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    I FINALLY got around to watching this whole thing and I gotta say....I was dissapointed. Sure the special effects are good and the head exploding scene was just freakin awesome, but the movie itsself was just a let down. The main guy is a horrible actor, the faces they made while they were "scanning" I couldn't help but laugh half the time. It was just all in all kind of boring to me. I hear their gonna remake it, doesn't bother me in the least.

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    I completely dug this film. I really liked the pacing and Michael Ironside is as effective as he ever is as a villain. There were a lot of good scenes throughout. It's not as "horror" as the genre suggests, often times it plays out like a sci-fi action flick. Overall, a pretty unique and sometimes outrageous popcorn flick.

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    I liked the flick, but I also didn't like the main actor much :nod:

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    I think this is a typical representation of a Cronenberg film, quarky with a heavy dose of sci-fi and forboding atmosphere. Check out Rabid one of his earlier films. Less sci-fi, more gritty film making.

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    I liked it, nothing great but a 7/10 from me.

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    Love Cronenberg. Check out Videodrome http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086541/

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    Great flick..

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    I really liked it too but your right that parts of the movie drags.

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    videodrome is pretty freaky

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    Liked it, but I can understand your how you thought it was boring. It did tend to drag too much. For the most part, it did keep my interest and was enjoyable.

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    Cronenberg's weakest film from that time. The production was rushed, it was shooting before a script was completed, and it shows.

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    I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought Scanners wasn't that great.

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    it was ok.

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    I do like Michael Ironside, but I couldn't help but notice his "fishy face" everytime he was scanning.

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    When I heard they were remaking this, I didn't bitch about it, I welcomed it. I think it really needs it to some degree.

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    I still have not seen this one.

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    Great effects but WAY too boring for my tastes. I didn't like this or Videodrome both were just way too boring. I need to watch Shivers I heard that was good and A History of Violence I dug a lot so he's kind of hit and miss with me.

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    Saw it a looong time ago so I don't remember it much. Cronenberg's film are pretty much hit and miss. Naked Lunch is awesome, Videodrome is crazy, Rabid was boring....Still need to see Dead Ringers and a few others.

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