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BOMB AWAY!('Stealth' review - laughable)
NY Post ^

Posted on 07/29/2005 3:49:01 PM PDT by frogjerk

STEALTH" imagines what would happen if a totally automated Navy bomber suddenly blew a microchip and started behaving like a 16-year-old girl.

The robot jet, called "EDI" (pronounced "Eddie"), illegally downloads MP3s (I'm not kidding), plays inappropriately loud rock music, sasses its superiors and finally hangs up on them. It even whines, "Leave me alone" in a flat yet sarcastic techno-voice that suggests HAL in "2001,'' KITT on "Knight Rider" and Paul Lynde on "Hollywood Squares."

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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Hollywood wonders why box office receipts are lame? Read the review of this stinker
1 posted on 07/29/2005 3:49:01 PM PDT by frogjerk
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To: Admin Moderator

Is that better?


2 posted on 07/29/2005 3:49:19 PM PDT by frogjerk
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To: frogjerk

Thanks


3 posted on 07/29/2005 3:50:28 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: frogjerk

Is it being marketed as a comedy?


4 posted on 07/29/2005 3:51:45 PM PDT by adorno (The democrats are the best recruiting tool the terrorists could ever have.)
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To: frogjerk
Read the review of this stinker

No need. The part you posted was more than enough.

5 posted on 07/29/2005 3:51:50 PM PDT by skip_intro
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To: frogjerk

looks like jamie foxx has his own 'best defense'.


6 posted on 07/29/2005 3:53:57 PM PDT by flashbunny (Always remember to bring a towel!)
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To: frogjerk

When I need laughs this Fall I'll rent the DVD from Blockbuster.


7 posted on 07/29/2005 3:54:29 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: frogjerk

That's good. A lot more people will now see a very good family movie, Sky High.


8 posted on 07/29/2005 3:54:32 PM PDT by HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath (Doctors may delay your death, but only Jesus Christ can save your life.)
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To: frogjerk

Hah! Reviewer calls it "roboflop!" Might make a good comedy when it comes on one of the movie channels.


9 posted on 07/29/2005 3:55:22 PM PDT by MizSterious (Now, if only we could convince them all to put on their bomb-vests and meet in Mecca...)
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To: frogjerk

How much more of the original article can I post in a reply to a poster?


10 posted on 07/29/2005 3:55:31 PM PDT by frogjerk
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To: Fitzcarraldo
The pilots, who refuse to complete missions because of their own freelance estimates of civilian casualties, sound less like warriors than members of PETA. One aborts a bombing raid on some nuclear bomb smugglers because onboard computers say "1,000 mammals" are nearby. So cows trump nukes?

He He

11 posted on 07/29/2005 3:56:25 PM PDT by frogjerk
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To: frogjerk

The truly 'funny' part about it is - I'd actually pay $7.50 to see a commercial free documentary on stealth technology.

Can't imagine I'd watch this if you paid me $7.50 with unlimited free refreshments.


12 posted on 07/29/2005 3:56:41 PM PDT by zencat (The universe is not what it appears, nor is it something else.)
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Hey, thanks. I was just about to go see this.

It was the only show I could find that didn't bash Bush or conservatives. Which by the way, even 'The Island' took a swipe at him.

13 posted on 07/29/2005 3:57:59 PM PDT by CT
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Micheal Medved said avoid it.
Jessica Biel has her moments in a bikini tho...

Too bad...

Go see the DOG movie says Medved...


14 posted on 07/29/2005 3:58:05 PM PDT by GRRRRR (Demorats, Terrorists...all the same to me...)
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To: adorno
Is it being marketed as a comedy?

Nope, but I think they should get the word out fast to recoup their losses.

15 posted on 07/29/2005 3:58:25 PM PDT by frogjerk
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To: frogjerk

I noticed the second round of commercials for this dropped the evil plane and just focused on the fighter jocks. Always a bad sign for a movie when they decide the plot (such as it is) isn't generating interest.


16 posted on 07/29/2005 3:59:46 PM PDT by discostu (When someone tries to kill you, you try to kill them right back)
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To: frogjerk

Why not just two hours of Jessica Biel swimming? The budget would be low and they'd sell more tickets.


17 posted on 07/29/2005 4:00:35 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Dean won't call UBL guilty without a trial, but thinks DeLay and Rove should be in jail)
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To: CT
'The Island' took a swipe at him.

I missed that.

Guess I need a "neural scan" . . .


18 posted on 07/29/2005 4:07:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: frogjerk

No matter. We are taking the kids to see Sky High this weekend.


19 posted on 07/29/2005 4:10:31 PM PDT by Stew Padasso ("That boy is nuttier than a squirrel turd.")
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To: frogjerk

Who's got the login stuff?


20 posted on 07/29/2005 4:15:38 PM PDT by hattend (Alaska....in a time warp all it's own!)
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