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EyeRock
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Oct 7 2012, 11:34pm
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The banshees in avatar (also done by weta) were motion-captured by Terry Notary; the Hobbit's movement choreographer. They do not capture the motions of a tail, wings or an elongated neck which will be added and animated later on, but the weight, physical expression and energy of the actor serves as a base for the rest of the animation process and helps the animators giving soul to the final character or creature we see on screen. The trained body of an actor is capable of extraordinary feats, and creatures that are motion-captured benefits greatly from the sense of gravity the performers give them. WHile watching Rise of the Planet of the Apes it astounded me how the apes that were 100% key-frame animated looked so much faker than the ones played by actors. I am maybe a bit biased as I have a huge passion for this use of technology and physical acting, but I have no doubt that a mo-capped Smaug will look ten times better than a fully animated one.
(This post was edited by EyeRock on Oct 7 2012, 11:38pm)
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Benedict Cumberbatch on The Necromancer
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Oleander Took
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Oct 7 2012, 7:58pm
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What about Nathaniel Lees?
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Carne
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Oct 7 2012, 8:01pm
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Perhaps they re-learned you can't separate the body and the voice?
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Faenoriel
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Oct 7 2012, 8:10pm
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Nathaniel Lees voicing Necromancer?
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Otaku-sempai
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Oct 8 2012, 12:25am
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I thought it was common knowledge he was mo-capping Smaug?
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DanielLB
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Oct 7 2012, 8:03pm
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It is among us, but media only mentions the voice acting part.
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Faenoriel
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Oct 7 2012, 8:09pm
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The media always mess up/fail to research properly ...
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DanielLB
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Oct 7 2012, 8:13pm
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Absolutely
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Oleander Took
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Oct 7 2012, 8:20pm
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Hmm...
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jtarkey
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Oct 7 2012, 8:24pm
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I imagine a large part of the mo-capping is around the face
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DanielLB
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Oct 7 2012, 8:37pm
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Catch Dragonheart
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Fardragon
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Oct 7 2012, 8:48pm
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There was a newspaper article last December....
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Baggins Babe
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Oct 7 2012, 10:00pm
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Fun fact
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EyeRock
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Oct 7 2012, 11:34pm
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Perhaps
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Ziggy Stardust
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Oct 8 2012, 1:05am
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On animals
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Finrod
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Oct 8 2012, 1:47am
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Not to mention I'd expect they'd be majestic, fantastic and glorious!
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Captain Salt
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Oct 8 2012, 2:48am
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Dinosaurs aren't reptiles
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Fardragon
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Oct 8 2012, 7:34am
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Dinosaurs (subset of) Reptiles
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dave_lf
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Oct 8 2012, 12:51pm
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That's because the classification system is seriously out of date.
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Fardragon
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Oct 8 2012, 3:13pm
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That's correct, Dinosaurs are now largely considered to be neither reptiles nor birds, but their own specific clade inbetween. //
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Captain Salt
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Oct 8 2012, 4:15pm
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In fact :
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Fàfnir
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Oct 8 2012, 5:41pm
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Well most scientists now admit that dinosaurs are distinct enough
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Captain Salt
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Oct 8 2012, 6:29pm
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There is two schools of classification.
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Fàfnir
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Oct 8 2012, 6:39pm
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Reptilian birds
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Finrod
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Oct 8 2012, 7:14pm
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That is precisely why "reptile" is a bad category
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dave_lf
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Oct 8 2012, 7:27pm
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And that's what Benedict Cumberbatch
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Fàfnir
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Oct 8 2012, 8:09pm
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Am I the only one looking forward to the making of's?
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painjoiker
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Oct 8 2012, 9:00pm
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I *love* the making-ofs!
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Ataahua
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Oct 8 2012, 9:19pm
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I find them a bit repitilative
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DanielLB
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Oct 8 2012, 9:22pm
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Smaug, as drawn by Tolkien
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Fardragon
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Oct 8 2012, 9:22pm
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I still don't think
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Sinister71
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Oct 8 2012, 9:53pm
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As Smaug will be lying on his pile of gold
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Fàfnir
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Oct 8 2012, 11:39pm
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It's very unlikey we will see Smaug doing much walking
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Fardragon
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Oct 9 2012, 7:25am
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Reptile = bad category
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dave_lf
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Oct 8 2012, 5:13pm
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We dubbed them "neekerbreekers"
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Silverlode
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Oct 7 2012, 9:48pm
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Lees probably had the part until they got a better known actor...
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Captain Salt
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Oct 7 2012, 10:09pm
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I have a theory
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Phibbus
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Oct 8 2012, 3:15am
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That seems... Even more pointless then some of the other cameos
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GoodGuyA
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Oct 8 2012, 4:24am
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Who voiced the Mouth of Sauron
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DanielLB
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Oct 8 2012, 7:42am
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MoS
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redgiraffe
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Oct 8 2012, 9:50am
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Voice
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Phibbus
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Oct 8 2012, 12:37pm
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Spence's Gob.
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Spaldron
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Oct 8 2012, 2:30pm
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It occurs to me
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Phibbus
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Oct 8 2012, 3:11pm
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Spooky! /
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DanielLB
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Oct 8 2012, 3:15pm
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If they're bringing Bret McKenzie back, I don't see why they wouldn't bring Bruce Spence back...?
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Captain Salt
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Oct 8 2012, 4:19pm
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Rumoured...?
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Ereinion Nénharma
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Oct 8 2012, 9:23pm
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By golly
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Phibbus
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Oct 8 2012, 11:22pm
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That's not the actual footage
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Aitieuriskon
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Oct 8 2012, 11:45pm
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Wrong...
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Ereinion Nénharma
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Oct 9 2012, 7:20am
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You'll enjoy this
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DanielLB
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Oct 9 2012, 7:23am
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!!
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Aitieuriskon
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Oct 9 2012, 4:05pm
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It's not poorly edited...
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painjoiker
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Oct 9 2012, 2:13pm
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Mouth of Sauron
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Spaldron
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Oct 8 2012, 2:28pm
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It sounded like Spence to me...to quote the exchange between Liv and Steven Tyler...
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Captain Salt
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Oct 8 2012, 4:20pm
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"Whose", not "who's" I meant!
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Captain Salt
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Oct 8 2012, 10:15pm
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first of all
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Elenorflower
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Oct 7 2012, 10:25pm
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Sauron in a physical form?
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Lieutenant of Dol Guldur
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Oct 7 2012, 10:30pm
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Visible isn't necessarily physical
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Lacrimae Rerum
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Oct 7 2012, 10:35pm
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if its not physical
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Elenorflower
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Oct 7 2012, 10:40pm
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Not sure I follow
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Lacrimae Rerum
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Oct 7 2012, 10:59pm
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I didnt mean physical as in
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Elenorflower
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Oct 7 2012, 11:46pm
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John Rhys-Davies voiced Gimli and Treebeard
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stoutfiles
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Oct 7 2012, 10:52pm
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I'm thinking
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Ziggy Stardust
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Oct 8 2012, 1:09am
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Well, here's one bold guess...
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Eye's on Guard
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Oct 8 2012, 1:33am
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Updated Quote
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Oleander Took
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Oct 7 2012, 11:27pm
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Mo-capping the Necromancer
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DanielLB
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Oct 8 2012, 7:11am
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