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What's with this 'Zathura' movie?

Super-power
05-11-2005, 16:50
Geez, how blatant a rip off of Jumanji can you get? The same plot, only the setting changes from the jungle to deep space.
Ashmoria
05-11-2005, 16:53
i thought it was associated with the people who made jumanji. an odd sort of sequel.
Willamena
05-11-2005, 16:55
Um, it's a sequel?
Antrium
05-11-2005, 17:33
It's made by the same people. Must have ran out of ideas.
Gauthier
05-11-2005, 17:48
Jumanji and Zathura are both based off storybooks by Chris van Allsburg, who also happened to write The Polar Express. Maybe it's just that his books appeal to kids enough?

And I would avoid the freaky company that made games like those :D
New Sans
05-11-2005, 18:03
And I would avoid the freaky company that made games like those :D

Are you kidding me, they've got to be the evil Willy Wonka of board games. As long as I'm not in research and development sign me the hell up.
Teh_pantless_hero
05-11-2005, 18:46
It's made by the same people. Must have ran out of ideas.
An exact copy sequel of Jumanji is ten times better than most of the crap they are making.
Lunatic Goofballs
05-11-2005, 19:01
Are you kidding me, they've got to be the evil Willy Wonka of board games. As long as I'm not in research and development sign me the hell up.

Indeed. My kind of boardgames. Do they make any adult-oriented games. ;)
Neo Kervoskia
05-11-2005, 19:02
It's based off the book 120 Days of Sodom.
Letila
05-11-2005, 19:41
Jumanji sounds Japanese. In fact, it could be written in kanji like 呪漫時 or something. Zathura sounds like Zarathustra to me.
Eichen
05-11-2005, 19:52
An exact copy sequel of Jumanji is ten times better than most of the crap they are making.
I concur.
AllCoolNamesAreTaken
05-11-2005, 20:28
An exact copy sequel of Jumanji is ten times better than most of the crap they are making.

That doesn't mean much. An hour and a half of TV static is far superior to half the crap filmed today.
Safalra
05-11-2005, 20:32
That doesn't mean much. An hour and a half of TV static is far superior to half the crap filmed today.
Have you ever really tried watching static for a long period? You start to see all kinds of creatures in it. (Or at least I do.)
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
05-11-2005, 20:35
It's based off the book 120 Days of Sodom.
No, wrong people, Disney is making a Winnie the Pooh version of 120 Days of Sodom. With Pooh fulfilling the role of the Duc de Blangis.
Teh_pantless_hero
05-11-2005, 20:42
No, wrong people, Disney is making a Winnie the Pooh version of 120 Days of Sodom. With Pooh fulfilling the role of the Duc de Blangis.
I feel I don't want to know what that book is about.
Willamena
05-11-2005, 20:44
Jumanji sounds Japanese. In fact, it could be written in kanji like 呪漫時 or something. Zathura sounds like Zarathustra to me.
LOL!!
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
05-11-2005, 21:25
I feel I don't want to know what that book is about.
No, you really don't, and I don't want to get Banned so I'm not going to talk about it.
Here is the wikipedia entry, if you want a nice version (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_120_Days_of_Sodom)