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NotChoinski
04/02/09

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"A world without humans", starring Jean Tripplehorn. JEAN TRIPPLEHORN IS NOT HUMAN!
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Aidan_
04/02/09

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I'm thinking something like "Quest For Fire" but with some kinda aboreal squid or other hyper-evolved animal. I'd pay good money to see that.
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Aidan_
04/02/09

@Aidan_: Maybe an alien survey team?
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Ama Wilson
04/02/09

@Aidan_:

A whole movie that just aliens uncovering our archeological leftovers would be fantastic.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
04/02/09

@Ama Wilson: That was my thought for how they'd go with this.

You get some visually-appealing bipedal aliens poking around and trying to figure out what happened to us and how we lived and there ya go.
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snowcrash
04/02/09

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jesus as this rate with so many people imagining the end of the world, it's going to happen. STOP IT.

imagine a happy bright future for christs sake.
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Gann
04/02/09

@snowcrash: Nobody said anything about the end of the world, just the end of the human race. Some would call that a very happy bright future.
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Travis Greene
04/02/09

@Gann: Who, cows?
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Gann
04/02/09

@Travis Greene: Domesticated cows wouldn't fare that well post-humanity.

@corpore-metal: While that is a valid argument, I'd attribute the popularity of disaster movies to eco-fear. Humanity's fears always show up in movies, just as people's fears always show up in their dreams. We are learning our only real enemy left is ourselves and are hoping we do not destroy the earth as we eventually bring about our own demise.
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Fedaykin
04/02/09

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Um... unnecessary I Am Legend hate?

And didn't History Channel or NatGeo already do The World Without Humans? Documentary-style, but still fun.

Honestly, you think they'd get a greenlight for this from Hollywood without a love interest? :)
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psthmn
04/02/09

@Fedaykin: The hate is very necessary, since they missed the whole point.

By an extremely wide margin.
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Pope John Peeps II
04/02/09

@psthmn: also it was kind of a giant let down also. Super-creepy first half, enormously shitty CGI villains in the last half, followed by a boringly unsympathetic Will Smith in full on steroid-mode.

And to top it all off, let's make ALTERNATE ENDINGS so that the whole world can see that nobody knew what the fuck they were doing, and this shitty movie was assembled by committee.
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Andrew Liptak
04/02/09

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Interesting. I read the book a while ago, and really enjoyed it, but I honestly can't see what they can do that The Day After Tomorrow and I Am Legend hasn't done already.
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tetracycloide
04/02/09

@Andrew Liptak: well for starters they can make a film without a bunch of hand waving scientific drivel that doesn't dissapoint at the ending.
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Belabras ate my dingo!
04/02/09

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As long as they keep the arboreal squid I'm interested.
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Grey_Area
04/02/09

@Belabras Voted 5: Oh yeah, they better keep the squid ending!
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Slatz_Grobnik
04/02/09

@Belabras Voted 5: That whole end segment is Nightmare Fuel in its most distilled form.
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LeopoldNestor
04/02/09

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In order for the audience to identify with the story there has to be some sort of character. Be that a survivor, a cute robot, or even some cockroach running around. There has to be a primary point of view character to tell the story with.

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Pope John Peeps II
04/02/09

@LeopoldNestor: Not if a movie isn't a story. A story is a particular thing. A movie doesn't have to be. Haven't you ever seen Baraka? or Blue Earth?
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evildead1971
04/02/09

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the history channel did this already
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EBone
04/02/09

@evildead1971: No kidding. I saw it like six months ago. and now it's going to be a series:

[www.history.com]

Isn't that enough?
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Alexis
04/02/09

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As long as there are no lovable German Shepards dying, I'm go for this one.
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Red-headed bookworm
04/02/09

@Evlsushi: Seriously, that part made me cry. I was so upset at the dog dying.
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