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reply posted on 20-10-2011 @ 05:42 PM by TDawgRex
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I thought the movie totally blew. Just my opinion.

Try reading the book. It's much better and details a few things as well.


reply posted on 20-10-2011 @ 05:47 PM by bdb818888
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Books are always better than the movies , but I will read it .



reply posted on 20-10-2011 @ 05:47 PM by Openeye
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I'm sorry...I usually dont criticize on peoples movie choices but I am of the opinion that Battlefield Earth is one of the worst movies ever made. Horrible acting...I mean come on John Travolta (Oh my god!) as an alien give me a break.


reply posted on 20-10-2011 @ 05:58 PM by bdb818888
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I've seen worse , Thor was really a bad movie. Everyone raved about that movie, and it was awful, I know it didn't have John Travolta in it , I'm just using it as an example.


reply posted on 20-10-2011 @ 05:59 PM by TDawgRex
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Beware...it is quite thick and plods at the beginning.

But it does provide a whole lot more than the movie. To be truthful, if the producers wanted to follow the book, the movie would probably have to be a trilogy.


reply posted on 20-10-2011 @ 06:01 PM by KILL_DOGG
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It's a scientlology movie, written by a scientologist, and starring one of the most active scientologists. The only person missing from the movie was Tom Cruise. It's just like the Narnia books (except no where near as well written) spewing religious claptrap tied up in fantasy wrapping paper.


reply posted on 20-10-2011 @ 06:12 PM by TDawgRex
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At the time I read it, I had no clue as to what scientlology even was. Never had heard of it until shortly after.

I just thought it was a decent Sci-Fi book.


reply posted on 20-10-2011 @ 06:25 PM by Openeye
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Yeah Hubbard wanted to make this movie right after he wrote the book, he wanted to be directly involved in the project citing his experience making his Scientology *cough propaganda cough* training films.

But just because a book has a religious inspiration does not make it more than just the fictional story with a message it is meant to be. The best example of this I think are Tolkien's books which blatantly get their inspiration from Catholicism.

Hubbard was a science fiction writer who injected his books with new age spirituality, and plagiarized pseudo-science. Only a fool would be suckered into believing that the words of a fictitious story are true, but people that know the difference between reality and fantasy take it for what it is...entertainment lined with a positive message.
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reply posted on 24-10-2011 @ 12:04 AM by ButtUglyToad
Originally posted by Openeye
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I'm sorry...I usually dont criticize on peoples movie choices but I am of the opinion that Battlefield Earth is one of the worst movies ever made. Horrible acting...I mean come on John Travolta (Oh my god!) as an alien give me a break.


John & Forrest were both wrong for their parts but it was intentional.

There's more to BE than you'd ever imagine.

Ribbit

Ps: As to the OP's question, Yes! There is more to Gold than is known and when it becomes known, prices will soar.
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