In Neill Blomkamp's sci-fi world aliens landed in South Africa's largest city, Johannesburg, in 1989. While international governments argued about what to do with the unwanted guests, unable to return home in their disabled ship, the gigantic exo-skeletoned, shrimp-like creatures were confined to a makeshift refugee camp known as District 9. Wanting to maintain the status quo for their human residents, Johannesburg's officials adopted a...
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MoveOn.org celebrates shark week. Help get rid of the real predators -- insurance companies who prey on the weak while spending millions to kill Universal Healthcare.
thateagleguy:
I laughed so hard I may have pissed a little. Just a drop.
New Tales To Tell
On Wednesday night a rather eclectic selection of music enthusiasts gathered to celebrate the release of New Tales To Tell, a Love and Rockets tribute album which features an even more eclectic selection of covers by the likes of Puscifer, War Tapes, The Dandy Warhols and The Flaming Lips. The event was put together by longtime Love...
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On Wednesday night a rather eclectic selection of music enthusiasts gathered to celebrate the release of New Tales To Tell, a Love and Rockets tribute album which features an even more eclectic selection of covers by the likes of Puscifer, War Tapes, The Dandy Warhols and The Flaming Lips. The event was put together by longtime Love...
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If you've ever assumed that Kim Deal is the coolest person alive, you're probably right. Nobody would blame a founding member of two of the most important rock bands of the past 20 years for having a big head, but Kim Deal doesn't have a big head. She does have large blisters, however, from playing two band's-worth of catalog.
Kim Deal lives at home with...
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levi69:
I used to listen to the pixies all the time, and the breeders when I was a teenager. I was just sitting here thinking how amazing they are!
Newayz, I saw the Breeders open for Primus one new years eve. 'Twas fun.
Newayz, I saw the Breeders open for Primus one new years eve. 'Twas fun.
chefjefe:
That is a good interview but it is too bad that Kim left the Pixies a couple of weeks ago. They already have a replacement for the Euro dates. 
Joe Shuster changed the landscape for superheroes. The bold lines and primary colors of Superman, a character he created with writer Jerry Segal, put other action figures in the shade. However unsuccessful legal action lodged in 1946 against National Allied Publications (a forerunner of DC Comics), who...
Joe Shuster changed the landscape for superheroes. The bold lines and primary colors of Superman, a character he created with writer Jerry Segal, put other action figures in the shade. However unsuccessful legal action lodged in 1946 against National Allied Publications (a forerunner of DC Comics), who claimed ownership of the character, meant that Shuster and Segal missed out on the millions their character would...
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nicole_powers:
Joe Shuster changed the landscape for superheroes. The bold lines and primary colors of Superman, a character he created with writer Jerry Segal, put other action figures in the shade. However unsuccessful legal action lodged in 1946 against National Allied Publications (a forerunner of DC Comics), who...
diamondjoe:
Didn't the creator of Batman get screwed the same way?
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nicole_powers:
Ask the 456.....
sick:
Pah! More of your Torchwood! I shan't ever accept it as a substitute for the good Doctor.
Take outtakes from every Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings fan film ever made. Throw in rabid hatred for vegetarianism and paint it with a veneer of cannibalism and an understanding of witchcraft and paganism gleaned from artifacts bought at a Spencer's Gifts store. Chop all that up with a pound and...
"AAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH..We are coming, we are coming, we are coming......"
Anyone watching Torchwood?
If I was still at school, I'd be texting my friends right now to arrange a spontaneous game of statues in the playground, followed by a little screaming and chanting -- just to fuck with the grown-ups.
But that's just me.
Anyone watching Torchwood?
If I was still at school, I'd be texting my friends right now to arrange a spontaneous game of statues in the playground, followed by a little screaming and chanting -- just to fuck with the grown-ups.
But that's just me.
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secretary:
I have always found Captain Jack a little confusing. On the one hand he is Captain Jack, pan-sexual love machine and comanding Torchwood general, working the military coat and boots. On the other hand, he is John Barrowman, screamingly camp Saturday night TV heavyweight. Humm. Give me the Doctor any day.
nicole_powers:
Yeah. I must admit I have to separate the super sophisticated Torchwood Captain Jack from the show tunes loving Mr. Barrowman LOL.
Take outtakes from every Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings fan film ever made. Throw in rabid hatred for vegetarianism and paint it with a veneer of cannibalism and an understanding of witchcraft and paganism gleaned from artifacts bought at a Spencer's Gifts store. Chop all that up with a pound and a half of generic Alophen and feed it to something feral that...
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preciouspayne:
I love both troll movies...they should make more!! LOL It is the best worst movie!
strega:
I'd never even heard of Troll 2 before reading this but the documentary sounds interesting. Do you think I need to actually watch Troll 2 before seeing it? I don't usually get the whole "so bad it's good thing". 
Life hasn't exactly been a vacation for Aimee Allen, who is the organically rebellious product of a guilt-laden Catholic school system. Signed at the tender age of 21 to Elektra Records, her debut album, I'd Start a Revolution If I Could Get Up In the Morning, got caught in the crossfire of a corporate...
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bob said:
I hated it...
What, no comment on the endless stormtrooper effect? The bad guys couldn't hit with a single shot out of thousands versus an unarmored target, or one carrying a partial body shield that wasn't covering his head.
For all that, I had no problem putting those complaints on hold and enjoying the effects ride.
I took it to be both.
As for it being "selectively stupid," it was an 11-minute piece transformed into a full-length movie, and despite it not being the HALO movie, it was still very much a "video game movie." It was two-dimensional, it was heavy-handed, and I very much liked it.
Bob raises some good points, but there are easy narrative explanations for most of them. The only reason to feel insulted by this film is if the viewer limited themselves by expecting too much from this movie. I was neither disappointed nor surprised by anything I saw in this project. This is because I full realized going in that it was by the guy who was supposed to direct HALO but then Peter Jackson said "hey, since HALO fell through, why don't you make that short film you made into a full-length?"
I think one of the best things about it was the South African accents. That and the awesome weapon effects.