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(Gamma Squad) Obvious Tom Cruise to star in an alien invasion movie with a Groundhog Day twist, exactly what Battlefield Earth was missing   (gammasquad.uproxx.com) divider line 42
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scottydoesntknow [TotalFark]
2011-12-01 04:38:50 PM
You know what it wasn't missing? Dutch angles.

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DubyaHater
2011-12-01 04:41:13 PM
scottydoesntknow: You know what it wasn't missing? Dutch angles.

Gotta hide the love handles somehow.
 
Car_Ramrod
2011-12-01 04:44:34 PM
Don't invade angry.
 
Doctor_TeethMD
2011-12-01 04:55:48 PM
So he can get anal probed over and over?
 
proton
2011-12-01 05:01:30 PM
a3.mzstatic.com
 
Zombie Eater
2011-12-01 05:03:11 PM
"Based on the graphic novel"

It's a sci-fi novel, not a graphic novel. There are no pictures beyond the manga cover, assholes. I know they're quoting the Variety article, but for fark's sake...
 
Treygreen13 [TotalFark]
2011-12-01 05:13:40 PM
As long as they sign on Dakota Fanning to scream and scream and scream for the entire movie, I'm sold.
 
Hagbard23
2011-12-01 05:25:13 PM
You know I only watched it once, but it sure felt like a Groundhog Day type scenario was going on. Damn thing seemed to take 40 years to finish watching.
 
dlatino3
2011-12-01 05:32:38 PM
..so judging by the headline...it's a documentary on Scientology?
 
orclover [TotalFark]
2011-12-01 05:49:29 PM
Ok now thats 2 new movies that he will be in?


Who the fark let Tommy out of the cage? I thought we were over this.
 
ngaoistyast
2011-12-01 05:50:28 PM
Sorry, but there was not a god damned thing missing from Battlefield Earth.
 
Roto-Rot
2011-12-01 06:06:45 PM
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GreatGlavinsGhost
2011-12-01 06:28:08 PM
ngaoistyast: Sorry, but there was not a god damned thing missing from Battlefield Earth.

Quality. Quality was missing.
 
video man [TotalFark]
2011-12-01 06:32:02 PM
Roto-Rot: [img683.imageshack.us image 446x549]

He IS a midget.
 
jvl
2011-12-01 06:32:22 PM
A Sci-Fi version of Groundhog Day? That would make a great SG-1 or Star Trek episode.
 
scottydoesntknow [TotalFark]
2011-12-01 06:33:26 PM
GreatGlavinsGhost: ngaoistyast: Sorry, but there was not a god damned thing missing from Battlefield Earth.

Quality. Quality was missing.

Ehhh you could always argue the merits on quality. I judge movies solely on whether or not they were able to successfully teach cave men the ability to fly super-sonic jets in a matter of days. Based on that, the movie is an A++
 
GreatGlavinsGhost
2011-12-01 06:46:12 PM
scottydoesntknow: GreatGlavinsGhost: ngaoistyast: Sorry, but there was not a god damned thing missing from Battlefield Earth.

Quality. Quality was missing.

Ehhh you could always argue the merits on quality. I judge movies solely on whether or not they were able to successfully teach cave men the ability to fly super-sonic jets in a matter of days. Based on that, the movie is an A++

Oh, I see. Sorry. I guess I'm gonna get audited again.

/Or some queen is going to come over to my house in the middle of the night and jump on my couch.
 
Contrabulous Flabtraption [TotalFark]
2011-12-01 06:49:37 PM
I predict the new Mission Impossible will fail. I don't think people want to see Tom Cruise anymore.
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2011-12-01 07:18:20 PM
Battlefield Earth was right up there with the most horrible films ever made. Keep in mind this scale not only takes into account how much it sucks, it involves budget which was huge, production values, first rate. Actors, all had good previous work. And it still was farking horrendous. That makes it worse than say an Ed Wood film, which has none of those advantages.

And I came to this conclusion having not known that Scientology Boy wrote it.
 
EdgeRunner
2011-12-01 07:28:03 PM
jvl: A Sci-Fi version of Groundhog Day? That would make a great SG-1 or Star Trek episode.

Or a flop movie called "Source Code" or "Next". Enough with the wash-rinse-repeat time travel stories already.
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2011-12-01 07:47:24 PM
EdgeRunner: jvl: A Sci-Fi version of Groundhog Day? That would make a great SG-1 or Star Trek episode.

I'm fairly certain that was a TNG episode.
 
fusillade762
2011-12-01 07:49:44 PM
Mugato: EdgeRunner: jvl: A Sci-Fi version of Groundhog Day? That would make a great SG-1 or Star Trek episode.

I'm fairly certain that was a TNG episode.

*that's-the-joke.gif*


the mental image of Tom Cruise exploding over and over

I'm OK with this.
 
fusillade762
2011-12-01 07:51:21 PM
jvl: A Sci-Fi version of Groundhog Day? That would make a great SG-1 or Star Trek episode.

28.media.tumblr.com

In the middle of my BACKSWING?!?
 
EdgeRunner
2011-12-01 07:52:05 PM
Mugato: EdgeRunner: jvl: A Sci-Fi version of Groundhog Day? That would make a great SG-1 or Star Trek episode.

I'm fairly certain that was a TNG episode.

It was also an SG-1 episode. Well played, jvl.
 
Jim_Callahan
2011-12-01 08:06:03 PM
EdgeRunner: Mugato: EdgeRunner: jvl: A Sci-Fi version of Groundhog Day? That would make a great SG-1 or Star Trek episode.

I'm fairly certain that was a TNG episode.

It was also an SG-1 episode. Well played, jvl.

To be fair, we should probably cite the people that put it in a TV serial first (well, I think, it sounds like something Dr Who or Quantum Leap might have done even earlier).
 
MurphyMurphy
2011-12-01 08:08:38 PM
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Any Pie Left
2011-12-01 08:15:37 PM
I don't get the hate for "Source Code"; I liked it a lot, though it didn't need the second ending after the frozen kiss moment.
 
real_headhoncho [TotalFark]
2011-12-01 08:26:15 PM
MurphyMurphy: [3.bp.blogspot.com image 320x266]

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chanarchive.org
 
StoPPeRmobile
2011-12-01 08:30:59 PM
scottydoesntknow: GreatGlavinsGhost: ngaoistyast: Sorry, but there was not a god damned thing missing from Battlefield Earth.

Quality. Quality was missing.

Ehhh you could always argue the merits on quality. I judge movies solely on whether or not they were able to successfully teach cave men the ability to fly super-sonic jets in a matter of days. Based on that, the movie is an A++

Woah
zacharyburt.com
 
AdolfOliverPanties [TotalFark]
2011-12-01 08:38:07 PM
He is a midget, but that pic above is misleading. Perspective means a lot.

img.dailymail.co.uk
 
EdgeRunner
2011-12-01 09:27:46 PM
AdolfOliverPanties: He is a midget, but that pic above is misleading. Perspective means a lot.

Not in Cruise's case. A total lack of perspective is the cornerstone of his personality.
 
StoPPeRmobile
2011-12-01 09:35:09 PM
fusillade762: jvl: A Sci-Fi version of Groundhog Day? That would make a great SG-1 or Star Trek episode.

[28.media.tumblr.com image 480x360]

In the middle of my BACKSWING?!?

One of my favorite episodes.
 
Farxist
2011-12-01 09:40:06 PM
EdgeRunner: AdolfOliverPanties: He is a midget, but that pic above is misleading. Perspective means a lot.

Not in Cruise's case. A total lack of perspective is the cornerstone of his personality.

why the hate?

he makes movies, some good, some bad.
he jumps on Oprah's couch.
afaik, he keeps his politics and personal views to himself.
 
Your_Huckleberry
2011-12-01 10:03:04 PM
fusillade762: jvl: A Sci-Fi version of Groundhog Day? That would make a great SG-1 or Star Trek episode.



In the middle of my BACKSWING?!?

"That'll play"

"Indeed."
 
Fano
2011-12-01 10:12:48 PM
AdolfOliverPanties: He is a midget, but that pic above is misleading. Perspective means a lot.

[img.dailymail.co.uk image 468x706]

www.photoblip.com

It sure does
 
NeoCortex42
2011-12-01 10:34:55 PM
MurphyMurphy: [3.bp.blogspot.com image 320x266]

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Tough call, but this one may be a close second:
featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com
 
JPINFV
2011-12-02 03:01:01 AM
Roto-Rot: [img683.imageshack.us image 446x549]

Wow, Justin Bieber looks good in a dress with tights on.
 
drjekel_mrhyde
2011-12-02 03:50:01 AM
JPINFV: Roto-Rot: [img683.imageshack.us image 446x549]

Wow, Justin Bieber looks good in a dress with tights on.

If him and me were locked up in jail he would be washing my drawers
 
Brigandaca
2011-12-02 04:19:09 AM
"A soldier in a war against aliens finds himself reliving his last day over and over after being killed"

Immediately reminded me of the Vatueil character in the latest Iain M. Banks Culture novel "Surface Detail".
 
farscape
2011-12-02 08:55:31 AM
NeoCortex42: MurphyMurphy: [3.bp.blogspot.com image 320x266]

/best
//episode
///evah

Tough call, but this one may be a close second:
[featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com image 500x333]

Indeed. Mivoks in a farbot.
 
gunga galunga
2011-12-02 10:55:17 AM
Any Pie Left: I don't get the hate for "Source Code"; I liked it a lot, though it didn't need the second ending after the frozen kiss moment.

Right. The whole alternate reality thing was too much of a tacked on happy ending. But good movie apart from that.
 
carl
2011-12-02 11:06:09 PM
I came to criticize Variety calling it a graphic novel, but instead, I'll just say this.

The quality of the story for me WAS the ages of the characters and what the Keiji has to learn. Frankly, a Westernized version of it would have done well with Daniel Radcliffe in the Keiji role as he's age-appropriate, he's got a small stature, and he could ride it into other adult oriented roles and leave the child actor behind.

Now it's going to suck.
 
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