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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    11/16/09

    In reply to Everyone Wants To See The End Of The World
    do we really need more proof that people go see dumb ass movies constantly? and therefore we get dumb ass movies constantly. #2012
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    Image of Tiberiuswise Tiberiuswise
    11/16/09

    In reply to Everyone Wants To See The End Of The World
    Not a lot of competition in the theaters right now. Just sayin. #2012
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    omgwtflolbbqbye promoted this comment Tiberiuswise was starred Tiberiuswise was unstarred
    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/16/09

    In reply to Everyone Wants To See The End Of The World
    On The Awl, Mary Choi posted a hilarious and very positive review about 2012 that leads me to want to see it (no matter how craptastic):

    [www.theawl.com] #2012
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    Image of Belabras Belabras
    11/16/09

    In reply to Everyone Wants To See The End Of The World
    I'm not sure if this or Transformers 2 was a better movie. It was that bad. #2012
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    11/16/09

    In reply to Everyone Wants To See The End Of The World
    Lots of stupid movies make a lot of money. People are dumb; it's not really surprising.
    -Kle. #2012
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    Klebert L. Hall was starred Klebert L. Hall was unstarred
    Image of mopo mopo
    11/16/09

    @Klebert L. Hall: I have not seen the movie, so I have no idea if it is good or not, but to say people are dumb is well dumb. Okay, so not everyone likes the same movies you do, but being a highbrow elitist makes you a better person, really?
    Plus, why sign your name? We can all see who wrote it... #2012
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    Klebert L. Hall promoted this comment mopo was starred mopo was unstarred
    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    11/17/09

    @mopo:
    Nah, I'm dumb too - just dumb in different ways from the people who like this movie.

    I sign my name, because that's the way I was taught to end a text communication. I'm old enought to have been taught proper form for letters, where your name also appears at the top and at the bottom.
    -Kle. #2012
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    Image of AngriestGeek AngriestGeek
    11/16/09

    In reply to Everyone Wants To See The End Of The World
    I wish I could say this was completely awful, but it wasn't. It was the dumb fun that both GI Joe and Transformers 2 failed to be. #2012
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    Image of evildead1971 evildead1971
    11/16/09

    In reply to Everyone Wants To See The End Of The World
    oddly enough, when this movie is the top at the box office it's a sign of the impending apocalypse. granted i like to turn off my brain to watch certain films, but there is a small lump of it that stays active so i realize i'm wasting my time or not. i'd need a full lobotomy to watch this movie. why john why? #2012
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    11/16/09

    In reply to Everyone Wants To See The End Of The World
    I saw the movie and I cannot envision a sequel.
    Let's just hope Mr. Emmerich made enough money to let him work on some more new ideas. I think he should give up disaster movies and do a hard sci-fi movie. Something with big space ships and lots of exploding planets. #2012
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    Image of burlybax burlybax
    11/16/09

    @reddingofish: Oh man you just gave me a horrible thought.. What if he bought the Terminator rights.. #2012
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    Motoki promoted this comment burlybax was starred burlybax was unstarred
    Image of Motoki Motoki
    11/16/09

    @reddingofish: The sequel series is supposed to be some kind of Lost-esque nonsense. Not a lot of special effects, just people running around trying to survive bla bla. Low budget stuff for TV

    @burlybax: Don't even think it. Seriously that thought needs to be erased from all existence in the universe. Wasn't McG punishment enough for Terminator fans? #2012
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    Image of Im_your_Huckleberry Im_your_Huckleberry
    11/16/09

    @burlybax: Wash your brain out with soap young man. BAD THOUGHTS! #2012
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    Image of burlybax burlybax
    11/16/09

    @Im_your_Huckleberry: Im..im sorry

    @Motoki: I watched that movie again this weekend, thinking I would find something worthwhile.. I was wrong.. I had visions of McG in my head, and he was wearing a visor hat with spiked hair and orange Teva sandles.. What a disgrace #2012
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    Image of Im_your_Huckleberry Im_your_Huckleberry
    11/16/09

    @burlybax: We will let it slide this time, temporary insanity and all :)

    P.S. I also did the 2nd watch to look for some glimmer of hope with Terminator Salvation. I didn't find it. Bad!
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    Motoki promoted this comment Edited by Im_your_Huckleberry at 11/16/09 8:46 AM Im_your_Huckleberry was starred Im_your_Huckleberry was unstarred
    Image of Motoki Motoki
    11/16/09

    @Im_your_Huckleberry: @burlybax:
    Believe it or not the original script was worse! It had Helena Bonham Carter take Sam Worthing to some Skynet resort where hybrid human brain in cyborg body types like themselves lived in a luxury robo spa. Apparently Skynet calculated that humanity would destroy itself in less than 200 years so it was actually helping them, trying to save them from themselves.

    Fail. #2012
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    Image of Im_your_Huckleberry Im_your_Huckleberry
    11/16/09

    @Motoki: Um, I have no words to describe that. I haven't checked that out yet, but if you are kidding, that was funny. If not, that is so sad if that was the original screenplay. Wow.
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    Edited by Im_your_Huckleberry at 11/16/09 10:44 AM Im_your_Huckleberry was starred Im_your_Huckleberry was unstarred
    Image of Motoki Motoki
    11/16/09

    @Im_your_Huckleberry: [www.chud.com] #2012
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    Motoki was starred Motoki was unstarred
    Image of Im_your_Huckleberry Im_your_Huckleberry
    11/16/09

    @Motoki: O.M.F.G. I just read that.
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    Edited by Im_your_Huckleberry at 11/16/09 11:15 AM Im_your_Huckleberry was starred Im_your_Huckleberry was unstarred
    Image of Julius Seizure - Canuck Julius Seizure - Canuck
    11/16/09

    @Im_your_Huckleberry: He's looking for a short, sharp visit from the slap fairy, isn't he? #2012
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    11/16/09

    In reply to Everyone Wants To See The End Of The World
    what this kind of box office really means is that all the decisions that went into making the film (script, casting etc) have been validated.
    yay.
    more of the same on it's way. #2012
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/16/09

    @goldfarb: PT barnum was right. You will never go broke by underestimating the public. #2012
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/16/09

    In reply to Everyone Wants To See The End Of The World
    ninth biggest opening box office before adjusting for inflation isn't really that much of a feat. #2012
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    Image of 5AMfrenchtoast 5AMfrenchtoast
    11/15/09

    In reply to Turn Off Your Brain and Watch the World End in 2012
    This film had the worst and most hilarious final line of any movie ever. #2012
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    Image of rehabber rehabber
    11/14/09

    In reply to Turn Off Your Brain and Watch the World End in 2012
    Will see the movie, but when watching the trailer I kept wondering why the plane was flying so low that bridges and buildings were almost falling on it. That just stuck in my pea brain and am having a hard time getting past it.lol #2012
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    Image of rootyb rootyb
    11/14/09

    @rehabber: It's because the plane was just taking off. (Saw it last night) #2012
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    Jeb_Hoge promoted this comment rootyb was starred rootyb was unstarred
    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    11/14/09

    @rootyb: That plane just takes off for a loooong time. I mean, seriously...where the hell was it leaving from that bridges are collapsing down on it from 500-1000 feet above? #2012
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    Image of rootyb rootyb
    11/15/09

    @Jeb_Hoge: We're gonna say... Death Valley.

    And remember, it wasn't quite up to full takeoff speed when it left the ground, so it was an uphill battle, so to speak. :) #2012
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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    11/15/09

    @rootyb: Yep, flying around all those skyscrapers and bridges in Death Valley. :) I know, I know, turn off brain. #2012
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    Jeb_Hoge was starred Jeb_Hoge was unstarred
    Image of Francis Fernandez Francis Fernandez
    11/15/09

    @rootyb: Yeah, I think it wasn't so much taking off as it was "falling less quickly than everything else around it." Which is pretty much what *all* flying is, when you get down to it, but happening on a much more visual scale here. #2012
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    MsFeasance promoted this comment Francis Fernandez was starred Francis Fernandez was unstarred
    Image of rootyb rootyb
    11/15/09

    @Francis Fernandez: That's probably a good point.

    I must have missed it because my brain had already been turned off at that point. :) #2012
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    rootyb was starred rootyb was unstarred
    Image of B B
    11/13/09

    In reply to Turn Off Your Brain and Watch the World End in 2012
    My problem with this movie, and all Emmerich productions, isn't the elaborate CGI destruction, but the rampart boringness between them. I doubt I can sit through a 2 hour movie with no plot. #2012
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    Image of Nasdaf Nasdaf
    11/15/09

    @B: movie was terrible. a regret. theres not nearly enough CGI destruction to hold your attention for 2 1/2 hours. Movie could have been 43 minutes long.

    Also - if you've seen the LA destruction/plane scene online - its the only thing worth watching. Though some of the dialogue in the film is so laughably bad it borders on entertainment (but this will one day be online as well in an edited 2-3 min clip) #2012
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    Image of TheAardvark TheAardvark
    11/13/09

    In reply to Turn Off Your Brain and Watch the World End in 2012
    Interesting to note that no representative religious site seems to have been spared...except for holy Islamic sites. No death fatwas for Emmerich.

    I gotta say, I want to see the 'splodey bits. #2012
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    Dr Emilio Lizardo promoted this comment TheAardvark was starred TheAardvark was unstarred
    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/13/09

    @TheAardvark: I believe he said somewhere that he did that on purpose. While he feels there are no sacred cows, he doesn't want to poke the beehive with a stick either.

    I will not see this movie because I suspect that mixed metaphor is better than any writing in the actual movie. #2012
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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    11/14/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: "poke the beehive with a stick"...Emmerich probably remembers way too clearly what happened to that Dutch filmmaker a few years back. #2012
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    Jeb_Hoge was starred Jeb_Hoge was unstarred
    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/13/09

    In reply to Turn Off Your Brain and Watch the World End in 2012
    I haven't see this movie yet (and probably won't until it comes out on DVD).

    But a fun game might be to try to figure out how one would survive all the cataclysmic stuff that happens in it. I'm thinking along the lines of being in a nuclear sub over deep ocean -- would the earthquakes and subsequent tidal waves still get you? In the international space station -- would ejecta from volcanoes reach high enough to get you? Are you pretty much screwed anywhere but in deep space?
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    Edited by Chip Overclock at 11/13/09 4:25 PM Chip Overclock was starred Chip Overclock was unstarred
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