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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    09/13/09

    In reply to Shane Acker's 9 Rules For Creating Great Post-Apocalyptic Movies
    Damn. Should have called his movie "10" and thrown in a rule about writing a better ending. Not that there was anything wrong with the ending of "9", but there wasn't a lot that was right with it either.
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    09/11/09

    In reply to Shane Acker's 9 Rules For Creating Great Post-Apocalyptic Movies
    Wow...how convenient that his idea of a perfect post apocalyptic film perfectly mirrors his movie.
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment Unmarketable_Product was starred Unmarketable_Product was unstarred
    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    09/11/09

    @Unmarketable_Product: Well, to be fair, I took his statements about his film and post-apoc movies in general, and turned them into rules... but it wasn't really a stretch. He definitely made some definite statements about post-apocalyptic films.
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    09/11/09

    In reply to Shane Acker's 9 Rules For Creating Great Post-Apocalyptic Movies
    I just saw it last night - I don't agree with the initial review, and my main problem is I thought it was too short. :-(

    I found that the style and narrative didn't let the message outweigh it, and whereas it may have made for a somewhat simplistic film, I have to saw, sometimes simple is actually good. In this case, to me anyhow, it was.

    BUT TOO SHORT!
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    Image of bonedog73 bonedog73
    09/11/09

    In reply to If Nice Machines Battle Evil Machines After You're Dead, Will You Care?
    You guys hate on every scifi flick that comes out.. Your views are interesting sometimes but your measure is also skewed. Was it entertaining and fun to watch? yes/no?
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment bonedog73 was starred bonedog73 was unstarred
    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    09/11/09

    @bonedog73: This puzzles me... have you actually read any reviews on the site before? We loved District 9, Moon... we even loved Gamer, which tons of other people hated. This movie left me lukewarm and I had a hard time caring about any of the characters or the situations.
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    Image of Evdor Evdor
    09/12/09

    @bonedog73: They also postiively reviewed Transformers 2 as so-dumb-its-hilarious-and-entertaining....

    And to answer your question? no.
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    Image of James M. Davis James M. Davis
    09/11/09

    In reply to Shane Acker's 9 Rules For Creating Great Post-Apocalyptic Movies
    I'm sorry but with the escalating prices of movie tickets I don't want a movie that is roughly a single hour.
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    crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division promoted this comment James M. Davis was starred James M. Davis was unstarred
    Image of lostinjersey lostinjersey
    09/09/09

    In reply to If Nice Machines Battle Evil Machines After You're Dead, Will You Care?
    I thought the 1-9's were mostly one note, but didn't care, I was enthralled by them. The twist you didn't reveal was kinda predictable, but I felt the movie had lots of cautionary moral warnings that were very subtle. Most of them anyway. It was very very layered and this is the kind of movie that I'd watch again and discover something new each time.

    Oh and its beautiful as all hell. I was asked what the movie is like, and it's got elements of terminator and the Matrix, but honestly, this movie is in a catagory by itself.
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    Image of disatess disatess
    09/09/09

    In reply to If Nice Machines Battle Evil Machines After You're Dead, Will You Care?
    I was quite happy with the movie , it has alot of symbolisim and in the end it showed hope .
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    Image of Corwen Corwen
    09/09/09

    In reply to If Nice Machines Battle Evil Machines After You're Dead, Will You Care?
    'Sadly, the ragdolls and their "personalities" are really the main area where the movie falls the flattest, and it's almost a fatal flaw."

    I disagree with this. I say it's where the movie shines.
    I saw the film last night, and the characters were my favorite part about the movie!

    i feel like this review is harsh because the reviewers expectations were to high. im sorry if you're upset and it wasn't exactly how you wanted it to be. but the film is good. and fun to watch.

    the only thing i can say is; i wanted more, because i liked it so.
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    Bill-Lee promoted this comment Corwen was starred Corwen was unstarred
    Image of Dedpool3678 Dedpool3678
    09/09/09

    In reply to If Nice Machines Battle Evil Machines After You're Dead, Will You Care?
    WILL SEE THIS EVEN IF THE WHOLE FILM GETS RUINED. It is just such an original look, and idea (at least the ragdolls are anyway), and I love the imagery. The fact that the machines end up using organic parts (Skulls) and organic designs (bats, snakes, etc) is just a great idea, especially when there isn't really anything organic left to take inspiration from really. I followed the development of this in the Scientist's diary on 9experiment.com It was great and I enourage all to go there to get a glimpse at the history of this alternative world.
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    Image of Dedpool3678 Dedpool3678
    09/09/09

    @Dedpool3678: By ruined I mean spoilers.
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    tetracycloide promoted this comment Dedpool3678 was starred Dedpool3678 was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    09/09/09

    @Dedpool3678: stories are what they are, only bad stories can be 'spoiled' in that they can alone can be reveled to be reprobate. a good story is good no matter how much about it you know. the 'no spoilers' culture is a blight upon the artistic community that props up hacks with monetary support driven by the curiousity of their consumers instead of their own creativity. unless you want to call a good marketing campaign 'creative.'
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    09/09/09

    In reply to If Nice Machines Battle Evil Machines After You're Dead, Will You Care?
    i haven't seen the film yet, nor the short, nor have i read a synopsis or any other review for that matter and i can already tell you that the ragdolls have segmented personalities because they are each a piece of a whole person. this is not a twist, it is completely predictable and patently obvious and made even more so when one observes both ragdolls and the killing machines together. when taken as a whole each machine, including the war machines, represents a piece of humanity. the story is meant to be a cautionary tale about the need for humanity to overcome its worst tendancies before the destroy us. if the feeling you got from the film was that these were good machines fighting bad machines after humanity was gone then you missed the point completely. the humans are dead but humanity is not, it is still alive and well.
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    Edited by tetracycloide at 09/09/09 11:20 AM tetracycloide was starred tetracycloide was unstarred
    Image of Blue_Thark Blue_Thark
    09/09/09

    In reply to If Nice Machines Battle Evil Machines After You're Dead, Will You Care?
    We can always hope that they'll let Pixar reboot it in a decade or so.
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    Kpibca promoted this comment Blue_Thark was starred Blue_Thark was unstarred
    Image of disatess disatess
    09/09/09

    @Blue_Thark: and screw it up .
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    Image of WindowlickinDaywalker WindowlickinDaywalker
    09/09/09

    In reply to If Nice Machines Battle Evil Machines After You're Dead, Will You Care?
    Boom. The title of your article hit the nail on the head for me. If all the humans are dead, I don't really care, regardless of how purty everything is.

    My only other comment being that, if Jennifer Connelly is the sole representative for femininity on the Erf, well, that's at least a damned sight better than Smurfette.
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    09/09/09

    @WindowlickinDaywalker: Cut Smurfette some slack, she had to put up with the horny advances of about 100 little blue men. I wonder if there was much tread on the tire or was it like throwing a Smurf berry down a hallway? (Yes, I know it's a terrible mixed metaphor).
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    09/09/09

    In reply to If Nice Machines Battle Evil Machines After You're Dead, Will You Care?
    Sigh. I was really looking forward to this, but the flaws that you mentioned seemed to be all the things I worried about in extending the length and adding voices. I'll probably see it anyway since I have been anticipating it so much.
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    Image of disatess disatess
    09/09/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: SEE IT !!! DON`t let the gloomy review make you down about it . It was great .
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    09/09/09

    In reply to If Nice Machines Battle Evil Machines After You're Dead, Will You Care?
    Ok, two questions;
    1) Is there a way to make more of the sackboys?
    2) Will there be a sequel, do you think?
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    09/09/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: There's no way to make more of them, I think. And I'm doubtful about a sequel, but you never know.
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    Image of SuperTuna SuperTuna
    09/09/09

    In reply to If Nice Machines Battle Evil Machines After You're Dead, Will You Care?
    "I won't give it away, but this Washington Post review gives away the secret early on."

    You did with that picture RIGHT BELOW. Had my theories but lightning faces were not involved. :)
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment SuperTuna was starred SuperTuna was unstarred
    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    09/09/09

    @SuperTuna: Yeah the picture is from the trailer... and it's not entirely clear what's going on.
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    Charlie Jane Anders was starred Charlie Jane Anders was unstarred
    Image of SuperTuna SuperTuna
    09/09/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: Ahh - haven't seen the trailer, only the short from a while back. In any case - I'm going to try to use the term lightning faces at least once a day for the rest of the week :D
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    09/09/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: really? it's not? because it seems much more like it's really really obvious what's going on even without the picture.
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