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Old 04-26-10 | 08:01 PM
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This looks AMAZING!!!!!!
Old 04-26-10 | 08:11 PM
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The acting looks to be top notch!!
Old 04-26-10 | 08:13 PM
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Looks awesomely bad. How could I not go see it?
Old 04-26-10 | 08:15 PM
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I thought that was Richard Dreyfus for a second. I spit my drink out when I thought I saw that.
Old 04-26-10 | 08:25 PM
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I want to be in. But this doesn't look remotely interesting. 3D boobies are sure to get applause at the theater.
Old 04-26-10 | 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Solid Snake PAC
I thought that was Richard Dreyfus for a second. I spit my drink out when I thought I saw that.
I've seen the trailer in the theatre 2x and thought the same thing, how did they get him? But I take it, it's not Dreyfuss. That would have been a cool cameo.
Old 04-26-10 | 08:38 PM
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ummmm guys....that is richard dreyfus.
Old 04-27-10 | 09:54 AM
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Wow I just lost all interest in this. It looks beyond horrible.
Old 04-27-10 | 10:13 AM
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well it can't be as bad as that recent scyfy movie Mega Piranha with Tiffany (who couldn't act her way out of a paperbag):

Old 05-01-10 | 02:07 AM
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Glad to see Christopher Lloyd in this.

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Old 05-01-10 | 02:12 AM
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It's like they went out of their way to make the Piranhas as fake and unthreatening as possible. Hopefully that will be cleaned up a bit before the August release date because that's some of the worst CGI I've seen in a while. Aside from that, the movie looks like goofy fun.
Old 05-01-10 | 05:38 AM
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I liked the first trailer more but my ass is definitely in a seat for this.
Old 05-01-10 | 10:48 AM
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oh god this looks awful

I am SO there!
Old 05-01-10 | 11:07 AM
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I need to see a red band trailer before I can decide
Old 05-01-10 | 11:20 AM
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Re: Alexandre Aja to remake "Piranha" in 3-D

Originally Posted by Mountain Biker
oh god this looks awful

I am SO there!
Ditto.
Old 05-01-10 | 11:24 AM
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I like the new trailer more. Seeing Christopher Lloyd and Richard Dreyfus makes it kind of cool. Still not excited (at all) about it.

I do like the murdering of so many college kids on spring break.
Old 05-01-10 | 11:37 AM
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Two million years ago, fish could scream.
Old 05-01-10 | 01:36 PM
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A while back, of all the 2010 remakes, I was looking forward to this the most. The test reviews came out, and were very mixed. The people who disliked it, were making it sound like a B movie just for the sake of it, with no even okay script to go with it. Just strickly gore and nudity. No decent plot or characters or style or anything. The trailer looks fun, except for the horrendous CGI. I'm keeping my expectations way down.

This keeps getting compared to Snakes on a Plane. That was a B movie, but the script is decent for what it is.
Old 07-30-10 | 06:45 PM
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http://www.metacafe.com/watch/498542..._splatterfest/

some footage (quite a bit) from the Piranha flick. VERY gory, some nudity so this is definitely NSFW...

I wasn't going to see this but it might be fun in 3D w/ a packed audience.
Old 07-30-10 | 06:59 PM
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How does a movie with that much gore, cheese, and nudity, and that cast still manage to come across as lame?
Old 07-30-10 | 07:07 PM
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Re: Alexandre Aja to remake "Piranha" in 3-D

Two things: shitty CG piranha, and the aesthetic created by the cameras used to shoot in 3D looks terrible when the effect is not applied.

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Old 07-30-10 | 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by KillerCannibal
Two things: shitty CG piranha, and the aesthetic created by the cameras used to shot in 3D looks terrible when the effect is not applied.
Looking at it again, you're exactly right. Particularly the second point (as I can sorta forgive the crappy CGI). In fact, I think even in 3D the shot compositions will probably grow tiresome.
Old 07-30-10 | 07:22 PM
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The "person still blinking and stupefied after being split at an angle" shot needs to go away. It's been done too many times and holds little shock value.

That was just weak.
Old 07-30-10 | 07:55 PM
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Re: Alexandre Aja to remake "Piranha" in 3-D

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The "person still blinking and stupefied after being split at an angle" shot needs to go away. It's been done too many times and holds little shock value.

That was just weak.
that was ashlynn brooke!!

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Old 07-30-10 | 08:02 PM
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that was ashlynn brooke!!

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Ignoring the fact that I've never heard of her, it's still an overdone death scene that's now as lame as casually walking away from explosions.


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