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    Before There Were Blue Avatars There Were The Tiny Tadpole Sperm Aliens Of Terra

    Is This The Year We Have To Kill Cute Aliens?

    Which Underdog Movie Will Be The Summer's Biggest Sleeper Hit?

    Tadpole Alien Escapes With Robot David Cross, In Terra Clip

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    Image of ohoward ohoward
    09/14/09

    In reply to Before There Were Blue Avatars There Were The Tiny Tadpole Sperm Aliens Of Terra
    I thought it was really, really bad - not just stupid (why would any plants on a non oxygen based planet produce oxygen?? And even if they did, a few pot plants would never produce enough to sustain a human!!), but also commited the far worse crimes of being boring and having throughly unlikable characters. Oh, and the animation sucked. One to avoid IMO.
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    Image of Johnny Dactyl Johnny Dactyl
    09/14/09

    @ohoward: why would humans travel for several generations to a distant star, armed to the teeth when they've never encountered Alien life before?

    edit: or known there was any there
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    tetracycloide promoted this comment Edited by Johnny Dactyl at 09/14/09 2:34 PM Johnny Dactyl was starred Johnny Dactyl was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    09/15/09

    @Johnny Dactyl: they were armed to the teeth because they were refugees of the war between earth, mars, and venus. did you even listen to the exposition?
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    Image of Johnny Dactyl Johnny Dactyl
    09/15/09

    @tetracycloide: yes but they continued to train for a war that didnt exist anymore, they collectively were the last humans alive, all on the same side with no enemy, surely they would have been better put to use keeping the ship in shape with parts from the war machines
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    Image of Janglesatwest Janglesatwest
    09/14/09

    In reply to Before There Were Blue Avatars There Were The Tiny Tadpole Sperm Aliens Of Terra
    It was Ok, but it had something missing. It also fudges many scientific facts while being spot on with others. Then again this is a movie for children so it is OK to gloss over some of the details. And Giddy was cool.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/14/09

    In reply to Before There Were Blue Avatars There Were The Tiny Tadpole Sperm Aliens Of Terra
    EH!! Did this bypass UK cinemas because I looked everywhere for this!! Obviously not far enough. Well....looks like im going to have to hope the DVD reviews are true and just before I go out and buy it. Asuming it even hits the UK DVD market!
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    CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) was starred CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/14/09

    In reply to Before There Were Blue Avatars There Were The Tiny Tadpole Sperm Aliens Of Terra
    Looks good, but it's no Delgo.
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    05/21/09

    In reply to Is This The Year We Have To Kill Cute Aliens?
    Ashley Tisdale is 24 years old.


    I have no other response to this.

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    Image of Plague Plague
    05/21/09

    In reply to Is This The Year We Have To Kill Cute Aliens?
    Damn, does everybody have to rip off the Ghoulies bit?
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    05/21/09

    @Plague: It's an homage.
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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    05/21/09

    @NerD!!! - R.O.A.C.H.: Wait but I thought Ghoulies was a rip off of Gremlins which was rip off of ET which was a rip off of Disney's The Cat From Outer Space.
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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    05/21/09

    In reply to Is This The Year We Have To Kill Cute Aliens?
    If this is related to 'Flowers in the Attic' in any way and Ashley Tisdale has sex with aliens then you can count me in.
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    05/21/09

    In reply to Is This The Year We Have To Kill Cute Aliens?
    this should be used as an example of the great leaps that have been made in CG animation in the last 30 years...

    the digital characters here have achieved EXACTLY the same level of bland, stereotyped, ineptly conceived shittyness as their human co-stars.


    HUZZAH!

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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    05/21/09

    In reply to Is This The Year We Have To Kill Cute Aliens?
    There's Sparks, the friendly one, Skip, the mean one, Spike, the dumb one, and Razor, the female one.


    Apparently, being a female is considered a description in and of itself.

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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    05/21/09

    @TemporalSword: To be fair, that's mostly me being snarky. Razor is the female one, but she's also described as obnoxious, determined and bent on world domination. She has as much individual personality as the other aliens, in other words.
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    Image of Islandkiwi Islandkiwi
    04/15/09

    In reply to Which Underdog Movie Will Be The Summer's Biggest Sleeper Hit?
    There's a 9 and a District 9? That's not confusing at all.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    04/15/09

    In reply to Which Underdog Movie Will Be The Summer's Biggest Sleeper Hit?
    wolverine is an underdog film? in what universe can a 100+ million dollar budget with several A-list stars be considered 'underdog.'
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    Image of Porcinema Porcinema
    04/16/09

    @tetracycloide: Several A-list stars? That's stretching things a bit. Jackman is A-list for sure. Liev Schreiber is a critical darling, but I wouldn't label him a star. Ryan Reynolds and Dominic Monaghan are B-list at best. After that you've got...?


    That said, no, it should not be labeled an underdog. No film with fast food tie-ins should.

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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    04/16/09

    @Porcinema: apparently i need to bone up on my hollywood lingo because i have since posting learned that my concept of 'a list' is actually closer to a 'b+ list.' still, as you point out, the point stands the movie is marketed and budgeted out the ass. you can't play with a stacked deck and still be an underdog.
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    04/15/09

    In reply to Which Underdog Movie Will Be The Summer's Biggest Sleeper Hit?
    Wait a sec. Land of the Lost was just in the poll "Which Summer Movie Will Be The Biggest Surprise Flop?"


    If it's an underdog movie how could it be a surprise flop too?

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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    04/15/09

    @twophrasebark: There's bound to be some overlap between the two categories. G.I. Joe was in both polls too. I'm personally expecting both movies to do meh but not great or horrible.
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    Image of jabrwok jabrwok
    04/15/09

    In reply to Which Underdog Movie Will Be The Summer's Biggest Sleeper Hit?
    To guess on which of these movies will be hits, I'd have to have heard of all of them. Got links?
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    Image of jabrwok jabrwok
    04/15/09

    @jabrwok:


    Hmm, looks like you had some links. My bad.


    I still don't know who the hottie in the picture up top is.

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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    04/15/09

    @jabrwok: [www.imdb.com]
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    04/15/09

    In reply to Which Underdog Movie Will Be The Summer's Biggest Sleeper Hit?
    If it gets a wide release I think District 9 will really take people by surprise. It's smart, has 'splody stuff and creatures, and that documentary look makes it very unique.
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    Image of CHUCK!! A.aaaa, saviour of the universe! CHUCK!! A.aaaa, saviour of the universe!
    04/06/09

    In reply to Tadpole Alien Escapes With Robot David Cross, In Terra Clip
    So if this film is 3D at the cinema, along with the likes of Monsters Vs Aliens, you have 2 options from what ive found out, you either watch it at an Imax cinema (here in the UK thats imposible were I live), or you go too the local cinema and watch it with 3D glasses....now thats all good and well, but if I just sat here and watched a completly cool 2D trailer, why oh why cant they just show regular fuckin 2D films alongside the crappy 3D ones that are arriving. I have a friend who cant take her kids to some children films this year because shes epileptic and affraid this type of filming may exhaserbate her condition!! (Please for the love of god correct me if im wrong).


    Also wondering will we have to pay extra for the glasses or will they come as a freebie with the price of a ticket??

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    CHUCK!! A.aaaa, saviour of the universe! was starred CHUCK!! A.aaaa, saviour of the universe! was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/06/09

    @CHUCK!! A.aaaa, saviour of the universe!: 3D movies play in many many more regular theaters than 3D. They look just fine in 2D.


    They don't usually cause seizures any more than ordinary movies, but she could check with the local or national epilepsy charity/organization to get the facts.


    Or you could take her kids to the movies and give her a few hours away from the monsters.

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