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    cljohnston108: And they couldn't film this in Los Angeles... why? more »
    SJ_Edwards: A perfect 'mushroom cloud' shape, but in these days of hundreds of thousands of returning, IED-savvy vets, do they still think they can get away with ... more »
    Bill-Lee: So the aliens load themselves into spaceships and hurl themselves across the galaxy, in order to blow up Los Angeles? Why? What did SoCal ever do to a... more »
    CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton): Battle for LA... why? I live in San Francisco, I say let LA burn. And I mean Los Angeles not the state of Louisiana. more »
    TemporalSword: Sounds pretty cool. I like the premise of this and hope it comes across as they describe. more »
    The Curse of Millhaven: Did you just say "we're excited to see Aaron Eckhart" because you knew that nobody in the history of mankind has ever uttered that phrase? more »
    OMG! Ponies!: The aliens are being pissed on? The least you could do is put a NSFW tag on the article. more »
    BangarangRufio867: sounds more like Cloverfield meets Muppets Meet Manhattan to me...but I will probably still see it. Mostly because I loooovvveed Muppets Take Manhattan. more »
    ManchuCandidate: "It's basically any 19-year-old guy's dream job. I get to go to work and shoot guns all day so it's pretty awesome." That is till someone shoots back. more »
    Purple Dave: Gee, couldn't possibly have anything to do with ten years of advancement in CGI... more »
    Kishi: I am amused by the fact that this story sits on the front page next to a little bar that says "Avatar: The Game". more »
    Dr Emilio Lizardo: Actually, the real reason "Avatar is better then "The Phantom Menace has nothing to do with CGI. It's because George Lucas didn't write it. more »
    cylon_conspiracy: Yes. The stuff from 1977 felt more "real" because they were actual objects. Props, sets, costumes, alien masks, miniature space ships made from model ... more »
    AllOfUsAreLost.: Didn't realise that Rodriguez was in this movie, i guess that's another note under the "Cons" column. more »
    Geo666: I've come to dislike CG more and more - it's everywhere and it's so damn obvious. Like any tool, it should be used sparingly and to good effect, not l... more »
    Thomas Wrobel: I didnt have one shred of a problem with the CG in phantom menence. Its problems lied elsewhere. more »
    YackBacker: I remember when Billy Dee Williams was promoting "Batman" (1989) and he had the chutzpah to say "This movie has better special effects than 'Star Wars... more »
    Jim El: It's funny:the first thing I thought when I saw the trailer was: This could be another let-down like Phantom. more »
    TotalFanGirl: Geez, if the best they can do is say "We're better than Jar Jar!" that doesn't give me much confidence. more »
    braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: "The movie," Rodriguez admitted, "is still pretty dumb. But I did know exactly what I should be looking at." more »
  • #battlela

    The Aliens Are Pissed On The Set Of Battle LA

    Battle For LA is still filming its alien ground war in Louisiana, and we've found a few pictures of an on-set explosion. Is this the kind of alien danger Aaron Eckhart and his military unit will have to face? More »
  • #quoteoftheday

    Michelle Rodriguez Explains Why Avatar's CG World Is Better Than "Phantom Menace"

    Avatar's Michelle Rodriguez says watching Star Wars: The Phantom Menace made her wish she'd rented the video game instead, so she could have controlled the fake-looking CG action. But Avatar won't give you that feeling, because the props are real. More »
  • #lost

    Another Lost Corpse Climbs Out Of The Grave