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Reply #135 - Apr 14th, 2012 at 9:56am

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In a blatant act of hijacking this "Planet of the Apes" sequel thread, I'd like to mention a "Today's News Story"

News to some:

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North Korean Rocket Breaks Up on Liftoff
http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/12/11168783-north-korea-rocket-brea...

North Korea faces rocket reality: Failure is an option

Space experts say making things go boom is easy; controlling the blast is hard
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47043711


Not to others:
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It seems the North Koreans are always the last to know...

Rocket Launch? What Rocket Launch? Shocked
http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/13/11185972-failed-rocket-launch-wh...


 

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Reply #136 - Apr 14th, 2012 at 10:54am

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All discussion of PLANET OF THE APES, sequels, remakes, timelines etc should go here:


http://sf.theboard.net/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1334418641/0#0
 
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Reply #137 - Apr 25th, 2012 at 8:15am

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Reply #138 - Apr 25th, 2012 at 2:04pm

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Reply #139 - Apr 25th, 2012 at 7:31pm

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Reply #140 - Apr 30th, 2012 at 12:05pm

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Great news for our sister Thon'.

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NASA Announces Plans To Put Man On Bus To Cleveland
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL—Hailing the dawn of a new era in long-distance highway travel, NASA officials unveiled Monday the agency’s ambitious plans to put a man on a bus to Cleveland, OH by early 2013.

The complex and dangerous three-day mission, dubbed “Chariot I,” is expected to pass through six states and include two brief transfers in Atlanta and Louisville in both directions, at a reported total cost of $360 dollars plus taxes and fees.

“For almost as long as our nation has existed, man has gazed upon a map of the eastern United States and dreamed of traveling to Cleveland, the largest metropolitan area in Ohio,” NASA administrator Charles F. Bolden, Jr. said at a press conference announcing the agency’s first major initiative since the discontinuation of the space shuttle program. “Until now, the immense physical and psychological risks involved in any manned mission had put that dream sadly out of reach.”

“But not anymore,” he added. “Next year we are going to Cleveland and back.”

Standing next to a scale model of the vehicle that will make the difficult 1,215-mile voyage—a Motor Coach Industries 102DL3 equipped with...
Shocked

http://www.theonion.com/articles/nasa-announces-plans-to-put-man-on-bus-to-cleve...
 

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Reply #141 - May 3rd, 2012 at 2:18pm

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John Edwards Mistress Wanted to Say She Was 'Abducted By Aliens'


When the National Enquirer broke a story that presidential candidate John Edwards was having an affair, Edwards' campaign was worried by mistress Rielle Hunter's initial reluctance to issue a denial. Instead, she wanted to put out a flip statement that she was "abducted by aliens."

http://gma.yahoo.com/john-edwards-mistress-wanted-she-abducted-aliens-132445737-...


Hey it had to work better than the truth. Still, this could have been a great tie-in for the release of "Paul"! Cheesy

ps. Your narrator just got back from a colonoscopy performed by a foreign-born doctor...so yes, being probed by an alien: been there, done that! Wink
 

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Reply #142 - May 4th, 2012 at 6:26pm

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One of you guys could have written this.

Buyer beware: Your local theater will make 'Avengers' look like dung

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Greg Vellante, an excellent young movie critic for the North Andover Eagle Tribune, is up in arms about how lousy "The Avengers" looks at the Regal Fenway -- and let's be honest, how almost every movie looks at almost every multiplex across the land. His piece, drolly titled "Critic Smash," describes the experience of watching the superhero extravaganza at a press screening with projection that rendered the movie a depressing monochromatic washout.


http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/blog/2012/05/buyer_beware_yo.html?p1=Well_MostPo...
 

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Reply #143 - May 5th, 2012 at 11:11am

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Metaluna wrote on May 4th, 2012 at 6:26pm:
One of you guys could have written this.

Buyer beware: Your local theater will make 'Avengers' look like dung

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Greg Vellante, an excellent young movie critic for the North Andover Eagle Tribune, is up in arms about how lousy "The Avengers" looks at the Regal Fenway -- and let's be honest, how almost every movie looks at almost every multiplex across the land. His piece, drolly titled "Critic Smash," describes the experience of watching the superhero extravaganza at a press screening with projection that rendered the movie a depressing monochromatic washout.


http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/blog/2012/05/buyer_beware_yo.html?p1=Well_MostPo...


i heard that seeing it in imax 3d is like avenger cake and eating it too.
 

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Reply #144 - May 5th, 2012 at 5:45pm

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I have to agree.  I loved the movie but not the projection.....
 

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Reply #145 - May 8th, 2012 at 6:12pm

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Just couldn't resist............ Cheesy


(apparently, it was part of an 'innocent' counting lesson on the show)
 
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Reply #146 - May 18th, 2012 at 2:25pm

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RIDLEY SCOTT’S NEW BLADE RUNNER IS OFFICIALLY A SEQUEL & WILL STAR A WOMAN IN THE LEAD ROLE!

http://www.themarysue.com/blade-runner-woman-star/
 

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Reply #147 - May 18th, 2012 at 3:35pm

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RIDLEY SCOTT’S NEW BLADE RUNNER IS OFFICIALLY A SEQUEL & WILL STAR A WOMAN IN THE LEAD ROLE!...http://www.themarysue.com/blade-runner-woman-star/


"They're only questons Ridley."

"Ridley: describe the good things that come into your mind about...your mother."

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Ridley Scott: "I’m used to very strong women because my mother was particularly strong, and my father was away all the time. My mother was a big part of bringing up three boys, so I was fully versed in the strength of a powerful woman, and accepted that as the status quo"


Whew, Ridley passed the Voight Kampf test! Wink

Leon didn't do so well...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiuAI-GuOOc
 

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Reply #148 - May 18th, 2012 at 7:06pm

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R_F_Fineman wrote on May 18th, 2012 at 3:35pm:
Whew, Ridley passed the Voight Kampf test! Wink

Leon didn't do so well...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiuAI-GuOOc

He did better than Holden.
 

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Reply #149 - May 22nd, 2012 at 8:56am

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Falcon 9 launches into orbit, delivering supplies to the ISS
http://www.q13fox.com/news/nationworld/os-spacex-launch-falcon-2nd-attempt-20120...

Famous departed supporters of space exploration have hitched a ride.
http://news.yahoo.com/scotty-trip-final-frontier-spacex-rocket-174001331.html


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Falcon 9 carries a secondary payload as well - a container holding lipstick-tube-sized canisters filled with cremated remains.

The deceased include Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper, who died in 2004, and actor James Doohan, who portrayed chief engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on the original Star Trek television series. Doohan died in 2005.


James Doohan needs no introduction to this audience. Gordon Cooper (accurately portrayed by Dennis Quaid in "The Right Stuff") was a veteran of Merury 7 and Gemini 5. He's slept in space before. He will sleep there forever more.

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