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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 02:53 PM Original message |
Every time the film "Independence Day" is on, I can't believe how bad it is |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. But Dennis Quaid was GREAT in it. Like that time he trashed alien motel & fled w/o paying |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Randy Quaid! Randy Quaid! |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
40. "Shitter's Full, Clark!" |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Wrong Emmerich movie. |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. I dunno, Big Names, Aliens, big things blowing up.....what's not to like? |
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Curtland1015 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's terrible, isn't it? I love the part where the explosive fireball... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. The dog jumping out of the fireball is the worst thing I've ever seen on the big screen |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. I've always wondered how the Jeff Goldblum character and his father |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
55. Especially when all lanes would be outbound to evacuate the city |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well, you didn't see it on a HUGE screen within walking distance of sites destroyed in the movie! |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. They blew up Houston. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yes, I thought it was awful too (nt) |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. It was great in the movie theatre |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I first saw it in the theater |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. That was part of the fun |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Can you believe so many folks take this movie seriously? Mars attacks is a great follow up. nt |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. FWIW, I hate Mars Attacks! too |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Oh god, I loved Mars Attacks |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Yeah, I liked it too. A truly stoopid movie. Glen Close was great! |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #32 |
45. any movie where Slim Whitman saves the day is okay by me. |
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Ineeda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #45 |
62. And yodeling! I mean, we can't ever underestimate the destructive force of yodeling. n/t |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. In DC, it was at the Uptown, a 1/2 hour walk from the White House! The Uptown ran it 24 hrs... |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. Do you expect it to get better as the years go by? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. No, but I kind of hoped that it wouldn't suck worse than I remembered. |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. On the other hand, I enjoyed Men In Black |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Men In Black was (and remains) terrific! |
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lillypaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. Now a really good sci-fi film is |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. there are far worse conventional films than that one... IMHO |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Perhaps, but I didn't watch them yesterday |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. EarthS A Earth S A!! |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. What fat lady? Why are you obsessed with this fat lady? |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
23. As a Computer Person, the idea that "Our" Computer Code would run with.. |
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Mixopterus (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Yeah |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #23 |
56. Apple OS is apparently written completely in binary |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
24. I think it's a great movie to have on when I'm busy around the house. |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
26. Armageddon is worse |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Unquestionably! |
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Mixopterus (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Armageddon IS terrible... |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. This crapfest defies the laws of physics. |
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Mixopterus (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. You may have a point |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Armageddon has NO redeeming features whatsoever. nt |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Oh, I dunno about that. |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 09:35 AM Response to Reply #26 |
63. Armageddon was a scream |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #26 |
64. Puke Fest!!! |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
37. Where do you think Bush Got the Inspiration for the Flight Suit? |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. Independence Day is |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
41. The Rifftrax is a riot though. Totally worth a download. |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
42. What the Evil Aliens Don't Know |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #42 |
54. well, Jeff Goldblum's character was part Nigerian |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:48 AM Response to Reply #54 |
60. Nice! |
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kaiden (811 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
43. It defied reason. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
44. Yes it is, but I still watch it every couple of years just because. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
46. Reagan said the world would come together to fight an alien threat. |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
47. That's actually my attitude towards Top Gun. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I've always thought the same thing |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
49. No, it was not a good movie |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
50. It's a fun movie, with plenty of action and spectacular affects |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. +1 |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #52 |
61. Oh, relax |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
51. I liked it, and i usually don't like summer blockbuster-types... |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
53. It's bad, but it's enjoyably bad |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #53 |
66. Mars Attacks came out decades before Independence Day |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. I meant the Tim Burton movie |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
57. *ahem* The Core |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
58. I have a sick love for "Independence Day," precisely because of its badness. |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
59. The theme song sounds extremely similar to Deutschland Uber Alles |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
65. I'm convinced Bush based his flight suit appearance on that movie. |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
68. watched it again this past week--it is just fun. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
69. The first time I saw it -- |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
70. I love how Devlin/Emmerich always steal scenes from other movies. |
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