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    Image of Mary Ratliff Mary Ratliff
    11/18/09

    In reply to Daybreakers' PSA Reminds Vampires: Turn In Any Humans You See
    I have to say, after editing together a trailer for an assignment earlier this year, this is just BRILLIANT. I can't say I'm in love with the very end where the melodrama starts, but overall it's pretty solid.

    It reminds me a bit of the fake Umbrella ads made for Resident Evil. I like cleverness in film advertising.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/18/09

    In reply to Daybreakers' PSA Reminds Vampires: Turn In Any Humans You See
    Good movies get released the week before new years.
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    11/18/09

    In reply to Daybreakers' PSA Reminds Vampires: Turn In Any Humans You See
    ah...fantastic use of Kate Bush in that clip...
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    Image of simonbarsinister simonbarsinister
    11/18/09

    @goldfarb: Indeed. "Make a deal with God; Get him to swap our places..."

    Very appropriate for a movie where vampires and normal humans have swapped roles.
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    goldfarb promoted this comment simonbarsinister was starred simonbarsinister was unstarred
    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    11/18/09

    @simonbarsinister: and the beat as heart beat doesn't hurt :)
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    11/18/09

    In reply to Daybreakers' PSA Reminds Vampires: Turn In Any Humans You See
    I've hit that perfect point where I'm interested in the movie, but don't want to know any more about it before I see it. PSA, get thee behind me!
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    Image of enderwiggin13 enderwiggin13
    11/18/09

    @Belabras ate my dingo!: If you've seen the regular trailer, you should be safe to watch this. It all looked like footage from that trailer cropped down with a soothing PSA voiceover. It's still pretty cool though.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/18/09

    @Belabras ate my dingo!: it's just a trailer, there's really no content in it at all you haven't already been exposed to. except maybe a super cheesey 'to farm them for blood' voiceover.

    honestly though, you shouldn't take my word for it. i don't belive there's ever a point were one knows just enough about something until they know all of it. if it's not a good movie why not 'spoil' it and find out now instead of 2 hours and $11.50 later?
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    11/18/09

    @tetracycloide: first let me say i find you oddly attractive.:

    Sometimes the process of discovery is the only appeal a movie has. Of course, a good movie has far more going on and is watchable even if you already know everything about it, but for mediocre movies that isn't true.
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    Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! was starred Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/18/09

    @Jesse Astle: but opinions are not spoilers, they are fundamentally different things.

    @Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!: again, for myself at least, i'd rather find out ahead of time and save myself the time and money to discover something that really wasn't worth my time or money. to each his own i guess. at least your honest about the logic driving the position, plenty of spoilerphobes will try and pass it off as if the logic applies equally to everything.
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    Image of kosai kosai
    11/18/09

    @Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!: I completely agree, I think if I had known absolutely nothing about Transofmers 2 it might have actually been bearable.

    However, Daybreaks has me interested enough I will probably pursue every bit of spoilery goodness.
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    11/18/09

    In reply to Daybreakers' PSA Reminds Vampires: Turn In Any Humans You See
    If vampires are immortal, can they die from starvation? Or just exist in a sort of starved-and-inanimate catatonic state?
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    11/18/09

    @acrobatic rabbit:
    Apparently they become rabid bat monsters. At least in Daybreakers they do.
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    Image of Not a fan boy Not a fan boy
    11/18/09

    @acrobatic rabbit: I've always wondered this myself... Immortality is kinda a jip if you have to eat.

    Also, aren't most things vulnerable to stakes through the heart, fire and beheading? How do these qualify as vampire specific weaknesses?
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    acrobatic rabbit promoted this comment Edited by Not a fan boy at 11/18/09 10:15 AM Not a fan boy was starred Not a fan boy was unstarred
    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    11/18/09

    @Not a fan boy: From most of the literature on vampires, the consensus is that it's not necessary for them to feed on blood to survive, but doing so lets them remain young and vital. Without it, they age quickly and lose a lot of their strength and abilities.

    Hell, even Dracula was like that; when Jonathan Harker first came to him, he was a decrepit old man, but as the process of securing Dracula's London residence progressed, he began to feed on village children to regain his vitality.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    11/18/09

    @Not a fan boy: With the whole "not being able to enter without being invited in" and "having to say blah all the time" Vampires really are pretty lame.
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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    11/18/09

    @Not a fan boy: Immortality is a curse not a blessing. Only losers win at the game of Rassilon
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/18/09

    @Not a fan boy: they qualify as a weakness of anything but they are vampire specific in that they are a vampries only weaknesses.

    i would consider the immortatility of vampiresm a jip if i couldn't eat anymore. i wouldn't mind drinking blood for sustinance if i could still enjoy a rare beef wellington with a side of asparagus smothered in hollandaise sauce and a hazelnut crème brûlée served with a double shot of espresso for desert.
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    Edited by tetracycloide at 11/18/09 11:13 AM tetracycloide was starred tetracycloide was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/18/09

    @RoboBagins: fuck that noise. the ability to learn everything would far outweight any disadvantages inherent in immortality. unless it's some kind of cheesy immortality where you keep growing older and older or you live through everything that would normally kill you and end up hacked and mangled.
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    Image of allium allium
    11/18/09

    @OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: And the counting...oy, the counting.
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    Image of enderwiggin13 enderwiggin13
    11/18/09

    In reply to Daybreakers' PSA Reminds Vampires: Turn In Any Humans You See
    Just when I had lost faith in vampires in entertainment I saw the previews for this movie. I'm still withholding judgment, but a vampire movie where vampires are the norm and humans are the minority is already on the right track.
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    10/27/09

    In reply to Felicia Day Assures Us the Milky Way Isn't Doomed
    Of course the Milky Way is doomed... Everything's doomed, eventually.
    -Kle. #feliciaday
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    10/27/09

    In reply to Felicia Day Assures Us the Milky Way Isn't Doomed
    what in the name of joss whedon is easily the most contrived line ever, who talks like that? #feliciaday
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    tetracycloide was starred tetracycloide was unstarred
    Image of Davio Davio
    10/27/09

    In reply to Felicia Day Assures Us the Milky Way Isn't Doomed
    Oh man, io9 just keeps finding even more reasons to love this woman. #feliciaday
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    Image of Davio Davio
    10/27/09

    In reply to Felicia Day Assures Us the Milky Way Isn't Doomed
    Oh man, io9 just keeps finding even more reasons to love this woman. #feliciaday
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    10/26/09

    In reply to Felicia Day Assures Us the Milky Way Isn't Doomed
    Flunky is cool #feliciaday
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    LittleDragon was starred LittleDragon was unstarred
    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    10/26/09

    @LittleDragon: Too bad they couldn't get actual Flunky. Flunky #1 doesn't even need the greenscreen cannon. #feliciaday
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    10/26/09

    In reply to Felicia Day Assures Us the Milky Way Isn't Doomed
    Oh man... She even knows astronomy. Why can't I meet a gal this completely awesome? #feliciaday
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    Image of schrodingers-katana schrodingers-katana
    10/26/09

    In reply to Felicia Day Assures Us the Milky Way Isn't Doomed
    I have to say, a rare miss for the lovely Ms. Day in my humble opinion. It feels like the humor in the rushed production scenario was the part that was actually rushed. #feliciaday
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    Image of closeencounter closeencounter
    10/26/09

    @schrodingers-katana: I do not concur. Felicia comes across as her usual charming, relaxed self. The other "actors"? Not so much. #feliciaday
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    schrodingers-katana promoted this comment closeencounter was starred closeencounter was unstarred
    Image of schrodingers-katana schrodingers-katana
    10/27/09

    @closeencounter: Perhaps I should have worded it better. Though she did an adequate job, the whole thing just fell flat compared to her typical work. #feliciaday
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    Image of phoenix phoenix
    10/26/09

    In reply to Felicia Day Assures Us the Milky Way Isn't Doomed
    This...makes me so incredibly happy I can't even explain.

    "You got Felicia Day in my Astronomy!"
    "You got Astronomy on my Felicia Day!"
    "TWO GREAT TASTES!?!" #feliciaday
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    Image of Eridani Eridani
    10/26/09

    @phoenix: LOL, I was thinking the same thing. #feliciaday
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    PostMarque promoted this comment Eridani was starred Eridani was unstarred
    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    10/26/09

    @Eridani: i want her to explain quantum physics #feliciaday
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    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    10/26/09

    In reply to Felicia Day Assures Us the Milky Way Isn't Doomed
    the real acting was great, the fake acting was painful

    but i likes #feliciaday
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    PostMarque was starred PostMarque was unstarred
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