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  That whole album is fucking awesome. : Rauol Duke
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    i want to be her :( : jessipoo
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      You're like her just with bigger boobs : red2lucas
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        faaaaank u :D (lol) : jessipoo
        • hahaha A+ : cam3lt0sis
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  Americans loving Chav's is something I can not comprehend. I mean it would be like me wishing I was trail... : marmite
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    I like her accent :( : jessipoo
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      Come to England, find the poorest, most run down, scumbag infested shithole, council estate (like free h... : marmite
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        lol u chav luvr. : PlanetPerfecto
        • Is that sarcasm? : marmite
      • We already have white trash. They're really the same thing, but she's an oddity. It makes sense. : geedeck
      • Why go to England when I can simply surf MySpace? : Ride-My-Rocket
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    Hello? Britney Spears? : SiW73
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      she wasn't really trailer trash when she started out - though it became obvious later : smellslikefish
      • she's always been trailer trash, she just used to be more attractive so people didn't care : veras
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    Chavs make me want to something something. : mavmavv
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      Mav mavv? : drucifer
      • ye eees? :( : mavmavv
  • A trip to England to meet some first hand on the train will cure anyone of that. : Senor PoopyPants
• god. i can't stop listening to that CD. i can't fucking wait until she released something else. i jus... : mindmann
• :D : felicia
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  wtf is going on in this British trash thread? : meesterbill
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    Chav accents make bad music sound cool, apparently. That's about it. : MaxPete82
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      What is "Chav" short for? (Or if it's not short for anything where does the name come from?) : zuga
      • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav : mrfunky3000
      • http://www.chavscum.co.uk/ : meesterbill
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  lol, you have hairy pits : oatmela
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    oman i wish! i don't really grow much body hair :( : jessipoo
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      order the male balding paint and spray it on your cooter and pits then. Problem solved. : oatmela
      • cooter ? who says cooter all the cool kids call it "snatch". : qwpeoriu
      • male balding paint. ROOOOOOOOOOOFLE. : PlanetPerfecto
    • Buy some rogaine and grow a naughty garden of love! : skitzo
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  what is her name? : boomstickah
  • lady sovereign : mindmann
  • my profile : oatmela
• they have her doing spots on cartoon network telling kids how great being a musician is. I feel sorry fo... : ttyRazor

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  the arch enemy of cling wrap : boring gegtik
  • its foil, if you will. You see, it was a pun. For more information, see this wikipedia entry: http://... : boring gegtik
• You dare question what foil is? Tsk, tsk. : NFXFSX
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  It's literally a thin sheet of aluminium. Nothing else to say. : valiance
  • ^^^ correct. it's definitely metal. it's just really thin metal. "foil" usually just refers to a real... : mindmann
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    What the shit! And it's safe to place food on it and then heat it up?? : haiku
    • That is questionable actually. : SenorSpine
    • Baked Potatoes? Heeellloooo!! : basketofkittens
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      Why not - some people use gold leaf on food. : Jonathan
      • I use beaten gold, pounded uniformly to 1/64th of an inch, to wrap all my food. It's DEEE-LICIOUS. : Rice-Rocketeer
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        aluminum and gold are pretty different, chemically. aluminum can have some undesireable effects on your b... : mindmann
        • Clearly you didn't see the episode of House where the loving wife was giving her husband heavy metal pois : Judicus
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      Do you feel that metal is harmful if heated? I don't understand the confusion... : MaxPete82
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        aluminum isnt that great to consume : sexninja!!!!
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          Unless you're actually eating the foil, I don't see how this would happen. : MaxPete82
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            theres the potential of the food absorbing some of the aluminum during the cooking process ftl : sexninja!!!!
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              eh, aluminum ain't that toxic. : fugu124
              • its believed to be a possible cause of alzheimers! : sexninja!!!!
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            acidic foods (ketchup, pasta sauce) can dissolve the aluminum. I remember storing some pizza in foil when... : edgewise
            • ^^^ this is why a lot of people recommend not using metal mixing bowls (copper or steel) with acidic food... : mindmann
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        I believe he's talking about the food taking some of the aluminum into it when heated. I'm unaware of any... : Fyunch Click
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          There's no difference between the shiny and dull sides. Apparently one side turns dull during the rollin... : TwiLyght
          • I'm aware of that. History channel had a blurb on it. : Fyunch Click
• It keeps your secret thoughts. : DOOManiac
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  It's aluminium that has been rolled really really thin. That's it. No pixies. No fairy dust, just thin me... : DrZettl
  • Ummm, I'm pretty sure mine has some pixies. : SenorSpine
• It's a sword used in Fencing along with a Rapier and an Epee : Jonathan
• Of course it's metal. It's very very thin aluminum. : basketofkittens
• Really really thin metal. I saw a show where they showed how they make it. They basically start with a ... : unlurker
• they take a block of steel and hulk smash it, melt it, then throw it on people : mista mista
• Given that foil2 n. 1 Very thin sheet of metal then Aluminum would be a very thin sheet of aluminum. : capt tripps
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  http://tinyurl.com/34ody3 : SeaLlama
  • Thank you that was awesome : haiku
  • I love vids like this. : edgewise
• It stops the aliens from melting your brain. : furiouscrak
• http://peterhcropes.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_archive.html : Deathlove
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminum_foil its still metal. : re-verse
• Seinfield joke attempt D- : gyokuro

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• and use spoiler tags for west coast hippie backwards people : porp
• T-Minus 30 minutes until ownage! : AlexXdude
• JBPH : fsck
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  Funny anecdote, while browsing through the channels, I came across celebrity poker and noticed that the g... : AlexXdude
  • Aw yeah, here we go. : AlexXdude
• USE SPOILERS EVERYBODY! : Korban
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  Nadia is hot. : porp
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    Seconded, I'd hit it. : AlexXdude
    • 'she's a registered Republican' LOL : trOmblyj
  • mmmmmmmmmmmhmmmmmmm : Mondo
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  Tom is such an ugly troll. : AlexXdude
  • i hope karen bitch slaps him : infiltrator`
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  i swear the presidents on this show hire the worst fucking people : porp
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    I know you weren't thinking about David when you said that. : sammyl
    • yeah, he picked such a great vice-president : porp
  • Pretty realistic. Look at Bush's administration. : K1Bond007
  • what happened to mike novak? : infiltrator`
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  nadia's a terrorist : ra1n
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    whatever dude shes way too hot to be a terrist : infiltrator`
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      umm....mandy? : jcutner
      • was she really terrist? more like assassin for hire and just in it for the money : infiltrator`
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  Karen folded like paper :( this is so gay, Tom is such a troll, I hate him : AlexXdude
  • I thought this was pretty weak... but it's a typical 24 move... : K1Bond007
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  I think I should have watched Heroes tonight :( : ra1n
  • Well if I could recieve Fox over cable.. then I would be agreeing with you :( : K1Bond007
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  anyone write down that phone number the guy told Walid? : jcutner
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    It was a 310 area code, that's all I remember. : RyDogg1
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      310-597-3781 : RyDogg1
      • that phone number is available according to reverse lookup: http://www.reversephonedirectory.com/ : Fredrik S
• I hope Graem dies an incredibly slow and painful death. What a fucking cunt : AlexXdude
• booo jack shoulda just left the bag on his bro's head : infiltrator`
• Fucking Fox and Time Warner need to settle this shit, I'm tired of buying 24 off itunes. : ejectorpod
• protip: 24 doesn't work for shacksearch. use JBPH : RikiTiki2
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  Can someone give me a plot free spoiler of what happened to jack's hand? I missed the last half of last s... : sammyl
  • It appeared between seasons, not explained. Presumably torture. : protozone

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  http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/et_pa_football_party/ : malevolence
  • good deal. : jonin
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    I have a wings recipe in my profile that is probably the best wings ive ever had. everyone tells me that ... : bozer
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      Looks like a good recipe but the formatting makes me want to gouge my eyes out. :( : malevolence
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        open it in IE. Not sure why FF does that. : bozer
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          Sweet. Thanks. I think I'll give these a shot. : malevolence
          • they're really great. i make them on the BBQ. : bozer
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  I plan on making a nice big crock of pulled pork for everyone coming over. Along with the usual chips, sa... : Evil Benius
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    Have a good recipe? I'd love to do that. : Yanks
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      Not yet, I need to look into finding a good one. What I do know is that when it is cooking all day it is ... : Evil Benius
      • Yeah. My mom used to make it and the smell drove me nuts, I wanted to eat it :) : Yanks
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  When is the Superbowl? This Sunday or the next? : peanut-
  • This sunday 2/4. : FormerHPB
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  Well, since it's stupidly on in the middle of the night, I think we'll make do with snack foods. : woddemandred
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    Only because you live in euroland. It's on at the perfect time for us here. :) : FormerHPB
    • Actually it seems to be on earlier than usual. Yay, Miami! : woddemandred
• http://www.vegparadise.com/cookingwith61.html : Salad Sammich
• i don't even know anyone that is having a superbowl party. : kbnerd
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  http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11551601 awesomeness : Degenerate
  • oh, and my current wings recipe http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13152101 : Degenerate
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    I will attest to this dip being sex. : Deathlove
    • ^^ knows good superbowl dip ^^ : Degenerate
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  throw a 2lb block of velveeta in a crock pot with two cups of sour cream, two cups of salsa, and a can of... : [fry]
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    ^^ inferior version ^^ : Degenerate
    • ^^ inferior poster ^^ : [fry]
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    *ahem* Block of velveeta, cut into 1/2-inch cubes 1 can of cream of mushroom soup 1 can of cream of ... : riptyde
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      and how do you intend to keep your cheese all warm and melty for your guests throughout the party with th... : [fry]
      • Velveeta between the butt cheeks works wonders. : Salad Sammich
      • He could pour it in a crock pot after microwaving it. That way he gets microwave speed and the crock pot... : Arcanum
      • I have yet to make this cheese dip recipe and have it last long enough to get cold. : riptyde
    • that doesnt sound super tasty : Degenerate
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      ugh, anything microwave != good food : moshman
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        Elitist much? : Arcanum
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          what? how is that elitist? it's fact if anything : moshman
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            Maybe't it's not technically elitist, but it's still dumb. You're saying that heating something using a ... : Arcanum
            • I think that's a tenuous analogy at best. : Chris Remo
            • sorry, but that makes no sense whatsoever. : moshman
      • Not everyone has the appropriate kitchen appliance for all kinds of food. Sometimes you need to improvis... : jlavrenz
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      wtf is this? crockpots were made for queso : wtf242
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        I only have one crock pot, and that is usually dedicated to chili. I seriously doubt there would be any ... : riptyde
        • dude, buy another crock pot. You can get good one for $15-20. We have to older small round one, which is ... : Degenerate
    • oh man that sounds awesome.. ill have to cook some up : aurealis
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    Why not use spicy sausage and spicy rotella? : rosewood
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      salsa and chili are essentially the same thing as rotel and sausage but with more zesty flava! : [fry]
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        salsa is all soupy. ro-tel is just the chunky bits when properly drained. : Degenerate
        • Souperbowl? : Salad Sammich
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  This dip is awesome with tortilla chips and really easy to make. Kind of tastes like a cross between gua... : o0JediBeavis0o
  • this sounds good! thanks for the tip : aurealis
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  People who make fru-fru superbowl food make me sick. : rosewood
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    So, no watercress sandwiches? : riptyde
    • no crusts! :[ : burningtrees
• hummus + chips is always great. i'm cooking for a party that weekend, and i'm making 3 types. roasted gar... : mindmann
• beer + chips + salsa + chili cheese dogs + bacon cheeseburgers + hot wings + pizza real obese men eat ... : johnny skidmarks
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  Filet mignon, caviar, shrimp cocktail and budweiser. : edgewise
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    onry budwiser!?!?!?!?!? : FormerHPB
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      say it with me. King. of. Beers. and Freedom in a bottle. : edgewise
      • SUPER BEERS SUPER BOWL Not THE SELECT?! : Deathlove
      • hahaha, freedom in a bottle. being from st. louis, the beer still tastes like water. : reverend~heresy
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  when is the superbowl? : oatmela
  • ^^^ his way of coming out of the closet. : edgewise
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    Sunday : Salad Sammich
    • thanks : oatmela
• Awesome artery-clogging dip right here: http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_993... : mechanicalgrape
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  Crock-pot + beanless chili + velveetta cheese = Queso dip! : dumb_acid
  • i want to be at your house for super sunday! : reverend~heresy
• sausage, with chili and peppers and grilled onions, etc, etc and a nice bun : justsayno
• I'm doing homemade pizzas, kebob/satay, and some other meaty bits. anything to eliminate silverware. ... : hamachi
• pastrami dogs take a good hot dog (like hebrews or nathans), slice it straight down the middle, but no... : Jayx77
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  My mother in law makes awesome Chili Verde and her best friend makes a killer walking taco! :) : Galadriel07
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    whats a walking taco? : Jayx77
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      a layer of refried beans then sour cream, then salsa, then guacamole, then more sour cream then more chee... : Galadriel07
      • oh thats like 7 layer bean dip... my wife makes that pretty well : Jayx77
• polish sausage, steak, chicken wings, deep dish pizza, gyros, chili : mindshot

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• burning AND drowning. /whimper : dahanese
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  50 years from now and our sun is dying? WTFSUN : burning eye
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    Scientists have known about the imminent death of the sun for 30 years. It's only the zionist world gove... : Amadan
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      it all makes sense now. 9 planets in the solar system. 1 sun. + 1 world government = 9/11! fuck! : burning eye
      • But... now there's only 8. Wait... : mojoald
• looks trippy : trOmblyj
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  Looks beautiful, even enough to make up for using The Song as trailer music. : sgtsanity
  • the song will never rest in peace. : choppp
  • Wow, you're not kidding, that was terrible. At least the Two Towers trailer was edited competently. That ... : Ratsofatsorat
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  They lost me at "We are going to fly a spaceship to the sun". : skitzo
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    at night... : jcutner
    • During the winter : Thresher
  • but! but! it has mirrors! : draconic
  • "...to light it back up, baby." : dahanese
  • They're not marketing it as a documentary filmed in real-time or anything. As long as the story, characte : sgtsanity
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  looks like a lot of cgi and no science =( : jaga
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    No kidding. Oi. That looks ridiculous. Re-ignite the sun. Right. I don't think my suspension of disbelief... : lplasmatron
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      Hmm... the question is, which is worse - this, or The Core? : crummynz
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        the core was sweet : bradsh
        • hell yeah, driving a penis shaped drilling machine to the center of the earth and unloading some explosio... : eldiablo01
  • Much of it is entirely theoretical but none of it is "fake". Q: ARE THERE ANY CAVEATS ABOUT THE SCIENT : zuga
• Oooooh, must see. : NFXFSX
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  I can't wait to see this. p.s. Cillian Murphy gives me so many errections. : jessipoo
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    haha. My friend said he would go gay for him. Things guys tell you when you get them drunks. : justsayno
    • guys tell me all sorts of secrets, even without being drunk. did you know node's middle name is FRANCIS? ... : jessipoo
• I'm skeptical, but I really really like Boyle's directing style, so I'll probably peep it. : tomservo
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  way to slap an ingenius original score from Requiem for a Dream onto a piece of straight-to-video shit. : biskits
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    I really doubt anything Danny Boyle and Alex Garland have dedicated this much time and effort into would ... : zuga
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      they're trying to tell me that the sun will die in 50 years and we can fly into it. i'm out. i'll be wai... : biskits
      • I’ve put up an interview with Dr. Brian Cox, ‘Sunshine’s†: zuga
  • Yeah it's called a temp. Films do this all the time e.g. The first trailer for Gladiator used part of the... : mechanicalgrape
• Score by none other than Underworld. It will kick ass : ctlaltl33t
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  The Core....in spaaaace!! : Senor PoopyPants
  • i'd like to hear a good spacecore band : strider_
• Johnny Storm is on the mission crew? Problem solved! : Prototype

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• First of all, watch some more episodes before you make that judgment. I'm not even going to spoiler tag i... : red2lucas
• You're jumping to conclusions, keep watching. The pseudo-science bullshit is your only really valid compl... : veras
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  Do you even know who Jeph Loeb is? : Jonathan
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    Nope I don't : ( : Athlon7
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeph_Loeb : Jonathan
• The whole show is pretty predictable. It's fun, but ultimately it's pretty fluffy. : taronish
• Yeah seriously, watch more eps first. That's like having a girl lick your balls but you tell her to stop ... : prime8
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  Well perhaps I'll give it a try again, it's just that the second episode just made me feel ill and depres... : Athlon7
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    maybe you shouldn't take your tv viewing so seriously. : DonkeyPopsicle
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      I don't necessarily take it too seriously, rather I demand quality in things I stick in my brain. Frozen... : Athlon7
      • not everything can be top quality. This is broadcast television we're talking about, after all. Heroes ... : DonkeyPopsicle
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  The whole show is garbage. Stop watching now and save your eyes. : Bean
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    They need a Hiro spinoff asap. Ditch the rest ok the cheerleader can tag along too : SeaLlama
    • dude peter and nathan and the cop are awesome! : klearlyunseen
    • Yeah, Hiro is the highlight of the show, so very charismatic. Everyone else seems so Emo. Cheerleader=H... : Athlon7
    • Hiro is such a freaking demeaning stereotype of a Japanese person. He has some very funny moments but so... : zuga
• wow, seriously watch more than two episodes to judge a show, it gets much better later on. : klearlyunseen
• Herpes : BenMurphy
• If you want a light show, Heroes is not it. It does not get any lighter. In fact, it gets a lot darker. T... : johnny skidmarks
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  If they don't show Hiro meeting that fucking Trex tonight, I'm gonna murder someone. Probably you. : jessipoo
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    They showed it last week. : TwiLyght
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      uh...no they didnt : mo13
      • yes, they did. : MurrayTheSkull
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    yep just a museum fake ;( : IcomeINpeace
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      you're joking. that's it? i was giving them more credit than that. that's it, i'm gonna murder someone. : jessipoo
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        oh what the fuck seriously? I thought the museum scene was just a random scene and that Hiro would be run : warpdude
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          YOU DO NOT TEASE JESSIPOO WITH FAKE TREX. YOU JUST DON'T. : jessipoo
          • seriously IF YOU PUT GODDAMN DINOSAURS IN THE SHOW THEY'D SURE AS HELL BETTER EAT SOME PEOPLE OR GET KILL : warpdude
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          Linderman has the real sword. Now Hiro is going there to try and get it. I believe in my heart there will : justsayno
          • thank you for restoring my faith in heromanity. and staving off the bloodshed. <puts knives away> : jessipoo
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      Wrong! In the painting hiro had the sword out of the container, where you could see the whole sword, plus : klearlyunseen
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        I think with the positioning of both, it was the same. : MurrayTheSkull
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          Here's a screencap http://www.heroesmedia.com/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=131&pos=777 : MurrayTheSkull
          • and the painting for comparison http://www.heroesmedia.com/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=95&pos=1277 ... : MurrayTheSkull
• So......um is this the Heroes discussion thread? : Squirrely
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  You people don't deserve television. Hating on Heroes, and Studio 60 and BSG and anything really. : rosewood
  • Studio 60 deserves the hate. Heroes deserves some of the hate. BSG deserves none of the hate. : zuga
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  I just love the Hiro storyline. I lol'd at the end tonight with his father. : Tincan
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    Yea, but wtf! What does that have anything to do with anything! And additional wtf's and assumption : Squirrely
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      Oh, I got another one. WHEN THE HELL ARE WE GOING TO FIND ANYTHING OUT ABOUT LINDERMAN : Squirrely
      • Yeah it'd be nice to actually get somewhere on that front. Hopefully Hiro will make it there soon. : Tincan
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      Im pretty sure claires dad is Linderman : klearlyunseen
      • I'm going with Nathan myself : Jonathan
    • What do you think Nathan is Claire's father? : eldiablo01
• next week is it for this season? : thekidd
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  Worst. Opinion. Ever. Get through more than the second episode and then decide to post. : ejectorpod
  • Maybe I'm spoiled by BSG, or some of my other favorites which just sucked me right in. It's funny how I ... : Athlon7
• Gotta admit, one guy looks EXACTLY like D-FENS from "Falling Down." Something is up with that. : freezejeans
• It takes a couple of episodes to get going. Give it till the end of episode 4. Or don't. : Carnivac
• i only watch it for the cheerleader cause i'm a perv : gyokuro

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• all the action is here. its a lot faster (unless you get some huge gone gold thread), and even then, ther... : epit
• I post in other threads only if I have something (that I think is) clever to say. There are a lot of name... : not work safe
• I can just as easily discuss a hot topic in the main area as I can in one of the side topics. Here's a... : boring gegtik
• I read the topics but honestly, I don't care about most of them. Quite frankly, its easier to bring the n... : boomstickah
• Critical mass? If 95% of the conversation is happening in one area, why spend time going elsewhere. It'... : tacocat
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  Anything newsworthy enough on the frontpage will usually make it's way into the chatty thread, where ther... : mechanicalgrape
  • i think it would be bad to do away with coments on news items, because it seems like thats where develope... : sexninja!!!!
• somtimes after im in the chatty, it will be a long time before i check the front page again so often ill ... : sexninja!!!!
• I don't post there because when I comment on something I want all of the shack to read it, not just the f... : enyakk
• The big news items seem to always get discussed here so I guess that's why I don't dip into other news po... : qwpeoriu
• Unless it is an eyecatching article, or a game I'm interested in I prefer the main chatty. Besides there ... : Fyunch Click
• I read them, but it's a hassle to post in 20 different places. It would be cool if there was one chatty w... : jessipoo
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  haiku, you just gave me an idea. : Clay
  • Go black and never go back? : Ride-My-Rocket
• Because the other chatties tend to become estruaries where shack quality begins to mingle with the intert... : algernoN8
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  The chatties are what makes shacknews a useful resource for me. I like the way I can post here about any... : Galadriel07
  • ok, but that doesn't tell me why you don't post in the other articles. I understand and can appreciate th... : haiku
• I only realize that there are active threads elsewhere if they show up in the latest comments box. I don... : DonkeyPopsicle
• all the gaming news gets posted here anyway. : aethyr
• Mostly just lack of discussion, and the fact that much of the discussion about immediate things remains h... : tomservo
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  If it's a game I care about, I'll post in it. I'd like to see dedicated threads to new releases much more... : edgewise
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    I'd like to see dedicated threads to new releases much more often than it's done now. YES : tomservo
    • also, it wouldn't take too long to train the regulars to use those threads instead of the chatty's for ne... : edgewise
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    That sounds like a good idea. And maybe somehow keep them on the main page without cluttering shit up. Li... : bozer
    • If they put all the Oblivion posts in one thread, the shack would buckle under the pressure, possibly cre... : DM7
• I think it's best if I give an example - GarageGames Launches Great Games Experiment, Contest Thread. I w... : Jonathan
• honestly? i have /latestchatty as a shortcut, and never even look at anything else. most things on th... : mindmann
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  How about: When a news post is put on the front page it auto generates a thread in latestchatty. When ... : marmite
  • You could have a Latest News box right next to the Latest Comments box. : Jonathan
  • Oh we have lots of ideas and concepts behind pushing discussion across news items, but right now it is ju... : haiku
  • As for why I don't post in the news threads (well actually I do sometimes) but normally I don't because n... : marmite
• People don't even seem to post much in Late Night Consoling which is a shame. I guess it's because there... : c_man_tmt
• I find most of the other gaming threads to be... kinda boring and, on average, more juvenile/fanboyish. L... : Crimson
• Typically I will post if it's something I genuinely want to know, or can contribute to. Otherwise, I play... : felicia
• Here's sometihng on WHY I post on the other places/news topics: If it's about a new game or during the... : DM7
• Limited mousewheel functionality for IE7. : capt tripps
• All the posts are here and you're not limited to one topic. There's not that much to comment on about a : Krypt_
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  Why not post this on the front page and see what response you get there? : marmite
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    Why? I have my target audience... the comments regulars. I'm not interested in other opinions outside of ... : haiku
    • for shits and giggles. : marmite
  • Because nobody would post in it if it's not in the chatty lololol : Krypt_
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  oh and a long shot but it would be nice if when Chris does a piece if a Developer or (maybe) a PR person ... : Jonathan
  • this sort of thing would be fantastic, a quick Q&A with the person being interviewed or someone related/h... : bakanoodle
• shacknews is just too slow. I get gaming information from other places before shacknews gets it. Sometime... : mista mista
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  The outsiders talk in the news threads. We don't like outsiders. Seriously though, their opinion repre... : p4ck3tloss
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    this is a pretty good point. The others post in non chattys. : edgewise
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      the issue is the abrasiveness and general asshattery that happens in those threads. At least here we know... : Fyunch Click
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        I like how he put it http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13749158 : edgewise
        • very true. much more eloquent. : Fyunch Click
    • That is a really good point. Those people are fucking creepy. : rosewood
  • Yeah that's a good reason as well. : tomservo
• news items generally aren't interesting enough to support an entire chat. Some are, and the post counts r... : Foxhawk
• i always participate in threads outside of chatty that im interested in (notably ES4, battlefield, QW:ET ... : eeeealmo
• I don't post in most news items because I go into reading mode, unless I can chime in adding something wo... : helvetica
• barely anybody will see my post. the draw of latest chatty is that there's a bigger audience. : [fry]
• They move too slow, really. Unless it's a very very popular game, then they move fast, but only because i... : zakk
• It would be nice to have a news feed of latest news posted onto the front page (Or what ever) where that ... : bitter ego
• The weirdos, random people, raving fanatics are the only ones that seem to show up, plus there is general... : askedrelic
• Latest Chatty button is like crack to me : cpnkegel
• I post if it's about games that are interesting. Most people are afraid of the front page for some reason... : thebigbeefsandwich
• I post occasionally in them, but they're much more topical than the latestchatty. I usually just don't h... : Arcanum
• also, the front page is often slower than people posting the news here. By the time Chris or Maarten make... : edgewise
• other what now? : lakren
• Lack of critical mass. Very few items rate enough eyeballs to get a good discussion going. The irony bein... : Fred Garvin
• I also never look at the front page at work because I don't want "it gets you chicks" showing up in my hi... : marmite
• I post stupid shit and the topical items don't need stupid posts. : dognose
• lack of other comments / discussion : mr brown
• The people who usually post in those articles make me wish I'd never learned to read. The lack of "regula... : Rauol Duke
• I will post in them from time to time, but I treat it more like "Hello I Am Leaving A Comment On This Top : SiW73
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  Here's my suggestion, might not be easy or possible though. It might have been said already I didn't rea... : alexthegreat2
  • Or tag them somehow so that the link on the front page leads to all the threads in latest chatty about th... : smellslikefish
  • I'd rather all those articles just pointed you to a content-filtered chatty. Then people in chatty and p... : SeaLlama
• Lack of variety and an audience, really. I post when the topic is something I care about, but most of th... : omnova
• It's just so much easier for me to restrict everything to one area. : ra1n
• I do when I have something to say, but ussually because it is dead in there. : buzzbat
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  Not enough people read the other comments sections unless it's a huge news item. I post in them from time... : veras
  • Oh, and LNC is an exception. LNC comments are cool! : veras
• They are too topical, after a couple of comments, everything that could be said about the subject has bee... : skitzo
• One thing I don't really like about the shacks comments system is how fragmented it all is. All discussio... : aeg1x
• dear haiku, every news story should automatically be posted into the "comments" as a thread. There is... : wtf242
• a lot of the news doens't really require any discussion. The topics that DO provide something to discuss,... : Old_Fart
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  The traffic flow is too low. Now if they were... Sub-entries or also showed up as their own thread system... : geedeck
  • win. My short attention span works for latestchatty.x There's times when I go to post in there and re... : redfive
  • Yeah, I don't have the patience for non-chatty threads. : brickmatt
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  What would be perfect is if comments in those threads were thrown into the daily comment thread somehow s... : Ecks
  • If there was a sub-thread for each of the main news stories, those stories would see a lot more action. : Gonzo
• Wait, what? : pres589
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  The news articles tend to be fact reporting, and don't in my opinion foster debate and discussion very of... : persuxe
  • Remo used to post a lot more "debatey" subjects (which I enjoy to read), but, at least from what I saw, h... : jake2000
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  I feel like I have to sound smart and have something really meaningful to say a lot of the time. But when... : feek
  • This mostly applies to the smaller, niche news items. For the big headlines I agree with the others. It k... : feek
• Most news posted in a given day isn't really news...it's stuff only a small group of people will care abo... : Vincent Grayson
• Why? Because I have to click out to the front page to see what's going on, and then choose to put my smar : manero
• I'd be more interested if the articles werent fully displayed on the front page. it wreaks of bad web des... : hobosapien
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  Side question: does anyone find "latest comments" at the top right of Chatty useful? My thoughts are t : manero
  • It's completely useless except to catch people posting in older chatties. : feek
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    I use that Latest Comments link all the time. That is how i get to the most current chatty thread. I do... : Galadriel07
    • There's also the Latest Chat Thread button which makes those links useless, though. : veras
  • I like this suggestion. : p4ck3tloss
  • the headlines idea would be cool.. would generate more discussion, I think. : Megara9
• Way back when I used to post like a motherfucker (summer of 1999), I would always go through the news ite... : dopeman
• In my opinion it's a bit of both having to go to the front page first to find an interesting story, and t... : ovrlrd
• This is where the majority of people hang out. I like the constant and mostly random activity in here whi... : Daggoth
• I don't really trust other peoples' opinions about games. I have my own taste, and pretty much anything I... : Megara9
• When I post about something that I'd like a response to, I want as many people to see the post as possibl... : Ride-My-Rocket
• other than not having time to read everything on the front page, I mostly come here for the community. M... : Rigor Morts
• honestly (and probably ban-worthy), i only come to shacknews for latestchatty - i go to kotaku & joystiq ... : fufux
• I am curious as to what your stats say? Are the majority of people really going straight to comments or i... : NoCopy
• The conversation about anything on the front page usually never leaves FP/ER. Unfortunately, that means ... : skizl
• I comment in news items but usually no one responds. If its a big one like say "QUAKE 5 IS NOW OUT" Then... : soggybagel
• I don't post there because no one else posts there. When I do post there, it just goes to slow. I'm us... : rosewood
• I do lurk the stories from time to time, but I never feel I have anything smart or ingightful to contribu... : Solstice
• All the news items should have a comment in the latest chatty and the "Comments" link should link to it. ... : ArtilleryMarker

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• New Harry Potter movie!!!! : rosewood
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  Dungeon Siege : mindmann
  • One of the BEST game trailers IMO: http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/3336/Dungeon+Siege+2+Trailer Gives m... : Cygnus X-1
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  I like Will Smith a lot and think he'll pull off I Am Legend well enough. He's a great physical actor AN... : Vantage
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    yeah but look at the director... he directed a couple britney spears and janet jackson and jennifer lopez... : mikecyb
    • constantine was awesome you heathen : dopefish
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  Souless and boring? Sin City? Haha....funny guy! : manlyman
  • Sin City was fucking awful. : Super Sparker
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    The marv story made the movie worth watching, but the rest was bad. I couldn't wait for it to be over. : wtf242
    • you're soulless : drekstar
    • Really? Did you read the graphic novel? I think the movie is excellent, and re watch it all the time. ... : manlyman
    • I thoroughly enjoyed the entire movie. : Prototype
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      It was pretty bad, I think it suffered from green-screenitus. Which is great if you're watching a FMV cut... : not work safe
      • green screen itus is normally a bad thing. Being that sincity is supposed to be a comic book on film i t... : johnny rotten
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      That Yellow Bastard and The Hard Goodbye are the two strongest stories. The Big Fat Kill was good, but th... : verbatim
      • Well, Sin City 2 is supposed to be based off of "A Dame to Kill For", which is a Dwight story, but much, ... : drekstar
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    I definitely am glad I saw the movie, but I would say it was unfortunately somewhat soulless, if not nece... : Chris Remo
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      Define soulless. The movie was full of style, great art direction, great characters, and a great story. ... : manlyman
      • I tried to sort of imply what I meant, but it felt like it was basically going through the motions (which... : Chris Remo
      • I basically didn't care about any of the characters. I loved the comic and was very much looking forward ... : wtf242
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      I thought the REALLY limited themselves when they did nothing but ape the comic book EXACTLY. they chang... : hamachi
      • I completely agree. Shot to shot pacing suffered significantly in that regard. : Chris Remo
• I MIGHT see transformers, and depending on reviews, maybe spider man 3. And that's it. Going to movies... : Chunks
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  Hannibal Rising. I read the book at Christmas. I liked the book (not a very popular opinion). But fr... : MatthewPhillips
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    Hannibal rising will suck like a hooker in debt. Thomas Harris is a hack, and his books became successful... : drekstar
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      yea i prefer hannibal as an enigma to a typical fucked-up-childhood story. though i don't know the back ... : aurealis
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        It is by no means a typical book about a "fucked-up childhood". I just hope they don't make a 2 hr. mo... : MatthewPhillips
        • cool to hear that about the backstory. trailer looks gruesome : aurealis
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  MOTHERFUCKING INLAND EMPIRE! : GreatGooglyMoogly
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    Hahahahahahaha : locash
    • PANACHE! : Clay
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  I agree with 80% of this. I agree with you on the new Die Hard but With a Vengence was excellent. Bourn... : Super Sparker
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    The new Bourne is coming in 2007? Oh shit YEAH! : ArtilleryMarker
    • Fuck the Bourne films and what they did to that character, they should of made the same movies, just left... : shavenewok
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  Hot Fuzz - From the Shaun of the Dead guys : chazums
  • YES! and GhostRider : ArtilleryMarker
  • this movie will rock. : bakanoodle
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    My frothing demand for this movie increases. : Chris Remo
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      Oh snap, my local cinema is showing it on monday and i get Shaun of the Dead dvd too. : chazums
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        Wait, it comes out monday? : drekstar
        • Not for another week in the UK this is some kind of advanced screening. : chazums
  • √ : opengl128
  • this movie will be so good! : naabster
  • I can't wait! My most anticipated movie for this year. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • YES! Laugher will ensue, 100% certain. : node
  • just watched the trailer for the first time. this looks awesome! : wtf242
• Grindhouse will rule : ckj
• *cough* http://planedeadthemovie.com/ : Skoal^Fyfan
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  Live Free or Die Hard - Should have stopped after the first one. WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU?!! Die Hard is ... : ArtilleryMarker
  • oh yeah, I agree that the first movie was awesome. I did not like any of the others though. : wtf242
• new die hard movie in june : mankeroo
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  oh and SHOOTER, based off the totally awesome book Point of Impact : mankeroo
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    Speaking of shooter, this reminds me of a b-movie I saw with a black dude and Angelina Jolie's dad which ... : ArtilleryMarker
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      Here we go: Shooter (2007) : Plot Outline: A marksman (Wahlberg) living in exile is coaxed back into... : ArtilleryMarker
      • hahahaha Most Wanted... Keenen Ivory Wayans... I caught some on TV once and then tried to decapitate myse... : tomservo
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  Overall, pretty on target; I Am Legend I have some hope for, onl because constantine was tough source ma : drekstar
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    nono. there is no way that i am legend is going to be okay. that book is something otherworldly. : dahanese
    • My college roommate treated that book like a gutenberg bible. In fact, he was so reverential, I wouldn't ... : drekstar
  • Oh man I Am Legend makes me weep. It's supposed to be gritty, but then I see the poster and it's a new mu : tomservo
• Pretty much your whole list +Die Hard and Sunshine : jessipoo
• Very pessimistic predictions man... : yesjfif
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  There Will Be Blood because my love for PT Anderson knows no bounds. : tomservo
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    Oh snap, I had no idea there was a new P.T. Anderson movie coming out. Thanks! : Chris Remo
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      It's about time too! PDL was 2002 for chrissakes. : tomservo
      • He was busy serving as the pinch hitter for A Prairie Home Companion. : sgtsanity
  • oh wow, sounds awesome. I love anything PT Anderson does. : wtf242
• What about that Jim Carrey movie...23 maybe? I've got a weird thing with that number as well. Man, wha... : speon
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  TMNT Cuz I love me some turtles. : exigence7
  • Yeah, I can say I am genuinely excited to see this. I hope it's everything the trailer says it is, and th... : tomservo
• What the fuck has Fincher been doing for 6 years? Also, lol you have terrible taste in movies. : Wheatloaf
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  I will go on record and say that the first National Treasure movie was great and I eagerly await the seco... : Sexpansion Pack
  • Yeah, I don't remember NT being that bad... I mean it wasn't crazy good, but enjoyable from what i recall... : devi| dog
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  SHOOT 'EM UP http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465602/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dXdjlKv6oo : das_runt
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    Oh yeah, forgot about that one. : justsayno
    • so uncertain. 100 girls was pretty great, but I saw his (Michael Davis) last movie, monster man. On Showt... : drekstar
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  Man, they're going to rape I Am Legend? :[ : Ravenkettle
  • WELCOME TA LOS ANGELEF : tomservo
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    if it doesn't have the ending the book had, it will be pointless. It's truly one of the greatest endings... : DonkeyPopsicle
    • Oh you know it won't. He'll probably find a cure thanks to his research or some shit. Hollywood's test au... : tomservo
• I'm a huge I am Legend fan and I know 100% this is going to get butchered. I'm going however, with my ... : notd665
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  Ocean's Thirteen http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496806/ : sikander
  • *VOMITS* : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • The crew is back to con movie goer's into seeing the same movie for a third time. : skitzo
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  rush hour 3 lol : Chandler55
  • I love how Chris Tucker has only starred in 3 movies in the last 10 years or so heh. : -efx-
• Black Sheep - http://www.themovieblog.com/archives/2007/01/black_sheep_trailer.html lol : losimagic
• i just realized you can pronounce his name "Kneel, gay man!" : boring gegtik
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  The Bourne Ultimatum - so let me guess, the chick at the end of the previous movie dies in the opening sc : Schnapple
  • AFAIK the books bear little relation to the films. : scottythejock
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    the books are very very different than the movies. : sigpro
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      thankfully.. the books are quite dated. much love for the films and matt damon though. : porp
      • They are both entertaining to me for what they offer. The books are dated now as they were written a long... : sigpro
  • It's gonna own. : NFXFSX
  • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13748611 : shavenewok
• The number 23. : skitzo
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  The Astronaut Farmer :( When I was younger I used to have this day dream where I would build a rocket a... : jahulio2
  • i also can't wait. that movie should be good. : AMikaboshi
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  I hope there wasn't anything good after the line about 300, because that's when I stopped reading the pos... : capt tripps
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    I am looking forward to 300, and I'll go see it for sure, but I'm keeping my expectations low, unlike man... : wtf242
    • You mean it isn't? THIS, IS, SPAR-TA! : node
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  beowulf? fuck yeah! : but why
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    with possibly 2 versions. a pg-13 version and an NC-17 version. interesting... The filmmakers are cons : wtf242
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      oh god oh god, it's gonna be so sweet dude. Crispin Glover is always a win. : jessipoo
      • I met him in real life once. He was showing his movie where all the actors had down syndrome(strangest mo... : wtf242
    • Oh sweet! Another reason to go see it IMAX then. : node
  • Hopefully it turns out better than that sci-fi Beowulf movie with Christopher Lambert from '99. Jesus fu... : Krypt_
• WTF? Another shitty AVP movie? I guess Hollywood isn't content to kill our favorite franchises one at ... : DOOManiac
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  Shooter looks cool : sexninja!!!!
  • also: Reno 911: Miami : sexninja!!!!
• Another AvP? Oh well, at least we get more screentime for the coolest alien badass ever. Just do another ... : node
• OH man, I can't wait for Halloween, and Pirates. : not work safe
• omg Order of the Phoenix where's all the Harry Potter love : jimmy-buffett