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    Iron Man 2 Invades The Internet

    Learn The Truth About Alien Oppression And Secret Artifacts At District 9 And Warehouse 13 Sites

    Walter Bishop Falls Victim To Viral Marketing

    Woody Harrelson Warns You About The End Of Days

    All The Missing Link Wants Is To Get His Boogiecise On

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    Your UFOs Are Just Viral Marketing

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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    08/01/09

    In reply to Iron Man 2 Invades The Internet
    Why hello there VIBRANIUM!
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    08/02/09

    @TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.: I like the way you think...
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    omgwtflolbbqbye was starred omgwtflolbbqbye was unstarred
    Image of Illogic Illogic
    08/01/09

    In reply to Iron Man 2 Invades The Internet
    If they start advertising the movie already one of two things will happen:
    A: I will go crazy with anticipation and be disappointed.
    B: I will hate it and refuse to see it because of annoying advertising all over the place.

    (Then there's C, which reads something like: I hate advertising in general and want less of it.)
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    Image of silentstriderm silentstriderm
    08/01/09

    In reply to Iron Man 2 Invades The Internet
    I may be mistaken, but I believe intelecrops were mentioned in the first movie when Tony is justifying Stark industries' arms manufacturing to the reporter
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    Image of gwilkes gwilkes
    08/01/09

    @silentstriderm: Yep.
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    gwilkes was starred gwilkes was unstarred
    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    08/01/09

    @gwilkes: Yep.
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    Grey_Area promoted this comment omgwtflolbbqbye was starred omgwtflolbbqbye was unstarred
    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    08/01/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: Yep.
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    08/01/09

    @Grey_Area: *takes a sip of beer*

    Yep.
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    Aidan_ was starred Aidan_ was unstarred
    Image of Moff Moff
    08/01/09

    @silentstriderm: Unless someone else can confirm this, I think you're mistaken.
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    Moff was starred Moff was unstarred
    Image of xashinx xashinx
    08/01/09

    @Moff:
    Was that enough someones?
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    Image of ZephyrMourne ZephyrMourne
    08/01/09

    @Moff: He's not mistaken. When he's talking to the Vanity Fair reporter that he later does the happy dance with, he mentions that intellecrop technology has saved millions from starvation and was funded by the military.
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    Image of Moff Moff
    08/01/09

    @xashinx & ZephyrMourne: [Pained stare]
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    Image of Mr. Embarrassing Mr. Embarrassing
    06/12/09

    In reply to Learn The Truth About Alien Oppression And Secret Artifacts At District 9 And Warehouse 13 Sites
    I notice you keep referring to them as syfy. They must be paying you. I just don't think they will go through with that inane name change. Not to mention the tag says scifi.com
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    06/12/09

    @Mr. Embarrassing: The name change is official, and it takes effect in a few weeks.
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    Image of Torley Torley
    03/30/09

    In reply to Walter Bishop Falls Victim To Viral Marketing
    Add Slusho to the list of foods & drinks Walter's obsessed with, right up there with pink... I mean BLUE! cotton candy.
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    Image of 0kami 0kami
    03/30/09

    In reply to Walter Bishop Falls Victim To Viral Marketing
    Have they yet explained the nefarious purpose of the Slusho in the Abram's world? Will this be the unifying evil that ties together Fringe, Cloverfield, Alias, and Lost? Could we, in fact, have an epic crossover movie/show in which the main characters attempt to take down the evil begotten by a slushy drink?
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    Image of DownfieldComa DownfieldComa
    03/30/09

    @0kami: I'm really hoping to not see a Slusho in the new Star Trek movie.


    But it does give credit to the rumor I read once that certain (if not all) of his creative works were in the same universe.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    03/30/09

    @DownfieldComa: Well, nobody's gonna give a damn if the Oceanic 6 come back again after NYC's been destroyed by a giant monster. And you'd think people in the Fringe universe wouldn't be acting like nothing's happened either. So they can't all be.


    Alias can fit in with all the others, though.

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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    03/12/09

    In reply to Woody Harrelson Warns You About The End Of Days
    I totally agree with Meredith - is Harrelson even in character or are we witnessing truly candid moments from his everyday life? Seems about right.
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    Image of Kakkoister Kakkoister
    03/12/09

    In reply to Woody Harrelson Warns You About The End Of Days
    2013: The year people finally stop believing in ridiculous conspiracy theories.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    03/13/09

    @Kakkoister: 2013, the year people invent a new and crazier calendar based on an even older civilization's remnants.


    I'm going to go with... Neanderthals with cave paintings in 2072. With the candlestick.

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    Pope John Peeps II was starred Pope John Peeps II was unstarred
    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    03/12/09

    In reply to Woody Harrelson Warns You About The End Of Days
    Woodey Harrelson warning about the "end of days"...


    ...is a sign of the end of days.

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    twophrasebark was starred twophrasebark was unstarred
    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    03/12/09

    In reply to Woody Harrelson Warns You About The End Of Days
    is this a good idea?

    I mean from a marketing perspective?


    anyone who has any interest is this (the 2012 bullshit) is just going to wiki it and find that it is, in fact, bullshit...is the film a comedy? I don't think it is...so isn't this just going to totally undermine the film?


    and where did the 'preview comnent' thingamajig go?

    or is it just me?

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    goldfarb was starred goldfarb was unstarred
    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    03/12/09

    prvie comment whopo needs stinkeng prevuew?
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    03/12/09

    @Acrobatica Rabbitica:


    I think your confusing him with Mr. McConaghey:


    [www.thesmokinggun.com]


    Though I'm sure Harrelson does the same thing, only with a Didgeridoo.

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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    03/12/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye:


    [www.thesmokinggun.com]

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    omgwtflolbbqbye was starred omgwtflolbbqbye was unstarred
    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    03/12/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: AH GODDAMNIT! I DID IT TWICE IN THIS POST!
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    omgwtflolbbqbye was starred omgwtflolbbqbye was unstarred
    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    03/12/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: caused by End Times Terror.
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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    03/12/09

    @goldfarb: I don't think anyone who's really hardcore about this 2012 thing is out patronizing movie theaters - they're preparing for the End Times man: powdered milk and shit.


    So, the viral marketing really isn't for them. It's for the people who already think the 2012 prediction IS bullshit.

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    ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ was starred ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/12/09

    In reply to Woody Harrelson Warns You About The End Of Days
    Well white men may not be able to jump but they sure can do crazed looney nutbar better than anyone else...
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    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of Plague Plague
    03/12/09

    In reply to Woody Harrelson Warns You About The End Of Days
    I don't think Woody is acting in these.
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    03/12/09

    In reply to Woody Harrelson Warns You About The End Of Days
    Christ. You see, I totally buy all this shit sight unseen.


    I'm actually excited that we are going to get to 2013, and then we're going to have a major Mea Culpa.


    Also, Woody is hysterical in these. Thank you.

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    NerD: Blattella was starred NerD: Blattella was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/12/09

    @NerD!!!: "I'm actually excited that we are going to get to 2013, and then we're going to have a major Mea Culpa."


    Unless by some weird cosmic twist-of-fate it turns out to be true, then we're all boned...

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    Image of bonniegrrl bonniegrrl
    02/11/09

    In reply to All The Missing Link Wants Is To Get His Boogiecise On
    March it out!
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    bonniegrrl was starred bonniegrrl was unstarred
    Image of kevinwardrop kevinwardrop
    02/11/09

    In reply to All The Missing Link Wants Is To Get His Boogiecise On
    She says "Wax on, Wax off" like the Karate Kid, right? The Karate Kid didn't come out until 1984. Silly oversight, huh?
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    02/11/09

    @Kevin Wardrop: Actually the email I got said this is supposedly from 1983. But looking at the video, it says 1984. So it could be accurate.
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