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DavidDvorkin

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1. They could blind me with an enormous check.

Reply to OmahaBlueDog (Original post)

Tue Apr 8, 2014, 08:30 PM

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How would somebody trick you into narrating a film that says the sun travels around the earth? [View all] OmahaBlueDog Apr 2014 OP

They could blind me with an enormous check. DavidDvorkin Apr 2014 #1

Enormous checks are responsible for lots of otherwise unexplainable actions... OmahaBlueDog Apr 2014 #2

Indeed. DavidDvorkin Apr 2014 #5

you want I should kick your money-loving ass, DavidDvorkin? Skittles Apr 2014 #41

Bring a big check. DavidDvorkin Apr 2014 #57

after just one, you'll be paying ME Skittles Apr 2014 #61

Other: I heard there was cake? Scootaloo Apr 2014 #3

The cake is a lie. rudolph the red Apr 2014 #6

I'm making a note here. Scootaloo Apr 2014 #10

Please don't tell me Aerows Apr 2014 #33

The steak is a fake chrisa Apr 2014 #48

I am pondering kicking Rudolph the Red's ass Skittles Apr 2014 #42

the cake is a lie rudolph the red Apr 2014 #62

awwwww I kid you, rudolph the red Skittles Apr 2014 #66

Yep. Valve said so. sakabatou Apr 2014 #13

:) rudolph the red Apr 2014 #21

I'm just disappointed by the steak being a lie. Aerows Apr 2014 #36

After all that work, the whole party was a big disappointment rudolph the red Apr 2014 #37

Bummer. n/t Aerows Apr 2014 #38

What?! GLaDOS wouldn't lie to me! NuclearDem Apr 2014 #44

Maybe Tiramisu -- soaked in lots and lots of Amaretto OmahaBlueDog Apr 2014 #7

No, I swear I heard *steak* Aerows Apr 2014 #34

Perhaps "sun" was spelled "son" Duer 157099 Apr 2014 #4

Other: Benghazi! FSogol Apr 2014 #8

Clearly people are way to focused on science and not focused enough on Benghazi OmahaBlueDog Apr 2014 #11

You left out: It's turtles all the way down IDemo Apr 2014 #9

Yes!!!! johnp3907 Apr 2014 #25

It's quite possible... Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #12

I remember like 25 years ago, Jacqueline Bissett claimed similarly trickery in a lowbrow teen comedy OmahaBlueDog Apr 2014 #14

Bill Murray did Garfield because he thought it was a Coen Brothers film nt Ex Lurker Apr 2014 #65

My answer is a combination of "money" and "she wasn't tricked" markpkessinger Apr 2014 #15

What's odd to me is that her publicist had not heard anything about this project before yesterday Starry Messenger Apr 2014 #16

maybe they implied it was for a weird fiction movie eShirl Apr 2014 #17

That might be possible, I suppose. AverageJoe90 Apr 2014 #18

other: her agent didn't do due diligence RainDog Apr 2014 #19

Probably a temporal disturbance. rrneck Apr 2014 #20

If they fire a tachyon burst KatyMan Apr 2014 #59

Not sure how that got past Mrs. Columbo. n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2014 #22

This type of thing has happened before: Humanist_Activist Apr 2014 #23

Lawrence Krauss: I Have No Idea How I Ended Up in That Stupid Geocentrism Documentary brooklynite Apr 2014 #24

Hasn't this happened before? Johonny Apr 2014 #26

Contract signed before the theme of the movie was articulated. Motown_Johnny Apr 2014 #27

Hey, that sort of thing just happens when you forget to reverse the flux capacitors. winter is coming Apr 2014 #28

I've done voiceover work. It's just a job. Recursion Apr 2014 #29

About that "who is Kate Mulgrew" option.... Motown_Johnny Apr 2014 #30

And why didn't she end up being the one Aerows Apr 2014 #32

Because 7 was emotionally stunted from her time with the borg. Motown_Johnny Apr 2014 #43

exactly eShirl Apr 2014 #45

I still think there may be a portrait stashed in her attic. Motown_Johnny Apr 2014 #46

Kate's and Patricia's voices are a bit similar, too. John1956PA Apr 2014 #51

If I were given a sci-fi movie script to read during an audition? ecstatic Apr 2014 #31

They tell you it's about cockfighting /nt frazzled Apr 2014 #35

for 1 million dollars I would say it with a straight face. - 5 million I would say it and believe it Douglas Carpenter Apr 2014 #39

"Morphine... with a Demerol Chaser" Warren DeMontague Apr 2014 #40

The editing wouldn't have to be 'very clever' or 'digital' muriel_volestrangler Apr 2014 #47

Exactly. The director probably told her the video was about CJCRANE Apr 2014 #49

I'll do it for you muriel_volestrangler Apr 2014 #50

Wasn't that used for Ben Stein's film? sakabatou Apr 2014 #64

yep. (nt) Nine Apr 2014 #53

This. She may have only been told that this was a "science documentary". backscatter712 Apr 2014 #60

It was Quark, that devious miscreant! Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2014 #52

"A voice for hire" Tsiyu Apr 2014 #54

Like this, even though I thought this was funny... stevenleser Apr 2014 #55

Money...Money...Money workinclasszero Apr 2014 #56

Pay me enough, no problem. JackRiddler Apr 2014 #58

Money and... sakabatou Apr 2014 #63

Harry Potter Savannahmann Apr 2014 #67

Other - people are lazy dipshits. joeglow3 Apr 2014 #68