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Re:I Was at the Clapperboard for Orson Welles' Drunk Wine Co... by robertlagrant on Friday May 10, 2024 @10:10AM (#40319228)
> “Ladies and gentlemen,” he began, “I will tell you of the highlights of my life. I am a director of plays. I am a producer of plays. I am an actor on the legitimate stage. I am a writer of motion pictures. I am a motion-picture actor. I write, direct, and act on the radio. I am a magician. I also paint and sketch, and I am a book-publisher. I am a violinist and a pianist.”

I.... am Unicron.

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Re:I Was at the Clapperboard for Orson Welles' Drunk Wine Co... by drewolbrich on Friday May 10, 2024 @10:30AM (#40319477)
TIL, Orson Welles' last movie role was playing the voice of an entire planet.
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Re:I Was at the Clapperboard for Orson Welles' Drunk Wine Co... by ethbr1 on Friday May 10, 2024 @11:50AM (#40320394)
The things you learn on HN... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Transformers:_The_Movie

Dialog: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0DPW44-I3n4&t=30s

(Also, RIP days when Transformers had Gundam levels of animation budget)

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Re:I Was at the Clapperboard for Orson Welles' Drunk Wine Co... by inanutshellus on Friday May 10, 2024 @02:56PM (#40322607)
That movie legit traumatized a generation of little boys.

The GI Joe movie was changed to un-kill Duke because of it.

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Re:I Was at the Clapperboard for Orson Welles' Drunk Wine Co... by HideousKojima on Friday May 10, 2024 @07:05PM (#40324587)
Can't sell the new characters' toys if you don't kill off half a dozen old favorites in the first ten minutes of the movie!
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Re:I Was at the Clapperboard for Orson Welles' Drunk Wine Co... by thwarted on Friday May 10, 2024 @08:14PM (#40324980)
Optimus Prime has been resurrected and come back more times than Jesus.
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Re:I Was at the Clapperboard for Orson Welles' Drunk Wine Co... by JasonFruit on Saturday May 11, 2024 @07:43AM (#40327513)
That's generally agreed to be once so far, so maybe not the highest bar in resurrections? Even JR Ewing matches it.
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Re:I Was at the Clapperboard for Orson Welles' Drunk Wine Co... by SketchySeaBeast on Friday May 10, 2024 @03:10PM (#40322778)
Which was defeated by a character named "Rodimus Prime".
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Re:I Was at the Clapperboard for Orson Welles' Drunk Wine Co... by rikthevik on Friday May 10, 2024 @02:50PM (#40322526)
The Transformers: The Movie soundtrack got me through this morning's workout. Highly recommended.
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Re:I Was at the Clapperboard for Orson Welles' Drunk Wine Co... by Tao3300 on Friday May 10, 2024 @11:21PM (#40325749)
Your bargaining posture is highly dubious!
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