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    A Death Race Prequel: Because Running Over People For Sport Needs Explanation

    The Secret Origin Of Wolverine

    Wolverine's Special Ops Team Needs Help With Their Special Jokes

    Gambit: Cajun Thief By Day, 90s Go-Go Dancer By Night

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    Image of disatess disatess
    08/12/09

    In reply to A Death Race Prequel: Because Running Over People For Sport Needs Explanation
    Oh why ?!!!
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    disatess was starred disatess was unstarred
    Image of gorehound gorehound
    08/12/09

    In reply to A Death Race Prequel: Because Running Over People For Sport Needs Explanation
    I can tell you what the origin of Death Race is and it is a word you have seen me use before "YARM"
    the origin of Death Race is of course the awesome Death Race 2000 a movie I saw many times in the 70's back in the days of sneaking into drive-ins.You should go and watch the original Roger Cormen flick as it is a ton of fun.

    Or they could just go ahead and make Csrmageddon the Movie...
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    Edited by gorehound at 08/12/09 1:28 PM gorehound was starred gorehound was unstarred
    Image of Ed Grabianowski Ed Grabianowski
    08/12/09

    In reply to A Death Race Prequel: Because Running Over People For Sport Needs Explanation
    Orrrr...you could play a Death Race game using modded Hot Wheels {cough cough shameless self-promotion cough}. [www.robotviking.com]
     Reply
    Ed Grabianowski was starred Ed Grabianowski was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    08/12/09

    @Ed Grabianowski: Ed, that looks way more fun than watching this prequel or the remake. Vroom vroom!
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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 Ed Grabianowski Ed Grabianowski
    08/12/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: :-D Plus, it's free!
     Reply
    Ed Grabianowski was starred Ed Grabianowski was unstarred
    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    08/12/09

    In reply to A Death Race Prequel: Because Running Over People For Sport Needs Explanation
    I saw the ripped back of Statham, and thought, "I betcha Meredith wrote this blurb."
    ;)
     Reply
    gods-n-clods was starred gods-n-clods was unstarred
    Image of SuperTuna SuperTuna
    08/12/09

    In reply to A Death Race Prequel: Because Running Over People For Sport Needs Explanation
    As long as this is an excuse to have Statham in another movie - I'm all for it.
    Besides - Death Footrace is bound to please someone :D
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    Hamslicer promoted this comment SuperTuna was starred SuperTuna was unstarred
    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    08/12/09

    @SuperTuna: "Death Footrace", that gave me a chuckle!
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    Hamslicer was starred Hamslicer was unstarred
    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    08/12/09

    In reply to A Death Race Prequel: Because Running Over People For Sport Needs Explanation
    The entire movie will be 5 minutes. It will be two guys brainstorming on things that kick ass to put on TV. After they shoot down cybernetic panda wars, Death Race will naturally be the next step.
    They will then eat Taco Bell.
     Reply
    OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear was starred OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear was unstarred
    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    08/12/09

    @OW-Holmes--Serious Face.: DUDE! dudedudedudedude! WHat if we. . .? The you could. . . it would be soooooooooooooooooooo awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwsome.
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    ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. was starred ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    08/12/09

    In reply to A Death Race Prequel: Because Running Over People For Sport Needs Explanation
    So they want more Car Wars, eh? I'd rather see a film adaptation of Market Forces. Or how about a gritty post-apocalyptic remake ofSokey and the Bandit?
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    Grey_Area was starred Grey_Area was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    08/12/09

    @Grey_Area: oddly enough i think i'd be happier with a film adaptation of market forces then i was with the book itself.
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    tetracycloide was starred tetracycloide was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    08/12/09

    In reply to A Death Race Prequel: Because Running Over People For Sport Needs Explanation
    I gotta say, the fact that it bore almost no resemblance to the brilliant original helped me somewhat enjoy Death Race on it's own merits. And for any tired of rampant CG effects it used mostly practical car stunts with pretty good results. It was entertaining, if not dumb as a box of rocks.
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Belabras ate my dingo! Belabras ate my dingo!
    08/12/09

    In reply to A Death Race Prequel: Because Running Over People For Sport Needs Explanation
    Ok, the remake movie was ok. Not great, but at least watchable. That said, I have absolutely zero interest in watching a prequel of it. There isn't anything more that needs to be said.
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    Belabras ate my dingo! was starred Belabras ate my dingo! was unstarred
    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    08/12/09

    @Belabras: Not to mention the huge problem of there being no way to work Jason Statham into the movie. This is a huge issue people.
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    RandomFrequentFlierDent was starred RandomFrequentFlierDent was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    08/12/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: There is always a way to work Jason Statham into a movie. Usually by saying,
    "Here is Jason Statham, he is now in this movie. Do you have a problem with that? Yeah, I didn't think so."
     Reply
    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    08/12/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: True, that was pretty much the whole premise of Crank: High Voltage.
     Reply
    RandomFrequentFlierDent was starred RandomFrequentFlierDent was unstarred
    Image of Belabras ate my dingo! Belabras ate my dingo!
    08/12/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent:
    You weren't watching close enough. The premise of Crank: High Voltage was boobsgunssexexplosions. I suggest a repeat viewing.
     Reply
    Belabras ate my dingo! was starred Belabras ate my dingo! was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    08/12/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: i think the premise of Crank: High Voltage was closer to: 'wait. didn't he die in the last fil...'
    'YOU SHUT YOUR GOD DAMN MOUTH!!'
     Reply
    tetracycloide was starred tetracycloide was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    08/12/09

    @tetracycloide: "AND EAT YOUR AWESOME!"
     Reply
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Belabras ate my dingo! Belabras ate my dingo!
    08/12/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.:
    My friends, you are so, so right.
     Reply
    Belabras ate my dingo! was starred Belabras ate my dingo! was unstarred
    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    04/30/09

    In reply to The Secret Origin Of Wolverine
    "a subsection of humanity that evolved from animals other than apes... making him, potentially, a mutated wolverine after all."


    Uhhh, yeah. And where are the other members of this Gulo sapiens species?

     Reply
    Grey_Area was starred Grey_Area was unstarred
    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    02/18/09

    In reply to Wolverine's Special Ops Team Needs Help With Their Special Jokes
    Shiny.
     Reply
    OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear was starred OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear was unstarred
    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    02/18/09

    In reply to Wolverine's Special Ops Team Needs Help With Their Special Jokes
    Eh. It looks more and more like Mutants-Я-Us that was the third X-Men film.
     Reply
    Pessimippopotamus was starred Pessimippopotamus was unstarred
    Image of NessaBattus NessaBattus
    02/18/09

    In reply to Wolverine's Special Ops Team Needs Help With Their Special Jokes
    I don't get why they even feel the need to connect Cyclops in this story it just kinda shows that they only care about Wolverine's back story and will add little easter eggs there. Do they even know what young Cyclops was doing before he joined the X-Men? he and his Brother were being toyed with by Mr. Sinister in a lab. I really hope that they'll stop making X-men movies if they're not going to at least try to respect all the characters instead of just Wolverine. I mean he was the main character of three X-Men movies and gets a spin off.
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    NessaBattus was starred NessaBattus was unstarred
    Image of Andrew Freedman Andrew Freedman
    02/18/09

    @NessaBattus: It's really all about fan service. Except not fan service in the normal way, where they stick to the rules, but fan service to the casual fanbase who wants to see lots of characters.


    I think they can make it work. It's a bit much, but I think it can be done (then again, I said the same thing about Spider-Man 3).

     Reply
    Andrew Freedman was starred Andrew Freedman was unstarred
    Image of Colander Colander
    02/18/09

    In reply to Wolverine's Special Ops Team Needs Help With Their Special Jokes
    It is for this reason (that there can't be all THAT much to this movie) that I refrain from watching these clips. I just want to watch it so I can hate--or love it--for what it is.
     Reply
    Colander was starred Colander was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    02/18/09

    In reply to Wolverine's Special Ops Team Needs Help With Their Special Jokes
    'every hero has an origin?'


    seriously? we get it, this is an origins movie. there's absolutely no call for beating us over the head with it.

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    tetracycloide was starred tetracycloide was unstarred
    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    02/18/09

    @tetracycloide: Well, what they really meant was:


    "Every hero has an origin...but usually we cover that in the first film he or she appears in. But this time we totally didn't, because we didn't actually realize that he was the main draw for most people. Although we probably should have. Can we be frank here? We can? Great. Basically we're asking you to forget the X-Men movies altogether (especially that third one - blech!), and pretend this is the very first time you've ever heard of Wolverine. Cause that's probably how we would have done it in the first place if we knew then what we know now."

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    92BuickLeSabre was starred 92BuickLeSabre was unstarred
    Image of Sir Hotbod Handsomeface Sir Hotbod Handsomeface
    02/18/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: +1, +2 if you could incorporate it into the trailer
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    Sir Hotbod Handsomeface was starred Sir Hotbod Handsomeface was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    02/18/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: "every hero has an origin... but usually we cover that in the first film he or she appears in. but this time we totally didn't because we knew we'd make more money telling that story later as a completely different full price movie."


    also, i liked x-men 3. then again, i never read any of the comics and loved the 90's cartoon show as a child.

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    tetracycloide was starred tetracycloide was unstarred
    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    02/18/09

    @tetracycloide: Oh. So I see you are in the "Hollywood is quite clever and sometimes nefarious" camp. I'm more firmly in the "Hollywoo...oh look a puppy" camp.
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    92BuickLeSabre was starred 92BuickLeSabre was unstarred
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