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    Image of notdarkyet notdarkyet
    08/13/09

    In reply to Megan Fox Has Two Words For All The High School Boys
    There's an inspired meta element to Fox's casting: like Jennifer, Megan is a gorgeous creature given to glib Cody-esque pronouncements (she told British GQ in July, "Really my only job is to look attractive.")

    io9 readers have talked about the "horror of the female" in previous posts--the sexual woman as predator, for one--but I'm interested, too, in how Megan's self-aware quips might also be a source of anxiety both in real life and in "Jennifer's Body"; in the movie's trailers, Jennifer's unrepentant sarcasm is part of her violence.

    And it looks like her words inspire discomfort in real life, too: there's an entire website called "The Megan Fox Soundboard" that edits down her soundbites into heavy breathing quotes like, "It's so hard" and "Something's gonna explode": [coedmagazine.com]
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    Image of nonpareil nonpareil
    08/13/09

    In reply to Megan Fox Has Two Words For All The High School Boys
    After the travesty that was "Juno," not even zombie Megan Fox can get me to see a Diable Cody movie.
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    tetracycloide promoted this comment nonpareil was starred nonpareil was unstarred
    Image of surrea1ist surrea1ist
    08/13/09

    In reply to Megan Fox Has Two Words For All The High School Boys
    Hahahaha nice one there. This actually seems like a really fantastic movie, but it might suck...I guess we'll have to see.
    I mean Megan Fox is perfect for the role...even if she's not a great actress.
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    Illogic approved this comment surrea1ist was starred surrea1ist was unstarred
    Image of zenfluence zenfluence
    08/13/09

    In reply to Megan Fox Has Two Words For All The High School Boys
    Why people should properly research satanic rituals before preforming.
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    Illogic promoted this comment zenfluence was starred zenfluence was unstarred
    Image of nozer nozer
    08/13/09

    In reply to Megan Fox Has Two Words For All The High School Boys
    I hate hate hate hate hate Juno (and just one hate for United States of Tara), but I'm actually looking forward to this and if it's any good, I may, just may be willing to give Diablo Cody a pass.

    This is a woman who does love Herschell Gordon Lewis (although I was quite offended by its inclusion in Juno. Did I mention how much I hate that movie?), so maybe she was meant for the genre.

    The Megan Fox casting is perfect too, since she elicits knee-jerk sexual comments from all adolescent boys (and a lot of men, too) that come into contact with her (see below comments). The monstrous female indeed. I hope, however, the women are a bit more well-rounded and awesome than they were in Juno.
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    EBone promoted this comment nozer was starred nozer was unstarred
    Image of EBone EBone
    08/13/09

    @nozer: Diablo Cody's tweets on Twitter are great.
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    Image of Cherubael Cherubael
    08/13/09

    @nozer: Juno was awesome. And there were few women in it; considering Juno was a girl.
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    Illogic promoted this comment Cherubael was starred Cherubael was unstarred
    Image of Illogic Illogic
    08/13/09

    @Artist Formally Known as 'Shai': I too found it awesome.

    @Nozer: I don't really get why you hate Juno, but I have to agree with the Megan Fox reaction. It's quite annoying.
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    Image of nonpareil nonpareil
    08/13/09

    @nozer: You and I may be the only two people on the planet who despised Juno with a burning passion. Horrendous movie for too many reasons to set forth here. UGH.
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    tetracycloide promoted this comment nonpareil was starred nonpareil was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    08/13/09

    @nonpareil: it would be easier to share your opinions if one or the other of you would enunciate an actual reason instead of just making quips about how there's to many to list even one. if there are so many listing them shouldn't be hard and i'm sure we'll forgive an abriged list if it means rational discourse about the film. me personally? i found the music hard to stomach. it's just people without much talent or skill jamming, if i wanted to listen to that i'd hit up the music room at the local high school during lunch breaks.
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    Image of disatess disatess
    08/13/09

    @nozer: megan fox is talantless hack , only thing she could do is scream , even that sucks . Hollywood needs more real actresses , Let`s ths piece of crap make over 100 million like Juno did.
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    Image of macman7 macman7
    08/13/09

    In reply to Megan Fox Has Two Words For All The High School Boys
    "Actress" might be a bit of an exageration!
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    Meredith Woerner promoted this comment macman7 was starred macman7 was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    08/13/09

    In reply to Megan Fox Has Two Words For All The High School Boys
    this was less interesting then previously indicated.
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    Image of Pyxzer Pyxzer
    08/13/09

    In reply to Megan Fox Has Two Words For All The High School Boys
    Woah, I almost want to go see it now.
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    Illogic promoted this comment Pyxzer was starred Pyxzer was unstarred
    Image of Twisk Twisk
    08/13/09

    In reply to Megan Fox Has Two Words For All The High School Boys
    LOL, that ranks up there with the PSAs from Fight Club in my book.
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    Meredith Woerner promoted this comment Twisk was starred Twisk was unstarred
    Image of Dash_Stryker Dash_Stryker
    08/13/09

    In reply to Megan Fox Has Two Words For All The High School Boys
    I can't wait for this movie, something abouit it reminds me of buffy.
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    Meredith Woerner promoted this comment Dash_Stryker was starred Dash_Stryker was unstarred
    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    08/04/09

    In reply to Smoking: It's Only Enabling The Machines
    This makes smoking semm like a far more attractive option, actually.
    -Kle.
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    Klebert L. Hall was starred Klebert L. Hall was unstarred
    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    08/03/09

    In reply to Smoking: It's Only Enabling The Machines
    What I’m choosing to take away from this video is that we have a problem we can stop before it starts. Lets get those some-to-be maniacal mechanical monsters before they get us! Smokers versus non-smokers; the line is drawn here.
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    Image of alphanumeric1971 alphanumeric1971
    08/03/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: Screw that! Sign me up for a particle beam death ray!

    (I never much liked you fleshies anyways.)
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    alphanumeric1971 was starred alphanumeric1971 was unstarred
    Image of kylenalepa kylenalepa
    07/14/09

    In reply to 3 Futuristic PSAs Remind Us Not To Speak To Robots
    Haha, all three were awesome. Very funny!
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    Image of cletar cletar
    07/14/09

    In reply to 3 Futuristic PSAs Remind Us Not To Speak To Robots
    If that old lady had bought some robot insurance from Sam Waterston, she would probably have been ok.
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    Image of Briareosdx Briareosdx
    07/14/09

    In reply to 3 Futuristic PSAs Remind Us Not To Speak To Robots
    Oh, ha ha, very funny. Look, I can appreciate an attempt at humor as much as the next sentient, but this kind of anti-robot propaganda has got to stop! It's divisive, it's mean, and it only propagates hateful anti-robot stereotypes. Frankly, I'm surprised to see this kind of thing on a site that's normally quite pro-robot.
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