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Sci-fi Worthy of Malthus
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| May 1, 2013
| Jonah Goldberg
Posted on 05/01/2013 7:18:29 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: mykroar
My father says it is the American way to “Take a good thing and overdo it.”.
The Hollywood paradigm is to beat the horse until it is very very obviously a dead horse.
As long as “take over the White House” movies make money - even with B actors and low budgets - they will continue to make “take over the White House” movies.
They will take an original idea - strip it of it’s essential core - and make sure it is formulaic of what ‘worked’ before.
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:05:16 AM PDT
by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
To: GeronL
It has everything! Ah, and the pathos, man, the pathos of that ending.
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:05:38 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: MrB
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:07:20 AM PDT
by
enduserindy
(A painted trash can is still a trash can.)
To: Kaslin
I liked the movie. My boys wanted to see it.
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:08:23 AM PDT
by
enduserindy
(A painted trash can is still a trash can.)
To: enduserindy
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:09:45 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: enduserindy
Yeah, and the fact that it was actually being shipped to someone(it appeared on the ship’s manifest). did they order from Herpes R Us?
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:11:36 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: enduserindy; Army Air Corps; KevinDavis
Lol.
Trying to protect Europa from an alien water stealing fleet might be easy, but trying to keep small stealthy alien ‘wildcatters’ from taking chunks of icy asteroids would be like defending the border with 2guys and a mule.
That is the perfect job for washed-up child actors!
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:12:33 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: GeronL
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:16:09 AM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Do we now register our pressure cookers?)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:17:27 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: GeronL
Heck, they could even play low-rent mercenaries who are hired for the job!
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:20:03 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: allmendream
You can say that again, especially after the lousy remakes of once excellent movies
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:20:05 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
(He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
To: allmendream
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:22:03 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Army Air Corps
Bump
Another good trope. I guess the icy rocks could be owned by corporations, these guys hunt claim jumpers and run into alien wildcatters.
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:24:31 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: GeronL
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:25:15 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: GeronL
Heck, the icy rocks could be held off-limits by the Department of the Interior...
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:26:18 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: GeronL
Too bad Gabby Hayes is dead...
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:27:25 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Army Air Corps
United Solar Dept of Interior
So, our heroic stars are ... Park Rangers?
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:28:18 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: Army Air Corps; GeronL
Perhaps Lucas Electric had all the starship wiring contracts. ROTFLMAO! Prince of Darkness Ping!
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:28:32 AM PDT
by
6ppc
(It's torch and pitchfork time)
To: Army Air Corps
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:29:09 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: GeronL
The Park Rangers stuble upon a nefarious plot on the part of President of Earth...
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:29:21 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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