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Further Evidence That Forces Of Darkness Seek To Dispirit The Human Race!! Here Comes UNDERWORLD 3: THE RISE OF THE LYCANS !!
Merrick here...
Len Wiseman won't be directing; it's time for Patrick Tatopoulos to step up to the plate. You might remember Tatopoulos as the creature dude and/or production designer for a bevy of uber-Geeky titles: I, ROBOT, I AM LEGEND, STARGATE, INDEPENDENCE DAY, the first two UNDERWEAR...errr...UNDERWORLD movies. LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD, GINO, THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, VAN HELSING.
Wiseman will be producing however. It's scripted by Danny McBride, who co-scripted the previous installments. Michael Sheen and Bill Nighy will return, Beckensale won't.
The prequel is set in the Dark Ages and traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires and their one-time werewolf slaves, the Lycans.
...says THIS ARTICLE in Hollywood Reporter.
I always thought the UNDERWORLD films were very nice looking films that never escaped the energy dampening which all Wiseman movies seem to suffer (yeah, that's right, I still stand strongly by my assertion that the "vibe" of LIVE FREE OF DIE HARD was way off...I don't care how many people disagree). His movies are the cinematice equavilent of zombies - they shuffle along in a lumbering sort of way, but have no personality, and feel like they've had the life force sucked out of them.
And, while I love vampires and werewolves, there's something about this franchise's treatment of both that smacks of Goth fanboy self-indulgence to me.
Maybe Tatopoulos can spunk it up a bit. I doubt it, but...you know...I'm struggling to say something nice here.
By the way: they need to change this title. UNDERWORLD 3: THE RISE OF THE LYCANS sounds straight-to-video.
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...at least it's got hot-ass Rhona Mitra in the Kate role
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WILL. SUCK
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the onlt thing that made these worth watching was Kate Beckinsale in teh tight rubber outfits. Without even her delightful body to ogle, no-one is going to watch this crap.
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Ok...I may go see it.
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Batman!
I'm tellin' ya, no one would see it coming. And at least we wouldn't hear complaining about nipples on the Batsuit. I for one, might argue for them. -
She's always had that kick-ass hottie look, and maybe with this and Doomsday she'll make herself one of the go-to action gals. No, I don't think she should play Wonder Woman. She COULD be a cool Hawkgirl though...
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The first two were okay. I agree with batmans talking trousers that Beckinsale was the best thing going for these movies, so not having her in it hurts. The werewolves were pretty much made worthless in the second one, so it would be nice if this one beefs them back up a bit.
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Am I dreaming? Am I still asleep? This is almost as bad as hearing about any Rob Zombie movie.. Almost. The first 2 were massive piles of shit, what makes them think this will be any better? Fuck, who funds these movies? I need to know cause I want to make a movie about a guy taking a shit.. I think, if they fund something so horrible as this, my movie should be a slam dunk! Hooray for more Eurotrash vampires and Lycans that look like meth users!
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you know when it looked like he was fucking her in the belly then her arms and his legs perfectrly bloked out her nipples and puss? im still fuckin pissed over that FUCKIN BULLSHIT
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without Kate. She was the only reason to sit through this dreck.
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Why does every sequel out now seemingly have the word "RISE" in it?
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...who really liked the UW series. Sure there's a bit of drag here and there but overall I really like these movies. Plus, Beckensale in those blue contacts and skin tight leather is so absurdly hot that I can't think straight (maybe that's my problem?). Plus, I read all the books and the one would be presumably based on "Blood Enemy" is actually a very good book with maybe one somewhat major exception. Of course, Tatopoulus was the asshat who (with Devlin & Emmerick) totally screwed up Godzilla so time will tell (or was it Broderick and the bass player from Spinal Tap??).
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i hate Wiseman's shot style... so retardly zoomed... why can'the zoom out... him and Bay are the worst with these shots... ZOOM OUT ZOOM OUT!!!! Anyway, Wiseman is forgettable with a very HOT HOT wife.
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I agree that Wiseman's movies just have a certain something lacking. These movies had great premise just a whole load of untalented people attached. Can you imagine what Jim Cameron, Ridley Scott, Roland Emmerich or hell even Micheal Bay could have done with this world. I'd take Bay over Wiseman any day. What a waste and NO hot ass.
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The story of Lucian and Sonia's ill-fated romance? Now I'd see that.
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WE'VE HAD ALL WE CAN STANDS AND WE CAN'T STANDS NO MORE!
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That's correct...that's the synopsis of "Blood Enemy" and a very good book indeed. Beckensale really isn't needed at all as her part in the book is kinda related to what I didn't like in the story anyway (no she does not play or need to play Sonja).
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these movies are tewtally retarded and yet for some reason i own both of them and watch them frequently. they are the WORST guilty pleasures. but there's honestly no point in doing one without kate beckinsale. might as well call it something else, even if it's part of the whole silly story.
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But Kate Beckinsale in tight leather was the only good thing about those movies!
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I couldn't figure out what the hell was happening during the second one, ergo, it sucked for me. And not as I'm a 'jump-in-the-wagon' kind of guy, but Kate Beckinsale is indeed one of the most beautiful elements in this universe, and the only reason I could, perhaps, contemplate seeing this. Oh, and enough with the 'Rising' in movie titles.
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Fucking a! Naysayers be damned. Michael Sheen was the only reason Underworld 1 (along with Bill Nighy) was good. He's amazing as Lucian and this will be him and Nighy facing off one another. Sheen is awesome. Woot.
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Have Wiseman do a zombie movie...wouldn't the zombie-like pace transfer to a decent zombie movie?? Huh...huh??
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How abouts some news on taht sequel?
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how would Kate Beckinsale IN HOT TIGHT LAYTEX CATSUIT fit into that world? I didn't know they made laytex in the middle ages.
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That would be the funniest title ever.
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How will I keep up with the plot?
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THAT is a funny title.
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File under guilty pleasure, just like Transformers (that's right). But why exactly is everyone calling Wiseman a hack? He's not a great director, I agree. But surely the title 'hack' should be reserved for the few deserving offenders, like Brett Ratner and Mark Steven Johnson (I will never get over how full of shit this guy is, sorry).
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Rise of the Risen
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Wesley Snipes' return to greatness.
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Phoebe Cates in her prime...ummmm...
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"The Risening" or "The Deepening?"
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It's supposed to have Lucy Liu making out with Carla Gugino...anybody seen it?
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I'm still not sure I'd call Ratner a hack. He's competent. He just doesn't have any style to speak of. If he didn't do such big movies, we wouldn't even care. MSJ is roughly the same. They'd both be really good at television where the program's style influences the director more than the other way around. And "No." I'm not kidding.
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Oct 26, 2007 10:37:55 AM CDT
Mercury Rising 2: The Rise of Mercury's Original Rising
by spandau belly
Soundtrack by Bruce Springsteen
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This summer, Michael Douglas is really going home!
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I have been waiting for a prequel an glad Wiseman will still be involved. I loved both Underworlds and I am an ardent fan of the series so this is great news. Plus it's the story line that those of us who love the series have been waiting for. Stoked.
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Underworld III: Rise of the Electric Bloodlust Boogaloo.
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Isn't this about Len Unwiseman's Underworld "films"? What do they have to do with scripts?
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And James Bond and Blade's buddy ex-pat detective duo uncover a Vatican conspiracy! Ron Howard to direct!
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forget this then.
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To the halls of shitty movies that shoulda never been made.
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Could we just, for one second, really consider how cliched our titles are? "Rise of the Lycens"? Why not just call it "Underworld 3: Return of the Vampire" or "Underworld 3: Finding Beckinsale"?
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The only reason to watch the first two UNDERWORLDS was to see Kate Beckensale in tight leather. That said, they were somewhat entertaining in a surprising way. But without Kate, there's no insentive to even give a 3rd one a chance.
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Who can blame them?
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Rent it free when you purchase Blade 4 and Ginger Snaps 7!
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Oct 26, 2007 11:47:56 AM CDT
Underworld was great, the sequel was okay until
by grammaton cleric binks
they got to the part saying the father of the two breeds had been sitting around for thousand of years with his thumb up his third point of contact. If the prequel has Bill Nighy in it, and I mean as a main character for more than two seonds not like part two, then I'll want to see this
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If Nighy is in, I'll watch it. I love that guy.
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corporate/government scumbag, pirate, vampire leader. Hell I saw underworld right after Love Actually, and couldn't believe it was the same dude. He is simply awesome.
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a young Kate. Everything is centered around her. Kate needs to be in there somehow. No Kate... No Box Office.
Lycans fear Repulsors! -Stark -
She wouldn't be able to be in the movie anyway because if this is a prequel her character has not even been born since this is an origin story.
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Made me laff.
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the LFoDH bandwagon. This movie was a disgrace: shitty script with boring and/or OTT action and stupid jokes straight from Jeff Boam's refused Lethal Weapon 3 script. The talking car bit was especially an insult to the audience intelligence.
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Another Underwear movie. Maybe they'll show nothing but flashbacks from the second movie which was nothing but flashbacks from the first movie. I've got my cyanide pill in hand.
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Live Free or Die Hard was not a Die Hard movie - no matter what the title says.
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I'm glad their making the prequel, it was the most interesting part of the story.
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He doesn't really RISE, you know? He pretty much descends if anything.
Also, no Kate=no movie. -
I thought two was more entertaining, but maybe that's because I fell asleep in one. Who would have guessed that a movie featuring vampires fighting werewolves would have put me to sleep?
On a sad, "allow me to show my dorky side" note - does anyone else remember the episode of the cartoon Ghostbusters where they went to the village where werewolves and vampires were fighting and in the end they kept biting each other and changing back and forth until they couldn't remember who was originally what? They totally cribbed off of Dr. Suess! -
this guy has been around for a looooong time. Even though he hasn't directed before he's been around movies enough to where he should do a decent job.
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I'm a sucker for punishment.
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to add Arise Harder Squared.
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Another subtitle with "rise" in it? Another one? After I made this complaint several examples ago? I just can't believe someone would put "rise" in the subtitle once again and think it's cool.
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....And I'm done with the bad 'rise' puns. Damn...I couldn't think of any movie that had the word bread in the title. -
That was a great episode. Good show. My favorite though was the Christmas one where they accidentally capture the ghosts of Christmas Past/Present/Future. Then hilarity ensues.
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sorry couldn't resist
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I like Rhona, and think Wiseman is a horrific director... but that's all this sequel-prequel has going for it. The first movie was average, the second was HORRIBLE, and I just don't see any value in the franchise.Start a new vamp franchise, stuff Rhona into a skintight catsuit, and I'll go see it. Just don't shoot yourself in the head by tying it to the ridiculous pseudo-mythology of the underworld movies.
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Lord, provideth me with many rocks and stones to throweth upon this movie and smiteth - wait a second, there was an Underworld 2?
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exhibit A: a second underworld sequel.
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thats what it shouldve been called anyway
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duh!!!!
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Without Kate in tight leather, it's a no-go. Why would you even bother making this without her?
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Oct 26, 2007 7:55:17 PM CDT
BATMAN BEGINS 2: BATMAN RETURNS TO BEGIN AGAIN
by aicndoesntwantmorecowbell
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ok im done
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When will the t.v. show start production?
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She's perfect for the role, but for only a few scenes.
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lol im done
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ok NOW im done
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Shape-shiftin' Boogaloo and the New Batch.
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(sniffs) MMmm - simply craptacular!
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Oct 26, 2007 8:56:40 PM CDT
Underworld IV: Out from Under, yet Over and Out, but on the Up a
by otisspofford
I have to lie down now.
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- should have finished with "but on the up and up" - not funny but I'll be damn my typing gets wasted.
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You need to get your pulse checked if you so strongly hide behind that characterization when discussing Underworld/Evolutions/Live Free
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I enjoyed the movies. The second was a bit of a mess, but it's brain candy. I mean, we are talking about vampires and werewolves.
That said, they killed off all the interesting characters. I thought Michael Sheen was amazing in the first film, as was Bill Nighy.
The sequel left me with little more than watching Kate in tight, black vinyl and leather (which has its place).
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.. and I'm still the only one who likes the film, but that is for another thread. I liked both undeworld films, they go together perfectly. They aren't perfect by any means, but I'll look forward to the DVD and might go to the theater if I get a wild hair. They have managed to build a compeling mythology with Vanpires and Werewolves, and the fx are great, that is good enough for me. - - - - The sequence in UW: Evolution with the flying vampire attacking a truck at 50mph was friggen cool. Freeing the walled up werewolf after 300 years was pretty weak.
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That came out already to good reviews.
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Rise of the Silver Surfer, Hannibal Rising, Rise of the Machines... The lack of imagination in Hollywood is apparent in its subtitles.
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Oct 27, 2007 5:55:33 AM CDT
Let's see if Tatopolous will 'rise' to the occasion...
by powereduppacman
Get it? Get it? I made funny!!
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Sounds kinda rude...
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actually its pretty good.
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'I always thought the UNDERWORLD films were very nice looking films that never escaped the energy dampening which all Wiseman movies seem to suffer (yeah, that's right, I still stand strongly by my assertion that the "vibe" of LIVE FREE OF DIE HARD was way off...I don't care how many people disagree). His movies are the cinematice equavilent of zombies - they shuffle along in a lumbering sort of way, but have no personality, and feel like they've had the life force sucked out of them.'
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darn
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the vibe was all wrong and the movie stunk.
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one of the Matrix movies, since that's pretty much all these films want to be.
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...and Kate Beckinsale makes a good action hero. But the second one was just sloppy with a full nudity just to get butts in the seats (and it worked so, touche to me). They should go back more to the nice story setup they had of an age old battle between Vampires and Werewolves. Maybe they can bring another horror staple into the mix, like Zombies or Mummies? Although I can't really imagine a zombie or mummy council... ;)
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Oct 27, 2007 1:57:38 PM CDT
William Shatner snubbed for a role in new Star Trek movie
by allpowerfulwizardofoz
Confirmed!
http://tinyurl.com/37loxz
Why no talkback on this yet? -
I'll sue if the movie steals that line.
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The only thing that gives me hope aobut this move - well two things is - no Beckinsale and having Bill Nighy in it. I swear, for such an incredibly hot chick, Beckinsale sucks the life out of any movie and is a sure fire way to know a movie sucks.
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...in 3-D.
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Oct 27, 2007 11:11:53 PM CDT
UNDERWORLD 3: BECKINSALE ISNT IN LEATHER OR HALF NAKED BUT WE ST
by aicndoesntwantmorecowbell
sounds like a bad buisness decision to me
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it was UNDERWORLD 3: BECKINSALE ISNT IN LEATHER OR HALF NAKED BUT WE STILL WANT YOUR 12 DOLLARS.
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Rise of the Blue Lens Filter.
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If you know what I mean...
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Even Highlander 4!
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That's the same as Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines! like how the fourth installment of movies always take place in space! Critters 4: In Space.. Leprechaun 4: In Space.. Hellraiser: Bloodline (which is in space)
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I just had to throw in one, sorry.
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I remember when the first film started pre-production, Micheal was the lead and was to be bad ass halfway through the film. Then I saw it, he got his ass kicked by Nighy, then Beckensdale steals the show. Listening to the DVD commentary (yes, that is pathetic, but I wanted an explanation) you can read the subtext of what Wiseman is saying about Beckinsdale's character as they shot: She started sucking my cock on a regular basis, so her part became bigger. He directed his way into her vagina. Score!!! It is like douching your friends in a bar when you got the hot chick talking to you and you split. In this case, he only douched the flick.
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I'm gonna get a prequel to my vacuum cleaner, because prequel sucks more than anything. Name ONE superior prequel.
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or how about:
THE DARK IS RISING: RISE OF THE DARK
I love how these TBs turn into something completely different to what they began with. So Simpsons-like. Awesome.
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What a lousy shit. And, the stuck up bitch Beckinsale needs a good riding.
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I'll just skip this one.
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The only thing I would want to see is more of the vampire/lycan origin story with Nighy - very cool. If I want to see babes in tight suits I'll go to the strip bar - movies are gettin that expensive now anyways.
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You people are some serious pricks, half of you aren't even on topic in the first place. Seems half the world doesn't enjoy anything but tearing the other half down, as for Wiseman, it takes a lot of work to make movies, even if they suck. I love the Underworld movies and while I am not thrilled about the 3rd cause Kate will not be in it cause she is a major driving force behind them; the movies I think are pretty well done. If you people want to rip on something like a bunch of immature little kids, first go try and make a movie yourself. Your opinions aren't the only ones that matter on this planet. Underworld has been an awesome series with some great actors, like Bill Nighy and Kate Beckinsale, they rock! Wiseman seems like a great director to me, better than half the other crap out there. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I think the Underworld series rocks!
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