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Which summer blockbuster are you looking forward to seeing most of all?

Poll May. 17, 2009 - 03:00AM JST ( 40 )

Order by Time Order by Popularity

40 Comments

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jinjapanMay. 17, 2009 - 08:21AM JST

not planning on seeing any of them actually. i wouldn't consider any of them worthy of being in a blockbuster category as they are all sequels. a couple of them are even on their 4 or 5th time around. c what happens
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graftonMay. 17, 2009 - 08:52AM JST

jinjapan at 08:21 AM JST - 17th May

“they are all sequels. a couple of them are even on their 4 or 5th time around”

I didn’t at first notice, but your right. Has nobody in the film business got an imagination any more? I also agree that I will not be wasting time & money going to see any of these. Ah! Just realised “Angels & Demons” is not a sequel as far as films go, just a Dan Brown rehash, not sure if that is the same though.

By the way, isn’t the term “blockbuster” just a way of describing a film that the most sheep enjoy?
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memyselfIMay. 17, 2009 - 09:52AM JST

The only 3 movies I will pay to see is Star Trek Terminator Wolverine

Terminator and Wolverine will be the two box office performers

I am tired of Harry Potter movies The two commentators above really needs to get out more.
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jonnyboyMay. 17, 2009 - 10:31AM JST

saw angels and demons last night. was alright. didn't finish watching the davinci code, so can't quite gauge how it compares. i do wonder, though, why you might go and see the films if you've read the books, as i have, unless you go with someone who hasn't

i'm preying that terminator salvation is as good as i hope it'll be. bale doesn't seem to get involved with poor scripts
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jinjapanMay. 17, 2009 - 10:34AM JST

memyselfI at 09:52 AM JST - 17th May "The two commentators above really needs to get out more."

i get out plenty. just don't waste my time & money on crap.
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SargeMay. 17, 2009 - 10:38AM JST

Of course Star Trek.

They actually made a Transformers sequel? And a Terminator movie without Schwarzenegger?
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SargeMay. 17, 2009 - 11:06AM JST

I see that Star Trek is still #1 in its second week.
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LostinNagoyaMay. 17, 2009 - 12:36PM JST

Star Trek. A&D is laughable, too shalow, I have heard.
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WilliBMay. 17, 2009 - 05:30PM JST

Why is there no box for "none of the above"? This an example of how to to conduct a biased poll. Give 6 idiotic choices and ask "which one".
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RangerMIFFEDMay. 17, 2009 - 06:24PM JST

OK, and how about a box for "All of the Above." Or just vote on which ones one is planning to see. Over to you.
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SargeMay. 17, 2009 - 09:10PM JST

Lost - A&D?

Willi - Star Trek is not an idiotic choice. I know that much and I haven't even seen it yet.
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yabitsMay. 17, 2009 - 09:16PM JST

Anvil: The Story of Anvil
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LostinNagoyaMay. 17, 2009 - 10:38PM JST

A&D: Angels and Demons.
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LFRAgainMay. 17, 2009 - 11:25PM JST

"Angels and Demons" doesn't quite count as a sequel. It's actually a prequel, if you need to put a label on it, having been written and taking place chronologically before "The Da Vinci Code." And it certainly doesn't count as a remake, having never been made into a movie before.

I'm looking forward to "Star Trek" and "Terminator", both long-standing icons from my formative years, as well as "Transformers" (the guilty pleasure of the three). Harry Potter can wait 'til DVD, but I'll probably catch "Wolverine" and "Angels and Demons" sometime before the summer's out. No rush though.
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888naffMay. 18, 2009 - 12:12AM JST

none of those
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XXXXXMay. 18, 2009 - 02:46AM JST

all of them, except Xmen and Transformers
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SargeMay. 18, 2009 - 07:26AM JST

According to Don Morton, the Metropolis movie reviewer, A&D is not worth seeing.
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MeanRingoMay. 18, 2009 - 07:46AM JST

Star Trek Rocked. Best Trek film ever.
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HimajinMay. 18, 2009 - 09:07AM JST

None of the above. Why is so much entertainment recycled lately? Terminator? Enough already. The first film of the series was great. Now there's a TV series out which really just beats the whole concept to death.

Too many movies are boring as hell lately.
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WeaselMay. 18, 2009 - 12:15PM JST

Now there's a TV series out...

Past tense. Pick up the Blu-ray.
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concreteMay. 18, 2009 - 12:27PM JST

None of them are remotely interesting to me
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gogogoMay. 18, 2009 - 12:50PM JST

None of the above / Other!
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rondh69May. 18, 2009 - 02:08PM JST

None of these: I want to see "Public Enemies"...
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HimajinMay. 18, 2009 - 02:18PM JST

Past tense.

Oh ya? We seem to get stuff over here on cable that's already gone in the States, like that piece of poop series 'Shark'. What is/was it 'The Sarah Conner Chronicles' or something like that? First time I heard it I thought snore.
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bdaniel08May. 18, 2009 - 07:05PM JST

None of these "blockbuster"...i mean piece of trash !
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ultradodgyMay. 18, 2009 - 08:09PM JST

The poll is about summer blockbusters. The list of films are the most anticipated - by many measures - blockbuster films. I'm not saying I'd want to see them all - or even any of them (OK, Star Trek) - but it really seems odd to take the time to post a comment about how much contempt you have for the films, the poll, the system, the blah blah blah.

Seriously guys, get over yourselves.
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NinjazillaMay. 18, 2009 - 08:41PM JST

UNfortunately the only one I dont really wanna see because Michael Bay ruins everything he touches is Transformers and I think thats the only one that comes out in japan same time as everywhere else.Japan is one of the last countries in the entire world to get Star Trek, even Pakistan get it first so the Taliban can see it before we do.
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SargeMay. 18, 2009 - 08:45PM JST

MeanRingo - Was the new Star Trek movie better than Generations?
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EurajReturnsMay. 19, 2009 - 12:16AM JST

The poll is about summer blockbusters. The list of films are the most anticipated - by many measures - blockbuster films. I'm not saying I'd want to see them all - or even any of them (OK, Star Trek) - but it really seems odd to take the time to post a comment about how much contempt you have for the films, the poll, the system, the blah blah blah.

Seriously guys, get over yourselves.

The entire point of this board is for people to post their trivial opinion and feel good about themselves.
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graftonMay. 19, 2009 - 08:42AM JST

EurajReturns at 12:16 AM JST - 19th May

“The entire point of this board is for people to post their trivial opinion and feel good about themselves.”

I would almost agree with you, but really you do seem to be taking it too seriously.
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bdaniel08May. 19, 2009 - 10:47AM JST

The entire point of this board is for people to post their trivial opinion and feel good about themselves. grafton at 08:42 AM JST - 19th May EurajReturns at 12:16 AM JST - 19th May “The entire point of this board is for people to post their trivial opinion and feel good about themselves.” I would almost agree with you, but really you do seem to be taking it too seriously.

You express your thinking when you vote...so when you dont want to vote for these "blockbuster" but you want to express your opinion, you have to post...

"trivial " or not, thats your problem !
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NoripinheadMay. 19, 2009 - 05:00PM JST

I kind of surprised at the popularity of Star Trek in 2009. Forty years after it flopped on network TV, it has become the Paramount franchise that refuses to die, even after half the cast and its creator have gone out into the universe. The question is, what will they call the sequel? Star Trek--The Sequel?
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WeaselMay. 20, 2009 - 10:19PM JST

First time I heard it I thought snore.

So you don't have Blu-ray player? Bummer. No need to get upset, they're coming down in price.
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IchyaWarFareMay. 21, 2009 - 03:24PM JST

Just get it on DVD, it is cheaper. Hi-def is fine, no need to get all extravagant on it, unless you got the money to burn.

Speaking of which...I will watch them in the base theater. $2 bucks a pop, no sweat if it sucks or not. Not paying no outrageous prices to go see it.
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HopflyMay. 22, 2009 - 08:56AM JST

>

kind of surprised at the popularity of Star Trek in 2009. Forty years after it flopped on network TV, it has become the Paramount franchise that refuses to die, even after half the cast and its creator have gone out into the universe. The question is, what will they call the sequel? Star Trek--The Sequel?

Remakes are becoming quite common, Hollywood has run out of new ideas.
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SargeMay. 22, 2009 - 09:22PM JST

IchyaWarFare - "I will watch them in the base theater. $2 bucks a pop"

Could you invite us? Thanks.
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SargeJun. 05, 2009 - 11:22PM JST

Is there going to be a Starship Troopers 4? ( I can't believe they ever made the first one... )