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    Cycler Film Brings a Sex-Filled, Gender-Bending Jekyll and Hyde

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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/20/09

    In reply to Cycler Film Brings a Sex-Filled, Gender-Bending Jekyll and Hyde
    i am intrigued. Neil Gaiman wrote a short story, i think its in smoke and mirrors, where people take a drug recreationally that allows them to change sex for an amount of time. Surrogates reminded me of it too.
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    Image of firstanointed firstanointed
    11/19/09

    In reply to Cycler Film Brings a Sex-Filled, Gender-Bending Jekyll and Hyde
    Wait a minute--so instead of having a "visitor" for a few days each month, she turns into a boy!?

    Because that's what it sounds like.
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    Image of Hahaue Hahaue
    11/19/09

    @firstanointed: I would welcome a short sex change over a period any day.
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    11/19/09

    In reply to Cycler Film Brings a Sex-Filled, Gender-Bending Jekyll and Hyde
    So, Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde in reverse and in high school?
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    11/19/09

    In reply to Cycler Film Brings a Sex-Filled, Gender-Bending Jekyll and Hyde
    That looks like it could be either a fun kids movie or an interesting exploration of the differences of perception between boys and girls. Or they cold fail miserably and make it just another Sandra Bullock movie.
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    11/19/09

    In reply to Cycler Film Brings a Sex-Filled, Gender-Bending Jekyll and Hyde
    Jack and Jill...

    ...who says creativity is dead?
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/19/09

    @AngryEddy: you just wait until the reveal what jack decided to do after escaping from the bedroom one day (spoiler: it involves hills).
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    Image of 0kami 0kami
    11/19/09

    In reply to Cycler Film Brings a Sex-Filled, Gender-Bending Jekyll and Hyde
    I just came back from my transgender studies class, so this is a very welcome surprise : )
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    Image of IraeNicole IraeNicole
    11/19/09

    @0kami: ooh a trans studies class? Where do you go and why am I not there?
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    Image of 0kami 0kami
    11/19/09

    @IraeNicole: Hampshire college :)

    #calendar
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    Image of IraeNicole IraeNicole
    11/19/09

    @0kami: Hope it isn't made of fail!
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    Image of 0kami 0kami
    11/19/09

    @IraeNicole: NOT AT ALL. I transferred there actually and it's made of win....and a lot of pot...

    #calendar
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    Image of Daveinva Daveinva
    11/19/09

    In reply to Cycler Film Brings a Sex-Filled, Gender-Bending Jekyll and Hyde
    "Four days each month, Jill transforms. But instead of becoming a werewolf, she becomes a boy, with all that entails."

    Believe me, those four days of the month, I'd rather a woman turn into a werewolf than what normally happens.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    11/19/09

    @Daveinva: NO YOU DINNIT!
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    11/19/09

    @Daveinva: I think I've read some NSFW stories that went along those lines...
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    Image of Dresan Dresan
    11/19/09

    @Daveinva: Oh come on it's not that bad! You just have to be really really really careful with what you say, the order of the words that you use, and of course, the *tone* of the words that you say.

    Now that I put this into words, I realize that you need to be more of a diplomat during that time.
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    11/19/09

    @Daveinva: I've actually read some pretty good stories that link menstruation with werewolfness.
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    Image of Harrison_Bergeron Harrison_Bergeron
    09/18/09

    In reply to Could Angels Be the New Vampires?
    I hate how when anyone approaches a topic like this they try to cut away its Judeo-Christian roots. Even Supernaturals latest seasons are like this (I tend to forgive it because its just good story telling). It's kind of hard to have drama with Angels what with them being sexless and having no free will. And you can't really have an antagonist for them because they are the instruments of Almighty God. You really can't oppose something that is channeling the supreme omnipotent power of the creator of the universe and everything in it. I'm not particularly religious, but if your gonna use angels then you need to play by their rules.
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    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    09/16/09

    In reply to Could Angels Be the New Vampires?
    I'm conflicted. The born and raised Catholic in me eats this kind of stuff up. I love biblical based horror movies/end of the world scenarios (when they're not 'religious fiction' shit like Left Behind) such as The Exorcist or The Seventh Sign or how the angels are done on Supernatural. Loved Gaiman and Pratchett's Good Omen's and the recent book series by Rosemary Clement-Moore "Maggie Quinn" books. I loved Sandman and Preacher too.

    And how's I loves me some Win Wenders "Wings of Desire."

    But if it's just gonna be the Twilight-esque hot but at arms length crap than that's not cool.

    *Shrug* We'll see. I might check those books out though...
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    09/16/09

    In reply to Could Angels Be the New Vampires?
    The question that I want answered is will the angelology be correct? If not, I don't want anything to do with it!

    Also, by bad boy angel. do they mean Lucifer?
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    Image of Eridani Eridani
    09/16/09

    In reply to Could Angels Be the New Vampires?
    Hmm, I recently read a really good couple of books where this angel, Remiel of the host Seraphim, is a private detective type. He's not a fallen angel, just an expatriate who never got over a kind of divine PTSD after the war in Heaven. So he came to earth and tries to be as human as he can. It's good stuff, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. (And we meet some of the thousand-eyes angels y'all mention.)

    The first book has a stupid name "A Kiss Before the Apocalypse" but don't let that stop you. It's not a romance in the least, more mystery/thriller.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    09/16/09

    In reply to Could Angels Be the New Vampires?
    I predict that ghost romance will be the next 'big thing'.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    09/16/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®: Yep. You can’t get much more sexually safe than non-corporal.
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    Image of Marasai Marasai
    09/16/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®:

    And none of them will be as awesome as swayze.
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    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    09/16/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®: Meg Cabot's Mediator series is awesome. Kinda Buffy-esque and skews a lot of the annoying Twilight-ish romance (whilst still having the romance) They're for teens but quick reads and super fun.

    Just saying. :P
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    09/16/09

    In reply to Could Angels Be the New Vampires?
    Called it. If only Michael Landon were here to see this. It is his legacy...of love?
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/16/09

    In reply to Could Angels Be the New Vampires?
    There's an older book called "Metal Angel", wherein an winged angel decides to fall to Earth and become a rock star and finds twu wuv with a girl from nowhere.

    But he had a LOT of sex (with both genders) and drank and did drugs (couldn't get addicted) so the tweens would be scared of all that... he made sure his human body had a giant you-know-what.
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    Image of phantom_K9 phantom_K9
    09/16/09

    In reply to Could Angels Be the New Vampires?
    Vampires done?
    Zombies done?

    Not until we get a movie where the theme is "Vampires vs. Zombies." Then we can move on...jeez.
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    09/16/09

    @phantom_K9:
    River Tam would end up winning.
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