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Thank God. I was just sitting here, wondering "Gee, when will the next crappy project by Nicholas Cage come out?"

Because I do love it when someone whose ability to talk... slowly... and pause... unnecessarily... and then... talkreallyfuckingfastandthen... pause... again... is somehow considered acting.

Fuck.

Congrats, Valerie! It's a damn shame I didn't win, though, because I was totally going to give my winnings to TK.

I, for one, love The Fountain and Darren Aronofsky!

(Sudden, horrific thought: Requiem's ass-to-ass scene featuring Diaz and Cage. *Shudder-retch*.)

Dammit, Dustin, it is too early in the morning! Aaaauuuuggghhhh!!!!

Crap, I can't even muster my usual level of geek anger at '80s revivals or video gmae movies anymore. I simply give up. If you want something done right you are going to have to do it yourself.

So expect to see my photo slideshow version of GI Joe vs. Cobra in a few weeks, folks. It will probably end up looking half-assed, nonsensical, and ten times better than whatever the big screen version will be at this point.

I, for one, love The Fountain, but this Wrestler sounds like rubbish.

Yeah... I don't really want to think about Cameron "Pockmark Face" Diaz's box. Or about her "pushing the right buttons" on it. On the other hand, that DOES sound pretty fuckin' scary!

Is Nic Cage the stranger exploring her box in the movie? "I could eat a peach for hours...."

Aw, that's sweet Kolby. I guess I'll have to buy the DVD myself, because Pajiba doesn't love me enough.

*sniff*

Stuart Beattie, who wrote Pirates of the Caribbean

Someone wrote a script for that? I thought it was just the filming of the minutes of a Disneyland management meeting.

How many times do people have to say that The Eye was a Hong Kong horror movie before people start remembering? It's a different style than the J-Horror genre. Of course, this is Hollywood, so it won't translate any differently.

"It's Asian and it's a horror movie, right? So we'll just make it like The Grudge and rake in the millions! What, the public has been quickly losing interest in the genre? Well let's cast Jessica Alba's ass, that always brings in the lonely guys."

Louise says: Just because you get a horrifying visual in your head does NOT mean you must share it with all of us. Gah.

OTOH, great choice for the heartbreaking moment winner.

Scully--I love The Fountain and Aronofsky, too! But Nic Cage? WHY! I will probably still have to watch it (rental). Yuck. Sad.

Well, hopefully it will be "In-the-hands-of-an-interesting-Director" Cage (as in Raising Arizona & Adaptation) and not...umm...everything else he's ever done.

"I want to take his face... off"

I had a lapse in judgement and automatically assumed Button Button was a story I wanted to adapt for film. I was, of course, thinking of the vastly superior The Ball Room by China Mieville, Emma Bircham, and Max Schaeffer. Phew. That was a close one. I almost posted a very, very angry rant over nothing.

The Eye wasn't Japanese. It wasn't J-Horror. It was an independent cooperative production between Hong Kong and Thailand film crews. Nothing to do with Japan. Your joke FAILS.

I mean. Boo. Jessica Alba desecrating one of the best films in recent memory. And to think, they almost cast Renee Zelwigger in that role. Let's give it up for the lesser of two evils, y'all!

That's it. I'm officically breaking up with Hollywood. I know I say this after pretty much every single trade round up but this time I mean it.

Goddamn.

Video-game movies universally suck because they're given to shit directors and crap screenwriters, because nobody gives a damn to start with.

Not because there's something inherently wrong with the story. If anything, the new crop of video games (Gears of War, Bioshock, Heavenly Sword) are as much cinematic as game. With a little editing, most of the new games are nearly movies as they are.

Congratulations, Valerie. But "missmle" should have won.

Disturbia was an aweful film! Boring as hell. I was almost (!) offended when I read the positive review on Pajiba. I guess it was one of those days where everything goes wrong but did you have to remind me today?! Not good.

Ugh.

That's all I got.

Ugh.

-- And now he's decided to cast Cameron Diaz, of all people, to star in his next film, The Box, a horror movie based on the Richard Matheson short story, "Button, Button"

Was this the story that was the basis for "the button unit" episode from the 1980's version of "The Twilight Zone"? Because that episode was actually pretty cool (I assume Cameron Diaz would play the Mare Winningham part). Now if only someone remade the "Nightcrawlers" episode as well.

-- And now he's decided to cast Cameron Diaz, of all people, to star in his next film, The Box, a horror movie based on the Richard Matheson short story, "Button, Button"

Was this the story that was the basis for "the button unit" episode from the 1980's version of "The Twilight Zone"? Because that episode was actually pretty cool (I assume Cameron Diaz would play the Mare Winningham part). Now if only someone remade the "Nightcrawlers" episode as well.

K, I've seen "Disturbia" and it was OK (I saw at the dollar movies). Don't go out of your way to see it or anything, but it was a pleasant enough diversion. And though this will make me sound like a member of the Shia LeBoeuf fan club, I actually saw "Transformers" this weekend (again, dollar movies, don't hate). Stupid as hell, but honestly, the worst part is when they made the stupid robots talk, one of them in some sort of ghettoish slang. A kid would enjoy it. I never saw the Transformers TV show, so I didn't care if they ruined it or not.

i know this will make me sound like i haven't gotten laid in years, but...

am i the only one who's going to point out that thundercats isn't a video game, it's a children's cartoon from the 80s that was amazingly awesome (basically ninja turtles meets star wars, but with cats) and then co-opted by hot topic circa 2004 for idiots who remember the show (and those that wish they did) to wear t-shirts of?

regardless, yes. the film will suck. (still gonna see it).

vinniedelpino... go back and watch it again. What was awesome to us as children will be absolutely horrible to us as adults. Seriously. The show is AWFUL now.

It's why I try to hold myself back from my moments of nostalgia... I end up being disappointed. Well, except for My Little Pony. That show rocks 4eva!

The Thundercats movie is said to be an origins flick, a coming-of-age story about Lion-O.

Thank God, I also had no idea who Lion-O or the Thundercats were. (At least until Vinniedelpino chimed in, anyway...)

That means there actually is a limit to the insanely huge amount of useless pop-culture trivia that's crammed into my brain, taking up wetdrive space that might otherwise be used for useful knowledge...

...Did I actually say "wetdrive?" Whoa, time to cut back on the geeky science fiction...

I really liked The Fountain, but I have to say, I'm skeptical about liking The Wrestler.

Totally off-topic, but there's an ad on the left side of the page with a picture of the Empire State Plaza on it - that's here in Albany, about a block from where I work. It's also one of the most hideous examples of 1970s-style architechture I've ever laid eyes on...ah, 50 times a day.

Anyway, yay for Albany?

What Lion-O backstory? His body aged from little kid to adult while they were all in suspended animation on their journey to Third Earth, so I guess the entire movie will be dream sequences he had, focusing primarily on Cheetara.

And yes, I am deeply ashamed of myself for knowing this, and also quite frightened, since I haven't seen it in 20 years. It's amazing what the mind retains.

Oh, my God - the segment from "The Office"! So tear-inspiring. I saw the Halloween episode the other night. That show is hilarious and sweet. Such a rare combination.

"...So, he starts working at a deli, gets involved with a stripper (classic!), falls for the stripper's son,..."

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I'm gonna just come out and say it:

Finally, some Cage anal action...

"Ancient spirits of evil. Transform this decayed form to Mumm-Ra, the ever living. ."

The Thundercats are on the move...the Thundercats are loose.... THUNDER, THUNDER, THUNDER, THUNDERCATS!

Valerie soooooo deserved to win. Congratulations. I never would´ve even thought that The Office would be a show in contention for most moving, touching and heartbreaking moment on television, but then when she listed it, I remembered how that episode brought tears to my eyes when I first saw it. It really was perfection and watching it again, I had the exact same reaction (tears in my eyes). Valerie deserves to win. A very worthy choice.

@pinkcheese...Don't feel bad. I remember the words to the freaking theme song. And I'm a girl, I should've been watching Jem and the Holograms. I now have the uncontrollable urge to throw a sword into the air and yell "Thundercats Hoooooooo!" (Not that I'm hating on Jem, I sometimes want to say "It's showtime synergy!" as well.) I am so ashamed of myself.

The "Button, Button" episode of Twilight Zone was very good, but very padded. How on earth are they going to stretch it into a 90 minute movie?

Aw, shucks. Y'all are too kind. But I love me some Office! Thanks for the love, Pajiba!

And now I will commence waiting by the mailbox for my 'Veronica Mars.' Can't wait!

From a Buick 8? Jesus Christ! A shitty King novel if there ever was one.

Ok, shittier than normal!

I read it and spent the entire time waiting for something, ANYTHING to happen! What a total waste of time. I don't see how anybody would want to make that.

did anybody else fucking hate Donnie (motherfucking) Darko? just the pic of that scene makes me nauseous. what a crock of self-indulgent pointless shit.

"...did anybody else fucking hate Donnie (motherfucking) Darko?.."

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No kidding, I've tried to watch it all the way through at least half a dozen times.
Still don't know what that's about.

I was, of course, thinking of the vastly superior The Ball Room by China Mieville, Emma Bircham, and Max Schaeffer

Robert - a fellow Mieville fan? Yay! I can see a screen adaptation of that story working very well. It's actually not one of my favorites - I like it more now that I've read it several times, but I prefer "Details" or "Looking for Jake" from that collection. But cinematically - yeah, that could be great.

Anyway, on topic - nah, I got nothin'. Except that I wonder if my boss will think it's inappropriate to leave work 6 hours early to binge on VMars now that s3 is out.

I think Southland Tales is going to be awesome.