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    "Fourth Kind" Insider: Yes, It Was Totally Fake

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    Image of Byronotron Byronotron
    11/09/09

    In reply to "Fourth Kind" Insider: Yes, It Was Totally Fake
    3, 2, 1...
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    Image of Byronotron Byronotron
    11/09/09


    @Byronotron: #thefourthkind
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/09/09

    In reply to "Fourth Kind" Insider: Yes, It Was Totally Fake
    Here you've put me in a tough situation: I can't honestly decide whether to say, "Duh," uh, "Doy," or a very sarcastic, "Oh, really?" #thefourthkind
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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    11/09/09

    @tetracycloide: I said "Duh" the last time. I say a very sarcastic, "Oh, really?" is appropriate. #thefourthkind
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    Image of CFinWV CFinWV
    11/09/09

    @tetracycloide: I like "Doy" simply because it's fun to say over and over. #thefourthkind
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    Annalee Newitz promoted this comment CFinWV was starred CFinWV was unstarred
    Image of Ghede Ghede
    11/09/09

    @CFinWV: Doy. Doy. Doy. Doy. Doy. Doy. Doy.

    Wow, you are right. I'd say it doesn't look like a word anymore, but since it never was a word, it's stable. #thefourthkind
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    Image of Cash907Censored Cash907Censored
    11/09/09

    In reply to "Fourth Kind" Insider: Yes, It Was Totally Fake
    It's a movie Annalee, not a documentary. Documentaries don't star Leeloo DallasMultiPass either.

    What is it with you and dead horses lately anyway? What was it about this flick that got stuck in your craw so? #thefourthkind
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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    11/09/09

    @Cash907Censored: I know. Oh gods. If the "This is really true guys, like totally believe us," vibe didn't clue you in, then wow, I don't know what to say. #thefourthkind
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    11/09/09

    @Cash907Censored: What, I'm not allowed to make fun of fake documentaries now? What next, no making fun of Heroes? Do you want my life to be a barren wasteland of earnestness or what? #thefourthkind
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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    11/09/09

    @Annalee Newitz: It's funny to kick something that takes itself seriously, or at least try's to back up it's pretense.

    Kicking a dead horse, or in this case, pointing at dead horse you've already kicked, and saying "Hey, that horse is still dead," is just a waste. A scintillating deconstruction of the latest episode of Heroes like a lab scene in CSI with a beat you dance to, not a waste.
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    Image of Cash907Censored Cash907Censored
    11/09/09

    @Annalee Newitz:
    No no, make fun of it all you want, but when was the last time you double posted on a single ep of Heroes that didn't involve lesbian kissing action Claire? If there was anyone out there that actually thought this was a real documentary, well that's just sad. #thefourthkind
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    Image of Jesse Astle Jesse Astle
    11/08/09

    In reply to "Fourth Kind" Insider: Yes, It Was Totally Fake
    *gasp*!! Say it ain't so! #thefourthkind
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    Annalee Newitz promoted this comment Jesse Astle was starred Jesse Astle was unstarred
    Image of Vexxarr Vexxarr
    11/08/09

    In reply to "Fourth Kind" Insider: Yes, It Was Totally Fake
    In other news, all the Deathstar footage from the original trilogy was faked. #thefourthkind
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    Annalee Newitz promoted this comment Vexxarr was starred Vexxarr was unstarred
    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/08/09

    In reply to "Fourth Kind" Insider: Yes, It Was Totally Fake
    So somebody actually believed this was real?

    It's like when Mrs Emilio Lizardo protests that it's "based on a true story" and I agree that yes, "once there was a man...." Everything after that is acomplete crock. #thefourthkind
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    Image of Kaibutsu Kaibutsu
    11/09/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Its sad to say there are alot of people out there that believe if it says its "based on a true story" they believe all of it... #thefourthkind
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/09/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo:
    No, but see, it _is_ based on a true story. See, the guy who wrote the screenplay was sitting in a bar, and this other guy a couple seats away was talking loudly with his buddy about how it'd be cool if there was a cheesy film about alien abductions. Bing bang boom, and dude stumbles home with a completed screenplay written on bar napkins, based on the true story of him overhearing stuff in a bar. #thefourthkind
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/09/09

    @Kaibutsu: Like my wife. #thefourthkind
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    Image of Asha L Kydd Asha L Kydd
    11/08/09

    In reply to "Fourth Kind" Insider: Yes, It Was Totally Fake
    FAKE!?!?!? Shocked! Shocked am I!!! #thefourthkind
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    Annalee Newitz promoted this comment Asha L Kydd was starred Asha L Kydd was unstarred
    Image of reckoner23 reckoner23
    11/08/09

    In reply to "Fourth Kind" Insider: Yes, It Was Totally Fake
    Couldn't they have just not lied? I mean seriously. #thefourthkind
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    Image of Althestane Althestane
    11/08/09

    In reply to "Fourth Kind" Insider: Yes, It Was Totally Fake
    you mean that photoshoped extreme closeup of a barn owl's face isn't a photoshoped extreme closeup of a ALIEN barn owl's face?!? I have lost all faith in hollywood. #thefourthkind
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    CParis promoted this comment Althestane was starred Althestane was unstarred
    Image of CParis CParis
    11/08/09

    @Althestane: Brought to you by Black Hat Man and the Shadow People. Also. #thefourthkind
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    11/08/09

    In reply to "Fourth Kind" Insider: Yes, It Was Totally Fake
    more Blair Witch type fake movies. #thefourthkind
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    Image of Hlaode Hlaode
    11/08/09

    In reply to "Fourth Kind" Insider: Yes, It Was Totally Fake
    Damn it. Now I don't believe in anything anymore. #thefourthkind
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    Image of Jessy Jacobs Jessy Jacobs
    11/08/09

    In reply to "Fourth Kind" Insider: Yes, It Was Totally Fake
    wait...who thought this was real? #thefourthkind
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    AmishJohn promoted this comment Jessy Jacobs was starred Jessy Jacobs was unstarred
    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/08/09

    @Jessy Jacobs: The same people who keep tabloids alive. You know, the ones who're waiting to hear more about Bat-boy... #thefourthkind
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    Image of lukeoneil47 lukeoneil47
    11/08/09

    @Jessy Jacobs: no one. #thefourthkind
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    lukeoneil47 was starred lukeoneil47 was unstarred
    Image of Jessy Jacobs Jessy Jacobs
    11/08/09

    @AmishJohn: hey, don't lump Bat Boy in with this nonsense. That child is an American treasure. #thefourthkind
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    Image of Brian Fowler Brian Fowler
    11/08/09

    @Jessy Jacobs: Seems he was a national treasure when I was a boy myself.

    Shouldn't he be Bat... Adult by now? #thefourthkind
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    Purple Dave promoted this comment Brian Fowler was starred Brian Fowler was unstarred
    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/09/09

    @Brian Fowler:
    No, he's Bat-Castrato. From the original picture it's pretty clear that he was dreaming of a career in opera singing, but he didn't have the body for the male parts. #thefourthkind
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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    11/09/09

    @AmishJohn: Hey the people who buy the tabloids, they buy American!

    Think of all the photo-manipulators and now photoshoppers they have put through college.

    Think of all the children who can eat a well balanced breakfast because their parents write for those tabloids.

    Think of all the postal workers who continue to draw a paycheck because the non-sane continue to send their deranged writings in by snail mail, so the man can't read it with his internets.

    So I say, scorn not the tabloids! At least in this grand country they're fit to print what ain't! #thefourthkind
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    Image of Bigdamnhero Bigdamnhero
    11/08/09

    In reply to "Fourth Kind" Insider: Yes, It Was Totally Fake
    FX for college logo t-shirts? Nobody thought to just, you know, buy a frakin college T-shirt?

    I don't think my voice registers enough bass for the amount of emphasis I want to put on the "duh" part of No Duh.
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    Image of Pegritz Pegritz
    11/08/09

    In reply to "Fourth Kind" Insider: Yes, It Was Totally Fake
    Why spend all that money on making DVR footage look like bad home video? Just get an oldskool video camera and some tape! Hell, these materials are all still readily available--very cheaply, in fact. #thefourthkind
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    11/08/09

    @Pegritz: If you really use VHS footage, it blows up very poorly on the big screen.

    They just want it to look like crappy old footage, but make it clear enough so people can watch the movie. Kind of a weird conundrum. #thefourthkind
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    Image of firstanointed firstanointed
    11/08/09

    In reply to "Fourth Kind" Insider: Yes, It Was Totally Fake
    Wasn't The Blair Witch Project marketed as "based on true events"? Granted maybe they didn't go as far as to say it was the whole sworn truth, but it's the same gimmick. Whats the big deal? #thefourthkind
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    Image of Jonny_eh Jonny_eh
    11/08/09

    @firstanointed: Maybe the difference is that nobody really believes in witches? (or not many)

    On the other hand, loads of people believe in alien abductions. #thefourthkind
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    firstanointed promoted this comment Jonny_eh was starred Jonny_eh was unstarred
    Image of firstanointed firstanointed
    11/08/09

    @Jonny_eh: Ahh, good point. That's pretty ironic, considering that technically, witches or at least, people who try practicing malicious magic actually do exist as opposed to aliens...at least that we KNOW of... #thefourthkind
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    Image of Jonny_eh Jonny_eh
    11/08/09

    @firstanointed: Who practices actual malicious magic? I think you're a few centuries late with your beliefs. #thefourthkind
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    Jonny_eh was starred Jonny_eh was unstarred
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    11/08/09

    @Jonny_eh: They "try" I didn't say they succeed, lol. But there are people who do practice witchcraft and seriously consider themselves real witches or magicians. That said, there may be folks who think they're aliens, but who am I to judge. #thefourthkind
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    firstanointed was starred firstanointed was unstarred
    Image of Vulcan Has No Moon Vulcan Has No Moon
    11/09/09

    @Jonny_eh: Those witch-doctors in Tanzania who've been killing and cutting up albino people for good-luck charms, for one.

    [www.mailonsunday.co.uk] #thefourthkind
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