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  recast the Joker as Will Ferrel. : bling1bling
  • George Clooney reprises his role as Batman? : quadeh
  • I DRIVE A DODGE STRATUS : johngloid
• I hope they continue to do the mob bosses like Tony Zucco. He hasn't been shown yet but that would go in : grabbie
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  Riddler : EvilDolemite
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    roommate just brought up a good point that the accountant who wanted to turn Bruce Wayne in on tv would p... : deathofrats
    • Not after Bruce Wayne crashed that amazingly beautiful car to save his life. : walker270
    • That guy has zero personality and would make a horrible villian : EvilDolemite
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  The only way they can save the third movie is to cast Daniel Day-Lewis as the villain. : SockMonkeh
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    OH MY FUCKING GOD THIS. HE DOESN'T EVEN NEED TO BE A BATMAN VILLAIN JUST MAKE HIM PLAY DANIEL PLAINVIE... : notd665
    • haha. That would be odd but awesome. : bling1bling
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    someone said kevin spacy if he channeled his role in Se7en. I could see that working. : mojo the helpr monke
    • No. Besides.. he's Lex Luthor now. I still think David Tennant would be good. Short of that.. staying in ... : K1Bond007
    • no. Spacy is a hack. : skinlab133
  • Daniel Day-Lewis as a psychotic serial killer Riddler would be fantastic. : Dechter
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    He's the next joker : Mondo
    • this is what I hope : AroundTheFur1380
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  They could do Mr. Freeze, but it'd have to be a strictly 'desperate scientist/madman with a nasty little ... : laidback
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    The Mr Freeze from the animated series was perfect imo, taking that and making it even darker would be pe... : MoreVespeneGas
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      Whoever said Mr. Freeze = Ben Kingsley yesterday is a goddamned hero of rightness : johnwissinger
      • Patrick Stewart playing a darker role than ever before would be /win : MoreVespeneGas
  • Penguin played by Vern Troyer : MisterPhoton
• They could go with another actor just to finish the story, even though there's no way they'll do better t : walker270
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  I'd kind of like to see them just invent a new villain honestly. They're good writers, I'm sure they can... : TabsAZ
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    If nothing else, The Dark Knight proved the way the villains were depicted in Batman, Batman Returns, Bat : walker270
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      you can't compare a Tim Burton movie to *anything*. I and II stand alone as excellent movies, III and IV ... : spiffymc
      • Jack Nicholson as Joker was played as Jack Nicholson in clown make-up. Ledger portrayed him as a psychop : walker270
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  clayface! : johngloid
  • awesome :O : dixieboi
• The answer to your question is: Bane : spiffymc
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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_The_Long_Halloween : aethyr
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    oh and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_Hush : aethyr
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      you are a true fan, sir. : dahanese
      • I have both of those... You don't have to be a true fan to like all the mainstream stuff. : greh kleh
  • involves way too many villains : MoreVespeneGas
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  Azrael. : Ajax
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    oh shit. Azrael wasn't a villain though......bane took down the bat and azrael filled in for him. A v... : boomstickah
    • Yeah but Batman had to stop Azrael after he went out of control. : mechanicalgrape
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      A screenplay based on elements of the origin story Sword of Azrael could work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wi... : Ajax
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        Immediately I posted I went to that very page and read everytyhing there. Fascinating. Takes me back to t... : boomstickah
        • I think an Azrael story would work well in the darker vision of Gotham that the Nolans have created. And : Ajax
  • http://www.smurf.com/images/meet_us/azrael.jpg ? : Home Nugget
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  dont worry im sure the studios will find a way drive this franchise into the ground like have arnold repr... : arizona bay
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    Arnold + DeVito ! : EvilDolemite
    • and they're pregnant twins. : windowpane
  • IAW GMD : boomstickah
  • That will happen the second either Bale or Nolan leave the franchise. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  I think Catwoman could work out just fine. I really like how they adapted her in the latest comics. : jamesray
  • I don't think they have the rights to Catwoman. : SockMonkeh
• Talia Al'Ghul : mechanicalgrape
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  According to Goyer, the third film was going to be about Joker's trial. Hadn't written it, but it was tho... : K1Bond007
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    that could have been good :( Maybe they find out what Harvey Dent did, plus Batman being a "bad guy" coul : aeg1x
    • I think that's exactly it. Joker knew that Dent was a lie so he uses that to undermine the city's governm : K1Bond007
  • :( So sad. : deathofrats
  • Oh wow! With the stamp thing?! That'd be cool. : AxeMan808
• Bring Arnold back as Mr Freeze: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNaDZIrxh-0 : Dimmona
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  Tommy "Hitman" Monaghan and Ringo Chen : dodob
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    And I'm kinda serious. Trying to top Heath Ledger's Joker is doomed to failure. Instead, go back and expl... : dodob
    • Remember Tommy psychoanalyzing Superman? Garth Ennis is such a pool of awesome! Still waiting for his ver... : AxeMan808
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  I think the Mad Hatter could work very well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Hatter_%28comics%29 The ... : zuga
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MadHatter_-_Batman49.JPG YES! : aeg1x
    • Mad Hatter played by Martin Short : MisterPhoton
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  Regarding Batman... wasn't that an Emily Brontë novel? : Fred Garvin
  • No, it's a comic book. Fred Garvin, you're so silly! : ArB
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  I honestly do not think they can go anywhere from here. If they do any more movies I think they will just... : Evil Benius
  • It's going to be one of the best selling movies of all time at this pace. I bet they will do a sequel, an... : cdbeckman
• the problem is your thinking of a cartoony riddler/penguin, try and think of them as twisted psychotic de... : unsound
• next one needs Deadshot or Tommy Monaghan : kikilupo
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  Guys, it's depressing how easily some of you have forgotten Grendel. Remember the Batman-Grendel crossove... : lightly inclined
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    Who? O_o : aznboysix
    • Exactly. ;[ : lightly inclined
  • However, *that* version of Grendel was more of a Bane, anyway. That wasn't Hunter Rose who Batman encoun : AxeMan808
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  MAN-BAT! : Love-Man
  • Man-Love! : conandan
• is everyone assuming that harvey dent is dead? the fall could have killed him, but maybe not. they also d : maulla
• batman always let them live dude ;) : barichnikov
• They are Just going to recast the Joker. : Crimsonbeak
• why? just like they replace batman every couple of years, they can replace the joker too. like i said bef... : vassili_zaitsev

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• ya that movie is really not for kids, in no way shape or form. : slickdoody
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  Wouldn't pay for a babysitter. : Lone Swordsman
  • but I guess they will pay for years of psychiatric therapy. : the archvile
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    Having 3 kids of my own, I'm even more intolerant of people bringing kids to movies they ahve no business... : FormerHPB
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      why should you change your life just because you had a kid? : fletch_
      • It's more about responsibility. You should never take a 2-3 year old to a movie like The Dark Knight. I... : Grumbeld
      • [lol'd] : retardhumper
      • Another lol : Danny5225
      • o dear lord lol : [7]kami
      • Open palm to forehead. : lowayne
• I want an unrated cut. But yes it was really good. : Freon
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  should of told them to either dont see the movie or dont have kids. : mindshot
  • Oh I'm the first one to say something. There was really only one point where the kid was pretty damn lou... : FormerHPB
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  you should have killed them and raised the children as your own : aeg1x
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    I already have 3 and don't really want 2 more. : FormerHPB
    • I believe there was a scene in the movie with a broken pool cue that offers a solution to this problem : aeg1x
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      But more children means more hands at harvest time! And harvest time's when you need them the most! : SpaecKow
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        the hand harvesting business is indeed a tough slog :( If you don't provide the highest quality hands it'... : aeg1x
        • Childrens hands are tiny so they're also good for stealing. : SpaecKow
• I saw the 930pm showing last night, and there were about eight infants/toddlers in the packed theater. P... : walker270
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  I'm not saying the movie is okay for a 2-3 year old, but my parents never regulated what I watched as a k... : Ellissd
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    even if you ignore the content it's still a 2 and a half hour long movie. There's no way a kid is going t... : aeg1x
    • There are cinemas that do this actually. Many offer 21+ screenings and serve alcohol and such. It's becom... : ovrlrd
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      The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is an 18- and up establishment. Anyone under 18 must be accompanied by their : EvilDolemite
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        That place is so awesome. I want to move to Austin for that alone. : DarkWolf5
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          I've never had an unpleasant experience there. Everyone who goes is pretty cool, plus everyone knows the... : EvilDolemite
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            The one time I've seen a show there, they booted a guy for cellphone violations. I approve of that me... : Gonzo
            • God if only they did that everywhere. : MacemanInTW
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    My 2 oldest boys are 8 and I would not take them to see The Dark Knight. (and as soon as the Joker starte... : baron calamity
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      I would never bring my kids to see it in a theater, but if I was watching it at home and they were down f... : Ellissd
      • I won't. My kids are sensitive to some of that stuff. : baron calamity
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    So at three years old you decided what you were able to watch? : redfive
    • At three I was usually watching all sorts of crazy shit. My Aunt wouldn't watch anything that was scary ... : MacemanInTW
  • This might be true but that is still no reason to take them to the theater to see the movies. I think the... : ovrlrd
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  you should have flipped a coin and then told them the bad news. I would never bring my five year old the... : redfive
  • I turned around and took my kids to see space chimps which they loved, so it worked out. i told them if t... : baron calamity
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  I have every intention of letting my 4 year old daughter watch it once it's out on BR, but then she's use... : Vincent Grayson
  • No it does not depend on the kid. Not at all. If you are 2, 3 or 4 years old you have no business watchi : [7]kami
  • I'm sorry I'm late, but.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA.... WOW. : MikkleThePickle
• We got there 20-30 minutes early to avoid these issues. : rosewood
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  At that age, do they really even have any clue as to what they are viewing? They can't possible comprehen... : freakynipples69
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    You'd be surprised what kids understand. : ConfusedUs
    • Yeah, I remember being amazed when my daughter was picking up on what was happening when we were watching... : Vincent Grayson
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  I think chip packets should be fucking banned at cinemas. I was flanked on all sides by fuckers making S... : moneyshot
  • Of course, no cell phones. That's my biggest pet peeve - texting. Sure, it doesn't make noise, it just ... : Grumbeld
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    i have perfected the art of opening and consuming an entire box (the irritating ones with the plastic bag... : Joseph
    • wtf is a raising? jesus i'm mentally and physically retarded : Joseph
  • you would think with modern technology and the billions of dollars involved in the cinema industry that t... : GloriousCow
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  When I was younger, my Mom wouldn't let me watch anything PG-13 or higher. Period. Then randomly on the w... : CrabsJarrard
  • T2 was the crowning achievement of R rated films to watch when you were young. : ant_hillbilly
  • funny... i saw T2 in the theater when i was a kid. remember trying to bring some friends with me, but ... : -=kodiak=-
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  Huh? I've been watching R rated movies since I was 5. And that's just the age I remember watching movie... : Edges
  • It's not the fact that the kids was in a movie that was totally inappropriate for her. My personal feeli... : FormerHPB
• i'm against kids seeing R movies and movies like the Dark Knight, not because of the content, but because... : Dschinghis Khan
• Yeah some people are... stupid. 2-3 for PG13 isnt a great idea, and TDK was an especially dark PG13. : aznboysix

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  I agree. I particularly thought the pencil scene and the holding tank scene where the joker is mocking t : Fish_Bulb
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    what a magic trick : handofthrawn
    • Tada! : yellowtexan
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    it was a very, very disturbing movie in a lot of ways. i wouldn't let my kids (if I had any) watch it. : erotic sock
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      I did not realize it was only PG-13 ... I am a little shocked by that now. : Nation
      • no blood. they danced right on that razor wire to keep it from R : dahanese
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        The ratings don't take into account that kind of stuff, I guess. There was no blood, very little swearing... : mittense
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          the ratings system in the usa is totally subjective by a small group of people with no set rules, it's pr... : MoreVespeneGas
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            It's not entirely subjective. If "fuck" is said more than once: R rating. If there are tits (and not an e... : mittense
            • Also, "fuck" can't be used to refer to a sex act, or PG-13 turns to R. Sex scenes in R-rated movies ... : finger
      • I thought it was rated "R", and was doing my usual thing of saying "fuck" every third word before and aft... : walker270
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    for some odd reason i went into the movie not knowing it was PG13 and kept waiting for the horror and blo : dahanese
    • that's the best way to creep people out. Just let them create the awful stuff in their imaginations and ... : MurrayTheSkull
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  the movie was fucking brilliant. : .ka`boom.zZz.
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    In my mind I kept hoping it would go on for a bit longer. : Koral06
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      Longer than 2 and half hours, juggling that many plots? Are you kidding? : Toth21
      • There was definately already enough going on there. : ra1n
    • I thought it was great, but I wouldn't have wanted it to be any longer. I was ready for it to be done wh... : ra1n
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      I agree. It was a lot of movie but I was completely satisfied and wouldn't have minded one bit if it need... : Serpico74
      • I went to a 3:45pm showing yesterday and I wish I was still watching it. : socksta
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  I think it's great that a movie like this comes along that can send that kind of vibe without resorting t... : MoreVespeneGas
  • Yeah. Psychological scares are much more frightening than BOO scares or gore scares, to me. It's a hu... : ConfusedUs
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  There were many times when some seriously intense stuff just went down, like when the Joker taunts the wo : Home Nugget
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    Which part was that? : mittense
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      The guy he hangs from the building and smashes into the Mayor's window : orgcaptainnemo
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        No, I remember that part. I'm not sure about the Joker part he was referring to. : mittense
        • when bruce wayne is getting ready for the benefit for Harvey he catches the newsclip about the dead fake : Prozium
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      It was shortly after that body slammed against the mayor's window, dressed as the Batman. They brought hi : Home Nugget
      • Oh, yeah, thanks. People did laugh at a part of that. It was strange. : mittense
      • Look at me. LOOK AT ME! : 69gooch69
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    kid in my theater started crying at that scene : t0ad
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      how old is your kid? : filthysock
      • ah, meant to say i heard a random kid crying somewhere in the theater, no where near having my own :| : t0ad
    • Yeah seems a bit intense for kids. : aznboysix
  • nervous laughter : Chandler55
  • haha same thing in my theater. I don't blame people for laughing because people are under the impression ... : NastyJack
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    It's funny because the Joker thought it was funny. I laughed because he was laughing. It was great. : fleabug
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      i was laughing throughout the movie! i thought the joker was hilarious, not at all creepy. am i disturbed... : mlknight
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        no more so than after you named yourself after the protagonist of the 1980's tv show "night rider" : taronish
        • awesome. i didn't know that. i thought my name was my initials plus knight. : mlknight
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        Did you miss the scene where he pops out of the body bag and tells the crime boss his daddy story? : phobium
        • This is one of the scenes that got to me. : ConfusedUs
      • I was laughing throughout the movie as well - but it was evil, demonic giddiness. : dedgecko
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    Everyone in the theater went completely silent for that whole scene, both times I saw it. : glio1337
    • ^^^ same. altho there were definitely other joker scenes that got lots of laughs during pretty evil scen... : mwasher
    • The laughter in my theater did more to scare me than that part of the movie. : walker270
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      My whole theather went dead silent as soon as the last trailer ended. It was kinda cool. There were a cou... : silent prophet
      • People started hooting and shit after the trailers ended. We also had a couple babies start crying, and ... : walker270
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        Same thing here. There were a few laughs, and a few oh shits at appropriate moments. Other than that it ... : MacemanInTW
        • Friday night IMAX tickets were all sold out :( We had to catch the normal theater at 1:30AM. Theater was ... : dodob
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        The guy who sat next to me when I saw it the second time repeated almost everything the Joker said. I wan... : freshyk
        • You should have made your soda straw disappear. : pigvomit
      • Yeah pretty much my experience as well. But even then there were a very quiet whispers. But during the sc... : glio1337
      • I wish, people kept clapping during the movie here. : williamIII
      • Yeah, us too. Dead silence. I was the one that was laughing intermittently. The only one. I thin... : Rice-Rocketeer
    • why wasn't it silent in the first place? : aeg1x
  • Yeah, completely. The only part I thought was "funny" is the fact that something like that was on the new... : nevicata
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    I actually laughed quite a bit during the jokers scenes, mainly because his sense of humor was so fucked ... : pigvomit
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      I laughed when he silently mouthed "six" in the interrogation room : redfive
      • Yep, so much of that. Also when he gets head slammed, then chides batman on not slamming people in the h : pigvomit
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        Ha I thought he was saying "yikes", both are funny either way. : Lionhart32935
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          He definately said "6?". Like, oh wow...nice... : pigvomit
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            I'm totally blanking. What is that in response to? : ITcola
            • The joker asks the detective in the interrogation room how many of his cop buddies he has killed. The de : pigvomit
          • I thought he mouthed "ten." : ImageOmega
      • That whole scene was great. : aznboysix
  • why so serious? : podizzle
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    Yeah people laughed at TONS of the Joker's lines as he was killing folks. I didn't get it. I guess th... : EvilDolemite
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      I laughed, but not like a comedy laugh, more of a maniacal, oh I this guy is so bad he's good, kinda laug... : pigvomit
      • He's not crazy. He's not. : rosewood
    • pretty much spot on how i felt : arizona bay
  • i thought there were a few "comic relief" moments that deserved a chuckle. overall, he was a very very da : maulla
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    Some movies, I side with the villain, and this was one of them. : dognose
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      I kinda felt let down when one of the ferries didn't blow up. :( : pigvomit
      • This is similar to one reason I hated Die Hard 3. : dognose
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    There were a group of frat guy stereotypes behind me for the movie. They laughed hysterically when the J : spazzium
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      How could you not find that sadistically funny? : pigvomit
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        Hmmm perhaps. But not being much of a sadist myself I didn't laugh. I mean I reacted to it with a mixtu... : spazzium
        • Yeah I thought it weird that ppl laughed at that too. Weirdos. Being all weird and shit. : aznboysix
    • The whole theater burst out laughing at that, seemingly in an 'oh my god, that was expected, unabashed br... : jan0r pants
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    just got back from seeing it, there were tons of laughs during the joker scenes. i dont really understan... : arizona bay
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      his lines alternated between hilarious and creepy as shit : SockMonkeh
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        i have a hard time separating the dialogue with what is happening on the screen. most of the time the jo... : arizona bay
        • almost everything he says in that mob meeting is funny : SockMonkeh
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  Oh yeah hey! The buzzing sound effect in the background was great. The first time it happens is right at : dodob
  • That's the Joker's 'theme' music, at least from my own observations. : glio1337
  • I thought it was a very cool thing to add to the Joker's scenes, that long tone helped build up tension s : pigvomit
  • i actually just made that into the ringtone on my iphone it's not buzzing, it's a strings section : grifter
  • here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E96arD_Typc : bling1bling
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    That's straight out of Johnny Greenwood's stuff for There Will Be Blood now that I hear it again. : ITcola
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      TWBB had it too, but its certainly not the first movie. Quite a few movies have taken advantage of the mo... : glio1337
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        More specifically, the dissonant strings with a crescendo. : ITcola
        • They used something similar to this in 2001: A Space Odyssey : dirge23
  • I'm listening to the soundtrack right now and it's awesome. : SockMonkeh
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  FUCK YOU ALL AND YOUR SPOILER LINKS! DONT U KNOW IT"S IRRESISTABLE TO CLICK! : Skoal^Fyfan
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    do you also shout like that when there's cake in front of you, and you're told not to eat it? : Lionel2b
    • is it chocolate cake? : bling1bling
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  Awesome awesome movie. The only part of the whole thing I didn't like was Batman's voice. It just start... : Rag and Bone Man
  • Annoying maybe, but it wasn't ever unclear. Time for a hearing aid? : MacemanInTW
• I'm totally butchering my DK virginity with this thread :( : packav
• The film was extremely long and very exhausting to watch. It's normal that you felt the way that you did.... : freakynipples69
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  Totally agree. The scene with Joker and Two-Face in the hospital was my favorite. Just all sorts o... : ITcola
  • The female nurse's outfit made that entire scene. : ConfusedUs
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  the only thing that depressed me was how fucking ugly maggie gyllenhaal is : maulla
  • haha : Mmmmmoo
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    I thought she was kind of cute. :( : Perturbation
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      http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/946/85005471.JPG : maulla
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        damn, that's cold! : bling1bling
        • Nope, that is cute. I loved her eyes. : yellowtexan
      • offer up your gal and then we can all laugh at you, sir. : dahanese
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17460492 : dodob
  • She looks 10 years older than she actually is. : pigvomit
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    i loved how she looked 'ordinary' and hot 'hollywood.' it was a good twist. : reverend~heresy
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      Which is crucial to her character. It is about her personality. : rosewood
      • her personality wasn't all that great, i'm guessing she doubled down on the head or something : qwpeoriu
  • That made her feel somewhat real. That shit would have sucked if that'd been some super-hot silicone vixe... : stuka
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    I thought she was perfect. Especially the the scene where she's about to be blown up. The split second... : deathofrats
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      yeah she was 10000x better than kate holmes : aeg1x
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        katie holmes as a DA was f*cking hilarious. YEA GUYS I GOTTA ... FILE A CASE OR SOMETHING : Foxhawk
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          http://www.stomptokyo.com/scott/blog/C964161838/E959281125/Media/alone11.jpg : aethyr
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            ahahaha, tara reid SCIENCE! : Foxhawk
            • the glasses really make it. : aethyr
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        both characters were annoying : qwpeoriu
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          okay, same character, both actresses were annoying as that character : qwpeoriu
          • they should have gotten Scarlett Johansson : dodob
  • http://www.wwtdd.com/post.phtml?pk=5273 : holycow
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    I think she is pretty. : NastyJack
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      I really liked her in Stranger Than Fiction : rosewood
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        I never saw that but I think I'd like to. : NastyJack
        • You should : rosewood
  • yeaah.... i used to like her, but she looked like shit. : virus
  • She looked a little older in this one, especially when she was on the balcony with Bruce. But overall I ... : spazzium
  • Hahaha yeah. Needed more Russian dancers. : aznboysix
• Just got back. It should get a best picture oscar nod. I realize its typically not the type of movie t... : jayacheess
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  This movie was brilliant. In one fell swoop a masterpiece of acting, skill, and *sips red wine* complete... : burning eye
  • I meant to say that. : jayacheess
  • lmao at this post : bozer
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  It's sad I'm probably gonna bite the bullet on a PS3 to own this on Blu-ray. I'm out of touch with relea... : phobium
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    same. this will probably be the reason i buy a PS3. : Mmmmmoo
    • Sony's strategy for pricing Blu-ray players at PS3 levels pays off again. : pigvomit
  • i said the same thing to my girlfriend when we were walking out of the theater : grifter
  • I think it has an October release date....but November would be somewhat more logical. : drbriefs
  • http://videoeta.com/movie.html?via=form&id=86078 : Werkin
• Looks clear that this will break the weekend record set by SM3: http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/ ... : hohoh0
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  http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17476528 : virus
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    Yeah I loved all the little touches in his performance. The way he smacked his lips and flicked his tong... : spazzium
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      This is from The Killing Joke: "The Joker also serves as an unreliable narrator. He admits to his own ... : drbriefs
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        That was one of the parts that came to mind with the whole multiple versions of his story. : MacemanInTW
        • Well he only gave two versions of the story in the movie. What I took away from it was that was the joker... : MoreVespeneGas
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  I wish the movie was rated R : mr.sleepy
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    It pretty much was in my book. How can you slam a guy's head into through a pencil and not be rated R. : spazzium
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      Because with quick camera work, you don't actually see it. You just "think" you do. It's fantastic. : 69gooch69
      • It reminds me of how FPS games with no blood but good ragdoll physics can look insanely violent compared ... : pigvomit
  • I'm not really sure what it would have changed. It was already brutal. : Conan
  • so the good writing could be cheapened with gore? no spanks. : MoreVespeneGas
• I agree. I had a way of drawing you in at the beginning of Gotham City having a hopefully future. Then ... : classicfork
• people are giving this movie waaaay too much credit because of the dead guy or whatever. it was a good m... : vassili_zaitsev

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• burn baby burn! : mmaster_pw
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    im going to play as well. today, i'm planning on capping the points, and killing the other team. I will... : papaskot
    • awww yeah!! : Maddog_Delphi97
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    Server going down for a minute... Skull the Troll is going to try to fix it, I think... : Maddog_Delphi97
    • Okay, it's back up, unlike your mom. AWWW YEAH!! (regular password now) : Maddog_Delphi97
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      im pooping. after i poo.... : noobja
      • You're going to poo some more? ewww : Maddog_Delphi97
• Going in for a bit. : moogle
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  The server is changing to turbine, due to a vote. : Maddog_Delphi97
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    We got 16 shackers here. :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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      And now it's full, ARGH : spazzium
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        We got one spectator: Skull the Troll lol : Maddog_Delphi97
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          Are you constantly alt-tabbing to the shack or you just running another machine? : spazzium
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            I alt-tab every now and then. And I have another machine, but I only use it to play Battlefield 2 and Ba... : Maddog_Delphi97
            • ... : spazzium
            • Haha what. A Dedicated battlefield box? : great-white
• hodor hodor hodor? : Magus
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  I don't have egypt_v2 :/ gg guys : _jon
  • Nor do I. :( : spazzium
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  egypt map link: http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/download/54003 : kill9
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    but don't bother because it is terrible : kill9
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      wtf? no! Egypt is awesome! : ysbreker
      • 1). It needs to give one point per capture b). It needs to not give the defense any points. 8). It need... : dmason
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  Egypt: My Anti-TF2 : _jon
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    It's not on Egypt anymore. : Maddog_Delphi97
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      Too late, the damage has been done. : _jon
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        SERIOUS BUSINESS : manero
        • :( : Maddog_Delphi97
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  why'd everone leave? : papaskot
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    I dunno. I guess shackers don't feel like playing Egypt or something : Maddog_Delphi97
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      Okay, who wants to work achievements? I got it on the achievementbox map now. : Maddog_Delphi97
      • Six shackers here. :) : Maddog_Delphi97
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    yeah i mean i know egypt sucks, but it was empty after the map change from egypt not before o_O : papaskot
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      well half the server didn't have the map, and on top of that the map sucks. its funny how egypt wins the... : kill9
      • I don't understand this egypt hate. What's wrong with this map? Seriously. : ysbreker
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  oh my god maddog i played the best map ever today it was ctf_yeaarrgh and it was two giant pirate ship... : manero
  • oh man I want to play this : thekidd
  • lol, that sounds fun. Talk to Skull the Troll, he'll set you up. :) : Maddog_Delphi97
  • hahahah what : AlexXdude
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    wtfffffff : tomservo
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      ctf_yaargh http://www.vimeo.com/1288480 PLEASE PUT THIS ON THE SERVER : manero
      • fuck, "yaaargh" with three a's : manero
      • yaaargh!! : Maddog_Delphi97
      • According to snuffles, you can download it from here: http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/42378 : Maddog_Delphi97
  • That's a map from Counter-Strike! It didn't have sharks and a drum set though, and the lag was pretty bad... : helvetica
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sMuoh_Kmdo I can't find a place to download the map, tho.. : Maddog_Delphi97
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      you lose! http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/42378 : thekidd
      • Thanks! : Maddog_Delphi97
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  http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/42516 This map is up. Be sure to get the b2 version. : Maddog_Delphi97
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    why can't the server turn map downloads back on : AlexXdude
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      Ask Skull the Troll. I'm guessing it's because some maps are too large for autodownload. : Maddog_Delphi97
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        apparently you can jigger your web server to redirect to a different URL for the d/l : manero
        • Thanks for all the tips you've been telling me about this map. This is certainly an... interesting map t... : Maddog_Delphi97
        • The server is redirected to shackspace, which unfortunately doesn't let you download 80 meg files apparen... : Skull the Troll

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  battle angel alita : GloriousCow
  • The comic is pretty awesome. They need to make a full series. I hope the live action doesnt suck. : aznboysix
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  Serial Experiments Lain, Ghost in the Shell seriesss : ryuuseki
  • SAC rocked. Didn't really care for the original movie though. : Totenjaeger
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  Ergo Proxy : indosauros
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    The first couple of episodes were OK, but then everything got shat on towards the ending. It's like they... : DrWaffles
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      Yea i agree, i loved the beginning of the series, but i thought maybe i just wasn't refined enough to 'ge... : MrBig0
      • Yeah that shit got weird at the end. : aznboysix
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  Have you seen Elfen Lied? not really sci fi but awesome : Koral06
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    Um, beings from another world coming to annihilate us is not Sci-fi? Another vote for Elfen Lied right he... : mystifier
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      Who wouldn't like Chobits/Berserk all mixed up? I'll throw down in this Elfen Lied recommendation thread. : skankcore
      • Chobits + Berserk? Jesus christ man, what a mental image. : windowpane
    • I didn't know they came from another world. I thought they were some sort of experiment gone wrong. Gonna... : Koral06
  • Why do people like that show? All it has is violence but it still sucks. : aznboysix
• Ghost in the Shell ? : ]aratex[
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  Metal Gear has all of those! : DOOManiac
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    Tell me more!! Aren't there variations of the original title? Are they just as good? : Xin Jing Client 1a
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      Is Full Metal Alchemist part of this? : Xin Jing Client 1a
      • it's not, but it IS incredible. it's not sci-fi but you should check it out anyway : MrBig0
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  Cowboy Bebop : jayares
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    ^^^^ I love Cowboy Bebop so much. : zebosausamite
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      It's fucking fantastic. Shame there aren't more episodes. : DrWaffles
      • I'm not really into anime, but I have all of cowboy bebop and the soundtracks.... so awesome. : zebosausamite
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    Best anime I've ever seen. "that will become a genre unto itself." : senseimoron
    • Yes : locater16
  • Everyone knows people who haven't seen Cowboy Bebop should punch themselves. : Sapiens
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  PLANETES!!!! ALL you numbskulls who posted above me need to watch this, if you haven't already. : vikramwillrock
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    O hell, this has no mutant/blackops/cyborg stuff....should have read what you typed. : vikramwillrock
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      That shouldn't matter, it's still good. I read the manga, liked it a lot. : skankcore
      • indeed ... trashmen in space! : smalakar
  • PLANETES is awesome, technically well-researched and funny too. : Borzoi
  • Fuck yes. Planetes is the best sci-fi anime, next to Voices of a Distant Star, which isn't long enough to... : Link.
  • Its well done and everything, but most of the show just isnt... exciting to watch. : aznboysix
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  Noein (Noein: Mō Hitori no Kimi e) is probably one of the best anime i've ever seen. watch it. now. inc... : MrBig0
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    Does it have cool sci-fi elements like I mentioned above? : Xin Jing Client 1a
    • yes. watch the first episode and i think you'll be hooked. : MrBig0
  • Amazing anime. If half of them were this original... : jayacheess
  • Yes, Noein is up there in sci-fi series. Watch it. : Link.
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  Gantz, Noein, Speed Grapher, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann : Sze Ior
  • Haha, yeah, Speed Grapher is quite interesting if you dig S&M stuff too lol. : SolrFlare
  • good call on speed grapher, loved that one : MrBig0
• Have you seen Gunslinger Girls? : TShandy
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  Black Lagoon is pretty good... the wife and I are waiting for Netflix to send us the 3rd DVD in the serie... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Too bad the second season isn't on DVD. : Totenjaeger
• Sol Bianca or Blue Submarine which is not in space, but is future-y. : nevicata
• Outlaw Star! : melkore
• Wings of Honneamise for astronauts : loboVT
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  Excel Saga. ;) : Miresse
  • I've gotten like 7 episodes into excel and it is just too much for me to handle, I'm still trying to figu... : Zuchu
• wall-e : smax
• Bubblegum Crisis 2040 is quite good. : lplasmatron
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  Bleach (Episodes 1-63, then the Bleach Movie, then 109-167 for the two "real" story arcs, they are incred : Sapiens
  • Also, Voices of a Distant Star, the two Appleseed movies, and Yukikaze! I forgot about them. :( : Sapiens
• Robotech? I used to fucking love that show when I was a kid. : magistersmax
• gotta give a shout out to Roujin Z, Spriggan and lil Ray-Ray : eforce98
• It's live-action, but Casshern might be interesting for you. As one of my friends notes, it's the real F... : Grumbeld
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  There is no Macross here- old-school, but you can't go wrong with it. : Borzoi
  • And for something so new it's not done yet- KAIBA!!! Kaiba is futuristic with intergalactic travel and a ... : Borzoi
  • And Gunbuster! Also oldschool, but is still totally amazing. : Borzoi
• It's not anime, but WIZARDS has just about all the things you asked for (except astronauts). : capt tripps
• Spriggan has all of that minus the astronauts. : gunrock46
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  You need to see Crest of the Stars. : Link.
  • Also, if you like mecha (not everyone does), start with Gundam. Watch the original movie trilogy, then mo... : Link.
  • Definitely. : jayacheess
• um...maybe 1 or 2 shows actually DON'T feature one of those subjects. : byorn
• Gatchaman : retardhumper
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  Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi : mista mista
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    That anime features just about everything that he mentioned in his post. Another vote for Magical Shoppi... : bitter ego
    • WTF this is real? I thought you made it up -_- : aznboysix
• Claymore - medieval superpowers and mutants. : aznboysix

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  Wouldn't knowing this kind of ruin the movies if you haven't seen them before? : pyrogen
  • Seriously -- this thread is going to be a wreck, or a time bomb, or maybe both. : Kentor
  • I believe that all of those movies are past the point of worrying about spoiling stuff. Also, I still do... : Grumbeld
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  Primer : dmason
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    Haha yeah. Probably wins for most twists in a single movie. If only I could figure out what the hell is... : Perturbation
    • There's that flowchart but it's just as complicated as the movie. : Prozium
    • I still believe the guy just made it needlessly complicated by leaving out simple facts. It could have be... : byorn
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  Fight Club no doubt. : DarkWolf5
  • Word. : lplasmatron
• Fight Club : Rag and Bone Man
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  Fight Club and The Prestige : uglysad
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    YOU ARE NOT ME SIR. : spazzium
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      I am you... from the future : uglysad
      • ^^ spoiler : Lightbulb
• As much as I love Memento, I don't think it has much rewatchability after 2-3 viewings. As per the thread... : mechanicalgrape
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  Fight Club, The Prestige : spazzium
  • Seriously. As soon as The Prestige was over, I wanted to watch it again to see where they pulled the wool... : uglysad
• It's funny, I put Usual Suspects, Se7en, and Fight Club in my most watched movies list. If we're going j... : Grumbeld
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  the crying game : filthysock
  • A twist that you can watch again and again... : pigvomit
• LA Confidential. : K1Bond007
• all of the above But US has the best reveal : shavenewok
• The Empire Strikes Back! : bling1bling
• Executive Decision > * : dodob
• Chinatown, The Maltese Falcon, and The Third Man have great twists. : Perturbation
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  The Fight Club : Maddog_Delphi97
  • Le Fight Club : dodob
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  All of the Saw movies : dognose
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    are III and IV any good? I've only seen I and II.... : filthysock
    • I certainly think so. Many here disagree but I think it is a fine series (I bought I-IV) and eagerly awa... : dognose
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      yes they are good but you need to watch them back to back if you haven't seen them already. : grabbie
      • I rewatch them before seeing the new one in theatres :) : dognose
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    have you seen the dark knight yet : dodob
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      Yeah just got back : dognose
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        what did you think? : GloriousCow
        • I liked when he lassoed the truck. : dognose
• Oldboy : Prozium
• 'Primal Fear' and 'The Others' were pretty good in that aspect. : icon_of_syn
• Insomnia : drbriefs
• House of Cards : deepburnt
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  Tommy Boy. : edgewise
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    What was the twist? David Spade's character being bald? : pigvomit
    • Rob Lowe's character not being Bo Derek's son. : edgewise
  • Two, four, niner, five, six, seven... : Smitty
• Sunshine. Oh, highly rewatchable... Sorry. : magistersmax
• Momento. Sort of. : SqueegyTBS
• Lucky Number Slevin? : GrimmyD
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  Revolver. Screw the haters : spiderfill
  • I missed the Shack hate, but after watching it with 4 other people, I can imagine what the hate was like.... : Grumbeld
• Jacobs Ladder : Jayx77
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  I'd say 'The Game' (with Michael Douglas). That movie rocked... even the 2nd time through. Also what ot : Ormsbee
  • The Game is a great movie. : deject
  • I was just about to post this too. That was a cool movie. : aznboysix
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  Fight Club, Lucky Number Slevin, Ghostbusters : rosewood
  • Hot Fuzz : rosewood
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    If anyone was surprised by the "twist" in Lucky Number Slevin they ought to be euthanized before they pol... : the moon and antarctica
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      You really expected everything? Even the cop? : rosewood
      • Yeah, I think that was the only thing I didn't expect since everything else was made way too obvious. : Totenjaeger
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  Nobody has said The Sixth Sense? Every time I see the ending I get misty eyed. : the moon and antarctica
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    Only worked the first time for me. I saw it a second time and it just didn't hold up on it's own without ... : Ctrl-Phreak
    • I hadda go back to the theater and watch it again because I was convinced I saw stuff that would negate t... : dognose
    • From the OP: "...either to catch things leading to that twist..." That's why I saw it a second time. : the moon and antarctica
• Falling Down : dognose
• Twin Peaks : datoo
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  The Game, Session 9, The Machinist, The Prestige, Fight Club, LA Confidential, Mulhulland Drive, Lost Hig... : mittense
  • The Others, Memento, Jacob's Ladder, Lookout (?), Brick (?) : mittense
• What a twist!! : Dschinghis Khan
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  Magnum Force : Magus
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    Ooo, good one, good movie too :( : dognose
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      Oops! I meant Sudden Impact, with regards to the twist at the end, but Magnum Force is far better. : Magus
      • But without the twist ending part right? : Totenjaeger
• I think Shawshank Redemption probably fits this. : owtwerd
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  Interesting how many Christopher Nolan movies were mentioned: Memento Insomnia The Prestige (not co... : zuga
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    Insomnia was a remake of a Norwegian movie, though. : c0bra
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      or Swedish, whatever. : c0bra
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        It's a fucking excellent film imho [the original]. As for Nolan's version, I really couldn't get into at ... : PlanetPerfecto
        • yea Stellan Skarsgård does a good job. : c0bra

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  you should, but maybe leave the batman short shorts at home this time : MoreVespeneGas
  • If I can't wear those, no deal. : jonin
• I saw it today. I was unreasonably excited, and I actually found myself getting more excited as I watche... : BingusLargus
• Like I tell people that's the only flaw in the entire film, it's great even with it : Mondo
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  yeah wtf is up with that. Is that even his real voice? he needs to lay off the cigars : Koral06
  • No, no it is not his real voice. : nevicata
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    no he's from wales : fry975
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      Is he really? I don't think I've ever heard his real accent then : uglysad
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        http://youtube.com/watch?v=DDPuzOq_tbA : fry975
        • Crazy : uglysad
        • lol number 4, I bet Kodiak is gonna have that soundbite on a loop : sesmaster
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    yes it's his real voice. : jamesray
    • Stop that. >:( : nevicata
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    little known fact: he actually has to strain to the high limit of his vocal range to do the normal Bruce ... : aeg1x
    • he should win the best actor oscar for the role of batman. best supporting actor should go to bruce wayne : JINKY
    • they kick him in the balls before each take : GloriousCow
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    i haven't seen the sequel, but in the first one it was his terrible clint eastwood impersonation. was rea... : pyide
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      I think it's more an attempt at mimicking Kevin Conroy who has pretty much the best Batman voice ever. t... : mikecyb
      • LOL Dr. Girlfriend is awesome. : Koral06
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        Conroy didn't sound like he did in TAS for the Gotham Knight DVD. I think he's forgotten how to do the vo... : avatar_58
        • I don't know. In some of the Gotham Knight segments there was a huge difference between Wayne and Bats. : baron calamity
        • I love Conroy's Batman, but his voice felt so out of place in Gotham Knight. : dodob
  • It's his superhero voice. He can't very well talk like Bruce Wayne. : EvilDolemite
• he has an annoying voice? spoiler that shit mang : RikiTiki2
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  just saw it for the second time :D : maulla
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    me too : SockMonkeh
    • I want too but I'm going to force myself to wait. : baron calamity
    • same. still amazing, and i saw it on friday. : 69gooch69
  • Yep, got back from seeing it a second time two hours ago. I'll probably be seeing it tuesday, and then m... : pigvomit
  • Saw it last night for the second time. I think I'll go again this next coming weekend : glio1337
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  Listen to Heath Ledger's voice when he gets into the deeper ranges. That is exactly how i picture Batman ... : Warmaker
  • Good evening, Commissioner : dodob
  • Not me. That's the Joker. Way too evil and edgy for Batman. : EvilDolemite
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  PEREIRA : gmd
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    This post needs links :) : GodZilly
    • http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/comedy/64750/Batman-Part-1.html http://www.g4tv.com/attackofthesho... : mmaster_pw
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  Am I one of the few who actually like his Batman voice? I figured it was just a vocal minority who didn'... : Scoots06
  • I thought it was a bit overdone sometimes, but it makes sense that Bruce Wayne would want to disguise his... : ArB
• Im going again this week, too awesome : Melll
• Yeah that was the only really noticeable thing that was annoying. : aznboysix

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  So as I take care of my parents garden atm whilst they are on vacation.. (watering plants) etc. I stumb : humbleone
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    are they edible? : focusdaily
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      some eat them yep : humbleone
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        really??? do tell. : focusdaily
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          A Swedish cook made a recipe recently (which caused a bit of drama) http://jp.dk/udland/europa/article10 : humbleone
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            sweet, thanks for satisfying my curiosity! : focusdaily
            • er waitaminnit...I cant read that language :( : focusdaily
  • I'll trade you snails for fire ants ;) : MagicWishMonkey
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    Those aren't snails dude, those are SLUGS : MagicWishMonkey
    • ah ok - thanks : humbleone
    • you can pour salt on them if you're a mean bastard : MagicWishMonkey
    • these are snails: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLuH9hAH1yA : datoo
  • salt. you can gather them up and drive them away if you're nice, or you can just sprinkle salt all over t... : jane911
  • wtf, is this real http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFtgjVNXH2Q&feature=related : kelerian
  • We usually collect them in a bucket full of saltwater - they won't crawl out of that one. : Lightbulb
  • PUT SALT ON THOSE FUCKERS DO IT!!! THEY WILL MELT LOL IVE DONE THIS MANY TIMES! THOSE FUCKERS WILL MELT W : Melll
  • there are plenty of those here in belgium. Those fuckers eat anything but they are killed by their own se : dfz0r
  • Beer + Salt + rocket into low orbit.... its the only way to be sure. : jasoncrowley
  • ok dude. snails i can take. but slugs are fucking nasty and i think you did that on purpose : dodob
  • Ring of salt around the garden. It keeps out slugs AND evil! :D : DinK
  • God, I hate farming elite snails. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Your boy is a "European Red Slug". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Slug http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... : steelsamurai
• wtf.. O_O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFtgjVNXH2Q&feature=related (seems to be a different species t... : humbleone
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    yea that seems to do the trick also, but holy.. that'd be a lot of salt needed then? Also, isn't that a ... : humbleone
    • ye.. could just place them in a bucket before i guess /o\ : humbleone
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      make a big salt-moat around your garden so they can't get in : MagicWishMonkey
      • Tiny salt claymores and landmines! : Wyvern
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  is there a difference between a slug and a snail? i always thought snails had shells. : mindshot
  • yea, my bad - they are slugs I have now learned. I should have searched for the right word before posting : humbleone
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    In swedish (and danish?) we use the term "Snigel" (snail) for both slugs and snails. : nosseman
    • ye, this is what confused me @ translation : humbleone
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  They look like banana slugs to me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_slugs : Dechter
  • I think mem is right @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_slug : humbleone
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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_slug : mem
  • aye thanks ;) : humbleone
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  i heard they like beer ... you leave beer out for them in some contraption that they can enter but not ex... : pointyelbows
  • you were one click away... : focusdaily
• You can get Slug pellets here in the UK. Completely safe for anything but slugs/snails. The only probl... : Beady