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I always suspected organized religion would make me fat. smile

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Thanks, everyone! Your kind, reassuring words are the perfect birthday present for me, today. I'll be sure to respond to them in detail, tomorrow.

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Just about anything by Fincher that has VFX, particularly Fight Club and Panic Room.

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Just so no one has to go hunting for it, the inception of this occurs during the Pulp Fiction commentary, from 36:01 to 40:15.

Also, I was the one who came up with the name, "Tokes & Stokes" but did not receive credit! I am now contemplating legal action. Apparently, you guys didn't learn a damn thing. smile

P.S. My favorite episode was the season 2, two-parter during February sweeps, where Stokes gets kidnapped and Tokes has to find him in 12 hours before the confetti bomb surgically implanted in his stomach by a Yakuza crime boss explodes. What a nail-biter that one was!

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I'd suggest either After Hours, as it's a non-period piece that doesn't get discussed enough (also my favorite Scorsese film) or Shutter Island, because it would be really interesting to dissect what exactly went wrong.

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These days, being a geek is not the same thing as being a nerd.

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Yeah but that immediately goes away and the beatings commence the second this exchange happens:

"Really? Cool. What instrument do you play?"
"The Piccolo."

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1. Scott isn't a geek. He's a hipster.

2. I think you need to listen to Dorkman's rant at the end of this episode again.

3. Good for you about video games but this isn't a game. It's a movie, no matter how you dress it up and therefore, it must present itself accordingly and be judged by a certain criteria.

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I think the issue with time travel in Harry Potter that you're missing is TT is like a god-like cheat code in a game that removes any semblance of a challenge, rendering the whole affair pointless. If time travel exists in Harry Potter, most of Harry's struggles in life that make him who he is don't happen. It's the same thing with the cure-all blood in Star Trek Into Darkness. That's such a massive reset button, there's now zero consequence to anything that happens. Any and all stakes have now been completely removed.

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"Today, I'll dip my dick in a puddle." -Meghan

More Meghan, please?

Also, I'm glad Dorkman brought up the TV-movie, 12:01. It's pretty good and anyone who likes Groundhog Day should check it out.

I'm gonna be THAT GUY and admit I really enjoyed Muppets From Space. smile

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Oh please. I was stroking Trey long before it was cool. smile

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Trey, I suggest you watch the deleted and extended scenes for The Avengers. In Whedon's first cut of the film, Agent Hill was actually the "in" for the audience, the character whose perspective we experience much of the story through (if I recall correctly, there's an early draft where it's Captain America but Joss has said he scrapped that because it was too difficult and "boring" to follow such a boy scout the whole time). Naturally, as the running time got trimmed and the story re-worked, Agent Hill's role got significantly reshaped and slimmed down but she still played a part in enough scenes where they couldn't just simply cut the character out of the film, entirely.

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Ah, well, there we are then. I stand corrected. smile

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Are we even sure that anyone here (or on the panel) actually HATES Elysium? I mean, the movie's harmless and makes no big offense to science fiction cinema but it's just so disappointing (and at times, frustratingly dumb), which is quite heartbreaking, considering the pedigree of all involved.

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I think Jodie Foster was a fine choice. The problem wasn't a matter of casting, but the decision to give the character a weird, inconsistent accent of some kind. However, I agree that Tilda Swinton would have been better. Yes, it's obvious but for good reason. smile