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This Week's INTERNATIONAL EYE CANDY! NIGHTMARE DETECTIVE 2, FEDOT, GS WONDERLAND, And DEAD SNOW!
International Eye Candy
October 1st, 2008
A personal note before launching full bore into the new edition of the International Eye Candy. I'm freshly back at Twitch HQ from enjoying the Texas hospitality of Fantastic Fest and prepping to fly out tomorrow to hit Sitges in Spain but before I do I would be greatly remiss if I failed to say that, Harry, it was good to have a decent amount of time to sit and chat this year. Moriarty, Quint and Massawyrm, I was glad to finally put faces to the names and any time you boys are passing through Toronto drop me a line and the hospitality will happily be returned. A very good time was had by all …
But enough of the ass-kissery, it's time for our fortnightly collection of bits and bobs from around the globe. And this time out we've got: Chiaki Kuriyama in a go-go dress! Nazi-snow-zombies! Norwegian hack and slash! Turkish dinosaurs! The return of a Japanese cult icon! It's a weird world out there and we're loving every bit of it. Onwards!
We'll start with the icon, shall we? The film is NIGHTMARE DETECTIVE 2, the latest from Shinya Tsukamoto, the cult legend behind TETSUO: THE IRON MAN. No drill-penises here, alas, just Ryuhei Matsuda reprising his role as a suicidal man with the ability to insert himself into the dreams of others. This one's a bit more philosophical than the first ND flick, more concerned with the character than with any sort of mystery but fans of Tsukamoto won't want to miss it and it's got a brand, spankin' new trailer in it's native Japan.
Enter the world of the NIGHTMARE DETECTIVE here
From Japan we head to Norway for the full theatrical trailer for FRITT VILT 2. The first FRITT VILT was the first slasher flick ever produced in Norway – arguably the first ever produced in the entire Nordic region – and its success has been propelling the current explosion of Scando-genre film. This one picks up right where the first left off and the trailer and earlier teaser both look absolutely fantastic.
Check the FRITT VILT 2 trailer here
And now for something completely different …
We head a little east and a little south to get to Russia, a country with a loooooong history of producing animation which, somehow, has largely been left out in the cold when it comes to getting their animated work out into the world at large. This one, FEDOT THE HUNTER, could very well change that. Based on folk lore and legends the film looks simply gorgeous – if I were a betting man I'd say they're using the same animation technique Michel Ocelot used for AZUR AND ASMAR – and fuses a bit of naughty humor into the goings on. Great for the kids, fun for the adults, lots of pretty pictures for both. Yes, please.
A trio of FEDOT trailers here
More animation? You betcha, this one coming from Poland's Platige Image, a studio that nobody much seems to know about despite producing a lengthy string of hugely impressive shorts. When it comes to CG work these guys are every bit as good as the big boys, if not better, so wake up and pay attention, people. The newest Platige effort is the scifi oriented TEACHING INFINITY and all you really need to know is that you should be watching it now instead of reading this.
Learn INFINITY here
Alright, I promised you Chikai Kuriyama (KILL BILL, BATTLE ROYALE) in a go-go dress and here she is, courtesy of Ryuichi Honda's 1960's music flick GS WONDERLAND. The GS – or group sounds – movement was Japan's answer to the British invasion of the 1960s and if this film is any indication the 60s in Japan were every bit as colorful as the sixties here in the west. Honda's actually gone out and hired a group of original, chart topping GS songwriters to create the soundtrack for his film to make sure the sound is absolutely authentic. And Kuriyama should never be allowed to dress in anything other than her wardrobe from this film ever again.
Join the WONDERLAND here
It just wouldn't be a complete edition of the International Eye Candy without a fight film, now would it, and here's this edition's bit of kung fu. The film is BODYGUARD: A NEW BEGINNING, the latest from the director of last year's ultra-low-budget UNDERGROUND. The fighters are good, attention to character and story looks solid and the camera work is stunning. Every so often a group of unknowns breaks on to the scene and forces everybody to take notice and this looks as though it could very well be one of those films. Impressive stuff.
Hire the BODYGUARD here
Okay, I freely admit that this one is included more as a pre-emptive measure than because of any footage actually contained in the far-too-brief teaser but trust me – you're going to be seeing a lot more of this one in the near future. The latest from the writer of ZEBRAMAN and PING PONG, SHONEN MERIKANSACK is the new directorial effort from Japanese comedian-actor-writer-director Kankuro Kudo and believe me when I say that anything Kudo is involved with is worth your time. This guy is money in the bank. This one's about a group of punk rockers aged 50+ discovered by a young record company exec played by serious indie-darling Aoi Miyazaki, who finally gets a chance to cut loose and get goofy. Kudo's a popular musician, too, so that angle should be dead solid as well …
SHONEN MERIKENSACK teaser here
One of the running themes at Fantastic Fest this year was just how many great films are coming out of Denmark right now, particular when it comes to noir-oriented stuff. I'm not sure exactly what it is but there's just something about noir that fits with the Danish mentality and the film community there has seized on that point with surprising zeal this year, yielding a solid handful of dead solid titles in the past year alone. The latest is FEAR ME NOT, the newest offering from Dogme co-founder Kristian Levring. Drug abuse and paranoia are always a good time …
Check the FEAR ME NOT trailer here
And just to demonstrate that not everything coming out of Scandinavia is grim and harsh I present to you INSTEAD OF ABRAKADABRA, the heart warming tale of a basement dwelling would-be magician from Sweden's Patrik Eklund. Eklund is one of the very best in the region and this looks to be the sort of note-perfect slacker-comedy that launched Jared Hess into the spotlight …
You'll find the hocus pocus here
Vincent Cassel starring in the true life story of a French gangster whose criminal enterprise spanned continents in the 1970s. I do believe I've just told you what you need to know. The trailer is amazing.
You'll find all you need to know about Cassel's criminal exploits – plus a couple trailers - here
Anybody out there remember a Turkish sci-fi comedy titled GORA that played the fest circuit a few years back? Long known for their copyright flouting low budget pulp of the 1960s and 70s GORA was Turkey's first effort to prove they could produce high end stuff with the best of them, providing that you consider Mel Brooks style comedy to be high end. It was the brainchild of hugely popular comedian Cem Yilmaz and Yilmaz is now deep into production on the film's sequel AROG. And it's not just the title that's reversed here … while the first went to space and messed with future tech, this one goes resolutely into the past. Cue dinosaur and cave man jokes. A quartet of teasers have just released and they look every bit as good as the original film.
Find the AROG teasers here
And finally we end with DEAD SNOW. And if you are asking yourself how I plan to top Turkish dinosaurs and frozen urine streams, here is your answer: Nazi snow zombies invading Norway. It's from the director of KILL BILL parody KILL BULJO and it looks absolutely brilliant. Yes, please.
Check the DEAD SNOW teaser here
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this is some great stuff!!!
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but I think I just really love Vincent Cassel. Maybe it's because I can't get the image of him with his gross little gnarled hand and the whip-bone sword from Brotherhood of the Wolf out of my head.Or maybe I just think he's an excellent actor.
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if they remember the animated movie The Cobbler and the Thief. If not, there is a sort of Director's Cut on youtube if you want to familiarize yourself. I was pretty young when it came out but I remember being very intrigued by the trailer, even as a child, and really wanting to see it. If I recall, it had some beautiful imagery and some incredible animation, but i don't remember much else.Does anybody else remember watching this or have an opinion on the subject?
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sure has been having a huge boost lately. When are we gonna see a home vieo release of Let the Right One In anyway?And I don't care what the hell anybody says, I still am interested in seeing Sauna.
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have you guys watched Devils on the Doorstep? I am still dying to know what you guys thought!
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Good night
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that is clearly required viewing.
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Too much keeps getting added to the pile.Twitch, have you heard anything about a movie called Black Belt? It's up for pre-sale on the Asian DVD sites and I hadn't heard about it during it's theatrical run.
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Count me in!
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Isn't that an oxymoron?
But in all seriousness, I would really like to see this film.
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is already inhabited by Nazi snow zombies.
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My posting will be sparse today!
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Kungfuhustler: Let the Right One In will be going theatrical later this year, should be on DVD in early 2009. And I totally think Sauna is worth seeing - if you like Tarkovsky it'll work for you, if not then not so much.
Hawaiian Organ Donor: I've seen Black Belt and it's quite good. Very much a drama with a martial arts element as opposed to a fight film, though, so you need to take it for what it is. -
i think the reviewers were spot on. it wasn't BAD bad, but it was very meh?. I remember one of the reviews saying they chopped out an hour at the end and it shows, it dosn't really have a third act. all kinds of crazy shit is going down and then....it just ends. there is no real finish. it rememinded me a bit like if the Bene Gesserit were in children of men. it is often trying to be children of men but it just isn't. anyway worth a look for the start and the middle but the end is a massive let down. also, despite getting loaded (which usually helps one go OH FUCK YEAH, HIT THAT CUNT, YEAH!) i never really felt that i got into the movie. i never got to that lovely point that beer and a big screen usually help you get to where you forget that you are watching a movie. i knew the whole time i was sitting in a cinema watching something that was contrived.
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Hmm.
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Merciful Muhammad it's quiet around these parts this week.Chipps, if beer can't help a bad movie get better, then what hope is there?So the wife and child get a plane for Florida in a couple hours and I'll have the house to myself. I think personal hygiene may suffer this weekend.
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Just line up a stack DVDs, get a shitload of beer and pizza and have at it!
You can also crank the volume and not worry about waking wife or teeny.
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Perhaps this would be the time to fill your bathtub with raspberry wheat?
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Buy some firecrackers and walk around the house lighting them like that kid in Boogie Nights.
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Make a potato gun.
I used to make them and charge $25 bucks per unit.
Easy to do and I had beer money every weekend.
It will blow your mind how hard those things will sling a potato (or wet sock, apple, newspaper, potato with nails in it, etc.)
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I got the chance to do that in the summer. It was wonderful.
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morning gents.
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I haven't seen it since the theater. I forgot how kick ass that movie is.
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You're the most destructive bastard I've ever heard of....
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How does this lineup sound.Tonight I go home to Cruzan rum and pizza and watch Hellboy 2, Wanted and Hancock.Tomorrow I wake up, give the shower and razor the finger, make a five cheese omelet and watch The Fall, Forbidden Kingdom, Mongol and Night/Day Watch. Beverages on tap tomorrow include Corona, UFO Raspberry Wheat, Guinness and Sierra Nevada.Then on Saturday I watch some college ball, Get Smart, Don't Mess With the Zohan and The Incredible Hulk. At this point I'll be drinking whatever's left.And finally on Sunday it's off to Charlotte to watch my beloved Panthers put a beat down on Kansas City. I might have to shower for that one.
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We used to tear some shit up.
I think I should have gone into demolition.
Kiss of the Dragon was a very well done movie. Totally took me by surprise, as I had seen it playing on cable every other day it seemed.
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Is how that should read.
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What about the strippers, cocaine, dog and pony show and propane tanks.
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But I weep for your indoor plumbing, as that menu to my stomach would be the equivalent of crossing the streams of two proton packs from Ghostbusters.
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...maybe everyone is fucking around less on AICN and actually working because of growing anxiety of the economy and job loss and unemployment and all that fun stuff. Maybe its a subconscious thing that people should stop fucking around online so much.
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And I already put down plastic sheathing so I got that covered, Chitty.You poor miserable lactose intolerant bastar. To save my plumbing, I just may go squat in the woods behind my house.I haven't watched Kiss of the Dragon since it came out. It was that good? I remember nothing about it.
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Last thing any of us needs is the unemployment line. You lose your job now and good luck finding a quick replacement.
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...is fucking awesome. I love the fights....they aren't overly Kung Fu 99% blocks horse-shit. They are pretty raw and messy looking. The music, photography, Paris, the villain guy, the acting-- all very good. The opening action scene in the hotel is da' bomb. The final "Kiss of the Dragon" move ont he bad guy is beautiful. Blood geysering out of every orifice in his face, its like my favorite porn.
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Where he is in the supply shop that his friend or relative owns and this huge, ripped guy comes in.
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Hell yeah....in his uncle's shrimp chip warehouse. That big ass black dude that swings and busts his fist through a wooden beam....I love that shit. And I like how Jet isn't this unstoppable killing machine....he looks genuinely scared when that guy comes at him and he gets thrown around and slammed quite a bit. There is that one slow mo shot of Jet socking the guy right in the fucking throat.....BRILLIANT!!
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Good gosh, I would have to eat Dynabol for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
I have trouble putting on mass, so maybe I should look into it.
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Oct 02, 2008 10:28:23 AM CDT
No trouble putting on mass around my midsection
by hawaiian organ donor
Everywhere else could use some work though.Kiss of the Dragon is now in the queue.Anybody else's 401K taking a beating?
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I feel like an extra in a Seagal movie.
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I was gonna say my 401k feels like Aurora Snow's asshole right about now, rips and all.... -
You would also weep at what my investment portfolio is looking like right now.
I had it at right below the middle of the road (medium risk, medium reward so to speak) and it is still floundering. -
I have mine on a lot of foreign markets and its rockin' right now. SELL SELL SELL!!!
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Oct 02, 2008 11:13:08 AM CDT
I'm taking ALL my money and puttin git in Mason jars
by chittychittygangbang
Just like Fred's nuts.
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It's a pain in the ass trying to find the new cool kids' thread.P.S. Hey, all. Good afternoon on the right, good morning on the left. G's up, ho's down and whatnot.
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Oct 02, 2008 11:16:21 AM CDT
Also, that was some damn good fish &chips last night
by franklin t marmoset
Very tasty. My hat is off to you, Princes Fish Bar here in my very own Bristol. You totally deserve those hygeine certificates.While I ate my fish and chips, I watched The Darjeeling Limited, which I liked very much.
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I had to work out for an hour an a half after the feasting was over to burn off those all that filthy grease.Mmmmm... grease.
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A good set of cat burglary tools.I'll be needing a skin-tight black outfit (ninja style), some rope, one of those suction-cup diamond cutters to make neat holes in windows, a set of top notch lock picks, and one of those aerosol sprays that let you see laser beams.I have always wanted to be a cat burglar.
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This is what happens when you type with one eye on your boss.Must not get caught posting.
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Oct 02, 2008 11:28:37 AM CDT
When I was little I thought cat burglars stole cats
by chittychittygangbang
I pity the poor cat burglar that grabbed the crazy white cat we have.
That son of a bitch is nucking futs even for a cat.
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somebody has to win right?
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Stealing cats? Jesus, you would get the shit scratched out of you, you would end up stinking of that foul shit (by which I mean piss) they spray to mark their territory, plus all the good fences are mostly interested in jewels and gold and whatnot and do not place much value on cats, no matter how adorable they are.I reckon maybe you'd get 50p for each one. Doesn't seem worth it. The lottery tickets are definitely a better bet.
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Most of the buskers 'round these parts play the accoustic rock stuff - a lot of Bob Dylan, obviously - so I think there's a gap in the market for a white guy who knows the words to shitloads of nineties gangsta rap classics.I could do some 2Pac, Ice T, Ice Cube, NWA, Dr Dre, Snoop, and also I would mix things up by throwing in a little Wu Tang here and there."Kiss my ass, fool I'm the illest, bulletproof, I die harder than Bruce Willis..."
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I'm jealous...I'm so fucking jealous. I love that greasy shit. There is a British pub about a half hour from me called Robin Hood's. If I could get them to deliver me a fresh batch of fish n' chips free of charge for the rest of my life, I might consider cutting my balls off for it.
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Oct 02, 2008 11:42:07 AM CDT
"Could you blame me if they sweat me I'm gonna open fire."
by franklin t marmoset
"What could I do? Pull my trigga or watch my nigga die.I'm representin' to the fullest givin' devil slugs.I'm on the block slangin' drugs with the young thugs."I may have a problem with some of the lyrics. Many peop,e don't take kindly to white guys using what is politely referred to as the 'N-Word', even if I am simply quoting a Thug Life classic.
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......using the N word is very bizarre to me.
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One of the benefits of living in inner city England - chip shops all over the fucking place. Mind you, you have Dennys over there, and I do like a Dennys. You can get a pretty damn good breakfast in a Dennys.Maybe we should do a deal. You send me a Moons Over My-Hammy and I'll send you a bag of cod and chips. I'm sure there'll be no problems with sending fast food through the international post.P.S. I'm also a huge Wes Anderson fan. Some people hate him, but I can't get enough. He has yet to put a foot wrong, in my opinion. I spat a chip across the room with laughter when Jason Schwartzman said, "I love you, too, but I'm going to mace you in the face!" So funny.
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Word...
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Oct 02, 2008 11:50:15 AM CDT
Many English guys use the N-Word (I hate that expression)
by franklin t marmoset
But most of them are either black or horrible racist.Or, just a hard-up white guy try to make a few extra quid doing Big Daddy Kane songs for the public."'Cause my rhymes are like spandex, they make any ass seem good."
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I would have to get from somewhere like Captain D's, as we have the following food joints in the Deep South: BBQ, Hamburgers, Catfish.
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to say that word. I guess I thought it was mostly an American comment.
But I guess I really thought about international impacts of it.
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Whats the population of your town?
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It sounds bad, like it would have fur on it or something, or it might hiss at me when I tried to pick it up and tickle its belly.
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I have a black friend who went to France on vacation once and said he couldn't fucking believe how many people were throwing around racial slurs. He almost got in several fights when people just casually referred to him as a Nigger. I believe some local kid on the train asked something like, "Why would a nigger come to France on holiday?" Fucking pricks.
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I've had some good catfish and some really really shit catfish that tasted like a used diaper.
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..I used to go to a Long John Silver's and get them (they have those around you Chitty?) until it closed a few years back. They are hard to find now.
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It's on the telly this weekend and I thought I might give it a look, partly out of interest in the politics of the story, and partly because I am stunned beyond belief that Jonathan out of Buffy has written the screenplay for a serious film about politics.Is it any good?
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but it went up to between 13,000 or 14,000 around 2005.
It is going back down now though, as out biggest employer shut their doors. About 1,300 lost jobs.
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Most fish-based fast food joints can't compete with the small fish shacks that sell the homemade stuff.
I've made my own hush puppies and also had some almost the size of apples.
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Seriously, I thought you were making a joke about eating fish with shoes.What the hell is an edible hushpuppy? I can't get the image of Americans eating some kind of shoe-shaped food out of my head.
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http://tinyurl.com/54ltm8 Little deep fried balls of dough. So fucking good.
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Kiss of the Dragon has great fight scenes, and really one of his better "English version" attempts.401K is now the 301K. I can't believe the money market or CD's is a better option right now, let alone the 529 plan we setup for my daughter. Fuck!I've never had hushpuppies.
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Liking eating a fat girl's pussy.....sorta salty and dry....but warm and sweet at the same time!!
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Damn, I should not talk about food on this Ain't It Cool News. It always makes me hungry, and it always makes me want to eat something that is probably not good for me.I am thinking very hard about a delicious omelette right now, because that is what a healthy fellow like me eats for tea. Not deep fried balls of dough, no matter how delicious they look.Mmmmmm... deep fried balls of dough...
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"sorta salty and dry"If it's dry, you're not doing it right, mate.Oh well, at least you've put me off the hush puppies.
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That's just fucking depressing.
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We have been discussing this as of late. Our group is diminishing. Jonah is gone now for most of the day....the regulars haven't been very regular.
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Not that you aren't welcomed here you dirty cunt, but shouldn't you be at the pub or something?
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BTW Danny, that post in Vern's Seagal thread had me crying with laughter.
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Just really get that mouth past the piss fenders and maybe prime it a bit with your middle finger supported by your thumb.
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We also make them using buttermilk. It gives them a little extra flavor.
Also break one in half, or take a baite and put a little sauce in there, as the bread will absorb it.
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we can get this fucking TB up the ladder I would think.
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Is giving me an erection that you you could hang dry cleaning on.
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I still think one of my favorite moments of Pistol Whipped is when Stevie decides to block a kick with his gigantic body. Fuck trying to block this shit with my arms and whatnot, just thrown my body in front of it.
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Solid entry into the comic book movie world. I tell you, RDJ just plain rules. I'm really curious to check out the Hulk movie and see how that stacks up. Not to Ang Lee's version, but how it all fits together in the 'new' marvel movie world.
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I can't wait to snatch that puppy up too.
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I'm going to give it a shot and try and convince the professor to let us out early to watch the debate "during such a critical junction in American politics". Bastard always keeps us till 9:15..
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If my Huskies can pull this out at N.C., I'll be impressed.
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Oct 02, 2008 1:25:25 PM CDT
at least the Jets can continue the win streak this week
by just pillow talk
with the bye week. Wa-hoo!
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the mastery of Tony Jaa. The common public does not know how their very own lives...the fabric of society..can improve with even one single viewing of The Protector.
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I was so looking forward to enjoying a few blackberry wheat ales while watching dumb and dumber tonight...
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Taking forever to even load this page.
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ok, now it's time for coffee...
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Is he still hiding in a cave? Any updates on that?
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The genral public also doesn't know how quickly society could be conquered by Jaa as well.
Just think, we are a whim away from having the ENTIRE planet ruled by Jaa.
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...we finally got up on the charts.
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Oct 02, 2008 1:42:45 PM CDT
when Seagal finds out McCain drops the term GOOKS....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....every change he gets-- he's gonna break his fucking arm.
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McCain's arms will fly above his head.
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On his campaign bus recently, Sen. John McCain told reporters, "I hated the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live." Although McCain said he was referring only to his prison guards, there are many reasons why his use of the word "gook" is offensive and alarming.
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Whomever he's debating..he just calmly lights his leg on fire and does a FLAMING LEG KICK and destroys his opponents podium.
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for U.S. citizens to ensure they get their money back.
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hehehe....I do the same with my penis before sex. I call it the Vanishing Volcano Log. Why do I do this? Well....because after years of orgies with big titted Cuban women I have little to no feeling in my penis. Its sad I know.
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Oct 02, 2008 1:53:30 PM CDT
Seagal on McCain's health: "He's MARKED FOR DEATH!"
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Oct 02, 2008 1:53:39 PM CDT
As impressed as I was about Jaa's flaming leg kick..
by chittychittygangbang
And don't get me wrong, I will always bown down to the flaming leg kick, but those fucking elbow drops were the stuff of legends.
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"You helped kill my economy! Fuck you and die!!"
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"Listen bitch...you drill Alaska-- I fuckin' drill you!! If I wanted any lip outta you I'd rip it off your fuckin' twat!!"
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I can see seagal just reaching down calmly...grabbing the top of one of the piss fenders between his thumb and the main joint of his pointer finger and snatching down.
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The flying elbows and knees are what Jaa is all about. That and breaking every single tendon in one's body.
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Pillow, I normally wouldn't go to the tubes to get Hollywood movies but I wanted to make this weekend so special and watch an entire summer's worth of blockbusters in 2 days that I broke down. So I loaded up this week.You can't get fish and chips round these parts. And cod is an OK substitute but haddock is the real deal.I could rotate between fish and chips, pesto and pad thai every three days for the rest of my life and be happy.Hush puppies are tasty but they have to be fresh.Akira statue thing? Whaaaaa?One more hour to go before I head home and begin the debauchery. I had to hang a bucket under my maw today to catch the saliva as I thought about rum and Ron Perlman, James McAvoy and Will Smith saving the world.UConn is playing UNC this weekend? Huskies are going to get Tarheeled, Pillow. I love the ACC!
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Don't forget I get the debate grill out, where the tempers will get hotter than the red coals.
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I just remembered I have a bachelor party coming up. A friend of mine is getting married next month. God damn I wish it was like the good old golden 80s like in the Hanks film Bachelor Party. You could smoke, snort, fuck anything you wanted at a buddy's bachelor party. Anything with a hole was fair game. Aaaawwww the Reagan 80s.
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Both conferences suck ass. Uconn has their backup QB playing the rest of the season now, which might not be a bad thing actually.
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setup Chitty. Fill them up with broken promises and dreams.
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...cause someone is gonna get FUCKED tonight.
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Got my 'should' and 'you' all switched up. I can't believe I have to go to class tonight.For the record Chitty and Hawaiian since you'll both be having a good 'ol time while I'm stuck in my dumb class: you both suck.
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Palin don't want none of that...natural baby, 100% natural!
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Oct 02, 2008 2:52:25 PM CDT
Chitty, I'll watch the debate in between films...
by hawaiian organ donor
...but I'd remove all sharp objects from your deck to avoid a rage induced stabbing.If I was sitting next to someone who was cheering on Palin as she mumbled, I think I'd be unknowingly stabbing them repeatedly and only when there was a blood curdling cry from one of the other guests would I realize what I was doing.I went to the Sideshow Collectibles website. Mercy, it's like soft core porn over there.
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Enjoy your night's festivities, and by all means have a heavy hand with the adult beverages.Warwick Davis 2012!
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Oct 02, 2008 2:54:48 PM CDT
when McCain speaks lovingly about "THE SURGE"...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...he is actually referring to my cataclysmic blast of semen down Palin's throat. Its part of our pre-speech/debate ritual. Some people use honey-- she uses my semen.
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I thought Wake Forest might show promise this year but it ain't gonna happen.Thank Jebus we have basketball to fall back on.And yes, I do suck. The sweet tasty Corona out of the bottle that is.
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cocaine and some X. Just to watch the brawl turn into a stampeding orgy, picking up new members like a giant snowball.
All you will see is a cloud of dust and titties, peckers and piss fenders.
I will running along the top like a circus bear on a big beach ball, waiting for a nice tight, wet jizz trap to make a couple of rounds and then time my jump perfectly... -
Oct 02, 2008 3:06:04 PM CDT
"All you will see is a cloud of dust and titties, peckers and pi
by hawaiian organ donor
"I will running along the top like a circus bear on a big beach ball, waiting for a nice tight, wet jizz trap to make a couple of rounds and then time my jump perfectly..."You're killing me, Chitty. I can't type through the laughter and tears.
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Hehehehehehe........clearly you have tried coke Chitty. No imagination is this vivid.
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Oct 02, 2008 3:09:43 PM CDT
I'm making sure you get a good start for holiday HOD
by chittychittygangbang
I'm sure you'll be watching a movie late tonight, take a sip of UFO Raspberry Wheat, pull the bottle down and chuckle..."Circus bear, titties, heh jizz trap..." and then take another sip.
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Damn near tried everything. But not Crack, Clove cigs or a cock in my mouth or ass.
Cocaine wasn't bad at all, but I was hyper enough and my high was lasting way past everyone else's..
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Oct 02, 2008 3:21:10 PM CDT
you avoided all the lethal C's eh? Crack, cloves, and cock....
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while I am running along the top of the stampeding orgy, I'm carrying a gaint boom box from the 80's playing Duran Duran's Hungry Like The Wolf.
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it's gonna be huge over there
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gosh darn those are fun!!
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actually i like juno, but it's fun to make fun
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I'm going over to check that out, because those TBs always make me let eager squeaks and farts.
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I've always had a problem with the line - "I smell like I sound..."What's all that about then?
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It's not a bad number but it's not a Bond song. Jack White's vocal style reminds me of that bloke out of Police Academy - Bobcat Goldthwait.I can't believe Goldfrapp haven't done a Bond. Listen to a track like 'Pilots' and I can hear Bond all over it. I'd also like to hear Lisa Gerrard have a bash - she can do a smoky croon, as evidenced on 'Spaceweaver.'
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I usually love the White Stripes, and Jack, but in that musci video he looks like a coked out chubby wedding singer with a bad haircut. And what's with them being photoshopped into a desert just so it could match that shot at the end of Daniel Craig?Weak.
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i don't like the waaa waaa part where they are kinda just yelling but the rest i like. I also agree its not really a bond song, but it is not the first rocknroll style one. i reckon they should line up gabriella cilmi for a bond song. she would be good.
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We need more English posters. More English posters who are bored to tears at work and feel the unshakable need - nay, desire! - to talk about crap on the internets.Where are you, fellow English film nerd slackers?
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Wake up, you damn lazy bastard!How the hell am I supposed to ask you questions about the Iron Man DVD when you are sleeping like a milk-drunk baby in your soft American bed, made from the supple flesh of Taiwaneese children?I demand to know about the commentary track! Politely, of course, on account of I am English.
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"Sweating like a blind lesbian in a fish shop". I try to use this at least once a day.
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Frank, do you remember the old Aids Ad from the 80's with the old guy that talked about how he had to use a treated sheep gut (and it was re-usable) as a condom. I think that if you're going prospecting for fish oil in Wasilla then the only way you can respect her bat shit crazy ideas is to use one of these "natural" condoms. Not only are the chances of it not working fucking high, but it doesn't hurt the environment and is downright filthy and degrading. Especially if you fuck her crack whore daughter (in the ass, natch) first and don't wash it. No. I do not like this woman.
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and have had to drag my carcass in to work to beat my deadline, I've been unreliable. I am sicker than necrophilia and they won't extend my date. Wankers.
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you need to re-educate your professor in a Dillon manner using a #2 pencil. Shitheel.
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but they have been for ages. I still think they should throw money at Massive Attack to do one.
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frankly.
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There's not much more likely to put me off the notion of sex than knowing I have to wash my own filthy man glue out of a re-usable rubber when it's over.Better to just jid into a sock, I reckon. More dignified.
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Oct 03, 2008 5:26:56 AM CDT
I'm looking forward to watching the debate tonight
by franklin t marmoset
I'm forgoing the Friday drunkening on account of a severe case of broke-ness.Instead, I'm staying in to watch Recount (written by Jonathan off Buffy!) and then the vice-presidential debate. Mind you, from what I've heard on the news this morning, nothing all that special happened. I was sort of hoping her head would split open and a crab person would crawl out.Oh well, maybe it'll send me off into a nice, peaceful sleep.
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First, it was Colombian children.Second, the fool that I am, I picked up the bare bones edition of Iron Man, and while I didn't search through the disc (since I'm a lazy bastard and was tired as a little Taiwaneese child, I don't believe it has a commentary on it. Which would seem utterly impossible.
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to end class early at 8:30 to check out the debate. Unfortunately they were doing fucking construction at that time and was stuck in shitty traffic, so I missed almost the first half hour of the debate. Though his heart was in the right place, someone must pay for the traffic. Sorry professor, say hello to my little friend..#2 papermate.
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No commentary track on either R1 or R2 but lots of making-of stuff. Apparently. This will probably be my one and only post. The work server is shite.
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continuing on from the "boning caribou barbie up against a used foetus bin" series, I'm so bored that I'm going to litter this and every other TB that I can be arsed to do it in with alaska/ stupidity/ religious related filth.
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You dress Palin in wolf skins and suspenders and then shoot her from a helicopter before mounting her comatose corpse and crooning "NNNNNNNN-RRRRRRRRRR-AAAAAA" in her ear as you blow.
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You take her from behind with her face pressed up against the glass at the Wasilla Hockey rink. The crowd has to chant "$15 million well spent" in time to her groans.
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You get her to fellate you in church when you are wearing full tribal robes.
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It's funny, but despite quite enjoying it in the Cinema, I have absolutely no desire at all to watch it again. Strange, that.
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I actually have more of a need to see Indy 4 again, despite the fact that I know that Iron Man is infinitely better. I think it's because I may have been harsh on it. Or not harsh enough.
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Get a black bisexual evolution professor to fuck her while you stand around reading out passages from "Last Exit To Brooklyn"
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... is killing me. Why did I go in work. I'm having a Double Decker for lunch. No appetite. That's a chocolate bar, not a bus. I couldn't eat a bus. I bet The Brim could though.
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No comparison. I may have to have a guinness during lunch today.
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and was recently disgusted to discover that my local boozer has gone from cleaning the Guinnes lines once a week to once a fornight. this laziness/ cheapness ruins the Guinnes. Wankers. Pencil Jihad on them.
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Anyhoo back to the pornlin Taking her from behind, but you have to wait till she says "don't Y'all come inside me, us Hockey Mums get pregnant at the drop of a hat and I can't have an abortion because god hates that" Then agree. Just as you're about to shoot, pull out and spit on her back. She'll turn round thinking that you're done and you unload 2 barrels of man custard into her stupid face. No, I really do not like this woman.
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I'll stop this now
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amd I really alone again? Did I scare everyone off with the Caribou porn?
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anyhoo, it seems to be a titanic struggle among things I don't give a fuck about- Watchmen, Romero Zombies, Some sequel to 300 (how amd why?) Someone had better appear or I'm going to post more Alaskan based filth. And this time I'm going to link pools of semen to oil spills.
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I know I should. I just don't. It doesn't interest me at all. I think I've seen too many deconstructions for this one to grab me.
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But I still want to read more Alaskan-based filth.
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You know it was one of things that did indeed work really well as a graphic novel, but the translation to the big screen had better be amazing.
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Seeing as I beat my deadline I can resume normal service of posting guff on AICN. I just don't like doing it alone *sniff*. I think it's because the liberal media keep picking on me.
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why don't I care about a new Romero Zombie film? The only explanation I can come up with is that Land was decidedly meh and I haven't seen Diary.
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fuck our work server. Fuck it in the ass.
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Jesus, has Hollywood gotten any mileage out of this plot?
I mean really think about it. There have so many, I can't even begin to count them.
Why doesn't Hollywood redirect this effort to more Dragon movies?
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So I don't have the weighted expectations that so many apparently do.
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And, by the way, I'm truly disgusted at some of the closet (and not so closet) racism being spouted by Republicans. It's disgraceful.
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Oct 03, 2008 8:57:05 AM CDT
Apparently they didn't sell Watchmen in the South
by chittychittygangbang
Besides you guys, every person I have talked to about it looks confused and cocks their head to the side like the RCA dog.
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I don't know. It looks pretty fucking goofy to me. I know kevin Smith said it was mint and all that, but didn't he also like the Star Wars prequels? Fucking hell, Kevin SmithI might give it a go, though, because there's not too much I'm that excited about for next summer. Assuming it comes out next summer.
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I rarely listen to them these days, but the combination of Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jnr seems like it could make for some pretty good talking and whatnot.I'm looking forward to seeing the film again, though.
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well, mostly here, that it's the donkey's nob. But it just doesn't grab me.
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I think I would demand that speak to me constantly as I rock her on the park bench. In fact, I would give her some of Frances McDormand's lines from Fargo, and she had better damn well get them right or I will squeeze the contents of my re-usable rubber all over those perky little glasses of hers.
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Usually that's when I really decide if I like a movie.
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But I realise that is like saying Sarah Palin is one of the better hateful little right wing witches.And, that's right, I said COMIC. Graphic novel, my ass.
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I really will. Maybe I was wrong about it being too dull and too long and too serious and too stupid in all the wrong ways.Maybe it's a mint film and I just didn't realise it.I look forward to re-discovering The Dark Knight as a serious crime thriller. A serious crime thriller with ACTION FIGURES!
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I would ignore the safety word with Palin. No doubt.
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All serious crime thrillers have 36 inch inflatable bop bags you can buy for the kiddies.Don't they?
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I have to watch a film again to make sure I give it a fair shake. Like with Palin. Park bench AND in a movie theater seat. It's only fair.
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and you're just been iconoclastic. Not to mention stubborn.
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From MTV Movie News....
It’s been sixteen years since Steven Seagal enjoyed the biggest success of his career with “Under Siege” — one of the best offerings of the one-man action thrillers that followed “Die Hard” — and thirteen years since its lackluster sequel “Dark Territory” signaled a slow, steady decent into the world of direct-to-video features.
But now, with the former action heavyweight looking to climb his way back into multiplexes, could a long-awaited “Under Siege” threequel be in the offing? It sure can. “There are offers and we’re looking at them,” Seagal told MTV News. And he even has some ideas…of a more alien nature.
“I personally want it to be something more modern,” said Seagal, giving us his thoughts on potential storylines. But it’s one specific angle that will probably have fans intrigued, to say the least.
“In other words,” Seagal began, “I wouldn’t mind if it was about something more mystical or…maybe extraterrestrial in nature. Some real government top secrets instead of just the typical.”
Well, here’s hoping. So what say you, Seagalogists? Could you see Casey Ryback tossing E.T. through a window? Let us hear your thoughts in the comments below.
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Yes, I damn well am being iconoclastic. Good for you, sir.Also, it's no fun around here unless you stir up a few arguments. These hijacked TBs we get on are nice and all that, but it's a little too cozy sometimes.
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I appreciate all the Palin stories.....though I would make a change when you slam her from behind against the hockey glass-- the crowd's chant should most certainly be, "DRILL BABY DRILL!!"
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"Chew on these reeses pieces ya ET muthafucker!"
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Even adding your cunty ten points to the FF, it still comes up short.Is that less cozy for ya? Cunt?
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Jar Jar motherfucking Binks.If Jar Jar exists in the same world as the ETs (and The Phantom Menace confirms that he does), I see no reason why some kind of intergalactic time travel doodad couldn't bring him to Earth for a showdown with Seagal. It would be hilarious. He'd be executing his meticulously prepaired plan while also knocking stuff over and stepping in poop and whatnot.Seagal won't know what's hit him.
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Oct 03, 2008 9:46:10 AM CDT
it could kick ass...imagine Sunshine with Seagal....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....instead of that monster guy running around in the 3rd act-- it could have been Seagal busting fucking skulls left and right to save EARTH!!
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please see previous porn-lin stories. I speak from experience (I asked an eskimo) and he said that once you got over the overwhelming bigotry and nasty stench of corruption she was in fact dirty as a mud-wrestling champion.
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Make it happen!
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All I ask of a comic book film is that it be either:A) Good, or;B) Quite preposterously bad.Daredevil isn't either.I do like Jennifer Garner in it, though. Great midriff, as I believe has been established before, plus she does that adorable nose crinkle thing really well.Midriff. Nose crinkle. Best parts of Daredevil.
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Does it have more midriff?Or nose crinkle?
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to watch casey rip off one of ET's arms, chomp it, and then throw his useless sympathy seeking deformed ass out of an airlock.
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Oct 03, 2008 9:48:56 AM CDT
Daredevil is Citizen fucking Kane compared to X3.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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You know this to be true. Unless your a stubborn west country boy. Ooooh, I've never got a Charlatans reference into a TB. And I still haven't. It should be North Country boy. But Frank is from the west.
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appearance of a dwarf, who ends up playing an integral part in how they nail the Kingpin.
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He should shoot a hole in the side of the ship and let it vacuum suck E.T. through it until he is jello guts ala Alien Resurrection. That would fucking rock. Well no.......not E.T. Actually I take that back. Just some other generic alien villain. It sounded funny at first until I started actually visualizing E.T. in pain, and then I got very sad and disappointed in myself. I love that little bastard.
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Daredevil> X3>FF> Spiderman 3> Superman Returns. And it looks like I did get a Charlatans reference into a post. Even if I had to do it by referring to an inaccurate reference. Clever, am I.
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I'm visualising ET in pain, and am not disgusted at myself at all.
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Holy shit is that a tough one to dissect and come to an adequate conclusion as to which one blows less...However, Alba, regardless of the horrid acting, is a absolute joy to watch. Much better than dog face.I concur, the FF films are better than Spidey 3.
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than Spiderman 3. Alba> Dunst.
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I have placed a moratorium on me being called names for liking that wonderfully stupid film. It happens too often.I may be stubborn, and I may be from the west country, but I do have feelings, you know.Bunch a cunts.
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AICN stole my fucking Under Siege 3 scoop!! FUCK!!
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Just watch Into the Blue. There are full scenes of Alba slow-motion swimming.
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Jesus, they're shit.
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The target demographic for FF is very very young children. Its a kid's movie. Spiderman films and X-Men films are not. They are more like teen/young adult comic films. Thats the big difference. My ranking of the three would be:
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"I may be stubborn, and I may be from the west country, but I do have feelings, you know."
"Bunch a cunts."Here's a tissue...cunt. -
Is Jessica Alba's ass.That is a just a beautiful, beautiful thing. Jessica Alba's ass, bobbling away underwater. Lovely.
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If you saw her walking down the street, you would say "Look there is Jessica Alba! Oh wait, There is Jessica Alba Ass too!"
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Oct 03, 2008 10:05:55 AM CDT
fuck, I think I'd watch Electra again before Spidey 3
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In fact, I prefer X3 over Spidey 3. After reading that, I'm not sure that's true because that actually terrifies me. But there was no dancing in X3, so it gets the nod.
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I always want to use as many obscure band references as I can in a post. Anyway, the west country is dangerously near Wales. And nothing good comes from Wales.
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...I don't really understand it. It was the weakest of the three, sure. And it was a crowded story and the Sandman CG in the last sequence was pretty weak. But the Harry/Peter storyline was solid. Overall it was enjoyable....just not as good as the others. But really-- I'm just worn out with Spiderman. Like someone mentioned the other day, the first two films lost a lot of their magic after repeat viewings. They should let the character rest for awhile not pump out two more sequels.
I would say Juggernaut, Angel existing for no reason other than to look pretty on the posters, Rogue giving up her powers and abandoning the team, killing Professor X just because you have no idea what the fuck else to do for drama, and making all Wolverine fights scenes repetitive, tired, and dull-- are far worse offenses than anything in Spiderman 3. -
That is a very important difference, Jarv.Us Bristolians steer clear of Wales at all times except for Christmas, when we all like to pop over to Cardiff for shopping.Also, I once saw Faith No More in Newport. They were great.
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Oct 03, 2008 10:14:14 AM CDT
Yes! Someone else who doesn't entirely hate Spidey 3!
by franklin t marmoset
Thanks, Danny.
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Chatting to you cunts and downloading episodes of Bullshit off Youtube.Can you tell I'm looking for another job?I just don't fucking care anymore.
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Superman Returns (worst ever), Batman and Robin, Superman 4, Spiderman 3, Ghost Rider. X3 looks great compared to them.
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I think it could have been great if they just cut Venom. I think Raimi is right....he is a pretty stupid fucking villain. The studio should have gone with his instinct and let him keep it between Sandman and Harry. It probably would have improved everything about the film...including the CG of Sandman in the last bit. They would have had more resources to focus on one less character to animate.
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Dumbest. Shit. Ever.
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Spiderman 3 had one too many villans and one too many Kirsten Dunsts.
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I would take any of those over X3.
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1) Encyclopedia Butlerica. Every supervillian has one of these 2) Uncle Ben being killed by the Sandman. You know, Raimi you helmet, Spidey does not have to be personally connected to every villain. 3)Crap CGI. It cost HOW MUCH? 4)Dunst singing. Twice 5) Dunst Singing. 6)Emo/ homo Peter strutting his funky stuff like some reject from Saturday Night fever 7)Venom. Not big. Not clever. Just a confusing fucking mess8)Sandman turning into Godzilla. Fuck off. 9)Power Ranger Goblin (see previous comment) 10) Harry and MJ making breakfast. Did I need to see this? no. Did I care? no. 11)Sandman's dying daughter. Do I need to feel sorry for the Villain?No. Did I care? no I can go on and on with this, but it was, frankly, fucking dreadful.
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symbiote happens to land right next to Pete. From the other Spidey 4 thread, someone argued that it was attracted to the most powerful being on the planet. Which I suppose is feasible if there exists absolutely no other superheroes/villains in Spidey-verse. It's a stretch to say the least.Any of the dancing/singing scenes horrid, as was the 'bad' Peter strutting down the street. Considering what came before in the two movies, this extreme campyness was out of left field. And the fact that there was more than one singing and/or dancing scene...awful.The initial fight sequence with Spidey vs. Harry...Spidey is not indestructible. Sorry.The whole Sandman tied to Ben storyline...dumb. Not every villain needs to be tied to the hero.The killing of Prof X..didn't happen, as he switched bodies at the end. I don't have a problem with that one. The cyclops death was stupid, as was the whole Rogue storyline. Day to Night - ridiculous.
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From the lame ass Emo Peter dance sequence, to the rushed Venom subplot, to the lack of closure on Sandman's arc, to the weak-ass love triangle, Spidey 3 is pretty atrocious. Although I find all three Spidey films to be pretty bland. They're schmaltzy and badly badly acted. X3 is much better than any of them in my opinion.
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No if's and or but's about that. X3 was stellar compared to it.
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Jarv beat me to it, and I see hit on some of the same points.
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just about everything. I hate bosworth as louis. I hate superbrat. I hate deadbeat stalker superhero. I hate spacey scamming old people for dough, and then embarking on a retarded 70's bad guy. I hated the colour palette, I hated the end. I hated the beginning. I hated the fact that it was dull as fuck. You know the way you feel about Indy 4. That's how I feel about Superman Returns. It was SHIT.
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I read Jarv's helpful list of Spider-Man 3-related stuff he's angry about, and I don't entirely disagree with any of them except for the dancing bit (Mintest thing in a superhero film EVER!), but I still pretty much enjoyed the film. It's not nearly as good as the other two and it is a god-awful mess, but I still sort of liked it.Maybe there's something wrong with me.
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He was MIA.
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but Singer had nothing to do with that so I don't give him or his crew of cum receptacles any credit for that at all.
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Soory old sport. Old chap. Old man, Old bean. Old custard. But something is wrong wit cha - very wrong!
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I'm not nuts about the other 2 Spidey's and I seriously dislike X3. Just to be clear.
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Clearly, I must seek help with this problem I have for sort of enjoying colourful comic book films about characters I like.I wonder if they can also help with my Gilmore Girls addiction? Not that I want help, because Gilmore Girls is awesome.
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is automatically shit. And that's before I get on to fucking pogo jumping mutants and stuff like the Golden Gate bridge scene.
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that's the only justification for posessing testicles and watching it. Hilariously, I nearly typed "Golden Girls" in there.
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That's why I always stopped on the channel it was on.
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Oct 03, 2008 10:32:45 AM CDT
Any film with a fuzzy blue Dr. Frasier Crane in it
by franklin t marmoset
is automatically MINT!No, only joking. I had no strong feelings one way or another about that one.
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Was a fucking mess from start to finish. The entire trilogy really reduced him to a winy cunt. He was so bad ass in the cartoon. It wasn't always that twat Wolverine saving the day....they actually worked as a fucking team. Not one of the three X films can touch the Fox cartoon. That shit was magic. And the theme song destroyed Michael Kamen's boring piece of shit.
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was actually instrumental in me developing a cast-iron formula for deciding whether a film is any good based on one of Harry's reviews. If Harry uses the phrase, or some derivative of the phrase "It just kind of worked for me" then the film is garbage of the lowest kind. Because that is Harry making excuses for stuff he knows is substandard but is still determined to like. It's never failed me yet.
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But it was funny when the oldest would start making wisecracks.
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It's a pleasant little oasis of nice-ness, with nice people doing nice things and, when they have problems, they are nice problems.It just makes a nice change from the stuff I usually watch.Also, agreed, Lorelai Snr does have a wonderful ass. So that helps.
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...other than the fact that the Superman character is worn out and we have seen basically all they can deliver with the original concept. Thats why I liked JJ's script. I think the only way a truly great Superman film will ever be made is if they completely re-structure it. Superman is sorta boring to me in concept. -
And what was wrong with the GG sequence?
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I just can't do it. His opinions are so utterly subjective as to be pointless, and his asinine writing style makes me want to throw my computer out the window. And that would not be cool, since it's not actually my computer. The bosses would definitely frown on me throwing their shit out the window.
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I thought that was the single best decision made regarding that film. An even better decision would have been to end it with Wolverine being tortured and beheaded like William Wallace. -
Like Danny said, it was just a little do-nothing-bitch in the movies. A crime what they did to him, a crime!Now I realize a lot of those CW type shows have very spankable babes in them, but holy fuck on a stick are those horrid things to sit through. My wife will watch some of those now and then. Not even sure which ones they are, maybe the new zip code show and some other one. I don't know, they all involve hot rich white people.
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He does good things because he's a good guy, so you've got no decent internal drama; and he's virtually indestructible, so you've got precious little external drama that does not involve kryptonite. Boring. I would hate to write a Superman script.
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Puts me right to sleep.
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Oct 03, 2008 10:41:12 AM CDT
unless supes battles aliens with fatso pony tailed one
by just pillow talk
That could work.
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Time to head home for my low budget weekend of watching telly and eating delicious omelettes.I have saved up three whole episodes of Gilmore Girls to watch on video, too! Lucky, lucky me.Good weekends to all. Even the cunts.
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Exactly. It is hard to write drama when a guy is indestructible. Thats where I think Abrams got it right....he focused on his internal conflict of dealing with the fact that the world's problems are all on him.
But I think Singer executed the film just fine. And I really like Routh. He should have just demanded a better script. Something fresh....not the same fucking real estate scheme from Luthor. Fuck Luthor-- get a villain that can actually beat the shit out of Superman for cunt's sake!! -
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If you get the jelly Franklin just keep munching away, as the meat is usually settled at the bottom.
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Started as day. Finished as night. Sloppy, stupid film-making. And we'll agree to differ on SR, because I don't think my blood pressure can take it- but let me put it this way, I would rather sit through 50 consecutive episodes of Coronation St without a toilet break or a cigarette break than watch it again. And I think I would have a more enjoyabe time sitting in a puddle of my own piss, suffering through nicotine withdrawl in front of a serious that's been clinically proven to induce suicide in monkeys than I would watching Singer's wankfest.
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Oct 03, 2008 10:52:28 AM CDT
you know....some cultures make a soup out of period blood...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
If they consume that shit....how kinky is their sex?!
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Oct 03, 2008 10:55:02 AM CDT
you don't have love for Supes because you're not American.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Superman is all about the red, white and blue......and the anal sex.
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Superman could clinch his ass cheeks together and rip off a cock?
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it's just another reason to hate Singer's version. Didn't he cut "Truth, Justice and The American Way" from it?
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But I do take offense to your comment earlier about SInger having nothing to do with the original score for Returns. Of course he did! Who do you think was blowing John Ottman under the sound mixing board while he recorded that iconic theme? Cum bubble raspberries were all the inspiration he needed to make magic in that studio!!
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...what toilet can withstand that blast?
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Oct 03, 2008 11:16:23 AM CDT
If I were Superman I would shit like birds do while flying
by chittychittygangbang
Just flying along, get that feeling and open up the back door of the suit likea pair of longjohns.
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Ottman was using his pink conducter while singer was eating out his arsehole. And palin watched. Obviously.
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...get a fucking life people.
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how goes it? Talking Supes again?
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Jonah it is about time.
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who once commented that it was good he couldn't fly, otherwise he would have spent most of his time crapping on people at very inopportune moments. "Hey, that guy's going to propose! Open up the exit flap!"
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and I've found a way to smuggle a laptop onto the cruise, so I should be quite prolific then too. I'll be in touch. As much as is possible.
So did Danny win the Seagal set?
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that would be amazing. Wow.
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did you ever comment on my stuff over at zhura. Ive been waiting for feedback from you, chipps and and pillow I think. Jarv too.
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changed it could be a bit of a problem for you. You could end up looking like those got milk commercials.
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Oct 03, 2008 11:23:57 AM CDT
When I was younger I ejaculated while on a trampoline
by chittychittygangbang
The jizz was just floating in front of me for a second.
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Its being announced today sometime.
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seriously. I'd steal things, take a superdump on Gordon Brown, obliterate Wales, smite greedy bankers and all sorts. And I'd spend a few moments blowing a superload through Palin's left eye. Just for fun.
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to avoid the political here, but Jarv, you might get a kick out of this article. The guy is angry, but he writes well too. It's anti-Palin, if you wonder the slant.
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but the bastard server won't let me on again. It's really annoying because I've got something I want to post as well, and I said I'd comment, and don't want to look like a lying toerag. I'm not a politician
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But I was in a hurry at work and didn't get to really go through and absorb.
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I have to say you're pretty fucked up. God bless you. I'm lucky I wasn't eating when I read your trampoline post.
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but havent watched it yet. Saw it back at the theaters and really liked it. Hope it holds up. Danny, did you see IM? I dont recall your stance on it.
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The first lighthouse to use electricity was the Statue of Liberty in 1886.
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as I wrote it while drinking pumpkin ale. What kind?
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I'll give it another go. I'll get back to you in a sec.
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I think if we have time between all the fall festivals, and the movie night on Sunday, we might check it out.
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It's still all about RDJ.
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Bluray purchase is for Sleeping Beauty next week. I'm pretty excited for that. I've decided that I'm forgoing Indiana Jones though. That one can wait for 4 for 20 at Blockbuster.
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I'm standing outside the XCEL ENERGY CENTER in St. Paul Minnesota Sarah Palin has just finished her speech to the Republican National Convention, accepting the party's nomination for vice president. If I hadn't quit my two-packs-a-day habit earlier this year, I'd be chain-smoking now. So the only thing left is to stand mute against the fit-for-a-cheap-dog-kennel crowd-control fencing you see everywhere at these idiotic conventions and gnaw on weird new feelings of shock and anarchist rage as one would a rawhide chew toy.
All around me, a million cops in their absurd post-9/11 space-combat get-ups stand guard as assholes in papier-mache puppet heads scramble around for one last moment of network face time before the coverage goes dark. Four-chinned delegates from places like Arkansas and Georgia are pouring joyously out the gates in search of bars where they can load up on Zombies and Scorpion Bowls and other "wild" drinks and extramaritally grope their turkey-necked female companions in bathroom stalls as part of the "unbelievable time" they will inevitably report to their pals back home. Only 21st-century Americans can pass through a metal detector six times in an hour and still think they're at a party.
The defining moment for me came shortly after Palin and her family stepped down from the stage to uproarious applause, looking happy enough to throw a whole library full of books into a sewer. In the crush to exit the stadium, a middle-aged woman wearing a cowboy hat, a red-white-and-blue shirt and an obvious eye job gushed to a male colleague they were both wearing badges identifying them as members of the Colorado delegation at the Xcel gates.
"She totally reminds me of my cousin!" the delegate screeched. "She's a real woman! The real thing!"
I stared at her open-mouthed. In that moment, the rank cynicism of the whole sorry deal was laid bare. Here's the thing about Americans. You can send their kids off by the thousands to get their balls blown off in foreign lands for no reason at all, saddle them with billions in debt year after congressional year while they spend their winters cheerfully watching game shows and football, pull the rug out from under their mortgages, and leave them living off their credit cards and their Wal-Mart salaries while you move their jobs to China and Bangalore.
And none of it matters, so long as you remember a few months before Election Day to offer them a two-bit caricature culled from some cutting-room-floor episode of Roseanne as part of your presidential ticket. And if she's a good enough likeness of a loudmouthed middle-American archetype, as Sarah Palin is, John Q. Public will drop his giant-size bag of Doritos in gratitude, wipe the Sizzlin' Picante dust from his lips and rush to the booth to vote for her. Not because it makes sense, or because it has a chance of improving his life or anyone else's, but simply because it appeals to the low-humming narcissism that substitutes for his personality, because the image on TV reminds him of the mean, brainless slob he sees in the mirror every morning.
Sarah Palin is a symbol of everything that is wrong with the modern United States. As a representative of our political system, she's a new low in reptilian villainy, the ultimate cynical masterwork of puppeteers like Karl Rove. But more than that, she is a horrifying symbol of how little we ask for in return for the total surrender of our political power.
Not only is Sarah Palin a fraud, she's the tawdriest, most half-assed fraud imaginable, 20 floors below the lowest common denominator, a character too dumb even for daytime TV -and this country is going to eat her up, cheering her every step of the way. All because most Americans no longer have the energy to do anything but lie back and allow ourselves to be jacked off by the calculating thieves who run this grasping consumer paradise we call a nation.
The Palin speech was a political masterpiece, one of the most ingenious pieces of electoral theater this country has ever seen. Never before has a single televised image turned a party's fortunes around faster.
Until the Alaska governor actually ascended to the podium that night, I was convinced that John McCain had made one of the all-time campaign season blunders, that he had acted impulsively and out of utter desperation in choosing a cross-eyed political neophyte just two years removed from running a town smaller than the bleacher section at Fenway Park. It even crossed my mind that there was an element of weirdly self-destructive pique in McCain's decision to cave in to his party's right-wing base in this fashion, that perhaps he was responding to being ordered by party elders away from a tepid, ideologically promiscuous hack like Joe Lieberman -- reportedly his real preference -- by picking the most obviously unqualified, doomed-to-fail joke of a Bible-thumping buffoon. As in: You want me to rally the base? Fine, I'll rally the base. Here, I'll choose this rifle-toting, serially pregnant moose killer who thinks God lobbies for oil pipelines. Happy now?
But watching Palin's speech, I had no doubt that I was witnessing a historic, iconic performance. The candidate sauntered to the lectern with the assurance of a sleepwalker - and immediately launched into a symphony of snorting and sneering remarks, taking time out in between the superior invective to present herself as just a humble gal with a beefcake husband and a brood of healthy, combat-ready spawn who just happened to be the innocent targets of a communist and probably also homosexual media conspiracy. It was a virtuoso performance. She appeared to be completely without shame and utterly full of shit, awing a room full of hardened reporters with her sickly sweet line about the high-school-flame-turned-hubby who, "five children later" is "still my guy." It was like watching Gidget address the Reichstag.
Within minutes, Palin had given TV audiences a character infinitely recognizable to virtually every American: the small-town girl with just enough looks and a defiantly incurious mind who thinks the PTA minutes are Holy Writ, and injustice means the woman next door owning a slightly nicer set of drapes or flatware. Or the governorship, as it were.
Right-wingers of the Bush-Rove ilk have had a tough time finding a human face to put on their failed, inhuman, mean-as-hell policies. But it was hard not to recognize the genius of wedding that faltering brand of institutionalized greed to the image of the suburban American supermom. It's the perfect cover, for there is almost nothing in the world meaner than this species of provincial tyrant. Palin herself burned this political symbiosis into the pages of history with her seminal crack about the "difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull: lipstick," blurring once and for all the lines between meanness on the grand political scale as understood by the Roves and Bushes of the world, and meanness of the small-town variety as understood by pretty much anyone who has ever sat around in his ranch-house den dreaming of a fourth plasma-screen TV or an extra set of KC HiLites for his truck, while some ghetto family a few miles away shares a husk of government cheese.
In her speech, Palin presented herself as a raging baby-making furnace of middle-class ambition next to whom the yuppies of the Obama set -who never want anything all that badly except maybe a few afternoons with someone else's wife, or a few kind words in The New York Times Book Review -- seem like weak, self-doubting celibates, the kind of people who certainly cannot be trusted to believe in the right God or to defend a nation. We're used to seeing such blatant cultural caricaturing in our politicians. But Sarah Palin is something new. She's all caricature. As the candidate of a party whose positions on individual issues are poll losers almost across the board, her shtick is not even designed to sell a line of policies. It's just designed to sell her. The thing was as much as admitted in the on-air gaffe by former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan, who was inadvertently caught saying on MSNBC that Palin wasn't the most qualified candidate, that the party "went for this, excuse me, political bullshit about narratives."
The great insight of the Palin VP choice is that huge chunks of American voters no longer even demand that their candidates actually have policy positions; they simply consume them as media entertainment, rooting for or against them according to the reflexive prejudices of their demographic, as they would for reality-show contestants or sitcom characters. Hicks root for hicks, moms for moms, born-agains for born-agains. Sure, there was politics in the Palin speech, but it was all either silly lies or merely incidental fluffery buttressing the theatrical performance. A classic example of what was at work here came when Palin proudly introduced her Down syndrome baby, Trig, then stared into the camera and somberly promised parents of special-needs kids that they would "have a friend and advocate in the White House." This was about a half-hour before she raised her hands in triumph with McCain, a man who voted against increasing funding for special-needs education.
Palin's charge that "government is too big" and that Obama "wants to grow it" was similarly preposterous. Not only did her party just preside over the largest government expansion since LBJ, but Palin herself has been a typical Bush-era Republican, borrowing and spending beyond her means. Her great legacy as mayor of Wasilla was the construction of a $14.7 million hockey arena in a city with an annual budget of $20 million; Palin OK'd a bond issue for the project before the land had been secured, leading to a protracted legal mess that ultimately forced taxpayers to pay more than six times the original market price for property the city ended up having to seize from a private citizen using eminent domain. Better yet, Palin ended up paying for the fucking thing with a 25 percent increase in the city sales tax. But in her speech, of course, Palin presented herself as the enemy of tax increases, righteously bemoaning that "taxes are too high," and Obama "wants to raise them."
Palin hasn't been too worried about federal taxes as governor of a state that ranks number one in the nation in federal spending per resident ($13,950), even as it sits just 18th in federal taxes paid per resident ($5,434). That means all us taxpaying non-Alaskans spend $8,500 a year on each and every resident of Palin's paradise of rugged self-sufficiency. Not that this sworn enemy of taxes doesn't collect from her own: Alaska currently collects the most taxes per resident of any state in the nation.
The rest of Palin's speech was the same dog-whistle crap Republicans have been running on for decades. Palin's crack about a mayor being "like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities" testified to the Republicans' apparent belief that they can win elections till the end of time running against the Sixties. (They're probably right.) The incessant grousing about the media was likewise par for the course, red meat for those tens of millions of patriotic flag-waving Americans whose first instinct when things get rough is to whine like bitches and blame other people -reporters, the French, those ungrateful blacks soaking up tax money eating big prison meals, whomever -for their failures.
Add to this the usual lies about Democrats wanting to "forfeit" to our enemies abroad and coddle terrorists, and you had a very run-of-the-mill, almost boring Republican speech from a substance standpoint. What made it exceptional was its utter hypocrisy, its total disregard for reality, its absolute unrelation to the facts of our current political situation. After eight years of unprecedented corruption, incompetence, waste and greed, the party of Karl Rove understood that 50 million Americans would not demand solutions to any of these problems so long as they were given a new, new thing to beat their meat over.
Sarah Palin is that new, new thing, and in the end it won't matter that she's got an unmarried teenage kid with a bun in the oven. Of course, if the daughter of a black candidate like Barack Obama showed up at his convention with a five-month bump and some sideways-capwearing, junior-grade Curtis Jackson holding her hand, the defenders of Traditional Morality would be up in arms. But the thing about being in the realitymaking business is that you don't need to worry much about vetting; there are no facts in your candidate's bio that cannot be ignored or overcome.
One of the most amusing things about the Palin nomination has been the reaction of horrified progressives. The Internet has been buzzing at full volume as would-be defenders of san-ity and reason pore over the governor's record in search of the Damning Facts.
My own telephone began ringing off the hook with calls from ex-Alaskans and friends of Alaskans determined to help get the "truth" about Sarah Palin into the major media. Pretty much anyone with an Internet connection knows by now that Palin was originally for the "Bridge to Nowhere" before she opposed it (she actually endorsed the plan in her 2006 gubernatorial campaign), that even after the project was defeated she kept the money, that she didn't actually sell the Alaska governor's state luxury jet on eBay but instead sold it at a $600,000 loss to a campaign contributor (who is now seeking $50,000 in taxpayer money to pay maintenance costs).
Then there are the salacious tales of Palin's swinging-meat-cleaver management style, many of which seem to have a common thread: In addition to being ensconced in a messy ethics investigation over her firing of the chief of the Alaska state troopers (dismissed after refusing to sack her sister's ex-husband), Palin also reportedly fired a key campaign aide for having an affair with a friend's wife. More ominously, as mayor of Wasilla, Palin tried to fire the town librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, after Emmons resisted pressure to censor books Palin found objectionable.
Then there's the God stuff: Palin belongs to a church whose pastor, Ed Kalnins, believes that all criticisms of George Bush "come from hell," and wondered aloud if people who voted for John Kerry could be saved. Kalnins, looming as the answer to Obama's Jeremiah Wright, claims that Alaska is going to be a "refuge state" for Christians in the last days, last days which he sometimes speaks of in the present tense. Palin herself has been captured on video mouthing the inevitable born-again idiocies, such as the idea that a recent oilpipeline deal was "God's will." She also described the Iraq War as a "task that is from God" and part of a heavenly "plan." She supports teaching creationism and "abstinence only" in public schools, opposes abortion even for victims of rape, denies the science behind global warming and attends a church that seeks to convert Jews and cure homosexuals.
All of which tells you about what you'd expect from a raise-the-base choice like Palin: She's a puffed-up dimwit with primitive religious beliefs who had to be educated as to the fact that the Constitution did not exactly envision government executives firing librarians. Judging from the importance progressive critics seem to attach to these revelations, you'd think that these were actually negatives in modern American politics. But Americans like politicians who hate books and see the face of Jesus in every tree stump. They like them stupid and mean and ignorant of the rules.
Which is why Palin has only seemed to grow in popularity as more and more of these revelations have come out. The same goes for the most damning aspect of her biography, her total lack of big-game experience. As governor of Alaska, Palin presides over a state whose entire population is barely the size of Memphis. This kind of thing might matter in a country that actually worried about whether its leader was prepared for his job -but not in America.
In America, it takes about two weeks in the limelight for the whole country to think you've been around for years. To a certain extent, this is why Obama is getting a pass on the same issue. He's been on TV every day for two years, and according to the standards of our instant-ramen culture, that's a lifetime of hands-on experience. It is worth noting that the same criticisms of Palin also hold true for two other candidates in this race, John McCain and Barack Obama.
As politicians, both men are more narrative than substance, with McCain rising to prominence on the back of his bio as a suffering war hero and Obama mostly playing the part of the long-lost, futureembracing liberal dreamboat not seen on the national stage since Bobby Kennedy died. If your stomach turns to read how Palin's Kawasaki 704 glasses are flying off the shelves in middle America, you have to accept that middle America probably feels the same way when it hears that Donatella Versace dedicated her collection to Obama during Milan Fashion Week. Or sees the throwing-panties-onstage-"I love you, Obama!" ritual at the Democratic nominee's town-hall appearances.
So, sure, Barack Obama might be every bit as much a slick piece of imageering as Sarah Palin. The difference is in what the image represents. The Obama image represents tolerance, intelligence, education, patience with the notion of compromise and negotiation, and a willingness to stare ugly facts right in the face, all qualities we're actually going to need in government if we're going to get out of this huge mess we're in.
Here's what Sarah Palin represents: being a fat fucking pig who pins "Country First" buttons on his man titties and chants "U-S-A! U-S-A!" at the top of his lungs while his kids live off credit cards and Saudis buy up all the mortgages in Kansas.
The truly disgusting thing about Sarah Palin isn't that she's totally unqualified, or a religious zealot, or married to a secessionist, or unable to educate her own daughter about sex, or a fake conservative who raised taxes and horked up earmark millions every chance she got. No, the most disgusting thing about her is what she says about us: that you can ram us in the ass for eight solid years, and we'll not only thank you for your trouble, we'll sign you up for eight more years, if only you promise to stroke us in the right spot for a few hours around election time.
Democracy doesn't require a whole lot of work of its citizens, but it requires some: It requires taking a good look outside once in a while, and considering the bad news and what it might mean, and making the occasional tough choice, and soberly taking stock of what your real interests are.
This is a very different thing from shopping, which involves passively letting sitcoms melt your brain all day long and then jumping straight into the TV screen to buy a Southern-Style Chicken Sandwich because the slob singing "I'm Lovin' It!" during the commercial break looks just like you. The joy of being a consumer is that it doesn't require thought, responsibility, self-awareness or shame: All you have to do is obey the first urge that gurgles up from your stomach. And then obey the next. And the next. And the next.
And when it comes time to vote, all you have to do is put your Country First -- just like that lady on TV who reminds you of your cousin. U-S-A, baby. U-S-A! U-S-A!
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progress. It seems to let me on when I'm the only person in the building. Is it under Scrpts Jonah? And that article is great- It's the same one that I saw in Rolling stone- the whole thing is worth it for that "Gidget addressing the Reichstag" line. Magic.
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Indy IV is next week on dvd?
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I do believe- I've copied it and will read it over the weekend and comment monday morning. Seeing as Zhura seems to get very moody with me.
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scripts. The gidget part was my favorite line as well.
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Good writer.
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as I go back to work for a bit. See you in a little.
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I think.
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see you monday peeps. I'm a bit ashamed of that,
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The writer is Matt Taibbi, and its on Smoking Chimp. Here is the link.
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Hello all!
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does anybody know how long it takes for new releases at Blockbuster to go on the "3 for 20" rack? I really wanna get Speed Racer but every time I go, it's still not there. I
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Must have been akin to what it is like in freefall
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Hows it going? It might be a bit before speed racer vcomes to 3 for 20. Maybe next month. I wouldnt be surprised to see it sold for cheap at black friday at stores due to the fact it isnt too popular. Also, I plan to get to devils on the doorstep tomorrow. No time yet.
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It takes about 2 months if it is a popular film. If no one is renting it, it can be a month.
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...there I said it!! He would rip all 80 lbs of Tony in half and piss on his remains.
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I don't mean that as a slang term.
He would literally grab Jaa and start biting, chewing and swallowing.
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And roll down a hill - where Tony Jaa was standing with his back turned to the human wrecking ball of fried food, then maybe he might catch Jaa unaware and pulverize him. Otherwise, just lifting one of his 223 pound legs would cause him to stroke out.
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Seagal has added a layer of fat as a defense system against the blows of his opponents.
It's trying to punch through a nine-layer wedding cake.
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How could I have missed the fact that he is eating his way into unvulnerability? My God, he will be able to take on Superman AND the Hulk within 3 months at this rate!
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Oct 03, 2008 1:44:47 PM CDT
I mean 'invulnerability' though 'unvulnerable' is funnier
by toadkillerdog
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I was laid off!!!
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I am so sorry to hear that.
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Guess I will need to dust off the resume'
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Oct 03, 2008 2:04:15 PM CDT
Damn. None of us are safe. I certainly feel vulnerable as well
by toadkillerdog
I am so sorry that happened.
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FUCK. I'm sorry man.
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I am sure you do not want to hear any more 'I am sorry this happened', but my God that sucks. I will hoist a few tonight with you on my mind. My only advice is to go home, kiss your wife and teeny one, get a case of your favorite beer, and watch Burt, Kurt and Ash all night long. Then come back on these boards - drunk as fuck, and tear into the sombitches that laid you off like only you can.
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Oct 03, 2008 2:25:57 PM CDT
Oh I'm going to stick around for another hour or so
by chittychittygangbang
I have some files to upload from the internet and some to delete.
I will miss the paycheck, but that is all. I was not really meant to be corporate drone anyway.
Maybe this is the shove I needed to get out and find something better.
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This time Neigh really meant Neigh!!!
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I have no doubt that this is a mere bump in the road for you, and that you'll be able to get back on that horse (not one of those corporate horses mind you, but a better horse. But not a horse to fuck, because that's just wrong).Seriously, that fucking suck. I certainly wish you the best in finding another job. You have the CoC's good wishes.
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I basically have four weeks to find something.
Plus it will feel fine knowing I'm leaving two month's worth of mess to clean out of our server right now.
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Sorry dude. I'll say a prayer for ya, that you won't just find another job, but you will find a job you can take some joy in. If nothing else, you could probably write those Dear Penthouse letters. I assume you were laid off, and not fired due to some grievance?
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pencil jihad against your employer?Just say neigh and the CoC might will be unleashed and the seeds of your employer's destruction will be sown...
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of that file from Jurassic Park, where Dennis Nedry stands behind a Mr. Ed, screaming "Neigh means Neigh" everytime someone tries to access something, that would be sweet.
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Myself and two other workers.
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two years ago, and he had just learned his wife was pregnant. But the time off gave him needed space to develop the game we made together and his current position pays twice as well and he likes it so much more.
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I'll send out the signal for his summons *breaks 13 pencils at one time while standing on the roof*
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You find another job.
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From what I hear, he is an Amoeba pimp these days. You might have to wear funny costumes though.
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Hell, that would be a bonus.
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I have seen it a couple of times, but I never really get tired of it. Claudia Cardinale is so fucking hot. That is some of the snappiest dialog I have ever had. Claudia Cardinale is so fucking hot. And I adore Lee Marvin. Claudia Cardinale is so fucking hot. They really don't make movies like that any more.did I mention how hot Claudia Cardinale is?
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Perhaps you could play an alien in Under Seige 3: Thank God in Space one is weightless.
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you should steal a copier and go out into a field with the other two guys and break the shit out of it. Then go home, get drunk, and break-dance.
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..I just hope that bitch Kathy Bates didn't have anything to do with this. Remember awhile back when I was saying I wonder what would happen if Kathy ever read our stories.....fuck. There could be some kind of a connection. I'm just saying...
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hahahahaha
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You know, the animal costume loving types. The ones who can only get off if a guy dressed as a squirrel is burying his nuts in them. I am sure Dirk could arrange something like that.
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ever was angry with us, this conversation wouldn't be happening...
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call Kathy Bates, I hear she needs someone to write her memoirs. You could call it something like "THE BATES NO'TEL...TIL NOW."
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Chitty, I think the cure all is for you to go streaking around your neighborhood yelling "Neigh means neigh!".Theurapuetic to say the least.
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Guess who she would play?
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The beast "senses" when the 'K' word is used. Do NOT taunt The Bates.This is your last warning. No bailout could save us from that foul creature.
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I actually wrote my post before anyone even mentioned the bates. It must be like some psychic force that causes us all to mention her at the same time. Like an elder god.
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hahahahahaha......
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all of us bringing up the Bates at once. I'm checking to see that my door is locked.Like it'll help.
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You know, my former boss, right here tonight. I want him brought from his happy holiday slumber over there on Melody Lane with all the other rich people and I want him brought right here, with a big ribbon on his head, and I want to look him straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit he is. Hallelujah. Holy shit. Where's the Tylenol?
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...I would have her play the anchor.
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http://tinyurl.com/4vcpop
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Come on, what do you think the chances are?
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Lay em to waste!
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hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
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That cracked me up too! Good one Pillow.
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Oct 03, 2008 3:02:09 PM CDT
Chitty...or you could do the Planes, Trains bit.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I want a fucking job. I want a job with a fucking paycheck, a fucking pension, some fucking benefits, a nice desk chair with a cushy fucking ass pad, some fucking paid holidays, II want a fucking desk where I can keep all my fucking shit, I want a fast fucking internet connection so I can talk to my fucking friends.....and I want it RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!! -
Oct 03, 2008 3:02:33 PM CDT
I could also use a certian Arnold quote to maybe cheer me up
by chittychittygangbang
Anybody (Danny) know what it is???
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Patrick Stewart with a beard running around on a giant mass of pale flubber that is the Bates (just picture Picard in a pilgrim outfit leaping around on a giant, moldy waterbed) throwing giant harpoons at a CG whale flying around in the air, with the entire crew, composed of Transformers, firing energy balls at it, all while making unfunny little quips to each other.That movie is gonna rock.
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"Oh, you think you’re bad, huh? You think you're bad?! Well you’re a fucking choir boy compared to me! You hear me?!! A FUCKING CHOIR BOY!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
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How do you transition to the planet Endor where the Ewoks vs. Gungans have a hip hop dance competition in a Mayan temple?
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low, I can usually look at this and realize that Im not this guy, and it gets better..
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Oct 03, 2008 3:08:37 PM CDT
Danny, the only way that could be funnier - is if Fred said it!
by toadkillerdog
I would go into shock first, then laugh myself silly! I would wind up in some mental institution.
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HAHAHAHA. That guy got so much pussy in 1982!!
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Course that dude would be pushing seventy by now.
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it was really good. but 'light hearted comedy from the director of groundhog day' it was not. now i'm in the shit with the missus. i think i'll have to back it up with 'national lampoon's vacation'
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these real life ones:
"As much as when you see a blonde with great tits and a great ass, you say to yourself, 'Hey, she must be stupid or must have nothing else to offer,' which maybe is the case many times. But then again there is the one that is as smart as her breasts look, great as her face looks, beautiful as her whole body looks gorgeous, you know, so people are shocked." –in an interview with Esquire -
huh? is that the scene after he "kills" the whale with the power of love?
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isnt from 82. Hes from right now. He made this thing a few years ago, when he said, and I qoute, "I noticed other tron suits on the internet weren't authentic enough."
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it came from here..the second page has soundbites from movies, but sadly, not the EOD one.
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"chwarzenegger has mused about how surprising it is that blond women with large breasts can sometimes be intelligent. He talked about the satisfaction of shoving a female co-star's head down a toilet, but he said he could "get away with it" with special-interest groups because the female character was a machine. "
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"I saw this toilet bowl. How many times do you get away with this — to take a woman, grab her upside down, and bury her face in a toilet bowl? I wanted to have something floating there ... The thing is, you can do it, because in the end, I didn't do it to a woman — she's a machine! We could get away with it without being crucified by who-knows-what group." -describing a scene in "Terminator 3"
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if they used that exact shot of the Bates for the new Moby Dick movie, I could die a happy man.
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I was looking for the actual quote.
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before I'm off home.
"I have inhaled, exhaled everything." -
Jericho Cane: Fuck... you!
[throws Satan out of a few-stories-high window]
The Man: [Satan bumps into a skateboarder who is wearing a "Satan Rules" shirt] Hey kid, nice shirt.
Skateboarder: [Looks Satan up and down] Fuck you man.
[Skates into the road]
The Man: [Whispers] Hey Kid.
[the skateboarder looks around and gets hit by a bus]
The Man: ...Nice shirt.
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Hollywood hero Arnold Schwarzenegger is a "barbarian" who cheated on his wife, and acted boorishly toward women, according to American magazine Premiere. Writer John Connolly quotes several sources, in a scathing article in the March issue of the publication, who make allegations of sexual harassment, cheating on his wife - newswoman Maria Shriver - as well as evidence of his cruelty and of his reported drug use. One journalist alleges that he saw Arnie and his Total Recall co-star Rachel Ticotin "making out" at a nightclub. A producer of Terminator 2: Judgment Day reports seeing Schwarzenegger come out of his trailer and, spotting a female crew member, "put his hands inside her blouse". Another 'observer' says, "Schwarzenegger laughed, 'I went after the woman. She was hysterical but refused to press charges for fear of losing her job.' It was disgusting." According to another 'witness', Arnie and his wife were playing tennis when "Maria started throwing up. She couldn't play, and Arnold started berating her and then stomped off the court. At noon that day, the smiling couple announced that Maria was pregnant."
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you're talking to a bunch of freaks here.
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...was reading that Arnold plays tennis.
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got a new job so i won't be hanging around here much in future. I will continue to pop in, and stay with zurha
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Between Jonah, Chitty, and now Chipps....fuck. I don't know how much more sad news I can take. I'm so emotionally unbalanced right now-- if I was forced to sit through 10 minutes of Indy IV, I might blow my head off.
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Oct 03, 2008 3:55:30 PM CDT
Danny - This is Harrison Ford, and do I have an offer for you!
by toadkillerdog
Indy IV in Blu-Ray! Watch it today!
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You will be missed - but good luck.
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just not as much. also i live in like the opposite time zone to most of you so it may still work out.
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Oct 03, 2008 4:05:25 PM CDT
sad to see the bunch spreading out so much....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...honestly. I enjoy all of you so much-- if we ever had the chance to hang out, I would watch Indy IV with you.
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indy 4 that is
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reading about how coughlin law or whatever thinks you're 12. anyhoo
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I remember seeing that, the thing about Danny being 12. He clearly doesnt pay attention.
Best part of the posts today, that Im so sorry I missed were all the talk of hush puppies. Hush Puppies are like a food from heaven, if heaven has a deep fryer, which I hope it does, since then my cholesterol won't matter. I loved how franklin was skeptical, and then saw the pics and was like I want one now.
If we ever have a live in-person, FOES/COC convention, we are going to have to have one meal of Everclear and Hushpuppies...and some fried ocre. It is decreed.
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congrats on the new job. The funny thing is now that all of you are legitimate friends, I get wrapped up all the personal stuff. I was feeling like crap for chitty about an hour ago, and now I'm happy to hear bout your new job.
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i didn't read up above, i'm off to do that now.
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Just been reading above... that is a sickener, man. Very sorry to hear about the job.
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Congratulations on your new job. Won't be the same without you slurring all over the place!
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if you get the chance, I've got something on z-dive under scripts I want you to look at.
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holy shit man, that sucks. from memory you didn't really like the job so maybe you'll end up with one you do enjoy. sucks bad though. good luck.
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also i just remembered i didn't finish gluttonus, which i was enjoying.
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I was really cheering for you.
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hows it going. Brief check in here. HOD, hows the giant movie weekend going? Any of that stuff make an impression. Im personally rooting that you love The Fall and Hellboy 2. Let me know how Hancock is.
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I'm absent for a couple days and all hell breaks loose.Chitty, sorry about the job. I was there two weeks after my daughter was born and that was tough. It pushed me to start writing the scripts I had in my head though.One of my best friend's dad died last night so that news has hit me hard and made for a strange day.So I haven't watched everything I had planned but I've watched enough.Hellboy 2 was mediocre. The Fall was fantastic. Mongol was even more fantastic. The Forbidden Kingdom will quickly be the forgotten kingdom. Hancock was a bomb. Zohan was idiotic to the extreme but it hit the right note for me and I laughed the entire time. Run Fatboy Run was cute but forgettable. Get Smart had one of two moments but was worthless. The Dark Knight? Where is all the love coming from? That movie had more plot holes than the case to invade Iraq. So far the worst of the bunch. Total shit for me. And lastly, The Incredible Hulk is pretty good. Overall, this much praised summer is a letdown of epic proportions so far. Speed Racer is still the champ and fuck people for making it the biggest bomb of the bunch. And Iron Man which I saw last week was just OK.If I have time I'll squeeze in The Mummy 3 when I get home from the game tomorrow and hopefully that will redeem this horrible taste I have in my mouth.
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it wasn't a great film by any means, but the energy and heart put into that film was really inspiring to me. I now know that I want to work at some level to create movies, if only to be part of creating something so much fun.The Fall is the best movie I have seen of 2008 so far, and Speed Racer is the second best one.What plot holes in the Dark Knight are you talking about Hawaiian? I'm just curious, because I probably missed some stuff. It does deal with a lot of things throughout the film, and it was a lot to take in.I'm sorry to hear about your friend's dad too man. Damn, I feel like it has been really rough on here lately. People losing jobs and everything. It's a bit surprising to me too how big of a toll all of this takes on me. I wish the best of luck to everybody in what seems like may be a pretty hard time.The CoC will prevail in the end.
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The police caravan transporting a guy and you know that it's going to get ambushed and it does. Do these guys not ever see coming what the audience does?The Joker, a sadistic psychopath being left alone in a holding cell with one guy? Once again, do they not see what we see coming a mile away?And putting that much explosives in a hospital AND two ferries and nobody sees anything?I know it's a comic book movie but Nolan is trying to create a comic book movie that is closer to existing in the real world than any comic book movie before it. The writing is just lazy and flimsy.Because Spider Man is way more cartoonish, I can buy Doc Ock having all that gear delivered to an abandoned warehouse without the FedEx guy asking too many questions, but the new Batman universe is aiming for too much real word to let those kinds of loose ends fly.And you know, that ferry boat sequence just didn't work for me at all.Maybe it's just that I've got movie overload going on because that was a dozen movies in two days but TDK and just about everything else was a letdown.How freaking sad is it when Don't Mess With The Zohan was the highlight of a day with a Batman, Hellboy and Hulk movies.
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Hellboy 2 had some wonderful visuals and I appreciate Del Toro making a very unconventional film and it's probably worth watching again, especially with a proper release.I'll actually have to watch TDK, The Hulk, Get Smart and Hancock again because my wife wants to see them all and maybe one at a time they will come off better (well, not The Hulk, that actually was a darn entertaining movie in the end so I won't suggest it needs to get better), but right now things look grim.The Fall, Mongol and Speed Racer all the way. I'm still holding a shred of hope for The Mummy and Western Django.
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and I really need to see Hellboy again.It's just odd to me Hawaiian. Usually you make such a point of liking all these movies regardless of their flaws. I just figured you would have just let more go.The Dark Knight complaints have some ground, but I think it's being a little nitpicky too. Sure the caravan guys knew it was going to be ambushed. That's why there were a bunch of other guards riding with them, Batman showed up almost immediately, and even Jim Gordon was waiting in the passenger seat to bag the Joker. So what are you complaining about? And yeah, leaving one guy with the Joker was stupid. That guy was stupid and he let himself get carried away and the Joker's ploy worked. That was the whole point.I'm not gonna defend it too much, because I respect your opinion so much. I'm just offering up some discussion I guess.
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Maybe it was just movie overload. I guess it's hard to stay objective when you're plowing through 5-6 movies a day. Like I said, I'll be giving most of them a second chance so I'll re-evaluate then.Overall, half were good to great so 50% is probably pretty good considering movies today.
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I was just really surprised at your reaction, since you usually seem so chipper about a majority of the movies you watch.
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... THE MUMMY is fucking wretched, and if you had story issues with some of the rest of those films, forget that one completely, man.
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I've seen enough stuff that disappointed me, I don't need to cap it off with something wretched. Maybe I'll just watch Speed Racer again.
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Speed Racer is great, and time will support that fact, ultimately. It won't be the first film to bomb hard and then be loved...Tron...Dark City...etc.
In about an hour we have a first big group movie night with 20 some people attending and we are showing City Lights followed by The Fall(my fave of the year thus far), so I can see what a larger group thinks of it.
HOD, Im a bit surprised by your Dark Knight and HB2 reactions, as they were two of my fave summer films, but to each his own.
Hustler, I just watched Devils on the Doorstep last night.
First, to all on here, Mori you too, if you haven't seen DOTD check it out. It's not my find, but Kung-fu's. Directed by Jiang Wen, it's a black and white film made in 2000 and yet, it's artistry, it's use of sound, and it's cinematography make one think that it could have been directed by any of the asian masters working during the 50s and 60s. The premise is simple: during WW2
a peasant in a chinese hamlet is given custody of two japanese prisoners, and the mystery man who gives them to him, says he will return for them. When he doesnt, the town finds themselves responsible for the men.
The oddest part was the use of satirical humor in the midst of warmer human drama and then darker tragedy. The last twenty minutes of so of this movie were grueling, and in retropsect, I'm glad I watched this before my wife, because that drastic tonal shift without warning probably would have ruined the movie for her.
It's a great find though, and if Im being vague, it's because the real joy comes from watching it. It's a masterpiece.
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I didn't want to reveal much because I think it's best to go into the film without much knowledge. I'm happy to discuss it with you though. It has been one of my very favorite movies for years and I'm really sad the movie hasn't gotten more buzz. Hell, I figured the director not even being allowed to make any more films in China would have garnered some attention. Oh well, like Blade Runner, and hopefully someday, Speed Racer, it will become a classic as time progresses. So what did you think of the very last shots? I think you know the one I'm talking about.
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were haunting Kung-fu. Simply haunting.
City Lights and The Fall were total hits. Im surprised since there were many there with really mainstream tastes(one couple was actually advocating the watching of Mean Girls at a future movie night) and everyone stayed long after the fact talking about the films. So, mission accomplished.
Our next night falls on Nov 2nd(due to my wife and I being away for vacation) and it's going to be The Orphanage and Something Wicked this Way Comes. I think those might honestly be harder sells, due to our group's aversion to horror films. But everyone got excited over the Something Wicked trailer, so there is hope. -
Oct 06, 2008 4:04:52 AM CDT
I blame every one of you fuckers for Monday mornings
by franklin t marmoset
I realise there is no logical rationale for that stance, but I see no reason why logic should stand in the way of my being grumpy as fuck on this miserable beginning to a new week.Fuck you all!No, only messing. You're alright, you lot.
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Because you're all asleep, you lazy pack of cretinous cunts!No, I didn't mean that. You're all good folks.
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feel like shit. Fucking hate work. Want to be lying on my sofa with lucozade under a duvet watching movies and playing the playstation.
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I feel bad for Chitty. I feel that this deserves a good old fashioned changian flying possum attack. Nothing is as frightening as being assaulted by 1007 airborne screaming possums all armed with freshly sharpened #2 pencils.
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while flawed, is still the best film I saw in 2008. It isn't perfect, but it still rocks.
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Top 10. I say single handedly because Frank appears to have buggered off.
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exhibit AThe Insomniac Hustler
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That means I don't have to sing tiffany today.
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is the best movie I have seen in 2008.I just saw Natural Born Killers for the first time. I think I need to rewatch it though since all the cacophony was a little disorienting. I liked the social commentary though, and the romance between the two killers. Not a bad movie, I think.
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I have joined the ranks of the sickly, Jarv, having been down with a shitty cold all weekend. I would blame you, but I believe the science on catching germs off the internets is still a little shaky.Also, it was good to see HOD agrees with me on the over-rated-ness of The Dark Knight. Still, I'm not going to argue about that this week. Enough with that nonsense. I need something new to stir things up.
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I got to see Don Hertzfeldt's screening of his new animated short film, as well as a bunch of his old stuff, on the big screen. And then afterwards he came out for interview, and was just a cool motherfucker all around. And his new film, I'm So Proud of You, was just incredibly moving, especially considering the protagonist is basically just a stick figure.Most of you probably know Hertzfeldt from his "Rejected" cartoon (if you haven't seen it, it's on youtube). It's hilarious. but lately, he has gotten into some much more serious stuff. It's still funny, but deals with some difficult issues, like death and sanity. hell, one of his shorts is called The Meaning of Life.On another interesting note, I checked online before I went to the screening, and was surprised to see that Hertzfeldt's tour will also apparently be going to Austin Texas, and his stuff will be screening at the Alamo Drafthouse!!! So that's cool. i wonder if any of the big guys will post anything on it.
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Didn't see any this weekend. I was mostly watching Dexter and Gilmore Girls.I did tape Romance & Cigarettes and Secretary, but I haven't seen them yet so my opinions are not fully formed. I'm going to assume they're both good, though.
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should I send an email to one of the big guys about the Don Hertzfeldt thing?Moriarty, if you're there...
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I drew Mom and shot ahead early on but Mrs. Jarv drew Maverick and ended up completely ruined slurring "fascist moosekiller" at the telly.
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EVERYBODY BETTER ANSWER THIS TOMORROW BECAUSE I NEED IDEAS FOR THIS WEEKEND!!!Best movie for a drinking game, and what is the drinking game? Criteria is it's a movie that gets better the more drunk you are, and there's something in it to get shit faced to.Go.
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and what channel is series 2 and 3 of dexter on? It's pissing me off that I can't find it in the TV guide.
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it's almost 3 in the morning now and I have work at 8.Toodles
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That drinking game is THE SHIT. You all draw characters and have to drink every time one of them says their famous line,
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I'm like a battered wife. I know it is probably the worst programme on Television and I keep going back to it.
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Know, my people, I did not. And Regarding TDK. It is overrated, no question about it, but it's still fucking good.
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I believe they've just started showing season 2 on FX over here, which is a channel I don't have. I bought the seasons 1 and 2 box sets on region 1 (only sixteen quid each), so I get to binge and not worry about adverts and whatnot. Season 3, we probably won't get here until next fucking year.I'm considering getting an internet connection at home just so I can download the telly I don't want to have to wait a year to see.As to Heroes, you're a braver man that I. I just can't watch that shit. A friend of mine loves it and she's always on at me to give it another go, but I saw the first four or five episodes of season 1 and I hated it.
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I'm looking forward to that one. I may even watch it tonight if any of the other Ain't It Cool types have some positive thoughts on it.I know almost nothing about Ramance & Cigarettes apart from it has James Gandolfini in it, and I liked him very much on The Sopranos. I hope it's not shit.I also have The Island on tape, but I don't know why. Sometimes I just tape stuff in case I'm ever stuck with nothing to watch, but the last time that happened I ended up sitting through Intolerable Cruelty, which is a horrible film.
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You have to drink every time Arnold makes some kind of ice-related pun. It's also a film that I believe nobody should watch without being dangerously drunk.
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It's the only thing I deliberately watched on ITV in about 5 years. (That didn't have the words "England" "Football" "Losing on Penalties" involved). Secretary is VERY heavy, it isn't easy watching, but has a great performance from James SPader, and although she is one of Talkbacker's favourite kicking targets Maggie Gylenhall. Intolerable Cruelty is SHIT. There's no getting round it.
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ergo, it is very unlikely that it was ever going to go down well in Casa del Jarv. And it didn't.
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Danny will have an aneurism.
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I think the way it works is FX get Dexter first, then ITV have an option to pick it up after they're done with it, which means they're unlikely to show season 2 until next year.It's also the only thing I ever watch on ITV, apart from their occasional boxing coverage and the odd film.
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I can't watch the classics like West Side Story and whatnot, but I love the South Park film. Also, being a colossal Buffy nerd, I very much like the Buffy musical episode.Otherwise, I avoid them like the plague, partly on account of growing up with two younger sisters who watched musicals all the damn time.
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I watched that No heroics thing for the first time last night and laughed precisely once. It's horrid- appropriatly enough it is the comedy equivalent of Heroes.
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Fell asleep.Plus, who the fuck does Sarah Palin think she's fooling with that aggravating, down-home, folksy "you betcha" shit? Jesus Harold Christ, she's annoying. She even winked at the camera at one point. Winked at the fucking camera!Is this really want people want from a politician?Why am I even asking that question. George W Bush - two term president and king of folksy, down-home bullshit.
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whats happenin' Frank?
Jarv, how was your weekend?
drinking game. Hmm, get a bunch of average joes, show Eraserhead and take a drink everytime someone exclaims WTF?
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write the hertzfeld thing up and send it in. I figure if they post reviews of porn, they should post yours.
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I've seen it Kung-fu, but sadly the director's actual vision has never ended up on dvd, and the only version out there is still the crappy hack-job that was released to theaters in summer 1995. It has a great look, but what's there now is incomplete.
Also, the last bit of voicework for Vincent Price I believe.
Anyone see anything good over the weekend.
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Alternatively, you could take a drink every time you feel a deep sense of shame on behalf of Cuba Gooding Jnr for what he's done to his career.Mind you, you'd be bolloxed very quickly if you did that. Maybe even dead.
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Deuce Bigalow. Every time that gargantuan asspiece Rob Schneider annoys you- Drink. I do expect death within the first 10 minutes.
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pretty shitty. I'm very, very ill.
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That's not cool.So I watched Sympathy for Lady Vengeance last night, and I have to say I think it's my second favorite out of the trilogy. The bleach for 3 years....I thought that was pretty damn funny. Though the whole content of the crimes committed by the teacher greatly disturbs me. I tell ya, I've definitely become more sensitive to movies that have little kids in them since I've had a daughter.
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If you pop back on here...I'm not a fan of Ben's or the Steelers at all, but I've got to give mad props to your boy. He made a few outstanding plays with guys hanging all over him. He's got big balls and they're not trapped in a jar, thankfully for the Steelers.
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Not quite up there with Oldboy for me, but still very good all the same.I'd like to watch all three of those again at some point.
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I kind of liked Deuce Bigalow. The first one, that is, not the second one, which was fucking awful, even with hotness goddess Kelly Brook in it.But the first one I thought was actually pretty funny.Let the insults and doubts about my sanity commence!
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I have very low standards when it comes to comedy. It's my favourite genre, so as long as I get a good six or seven laughs out of a film, I pretty much like it. In fact, it's rare I dislike a comedy film. Walk Hard, that was shit. And the couple of 'Movie' movies I've seen were bad. Otherwise, I'm laughling like a monkey at everything else.I like to laugh, and I see nothing wrong with that.
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Last year was the great summer of Vern (the height of which was his glorious Transformers rant), whereas this year has been notable by his absence.I will always like coming here to the AICN, but it's a little less entertaining without Vern.Where are you, Vern? We need you to provide your hilarious and surprisingly insightful views on the films of cinema!
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It was horrible. Beyond horrible. I wish pain and suffering on Schneider.
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No, only joking. You're good people.Anyway, I am checking out early for more job-hunting adventures. I will be back tomorrow to rattle on (whether your interested or not) about what I thought about Secretary.Man, I hope it has nudity. I love nudity.
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Even if you are a little whacked in the head, tis all good.
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It's all about degrading s&m. Kind of like a palin fantasy- you tie her standing upright in a seedy toilet, spank her for a bit and then beat one out onto her abused butt. And that is actually a scene in the film.
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Bent over the kitchen table. You betcha!
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When it comes to comedy, I am beyond forgiving. Which is why I actually enjoyed the first Deuce Bigelow. Granted, I'll never watch it again and I think I was pounding back Killian's the night I watched it, but all the same, it made me laugh.And like I said earlier, Zohan had me giggling non-stop. It was possibly the most idiotic movie ever made and I'll never watch it again, but considering I had just learned my friend's father died, it supplied the laughs I needed.I'll also fairly forgiving when it comes to hyper violence too, which is why I enjoyed Crank and Shoot Em Up so much.I'm not going to say anything else about TDK until I watch it again. I guess all the massive expectations I had going in were not going to be met even had the movie jettisoned hundred dollar bills at me every 5 minutes. For a movie of such lofty aspirations, it sure did feel like they left too many gaping plot holes out there for the viewer. Maybe I won't mind them on the second viewing.I'm fairly certain Hellboy 2 will get better with a second viewing as there were a lot of amazing visuals there to blow your mind.Hancock and Get Smart will not get better however and I cannot stress enough how they should be avoided at all costs.And this group will probably be 50/50 on the Incredible Hulk.Jarv, get well good sir. Go home and make the couch your domain and have Mrs. Jarv pamper you.I hope Chitty is doing OK.I got cooked like a lobster at the Panthers game yesterday and my voice is gone.I have zero desire to do any work today. Coming down hard from all the incredible booze I slammed back over the weekend.
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This reminds me of a really old joke-Derek calls into work and says to his boss "Sorry, I can't come in today I'm sick" "This is the 20th time this month you've called in ill, how sick are you?" "Well, I'm in bed with my 12 year old sister, is that sick enough?" Thanks, I'll be here all week.
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If they are going to make you come into work, extract your revenge, sir.
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of those films listed I can categorically say that TDK is better than Crank, Shoot Em Up (which isn't as bad as everyone says), that fetid turd DB. Although I haven't seen them I'll take a large bet that it's better than Zohan, Hancock, Get Smart and Hulk.
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anyone with half a brain would send me home. But he won't. Twat.
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It did have Monica however. Why not just have naked Monica protect the baby with her guns? wink-wink...
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Holy hell did it suck.
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Great movie. Moriarty can suck it.
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...Zohan, Hancock and Get Smart in that I actually want to see it a second time to re-evaluate. I'm the first to admit, I hated TDK when the credits rolled, but upon further review in my mind, I can see some things more clearly and some of the issues I had don't bother me anymore.I don't recommend anyone in the group but Franklin watches Zohan as you all all despise and loathe it on a level you don't even know exists. In the real world it probably isn't a good movie but it provided a much need relief considering my mental state.Your boss is a scumbag. Do to him what Jason Lee did to Michael Rooker in Mallrats.
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Well, I guess I deserve that for ranting about how much I hated TDK earlier. This is a tough group to please.
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I am obviously ill. Therefore, every fucker in a 10 mile radius will get ill now. It's a farce.
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Speed Racer was great - it tied for my second favorite movie of the summer with Iron Man. TDK was very flawed - and I have gone over the plotholes I found in it on numerous ocassions, so no need to rehash, here. That being said, I still enjoyed it the most of the summer popcorn movies. HB2 just did not work at all for me. I loved Hellboy, but HB2 fell flat - hated the villain, hated the MIB vibe, and hated the Pan's rejects and the Diagn Aley ripoff. I will but The Fall next week, since I hear so many good things about it. Buy, not rent - because I trust everyone here! Hancock fell apart because of the rushed ending and the need to 'rehab' him as a ahero. But I still laughed very hard when he was in prison and it was implied that he shoved a mans head up anothers mans ass! That and the disappearing pencil trick in TDK were my favorite funnty momenst of the summer. I am a sick bastard!
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It was certainly better than that Smokin' Aces pretentious drivel. Speed Racer was a hot mess though. I did nothing but look at my watch the entire time. Sometimes just to keep from vomiting, but mostly out of complete boredom. I think the Wachowski's went for way too much. I did enjoy the little kid though. He was funny.
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It delivered. I admit, I liked parts of the Ang Lee version, but it makes me sleepy at times. Still, there is some kick ass CGI in it - like the 'race track' in desert sequence. They put a lot of money into, just needed to make it more about Hulking out, than puny Banner.
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No one trusts a Superman Returns lover anyway!
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We have the complete opposite tastes in summer films. TDK and HB2 were by far my favorite summer films and I found them light years ahead of anything else. I would hardly characterize TDK as "very flawed." In fact it's near perfect except for ONE plot hole. What exactly did you like about Speed Racer? Just curious.
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Yes, Big Ben has big ones not in a jar! Fred loved that game! It was about time we smacked the jaguars down. We had lost heartbreaking playoff to them last year. As well as losing three other games. It seemed they had our number. But the Steelers stayed true to who they are. A running power team. Mewelde Moore(?) almost 100 yards, and Ben stood tall time and time again. Fred was worried that we had big statistical lead, but not on scoreboard, and that Jags would come back in fourth qtr. They did, but Steelers, showed just how tough they are. If only the O-line could be so tough though. Jags had only five sacks coming into game, they got three or four last night. Steelers will be a tough out in playoffs, but O-line will doom them eventually. Still, it was a very good win.
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Thinks HoboCode needs to kiss Chim Chim! Hee hee Smack talking Fred
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Browns!
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HOD-- You didn't like TDK?!! Whaaaaaaaaaaat?
Mavra-- Its okay if I didn't win the dvd's...as long as I still have you.
Ang's Hulk was fucking beautiful. I loved everything about that film.
Norton and French guy's Hulk was fun, but it was on par with a Spider-Man movie to me. It doesn't move me at all the way Ang's did. But that final Hulk/Abomination fight fucking creams the lame ass end fight of Iron Man. CREAMS IT!! -
...I'm still the only guy on the planet that feels he was miscast.
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Fred is so sorry to hear about your job. When Fred read that this morning, it hurt. We may only be online friends, but we are still friends. And Fred never wants to see a friend have to go through anything like this. If Ninja Fred can be of any use, only ask. Still licking wounds from the Uzbek/Russia/Georgia rescue mission of Dirk, but will pull out the shurikens for a friend anyday.
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...I love both for much different reasons. But I was smiling the entire damn time during SR.
I saw Nick and Norah's this weekend with Mrs. Dick Blood. Its a fantastic little movie. Very fun and sweet. The story and pacing sorta reminded me of Can't Hardly Wait, another favorite of mine in that genre. -
shit and pissflaps. I'm ill and I've got to go to somen godforsaken "industrial estate"- compelete fucking misnomer that, it's just a fucking horrible prefab office building gulag where no industry happens- to be lectured by a pointy headed fuckmonkey about databases. I'M ILL YOU FUCKERS.
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Oct 06, 2008 9:24:30 AM CDT
Fred now knows why HoboCode dislikes Speed Racer
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Browns fan. tsk tsk Fred feels pity for HoboCode. Only thing in Pittsburgh lower than Browns fans, is Ravens fan (or West Va.). Hee hee
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Hee hee - could not resist.
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http://tinyurl.com/3rnh7c
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because it's contrived, hammily acted, poorly written, childish, badly paced, predictable and too busy-looking. Not becasue he's a Browns fan.
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I loved the Speed Racer cartoon as a kid. It remains my alltime favorite. I shuddered when I heard the W bros. were making it. I thought no one could translate it to the screen without making it 'realistic'. I was shocked, and amazed at how faithfully they stuck to the story. Now, that does not always work in a big screen translation, but this time it was pitch perfect. The visuals of the movie, blew me away as well. Totally revolutionary. In five years, this will be the Tron of it's generation. The characters were nailed. I had some minor issues with the tinkering of the story, and the Mach 5 should have been the ONLY car, but still it got enough love that I could almost forgive the Mach 6 (not quite though). It simply worked for me, just like Iron Man did (until terrible ending). I am a very long time IM fan, and they nailed it with that movie. TDK was very flawed not just plotholes, but logic and writing. I refuse to go over all the reasons once again, but all that being said, I still enjoyed the hell out of it. I saw it both times on IMAX - maybe that made a difference, and when I see it at home, I will feel differently, but for now, it was a flawed but still highly entertaining fluff piece.
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TDK is a fluff piece? I cannot even describe to you what a ridiculous statement I find that to be.
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Good stuff. But if you die, do not blame me. I only play a Doctor on the internets.
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...I just knew the basic story. I loved absolutely everything about it. The final race is fucking amazing. AMAZING I TELL YOU!!
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so basically, what I glean from this, is the fact that I know nothing about the cartoon, so therefore will hate it.
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I respect that you like SR because you like the source material. I suspect Blindness worked for me in for the same reason. I never watched Speed Racer as a child.
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...it is good, solid drama featuring brilliant performances.
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I found it to be nothing but a jumbled mess of incoherent noise and spinning cars.
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I've just taken my own temparature and am horrified to find it's nudging 39. SEND ME HOME BASTARDS.
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I agree with Toad-- in a few decades people will look back on SR and realize it's genius.
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Well, let's go over TDK stuff that bothered me. The big one is Dent's transformation. I know he was angry that Bats, although given false information from the Joker, choose to save him and not Rachel but I just didn't buy his sudden transformation to the dark side. People that crapped all over Anakin's idiotic transformation but gave Dent's a pass need to hold them side by side and see that both were rushed and unrealistic.Second, the whole ferry sequence was silly. Evacuation of a city of millions by ferry? Come on. Really? And convicts gets evacuated before more civilians?I could go on and on but I'll stop as I need to watch it again. I feel I haven't given it a fair shake yet.Yeah, the Hulk was mediocre until the Abomination fight. That was unreal.I loved everything about Speed Racer, Node. I loved the family dynamic, the racing sequences, the way they captured the feel of the cartoon perfectly, the casting, I loved it all.The German robot guy in Hellboy annoyed the piss out of me. And they seemed to re-write the rules as they went along. And for all of Harry's salivating over the market scene, I found it very ordinary.
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Oct 06, 2008 9:45:25 AM CDT
okay guys-- this could be the greatest news EVER!!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Scribe Travis Wright ("Eagle Eye") is working on a sequel to "Blade Runner" with the original film's producer Bud Yorkin reports Slash Film.
Wright says he is developing a script and pre-visualisation sequences for a pitch to studio Warner Bros. Pictures. -
Oct 06, 2008 9:45:48 AM CDT
I'm kidding of course....that fucking terrifies me.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Oct 06, 2008 9:46:14 AM CDT
Danny, Node. If we all agreed, it would be mighty boring
by toadkillerdog
Still Superman Returns was boring, badly cast, stupidly written, and badly directed by a man who has talent. Ang Lee's Hulk was the exact same! I get it that an 'auteur' wants to do more than have the superhero throw punches - and yes, you need a credible story and well acted, to pull off a great movie. I stipulate, that Ang Lee's Hulk has a lot to love about it, but in the end, it did not deliver the Hulk Smash of the second movie. Superman Returns was just rehashed, boring, shite.
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...I thought that was some of Lucas' best writing in the prequels. I totally bought it.
And I totally bought Dent's. It is clear from the start he is so bent on bringing down the scum of the city-- that he is a little dangerous. Extremely passionate people can quickly turn to psychos when pushed.
I believe something was mentioned about the convicts leaving because they thought Joker would free all of them, right? Its not like they were doing it to be nice. And the Tiny Zeus moment....I fucking loved it. I saw it at The Dome in Hollywood opening night and the whole fucking theater went crazy when he threw the control out the window. Everyone was cheering and feeling good that Batman was right....there is some good left. -
Badly cast? Even for those who despise Returns...I can't believe anyone would really believe Routh is a bad Superman. He is fucking perfect.
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From his first scene where he grabs that mob guy's gun in court and gives him the beat down you knew he was unstable. And then his near torture of a mobster before he even gets difigured. Take that unstableness, and add in a hideous disfigurement and the loss of the love of your life and that could drive anyone to madness.
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Anakins transformation was terrible (acting and writing wise). Dent's was illogical - motivation wise. The reason I call it a fluff piece - and I call most superhero flicks fluff pieces - except X2, is because it does not take the audience seriously. By that I mean, they write themselves into a corner, then they suddenly remember 'hey this is a comic book movie!' and so, they ignore the conventions in order to extricate themselves. It works, but it lowers the bar, and thus I grade it as fluff. The hospital being blown up, the helicopter not spotting the road block ahead - even though helicopters can see for miles when airborne - Joker alone in Penthouse. Prison ferry scene. Dent Transformation. Batman taking blame for murders (that one really ticked me off) Ok, I said I would not go into the whys. But you pulled me back! These were some of the things that irritated me as sloppy writing, and it was excused because it was a comic book - fluff.
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....because Singer wasn't concerned with the chronic narcolepsy that film caused. There are about 20 minutes in each X-Men film I care about. The rest of it is worthless mumbling from characters I can give a shit about. If they wanted to make a Wolverine movie, they should have just called it Wolverine.
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Looked like Reeves. Did a credible job, and I am not blaming him at all for the mess that was SR. His Kent was lifeless and charmless though. His Superman looked good, except for the gay parade day costume. He might turn out to be ok, but most of my ire is directed towards Spacey and Bosworth.
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Acting I can understand. Hayden isn't the strongest actor in the world. But writing? What did you not like? I loved the scenes between him and Palpatine. It made perfect sense how you could brainwash someone with the fear of losing the only thing that matters to him- Padme. I thought that was very smart to make it a fear tactic like that, as opposed to just somehow making him hate the Jedi. All the ingredients were there......he promises him power, more respect, the chance to save Padme, and the idea that the Jedi are working against the Republic. I thought it was great.
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...but I don't even really blame him either. Lex Luthor is just a stupid fucking character. Bosworth was fine to me. I liked Routh's Clark better that Reeves. But I never really liked Reeves.
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Yes, I know he had his two scenes where we were supposed to believe he could be 'dangerous'. Did not work for me. But lets suppose it did. That still does not mean he kidnaps a family, and is very willing to kill the youngest child - a total innocent. And why does he 'snap'? because the Joker visits him in the hospital - another one of those convenient plothole's. The entire hospital in being evacuated - and the highest profile patient, is left alone until the end, where Joker can stroll in?
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Oct 06, 2008 10:09:28 AM CDT
he doesn't snap because the Joker visits him....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....he snaps the second he wakes up in the hospital. To learn not only is Rachel dead, but he is horribly disfigured-- yeah, that could make just about any human being crazy. We didn't even need to see scenes of him as a loose canon. It helped-- but we didn't need it. Realistically he could have just snapped from the circumstances. -
...transformation either but there are plenty who did. And sorry, I still don't buy changing to the point where you hold a gun to a kid's head.And the Tiny Zeus moment was fantastic. One of my favorite moments in the movie. But I don't remember there being any reason for them giving preferential treatment to convicts in evacuating them first.And if that's the case then it becomes nothing more than a plot device to show a convict chuck a detonator out the window to reveal that everyone is capable of good. And those types of lazy plot devices are the stuff you usually loathe in movies.And dammit, here I go again even though I promised I wouldn't. The Joker has blown up a hospital, a police station, Rachel, and has called in a bomb threat for the bridges and warned that anyone left in Gotham is doing so at their own risk and yet, with all that precedence, the authorities don't bother to check the ferries for explosives? It doesn't occur to them, "You know, this tricky devil is blowing stuff up all over town, let's do a quick sweep of the only two forms of transportation out of town that's he's left us with." That's really lazy writing.All I could think while watching it and the plot holes that popped up every ten minutes was, "What movie did everyone else see this summer?"
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And I understand and agree your other issues, like the chopper not seeing the barrier, and leaving the highest profile patient alone and all that. But you can find shit just like that in nearly every film ever made. The problem is-- people watched TDK with a massive magnifying glass to spot problems because of all the "....its better than the Godfather 2" talk.
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Oct 06, 2008 10:12:15 AM CDT
anyone can say the holding a gun to a kid's head bit.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....is too much. .
But you have no idea how you would feel in that situation, waking up in a hospital looking like that and realizing your love was blown to pieces. You could lose all regard for human kind. -
...since the end of the day on Friday when he was leaving?
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Anakin being lured by power, money, the hope to save Padme, sure I can buy that. Palpatine playing on Anakins abandonment issues, sure, I can buy that. Anakin, suddenly turning and killing all the jedi babies - no. Absolutely not. Vader needed to be evil, and remorseless, I get that. But going from being a Jedi - a true Jedi and protecting life, then hating the Jedi? Ok, maybe I can but that. But not killing the children. That requires a mindset of a completely different order. They tried to justify it by his killing of the entire village of the (whatever their names were) that kidnapped and killed his mom. But this time, he had to cold-bloodedly kill totally innocent human (and alien) children who trusted him, and did nothing to him. All because he hated the Jedi? No. That was total shit.
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He snapped from losing the love of his life and being hideously disfigured. The Joker and the hospital visit were only a catalyst for the underlying psychosis that had developed from mental and emotional instability combined with trauma. By then in Dent's mind the only justice that existed to him was chance whcich has no prejudices. I had no problem believing he would kill a child to that end. I don't think many people realize just how fragile sanity can be.
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People are killed, maimed,lose loved ones, everyday -in the real world. They do not snap like Dent. It was a badly written comic book cliche - that was excused bacuse just that, it was a comic book movie, and thus could easily be forgiven. Yes, the hype was hysterical, that beiong said, it did not detract from the movie, but I could see it for what it was. I still enjoyed it, but X2 remains the Gold Standard for me.
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I have to agree that the killing of the Jedi children was a misstep. I didn't quite buy that Anakin's mind was so diseased that he would do that.
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Ever heard of going postal, just as one example? Despite the myth that it's the unending cycle of mail that drove postal workers to insanity it wasn't. It's the fact that many postal workers were Vietnam vets who probably had PTSD.
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...I don't get the love for that film at all.
And with Anakin killing the kids. I don't think its just a matter of him being angry and brainwashed and suddenly he flips and kills all The Younglings. Its not that simple. I think once you submit to the dark side-- once you embrace it, you are no longer the same person. You become something else. -
No sir. Not I. Look, we all know that Dent had to turn, but the problem is, they did not provide the necessary motivation for such. His was extreme to say the least - fine for a comic book movie, but that is my point. It was a comic book cliche, and the writers excused the poorly written motivation, because it was a comic book movie. Let me contrast that with the truly great transformation that happened in just about the same amount of movie time - Micheal Corleone. Since people threw around the Godfather comparisons, that is the single best to use. I ask you: Which one did you find more believable?
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are you honestly comparing the Dent fall to the utter horseshit of the Star Wars prequels? Has the world gone mad? I agree that kidnapping the kid was a bit much, but it's like comparing a shot of vodka to drinking kerosene. If that makes sense, which I'm not sure about. I feel a little bit high at the moment.
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You've never heard of someone coming home and finding their wife in bed with another guy and then proceeding to gun down the wife, lover, and 3 small children? Shit like this happens all the time. Its not the a comic book cliche, its the fact that its based on a comic makes it easier to finger it a cliche. Its not at all. There are perfectly ordinary people that are well respected with a lot of friends-- one day they go home and cut their wife's head off.
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Boooooriiiiing. The cartoon was better, frankly. Although Kelly Hu makes me happy in the pants.
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I just felt Dent turned too quickly and to the extreme. But that's just me.And I wasn't expecting the Godfather, I was just expecting a movie that didn't fall into every movie convention there is. I thought Nolan would be a little more original in getting from point A to point B.A second viewing will probably improve it, but not by a great deal I fear.
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I fucking adored the Fox cartoon. Everything was right on. The films make a team that follows Wolverine around like fucking lost puppies. X1 was more a complete film to me-- though it was still dull. X2 is a series of set pieces mashed together with some horse shit Wolverine finding his origins plot I didn't give a shit about. And the climax is lame as shit. The best scene was the White House opening, and even that years later is pretty bland.
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They are not suddenly insane -(if they ever are) they are suddenly free from restraint. Moral restraint. And it has built up for years - until the breaking point. I just did not buy into Dent being ready to explode the way he did. It was poorly written. Dent needed a bigger arc to show the pressure he was under. It was poorly written.
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No one is saying they are normal one second and the next completely fucking nuts. Obviously there are some deep rooted issues there. The point is it does not have to be visible. There are plenty of people that have lost it and gone on a killing spree, and nobody saw it coming. People have killed for much less. What happened to Dent was a pretty big issue...it makes sense to me. And I don't think he was gonna kill the kid. If Batman hadn't intervened-- I really think he would've raised the gun and blasted Gordon at the last second. I'm not saying thats any better....Gordan is the fucking man.
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As for the TDK I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree, tkd. To me it worked beautifully. I think the film shatters every comic book cliche there is, which is why I love it so much.
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that opening scene's a doozy. Pity about the rest of the film
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Oct 06, 2008 10:42:50 AM CDT
lets just all agree- and end all debate here and now!!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Speed Racer is beautiful
Dark Knight is solid
X2 is bland
Indy IV can cause chronic rectal prolapse
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It is my favorite of all the genre. It nailed the Xmen characters - and had a truly fantastic storyline. Wolverine has always been the focal point, so that argument rings false. And turning him loose in the house, was the scene that every die-hard fan wanted to see since the Hellfire club storyline of almost *gulp* 30 years ago. Back then, there was a furious fan press argument over Wolverine being nothing more than a homicidal maniac, so, in the comic, even though it looked like Byrne had drawn fatal wounds, Claremont would insert some silly explanation that the henchmen still lived. It was wishy washy. Not in X2! But concentrate on the story, it was fully fleshed out, great charcater acting, confiodent directing, everyone was on. I just loved every minute of it - with one large exception -Wolvie crying about Jean.
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I didn't mean to open up a can of worms. I'm glad you and I are on the same page though because I thought I was going to be 100% alone on this one.Danny's reserving a special kind of hatred for X2 that I didn't think was possible so I think it's best if we all agree to disagree.If TDK made people happy, then mission accomplished.The differences in our movie opinions is amazing though. The way that Danny and I can see eye to eye on Speed Racer yet be polar opposites on TDK is worthy of a research paper.
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Without a doubt. Chance was his only perceived form of justice at that point.
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X2 is dull. I don't think it is a horrible film. It is well shot and well acted. Singer was just able to make me not give a shit about any of the X-Men somehow. I really could care less who lived or died on this films.
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The version I watched actually showed the rectal breach in the prison scene. Was that in the theatrical version?Rarely does a movie fall apart in the third act like that one did.
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It's just mostly boring. And I didn't give a fuck about that tedious Wolverine finding his origins plot. Yawn.
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To never sit through a Will Smith film post Bad Boys II. That is the end of the Era of Good Feelings for Will.
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Is it supposed to be some thrilling reveal or something? Just from the quick flashes in the first film we see....oh okay, the military did experiments on him and shit and put admantium on his bones to make him a killing machine. Okay. End of story-- what the fuck do I need to see more of? All this boring horse shit with Brian Cox rambling for 20 minutes.....what the fuck? -
It was a more believable transformation in my mind, then say those in almost every other comic book movie. For the most part, Harvey is only modified. He has that edge from the beginning. By the end of the movie Harvey hasn't gone on a giant killing spree of innocents. He does nothing but attempt to bring those who wronged him to justice, granted in his own way. He only kills a few people, and so basically his transformation comes down to being transformed by grief and rage to a man without a compass anymore. It happened when his world fell, and his foundation, or lack thereof, was revealed. Except for the part where he actually takes gordon's family, he isn't doing that much more than someone like Dirty Harry would have done. It's a plausible transformation, and it encompasses the philosophy of how far does one go in fighting the enemy. Dent decides it goes as far as those who were commisioned to defend the innocent. Lots of interesting stuff in there.
Watch it again HOD. Was it a legit release or some murky bootlef you watched?
cause that will surely make a difference. Hellboy 2 was just pure fun for me, like Speed Racer, and I thought it was a huge improvement over the original. -
I was thinking that as well- the way I can virulently disagree with Danny about stuff like ROTS, Fight Club or Superman returns and then agree with him about other stuff like X2, Alien 3 etc. X2's biggest problem, paradoxically is that after that incredible all-action opening the film just seems lacklustre. Toad, I'm not a comic geek, but I'm pretty certain that Nightcrawler wasn't some sort of self-harming fuck up, and when you take that with the botched Cyclops then you really can't say that it nailed the characters.
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It's also down to expectations. Sure there is a vocal group here who lifts up Speed Racer, myself included, but it was widely seen as a bomb. While TDK is raved about by everyone. So you had those two diff expectations going in.
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And I thought Wolverine wasn't really the focus of the comics until the 80's. I just read he didn't appear in an X Men issue until 1975, thats over 10 years after the series began. I understand he is a fan favorite-- but I don't the films should have completely focused on him. I think that really hurt the overall feeling of a team (which I never got) working together. The cartoon series balanced this perfectly.
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I really did. I went into it convinced it had gotten a raw deal. I can embrace my inner child no problem. For whatver reason it didn't work for me. THE CGI was so fake, especially in the off-road race, that it yanked me out of it every time. The family dynamic stuff was good. I loved the kid, and I thought John Goodman was actually pretty amazing in it, but the whole story felt so contrived. The whole evil corporation thing was done ham handedly. And it was predictable. It was obvious who Racer X was even after their lame attempt at deflecting it.
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And the quality was fine. 5.1 audio, nice picture, it was all there.The only thing a second viewing will do is allow me to go into it with much lowered expectations. But the plot holes will always be there.Node mentioned how it smashed all comic book conventions and I don't see that. Hellboy 2 smashed conventions with the exception of the retarded cliche buddies getting drunk and singing a crap song scene. TDK used every convention in the book.No one has really responded to my glaring issues. Unconventional would have been a ground transport that was a decoy as Dent was transported in the air. You can't tell me that there wasn't a single person in the theater that didn't see the ambush coming.And then there is the biggest convention in all of film history. Putting your villain alone in a room with one guard and having the villain taunt the guard to the point where he's going to beat the crap out of the villain. Did not one of you see the next scene coming? Oh look, the Joker overpowered the guard and how has him hostage. Damn Nolan, that's some fine unconventional writing.And see my ferry comments above for more conventional writing.I'll watch it again with my wife as she enjoyed Batman Begins, and I do suspect a second viewing will be kinder, but I'll still be left wondering how people can be so harsh on other conventional movies with sloppy writing and yet call TDK the year's best movie. I understand to each his own and I'm not trying to piss in anyone's corn flakes but for a movie that aims to be taken more seriously than more comic-y fare than Spider Man or Fantastic Four, the writing left a lot to be desired to me.
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The audience can see everything coming in almost every film. Of course the Joker will taunt the guy he is alone with, of course he will get out, of course he will ambush the SWAT transport. This is afterall a film about The Joker and Batman going head to head. How did you want it to be unconventional? You wanted Joker to be arrested, thrown in jail, and end credits roll? I don't get it. Every film is predictable in some way. Name one commercial film where a big plot device actually shocked you (other than shark devouring Samuel L. in Deep Blue Sea). -
for the fact that some non story about Porn is top. Seriously, what was Herc thinking? That's exactly the kind of shit that makes the site, and by extension us, look bad.
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Aren't you guys forgetting the fact that the whole purpose of Dent's transport was to draw the Joker out. Of course they ignored the obvious warning signs like the bus on fire. Of course they didn't air lift him. They were trying to catch the Joker. Gordon and the higher ups were in on it all along.
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But there's a difference between one or two and half a dozen. And this was touted as a thinking man's comic book movie so I expected fewer plot holes than a Spider Man movie. If the Joker is going to escape, give us something new and fresh for a change. Have him MacGuyver his way out. Anything but the old Taunt 'N Tackle(TM).OK, I refuse to get pulled back into this. Until I come back after my second viewing, I won't discuss the film anymore. Even though I was only a modest fan of the first movie and not super keen on the second movie, I will give Del Toro mad props for what he's done with Hellboy. Neither of those movies has been conventional in any way and the haters can accuse them of many things but not being fresh isn't one of them. They just haven't been overly coherent and maybe that's the rub. How do you make something that breaks all conventions but is also laid out clearly for the audience?
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I was just thinking quite the opposite. I would much rather a non-story about a Palin porn get the top spot, then some jerk fest for Watchman. I think its funny the Watchman TB's died so fast. That should be a testament to the fact that the movie will make about 300 dollars.
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The weird thing is I loved the first film-- but I wasn't really interested at all in seeing a sequel and the trailers for 2 did nothing for me. Maybe that was coming from the bad taste Pan's left me with.......talk about being overrated. Fuck.
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And you also knew a hell of a lot about TDK before going in. I know we've started up conversations about it since its release when you've been around. I'm sure you try to ignore it-- but you still read bits and pieces here and there. And you said yourself you hated it from the start. Its just too difficult to be completely fresh and open minded after there has been so much discussion and hype.
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Hardly. It's quite possibly the most perfect film ever made.
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Oct 06, 2008 11:40:18 AM CDT
No, Danny. It is a testament that some geeks like porn
by toadkillerdog
Waaay too much it seems. I think it was a huge mistake to put this story on AICN. I am not a prude in any way, but that story has zero redeeming value for this site. What is the exact purpose unless it is simply to fuel hits on the site? Ok, I suppose that is fine and good, but - and I admit I am not a long time member here, but this is the first time I can recall seeing a porn related TB.
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I understood it was a ruse, but that's the whole purpose of a decoy. You don't put the target you are trying to protect in the decoy group, you keep them safe. Having Dent and Gordon watch the ambush from the air would have been a unique way of telling the story.The way Danny goes on about the warehouse ambush scene in MI:3 being shot from a completely fresh perspective, the same would have worked here nicely.
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Oh fuck that. Another snooze fest for Guillermo to showcase his same production design. I fucking hated that girl-- didn't give a shit what happened to her. Weak ass ending with shit green screen throne-room scene straight out of Dungeons and Dragons. It was filled with great gore-- sure. But it was tacked on, pointless, and only existed for the shock value. There was no reason it had to be R and that graphic. It was just all around stupid. Frog scene...pointless. They tell her not to touch the fucking fruit....she touches the fruit....bitch you deserve to die. Fuck that movie.
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it's just a lazy excuse to crowbar in Palin and Porn in one sentence for the hits
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...but I'm sure as fuck not gonna talk about it on AICN. Losers.
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Pan's was a good movie. Visually it was fantastic, and it had a good storyline -if a bit uneven at times. But 'possibly most perfect?' Unless you are secretly Del Toro, that statment is almost off the charts wrong.
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It's good, but it isn't perfect. I think I'm completely alone in this, but I actually reckon that the sequences in the real world were better than the fantasy. The dude that played The Captain was ace.
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...there were a lot of elements that were great. The music for instance. But it was very very uneven. It felt like concepts for individual short films. They were all mashed together with a half assed plot to bridge them. The violence and gore really bothers me. It is beyond pointless. I love nasty gory shit. But here it had me really questioning it. Why did we need to see so much? It was absolutely for shock value, to market the film with. And it worked-- of course sites like this will pop 5 loads to that shit because Guillermo made it, and we see a guy sewing his cheek together, and thats naturally just genius right? Fuck.....THAT.
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It fucked me off no end that she ate the fruit. It made no sense at all, she wasn't stupid, she had a good grasp of fairy tales, therefore not in a million years would that kid have touched that fruit. It was Frustrating. And what is really irritating, is that they could have had the beast wake up when she took the key and had exactly the same chase sequence without pissing on your heroine.
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Like I said earlier, if all of us agreed, it would be might dull around here. 'He, wasn't Star Rambo 4 great?' 'Yeah, it was like totally the most perfect film I think in the history of cinema'. 'Yeah, I thought so too'. 'So, uh, yeah, uh, you know, I can't wait until Star Rambo V!' 'Yeah, me too!''Only two years' 'Yeah, so, uh, wasn't Star Rambo 4 great?'
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Yeesh. Time to move on to the next topic.I wouldn't say I hated TDK from the get go. I really went into it expecting to love it. But 15 minutes in I found myself very restless. And then when the plot holes started appearing, I had trouble staying focused. But Danny, you're right. I read parts of that huge TDK thread where everyone gave their thoughts, avoiding the posts that revealed plot points and mainly sticking to the discussion about how it was a Bush propaganda film (and now that I've seen it I can safely say that nutjob comparison is totally out to lunch). So maybe I was my own worst enemy. I should have avoided everything.
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...cemented my hatred toward her. It lost me. I thought-- okay there is no reasoning behind the writing of this character. She isn't written like a real person who thinks and responds. She is written as a guide to showcase whatever weird shit Guillermo wants us to see. Its like a demonstration of everything that arouses Guillermo. And what the fuck-- he gets all this credit for his amazing creature design, but why can't he change up the style just a bit? The fact that you could swap out characters from Pans and Hellboy with no problem really bothers me. Change it up a little tiny fucking bit. Jesus. -
"It felt like concepts for individual short films"
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...Danny and I see eye to eye or most romantic comedies and a lot of action cheesefests.
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And the gore was not for shock value per se, but to show how bad her real world was and why she chose to constantly escape it. So in death she found the release she so desperately sought. And I enjoyed the real world parts of the movie more as well. The whole part where the resistance chick cuts him up and walks away trying to escape, looking over her shoulder trying to maintain an air of normalcy. Solid flick.
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I just feel that it's uneven. I'm not making sense here,
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If Schindler's List could create such a potent world clearly displayed how dreadful and violent that era was-- with little to no shock value gore....I think Guillermo could have handled it just fine. We don't need to see a 5 minute gratuitous scene of some guy sewing his fucking cheek together to understand the girl's world is rough. This is just the shit that makes Guillermo giggle. He set out to make a film her could masturbate to, and I think he succeeded.
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...after all my rants-- I don't dislike Pan's. I think its an okay movie. I just couldn't fucking believe the hype.
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I prefer that over Pan's. And I love TDK. And I can't really say Dent's transformation is too over-the-top considering this is a guy who had half his face burned off and now walks around with an open wound just waiting to get infected! Cover that baby up...geez...just think of all the flies around it.
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Oct 06, 2008 12:09:00 PM CDT
you can say that about a ton of movies then Danny..
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Sympathy for Lady Vengeance...did we need to see her chop her fingers off or see the blood flow from the Professor's feet once she blew holes into them? Did either "add" to the story?
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They are fucked up in a completely different way. And yes-- I think those vengeance movies use the violence appropriately. The cutting off of the tongue in Oldboy for instance. It is not just for shock value, and they would be completely different movies without the gore. Would Pan's be a different movie? No. It would be more accessible.
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hence the reason why I stay away from the Hostel and Saw crap, but I could see it from either way. Whether it was too much or just enough, it worked for me.BTW Danny, too bad you didn't get the Seagal pack.
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...thanks man.
I was sad all weekend. I told my wife about it last week and on Saturday she told me to go on and check to see if I got it-- and I came on and my heart was shattered. SHATTERED!! I couldn't eat that entire day. -
Meh. Pretty crappy standard packaging except for the batpod blu-ray set, but only a dweeb would get that. I expected more. I sense a double dip in the works.
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...and I think the covers look like fucking shit. I can't stand that batpod cover. I don't get why the marketing has to look so fucking cartoony. Why not just have a bad ass moody still of Joker in the middle of the street. I want a frame from the actual film-- not some fucking airbrushed horse shit. -
Do you like it? Recommend any games?
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...I just don't have much time to play. I think Mario Galaxy is an amazing game everyone should try. There is no game like it. Zelda and Mario Kart are both very good. I heard from a friend Force Unleashed rocks, but I have yet to play it.
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Thought I would step in and say hello.
Good to see people enjoy TDK, but at the same time acknowledge that end-of-the-world-level hype can change how one goes into a movie, as opposed to no hype at all.
Rounders had this effect on me, as I picked it up one day, not knowing what I was going to see.
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I didn't win the fucking Seagal thing!!
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Nintendo has done really good with all the new installments of the old franchises. Thats the thing with wii games that strikes me. They are just fun. They are not too difficult, but you get hooked. Zelda is a game most people could beat with little to no gaming ability....but it is just fucking massive. The game is huge and the world is just fun to explore.
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You know I should have played the whole unemployed thing and gained some sympathy votes, but even that would be a tough sell compared to giving the box set to father.
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I wonder who got it though. Did that guy with the old man for an old man ever respond? Vern was trying to give it to anyone by the end.....FUCK!!
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So I just assumed he got it.
I wonder if he ever gave it away then.
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For about 6 months and I never had any reason to play it. I realize as I get older-- I enjoy the easier higher fun factor cartoony type games. So I traded it in and got a wii and got hooked on Zelda for months. And I still never beat that fucking thing.
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Good to see you. Did you get hammered like you promised? If not, no worries, my dog had to drag me into the house saturday night. Good pooch.
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Some guys took me out and did some of my favorite thing.
Drank beer, whiskey.
Smoked cigarettes.
Went offroading.
Went to local strip club.
Got free lap dances from redhead.
Drank more beer.
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yes, there was public urination, as I told the stripper that I didn't want to leave to go to the bathroom and she giggled and pointed at the tall plant in the corner.
Of course she then wanted $10 not to tell the bouncer. Bitch.
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Dog opened the door; surmised situation, initiated action plan TKFU. Toadkiller-fucked-up. Just like he was trained to do. Damn good pooch.
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This is the only part of your weekend I need to hear more about....
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Oct 06, 2008 1:23:22 PM CDT
I should have had Choopy straighten that chick out
by chittychittygangbang
She would have said $10 not to tell bouncer about peeing and I would have said $100 to tell my friend here not to pull your spine out of your anus and fuck you with it.
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Oct 06, 2008 1:23:48 PM CDT
Chitty - that's what friends are for. Shame about propane tank
by toadkillerdog
You will get one soon. They are preparing to migrate for winter! Firing weapons - YES!
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...for some reason I see him wearing those plastic shade glasses thing Kanye West wears, a T-shirt that says BACK IN THE USSR, and a beret. Any of this true?
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Oct 06, 2008 1:35:22 PM CDT
holy shit...I found a good shot of Choopy.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
http://tinyurl.com/5g2mdw
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Oct 06, 2008 1:40:52 PM CDT
That first one is 3 a.m. after drinking whiskey Danny
by chittychittygangbang
You want to make sure you agree with EVERY topic he wants to discuss.
You should have seen the bloodshed after that vacuum cleaner salesman decided he wasn't going to take no for an answer before he came to our door.
That was the night that I saw a shopvac used on the salesman.
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Ooo, I remember that Chitty. Choopy was running around the bar afterwards with that chumps intestines around his neck like a Mardi Gras necklace.
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Oct 06, 2008 1:54:55 PM CDT
Yeah Choopy used his skull as a spit cup for his tobacco
by chittychittygangbang
He used his stomach as a pocket pussy, filled it up and threw it into the bar's ceiling fan on the way out the door.
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He wasn't even drunk! Hell itself is a picnic compared to a drunken chupacabra!
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Hahahaha....he just starts screaming random shit in Spanish at passing cars.
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Then screams in Spanish as the cars careen out of control and smash into port-o-johns.
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Oct 06, 2008 2:06:53 PM CDT
speaking of random shit....I gotta take a dump.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I'll be back in 40.
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Just watches and watches, finds one that he likes and whoosh!
I've had drivers tell me they can hear the clammoring of claws on pavement and teeth clicking on sheetmetal.
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When the girl takes the fruit - it's audience manipulation. You've reacted the way the director wants you to react. You're supposed to be sat there going - "Naaah, don't touch the fruit, don't touch the f... She touched the fruit. Yoink!" It's the 3rd or 4th law of movie characters; they have to do what we wouldn't. Please dispense with the 'realism' view and go with the fantasy.Pan's was overrated though - but very good.
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Frozen piss - brilliant! Frozen piss ice sculpture - brillianter! Useless animal trap! Chanting! When can I see this film? It looks top!
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....and the talkback grinds to a halt? hahahaha
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Danny's dumps are classified as a terrorist act. We had no choice but to abandon the talkback - it was self preservation!
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Sucked. It really did. All the scenes with the "monster"/slapping noise that chases people were just the POV shots of the TETSUO monster. Never seen TETSUO 2, probably won't see ND2 either. Also ND1 was just lame in that end.
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And not drunk. How do you feel about the rumor I am making up about how Pixar is going to release a Mario Brothers movie? And that its going to be the best video game to movie adaptation to date, its going to be a reboot of sorts.
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my ass is killing me.
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Holy fucking shit Series that is genius. The CoC can start that rumor! That can be our new weapon. We can go into random TB's and always make a point to bring it up: "So Series, that concept art for the Pixar/Mario Bros. thing sounds crazy. I can't believe its really happening."
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i sent in a little review thingy of the Don Hertzfeldt screening I went to. It probably won't show up though since my writing is TERRIBLE
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And the angry fist of illness is squeezing me like a tube of toothpaste, forcing the goo out through my nose and throat, and also possibly my eyes and ears.Being sick sucks.
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Oh well, I'll toddle along on my own for a bit, I suppose.
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That was an excellent, excellent film. Smart, funny, original, well-written, well-acted. Didn't put a foot wrong, I reckon, and I liked it very much.Mind you, wouldn't anyone love a film where a secretary sends a worm through the post to get her boss's attention, so he jids on her back as punishment, then she masturbates in the bathroom while saying 'Mayonnaise'?I think they would.
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Oct 07, 2008 7:09:01 AM CDT
Do people on the AICN really no like Maggie Gyllenhaal?
by franklin t marmoset
Why not?What the hell is wrong with them?Are they douches?She's a good actress.
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Oct 07, 2008 7:15:04 AM CDT
Fuck it, I'm going to have an argument in the Batman TB
by franklin t marmoset
Posting alone is boring.
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So it seems I need to check out Secretary.....
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for tonight's debate. Unfortunately I drank all the Guinness last night. "Once it hits your lips, it's so good."
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Finally, someone is here!I would definitely recommend Secretary. If you are a fan of darkly funny films about strange relationships, it is the film for you. Also, it is oddly sweet, a nice little ode to the importance of self-acceptance, both for your own health and for the health of your relationship.Plus, there are boobs near the end.
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But I can understand how her looks aren't for everyone.So what's going on in the world.British banks are bringing the European market down.David Duchovny is out of sex rehab.The new Oasis album drops today and it's dreadful.Jarv, you'll be happy to hear FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called for stricter rules on foreign ownership of clubs in the UK and abroad.Get well soon, Franklin. You too, Jarv. And Danny, my condolences to your rectum.
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I don't think I can take much more. I made it thirty minutes into the first one, twenty into the second. All these people do is annoy me and then send me to sleep, and that is a perfect recipe for nightmares.Maybe I'll watch it if Palin is not involved. I never thought I would come across a fictional female character who would make me want to throw stuff as much as Juno, but it has happened with this awful Palin woman. And yes, I believe she is fictional. No one is really like that, are they?
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She drops the name "New York Times" in 30 seconds to a crowd in a feeble attempt to recover from her not being able to name one news source she gets her info from.I have half a bottle of rum for tonight's debate.
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I think I've liked her in everything she's done, even when I haven't liked the film itself. Happy Endings was a film I didn't like at all, but she was very good in it.Have you seen Sherry Baby, Hawaiian? Secretary has put me in a Maggie Gyllenhaal kind of mood, so I'm thinking I might check that one out.Thanks for the get well, by the way. The sooner I stop collapsing into coughing fits the better. That is fucking annoying.
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Seriously, I'm for funky relationship movies. Don't know if I already mentioned this yesterday, but it still haunts me. Made of Honor...holy fuck. What a disgustingly bad movie. Even my wife thought it sucked horrendous amounts of suckage. Well, she said "that wasn't good", but I know she implied that it was a gigantic ostrich turd. I'm positive.
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Those of us who are deathly opposed of the old man are hoping this is yet a further nail in the coffin. I think I'll setup my own drinking game. I'll have to take a swig everytime the words "muthafucker" come out of my mouth after McCain says something else...
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But I know I should.The debate tonight is between Obama and McCain and it's a town hall format where people in the audience get to ask them questions.
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There's something about that title that makes me think it could be either a romantic comedy or a Steven Seagal film.I don't know which is worse.Fuck conventional romantic comedies, anyway. One of the (very few) benefits of being single at the moment is I don't have to watch them. If I want to see a love story, my vote is for Wild At Heart every single time. Jesus, that film is so fucking good."Rockin' good news, peanut!"
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It made me appreciate P.S. I Love You and Dan In Real Life all the much more.Kevin McKidd deserved so much better.It was only one notch better than What Happens In Vegas and that movie causes sterility and boils.
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out of everyone who participated in that monstrosity.
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Both of those movies were 100 times better than Made of Honor. And you're right, JourneyMan should have time traveled his ass out of that fiasco.
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I just read the synopsis over at imdb. Jesus Harold Christ, it sounds appaling.What kind of heartless bitch would ask a guy to be her maid of honour? Why not just cut his balls off? And why the fuck would a guy want to marry a woman who thinks of him that way?I am never going to watch this film.
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Seriously.
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Stay strong Frankie, stay strong.
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At least then you get to suffer through that crap in the comfort of your own home.The worst is when you have to see those things at the cinema. I remember being dragged to How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, and I think I was actually dying right there in the audience, like those guys who make it up to a certain height on Mount Everest and their bodies start shutting down. Kate Hudson and Matthew McWhatsit were actually killing me. Probably.
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I've avoided seeing any of these shit films in the theater for sometime now.Hudson and McWhatsit were much, much, much more eye gouging shittiness in Fool's Gold. And the Heartbreak Kid was another rancid piece of cattle shit.
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You are quite the rom-com connisseur there, mate. There is clearly not a rom-com that you have not seen. No matter how good or bad the film is, you are always on hand to check it out, just like Batman is always on hand to fight a shark.In many ways, you are like a superhero.
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One guy even seems to understand that I'm taking the piss. That's no good. I was hoping for a giant skuffle of some sort.Shit, I'm bored today.
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It hasn't been detected yet, but trust me, everyone who paid to see it in the theater is a terminal case waiting to happen.I love a good rom-com. It makes for a great evening with my wife. The problem is so many of them are cookie cutter garbage that rom-coms have the worst good:bad ratio of any genre. Definitely Maybe is the best one I've seen in quite some time. I think the last rom-com I watched in the theater was Addicted To Love and that was how many years ago now?Saints had to lose so that Carolina could be tops in the NFC South.
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I had better avoid Fool's Gold.
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Oct 07, 2008 8:55:21 AM CDT
I'm glad you recognize the fact that I'm a superhero
by just pillow talk
Frankie. I'm trying to form a sort of League of rom-com idiots. So far, no go.Definitely Maybe was okay, but I preferred Next Stop Wonderland, Dan in Real Life, and P.S. I love you.
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Battle of the inept teams...
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Go in the Batman TB and start talking about how great that new Pixar/Super Mario Bros movie is gonna be.....that'll make people shit.
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Those new Hitchcock releases look awesome-- Psycho, Vertigo, A Touch of Evil....FUCK YES. Feast 2? FUCK YES.
But seriously...the Bluray pimping has gotten to a point where I want to fucking barf. Knocked Up and 40 Year Old Virgin? Forget the fact that its Apatow....pimping the Bluray releases? What the fuck for? So I can marvel at Seth Rogen's gut in hi-def? -
But yeah, I don't understand why anyone would want a comedy in Blu-ray. What exactly are you missing that 1080p clarity is going to reveal?
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Next they are gonna try to convince me that cancer eating away at McCain's face isn't residual evil left over from the Keating 5 scandal.
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Its too clean and professional looking. It doesn't even look like a movie scoop site anymore-- it looks studio funded. Like I'm on Paramount's official site or some shit. I think these sites have to maintain a certain level of simplicity and cheapness.
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Since I've never seen what a movie looks like via blu-ray, I don't know what I'm missing, if anything. I'm very comfortable with my DVDs.
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The newer shit coming out is all very soft focus with some sort of diffusion filter on the lens, to combat the problem with hi-def porn and the details of razor burn. So now I gotta watch standard def scenes that look like fucking Spanish soap operas. Fuck that.
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where we spent the whole time discussing whether or not Batman and Robin's relationship in the 1940s was sexual or not.I love college.
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*tear*
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Blu Ray is irrelevant to my life. It makes sense for Harry to push the better tech though, since it's sort of a part of his job. It doesn't really bother me though.
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where the hell has everybody been?
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I've been there, buddy. All alone in the talkbacks, rattling on and on like a crazy person on the bus, no one paying the slightest bit of attention.It is a lonely experience.I don't know why it's so quiet here at the moment. Yesterday, I was so bored I tried to start a fight in the Batman TB, but no one would go for it. Can I not rely on a good argument at the AICN even when I suggest that Joel Schumacher take over the Batman series? What on earth is the world coming to?
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I just don't care. DVD, it seems to me, is a perfectly good format, and I don't have any need to see all the same stuff with a slightly sharper picture.I saw a few episodes of Lost in HD, and I was impressed with how clearly I could see each individual leaf in the jungle, but is it really worth me spending a few hundred quid on it? I don't think so.
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I don't know how much time any of you spend going to employment agencies, but I've been doing it a lot lately. Anyway, they seem to be staffed by a disproportionately high number of attractive women. Any agency you visit, you can be sure there will be at least one very attractive woman working there. The one I went to the other day - three women, all very beautiful. Seriously. It's quite distracting.I realise this has nothing to do with films and whatnot, but - fuck - I'm just really fucking bored today. More than usual, maybe.
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the only time it's going to have any relevance in my life is when Mrs. Jarv caves and lets me buy a PS3 with GA4 and the new Final Fantasy. Until then....
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Fuck off. THey're full of unemployable trolls that exist to cold call employers. I'm still cross because my salary reflects my employer having to pay an agency for me, despite the fact that the agency had bugger all to do with me getting hired.
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the fact that because of that rom com dreck there will never be my stone roses biopic pisses me off.
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Too late. West Ham are about to go bust because of their owner, Manchester City had to sell to some Arabs and Man U and Liverpool have a combined debt of £1billion because of their American Owners. I hope they all go bust so my team may get to play in the top flight again,
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You should thank the powers that be for the lovely ladies at your employment agency. As Jarv has pointed out, the rest of the world has grotesque trolls who are not the least bit interested in helping find you a job.So I hear that both England and Canada are dropping their interest rates in response to our Fed dropping ours. I'm no rocket surgeon but doesn't that only have a positive effect when the banks are will to lend money? From what I hear Bill Gates couldn't get a loan right now.You English gentlemen feeling better today?No way we keep up with the political TB today.Do we need a topic to discuss?What stand alone movie that doesn't require a sequel would you like to actually see a sequel to because you want to spend more time with the characters?
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i'm still ill, but only wasn't here yesterday because of some bullshit training thing.
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It's because we've got banks dropping like flies and the government is too skint to bail them all out.
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I feel like we've left the patients in charge of the insane asylum.So Ranieri gets to live another day, Jarv. That's a lot more confidence than American teams show their coaches.
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Good damn call. Another Ronin movie would have been aces.
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he's fucked. I feel really sorry for him- he keeps getting fired when he doesn't deserve it.
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without dreadful sequelitis popping up (28 weeks later, The Descent 2). So I won't.
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Oct 08, 2008 8:27:25 AM CDT
So what's it going to take to get us ranked again
by hawaiian organ donor
Do I have to insult everyone's favorite movies?Did AoD arrive yet, Jarv?
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With a cup of my scottish mothers evil flu remedy (big shot of cooking whisky- don't waste good whisky on this- in mug, haf lemon squeezed in, tablespoon of honey, top up with boiling water. Drink fast.) Mrs. Jarv is now fully converted to the genius of Changian doctrine and now accepts that salvation lies in following the teachings of the holy trinity and their sacred dwarf. Also, she accepts that "Hail to the king" was undeserving of the ban on bedroom priveleges that it got me, and was in fact funny and should have been rewarded.
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Most of us would still be sleeping on the couch.
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I was bombed because I'd been watching England clobber Ireland in the Rugny and had drunk the better part of a gallon of Guinness. I walked in holding a pizza with some mates and more beer and opened my stupid trap to say "Hail to the king, baby". Unimpressed doesn't cover her reaction.
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That's a scene right out of a Vince Vaughn movie.GD political TB is going to suck our numbers again. Hell, it's even worked it's wily ways on me to contribute.
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frankly.
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I feel the impending doom a bit less now that I know Mrs. Jarv has converted to the ways of the CoC.Alas, Mrs. Pillow is hopeless is this regard. Excuse me while I weep at my keyboard...
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I watchd Bubba Ho-tep again last night. Really funny movie, and probably Bruce's best performance after Army of Darkness, which is just comedy gold.That's one movie where I would love to see old Elvis fighting a whole bunch more monsters. Hell, have him team up with Ash in an ultimate dimension, fighting alien necronomicons. I would pay top dollar for that shit. Oh, and they should make it a musical while they're at it.
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I watchd Bubba Ho-tep again last night. Really funny movie, and probably Bruce's best performance after Army of Darkness, which is just comedy gold.That's one movie where I would love to see old Elvis fighting a whole bunch more monsters. Hell, have him team up with Ash in an ultimate dimension, fighting alien necronomicons. I would pay top dollar for that shit. Oh, and they should make it a musical while they're at it.
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damn my happy trigger finger.Be back when I got off work.
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The chin commands the warciples to post twice from time to time to get the word out on the power of the CoC.
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I'm quite excited by this. Perhaps I should thrown in my AoD disk after, make it a double feature of the Chin.
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I will ask this again.Where the hell is everybody?
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It seems we've lost chipps, Jonah, Chitty (for obvious reasons), Fred, Mavra, ThereWolf and Series. So we're down to bare bones. Which saddens me as I can't discuss Asian films much anymore. The Donor Project has failed.I hope to watch Devils on the Doorstep this week.
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and I consider myself pretty knowledgable about Asian films. Hopefully, my recommendations will be 2 and 0 after you have watched Devils. Jonah called it a masterpiece, but I'm still really eager to see what you think.
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You and I need to discuss the newer stuff.
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I've been commenting on the Asian movies at the z-dive. I'm not gonna blast through them either - me, I like to save movies, give them a big build up.Also, I can't post at work. (a) The work server can't handle the lunch time rush, I can't get on ANY website let alone AICN. (b) Going on DURING working hours will result in dismissal - I've seen it happen to colleagues. Internet use gets logged and anything over 10 minutes will land us in the shite. (c) When I get home from work I've been writing. (d) When I get on late - ie: now - everyone is gone!I'm amazed you guys can post freely at work. You must have caring, sharing employers...
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... up top - won't play on my PC! Looks like a skit on John Carpenter's 'Prince Of Darkness.' Love that movie.It had one of the worst trailers ever - in that the whole plot is given away in the trailer. You've got the whole movie in 2 minutes. Not only did it show the climax of the film, it showed the epilogue as well! Carpenter must've had a heart attack when he saw that because I can't believe he would've okayed it.
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Still not seen the first one but this trailer looks okay. Snow. Ice. Deserted hospital. Yes please!Like the look of Abrakadabra as well - funny, plus the music kills me for some reason!
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Also, this film looks absolutely top.
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Finally watched this thing. Honestly, I don't know why they can't just film the novel. I didn't like the motion capture for the infected, would have preferred actors in prosthetic make-up. The only thing I liked was when Will Smith was doing his "Please talk to me..." to nobody - that was a believable moment.The DVD package is shite. No making-of the movie on 2 discs, just the film twice with a different (worse) ending. Unacceptable. I only need the film once - then alternate ending as a deleted scene. A ROM link to online bonus features - also unacceptable. "Almost 50 minutes..." should be on the DVD.Apparently, having given I Am Legend a big marketing push on Blu-ray and got the title selling big - they've announced a forthcoming "special edition" Blu-ray release. Unacceptable rip-off. Glad I haven't gone Hi-Def.
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Looks interesting, but kind of cut-scene gamey. I'd like to see some more to get a better idea. I do like the light beams coming through those portholes - nice effect.
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Nazi zombies! Actually, it's ringing bells this one. Sure I've seen a movie in my murky past featuring undead Nazis. I'm certain but I can't think what the bugger was called.Anyone know?
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Not seen Part 1. Should I? Some creepy imagery in this trailer - some bits look derivative as well. I'll give it a go, though.
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... a tumbleweed blowing across this TB.Goodnight, folk.
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it's weird how while I was job hunting this summer everybody seemed to be on all the time, as soon as I started school (I start a month after just about every other college in the country too) everybody suddenly couldn't go on the TBs anymore. Weird.
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Nightmare Detective 1 was pretty lame. Some weird slurping noises. Just not very exciting and lack of any reveal of the monster was lame. Fucking Red Cliff I have it I know I can watch it and I keep putting it off. Yet here I sit watching new episodes of Viva Pinata. Seriously I need more fucking movie watching time, like my cable just needs to go out for the night or something. Plus now I have to cater all my movies for my lady friend.
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Anyone watch this new WB cartoon? Anyone watching the new Turtles cartoon? I'm glad there are some good cartoons on, now that the whole Pokemon craze is over. Anyone ever seen the Mr. Men cartoon? I thought it was pretty lame. But Loonatics Unleashed was pretty awesome, Warner Brothers cartoons as super heroes, sucked that it got canceled after two seasons. I do find it funny that the Turtles are dominating Saturday morning cartoons again, there are like three shows of theirs going on at once.
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Another new Cartoon out. I really need to go out and rent the original series, I've heard really good things about it. I've got the first two episodes recorded, I wonder if they have anything to do with the movie, or if they are the movie? I hope they are good, I'll watch them after another episode of Viva Pinata.
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Speaking about the new waste of money, every time I see the Speed Racer DVD it makes me wish I had a Blu Ray. And for Sunshine and The Fall (if its out on BluVD). As for the old movies, I don't know some old movies are just going to look better as they did. Every time I see new masters of Independence Day it looks like some shitty ass movies from the 70s.
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I don't know if you are a big South Park fan or not, but I'm thinking you would probably dig the latest episode.
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Gonna watch it here in a lil bit. Finishing up Clone Wars right now. Sucks that they canceled Drawn Together, that show was fucking awesome. Lil'Bush was ok, utterly forgettable in the end though. I still record every Drawn Together Episode.
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but I turn it on when I do homework. Usually I have on adult swim, but that wasn't on yet.
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Yeah I'm a huge fan of TV. I watch WAAAAYYYY too much of it. I'm amazed that I am not a hell of a lot fatter, I guess not having TV during high school I'm making up for it.
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it's just not something I have gotten into. I know there's lots of good stuff out there, some of it probably superior to many films that are released every year. However, I have been watching Lost on DVD as recommended by a friend and I'm liking it quite a bit so far. I'm only on Season 2 though so NO SPOILERS PLEASE!I do have a favorite TV show. The Venture Brothers. I fucking adore that show. I can watch any episode no matter what, and it will always put me in a better mood. Can;t wait for Season 3's release. Holy shit am i excited.
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Its really been hit and miss the last two seasons. But when they've hit they've been amazing, Make Love Not Warcraft and Manbearpig. Though I believe that Family Guy: Blue Harvest deserved the Emmy over Imaginationland. Both were good, but only the second episode of Imaginationland was amazing.
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I think this episode is mainly good, due to its subject matter. And if I know Danny at all, he will probably get a kick out of it.But I agree. The Warcraft episode was on tonight. Genius.
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Season 1 was amazing. And I've seen every episode, but god damn there is only one character that we've ever seen any real development on, Lock. Who also may be one of the least complicated characters because he's just kind of dumb. It probably makes sense to watch that show on DVD, just because with all the huge gaps from season to season I can't remember shit. Also I am not so into it that I will get the weekly magazine. Venture Brothers....I don't know man, I feel like there is just something I am missing with that show. I like it, and will watch new episodes but for the life of me I just don't find it that funny. Part of it feels like it continues from episode to episode but most of it feels like ever episode is stand alone. I know there are a lot of references to older shows that I miss. I liked season 1 but 2 and 3 haven't really stuck with me.
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And that show is just so fucking random. It feels like a bunch of inside jokes, its like a crazy take on reversal sessions of real late night shows. Some times I just find it boring. Also the guests, do they right there stuff or what?
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Mission Hill and the Oblongs I can't stand, and Home Videos I am sure is a cure for insomnia.
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is another one I really like actually. Walter and Perry are the best couple I have ever seen. It's a more subtle humor (at times pretty crazy though), but I find it hilarious. I particular enjoy the episode where they go to "movie camp." it's on youtube, as well as a couple of others.Same goes for Venture Brothers. Every episode is so full of homages and allusions to other materials that just getting what they are talking about all the time is a treat in itself. It's easily the best comedy show on adult swim. Its characters actually develop as the show progresses and the plot is full of twists and turns. And yes Series, it helps if you are watching them in order, as most episodes usually contain allusions to previous episodes and occurrences. Also, the writing and dialogue in the show are better than most prime time shows. I defy you to not fall in love with Henchmen 21 and 24. They are the fucking AICN members of the Venture Brother world.And yes, Mission Hill and Oblongs are both unfunny turds.Family Guy has been hit and miss since it came back on air. And the one really funny joke in Blue Harvest was them getting the couch back to the Millenium Falcon. Other than that I barely even smiled. Believe me, I wanted to laugh, but nothing came. I even chugged a few beers after the first fifteen minutes. Nothing.
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of course, any week where another issue of The Twelve is released is always an incredibly good day.
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concerning a screening of Don Hertzfeldt's new animated short film "I'm So Proud of You," an excellent and insightful little piece of cinema, which will actually be screening soon at the Alamo Drafthouse. Now I know my writing probably wasn't that good or anything, but the fact that Harry instead chose to post a story about late breastfeeding on his site is just an example of how severely retarded the poor guy is. "Breastfeeding! ewwww!"As many have said before me, that video is at least a year old. Which makes this post extra fucking stupid and irrelevant.
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I probably sound really whiny after that post.Just had to get that off my chest.
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or I'd be for the sack as well. Which wouldn't exactly be gutting.
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Porn, breastfeeding, shitgirl, gone (or lame tween rip off of the Cement Garden as I like to think of it).
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Nice to see a gluttony of posts from Kungfu, ThereWolf and Series.My employer is good about stuff. I'm on her a lot but I get my job done so I do what they ask of me.Speaking of TV, anybody watching John Adams yet? It's only 7 episodes at an hour each so you can watch it in a week. I cannot emphasize enough how important it is that everyone sees it.I got a kick out of Blue Harvest but I think the Robot Chicken farce of SW was brilliant.
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The best movie reviewer on TV EVER- "Family guy sucks like my mom's dyson."
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Oct 09, 2008 9:39:29 AM CDT
We must have an abundance of hot women in Bristol
by franklin t marmoset
Seriously, every agency I've been to has at least one very attractive woman in it.It's nice.How is everyone doing today? I am refreshingly free of goo, which is good because I have an interview next monday and I was not relishing going to it while dripping snot all over the place. That is a bad first impression, I reckon.
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What did you make of it, Hawaiian?I haven't seen any of it yet, but I've been taping the episodes and saving them for the next empty, money-less weekend I have to get through.Hopefully, it's good. I'll watch pretty anything with Paul Giamatti in it. That guy is great.
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Oct 09, 2008 10:00:14 AM CDT
John Adams is only eclipsed by Band of Brothers
by hawaiian organ donor
Giamatti was brilliant. But Linney and the bloke who played Jefferson were superb.There's a scene where Adams confronts King George and it is played with such earnest passion that I had to watch it a dozen times. Easily one of the greatest moments ever put to film.Glad to hear you're on the mend, Franklin.How are you feeling, Jarv?
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They go into him a lot in that M. Night book I'm always bragging about, "The Man Who Heard Voices." It really paints Giamatti to be a working stiff blue collar kinda guy. He thinks of acting as a craft and thinks of himself like a craftsman....he feels as if he is building something. They always talk about how he shows up to rehearsal wearing stained Levis and a flannel shirt tucked in. Awesome dude.
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...but it felt very uneven to me. Some episodes were superb and others were very dull and didn't really bring much to the larger story. I know they were trying to be more intimate about the relationships and character moments....but there were scenes that went on forever and I was thinking, "What the fuck is up with this?"
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Oct 09, 2008 10:10:37 AM CDT
Giamatti seems like a guy who just feels lucky...
by hawaiian organ donor
...to be in the business. And just humble and grateful to have his talent.I thought Band of Brothers did a great job of showing the day to day life of a soldier. And that concentration camp episode had me sobbing like a girl.
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I've just been paid, which means I'm scheduled to be broke and bored in about three weeks' time, so I'll be checking out John Adams then.Sounds like I'll enjoy it.
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For a long time, I have known the name of the best film ever made - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - but now, to go with it, I have the name of the worst:SOUTHLAND TALESWhich is pretty good, right? Now I have a solid scale to work with. Cuckoo's Nest all the way up at one end; Southland Tales all the way down at the other, a kind of absolute zero of film quality. It's like with the hotness of women scale - Eliza Dushku at the top, margartet Thatcher at the bottom. Southland Tales is to cinema what Margaret Thatcher is to hotness.I saw it last night and my jaw was on the floor for most it. I really could not believe what I was watching.Anyone else seen it? Thoughts and whatnot?
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Oct 09, 2008 10:19:47 AM CDT
There is a touching moment in the M. Night book...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...that takes place about a month before shooting begins on Lady In The Water.
Its a phone conversation:
M: Paul, I'm concerned about your weight.
Paul: What about it?
M: I think you are putting on too much weight for the role.
Paul: I didn't know you wanted a leading man type of guy, I thought you want an everyman.
M: Well you are fine as you are. If you put on anymore weight you're not an everyman, you're suddenly too heavy to be an everyman.
Silence over the phone.....
Paul: I fucking hate this.
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The trailer looked fucking nuts. Everything about it looked cool to me except for that little worm Justin Timberlake......but yeah. I've heard it fucking sucks from just about everyone I know.
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Another reason for me to dislike that arrogant prick.I haven't heard one good thing about Southland Tales so I'm avoiding it.
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It sounds interesting.On Southland Tales, I recommend seeing it just so that you can witness how terrible it is. Terrible of this type is rare and should be seen by everyone. Richard Kelly seems to be a guy with a lot of semi-interesting ideas and no idea whatsoever about how to articulate them in an engaging or coherent manner. It's a terriblle, stupid, misguided mess of a film, but, like I say, I'm glad I've seen it because now I know the face of truly awful film making.I hear there is a longer and even less coherent version of the film out there somewhere, which is going to drive me nuts because I want to see it SO DAMN BADLY. The idea that there exists a film that is even worse than Southland Tales - and that that film is Southland Tales - may well drive me around the bend.
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http://tinyurl.com/33p2pz
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Oct 09, 2008 10:33:16 AM CDT
I haven't heard on good thing about Southland....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...so I'm even more intrigued to see it than if I heard good things about it. When I hear nothing but praise...shit ends up like No Country For Old Men. Fuck....that.
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Oct 09, 2008 10:35:39 AM CDT
M. Night doesn't come off like a dick in the book....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....he comes off as very sensitive and complex. At that moment he wasn't trying to be a cock. He was genuinely concerned every time he saw Paul, he said he had gained a ton of weight. He just wanted him to look the way he did when they first met. Its not like he was trying to pretty him up.
Oddly enough....he was originally thinking of Costner for the role and he was interested, but he was just taking too long to get serious about it.
Its a fascinating book. A sports journalist guy contacts M. Night asking him if he can shadow him throughout the Lady production, he goes everywhere with him. His meetings......dinner with his family....rehearsal. Its very cool, and very objective. -
while minging is highly bonable compared to Cherie Blair. Fucking letterbox mouthed fucking greedy fucking troll. Did you see the bit in her autobiography when she went nuts at Gordon Brown for opposing a raise in Minister's salaries? The fuckers are only paid £120,000 per year and her salary was double that, and the greedy cunt wanted more. Fucking twat. (Caveat- Jarv would like it noted that he got this infor from The Sun so is uncertain as to its reliability- but Jarv hates Cherie Blair so much that he is willing to bet that it is true)What ever happened to public service?
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This is a line from Lady In The Water when Story is telling Vick he must finish the book he writing....
"A boy in the Midwest of this land will grow up in a home where your book will be on the shelf and spoken of often. He will grow up with these ideas in his head. He will grow into a great orator. He will speak and his words will be heard throughout this land and throughout the world. This boy will become leader of this country and begin a movement of great change. He will speak of you and your words. Your book will be the seeds of many of his great thoughts. It will be the seeds of change..." -
I try my best to articulate my reaction to Southland Tales, and for some reason you turn it into a rant about Cherie Blair.I diagnose you as suffering from too much politics.i agree, though. Cherie Blair is a greedy cunt.
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I might have to check that one out. Not that I'm a huge Shyamalan fan, but I do like any honest and open book about film making.Have you ever read The Devil's Candy? It's about the making of Bonfire Of The Vanities (another bad film) and is hands down the best 'behind the scenes' book about film making I've ever read. If you ever wanted to know how it is that big budget studio films go so horribly wrong, The Devil's Candy is definitely worth reading.
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I love these sort of books. The thing about the M. Night book is you don't have to be a fan of his at all. Its like watching a documentary. He tells the writer early on the only way he'll do it is if the writer tells it how it is, exactly how he saw it. He doesn't want to read any of it until its already printed. He said he wants an honest portrait of what it took to get Lady made.....and ironically it ends up being his first massive failure. Who would have guessed it?
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I don't know how many of you good folks need that information, but I am passing it along all the same.Should you be out with some friends, enjoying a good old-fashioned drunkening and whatnot, and you come across a chicken whom you suspect of being infected with the avian flu, you can now feel free to suffocate that feathery little bastard with whatever method you find most effective. Strangle it until it is good and dead, and the coppers cannot touch you for it.Oh, brave new world, and whatnot, etc...
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Brian de Palma invited the author along to chronicle the making of the big 'prestige picture' he was working on, and the film turned out to be a colossal clusterfuck of over-spending and superstar egos and Melanie Griffith's boobs.It was actually pretty brave of de Palma to allow the book to be published, because he doesn't always come off too well in it.
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Much to my chagrin, because it has long been a dream of mine to eat all of my meals in a restaurant called The Crazy Chicken.
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Yeah I checked....they are only in North America and Mexico.
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but only on Market day.
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my hatred of Cheri transcends that. Greedy fucking letterbox mouthed twat that should be in prison for fraud.
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misreable fucking country. It's no wonder so many of them "worry" sheep. And this fecking flu won't piss off. Why am I in work?
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I would consign that entire country to the dump, but I do like the Manic Street Preachers. They are the only thing from Wales I can think of that I like.P.S. Sorry about the continuing illness. You should go out and suffocate yourself a chicken. That's bound to make you feel better. It's legal, too.
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He needs to realize you aren't messing around.
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...it helps to masturbate aggressively. Puts me right to sleep like a baby.
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Weird.I suppose every film has someone who likes it, but these people are stretching that idea a bit. They're like those women who still love their husbands even though they beat the shit out of them every time they get drunk.I don't get it.
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They had some dodgy albums after Gold Against the Soul but their latest is balls on excellent stuff.
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...just because they got all the nice coastline?
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and they made me go on a day's training to that ungodly shitehole Milton Keynes- which is where middle management go to die,
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Oct 09, 2008 11:38:08 AM CDT
Welsh culture has always been very interesting...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....to me. I don't know much about it though.
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...does much English porn exist? Like actually shot in the U.K.? Or do you lads mainly watch American exports?
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with no sense of humour, fucking sinfully ugly women, beer that tastes like piss, no fucking manners and they constantly whinge about the English. Not to mention the fact that they all shag sheep.
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The other night, I was walking home and one of the posh flats near me had it's curtains drawn. However, you could clearly see two people shagging through the curtains. I asked in the pub what was happening, and was told that I could see in because the light they use for the film made the curtains transparent and they didn't know this.
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so minging that it makes livestock look attractive. Why do Sumo wrestlers shave their legs?
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be mistaken for Welsh women. And Catherine Zeta Jones doesn't count. She's a genetic fluke and (this is important) abandoned the shithole before the tide of grease could overtake her.
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Your boss making you work late again?
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It was like "Grandpa Gets Busy" or some shit with a 65 year old guy nailing young chicks. That dude was so fucking nasty. He looked like Brick Top from Snatch....reeeeeally fucked up teeth. Anyway that porn was horrid. The chicks were very bland and had no make up and giant sloppy bush. Gross all the way around.
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Oct 09, 2008 12:33:56 PM CDT
oh god I'm having horrible visions of Brick Top....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...in that nasty ass porn.
While he's getting a BJ he groans in a heavy ass Cockney accent, "Awwwww thats betta' sweet-art"
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Knackered am I. I can't wait for the weekend.
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Don't you colonial types keep electing those as president?
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and this is just a fraction of the true power of the church
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AICN can't handle that size in single posts. Good work.
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Lets talk about how us Revolutionists elect BIG SLOPPY BUSH every chance we get....
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Really? His pops, A Bart Giamatti, was the seventh commissionar of Professional Baseball. He was the one that cleaned up the Pete Rose mess. Barts lesser job for many years was President of Yale University.Paul Giamatti attended hoity toity upper crusty private schools and graduated from Yale himself. That's not exactly the resume of a lunch pail family.Don't get me wrong I like Paul Giamatti. He seems like one of the few decent people in LA. He's a great actor, usually the best thing in any movie he's in, even the bad ones. Giamatti really shined in John Adams.Ah, Southland Tales, by the end of that fucked up mess I started to hallucinated that parts of it were good. Listening to Buffy the Vampire Slayer talk about getting corn holed was sureal and seemed self revelatory. I bet Freddy Prinze JR is a booty bandit. I thought he was bone smuggler myself but I gues I was wrong.
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Oct 09, 2008 2:29:47 PM CDT
Sir. Xiphos....let me clarify some things for you....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Giamitti is blue color in mindset. He was always rich and is now rich....but he has a working stiff attitude to the art of acting. The book I was speaking of goes into how when he is on set he always gravitates toward the Construction crew building the sets, as he finds them the most hard working and talented.
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Oct 09, 2008 2:31:15 PM CDT
Giamatti is one of the few decent people in L.A.?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Hehehe. Have you ever been to LA? Its filled with a pretty eclectic bunch. Lots of great people here from all walks of life from all parts of the country. And Giamati is an East Coaster...he lives in New York.
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Just wanted to share that I fucking hate work today. Prohibited me from posting all fucking day. Time to fucking get my fucking ass the fuck out of here. Fucking cunts.
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The tick used to make me laugh.
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but I never watch South Park, but I caught some of the episode last night. Content of the episode was Indy getting raped by the berg and the beard.
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Literally?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Yes I've been to LA a lot. I even lived in the fourth world city of LA for a while as a kid, out in Vencie, in the later part of the 70's. LA in my post should have read Hollywood, my mistake I rushed, but I stand by my statement.Just Pillow Talk there has been a 2for2true sighting in the Testee TB. Nothing to exciting.
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Awwww....and you mean Hollywood in spirit right? Like the concept of Hollywood and those employed by it. Clearly not the actual physical place. The place is just a few dirty streets filled with street vendors and homeless. I gotcha.
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I too want to see Southland Tales. Again, I've heard nothing but bad things. Saw a clip on YouTube months ago - it looked terrible. I read a magazine interview with director Richard Kelly in which he stated that there would be a 'special edition' Southland Tales DVD some time after the initial release. The longer cut is the version I want to see.The 'director's cut' of Donnie Darko I thought was utterly pointless. Perfection already achieved with the theatrical version, no matter what Kelly thinks. A superb, original film. But, yeh, hope is diminishing for my eventual viewing of Southland Tales.
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I think it's predominantly North Wales that has the English hatred. I've encountered flat out ignorance there, been blanked and all that. I hear that same story a lot from other people so there must be something to it. But in South Wales the local people seem a lot nicer, more helpful and welcoming.I've got nothing against the Welsh and there are some beautiful places to visit. But Cardiff City fans are a bunch of maniacs!
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I'm in full agreement on the Manic Street Preachers. Great band. Great live as well.
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Noticed you watched Mark Robson's 1945 film 'Isle Of The Dead.' Did you go for it or what? Love the bit where the woman gets buried alive and the camera goes up to the coffin, then pulls back slowly as you hear a scream and fingernails scrabbling... Quite effective.You might also like 'Thunder Rock,' a 1942 film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Michael Redgrave. He plays a bloke who moves into a haunted lighthouse. Really classy and subtle.
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You're the comic book dude! I, however, am not a comic book dude but I've just picked up the first issue of Marvel's adaption of Stephen King's 'The Stand.' What are your impressions of that one? I haven't read it yet, just flicked through. Looks okay, a bit frugal on the page count though.Also picked up 'The Gunslinger Born' and 'The Long Road Home,' both hardback compilations of the 'Dark Tower' adaptions. Not started those yet either!
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I think he's a good director and he can get his shit back together - so long as he loses the big ego. I'm not averse to an 'Unbreakable 2' but I'm not convinced he would be doing it for the right reasons. He's desperate for a hit because he fucked up. He fucked up because he's only human - not the genius he was set up to be.I'd like to read that 'Man Who Heard Voices' book too. Just wish there was a visual document...
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... there goes another tumbleweed.Goodnight.
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Oct 09, 2008 5:52:31 PM CDT
Sorry ThereWolf.....feel bad we never cross paths....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....its the FUCKING TIME ZONES MAN!! You're the first person to clear up the Welsh hatred. I get it....they are sorta like "The South" of America. All the stereotypes of being inbred and stupid and fucking their moms and shit. I get it now...
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Well, the cruise nigh approaches. I'm really looking forward to just hanging about the ship, spending time with the wife, writing my script and tooling around diff parts of New England and Nova Scotia. But I must confess,I really miss you guys. I get on here and read this stuff and feel like I missed out on a big party or something. Oh well, I'll be back soon, and in as much force as can be mustered. I will probably be a bit more like Mavra or Fred, occupying the night shift as opposed to the day. Know what I miss most? Having crazed movie convs with Danny and the gang.
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And HOD, your asian movie project was by no means a failure. It was great. It is great, and it has single handedly inspired me to start that regular bi-monthly movie night my wife and I host. As soon as I get a more legit copy of Red Cliff, Im showing it back to back with Invisible Target(did anyone figure out where the heck the title came from?)
And you know what else was really good? Show Must Go On! I've been working quite a bit, the movie time has been cut down, and I put this in and had a great time with it. So, HOD, your movie packs have really re-ignited my love for movies(as has this TB) through what has arguably been a pretty lame fall for releases.
And HOD, if you want to talk asian movies, just drop me some emails. I can talk asian film forever. I've got some reccomendations for stuff you probably haven't seen either.
For the record, Im completely done with HOD pack 2. It was a doozy. A perfect primer for someone to get into asian film. Open City I didnt care too much for, but like the least of these movies, it was decent, nothing abominable.
As long as you send, I will watch, and report back like a good soldier.
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Man, I love your knowledge of horror both new and old. Isle of the Dead, like most of Lewton's films, grew on me after watching and posting on it. I bought that Lewton box set last December, and had already seen Cat People and Curse of the Cat People. By the way, those two are classics of the genre, IMO. I know they aren't what you expect, but I could(and do) watch them over and over. What is so cool about these films is they are relatively short. They can retain the mood of a good short story.
I have since watched The Body Snatcher which was just a great little horror. Another film on the level of the two aforementioned movies, with great acting by Karloff and some great moody sequences. Really captured the essence of that short story perfectly.
I Walked with a Zombie is a masterpiece to be sure. I think it's right there with the Cat People as the best of the set(so far).
Which brought me to this weekend, when I decided to catch two more of the five I hadn't seen. I picked Isle of the Dead because it looked like it might feature a vampire and it had Karloff in it. At first I was a bit underwhelmed, as the writing didn't seem as strong as the others, and the plot seemed very thin. Even Karloff wasn't grabbing the movie and carrying it. And then, when the plague hits the house, the mood of the movie changed and it started working on some other levels. And to be honest, I was getting lulled by it's provincial rythyms and was probably close to sleep, when that blood curdling scream and coffin sequence happened, and it scared the crap out of me. Not just that scream, but the images on screen and the way it was done, and the reality of what happened. That might be one of the most chilling images in old b&w horror I have ever seen. It ended a bit quickly, but I gotta say that Isle, while maybe the least of the ones Ive seen so far, is still a creepy little tale Im bound to rewatch.
That lighthouse film is going on my netflix queue immediately if it's available.
Also saw The Leopard Man, There, and I think I preferred it to Isle. Had more of those creepy night chases like Cat People and once again had the horror of a cat at the center of the story. Tons and tons of great atmosphere in that one. I really really liked it, and look forward to showing it with a group. The scene where the girl is trying to get back into her house, with her mother and brother right on the other side of the door, and something in the dark slinking closer and closer. Truly creepy.
I have Ghost Ship, Bedlam and The Seventh Victim as the final three. And I gotta say, the set has already proved it's worth with the first six films.
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Theres some pretty obvious and goofy stuff in there, but the wierd human face cat, the little munchkin in the overcoat and the bent up running up the stairs geriatric make it look like it could be Exorcist 3 kind of fun, and if Gary Oldman is on his game he can make it fun. I wish it was coming out now instead of January. We need some good horror now.
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Franklin announced it as the worst movie ever made. It isn't. But, it is pretty bad. I am a HUGE fan of Donnie Darko. I watched it once, found it to be a passable rental with some good ideas, and then mulling it over while washing my car back in 2002, I invited some friends and over and watched it again, and they hated it but my appreciation grew. I can watch DD regularly. I think it's great, but the director's cut is pointless, and takes away some of the fun.
But ST, which showed promise, is rubbish. It's not even quite a bunch of skits run together. It takes a very eclectic cast, and some Philip K Dick ideas, and just runs them through the mud with a film that would make Amazon Women on the Moon look like a thought-provoking masterpiece. It is just one off the cuff thing after the other, but unlike other films that do this, it all falls flat. It isnt cool to look at, it isn't clever to think about, and it has zero lines that are worth repeating. Even the naysayers of Donnie admit the film had some good lines. It seriously makes me reconsider Richard Kelly. I'll reserve judgment until I see The Box, but consider Southland Tales( a movie I had braced myself to defend when I found it brilliant) a giant bomb. A huge pile of rubbish. What. a. Waste. -
is reminiscent of Tarkovsky. That's funny, cause that's immediately what I thought of when I watched the trailer. I really want to see it. Can't wait.
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They just posted this flick over at asian-horror-movies.com. It looks intriguing. Don't know when Ill get to it, but does anyone want to watch it with me, so we can discuss it later?
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HOD where did you say the Asian movie experiment was a failure? I think if you consider Jonah and I, who have now become even more rabid movie fanatics than we were before (which for me, is really saying something), I would consider the project a success. It's not like I watched the movies once either. I watch most of them all the time now. Warlords, Chocolate, and a majority of the others go through a weekly chain as I do homework or whatever.
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I'm usually on the night shift too. At least, it's about the only moment during the day that I have some free time. So there will definitely be more discussions whenever possible.Movies I rented and plan to watch soon are Paul Newman's Hombre, Do the Right Thing, The Glass MEnagerie (which I'm watching just because I felt like watching Katherine Hepburn act her ass off), Barton Fink, and Bubba Ho-tep. I grabbed them all randomly off the shelves. The only one I have seen before is Bubba Ho-tep, which I just felt like getting because I was having a bad day at the time, and it's sort of a comfort movie for me. Anything by Bruce Campbell is.
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Howdy. Can I get you to check out Wool sometime too, so we can both discuss it. Thanks again for the Devils reccomendation. I don't know how that slipped through my radar. I really want you to see Ugetsu if you haven't already. Go get that one, come back here, and tell me what you think. It's a lovely and lyrical black and white Japanese film that borders on a ghost story. It's fantastic.
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Ever see Wings of Desire or Far Away So Close? We are doing a double movie night of these soon, so I meant to ask you if you had seen them.
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Yea, Daisy, Chocolate, Red Cliff, Invisible Target, I'm a Cyborg, Save the Green Planet and The Chaser have all been watched more than once by me. Many are on loan right now. Warlords is out, as is Machine Girl and Running Wild and Antarctic Journal.
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Since I missed it earlier. I have always liked him since the Pig Vomit days. I really liked John Adams, I am not a Band of Brothers fan. I haven't seen it all. I really wanted to like it, but I didn't get into it when it first aired, then being in the military made me hate it because it was the only thing everyone liked. As for Giamatti, I really dug him in American Splendor (a must watch!). But as of recent (Shoot em'Up, worst film of 07, proving that Clive Owen peeked at The Driver, they were BMW commercials and they were awesome I got them on DVD you had to order them from BMW.com, maybe I could send it out to everyone?) and Lady Water I was thinking that Giamatti had his head up his ass..... SOOOO I saw that he was on Kimmel a couple months back and I really wanted to see, because I haven't seen him on a late show and I was wondering if he was going to be a pompous (Phillip Seymour Hoffman wannabe) full of himself dick. But he was really funny and down to Earth. He mentioned how he did a movie called Thunderpants just because it was about farting (though it did star the reason I want to kill myself Rupert, I say that because I know he's made more money then I'll ever see and he is terrible. At least the Home Alone kid was entertaining). He also went on to say that he was too dumb to understand what John Adams was talking about, he just read the script. Seemed really cool, all bad feelings gone. I guess John Malcovitch and Phillip Seymour Hoffman can keep copying each other.
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Did you know that there is a Bruce Campbell comic out right now! My comic book store is keeping low stock, I need to go to the rival store and find a copy. Also Barton Fink is a fucking amazing movie, favorite Coen movie. Once you see how crazy (Best Supporting Actor 08 nominee possible winner for Speed Racer) John Goodman (shit he won an Emmey last year) you'll realize how lame people were talking about how SCARY and AMAZING! the No Country Bad Guy was. Especially since it was Javier Bardem worst performance and just an homage to Randall "Tex" Cobb lone Biker of the Apocalypse.
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is great. All that Series says about it is true. Goodman is the man. "You want a toe? I'll get you a toe!" in the same year that he sashayed around a cabin in the middle of winter crooning "Time is on my Side" to Denzel Washington after shooting Donald Sutherland in the chest. John is just awesome and BF is someof his finest work.
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where are you? I keep hoping you will show.
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I was at a dinner party and I just got back. Yeah, no joke, a dinner party, with the girls I used to live with at their place, and a bunch of other people. It sounds lame I know, but was one of the best nights I have had in a long time.So to address some things I missed while I was gone...Sorry I left all of a sudden Jonah. Mofrees called me right after I got home an asked if I could come over early to help.Haven't seen Red Cliff, I'm a Cyborg, or Save the Green Planet, but I wish to badly. I will have to remedy that soon...Jonah, I added all your recommendations to the "Movies to Watch" and will pick them up as soon as I can. It's a pretty huge list, but I have surprised myself with how much I have seen over the summer that I had never seen before. Hopefully, this habit will continue through the year. And thanks again for more stuff to watch, as I am constantly grateful to be told about new films and ways of expanding my understanding of cinema.I am extremely excited for Barton Fink. And believe me, my love for Goodman has been strong for years. The role of Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski is in my opinion one of the greatest comedic roles of the 90s."SHUT THE FUCK UP DONNY!" Did you know one of the guys his character is based on is the same dude who directed Conan the Barbarian and Red Dawn. And two of his favorite films are The Searchers and...Seven Samurai! Holy shit, it all makes sense now. To be happy in life, I must become him. he is that which we all aspire to be.John Milius. Bow before him mortals.Javier Bardem's best performance is easily that of Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls. By the way, if you haven't and are open to something new, read Arena' work. It's some of the most heartfelt, honest writing I have ever seen.Series! Sorry I forgot to address your question about comics yesterday. I am still trying to shrink my stack that emerged in my bin after I was in Kansas for two months. This past comic day however, I bought the next issue of The Dark Tower and The Stand, the second issue of Marvel Knights: The Sub-Mariner story (which is a great surprise), and a bunch of issues I missed of The Incredible Hercules and X-men Legacy (which I am convinced is the only reliable X book on the stands right now, though Astonishing is showing promise). I saw the Bruce Campbell book, but the cover scared me off. Yes, yes, I know that old saying, but I think I can call a cash out when I see one. And nothing could ever compare to the REAL chin, as it is the one and only, and I kind of doubt a comic could ever hope to capture his charisma, let alone anything NOT starring him.He and John Milius can be Two Kings, and the world would rule mighty for all timeAnd Paul Giamatti can be the Duke or something. I LOVE the guy (even in stupid Shoot Em Up) and I admire for him for doing such great work no matter what the project. Hell, he was even the best part of that stupid-ass Frankie Muniz movie, bless his soul.Whew, wish I hadn't missed you guys. It looks like I was in the mood for chatting.
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I got the Twelve too. You better be getting this comic. One of the best combos of art and writing since Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely.
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where the hell have you been? I miss the movie chats. Well I am definitely going to check out Jonah's recommendations as soon as possible, so if you haven't seen any of them, please join in!
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how fucking cool does that Jonah Hex news sound to you guys?!! If done right, that could be an incredible westernAnd I say skip the origin. Just have a balls out Hex movie please. Damn that sounds fun.
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I should be on for a bit during the day tomorrow though. I'm off to bed.
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I've been to both and would much rather go back to the deep south. When I'm dictator i'm going to detonate the severn bridge and build a fucking 100 foot high lethal electric fence between civilisation and that unforsaken sheep-shagging shithole and that will be that.
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forsaken, Fuck. curse my shitty morning brain,
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England has contributed democracy, Shakespeare, Newton, Computers, and all manner of civilisation to the world. Scotland invented pretty much everything of use (and if you doubt this, name something and I'll look it up and I bet it was Scots in origin), Ireland contributed Guinness. What has wales given us? NOTHING. That's right. NOTHING. The cunts were still painting themselves blue in the INdustrial revolution. Fuck them.
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after Richie disappeared. KEEEEEEVIIIIIIIN CAAAAAAARTTTEEEEER Oh fuck off. Pretentious wank singing about a fucking vietnam photographer.
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I agree they went a little bland after Richie 'disappeared', but they were still listenable, and their last album was actually pretty damn good.I disagree about the Zeta Jones, though. She is evil, through and through. Don't be fooled by her appearance - she may yet reveal herself to be the antichrist.
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I know we're basically on the same side of this issue, but I feel very strongly that it is the worst film film ever made. The worst. Any film that can end with two Stiflers ascending into the sky in a magical ice cream van and still be unutterably boring is, officially, the very bottom of the pile.It also confirmed my suspicion that Donnie Darko is a film that is accidentally good. And that is a shame.
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Oct 10, 2008 3:48:59 AM CDT
two Stiflers ascending into the sky in a magical ice cream van
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I have to see this,
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Oct 10, 2008 3:50:08 AM CDT
I have been reading Jarv's vitriolic posts about Wales
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And they have made me feel bad for Wales, just like I felt bad for Jodie Marsh when Michael Barrymore was picking on her on Big Brother, even though she is a vile little creature who makes me queasy whenever I look at her.How does that happen?
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Nope, they're rubbish. And Zeta Jones may well be the antichrist. It would explain why she is the only woman the country has produced in the last fifty years that doesn't resemble a pig's arse.
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It is worth a watch just to know you have seen film making at its absolute nadir.Or, you might like it, like those crazy people on Amazon, who I suspect are the same people who insist on saying they liked the Matrix sequels.They are the saddest souls of us all. Spare a thought those poor deluded people today.
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It is driven by Christopher Lambert.Him off Highlander!
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MRs. Jarv is still pissed at me for Inland Empire- which she reckons is the worst film ever made- so I may have to give it a while before this one.
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see, the thing is, the first Matrix isn't actually that good. It starts well, but the pop philosophy of it is actually fucking terrible- especially when the central question is "is it better to live in a dream or face reality" and they make it so obvious that it's better to live in the Matrix. After that, the film was lost on me, although it did redeem itself with that magnificent ending. As for the sequels, Reloaded is one of the most appaling films I've ever seen. It's even worse than revolutions. And as for the end. BOLLOCKS>
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Women like The Rock.And I have yet to get around to Inland Empire, although I don't know why because I like David Lynch very much. What did you make of it?
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People get a little too caught up in the subtext and references and whatnot of The Matrix, when what it is at heart is just a really well made action film. I like that they had such a good go at shoving in some depth and complexity - because how often does that happen in an action film? - but it's the kicky/punchy/shooty that makes it work.The sequels are similar to Southland Tales in that there are some semi-interesting ideas buried in there somewhere, but they are not presented in any kind of interesting or engaging manner. A bunch of uncooked, half-assed ingredients served in a dirty bucket does not make for a satisfying meal, I reckon.
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Oct 10, 2008 4:34:22 AM CDT
I hope ThereWolf is right about the longer Southland Tales
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I absolutely must see a longer, more sprawling, less coherent version of that film. My life will not be complete without it.It is my Moby Dick.
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I damn well know you're out there somewhere!At this time of the day, it's just me and Jarv carrying the load while our American friends are sleeping or possibly drinking from enormous buckets of cola drink.Stop lurking and help us out, for fuck's sake!This is too hard. When I'm this bored, it won't be long until I start babbling about Fantastic Four again, and no one wants that.
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where this munchkin is tucking into his first beer and turning to thoughts of the weekend in order to discard his thoughts of stabbing strangers in the eye.
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Some of us are sleeping, some of us are so bored at work we've been reduced to talking to co-workers about football (no one is interested in my multiball idea), and some of us are already starting the Friday drunkening.Good for you, chipps. Good for you. You are winning the talkback so far.
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personally i don't believe you at all. the earth is flat. everyone know this. all you other guys are just trying to turn me away from god. I know this because my hero is that fat woman on 'the view'.
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Do not get Southland Tales, or any goodwill you built up with AOD or other choices will be flushed out the crapper. It doesn't have a single good shot in it. Seriously not one. The ice cream van driven by Chris Lambert who was earlier beaten up by Cheri Oteri who was trying to procure weapons for John Lovitz, who has blonde hair and says things like "Flow my tears", because he is a policeman(get it, hah, hah, blah) because somewhere along the way Wallace Shawn and Bai Ling and Zelda Rubinstein discovered energy in the ocean waves that might end the world and bring Jesus back or something and maybe he will turn out to be Sean William Scott or The Rock or Sarah Michelle Gellar, and quite honestly Im not taken with any of those choices, but never fear because Justin Timberlake may save us all, or at least we will get to watch him have a big musical interlude, while elsewhere Miranda Richardson is surrounded by midgets doing exercises and Mandy Moore is wandering around trying to ascertain how they heck she got here, what is it all about, and maybe just maybe, is Richard Kelly is functionally retarded, and oh I like butter creams.
If you read that sentence and thought that maybe work finally pushed my mind in the abyss, no, I was just attempting to recreate the feeling one has watching the film. But I think if I wanted to do it accurately, I should have wrote the sentence backwards.
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Okay, so what is your favourite scene in Fantastic Four?
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Mine is the one on the bridge, where they force young Jessica Alba to get naked and invisible so they can make their way through a large crowd of people. This is a great scene for these reasons:1. How does being invisible help you through a crowd of people? You are still shoving people out of the way, only now people are very confused when you say "excuse me" because they cannot see you.2. Doesn't miss Alba also have a forcefield ability? Could she not use that ability to perform a kind of parting of the red sea?3. When Ms Alba makes it through the crowd (using her naked invisibility powers, somehow), the other members of the Fantastic Four are already there! Douches! Was it some kind of practical joke? If it was, why did we not see them laughing and pointing and whatnot?4. The only logical reason to have this scene is as a flimsy pretext to get Ms Alba in her undies, except just as she gets down to her knick nacks, it cuts to a wide shot, so we can't even get a good look at that wonderfully taught midriff of hers. It takes some kind of twisted genius to make that editing choice. Genius! Surel, you all agree.That is all about FF for the moment, but unless someone raises some other interesting topic for discussion, I will be back with more on this under-appreciated classic.
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When you try to describe how convoluted and asinine it is - just like Jonah has above (good job, by the way) - it makes it sound like the greatest film ever made.But it is not the greatest film ever made. It is the worst.
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i watch heroes. have a good one folks
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Wallace Shawn, dancing midgets, stffler= god, Zelda Rubinstein, Mystical Ice Cream Vans, lambert getting a kicking. All this sounds like gold.
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Justin Twaterlake (least talented "musician" ever, and no, I don't give a fuck that the nobhead is vaguely related to Johnny Cash) musical number just makes it sound horrible, I have to see this
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Oh, chipps. You were winning the talkback, but now you are losing.That program is awful. Plus, it has Jess off Gilmore Girls in it, and he did not treat Rory very well at all. What a douche. I was glad when they split up and Rory got back with Dean, even though Dean is married to Lindsey now.Hey, that is something I can rattle on about that is different to Fantastic Four. Gilmore Girls! Maybe that will be more annoying, I'm not sure.Anyway, Lorelai and Luke are finally together, and I know what you're all thinking: It's about fucking time! Too true, too true. I hope it works out for them. No doubt, Christopher is going to turn up to cause problems at some point, but I have my fingers crossed that Lorelai does the right thing and sticks with Luke. He kept that horrorscope for eight years, Lorelai! What has Christopher done for you? He knocked up that bird off Twin Peaks, that's what!I take back what I said about chipps earlier. I think it is now clear that I am the one who is losing the talkback.
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Closing credits. That film blows. Heroes blows more though. Even more than The Gilmore Girls, which is at least honest about being a soap opera.
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in the FF. Frankie, being the residing FF expert around these parts, did Alba also get down to her undies in the second one? Because if she did, that would be the beast scene in the second one as well.
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I can't believe they took away JourneyMan. Fuck you NBC.
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all of that stuff sounds cool, but if try and imagine if the floating ice cream van scene was done seriously, like Blade Runner serious, and it was supposed to be a true moment of spiritual transcendence, biblical even, with no winking at the audience?
And imagine that the scenes with wallace shawn and zelda only feature them looking odd standing in a room talking nonsense for a minute here or there and we never see them again. And the Lambert beating scene, well he looks like an unemployed tramp and cheri oteri looks like someone fed her crack, and the scene keeps going even after the kicking. And the Timberlake song is actually a full out music video of sorts, and he has a scar across one eye to make him look sinister and he is supposed to be some sort of soldier. Oh and the Rock rambles on about a dream/script or soemthing that involves a baby's bowel movement causing the end of the world, or something. -
Thanks for the 2for2true sighting head's up. I of course posted something to him, but I fear, much like all the prior times, our lord will brush aside my post. He is busy I realize doing the holy trinity's work, but an acknowledgment would be nice.
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but he should realise that we work fucking hard and need reassurance.
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was in Black Snake Moan. But I may have been distracted by Christina Ricci's goodies.
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My wife and I are taking sis out for dinner and a movie for her birthday. Think it's gonna be City of Ember. Then tomorrow is packing for our cruise and dinner with some friends, and then Sunday it's off for seven day cruise up through New England and Nova Scotia. That's what I'm up to, and hopefully cramming in some movies last minute here. Anyone else?
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you keep murmuring against him and he might keep you 40 more years in that wilderness you call a job. Or you might just have a pencil mysteriously work it's way through your eye, from the inside. His ways are mysterious.
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Oct 10, 2008 7:39:52 AM CDT
all we are asking for his a sign from our lord 2for2true
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We really don't ask for much, his loyal warciples...
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Well, I've got the utter joy of trying to complete my take home midterm (I cannot fucking wait until this ridiculous class is done with), we are taking our daughter to my wife's family day at work (my wife actually helps make some interesting stuff, unlike my job), I'll try and watch Bubba Ho-Tep this weekend and one of Hawaiian's Asian flicks, watch some football, and enjoy my Sam Adams' variety pack.
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Oct 10, 2008 7:43:30 AM CDT
Jonah, what part of Nova Scotia are you hitting?
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If you're taking the ferry across the Bay of Fundy I suspect you'll be spending most of your time in and around Yarmouth. Southwest Nova Scotia is pretty but if you're going to actually put some miles on the car, drive up the southern coast to Lunenburg. Lots of quaint fishing villages along the way to see.
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Tonight my brother and I head to Raleigh to see the season opener of the Carolina Hurricanes. Tomorrow I have a lot of yardwork to plow through and if I can find the time, I'll watch OSS 117 and Devils on the Doorstep. And writing. Lots and lots of writing.
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I'm getting annihalated tonight to celebrate my deadline passing. Then I'm getting in a load of pencils to prepare for pencilgeddon. SHITHEELS. PREPARE TO TASTE LEADEN DEATH. I think I'm losing it
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I was just rambling on about Gilmore Girls. No one wants to hear about that.As for this weekend, tonight I am going to drunken like I have never drunkened before. I am fully prepared to say something foolish to the girl from the post department with the great boobs. After that, I must get my head down and prepare for my big job interview on Monday. And also go to a barbecue if the weather is nice.
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that need to taste hot lead from my papermate sharpwriter #2. I need nothing fancy for the job.
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Oct 10, 2008 8:12:40 AM CDT
fuck knows when I'll get to any yardwork this weekend
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perhaps on Sunday.
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so that the little bastards don't continue to fall off. I hate raking leaves.
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Normally, I don't care about him at all, but I do think he's a surprisingly okay actor. Not great, but not as teeth-grindingly awful as most pop star actors are. I actually thought he was pretty good in Alpha Dog.Also, I quite like that song Cry Me A River, but mostly because it is one of the most spiteful pop songs I've ever heard.
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I don't know how you find the time, jpt. Aren't your weekends filled with delightful and charming romantic comedies?
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She is naked at one point, but only in CG form and also while on fire, which is really no good at all.Jessica Alba wanting to be taken seriously as an actess is like Harry Knowles wanting to be taken seriously as a film critic. Not going to happen. I don't mean to be sexist and whatnot, but - for fuck's sake, woman - just shut your mouth and take your damn clothes off.
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Looks like it's just me again.This place is no fun anymore.
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It's a cruise, so we are hitting mostly ports. Bar Harbor, Boston, etc. So we will be limited to what we can hoof it to once the boat drops us off for the day.
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but watching you talk alba and gilmore girls is kinda like being at a party and realizing the only other guy in the room is muttering to himself and not wearing pants.
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HOD, is "Asian Goodness #3: The Revenge: It may or may not star Michael Caine" coming soon?
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Is a French comedy. It's a spy movie spoof. I've been waiting to see it since it came out in France two years ago. Not only do I appreciate more and more French movies these days, but a spy spoof? I'm sold.
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Perhaps I can get the government to do a "yardwork bailout" program where one of my state senators (either of the whipping boys will do, Dodd or Lieberman) will come and mow my lawn and rake my leaves. Dirty little drippy whores.
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Have you considered starting a pencil jihad at work to liven things up? Or lay the groundwork on boob girl for tonight?
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It's more of a thriller I guess with some comedy thrown in, and it's not exactly screwball but did you see Bon Voyage, HOD? I enjoyed that one alot. Highly reccomended.
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Those dudes frolic around the Bay this time of year I think.I live in the Northern part of the state, two hours west of Raleigh, two hours north of Charlotte. Keep me informed of where you plan to visit. We can do the old "movie talk over drinks" if you're going to be a couple hours drive away.
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Oct 10, 2008 9:08:21 AM CDT
off the coast of Maine, I had the best whale watching
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experience. Humpbacks actually jumping out of the water, pretty damn cool to say the least. We also had a school of dolphins swimming right alongside the boat as we made our way out there.
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Consider it done. If I can find it.Dodd and Lieberman need to have their clocks cleaned. It's staggering how many Democrats are infuriating me lately. I just wish Lieberman would stop that Independent nonsense and jump on the sinking Republican ship.Oh I've got a headache. Politicians on both sides make my head split. I hate them all.
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I'd love to go whale watching. And I'm a putz because I lived so close to prime spots for years but never took advantage. Jeez we piss away our youth.
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I don't nearly get damned enough.I've gone twice, once off Cape Cod, and then the second time from Bar Harbor in Maine. I miss Bar Harbor.I'm such a big pussy on the water too...always get sea sick. Pathetic. There was two little girls bouncing off the walls, happy as can be while we are chugging our way back bouncing off of waves. I'm green in the face and they won't stop talking up a storm about how cool it is that we are bouncing up and down, up and down.Nevertheless, I would most definitely go whale watching again.
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should be shot.
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would you reccomend going whale watching from Bar Harbor? If so, where? We will be in Bar Harbor a whole day next week. In fact, if I drop my itinerary here, could I get some feedback on ideal visiting spots? That would probably be of benefit to my wife.
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I hate that Droopy Dog faced motherfucker so much. Needs to die.
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When you are in town, just ask around and you'll stumble across some whale watching companies. I can't remember if there was only one company that did it out of Bar Harbor or not.I would recommend going to Acadia national park for maybe the morning, and then go whale watching in the afternoon. That is if you have enough time.
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When we do the NC trip, I'll be sure to shoe in a time to stop and meet. I woud not miss it.
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Good call. We will be there for like 7 hours, so I think that will work out nicely. I just hope Im not too late to book something. You don't have any sites or anything do ya? Sorry, Im being one of those abusive tourist types now. Plan my trip, WAAAH!
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I answered your question from yesterday in the debate TB.
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Oct 10, 2008 9:42:22 AM CDT
hehehe.....Jarv's hatred of Wales is hilarious...
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"England has contributed democracy, Shakespeare, Newton, Computers, and all manner of civilisation to the world.
Scotland invented pretty much everything of use (and if you doubt this, name something and I'll look it up and I bet it was Scots in origin), Ireland contributed Guinness.
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NOTHING.
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For drinking a frat boy doofus under the table and then gloating. I was 18 and forgot the Golden rule of Underage drinking. Do not draw attention to yourself
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Ever been to New England or Canada? Im on a cruise there starting this weekend. Destinations I still need activities for are Newport, Rhode Island, St John's, New Brunswick and Halifax Nova Scotia. Is that orphanage from Cider House Rules nearby? I'd love to see what slow roasted new england orphan taste likes.
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Don't pretend that it's nice. It isn't it's like a shitty version of Scotland.
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I saw. No fucking way did you bang six chicks at one time...I don't believe you.
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...no I've never been to them parts. The area looks beautiful though....
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So I hope to have plenty of pictures. We are hoping to set up a photo op that will have me standing on a rock with my fist pumping in the air as a humpback whale leaps over my head, ala Free Willy. They do that right? Humpbacks? Leaping and what not?
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Oct 10, 2008 9:48:51 AM CDT
And that's fucking true about Scotland inventing everything
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honestly, test me.
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I was lucky enough to catch them hurling themselves out of the water.The national park up there is beautiful. They have great biking trails.
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the noogie? You know, grabbing a dude or dudette and rubbing your knuckle against the base of their skull until they scream out or the flesh starts to lump up, whichever happens first.
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Scotish?
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Yup. Got that covered with the Glasgow Kiss. Easy, Hilariously, Scotland is the only place in Europe nearing American Levels of obesity. They try to blame it on all manner of shit, but it's priceless because Scotland is the nation that gave the world the culinary masterpiece that is the Deep Fried Mars Bar. And if that isn't minging enough, there is also the Deep Fried Pizza and The Deep Fried Donner Kebab. I'm not making that up.
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Bruce's chin?Burt Gummer's mustache?
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What, are you kidding me? It's like only my favorite American city! How long are you going to be in Beantown?First off, you need to head down to Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market for some good eats and drinks. You need to talk a walk through the Commons. And you need to head down to Yawkey Way and see Fenway and the surrounding area. And if you have time, head down to MIT. That's an amazing campus.
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Hoist by my own petard. Damn it. I was hoping for something like rifles, television, telephones, penicillin, tyres, tarmac, etc.
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True? My Grandma told me this....she is only half Welsh.
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Human flesh?
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the day HOD, about six or seven hours. I wasnt suggesting there wasnt anything in Boston(Ive actually been there before but it was whirlwind deal and we were there on business. In and out basically.
The Scotch Egg. A hardboiled egg dipped in sausage and then deepfried. You familiar with that Jarv?
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stache in fighting shape is a scots invention, as is the dye for Warwick's green har, and bruce's BOOM STICK is clearly scots. Because it's a shotgun.
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Oooof, could be good or bad depending on the weather. But I'm the guy to give you advice on that leg of your trip. Christ, I only lived there for 16 years.
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I almost spilled my coughing on the "fist fucking" comment.
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spilled my coughing??????coffee.FUCK!
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Is that where they put a person's mouth on the curb and stomp on their head? Whoever invented that shit is fucked up.
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Very nice. Donner Kebabs are made from all the sweepings of the abbatoir floor, mashed into a big lump and then slowly cooked for hours. Served in pitta bread and eaten only when intoxicated with gallons of extra hot chilli sauce. Quite why you'd deep fry this is beyond me.
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We really should have, but we loved Bar Harbor so much.
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I thought Hagus sounded disgusting. Did they invent head cheese as well?
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It passed from sheep to people because some dirty inbred cunt kept licking the sheeps arsehole clean after he'd violated it.
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Many a drunken pilgrimage made...
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Fred has been working fingers to bone. To bone! Fred's rebuilt laptop has been a bit wonky - as our British friends would say, so it has been pert near impossible to log on from home. Fred can not hang around to long today, but wanted to say hello.
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ah-ha. The point stands. And scottish food is horrendous, although Haggis is surprisingly nice.
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I too nearly spilled my coughing reading Danny's comment. The "she is half welsh" part is what made it.
Danny I just got around to seeing your Man Who Heard Voices comments. I always assumed the book was just a publicity ploy that backfired. I know it's what drew attention to the true nature of Night's arrogance. But you make it sound compelling. I can hear Giammati saying that line across the phone in my head. And it would be devestating I think. As I was reading it, I was thinking too, that Night sounded more personally concerned that worried about him not looking "right" for the role. Afterall the character is a schlub who has more or less given up on life, so does it matter how heavy he was, in reason? "I f***ing hate this." Wow.
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Oct 10, 2008 10:06:04 AM CDT
Lost Jarv - Fred just saw a store advertising Donner kebabs
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred thought that was the name of the store, not some type of food. Are they really that bad?
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Howdy do?
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How about cock fighting?
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They're GREAT. But only when pissed. Do not attempt to eat sober. It's never been done and I'm pretty certain if you try God shoots an orphan.
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Im doing well. Bout to head out on Sunday for a cruise through New England and Canada. Should be awesome. I can't wait. Really looking forward to it. Seven days. SEEEEEVEEEEN DAAAAAAAYS. *screen goes black and white ring shows up. *
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The scots just decided to add birds.
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Good to hear from you, dude. Don't work yourself too hard.All this talk of kebabs has me craving the Filipino ones. A guy in Halifax made the best I've ever had. I'd buy a dozen of the damn things as I stumbled home beyond drunk.
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Oct 10, 2008 10:14:57 AM CDT
Let me know if you want suggestions for Halifax, Jonah
by hawaiian organ donor
Bored as christ today. I might as well write.
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The Donor Project has been magnificent! Fred really means that. You have exposed Fred and many others to movies we would never, ever have seen or heard about - great movies! Fred can not thank you enough for the time, effort, generosity and genuine goodness of your heart for doing this. Please never again say that it was a failure. Fred knows that our little community has seemingly fallen on hard times - and Fred feels very sad about Chitty Chitty, but Fred also kows that what brought us all together, has not in the least bit been diminished, and your contribution only enhanced that. When Fred is not online, he really misses Mavra Chang and Therewolf, and Toadkillerdog, and DannyGlovers and chipps, and kungfuhustler, and Chitty Chitty and Jonah, and Just Pillow Talk and Lost Jarv and Franklin. You are all Fred's friends. The great thing, is that when we do have time, and are able to get back together, it is very easy to slip back into what we love talking about.
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He stole the idea from another Scottish ancestor, Elisha Gray, who stole it from Philipp Reis, the GERMAN. Vee are SUPERIOR!!!
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if you stay away from donners then there are very tasty shish and kofte types. These can even be enjoyed sober.
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yes please, anything you can suggest would be fantastic. If there is certain kind of food, alcohol, whatever I should be purchasing please let me know. Places to go whatever. Keep in mind the ship docks at like 7 a.m. and takes off again at like 6 p.m. but I'll be there during that time.
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LIES! If you try that kind of talk in Glasgow it will elicit responses of "See you, smart cunt, wannae no be such a fuckin' fanny" And then a kicking will be administered.
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Enjoy your vacation! Lost Jarv - Fred will drink a gallon of Root Beer before attempting the Donner Kebab.
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was going, but then lost it half way through the sentence. Basically, I suck.
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heh, Ive been around Danny too long, because when I read that line I just typed, it makes me giggle.
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not joking. Trust me on this one.
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Oct 10, 2008 10:24:24 AM CDT
The Scots also invented me wee lass Nessie!
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Och, me wee fair gahreen girl!
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"Cock fighting was Welsh. The scots just decided to add birds."
GOLD!
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Now that the holiday is almost upon us, I've been making my viewing mostly horror related stuff. Im looking for some new stuff I havent seen. There gave me a suggestion for Thuder Cliff recently. I'll be checking that out if I can. Anyone else? Also, Deep Discount has a buy one horror get one free going. I have House 2 and Behind the Mask arriving in the next day or so.
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Fred is fearful of the consequences. Dirk might take pictures!
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Anyone here seen the film in advance? For some reason I have ZERO desire to see it.
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...so I'll keep the Halloween stuff to The Thing and Dawn of the Dead.
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Oh well...I'll still check it out on DVD.
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Do both Things!
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Oct 10, 2008 10:34:29 AM CDT
Yeah Jonah....that book is very cool about M. Night....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
He has such interesting little moments in life and finds inspiration in odd every day situations. Its a cool read.
I've talked to friends that have read the book and its interesting that everyone has much different takes on it. Some say he comes off like a total cock, some say he comes off extremely paranoid, some say he just seems annoying. I didn't really think any of these....he comes off as an almost dangerously internal person, like he is thinking about far too much most of the time. -
C-R-A-P! Seriously, if this wasn't based off some popular book, would anyone care? I'm serious when I say it looks every bit as bad as Blood and Chocolate and The Covenant. To be fair, I never actually watched them, but that's because the marketing and reviews were so terrible I decided not to waste my time. Seriously, of all the recent big holiday fantasy releases and the anticipated one is this piece of crap.
This year started with promise, but it's really run out of steam. 2009 looks to be so awesome that I'd rather just forget about most of the remainder of 2008. With exception of Quantum, Benjamin Button and maybe a few others Im forgetting bout, I have no desire to see any of this crap. Please remind me of the stuff I'm forgetting about. What of note is coming to theaters before year's end? -
Oct 10, 2008 10:36:28 AM CDT
Its sucks because I love Crowe and Ridley....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...and the film looks like a Tony movie, not a Ridley movie-- so in my book that's fucking awesome. But seriously Leo fucking ruins it. He looks like he is playing the same fucking role as The Departed, a paranoid inside man walking around with his hands in his pockets always looking over his shoulder. Get the fuck over yourself man. He should understand when he is disgustingly miscast. I don't give a fuck if he's like 40....he looks 25. He just looks stupid side by side with Crowe.
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Oct 10, 2008 10:38:12 AM CDT
I give a middle finger to Twilight for being abstinence propagan
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...Mormon dog shit. Fuck that. A fucking 500 year old vampire kid that is still a virgin...waiting for the right girl? Oh eat a fucking dick bitch.
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MAX FUCKING PAYNE
and the THE PUNISHER!!
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needs a big production heavy, visually arresting project again. Get him an epic, or a sci-fi or something, but get him out of this current drivel he has been doing. No one cares about his true-life espionage or gangster stuff. It's the most bland work of his career. He is beloved for his genre stuff-Blade Runner, Alien, Gladiator. Do more of that Ridley. The last great thing you turned out was KOH director's cut. And the theatrical cut was rather lame. So get out there and remind us of the talent you possess. Seriously, give these films to your brother. Like Danny says, it looks like he directed them anyway. He might as well get the paycheck. You should be off doing better things.
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I keep hearing it has supernatural overtones, but I havent seen trailers and havent played the game. What am I missing exactly?
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Ridley is obviously the much stronger filmmaker. He should leave the action shit to Tony-- who is a master of the genre. One of my favorite Ridley films in recent years is A Good Year. Fantastic film.
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I'm with Danny. Bunch of fucking Mormon propaganda. Watch True Blood instead. That show fucking rocks!
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mormon abstince propaganda? What? Is that just an off the wall joke, or is there some bearing on the actual book or film there? I havent read the book, so I don't know. Seems like the ancient vampire waiting for the right gal makes him more Mr. Darcy than Lestat which is probably why the chicks are eating it up. Unless it's been stated elsewhere, or you were making a random joke(which then, it's funny), it seems like crass marketing to do a 500 yr old virgin waiting for the right girl, as opposed to idealogy. If it is idealogy, that's interesting.
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....and taking names..... Its just a bad ass cop story about a drug that turns people into killing machines basically. Max gets caught up in it and framed for murder and all sorts of shit....
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I agree. He needs to do another scifi epic. Fuck that Robin Hood bullshit he's doing. Crowe as Hood and the Sheriff. STUPID. Fucking Siena Skank Miller as Maid Marion. PLEASE.
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huh, didn't know that. Explain.
Unless you draw them as violent, feral animals I think it's hard to deal with sensual vampires and not have them be basically viscious libertines. Afterall they are immortal, immune to most diseases and their very nature is one of damnation so why would they scoff at hedonism in every form. A vampire has no moral interest, he has no need of self preservation, save staying out of the sun, and after hundreds of years, would your attitude towards love and affection really be so idealistic and cavalier. Me, I'm not gonna write sensual vampires, so in the thing Im working on I took it in the other direction-tying them to something else altogether. -
Strangely, I didnt care much for A Good Year. I liked it's intent, and strangely I liked Crowe, and I LOVED the scenery-one of Ridley's best looking films. But somehow the whole thing seemed sort of contrived.
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The author says she has never seen an R Rated or vampire movie in her life as it would go against her Mormom beliefs. She said she wanted to make a book for young adults with Conservative values. I know she has slammed Harry Potter quite a bit. She just sounds goofy to me.....
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but also a big fractured. I know what they were going for, but it didnt seem to get there. In part it was about slowing down and enjoying life's pleasures but it didnt have enough structure to support that. I hate to be negative about it, since I was happy to see him trying his hand at something like that, as opposed to more run of the mill thrillers.
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...I just got a good feeling from the whole thing. I loved Crowe in that sort of role, and I thought his character was very well written. It was just a good laid back time, that film.
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Oct 10, 2008 10:57:13 AM CDT
holy shit...Jonah returns and we're back on top!!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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I have many christian friends, some of which look over their shoulders nervously when they mention reading Harry Potter, and they were all reading this Twilight crap. I was really surprised to see all of these people reading books about vampires. I thought that was odd. This explains it better. Wow, you know the funny thing is most of these same people would cite Stoker's Dracula as literature but if it was released today, it would be demonic, blasephmous pornography.
Do the Twilight vampires still follow the religious spiritual tenants of traditional vampire myth? Cause for me, I think they should. Not saying this as a christian, but as a fan of vampire mythology, I dont want them to be freaks of science, or intergalactic or anything else. I like their judeo-christian background and the fact they are supernatural and creatures of demonic/mythical origin. When you take that away, you deprive them of a built in enemy-God and his followers. No more Van Helsings or Peter Vincents. The God-fearing, crucifix toting vampire slayer is as much a part of the formula as anything else. -
A laidback good time is an accurate statement. I went in expecting too much. I'll give you that one. In my mind it was a ** 1/2 out of 4 kind of film. I was already in a great mood when I saw the film, with a glass of great wine in hand, so maybe the movie had nowhere to take me. If it had been this drudging never ending week of work I've had, then I bet I would have greeted like Jimmy Stewart greeting the world again at the end of Wonderful Life.
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....vampires need to keep the link to Christianity. Thats what makes them interesting/romantic I think, the fact that they have fear. I don't know anything about the details of her vampires....
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I'm the opposite of you interms of vampire mythos. As an agnostic/atheist, the religous angle doesn't do much for me. I find it to be silly. Although Coppolas' Dracula may be one of my all time favorite films and that's a bit of a hybrid of religous and scientific mythos. But genrally I prefer the genetic mutation/infectious disease angle ala Blade.
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seriously, Vampire Absitenence? That's the stupidest fucking thing I've seen in ages. what sort of mongoloid twat thinks the world needs a fucking idealised vampire? He'd be like a consumptive twat. Fuck that weak shit. Fuck it long, and fuck it hard.
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Oct 10, 2008 11:10:11 AM CDT
Ah screw it, I'll take a bullet for Ridley on this one
by hawaiian organ donor
American Gangster, enjoyed it. I love Scorsese but it was nice to see a different take on the gangster epic.A Good Year, absolutely loved it. Can't say enough good things in it's defense.KOH:DC, great movie. Underrated as hell. One day it will be appreciated.Black Hawk Down, love it. The cast does an amazing job and I think the combat was even more visceral than SPR.Gladiator, I will defend it with my dying breath. This is sword and sandals done right.I admit Matchstick Men was a misstep (although, c'mon, Sam Rockwell rocked) and the less said about Hannibal the better but I don't understand why everyone thinks he's slipped in recent years. He hasn't put out anything close to Alien but I think the last 8 years contain his best body of work.Fire away, mofos!
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Their not affected by crucifixes. their more just creatures of the night. But the romanticism is still there somehow. I give credit to Ball for that.
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Ridley is the shit. And I saw about 35 minutes of American Gangster, and it was more interesting that Scorsese's entire career.
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it just gets shitter and shitter (from that obviously balanced and never erroneous source wikipedia): "The series is told primarily from Bella's point of view, with the epilogue of Eclipse and a portion of Breaking Dawn being told from the viewpoint of character Jacob Black. Midnight Sun, if published, will be a retelling of the first book, Twilight, from Edward Cullen's point of view." THe fucking thing is that redundant that the talentless dog is remaking her own fucking first effort. Kiss my swingers, biatch.
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Oct 10, 2008 11:14:03 AM CDT
I think we can all agree on that Twilight nonsense
by hawaiian organ donor
That looks like sinister garbage. I smell a box office tank.
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Fuck that. It becomes more of a comic book take on a vampire, which is never a very good idea. I like Blade-- but that is mainly because of Wesley.I don't really think of them as vampires....they are just creatures.
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and is waaaay better than American Gangster- which could have done with less of the Crowe sections as he really was a boring cunt.
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I don't know where I read it-- but there was some sort of analysis of the Dracula story and it went along with how Coppola shot the scene of Dracula renouncing God for what he had done to him. Anyway the analysis was that Dracula wasn't actually hurt by a crucifix-- it was more like a feeling of supreme dread when he saw anything religious because he still felt betrayed, like God had purposefully destroyed his life after he had worshiped and believed in him for so many years. Its a cool concept I think.
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the amazing BBC series with Jack Davenport in it? That was scientific vampires and was the absolute fucking bomb. I especially liked the one with the paedo that the vampires had given a child to (after turning him). The paedo couldnae raise a smile for the kid, because it didn't have it's soul. It was creepy as fuck. That series was full of great ideas- Vampires can't use the phone. When the good guys capped one, they scraped it's powder into a thermos flask and then kept it in a vault/ prison. It was fucking great.
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Oct 10, 2008 11:20:58 AM CDT
fuck Goodfellas....I'll say it loud....FUCK IT!!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Overrated piece of shit. Do they cuss up a fucking storm? Sure? Is it funny wise-guy violence? Yes. Is it well written? Sorta....i guess. Overall good film? Fuck no. Its got that man's movie hype kinda like Scarface-- where every creature with a dick feels like its his obligation to claim to love Goodfellas. Its shot like a fucking made for tv movie and the acting is on the verge of satire.
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He gives great commentary. I could listen to him talk about his films all day long.I said it a few months ago and I'll say it again. Despite his failures, he's one of the most consistent director's going. And the fact that he took a chance on a buddy chick flick and a romance shows he has more range than most director's who are only capable of one genre.Ridley's the man, plain and simple. Not only does he have the British thing going for him, but he storyboards all his movies by hand.
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one of the main villains: "Her supernatural talent is an ability to know the safe place to escape to." What a load of tosh- "Fear me Bella, and be especially afraid of my amazing supernatural ability to RUN AWAY! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" Load of septic bollocks.
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It's pre-coupling Jack Davenport. I really want to see it again. There were only 6 episodes and it was moody and creepy as fuck.
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Can't stand either of them. totally agree on your asessment of Coppola's Drac by the way Danny.
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Because that sounds gooooooood. I loves me some vampires.
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Damn is that movie amazing looking. I remember people bitching about the miniatures. I love miniature work, and I love it even more when it is quite obvious it is a miniature. That whole carriage montage was so bizarre. Every shot in that movie is art. Pure art.
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can read minds- everyone apart from hers because "she is a very private person". How do you spell "imagination failure". Horseshit and dog gonads. That's what it is.
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Goodfellas is my third favorite gangster flick of all time. Scarface, is one of those movies I can watch any day, any time. I just love the hell out of it. Great movie, no, but entertaining as all hell. The most quotable lines, the great violence, and Miami! Damn I love that flick.
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Fucking shame that it was never continued- the hunters were brutal, all they wanted to do was just slaughter vampires. It was slick as hell. Highpoints include the vampire attempt to cross breed with humans, the paedo, the showdown in the playground. It was just good. I may be nostalgic about it (in fact, I probably am) but it was required viewing for us.
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You must have loved Lord of the Rings then.
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Hah!
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The Davenport one is great, and I didnt mind scientific vampire stuff there, but lets face it, they still basically behaved like the religion oriented vampires. The whole soul bit for instance. That storyline was creepy as heck, and it was told well. Lots of clever ideas. Im not opposed to it, but usually it's just an excuse to use the word vampire without really doing something interesting. In fact we don't even have to leave the title Ultraviolet to illustrate what Im talking bout. Ultraviolet 2006 was a load of crap that I didnt even realize until halfway through was supposed to be about vampires. CRAP.
Yes, Coppola's Dracula did follow through with that idea that the vampirism was a direct curse of God, and he fled from the cross because it represented God, and he was personally affronted by that God.
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Oct 10, 2008 11:44:02 AM CDT
Jarv - what a damn shame that a MOM tb did not have MOM
by toadkillerdog
In it for you and DocP (where the hell is he?)to tear him to shreads.
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I have a plan. This TB isnt big enough for us. It's time to do something more ambitious. What do you say we buy a country? Let's do it. It will be a perfect place to raise vampires.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Country-for-sale-ICELAND-99p-start-price-no-reserve_W0QQitemZ320308801162QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item320308801162&_trkparms=72:1298|39:1|66:2|65:12|240:1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 -
that was the episode. It started with a pupil knifing a priest 12 times with a stanley knife and then a really nasty paedo story played out. The voyeur paedo who thinks that one of the local boys never went out because of a skin allergy was a great touch.
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He's been MIA since the economic collapse. Not surprising since he was the last person on Earth to think the economy was strong.
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skin disease actually did have a skin disease. That was some good shit. And the religion thing in it was very clever- it was basically a placebo that depended on both the vampire and the hunter. It was a top series.
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No no.....I'm talking intentionally stylized. You know what I'm saying. The same shit with the guys getting speared during the crusades, where it was clearly some sort of puppetry to foreshadow the puppet show later on. Bad LOTR miniatures thats just....well they're Kiwis give them a break. Its not like they are ILM or anything. Hehehe.
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He could put up a fight. These new breed of posters, fold or turn plain silly at the first sign intelligent rebuttal. BTW how the hell are so many new people logging on, when I thougt an embargo was in effect?
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and I thought that Tb was going to be some sort of fucking horrible Ouija board and summon the cunt from the phantom zone. I was going to pitch up and perform an exorcism (post the lyrics from I don't want to miss a thing and then spam the Talkback with THE POWER OF BAY COMPELLS YOU). Dirty little fartknocker that he is. I'm sure that I would like that film, but I refuse to watch it now.
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Dude if you wanna fucking talk about John McCain, then take your ass to the political TB. Fuck.
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at all. Yuck. Fucking evil pair of bastards.
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but I'm pretty certain he's not a paedo
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we are top of the league again. Number one with a motherfucking bullet.
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is a good little flick. You shouldn't not watch it on his account.
Yea, the placebo thing with Ultraviolet was an interesting explanation, and it allowed them to have their cake and eat it too. I just don't like it when they remove that hunter aspect from the story, and the vampire's power, or the vampire's menace and uniqueness. Twilight just looks like superheroes, not vampires.
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The epic battles we had - when the forces of good rallied, and layeth the smacketh down on the evil that was Brane and his ilk. Nothing like seeing him retreat while licking his wounds, you could almost hear him whimper - feebly, 'I shall return' after he took yet another brutal beatdown (which to his credit he at least put up a spirited defense unlike these morons like Coughlins or Samus).
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Ill be back on later, but it's time to leave and get this long 11 days away from work started. I hope to talk to you all before I head off, but some of you, like Jarv, I might not get a chance to talk to til I get back. Jarv, enjoy your weekend, and I'll see you in a week or so. Are you still working on a submission for z-dive?
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...was that what it was called. That movie about those pretty wankers in High School that are immortal or some shit? Covenant was a cross between Twilight and the worst moments of Underworld (98% of the film actually). I just remember the trailer blasting Linkin Park or something equally as homosexual.
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and with that I'm off to the pub. For the new feature- "The Weekend 2: The Drunkening"
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thats what I said. Twilight=Covenant meets Blood and Chocolate. Almost exactly that combination.
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I did. But Mrs. Jarv was so rude about it that it's in for a major rewrite. Apparently I lifted from about 8 different authors but it was most like "Hard boiled Wonderland and the end of the world" which she despised. I'm redoing it over the weekend. Anyhoo, really off now.
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....I totally forgot about that piece of shit. I missed your post where you mentioned that.
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I now feel invincible.
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The boards are much better off without his hate spewed rhetoric.
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He did make things interesting, but yeah, I think AICN is better off without him.
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He was nothing more than a stupid asshole.
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I would never defend anything he said, or Morbid. And yes these boards are better off without him - although there are wannabes on here that are just as bad, but without his special brand of rationalizing hatred (anchorite comes close). But all that being said, the last few political TB's have never really taken off with gang warfare because the jackasses defending Palin and McCain are simply conservative reflexive nerve endings with no brain stem. Those TB's were bore fests. Ok, that is a selfish complaint.
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and I look at it this way: I don't want their brand of republican zombiness spreading to anyone else. They almost never speak to the issues, but just follow the rank and file dumbness of attacking character. Whatever they bring up on Obama, the same can be said for McCain and Palin.When will people realize that they are all dirty politicians to varying degrees?And anchorite is really going off the deep end. I seriously hope he's joking with a lot of the stuff he writes (bad joke and all).
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Shame on toadkiller, shame!
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I really don't not a fan. I've never thought any of his movies were amazing. The one I like the best probably is white squall.
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Looks fucking terrible.
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...if there was tons of fucking in it. Sadly thats not the case. :(
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I should say that 'Thunder Rock' - or "Thuder Cliff" if you prefer! - is not a horror film and nor is it a conventional ghost story. But there be dead people and it'll be interesting to see which way you go with it. Powerful, well acted and well scripted.'The Body Snatcher' is fantastic. The carriage journey near the end when Henry Daniell thinks Karloff has come back - "Never get rid of me...!" - is top. 'I Walked With A Zombie' is sublime, I'd even dare to call it a masterpiece. Brilliantly atmospheric, particularly when the nurse takes the stricken woman into the night in search of a local witch doctor. I read somewhere that 'IWWAZ' is loosely based on 'Jane Eyre.''Leopard Man' I haven't seen and now very much want to! 'The Seventh Victim' is a good film, another decent script and it's got a 'Cat People' moment in there, you'll know what I mean when you see it. 'The Ghost Ship' and 'Bedlam' are pretty minor and the horror aspect is downplayed but there's still good stuff to be found.I like the look of this Lewton box set, Jonah. Wonder if it's available over here...Have a nice cruise, by the way.
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seen how we are doing against india? here we come boy.
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Is a directing god. The man is a genius with light and shadow and reflections. You could take individual frames from his movies and hang them in an art gallery.How I wish he would give us some more sci-fi. Just one more, Ridley. Preferably an 'Alien' but I'll go with whatever you want. Please.
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Goodfellas was shot like a made for TV movie? Goodfellas? did you miss that long shot following the protagonist through the back of the restaurant and moving all the way to his table directly in front of the band? That shot is like four minutes long! and people are walking all over and interacting, and acting, and it's a ridiculous piece of film in its own right. and did you notice that when the main character is on drugs the cinematography changes to emphasize his falling apart? the angles get more surreal (the shot of his wife holding the gun to his face) and are constantly tilted. What about the sequence at the end showing almost his entire day before he was finally arrested? It perfectly combines the paranoia of knowing you are gangster (who is fucked, and he knows it) with the hectic everyday life of a man helping his family. and the acting? Joe Pesci is great in that movie. You just believe he is gangster through and through, and that's the whole point. Also, the lady playing the protagonist's wife is very good in her role.I don't like the movie because I feel obligated. I don;t like it just because I have a dick. It's just a well crafted movie with some great characters, some great cinematography, and a great story. It's getting a little boring when you dislike every other movie just because it's popular in one sub-culture or another. I would understand if you simply didn't like it, but you stated yourself that part of the reason you don't is because you think every guy feels obligated to enjoy the movie regardless. That's just a stupid way of thinking, plain and simple.
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awesome movie. plus joe pesci hates ray liotia
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Yeh, the long tracking shot through the restaurant is a blinder. It's not one of my favourite genres but I enjoyed Goodfellas.
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The Donor Project is not a failure. So you can get off that one, sunshine. How did you slalom to that conclusion? Me, for example. I didn't have any real interest in Asian cinema. Now, thanks to you, I do. Where's the failure? Being generous isn't a failure. Back in the 1980's I used to bang out compilation cassettes and give them to people simply because I wanted to get music into peoples' lives, music they wouldn't normally be exposed to. I didn't care if it was eating up time or costing a bit in blank tapes - I had an eclectic record collection and I was gonna use it. If just one person came to me and said "that tape you give me was really good" then it was job done.Daisy - very, very good. The lead actress is a revelation. When her voice is gone but she still manages to whisper "Why?" to that cop it's absolutely fuckin heartbreaking.Daisy and The Guard Post drew me in. But for some reason Red Cliff kept me at arm's length and I haven't worked out why yet.You haven't failed.Sleepy now. Got to conk out for a few hours. Night, folk.
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The donor project wasn't a failure. You sent me 3 movies I've been dying to see....yet I haven't watched them. I've bought at least 20 dvds that I've been dying to see like 3 or more years ago and haven't gotten around to watch them. I am a collector and I am terrible at watching movies. I blame DVR, without it I would've watch all your movies within like 2 weeks. But DVR steals my soul. But you are awesome.
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I have to check it out again then. I don't remember half the shit you just mentioned....
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I just felt like you were being ignorant about the movie and I had to give a piece of my mind.
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Don't know how that blank one happened.
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I love how Milla Jovovich's hair and clothes change color randomly!
.... uh... wait, wrong Ultraviolet...
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Oct 10, 2008 10:19:28 PM CDT
"When will people realize that they are all dirty politicians to
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Amen brother, amen.
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To each there own but Goodfellas was one of the best movies ever made.
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my dad has a saying: why are we arguing? you vote for your arsehole, i vote for my arsehole, but at the end of the day, they are both just arseholes.
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and DGDB's argument certainly would apply to that movie. Why the hell is that movie so popular? For example, take Al Pacino's performance. It's iconic sure, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's actually good.
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i won't go on on about scarface, i think it is over rated. but i also think it is very good.
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If 'Thunder Rock' doesn't hack it for you I can recommend something more traditional from 1957, 'Night (or Curse)Of The Demon,' directed by your 'Cat People' man, Jacques Tournier and another from 1960, 'City Of The Dead' which reminds me of Tournier but isn't. That one's a slow-burner so hang in there. The US title is 'Horror Hotel' which does it no favours at all.
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Excellent 'arsehole' analogy.
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haha, that basically describes Pacino's acting in general if you ask me.
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gangster movie, with portions of the film that have been exploited, primarily by the hip hop community, for its easily recognized scenes. Moving on...
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Brazil (one of my favorite movies ever) and True Romance (which I have never seen entirely) from the library, I got it mainly because I am interested in seeing another Tarantino screenplay directed by someone else after Natural Born Killers, which I actually enjoyed quite a bit as a satire of American culture in the early 90s.
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I haven't abandoned you guys, though it seems like I have. I am very sorry. Just got busy with some other stuff lately. I am still working on my Z stuff (not planning on missing that deadline) and I am down to 2 movies left to watch from the pack (The Restless and Princess Aurora). I plan to get back to my regular shift here very soon. See ya!
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way too out there for me. it had a lot of great momements but it too much work following it. prob why i also don't like lynch. i do love his other stuff though. Even if you exclude his strickly python stuff, i love love love eric the viking, which is kinda pythony, (i often walking around saying such things as - no, no, no, no! you're doing it all wrong, you must conserve the red rage for battle, oh! thats much more sensible than just thorfin dieing, the list goes on) 12 monkeys is one of my favorite movies as well. but i just can't get into brazil. his normal stuff (which is still very skewif) is great, but when he goes off the rails, it's not for me.
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do you mean Terry Gilliam?
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some of gilliam's movies are similar to lynch's in the way that they don't attempt to make any sense. for example i would draw (somewhat limited) comparisons between brazil and some of lynch's stuff, in that it is very surreal, non sensical, imagary based and has a non linear plot.
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... I love both of them, but I don't see the comparison. Lynch works from a sort of dream logic. INLAND EMPIRE is pure uncut nightmare. Narrative is the last thing it's concerned with. BRAZIL, although certainly about the way we use dreams as escape in our lives, is a very coherent and linear narrative. It adds up as conventional drama, and the Gilliam visual flights of fancy are simply ways of expressing the emotional states of the characters. I think they do radically different things in their work, Chipps.
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me sentiments exactly.I also have Eraserhead on hold at the library, and I am REALLY looking forward to seeing that again.
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Brazil is probably in my top ten fave movies ever, or somewhere near that top. Those calling it a conventional narrative are correct. It works as a story, but it's an original telling, with lots of visuals. I recall showing City of Lost Children and people complaining how out there and nonsensical the story was, until I pointed out it was your basic fairy tale on a narrative level.
Lynch on the other hand, his movies are the kinds of dreams you might have after watching Brazil after midnight with a roast beef sandwich and a jug of everclear.
Inland Empire was a pure nightmare, but for me, it just didn't work. Bad dreams that I don't wake up from are usually unpleasant, and here the only way to wake up was to shut it off, and I couldnt do that, for fear I would miss some grand stroke that would put the whole thing in perspective. But like the rowdiest nightmares, I think a true point or meaning eludes us. It haunts on the power of it's immediate impact. It doesn't really have anything else. Or maybe I just need to see it again. -
anyone here see The Duelists? It's early Ridley, pre-Aliens, and it's actually quite good. If you haven't, check it out.
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Curse/Night of the Demon is classic. The one major diff between that and the Lewton stuff is that you full out get to see the demon in that one. I love it though. I found the portrayal of the satanists very odd, blackly humorous. Really fun movie though.
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i guess, i'm also thinking about fear and loathing, which i love, and i think that with brazil and fear, the actual story takes a second place to the visuals. that is kinda what i was getting at. hmmm, they are very different. I'm just thinking along the lines of the film maker creating a situation where you don't know what the fuck is going on. the more i think about gilliam is obsecure about what is going on where lynch is just totally impossible to follow. actually i don't really know what i'm thinking, i'm now just trying defend myself for a sort of off handed comment. to be honest i find lynch basically unwatchable and consequently aren't an authority on him. gilliam however i really love, as i was saying before, particularly when he is making a 'straight' movie. I wouldn't know myself but i have been told fear and loathing is by far the best movie to watch stoned. One could perhaps watch it every single time they lit up. were one into that sort of thing. i bet one of you are a narc. now i go watch burn after reading. oh yeah, miller's crossing is the best movie to watch while drinking whiskey.
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I'm not going to see it cause it's not on. fuck.
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the one with Harvey Keitel? That is really a great movie, and it has some of the best, most realistic sword fights I have ever seen, excluding of course the ultimate sword fight movie, Rob Roy.
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After Akira Kurosawa and a few others, gilliam is one of my favorite directors. I couldn't be mroe excited for that new movie he's coming out with, Parnassus something-or-other. I wonder how big of a role Tom Waits' character will play.
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I like lynch as a rule, but was not a fan of this one. The missus despised it. She hated it so much that it managed to undo all the good work that Twin Peaks, Wild at Heart and Blue Velvet had done. Coupled with Dune, which she also hated, it seriously endangered my chances of getting The Elephant Man, Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead and Lost Highway on at Casa Del Jarv. Her description was "it's like someone put a whisk in your brain and then turned it on". Not for her. At all.
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Not worried at all. This indian Bowling lineup isn't a patch on ours, and your lineup looks very, very fucking fragile indeed. Clark is great, but old. Lee is great but old and made of glass. Johnson is shit whichever way you look at it, and you don't have a spinner. I reckon this series has 0-0 or maybe a 1-0 at most looking like the most likely outcome.
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attached to a mediocre movie. It's still good, but gets its acclaim from things like the end. And Pacino's performance is hugely overrated.
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tis my mission
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and the TB is a lot better without Animalparts. Frankly.
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has anyone seen this? It was banned in the UK for ages, and when it did get a release I avoided it like the plague. But Quint seems to think it's good.
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It sounds horrible. No thank you.
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I watched Tsotsi. Which was fucking good. Not as good as Lives of Others or City of God, but still very good. Interestingly, there were 3 endings filmed for it and all are available on the DVD. I go with the one they chose.
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I watched Zathura, which was extremely alright. Good enough to keep me from falling asleep, anyway, which is what I normally like to do during a Sunday afternoon film.
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Believe it or not, I Spit On Your Grave is one of my mother's favourite films (she also likes Seven Brides For Seven Brothers). One year, after I told her it was now available fully uncut on DVD, she asked me to buy it for her for christmas. Which I did. But it felt so, so, so, so wrong.
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I have an interview this afternoon. If anyone feeling the warm glow of kindess wants to wish me luck, it would be much appreciated.Back for more stuff tomorrow, but no more rambling about Gilmore Girls. I promise. Sorry about that.
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Mention Gilmore girls in the interview. Or not.
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I kind of liked it. It ended up growing on me as the movie went along. I really like Ossie Davis, I mean Mr. President. And I don't know, but I got a AoD vibe when he "battled" the giant bug. Maybe the way it was shot?
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Which was okay. Mrs. Pillow wasn't crazy about it, but she's all for the cutesy Disney movies, so I guess it's not surprising.
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How is this not in the top ten????
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and then I've got to work on my midterm.
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The Offspring!
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Oct 13, 2008 6:32:38 AM CDT
and I saw Circuit City is selling the first 3 Indy movies
by just pillow talk
for $10 each. Crystal Skull is for $13.99 I think. I may just have to pick up all of them (yup, even the last one) as I don't own them on DVD.
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Eat it Sarah Connor!
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Smell that? It smells like victory..coffee.
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Fuck you Fame AND Sarah Connor.I can't believe people watch that show.
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I think I should gather up some HR shitheels and stable their ties together. It'll be like a HR carnival ride.
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Oh yes, now you are all jealous of what I'm looking at now...
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Where the hell is everyone?Has The Bates begun her "final meal" and the last days are upon us?
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every week.
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Oct 13, 2008 7:28:27 AM CDT
For all those wishing Ridley Scott would get back...
by hawaiian organ donor
...to sci-fi, your prayers have been answered.And the Panthers suck. Why have I been cursed with useless teams?
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I hope it isn't from AICN. Has anyone else had virus problems?
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I also watched that, and I have to say that it did in fact suck on every conceivable level. A wank Jumanji rip-off that somehow managed to be worse than Jumanji even without the horrible presence of one Robin Williams.
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I'm sorry Hawaiian, there's no cure but to switch teams. However, if you do have pillowitis, it's a debilitating disease which prohibits you from bailing out on your shitty teams. It's an infliction that one faces alone..and with alcohol.
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England beat the mighty Kazakhstan 5-1 at the weekend and somehow managed to look shite while doing it. Bizarre
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I do know that I get a lot of shit emails to my work email now, and I believe AICN is the likely culprit.
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nope. You're stuck with them. I personally am burdened by some dreadful mince. All you can hope for is the occasional moment of glory before the inevitable disappointment.
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Fuck knows when it was last cleaned. AICN gets a shit load of traffic and surely any virus would be far more endemic if AICN was as infected as a township hooker.
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I'm a bit worried as I'm not sure how you go about getting rid of them
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Or until the world discovers the beautiful princess is just another drippy little whore who the mob catches up to and burns at the stake. In terms of sporting teams, this is the NY Mets for the past two years: drippy little whores burned at the stake.
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we're running up to capacity on here. Seriously, we'll have put at least 100 on it today.
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just really a shitload of spam email.
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It would be really sweet if we got another great sci-fi movie out of him.
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back to the anti-christ known as my mid-term...
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You want to try supporting England. I'll take your 2 years and raise you 42 FUCKING YEARS AND COUNTING. With no likely end, and we suspect that the cunts aren't even trying and are all greedy bastards that want beating with a big stick.
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in the past two years. While it's only been 22 years since the last world series win by the NY Mess...The Jets haven't won a superbowl in 40 years, so I can almost match you there. Plus the Gang Green are usually so awful, I don't even get a sniff of glory.
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Even when the Mets have the best team in the N.L., at least they win a series or some games.
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we're worse. We fail to beat the likes of Macedonia and therefore didn't even qualify for the last European Cup. And, mystifyingy, the press keep trying to pretend we're the best side in the world when all evidence suggests that we do in fact suck.
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still? feck's sake.
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I imagine people are pretty pissed off over there, Jarv.
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Oct 13, 2008 10:18:15 AM CDT
I'll put money on it that Ridley doesn't direct it....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....he will drop down to Exec. Producer. WATCH!
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But fear not, the third debate on Wednesday will take it's place.
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Greedy feckers. It's absolutey scandalous. However, to be fair to our usually completely fucking cluegess government, this is different to the US bailout as they are buying shares in the Banks, and the amount they're buying should in theory be recouped when (if) the situation recovers and they can sell. It sounds like bollocks to me, and the very fucking fact that £2000 of MY annual fucking salary is going towards it cunts me right off. They could have left that cash with me. Mind you, I wouldn't have bought shares in the banks. Hilariously, £1000 of stock in Llyods TSB is now worth £147, in HBOS is now worth £69 pounds but if you'd spent it on beer then you'd have got really pissed and the empty cans would be worth £214. How funny is that?
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Oct 13, 2008 10:59:40 AM CDT
fuck....did you see what a massive bomb CITY OF EMBER....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....is? Jesus Christ-- 10th place? A little over 3 mill opening weekend? I thought that film would do so much better. Strange.
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Which is a shame. Because it sucks and isn't worth commenting on.
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caught dog fighting? What the fuck?
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...should be covered with pig blood and thrown in a cage with a pack of starving tigers. Inhuman pieces of shit.
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isn't this the 21st Century? These are the people that vote for Palin.
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fucked if I know who he is, other than a complete shitbag. Obviously
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The stupid idiot Vick got caught doing it because apparently he has nothing better to do with his time/money.
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All I want from this damn class is a B-, and then get the fuck outta Dodge.
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and where's it being filmed. I live not a million miles from Baker St so this is a great chance to stick one on that ass-clown Jude Law.
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Jesus Christ.....does news travel across the fucking Atlantic by ship? Hehehe. But yeah...seriously-- fuck him. Fuck him in the ass with that razor sharp strap on from Se7en.
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Really? I quite like the look of the wardrobe. I think its gonna be kick ass. FInally Ritchie gets out of his monotonous horse shit.
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I only found out about it today. Huge difference.
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very, very horrid. Was the world really crying out for another holmes? especially one with that incompetent fucker's paw prints all over it.
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from Richie's other gangsta efforts. No. Very wrong. Holmes should not (with a few notable exceptions) look like a fucking tramp. Every summer, I like to drink in The Volunteer at the top of Baker St on a Sunday and watch fat tourists (always wearing long shorts, a horrible Oxford St. London T-shirt and a bum bag) get fleeced in London's most hilarious tourist trap. Basically, 221b baker st doesn't exist. But the people that own 221 simply painted a "b" on the door and turned it into a completely dubious Sherlock Holmes museum that only exists to charge cretins outrageous sums of money for complete crap. Watching the khaki-short clad morons is a great way to spend an afternoon. They always have a look that is a combination of bemusement and disappointment on their faces as they clutch their horrifically overpriced deerstalkers. It's gold. I used to warn them, but some cretin from Canada was rude to me. So now I just watch and laugh.
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and then looked up the subject matter and.... It just doesn't interest me. What a shame.
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Oct 13, 2008 12:19:49 PM CDT
yeah.....that story really sounds like asshole....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I don't understand why he would waste his time with that material. After Dune and I Am Legend, fell apart for him, its gonna be fucking tragic if this is the one he ends up doing.
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There's so much potentially great sci-fi (Brave New World has never been done justice and is extremely relevant now), and he picks this? Mind you, I'm not convinced he would be right for I am Legend either.
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His rendition sounded fucking amazing. Visually he wanted it to look like a gothic painting....he said a lot of his color palette and lighting style went to Hannibal, as that was the film he immediately made after quitting Legend.
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although to be fair, most of the blame goes to Harris- for his fucking totally inept poorly written bloated atrocity of a novel.
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This blows. Hard.
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going home. See you later Danny and any other wandering changians that may appear.
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Whether you like the film or not-- it is absolutely beautifully shot. It looks like a fucking painting.
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Working late?No warciples around today.WTF????
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tonight. Mrs. Pillow will be with her bookclub tonight, so as long as the little one goes down early enough (and I don't fall asleep as well), I should be able to watch one.
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was definitely Gary Oldman's performance. But if you think any of the shots in that giant pig pen were good then you're fucking blind. Of course, that could have been to emphasize the grotesqueness of the whole affair. I haven't seen it in years actually.
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Whats your issue with the pig pen photography? The shot of Hannibal holding her is fucking iconic.
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Silence of the Lambs, Manhunter...never wanted to see them again. And I never saw Hannibal, so I can't comment on the great Pig Pen debate.
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....I'm just saying as stand alone films-- if you throw all the poor book adaption complains out, Hannibal is the strongest IMO. I've never understood the hatred for it. Julian Moore is fantastic in the role. I think Hopkins' Hannibal portrayal is the strongest of the series here. Music, photography, locations, for me-- everything just works here. The only thing I didn't really fancy was that goofy slicing open Liotta's skull and scooping out his brains. Pretty goofy.
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I guess that's why he sleepwalks through his roles now. Cause he don't have a brain..sigh...I should just leave work now.
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Oct 13, 2008 1:38:13 PM CDT
up until that point, Liotta's role was very cool....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....its awesome what Ridley did to the audience. Liotta's FBI agent is such a sleaze and opportunist, you root for Hannibal to fuck him up.
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Hollywood actor Billy Bob Thornton was once left red-faced when he was stopped by airport security over a bottle of vitamins.
The Monster's Ball star admits he was angry staff failed to recognise him.
He tells British newspaper the Metro, "I've been at the airport when they've seen something they thought looked fishy. It was vitamins.
"I'd been through the security joint already and then I had to go through another one. And while the guy is checking me, I'm signing an autograph for him so, more than likely, I'm not a terrorist.
"Meanwhile, there's a guy walking through with a beard down to his chest and a towel on his head who they don't check.
"It's Ok to wear a towel if you want to - I don't care. I like everybody in the world. But in terms of a national threat, it's more likely to be him than a fucking movie star."
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Asshole. I hope he gets a cavity check every time he goes through the airport now.
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I was thinking more about the part where Oldman's character is dumped into the crowd of pigs. The whole thing is shot in slow motion and I laughed out loud. That entire sequence was just stupid looking.Danny, I still think Ridley Scott's best asset, besides his versatility for multiple genres, is his visual eye. So I would probably agree with you for most of Hannibal. His movies are beautiful and striking just about every time. Blade Runner, Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, hell, Legend had some truly badass shots I'm sure a bunch of goth girls would be more than happy to hang up as posters in their room. By the way, does anybody else here like Legend? I haven't seen it since highs school, but it was always a classic to me as a kid. Of course, I always wanted a Hobbit movie, and that was about as close as I got, only they fought the devil. Awesome.
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doesn't even hold a candle to Silence of the Lambs. It's just a little on the stupid, simplistic side the whole time. Although, I don't really care for any of the films really. I probably will never buy them or anything, and I probably won't go out of my way to see htem again.
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What a fucking achievement. Its the only fantasy film that truly feels as if it were shot on another planet, in another galaxy. Its just so fucking cerebral, bizarre, disturbing, and beautiful at the same time.
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and Gump was one of the biggest badasses ever. Little shorts in the snow? LITTLE SHORTS IN THE SNOW!! It's freezing outside Gump, man! Also, see The Tin Drum if you haven't. the kid who plays gump is in that too, and he's actually even more creepy. Think Stewie from Family Guy times a thousand.Alsom that swamp witch scared the fuck outta me as a kid. That movie has so many good scenes. Jeez.
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but I will be back in three hours or so.
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good luck
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the REAL hanibal. the guy who tried to destroy rome. he is like a 200bc napoleon. very cool. plus whenever i think of gillmore girls i know think 'fuck me santa, fuck me santa' or 'you ain't gonna shit right for a week' gold i say. gold
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For years Vin Diesel was attached to play the historical figure. Wonder what happened with that.....
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who can only play slightly varied versions of a "badass." I love his movies, and have a lot of fun watching them, but I wouldn't want him in a role that actually calls for some gravitas.
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...he works his ass off in The Pacifier. And thats da' truth.
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but a pretty good personality, which is a lot more common nowadays. There are a fair share of actors who can expand from one role into other crazy stuff, but then there are a ton of others who seem content to be totally typecast for their entire careers.I haven't seen the Pacifier Danny, but you got me interested. As if the duck biting Vin Diesel's ear didn't.
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He was excellent in a little seen mob movie called Find Me Guilty. If you haven't seen it I highly recommend it. It's based on a true story of a low level mob guy who defended himself in a big ass multi defendant/lawyer trial in the late 1980s. The Mob, his genetic family, the Federal Prosecuters were all out to fuck his shit up. Good movie, Vin did a top flight job.Vin was good in Boiler Room, Pitch Black and Chronicals of Riddick, which is a movie I don't get the dislike for.
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Oct 13, 2008 10:15:42 PM CDT
yeah he showed a lot of range in both Riddick films...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...he was also very good in Saving Private Ryan, for what little screen time he had.
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Harris is a piss poor author that achieved massive success from some books that struggle to reach the standard of airport fiction. So I don't put the massive flaws of Hannibal down to Ridley- he was turd polishing. I don't think that pig scene was well shot, by Ridley's standards, but I will give you that when Lector tips Pazzi out the window in Florence looked amazing. THe brain scene is just shit in the film, as is the whole blurry hypnosis bit that comes before it, but that is entirely harris' fault as it's almost exactly how it plays in the book. He's such a fucking hack that he introduces new character traits to Starling at fucking random with shitey writing like "she new she could track him because she'd always been a car fanatic"
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proof that Vin Diesel, Ben Affleck and Giovanni ribilsi can act. The film itself- not so good, but shows some acting skills from the leads.
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the story is too epic and complex. It needs an HBO Rome-type miniseries.
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How cool would the Elephants crossing the Alps bit be. And as I remember, he only lost because he got sold out by his own politicians.
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A Bittersweet Life was just an excellent, excellent film. I compare it favorable to Daisy, as it almost matches that movie for me. It of course has some similarities...guy(s) who fall for a woman even though they are in dangerous lines of work. Ensuing death caused by dame. Ya know, typical stuff that women are to blame for. So with that, I finally finished the first batch you sent.Princess Aurora - 3 starsRunning Wild - 3 starsA Bittersweet Life - 3.5 starsChocolate - 3 starsDaisy - 3.75 starsThe Machine Girl - 1.5 starsMr. Socrates - 2.25 stars The Warlords - 3.5 starsThe fact that I like/love 6 of the 8 movies you sent ain't too shabby Hawaiian. Hold your head up high son!
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HUH????
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I agree about Vin Diesel. He's made some serious turds, but he's a half decent actor when he wants to be.Today's possibly controversial opinion is I think the same about Ben Affleck. Mostly does crap, often is crap, but every now and then surprises you with a solid performance. He's great in Chasing Amy, and I also liked him a lot in Hollywoodland.How is everyone today?
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Here's the bailout skit from SNL that was yanked...http://patdollard.com/2008/10/it-is-here-the-banned-snl-skit-cannot-hide-from-louie/
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To prove that point, I plan to watch The Incredible Hulk again tonight.Because I am a nerd.
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we all forsook "cool" as soon as we signed up for TB accounts. We are sad, indeed.
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I forgot that you did. How did it rate?
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I had to watch Papa Bear lose it again. That always cracks me up. "Fuck it. We'll do it live!"
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It's out on DVD now (ahead of Iron Man, for some reason), so I'm going to check it out again and see if my opnion has changed at all. And also because, as mentioned, I am a nerd.I remember the film as being enjoyable enough but not up there with the better comic adaptations. I think I was also a little disappointed with Ed Norton, who was not bad but not nearly as good as was hoping he'd be. Still, it's got a lot of the Hulk Smash! everyone wanted, so if that's your thing (I know it's mine) you'll probably like it.
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Losing big to Da Browns?Do you have a second kit of movies to watch? A Bittersweet Life did indeed rock. The lead was a badass. Can't wait to see him in The Good, The Bad and The Weird.Jarv is 100% correct. Hannibal deserves an HBO-style miniseries. You guys ever study him? He was one interesting cat.My company just laid off 10% of it's workforce this morning.
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Got a new job yesterday (A-WHOO-HOO!), so I am even less inclined to do anything than usual.P.S. I like to believe the Jovi was watching over me during my interview yesterday, a kind of poodle-haired guardian angel, making sure everything went well and I did not go down in a blaaaaaze of gloooorrryyyyy like he did in his very fine acting debut. Thanks, the Jovi.
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You took good care of us Hawaiian.
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is the better question. Just does not make any sense how the three top teams lost to inferior teams.
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And congrats. Make us proud, son.The Incredible Hulk started sow but ended big. As soon as he brought down the helicopter, it was all HULK SMASH goodness until the credits. And the final fight is the new one to beat.
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The Jovi watches over all who are striving to improve their lives.
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Oct 14, 2008 8:21:46 AM CDT
the incredible hulk doesn't come out until next week
by just pillow talk
here. And you bet I'm looking for some good 'ol smashing.
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That'll be coming next from netflix.
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Crap. Seriousy. I watched it before Palin v Biden and was disappointed.
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It's not half bad. It's not going to know your socks off, either, but they managed to make a moderately entertaining and interesting film out of that clusterfuck you had over there a few years back.Also, Jonathan off Buffy wrote it. I'm still a little confused about that.
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Crap seems a little harsh, Jarv. It's not the most exciting subject matter to deal with, but I thought they did a pretty solid job with it.
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Either way, it's coming.
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I'm looking forward to it. Better job, better company, and a very healthy step up in salary. The only real downside is it means I'll be away from the AICN for a while (making a good impression on the new bosses and whatnot), which is a shame. I do enjoy rambling about nonsense here at the AICN.
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Oct 14, 2008 8:30:28 AM CDT
I love the way the NFL is all topsy turvy this year
by hawaiian organ donor
San Diego sucks. The Pats suck. The Bears suck. The Colts, Vikes and Eagles are all less than impressive. And the Cards and Titans are shocking everyone.I can't believe a new Indiana Jones movie is out on DVD today and I have no interest in buying it.
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Knowing you JPT, you'll be entertained. Dern, Spacey and Leary are all good. And it's a hell of a supporting cast.You'll be missed, Franklin. You always do a fine job with the late night shift.
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I thought it was okay. It had some shitty moments and is definitely the weakest of the four films, but I didn't think it was nearly as awful as a shitload of other people have said.
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it wheeled out every cliche in the world, managed to miss the point several times and Spacey stank. And I don't give a toss that the little wank from Buffy penned it.
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Tis true. It was still crap. And I think I also need to see Indy again, as I thought it was thoroughly meh- but the vitriol I've heard here and in real life has changed my mind.
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I'm going to miss it here, too. There is a very good chance I'll start approaching strangers on the street and trying to start discussions about Leprechaun In Space, Bruce Campbell, the under-rated-ness of Fantastic Four, and (of course) Gilmore Girls.There is also a good chance I will get punched.
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Good for you, Jarv. Good for you.
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Just practice ducking out of the way of oncoming punches and doing a lot of "running away" and you'll be fine.
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There's many infidels out there. Retaliate with a pencil stabbing.
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I must own all four. And I have to see the fourth one yet again, let it permeate my brain whilst at home enjoying an adult beverage.
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FF is not UNDERRATED. Unless by underrated you mean "total fucking shit aside from ogling Alba"
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in front. It was supposed to read "retardiness of Fantastic Four".Simple mistake.
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there are plenty of better places to do so. I too will be renting Indy 4. Although I am a completist nerd, nothing in it screams BUY ME!
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impending bankruptcy does that to you. Fuck this. Going for a smoke.
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I've just discovered that going bust costs £500. Surely the point is that if you have no cash, then how can you pay to get released from Debt. I appreciate that it is punitive and the nuclear option, but this is just silly
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Oct 14, 2008 10:15:58 AM CDT
gah! the audacity of work to interfere with posting
by just pillow talk
Don't you own Alien Insurrection Jarv?
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First off: GO BROWNS!!!
Secondly: Finally got around to watching The Fall this weekend. I was slightly disappointed but thought it was solid. It gets better as it goes along. Visually stunning. Beautiful cinematography. I couldn't stand the little girl though. Couldn't even understand her. -
....compared to Indy IV. God Damn what a pitiful pile of pathetic uninspired Malaria infected shit.
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until it's much cheaper, and only because I like having everything complete.I am way more excited for Mongol. I didn't know that was coming out so soon!
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No not really. They're like the LA Dodgers. They're good a making noise every 20 years or so but then fold like laundry. Like the Bard wrote they're sound and fury signifing nothing.Hey Dodger fan! How's that Mannywood thing going? Its back to sub .500 next year.
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Looked best in that bikini treasure hunting movie but personally I just find her okay, nothing special. Walk down any street in San Diego, LA, Phoenix, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas and Austin and you can find Latinas equal to or better then Alba.
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Actually he really wasn't sold out by his ministers. Sure they made his life miserable and he had to go back to Carthage and deal with them a lot because they were politicians. Further, his army was comprised of tribesmen that were entirely antiRome and most importantly for this discussion Mercenaries. These two disparate elements gave Barca grief beyond belief. Disregarding orders on ocasson, refusing to do anything until paid etc.The real issue that lead to Barca's defeat was thst he could not compete with the citizen soldiery of Rome and fighting a protracted campaign in enemy territory is hard to do. Even though Barca destroyed three Legions inside Italy over the span of about two years, The Romans were able field a fighting force every spring. The underlying strength of Roman society is what beat back the scourge of Carthage.
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Whaaaaaaa?As Jonah pointed out, the little girl in The Fall was given no dialogue. So her performance was totally natural. And if you didn't understand her, turn on the subs.Here's a little known fact about me. Because of my wife, I started turning on subtitles for everything we watch. So now when I watch a movie, even if it's by myself, I turn on the subs because I'm so used to them.Mongol is the bees knees, Kung Fu. You'll love it. I encourage everyone to rent it in fact.Thank christ McCain unveiled his "new" economic plan. We're saved!
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is real fucking life. Except didn't she have to learn English for the role? You would have to be crazy not to love her though. Or that movie. Fuck, I have been trying to buy it for weeks but I can't find it anywhere.
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Umm...ever heard of Amazon? As for the little girl I guess my biggest problem with her was that I couldn't understand any of her line reading (I wouldn't call it acting). It took me out of the film. Kind of frustrating. What's a seemingly parentless, thickly accented Romanian girl doing at a 1920's L.A. sanitarium anyway?
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Oct 14, 2008 2:23:06 PM CDT
The Fall looks just as Roeper described it....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
A lot of flashy set pieces that doesn't really go anywhere......Granted I haven't seen it. But from the trailers thats what I got out of it. Even when I saw a billboard for it I thought, "Who the fuck does that movie think it is?"
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I wants it now damnit!!!
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I'm happy you are gonna take your opinion from a critic and the advertisements for the movie rather than actually seeing it. Good call.And how can you claim that the movie looks like a bunch of set pieces that really never go anywhere if you haven't seen anything outside of the film's imagery? Of course it would just look like a bunch of sets dumbass, you haven't seen the story yet!
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I damn near cried after reading it. It is from Matt Stairs of the Philly Phillies - "Not that I don't feel like I'm part of the team, but when you get that nice celebration coming in the dugout and you're getting your ass hammered by guys, there's no better feeling than to have that done." http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/20081014_Just_A_Win_Away.html
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You've been in a piss poor mood lately.
It just doesn't look like something I'd be into. I heard the same thing from several people...it looked nice but didn't anything for them. Thats pretty much how I felt about the cell. You're gonna call me a fucking dumbass because the movie didn't look great to me? -
And it just had to be the team from the "City of Brotherly Love." Hahahahaha.....
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stress from school and work and all that. I'll try to cool off and be more amiable, since I know I have been sort of a dick lately. I really should exercise or something to let off some steam. I was calling you a dumbass because you said the movie looked like just a bunch of imagery without story, when all you had yet exposed yourself to was images without learning the story. It seemed a little redundant.But I am agreement with you totally on the Cell. While I usually am able to love a movie based on its visuals alone, that was just shitty movie making all around.
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Damn, that is too funny!
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It looked amazing....but when I sat back and thought about it I really didn't give a shit what was happening as long as the pretty pictures kept me entranced.
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actually I'll admit on occasion lately I have been a total douche. I'm actually taking anger management now though. I just started last week, but maybe things will get a lot more chilled out as time goes on.
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Next day delivery, chief. It's still cheaper than retail. Or pre-order them if you can. I preordered The New World Extended Cut that was released today in stores and I got it on Saturday. That was even with regular ground USPS shipping.
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I plan on seeing the Fall soon.
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And she was there because she broke her arm so she was recovering. And from that one scene with the doctor and mother, it looked like there were trying to keep her there as long as they could so that she wouldn't have to go back to picking oranges and risk hurting herself again.Danny, for a guy who's all about the realistic personal relationships in a movie, I think you'd enjoy the exchanges between the two mains more than anything.And Roeper gave Wanted a thumbs up and I'm guessing you want every print of that movie destroyed.
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since you seem determined to get me to order online, I do not have an online account and pay fro pretty much everything with debit or cash, and I'm pretty clueless how to order online anyway
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seen any other cool movies lately?
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Hahahaha.......
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You can use debit card. Takes a second to start an account...
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...by switching into super dick mode.I need some rum.
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Look up the definition of 'sanitarium' bro.
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Long time no see HOD. Fu, I have not seen a flick since Eagle Eye - which was not too bad considering the source. I have tepid interest in Max Payne. Just killing time until James Bond hits.
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I am pretty much 100% internet retarded when it comes to ordering stuff online. But you guys gave me a bit more confidence in trying it out. So thanks! However, this probably means I am going to go ape shit crazy ordering a bunch of rare DVDS online now. Damn.
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Are you young or old? Who doesn't know how to order online? No offense or anything. It's just a bit odd.
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Oct 14, 2008 2:51:37 PM CDT
I'm still shocked City of Ember bombed so bad....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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I have a feeling I may be alone yet again on that one though.
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If not, that is why it bombed so badly.
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I'm only 19. I guess I'm just a bit more old fashioned. If I can, I will buy stuff from this great video store in town, and they usually have just about anything I want, so I usually try to avoid ordering online or going somewhere else. I know it's pretty easy if I just did, but I guess I'm more comfortable with my old purchasing habits.
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It didn't look that great. And I don't want to support that twat Gil Kennan who will in turn just support that mindless fucking machine Zemeckis and his agenda to destroy all real actors.
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I think we all could use some booze. I actually have a half of bottle of rum in my freezer, left over from Saturday, but I am too sick right now. I have never gotten drunk while I was sick with a bad cold, but I'm guessing it would suck.
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Good for you. i have never ordered a DVD online. Same reason I have never ordered music online. I fucking hate the prospect of a world where everything is ordered from home. Its like THX shit. I like to browse.
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Of course, he might just scream 'Nooooo!'
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let's keep it that way. online just bugs me when it comes to buying stuff. It's convenient, sure, but part of the experience for me has always been the browsing, and usually chatting with people about stuff as I'm doing it. It's the same thing at the comic shop. Sometimes I am disappointed when I just buy my comics and leave without some crazy conversation about some completely absurd topic.
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If you really want to save money order used DVD's from Netflix. It's perfect for second tier movies I want in my collection but don't want to spend a lot on. They range from $6-12 and I haven't had a quality issue yet.
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That link was BAD, dude. That's just a bit out of taste man. Besides. It's Bristol's retarded kid. SAVE LEVI!!!
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I'm just thinking of the more traditional sense of a sanitarium. Back in the day they were usually places where long term care patients were kept with life threatening or terminal illnesses. I figured with a broken arm she was just at a regular old hospital. But in retrospect, aside from the kid with the snake bite, all the other patients seemed to be in dire shape.I could use booze big time tonight. Things have been seriously depressing round here with the layoffs.
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that is probably the one movie that can make me feel better no matter what has happened. I just love it. Have you seen it Hawaiian? I think we may have discussed it before.
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Something. I looked at it, it is indeed in very bad taste.
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Are you referring to your own situation, or Chitty's? Has anyone seen him lately?
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No he hasn't been around again since like the day after his lay off.....
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hanibal would make an awesome film. Not with vin diesel though. I am working on a version myself, but it would not centre around hannibal, it would centre around scipio. He was hanibal's wellignton. The less good general who claims victory over the greatest general of any age. i reckon the way to do it would be to sprinkle it with motifs that people these days would understand, because there are big simularities between the second punic war and the second world war or the napoleanic wars. The 1st punic war had been the biggest conflict the world had ever seen. At the end of it the romans imposed harsh reparations. not only were they a financial strain but they attacked carthagain pride. out for revenge the carthagains rebuilt and became increasingly agressive. Rome entered the war when carthage attacked one of its small allies. Not long after, with no allies left and hanibal at the gates it seemed all was lost. after a change in leadership they came back. As a story its simularity with the second world war is striking, as individuals, scipio and hanibal are much like wellington and napoleon. I like the old school (biased) livy version. Hanibal was born to destroy rome. when he was eight his father made him swear he would devote his life to this cause. His life ends when he kills himself, rather than be caught by them
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i havn't been on here much so i don't really know what is going on, but i really hope the best for you mate. hope everything works out
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gotta go or ill miss my bus for work but, my reasons for roman victory: what you said plus, hanibals failure to force march on rome after canae allowing them to regroup. failure to get the gallic tribes on side, the gurrillia tactics of fabius, the gusto of scipio. talk more about it later. I think what jarv is getting at is that (from memory ill check it) he asked for reinforcement and siege machineary after canae to finnish the job but the carthagans demured enought to allow the romans to rebuild. fuck gotta go.
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Blimey! Couple of days ago I was asking him nicely for some more sci-fi - and he's duly obliging! Cheers, mate! Never read 'The Forever War, guess I'll have to find a copy now.On the flip side, Fincher pulling the plug on 'Rendezvous With Rama' is not cool news. I was looking forward to that movie. Morgan Freeman in poor health? Have I missed something? He was in that accident but I thought he was okay.
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Its not life threatening. He is just still in recovery from his accident. I don't think he'll be shooting anything for awhile.
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I hit the high lights, I was falling out because I was tired when I wrote it, I went with the major themes cause I'm lazy.
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...it is marvelous. http://tinyurl.com/3nqz96
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that is just what I needed to get me through the rest of this boring night
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but a bit short on character development....
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it always is, anyway I'm kind of a unique case credit-wise.
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I seem to remember (although it is now over 10 years since my 1 semester of Roman History), that Hannibal was sold out by the politicians at home who feared his growing popularity so wouldn't allow him reinforcement. I accept that I could very well be wrong though.
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We toil to honour the glory of the Holy Trinty. We strive hard and we proclaim the majesty of Ash, Burt and 2for2true long and hard. And then something like this happens that really pisses me off: http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Campbell
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and I fucking wrote it. Son of a bitch. I'm fuming. "Bruce Campbell destroyed the universe, and recreated it in only a day. Where it took God a week, and God did hail to the king baby"The whole fucking page is full of the teachings of myself (humble changian scribe), wise brother pillow, prodigal brother Kloipy and Wandering Brother Abom. Abom wrote: " blasts roared like thunder and defeated even the most powerful monsters in one blow, including Hitler, Communism, and George Lucas. He named this mighty weapon the Boomstick" I remember it distinctly, and I'm sure Pillow can find examples of his work. Pencil Jihad on the theiving fucks.
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Legal action, however, would be very easily defeated: "So Mr. Jarv, please explain how you can prove that you wrote this first"
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as part of her conversion to the true faith, started by the Damascene seeing of AoD for the first time, she is looking up as much as she can about Man-god Bruce.
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Mrs. Jarv thinks it's funny that I got ripped off.
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where is everybody?
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Fuck you in the goat's ass!
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Who the hell posted that stuff? And what kind of f-ed up anti-wiki site is that? Bizarre.I didn't have nearly enough booze last night. And fought with the wife as well.Canada decided to re-elect Bush Jr. yesterday. Just goes to show Americans aren't the only ones who keep electing jerkwads.
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Oct 15, 2008 7:50:12 AM CDT
And for whatever ungodly reason I decided to watch...
by hawaiian organ donor
...The Lost World. Why I ask myself. It has some interesting parts but after the trailer scene, it becomes a nonsensical turd. Who greenlights this garbage?I'm going to need some beer for tonight's debate. Walking through the parking lot I saw a Hummer with a McCain sticker and I was tempted to put a rock through every window.
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There's so many I've lost track. I'm still in a filthy mood and those republican assholes in that debate TB are annoying me. As is that heroes obsessed prick.
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Let me share with you my friends, that I rewatched Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.And truthfully, for me, it's not that bad. What still ran through my mind was the missed opportunity to really put Indy front and center. My wife, who didn't see it before, summed it up nicely: it was too much over-the-top.
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http://www.aintitcool.com/talkback_display/35757#comment_1925177
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Cheeky bastards. Pencil Jihad on them. My Indy rewatching is coming soon, but as I found it just depressingly average last time it may upset me more this time.
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...the one with the T-Rex stomping around San Diego. Why? WHY?!I'm trying to decide if I should show Indy 4 to my wife or wait until my daughter is old enough to watch the series and see it then with a 5+ year buffer. I just don't see how time is going to make the magnetic gunpowder, vine swinging, triple agent, three waterfalls, hokey aliens any better.I was browsing the W. TB and as usual anchorite and DoctorWho are just pissing me off.
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The Church of Chang will have a special prayer session to eradicate the infidels.
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at least anytime soon. The darkside is strong within both of you in this matter. Don't give in to the hate.
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but I didn't totally hate it. However, since seeing it and the vitriol that has been heaped on it, I'm wondering if I'm wrong and it does suck. So I'm watching it again. Luckily though, I've got Bubba Ho Tep (part of Mrs. Jarv's Changian education) and Robocop coming.
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As the movie went on, I warmed to it more and more.
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I've just devolved to insults now. I can't believe the stupidity of the Republicans.
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I really want to pick it up one of these days, but I haven't seen it dirt cheap. I really don't want to get any of the other ones, though I guess if it's packaged with just the second one that would be cool.
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I've found, at least with republicans I know, they just blindly vote for their party, and their party can do no wrong. It's pathetic. And scary.
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no matter how badly labour keep fucking the country, signing sovreignty off to Europe and raping our civil rights they will all vote Labour in fucking droves just because Tory= Evil/ Thatcher. It's annoying because if they were honest with themselves Tory 2008= Nulabour. They're all scum.
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people always defend it, but it pretty much ass-raped everything that was good in the original. No thanks.
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"Does anyone have an opinion on George Lucas because I haven't seen him talked about on the internet" GOLD!
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I guess that may be a good thing.
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had the little kid as the main bad guy? I watched that the other day and it was AWFUL. The first one is really the only one I really gave a shit about, and I just find it gets funnier as time goes on and society has its dips into total insanity.
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Its just like Morrissey (God of fucking) says:
I've been dreaming of a time when
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And Tories, and spit upon the name of Oliver Cromwell
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go out and support your local shop!Just make sure to avoid any of those nasty crossovers Marel seems to fond of nowadays. Holy shit do they suck, and they burn a hole in your wallet. I tried that once since I have been to college with Messiah Complex (which crossed over every X men book in publication at the time, with the exception of Astonishing X men, thank god), which was nowhere close to the quality all that money was worth.
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....how fucking dare people say Iron Man is Robocop meets Rocketeer. Iron Man didn't deserve to lick dog shit off the boots of either of those films. Rocketeer....why-- because he fucking flies? Robocop? Fuck. That repulsive. Robocop would punch a fucking hole through Tony Starks' bitch ass chest and say, "You're under arrest," while he walks away and Tony is on the floor bleeding to death. -
That's a statement made purely from an aesthetic point, and it doesn't even hold up very well. Iron Man and Robocop both use high tech metal armor all over their body. So did the Silverhawks motherfuckah!By the way, does anybody remember that show? It was sort of like Thundercats but more...spacey.
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Didn't they fly in space?
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and it does indeed suck hairy goat balls. And Robocop 1 is the pinnace of 80's sci-fi satire. Iron Man is mediocre to good, hopelessly overrated and (danny is right) not fit to lick Robocop's boots.
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I get it, and in a way they're right. The fight at the end of Robocop 2 is choreographed in a very similar way to that in Iron Man- The "hero" robot clinging on to the top of the much larger villain robot attempting to punch his way in to vital parts. However, funnily enough there is actually much more to the Iron Man fight- the bit they compare only lasts seconds.
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I forgot how insanely kick ass that thing is from start to finish. The look on that girl's face after Robo says, "I shall contact a rape counseling center....." Awesome. And that theme....HOLY FUCK THAT THEME!! -
...that doesn't make it better. Just busy. That fight looks like fucking shit on DVD.
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their pilot was a cowboy Silverhawk who played the theme song on this rad electric guitar. When I think of the 80s, I think of that show and Robocop, so it's funny that the conversation ended up like this.
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and the Robocop 2 fight ain't that great either,
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place in Robo 1 is when he shoots the guy holding the baby hostage with the ricochet shot. Aside from that, it's a disgrace
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it's only 3 more letters.
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be back around 10 or 11
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need a new job very, very fucking badly.
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...even if I don't agree with it.My job duties just went into the toilet. Time to dust off the resume.
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What you mean HOD?
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You lost your job too?
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and then just as they manage to place their hands on the seat to pull themselves out some bugger presses the flush.
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despite appearances and attitude.
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Position: Warciple period: past, present, futureConduct pencil jihad on infidels and shitheels throughout the internetSpread the word of the mighty Church of Chang and the Holy TrinityPraise the might of Warwick Davis and FLAMING LEG KICKSEducation: AICN threads, movies, and various websites Hobbies: performing FLAMING LEG KICKS on non-believers and stabbing shitheels in the mouth.
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the problem is that apparently there is this global depression thingummyjig which has made employers somewhat nervous about new staff. Recent Achievement: Slew Graboid with elephant gun.
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If it meant getting out of this place. I can't believe how bad they're screwing me with these new duties.And I forgot to bring lunch so here I am listening to my gut grumble.I plan on picking up a box of cigars on the way home and chain smoking those bad boys tonight.
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Oct 15, 2008 12:26:20 PM CDT
I know several people who have worked at Starbucks...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...and not one of them had a bad thing to say about it. They all said its a good company to work for but the pay is shit. So.....I dunno. Maybe do that and do stunt cock work on the side.
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is the only company of its kind that actually does stuff like pay for your dental and give you benefits? That's a pretty big fucking deal in the world of coffee business.Too bad I fucking hate that place and what it has become.
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They also do some sort of profit share 401k thing after you've been there for a year....not sure how it works.
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if I sent an application there, and they hired me, I would definitely take the job, no questions asked. I would still buy coffee somewhere else though. I usually make it at home anyway.
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you are right, after cannae a rival political faction in carthage stabbed him in the back by not resupping him, but as with the second world war i think it is difficult to pin down a single cause for his defeat. his crapness at seige warfare meant that he couldn't seal the deal. plus, had he marched on rome after cannae they were ready to surrender, but because he waited they gathered their heads.
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good luck with everything (other than the cricket)
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Is a triumph. A kinetic, fast-moving, violent triumph. I don't know why, but the scene where he's tuning his shooting arm in by blasting tins of baby food always cracks me up. Favourite scene's got to be the bad guy getting dunked in the chemical spill and consequently splattered by a speeding vehicle for his trouble. Mint.I too can barely recall the sequels. I remember not being impressed.
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It's weird. I got right into 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark' and still think it's a stormer. But 'Temple Of Doom' and 'Last Crusade' just washed over me. Good while I was watching, forgotten when they were over.Haven't seen Indy 4. The general consensus at work is - "Enjoyable, but no ROTLA."
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20-plus made redundant where I work. Not nice. Hopefully the hatchet won't fall on me.
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... or any comic book enthusiast on here, how do you rate the adaptions so far of 'The Stand' and 'Dark Tower?'I don't normally do comics and I'm just interested to hear a reaction.
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Thanks for replying last night about the state of Morgan Freeman. I posted once, then conked out. Was fairly tuckered.I notice you've been active on the Ridley Scott TB, plus laying into Indy 4 again on Harry's DVD TB. It's good to see a man feeding off his emotions...
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Have you seen that picture of Spock in the new Trek movie? He looks positively malevolent.
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... in 4 minutes. When the Seagal gets in the car (at about 2:40), where the fuck is he shooting?! He's all over the place! Is he shooting at the lights or what? Brilliant!
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Cheers. Have a better one.(tumbleweed blows past...)
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with absolutely beautiful art work and some really creative writing. I would give it like a 9.5 out of 10. I have met some people who actually prefer the comics to the actual books.Only two issues of the Stand have come out so far, but it's looking like it's going to be excellent. Once again, the art work and writing are great, and the adaptation of the actual material is pretty flawless. But once again, I only have two issues, and the whole series looks like it's going to total at about 40 issues, so we will see.
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was at the very best, spotty. What the hell is wrong with me?
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I have to disagree with you about Rome surrendering after Cannae. Sure, things looked bleak, but they were calling up reserves and moving what they had left into defensive positions. This is where the concept of civic militarism that Rome cultivated stiffened the spine of the populace and help quell any sort of major panic. I agree that had Hannibal exploted his advantange and took the fight forward he might have taken Rome. Instead he dithered around in a most unhannibal like manner and in doing so lost the initiative and evenuallly the war. That's why people vaction in Rome insteads of Carthage now a days. I got to give my props to Hannibal, He's one of the few leaders of an Eastern army that fought frontal warfare as well as Western armies. He was one of the very, very few.
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I haven't been on here in a damn long time and want to talk about something.p>
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Miller High Life in a can.
$3.79 per six pack.
$10 in toilet paper though, as my asshole is a few hours away from seeing a white horse with death riding it over a ridge. -
ashole a few hours away from white horse?
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I'll be around for a bit.
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how are things?
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Things are well. How's it going for you?
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I have been furiously looking for a job.
It seems like everytime I get a lead, then the rug gets swept out from under me due to budget cuts or the fucking slow economy.
I mean, when I say I have talked to everybody, I have have talked to everybody around here.
But today I got an email from a former professor about managing a newspaper just north of here.
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The Marine Corps can always use GOOD people like yourself.If I remember correctly you used to be a sports writer correct? Well I hope this new lead pans out for you buddy.
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That some punk kid will call you "The Bangster" while pointing at you with the fingers both hands looking like pistols. You'll have to break his hands to encourge the others not to fuck with you.
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In fact I applied for a federal job on a base not too far from here.
It was for a budget manager, which meant going over budgets and looking at what could be cut. Sort of a headhunter like in Office Space.
At least the benefits would be good.
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I was hoping for a shut out. Nice job Furcal.
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Just tie a cinder block to a rope, then throw the rope over a tree branch pretty high up.
Then tie punks up and place the other end of the rope in their mouth.
They have to lie there and hope there jaw doesn't get tired, or the brick comes crashing down.
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I mean I think Torre is a good manager and all, but he yanked (no pun intended) his starter a little too early the other night.
I can't believe the Phils came back.
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Wasn't the cinder block thing a favorite tactic of the "oh so saintly" Che Guevara? Or maybe it was the Nuns at catholic school. I forget.I don't subscribe to the Joe Torre is a good manager theory. He lucked into the Yankees run, it was a perfect storm of players to secured his legend. Prior to the Yanks his record was terrible. I will conceed, maybe, that maybe he was the right manager for the Yankees at that time, but that's as far as I'll go.
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NO-MAH!! From what it sounded like Victorino prevented extra bases.This Hamels kid is pretty fair anin't he?
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I have covered teams on the local level that had a shitload of talent and MASSIVE egos.
Trust me, it is hard to get them to play hard and win as a team and forget their egos.
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Let's see what happens.
Victorino kept the game out of reach with ONE catch.
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That is valid point about managing egos especially when those egos are tied to multimillion paychecks.
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Hamels gets him! I love when a manager trusts his players.
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It can be so wacky and goofy but oh so interesting.
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I have to bail on you my man, its time for PT. It was great talking to you. Good luck with the job offer. I'm pulling for ya!
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A single game game can contain a lifetime's worth of memories.
Mays' catch. Ruth calling his shot. Gibson's homer.
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My brothers loved PT, so I'm sure you will have fun.
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That baseball post was fantastic. I agree wholeheartly.HAHAHaaaaa! SUCK IT DODGER FAN! Get ready for twenty more years of futile mediocrity when Manram jumps ship on you. Chavez Ravine its where .500 lives. Pillow, HOD and Chitty will understand this post. I'm not to sure about anybody else.
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I'm fightin' all the good fights, brother.
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Managing editor of a paper? That sounds fucking awesome. Miller High Life? I love that shit. Once in awhile I get snobby, but it always comes back to the high life or MGD for me.
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I haven't read the comics but presuming it's like the book the ideal time to stop reading is after Wizard and Glass. Wolves of Canae onwards were just Dreadful. Rushed, conceited, boring, derivative tripe.
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again
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I'm really looking forward to next summer- Haydn looks like a tired old man (and he's never been good in English conditions anyway), you're batsmen (outside of the peerless Ponting and Hussey) look very un-Australian and your bowling looks average. Against our good bowling, frankly (KP excepted) awful batting and fragile temprement. It should be another belting series. I think Australia will win 2-1
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Don't you live in Manchester? I've been sort of looking for jobs (I'm trying to weasel my way on to a Quango) and there doesn't seem to be a lot out there. Is it worse up North?
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Danny was worried as Changian TB's weren't reaching their usual numbers. This one is easily going to pass 1500.
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We managed to locate some Indy 4 DVDs and I watched it this morning(morning for me) because I had some free time. I stand by my orginal review of the movie. Not bad enough to hate, not good enough to defend, its utterly forgetable. Which is the worse thing you can say about an Indy movie. Maybe next time they'll get it right but I'm not putting any money on it.
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keep talking it up dude. I was talking to a scotsman who married an aussie (my boss) the other day and he said he preferred the weather in scotland. You islanders will saying anything to buck yourselves up.
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in terms of hannibal i am more getting at the fact that had he forced marched on rome there would basically have been no resistance. As with Hastings the leadership class had been decapitated. Rome was panicking and in disarray. 200 hundred of their nobles were killed. not a person in the city did not have a dead relative. The society was literally at breaking point. I'm sure they say the same to you, but one thing we do in our army is to capitalise on the shock of capture. In the aftermath of the battle they were demoralised. you are right that not long after they redoubled their efforts, but that is my point. Had he marched on the city the news would not have preceded him by much. He would have gotten their during their period of literal anarchy. Instead he waited and they regrouped. another example of this would be dunkirk. Hitler could have wiped out the british army, but instead, they were able to regroup and fight back. i certainly agree that a major factor for rome was the citizen army. but 'hannibal at the gates' or these days 'enemy at the gates' is a phrase of such terror that it is still in our language. the ancient sources certainly feel that he had a small window where rome was paniking, but he did not capitalise on it and they regained their heads. one thing that fasinates me is how simular the things the romans would have said about them selves and what we today say about ourselves.
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you gotta pay the japs for a frontal assault.
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How's life in the corp?
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I said it'd be good but you'd win 2-1! Are we known for being that pessimistic that predicting defeat is talking it up? Although that Scottish dude, if actually ginger, may prefer the rain. Me, give me some Aussie sun any fucking day of the week.
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I always thought that referred to the sacking of Rome by the goths/ huns as the empire collapsed. Did you see that excellent post from Dr. Who and Knightshift in Harry's W thread. Brilliant stuff.
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Oct 16, 2008 8:13:02 AM CDT
heh...I just posted DrWho's post to the debate thread
by just pillow talk
I'm sure it will get ignored.
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I lost my temper at them sounding off about "European" this and that yesterday. Right wing wankers. It's fecking hard being moderate nowadays. The thing that really gets my goat is the sneering insinuation behind "European" as if it's inferior to American in some way. Especially because people that say that include us as Europeans and we're not. I'm frequently lambasting people for putting down Americans for being fat and stupid, so it annoys me when some ignoramus basically displays the same fucking attitude towards us. Cuntbag that he is.
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to call it, about Europe, or the "European way". I fucking love Europe...Italy...France...Germany..Austria. I certainly wish I'd been to more countries, but alas I do not know when that will happen again. It's the typical American thinking of chest-bumping "patriotism", or what they deem as patriotism, saying America is the best, etc. As my wife has said, if McCain wins, we're moving to Europe. Now she's saying it only in half-jest I think...
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Spain or Italy. Fuck the rain. I hate it when it rains in summer- the thing stopping me is that I barely speak Spanish (although this would improve) and I hate ex-pat Brits that are busy ruining Spain at the moment.
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Coulo Del Europa, (as Mrs. Jarv says) indeed.
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My wife is Italian, and I just love everything about it. I really wish we had gotten to see the Italian Riviera. ...
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chest-bumping or otherwise. It's unpleasant Jingoism. I bet the fuckers don't own a passport.
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as are the lakes. Italy is just a wonderful country. I've been to Rome, Turin, The Riviera, Capri, Naples, The Lakes and lived in Milan for a while and frankly love the place. It rocks.Italians are completely bat shit insane, but the fact that they just don't care is what makes them great. The only thing that would improve Italy/ Italians is if they accepted that Mussolini was a bastard and stopped selling calendars of him in Rome and voting in vile neo-fascist cunts like Berlesconi (I've spelt that wrong). Oh, and beating us at football.
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Perhaps I should have written "perceived patriotism". I think it's "sharp as marble patriotism". Hey, maybe they've seen Italy, for example, on the map so therefor they know all about foreign policy. Call it the "Palin effect".
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I think of the guy that said he was at a screening and they annouced it was Transformers.
All of a sudden two fat kids stood up and started chest bumping.
To me from now on: Chest bumping is pictured as those two kids.
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Venice (unbelievably beautiful is an understatement...saw fireworks display over the water: magnificent), Florence (it was okay, awesome bike ride through the country to a vineyard though...), and Rome.
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Foriegn policy courtesey of The Travel Channel.
If they do a feature on Iran, Palin will be all set for the stretch run.
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don't know why. I've always wanted to. re-patriotism: So you didn't. My bad.
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That's just quality comedy right there.
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Palin could be a host on the travel channel. Granted, it would only be about Alaska, and maybe she could mention Philly too. Wasn't that where she was when she ordered the sandwich with the cameras there and they asked her how McCain did on the 2nd debate?
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pull out her Blackberry to read her programmed response to any questions that called for an opinion?
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a frightening thought, Cry when she is stopped by Airport security as she tries to get a high powered moosekilling rifle on the plane. Marvel at how cosmopolitan one person can be when she orders Pizza in Milan and tells the waiter that "This is from America". Be impressed by her intelligence as she sits for 3 hours without a drink in a London pub before she realises that we don't do table service. Laugh as a Parisian spits in her face after she reminds him that America single handedly won everything. Mrs. Jarv has had a complete sense of humour failure regarding Palin and she is now a topic that is completely off limits at casa del Jarv.
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Hey, good to see you old man! I have not heard about any nukulahr propane gas tank explosions in the deep south yet - so I figure you are still gearing up for the big one!
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that Tina Fey is a better Palin than Palin is?
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I thought it wasn't even Middle America that she keeps banging on about. I thought it was "Small Town America"
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go to edge of town and hit the above-the-ground silos.
I want to take a deep breath right before massive explosion sends wave of force that sucks oxygen from the air.
I also will be naked when this happens, so I can feel my balls gently rock bacj and forth in the hell-powered breeze. -
I forgot, there is no such thing to them as Middle America, yet I wonder where all those valuable taxes come from?
The Moose Fairy? -
Going bucket nekkid as a silo explodes underneath your balls! What imagery!
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Since she has a special needs kid, who is, help me out with this John? Autistic? Are you sure? Is that your final answer? Would you like to use a lifeline? Ooohhh, sorry Johnny boy, the correct answer is Down's syndrome.
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42. Now what was the question, old man?
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Just think Palin's kid can be in the same daycare class as her grandbaby and McCain's wife.
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i'll be back in a bit...
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and, old man, the question to that answer was not "How many houses do you own"
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Let us know if a thousand pencils need to rain down on your interviewer.
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was affordable. I wonder what that would be like? I think those damn Europeans know!
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To dream. Whenever people tell me I should have another kid, I stab them repeatedly with a pencil and as they lie there bleeding I scream at them, "And just where am I going to come up with another $150 a week, dumbass?!"Chitty, nice to have you back. Own the interview, dude. Bend the interviewer over and whisper Ash-isms into his ear."Hail to the King, baby!"
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nope, we haven't a fucking clue about it. It's one of the things that keeps people (especially single mothers) in the poverty trap and reliant on benefits.
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Chitty, make sure that you're prospective employer is a good changian. This is a great chance for some pencil-point conversions.
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Doesn't France have day-care paid for by the government?
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Oct 16, 2008 11:04:13 AM CDT
Doesnt France have like 5 kids in the whole country?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
They smoke and fuck....they don't get pregnant. They just don't.
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It was a job as a salesman for a auto dealership.
I laughed at the notion, until a friend of mine said he made $100,000 his last year there.
Holy shit! Do you know how many propane tanks and No. 2 pencils that kind of money buys?
I still think I would be happier as a pencil-weilding editor in the mold of J. Jonah Jameson.
Let's see...hmmmm Money or Happiness?
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In the same way that we do. Scandanavia (as in so many other things) leads the way in this. We're the worst in Europe! The spanish are hysterical- they just dump the kids with the nearest elderly relative.
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it's only really Parisiens that are ingrates and arseholes. Even the French hate the Parisiens.
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You may wish to call upon the assistance of the almighty Jovi to watch over you. It worked for me and I'm sure it would work for you, too.The Jovi sees all, knows all, and is very interested in ensuring all of us AICN types get better jobs.
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Oct 16, 2008 11:14:18 AM CDT
My second viewing of The Incredible Hulk went well
by franklin t marmoset
It's not a classic by any stretch and isn't up there with the best of the comic book adaptations, but it's still a solid, enjoyable film. Pretty good, I reckon. I rewound the final smash-fest and re-watched two more times.Hulk smash and whatnot.
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You're on sticky theological ground here frank, because the Jovi would be bitchslapped into nothingness by the power of the trinity. However, they do approve of the mighty celestial chorus that is Living on a Prayer
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The Jovi is a highly specialised deity. He knows that Tommy used to work on the docks, and that when the union's been on strike it's tough (so tough), so he does what he can to help us mere mortals get a leg up, career-wise.I think we should all be grateful for that. I know I am.
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Chitty fucks until the girl's jizz trap smokes.
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Keep the Faith. But Ash Himself told me that later Jovi is prog-rock pish and if they don't get back to their roots then they're in for a pencilling.
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Keep the Faith. But Ash Himself told me that later Jovi is power ballad pish and if they don't get back to their roots then they're in for a pencilling.
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The Jovi has given us a great gift. Worship it friends. And worship the STEEL HORSE!!
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is the song "Blaze of Glory". It gave Frankie the confidence in his last interview.
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Thought I'd caught that in time. Fuck knows why I typed Prog Rock first attempt.
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I am but a lowly warciple, who bases all of the pencil stabbings and ass kicking of evil dead creatures on faith.Faith on the holy trinity.Faith in Warwick Davis.Faith in FLAMING LEG KICKS.Faith in The Brim.Faith that The Bates is a hunger that can never be satisfied. Ever.
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It was he who first summoned the Jovi, and The Jovi blessed me with his omnipotent assistance. Soon, thanks to The Jovi, I will get a very healthy discount on a new car, plus a half-price gym membership.All glory to The Jovi.
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Frankie put out is Jovi tree, and lo and behold, car discount, gym membership discount...Merry Jovimas to ya Frankie!
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I have faith that the Goddess Eliza will never, ever stop being unspeakably hot; that the pure, unabashed violence of the Hulk-out is the only path to true spiritual enlightenment; and that The Jovi will always work in his mysterious ways to provide a better working environment.
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Fuck that. Because of my worship of the trinity I have a meatabolism that never puts on weight and access to a great boozer with enough spending cash so that I can consume the feted Guinness whenever I feel like it. And car? What of this metal horse? I have no need of that. I have been furnished with a Bear to ride to work on, and a Graboid for longer distances.
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It does me make me laugh, though.
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I've just been reading about how Philadelphia won the NL East. And I keep reading words like Dysfunctional, implosion, and other such harsh terms.
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I also worship at the altar of the Iron Weight, and those of us who have joined this strange and sweaty cult are always overjoyed to be blessed with a half-price gym membership.It's like the holy grail!
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The true path involves borderline alcohilism, occasional drug abuse and fried food. Obviously, you need to be blessed with a fast metabolism if you are to avoid the fate of becoming a fat bastard that children doth take the piss out of, but true believers are given this blessing.These preening temples of vanity that sinners call "gyms" are homoerotic bonding places that are in need of scouring.
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It does not exist in my world of midgets riding tricycles and me shagging Monica Bellucci many, many, many, many times.
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It keeps me sane and it keeps me more pleasing to women in the post department with great boobs.Women in the post department with great boobs like biceps. That's not my fault. They just do.Also, believe it or not, I have never noticed any homoeroticism in any of the gyms I've trained at. Mostly, they just smell faintly of BO and mildew.
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Mrs. Jarv doth love her gym. It's women only and just round the corner from the flat. But a load of muslim women have taken it over and despite the fact that men aren't allowed insist on working out in a veil and intimidating non-muslims. This maketh Mrs. Jarv seriously unhappy.
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are irrelevant to the married changian. The only thing to worry about is not growing my own boobs. But I play tennis in the summer and therefore have no problem. Well, I say "play tennis" I really mean "run around missing the ball before collapsing in a gasping coughing heap on the ground then going home to sulk about being out of shape".
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Anyone seen it yet? I liked last week's very much, but then I like any episode with plenty of Butters in it. Jesus, Butters makes me laugh. He is a funny, funny little bastard.
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I don't know what I'm going on about, anyway. She'll be a thing of the past after the end of next week. And that is a shame. Such a tasteful boob job. You don't see enough of those around these parts.I wonder if there'll be an all new woman in my new post department with great boobs? I damn well hope so.
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a hoarde of be-cloaked muslim women doing extraordinary feats of strength at Mrs Jarv's local gym. 400 pound bench presses, 500 pound twenty rep squats, deadlifting family cars, military pressing a small elephant with each arm...Those are some strong muslim women I am imagining.
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apparantly it was won by a team from Philadelphia but only because some team from New York imploded. Pencil Jihad on Philadelphia.
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I suppose these strong muslim women smash too?
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and another thing, Frank, this hot post woman is a mythical beast that only exists in your old office. Post departments are full of the most appalingly made spotty work experience gimboids with the intelligence, charm, charisma and sex appeal of a camel's arse. Either take her with you, stalk her, or persuade her to see you outside of a work environment. The latter may be tough, but sounds like a suitably religious quest that may lead to entry into the promised land/ garden of eden (pick your metaphor).
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Now I am imagining myself hulking out and fighting at least five hulked out muslim women in a gym. I will throw the Smith machine at them all!I hear they make much better opponents than hulk dogs.
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Need family sized tub of banana yoghurt. and with that, I'm going to the pub.
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Is mostly full of menopausal women with all the sex appeal of a five foot prune with arms and legs. She was a refreshing vision among all those wrinkles.Sigh.It has been fun to get drunk and occasionally have fun with her boobs, but alas the boyfriend and kid she has at home have always prevented the relationship from progressing any further than the odd fumble here and there. Fun, but not long lasting.
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Twenty more minutes and I'm off, too.
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Oct 16, 2008 12:36:56 PM CDT
"sex appeal of a five foot prune with arms and legs"
by just pillow talk
Nice.
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Godspeed my friend, godspeed.
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Oct 16, 2008 12:38:26 PM CDT
"sex appeal of a five foot prune with arms and legs"
by chittychittygangbang
"Grandma Noooo!"
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I choose to believe the 'holy grail' I am pursuing is an army of hulked-out muslim women to fight. I will take them all on, no matter how dangerous it may be.P.S. I would like to point out that this is not a racial thing. I will fight hulked-out Christian women, hulked-out Hari Krishna women, hulked-out Branch Davidian women, hulked-out Jewish women, even hulked-out Buddhist women, if Buddhist women ever allow themselves to get that angry. I would like it known that I support all races and all religions, and I am willing to fight them all.FRANK SMASH!!Cheers, jpt. Back tomorrow.
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I didn't mean to imply you only would want to measure your "hulkiness" against hulked out muslim women. I realize that any hulked out band of women would be adequate to fulfill your dream. I would think you would want a potpourri of hulked out women.
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Also that she could clinch her piss fenders together and rip my cock off.
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I would have to jerk off onto the ballistic tip .50 cal bullet just to get my jizz past her super egg for pregnancy.
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FranklinHulk Smash! Node, do not say a word!
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I would love to see how the pencillers draw her without being censored!
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Oct 16, 2008 1:17:52 PM CDT
Of course, I have always had a thing for green skinned women
by toadkillerdog
From The Shats green skinned slave girl -played by Batgirl! To the female Skrulls!
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She-Hulk: "You will call me tomorrow? Right? RIGHT?"
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Would be just like Indy escaping.
He would jump past the piss fenders and reach back through to grab his hat as they closed.
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Oct 16, 2008 1:42:59 PM CDT
She Hulk's clit looks like Mike Tyson's fist...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...when she is about to cum.
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He was banging that green ass for a while. But he was only human, I am sure she broke him. Probably buried his ass on an asteroid.
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I'm not ashamed to say that I've rubbed out more then one to her. There's just something special about a 7 foot tall green women that can launch you into orbit that I find so damn sexy. Plus she's a lawyer so you can gravy train on her earnings. To me that's a win win situation. All the green poon you can handle and living in NYC and not having to work.Yes I want to Kevin Federline my way through life. That greasy unkempt putz has it figured out.
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Can you say "MVP"?
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I have seen your posts, but kept missing you online. You back in the U.S of A?
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Apparently, he is the only person She Hulk has continuously had a crush on. That is probably the best Marvel comic on the stands right now besides the Twelve.
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Didn't she also have a thing for Thor? Or maybe not?
I also remember Changling and Terra's ill-fated romance. Terra was one of my favorites, although she was a little psycho.
Also Valkyrie hit on Bruce Banner when they had that issue about the device that absorbed sound.
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Oct 16, 2008 3:18:16 PM CDT
Xi - You have a truly great knowledge of military history
by toadkillerdog
I never thought I was a slouch in that dept., but my knowledge pales in regard to yours.
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And some mousy alien type, who does not know him starts screaming, 'there is some muscle bound moron beating everyone up and screaming 'The gift! The Gift'
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"The Gift! The Gift!" all the while going to town on even the ones that are already knocked out.
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That would be the fight to end all fights. The Mother of all fights!
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So much for my going to bed statement.Thanks for the compliment but I think any "knowledge" I have probably comes from living in places that don't have much to do so I read A LOT, all sorts of things, like for instance People Magazine. For some weird reason back issues of People been all I've wanted to read the last two weeks. I'm an idiot, you're smart. I can't get enough stories about how wafer thin the broads on the new 90210 Tv show have gotten. See I'm an idiot.
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have a good one mate. eat a pizza! and chitty, good luck
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Good luck Xi.Off to class now. Tomorrow morning boys...
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Yeh, I'm in the mighty Manc. We've enjoyed decent employment figures in the North West for a good few years. Over the last few months the local news has reported one or two factory closures - and of course 25 got the bullet where I work, all in the re-mortgage dept. Generally, unemployment is up but not by a staggering number. The "Crunch" might change all that.Whereabouts are you, Jarv and what kind of job are you angling for?I need a definition of 'Quango' - I vaguely know what one is (non-governmental organisation?) but it really sounds like a fizzy drink...
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I concur with you on the Dark Tower novels. I fell out with King after the last volume. I didn't care for his tone during the 'Coda.' He seemed to be chastising me for wanting a top ending. You can be in a book for "the journey" and also desire a good finale. It's allowed, as a reader, to want that. I think his 'Coda' betrayed his own doubt about the ending the epic and so he used a bit of reverse psychology. Oddly, the ending he wrote I had considered early on in Book 6 - I thought "wouldn't it be funny if he goes through a door in the Tower and steps out on a beach teeming with lobstrosities..." I was close.I started getting bad vibes off 'Wizard And Glass.' A book full of back story. I felt it should've been separate from the Dark Tower journey, not integrated. I just wanted to get back to the journey. I sensed another hand other than King's there as well. The end of 'Calla' sets up an event that doesn't happen till the end of 'Song,' a slim volume that surely could've been edited into 'Calla.' I always expected there would be a whole book set inside the Dark Tower - some kind of evil fun house in there, a ton of psychological terror, head-messing stuff.So I got disappointed. Was that his fault or mine? Don't know. But that 'Coda' left a bad taste. I didn't expect that from him.
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There's actually in actuality a She-Hulk? Really?
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... with a loaded six string on my back.Ciao.
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I didn;t think that last comment would actually fire up some conversation. Looks like there more comic book fans in the place than I thought.Marvel's Hercules character is indeed hilarious. He's just a brawler, through and through, and he doesn't try to be anything else. But another thing I love about the current book is its attention to old mythology and its mixing with current society. For example, Hercules is usually accompanied now by a super genius teenager named Amadeus Cho. Amadeus is captured in the last issue, and is questioned about his relationship with Hercules and whether it is similar to that of the man-boy relationship other gods share with their wards (think the whole Zeus-Ganymedes thing). How the writer handles it s hilarious.
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Anyone can read, but it takes intelligence to be able to comprehend, recall and apply what you have read to a given situation. Which is exactly what you did with chipps and your explanation about the roman army. I am still awake, because I just watched the Rays lose a 7 run lead! Holy Shit!
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I collected from childhood straight through the service. I stopped my serious collecting well over ten years ago. I still pick up a few books here and there. So if you have some really good recomendations, pass them along.
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Hey man, you need to get The Twelve. Issues 1-6 are in hardback, the rest should be there in Jan. Its probably the best thing out right now. Other then that Kick Ass is over rated, but I think the comic 1985 is pretty cool, but its on its last issue and it seems way to short.
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You looking for a job right now? Me too, I fucking can't stand filling out application after application and never hearing about shit.
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and one of the best post season come backs happen. Damn me and my desire to eat breakfast and go to work. At least the Dodgers lost, that's all that really matters. We need to keep the important things in prespective.
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Landon. I answered the Clash's song. Having spent years working in the music industry, I basically have been working my way through a variety of bottom feeding jobs until I fell into this pretty dismal one. It's well paid, just waaaaaaay beneath me. But I have discovered how I can milk it to get onto a quango (psuedo government sponsored/ funded organisation that overpays people for bugger all.) Mrs. Jarv, who works in the city, discovered my route in. Easy times ahead! Once I get round the whole bankruptcy problem. Of course.
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hate it. I want to sit at home and watch Robocop, nurse my hangover and maybe do some midday sleeping
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what a fucking joke. Surely the point is that you have no fucking money. Bastards.
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of all posssible naps the midday nap Rocks the Casbah.
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to be honest, I didn't even make it to the end. You're right though, the rot started in Wizard and Glass, and set in properly in Wolves (what the fuck was that boring Vampire backstory, and did you notice how the irritating Thankee-sai shit started to spread), but it was Song of Susannah that did me. When he inserted HIMSELF into the fantasy epic my temper fraid and the start of book 7 was so shit I actually gave up. He had annoyed me pretty much all the way through with his smug epilogues, but I've heard that the "constant reader" coda was one of the most insulting things ever written. He rushed the last 3 books, plain and simple.
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the late afternoon nap- especially on a sunday after a roast dinner.
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I swear to fucking god. The world's gone mad. Seriously, the economy's plunging like the titanic, Gordon "Twat" Brown is trying to dump blame onto the fucking opposition and paint himself as the messiah, that corrupt dirtbag Mandelson has been made a lord, America seems to be considering voting for an OAP and a half-wit, Coldplay won't fuck off, Oasis have a new (not that anything they do can really be called new) release, England keep winning and it's fucking sunny in October. Nuts.
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Mmmmmmmmmm....Roast...Mmmmmmmmmmm and blood pudding!
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We're running up to capacity here
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mmmmmmm, Yorkshire pudding......
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seriously, what kind of dipshit doesn't know what the word "Casualty" means, and then defends his own idiocy ad nauseum.
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Because I feel like it.
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2001: A Space Odyssey is apparently a version of Homer's epic poem. No, I don't see it either.
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2 left
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and that's 1500! Mind you, I don't think it has a UK release.
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This group is officially insane. No wonder the AICN guys never post. Who can compete with piss fenders, camel's arses, She Hulks, The Jovi and The Brim.Speaking of which The Brim worship I understand but The Jovi? When did this happen?So Palin's bus just pulled out across the street. I came in this morning and the Secret Service had the parking lot so locked up I had to pull Andretti maneuvers to get around them. Needless to say my crazed driving had all of them watching me. I imagine the guy on the roof was asking if he could take the shot.
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Oct 17, 2008 7:22:49 AM CDT
Did you guys see the link I posted in the politcal TB?
by hawaiian organ donor
From Crooks and Liars? Another video from an Ohio McCain-Palin rally and this is the worst one yet. This country will never get out of the dark ages so long as that many Americans are so blissfully ignorant.
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fucking hypocritical bunch of fuckwads in there. I think I've thoroughly bitch slapped SkinJob, Bauer, and Immortal Fish- the ninja counsellor. Fucking hate them
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http://tinyurl.com/4owh26She'll be so enraged she'll kick a kitten and punch an old lady afterward.
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shit, I'd best go to the pub for a few hours
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Top of the morning - or afternoon, to ya!
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Thanks for the chuckle, jpt. That is a funny line.A potpourri of hulked out women does indeed sound like a good, good thing. And there is no reason why they all have to be green, either. I will accept yellow she hulks, brown she hulks, white she hulks, purple she hulks, and even orange she hulks with large blue polka dots. Maybe even some with a little fur here and there.All are welcome!
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Please bear in mind, I do not worship The Jovi for his musicianship (that is just his side gig), but for his ability to pave the way for new and exciting employment opportunities.Ask The Jovi and ye shall receive(as long as what you're asking for is a better job with more money and perks and whatnot).Amen
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Not as good as I remembered it being, although that may be partly because I'm still mad at Neil Marshall for Doomsday.Jesus Christ, Neil Marshall, what were you thinking with that stinker?
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What a insane place that political TB has become. You would think all the crap from Palin at the rallies and McCain losing his cool at the debates and the desperation of their tactics and the ultimate irony that McCain is trying to do to Obama what Bush did to him in 2000 would have changed at least a few neocon's minds but nope. Once a mindless jerkoff, always a mindless jerkoff.
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If one manages to find a hulked out chick, the color of said hulked out chick is the very last thing one would think about. After all, she's more than likely going to snap off your dick in a thousand little pieces. One must have priorities after all.
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Only the most bitter soul isn't willing to admit his 80s glam rock was catchy and over the years he's matured and managed to stay relevant. And he told McCain to F off.
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I love Doomsday! How dare you Frankie? I'll take my Doomsday love over your FF fetish anytime!Just for that, I'm not sending over, via a nice old man's fishing boat, a nice burgundy hulked out stripper who has firm funbags that are magical. I'm talking real magical too, like unicorns and shit.
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My expectations for that were low but I was still disappointed with it. It was far too derivative, the characters were dull, that bit with the medieval community was asinine, and it has some of the worst action editing I've seen in a long time.Rhona Mitra is very beautiful, but I can't think of a single other good thing about it.Mmmm... hulked out Rhona Mitra...
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I was expecting nonsense, and that's what I got. I love the medieval shit. And when they stumbled across the "warehouse" of goodies in the tunnel...awesome. Her "wandering" eye...
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It is not as bad as The Island, which I also saw again recently. That is a terrible, terrible film. The shame of it is it actually starts out okay, but then it turns into a Michael Bay film and all I wanted to do was throw things at it.
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The political TB is filled with reactionary dickwads. Still, it provides entertainment!
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Oct 17, 2008 9:42:59 AM CDT
Franklin, for too long you have stood alone about the FF
by toadkillerdog
I do not profess to have the singular love of the first movie that you did, but I must confess, that when the FF came together on the bridge to save the fire crew, I thought it was a near flawless recreation of what the comic book FF would have done as well. It made me all warm inside.
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I just can't see it. I remember an Iron Man issue from the 80's when Stark tried curing Banner. He succeeeded in keeping the physical transformation from occurring, but banner still turned green and had the hulk mentality, trapped in a puny banner body!
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Can this be true?Have I won someone over?Am I dreaming?My foot is in the door now, and soon you will all be turned!
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Oct 17, 2008 9:50:36 AM CDT
However, now that I think about it, a green skinned Rhona
by toadkillerdog
Would be awesome, even if she did not muscle up!
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That's Jarv you're talking about!
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Only playing.
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Not the ENTIRE movie. pillow post = dashed dreams.
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Oct 17, 2008 9:56:15 AM CDT
Yes, Franklin, your unswerving loyalty to that very flawed movie
by toadkillerdog
Has given me the courage to admit I found some scenes in it - like the bridge scene, to be a wonderful evocation of my childhood love of the FF. The FF where and always will be, a family. They did not have the fanciest or greatest powers, but they always found a way to win. That is what set them apart. The Avengers - power for power, could destroy the FF. But who would you put your money on if your life depended on it? I loved the FF as a kid, and parts of the movie - the family parts, like when Johnny puts shaving cream on bens hand, and makes ben smack himself in face, just priceless. Yes, Franklin Richards, it made me all gooey inside - in parts.
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anyway, you are forever banned from having an opinion as you think that Fantastic 4 is not rubbish.
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Next, I will jam my crowbar of truth into that crack and bring your house of hatred tumbling to the ground!Maybe.Or maybe everyone will accuse me of insanity and possibly call me a cunt.Either way is fine, I suppose. I recognise that not everyone is ready to accept the truth. Cowards!
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Hmph. That's why the trinity saw fit to furnish me with a Boomstick.
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had to be done. And fuck those reactionary dickheads. Fuck them. although I have just opened it out of curiosity
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Tragedy averted!
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This is indeed a joyous day, Ain't It Cool Friends. Fantastic Four is rising up, ready to take its proper place in the pantheon of enjoyable comic book films.A great day, indeed.
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I just can't be arsed to go into them. And nothing forgives that dude from Charmed as Dr. Doom. I'm not even into comics and I knew that was wrong on pretty much every level
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I can't believe you'll miss this golden opportunity due to your misguided love for FF.
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Cancels out his FF support for you.Try again.
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Horrendous choices.
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Jessica Alba may read these boards *cough cough*, and maybe she will reward your undying love by giving you some invisible woman love! Or, maybe not.
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It's a pretty ambitious idea, setting up these solo characters and then pulling them together for one big team-up adventure.If it works, it will be pretty fucking good, I reckon. Of course, there's also the chance it'll be a miserable clusterfuck, although those can be entertaining, too.
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Me, toad and Danny are in the YES corner; while pillow and Jarv are voting NO. According to the rules of democracy, that means the YES side are winning.It is official! Fantastic Four - not actually that bad!MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!
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Pillow disgusted.
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Oct 17, 2008 10:10:36 AM CDT
I don't love Fantastic Four 1.....2 was pretty good though...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...I just feel they are far more enjoyable films than any of those Wolverine....errr...I mean X Men movies.
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near the bottom. It's shit. Deal with it.
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....fly to L.A. and sit with me, watching Regarding Henry without interruption. i fucking dare you to not cry!!
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I'll have to check that one out again at some point...
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This is a Theocracy, Frank. It's a benevolant Changian dictatorship, so no matter how much you protest, FF will still suck like Memories-of-Mureder's mother.
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What are you, a COMMUNIST?
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Oct 17, 2008 10:14:02 AM CDT
people can't change their lenses for films....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...Fantastic Four is much different than any other comic film. It is much like the comic-- more comedic, bright, sorta corny, and innocent. Everyone went in wanting Mr. Fantastic to punch someone through a wall and Thing to go all ape shit and start tearing up the city or something.
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I'd rather watch FF than regarding Oscar Bait.
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Not that I give much of a fuck anymore. One week and thirty minutes and I am officially done with this shithole.Bring on the laughs! More daffy arguments about silly comic book films!
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Oct 17, 2008 10:16:19 AM CDT
Harrison wanted to dangle the Oscar off the head....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...of his cock by fishing line and call it "PUSSY BAIT."
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and you'll be bloody thankful when I shoot Mandelson (Can you believe that cunt is now Lord Mandelson? I'm fuming) and build my 100ft high fence cutting off Wales from the rest of the UK.
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That causes our balls to turn into freeze dried pickles slices or something, let me state that I thought the FF movie was very flawed. I did like a few scenes in it though.
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a hole in a wall. I wanted to watch a movie that wasn't crap and maybe see some Alba titties. Neither happened.
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It seemed like taking the same daffy formula they used in part one and adding a naked silver man on a flying surfboard would make it the most gloriously stupid film of all time, but that didn't quite happen. Which is a shame.
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You best have a comfy couch. And something cold in the fridge.I disliked both FF films, but to each his own. I thought Doomsday was stupid nonsense that was immensely enjoyable because it hit all the right cheese notes perfectly. And I still say The Island is the best movie Bay has done and will probably ever do.
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Those are her insurance policy. As soon as her looks start to fade and her career starts sliding down the toilet, she'll cash in by making her own 'In The Cut', where she gets all kinds of naked and maybe Mark Ruffalo eats her ass, and then she'll retire.And that is a fine career plan for a young woman, I reckon.
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I wasn't. Because the first one was so shit, I refused to watch it. Maybe I should just send Mandelson to Wales. THat cunt Brown is paying the corryupt cunt £1million to come back from Europe. I'm livid.
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she's up the duff isn't she? Those magnificent Alba titties are heading south for winter soon. She should get them out now while it's still worth it and they're a little bit bigger
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Oct 17, 2008 10:24:42 AM CDT
The Island is annoying because it wastes an interesting idea
by franklin t marmoset
Give it to another director and maybe you'd get a decent film out of it. Give it to Bay and you get a film that starts out sort of interesting and then degenerates into Bay's usual mish-mash of chaotic action scenes and over-saturated orange. Michael Bay loves over-saturated orange, for some reason.The Rock, I think, is the closest he's come to making a good film.
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....and FF2 was kick ass. The team finally felt like an actual team that functioned. The last 20 or so minutes are a lot of fun.
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Look at our last two fucking elections!In conclusion, the FF blows baby goats.
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And she has access to the finest personal trainers and plastic surgeons Hollywood money can buy, so she'll be back in shape in no time, not to mention back to making us cringe with her horrible acting ability.
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...but that movie is so fucking cheesy now. And not cool fun cheese....its cheesy because it thinks it is such an important powerful film. Ed Harris is a fucking joke. Instead of character names on his resume, he should just list:
Asshole #1
Military Asshole
Cowboy Asshole #2
Asshole Oil Man
Asshole Government Baddie
Asshole #3
Military Asshole #2
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Oct 17, 2008 10:28:43 AM CDT
shit....I forgot about that movie Pollock....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....Asshole that paints.
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all three of the Star Wars prequels than watch FF again. It was beyond shit. It can't even see shit with a telescope. If it worked really hard for 1000 years it STILL wouldn't be good enough to call itself shit. Basically, Doomsday= Brazil 1970. FF= Barnet- any year you like. The match could be played millions of times and FF would never even get remotely near scraping a draw.
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....here is a very recent pic. She is back in shape....but she has not trimmed in awhile. http://tinyurl.com/3enn5y
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How can you not like Ed Harris? That guy is great.
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...show me one role where he's been a different character. One royal where he didn't scream and stand there looking bald. He is an overrated atrocious cock poking through a gas station glory-hole with period blood and toilet paper stuck to the tip... Fuck him. P.S. Check out National Treasure 2 for Ed Harris' amazing ability to have a heavy Southern accent for the first 10 minutes, and completely lose it by mid-point, only to suddenly speak like a New Yorker by the end. Its fucking brilliant!
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Ding! Can I have a prize now?
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...Andre Braugher allowed Dr. Doom access to the surfboard. That might have actually been more illogical than the ferry scene in TDK and therefore might very well be the most illogical thing ever committed to celluloid. It would be like Bush inviting Ahmedinejad into the Oval Office and letting him get comfy behind the desk with the nuclear launch codes sitting next to the red phone.
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....but Ed is exactly the fucking same as he is in every role he has ever had. Why is he different? Because he wears a baseball hat?
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this is easy.
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This has been a good week for me. Got a new job, plus I finally won over the AICN types and convinced everyone that Fantastic Four is a good film. Also, thanks to Danny's link, I have witnessed the true miracle that is Jessica Alba already back in quite remarkable shape after having dropped a sprog only a couple of months ago. Amazing.I hope everyone has a good weekend. Next week, I will get to work on convincing you all that The Dark Knight was not actually that great.Cheers!P.S. Yes, I know this post contains around thirty percent denial. I'm alright with that.
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These are 3 different roles. And he's totally different in all of them
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nope, including that line TOP MEN have worked out that it actually contains 97.2% denial. The only verifiable bit of it is that it is indeed the weekend
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Just because he wears a different costume, it doesn't make his performance any different. Glengarry....geee what a surprise-- Ed yells a lot!! You wanna see pure comedy-- watch his accent in Enemy At The Gates. Now thats acting!!
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Oct 17, 2008 10:46:45 AM CDT
Also, Ed harris didn't raise his voice once in...
by hawaiian organ donor
...The Truman Show. I loves me some Ed Harris. I thought he was the tits in History of Violence.But like I said, to each his own.Even thought I love some of his movies I never felt John Wayne was a particularly gifted actor but the kids seem to like him.
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Boring as fuck. He didn't yell in Truman Show, but he still played the only thing he can ever play-- a fucking dick. Ed-- if you're reading this....fall down a set of stairs fucker!
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http://tinyurl.com/57b3wr
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I feel this Ed Harris hate is a bit harsh. It's not like Shia or Will Smith.
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History of Violence. Nothing more needs to be said.
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Wahlberg is a complete hack cunt. He was the second biggest dick in Boogie Nights.
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He's the anti-Frankie, whom will love just about anything, but quite unreasoned in his lack of love for TDK.
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Just the same, I love Danny boy. Unabashedly I might add, even through the craziness.
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Later Jarv.
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will embrace all types of people. Although it is bloody close on occasion. The Welsh for example.
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Oct 17, 2008 11:21:42 AM CDT
no....it pisses me off with people get acclaim....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....and do not deserve it at all. Ed Harris is a joke. History is the movie everyone always brings up in his defense. Again...same Ed Harris.
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Thailand means "land of the free."Be free Tony, be free in your cave!
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I bought up the Abyss first. And think he's totally different in The Abyss to History.
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Wales is a godforsaken shithole full of ugly women, terrible beer and inbred sheep shagging farmers.
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KwaZulu Natal in South Africa means "Place of the people of the stars". Or something like that
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When people talk about an actor who always plays himself, I've really always found that a silly statement. Very few actors and actresses have enough range to completely transform themselves from role to role.Kurt Russell, Harrison Ford, Richard Gere, Bruce Campbell, Al Pacino, Tom Cruise, Bruce Willis, Liam Neeson, Robert DeNiro, Dwayne "Rock" Johnson, Michael Caine, Johnny Depp, Will Smith, Russell Crowe, Nic Cage, George Clooney, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judy Dench, Chris Cooper, Wilford Brimley, Warwick Davis, Sam Jackson, Robert Downey Jr, Danny Glover, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hanks, Nicole Kidman, Kevin Costner, Mel Gibson, Christian Bale, Paul Giamatti, Cate Blanchette, Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Meryl Streep and Phillip Seymour Hoffman ALWAYS play themselves. Always. Yes, every single one of them has had at least one or two roles where they transformed completely and anyone who says otherwise it's just hatin' for the sake of hatin' but 95% of the time, you get the exact same performance out of each actor.I think it all comes down to bias. Let's say that for whatever miraculous reason Dane Cook gives an Oscar caliber performance in a few years. I could be wrong, but I don't think I am, everyone here would still say the guy is crap and worthless and his Oscar performance was Dane Cook being Dane Cook.
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He usually plays inanimate objects like tables, hats, guns, rocks, etc. So he really does "transform" himself.
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Yeah...I see what you're saying. I guess my issue is more that Ed Harris plays himself and the fact that Ed Harris seems like a prick.
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hehehehe.... Danny in Color Purple and Royal Tennenbaums. Not the same person.
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Well there you go. See, I can live with that.I know Charleton Heston was a great actor and Ben Hur, Ten Commandments and Planet of the Apes are superb movies, but I can't watch them anymore because Heston didn't just seem like a prick, he was one.So I understand your logic there.
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Cruise, Depp, Hanks, Downey, and Crowe always play themselves? The rest of that list I get.....but those guys? Crowe? Fucking chameleon.
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....but a cool guy in those old movies. Why do you think he's a prick? Just because of the NRA stuff?
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Like I said, every actor/actress has at least one or two roles where they completely departed from their normal range. And Danny Glover in Tennenbaums is radically different than what he does 95% of the time. And even then he repeats himself as he recycled his performance Tennenbaums for Be Kind Rewind.But none of that takes away from him being a good actor period, regardless of the flak he gets.
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for what they are, which is entertaining superhero movies that dont take themselves too seriously, but they are not great by any means, Dr.Doom couldnt have been done much worse character-wise, although I did like the costume redesign, and that Galactus cloud was stupid beyond belief. Plus its got Alba, so I'm good, but I prefer her with dark hair. And I dont mind the pubes so much, what's buging me about those pics is: what the hell was Danny doing on the Perez Hilton site??
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Oct 17, 2008 1:23:13 PM CDT
Not just the NRA stuff, he was a hard core conservative
by hawaiian organ donor
Pro-life, pro-death penalty, the typical playbook. And the convention in Denver the week after Columbine was the most classless thing in recent memory.I love Russell Crowe but he basically has two roles: the intense mofo he played in LA Confidential, Gladiator, Yuma, Master and Commander and the soft spoken schlub he played in Cinderella Man, The Insider, A Beautiful Mind and A Good Year. Seriously, you'll never find a guy who has a bigger man crush on Crowe than me. Of his last 9 movies (not including the new one which I haven't seen), I enjoyed 8 of them. That's probably a better track record than any actor on the scene at the moment.But you'll never see Crowe pull a turn like Hoffman in Capote or Forest Whitaker in Scotland because that's not his range.There may be only one or two actors alive right now that have enough range to play the same role that has won the Best Actor Oscar for the past 20 years at the same level of the actor who won. If that makes any sense to you.
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you dont know what the hell you're talking about here! I love that movie, it's definitely in my top 10 this year, maybe even top 5! And I still have to see The Island, it looked like a dumb fun action/scifi flick, but somehow I never got around to it....
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I got no beef with Heston or The Duke for being hardcore Conservative. Its a different generation...those old timers can do whatever the fuck they want. I do know that Charleton was a hardcore supporter of the Civil Rights Movement and accompanied Martin Luther King to many speeches.
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something.milf lover, you cannot like Doomsday AND the FF films. It's been clearly established that the right side (i.e. Jarv and I) can only enjoy Doomsday and not FF. Likewise, if you want to follow in the footsteps of that questionable character Frankie, you can only enjoy the FF films and not Doomsday. It's basically just modern day politics.
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I'm more than willing to let slide some of his politics. Hell, that's the only reason I can watch Ahnuld, Willis and Hopper movies. But what he did with the NRA after Columbine was unforgivable. There's just certain lines you don't cross. The minute you do, regardless of what time period you come from, you've handed in your decency card.
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It's not so much that I like the FF movies, just that on the scale of superhero movies, they are in the middle of the pile of watchable but forgettable in a 'meh' way. I just dont think they deserve all this hate, unlike atrocities like Daredevil or Batman and Robin.
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This TB has become unwieldy.
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What an awesome voice he had. And it is a geek thing because he voiced Audrey II.
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that is just beautiful acting from everybody there. The part when Gwyneth Paltrow gets out of the bus while the Nico song is playing is probably one of my favorite moments in cinema, period.
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did anybody else cry like a bitch when Zissou finally found his leopard shark?
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plenty of actors can play a smilar role through pretty much their whole careers, and sometimes it can bother me, but I usually don't give a shit. At least they're doing what they do well. Take Morgan Freeman for example, the guy has been the same (even in his antagonist "evil" roles) for pretty much his whole career. Same goes for Liam Neelson. It doesn't stop me from enjoying their movies, but I don't really respect them as much as I would say, Hoffman, Gene Wilder (who I still think is underrated), or even Bill Murray.And Danny's blatant hatred for Harris for simply allowing himself to be typecast is fucking hilarious. You could easily say the same thing of Steve Carrell, Liam Neelson, Morgan Freeman, Michael Cera, or Harrison Ford. It doesn't make someone a bad actor, but it can be lame sometimes. Like Michael Cera just bugs me. He has been the goofy awkward kid for his entire career and it's boring.
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who is fucking amazing in The French Connection, and so heartbreaking in Royal Tanenbaums, although Gene Wilder is still incredibly charismatic.
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Oct 17, 2008 3:39:56 PM CDT
Wes Anderson, Hackman, Levi Stubbs = GODS, all of them!!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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on every level. How the fuck do you screw up Dr. Doom? Not exectly a hard character to get wrong yet they did. The only way they could have got the character even more wrong was if they cast Whoopi Goldberg as Doom, but they came close with the Nip Tuck goofball.Then there's Alba she can't act, at all, and was not MRS Fantastic in any way, shape or form.Ioan Gruffud great as Horatio Hornblower miscast as Mr. Fantastic. Vic Makey and The Human torch were okay in their parts but The Thing looked terrible. FF sucked rancid goat ass and I don't even like the FF comic, I think it sucks and I have low standards and this shit piled missed the 10 ring by a least a mile.
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Enjoyable as hell but is it a good movie no, but its enjoyable none the less. Rhona Mitra can't act either but damn I'd follow that ass straight to the gates of hell, which seems to be a recurring problem I have with women.
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Except for the Awesomeness that was Rick Gassko in Bachlor Party. Other then that its Tom Hanks Playing Tom Hanks in the Tom Hanks Production of Tom Hanks. It not necessarily a bad thing, he's turned in a few good performances in things like Bachlor Party, Joe Vs The Volcano, Catch Me If You Can and Bosum Buddies. On the other hand, there's Saving Private Ryan, Phillidelphia, Cast Away, Road To Perdition.The point of this post all actors play some version of themselves to a grater or lesser extent, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't for a wide variety of reasons and this is a kind of a dopey discussion.
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I watched this only a couple of weeks ago. Couldn't tell which way I was gonna go with it until that crazy guy started grooving to the Fine Young Cannibals just before they cooked Sean Pertwee. By the time the car chase kicked in with 'Two Tribes' on the soundtrack I was a believer. Ramming through the bus in a big splosion, screaming decapitated head flying at camera... Exquisito! And yeh, I'd follow Rhona's ass not only to the gates, but through 'em and down into the pit of tortured souls.I like Doomsday a lot. Dog Soldiers is still my Marshall favourite though.
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Ed's a steady character actor. I can't see a similarity to his role in, say, 'The Abyss' compared to 'A History Of Violence.' I wouldn't call him an acting chameleon but there's a distinct difference to those two roles. I'm sure he's not worth such intense hatred!
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... IS Tom Hanks no matter what he's in - agreed. Every time I see the guy - 'Apollo 13,' 'Da Vinci Code' - he looks about a nanosecond away from doing that thing he does in 'Big' after he eats caviar. I always want to start laughing even when he's being deadly serious, cos I just see him sticking his tongue out and doing that cough. Sorry, Tom.
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He turns in good performances and he fucking nailed the douchiness of John Glenn in the Right Stuff and was fantastic in the Rock.
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You always make me laugh. You pointed out all my favorite parts of Doomsday.And yes, Tom Hanks plays the same guy whether he's dancing on a giant piano or killing Nazis. But as Xi pointed out, it's not a bad thing.Hell, I take the exact same way to work every day even though there's a few different ways to get there. I hope that doesn't make my an unimaginative prick.
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is one of the most incredibal looking women working in films today. Really she's just amazing looking. She can't act but I don't care. I could look at her all day long.
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Apparently space smells like cooking steak!So it's true. Aliens really ARE abducting cows and they've got a barbecue going on the dark side of the moon.So who did they mug into lifting their visor and taking a niff?"If you do it really quick you'll be fine.""I'll die.""No you won't. NASA says it's perfectly safe. Go on..."(Astronaut lifts his visor)"What does space smell like?""Heeehhhehaaaawwwh!""It smells like a donkey?"Sorry.
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about the para-break. I'm pissed. That's drunk, not angry.
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Peter: "Everything he says is funny!"
Hanks (on screen):"I have aids."
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and laughed my ass off. I was thinking to myself how could a place without any oxygen have an aroma? Personally I think it would smell like chicken but that's just me.On a side note, I have to say, I love British newspapers. Seriously, nudity and snarky attacks on celebrities is good stuff.
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Yeh, something like The Daily Star, you couldn't possibly call it a newspaper. It's just wall to wall tits!
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Glad you like 'Doomsday' too. When they go in the hospital and they get attacked inside, the mob are coming at them from all angles. I'm sure that sequence is a homage to the one in the labs in 'Aliens.'
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Was all of a sudden you go through a Maserati laden tunnel and you end up in Camelot if Camelot was run by Eugenic spouting Knights.
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The parts are so distinct. From the London scenes, to the Scottish tribe, then you're on a train, in an underground bunker, then you're surrounded by knights and finally you're off into 'Road Warrior' territory. It's just crazy and lovable.The only thing was her going back to the tribe at the end. Didn't feel right.
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Have a great weekend, guys.
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and I quote Didn't " Stand around screaming and looking bald."The Right StuffSwing ShiftPlaces in the HeartMilk MoneyPollockGone Baby Gone, although I've only seen it once so I could be wrong about this one. Great movie.
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Awesome movie. I forgot he is the dad. Okay....I admit he was a very sweet soft spoken dad in this one. God Damn I can't believe Ed Harris discussion has continued all day!! Anyone see Apaloosa? I heard it was absolute shit from a close friend. And he is a massive western fan, and a massive Ed Harris fan.
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Its a very sweet, nice little movie. If I ever catch it on cable its one of those movies that I'll watch every time.
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Volunteers. Seriously if that movie doesn't bring a smile to your lips you have no soul.
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I can't believe you guys enjoy Milk Money as well.
I fucking LOVE that movie!
Oh the reason I said the apacolypse is upon us, is the fact that I am in the running for City Clerk of my town.
Holy Shit! I will be a city official... -
I am in the running for Managing Editor of a paper in a town one county up, City Clerk of my town, car salesman and driving an 18-wheeler (I used to do this for my dad and may go back to doing it. It really isn't that hard, just watch your right turns and stopping distances).
Only in America. -
You are having the most exciting lay off I've ever heard of....
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I love driving the big rigs. About 8 years ago I finangled my way into getting a heavy equiptment operator endorsement on my Military drivers license.Good luck on all the job offers. Which one do you want? Milk Money is indeed a good movie.
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Also Reign of Fire comes on AMC tomorrow!
That means it be on AMC for the next 30 days. SCORE!
Also, a lady was in front of me yesterday at a railroad crossing was just sitting there.
So I grabbed the air horn on the 18-wheeler and gave it a toot.
She didn't budge.
So I grabbed the second hanging wire over my left shoulder.
This wire was the train horn my dad's crazy driver had installed.
Instead of giving a half-ass tug, I yanked that cable down until it caught on its stops.
The sound drowned out my own thoughts in my head, as decibels exploded from the symphony of shiny horns mounted on the cab and almost made me sick to my stomach from the enormous wave of pressure (think Close Encounters during the final try at communication that broke glass).
This lady must have stomped the gas pedal like it was a big, fat spider.
Her car lurched forward like a bull hit with a cattle prod, screaming across the tracks in a fit of smoke, each back tire grabbing for traction like individual pit bulls.
She was out of site before I could release the clutch to get my 80,000 pounds moving.
I love driving my dad's big rigs and need to get a real job soon, as I will no doubt get a massive ticket in a matter of days. -
...my dad and older brother are both Teamsters.
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I wish I couldget each of the CoC out and let them take the wheel.
If anything, just to show them what pussycats the big rigs are.
Just adjust for stopping distances and right turns and you pretty much can do it.
Also the fact they drive and ride better with a trailer than without.
I know this may seem to contradict physics, but trust me, you want an empty trailer behind you. It makes everything so much smoother. -
He is a farmer and has a truck called The Widowmaker.
I missed an exit because it had no brakes.
Yes, you read that right, I mashed the pedal to the floor and it just slowed down.
I had to back up 100 yards with a GVWR of 100,000 pounds (yes, this illegal in Mississippi) on a four lane highway.
I think I smoked three cigarettes on the back to get to the exit.
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Is another movie I don't understand the dislike for. It was fun. It had freakin bad ass dragons tearing shit up in it a grammaton cleric and Wooderson. Driving a big rig is fun and like you noted, if you watch your stopping distance and turn radius and you'll be A Okay.
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than the Green Goblin truck from Maximum Overdrive! He was a lot scarier than Willem Dafoe's Power Ranger villain costume!
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The Pork Chop Express. the Tri-maran from Water World and the rig Max drove in the Road Warrior.
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also my dad's trucking compsny is so old, he had Brockway and a Diamond Rio.
That Brockway had the drag coeffiecent of an umbrella.
Man, I wish I could find one of those and restore it.
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second place behind Dragonslayer on my list of dragon movies.
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I can't even think up enough movies with dragons to make a list.
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is the only movie in which i liked Matthew Mcconahaugh(heeyay?)
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1: Dragonslayer
2: Reign of Fire
3. ?????
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Come on that was a good Dragon movie. But I saw it recently and didn't think it held up that well, then again is was on basic cable. Most movies on Basic cable suck for some reason.
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I take it that you haven't seen Tropic thunder yet?
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Unfortunately, no, not yet.
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and can't sleep so I guess I'll help keep this TB afloat until Monday
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started a fight with the crazy cat ladies on the IMBD message boards? Its sort of fun because they're bat shit insane even more so then the average AICN Tber.
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i liked it.
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bitch please
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I will be in and out all night.Or whenever I go to bed.
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