War of the worlds
 

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramo...lds/index.html

:drool:

Nuff said..

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Need quicktime to view.

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Or Quicktime Alternative...

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...lternative.htm

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Hmm, a bit light on content for a trailer :-(

I kept expecting a burst of Jeff Wayne's music to come in after the speech :-)

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Indeed :)

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well you can't Really tell alot from watching the trailer.so i will make up my
mind after seeing the hole movie :tu:

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Funny that I was just watching the 1953 version on video. Be interesting to see what this new Spielberg version will be like. I wonder if he will go to the book or not. ;)

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Is this anything to do with the pendragon release (although i severely doubt it - just thought i'd check)
http://www.pendragonpictures.com/WOTWKEY.html

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No its not, The pendragon one is authentic and sticks to the book (fantastic) whilst spielbergs will have tom cruise kicking martian ass :rolleyes:

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lol, yeah, i expect with spielberg at the helm, there will be lots of dogs that need to be saved, lots of 'kids' that will drop their teddies... only to be squished by tripods!

but the tripods wont be tripods, they will be blonde women called starbuck, played by tom cruise in drag. now THAT'S a faithful adaptation! ;)

P

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I suspected as not - still I think I'm looking forward to the pendragon one.

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Hmmm, War of the Worlds.....now I wonder which nation on earth will stand alone leading the fightback and save humanity...

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Depends which version you watch by the looks of it ;):D

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I still think the old one which I have on DVD will be best :)

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I don't think it'll be that bad, Spielberg last few films have been quite ok with the exception of the Terminal.

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Hey, it can't be as good as the TV series... or again, am I the only one that watched that....?

Great story line... the aliens didn't die from the germs, they went into suspended animation, then (if I remember rightly) they got toxic waste poured on them or something, which revived them, and they then had the ability to take over human bodies.... greate series.. can't imagine why they used to show it at 3 in the morning...

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Well, I thought the 1953 version was terrible.. The only version I have seen or heard so far that even gets close to the story is Jeff Wayne's musical version.

Be interesting to see this one though.

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Yup - I have both seasons on vhs :)

Soon to be converted to dvd I hasten to add;)

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Exactly.

The pendragon one is a film of the book rather than an 'up to date' one. Although it will be going straight to dvd.

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Good copies???

/wonders how much dilligaf would want to run off a copy for me too...

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They can only ever be as good as the original vhs recording I'm afraid. Not TOO bad - but I taped them from ITV.

We'll see ;):)

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Yeah, of course... and it was before the days of cable... (and satelite for most people)..

Ohh I'm all excited now! :)

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Well, it is only a teaser trailer. You'll get a fuller one nearer the time. If it's not out until next summer a lot of the post-production won't have been completed yet anyway.

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how bizarre that 2 War of The Worlds films are currently in production - is this because the rights have expired or something?

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1953 ... 50 years ... yep, that's a reasonable assumption.

I think it looks quite good from the teaser anyway. My only concern is that Spielberg will turn it into another examination of his childhood issues. :erm: :D

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I have no idea how rights work - but as the original book was published in the late 1890's maybe the copyright has expired by now.

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The same nation that did it in the last WOTW film ... Independance Day ;)

I must admit, I saw "Tom Cruise" and thought... oh dear :erm: I'm not expecting anything worthwhile to come of this to be honest.

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Good point ... for a minute I was forgetting HG Wells and Orsen Welles and thinking of the previous film ... :dunce: But I suppose it depends on how rights are assigned. The novel is well out of copyright, but I wonder how adaption rights are assigned and how long they last? Ectc has a point, it's a big coincidence that two new screenplays appear 50 years after the last one. Mind you, Armageddon and Deep Impact both came out together, maybe Mars is just fashionable again.

Personally, I think you have to go a long way to beat Mars Attacks! :D

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'Can't we all _just_ get along?' :)

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I remember that! It think it was quite good too. Pity they don't show it anymore, I'd love to watch it again.




Any chance of another for me? :angel: :)

Yep, & I think Volcano & Dante's Peak came out quite close together. Seems to happen a lot, having two films with a similar premise being released by rival studios. I think there's another "Alexander" in the works too, as well as Stone's recently released (in the US) one.

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I will post in here when I've done them, but I'm doing a fair bit of converting at the moment (Earth 2 - Alien Nation - Something Is Out There) so it may not be done 'till January.

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Ta :)

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Oh and by the way - I just thought I'd point out There are plans for a 'Tripods' film in the works, which is of course also based on The War Of The Worlds :)

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ok, completely OT, but....

What was the name of that sci-fi series that involved the aliens that came to earth to save mankind, but they were actually harbouring some secret - I think there were atleast 2 series of it, and at the end of the first one the main character (a guy with a big nose) got killed off, because he was so boring, and they tried to inject some excitement into the series with the new main guy being half man, half alien.... ring any bells?

dilligaf is sure to know, he seems to be a sci-fi buf :)

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I thought the tripods was great - i remember reading the 3 books, and thought they were brilliant - did the tv series only make 2 of the books?

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Earth - Final Conflict


The aliens were "Taelons".

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There were FOUR books (Although the 4th book came out a while after the original 3) :) - and yes they only made 2 of them :(

Season 1 came out on dvd (which I have :)) and Season 2 was pulled before release due to the rights being sold for the film. Apparently the season 2 dvd will come out soon(ish) now.

But I've done a season 2 dvd already :)

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4 book???? damn... a trip to amazon perhaps....

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Yes. The viewing figures were never that good, despite the (relatively) huge budget. The BBC canned it after 2 series, and completely changed the ending to absolve themselves of having to make the third. Morons. This meant, of course, that anyone wanting to find out how it all ended by picking up a copy of 'The Pool of Fire' had to tune in to quite a radically different story, as it wasn't just the ending they changed. Actually, large parts of the second series are completely unrecognisable if you're trying to compare with the book.

But I'm going to stop ranting now. :D

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Check out this...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...774839-2383852

If you don't have any of them any more.

And this...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...774839-2383852

If you just need the one :)

edit - also have a look here... http://www.thetripods.org/ for more tripods stuff :)

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Don't bother. The prequel is a bit lame, and clearly just an attempt to cash in. But if you're determined, it's called 'When the Tripods Came'.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...213792-1516415

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If I remember rightly - and it's been a long time since I've read it - didn't someone die at the end of the second book (I shan't say more incase someone wants to read it)

OK - so what was the 4th book? - at amazon they have :

When the Tripods Came/the White Mountains/the City of Gold and Lead/the Pool of Fire

Is 'When the tripods came' the 4th book, a prequel?

Edit : all questions answered mid typing :)

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While it's not the best, it's still worth a read just to see how it all started.

Mind you I only paid 10p for mine, and some could say that is all it's worth :)

War of the Worlds
 

I've heard that the relase date for 'War of the Worlds' is 7th July 2005. I'll be there on opening night.

I've got the original 1950's version, and the new version by Steven Spielburg is suppost to be close to the book, even though the book is set in 1890's London the film is set in modern day US.

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I'd have a look in this thread if I was you :)

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ghlight=worlds

p.s. The other release looks a lot more like following the book.

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Sorry I added another thread on this


http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...464#post401464

I've heard that the relase date for 'War of the Worlds' is 7th July 2005. I'll be there on opening night.

I've got the original 1950's version, and the new version by Steven Spielburg is suppost to be close to the book, even though the book is set in 1890's London the film is set in modern day US.
What is this about Pendragon film

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Check this out...

http://www.pendragonpictures.com/WOTWKEY.html

Basically it's s film of the book rather than a 'hollywood' version.

Mind you I'm kind of looking forward to seeing both.

edit - and I'll see your '50's film and tell you that I've got a 1st edition copy of the book :)

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Merged. :)

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Like already has been metioned here already I expect to hear 'Jeff Waynes Music' after 'Noone would have belived...':D at hte beginning of the 'Tom Cruise' version.


I'll be seeing both and buying them on DVD ASAP.

The trailer for the Pendragon sound awseome and I've just finished the book and the Pendragon souned word for word.

I Know that said 30th March but is that a US date if so when is the UK date?
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I just heard that the Jeff Wayne version is going to be released soon in CGI


http://www.calibra.eclipse.co.uk/eve/jeffwayne.htm

Oh Yes :D
Oh Yes :disturbd:
Oh Yes :D

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I quite fancy the idea of a SACD version of the album :)

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I've to register to the following to get the skin but get an message to insert details every time I enter details.:(


http://www.thewaroftheworlds.net/

If this is allowed MODs can somebody who allready has this skin attach it here for others. or say where I can get an alternate download location.

thanks

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Doesn't work here either :(

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This should be interesting as I currently live where the book was based. Horsell stilll has the "sand pits" where Wells based his landing of the aliens. You can betcha life that the first landing in the film is in the US of A ;)

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I saw some pictures recently of that massive sculpture in your town, I thought it would be a pretty awesome thing to put in your front garden. :D

EDIT:
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More here:
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/...rtian_main.htm

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If you hear some weird alien warbling UUUULLLLLAAAAAA

RUN

:D

I've put my ulla dub ulla remix cd on :) - Just because I was reminded about it by this thread :)

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The Us version in set around New Jersey


Additional CGI info, It due 2007

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It's a huge structure, and looks really cool :D

The crashed pod is a little strange, seems way to small in relation to the Martian. Might take some photos and post :D
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The trailer says Summer 2005

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I'd definately like to see that :)

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There are three versions due

Spielburgs 7/7/05

Pendragon 30/3/05 (US?)

CGI 2007 - Movies link Jeff Wayne CGI 2007
http://www.waroftheworldsonline.com/

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Still can't beat the Jeff Wayne LP Version :D

Richard Burton Opening

Eve Of the War

Forever Autumn

Enjoy

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Sadly I have it on LP - Tape - Minidisc and CD :)

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:nworthy::nworthy::nworthy::nworthy:

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I forgot to mention the PC game :)

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:PP: Showoff :D

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Yup :D You may have noticed I have a SLIGHT obsession with old Sci Fi :erm:;)

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Nah ..... you don't say .... :D

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I've got war of the worlds on LP CD twice (original & remix) & game (I can't run this under XP Home:Yikes: , any ideas)

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right click and compatability tab :?

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I can't say as I've ever tried playing it on winXP - but you can try thr advice from here...

http://www.ntcompatible.com/thread.php?id=25988

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I am looking forward to this movie, would love to see what the Aliens look like in this version and what form of technology they are using.

Yes I am a big sci-fi nut.

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My dad was watching the original one on DVD the other night, want to see the new one to see how they compare :)

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Presuming you're referring to the 50's one - Although I quite liked the film - it only bears a passing resemblence to the book.

This is why I'm looking forward to the pendragon release (And the jeff wayne CGI one) as they should follow the story much more closely :)

The orson wells radio show was good tho. Sure showed the power of radio back then.

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it looks alright to me from the trailer i saw at the cinema on Monday this week. Very booming bass too..... Hopefully spielberg won't over do the jingoism :)

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I'm sure it will be good but I would have liked to have seen it set in victorian England.

Veering only ever so slightly off topic - When are the BBC going to make the final part of the Tripod Trilogy??????????????????????????????????

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They are not!

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Well after 23 or so years I sort of came to that conclusion as well. Does anybody know how it ends?

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It turns out that they were kidding all along, and actually had 4 legs (they hid them in those skull caps that they gave people) ;) :p:

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There are three versions due

Spielburgs 7/7/05:D

Pendragon 30/3/05 (US?):D :D

CGI 2007 - Movies link Jeff Wayne CGI 2007 :D :D :D http://www.waroftheworldsonline.com/
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There are three versions due

Spielburgs 7/7/05:D

Pendragon 30/3/05 (US?):D :D

CGI 2007 - Movies link Jeff Wayne CGI 2007:D :D :D
http://www.waroftheworldsonline.com/

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Repeated urself in one topic ? that amazing and it's Spielberg. :)

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Fore more 'Tripods' info please look here...

http://www.thetripods.org/

If you want to know how the 3rd book goes I'll write a brief synopsys later and PM you it if you l ike :) (But it won't be 'till tonight as I'm quite busy today :))

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Nice one - Cheers. :)

Why not post it, I'm sure others would be interested

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Because I'm not exactly the worlds best writer and I could do without people poking holes in what I write :)

But I will post it on here later I guess... :D

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Start spolier (Highlight to read)....Ok so basically the book goes like this...

Will and Beanpole return to the White Mountains to find it deserted. This was because the resistance were not sure that Will and Beanpole may have had their brainds scanned while in the City.

At this point they think that Fritz (Who went in the City with Will is dead)

Fritz appears and goes off with Will (after apprearing from the dead :))getting more members of the resistance.

The resistance capture a Master

They find out that the Masters can't handle their drink at all and can't detect alcohol in their drink.

There are three citys. A mission is mounted to destroy them by putting alcohol in the water of the Masters.

2 Citys are destroyed this way †“ the third city is not damaged at all. The Masters raze everything around the third city to the ground and kill all the slaves in it to stop anyone trying the same thing.

By this time the resistance have reinvented the flying machine and launch an attack on the third city to try and destroy it. (They've also invented a bomb which will crack the dome on top).....

As the attack progresses the tripods turn on a jamming ray that makes all the 'planes fall out of the sky and so the attack fails.

Meanwhile †“ Beanpole, Will, Henry and Fritz have been practising with hot air balloons. As these aren't electric †“ The Tripod ray doesn't affect them so they use these in another attempt on the Tripod city.

They all miss the dome or are not close enough to do much damage. But Henry lands his balloon on the dome and sets his bomb off. This breaks the dome off and kills all the Masters off.

The great ship that was on the way to Earth turns up †“ blows up the sites of the three City's then buggers off back into deep space.

There is then a 'council of man' where all the people of earth that are left start arguing with each other and split up.

The book ends with Fritz, Beanpole and Will vowing to re-unite all the people of Earth back together.

Anyway that's just a brief telling of the book, sorry if it's crap :)


End spoiler....

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Summed it up rather well ! :)

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Oh OH

The Pendragon War of the Worlds trailer

Clicky

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OMG!!!

THATS a crappy trailer...

How cheap does that look?

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Its an indipendant film . I think for their budget of around 50p they have done a good job. If it gets released it will only show in little cinemas.

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Apart from the dodgy CGi of Big Ben getting blown up I thought it looked quite good.

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Just as long as it follows the proper story I'll forgive it looking a bit pants :)

p.s. did you like the summary that I posted?

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Yes, thanks for that.

Who knows if the WOTW films are successful someone in Hollywood may look for a similar vehicle to film.

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Now have it on CD :D

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has anybody got this and can they post it on this forum


http://www.thewaroftheworlds.net/

i still get errors:confused:

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I still get an error too.

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for all you WOTW fans

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As mentioned on there website Pendragon say that there WOTW is released on 30 march 2005!


does anybody know if this is US or UK, and does anybody know what cimemas will me showing it.

I've tried the websites of the cimemas in my yown but no luck

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the pendragon version is on DVD 14-6-05

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Looks like I'll have to get my m8 to get me it when she's back in America.

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emailled play.com and they haven't got a UK release date

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But my neighbour is american and get get it for me when she pops home :) She always picks a few up for me :)

I could wait for a uk release I guess - but that normally means paying twice as much.

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I cant wait to see this movie.
Should be quite good I think.