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    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    06:11 AM

    In reply to Who is the Sexiest Blue Woman in the Universe?
    Got to go with Zhaan on this one. She may not exceed Mystique on overall looks, but she easily makes up for it with her more overt sexuality.
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    Image of Tenacious-G Tenacious-G
    08:07 AM

    @atrus123: I'm with you on this one. Besides, if you're having a little trouble pleasing her, just buy a nice Maglite.
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    03:50 AM

    In reply to The Decade That Superhero Movies Beat Video-Game Movies
    The only thing I remember about Doom is the Rock's best line: "I'm not supposed to die!"
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    12/21/09

    In reply to Who is the Sexiest Blue Woman in the Universe?
    Mystique is probably the sexiest due to her shape changing abilities. However, her mysterious personality makes the Diva Plavalaguna my favorite character on the list.
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    Image of EndangeredRed EndangeredRed
    12/21/09

    In reply to Dollhouse: The Attic Is Other People
    Does anyone know if that was definitely Enver Gjokai playing himself in The Attic scene where he fights himself? It's unlikely, but I know he has a twin brother and it would be awesome if they brought him in for that cameo.
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    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    12/21/09

    In reply to Who is the Sexiest Blue Woman in the Universe?
    Okay so fairly minor.
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    Image of Crowbot Crowbot
    03:21 AM

    @mr_dude: Where's this from?
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    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    09:21 AM

    @Crowbot: Dragon Age. The Werewolf queen.
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    12/21/09

    In reply to The Most Important Events Of 2000-2009, Comic Style
    How did...how did you not list the assassination of Captain goddamn America?
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    Image of Koztah Koztah
    12/21/09

    In reply to The Decade That Superhero Movies Beat Video-Game Movies
    Ridley Scott? Directing Monopoly?

    I'll say this: it better be about a guy in a top hat with a huge mustache riding around in a giant thimble and buying entire streets, whereupon he mugs people who happen to loiter and forces them to stay in his hotel.

    I'd watch that.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    12/21/09

    @Koztah: He's talked about directing it. He could also wind up producing it and letting someone else direct, though.
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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    12/21/09

    In reply to The Decade That Superhero Movies Beat Video-Game Movies
    ;_; Uwe Boll, how I hate you for fucking up the plot for Alone in the Dark so badly.
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    01:31 AM

    @(Starman) Starman: Don't criticize Uwe Boll unless you think you can knock him out. He's notorious for challenging his critics to boxing matches.
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    Image of lightninglouie lightninglouie
    12/21/09

    In reply to The Decade That Superhero Movies Beat Video-Game Movies
    As for why Halo fell through, the answer is simple: Movie execs see video game-based projects as low-budget affairs, designed to pack in the 18-34 male demo on weekends during the slow months between summer and Xmas blockbusters. Halo is exceptional in that it actually has an involving narrative (as opposed to a flimsy pretense to shoot up things), but the over-40s running the studios failed to understand what captivated Jackson and Blomkamp. The same is true for the BioShock movie. I'm not sure if the idea that video games can actually have real stories in them worth expending $100-$200M (as opposed to, say, fifty year old theme park rides or twenty year old toy lines) has sunk in at the executive level. Not many gamers there, I'd wager.
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    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    12/21/09

    In reply to The Decade That Superhero Movies Beat Video-Game Movies
    The verdict is probably Toy Movies for 2 years. Bigger and dumber. But in the videogame versus movie argument, it could be that games need to evolve while movie-making becomes more democratic before we have a revolutionary industry-changing product. The Epic Videogame Debates seemed to conclude that games are still too simplistic and the movie industry is "too big to fail".
    IOW, good game + good movie = new genre?
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    Image of jbq jbq
    12/21/09

    In reply to Who is the Sexiest Blue Woman in the Universe?
    Fantastic poll. I wonder how I'd react to actually meeting a blue or green lady in real life - probably not as excitedly as I do on the computer.
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    Image of 0kami 0kami
    12/21/09

    In reply to The Decade That Superhero Movies Beat Video-Game Movies
    I thought Silent Hill was the best game adaptation yet. Even though they shifted the story a bit, the first half of the movie is almost identical to the first game...sans the main character's gender.
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    Image of Barnabus Barnabus
    12/21/09

    @0kami: Silent Hill really nailed the tone of the game, but the story kind of fell apart as they went along. Which is too bad, since the game has a pretty strong and screenplay-friendly story line compared with a shooter like Doom.
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    Image of jbq jbq
    12/21/09

    @Barnabus: Totally agree. It really felt as if I were in the game-world. But the story fizzled out, sadly. Still my favourite game adaptation so far.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    12/21/09

    In reply to The Decade That Superhero Movies Beat Video-Game Movies
    "Uwe Boll would have to work overtime and weekends to make a film half as bad as Catwoman"

    The data does not support your assertion. "Catwoman" got a 27 on metacritic and 10 on Rotten Tomatoes. Of all of Uwe Boll's movies, only one (Blackwoods) outscored it on either - and only narrowly. The rest got substantially worse scores. I think it's clear that Mr. Boll is the single most important reason why video game movies suck.
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    Image of firstanointed firstanointed
    12/21/09

    In reply to Avatar: Haven't We Seen This James Cameron Film Before?
    What's tragic to me is that all these fabulous people and MacGuffins recur everywhere but in real life. :(
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    Image of cjscampbell cjscampbell
    12/21/09

    In reply to The Decade That Superhero Movies Beat Video-Game Movies
    Why no mention of Blade? I'd say it was the start of the new comic movie wave. Definitely the first Marvel one and showed what was to come in the 2000s.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    12/21/09

    @cjscampbell: Thought about it... but even though it's a Marvel movie, it's way more of a vampire film than a superhero film.
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