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    Yes, They're Still Making Butterfly Effect 3

    Ridley Scott's Futuristic Monopoly Movie Should Not Pass Go

    21 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Go See Disaster Movie

    Action Movie Sequels Nobody Asked For

    No More Butterfly Effects Please
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    11/26/08

    In reply to Yes, They're Still Making Butterfly Effect 3
    Personally, I liked the moral of Butterfly Effect. Life really is better without Ashton Kutcher.
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    Image of jajbowler jajbowler
    11/26/08

    In reply to Yes, They're Still Making Butterfly Effect 3
    Meredith, I find it highly suspect that you are so harshly judging a 3rd movie in a series before you have even seen it.


    Wait, what am I saying?

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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    11/26/08

    In reply to Yes, They're Still Making Butterfly Effect 3
    Just so you guys know, I'm actually writing a screenplay about the guy with SHARK EYES. In that movie, SHARK EYES eats all the people from The Butterfly Effect 3. I'm going to enter it into the After Dark Horrorfest and make a bajillion dollars.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/26/08

    @braak: will the character development be better than SHARK EYES vs. TWO SNAKES? SHARK EYES was obviously awesome (i mean come on, SHARK EYES!) and SNAKE was good but OTHER SNAKE was a little hollow. i'm sure OTHER SNAKE wanted to kill SHARK EYES but i had a hard time settling on what his motivation was, outside of being a SNAKE.
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    11/26/08

    @tetracycloide: Well, I'll admit that by the time you get to SHARK EYES versus TWO SNAKES, I was relying on genre tropes in order to fulfill requirements set by meddling producers. Originally, SHARK EYES vs. TWO SNAKES was supposed to be SHARK EYES vs. SNAKE and VELOCIRAPTOR...there was a lot of compromised forced on me for that one.


    But I think SHARK EYES vs. CAST OF THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT 3 is really going to shake the franchise up. It's a fresh approach, at least as good as SHARK EYES, maybe even as good as the seminal SHARK EYES vs. THE INTERNET.

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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/26/08

    @braak: there were rumors in the science fiction world that you would be returning to some of your original plans for SHARK EYES vs. SNAKE and VELOCIRAPTOR, that had to be axed to to creative differences, in a future title SHARK EYES vs. RAPTOR'S FLYING RAPTORS. did the air force provide you with the stock footage you needed to go ahead with that project or is this all simply rampant net speculation fueled by the disappointing OTHER SNAKE?
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    Image of corpore-metal corpore-metal
    11/26/08

    In reply to Yes, They're Still Making Butterfly Effect 3
    The trouble I have with romance based time travel stories is the complete lack of emotional maturity their protagonists display.


    You keep wanting to yell at the characters, "[S]He's dead! There are no soulmates you idiot! There are always other fish in the sea. Heal! Grow up and move on. It's what [s]he'd want for you."

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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/26/08

    @corpore-metal: it's funny because those are the same things i yell when i watch heroes.
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    Image of corpore-metal corpore-metal
    11/26/08

    @tetracycloide: You mean the TV series?
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/26/08

    @corpore-metal: yes, heroes the tv series.
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    Image of MercuryPDX MercuryPDX
    11/13/08

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Futuristic Monopoly Movie Should Not Pass Go
    The Oiuja Board movie has not only been already done, it has two sequels:


    Witchboard - [www.imdb.com]

    Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway - [www.imdb.com]

    Witchboard III: The Possession - [www.imdb.com]

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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/12/08

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Futuristic Monopoly Movie Should Not Pass Go
    Monopoly: the MotionPicture. Keanu Reeves is the little pewter dog! The role he was born to play.
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    Image of RAHfanboy RAHfanboy
    11/12/08

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Futuristic Monopoly Movie Should Not Pass Go
    "Risk" could be alright, but it would be a twelve hour movie that you'd have to pause in the middle so you could get to class and then finish it the next night. Good times...
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    Image of CapnCalamity CapnCalamity
    11/13/08

    @RAHfanboy for one, welcomes his Marxist overlords.: And the best line, from hour eleven:


    "Will you JUST. LET. AUSTRALIA. GO?!?!?"

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    Image of RAHfanboy RAHfanboy
    11/13/08

    @CapnCalamity: When we were about to lose, we'd always try to go to Afghanistan to die. Somethings never change.


    We'd set up what we called "Mutual Concession Stands" where two allies would trade an army back and forth to build up our forces until we had to fight it out. That's partially why our games lasted so long.

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    Image of lightninglouie lightninglouie
    11/12/08

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Futuristic Monopoly Movie Should Not Pass Go
    I'd pay money to see Eli Roth's Operation.
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    Image of RAHfanboy RAHfanboy
    11/13/08

    @lightninglouie: Or Iron Man's.


    Tony: "Just don't touch the sides. Like in 'Operation.'" (BZZT!!) "AHHHH!!!!"


    Pepper: "What's 'Operation'" (BZZT!)


    Tony: "AHHHH!!!!"


    Pepper: "Oops. Sorry."

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    Image of SundaySunday SundaySunday
    11/12/08

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Futuristic Monopoly Movie Should Not Pass Go
    In the future, we'll all be wearing spats and top hats?


    But seriously, I think this movie could work if perhaps it was a comedy about two rivals like the 2 old guys in Trading Places, who try to buy up all the property in Atlantic City. But not in the future. Maybe in some comic book-styled '30s city.

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    Image of bonniegrrl bonniegrrl
    11/12/08

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Futuristic Monopoly Movie Should Not Pass Go
    All I ask for is IMAX Spirograph!

    [www.grrl.com]
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    Image of lightninglouie lightninglouie
    11/12/08

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Futuristic Monopoly Movie Should Not Pass Go
    Sadly, most of the dialogue consists only of words containing the letters Q, X, and Z.
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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    11/12/08

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Futuristic Monopoly Movie Should Not Pass Go
    Ballbuster the Movie, AKA America's Funniest Home Videos the Movie.
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    Image of lightninglouie lightninglouie
    11/12/08

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Futuristic Monopoly Movie Should Not Pass Go
    I'm holding out for Charlie Kaufman's Scrabble. It's about an aphasic poet who can only communicate via triple word scores.
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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    11/12/08

    @lightninglouie:


    At least that would be well written.

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    Image of Daveinva Daveinva
    11/12/08

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Futuristic Monopoly Movie Should Not Pass Go
    For the record, the Ain't It Cool News talkback to this idea was an instant classic.


    [www.aintitcool.com]


    Some of my favorites:


    ----


    ----

    Lars Von Trier Plays Charade at a Party With Friends


    ...no special lighting or sets. A cute, ruddy redheaded actress as one of the charade players. She gets raped at the end. America is shown as evil. It takes home multiple awards at Cannes.


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    Eli Roth to direct Operation.


    "Don't touch the sides!!!"


    ----


    Paul Haggis to write/direct "Connect Four"


    A sample of the dialogue: "You've triumphed by placing your pieces in such a way that they form an consecutive, unbroken line of four in a diagonal pattern, much like we all yearn for personal connection...pretty sneaky sis."


    ----


    David Cronenberg's DON'T BREAK THE ICE, starring Christopher Walken


    In 2011, the ice...is gonna break!

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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    11/12/08

    @Daveinva:


    Sometimes when I want to feel like a better person, I read the AICN talkbacks.

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    Image of twDarkflame twDarkflame
    11/12/08

    In reply to Ridley Scott's Futuristic Monopoly Movie Should Not Pass Go
    I wouldnt at all dismiss this.

    Monopoly is purely a flexible starting point, and could have a decent flix done from that.


    I mean, seriously, surely everyone here is at least curious how Blade Runner could mix with Monopoly?

    A microcosm future of societys economics? Or a more casual and fun stylised future story akin to Speed Racer?


    Its no more crazy then some of the videogame movies we have had.

    And it will probably turn out vastely better then the Sim's movie. (which sooner or later will have Jim Carry attached, I swear, given the preposed plot).


    The best Sims movie was already done mind you, only it wasnt at all, and it was called The Nines.

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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    11/12/08

    @twDarkflame:


    I think you may have lost your mind, dear sir.


    It's Monopoly. Monopoly. A fucking game about buying real estate. It's not a social commentary on economics. It's fucking Monopoly.


    And it's a fuckton more crazy than the videogame movies coming out now.

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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    11/12/08

    @Evlsushi:


    Wow, I think I just reached my 'fuck' quota for the day..ahem, hour.

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    Image of vrey_oneida vrey_oneida
    11/12/08

    @Evlsushi: Actually I heard it WAS a social commentary on economics! It was originally a statement against privatization or in favor of communism or something like that.
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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    11/12/08

    @vrey_oneida:


    How does that even work?

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