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    Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World

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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    11/06/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World
    Meredith, when you were writing this, were you experiencing deja vu regarding your previously published Ronald Chevalier story? #2012
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/06/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World
    Do you suppose he's ever said, "Ich bin ein Desaster!"?
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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    11/06/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World
    Seriously Roland Emmerich is like, my Disaster Hero.

    I don't always want to see a thinker, a ponderer.

    Sometimes I want a reptile brain rollercoaster!

    When will we see the Emmerich/Bay crossover movie: The End - Everything Blows Up - EVERYTHING #2012
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    Image of EnochLight EnochLight
    11/06/09

    @RoboBagins: LOL - "Disaster Hero". +10. #2012
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    11/06/09

    @RoboBagins: And it would have to be a mash up cast with every actor that has been in their movies, and Will Smith would have to be the lead. #2012
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    Image of Dresan Dresan
    02:11 AM

    @Makidian: Imagine! Will Smith and Shia LaBlaBla together at last!

    Oh wait... #2012
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    11/06/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World
    I was reading through this and wondering "just how many of these applied to Godzilla?" Turns out, most of them. Good luck, Roland. #2012
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/06/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World
    Meredith... great questions, nice answers on his part (good to know he doesn't take this that seriously) but I am a little upset that you didn't ask him his position on Bongos. #2012
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    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    11/06/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: ditto... she has skillz... put i want his position on pancake and bacon strip #2012
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/06/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World
    Roland Ememrich's most important rules:

    You don't need a script, just more 'splosions
    Directors shouldn't need to direct people, just 'splosions.
    'Splosions! #2012
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/06/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World
    Maybe I'm alone in this, but the more gratuitously the heaps of bodies pile up in a movie, the less I actually care. It becomes akin to mowing over an anthill in your backyard. War of the Worlds had its fair share of problems, but when people got incinerated, it seemed to matter. #2012
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    Image of PendensProditor PendensProditor
    11/06/09

    @Kaiser-Machead:
    You're not alone. I watched that trailer where an entire city is falling down around the characters, and I felt absolutely nothing. The world is ending and I'm bored by it.

    Meanwhile when I watch Saving Private Ryan and one of the characters takes a single bullet, my stomach aches and churns with empathy.

    Until Hollywood figures out that it needs to deliver some genuine feeling again, it's going to be stuck making everything bigger and bigger and bigger just to keep people awake. #2012
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment PendensProditor was starred PendensProditor was unstarred
    Image of Cory Gross Cory Gross
    11/06/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Disaster porn is the ultimate excess of torture porn. The only enjoyment that can be derived from it is ignoring what it would be like to be a real human being caught in a real, horrifying circumstance like that.

    This is part of what makes Gojira so incredible and its sequels, honestly, only kinda' so-so. The tragic atmosphere of it, the dead bodies, the singing children, is so unnerving because it so powerfully recalls Hiroshima. It's also why, no offense to Ray Harryhausen, the atomic warnings of Beast from 20,000 Fathoms are so tepid and forgettable.

    Emmerich's "destruction of humanity as an aesthetic pleasure" (to paraphrase Walter Benjamin's essay on facism) is also tepid, for the same reasons. The whole friggin' planet blows up but nobody "real" dies. Or aliens blow up everybody and we're just supposed to cheer on the happy Americans who swept into the power gap *grumble* #2012
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/06/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World
    You forgot Godzilla. That was the biggest bomb of them all... #2012
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/06/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®:

    We shall never forget. #2012
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    11/03/09

    In reply to Aliens Invade In "V" Reboot, Plus Supernatural Goes Super-Meta
    I'm going to give V a chance, but nothing - NOTHING - can match this. A defining moment in my childhood. #v
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    Image of Alasdair5000 Alasdair5000
    11/03/09

    In reply to Epic God-On-Dinosaur Action In This Week's Comics
    ...Stumptown is out? Finally? WOW. #wonderwoman
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/03/09

    In reply to Epic God-On-Dinosaur Action In This Week's Comics
    Ruka also lives in P-Town (along with half the freaking industry) so this makes sense. looks like Cosmic Monkey lies in my future tomorrow #wonderwoman
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    Image of braak braak
    11/03/09

    In reply to Epic God-On-Dinosaur Action In This Week's Comics

    Hmmm. #wonderwoman
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    Image of Dash_Stryker Dash_Stryker
    11/03/09

    @braak: I want, please provide website. #wonderwoman
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    Image of braak braak
    11/03/09

    @Dash_Stryker: [www.topatoco.com] #wonderwoman
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    Image of braak braak
    11/03/09

    In reply to Epic God-On-Dinosaur Action In This Week's Comics
    Ugh, who is a huge failure? This guy. Hang on, I can make this work.
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    Edited by braak at 11/03/09 9:12 AM braak was starred braak was unstarred
    Image of Atomictao Atomictao
    11/02/09

    In reply to Aliens Invade In "V" Reboot, Plus Supernatural Goes Super-Meta
    White Collar is becoming a collecting pool -- it stars Bryce Larkin from Chuck, has Wendy Watson from the Middleman and Charlie from Fringe as FBI agents, with Kelly from Saved by the Bell in there for good measure.

    It's a very watchable show, too, but it helps that its got a lot of very likable actors. #v
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    Image of JimBonJovi JimBonJovi
    11/02/09

    In reply to Aliens Invade In "V" Reboot, Plus Supernatural Goes Super-Meta
    I don't understand why they keep re-airing Threshold. It's as if they enjoy making me sad. How about a 2 hour movie to tie everything up SyFy? Don't those things cost you like 5 dollars to make over there? #v
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment JimBonJovi was starred JimBonJovi was unstarred
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