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AICN & Twitch Present International Eye Candy: THE FORBIDDEN DOOR , DEADGIRL, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, AROG, And More!!
International Eye Candy
November 12, 2008
Yes, boys and girls, two weeks have passed since the last edition of International Eye Candy which means it is once again time for our regular stroll through the pages of Twitch for a look at what's happening across the globe. And among those happening things are French parkour! Giant rats! Indonesian snuff! And the proverbial so much more! Strap in because here we go …
We'll get things started with the aforementioned film from Indonesia, that being THE FORBIDDEN DOOR from writer-director Joko Anwar who the observant may remember from his previous films JONI'S PROMISE and KALA. This one's a dark thriller about an artist who stumbles across a snuff ring and like all things Anwar it boasts impressive production values and a nice slow build of dread. Keep an eye on this guy, he's pretty much the best thing going in that part of the world.
Go through the FORBIDDEN DOOR here
From Indonesia we head to Turkey, the land of – appropriately enough – TURKISH STAR WARS, TURKISH SUPERMAN, and 3 DEV ADAM – a film that has Santos and Captain America team up to battle a green Spider-Man. None of this has anything to do with AROG but Turkey's film history is so unrelentingly goofy that I just can't help going there from time to time. AROG is the latest from Cem Yilmaz, a hugely popular local comedian who reminds me a good bit of Mel Brooks and had a huge hit with scifi comedy GORA. And, yes, AROG is a sequel / inversion of that film, with this one sending Yilmaz's character back to the past. We pointed to four teasers from this one already and now we've got a fifth. They're all golden. I'm partial to the frozen urine joke, myself.
Click here to travel back with AROG
From Turkey we head to Sweden where we find the first in a series of films based on the hugely popular crime novels by Steig Larsson. The literal translation of this one is MEN WHO HATE WOMEN but they're going with the English title of the first book for this one which is THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. Now, I like girls with dragon tattoos as much as the next guy but I don't see what the two titles have to do with one another, either. These things are going to be huge and they're starting the series off right by recruiting this year's Danish Oscar submitted director to helm it.
Find two DRAGON TATTOO teasers here
Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel’s DEADGIRL has been turning heads on the festival circuit all around the globe this year and, honestly, you'd pretty much have to expect a film about two teenage boys having sex with the undead girl that they find in the basement of an abandoned hospital to do exactly that, now wouldn't you? The teaser's been appearing and disappearing from the official website as the film runs the fest circuit but we've managed to get ourselves a permanent version at the link below.
Pay a visit to the DEADGIRL here
Doen with America for the time being it's time to slam back a shot of vodka and head to Russia for MORFIY. This appears to have taken some inspiration from the writing of Mikhail Bulgakov but the film takes Bulgakov's material into sex and drug fueled territory that he never dreamed of but would do David Lynch proud …
Check the MORFIY trailer here
Any fans of Takashi Miike's ZEBRAMAN out there? How about Sori's PING PONG? What those two movies have in common is writer – and sometimes director – Kankuro Kudo. We included Kudo's latest directorial effort SHONEN MERIKENSAK in our last IEC column and this time around we've got one that he adapted from his own stage play for a friend to helm. This one's titled DONJU and it stars Tadanobu Asano as a rather dim writer who becomes the target of multiple assassination attempts but is just too damn dumb to die. Asano and Kudo together? That's gold in my book.
Find the DONJU trailer here
Giant. Space. Rats.
My job here is done.
Click here for RAT SCRATCH FEVER
Oh, how to even begin with this one … DIE SCHNEIDER KRANKHEIT is, without a doubt, one of the very oddest – and very best – bits of film that I've come across this year. What is it? A Spanish shot mock doc shot like a 1950's era German propaganda film about a viral outbreak spreading across German after a Russian space monkey crashes into German territory. Don't try to understand, just enjoy.
Click here for the KRANKHEIT trailer
Seemingly in production forever – the release date has been pushed back several times now – the new adaptation of Nikolay Gogol's classic ghost story VIY is shaping up to be one of the most expensive Russian productions ever. And where have they spent that money? Not just on getting the period detail correct. No, quite a lot of it has gone to the floating ghost and hungry vine effects that give this thing its delirious b-movie edge. They're banking on an international market for this one – they're going to need some big foreign sales to avoid losing a fortune – and have produced a fully English trailer to cater to exactly that.
Find all the VIY trailers here
Ah, it does my heart good to see this. DISTRICT B13 – or BANLIEUE 13 in France – introduced a great many people to the action duo of martial artist Cyril Raffaeli and parkour co-creator David Belle a few years ago and despite the film being a huge international success Belle and Raffaeli have been largely absent from screens ever since. But no more! Like all good genre films DISTRICT B13 is getting the sequel treatment – it's titled DISTRICT B13: ULTIMATUM – and the duo are back to work. No trailer yet but there are three extended behind the scenes reels where you can see them in action. Yes, please.
Find the B13 Behind the Scenes reels here
Any fans out there of Sean Ellis' CASHBACK? How about actress Lena Headey, currently gracing the small screen on TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES? Well, the two are working together on Ellis' second feature, supernatural thriller THE BROKEN. We're still waiting for an American trailer for this one but while we wait for that the Japanese have cut themselves a dandy and it looks every bit as good as you'd expect from someone with as good an eye as Ellis.
Get BROKEN here
Look at that lovely couple there. Go on, look at them. Now imagine them brandishing hand tools whilst beating the crap out of some pretty young thing. Don't you just love family dynamics? The film is MUM & DAD, a new low budget shocker that's been winning raves in the UK and with the theatrical release just around the corner a new trailer is on the scene. Grisly but good.
Find a pair of MUM & DAD trailers here
Okay, anime geeks, buckle up for this one. Japanese production house Studio 4C – arguably one of the very best animation studios in the world today – has been hired on by – I believe – a Russian outfit to produce FIRST SQUAD, an anime spin on the Russian campaign against the Nazis in WWII. And what do you get when you turn Studio 4C on material like this? Brilliance, that's what. Sure, there probably weren't really a whole lot of katana-wielding school girls amidst the panzers and artillery when this was all going down for real but, by golly, I kind of wish there had been.
Check the FIRST SQUAD trailer here
If Tarkovsky had been Japanese I have to imagine that a film like THE CLONE RETURNS TO THE HOMELAND would be the sort of film to result. It's a meditative, philosophical bit of scifi set in a world where clones are used to extend the human lifespan with a new version of a person created to replace one who dies. Certainly less flashy than the rest of what's in here this time around but quiet can be good, too.
Check the CLONE trailer here
Spaniards are weird.
Click here to find out just how weird
More from Russia? Okey dokey … like VIY above it seems like we've been talking about INHABITED ISLAND for a good while now and like VIY the release of this one is finally approaching. What is it? Huge budget Russian scifi by the director of stunning war picture THE 9TH COMPANY based on a novel by the Strugatsky Brothers who, back in the day, wrote a little story you may have heard of called STALKER. Russia's got a long history of scifi film, a history developed largely in isolation from American scifi while the nation was behind the Iron Curtain, and I always find it fascinating to see how their take on the genre has diverged from our own. Plus it looks damn pretty and has a lot of stuff blowing up. Nice.
Find a stack of INHABITED ISLAND teasers and trailers here
And, finally, we head to Norway. Alas, no scantily clad Viking women a la FATSO this time around but instead we have Aksel Hennie – for my money one of the finest actors of his generation anywhere in the world – is the title role as MAX MANUS, a legendary real life saboteur who lurked in the shadows, blowing the hell out of Nazi equipment throughout the Nazi occupation of Norway during WWII. And though Manus is a real guy and this certainly treats his story seriously the film is actually based on novelisations of Manus' life and seems more interested in putting together a local-hero praising, rip snorting action-adventure tale than it is in subjecting audiences to a two hour history lesson. Yup, looks good.
Find the full MAX MANUS trailer here
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Twitch be back!
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love the background music in it.
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Why you giving me the cold shoulder baby?Guess there's no need for foreplay then? Sigh...
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European film seems to be where it's at right now.B-13 U and Max Manus have me salivating.
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Pillow and HOD just refuse to step foot in the Watchmen TB. hehehe.
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but I am intrigued as to what I saw.
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Cool.
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You have any word on release dates for Fatso or Public Enemy Number One in the states?
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I'm out.
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That's bad.
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We have a winner.
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That's great....the music...everything.
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I need to find this one fast.
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As far as you know I'm not in the bushes with a range finder. Then again...
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And since you're in the bushes, you're get a bit wet as it's pouring here. Me, I'm nice and dry.
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Muahahahahaha. Frank Miller-- say good-bye to your career.
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So when are we going to get proper releases here for The Apocalypse Code, Paragraph 78, 1612 and Opapatika? European and Thai films are absolute hell to come by.
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I can't get enough of little known WWII stories (at least from my American perspective).
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Saw it last night. Definitely one of the worst torture scenes ever.
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It's been sitting in my queue for a while now.
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Does it matter?
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Looks like horror cliche garbage but that las tshot in the mirror fuckign creeped me out.
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I am totally getting together with some friends and getting TANKED and watching that shit!
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So we won't see that over here until at least the spring. Or maybe never. For whatever messed up reason the Russians and Scandinavians don't seem at all interested in distributing stuff to North America.I won't watch Audition. I just can't stomach that torture stuff beyond what Scorsese did in Casino.
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Nov 13, 2008 2:21:59 PM CST
not sure what my favorite part of Rat Scratch Fever is
by just pillow talk
Love the rat on top of the car, rat coming out of person's head...the high production values...
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I am SO getting that poster.
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both look entertaining as hell
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Great production values. Not as good as Rat Scratch though.
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I'll definitely be wanking it to that one of these days.
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CHURCH OF CHANG! Ask Pillow for details.
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beer day
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My girlfriend speaks some Japanese and started making that sound. . Obviously I haven't touched her since.
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Finally a WWII story that hasn't been beaten to death.
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The Church of Chang is an ancient religion centered around the Holy Trinity of 2for2true (I will provide a link where we discovered our lord), Burt Gummer (The Stache) and Bruce Campbell (The Chin). We, the warciples, pledged to follow their manliness in everything we do.There are others that represent the CoC: Kurt Russell, the fatso pony tailed one, Tony Jaa and FLAMING LEG KICKS, The Brim, The Wick (Warwick Davis), the mighty Bear..etc.All hail 2for2true....http://www.aintitcool.com/talkback_display/35294#comment_1848549
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but not the reason it is named Church of Chang. Walter Chang from Tremors.
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Good to see you! vader, Pillow or Jarv or HOD can give you the skinny on CoC. Just know it centers around a love of all things Kurt,Burt,Bruce,Tony and others. It requires declaring pencil jihad on all deserving shitheels, and adhering to the teachings of 2for2true.
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As I knew you would
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Is for deluded pussies with daddy issues. Their threats are as impotent as their baby penises would indicate.
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May TOTAL_FUCKING_DESTRUCTION have mercy upon your soul.
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Nov 13, 2008 3:20:11 PM CST
TerryMalloy, as Arnold said "You've just been erased."
by dannyglovers_dickblood
You are dead to me.
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One of the best Ahnuld one-liners ever:
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...my piss is too good for Terry's tonsils.
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And urinate on his effigy
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...what a cockroach.
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Nov 13, 2008 3:25:49 PM CST
TerryMalloy....did you just turn into Coughlins Laws?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Danny Glover! [wails, cries, and runs away]
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just a few short hours to go before my all weekend drinking binge and footy match. did you read in the other thread that d.vader is going to go around to xi's house and fuck him up. I can picture now. D.Vader showes up with a plastic vader helmet and light sabre. Xi sits on his porch rocking in chair with a tinnie in his hand under a sign that reads 'this house dosn't call 911'. Have a good day all, off to earn my daily bread.
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But I am Legend
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As a PROUD member of the Church of Chang (no relation), I did go forth to represent my peeps, your constituency, upon your MySpace page. Lo, when I did arrive, I found that you have not updated for many, many moons. No comments may be added therein until you have gotten your tuchas back to approve them. I was resigned to show our dedication by posting in a 2 year-old-blog. Is that any way to appreciate one of your truly dedicated fan bases? This situation should be amended ASAP.
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Folks actually have sex with a woman or get into a fight.. Maybe then you won't have to worship the tiny cocks of second rate actors and a mentally deranged talkbacker. . Just a thought!
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But he updates even less frequently than Todd. I have faith.
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That wasn't Vader. Vader is a fine fellow. It was some other asshat that went by AnakinsDiapers If I remember correctly.What happened was that Anni got all proddy one night and was shooting his mouth off So Liberal Warrior and I proceded to knock his dick in the dirt. He took acception and threatened to use his magical internet powers to come to our houses and beat us silly, because he's 6'4" and a master of martial arts. I gave him all the info he needed and then he disappeared. I think his adult group home restricted his computer access.
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How goes it?
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Any idea why this person is attempting to provoke us in our home turf?
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Did TerryMalloy just go insane. Weren't you hanging with us yesterday talking to Xiphos, Pillow, and myself?
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Jonah Echo was also a key component in this story. He took the high road like he does and slapped anniken around intellecually like he does so well. Lib Warrior and I not so much. We took the low road. I figure you should always go with your strengths.
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I dunno. Its weird. He is old friends of the CoC. Something got to him. Maybe the government, or maybe The Brim's penis has struck again.
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for the halcyon era of Tremors and Escape from New York. And it disgusts me.
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Terry is just goofing. That rant is an old joke from the early days.
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I remember the Anakin guy. He was on here one night with Mavra and myself. Actually I think that was the night Mavra told the story of getting trashed on Everclear and singing "Can You Feel The Love Tonight?" and I thought she was a gay guy. That was the one time I had an exchange with Anakin and he seemed okay. Just a little trigger happy. I wasn't around that day you guys got into it with him.
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How do you feel about Chris Lambert?
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Interesting about Terry. Odd fellow.
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When you need him? Maybe if you pray more he will wage pencil jihad on me. . Ha! I scoff at his name
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How's by you kid?
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As i do not have "daddy issues" a "baby penis" or have any intention of going lesbian, does that make me the designated "mentally deranged talkbacker" (though I have no worshippers)? I can do crazy.
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--Nietzche
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You may be joking, but I don't take sacrilege lightly. It may be just all fun and games for everyone else here, for me....CoC is a way of life and a science of thought.
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Anniken had about a four day shelf life if I remember correctly. He lost his shit bad one night and I felt the need to help him with that.
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I was watching that stupid show Manswers the other night, first time I've seen that crap. They were speaking to a doctor about penis enlargement and he went into detail about unleashing the "Hidden Penis." Its fascinating. There are 2-3 extra penis inches that can be summoned!! YES!!
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I seem to be procrastinating at the halfway point. I heard you have another one forthcoming and I felt inspired to try to match it. :) Thanks for giving the update on Malloy. I thought maybe Dirk's pod people had struck again and I don't know where ThereWolf is for an exorcism.
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are wasted DannyGlover'sDickBlood. your religion is an illusion. I weep for your dick blood.
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Weep for my dick blood and pray I find my hidden penis.
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Here is that TB....Of course all his fucking posts are gone!! FUCK! Ruins the fun every damn time.
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I have a long ass noir crime story up that's about halfway done and I'm halfway done with a way shorter one that has a part giving me trouble. its an alternative history war story.
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Nov 13, 2008 4:00:07 PM CST
Indiana Jones and the Valley of the Colon Polyps
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Is this hidden penis a completely separate one or is it like an extension ladder?
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Danny. May we all
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Mine is about a vengeful ghost. I'm trying to make it longer than the others. Maybe that's why I felt the need to pause on the 3rd page.
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I have a uh...friend ,yeah a friend, and this fiend wanted to know more about the 2-3 inch hidden part. So my FRIEND mind you, would like that info. Its not for me of course, its for my friend, uh jake yeah Jake, that's the ticket.I thought that cats name was Anikens diapers but you could be right.
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Its attached. Its sort of like the Little Giant ladder....if you've seen the infomercials.
Where the penis enters the body at the base of the shaft, they say there are 2-3 internal inches on most men. They can snip the tendons and slide it out more and it supposedly has no effect the strength of the penis. Sounds a bit scary. They say you have to wait 60 days to have sex again. Thats even scarier. -
Got enough problems without adding 'hermaphrodite' to the list.
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Or to do with cutting in that area would even make me cringe. Yikes! None of you could possibly be that desparate. There can't be that much Napoleon syndrome going around here.
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Here are four good natural penis enhancement techniques I recommend for rookies. Done properly and consistently, they should add close to an inch or two to your penis in six weeks.
1. Penis stretches. This one is very simple. Just take your flaccid penis and stretch it as far out in front of your body as it will go. Do it gently and gradually and hold it there for thirty seconds. Rest ten seconds between sets and repeat this at least ten times.
2. Jelqing. This is another great technique for rookies. Get your penis halfway erect, apply lubrication, and grip it tightly at the base with the thumb and forefinger of one hand. Slowly slide that hand up the shaft toward the tip, pushing as much blood into your penis as possible. When you reach the tip, immediately grip the base the same way using the other hand and repeat. Do this nonstop for ten minutes.
3. Ulis. This is a great exercise to increase girth. It is also very easy and does not take much time. Achieve a full erection and grip the base of your penis the same way you would if you were jelqing. Squeeze as hard as you can without causing discomfort. Your penis shaft should swell and your penis head should get big and shiny. Hold for ten seconds and rest for ten seconds. Repeat this three or four times.
Do this routine every other day and make sure you warm your penis up before each workout by wrapping it in a hot washcloth for five minutes.
4. A larger penis can be achieved with the use of penis enhancers. There are many forms of penis enhancement products such as pills, patches and topical oils. However, one unique product that can produce significant results and makes use of the body's natural abilities comes in the form of a liquid called super-vir www.super-vir.com
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Anni got really pissed when I rolled out the post with all the antipsychotic meds. I forgot about that othr nut jub, Media Messia, what fruitcake that dude is.Terry, here's my dump box email: Xiphos0311@yahoo put something in the title that I'll recognize as you and I'll send the stories if you want them.
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You make it sound like they're made of silly putty!
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Well I'm sort of an alcoholic so mine feels like a roll of cookie dough at its hardest.
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And Danny, that's one of the funniest things I've ever read.
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I leave for a bit and we're talking about hidden penis and whatnot.
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Good luck, Danny. I'm sure Jonah will appreciate your advice (ha ha). LAter, Xiphos. I'll probably be back in a little while. TerryMalloy, you are an interesting fellow. After you finish reading Xiphos' stuff, mine are on a public website, if you feel like taking a look. Xiphos can give you that address. I'm risking becoming a spammer here posting it so much! Later!
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He knows thy insolent Terry and his sorcerous ways. There is thought among the Church that Terry is a fallen angel and fell out of favor with the Holy Trinity. From time to time, he partakes in the warciple ways and then slowly, through madness, reverts back to the blasphemous ways of 'old' Terry.
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The ways of Chang seduce Terry, he falls on one knee....weakened, until he finally resists and returns to his original form of Godless Whore!!
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bound to walk the wastelands of the zone, proclaiming their hidden love of the fat pony tailed one, Wesley Snipes, and The Dolph. The CoC was always willing to open their doors to them, to be proud of who they are in the open. But alas, Terry has taken the wrong turn at Albuquerque.
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Thats sorta like in Judge Dredd.......sad.....very sad.
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I can't believe it rallied that much.All because I posted the 2for2true 'discovery' thread.The power of 2for2true is indeed great.
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And ALWAYS use a hot towel to warm up.
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Merely seduced by the cadre of sexy attractive film geeks
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You just can't get more manly talkbackers than this motley crew.
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I used have a sign hung over my condo door in San Diego that said, "I don't dial 911, I dial .357" It was very nicely sign made out of a nice piece of maple. It took me like a week to make it and apply the paint and finish.It hung there, minding its own business, until the fucking antifree speech commies of the condo board made me take it down. Totalitarion bastards.
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But I will never fall to my knees for 2for2rue. Not my type
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So maybe that's why I keep coming back here
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heh.
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I would imagine all condo board members are shitheels.
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And Xiphos, just shot you an email
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It got so bad they were threatening to sue. I just shined them on until I got that letter from the condo attorney. I took it down, then I sicked a friend of mine on them from The San Diego PD. Payback isn't always a bitch.I should have fought them because i read the condo association rules and built the thing with in said rules. I think it was the subject matter. I could have won on that point also. There is lush and big landscape that obscures the door. You have to get close to see it.
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Okay, in order:
As far as I know Public Enemy Number One should be coming in the first half of 2009, though it's with Senator and they haven't exactly stuck to their release schedule so far. Fatso hasn't even been offered for sale to the international market yet, so it's a ways off.
Hawaiian Organ Donor: Don't hold your breath on the Russian titles you mentioned. Russia manages to cut a lot of great trailers for a lot of bad films. P78 is okay and has a lot of great elements but is over long and kind of messy and it's the best of the lot. Opapatika I think has actually been picked up by Magnet ... they haven't announced a release yet so my guess is they'll hold it until they need to plug a hole in their release schedule.
Was the comment about Todd not updating very often directed at me? Every two weeks here at AICN, like clockwork I am. I submit 'em every second Wednesday. And Twitch updates 5 - 10 times a day most days.
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I won't say I told you so, but I told you so. My water is never wrong, neeeyah-haha.Okay, trailer time... (all typed in a manly voice)
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How much longer did you live in that same condo complex after that went down?
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threads.
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You should have unleashed your unmitigated Marine fury at those commie bastards
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Sounds cool, I'll check it out
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I still own that condo, I got it dirt cheap and it got cheaper with a couple of refinancing at litttle or no interest rate. Plus its friggin great because it's right on the beach and the talent I can view from the porch is amazing. I rent it out now since I'm not stateside.
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I believe Mavra was referring to your myspace updates. Your updates here are fucking golden. I time Mrs. Dick Blood's monthly cycle on your schedule.
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Lib Warrior and Xi kept at him, mercilessly. He deserved it though. Wouldnt stop. I was just messin' round with the whole Camus thing, but then he just vanished. You could be talking to that dude on a normal level and he'd be fine, and then a second later-BLAMMO-wacky land. Lib Warrior seemed two seconds away from handing out his address to the guy just to challenge him. I miss the Lib Warrior.
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Bored out of my mind, been taking care of my flu ridden significant other all day
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Since this one didnt go up til a day later, I actually said screw it, and went over to Twitch and have already read most of these updates. So, Twitch, people here definitely read your stuff, and anticipate it.
VIY. There's both an animated version of this, and an older film version of this, both on youtube. I'd recommend the live-action one, though it isn't terrific. Will give you an idea of what to expect from the story. This version looks awesome, like Brotherhood of the Wolf level visuals. I can't wait to see it. Is there a release date now, Twitch?
Inhabitated Island doesn't look as fine to me. Looks possibly muddled and clunky. I hope not, but I don't get alot of happy feelings from that trailer.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? I'm intrigued. Let's see more.
Arog looks funny. I'll bite.
Let's talk The Clone Returns to the Homeland. I think that's the biggest intrigue of this installment to me. I want to hear more about it, and when we can expect it.
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tonight hanging with the wife(and hanging just fine without those "instructions", thank you very much Mr. Dickblood)and trying to get some writing done, possibly.
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cant wait for that one...
I'm not particularly intrigued by the rest of this week's crop... First Squad is a cool one despite the standard anime look; The Broken seems decent (mmmmmmm Lena Headly); and Inhabited Island... eee could be great but I'm kinda getting a Babylon AD vibe from that one so I dont know. The rat one of course should be total schlock goodness, and I agree with Hobo, the Die Schneider poster is awesome, not sure I could watch the movie, the style may be better suited for a short. -
The original is a ton of fun. Just a good time, though not terribly original.
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TV was off so she could sleep. Resorted to scouring the internet.
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Alright guys....have a good night. Even the non-believers (Terry).
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Dannyglover: Ah, if it was a MySpace thing that was totally deserved. I NEVER log in over there ... only reason I have it is to contact the occasional film maker who still uses it. I hate MySpace.
Jonah: there IS a release date set for VIY now. I['m blanking on the exact date but it's early 2009, set to coincide with the 200t birthday of Nikolay Gogol, who wrote the original story.
The Clone Returns To The Homeland just had its world premiere at the Tokyo International Film Festival and hasn't turned up at markets yet. Not sure if anyone will pick it up here - not arty enough for the serious crowd, not pulpy enough for the Japanese genre crowd - but I really hope someone does.
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Check out my advice for Jonah if you have a chance.
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if you are always yanking on it like that.
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but any idea on where I could find or see that spanish animated short based of Stephen King's Home Delivery?
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Brilliant! The ball comes over, the heads go up - your star striker gets snatched by a pteradactyl and carried off. Genius. I want this film. Now, Twitch, now...
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has to sort thru all the posts about dick-enlarging and shit to get to the ones relevant to the article
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You gotta be fuckin kidding! Looks absolutely shite - I love it! That's the cool music cue from the deserted London sequence of '28 Days Later' isn't it?
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... it's got a touch of the 'Night Of The Living Dead' about it.VIY, looks epic but worryingly, some of that comes across as slightly 'Van Helsing.' It's a really busy trailer and that sometimes means a messy film. Maybe not in this case, hopefully. This could rock the casbah.
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... makes me think of 'Eraserhead.'The Broken - if there's a decent ghost story going on I'll have some of that. That creepy mirror reflection shit always freaks me out.Clone - Yeh, Tarkovsky all over it. Not a lot in the trailer but I'm definitely interested.
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Splosions! Looks all right, I'll have a go at this. Is that guy the Russian equivalent of the mighty Ed Speleers, though...?Max Manus - Very good looking. I want to see this. Anything with Nazis getting their arses whupped!
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You don't need to hang around MySpace. I just want your name on my list of friends. It's my duty as possibly one of the few CoC members who slums on MySpace to attempt to gather all of our icons in one place. You, Gummer, Russell, the Wick, etc. shall someday constitute my entire top friends list. Then I can be at peace with the world.
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How's things at your castle this evening?
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A few bats in the belfrey but otherwise serene. How's yourself?
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You howlin?
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... the change is upon me. Soon I shall be running with the night...
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I am on this daunting new mission of adding the afroementioned icons to my friends list. Of course, they are all phonies (except for Todd), which is why it is important to try to pick and choose decent phonies to display.
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Big word, small typo.
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Curious
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Yes, tonight Mavra Chang shall be mentioning afros at every opportunity.
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What about mullets?
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... of the North only. They deserve to be eaten, for they have angered ThereWolf in the past. Those to the South, not so much.Toad, you said something the other day, about Marines and soldiers - there's a distinction. What is the distinction? Because I might have committed a dreadful faux pas just before you pointed that out. For which I apologise.
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Nov 13, 2008 7:24:55 PM CST
I am not only president of the Afro mentioned hair club for Chan
by mavra chang
I'm also a client. Mmm...tastes like Pantene!
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... should be eaten. Immediately.
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Chans as well as Changs. All are welcome.
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"Wipe them out. All of them."Amen, Emperor.
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do you like tarkovsky? Now there's a polarizing director for ya. I own Solaris and Stalker but havent managed to get my wife to see either. Several people have told me that movie Broken is complete tripe. Im trying to remember who exactly. Oh, almost time for The Office! Gotta jet!
Catch you fine people later!
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Marines are Marines!
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it's soon doomed to taste like tequila-lime hot wings. That would be a better flavor than pantene.
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Are they welcome?
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next to each other at spots 2 and 3 respectively...that's not too shabby for an article that never had more than 60 or 70 posts in the past.
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Nov 13, 2008 7:32:09 PM CST
Xiphos was in the Army, before he wised up and joined Marines
by toadkillerdog
So, he could go either way. Hmm, I better clean that up. He, could be called either, but he is really only a Marine.
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It is also our duty to attempt to bring the unafro-ed heathen masses into the light of our ways and wisdom. Though thou art a half-assed heathen, thou art welcome in our club.
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Kee-rist amighty, that boy's like a whippet! (shouts after him) Yes, I like Tarkovsky! I've got Solaris and I've seen Stalker! Oh. He's gone...
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Wolverines!
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I love it! Kee-rist amighty!
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Do you think it is possible that Terrymalloy is possesed? I recall Fred was possessed at one time.
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Marines aren't soldiers and vice versa but soldiers are army but Marines are not. But they're both kind of the same but they aren't.Is that about right?
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At the erroneous slander being flung at my full and beautiful ass.
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TerryMalloy was an innocent bystander yesterday when I uncovered the shocking connection between Dirk and The Shat. Dirk may have sent some of his pod emmissaries over in retaliation. TerryMalloy, not being aware of the danger, would be the first potential target of the coup.
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There are four Military services in America - five if you count Coast Guard, but few do. Army, Navy, Air Force and every red blooded Woman's favorite, Marines. Soldiers are Army. Just think of it as a slang reference. Grunts can be Army or Marines.
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If that makes me crazy I don't want to be sane
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The last stanza goes "And then we saw the girls behind some evergreens captured by a company of United States Marines. (Awww them big guys get everything!)"
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the wilderness calls to me and I must go, to run with the wild things in the deep of night...Or I might just go to bed, actually.Have a stonking good night, folk!
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My bad.
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Nov 13, 2008 7:46:09 PM CST
Marines and Army typically dislike one another in good natured
by toadkillerdog
Way. Navy and Marines can not stand one another. Everyone hates Flyboys.
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Think I've got it now.
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Watch out for those red-hooded chicks. They're nothing but trouble!
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He's even beginning to talk like Dirk. HIDE YOUR POPCORN!!!! He might be tempted to do unsavory things with it!
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I think a supernatural Amoeba may have control over you.
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As of today, have you been strangely aroused by the sight of dust bunnies? If you were before today, you may be beyond help.
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Just send him off for a yak-smacking jaunt until we can get Fred's assistance.
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Happy hunting!
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How would I even know I was? Moreover, do you think I would admit to it?
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I have not seen Fred since yesterday. We might be on our own.
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Watership Down is probably the scariest movie ever made
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Just say it: I am possessed. Then send letters to all the people you have offended since possesion. Then drink a half gallon of everclear.
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What the heck is that about?
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They might get annoyed when you reject them for other life forms.
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Dust bunnies are one of Dirk's passions. Right up there with popcorn kernels. He romances them.
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Thats one crazy amoeba. What does Fred see in him?
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'I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me.'
Hunter S. Thompson -
Fred is doing 2for2true's work.
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Have fun kids! Watch out for those pods!
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See yall later
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They will be my death.
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FUCK YEAH! I love Mystery Men as well! Soo pissed someone stole that DVD from me. I paid good money for that. I bought it before $5 Wal Mart bin had every movie, and just had random ass old movies.
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Godzilla is the shit! Emmerich's Godzilla is what brought me to this site, and my first name was Godzilla and some number. I only posted once our twice. I loved that movie SOOO much back in the day, when ever its on I have to watch it all. Its been at least 4 years since I've seen it I should check it again, make sure its still perfect. As for 10,000 B.C. I thought it was a decent rental, with booze. Mammoth rampage at the end was sweet. Better then The Day After Tomorrow. Expected much much more.
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I am watching Red Dawn now, and have a howling good time!
C.Thomas Howell just blew away his buddy the informer! Series, I actually quite enjoyed Emmerichs Godzilla. I do not consider it a 'true' Godzilla flick, just a Tuna eating monster. But damn if it aint enjoyable. -
To Godzilla
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I can't believe Greys Anatomy dissed the star of Series 7 like that.
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Are both in the master class of monster movies. I enjoy them both 100% to the max.
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8 Times in the theaters. No lie.
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Best song ever.
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just for the Sam Jackson death scene. But I like both movies. Just change the name of Godzilla to Giant Monster and it's a great movie.
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About the USS Indianapolis? For god's sake it's got universal appeal: sharks, survival, political intrigue. Throw in a love story between a sailor and a hammerhead and you've got a blockbuster on your hand
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As a matter of fact I think there's been two. One of them a cruddy made for TV deal.
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When you get here take a swing by the new Watchmen TB. The absolutist, humorless asshats are out in force. There are many a high horse riding shitheel for you. In other words, its a target rich enviroment.
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So Pillow, talk about not wanting to win a game, eh? Jets sure didn't want to. Its a good thing Jerimiah Coutry has like a 50 foot wing span and got that ball over the plane of the goal.
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haha nice description...
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None that chronicle the actual sinking
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you're right. How does the trailor look? It won't work for me.
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I haven't seen either one in a long time. All I remember is the sailors and Marines in the water.
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it tells more of what the movie is about than the previous trailer, but not enough to really give anything away to the uninitiated, there's not as much slick shiny slo-mo but it's still there. I am far from impressed, as it is also sadly lacking any shot of Carla Gugino's hotness. I saw no giant swinging blue schlong, and to the continued (and quite entertaining in its patheticness) collective horror/outrage of the nerds, still no squid.
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I am looking forward to that one a lot more than Watchmen, while trying to avoid anything about the Kickass movie because I dont want to have the still-in-progress comic book ruined for me.
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that's one of the things the nerds are freaking out about in the Watchmen thread
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She should be front and centre wering that skimpy outfit that highlights her cans.
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How I love thee
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just look at my name, you know what I'm about.....
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Tomei's cracks show in The Wrestler because they shot her in an unflattering way.
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I know you mean her wrinkles, but that's not the first thing that comes to mind when you mention a woman's cracks
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And it filled me with pleasure.
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If you look great in your teens and 20's, it doesn't last. I think most women don't hit thier stride until they hit 30. Or maybe not, what the fuck do I know? I spend almost all my time around dudes.
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A few weeks ago? Let's just say she looked fetching.
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do you mean you're the one who made her pregnant? then you had already fucked her, thus disqualifying her from being a MILF, to you at least... sorry.
I had a MILF too. Absolutely scorching hot, gorgeous porn body and the sex was just about the best I've ever had. But she was nuts. And I mean serious psychiatric problems, amongst other issues she had. She was a wonderful woman, but once the switch flipped, it was like Jeckyl and Hyde. So that sadly didnt last..... -
Definitely peak in their teens and early twenties. They are blonde goddesses. But then they yodel too much or something and become shall we say plump.
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To Son in Law. Although I was also into Tiffani Amber Thiessen who was smokin' in that flicks
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I know every woman has that tendency to be Jeckyl and Hyde. But I'm not talking about mood swings, (although they were part of it too), the one I was with really was diagnosed with a borderline personality disorder. She would sometimes tell me about things she did, really scary things like suicide attempts and psychotic outbreaks, the way regular people talk about what they had for breakfast, to her they were just little anecdotes.
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I guess I just didnt know who she was back then, I cant believe I actually want to see a Pauly Shore movie again just to refresh my memory!
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You still got that nutty chicks phone number?
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No sir, I did not like it.
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it's been a couple years since I last had contact with her. And even if I did, trust me, you would not want to go through what I did with that woman.
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mine would tell me about.
Showing me where she landed and broke her neck after jumping off a balcony, completely thrashing her mom's place, trying to bash some guy's skull with a porcelain statue...
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Top. Fucking. Work. also Broken looks aight, but only if she gets nekkis.
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this is friend of yours, is it joey joe joe jowaski? cause he is a top bloke.
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Francis! you're scaring the maggots
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I remember having this "relationship" (for want of a better word) in university with this borderline psychotic goth chick. I wasn't in the best frame of mind myself and it all got messy.
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the noise she makes is "kiri kiri kiri"And it's fucking traumatic.
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Lovefilm have Bader-Meinhoff complex. Result. They'd better not fuck me around for a year.
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Listen to this- Lovefilm were meant to send us Dungeon Siege and The Hitcher this week. Then this morning Mrs. Jarv gets an email saying they're sending Braindead and Hellraiser 3 (she's going to be pissed at me for those 2). But we didn't receive the boll movement or the hitcher. What the fuck are they playing at?
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It's bothering me. I didn't really want the Hitcher. But I'm going to have to re-ist the bollfest. How annoying.
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This is driving me mad.
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I may have to go and give them a prod. And the cricket's shit.
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about this piece of giant Calamari with a vagina face, Fucken' weirdo's
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my contempt just boiled over and I told them to fuck off. They're being ridiculous.
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Weirdos, indeed!
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Is the version of The Hitcher you are trying to see the newish one? I recall one of the mods saying that it should be run over, reversed, then run over again. I haven't seen it, but I remember clearly that comment.
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they've got to a truly fucking pathetic "waaah, flames on optimus, waaaah" level of bitching now. Fuck them, I hope snyder has raped their beloved Watchmen horribly. I hope he's committed a crime of cultural vandalism equivalent to a fat guy wiping his arse on the Mona Lisa's smile.
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I remembered that the new one blows.
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Couldn't find a yak or a moose for you, and you seem to be rejecting bunnies (dusty or otherwise), but how do you feel about possums? I happen to have one at this moment eating apple pieces inside a cage-trap in my yard. Don't know it's gender, but it seems rather calm, considering it's circumstances, and about as cute as is possible for a possum to be. If you're interested in meeting with it, let me know.
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Maybe just my opinion, but you can't go wrong with a Rutger Hauer movie. Glad to know you weren't trying to rent the remake. Hope they get it fixed for you soon. You all seem to have many issues with that company. Aren't there any better ones?
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Pencaploypse. The Flying Possum attack is the first sign of impending pencil jihad. Threfore, terry cannot abuse the possums. They're in training for the war.
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I have to get up in about 4 hours, so I'd better go crash. Have a great day everyone.
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Merely relocated to a more strategic location. Hopefully it will soon be joined by 2 racoons who are also infiltrating my yardspace....unless TerryMalloy prefers them to possums. I am NOT going to be the one to open that cage, let me tell you!:)
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rental company. And I hate blockbuster. The reason I didn't want the Rutger Hauer one (as much as it rocks), is that it's on Telly every wekk.
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But, and I'm very far from convinced about this, Watchmen is apparently amazingly dense. If they've changed/ omitted this particular nuance, then it doesn't sound like the end of the world. The overreaction is ridiculous- did you see that loser that said when he heard it "a little piece of him died". They're being worse than Transformers fans.
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I don't know anything about Watchmen, never heard of them till the movie was announced on here. Never heard of 'Iron Man' either and that turned out top. The Watchmen trailer doesn't do much for me but it looks like it could be an entertaining flick.I kind of understand when you're a fan of a book, when the images are ingrained in your head over many years, it's hard to accept when somebody comes along and changes things for a movie version. I got pissed off with 'Contact' - still a good film - but I hate the fact that it's just Jodie Foster who goes off in the spacecraft, when in the novel there's a group of astronauts to represent various nations. Still niggles me, that.
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They also smoothed out the religious edges.
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To quote South Park; "BLEURGH. That movie was AWFUL"
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And guess that the Watchmen thing is from the maxim. Therefore, it doesn't strike me as the worst thing in the world for Rorschach to be saying it. If I'm wrong then, whatever, but it's nigh on impossible to get every nuance in the runtime- and if they have to simplify that one for it to make sense, then it's hardly the worst thing in the world.I still stand by the disproportionate squealing though.
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thank Crom. PG13 Conan is to terribe to think of,
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the sexual tendencies of people that say a giant robot looks gay. I'm forever using "as gay as OZymandias" from now on.
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When I saw it was just gonna be Jodie Foster and nobody else on that spaceship... a little piece of me died ;)
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The 'a little piece of me died' guy was referring to a Watchmen video game "prequel" and his reaction to its apparent suckage.Unless somebody else repeated the phrase elsewhere in the TB...
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dumbing it down. I blame audiences, frankly, if people weren't so fucking stupid then they could work it out for themselves. Jesus, I managed it.
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It was used more than once. Fucking overreactions. I'm not bitching about it. I'm mildly interested, but simulutaneously disgusted at them. I'll probably see it, and at some point I'm sure I'll read it- and then I'll bitch about intergalactic squid monsters etc.
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there's a huge difference to putting it at the end to the beginning.
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Yeah, the scientist angle in Contact threw me. They did a damn fine job of adapting everything else but I remember watching the movie and seeing the "machine" for the first time and thinking not only is that way different than the one in the book, but it doesn't look like it can seat five people. Still, it's easily one of the best book to film adaptations I've seen.So I cracked open my James Bond collection last night and put in Moonraker. For a movie that screams of 70s schmaltz, it's aged fairly well and it's still a damn fine piece of entertainment.No offense D.Vader, I hope that Watchmen is everything you hope it to be but I have zero interest in it. Which says a lot as I'm usually jonesing on everything.
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seriously overestimating the impact of this trailer. TDK was a long time ago, and most people are morons. They're going to have to perform fucking miracles in marketing to get this off the ground, and their efforts so far have been thoroughly underwhelming.
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In case you come back, when can we expect a release for King Naresuan? That looks like cocaine for the eyes.
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HOD!I couldn't buy a Bond collection. It'd never be complete would it - I'd have to buy a new Bond Collection everytime they released another movie! Ashamed to say, I haven't got a single Bond in my DVD hoard. Been looking at the 3-disc 'Casino Royale' but I just don't know...
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sorry about the sweeping generalisation. I've seen a lot of people use this teaser as reasoning when I've been saying "the general public neither knows nor cares". I am being facetious with that, and I want Watchmen to do well as if it is the Gold Standard geek property I'd be heartbroken to see it sink without trace.I know that TDK wasn't that long ago for most sentient people, but the population is comprised of morons that can't remember what they had for breakfast. Expecting them to recall a teaser trailer from 4 months ago is asking an awful lot.
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Off to the Butchers now. Buying an ox tail to cook over the weekend. See you all in half an hour.
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I say this through gritted teeth but the new (at least I haven't seen it before) trailer looks fairly decent.Never trust a trailer, though...
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For all the COCers, I'm off to the city tonight to see one of the Trinity in person. Bruce Campbell is introducing, and doing q and a for My Name is Bruce tonight. I'll try and take some pics and write something up, but I doubt I'll bothering with sending it in here.
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Christ ThereWolf, pick up at least one just so that you can tell people, "Oh yes, I do indeed have some Bond in my collection." I'm the first to admit there are some stinkers. Movies that I loved as a kid haven't aged well at all.Live and Let Die? My favorite Bond theme but a steaming pile of a movie. License To Kill? Dalton looks like he just showed up to collect a paycheck. Octopussy? Roger Moore should have hung it up by this point. And who thought Maude Adams was attractive enough to be a Bond girl?But then you've got Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, Goldeneye, The Living Daylights and Casino Royale. All top notch.Ox tail stew, Jarv?
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Is it possible to be obsessed with someone obsessing over something?
Im almost worried that you will be like one of those journalists who goes off to document some tribe, and then seven years later they find him living there with a bone through his nose, gnawing on a severed human foot.
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Excellent. Ask for his forgiveness before you slug him for not signing up for the Bubba Ho-Tep sequel. And then make it up to him by telling him he was the only good thing about Spiderman 3.
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I do plan to ask him "what do you think of ron perlman as elvis?"
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I can get a bit like a dog with a bone about things.
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That is all that should concern us with the world. Will it ever happen. It NEEDS to happen.
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I won't even bother, cause someone else will ask it for sure. If they don't, I'll carry the baton.
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You mentioned 'Baader Meinhof Complex' before. Is that out on DVD already?
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It's essential to the survival of humanity that Ash picks up his boomstick again. *sniff* Do it for your disciples, Bruce, Do it for us. *sniff*
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My Name is Bruce has a chance of being good? It's odd, but Im not even really psyched for tonight's thing. I sort of wish it was a more promising movie.
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Trailer looks cheesy. The one-liners are pretty obvious but I suppose that's the 'joke.'But, hey, it's Bruce! Hooch for the pooch, baby... or something...
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...actually got to hear people speak. I still think it will totally bomb.
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Nov 14, 2008 9:17:54 AM CST
if I hadn't seen Man With The Screaming Brain...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....I might have more faith in Bruce. But it will still probably be a fun movie to get shit-faced with friends to.
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The guy I still can't stand the look of is Ozy. Now hearing him speak...fuck, he is an irritating little twat. Its odd to hear that is the impotent fat guy. I guess Snyder is just disgusted with anyone out of shape and refused to put them in front of the camera.
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Wow...I checked out the trailer. That looks really really cool. Its like a cross between Sleepy Hollow and Brothers Grimm. It looks like a lot of fun and the stunt work looks great. Is that English dubbed? I'm watched it here at work and I couldn't tell. If it is, the voice work is very well done.
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Which one with glasses?
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I am not interested in Watchmen thus far. Color me unimpressed.
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Several of you were speaking of her the other day. Check her out gettin' down on stage!! Yeeeehah! http://tinyurl.com/6l7vjv
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Freds hopes all is well with yinzers!
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Whoever she is, the young lady appears to be falling out of her frock.
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I don't believe Naresuan has been picked up for the US, though people will probably be waiting for part three to be finished before jumping in. As for Baader Meinhof, it's Germany's Oscar submission this year so I imagine a lot will ride on what happens with that.
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Hee hee
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It gets frustrating cos I don't know where to see, or how to get hold of these films in the UK.
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talentless twat must have sucked satan's cock. And I second that Therewolf comment. It is unimpressive
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talentless twat must have sucked satan's cock. And I second that Therewolf comment. It is unimpressive
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How's it shakin', baby?
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I'll go and find out about Baader
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Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard's musical score for "The Dark Knight" has been disqualified from Oscar contention by the executive committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reports Variety.
The move is not unexepected as the pair's previous collaboration on "Batman Begins" was similarly disqualified in 2005.
The issue comes down to the fact that five names were listed as composers on the official studio music cue sheet, something that was done as "a way of financially rewarding parts of the music team who helped make the overall work successful" said Zimmer a few months ago. The cue sheet is often used to distribute royalties to composers.
Zimmer, Howard, music editor Alex Gibson, ambient music designer Mel Wesson and composer Lorne Balfe all reportedly signed an affidavit to AMPAS stating that the score was primarily the work of Zimmer and Howard - thus allowing it to qualify for an Oscar.
That wasn't enough though as documentation indicates the pair were only responsible for around two-thirds of the final work (under the rules they have to have done over 70% of the work).
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'Baader Meinhof' is on at the Manchester Cornerhouse today!I am a twat. I could've gone this afternoon...
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Nov 14, 2008 9:57:42 AM CST
cool....so now Hancock wins Best Original Score.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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I think we're getting it in December. Yippee! I'm really looking forward to it.
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Whoops! You should have gone. It looks good, Thank fuck Europe is pulling us out of this non-movie funk we're in at the moment.
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Nov 14, 2008 10:00:54 AM CST
Fred trys to keep the jar from shaking, Therewolf
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Makes the day go smoother.
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I've just done the same thing! It's out everywhere. I'm going next weekend
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tomorrow. It does look good. 150 mins, apparently.
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I concur with Danny. If I hadnt seen Man with the Screaming Brain(or Alien Apocalypse, or that Terminal movie) I'd have more faith in this.
However, the local critic liked it for what it was. Here's his review:
An exercise in self-indulgent filmmaking at its most endearing, My Name Is Bruce casts beloved grade-B horror star Bruce Campbell as obnoxious grade-B horror star Bruce Campbell, and wonders what would happen if the cinema worlds created for his films became real.
At least, that's kind of what it does, in a we've-got-to-come-up-with-a-coherent-plotline-for-this-film sort of way. But mostly, what My Name Is Bruce does is give its director-star endless opportunities to make fun of himself. Fans - and they're a dedicated lot - will eat it up, of course. But what's surprising is that the film has genuine laughs and smart-aleck asides that will keep even nonfans happy (although it helps if you at least like the genre).
The film has the on-screen Campbell, an obnoxious twit who abuses fans as much as he abuses the craft of acting, recruited by the residents of Gold Lick, Ore., to save them from a vengeful Chinese demon, the dreaded Guan-di, whose specialty is decapitating his victims. Campbell at first thinks the whole thing is a joke engineered by his agent and, when he finds out it's all too real, does what any God-fearing actor would do in a similar situation. He runs.
Of course he comes back, and there's a climactic showdown of sorts. It's all played for good-natured laughs (at one point, a disgusted townie asks Campbell, "Don't you have a bad movie to make?") and the supporting cast, especially Grace Thorsen as the potential love interest, has great fun being in on the jokes. Evil Dead this isn't - but then, what is?
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You guys see the heading of Capone's Quantum review?Hehehe. Fucking hilarious. He sounds more and more like a retard by the day. PROOF READ MOTHERFUCKER!! Thats almost as funny as that ZACH AND MIRI MAKE A PORONO heading. Every single post in that TB asked the question at least once, "What the fucks a PORONO?
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but most people are morons. Therefore I'm ignoring that poll
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I actually really like the look of that cheap ass Power Rangers villain. That Asian thing. Funny looking.
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Capone is the only person to give us a Slumdog review. Arrgh.
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You're not a people fan, are you!
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I want to see this. Quite badly.
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What's it about?
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Fred congratulates you on the outstanding J-E-T-S win, even though humble Fred does not have NFL network, so could only follow game on CNN website
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but the problem is that so many are fucking imbeciles. Seriously, look at the Charts (for films, books and music) and the continued success of shite like Meet The Spartans. So although I like people as a rule, I don't think they have good taste.
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Apparently part 1 and 2 of Naresuan played with English subs in theaters overseas. I don't understand why they didn't include them with VCD and DVD releases.If I was a rich man, ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum, I'd hire someone to professionally subtitle these films for me. I have a copies of 1612, Der Rote Baron and Opapatika and I refuse to watch them because I can't understand a damn word. Why does the foreign film industry taunt me so?!
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The Sunday showing has got a 1 hour discussion preceding the film, unfortunately sold-out.
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I was able to watch it on NY station channel 11 last night after I got home from class. I witnessed them almost blowing it, but Farve did his job the last drive in the 4th and in overtime.
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I much prefer the Russian trailer to the English version. Does come over more Brothers Grimm in Russian.
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but that trailer was nothing special, and stop with all the fucking slow-mo bullshit.
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needs a Evil Dead 4. Something to unite red and blue states once more.
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13 year old girls.
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Should they keep it cheap and cheerful? Or should it be given a hefty budget this time around? Stop-motion or CGI?
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crashing through the window of a tall building? Answer: At least twice.
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New Star Trek trailer. I think I'd rather just watch trailers of new movies from here on out.
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Considering Raimi is used to doing 500 bajugillion dollar Spider Man movies anything he does now is going to seem like a low budget affair
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Screams during the final fight scene, its really bizarre.
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Indy 4 made it quite evident that magic can be totally lost after so many years. Evil Dead 4 would be wall to wall CG and not nearly as well shot or acted. I can guarantee it. I don't want a shitstain on the Evil Dead slate like Indy 4.
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Ideally it would be done on the cheap with the same charm as the previous ones using stop-motion. To do otherwise is blasphemy.
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...be able to keep the charm and spirit of the first 3 films. He's pretty much lost it by now.
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but it most definitely appears that way.I think something evil got in Sammy's head. I think he needs to lop it off from the neck.
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Thats suppose to be very good. I picked it up a couple of times, it just looked like the movie. But I was told its not a rehash of the movie. Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ask was an Ok comic book, though if they made that into a movie fans of all three would be disappointed.
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with those comments. I'm just happy to have Evil Dead 2 to watch over and over again...
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... in Sam Raimi. The sequence in Spidey 2 when Doc Octopus goes mental in the hospital is pure 'Evil Dead.'
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y'know, like do you think you will ever make a followup to Jack of Trades?
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direction was Campbell's cameo in Spidey 3.
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...after Indy IV I realized just because the character is back and he looks pretty much the same, and all the key players from the originals are involved-- it doesn't mean its guaranteed to work.
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to the movie. Later all.
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Yeah, the ability is still in him. I just don't think he prefers that part of himself anymore. I really think the hospital scene in Spidey 2 was more for the fans than for himself. I think he's grown up and he wants to make more mainstream styled films. That explains his lukewarm feelings toward Evil Dead. He's just done with that. So if he was ever truly muscled to go back to it, it wouldn't be a good result. Thats just my feeling.
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I can't think of any questions for The Chin.
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I think that's exactly right. But he had fun with that hospital scene, you can tell he's having a blast revisiting old territory.
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....he's been asked the same questions for 20 years. Poor bastard.
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Hugh Jackman was left stunned when a busty babe flashed her breasts at him in the middle of a Broadway show.
The Aussie was playing flamboyant Peter Allen in musical The Boy From Oz when the fan rushed the stage to show him her ample bosom.
He recalls, "She said, 'Hugh, I've always wanted to do this,' and lifted up her top. She had these massive tits.
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Raquel Welsch or Sofia Loren?
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Ask him if he fancies adapting a Stephen King book. And which one... presuming that he would.
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... that 'c' got in there. Sorry Raquel. Hope that doesn't lower my chances.
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If he doesn't say 'The Regulators' stand up and kick him in the nuts until he does.Somebody's got to adapt 'The Regulators.'
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Darkman?
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But I wonder if Sofia is a better lay
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Raimi took some time off after the quick and the dead and made, The Gift, For Love Of the Game and A Simple Plan. And everyone was like well that's nice, this schlocky like director is going on and making these more adult movies. To then go and make 3 of the biggest and most expensive movies of all time. Like we all just thought Sam would fade into a decent director, possibly Oscar contender just to go back to his roots, this time with a budget.
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Never hear that one mentioned much but I thought it was okay. 'Darkman' I've only seen once but I have fond memories of it. Doesn't Bruce have a cameo in that?
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But if you threw Claudia Cardinale into the equation I'd have to think about it.
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By all that is 2for2true, I find her incredibly hot.
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Later, guys.
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Nov 14, 2008 12:03:40 PM CST
Just how good did Claudia Cardianle look in the Professionals?
by xiphos_2
Good Christ she was amazing. I think I might give the edge to Sofia Loren over Raquel Welch. Soria seems like a very dirty girl.You can't go wrong with Monica Bulluci, she's most definantly a dirrrty girl.
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.....I dunno if I'd nail it. She sorta scares me. Seems like she would be into some incredibly fucked up shit. Like she would tie me to the bed-posts promising hours of pleasure and then pull out some crazy fucking ball clamps and squat over my face, proceeding to shit on me while she blasted Tom Petty in the other room.I dunno why....I've always thought she must be kinda fucked up mentally.
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She's okay. Nothing amazing. She's no Natalie Wood, thats for sure.
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Nothing. But imagine that horrible scenario. A hot chick brutally torturing your penis while "Mary Jane's Last Dance" blasts from down a dark and neverending hallway.
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That's what I would be counting on.
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I dont like the prospect of my balls being bound until they turn purple.
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Without a shadow of a doubt.Also Belucci. And I don't care if she's nuts and snaps me in half. It would probably be worth it.
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....every time I see that fucking retard Capone's Quantum heading.
"The QUANTUM OF SOLACE love car chase continues. Capone in quite fond it it!!!" What the fuck does that mean?!After hours of careful investigation, I have come to the conclusion that Capone is one of two people; Stephen Baldwin, or Trig-- Sarah Palin's infant son. -
I would take my chances with Ms. Bellucci. She can turn me into a pillow case and it would so be worth it.
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That was pretty harsh...Palin's kid.
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I'm okay with that. Well, maybe not the ball clamps and the Cleaveland steamer part. I'm more cool with Tom Petty and crazy. Shit I got a scar on my arm from a nutcase with a knife. Hot and knife wielding, that's my type.
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Why was it harsh? I just meant his arms are so little he would make several errors while typing, so it justifies the "Capone in quite fond it it!!!" retard speak.
They never fix shit like that. The ZACH AND MIRI MAKE A PORONO never got fixed. And I think Merrick talked about the PORONO stars in the film and spelled it like that every fucking time... -
every movie. Oh look...hot chick who wants to kill me...wha? what mission? Hey..hello...whatcha doing? oohhh, that feels nice baby...keep doing...BLAM!Pillow Bond dead.
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Down's Syndrome.
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Oh of course not. I'm no monster.
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.....I would have said it looks like they let Corky from "Life Goes On" out of his cage to write more reviews for AICN. YES!
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I'm quite looking forward to this. Mrs. Pillow...not so much.
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so alas I won't get it until next week.
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Along with Mongol and The Rape of Europa.
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that is one hot GILF!!
Bellucci does seem a bit twisted behind that sultry facade, just look at her in Dobermann, that wasnt just acting! I get the feeling it goes both ways with her and that she thoroughly enjoys being blindfolded, tied up and spanked. -
....needs to be added to the CoC list. Right alongside Lou Gossett Jr. and all things David Keith. I make a motion, any seconds?
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Keep your expectations low and you will have fun with it. Its a deeply bizaar flick but it has its moments. Like the big comander who sings. Demented genious if you ask me.
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In Bubba Nosferatu! http://tinyurl.com/6275yu
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I really havent seen any of his work besides the original Starship, but looking at his IMDB credits, I'm not impressed....
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You have sidekick TerryMalloy to pull you away from the double crossing cunts before they ice you. So you'd survive until at least after you get your mission. Once the bullets start flying, i'm kind of useless.
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Yeah but the group that deserves the worship of Chang is an odd bunch. Its not necessarily based on talent or resume....its more based on emotional impact on my penis. Take for instance Chris Lambet and The Highlander films. None of them are very good and Lambert is pretty much a shit actor, yet I would never speak ill of him outside this group. You must learn to respect the unrespectable. Thats what the CoC has taught me.
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Lead performance is great.
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Nov 14, 2008 1:00:08 PM CST
I'm gonna start a list and save it and update it.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Who do we got on there Pillow? No one too mainstream outside of Kurt Russell..... I'm adding KEITH DAVID and DAVID KEITH.
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You guys are uncouth philistines
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thinking he was too good for the second Mortal Kombat movie!
I understand what you mean Danny, and I agree. I just need to see more of Casper to appreciate his Changian potential I guess. -
...is horribly great in that Tarzan movie.Sleep Hollow? Probably his only good role after Johnny Rico.
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You should pull the Brim's moustache hairs out of your mouth before you talk. It's so difficult to understand you with your mouth full...
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CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW??
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CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW??
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He did an episode of "Life goes On" The cicle is complete.I met Mr. Van Diem once right around the time of the First Starship Troopers. A girl I'm friends with knows his old Lady. He's an okay dude. Not to bright but friendly. Mostly we talked about sports and The Marine Corps. He went to some sort of Military leaning private high school.
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You must be less of a heathen now. No doubt that powerful Brim DNA is removing those unclean non-believer particles from your system. Rejoice, brother. Like it or not, you shall be one of us. Mwa ha ha!
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When I suddenly realized.....FUCK!! I never watched watched the Appendices on Return of the King!!
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Any other of his bodily hair follicles would have completely obliterated your genetic structure, morphing you into a Brim for the next generation. It is one of the ways the Brim spawns. Also, it might have left traces of dead hooker in your mouth.
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I will deliver Kurt Russell's head on a platter if you keep up this foolish talk
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The change will take some time. Danny is still going through the change, aren't you cookie?
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Like getting hair in funny places? Yeah, I guess thats still happening.
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The Brim recognized him as a kindred spirit and he was accepted without hesitation.
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Whats up with Herb West?
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That is special antennae for catching prophieces and secret orders from the great beyond from Hughes.
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You will not break men
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Something is up? Nothing to do with the Brim, I'm sure. That's another unbelieving heathen.
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How can I catch them if I can't spell them?
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I haven't seen him around in months. You talk to him outside of here dont you?
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He gets points in my book for looking like this:
http://tinyurl.com/ybch83 And for saying the line, "I HATE COPS....I HATE RENTA' COPS TOO!!" In the masterpiece Men At Work, alongside the multitalented Brothers Sheen. -
Yes, I do frequently. He stops by from time-to-time on hee, but tends to miss the rush. He's a little bit behind on our offbeat discussions. He doesn't even kow Dirk!
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Should have been know.
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Lame fingers!
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Did you know him from before or just from on here? I remember him always being around many months back......he just sorta disappeared. He earned my respect when he co-authored a petition to support legislation to require all Busteed Tees girls pose wearing only T-shirts and nothing downstairs. Unfortunately the bill died on the Senate Floor.
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... with unwanted erections?"Is anybody else seeing this ad up top? Isn't that a contradiction in terms? I mean, I've never had an unwanted erection - they're always most welcome.
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David Keith is cooler. I loved the movie "Gulag". David Keith and Malcolm McDowell. A treasure in my video collection!
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Oh man I haven't thought of that one in a long while. I need to watch it when I get home. I remember liking Men At Work a lot.
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We started talking on the SG boards, but I knew who he was on here. I've been around here for a few years, just much quieter than I am now.
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Is a muy macho Wolf!
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Written, Directed, and Starring: The Sultan of Snatch....Mr. Emilio Estevez.
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Oh thats right. I always forget you were around before.
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Ha ha! Xiphos was the first person on here to ever answer anything I said. I was on here for at least two years before that!
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You just ignored me. Probably the best thing you could have done. Look at us now.
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Everybody ignored you for 2 years? You must have been distraught.
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Fucking hilarious movie.
Shoots down the whiskey: "It's...for the pain." -
That VLC player you gave the link for. Any idea if there's a download that will make the player multi-region?
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There is too much to explain, so let me sum up: Not sure about Harry and her. One week he would say he didn't know her and that she wrote to him over and over until he agreed to show her clips, another week he would say that they were actual friends. I think she's older than Yoko and this would be an insult to Yoko to compare them.
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Sometimes amused, sometimes annoyed, but I didn't take it personally. I will find out about that player asap!
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VLC should be able to play everything. NTSC, PAL, VCD and all five regions.
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John_T-Chance seemed to begin as anti-SG, then flip-flopped, allegedly due to influence by his girlfriend who was angered by the stuff being said on that board, including his posts. He suddenly became one of her most notorious supporters.
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I nominate Danny Trejo. The ultimate badass and character actor. Besides, we need some Hispanic representation.
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Jacknancerevenge posted many stories about his "real life" with tended to contrdict each other. He claimed not to know SG (but wanted to meet her), then claimed to be a close friend of hers. This was immediately follwed by her heading her MySpace page with the message that she was visiting JNR's home.
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Unfortunately, it won't. Outside of Region 2, the player kind of locks and if it does manage to display an image it's broken up.
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Good call on Danny Trejo. I've heard he's also a cool guy who's not too good to spend time hanging out with his fans.
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How about Al Leong? The guy who tortured Mel in Lethal Weapon and stole a candy bar in Die Hard.
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I nominate Michael Biehn. He's my hero.
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That's all I'm expecting Xi, and the singing commander? Awesome.
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Some simple looking (not stalking...how can one stalk public websites?) showed that SG had some close connections with a dude named DiMuccio, who had connections also with the original Jack Nance. When I brought up the fact that DiMuccio's MySpace has some rather personal old messages from SG, it changed to private view in less than 5 minutes.
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I was shortening it.
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Nov 14, 2008 2:31:43 PM CST
I think that has more to do with your DVD drive, Wolf
by hawaiian organ donor
I play all sorts of stuff in mine. There's also a way to make your drive region free permanently. Of course, the way that requires more hoops is to strip the coding from the DVD and then either watch the VOB files on your PC or burn them to a blank DVD.
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He lives a bad taste in my mouth with all the Rodriguez associations, and being related to him and all. I dunno...I'm just kinda tired of him popping up as the same character in everything. And his character was never that great. He's no Al Leong.
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The ChinThe MustacheThe WickThe BrimTony JaaJack BurtonDoug McClureMichael BiehnAl LeongDonnie Yen
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He needs more work. I loved him in The Abyss. OK, time to head home. It's been a hell of a week.
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Except that, although I don't think I actually verbally insulted anyone except Chance and Nance (who both began those exchanges), I allegedely "attack" her. I am a "creepy" "stalker". You should know that before associating with my type. ;)
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Professor Toru Tanaka (from Eye for an Eye, Running Man, among others).
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A little part of me just died. Along with the other chunks that died coming into this place every morning this week, there ain't much left. I'll be a rotting corpse soon.
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Pardon the interruption but...you forgot Sho Kosugi!Carry on, CoC.
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I vote to include him.
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Figured it was down to the drive and I have tried to make it permanently multi-region. But the software I used (can't recall what it was) interfered with my web access so I had to remove it!
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Steve McQueenClintLee Marvin
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But I'm guessing his stint in Planet Terror will trump his work with JJ Abrams in Danny's eyes.Mercy, that's just an unhealthy hatred.
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...so I support him and he gets my vote. Same reason W. got my vote in 2000.
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Along with his stellar work in V.
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I have a firend who loves the conventions, He emailed Trejo and invited him out for a round of drinks with some fans. Trejo showed up and hung with them for a couple of hours. That makes him cool enough for me, no matter who he makes films with.
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Absolutely. Get The Marv in there, stat!
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At least I think I did.
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It is saturated with Shia spit....so its gotta be worth something.
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If 2for2true indeed smiles upon thee, he will be welcomed into the Chang Brotherhood. Mavra's story has me leaning towards accepting his nomination now.
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on Lee Marvin's dick.No.
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I support people even when they don't support me. The Donor is bipartisan. Not only does he reach across the aisle, he gives the courtesy of a reach around.
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He's even older than the Brim and still working. He's also done just as many cool roles as any of the others on the list. Why not?
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Nov 14, 2008 2:46:24 PM CST
I'm starting my own list. No Keiths? Bullshit.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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....not Gene Hackman, but Popeye.
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Wild Bunch.
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Interesting. It could make them a powerful force to be reckoned with!
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It's a squad game. We need a big squad in case one of 'em gets injured - then we just bring in the replacement!
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Nov 14, 2008 2:50:22 PM CST
very well, they will make a tasty meal for The Bates
by just pillow talk
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There are several possible names that are no longer among us.
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See some of my suggestions above.
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Just clarifying that. Carry on.
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....do incredible things to women when they team up. Two in one hole?!!! It just should not be possible on God's Earth....
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James Earl Jones says the sermons at the Church of Chang.What is the power of lead compared to the hand that wields it?
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James Earl Jones...perfect!
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with a few common names between all of us...
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Have a good one yourself, man.
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http://tinyurl.com/5lcqvk Fuck...this guy? I like him. Haven't seen him in awhile. Didn't know his name.
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Nov 14, 2008 3:02:12 PM CST
Haha...Capone changed the heading of his TB...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
What once read, "
The QUANTUM OF SOLACE love car chase continues. Capone in quite fond it it!!!"
Now reads, "The QUANTUM OF SOLACE love train continues. Capone is quite fond of it!!!"Awwwww fuck. Its much less fun this new way. I'm probably not gonna read the review now.
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'Planet Terror' is cool - Biehn and Fahey are brothers!
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I don't mean they're black. They PLAY siblings...
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It just doesn't get enough respect for being cool. I waited for months to see it on a big screen, but it never made it to this area. DISAPPOINTED!!!!!
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I may be banned soon. I called out Capone on his trip to Pinewood for Bond, where the Eon people sucked the dick of online critics for happy reviews. Capone gets fucking pissed when I fuck with him. Last time he deleted all my history when I called him out on being reduced to a stuttering fan when he interviewed Paris Hilton.
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thought you were talking about the band. got my hopes up. oh well.
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Hi, Chipps!
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http://tinyurl.com/5rkybm
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... I think about the implication, of diving in too deep..."Quality.
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Chipps! That was to die for! Hilarious!
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Borgnine's IN! He's a star!
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Check out that Borgnine clip, stat!
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That is also the new theme song of "Manswers".
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"I just shook his hand." I'm dyin' here!
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'land down under' which is a good song for the school play. so there was gonna be stacks of people there we sing it and 'heal the world' in front of the crowd. despite repeated threats and puninishments, both song were cut because me and my friends every time sang 'heal my face' and 'i come from a land down under, where women blow and then they chunder. can you smell can you smell the chunder?. This one teacher went beserk 'AT NO POINT, DOES THERE ANYWHERE IN THIS IN SONG APPEAR THE WORD CHUNDER'
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What's that?
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About the "hidden penis". How could you forget that? Must have intentionally blocked it from memory...
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...is that the one where he talks about staying young by jerking off? You guys read this one? --------------------------------------
Hollywood legend Ernest Borgnine has revealed that he used to visit whorehouse once a month, during his days in Navy.
During an interview on ABC News Radio, the 90-year-old veteran actor recalled his Navy days when they used to eat Chinese food and go to a whorehouse once a month, for just 2 dollars.
“Listen, I was an ordinary fella, y”know . . . but in those days you only paid two dollars, the New York Post quoted him as saying.
When asked about whether those two dollars were for whorehouse or Chinese food, he said, “Oh, for the whorehouses. But first of all, we”d go get a bowl of Chinese, y”know, shrimp, shrimp and fried rice that was my favorite . . .It’s one of those things that men have to do and, uh, and in those days I wasn”t responsible to anybody, except myself and to the Navy of course,” he added.
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If you don't post it on all of the top TBs, then you are wasting a golden opportunity.
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Missed that completely... Well, not completely, I probably read it and then just started thinking about skinks, or something and that was enough to distract me. Skinks hoola-hooping. In bowler hats...Give me a minute, I've lost it.
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guess you are tucking into your after work beers.
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They should have charged him more than $2.
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There have been a few of us that have had our history deleted but keep our names.
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Has rocketed up in my estimation. He was already quite high.
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Are you familiar with the Geico Gecko? Sounds very like your skinks.
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What are you up to right about now?
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on the Phantasm films alone. I always got a kick out of those.
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Gecko - is the noise a lizard makes in a very long tunnel.
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Have a great time tonight. Gather many details to share with us. I want to live vicariously through your attendance.
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Only if he's gagging in it.
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http://www.couragecampaign.org/prop8repeal
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We've got to have The Power!
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soon im going out with my mum and my sister for what we call an 'english breakfast' bacon, eggs, toast, sasuages. my sister will be having scrambled tofu. i shit you not. later i'm going to the hallowed turf of lang park to watch england v nz in the rugby league (i think anyway, it is the semifinal, it may be oz vs the might of fiji) I'm going drink a shit load of four xxxx (after a barbie at my house, which is near the stadium) then it is on to my sister's house who is having a party and has offered me beer if i bring my mates to act as crowd control. Her friends are scarred of me and i don't mind pulling them into line if i have to so when i'm there, the only person playing up is me. (people tend to think you are crazy after they have seen you light yourself on fire). I've warned her though, by that stage i may be too drunk to fight. Still, even falling over i'll account for most of her friends. In short, this weekend i will be taking terry's advice: plenty of sex, plenty of drinking and maybe a few fights (all i can do is start them, i can't make people fight) good times in the land of the irish diaspora
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Holy fucking shit, does every weekend in Oz kick that much ass?
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I signed.
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Left you a message in the other place. I'm out for a bit. See you all later!
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Mmmm. Demand that sausage be a Cumberland. Absolutely got to be a Cumberland.
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Yum!
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Me too. May be back, though.
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...if its covered in a pound of onions and green peppers.
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right now i'm focusing on a)not eating cause i wanna be hungry and b)not drinking, because i have a long day ahead of me
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IS FUCKING HERE!!! FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YOU BRUNO KIRBY!!
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Have a top weekend. Come back soon! (See - there is good in him, I can feel it...)
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Everything I can find on VLC is exactly what HOD said. I still have the link for the page if you wanted to try it again or read the documentation about it.
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I've got the link - but I think the problem is my DVD drive. Thanks for trying, though!
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I'm about half asleep, so I don't know if I'll catch you here. http://tinyurl.com/2r74l
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I thought there might be something in the documents to help you out, or maybe someone you could contact for assistance.
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I put the making of 'Ben Hur' in to watch and fell asleep within ten minutes! Woke up with the credits rolling...
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That's funny! I am from the twon where it was written. There is a museum there with items from the film, including costumes donated by Charelton Heston. Many local landmarks there are named either after Ben Hur or Lew Wallace.
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Will actually play any region, that's what I don't get. But - I'm only allowed to change the region something like 4 times. Then it will stick forever on whatever the last Region is I play. Naturally I haven't bothered, just left it on Region 2.
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I've been to his monument at Oak Hill Cemetary. Of course, many of my family members are there too. Small town...
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Would that solve your problem?
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Yeh, love it - and the silent b&w version as well. And you're from there! Have you been to the museum?
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It also has the best hills in the entire town for sledding, if you can climb the brick wall (they usually close the museum in the winter except for special occasions.
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... but it's not crucial. When I next upgrade my PC I'll make sure it's multi-region.Do you know anything about 'wireless broadband'? Is the connection dependable, that sort of thing?
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Every day on my home from school. It was on the same street as the school and directly across from my best friend's house. Yuo, I spent lots of time around there. They used to have a very nice little festival in the fall and they would play the movie nonstop for 2 days. Ever see the chariot race in reverse? Hilarious!
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ha ha
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Genius! That's now on my wish list.
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Works well as long as the distances are not to far apart. You can always get boosting devices, if you need a better signal.
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If you don't have idiots sabatoging the connection on the other end of where you are. Linksys is a good brand for wireless.
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this DVD drive I've been slagging off... it PLAYS IN REVERSE! Brilliant!
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Lord, help me learn to spell!
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... you've got to have a password or else someone can sneak in on your connection. Naughty.
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Let me know how you enjoy that scene.
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'sabatoging' better.
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No issues there. I had a teenager on the other end who was hoping for a new computer if she could convince her father the connection was faulty. She kept dismantling it and damaging the parts (though she still denies it). Eventually, she ruined it permanantly. She didn't get a new computer....now she's stuck with slow dial-up service. Serves her right!
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The reverse mode doesn't run as smoothly as I hoped. The comedic implications are still apparent, though!
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That was how I saw it there. Much as I love the film, allowing us to see that part going backwards was the high point.
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Over saying the word sabotage? He said it wrong in some sort of voice over thing, maybe the old Star Trek cartoon. When it's pointed out to him he goes ballistic and refuse to change how he says it. Shat also claims that's how he always pronounces the word. Funny stuff.
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I'd very much like to! The Shat in meltdown - that'd be priceless.
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DO you know how he said it? Was it like Bugs Bunny "sab-o-ta-gee"? There is a comedic implication!
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http://tinyurl.com/6khrtg This is the museum's website. You can also take a virtual tour of it and see some of the exhibits.
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I'll check this out.
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First he would sort of whisper his and pronounce it as "sab-uh-tage" with the last A sort of dragged out. On the old Howard Stern terrestrial radio show they dropped it in all the time. Maybe his website has it? I'll go look.
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I'll give this a proper perusal when I'm a bit more awake!Just need a ballistic Shat now.Oh. No. That sounds wrong.
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typing is not my thing.
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funny
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I don't think I want to see it. So I can enjoy the movie, and not wish I just watched the trailer again like 300. Man I hope the new Star Trek doesn't suck, because the trailer was awesome.
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Here's the link. Youtube doesn't work for me but I'm sure its the correct one.http://tinyurl.com/6e6uha
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Good thing Danny isn't here, Wolf! He might make it a new catchphrase.
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Gotta love YouTube!
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I need to watch that and Repo Man never have. Always wanted to. See to never be able to find it, guess I'll have to net flicks it.
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is that he says it in the typical way when saying he doesn't say it that way.
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That's exactly what he does, Mavra!
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bye again
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Where did you catch that, Series?
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Too funny! The poor guy never had a chance againt The Shat!
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You got the link to work! It wouldn't work for me!
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Drinking the Coronas tonight?
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Divide at the http
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Then looked closer at it.
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How did you guess!
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He just utterly blitzed him! That poor guy did not know how to handle the situation - or the force of nature that is The Shat!
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It's the toupée. It made him the Shat he is today.
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I just figured you didn't down them all from the other night, you aren't Chipps.
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... the land of nod.You people have a great weekend.
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Dream of golden chariots and swift horses.
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Chipps is a booze behemoth!Mavra, Xiphos - always a pleasure. I'm definitely going now!
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Heard the current political rumor about HRC being considered for Secretary of State?
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Getting ready to watch a quantum of solace. Hope it doesn't suck. Have a wonderful weekend all
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Not making any promises about that movie.
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I've got about 2 hours to nap before work and I think I need 'em. See you guys on the flip side!
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Before the new Bourne/Bond movie I caught last night. At first I thought it was going to be the new Terminator. Trailers are sooo much better then movies these days.
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Had money for all these new special edition DVD sets coming out? Like Hellboy 2 and TDK? I wonder how long they will keep those up. I remember when dvds first came out they were kind of lame, then they started making cool ass dvds. Then they stopped minus the cool free stuff that sometimes comes with dvds at wal mart.
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Fred enjoyed it. Fred's girlfriend said it was just ok though - she thought it was just fighting and action and not much story. Fred thought it had a good story, but it is not as good as Casino Royale. The comparison to Bourne is only superficial, Bond has more depth. What people seem to forget is that this is a series that is re-imagining Bond altogether. The first movie was Bond getting his license. This is maturation as a double O. The third - if the progression continues, should see him as a complete double O.
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And Quantum of Solace too short. Daniel Craig is perfection and those editors sucked balls. Wanted more 007 revenge. I was not sated at the end. Ready for the third installment. And why did Clive Owen reject Bond to appear in second rate action films?
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glad to hear that, I like the guy but I think he's just wrong for Bond. And Craig is great in the part. Seeing Quantum this weekend. Mrs Fred (or is it Mrs Balls?) said it's "just fighting and action and not much story"? If the action is on the level of Casino Royale then that sounds good to me!
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Sucked because of the director. Everything else was there, all the annoying quick cuts. Why didn't Campbell just keep doing the bond movies? As far as I'm concerned he's done the best 2 with Goldeneye being the best and Royale second. Seriously with the way the plot of QoS played out and the sloppy as shit action it was too much like Bourne. Plus fuck Clive Owen, fucking pussy he is. He couldn't fight for shit. I would've like to seen Transporter do Bond. Yeah the action is at the same level as Royale just imagine that all the action was done shaky cam style. Seriously, did no one learn there lesson from Rambo?? Sly showed you that you don't have to use Shaky cam to do awesome action. Seriously I thought we were done with that shit people, come on. Just imagine how awesome movies like The Condemned would have been if they had been released in Rambo's Post Shaky Cam world.
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What the fuck happened to that Notorious BIG movie???? I guess he isn't directing it? Then why was his name on the first trailer(I think?) And on the Ultimate Movie Trailer show they announced it that he was directing it? I always that was weird.
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Jarv did you like that show?
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Looks like no ones about tonight.
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Thoughts in retrospectives of
Transsiberian and Far From Heaven. Far from good is more like it, man that movie was so boring and stupid. I don't know what those All State commercials have done for that actor but thats all I could think about whenever he was on the screen. Transsiberian was a lot of fun. Very predictable, but much MUCH MUCH! Better then the Machinist even if I already knew this ending, at least the whole movie was very predictable unlike the Machinist 'BIG REVEAL' ending that was soooo fucking lame. Just think if Christian Bale hadn't spent his time losing all the weight for that movie think how much bigger he would have been for Batman Begins. -
You ever watch the Graham Norton show? I actually am starting to like his show more then Letterman Leno and Conan. But not Kimmel, never Kimmel he is the true king to late night. That or the only guy still doing funny things with his show.
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TT kicks about 15 different kinds of B movie ass.
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I'M DISGUSTED BY THIS!
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A bootleg of the ST trailer is up on YouTube now. Looks okay. Not keen on the kid at the start, squeaking his iconic name out...Generally, yeh, this could be good.But beware the strong trailers, for they sent to blind us...
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I'm disgusted by this.
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but with youngish Dawson Creek looking TV actors
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speaking with English accents in the Valkyrie trailer?
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the actors are no bloody good at doing German accents. In which case, this way is much less painful. Actors essaying Germans but speaking English with a German inflexion do my head in, to be honest. I'd rather they just put in a good performance.I mean, did Gene Hackman sound Polish in 'A Bridge Too Far'!?!Anyway, if you're disgusted by this, you should say so.
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I AM DISGUSTED...BY THIS...
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That would have put a bit of charm on the proceedings
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Where the spies are twenty something yuppie dudes fresh out of Yale who have no idea what the fuck they're doing, don't speak the language of the country in which they are stationed, who support violent brutal totalitarian dictators with suitcases of cash, give piss poor intelligence that leads to misinformed policy decisions, who lead a covert action that gets everyone involved killed or executed by the opposition, who can't fight at all and can only lie semi-effectively, who through their complete and utter incompetence allow terrorists to attack us on our own soil and who are ultimately iced by a mole in the highest region of the government.
It would be a little closer to reality.
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my anserstors were the 'fuck you' cunts who got nicked and sent to oz.
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at least it's not a remake of something else... who you gonna cast in it?
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too druck to type. but they were two good games jarv. it is natural selection dude. you send the hard cunts off to an island to breed. what do you expect?
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why did they even bother with any attempts at german accents to begin with? It's not a movie about germans who speak english, it's a movie with germans that's filmed in english because if it was in german no one would go see it. The should just speak regular english like if it was dubbed from a german version.
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With a Screenplay by Jason Friedberg/Aaron Seltzer and Directed by Keenan Ivory Wayans.
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But do you recall how they navigated the language barrier in The Hunt for Red October? Pretty nifty, but incredibly unnecessary
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it is a rental. it wasn't crasy bad but it wasn't worth going to see. it was popcorn. it was never scary. the plot holes were too numerus to go into. it was just generally shit. but i like watchen moives so i pass more of them i should. when i think about it, don't go see it. i just only liked it cause it is the only film i went to this week.
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but that is mostly cause i like to go to the movies. there was one i LOVED though. it was to do with shots. to drunk to go into it. te'' ya later.
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you really arent even gonna pretend to make a good movie at all, are you?
Red October was a long time ago, so I dont particularly remember much about it, but it's Connery attempting a russian accent with his already accented english, so it's a given it's gonna sound weird. -
You want to watch a two hour movie with people doing a bad Sergeant Schultz impersonation, why?
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(i know nothing)
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But I've never seen Hogan's Heroes. Before my time.
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I take it OZ beat England at Rugby?
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life is good
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Is they had some guy speaking Russian and then there's like a wipe or a dissolve or we zoom inside his brain or something and all of a sudden he's speaking English.
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eating potato salad and listening to credence
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fortunate one
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Singer needs to bounce back after that atrocious debacle of StuporMan Returns: The Stalking. A truly wretched pathetic shit heap of a movie. If they hadn't beat me over the head with Singers name as director I would have thought M. Night Shymalan directed that crapfeast. It was that bad.How in the hell do you take one of the most boring unintersting characters in the comic strips and make him even more boring and unintersting plus a creepy stalker to boot? A bad, bad, bad movie.
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those cunts killed a lot of my familiy. but my best mate, who's family took me in when i had to look after my brother is a kraut, and i've become part of the german comunity in brissy. and those poor fuckers remember, at the end the ruskies raped their way across that country. i am mates with a bunch of dudes who fought in the battle of berlin as children. old guys now. they sing for my missus. you should be alowed to be be proud to fight for your family. maybe your side were assholes. but you fight for your familly.
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on their market day. and i say. you fuckers killed my family. you came here. and it dosnt upset them. cause i respect that they didn't fight for hitler.
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and i aint no yank. but part of me envies them. i love this country more than i can say. but i was born here. they got to choose to come here. and while i love this country so much, sometimes i think, well i would anyway. they got to choose to come here. they are real australians. with their german acents. when not drunk i'll recount some of the stories i have heard. they are beyound belief (the u boat reuinon is held here)
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but you better not complain boy, you get in trouble with the man
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it is 0430 here and the sun is coming up. this is a bad thing cause every year me and my mates drink all night and for various reasons strip down to our undies. so we sit on the porch drinking. but because we drink from 6pm till 10 am every fucking year we get sun burnt.
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i forgot! i spent the night abusing the former captain of the australian rugby league team!! more importantly the long term captain of the queensland state of origin team!!! a god amougn men. he was siting five rows in front of me. a great of the game. mal maninga. as soon as he sat down i yelled (drunkenly) SMELL MY FINGER!!! i was putting away the beers. at half time he got up and left (england was playing so badly i thought he may not come back) anyway i yelled out 'hey mal! while your up, get us a beer mate! mal! get us a beer mate!' any way i gave up and got my own beers (you can only get four at a time so i enlisted emma) i went back to my seat. then he came back. so i yelled 'mal, what the fuck! Where's my beer!! Mal! where's my beer!!'
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kept going up to him and getting photosl the guy who was sitting beside him plays for australia but mal is beyond huge. people kept asking this other guy to take a photo of them and mal. there was four of us blokes and our missuses. i said to my mates 'im gonna ask mal to take a photo of me and the guy sitting beside him' i grabbed a camera and went down. my missus is used to me causing trouble. the bloke were all like 'go fincy!' (they rely on me for their entertainment) as i run down the missus gives me this look 'you're not getting sex for a month'. so i backed down. i felt cowardly and cut up about. after the game a bunch of people croweded around the current aussie player. i saw my chance and ran down again. i got the same look. i gave in. i feel like a coward. i went back up. the missus was so happy. i feel like a coward. i leaned over to her and i said: on a scale of one to blow job, were do you think i stand. she said blow job. i feel like a coward. but today will be a good day.
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I would not have pegged you as pussy whipped. You should have switched to hard booze and manned up.
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They did a song called 'Who'll Stop The Rain.' Movie song, that's how it went - "Who'll stop the rain, who's got the action, eastside westside..." All the lyrics were movie titles.Who cares? I know, sorry...
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Great idea for a movie. But I think Oliver Stone should direct it. All footage to be shot on a mobile phone. Music by Jean-Michel Jarre using only a xylophone. With singing skinks in bowler hats.
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Top song, Chipps, by the way.
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Want to write the first draft?
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... that I'm sufficiently qualified for such a controversial project, loaded as it is with potentially inflammatory political intrigue.Plus, lives could be in danger. You don't know how close you are to the truth...
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Anyone else think that 'Fisheaded' trailer's got a touch of the 'Eraserheads'?To be frank it went straight over my head, I'm just a peasant, y'know.Mind you, 'Transformers' went straight over my head.
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My favorite Creedence song. There's a reason though...my non-AIC name is taken from that song (though it managed to translate to 'fortunate one').
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"Heaven 17" was the a name of a band from the book (and possibly the film) "A Clockwork Orange". It was one of the records the girls were listening to in the shop. I AM the trivia master!
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Go for the real deal and watch "The Great Escape". Fantastic movie!
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If I don't toss some posts in here,
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Let's just keep this up in a comfortable top spot.
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Award yourself a CoC Lollipop!Now, what was the name of the fictional song they were listening to?
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I was watching the making-of before! Fell asleep again - just as I did in 'Ben Hur'!
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How's the Brim genetic resconstructioning going? Having any weird urges to check your blood sugar often?
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I watched the movie (not the making of) this morning. It's on free on-demand tv this month. Even though I havr the dvd somewhere, having it on television 24/7 makes it difficult to resist. Better than any real shows they offer.
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Are you not getting enough sleep lately? You seem to miss many shows. Damn! Can't remeber the name of the song. I remember the other group was "Goggly Goggle". A CoC lollipop is a sucky prize. (ha ha)
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... a couple of weeks ago from Tesco for £3. A steal.Virgil Hilts is one of my heroes. The Cooler King!
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And "Night After Day After Night". I cheated. I have the book here.
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My top 2 war films. Love 'em!
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Under the impression it was 'Inside.'
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I don't have it, just the book.
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'(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang.' One of my faves from back in the day.
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That's a toughie. At this particular moment in time it's 'The Thin Red Line', 'The Big Red One' & 'The Longest Day.'
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I just remembered the name. I also know there's another Clcokwork fan somewhere on AIC...must be because he/she uses the name Durango 95, which was the car they had.
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I'm sure it's in the book. I've got neither that or the film to hand. It's possible I've managed to bamboozle myself.
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My two are shown on a very regular basis, so I've seen them both over and over.
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i'm awake now, and i'm pretty sure i'm still drunk
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celtic ancestors had only one fear: that the sky would fall in on their heads.
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if you hadda seen the look in her eye....
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The song 'Temptation' was used in 'Trainspotting' - if you've seen that one. Also, 'Groove Thang' was used in the BBC's 'Ashes To Ashes' series.So you may have heard them but didn't realise it!
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Just the two I named and Beethoven's Ninth in that section.
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I think I've missed "Ashes to Ashes" (more song titles!), but I probably have heard them. Gives me something new to look up and learn.
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I would guess that the majority of the guys here in a similar circumstance would have made the same choice as you.
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life is good. it is 33 degrees here at 1130, beautiful queensland day
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I'm just jealous. Don't listen to me.
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Must be the movie, then.
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Is a CCR song that happens to my favorite. Kick ass toon that holds up great even being like fourty years old.
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What the hell! its a song not a cartoon. Bollocks!
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All CCR songs are kick ass. Fogerty rules!
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I have no doubt you're right. It's been a long time since I've seen the movie. I've read the book too many times to count.
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Choon!
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Brings back some memories.
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It makes the most sense.
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Kicks mucho ass. Lodi is top shelf.
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i'm listening to them again. my favourites are bad moon rising, fortunate son and midnight special. midnight special is a cover. pretty sure it was written by leadbelly, while he was in jail for murdering his cousin.
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here's some triva for you, if you watch the scene where he goes to record store carefully (in clockwork organge) one of the albums on the rack was the soundtrack to the movie 2001 space odessey.
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I have to sing along whenever I hear that one.
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Like an easter egg from way back when. Cool!
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I'm nodding off here.See y'all, and take care.
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i've just woke up (cause the earth is round)
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We've almost made it back to #1. Awesome (especially for Saturday).
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Of course its 0500hrs here and I wasn't drinking.
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But I leave for work in less than an hour. My schedule is closer to your times than to most people in this zone.
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I've been doing it for so long that I can't even smell them anymore, but strangers keep complimenting me on smelling so good (and a few weirdos have asked if they can lick me!).
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Let's see if this works.
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he owes me a beer.
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After a man blocked me into into a corner at the back of the store one morning as I was leaving. He kept trying to sniff me. SECURITY!!!!
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I wonder why the other one didn't work.
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It's goofy, crass, broad humor wrapped around a self-serving meta-film about Bruce, his crappy movie choices, and his nutty fans. And it's actually pretty fun. I was relieved it wasn't Man With the Screaming Brain. In fact, despite it still being a pretty stupid movie, the silly, tongue in cheek Bruce of Army of Darkness was in full tilt here. And I don't think I have seen a movie with this many in-jokes revolving around the "real" person it portrays.
There is an even a Brokeback Mountain gag involving the blacksmith from Army of Darkness and Jake from Evil Dead 2. Both actors back.
When Bruce knocks an old lady out of her car and throws out her cat too, she yells out at him "Mchale's Navy sucked".
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Just thumb 'em in the throat.
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Now I want to see it more than ever. Sounds quite a bit like his books, and they rocked.
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Good idea. I never think of that stuff fast enough. I also carry pepper spray since then. People are such freaks!
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So, when the movie ended, the lights came up, and the ushers came in to collect trash. At this point some douche in the front row actually starts screaming in rage-"I came for Bruce! He isn't here! F' ME! F'ME!"
And then Bruce appears in the doorway and wants to know what the hell is wrong with that guy. It was priceless.
Below is the q and a. Most of it anyway. Bruce was a stand-up guy, very funny and charming and you could see, somewhat cautious of the uber-fans. The douche-nozzle mentioned above is the guy who asks about Herbie the Love-bug in the Q and A. Enjoy!
part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHCy7Z_jdhQ
part 2
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And douse myself in mayo before I leave work. I hear it works as a repellent. ;)
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I wish I didn't have to go in early! I will catch those in the morning. See all of you later.
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he actually petted Campbell as Bruce walked out the theater exit. I honestly believe that, based on the look on his face, for that one moment Bruce wished he lived in the world of his films and he could have just dropped his elbow on that dude's cranium.
Also, check out the part where Bruce talks about the perils of signing cleavage.
And he did some Elvis kicks at the screening, and even referred to Ron Perlman once accidentally as Ron Silver.
And he paid a guy 3 dollars as an apology for Alien Apocalypse.
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I had specifically picked up a copy of Army of Darkness to get signed so I could send it to HOD as a thank you for the asian films, and damn it all, Bruce left and I couldn't locate him after that.
Even hung around over at the irish pub across the street with a friend, waiting for the other screening to let out, but no cigar on that either.
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that was cool of you to try and get the DVD signed you put in one hell of an effort.
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i was hoping to see you or hear a question from you. well done.
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Pepper spray is problamatic. It can easily incapacitate you as somebody else. In a confined space you're going to catch some blowback.
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and punch them in the eyes
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mavra..having creepy work problems. Carry a samurai sword. It needs no introduction.
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A palm strike to the sternal notch, that's the V at the bottom of the chest bones/top of the rib cage. It's simple, just drive the open palm of your hand into the notch, a firm straight blow. Anybody will back up.
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if you shred the bottoms of your shirt, light each one on fire, and then twirl around. Freaks the ever-lovin' crap out of them.
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Last night was fun, as I said. Went to little italy with a friend I hadnt seen in awhile, drank some italian beer, caught campbell and the movie, and then went over to James Joyce for some irish beer and wait out Campbell. The night ended on a somewhat down note with no autograph and a crazy moment where I made a wrong turn leaving the city, and pulled into the parking lot of a Safeway downtown, and as I was turning around, a small gang of guys standing in the parking lot literally charged my car like something from 28 Days Later. Needless to say, I floored it out of there.
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Last night was fun, as I said. Went to little italy with a friend I hadnt seen in awhile, drank some italian beer, caught campbell and the movie, and then went over to James Joyce for some irish beer and wait out Campbell. The night ended on a somewhat down note with no autograph and a crazy moment where I made a wrong turn leaving the city, and pulled into the parking lot of a Safeway downtown, and as I was turning around, a small gang of guys standing in the parking lot literally charged my car like something from 28 Days Later. Needless to say, I floored it out of there.
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Last night was fun, as I said. Went to little italy with a friend I hadnt seen in awhile, drank some italian beer, caught campbell and the movie, and then went over to James Joyce for some irish beer and wait out Campbell. The night ended on a somewhat down note with no autograph and a crazy moment where I made a wrong turn leaving the city, and pulled into the parking lot of a Safeway downtown, and as I was turning around, a small gang of guys standing in the parking lot literally charged my car like something from 28 Days Later. Needless to say, I floored it out of there.
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sorry bout that.
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My weekend has consisted of taking money off of a degenerate gambler Captain in the British SAS. He's financing my Las Vegas vaction in two weeks. All by himself. He loves American College football, pro football and now I've got him hooked on college and pro basetball and he knows jack about any of it. I take his action on anything, he's guranteed to lose and he's wealthy, some sort of royalty. Its fantastic.
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Rainy and misty here, and we went to PA for a nephew's birthday party. Came back to find some more free tickets for Slumdog Millionaire(it will be our second time for seeing it, and it's yet to be released) and my deepdiscount order of Notorious, Rebecca and Spellbound.
Tomorrow the wife and I are hanging out, and in the evening we host movie night with Hellboy 2 and the Fountain, and a taco dinner in between.
Xi, it seems to me that bit above about the gambler could make for a nice little two-character story piece. -
I put as story up today and I have a half completed one that I add to every couple of days like a serial.
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Where is the rest of my post. That's twice now that has happened.Anyways the rest of the post was me asking how to write something like a two character story piece. My stories are for six year olds. Guns and running around that's my strength.
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and I liked it. I'd love to do a team-up sometime on that piece I was asking your input on awhile back. More details over at zhura tomorrow.
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Thanks. I will look for your message later on today.
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If you were in car, why back up? You have the advantage, an engine attached to 2000 pounds of steel.
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Classic.
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Read your Western. Dug it, man. Right up my alley.
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Watched Dog Day Afternoon for the first time today. Lived up to and surpassed my expectations. I had no idea it was going to be so funny.
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What is up with that shot where the finance guy breaks the fourth wall and looks directly at the camera shaking his head? That surely has to knock it off anybody's top ten list.
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I actually think it looks like alot of fun. Yea, it's going to be a bit different, and people will whine, but it has a great adventure vibe going for it. It looks like a summer film with scope. Count me in.
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one could argue he wasnt looking at the audience, but I know what you mean. There are large swathes of Kane that seem almost documentary-like. I feel like that scene was Welles going even further than usual with it. Not sure if it constitutes a mistake, or a purposeful moment.
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I thought it was just Welles throwing in a little humor. Could be a mistake, but considering how deliberate the rest of the movie is I find it unlikely. But for some reason I am never moved by Citizen Kane. In moments I am but taken as a whole it leaves me feeling apathetic. The most interesting thing about to me is that the audience is the protagonist and our dramatic question is: Who is Citizen Kane? Not too many movies that place the burden on the audience in such an overt way.
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huh Jonah? Fuck looks like my DVR decided not to record SNL. Even though I was pretty sure I had it set to record. OH well.
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Caught midnight showing of Bourne of Solace. Me lady friend finally agreed to let me see Zach and Miri tonight, and turns out that it was more of a date movie then anything. Going to see Nightmare Before Christmas 3-D tomorrow. OH and our indoor soccer team continued its wining streak, though I didn't score. So far pretty good weekend. Hopefully Nightmare in 3-D is pretty cool, been waiting 3 years to see it, never been anywhere where its showing, luckily the new bad ass theater has it.
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Thank you. It was nothing to orginal but it was ok fun. Did you figure out everything I ripped off inorder to write it?
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I gravitated toward the lore of the Hunter. Bad ass.
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Was ok. Not as good as Royale. Don't understand why Campbell doesn't keep directing the movies. The plot was all over the place and the action was trying to hard to be like Bourne. I need to watch Royale again as well. Its worth seeing though, the action is pretty cool and the way the bad guy screams during the final fight is nuts.
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See Standard Operating Procedure tomorrow as well. Anyone else seen this Danny Elfman tour de force? Hahahah tomorrow will be Elfman day, funny how that happened.
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That would make my job more interesting if I were allowed to have props like these. My actual solution, since we don't really have security, was to reveal that I had close access to a large vat of very hot oil attached to a very long hose and that I might be crazy enough to test it's spraying abilities. Oddly enough, that also worked. I repeat, I can do crazy.
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I've had that happen a couple of times this week also. Wonder if it has anything to do with their myterious system changes?
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The other goofy thing that happened to me yesterday was that almost everytime I posted anything, I got a message saying AICN couldn't be found. I'd hit the refresh button and AICN would come back and my post would be there. Very frustrating. I wonder if it the problem is on my end. My laptop is on its last legs. I need to buy a new one or fix/upgrade this one when I get home. Also the computer nerds were doing tests and upgrades on the system here.
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I guess I'll post a bit during the first quarter of play.
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Between the reviewers of QoS on AICN and the viewer of QoS. The reviewers liked it put it sounds like the Tbers, not as much.
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I want to see an 0 for 16 team. I could see the crappy Lions getting over on Carolina who might be looking past them.
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Was just ok, nothing ground breaking like Casino. Just a solid follow up, trying uber hard to up the action.
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I'm not doing well keeping this afloat.
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C'mon Carolina ya bums. Don't kill the dream.
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I will be checking it out in a few weeks. Looking forward to it.
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the Nerd Phaser is set to maximum.
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Why aren't they up by at least 10 points? Do they not realize how bad Detroit is? C'mon Panthers, don't kill th O-for dream. In this day and age of boring NFL parity, you are a bad team if you can't even win a single game. I hate parity.
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fuck
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sorry I haven't been on in a couple days. Busy. busy, busy. I had to transcript a couple of interviews I did with some fellow nerds at a comic shop. It's pretty interesting though, to listen to all the nerd-speak and funny comic book conversations and arguments.Here's hoping everyone has had a spectacular weekend.
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Re: Bruce question. I don't know what happened. I got distracted by something shiny. When I tuned back in, for some reason I pitched a question to you for Sam Raimi instead. What can I say? I'm an idiot.Sounds like it was a good night. And the movie sounds like a lot of fun. Result!
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Not had that so far. But when I compose a post, the cursor disappears, as do the words. Then they reappear as typed.There's a ghost in the machine...
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Fuck. Ing. Hell. What an ending. Won't get out of my head, I keep thinking about it. How the fuck did they get that past the studio. Don't know what kind of head space Darabont was in when he wrote the ending but I'm guessing it wasn't an optimistic one.And the choice of music, beginning when they leave the car park is inspired. 'The Host Of The Seraphim' by Dead Can Dance - I'm familiar with this choon, should be cos I use it to help me write all the time. The piece actually segues into original score and back out again - virtually unnoticable so that's kudos to the composer. Needless to say; Like. A. Bitch.And the gigantic creature that strides over the car... thought I'd died and gone to Monster Heaven.The ending's still killing me here...
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Coming after the bore-fests (in my opinion) that were 'Insurrection' and 'Nemesis', the new one's got a head start - I'm sure it'll be better than those two. Nice touch at the end of the trailer, having the old transporter sound effect.Mavra, I believe you're a Trekkie. What say you?
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the writers Kurtzman and Orci. They suck, bad. Check out thier resume, not exactly stellar. Fringe, MI3, The island, Transformers, Hercules the Legendary Journeys(entertaining but not good) The Legend of Zorro(it was no Zorro The Gay Blade that's for sure) A couple of episodes of Jack of All Trades and one episode of Xena. Not exactly a good resume, in fact its down right terrible. They are horrible, horrible alleged writers.Out of all those bad movies and TV shows I listed, the most egregious, is Fringe. Its even more insultingly awful then Transformers and that says something.
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A nail-biter. I think Your boys will pull it out though. G-Men crushed Ravens
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still as classic as ever. I love the guy that plays Tuco (the ugly). It just got me more excited for the good the bad the weird too.Hey Twitch! Does that have a US release date yet?
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I'll give any of them a chance. It's going to be odd seeing them as all about the same age and having Kirk without Shatner around doensn't feel right. We shall see.
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That the whole Shatner and J.J. argument is just smoke and mirrors and he really is in the movie?
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Looks good. I'm glad they let JJ make it more like Star Wars. They should have just grown some balls and blasted "Duel of the Fates" during the trailer. And Fringe, Xiphos? Bad writing? Sheeeeesh. Tough crowd.
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Was complete and utter shit. Terrible terrible, it makes me cry.
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Fringe blows goats. Danny I have little or no stndards, I'll watch almost anything and find something, usually a broad is involved, that I can make do with on a show. Fringe, that pus stain of a show, couldn't even reach my nonexistent standards.
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I go back and fourth on the ending. The emotional impact of the new ending is a shot to the bread basket no doubt but I think the story ending point, with the big creature crossing the road, works Just as well. I like the ambiguity of the book ending but I can see how the movie ending is also liked. Different mediums and all that jazz.
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not enough transformers.
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i'll go and watch one called Witwiki: featuring transformers.
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generally good. ending hmm ok i guess. i read somewhere that steven king said he prefers it to his own. plus also they took out the sex, which king also likes. i wouldn't say the ending flours me, but it is ok.
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one of my favourite movies ever. whatched it so many times. did you know they are not actually supposed to be a series? there are multiple characters who appear several times despite dieing and lee van cleif defiantly plays two different characters. It took me a while to realise this (especially since i got the box set) but when i did it all fell into place. For example, the first movie is set after the third movie despite the fact that at the end of the third movie eastwood is rich, but at the start of the first one he is penniless. I just thought at first this was continuity error, stemming largly from the fact the sequals may not have been planned at first. I noticed in the shoot out at the end of the first movie that he hides behind a tombstone. These tombstones have dates in the 1870s and 80s. But the third movie is set during the american civil war, in the 1860s.
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Morning Chipps. You lot fucking spanked us at the weekend. I have changed my opinion and we do actually suck. I thought we'd improved from last year, but no. Spanked. But Scotland did nearly beat South Africa, so we might be able to do them instead. Which would be good.
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Does anyone have a copy of some movie called Home for The Hoidays? Mrs. Jarv really wants to see it again and it never got a region 2 release. Any "pointers" legal or otherwise would be gratefully received.
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hahahaha.
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Graham Norton= overxposed annoying shit on toast.
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Nov 17, 2008 2:38:24 AM CST
An interesting little tidbit about the Dollars trilogy
by kungfuhustler84
I think TGTBTU may actually be a prequel to the other two movies. Like chipps said, it takes place before the other two films. Also, and something I noticed after watching it tonight, Clint Eastwood's character is wearing the exact same outfit at the end of that movie as he's wearing in the beginning of A Fistful of Dollars? Can someone get my back on this?And nobody probably remembers this, but I STILL think Enio Morricone has consistently made some of the best soundtracks in film history.
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but at the end of the third one blondie has $200 000. depending on how you calculate this would be worth over $20m today. at the start of the first one he dosn't have enough money for a drink.
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I want to puke. And I've got a whole day's work ahead.
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want to die. This is going to be a long day.
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this morning. ereech!
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followed by massive shit. if this fails say 'i'll be back in second' then sit on the dunny for the rest of the day.
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Some greasy food, and a fucking sleep. This is going to be a long fucking day.
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That'll fix me. Except it will make me useless for the rest of the day. And pissed. Mind you, I'm not sure how useful I actually am at the moment.
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drinks one carton of beer per person over the age of 15 per week. someone is letting the team down. plus my home town got fucking SMASHED last night. the worst storm in 25 years (and we get bad storms here all the time) parts of my town are a disaster zone.
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I'm not in the mood for her shit today. I've got a few questions, though: 1)What exactly is the fucking point of it? 2)Is she trying to be funny? 3)If you idiots want to look at tits then there's plenty of porn on the internet, so why aren't you looking at that? 4)Why the fuck does Harry persevere with this shit? 5)Does she honestly think making a twat of herself in a 0 production value internet clip will help her career? 6)If JNR and Chromedome and Bacci are her friends then why don't they stop her doing this shit? That'll do.
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I think iceland has the highest per-capita beer consumption in the world. I could be wrong though.
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We suck ass at everything. I'm a bit fucking depressed about sport. BTW, chipps- what the fuck has happened to the Boks in less than a year? They look rancid now.
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Fucking useless twat has the spine of an Amoeba. And then I want to pick him up and use him to club to death the moron that keeps selecting him.
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If England are going to avoid ANOTHER thrashing then he needs to do something special. Again. Honestly, this fucking team is just KP and some good bowlers. We may as well pick KP, Freddie, Broad a wicket keeper an 7 Bowlers- and we'd probably do better than these alleged "batsmen". CUNTS,
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I'm in a filthy mood, feel like death, and the Cricket is sucking ass. Fuck Monday.
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This weekend I watched Hellraiser 3, Braindead, Transporter 2 and The Omen remake. Hellraiser is quite good, and really is the last one before the series started to suck. It doesn't live up to either of the first 2 though. Braindead is awesome genius. Fact. Mrs Jarv liked it too, so I must be right. Transporter 2- Good dopey fun, and the chick with Death by Bunny tatooed on her leg is strangely arousing. Even if she is obviously psychotic. The Omen- AAAAAARGH. Curse you alcohol. Why did I think that bag of Rancid rectum was a good idea. I actually turned it off because I was that fucking bored. And Julia Styles looks like she got her face caught in a lift door. Avoid like the taxman.
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we have to stop picking these South African cunts. I know that they struggle to play in SA because of affirmative action, but they quite clearly suck.
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The JNR of Scriptgirl fame is the douchetard Scriptgirl works for. The other two are balless fucks. I don't have time today to go over the whole deal so either scroll up theis TB and read Mavra's post or if she shows up after her shift is done ask her to explain the whole sordid story. She's the one who cracked it, because she's smart. I'm out, hope your hangover isn't killer.
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always whinging. and mal maninga owes me a beer.
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has landed at Heathrow? The Engines have stopped, but the whining has only just started.
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we'll still lose. We suck. Frankly.
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I actually feel slightly more stupid now I've read it.
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hope thing get better for you
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We lost. Fuck it. One day-ers are rubbish anyway.
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Pah.
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I'm tempted to go and annoy those Watchmen nerds.
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I cold only find it on YouTube, but it looks like it's all there (in several parts). This is the link to part one. If you want to download it, let me know and I'll post the link for clipnabber. http://tinyurl.com/5hs7wz
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Right?
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I wonder why it doesn't have a European release
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You'd think it would be easier to find with the season approaching. And I don't know why I didn't look there first. Isn't almost everything on YouTube? ;)
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That won't be a lot of use to Mrs. Jarv. But it's a start.
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Do you have access to Wal Mart? I'm sure I've seen it there before.
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But you have to have a specific region, don't you?
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She's watching it on the sly at work. Hehehehe. I think that's funny.
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It's hard to get Amazon US to send region 1 discs to a UK address. They get confused by Zip codes.
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I've just discovered that Lance Henriksson is in one of the Hellraiser sequels. I have to see this.
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The imdb review finishes with: "terrible, but begrudgingly better than Van Helsing"
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from general consensus. Lance does star in some crap. I'm thinking about revoking his changian status.
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It was okay, definitely not up to the original's epic standards, but still enjoyable. Singing commanders, some nice funbags displayed, and exploding heads. Not bad.
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that's just a fact.
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I've just read some reviews and there are people that think that Hellraiser 3 is the best of the series. It isn't. It's the schlockiest and has some of the best lines ("Jesus Christ!", "Not quite"), but it isn't a patch on the first 2. I'm fucked off that they are remaking the original. They'll torture porn it- they won't be able to resist it, because the series already has strong TP elements (not to mention all the S&M paraphanelia that is all over it)>
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Let me know if you want me to send you a copy.ST3 was not a pimple on the arse of the first movie but I still thought it was goofy fun. The singing Sky Marshall made the movie.Xiphos, my Panthers came through for you and beat the Lions so they kept the 0-16 dream alive.Fred must be happy with the Steelers even though that was a crap game.Watched Prince Caspian. Decent little movie. Between a river coming to life and sweeping away the bad guy and trees coming to life to squash the opposing army I thought I was watching LOTR for a moment.Also watched Arn: The Knight Templar. Damn good Swedish movie about the Crusades. Good to know Stellan Skarsgaard gets work outside of Hollywood.I've said it countless times here before. The creature at the end of The Mist is one of the coolest moments ever. I could watch an entire movie of just him. A day in the life of The Mist beastie.
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I'd forgotten that Hellraiser 4 follows Jarv's rule for successful Horror sequels (set it in space) and still blows. But to be fair, the space bits are quite good, it's the preceding 90 mins of crap about the Toymaker and the sympathetic cenobite that suck.
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I shall ask Mrs. Jarv. Thanks.
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The right wingnuts just can't let it go. Nothing but fear mongering for the next four years. According to O'Reilly, "The election of Barack Obama has emboldened secular progressives who feel it is their time. Gay marriage just the beginning. Other cultural war issues will also be in display very shortly. These include limiting gun possession, legalizing narcotics, unrestricted abortion and the revocation of the Patriot Act."I don't know why he stops short of calling Obama the Anti-Christ.
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Lets get some respect for the best team in football!
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Jarv, I put a link to the Campbell q and a up above. Also, HOD, did you read my debacle of trying to Campbell's signature for you?
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Let them cry and cry for the next four years.
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are the best team. I'm officially calling the Titans the worst undefeated team ever.I hope the Jets beat them this week.
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She wants to spend £700,000 on a one bedroom flat. Never mind that we don't have that.
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I can't wait for this one to cross the atlantic
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I can't help but think this would be a good thing. As would partial legalisation of narcotics, gay marriage and limiting gun posession. O'Reilly is a cunt.
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Forster is simply the wrong director for Bond. I read Harry's inspired defense of Forster's approach, and I honestly think Harry would try and sell ice to an inuit, but I aint buying it. I can not remember a shorter Bond film, and especially one that lacked any true 'Bond' moments. I know that Bond is being built from ground up, but it was a step backward in QoS. Craig was outstanding as a brutally efficient killing machine. But that is all he was. Bond is so much more. Even in CR - you could see the evolution throughout the movie of the real Bond. I do not buy it that just because this is a direct sequel that Bond is simply in guided missile mode. It is not Bourne, but it is too damn Bourne like. That is no slam at Bourne because I like those movies as well, but Bond is a totally different character. Forster does not get it, and his editing is total crap. None of the fight scenes evoke any real excitement or danger. All that being said, this is not a bad movie. I did enjoy it as an escapist entertainment. The story is pedestrian, the action is predictable and not really memorable. But Craig is outstanding. Now, his simply needs scripts and a director worthy of his talent and commitment to the character.
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Damn Jarv, I had no idea you rolled like that!
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has been receiving horrible reviews here- so I'm surprised at all the love for it. If Harry likes it then count me out.
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I think The Titans are a solid team. And dangerous as well. 10-0 is a hell of an achievement. But more than the record, it breeds confidence. That is a great defense. I put it top four in league. Collins is proving he can throw the ball, and why not, he was a number one pick, he has the tools. No, the Titans are legit. I can see a seripus battle in AFC between them and Steelers. Steelers have the best D in league. But their offense is woeful. Thier D keeps them in games, but the O blows it. The Titans, on the other hand, do not make mistakes. The G-Men ar the best balanced team in the entie league. No one in NFC is stopping them. Arizona is a feel good story, but they do not have the heart to go all the way. Carolina is the most suspect team in entire league. I think we are looking at Titans and Giants or Giants and Steelers. Giants to win either game.
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She's gone nuts and thinks we're due a windfall. It's overpriced (duh), and although a nice area, you're actually paying for the post code. If you cross the rail bridge (less than 100 yards) the price drops by 2/3.
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why? Seriously, why?The only bit of XXX that made me laugh was when the anarchist's genius plan was to launch a world killing submarine from THE FUCKING LANDLOCKED Czech Republic. Awful, awful horseshit.
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I think Green Bay is second best team in NFC, BTW
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QoS is not terrible, but always be suspect when Harry pulls out all the stops to defend a movie.
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Peyton looks like the old Peyton.I'm not sure who the second best team in the NFC is, as it's a rollercoaster pick week to week. The Bears blow, so I'm not very much a believer in the Pack either. Atlanta loses at home to a so-so Denver team...not good. Cowboys...nah. Redskins looked awful last night. Cardinals, no way in hell.
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He wants Bond to be more like Batman! What the fuck is he gibbering about?
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Clearly you don't need them as much as I do. I take that back. MNG's campaign needs them more. Perhaps Mrs. Jarv would like to contribute some pounds to the campaign?
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Is there a squid at the end of QoS?
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The Obama thread is nothing but nutters trying to provoke a fight.
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Do not talk *spoilers* Quantum of Squid, er Solace, has no, I repeat, no Squids
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and our bank balance it would appear that we are precisely £709,000 short of it. Sadly, pillows, I lost the internets betting on England to beat Australia at the weekend. But Criminal Harry, the bookie, reckons I can doube them back if ENgland beat South Africa. However, if they let me down, I may lose my left pinkie finger
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There's a nice rapid #2 pencil gatling gun that I saw on ebay that I think would help 'convince' the undecided about MNG becoming mod. I'm only short by a few hundred thousand internets.
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on the basis that England are crap and SA are world champions he's given me odds good enough to cover the pencil gun and also pay MNG's campaign costs. If England win.
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An autographed copy of AoD would be the first true geek thing I'd have in my collection. And by collection I mean it would sit between two Simpsons figures that aren't signed by anyone. Keep the DVD with you always. You never know when you'll bump into Bruce.Toad, I fear you're right about Carolina. Peter King said the exact same thing about them being suspect in his MMQB column today. But Don Banks gave them some love. Delhomme is a bum but their offense looked sterling yesterday. Ran for most yards in team history. If they can win at Atlanta next week and Green Bay the week after, I think they're for real. If they lose, then they're just pretenders who got lucky the first 10 games.And the Titans are good, but they've faced a lot of piss poor competition so far. And they have Detroit, Cleveland and Texas all in a row after the Jets (who are the biggest threat they've faced yet) so at the very least they're guaranteed a 13-3 season.I would say the Bucs are the second best team in the NFC.
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Is that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers? Don't they suck something chronic?
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And then they got rid of their beloved bright orange uniforms and have been fairly good since then. In fact, they've even won a super bowl.I turned my back on them once they got rid of the hideous orange unis. A real team would have kept those horrid unis and won in spite of them. Cocksuckers.
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I don't understand why the Panthers didn't pick him up. Send Delhomme packing.I just want to get through this miserable week. I have all of next week off.
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I hate the right as well, but this shit annoys the fuck out of me. From the Guardian's Rugby pages- this Welsh tosser is trying to pretend that the English press is being racist because they've been rude about a player- who isn't white and middle class. It's complete horseshit and ignores the fact that he's played ilke a complete muppet in the last 2 games. Christ, why do they look for racism EVERYWHERE?
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He shouldn't even be allowed to be a ball boy on any team.
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where is everyone? Hellooooo?
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Drowning in mediocrity.
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HOD -- Good day to you. I'm very busy today and only have time to throw a few handfuls of shit at DocP.Jonah.....I wanna hear more about being chased by 28 Days Later infected. Jarv-- Please...stay British.
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I'm here for at least during my lunch time.
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That's depressing.
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I witnessed the last ten minutes of an utter repulsive movie called Failure to Launch. Matthew, here's a fucking hint: stay the fuck away from any sort of rom-com movie. While I don't know what kind of shit proceeded the ending that I saw, I can only assume the journey to get there was equally as bad.
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and adios to stupid school! Though to be fair, I've done absolutely nothing for this last class. I really think the Professor just doesn't care this term.
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so I may be a while. Fucking Welsh.
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He may stop being such a fucking nob jockey now. It's much harder to smack someone on that site as it's an automatic ban for profanity. Danny- what started that row with DocP? It's being going for ages.
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I definitely don't like the opening, at least the kid who's supposed to be Kirk seems rather shitty. But the rest looks okay.
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That was on British TV recently. Mrs Jarv was making threatening noises about it, but I managed to distract her with a bottle of wine. It was close.
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Why do you hate Cameron, at least that's the way it comes off. We know next to nothing about Avatar, yet you're saying "fuck the movie". Why?
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over the head.
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that the roof collapses on you to put you out of your misery.
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thread of discovery in the Obama thread for all of those wackos posting in there. Perhaps 2for2true will smite those shitheels out of their misery.
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Jesus suffering fuck- Obama= The Antichrist? Stupidest thing I've seen in ages.
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I gotta see that.
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there must have been ten jokes referencing Serving Sarah in My Name is Bruce.
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It's about the same old stuff they always fight about. Doc thinks Danny has shit taste in films and a worthless opinion, Danny thinks Doc is a pretentious pedant with a god complex.
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Checked it out this weekend. I found it entertaining. I don't know what all the hate was about. It was very obviously culled from episodes into the movie but I thought it was cool. The animation style is not great for me but I didn't think it was any better or worse than the prequels. The padawan is a tad annoying and the Truman Capote Hut was just plain odd, but I'm not sorry I watched it. I haven't checked out the series so far but probably will now.
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I know everybody doesn't really care, but who's to say Blondie lost the money after the end of TGTBTU? It's not too far off to think he got fucked over by some girl or some other dude like Tuco. Or maybe he gave it away to those who really need it since he's so good. There's a million ways he could have lost it in the old West. So I still think it's a prequel.
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In a good way. Fucking AWESOME!!!
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...exactly, we know nothing about Avatar, so how the fuck is the hype and excitement deserved? I don't get that shit. Cameron pisses me the fuck off because I think people mistake good effects for a good film. Like Titanic, great effects....sure. Somehow that got translated into it being a great film and Cameron being a great director. Fuck that shit. And fuck his blind minions that post shit like "AVATAR WILL OWN 2009". The hype is lame. And I'm counting the days for the let down of the century. There is no way he will be able to do anything with CG that we have yet to see. And as always Cameron's focus is the technology rather than the story. Just a shit approach in my opinion, and it shows.
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...but I agree. It is the film to beat in 2009. Trailer looks amazing.
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well, based on that trailer, it looks like a really fun ride. Not necessarily much more, but it's clearly aiming for epic.
And what's the point of getting fired up over Avatar before we even see anything. Until we even know what it's going to look like, how can we be hyped to see it?
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Nov 17, 2008 1:43:10 PM CST
the way people shit their pants when you slam Cameron...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....around here is hilarious. What a lame director to worship.
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I completely ignore the existence of Titantic. And I can tell you that no one even knows the existence of Avatar in the 'real' world. So I don't think there's hype. But let me ask you this: don't you think there would be hype on a site like this? And why do you hope it fails? For instance, I'm not excited for The Watchmen at all, but it would be pretty damn cool if it actually is good.And since we don't know anything about Avatar, how do you know his focus is only on technology and not on story? You don't.
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Nov 17, 2008 1:45:25 PM CST
yeah, the trailer does make it look like it'll be good
by just pillow talk
That'll be a nice surprise if there's a good Trek movie again.
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Cameron love on this site is fucking unhealthy and undeserved. I don't like him or his films, so I hope he loses his ass on this film so I don't have to hear about the prick anymore and he'll just be remembered as that "I'm the king of the world" cocksucker from the Oscars.
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I think you over-generalize Cameron's focus and what not. He does clearly hold up technology, but none of his films would be as successful if he didn't also actually make something of interest with that technology.
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because Titanic was abit underwhelming to say the least, and he behaved like a jerk during that entire fiasco. However, his return to sci-fi is both welcome and worth paying attention to, even if it is a bomb.
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I don't find anything he's done to be interesting. And I'll continue to slam him, and cunts like DocP will continue to cry. Its funny how upset people get when you admit to not liking Cameron films. Why the fuck do people care so much? Its odd.
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it had a stringy cloverfield sort of feel to it. I confess actively looking forward to star trek now. I just hope the script is worthy too.
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....I'm confident it will be good. He doesn't let shit slide in the writing department.
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...the casting looks spot on for all of them.
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you can say whatever you want about Cameron, but I'd suggest waiting til it comes out to slam him, or it just looks like all the others on here who scream "RULES" "SUCKS" months or even years in advance. Between now and the release of Avatar we will probably have 20 or even 30 films that will be better or more interesting. Take them as they come, one at a time. I know you have a dirty joke for that last line Danny. Go ahead, make chitty proud.
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a spoiled potato. I hope he isn't just the villain for the last half hour or so. We def need a worthy villain. Funny thing is, it's Star Trek, supposedly a concept about exploration of space. Is a conventional villain even necessary?
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other than the Terminators and True Lies, I really dont like anything he's done. But I just saw on IMDB that he's responsible for Strange Days, which I didnt know, so he gets some points for that one, it was a great movie.
As for Avatar, I know little about it except that its got 'revolutionary technology', and I've seen some concept art/design and I wasnt impressed at all. So I dont really have an opinion on the movie itself until I actually see some footage. But the hype is getting out of hand. -
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I don't see how totally polarizing with the other Cameron lovers and saying it will be the biggest disappointment instead of the biggest movie of 2009 is any better. Like you said, we know next to nothing about the movie at this time, so it makes just as little sense for you to already hate the movie as it does for all those other bums to already adore it? Do you see what I'm saying?That being said, I am a Cameron fan. Not a rabid stupid one that will worship the very idea of one of his movies, but I am excited for the Avatar project. I don't care what you say, his movies have consistently upped the ante for effects, and his sci fi, particularly Aliens and the Terminator movies, are as good a blend of sci-fi and sweet-action as the Matrix. They're fun! Don't let all the stupid Cameron hype get in the way of you enjoying a good movie.Also, Titanic is just boring, and is easily his worst film.I actually rewatched the origninal Terminator Sunday. A few friends and I were, ummm smoking (is that cool to say on here? oh well) and my friend just turned it on without telling anyone what he was doing. The first flashback scene with Michael Biehn is fucking incredible considering how early on it was made. I was totally immersed. When the scene ended, I looked over at my friend, and started cracking up. We were both on the edge of our seats for the entire scene.
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you said in the Avatar thread that the only way you'd taste cum is if a girl wanted to 'snowball your ass'. Done that many times, I dont mind when it's mine, but one girl thought it was gross when I'd lick it off her face and french her, which was funny considering how wild she was in bed.
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when I watched the original Terminator. And I hadn't seen it since I was about seven. I always thought it was a lot more boring than the sequel, but it's really pretty good. T2 holds up even better.
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If I worked for the guy I would no doubt end up punching him.Luckily, I just watch his movies. I have enjoyed everything he's put in front of me so far - well, perhaps not Piranha 2, but it was a laff - and I am greatly looking forward to Avatar.I trust Cameron to deliver based on his previous output.
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Nov 17, 2008 2:30:19 PM CST
I enjoy Cameron's films but if people don't like him...
by hawaiian organ donor
...who cares? He's not making high art, he just makes films that I find entertaining. I don't know what's not to like about The Abyss, True Lies, Titanic, Aliens and T2 but there are people that despise each and every one of them. To each his own. Why get worked up over it.And I'm not following this Avatar stuff at all so I don't even know what it's about and therefore I don't have any interest in it yet.That Star Trek trailer looks amazing. It looks like it will deliver the goods.
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Is that Jake Lloyd playing teeny-weeny Kirk at the beginning?
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way too many question marks in that above post. I sound like a dumbass valley girl if you read it out loud.
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i agree with your reasoning. to be honest i think both are possible. he certainly could have lost the money. also keep that one of ramon's henchmen plays a character killed in both movies. Lee van clief plays two different characters. clint seems to have a back story that he dosn't seem to have in the third one. again maybe this proves nothing. but to me it leans toward separate movies. to be honest i still think of him as one character though, so there is a bit of double think for you.
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while the movies may have different timelines, I think Eastwood undoubtedly played the same character every time.
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not really a character, more like a blank slate that moves through the plot. man i love those movies. and the sound track. holly shit.
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holy shit I love that movie. I LOVE that movie. The dialogue is amazing. The casting is amazing. The staging and cinematography works incredibly well. What's not to love about that movie. It's a masterpiece I am sad so few have seen. At least few people my age have.
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I did recently watch Yojimbo again though. Fantastic movie.
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It's been hard finding time to watch movies, but I of course still manage. Lately I have been getting into whatever I can get. Shit, i even borrowed a Hugh Grant movie from a friend on recommendation. And I usually hate Hugh Grant. Anyway, ever seen About A Boy? I guess it's supposed to be good. We shall see.I bought and rewatched the Fall the other day, showing it to a couple of friends. they all loved it. It was a much more tearful experience and I for my girlfriend and I this time though. Suicide was an issue for me for a few weeks there. It's better now. I don't think I'm ever going to be feeling that way again. It was sort of a rough spot, but compare the stunt man o me and the little girl to my girlfriend and you get the idea. Anyway, that may have been too personal to share on here but I figured I'm over it now, so no biggie.
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Is that right? Is it right that he should chirpily say "I like this ship. It's exciting!" As I recall Scotty was always looking to improve the hardware. I would've expected him to come in, look around the place, sniff and say "She'll do." He'd sound pithy but you know deep down he's well chuffed, he just doesn't like to show it.Probably just me... And with trailers you're watching scenes out of context.
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the scotty we know by the later trek films is the size of a planet. And he was always relatively cheery but somewhat reserved. Maybe this will document his path to rotundity and learning the value of restraint.
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Is the DVD ending a "new ending" or did the movie play exactly the same in the theatrical version?Just wondering...
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not that i can difinativly name one, but the other choices are things everyone says, star wars, indy ect. the opening scene is gold, with leo and casper talking, and tom and the dane sizing each other up in the back ground. even the introduction: blackness, a chinking noise, then picture: ice falling into a glass. the opening scene then:the greatest song ever to appear on film. da da da-da, da-da, da-da, da da da. oh man i love that movie. as you said, it hits every high note. easily the coen's best.
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hard core
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no buddy that was the exact same ending as in the theater. People gasped. One of the guys who came with us let out a hearty belly laugh, and we all secretly devised never to speak to him again.
There, it's worth the 2 disc edition to see the black and white version which amps up the b-movie vibe.
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Don't even talk like that, dude. I've been there, done that. Held a knife to my throat, had a bottle of poison up to my lips, all but pulled the trigger. And how stupid would I have been had I followed though. Things are never that bad.
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I keep a list of my DVD movies and at the end of each entry I always stick in a line of dialogue. "My mistake - four coffins" is the one I've used for 'Fistful'!
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Have been down that road when I was younger, and sadly, had friends who went all the way with it. Don't lose sight of the fact life is precious.
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keep your head up man.
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I've got the 2-disc. The b&w version is cool.I just got the feeling, when that awesome giant creature goes past the car, I could imagine the screen fading to black with a "to be continued..." caption coming up.Not really possible now!
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"No biggie." I think you're extremely brave to share that with us, sunshine. I second everything HOD said.
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off to bring home the bacon. but not kevin bacon. pedophile.
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and i realized how selfish I was being and just how great my life was. Most of the anger was directed at myself. I was always pretty secret about, but it took sharing it with people I care about to make me realize I have other people who need me.And like I said, I think I'm straightened up now. I still have the scars to scare me out of ever trying shit like that again.the support on here helps too. Tanks guys!
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He laughed? Man, that is raw. I was numb!
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"I've found the ass-end!"Amen, Brother Bacon.
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If you ever need someone to talk to and vent to or whatever, you know you got many people here and at the Z joint. You could message me or whatever. Stay positive.
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Finally someone with balls big enough to admit snowballing is the shiznit. Nothing like the taste of your own wad!
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HOD-- I agree Cameron makes ignorantly entertaining films and should be regarding as nothing more. He is on par with Stephen Sommers. There is not fucking way in hell he should have gotten to the status he has. People consider him to be an amazing filmmaker and it just fucking baffles me. Thats where my animosity comes from. He is another Michael Bay. Thats fine. The world needs 'em. I just get sick of the ball lickers that lift him up to God-like status.
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How do I know Trek will be good? Well I don't. I'm not certain of anything in life. I do know that JJ is a hell of a writer, I've enjoyed virtually everything he's done. The cast looks great, the trailer looks great. ILM
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How do I know Trek will be good? Well I don't. I'm not certain of anything in life. I do know that JJ is a hell of a writer, I've enjoyed virtually everything he's been involved with. The cast looks great, the trailer looks great. ILM is doing the effects. JJ is more of a Star Wars fan than a Trek fan. M13 was fantastic. What other proof do I need to make a decision?
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Doing something really rather rude to your eyeballs and all that!
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Nov 17, 2008 4:51:49 PM CST
I hope Big Jim uses a Jimmy Hat when he fucks my eyeballs....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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....thats like fucking a hermaphrodite jackal.
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and left her quivering in a pool of TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION.
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You, TFD, are a Titan of talkback. We salute you!
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FUCK YES!!! Finally you have emerged!! I sometimes imagine you are the step-brother of Liberal Warrior.
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You da man! You da man!
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The greatest screen name on AICN!
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your underscores aren't fooling anyone. step off, admit your inferiority, and get back in line for TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION.
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I have to do this fast because things at work are busy right niow so please pardon the typos.Like Danny said if you feel bad shoot an email here or the other place. Sometimes it helps to talk to people you won't actually see. Hell I'll listen I probably can't help much but I'll listen. Offing yourself ain't the way to go my man. It leaves a big gaping hole in the lives of your people left behind. Are we clear on that?
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I don't think the suicide thing is an issue any more, nor will it ever again be. But I really do appreciate the support I'm getting from everyone here. I mainly brought it up because I thought it made the Fall even more effective this time around, but it is not really an issue in my life any more. Just like the stunt man went on to do great work in a bajillion movies, I shall go on to write my scripts and stories, and do my school, and be there for the people I care about.It's no trouble anymore, really.
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If you don't like Graham Norton, you would hate Leno and Letterman. Though you may like Kimmel.
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I know this won't make you feel any better. But issue 9 of the Twelve got pushed back a month. How bull shit is that!
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HOD and DGDB. I don't think HOD said that Cameron = Summers = Bay, that is just Danny. But really? Cameron deserves all the credit he gets. I was just explaining the whole Terminator universe to my lady friend tonight and how the Show fits into it kind of, and how brilliant the initial idea of Terminator 2 is, and how much she liked 2. She really could care less about much action movies, she hates end of the world movies, but she loves T2. And she generally likes good movies, so for a female to admit that T2 is a good action movie, where she hates the mummies and doesn't even know who Micheal Bay because she turned of Transformers 10 minutes into it and hasn't seen Armageddon or Pearl Harbor and has never heard of the Rock. Besides Cameron is something Bay and Summers studied and copied.
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NEED TRAILER! Though I was a bit let down from B-12, I think it was because the trailer gave away everything.
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Finished up Standard Operating Procedure tonight. It was ok, I get annoyed in documentaries when they decide to only give the names of the people being interviewed every now and then. They should be given all the time, especially in a movie like this where it was suppose to be a time line. It was hard to follow who people were talking about and how they were related. This wasn't suppose to be a mystery, plus there should have been a little more conclusion at the end.
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That has consistently been one of the best comics on the stands since its first release. Reading anything new lately Series?
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Batman Cacophoney, read it to get in a Kevin Smith state of mind before seeing Zach and Miri. Reading Ironman Director of Shield: War Machine getting ready for upcoming War Machine comic. Really pissed about the replacement in the movie, I hate Don Chedle, plus he looks and acts like a huge pussy all the time. Reading Air, its interesting I've never read any Vertigo stuff before as well. Also me reading Batman is new for me, I am not a DC guy. I guess Cacophoney doesn't fall into any continuity of the DC universe. Ohhh and finally getting around to reading Secret Invasion, since the final one comes out this week. I didn't think there was much coming out tomorrow but I counted 10 comics I need to buy. Also Fu do you ever by Variant covers? Because I've been looking at them on line and they are cheap, but you go to the store they are like $20, so I am going to buy the new Fan Four variant online because its fucking cool and I don't got $20 to blow on a comic.
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http://www.mondotees.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=3481 http://tinyurl.com/252u95 cool poster.
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Speaking of my lady friend. She hated the movie. I thought she would really like it because she like Pans Labyrinth so much and I thought The Fall was a lot better. But I think the Fall is meant to be seen in a theater, she kept falling asleep and took us like 3 days to watch. I still loved it.
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Tarsign whatever his name is should direct a comic book movie, he should've made Aeon Flux. I flipped through Umbrella Academy the other day, it looks pretty interesting. Have you read it Fu? He could do something like that, or a Bizzaro movie.
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I too am not much of a DC reader, with the exception of All star Superman, which I think is as close as you can get to perfection with a comic. However, I too picked up the Kevin Smith Batman comic and actually thought it was pretty good. He definitely still has a knack for dialogue.The shop I go to is generally pretty small so he rarely buys enough of a single issue to get many variants. That's how it usually works I think. For ordering ten issues of one comic you get one copy of the variant, for another fifteen you get another variant version of the same comic, or maybe just another variant, etc. Do you know anything about that? I could have it totally wrong. But I usually am at the shop around opening time since I'm pretty good friends with the owner, so I will be one of the first person browsing the stands and flipping through for variants. But I generally buy comics for entertainment value only. I'm not usually in it to gt money off of them later, not that I'm saying you do that. I just know a couple of guys (assholes) that will buy up all the variants so they can sell them later. Not me.Hell, even the really old comics I buy are in bad shape. Just today i picked up a couple of Son of Tarzan books by Edgar Rice Burroughs (the very same guy who wrote John Carpenter from Mars). They have hilarious covers, with these lush paintings of jaguars with what look like bad toupees and cavemen riding t-rexes. They're campy and hilarious.I got a question for you by the way, where do you go to find out which comics are being released for that week?
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but the shop I go to didn't have any back issues and it was already on like issue 5 on the stands. Lately I have still been trying to lessen the load of my stack on hold at the shop. I still have the first three issues of Deadpool, which I'm not sure I even wanna buy yet, the 1985 series (missing issue 2, so again, don't know if I should get it, or if it's even worth picking up in trade later) and Guardians of the Galaxy, which I for sure want, but have to wait awhile for issues 2 and 3 to come in the mail.
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You may be right about him making a superhero movie. He certainly has the visual eye, and can obviously shoot a compelling story, even only going by one film and totally disregarding The Cell. Hmmm, who would be good for him to do? That's a good question for the rest of the gang later too! I can't think right now, since I blew my mind writing a nine page paper...on the folklore surrounding comic book shops. I know, ironic.
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I buy comics because I like to read them, but I keep them in mint condition in case in the future I could sell them. I am going to order some 1st print runs of The Twelve that I don't have, issues 2 and 3. As for Variants I only wanna get ones I think cool, check out the cover to the new Fan Four http://www.comixology.com/view.php?sku=JUL082279 Pretty cool. I read the Marvel Apes comic, really liked it they are making it a series now. But I am a collector, like last week Deadpool was on the variant cover of Weapon X but not on the cover and I think I am going to try to get every comic Deadpool has ever been in. I concived this idea once I found out how popular he had gotten, he was always my favorite. And at a my first convention I picked up for $1 an Issue of New Mutants still in the bag with trading cards and one of them was Deadpool and it was from the 80s. Pretty sweet I thought. So I've got a pretty good head start on Deadpool, I already have a ton of his old stuff. I think I am just gonna stick for the TBP though of the Deadpool Vs. Cable series. As for finding out what new comics are coming out my comic book store has a web site and on Monday they post pictures of every new comic they are going to get. Plus if you got to marvel.com or image.com or whatever they usually have a schedule up. Oh and variates yeah that's what I knew that like depending on how many they order is how many variants they get, but they always jack the price up which I understand. But at the same time it takes away the fun of finding a rare comic.
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Really REALLY liked it, but it needed like 2 more issues to beef up the battle, because the end was a bit of a let down. Deadpool you gotta read! Yeah my shop had all of the Umbrella Academy there, but issue 1 was like a variant and was $10 or $20, can't remember. I figured I'd wait for the trade. Gaurdians, I haven't gotten into. But I know what you mean about picking up to much I keep adding when I should be subtracting. But the problem is that I've been able to catch up with a lot of my comics, so the excuse of read the ones you've got doesn't work anymore.
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What class was that for? Speaking of old comics, I found like an old Star Trek comic that pretty much was just a bio/interview of William Shatner I picked it up right away. The comic book guy said he'd been trying to get someone to buy that for like 5 years.
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I don't know if its just the comic book shops I've gone too or what. Plus I've only really been reading comics for about a year, but comic book owners rarely say that they don't like a comic. The main guy that is, there is always the couple of other people who work at the shop who will say something sucks. But the main guy or owner always says everything is good. I know its a business and all, and I guess you'd have to find all comics awesome to work in a comic book store. Do you run into that?
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I don't read those comics, but they look like they would be good movie adaptations for Tarsem. I want to see him take on something less weighty a little more comedy. He would be the perfect director for a Ren and Stimpy movie if they ever made it, think about the Ren and Stimpy in space episodes, not the latter episodes from Spike TV, those were fucking terrible!
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If only Heroes would do the same. Sucks NBC is getting rid of My Own Worst Enemy. I really like it, its an interesting take on a plot that is already on TV too much.
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the guy that runs the store I go to hates Batman because he says its unrealistic for a human being to take that much punishment. And Bruce Wayne would totally be dead by now. Makes sense I guess...He also is totally against anything zombies. Not even the great Walking Dead. He still sells it all of course, but if you ask him, he will give you a piece of his mind on why there should be more flies zippin around the zombies. I think he just doesn't get it, but it's still funny.
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God that looks awful. Is it another British import book like fucking Potter? Why can't american tweens get into Terry Pratchett, Brian Jacques or Alan Garner?
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And hating Batman and zombies? I guess he doesn't read many comics, seeing that 3 out of every five comics are either about zombies or Batman. Do you think they'll make The Walking Dead a movie or miniseries/tv show? I am hoping HBO/Showtime show.
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we had to interview someone particularly involved in a specific type of folklore. I chose the way comic book readers interact and the things they discussed, and I interviewed Stu, the owner of the shop I go to. The best part is, in the second part of the interview, another guy started arguing with Stu about zombies, and then like two more guys jumped in and we all were discussing all kinds of comic shit. It was a bitch to transcribe, but it was exactly what I could have used for me paper. Comic book fans in their element.
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Though I am glad every critic is cupping the balls of Danny Boyle but I fucking hate Fox Searchlight. Its going to turn Slumdog into this years little miss juno. Why do they have to wait for fucking critics to suck everyone's cock in order warrant a wide release of their films? Since Nightwatch and Daywatch and Sunshine didn't get the nice ball cupping out side of geek sites they were pooped out in a couple of theaters. While I am happy they I will probably get to see Slum dog in theaters, I wonder what movies I will have to wait for DVD because of all the push for Oscars for Slumdog.
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is something every fan of the series wants. Hot damn, that would be perfect. I don't even watch cable but you can bet your ass I would buy myself Tivo if they started making that.
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If Slumdog wins Oscars, it will be justly deserved. And the good thing is I don't think Boyle could give a shit if he wins any awards or not.
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at the arthouse around the corner. So I should go then?
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Yeah man sometimes hearing comic book guys talk and name dropping writers and artist and lesser known comic book characters I am just like. Oh yeah, sure sure, though I've got no fucking clue who half of them are. Especially when it comes to artist and writers because unless its something I really like, or something big I could kind of care less or even notice who's writing and drawing. Like the only writers I really know are Garath Ennis, Frank Miller, Mark Millar, Alan Moore, Todd McFarlane, Kirby and Stan and Warren Ellis but pretty much everyone knows them. The only odd writer I know is Johnathan Hickman, because I'm reading all of his stuff, and the guy who writes Twelve (but even he's hugely famous and is getting close to being known outside of comic people). As far as artist go??? Gibbons?
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I'd go. I haven't seen it? Echo saw it and wrote a review on the last twitch post. I'm still hoping I get to see Nightmare before Christmas 3-D this week before it disappears.
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Why is it that every third movie coming out feels like this movie now? Not even in just story but in style and casting as well? That are just trailers for those type of movies are all done by the same guy, because I've never seen any.
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Alex Ross? He's pretty incredible. Gibbons too. I really like John Romita's work. Good solid lines and consistent, vibrant art is always nice. It doesn't have to look realiztic. I also really dug David Aja from the first couple of arcs of Immortal Iron Fist. That was just cool looking as all hell. And the artist from Twelve.If you like straczynski, the author of Twelve, you REALLY should check out Silver Surfer Requiem. It's probably one of the greatest Silver Surfer stories ever made, if not one of the best comic book stories ever. Of course, the Silver Surfer is my favorite superhero, so I may be a little bias there.
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besides Straczynski, who is what I aspire to be when I finally work on my own comics, are Ed Brubaker, who writes Iron Fist, Daredevil, Criminal (my favorite), and Warren Ellis, who is just all over the place, but a very creative writer nonetheless. I would say Neil Gaiman too but he's doing all kinds of stuff besides comics now right?
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Like AICN tells you? Iron fist would that be a good movie for Tarseam to make? Alex Ross oh yeah! He just made a Superman comic, the comic book told me to get it because of him...so I did. Haven't read it yet.
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Yeah I would love to do that, but my problem is that I am not a very good artist. And I don't know many people that are, and those that I know who are, they are too good to draw comics and work with other people.
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Over in the trek TB.
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but I tried getting into too late. Guardians of the Galaxy is more fun in my opinion anyway. For awhile there, I was reading so many stark and serious comics, I decided it was time for a change. I think I have a nice balance now, reading stuff like Incredible Hercules, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Thunderbolts, which was pretty funny to me until Warren Ellis, uh, bolted for Astonishing xmen, which is also pretty nice on the comedy.
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Yeah I figured I'd wait for the trades. I wish I could say that about more things, but its too hard to wait.
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I bet Jarv will be on here shortly to bitch about everything British. Jarv, Monster Munch or Hula Hoops?
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These newest episodes have been fucking weird. Also Fu if your still here, what do you think about Kick Ass? Have you seen the stills from the movie? I love Millar's work, but his books can be read in less then 5 minutes.
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the army is running around cleaning shit up. do you think they'll do my washing for me?
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especially now they've gone back to classic fist sized munch.
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But really, from Cameron's catalogue it's the only one I hate. He's waaaay better than Bay et al. That's really an untrue comparison- although I know you don't like Aliens and there are people that despise T2.
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Overrated. Horribly. Star Trek does not interest me in the slightest- and it's a piss poor "reboot". I'm not gaga for Lost or Alias (although I accept that many are), I hate regarding henry and thought MI3 was a syphilitic load of incomprehensible wank. I reckon that Avatar stands far more of a chance of inappropriatly touching my eyeballs than anything he can do.
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the reason I hate him is simple- his voice grates on my nerves. Fuck him and his horribe overt homosexuality (ooooooh, laugh at meeeeee, I'm gay and screeeeeeechy). No- the world would be a better place without him on the Telly.
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I would be excited if it was Carpenter of 1986 making it. Not today's version. Mind you, it'll still be better than anything that Platinum Dunes can do.
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blame Sex and the shitty entirely for this one. Marketing whores discovered that there is a whole untapped resource of 20 something women that are interested in films about upper-middle class fucktards that behave like scum and have shoe obsessions. Hence DWP (ooooooh, my boss is mean to me, WAAAAAAH, I'll just shit on my long suffering boyfriend and it's alright because I have some great shoes- oh and isn't Meryl Streep Great as Anna Winter- that's just like the real person you know) and it's loathsome ilk. Mind you, it's only fair, but they should dump it on DVD like they do with stuff aimed at us.
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I watched fuck all. That's right. I read a book and listened to Razorlight instead. It was very mature of me.
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but you can't have everything. I was going to go and buy Watchmen, but Mrs. Jarv gave me a funny look and made threatening noises about "wasting £30".
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TFD vs fake TFD can only end in TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION. For everything. hmm, that was a bit lame. Sorry.
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not too shabby. The end is a bit squirm inducing, but really not to bad.
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as much as I don't like Juno and am indifferent Little miss Sunshie, I agree with you about the treatment of Sunshine. However, Night and Day Watch deserved the attention they got. They really weren't good enough to justify wide release.
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How do you update your AICN account? I can't for the life of me remember where the fuck it is....
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it's pointless.
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Should I send in a review? It's been pretty much ignored here.
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on here.I've got The Visitor to hopefully watch tonight, and they sent The Invasion yesterday, so I should get it either today or tomorrow. It may indeed suck, but I love those type of movies so I must watch.And to fill a huge gap in my viewing, Brazil will be next. *pillow ducks*
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And I've got that Boll movement coming and Starship Troopers 3. Mrs Jarv was not a fan of ST1 so I can't see this one going down too well.
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May I suggest filling her up with wine first. Hopefully she will fall asleep and then you can enjoy singing Sky Marshall's without the evil eye.
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I may have to go through with it.
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this is very odd. You're not all been made to work are you?
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The hammer is falling hard around the company. Not only are they laying off people in record numbers, they are enlisting slave labor to fill the newly vacated spots by the peons unfortunate enough to still be stuck here. It's all very sad.
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Nov 18, 2008 9:19:25 AM CST
And I verified last night that I do have Home For The Holidays
by hawaiian organ donor
Not sure what it's doing in my collection but it's there. I can't even remember if I watched it.
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Nov 18, 2008 9:21:23 AM CST
We can't get a proper AvP movie, but we're getting another
by hawaiian organ donor
Nutty Professor entry. You'd think studios weren't sitting on stacks of scripts full of fresh ideas waiting to be made.
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Regarding Home: If I drop you a line can you send me a copy of that little gem? Mrs. Jarv is very keen.
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As I'm being made to do obscenely long hours I'm actually about 3 months ahead and as a result have nothing to do. However, if I type fast enough here, they think I'm being productive and as I'm waaaay more IT literate than everyone else, I can cover my tracks. Well, enough to fool them.
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Italy's Catania unveiled a new look while taking a free kick. The players lined up in a wall and dropped their shorts in an effort to block the goalkeeper's vision.What the hell is soccer coming to? So instead of the goalkeeper having to concentrate on one ball, he has to focus on a dozen?
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And I'll drop it in the mail to you. And it'll be region free so you're covered.
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Nov 18, 2008 9:36:42 AM CST
Yes, Fred can confirm; being made to work!
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred sneakin'!
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When I get to the other computer I will do. Re- Real Madrid: where did you get that? It sounds like typical Real tapping up tactics. I hope they take Christiano "preening tit" Ronaldo so I don't have to hear about him any more.
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Hahaha.
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Why do you feel T2 is such an amazing story? The problem I have with people considering that franchise to be genius is why wouldn't the machines send a Terminator to blow up the hospital where John was born? And if they have the power of time travel, why not just keep going back and attempting to kill pregnant Sarah over and over again? Why would they wait until he is 16 in T2?
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Real is looking to stack the deck it seems. The news coming out of European soccer these days just depresses the hell out of me.
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paper that acts as the propaganda wing of Real is. This is what they always do- as the transfer window approaches, they publish all this shit in that rag- the only purpose of which is to unsettle the player. It's shitty and someone (UEFA or FIFA) should shit on them for it. Chelsea should sell Drogba- he is hopelessly overpriced and clearly doesn't want to be there, and Crespo is past it. I personally think they will offer something like 90m Euro's for Ronaldo. And Man U should take it.
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...on BBC America. The English version is so much fucking better. And it feels a lot more real than ours.
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actually, it isn't that great- there's a lot of crap in it (see Robodaddy), but there is more than enough gold to make up for it.
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I don't think it holds up at all. The action scenes are good, sure. But its all the useless sludge in between that bores me to tears. And oddly-- it feels like a smaller movie than the first to me. I think the locations really suck.
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It's just a big trailer- why do they trail things happening in the same programme- when they could be showing some content. Mrs. Jarv loves Kitchen Nightmares and religiously watches the UK version, but she stopped watching the American one after about 2 weeks. A quite nice story, is that this 19 year old scottish girl who was bought in in one of them, which was a complete disaster, actually works for Ramsey now in London- as the failure was the fault of the lazy cow that ran the place.
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but it isn't as good as the first. Not at all. Better than the 3rd though.
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Its amazing how they make him have such a different persona in the American version. In the UK episode I saw last night he was speaking more calm then I've ever heard him, and smiling, joking around, walking around outside with his arm around the guy. He was a totally different fucking person. But I've always liked Gordon. He seems like a nice guy underneath it all.
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Is such a different film. its like a different genre altogether. I'll make another honest statement that will make many cry...but T3 is the only one of the bunch I actually had fun with. The first 2 are just kinda flat. I thought the light hearted cheese worked well in 3. And I thought Nick Stahl did a great job.
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notoriously- he's a complete nobhead. In the UK one, he's less confrontational, but he'll always provoke at least one screaming match per episode. He seems to be bollock fixated in the UK one. Seriously, every other word out of his mouth is "bollocks"- except when he went to spain when he kept asking the guy to show him some "cojones" but kept pronouncing it "cohonnos". I thought Mrs. Jarv was going to explode in anger at him mangling spanish that badly.
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I still think it's a good story despite the plot hole that the machines would keep trying again and again instead of only three times at different points in Sarah and John's lives.But I look at it this way. All science fiction is retarded. All of it. Star Wars is probably the worst offender. In a universe where light sabers and hyperspace exist, they don't have nuclear weapons? The Rebels had to maneuver down a trench and hit a 2-meter shaft? How's about loading some nukes on those X-Wings instead and really f-ing up the Death Star. Or instead of landing clumsy AT-ATs on Hoth, let's just drop a nuke on the Rebel base and save ourselves the trouble and finish them off once and for all.Even the much beloved Dark Knight had plot holes big enough to toss my fat ass through.I just enjoy the series because it's entertaining. But then again, I have crap tastes.
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T2 cost bugger all and looked amazing, not to mention it's exciting as hell, and just top drawer. T2 is flawed but has some good action and great effects. T3 is a big pile of meh with a stellar ending.
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you don't have crap tastes. You like a variety of things, but that asian movie kit series you sent had a hit rate of about 90@ with me, and that's impressive. Maybe, I just have crap tastes too, but I don't think so. A friend just returned one of the kits after borrowing it, and he's a HUGE horror and gore fan, and the movie he liked the most: Wedding Campaign. He LOVED it. He, however, refused to return Machine Girl as he adores it.
I think science fiction isn't ever going to be completely realistic, and as time travel stories go, Terminator is actually sloppier than Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, but these films are primarily action films, with stronger than average characters, and some colorful, pulpy dialogue. They are big stories and several people I know prefer their sci-fi like that. Me, I like both kinds. Terminator 3 was a very by the numbers kind of film to me, everything was at the whim of the plot(it's everything you accuse Aliens of Danny) but I still found it entertaining. It was a good time. They all were. -
Worst of all time: Superman Returns. You could chuck The Bates through some of the holes in that.
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Git. Pencil stabbings may be needed.
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It's ok. I actually told him he could keep it if he wanted. Strangely, I didnt really dig Machine Girl like everyone else. My "beer movie" from that first set was Chocolate. I've watched that ending like six times. My fave was showing it to my dad, a big martial arts fan, and just watching him man-shriek everytime someone fell off the ledge and hit every sign and outcropping on the way to the human heap on street.
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Did anyone else actually see all the movies? I've got Red Cliff queued up for a movie night soon, in tandem with The Warlords. It's gonna be a good night. Gonna do Save the Green Planet and I'm a Cyborg but that's Ok back to back too.
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The plot holes with the Terminator series are huge. And at times it's nonsense that can be a tad distracting. Call me a hypocrite but for whatever reason I'm willing to look past the illogical points and enjoy what's up on the screen during the set pieces. Even people who don't particularly like T3 have to admit the street chase sequence was top notch.Superman Returns was sunk the minute Lex launched another zany real estate scheme.Wedding Campaign? Really? Wow. Good movie but not one that I expect plays well to American audiences.I spend some time everyday looking at UK sites like Daily Mail and I have to say, the Brits are looney tunes over celebrity pics and scandals. WTF is up with that?
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see unlike islam we can withdraw Jihad without losing face. To be honest about Sci-Fi- I'm yet to see one that isn't monumentally plot holed. Even the likes of Blade Runner and Alien have holes in them.
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This guy loathes american romantic comedies. I think he found this fresh. Whereas I, like you, thought it was good, but I think I felt the cultural barrier most in that film out of all the ones you sent. Perhaps because it was largely the most realistic.
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Horrible taboid neocon shite.Telegraph or Guardian are the best. The Guardian Blogs page is frankly excellent.
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that Hustler recommendation? It was top notch stuff.
I'm still here twiddling my thumbs and waiting for Good, the Bad and the Wierd and Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge.
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was on one of our Channels recently and was excellent.
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I saw it last year, but it's really unfortunate that it doesnt seem to have a legit release here, and it isnt even discussed much on this site. I'll catch a beating for sure, but I honestly liked it a bit better than Oldboy, and I love Oldboy. But c'mon, you're telling me something with such a geeky title and a great director isn't getting the exposure it deserves?
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The first one is great, hard to top. The Governor of Cah-lee-for-niaaaa was never better. Perfect mating of actor and role.T2, the affects are top drawer for the time, great practical stunts but the story is fairly lame and does not hold up well. I had an unhealthy like for Linda Hamiltons Sarah Connor character. Very troubling.T3, not a good Termanitor movie but if you look at it as a chase flick, its pretty OK. The practical stunts and car chases were excellent..
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I like reading British papers. They all make me laugh. I like the snide, chippy writing.
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Lets step it up if we can.
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Nov 18, 2008 11:09:46 AM CST
Still haven't gotten around to Devils on the Doorstep
by hawaiian organ donor
I'll be watching that next week since I'm taking the whole week off. I've been distracted with European films as of late. Some great stuff. And you want to talk about films that aren't getting their fair shake in the North American market? Unreal. I see no reason why we shouldn't get DVD releases here at the very least.Say what you want about the Koreans, but those mothers have got it right. They release everything with English subs, even if it's region 3 so that the movies can be distributed overseas. Europe hasn't figured that one out yet. I have about a dozen Russian, German and Scandinavian movies I can't watch because they didn't release them with English subs.
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My brother is always sending me links from there.Don't hold your breath for TGTB&TW, Jonah. It'll be the new year before we have an official release. But Public Enemy Returns is out. Can't wait to watch that one next week.
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Curious if there any things I should be searching for.
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Subtitled. Maybe if you get it in the EU they do it- but not Region 3. It might be because Region 2 includes a lot of English Speaking places, as well as those ones.It's only a guess though,
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people get overexcited by that. It seems like a big cocktease to me. How many seasons is it on? has anything been answered?
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It's a Heroes TB now, that's funny. Heros is what's driving the posts now and most of those are just two people.
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And Jarv, it is a tease, but it also moves forward. I think it's great. It supplies enough info and plot threads and characters, than for the most part, I personally am not watching it solely for "answers", though they have supplied those. However, when they do, they just open six or seven new ones. There are two seasons left including this coming one, so they need to start really connecting the dots. Like most fans though, I have faith it will come together.
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but at the end of season 1, I just gave up and never turned back to it. Just not interested.
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Frankly. It's just unwatchable.
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They've answered a lot of questions on Lost. Some answeres were good some not so much. They've also posed new ones. Since Lost is down to its last two seasons maybe the question will stop.
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like I have said before, i finished my Asian kit, but I don't think I had all the movies everybody else did, like I'm a cyborg but that's okay, and Red Cliff. I saw Mongol at the store and I almost bought it, but I was poor at the time. I gets paid the last day of the month so I have to ration my money a little better.And Jonah, you saw the new Miyazaki movie? Lucky you! Princess Mononoke used to be my favorite movie back in junior high. Then I got into Kurosawa and Seven Samurai permanently stole the spot.
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Lost thread I've gone even further off it. I just missed it- I think.
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They release all that stuff in Europe but not over here. And I'll be damned if I can find an online rental site.Jonah, I recently watch Arn: The Knight Templar which was excellent. The subs were hard coded and sometimes difficult to read. And two Finnish films, Jade Warrior and Tali-Ihantala which were both pretty good.And I haven't seen TGTB&TW yet. The rental sites probably won't have it until January or February I'm guessing so it'll be a couple months yet.
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after being up for about thirty hours. I have more typos then usual. Has anybody been so tired that they can't sleep? No? So its just me then? Figures.
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But I don't worship at his alter like some guys do.Kung Fu, hold tight brother. You'll have a new kit for Christmas.
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Granted, I haven't seen the whole thing, but if you're gonna talk about how much you don't like Aliens, and then say you like T3 for the same reasons...I'm so confused. The CoC wouldn't be the same without you man!
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Bell isn't even that hot. He's fucked up.
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but I do look forward to any new projects he has coming out. Some of his stuff is easily on par with Pixar if you ask me.
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Wow, he totally pwnd those weird stalkers: "More power to you. When you're done with your pedophilic-carthatic masturbatory fantasy of "Claire Bear" be sure and stuff that gunky tissue in your ears so you don't have to hear your own sobbing tears, or the atrocious dialogue of this horrendous bullshit you defend so pitifully. " Fuck me, that's poetry. And he's right/
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and don't care. So there. Mrs. Jarv is coming to take me to the pub soon. So I may be off abruptly. If I don't sign off, have a good night.
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What do you mean I like T3 for the same reasons I hate Aliens?
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HOD, I recommended Jade Warrior to you. You liked it? I quite enjoyed it, even though it was somewhat slow. I've had Arn for awhile, but never watched. It's actually good?
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yuck. What a horrid image.
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Clinton is Obama's Secretary of State apparently. Why am I not surprised.
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Is fun to make fun of. Its a trainwreck of epic proprtions has been from the beginning. It just had six really good episodes the first season that sort of tricked you into believing it had way more potential then it does.
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May John McCain rest in piss!!
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I didn't think the finale was that bad, sure it was a bit anti-climactic, but it wasn't desperate. Everything since, on the other hand has been worse than desperate.
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...until I have stuff to send people. I wanted to change things up a bit. Make them a more international flavor. But I've acquired enough new movies I think kits are on the horizon.If you have Arn I suggest you watch it pronto. Very good movie. And if you have a proper release of it, DAMN YOU!!!!Tali-Ihantala is based on the Battle of the same name in which Finnish forces, outnumbered 3 to 1, fought back a massive wave of Russian tanks in 1944.I don't know why I held off watching Jade Warrior as I grabbed it as soon as you recommended it.The Europeans really are putting out quality films right now. But those bastards aren't putting enough of them out for North American release.
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but it will do. It's prob not as good as the copy you have. The Tali-Ihantala film sounds quite good.
Jade Warrior felt like a very poetic and fairy-tale esque film. It was like a classy Highlander. Would that be an apt comparison?
Last foreign film I saw was last weekend-Semum. It's a turkish posession film that is cool, and rather creepy for awhile but then the demon ends up looking like that creature from Spawn, and the exorcist has some battle with him in a burned out world that looks like Constantine. It's ridiculous. -
It's a pretty cool scifi. Has some stuff in common with Minority Report, but it's a decent sci-fi film, and a decent noir.
Eden Log on the other hand was pretty poor. It should have been MUCH better.
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is the same one who did Sauna. Im still looking for that one. You find it yet?
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....all except a "Classy Highlander." Damn. Who needs that? Thats like a hooker with no hole.
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...looks bad ass. Let me know if you guys find that one.
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but yea, it looks to be great. The old version is on youtube.
And classy highlander maybe isn't right. It's just another story about a warrior in two different eras, the woman he loves, and this adversary who has pursued him. However, theres a better, more thought out story at it's heart. It's not trying for the same sort of feel as Highlander. You might like it though. Great little film. It ties chinese and finnish mythology together, dealing with a warrior hunting a demon, the Son of the Knocktress, over a legendary device called the Sampo. -
Is there a creature in it? Practical or CG?
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Was that the title? You trailered it here once as "Charleston and Vendetta" I believe. The film where the sisters go to find males for their dying town after they accidentally cause the death of the primary "breeder". Looks very Gilliam or Juenet. Whats the status there?
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the demon is represented by an actor, and not particularly creepy. Later he is inhabiting a human body, so no creature to speak of.
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Filmmaker Joseph 'McG' McGinty Nichol has been named Filmmaker of the Year by the heads of the CineAsia movie convention.
The Charlie's Angels director will pick up his prize at an awards ceremony in Macau on 11 December.
McG's latest movie, Terminator: Salvation, starring Christian Bale, is due for release in May 2009.
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Damn. In that case I pray the actor is Udo Kier.
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Not even in DIVX form on the torrents, which is what I assume you're referring to.I think Danny would like Jade Warrior and that was a damn fine description. And I'm pretty sure everyone here would like the Knight Templar movie. The acting is superb and it manages to be seamless love story and adventure tale.And as far as VIY goes, I wouldn't hold your breath. Those damn Ruskies don't seem interested in releasing movies for our market so I'd be surprised if we saw it on DVD here at all in the future.Jonah, how are you in keeping up with Thai films? Have you seen Bang Rajan or Suriyothai yet?
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'locals are under strict instructions to frock up (for the gala event) no thongs or singlets allowed'
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Bullshit! Now what am I going to where?
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Saw a few clips on the news. Couldn't really tell what the story is about - but Kidman looks tidy!
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i don't care, i loved that movie for ages.
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i liked it too. seriously, in bowen, and i'm not joking, dressed up means thongs.
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seriously. i'm having a brain fart just thinking about it. and i was drunk when i saw it.
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lost and heroes. i'll agree that heroes isn't fantastic, but it is good enough that i watch it. the other show i like is supernatural. after languishing a bit last season it has really hit it's strides. this season is shaping up awesome.
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cristain bale. g'day. I'm the terminator.
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you see i pointed out the major flaw presented by the first 2 terminator films. The way i see it there were two major theories of time travel. the first one, presented in back to the future posits that you can have an effect on time. for example if you go back in time and kill your grandfather you cease to exist. the second say from movies such as 12 monkies is that while you may go back in tomorrow, in the real world that has already happened. you can't effect time. the first terminator subscribes to the second theory. by sending his solider back in time john is created by the time travel. he otherwise wouldn't exist. we also learn at the start of the 2nd that this is what created the terminator but at the end it seems as if the protaganists have prevented the invention of the terminators, which should be impossible in this theory of time travel. I complained bitterly so they made the third one. they kinda invented a new theory. fate is fate, you change the details but it allways happens anyway.
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I get a magazine called 'Death Ray' and there's a review of the above mentioned movie in the latest issue. Not a good one, either. Basically says 'may not be the worst movie ever but it has a damn good try.'Bit uncharitable!
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Nov 18, 2008 3:23:54 PM CST
I like the fate is fate theory on time travel....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...it may happen a bit differently, but it will always end up with the same end result.
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Do you mean The Legend of Suriyothai that was released stateside back in 2003? I did see that, and unfortunately outside of some great scenery and some battles atop actual elephants, I found it to be as plodding and melodramatic as some hollywood fare. I really wanted to like it, but it felt weak to me.
Or is this another movie you speak of?
Bang Rajan on the otherhand, I actually enjoyed. Not great, but good for an epic, especially from a country that was largely new to that kind of filmmaking.
My current thai fave though is actually a movie called Buppah Rahtree: The Curse of the Night Flower, that was made around the same time as the epics you mentioned. It's a horror comedy, and I think both you and Jarv would get quite a kick out of it. Seek it out. It's worth the watch.
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Love it. Technically brilliant. Thumping good action. Barmy story. Solid performances. Think they could've done better casting the John Connor role.Still prefer T1, though. T3 I've only seen once and I can't recall much about it. The female terminator can inflate her own boobies. That's about it.
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I thought it was worth watching for the scenery alone. And I don't know if Thailand will ever make a better movie than Black Tiger, although I have high hopes for FLAMING LEG KICK 2!
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I second that.
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you are right. I think I preferred that one. But see Buppah Rahtree. I recommended it on the asian online horror site, and Kung-fu, Mavra and There all dug it if I remember correctly. I think those were the three.
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Korean had their big film explosion not so long ago, but before that their output was mega-crap. Thailand seems to be pushing the limits of what they can do. Once they establish it, you will start seeing stuff with real stories emerge.
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discussed foreign film on here. Forgot how much I missed it. Also, let someone borrow that film, Guard Post and they loved it. I really dug that movie quite a bit. Nice, slow burn horror film. The color palette was very lush for that movie.
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Suvive Style +5. holy shit, that movie was one of the best surprises of the summer. Great soundtrack too.
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the body the demon inhabits is actually played by a Finnish actor,who I previously recognized as the lead in Man Without a Past, which is a film that everyone should see. Coming off being the affable lead in that, to wielding a smithee hammer in a business suit as he leapt off walls was something to behold.
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I agree, it does creep up on you. But I finished up not understanding where the infection came from. At one point a bunch of guys go off into the woods, then they come back fucked up, but we never see what was in the woods. Did I miss something?
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Glad you liked that one Kung-fu. Wasnt sure how people were gonna respond to that. You HAVE to see that HOD.
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That was the one with Vinny Jones, right? Another good little movie.
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it's left ambiguous, much the way the origination of The Mist was left ambiguous in the novella(less so in the film, I think). At one point, you have two characters talking about how the placement of this post is right on the border of a bitter war, and how over the years who knows what contagions have been released, or dumped or placed in those forests.
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it was wierd to see him in Midnight Meat Train, in a somewhat similarly imposing role, and then realize he was more threatening in SS5+.
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... is fine by me.Y'know, I wish we could watch more of the Twitch films and discuss them on here. At least we'd be on-topic more often and I reckon Twitch would join in with us regularly then.
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star trek looks freken awesome. now i go, get daily bread.
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...after your daily bread, do not be led into temptation.The Trek trailer gets better every time I watch it. I don't know what some of those Trekkies are moaning about. I still think the kid at the start would be more likely to reply cocky with something like "Jimmy T. Kirk!" rather than his full handle.
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....but then again-- I understand most people don't get my bitching most of the time either. But the trailer looks damn phenomenal. Finally here is a film to resurrect the Trekkie's beloved franchise, and they bitch and moan. I just dont get it. For me a non-fan of the Trek universe, it looks better than anything they have ever come up with. It finally looks fun.
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I dig the original series but I understand this new movie cannot look like that. "It doesn't look anything like the 1960's bridge set!"I don't want it to! I want to see it funked up! Break a few of the canon rules - it's those rules that have been holding Trek back. Abrams knows this and he also knows his biggest problem is grabbing the non-Trek audience. I think this trailer is his call-out to them.I'm waiting for a longer, more sedate trailer that'll give us some character moments.
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Fern Britten was on 'The One Show' the other night. They were talking about dog fighting, attack dogs, danger to small children, etc. They asked Fern's wisdom on the matter and she said this:"What people don't realise is that dogs... are dogs; they're not human beings..."No shit, Fern, really? Good job you're on hand to point this stuff out to us hopeless morons in viewer-land.
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Downey Jnr and Jude Law were filming inside Manchester Town Hall a couple of weeks ago. Didn't see them. Saw some cheerful-looking extras, though.
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Besides the 'fate is fate' theory there is also the theory that no matter what you do if you went back in time it has absolutely no effect on the future. Kill your grandpa? You don't die. Nothing happens. It makes sense to me. Why/how could the "universe" suddenly make you not exist?
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If I could get only two gifts for Christmas, it would be a nice copy of Devils on the Doorstep, and the boxed set of the entire Batman animated series. If you ask me, besides the comic of course, that is THE definitive version of Batman
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I haven't watched them all. BUT I PLAN TO!!! I have fucking movies I bought like 3 years + that I haven't watched. I blame DVR and now Netflicks, keeping me on a schedule thats hard to derive from.
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Speed Racer movie and game. Special edition of Spawn: Book of the Dead.
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I REALLY want to see it, but my fucking computer is to shitty to watch it. I still got that link.
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I am having to re watch a lot of movies I watch in the past year while I was in South Carolina to show them to my lady friend.
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Really? You don't think that they deserved a wide release? I know the story to Day Watch was fucking nuts, but I so wish I could have seen it on the big screen.
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Yeah I saw that they were back to being big sized. Really pissed because I want some pickled onion right now! And some salt and vinegar Hula hoops. HULA HOOPS ARE ROUND!
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Have you seen this? Has anyone heard of this? It was ok.
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Hey, has anyone seen HOD lately? I always seem to miss him.
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Transporter 3? Movie looks all sorts of bad ass. Jason has never let me down in a movie going experience. On repeat views they've lost a little. But initial viewing needs to be done on the big screen. Especially after the lackluster of Quantum of So What if I take kids from their homeland and ruin their lives just for authenticity while Daniel Craig can play a Jewish guy in every movie needing a Jewish person damn Authenticity.
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what does everybody want for Christmas? You could even list some cool stuff you are planning to get other people.
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I saw Quantum today and was seriously underwhelmed, the action was good but the story was so flat and all over the place. Casino Royale was much better in every way.
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for starters I want new laws that make it illegal to put up Christmas decorations before December, I find it really overwhelming to see all that shit put up almost before Halloween is even over.
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Don't know if you care about Supergirl. But some guy who used to work at my local comic shop is now the head writer for it. I picked up the last issue and the next issue comes out tomorrow. The last issue wasn't that bad, I just don't really care for Supergirl. I may pick up the next one, I got the last one autographed. They have Supergirl posters all over the windows of the store.
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not a big DC fan at all. But isn't Alex Ross doing the cover of the Supergirl comic? I think I saw it online last night. That's pretty fuckin special if you ask me.
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but i agree. people DO forget that dogs arn't people. a dog is a pack animal. you need to show it that you are the leader of the pack. when you treat it like people it thinks it is. then you get problems.
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that is the 12 monkies theory. the way i look at it is thus: existence has a timeline. if you go back in time next week say, a hundred years, while that occurs in your future, it occurs in everyone else's past. there is nothing you change because everything you change was already changed in the past. the bizare thing about this is (for example): where did the terminators come from? they required time traveling terminators in order to exist. i like the fate version, it kinda sides steps this and is almost religious. things were meant to be, no matter what the details, the universe would find a way to make it happen.
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Head.... Going..... To..... Explode.....
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About the only reason I'd want to buy DC books. Last week I bought the Kingdom Come Superman special Ross did. For a change it's not painted, he's penciling/inking it, with someone else doing the colors, and it looks gorgeous! The story is about the Kingdom Come Superman being stuck in the regular DC universe that's going on in Justice Society (havent read any of it), and it offers some nice insight into the original Kingdom Come story, like Lois Lane's death. So I recommend it, especially if you enjoyed Kingdom Come as much as I did, it stands on its own and doesnt need any knowledge of the JSA books.
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Day Watch is comfortably better than Night Watch, but still seriously flawed. They aren't bad movies per se, just terribly confused and flawed. The end of Night Watch is almost completely incomprehensible, and the end of Day suffers by basically being a giant reset button that everyone apart from the "hero" (who is a bit shit, lets face it) ignores. Also, bearing in mind how hard the head of Day Watch is, why are they concerned about these super vampires? I feel they basically had a load of cracking ideas, threw them at the screen to see which worked, but forgot to remove the ones that didn't. Except the magic chalk. That was just a bad idea full stop.
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The One show is one of the worst pieces of shit on Television. It can't decide if it's a Richard and judy style chat show, an Entertainment review or a news thingy. It fucking sucks.
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vary greatly. On one hand there's Almodvar etc, but there's some godawful crap that comes out and just seems to exist to push the boundaries of taste. Mostly from France. Past shockers include Romance, Baise Moi, Intimacy (sorry world), The purpose of which seems to be to just get an erect cock past the censors. I don't care, because this week I'm going to see Baader-Meinhoff which will be excellent.
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They can kiss my arse. When's it getting released?
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on time travel. you should be able to read them above. of course you may have already read them. plus mal meninga owes me a beer.
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or at least less painterly than Ross's usual stuff. Well if you liked that, I hear there is a follow-up to that issue coming out this week that also has to do with Kingdom Come. You should check it out.
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so you ain't getting that beer.
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he has an unstealable wallet. plus him and wally lewis get their beer for free at lang park. so you see it my fate to get that beer. besides, who's the convict here?
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except my lot were smart enough not to get caught and transported. Anyway, while I was rooting around Mal's house, I noticed that he'd written his pin number on a piece of toilet paper with crayon. So I've emptied his bank account as well. Sadly, Campese says he'll stand you a round, so I've got to go there as well. Just before I sneak up behind Haydn and break a bottle on his head for being such a humourless and unpleasant bullying cunt.
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Australia has sodding hundreds of sporting legends. And I've got to steal from all of them. Apart from Haydn. Who I have to hit with a bottle. Because he's a cunt.
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you're faster. you're better at the track events.
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lucky he didn't catch you though. it would have been like jack and beanstalk.
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but i want beer not coffee. wog.
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Al Baxter caught me stealing his wallet. It was hidden in a pie. Luckily for me, he's too fat to catch me.
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aside from a few ticket stubs which clearly have losing horses on them Gregan's wallet was attached to his belt with a chain, so that'll be difficult to get.
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It's eloquent, well constructed, intelligenty written hormone driven shite. Seriously, it's like her critical faculties melted.
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i'll sleep uneasy knowing you may steal my wallet. fortunatly i have money. or is that unfortunatly. hmm. hang on, its pay day! ok i'm done. night all.
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"Gayer than 8 men blowing 9 men" "the squealing, frenzied, hive vagina that comprises the existing fandom" I'm fucking crying with laughter.
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See you tomorrow.
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Sure, it wasn't very good, yet I enjoyed it at the same time. It's what I was looking for last night: a quick movie that wasn't horrible to view. That being said, complete and utter bullshit that they pussied out and had the world 'saved' at the end. Why couldn't they get Donald's corpse, prop him up, and have him point at Nicole and scream? Much better ending.
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It's fucking freezing this morning. 24 degrees out when I started up my car.
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-4 celsius.In anycase...TOO FUCKING COLD.Think I'll dump a cup of coffee down my shoes.
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They clean the fucking grease trap now, and it stinks to high heaven. The smell just permeates everything for like an hour or so. Why the fuck can't they do this at the very end of the day?
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But there ain't shit coming out in the next two months? Does this seem like an unusually bad holiday release schedule or am I missing something?
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If you're having trouble connecting to the Z-Drive, go ahead and contact me in the Zone *shudders* and I'll send it off on my lunch.
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but who saw Southland Tales, and did anyone like it?
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Nov 19, 2008 7:30:33 AM CST
It's -4C here too Pillows (yes, I'm a metric man)
by hawaiian organ donor
So you aren't doing too bad off considering how you're further north than I am.The Invasion did chicken out. Like a guy who desperately wants a kid with his wife but keeps pulling out at the last second after years of sleeping with loose women. Just like me, you'll forget the movie a week after you watched it.Justice has been served. Ted Stevens, convicted criminal, will not be returning to the Senate. I still can't believe it took a recount to decide that.
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/6120474.html
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Enjoy your cake in prison old man! Maybe someone will be your secret Santa if you're lucky in the joint!
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Nov 19, 2008 7:34:59 AM CST
ThereWolf, Jonah and Chipps saw Southland Tales I believe
by hawaiian organ donor
And the consensus is that watching flies buzz around a rubber turd for two hours is less confusing and more entertaining.I actually had it in my queue until those reviews from the group poured in.And don't worry about the fall lineup. While it may be dire here, we're getting some damn fine movies from overseas markets so we still have something to look forward to.
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I see you already saw it but heres a portion of that twilight review to make you ill all over again:
One of the most notable scenes was one of the shortest, but his face sold it. As Bella lays against his chest, caught up in sleep, completely at ease, he stares at her, his face filled with trepidation; as though this moment simultaneously captures his greatest fears and greatest joys all at once. He’s unable to enjoy the moment because of the fear he holds at his own lack of control, and Pattinson sells this so beautifully.
And Pillow, I saw Southland Tales and it sucks. Not even worth watching as an oddity. And Im one of the ones who really loved Donnie Darko. -
That pretty much leaves no doubt as to whether to watch it or not.Yeah, but it would be a nice switch of pace to have something good to watch domestically. Ah well...
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But that's Willie's retirement grease!Imagine what those kids learn at home if they're looking to kill Obama at the age of 8.Not sure where we'll get potatoes from, but Slim Pickens is ready to commence the carpet bombing campaign on your order.
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if it means an end to the Idaho menace. Apparently that county is the reddest of the red in this country, so it's not a total shock considering it's dominated by Mormons and is 98% white. They probably ate up all the campaign bullshit that was spewed out.Dirty drippy little whores, all of them.
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I haven't got to the computer I can get to the Z-drive for a bit. But I'm due on it at 5PM our time tonight so I'll sort it then. The IT here is fucking dreadful, frankly.
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in that twilight thread. Pencils sharpened, flying possums at the ready- IT'S TOOL KILLING TIME.
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Nov 19, 2008 8:17:46 AM CST
Why would anyone start a war with you over Twilight?
by hawaiian organ donor
Is he mental?Christ I'm tired today. I'd sleep at my desk if I could.
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Go jarv, Go!
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I loved original Kingdom Come. I had no idea they were doing a follow-up of sorts.That comes from not visiting comic book shop for close to a year. Thanks for info, I will go out and buy the new series.
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What's with this new breed of fucking poseur that comes on with "you're all so negative. I'm so superior, go in with an open mind" I fucking hate that.
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I think there is a lot of good shit coming out...
Boy In The Striped Pajamas
Slumdog Millionaire
Australia
Transporter 3
Milk
Punisher 2
Gran Turino
The Wrestler
Benjamin Button
Valkyrie Defiance Che
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Aren't you getting Baader-Meinhoff?
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The rest look promising as well.
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Mrs. Jarv said the Boy in Striped Pyjamas was a thorough "meh". What's Gran Turino about?
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That must be a different movie she saw, I'm talking about this film The Boy In Striped Pajamas, not PYJAMAS.
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Is that movie with Eastwood, where he is an old racist that moves next door to a Chinese family. The son has run ins with an Asian gang and Eastwood beats their ass and backs up the kid. It looks tough as hell.
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Like Serendipity sorta? How so?
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Because I have the typing skills of an amphetimine fuelled monkey.
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Oh...I thought that was another British thing. Don't you spell it different? I would never point out a typo. Thats a cunt thing to do. Its just petty.
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that makes friends with another boy on the other side of a fence in a concentration camp? I knew you weren't correcting me, as it is a cunty thing to do, I was correcting myself. If that makes any sense.
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I just saw a small piece on it on HBO. It looks great. I think Danny Boyle could have directed it.
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It means well, but Mrs. Jarv just said it's cliched and it drowns under the weight of its intentions. She says it isn't bad per se, just not great.
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Thats how I felt about Son of Rambow. It seemed so close to greatness, but something was lacking.
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it was nice and everyting, just lacking something.
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without getting banned. I feel this is important/
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...Mitt Romney is not on Mod duty today.
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though. I see you've got your own little bitch in the Twilight TB. He's just like mine- annoying, smug and a complete wanker.
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Downright fucking evil. There's no two ways about it.
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before Node32774 was banned.
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Looks like I have found my formula for riches.
Take any form of fantasy (wizards, vampires etc.) blend it with teen angst and BAM! you got a best seller.
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having so many hits.
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one would think you would have taken after ang lee and been all touchy feely instead of all smashy.
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Nothing from the previews makes me want to run out and see it though.
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Ed Harley Jr. facing the pressure's of underage drinking and fullfilling revenge-driven killing spree's.
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about peanut butter in the moonlight. Nasty, but hey- at least it isn't evil.
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Now there is a concept.
Think of the movie Lucas, only with him having serated fingernails and a thirst for bloodshed when confronted by bullies in the gym shower.
Also bad blood with milk truck driver's son, who is now star quarterback of the football team and is banging head cheerleader. -
Mini marathon tomorrow morning on Sci-Fi. Set your DVR's!
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but i could care less about love story angle.
Unless it shows Kidman naked in all her milky-white glory, manning a 50-cal and screaming as the recoil makes her jubblies vibrate into lactation.
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It hates the antiquated version of Internet Explorer that I have to use. And I can't install firefox or upgrade it. How irritating.
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back in action?
And I liked Son of Rambow quite a bit, but yea, it was almost great. I would not however call it meh. But that's me.
Boy with the Striped Pajamas looked very meh just from the previews. Defiance on the other hand looks quite good. And all of you need to see Slumdog Millionaire. -
I've dropped you a line. Mrs Jarv says thanks.
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Have Mick Dundee lead a group of animals (Beastmaster style) against the invading forces of Japan.
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Have figured my slow days and busy days out so to speak.
But have been working from about 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. lately.
So far I have help start a free aerobics program for all ages, formed an open league basketball program for kid's and will have an adult league running by Dec. 5th.
I also had to referee all the kid's games this week due to a couple of refs not showing up. The little girls' teams are more sinister than the boys. Those chicks are mean... -
I thought that was the story of Australia. Fuck.
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Pah. I need to upgrade IE.
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I have problems with that. I clearly need to get Internet fixed at home.
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If they don't have Mick Dundee in a movie called Australia (and features battle scenes) then I will protest with raw eggs and picket signs.
Sort of like a party with no alchohol or coked-out strippers. Fun, but you are there the whole time wondering how much more fun things could be.
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How much is internet over there?
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Strictly Ballroom= meh Moulin Rouge= SHIT. PROPER SHIT Australia= me having no interest.
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But you have to have a phone line and ours is fucked. BT are being very useless in coming and fixing it.
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is a good analogy for taking acid.
I can tell people that taking acid makes home movies of your sister's ballet recital turn into Moulin Rouge.
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I thin Moulin Rouge is fantastic. But Romeo and Juliet is pure fucking magic. I'll see anything this dude puts out.
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Japan shows up and storms 10,000 troops up the beach and confronts a guy in a cowboy hat drinking a beer.
Japanese General: "You should armed yourself with a gun when you saw all of us approaching!"
Guy on the beach wedges his finger under the tab on top of the beer and gives a quick pull, making the General wince as a lukewarm spray of beer tickles his cheek.
He takes a swig from the can and looks up at the General with a grin, squinting one eye as the sun fights past the shoulder of the General and onto the cowboy's face.
"Gun? I don't need a gun. I have a Donk."
General: "What's a Donk?"
The ground shakes as an enormous figure grabs the General on the shoulder. He looks around right in time to see the most beastly man he as ever seen grab his shoulder and draw back...
"I'm Donk!"
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Your new friend U.K. Star is a liar and a posur. he stated that in the old days AICN was a lovey dovey circle jerk of film discussion and brotherhood. That's a flat out lie. If anything AICN is MORE civil now then in like '97 Obviously UK was NOT around for something like the X Men 1 TB. In those days the toolbar on the TB box used to have a link to a posters email. I got like three or four death threats or promises for asskickings a day sent to me. It was from rabid fanboys that lost their shit over things like what Wolverine was wearing. Maybe its just me but death threats and promises of ass kicking aren't all kumbaya and hail fellow well met.The X men 1 TB wasn't the only TB that happened in. It was routine then. So your friend UK is a liar and a poser.
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Talkbacks linked to email?
Dear God, can you imagine how much easier it would be for 2for2true to smite foes?
Was the X-men TB's bad? I wasn't on here then, but I do remember the Transformer TB's getting heated, as well as any mention of Cloverfield. -
I'm actually getting tired of telling him to fuck off.
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fucking carnage as well. If anything it's more mellow now. I'm outta here guys. See you tomorrow.
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"In very severe cases it may be necessary to tie a hand to the bed frame with a tie in order that the habit of masturbating in a semi-sleep condition can be broken."
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Nov 19, 2008 12:07:56 PM CST
Xi, I will personally gift wrap a kicking of your ass, if u diss
by toadkillerdog
Just don't do it man. I mean it! Leave kumbaya alone! Leave it alone! *sniff*
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So that is why I kept waking up in the mornings and felt like I had dried donut glaze all over my face.
I will somehow tie both hands to the headboard to try and stop.
Of course I will also have to somehow untrain my declawed cat, who is programmed to assist masturbation so I can keep both hands free to drink beer and stab at the remote in hopes I can find Jaws on TBS or AMC channel. -
Ties aren't strong enough.
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To each his own I guess.
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to smite shitheels and infidels. When one is everything and everywhere at once, email links are inconsequential.
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I'm always defending that shit. I think Baz is a weirdo genius.
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balls.
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So I cannot comment on that one.
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I wasn't dissing kumbaya. I don't care enough about to diss it. If you want to get out the wrapping paper...
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Though it's not for everyone, and it's not as good as Moulin Rouge.
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Kumbaya my lord, kumbayaaaaaa!
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I think it hits the emotions harder. My favorite sequence being "Roxanne." Romeo is still an awesome film though, and I love the style of the weird Mexican beach-side world. If you didn't like Moulin you wouldn't like Romeo. Its the same overall style of editing and cartoony pace.
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I think I'll find it an interesting look at how everything lead to the interview in the first place, and how it ended up being Frost who got it.
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Nov 19, 2008 12:30:10 PM CST
the people who prefer Chicago over Moulin....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
fuck me....you got serious issues homie.
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You prefer Alien 3 over Aliens...just saying Kumbaya
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The way early days of AICN was fucking wacked out. I sit here and laugh sometimes when everbody goes off on certain posters because they're goofy. They're just goofy and nothing more. In the first three or four years of AICN there were post written by certifiable nutjobs and absolute stone cold freaks. For the most part nothing today compares to the over the line psychopathic trolls and basement dwelling losers of the early days of AICN. Nothing or nobody compares.It was so much more fun to torment the wackjobs then. They would go nuts at the slightest provocation. God it was fun. Today it's not nearly as much of a good time.Yes Chitty the Xmen 1 TB was a swamp of freaked out fanboy loserness to the nth degree. I ended up publishing the emails with death threats I got on the TB. I took down two different Xmen TB by doing that. I also got banned four or five times during thoses TB. See, fun.
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HATE.
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It lacks decent characters, dialogue, alien design, set design-- and replaces them with brainless action and cliche military types. Sorry for not enjoying any of that bullshit.
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Nov 19, 2008 12:43:03 PM CST
I despise Chicago, fucking hated the muscial as well
by just pillow talk
Just plain awful.
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My Cub Scout troop was run by former hippies, and we were indoctrinated with that song everyday! I feel like that dude in Manchurian Candidate. I need therapy.
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Terminator 2 is better than Terminator 3. Chicago is not better than Moulin Rouge, but neither are great filmed musicals.
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Did I miss something?
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Action scene, explosion, action scene, explosion, forced family moment, action scene, explosion, forced family moment. Incredibly groundbreaking.
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Nov 19, 2008 12:52:16 PM CST
The Moulin crowd has nothing to do with Twilight crowd....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Twilight is horny 16 year old fat girls. Moulin is horny 40 year old gay men.
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I go goofy over kumbaya due to my hippie cub scout days. I'm better now.
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In fact, all these reasonable fellows who like Aliens do not like Transformers.There is no dispute that T2 does have weak moments with the son-father unnecessary dynamic, but then again, Eddie was the weak link in that movie.Besides Aliens having Ripley try and save the ONLY person left alive on the planet, not sure how these "forced family moments" occur for you. You do realize with Aliens in a movie, there will be multiple action scenes? And what is wrong with the set designs? I'm quite puzzled by this. If you have a problem with the portrayal of the Marines, fine. I got a kick out of it. I love Hicks and Hudson.
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You sir, have lost your damn mind. And it's starting to fucking show!
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...is one of the greatest sci-fi/action films of all time. It ranks right up there with fellow kick-ass films like DIE HARD and PREDATOR = it's infinitely rewatchable and virtually flawless. (All props to the original, ALIEN, which is one of the greatest horror movies of all time.)I'm MNG and I support this message.
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MNG 08 - he will get you laid! Even Node!
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The sets are atrocious. They came off a film with some of the best set design in film history and made everything grey instead of black, and plastic looking instead of metal. The exteriors on the planet are fucking terrible. They look like left over sets from the Lost In Space tv show. Those fake foam rocks...who the hell thought that looked good? Its just distracting and adds to the overall half ass feel of the entire film for me. Alien showcased incredible set design and atmosphere. Cameron takes those eerie quiet moments and tries his best to smash that into the floor with noisy, relentless, mindless action. Action is fine. The action here is mindless and clumsy. And with overall design issues I always go back to the alien design. Another example of Ridley's thought process compared to Cameron's. Ridley gets a long, slender dancer type to fill the suit. Cameron says oh fuck it-- lets just get bulky stunt guys in there. I remember there was an interview with Sigourney years ago where she complained about this, saying she missed the aliens from the first film. The skeletal bulky design and those stupid thick claws look fucking retarded compared to Giger's brilliant design in the first film. Basically Cameron took everything that worked in the first film and took a big steaming dump on it and said lets make it big, loud, and packed with ass kicking military and the world will suck my dick for it. And it worked. Audiences took the bait. And the girl that plays Newt is fucking terrible. All those moments with Sigourney holding her and saying she's gonna take care of her and kissing her head and shit. Forces and nauseating. Its like they hired a chimp to write a film with actual human emotion. But I have always said the last 15 minutes is solid. And its because for the first time in the entire fucking film, its quiet. Its just Ripley and The Queen and I finally felt like it got some magic back from the first film. Ridley never intended this franchise to be a loud shoot 'em up action piece. He clearly wanted to make a much different sort of sci fi film. Cameron didn't understand that. The world wants loud blockbusters without a brain, thats what he made.
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You rank Aliens on the same level as Die Hard? I'm sorry....but I cannot vote for you.
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Aliens is a gem, and Danny is wrong. I crossed that bridge long ago. Sorry Danny.
I will say however, that I did like Moulin Rouge, and am looking forward to Australia. And the Romeo and Juliet Luhrman version is a fave of my wife. I dig it too. Strictly Ballroom was actually quite enjoyable too. So, yea, I guess I am a fan of Baz.
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Only because am I obsessed with time travel and on a geek website will I continue this discussion. Time travel movies deal with paradoxes in a myriad of ways. For the moment, I will limit the discussion to the terminator movies and 12 monkeys, since they are already on the table. First though, we need to agree on a definition of a paradox as it relates to time travel. A paradox is when you begin with the same premise and end with contradictory mutually exclusive conclusions. The Grandfather paradox, as ut is called, is a specific example of a time travel related paradox. Everyone knows the story. You go back in time and kill your grandfather, which means you were never born and could not go back in time and kill your grandfather so you are born and create a time machine to go back in time to kill your grandfather... And so it goes, repeating to infinity. Basically, going back in time and successfully changing history takes away the reason to go back in time in the first place. There are a myriad of ways to get around this in fiction writing but let's stick to the movies mentioned above. . In Terminator One, Reece goes back in time and spawns the leader of the future resistance. The attempt by the terminator to eliminate Sarah is not successful. This movie follows the "Closed Time Loop" way of dealing with paradoxes which says, 'Any attempt to create a paradox fails. Either the universe will conspire you to fail (your gun misfires or you are crushed in, say, a factory) you unwittingly create the event that necessitated your travel through time." 12 Monkeys also follows this model. Of course, it may seem like a paradox because an event (in this case an entire person, John Conner) has been created ex nihilo. Let's table that for now because it's too complicated. Terminator 2 follows a different model which I'll call "Separate Timelines, or the Plastic Timeline.". This avoids the Grandfather Paradox by making the time traveler's existence distinct from his timeline. What I mean is, if you go back in time and kill your grandfather, nothing happens. Gramp dies, you have prevented yourself from being born but it doesn't matter because you are living in the new timeline. So if you were able to return to the future, no one would remember you. Your timeline has been erased. You still retain your memories, because it did once exist, but no longer. In T2, Arnold helps prevent Judgment Day but this does not cause a paradox because he is living in the new timeline. I like this one because I believe in free will and the logical notion that a timeline is plastic. Of course, in T2, we also have an object (the terminator hand) created ex nihilo with no one actually doing the original work to develop the technology. Again, let's ignore this for now. In T3, they follow the "Time is a river" model, which Danny calls "Fate is Fate". The analogy is that time is a river, you can dam it with a rock or pee in it, but it's going to keep flowing the same direction and balance itself out in the end. There's an actual scientific theory for this one, but I can't open up multiple windows right now so tough luck. Practically speaking, this means you can change history to a degree (killing Hitler) but some events are oredestined to happen (World War II, or Judgment Day). T3 nicely ties things together in this way although I found the movie pure shit. The problem with this theory (in my point of view) is that you COULD change big historical events if you sent multiple time travelers and were very strategic about your choices. This is why the whole terminator franchise is stupid. Assuming time travelling is possible, which those movies do, and it's possible to send more than one terminator back to the same time as a previous version, you could eliminate John really easily. Which would then create a paradox...or not.
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....with a lot of nostalgia contributing to its love. I dont know if today's generation loves it as much as this one. I can't imagine people being that impressed by it seeing it now for the first time. What do you guys think? Is it another Tron sorta thing....lotta nostalgia?
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When I watched it recently, I found it had actually held up very well, and if I were seeing it for the first time I'd still prefer it to most ofthe action adventure films of recent memory. But I actually think just about the opposite of every single thing you thought above,so there is that.
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nor the inside of the compound. And I did not think the action was clumsy, not even sure what that means in this context. I knew what was going on and could follow the action, so in my eyes that's a successful action piece. And I liked the fact that it was a completely different film than Alien. What happens when you have a shitload of them together?And since lots of people liked the movie, they "took the bait"? C'mon now, just because you didn't like the movie nor like Cameron, everyone else is an idiot? I recently just watched the third Aliens film, and I enjoyed it more than I remember. That being said, the ending is horrible and the CGI is pretty bad in the film. So let's see, Ripley saw her entire crew wiped out by one in the first one, wakes up and everyone she knows is dead. She sees the samething happening to the colony, and now you find it impossible to believe that she would latch on to Newt, something to try and pull through this mess? And Newt doesn't annoy me enough to pull me out of the movie.Oh, and "forces and nauseating" describe Regarding Henry pretty well I might add.
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While I agree with a few of your points - very few, such as the contrast and quality of the set design, from Gigers sublime version, to Camerons functional, military one. I think it was done to alter the mood of the movies, and thius it was very successful. Alien was a horror flick. A very stylish, space based horror flick. Using Giger's design was risky and genius. It was probably very expensive too. Still, it worked brilliantly. Cameron was not trying to mimic Alien. He could not touch that work, so he went in a diffeent direction. Before I go further, I think Cameron is a dick. A true dick in every sense of the word. BUt he has talent. And he had a vision to make the Alien universe a more militaristic one. His set designs and directing were perfectly in tuned with what he was trying and did accomplish. Aliens is one of truly great action flicks of all time. I can honestly say that you and you alone ar ethe only person I have ever encountered who did not like Aliens, or thought part 3 was superior. Maybe this is just your 'iconoclastic' nature once again asserting itself, but you are very wrong in this instance.
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Yeah. I don't like the idea of altering the future in your own timeline which splits from the main timeline. So there are multiple timelines existing simultaneously on different planes at all times. Back To The Future mixed it up as well with the two sorts of time alteration. The original follows the "Grandfather Theory" and Doc mentions in Part 2 that Marty is in an alternate 1985 because of changing the past, he draws the picture on the chalkboard where he has created an alternative line that exists simultaneous with the real timeline, so he must steal back the Almanac and steer back onto the original timeline. Meaning Marty is not actually changing the future, he is merely going back and navigating back onto the original timeline. But that is weird to think when he is back in regular 1985, the alternative 1985 is still existing with Biff ruling the world. Once it exists, it never goes away I guess.
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Yes, I do. Because you know what other film consists of "Action scene, explosion, action scene, explosion, forced family moment, action scene, explosion, forced family moment."?DIE HARD.
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Because when the going gets tough...the tough stab a shitheel in the mouth with a #2 pencil!
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You may be right I'm one of the few that doesn't like Aliens. But that has nothing to do with thinking Alien 3 is better. I have encountered many people that believe 3 is a stronger film but still love Aliens. I understand the Aliens love. People like those sort of films, it gets them off for whatever reason-- I get it. It doesn't do it for me, but I get it. I don't get the hatred for 3. To me, it is a stronger achievement on all levels, most importantly in the acting department.
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Its not like a film I refuse to watch. I'll watch it if its on. I just think its incredibly cheap and corny looking. But I enjoy it in a lighthearted sort of way, the same way I enjoy Last Action Hero.
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While I prefer T1, Alien. It's completely a matter of taste.
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Yeah but Die Hard was not shot on sets constructed of Legos, its got Alan Rickman instead of Paul Reiser, and no kid that makes me want to drive a nail into my desk with my forehead.
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A very good and well acted movie nearly nullified by a lowsy plot device and ending.If the intent was to always kill off Hicks and Newt, then they should have had Newt carrying the Queen from the beginning. That way, when the chest-breaker emerges, Ripley is forced to watch Newt die and give birth to an alien. Hicks should not have died in the crash - he should have died while saving Ripley at some point (i.e. sacrificing himself so that Ripley could kill the alien). Finally, when the Company arrives, Ripley is taken into custody to face an uncertain future. Roll end credits.That being said, it's because of the events in ALIEN 3 that we were given the cinematic afterbirth that is ALIEN 4 = one of the worst sequels of any franchise ever.
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Don't put words in my mouth Mr. Pillow. I never once called anyone an idiot for liking Aliens. And I did not bring this up this time, nor any of the other times in recent months. People constantly throw it at me insinuating my taste is shit because of my film preferences. So I explain what I don't like about Aliens and people get even more upset. I said I understand this film works for some people. There is an audience for Aliens, Transformers, Indy IV, all that. I'm in the minority with this and many other films and thats fine. Don't know what else people want me to say.
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I hate time travel as a literary or movie device. While I can enjoy some books or movies that use it, I still despise it. It crates far too many potential and 'real' plot holes and paradoxes that can ruin a film or book. Because by just peering under the 'surface' of the plot a bit, you can see how it all can unwind with a simple application of logic. Which far too many writers of such fiction, ignore. Books or movies that attempt to limit the paradoxes by creating their own rules are marginally more 'believeable', but even these have issues.
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Some movies I give a pass to, others I don't. Loved T1 and Aliens when I first saw them back in the 80s. I still enjoy them now but I find they haven't aged as well as Die Hard, Predator, Lethal Weapon, Blade Runner, etc.And then there's stuff like Tron, The Black Hole, Commando and The Goonies that I tell myself has aged like a block of Gouda but I still hold dear to my heart anyway.Very few movies are made as well as Alien, Back to the Future and Robocop that will hold up as well to people seeing them for the first time 50 years from now as they did to the folks watching them on opening night.And to once again prove I have the most forgiving tastes on this site, I liked all the stuff you guys are crapping on. Chicago, Moulin Rogue, yup, I own 'em both.
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Whats wrong with Ripley sacrificing herself? And I applaud the opening of the film because it killed off two characters I hated. I was glad Fincher had the balls to start it off with a clean slate.
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OK. So, you can admit to watching ALIENS...which is odd considering your statements but I totally understand. However, I totally disagree with you on the sets and their appearance. I believe space colony outpost claustrophobia was the order of the day and the shit looked pretty fucking great to me. But that's just my personal take.
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Blade Runner, Alien, Back to the Future, and Robocop-- I couldn't agree more. These four films stand the test of time. They are brilliant and haven't lost a thing over the years.
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Why is it odd? I watch a lot of shitty movies. I watch anything Dr. Boll puts out because they're some of the best comedies I've ever seen. I can watch movies I don't particularly enjoy and get something different out of them than most.
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To me, it seemed utterly hollow and anti-climatic. The scene wasn't sad or heartbreaking - it was infuriating and silly.I suppose one could say the beginning of the film was ballsy - having two main characters killed off screen. The fact that you hated those two characters probably puts you in the minority camp though. A lot of people thought Hicks kicked ass and that Newt's attachment to Ripley was well done.
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MNG '08!
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I dont see how thats anti-climatic. Ripley is finally destroying the alien once and for all. The company wants to take it out of her....she has to sacrifice herself for mankind. How is that not awesome? Of course Resurrection destroyed the impact of this....but if you just imagine it ending with 3 its powerful stuff. She is the chosen one really, she was the only one capable of truly destroying this beast by destroying herself.
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Nov 19, 2008 1:56:00 PM CST
Danny, equating Aliens to the Transformers demographic
by just pillow talk
seemed to be equating one as an idiot. I take back that then Mr. Dickblood. And you can't compare Alan Rickman to Paul Reisner, as Reisner is not the main protagonist to begin with. The reappearance of Lance was awful at the end of Aliens 3, as was Ripley jumping and grabbing hold of the Alien.
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What do you mean when Ripley jumps and grabs hold of Alien?
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Ripley doing her backwards dive and then having the Alien pop out and her grabbing it and 'holding' it down.The whole scene just didn't work for me. The company being led by Lance....I really hated that.
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but bring back Lance????If one is starting from a clean slate, one shouldn't have brought back Lance.
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Interesting. The dive was a little weird and the blue screen work kinda shitty on that shot, but I love the image of the chest burster popping out and she grabs it and holds it in place and looks at it for a second. Its getting into that weird shit they later explored with Resurrection where it is part of her and she almost cares for it in a strange way, but understands she must destroy it. I like all that. And Lance being the head Company guy was cool I thought. He just makes the Replicants or whatever they're called in his image. And I agree with you. Some of the CG blows. It was too early to do that much. What worked well were the few shots where its a puppet in front of a blue screen running along, they needed more of that.
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Because Bishop is the only character I really like from Aliens, so I enjoyed seeing him again as the fucked up droid. I always feel bad for him when he tells her to unplug him.
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for me, but the actual act of her jumping and grabbing hold of the alien. There's no way they would have let her get away with that to begin with, as the company could have just shot both of her legs. But no, they just stand there and watch while Lance yells "NOOOOO!"However, I completely agree with you on the puppet work and the close-ups of course.Where it really bothered me was near the end when they had the Alien on the ceiling...fuck that looked awful.
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Nov 19, 2008 2:10:26 PM CST
yeah, that was the only part that Lance should have been
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in, when Ripley powers him up one last time.Ruined when Lance shows up at the end with the company, unnecessary moment thrown in.
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Nov 19, 2008 2:10:58 PM CST
Is it me, or does the 'Sun Maid' raisin girl have an enormous he
by toadkillerdog
I mean have you seen that melon? That watermelon I mean. She wraps a blanket over it to cover up that mutant monstrosity.
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I don't recall seeing her in Aliens 3....Perhaps if she got nekkid with Ripley at the end, or have the company replaced by Zombie Strippers...that would have been sweet.
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How can you miss it? It blots out the sun! Probably hiding a 5th dimensional being under it!
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its weird because the problem with those shots is the compositing of the two elements. I saw the footage of the puppet work on the blue screen itself, and it looks awesome. They just didn't blend it well so it stands out and has a glowing ring around it and looks like shit.
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A big "FUCK YOU" to the management of American car companies. And a "WAKE THE FUCK UP" to the union. Don't the idiots on both sides know that 'staying the course' will fuck everyone over in the end?
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Ha! I don't know, TKD. That sounds like a tall order.Whoa, what I say!
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I think that was the true reason behind his legendary 'Hulk Smash' meltdown. MNG, you gotta help Node before he 'smashes'again!
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You have to love his platform.
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Distinguished as Burt's stache,immovable as Bruce's Chin!
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I find the ending anti-climatic because it's overwrought. Basically, they took one of the greatest female characters and subjected her story to an altogether silly conclusion. The ending of ALIEN 3 screams nothing to me but "You watched the first two movies for no good reason other than this melodramatic sacrifice.".Sure, it's a bummer ending and some films work that way. But IMHO, ALIENS 3 did not. (Don't even get me started on the random appearance of Lance Hendricksen at the end. Damn sloppy.)
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Just like The Wick...Proving great things do indeed come in small packages!
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...I will make it my duty to install a No.2 Pencil Icon Button on all CoC Talkbacker accounts.Shitheels will be smited with visual proof!!!
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Bringing the pain down on trolls...like The Bates brings pain down on buffets!
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trolls, meet FLAMING INTERNET KICKS.There's a new Mod in town...
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Getting all mavericky on trolls and bringing real change to AICN. Plus, MNG can see Harry from his computer, and knows what it takes to banish spammers and racist trolls with a blink of an eye.This message paid for by the CoC.
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Fucking Twilight.
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Dude, you're like a PR rep or something. How many internets is it costing me for those slogans?!
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for helping to drive up Twilight's numbers. Perhaps I will repossess your bear as part of the internet credit crunch.Drastic times means drastic measures.
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I agree 100% with MNG. The only thing I go with Danny on is poor design on the Aliens themselves (apart from the Queen) which I concede was a necessity because Cameron wanted to throw those rubber suits around a bit.Great action, characters and endlessly quotable dialogue.Alien still numero uno for me, though.
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with the help of some finely sharpened #2 pencils and some hungry bears.
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You should see 'Southland Tales' at least once. Think of it as your movie duty. But there's no rush...
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And if I watch it once, there won't be a stop loss snap into place and I'll have to watch it again if I don't like it, right?
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Reaching across the aisle...with his trusty #2 pencil, coercing those to see the "light". 2for2true has endorsed MNG repeatedly, so who do you trust to lead AICN into the next decade through vigilant MOD work?
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I've got to go register plates for Jarv's bear. I'm sorry to report that you'll also be reimbursing me for the freight and shitheel bill (food for your bear, it's a long journey).
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Roger that. Good thing because in order to implement my initiatives, I'm going to need all the internets already in my possession.Mod-life, yo.
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Was not expecting to like it - but did. At the end, when she dies and Ewan MacGregor screams - that's real fuckin sorrow. He dug deep for that. Excellent moment. And the 'Your Song' sequence is mesmeric - great, great musical arrangement.Romeo & Juliet I liked, but not as much as Moulin.
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Everyone sing! A vote for MNG, is a vote for harmony! And you silly trolls beware, MNG will destroy your lair! And all you Nodes seeking aid, MNG will get you laid!
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I promise you won't have to watch it again if you don't like it. Every movie deserves at least one watch, that's all.I thought Southland Tales was a complete mess. With some judicious editing, it might improve. Might...
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This bit has bothered me for years, right. During the firestorm, in both the theatrical & extended cuts, Ripley shouts "Don't open the door!" for no reason that I can fathom. What door?Not a crucial question, I admit. I presumed the line was linked to the cut scene with the trapping of the alien in that big room. But with the scene reinstated the line is still there. What fuckin door aren't they allowed to open?
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I have not watched 3 in a while, so I can not help you out with that one. I do have the four disc complete set - before the abominations were made. I will check them all out again soon.
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what about the good ripoffs of Alien and Aliens?
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Mimic and Relic and Critters and the like were all fun. And at least partially inspired by the success of those movies, but influenced by 50s B-movies, you have the king-Tremors.
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Springs to mind. 'Alien' ripoff. Negligible whether it's good but I like it.
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there is more Tremors coming. Tremors 5: The Thunder Down Under. Who can wait?
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Had a go at 'Aliens' - but was not so good.
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search to figure out that silly movie's title. Forbidden World is right there with Creature and Creepazoid. Doofy but still somewhat entertaining as bad film fun.
Mimic is probably the closest "ripoff" of Aliens I can think of.
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Haven't seen any Tremors after number 2. Is there a quality drop-off or what?
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but you have a high tolerance for schlock I have noted, so you might be able to stomach them. Tremors 3 had "a**blasters" that flew around by igniting elements and rocketing off via their hindquarters.
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I probably should rectify this oversight. Is it recommended?
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in the past, with Michael Gross playing an ancestor of the original Burt.
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It's not awesome or excellent, but it's a fun B monster movie, and it's production values are quite good. It's early Del Toro actually, and it's alot of fun just watching Charles S. Dutton sweat, swear and shoot at creatures(better I might add then he did in Alien 3).
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Is fantastic. Didn't see that till recently either.And yeh, I have got a high tolerance level! For any genre, not just the schlockers - though schlock is where my heart is.
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than Relic, and much higher than Event Horizon, the other 2 Alien-esque films released that year.
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because I think the set pieces are really good in the film. Those subterranean tunnels actually exude a great deal of menace. The goopy practical effects are the film's strength, but there is some so-so cgi too. But it's got a good cast, and it's only real downside is that just as it starts getting awesome, it ends 15 minutes later.
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I used to hate Event Horizon, but over the years I've warmed to it somewhat. You can basically play "Spot the movie reference" all the way through.
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finally saw the sequel and actually thought it was better then the original.
Splinter also has a somewhat Alien feel to it, but it's more The Thing in actuality. Check it out when it shows up though.
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Relic is da' bomb.
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ripoffs of Alien: Deepstar Six and Leviathan. I preferred Leviathan to Deepstar Six.
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its well shot, well acted, cool sets, cool gore. It just seems a little brief. It should have been longer. Sam Neil scares the fuck out of me in that though...
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(hangs head in shame) Another on my 'to do' list, Jonah!Is there a 'special edition' of Mimic on Region 1 at all? The Region 2 DVD is featureless.
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but it craps all over the book, and it's lit just a little too dark. However, when I saw the film at the theater it felt like a perfect matinee movie, and I own it on dvd. In fact it was one of the first films I threw on the projector when I got it. Love the sequence with the beast on fire. To me, this is the feel Sci-fi Originals should have, but instead they are just glops of crap underneath a promising cheesy title.
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Nov 19, 2008 3:37:05 PM CST
I like Deepstar Six for the decompression scene...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...fucking awesome. And I dunno....I sorta consider the water ones a whole different genre. Anyone see that Virus movie?
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The Rift! Did anyone see that fucker! Think it was an Italian knock-off. People being attacked by hand puppets popping out of a cavern wall. Priceless!
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He does light his films insanely dark. But I think that really added to it, especially the tunnel scene. I liked Sizemore a lot in this, and the practical creature work is great. I love the scene when he jumps up and gobbles the SWAT guys...
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I would love a Director's cut of that film.
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I don't think time traveling movies have any more 'plot holes' than a typical action film. If they can adhere to their own rules, we as the audience need to give them our suspension of disbelief. I think because it's 'science' fiction, peopl get into s tizzy s little more easily.
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What an amazing movie it still is. Its like the perfect combination of three masters at their peak. I do agree with Harry about this movie that its the one masterpiece to come out in our lifetime. Anyone else.
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Never seen it.
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Man i really didn't know shit about that movie going into it, and that crash scene in the first five minutes how intense was that.
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I nominate the Parlor and God. Anyone else like short films? Favorite short animated film, Rockfish.
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....and I'm not slamming Pitch Black, I just said its a rip off of Alien.
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I only saw about 20 minutes of Virus and I wasn't getting into it.Do you recommend a proper viewing?Pitch Black. Top.
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I love PB but I love COR even more. Flame away.
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What was that movie screening group on Facebook again?
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We share quite a bit of film preferences. If I remember correctly you were the only one that would defend Miami Vice with me awhile back, right?
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Alien doesn't have half as much action as Pitch Black. Plus Pitch Black didn't play with the whole hidden alien, you see it early on in the movie. Seriously watch Alien and Hannibel back to back, they have the same exact action beats and surprise parts.
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No I don't. That movie is fucking horrible. Don't waste 30 seconds of your life on it. Watch Deep Rising again, instead.
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Nightmare, either. Short film? I recall seeing one on telly years ago. It was about 10 minutes long and it was just this guy who kept living the same few minutes over and over again (I think this was before Groundhog Day) and he was desperately trying to find an answer before his time ran out and started again. It ended tragically. Cannot remember the title - it was the time, like 12:01. Brilliant, anyway.
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Love it. Gong Li is HOT! That movie got shit on for no reason. It's like people wanted the two douches in neon pink suits with the sleeves rolled up. Fuck that. MV is a good gritty cop drama by one of the best Directors going.
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People complained nothing happened and there wasn't enough action. They went in expecting fucking Bad Boys. What they got was a dramatic/cerebral cop film. There is just something about that movie that grabs me. Something about Colin's character. I dunno...its very interesting and I pick up some new subtle nuance every time I watch it.
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How do you rank the Alien films?
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Danny. I watched 20 mins of Virus and thought 'Life's too short...'Not seen any Boll. Got my eye on Bloodrayne - it's supposed to be an absolute hoot!
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It wasnt very good, but I thought it was fun. I liked its alien mechanical threat better than Deep Rising's sea monster, but Deep was a superior movie, and it's got Famke Janssen in wet clothes....
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...it has the most gratuitous nudity and blood sprays I've ever seen.
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Was terrible. And that movie screening group is just for MD.
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Anyone seen The Dungeon Siege Movie? That was suppose to be the Dr. 4 hour masterpiece.
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... ordered region 1 unrated Bloodrayne off amazon - £4.May the Lord have mercy on my soul...
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and I went in expecting cheapo crap. Makes Moontrap look like an award winner.
How did I forget Pitch Black, a great little action/sci-fi film, with surprisingly, some good characterization.
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I think Endless Descent was another title for it. Also, and the one I'm thinking of - La Grieta. Hee-larious!
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hand puppets popped out of the wall 'attacking' our heroes, I pissed myself laughing so hard.Love to see that movie again, see if it has the same effect!
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I havent seen it since it was in theatre, maybe it's worse than I remember...
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Favourite bit was when they form a line to reach safety. Panic sets in and that guy breaks away. He's down on his knees in the dark, fires up a light - and we see the aliens are all around him, closing in...Also, the finale, when for a moment you don't know which of the two main characters has just been 'done.'"We can't leave... without saying goodbye." Whoooosh!
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Death machine? I bought it in the $5 Wal Mart bagin bin, I thought it was this one movie I had only caught the final scene from a couple of times. The scene was of these people running out of a building and some machine screaming inside the building. I don't think Death Machine is that movie, but I've never been able to sit through the whole thing, puts me to sleep instantly. Should I bother giving it my best efforts?
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Was my favorite film for a while. Man I was SOOO throttled into my sit in those first five minutes. It was one of those movies you had to see in a theater.
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If you aren't watching the Star Wars Clone Wars show you are missing out on the best thing Star Wars Lucas has done since Empire. I am watching the last two episodes before I get the movie. I've heard the movie sucks compared to the show. I am also renting the old series to see how it stands.
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The Droids comic relief came from? I guess no one wanted a double CGI Jar Jar.
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Just saw a commercial for new Transformers toys from the horrible new animated show. I guess they didn't want kids to think that their toys would transformer in a second.
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Looks like the old live action tv show.
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From what I remember it's like a cheapo cross between Aliens/Terminator and was fairly poor! I think the characters all had names of directors - like somebody was called Ridley Scott.
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Scott Ridley, Jack Dante, John Carpenter, Sam Raimi HAHAHAHAHAHHA.
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Scott Ridley - they turned it backass-wards! I knew it was something like that... Really comes over like a fan film. Watch with booze.
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Time for some widescreen Snoozerama.Have fun, people. Ciao!
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I haven't but those pictures make me excited, one of my fav childhood books.
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I go eat some Pee Wee and still no posts in site.
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Seriously does anyone remember this show? Was it any good? Are am I wasting precious DVR space recording it?
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isn't The Mangler?
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Next week is a C3-PO and Jar Jar adventure!!! Can't WAIT!
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That movie doesn't have a robot does it?
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did you ever find that movie with tiny elephant?
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Unless you are a fan of director/writers with no skill and giant egos. The Rock and Stiffler were pretty good in thier roles. The Buffy the Vampire chick looked hot, first time I ever thought that. She played a porn star and talked about getiing popped in the can. That was pretty funny. Other then the the above, the movie sucked bad.
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that was posessed by a demon. Dumb movie.
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no, darn it, I can't. Im starting to think I must have imagined it. I honestly thought it was in Bride of Frankenstein, but so far, nope.
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It just felt all wrong. Somewhere in there might have been a good movie, but so off were all the choices made, that any semblance of a good movie felt a very long way off.
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I could have sworn it was Bride as well, with Doctor 'Poly Doly'. But it is not. It has been a low grade burn on me to figure this out too. I am not giving up
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as a kid I quite enjoyed this, Series. They were fighting to reclaim all of these cursed pieces from an antique store. My favorite was the one with the monster that came out of the comic book and ate the store clerk. Brilliant.
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went to the films and checked them. Danny seemed to remember it too. So that's four of us here, and three others I know, who recall a tiny elephant.
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Is the only other Dr. Boll movie I saw. I must give him credit, the movie itself sucked, but his rigid adherence to tits, massive blood spray and unintentional comedy is impressive.
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But I have been googling like crazy
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What did he say about that movie? That it was funnier then Jesus?
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Its funny how AICN has a strict adherence to not talking about him. Has anyone seen Mira Jeffs boxing match with him? If not the whole thing was the climax to the documentary Heckler. Its funny because all the people who want to fight him say that they'd never seen a WHOLE Dr. Boll movie, and he whoops all of there asses. Like no one last more then a round, I think one person pussies out altogether. Afterward they interview Uva and then pan to the left and Mira Jeff is puking on the sidewalk.
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I've stood up for The Miami Vice movie. Although I didn't like it as much as you did Danny I thought it was a pretty solid caper movie that overcame some problems. It looked fucking beautiful.
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I actually think Danny mentioned that a while back, like he watched the commentary or something? Anyone play that game? Also is anyone else secretly hoping that Dr. Boll comes out of nowhere one year and makes a really damn good movie? I mean how funny would that be?
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as the Nightmare Cafe series with Freddy Krueger. Not that I particularly remember much about either one.
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and The Spirit looks like a massive WTF? Who is the audience for this? And as a giant fan of Will Eisner's Spirit, this looks like a big wad of spit in his eye.
I don't have much hope for it, but I'd like to think I'm wrong.
Punisher War Zone looks low budget and ridiculous. Count me out.
Transporter 3 looks like fun.
Defiance looks like my kind of movie. Bring it on.
Finally, I saw that second Watchmen trailer. And everything else aside, it looks like one snazzy movie. I think they may have nailed the graphic novel as a film. Granted, it won't be just like it, but it couldnt be if it wanted to be succesful. And those trailers look different enough from 300 that I have hope for it.
Looks pretty darn good in all honesty.
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In Minor "Canvas back" Jeffs face. He got so pissed one day that he challanged me to a fight, like he did with Lost Jarv. Although as I remember it Jarv really hadn't done anything, unlike me. What a punk, Tomato Can Jeff that is not Jarv.
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I do not get the hate for it at all. It was very entertaining. I think Watchmen looks great. I will definitely see Transpo 3. I might check out Punisher if I have some time.
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but the Krueger series was "Freddy's Nightamres" and it wasn't actually very good at all to my recollection. No real stories, just dopey interludes with some vague connection to Freddie. Sometimes very vague.
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Xi, be careful of mirajeff, remember that writer is a fighter
by toadkillerdog
Oh, that just killed me when he wrote that.
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Nov 19, 2008 9:38:16 PM CST
MiraJeff, he's the dude that had that big ol meltdown right
by jonah echo
Harry revoked his black box, and he kept crying til Moriarty tried to explain to him what was up, and he shot back with something like "you will regret this. this writer is a fighter" or something dopey. After that I googled him and found a pic of him puking his guts out on the sidewalk.
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Oddly enough it never came to be. I accepted in the TB and sent some emails. I never heard back.Jonah, yes that was the same MinorjJeff who had a public meltdown on the TB.
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That was a great show. One of my all time favorite episodes of any TV show was a comic mummy comic masterpiece. I have it on VHS
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year for movies, or just pure disappointment. We have stuff coming out from so many different directors, some who either haven't made movies in years, or who haven't been on point for years, and some big franchises on the table.
It's pretty much going to be interesting right off the bat and go on that way throughout the year. Don't we get The Road in early 2009? And then theres Watchmen, Wild Things, Parnassus, Avatar, Potter 6, and probably dozens of others I am not recalling right now. -
of the memorable eps:
Kevin Costner is going down in a plane whose landing wheels won't work, so he draws giant cartoon wheels for the plane and they magically appear on the underbelly.
Seth Green and his brother have some voodoo nanny who tells them about a Dupppy living in their closet.
Chris Lloyd loses his head and chases his students around town, holding said head in his hand as he pursues.
The homicidal toupee.
Mark Hamill toting his "treasures" all around in that car because some little forest man told him to do so.
David Carradine, Laura Dern, and those underground people and "tastes like chicken".
Brad Bird's The Family Dog.
that ep with gregory hines as the magician.
the one with the ghost train.
Lithgow and those creepy a** porcelain dolls.
the lady and the giant pumpkin
danny devito and rhea perlman and the ring that turned her homicidal.
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and it was a ton of fun.
Remember the one with Haylee Mills and the wierd creature?
Or that one with the horror fan who finds himself in a black and white world and he's in the Janet Leigh role in Psycho.
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principally because I don't want my eyeballs sexually violated. I like having sight and I don't want to lose my vision through getting a dick in my eye. It seems so damn unhygenic.
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make are just odd sometimes. You would think we would have learned to temper our hype after Phantom Menace. At the same time, I dont think that means condemming every potentially cool movie to "crapdom" the moment it starts getting hyped.
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LOOKS FUCKING TERRIBLE! I really dislike Edward Zwick after Blood Dimonds. How fucking bad was that movie, I wish I could still do my Leo impersination it was spot on. That whole movie was "WHERE'S THE DIMOND!" "WHERE'S MY SON"...rambo scene happy feet ending. Edward Zwick just always feels like he's pandering for the Oscar crowd and is trying to hard to make an Award movie.
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Looks like a much better film about a similar event.
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Hysterically funny! I may have to dig out that VHS
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bout Zwick, and I think you are right about award pandering, but I can't help it, I really liked Last Samurai. I never saw Blood Diamond.
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theres a christmas present I think I want.
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Will suck sorry. Name the last time any author that gets a hit first movie out of one of their books and then the next book turn into a movie be any good? The movie was probably greenlighted right after the buzz from No Country. Plus I wasn't that big of a fan of the directors first movie.
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And I wish he would do stuff like that. More interesting historical events. Not cheap drama on emotionally draining historical events that I feel takes away from the actual events. Stuff that we didn't really know about as well. Who doesn't know about jews during WW2? Who didn't know about slavery in Africa?
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too brutal for my tastes.
The Road as a book is quite excellent, and I have hope for the movie.
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stupid Robert Englund confuses me...
Which show was the half-hour long one, Amazing Stories? I remember one episode where some family was dealing with a deceased granpa that insisted he was still alive, but he was slowly rotting more as it went, until the end where they tricked him with pepper into sneezing, and his nose fell off in the handkerchief, then he was convinced. I dont know why but I remember that episode very well. -
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Was pretty funny. I think it happened in like the middle of a thread we were all on.
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but Defiance trailer reminded me of an older style war film. Something we would have seen with like Steve McQueen. I'm up for at least trying it.
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All I remember about it is a scene where some one falls asleep while working a drive thru and Freddy walks through the drive thru and kills the person through the window.
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with the always great Royal Dano and christian slater as the kid. Dano played a rotting grandfather again in House 2. The show the episode was featured in: Tales from the Darkside.
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But it just seems like another one of those movies that older people and concern yuppie college students will tell themselves is an important film.
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right here. A Case of the Stubborns. After the first part ends, the other parts are right on the sidebar.
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Is it any good? I've head that that movie Trick R'Treat is a rip off of one of the episodes.
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I assume lots of popcorn was in it too.
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anymore than Hart's War was really an important film. Just pulpy matinee style entertainment actually, with some slightly higher aspirations. If it goes too far out of that, it will self destruct.
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I don't know after how amazing all the movies where this year, it'll be hard to top. Everyone talked about how 07 was the end all for good movies, even though there was very little that came out in 07 that was amazing. A lot of new shit happened in 08, I was hoping that Rambo would officially kill the quick cut style of editing action films, but alas it wasn't big enough. And with how big QoS is, quick cut editing will be around for awhile. Lets hope Trainsporter 3 hasn't fallen victim, because if I remember correctly the Transporter films were not terrible violators of this.
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Halloween Candy. It seems very similar.
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But remember during Blood Diamonds run there was all this stuff about buying proper diamonds and stuff. But you know who those people are, they don't really watch movies but they'll see a movie like Blood Diamond or Defiance just because they think its the right thing to do or some shit. Plus I'm part of the crowd thats getting tired of seeing Bond play a jew in every non Bond movie he's in, but he's too good to play Thor?
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There are 7 episodes tomorrow on Sci Fi. Why do the channels Sci Fi and comedy central suck so hard? Same with TV Land, I wish they would show more older cooler shows. Also I wish comedy central would show more stand up specials.
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watching it now...
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I too can not stand the quick cutting. It is an easy way for directors who do not understand how to film true action to do a quick and dirty edit. Not all quick cuts are terrible, but most are.
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If anyone cares. Fuck that fucking movie. It looks sooooo bad, and the director is terrible. Fucking battle of the female directors right now. Who will deliver the better action flick?
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That no studios have any faith in either female director as well because both movies look like they are going DTV.
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unless the family wants to catch a film around the holidays. My dad digs a good war film.
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I am not saying that it needs to die altogether, just in big action movies it needs to stop. But with The Boring Ultimatum winning fucking 3 oscars last year. YES THAT MOVIE WON 3 OSCARS???? Two for editing, it doesn't look like its going anywhere fast. I mean I am ok with quick cut editing for movies like Saw where they use it for atmosphere, and movies like Crank where that is kind of the point. But BOND? The Condemned? Bond should be able to fight, I can understand Matt Damon not being able to fight and them having to work around that. But Bond should fight and the actors in the Condemned can fight. I wonder how they are going to handle Matt Damons short comings for the Captain America movie?
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The trailer gives away the WHOLE fucking movie. And thats saying a lot for a three hour movie. It'll be funny to see a 3 hour movie for a story that took me 10 minutes to read. Australia and the Wrestler are on my must see list as well. Also Bedtime Stories, even though I know its going to lame, for some reason I want to see it?
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I'll throw some more wood on the fire.First off, ya'll need to google The Phoenix Newtimes and read all the articals they've done on the Fundementalist. The Newtimes took the lead in exposing the abuses that occure in the Fundemental Latter Day Saint sects in South Utah and Northern Arizona. I could give a shit less about the Mormon nonsense but I care about abused children and stealing money out of my pocket through the abuse of state and federal funds for schools and welfare.The second thing ya'll need to do is locate the, Book Under the Banner of Heaven, by Jon krakauer. It chronicals a murder commited by some fundementalists and you learn about the history and development of Fundemetalist sects of the LDS and the LDS itself.Lastly, when I was in High School, outside of the Catholic school girls, The mormon broads were the easiest ones to seperate from thier panties. Just tell them you were thinking about converting and they dropped like a weight was attached. About one third or more the strippers in Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado are Mormon.
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Love these tidbits:
There are other strange youths around, including American Indians who appear not too distantly descended from their tribe's ancestors, wolves. Great tension between the wolves and vampires. Also some rival vampires around. How small is this town? The Forks high school is so big, it must serve a consolidated district serving the whole table setting. The main local Normal Kid is a nice sandy-haired boy who asks Bella to the prom. He's out of his depth here, unless he can transmogrify into a grizzly.
In "Twilight," however, they have a seductive disagreement about whether he should kill her. She's like, I don't especially want to die, but if that's what it takes, count me in. She is touched by his devotion. Think what a sacrifice he is making on her behalf. On Prom Night, on the stage of the not especially private gazebo in the public gardens, he teeters right on the brink of a fang job, and then brings all of her trembling to a dead stand-still.
Come on now, what is "Twilight" really about? It's about a teenage boy trying to practice abstinence, and how, in the heat of the moment, it's really, really hard. And about a girl who wants to go all the way with him, and doesn't care what might happen. He's so beautiful she would do anything for him. She is the embodiment of the sentiment, "I'd die for you." She is, like many adolescents, a thanatophile.
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NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN was not the first film adaptation of a Cormac McCarthy book. I believe ALL THE PRETTY HORSE (directed by Billy Bob Thornton) was the first.As for THE ROAD getting greenlit, Hillcoat signed on after the producers saw THE PROPOSITION. So, his involvement with it predates NCFOM.But as to whether or not it will be a good film, I'm hoping for the best. I know I like the photos I've seen so far but the lack of a trailer this fall is a disappointment. And since they've pushed back the release date, it looks like we won't see anything for a couple more months.
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And Transporter 3, Doubt and Revolutionary Road can't wait for. Something tells me that Punisher is going to be dwarfed by Transporter. Anyone else find it odd that Jason Statham has a niche weekend opening in September? Like the last weekend in August/first couple of days in September is known as Statham's weekend. That is pretty crazy if you think about it.
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The Road is the third McCarthy film. I hope it's good.
Button's basic gist is revealed in the trailers, but I suspect that the entire movie has been far from spoiled. Afterall, we ALL knew what Zodiac was about,what it entailed, and where it was headed, but it was HOW it was done that worked so well. If Fincher is still on that kind of roll, count me in. -
All the things you said about Zwick above, I think go doubly so for Sam Mendes, who has yet to make a movie I didnt shrug off or actively loathe.
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Hmmm that's cool. But I believe my theory still stands. That once an author has a hit movie based on his books, his next one will suck. Let me try to find some examples, but lets face its rare for an author to have back to back successes. Even Harry Potters 2 and 4 were fucking horrible, while 1, 3 and 5 were decent kids flicks with 3 being the best.
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Really didn't care for it. But like I've said before, I was watching like 3-4 episodes of Law and Order a day. And it all just ran together, I think I remember watching the movie going, Wheres the DUM-DUM?
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Hmmmm I really liked American Beauty. But I couldn't even tell you the plot to Jarhead or the Tom Hanks one. Just the trailer to Revolutionary Road is pretty amazing. Echo, you seen the trailer to Gran Torino? Also if you imdb the Wrestler, its got a poster, but its not as cool as the Where the Wild things are photo so that'll stay my background for awhile. I did have the poster for the new Edward Norton movie about the pot farmer in OK. Cool poster there as well.
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the Wrestler poster is cool, but the Wild things pic is my desktop here as well.
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Well, you are certainly welcome to your theory; it's an interesting one. But I wouldn't hold McCarthy responsible for its success. That lies entirely on Hillcoat's shoulders.
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Is that coming out next year? If so that will be the movie I am most looking forward too. Even though W. was a movie I was looking forward too, I kind of forget to see it. We were waiting for it to do the $1 theater run and it never did. Hopefully Wild Things doesn't come and go like W..
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Are you perhaps 420 friendly? Because that's the only way i coould see that happening.
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holy crap, I saw the book at the store the other day and it's so small!
Anyone think 2012 will be any good?
The trailer really didnt sell it at all for me. Or the Angel & Demons, not that I care about that one, but lousy trailer except for the statue bit at the beginning.
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it was amusing seeing Christian Slater and Data in there...
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well, a little ridiculous, but maybe brilliant in it's ridiculousness. Eastwood has been too stodgy as of late(save for the excellent Iwo Jima) and this one at least looks entertaining. That guy he is playing in the trailer,he is the spitting image, and character of my grandfather. His house even looks the same, ditto on the voice. And we once watch him march out of a 4th of July picnic over into a neighbor's lawn where a domestic dispute was going, and actually kick some a**. So, I'll be seeing this one in a theater based on that factor alone.
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the Button short story is only pages long, but it's clearly just an inspiration for this film. The story was a surreal, absurd little piece, but the film looks like something wholly different and beautiful, and likely epic. I'm expecting big things from it, to be honest. Big things.
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Comes out in April! What I thought that was coming out in December.
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They showed an extended scene during some Fox show, and it was pretty lame.
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See you around! Thanks for the chatting.
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So I wasn't enjoying 4:20.
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Thanks for being around for the night shift. Didn't think anyone else would be around tonight.
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COMES OUT NEXT YEAR AS WELL! Awesome, lets see if Jackson can keep up his flawless career.
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yeah I saw it too. I know it's possibly gonna be really bad, but I expected the same of War of the Worlds, which was great until the Tim Robbins part. Plus Still is gonna be in Imax so that could be cool.
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Got dumped into January.
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Directed Doom. That movie's gonna suck.
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but does it matter? I figured Street Fighter would suck anyway...
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I'll ramble for a bit, I have some time to kill.
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Because if you get the job you become the man and I don't like the man.
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I learned that Alexa Davalos is in it. She makes my pants sort of tight.
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Could you smell what he's cooking?
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No problem there.
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Was a tight film, really enjoyed it. Chronicals of Riddick was also good I just think the overreached in scope and didn't make the bad guys interesting enough. The whole sequence on the prison planet was excellent.
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the whole movie should have been on that prison planet, like OZ in Space! And it needed a lot more of Christina Cox too!
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Alexa Davalos and she's a damn tasty piece. For that matter so is Christina Cox.She did a guest starring turn on the first season Of the TV show House. Holy snikes did she look good.
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Is it possible that the problem you have with the sets of Aliens has to do with your age? I think you've said you're under thirty right? Bear with me, I'm not slamming your age, I do have a point, I think.If I'm right that means you came up watchcing movies and TV shows that benifitted from a leap in technology and I don't just mean CGI. Things like the ability to make fake rocks, stone, bricks and the like so real looking. So movies and especially Tv shows have had, since the late '80s, the ability to make grander looking sets more cheaply, yet better looking then older movies and TV shows ever could.Here's an example of what I'm talking about. A few years ago I helped a friend of mine attach fake rock and brick to the exterior of his house. Up close, it looked okayish, but from the sidewalk it looked like his house was made from real brick and stone, it was that realalistic looking.So getting back to my point, you might be judging the look of the Alien planet somewhat harshly because your used to seeing much better technology. It might be something to think about.Just to be on the up and up here I'm saying you have bad judgement or anything, this was just idea that ocurred to me. So I thought I'd ask. I usually won't jump down somebodies throat for disliking something. Hell I fucking hate Saving Private Ryan which everbody else seems to think is some sort of masterpiece, gag cough, except for Lost Jarv, he sees the light. Clearly Jarvs a smart man.
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Christina Cox was fucking amazing looking in that House episode. I really didn't remeber her from anything so I looked her up in IMDB and began looking around for more stuff she's been in. she's got a great voice very sultry.
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I've never seen the whole movie, but there's nudity aplenty. I should buy the dvd, another one to add to the list.
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Isn't that about some rug muncher who has a gay brother or something and was hiding her homosexuality from her mom? something like that, right?
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and I bow to no-one in my hatred of that suckfest.
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it's never really occured to me, because I love this film, but now it's mentioned- it does suffer in comparison to Alien. Alien FTW!
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grossly underrated, and while the end does have it's problems (lance), I think it's fitting. A lot of the dislike for it comes from killing Hicks and Newt off camera, but I honestly didn't mind it. Also, Alien 3 actually improves with age, which is not something you can say about Aliens. OVerall, I think Aliens is the better film, but Alien 3 is interesting and good.
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Take the bear. He's being a bitch at the moment. I think he's got food poisoning from a bad Camden goth he chomped on the way to work yesterday.
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It's schlocky gold. "SAY HI, MOTHERFUCKER" Hee hee hee.
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I'm going to go and find you all some UK reviews of it. Other than that, Mrs. Jarv says it's OK but drowns under the weight of its good intentions.
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Was suprisingly good. On the plus side- singing sky Marshall takes the plaudits, the plot was quite good, Jolene Blalock is worth a fuck, Casper rules, The Marauders were ok, and the first battle was good, the interent breaks were uninspired- nothing as funny as the school visit in them, and the christian imagery was brilliant- as was the arguing over the "wrong god". On the bad side: the mega brain bug thingy was rubbish, not enough gratuitous titties, it felt a bit cheap, it was fucking obvious that they'd run out of money for the marauder battle. Because it was rubbish. Jolene Blalock can't act, religious trooper was annoying, and some of the satire was laboured (to put it mildly- "we'll be in this war forever"). OVerall, a worthy sequel that tries hard but can't hit the heights of the original. 6/10
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I have not seen it years, maybe since I saw it in the theater. I didn't particularly like it when I saw it the first time but maybe it's better upon further review.
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6/7 out of ten. The Sky Marshal character cracks me up. A singing General makes me laugh. Jolene Blalock can. not. act. but she is purty. A might skinny for my tastes but its not a sticking point.
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and unsurprisingly- it was dreadful. Although it was enlivened by moments of unintentional hilarity- the orc things hopping in a catapault then setting themselves on fire to be launched at the opposing army. Jason Statham as the WORST medieval farmer ever- the only one with a 21st century Landon accent- and why was he called "farmer" when everyone else had names. Kristina Lokken proving once again that acting is beyond her, but hey I'd bang it. Although she wasn't a great elf. A medieval battle with ninjas, Ray Liotta chewing scenery, ditto Gimli and Matthew Lillard (who I think may have been pissed), ROn Perlman looking fucking confused, and Claire Forlani clearly looking for the phone to call her agent. However- boneheaded plotting (at one point they let the horses go because they're worried about losing a day to go around a ravine, missing the point that they would lose about 10 because they don't have horses), the WORST wizard battle of all time, Boll- you fucking idiot, don't film a battle in the woods AT NIGHT- It's confusing; Worst dual to the death ever, some truly risible acting from the supporting cast, pointless slow motion, woefully bad special effects and some of the worst editing I've ever seen- so jumpy and intrusive that even I noticed it- there's one bit where they are obviously filming from a helicopter as The transporter, Ron and some other cunt are setting out on their quest and it looks quite good. It's panning around and there is a suitably epic feel, except for no reason at all Boll cuts to another shot from a helicopter, except a worse one. They're not centred on the screen, for god's sake. Then he jumps to ANOTHER helicopter shot. And this is all in about 20 seconds). And the score was crap, there was no gore (no gore in a medieval battle with flaming catapult orcs? you twat boll), and no titties. Although I did think there was going to be when Ray looked like he was about to bang Gimli's daughter, they missed a chance. SHe said "I am not your harlot" and instead of saying "You obviously are, slag, now get them out for the camera", Ray went on some tedious rant about all sorts of bollocks that slips my mind. 2/10
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it's much, much better.
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these storms are killing us. there is footage of it on the cnn website. the tunnel that is underwater is how i get to work.
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i was willing to give it a go, i didn't expect too much. but it was boring.
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and you wipe out idaho, you'll have no way of getting potatoes. and that would be unacceptable.
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for one simple reason: sympathy. If you are going to tell me that the main character is going to die in the first seconds of the film then I'd sure as fuck better care about her. Ways to make sure I don't care: 1)Make her a prostitute. 2)make her a cynical money grubbing prostitute 3)Cast Nicole Kidman as said cynical money grubbing prostitute 4)Perform contortions with the script so she has to shag evil count 5)Make the whole thing messy and confusing and attempt to elevate some horrid eighties pop dreck beyond it's station. 6)Bore me. 7)Make me cringe with embarrassment (like a virgin sequence) 8)cast Roxburgh as the evil count. When he's about as menacing and sexually appealing as a small grapefruit. Not even a large grapefruit. A small grapefruit. 9)Despite the fact that Ms. Kidman is a hooker, perform some ludicrous plot contortions to have Roxburgh fund some big shitey show (erm, why?), and then rewrite the ending of said big shite show. Crap, crap, crap. ALthough it is better than Chicago.
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that was hustler
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lots of potatoes in Ireland.
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looks sweet.
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peope I work with who thinks Heroes is better than Starship Troopers. This is inexcusable idiocy,
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Aus v Nz? Deary me.
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but also starship troopers
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its at the gabba (not far from me) our city is getting smashed. good chance it'll get washed out. by which i mean the stadium may go under water. and moulin rouge did the single biggest crime a movie can do. it bored me. everything else can be forgotten if it is entertaining. and the movie australia. i'll see this weekend. but i don't have high hopes. for one thing it written and directed by baz luman and the guy is a soft cock. and it shows. and the movie centers around rugged aussie types. these people could not be further from the world of baz luman and in the clips i have seen, it shows. maybe it won't, maybe he'll get away with it. but if you are going to create a tough guy character you gotta sell it. we'll see.
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Nov 20, 2008 4:01:27 AM CST
plus fucking hell acin where is the review for the most expensiv
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so maybe its not the most expensive. but it must be close. no review? are you kidding me. it is already released in oz. i'll watch it and send in a review. I did this for the proposition and no review for that either. these films at least deserve a review. for fucks sake. even if it is a bad review. and the proposition was awesome. (maybe the review was shit. hmmm)
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a bunch of animals did defeat japan. they were called the 39th battalion and they tore them a new arsehole at Isurava. no mick dundee though
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but i will pay romeo and juliet
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Luhrmann is EXACTLY the wrong person for a film about Australia.
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i didn't moulin but i did like romeo. and when i saw strictly ballroom i hated it so much it turned me off oz film for a while (i was a young fella) I thought romper stomper would similarly be about dancing and refused to watch it, assuming it would be the same as strictly ballroom. boy was i wrong.
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magniicent. Best Western made in ages.
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Also fucking good. I hate Ballroom, and don't go a bundle on Romeo and Juliet either (although Danes is wonderful in it).
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the best thing about the proposition is that it is nation defining. australians argue about the nature of our history. depending on your political bent. the proposition was a salvo in this. i could go on. i won't
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bit light on plot, but one of the most unrelenting action films ever. depressingly brutal. like mad max (max beats it ass though) zero budget brutality.
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It's just fucking good.
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I thought the love triangle was a bit trite and forced though.
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but kick ass action
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The bit where the chinese take revenge is ace.
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Idaho potatos, they are by far the best. You guys are thinking of Utah, that's where the Mormoms are located. Specificaly the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints and it prophet. Salt Lake City Utah is the epicenter of LDS life. They took a page from Islam, at some point you have to make a pilgramage to the Celestrial temple in Salt Lake City. Its also expected that you visit the birthplace of Joesph Smith in Vermont I think and the site of his death in Missouri I believe. The last two Hajjs aren't mandatory, just sort of expected.
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and fuck that evil twilight shit. That horrible bollocks is now my crusade. I'll have to give pillows all my internets, obviously, but it's worth it to smite plants, mouthbreathers, trolls, UK Star and his ilk.
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1 i would love a link to the mirra jeff fight if anyone has it. i've seen the other one just not that one i don't know how good bowl is but i tell you this, i would never step into a ring without training up to it. if you just assume the other guy isn't going to train, well then it's your own fault you fucked yourself over. if you are going to fight someone, you better assume they plan to take your head off. if you don't, they will
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where did all these fucks come from with their wanky "you lot are all so mean" and their horriby, nauseatingly sincere mewls of "just give it a chance"? I swear there is more of them than there used to be. I actually thought I was going to get banned for that mock passage of twilight I put up- I did think long and hard about whether or not to include that racist line- as it looked bad, even if I was parodying the novel.
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Scroll up this TB. I left a posting with more info to fuel your fire.
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i liked until the end. most ridiculous end ever.
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re- minorjeff v Uwe. Google Postal, boxing and Boll and it should come up as a youtube thingy. The critics all fucked up, everyone knows Boll used to be a professional boxer, yet he told them that it was all a bit of fun so they spent days getting wasted when he was training. He lethered them.
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so I know damned well that the cockend is lying. He's a complete cunt that just keeps baiting me with pathetic passive-aggressive "are you finished swearing at me" type posts. He'd have been eaten alive in the email days and certainly chomped during the cococococolopez flame wars. Fucking twat.How many bannings have you had Xi?
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The number of bannings I came up with is 13. I think I might have missed a couple though.I wasn't talking about UK Star I referencing something else about The Mormons. Look at my post titled "Since the Mormons are on the dislike wagon today". I think I'm probably the only person on this TB that actually knows any Mormons and have had sex with many of thier women.
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before I leave work.
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a mate of mine did fuck a silver ring girl when they came to London. They made the huge mistake of coming to the pubs on a friday night. He feigned repentence, bought her a beer ("because this is England, we do things differently here") and about 2 hours later, nailed her.
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'the real food pyramid' zombies are at the top.
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seriously, who are they and how are they getting away with it? And more to the point, who decides what is decent? I bet my standards are much lower (hehehe) than theirs.
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talk about time travel later.
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Fuckers. What sort of a fucked up place lets these cockends have any sort of say?
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Also what's American's for Decency?
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in every religion, Islam, judaism, mormonism, Christianity, fucking taoism (whatever). They send my blood pressure through the roof. Basically, you've got some disgruntled fuck that's direly in need of a blow job (from a guy- the cunts are always so far in the closet their standing in a pile of Aslan poo)and he gets upset about something or other that he sees on Telly. This is fair enough. I frequently get righteously fucked off by things I see (Strictly come dancing is annoying the shit out of me at the moment). However, whereas I bitch to Mrs. Jarv about it, these fucks deem it to be the work of satan. They then go and find some other social inadaquets that gather to their banner and start protesting FUCKING EVERYTHING. Lawmakers cave in to them, because they believe that these cocksuckers are some sort of electoral group and have some sway. They don't, but lets not let reality intrude on their fucking world. So they punish something like, say in this case, Buffy. Now, the reason that it gets on my nerves so badly, is that they don't actually have a solid set of criteria. Their rallying cry is always something competely nebulous (in this case "decency") that you can't pin down, and therefore cannot defeat in reasoned argument. However, the weak minded and sexually repressed flock to their fucking cause in their dozens. Never mind some heinous and dreadful double standards (Pro-life and Pro-death Penalty, for example), and never mind the fact that their stances are frequently contradictory, it's impossible to argue against. It's absolutely untouchable because by arguing against "decency" on their terms, you cannot garner support because you are implicitly supporting everyone's personal sexual/ moral demon. You can put your case as clearly as you like, but they can still imply your tacit support for shit like kiddie porn. Fucking disingenous bastards.
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are those fundamentalist idiots that wear a silver ring because they are saving themselves for marriage. Fine. I give a shit who you do or don't fuck. However, don't come to my fucking town and try to foist your fundamentalism on us.They started in America, but have spread over here. Luckily our courts threw out their latest attempt at legitimacy. Thank fuck. They came over in about 2002 in a blaze of publicity, and I think 3/4 of them got shagged and they all got pissed. It was the second most proud I've been of london. The most proud was when David Blane suspended himself above the Thames in a box and went without food for about 2 weeks. By day 4, the pubic were frying bacon under his cube. It was ace. He swore he'd never come back
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That was cathartic.
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I'd join in with you but I don't know anything about what your upset with.
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Waht was Blain upset about? its not like he was really inside the box or anything. I guess was still trying to sell the illusion. What a douche.
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The Pheonix Times and the power of google confirmed my suspicions that they are little more than another appaling group of Mary Whitehouse wannabe fucks.
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fucking charlatan.
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because it's so fucking transparent and vile. It's pandering shit disguised as tween romance and only exists to push a pro-mormon/ pro-decency agenda. It's vile, repellent filth and I am going to smite every moron that is pro it.
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TWITCH FOR THE WIN!
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He was probably lounging around on a yacht off the Spanish coast or the French Riveria someplace like that. I think he truly believe that he has powers, fucking weirdo. I bet he makes his lackeys call him Gandalf.
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So I've been posting like mad since I got nothing better to do today.
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Funny. And has his house decorated with blue light bulbs, black walls covered with silver pentagrams, bubbling cauldrons and the like. And he wears a moomoo (or whatever that fat persons dress is called) that has gold stitching.
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Until it popped up on here a few weeks ago. I didn't know all the tweener chicks and thier moms ate this stuff up like candy. It seems odd to me.
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That has Zodiac designs sewed on it. It's probably made of Velour or maybe corderoy with gold lame stiching. I don't trust anybody who sports Don Johnson like facial hair from the 80's. That means he owns one of those special electric shavers that make perfect 3 day growth he's a poser. I wonder if David Blain and UK Star are the same dude?
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UK star has never given even the slightest inkling of a sense of humour.
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Harry Potter- "But I'm a WIZARD, Harry. Now come over here and polish my magic wand. With your mouth."
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Nov 20, 2008 6:39:13 AM CST
MiraPuke's great thread of not knowing when to shutup
by just pillow talk
http://www.aintitcool.com/talkback_display/37000
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I'll feed your bear some rich wall street type bastards and he'll perk right back up.
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I've got a spare bear, but he ate some rich Hampstead types and has had the runs for a few days, so isn't up to riding to work duty.
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christ. How embarrasing.
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(including me) told him to fucking stop it. But a few had been goading him on and he just exploded. there seems to have been a proliferation of bannings around that thread.
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AICN loves to post that shit that doesn't belong here to spike up the hits me thinks.
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Lots of fresh meat there.
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too fucking tired.And tonight I have fucking class. Perhaps for my last class, I'll bring the bear. If anything would rev up my group presentation, it's a hungry bear.
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Nov 20, 2008 7:13:38 AM CST
the only crusade you have is the one 2for2true commands
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so I guess you can since you are smiting shitheels and infidels.
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sigh.
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Fortunately, MNG answers to a higher power: 2for2true.Plus like Rodney has told us, everyone is gonna get laid! (even Node)
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All of those movies need to be in one set, really, really cheap. I was looking on circuit city yesterday, and they are like $7 each. I want to pay $10 for all of them.
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It's not like I've achieved anything today.
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I don't like either Relic or Mimic. Admittedy I've only seen both of them once (over 10 years ago) so I should probably rewatch them
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Not sure what my favorite western would be since, say 2000?Liked 3:10 to Yuma, Open Range...think that's it.I was one of the few who wasn't crazy about Assassination of Jesse James..Now the 1990's....TombstoneUnforgivenDances with WolvesAnd for giggles...Posse (Go Mario!) and Young Guns II (for some quotes - dirty little billie bastards, "I'd rather drink terpentine and piss on a brush fire, I ain't touching that."
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group of dumb people, and I'll watch it. I'm a sucker for them.
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named "The Creature"...is that really a movie?
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It looks exactly like 300 from the perspective of TOO MUCH FUCKING SLOW-MO!I can't believe how much unnecessary slow-mo bothers me.
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Nov 20, 2008 7:33:02 AM CST
and I enjoy the hell out of Pitch Black AND Chronicles
by just pillow talk
I could continue to watch Riddick movies, and dammit, I don't care if Necro-whoseitwhatit's don't make one iota of sense.
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Just checking.
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Damn your work Brother Kloipy. Bet your freezing your ass off too.
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I'm catching up to you ya drippy little whore!
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beat the Titans on Sunday. As we have a christening to go to Sunday morning, I think I will miss some of the game.This may very well kill me.Or make me a wee bit sad.Perhaps a sniffle?
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is going, let me answer my inquisitive friends: they are 7-3 right now, and should go to 8-3 after beating South Florida. They then have Pitt at home, which will be a very tough game for them. Two years in a row to a bowl game...wa-hoo!
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dull as fuck. I like to pretend that it doesn't exist.
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It will probably be a rental. Speaking of cheese, I've thrown on my queue a ton of fat pony tailed one's DTV attempts. I will have to periodically insert them up to the top as to now overwhelm Mrs. Pillow.Patience, in this case, is a necessary virtue.
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Just wanted confirmation again.
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I may retaliate and start taling about England's latest thrashing at the hands of India. Cricket is way more popular than American Football. (Which isn't even football as they use their hands!)
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Hulk wear purple pants, but Hulk not pansy like twilight vampires.
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Quite noisy during the summer nights.
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They're just on a roll.
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breakthrough last night. I got up to get a beer before Starship Troopers was put on and Mrs. Jarv looked at the extras on the disc. Anyway, there was a trailer for Zombie Strippers on it, and I came back in to find her watching said trailer. She has now acquiesed to me elevating this cinematic masterpiece up the lovefilm queue. But only if she gets Temple of Doom at the same time, because she's never seen it.
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Meting out talkback justice.One troll at a time.
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HULK PISSED THAT DOCM CAN GET HIS UNIT OUT BUT HULK MUST KEEP HIS HIDDEN. HULK LIKE HANG LOOSE
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You lucky bastard, always with these tiny victories.All I get is "Is this almost over?"And she hasn't seen Doom yet AND wants to see it?Damn.
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Hulk hungry for squid bits.
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Hulk not like hooting. Hurt Hulk ears.
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I think it's been quarter to nine for the past half hour.
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http://www.aintitcool.com/talkback_display/35448#comment_1874177
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Yeesh. How long does Fox own rights to them?Bad Marvel!
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Emo Vampires heh-heh...
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Guess everyone has work to do.
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Saving the Talkback from pissy articles.
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Building bridges to somewhere...out of troll body parts.
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busted t-shirt girls. Our books would be transparent, I guarantee it!Though there is a new staff auditor who is fairly good looking and a smoking body. Unfortunately, she hasn't come (get it?) over to my desk to ask any hard (get it?) questions.
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Though a FLAMING LEG KICK can ignite one's lips after receiving a blow to one's face.
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Victory is nearly mine!
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wasteland.
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I hope they beat the Cowboys when they play them at home later. I hate the Cowboys, and I don't think Romo is that good either.
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fuck. I knew this would happen if Twilight proved to be a success. They really are fucking clueless.
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WTF?I was thinking Doomsday was missing midgets, like a ton of them.
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That would be awesome.
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that happened to me the other day. It's most disconcerting.
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Victory.
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but then I thought about midgets and I was happy again.
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I still think it's funny that Sole's first role was as a wolfman in Dogsoldiers and his second was as "crawler number 2" in the descent.
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But that's really a movie I shouldn't have to pay more than $3 or $4 for.
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smells like.... victory....
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Make a "WTF" moment even more bizarre.Malcolm would still be at the castle though, surrounded by little people.
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I would have boinked that chick, and then she would have turned me into a wolf. Or eaten me. 83.2% chance it would have been worth it.
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great minds working in unison on that last post pillows.
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No, don't be silly: Doggy Style?
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all night long...or until she chomped me in half.
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Imagine, Tony Jaa on a FLAMING HORSE!
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Long live the bear!
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Customs have to shave a patch on his ass to put the airmail stamp, and he's most distressed about it. Expect him in 2-3 weeks.
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But I hope the Bungles try and go for Hines Ward - he will kill them! Dude hits like a linebacker.
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do you have netflix? Right now they are selling tons of dvds previewed on there, but are about to stop. I've bought them on there and they always in top condition. Right now, for 5.99, Doomsday.
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I'll take a look right now.
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There's a pearl of wisdom from 2true in the horsefucker thread.
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Sick, I tells ya! I think he's trolling. Or at least I hope he was trolling.
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In Bruges, Superbad, Cloverfield. Must stop clicking on "Purchase" now...
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is Carson Palmer still out?
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I will check out netflix as well
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good stuff on there. Ordered In Bruges as well, Cloverfield and The Band's Visit.
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good stuff on there. Ordered In Bruges as well, Cloverfield and The Band's Visit.
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I wish I'd reread that Horsefuckery TB, before the election because I'd have just put up the link with the comments- note immortal fish's contribution. The anti-abortion ninja counsellour thinks it's OK to fuck horses.
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After Glory, Zwick can't really do wrong in my book. I said fuck Blood Diamond though, Leo's accent was a joke in the trailers and I stayed far, far away. But if you think Samurai was accurately historical in comparison, it wasn't. They totally romanticized the samurai life-style into something warm and cozy.
Strong female director? What about PUNISHER FUCKING WAR ZONE. I don't see how this looks cheap. It looks tougher than 90% of the action shit released recently.Rambo kill the quick cuts? What? Rambo had quite a bit of quick cuts during the action scenes and it was just as shaky as anything lately.
Krull has a fantastic documentary on there.
And unfortunately I haven't seen Postal. I posted a review of Postal's commentary track awhile back. I'll find it again if anyone cares to read. Defiance looks good.....but really think Valkrie is gonna kick some massive ass. I'm talking like Harry Knowles ass. I don't think its just gonna be historical and dramatic, I have a feeling its also gonne be fun with a sense of adventure. -
And the Earth continues to rotate?I'm in a right foul mood this morning. So much so I actually stabbed myself with a pencil.So those auto execs who showed up in Washington begging for money flew in on private jets. All those "look at me, I'm such a superior motherfucker, you peasants can savor the corn in my shit" douchebags need to go. Into the chipper. At 1000 RPMs.
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...during sex. That would be the only way to simulate the pleasure I get out of it with each viewing.
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...popping right at the moment when Indy winks at Short-Round and says "I'm alright kid." That would properly simulate my original reaction to that moment as a 6 year old Dick Blood. It felt like an orgasm and diarrhea all at once. Of course....I didn't know that at the time, and my semen was still clear.
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Nov 20, 2008 9:48:54 AM CST
I've only gotten used DVD's from netflix once before
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When I picked up Danny Dog.
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So you have finally gotten to the blood oath to 2for2true. He is pleased.
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Danny taking about stroking the one-eyed willie...cheap used DVD's at netflix, horsefuckery (blame Jarv), transition of bear ownership, MNG for mod, Krull, and midgets.
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Mrs Jarv was raised in San Fransisco and her mother is a hippy with artistic pretensions. So growing up she didn't have cable or anything, and if they went to the cinema it was for some mogolian documentary. Therefore she missed out on all this great stuff from the 80's
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While watching Temple of Doom.
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awwwwww.....
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As he grew up, his name changed to reach-around.
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My get to work bear. It's punishment because I owe pillows millions of internets and have been contributing to the twilight thread.
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Check this out. I did not know this site existed.
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and I don't understand why the Auto-execs need money.
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Would it not be funny if they put those three in the Big Brother House and just started filming?
It would be the most tension-filled opening in the history of television.
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at least, as of yet. Though that may change after we storm the state capitol building and eat all our politicians. Pillow + bear = balanced budget.
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and I'm there.
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Spitzer: "Good morning honey! What do we have planned today?"
Spitzer's wife: "Asshole!"
Prostitute:"How is everyone this morning?"
Spitzer's wife: "Whore!"
This would be repeated for about ten minutes and then followed by the most deafening silence in history.
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I understood your Cletus reference.I threw out a Simpsons reference yesterday up above but no one got it.OK, I'm going to go get gas for the chipper. I have a lineup of people I'm tossing head first in there today.
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Nov 20, 2008 10:18:05 AM CST
I think Tension House would shatter ALL ratings records
by chittychittygangbang
Maybe throw in Bill, Hillary and Monica in the second episode.
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so far he's mauled 3 baggage handlers. I think I spoilt him, greedy cunt wants to travel first class. Luckily the nasty goth he ate is keeping him constantly ill, so they think they should be able to get him in the hold soon.
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4 in 1 chipper, shredder, vacuum, mulcher.I now refer to it as my shitheel vac and bring it to work in lieu of my car.
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How is life on the good ship GangBang?
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Can't you feed him a politician? His belly must get used to that type of meat.
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Nov 20, 2008 10:21:58 AM CST
Spitzer's wife can't have any self-respect left....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....she's been fucking Gollum for 10 years.
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Tell the missus that Home For the Holidays will be shipping shortly. The bastards at the post office were locking the doors as I walked up yesterday.
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and he's actually bored of them now. He reckons he can taste the pork in them.
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Nov 20, 2008 10:23:19 AM CST
Sailing away and not a Sudanese pirate in sight Toad!
by chittychittygangbang
Here a Neigh! There a Neigh! Everywhere a Neigh, Neigh!!
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and lobbyists stuffed up their arse.
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Sudanese Pirates can definitley fuck up a gangbang!
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let me know if I can sort you anything. I wasn't sure, because of my antiquated browser and Zhura problems.
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when they had sex?
I bet she imagined Bill giving her the hot beef injection. Puncuated by the burning sensation of jizz released so deep that it swam into the same cavity occupied by what is left of her soul. -
Nov 20, 2008 10:29:17 AM CST
I'm in such a foul mood today I could kill a baby duck
by hawaiian organ donor
Chitty, by the time I toss folks in the chipper they don't have legs left. Those trunks of bone and flesh were picked clean when I dunked them in the shark tank.
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...has ever mashed the carcass of a dead baby duck in her cunt.
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I may one day call on you to rent Der Rote Baron through Lovefilm and make me a copy. But I'll give it a few more months as I suspect it will come to our borders eventually.
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...a turn for the worse. You missed out on the wonderful Aliens and Bruce Campbell stuff above and instead join us in the middle of mashed baby ducks in piss flaps.
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She put it in there alive, during her heaviest flow day. Then listened with a stethescope as is screamed and drowned in her womb.
She laughed at the irony of her life-giving cavity causing death.
Once the flickering and sounds stopped, she passes it and eats it with hot sauce. -
Wednesday night concerts and shots is not a good idea. Damn you Michael Franti and Spearhead for rocking so fucking hard!
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I'd fucking donkeypunch that bitch and set her on fire.
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D.Vader, might I suggest after you violate every one of her orifices, that you strap her to a hobo piss drenched seat in a flaming Hummer filled with starving cats and then push her out of the back of a cargo transport at 20,000 feet over the Crawford Ranch?
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Wasn't bad.
Sort of a poor man's Sam Adams.
Also cost $1.79 less per six-pack.
No hangover, but there will be one in the morning for sure, as I am planning on whiskey for tonight with a Peterson cigar. -
Nov 20, 2008 10:45:03 AM CST
I would fuck Hasselback according to The Book of Mitt....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Thats no condom, with your dick coated in the juice of 9 virgins.
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so no probs,
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"Thats right baby...check out my new invisible underwear.....NOW SUCK MY DICK!!"
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Well I don't like her. That's all you need to know.
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what were you lot all doing get trousered on a WEdnesday?
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Mitt is 200 years old, and he invented ass fucking. ALL HAIL THE BRIM!!
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I would never treat poor cats like that.
Replace them with suits from the Big Three automakers.
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"Sit on my face baby....just don't fuck up my hair."
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To have invented ass fucking. They have found fossils of neaanderthal rump riders in flagrante delicto
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Nov 20, 2008 10:51:10 AM CST
Mitt got trousered in the pants by 9 virgins last night...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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it makes AICN look good.
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Don't be hatin on Mitt
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He just takes his hair helmet off and lets them ride away...
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Yeah well....he claims he invented lots of shit. I'm just going by The Book of Mitt man.....don't ask me. I follow the word of the scripture, but I didn't write it.
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with all sorts of buggery on the glazing. Ancients liked the ass.
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and races down the line popping cherries.
It sounds like champagne bottles being opening in succesion.
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Expect delivery in about 2015. Fucking wankers.
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Truer words have never been spoken
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we've trounced it.
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And if any disagree with that, in the words of the late great Lib warrior, bring it!
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way with the emo bitch.
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They wore them out as well...
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The funny part is thinking of you dropping in with some trademark raunch humor in between coaching young girl's playing Softball.
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And the ghost of the lib warrior can do no harm to one that follows the holy deeds and words of 2for2true.
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And had our way, while Ann Rice waited her turn with a 14-inch strap-on coated with pickup bed spray-on liner.
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Luckily I do not have to coach so far.
But I do have to deal with the coaches of the teams.
The problems with running a rec department isn't the kids, it is the coaches and adults in the stands.
Our 9-12 players have more maturity than 98% of the adults. I swear they beat all I have ever seen as far as childish behavior by what should be the most mature group in a gym. -
Nov 20, 2008 11:05:44 AM CST
Good Lord Jarv, what's up with your countrymen?
by hawaiian organ donor
From the Daily Mail this morning:The last resident in a block of flats due to be demolished cut his own head off with a chainsaw to highlight the 'injustice' of being asked to move out, an inquest heard today. Desperate David Phyall, 50, plugged the electric chainsaw into the mains and attached a timer to the socket.
He then wrapped sellotape around the machine's trigger to secure it in the 'on' position and tied the handle of the saw to a table leg to hold it steady.Mr Phyall rested the saw on his neck and waited for the timer to go off. The Black and Decker chainsaw sliced through his neck in an instant but kept going for a further 15 minutes.
Police and paramedics found his blood-soaked body at the flat in Bishopstoke, near Southampton, Hampshire, after his father John raised the alarm. -
Nov 20, 2008 11:06:28 AM CST
Cloverfiled sucked Mitt's donkey fucked ass - counterclockwis
by toadkillerdog
Thirteen times!
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Monday night I could have kept 2for2true's pencil busy for hours, as I had a gym full of idiots.
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...what the fuck? Jesus Christ. That is insane. He must have been a Mormon.
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Dude shoulda taken some excedrin
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That's the greatest suicide I've ever heard of.
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It is indeed one of the greatest I have ever heard of. Coupla years ago, dude rigged a robot to fire a gun multiple times at him. That was pretty cool too. But cutting your own head off, without a guilotine, priceless.
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That's extreme. Don't read that paper man, it's a horrible Neo-fascist shite rag.
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Why the hell wouldn't you just blast yourself in the mouth with a gun?
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http://tinyurl.com/66l6zz
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http://tinyurl.com/66l6zz
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I mainly go there to look at celebrity gigglies, but from time to time I catch wind of an interesting article.
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Nov 20, 2008 11:25:11 AM CST
You guys think that suicide is crazy, check this one out
by hawaiian organ donor
Also from the Daily Mail:A businessman decapitated himself in his sports car to get back at his younger wife for leaving him, an inquest has heard.
Gerald Mellin, 54, taunted his estranged wife Mirrielle, 33, with threats of suicide.
He even showed her the rope he was going to use, which he kept in the boot of his open-top Aston Martin DB7.
The court heard that the day before his death Mrs Mellin had been awarded an extra £100 a week in maintenance from her former husband.
The businessman tied one end of the rope to a tree, then climbed into his Aston Martin and wrapped the other end around his neck.
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because it's easier to get a chainsaw than a gun. There will be more to it than the Daily Heil is making out- he'll have mental illnesses and drugs problems.
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Thats all I can say. Fuck that. Imagine seeing that guy's head pop off. It would be about as loud ass Mitt popping virgin ass. POP!!
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Nov 20, 2008 11:34:30 AM CST
I heard Mitt actually wrote Tuck Everlasting....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...you know the classic story of everlasting virgin youth? Except Mitt's version was originally titled "Fuck Everlasting" and covered the college anal sex more in depth.
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But they just don't report those grisly stories that the Mail does. Neither does the Sun but I go there for the Page Six girls.
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the car you buy, if you're going to wax that much cash is an Aston Martin DB 9. This isn't hard.
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Damn man. "Daily Heil" LOL.
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Not page 6. Page 7 is where they used to put dudes, before they realised that women don't buy that shitrag either. Best thing about The Scum= Dear Deirdrie. I'll post a genuine letter and then the translation into reality.
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...or those UK chicks are all blessed with huge fun bags. That's what Page Six has taught me.
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I had drunken sex with my manager and she’s been flirting with me ever since, but I don’t know if she means it.
I’m a 24-year-old guy and work in a big call centre. I hate the job but there are loads of young people and we all get on well. Our manager is in her late 20s, single and really fit.
We often go out after work for a drink, just to wind down, because the work is very pressured. One colleague was celebrating his birthday last weekend and asked us all to spend the Friday evening in the pub.
Everyone went and it was great. We had loads to drink and a good laugh.
I found myself squashed into a corner with our manager. She’s quite tiny and very slim. I commented that I didn’t want to crush her and she said that I could carry her outside if that would make me feel better.
I knew it was an invitation, so I put my arms round her and steered both of us on to the decking outside the pub and into a shelter around the barbecue.
Within seconds we were all over each other like a rash. We had the most amazing sex and she asked me to make sure I took her home later on.
We went back into the bar as if nothing had happened but we got together and shared a taxi to her home at the end of the evening.
We spent three nights together and it was fantastic. But we went into work as normal yesterday and she didn’t ask to see me again.
She’s been flirting with me and winks at me when nobody else is looking. Do you think she really likes me or is it just a bit of fun for her?
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I would never use the word "RASH" while describing casual sex.
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After so much flogging they all begin to stick together.
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I had drunken sex with my manager and she’s been flirting with me ever since, but I don’t know if she means it. (I managed to get laid and am a complete fucking idiot)
I’m a 24-year-old guy (42)and work in a big call centre. I hate the job but there are loads of young people and we all get on well (We’re all depressives and thick as pigshit, but provided Man U keep winning it’s alright). Our manager is in her late 20s (60’s), single (obviously)and really fit (fat, like really fat, and with a face like a bulldog licking piss off poison ivy).
We often go out after work for a drink, just to wind down, because the work is very pressured (course it is. Call centers are famous for it. Not because we hate our lives. Really.) One colleague was celebrating his birthday last weekend and asked us all to spend the Friday evening in the pub. (Because he has no friends outside of work)
Everyone went and it was great. We had loads to drink and a good laugh. (we cried, got shitfaced, had a fight. I threw up on my new shell suit).
I found myself squashed into a corner with our manager (You fucking would be). She’s quite tiny and very slim (You keep repeating that, son, that’ll make it true. I commented that I didn’t want to crush her (HAHAHAHAHAHA)and she said that I could carry her outside if that would make me feel better.
I knew it was an invitation, so I put my arms round her and steered both of us on to the decking outside the pub and into a shelter around the barbecue. (Fat bitch can’t stay away from food)
Within seconds we were all over each other like a rash (10 pints down and no-one else in sight, so what the hell). We had the most amazing sex (I could barely get it up, she cried afterwards, we got caught by security and thrown out) and she asked me to make sure I took her home later on. (Spent her cab money)
We went back into the bar as if nothing had happened (The 2 security guards blew that though)but we got together and shared a taxi to her home at the end of the evening. (Ambulance to A & E)
We spent three nights together and it was fantastic. (I’ve got the herpes to prove it)But we went into work as normal yesterday and she didn’t ask to see me again. (You wonder why)
She’s been flirting with me and winks at me when nobody else is looking (Course she has). Do you think she really likes me or is it just a bit of fun for her?
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Every guy should be permitted to have sex with his manager.
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She may be your boss but she is also a woman – and probably conscious she made the first move last weekend. Perhaps she is waiting for you to make a move now.
She still seems to be coming on to you so she may well genuinely like you and want to take things further. If you like her and would like a real relationship, find a quiet time to tell her how you feel and ask her if she feels the same way.
But check out how your company feel about relationships between staff, because if this is a problem you’ll need to sort out what to do.
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I now see her as one of those Two Fat Ladies.....remember those wretched looking old English women chefs that used to have a show? One rode in a side-car. They were pretty cool. I think one died. Rest her English heart.
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http://tinyurl.com/5wv5oa
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"Jesus Fucking Christ, get a load at this fucking sad sack, Listen up, arsehole, despite the fact that you obviously have nothing going for you, somehow you managed to find a woman that was nice enough to let you put that useless lump of gristle you call a penis inside her.
And not just that, but for some fucking reason she seems to like you. Get down on your fucking knees before her, and you eat her out- while you’re doing it make sure you’re thanking god for the luck."
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Can you imagine if we had more sidecars on motorcycles?
Maybe equip side car with tele, gps and wet bar?
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And there's always a photojournal with some "stunna" wondering around in her knickers sorting out some sort of conflict (got fisted in the ass by the plumber).
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When one of them was dying this prick wrote a letter to her saying that it was her fault she was dying of cancer because she smoked. She replied "I'm 74 and you can fuck off". Classy.
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In Disclosure?
Fucking co-worker can turn bad.
Also he covered adultery in Fatal Attraction.
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Slim Pickens riding the bomb down was a good one in Dr. Strangelove
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Shocked the hell out of me when that happened.
"I always loved you."
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Rips her own heart out while screaming "IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT" Top that.
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I have had several female managers that I would love to act that out with.
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I used to watch them on PBS with me mum. -
Oh sorry, you meant fictional character rather than "most spectacular on film"
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and the Sun's readership do not resemble (remotely) the letter.
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have fun guys.
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The Chin would have approved.
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Get about 10 people as a firing squad and chain some idiot to a post.
It would take hours to die.
Pump, pump, pump, PING!
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Maybe the funniest sequence of suicides in one film.
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"It's all for you Damien!"
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Sort of a suicide.
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Nov 20, 2008 12:46:46 PM CST
I knew a kid that got paralyzed from a pellet gun..
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Got some somewhere in the back of the neck. Crazy.
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"Hello boys! I'm baaaack!"
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Brooks in Shawshank.
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I highly reccommend goign over there and reading conspiracy's porn post. A+
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That one puts on the tears every time. Like. A. Bitch.
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The career of one David Caruso.
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the one about the girls explorign themselves after seeing Twilight. I had to spalsh some cold water on my face.
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"You always were an asshole, Gorman."
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..he's making more money than ever. And he still gets blown in his trailer by Mormon girls.
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Yes, I know. I can't speak of it. My P.O. is reading this shit.
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Nov 20, 2008 12:58:06 PM CST
how did the girl do it in Rules of Attraction?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I forget.
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of count?
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Ba-boom!
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Nov 20, 2008 1:03:51 PM CST
Thelma and Louis cliff diving (no airbags either)
by chittychittygangbang
That was the easiest talk into suicide I've ever seen.
"Let's just keep going.." "Ummm, OK."
I would have laughed if both had jumped out of the car at the last minute and stood up to look at each other and say "Bitch, you jumped out!"
Naked catfight ensues until Harvey catches up and jackhammers both of them in the ass while they finger blast each other with the unbridled fury of a tween coming back from opening night of Twilight.
I'm talking about jabbing two and three fingers in at a time and trying to open and close them to trigger G-spot spasms that will soak that helicopter from the sky. -
http://tinyurl.com/6nefmr
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And some shitty 80s music was playing. As the bathtub was filling up with water I damn near passed out. Just don't have the stomach for that stuff. I can watch heads explode in Rambo but slit wrists or throats and my head is banging the coffee table on the way down.
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Soft music, candles, bathtub, wrist slitting.
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Nov 20, 2008 1:18:30 PM CST
Sinbad O'Conner ripping up the Pope's picture...
by hawaiian organ donor
...live on SNL was a damn fine suicide. We haven't seen her since.
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I loved Phil Hartman's Sinatra verbally smacking "cue ball" down.I miss Phil.
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I can watch blood and guts all day, but something about having to pull a giant, gray, blood-filled tick off a dog makes me gag.
I think it was having one too many pop in between my fingers as a kid.
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Can you handle pulling a cum soaked sponge from a female's hole? It stinks, but its kinda hot.
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...and ripped up a picture of Old Blue Eyes after he croaked.
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Nov 20, 2008 1:40:35 PM CST
How did mother nature come up with the concept...
by hawaiian organ donor
...of a tick? I mean really, let's create an insect that gorges itself on blood and becomes so bloated that it becomes completely immobile and then is at the mercy of other predators. Then again, this is the same humorless bitch who put our testicles in a zone that's the perfect altitude for a female's foot to reach with the benefits of momentum.
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That's why midgets were created: to give soothing blowjobs while standing up.
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..they always have fucked up teeth.
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I cannot find the movie featuring our miniature elephant. I thought it was 'Bride' too. Then I thought it was definitely 'Dr Cyclops.' It wasn't, only a pony. I Goggled movie homages and found a reference to the elephant in 'Sky Captain' - but the only mention was for a mini-elephant in Crichton's Jurassic Park novel. Then I tried the commentaries on 'Sky Captain' because they do point out the Kong on the Empire State homage. But, no comment on the elephant.I know I've seen it. Now I'm beginning to think it was just in 'Sky Captain' all along.
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we get shit loads of ticks here. but if you're going to talk about mother nature's imagination let me ask you this: have you ever seen kangaroo? or a platapus? or an echidna (like a hedge hog but it lays eggs) or for that matter a shark or a crocodile. fuck that shit.
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Every twatting time I write or say Google it come out Goggle. GOOGLE! GOOGLE! Get a pissing grip, Therewolf!
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It's official. The Canadian legal system is a steaming turd. This pisses me off almost as much as the auto bailout. And I thought the Young Offenders Act was the height of the Crown's stupidity. They proved me wrong.http://tinyurl.com/5dhy43That link is to Reuters so safe for work.
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From the Twilight thread: "You're a poop head (Pillow runs away laughing)"I was in hysterics at work. Every time I thought I was under control I'd think about that and start giggling again. But, my chair was squeaking in time as I was trying to laugh silently and that just made the whole thing even funnier!Brightened up a shite day at work. Well played, sir!
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i wanted to see what would happen
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fucking canadians. I can empathise with fat people, no problem, but don't make your disability someone else's problem
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Well, that explains the interdimensional wormhole that opened next to my cubicle.
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Give it up, fatty!
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It brought up 'beer goggles.'
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Am I right, HOD? I've only seen a trailer but it looks good.
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Or is it just mini-fucking-elephants, Mitt Romney, midget blowjobs, and Sinead O'Conner?! FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!
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Nov 20, 2008 3:04:41 PM CST
can I get two seats for uncomfortably large balls?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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don't forget the beer goggles.Mini-elephants wearing beer goggles receiving blow jobs off a midget.Oh, no, that's done my head in, how would that work...
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Nothing compares 2 U...
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Mini-fucking-elephants, Mitt Romney, midget blowjobs, and Sinead O'Conner. I gotta tell you, I was at that party and it wasn't as fun as you'd expect.
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Nov 20, 2008 3:07:27 PM CST
well, i'm off to see quantum of solace and australia this weeken
by chipps
which starts in about 10 hours. plus i may see something else as well, but i will be scraping the barrel. probably saw 5. i know, shut up. Oh yeah, and last night i taped heroes, so i'll be watching that too (as well as supernatural) plus, how sweet would it be to watch a midget blowing an a mini elphant. i'll ring mit romney and see if he and sinead can from the cash.
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I always thought she looks like she would give mean ass oral. It would be interesting to push down on the head of a chick with a shaved head. It would feel like Vin Diesel was blowing you.
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greeks invented gay sex.
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Nov 20, 2008 3:13:37 PM CST
Old Cue Ball is too full of anger to give proper head
by hawaiian organ donor
All that grinding. Feels like she has more teeth than the guy collecting gold fillings at Auschwitz.
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I invented the number zero.
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Is that you?Almost time to head home. Chipps give us your review of Australia afterward but make sure you've had a few when you sit down to type.
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http://tinyurl.com/2va7hw
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Not swallowing candy...I mean swallowing cum.
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That's the epic I've been waiting for.
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i will be the weekend. my dad puts my drinking to shame though. as he says 'i only drink on days ending in y'
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I bet Baz always had him put on this costume from The Boy From Oz. http://tinyurl.com/6ammgv
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but i come back
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and it's been awhile since we have been this rowdy. Nice! There, was the horse stop-motion in Dr. Cyclops? Becuase maybe that was it. Sky Captain had several homages in it. Godzilla appeared in the newspapers.
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... wasn't stop-motion in 'Cyclops.' Regular horse, shot to look small.The elephant in 'Gwangi' was stop-motion - but it wasn't a midget! Can't win.
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Glad to make you boys smile a bit today.I'm fucking at school right now. I may try and jet out of class early tonight, I most definitely don't want to be here tonight.
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Does a midget who has a good dental plan give good head?
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Not just that one either. In response to... I think it was the 'UK' bloke's 'woe is me' post you said of Twilight: "It looks like shit." Then straight after that - "I hate movies."Brilliant.
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This 10:30 till 12:00 midnight stint is a crawl.
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I'm off to class now, just been surfing around. I have to admit I was reading the mirahurl calling out Jarv thread again, and was laughing hysterically at the shit we spewed back at him. Ah, good times.
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I'll have to check that one out.
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One of the Twitch trailers. The movie is out in the UK on 26th December, in cinemas AND available on DVD the same day - the first UK release to do this.To be honest, I didn't think much of the trailer.
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Nighty night, folk. Have a good evening.
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Better then Chocolate. OMG that movie was SOOO fucking bad and horrible. I bought it and sold it back it was so terrible. Not worth it.
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Of Gaylight?
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You know about the live action show they are going to make? They are doing a search for Carl....why don't they just ask Ron Jeremy?
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Anyone see these? Are they worth driving about 40 mintues to see? Well last day for Rock N'Rolla tonight so that'll probably have to wait for the ole Dvd.
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I was eating ice cream, and your "mashed dead baby ducks in her cunt" made me laugh so hard I choked and almost threw up....
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You were all in fine form today, despite the choking I had a many good laughs at the discussion du jour...
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I only caught parts of it on tv once, but only remember the Christina Cox nakedness...
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hows it going? Watched Eragon tonight with the wife(I suppose we were celebrating the release of Twilight by watching mediocre fantasy trash based off of poorly written twaddle), Actually, just borrowed it from someone and figured it couldnt be that bad with beer. And unfortunately it was neither interesting or hilariously bad. It was so terribly middle of the road. Jeremy Irons was kind of fun, but he was neutralized by the terribleness that was Robert Carlyle and John Malkovich. Both of them were mugging so bad, you would have they thought they were...well, Jeremy Irons in Dungeons and Dragons. And Rachel Weisz was the dragon, who communicated through telepathy.
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Nov 20, 2008 10:28:00 PM CST
Almost forgot Seagal's suicide in Executive Decision
by chittychittygangbang
I almost left the theater after that happened.
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that thai movie with Nathan Jones, and it is pretty damn good! The real star of that movie isnt Nathan, it's Sasisa Jindamanee, who was also in Born To Fight, (that I still havent seen). Damn, can this little girl kick ass! The movie overall is really goofy, with a rather lame 'diamond thieves' subplot to add some danger, but it is very entertaining, funny, and the fights are great!
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stepping into the ring with Ivan Drago.
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not sure if you were around..but the whole elephant debacle came from the fact I thought I recall there being a miniature elephant in Bride of Frankenstein, and then being surprised to find it missing when I watched. Apparently several others on here thought the same, but no elephant. The only confirmed elephants were Jurassic Park the novel, Sky Captain, and a miniature, two-headed elephant in Stardust.
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always found that rather affecting.
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in Royal Tenenbaums. All the blood running down his arms.
Another odd suicide was the one towards the end of Everything is Illuminated.
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leaping in frontof a subway in Suicide Club.
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Nov 20, 2008 10:42:23 PM CST
I haven't seen Gattaca, but thanks for spoiling
by chittychittygangbang
Ha! Just kidding...But yeah, I swear I have seen a stop-motion tiny elephant ina grainy film flashback or something.
And yes, I rememember the tiny elephant from Jurassic Park novel.
It developed a nasty temper and had a constant touch of allergy I think.
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how many times was that?
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Sort creepy the way Coppola kept the camera at the boy's eye-level for a minute. Just showing the slowly-swinging legs.
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was in RoboJox, when one of the bad guys randomly runs out and jumps of a balcony screaming, I think so he doesnt get caught... I always think of that first when I think of that dumb movie. Plus it's got the great quote "This time next week, I kill you dead!"
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Apollo Creed died????????????
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Does that count?
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Suicide Solution!
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Most grisly suicide in the film: M.Night Shymalan brutally mutilating his own career.
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but ahead of Creed's death, Ivan Drago and everything else, there was that horrible awful waiter robot.
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The opening scenes of Cookie's Fortune.
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of miniatue size, but this was definitely a live-action black and white stop motion pacaderm. The fact that all of us seem to remember it, is the odd part. I expected everyone to tell me I was mad.
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Had all of a sudden turned red-eyed like Johnny Five and viciously anal-raped Pauly.
"I'm fucking you uncle Pauly, I'm fucking you uncle Pauly..."
No really, that was the most tacked on stupid shit I've seen in a movie since..well I don't know.
I just hated that sequence. I think the film could have been bettered by Pauly actually getting a sports car and going on a drunken joyride at 160-plus mph, stopping only when his grill relocates Rocky's statue. -
because it was redemptive.
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awesome.
Arnie's suicide at the end of DGDB's favorite action movie of all time, Terminator 2?
thumbs up!
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It used to hang out with Big Bird.
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Spock in Wrath of Khan.
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I always thought it was in a cage, behind bars, but you may be right. And yes, Valley of Gwangi had a stop motion elephant, but he was fully grown, and fought Gwangi at the end.
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Or was the writers for the sequel?
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a stop motion elephant, fighting Ymir.
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conveniently laying there on the forest floor of the new planet. I think the story is that originally, it wasn't planned, but by the time the movie was released, wasn't there even a title card for Star Trek 3 at the end of 2? Or did I make that up too, like the phantom mini-phant.
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I always thinking of Dumbo going to visit his mother locked up.
Jeez, that is one of the most powerful scenes in the history of cinema. No kidding, if you don't at least fight back a tear during that then you should check your pulse or check if you all of a sudden weigh 21 grams less. -
in that pink elephants trippy sequence. Dumbo's mother locked up. Like. A. Bitch.
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he bought time for the hobbits to escape and he knew he wasn't coming back. he sold himself so others could live.
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I can think of that scene and well up inside.
Ecspecially when the mother just wants to get a little closer to her baby (whom she was protecting in the first place) and realizes she is shackled and just instead holds out her outreached trunk and rocks Dumbo.
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are suicide. That's what makes them powerful, the individuals have already forfeited their lives for the good of someone else.
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Animals don't think twice about that stuff. Which makes them very noble creatures in my book.
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Like. A. Bitch.
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Nov 20, 2008 11:25:51 PM CST
Female dog biting kidnapper so Benji could escape
by chittychittygangbang
Then it keeps showing that Benji montage that included that kidnapper kicking her, while he runs for help.
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which I guess she was in reality, but I meant that scene really gets the waterworks going.
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if I recall correctly he let Vader kill him so the others could escape...
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"I go. You Stay. No Following"
"SUPERMAN!"
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i found it at wal-mart for cheap the other day. i am going back to get it this weekend.
like. a. bitch. -
he could have fought Vader longer, but instead just said "fuck it, I quit."
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See everyone tomorrow on the internets.
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beaten the Finns for the gold medal
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if he'd remembered how much of a whiny bitch Vader was in the prequels. That's the problems with making movies out of order, it fucks up the continuity...
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Australia might suck, but I don't trust this guy's opinion for a moment. When chipps shows back up here completely wasted with his review, it will be three times as literate and engaging. Personally, I'd love it if Australia works, but I have my doubts.
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is finally coming out next week, anyone looking forward to it? I heard it (it leaked a couple days ago) and it's not bad. Axl is still his grating self, the music generally feels like Guns with a modern twist to it. So it's a decent album, but it definitely doesnt live up to the 15+ years of hype behind it. The "Oh My God" song they did for the End Of Days soundtrack was better.
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the guy appears once every few months with an article. He's irrelevant.
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Didn't you get into a beef with Lautaro once?
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Laturo is a complete cunt who gives cunty reviews. Do not like him.
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but you are aware that you're going to hell, aren't you? On the plus side, I'm, pretty certain that heaven is full of assholes so Hell is probably way more fun.
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is there a black and white version of gullivers travels? THis is bugging me, because I'm sure I can remember one as well I saw a Masters of Sci-Fi recently with Malcolm McDowell slumming it that had a brilliantly realised mini-phant. I think it was being sexually abused. I was going to call the rspca.
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How's the cricket chipps. I forgot to check?
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Harry's twilight review is up. It's clobberin' time.
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did his missus promise him he could put it in her poop-chute if he gave a good review to it?
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we are slumping in the chart. I cannot have this.
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I watched The Longest Yard yesterday, and I have to say- I think it's the best Adam Sandler film I've ever seen. It was actually funny. Albeit the fact that as a remake all the funny bits were straight from The Mean Machine. (Pinning the ref in the bollocks had me crying with laughter)Which brings me to the point (well the first of 2, but I'm keeping the numbers up): How many versions of The Mean Machine are there? I can think of at least 3. And the other point, why is American Football so filmable and actually looks better in a movie than it does as a sport. Is it the structure.
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I get why a remake of it was a good idea, but is is always the way- they toned it down. I distinctly remember a guards neck getting broken in the original, but in the Sandler version he only shits himself. I wouldn't mind this, per se, but the death of Caretaker was waaaay nastier and there were other bits that were worse. It's all very strange.
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Did Nelly play football to any decent level? It sure looked like he did.
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I'm wondering how the fuck I managed to get 5 points out of an Adam Sandler remake.
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It is a fact. That's why I'm always shocked when I don't want to kill someone after seeing one.
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or Big Daddy, or Deeds, or (apparently, I've not seen it) Zohan,You get the idea.
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Still all by myself. I may go and beat one out over twilight. That's what all the cool kids do.
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that strikes me as a huge waste of time. Not the masturbation, but Twilight. I think I'll find some porn instead.
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where is everyone? There's usually a nite owl of some description on here. I'm talking to myself again
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I meant insomniac. Not fat impotent wannabe super hero. That would be weird.
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am fucking fuming now, Can't concentrate on anything,
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Roll on Christmas.
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beers are being drunk.
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who was an 'original' (the highest honour we have in oz, the 'originals were the first ashore at gallipoli - queenslanders) came back an alcoholic. after a night on the town he would stand outside the pub and yell 'who wants to fight an irishman' I'm only a few beers away from that myself (though to be fair i live in a rich neighbourhood)
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The cricket's better for you know. Victory inside 3 days?
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he got me tickets to the gabba tomorrow. i have watched cricket all my life but i have never gone to a game. it is warming up. oz sucks at the moment and nz is in form, which means we will win by a little. my town is literaly a natural disaster zone so it may get washed out. i am almost orgasiming at the thought of going to the cricket. it is THE international sport. the ashes is the longest runing international competition. cricket is basball plus. and the ausies that play it are hard cunts. streaking was invented in oz. ian chapell on several ocassions walaped streakers with his bat. bodline was invented cause we were too good for england (fair suck jarv). so they started throwing the leather ball at the man. we have a sport in oz called brandy. like that. you can literally kill someone. a guy i'll be with dosn't like watson. i recon by the end of the day he will put his head in or ill smack it for him. cricket at the gabba!!!!! oh yeah!
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we are playing shit. this will be a comp. bring it on. (plus seriously there was a mini cyclone in the street over from me two nights ago)
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i have never had the money to go and see the cricket
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Nov 21, 2008 6:38:31 AM CST
people don't understand how hard it is to be a cricket specator
by chipps
only hard cunts are up for it. every summer the different countries would come out here (the used to come here cause we had leverage as the best, this is waning) me mate and me would watch the tests. we used to average a carton and a half per man per day. we'd wake up get a carton, at close of business get another (each) then get another in the morning. for five days (we did this anyway but it was an excuse) after 5 days we would have upwards of 15 cartons of empties. so by day 3 we would hid them in our neighbours bins at midnight. cricket is a hard sport to spectate
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Fucking blows a clobbered baby seal's wee-wee compared to Burt and the original! I am hereby am banning you from ANY ownership of any bear for the remainder of the year. I'm frankly appalled by this development.
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fair do's. Hands up. We couldn't beat Bradman, so we invented a system to stop him playing. What you forget, chipps me old mucker, is that Australia also adopted bodyline in that series. Just we had Larwood, who was fucking great and you didn't have anyone that could do it properly.
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back to credence dude. i anit no millionare's son.
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I did say that.
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I used to go to Headingly with my old man when I was younger, and I've been to Lords lots. On average it's a good 14-16 pint day.
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we did not adopt in that series. but later we did. the old man said 'they invented it but they copped the worst of it'. you and me are too young but the greatest at bodline were lilie and tommo. 'ashes to ashes dust to dust, if lillie don't get ya, tommo must' cricket is a sport played by tough cunts, but with rules. like boxing. but you don't fuck with the rules, and fair suck, i fucking hate HATE the chappels. fuck those cunts. they discrased my country, and i hold my head high.
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cause ponting is no chappel. simple as that. we lost cause our best bowlers were bowling too slow, so he played the other ones, out of sportsmanship.
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i said that all the funny bits were from the original (Pinning the ref in the bollocks). And I said it was a watchable Sandler movie. This is hardly ringing endorsement. Just for that I'm going to shave the bear before I put him in transit to you, just to make sure that he's in a proper shitty mood when he gets out.
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too drunk to update myself to the converation. but still interested.
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Jardine was a right bastard, but he knew what he was doing. The interesting thing, is that after a bit the England batsmen were shitting it- and wanted to abandon the tactic, but Jardine told them to fuck off. It was the Australian captain that refused to use it till the end.
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fuck me. They were lethal. Anyway, I'm jealous of you, jammy bastard.
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To heap any praise on the Sandler one...Gah!The bear can be in a proper foul mood all he wants...when people start laughing at a naked bear, he'll chomp all those bastards up. It will be fun to hear the laughter turn to screams of bloody terror.
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not many men can do that. an aussie carton is about 16 pints. few men can do that. i plan to look you up and drink you down. if i showed up in london would you go to the pub?
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And I have The Visitor, so I'll try and check both of those out this weekend.
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you started it. ya cant change the rules and then complain that they were changed.
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you can't see me smiling - there is no hostility here.
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I'm going to make sure the bear is shitfaced so he's hungover, horny and SHAVEN when the plain lands in America.
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Look me up. I'm half scottish and Irish so never averse to a session.
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i make no promises, but probly. plus you come out here and i'll put you up. i've already offered xi.
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"best Sandler movie" is hardly comparing it to Citizen Kane is it?
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you aint enlish. you are more celtic than i am.
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I'll send one of my brother-in-laws to retrieve the bear.
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but i personally know where this fear of the sky falling on your head comes from
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The Longest Day next? Or perhaps have him and Chris Rock be the next Dirty Dozen? C'mon Jarv, this love for Sandler is unjustified and misguided.heh-heh-heh...
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Had ot come out of hibernation to have a small rant at the Twilight TB. Sick to death of that garbage being called a women's movie or series. Horseshit! By the way, how the heck are y'all?
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when i was a teenager we watch happy gilmore. so we went off to play golf. witch is for piss weak fucking losers. anyway we were taking the happy run up. now (without being brash) i've seen trouble and have nose for it. so this dude is going to tee off. so i stand at right angles to him. some how he hits the ball and seriously it gets me off the tee off straight in the temple. fortunatly my dad had a milk run when i was a kid and my bones are tough.
many years later we had a staff doo and i got soo drunk (drank a carton before the twelth) that i crashed the cart causing serious injuring to a work mate, whos fella was a copper (but a soft one). after that they called me a 'force of nature'. my two experiences with golf. -
I'm going to train him to sexually molest anyone called "pillows" That'll learn you. Buggered by an angry, hungover, shaven bear.
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who is very exiceted about twilgiht
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no 's', thank you very much.And I can't believe you would do that to the mighty bear. Suppose you'll put a hat on him and a blue jacket next? Tsk-tsk....
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How's it going?
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that wasn't a joke, just saying my persepive isn't nesicarily correct. cause i'm not that exiceted.
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how it travel?
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Not too interesting. I had to give Twilight a bashing. No suprise Harry was gonna love it. He as much as said so in the review before he saw it.
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he flatly refused to take me to work this morning. But no, I wouldn't "paddington" him.
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Why are you torturing the bear? You do all that to him, he'll flay you before you get him near a plane.
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The hangover is probably wearing off. My one worry is that he's grown accustomed to your beer, and will turn his nose at our beer. Mind you, I drink Sam Adams usually or Bass or Guinness, though it ain't the same.
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good luck with every thing. all of ya actually. i'm expecting trouble tomorrow. i'm gonna start drinking early and that is always bad. the german club is across the road from the gabba and i am a friend of the place, so fuck, shit is going to happen. to be honest if i come home and i don't have a story, i'll be happy. expect the finches to fuck shit up though. that's why they sent us to oz
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but when you start drinking at 10..... (i'm so happy i have never gone to the cricket before)
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I'm just stopping by on my way to bed anyhow. See everyone later.
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enjoy your lives. be cool to one anoher.
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and I'm sending him to wreak havoc on conneticut as I owe Pillows about 1 million internets.
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lucky bastard. I want to go to Lords in the summer (for the Ashes)but I can't justify the exhorbitant amount that a tout would want for a saturday, and I'll never be able to get Thursday, Friday or monday off work.
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I'm positive we'll be able to "slash" the budget, and go over it with a fine "tooth". I also think the town council will be a nice snack.
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Good idea. Make him work.
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Nov 21, 2008 8:00:06 AM CST
thank 2for2true the auditors finally brought in breakfast
by just pillow talk
It would have been a shame to wipe them out with a pencilkreig. Except the hot auditor. I need someone to feed me my muffin naked.
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Only guy I know who actually "sounds" drunk when he types.Seriously, was it a surprise Harry liked Twilight? I know this is his site and all but the Tubby One has lost his damn mind. I used to read his reviews for the entertainment value, now I don't go beyond the subject line. Glad to hear you don't want any part of this Mavra.So all Adam Sandler movies are bad? Wasn't Punch Drunk Love and Happy Gilmore OK?
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I liked Happy Gilmore and The Waterboy. I was just giving Jarv shit because, well, I'm bored at work. And who knew it would strike a deep chord within Jarv? However, I have a profound dislike for Sandler's The Longest Yard, as I love the original.
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The standard with a Sandler film is "Don't want to kill something having watched it".
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a matter of general principal. The hot one can be retrained as "wench".
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even if it has Statham as a psychotic goalie. You may want to kill someone.
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That's her name.I think I'll keep the tall blond Norwegian one as well as a point of principle. I do confess, I like 'em tall.
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the hot one over. I'm still waiting.
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it's the implication that I think that Sandler's version of the Mean Machine is in some way better than "passable and not vilely offensive" That's struck a chordI don't. I know that any film with a Rob Schneider cameo is automatically awful garbage. But any movie with a referree smacked in the bollocks is always going to make me laugh.
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Baby oil reached proper temperature?
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It boggles my mind that he got so much work.
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Because I enjoyed Don't Mess With The Zohan. Granted I was several rum and cokes deep at that point and I seriously doubt I'll ever watch it again, but I thought it kicked off my 10 hour movie day nicely.Wait a minute. What the hell was I doing drinking rum and cokes with my breakfast? Oh Christ. Gentlemen, I think I may be an alcoholic. This revelation has me frazzled. I need a double filtered IPA to calm my nerves.
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I was also able to put in a capital expenditure request to construct a dancing pole in my office, along with a superb audio system and flashing lights. Alas, the pull down bed will not be ready until next week. My desk will have to do.
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I read all of Harry's review, and really want him to explain his justification for liking it- because it vaguely reminded him of Pretty in Pink is not an excuse for giving a pass to this utter bollocks. All I can think is that Yoko had his balls in a pair of Garden Shears ready to give them a trimming if he didn't post a review that was posititve. The thing is, you can actually tell that he thinks it isn't good- he goes as far to say so in the last bit, but, well, it's harry so he can't admit that he may have seen something shit. Didn't he like that awful Outkast rubbish from a few years ago.
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You did have breakfast with the rum and cokes. When you are a full-blown alchy, you'll bypass the breakfast part.
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as GM's stock.
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They drink meths, Carlsberg Special Brew/ American equivalent, buckfast or any other exremely strong, extremely cheap spirit. They don't put coke in it. For example, this morning I had my favourite meths and paraffin cocktail. With a raw egg for protein. The bear had 2 lines of charlie and a litre of peach schnapps. I'm trying to break him from the peach schnapps habit, but he reckons it helps him get ready to take me to work
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Yeah, Harry loved that crap. And remember him gushing over Spiderman 3 and Fantastic Four 2? Regardless of his true thoughts on the film, as a reviewer, he's less credible than a duck quacking as it blankly stares at the back of a discarded Sisterhood of the Traveling pants DVD floating downstream.
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that was gold. Not to mention Superman Returns, The TCM remake and countless other atrocities.
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Harry has no taste
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Yeesh, what monstrously soul sucking event happened in the big guy's life to twist his views on movies so?Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Hmmmm, I don't recall his review on that one. But he probably made a chocolately vagina remark about the Biel no doubt.
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Goddamn. It's time for an intervention.
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AICN, and simultaneously one of the most disappointing. Harry is "Headgeek" he is our champion, his voice (in theory) has some weight- and he keeps giving approval to heinous crap. It's depressing, but the Talkbackers are always great afterwards. I wonder how out of touch from his audience he has got.
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I do remember that. I think a pile of DVD's fell on top of him one day and hit him smack on the head. Made his view of movies turned upside down. I think he was going for the Regarding Henry DVD.
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Best vampire movie in years. I felt stupid for ragging on it all that time.
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The CEO makes $27M a year. So this douchebag flies to Washington on his private jet and his bags of money and unashamedly sticks out his hand asking for taxpayers to bail him out.I'm running out of midgets to punch.
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he slipped out for a donut and got shot in the head a la Retarding Henry.
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as if hundreds of talkbackers suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
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are you all right?
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hilarious but sick. See latest masturbation post.
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Never been more wrong about a movie, though.
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The fact that you enjoyed an Adam Sandler movie made in the past 10 years is far worse than Van Helsing, Spiderman 3, Fantastic 2, and Regarding Henry combined. There is no excuse for Adam Sandler. It is equivalent to child molestation.
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Some of the stupid fuckers in my class didn't see any problem with that. There's no fucking reason why they couldn't take business class in a fucking commercial plane. I've been punching unicorns and tinkerbells. My company is....strange.
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Because a stank wino who recently ate a rancid bean burrito and accidentally sat on a pile of skunk shit would have a set of manure flaps that would probably be the olfactory equivalent of Twilight.
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the one who lives in Seattle, and flies back and forth each weekend between there and Detroit?Fuckers.
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"Tomorrow morning...mommy is gonna find more sheets than normal..and extra soiled panties in little Missys hamper and Twilight tucked under the bed, She will smile knowingly, allowing her own hand to slide between the very thighs that saw the birth of her daughter, gently touch herself and drink in the pleasure that only last night her own daughter must have felt, sharing this moment if in only thought"
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the hot auditor, and then she can audit my assets and show me her debits and credits.
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I thought you were kidding. AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW FUCK!!!!!
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Nov 21, 2008 9:21:22 AM CST
Jonah....don't let Mitt Romney get in your head!!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Its like fucking Scanners!!
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Best. Unicorn. Gag. Ever:"A unicorn comes to Bella and pierces her ladyhood with its majestic horn, completing the journey from girlhood to womanhood. Edward admires the sparkle on the horn while making sand sculptures in a glass jar." Even if it is referring to Twilight. Well, it made me laugh
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...his shit is far nastier than anything Chitty or I have ever said. He has a real eye for detail.
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Damn pods! Seriously, pods are NOT to be trusted.
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I woke up this morning with the intent of doing a surrealist fantasy piece over at Zhura. Instead, I said screw it, I'll just post it at AICN. And that was my last two posts.
Figured HOD and company had just about forgiven me for that bit about Tom Hulce posting in a TB under the handle MOTZART'S_NECKFAT.
Looks like the premise this time was just too preposterous to buy.
In all honestly, I did talk to some of our friends who saw that POS last night, and it's like a cult. They were literally talking about it like it was the greatest fantasy movie ever. Is there anyone out there of the general public is walking out of this thing, and realizing it's crap. The reviews have assured me it is, as did the trailer and that dopey summary of the books. -
I had just rolled out of bed, was already into the rum and cokes and had just learned that my best friend's father died suddenly the night before. So I needed an alcohol induced laugh and Zohan delivered.As Jarv mentioned, Deeds, Daddy, Nicky, Spanglish, Chuck and Larry, Anger Management and all the rest were rubbish.And I thought you liked Punch Drunk. Didn't that come out in the last 6-7 years?
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I'm really waiting for this. This wants to be good.
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...thank god.
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where watching it actually makes you stupid?
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I thought Click was passable. Haven't seen Zohan. Im willing to give it a try on dvd, as long as you can assure me HOD that you did not enjoy The Love Guru.
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I feared our lord would rip the world asunder in anguish.
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Kate Beckinsdale. Fuck, she looked hot.
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Underneath it all, Im one of the FOES through and through.
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Yeah I do like Punch Drunk a lot. Which goes to show my hatred is never unconditional. I don't hate Sandler the actor....I think he has some talent hidden behind that ignorance. I just his hate "ADAM SANDLER" movies. That same tired formula that brainwashes half of America. Those with exceptionally thin skulls and susceptible Mesolimbic pathways that also fall prey to all thinks Will Ferrell and Ben Stiller. Yeah those. I understand your predicament though. Sandler movies should exist soley to comfort those is mourning. It reminds them that there are far worse things on this planet than death.
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Did you know that: "I went down to Virginia seeking shelter from the storm? Clouds of mystery falling, confusion on the ground."That last sentence is an apt description of the motherfucking cowards that run the United States fucking Navy in the Gulf of Aden. Cocksuckers, I hate Admirals. Pussys all of them. I wish they would stop taking female hormones and man the fuck up, bunch of nancy boys, light in the loafers motherfuckers.
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Nov 21, 2008 9:33:57 AM CST
that would be awesome if Jonah were a real stunt cock...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...he plays all prude, but when they need a serious pop shot, they call in the heavy artillery and Jonah whips out his 12 inch member (close up only of course, no faces revealed).
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is oneof the funniest things you have written recently. I agree completely. "Adam Sandler" movies are almost universally despised in my house. Like I say, there were a few moments in Click, like the moment where he has frozen that last time he is seeing his dad, that I really liked. But for the few moments like that, there were tons of stuff like fat suit sandler, farting in Hasslehoff's salad, the dog humping the stuffed duck. Yea, on second thought, Click wasn't so hot.
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I turned it off about 30 minutes in. Came back later that night with a bottle of wine in me and don't think I got through it. Without a doubt one of the worst atrocities committed to film.OK, this is weird. I watched Click with my mom when she was in the hospital last Thanksgiving after her operation. We both laughed a lot. So I guess the Sandler movies only come out during moments of pain and loss in my life.
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Good God! Sounds horrendous.
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brought down the hot auditor, and she'll have "questions" for me later.We may have to delve deep and hard for those answers...
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Nov 21, 2008 9:43:43 AM CST
actually I dont know how much Harry's tastes have actually chang
by jonah echo
I started reading his stuff back in 1997, and the first thing I came across was this rave for Face/Off. I went to see the movie, after agreeing with his Fifth Element review, and was highly disappointed. No biggie, he still seemed to be on target for other stuff. But as time progressed, I realized that as he raved for Scream 2, and then Godzilla, and then Armageddon(tears streaming down his cheeks) that our tastes were actually fairly different. The thing was, back in those days he reviewed more, so we also saw what he didn't like. And he liked so much, that inevitably, I found myself agreeing with him alot of the time. Especially in regards to little movies I knew nothing about. Six String Samurai was something he just went off about. I sought it out and really liked it. Stuff like that helped temper the occasional Godzilla's and what not.
But now Harry is a champion for smaller films in a different way. He has film festivals, and uses this site in conjunction with Twitch to get the word out. All admirable things. But as a writer, he is usually relegated to writing about only things he likes, and I think his embrace is just a little too wide. He loves too much stuff unconditionally.
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"Have you been naughty?"
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The Sandler fat suit thing would have been an abomination. If I were to try to watch it now, it would be through my lifeless milky white eyes as I hung from the ceiling fan.
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Is that painful, or just sticky?
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I'm about to watch Henry Poole is here in a few minutes. Snowing outside actually. The wife comes home at lunch, so we might be able to get in a few movies then. Gotta pick up Wall-E, and I see BestBuy is selling The Rocketeer for 5.99, so that's an insta-buy. Wanted to see a movie at the theater, but am feeling ambivalent about all the choices. Right now Im ho-humming over Synecdoche, New York, Rachel Getting Married and Quantum of Solace. Any suggestions?
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Nov 21, 2008 9:49:30 AM CST
great quote on Sandler's next movie poster....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
"I guess the Sandler movies only come out during moments of pain and loss in my life."
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but it's wrong. He can't possibly "believe" in Twilight, or think that we are remotely the audience. The female Changian above is actively offended about this- so what chance does it have with the men? The problem is, when I now see a Harry review, I just automatically assume he's going to like it, no matter how vile. He needs some negative reviews, preferably for big films- else he's turning into Empire.
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"Very."
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Since I lost my balance on the chair: both.
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....and I just order my tickets for MY NAME IS BRUCE in LA!! December 20th.
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I'm toying with submitting a review.
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another time. Man, I really loved that movie.
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...it looks like a hybrid of all those troubled family movies I like; Tennenbaums, Margot At The Wedding, Pieces of April.....there's a ton of others I can't think of.
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Thats what I just posted on Harry's TB, Jarv. Obviously this isn't the demographic for the film. We can give a shit about it, and we'll just tear it apart and crack jokes. So who the fuck is he posting this for other than himself and his wife? Its odd.
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I have high hopes for My Name is Bruce.
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Go down to your local Redbox and pick up Tropic Thunder. Yes, I know it has Stiller and Black and Danny is calling my tastes shit right now, but I think you'll enjoy it. The Cruiser and the Nolte are worth the price of admission. And you said you had a copy of Arn? Put that in.
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Its cool to bring cameras in there right? For Bruce...didn't someone film it? Do they check or were people all open?
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Thank fuck.
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but when you do, make sure it says something like "Lost Jarv Masters Baader-Meinhoff Complex" or something of that nature. And for the love of Jeebus, don't use punctuation or any literary flourishes that dont reference genitals. Otherwise, they will flush it the same place they have sent all our other reviews.
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Nov 21, 2008 10:01:13 AM CST
Nolte washes away all the sins of Stiller.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....and I like Jack Black.
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I didnt bring my good camera, just a crappy one, because I didnt know, but yes, it's cool. You can bring a camera in, as long as you dont have it on during the film.
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Maybe Harry will sober up and realise he's written horseshit. I've also occasionally had the feeling that he posts these horrible reviews to keep the hit count high- we're all certain to jump on it to express our displeasure- and this keeps the hit rate massive. Controversy selling AICN. And not the good kind.
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I saw it at the theater back in August. Loved that bit with the fake trailers, especially the one for the gay monk movie, playing that Enigma song over footage of RDJ and Tobey Maguire giving each other smoldering looks, and grasping each other's rosaries.
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Nov 21, 2008 10:06:58 AM CST
holy shit The Wrestler trailer looks amazing...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Because to me that speaks to the fact that Harry can post his gushing review, and still give the geeks a "negative" review, but it's Massa, and I think the whole staff knows no one takes him seriously.
This guy praised Transformers, and hated No Country for Old Men, after calling it part of it the Coen's best movie. He doesn't have credibility, but a negative review adds to the site's overall assumed credibility. Want to correct things, let Mori or Quint review the film. I cant imagine either will give it a pass. -
That Astro Boy trailer. I loved Astro Boy as a kid. Anyone else think this shows promise?
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Quint and Mori are all this site has. Maybe all this site has ever had. The rest of these schmucks are a fucking joke and I don't even bother reading their shit anymore.
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Not only did he rip Twilight a new one but it was a very well written review for a change.Nolte isn't in Tropic Thunder a lot but when he is, he is killer.
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But he's a complete joke as a reviewer. and now I think about it, you're quite right about Massa.
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Damn Mickey. It's like his face went through a propeller.
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the movie is really like: mediocre. It will never be anything but horrible to those of us who aren't interested in it, and nothing less than lovely to those predisposed to love it. Mediocre movies get out of the way of preconceptions and let them have their way with the viewer.
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Harry's thread who has just ripped IndustryKiller a new one (which is fair enough), but what is funny is that he's the same douche that endless protects AvP:R. Which is far more of a crime than Shitlight.
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I still think he's a douche, but I enjoyed the review. There's a first for everything.I doubt Mori or Quint will touch Twilight. They know better.
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movie made from some truly evil subject matter. And that is what is wrong with it. Mori's take will be interesting. I want to see Vern's take.
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I was a G-Force and Starblazers kid.
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for excising anything difficult from Oldboy? Pathetic. If you can't do it properly, don't do it at all.
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it was I Know What you Did Last Summer. This many years out from their release, I have trouble keeping which of thoses movies was which. Harry liked the one with the hook killer. I do remember the rant you mentioned now. Sorry.
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No, Harry didn't fall head over heels in love- and recently he said that I know what you did Last Summer was a better film than Scream. Which is clearly wrong.
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poeple have got bored of posting "tits" in her tedious shite.
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Are. Used. To. Make. It. Seem. That. What. You. Are. Writing. Has. More. Weight. Than. It. Really. Does.
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Thats Mitt Romney's term for short, fat girls with untrimmed puss.
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What did he say and where Jarv?
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a possibly drunken review for Urban Legend in which he expressed his desire "to bend Rebecca Gayheart over a pickle barrel." Uggh.
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I think we had this discussion the other day, but everyone always forgets how fucking important Scream was. Although it does have a lot to answer for, there is no way in fuck that IKWYDLS is better. It's a lazy rip off in every way. Does Kevin Williamson really work for Wall Mart now?
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Nov 21, 2008 10:40:47 AM CST
I enjoy I Know What You Did.....better than Scream.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Scream has a few key scenes that work. But overall I Know was more fun. And thats what I look for in those sorta films....the fun. I don't think Scream is some genius work like some.
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It's not a remake of Old Boy, it's a new adaptation of the original manga. Can I hear a big UNH-HUH. How fucking stupid do you think we are? As if he'd heard of the fucking manga before Oldboy came out. All it is is a pathetic excuse for removing anything difficult, so you can say goodbye to octopus, incest, tongue being torn out and hello to Hell No, happy ending, ninja Will and his righteous trail of revenge. Fucking bullshit, and it actually makes me think that Spielberg is flirting with hackiness.
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but I must agree with D.Vader on Jen's magnificent ta-ta's. Those should have been enshrined between my hands and mouth.
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Scream had an impact, but I could give a fuck if it or any of its knock offs existed. Who cares if Wes made a film that had an impact on a worthless genre? Not horror in general, but teen/slasher horror. And even though I Know was a rip off, doesn't mean its not more enjoyable now....
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...giving an interview while turkeys are being slaughtered in the background? Piss. Meet pants.
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Nov 21, 2008 10:46:29 AM CST
I simply will refuse to recognize Will and Stevie's
by just pillow talk
attempt at Oldboy even exists.
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You betcha.
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scream was brilliant, and still to this day responsible for 2 of my most awesome film experiences. Seeing it in a packed cinema on opening night was a blast. It was a real shot in the arm, and I know would not exist without it.
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No Incest Tongue?!! FUCK OFF.
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and Randy's deconstruction of horror still makes me smile now. When he's holding the Films in his hands in the video library screaming "IT'S IN THE RULES, PEOPLE"- it was great. I know has nothing in it that comes close to the brilliance of a lot of Scream. I will give you that the series is absolute dogshit after the opening murder in Scream 2- but the original, if they'd left it as a one off was fucking great. And Winkler was in it.
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The original phone call, Randy watching Halloween while the killer sneaks up behind him, Sydney shooting Skeet Ulrich in the head after their dumbass stab party. It's top drawer.
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Nov 21, 2008 10:57:17 AM CST
yeah....the Scream theater event was awesome...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....I was pretty young. And it rocked.
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What the fuck is that machine doing? Are they alive when he drops their head into that? I can't tell.
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It was a very fun movie with a big group of drunks.
Not bad sober either.
Although if Jlove had shown her sweater puppies in I Know What You Did Last Summer, it would have vaulted it to cult status.
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Nov 21, 2008 11:07:37 AM CST
Just reread some of my queef posts from Twilight TB
by chittychittygangbang
Damn, I made myself laugh again, as I don't really remember writing some of that shit.
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It was a metaphor for what she would have done with McCain to take the big chair at 1600 Penn. Ave.
I bet she went over after the interview and dropped a few baby turkeys in there veeery slowly feet first.
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and I know isn't a bad film. It's probably the best of the rip offs. (It destroys Cherry Falls, Urban Legend etc- even if I also want to bend Rebecca Gayheart over a pickle barrel)But the original, in this case, is comfortably the best.
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Or after the third movie?
I swear I thought I remember hearing or reading that.
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and that line about the manga is such an obvious cop out. It pisses me off.
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Nov 21, 2008 11:22:40 AM CST
I bet Speil-Smiff are just gauging fan reaction
by chittychittygangbang
The backlash will at least put it on the backburner for awhile.
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Neigh!!
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In 3-D?
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Imagine a scary "jump" scene in Twilight
I bet the simultaneuos expelling of tension-held queefs will decompress theater and give entire audience a fatal case of the bends.
The blatting queefs would be the equivalent of...
A vodka-fueled comrade kicking open the door of the Red October at the bottom of the Marianas Trench.
People will look like Ah-nuld and his lady friend gasping for air at the end of Total Recall.
Shit, I'm making myself laugh...
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and I put the knife in his career. It was just after Scream 3, when I realised that he was only capable of one thing that didn't have a sickening theme tune, J-crew dressed fucktards, and a fucking creek. The Faculty was just Scream in Sci-Fi without being anywhere near as good.
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Star kid I think was its name. It was like this kid that get inside a Guyver style costume. Anyone remember it?
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That was Joey Mazzello, the Jurassic Park kid. That was cool.
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movie. Say it in your best cool black guy voice like the CN does! Net Flicks, Star Wars Clone Wars shipped right away, everything else I want to see VERY LONG WAIT!
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And Bolt looks good. I support all those non-Pixar Disney films. I'm the only bastard that loved Meet The Robinsons.
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But as least John Williams heart was in the right place with Phantom. Because Duel of the Fates if a fucking bad ass song and that fight was pretty kick ass. Though after he saw the finished Menance he probably didn't try as hard because he say George wasn't giving it his all.
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I loved that movie. I need to see Meet the Robinsons, it was on my netflicks top 20 for awhile. Need to see where I down graded it to. Bolt does look really good. Just me and the lady just saw Nightmare before christmas in 3-D and are running low on cash, and don't really got $20 to blow on 3-D. Though I want to see it on 3-D.
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Does his own voice in Clone Wars! I'm glad he is no the most successful actor, finally beating out Harrison Ford. Seeing that he didn't get really get noticed until he was 40 and is now 60. He seems like a really cool guy, and looking at him and looking at all older people I am like?? WTF? Why aren't all old people this cool? Plus Sam doesn't let his coolness get in his way and never acts like his too good for anything, so when he shows up in a Puld Fiction 2: Attack of the Crystal Skull, it won't be like WTF? It'll be like, hey he's up for anything.
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Though they seem to have one episode good and one episode blah. Last week where Anakin went on the rescue mission to save R2 was really good. But today I think its an all Jar Jar and C3-PO adventure, this could spell Jumping the Shark.
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I liked The Faculty- but it is utterly interchangeable with Scream.
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The two lamest characters in the Star Wars universe can only go one of two ways. Either really funny, or just fucking horrible, and since it is on the meh episode cycle of the series, it'll probably suck.
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What do we all think? Or did you already talk about it.
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As I've just posted 2 lengthy psuedo porn mockups of Twilight in Harry's review. I used the word perfect a lot, and the weren't really offensive.
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I'd rather grab a handful of nails and then fist my own arsehole than watch that. Or maybe not, that is a bit extreme, but you get the idea.
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I'll pretty much watch any cartoon.
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Glad to have you back captaining the good ship gangbang!
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Nov 21, 2008 12:07:09 PM CST
I think Pixar is more formula than anything now.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....and I wish Disney could continue with its CG division. Fuck the Pixar strong-arm.Meet The Robinsons and Chicken Little were a lot more fun than a lot of Pixar shit. I would take both films over anything Pixar has done except The Incredibles. But even then....I dunno. I gotta see it again.
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Nov 21, 2008 12:13:26 PM CST
doesnt the StarMan suit look like Bicentennial man, kinda?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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but I'm with you on the "pixar is overrated" train. I could not give less of a shit about Wall-E. To the extent that I physically can not be arsed to type "Wall E" into Lovefilm's browser to list it.
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Columbus is a hack
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I expect you chaps to fend off that ghastly twilight dreck over the weekend. Have a good one.
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And Columbus kicked ass with Rent.
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Yeah, didn't see Wall-E. I thought it looked good from the trailer, but I just couldn't get excited enough to actually go see it. Its weird, I think I'm just burned out on Pixar because if it were another company I think I might be more pumped to see it. I always like their films on their initial run (except that piece of shit Finding Nemo) but as time passes they lose a lot of magic for me and I have no reason to return.
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I was really excited about it when I originally read the synopsis a few years back. I thought it would be revolutionary and genius. When I saw footage and the trailer I was a little let down. it looks good....but it still looks Pixar. And the human design was very disappointing. I don't know why they wouldn't want to improve the human animation. -
Nov 21, 2008 12:42:52 PM CST
I do like Meet The Robinsons human designs better....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....but thats not the point. The humans in Wall-E don't look like they fit with the style of the rest of the film. They kept raving about how realistic the dust particles and lighting effects and shit on earth were....and then their humans are those flat, texture-less doughy blobs? I don't get it. Why not make the humans look more realistic?
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Nov 21, 2008 1:02:12 PM CST
Meet The Robinsons and Chicken Little were a lot more fun than a
by series7
DB, really? I've not seen Robinsons, but my god was fucking Chicken Little fucking HORRIBLE! Now I am a huge fan of Dinosaur even, those first what 5-15 minutes was fucking amazing then it became land before time. But Wall-E was note perfect. Everything about Wall-E was just right, Pixar is right to go for the best picture nom even though they will get relegated to best animation the movie is just so good. And as much as people like Brad Bird I think Stanton has a much better visual eye then Brad, because Nemo was an amazing movie visually and Stanton has that ability to create two complete worlds within one movie. In nemo the bowl and the ocean and in Wall-E, Earth and The Axiom. Also the music in Wall-E is the best since Toy Story. Danny, you just need to see Wall-E.
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I can understand your love for all the others. But the Finding Nemo love just amazes me. That movie makes me want to puke. And I liky whiny sentimental shit more than most dudes. But seriously...its just a pathetic story.
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Chicken Little, Finding Nemo, Meet the Robisons, Wall-E. But I gotta say, the movie that really surprised me and blew me away was Kung Fu Panda. Without a doubt my favorite animated movie since The Incredibles. I could probably watch it once a month.
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....why humans would evolve into bad cartoons. Cartoony human design is fine if the world fits that descriptions as well. I just don't get how you make near photo realistic piles of junk and then smooth texture-less human skin that looks like Porky Pig.
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...I'm just complaining about design issues. And it surprised me no one brought this up in reviews.
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I enjoyed Flushed Away, Robots, Over The Hedge, TMNT, Surf's Up, Treasure Planet. In fact, an animated movie needs to be A Shark Tale bad before I don't want to have anything to do with it.
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Nov 21, 2008 1:36:22 PM CST
"And it surprised me no one brought this up in reviews"
by hawaiian organ donor
I did. When I reported in with my Wall-E review a couple weeks ago I mentioned how jarring it was that we went from actual footage of Fred Willard to these porked out CGI sausage links.
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It was not in the Toy Story, Incredibles class. It tried to push the sentiment button. But the problem is that there was very little dialogue. I enjoyed it, but it was not memorable to me at all.
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I watched that a few nights ago. I've hated it for years and thought I may have gained some perspective on the movie by now enabling me to appreciate its more subtler ironies.I hated the bastard even more.
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Like I said, I enjoyed it. It was not a waste of time, But I would not pay to see it again, nor go out of my way to see it for free either. It was just ok.
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I was expecting my TV to spit out winning lottery numbers when I was watching Wall-E after all the accolades. I was expecting Incredibles level greatness. What I got was something cute and entertaining but not life altering.I watched it a few days after Kung Fu Panda so the bar had been set ridiculously high for me. Maybe I wasn't going to be able to give it a fair shake after that.
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It's got to be done.
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The hype was insane. Same for TDK. Neither could or did live up to that hype. While i enjoyed drak Knight far more than Wall-E, I still had my problems with it. Nevertheless, if all of us agreed on all movies it would be very dull around here.
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I do remember you mentioning that, but forgive me. I was meaning "Official reviews." Event though our paragraph long write-ups always get to the point with ball busting ferocity.
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That showdown with Raph and Leo in the rain....fuck I've been waiting for that since 1988.
The only animated films I absolutely can't stand are those Shrek pieces of trash. Anything else, I can deal with. Over The Hedge was actually pretty cool if I remember correctly. I really dug the use of Ben Folds music for the score. "I'm Rockin' The Suburbs" was funny. -
Laughed out loud after reading that.How's everybody doing? Happy Friday!
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Will you be dining on some Twilight tonight? I'm not really into supporting that kinda shit, but I hear rumors you are guaranteed anal from your old lady on the way home. Give or recieve......any takers?
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So she hasn't even touched those books. (no offesne to anybody who has) She's more of a Virginia Wolfe, Heart of Darkness type of girl. both of us are English majors so we can be pretty snobby about our literature. The closest thing she gets to Twilight is probably Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, which is one of her favorite books.
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by taking her to something intelligent and actually thought provoking, like Let the Right One In or Slumdog Millionaire, which I'm probably taking her to this weekend. She loved the Fall. Both of us cried.
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i was always looking forward to it, but now I am much more ready to see it opening night. I kind of wish I hadn't watched that trailer though. Wouldn't want to detract from the power of seeing it for the first time.
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but the inevitable success of utter soulless shit like Twilight just pisses me off, especially when there are much better movies being released right now.
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Nov 21, 2008 3:00:37 PM CST
Kung...you may be able to procure some trim...
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...by taking her to some shit like Slumdog.
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if I took her to Twilight, I probably wouldn't even get laid that night. She hates bad cinema more than I do. Especially unintelligent, sexist bull shit like that.
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to get his lady to want him. All I need is an empty room and a few words. We're close, you see.
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Nov 21, 2008 3:24:47 PM CST
I own all three Shrek movies and my daughter loves them
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But I noticed the replay value on those babies plummeted. Hard. Whereas I can watch Lady and the Tramp, Antz and Monsters Inc endlessly.
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What you need to do is put on a cape, dim the lights, get really close to her ear and whisper, "I'm Mitt Romney bitch, your anus is about to stretch."
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I just saw your post from last night about Aliens and my age.
I don't really think that has anything to do with it. I like fake corny looking shit as much as the next guy. And I can enjoy classic Lost In Space episodes and things like that. I do admit I judge Aliens rather harshly, but that is more because I take into account it was following up the first film, which is one of the greatest achievements in set design in film history in my opinon. I don't get how they could come off a visual achievement like Ridley's Alien and basically destroy everything that film did right. I'm talking just design here, not even getting into story at all. Someone pointed out the other day that Alien was a very expensive film to get it to look that good. As if they were suggesting Aliens was much cheaper so they skimped on set construction. Thats not true. Alien cost 11 million and Aliens cost 18. So where did they put the money? Thats my problem with it. They took away the amazing sets and the creature effects and gave us a ton of pretty explosions. Its just not my thing. As a follow up for the first film, it crashes and burns for me. Maybe if it was a standalone sci-fi action movie not associated with the first or third, I could dig it. -
Nov 21, 2008 3:50:11 PM CST
Forbidden Door? This has something to do with Twilight and
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the dissapearence of Dracula's anal beads.
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Cumming your way in '09
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Nov 21, 2008 3:54:43 PM CST
Keith David as Mitt Romney. David Keith as R.Kelly in BUTTER ANU
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Bustin' a loaf in '09
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...with his presence.
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Blitzer
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Nov 21, 2008 4:12:05 PM CST
"I'm thinking of showing up for Twilight with a hot-ass
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12 year old and a box of popcorn with the bottom cut out."- Mitt Romney.
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Nov 21, 2008 4:16:28 PM CST
"She said she was 16. She's really 12. Win win situation"-Mitt
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it looks really good.
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nice
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for the cricket
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Only seen the first one. Thought it was great and still do. I don't naturally gravitate to animation. Maybe I should pay more attention in future.
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Final Fantasy Spirits Within was fantastic, I thought. Wasn't sold on the story.Renaissance was pretty good, including voice work from Daniel Craig and Ian Holm, among others. Script wasn't great, though.
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I seem to have missed something here, what's the origin of that trend? While I find them hilarious, I cant seem to find where all those pedophile Mitt jokes are coming from exactly... is it just because he's a mormon? Searches dont bring up anything else that's 'controversial' about him, I was expecting some kind of sex scandal...
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Thats about the only connection milf lover. We've just been progressivly getting lower brow with the concept.
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"There miiiiine."- Mitt Romney.
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so it just randomly evolved into what it is now? That's often the best stuff isnt it? Keep it up, that's funny shit!
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Missed the whole day. Though finished Clone Wars. I thought it was ok, wish I saw in theaters now. No where near as Bad as Harry said.
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On very long wait on fucking net flicks for like 2 weeks now. Same with Hellboy 2. Seriously Netflicks?
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If they get rid of the Star Trek theme, I'm going to hunt down J.J. Most Dangerous Game style.
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I might take you up on your offer to crash at your place, soon. Even if I have too swim there all the way from horn of Africa. The fucking Navy is killing me with thier pussyness and flat out out lying, fucking cock jockeys the lot of 'em, that's what they are. I swear to Allah they are going to make me start drinking again.
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You might want to head over to Harrys Twilight TB because on of your most favorite people to kick has surfaced. That COS play queen herself, the one and only, Anna Valerus.
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The Blonde chick got naked and Famke Janseen loked great with the make over.An important bit of info about Ms. Jansen, she enjoys taking a shot in the can. She said so in FHM or one of those trype of Magazines. God bless her.
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Since everbody out in the world has things to do. Bastards.
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with that being said I really enjoyed the first Toy Story, The Incredibles and a few others, just not all.
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I hope they can pull it off because I don't want to root against movies but Kurtzman and Orci, the writers, fucking suck. So I am concerned about that aspect of the movie.
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Jack Black and Philip Seymour Hoffman. That would be awesome.
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Even Clea Duval looked decent. It was a fun movie, even Hartnet and one half of the gay midget duo from LOTR were good.
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If J J and co got an issue coming up with ideas.
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but I'd definitely put Wall-E ahead of Panda easily. Both were great though, and examples of top notch work in the cg animated film field. I'm mildly curious about BOLT, but that's very mild. Coraline and Astro Boy have caught my interest. Wonder if they will deliver. And UP just looks like genius. Yes, I watch everything Pixar does because it's Pixar.
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but here's the movies I've scrounged up to watch over the next few days. I went with an 80's theme.First up is the 1985 wrestling magnum opus, Vision Quest starring Matthew Modine. I still like the movie haven't seen it in a while so I was happy to find it here.next up, is a John Hughs classic, 16 Candles. I think this might just be my favorite film of his.Lastly, just for the hell of it, because I love this movie so much, the 1981 classic Raiders of the Lost Ark. Fuck all noise about calling it Indiana Jones and the... That's BS. That goiter on Lucas' neck made him nuts.
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I have the power.
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I remember Vision Quest being a bit clunky if I recall, but it would be nice to see it again sometime.
I think Planes Trains and Automobiles is the Hughes film I like best, but I can see a point made for 16 Candles. And Some Kind of Wonderful.
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online, but the traffic seems too high. They had Good, Bad the Wierd on there, but when I loaded up, completely different movie with a diff title about some thai streetboxer, and it didnt look good.
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Late for you guys.Jonah, did you get my email at the other place?
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Just chilling out. We had friends over tonight, and my wife was tired so she went to bed, but I was here trying to catch up on some movies I had lying around, or stuff online I wanted to see. Watched Arn: The Knight Templar, and I quite enjoyed. A good, epic film. Much better than the trailers made it out to be. Good call, HOD. I liked it alot.
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up for ya. I've been trying to get a novella ready for a story contest, and I've been trying to get the children's book manuscript up and ready too. So, all that other stuff took a backseat.
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Vision Quest does have its clunker moments, but I think it holds up well. I'm biased though for two reasons. One, I wrestled in high School at the same time the movie came out, so I have some predisposition to like it. Two, Linda Fiorentino, she looks great and If I remember correctly shows her cans. Waht can I say, I'm shallow.I did see the last Raiders just before I deployed to deep dark Africa. It was utterly forgetable in my book. It wasn't bad enough to hate like Danny does but it wasn't good enough to defend like the bootlickers did.i think mediocrity in a Raiders movie is the worst thing you can say about it.Some Kind of wonderful is a good one also along with TPAA. Most of Hughes 80 stuff is great. Plus I also like Uncle Buck, its a 90's vintage classic.
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When you can send me what your looking for and I'll help out with some info.
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and I liked it too. So much so, that I remember in middle school we had to write a letter to someone whom we admired. And I wrote a letter to Candy, and got a signed poster of Uncle Buck back, which I still have. It was only a few years before he passed too. A shame.
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For most of the summer I would have told you it was an enjoyable movie, and I did. I wasn't deeply disappointed, mostly because I never got hyped for it. I went, felt good that Ford was still capable of playing the character, loved the chase on the motorcycles, and tolerated the rest. Liked Blanchette though.
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For any J. Brewster fans.
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Where you watching the Mutant Chronicles at?
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I'm feeling old right about now. Good thing I'm immature, it takes off the edge.
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Where did you see the Lost footage?
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NOT READING THING ABOUT CLONE WARS HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET!! LALALALALA No i don't really care. I'll catch it later, if I finish Gonzo and The Ten Commandments.
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Me and the lady are trying to decide if we have the money to blow. The more and more we talk about it the more and more we want to see it.
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Xi, let me get the link. I went other channels to procure Mutant Chronicles, but I'll watch it later. The movie wasn't loading for me.
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You know I like the show. But it really is a show you should wait for DVD, with all the gaps in the new shows. Also I hate how the only real answer they've ever gave us is how Lock ended up in a wheel chair.
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Does the same in Invisible Circus.
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when Uncle Buck came out. It was later in middle school when I wrote to him. :)
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DON'T GO!! THEIR ALLLL GONNA LAUGH AT YOU!
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I have not rewtched Vision Quest yet so I'm working off of memory about Fiorentinos juggs coming out to play. I'll let you know after I watch it.I usually can't get downloads to work here. Its for the best, I'm planning on going into Lost blind this season. I'm avoiding all spoilers this time around.
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Four years old with Uncle Buck came to fruition.
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You seen the Clone Wars movie?
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Them in Invisible Circus. The movie is pretty terrible though.
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Anyone watch that? If so how'd they get Christopher Eccleston do a cameo on the season finale yesterday?
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I was just messing around. I was just saying that since the new episodes of Lost always end up getting spread out it just seems to make sense to rent the season on the DVD. But no I'll watch week to week. I don't really run into spoilers because it seems no matter where I work people don't know shit about TV or movies so I am usually the one who has to close their mouths. It always pisses me off because I am like, you know if you don't watch the show there will be no DVDs.
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I'm not sure how I'm watching it. It all depends on when I go off to Afghanistan. I might end up either downloading or waiting. Probably download.
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It was pretty good. I don't know what Harry was smoking. There was a pretty awesome action scene where they were climbing up the side of a cliff. Like watching the show and seeing how only Samuel Jackson and Christopher Lee came back to do the voices. And seeing that they were the only good parts of Episodes 2 and 3 made me realize what the biggest parts of the prequels were outside of Lucas's story. The acting, the people in 2 and 3 just didn't give a shit. Natilie Portman is not a good actress and Hayden just acted like he couldn't give a shit and just wants to be famous, I believe the voice acting of Anakin in the show rather then in the movies. Phantom Meance while being a little stupid is by far the best of the three because the people acting in the movie actually tried to believe that it was real. The only thing I really remember of 2 and 3 was Mace Windu, the awesome R2 scene and Yoda fight.
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You going to Afganistan? Hopefully you'll get to go to Bahrain our Dubai. I lived in Bahrain for 2 years, it was pretty cool.
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twice I think, well maybe Dubai twice. It was during Gulf war 1 and my one and only visit back to the sandbox in the gulf war sequal.
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So you stateside right now?
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You don't like Orca and Kurtzman? I am watching Fridge right now and thinking how I like this show. But I hated Transformers SOOO much and I blame the script for that.
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Guns and Roses cd coming out? Gonna make sure to get your free Dr. Pepper? I load vending machines right now so I pretty much get all the free Dr. Pepper I want.
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The day the Earth Stood Still? Looks like a first quarter 09 release, not December. Fucking Speed Racer, no other big block buster is really coming out in December, I should have waited, it would have been a much bigger hit. Same with that Narnia thing. I can't believe they are going to let the guy who directed one of the worst bonds direct the third Narnia.
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and I fucking hated the five and a half hours I invested in that shit heap. Everything outside of the dues ex machina old man blows.The worst thing they did was make Lance Riddick into a punk. They managed to make him not cool. How is that possibleNo I'm not stateside I'm in the wonderful city of Djibouti in the nation that shares the same name.
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count me in
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That link to Mutant Chronicles fucked up my computer. Put some spy ware and shit and shut down my computer.
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but no one noticed apparently. It's not bad, not great, just doesnt live up to the 15 years of hype behind it. I was never a big fan of Guns N Roses to begin with, but this one is okay.
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the phimexpress.net one, never had a problem. Maybe I should be careful... sucks hard when that kinda shit happens.
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My computer is acting all weired. And I never bought a spy ware blocker and haven't really had a problem. Just downloaded a free virus checker, but you know how those are. I'll probably download the new GnR in a little bit. I just want my free Dr. Pepper damnit. I missed free Taco day as T Bell.
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And the fact that it still works I think says that maybe I did learn something with my MIS degree.
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Eli Stone or Pushing Daisey's?
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a couple of episodes of Pushing Daisys last season, didn't do much for me. To much whimsy for my taste. Never watched any Eli Stone it looked to much like Ally McBeal. No thank you.
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Was ok. I always thought it would be better if Chi McBride was the main character. Plus there is no real chemistry between the two leads. I really like Eli Stone though. Sometimes it can be a little cheesy, but its usually interesting. Not as good as Boston Legal though. Though if they are going to cancel these shows and My Own Worst Enemy and Sarah Conner and P Break, I don't know what I'll watch. Fucking DVR just deleted the first episode of Caruso so I don't know if I'll watch the other ones I have saved or not. Luckily Nip/Tuck starts up and I still got a bunch of Sons of Anarchy to catch up on. And Lost starts soon.
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She makes me feel funny in my special place. I haven't seen any T:TSCC this seson. I thought the show came on strong at the end of last season. Did they keep it up?
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I thought the show was smart, but then the lack luster ending. And this season has been pretty stupid. I missed last weeks episode. But the week before that there was this overly dramatic shoot out that was SOOO lame. Sarah and P Break have both been pretty bad this season. Can't really get into P Break (missed the first two episodes, but they did a recap on FX the other day so I DVR'ed them), and Sarah has just been kind of stupid.
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Lena Headey is starting to get annoying. Just all the over protection of John and always being pissed off. Though the Summer Glau character has gotten more interesting.
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Watching the last two episodes of the newest season. And I still don't find the magic in it. I don't know, nothing really that new second time around.
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When I watched it on DVD. It was fun, goofy and interesting. The second and third seasons, not so much. Jodi Lynne O'Keefe is one smoking hottie. She's got gunfighters eyes.
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It would probably help if I mentioned that.
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P Break was good fun. But this season where they aren't in any prison kind of missing the point.
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i have nothing else to say
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Unfortunantly my memory is faulty, no breasts were shown by Linda Fiorentino. I'm happy to report that for the most part, Vision Quest still holds up fairly well.The good: Matthew Modine played a believable teenager, the love story part worked. The relationship between the Louden character his team mates, family and friends worked. The wresteling scenes were well done and the action was easy to follow.The Bad: it did have some cheesy 80's moments. Way to much use of music by Journey. A few too many scenes with music montages playing out over training sequences or to underscore emotional scenes.Overall, I give it a solid 7.5 out of 10. It missed out on an 8.5 rating by abusing music that was in fashion during the 80's. I think Vision Quest can be considered one of the better sports based movies out there. Is it as good as the first or last Rocky movie, the original Bad News Bears or Brians Song no it isn't, but it can be in the discussion of the top 10 best sports movies.
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I run up the hit total a bit before I go to sleep.
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Twitch needs to put up a new one soon.
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except for the first one, the rest are in no particular order.1. The original Bad News Bears. This is a great movie nevermide the genre. Walter Matheau(sp?) was amazing in the Buttermaker role. I love this movie one of my all time favorites.2. Rocky 6 Stallone hit a homerun with this one.3. field of Dreams. Yes it can be a bit schmaltzy and overly sentimental but its a lyrical and emotional movie.4. Brians Song. If you're a dude and don't shed some tears watching this, you have no soul.5. Rocky 1. A joyful ode to the human spirit.6. The Karate Kid. Sweep the leg Johnny! 'nuff said7. 8 Seconds: The Lane frost Story. Hey I did rodeo as kid and was on the rodeo team in High School. Its a good movie.8. Bull Durham, funny movie.9. Hoosiers of course10. Vision Quest, see post above as to why. Plus I wrestled in high school.
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TRhe Burt Reynolds version of The Longest Yard, Rocky 2 and 3, A British movie called Steeplechase I believe. Its about horse racing that involed long distances, fences and ditch obsticals. Bang the Drum Slowly, an underated Robert DeNiro classic.
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Who beat the mighty OZ in Cricket? was it the top drawer India team? Oh lord, it wasn't England was it?
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It was a really bad movie, but it had ZEUS! Tiny Lister rules, he's the President of the Universe, man!!
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Vince McMahon would love you, you already have a gimmick!
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Watching Vision Quest jogged my memory about something. VQ threw around the word "fuck" fairly librally for a PG movie. I hate the whole concept of pg 13 its very infantile.
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I also played football and baseball. With the rodeo team I never went to practice, I just showed up on Saturday and rode.If Vince McMahon wants to throw me the big money he gives pro wrestlers I'd take it.
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Put that in the honorable mention post I made.
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I need to go over to ESPN and check scores, back for a bit later to bump up the hit count.
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everybody should make it his/her duty to go see Transporter 3 next weekend, just to try and get Twilight off the #1 spot at the box office!
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I don't think it will be able to dislodge twilight. With school being out for Thanksgiving, where do you think all the tweener girls and their trampy moms are going to be? Not to mention all the horn dog boys who think they might score some off a chick all stoked up with pale, undead love nonsense?
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The Fish That Saved Pittsburg and Fast Break. They're two late 70's movie about basketball. they're most noted for having those atrocious 70 style uniforms in them and one of them had Mr. Kotter from Welcome Back Kotter in it.
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One is The Bingo Long travelling All Stars and Motor Kings. A 1976 movie about a 1939 Negro league team that got fed up with thier owner and defected from the Negro leagues. They started playing white teams and this was 1939. I think it was loosly based on a true story.Check out some of the people involved with this movie. It was directed by John Badham, it starred Billy Dee williams, Richard Pryor, James Earl jones and a bit part by Ken Foree as a goon. Not to shabby.I probably would be remiss if I didn't include Happy Madison in the honorable mention catagory.
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It's not Happy Madison it's Happy Gilmore. I'm a dope.
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and add Major League with Charlie Sheen to my list, that was a fun movie.
Other than that, I cant come up with any sports movies besides all the recent football ones I havent seen, or the shitty Mighty Ducks franchise.
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it is technically about a martial arts tournament.
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1-Slap Shot
2-Shaolin Soccer
3-The Waterboy
4-Dodgeball
5-The Calamari Wrestler
6-Happy Gilmore
7-Major League
8-BASEketball
9-Rocky 3
10-Thunderbolt (the Jackie Chan racecar movie)
So a lot of my list is ridiculous, I know, but I barely watch sports to begin with, and I looked sports movies listed on Wiki and I've barely seen any of them! I suck...
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Does it count as a sports movie? I'll go along with that one anyway, great movie.Does 'Escape To Victory' count? I know it's kind of a war film, but still...Major League. Great. I also enjoyed 'Any Given Sunday' but it seems to take a lot of hits on here. Also, I saw one called (I think) 'There's Only One Jimmy Grimble' which was diverting for 90 minutes.Crap. Not seen many sporty movies...
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Bamboozled, ThereWolf seeks the trailer out on TuYube and finds Action! Emotion! And most importantly - Squid!Finally, the missing 'Watchmen' footage is discovered! All they have to do is edit this footage into the forthcoming 'Watchmen' movie and voila! The fans get their beloved 'Squid Finale'!Lovely.
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when I put Calamari Wrestler on my list. Maybe the Watchmen Squid used fancy wrestling moves to kill millions of people in the comic, that would make it so much cooler!
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Watched it tonight. Thought it was okay - but I got a bit bored with the two CGI monsters slapping each other at the end.Right at the end, why was Banner smiling when his eyes turned green? He spent the entire film agonising about his 'curse' then he seems to be cool with the anger arriving. Don't get it.How did he get back to the USA? He made enough money begging?I thought Norton was better than Bana. Tyler and Connelly, neck and neck. Sam Elliott over Hurt.Overall, I think I prefer Ang Lee's 'Hulk.'Oh, and what's with Iron Man showing up at the end? Is that something to do with the comic?And I liked the way they worked the end credits song from the series into the score.
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I've got to see that movie now - I thought you were making it up!
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is because Marvel is building a franchise of 'solo' heroes that are gonna get together in an Avengers team movie. First Iron Man and Hulk, then it's gonna be Thor and Captain America, and the Iron Sequel will add War Machine to the cast, with Nick Fury of SHIELD in charge of the team. Ant-man might get a movie too since in the comics he was a founding member of the team, but that one has yet to be confirmed.
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I can't follow this Trekkie/Trekker arguement at all. Which one do they prefer? I thought "Trekkie" was kind of cute, I had no idea it's possibly derogatory. And "Trekker" - that's for folk who go hiking in the wilds isn't it? I used to own a pair of walking boots called 'Trekkers'!Most bamboozling...
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Thanks for the Hulk info. Wow. I didn't realise they were building to this grand masterplan. Obviously, watching 'Iron Man' when this Nick Fury showed up at the end I didn't know who he was. I don't know any of the comic stuff. At the beginning of 'Incredible Hulk' I saw the name 'Nick Fury' on a document during the montage and recognised that from 'Iron Man.'Interesting. Cheers!
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Trekkie is generally seen as insulting because it sounds like 'junkie', making their Trek love/obsession seen as a bad thing. not that it makes them any less dorky to refer themselves as Trekker.
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Only three from the top
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Preparing for assault *knuckle crack*
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Or is he? Hee hee hee
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since I've only seen that word to mean cheating or hustling, but I looked it up and it also can mean 'confusing'. I just learned something, I'll go to bed less stupid tonight!
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You single handedly kept this TB in top spot
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So Fred is a next generation Star Trek lover as well as a lover of the Star Trek the Next Generation!
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I'l post a few more to help the hit count.Due to Milfs research and my laziness in not looking shit up, please add Major Leaque and BASEketball to the honorable mention list. Both are excelent choices that I should've made.
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Original Rollerball
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Now I think about it, I did see an arc running through the movie, of Banner learning to control his anger with breathing methods and such. But would it not have been better to show his eyes flaring green, struggling a little so you see him fighting it, then his eyes dim again - not completely, you still see some green in there? Then a smileMy initial reaction on seeing the moment was that Banner was tapping into some kind of 'bad.' Maybe a part of him didn't want to control the anger. Perhaps that's something they'll use in the forthcoming crossover stories.
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due to the baseball angle that runs through the movie it most definantly can be considered a sports movie.
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Hee hee.
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Xiphos, are you watching Texas Tech vs Oklahoma tonight?
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred rooting for Texas tech
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I'm with you all the way on 'Field Of Dreams.' The movie covers a few genres - like drama and fantasy as well. I love that film.
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'Hulk' boring? Not for me. CGI monsters chucking cars at each other for 20 minutes is quite tedious, though...
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But did see the frozen form of Cap in a still from Hulk dvd. Fred Thinks Ang Lee is a great director, but that in the case of the Hulk, he just did not get it enough. It was too cerebral. Not that a comic book movie mots be all action and know thought, but a Fred would put the 'mixrure at 60% action 40% exposition/dialogue/plot.
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I'm going to watch Texas Tech beat Oklahoma. Although Stoops has a ridiculous winning record at home.
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Shite. I called Mavra a "Trekkie" the other night. I bet she hates me now...I didn't mean it, Mav, I thought it was an affectionate term...
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Nov 22, 2008 6:15:14 PM CST
Mavra Chang could never hate you Therewolf
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
She is too sweet. She even forgave Dirk after he threw her over for a popcorn kernel!
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Ang Lee's Hulk had an exploding frog - so that tips the winning movie in Ang's favour!
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... should feature a random shot of an exploding frog, or tap dancing skinks in bowler hats. Or both.Just imagine 'Gone With The Wind' with an exploding frog. Go on... See.
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Nov 22, 2008 6:23:19 PM CST
Fred can relate to exploding Frog argument
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred did not dislike Ang Lees Hulk, but was hoping for more and less!
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I agree with your point about Field Of Dreams being a cross genre movie. At its heart though its a story about parents, children and one more chance to make those relatioships work.
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Nov 22, 2008 6:24:46 PM CST
Therewolf, are you really Toadkillerdog in disguise?
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Exploding amphibians! Hee hee
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it is beyond imagining. the cricket we will win.
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It is about being given a second chance and taking it. More importantly, I think it teaches us not to rely on getting that second chance. But to show love to your family now, before it's too late and they're gone and you end up wishing you'd said this or done that. Just love them without hesitation.Don't know if I explained that right...
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Will you drunk type?
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Since you're a proud Pittsburghian, have you ever seen the movie The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh?
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the cricket was awesome though.
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Fred has only watched portions of the Fish that saved Pittsburgh. Saw Dr. J
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looks nice from the picture I've seen. Is it a good place to hang out?
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You got yourself a medical problem there, Fred? ;)
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Nov 22, 2008 7:07:49 PM CST
Hee hee - Dr J was a basketball player Therewolf!
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
He played in 70's and eighties. Was reknowned for his big afro and even bigger dunks. His real name was Julius. Pittsburgh is a beautiful city. Very, very hilly anfd very very green. Lots of trees and hills - rolling hills. Surounded by mountains and rivers. Pittsburgh always surprises people who come here
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Man Oh man did Simon Katish have a great day or what? he records his six test century the first Australian to do since days of the great Mark Taylor.Man how about the 131 not outs Katish made helped Australia make 268 in its second innings and in the process establish a 327-run lead over the Black Caps. Man that's some good Cricket.okay so I went to ABC grandstand to get that info. What I need to know is, how was the female talent in the stands at the Gabba?
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Fred just saw a Dr. J commercial for Dr Pepper on TV!
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Sounds like my kind of place.
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Nov 22, 2008 7:16:22 PM CST
Awfully late or early in Merry Ole England
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Were you out prowling and howling Therewolf?
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over here. Went out last night; quiet night in with 50-inch plasma and the Zubrowka vodka tonight.I've been wide awake - but starting to drift now...
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Some great deer hunting. I went on a hunt there with a friend of mine back in the 90's. I understand the area has had some problems as of late maintaining deer populations.
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... no howlin'!
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Xiphos, please come back with your trusty 30.06 or whatever weapon you choose. We have so many deer, they are becoming safety hazards. Fred sees three or four dead deer on parkway going into work every week. Fred is not joking or exagerrating. Fred has deer in his neighborhood. Fred has turkeys and rabbits too. Calling Therewolf!
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Turkey and rabbit stew on the menu a lot round your way then?
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Nov 22, 2008 7:35:34 PM CST
Therewolf, Dirk wants you to know amoebas do not taste
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Like Turkeys or rabbits.
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I know they don't. Amoebae are not palatable to a ThereWolf. Calm yourself.
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Nov 22, 2008 7:46:42 PM CST
Therewolf, Dirk knows story of Little Red Riding Hood
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Dirk knows story of three little pigs too. Wolves will lie to eat tasty food! Dirk no dummy!
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Wolves are noble creatures. They DO NOT dress up in women's clothes, even if close to starvation! Wolves would rather starve than be seen a bonnet!
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The vodka's catching me up.Everybody - have a good night.
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But as always enjoyed the chat. Dirk still suspicious though.
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You need to see the Asian sports movie Ping Pong. Its an awesome sports movie.
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The documentary about Hunter S. Thompson. It was ok, didn't think it was that great. I guess I don't really think much of the man, guess I'll just have to read some of his stuff. The movie skipped like 20 years of his life at the end.
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The Edge, is one of the best movies ever. How bad ass is that movie.
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Way back in the olden days of TV there used to be a show on ABC called the Wide World of Sports. It played on Saturdays and Sundays and showed things like Ping Pong from China. Watching the chinese players going nuts at the tables vollying shots back and fourth seemed cool to me.Is the Ping Pong movie an actual movie or a documentary? because the list I made up was for hollywood movies. There's a whole other list for docs.That list would have on it things like Dogtown and Z Boys, Warren Millers Ski movies, Surfing the big wave docs and the like.
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The Fat Baldwin from 30 Rock and the runner up Hannibal Lecter? I've never finished it, I always fall asleep.
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The maintaining the deer population crack was sort of tounge in cheek because Deer populations are exploding everywhere. And that hunt we used shotguns not rifles.
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....very cool manly survival sort of movie. Alec kicks fucking ass in that thing. He would tear Bart The Bear's head off, and fuck his headless corpse in the ass if he called him a shitty father.
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Is a real movie. Its really good, its got all the right sport movie elements, but for small scrawny Asian kids. Showlin Soccer is another good sports Asian movie but more of a Live Action Looney Tunes type of way.
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You've never heard Sir Hopkins say. Today, I'm-a-gonna-kill the mutha fucka. Also never realized that it was written by David Mamet.
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Watch Sons of Anarchy?
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Zune stuff! I love me Zune, but my computer can't keep up with the interface. Zune automatically updates itself to all the newest stuff, that is why its cooler then an I Pod.
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What you doing up this late? I thought you would be throwing eggs at people coming out of the late night showing of Twilight.
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Peggy Bundy is a bad ass on that show. And you missed her smacking some skank in the face with a skate board.
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I always fall asleep. I get about 10 minutes into it and I'm out.
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Sometimes some movies just put you to sleep. I can't think of one right off the top of my head. But I know that feeling. Even if you aren't tired, you pop it in and just zonk for the rest of the night or all day. Like you wake up and have no idea where you are and are all disoriented. Its like a form of hypnotist.
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That they should bring back Q to the new Bond? Either bring back John Cleese or make it some no comer.
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Maybe you just have a thing against U2.
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....awwwww let them have their fun. My wife is out with friends and I went and hung out with friends but I'm old and lazy now so my night ends at 11 or so.
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....its very weird to have that much action and it still feels boring and sleepy to me. I'm just not interested and I find myself reading random things on the table in front of me or staring at the ceiling whenever I try to watch one. I liked the first on in the theater, but those movies lose a lot of their charm after a few viewings.
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Make me wonder if people really even like action movies anymore.
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You looked into that Apatow competition yet?
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I don't mind Bourne. Don't get me wrong, if someone asks me to name a good action movie I don't say Bourne. I spout off about Aliens, Die Hard, Predator, Driving Miss Daisy... that kind of thing.
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With a shotgun? That's inhumane.Use a grenade.
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We could always do a temporary switch to the recent John Carpenter TB (Monday 17th).The Carp deserves a resurrection. Just a suggestion, no biggie...
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the Black Dynamite TB is sporting a Twitch trailer. And it's a cool trailer...
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Do I think they're the best thing since slice bread? No, I don't, but they have a couple of songs I like, so I'm okay with them. I don't really understand that comment. Was U2 featured heavily in the Edge?
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Shotguns aren't inhumane because we used slugs not buckshot. Shotguns were mandated by the state of Pennsylvania because shotgun rounds don't travel as far as Rifle rounds so they believe its safer for people living around hunting areas.
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the U2 reference is for the U2 guitarist named The Edge.
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I didn't even think about that Milf. The Edge never crossed my mind. What can I say, Its late and I'm tired, it not an excuse because I'm also none too bright and being tired does not help in any way, shape or form.
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was excellent. cause the sun is so fierce in brisbane people go to the cricket to sunbathe. the major downside of the day was that the cops were very heavy handed. the highlight (other than Katich getting 131 not out having been dropped on 86) was a sign i read on the wall 'no ball sports permitted in stadium. offenders will be prosecuted' now i ask you. what ding bat put that sign up?
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Guitarist in U2 is called The Edge.
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The shotgun thing... I was just messing around.Logical explanation, though!
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For sure no hate on the Trekkie/Trekker stuff. I like it plenty but I'm not so obsessed that I'd freak over labels. My phaser shall remain on stun. I only set it to kill over "Twilight" gender-stereotype labeling.
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I said a few weeks ago that Hugh Laurie would be perfect for the part if they would offer it to him.
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have a few minutes to spare, so save the tb from slippage.
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Hell no
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must post faster
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Better than mine at least. :)
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Didn't that used to be funny?
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Why, why do they keep doing these strikes just before Lost returns?
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At least there aren't many posts ahead of us.
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Stay above the fray.
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Saw "Vacancy 2". I liked it. Love me a little slice-and-dice movie.
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Looks funky but fun. Gotta try to catch that one.
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I can try for 2 now.
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I know too many movie geeks and not enough who can do tech support.
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I haven't seen any of it. What's the word on it?
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Man, they just suck for me now.
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First one is the best, imho, and none of the others even come close.
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It had to have been in "Bride.." because too many here remmber it that way. That includes me. I know I saw it in that movie! Darn sneaky disappearing pachyderms.
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But that was also a cool movie. Just remember it being elephant-free.
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It was in glorious black-and-white.
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Of course.
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Almost made it.
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Can we fix it? Yes we can!
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No puns intended.
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Have a good night folks.
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I did a review of Vacancy 2, if anyone is interested. It's only spoilery if you missed the first one.
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Fred can not employ Ninja Fred skillz tonight because it is getting late. What kind of tech questions do you have? Fred not tech nerd, but knows difference between calculator and abacus.
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it probably just slipped by me since I'm not a big horror fan. And I lot of these little movies seem so interchangeable.
Mavra, may I ask how you saw it, if it's not in theater, and not out on dvd yet? -
http://tinyurl.com/5cpqg7
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No abacus, please. The beads get stuck in my keyboard. OK...I bought a webcam. It has a microphone built in. I have tested all of the audio...works fine, check. It records sound if I record it, check. The microphone does not seem to work when I try to do live chat. Any ideas?
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Been all through the microsoft site with nothing useful. Best advice I got was "Buy a microphone" BIG help! Thanks Microsoft.
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and Aliens 3 from the library. (Aliens was not in) Needless to say, the polar differences were incredible. Alien is really a classic of both sci-fi and horror filmmaking. I still think the scariest part is when the droid goes ape shit. I fell asleep partway through Aliens 3 and I wasn't even tired.
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If you are using Yahoo, there are a few parameters you can check to see if audio is enabled. You can also check your sounds and audio devices on the control panel menu on. Verify if the settings, specifically the volume settings are turned on. As long as your webcam is installed correctly it should be ok.
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I'm sure we'll both get verbally blasted later, but I'm glad someone agrees. Off to work. Later.
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Tried it on Yahoo and on Windows live. All of the audio tests say it works and recording vioce clips in windows live works too. It refuses to work in chat, though. Very annoying and frustrating.
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At least you didn't tell me to get another microphone. See you later.
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And it still is not working. Then uninstall the software, and reinstall it.
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at the very least the neighbors should hear you haha
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I'm too lazy to read above. What for? Alien is one of the best horror movies ever!
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tinyurl.com/5qumw8
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that would be a cool movie: NINJAS VS SCIENTOLOGY!
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I no lie GI!
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(since we're talking about swords)
and what a crazy movie. Watched it on Phimexpress.net, the quality wasnt particularly great at times but didnt deter my enjoyment of it. I believe Hawaiian Organ Donor once mentioned he saw it. Starring a cute sword-wielding girl in bikini, chaps and a cowboy hat fighting zombies! Hot chicks, plenty of action and zombie gore, corny at times, but so enjoyable! One scene even has a zombie Go-Go Yubari ripoff! Machine Girl was crazier and nastier, but Chanbara has much better effects and acting, so it made it better for me. Most definitely recommended!! -
does acting and affects really matter in those kind of movies? You would think the more terrible both of those are the more entertaining it gets.
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Throw in a Pizza and I'd be in heaven.
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I agree that great acting and effects is superfluous in that kind of movie. In Machine Girl's case, I didnt have an issue with the effects, but as far as the acting, except for the crazy drill-bra mom who was hamming it up big time, the acting was mostly just flat or bland, and I found it a bit off-putting at times. Still a fun movie, but to me it has less replay value than Chanbara.
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Fucking England. Thrashed by India in the Cricket and then fucking annihalated by the sodding Boks in the Rugby. At least we didn't lose a trophy we've held for over 30 years, though, eh chipps?
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to watch Baader-Meinhoff due to sodding cunting England and massive Alcohol consumption. If I'd known they were that shit, I'd have gone to the cinema instead. So on Sunday, I nursed my hangover with Temple of Doom (which was ace) and then made the mistake of watching Ichi the Killer. OUCH. That's all I can say about it. OUCH. It's a good film, sure enough, even if fucking heavy on the pain factor, but the end left me completely bemused. What the fuck happened. Oh and if Heath Ledger and Nolan didn't base their joker on Kakihara then I'll be very suprised.
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i don't even know what you are talking about. i watched the cricket on saturday, and we won it.
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trying to find some company for my misery. Record defeat against the South Africans. 40 fucking points. And the Boks are shit.
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Good day out?
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the fucking Kiwis are going to put a fucking cricket score on us next saturday. And I (for some fucking stupid reason) have to watch it. Gah!
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you have no idea how low i hung my head after that loss. it was like a death in the family. i consolded myself by getting wasted and, after showing off my scars convinceing a bunch of women to spend the night yelling 'greaest man alive' when i triumpantly raised my armes. I yelled 'greatest man alive' until i went horse, in the process convincing others to join in.
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except for the footy, which i have been trying to forget. that was just awful. but we beat the froggies, cowardly fucks.
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the deal was i woudn't set myself on fire if they yelled that i was the greatest man alive. few people can pull off a deal like that.
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to try to get those who reckon they are her mates in real life to help her and improve the godawful quality of her podcasts. I doubt I've been successful though.
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and think that if the French had a fly half of some description (they can fucking HAVE Cipriani after Saturday- come back Jonny, nothing needed to be forgiven) they'd have won. But they don't so OZ were worthy victors.
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Bad acting can be good as long as it's crazy, over the top bad acting, and not just boring bad acting.
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I found an original copy of the Killing Joke at the local comic shop the other day. What a fucking incredible find. Still in good shape, and probably still the best Joker story ever written. There's not much there in terms of length, but there is an incredible amount of depth and insight into the character. I think people take the story for granted and forget that it basically set up every idea about the Joker explored today.There's even a few lines from the Dark Knight taken straight out of this movie. Well not exactly, but almost. Just a little push vs. One Bad Day
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they must be mad. The studios should tell all of them to fuck off, hire some of the millions of Waitresses in LA and move on. They'll get bitch slapped for a few years and then the new generation will be established. Or they might actually start casting appropriate people in movies rather than Star Vehicles (fuck you Will Smith)Stupid bastards. Do they not remember what happened in the Writers Strike.
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along with that story a few days back on Where the Wild Things Are, are the two best things I have seen from this site in a long time. Just tops stuff.
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When you get slagged off by a guy on the Scripgirl TB by a retard named Jacknancerevenge just FYI he's her boss. His name is Demarco I think. She is either shaging him, works for him or maybe both. He owns some cheap production company that has put out some ultra low budget schlock.
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there is much debate, but i liked it. there are some negatives, but i liked it.
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By the way. I just think they are being astoundingly stupid. They're going to get competely fucked. And this is not the time to be using the organised Labour big stick.
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There's a rumor going around that a Aussie man of war will be putting into harbor in a few days. how long do you think it will be before the Aussie and the Brits get into it? Or for that matter the Aussies and the US soldiers here start fighting?I'm leaving out the Marines. It's been my experience that the Aussie Navy and US Marines get along well.
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I seem to remember Marva outing him. He should help her out, that shit is fucking cringeworthy at the moment. Fuck him, anyway, that was a vaguely serious post from me that didn't include one reference to fucking her in the ass or between the tits or whatever.
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but the navy is full of poofters. able seamen they are called i think. the modern navy can't even drink. every anzac day there is a three way brawl between the air force the army and the navy. we don't really have marines.
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but we have first class subs. on of the them took out an american aircraft carrier battle group in a war game a few years ago. the navy chiefs were pleasantly surprised by that after the fiasco that was building those subs.
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Good ol' Jackie Boy.I think it pissed him off that he was arguing with a college freshman over the talent of some bimbo, and he never really got any support. Maybe if he could ever write a post without spouting some shit off about how goober rich he was and how much cocaine he could snort off his own boner, he could have gotten somewhere. Fortunately for all of us, that was impossible for him.Hilarity ensues
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so do Aussies. I think we just like getting pissed and fighting.
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JNR disappeared for awhile after that. He's a jerkoff and acted like a bitch to drive up hits on his cumdumps TB.
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cause I got nothing.Our family owns a canoe...and um...I love the Mad Max movies?...
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If they were men they would join the Army or Marines. Really, for the most part, the Marines.
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sweet
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and he'll be using his hands to paddle up shit creek. i'll call george miller.
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you know those swamp boats they use down there with the big fans? Yeah, a chase scene with like a dozen of those circling around a big ol' casino riverboat full of gasoline. Sweet.
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so, has no-one else seen Ichi? Pah
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fucking England. Cocksuckers. At least I won £50 on how much NZ were going to stuff Wales by.
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pretty much agree. It's excessive. And that's me talking.
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with another Joker comment. I like to think Nolan and Ledger got absolutely nothing from Ichi the Killer. Sure, both villains have slices on the corners of their mouths. But I think it was more of an obvious designing decision on the part of the Dark Knight guys.
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I thought I was perhaps being dense with it, but Mrs. Jarv was aso confused (having watched most of it fro behind her hands). Ichi killed the kid, Kakihara (just after he tried to kill himself), then he fell down the building. Jihii found him at the bottom, but he didn't have the cut in his head. Jihii buggered off and (I think) hung himself and someone who may or may not have been Ichi looked back at the camera. Confusing? You bet.
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I disagree. His mannerisms, costume and a lot of other stuff (especially the way he said stuff in a totally matter of fact style) really reminded me of Kakihari. Ledger also said he was a big fan of the performance. I wouldn't be surprised to find that he had drawn from it. It's a good film, but the YUCK factor is clearly turned up to 11. Did you know that the semen at the beginning was real?
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The expected verbal bashing is for dissing both sides of the ongoing debate as to which Alien sequel rules. I expect disagreement as I chose none of the above. Bring it on!!! ;)
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I have done everything I could possible think of. I have uninstalled and reinstalled twice and went to google for help when MS failed me. I don't know if it works now or not because everyone I chat with (outside of here) is asleep. I really do seriously appreciate your help. Thanks again.
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In my neighborhood, nobody notices screaming unless gunshots and sirens follow it, then they just stand around outside and take pictures.
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Probably post from the same computer and and are rumored to entertain themselves on weekends (when their favorite subject is running late) by doing each other's nails...blowing inevitably follows.
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No- it's a fair comment. The first one is seminal. Although I do to greater and lesser extents enjoy the other 3 (AvP does NOT exist in this dojo) none of them touch the original
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Now we have formed a triumvirate. Cool! Power to the people!
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as much as I like 2 and 3 and there are some cool bits in 4, Alien was a masterpiece.
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are about as run of the mill as they come. There's really nothing that separates them from a lot of the other average horror and action movies of the time. They just resort more to the same sort of "monster jumping out" shit that has become so formulaic in today's horror cinema. Boring.Alien invented an entire sub-genre. Watching it the other night with my girlfriend (who had never seen it before) was a great experience. Ridley Scott fuckin rules at sci fi. The fact that the same guy made Blade Runner, sheesh, his face should be up on Rushmore with those other guys. Talk about a great resume.
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now that I think about, you may be right. Still, a lot of it makes sense for the Joker without there even needing to be a previous design. Everything just fits so well with his character it's odd for me to consider it to be unoriginal.
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not saying unoriginal- just an inspiration for. It does Ledger a huge disservice to say he was only doing an impersonation. I know that a lot of it came from the killing joke, but I wouldn't be surprised (and without a ouija board we'll never know) if he had used Kamihara as part of the inspiration.
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there's a lot of good stuff in it- and I really like it a lot (I certainly wouldn't say it's boring), but it isn't a patch on the original. Alien 4 is far more run of the mill.
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no news, so it will be easy
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tinkering with the Lovefilm list- I'm now "high" priority-ing 10 on monday morning that I actually want to see this week. And putting everything else on low. That should stop them sending me crap.
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was how the first facehugger came about, by sticking to an ox. A pretty original image in the series.
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brilliantly executed. There was lots of good stuff there.
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woo-hoo. Where is everybody?
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Does someone what to dispute the validity of my prior statements that the Titans weren't that good? Huh? Who wants some? You. You want some?
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Great, great fucking film. I have to say I love this film to death...all the relationships in the movie, how you see Walter evolve, awaken if you will from his life. I can't recommend this enough.
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Picked up at Target for $11.99.I just couldn't refuse.
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they should give you $15 for taking Robocop 3 off their hands.
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Playoffs this season?
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is a horror film. FYI FUCKTARDS- BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER IS NOT A HORROR FILM
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has relaxed a hell of a lot. I can't believe some of the films you can get now. It's almost all of the Video Nasties list.
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is in Prom Night 2. This has suddenly become a must see.
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First in their division, but should they not win it, I think they'll still be in good position to make it as a wildcard team, provided there's no collapse.
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Node, what'd ya think? You had to be happy with it too.
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Really, fuck.I'm laughing at the titles of some of these films. There's loads of crappy knockoffs called things like "Dawn of the returning living dead"
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this sounds craptastically awesome.
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Ghost in a Teeny BikiniPot Zombies (involves radioactive marijuana) Bikini Bloodbath The Corpse Grinders Death Bed: The Bed that Eats The list of cheese goes on and on...
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hehehehehe. Sounds like gold.
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(Involves radioactive moonshine) but never Pot.
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You have to be shitting me. There's also Snakes on a Train and other obvious rip-offs. Who makes this garbage?
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Congrats Pillow, Favre was threading the needle all day.The Panthers on the other hand showed what talentless bums they truly are. That game was so bad it incited my family to dig up 25 year old wounds and engage in a shouting match over dinner.I had a little too much to drink and woke up at 3:00 in the morning with my stomach turning cartwheels. Made a bee line to the toilet and peppered the bowl with half-digested Mexican.A crap weekend all around.I have The Visitor at home. Guess I'll watch it this week. Looking forward to having the next 6 days off.
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which is really why they are winning. T. Jones and L. Washington are doing their thing.You've got the Giants, and then everyone else in the NFC as far as I'm concerned. I just hope the Jets don't have to play the Colts in the playoffs.
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Probably dudes who (a) drink too much (b) smoke too much or (c) drink and smoke too much.
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can you explain the end to me, if you have?
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I have to see this....
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is so annoying, it keeps resetting,
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Not sure if you're questioning the guy hanging from a tree or the guy who turns to the camera or the insanity that takes place before either.I've tried to forget it. It was like torture porn to me and I can't deal with that stuff.
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And it was a bit TP-ish. Miike is a pervert.
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but really, there is no explanation for Jiji hanging from the tree, or the identity of the guy who faces the camera at the end of the movie. Just a horrid mess in my opinion.
JPT, I'm glad you loved The Visitor. It's one of my faves of the year so far.
So, over the weekend I saw Step Brothers, Henry Poole is Here and Mutant Chronicles. The latter was cheezoid but watchable and entertaining, Henry Poole was actually great, and Step Brothers was wretched-once Ferrell was tea-bagging Reilly's drum-set, I gave up hope. The ending with Ferrell and Reilly standing on the merrygo-round and full out punching middle schoolers in the face was great. -
Really, really don't think he's funny. In the slightest.
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did you hate it for being Torture Porn or for being a confused mess?I'm not defending the more gruesome aspects of it (did we really need the multiple rape flashbacks- or the woman beating), but it wasn't totally without merit. Much better than, say, Hostel.
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I tried watching Western Django with proper English subs and I stopped about halfway through. His stuff just isn't for me.Sorry about Step Brothers, Jonah. I enjoy potty humor so the drum set tea bag had me roaring. I admit it's not a memorable movie and in fact only a week out I can't remember any scenes beyond the tea bagging but it made me laugh for one night so that's all I can ask.I'm tired of Farrell's gimmick though. He needs to do more films like Stranger Than Fiction and Melinda & Melinda.I don't think I can watch another film with his man-child shtick.
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I've just discovered that Cannibal Ferox 2 exists. Thankfully, I haven't seen the first one, but I'm astounded that there is a sequel
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what must go on inside his brain scares me. The thing is, I always put myself through any film. Fuck knows why, because with the possible exception of Happiness, they really are hard to watch. To be honest, I don't think I'd ever watch one I'd seen again- but they're always well made and there is a sort of sly humour in a lot of them (Visitor Q is not funny, I don't care what anyone says)- even Ichi had moments of dry, sardonic humour (mostly from Kamihara). Overall, I think Audition is probably his best film that I've seen.
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And you're definitely right that Will should be doing stuff more like Stranger than Fiction. I love that movie too. I haven't seen Melinda & Melinda, so I think I'll throw that on the 'ol queue then.
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Nov 24, 2008 10:04:20 AM CST
I would agree if I hadn't also hated Stranger than Fiction
by lost jarv
I'd rather he did nothing. At all.
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Second best team in NYC! (Or Jersey) Haha
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Nov 24, 2008 10:16:31 AM CST
that's because your heart is filled with Sandler love
by just pillow talk
no room for Will love.Zing!And before you spill your tea, know that I kid. So did you show Mrs. Jarv Temple of Doom over the weekend? I ended up throwing that in as ya got me fired up thinking about it. Sure there's some unbelievable shit in there (raft and the whole rail track scene, removing hearts IS believable though) and some dumb, dumb shit (dinner scene, and the annoyance of Kate), but it's a great time. Harrison should have just made these like Connery made Bond films.
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put Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers on the list
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I'm so looking forward to Quantum, but alas, I won't get to it in theaters.
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As much as I hate his latest shit. I would watch 5 Sandler films before I'd sit through anything with Ferrell or that piece of shit Stiller. Fuck both of them to death.
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Hated Capshaw with a vengeance. Not overly chuffed at Short Round. Actually, it's testament to how good a film TOD is that Capshaw doesn't wreck it.
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The Jets only need to be the best in their conference at the end of the year. Unfortunately the Titans have an easier schedule than the Jets me thinks. I'm hoping they start a collapse and lose to the Lions. That would be sweet.
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Its hard fucking core. Some of my favorite action scenes in awhile. And raw as hell.
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....but I have no fucking idea how anyone can have a problem with Short Round. He makes me smile every fucking time.
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that utter talent vacuum Ferrell, let alone profess to actually liking him America is a big and strange place.
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to other parts, so I was able to get through the stupid Kate parts. In all seriousness, I think I would feel that way with Indy 4 IF Indy was more in the movie than stupid Shia. Plus Indy 4 had way more annoying "Kate" parts (Shia, Marion, etc).
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Nov 24, 2008 10:23:17 AM CST
Sandler can't act. Ferrell is one trick pony. Stiller, geez
by toadkillerdog
All three are low level. But if forced, I would have to pick Stiller as the best of the rotten bunch. Sandler is absolutley godawful in acting skills. Ferrel is so smarmy that he makes you want tp throw up. Stiller has the range of a kumquat, but of the three he at least has made me laugh - somewhat. Dang, all of them are bad.
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when Short Round turns up he is a bit of a shrill pain in the ass. But he grows on you over teh course of the film. Not something you can say about the kids Spileberg casts nowadays.
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....I think she's great in that scene when she is trying to get Indy to nail her and screaming, "I'm right here!!" A lot of people have a problem with that scene. Sourpuss motherfuckers.
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put Henry Poole is Here on your watch list. I think you will like it alot. Actually, I'd recommend Henry Poole is Here to everyone. Even George Lopez played it straight. It's Mark Pellington's follow-up to Mothman Prophecies(not directly related, just his first movie since that one).
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Better action/fight scenes in Quatum vs. Casino?
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So did most movue goers, but she wa grating and annoying as a screen presence in that movie. Short round was ok, did not ham it up too much. I enjoy the hell out of TOD and forgive it's implausible moments.
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but it's hard not to love that scene where dark Indy is beating him around, and then comes to his senses. SR is 3 times the character Mutt Williams is.
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Sandler has Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, and Punch Drunk Love.
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Yes I think so. I liked Casino but I wasn't crazy about it. I think it was a safe transition to the new Bond world, but it still feels like Pierce could be in those action scenes. Bond is a fucking killer in Quantum. He is relentless and cold and drops fools left and right without blinking.
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Stiller>Sandler>>>>>>>>>>Ferrell. And I'm not sure it's even that close. I think I've been least irritated by Stiller of the 3 of them and Dodgeball has actually made me laugh.
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Every scene he's in is gold. The card game scene with Indy when he starts yelling at him in his foreign tongue for cheating. "NO MO' PARACHUTES!!" Short Round fucking up all those goons with his crazy jump-kicks. "He no nuts...he CRAZY!!" Classic. All of him. I would adopt that fucker if he still looked like that. -
But Sandlers wooden acting skills and monotone, delivery just kills every movie he is i. Yes, I have chuckled a few times, but he is generaly worthless. Sandler thinks he can act, Stiller knows he can not act. Ferrel does not even try.
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Fuck. Thats probably the worst of the bunch. Stiller doing that same stupid fucking short, frustrated buff guy bit. Thats more tired than Ferrell's man-child. Its the character Stiller originally mastered in that movie about kids at the fat camp, Heavyweights. And I just looked it up and fuck me......written by Judd Apatow?!
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Yeah. Thats the Virgin Mary one right? I remember my mom was raving about that. I'll check it out.
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not virgin mary. Poole's latino neighbors see the visage of Christ in a water stain on the side of his stucco wall. What could have been a maudlin movie actually works. Not that it isn't sentimental, but I thought it was a good movie that dealt with hope and faith, instead of being a "message" movie, or a pro-religion movie.
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Nov 24, 2008 10:37:30 AM CST
Sandler can most definitely act with the right material.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
He was brilliant in Punch Drunk. Absolutely brilliant. And he wasn't bad in Spanglish, though the movie kinda sucked. He can act if he wants to.
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Yeah. It did sound good. And the cast is great. I'll see it.
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I liked QoS, but nowhere near as much as Casino. It was a step backwards in my opinion. The charater of Bond regressed. Craig was outstanding. I put all blame on Forster. The action was not memorable at all. Casino had the great chase on foot scene. QoS has Bond being bad ass, but they are all the quick cut type. Bourne type Forster can not direct action. He has no eye for it, and thus he relies on quick cuts. He also thinks that if you throw lots of action out there, something will stick. Far from truth. Bond is a great character that was being explored with Casino. This movie has action but little soul. And the action is simply movement and explosion. The airplane chase is stolen from Capricorn One, and it is not as good. Like I said, I enjoyed it. It s worth seeing, but it is without a doubt inferior to Casino in every way.
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What did you think of the opera scene?
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Punch Drunk was not a good showcase of his extremely limited range. It was just as painful as Bill Murrays forays into serious acting.
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Nov 24, 2008 10:46:04 AM CST
Bill Murray.......so you didn't like Bill in Lost In Translation
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Wow.
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It was not. Not at all. It turned out to be irrelevant because of the quick cutting between the stage and Bond. It was a shame. Theone good thing about that scen though, was how Bond exposed Quantum leadership. But the action did not match the moment.
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...when comedians give a shit enough to try. They can make fantastic dramatic actors.
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None of Dodgeball's moments that are funny feature Stiller so that isn't a great example. I'm struggling now to think of an actually funny Stiller movie..... So Maybe that should have been Sandler>Stiller>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ferrell. Ferrell is about as funny as having electrodes attached to the tip of your penis.
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Why the fuck am I even attempting to place these 3 monkeys in some sort of order. Fuck them.
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But I was underwhelmed by his Lost in Translation performance - at least as far as 'oscar worthy' it was no where near that level. It got a lot of hype because of Sophia Coppola, but Murray simply 'downplaying' his usual excitable self, does not equate to great acting. It was better than anything Sandler has done though.
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Thats interesting. You sound like you just enjoy a much more traditional approach to pacing and editing of action. I found the opera scene to be fucking mind blowing. Its the first time a director has had the balls to focus on Bond's internal strife with the editing. I love shit like, cutting back and forth between opera and action or horse race and chase. It takes a much more confident filmmaker to do that kind of shit. And the audio editing was awesome. No other filmmaker has had the artistic eye to do anything like that in a Bond film. To cut out all action foley and really let the moment hit with the music. He did it several times. Another moment was at the end of the boat chase when the sound of the boat slowly fades an we're just looking at Bond and hearing the light music as he drives. It really puts us in his head. Thats the thing with Casino for me, it was a well made film, but it didn't really offer anything new for the franchise other than less gadgets. It seemed like they were hesitant to go all the way and really take it into fresh territory. -
Nov 24, 2008 10:55:48 AM CST
toad, did you like the Zorro movies? The new ones...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Lost in Translation bored the living shit out of me, and felt like fucking oscar bait. I struggle to think of a more showy, give-me-an-award performance than that one. Virgin Suicides= overrated gash and I refused even to watch Marie Antoinette. Over-fucking-rated.
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...did you see who just posted in the Star Trek and Lost TBs? Pencil Jihad anyone?
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My favorite Stiller movies. I would say Mystery Men. Something about Mary and Tropic Thunder. All of those movies depended on other characters hefting most of comic load. But Sandler does not make me laugh. Ferrel pisses me off for wasting time and or money.
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though Jarv is right, it never involved Stiller.The only two films I've ever enjoyed of Sandler: Waterboy and Happy Gilmore.I hate Lost in Translation. It can stay lost for all I care. Spanglish was a horrid movie. I'd rather stick a pogo stick up my ass and jump off a rooftop and see how high I bounce than watch Spanglish again.
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Nov 24, 2008 11:00:03 AM CST
Bill's performance didn't get attention because of Sofia.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
The film and Sofia got attention because of Bill's performance. Thats all anyone ever talked about in relation that film. Marie Antoinette = no Bill....no one gives a shit about her. And Marie Antoinette was a little dull. It was right there on the verge of greatness, but never quite got there. Virgin and Lost, fucking brilliant. -
Because I don't have a problem with any of those guys. I get tired of their respective shticks but even then with the right material it can make me laugh. of all the genres I'm most forgiving with comedies. My life is such a black hole of happiness, I just want to laugh a few times for 90 minutes. And short of completely mindless drivel such as The Love Guru, Semi-Pro, Meet The Fockers and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, stuff like Dodgeball and Talladega Nights gives me a few laughs.Besides, you want to talk about a shtick that's getting old fast? The quick cut action scene. Especially since most director's can't pull it off.
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But unapologetic defense of all things James Cameron around here? Eeeeesh. I don't get this crowd sometimes.
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It had the greatest sequence of all time with Bond and music and danger and the moment. Bond is on the floor, the bongos and conga drums steadliy increasing in beat. Bond dancing with an assassin, other assassins stalking them around the perimeter, tempo of carribean music increasing, building to crescendo. Killers closing in, Bond helpless, killers fire, Bond times it perfectly, his dancing partner/assassin, takes bullet. That was filmmaking.
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Stranger than FictionOld School AnchormanElfAustin PowersThese are the appearances (different degrees I realize) that I liked Will in.
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Nope, no love.
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Its not a trend thats going to go away. Its just the style action scenes have evolved into. Its like saying digital color correction is a schtick. Its just the evolution of films. And its not going anywhere. Quantum is gonna hit half a billion dollars worldwide. I have no problem with quick cut action as long as Matt Damon's not in it. :)
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I have no problem with quick cuts when used prudently. It can make perople like Banderas seem much more capable. It has it;s place, but it should not be the dominant factr in any movie. The Zoro flick was great not because of the action, but because Banderas and Zeta-Jones were in perfect sync. Zeta-Jones damn near stole that movie, with just a flick of the whip. No, I can appreciate quick cuts, but when a director who has no eye for action over uses them, that is when I have a problem.
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And I've read every Bond book. I do enjoy most of Connery's Bonds. But I also understand the films were a product of the era. Bond has always evolved to represent the era he is in. Quantum captured that evolution perfectly. My favorite Connery is From Russia With Love. But the diving shit was very fun in Thunderball, and great theme song.
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You think Zorro has quick cuts? Oh. I just wanted to see if you also enjoyed Cambell's Zorros, because I find them to be horrible-- but they are a very similar action style to Casino.
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I hear its cool. But has nothing to do with the movie.
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Don't worry man, you can never argue about 2 things, what makes you laugh and what turns you on.
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Nov 24, 2008 11:16:51 AM CST
people always complain about the "quick cut editing"
by dannyglovers_dickblood
But its not really just that. People can handle editing just as quick, if it is a locked down shot. Its a combination of the quick cut and the hand-held that gets on people's nerves I guess.
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It's in For Your Eyes Only. S'alright, but I wouldn't explode with excitement. It's better than Octopussy and a few others.
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Nov 24, 2008 11:20:16 AM CST
Call the quick cut what you want but it's everywhere lately
by hawaiian organ donor
The Bourne films, the new Batman and Bond films. Quick cuts are OK but I still prefer my action in long takes. That's why the truck scene in Raiders is the measuring stick by which I judge all others.And the Asians have been showing us for years how you can have a brutal, knock down, drag out fight sequence that isn't all quick cuts.And I hated Lost In Translation. There was nothing in that movie that interested me.
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Its just Bond talking to a guy about his wife right? No action or anything.
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Elf= shit Old School= painfully unfunny cliched shit. Ferrell was especially annoying in that one. Stranger Than Fiction was almost passable. Still didn't like it. Not seen Anchorman Don't remember him in Austin Powers/
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For me, I prefer the quick cut/ hand-held because I like the disoriented, brutal feeling. Long, wide takes just feel all the more fake in my eyes. For Indiana Jones it works because it is a throw back and its period. For modern shit I like it dirty as hell.
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....there-- I SAID IT!!
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George Hamilton as a bad ass, C'mon that's gold right there. George Hamiltons pimp hand is strong.
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Gay Blade was fucking hysterical!
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it's a story that Bond listens to about this bitch that ruins this guy's life and the really shitty thing he does in revenge. It's a bleak, depressing fucker of a story- has some of Fleming's best writing, but is not at all a Bond story.
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That movie is trash. I'm not even sure I finished watching it.The long takes probably feel fake because you have a bunch of prissy preening movie stars who don't have the ability to roundhouse a guy in the head.Sometimes quick cuts are aces though. The car chases in Ronin or a knife fight with the pony-tailed one. If I remember quickly, Blade had some brilliant quick cut scenes down in the subway.
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he's a shrill prick.
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I mean a lot of the Asian stuff long takes feel fake. I can't think of any long take action films with prissy movie stars. The best long take I have seen is hallway scene in Oldboy.
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No other Zorro effort comes close, Cheers for the heads up HOD, it's on part of my "Ferrell as lead so avoid" list. The fucker was the worst thing (and that's saying something) about Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
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Oh got....what a messy abortion in a back alley. Shame on you Kevin. Shame on you.
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I thought it was quite funny. I can stil re-watch that one. That dinner scene is priceless. Unfortunately, most of Step Brothers didnt work for me, and it was sad to see Richard Jenkins go from an absolutely oscar worthy role in The Visitor to the shenanigans of SB.
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....after he gets toxic sludge dumped on him, and he starts to mutate and his skin is melting off his bones as Robocop plows through him in his Taurus and mutant boy explodes in a geyser of jelly shit/puss/blood......yeah, I'm pretty sure that scene was a physical manifestation of all things Kevin Smith.
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My favorite scene in Robocop Danny.
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and I like Chasing Amy. I think it's Smith's best thing.
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I like Mallrats and Chasing Amy. I'll be honest here. And Kevin's a cool guy....but I think he should seriously hang up his whig and get a job as a High School Counselor.
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I think how well a fight turns out is due to the people involved and I mean past the director. The stuntmen, the fight choreographer and the cameramen are the key personell. Well, maybe the lighting guy also. If anyone of these guys blows, the scene does not work.
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I liked Quantum fight scenes because they never feel choreographed at all. Its too fucking messy. Everyone brags about Bourne, but to me Matt Damon is a fucking pussy...I don't believe him in that role, and the fights look like a dance. Daniel Craig was break Matt Damon in half.
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Not a fan of Mallrats, liked the original clerks, liked Chasing Amy, Dogma is a fat meh, JASBSB is not very good at all, Jersey Girl is awful and I haven't seen Clerks 2.By the way, that weird Pennsy dude is professing his love for Kirsten bell again (She isn't even that hot). He's a complete freak.
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I like the first three but he started to seriously lose it after Chasing Amy. Clerks 2 is proof of that.
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Isn't that hot at all.
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Posters who start with "Why do you have to be mean, it didn't used to be like this" YES IT DID MOTHERFUCKERS. ONLY THOSE WITH A THICK SKIN STAY LONGER THAN A FEW DAYS.
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I never really bought Damon as competent fighter, but then again from what I remember from the books, Bourne wasn't a Bruce Lee level bad ass, more on like he used his head and some basic skills to get out of jams. I could be wrong though, its been years since I've read the Bourne books.Danial Craig as Bond, I have not seen QoS yet so I won't comment on it, but I thought Craig's portrayal of Bond in Casion Royal, probably was the nearest to Ian Flemmings vison of Bond from the books. Plus Craig just seems tougher then Damon.
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He's fucking weird and gives us all a bad name.
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They are just dull to me. I can give a shit about that character. He could walk into a room and get shot in the head and drop dead, roll credits, I wouldn't care. There is no one in those films I give a fuck about except for Franka German girl who runs a lot. And they killed her. So....whateva'.
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I'd throw a hump in her but I have little or no standards. Plus she's probably got some scratch so I'd get her to buy me stuff.
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was a fucking champion film. AndI like Famke. She's purty.
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She looks patholigically miserly to me. It's probably be worth it to say "I fucked Veronica Mars". I've got a mate that used to walk around in a "I fucked the olsen twins before they were famous shirt", which although funny does piss people off.
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I just didn't care much for the movies after the first one. That second movie is a stinker on the highest level.I have nothing against Kevin Smith but after Clerks I haven't enjoyed a single one of his movies. He needs a sense of irony and should call his next movie One Trick Pony.She might not be all that but I'd still violate Kristen Bell on a level that hasn't been seen since neanderthals realized the anus wasn't just for outgoing.
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I'm up all night and then when I finally go to work, everybody suddenly arrives. Go figure.Danny, quick cuts in action scenes are fucking lame and lazy. Hawaiian is spot on with his comments about Asian action sequences with the long shots. That shit is brilliant, and if I could have it my way, I would SHOW the fucking action every single time. I don't need to feel like I'm the protagonist's fist flying through the air. It's stupid and it's not exciting. The worst part of Dark Knight for me was the editing of the fight sequences. While it was way better than Batman Begins, I still feel like we have yet to see anything outside of the Animated Series that really shows what Batman can do. He's a master martial artist after all.
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depends. Kwik CUts and parkinsons camera work= epileptic fit and hatred.
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I would, without a doubt, ring that bell. Multiple times. This isn't even a question of nailing her, just how many times.
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that doesn't look choreographed? Check out Killzone with Donnie Yen, particularly the scene with him and Wu Jing in the alley. There's a couple of obviously choreographed parts, but other than that, those dudes are brawling.
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Nov 24, 2008 12:28:34 PM CST
that hasn't been seen since neanderthals realized the anus wasn'
by lost jarv
funny.
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Saying that would be the main reason to nail her. I would take pictures of me doing vile shit to her, then make up business cards with those pictures on them with and a link to a website with the video. Across the back of the card in, big Red letters, would be the words "I fucked Veronica Mars" one inch high. I would hand them out to everbody I meet.
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Insane action sequence. The one with Donnie and fatso is pretty crazy too. I love that fucking movie.*pillow bows in Hawaiian's direction for appreciation*
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Too true Arnie, too true.
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You can call quick cuts/ hand held whatever you want........but its anything but lazy. Its far more work in the camera operator/ editing department. How is that lazy?
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stupid archaic IE, that I've got.This is so annoying.
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Some of those long shot action takes in the hands of an incompetent director look like garbage. It's like they cloned Star Wars Kid and the movements of the fighters are all poorly choreographed and the punching and the kicking and the biting all look dismal.
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Jarv...didn't you mean Kristen Stewart, from Twilight? Not Bell? Thats what I was thinking because you were speaking of that weirdo on the Twilight TB. So I pictured the Twilight chick and mixed up the names. Fuck that. Kristen Bell is insanely fucking hot. Forgive for saying otherwise Kristen, I was speaking of that lump of dead meat in Twilight. Vile shit to Kristen Bell? Fuck no. I'd just cook her dinner and eat her pussy for 3 hours and then snuggle. Nothing vile with that girl. I save vile for Meagan Fox, I would shit on that filthy whore's forehead. -
since there's no stunt/fight choreography being done, at least to the same extent. Plus it seems that less thought is put into an action scene as a whole.And to put this into context, I do like all the Bourne movies and I loved Casino Royale, TDK, Batman Begins. But action scenes still pale in comparison to say KillZone (SPL), Invisible Target, etc.
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Twilight: Bringing out the best in people. Have you seen the amount of fuckers trying to be tough about it? Laughable.
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Don't do it for me. They may not look choreographed, they just look like me and my friends fucking around in Junior High.
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Well played, Pillow.Killzone is an unfair movie to compare the long shot action take to. Those two back to back fights at the end are outstanding. It'll be a while before we see choreography of that caliber again.
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If you watch any of the rehearsal footage for Bourne, there is an insane amount of fight choreography that go on for very long. There are a ton of moves in there by martial arts bad ass Jeff Imada, a guy who could fuck up virtually anyone with a knife. If they wanted it to be one long take, shot wide-- they could have very easily gone that way. Shooting it tight, hand held, with fast cuts was an aesthetic choice. But its a completely misconception to think its any less work.
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I've just dismantled the most recent little bitch without swearing, cursing or making threats. Lets see what happens. I'm outta here soon so have fun
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I've just dismantled the most recent little bitch without swearing, cursing or making threats. Lets see what happens. I'm outta here soon so have fun
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On what TB?
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I'm stunned that you didn't think Killzone's fight scenes weren't intense and just brilliant. I just don't know what to say. I guess something got "lost in translation" here. And that may be Danny, but I think it was a mistake with the Bourne series to do the shaky cam, especially if Damon could pull it off. With Batman Begins, I understand why to try and show the "fear" and quickness that Batman was nailing the badguys. It's a different take on action, but I don't think it's superior.
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...I don't think they're bad. But I wouldn't hold them in such high regard. They are sort of easy to laugh at. Especially with the horrible sound effects. My problem with those kind of scenes is they never ever look like they are connecting. Give me any bar fight in Out For Justice any day over those. Early Seagal shit was truly raw, violent, and ugly.
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A lot of the times people say they prefer these fight scenes is to add more credibility to their voice. Its the same sort of thing like people claiming all big record label releases are shit and they only listen to "Underground" shit. I know several people that swear by Asian fight scenes, always telling me how much more realistic and raw they are. I find them fun. But I think it just becomes habit for people to want to sound more knowledgeable with the vast knowledge of foreign films. It sounds cheesy to say you prefer Steven Seagal, I'll admit it. But when people tell me how raw and hardcore a scene is, and I watch it and its two 90 pound guys dangling on wires and dancing around swinging at each other with tiny sticks I just don't get it. Its hardcore just because its Asian? Really? I would take a good old fashioned bar fight with broken bottles any day. -
In the credits you see just how many of those kicks and punches actually connect. Some of the blood you see if the real deal. And the actors and stuntmen are banging into stuff as they jump around so you know they're performing through the pain. That screams violent and raw to me.
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I enjoy it but it's not a gritty fight. And I agree that Seagal's earlier fights were hardcore. Cue balls to the head, arms getting broken over the shoulder, knives in foreheads. Good stuff.
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I'm not saying all Asian fights look fake, HOD. I was speaking of Kill Zone. But real injury does not translate to realism on screen. Jackie Chan gets fucked up all the time and you're telling me the Rush Hour fights look real and raw? Daniel Craig got plenty fucked up in the last two bonds, he had his fucking shoulder torn out and part of his finger chopped off. But plenty of people are saying those fights look like shit. My point is.....I dunno my point. I don't have one. Somehow I ended up defending Bourne even though I fucking hate those movies.
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watch invisible target..and then come back to us.
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I saw it the day it came out and thought it was only okay. After I saw it I really fucking hated the fight scenes. Still kind of do, but Dickblood kind of turned me on to them more. Never occurred to me how much work probably goes into them. Maybe if I watch it again on DVD I'd like them more. Anyway I really dug the story, though I will admit that it can be more than a little confusing if you did not watch Casino Royal again before you saw it. I love that a Bond film now has a continuing story from one movie to the next. Craig was brilliant as Bond again. No surprise there. Is it just me or is he the baddest fucking dude around right now? Or at least the baddest ass British dude around. Seriously, everything about him just screams "I will fuck you up if you mess with me". He was awesome. The who played Dominic Greene was was great too. I like the slimy wormy type of bad guys better usually. Though I thought it was weird how he was suddenly a match for Bond toward the end. Where did he learn to fight like that? I also dug David Arnold's score. He usually does not impress me but I thought his score was pretty beautiful. So all in all I thought it was a good effort even though I think the action scenes could have been shot better. Here's hoping they knock it out of the park next time.
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Arrghh!! Is he the baddest British dude? Or it Craig? Or is it Vinnie Jones? I wonder what would happen if they all fought in some ultra badass threeway. I'm going to go with Craig. Or if they teamed up in a movie. They probably would'nt do that till they were all way too old for it to be interesting though.
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Nov 24, 2008 1:39:47 PM CST
Nah, real injuries don't always translate to a decent fight
by hawaiian organ donor
And Jackie Chan's fights in the Rush Hour movies looked awful. Way too comedic.I thought the fights in Casino Royale looked great. But they were in the hands of a capable director.Well, I'm just about out of here. And I won't be back until next week. I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving. Be safe.
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Nov 24, 2008 1:41:15 PM CST
if Daniel Craigs fist met Vinnie Jones' face....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
It would be NUCLEAR. FUCKING. HOLOCAUST.
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Arnold's score was indeed great. Nobody really talks about that-- but it is great music. Its mysterious and romantic. And he doesn't have to just blast the signature Bond themes over and over for us to get it. Like the action, the score is much more cerebral than we're used to with Bond. Its funny because everyone is bitching about it QoS saying its just stupid dumbed down action. Uhhhhh.....no, that would be the parasailing the glacier tidal wave bullshit in Die Another Day. These people would rather we return to that? -
Nov 24, 2008 1:57:55 PM CST
imagine how much fucking gash Statham and Craig could land....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
What I wouldn't give to be their dicks for a night in Venice. Sheeesh.
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enjoy the holiday.
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I do like a long take. There are a couple in Children Of Men - the ambush, and near the end when Owen goes after the girl in the war zone. Both phenomenal pieces of cinema.But fast editing works for me too. Some of the stuff looks too choreographed, particularly in Asian films. I prefer to see something messy and brutal when it comes to fighting because that's how it is and I think fast editing helps portray that.But all these techniques are just tools of the movie trade and I'll go with whatever the director chooses to throw at me.
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A very fine composer. Been a fan ever since I saw Stargate and the theme came in over the opening credits. Goosebumps.A few years ago he did an album of alternative James Bond songs with various artists. Hit and miss, my picks would be The Propellerheads doing OHMSS (I think), From Russia With Love (Natasha Atlas?) and Iggy Pop doing We Have All The Time In The World.
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Good luck, we're all counting on you.
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i laughed my ass off in that movie 'WHY DID YOU LET US DO THAT -- THAT WAS A TERRIBLE IDEA!!!' 'you know this is totally fucked up right?'
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you don't like the fights because of the sound effects? Just what the hell does that have to do with the actual fight? And of course it's gonna look a little like they're flailing around. If a real fight ends up getting drawn out, it can get that way.And I agree with you totally on early Seagal shit. When you talk about stuff like that, it makes a lot more sense where you're coming from. But just sheperding all Asian fight scenes into wirework isn't really fair to the Asian martial arts movie market. A majority of the Asian action movies I work have little to no wire work. I usually don't even like that kind of stuff, except if it's used in an especially clever way to enhance the fights (Iron Monkey is a perfect example). Just check this out.http://tinyurl.com/5gadnfThat is probably the best fight scene I have ever seen. Sure, it's choreographed, but the prowess of the two combatants is so raw, so obvious, so nearly tangible, that the energy and intensity from the fight is practically radiating. The fight is also telling a story. We're watching the hero develop. We're seeing the fight get more serious as articles of clothing are tossed away (a minor detail, but it helps). There are edits to show the reactions of the characters. Slow motion is used to enhance certain blows. So it's not like it's one long shot. But the geography, rhythm and motion of the fight are constantly made clear to the viewer. It's fantastically shot, and Jackie and Benny are at their respective primes. They are real athletes doing something amazing. It's movie magic. Now comparing this to something like the Bourne movies, or the latest James Bond movies, or even the last Batman movie, and there's a huge change. Fights are points of effect. You might as well just have a big onomatopoeia across the screen. There's no real story going on. Just a big action taking place without any direction or control. Noise without content. It's lazy and it's just there because the filmmakers stopped caring about telling a story through a fight. The actors didn't care enough to try to show what they're made of. actually SHOW it, not just point a camera at it and whir around like crazy. Granted, some films don't need it. Tell the story other places, why not? Dark Knight certainly wasn't about the action. Batman takes action, but it's more the idea of what he is doing rather than his actual movement or execution. We don't see that part clearly enough to know what actually happens. Then again, it's Batman. Should we be able to see if he's such a master? But I believe there is a certain art to shooting an action scene. And it's sad watching it dwindle in the west, and to a degree in the east as well (pop stars getting made into "martial arts" and bull shit of the like, more CG).I'm not dissing western cinema for it's fight scenes entirely. There have been some great action sequences in the past. The Indiana Jones movies are great examples (well the first three). Ever seen Rob Roy though? Check it out.http://tinyurl.com/5ghxh4This has all those things I was talking about before. Long shots showing the action clearly, character development, real skill exhibited by the actors. It's just as incredible as the other fight, and it's not Asian.I don't lean on my Asian films or look only to them for a good fight scene. I would love to see that in all my cinema. Some movies just don't care about that any more, which is fine. They work for other reasons. But you can't try to justify lazy filmmaking when there are obvious great examples of how it's REALLY done.
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The sound is just as important as the visual. Especially with an action scene. Don't act like you don't know that. Watch a fight scene with the audio turned completely off and then come back and try to tell me the sound has nothing to do with the quality of viewing a fight.
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if it was, every fight from those old 70s kung fu films would be totally irrelevant.
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but just as important as the visual? Deaf people must really hate watching action movies. Only getting half the fun sucks!
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Most of them are irrelevant as far as serious fight scenes go. They're fun to look back on to get a laugh, but nothing more than that. Anyone claiming they watch 70s Kung Fu as a serious fight scene viewing experience is full of shit. And I never claimed all Asian fight scenes involve wire work. I know this is not true. I was pointing out how friends have told me I have to watch a fight scene because of how bad ass it is and it just ends up being some dancey wire bullshit. People think the fact that a fight scene is Asian adds weight to it. That was my point.
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Vern is actually defending Van Sants 'shot for shot' remake of Psycho. I have been debating him over this.
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You're not gonna want me over there than. I love that film as well.
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fights like in the Bourne and Bond films ARE serious viewing experiences? What are you aguing? You're all over the place. Is it importance of sound? Is it the relevance or importance, the gravity of a fight? They're all movies. So I don't see the point of arguing that. And the idea of a "serious viewing experience" is entirely subjective. Some people probably do think Bruce Lee's fight with that Ohara guy in Enter the Dragon is pretty serious. It's all a matter of context and how we choose to view it. It's just as easy to not take any of the Bourne fights seriously.And since you're so concerned about sound, how do you feel about action in silent films? Did the attack of the civilians in Battleship Potemkin have less power because there wasn't a snappy sound crew to add all the "SPlats!" and "Bangs!"? Gosh you're stubborn. Can we at least agree this argument is getting kind of stupid?
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Fu, great clip. But I never have seen Chan as a great fighter. Oh, don't get me wrong, he is very good. But Chan is more acrobat than fighter. He is the greatest acrobatic fighter in Gung Fu movie history. But even at his peak, I think Bruce or Jet would have beat him.
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that guy was unreal. And I'm not arguing whether Chan himself is really a great fighter. I'm saying that fight, the way it was staged, and the performances of the two fighters in peak physical condition, in a realistic bout, is just a great fight. Also, a lot of people aren't familiar with Jackie in his earlier years. And not many of his old films actually exhibit a degree of real prowess. I feel that one does. I'm not arguing that he was the best fighter ever. Not at all. It's fun to speculate about, but not really what I was trying to talk about.
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You were showing continuous action. But seeing early Chan led me to speculate on a Bruce/Chan fight.
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or at least was, watch the clip again! Motherfucker was fast back in the day! And I wouldn't try to measure actor's actual ability against their performances. That's a whole other story. But Jackie's performance in the fight, the way he sells the moves, and the little physical jokes and quips he makes, all roll together to just make it a really entertaining sequence.
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Bruce would have won. Hands down. In a couple of seconds. Bruce would have won.
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Why? Because Statham, while far more acrobatic, and the better martial artist, would not be as brutally, murderously focused as Craig's Bond. Vinnie would not stand a chance against either, because he is all brawn, but has shown no real ability to avoid fast punches and kicks. Yes, if he grappled, and could get ahold of them, it would be a different story.
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He is truly great, and has proven it time and time again. And yes, comparing 'act-fu' to real life 'gung-fu' is not a smart way to differentiate. But what can not be disputed, is that speed kills. I have never seen anyone as fast as Bruce. Without aid of special effects that is.
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I'm not all over the place. I am very consistent with my views. I never raved about Bourne fights or called them a serious viewing experience. I don't like Bourne films, how many fucking times do I have to say that? You described the Bourne/Bond approach to a fight scene as "Lazy," and I said it is anything but lazy. It is probably more work to have a camera operator in there like that and the quick cut editing is far more exhausting to achieve. There just as much choreography is not more in those sort of scenes than in a standard wide shot, long cut fight. Its an aesthetic choice to shoot it that way, thats all I was pointing out. I wasn't raving about the quality of the Bourne fights. And I agree, a viewing experience of a film and a fight scene is entirely subjective to the individual viewer. So why would you jump all over me when I say I find 70s Kung Fu to be a little bit of a joke. I can give a fuck what natural ability Bruce Lee had. He could probably rip my head off in the real world. In my opinion that never translated to film. He is too cartoony on film, and the sound effects are a joke. Which explains why they are a constant source of parody. And yes-- in modern film (or cinema as you call it) sound plays a giant, integral part in the viewing experience. Just like a live orchestra played an integral part in the viewing experience of silent films. Times change. The topic was not silent film, the topic was modern films-- so I don't see why you would bring up the silent era. Thats like me saying I don't really enjoy anal sex, and you come back with "But I heard you like oral!"
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Turn the sound down on any Bruce flick, and just watch the blinding speed of the man. That should convince anyone of his ability. It was not quick cut. Just like Fu was showing with the continuous action Chan clip. It was the man himself, no gimmicks. You can not say that what works for Bond, does not work for Bourne simply because you do not like Damon. Craig is muscled up, but muscles do not make a fighter. The quick cuts of both films made both men seem far superior than they really are.
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Nov 24, 2008 4:11:10 PM CST
I never said it doesn't work because I don't like Damon.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
And I never said Bourne fight scenes don't work. Just because I don't like the film doesn't mean I don't like the fights. I don't like the Bourne character, and I don't like the story, and I don't like Damon. That is why I prefer the new Bond films. But I think the quick cut/hand-held approach to the fights in both work just fine.
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http://tinyurl.com/yuqtkw
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Seagal comes to the small screen
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Maybe my nightly prayers to Mitt Romney ARE working!
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Was a fucking terrible terrible movie. I hated everything about it. William needs to stay in comedy. Melida and Melinda, another horrible thing. Carry needs to stay with Drama, because fun with Dick and Jane looked lame and so does Liar Liar 2.
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For best comedian these days. Tropic Thunder was one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Amazing script and also amazing directed. As far as both behind and in front of the Camera Stiller is king of that.
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did anyone read that interview with the co-writer of Tropic Thunder. It was ok, he talked about how Stiller was not going to let the movie look cheap at all. I can't wait to dig through the DVD this thursday.
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Seriously, what the fuck does go though this guys head. And how come no one in Hollywood works half as hard as he does. Did anyone see Big Bang Love, Juvenile A????? The movie that he said was his masterpiece. A lot of that movie went over my head. I got that it was like a gay JuV love story of sorts. But man it was almost Lynch in its random shit.
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My Own Worst Enemy? Damn good show, shame NBC is axing it. And unlike Journeyman it is actually good.
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when the URL for this site used to be: www.aint-it-cool-news.com? I would always fuck it up because I never spelled aint right. I wonder when they made the switch, because I was using the old way for the longest time before I realized that you didn't have to anymore.
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Right now.
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Sick of this "WEBISODE" crap? Like every TV show now, its GO ONLINE now to watch a special WEBISODE! What happened to TV just being all in one place, who's got the fucking time to watch all that?
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If all you have is speed but no power behind punches or kicks, you're are one fucked puppy. Landing blows without any force might look pretty and you might win some style points for rapid arm punches, but power and the ability to land accurate blows wins the day.
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Nov 24, 2008 8:39:03 PM CST
Xi, there is not even a question that Bruce could bring it
by toadkillerdog
Both with speed and power. I remember a late seventies interview with Lou Ferigno, he was asked who he thought was the best built man he had ever seen. No hesitation: Bruce Lee. Bruce was fast and powerful, even though he was of small stature. As for speed vs power, while I agree that power and accuracy trumps speed, if all you have is power, but no speed or accuracy, you are a sitting duck. Even the most powerful can be worn down, if hit enough times. Of course I am not talking about pitty pat hits. Damn, Saints vs Pack is getting damn good!
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My point wasn't about Mr. Lee. It was about fighting in general. Now in a perfect world fighters would have all three, speed, power and accuracy but in reality most people have one, maybe two of the triumvirate of victory.
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Holy sheep shit! They are lighting it up!
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Just as I typed that, pack gets a sack
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Trumped speed power and accuracy. George Foreman vs Michael Moore. Foreman was a human punching bag for most of fight, but even at 45 he had power, and he survived long enough to unleash one massive punch that ended Michael Moores career as heavyweight champ.
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But remember Foreman was beaten silly by a man named Muhammed Ali who had speed, power and accurracy. Ali Beat Foreman like rug in the rumble in the jungle.Ali was known for his speed and technical skills but he managed to beat Forman in the early rounds with a power attack that Big George could not counter.
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He knews he could not match a younger more powerful Foreman, in a slugging contest. So he made Foreman 'punch himself' out, by backing into the ropes and keeping his defenses up, while Foreman whaled away on Ali's arms. When Ali sensed Foreman was wearing down, he counter attacked. Foreman was punched out and tired, and Ali whipped him.
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Was fighting in a way that Formen would not expect, that is, not relying on superior technical ability and speed. Ali attacked in the early part of rounds. Because as we both know, victory is not achieved by being timid and playing defense. victory is won through brains, conditioning and going on the offense. Dictate the course of the fight, don't let the fight tell you what to do.
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He surprised Foreman, but did ont hurt him. From second round on, he switched to rope-a-dope. Ali was also wraslin with Foreman, he would hang onto him in clnches, then push Foremans head down. The theory was that it made the guy more susceptible to a knockout later on.
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Did you know that the Nazis had a rifle that could shoot around corners? I know we have developed such weapons, but had no idea they were around in WWII.
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I don't remember if they got a working prototype or not.Its not that difficult to skip rounds around corners If the muzzle angle is right. Sometimes you have to walk some rounds to get the angle corect but its doable. I wish they gave me the millions of dollars they gave to places like the Natick Labs to develp a prtotype weapon.
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I watched a History channel special on nazi weapons.
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In the more esoteric stories of Nazi weapon development. Things like antigravity, the blackbell program, the "foo" Fighters and the like.Hand in hand with the weapons programs is the Story of SS General Hans Kammler. For the most part he was the most powerful man in Germany the last eight months of the war and nobody knows jack shit about him. It obvious he cut a deal and gave up something important.Even the Israilis ignore Kammler and he designed and built concentration camps and ovens and is directly responsible for the death of 20,000 prisoners of the, I think its called, Dora Middlebrau concentration camp. He killed them to build the undermountain factory that produced V2 rockets. Another person who benifited from Kammlers mania was an SS major named Werner Von Braun.
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Attempting to use hurricane force to bring down planes. They had rocket powered airplanes too.
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Kammler was in charge of the special weapons programs. That was his bargining chip, the info beacuse he ordered the execution of all the scientist he could. Von Braun almost got whacked.
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Damn, I gotta walk the dog before bed. Catch you later Xi.
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Twitch needs to post a new article. On a side note I can't type and spell for shit today. I'm worse then usual.
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I probably should be working anyways but there's nobody around right now so screw it.
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was that they invested time and money in really bizar weapons system but ignored the fundamentals. They went to war with the Mauser K98 a bolt action rifle designed by Paul Mauser back in like 1880. They thought they could win the war with a bolt action rifle that had a five round en bloc clip. Sure they had great planes, tanks and artillary but the most important weapon, an Infantrymen and his rifle, they ignore. Good on ya, you Jerry bastards.
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It would be cool if some how someone not tied to covering up everything got hold of information. REAL information about what the Nazi's did and gave us a unique unbiased insight into what they accomplished or failed at.
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Muhammad Ali or Bruce Lee?
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There's some good books out there on the subject of Nazi weapons systems and about the coverups. One of the better books about advanced Nazi research like the blackbell and antigravity is by a Janes Defense weekly writer named Nick Pope, the book is called The Hunt For Zero Point. There's some dopey parts and some goofy speculations but the Nazi parts are solid and it gives the most info About Hans Kammler that that I've ever seen.Two other good books about the aftermath of WW2, specifically the the moving of hardcore Nazis out of Germany, are Blowback and Operation Paper Clip.
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i hate these guys.
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...remember that SNL skit where George Foreman goes back to WW2 with a time machine, and ends up beating Hitler in a boxing match and becomes the new Fuhrer? That was a funny one.
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That's a hard to question to figure. Is it a Boxing match? Because bruce Lee was into western boxing and a lot of the style Bruce Lee developed called Jeet kune Do, use western boxing training and punches. I think in a straight up boxing match, Ali would win.If it was a no holds barred brawl, I would put my money on Bruce Lee.
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When it just two people talking the subjects can get kind of squirrly.When was that George Forman bit on SNL? I think I ever saw it.
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I hate Illinois Nazi.
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surely some must mention max schmeling
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doesn't matter what kind of fight. Damn if I could go back in time, I would do everything in my power to make that happen. Just an exhibition match.
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touche. you win this round xi. but there will be other. THAT'S RIGHT! Theeeereee wiiiiill beeeee othersss!
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Anytime my brother from down under.
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It is an interesting question to ponder.
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and I hope more people read this and answer, because I love talking about dorky shit like this.What is a match-up you would love to see? A fight between two characters, people, or things that you would find especially enjoyable or entertaining. Mine is Bruce Lee and Muhammad Ali, but I'm sure I can think up some other crazy ones. Circumstances and situtations are welcome to. Like is it a kinife fight or a bowling tournament? a dance off? doesn't matter. I just want to hear your guys' ideas
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Man I want a pizza bad. Weirdly enough I'm also jonesing for McDonalds french Fries.
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Both of them are paedo bastards, so with a bit of luck they'll knock each other out.
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need new Twitch, Or new subject. I shall investigate one between Twilight wars.
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Schlocky gold. Werewolf Nazis? Not so good.
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I have seen dead goldfish more lively than this thing. Sheesh.
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Need new twitch.
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slow news day. TB takes too long to reload and I'm still sulking about the Rugby. New Zealand by 50 points this weekend.
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bagged top spotI cannot have this. Even if I am by myself
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Mrs. Jarv discovered Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers and Maniac Nurses Find Ecstasy on the lovefilm list. Back in the doghouse for me....
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Hmmm, methinks I am in deep shit when I get home. She hasn't taken the Nunsploitation on that list very well either.
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this is getting childish. Where is everybody? I suppose we are too close to 3k for the TB to work properly.
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me. For the WIN! Motherfucking heroes.
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What are the odds Mrs. Jarv would check the list again now if you were to bump up one of those fine selections?
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nonsense in his threads. He just reviewed JCVD.
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looks spooky in here. rather empty. why adding those movies anyway Jarv? It can pretty much be assured the films won't be worth the fuss from your wife.
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One- the titles. I'm hoping for some schlocky gold Two- Someone else said that one of the women in Chainsaw Hookers put in a great performance- far better than the material deserved.
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We've Central Station coming tomorrow and Hawk The Slayer so I should be good for a bit. Still won't send me Hulk though.
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We may be a few days away from new Twicth. What say we take over Quints AMAD TB?
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This is quite the little bitch to load now.Lord Hawk!
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go to the wrestler reviews TB, show some support for the flick, for the writers of the reviews, and for freak-show Mickey.
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This is horrible. How the hell did we ever hit 4500 a long time ago?
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flame war. Paul Buccinwhatever has come back with some fighting talk. Yippee! That's how bored I am today.
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Lets go!
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Great.
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Let's go then..
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