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  God damnit, how does Michelle Rodriguez continue to get work? Is it that hard to find another butch chic... : burning eye
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    Because shes fun to watch. : pimpium
    • ill agree with this post. shes fun. she doesnt do much besides the tough girl act, but she does it well e... : jujubeads
  • because she is hot. : CoRDS
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    because Vasquez is too old these days. : grabbie
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      where's Vasqie, WHERE'S VASQIE! : BeowolfSchaefer
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        If you're quoting what I think you're quoting, he's actually yelling "Wierzbowski" *adjusts monocle* : Bantha Fodder
        • ^^^ Wierzbowski hunter : cerealSAM2
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      hey Vasquez. have you ever been mistaken for a man? : pimpium
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        No, have you?

        Jan 11, 2011 6:36pm PST
        No, have you? : Volatus32x
    • /pours out 40oz : DialDforDan
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    Because she will kick your ass then rape you, forcibly. : shortbuscaptain
    • SO HARD : sanchez
    • as opposed to raping you using the power of suggestion : deject
  • because she's hot. : sKetchflow
  • i dislike her too : bolneze
  • pics of chair then we'll talk : halophoenix
• Black Hawk Down with aliens. Im there. : pimpium
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  i so hope this is good, but it probably wont be : Maarten Goldstein
  • It wont be worse than Skyline. haha : pimpium
  • Yeah that's where I'm standing with it. Looks great in trailer form, but I have a feeling it's going to b... : Godhatesfatpeople
• I've got high hopes for this one. : Volatus32x
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  god i love explosions and special fx and melancholy robots singing : mXENO
  • the theme song rocks man listen till the end, its pretty epic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPH7LXPZFB... : iwonthelottery
• Looks like a good action movie for sure. Will watch. : lodit
• Nuts: Exploded. : Shivawn
• FUCK YEAH! : pigvomit
• yes yes YES! : Visceral Monkey
• could be good. left a real terminator impression, which isn't bad if done right. : c0ucheh
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  I'll probably see it but I wish writers would come up with better reasons for alien invasions than "for o... : Herman Toothrot
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    it's either that, or "their god told them to", or "for the lulz" (mars attacks) : dirge23
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      we really do need another 'for the lulz' movie. where the hell is Mars Attacks 2, Tim Burton!? : mikecyb
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        do you think movies like that are plausible anymore? with all the armchair expert critics expecting oscar... : Downforce
        • Machete don't text! : On the Brane
        • I'm not sure if you are actually asking if I think comedy movies are plausible or not : mikecyb
        • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD425EnZt6w : Arceihn
      • Dude's gonna go through every Victorian fantasy book before he makes another MA2. : azshack
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      At least religious or warmongering are things that might be realistic. Resources aren't. We have nothin... : Herman Toothrot
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        do other worlds have oil? : spiderfill
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          What, do their faster than light engines run on gasoline? : lechuck59
          • 50 light years per gallon! : Xencer
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        the smart way to go is that humans are the resource. : dirge23
        • So they kill us all? : lechuck59
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        If their homeworld had similar gravity, atmosphere, climate etc, then our world could be pretty rare, if ... : GloriousCow
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          Our surveying suggests all the time that planets like earth are more and more common than we previously t... : SpaecKow
          • I don't think I'd expect other intelligent life to be from a planet significantly similar to our own. : Herman Toothrot
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            Maybe they are all spoilt by sapient industry? : Vantage
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              Also, perhaps they didn't expect us to put up much of a fight, much like the brits rolling into town acro... : Vantage
              • If that was really cheap and easy empire would have never ended, homie! : SpaecKow
            • Why would ALL habitable worlds give rise to sapient orders of life? : SpaecKow
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        But we're the least hostile planet in the solar system. Sure there might be greater amounts of resources... : classicfork
        • Oops reverse that, it's much easier coming here than going to another planet in this system. : classicfork
        • We're the least hostile to us. That says nothing at all about what is least hostile to an alien species.... : Herman Toothrot
    • Mars Attacks had a great motive. I love that movie. : pigvomit
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    I've always wanted to see a species invade because it simply liked killing, or couldn't abide the existen... : Lone Swordsman
    • Animal siblings will sometimes gang up on or kill their weaker brothers or sisters. We could take this mo... : Dr_Cube
    • That's not a bad idea actually, considering the idea of "survival of the fittest" on a galactic scale : hobosapien
    • /The Apocalypse Troll]/: http://www.webscription.net/10.1125/Baen/0671578456/0671578456.htm Mutineer's M : Wadmaasi
  • No kidding. I thought our resources were already wearing thin at this point. I think they want our women. : u sir name
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    What better reason is there? : sanchez
    • Anything, really. Our planet has resources, sure, but there's far far more on other worlds that aren't i... : Herman Toothrot
  • maybe we have no idea why they are invading in this movie? maybe that is an assumption someone in the mo... : grendel
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    Maybe its explained that they think the Humans will attack with their wmd's so they pre-emptively strike ... : soggybagel
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      Why put yourself in a position to be struck by wmd's? Our nuclear missiles are suborbital, they could ha... : Herman Toothrot
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        Why do you give a shit? : soggybagel
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          I'm interested in speculative science fiction and I find these concepts worth thinking about. The reason... : Herman Toothrot
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            Because there are none. There is not a plausible explanation for why a alien race would invade us becaus... : soggybagel
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              What if there was something unique on the planet that they want? Not resources, those are too generic an... : Herman Toothrot
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                What you just came up with is what writers call a macguffin. And really that reason is ostensibly the sa... : soggybagel
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                  It's only a macguffin if it plays no other role in the plot. If it's advanced even to the aliens, who's ... : Herman Toothrot
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                    I understand completely what you're going on about, but what you need to realize is that the aliens and t... : soggybagel
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                      Which is kind of what you just pointed out too. If its advanced to the aliens, its advanced for humanity... : soggybagel
                      • I agree but I don't see how I would be taking that away by giving the aliens decent motives. : Herman Toothrot
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                      That's all well and good but if they're going to make the motives explicit, they should at least have pla... : Herman Toothrot
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                        What you're asking for is scientifically plausible explanations for why a alien species would want to inv... : soggybagel
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                          Yes, that's my criticism. : Herman Toothrot
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                            I think its a bit of a rote point. Your example of some sort of technology that somehow crashed upon ... : soggybagel
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                              I think we would notice a big fucking fleet in orbit : Xencer
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                                Not if it was invisible to all human detection! BECAUSE THEY'RE ALIENS! : soggybagel
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                                  We'd be able to see their heat signature at least. Stealth in space is pretty much impossible. : Herman Toothrot
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                                    Not if they're really advanced and have heat signature deflection technology. : soggybagel
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                                      Doesn't matter how advanced it is, the heat has to go somewhere and when it does, we'll see it. : Herman Toothrot
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                                        Advanced heat diffusion tech via extremely low pressure gas emission in the cool temp of space. Prototyp... : soggybagel
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                                          It would still be way hotter than anything else near it and we'd be able to see it. The only way the spa... : Herman Toothrot
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                                            Is it not possible that if an alien species is capable of interstellar travel they could have figured out... : soggybagel
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                                              I'm not trying to be a smart ass here either. But if resource grabs are implausible and done to death, w... : soggybagel
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                                                Because there's no plausible mechanism by which they could remain hidden from us unless they stuck to the... : Herman Toothrot
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                                                  So you're all about plausibility in the event of ALIEN INVASION. : soggybagel
                                                  • I see no reason to abandon plausibility simply because you're writing fiction. : Herman Toothrot
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                                              I don't see how either of those scenarios would play out. I've already told you that they would necessar... : Herman Toothrot
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                                                Here's an interesting read about it. The entire site is interesting but this is the section specifically... : Herman Toothrot
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                                                  Again I can simply counter with the fact that this is grounded in humanities understanding of mathematica... : soggybagel
                                                  • Imagine if you will trying to explain the theory of relativity to an ape. That is the gulf that humanity... : soggybagel
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                                                    Yes, let's throw out everything we know because we're too lazy to come up with a scenario that makes sens... : Herman Toothrot
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                                                      So lets see here. If we assume that these aliens are intergalactic space travelers it means they've over... : soggybagel
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                                                        Why do I have to come up with something implausible? Why can't they simply have been traveling very clos... : Herman Toothrot
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                                                          Because there is an inherent implausibility regarding alien contact. : soggybagel
                                                          • In any event I had fun. I was mostly just fucking with you. Good night. : soggybagel
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                                    Cloaking device. : thetangent
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                                      Cloaked or not, the craft would still radiate heat. : Herman Toothrot
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                                        if they radiate it in a beam directly away from earth how would we see it? : GloriousCow
                                        • This is the only plausible method, however, I'd point out that that method would only be useful against c... : Herman Toothrot
                                      • Ah, you must not understand Star Trek physics. ;) : thetangent
                                • So robots are capable of not emitting any type of radiation, especially when their ships have fucking roc... : Xencer
                            • And ultimately it leads to the same point. Humanity fighting. : soggybagel
                            • It's equally as fictional but it's far more plausible in terms of why they invade in the first place rath... : Herman Toothrot
                          • Perhaps the aliens motives are so advanced that humans cannot wrap their mind around them and assume they... : soggybagel
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                they want to probe us in the anus : GloriousCow
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                  They're looking for you, specifically, Cow. : Herman Toothrot
                  • they want to mine my unudderium : GloriousCow
  • They want a summer house. : shortbuscaptain
• Crysis the movie. I don't know about this one. I am thinking rental. : Dr_Cube
• This movie looks amazing. : ajvitaly
• fuck yeah : hobosapien
• Trailer looks ok, but it could be another Skyline. Will wait for reviews on it. : Dynotaku
• I want to watch this. : Moonbase Commander
• Yeah, I'll be going to see this. : Colleton
• My wiener is in an upright position and ready for this one to land. : J2 Analog
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  first see if water hurts them, second, amoebas : NastyNorman
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    Landing in the water may be a hint these Aliens don't give a fuck about either. : TemporalParadox
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      It turns out, OXYGEN KILLS THEM! : Xencer
      • This war will last a very long time. : Wisp!
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  Aliens with FTL and resources problems? Aliens with FTL that use rockets? How is that possible? Trailer l... : TemporalParadox
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    What are you even saying? : lodit
    • he's saying at least they could have done some friggin RESEARCH into ALIENS : crummynz
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    Who says they have resource problems. They might just love to hoard things. : thecray
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      Maybe these aliens don't NEED additional pylons, they just want them. : lodit
      • HAHA, how epic would the movie be if it was of protoss trying to build their pylons? : Xencer
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    I kinda wish a movie would come out in which the advanced alien ships or human ships or whatever weren't ... : Herman Toothrot
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      For what it's worth, I believe that *is* what they are doing. In other info about the film, you learn tha : Visceral Monkey
      • If they do that, I'll be pretty happy about it. Space travel with the added issues of time dilation is f... : Herman Toothrot
  • They're ships still need oil and it's getting REALLY hard to find. : pigvomit
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    What is FTL? : soggybagel
    • "Furry Third Leg" : Vantage
    • Faster Than Light : Sapiens
    • Impossible :P : Herman Toothrot
• Hope level: cautious optimism. : kallanta
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  PEW PEW PEW PEW PEWWWW!!!!!!! : Drewus
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    It looks shitty btw : Drewus
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      You look shitty : red2lucas
      • NO U : Drewus
• This movie looks awesome. I hope it turns out that way. : bozer
• This isn't District 9 - 2. : MeestaNob
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  Aliens would kill us all with biological weapons : gmd
  • Or we would kill the aliens with a common germ! : pigvomit
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    Assuming we're not immune to said biological weapons. : K1Bond007
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      I'm sure they wouldn't plan for that, at all. : gmd
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        They probably wouldn't consider it for most biological weapons in their stock. Would we? It'd be a passin... : K1Bond007
        • I still think any race capable of traveling the stars will be largely if not entirely non-biological when... : Vincent Grayson
        • They probably wouldn't have a stock. Can't tell what type of genetic code they have. Take DNA sample, m... : kingdepork
  • Not if we could somehow put a virus on their mothership's computer first. "Welcome to Windows EARF!!!" : MeestaNob
  • they traveled the gulf of intergalactic space. they probably would just wait a century or two and see if... : harold.johnson
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  I have to admit, the scene where the aliens are storming the beach is pretty badass. : Visceral Monkey
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    I was expecting Hell March from Red Alert to start up. : ArtilleryMarker
    • Hahaha, that would be the best thing imaginable. : thetangent
• Oh holy shit, I am definitely seeing this. : thetangent
• what do you think they are looking for? : rhekua
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  I wonder if you ever get a decent look at the aliens in the movie, or will it all be fast cut action. I h... : moshman
  • I am sure you do. You can tell they are purposely avoiding showing them for the trailer. : lodit
• do want : Bantha Fodder
• Excited!! Reminds me of District 9. : sodomy
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  Let's be honest here, Los Angeles is not that much better of a place to settle down in than District 9. T... : Wikus Van De Merwe
  • Hey, I've lived here my whole life, and while I don't exactly love this place, let's not go overboard. : thetangent
• yeah because aliens couldn't go to an uninhabited planet instead. Nope. They have to build robots with mi... : gyokuro
• looks fun, I hope horrible characters / dialogue don't fuck it up too much (e.g. like in Terminator 4) : razorblade79
• Looks like too much stuff packed in. Either we just saw the whole movie unfold or it's just going to be a... : nwillard
• Will not watch the trailer! I already know too much about the movie, just give it to me already plskthx. : ovrlrd
• That trailer gave me the shivers. Can't wait. : razlebol
• This looks amazing, hopefully it doesn't have a heroic ending like in Independence Day : hanged_man