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CITY OF EMBER trailer hits the tubes!
Hey folks, Harry here... I got to see a good deal of this film, which really had a solid sense of atmosphere and fun. Gil Kenan ( of MONSTER HOUSE fame) has really constructed a film that feels, oddly, like a family adventure set in the world of METROPOLIS run down. Really inspired visuals. Here's the trailer...
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The poster made it look like the sequel to ZOOM. This is much more in line with my expectations, very cool.
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Bill Murray sounds drunk. Movie looks retarded. End of comment.
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Nice atmosphere
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But seemed kinda strange seeing Murray in that role.
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And Bill Murray!
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Right
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...is out of his "give me an Oscar" phase. As for the trailer, meh.
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But you got to love that it was filmed in a giant building that was used to paint giant ships. The involvement of Walden media is amusing though. They make films that they believe to have inherent Christian values. But the plot of the film seems to be about questioning received knowledge and blind faith. Maybe it's all about the protestant Christian values ;-p
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Kitten, what I think I'm saying is, sometimes, shit happens, somebody's gotta deal with it, and who're you gonna call?!
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Bill Murray is an actual good fit based upon the book since he is sort of an egotistical buffoon that is a piss-poor leader. Okay, bring on the Bush comparisons.
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Bill Murray is committing Eddie Murphy-Pluto Nash career suicide. Well maybe it's not that bad.
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It's like National Treasure for little kids. This even looks bad for a kid's movie.
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except i guess they spend the whole movie trying to get out of the vault.
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i kid, i kid.
i'm actually pretty intrigued. i don't know anything about this other than its based on a kids book, i think, but the premise is really interesting (i'm a Fallout fan), the art design looks great, and Bill Murray in anything is always good. -
The trailer was crap, but I can kinda see a cool movie in there, somewhere. Aw, who am I kidding? I'm a Bill Murray fanboy so I'm there.
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Sucks, I really wanted to like this one.
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eat it. Murray pwns.
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in that "City of Lost Children"/"Pans Labyrinth" kind of way. Looks like a lot of work went into the mythos behind the city, I want to read the book.
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Over the top is right, jeez.
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Didn't Monster House loose money?
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The trailer reminds me of Dark City mixed with Delicatessan, with the kids from Narnia. In that sense, I suppose it can't help but be awesome.
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Just the name Walden Media sends up the caution flags. So far, in my humble opinion, everything these people have been involved with film-wise has been CRAP! These chumps are just riding the coattails of the successes of the HARRY POTTER and LORD OF THE RINGS franchises. They have an innate ability to turn kid-lit fodder into films, but that doesn't make what they do good. It's all just totally forgettable, cookie-cutter big screen pap.
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Are we sure this isn't just a watered down version of "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"? Sounds like it to me. For those who don't know, TOWWAFO is a disturbing short science fiction story by Ursula K. Le Guin. http://tinyurl.com/5zutwm
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very bioshocky
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Just like the vault dweller situation in the rpg classic "Fallout".
A "Fallout" movie might be better... -
I'm getting a strong Bioshock vibe from the art direction, which isn't a bad thing. I'm looking forward to watch Keenan can do with live action, I loved Monster House.
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ok with Murray (weird casting btw) and Robbins or fuckin shitty like everything else lately
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is not my strong point.
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Trying hard to make a franchise and blows every attempt. I'll wait for Bioshock.
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going to be in this picture! But seriously, Bill Murray.. okay now I'm interested. I cant' wait for the fall. Ghostbusters game and this. yeehaw!!!
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Seems like a very 1970s "escape-the-city-before-dying" plotline.
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May 15, 2008 7:12:41 PM CDT
Looks like The City of Lost Children as directed by Chris Columb
by blackmantis
I think I'll skip it.
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That was painful to watch.
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just for the record.
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i really hope for the movie's sake it's not as bad as this trailer
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You know, I don't know which is scarier, the fact that you're actually calling out to Dickblood to come or the fact that you love him so much that you actually remembered his whole username, complete with the underscore.
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But too late. Where's my damn Fallout movie!?
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Looks interesting though i'm not keen on the wee girl from Atonement but that might just be because she was a total LifeWrecking shit in that movie and therefore a very good actress so I will watch this and try not to think of Ghostbusters every time Bill shows up.
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What if this is really the 3rd Ghostbusters flick? I mean they are releasing a Ghostbusters game around the same time. Concidence? I think not. Just play the ghostbusters theme while watching this movie. And imagine that Bill Murray is really playing the ghost of Dr. Peter Venkman .. Oops, I am sorry for ruining the twist!
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Sounds to me more like Dark Universe by Daniel Francis Galouye http://tiny.cc/lt53j Although in fairness the dying underground post-apocalyptic city trope seems even older than the sixties. I wonder if anyone is planning a film version of Brian Aldiss's Non-Stop...?
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The music is a little overdone and the trailer could have been edited better, but i'm loving that we're seeing some new sci-fi concepts being brought to the big screen.
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The two main kids, along with two other kids they meet along the way, and a non-speaking pet that is very ghost-like, uncover the clues.. and before the door to the world above is a chest, they open it and find ghostbuster uniforms and proton packs. The door opens.. to reveal a world taken over by ghosts. Ghosts, and multiple staypuff marshmellow men walking down the empty streets. This movie was amazing.
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http://tiny.cc/ufO15 http://tiny.cc/ou4eB
Fight! Fight! Fight! -
Just kidding. I thought it sounded funny. Anyway, I wouldn't say the 2 movies merits the term KEEP. It's only his second and the first was considered an critical success that just didn't have the right marketing in a summer filled with shitty CGI movies. It looks like they are marketing the hell out of this one though.To me, this looked great and like someone above me said, better than the poster.
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The Village / The Island 2, I might get pretty annoyed, though I think it'd fit better in this movie than the other 2. I did think Monster House was pretty awesome, so this has some hope.
I also think this trailer was way too dramatic way too fast, and did nothing to set up the tone of the movie or what's actually happening in the City of Ember. Sloppy trailer's often lead to poor box office results. -
Let me guess the outside world is still alive and well and that's what the characters will end up discovering?
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they used one of the old Harland and Wolff (shipyard that built the titanic) hangars as a soundstage for the city sets. Just a bit of trivia for anyone interested.
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The producers of Bioshock should sue and make twice the bank before the movie even rolls out of pre-production.
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...a similar archetypal plot, not production design.
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But can you read the entire text of Dark Universe or Orphans of the Sky online? I also have no idea what The Edge of the Eighties [Box set] page was all about.
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Not to mention a slight rip-off of a sequence in Diana Wynne Jones' "The Merlin Conspiracy." Still, I guess it is a steampunk dream come true. Who made this again?
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May 15, 2008 8:42:06 PM CDT
No one's going to mention Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter?
by darwinmayfiower
Because it feels exactly the same...even moreso than Bioshock. At least in Bioshock you could have avoided going into Rapture, but Breath of Fire you start off in an underground place.
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I'll never forgive Walden for eviscerating the great "The Dark is Rising" and turning it into a de-paganized fake-Potter crapfest. This movie looks as if it will blow too, being ripped off from several sources. Anything Walden produces is a shell of its former self. Bleh.
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First he escapes from Shawshank and now this....
Stealing ideas from kids -
Anybody read it?
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what the hell is the movie about?
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of TOTALLY SCREWING up good books...the best part of the city of ember, which is a good book though i haven't read the sequels yet, is that it's played out as a mystery...they don't tell you right up front what's going on...you are as lost as the characters...sure you probably figure it out faster than they do, but the fracking trailer just gives it all away...thus continuing my belief that any book i ever enjoyed reading will be destroyed...god i hope they never make neuromancer or snow crash (though on the plus suck, this piece of cinematic flotsam can't be worse than what hollywood did the first book i ever remember reading, the dark is rising, that abortion should be burned and everyone involved including ian mcshane flogged for eternity)
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But I don't think it's because of what this trailer just showed me - it's the stuff I read the other day about it (with the poster) combined with the visuals (which look fantastic)
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this REEKS of an old movie called DARK CITY!
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He'll do this shite, but not Ghostbusters 3? Jackass...
That was probably one of the worst trailers I have EVER seen too. I have NO idea what the movie is about, and it looks terrible. -
He'll do this shite, but not Ghostbusters 3? Jackass...
That was probably one of the worst trailers I have EVER seen too. I have NO idea what the movie is about, and it looks terrible. -
Like Spy Kids 4 or somethin.
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are are kind of fucking everything up left and right and need to stop. They get one or two famous actors to appear in their films, market them to the exact same audience in the exact same way and their actual output ranges from mediocre to awful.
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I'm looking forward to this movie. I'll admit this trailer didn't do much for me, but I still think this could be a great adventure film. I loved monster house and I love the look of this. Hopefully the next trailer will be a better sell.
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READ THE DAMN BOOK
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Reminded be of a couple scenes from 12M, not the whole movie.
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Man that Vic Mackie.....you know....just saying...
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Is he that dude who was in the Fantastic Four? now THAT was some talent
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..but that's a whole 'nother thread, please stick with the hijack in progress...
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meets Metropolis meets 12 monkeys
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He ruined War of the Worlds as soon as he showed up. As with most things he appears in.
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But what the hell was with that music?
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Check yourself, FOO! That's Tim Fucking Roberts you're talking about, and that guys earned his chops.
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is one of the very few comedian actors around who can be funny and intimidating all at once, and he's defined the whole "ennui" thing. This post isn't directed at anyone in particular, just in the general direction of those that talked shit about Murray: he's very good when in a role that suits him.
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I know I've said this before. But I saw him at whole foods a month or two ago. And it was so random, like A) out of all the celeberties I thought I would ever just randomly see, would've never guessed that it would have been him. 2)He was the worst dress person in the store, but I guess if I were Bill Murray I probably wouldn't give a shit about what I wore either. I was too much in aww and respect to bother him, plus he kind of looked pissed.
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Flys off the shelves of my children's library. Many of our students are very excited about this.
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SOMEBODY'S COMIN'! Get outta here, ya knuckleheads, I mean it!
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Fallout rip off!
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I'm in
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...just like Narnia and Chimp-The Movie (aka Peed Racer) and Eragon and dozens of others.ENOUGH ALREADY! Nobody cares about this cheesy kiddie crap!
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I mean building a underground operation to kill one gopher....Caddyshack and the Kingdom of the Dead Gopher.
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Huh?!
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that looks rubbish and boring..!!
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But, you know, for kids!
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...stole my thunder! Definitely a Dark City meets Twelve Monkeys vibe happening in that trailer, only wrapped up lovingly in a big ol' steampunk blanket.And Bill Murray, too.I'm there, people!
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I respectfully disagree. Not everything Murray touches if automatically funny. I speak from experience here, having sat through Garfield with my daughter. There's ninety minutes of my life I won't be getting back anytime soon...
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a 'kids save the world' movie that actually looks at least half decent.
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Please, no more Carmina Burana rip-off soaring choir soundtracks for sciffy/fantasy movies, you hacks!
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Utter bloody nonsense!
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Damn you to hell!
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That's gay.
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... I need to use the word "rubbish" more often. Are you English? Do you think it would sound awkward for an American to use it? I think it sounds cool. I'm not making fun of you - despite the fact that I disagree and think the movie looks cool - I'm just asking if it's kosher for an yank like me to use that word. I know I can't get away with "bollocks" and "bloody hell" - I've tried.
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This OCTOBER!
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I got a serious Goonies vibe off this. Goonies meets Bioshock?
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Use 'Rubbish'! Go for it, mate!
You Yanks seriously need to upgrade your cussing! I mean 'asshole', what's that all about? An ass is a donkey, isn't it? With a hole in? No no no, dear boy, it won't do at all. Try shouting 'Arseholes! really loudly (lose the 'h' - go with 'Arse'oles!') Doesn't that feel good? Doesn't that get it all out of the old system? 'Course it does! You know it makes sense.When you're comfortable with that, you can elaborate - 'Arsecakes!' and 'Arsebiscuits!' work well. Then, why not move up to such classics as 'Knackers!' and 'Wanker' (which is criminally under-used on your side of the pond)Just experiment, fella. Swearing's even better after a few ales. Say it loud - say it ploughed!Fucksocks to the lot of you... -
Arsebiscuits will be in my regular vocabulary by the end of the day. And maybe fucksocks. But have the Brits ever tried out "Dicklips"? That one is pretty good. Also, I'm a big fan of the E.T. classic penis breath.I don't like "wanker" because, over here, it's synonomous with gutter punks. And no one wants to be considered a gutter punk. That shit is so mid-80's. Also, as much as I hear it in Guy Richie movies and read it in Irvine Welsh books, "cunt" does not sound good with an American accent. It sounds so vulgar, misogynist and abusive. Hearing a Brit or a Scot say it, though sounds great.And one last thing about the US. I read the John Cleese letter to the United States and know that most of you think most of us drink shit beer, but I'll have you guys know, that you're mostly right. Colorado and Oregon, however have top-notch microbrews. The breweries in, at least Colorado, send the brewmasters over to various countries where said beer originated to study how it's made. Just letting you know we don't all drink Bud and Miller and Coors.
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Looks like CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, or a slightly less twisted Terry Gilliam future, BRAZIL-style. Bring it on!
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Could be cool, and I really love the MS internet explorer logo.
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Cool, very city of lost children. But I couldn't help but noticing it looks like it has the same plot as National Treasure almost. In how they find things that are clues and thats the entire movie really. Hopefully there is a lot more then just that.
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Global Warming was a scam and they didn't have to live underground for 200 years. Life above ground went on and the surface people forgot about Al Gore's underground EMBER project.... still this could be fun in a MOM AND DAD SAVE THE WORLD way I hope.
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postapocolyptic teen adventure that sold well and has a strong core audience...should do well in theeaters...and no, the kids dont die...and yes, there are still surface dwellers
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Has anyone saying this looks like The City of Lost Children actually seen that film? I get there's little lighting, but, aside from that, there is zero City of Lost Children vibe happening there. This looks like a film 8 year olds could watch with zero side effects or nightmares... how the hell does that remind you of City of Lost Children?
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I see your point regarding Guy Ritchie. Even before the associated furore of marrying Madge, we had him down for the dull, one-trick 'Mockney' he really is. 'Cunt' is not a pleasant word in any accent and so should be avoided. Your point about beer is sadly all too true, though bear in mind that most of us Brits drink shite like 'Carling' and 'Stella'; 5% chemical rubbish brewed in nine days in the same vat. I guess the American equivalent would be 'Coors' or (shudder) 'Budweiser'. Having said that, America is home to possibly the finest microbrewery on the planet. Check out Oregon's 'Rogue Ales'. Their 'Chocolate Stout' and 'Dead Guy Ale' are the best reason I can think of for owning a throat...
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Dogfish Head. It's fucking expensive but when I have the money - MY GOD it's worth it. If you ever find anything by Dogfish Head in the UK, by all means pick it up. Also anything by New Belgium (Fort Collins, Colorado) that is not Fat Tire is worth a try. On a side note, it's nice to see a GOOD American beer get recognition overseas. I know our reputation for bad beer and it put a smile on my face to see that you knew about it.Really? Apparantly, I had the wrong impression of the "C" word in the UK. I thought that it was something that guys could call eachother when joking around. Over here it's only used in the ugliest of manners.Also, if you have any suggestions of British ales for me to look for, I am more than willing to try anything out. And yeah we have Stella and Carling, it's somewhat popular amongst people who drink shit beer and pretend to be snobs.
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I don't know. I can see their point. It's certainly not the first thing to pop into my head, but I can see som CoLC in this. It reminds me of Henson stuff (minus the puppets but more set design) of the 80s.
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...of your recommendations and in August when London hosts the annual Great British Beer Festival, I will be heading straight to the USA section and checking out Dogfish Head and whatever I can find by New Belgium! Cheers for that, fella! It was hell last year. Rogue didn't show up so I had to wade through five different Samuel Adams brews. Great stuff!Anyway, if you can find them out there, a few recommended British bottled beers are Wychwood's 'Hobgoblin', Morlands 'Old Speckled Hen', Shepherd Neame's 'Bishop's Finger' and Fuller's '1845'. They're all around the 5.5% mark and are big, fat, full-flavoured ales - just the way I like'em! Happy hunting!
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Over here, these are the drinks of the underclasses. Stella, for example, goes by the nickname 'wife-beater'. Awful stuff. It's probably great as a brew in it's country of origin, but once they buy the licence and brew it in the UK, it turns into piss. Same thing happened to Red Stripe, Orangeboom, Carlsberg and Michelob, which is why I steer clear of lagers these days.Hey, maybe we ought to set up a new site - Ain't It Cool Beers...
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... in my things to look for document. The best liquor store in my town is right down the street from me and they import all of their own beers instead of going through a middleman. Sometimes, those imports are pricey, but if I can find the ones you mentioned, I'll get one every payday. Most but not all of my favorite brews tend to be 8% or higher. I don't drink beer to get trashed (I save that for cheap whiskey) but I've noticed that the higher the alcohol content, the richer the flavor. My favorite brewery is located in town, and their all into saving the environment, so they don't even ship their beers to anywhere outside of a 50 mile radius. Anyway, every year they release Special Edition Imperials of all of their beers which end up being 11% - 16%. But when I only have a couple of bucks in my wallet, I end up drinking about 6%. I'm definately checking out what you said, though.
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