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Details On The Paul W.S. Anderson Produced DEATH RACE: FRANKENSTEIN LIVES!!
Merrick here...
SpoilerTV has a breakdown of casting & plot details for DEATH RACE: FRANKENSTEIN LIVES. Written by Tony Giglio, the film will be produced by Paul W.S. Anderson and longtime cohort Jeremy Bolt. No word on a director yet.
The new characters include Carl "Luke" Lucas ("handsome and confident, with a hint of danger"), September Jones ("When ratings for her gladiator-style television show begin plummeting, September is quick to come up with the "Death Race" concept" ) , Lists ("nicknamed "Lists" because he's a font of information about almost any subject, quickly spewing lists of details"), and 14K ("combination of Bruce Lee and Genghis Khan").
All of this, and much more, can be found by jumping over to SpoilerTV HERE!
I sure did hate P W.S. A's DEATH RACE remake...which seemed to miss the point of the concept entirely...so I've no love at all for the notion of a follow-up. I blame folks like my buddy Chris, who actually liked the damn thing (which I don't understand - he's usually a very rational, intelligent person). This is all his fault.
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And I like it - not brilliant but watchable.
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And got really excited...
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I saw about 10 minutes of the first one and turned it off. Isn't "Carl Lucas" Luke Cage's Real name?
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Always a bridesmaid, I guess.
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But Statham is Statham. And Swearengen was in there... not bad at all. However, I get the distinct impression that a reprisal of roles is not in the cards. Bummer.
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Or fourth.
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It just wasn't awesome. I would welcome a sequel since it would likely be outside the confines of the prison. A Mad Max-ish Death Race sounds pretty fantastic to me.
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If you name your kid September Jones, she really only has two futures - stripper or action movie villain.
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And I thought it was a Box Office flop. Why a sequel? They should just remake the original again and do it right this time.
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Every scene
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They said he was, or was just that a scare tactic? Scariest of them all was Joan Allen with that botox face she had.
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The Statham death race was a cheesy prison movie. And like most cheesy prison movies it was pretty watchable with a few beers and low expectations.<p> It did impress me in one sequence particularly, when a big rig appears bristling with guns and then is spectacularly totalled - practical fx not cgi. Great stunt, and the Stath himself is ever likeable.
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... and one more thing Merrick - don't start pretending now that you've got taste and you understand when a movie 'misses the concept'.<p> YOU THOUGHT THE RAMBO VS GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MONSTER MOVIE WAS A BRILLIANT IDEA. You fail son.
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but got bored. Kudos for the practical effects, but I can't imagine why they'd bother with a sequel...or prequel...or alternate timeline or whatever the fuck they're doing. It's not like Frankenstein's is a story people are dying to hear more about...
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I sort of liked the remake for what it was. There were some cool deaths, car chases, and the scene where Statham and Tyrese total the truck is pretty great. It wasn't a good movie. But it was entertaining for an hour and a half on HBO.
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How about some female nudity in the sequel like in the original. It's rated R, take advantage of it. Guarantee the simple inclusion of some gratuitous T&A will improve these films a lot.
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Let's face it, Corman's Death Race 2000 is awesome fun, but hardly an untouchable, sacred classic. Statham was dependably good, the car stunts kicked some ass (not my entire ass, but more than one cheek). Agreed, Cobra--Kai, big rig sequence was the best. Wish they'd saved that for the finale... Too bad they can't have another David Carradine cameo in the sequel... Frankenstien lives not... *sniff*
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Beer stein, berenstain... Y tu mama tambien... Ambien...
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With the US' obsession with reality TV, they could have had far more fun with a more faithful remake where the racers race across country taking out civilians for points. It would have been a far superior movie.
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to make a sequel to the original.
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..but man, was Paul Without substance anderson's DR a fucking borefest...and now i'm wondering if he was also responsible for GAMER as it looked like some crap that "Mr. Jovobitch" would conjure up.<p>Fucking hack, thanks for giving us shitty adaptations of one of my favorite VG franchises.
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Nov. 13, 2009, 3:27 p.m. CST
I could watch Stratham in almost anything
by RICHARD_GERE_RAPED_MY_GERBIL
Although i'd love to see him in a classical Jane Austin-esque movie.<p.With guns.
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As far as concepts go, Gamer may be hit and miss, but you go watch Crank, and then behold the gem that is Crank: High Voltage, and then you tell me you're not hyped for Gamer, as it was helmed by the two guys who did Crank 1@2.
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I know Anderson only produced (and perhaps it's because of that) but i thought it was actually pretty good. Shame it bombed at the Box Office but i'll be picking it up on DVD.
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Nov. 13, 2009, 3:30 p.m. CST
Hey what happened to my last paragraph?
by RICHARD_GERE_RAPED_MY_GERBIL
Earlier post should have read:<p>"Although i'd love to see him in a classical Jane Austin-esque movie.<p>With an uzi."
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Nov. 13, 2009, 3:32 p.m. CST
I liked the remake but that's probably because
by RICHARD_GERE_RAPED_MY_GERBIL
(1) I've never seen the original<p>(2) I was stoned
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It may have only amounted to a lengthy Outer Limits episode, but it was suitably creepy-cool. I haven't experienced theatrical claustrophobia like I did in Pandorum for, well, maybe EVER!
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Bad movie, fully expected to loathe it, but I hate to admit I actually enjoyed the thing (yes, alcohol and friends were involved). <p> The Stath makes anything watchable and the races themselves were impressively staged. As others have mentioned earlier, the pwning of the Juggernaut (*CRUNCH!*) was a standout moment. <p> That having been said, I'm back to fully expecting to hate the sequel--if I ever even see it.
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He rapes my senses with every turd movie he films/produces.
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Nov. 13, 2009, 4:01 p.m. CST
Paul W.S. Anderson wants Metal Gear Solid and Castlevania
by Trannyformers_Apologist
Paul W.S. Anderson is still circling video game adaptation Castlevania at Rogue Pictures and that they are waiting on a script.<P>Anderson would like to adapt Konami's Metal Gear Solid for the big screen at Columbia Pictures.
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And that, my friends, is why he is going to HELL.<p>Making "Aliens VS Predator" didn't help either.<p>Neither did fucking Milla Jovovich, who was destined to my bride. He stole her from me!
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But some Crank cleared that right up...
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I enjoyed a lot of the carnage from the remake, I wont say I loved the movie, but I wont be on board with this shitty straight to DVD appeal they're going with. And I was happy the day I saw Anderson get off the Castlevania line, but now he wants back in, and I want him dead. People tend to forget the guy directed Mortal Kombat, he could've banked off the fact he actually made a decent movie for once with this remake, but now he's back to his old fucking ways with Resident Evil: Afterlife.
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Fucking classic man.
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You're too kind, good sir.
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rather enjoyed Water Shit Andesons Death Race. In bits anyway. The truck scene was worth rewinding and Joan Allen had that brilliantly non sensical line about dogs shitting on sidewalks. But yeah, a sequel will likely both suck AND blow.
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bow wow chicka chicka wow wow
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... the remake was fun! Sure, it was bad, but it's also the closest thing to badass Mario Kart that I've seen. The truck sequence was kinda awesome!
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as October Smith...
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Who's the man<p?
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W.S Paul Anderson
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No...wait..aw crap.
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The remake when watched with no real expectactations actually was entertaining. I shall watch this sequel as well with the same expectations...
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before i can bother to blonde the original
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They must watch Mad Men
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...compared to the original. It was bad in and of itself. I mean sure it had none of the humor or satire of the original, Water Sports Anderson doesn't know those words. And sure it jettisoned the colorful, mythic racers from the first movie and replaced them with generic central casting menu items, because Water Sports doesn't know what characters are. But it also had no real internal logic, credible tension or scope. Pretty weak sauce, and I'm a Statham fan. A McShane and Allen fan, too. But that remake? That was some halfhearted and listless crap right there. Can't wait for the sequel.
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= Direct to DVD
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I don't get it. What the hell does it have to do with Frankenstein?
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Sure I paid to see the remake in theaters despite owning a copy of the original that I could have watched again instead, but I didn't like the damn thing. Even if I did I can't imagine wanting a sequel? Does anyone? also Tony Giglio looks like Tony Gigolo to me. I do appreciate titles with lives in them like Eddie and the Cruisers 2: Eddie Lives!
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it looked like it would be sweet and it wasn't. I wish it had been more like Cannonball Run only Dean and Sammy are gunning pedestrians down.
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Never saw the original.
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Yeah, I said it.
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Nov. 13, 2009, 10:49 p.m. CST
Anderson could be making somehing grand, something action, sci f
by BEYONDTHUNDERDOME2GIRLS1CUPBILLCOSBY
with awesome new charactors, he could choose from thousands of interesting sci fi books but instead he just does some poop sequel to a film i forgot existed.
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I liked DEATH RACE. True, it's missing alot of what I like about the original, but it's actually really well structured b-movie material that hits all the right notes for that type of story and builds to a good climax. Statham and Tyrese are game, Joan Allen is hilariously over the top, there are more non–cgi car stunts than any recent movie other than DEATH PROOF, and despite what I had heard the races were easy to follow and good. Also there was that ridiculous killer bus with all the guns and shit.<p> A prequel is a fucking horrible idea though - this was already a prequel to DEATH RACE 2000, there's no reason to continue unless you're gonna progress the Death Race into the more interesting version from Paul Bartel's world where it's not a closed track and you run over pedestrians for points. Like an evil Speed Racer. Also I liked where Frankenstein and Machine Gun Joe ended up at the end, it would be better to follow up on them. And finally, the Frankenstein from the beginning of the movie was voiced by David Carradine, so it would be kind of insulting to have some dumb DTV actor take over. Unless it's Dolph.
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I was prepared to make the same points, sans Dolph reference. (Although I should've thought of oneon general principle). Anyway, Vern's correct, the movie's not half bad, and the Dreadnought comes at just the right moment when you think that the movie could become really stupid or kinda awesome. But a prequel is a terrible idea.
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...write-offs.
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If it wasn't supposed to be a remake of the classic. I'm hoping that they end up treating that as a soft of lame prequel, and the 2nd one actually gets it right with a reality TV race across america, killing pedestrians for points. That has the potential to be awesome, if done right.
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of the original movie.And you know,i think it would be a bit difficult in our PC times,to get funds from a big studio,to make a movie about killing pedestrians with cars in a game show. <p>and Anderson's Death Race is a great popcorn movie,thats all that is about.
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No offense guys, but Pandorum was an absolutely miserable failure on every level. Hyper-edited, poor acting and not a SINGLE original idea. I love horror...dig sci fi but this movie deserved each and every poor review it got and then some.
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statements like: I HATE THIS MOVIE? <p>how exactly can you hate a movie or a director? had the movie such a dramatic impact on your life,that justifies your hate towards it? did it kill your parents or raped your kids? do you realise what hate truly means,in fact have you ever experienced the true feeling of hate? <p>i mean for instance,i can say that i dont like Bay and his movie,i might make fun of him and even call him names,but ffs i am never going to say that i hate Bay,i dont even fucking know the guy. <p>imho these kinds of statements are what give bad reputation to the term: 'geek'
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statements like: I HATE THIS MOVIE? <p>how exactly can you hate a movie or a director? had the movie such a dramatic impact on your life,that justifies your hate towards it? did it kill your parents or raped your kids? do you realise what hate truly means,in fact have you ever experienced the true feeling of hate? <p>i mean for instance,i can say that i dont like Bay and his movie,i might make fun of him and even call him names,but ffs i am never going to say that i hate Bay,i dont even fucking know the guy. <p>imho these kinds of statements are what give bad reputation to the term: 'geek'
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I've been reading this site for years - it always amazes me how much hate there is for Paul Anderson. You know what - He makes entertaining movies, and he loves the genre. Better having someone making movies for us that gives a shit, that it being assembled by a bunch of accountants and marketing jerks. Give him a break for god's sake - and if you don't like it, why don't you haul your lardy ass out of your Lay-Z-boy and go make a movie yourself...
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It was more of a mash-up between Running Man and Lock Up. It should've been called Locked Up Driving Man or something. But when judged on the merits of an action movie, I really liked it.
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I'm sure the guy is just filming endless fight scenes and shots of himself scowling behind a steering wheel so that he can continue to star in fifteen movies after his death.
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if your flick's rated R anyway might as well throw some tits and ass in for good measure, remember Louisa Moritz's ass in the original?
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Nov. 14, 2009, 11:45 a.m. CST
The so called "W.S. Anderson" guy is ruining my good name.
by water_shit_anderson
And i'm getting fed up with it.
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He had one average genre film with Event Horizon. Destroyed a potentially great film with Soldier and raped two classic sci-fi franchises up the ass with a cricket bat with AVP. Oh not to mention his 'classic' Mortal Kombat. Sure its better than some game/films but thats like saying that a skinned baby isn't torture because there's no salt involved. or maybe its nothing like that.<p> As you were....
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not shit...not good. would have been garbo without the stath and lovejoy
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but anyway life goes on
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Nov. 15, 2009, 2:37 a.m. CST
What precisely am I wrong about ominus?
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks
Was AVP not made with complete disregard for both franchises?<p>Even though it was acknowledged to have a fantastic script did Soldier not suck? <p> You might get some Slack with Event Horizon as its art direction was some crazy shit.<p> Mortal Kombat however, is turgid shit. Don't get me started on Resident Evil.
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As someone else mentioned, it's not as if the original has any more than cult status, and undeserved at that. It was a fucking Corman film for christs sake.<P> PWS Anderson isn't fantastic by any means, but he's delivered a few decent films. Not to mention, AvP:R was so bad it actually made AvP look good by comparison.<P> Give the guy a break, he's not deserving of all this hatred.
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Nov. 15, 2009, 7:01 a.m. CST
and yet another unnecessary sequel to a movie that was total...
by Motoko Kusanagi
...ASS
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Paul W.S. Anderson tends to be the guy that makes movies that geeks want to like but ultimately leaving you unfulfilled. Paul W.S. Anderson is like the diet-coke of directors. And most of continue to watch his films hoping one day he finally perfects his formula. <p> As for the deathrace remake, I didn't loath it, didn't love it, and probably didn't like it. I did watch it though. Hard to say what exactly is wrong with the film. The plot, the changes, the director, the over used common effect shots of stuff racing in and out of flames. Paul W.S. Anderson made a dumb deathrace movie. Not that the original deathrace was shakespeare. It did manage a little biting humor though. Some of which might have inspired future films like robocop. Whereas Anderson stripped the soul out of his remake.
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as mentioned above its a miss too. BUT anderson almost made a classic with that film. He just failed tying all act 2/3 into a solid plotline. hellraiser in space failed. near miss. probably the best film anderson has done, and it might be a 2.5 stars out of 5.
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it comes so close, yet is missing something to actually make it decent. Some of the imagery in the hallucinations was hardcore along with some fantastic design work. I think thats the closest he will get to an original work.
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After watching both Death Race and Transporter 3 back to back (I was disappointed with both) I thought they should mixed the 2 together to make a much better film. Contestants are forced against their will to race across America in cars equipped with guns etc etc but each contestant has been tagged with an explosive device that will trigger if removed/tampered etc etc, bit generic but would be much better than that prison crap plotline.
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IN MY ORIFICES
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Good point, I'll concede to that.<P> I still didn't dislike it, and to be honest I liked the theme in the movie of invasive media-dominated culture (although hardly original).<P> Captain Rawbeard's idea is interesting, too bad they couldn't have gone that way.
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it makes sense doesn't it, bringing in the original reality tv stuff. Could include things like if they don't rack up enough kills before the next checkpoint their tags explode, if you finish last the tags explode and borrowing from Transporter 3 if you go over a certain distance from your Car the tags explode.
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... I watched it and was underwhelmed. This prequel seems like a way to give Frankenstein's origins; but does anyone really care about a character that was only in the movie's first 5 minutes? ... and his version reminded me more of "The Condemned" rather than DR2K (oh snap! yes, I went there...) Besides, he has to shake the entire Resident Evil clusterfuck. The fact that he turned that into a vehicle for Milla is borderline disgusting Even that won't be enough because he'll still carry the AVP stench. Maybe he'll look into a collaboration with Bay & Boll
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Does not exist in this dojo!
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<p>Mortal Kombat: Phenominally cool</p><p>Event Horizon: Very cool</p><p>Soldier: Pretty crappy (we have no evidence the script was EVER worth a shit)</p><p>Resident Evil: Quite cool</p><p>RE2: Fairly crappy but first 15 minutes RULED!</p><p>AVP: Pretty cool(Fuck you! It followed the highly praised Dark Horse comics)</p><p>Death Race: Pretty cool</p><p> So he's got a pretty good track record with me.
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Nov. 16, 2009, 10:45 a.m. CST
REVENGE_of_FETT his track record is irrelevant
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks
if your opinion is worth jack shit. Fuck these people who think we all deserve an opinion. You just proved them wrong with that dumbass list. <p> All you've proved to me is that abortion should always remain a choice.
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Nov. 16, 2009, 10:49 a.m. CST
In fact now you have pissed me off with your stupidity
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks
Anyone who would call Mortal Kombat phenominal needs a reality check.<p> You are stupid. Hopefully you will never have a chance to reproduce. If I ever see your name on talkback chatter I will continue past, uncaring of your thoughts...Chump
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Considering his movies make plenty of bank, it seems it is YOUR opinion that is irrelevant.
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Nov. 17, 2009, 12:09 p.m. CST
REVENGE_of_FETT...so did Date Movie
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks
and Epic Movie, and Transformers 2. Your point being????
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And I'm not even going to compare it to the original, there's no point. I thought the action scenes were pretty solid, some good quality kills along the way. And yes, Joan Allen was pretty fucking hysterical as the "evil mastermind". <p>All that because of an ice storm....
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was fuckin great,not sure why people are dogging it.Maybe im just gettin old.
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