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The shroud of secrecy begins to fall from the MUMMY 2
The Big KahoonA filed this tasty bit this morning from his burger stand in merry old England, aaaaaaaaaaaaah, Father Geek loves his reports, the smells of fresh grilled onions and ground beef burst from his reports like scarabs flowing thru a crack in a sand covered tomb floor...
Well how didly do Harry and the ancient fatherly one, its been quite a while since I last posted to you. There has been a nasty beef war with those French types since I last wrote causing this burger to take up arms and have at it with the French. British Burger versus French mano-a-mano, almost like a scene from The Gladiator at one point except without the great Rome backdrops of course :)
Anyway after finally climbing out the trenches, and this Kahoona Burger being chased buy the 102 dalmation (ahhh the horror of the thought of that film), a decent bit of news has come between my baps so to speak. So after dumping a nice portion of mayo and lettuce on it I thought I would serve it up to your goodself with an extra helping of pan fritz.
The hot news around the British film studios at the moment is the beginning of the production/construction of the elaborate if some what dusty sets for the Mummy 2 at Shepperton Studios over here in Blighty. Men with tool belts are scurrying back and forth at an amazing rate. It is all in its early stages at the moment(shooting is still about 9, or 10 weeks away), but from what I can gather it is set in jolly olde London Town, which is contary to some yank reports which have said it will be set in old New York. There is of course the possibility that the film might be set in both and that Shepperton is just being used for the London shoot, although my source did mention that the great majority of the film would be shot here, along with some location shots to be made in Morocco.
I of course will be attempting to set-up a tasty burger stall outside of Shepperton to allow for access to new news and maybe a photo or two, and to of course sell some damn fine burgers :)
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I liked The Mummy, and I can't wait for the sequel. Some of you might call it crap, but this is a popcorn movie, folks: there are no pretensions to this movie getting any critics to like it, and I like that way. Brandon Fraiser is blessed with a sense of comic timing, and most movies with him in it are usually worth the mantinee price I pay for it. As for the French, I say let the British beat the crap out of them; these lame American-hating Euro-trash can bail THEMSELVES out of a German invasion next time.
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Mar 07, 2000 11:42:27 AM CST
Further Developments from the Unnecessary Sequels Department
by stephen dedalus
Here's an idea. Instead of ripping off the old mummy movies, let's try a more unique monster. Anyone remember THE GOLEM? Let's try that for an idea. Seriously, it might work.
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And I know all the cynical, know-it-all shits on this site like to run it down--but it was only a fun popcorn movie. That's all--just for fun. Sure it ripped off Indy, but it had its own unique vision. So there's my 2 cents. Commence with all the 'who gives a fuck about this' postings.
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Remember kids-it pays to recycle!
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But WWF "superstar" The Rock, Dwayne Johnson, will be playing a villian in the film
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Would be interesting to see Mr. Roody (or rooty) poo kick the hero around... he has the look and the brashness..
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Be hard to top the first one unless that British chic shows her boobies. Or have Ben Assflec get eaten by those bugs or something.
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If you haven't, pick yourself up a copy of Pete Hamill's SNOW IN AUGUST, for a twist on the Golem. Not that this variation is scary like The Mummy, but a damn fine read that won't dissappoint. Now THAT story would make a helluva movie.
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Funny ass post dude, I Agree.
look, there are 2 ways to look at THE MUMMY, and it's sequel:
1) as a comparison to the Karlof film = sucks major ass.
2) as an adventure/popcorn movie = it rocks!
and I will admit it..I'm not gay buy Brenden Fraiser is way to cool.
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It's easy to be critical of The Mummy, but the fact is it was simply an adventure movie, nothing more. What it set out to do, it did far better than most of the genre. I'm looking forward to the sequel.
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crap crap crap, M2M will be crap, lost in cheese crap, arma-crap, devlin and emmerich crap, crap, sequel crap, lets put stupid ass comedy and one liners in everyhting crap, crap crap, x men crap, wing commnader-crap, JAR JAR CRAP, crap crap, tired of crap, take a crap, eat crap and die crap, captain crap make it for the kids crap, crap, pitch crap, loads of crap, silly, dumb ass crap. tired of crap. MAY THE GODS MAKE GLADIATOR THE HOLY SAVIOR, MAY IT SHOW RELENTLESS FOOTAGE OF PEOPLES HEADS GETTING LOPPED OFF AND BRUTAL BLOODY GORY VIOLENCE TO PISS OFF ALL THE POEPLE WHO HATE THAT AND ARE OFFENDED, MAY IT CHOP A PROVERBIAL LIMB FROM THE SUMMER MOVIE, MAY IT HACK OFF A HOLLYWOOD HEAD, MAY IT SPEW THE BLOODY ENTRAILS OF THE COLLECTIVE ASS AND THRASH AROUND IN ITS DESTROYED BOWELS. CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP...Ripreaver in foul mood today.
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I'll believe this when it's confirmed, and not before. Sure, it's a big fat juicy rumor; sure, I believe that they offered him the part. But I don't think I believe that he's going to take a couple weeks off from his WWF career to do a movie.
Right now, he's in the middle of a plotline leading up to Wrestlemania, the biggest pay per view of the year. After that, he will almost certainly be the WWF World Champion, in which case you can bet he'll be appearing on TV twice a week and doing house shows in between. There's no time for him to scarper off to England to film right now.
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...at least according to a news report I read on www.lordsofpain.net this week, reporting that the Rock held a press conference this week announcing he had been cast. I for one am excited as hell about this, as he's certainly got charisma in front of the camera, and has an awesome look for this movie.
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I pop over to Corona after I post, and voila... there's the news about the press conference. I hang my head in shame. I guess now we'll find out if that uncanny charisma of his will translate well to acting.
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I finally saw "The Mummy" on video a few weeks back, and had to admit that it was pretty fun despite Brendan Frasier - fun on the level of a Sinbad movie. Okay, maybe not quite as good, but it paralleled the Sinbad flicks in that acting, story, etc., all took a backseat to genuinely entertaining monster FX, and plenty of 'em. Now, there's something about Frasier's face that's inherently disturbing to me - he's handsome, but in this weird, swarthy, lumpy way - and I wouldn't say he's as good as even the Johnny Nobodies who've played the various Sinbads. BUT...it really was a fun movie, which I was able to watch from the point of view of a kid waiting for the next neato-o monster. That end fight with the pack o' mummies? Really quite brilliant - a smart modern updating of the famed "Jason & the Argonauts" skeleton battle. I support a sequel. This could become a good hokey-but-cool kids' series.
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It was a fun film, nothing more, nothing less. It never pretended to be a masterpiece. As long as a film doesn't take itself too seriously i'm ok with it. Please see "Big Daddy" for a film that deserves criticism for taking itself WAY too seriously.
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I'm trying to figure out what character he could do. A henchman a la Odd Job to Imhotep? Well...whatever his part, the movie could be really cool. The British Museum angle rocks. That is one spooky place, and would be perfect fodder for lots of Saturday Serial-type fun. However, it makes me wish that someone would have the sack to make "The List of 7"! It has a cool sequence in the British Museum with a gaggle of rampaging mummies. Ah, well. Bottom line, "Mummy 2" is shaping up to be a ton of fun. Nothing more, nothing less.
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I liked The Mummy although I wouldn't say it was an all time Great rather an entertaining Flic for a afternoon at the movies. If The Mummy 2 or what ever it is called is that good then it will be a reasonable hit. After "No Way Out", yes I a WWF fan, The rock will have plenty of time to film in London he lost his place at Wrestlemania to THe Big Show, Daft names if you ask me, they are almost as fake as the wrestling. If you do not undrerstand Britain and The European Union's trade war with France over British Beef then consider how we feel about a trade wars between the European Union and the USA over South American Bananas? Finally, Sabalon cool down, it's only a movie if you don't like it don't watch it, Nuff Said.
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it wasn't pretentious, it was unassuming, inoffensive, just good plain, mindless fun. i had a good time with that movie. i dont understand why someone wouldn't like that movie. oohhhh i didnt challenge you with intellectual psychological drama bullshit? ohohohohoh... youre deeepppp!
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You whinny, lame-ass mofo pretentious "oh look at me, I and only I may deem a film/movie/flick woirthy" Pieces of shite:
Thank God we have you to look to for guidance and sheer balls-to-the-wall whimsy in defying simple economics. If all of these movies you rail against are so f'ing stupid and not worth a penny, how come so many make some coin, or at least enough to keep getting more made?
For the love of humanity, will you all please just come to grips with the fact that you overestimate the general movie-going public, and that shite (possible, I should say) like The Mummy 2 and, God willing, The Mummy 3:The Unraveling, will be made. Vote with your wallet: don't go.
Final note. I have to wonder how any of you uppity film "experts" maintained any friendships prior to the rise of the web and its cloak of anonyminity and ability to speak out to millions? Can any of you please enlighten us about how your incessant whining to only those within earshot affected your ability to maintain human relationships? -
If there going to pay good union workers to build horribly obvious
sets than AT LEAST come up with a cool-goofy-spoofy title for your B-flick !!! Like The Mummies REVENGE, Return Of The Living Mummies or The CGI Mummies ATTACK !!!
As for the Rock making his way into the movies...he-he...maybe he saw Beyond The Mat and decided he didn't want to be the next Jake The Snake ten years from NOW ! Ugh
...a fate worse than re-runs.
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If you really want to rip off the Indy franchise you must have in the sequel: An annoying blonde who just happens to be fucking the director, and who screams at everything; + you must have a little chinese kid who is borderline intelligible. Then you bring in the monkey brains.
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You loved "The Rock" and "Con Air", yet hated "Armageddon"? Those are ALL terrible movies! I'm sorry, you're just not to be trusted.
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Waitaminute...Morocco?!?!What in sam hill am I doing in this rat-infested hellhole?!?I'm outta here.This has been a moment with Dwayne...um,I mean User ID Indeed!Steve Sommers rules.
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All you twits who defend that turd of a movie by saying 'It's just a popcorn movie' make me dry-retch. Like a few half-sane people have said, Raiders is a popcorn movie! Well, Star Wars is a popcorn movie! So are Aliens, E.T., Jaws, Toy Story, Mad Max 2 and arguably Seven Samurai (although you need a big bag for a western like that). Just because popcorn movies are USUALLY crap DOESN'T mean it's O.K. ________It's like saying "Oasis are as valid as the Beatles 'cause it's just pop music. Bah humbug. Here's another analogy for you - "Dinosaur can be forgiven for being inane and cliched (it will be) because it's a kid's movie". Sorry, but NO. The first Babe movie was a kid's movie and succeeded intelligently on every level. Popular entertainment or not, EVERY movie has a responsibilty to be as great as it can possibly be. Pathetic that the makers of The Mummy couldn't be arsed to even spend a 100th of their budget on the script. ______________Rachel Weiss gets my Maria Pitillo award for worst actress of the year. She was more horrifying than any mummy, that's for sure!
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The only way this follow up can work is if they cast the talking pie as the Rocks side kick. The rock should ease off of the people's brow, and set the focus to our scene stealing number two - the talking pie. With Vosloo in a only a minor part in this one, and The Rock in his place (I assume anaksunamun will not be the only baddie)We will see the talking pie in the rarest of rare, playng an evil pie. With such poweres turned to the dark side, we will witness a feast of devilish and devious occurunces. The talking pie could go back in time for some reason, maybee to stop the death of anaksunamun from the army mummies, and actually help kill Old Mum this time around. This would keep analsunamun in the sequel, assuming that the pies actions didn't prevent the death of Imohtep. Opening the door for the Rock to beat the shit out of O'connel while Anaksunamun has a peice of pie. It would all end in a grand mummy fight, with the pie personally taking care of any annoying little kids (they die here of course)and presiding over the forced impregantion of Evie by the Rock to see Imohtep rise again.
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Mar 07, 2000 9:25:12 PM CST
Shawshank ans Americank Beauty as Popcorn movies? What are you o
by gilmour
How in God's green earth is American beauty a popcorn film? Mummy was a fun film and yes I found it very entertaining.
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Mar 07, 2000 9:26:51 PM CST
Jesus Christ I can't spell! Please ignore my horrible grammer.
by gilmour
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If only because it banked on the same archaeology vibe that Raiders did. It's a cool, engrossing genre with a lot of room in it for variation. The Mummy didn't really come together as a whole -- I'll admit that -- but I still enjoyed it. The locations, effects and sequences were at times wonderful... they just never really meshed with one another. No matter. These movies aren't art, just cool. And I defy anyone to tell me Rocky isn't going to make an excellent henchman.
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Rachel Weisz turns 29 today! Such a sweetie. And I hear her character's a mother in this one- that just seems so right.
I liked the first film, and I'm not afraid to admit it. I'm also not afraid to admit I'll probably have a gander at the sequel. -
If you respected the opinions of others. Just a thought.
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I laughed my ass off at American Beauty too. That scene with Spacey in the shower was damn funny.
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TeeHee...whata great idea...probably more info to be had through the stomach than through the "grapevine." Hope that the MUM2 is as good as MUM1. Looking forward to seeing your photos....
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I don't mind a popcorn movie as long as it doesn't insult my intelligence. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was a smart, thrilling ride. THE MUMMY really lost me when the title villain, AN EGYPTIAN, attacks the heroes with the Biblical plagues from Exodus. Uh, correct me if I'm wrong, but those plagues were used by THE HEBREW GOD TO PUNISH THE EGYPTIANS. Why in the name of Amon-Ra would the evil mummy be able to summon them? And furthermore, why would they name a condom after Ramses, when he had over 50 children? Such mysteries may be eternal...
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Mar 08, 2000 8:40:37 AM CST
The Mummy is a breezy kids' movie with monsters, and should be j
by dave_f
I can't defend The Mummy very well, 'cause I thought the lead was a goofball, and there were tons of story gaffs, etc., but I will say that I ignored most of the problems because I really viewed this as kid's movie on the order of a Sinbad flick. Of course it's not "Raiders of the Lost Ark" - it's a fun-lovin' what-neato-monster-will-attack-next film. Think of it as "Sinbad" or "Jason and the Argonauts" for a new generation of kids. Might be closer to "Jack the Giant Killer" in quality, but truly it was a CHILDREN'S ADVENTURE FILM. Think of it as the same type of cheesy fun you got from Godzilla movies as a kid. Lame story, cornball characters, but man, wasn't it cool when the mummy guy spun around and turned into sand? And those beetles! Bad ass! And when he was fighting all those mummy-zombies at the end? Aww, man, that was COOL! See, that's the kid mindset you need to be in.
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Evelyn still gets to prove her archaeological prowess later on, and how many movies wouldn't exist without coincidences? If Sam Lowry hadn't seen Jill in the Information Retrieval lobby, if Indy's old flame didn't happen to have the headpiece of the Staff of Ra, if that red droid didn't have a bad motivator and R2 ended up being sold somewhere in Mos Eisley? If Ann Darrow didn't reach for that apple and Carl Denham never caught a glimpse of her...
What you're forgetting is that Evelyn couldn't have dug up the key because she hadn't been allowed on any digs. She was stuck in the library, filing books away. If anything, she was less likely to find the key than her brother.
As for the Mummy unleashing the Hebrew plagues instead of more Egyptian curses- locusts are locusts no matter who cursed the land with them first. It was an effective curse, so why wouldn't Imhotep use it?
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I write a rational defense, I get insulted for it. Isn't it great how we all respect each other's viewpoints? Learn some tact, people. Manners are a good thing.
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if you think the mummy 2 will be bad wait until the tomb raider movie comes out, starring the slutty angelina jolie. the only reason i'd see that movie is if she gets naked, and judging by what she was wearing on leno last nite my wish will probably come true
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The easiest thing in the world is to drop a sarcastic insult on someone you never have to meet face-to-face. Happens all the time here in Talkbackland from folks who got nuthin' real to say. The posts I respect are the ones where people bother to justify their points and actually CONTRIBUTE something. Too many wannabe comedians and cut-rate Andy Kaufman's gummin' up the works. Sorcerer, I especially appreciated your closing line, "Character and atmosphere trump plot." Not always true, but it certainly can be. In "The Mummy's" case, it was.
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Fool, you're so typical of the folks who post without anything to say. Sorcerer made a legit, well-thought post. What've you done? As I scan back through this thread, I see you've made four posts - three of them simple-minded potshots, and one "gem" of hilarity about someone being gay. Keep working on it, slack-jaw, and maybe one day you'll be a little Warrior Jr.
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Don't say something here that you wouldn't have the courage to say to someone's face. Common "nettiquette." Unless the film buffs you debate with in real life continually say "You liked that? You need to get a life", then you can't very well justify that level of vitriol online, can you? And if they do, well, find yourself a new set of friends. It's just movies we're talking about, after all. There's no need for discussion of film to ever get unpleasant. There are more important topics to get angry about. THE MUMMY- it was made, maybe you liked it, maybe you hated it. No need to get personal. Right?
And admittedly, I'm not always sure that atmosphere can top plot- WIZARDS had a great environment, but the halting pace kept me at a distance- but I think too often the one has been emphasized over the other. I'd say they're about equal really. -
I wouldn't worry too much about either of those guys. They remind me of the kids that were always picked to be hall monitors back in grade school. They acted rather haughty but we always beat the living crap out of 'em during recess. I'm with you..."The Mummy was shite. And no one has yet given me an explanation of why they named a condomn after Ramses, who could have really used some birth control.
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...go back and re-read my post. So I went to extremes to praise THE MUMMY you say? Would that be when I said, "the lead was a goofball" or when I said "there were tons of story gaffs"? Maybe it was when I said it had a "lame story", eh? You might note that I even qualified the Sinbad comparison, noting that THE MUMMY is actually closer to JACK THE GIANT KILLER in quality. Hmm, sound to me like you're just thin-skinned and looking for folks to lash out at. Keep up the 'tuff talk, kid. Maybe you and LeoBloom can become pen pals.
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You see! You see what happens when you step in the cage with me! In case you didn't notice, we got a motherfucking Mummy on our side! ****** Okay, we through with the silliness? Good, 'cause I'd rather talk movies. Nobody calls me prissy though...and lives.
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Helmut, you may have just solved the world's greatest condom mystery. Bravo! Oh, and "Stealth Condom" indeed! I positively wet myself over that one!
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I'll defend whatever movie I choose. OPINIONS ARE S-U-B-J-E-C-T-I-V-E. Why does everyone act like we're in some kind of war? Apparently you have to swear every other word to be taken seriously in TalkBack, where civilized discussion of movies is replaced by death threats and the kind of discourse one sees on WWF. I suggest that we could actually be tactful and respectful of each other's opinions, and I get called an asshole for that. It's idiotic. These are just movies we're talking about. There's no need to get personal. Apparently the art of conversation is really dead. Do me a favor and start your next conversation with Roger Ebert with "How could you like that movie!!!!! It was SHIT!!!!! You're a gay idiot!!!!" See how your viewpoint is recieved.
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The oh-so-noble Helmut has been continuing his insulting, homophobic flames via e-mail, accusing me of being someone who got on his bad side a while ago. Apparently he's also having trouble turning off Caps Lock. Gee, what a great guy. I hope he doesn't treat people like this in the real world.
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I just forwarded some of the guy's abusive e-mail and spamming tactics to his server. You see, believe it or not, there are certain codes of conduct on the web.
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Apparently you haven't actually read what he's been saying about me. I'm the one calling for tactful, respectful film criticism and he calls me every homophobic name in the book.
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I'm sorry, Helmut, I mistook you for Booth. Rest assured, though, I contacted HIS ISP, not yours. The mixup was purely on the AICN screenname level. Aplogies to you, but not to "professorchallenger@hotmail.com".
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I take that back. Helmut may be acting nice here, but his e-mails under "professorchallenger@hotmail.com" have been the most slanderous, childish, hoomphobic, all-Caps rhetoric I've ever heard.
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Geez, you guys are still scrapin' in this talkback? And not even about the Mummy anymore, I see! Come on, now---kiss and make up! Why does everything have to be so life and death? No more caffeine for any o you, yeesh!
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Doesn't matter much now that the article's about to drop off the front page anyway (which usually brings a dead halt to related TalkBacks), but you have just heard my final words on this thread. Clean slate?
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i liked the way that brenda F. played the hero and yet was nearly brainless(runs in the room to grab the girl and dosen't even see the mummy)i thoguht that this was what made him a good character
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