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  1. 11-10-2016, 03:05 PM #1
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    Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Besson)

    Prepare to witness every sci-fi trope ever.

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    I work in grocery. I have not gotten sick. My fellow employees have not gotten sick. If the virus were even remotely as contagious as its being presented as, why haven’t entire store staffs who come into contact with hundreds of people per day, thousands per week, all falling ill in mass nationwide?
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  2. 11-10-2016, 03:32 PM #2
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    I'm all for it. I need more scifi movies.
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  3. 11-10-2016, 10:51 PM #3
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    Looks wild. Can't wait.

    Also looks destined to bomb or not be particularly well-received, but I can already feel myself defending it.
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  4. 11-12-2016, 01:02 PM #4
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    That looks like a product, entirely manufactured.
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  5. 11-12-2016, 03:41 PM #5
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    It's based on a French comic which inspired many of the classic elements of Star Wars like the Millenium Falcon, the frozen carbonite and even the Clone Army.
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  6. 11-12-2016, 07:46 PM #6
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    Yeah, I feel like it's a John Carter of Mars problem where adapting it feels a bit been-there-done-that because the source material predates and influenced so much iconic stuff that came in its wake.
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    Safe (Haynes, 1995)
    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Parker, 1999)
    Beastie Boys Story (Jonze, 2020)
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    Jean-Claude Mézières was in fact pretty angry about Star Wars ripping him off and wrote letters to Lucasfilm complaining about it throughout the production of the OT. After Jedi, he got a magazine to publish this snarky illo:



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  8. 11-15-2016, 03:20 PM #8
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    That is wonderful.
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    Quote Quoting D_Davis (view post)
    Uwe Boll movies > all Marvel U movies
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    I work in grocery. I have not gotten sick. My fellow employees have not gotten sick. If the virus were even remotely as contagious as its being presented as, why haven’t entire store staffs who come into contact with hundreds of people per day, thousands per week, all falling ill in mass nationwide?
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