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  1. 29-May-2008 #1
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    I give up... Hollywood is mad... 'The Incredible Shrinking Man'...

    ...So this was a pretty scary and bleak 1950s scifi film... Written by our beloved Richard Matheson of course!

    So in the 2010 remake, we have starring... *drum roll*... Eddie Murphy!



    So, the ending will have to be different to start with, because it's can't end so bleakly!!
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
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    Hollywood has gone mad!

    Help me! Help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

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    Is this a comedy or a serious movie?
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    Quote Originally Posted by slickwilly13 View Post
    Is this a comedy or a serious movie?
    It's going to be a comedy isn't it! What else

    Richard Matheson will turn in his grave! What next 'I Am Legend' the musical?
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
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    I smell Disney jumping on this.
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    So, the ending? Returns to normal size?

    ...and the comical twist in the last scene is the next day he gets up, and tries to put his slippers on, to find he's now a bit too big to fit in them... ie: He's now growing instead of shrinking
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neil View Post
    Richard Matheson will turn in his grave!

    richard matheson is still alive and kicking at the age of 82.
    "The bumps you feel are asteroids smashing into the hull."
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    I ****ing hate Eddie Murphy. **** comedian, **** actor.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SymphonicX View Post
    I ****ing hate Eddie Murphy. **** comedian, **** actor.

    yea cuz we should all hate someone who doesnt need help coming up with his own stuff
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    Quote Originally Posted by acealive1 View Post
    yea cuz we should all hate someone who doesnt need help coming up with his own stuff

    Now that's funny.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AcesandEights View Post
    Now that's funny.


    i cna name someone who needs help.



    carlos mencia. he steals everyones material
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neil View Post
    So, the ending? Returns to normal size?

    ...and the comical twist in the last scene is the next day he gets up, and tries to put his slippers on, to find he's now a bit too big to fit in them... ie: He's now growing instead of shrinking
    You're a profit, Neil!
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    Quote Originally Posted by MikePizzoff View Post
    You're a profit, Neil!
    I knew you were going to say that!
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
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    Quote Originally Posted by MikePizzoff View Post
    You're a profit, Neil!
    Yeah, to be honest, when I read what you wrote, Neil, I just nodded my head in a tired and disconsolate manner. Very good prediction.

    "Men choose as their prophets those who tell them that their hopes are true." --Lord Dunsany
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