suit up!
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    Image of Sakurafire Sakurafire
    04/11/09

    In reply to The Spawn of Dragon Ball
    You forgot to mention Yu Yu Hakusho and it's coutnerpart, Flame of Recca.
    DragonBall (the original) sparked a huge amount of "Martial Arts Tournament" Manga in the late 80's, early 90's.
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    Image of miss_so_unknown miss_so_unknown
    04/11/09

    @Sakurafire: Yu Yu Hakusho is awesome. I remember taping episodes from Adult Swim to watch again. Kurama and Hiei kick ass.
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    Image of miss_so_unknown miss_so_unknown
    04/11/09

    In reply to The Spawn of Dragon Ball
    I LOVE One Piece and Shaman King! I need to get back into manga...I really miss it. (Also, that Dr. Slump clip is hilarious.)
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    Image of ultra_balexbot ultra_balexbot
    01/27/09

    In reply to Gears Of War Trilogy A Bloodier Lord of the Rings?
    "The story of Gears Of War is a solid science fiction tale..."


    yeah...maybe if you read the manual. if you've actually played the game at all though you'd know that there is literally no plot to the game itself. just whatever the makers tell you the story was supposed to be.


    also, you realize this will never actually happen, right? a video game movie trilogy? the fact that the Resident Evil series even happened blows my mind. i think it had more to do with Zombies than the video game aspect. i don't get why people get excited for video game based movies when there has yet to be "a" good movie in that genre not to mention three of them.

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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    01/27/09

    @ultra_balexbot: i'm pretty sure it had more to do with hot chicks fighting than zombies or video games. if there's one thing you can count on a producer green lighting it's a hot girl with a gun.
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    tetracycloide was starred tetracycloide was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    01/27/09

    In reply to Gears Of War Trilogy A Bloodier Lord of the Rings?
    it's hard to tell if he is so inept he actually belives a gears of war trillogy will in any way resemble the lord of the rings trillogy or if he's so poor a communicator that 'like lord of the rings' is his way of saying 'trillogy adapted from another medium.' my money is on 'some of both.'
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    01/27/09

    In reply to Gears Of War Trilogy A Bloodier Lord of the Rings?
    I think this has possibility, but I really do hope they stick with the existing story line. Hell, its not like there is much that would really need to be changed. Its not like there are demons or nazi's that need to be written out to make it more palletable to audiences, its nothing but aliens.


    Keep the story, find a good leading man, and have a field day.


    I am not so sure they need to find a marque name for Marcus though. Give it to someone who is really hungry to make a name for themselves. Let this picture be someone's Conan, or First Blood.

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