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by merkin muffley
Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:35 am
Forum: Dune Talk
Topic: Bizarre empty Chinese city called 'Ordos'
Replies: 1
Views: 6845

Re: Bizarre Chinese empty city called 'Ordos'

Somebody should make an Inception-type movie there before people move in. Beijing Film Academy should be all over that shit.
by merkin muffley
Sat Sep 10, 2011 12:34 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Replies: 105
Views: 105269

Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

I haven't heard the song, but I found the restaurant's Facebook page. Their mascot is a dick with a face and two legs? I'd buy dinner there.
by merkin muffley
Fri Sep 09, 2011 1:06 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Replies: 105
Views: 105269

Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Freakzilla wrote:
SandChigger wrote:Big Dick's Halfway Inn
Classic
:lol: That is good.
by merkin muffley
Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:20 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Replies: 105
Views: 105269

Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Is that the one next to the Cheesecock Factory? This is off-topic...
by merkin muffley
Thu Sep 08, 2011 10:25 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Replies: 105
Views: 105269

Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

inhuien wrote:Like a dick shaped cake, this'll be cuming soon.
Cumgratulations. I like how you worked that in.
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by merkin muffley
Mon Aug 29, 2011 7:54 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New Board
Replies: 68
Views: 66247

Re: New Board

Thank you, Joseph!
by merkin muffley
Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:05 pm
Forum: Norse Mythos
Topic: A Good Idea but the Execution of it Sucks
Replies: 7
Views: 9931

Re: A Good Idea but the Execution of it Sucks

They should've told her to stop moving around, or at least given her a stool that doesn't swivel.

And it doesn't work at all to have her always on screen, superimposed over the information, rocking from side to side.
by merkin muffley
Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:20 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Total Recall Remake
Replies: 17
Views: 16943

Re: Total Recall Remake

Yeah, I bet I would like In Bruges. Will do.
by merkin muffley
Tue Mar 01, 2011 1:07 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Total Recall Remake
Replies: 17
Views: 16943

Re: Total Recall Remake

Maybe you guys want to take a look at some of his recent films. He's come a looooong way. Actually, it's not that I think he's a bad actor. He's been in some interesting films and worked with amazing directors. The thing is, I just don't like to watch him. I mean, looking back on his IMDb page, he'...
by merkin muffley
Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:29 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Total Recall Remake
Replies: 17
Views: 16943

Re: Total Recall Remake

SandChigger wrote: (Colin Farrell? :lol: )
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Omphalos wrote:What's wrong with Colin Farrell?
Sorry, in this debate, I'm on the side of NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by merkin muffley
Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:16 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Passwords
Replies: 9
Views: 11422

Re: Passwords

I'm going to change mine, both here and on Jacurutu. Haven't been asked to identify any kittens.
by merkin muffley
Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:08 pm
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: 2008 Macmillan, link, three video interviews & essay
Replies: 12
Views: 10564

Re: 2008 Macmillan, link, three video interviews & essay

We're much more cinematic writers...
:roll: :angry-screaming: :puke-front: :puke-huge:
by merkin muffley
Sat Jan 08, 2011 7:50 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: What if the South had won
Replies: 3
Views: 6886

Re: What if the South had won

The guy who made this brought the movie to Columbia and presented it. The best part of it is the advertisements for things like "Darkie" toothpaste, which are actually real modern day products. I can't remember much else of it :obscene-drinkingdrunk: :teasing-smokingcrack: , except that it...
by merkin muffley
Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:43 am
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 2006 SF Site interview by Killian Melloy
Replies: 27
Views: 16444

Re: 2006 SF Site interview by Killian Melloy

My guess is that it's something FH might have jotted down in notes but never used; a reference to the JFK line, before it became the meme that it is today, below average in the scope of FH ideas... OR ...it's one of the best fucking ideas KJA and BH have come up with, so they had to use it in two di...
by merkin muffley
Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:28 am
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 2006 SF Site interview by Killian Melloy
Replies: 27
Views: 16444

Re: 2006 SF Site interview by Killian Melloy

Arrakis: Men saw great danger there, and great opportunity. —PRINCESS IRULAN, in Paul of Dune Arrakis: Men saw great danger there, and great opportunity. —the PRINCESS IRULAN, entry in Paul of Dune I blogged about the one in PoD , about the epigraph being self-referential, but evidently had forgott...
by merkin muffley
Tue Dec 28, 2010 8:59 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New gizmo
Replies: 108
Views: 125589

Re: New gizmo

Now i need no longer move from the comfort of my bed. Hellooooo, Jabba-the-Hutness! You shall gain insight into the mind of Jabecca, who keeps three buckets by the bed: one for feces and urine, one for vomitus, and one full of cream puffs. You will also need to find a Kevin to tend to the buckets a...
by merkin muffley
Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:13 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Merry Christmas!!!
Replies: 16
Views: 21697

Re: Merry Christmas!!!

I celebrate Vaginismus, whenever I can. Merry Christmas everyone.
by merkin muffley
Mon Dec 13, 2010 2:23 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Maid-droid
Replies: 17
Views: 24069

Re: Maid-droid

Don't do it, it would be a stain on an otherwise prestigious career. Is that... hair gel?
by merkin muffley
Mon Dec 13, 2010 12:03 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Maid-droid
Replies: 17
Views: 24069

Re: Maid-droid

Japanese erotica is just too weird for me.

by merkin muffley
Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:22 pm
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: date unknown Simon & Schuster, disgusting fluff interview
Replies: 14
Views: 10853

Re: date unknown Simon & Schuster, disgusting fluff interview

Not a chance in hell.

The least Byron can do, though, is respond. I mean, come on, man.
by merkin muffley
Thu Nov 18, 2010 10:30 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Man in the High Castle miniseries
Replies: 22
Views: 17601

Re: Man in the High Castle miniseries

In Hollywood, a lot of people have awkwardly fumbled around with Dick. Many screenwriters, after failed attempts at adaptation, have said of Dick: "I just couldn't lick it."
by merkin muffley
Fri Nov 12, 2010 2:58 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Tron
Replies: 20
Views: 18882

Re: Tron

I think it looks pretty cool, although I do feel like I'm supposed to be more excited about it than I actually am. I'm also prepared for it to surprise me.

Jeff Bridges is awesome. (EDIT: I'm about a thousand times more excited to see him in True Grit, though, than I am about this one).
by merkin muffley
Sat Oct 30, 2010 7:42 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Avatar Trailer
Replies: 157
Views: 120894

Re: Avatar Trailer

SandChigger wrote:Meh. If it's going to be more of the same sanctimonious bullshit, I'll pass.
It's such an old-fashioned movie...
A Thing of Eternity wrote:I'll just turn off the audio and listen to some Pink Floyd or something, maybe buy some mushrooms. :wink:
...but that is probably a very good idea.
by merkin muffley
Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:35 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: New BSG series, Blood & Chrome
Replies: 23
Views: 17203

Re: New BSG series, Blood & Chrome

I have extremely sporadic television watching habits, and tend to catch up with four years of a series by watching all of the DVD's in the course of a month. So, I was late coming to BSG, but when I finally caught up to it just before the last year, it blew me away (and I realize I'm obviously I'm n...
by merkin muffley
Fri Sep 17, 2010 9:15 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: BSG Exhibition
Replies: 14
Views: 14617

Re: BSG Exhibition

That is going to be amazing. I went to the EMP in '05 when they had a huge Bob Dylan exhibit, and also visited the Sci-Fi side of it.
by merkin muffley
Wed Sep 08, 2010 10:43 am
Forum: Book Reviews
Topic: The Passage, by Justin Cronin
Replies: 4
Views: 7823

Re: The Passage, by Justin Cronin

That sounds really good. Thanks!
by merkin muffley
Fri Sep 03, 2010 1:07 pm
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: 2005: Preface to The Road to Dune (w/ KJA)
Replies: 10
Views: 9858

Re: 2005: Preface to The Road to Dune (w/ KJA)

I just remember not liking Road to Dune, and I do know that the main problem I had with it was the House Hoskanner thing written by KJA and BH. I think I'm definitely getting things mixed up. I thought there were alternate drafts that present a slightly different story than the one that was publishe...
by merkin muffley
Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:44 am
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: 2005: Preface to The Road to Dune (w/ KJA)
Replies: 10
Views: 9858

Re: 2005: Preface to The Road to Dune (w/ KJA)

IIRC his exact words were, "If it's worth reading we put it in RtD". I don't remember being too crazy about any of the alternate drafts that were in RtD, to be perfectly honest. Even with the FH stuff that was good, I couldn't help thinking "There's a reason this only made it to the ...
by merkin muffley
Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:59 pm
Forum: The Orthodox Herbertarian Jihad
Topic: The Safe Deposit Box, Why would they lie?
Replies: 31
Views: 28201

Re: The Safe Deposit Box, Why would they lie?

I'm agnostic, and what you're saying makes sense to me. I guess when I think of a person who declares themselves to be Atheist I think of Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens, and definitely don't think of a person who talks freely about channeling their relatives. But it's all good.
by merkin muffley
Thu Aug 26, 2010 8:54 am
Forum: The Orthodox Herbertarian Jihad
Topic: The Safe Deposit Box, Why would they lie?
Replies: 31
Views: 28201

Re: The Safe Deposit Box, Why would they lie?

Does being an athiest mean non-belief in all things supernatural? I thought it meant you didn't believe in God. :? To me, it's pretty weird to claim to be an atheist, but say you believe in guardian angels and ghosts. I'm sure there are belief systems that claim to be atheist, but also accept paran...
by merkin muffley
Wed Aug 25, 2010 8:27 pm
Forum: The Orthodox Herbertarian Jihad
Topic: The Safe Deposit Box, Why would they lie?
Replies: 31
Views: 28201

Re: The Safe Deposit Box, Why would they lie?

I am certain that she guided me to meet Kevin J. Anderson in 1997 :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :r...
by merkin muffley
Wed Aug 25, 2010 9:00 am
Forum: The Orthodox Herbertarian Jihad
Topic: The Safe Deposit Box, Why would they lie?
Replies: 31
Views: 28201

Re: The Safe Deposit Box, Why would they lie?

I feel a blaze of glory coming... Awesome. Douse the truck in gasoline. It's only in one instance so far but Byron says the boxes contained two floppies, a secret number of pages labeled Dune 7, and recipies. It's easy to dismiss the recipies till you see the KJA quote calling the notes and outline...
by merkin muffley
Thu Aug 19, 2010 8:34 am
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 2006 by Sandy Auden, 7 Suns only
Replies: 3
Views: 4481

Re: 2006 by Sandy Auden

I'd already had an idea that I thought was too good to use in a Star Wars novel. And he wonders why fans hate him. That character started out as part of a charity auction where two people in the audience, namely David and Linda Lotze, won a bid to get their name mentioned in one of my books. Hack. ...
by merkin muffley
Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:30 pm
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: 2009 : AMCfilmcritic.com
Replies: 19
Views: 14060

Re: 2009 : AMCfilmcritic.com

Freakzilla wrote:
SandRider wrote:huh ... I thought the unnecessary, stupid, pornographic violence was what made it YA ...
Good point.
Yeah, I guess that's true. Nebiros was right. Society is devolving! ;)=
by merkin muffley
Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:44 pm
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: 2009 : AMCfilmcritic.com
Replies: 19
Views: 14060

Re: 2009 : AMCfilmcritic.com

Nekhrun wrote: No Young Adult novels are as shit at McDune.
Very true, especially considering that all the unnecessary, stupid, pornographic violence makes it inappropriate for Young Adult fiction.
by merkin muffley
Tue Aug 17, 2010 7:58 pm
Forum: Byron Merritt
Topic: 2004: Russian FanSite Interview
Replies: 5
Views: 6504

Re: 2004: Russian FanSite Interview

Nekhrun wrote:
TheDukester wrote:
SoucheNozzle wrote:Have you read "Dune Encyclopedia" by Dr. Willis E. McNelly? What do you think of it?
No, I haven't read it.
Horse. SHIT.
He just read it since that interview and now confuses it with GEoD, remember?
That was awesome. They're SO busted for getting ideas from the DE.
by merkin muffley
Tue Aug 17, 2010 3:20 pm
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: 2009 : AMCfilmcritic.com
Replies: 19
Views: 14060

Re: 2009 : AMCfilmcritic.com

Maybe there could be Young Adult
Could be Young Adult? All of that shit is Young Adult.
by merkin muffley
Mon Aug 16, 2010 12:31 pm
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: 2009 : AMCfilmcritic.com
Replies: 19
Views: 14060

Re: 2009 : AMCfilmcritic.com

SandRider wrote:I guess, there's mud on the stairs, all the beer's gone,
and the dog's pregnant ...
:lol: Brian relapsed.
by merkin muffley
Mon Aug 16, 2010 6:48 am
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 2001: infinity plus
Replies: 9
Views: 6757

Re: 2001: infinity plus

BH: I have 50 or 60 pages single spaced just on the Bene Gesserit sisterhood. WHOA , SINGLE -SPACED!?!?!? :o I bet that's a fascinating document, full of piercing insight. :roll: And I just noticed this from Sev's signature: It was early 1974 before I made any attempt to read Dune. After forty page...
by merkin muffley
Sat Aug 14, 2010 8:03 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Jonah Hex
Replies: 10
Views: 11789

Re: Jonah Hex

Eyes High wrote:It was funny
Funny goes a long way. And I like Josh Brolin.
by merkin muffley
Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:10 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Jonah Hex
Replies: 10
Views: 11789

Re: Jonah Hex

Grace Parks is sexy. The only part of Transformers I've ever seen is the infamous Megan Fox looking under the hood of the car shot, and it almost made me want to watch the movie, despite my feelings abour Michael Bay.
by merkin muffley
Fri Aug 13, 2010 2:10 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Jonah Hex
Replies: 10
Views: 11789

Re: Jonah Hex

Yeah, she's not typically competing with Meryl Streep for roles.
by merkin muffley
Fri Aug 13, 2010 12:37 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Jonah Hex
Replies: 10
Views: 11789

Re: Jonah Hex

Megan Fox still can't act. Like anybody cares. :roll: There are lots of hotter actresses who actually can act, so I think this is a legitimate criticism. Alicia Witt, Natalie Portman, Scarlet Johannsen, Tom Hardy, all hotter than Megan Fox, all better actresses. So, Jonah Hex is just not worth seei...
by merkin muffley
Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:04 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Update of Dune's Replacement (snicker!)
Replies: 35
Views: 35511

Re: Update of Dune's Replacement (snicker!)

If you wanted to make a movie about naval warfare, why would you base it on one of the major naval battles? If you want to make a great war movie - you should adapt the board game "Risk." After seeing Inception, I would like to adapt "Jenga."
by merkin muffley
Mon Aug 09, 2010 1:27 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Update of Dune's Replacement (snicker!)
Replies: 35
Views: 35511

Re: Update of Dune's Replacement (snicker!)

I can that someone would use something to justify making a movie with big naval battles in it, but I don't understand using the game "Battleship" as the justification for the battle scenes.

Peter Berg is going to end up with the stupidest body of work in the history of cinema.
by merkin muffley
Thu Aug 05, 2010 1:11 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Total Recall Remake
Replies: 8
Views: 10910

Re: Total Recall Remake

Freakzilla wrote:LET DESE PEOPLE HAVE AYA!
:lol: So awesome.
by merkin muffley
Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:28 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Total Recall Remake
Replies: 8
Views: 10910

Re: Total Recall Remake

Total Recall is my favorite Arnold movie, and I can't imagine it without him. It sounds like a bad idea to me, who's gonna say "Two weeeks" and "Get yo ass to Mahs?" I guess it's also possible that they could make something completely different out of the book, but it shouldn't b...

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