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AICN & Twitch Present International Eye Candy! GOEMON from the director of CASSHERN! A Swedish Spaceballs! Miike's next! & More!
What's this? A new edition of International Eye Candy already? Yes, boys and girls, this latest collection of cinematic goodness comes to you a day earlier than usual thanks to my impending trip to the European Film Market, wherein I shall feast my eyes on a variety of good things – and a whole lot of trash – that I won't be allowed to talk about for a good long time. Basically what I'm saying is that I'll be on a plane in the time that I would normally be writing this and so I'm doing it early. And it's a good thing, too, for herein lie a great many Good Things. The full trailer for CASSHERN director Kaz Kiriya's next! Takeshi Miike bustin' skinhead heads in CROWS ZERO 2! An adaptation of SOLARIS author Stanislaw Lem's 1! A Swedish equivalent to SPACEBALLS! Plus the proverbial more, more, more! Here we go!
Let's start with that Swedish picture, shall we? A few years back, pretty much unnoticed by anyone outside of Sweden, apparently, the land of modular feature was blessed with a low budget, very goofy little scifi television series called KENNY STARFIGHTER. It was popular but popular or no, all things must come to an end, and Kenny did indeed stop airing a good while ago. But now he's back and bigger than ever, literally as it turns out, with a brand new theatrical picture, KENNY BEGINS. And while this has nothing at all to do with SPACEBALLS and has an aesthetic all its own, it's pretty safe to say that anybody out there who likes the Mel Brooks scifi comedy is pretty much going to love this. It's cheap and stupid in all the right ways.
You'll find the trailers here
And heeeeeeeeeeere's Naoto! You may not know Naoto Takenaka by name but chances are if you're any sort of fan of current Japanese film then you probably know his face. The man is one of Japan's most prolific and versatile character actors, turning up everywhere in everything and being pretty damn good at it all. What he's also good at is directing and what he's directing now is a wee Japanese zombie comedy titled YAMAGATA SCREAM. The first teaser turned up last week and while it shows a whole lot of nothing on the zombie front is does show off Takenaka's odd sense of humor to full effect.
Check out YAMAGATA SCREAM here
Why, yes, that is LEON's Jean Reno and, yes, he is playing a gangster here. Which, for fans, is pretty much all you need to know before perking up and taking notice. For non-fans, French actor Reno is one of the best in the world when it comes to playing cool anti-heroes and in LE PREMIER CERCLE it appears that he's dropping the 'hero' part of that equation entirely and going purely with the 'anti'. How so? This time out Reno is playing the head of a French gang drawn into a violent conflict with his own son when junior tries to leave the life for a woman. Somehow I think things are going to go badly for the girl …
Check out LE PREMIER CERCLE here
An expanded edition of ADVENT CHILDREN plus a trailer for the upcoming thirteenth installment of the hugely popular game series? Yep, it's more FINAL FANTASY than you can shake a stick at and it's all pretty bloody gorgeous.
New ADVENT CHILDREN trailer here
FINAL FANTASY XIII trailer here
I've become a rather outspoken fan of young Swedish director Patrik Eklund over the last year, absolutely falling in love with his short film work (SITUATION FRANK and INSTEAD OF ABRAKADABRA are both brilliant) and eagerly awaiting whatever comes next. Eklund's one of those guys who could be a Coen if he wanted to but has too much of a sense of himself to simply mimic and instead comes up with these quietly absurd scenarios that play out as mini (and sometimes maxi) tragedies shot through with glibly dark humor. Word is he's prepping a feature now but to tide us over until he gets to that he's got one more short in the works, this one titled THERE'S BEEN AN ACCIDENT. The trailer is an early one, cut from raw footage, but it still shows more than enough to convince that Eklund is one of the truly special ones out there.
Find the THERE'S BEEN AN ACCIDENT trailer here
Takeshi Miike skinhead violence? Here it is: the full length trailer for CROWS ZERO 2, the sequel to Miike's chart topping manga adaptation of last year. The trailers for this one really aren't slowing down long enough to show whether or not the sequel will have room for the same character moments that make the first CROWS ZERO, in my opinion, one of Miike's very best but, golly, it's got a lot of action. And a lot of skins. And, yes, they all really shaved their heads to do it.
Find the CROWS ZERO 2 trailer here
The original Takovsky SOLARIS is considered one of the true classics of science fiction cinema and, honestly, I think the Soderbergh version aint half bad either. And the reason for that, in large part, is because both Tarkovsky and Soderbergh knew better than to mess with a good thing too much and simply let Stanislaw Lem's words make it to the screen. There's been surprisingly little of Lem's work adapted to film thus far – a situation that is about to change with two major adaptations in the work. And the first to hit will be Pater Sparrow's Hungarian adaptation of 1. I'm not even going to try and summarize this here but this looks like beautiful – and more than a little bit cerebral – stuff.
Find trailers for 1 here
We've hit Sweden twice already in this column and now it's time to visit one of their Nordic neighbors with Norway's YATZY. This one comes from production house Four And A Half, which is immediately a mark of quality because they just flat out don't make bad movies over there. It's a troubled youth picture – a much more realistic one than Miike's – from a first time director and just looks incredibly solid on all fronts.
Roll the dice with YATZY here
Hey! It's time for more Miike, this time with the full theatrical trailer for his big budget anime adaptation YATTERMAN. Thought the guy had lost his marbles with THE GREAT YOKAI WAR and ZEBRAMAN? Well, they aint got nothing on this. Personally, I love Miike in kids mode and this looks to be his most gonzo effort in that direction yet.
Check the YATTERMAN trailer here
For something even more gonzo than YATTERMAN – albeit in an entirely different way – I humbly submit to you the full trailer for BANLIEUE 13 ULTIMATUM, the sequel to Luc Besson-produced hit BANLIEU 13, out on these shores as DISTRICT B13. And you've gotta hand it to Besson: he's always understood that the primary rule for a successful sequel is "The same, but more" and he's gone and delivered exactly that. Parkour co-creator David Belle is an absolute lunatic and Cyril Raffaelli is one hell of a martial artist. Put the two of them together and it's magic …
Check the full B13 ULTIMATUM trailer here
Ever wonder what happened to LOCK STOCK's Nick Moran while his co-stars Jason Statham and Jason Flemyng were carving out busy acting careers for themselves? Lord knows I did, but it turns out that Moran basically went back to doing what he did before LOCK STOCK: writing live theater. And while his on-screen appearances have been rare he's now taking the step behind the camera, adapting one of his own theatrical works – TELSTAR, a bio of legendary music producer Joe Meek – for the screen. The cast in this is fantastic, the style is spot on and Meek is just a fascinating character. If the complete feature lives even half way up to the strength of the trailer then Moran has just carved himself a new career.
Check the TELSTAR trailer here
Ninjas! Hurray! Ninjas as filmed by Yoichi Sai – one of Japan's more respected directors! Double hurray! It's KAMUI GAIDEN and while the teaser may be brief it's got me hooked. This thing's gorgeous …
Check the KAMUI GAIDEN trailer here
If folks around here know Paddy Considine it's probably thanks to his role in THE HOT FUZZ or the third BOURNE movie but Considine's been banging around for a good long time, quietly carving out space for himself as one of the finest character actors in the world today. And helping him greatly along the way has been his friend and frequent collaborator, director Shane Meadows – for my money arguably the best director in Britain right now. The pair turned a lot of heads with the searing DEAD MAN'S SHOES a few years back but Considine has a funny side to him as well, a side indulged long ago in a quick short film about a burned out roadie named – bizarrely – Le Donk. Plans have been afoot to spin a feature out of that character eventually, a feature that was actually gearing up to shoot not so long ago before being abandoned by Meadows, who instead shot his masterwork, THIS IS ENGLAND. But now Le Donk is back and back in feature form, the entire full feature having been shot in a mere five days as part of what Meadows and producers Warp Films are hoping will become a regular series. As you might expect for something done so quickly it's been done in moc-doc style and is heavy on improvisation and it looks absolutely brilliant. And I've got to say good on Meadows for continuing to experiment and evolve when it would have been very easy for him to coast on the success of THIS IS ENGLAND …
Find LE DONK here
Okay, full disclosure on this one: I'm a co-producer on Sam Gorski and Niko Pueringer's ultra-low budget first feature DARK ISLAND. So feel free to put this off as bias showing through if you want. But before you do that remember that the reason I got involved in the first place is because I was absolutely blown away by ZERO TROOPER F and GREENSIDE, the two short films that Gorski, Pueringer and producer Eric Lim worked on together before moving on to this. It was shot on an absolute shoestring but there's so much going on in the scifi/horror/action hybrid that it's pretty much impossible not to see the talent coming through.
Visit the DARK ISLAND here
Any fans of nasty-ass French horror picture INSIDE – a film that can still make me shudder just thinking about it – out there? Then HUMANS is for you. The directorial debut from the duo behind INSIDE's special effects, this one's a horror-tinged adventure film with a cast that includes favorites Dominique Pinon and Philippe Nahon. The first teaser is kind of a mess on the editing front but there's a whole lot of imagery in there to love.
Find the HUMANS teaser here
And, finally, we close with the full theatrical trailer for GOEMON, the fantasy martial arts film from the director of CASSHERN. Now if CASSHERN was any indication of what's to come this will prove to be very much a love or hate affair – nobody whatsoever seems to be in between in CASSHERN, it's one of the most polarizing films ever – but I'm very much on the love side and thoroughly convinced that direct Kaz Kiriya is one of the purest visual talents working today. Yummy. You want International Eye Candy? This is the candiest and internationalist yet.
Find the GOEMON trailer here
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Can't believe they made a movie out of that. Those crazy Swedes!
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I'm in
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Stupid double post. Stupid Bearovingian.
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New clips.
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Wasn't a huge fan. Two long if I remember correctly.
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So...it was originally called "Infected"...But some genius saw an episode of LOST..."Hmmmm...A remote, mysterious island...Weird goings on...Super-Science run amok...An ensemble cast in jeopardy and behaving strangely because of the island's secret properties...oh...and a fuckin smoke monster? Shit! We better change the title...Let's get the word 'Island' in there somewhere. Let's ride this LOST gravy train!!".
Surprised there's not a fuckin Polar Bear in there somewhere. No story credit for JJ Abrams, Damon Lindeloff and Carlton Cuse?
Hmmmm...I wonder if the Bad Robot and Disney lawyers have seen this trailer?
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Kenny Starfighter was a 6 part miniseries totalling in 3 hours. Personally, I think it surpasses Spaceballs by lightyears. It was made by some great comedic minds and has alot of layers; goofy jokes, tons of spoofs and hommages not just to scifi and some real great performances too. It was recently released on DVD but only with swedish subtitles for the hearing impared, allthough I know for a fact that fansubs are being worked on so expect a translated version to circulate the nets soon.
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B13 Ultimatum, bitches!
The first one kicked so much ass. The casino smackdown is still some of the most satisfying and entertainingly bone-crunching pwnage I've ever seen.
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The series was shown back in 1996 or 1997 and I think I still have it recorded somewhere in the vast and uncharted sea of VHS tapes I have. It surprised the hell out of me when I saw that they made a movie version. The show was fun and all, albeit aimed at a very young crowd, but I never thought there would be enough interest in a cinematic version so long after the series ran.
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It's about a group of kids who growing up were terrorized by an evil clown named "Nicklewise" who lives in the sewers. They unite to defeat the evil clown...only to have him return in their adult lives for a fresh batch of terrorizing. The group reluctantly bands together again to defeat the evil clown...only to discover...he's actually a giant alien cockroach...um...from...Mexico. Yeah...a giant illegal alien cockroach. But the childhood friends still manage to defeat the beast in the end.
Oh...and...I'm thinking of throwing in a gang bang scene in there somewhere.
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so i'm going to repost all my other posts from tonight that were on the previous eye candy.
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Scanners, Cliffhanger (VERY happy to have actually found both of these since they have been pretty much impossible to locate, and they are both two of my favorite genre films. I think Cliffhanger is one of Sly's best.)The Warriors Director's Cut (which is sufficiently lamer than how I remembered the original, thanks to the stupid comic book cut-to additions) Futurama volume 2 (it was 15 bucks, and I needed to laugh) Donnie Darko (I still didn't own this, but having the chance now to be able to revisit this interesting film will be nice) and finally...Godzilla: Final Wars, which is probably my favorite thing I bought this past week.
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I respect its sheer stupidity. Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, the same guy who made stuff like Versus, Alive, Aragami, Azumi, and his latest, Midnight Meat Train, this is a film I ADORE despite itself. Some of the acting is downright atrocious, the editing can be super lame at times, the pacing, like with most of Kitamura's stuff, is awful, and some of the effects are distractingly bad, but again, I loved this movie. In my mind, it's just fantastic. It's the ultimate celebration of Godzilla. I love all the practical effects, I love the obvious beatdown of the American version of Godzilla, I love that crazy motorcycle chase/fight/I love how pretty much every monster gets crammed in the movie/ and I especially love the real sense of childlike glee and energy this movie has. The bad guys are really bad, and the happy ending is more than welcome. To help anyone who hasn't seen it get the sense of what kind of movie this is, one of the main characters is played by Don Frye; a veteran UFC fighter, and probably the worst actor in a commercial movie I have ever seen. It's just incredible. His big bushy moustache, slightly frumpy form, and the fact that he is the only true English speaking character in a society obviously dominated by frail Japanese people, just makes the role even better.At one point in the movie, a little white boy with chocolate all over his face is shown playing with a plethora of Godzilla toys, roaring his head off. I feel like that is exactly what this movie is. A crazy child on a sugar high stomping around and breaking things. It's clumsy, it can be quite visceral, and at times, even charming. This movie is definitely an acquired taste, but for me is now an favorite of all genre film. I seriously loved this movie.Has anybody else seen it? I'm expecting a wave of disagreements. Don't worry, I know I'm already crazy, but this movie is the bees knees in my mind. The last time I had this much fun watching a movie was seeing Speed Racer last summer.Okay, gushery is complete.
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There is way too much shit with people and not enough Kaiju action! At least the human plot is good in a ridiculously dumb kinda way.
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I have been wanting to change my sceen name on here for awhile, but won't I not be able to jump in because they're not allowing new members until they change the format? when the hell are they gonna get to that anyway? You damn slacker nerds!
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Damn this cold.
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It may have been a typo, but it still sounded cool
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I'm a fucking amateur. What the fuck am I doing? :-)
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2 days off from my stinking job for snow and then a New twitch. I barely watched any movies though. Which is unlike me.
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the screen name is probably getting changed to Kingfu. Or maybe something Godzilla or kaiju-related.
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Jarv, you cad. You're back.
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and I've watched half of City of Men as well. Which is quite good, shouldn't have been called "City of Men" as it's fuck all like City of God, though. I'd recommend it- each episode comes in at just over half an hour and it's never boring- Post is overall the best episode I've seen so far, but my favourite moment is when Acerola explains European history to his class in terms of Favella warfare. Fucking brilliant.
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had brief snow liason. I had to come in for a bit early monday, but it wouldn't let me log on to AICN.
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I'm up to 57, although I'm taking a week off from films to catch up on some other stuff so I'll probably fall behind again.Morning, folks.
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Ah well.
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we just watched an episode of that in my Portuguese class. Pretty good stuff.
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and Central Station, so I'm going to save them for when Linha De Passa and the other Brazilian Sallas movies come. So I'll catch up again. I can't remember when I decided not to, but I think it was when I found out that City of Men was a load of half hour episodes.
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and the theme music is annoying and I hate it. Which episode did you see? Best/ Most interesting news of the day= PAcino to play Lear. I'm for it. I think that's a fucking good idea.
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love all these hidden treasures...that miike kids film looks like the bees knees....
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I'm only up to 27. In between a lost weekend I managed to squeeze in Midnight Run and it's sequels, which were pretty bloody average.That Bale rant and it's subsequent TB and Harry's reaction is pretty fucking funny.My fucking god Harry's a fucking ass licker to the rich and famous.
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Feb 04, 2009 3:56:25 AM CST
who cares when BALE will BE FUCKING OUR EARDRUMS in 2009?
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
by ironic_nameThat's pretty funny.
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Currently arguing with Prossor, a chap who found it jolly ripping to post boy-Terminator slash fiction.
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Can't wait to see a higher quality trailer....looks cool except for that one shot that was like EXACTLY from Casshern but hey it's his movie.
love that running around on roofs an stuff..hmm..rooves?
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City of God is an absolute monster of cinema in my eyes. A perfectly crafted visceral with a real gravity lacking in many other films.The episode we watched of City of Men was about two kids in different class levels. I liked it okay.
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I do recommend it, but anyone expecting a direct sequel to City of God (as you said a "monster") is going to be sorely disappointed. I'm going to read that Bale TB now. Crazy people.
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...is fucking hilarious.
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That Bale story is depressing. And that Beating his mother story needs to fuck off- it's obvious bullshit. Even when it was in full flow he was only going to be charged with simple assualt- he never laid a finger on them
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Bales a cunt. Sure, the DP probably had it coming, but to rant for four minutes is absolute bullshit. Give him a spray and get the fuck back to making your shitty action film.
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So much value out of just copying/pasting Bale's rant and applying it to talkbackers.
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but holy nutfuck is Harry a fucking moron, and an incredibly poor writer to boot.
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now I'm gonna stop because I really don't give a shit. That has nothing to do with my life, nor do I particularly know or respect any of the parties involved, including Harry or Christian Bale.All that being said, American Psycho is a cool movie folks.
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...is that he didn't stick to his guns. He threadlocked his own story out of some professed sense of moral outrage but once the hit count went through the roof of the other TB... "Lift embargo!"
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those little cartoons of Harry in the upper left corner never really look like the real Harry!He's way, WAY, WAAAAY fatter people! Don't believe the lies!
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But I would love to hear the entire Bale rant with the Batman voice.IIITTSSSSS TOTALLYYYYYYY UNPROFESSIONAAAAALLLLLLLLL!
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makes a guy proud.
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YOOOUUUU AAAND MEEEEEE!WE'RE FUUUUCKING DOOOOOONE PROFESSIONALLLLLLYYYYYYYY
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my time in the music industry taught me that "artist"= "wanker".The reaction of the TB'ers. I'm about half way through, and it's those that instinctively like bale on one side and drooling fanboys nursing man-crushes on the other. It's predictable and Harry should have kept the TB locked.
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I just stopped after awhile because it was pretty much exactly what I expected.I wonder if Bale ever freaks out if a hooker is screwing up his blow job.I would love to see a recreation of that scene where Bale is reducing a hardcore hooker to tears, her heavy mascara bleeding down her cheeks, and then near the end have Harrison Ford come in and punch him, and then give a speech directly to the viewer at home about respecting others, while the hooker looks on in the back, smiling widely.
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Some TBers use the word "frak" instead of "fuck" and still expect to be taken seriously.Not that using the f-word is a very adult thing to do either. I'm not gonna point any fingers Christian Bale...
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All that Japanese shit looks just fine and dandy.And all the European shit looks kinda boring.Okay done.
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it's unusual because recently it's been the other way round. Strange times.
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Just like one action scene on youtube, and I was just bored by the lack of practicality/real action.Should I even bother?
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but not enough to open the TB. Fuckbags.
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HoD will know
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If you're a fan of that Sin City/300 hyper-stylised thing, you'll probably like it.I'm not so keen on that stuff, so it left me pretty cold.
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utterly indifferent to 300. So maybe I should watch it.
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I watched City Of God years ago, and thought it was mediocre. Not visually - but I thought it seemed strange the visuals were doing all the work and they were making everything else (acting, writing) seem superfluous.
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Maybe the "acting" (many of the cast members were Rio slum locals) that it didn't stick out as much. And the voiceover narrative and story progression and structure seemed pretty important the story, so that whole comment on writing really doesn't even make much sense to me.How are scenes packed with dialogue all visuals and no writing or story?
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That's not the kind of tone I was picking up from that one action scene I watched. I guess I just need to see it already and be done with it.
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But I recall a lot of 'inventive' camerawork for scenes that took away from the fact that they were meant to be grimly realistic.
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Feb 04, 2009 5:32:23 AM CST
How are scenes packed with dialogue all visuals and no writing o
by mr. zeddemore
I never said there was no writing or story, I said they were superfluous as the visuals were so crazy (as I recall) that they weren't letting anything else be properly resonant.
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I'm not a fan of wildly inventive camerawork when there's a serious story going on. If I go 'hey, nice camera shot' then I'm taken out of the narrative.
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Danny's response to Messi was fucking genius- Messi started his usual shit about Music and asked Danny what he listened to- the response "Garth fucking Brooks- Now fuck off and die" Pwnage.
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well that sounds like a personal problem to me dude. : )
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What I mean is, they're both highly stylised and cartoony with a lot of live action actors in front of CGI backgrounds. If you're into that kind of thing, Casshern is probably worth a look.Just so you know, there is no scene in Casshern where Michael Madsen says something about Bruce Willis's 'bum ticker' while making no attempt to disguise his digust at having to repeat such god-awful dialogue.
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It is a personal problem - hence the debate. I start with something negative, then you come in with the positive, and then I yell at Jarv for being differentative and we all go and buy some cake.
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How is that not an AICN catchphrase?
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... with a bum ticker. Think of Eileen.
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and don't be shy with that frosting.
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This may not actually be true, but my interpretation of his performance has always been that he considers appearing in Sin City to be a notch above a school play.
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Don't remind me about Zack and Miri. I can pinpoint that moment as the most ill-concieved gag of the 00s.
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He's hilarious in Sin City because he speaks each bit of dialogue with disgust.
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if you guys liked Madsen in Sin City, you NEED to see Frye in Godzilla Final Wars. You just have to. It's like when those athletes show up in commercials for 30 seconds of really awful acting, except he's there for over two thirds of the movie, just looking confused as hell while all the Japanese people flutter around him. So damn good.
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City of God was fucking marvellous. The writing was certainly not superflous. Best film of it's year. Thinking about it, City of God, Lives of Others (HM to Pan's) and Tsotsi was a fucking powerhouse of a 3 year run in best foreign film at the oscars. Unlike the best film award for those years. Which was shit.
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goes to those 2 dipshits that fancy themselves as being eloquent. It was funny first time, but second time was woeful.
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you liked Pan's too right?
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the strip joint with all the especially covered-up dancers. I would DEFINITELY have picked some actresses willing to show some skin for that one. Jessica Alba didn't even really fit the role that well.
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Feb 04, 2009 6:04:14 AM CST
If Godzilla Final Wars is a film, I can't watch it
by franklin t marmoset
I think I'm finished with films. In The Name Of The King has done me in.You know those women who have one too many bad relationships with men and then turn lesbian? In The Name Of The King has turned me into whatever the film nerd version of a lesbian is.
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but the Kaiju parts are like scenes of giant steaming-hot monster sex. You simply can't turn that down!
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You know, the guy who made La Femme Nikita, The Big Blue, Subway and Leon. All the new Besson ever does is write shitty Transporter movies.
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My In The Name Of The King-induced bum ticker has rendered me incapable of watching any films ever again.This is bad news for me, because I was looking forward to Iron Man II. Also, I'm only half way through my Toxic Avenger box set.
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That Kenny poster seems to use the same lettering as Starlog magazine. Lovely touch.
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Think of Eileen.
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EVERYONE WATCH GODZILLA NOW!BLARGHGHAAAACHHH!
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I warned you about ITNOTK Frank. It's too shit for words. And not fun shit- just shit shit
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Godzilla: Final Wars = Fun Shit.
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5 weekends of pain for England. Sniff. Not so long ago we were good at that fucking game. Which reminds me- congrats fred.
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flush it- find something really good (I used Alien)watch and let it fade from your memory.
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In The Name Of The King is dangerous stuff. It has frazzled my ability to enjoy films. Something in my brain has burst or shorted out or somesuch.I may have to take up stamp collecting instead. Is there a thread on the AICN about stamp collecting?
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Even flaming orcs, The Stath and The Goodfella pretending to be medieval and Lokken's arse could not hide the lack of fun.
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What the fuck are you doing? Are you professional or not? Do I fucking walk around and rip- no, shut the fuck up KungFu, do I-no! No! Don't shut me up.
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The Big Lebowski might jumpstart my bum ticker. Maybe put it on a double bill with Big Trouble In Little China. That could work.I should add, watching Blues Brothers 2000 in the same weekend as ITNOTK can't have helped. Fuck me, that film is an abomination.
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I was warned, and I was fool enough to think I could take it.I couldn't.To think, I was actually considering an Uwe Boll Triple Feature - ITNOTK, Postal and Bloodrayne. That would have been a surefire path to pure insanity. Thank fuck I was at least sensible enough to give that a miss.
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only one known cure. The original. Yeuch.
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The trilogy of Boll? Urrrrrrrrghhhhhh
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The original and the sequel in one sitting.Nothing emphasises what a fucking miserable exercise that sequel is than watching it right after the first one.Green zombies? Remote control bluesmobile? Actual ghost riders in the sky? A fucking kid?I honestly don't know what the fuck they were thinking when they did BB 2000.
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ALone in the Dark and ITNOTK. Fuck knows what I was thinking- AITD happened to be on ITV4 after I finished watching the king.
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American Wedding and Freddy vs. Jason
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Lots and lots of lovely drugs.only possible explanation.
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We- you and I- are no longer fucking professional! I'm gonna go watch Cliffhanger in my trailer now, so shut the fuck up!John Lithgow 4EVER.
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the perfect marriage.
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You do it one more time, and I ain't walking back to this talkback if you're still posting here.
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Granted, I've still never seen the first one, but sign me up.And that martial arts dude...he's the little one of the duo in Kiss of the Dragon, or am I wrong on that?
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on me Frankie.I haven't watched any movies since then..whole weekend without watching one fucking movie! Fuck you..er, Uwe. Fuck Uwe.
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I'm fucking sick of the shit now. We must have had at least 8 snow storms already this year. It's all Uwe Boll's fault.
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FFFFFUUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKK!
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You will all be pleased to know that Poultrygeist: Night Of The Chicken Dead was full of Troma goodness.That one is highly recommended to all CoC types. Vomiting, diarrhoea, zombie chickens, blood, boobs, Ron Jeremy - what else do you want from a film?
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Snow is great. I got 2 days off for it and we've more forecast.
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I've been posting here nearly my entire life, BUT NO MORE! I used to think the C of C stood for something special. Now I see you're all a bunch of spineless asslickers...with BIAS! It used to be good, but I'm leaving now never to return again.
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I'm walking off this talkback. Kungfu, you stay where you are. Don't you fucking move.
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Okay I'm sorry. I fucking love this shit. I'll be good.Godzilla: Final Wars 4EVER BITCHES!
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Feb 04, 2009 7:39:21 AM CST
I got halfway through Alone in the Dark...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
and turned it off in disgust. At the time I had no idea who Uwe Boll was. It was a quick lesson and I've refused to go back to that well ever since.
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That fake British sheering evil accent is the shit. THE. SHIT.
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OK so it wasn't what I was expecting but it was the closest to an 80s action movie that's been made post-80s. Oddly, Caveziel was the weakest link and the bit where he waited forever to disclose that what they killed wasn't actually the Morwen was a tad boneheaded. Otherwise, a very enjoyable monster movie.
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and has to drive home in it.Even my fucking bear is tired of the snow. His balls are tired of the cold. Who am I to argue with a bear and his frozen balls?
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But I plan to see them all eventually. Anybody have any recommendations for the best one to start with?
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Feb 04, 2009 7:42:28 AM CST
Just remembered I hazed my way through...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
the many delights of Terminal Velocity on the weekend. (It really was a lost weekend! Copious amounts of whatever I could get my hands on!). Anyway, Terminal Velocity. I love that stupid bloody flick.
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I still need to see that. It's not screening here either.
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Jean Reno as a cold blooded villain? Sign me up.Kungfu, I thought Casshern was crap. It took me 3 weeks to finish it. The story was convoluted as hell and the effects were dodgy. Avoid.JPT, that's why I always bring a thermos of coffee to work. Freshly ground, Jamaican Blue Mountain goodness.
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I meant to send out some movies to everyone earlier but I held up until I could get my hands on the region 2 release of Outlander. Spent a few hours last night making a copy for everyone here. So that will be going out with everyone's next batch.
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Seriously, it's not worth it. None of his films are bad in a fun way - they're just shit. And Uwe Boll lays some seriously heavy shit, shit that weighs down on your soul and makes you want to give up films altogether.Don't make the same mistake I did!
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Sometimes a wee bit angry of an angel, but an angel nonetheless.For Outlaaaander!
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Try to cleanse yourself by drinking an alcoholic beverage of your choice (it was Guinness for me this weekend) and stay away from any cinema watching.You have to be "reborn", if you will, to again watch movies.It also helps to stab a fellow employee with a #2 pencil while yelling "Damn Uwe...Boll!" 27 times.
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pah. And the least painful boll movement is probably Bloodrayne. That isn't saying much.
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HUZZAHHHHH!!!!Could I maybe get TGTBTW this time? I believe you told me that would be on my 2008 Top Ten list, but I have still yet to see it!
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So I have copies of Legendary Assassin and Action Boys coming. Anything I need to be warned about?And by the way, I watched The Divine Weapon on the weekend and it was highly enjoyable. Some bits of nonsense but an damned rousing final hour with too many exploding bodies not to laugh.
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Outlander, TGTBTW, Tokyo Gore Police and Ip Man for everyone! Merry Christmas!
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Since directing In The Name Of The King (in 2007), Boll has finished Seed, Postal, Bloodrayne II, Tunnel Rats, Far Cry, Stoic, and he's currently in post-production on Rampage. Additionally, he is filming The Storm while being in pre-production on Silent Night in Algona, The Throwaways, Max Schmeling, Sabotage 1943, and Zombie Massacre!The man is un-fucking-stoppable!
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FUCKINGSHIT.That sounds absolutely magical.Speaking of magic Hawaiian, have you managed yet to see Godzilla Final Wars? I'm curious to hear other's thoughts on the movie.
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He's a fucking busy man.
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why?
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I have some movies I would love to share with you. I suppose the best I can manage right now is recommendations. Speaking of which, have you checked out Devils on the Doorstep yet?
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Feb 04, 2009 8:17:55 AM CST
There is also a non-Boll Alone in the Dark 2
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
coming out soon.
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Feb 04, 2009 8:21:13 AM CST
Boll needs to do a flick with Bale...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
so when Bale throws a tanty and whinges about his artistic integrity Boll can fly in with a flurry of fists to the head.
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Sounds like that Uma/Oprah joke Letterman did at the Oscars.Boll? Bale.Bale? Boll.
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...but Boll is not directing, only writing and producing (while he's asleep, I'm guessing, given his workload).
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or fix mine. It's most irritating.
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It's the tantrum-fest everyone's been waiting for.Whoever wins, they both lose!
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I'm going to defend the game- it was a fucking scary, atmospheric fright-fest. What it was not was a piece of gross stupidity with invisible/ allergic to light cgi dinosaurs or indestructible zombie type people. It's basically a haunted house story. If it's rebooted and done like the game, then I'm fine with that.
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That's not a good sign since it was named worst movie of 2004 at the Japanese equivelant of the Razzies.That and Devilman.
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...that list above is of films Boll is DIRECTING, not all the other stuff he is loosely involved in.Bastard has the work ethic of a porn director!My mind has not been this boggled since that article about The Thing prequel with MacCready's Norwegian brother.
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Feb 04, 2009 8:31:34 AM CST
Alone in the Dark game was pretty good
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
When i was a wee lad. That and Resident Evil I'd both welcome new versions of with even slightly talented people behind them.
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Thank gawd for Bittorrent.:)
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Is there really that much of a director shortage out there?
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I need to put aside a few hours to check these out as they have been sitting in my HDD for weeks.The first on my list is IP Man since it's Donnie-fucking-Yen, that and one of my friends give it two thumbs up as oppossed to a middle finger. Gore Police is more within the Machine Girl camp so I'll give it a looksee after Kung Fu Fighter.so Many films, so little time.
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Resident Evil/ Silent Hill but it wasn't a bad Survival Horror effort. I repeat though, it was less than nothing like the boll-end's effort.
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which means that even if his movies are fuck awful and make zip they actually don't lose money. Fucking pathetic is what they are.
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"Maybe you know it but it's not so easy to finance movies in total. And the reason I am able to do these kind of movies is I have a tax shelter fund in Germany, and if you invest in a movie in Germany you get basically fifty percent back from the Government."
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Boll is able to acquire funding thanks to German tax laws that reward investments in film. The law allows investors in German-owned films to write off 100% of their investment as a tax deduction; it also allows them to invest borrowed money and write off any fees associated with the loan. The investor is then only required to pay taxes on the profits made by the movie; if the movie loses money, the investor gets a tax writeoff.
While Boll has received a lot of negative publicity regarding this funding method, he was actually one of the few directors to use the tax shelter as intended. His films were financed, produced, and directed by a German company, which was the initial intention behind the tax shelter: to provide incentive for investment in German entertainment properties.
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Boll is especially critical of his internet detractors. Referring to two Ain't It Cool News critics who negatively reviewed his work, Boll said, "Harry (Knowles) and Quint (Eric Vespe) are retards."
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even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes.
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My pleasure dude. Since you're a purveyor of Bit Torrent, I suggest you search for the larger files of Ip Man and others, assuming you don't have a bandwidth cap. There's a lot of Ip Man versions out there where the sound is not properly synched and based on past experiences I can tell you how annoying that gets in the opening minutes. So grab the 4GB version if you can.And I'm fairly certain Rough Cut, Legendary Assassin and The Divine Weapon are all up on the tubes so grab those as well.
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I'm trying to avoid work and keep an eye on the Cricket but the guardian are being useless and are about 10 overs behind play. Incompetent fuckheads.
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If I put half as much work into actually working as I did into dodging it, then I would probably be less bored at work.
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And Yoda losing his arm? I see references in the Bale TB but I'm too lazy to sort through 1000+ posts. Classic TB though. It brought me to tears several times.
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I think it's some sort of Elseworld type stupidity. Fanfic blows.
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Ya know, I'm not walking off this talkback. I've calmed down, I apologise for my anger towards your comments. I blame virtual Blue Lando.
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I fucking hate losers that say shit like "I'm done with this place" and threaten to leave like we'll fucking cry. It's my second pet hate behind fucktards bitching that the news is late. I blame aquamarine chewbacca. Cunt.
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As a result, I have done far too much work today.I blame... um... purple Admiral Ackbar?
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It was a joke. A gag. A bit of cracking wise. If I was really leaving, I'd tell you all to go watch an Uwe Boll flick while hanging from the ceiling by your legs.
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Feb 04, 2009 9:41:41 AM CST
Jarv, can you get cricinfo at work?
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Thats the best site for ball-by-ball updates.
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That unionjackasswebs cunt and some other cunt that I've never seen before both posed it in alleged disgust at Harry. As if- not to mention the fact that AnimalStructure did it about 100 times.
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but I like the Guardian one, because it gets hundreds of moaning emails from people that it publishes and lots of them are actually quite funny.
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Indeed this place blows as of late and Harry has really become a bit of a douche but the TBs themselves are always worth the visit.Still, preaching that AICN is no place for on set rants while continuing to put up Script Girl is hypocrisy of the highest magnitude.
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Yeah, I don't get that. If a place bugs me now, I just leave for a while peacefully. Then pop in later.
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do any of us actually come her for news? Think about it- if we were that concerned about whatever then we could get it elsewhere- we come for the TB. Harry knows this- Shitgirl as much as we detest her, always generates at least 100 posts which probably= 500 hits. If people stopped posting then he'd take it down sharpish.
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so I'm glad it's broken. Fucking Ian Bell. Hate him.
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There were at least three I saw. That unionjack guy, and yodalovesyou or something like that. The thing about them is they feel they need 'one last post' before they can walk away. Like it makes a difference if yodalovesyou isn't around to talk to anymore. It's an irrational, self-important reaction to a story about an irrational, self-important act.All i'd say to them on their way out the door is..."Why the fuck are you walking right through? Ah da da dah, like this in the background. What the fuck is it with you? What don't you fucking understand?"
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Keep the ranting coming.
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people just don't try anymore- they should just post offensive fanfic smut. That at least keeps me interested. Instead it was solid "TITS" or Chromedome's "Monkey-Troll dance" thing. Not funny.
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It's all about the TBs, as far as I'm concerned. They are the finest way to waste time on the internets when you're supposed to be working.
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Feb 04, 2009 10:42:15 AM CST
"It isn't news. And it certainly isn't cool news."
by franklin t marmoset
Jesus Christ, I just read Harry's intro to that Bale story.On a day when he's posted Volume 2 of his wife's amateur music reviews, I can't believe he has the balls to make a statement about what is and isn't 'cool news'.What a proper douche.
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Amateurish, scattergun, unfocused, over praising crapness. At least I understand Why it's there.
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The 4GB is the version I snatched (usually i torrent the Divx files as it's so much quicker and 'erasable')and I will check it out this weekend. Iv'e been on a Blu-Ray splurge recently thanks to Amazon's cheap(er)BD prices.Now it's high time I return my attention back to Asian Cinema.
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having said that, a music column isn't a bad idea per se. Music is a geek subject to some extent. Just that Music column is atrocious. For example, what do Kylie, Steve Martin's Banjo and Franz Ferdinand have in common?
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Go to MyMavra.com. Xiphos's recap of Fringe is one of the funniest things I've read this year.
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This week's is even worse.
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here's my baby girl
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Feb 04, 2009 11:29:13 AM CST
Thanks Kloipy, unfortunately you tube is blocked on my job's com
by stalkeye
However as a Godfather to a beautiful 3 Year old Girl, A big congrats to you and your Wife or Baby Mama. :D
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has just threatened to leave forever. I wish he would- Au revoir trollboy.
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pain in the ass.
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Have fun.
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Here I am refreshing the old one over and over again, wondering where the Hell everyone is.
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Its just stupid. I mean, its always been stupid, Jarv. But I just dont feel up to it anymore. Chromedome has become as much a troll as JNR or JTC, and all we ever do is give them fodder to respond to, and honestly, I don't give a shit about what those peons think. So I'm done with it. SG and me are fucking done, professionally. FUUUUUCK!
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ME THATS WHO!
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*Fwooooosh*
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damn i'm gonna be missin you next week :(
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Fucking.Awesome.Stallone proved he was definitely missed with this and Rocky. I'm hoping Expendables kicks major ass too.Shit, that attack on the village was brutal. Props to Stallone.
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Fucking bitches.
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Does anyone else feel that this is probably the best live action Final Fantasy movie we'll ever see? I remember seeing the trailer for that movie back in like 04 or something and didn't know the name. AND finally it comes out on the DVDs years later and I was like, THIS IS THAT FUCKING MOVIE! Really liked it...little long though. Like long is fine for me, but I don't feel that its a movie I could show a group of people with any of them liking it.
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Godzilla Final Wars. I saw it a couple years back. I remember enjoying it. But this is coming from a fan of the Ronald Godzilla. I never really dug the man in suit deal (except for Guyver, he was bad ass, did you know the director of that movie is Screaming Mad George????). But I remember enjoying Final Wars, I saw it I think around the same time I saw Versus. Versus I really loved. Isn't there a sequel coming out? That ending killed me.
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Huh???? Anyone??? No ok, I'll just go away now.
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Pretty good movie. The ending was a bit lame. But it was a decent throw away film that held my attention for the hour 2 hoursish of it. Its overtly patriotism was a bit much, but I think its The Shia's best performance to date. He's almost at Keanu level of acting. Speaking of The Buff, who got excited about the transformers 2 spot and then quickly remembered what happened last time they got excited about a transformers trailer?
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I really want to see very bad. Kind of pissed I put Metropolis as one of the old movies I would show at my BNAT, and I was still not selected.
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Jeneane Garfield in 24? She does nothing except for The Search For John Gissing (which suck diddly ucked, I've seen a lot of shitty movies this year so far) since...whatever else she's ever done? Truth about Cats and Dogs? Matchmaker? Also she is an avid anti computer person, so is it just some inside joke that she is a computer wiz on the show? I don't know I'll have to go ask some retired military person what they think about it. Or someone over 40, this isn't the right place.
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Just a movie spin off of the Heroes show? Man House's 100th episode banaza was kind of lame.
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Start where is all began. Watching House of the Living Dead, or whatever its called. Be a little drunk before it starts, have beer left during the viewing so you can throw cans at the screen when you can't stand the intercut screen shots of the game. After House of the Dead its all down hill. Granted I've only seen Silent Hill and parts of Bloodrayne. I REALLY want to see Postal though. Name of the King looks like a bad Xeina episode, and I didn't really care for the good ones. You all remember the big Boll boxing with critics, it was funny because ALL of them said that they had never seen any of his movies. I was glad he kicked their asses. Its one thing to just bitch about shitty movies, but to go somewhere to prove that you are a pussy and say you've never even seen the thing in question? Thats just weak sauce.
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It killed you in a good way? Yeah I'm hoping the sequel just jumps right in right where the other one left off, but then just escalates everything thanks to a bigger budget. Hopefully, it will be ridiculous.
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Wipeout is best written and acted show on TV these days.
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Yeah I hope so too. I say you should rent Cashern, some of it is just amazing. Knowing that the Matrix brothers copy a lot of stuff from Asian cinema, you'll see where they got their inspiration for Speed Racer. Plus I'm pretty sure Cashern is based off an old Anime.
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Fu you get any good comics as of late? I got the first volume of the End League it looks pretty cool. Reading X-Men Noir and not really liking it. Picked up Wolverine Vs. Hulk, looks pretty awesome. Also picked up Bad Dog which looks pretty cool.
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Fucking hell. It snowed everywhere around London and just fucking missed us *sniff*Wanted another snow day
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mind you, you stay at about 150 posts per day for 2 weeks. So I expect us to be ahead soon.
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All I have to report is I saw half of Hot Fuzz last night, which means I have the good half waiting for me when I get home. That film takes too long to get going, but Nick Frost is hilarious.
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It's a winter wonderland in Bristol!If I owned skis, I could have done whatever the past tense of 'ski' is to work this morning. Skiid? I don't know. Alternatively, if I had eight dogs, I would attach them to some sort of makeshift sled and Mush! my way into town.
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Only have 1 left, so back on the movies tonight.
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following behind the family dogs on a sled. It was funny.
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I WANT SNOW. DAMMIT. SNOW. Closes my workplace and I can lie on the sofa all day.
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It's an Ashes summer coming up and we've got 2 players that aren't fit to carry drinks playing. Ridiculous.
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That Metropolis version is all over the intertubes. Since it's not commercially available I don't think I'll offend too many mods by saying that you can find it on any decent torrent site by searching for "metropolis moroder". The best one is a full DVD made from a laserdisc rip.
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Glad you liked Rambo. I was very unprepared for how much it kicked my ass when I saw it. It was like coming out of a weird, 20-year bout of amnesia:
"Holy shit -- THIS is how action movies actually used to be like!!!"
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it was aight- but I'm just not a huge Rambo fan.
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...planned. I've lined up Turkey Shoot (dystopic early 80s future-prison splatter shenanigans), Long Weekend (1970s nature-revenge flick) and Centrespread, which -- apparently -- is about a futuristic society where porn is controlled by the state and our protagonist is sent on a mission to find and photograph the most beautiful woman in the world for the state's nefarious purposes.
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...have you guys heard of that new PC game called Stalin vs Martians? Let me say that again:
Stalin.
vs.
Martians.
It's supposed to be like World in Conflict or somesuch, but it's WWII-era Red Army (including Stalin himself!) defending the USSR from invading Martians.
Genius.
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I have to see this.
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yeah, I've heard of it. Inspired. Why is the games industry so much more creative than Hollywood? Even GTA and Final Fantasy, although lengthy series are all different from each other and highly enjoyable.
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I would probably say that the reason is because the gaming industry constantly needs to innovate to stay fresh, while Hollywood has standard 'formulas' that work (ie. box office) and is comfortable to regurgitate the same old tripe.
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Games are a fuck sight more expensive to buy than movies, so a crap game is a complete disaster.
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I don't think that's true either- Games have an obvious formula. Using Resident Evil as an example, it's now on it's 7th or 8th incarnation, and has anything really changed? Even a lot of the designs look the same.
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Definitely. But the games themselves, such as size, scope, the world of the game, have expanded immensely. Look at GTA3 vs GTA4. Essentially the same game, but incredibly different. You couldn't release a GTA3 now. So I guess thats the innivation I'm referring to.For me, even though I hardly get time to play my PS3, the most exciting thing about gaming right now is the online stuff. I got the latest Call of Duty games and finished the single player campaign in one bloody day. If I had payed £40 for that I'd be pissed off, but the online gaming has essentially extended its shelf life until who knows when. In the near future games are only going to give a passing nod to single player games (or none at all) and essentially be all online.
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Sound like a pikey, innit.
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in my opinion. The mercs, when they finally got to cut loose, were pretty badass too. When they broke into their camp...sniper was great taking out four guys in under ten. Nice.I think I should put "R.Rambo" on my mailbox now.
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The possibilities are endless with video games. Samurai monkeys vs. zombie midgets would be the next logical step.
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I would very much enjoy virtually hulking out and running amok. There wouldn't have to be any levels or points or whatnot - just a huge, GTA-style city that I can wreck the shit out of. Also, the occasional bystander I could kick into a tree.
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Feb 05, 2009 6:32:36 AM CST
I'd buy it if it was Le Hulk...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
and set in Paris. Nothing like walking around Paris kickin' the frogs into trees.Le Hulk could be followed everywhere by a mime as well.
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Someone should get to work on that.If they could find room for the army of lesbian hulk midgets, that would also be good.
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The adrenaline rush I felt when ol' John J put the pwnage to the Junta troops with his bow was something I hadn't felt in ages.
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boss battle= hammer the buttons in an attempt to get Bruce Banner to emote in the actor's studio. But be careful you don't hit it too hard and he hulks out. 10,000,000 points if he cries at some point.
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Didn't they try that with Kong? I seem to remember you could play as Kong and run amok in New York.
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in his leg hobbling along and then pluck!...arrow through the head!One of these days I'm going to have to purchase that bad boy.The mime of course would be painted green and smoke a lot.
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I only like games where you either run around and shoot stuff or run around and wreck stuff. I've just started Half Life 2, which has a nice combination of both those elements.The one thing it's missing is the ability to kick people into trees.
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Feb 05, 2009 8:15:37 AM CST
that sounds exactly like what I do at work every Friday
by just pillow talk
I figure I would give my work the weekend to recover from my pencil jihad. They should really just make a 2for2true game, where it takes place in a movie theater, and you stab shitheels in the mouth who talk during a movie.
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*sigh* and the TB is very slow. It's that stupid Bale one. I just don't care that he shouted at someone.
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pencil jihad on a grand scale. Kind of like GTA but with stationary. Excellent.I'd buy that.
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Casshern is based on an Anime series back in the 70's (Courtesy of Tatsunoko studios, the guys that gave us gatchaman/Batte of the planets.)There's also a OVA that's avaialbe on DVD and a recent remake of the series: Casshern Sins.What I don't like about the live action Movie, is that the action was limited and the overall exceutiion (non-canon to the series) was somewhat lacking. It came off like a right-to-life/stem cell PSA if you ask me.great SFX however.Casshern is also featured in the new Capcom vs Tatsunoko fighting game (exclusively for the Wii.)unfortunately it's available ONLY in Japan.Fuuuuuuuccccckkk!!
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Anyone remember the nail gun in the original Quake? Something like that, but with pencils.You could take out shitheels left, right and centre with a pencil gun.
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seriously What. The. Fuck. I don't look at this place for a few days and the motherfuckers start squeezing out that much shit? Bunch of fucking rectal itches.
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AICN by numbers.
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at a deeply unprofessional DP. Put it this way, they were both in the wrong.
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Feb 05, 2009 8:44:37 AM CST
If you guys don't shut the fuck up about the Bale thing...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
You and me, we're fucking done procrastinationally.
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I just don't care about an argument on a film set, and I have no fucking clue what the hubub is about.What the hell are they talking about? Has it diverged into some kind of funny Changian bollocks like we do over here, or is it really nerds arguing about Bale?I don't get it, and we're too busy at work at the moment (on account of all the lazy fuckers staying at home because of the snow) for me to spend too much time reading all that crap.
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seriously why waste all that time and energy arguing about something that inconsequential thathappened month ago then take a polorizing postion?Motherfuckers are acting like Bale's thier brother or that Bale yelled at them. It's fucking baffelling to me.
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The other one is about all sorts of filth. It's quite changian, but they keep punctuating it with Bale quotes. The multicoloured star wars chat was funny as fuck and very changian.
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to talk about than Bale outbursts.Like hulked out lesbo midgets or astro-lesbos vs. Werewolves on the Moon or samurai monkeys. These topics are clearly (A) more interesting and (B) more funny.
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to be fair. The Bale stuff? not so much.
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...I used it quite enthusiastically back in the day, smiting countless anonymous villains online while taunting their weak camper asses. Yes, my Quake-fu was mighty.
Man, I miss 1996 -- such an awesome years for games, the 1982 of PC games: Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, Tomb Raider, Diablo and C&C Red Alert to name but a few.
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That work in offices and have to indure stupid ass "training" seminars like I'm being subjected about to, I used to sort of chuckle to myself but not any more. I apologize for my prior action.
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Feb 05, 2009 9:29:05 AM CST
96 was also the year of Goldeneye and Mario 64, i think.
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Whatever year that was, it was a good one.
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Since you've reminded me of my dreary existence, I've decided to go home tonight and watch Office Space to cheer myself up.
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1. John Locke's man boobs.
2. 2001 is on TCM right now.
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Up,up,down,down,left,right,left,right,b,a,b,start! -
Feb 05, 2009 9:41:14 AM CST
Outlander was just 'okay' for me
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
I couldn't really get past the randomness of the bright flashing neon lights whenever the monster attacked.It was fairly entertaining though.
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Feb 05, 2009 9:45:53 AM CST
Chitty. I can't believe you didn't get in on the action.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
It has nothing to do with the Bale outburst. It has to do with giving the finger to Harry. Mr. AICN doesn't cover stories like this so he makes his own TB to kill the Terminator TB where the jokes are blowing up, then says he doesn't want to encourage it so he is shutting down comments, then realizes AICN is getting media attention because of this story so he opens up comments again. He's a fucking hack to the highest degree.
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on the end of its whip antenna tail.
Although lights under it would have given it that Fast and Furious look.
They should have done that and let Vin Diesel race it to railroad tracks.
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1996 was the year I bought myself my first PC. I bought it so I could learn all about computers and whatnot (since I knew bugger all about them), but all I did was shoot people with various pretend guns.When the hell is Duke Nukem Forever coming out?
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Some of the guest commentators were slamming AICN for sticking up for Bale.
I've been a journalist before and the moment you start licking a certian person or corporation's ass, you become unobjective and are them just a PR outlet for them.
We used to call them sellouts, like those that left journalism school and went into PR work.
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The one where Bale screamed at McQ to come "Scratch me bollocks!" made beer fly out of my nostrils.
Also the one where Bale should work with Oliver Stone and see what a shotgun blast midscene would do to his concentration.
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I feel the time is ripe for you to unleash #2 pencil fury upon your "trainers". Make sure you mark yourself up in "war paint" my putting pencil lead underneath the eyes. The intimidation factor is quite high.
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Funnily enough I wasn't that into games then. When was Resident Evil, Final Fantasy 7, Silent Hill? That's a fairly mighty trio and they came out in the same year. Not to mention I seem to remember some other fucking excellent games.
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mind numbing shitheads that are begging for pencil jihad.
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Have Dolph Lungren and Van Damme running on a big treadmill while the scenery is rolled behind them.
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Feb 05, 2009 10:00:32 AM CST
It was actually '97 for me actually
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Wasn't a gamer until I bought an N64 with Goldeneye and Mario 64 in '97. Two of the best games ever. Especially at the time.
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christ, I remember this from about 94. About the same time as Super Bomberman- which we used to get high and then play multiplayer "loser goes off" versions of. There's nothing funnier than using a boxing glove to punch a bomb over a wall and trap your hapless mate behind. Laughing hysterically while he curses you, knowing full well that there's fuck all he can do about it, as he waits for his wee, vaguely cute character to get blasted.
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Feb 05, 2009 10:01:56 AM CST
"It was actually '97 for me actually"
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
I'm fucking retarded. Fuck this. I'm going for a smoke.
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boarding school, drugs and a supernintendo do not mix. It's amazing I've got any qualifications.
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If I was wearing war paint this would be a cool training execise and one I'm usually happy to be involved in.Instead, I'm sitting in a big classroom pretending to type notes on a lap top while actually posting here instead, good times.
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the first time I'd owned any game thingy
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when my cousin got my other cousin's charcter killed.
He calmly put the controller down on the floor, then walked over to him and started swinging his clinched fists at his face.
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Although I would have gladly killed somebody to get an Atari back in like 82 or 83. I finally found a kid who had one and even though he was a total geek and probably is posting in the Bale TB I made friends with him.
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of playing Silent Hill 2 while on shrooms. Needless to say, it went badly.
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That was the last gaming system I had bought. That game ruled. I used to like changing the bad guys to midgets, perhaps that's where my unbridled love for little people came from.
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Jesus, I'm suprised you aren't in the nervous hospital bunking with Carl Childers.
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then Xi.First rule of training: try and do something else with that time, preferably nonproductive.
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I did play space invaders on my atari,and found a glitch that let me wrack up insane scores, but it got boring. I bought a PS3 for X-mas - but only for the Blu-Ray.
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I couldn't afford either shrooms or one of those new fangled PS2 things back then.
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I can not and will not defend Harry's hypcocrisy on that, in fact i even posted how he was being self-righteous, but Harry aint a journalist by any stretch of imagination. So, he ca not be tarred by that brush
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also, Harry sold out fucking years ago, so is only being true to form on this one
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By that standard then I'm doing great! During the "small group" activity and discussion" section of the training module I snuck out and got a paper and bagle. This is such a waste of my time.
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I have five brand spanking new No. 2 shitheels killers sharp enough to castrate a tick jst rarin to go!
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I'm quite computer literate and I keep getting sent to nerd-tastic ones where I'm horribly over skilled. They never take people's individual ability into account. Fucking hate them.
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Lox and bagels with tomato! Yes.
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No gaming weapon has ever been as hilarious as Duke 3D's freezer gun and shrink ray, nor as humiliating to be on the receiving end of.
I also quite enjoyed the adhesive laser trip mines -- especially setting them up just below the waterline or right behind a door for the fools I smacked.
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what about that brain-bore thing in Turok? You could fire it for ages and it would chase it's victim around before burrowing into his cranium. Funny.
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It has been a while
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this is even worse because it's a Corps wide NCO training seminar. I figured they must have gotten sued by somebody probably a chick. Now I'm trapped in a room with a bunch of suck ass REMFs motherfuckers learning about interpersonal communication and group dynamics, from a fucking skirt.
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It was called the cereberal bore and was inspired by the Tall Man's weapons in Phantasm. "The Cerebral Bore is a weapon featured in Turok 2 and Turok 3. A particularly nasty piece of alien technology, The Cerebral Bore fires a drill-like projectile that tracks a victim's brain-waves and burrows deep into their skull, forcibly expelling their brain-matter before exploding." Awesome
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I suspect, judging from that post, that you were named in that lawsuit. Never mind. Mess around here instead.
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What up G?
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"Once locked on and deployed, the aggressor could casually lay down his paddle, smile at his soon-to-be-dead friend and bask in his enemy’s looming frustration as the grinding sound ravaged his/her melon on the split screen. Many a controller was smashed as a result." Fucking genius.
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Feb 05, 2009 10:44:43 AM CST
Isn't Legally Blonde 2 a cereberal bore weapon too?
by chittychittygangbang
I managed to reach the termination button (remote control) before what little brain matter I had left was destroyed and flicked around the room.
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Using the gravity gun to pick up a circular saw, then firing it right through some bugger's midriff.It is worryingly satisfying to watch your enemies fall into two bloody pieces.
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and am also feeling most nostalgic for those old N64 games. Lots of fun.
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Feb 05, 2009 10:52:02 AM CST
There's a cool "sticky" grenade in Call of Duty
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Throw it at an online enemy and it sticks to them. They have about three seconds then explode. It's amusing to see them shit themselves and try to get away from the grenade signal that appears when you are close to a grenade.
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After the first day I might be. I've been marked as a trouble maker. This stupid ginch was trying to tell me the proper way to deal with a problem subordinate. The problem? she's has never spent a day in the service and the told us to talk in a firm, direct yet positive and polite manner with someone. She then made the mistake of asking me to demonstrate this. I proceded to tell her that since I'm actually in the real Marine Corps, the one with guns and shooting and such, that her methoid sucks and wouldn't work. Instead, what I would do is stand somebody tall, get deep in thier chili and rail the living hell out of them.So now I'm persona non grata with the suck ups. The instructor is kind of hot though, so I think I'll take a run at her.
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Feb 05, 2009 11:06:09 AM CST
What I recommend you do, Xi, is...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
tell her to touch her toes, get deep in her chili and rail the living hell out of her.But that's just me.
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I love it when you get into training and the person doing it has fuck all clue about reality- or your experience. It turns the whole thing into a farce.
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seminar must be worth some sort of medal.
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That's my plan because she's a tall rehead and I'm a sucker for red heads.
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I'm in the Infantry and there's no women directly assigned to combat units unlike, say, support units. It's Fucking beaurocratic nonsense.
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Why don't I ever get to go to interesting ones like that? I always get sent on shite like Data Protection (I nearly got thrown out of that one, for replying to the question "do you care about Data Protection" with "fuck no, I'm selling a shit load of email addrsses to marketing companies when I get my ass fired").
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a fucking swamp donkey. No distracting boobies or anything. pah.
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I think I might start drinking again.
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Seems to be a really bad idea.
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That cracked me the fuck up. The chilli part. Even the Corps is not immune to real world. I never went through that program when I was in, but I damn sure have had the civilian version! Yes, banging the teacher in a sex harrassment class, earns you serious Black Mamba points.
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see you tomorrow, guys. Mrs. Jarv has turned up to take me to the pub. Huzzah!
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Have a good one!
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These sort of programs started showing up, seriously, about three years ago. This one is a combo of pushing the "proper" way to deal with situations in the approved manner and sexual harassment junk. I had successfully avoided all these training seminars by employing a sophisticated plan of going overseas and getting blown up. Now they caught me and they're making me pay for my sins.
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Need to work on that pally
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I stalled them for 2 years. Of course it was a delaying action the suits win in the end.
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Feb 05, 2009 12:28:27 PM CST
Ya know Xi, technically with your rank, you're a suit!
by toadkillerdog
Hard fact of life dude, I had to accept is as well.
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Then again, there are suits and then there are SUITS. Two different breeds.
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Tell her to call you Jack Bauer while you are railing her.
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Unfortunantly she not. She is willowy though and judging by the eyebrows I would bet the curtain matches the carpet, if she's sporting a carpet that is.I still might have her call me Big Jack and beg for my Jack Sack.JPT,Check out Mavra's site in a couple of days, I sent in a review for this season of 24. I think you might like what I did with it.
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I'll take a look at Mavra's site.
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is the FBI chick in 24. She has inordinately large breasts and a face full of freckles.Thusly dubbed Chesty Freckles.
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Feb 05, 2009 4:04:52 PM CST
For a good time please join us in the Terminator TB.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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for a second there I thought you guys were talking about my girlfriend.
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That Bale TB is fricking hilarious, even if it's now adolescent level humour. I'm going by two hours of sleep, still tipsy from last night, and have been (mostly) awake since 8am on Tuesday. I also had a three hour lecture.
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YOU PIECE OF SHIT!!! Telling me about this awesome bad ass, skull fucking kick ass fighting game that's on the Wii.... AND I CAN'T FUCKING GET. How dare you fill me with this outrage and contempt for Nintendo. I haven't felt this pissed since I found out the 64DD wasn't really coming out and that the Nintentdo Sumo wrestling game wasn't coming to America either!!!!
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What girlfriend? We all know you take it up the chuff.
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Like really who is watching that trailer and saying to themselves, "OHHH MAN I can't wait to see that!" I bet even Steve is asking himself the same question.
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Makes me excited to see Paul Blart for a second time. Everything is fucking shit, save for the bassassery of Chocolate. Which for you unfortunates who haven't seen it, hunt it down, skin it, cook it and feed it to your family.
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if you are friends with me on facebook like Zed Mavra, and Hawaiian, you would know.I don't really care though. Go ahead and keep fantasizing if you like.
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The advertising has been shrewdly pitching Coraline as being from the director of James and the Giant Peach which many think was helmed by Tim Burton.
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Pee-Wee's Big Adventure is Tim Burton's best movie.Then Nightmare Before Christmas...Then Ed Wood...Then Sweeney Todd...Then sleepy Hollow.But damnit would I love to see him do something with another big named Hollywood star besides Johnny Depp.Then again, maybe a totally new face would be even better. I nearly forgot about his Alice in Wonderland movie because of that. In fact, I really don't even care.
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Feb 06, 2009 2:46:21 AM CST
I am most definitely going to Coraline in 3D tomorrow
by kungfuhustler84
as long as it's less than ten dollars, and I can find somebody to go with me. I get the feeling a lot of people won't care to see it, which I think is a damn shame, cause it just looks like some really well crafted fun.
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with The Wrestler?
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it was snowing at 7.30, but it stopped so I had to come in. Bollocks, I wanted a snow day.
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It was fucking hard work getting in today, and my reward is sitting at my desk in sopping wet socks while every other bugger phones in to say they can't make it.I am a world class chump.
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this is so unfair.
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Comic book review talkbacks are the best talkbacks I have ever read, especially if you already know a lot about comic books. Series 7, if I would recommend anybody else check out that TB, it would be you. It's just incredible how funny some of those conversations are.
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...a bacon, egg, hash brown and cheese burrito, which is likely to be the highlight of today.
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I'm actually thinking of skipping school today and going on a movie double feature bonanza instead.
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fuck that shit. Hate work. Like Sofa. Like Final Fantasy 12 and Alien movies. Like Coffee, ciggy's and crappy sitcoms on channel 4. Like TV movies on channel 5. Like Top Gear Repeats. Like Beer at midday. It's no competition.
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are my very favorite food after pie. I actually just might make one right now. It's the only thing I can stomach at Sonics, and even that they fuck up sometimes.
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I've got a new policy with Dexter that makes it watchable. As soon as either his mother in law or therapy appear then I turn over to whatever movie is on ITV4. I flick back on ad breaks to see if he's still being a drippy cunt, and if he is, stick with the movie.
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Very funny. That film takes an age to get going, but it's worth it in the end.I also saw South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, which is still hilarious.That puts me at 59 and also over my ITNOTK bleak spot I had earlier in the week. Fucking Uwe Boll...
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But I have finished City of Men now so expect to accelerate again.
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Mrs. Jarv reckons she's the bird from that fetid load of shite Hustle. I don't know but it sounds feasible.
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What is everybody's goal. I figure 365 movies (not one a day, but the same ratio by the end of the year)should be okay.And are there any rules?Like does it count if it's a movie we've already seen before that year?
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1 is OK. Not the greatest, not the worst. 2 is pretty shite. 3 is on tonight, which is fucking grim and boring.
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the only reason I'm counting is that if I don't then I'll forget.
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I was considering putting it together with Child's Play 3 (on telly tonight) and trying for a triple feature.I'm not sure about that idea, though. ITNOTK has really put me off stunt film watching.
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I think the overall problem with the non-comedy ones is that chucky is basically not scary. And if you're not going to be scary then you'd better be funny/ likable. And he isn't.
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whoops- Yes, it counts if you've seen it before, just only one viewing per film this year.
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1 is mediocre, 2 is mediocre to shit and 3 is awful. It'll do as much damage as a blocked boll.
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Like the movie we are watching has to be the first time we see it?Like all 365 movies you are watching for the first time?That would be crazy hard.
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And I'm only counting single watches, too.
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Feb 06, 2009 3:37:51 AM CST
It's not as hard as I thought it would be, kungfu
by franklin t marmoset
Mind you, I really need to get more of a life.
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I HAVE been watching a ton of movies, but most of them are just ones I already own or just bought because I saw it before and I liked it.Does it count if we've only seen part of it before?
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single watches is the equivalent of seeing it for the first time yes?
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As long as it's the first time you've seen the film this year, it counts.For example, I've seen Die Hard shitloads of times, but when I watched it last week it went on the list. If I watch it again this year, it won't count.
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I only get to claim Die Hard once this year, if that makes sense.Sorry, I don't think I'm doing a very good job of explaining this.
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So although I have seen Cliffhanger before this year began, I can still count it if it's the first time I have seen it this year.Just no repeats.
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it counts. However, it won't count again. Which is a shame, because it's one of my "go to" films when I can't think of what to watch. What makes the challenge interesting, is that you exhaust your DVD collection fairly fast, and find yourself watching a lot of things that either you haven't seen in years (in my case- Porkies, Krull, Carito's way) and stuff that you've never seen before. It's suprising what you'll get through.
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I've been recording all sorts of stuff off the telly that I might not have watched otherwise. Some good, some shit.On the good front, I might get around to re-watching Carlito's Way this weekend. On the shit side (probably), I also have two of those direct-to-DVD American Pie sequels (Band Camp and The Naked Mile) I recorded off ITV2.
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An absolute load of shit. Who the fuck knows why I watched it? I have an abundance of unseen quality stored up such as 'Network' and 'Waltz with Bashir' to watch and I'm watching fucking Sex Drive. I should be ashamed of myself.Then again, at least I didn't watch ITNOTK.
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I feel like this challenge is really gonna push my film-viewing horizons, but I'm gonna come out well rewarded. I'm actually pretty excited to get through the DVD collection, since there's a lot I haven't seen in awhile.
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Ridiculous. Last time I looked it was under 1000. Now over 2500? Shut the fuck up, dickheads!
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is Afro Samurai which I love unapologetically, just for being so damn pretty.And I planning on purchasing and re-watching the movie sequel as well.That shit is amazing with a tall glass of lemonade.
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Feb 06, 2009 4:38:02 AM CST
My goal was at least 100 previously unseen flicks
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
And 22 out of my 29 are new so I'm on the right track.
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I wrote some pretty hateful, witty (I guess in my eyes) shit, and they just glided right over it back into their redundant, repetitive, dumbass, utterly thoughtless argument on whether or not Bale was a cock. Just the same arguments and statements over and over.BOOOO-RING.Oh, and did I mention, Harry's awful writing style and prose and his jelly ass pathetic lack of credibility in his region of work.I am strictly here for the talkbacks. The rest of this place is just absolutely pathetic.
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If not it comes highly recommended, with whatever abused substance of your choice.It's just prime slick, stylish fun, and the sequel even delves a bit more into the character stuff than I expected. The issues of the cycle of revenge, and the futility of a quest for peace are actually pretty powerful elements to an otherwise so-so story.Trust me, if you can at least rent them both somewhere, you will only be doing yourself a favor.Both the original and the sequel.
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heard the Name "stiffler" and turned it off.
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They started to do a piece on this Christian Bale business and they played a recording of him having his angry outburst, only to realise someone had forgotten to bleep out the swears. It was pretty funny.The delightfully MILF-ish Susannah Reid looked quite embarrassed.
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I'm sick of it. Every day it's some credit crunch shite about how WE'RE ALL DOOOOOOOMED- and even when a company (I think it was M&S) said that we've made more money this year, the twats kept trying to force the guy to say "yes, but the universe is fucked" by repeating "but like for like sales are down". Wankers.
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And ITV is pure drivel.At least BBC1 has Susannah Reid on Fridays. It's nice to have the news given to you by a MILF on a Friday morning, even if most of their news is garbage.They're obsessed with the snow at the moment. Anyone would think we'd been invaded by aliens given all the coverage they've given to it.
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their weather and sports reporting. Fucking grossly incompetent doesn't begin to cover it. The other thing that gets on my nerves is that the news seems to be 1 extended ad for bbc services with the occasional actual bit of news to interrupt it. ITV is drivel.
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ninjas: beware
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"Now, over to some other person who is standing outside in the snow!""Thank you, Susannah. Yes, as you can see, it is snowing here. Snow is, lioterally, all over the place. Back to you.""Thanks, guy outside in snow. Now, here is some more news about snow!"That is pretty much what constitutes news on the BBC at the moment, but what else am I going to watch while I eat my toast and smoke that delicious first fag of the day? Everybody Loves Raymond? Fuck that.
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I am laughing my ass off.
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Feb 06, 2009 6:10:16 AM CST
Kungfu, they're known as Whinging Poms
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
But if you ask me, the Whinging part is redundant.
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you are the droid i'm looking for!
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Feb 06, 2009 6:16:24 AM CST
You can go about your business, Chipps
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Move along!
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Feb 06, 2009 6:17:30 AM CST
People are only British during sporting events, kungfu
by franklin t marmoset
Me and Jarv are both English.I will accept Whinging Pom, though. That's fine. We do enjoy the odd whinge over here.
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Always the way.
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Hmph. No such thing.
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seen the cricket lately? my life and the cricket have had a simular tragectory.
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I've come to the conclusion that Channel 4 only own 1 series of this and are determined to repeat it for ever
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Fucking groundhog's fault. I'm gonna find that furry little fucker and take him out with my #2 pencil. Fuck that. It's time to use my bic pen. Groundhog muthafucker.
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Sorry. Well, whether it's British or it's English, you guys still make for great talkback reading. Very entertaining.And I'm glad you found the way Jarv. Sponge Bob and Venture Brothers to me are the equivalent of a grilled cheese and tomato soup. Pure comfort.
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good match. i got drunk and stumbled off to the dunny. on the way i saw a big sign on the wall: ball sport are forbidden in this stadium, offenders will be prosecuted. i took a photo. it's rules like that that are the reason my family is in this country in the first place. idjits.
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I liked it. I think it was the tone/atmosphere and the music which made it more tense than I think it ought to have been. While Uma didn't add anything, it was Uma so that didn't matter.
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is speaking a different language.
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i have that uncomfy nut sweat thing happening. i have a thermomitor in this room it is.......32 c at 1030pm
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I actually remember watching it in my Biology class after we finished discussing genes and the like. I never realized how cool that class was until now.No movies tonight. I have been reading comic books and hanging out with my girlfriend.
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not fun
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so so, not good not bad
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Although I have to say I don't think Uma Thurman adds anything to anything.That's one of the few films I like Jude Law in. I think I can only ever like Jude Law when he's playing a prick.
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I hadn't seen it for ages, and I got sucked into watching it on tv the other week and was an hour late for the pub. Worth it. The music is amazing. Even Jude Law is fucking great. Almost makes me forgive his whimpering bitch performance from The Holiday. But then there's Alfie and Sky Captain which reflect very badly on him.
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yes i know the name, can't bring myself to say it.
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See, I hear so much fucking hate for that movie, but I since I first saw it, I can't help but hold it on this pedestal up there with the likes of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Empire Strikes Back. For me, it's just one of those movies that is like a perfect example of the production of cinematic joy. I just don't get it. How can you not absolutely love that movie?
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this frustrates me massively and creates an amost unequealled hate in my heart.
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I wish I was watching the cricket> England losing to windies in Jamaica
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of western australia beating the windies having only batted once, in a year when they were fourth on the ladder in the local comp. fuck the windies.
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Tried to watch it twice - its tedious dreariness sent me to sleep twice.That is a boring, boring film. Boring story, boring to look at.Boring!
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I will never be able to understand the hate for Sky Captain.To me, it's a great, great movie.
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Feb 06, 2009 7:00:21 AM CST
I was relentlessly bored by Sky Captain
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Acting that makes Keanu Reeves look like Jim Carrey and shitty green screen special effects. Plus Giovanni Ribissi which automatically makes me want to slap around the casting director whenever I see him in anything.Quite honestly I'd rather watch Speed Racer again.In short, it was shite.
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Feb 06, 2009 7:02:18 AM CST
Sky Captain and the Cure for Insomnia
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
That's all it's good for.
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you crazy bastard
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keau is actually good in roles that require dead pan. i wouldn't call that acting, but i would call it entertainment
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and I LOVE SKY CAPTAIN.It's very easy to enjoy each one just as much.
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He's entertained me a lot over the years. First and foremost with a little ditty called Johnny Mnemonic.
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and I HATE SKY CAPTAIN.I'd rather cop a #2 in the testicle than watch either one again.
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I vote that if the Church of Chang ever eventually manages to finally get together, we will HAVE to watch Sky Captain all together. We will all be royally shit faced. Faces will melt. It will be AWESOME.
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i liked it first time round but now in my mind it is porno. didn't it have iced coffee/tea
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you have a home here.
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Where are you from in oz? I'm from Melbourne but have lived amongst the whingers for 4 1/2 years.
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was in My Own Private Idaho by Gus Van Sant. I think it's an adaptation of a Shakespeare play. But Keaneu gets cast in this role that is just perfect for him. Has anyone here even seen that movie?
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fun of mexicans. i come from ipswich.
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but I had the same reaction as Frankie did: boring. Giant robots have never been so boring. BUT...I will give it another shot.
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to go over the 'physical' inventory.I have a strange feeling some of my working papers will find themselves down her shirt.....
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I actually think it was filmed where I live; in Eugene, Oregon. It turned out to be a much better film than I had expected.
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talk back can not convey irony or sarcasm. you may think you have never heard of ipswich, but you have. think pauline hanson. (i'm not like that, but i knew her son, he was a good bloke)
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the end of that movie is that movie, the ultimate message movie: enjoy your life.
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aren't you the one with all the kick-ass drunk stories?And who was the one that tripped on acid while watching Jurassic Park and then saw T-Rexes all night?
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i have excellent drunk stories
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i set fire to myself on three separate occasions, spent a football match abusing mal maninga (five seats in front of me) got chased by the cops twice, busted my ankle when drunkenly breaking back into an army base on anzac day, and drunkenly proposed (when i wake up tomorrow i start setting up our engagement party). I'm sure i've forgotten something
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So many stories get tossed around, I lose track of whose stories are whose. That's hilarious though. Is your fiancee pretty?
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she knocks the edges off me
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yeah I almost want to propose to this girl now. I'm so young though. Fuck.
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she has changed me, made me more of a good person, and i agree. when she apologies they grab her and say: no, we meant it in a good way. honestly i was heading for an early grave, as my brother still is, and i'm still a little funny you know, but she has knocked the edges off. i have been dreading our engagement party tommorrow, i have a bit family and they are all coming and i am the entertainment. i don't want to do it. but sitting here, having a beer, i love her. i want to be with her. i don't want a specticle (which i cant avoid) but i have no choice. still when the dust settles, i'll have what i want. shit, i'm drunk
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I should grab some Jack Daniels out of the freezer and get drunk too. I have work at 8 am and it's nearly six now.
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fucking genius. I sometimes think that part of the point of women is to stop us doing stupid and possibly fatal things.
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Seriously, someone needs to get round here and dig us all out, or at least bring a fuckload of strawberry flavouring and a massive straw.
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Just making me think of the girl in the next room.
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it is a worry. i honestly don't want to get married, i want to cat around more first. but to do this i need to leave THIS girl. and after long soul searching i realise which thing i want more. there are plenty of girls out there, but there is only one of THIS one. every man wants to play the field, i certainly want to continue to do so. but i realise i need to choose between that, and her specifically. and i choose her.
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...it is only proper that I watch The Thing this weekend.While watching it, I will try my best not to think about the impending prequel with MacCready's Norwegian brother.
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with only the cricket and AICN to keep me entertained. This is going to be a long afternoon. I can see the pub from my window.
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but if you know that she's it, it's not really hard at all.I don't know. I'm not even through with college yet. I feel like I need to experience more still.
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and I think I may get another snow day monday. Fingers crossed- the last few snowstorms have just missed London. Which is really annoying.
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I'm never likely to get that lucky again
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has grown on me tremendously since I watched it again recently.I honestly it may be in competition, maybe at a stiff tie, with Seven Samurai as my favorite movie.
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surely you mean star wars prequel. Nobody would be that stupid to do that to The Thing.
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you said it. i'll never get anything like her again. the trick with gamling is to know when you have won and walk away.
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But I hear there is a strange and distant land - a land they call Hollywood - where there is no short supply of stupidity.I hear tales that in this mysterious 'Hollywood' they have places called 'Film Studios' where advertising executives make dreams come true, but they are dreams nobody ever wanted!Indeed it is an odd sounding place.
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You've got so many drunk stories because you live in Ipswich. There is fuck all to do in Queensland except go diving or get pissed. Or both.I agree about the woman stuff though. You can only cad around so long, and if that ends a little prematurely due to a good woman you'll be better off for it.
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your gibberish makes me frown and become ill from drunkeness
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God- the rant wasn't that funny.
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Fuck handing out the touchy feelies on a Twitch. Get back to talking about bitches, beers and bruhaha's.
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Want. Now. Really bored.
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i agree, all we have is our beaches and alcohol
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Feb 06, 2009 8:27:46 AM CST
Not making fun, just stating facts
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
For a while there you had a fucking good footy team, I'll give you that.
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are these the ones that house the legendary "original idea" but are protected by hordes of grey suit wearing homonculi intent on crushing any spark of creativity that may cross their sacred threshold of mediocrity?
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NZ gubbed Australia! You're as shit as we are! Well, maybe not quite.
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who the hell is everybody talking to?
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i am against apologies.
re droid (is that the short version?) melbourne is queenslands wales. i'm against them. but as soon as a frenchman shows up, you guys are 'british'. we are the same. feirce rivals, who both live under the southern cross. -
i will never take umbride with a man who names himself after my favourite series. i watched a star wars movie or indy every day for years.
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My parents are Kiwi so I don't mind to see them win.Fuck England though. I revel in every loss since you're ridiculous over-reaction to winning the '05 Ashes.
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see- being Australian you wouldn't understand this. Because we suck so badly at everything for so long, occasional successes have to be greeted with insane hyperbole, ludicrous gestures like knighthoods and enough alcohol to floor a Rhino. I wouldn't worry, it won't happen for another 20 years.
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Feb 06, 2009 8:38:38 AM CST
Queensland is to Victoria as...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Canada is to the USA.The simple cousins up north who we occasionally like to visit for their recreational holiday spots.
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I'm little anyway and i was a flanker. the other fellas used to call me a speed bump, which to this day i take with pride cause they were saying i was shit but i had guts. i'd charge at some cunt and slow him down enough to get scooped by the other dudes. in the line out i was so small i was a lifter, the ball never came to me. i used to taunt the other player and hit them in the ribs when they jumped. also, out of bordem i would cup my hands over my mouth and quote vader. i would do this randomly and at first my mates told me to shut up, but the oppossition started to think this was our code for which jumper the ball was going to. so my job became to quoute star wars while the real code was being said, then hit some cunt in the ribs.
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Feb 06, 2009 8:43:11 AM CST
Chipps, don't tease me now, but...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Please tell me you've spent the evening and wee hours of the morn' getting wasted on Bundy and Coke.
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i'll never take it away from you, i have never seen a sporting comp like that in my life and don't expect ever again to.
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we aint canada, we are louisiana
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that rugby story may be the best post I have ever seen. I am having the biggest laugh of my entire laugh"I would quote Darth Vader" That is so damned priceless I could cry
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too many bad experiences. i'm drinking four x. in fact i live two blocks from the brewery, when i got home today i could smell the sweet smell of their run off.
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What's weird is I wasn't too crazy about the first As Movie, but ressurection exceeded my expectations. I think i'm gonna give the first one another lookee-see, and hopefully it'll be better second time around.The Xbox 360 game looks too repetitous however,I guess i'll purchase the Street Fighter 4 instead.
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My god it's finally getting released huh? YES. Definitely grab that and skip the Afro game. I hear it kind of sucks.But I am defnitely still trying to locate a 2 disc uncut version of the movie sequel.
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is the soundtrack. The R-za from Wu Tang definitely brought his A game. The beats the accompany that ridiculously detailed art are just perfect.
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Imagine digust and dismay upon hearing that this game was exclusively for the Wii and only.Well, as that saying goes; "when there's a will, there's a way". Buy a wii, get the import.(that's if the North American console is Region free.)or...if you're tech-savvy; Soft-mod the console and download the Iso. google Wii iso and see if you come up with anything.Good Luck. :0)
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Feb 06, 2009 8:53:06 AM CST
I'd say Queensland is more like Florida
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
The asians are like the Cubans Its hot and/or stormy 90% of the timeIt's where old people go to dieTourists flock there and soon realise there's actually fuck all to do there if you're not at the beachThey have shitty theme parks to try to distract the tourists from the prior pointThe booze flows freely and the women are cheap.One has gators, the other has crocsBoth have rodeosBoth have beautiful places inhabited by backwater, fiddle playing freaks.
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Genius! That was my next guess.Although XXXX Gold ain't too bad.
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i forgot about you. the american who loves rugby. good onya son. my dad calls it 'the game they play in heaven'. i think that is because it is dominated by the catholics. our victorian friend wouldn't understand this, he would follow what we queenslander call airel ping pong. from memory you played rugby. think force em backs. they call it 'australian rules' but it aint my rules.
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lol, i was worrying that you wern't gunna make fun of me.
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Feb 06, 2009 8:58:16 AM CST
I'll take "Aerial Ping Pong" over "Sniff Bum and Run" any day
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
"The game they play in heaven". Nice.
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Oddly, it's the sort of athlete I admire the most. That sort of speed-power combination is never as balanced in other athletes.
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I really want to get a serious tobacco pipe to celebrate. The kind dads wore like in the 50s when they still beat children. I'd smoke while peering over the paper everyday. And slap my girl on the ass every time she walked by.
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that is my life. (though i do get filthy looks if i smoke, i'm told i smell)
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just put my lips up to an unopened bottle
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i was a flanker, out on the side. beazly (aussie politicians) once said the difference between me and hayden was that hayden play rugby and was a hard man face up, i came from wa, follow aussie rules and was always waiting for the hit from behind. i love rugby. you can't play it for too long cause it fuck you up.
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work in less than an hour.Time to begin drinking.
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my dad is a teacher at one of the best rugby schools in australia (the best is nudgee the second best is terrace) it hurts me to say it cause mine is one of the best (ipswich) come to oz and i'll take you to the best school boy rugby match you will ever see. dad couches the third fifteen ( a good team) come out and have a day at a school boy rugby comp at one of the best rugby schools in the world.
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the thirds at terrace. after nudgee terrace has the second largest number of graduates who have played for oz. if you come out you will watch future australians, play in their last year of school. i gaurentee it.
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Feb 06, 2009 9:29:48 AM CST
My Key West, Florida drunk story... (its a long one)
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
I was drinking alcoholic slurpees (crushed ice drinks for those ingrates who don't know what a slurpee is) from three in the afternoon with my mate at some bar in Key West. They're huge and of course I'm getting the most toxic ones possible. We were drinking with a marine who's on leave from Iraq, a vacationing FBI guy and a Hawaiian Tropic model.After a ridiculous amount of alcohol, i tried and miserably failed to pick up the model, got drunk under the table by the marine and lost my mate when either him or me went walkabout.Our hotel was on the other side of the island and my trek back is a blur.I remember the cab stopping at a petrol station when I realised I had no money on me.I remember trying in vain to withdraw cash from cash machine and giving the driver the ol’ shrug through station window.The next thing I remember is waking up sprawled across the back seat of someones flatbed truck at about 6 in the morning. I have no idea to this day who it was or how I got there.I rang my mate multiple times without answer, so I proceed to walk in the direction I think the hotel is. After 45 minutes in the rising heat I hit the ocean. So I yell FUCK! and do a u-turn and walk back the way I came. An hour and a half later I walk in the hotel room to see my mate sprawled over the bed asleep.I wake him up by creeping to within a foot of his head and cursing repeatedly at the top of my lungs, to which he tells me he's just got home and has spent the night sleeping in a golf-cart around the corner from the bar, spewing into the street and repeatedly calling his girlfriend in Australia. I accept this as reasonable.I pass out on the bed and when I wake up my finger has blown up to the size of a bratwurst and I have no recollection of what happened to it. Two weeks later I got it checked out and I got a hairline fracture and since it wasn't properly treated at the time it will always be a little stiff.Good times.
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Jobs a good'n
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how about we get into a north south slanging match for old times sake
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that was frantic A crisis at 4pm on a friday.
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(The Fuckening)What the hell happened to this TB?
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Then some drunken convicts got hold of it. To retaliate I'm going to go and get slaughtered and then post every article in the universe on the Ashes 05, The Rugby World cup 03 and 1966 football World cup. Because aside from those times- we're shite.
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Where you been ya liquored up bastard?
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this is bad, ive run out of four x but ill grab a tullamore due to a round with you. prob is my engaement party is tommorrow and the uncles will expect me to drink
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It's a Marvel adaptation of their comic-book. Bought it for £3. Looks terribly dumbhouse.
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oddly enough I understood that last post. I'm none to sure what that says about me.
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the family is coming from far and wide. they like to drink. i'm in my prime so i do ok, but i remember these guys from when i was a kid. they are hard mother fuckers. there are still some who where there when we stopped the japs, alone (no disrespect, i'm talking about new guniea) i've been trying to harden my ass up so been drinking less (still drinking) cause i'm trying to get deployed. don't know how you see it, but i am proud of my family, and to some degree i am ashamed to be proud cause i have never done nothing. my units hero is my grandads cousin, which makes me ashemd. see over her only the regs go over the sand pit, the reserves go to timor and the soloms. it is hard for me to justify a long part of my life for the right to fight, with emma see. the wheels are turning in my head. but i'm preparing myself for a pissweak deployment like solomos. anyway thats where i'm at
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having read what i just wrote, we have a peace keeping force in east timor and the solomon islands
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those Engagement parties are murder.
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i wanna marry this women, but i'm over the process of it. i've had enough. shit it is the most part of why i havn't been here lately
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Whoo boy.Spent a night doing a pub crawl and got hammered to the point I don't remember how I got from point A to point B. Eventually wound up back at the apartment with my mate and since neither one of us could sleep due to the room spinning, we decided to head back out and drink some more.Now here's where things get cloudy. At some point I must have decided to put my foot through a window and the sandals and shorts I was wearing offered my leg no protection. My calf was slashed straight through to the bone from side to side. All that flesh and muscle cut clean through.As my friend is helping me walk to the infirmary, a cop car pulls up and drives us the rest of the way. I'm losing more blood than you see on the floor of a slaughterhouse the whole time.So the staff freaks out when they bring me in and some angel begins to sew me up immediately. I'm flat on my gut and a nurse has her hands into my leg sewing up my nerves and jagged flesh and I don't feel a thing. I must have had the blood alcohol level of Ireland.I woke up in the morning and my leg is all wrapped up and still bleeding.That was 13 years ago and to this day my leg still tingles 24/7. Those nerve endings never fully recovered.Great to have you back Chipps.And a good woman is one you never let slip away. My wife gave up her family, her friends and her culture to be with my worthless arse. She makes me a better person no doubt.
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isn't there significant civil unrest in Timor?
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you know how to talk to me. even uses the word mate in your story.
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Was wearing mandals.
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Nearly done for the dayFucking hate my job.
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Funnily enough, I just tend to get lethered and go to sleep, my mates seem to have the misadventures.
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that Movie makes Pyun's 1990 Captain America look like Ironman.
Horrible DTV dreck, when it could have been soo much better (for a Z-grade flick.)if only they followed the Comic's canon.Oh, and not to spoil it for ya Zed, but MT doesn't appear until the last 10 minutes.What is the Dollar equivilent to 3 pounds anyway?just wanna make sure that your purchase isn't worth the 90 minutes of your life spent watching this crap.Cheers! -
Feb 06, 2009 11:35:00 AM CST
I finally watched Devils on the Doorstep, Kungfu
by hawaiian organ donor
That was an interesting as hell movie. Spectacular performances. And the old guy who wheeled himself to and fro on the cart and called everyone a turtle fucker was hilarious.And it's worthless advice but I got engaged at 21 and it was the worst mistake I ever made. The minute I put a ring on someone's finger, I became a chick magnet. And being 21 years old, I had zero willpower or common sense. So needless to say I screwed over a good woman and carried that cross for years.If you're a better man than me (not hard to do) and philandering ain't your thing then there's nothing wrong with committing young. There's a million women out there for every guy, but only one or two who will put up with our crap till death's sweet release.
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long story short, in 99 they went for freedom, independence from indonesia (long time antagonist to oz - their prez once comented on how much space we had and how many people they had) 'rebels' opposed independence. these were mostly out of uniform indo army. we gave them a good smack and they have woken up to themseves and just do piss weak de stabilising stuff, last time some one died was about six months ago. solomons even less. just kicking in doors and roughing cunts up, not much more dangerous than a copper in a rough part of town (less than some yankie towns) short version: very safe for a well prepared man. but im not a weak cunt, i dont plan to rely on the weakness of the other guy, i'm preparing for a fight and while i don't hope i get one, i also dont want to avoid one. i'll take what they throw at me, my family hasn't deployed since vietnam, and i need to hold the torch
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at the moment,was $6 this time last time.
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from engaged to married.
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i need to be able to drink tommorrow. i have missed you guys - all of you - hey marva! - i'll be back, just need the dust to settle a bit. night all, and ten points if you know who said (at a cattle station in south australia) 'i shall return' (ps he was a cross dresser)
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That had me depressed for a while. They're still shit, just not as shit as I thought.
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It's 1996, returned from a deployment in Bosnia to Camp Darby Italy. I started drinking one Friday afternon. Two weeeks later I woke up in a jail in some goat fucking hill town in Greece gettting wailed on by the local cops. I stopped drinking after that.From what I remember though the bender was fun. I hit the French Riveira, Spain, then my big downfall in Greece. How the fuck I ended up where I did I have no clue. I think I was trying to get to where Sparta is but I'm not sure. My nose is fucked up from that beating the local bulls gave me. Good times.
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that was actually me and not a mate. I did OD on drugs once. Not sure if that counts.
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flat out like a lizard drinking. i will be back. when i don't know, enjoy your lives, jarv haven't stayed up with it but hope the employment and cash flow situation has improved. prob wont check in for a while, but hopefully, when i'm back i'll be back. to the whole church of chang: live long and prosper! enjoy your lives, catch you later on.
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Green Lantern is lame and gay. I've been thinking about this, but reading that Comic thread has convinced me.
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No longer skint. Things are looking up.
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about the state of England Rugby and Cricket. Fuck the football- we've been arse at that for yonks.
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shit man you must be a hard ass. non drinkers are pansies. then there are drinkers. above drinkers are dudes who dicipline themsleves not to drink cause of the havic they cause when they are drunk. there is a big difference between people who don't like to drink and non drinkers. non drinkers are scary
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lets face it: if a person is good at sports, you send them for transportation. (part of the reason there are no great australian authors)
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My engagement lasted so damn long because I had to work with INS to get my wife into the States. And me being the no nonsense guy I am it was down to City Hall to get married.I've dreamt of going on a two week bender but as of yet no one will put up with my drunk self for more than a few hours.
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good night. stay well
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had to do it sharpish to get the wife into the UK. And before any fucker says "internet bride" we've been married for 4 years now and have known each other for (eek) 11
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see you sunday as I'm at work then.
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Worth it. Haven't done it since my "semester long" bender in my first year at Uni. That was painful.
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Especially if Eric Stoltz had to stab a needle in your heart.Good luck with the marriage and deployment Chipps. Make it through both in one piece. I need you alive so I have a place to stay when I finally make it down under.
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Are best undertaken alone. Each one I took off on had it's high points that would have gotten wrecked by others hanging around. I started the European one off with an Italian broad I was hanging out with. I lost her along the way and took up with Brazilian I met in Spain, lost her a few days later. Man I do not get why anybody would want to get married not with all the women that are in the world to sleep with.
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Damn, that's a seven year courtship. Hats off to you, sir!Although who the christ am I to talk. Known the missus for 12 years, married for 7.Speaking of numbers, you bastards are way ahead of me. I'm only at 23 movies for the year. But after this weekend I should be close to 30.
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Having a wife and a kid actually stabilizes a guy who desperately needs it. Being in the military you have a daily regiment to follow and form discipline.I have a mind numbing 8 to 5 job that would turn me into a unmotivated alcoholic were it not for my two women who greet me everyday when I get home.But if I was in your shoes, Xi, I'd be slamming every skirt I could.
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As allah is my witness i'm trying.
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Was it something I said? Oh well off to the gym I guess since the useless day of training is over.
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I went on a two month bender in 2005 summer in spain. Started at the running of the bulls and meandered my way through spain, a dally in portugal and ended up working a bar at a hostel in barcelona. That's where I developed my drinking problem. I had one night in two months where i wasn't pissed to some degree. I think I was fucking some backpacker that night.I tell you what. The cheapest and easiest way to fuck chicks is to work behind the bar at a hostel in Barcelona. All you do is lay the groundwork while you get them loosey goosey with booze. All while you're working. Then if need be (ie. you haven't quite closed), you take her and her friends out to some bar or club and quickly dump off the friends.It fucking works. It also helps to have some local chick all hotsy totsy for the token Aussie. Or whatever your nationality may be.The problem is, by the end of my two month stint I was pouring drinks like I was Michael J. Fox and I had to bail. I went to fucking germany of all places to detox for a week and have sex with some chick I met on the way.Champagne moments frozen in time.
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I also agree benders are best taken alone. I never travel with anyone anymore. When I travel, I just do what I want, when I want and I always end up hanging out with random people.It's probably a bit shit to say, but it's so much more interesting to talk to a random person than the same one or two people every fucking day of a trip.I need another drink before I go to the pub.Fucking long week at work. Fuck the snow. It was okay for about half a day, then it was a pain in the ass. Just creates nothing but headaches and hassles.Rant. Officially. Over.
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thanks for the advice dude. But I doubt you're as bad you're making yourself out to be. If your wife really did all that to be with you, then you must be doing something right.
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I can't decide if I should see Coraline, or the Wrestler, or both! I'm just sort of poor right now, and Valentines Days is coming up, plus our anniversary, so I should probably save. Anybody got any recommendations?
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Because in my opinion, it's one of the more powerful films I have watched in my history of cinema viewing. I've gushed about it before, but I think it truly deserves all the praise it gets.
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It's a good film with a fucking great Rourke performance. I didn't love the flick as much as I expected.Haven't seen Coraline. Ebert did a good review on it. Pretty much said it's great for people into animation and art etc. Might be above the heads of kids.
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It wasn't what I was expecting. Not in a bad way though. I thought the struggle the main guy and his mistress went through to ensure the safety of the two prisoners was gut wrenching. To see these people break down after years of occupation was incredibly powerful.Go see Coraline.
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But it pales in comparison to Milk and Frost/Nixon. And as great as Rourke's performance was, Penn and Langella are superior.
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I guess, throwing away $4.50 on a crummy DVD ain't so bad, but afterwards he'll want a refund: 90 mins of his life back.Oh, as for Dead Set (which you were not too satisfied with.)i thought the premise was interesting, if you can take it for taking a stab at reality shows-gone-fuked up.The ending was the real mindfuck.IMO it surpassed both 28 days and 28 Weeks later respectively.Cheers!
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Milk was surprisingly powerful. Penn was amazing and will win the Oscar (not that it matters since In Bruges got nominated for fuck all).Frost/Nixon was ok. Nothing more. Langella was good, but give me Hopkins any day of the week.
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The guy who played Frost was brilliant as well. And the supporting cast was top notch. Even Kevin Bacon.This was a completely different movie that Stone's Nixon obviously and as jarring as Langella is at first, by the time the interviews start I was completely lost in his performance.I predict In Bruges will win best screenplay which is quite an accomplishment. The little film that nobody saw that wins the day.I know no one here will agree with me but I was stunned by DeCaprio's snub in Revolutionary Road. When he doesn't have to worry about fake accents or sinking ships, the guy is top notch.
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About this engagement party - do us a favour, lay off the pyrotechnics, mate! Don't wanna see anymore pictures of you singed...A pleasure to see you posting again. Stay safe.
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Going on walkabout is much better alone you're correct. I had a few disastrous trips/benders with people and since then I go it alone. That way If I want to stay longer on an old battlefield, museum, art gallery, beach or whatever I can. I also can radically change my plans if something cool pops up or I find some off beat intersting place to go.Thinking on the matter further I realize that I've met some real wacky people all over the world and I probably wouldn't have met them if I travelled with people.
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I got my fiancee the newest issue of Looney Tunes for valentines day. You should see the cover of it.
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The world may not have needed a Thai-language martial-arts hybrid of Kill Bill and Rain Man, but by God, it's got one now.
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Keep Twitch alive this weekend. Zombie Twitch makes the talkback behave erratically. Nazi zombie Twitch will pop up out of the frozen wasteland and sink it's teeth into your...
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So I will follow Mavra's orders to not let this TB slide of the top 10.
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I'm going to turn this into my personal sports blog.
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Alex Rodriquiz, third basemen for the New York Yankees and alleged boytoy for Madonna turned up a postive test for anbolic steroids in 2003, haha chump. Since your so fragile emotionally I figure your season is done and we can reposses that World Series win the cock heads on the four letter network already gave the Yanks.Alex your nickname used to be A Rod but after pissing positive your new gloss is A Roid. You're still Mr. April and A Fraud by the way.
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untill pitchers and catchers report to spring training. 2009 baseball season is here. Yea!I would suggest to anybody that likes good weather and looking at hot women come on out to spring training in Arizona. It's a blast.
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come around soon buddy, we need to hear the epic story of the gathering of the Finches.
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another blistering tied game of zero zero. Congrats to both teams.
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hmm, guess I have to post some more.
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I watch non-league football; I don't believe in the premier league (lower case intended). My local team, Maine Road FC, game got called off today - frozen pitch.Some years ago, a used to watch Manchester City. Hopeless without money. Hopeless WITH money. What's that Rowdy Roddy Piper says in They Live... "That's like pouring perfume on a pig." Money on City...I'm being too harsh.
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Kenny Starfighter looks like a laugh. I'll give that one a go. At least I would if these films actually played anywhere near me.Baader Meinhof did, the only one that has, but I couldn't get to the showing. There's a cinema in town called the Cornerhouse that shows a lot of foreign movies and it's a case of keeping an eye on their web site to see what's coming. But I usually forget. Or my computer malfunctions.I hate computers.
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This also looks exceptional. I'm damn sure the Cornerhouse will grab that one. Hope so, anyway.
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I love the use of "literally" in day to day language, particularly, say, football."Wright-Phillips literally spun on a sixpence..."No he didn't."If the defender had got in the way of that shot it would have literally taken his head off..."No it wouldn't."He was literally hanging by a hair..."No he wasn't.But, everyone, please carry on abusing "literally" for it is most amusing.
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Surprised by the trailer; it literally jumped off the screen at me. Twitch had a little making-of thing on B13U and it didn't impress me at all. Seeing the trailer has changed my mind. Haven't seen the first movie, though.
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I think Paddy Considine is top. Not sure about this, though. I wanted to like it but my funny bone remained un-tickled. Giving it a chance cos it's Paddy.Dead Man's Shoes is a neat little movie. And his performance as New Order manager Rob Gretton in 24hr Party People is stunning. He WAS Gretton, I don't know where he got that from cos the real bloke is dead and there's only bits and pieces of footage to go off. Yet Rob is there on screen through Paddy Considine.Should mention Andy Serkis playing record producer Martin Hannett as well. Very good.
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I've never seen Lost so I don't know if there's any 'ripping off' going on. The black cloud effect looks pretty cool and there seems to be a fair degree of 28 Days Later being deployed... But I'm not convinced.Convince me, Todd.
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I thought the trailer looked poor, to be honest. I notice the trailer has now been 'deleted.'Coincidence?
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Looks all right to me. I've not seen Casshern - is that recommended?I don't mind all these green-screen movies - Sky Captain, 300, Sin City... Didn't get into Beowulf, though. Don't know why. My head was literally somewhere else at the time.
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And keeping this thing afloat today. Pity we are not on the list, but that can be changed.
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... is a very nice beer from Prague. The local Oddbins hasn't got any imported U.S. beers in at the moment. Damn them!
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I don't have any info about some of your topics, but I'm going to bluff my way into the conversation anyow.
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Twitch stuff. Boy, do I feel sheepish.
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Them - in honour of Mr. James Whitmore. Ants everywhere will be breathing a sigh of relief today.Not that ants actually breathe... Or do they? Ballsacks. They haven't got any of those either. Or...Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor not an insect expert!
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My mind is a vast wasteland, apparently. Easy for things to get lost.
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When did you get here? I've just been talking to myself for about an hour. You okay? Why won't my mouse scroll on Firefox? It's annoying.
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Col movie. All of those giant bug movies are da bomb. Far better than Night of the Lepus (waiting to see if you get the connection...)
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That was the advice just given to me. It couldn't hurt.
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This was my big goal for the week. Mission accomplished! Can we say, lowered expectations?
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... you must think me some kind of fool!DeForest Kelley. And Firefox updated itself about an hour ago. No effect.
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OK...next advice (and I am taking a wild guess that the mouse is operating on IE) would be trying a restart. Other than that, maybe unplugging the mouse and seeing if it needs cleaned. Mine will balk if it gets a few strands of cat hair in it, not that I blame it.
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... to sync me cell phone with my PC so I can put some songs on but I think they both hate each other. Dell versus Samsung: The Meltdown.The PC is making 'I'm hungry' noises. Fee-eeeed me, ThereWolf!You're not eating anymore bigagits tonight... Or is it gigabits?
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Re-start, re-boot, booting it with me boot, cleaning it, stroking the scroll wheel sensuously with silk undercrackers. Feeding it cheese.
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signs of life.
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to go into the moose menu and alter the scroll controls. Still nowt down.
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just type 'moose'?Buffoon.
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He has a bad mouse. Do you have any good scare tactics to make it behave again?
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What i know about them you could write on the back of a matchbook cover in a large point grease pen. With all that being said, did you try talking nice to the computer? Or conversly threaten it?
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If you are treating our mouse like that, maybe it's doing it on pupose for the attention. You may be coddling it too much. Try tough love.
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apparently.Hello, Xiphos. Hoe goes?
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not hoe. Unless you're doing some gardening.
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Don't call in the moose. Dirk will show up looking for lovin'. Then again...has anyone seen him since the superbowl? Any odd amoeba tracks on your mouse?
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on how to treat a recalcitrant mouse.buenos noches everybody.
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I've done the whole good cop/ bad cop routine on the bugger but it steadfastly refuses to scroll.
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Sleep well. Thanks for the comments on my werewolf story. I think I might try to send that one in for publishing.
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How long has it been giving you the problem? Is there something in the control panel that needs to be adjusted, maybe since upgrading?
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Dirk? Are you in there?No. It's amoeba-free. I've got some Firefox software on a magazine cover disc - I'll trying throwing that on at some point.
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for least an hour. Sorry i was being cheecky with comment. I was just saying hello to everyone. Missed that by a mile though!
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Go to about:config in your address bar.
In the "Filter" type mousewheel.withnokey
mousewheel.withnokey.action should be 0
mousewheel.withnokey.numlines should be some number greater than 0
mousewheel.withnokey.sysnumlines: Toggle this one back and forth and try scrolling in a different tab to see if that helps
Also, make sure you're not using "Caret Browsing." Press the F7 key in Firefox to toggle it on/off.
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Just kidding. Good to have you stick with us longer.
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I'm working on a new review for you. Probably have it done tomorrow.
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It scrolls fine on AOL and it scrolled fine on Firefox before my PC conked. So, it seems since reinstalling Firefox the problem has occurred. It's going to be a click of a button, that simple, I'm sure of it. And I'll find that click sooner or later...
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http://tinyurl.com/bc9ceq People having the same problem as you and some of the solutions to it.
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I couldn't understand any of that - it was in English.
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Couldn't sleep, huh?
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Here's what I'd do. I would curse up a storm, rip the damn thing out and throw it across the room. I'm not to sure it would help.
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Your reviews totally rock. The Fringe rant was outta this world.
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I'll check that page out.Sorry, I still haven't finished the review I was doing for you. I'll get to it.
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Seems to be a common problem.
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it's only 7 PM for me so I'm going out here to grab some dinner and mess around.
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When I am not in google mode. Makes you feel better, but doesn't have good long term effects. Wolf, don't stress on reviewing. Just have fun with it. The first one is the hardest.
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That we are almost back up to the #3 spot? Bravo! Good mouse!
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suggestions might work. I'll try them out tomorrow. No idea what 'caret browsing' is...
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Although mice will eat carets, too. We have now come full circle back to Night of the Lepus. Ta daaaaa.
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I drop-kicked said mouse all the way across the room. No help but, boy, it sure did feel good.Xi - I was just riffing on your 'false' goodnight thing with the 'can't sleep' thing. See, I can be just as crafty - neeya-hah-haaa!
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Terminator Salvation is off the top spot. How've they kept that one going?
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you can jump up a TB pretty quick because almost nobody is posting.Although there's no way to catch that out of control Bale TB. It's been a long while since a TB has taken off like that one.
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Mouse would be a copyright infringement, no doubt. What IS up with the Bale interest? Guy sounds like an ass.
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The BSG TB managed to usurp the Bale TB top spot. Note to self check out things before you start spewing out posts.
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for about half an hour. Heard enough of it after that. The dance remix is good, though.
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is going because a lot of the posts are repetitive jokes. A bunch are attacks on Harry for the way he wrote up the story and finaly the rest are even more recycled repetetive jokes about Bale's apology.
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He's been singing it over the intercom for the last couple of nights at work. He's a funny one (in more ways than one!).
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Didn't know that. What a guy...
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the review i'm sending in 180 degree opposit of the Fringe review. It's a sloppy love letter to a show I like.
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Yesterday, AFTER the whole thing blew up in his face.
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Sounds like fun. Better not tell Danny.
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The mp3 player I ordered was posted today - I just got an e-mail. Looking forward to messing around with a new gizmo.
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You'll have lots of fun with that. I spend way too much time playing around with mine. Will yours have video?
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This is an official good night. Talk to ya'll later.
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I think it does. It's the Sony 'S' series one. Apparently it comes loaded with a few pop videos but I'm not into pop so those'll get deleted. Presuming they CAN be deleted...
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See you in a couple of minutes...;)
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Just save things you really want to keep into your computer in case you delete something unintentionally.
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Termy Salvation is rising ominously toward top spot again...
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There's a discrepancy with the number of songs you can store. On play.com it says 2000 songs but in a catalogue I got hold of today it states 4000. Weird.
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Mr Z! He's taken Terminator back to the top, the rascal!
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Both rock.
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Want to go top?
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I want it off the top spot, fucking prick.
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Fun?
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The number of songs you can store depends on their size. It will also depends how many pics and videos you put on.
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Rocked
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Kicked ass.
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Was fun. Drunk whisky and bonded with a cool chick. Got phone number asked for by a fifteen year old girl, who I ignored.
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Taken/Burn After Reading on Monday.
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Changing my digs, but I'm not in too big of a rush because I really hate moving. I have til the end of the month. It may take me that long to get my books and videos together.
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Good luck with that.
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You don't want to be posting from prison. Lost is really something this season. The whole time-travel story is complicated, but fun. Good to see Locke as a leader-type again.
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Really, really well crafted movie. I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, but it really does get pretty damn close.Neil Gaiman's storytelling combined with Henry Selick's directing really make for something I can only describe in retrospect of the 3D viewing as magical.
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This week you'll get reviews for: The Reader, Slumdog Millionaire, Hamlet II, Lost 504/505, Heroes 315, Taken, Burn After Reading and possibly something else.
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Fell asleep. Hello, Mr Z. 15 yr old? Am I still asleep?Mavra? Moving? I only nodded off for a couple of minutes. What in high hell happened?
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I haven't paid much attention to Coraline, but the bits I've seen make it look something like James and the Giant Peach. Is it some sort of rip-off of that>
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I told Herb that the site name needs to be changed to myzed.com. You are more dependable about writing than I am. :)
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Twenty years have passed since your previous postings. Malia Obama is now the Prime Minister (she gained citizenship after the marriage to Prince Harry). She's simply amazing. You should get a newspaper and catch up.
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I haven't aged a day! What kind of sorcery is this?
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No. I was at the cinema, she asked for my number. I was horrified.
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I post a lot, but there's something to be said for posting quality rather than quantity. For example, Vern rarely posts here but when he does it rules.
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I go in a shop every Saturday. There's a girl works in there, we get on quite well. She's about 20 years younger than me, I reckon. I can't cross that bridge...Can I?
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You were playing nine-pins with Henry Hudson's crew and fell asleep. The world moved on, but you didn't miss too much. The more it changes, the more it stays the same...except for the Prime Minister thingy.
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Yeh, right...
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It's oddly fun.
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What party does he/she represent?
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Actually, yeah. I hate teenagers.
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Especially after 20 years. My ex was about 30 years older than me. 20 years difference is not a big deal, imho.
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So long as the person is over the legal age.
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She's 20-odd. That makes me 40-odd. That's a ludicrous age difference. But still...
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Ms. Obama is a proud member of the Disney Dance Party. All citizens are required to register their favorite Jonas Brother and wear mouse ears on holidays.
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Uhh, no. They're totally different.James and the Giant Peach is about a boy escaping his life to go traveling with his unexpected new friends. Coraline is about a girl discovering a new life while learning the differences between the convenient life and the valuable time we can spend with our parents as kids. Coraline hardly leaves the house.I guess your comparison would make sense since Henry Selick did make them both. So far he has only made three films actually. Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach, and Coraline. That's a pretty track record if you ask me. And talk about quality over quantity.
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I've met a cool chick whose over the legal age. Which is good.
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doing in that animation up top? Was he doing that before I fell asleep?Hey now, Mr Z - you were a teenager once. Rein in that hatred. Get down with the kidz, yo.
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And I say this to you from a female perspective, ask her out. You'll never know if you don't.
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get down with them, I just mean understand them, nothing illegal or owt...
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I was a teenager once. Now I'm not. So I don't want to deal with the kidz and their lingo.
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Thanks. That does boost it in my view. I'm a lifelong fan of Roald Dalh's writing and don't like seeing people trying to recreate his work.
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the Termy Salvation TB. They're on a mission.
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If you two get along and you find that you have common interests, maybe it's the right thing to do. Don't let age factor in.
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I thought that was a sign of potential.
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This too shall pass.
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She obviously has excellent taste. How does she feel about Heroes and Fringe? More importantly, what are her viewpoints on Tremors, Kurt Russell and Bruce Campbell? These are crucial!
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My feeble attempt to change the subject failed.Message received. The Wolf is on the scent...
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It's cute, but won't get you too far. Go prowling. Happy hunting!
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is one thing I ain't.Middle-aged is one thing I am.
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You have to build up to those questions. That's the 'it's getting serious. Check for longevity' point.
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Goodnight Mavra, Mr Z & KingFu. May the remainder of your evening (or morning) be fruitful.
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I had to have a final opinion, naturally. Goodnight.
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This is serious! I tend to be blunt, so I would ask these questions straight out. Life's too short to pussyfoot around with such important issues.
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No way. Just saying that's the sort of question I would ask were things to be heading towards that point. I
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Who is her favorite character? Details, man, we need details! The weekend needs something to spice it up.
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If we overwhelm Twitch next week, that might be a place for a hostile takeover.
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Hmmmm. The other choices are pretty good, but Daniel? At least it wasn't Neal.
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Dissent.
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Poor flaming Frogert.
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He was a right toss-pot.
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I like Desmond and Sawyer, but Locke, Hurley, and Rousseau are my favorites. Sayid is awfully close on that list, also.
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But I prefer Hiro.
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That would be interesting...Hiro on the island. Bipartisanship of the networks is a rare thing, though. The X-Files pulled it off (slightly), but not many do.
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I've only thirty minutes left before sleep.
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But it's too close to time for work to take a nap. Maybe I'll go in early and get it over with.
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I have to go back to contemplation.
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Catch you tomorrow.
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Not n Chipps drunk posting class, but I feel perty damn gud! I saw Taken in Friday. Great movie! Loam Neeson rocks! Totally beleeavble. Great action, pg-13, but still hihly entertaining. Only bad part was the owman wo played his daughter maggir Grace, I am not a lostie so i had no idea who she was, only that casting her as some type of beautiful teen that woud cauze somebidy to pay haf a million simoleans is in the immortal words of Mike tyson - ludicris or however otis spelled. Famke is ooking her age and so i doubt she could make another xmen unless they did that special effect to make her lookyouger but that might be creepy. Still i digress i think. had too omany fat batserds batsrads batsrdards bastards batsratds fuck it. good niyte
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or fat arroant basterds fuk!
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Fabulous! This should go down as one of the best drunken posts of the year! Bravo!!!!
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that is one drunk-ass post
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Feb 07, 2009 10:01:26 PM CST
Definitely not in Chipps class, TKD
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
That drunk post is in a class above and beyond any that has come before it.Well played, sir.
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WHO gives a fuck if sports players take steroids? Really? Does it really fucking matter? Its like saying you don't want gay people to get married.
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But I ate too much food at dinner and I can't drink anything and I am too full to fall asleep. Was watching Zodiac...it put someone else to sleep so now I have to wait till tomorrow to finish it. Because lets fact it, I did watch it about a year ago, but does anyone ever remember anything from that movie? I feel like I'm watching it for the first time, except I don't like it any better. The only thing I notice was the old school opening logos.
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Is from the Pee Wee movie. I thought I saw someone asking about that.
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I've been watching this a bunch on the Adult Swim. Its ok. Anyone else watching it? Also what about Take Alook Around? I really think thats funny.
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Comes out this month??? WHHHHATTTT? Guess it sucks. Too bad that actor who's name no one knows who is playing M. Bison is pretty cool, needs some bigger roles in something someones seen. Yeah no one saw Ravenous or Forever Strong...except me.
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Good job on being so late. Micheal Phelps smokes weed???? Really and he gets a three month suspension from....what? Jesus that Hasselback girl on the View is fucking dumb.
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I care about baseball. Steroids fuck it up and it has nothing to do with gay marriage asshole. stop being a bitch. steroids alow marginal motherfuckers to succuced past thier abilities.
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To get lasik eye surgery then? I mean there are SOOO many "supplements" and enhancements that are available to today's athletes that its just silly to sit around and pretend that baseball is the same that it is today as it was from even the early 90's. Everything has gotten so out of hand I say just make steroids a mandatory thing rather then wasting governments time with congressional hearings about weather or not certain players are taking steroids or not.
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called Shigurui?I'm not a very big fan of anime at all, but a trailer for it played on the Afro Samurai: Resurrection DVD and it looks pretty cool. Like a very traditional samurai story with lots of great slicing and dicing, and some superb, gorgeous looking animation. It looks pretty tempting.
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I really should come on and post when I'm nine sheets to the wind.Watched Nick and Norah, Miracle at St. Anna and Nights in Rodanthe this weekend. St. Anna has the dubious honor of being the first great-shit-great again-shit again movie I've seen. The other two were OK. Nothing I'd go out of my way to recommend.My cigar is almost done so I'm about to go back inside and give Body of Lies a try.
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Had a fabulous steak dinner, along with several blue moons and arrogant bastards, and I was feeling no pain! For some reason I wanted to share! Oh, well, looking at that post, I think what I was trying to say was that I loved the flick, Liam Neeson was great, and the only drawback was that they portrayed Maggie Grace as being so good looking to warrant being sold for a half a million bucks. Ludicrous! She just aint that good looking. In fact is rather plain. Still, that micasting cue aside, it was a truly great action movie. Oh, and Famke is definitley looking her age, so that special effect they used in X3 to make Xavier and Magneto younger is the only that could work for Famke - but it would look creepy as hell.
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Absolute coolness!
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For some reason you last post did not make much sense. Man...sorry but it was almost gibberish. I think you need a few drinks before posting so that we can understand what you're trying to tell us. ;)
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All of those mouse/moose postings yesterday are fading away.
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This could be disasterous!
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We'll be back on top easily.
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I wasn't ready for this. So unprepared!!!
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Just wondering how it compares (no, I haven't seen it yet).
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Yawn.
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But darn it, I tried.
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Stinks.
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Did anyone else have anything cooler then that happen to them this weekend???? I didn't think so.
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Don't know how well they work, but how much worse could they be?
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Work and packing. You win. :)
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Maybe tomorrow will be cooler. Goodnight.
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Ehhhh it was a little better second time round. Not as good as No Country for Tommy Lee a second time round. Nothing amazing, just really good. I still think Alien 3 will get snubbed at this years Auscars, but then again I've yet to see Benjamen Gump 2. Also its going to be tough to say anything was better or more moving then Milk. ANYWAYS back to this World Cup propaganda Soccer documentary narrated by Jon Cleese.
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Haven't seen the new one. But really, the old one isn't particularly good.
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The original has to be good, or you're just being contrary.
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I got bored with it.
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Bale thread is fucking amateur
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Some stupid woman pushed him so his head hit a car. He instinctively swung. What sort of moron PUSHES a professional athlete into a car?
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Pretty look at, but nothing going on underneath.
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She needs to either go full hog and just do the reports topless, or try and be less 'I'm serious, but also a girl. mehehe'
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It's a nice 'screw you' to Harry for the crap he's said over the years. Polanski... Chocolate Covered Pussy Juice... comparing Blade II to nasty oral sex - hopefully he gets the hint.
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Writing... research... reading... eating... then watching Taken/Burn After Reading.
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If the TBs were moderately professional, would we able to get Harry booted off the site?
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Now to secure our position
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It isn't that bad. Really.
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But it's readable.
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The fanboys are bugging me. WAIT TILL IT FUCKING AIRS YOU AMATEURS
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YATTA - I'd post in that thread, but Herc strikes me as an ass-hat.
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Not bad work. But X-Men III still sucks and Watchmen sounds worse with each additional bit of news.
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That's a lot of incoming.
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That was crass.
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I still need to watch from last week. Seeing that Destroyed in Seconds is the only thing on tv with a good story and special effects these days, not really hoping for much. Don't really know why I recorded Frindge and Lie to Me. Life On Mars is back and makes for passable tv on like that fucking show that proceeds it. In all reality I'm surprised that Lost is still on, I don't anyone outside of geeks that watch it, and that usually isn't enough to keep a show on the air.
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And yet it didn't see more then 80 theaters? And its theater run gets cut by half each week?
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what the fuck did we do to incur this wrath. fucking shit.
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Was trying to write ten pages of a JL script. Only did one.
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Feb 09, 2009 4:47:59 AM CST
I'm to 35 flicks for 2009. I was very lazy yesterday!
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Near Dark - A lot of fun. Plus it was interesting to see the brother of Peter from Heroes in the lead role. I'd never seen him before Heroes. More Bigelow greatness. Witness - Genius, as always. One of Fords best.The Thing - First time viewing and it didn't fail. Awesome film with a really bleak fucking ending. Kurt is the man.Blade Runner: The Final Cut - I've made two previous attempts at watching this film (one theatrical, one DC). Both times I didn't get past the scene where the chick crashes through 18 panes of glass, which are strategically placed so some chick can crash through them. I made it through the entire film this time and there is so much to like about it. It's visually amazing and the music is great. But the story fails to connect. It's the same problem I had with Benjamin Button. A technically brilliant film.Only You - Yeah, very cheesey but a nice little sunday afternoon flick with Downey Jr and Marisa 'cute as a fucking button' Tomei.The Incredible Hulk - I decided to give it another go. Not only was it just as shit as before, I actually hate it more now. It's just so fucking moronic and the action scenes (which account for 90% of the film) are completely incoherent. There is one amazing shot in it and it's the one of the houses in Brazil. And you can tell that's their money shot because the shot hangs on for at least 10 seconds longer than it should have. Fuck this flick sucks ass. I'd call it a complete load of horseshit, but that's an insult to horseshit.
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This weekend there was Spider-Man Saturday - Spider-Man (still the best comic book origin film), Spider-Man 2 (still the best comic book film, period), and Spider-Man 3 (still an ungodly clusterfuck, but I can't help liking it).Then I saw Anchorman (not as funny as I remembered), Carlito's Way (very good), and The Thing (still one of my favourites, no matter how many times I see it).Not a bad weekend's viewing, really.
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I don't understand that complaint at all. I thought the action in that one was perfectly clear and understandable.
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am sitting on 61. Not bad effort, and well on course. I did watch Child's play 3 (dogshit) and Freddy v Jason (should be dogshit, but is actually worse), The Thing, Ginger Snaps and Terminator 2 last night. Those 3 were needed to remove the pain of Child's Play 3 and FvJ.
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Anchorman- First time I've ever seen it. Not funny in the slightest, I really detest Will Ferrel.
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is daft if you like Ang Lee's Hulk- which has the most incomprehensible badly shot fight scene I've ever seen
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You warned me off ITNOTK and I didn't listen, so this weekend I took your advice and deleted the Child's Play films and watched all the Spider-Mans instead, which I enjoyed very much.So much, in fact, that it's put me in a Marvel sort of mood, so I reckon if I skip the drunkening this week I might follow up Spider-Man Saturday with a Fantastic Four Friday.
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and the rugby was shite as well. Fucking terrible weekend's sport.
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Child's play 2 and 3 are beyond crap. Especially 3. Half the problem is that chucky isn't likable, and the other half is that he isn't scary.
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That's pretty cool.Watching it again this weekend reinforced in my mind what a horrible idea that prequel is. Horrible.
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Bad idea. Awful, in fact. Mrs Jarv has developed a weird urge to see the Friday 13th remake. I'm trying to talk her out of it.
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Little Johnny was in school telling the class what his father did for a job.
"My dad is a gay lapdancer and brings men home at night to sleep with him for money."
The teacher was horrified and kept Johnny in after school.
"Now Johnny, your father is not really a gay lapdancer is he?"
'No Miss, he actually plays cricket for England but I was too embarrassed to tell everyone."
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It's the synchronicity of seeing a Friday the 13th at the cinema on Friday the 13th that's getting to me, but I reckon I'll fight it off.According to Rotten Tomatoes, there are no reviews for it yet, which is a bad sign for a film that comes out this Friday.
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but if it was called Friday 13 part 11 then I'd be fine with it. But in part 1 Jason wasn't the killer and he didn't get his hockey mask till 3.
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Now that I've seen it I can join the chorus against any such prequel or sequel. Just don't fucking need it. It's a brilliant stand-alone flick that will not benefit from seeing the norwegians dying or whatever the fuckers come up with in a sequel.Do a fucking Big Trouble in Little China sequel or Escape from Space instead! Or not. How about coming up with something original you fuckers.
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Incomprehensible action for the brain damaged set.Whoa man. Did you see that shit blow up real good? Fuckin' awesome 'splosion, dude.And there are about ten moments when exploding shit flies at the screen. C'mon. That shit hasn't been cool since The Long Kiss Goodnight.
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I haven't watched it for ages, but I did find it very funny. But that was about 18 Will Ferrell flicks ago and I doubt I'd be quite as amused next time round.
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Feb 09, 2009 6:59:42 AM CST
I've got my mitts on a fan-edit of Episode 1
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Which is supposedly far superior to the official version. Apparently they've redubbed Jar Jar into an entirely different character. I'm quite interested to see it. Bloody geeks. They really can be quite creatively pathetic.
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Echo...echo...
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Feb 09, 2009 7:05:49 AM CST
My fucking home state is burning to the ground
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
135 people dead so far. I'm fucking disgusted at the fuckers that are starting fires. Motherfucking cunts deserve to be air dropped smack bang in the middle of it.
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prequels in existance- where you cut together all 3 films into 1 3 hour long film. And I'm positive that it would be good.
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as opposed to chinese Hulk which is really, really, clever and for the black turtleneck, cappucino swilling, intellectually snobbish, but still dishonest, wine bar set. Oooh look- constipated cabbage hulk is erm swimming? fighting a rock? erm what? Load of hairy dog gonads.
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Feb 09, 2009 7:17:04 AM CST
I'm the one guy in here who will defend Will Farrell
by hawaiian organ donor
But if there's a worse movie than Anchorman out there, I haven't seen it. Oh wait, I forgot about Semi-Pro, another unwatchable Farrell flick.I'm convinced you could pull Jar Jar out of the prequels and it wouldn't be choppy. Also, redub 90% of Anakin's dialogue and you'll have movies worth watching.
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Feb 09, 2009 7:22:18 AM CST
That expiration date zombies movie sounds fantastic
by hawaiian organ donor
Paratrooper zombies on the battlefield is an idea screaming to be made.Sorry to hear about the wildfires, Droid. Arsonists are the lowest form of scum. Pushing them out of an airplane into the blaze is too good a fate for those scumbags.
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there is one good film lurking in there. 1. The focus is wrong- seeing as we know that the Empire wins, we should be focusing on Palpatine's moves. Not drippy emo twat and the non-relationship. They're shit, frankly.
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and taking into account you're vitriol towards Hulk, I have to say that you are overlooking the fact that Hulk at the very least ATTEMPTED some semblance of character and story. If you like it or not thats a different story. Le Hulk abandoned any such attempt and just started blowing shit up. You never understood anything about any of the "characters". It was noise and fury for mental defectives.Lastly on the whole Hulk/Le Hulk argument...When asked to describe how he feels when he becomes the Hulk, in Le Hulk he says "I don't remember anything. It's like a hallucination, you know, like the ones we has when we volunteered at college."Banner in Hulk says, "Even now I can feel it, buried somewhere deep inside, watching me, waiting... But you know what scares me the most? When I can't fight it anymore, when it takes over, when I totally lose control... I like it."How much more interesting is that as a basis for the Banner/Hulk character?
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Feb 09, 2009 7:34:06 AM CST
There are a few potentially good Zombie (not Rob) flicks
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Like World War Z. That being said, I'm a bit tired of every horror flick being about vampires, zombies or a remake of anything successful.
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Pointless.
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All three of them are fundamentally flawed in so many ways, I don't see how a re-edit could help them.Also pointless.
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That's why I watched it again. But it hardly made me laugh at all. The whole cast seemed to be trying much, much, much too hard to be funny, which always ends up having the opposite effect on me.
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I really believe that, somewhere deep down inside, some part of Lucas's brain knew The Phantom Menace was shit, but the only way that part of his brain could express itself was to insert a ludicrous rabbit/fish/horse/man into the story to wander around and give the finger to everything else that was going on by stepping in poo and getting farted on and whatnot.Jar Jar is a subconscious Dadaist terrorist. He should be in more bad films.
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hate it. Pretentious psychobabble arse. I will give you that about characterisation, though. There really isn't any in LE Hulk.
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Feb 09, 2009 8:06:36 AM CST
Jar Jar as a recurring character in godawful films?
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
I like it.My vote would be Death Race as one of the opposing drivers. As a total badass who gets dispatched in completely gory fashion.Or Rambo, as one of the rescue team. Or as the main Burmese bad guy. Seeing Jar Jar split in half by Sly would make my year.Genius.
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Anchorman is funny as shit. And I like Freddy Vs. Jason. Mainly because it was a Freddy Film more then a Jason film. Anyone read the Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ash comic? Its ok, would be a pretty lame movie.
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I just can't believe a Hulk film that's being criticized for excess of smashing could actually be that bad at all. That sounds more like a compliment. And I was loving all the little nerdy Marvel touches that I noticed were getting added to the movie, like Captain America in the ice, and the inclusion of the super soldier serum, and Downey's Stark. It's very exciting to see this whole Marvel universe coming to fruition. They may not really have Spider Man or the X men right now, but a good Avengers line-up, as well as all the solo films, I'm sure could keep them very happy for quite some time.
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like Pride and Prejudice. "Oh Mr. Darcy" "Meesa want to grope your ta-ta's"
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Coraline, which I talked about a little above. Great movie.And then of course, I rewatched Afro Samurai: Resurrection, which won't garner as many awards as Coraline, but in my opinion is just as fun.
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Feb 09, 2009 8:24:00 AM CST
Jar Jar in the Terminator remake
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
"Is yoosa Sarah Connor?""Meesa gonna be back!"
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Watched Young Guns..."we're in the spirit world asshole..they can't see us"...I still enjoy this movie. "I could have killed ya Dick, I could have killed ya.."Constantine...I'm probably in the minority on this one, but I like this one too. I think Keanu is perfect for this type of role, so it worked for me.Burn after Reading...not funny. The only funny parts were the closet scene and the two scenes with J.K. Simmons. He was fucking hysterical. Next..I enjoyed this Nic Cage silly film. Much like with Keanu above, Nic is perfect for this premise.
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"meesa got here issa failure to communicate"
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Meesa a whore.
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"Frankly meesa dearsy, meesa don'ts givesa damnsey. Ye gods! Whatta meesa sayin?"
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Meesa don't gives a damns...
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Jar Jar only terrorises bad films. He would never appear in Cool Hand Luke.Even Jar Jar knows Cool Hand Luke is a masterpiece.
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Meesa complete yousa...
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Everyone is off and running now.
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Meesa just the cook.
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Feb 09, 2009 8:31:41 AM CST
They should have replaced the squid with an 8 storey tall Jar Ja
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
and just had him stomping around New York like that shitty fucking Cloverfield monster.
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"Help meesa, help yoosa"
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Feb 09, 2009 8:33:59 AM CST
Jar Jar as the Dunst character in Interview with the Vamp
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
"Meesa wants some moresa!"
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"Meesa got the needs, theesa needs for speeds"
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SWEARSA TO MEESA!
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"Yousa shalls not passa!"I'm just amusing myself picturing Jar Jar as these characters.
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Feb 09, 2009 8:45:14 AM CST
Jar Jar's scared everyone off!
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Damn you Jar Jar! Not again!
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The conception that Elektra, Daredevil and the new Hulk are bad is flawed. Why? Because they're based on the comic-books. As they are faithful, then complains must - logically - come from people who don't like the comic books. To that end, the films achieve what they were designed to.
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Fine - just don't say 'oh, they're nothing like the comic-books.' That makes you out to be wrong, in a way that goes beyond opinion and into fact.
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The DD hatred is particularly bewildering. They fucking nail the character.
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It's on dozens of 'worst comic-book film' lists. Despite the fact that it is faithful, well-cast (MCD as The Kingpin was genius), and does a fine job in showing the duality and contradictions of the character.
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Two of them are REALLY fucking flawed. No one's really said they're 'nothing like the comic books'. At least in this conversation.And to say you don't like a comic book movie because you don't read the comics is bullshit. I hardly read any comics and love some CB flicks, and hate others. It depends on the flick, not on the comic.
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I don't really get the statement Zed made about Marvel films either. You won't find any of those Elektra stories in the comics. Daredevil was pretty faithful to the Miller story, and I actually kind of like that movie. These films fail because fundamental components of the medium like pacing, acting, and scripting are sub-par. The material in question has great promise for a good movie. It is my belief that even the strongest filmmaker can take a lackluster story and make it something great. Just look at what some of the best contemporary directors are doing with these under 30 page children's stories.and Keaneu was far from perfect in the role of Constantine. Are you fucking kidding me? Have you ever even read the comic?
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the endless Jar Jar posts are not funny at all.Try obnoxious.
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I think I get what you're saying now. I think my earlier post should be supporting your argument then. As usual, good show sir.
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Love the character, love the Hell's Kitchen setting, love Bullseye, saw it in the theatre's opening day. Did not particularly care for the casting though, outside of Bullseye. Michael Clarke Duncan just doesn't work for me. Something tells me the only Kingpin that would satisfy me though would have to be non-human, like a giant puppet or something. Or CG maybe.
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I was just tickled by the thought of Jar Jar appearing in other roles. No need to get shirty about it.
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Feb 09, 2009 9:03:16 AM CST
The DC of Daredevil is acceptable as a film
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Electra and The Incredible Hulk are not.
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Why do I want to see Yatterman so badly? I am such a weak little fanboy for Miike. It's getting kind of pathetic.
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And a Miike for that matter? Do tell...
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And I am still holding out faith on the new Hulk until I see it. I like the Lee Hulk okay, but I'm just ready for a dumbhouse Hulk film with a nice balance, and maybe some good character work. There's a whole universe to the whole Banner-Hulk/Jekyll-Hyde psychology that hasn't even been tapped yet. It's possible to merge such stuff with good action. Why can't any director just realize this yet?
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That, as far as I can tell, is what started the Daredevil hatred. Its inherent garbageness.The only worthwhile thing that film has to offer is the wonderful, wonderful midriff of Jennifer Garner.All else is garbage.
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So I'm not fucking kidding you. Since I have no baggage related to the comic, I thought it was fine in that role. Hey, I don't know if it totally strayed from the comic, I can only speak to what I saw.And I like the DC of Daredevil very much. I think the only scene I really don't like in that movie is the playground scene. It just doesn't work...maybe it was the way it was shot.
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never really got the love for her. She's okay, but I have just always been a little bored by her, especially in Daredevil.
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Lot of ranty comments. The comic-book film I like the least is Ghost Rider, and even then I can't hate it because it's knowingly stupid. The second Nicholas Cage eats jelly beans out a wine glass, you know they're not taking it seriously enough for it to be a crime against cinema. What can I say, even if the films aren't 'good' I love living in an age where they wind up on screen. I have huge problems with some of them, but I find something entertaining in each. Even Elektra - how they sold the studio on The Hand is eternally amusing to me.
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Yatterman showed up on the Twitch Eye Candy before. Miike is the Japanese director helming the film. And it looks like cinematic candy. yum, yum.
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Garbage? I guess you'll be angry that I rate it in my top five comic-book films. And that it inspired me to write superhero stuff.
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sorry for the meanness over Constantine. I have trouble with Keaneu still getting work in Hollywood.
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I'm writing a virtual series of it as I type.
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I never read the comic-books, so while I appreciate that if I did I would hate the film... I found it barely coherent, but fun.
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Feb 09, 2009 9:18:33 AM CST
I enjoyed Constantine as a guilty pleasure...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
and have never read the comic. I saw i when it first came out so I would have to give it another go to re-evaluate.
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You're free to like whatever you want, Mr Z.Different strokes and whatnot.
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shudder
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I just find the attitude of 'garbage' a little strong to comprehend. But like you said, different strokes. In saying that, learn a lesson from Daredevil. As a concerned parent, don't become a low-level enforcer and chase your son near a truck full of toxic waste
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There is a lot of cool shit in that movie.
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and down between the floor and ceiling, which was amusing.What I never realized is, for whatever reason, I let the credits roll through and there's another scene at the end where Keanu is visiting Shia's grave and out pops Shia with his wings and flies upwards to heaven.
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I had to wake up a little earlier than I would have liked. Not a good excuse, I know.
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That should have been one of those messages on NBC's the more you know...
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What. The. Fuck?
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One bottle of 23 dollar Jack Danielsgone in under 36 hours.Over half of which, I still have a hard time remembering where I was. I think there were lots of girls and cigars though, so it must have been pretty fun.
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The quality is crap, but maybe someday I will spread the truth.
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Feb 09, 2009 9:28:30 AM CST
The one thing about DD that I was surprised by...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
is that it was pretty dark. Like the scene where he watches as the guy gets run over by the train.There was a lot of wire-fu that was pretty shitty though.
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It's available via my Facebook.
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Feb 09, 2009 9:36:20 AM CST
Holy shit...Paul Walker proposed to his 19 year old girlfriend.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
He is 35. He says they have been dating for 3 years. So they started when she was 16 and he was 32? WHOA!
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Fucking sucks. Really fucking sucks. Apart from the bit where Colin says "You're good, but I'm magic". That was the shiznit.
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Never compromises, never surrenders. Not even in the face of a Daredevil fanboy.
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Odd.
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1) Fight in Playground. Awful 2)Jennifer Garner's performance 3)The Evanescence music video of Garner training. 4)The Romance. 5)The final fight 6)Colin playing darts in london. 7)Throwing broken glass. 8)Shite Wi-Fu 9)Affleck. I haven't seen the directors cut, but I'm told by usually reliable sources that it's a lot better
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Is that legal?
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You have to like some of the above. It's not like they remove Affleck and Garner, or their romance. They just shade in a few aspects more.
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Daredevil is definitely flawed, but I'll take it over Transformers any day of the week. See you guys again in a few hours.
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With the sprinklers on and that crazy strobe frame-rate? That shits da' bomb. I think the two weakest elements of that film is the wire-fu and the music. Other than that, it was a pretty solid effort everyone shit on at the time because they were still on the Affleck Hate-Train.
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was that he's some blind cunt that fights crime. In a gay costume that looks ripped off batman's gay costume. But Red. You know what I mean
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http://tinyurl.com/d7ag24
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His costume was initially yellow. Then red. Then they made it demon red.
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Radar jobee sense thingy. That was well done. Final Fight. Colin killing woman with peanut. And I don't hate Affleck- just that was a bad film. One I'll also take over Transformers.
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Nice burgundy tone. The set design of his apartment was cool too.
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Peter Mayhew Chewbacca? If so, good for him. That's a pimp move.
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Feb 09, 2009 9:45:34 AM CST
Jarv-- did you like or dislike the final film?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Did I just convince you it rocks?
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You said the final fight sucked... then you say it's one of the things you liked?!?
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If you liked DD, I did a 'superhero lesson' to stop parents from emulating Jack Murdock.
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It isn't the worst movie ever. And I prefer it to Spiderman 3, Superman Returns, X3 and Ang Lee's Hulk. But the suckage is huge.
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Just pathetic. It doesn't even have better action.
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So I changed my mind. He was right. I just remembered Duncan tossing Affleck around like a toy and some piss poor ranting about fear. I think I blanked it out.
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Final fight sucks ass until the sprinklers go off.
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Feb 09, 2009 9:55:17 AM CST
its funny....I was hard on DD when I first saw it.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I think I just had such high hopes from this emerging comic book film genre. Now that the book is sorta sealed on that chapter, I see the films we ended up with are 70% shit. So looking back DD is actually pretty good. I really liked Bullseye. He's a ridiculous character, but aren't they all? Collin kicked ass in the role. He really seemed to get pleasure out of hurting people. I really like Joey Pants as well.
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What is that?
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I like the final fight. I also like the fight with Bullseye...my hands! Then he chucks him threw the glass.
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Did at the time, still do now. Danny - got bored, decided to film a short sketch in the 'more you know' style.
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and I'd say they were mostly shit. It's just not great.
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Great sound editing and cutting back and forth to Sonar-Vision was handled very well there.
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...when he is beating the fuck out of that dude's face in the hallway and he looks up to see that kid staring at him all terrified, DD is weak and out of breath and says "I'm not the bad guy kid."
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http://tinyurl.com/cdy5xl The quality is awful and there's sound problems. But it amused me.
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The elation that he feels as a kid when his superpowers kick in. Makes New York feel like a giant playground for him. Granted it goes to Heck, but it was so awesome seeing this blind kid pulling bitchin stunts.
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that scene blows chunks.
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Funniest line of the day. Nice one, Jarv.If the film had been called Some Blind Cunt That Fights Crime, I might have like it more.
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And you call yourself a concerned parent.
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...as Some Blind Cunt!
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some blind cunt. Except for Scent of a Woman. That already had one.
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...concerned that not enough Superhero films have the word 'cunt' in the title.Little Frank Jnr is longing for the day when Some Cunt With A Magic Ring That Doesn't Work On Yellow Shit comes out. That cunt with the magic ring is one of his favourite characters.
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Has a fucking pottymouth.
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Personally I like both. I think the worst 10 minutes in any of those 3 films are better than the entire X-Men trilogy.
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He gets it off his dad.
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I won't argue with anyone who thinks FF is shit. All I've ever said is I enjoyed it, which doesn't necessarily mean it's good.Sometimes I enjoy shit, that's all.
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It's times like these an edit buttong would be appropriate.
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I don't really distinguish the two so much. If I enjoy something-- in my mind its good because it gave me some form of pleasure and stimulus. Its sorta the same way you gauge a massage. Its not the quality of the massage that counts, its all about how big the smile on your face is following the finish.
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That playground scene almost derails the film but I thought everything else was spot on.And I've said it before and I'll say it again. I don't understand how someone can like either, let alone both FF films and not give every single movie a free pass. I just don't get it. It's like admitting you'll eat a baked rhino turd but pass on sauteed seal feces because "it takes like shit."It just doesn't compute to me.
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People use so bad it's good... fuck that. I enjoyed Batman & Robin. It entertained me. Is it good? I wouldn't say under a quality barometer, but it was enjoyable.
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Some things you like, some things you don't. There doesn't have to be a rhyme or a reason to it. Just because you like one cheese, does not mean you must therefore like all cheeses; and just because I enjoyed one bad film does not mean I am therefore compelled to like every other bad film. That kind of simplistic logic doesn't apply at all.Taste is subjective.
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I hate that shit too. The "So Bad Its Good" or "Dumbhouse" or "Guilty Pleasure." What the fuck? Why are you guilty for liking something? Grow a fucking pair and say you like it. Or saying something isn't a good movie, but you enjoy it anyway. To me-- if I enjoy it and will watch it repeatedly in my life, that makes it a good movie. What the fuck is a good movie anyway? Its all just images and colors strung together with corresponding sounds and music to force an emotion out of us. Its stupid to me that people are naturally supposed to feel a dramatic film is more of an achievement than an action film. Why? Because the dialogue is serious? That makes it more of an overall achievement? On a technical level a dramatic film is probably far easier to make than any other kind of film. Yet we have to take it serious because it was created to be taken seriously and therefore There Will Be Blood will always be ranked higher than The Transporter.
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Big Lebowski is my favourite Coen flick. I don't care that the public think they've made better, I just find Big Lebowski ridiculously rewatchable.
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Feb 09, 2009 10:51:21 AM CST
Hudsucker Proxy is their only film I really like.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
And its probably in my Top 15.
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Everyone who gives Stallone shit for making 'action films' - he did a serious 'actor' role, and they shunned him. Fuckers. Same with putting down comedians. Comedy is incredibly difficult to pull off. Yet you don't see comedians getting nominated for Oscars.
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Great film.
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Taste is sujective indeed. How else to explain Paul Blart nearing the $100M mark.
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People are sadomachistic.
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I don't understand why people feel compelled to put nothing but dramas or black comedies on their best of the year lists. Are you telling me there wasn't one single movie critic who din't pop a chubby while watching Rambo last year? If it made you squeal with joy then rank it appropriately. Don't keep it off the list because you feel your peers will shun you.And Danny brings up a good point. I thought Revolutionary Road was an ok enough movie but technically it wasn't an achievement. You had people sitting around the house the whole time.I can't even begin to imagine the scope of what went into making that final scene in Rambo. And Stallone deserves kudos for pulling it all together.
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Is it the best? No idea. But I had the time of my life watching it.
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There's no sense of guilt about liking them. If a film fails on every conceivable artistic level, yet is entertaining as fuck (usually unintentionally) then it qualifies as craptastically awesome.
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I just picked up First Blood a couple of days ago, along with The Untouchables, Children of Men, and a few others at Circuit City. At 30%, while I may be able to find some of them cheaper once in a while, I snagged them. First Blood was only $4.90.
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It has lots of rewatchability for me. Thanks RDJ.
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can win oscars etc- Fish Called Wonda, Annie Hall etc. The problem is that people who give out gongs like to look all serious and knowledgeable. Therefore always reward weighty shit (AIDS, Holocaust) etc.
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There I said it. I'M FUCKING OUTTA HERE.
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is a fucking titan of a performance in a mighty fine movie. Why this shit got shunned is beyond me.
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"Hola Chica"
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"Hola Chica, let me put my festering unwashed Irish cock in you without so much as a how to do"
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Because I look to differ with everyone else here. I'm all about the "so bad it's good" movie, but even then I don't think my favorite b-movies fail on every conceiveable level.Even the worst offenders usually have a couple things going for them such as appropriate casting, memorable one-liners, hilarious props, a good soundtrack and/or one character that is the epitome of cool.If a movie fails on absolutely every single level, I'm not sure I can be entertained by it. In fact, I can't think of one guilty pleasure that doesn't hit the mark on at least one thing.
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I gently massage Kate's ass and tell her it's okay..and then smack it again and tell her to get on the pillow train.
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All my favourite B movies usually totally fail- with some moments of either insanity or genius that transform them into something else. I genuinly enjoy them all, but I'm under no delusions about the filmic quality of the likes of Lep in Space or ZOmbie Strippers.
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The actual dino puppets used in Future War would qualify.
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I'm not disagreeing with you. I don't like Congo because it fails on every single level - I like it because Tim Curry and Ernie Hudson aren't taking it seriously. They're playing it up, which is as funny as the idea of a dimwitted talking monkey.
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If it was a $1, I definitely would have picked it up.
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Haven't opened it, yet. Someday it will be a collectors item.
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Feb 09, 2009 11:46:39 AM CST
Congo is bad ass. Bruce Campbell and violent hippos.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Stan Winston's work is fucking amazing in that river attack scene.
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First off the casting of Warwick Davis. Laugh all you want but it's spot on brilliant. I won't say he was born to play that role but he's perfect in it.Then there's the sprouting from the marine's dong. I mean, it's disturbing and infinitely hilarious.And there's enough hilarious dialogue to get you from one scene to the next."Don't get too excited, boys. On the planet Dominia, when a woman of royal blood shows you her breasts, it's a death sentence.""And what part of her anatomy is she gonna kill me with?"So in my book, that's not a failure on every level. It may be epic nonsense, but it still manages to entertain me throughout.
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They fend that Hippo off like a pro.
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Feb 09, 2009 11:48:01 AM CST
I went to Circuit City to look at flat screens.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
No wonder that fucking place is going down. Even the so-called discounted prices were still higher than Best Buy's regular weekly sales. They are taking the discount off the MSRP. Fuck that.
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Aside from some decent casting who, as you pointed out, realize they're in a b-movie and don't take it seriously, but still do their jobs as actors, Congo has chimps getting sliced and diced by lasers. Frickin laser beams. How is that not entertaining even if you think the rest of the movie stinks?
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The best example I have is 'Pieces', a Grindhouse flick. It works because of the bad dubbing... the poor camerawork... the cheesy-ness. You cannot believe they ever took it seriously, because it's just so dumb.
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I figured it just meant a movie that has its stupid moments, but you can still enjoy it.And contrary to the current wave, I believe it's okay to have guilty pleasures every once in awhile. Of course, my definition of the term is a film that you like, regardless of your awareness of just how bad others perceive it to be. If it has its good parts, then it has its good parts, but there are some movies I can't even escape from childhood. I know they're awful, yet I come back to them mostly out of habit. Why has guilty pleasure become such a feared term now?
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Maybe I can start a 'fuck em up Liam, fuck em up' chant. Goes against my 'Superhero Lessons' video (hope if you saw it that it wasn't too atrocuous), but there you go.
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Because 'guilty pleasure' implies we should feel guilty. Fuck that. I don't have any guilt about anything I like.
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Feb 09, 2009 11:58:12 AM CST
Circuit City is being run by the liquidator now
by hawaiian organ donor
The company they hired to come in and sell off their inventory pulled the oldest trick in the book: jack everything up to the MSRP, take 10% off and convince the lazy and uninformed shopper that they're getting a good deal.I walked in there the day they started the sale and expected no less than 30% off everything in the store. Sadly, I wasn't even shocked to see it was a mere 10% discount.I turned to my wife and said "No wonder this f-ing place is going out of business. And with B.S. like this f-ed up going out of business sale, they deserve to." Of course I said it loud enough for everyone in a 20 foot radius to hear.
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I'm not talking like a goofy scene. I mean those parts in a movie that just pull you out of it completely.Then again, this whole conversation seems too broad, and subjective to each person's individual idea for any sort of joint conclusion to be made.So I'm just gonna say Keith David was in Coraline, and if my cat could talk, I would want it to have Keith David's voice too, regardless of gender.
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Thats my problem with the term "GUILTY PLEASURE" its like you're supposed to be timid about something you enjoy because it isn't universally praised. Who gives a fuck?
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good point Zed. Should've just realized that earlier.
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that's my point. They were trying for something more and ended up in a complete clusterfuck. Warwick does shine, but it's the worst written Lep part (and I'm being serious) as he doesn't rhymeAnyhoo- see you tomorrow.
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Feb 09, 2009 12:02:43 PM CST
I don't think universal praise is necessary for guilt
by kungfuhustler84
If I honestly enjoyed Fantastic Four, I would hope an alternate reality version of myself would make me feel pretty guilty about that. What an awful movie.
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That was kind of a waste of a break.
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The liquidator jacked up the prices. Circuit city has always been cheaper than the bullshit entity known as Best Buy. Fuck Best Buy. It sucks that they don't have any in stock around me at all, but Sears has a fucking great deal: Panasonic 42" plasma 720p for $599. It's gotten great review from what I've read.
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Feb 09, 2009 12:08:08 PM CST
I use guilty pleasure because that's the term it was given
by hawaiian organ donor
Call it whatever you like. Call it an F.U. pleasure.Sadly, Taken will become an F.U. pleasure as the critics are taking it far too seriously.
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Feb 09, 2009 12:08:08 PM CST
so is Coraline the nail in the coffin for claymation?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
That sucks. I fucking love that artform. But the story just didn't look that great and the design looked uninspired.
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instead of "Hitmans".
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Granted, the picture on a plasma seems to look better than other HDTVs but it comes with a ton of headaches. Still, that is an incredible deal.I'm a shill for Panasonic though. My projector, HDTV, DVD players, receivers are all Panasonic. So I can vouch for their product if that's the final endorsement you need to pull the trigger.I recommend getting a Costco membership. Not only do they generally have the best prices, but they don't sell warranties as they guarantee their electronics for their lifetime.
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I saw Hitman in the theater. I was about to see Taken until I saw it was PG-13. Fuck that.
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I know 3 people who bought very expensive Plasmas that went out within 2 years. The part that blew cost around 800 bucks to replace. Plasma's are on their way out me thinks. The blacks are darker, but thats exactly why they fry. And look at the energy consumption versus LCD's...sheeesh.
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Feb 09, 2009 12:22:34 PM CST
I could watch a revenge movie like Taken once a week
by hawaiian organ donor
That's a genre I enjoy so much I'm even willing to forgive a movie like The Punisher for it's shortcomings if it delivers a man on a mission wiping out everything in his path. Anyone see the DC of The Punisher? I've been toying with the idea of picking it up.
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Feb 09, 2009 12:23:16 PM CST
I have never seen a single thing at Circuit City...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...that was cheaper than Best Buy. Nothing. Computers, DVD's, CD's, cameras, tv's. They are always much higher and their selection is shittier. -
Its kinda cool. Doesn't add anything hardcore. Mainly just added character development I think. Doesn't make it a better movie if you didn't already enjoy it.
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Feb 09, 2009 12:27:55 PM CST
nope..around here Circuit City cheaper than Best Buy
by just pillow talk
I've never seen Best Buy be cheaper than any other store. I'm amazed that they stay in business.I have a Sony Bravia LCD, which I'm happy with. I'm looking for a second tv, ideally a 32" or 37" for the smaller room, but fuck those prices haven't really come down.
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Feb 09, 2009 12:29:23 PM CST
No interestingly the larger screens are coming down....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....and the mid-size flat screens have stayed the same for awhile.
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Good to know I watched the harder European cut of the movie. You'll love it, Danny.And yes, I heard that about plasmas too.I don't know if enough people have a room dark enough to accomodate but I'm on the projector bandwagon. To be able to see a movie at home on a 100" screen makes going to the movies seem antiquated.
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though I guess I can use that to justify getting another larger tv to Mrs. Pillow. "But, for only $100 more, look at how much more tv we get!"
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Feb 09, 2009 12:32:52 PM CST
that sounds like a cool setup you got there Hawaiian
by just pillow talk
One that Mr. Pillow will never know, but that's okay.On a sidenote, this cold fucking blows. I should have stayed home and watch some movies. Fuck!
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Maybe no Daredevil tonight since 24 is also on.
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Feb 09, 2009 12:36:56 PM CST
The prices best start coming down like gangbusters
by hawaiian organ donor
Because expendable cash is becoming a thing of the past.Other than Circuit City a few weeks ago, I haven't stepped in a big box store like CC or Best Buy in a couple years. I can get everything I want on the tubes, either by ordering or....ahem....other methods.
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Cash wasting away on the shelves. I would not be surprised is some other big name giants in the retailing industry go down in flames this year.They are so fucking hurting, it's ridiculous. I needed a few work shirts, and found some decent ones at JCPenney for $7. Can't beat that with a stick.
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Feb 09, 2009 12:42:06 PM CST
It's a cool setup that damn near cost me my marriage
by hawaiian organ donor
I've told you guys about it before.My wife and I used our income tax refund 3 years ago to replace the old 32" we had as the picture tube was dying.Now, I was happy to be watching movies on a 60" in my own living room but being the jerkoff I am, I wanted a setup for my ManLand upstairs. So I bought an HD projector and when it arrived, well, let's just say it was little Korean fists of fury.I still watch 75% of my movies downstairs but for the big budget extravaganzas, I fire up Ol' Painless.
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Feb 09, 2009 12:42:15 PM CST
Taken looks awesome. And I love the genre as well....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
.....but my heart was fucking crushed when I saw the American cut is PG-13. They say there is a looooooot of violence cut down and the torture scene is like 1/3 the length. So I'm waiting to watch the Euro cut. I'm not gonna pay for PG-13 Liam.
I love that growl he does in the car in the trailer when he says "GIVE IT TO ME" or something like that. He totally looks like Darkman at that moment. -
....Taken would not have taken the #1 spot had it been a hard R. Besson and company need to keep bringing in the cash and giving me more of their bad ass product. I need at least 3 more Transporter movies before I die.
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The best scene in the movie is the start of the torture scene. He slaps the guy around and in a delivery that makes women wet says, "Wake up! I need you to stay focused!" Then he rubs two 6" galvanized nails together before planting them in the guys legs.I must have watched that scene a dozen times.You know what studios should do? Show the PG-13 version of a movie during the day and then the R-rated version at night. They really aren't helping their cause by holding back the version most of us want to see until it's released on video. Die Hard With a Vengeance might have been a lousy movie, but I'm glad I held off or the R-rated cut.
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What Punisher DC are you talking about? The Jane one?
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I never realized Taken was PG-13. Its been a long time since I saw it, but I thought it was brutal enough to be R. Or was the theatrical version different than the version that was leaked online a long time ago?
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I never realized there were two different versions. That does blow, but that only means everyone will watch the R-rated or 'unrated' version, however they release it.
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The only PG-13 is the one that came out in America 2 weeks ago.
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It was released in other countries first and that's why. I'll bet a hundred bucks it is still online somewhere.
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The one I saw could absolutely not be PG-13.
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Isn't it funny that it would be released as PG-13 only in America? These goddamn studios must really want a nation of pussies.
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PG-13 films make far more than R-Rated. I guaranfuckingtee it would have made half as much if it were R.
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Feb 09, 2009 1:39:50 PM CST
HOD'S idea of both PG-13 and R Rated showings.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
It would cost too much. The physical prints of films cost a few grand apiece.
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When the script calls for it. A revenge movie should never be less than hard R.I thought the Matrix movies and Wedding Crashers proved that R-rated movies can pull audiences in. Then again, Taken was released by Fox and they have become an embarrassment to movie studios. Do they just ignore the success of movies like TDK where the director is given complete control or 300 where uber violence is a thing of beauty?How can one studio continue to have misstep after misstep?
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Still, it's nice to dream.I'm just waiting for the day when you can watch a movie at home on release day. Get rid of prints altogether. Then they can let the veiwer decide what version they want to watch.
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I hear about PG-13 vs. R all the time and it's hard for me to comprehend. We used to go to R rated movies all the time when we were kids and no one would ever say a word about it. Do theaters just totally crack down nowadays or what?
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Dude, they already have that. It's called online piracy! Ahahahahahaha.
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The theater is still a fantastic experience for me. I can't fucking stand sitting in my house on the weekends, no matter how big the screen or loud the speakers. Going out to the movies will always be an event. The day they have that Apple TV sorta broadband instant film release HD stream on your home hard-drive bullshit I'll probably hang myself. I'm a person that loves crowds and feeds off the excitement of others. There's nothing like standing in line for a film I'm pumped for. People complain about the cost, but to me a night out for 60 bucks for the two of us isn't bad. I would go fucking crazy if I couldn't go out to see movies. -
I see your point though. I felt that way about TDK and went to see it in the theaters, only because I was so pumped up for it. But you can bet I came home and downloaded it that night. Ha! I just don't feel that way about most movies, though. It has to be a serious event movie.
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BALE'S DICK BLOOD: That Jason Statham bloke....he's alright.
GLOVER'S DICK BLOOD: Did you know the Transporter is gay?
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Totally fun and brutal. My only problem is they shouldn't have had the subplot about the singer at the beginning. The only reason for it was to show how Neeson can kick ass. It would've been better to have the "loving father" scenes and then just plough straight into the daughter kidnapped story and had it been a total surprise when Neeson gets the phone call and he starts talking like badass.It's calling for a "fan edit".
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Movie was fucking awesome Neeson is cool and badass enough to rival Brian Cox. When I was watching all I could think about was how edited the some of the action scenes seemed. I had a feeling there was another cut and this talkback confirmed it. I also saw Benjamin Button and was flat out bored by it on the same day.
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Dude, how could you make an error like that? What don't you fucking understand? You are fucking amateur, man. You and me are done professionally, I mean it.
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fucking town on it. Time to go home...Mickey, cut me!
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http://www.joblo.com/quint-goe s-home. That basically means the only reason to come here is Vern.
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He's getting a script made. Good on him.
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Gone to a better place got me. Sorry.
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that bloody Bale TB is still going.Fueled by Danny i'm sure.
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How he thought that the contributors around here would continue to take this site seriously with Script Girl, pictures of his gut and retina and now his wife doing music reviews is beyond me. It may be his site, but he still needs to maintain a level of integrity in order to keep the talent onboard. Because without the talent people will cease to visit and without the traffic, advertising will dry up.Harold let the fame get to his head and soon he'll be the sole contributor.
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He is cool 40% of the time. The rest of the time he goes on his annoying rants about misogyny or racism and tries to spoil the fun in other contributor's TB's. Annoying and hypocritical. I don't come here for no one but you guys...the TB'ers. The contributors and the scoop on this site are fucking pathetic. I haven't actually read a story since the Terminator TB-- and before that it was probably 2 weeks since I bothered to read anything other than the Twitch update.
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Feb 09, 2009 2:55:36 PM CST
even if Harry is the sole contributor soon....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....the site will still last thanks to TB'ers hits.
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A Fuckin Men. I couldn't have said it better myself. Apparently, tbers aren't the only ones who are disgusted by the Man Child's antics.
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I used to love the theater going experience. Waiting in line, chatting when we got to our seats, the trailers and then the studio logo were the highlight of any given week. And then a funny thing happened.The movie going crowd became a bunch of a-holes and commercials began popping up.I had a run of 10 straight movies, 10, 1-0, ten, T-E-N, that were ruined by loud talkers, pot smokers, cell phone conversations, running translations, crying babies and out of focus movies.And I got to thinking. Why am I paying $30 for a miserable night out when I could be at home watching it on the big screen with a few beers and a pause button and a bathroom at the bottom of the stairs?And not having to arrange for a babysitter is one less headache too.I get in arguments with people all the time that for a movie nerd I'm not a movie purist because I've forsaken the theater experience for watching it in the comfort of my own home. If that means I get to watch a movie without 10 minutes of ads, the Hispanic family with the crying baby and translator and a trip to the lobby to tell them to focus the movie, then I'm proud to be a movie non-purist.
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If your experience was fucked up by assholes I totally get why it would turn you off. But I just never get that. Maybe L.A. crowds are much cooler than anyone wants to believe. I go to most films in my area, a suburb 30 minutes north of the city. But I also go to the Arclight, Landmark, and Mann's Chinese in the heart of the city and I have never once had problems like those that many describe. Maybe there has been a crying baby like twice in the past 5 years but thats about it.
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Has anyone gone to Hitfix lately? Is Mori still spamming people in a desperate attempt to get visitors?
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That is all.
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They have fun workday diversions to help you make it through the day! hee hee
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And I'm all out of bubble-gum too.
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I must have been added to his list of "AICN Friends" after I bugged him about reinstating my talkback handle after Beaks' banning.
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The Little Mermaid. BAM
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That's-that's Chaos Theory.
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I'm offended Mori never contacted me.Danny, I'm convinced L.A. has a better class of movie crowd than what we have here. We get punk kids, thugs and rednecks and they ruin my experience every single time.Arclight and Mann's? I'd go to movies more often fo' sho'.
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Feb 09, 2009 3:54:40 PM CST
I had a 'Guilty pleasure' last weekend.
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Hey, they can't all be stunners!
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It was Beaks that banned you? Why?
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Feb 09, 2009 3:57:48 PM CST
Here you go HOD. Pretend this is a personal email.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Dear Friend,
Believe me when I say I don’t use the word “friend” lightly. The last 12 years have been an incredible ride for me as Ain’t It News columnist and editor, “Moriarty,” and if you’re reading this, then chances are you played some part in this ongoing adventure. What you may or may not be aware of is that I have a new online home, HitFix.com, and I would love to invite you to stop by and check out the new digs. I think you’ll like what you see.
I was invited onboard as film editor by the site’s co-founders, Greg Ellwood and Jen Sargent, and they offered me a home for my brand new blog, Motion/Captured. This isn’t just a movie site, though… in addition to my blog, Ellwood is running an Awards Season blog, and considering his experience actually participating in Oscar campaigns while working for studios as well as helping launch The Envelope for the Los Angeles Times, he seems to bring a very particular insight to one of the most intense periods of year for this industry. Dan Fienberg, a sharp, acerbic film and television columnist from Zap2It.com, has joined us as the TV Editor, and he’s got his own blog up and running now, The Fien Print. Our final blogger/editor joins us on the music side of things, and Melinda Newman’s decade-plus as the West Coast Bureau Chief of Billboard makes her uniquely qualified to offer a perspective on the constantly-evolving recording industry, both as a fan and as a professional.
And the entire site is built around our “killer app,” the HitFix Forecast, an interactive way to keep track of all your personal entertainment wants or needs. You really need to see it for yourself, though, and I have a feeling if you give it a try, you’ll quickly find that it’s an important part of your entertainment lifestyle.
Look, I had an amazing run at Ain’t It Cool, and I’m lucky to have found a family of film fans as passionate as the guys in Austin. There will be some more “Moriarty” pieces on that site this year, but as far as my daily online life, where I’m reviewing new films and DVDs and attending events and doing interviews… that’s HitFix now. And it’s exciting knowing that Motion/Captured is an expression of one voice… mine. It gives me a chance to help build an online film fan community of my own, and in this first month we’ve been online, I’ve already felt an exceptional outpouring of interest and enthusiasm from Ain’t It Cool readers as well as new readers who have just discovered me here. We’re a month in, and already we’ve shattered all of our own traffic expectations, especially considering we’re still in beta.
All that’s changing, though, and now’s the perfect time for you to join us and check out exactly what we’re doing. I’ve already broken exclusive stories like Lloyd Levin’s open letter about the “Watchmen” lawsuit or early images from the Matthew Vaughn film “Kick-Ass,” and we’ve had Melinda Newman breaking exclusives about Springsteen and U2, while Dan Fienberg broke stories almost non-stop during this time at the TCAs in early January. Right now, we’re wrapping up our team coverage of Sundance while launching the homestretch Oscar coverage, so you can see exactly why I say this is the moment to check us out and see what we’re capable of.
Here’s hoping HitFix becomes a part of your daily reading rotation, a habit. Because when you want your entertaintment fix, we want you to think of us.
Thanks for you kind attention, and I’d love to hear what you think.
Drew McWeeny
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Winston-Salem? You gotta find out where the film school kids are seeing films. I guarantee you they aren't doing any talking. They get it ingrained in their heads to sit down, shut up, and not leave until the last credit has rolled.
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Feb 09, 2009 4:00:55 PM CST
I've never really been to a cinema where...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
there are people hooting at the screen, or making a ruckus. Australians are too civilised for that malarky. There's also the fact that if you did you'd get your head caved in.I was in the cinema here in london watching I Am Legend (ugh) and some old bitch in front of me kept giving me the half turn because I was eating a bag of potato chips! I was seriously considering punching her in the back of the head and walking out.Shame I didn't. That flick sucked ass.
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Actually, Beaks says he didn't ban me. But it was a story by Beaks, and Beaks and I had a back and forth going on in the TB. When I emailed him, he claimed he didn't ban me. So that means either he didn't give a shit about what I had written (which was tame, tame tame), and some other AICN editor/anonymous TB officer happened by and thought "This guy needs a banning and Beaks is too chicken-shit to do it!" and decided to step over into someone else's jurisdiction. OR, Beaks asked someone ELSE to do the banning, so he could claim he had nothing to do with it. Or he could have just lied to me.
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Feb 09, 2009 4:04:10 PM CST
I fucking love going to some nice place like Landmark....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....and right in the middle of Blade Runner's digital projection the theater echoes CCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAA as I crack open a can of Bud Light.
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Wow. Now that's some good propaganda. DICKBLOOD, is that the email he sent or what? I thought it was something you made up at first but if that was the case, it should have been funnier.
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I hate the way he says LOOK -- "Look, I had an amazing run at Ain’t It Cool, "
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I never got a reason from anyone for why I was banned. I actually believe it to be someone who got a little too drunk on their own TB power, or it was a huge misunderstanding, and bc I had a back-and-forth with Beaks, who was arguing with someone else in the TB, I got lumped into the banning when they decided the other guy had to go. It was very stupid. Basically, one TBer apparently said they wished George Lucas had died instead of Stan Winston and Beaks banned the guy. Another TBer named Octagon came on and said "Did that guy who said Lucas should have died get banned? If so, why? There's no reason to ban that." Beaks replied, admitted he banned the guy, and said something like "if you don't think wishing death on someone else isn't offensive then you are fucked in the head,"- implying that Octagon is fucked in the head. Octagon replied and said something like "Hey, I got no beef with you, I just don't agree with banning someone for that." Beaks then pulls out something Octagon said 6 months earlier in response to one of Beaks' reviews, one where Octagon did call Beaks man immature names over his opinions. Beaks, it seems, held a grudge and brought up this post by Octagon. He then basically told Octagon if he had nothing to add to the conversation, he'd "be wise to move along." Now this was RIGHT after all the mass bannings that had occurred at AICN at the ScriptGirl talkbacks and the Clone Wars reviews, and it had pissed a lot of pple off. I responded with something like "Oh, here comes a threat of the ban hammer again," to which Beaks responded something like "Yeah, D.Vader, that's EXACTLY what I said." I then posted about how I fear that's what it could come to- too many anonymous mods have too much power and could probably ban simply bc they disagreed with another person's opinion. I went to bed, and the next day at the TB I noticed Octagon had been banned. Then I noticed all my posts had disappeared too. I emailed Beaks and he said no one gave a shit about me and my fear of the ban-hammer, and said something about how I should stay out of other people's business. I assumed he meant the beef between him and Octagon, and that its apparently my fault I didn't know the history between the two. So I guess I got banned simply for associating with Octagon in that I agreed with everything he said (which had been very civil and respectful). The whole thing stank of bad form.
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Dude, that's the exact reason I thought it was a joke at first. I can't believe he said that. There is no self respecting web master on the face of the earth that would actually say something like that. Oh my Christ.
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Nice Ana Faris cleavage.
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....to pull up an example of some random TB'er talking shit. What the fuck? Does he have a log of everyone's name and the negative comments they've said about him? How the fuck would you remember that otherwise? When he first came on I was on his TB's every day calling him a douche bag and saying go back to CHUD where talentless hacks go to die. And he never responded once.
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Yeah, I remember that fiasco. It's funny Beaks would remember something like that and bring it up in a different talkback a lot later. Maybe Beaks is actually a woman.
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Dude, no shit. How else could you ever remember something like that? Actually it's pretty creepy.
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Notice the lack of posts by Octagon Proplex and D.Vader.
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http://tinyurl.com/ae4lv4
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Holy shit. That is really god damned disturbing. Beaks actually quoted that guy word for word from a totally different talkback. He must have had a list. Who the hell does something like that?
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Richard Nixon. That's who.
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I heard all the horror stories too. Ignored them. Bought a 50-inch Panny. It's delightful and so far is showing no signs of blowing up. The picture is stunning, far superior to the LCD I had before it.I did also hear that Plasma's days are numbered.I'd love a projector but they're too expensive.
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I think I was posting drivel on Saturday night. Been drinking. Sorry.
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... for loving Lifeforce. It's a classic. So there.
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"I AM NOT A CRIMINAL."
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First of all that Octagon quote fucking rocked and thats the same shit I was saying when Beaks showed up with his nose in the air.Awesome the original quote was concerning LAST ACTION HERO!! And holy fuck, did Beaks use the word "Indignation"?!! He must either be a woman, gay, or British. Or maybe two of the three, or maybe all three!! Anyway, fuck him. May he gag on Rupert Everett's cock.
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Fucking awesome. Neeson is the most bad-ass bad-ass since Kurt Russell walked into Chinatown.
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It hasn't even been out for a week now.And I hate to bust your bubble Danny, but it's just stop motion. Claymation tends to use a hell of a lot more clay. Um, duh.
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I totally understand your thoughts on the home theater. If I had the money for an HD projector, you bet your ass I would see a lot more movies at home.
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Not to worry dude, I have a feeling Henry Selick has a few more projects in him.And don't forget, Wes Anderson is coming out with The Fantastic Mr. Fox later this year isn't he?
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So what, wanna fight about it? Though I did watch Ghost Rider on my Zune it still did suck.
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Is going to be the best animated movie this year. Trust me on this.
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Seriously look up the Kung Fu Panda's first oscar nominated short, More. Its on the tube of yours, its worth watching it.
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Don't remember anyone here having seen it.
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SOCK PUPPETS IN APOST APOCALYPTIC FUTURE!!!Huh?
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got a link?
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Links coming right up!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8aFxk0aUuU And for you tiny folk http://tinyurl.com/5hoja3
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=964QHmjLqa0 For you tiny sorts http://tinyurl.com/372khj
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Audio at the begging of the 9 short film....its a little strange.
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what was that you were saying about Kung Fu Panda though? did i miss something?
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What does everyone here think of Old Crow Medicine Show?
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You silly little Fu. Its not a Kung Fu Panda movie, its directed by the same guy, Jesus.
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It looks like Coraline is gonna be a massive bomb though.....just gonna make it harder to keep making these things.
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KEEP THE FAITH!
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In its opening weekend, [Coraline] made $16.85 million, ranking third-place at the box office.Sounds pretty damn good to me. Now go see it fool!
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Has everybody seen that 80 minute documentary on The Thing DVD? It's mainly just a bunch of interviews, but it's one of the better making-of docs I have ever seen. The stories they tell, and all the little extensive tidbits you get on how the movie was made are incredibly fascinating.I need to check out that new Blade Runner doc too.Hey do making of docs count as movies for the "365 movies in one year" list? what id they're at least an hour long?
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If you're a fan of learning more about how certain movies are made, it's definitely worth taking a look.
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Who wants to touch me? I SAID WHO WANTS TO TOUCH ME!
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Is a hit by the way Danny.
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To do a movie with Jack Black and Anne Hathaway. HAHAHAHAHA I guess its a sad day when you find out that Jack Black is in better shape then you.
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Castrate myself. Who fucking watches that shit? The only time poker has been remotely interesting was in Casino Royale, I can't even give a fuck to care even when I'm playing it. Who fucking watches this shit?
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when done properly.Only playing with people at least 50 years of age, with lots of beer. I have heard the best stories, wise-cracks and simply cool comments playing poker games with the older members of my dad's family, then I ever have at a party with my peers.
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It's good.
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I wanted one, but Mrs. Jarv made threatening noises so bought a LCD one.
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last night, I watched something movie wise, but as I had a drunkening I'm fucked if I know what it was.
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the revenue sent me a load of forms to fill in because the bastards are after me. I tried yesterday after work, but didn't have a fucking clue made some mistakes, then chucked a tantrum and went to the pub. Mrs Jarv was not impressed.
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haha, someday...
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As an English major that loves Woolfe and Forster, I feel it would probably appropriate. Plus, I am planning to go to a pub or two.
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"it would probably *be* appropriate."Pfft, English major my ass. With typos like that I'll be lucky to get an intern job at the Daily Emerald, damnit.
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I would go to Fitzrovia (despite not liking Woolf), Primrose Hill (Ted Hughes and Syvia Plath), Lake District, Stratford (natch), BBC building (Orwell based minilove on it), Cornwall/ Devon- And many others that I'll think of.
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I was hoping to go all over the place if I went. And then probably come back in the summer and do it all over again if it's fun the first time.
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I'm desperately trying to remember what I watched last night. Maybe Frank can remind me what was on TV
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All I saw last night was Supernatural, which was recorded on Sunday.I've only ever watched the occasional episode of Supernatural before, but I've kind of gotten into it this year. It's actually pretty good.
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is surprisingly good this year. I always dismissed it as a wank cross between Buffy and Smallville, but this series is genuinly good. Not to mention it had a magnificent explanation for attempting to change things by time travel- that's an example of how to do it. Heroes should take note.
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"I am a general in God's army, so I think that you had better show me some respect". Hoo-yeah. I totally expected him to rip whatshisface's head off when he said that.
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Things I do not need or want to see in Dexter in reverse order: 5)Dinner with Mother in law in sub-sitcom level drivel 4)Rehash of shite with his mother 3)Deb whinging to new boyfriend 2)Dexter in Therapy. 1)Dexter whinging. There's far too much whining in this series. It blows.
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All by myself. I may start spamming the thread with Jar Jar in the movies efforts. "Meesa couldsa been contender"
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It's a nice way to expand the mythology a bit, and I hope at some point the Winchesters get to meet God (who will be played by Gary Busey, obviously).My only worry is I smell a possible swerve on the horizon. If there is an episode where the angel reveals - Ha Ha! - he was actually a demon all along, I will not be happy.
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I don't know, at first I suspected plantlyness, but Quint seems to agree.Maybe it's worth a look this weekend after all.
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what the fuck did I watch last night. I must have been arseholed.
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Wasn't good to start off with. Halloween had one great film, Nightmare had a very good one. Friday The 13th was always clumsy horror. It's perfect territory for a remake, because the original is artistically bankrupt as it is.
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Seeing Matt go postal on the enemy was fricking sweet.
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And the Lord sayeth: "Let there be a cack-handed hodgepodge of X-Men and Unbreakable on television!" And there was a cack-handed hodgepodge of X-Men and Unbreakable on television. And the Lord looked upon it and said, "Well, this is mediocre at best. What a fucking let down."
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and the lord looked unto his creation and did sayeth "Well, this blows. Perhaps some time travel will fix it"
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Nope. 314 and 315 have been great episodes of TV.
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It's basically a sequel. I've no problem with a sequel, but if you are calling it a remake then you have to have Jason's mother as the killer. She's iconic for fuck's sake.
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I should have said "perhaps some ill thought out time travel with no regard for causality, continuity or logic will fix it."
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They've ditched time-travel. Which is acknowledging the complaint. But I guess that doesn't matter.
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because I stopped watching it for terminal suckitude. Which is what's going to happen to Dexter if they don't stop this constant tiresome whinging.
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I'll keep Heroes discussion out of these threads in future. I'm two seconds from a headache in the actual Heroes thread, let alone reading more 'it's cack-handed and mediocre' posts.
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I saw the first 6 episodes of season 1 (at the behest of a friend who insisted I 'give it time') and it was such a painful experience I've never watched it since.Are you saying it's undergone some substantial evolution that's made it significantly better than those first six episodes? If that's true, maybe I should check it out.
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All of season 1 (I'm one of the few that didn't hate the finale) but fuedal so-cal burned me. I gave it another chance at the start of this series but want to punch Mohinder so much that sitting through it is actually painful.
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they didn't have any forward planning. For example, teleportation is a great power- but teleportation does not necessarily mean time travel. Peter's learning powers is a great idea. But there were no limitations placed on him. You eventually end up in this situation where 3 or 4 characters basically equal god and you have to make them morons to depower them. We've done this before, but that's my take on it.
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I used to love it. Now not so much. But it depends which one I go to. Camden Odeon is a fucking disgusting overpriced toilet staffed by homonculi.
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is that it was a very good single season story that was justifiably successful. It had a great ending. Peter and his brother sacrifice themselves to save New York and Hiro kills Sylar. The End.Then they went on to make the godawful seasons 2 and 3 and all those bullshit spinoffs and comics etc.It's the same problem Lost has. It's a single season show which keeps getting extended and nothing fucking happens. I quit that show after about 10 episodes because you could see them doing it.
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Dexter in Narcotics Anonymous has to be the most stupid storyline ever. Dexter= great idea and a storming first series. Series 2, however is sinking like a rock and needs to improve sharpish.
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is that he framed whatshername's abusive rapist husband in the first series. Anyhoo, the scumbag gets killed in the slammer and we're to believe that she actually gives a shit- and isn't celebrating. PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPAAAARPPPPP.
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I attempted to watch this last night. They have basically dubbed over nearly all the jar jar, alien and robot voices into gibberish and put subtitles in their place.I got about 40 minutes in and couldn't watch anymore. Not because of the fan edit, but because the film itself is an irredeemable piece of shit. I haven't seen it for about five years and I was blown away at how bad it was. Seriously awful. And it's so fucking boring. The acting and staging looks like it was put on by the The Max Fischer Players.
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Is that it isn't the same experience it was 25-30 years ago. No buying tickets online, no wall of ticket machines to buy from. You had one person in the window and a line around the block. Theaters had that awesome 70s decor, the seats were uncomfortable as hell, popcorn was cheap and came in reasonable sizes, cell phones only existed in sci-fi, ushers actually patrolled the aisles and the projectionist was a lifer who took pride in his work. And there was generally only one screen in town per movie so you could wait months before getting a ticket for E.T. And people were just plain more respectful.I only watched seaon 1 of Heroes but my problem with it was not enough killing. You give me super powers and the first place I visit is the board room of Merrill Lynch so I can toss some felonious fools out the window fifty floors up.
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biggest disappointment I've ever had in the cinema. It's just a bad film, although it is better than AOTC.
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After I go and bitch slap Gordon Brown. Captain Pugwash of the SS Brittania that's busy sailing into a fucking iceberg. That he steered for. And he expects us to give him credit if it only smashes the boat rather than consigning us to Davy Jones Locker. ON this note, we're partially nationalising banks at a rate of fucking knots and the cocksuckers are STILL giving out enormous bonuses. They should be going to fucking prison for gross negligence.
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I knew this would happen. Give them some money, and they use it to award themselves for their catastophic negligence. What a bunch of colossal douches.I would like to send orange unitard Tesco bag man around to their various office buildings to dispatch them all with their own office supplies.
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Wankers. The lot of them
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is clearly an agent of 2true.
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And survived the redundancy axe just this morning.Before you start chewing my face off, it needs to be said that I work for a bank that has not received govt money and has posted a profit for 2008.And as far as I'm aware, all bonuses at director level or above have been suspended.So the little man, like me, might still get a bit of a bonus this year. Fingers crossed.
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She's never done anything to me personally, but whenever I see her face (on the side of a bus at lunch time, for example)I become annoyed.What's that about?I have no memory of her ever coming around to my flat and drinking some pop without using a coaster, and yet I am annoyed at her anyway.Strange.
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Droid's alright.Although I reckon he should only get half of whatever he's entitled to on account of he doesn't like Le Hulk.That seems fair to me.
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Feb 10, 2009 8:15:41 AM CST
It's going to be a piddling bonus anyway
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
I might use it to pay for a midget, painted green and wearing ripped purple shorts to follow me around and scream Hulk Smash! while he punches me in the balls if I consider watching Le Hulk again.
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so you obviously didn't help with the fiasco. You can have a bonus but only if you admit Le Hulk is better than chinese hulk.
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and it's that mentality that got the banks into trouble in the first place. It's called a bonus for a reason.
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Feb 10, 2009 8:23:51 AM CST
I'd take offense to that comment, jarv...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
if it wasn't true.I'd rather get the sack than say that Le Hulk is better than Chinese Hulk.
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none of us are exactly productive. We tool around on here all day. No shame in it.
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Feb 10, 2009 8:27:44 AM CST
The bonus is directly related to your salary..
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
and since my salary is piss poor, my bonus will indeed be piddling.Granted, I cannot argue the merits of massive bonuses to those already earning huge salarys. But to the average person, the bonuses are warranted. Especially this year because most of the minions have worked their asses off (yes, including me. I occasionally do that).
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Feb 10, 2009 8:31:15 AM CST
I also can't argue the merits of the banks who...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
received gvt cash paying employees bonuses. Thats not right. Our bonuses will come from the 2008 profits.
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I know that it is related to your salaries, but people seem to have been treating it as a divine right. It isn't. It's a bonus for good performance. There is no way in fuck that anyone at, say, RBS can pretend that they've put in a good performance. Not one of them should be getting one. If your bank is profitable, then yes, you should get one, but any bank that is £8billion (8 FUCKING BILLION POUNDS) in the red should clearly not be rewarding employees. I personally think the government should have made an example of Northern Rock, right at the start of this fiasco.
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But, god damn it, I make sure I damn well MAKE time to piss about on the internets.Pissing about on the internets is a vital part of my working day.
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The whole point is it's a reward, not an entitlement.There was some fuck on the news this morning saying they had to pay their staff bonuses (from fucking tax payers' money) because otherwise the staff would sue! The staff are going to sue if they are not rewarded for their shitty performance by being given money that should be going to schools and hospitals and whatnot!How the hell do these people live with themselves?
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But in my case, the bank is profitable. We worked hard to make it profitable. We should get a little kickback as reward for helping make the bank profitable in a year where most other banks have descended into chaos.
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isn't gross incompetence grounds for firing nowadays? Sue! Outrageous.
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when you're in profit, then I've no problem with the staff getting a bonus. But it's a bonus- not part of your salary. It's meant as an incentive and as a reward for doing a good job. These fucks clearly do not qualify for anything more than a double tap to the back of the head. I can't believe the fucking balls on them. If I'd fucked the country, I'd at least be embarrassed.
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They're saying these bonuses have to be paid because it's a part of their employment contract. No bonus = breach of contract = bunch of spoiled bankers taking their employers to court.You would think they would have enough self-awareness and common courtesy to thank the stars they're not out on their asses (like the employees of other companies that don't get government hand-outs) and shut the fuck up about their bonuses. But they have too much inherent cuntishness for that.
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Feb 10, 2009 8:53:33 AM CST
The most disgusting thing is...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
the fact that they are essentially taking tax payer money and awarding bonuses.Also, a lot of the bigger bankers have bonuses written into their contract.
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Breach of fucking contract. Just as well it's fucking hard to buy firearms in this country. I'm fuming at that.
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if company is in shitter then therefore they should not be entitled to it. Fuckers!
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I'm sure that one of the things for a judge to look at to decide whether there is a case is the caparo test. Part 3 of that is that it has to be fair, just and reasonable to apply liability. There is no fucking way that suing for not getting your bonus when you've had to go cap in hand to the fucking government is either fair or just let alone fucking reasonable. Mind you, considering the fools on the bench, some dickhead judge could well decide that it is- establishment protecting themselves.
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That's all I have to say about that.
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Didn't think that was possible when the courts are run by the Crown.I hate the thought of bonuses. All I ask for is a decent wage and a smaller gap between what the lowest and highest paid people in a company earn. I know this will make me unpopular, but I believe the CEO should never earn moe than 10x what he janitor earns.Although I see it that way with every profession in life. If a person can't maintain a good lifestyle on $150,000 a year, then shoot yourself because you're a disgrace to decency. I'm not saying no job should pay more than 150K, just that nobody should want more than that. There's only so much money to go around. The more you earn, the less the people below you earn.
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So I really don't care either way.I have to say though, I've never seen Last House on the Left, but that trailer for the remake made it look fucking awesome. My interest went from absolute zero to very. Especially with Goldwyn in it.
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Don't forget mini arcades in the lobbies. D. Vader, I'm with you. Jason as a pot farmer? I actually thought that was a joke until I read it again in the second review.
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I didn't even know it had already gone into production.
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Is that all the townspeople know about Jason but don't do anything about him because "he just wants to be left alone."
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technically true- as in no Act of Parliament can become law until it has Royal Assent. But most courts for things like Breach of Contract or Negligence are Common Law- based in precedent and dating back to wherever. We're not naturally litigious (unlike America) and courts do not like assigning duty of care willy-nilly, but we are becoming moreso. If I see one banker fuck sue for Breach of Contract, then I may explode.
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Indeed Herb. I remember getting dropped off an hour early for a show just so I could waste quarters for an hour in the lobby.I've never seen any of the Freddy, Jason or Michael movies. Not one. That horror stuff just doesn't appeal to me in the slightest. The Mist and Alien are the closest I get and I'm not sure I would call either of them horror.
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Yeah, at least in the old ones, it was only the old town loonies who knew about Jason. Ha!
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Its budget it somewhere around 80 mill. It opened 3rd place with 16 mill. It will be out of the theater in a couple weeks. It might hit 40 mill if they're lucky. Worldwide it won't do great. I don't think the foreign markets fancy the stop-motion.
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The trailer is on Apple.com
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If a theater has a game, every game is some variation of a racer- cars, jet-skis, etc. What happened to good ole Marvel vs Capcom or the Star Wars Arcade.
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The only ones I would watch from that selection are the first and third Nightmares, halloween 1 and 3 and F13 1, 3 and X (fuck you all, I like it)
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Feb 10, 2009 10:01:07 AM CST
your theaters don't have arcade games anymore?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
All mine do. They have a couple. I was just playing Time Crisis II a few weeks ago.
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Not enough stimulation moving your cannon left and right at the bottom of the screen. When I watch Tron and I see Flynn's Arcade, I pop a chubby because those were the days.
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I understand Carpenter's Halloween is revered as a classic so I'm in the minority when it comes to the "good" horror movies. Hell, the Exorcist doesn't even do much for me. Although I think the Omen is a classic.
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That still have arcades. The other theaters that had them have either closed down or converted the arcade room into a "party" room. And only one shopping mall here in town had an arcade, and that mall long ago fulfilled Chris Rock's joke: "There are only two malls in every town. The mall white people go to, and the mall white people used to go to." I don't know if the arcade still exists there or not, as I haven't been there in years, but I spent many hours there in my youth.
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I kind of no what you mean. I've no interest in "new" horror at all. Halloween, Nightmare are classics- justifiably so. Halloween 3 and Jason X are schlocky fun (Jason in space is a hilarious idea), Friday 13 1 is a curio more than anything else. THey aren't great series to be honest- and I think the worst film in both of them is possibly Rob Zombies Halloween,
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Definitely, and that's saying something. I think Zombie's version is one of the worst horror movies ever made. And now they're making a sequel. Christ.
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I can't think of the last time I saw one in a cinema. Not for a long time. I think you're just meant to hang around and buy shit.
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Wow. I haven't watched The Exorcist in 20 years so maybe I'm missing out. I always thought The Omen was the horror movie to beat. But what the hell do I know as I'm not a fan of the genre.Costco has one of those arcade units and it has every old school arcade game in it. When the time comes, I'll have one in my lair.
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Freddie V Jason. Complete shit and a complete waste of the bird from Ginger Snaps. Halloween Remake. Jason Goes to Hell- yeuch F13 part 7- Jason v Carrie- shite Halloween with Busta Rhymes Nightmare 5 Freddie's Dead- 3D is not an excuse. Nightmare 4. Wow, there's a lot of shit in them. If I had to rank the good ones it's Halloween by a mile then Nightmare 1 then Nightmare 3 then Halloween 3 then Jason X then F13 2 then F13 1
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and think it's a great achievement. Friedkin was red hot back then. Whatever happened to him?
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I Don't get the love for it. I realize it should get credit for pretty much starting that genre, but the first film is dull and not scary at all. I think Michael Meyers got better when they started having more fun with him. As far as entertainment value goes-- Jason is King. That is the funniest box set I own.
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Feb 10, 2009 10:21:52 AM CST
Only two good Nightmares are...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
the first one and New Nightmare.
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H20 is okay, and I suppose there's some goofy novelty value in seeing Busta Rhymes kung fu Michael Myers, but nothing in that series comes remotely close to the original.And I don't remember liking any of the Friday 13ths except for Jason X.
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Has Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat and like, 100 other games. For only $2000. Honestly, if I had room for it, I would have bought it on the spot. Had some serious cash burning a hole in my pocket. I think I spent it on a trip to Rome instead.
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Great killings, great action, sex, tits, and comedy. The Coroner picking up Jason's charred heart and viciously eating it until he himself becomes Jason.....FUCK YES! That SWAT team sting at the beginning when the floodlights kick on and they unload machine guns on Jason for 30 seconds straight. I've never laughed harder. -
but the original Halloween does not blow. TPM blows. The remake Blows. Halloween is seminal. I totally forgot about New Nightmare, which is good. Nightmare 1 is good, 3 is stupid fun and New NIghtmare is clever and good. Halloween 1 is seminal, 3 is stupid fun and the rest of them blow.Friday 1 is a curio 2 and 3 are basically the same film but good and X is hysterical. That's about as accurate as I can be because I haven't seen a lot of them in years and I keep getting confused by the later Halloweens.
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Feb 10, 2009 10:25:37 AM CST
What happened to most of the awesome 70's directors?
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Friedkin, Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg... Some made it through the 80's but since has been pretty awful.Scorsese is the only one to survive and keep making good films. And he probably did more coke than those guys combined!
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I forget which one- it might be the one where Jason is brought back to life by lightning and a surviving character from the previous film tries to warn everyone, but he's dating the sheriff's daughter (maybe), so the sheriff refuses to believe him and keeps locking him up. Its funny bc Camp Crystal Lake is open again for business so there are lots of children around, which allows for some humorous moments where they are portrayed as being the foul-mouthed brats they are. There's also a caretaker who's continuously drunk and lots of intended humor that surprisingly works.
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it's probably the worst of them. And I include FvJ in that. Jason Takes Manhatten is at least funny.
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and is quite funny. I think that's the one where he slaughters the corporate types paintballing. It's not great though
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Feb 10, 2009 10:30:33 AM CST
Lumet is one of the greatest directors still working
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
and he's fucking 83! Before the Devil Knows Your Dead was hands down the best flick of 2007.
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But it spends too much time on the boat and he is only in Manhattan for like 15 minutes. I was disappointed.
I like the one with that chick with telekinesis where she can throw shit at Jason with the force-push. That had a hell of a climax. Also the one where we don't see Jason for 75% of the film-- its mainly shown from his POV. That was very effective and actually creepy. -
Feb 10, 2009 10:34:59 AM CST
You should read Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, droid
by franklin t marmoset
It's a great book, and it tells you exactly what became of those 70s guys.Mostly, what happened to them drugs and ego and getting screwed over by the man.
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Feb 10, 2009 10:35:05 AM CST
You should read Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, droid
by franklin t marmoset
It's a great book, and it tells you exactly what became of those 70s guys.Mostly, what happened to them is drugs and ego and getting screwed over by the man.
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This is my theory on The Exorcist. You really have to sit down and pay attention to it. You have to watch the priest jogging in the park. You have to see the cathedrals. You have to watch how the characters relate to each other. They did such a good job of making this world, that when we see the kid going through hell in the bedroom of the house, it's much more devastating. This really is one of those movies that has to be taken in as a whole.
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Is that "Well, the original series wasn't very good to begin with." So, what, this new movie gets a pass for being shitty simply bc the previous movies were shitty? When is someone going to stand up and say "For God's sake, why not inject some *real* character into this film? Why not even ATTEMPT to improve the quality of the movie?" If you're not even going to try to make a *great* horror film that works as both a genre piece AND as a good quality film, simply bc previous incarnations didn't bother, then fuck you.
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All horror series are dirt beneath the boot of the mighty, mighty Leprechaun.
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Yeah, it should have been called Jason Takes a Ride on the Love Boat.
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Lucas, Coppola and Scorsese being prime examples. I'm not saying I ever expected later efforts to ever match what they accomplished with the Godfather, Star Wars and Raging Bull, but come on, at least throw us a frickin bone.I think they felt that they gave the world their immortal contribution and they could pump out whatever lackluster efforts afterwards for years and years.Not to say Scorsese hasn't reached highs with stuff like Goodfellas, and I think Lucas and Coppola have produced some fine films, but their art is not the same as it was 30 years ago.
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No shit. So far I have not seen or heard anything about this movie that makes me believe that it will be anything more than another POS remake.
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....the world changed. They are sort of out of place now. They are no longer inspired like they once were at the start of their careers when they busted through to door and wanted to say fuck you to the studio system. It has a ton to do with the fall of the old studio regimes. Those guys were born out of that. It was the rebellious nature of their generation. Obviously they're not gonna still have that mindset when they are 60 years old, some of them millionaires, some of them still doing well as working television directors (Bogdanovich). Its the times that changed. -
I dunno. That's more flat out comedy to me because the only reason I'm on the edge of my seat is due to unstoppable laughter.
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FUCK DOOK
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It's about a little monster who kills people, so it's horror; but most of the entertainment definitely comes from the laughs.
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I guess as long as there are boobies and "creative" deaths, then everything's okay. Except really, its not. Its not wrong to ask for a little bit more.
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If Jason is a pot farmer in this remake, then there everytime Jason busts down a door to kill some kids in a cabin, he better furiously grab at a box of Cheez-Its before he steps out to continue the chase. Continue this trend for every scene and the movie is suddenly elevated to instant classic status.
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I still think they changed radically due to internal forces as well. So here I go turning this into Spielberg conversation #257.I know there are guys here that think the Beard has put out nothing but middling efforts the past two decades. And let's assume for a minute that's true. Even with his movies you truly despise, he still manages to create one or two set pieces that are magical.Go ahead and hate SPR, but even Xiphos admits the beach landing is one of the finest, most brilliantly directed pieces in motion picture history.Despite WotW being a colossal misfire, even I'll admit the pod appearance scene is technically a triumph on every level.And is there one person here who won't admit the T-Rex scene in JP is one of the finest set pieces we'll ever see?So hate on older, sentimental Spielberg all you want, but time and time again the guy shows us flashes of what made him great back in the 70s.We don't get that much from Marty these days and not at all from George.
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WotW, AI, SPR, Munich- I still love to watch theses movies.
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Actually, I always thought that Spielberg is one of the few aging directors/producers who has stayed closest to his roots. And who hates SPR?
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I still think Spielberg has got it. I wish JP2 had never been made and WotW hadn't gone into the toilet with the appearance of Robbins, but overall I think his best movies of this decade are as good as anything he's ever done. In my eyes he's the one director who has managed to maintain his level of art throughout his career.
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Xiphos and Jarv loathe it with the intensity of a thousand suns and most of the others either dislike it or are indifferent. I mean when even Danny, the biggest Spielberg fan around thinks it's his weakest effort, you know it's not welcome in these parts.As for me, I think it's one of Spielberg's finest achievements. If it wasn't so damn depressing, I could watch it once a month.
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Feb 10, 2009 11:27:00 AM CST
In fact, I look forward to a new Spielberg film...
by hawaiian organ donor
...more than any others. He's the one guy who will get me to brave the unwashed masses and drag me out to a theater.Oh, I forgot about Crystal Skull. That's his worst effort and I'm guessing Danny agrees.But even with that junk on his resume, he's still my favorite.
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I mean, its not something I want to watch all the time, mainly for the subject matter, but I'm enthralled by it when I do.
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Yeah, I think it would have been real interesting to see what Spielberg would have done with it if he didn't have to put up with that crazy fuck Lucas.
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Even better the second time!
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Feb 10, 2009 11:34:53 AM CST
the only Spielberg movie I've ever hated is INDY IV.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I have no fucking idea what people don't like about Lost World or WOTW. I get it with War there is some pacing issues when Robbins arrives and it gets boring as fuck for 15 minutes....but it rebounds strong. And Lost World....seriously, other than the gymnastics kick and a few other bad moments (every film ever made has a few bad moments) I just don't get it.
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I realize it could have been called Saving Private Stereotype because most of the characters are cardboard cutouts, but who can hate the opening scene, the Mexican standoff scene, the radar assault and the final battle?I guess I'm in a better position than most because I don't hate Hanks, Damon or Burns but even Christian Bale is left speechless by that photography.
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I liked it a lot except for the copout, maudlin, oh so Spielbergian ending when the son shows up impossibly alive.
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I mean, I didn't think it was all that great, but I didn't see it as terrible either. It's actually not a movie I ever even think about unless someone brings it up. So at best, I would call it forgettable.
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Dakota Fanning is getting kind of hot. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to have myself neutered.
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....is Marion telling Indy, Mutt is his son. Indy takes one look at Mutt, throws his arms around Marion (cause that automatically makes her his girl again) and starts calling Mutt "SON" every chance he gets. Dave Koepp should be fucking crucified. -
I thought the book was outstanding so I was expecting the movie to follow it more closely. I enjoyed The Lost World mostly right up until the gymnastics part. As soon as they got back to San Diego (which was NOT in the book) I felt it became idiotic. The book ending was perfect and perfectly Hollywood. Not sure why they felt the need to change it other than to indulge in the crazy fantasy of having an American "Godzilla".
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Feb 10, 2009 11:42:58 AM CST
Burns is a much more likable human being than Damon.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
AND he doesn't open his fucking trap about politics, AND he doesn't look inbred.
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Feb 10, 2009 11:45:14 AM CST
I read the book as well and really enjoyed it.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
But I always separate the two entities. I never judge a film for not being the book. Well.....I try not to. I'm sure I have once or twice. I'm saying as a film on its own-- its just as well made as the first. Of course its not as magical or groundbreaking or any of that, but its still a fine dinosaur film.
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How did the book end?
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...that loves Ed Burns. I think She's the One and Streets of New York are fantastic films and I even enjoyed The Groomsmen. That's a guy that gets zero credit for writing heartfelt, accurate dialogue.Oddly, I felt he was the weakest link in SPR.
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How did the book end?
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Fucking hate it. It blows. But I will grant that the landing is magnificent. Lost World: Fucking hate that as well. Spielberg is much better when he doesn't have kids in his films.
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but I think that's despite Burns. And I fancy the bird he marries in it.
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Just like with the first movie. But in the movie things are rushed as soon as they reach that abandoned facility as they are rescued almost as quickly as they get there. In the novel they encountered these awesome chameleon dinos and the scene was longer and more dramatic. And it was revealed that the dinos were infected with a bacteria or something that would quickly wipe out the entire island.
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basically, the best way to describe my feelings about post Schindler's Berg is that before then (with a few notable exceptions- Hook) I loved pretty much everything he did without reservation, whereas since then I've disliked most of what he's done and what I've liked I've had reservations about. I hope that makes sense- to put it most clearly- Munich: FUcking loved the first 2/3rds hated the last third. Only like movie as a result. SOme, of course, I flat out hate (AI, WOTW, Terminal, SPR) but most are just "meh" to bad (Minority Report, Catch Me).
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Just like in JP (I'm looking at you John Hammond and hunter guy) they killed people in the movie that survived in the book or radically chnaged the way a character died. So in the book as they're being airlifted, I think there were a lot more people who made it.
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Mad Dino Disease. I fucking despise The Lost World so much. Fucking really, really hate it.
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It fit with the small theme of letting your son grow up and become a man. I would have liked the ending better, however, if Spiels paid homage to one of his favorite films, "The Searchers", and had the family completely ignore Cruise, lavishing all their attention on the girl, leaving Cruise to stand outside along as they shut the front door, just like the family did to John Wayne. I think that would have made the ending a bit more powerful.
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So Spiels and Koepp borrowed ideas that Crichton told them about and went their own way. That's why its not a straight-up adaptation.
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That so many people have read that book. I've been wondering about that recently. Does anyone read books anymore or is print dead? Personally, I haven't sat down and read a book for years, though I have been checking out ebooks lately.
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Am I wrong in remembering them escaping by boat? I haven't read that book in years (growing up I tried to read both that and JP once a year). But yeah, they encounter some Carnotaurus, which have super-chameleon powers due to their extreme chromataphores (like a cuttlefish's), which start stalking them in an enclosed area. I remember there was also a raptor chase, with the humans chasing the raptors bc one of the kids put himself in the "safety cage", an egg-shaped steel cage that protects against dino-attacks, and the raptors were kicking it down a hill all the way back to their nest.
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but since I stopped taking the tube, much less/
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Laters.
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And after that, I tried to read as many Crichton novels I could get my hands on, so when The Lost World came out, I snatched it up the first day of its release. But the last few years have been hard for me, reading-wise. I got Prey and Timeline for Christmas the years they came out but I never read them.
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I'm with you there. I loathe the idea of ebooks. THere's something comforting about a book.
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Thats an awesome idea. I agree....that would have really worked well. I love the image of The Duke alone at the beginning, alone at the end. He destined to be drifting loner.
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To own an old favorite book, to sit in a chair with it for hours. Its sort of childlike to me for some reason. I guess because thats when you discover their power. I spend enough time staring at a screen in my life. What the fuck do I want to read a book for hours staring into some shitty looking little handheld device. Fuck that. And the idea of pirating ebooks is sad. As if working writers are underpaid enough. Fuck. -
I thought for sure a Searchers homage is what Spiels was going for. Then it never happened and I was quite disappointed.
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every new form of media was meant to kill the book- and it hasn't. They're just nice things and people like nice things.
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I agree with that but I dunno, I keep hearing about all these major book store chains shutting down after being around for decades. That's what makes me think that.
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Harry Potter sold fucking billions of copies a few years ago. Twilight shifts more than is good. The next generation is getting books, just shit ones.
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There were like 20 of them. There only needs to be a few. Amazon made a huge impact in the industry, but I think it will always sell physical books. It cant be compared to something like music. The packing has always been sorta a throwaway thing for most people who shove CD's in their cases. Only a small portion of people organized their CD cases nicely. Books are different. Its as much about the presentation and bragging rights of the size of your collection, as it is the work itself. Thats why I compare it to film. People like other people to see how many DVD's or Blurays they own. They like the look of their collection up on a wall. A large collection of books is a nice thing to own and I suspect people will always want that. -
Yeah, that's true. I hadn't thought of that. But I wonder if that could be because those are books targeted at kids and teens. I mean, do you think it would be the same for books targeted at adults, or a specific genre?
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Ciao.
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Dude, you never cease to amaze me. Hee hee.
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What's this about Dreamworks having severe financial problems?
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I want the actual DVD but I'm happy to have all my music on a hard drive. And this from a guy who's fanatical about music. Before MP3s I was buying 2-3 CDs a week. My collection probably grew to over 2000. I had everything organized alphabetically, made sure the dics were always in the proper cases and never lent music out. With my iPod, I lost interest in needing the physical CD.DVDs on the other hand I still want to be able to hold in my hand and admire in my alphabetized collection.And the Kindle can suck it. I still want to read an actual book.
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I actual feel the same way as you guys about DVD vs. CD collections, but I never actually gave it any thought until now. I used to organize my CDs alphabetically too, but also have lost interest in that. It's funny to me how many people seem to feel the same way about it, but I can't actually figure out why.
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Are you still working on a website?
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The horror-comedy about killer sheep, not the killer comedy with Chris Farley and David Spade. And its kind of boring me.
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Heheh. Until I just saw the end.
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Still having difficulty getting everything up on the server.Last week a friend told me about Joomla or Jamala or something or other so I took a peek at that. Not sure what to go with. Whatever is easiest I guess.My web design days are far behind me and I just don't have the skills anymore. If I start to get frustrated, which is often, I just punch something and storm away from the computer and nothing gets accomplished.
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Yeah, I hear ya. I've been talking to Jason over at Nuke the Fridge quite a bit and he recommends Joomla, too. He says it's a much more powerful and adaptable CMS than Wordpress. I'm not sure because I have yet to try Joomla, but a lot of people seem to like it.
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This is a web page I built many moons ago to show people how code works in the easiest way. You may want to check it out, it might give you a new way to look at the internet.
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Yeah, I have to agree. Hee hee. But there really are tons of great Joomla themes and templates. Why someone would choose to use such a bland one is beyond me. Maybe it's a lack of confidence in their web design skills.
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Aren't you guys built on Wordpress? Why don't you switch to Joomla.
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We don't use Wordpress. The software is a lot like WP, but it's kind of all over the place. I was checking WP out at one time, but then I heard about Joomla. So right now I'm just taking my time to check out our options and find the best combination of CMS and server for our needs.
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liked it
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Produced by Robert Rodriguez? You know what, I've loved the guy in the past... but nowadays I'm increasingly thinking "FUCK RODRIGUEZ," and it all started when he cheated on his wife.
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Yeah, I have no doubt. (rolls eyes)
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If you want to share information, I'd be all for it. You can contact me at my regular email address or at www.mymavra.com. If you haven't been over there for awhile, you may want to check it out. Zed and Xiphos have been busting ass with their reviews. In fact, I just made both of them moderators today.
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Actually, now that I think about it, a Predator movie done by Rodriguez could be a thing of beauty. Could.
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Serious?Are we talking remake - or Predator 3. I'm up for a third installment.No Aliens in it, though.
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SPR - the landing is powerhouse cinema. The rest, I thought it fell into a standard 'Boys Own' adventure. There's nothing wrong with that - I just wanted more of the beach landing.WOTW - When the machine comes out of the ground, magnificent. However, I wanted to see it set as per the novel. I don't think that scenario was beyond Spielberg to accomplish. I don't understand the decision to go with modern day.Minority Report - is a top movie.
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Is a strange one for me. Loved the movie when it came out. When I watch it now - doesn't engage. Don't know why, can't put my finger on it.And how the blue flying fuck did that T-Rex get inside the complex at the end. Great visual with the banner coming down as the creature roars, but... huh?
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They really could have just called The Berg's version something else. I think a period almost anything would be awesome though-- Batman, Superman, Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot.
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Way to drop the ball on that one. FART.
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That this years little Miss Sunshine, Slumdog, is getting all the same praise and talk as Juno and Little Miss did before it but no one is really getting pissed off about it like they did with Fox Searchlights earlier Oscar pushes. Its nice to see that Fox Searchlight finally backed the right movie this year. I wonder what next year brings.
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So I just saw the same joke on Kimmel that Letterman did using the Christian Bale sound clip over the clip of the play crashing into the Hudson. Really this whole Bale thing is fucking lame and not really that funny, if anything its finally made him famous.
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Since I seem to feel like I'm take crazy pills every night by me lonesome holding down the night shift, I just want to make one comment about last nights viewing extravaganza before I start W.. We were watching Step Up and I told me lady friend that the movie came out like a year or two ago, and she was like NO WAY? Its like five years old. And by watching it you would think that it came out in the early 90's, its very dated for only being 2 years old. Its strange how dated it already looks.
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At home? Wow that Rene Zweilwinger movie looks terrible. Also the Haunting in Cuntnecticut, looks like the biggest blatant rip off of a movie if I've ever seen one.
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I watched Breakdown with Kurt in it, and it was excellent. But before that, Lovefilm had sent me Resident Evil: Extinction. This is not to excuse the myriad bonehead flaws in it- because there are fecking hundreds which I'll get into in a minute, but it isn't actually bad. It's so far ahead of the other 2 it's astounding.
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Top Class Tyrant monster design. Clever. It looked like the game, it moved like the game and it was based on similar rationale to the game. Mad Max scenarioMutant Crows. Including a wonderful effect Good use of physical effects v CGIPerformances were mediocre rather than actually blowing. Direction was competent, if uninspired- amazing what a difference having the dude that did Highlander makes Vegas set was excellent.
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Alice. The character is just shit. Terminally shit. It's a resident evil film. I want to see either Jill Valentine (preferably), Leon Kennedy, Chris Redfield, Claire Redfield. Telekinesis. Crap idea. Bad. Claire- this is not claireStupid CGI maps- Mrs. Jarv called them the dumbest thing ever. Clones. Made no sense. Pointless Rehash of shite from first movie Crap dialogue Idiocy of characters- especially stupidity that doesn't help the plot. One guy got bitten in the beginning and hid it from his mates for ages. This is hackneyed bullshit. Badly drawn characters- For example, they introduce a character called K-Mart "because I was found in K-Mart". The inherent dumbness of this is beyond explanation Huge glaring plotholes especially ones that ignore the logic of the film. Climbing ZombiesIdeas begun to be explored but then abandoned (probably for being too complicated)Crap writing in general. They obviously wanted to find a way for Alice to emerge from the desert as a sort of messiah figure- so she uses her force powers to trash her bike in her sleep- forced and dumb. Why not just have her run out of petrol? She was on the verge of this anyway, and it had been established properly in the filmMassive jump from second sequel with no filler information. Idiocy of going to Alaska. If you say in the opening that the T-Virus destroyed the world, then Why would Alaska be untouched? makes no sense. abuse of source material. Again. The head of Umbrella Corporation is NOT Wesker. Tools. Crap CGI. It may not surprise you to know that almost all the shitness in it (and there was a lot) came from Anderwank's script. Also the tool said that he was responsible for bringing back Zombie Movies in the making of (I had half an hour before Breakdown, so watched them)Overall I give it a (very unexpected) 6 out of 10. As opposed to RE1's 4 and RE2's 1
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step up Lethal Weapon 2. 'sok. Not as good as 1, but better than 3 and 4.
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I have found memories of this, as my dad snuck me in to see it in the cinema when I was a youngling. However, as a jaded 30 year old, I have to say.... It kind of sucks. Not all of it, Patsy Kensit and shopping. Overall it's meh.
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Almost as good as one. It has the added benefits of being very, very quotable. And Pesci is genius in it. LW3 sucked major, major balls. LW4 was ok, mainly because Jet Li was a good villian.
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Those films are a great example of the law of diminishing returns.Great first one, okay-ish second one, slightly annoying third one, fucking awful fourth one.If they make a Lethal Weapon 5, it will HAVE to be directed by Uwe Boll to maintain the same decline in standards, I reckon.P.S. Morning.
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Just a massive drunkening.Feel like death warmed up.
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Jesus, I'm boring.
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new plant- 11ZOmbies in that F13 thread.
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it's just OK. Pesci is very good and balances out Kensit being awful. And it is extremely quotable.
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I'm going away next week so need to be on 72 before then to keep up.
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hmph. I've thought of something else crap- Alice's VO. It's awful.
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I was too busy combating my hangover with a toasted sanga and a bucket of coffee.Resident Evil - Shit. 1 out of 10Resident Evil 2 - Shit but more enjoyable than the first. It at least resembled the game a bit more. 3 out 10.Resident Evil 3 - Shit. On par with the 2nd. Maybe a touch better due to Mulcahy. 4 out of 10.In summation, all three are shit. I love the games and can't wait for RE5 on PS3.
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Loathe and despise it.
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is that none of them are actually Resident Evil films- The first game is essentially a haunted house game, that happens to finish in a lab. Anderwank clearly is more interested in Umbrella/ paranoid evil corporation shite than survival horror so abused it horribly to meet his ends. Nemesis (which is obviously the model for the second film) was at least slightly followed, but it was ruined by his insistence on using "Alice" and a load of other shit. At least Nemesis himself looked OK- even if he was the thinking caring monster (awful). The third film, while obviously not a RE film on ANY level is an OK post apocalyptic film and Ian Glenn is good as the villain(dude always stars in utter shit though). The intro to the first game is more frightening than all 3 films put together. I'd be fine with them remaking the first one, and actually sticking TO THE FUCKING PLOT OF THE GAME. Oh, and include a hunter for fuck's sake.
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RE- 3 out of 10RE:A 1 out of 10 RE:E 5 out of 10I still cannot believe Anderwank thinks he is responsible for the rebirth of Zombie Movies.
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was recognisable as Silent Hill. ANd while an ok film, it's not great and the 3 hours worth of exposition really hurts it.
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Feb 11, 2009 5:10:26 AM CST
Never seen Silent Hill... game was pretty good.
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Have you seen the computer generated RE flick that was released recently? I have it, but haven't watched it yet.
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Didn't like it.Sorry, Jarv.
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and I have to say that it looks better than all the films put together. Resident Evil should not be hard. Silent Hill is like a combination of elements from the first 2 games, but Bean's accent really ruins it. I hope they go all SH3 for a sequel, as it's got one of the most minging things I've ever seen in it.
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"I want to be a child abusing junkie and you fuckers won't let me. Waaaaah"
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all by myself. Hmph. I may go back to musing on Video Games to film.
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Final Fantasy. The games ARE (plotwise) practically films in themselves, so when it came to making a film what did they do? threw the final fantasy plots out the window in exchange for some bollocks about Alien ghosts. It wasn't totally bad, it just wasn't final fantasy. They seem to sneer at games as a medium, and always think they have to do something different and totally unrelated from the title (see also Tomb Raider). It's weird.
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I have enjoyed many of the games, and it seemed to me a film animated by the Square folks that took place in a Final Fantasy-ish world - with moogles and mages and chocobos and whatnot - could be pretty entertaining.But then the film turned out to be a shitty Aliens type of thing with creepy looking pseudo-human characters.There were no chocobos at all.
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How is it Final Fantasy without flying boats?And the lead character must have huge hair and a preposterous name like KNIFE THUNDERCLOUD or EPIC BRAVEMONKEY or somesuch.
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Feb 11, 2009 6:52:34 AM CST
You have made me nostalgic for Final Fantasy, Jarv
by franklin t marmoset
I haven't played one of those since the slightly slipshod Final Fantasy X-2.Are they doing FF XIII for the X Box 360? If they are, I might take a break from running about shooting stuff to play it.
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XII was great though. There is 13 coming soon and it will be on PS3 and 360. So wiki tells me. There's best be chocobos. No chocobos=epic fail. Search your feelings, you know this to be true.
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that's ace. I seem to remember one being called Squal Lionheart at some point. They need to call one COCK ANDBIGSWINGINGBALLS.
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I liked the first one, though it wasn't great. RE2 was a clinker but that chick is tidy - was it Jill Valentine, can't remember? Extinction - I was going along with it until those identical blokes tumbled out of the storage container and started chasing everybody. Lost interest from that moment on.None of the movies get anywhere near the keck-wetting terror of the games.
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and that's a great review of that Batman. Best review I've read on here in yonks.
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as I assumed it was a nod to the game. It was when they started climbing shit that it annoyed me. It's easily the best of the 3 though.
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Which is odd because I was a serious junkie for the games.Did Lethal Weapon 2 age badly or something? Because I remember walking out of the theater being blown away. I haven't watched in what must be 10 years now but I recalled it being on par with the first.Those Dutch pricks were some of the best villains ever. And I say "Diplomatic immunity!" all the time.Watched Bottle Shock last night. All that damn wine drove me to crack open a bottle. Cute movie. Alan Rickman needs more work.A Predator reboot is a catastrophic idea. I'd love a Shane Black written, John McTiernan helmed third movie but Fox will never let that happen.
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were the identicals in? Don't think I've played that one...
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Just for a moment
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Alone in area for few minutes, but no one is around
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Hee hee
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All the ZOmbies basically looked the same- that's why you needed hunters etc.
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it hasn't aged well- and I've seen it hundreds of times. Lots of it feels just cheesy.
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Goodbye Lost Jarv. Fred has run out of free time. Best Zombie movies are still the first three Romero, Dead movies - filmed in Pittsburgh of course! Hee hee
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That's devastating news. Back in the day I would quote that movie more than anything. I think entire days went day where I only spoke dialogue from LW2.So does anyone else here want to smash Octo-Mom in the face with a shovel?
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Made good on my promise to rewatch Daredevil, and yeah, Jen's acting blows, playground scene is still silly, but it's really grown on me. For me, it's one of the better comic book movies out there. The fight scenes are great.Then I watched the double feature of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. I still love them, and I'll leave it at that.Then the nightcap was Blackhawk Down. I really like this movie a lot. I of course have no idea what it would be like, but that seemed pretty good look at what it was. I always forget it's Orlando who falls out of the chopper..heh-heh-heh...It's pretty crazy to think that as many guys got out as they did considering the situation and the odds. Fuck.
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Patsy and Mel shopping is bad, and Apartheid is now a thing of the past so it's difficult to relate to and some of it is very cheesy. I still smile when Mel pulls the house down with his truck.
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He is about as planty as you or me.
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I want a motherfucking prequel in the motherfucking mansion following the exact storyline of the motherfucking game and I want it right fucking now.
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That fucking post reeked of MArketing whore.
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following the exact storyline of the motherfucking game, and then I want a motherfucking version 2 and 3. Combine them if you wish, because it would make sense (they are both escaping from Racoon City) and then a proper Code Veronica. I don't mind if you don't go to the choir.
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what the fuck. Don't go to Antartica. Fuck knows what that was. I was talking to a fat hippy and not paying attention to my typing.
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That guy was scary as fuck and sorta retarded looking in the movie.
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even if it was far too easy. He didn't look that bad in the movie, what fucked it was that he started to remember shit and became the thinking, caring monster. That really sucked. That whole film really sucked.
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Feb 11, 2009 9:47:12 AM CST
I enjoyed and the whole RE series of games
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
But it wasn't until RE4 on Gamecube until a really LOVED the shit out of it. i finished it at least twice I think. A more difficult level every time.I am damn excited about RE5. It's been ages since 4.
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Feb 11, 2009 9:48:31 AM CST
Its a said day when the Tarantino TB is beating this one.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
What the fuck happened?
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....was fucking sick.
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What the fuck for? I just saw it was nominated for the BAFTA Outstanding British film.
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It beat TDK, Wall-E and Quantum? Uhhhhhhhh.....
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shit man, what a game
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He really captured the confusion and insanity of what those guys went through. The scene with the Hummers driving down the street and guys firing down from the rooftops grabs my gut and wrenches it like a plumber.I now have an unnatural desire to go home and play the entire Resident Evil series.
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Yeah I know the guy. He was able to see a screening the other night and he's a huge F13 fan, though will tell you exactly which sequels are shit and why. He really enjoyed the film, though will concede its an obvious cash grab. In his eyes, though, as long as its better than the worst sequel, its a success. He doesn't post much bc he doesn't often get the chance with family and work, but I've seen him in other threads before.
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of his posts it was the "slasher movies are back" and "really listening to the fans" that made me think of plant. But I'll take your word for it.
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The government changed the rules on this, so more shit qualifies- it's too depressing for words, but I think Star Wars now counts as a "british film" and I'm not joking.
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I loved Reservoir Dogs and Pulp was "meh" about Jackie Brown, quite enjoyed KB1 but thought that 2 would supply what was missing, Hated KB2 and loathed DP with a vengeance. I now have no desire to see bastards at all.
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Feb 11, 2009 10:20:03 AM CST
Jackie Brown is my fav Tarantino
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
It took a couple of viewings before I fully appreciated it. It's fucking awesome. Dogs and Pulp I both loved immediately then grew to like after a couple of viewings. I enjoyed both KB's, but the second is weaker than the first. I hated Deathproof except for the end 'chick as hood ornament' scene. Kurt does whimper like a bitch at the end as well, which didn't sit kindly with me.As for Basterds. I will see it, but I can't really say I'm looking forward to it. Same goes for Sly's flick.
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The Platinum Dunes website has a section where they ask fans to vent or give ideas on how their upcoming remakes should be, and he said their panel at comic-con (he went) was interesting in that they said they really were concerned about what the fans thought. I, however, don't buy it as I don't trust these guys/producers as much as he does (though he does hate the TCM remake and the idea of a Nightmare remake too), and I think the whole thing is just a bunch of lip service.
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is a fucking awful festering turd of a film. Mind-numbingly dull, obnoxious women talk crap for ages, get (thankfully)killed and then you have to endure what felt like an eternity of obnoxious women talking crap before the chase at the end. Kurt was good, though, but he always is.
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I'm sorry, but I remember teh AvP:Rectum sideshow where all we heard from the foilage was "they're big fans that really respect the material. I know because they told me at comicon" That's one of the reasons I thought he was a plant. I don't think it's anything more than lip-service and if they pay attention to the mouthbreathers that would visit a site like that (all of whom will be about 12) then it's too awful for words what they'll come up with.
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I think the character of Stuntman Mike is pretty awesome, and the chases sequences were great. Unfortunately, there's that fucking needless masturbatory long take of the girls sitting at a diner blabbing about bullshit that reveals a bit about their respective characters but manages to do so in the most boring way possible.
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I think he feels better about them because he does consider F13 remake to be a success, like it was for the fans (nudity, gore, creative kills, nudity). I mean, honestly an F13 movie doesn't need any more than that. *I*, however, think they should still *try* to make something better than just appealing to baser instincts, but the remake generated some goodwill for them in his eyes.
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the first one is just as bad. There's no tension at all- they just drive along talking crap, then get to the bar, talk more crap, then get killed.
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Feb 11, 2009 10:50:00 AM CST
Ironically Droid, Jackie Brown is my least favorite
by hawaiian organ donor
Although I think Robert Forster gives the performance of a lifetime.I understand that Tarantino is an egotistical douchebag. I doubt very much I could stand to be in the same room as him quite frankly. His face annoys me, his voice annoys me and for a guy that looks and sounds like that, he's got an unexplainably huge ego.Still, I think he creates infinitely fascinating characters, he borrows from 70s b-movie cannon superbly and he knows how to shoot an unbelievable action sequence without resorting to MTV video style quick cuts and gimmicktry.I can understand the fanboy hatred for Bay, Ratner, Boll, Rodriguez and Anderson, but I'll never for the life of me understand why Tarantino is so universally despised around here.Not liking some of his films makes sense but hating all of them? I don't get it.Needless to say, I'm pumped for the new movie. In fact, it's damn near at the top of my most anticipated films of the year.
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Feb 11, 2009 10:50:31 AM CST
Ohhhhhh so its percentage of British crew or some shit....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....I see. So the first 3 Alien films would also qualify as British probably.
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What? Really? Fuck. Anyone could have made that movie. It didn't need Ridley. Brett Ratner could have used Ridley's D.P. and it would have been the same film. Don't get the love for that one at all. SPR may be cookie-cutter and cliche, but I give a fuck about those characters a hell of a lot more than anyone in Black Hawk. True story or not-- there was nothing in that movie I cared about. -
Feb 11, 2009 10:53:41 AM CST
And Tarantino doesn't use quick cuts, sure.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....but I would call his method a lot more gimmicky than most, just with a different approach. But his entire resume is one big fucking gimmick.
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where they tell the redneck that their mate is in porn and then leave her with him to get raped and murdered. Nice friends.
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count Aliens doesn't. I think Alien 3 is also partially British funded.
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So as it turns out I'm the only guy on the planet who enjoyed Death Proof. Yes, it was a whole lotta talking but then again so was Glengarry and to me, both built up tension to the inevitable moment when badness went down.I'll admit the chicks weren't quite as interesting as characters in talky movies like Before Sunrise/Sunset, but I still was engaged enough that it completely held my interest. And Stuntman Mike became one of the coolest characters of all time and was featured plenty enough to get me through the parts that dragged.
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Picking out how many of the actors had acted together in other films and media. Let's see, we've got like 5-6 actors from "Pearl Harbor", 2 from the show "24", 2 from "Trainspotting"... shite, I've forgotten the rest. The first time I saw it, I picked out like 4 different things a lot of the actors had worked in together.
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Feb 11, 2009 11:02:22 AM CST
Jackie Brown grew on me in a big way
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
I think it's his most confident film in terms of style. Reservoir and Pulp both had really gimmicky, "look at me" camera work, like when Blonde cuts the cops ear off and the camera pans away. It irks after a few viewings, but JB's story just unfolds. There's a cool confidence to it.It's an awesome companion piece to Out of Sight. Love the Michael Keaton character crossover.
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I just hate that fucking diner scene that bores the shit out of me. Get to the car chases!
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Feb 11, 2009 11:05:31 AM CST
Glengarry = Mamet. Deathproof = Tarantino
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
BIG FUCKING DIFFERENCE. Mamet is a fucking genius.Before Sunrise/Sunset are fucking awesome as well.
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That I view movies differently than anyone else. I think Death Proof and The Dark Knight are examples of that. One is universally despised, the other universally loved and me and conventional wisdom are on complete opposite ends.And you're right, Tarantino does have a gimmick, but I thought everyone did. Even my beloved Senior Spielbergo utilizes the same things film after film.I'm going to shut up now. I don't have a long winded defense of my crap tastes in movies in me today.
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Feb 11, 2009 11:12:56 AM CST
why wouldn't Aliens count....it was shot at Pinewood.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Mainly British crew.
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It has to be Cast and crew, I think. Aliens has no British cast memebers.
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Feb 11, 2009 11:15:41 AM CST
Well you can call a signature style a gimmick.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...but it is something entirely different when Tarantino literally could not exist as a filmmaker if you took all that shit away from him. Spielberg and other competent directors could.
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madness to even compare them.
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But even he's had some colossal missteps. Homicide and Spartan are two of my most painful movie viewing experiences ever.And I'm not comparing the two as writers. Mamet has The Untouchables, Redbelt, The Edge, f-ing Ronin!!! and The Verdict on his resume. But I've heard people say they were bored to tears during Glengarry and I don't understand why. So what if it's nothing but 2 hours of 4 guys talking in an office? The characters and dialogue were expertly written. Death Proof not so much but I still don't get why some women prattling on for 10-15 minutes derails an entire movie for some people.Anyway, enough about Tarantino. That's a conversation that goes nowhere. The only thing we can agree on is we'd all like to punch him in the face.
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is that all the characters in Before and Glengarry are actually characters and talking in a way that reflects this. Death Proof is populated by women that are talking Tarantino. I've never met a woman that describes herself as a petrolhead though- and the anal levels of knowledge about things (lists and such like) is not how women talk. It's how Tarantino talks.
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Feb 11, 2009 11:22:48 AM CST
"we can agree on is we'd all like to punch him in the face."
by lost jarv
Abso-fucking-lutely. The thing that is so irritating about Tarantino is that you fucking know that he's capable of more than fucking DP and Kill Bill. He's like Shyalalaman- should do better.
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Some fine fine dialogue there. And its not the "Look at how fast I can talk" sort of dialogue. Its just rich, well written shit.
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That arrogant fuck would love to win the Oscar for directing year after year. What makes you think he can do more? It seems to me this is absolutely all he is capable of. I predict the failure of Basterds will have a serious impact on him and he might go away for awhile after this and just become a sort of famous for being famous kinda gameshow celebrity. -
Dialogue...casting...action. Dinero's last good movie, me thinks.
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Same fucking dialogue over and over.I hate fucking Kill Bill. Hate it.
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For bringing up M. Night. That right there for me is the ultimate head scratcher. People lambast Tarantino for his gimmicks and unrealistic dialogue but they love M. Night despite the fact he also relies on nothing more than a gimmick and his dialogue is also unrealistic, unrealistically bad. While a group of women may not talk like Taratino, normal educated people also wouldn't talk like a bunch of retarded 5-year olds.But I'll agree with you Jarv that hearing women talk about being gearheads is jarring and would never happen in a million years. But I also have to take myself out of reality when I watch a Mamet film because nobody and I mean nobody in normal circles talks that swaggering cool in real life.And let's face it, how often are we as quick witted in our daily conversations as people are in the movies? I'm capable of thinking quick on my feet once or twice a day, but movies would have us believe that the world is populated by 6 billion people who are all snappy.Movies also have us believe that every women is wet instantly and ready for sex at the drop of a hat.
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Because Dogs and Pulp were both top drawer efforts. Especially compared to the suck of KB2 and DP.
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Since I've never played any of those games (Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, blah-blah....), I can't compare to what they "should be"....but I've seen the first Resident Evil and I think parts of the second one...and they blow. Really, really, really bad. That is all. Just stating the obvious for everyone.
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And some great characters. All-around quality flick.
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QT writes.I find it astounding that QT gets slaughtered and Night gets let off- even leaving aside the staggering time he takes between films, how monumentally self indulgent they've been for a while QT is no worse than MNS. They're both one trick ponies with 2 unquestionably good films.
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That's why I was amazed 3 manage to scale the giddy heights of "average".
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Unbreakable is my favorite film of his.
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and ta-da! Average movie...hip-hip-hooray!
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You can hate the movie all you want, but seriously....you think Signs has unrealistic family dialogue? I think he always gets the dialogue spot on. And I don't complain about QT's dialogue for being unrealistic. I know its a movie and people don't talk like real people, no matter how hard you try and make them-- but fuck. QT's dialogue is just from another stratosphere to me. There is nothing likable, there is nothing I can relate to, there is nothing I care about, its obnoxious, in your face, and attention grabbing. Its like an annoying 8 year old "Look at me!! Look at me!!" Thats the problem with his dialogue. And because of this he also gives me that "I can give a fuck who lives or dies in this movie" syndrome. I just want the shit to end. And he made Kurt Russell suck, which I'm assuming is really fucking hard to do. You all slam Paul W.S. Anderson-- and even he wasn't able to make Kurt suck.
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Glengarry for example- you could concieve of salesment pricks actually talking in a dumber version of that though- I'm not talking about verisimillitude (sp), but they talked about shit that salesmen would talk about. Whereas the women in Deathproof talked like adolescent male geeks.There's wrong because it's too cool, and fundamentally wrong.
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Captain Obvious.
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how goes it my friends?
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Totally agree. unfuckingbelievable and totally Unfuckingforgiveable. That's OUR Kurt, Tarantino, you dick.
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Sorry, but I think it's hokey and awful. Really, really bad. Like everything else in that heinously overrated piece of shit.
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What's the good word?Did you upgrade to the new bic 2000 series of #2 pencils? It's all about the grip.
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Feb 11, 2009 11:50:11 AM CST
and dialogue in The Village was tight as fuck.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I haven't seen The Happening. But anything else M. Night has touched destroys QT.
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You have me all choked up Jarv. I'll beside myself that you think M. Night shouldn't be let off the hook if QT isn't.I watched Ronin a few months ago and it holds up beautifully. Mamet should be made king for a day because of that script.
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everyone got on Juno for "honest to blog" or whatever the vomit inducing line was, but MNS gets a bye for "Swing Away"? No fucking thanks, not now, not ever.
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or The Village? I've seen them once, and can't tell you any of the lines from the Village at all or Signs (besides the aforementioned "Swing away" line)...
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Would have been good if by about half way QT didn't give up on making the movie look old school and just shot it normally. Where as RR went all the way.
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either Pulp Fiction or Reservoir dogs- and he's made the worst films of the 2 of them. The fact is, neither of them has made anything worth a damn since their third movie (and I'm being nice about both SIgns and JB). The Villaige was an ass sandwich slathered in ass sauce with a side order of extra ass. An execrably bad movie. And I think MNS is more of a tool than QT- although it's close.
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the way the tip glides so smoothly into the jaw line is just superb. Even though that sounded like a double entendre it wasn't haha
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No it wouldn't. Because you still had to deal with Kurt crying and the terminally dull women. Wocha Kloips, how's things?
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Your office sounds like it's loosened policy standards!
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but it's like he just kept saying 'nah, not gonna make this movie cool. Oh by the way, here I am for yet another cameo that makes Hitchcock spin in his grave"
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I just can't believe Kurt cries. Fucking pencil jihad on QT. Asshole.
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so i'm only here for a few minutes as fucking usual
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Its now cool to hate on M. Night so everyone wants to claim they always hated him and they always knew Bruce Willis was dead and he has always sucked and can't write. They don't like a few of his films and suddenly he can't write. Its just like the hatred of Signs-- everyone brings up "SWING AWAY" as an example as to how shitty the dialogue is in that movie. The script itself is a great read and the guy never lost the ability to write.
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Visiting little Kloipy then?
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Aside from me not liking the stories, I think M. Night's dialogue is just hokey and childish. Except for Sixth Sense. That movie had it all.
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The premise of the village was shit. It was, as I've said above, ass sandwich slathered in ass sauce with a side order of extra ass. Crap, crap, crap. And if the cunt appears in one more of his own films (especially as the writer destined to save the world or whatever the fuck it was) then I'm going to hunt him down and hurt his pets. That goes for QT too.
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I can only say that I like his first two films unreservedly, as I've seen them multiple times. I've only seen Signs and The Village once each, and I can't really remember them too well. Never saw Lake or Happening, so no comments on them.
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Lady I can understand......but not The Village. I remember coming out of the theater and hearing a bunch of jerk-offs complain "What the fuck....so the monster isn't even real?!" If it was the same film up until the last 20 minutes when a mean ass CG monster showed up and chased them around and it was fast paced and action packed-- the movie would be fucking praised on here. No doubt in my mind. -
little Kloipy had to go to her daycare this week. Breaks my heart every morning when I have to leave
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I didn't know Bruce was dead. He got me there. And it's a great film on first watching. I've also hated signs since I first saw it, and I hated the Village with a passion. LAdy annoyed me, but I was prepared for it to suck, and everywhere wasn't full of dickheads still harping on about how great Night was, so didn't bother me as badly. I will not be watching The Happening.
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it really made me want to kill myself. it's a conversation between the main characters and some soldier and it's seriously like Night just drove down to Mayberry
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But does that translate into a good movie with interesting dialogue?Fuck, now I'll have to rewatch Signs and the Village one of these days. Though I'm less inclined to watch The Village again.
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That twist was offensive in it's predictability, insultingly anodyne and just frankly shite. Not to mention the fact that the film was dull as hell. Fucking hate it.
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Feb 11, 2009 12:06:20 PM CST
yeah...I've had to drop the little one off this week
by just pillow talk
as Mrs. Pillow is away on business.The little monkey refuses to let go of me and I have to coax her to get down and play so I can go to work.
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they like anything MNS has done since Unbreakable. He's a fucking hack, and an arrogant tool that thinks he is god. Why else would you write yourself into your film as the writer that saves the universe or whatever? And it wasn't a joke, because the cunt has never given even the slightest hint that he may posess a sense of humour, let alone a self-deprecating one.
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squash Inglorious Bastards.
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and this thing is slowing fucking down.
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The twat owes me 6 hours of life and 20 quid. It would be thirty but I saw The Village on a plane.
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I think he cast and directed the actors perfectly in Signs and Village. Photography was great in both and they were paced and edited well. The only big complaint I have of Signs is the CG alien at the end. Would have been much better with a guy in a suit. Other than that its a near perfect film to me, every department seemed to gel well.
Thats what seems so odd about what is said of The Happening. And I know its not just shit talking because close friends of mine that enjoy all of his movies up to Lady, said it was a piece of shit as well. -
It was a stirring score by James Newton Howard that I instantly fell in love with. And I really enjoyed the idea of a community kept in line with fear-mongering by those in charge... which said a lot about the state of the world at the time in which the film was made. If you know the twist, its a good movie. If you didn't know the twist, I think that's when people started having problems with it.
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mine just gives me a smile when I talk to her and then as I'm walking away she just looks at me like "daddy, where are you going?"
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we usually truck along at about 150-200 posts a day. It's just we start with about 400 and always finish with about 2000. The reason it looks bad is that the other topics are attracting a lot of heat.
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duty, she has said she has the harder part.
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No, it's a marathon, not a sprint.
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Happy infidel hunting!
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Because I will not be watching it again. And regarding signs- if you leave aside the idiocy of Aliens invading a planet that's covered in water (yes, I know, bad water killed them, yayyayayayaya, but that's hardly clear), the fucking awfully trite religion theme, Phoenix's dismal performance, the fact that I think mel was on Tranq's for it, the nauseating family, the shit dialogue, and the crappy CG, then yes, it is well shot. 1/10. Which is one more than both the Village and Lady. Now I think about it, MNS isn't fit to lace QT's shoes.
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is the lack of postings to any Transformer related talkback lately. I thought for sure there would still be tons of people interested in that shit.
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but I was surprised anyone was interested in the first one. Seriously, it's Transformers for fuck's sake. There must be a cut off point for nerdism.I think that's just your browser/ connection/ whatever- it's reloading for me like a motherfucker.
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Hating on M. Night now is not much difference than hating on QT. Some people might have hated Dogs and Pulp from the get go, but the ones who enjoyed them now rip QT a new a-hole for Kill Bill and Death Proof.That's no different than a guy like me who loves Sixth Sense but feels all the goodwill from that movie was squandered on the 5 that followed it.Look, I'm the one guy here who doesn't hate on anyone in Hollywood. I don't hold the same seething contempt for M. Night that some guys here have for Pitt, Clooney, QT, Stiller, Rogen, Apatow, Boll, Le Hulk and Tom Hanks.Do I think M. Night is a one-trick pony with the biggest ego in Hollywood? Absolutely. Do I hate him? No. Do I think he's a talented director who should be filming other people's scripts? Definitely.And for the record, not for a second did I suspect Bruce Willis was dead. One of the greatest reveals ever.Also for the record, "swing away" didn't bother me. The imbecilic story bothered me.
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Feb 11, 2009 12:20:34 PM CST
what does all that have to do with the photography?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Trite Religion Theme? Mel was a priest. His wife died. He lost his faith in God. The fact that he and his family survive the aliens renews his faith at the end? Thats trite religious theme?
Phoenix is a weirdo dead-beat bum brother. It wouldn't surprise me if the character is on prescription meds.
Mel on tranqs? Uhhhh. His wife died, he hasn't gotten over it. He hates his fucking life. He is a cold, dry, lifeless guy. He played that perfectly well.
Nauseating family? Those kids really bothered you that much? They were just ordinary kids. I think you just despise kids in general. Any time there has even been a kid in a film you point out how much you hate them.
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I liked Unbreakable and the 6th sense, but all goodwill is gone. He's had a fucking plummet into hackiness. Tarantino at least slowly slid into shiteness- Jackie Brown wasn't bad, and KB1 at least was stupidly entertaining (not that I'm defending KB2 or DP at all- to be crystal clear). Just seeing his name is enough to make me not want to watch it. Like seeing Tom Hanks's name- that's enough.
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Feb 11, 2009 12:23:47 PM CST
For the record....QT has sucked from day one.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
The moment I heard that Madonna "Like A Virgin" rant in Dogs I knew I was gonne despise the next hour and a half of my life. How can someone hate on Tom Hanks? He was in Big, The Burbs, and Turner and Hooch for fuck's sake.
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Even if it is stolen. Pulp Fiction is also a fucking monster, and cost fuck all to make. MNS has never done anything anywhere near as good as that. Hatred for Hanks? Cast Away, The Terminal, Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, SPR, The Ladykillers, Da Vinci Code, All utter dogshit. The 3 you mention were ages ago. Signs- the religion was trite because it was nothing more than a character note. He could have been a fucking rent boy for all Night went in to it. Mel and Phoenix's performances: you're actually interpreting them how you want to- you're looking at shite and finding an excuse for it- oh yeah, he was dull because his wife died. I don't buy it. I just think it was bad. The kids were horrible. I actually wondered if they thought they were in the omen for a while. I work in education and see millions of kids every day and not one of them is as fucking creepy and sedated as those 2. I don't hate kids in general, I thought that Empire of the Sun is epic, and I can name loads of films with good child performances. Just we keep talking about ones with bad kids performances. my original point was that if you take all that out of it, and you're just left with the photography, then yes, fine that is quite good. Anyhoo, that shall do with signs, as we'll never agree and thinking about it irritates me.
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have a good night. No pun intended.
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Sixth Sense and Unbreakable are great fucking flicks. Signs I liked as well, to a lesser degree.The Village was an absolute load of shit. Do you know what would've made that flick 10 fucking times better? The monsters are real and there is no ridiculous fucking twist. And Brody's tard can fuck right off as well. Just make it a period monster flick. A peaceful self-contained community surrounded by a forest full of chew your face of monsters. Could've been awesome.The lady in the water I actually don't mind. Do I think its a good flick? No. Do I think it's a ballsy flick? Yes. It's so weird and different that I respect him for giving it a go. There are way too many things wrong with it though. In particular the Balabans critic character and casting himself as the fucking writer that changes the world!??!?! WTF!?The Happening was fucking excruciatingly awful. Wahlberg outrunning the wind is as stupid as Gyllenhall outrunning the freeze.
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It seems to me the dialogue in a QT movie is a lot like our TBs. Wittier than it deserves to be, pretentious, gimmicky and chock-a-block with fanboy references.
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It was already a 30 year old story by Harry Harrison. A society of Aztecs are aboard a spaceship that was much like the dome in The Truman Show. It had day, it had night and it was surrounded by hills where evil creatures were said to dwell to keep the natives within the boundaries.That story was absolutely aces. Wonderfully written. Surely M. Night knows of it's existence because he borrowed entire parts of it for his movie. If he wasn't such an egotistical loon who has to have his name in the writing credits, he would have bought the rights and made a movie based on the book.Cast Away hatred? Awwww Christ, don't tell me I'm the only guy here who absolutely adores that movie too.
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He would have lost me as a fan. I wouldn't be interested in that at all. That film is solid. Its just a weeee bit slow a few parts in the middle. But that's William Hurt's sleepy ass voice I think.
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Feb 11, 2009 12:55:15 PM CST
Cast Away is the fucking bomb. Near flawless.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Death to Smoochy. Watching it again now. Forgot how entertaining it is.
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Great flick there too.
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He asked "Did you hear that 90's grunge rock original score?!" Followed by 10 minutes of howling laughter.
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Danny and I seeing eye to eye again. I always thought the castaway scenes on the island were incredible filmmaking. In fact, I'm the opposite of the haters. Give me the scenes with just him over the ones back in society. His evolution from Stay Puft to Survivorman is perfection.
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but you talk up how awesome something like Outlander is? It's essentially the same thing. A period monster flick.The Village sucked ass. It was slow, boring and the only reason the first 100 minutes exist is so M. Night can try to pull the rug out from under you with the shittest fucking twist in a long time. It sucks.
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Damn dude, are you responsible for single handedly keeping it at number one?I only watched Smoochy once but I remember thinking it was hysterical.
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Then if it turned out to be a real monster. It helps that I knew this was the ending before seeing the movie, I imagine, but I still like the idea better.
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Feb 11, 2009 1:04:21 PM CST
Cast Away is brilliant up until he gets off the island
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Then it turns to sentimental drivel. Zemeckis is genius though.
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On it's best day it's a battle of mediocrity and thier best days are behind them. Before the Crappening came out I would have said the Nightster was winning due to Unbreakable, 6th sense and the first 40 or so minutes of Signs. Unfortuantly after the first 40 or so minutes of Signs M. Night crawled up his own ass and has never came out again. The Crappening is one of the all time worst movies ever made. I couldn't get through Lady in the water and The Villige was Garbage. Garbage premis garbage execution.Tatarintino's bigget problem, besides turning out shitty movies? It's every motherfucker on his jock that think he's the greatest hot shit ever to put pencil to paper.Resovior Dogs outside of Michael Madsen was "meh", Pulp Fiction I will always hate because it brought Travolta back. Jackie Brown was great but that's becasue it's mostly Elmore Leanards work. The first half of KB was dopily entertaining but that was it. Part two sucked ass. Death Proof well less said about that shit hole the better. The stunts were great though I will give him props for that.
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Feb 11, 2009 1:08:11 PM CST
The Village might have worked with real monsters
by hawaiian organ donor
If they were protecting the villagers from the outside world. Still as a period piece set back in colonial times mind you, but the monsters see the carnage and destruction we reap upon ourselves and have decided to shelter this one isolated village.The irony being they'd rather kill one inquisitive person who tries to leave in order to save the rest from the barbaric world outside.
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...and I like period monster movies (13th Warrior) but M. Night doesn't make monster movies. He makes movies about conflicted relationships. Thats what I want to see with his shit. Not some effects heavy action monster piece. Save that for someone else. It shows he has balls for not doing that. Thats the easy way out. And whats wrong with Cast Away once he leaves the island? The conclusion is perfect. If Zemeckis was all lovey dovey sentimental than Helen would have been waiting for him all those years, she would have jumped in his arms-- roll credits. But thats not the way he went. He showed the cold reality that people can't wait forever.
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Sentimental drivel from beginning to end. Pure oscar bait materialWTF hapened to Tom Hanks? he made one of the greatest movies of all time, Bachelor Party, and a great bunch of goofy fun movies like Volunteers, Splash, Dragnet. Then what? You won the Oscar and felt you had to play yourself in every oscar bait movie made?
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But the scenes on the island are magic. Although that one shot of him playing with the lighter at the "welcome back from the dead" party is phenomenal.
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That premise would make for one creepy movie. Along those alternate-storyline ideas, I always thought the final Matrix movie should have ended with with "the real world" just being one other level of the Matrix (explaining Neo's force-lightning powers in the 2nd one), and the twist being that long ago the humans *willingly* put EVERYONE into those battery chambers. They had a peace accord with the machines. The humans got to live life in the Matrix, the machines got their power, and everyone lived in harmony. So there was no real-world society, no rebellion- all of that existed only in the "outer" level of the Matrix. You could never truly escape, and when Neo and company find out that their ancestors placed themselves in the Matrix for the betterment of the future generations, they decide to keep it all secret from everyone else, bc its better to live for an ideal, fighting for something, then to find out its all for naught.
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Feb 11, 2009 1:17:02 PM CST
It's more the trite "crossroads" shot right at the end
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
and the delivery of the parcel to some sexy biker chick. The relationship resolution, although really melodramatic, was fine.
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Shit, there's nothing sentimental about anything on the Island. Everything rings true for me.
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People always claim Pulp Fiction brought Travolta back. Not true. That honor goes to Look Who's Talking. Does everyone forget what a sleeper hit that movie was? Even the sequels did well.Pulp Fiction might have accelerated his rebirth, but Travolta was well on his way to a comeback before QT cast him.
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"Allright boys. Let's go pray and get shitfaced."
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Feb 11, 2009 1:23:46 PM CST
Look Who's Talking made people aware...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Travolta was still alive. Pulp Fiction made Travolta fucking cool to the masses and he's pimped it for all its worth ever since.
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He looks like 'What the fuck do I do now?'
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I'd pay to see that movie.But yeah, imagine The Village with a slightly different reveal. Somebody from the villages somehow makes it through the gauntlet of monsters and reaches the forest edge to discover the boneyard of everyone from the outside world who tried to enter the forest, either that or vice-versa; someone from the outside world which is a couple hundred years advanced makes it to the village. Maybe I'm wrong but to me that would have been a much cooler reveal.
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But who knows what the tide will bring?
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Really? I'm pretty sure Sin City already gave Mickey his comeback, because he's gotten pretty steady work ever since then.
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Feb 11, 2009 1:36:00 PM CST
Mickeys been in steady supporting roles...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Domino and Man on Fire, Sin City. But the wrestler is the starring role comeback.
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Without QT making Travolta a junky hitman he would not have been catapulted back into a place of prominence.yes I agree that the talking baby movies helped Jonny boy but not anywhere near the extent that Pulp Drivel did.
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I guess you guys are too young to remember but the 20 and 30 something crowd of women were swooning over Travolta all over again when the movie came out. So without Pulp Fiction he would've been reborn as a leading man in romances and comedies. He still would've done the Phenomenoms, Wild Hogs and Michaels, but not the Face-Offs and Swordfishes.
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I was asking the same thing about Rourke. I walked out of Sin City and the first thing I said to my friend was "I gotta pee". The second thing I said was "We just witnessed Mickey Rourke's comeback".He might now be up for more leading man roles, but he's been collecting a steady paycheck the past few years and his performances have been the highlight of every movie.
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A leading man, but people are acting like he hasn't been seen in movies since Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man. That would have been his last movie until Sin City.
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There were 122 episodes of Nash Bridges? I hated that show. Also Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man is listed as Sci-Fi on imdb?
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So Double Team, White Sands, Animal Factory, Spun and Get Carter all came out in between Sin City and Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man. Which were all memorable MR performances, see I don't really remember much of Man On Fire save for the duct taped to the steering wheel guy. But I remember him in all those movies.
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I seem to remember this movie, but I may be getting it mixed up with Quigly Down Under, grander they were directed by the same guy. Who also did Harley Davidson and The Marlboro Man. Just wondering if anyone else remembers Paul Hogans other movie beside Thats A Knife and Flipper.
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Can't remember if he played the angel or some guy who needed guidance from one. Regardless, I recall it being nearly unwatchable.
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He's a crook and he almost dies and kinda becomes an angel. Elias Koteas kicks ass in this one too. Fuck I looked on his imdb and Paul Hogan only has 10 fucking things? And most of them have been mentioned. What the fuck? Where did he come from? Who is he?
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Feb 11, 2009 2:52:04 PM CST
Yeah...see I fucking knew Paul Hogan wasn't an actor.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
He's just like a personality/sensation. ------------Hogan was born in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales and went on to become a rigger working on the Sydney Harbour Bridge before rising to fame in the early 1970s after a comical interview on A Current Affair. Hogan followed this with his own comedy sketch programme, The Paul Hogan Show, which he produced, co-wrote, and in which he played a panoply of characters with John Cornell. The series, which ran for 60 episodes between 1973 and 1984, was popular both in his native country and in the UK and Ireland, and showcased his trademark lighthearted but laddish "Aussie Ocker" humour. In 1985, Hogan was awarded Australian of the Year and was also appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).
Paul Hogan advertised Winfield cigarettes successfully in the 1970s: the campaign took the brand from zero market share to market leader within a few years.[1] Hogan is well remembered for the statement "Anyhow- have a Winfield" and it has become an icon of Aussie culture.
During the early 1980s, Hogan filmed a series of television ads promoting the Australian tourism industry, which aired in the United States. In particular the advertisement featuring the phrase Shrimp on the barbie which aired from 1984, was particularly successful.[2] Throughout the decade, he appeared on British television in a long-running series of advertisements for Foster's Lager, in which he played an earthy Australian abroad in London. The character's most notable line (spoken incredulously at a ballet performance) "Strewth, mate, there's a bloke down there with no strides on!" followed Hogan for years, and the popularity of its "fish out of water" humour was repeated with his next endeavour.
Hogan's first film, Crocodile Dundee (1986), featuring a similarly down-to-earth hunter travelling from the Australian Outback to New York City, was privately funded by Hogan and a group of private investors including much of its cast, entrepreneur Kerry Packer, and cricketers Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillee and Rod Marsh.
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In Australian media, he is reported as a tax evader, accused of refusing to pay over AU$300 million worth of taxation. [3] In an interview with the Australian edition of 60 Minutes, when asked if the Australian Taxation Office would file an arrest for him, he replied, "Come and get me, you miserable bastards." [4]
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Seriously I am getting tired hearing about that stupid Bruce song that he did especially for the movie. And how magical it fucking was and how its the biggest flaw in the Oscar system that it wasn't nominated. Really had anyone else wrote and sang that song, which a lot of people could its not that good, no one would have given a shit. Its fucking Bruce and a Guitar, its no different then his Oscar winning and Oscar nominated Philadelphia and Dead Man Walking. Which were both personal songs made for the fucking movies? Why is the wrestler such a big fucking deal? Should we praise an icon for doing what he always does? The shit Peter Gabriel did with Coming Down to Earth, which was made especially for the movie much more memorable then The Wrestler.
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It all began as something of a joke. In mid-1971, Sydney Harbour Bridge rigger Paul Hogan and a few of his workmates were bemoaning the treatment regularly meted out to contestants on the New Faces TV show. Why not work out a phony act and heap a bit back on the judges, thought 32-year-old Hogan, an Aussie battler with a wife and kids who’d left school in his mid-teens and worked his way through a myriad of jobs.
Billing himself as a knife-throwing tap-dancer from Lightning Ridge he duly appeared on the show and menaced the none-too-impressed adjudicators with his wooden props and ocker wit. Whether or not the producers of the program appreciated his sentiments they were quick to note a glimpse of talent in his methods and invited him back for another appearance. By the end of the year (and after several more ludicrous sight acts) Hogan was a contestant in the finals of the show and though beaten into second place he was creating quite a stir with the viewers.
Enter journalist Mike Willesee, whose A Current Affair daily TV programme debuted the following week. One of his first segments featured a reporter sent out to interview the famous bridge worker about his newfound fame and views on life in general.
The three-minute item so impressed Willesee that Hogan was engaged as a regular on the series and for the next few months would knock off work at four o’clock in the afternoon and make his way to the T.C.N.9 studios. Eventually, he was offered a full-time job with the program and deserted the heights of the famous ‘coathanger’ for a career which would ultimately reach equally dizzy heights in show business.
An indication of the popularity of the two to three minute segments came when Hogan discussed tax returns arid suggested attaching a $10 note to the form to speed up the refund. Over seven thousand viewers followed his advice (much to the consternation on the tax office)
In March 1972, he was named the best new talent on Australian television at the annual T.V. Week Logic awards. Soon after, he was signed for a series of highly visible commercials for Winfield cigarettes and the Hogan face was also seen on billboards and in magazines around the country.
During his time with Willesee Paul met and befriended a journalist on the show named John Cornell whose business acumen lent direction to the Hogan career from then on. After a year with A Current Affair the two convinced Nine management to finance a one-hour special called Hogan Abroad (or How To Travel Overseas Without Making A Mug Of Yourself). A mix of comedy and sightseeing filmed in Singapore, it was the start of phase two in the Hogan career.
Having spent eighteen months on the Nine Network, Paul switched to Seven for his next programme, this time set in London. Pleased with the response, the network signed Hogan and Cornell (who had built up a character of his own, the dim-witted and female-lacking Strop) for a series of hourlong specials to start the following March.
Limiting himself to six to eight appearances a year, the shows were a mixture of sendups and character sketches plus musical offerings by leading Australian pop artists. Central to the format was his alter-ego “Hoges”, the down to earth Aussie know-all in sleeveless shirt, football shorts and boots who was continually having a go at authority and knowing all the tricks to achieve your goal with a minimum of effort.
Other “regulars” included Smithy, Leo Wanker and the talent-free Luigi The Unbelievable who tried all manner of colourful sideshow acts from spoonbending and knife throwing to becoming a strong man and occasional magician. Sketches invariably poked fun at local TV. shows and commercials and various aspects of the Australian way of life in general.
Supporting him in the programmes (in addition to Cornell) were Andrew Harwood, Marguerite Frewin and Delevene Delaney (who would eventually become Mrs. Cornell), and later John Blackman and Sue McIntosh.
The mid-1970s also saw him involved in the all-star fundraising concert for victims of the Darwin cyclone tragedy, and appearing on an LP record with his antipodean version of Peter And The Wolf.
Hogan stayed with Seven until the end of the 1976 season before switching his team to Nine for more money and better production expertise. He continued there with basically the same format and his usual half-a-dozen shows a year.
By 1980 he was beginning to tire of the unrelated sketch format and appeared on only three programmes all with a specific theme. He lampooned a recent Nostradamus investigation, put forward a mock political campaign, and finally set up his own television network.
Impressed by the success Benny Hill was having with edited versions of his shows in America, Hogan decided to go the same route and packaged highlights from his specials into twenty-six half-hour programmes aimed at the overseas market. In the absence of new product, the Nine Network scheduled them for Australian transmission throughout most of 1981.
As it happens, Hogan’s first appearance on British and American T.V. screens came not from his sketch material, hut in a series of advertisements to promote Foster’s Lager on the international stage and as part of a hugely successful government tourism campaign. For many in the northern hemisphere he was best known as an unofficial ambassador beckoning them to journey down under and take up his invitation to ‘throw another shrimp on the barbie’.
Back home, he could be seen in the occasional special and on several Royal Gala and charity concerts aired by Nine in the early 1980s.
In November 1982, British television saw the launch of Channel 4 and their opening schedule included the Hogan highlights shows. After thirteen weeks it had become one of their top shows and a second batch was scheduled later in the year. To capitalize on his success in England, Hogan scripted two special programmes to be recorded in London and screened on Channel 4 and by Nine in Australia.
Apart from a straight acting role in the 1985 telemovie The ANZACS, the co-productions were to mark the end of the Hogan television career as he and Cornell were anxious to move into the film arena with an idea which had been on the drawing hoard since the late seventies. Getting financial backing for it was another thing however.
Eventually, Paramount Pictures decided to bankroll the project and an outback character with a penchant for tall tales hit movie screens around the world in late 1986. Crocodile Dundee was an enormous moneymaker wherever it played, earning over $300 million on the American market and becoming the greatest success story in Australian cinema history. And, after a decade at the forefront of Australian show business, Paul Hogan was catapulted to international acclaim.
Two years later came the inevitable sequel Crocodile Dundee 2 and another box office success. Hogan’s private life came in for media scrutiny soon after when he and wife Noelene separated, caused in part by his ongoing relationship with Dundee costar Linda Kozlowski (whom he subsequently married). -
I fucking love that guy! Remember when he hung out with the Turtles? Or when he fucked James Spader in the ass? Come on this guy's got range! He was in some movie I saw the other night...it was either Step Up or Eagle Eye.
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Back when David Cronenberg was still making good movies, those were the days. Anyone else here read that book?
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Feb 11, 2009 3:05:00 PM CST
Elias Koteas is very good. Loved him in Gattaca.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Paul actually fucking wrote Lightning Jack!
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And I will fucking punch you in the mouth.
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How long has he been bald? Was that a wig in TMNT?
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Feb 11, 2009 3:13:32 PM CST
No. It was real. You could see it thinning by 3.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
But he really went bald very fucking rapidly.
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Doesn't want to be in the Expendables because Sly couldn't describe his role good enough to him? Really? All of the sudden he has become a character actor?
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Nolte screaming at him to the point where spit traveled through the radio and Koteas looking like hell because he knew he was being asked to send his men into a slaughter. Powerful stuff.
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Crash?
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Feb 11, 2009 3:25:10 PM CST
Hobocode called me an "Insufferable douch bag"
by dannyglovers_dickblood
behind my back in the Q.T. TB when I wasn't even in the fucking room.
Odd. I would never talk shit about anyone in the group behind their back like that. Maybe thats just me though. Anyway, he is back on my shit-list, just to warn you next time he pops up in here ans starts raving about Lost. -
Ummmmmmm probably the aforementioned "LEG STUMP FUCK." I remember watching that late at night with some friends years ago in High School. Aaawwww fuck. Hilarious.
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STOP THE PRESSES!
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Really I guess that was it, even though in the movie you can't really tell? I don't know its been so long since I've seen it. I barely remember the book as well.
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Yeah...I can be a douche bag, whatever. The point is it surprises me a regular from the group would go bitch about me in another TB.
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To my therapist.
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Nightmares of Danny, wakes up in the middle of the night covered in urine and fear and looks over to his life partner and goes. Henry "I've had another nightmare about him again." Henry half asleep goes, "Who that Danny Glover guy?". "Yes, HIM!" "Don't worry sweet cheeks, Danny Glovers Dickblood is a douchebag." Which reassures the Beekster and he turns on his Ipod Nano with the best of Wham playing he quietly and calmly sleeps the night away dreaming about George Micheal in that sweet green speedo.
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BLECH. Really, Pitt looks and sounds horrible. That "...and I want my scalps line," is fucking god-awful.
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JC (Jesus Christ) In the Hood. Hopefully its somehow a sequel to Leprechaun in the Hood.
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BACK THE FUCK UP.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKqj0ZWIc8c
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but thought I would post it anyway haha
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FUCK DOOK!
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Curious. This film looks bad-ass in a STORM RIDERS kinda way.
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I am really, really late here, but I gotta say, I LOVED Death Proof. Great stunts, funny dialogue, and a cute cast of chicks (especially Rosario Dawson and that chick with the long hair that gets her leg ripped off). I get the hate, and I'm not a fan of Quentin Tarantino the person, but his movies have always just been pure fun to me. Sure, I would never think to nominate any of them for any Oscars (except probably Jackie Brown, and for a whole bunch) but they're solid cinema fun.
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AT THE LOCAL COMIC SHOP TODAY! THEY HAS ALL THE OUTER LIMITS!!!SO pissed I didn't have more cash on me. Anyway, here are some TAPES (yep, no DVDs) I picked up there today.The General (starring Buster Keaton)- I love classic crazy stunt movies like this.Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein-probably the first great horror/comedy movie in my mind. A perfect blend of the two.Some Like It Hot- A movie I absolutely love for the comedic performances of the two male leads, and then of course, there's Marilyn Monroe's extreme hotness. A blond I am actually attracted to is a rare case for me. They hardly ever catch my eye.Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time- I guess this was just a two-parter of the original 70s series. Now, I have never seen ANY Doctor Who and I only know the basic idea for the show, but I figured for a dollar, it would be worth checking out all the hubbub.And finally...Street Fighter (the 1944 movie with JCVD)- Pure, delightful cheese. I have always been a severe Street Fighter nut. I think it's just all those amazing character designs. Funny, since this basically ruins/ignores all of those amazing original looks all the characters used to have. Still, this movie is so bad it's laughable, and I am proud to now own it.
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I don't think Tarantino is a genius and none of his stuff is a best picture contender. But I have fun with his films.Node called DGDB a douche behind his back. Hmmmmm, makes me wonder how often stuff like that is said about me. I'm the king of douches.
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Feb 11, 2009 8:23:30 PM CST
After all the QT talk today, I'll admit one thing
by hawaiian organ donor
That Bastards trailer looks awful. Bad delivery by Pitt, uninspired platoon of soldiers and some truly dreadful direction. I'm man enough to admit my expectations for this thing just plummeted.
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OH YEAH??? BIG DEAL! We got 50 cent bins at my comic shop! And I found a bunch of old Micronaughts and some sweet comics with a poster of Orca on the back! Beat that off!
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Feb 11, 2009 8:25:29 PM CST
I back you up HOD. As I would back up anyone here.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Maybe I'm a sentimental pussy but I enjoy all you guys and I value the relationship we have on here. Kung and I go at it all the time. But I would never trash him in another TB when he's not around. I dunno man. It was just surprising. I have a pretty good surplus of piss stored up in my garage and I'm pretty sure I hear Hobo's mouth a callin',
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Even though there's no rules for a Talkbacks, talking shit about someone not in that particular TB is a lame thing to do. At least wait until the person your trashing shows up in that TB or go find him and go at him like a man, straight up. I disagree with you bit on a some things but on this one I'm with you 110%.
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I see your football nightmare has retired. Maybe the Jets will get a shot a Mark Sanchez from USC? Since you're east coast you probably don't know much about him but the kid is damn good. He might be a good pick up for gang green.
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This place is like a refuge to me. I have never agreed with so many people in my life and it's nice to meet people with so many similar tastes.And Danny's nice because he's like the crazy old man in Devils on the Doorstep just ranting nonsense in the dark corner.BOING! I seriously still would party with you Danny.
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...you eat it up when I talk Wes Anderson. BAM!
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Probably of everyone here, you are the freakin Pope. And I say that without even considering the whole free movies thing. You're honest and you're friendly, but you'll stand up for the shit you like. Plus, you were the first guy on here I bonded with over martial arts and foreign films, which are a HUGE passion of mine.
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Feb 11, 2009 9:15:10 PM CST
Big Ups to HOD for being honest about Inglorious trailer.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Even if someone is a fan of Q.T.'s work-- I have no fucking idea how anyone can claim that shit looks good. It is a horribly crafted trailer. Nothing about it looks good, not even the violence. The cast looks like horseshit. And Pitt's acting? Fuck. I'm predicting it gets a Southland Tales reaction at Cannes. Q.T. seems to think he has a lifetime pass thanks to the French loving Pulp Fiction. But those motherfuckers will turn on you quick.HOD is one of the few dudes cool with Q.T. to admit it looks like utter shit.
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That HOD guy? Yeah I fucking hate him. Fucking DOUCHE!
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Wrong TB! Sorry, that was meant to go in the Yoko lame indie music of the week. But lets be honest HOD, you do sound like a douche in that TB.
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Whoever hunts this movie down and watches it first. I'll send you one of the shirts that I am getting ready to donate to charity, and some old newspapers. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0760313/ for you itty bittys. http://tinyurl.com/6yscrx
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more justice http://www.amazon.com/JC-Hood-Ernest-Harden-Jr/dp/B0017HEYFW/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1234409773&sr=8-1
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Coheed and Cambria. Are gay and lame. I've tried to give them the benefit of the doubt, I even heard there one band members spin off rap effort. But I just can't enjoy it. Also Sevendust have been pretty terrible since Animosity.
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I kind of feel like anybody who posts on that talkback becomes a douche for posting on such a lame, shameless article. Did you see when all the little crybaby bitches jumped on my ass for saying how the column was weak? I don't even have that big of a problem with it, but some people get fucking defensive. It's Script Girl all over again. Maybe not as poorly executed, but just as shameless.
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Is if you listen closely to the lyrics, it tells this epic sci-fi plot that's really pretty fascinatingOh, and they have some sweet ass guitar riffs.
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If she actually found interesting stuff. And talked about shit they maybe she didn't like, rather then sucking off bands that she already likes.
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the thing about music is it can usually be a lot more personalized to individual tastes than movies. People tend to stick to certain musical genres a lot more, while most will generally check out a wide range of movies. At least, that's the case from what I have seen. I try to stay open to lots of genres, but I know I won't generally touch most country. Stuff like that. Thoughts?
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Yeah I know all about the Sci Fi shit and even the comic, I think I've seen part of the comic? Don't remember. I just think some of there stuff is kind of boring, I've liked some of it, but for the most part not a fan.
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Eat it Dook!
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But I see what your saying, 9 people out of 10 usually stay towards one type of music. I'm usually the 10th person, I'm all over the place. I'll listen to everything as well. I think its kind of weird the place where I am the most stuck up about what I do is comics, probably because I have to buy them. But I love all sorts of music, but yes I tend to stay away from POP country. Like real country I can get behind and raw rock country like ....fuck I can't remember their name now. GOT IT Drive By Truckers. But shit like Tobias Keith and Carrie your Underwood crap hell no. Also anything that sound remotely like Death Cab for Cutie, can't do it. Those include pretty much all the bands that have been on SNL for the past 10 shows.
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Here in Charlotte at the local comic shop yesterday. I guess he's writing some new series.
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my girlfriend loves them, and I give her shit for it all the time.
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BAM!
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Here is a list of my top ten favorite songs of all time. 1)Snot - Absent 2)Micheal Jackson - Bad 3)Cold Brains - Beck 4)Welcome to the Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 5)Fuck'em - Shel Silverstien 6)Knights of Cydonia - Muse 7)I Would Do Anything For Love (But I won't Do That) - Meat Loaf 8)Only/God Given - NIN 9)Man in The Box - Alice in Chaines 10)Slow Life - Super Furry Animals Honorable Mentions: Devils Haircut - Beck, Paint It Black - Rollingstones, Epic - Faith No More, Unretrofied - The Dillinger Escape Plan, Pure Morning/Special Needs - Placebo. Something by Zebrahead/Mindless Self Indulgence/Ike Reily/Ash to lazy to remember.
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That was a good TV show. What happened to good TV shows?
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That music video fucking rocks.
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In no particular order... Karma Police- Radiohead Time- Pink Floyd Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin All Along the Watchtower-Jimi Hendrix _______ (Fill in the blank) Today it shall be: Knights of Cydonia- Muse
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Thats a very good pick to. Its a toss up between that Pyramid Song and Creep (even if Radiohead are too good for Creep now a days).
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Is such a fucking amazing song, especially while on Herbal substances. It is the closest thing to Bohemian Rhapsody in its awesomeness. I would like to include one Queen song in my top ten favorite, but I think they transcend that by being the best band ever, can't really pick a fav.
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And "Reckoner". Did you catch their performance at the Grammy's with the USC marching band playing in the background during "15 Step"? Fucking amazing. I really love Pyramid Song too. A few years back I was hooking up with this girl and that song had this sexy connection between the two of us. I imagined a music video to go along with it, had it all edited in my head, which scenes would go with what beats. I saw them this past summer in Charlotte and the show was amazing. "You and Whose Army" was fantastic.
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Don't care for them.
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Feb 12, 2009 12:23:47 AM CST
Kung -- I don't enjoy being contrary all the time.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I'm honest and I don't censor myself, but I'm always consistent. I could be like you-- post 20 times in Yoko's music column and come back here to say people posting in that music TB are instant douche bags. Uhhhhhh....what the fuck is up with that? I'll bitch at the writer's of this site when I disagree with the shit they're trying to shove down the reader's throat. You are whining to Yoko about not covering the music you feel should be covered. I just don't get the complaint. She covers what interests her.
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How the hell do you guys remember favorite songs? I couldn't possibly do that......though Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" would most certainly be on the list.
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Fucking too many subtitles on Lost and Heroes. How can I dick around the internet and follow along? MAN did anyone else see that Jaqin Pheniox interview on Letterman last night? What is this guys problem? This has to be all an act.
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I guess everyone is expecting something more along the lines of Harry's DVD column where he kind of just lets you know what DVD's are coming out that week, whether he likes them or not is a different matter. I mean at least she could throw some other shit up and be like, yeah that's out don't like them or haven't heard it.
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Maybe the original one? But hopefully its the new one that was on TV like in the mid 90's, has a fucking amazing theme song, so bad ass.
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on her own fucking blog or something. I don't care. I really am not as bothered by this, but if people keep bringing it up, I will gladly share my opinion. I have made peace with the fact that site is lacking in professionalism, and is more of just a window into the interest of Harry, and the stuff that he likes, but he's just letting Yoko piddle around on the site, and it just looks pretty dumb to me.Okay but I would really like to just drop this forever now. Like I already said, it doesn't bother me all that much, and ranting and complaining at home is a waste of time. I actually sort of dig, or at least respect her taste in music, and the column's not all that bad. So I really don't need to discuss this anymore.
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this was the second week in a row I did that. Maybe I will just wait for it on DVD again.
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Getting really bored of Lost, and it looks like Heroes was recorded without any sound 2 weeks ago. But you can miss like two episodes of Heroes and get caught all the way up in the recap.
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Whats the deal with all the writers of Lost writing comic books now? As well as the Heroes writers? Who wants them anywhere near comics?
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Are we just going to skip this one? Besides its Fringe like comments on the screen, how come no one else is talking about it? I want to see it mainly because of Thomas.
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fucking right on:
"Sentimental drivel from beginning to end. Pure oscar bait material"
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badmouthing someone behind their back. That's weak.
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Dunno. It changes all the time depending on my moodPaint it black- stones Either Teardrop- Massive Attack or Safe From Harm- Massive Attack Either Can't Help Myself (Lucid) or Phat PLanet (leftfield) Golden Touch (Razorlight)- at the moment, anyway that one will probably changeLondon Calling (the clash)Depends on my mood, really, because work sucks at the moment I'm relistening to Rythm and Stealth again. Massive Attack Teardrop is obviously useful to get women into bed, or was when I was younger. I also like I can see clearly now (Johnny Nash- I think) and I'm listening to Nina Simone again. Fucking hate anything from a talent show as a matter of general prinicpal.
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and it didn't suck anywhere near as much as I remembered. Travolta was bought back by Pulp Fiction- Look Who's Talking was a boost to his bank balance but not his credibility
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That Matrix idea is waaaaay better than the shit they came up with. Rebellion= giving humanity purpose. It would have to end with Neo offing himself as he is the only one with the truth, and aware that humanity can't handle it. Trinity should have died in the second one.
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didn't want to watch England get thrashed by Spain.
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by Wales on Saturday, and England Cricket are going to get thrashed by the Windies. Fuck me, English Sport is right in the crapper at the moment.
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fucking dire. Never posted there and never will.
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Haven't seen it for ages, but I distinctly remember the moment when Travolta karate chops some guys windpipe and says "HUSH!". Genius. I remember it being very dumbhouse but enjoyable. Although it is responsible for Howie Long getting the 'Firestorm' gig. That's unforgivable.
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Slater kills a piece of endangered rock. I started giggling.
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Feb 12, 2009 3:46:23 AM CST
Not going to get into the music convo
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
There are a couple of songs I love but it really depends on the mood. There really is no definitive Top 5 for me.
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Feb 12, 2009 3:54:35 AM CST
The Inglorious Basterds trailer
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Looks ordinary. Of course it's only a teaser, but Pitts delivery of that speech was lazy and uninspired. And the whole "You haven't seen war until you've seen it through the eyes of Quentin Tarantino" is such bullshit because if you have a half-decent collective memory of war films from the 40's-80's then you have seen everything Tarantino will have to offer.I was only half-interested before. Even less so now.
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Feb 12, 2009 3:58:49 AM CST
Samantha Mathis in Broken Arrow
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
I did have quite a substantial jones for her in that flick. It's the same character as Bullock in Speed (I think Graham Yost wrote both of them). Also the same character as Driver in Hard Rain, also written by Yost.Speed, Broken Arrow and Hard Rain. That's a trifecta of dumbhouse awesomeness right there. Good stuff, Yost.
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because I'm pretty certain I have seen war through the eyes of Tarantino, but certainly haven't been anywhere near an actual fucking war. Stupid, egotistical nonsense.
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Me and Mrs. Jarv could not remember at all.
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the country music flick with River Phoenix. Can't remember what it was called. She was in Super Mario Bros and Punisher. And Pump up the Volume.
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but i still say you are the droid i'm looking for.
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was the origins of my jones for her me thinks.Thats a flick I haven't seen in ages. Might track it down. Maybe Heathers and Kuffs as well to complete a Slater-ful weekend.
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Feb 12, 2009 4:15:06 AM CST
You can go about your business, Chipps
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Move along... Move along.
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Feb 12, 2009 4:16:28 AM CST
How was your engagement party, Chipps?
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
All go smoothly?
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christ, haven't thought of that in ages. Heathers is fucking dynamite. You know the UK version is inexplicably rated 18?
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some one in the house across the road from it set fire to their fence though. you're from victoria arn't you?
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have a good engagement thrash? Any inlaws kill each other?
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Feb 12, 2009 4:20:33 AM CST
UK Rating System also had the wisdom...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
to give Midnight Run an 18. It has a lot of swearing, but c'mon.
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Luckily my fam & friends are out of harms way. But its pretty shit to watch half your fucking state burn.
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it was a good night.
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I think films like heathers want downgrading to a 15. They used to rate for "adult content" whatever the fuck that means- so lots of stuff that shouldn't be 18 as it isn't inappropriate, just over kids' heads, is rated too highly. I think Lethal Weapon 2 was only a 15- and it's 1000 times more worthy of an 18 than Heathers.
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if you get the right one you get a 20 minute lecture from a speccy git of a censor about how they rate movies and why you're too stupid as an adult to realise that films such as Alien aren't appropriate for kids. If you can see him, it's unreal what we used to have to put up with.
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Genius. It'd be like those old sex-ed flicks they showed at school or a lame training video for work.
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He's a complete git.
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mind you, it would help if I could remember what he was called.
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doesn't change the fact that he's a cunt
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his older than me. Old cunt. Maybe the speccy git was Frank.
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The first BOOK OF BALE...
And lo on the 5000th post the Old Testament Of Bale did end.
Upon that cold February day the professional disciples of Bale did rip their calendars from the walls and did proceed to burn them in a great pyre.
For that time, that blessed time, would forever be known as BB (Before Bale) and that time which followed would thereafter be known as AB (After Bale).
When the professional disciples of Bale did inform the non-believers, communicating through the holy medium of talkback, there were some who would not listen. They would not post at 1000. They would not post at 2000, and still they would not post at 5000. They denied Bale thrice over. They were blind to Bale and worshipped the false idol of Yoko's Cool Cuts.
It was then that Bale sent his rage upon them so that all fuckin amateurs might see his power. He tore from the non-believers a new asshole so that all would be marked, and his professional brethren did delight in the shit storm that followed.
Here ends the first BOOK OF BALE. (Get thee to the Terminator talkback and post three times if ye would repent).
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This is a changian TB. Bale is not fit to face the holy trinity of absolute destruction and such heresay shall invite a #2 pencil to the throat with all speed.
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This is really hard. I know exactly what I'm talking about but just can't find it.
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I may be a git, but I am not a speccy git.I am old, though.Cunt.
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Feb 12, 2009 5:21:46 AM CST
BOOK OF BALE can fuck right off
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Don't start stinking up Twitch with that shit.
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he was a cunt. A right cunt. Will find it now.
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...when he would mention that the impending film might contain 'sexual swear words'.Tee hee and whatnot.
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It's not on T'interwebs. I'm amazed. I've got google down to one result.
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Fanny?Those are just a few sexual swear words Simon Bates would have warned you about.There are probably others.Asshole, I guess, can sometimes be sexual.
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I'm talking shit, here's the man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUZgqH89ias
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAIBvrVMNd8&feature=related
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see, I never thought that film makers made the BBC work hard enough. I wanted them to try to slip through childish and lewd sexual swearwords. Preferably in period dramas: "I say Miss Darbyshire, that's a spiffing pair of beef curtains you're sporting there" or "For the love of my bearded clam, Mr. Darcy, will you please unleash your purple veined custard chucker, I'm gagging for a session bumping uglies"
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Will view them tonight.
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It may contain swear words, including some sexual swear words, and there may be several examples of preposterous inanity.Also, there is someone named Dickblood.Not suitable for children and whatnot. Concerned parents, you have been warned...
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repressive Thatcherite Britain was. We've moved on. Interestingly, I've just discovered that My Name is Bruce has a Cinema release thanks to the BBC website. I wonder if we can get the man himself to attend.
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as it contains adult themse, frequent strong language and strong and imitable violence using office stationary. Also someone called Dickblood who has a potty mouth. As a speccy git I can relay this to you responsible parents safe in the knowledge that you will expose all young changians to it as soon as possible.
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Isn't it out on DVD in a couple of weeks?
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The BBFC have it down as on General Release soon- I shall check. It is on DVD in March- Well, lovefilm think so.
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Unfortunately the trailer looked shit and no one who's seen it has said its good.I'll give it a go on dvd.
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I was going to buy that Bruce box set that comes out on that day (My Name Is Bruce, Bubba Ho Tep, The Man With The Screaming Brain, Alien Apocalypse), but I'm not too sure about that now.ITNOTK has forced me radically reappraise the types of films I watch, and I'm not sure I want to pay £15 for what might turn out to be mostly shit.That Uwe Boll has really knocked me for six.
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I'm just reading about Child's Play 3- seeing as I've been delving into the fetid world of censorship and this is what the police statement said about it: "looked at all the videos in their houses and checked their lists of rentals from the shop. We did not find Child's Play 3, nor did we find anything in the list that could have encouraged them to do what they did. If you are going to link this murder to a film, you might as well link it to The Railway Children" That's in awesomely bad taste seeing as they did kill the kid on a railway track
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I suppose that's a good sign. Maybe I'll like it.
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Understandable, since the notion that two children could do something so utterly grotesque that maybe people have to try to blame it on something else, but fuck knows why they picked Child's Play 3.I remember often being annoyed at newspapers when all that was going on.
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and he's quite reliable on schlock.
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Stupid forgetting to type words.
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Ah, fuck it.
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was that they dug out a list of the video's that the parent's had rented in the last 6 months and it happened to be one of them. Neither child had seen it. The distributor shat it and (like Clockwork Orange) pulled both CP3 and CP2 from the UK. They only got a release again about 2 years ago. It was fucking ridiculous. It was bullshit for so many different reasons, but not as bad as the one that followed it, where a load of little scrotes killed someone. The press were desperate for a scapegoat, and none of the fuckers watched horror films. They did, however, listen to dance music, and one of their favourite tracks sampled Child's Play 3. Ergo, it was the evil film acting through the evil music wot made dem do it, guv. Moron thinking.
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No amendments needed.
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Feb 12, 2009 6:10:54 AM CST
It's even more ridiculous when you compare
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
the likes of Child Play 3 to torture porn dreck like Saw or Hostel. If anything should be banned its those shitfests.Thank fucking christ the torture porn fad is coming to a close. We just need the Saw series to die at the BO and it will be over.
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The most commonly cited 'influence' by killers and psychos and whatnot is the bible, and I'm not in favour of banning that, either.I would not even ban Michael Bay films, Martin Lawrence films, or Michael Bay films that have Martin Lawrence in them, even if those are the most evil-est films of all.
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The Sound Of Music. That's about it.
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Jesus, that might even be worse than Singer's Superman.The action scenes will be good, but then there'll be the two hours per film of Superman standing around having stilted conversations about how ironic it is that he protects humans but is not actually human himself.
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Feb 12, 2009 6:54:50 AM CST
Michael Bay hate is so fucking boring
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
There are so many filmmakers out there that are worse. But it's cool to hate Bay because his films are successful. Sure, people may not like his films (I like some, not all) but the haters gather together in a TB and reassure each other how cool they are to have the good taste to say Fuck Michael Bay. Boring!Ratner is another one. He's made average films. I liked Family Man and Red Dragon was ok. But it's cool to hate on Ratner and use him as a punchline.It's just fucking boring.
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When the fuck is he making another flick? He's got such an awesome resume, why aren't we calling for him to make more movies!?Picnic at Hanging Rock, Gallipoli, The Year of Living Dangerously, Witness, Dead Poets Society, Fearless, The Truman Show, Master and Commander.All great films. Get on it, Pete!
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the problem's with the pair of them are different for each of them. Ratner, although an obvious cunt, is basically an example of the studio yes man who just shits on fanboi dreams. He has no discernable style of his own, but does, to be fair, mimic the style of others well. He's just bland and inoffensive, he toes the line and directs bland and inoffensive films (with the exception of X3 which was garbage). Bay on the other hand is perhaps the archetype shoot for the edit director- there's fuck all of any artistic merit in any of his movies, and they all qualify as dumbhouse. Having said that, I've enjoyed a good many of them, and would sit down to a Bad Boys marathon before watching any of Ratner's efforts.
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Weir is writing and directing The Way Back starring Colin Farrell and Ed Harris.Phew!
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I'd rather watch Chinese Hulk bitch about his daddy issues again than that, followed by mascara wearing peter parker strut his funky stuff while Dunst warbles in the background than another singer superman.
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Feb 12, 2009 7:15:06 AM CST
Superman Returns was better than Spidey 3
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Spidey 3 was an absolute shitfest from start to finish with absolutely no redeeming factors.Supes had Routh, who was very good and should continue to be Supes in any future incarnation.
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I was thinking the other day about how when Sam Raimi was hired to make Spidey we all thought it was a great idea. But I look at his resume and all the great stuff on it I now wish he had just continued to make those types of flicks. Not spend a decade making five Spiderman films. We missed out on five potentially great horrors, comedies, thrillers... whatever. As much as I like Spidey and the first two, they really don't have to be a Raimi film. There is no signature style to them where you see it and go "Thats a Raimi flick". Burton obviously had it on Batman. BR especially.Anyway, completely random thought.
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(Re: Raimi)He had become stuck in a studio-esque rut, and he wasn't the Sam Raimi we all loved from 80s any more.Personally, I'm pretty pleased he did Spider-Man. The first two are legitimately great films, and I like the third even if it is a god awful mess.I do think it's time he moved on to other stuff, though.
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The second one, especially, is very much a Sam Raimi film.
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Oh well.Yes, when it comes to music I'm as arrogant as they get. And DGDB, I understand it's her column but if she's going to review Lilly Allen, then why bother? I can get that over at Rolling Stone. Lilly Allen has plenty of support from her label and gets all the promotion she needs.If you're going to take the time to write a music column on a site called Ain't It Cool News then you might as well cover the obscure stuff. Discover new artists every week so you're enlightening yourself as much as you are your readers.But back to why I'm such a douche when it comes to music. Just wander over to Metacritic and look at the best of lists the past few years. Does anyone even try? Go through every list and you won't find albums by any local unsigned artists. The lists are all interchangeable. There's no effort that goes into making them. Any person with a set of ears can say Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Clodplay, U2 or Lil Wayne put out the best album of the year. But show me a critic who is willing to admit the best album of the year is the one they bought out of the back of a van from a struggling artist.As far as Bay and Ratner go, each has made one movie I love and although that's not nearly enough for a free pass, I can't drum up enough hatred in me to have an issue with either one of them. I'd switch places with them in a heartbeat. And as I've said many times before: both have made movies obnoxious enough that I can empty out a room when I put them in so that I can watch something good in solitude.Finally, that Inglorious trailer is so dreadfully bad, it's making me feel like a moron for defending the films of QT yesterday. Everything about that turd is an Ishtarian failure. After the underwhelming performance of Death Proof at the B.O., the Weinsteins are out of their minds if they think that stinker is going to draw in people to see the movie.
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Sounds like it could be a good one.
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The "Raindrops" sequence in number 2 is signature Raimi. And although it was the worst part of what was already a dreadful movie, the dance sequence in 3 was pure Raimi.
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http://tinyurl.com/cqjyqx
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In none of the Spiderman films did I feel that I was watching a film by the guy who made Evil Dead, Darkman or even The Quick and the Dead.
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I'm hoping for some vintage Raimi on that one.Yes, he does need to move on from Spiderman.
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And also the little nods to Evil Dead II - Scott Spiegel eating the pizza, The Chin, that guy who kept yelling 'Bobby Joooooooe!' on the train, Ted Raimi, etc.
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That bit where Spidey is pulling open the water pipe and you get those quick zooms on Sandman. That's very much Raimi's style.There's no doubt his style is watered down somwhat to suit the demands of a blockbuster, but you're not looking properly if you can't see Raimi all over all three of those films.
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The classic is in all three Spider-Man films.What's more Raimi than that?
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Maybe it's just too watered down for me to notice.But I am thinking about how Raimi shot TQATD. That was a western but the whole thing was so obviously Raimi. The Spidermans may have touches, but I don't think it's natural filmmaking. It's safe. Therefore he didn't make them his own, as Burton did on Batman or even Nolan has done. Lee's Hulk had a very distinct visual style. Not an Ang Lee stlye, but a distinct one.I just think its a bland safe style from a filmmaker who's previous efforts were not bland or safe (apart from the Costner baseball flick).
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I'm with Droid- they don't feel like they were made by the same man that made Army of Darkness. And I think SR is worse than Spidey 3. Although I do despise both of them.
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“Sam has money so he has four of them, just in case I destroy the other three. Right now, he keeps sending duplicates around town thinking I’ll destroy them and leave his alone.”-Bruce Campbell"When asked where the Classic is now, Sam cagily responded, "In a warehouse somewhere in Southern California." He knew if I ever found out, an army of mechanics would be dispatched to destroy it."- Bruce Campbell, 'If Chins Could Kill'
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I'm going to break my rule and flame them.
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Fuck's sake. Can't bear her. Can't bear her twee dub-ish warblings. I'm just waiting for the rest of the world to catch up and realise that she fucking stinks and only exists for column inches.
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Messi, he of the "I've got great music taste" shite likes Bloc Party. What a twat.
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Went through every painful post in that jerkwad thread and couldn't find anything.Not that I mind. I know I'm super opinionated and come off like the most arrogant man to walk the earth so I probably deserve it. Frankly surprised insults aren't hurled at me more often.What can I say. I want the world to pull it's head out of it's ass and appreciate the movies and music that deserve recognition. Too much bland cookie cutter trash on both the charts and weekend grosses.
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...has put me in the mood for an Evil Dead festival. I might try to squeeze all three in this weekend.
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There really isn't much that gets me excited or interested anymore. Not since my teenage grunge years of Nirvana, Pumpkins and Soundgarden.
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Feb 12, 2009 8:32:15 AM CST
Bloc Party and Lily Allen represent all that's wrong
by hawaiian organ donor
With the music industry. Neither one has an original idea musically in their vacuous heads.Kungfu claims otherwise but I challenge the average person to listen to Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, Kings of Leon and Vampire Weekend and tell me it's not the same crap band.And all that angsty girl pop got old fast. Katy Perry and Lily Allen might be nice to look at and their singles are catchy but who's going to be humming them in 10 years?
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Feb 12, 2009 8:34:38 AM CST
My best music experience is...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
going to LiveEarth and seeing the one and only Spinal Tap.
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started great. Suck now. The Killers were never any good, Kings of Leon are fucking "meh" at best, Can't think of a single Vampire Weekend track And fucking despise Bloc Party, However I do think they're all different- If you'd said The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, Kings of Leon then I agree, they're the same band. Anyway, I'll go back to my beaten up copy of Maxinquaye and anyone that has a problem with it can fuck off.
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in some random underground club in Prague in 2004. It was just after their first album came out. I'd never heard of them, didn't know their music and I have to say they were pretty fucking awesome. The first album is pretty great. Second album sucked mightily. Haven't heard the third.
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The first album was genuinly good and genuinly a breath of fresh air. Everything else is shit. And I think they're partially to blame for the Arctic Monkeys
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Glad to know you semi-agree with me Jarv. Doesn't make me feel like the oldest guy in the club for a change.Maxinquaye? I have no problem with that. Knock yourself out.You know, as staunch a supporter I am for the brothers W, I think it's a mistake for anyone to be considering them for the Superman franchise. I love their movies, but that style is too kinetic for Superman. I know he's not a popular superhero with this group but he was always my favorite behind Spiderman.For all the grief I give him, M. Night would probably do a bang up job with the Superman franchise as long as he was directing someone else's work.
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Feb 12, 2009 8:56:30 AM CST
Jarv, what's up with the Arctic Monkeys and The Kooks?
by hawaiian organ donor
All the fan-frickin-tabulous bands the UK produces and these are the ones making waves? It breaks my heart.
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I don't. It's that it was a fucking dreadful film.
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The Wachowskis are WRONG!!! Brad Bird would be great. I remember Oliver Stone was rumoured years ago and I would be fascinated to see what he would do.W's haven't made a good film since the first Matrix. Speed Racer was abysmal.
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Of course the question is how well he handles actual actors on a set.I'd rather he do a sequel to The Incredibles as that may be my favorite superhero film in recent years.What can I say, Droid. You've heard talk of that mysterious guy who liked the Matrix sequels, Vendetta AND Speed Racer? Yeah, well, as Obi-Wan said, "It's me!"
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yuck. Boring doesn't begin to cover it.
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last night.Sharks in Venice was of course, bad. More of a sci-fi channel movie. But what irritated me was that instead of using shitty graphics for the sharks or poorly done robotic ones...they did the shots of live sharks route. C'mon bitches! You're making a shitty movie...go the distance! The kills were awful with just the close of the shark head biting the victim, and then shaky cam...blood in water..yada-yada-yada....Next was War. Now, I knew this was going to suck...but fuck! I mean..FUCK! The death of action films is really starting to fucking depress the fuck out of me. FUCK!How can you do all those fucking choppy editing, quick cut bullshit and not even show Jet Li with his fucking moves! FUCK! There was only a couple instances when they toned that shittiness down and you could actually see Li or Statham doing their thing.I am coming to appreciate Rambo more and more with each passing day. Just let Stallone direct EVERY FUCKING ACTION MOVIE FOR THE NEXT FUCKING DECADE. Problem solved.
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And I can only say I liked the first Matrix and V for Vendetta.
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he wasn't bad. Singer I'd fire from a cannon into a brick wall though. And I do tend to agree that they haven't made a good movie since The Matrix (which I think is overrated).
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Feb 12, 2009 9:11:18 AM CST
HOD... As Luke said to Darth...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
"No. No. That's not true. That's impossible!"
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Its Sinnerman for me. And Angel for Massive Attack. Teardrop is great too.
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I wish Sam did more of his crazy little films instead of the Spidey ones. Granted, I really like the second one, but I would have conceded one really good Spidey film for 3 or more really good horror type films from Sam.
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Feb 12, 2009 9:13:57 AM CST
If they can make a sequel to Cars
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
which was the weakest Pixar by far, then they can make The Incredibles 2: Rise of the Underminer.
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Considering the whole movie sucked balls, it was hard to really notice his performance one way or another. But, what else is he gonna do anyway?
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I must live in a cave.My daughter is gonna be all over that like The Bates on 23 buffets...
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Feb 12, 2009 9:16:45 AM CST
Routh was a very good Supes...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
in a very bad Superman flick. It would be a mistake to dump him.
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comes out 2011 or something
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I was looking forward to it. But live Sharks has comedic potential too.
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but Teardrop gets knickers off. Therefore, it gets my vote.
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She played a DHARMA bum that was present when Ben was born, and she was a schoolteacher for DHARMA kids on the Island.
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I'd have prefered not knowing that thanks.
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I thought he was perfect. So long as he's willing to return, he's the one guy you keep. Well, him and Langella. Everyone else has got to go.JPT, I could have told you War was dreadful. It was bland and that so-called twist was mind-numbingly terrible.The action film, however, is far from dead. Rambo, Shoot Em Up and 3:10 To Yuma have all shown that R-rated bullet fests are as fresh and exuberant as ever.And so long as Donnie Yen and Tony Jaa are kicking, we'll always have good action movies to watch.
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and she rocked her ass in a princess dress in Super Mario Bros.
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Honestly.....they could look, but they would never find better.
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Something tells me Superman will be in limbo for quite some time and Routh will move on. It was nearly 20 years between Superman films before, I'm guessing it will be close to that before we see another one.
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....in those tight as park ranger pants. Amazing. Yeah I don't think there will be another Superman for awhile and sadly Routh will move on. The only thing to do now is to make it period. Set that shit in the 40s. Contemporary Superman just isn't exciting anymore. He belongs in the past.
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American made action films I should say. And I hated Shoot Em Up. Granted, Mrs. Pillow #2 is in it, but still...
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On Universal HD. Now THAT'S how you remake a horror film (at least, based on the trailer). And its the perfect kind of film to remake: a grungy, low-budget horror film from the 70s that the majority of people have never heard of. That's the kind of film that could stand to be updated and brought to today's generation. NOT Nightmare on Elm St. NOT Poltergeist. After having seen it, I'm now really looking forward to it.
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.....saying shame on Harry for continuing to take handouts from his so-called friends and shoving this shit down our throats. No way in fucking hell can he believe what he says that this is "A PERFEFCT TEASER." Anyway......that shit was deleted in about 3 seconds. Odd.
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He makes movies I enjoy and he isn't afraid to make fun of himself. He may take himself seriously sometimes, but that's because he takes his job seriously and doesn't look at it as a way to party with the Hollywood elite like Ratner seems to. At least, Bay doesn't flaunt it.
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Dude, we're gonna take Bale to 10,000 and squash the Lost TB. I need to know right now.....are you in, or you out?
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HMPH. Young, Nubile and Drunk undergraduates. Ideally with a strong sense of self-loathing.
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Which TB? Harry's or Quint's trailer story?
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Feb 12, 2009 9:59:00 AM CST
Harry's set report......it was gone in seconds.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
No fucking joke.
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Today's my last day of having interweb access for awhile. As is, the page is too heavy for my phone to handle. But I'm in. When I can be. Fo sho.
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I kind of enjoyed it. Much against my better instincts. Monica as Lactating Hooker is genius. Anyway pillows, you can only have her when I'm finished with her. She may be slightly soiled.
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young, drunk, nubile, self loathing undergrads is that they tend to be goth-y and also wear giant pants.
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Feb 12, 2009 10:17:24 AM CST
Shoot Em Up was fucking terrible
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Absolute bullshit and Monica was not hot in it. Which is next to impossible to do.I give credit where credit is due. The W's stuck her in tight, low cut numbers and angle the camera to accentuate her tits. Thats the way to do it.Fuck Shoot Em Up.
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young, drunk, nubile, self loathing undergrads is the next day you can't get rid of them and you continue to recieve hopeful texts from them for the next fortnight. And they're shit in bed.
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Why am I not surprised. That trailer was garbage, through and through.Harry has officially crawled up his own ass. He's incapable of being biased towards anything other than projects he has a hate on for from the minute they're conceived.In no alternate dimension is that trailer good.
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but holy mother of god did Singer's Stalkerman blow goats.I prefer the young, nubile, self loathing undergrads anti depreseant fueled, fear of getting old mothers. They shed clothing faster then the speed of light for a kind word. Added bonus, no Hot Topic inspired goth outfit found in the bunch.
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a long time now. She prefers American #2 pencils...plus since I'm already married to an Italian, I'm already in the club. Sorry mate.
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I'm all alone in my love for a number of movies.To me Shoot Em Up was one of those movies where you ask: Was it a good movie? Not really. Was it awesome? Absolutely.In fact, it just seems perfectly Changian. I'm shocked Jarv is the only one onboard.
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Feb 12, 2009 10:32:13 AM CST
of course he liked it. They paid for a trip to Berlin....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
.....for him and his wife. What the fuck else is he gonna say? He considers himself personal friends with both Q.T. and Eli Roth. Did anyone think he would be honest about that shit? And of course he's gotta go on the defensive saying "For anyone who has read the script, they have really pumped up the ending with more action." Fuck all that shit. Pathetic.
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But I worship the Transporter series....so its up my alley, right?
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and I liked it. I'm always surprised at the hatred for it. I liked it.
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Feb 12, 2009 10:35:33 AM CST
Thats how I am able to justify my undying love for...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Terminal Velocity or Cuttroat Island. Are they good films? No. Are they awesome? Fuck yeah.Shoot Em Up isn't awesome. It's self-conscious, cooler than thou, too hip to quit shit.
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as a badass for me. At all. I liked him in Children of Men for instance, but not some great action dude who's unstoppable. I should qualify that a bit. I would more compare him to a Harrison Ford type, an everyman (so to speak) who manages to get the job done. But not someone like Statham for instance, who I can completely buy as the Transporter doing crazy things.
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I posted the same shit....saying he got his trip to Berlin, he's happy. He'll pimp this shit no matter how horrid it looks. And again...seconds later-- gone.
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Feb 12, 2009 10:38:22 AM CST
shit...I really can't believe I've never seen Cutthroat
by just pillow talk
Island. I'm very surprised I've never seen it in one of those bargain bins at Walmart for instance. That should be a $4 movie, at most.
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undergrads is to go to her place. A quick perusal of the cd collection (in my day) will tell you you're danger factor. If you find anything by The Smiths- don't get your dick wet, fucking run. You aren't getting out of there without having to hear all of the fucking saga of her parent's divorce or the epic tale of her mother's martini habit. If you make the novice mistake of going back to your place, usually made while plastered, when you wake up sober, fuck off to the pub. If she's still there when you get back, you'll be pissed enough to think that it's a good idea and won't care. Happy days!
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Quien es mas macho...Senior Dickblood o Harry?
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I haven't seen it either which is surprising since Monica Bellucci makes my pants slightly tighter. Plus I like stupid movies.
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You'll get banned if you keep on this path.
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Since Brett Fah-va-rah has alegedly "retired" again, will gang green go after Mark Sanchez from USC? The kid has the goods.
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Questioning who paid for this trip to Berlin. Let's see if that sticks.
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Funniest stat I saw on ESPN last night.
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Feb 12, 2009 10:47:13 AM CST
I don't reckon Harry will ever ban Danny
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Danny's been namedropped by someone in Hollywood. Harry now knows that Apatow visits his site, and he doesn't want to do anything to disturb his amazing good fortune that someone in Hollywood might know of his existence.
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Oh....I fucked up and posted my "WHY DO YOU KEEP DELETING MY POSTS HARRY?" In Quint's TB by mistake. It was originally happening in the set visit TB. He deleted my first 2, but I reposted the same things again. They are still there. I'm done with Q.T. Back to Bale for me.
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I haven't seen where they are placing Sanchez on the draft board.
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next season. Ah...it's so, what's the word I'm looking for? Oh yes..AWESOME to be a gang green fan.
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He'll drop the ban hammer. Don't underestimate him- when he gets pissed off, the hammer falls.
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is knowing that all 3 of your national sides will lose their next fixture. England already lost to spain. The weekend promises more misery.
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....I'll just wave a bowl of chilli in front of his face and all the mean thoughts go bye bye.
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Feb 12, 2009 10:56:46 AM CST
You should be used to it, jarv
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
You've been shit for a long time.
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I believe they have him at number two. The kid was smart to enter the draft this year. All the other big name QBs stayed in school.
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You know, the gymnastics film (which stars an acquaintance of mine from college who was on the UNC gymnastics squad). And Missy Peregrym is a hottie.
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And its right at the scene where the Graboid bursts into Burt's basement.
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Ah...our young D.Vader is attending Burt's sermon. Take notes from the Great Stached One.
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Try being a former Cards fan that watched a superbowl victory fade away to a team that was as unimpressive as the Cards.they're self sestructing now, heheheh. So I'm happy. Gutless losers.
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That's harsh. I expect it of 2 out of 3 of them, but not all of them.
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that was much better than this. I had a mighty 1 hour of lectures a week in my final year.
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Climax in LEGO form... http://tinyurl.com/cuk5b6 Wish they used the original soundtrack, though.
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....wouldn't be hard.
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In "Other videos by (insert name), he did have the climax with the audio, though it was obviously recorded off a nearby tv.
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Used all the original audio from the 300 trailer. I need a new "fun" project to work on. The "real" work is starting to depress me with its monotony.
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The difference between being a Cards fan and a Jets fan: the Cardinals have always sucked and never, ever had a chance to accomplish anything. The Jets have actually had several good teams that have layed eggs in championship games (vs. Dolphins in '82 I believe), blown it against superior teams (Elway's Broncos), lost heartbreaking OT games (to Browns in '82, and more recently to the Steelers a few years ago). Plus, your team made it to a Superbowl they had no right being in. It was a fairy tale. A magical season if you will. We have no fucking magic. None.
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Ahhh...not a care in the world. Thinking about schoolwork and whatnot definitely does NOT qualify. To sprint a mile to just make it in time for last call to buy a couple of pitchers and chug them down...memories...
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Jesus, Pillows. That's depressing. Cheer up.
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Fucking amateurs. To gently shamble a mile to make opening time.
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I'm in the market for a new team. I can't support pansys that let a victory slip away to an equally shitty team. I think I'm going to support the Lions in thier quest to go 0-16 two seasons in a row.
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Where all the bars are. My roommate and I would sit in our room playing Mario Kart or Smash Brothers, drinking gin and tonics 'till about 12, then stumble out to the bars to meet everyone and start hitting on the drunk girls.
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Well, I can say hopefully they'll have former Uconn QB Dan Orvlosky at the helm again. He actually played pretty well for them.I used to cheer for the Bucs and their ugly orange unis. Then they switched to their current jerseys and my love for them died. Never run away from your shittiness...embrace it. Savor it.It makes victory all the more sweet.
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It was a full sprint when one of my friends had just turned 21. We had gone back to the dorms for some reason, and realized if we sprinted we could make last call. Suffice to say, on the way back my friend spayed the quad grass with that night's festivities on all fours, puking like a sick dog. I was rolling on the ground with laughter. I felt justified since he laughed hysterically at me after I toppled over a six foot fence and landed square on my side. Not sure how I didn't bust any ribs.
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I see that you threw out a "I heart Xiphos" post up above. Thank you for that. Right back at you but in a totally hetero, bromance sort of way and nothing that reeks of le Vice Anglais or an English Public School shower room.
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blaming Danny boy for tarnishing the website. Like it has nothing to do with the lack of scoops or interesting news stories. And I refuse to post into those Inglorious Bastards threads. That teaser looks like shit, and the violence will be more Kill Bill type shit it looks like. Just rent The Black Book, The Dirty Dozen, etc to watch cool war movies.
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Whats really funny is when people get pissed and tell me I've fucked up this website for years. Someone even claimed they remember me on the LOTR TB's bitching all the time. I'm like uhhhhh I've only been around for like a year mofo.
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Feb 12, 2009 12:07:31 PM CST
the squib bullet impact effects in Black Book....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....were some of the best I've ever seen. But thats Verhoeven's thing I suppose. They were always very good in Robocop and Total Recall.
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Thats where the term "I'M GONNA FIST THIS GUY UP HIS TIGHT ASS," originated. You may have no heard of it, but all the kids are using the phrase to represent extreme frustration with a higher up. Its gonna catch on, believe me. Its gonna be 2009's "THE BOMB." -
You should just go with it Danny, and say that you remember them too and that they've always been pricks on here.
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Back when Harry did funny little animations (like the opening Bond walk, except he gets shot in the back of the head before he can turn and fire at the camera), back when he got real scoops, back when Harry actually seemed *passionate* about film instead of becoming a caricature. And yes, WAY back before ShitGirl "scoops".
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And why the fuck does he have a movie coming out every two weeks?
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I was really sort of mixed about it. There were chunks I liked and chunks I didn't. The whole shit bucket thing just felt so out of place for me. I could practically hear Verhoeven's belt buckle jingling as he jerked off in the corner. I think the biggest problem was the girl wasn't really likable to me. But the action, photography, music, editing were all very well done. Gotta see it again.
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that's the one about the Dutch resistance in WW2? you know the real resistence.
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Feb 12, 2009 12:21:26 PM CST
I was wishing Black Book was a little more cool....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
.....WWII spy thriller feeling. Thats what I thought it would be. Like a hot chick James Bond. But it was more downer drama feeling. -
I made one post in it saying how bad that trailer looked.
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The real resistance is when Harry climbs on top of his wife.
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I bow to your insight. you are of course correct, again.
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superior insight. I aplogize Danny.
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I mean, really, I threw up a little in my mouth. Take that back, and I mean it! *shudder*
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The Chesty Freckles review is posted if you're interested.
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....like he just wants to devour a pussy like a pile of pastrami. http://tinyurl.com/bnk22q
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http://tinyurl.com/ccrb2k
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http://tinyurl.com/ytzzem
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CAn't be arsed. Anyway, after an hours work I'm now offski See you tomorrow.
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Feb 12, 2009 12:48:48 PM CST
alright alright Jarv.....you're right. Too mean.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Entertainment Journalism (says he tongue in cheek). It's more like an extension of Harry's facebook page. I only really come for the Talkbacks and increasingly just this one.
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see you tomorrow. Unless we get a snow day.
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A good concept ruined by the filmmakers' inability to: write a script longer than 50 pages, think of jokes that extend beyond shitty pop culture references, and be creative. Out of the hack duo's body of work (this, Date Movie, Epic Movie, Disaster Movie), its definitely the best. Which really, isn't saying much at all.
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This is no fucking joke.............
Not content with his legacy as a skid mark on the dirty underthings of early millennial music, Fred Durst has decided to take his backward red baseball hat out of storage and inflict his signature musical suckage on this hope-filled new era. That’s right, hold on to your chocolate starfishes, Limp Bizkit’s back, baby!
Hot on the heels of this week’s much less offensive news that Blink-182 is reuniting, Durst is hopping on the late-’90s-revival bandwagon and reconvening the band’s original lineup—including early defector Wes Borland, who nearly escaped the shadow of the Bizkit after leaving in 2001 to dabble in somewhat more legitimate industrial music ventures. Durst spilled the beans on his Twitter account—please, feel free to add that to your feed—last night, and now overjoyed music journalists everywhere are receiving this delightfully optimistic press release:
"We decided we were more disgusted and bored with the state of heavy popular music than we were with each other. Regardless of where our separate paths have taken us, we recognize there is a powerful and unique energy with this particular group of people we have not found anywhere else. This is why Limp Bizkit is back."
That powerful and unique energy will manifest itself in a world tour and sprinkling of festival dates, as well as a planned album sometime this year. -
My mom had family members killed by German soldiers when their resistance hiding places were found. In fact, my grandfather left one such meeting and the Germans pulled up not 5 minutes later and gunned down everyone in the place.They came knocking at the door the next day I think and only granpappy's wiles kept the family (my mom included who would've been a newborn) from being taken out into the street and shot.
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but then, i like rube golburg machines anyway. fun fact: the writers/director we australian and at first tried to get it made over here. when they shopped it to the yanks they had to change a lot of the lines because the cops kept saying things like 'don't you bloody move'also, i think spiderman two is perhaps the greatest superhero movie of all time (batman one, the dark night and a few others also leap out). it is just a fanastic morality tale, set against the backdrop of the invasion of iraq with a tagline 'with great power comes great responcibility'. fantastic movie.
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what about the scene in the hospital in spidy 2 where the chainsaw falls down on the ground beside the dudes outstretched hand cinematic self referential gold - and a little cheeky. fav sam rami moment: laughing outside of the harp of erin inn in millers crossing (followed by the furnature laughing in evil dead 2)
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so true about period superman, great idea. these days we want dark, morally ambiguous super heros not the 'all american' type who are just trying to do the right thing. send him back to a simpler time and he will shine again.
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love your work. it is friday morning here so i am looking forward to my beers. oh man, i'm like pavlovs dogs.
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I seriously wonder if you guys even listen to these bands you discuss. And highly doubt it. I personally am not a very big fan of any of them, but I own a couple of their albums, and it's okay stuff to me. Here's my perspective.Kings of Leon obviously have their roots ins outhern rock. Looking at their earliest and strongest album, Youth and Young Manhood, you can see the allusions to southern life, but with all the twists like the song "Trani" which to me has got to be one of the strongest songs of the last ten years (not saying much, I know, but it;s all we got). Sure, every album since then has sucked more and more (read: gotten way more poppy), but I can constantly return to their first stuff and enjoy it thoroughly.Vampire Weekend, with only one record, is stuck a great deal more in the Boston college pop style, with some huge influences in African music. How the hell you could think that sounds at all like Kings I will never understand. Still, I'm not a big fan.The Killers-fuck them, I really don't care for this band.Franz Ferdinand- I have only heard their first album, but it's got a pretty cool retro German rock feel that I enjoy. Again, very different from southern rock, or the African-influenced Vampire Weekend.Personally, I prefer bands like The National and Fleet Foxes. I'm curious nobody has brought them up yet, but they're both fantastic. Fleet Foxes are a new band like Vampire Weekend, but they have this great Americana style. Seeing them live in Gorge, Washington was a musical highlight for me.So there, I told you why they are in fact, not the same band, and I didn't even delve into things like lyrics or stylistic evolutions, just genre, which isn't very deep at all. I really am interested to hear why exactly you guys think they sound the same.
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do I really come across as that much of a jerk?
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With Rhapsody it only takes me a second to bring up an album and start listening to it. With most of them, I'll listen to the whole thing. If it's particularly heinous (Okkervil River I'm looking at you) I'll get through 3 or 4 tracks tops.I'm just a power pop monster though. I like music with fantastic melodies and harmonies, and lyrics that make the drive home bearable. I'm from the Cheap Trick school of rock.But sometimes I need ear shattering metal to release my inner Le Hulk.
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Feb 12, 2009 4:01:14 PM CST
you doubt people listen to the bands they say they do?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Why would anyone lie about listening to a particular band?
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You come off as a bit of a music elitist.
Someone that can't bear to listen to anything with any mainstream success.
Its sorta the same with any sort of literature. You sound like you think you're the smartest guy in the room sometimes and that you're not interested in what anyone else is into. -
Don't you go thinking you're special!
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shall I dumb it all down a bit for you?Just kidding man, just kidding! Seriously though, I talk about stuff I like and am interested, and I usually discover something new every couple of days, so I talk a lot. I discuss comics with Series7 just as much as I do literature or other books. Shit, I am the one guy on here that has brought up Afro Samurai, just because I feel like anybody here with even a low tolerance for anime could find some way to enjoy it.And who isn't a musical elitist? I brought this up earlier in this same talkback. It is probably more difficult to write a music column than a DVD or movie column because people tend to become a lot more specific with the music they like, and sometimes will limit themselves with certain genres (for example, I won't even try out any country pop any more).The comment about mainstream success is hilarious coming from you Danny. I loved Dark Knight, I loved Hellboy. Yeah, I don't give a fuck about what the mainstream audiences think of movies, but I certainly wouldn't hold it against any movie for finding an audience. I will still champion No Country for Old Men as a fairly well executed western, which nobody seems to care to to any more.And I wouldn't be talking to you guys if I didn't care what everyone else was into. Hawaiian and Jonah Echo have consistently given me solid recommendations on all kinds of stuff and I am supremely thankful for all the ways they have expanded my perspective on cinema.Oh and to address the whole listening to bands thing, I think there's just an age gap here that is going to make the music discussion next to impossible. As a college kid living close to Portland, I am of course going to get exposed to a lot more of the pop rock scene that is so strong up here. I would have to go out of my way to not hear some of this stuff. Having a lot of friends that DJ, and writing music reviews for the paper, I get exposed to even more music, and to write good reviews, I usually have to listen to it over and over, even if I don't like it. So yeah, when someone steps over a couple of bands I actually enjoy, I will step up and challenge their knowledge on the music. If you actually compared Kings of Leon to Vampire Weekend, it's obvious that their sound is not the same at all, they sing about different things, and the genres in which people would categorize them are vastly different. I called bull-shit, and in this case, I think I was right.
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but don't step on my music.For the record, my two favorite musical artists are Tom Waits and Nina Simone.And I'll probably get a lot o shit for this, but the album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel is one of the few albums I would give a perfect 10. Anybody here heard it?
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Feb 12, 2009 4:32:54 PM CST
I wasn't speaking of films with mainstream comment.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I was referring to music. But why would that be odd I said that? I never claimed to only enjoy obscure films. I've probably seen less obscure films than anyone else here. My sensibilities are pretty mainstream.
But you're exactly right-- music is an extremely personal experience, much more than movies ever will be. Thats why I think its odd to bitch at Yoko for not including a band you yourself enjoy. Maybe she fucking despises that band. Who cares? Its an opinion piece. Don't see how you can get mad at that. I have no problem with you. And yeah, everyone is an elitist with certain things. I was just responding to your question as to whether you came off like a jerk in there-- and yes, in regards to music you did. You said the column was pathetic and makes you sick and dropped a list of all the shit you find important and then came in here after posting a million times over there and said anyone who posts over there is automatically a douche bag. So I was speaking about all that....
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I would jump at the chance to discuss music on here. It got me really excited, but then I went on, and was disappointed that the only music column on AICN besides the score keeper was bascially limiting itself to a few limited genres. I just don't feel like an opinion column can really work without already have background articles just discussing or reviewing the music. The whole thing just doesn't seem to fit with AICN, and seems awkward to me.And yes, I am a total douche for posting on that thing. It's become a sad little addiction of mine. I guess I'm hoping at some point it will all level out and we can discuss music on those TBs like we discuss movies and everything else under the sun on the Twitch TBs. I'm still not making a very good case for proper discussion on there thanks to my temper, but I'm trying.
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Feb 12, 2009 4:41:46 PM CST
Don't feel bad about having an addiction Kung.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....I have been addicted to AICN, cigarettes, and pussy for about a year. Once you embrace it. It can become a beautiful thing.
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I wasn't mad at Yoko for not including certain bands I liked. I listed those bands more to give a general idea of the kind of music I'm into. The column is like a musical release thing, and I know none of the bands I listed are very close to having a release soon (to my knowledge) so I wasn't complaining for their lack of inclusion. I think every one of my posts just came out with a lot more venom than was intended. Ah well, maybe I can try again next week and be a lot nicer.
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I have been mostly listening to - Lisa Gerrard, Sigur Ros and Dario Marianelli's 'V For Vendetta' soundtrack. Oh, some Crowded House as well.
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Anyone know where the boy Echo, the Shlockmeister General is? Not seen him for some time...
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Keep trying to watch it online but the link always breaks down. I've only seen the first 20 minutes so far. Looks really funny. It is a comedy, right?
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He's a feisty little one. Send him to the master's sail barge.He ate Jonah...? That's gonna give him some serious wind.
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Naw, I thought you were dead on. That music column is one of the stupidest things I have ever seen. It disgusts me, too. It's quickly becoming the new joke of the internet.
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Feb 12, 2009 5:47:47 PM CST
Wolf.....a few weeks ago Jonah was looking for a new job.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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I missed that - what with all my PC problems I didn't read a lot of the TBs. Did he get laid off or something?
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I hope he gets a job sorted. He's a good guy.I'm out of here...
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So tell me, did Harry's personal message to you fill you with dread? I actually thought for a minute he might start acting like a man for a change, but I guess not.
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Only thing that would suck is if I got banned. That would be a total pain in my ass.
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He said he was just looking for something better.
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Sometimes you think that Harry secretly wants to be a man, but is just incapable. BTW, until Danny posted those pics of his wife above, I never realized what a little porker she is.
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A new animated cartoon, set in an suburban world the catch is that the inhabitants are Aliens, and the invader is a human. And the trailer, there is an alien walking a dog that looks like the Alien Alien, and pees on a lamp post and has acidic pee pee. MUST SEE NOW!! MOTHER FUCKER!@!!@$##$E
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I told you not to go back to the Yoko Music talkback. Will you ever learn?
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one day there will be peace on the Yoko talkbacks, and you and I and everyone else will set aside our differences in musical tastes, and just discuss all kinds of music, just like we do movies.One day...
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Kings of Leon, Franz Ferdinand, Fleet Foxes, The Killers, Vampire Weekend, Ben Folds, anything else Yoko brought up. When Metallica, Guns and Roses (MOTHER FUCKING GUNS N'ROSES!) and AC/DC have all had new albums within the past six months. If you were all really men, that is all you would be listening to. And don't give me that Metallica cry baby shit, but lets face it in the end they were right digital downloading has killed music in a big way.
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Won a Grammy for best children s album this year???? I guess The Drinky Crow show is a kids show now?
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The Dark Knight won the Grammy for best soundtrack. I bet those boners are upset now. Though I wonder why It didn't win back when it was called The Batman Begins soundtrack???
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Feb 12, 2009 11:44:48 PM CST
OK you motherfuckers, the pissed off Donor is back
by hawaiian organ donor
So first off, I've seen a lot of shit in my day and I've gone off on fucking mind numbing shit like Fantastic Four and The Dark Knight for a while now. But nothing, and I mean fucking nothing can compare to the new WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME.Ladies and gentlemen, cunts and pricks, egg producers and sperm distributors, we have a new champeen of awfulness. A movie so bad, so vile, so fucking looney tunes that Obama needs to add an addendum to the stimulus package that allows everyone a murder mulligan. You get one free kill. Bludgeon some miserable cunt in the middle of the street and flash your get out of jail free card as the cops pull up.What is this new king of the shitheap you ask? It's a little menstrual stain of a movie called Blindness. Blind-FUCKING-ness.What the tagline to this festering skunk excrement of a film? "After 10 minutes you'll not only envy the saps who have gone blind in this shitfest, but you'll fumble along the floor in the dark hoping to find anything with a moderately sharp edge to sever your carotid and bring you sweet relief."Fuck everyone involved in making this. Fuck Mark Ruffalo. Fuck Julienne Moore. Fuck (sorry DGDB) Danny Glover. Fuck Maury Chaykin. Fuck the director, the writer, the producer, the key grip, the amateur DP, the miserable cunt who brought in everyone's coffee. May they all choke on the food bought with the paycheck from making this movie.FUCK BLINDNESS! Fuck that piece of shit and every rat bastard who thought that fucking story needed to be told. And fuck that people working at the factory producing the DVDs. Those cunts should have some internal turd-o-meter that informs them the product they're churning out is an affront to everything humanity has lived and died for since we came down from the trees. Fuck every single person responsible for ensuring that fucking Blindness went from a synapse firing in some fucktards head to being put on celloid and delivered to my unsuspecting hands.Genocides have been started for lesser atrocities than Blindness.Has there ever been a more detestable collection of characters in a movie. Did Julianne Moore read for a different part when she signed on? Can she even go to bed at night knowing she has portrayed the most detestable character in the history of cinema?Fuck it. I'm done. I can't expend another ounce of energy on this shit. Fuck you Blindness. Fuck you for polluting my house with your vile stink.The fumigation starts tomorrow.
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Because I've always hated Mark Ruffalo. I mean could an actor be anymore one note? Damn thinking back on Zodiac the combination of him and Heath's bottom was just like a double one note whammy.
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I had to sit through the Greys Anatomy/Private Practice crossover tonight. I think its the reason for blindness.
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Beyoncé's army of single ladies will be out in full force to see Buena Vista's new comedy Confessions of a Shopaholic.
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Besides the fact that its REALLY fucking bizzare that its going to be a 100 million hit. Making it Luc's biggest effort to date, I mean 10 out 10 movies that get a marginal release in Europe and come out in America WAY WAY after the fact, usually end up going no where fast. I mean look at the Descent, I think it made 10-20 million? It'll just be funny to see how fast America tries to eat up Pierre Morel, like he's some sort of Louis Leterrier about to go stale. Though Pierre had something to do with War, which is pretty weak. Only time will tell. Too bad Pierre didn't direct B-13U, otherwise it would've had a big US release.
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Me a copy of the Taxi trilogy? Yes the one with the Taxi driving down the side of the mountain and with a Sly cameo. I want to see it and I want it NOW.
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Am I becoming fucking Milton? HEY HOD! Did you see Choke? Because surely Blindness could not be worse then that movie. Both book adaptations, at least Choke wasn't directed by a promising director. It was directed by the SHIELD guy in Ironman and had a sweet cameo from the author.
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Allah, new Burn Notice. FINALLY something worth wasting my Brain cells on the TELE. OH OH OH!!! AND TO BOOT Emiliana Torrini songs starting off the episode! She's this years KT Tunstell, except I actually like her. She has one bad ass song called Gun you should all listen to or you will get a nail gun to the head. PROMISE!
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I feel like I'm taking crazy pills? HOW is it that I'm the only one brave enough to not have a full time job and therefore giving me more days off then on? Is anybody out there? ANYONE AT ALL? Can you here me? Or me? NAME WHERE THAT FUCKING COMES FROM AND I'LL SEND YOU AN ORIGINAL JESUS PAINTING!
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I remember I used to have one of there cd's. I think I listen to it for about half a second when I realized that I had a dick and fucking put my hand right into my computer to grab the files containing the cd and pulled them out and feed them to my pet Butterfly.
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Read this article NORMAL! http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/multimedia/2009/02/gallery_action_figure_museum SUPER! http://tinyurl.com/c56pnd THEN START SENDING E-MAILS TO THAT GUY TELLING HIM TO HIRE ME!!!!!!! YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO! Its only like half an hour south of me. Come on! Me and the COC make it happen.
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Ramen Noodle (OR Pot Noodle for you Blimly folk). Food of the norse gods. Its no wonder I've lost 20 pounds in the past couple of months.
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Doing anything fancy for the Day celebrating the Day of the reverend Saint of Valentine?
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You would fucking love the everlasting shit out of Burn Notice. Since its got the bad cop from the movie who's balls you have firmly implanted into the middle of your mouth. The Changling.
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Music- I said straight out I haven't heard Vampire thingy. I also left Franz Ferdinand off the list of bands that may as well be the same- the 3 I picked were KOL, The Killers and Kaiser Chiefs. hmph- Anyway I'm a lost child of the 90's so music stopped for me roughly at Mezzanine. Although I'm not unaware, I just hear very little that I like now- in fact, if it charts then it's pretty guaranteed that I'm going to hate it. I actually blame Clodplay for a lot of the genericness of British Music. Clodplay worked out that they could crack America (after Parachutes which isn't actualy that bad)by producing endless amounts of same sounding naval-gazing tosh. This in turn inspired British labels to look for the same fucking thing and actually homogenise other bands on their Roster (The Arctic Monkeys and Franz Ferdinand were 2 victims of this- their sophmore efforts are so fucking bland and toned down compared to their first up attempts)hence the proliferation of thoroughly uninspiring stuff (I'm looking at you Kooks and Fratellis). Anyhoo, that's my take on it. If anyone wants to argue over trip-hop with me, then that's different.
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I really wanted to see this when I saw it was Meirreles directing. Then I read the book and thought- christ, this is unadaptable. Then I saw the cast list, and thought, eh? All of them are totally miscast. Not just a little bit, totally. Julianne Moore is so wrong as The Doctor's Wife that it's painful. I cannot see her being the victim of a gang rape then picking her way through an orgy of rape and violence to cut the head rapists throat. She's totally wrong. Ditto Ruffulo
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It's not the cheeriest book (and by christ am I being gentle with that). It's also not a book I liked. It's not a particularly interesting premise, and it's been done before (notably day of the triffids) better. Mrs. Jarv wants to see it, though, so I may be doomed. I think the author has to take a lot of the blame the Donor refers to- I seriously suspect that 90% of the problems are from the source material.
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good christ. Is that that dismal chick-lit pish that Mrs. Jarv inflicted on me- it's sort of Bridget Jones with brain removed.
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fucking horrible. No wonder you lose weight on them. You may as well eat the fucking pot.
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*sniff*Nobody loves me..... *sniff*
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Feb 13, 2009 3:28:40 AM CST
Yet another drunkening last night
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
No films. I need a quiet, lazy weekend. I'm still hoping for at 'Weekend at Slaters'. I must track down Heathers, Kuffs and Pump Up The Volume. Maybe even throw some Broken Arrow and Hard Rain into the mix.I'll leave Alone in the Dark out of it though.
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I like him. He's genius in 'You Can Count on Me'. He's also good in In The Cut, Collateral, The Last Castle and Zodiac.Really looking forward to seeing The Brothers Bloom whenever it finally bloody comes out.
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Wanted to see it when I saw those involved. Completely lost interest when I read about the story. And then the reviews were absolutely scathing so that just confirmed it.
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Yeah, I'm not denying there are moments in the Spidey series that you could call Raimi-esque, but overall none of them feel like a "Sam Raimi film".
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*sniff*Fuck you guys*sniff*Bugger this, I'm off for a smoke and a toasted sanga and a bucket of coffee.
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just had a bit of work to do.
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Good idea. I'm off for one of these too.
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Feb 13, 2009 4:48:22 AM CST
bucket of coffee and toasted sanga =
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Droid and Sons Patented Revitalizing Tonic.
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You lost all credibility when you started talking about Guns and Roses and AC/DC. They're fun bands, and I could listen to their classic stuff any day, but their new shit? Yeah, I heard it, and fuck that.
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needs more alcohol.
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when I was 13. Now? not so much.
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needs more alcohol and more fried food. Pint and fry up can cure all the problems in the world. Middle-East mess? No problem, pint and fry up.
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Workday - Bucket of coffee and toasted sangaDay off - Pint and fry up.
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exactly! with the Guns and roses thing. Like Guns and Roses re fun, but there is no sort of musical progression in their stuff any more.And I shouldn't be judging music for personal stuff, but Axl Rose is a cunt.
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Workday- Bucket of coffee, bacon sandwich and Nurofen
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Feb 13, 2009 5:26:29 AM CST
God damn I need something to smoke this weekend
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
I really need a lazy, hazy weekend and nothing goes better with a Slater-thon than some wacky backy.I need to source this shit. Stat.
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but loads of them are. Chris Martin is a cunt, for example. Crackhouse is a cunt. Cuntyness is a prerequisite in the Music Industry.
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I kind of feel like Isaac Brock from Modest Mouse would be fucking cool to hang out with.And don't even get me started on Tom Waits. I would definitely get my ass shit-faced at the bar with Tom Waits. No contest.
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is definitely not my favorite band at all. I really don't give a shit about their music. It doesn't bother me, but if I have the option, I would probably never play it.
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but I can't help but think that their success (along with Pop Idol) has nuetered British Music. Not that it's their fault- the labels must hold the blame for it.
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I actually had a lot of respect for that band right up until their latest release, Only By the Night, which, with songs like "Sex on Fire," is bordering on severely retarded.I gotta be honest though. I sorta love their other three albums.
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Lord alone knows why.
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At least their first album? That's a nice little southern rock title if you ask me.
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beers have been drunk and fantastic four has been watched. fuck. let do a hostel 2 chaser
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I fucking hate Valentine's Day. It's just the biggest excuse for a bunch of businesses to try to get you to buy stuff. So fucking shameful. Good thing my girl just wants me to make her a nice dinner. Fucking Hallmark nonsense. A dude gets his head cut off and we all celebrate by getting holiday cards and eating a shit load of chocolates.
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you just described catholisism.
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kungfu over having to watch that bane to human existence of a Shopaholic movie.
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My fucking god. I couldn't think of anything worse.
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That, or the immediate consumption of more adult beverages.
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st valentine: the rampage. dude goes around hacking off peoples heads on the 14th whenever it comes after friday the thirteensth
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the droid i'm looking for
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I watched Jack Sack and then First Blood.If the CoC was in existence back then, it would have been the first commandment to have Stallone make two action movies per year until he physically was dead. It's amazing to me that his first entry in the series (First Blood and Rocky) were so awesome, and yet like 30 years later he makes Rocky 6 and Rambo, and they kick so much more ass than the previous sequels. My hopes are growing for the Expendables....
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But I definitely enjoy a meal much more drunk than I would after smoking. Many a night have I come home after a long Jack-beer session and made myself a nice egg-bacon-sour dough sandwich. Fucking bliss.
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i just rented five movies that i should have seen but havent. first blood will go in the player after my warm up movie hostel. looking forward to it.
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Feb 13, 2009 6:37:16 AM CST
The only good thing about valentines day is...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
that it's a great indicator about the chick you are with. If she takes it seriously as a romantic occasion then get the fuck out! She's an imbecile!
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I would much rather spend the weekend watching a bunch of movies than celebrating some stupid Hallmark holiday.
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I haven't seen either Hostel. That whole torture porn sub-genre does zero for me. I would rather watch Confessions of a Shopaholic than Hostel. At least it has Isla Fisher in it. I remember her way back in Home and Away. Yum.First Blood is genius. I love his rant at the end. You can only understand one in every five words but it's awesome.
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that should say, "Damnit Chipps, I'm kinda *jealous*"It's been a long night
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The missus only wants me to cook. Little does she know that I'll be watching England v Wales and consuming alcohol. I object to Valentine's day- especially if you're with someone. It's bullshit. You're meant to give a card/ flowers to a love anonymously. It's fucking bullshit that you have to do it to someone that knows it's coming- and even worse, expects it. It's like Mother's day. Fucking hallmark anniversary.
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Feb 13, 2009 6:46:20 AM CST
yeah...Stallone poured his heart into that at the end
by just pillow talk
It was the cherry on top of everything else that preceded it.
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i am renowned amoung emmas friends as a melt your heart romantic. here's how it works: walk past the flower stand on your way to work each day. at least once a week they do a clearance. on that day 'surprise her' with flowers. the randomness of this actually gets you extra points, costs no more than five bucks a week and gets more points than the otherwise expensive thing you would have done. plus you get your cooking and cleaning done for you. in terms of valentines day: get so drunk on the day before (right now as it happens) that you won't want to touch alcohol on the big day. cash in a voucher you got for your engagement for the fancy dinner and put that bottle of moet that your mate got you in the fridge. remember you wont want to touch the grog, so your cabury missus will drink most it, meaning you score big points across the board. the cornerstone of this plan is to get wasted on friday night.
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My birthday. That's right bitches. The CoC owns Valentine's day...and it will run red...red from the blood of infidels and shitheels.
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I can't stress this enough. AVOID. Dodge it the way the fat chicks avoid salad. It is worthless shite without a single redeeming feature. Shite.
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The fact that people say you "have" to do something just because it's Valentine's Day is absolutely horrible. Takes all the passion out of it.I have yet to see all of First Blood. I have seen up until he kills that guy in the helicopter and then runs up that cliff, and that's it.
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That's why you give the card and flowers to the office hottie. Sure, it's not the "brightest" thing to do, but your explanation is simple: the 'holiday' commands it. *SLAP!*
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Somewhere in the distance, a tear forms on Stallone's droopy eyes...
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I've never got problems holding booze 2 days running. Mrs. Jarv will want to do something like go for a romantic walk in the park. This will, naturally, involve stopping for a pint in Baker St, before walking back across the park. Which will involve stopping for a pint at the other side. Especially if the Rugby's on. What I have to do, is prep the food in the morning so it's all done and be sober enough not to fuck it up. I do the flower thing as well- if I see some cunt clearing them out, then I come home with a load. Makes her happy.
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and all I had to see at the bottom of the postings was the subject line "Van Hesling was great".Yeah.
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Haven't got one. Not giving a card to Office "with a face least like a bulldog licking piss of a nettle" That would be a waste of money.
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I have seen all the Rambo movies in the exact opposite order. This may seem like blasphemy to some, but it's worked out pretty good to me. It goes the new Rambo (with the mercenaries), which I loved, Rambo 3, which took me like five days to finish I was so bored, Rambo 2, which was fun enough, but a real mistake to try to watch the second half with my girlfriend, and finally First Blood, which as I said, I have yet to finish. If I had to rank them so far, it would go...Rambo (with the super-gore)First Blood (just the first thirty minutes or so)Rambo IIRambo III (whose fucking idea was it to put a kid in there? ugh)
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Yeah, it's one of the few flicks that I blatantly don't want to see. There is not one iota of curiosity about it. I know I would hate it. A flick like Death Race I knew I would hate, but there was a curiosity there to watch it. And I was right. I hated it. Because it was a steaming pile of horseshit. Hostel and Eli Roth can fuck right off. Saw can too.
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I think there's no comparison to where the good ones lie in both the Rocky and Rambo series. I fucking love Rambo. That movie kicked my ass in such a loving way.
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In your case, a card and a slab of raw meat.
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unbelievable as that may sound- Cabin Fever was fucking terrible, but Hostel actually makes it look good.
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never wanted to. Never will. That shit does not interest me at all.
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dedicated to the freedom fighters of afganistan
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She says they'll just die on her so "why bother?" Damn do I respect that. I think she would prefer a walk to look at the wild flowers instead.Probably the one thing she really expects for the holiday is lots of good sex and food, and then she's passed out.
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I don't want to encourage them. Card and sample of strychnine.
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to some degree i agree, but a missus that drank would be a bad mix up for me. i like the girly parts of her. but she is a practical person and i like that to. she looks down on the prima donna types, but she is still a sheila. when my eyes go red she strokes my arms and calms me. i like her girlyness, but only cause she is a strong, educated women, for whom girlyness is a part, but not everything. its hard to find a good chess partner.
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My, how shit changes
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She used to be a bit more tomboyish as a kid, but she's still maintained this real feminine quality that I love. When I said passing out, I meant more because she was tired from a long day than alcohol, though she has done that too. Back when we were just friends, she actually threw up on me. So it's a testament to how cool she is that we started dating even after that.
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I'm pretty big on chess myself. I laughed out loud the first time I saw The Thing when Kurt Russell was drinking whiskey and playing electtonic chess; we were like twins in that scene. Over this past summer, I actually picked up a board for her and taught her, and we still play every once in awhile. She caught on pretty fast, and has even beat me a couple of times.
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and have put her to bed plastered on more than one occasion. She likes to go out, as I do, but as we've got older, more often than not we just go home.
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The single grew on me - Vida Vooda Wooda, or something - and I thought 'give the album a go, how bad can it be...' Awful. Pointless drivel. They won 3 awards the other night! What the fat flying fuck for? It's one of the most boring albums I've ever heard.Like that song - think it's called 'Sequestered In Memphis' but I don't know who the band are. It's a choon.
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Feb 13, 2009 7:20:04 AM CST
ah...love is in the air when hurling is done by your girl
by just pillow talk
We used to go tailgating all the time, well back when Mrs. Pillow used to still do a wee bit of drinking, she got smashed one tailgate. I mean really smashed. Well...unluckily for me, we took my car. Suffice to say, there was no way I could have prevented Mrs. Pillow from rolling down the window, well, only partway...and spreading the contents of that fine tailgating day all down my window and inside my car. You know, down the window cracks into the car door never to be gotten again.We drive down to her parents' house (that's where we were living for a bit before we bought our house), and her two brothers and their families are over for dinner. Of course when we get there, Mrs. Pillow decorates several of the bushes in front before I manage to sneak her upstairs. I come back downstairs and say she hate some "bad chicken" and is feeling the worse for wear. All of a sudden we hear a loud THUNK! I rush upstairs to find Mrs. Pillow in the bathroom, where she had fallen into the tub. She's lucky she only got a few bruises. I believe her Italian mom still chooses to believe she never drank to this day.
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but the missus basically dosn't drink at all. here and there she drinks. but she is not a drinker.
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Learn something new everyday.
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Got nothing good to say about the new GnR album, but the latest AC/DC album is pure gold.Is it artistic? Not at all. But it's their best album is two decades and it's the best straight up rock and roll album of last year and therefore cracks my top ten list.It's the musical equivalent of Rambo.Need a bucket of coffee this morning to rinse the taste of Blindness out.My wife hates flowers for the same reason Kungfu. And she wears some jewelry but she's not really into it. She's the only chick I know with a birthstone engagement ring rather than a diamond. DeBeers can choke on a bag of dicks.
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Am few months ago me and Mrs. Jarv had to go to see my parents and grandparents. Anyhoo the football team my old man supports was on Telly- I'm driving so off the pop, but my father and Mrs. Jarv put down a shit load of booze. We get back and they continue drinking at dinner until eventually Mrs. Jarv falls sideways off her chair. Luckily, the family's Irish and thought it was funny.
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Does anybody seriously give a shit about that movie?
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but never nagging never pressureing. almost every story i have told here starts with, so emma went home and then.... except the ones that end with emma telling me to leave mal meninga alone,
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Glad she can't read that.
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it was one of those shot ones.Every piece was a different shaped shotglass and you downed it when you got taken. Needless to say, I played to lose.
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I'm not great to begin with, so suicide chess wasn't exactly necessary.
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of the next party. it has become a joke amoung our friends, she fights exhustion to stay as long as possible at every party knowing what will happen when she leaves. everyone of my mates love her and dote on her, my mates couldn't do enough for her. when she is there they know i am the voice of reason. but they wait and they know that as soon as she leaves i am the cheif and most imaginitive trouble maker. they wind me up the cunts.
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No one has tried to axe murder me yet, so it's going pretty well so far.I hope all are well.Oh, and fuck Valentine's Day. Don't like it when I'm in a relationship, on account of I'm expected to buy flowers and some sort of cuddly toy with 'I Wuv U' sewn on it; don't like it when I'm single, on account of I have no one to buy flowers and and some sort of cuddly toy with 'I Wuv U' sewn on it for.
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Then they released two albums that are the musical counterpart of jackhammers on a chalkboard.My wife couldn't be a drinker if she wanted to be. 95 pound Asian women normally can't hold their liquor. One sip of wine and she's redder than Hellboy.Speaking of booze that bottle of wine I was forced to put back last night after that "movie" has left me a triffle daft this morning. It's going to be a long day.
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being that emma always blames herself 'oh i shouldn't have left' sometimes i get so drunk i can't talk, so on my bucks party i am to take a note saying to ring her. fortunatly my cosin is a copper in the main cop shop in the city.
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Need something to watch tomorrow while I rue and lament and whatnot.What is the least Valentine's-ish film I can watch?
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Would you be up to 40 or 50 some movies for the year right now? Be thankful, sir.Is it any shock that Harry loved Friday the 13th? Christ, sometimes you get the feeling that guy squeals with glee and applauds everytime he flushes and watches the turd circle the drain. He's more easily entertained than a kitten.
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That should do you right.
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No women, no romance, lots of blood and violence, Kurt, head-spider - it has everything a bitter single man needs.Trouble is, I just saw it last week. I could watch it again, I suppose, on account of it is mint.I also saw Predator recently. See aforementioned comment re mintness.Robocop, though, is an excellent call. Haven't seen it in a while and it would fit in with the overall and unintentional 'Back To The 80s' theme of a lot of the great stuff I've seen recently.Hmmm... Robocop is looking like a winner so far. And I've seen it a bunch of times, so it won't matter too much if I watch it while in a state of quite-drunkenness.
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and i am getting drunk, but this week i got a call for a moments notice to move to go down to the bush fires (which is a long way from me) if you muliply out our population this is three quaters of the size of 911. at the last minute they decided they already had enough people looking for bodies and said don't worry about it. i am 27 and this is the worst thing that has happened to my country in my life, and my family had come home from brunei only soon before bali. if you can, please donate to the cross, i myself am unaffected and no australian would ever ask for themself, but these poor cunts, victorians, who i usually dislike, really, words cant explain the horror. they call this the land of drought and flooding rains. this week a child was eaten by a croc because of the innisfail floods, the streets filled with water like venice and the crocs came up. down south, lack of water has seen horror beyond imagination. at least be aware, this kind of thing dosn't get to me. but it is a bad week to be an austrailian.
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That is a single man's tally, sir.
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What he said.
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Feb 13, 2009 8:00:50 AM CST
Frankie... Anti-Valentines = The Wild Bunch
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Or the Evil Dead's
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It probably won't mean much, but your people are in my thoughts, and I will definitely spread the word around campus today.
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this movie is disgusting
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That movie rules.
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Feb 13, 2009 8:07:57 AM CST
They've actually arrested some prick...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
for one of the fires. I'd like to string him up and let the families of the victims pummel him like a pinata. I'm Victorian, my family is far out of harms way but it fucking sucks to think of half my home state burnt to fucking cinder.
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I was considering the Evil Deads anyway, so that's a possibility.Another idea I had was The Dirty Dozen. Not much romance there. Also, Tombstone, which has Kurt in it.
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Since he never got around to fucking Julie Benz, I could give that one another go.Guns, violence, arrows in the throat... that is exactly what I need.
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Fuck yeah. Awesome. And Kilmer is absolute genius in it. Even a tubby Billy Bob Thornton gets a gig.
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Apart from the obvious genius of First Blood, I'm not a big fan. And the violence was far too graphic.Give me Rocky any day of the week. I still get choked up at the end of the first. And Rocky Balboa was the best after 1 & 2. Although I do love Dolph as Ivan Drago.Damn, I'm making myself want to watch the Rockys now.
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Because nothing says Valentine's Day like stabbing midgets and 3 breasted women getting shot in the back.
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That's a surprisingly good film.But I liked Rambo a lot. Could've done without the references to Burma, but I thought it was the best of the sequels.So far, I'm gravitating toward a double bill of Robocop and Rambo.
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these guys have put up with me for a while. they know they i am antongistic toward southerns. honestly, this whole thing is so upsetting to me. i am a queenslander, far removed. but by god. if i fear anything, bush fires are the closest to it. just the horror of it. i saw a south australian on the news (and they don't like you either) and they said 'why have you come here to fight the fires' and he said 'cause i live in a fire lane, and one day the victorians will come to protect my home'. i wish i could go down and help. i have an asehole boss and they said, 'will that be a problem' and i said 'yeah, but i'll loose my job to help out' in the end they didn't need the help, but like all ausies, i wish i could do something.
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Feb 13, 2009 8:25:07 AM CST
And for whatever reason I think a sentimental choice...
by hawaiian organ donor
...is appropriate. Sticking with the 80s, find a way to shoehorn Back to the Future in there. Not really a Valentine's or anti-Valentine's movie, but it'll provide a balance to the carnage.
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That's another Western I really loved, and have frequently double-billed with Wild Bunch. Plus, it's got Lee Marvin, who after Kurt and Mifune, is one of my very favorites.
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A night of carnage and booze seems like the best way for me forget my troubles while the rest of the world is being all romantic and/or fucking and whatnot.
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Feb 13, 2009 8:31:34 AM CST
Of course South Australians don't like us
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Dem boys hate em some high-falutin, shoe wearin, tooth havin, stand-up bath takin city folk.Seriously, Aussies dislike each other (mostly) in jest. In a situation such as this we tend to clamber all over each other to help out.
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Feb 13, 2009 8:34:33 AM CST
I find a way to shoehorn BTTF into any situation
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
It's my favorite flick.
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It's a perfect movie.I think I've convinced myself to watch it this weekend.
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Yeah, I don't know why, but I've seen it so many times but it never, ever gets old for me.Another thing about it is its so well put together. Like Predator, it just rattles along at a breakneck pace. There is never a moment where it drags.I bloody love that flick. I might watch it again too.
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i watch hit man now, save first blood for when sober
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Feb 13, 2009 9:05:24 AM CST
It's quite fascintating the way Chipps...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
documents his descent into drunkeness. Consider this just over two and a half hours ago.it's friday
by chipps Feb 13th, 2009 06:16:16 AMbeers have been drunk and fantastic four has been watched. fuck. let do a hostel 2 chaserCompared to this by chipps Feb 13th, 2009 08:57:44 AMi watch hit man now, save first blood for when soberBrilliant work Chipps. -
Feb 13, 2009 9:06:29 AM CST
"fascinating" not fascintating
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Damn I wish I was drunk as well.
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And it happens to the best of us.
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fuck yeah. to be honest when my fiancees brother moved to melbourne, it confirmed to me he was gay. aussie rules is a blight on our nation, it steals from the walabies. but right now, there is nothing i wouldn't do for your state. they asked me to go down and search for bodies and i would rather have done that than keep my job. they said don't worry about it and i won't lie, i wasn't looking forward to searching for bodies, but right now we are all together and i am upset that i am doing nothing. i am not one for melodrama. but in my 27 years, this is the first thing i would call a national emergency. it truly is. to put it in persective for non australians, we fear bush fires, and are world leaders in the protection from them. we advised the fireies on the recent california bushfires, cause it is someone we do every year. this happens to us every year. we fear it and protect ourselves from it. the worst year on record was thirty years ago, 75 dead, before that, 70 years ago 71. this fire will top 300. no where else get this thing. our eculuptus trees are full of flamable oil. fire goes faster than cars on the high way. in my life nothing like this has every happened.
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you can't go past for x. a pakie once sold me a can of it at the sight of wallace's vicorty over the english at stiling bridge. there are so many bizare things about that
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Feb 13, 2009 9:20:41 AM CST
Yeah, it's quite popular in the Walkabout pubs over here
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
But the only decent XXXX beer is Gold. The normal shit tastes like piss.And apart from cricket, Aussie Rules is the greatest game there is. Takes shitloads of skill and athleticism to play it. Those who can't invariably end up with their nose up another blokes asshole waiting for him to knock his ball back.
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in queensland we have a name for vfl. we call it force em backs, and it is an integral part of our training for union. you and me will never agrue over cricket. i'm drinking gold right now, but only cause a bunch of soft cunts left it over at my party. if you've ever seen a can of forks, it has a picture of the brewery on it. i live about four blocks over, maybe less.
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But leave Mr. Glover alone!!
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Feb 13, 2009 9:37:45 AM CST
a friend of mine made me a Kings of Leon mix....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...with their "Best stuff" from all their older albums before this recent one. Its absolute unlistenable shit. And I'm pretty soft on music. I like a ton of shit and I'm not nearly as judgmental with it as I am with film. But fuck....I have no fucking idea what people like about it. Its boring, uninspiring shit that thinks its cool. And why does every chick age 20-30 love them? WHAT.....THE FUCK?
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I almost cried when I saw a pic of a firefighter holding a badly burned koala like a baby. Fuck man. I love koalas.
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but you've got to keep your eyes open for Drop Bears. They're nasty little fuckers.
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Cheeky bugger.I'm sure the adjacent brewery was the major selling point for moving in. Sounds reasonable to me.
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Seriously, I thought I was totally alone. Don't know what songs that friend of yours picked, but they have some bad shit, so it's possible you heard a lot of that. It's possible it could have been a lot from their new stuff.Sorry, but I still have no fucking clue what you're talking about with people "trying" or "pretending" to be smart or cool or whatever. That is such a vague statement that it really just depletes any credibility. Try criticizing the music for it's actual content rather than relying on dumb statements like that and maybe I can understand where you're coming from. Like are the lyrics boring? Do the riffs just not do anything for you? If you really don't like it because you think they're trying to be cool. You may not even care if I understand where you're coming from or not, and that's cool too. But if you wanna discuss Kings (you may not want to do that either and are just making a statement) then a more clear, detailed argument would be more beneficial.Danny, I promise you, I do not want any more animosity with the music discussions, but as I have said, I like that band, and would love to discuss them.
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I'll probably be back in a few hours.Chipps, hope you feel better.
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.....I can't discuss something I feel is 100% worthless. They are boring and unoriginal to me. They sound like a thousand other bands. That is all.
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hows it going?
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its true. i come from ipswich, i moved to brisbane. and danny i pay that moment, for me, just on the news i have seen a lot worse. this country is bleeding right now. imagnine a fire you cant drive faster than. you put your children in the car.....but as for that moment, it amazes us. that was a wild animal. animals just don't do that.
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....and all its glory? We're gonna take it to 10k to beat Lost.
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keep your head up dude, i'm good as gold here. all my family lives in qld, i'm uneffected, except, we all feel for the victorians.
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it's been a busy time for me. Have some new job opportunities, trying to get stuff published, going back to school. Sadly, I've been out of the loop for two weeks. I know of Bales little stunt, but I havent seen the TB. Can you give me a synopsis.
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how are you guys keeping two TBs in such high numbers? Does AICN officially belong to the COC now?
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Feb 13, 2009 10:00:47 AM CST
No synopsis needed. Just a ton of funny shit.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
It would be fantastic to read the whole thing on the toilet. Good luck with all your ventures dude.
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Just me, Mr. Zeddemore, and a new crew.
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You know this to be true...
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I instantly knelt before my keyboard in reverance. And to avoid pencil thrusts.
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Todays my day off, so aside from planning V-day for the wife, nothing going here.
You gonna be around today Danny? How bout Jarv, is he about?
And HOD,where are you buddy? Did I hear something about new kits?
Mavra, did you ever get my Outlander review? I never got a chance to check back in and see if you got it. I looked at your page today and didnt see it.
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So, you aren't teaching the newbies the joy of riding the COC?
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This is like Prom Night all over again!
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i'll always come and go. fortunatly my old man taught me to operate wasted. i posted something at our other home that i think particularly you and hawian will like. google 'write or die' i think you will like it. plus also i have one i think you will like. i have a lot of old school ww2 german mates. they respect that i will always say i'm glad we won. a lot of these dude came here after the war and cause of my best mate i have become part of the comunity. i don't want to give up too much but i am working on an idea i call 'german zombie rampage' it will be set on the greatest grave yard of all time: the western front and the survivors of the story will an ambo by the name of william seabrook and corpoal by the name of hitler
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Feb 13, 2009 10:09:22 AM CST
Riding the CoC? Was that intentionally suggestive?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Yep all we need now is a limo and no curfew.
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I always seem to be outside or in a gym.
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newbie. you are one of us or you are not. all you need to do is love film, be ediosyncratic, and enjoy the ediosycaticiies of others. we don't agree on movies. we recogise in each other the enjoyment of movies.
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Feb 13, 2009 10:19:45 AM CST
I'll try to be reasonable here which is difficult
by hawaiian organ donor
Considering that I'm still raging over Blindness. I have trouble keeping bands straight anymore which is why I say they sound all the same when in fact they may not.But to me garage rock bands like The Strokes, The Black Stripes, The Libertines, Arctic Monkeys and yes, The Kings of Leon might sound different (although to me they sound the same as I'm an old coot), but at the very least the songs on their albums all sound the same.I understand old school country and AC/DC are also guilty of this, but with AC/DC you get some truly inspired riffs and infinitely hummable melodies and old school country feels like it's about genuine heartache and not just passing angst.And I think music is more bandwagon than any other art form. As much as it pains me to do so, I'll concede that the first time I heard Golddigger I tapped my foot. And I'll give it to critics and fans as something to enjoy at the moment. But how is Golddigger or Paper Planes any different than the Macarena? They are slighty catchy songs but none of them should be held up as record of the year maerial. Does anyone here honestly think that 20 years from now there will be a single person on the planet who still has a Lil Wayne or Lily Allen album on whatever portable music device we're using at the time? I'm not saying all music has to be timeless, but for fook's sake, aknowledge actual talent when you hear it.We all buy albums that have a 1 or 2 year shelf life and we know that when we're handing over our hard earned cash: I will discard this fluff by next year but it's going to get me through the next few months. That type of music shouldn't be given awards. But I look at year end lists and that's the majority of what I see.As a relevent side story, I was sitting at my desk yesterday and I had Free Fallin' stuck in my head. So after work I get in my car, bring up Full Moon Fever on the iPod and listened to it on the drive home. That album is twenty years old in a few months. And it still sounds as timeless as ever. It's the only album where I know the lyrics to each and every song. And I thought to myself, I can't remember the last album that came out as timeless to me as this one is. Nothing came to mind in the past decade.Musically I'm not a hard man to please so when there are no longer new "classics" coming out, we've hit some dire times.I understand I come off like a douche and I apologize. I just think the music industry rewards mediocrity and discards genuine talent. Many of my favorite bands of the past ten years were dropped by their labels after incredible freshman albums and never recovered. It's left me bitter and angry.
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they came across as brutal, despirate and unplaned. which is rare in a movie and reflects real life
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Feb 13, 2009 10:25:48 AM CST
The last album I was completely blown away by was...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Grace. It's a fucking tragedy that we were only afforded one finished Jeff Buckley album.And HOD, you shouldn't feel the need to apologise about not liking the absolute dreck that passes as music these days.
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Back in Black is one of THE greatest albums of all time.
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and I just ended up listening to the Bale rant for the first time. That Terminator TB is priceless. I think ultimately, if you are gonna call the DP out for being unprofessional, you have to also understand that CB's epic rant that stops twice, and then ramps bak up is also unprofessional. But whatever.
Anyone here see that weird Joaquin bit? Seems fake to me.
Im planning to see Coraline this weekend. Anyone here see it?
Also, what's the current count on the film watching? Im up to 71.
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triple j street cred here. had more to say, realised it was drunk talk
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Absolutely no doubt about it. I'm interested to see what it's all about.
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For the many, many people who don't understand Chipps' comment, triple j is a shit, cooler than thou, "independant music" (at least it was supposed to be when it started) radio station. Now it whores itself to Lily Allen and Kings of Leon.
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You used to be so pretty. You shaved off all your hair.
You look like Boris Karloff and you don't even care.
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you woken was faking it prick
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http://tinyurl.com/3yvwq7
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Feb 13, 2009 10:42:26 AM CST
Whoa! You really have a jones for JJJ, Chipps?
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Is that link safe for work?
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didnt really like the top ten this year. fare suck though, the rest of it made it a good day
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I just ask you to come up with some real substantial arguments, and you back right the fuck off. WEAK.Their songs don't sound the same either. Just listen to their album, Aha Shake Heartbreak. Four Kicks is an angry war cry of adolescent masculinity, King of the Rodeo is an 80s pop-esque ditty about a tranny, and Soft is a woefully humorous song about a guy who can't get it up. These songs sound nothing alike. But oh yeah, the band members and instruments are the same so all the songs are alike right?
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just a bit of pay out
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I thought I was old when all the R&B and rap songs sound the same.
I just can't tell the difference in the artist, as they all try and copy an existing formula instead of finding their own.
If it weren't for the *gunshot* *gunshot* *gunshot* Paper Planes wouldn't be as catchy.
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Danny has become more crochety and delusional than ever.I saw Coraline last Saturday. Loved it. Great artistic design, a surprisingly mature story, and some superb animation. Selick is 3 for 3. Of course, I'm sure now that I've said that Danny will jump in screaming how awful it is and how bad it's gonna bomb.Okay back to work.
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This weekend as well.
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Will check it at home and respond with my usual witty repartee.
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Nice to have you drop in.Kungfu saw Coraline and recommended it.And Chipps, I'm not trying to crap on Lily Allen. If you like her stuff that's cool. But fans need to admit there's zero chance they'll still be listening to her albums in 20 years.You want me to shame myself? I have Katy Perry and the latest Hoobastank on my iPod presently. Not even sure why as neither are very good save a couple songs I like driving to. But there's no way in hell either album will still be on there in a year and I'll be saying "Katy Who?" in 20 years, although that may be due to dementia.
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see the guys (and marva) have had to put up with a queenslander for a while. i've made fun of your state in your absence, describing mine as the deep south and yours as the 'cultured north' these guys to some degree view oz through my eyes, eyes that make fun of 'airel ping pong' it will be a lot of fun to see the counter weight to it all. you'll have the knowlege to give me a good dig in the ribs and i welcome the insults. i'll even get you started, i come from ipswich, the town of pauline hansen, i knew her son well. let loose my friend
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Some of the shit on there new cd is pretty good. If anything its at least interesting, which is more then you can say about any other generic indie hip rock out these days. Also needless to say GNR and ACDC no matter how old always have a set of balls, even if they are shriveled old man balls, they are still a bigger pair then any band that comes out today.
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don't bother it was just the ronie johns show 'thats so underground'
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Hosting SNL this weekend. Anyone think it will be funny? Maybe hopefully 1/2 as good as the past season of 30 rock? Or will is be atrocious like last time Christopher Walken hosted?
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actually have a song about balls
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Feb 13, 2009 11:02:06 AM CST
"instruments are the same so all the songs are alike right?"
by hawaiian organ donor
I'm sorry, Kungfu. I don't know how to explain it without sounding like a douche.I'm sure everyone has a genre they find repetitive. Pop country and hip hop are probably the two that come to mind most readily, but opera and the blues are offenders to many others.If this helps you understand just how much punk/garage rock are not my thing and why it all sounds the same to me, I never liked the Ramones or the Sex Pistols. Never. For whatever reason I enjoy The Clash, but everyone that has followed has sounded like death approaching to me.
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you gotta give those cash-register cha-ching sound fx their proper due as well. Had no real appreciation for Paper Planes until I saw how awesomely Danny Boyle used it in a scene in Slumdog.
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Feb 13, 2009 11:03:18 AM CST
if the guys see oz through a queenslanders eyes...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
they obviously have a beer-goggled view of my country.All I really need to say about Pauline Hanson and Ipswich is..."On 10 September 1996 Hanson gave her first speech to the House of Representatives, which was widely reported in the media Australia-wide. In her opening lines, Hanson positioned herself "not as a polished politician but as a woman who has had her fair share of life's knocks", and with views based on "commonsense, and my experience as a mother of four children, as a sole parent, and as a businesswoman running a fish and chip shop. I won the seat of Oxley largely on an issue that has resulted in me being called a racist. That issue related to my comment that Aboriginals received more benefits than non- Aboriginals." Hanson then asserted that "mainstream Australians" were subject to "a type of reverse racism [...] by those who promote political correctness and those who control the various taxpayer funded `industries' that flourish in our society servicing Aboriginals, multiculturalists and a host of other minority groups.""Immigration and multiculturalism are issues that this government is trying to address, but for far too long ordinary Australians have been kept out of any debate by the major parties. I and most Australians want our immigration policy radically reviewed and that of multiculturalism abolished. I believe we are in danger of being swamped by Asians. Between 1984 and 1995, 40 per cent of all migrants coming into this country were of Asian origin. They have their own culture and religion, form ghettos and do not assimilate. Of course, I will be called racist but, if I can invite whom I want into my home, then I should have the right to have a say in who comes into my country. A truly multicultural country can never be strong or united. The world is full of failed and tragic examples, ranging from Ireland to Bosnia to Africa and, closer to home, Papua New Guinea. America and Great Britain are currently paying the price. Arthur Calwell was a great Australian and Labor leader, and it is a pity that there are not men of his stature sitting on the opposition benches today. Arthur Calwell said: Japan, India, Burma, Ceylon and every new African nation are fiercely anti-white and anti one another. Do we want or need any of these people here? I am one red-blooded Australian who says no and who speaks for 90% of Australians. I have no hesitation in echoing the words of Arthur Calwell."
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this is real. welcome to australia.http://tinyurl.com/2lfbcq
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I reviewed Blindness above. I haven't been that vulgar since dealing with Coughlins. But I was shaking with rage while typing. Spilled wine all over my keyboard.
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i didn't say i agree with her, i just said that is where i came from. plus, in boarding school adam hansen used to sit with the asian kids.
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Feb 13, 2009 11:09:04 AM CST
Since when did things get this heated around here?
by hawaiian organ donor
Guys calling other guys douches in other threads. Kungfu and Danny at each other's throats. Maybe the return of Chipps, Chitty and Jonah can bring back the love.
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Who got called a douche?
So, Hod, did you see Outlander, what did you think?
Blindness was completely awful. Ive tried my best to forget about it. In fact, I dont even think I have it on my list of watched movies.
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and droid, i grew up in a town where i was targeted for attack because of my skin coulor. there was famous case when i was in school where a couple of us salors were beaten to death cause they were white and in our main street. i grew up nearby and my school which i eventually boarded at was in the middle of town. we had to learn to fight, and to band together. at night they (roughens of all coulor) would come onto our grounds and attack us. i do not make it up to say aboriganals in ispwich target the white. both of my parents participate in catholic food runs. but as a young fella i felt targeted because of my race. i never supported hansen. i am a labor man through and through. but one of the most rascist things she is said to have said is 'i have every right to be here' i truely don't support her, but in my youth the police would not arrest aboriganals because they would then face a descrimination tribual, and me, what i belive in, is equality. i truely belive in equality. for that reason i don't like pauline hansen. but some of what she said was real. if i am white, i deserve the protection of the law. it is racist to say otherwise.
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I'm not trying to have a fucking argument with you about music. I can give a fuck about Kings of Leon or your shit taste. I don't like the band. End of story. I listed to a mix CD once, threw it in the fucking trash, and I'll never look back. I wasn't even speaking to you when I brought them up. I saw several people mentioning them so I thought I would drop my opinion in here. Your problem is you freak the fuck out when anyone disagrees with you. You stomp your feet like a fucking baby and apologize later.
How this all started was when you asked if you came off like a jerk in the Music TB after someone said they wanted to bash your face in. I read your posts over there and said yes, you come off arrogant. You have this "Everyone else's opinion is shit" mentality. You claim you want a substantial argument but what you really want is to gush about the shit you like and have everyone else nod attentively. You posted about 10 times in the music TB and then come back in here and say everyone posting in the music TB is an automatic douche bag. Yup....that sums you up.
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i'm not gunna start an argument with you but you come off like an arsehole as well. so do i, lets be fair, i am an arsehole. lets chilax with each other cause on some level everyone here is a bit of a fuckwit, it is why we get along.
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so i know not what i speak
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By saying Selick is three for three, is your number three spot Monkeybone or James and The Giant Peach?
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Feb 13, 2009 11:48:30 AM CST
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by series7
OUTLANDER IS PLAYING FUCKING NEAR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCKING YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCKING FUCK CORALINE IN HER ASS I KNOW WHAT I'M SEEING THIS WEEKEND!!! BY THE THUNDER OF Valhalla! Thank god I checked out Movie Phone to see what was playing this weekend instead of IMDB's half assed informed by better formatted now playing list.
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"everyone here is a bit of a fuckwit, it is why we get along."Well put. When one follows the word of 2for2true, one leaves one's wits behind....
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Kung is trying to start shit with me. I've been nothing but cool to the guy since he's been here. When I'm agreeing with him (like with Wes Anderson) he's my best mate, the second I post something negative about something he likes not even directed at him-- even in another TB, he'll freak out and cry about it. Who the fuck cares? I deal with people calling the things I like shit, all fucking day. Deal with it. -
Cherish her.
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Feb 13, 2009 11:51:40 AM CST
And Chipps....you're like the nicest guy in the world.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
What the hell are you talking about?
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for a decade bringing down AICN.He's a certified nutcase.
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I really dig that GNR 007esque track "If The World." His voice is fucking kick ass in that song.
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Have a good time with it. Don't set your expectations for anything other than a good time, and I doubt you will be disappointed.
No need to make things personal. Danny, you chide Kung-fu for saying other's opinions are "shit" after referring to his "shit tastes". At least wait a post before contradicting. I like both of you guys, and this "argument" is pretty silly anyway.
Afterall, any musical discussion comes down to the simple realization that all of this has been sorted out and determined already by a one singular unmoving fact: Bonnie Tyler's TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART is the best piece of musical anything of ALL TIME! -
ACDC's got the biggest balls of them all
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Yeah that is my favorite track on the CD its really cool. It sounds like he was trying to make a Bond theme song.
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chill peoples. I'm off and will be away for 2 weeks. I'll drop in when I can
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Oh give me a home
Where Christian Bale roams, And curses and rages all day
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Feb 13, 2009 11:58:24 AM CST
yeah after that song and the Live and Let Die cover....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
......I think Axl really could handle a Bond song.
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The industry would take us seriously if he wouldn't post his shit.You're the reason astro-lesbos vs. werewolves on the moon isn't being made!
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"Aussie rules is not a real sport:" Discuss
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12:05 and 2:55???? REALLY? For a fucking R rated film. By the hammer of Thor, Harvey Weinstein I will smoat the! Shit looks like I'll have to catch it tomorrow, and I'll be flying solo to this one can't get my lady friend to be even remotely interested in it.
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wheres your movie count?
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We're all opinionated cunts to a greater or lesser degree. This is a fact, search your feelings. Danny you cunt, will you moderate it until we can get Astro-dykes v Werewolves on the moon? After that? cunt away...
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I liked Monkeybone. When Chis Kattan comes on screen, for what I think is the last time he was ever seen after he left SNL (didn't he die?). His decomposing body coming alive was great physical comedy. Plus me loves me some Harry Knowles cameo's even if he doesn't. Faculty anyone?
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I'm not here to pick a fight with you or any of that dumbass nonsense.I'm wondering why you even brought up Kings of Leon (a band I'm sure you knew I liked since I said so) and called them worthless, and you didn't expect a response? Why bring it up if you don't want to discuss it? Don't say anything if you can't back it up.I respect your opinion sure, but if you don't like something I do, I'm always going to be curious why, and if you can't come up with a reason, I'm gonna just assume you simply made up your mind to hate it and that was it.I may "freak the fuck out" sometimes, but this is an online chat thingamabob. You haven't been so pleasant yourself. Personally, I am probably more harsh to you because I have very little respect for what you have to say, since your delivery always seems to be "RABBLE RABBLE I HATED THIS BECAUSE I DECIDED TO LONG Ago." I mean Jesus dude, you started ranting about how bad Avatar was going to bomb, just because it was getting hype from other people. You're just boring to me. And since we can't seem to get along, why not just ignore each other's posts for awhile?And yeah, I already said, I KNOW I am a douche for posting on that TB. I'm addicted to music, and I want to discuss it with people, and no matter how lame or "douchey" it is, I am gonna fucking try, even if the only thing people want to talk about on there is metal and Ben Folds.
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An afternoon showing of Outlander on Valentine's day. I'm quite jealous BTW.
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I'm pretty sure we can get it made if we get a deluxe carton of cigs and 3 buckets of fried chicken and give John Carpenter a call. It's not like he's doing anything.
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This week has been a bit stagnate. Got W., Green Street Hooligans and The Visitor sitting in red envelops in front of my DVD calling me.
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But I'm going to tail off for the next 2 weeks. I'll be at 70 going into march.
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I thought it was just Nightmare and Peach. Well I need to re-watch that, but right now I guess he's 3 for 4 then?
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Feb 13, 2009 12:06:00 PM CST
That was the first time I told someone in the group....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
.....their opinion is shit. And there are only two bands someone could like that would cement that in my mind-- Kings of Leon, and Nickelback. "YOU AND ME, WE'RE FUCKING DONE PROFESSIONALLY." -- Sir Christian Bale -
I can't recommend The Visitor highly enough (thanks to Jonah for first mentioning it). It's definitely in my top five of movies I saw last year.
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get to the Visitor. It was probably one of my top three faves of 2008. Awesome movie.
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I remember when the powers that be decided to make them popular and they were on EVER fucking late night whatever. I bet they were even on Ellen as well. It still boggles the mind as to how GNR, ACDA and Metallica had new cds come out and non of them showed up on SNL? Like they haven't had a famous band in over a year, unless you count Coldplay which they let have 3 performances. But they had John Hamm hosting and he was actually pretty funny.
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but your shitty logic for disliking something all the time is just as embarrassingly amateur.
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And that's mainly due to Mrs. Pillow being away on business and staying home sick one day.
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Always beating me to it! I was gonna ask about Dollhouse but I had to get that thing about Kings of Leon out of the way. I am watching the Conan interview with Doucheku right now.
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See if They Might Be Giants on conan to see if they were really deserving for the grammy of best kids album.
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You're addicted to whining. Cry on the shoulder of someone who gives a fuck next time. And don't try to apologize to me later for being a little prick. This time I'm done with you. -
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I was the guy who insinuated Yoko's column was worthless because it was pandering to the Kings of Leon crowd. So I'm at fault everyone.And let's be honest, I'm king douche. I've never been afraid to say everyone who likes Fantastic Four and The Dark Knight have zero taste and need to be brought back to reality with a flaming leg kick.
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I watch the most TV in this group. Mainly because TV gets in the way of my movie watching and comic book reading, because I am in constant limbo of running out of space on my DVR. Seriously there was a Robot Chicken sketch about how this guy imagined that TiVo was a real thing and he was addicted to it....thats me. In 5 years time TiVo addiction will be a real thing.
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Not as good as the drunken Penguin, but recently some of my relatives went to see Bloody Valentine in 3D late at night at a relatively redneck theater. The place was sold out, and they found two seats together, and less than ten minutes in, they heard the sound of a bottle hitting the ground, and then it rolled out under their seat, and within a minute of seeing the bottle they heard what sounded like a bucket of chum being fired out of a high pressure firehose slam against the backs of their seat. This dude projectile vomited all over the backs of their chairs, and they said it was the most hideous smell. Now the part that gives me the willies is that they didnt leave. They stayed in their seats and watched the rest of the movie. WHAA??
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aussie rules is not a sport, it is a training tool for rugby. you ain't gonna see me arguing with the victorian on that one
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See you motherfuckers. Will contact you from Espana. Ciao. Stay cunty.
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Anyone watch this show? If not you should. That and Burn Notice they are the only good shows on right now. Shows that have underlying stories but week to week they have singular plots so you don't need to fucking take notes to know what the fucks going on. Need Rescue me back on.
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My shitty logic for disliking something?Here's my logic.....see if this makes sense. I listened to a CD of Kings of Leon songs. It fucking sucked. I didn't like one minute of what I heard. It was dull. It bored me. It was forgettable. I have no reason to ever listen to them again. I have no reason to discuss them. Sorry you don't seem to understand that.
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glad someone got my ball remark. still thinking when i'm drinking
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You got a sweet job, didn't you just take a vacation?
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but not a real australian
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Is about a guy who wants to get a penis reduction because he can't stop sucking his own dick. Anyone seen Short Bus?????
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Did the guy stay too? He just wiped his mouth and sat there? I myself have never really puked in a public place. Though it does look quite liberating. Sort of like shitting your pants and not caring. -
JK. Actually I never cared for Nip Tuck, but Burn Notice is pretty decent. Seriously, my fave show of the moment(outside of Lost) is Pushing Daisies, and now it's canceled, so harrumph! You ever see it Series?
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behind the scenes of Watchmen, what a surprise Muse is playing in the background. Zach Snyder seems way too comic book nerdy to be a movie director. I need to go to film school. Watchmen looks fucking awesome. NOW I need to get onto reading it. I just started reading The Bill Shatner biography.
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Feb 13, 2009 12:24:21 PM CST
I'm thinking we need to avoid the topic of music
by hawaiian organ donor
Who knew The Kings of Leon would incite more rage and disagreement than the films of Spielberg?Seriously, I'm sorry everyone. I didn't mean to start this mess.Let's get back to movies.Jonah, I did indeed watch Outlander. Save for the delayed "the bear isn't the monster" reveal and that cheesey ending witht he spaceship, I really enjoyed it. Just non-stop fun.
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Isn't Folds from the American South?
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is it's getting the chance to take the food or beverage that made you ill and forcibly exile it from your body to the floor or the wall and declare to it in front of the whole world "You and I are done professionally!"
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I know you're "done" with me too but are you starting to figure out it's YOU yet?
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....of making me want to wank off in my pants. I will check this out for one reason only. Well....I do like Whedon's dialogue, but thats beside the point. -
Yeah I watched the whole thing. I wanted to REALLY like it. But it just didn't do it for me, way to OHHH LOOK AT US AREN'T WE SO CUTE. And I have always said it, it would have been a better show had Chi McBride had the power and Lee Pace was just his overly excited sidekick. Because the whole time I never felt the chemistry between Lee and Land of the Lost girl (who's banging my favorite British actor David Thewlis) so the whole time I watched the series I felt like Emerson Cod and was just annoyed by a lot of the cutsyness.
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I'm responsible for every problem on AICN since 1998. I admit it. Thanks pussy. P.S. How's Obama's stimulus working out for you?
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Feb 13, 2009 12:30:42 PM CST
Chipps! You're long gone but...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Sorry mate if you took it as me having a go. You mentioned Pauline Hanson and I wanted to get it out there for people to know who we were on about. Never said you liked her.And what the fuck do I know about growing up in Ipswich. So, not making accusations or any such comments.Pauline Hanson may have had valid points, but she was an absolute tool and not the right person to present that opinion because it was too easy for people to pick apart and she wasn't intelligent enough to support said opinions. Prime example is that one sided 60 Minutes interview where the interviewer basically goes out of her way to make a fool of Hanson. The bottom line is her political platform was founded on racism and it was embarrasing.
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lost, supernatural, distatanly lost
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nonstop fun. I had a great time. The ending didnt bother me, nor did the bear hunt because it wasn't there to make us think there was no monster, it was jsut a chance to spend a little more time with the vikings before they went into "Morwen hunting mode" and I appreciated that.
Did you see Taken? I loved that one too. Just straightforward action. A week or two ago I had a small group of buds over for an Outlander/Taken/Dead Like Me: The Movie night. Quite a bit of fun. -
heros that is
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topped the hotests 100 (droid gets it) honestly don't get it. not bad, but shit, there is a lot better going around
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I understand the cuteness and some of that is heightened to create humor with Cod. I think there was great chemistry between them, but what really makes the show are the supporting players of Olive and Emmerson. In the last few eps I saw they seemed to be creating an Emmerson/Olive team-up, and I said to my wife, if they made that a spinoff show with Ned and Chuck as side characters, I wouldnt even care we didnt have Pushing Daisies anymore.
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Supernatural is good? Thats one I havent watched thus far. I think I will give it a spin though.
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"Now that's a bear."
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If you just fucking watch the dvd seasons. Watching it week to week I feel that I miss too much because I forget everything from episode to episode. And yeah I get the general plot, but the little stuff all and all just isn't that interesting or worth my time following. Plus the show is WAAAYYY too much of the same, like something happens and then they spend the rest of the time trying to figure out what happened and trying to blame everyone else and mistrust everyone.
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You're a Republican now just to spite me? You're a pathetic BITCH.
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its carhagic. to this day my best mate is an aussie kraut alcolohic. i used to feel the need to fight the good fight for the reputation of my irish ansestors, but now i easily beat him cause he has a shit liver. these days i rarely vomit, but i make no promises tonight.
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We agree, the Olive Cod stuff was better then the two mains. Plus the whole back story story about his missing daughter. Hahahahahahaha, the Asian dude from Tim and Eric Awesome Show is in Nip/Tuck.
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Feb 13, 2009 12:40:52 PM CST
Jarv! Come back so we can discuss!
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Aussie Rules is fucking awesome. You bitches in the UK are just too soft to play it. Even Queenslanders can occasionally play it. Those Poms that aren't soft are moronic meatheads so they rabble into a scrum of similar meatheads and try to push a ball over a line. Poorly at that, as the Wales game tomorrow will tell you.In summation, England suck at 90% of sports, 90& of the time! Come back and see me when you win something other than the 'A for Effort' ribbon at the special olympics.
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music is an integral part of movies. it was the film movie combo that got me into this shit, the avent grade sundance stuff
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and eat pie from her chest. Maybe apple or blueberry.
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This is a really good episode of Nip/Tuck.
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Because they are taking pictures with a penis.
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Just wondering...
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You're still going? It's about 6am isn't it?Not only were Kings of Leon number one in the Hottest 100, they were number three as well! Fucking ridiculous.
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Uhhhhhhh no. I seriously want to hear you defend the joke of a stimulus package we'll end up with. You've been quiet about such matters lately. You've been popping in and out of here with smart ass posts to rile things up. Remember last week when we were all hating on Indy IV and you popped in to say "Just watched it again. Its even better the 2nd time!!" Explain to me how thats different than what you accused me of doing. Explain motherfucker. The only difference is I'll stick around and fight it out. You cut and run like a fucking coward. I'll sit in a Tarantino TB all day and have fun talking shit. But that makes me a knuckle dragger, right? Because I don't agree with you. You and Kung are actually pretty similar. You're totally cool when everyone is on the same page, once someone has the nerve to disagree with you, you talk all this shit and split. Keep talking about me in other TB's though. Thanks for spreading the good word. -
was named Boromir. That was the oddest part. My fave bit with him is when Kainan is planning to leap on the shield, and he asks "Are you ready?" and the bald viking takes a hearty swig, and barks "AM NOW"
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don't get me wrong, please make fun of me, it is our way as australians. you will loose my respect if you don't dig it to me as much as possible, it is what we do. conversely, don't listen to me, if i make fun i'm talking shitPauline Hanson may have had valid points, but she was an absolute tool and not the right person to present that opinion because it was too easy for people to pick apart and she wasn't intelligent enough to support said opinions. Prime example is that one sided 60 Minutes interview where the interviewer basically goes out of her way to make a fool of Hanson. The bottom line is her political platform was founded on racism and it was embarrasing.there is nothing in that that i disagree with. put it this way if i said i come from ispwhich you would have said what? but when i said hansen a light went off in your head. this weighs on me. i come from a spot on the earth, but aussies know it for one person. from here one in, you'll know me. anyway, give me shit man, let loose, i expect it
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Feb 13, 2009 12:49:34 PM CST
jeeeez...sorry to bring all this negativity to the TB.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....on a day that should be glorious to celebrate the return of Jonah and Chitty.
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Some of us have not been blessed yet!!!!
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still going? queenslander dude
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but it's always more fun in an AICN talkback if it looks we vitrolically disagree.
As for Lost, I'd say this most recent season isn't unfolding at all like you described. But again, it does work better on dvd. It feels cinematic and satisfying. Week to week, it doesn't at all.
Series, is Buffy worth watching? Somehow I never got around to it, and my friend let me borrow the entire series and Im here trying to come up with reasons to watch it. -
I'll refrain for awhile.
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supernatural is a weird show, it has changed what it is about. the most recent season in oz is very christian and about revelations, in which the boys play a main part. before that it had nothing to do with christianity, though obviously with ghost ect there was some involvement. short version, they have found themselves a bad guy and it has helped a dieing series.
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Bloody country boys and Queenslanders are a nightmare to drink with. I can handle the grog just fine, but it's bread into you bastards to get chaotically smashed every time you get on it. There's no bloody off-switch. And you love to drink absolute piss like XXXX and Bundy.
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Is showing on FX this week. I know all the commercials will suck. Also didn't know JC was in it. I've been meaning to see it, is it any good?
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I actually enjoy shows that deal with christian themes and what not in a supernatural setting. Ever watch Millenium? I really liked that one alot.
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BONG!!!!
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ipswich is a town. and i never touch bundy. do like my foru x though.
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That bit is well done, as I have done it several times.
"You ready?" *takes a drink* "I am now!"
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....and enjoyed it. I saw that retelling of fairy-tales one. It was pretty well done. My only complaint is the two actors look a little too Abercrombyish.
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Never watched it man. See there was a period in my life pretty much all through high school and college I didn't really have access to TV.... so I missed all that, that is when I was watching three movies a day and what not. My brother really liked it though? And he watches sports? As for Firefly, worth renting the whole series, or buying if its cheap. Its a lot of fun and the mythology behind it is very interesting.
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definatly the movie of the night
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Feb 13, 2009 1:09:32 PM CST
I loved Deja Vu -- Jesus Caveizal is bad ass in it.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
He plays the perfect creep. Denzel is really good too as an ordinary sorta guy. Really cool premise.
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Buffy is okay. But its a little too girly feeling for me.
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But the chase scene was fucking amazing. Really well done. That and the chase scene in We Own The Night are the best I've seen in a long time.
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It was fun and funny as hell.
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jona, i know the christian mesage appeals a lot to you but to me it is complicated. i am a church going chatholic but at the same time i see it as little more than a story. for me it is an explanitory story. consequently if you want to invoke it you kneed to be sarcastic, self referential and intropestic. things that supernatural has become. but the story has actually changed, it started off find dad, became save dad, then save my brother that story ended. the series efectivly ended, the it became, the battle for end of the world, stop lucifer rising. the most recent series, with it clarifified world is the best.
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and I liked Serenity, but not quite as much. I saw the last season of Angel(by accident, saw an ep, and even though I wasn't up to speed I just kept watching cause I was hooked.
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Amen. That chase is weird, cerebral, and brutal.
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the sun is coming up night all, stay safe, and think or pray (depending on your persuasion) for the victorians. hope your mates stay good droid. maybe os you aint getting it so much, but we really feel for you nacy football playing fools.
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While I would consider myself "christian" in my personal life, most "christian" themed material doesn't appeal to me. What I should of said is I think stories of the fantastic that draw from biblical or christian imagery are usually interesting to me. I dont think Millenium have a serious "christian" message, it was just grimmer. I may be a christian but I myself don't buy into all the apocalyptic demon fighting histronics that find their way into these stories and films. But as stories, it works. So, I think we are on the same page there.
Actually between you and Danny describing it, I think I have seen some of this. The show I saw was about two bros fighting urban legends: wendigo, the man with the hook, the ghostly hitchhiker etc, and they were searching for their dad, and if I recall their mother was burned up by some force, same for the bro's girlfriend? Is this the right show? -
Feb 13, 2009 1:21:29 PM CST
What does the fucking stimulus package have to do with anything?
by hobocode
You know you're a sociopath, right Danny? Possibly even a psychopath. Christ. I cut and run? Oh fuck off. Arguing with you is like beating your head against a brick wall. You're inflexible. There's your opinion and then there's shit. Who fucking needs it?
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Have a good one.
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stay safe, and I hope to talk with you again soon. It's been far too long. Anyway, I have a new show to seek out. Thanks bro!
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Feb 13, 2009 1:25:30 PM CST
HoboCode -- it has to do with the fact that you're a coward.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I understand you can't possibly realize that. You will never admit a weakness, you will just slither off to the Lost TB. Again please keep talking about me in every TB you're in. Its flattering. -
Feb 13, 2009 1:35:05 PM CST
Hobo. Please answer me about the Indy IV thing....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....how is that any different than what you accuse me of? Isn't that posting for "The sole purpose of provoking a reaction from TBer's" as you said. You're telling me you weren't talking all that shit in the political TB's for months to provoke a reaction? Fucking pansy ass hypocrite. There were many around here that never liked you, and were right about you. I tried to give you a chance. But seriously....fuck you. We're fucking done professionally.
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I never wanted to see it because James Gray directed a movie called something I don't remember with Marky Mark. And I was all excited to see it, when I finally rented it I tried, tried and tired again to watch it but alas I could not stay awake. I gave up trying to watch it. This is coming from the guy who gave Inland Empire five shots to finally make it all the way through.
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Wakeen Pheonix. I don't think its an act. The facts were these... (Daisey reference!) first off Rafael Bottom has never really shown any signs of having any resemblance of a sense of humor, he has never be any part of anything funny. Just boring overly dramatic stuff. Also he is the brother of River Phoenix who rumor has it was big into drugs, which if that was the case these problems usually run in the family. Also WaKeen has only been cool in To Die For, Quills and Clay Pigeons everything else I could live without. Even his Tim Roth Rob Roy Role impression in Gladiator (plus I didn't like that movie, save for the Must be the steroids actor from Running Man and Arnold s butt buddy cameo).
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I thought that was okay. Pretty slow i admit so i can see why you may not like it.We Own The Night wasn't a brilliant flick. It was pretty good with an amazing chase scene unlike any I've seen before. It felt very realistic (as opposed to something like Gone in 60 Seconds), with a lot of it shot from the back seat looking out the windows. It's pissing down raining and the wipers are pounding away. Seriously white knuckle stuff. Genius.
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Its an elaborate mockumentary directed by Casey Affleck. I called it as soon as I saw his performance in Vegas and him stumbling off the stage. Its all too perfect. And did you see that clip on E when Joaquin originally announced his retirement. The interviewer asks Casey if ifs for real and GuaKeen is retiring. Casey says "Uhhhh yeah, he's doing the music thing. He's working on an album, errrr his album already came out." He's like confused of the status of Guak's album. Now they say Guak is merely laying down demos and P-Diddy might be helping him produce an album. Why wouldn't Casey know the exact status of the album or album in the works if he was already planning to shoot a documentary on Joaquin's music career. Its his brother-in-law. Wouldn't he know exactly whats happening with the subject of his upcoming documentary? But he acted all dumn and confused like he didn't know how he was supposed to play it. And the Letterman thing, though funny-- was just far too perfect. It was clearly scripted and Letterman was feeding him the moments. When Letterman says "You worked with uhh uhhhh uhhhhh...." giving him a chance to not remember his co-stars name. And the "That means a lot coming from a guy like you" line. No way in hell would Letterman say that to someone unless it was all orchestrated. Anyway....I think its genius. It makes me like Guakeen even more than before. I'm excited to see the reveal.
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Feb 13, 2009 2:05:41 PM CST
Wacko Phoenix's best film is U-Turn
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
And he's awesome in it."I'm Toby N. Tucker! TNT! I'll beat you so bad I'll make your mother sick!"And it's an act.
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....unable to participate in the work he loves. Awesome moment. Also that shit in the manufacturing house place when Joaquin gets caught as the mole and dives over that fence. Fuck me. That was some amazing undercover tension.
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Making fun of Parappa the Rappa, pretty good, hadn't seen that one before.
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I never got your Outlander review. Where did you send it? Btw, I still haven't watched it. I've been waiting, as promised. :)
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Feb 13, 2009 2:10:00 PM CST
Also the scene where Wacko finger fucks Mendez
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
The more i think about it the more i like it.
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Its pretty damn good. I just don't know comedy is not Waws thing.
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Sorry, just trying to fit in. Haha. And HOD, why do you gotta be such a troublemaker? :) What's up boys?
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Check see if Outlander is playing around you. Looks like some of the smaller places are getting it.
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That was week. On Robot Chicken they did this segment called, only the good parts and they went through all these movies and for Peter Jackson's Kong they just showed the credits. Not cool.
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I actually have it...have had a copy of it available for a several weeks now, but Jonah has a review written of it floating somewhere in cyberspace and I swore not to watch the film until I had read it (since he actually paid to see Outlander in a theater...).
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There is no way the "Phoenix Saga" was an act.(At least on Letterman.) That dude was stoned out of his goddamned mind.
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Was at the end when he went to leave and he turns and says something to Letterman. What was it that he said.
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I think all of us here are assholes in our own fun little way.For example, I'm the little boy whining because the generation gap leads to lots of music arguments. Ah well, we are all unique little snowflakes yes?
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I guess I got caught creating another distraction for myself. Keep an eye out for a reply from Jonah, will you please? I'm going back to my 'word' document now to finish my Grudge 3 review, honest!
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what a loser.
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I actually really enjoyed that movie, but the best part about the original is how brisk the pacing is. It just doesn't stop all the way to the point where Kong falls from the building. The remake was fun, but Jackson needed to take a step back and think about how the movie flowed.
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a good class can make or break my day, so we will see.
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Will do.
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There's a pretty great two hour King Kong flick somewhere inside the bloated, meandering, indulgent borefest.
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Its finally showing around me but at 12:05 and 2:55 only in some shitty theater I've never been to. And probably for only 7 days, so I'm going to see it tomorrow.
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Im starting to feel singled out by the freakin Illuminati. I just posted an answer to you Mavra right here a moment ago, and it doesnt seem to be here.
Here's the deal. I sent the Outlander review to the address you gave me at zdive. A few moments ago I checked my email and I can't even find a sent copy. What the heck?
Worst was I just typed it straight into the hotmail instead of writing a file and sending it. Not sure what I was thinking. So Outlander review appears to be taken by the bleeping lizard people and I look like the slackass kid who tells the teacher his family was hijacked by gypsies to explain why his history assignment is late.
I've been busy so I never did more than a prelim check on your site to see if it was there. I typed all this up on here not five minutes ago, but it never took either.
Mav,best check out Outlander without my review and I'll get you some stuff to make up for it soon.
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How was Red Sands?
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I will say it's way better than Dead Birds. I really didnt care much for that flick, and never understood the positive stuff I heard about it, even as an indie horror. Red Sands is far more polished, and quite a bit creepy in the right places. It's strange because I was working on a soldiers vs. supernatural forces story for awhile, and this definitely shows one way of handling it. Odd thing about Red Sands is the opening placard that gives you info on Djinns. For a fearful second, I thought I was about to see another Wishmaster movie.
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So it's true that this is a sequel to Dead Birds?
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What the fuck? How'd you see that? Is it even made yet?
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Yeah, it's all over the internets. I could get you a link if you wanted.
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But Feast 2 was so bad I didn't even finish watching it. That's a big part of the reason I never checked out 3.
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Its more like a reimagining of that same basic theme. In the sense that it's another movie where a surly group of men find their way to an abandoned place where they see psychological and hallucinatory images and find their number being slowly assimilated by stringy demonic figures. In fact, it's similarities to that previous film and many a one-note men vs. undefined threat flicks are the things that kept me from embracing it, and ultimately being able to reccomend it. It aint terrible, but it aint exactly "good" either. It doesn't play around enough with it's djinn concept. And there aren
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not the grumpy doctor or the 80s b-movie series, but the one that is based off some christian thriller novel. I expected uber-preacy amateur direction, but it actually works decently for awhile as an atmospheric little horror film. It kinda goes over the top by the end, but it's enjoyable enough I found. It's spiritual dimension isn't overt, and for this kind of story, it's easy to watch it and pay little attention to that dimension at all. Michael Madsen is playing the force of evil, and he does well enough, despite not being in it all that long. For indie horror, I've seen far worse. It does the job it sets out to do.
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If anybody's interested, they can check out my tribute to Alice Cooper and Friday the 13th. One of them is the song Harry was talking about in his Friday review.
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I loves me some Firefly. What a great example of how to do a show with an ensemble cast the right way. And that is some bitchin dialogue.To anybody who likes the show, I would recommend Joss Whedon's 25 issue series of Astoniching X-men. You can get it one arc at a time (6 issues each except the final arc, which is 7). It's pretty good stuff, with the same great knack for dialogue.
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I'd like to see that. Do you know the exact numbers of the issues?
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Interweb, if I didn't have an old ass laptop riddled with virus's.
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Feast 3
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I speak Jonah's name last night and, lo, he visiteth once more.
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Good actor, I like him. Watched the Letterman footage (and his retirement announcement last year) and it can only be a wind up. He's filming a secret project or something. It's the only explanation. Well, either that or he really has gone completely insane.
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'Sex On Fire' = choon. Beyond that I can take 'em or leave 'em.Boys, it ain't worth falling out over. It's just music.
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'Sequestered In Memphis.' Didn't know who they were earlier, had a look on YouTube. The keyboard player's got a cheeky tash and a flat cap. Can't go wrong. I were dancing on the table to that one...
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I heard you were having problems with your computer. I don't know if you know how to retrieve the data from a hard drive, but if you don't, I could give you some tips or walk you through it. Let me know if you need help. Information is my stock and trade.
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Is one of the top 3 or 4 BEST shows on TV right now. It's consistantly well written, acted and surprsingly violent for a TV show.Don't be like I was and write the show off as an appeal to tween girls witht the lead actors; they kick ten different kinds of ass in thier roles as Sam and Dean Winchester.If you have not seen SN please start from the beginning. SN is one of the few shows that smartly, consistanly and slowly builds on it's own mythology. It really is a top flight show writing wise, probably the best written show on TV now I will slightly disagree with Mr. Chipps. This seasons "christianity" angle on SN did not come out of right field, it has been built into the series from the beginning and has come to full bloom this season.You have sympathetic demons, pschyopathic/ambivilent Angels all leading up to maybe the seals of hell being breached and Satan rising. It's good stuff.
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See the message I sent via myspace, then meet me later for some brattiness.
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I never really cared for him much anyway. Now we can just ignore each other and keep right on trucking without taking up valuable TB space with our silly retorts at each other.Yes, Sex on Fire is indeed a fucking moronic song. Just unbelievably stupid. The whole album for that matter, is a total piece of shit.And Herb, Whedon actually wrote for Astonishing X-men right from the start, so I would suggest starting with issue #1, and his full writing gig stops at issue 25. Each trade paperback is six issues (about 25 pages, each) long, and he has four arcs total. And each trade should set you back around $15-$20. Good luck, and if you ever manage to snag 'em, enjoy!
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but it probably was raised a level by getting canned so early. It became a cautionary tale of what if or what could have been.
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He's always took himself WAY too seriously. Why all of the sudden would this be any different?
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All in all great movie. Though I really don't know where Neil Gaimen gets all this incite to little girls? Really liked the movie, but it was just kind of boring in parts. I mean to look at and behold some of the scenes was amazing. Worth paying for in 3-D. I think it comes down to this, with the way I was raised and probably most of you, for an animated movie to really be memorable and stick with you it needs to have one fucking catchy song. I'm sorry all the animated movies that really stick with me (save for Rockfish, maybe add awesome action as well?) have had a great song in them. And choir's going AWWWWW OHHHHHH for effect does not a good song make. And yes we all know the Grammy winners for best children album, They Might Be Giants, did some music for the movie but I don't believe it. Anyways go see it, will be back with a report from the front lines maybe tomorrow or Sunday about the ass raping my eyes will receive when I see Outlander in all its cinematic glory...hole. Ciao ciao.
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Is actually the only song I like. I think that is because I saw them preform it enough times it just got stuck in my head, I mean at first I thought it was fucking atrocious.
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Watchmen trailers, its only going to ruin the movie for me, because they'll show all the cool shit and when I see it on my Zune it won't be as cool.
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I'm sorry box office grosses is what really got me into movies in the first place, like tracking numbers and opening. I don't know it just facinated me. Well the other week the birth place of my interest Box Office Report was bought up by some other bigger website. While it was my favorite mainly because it was the first one I used, the main guy didn't really keep it up that well and it kind of sucked. So I've mainly been using Box Office Guru, but the predictor there is an idiot. He makes bad jokes and reference mistakes all the time. Box Office Mojo is the best hands down, I just don't like it? I don't know why? It is kind of how I used to use Movies.com for finding anything out until I realized that I should get over my fear of IMDB and realize that its the best and easiest to use. Maybe its the wealth of information in IMDB and Box Office Mojo that scares me, I don't know. Anyways all of that is besides the point, all year box office predictors have been underestimating shit left and right, case in point Paul Blart. I fucking knew that movie was going to be big. I was surprised to see that Taken was a hit I was sure that it was going to flop. But after those two run away hits, and My Bloody Valentine 3-D being a decent size success it was obvious that Jason was going to be fucking huge. Now most places have Jason coming in around 30 million, and it made 20 million on Friday. Its easily going to break 60 over the weekend, granted Saturday and Sunday will be huge drop offs but they will still post big numbers. Its just funny to see people guessing that Friday the 13th will not be a big hit. I don't know just pisses me off that's all. Last night at the cineplex both Jason and My Bloody were sold out. I bet My Bloody Valentine gets a boost this weekend. Its almost looking like any movie coming out will be a hit, besides the obvious failure that is Pink Panther. It really makes you want to kick the Weinstiens in the balls for not blowing Outlander up, it would have made money. All they had to do was hype up the bad ass viking action. Lets see how the international does, but I think it won't gross over 12.
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Somehow last week Clone Wars started early so my recording was off and I didn't want to watch it. So I recorded it like two more times, but I kept deleting it to make space because I knew it would show again. And it did, it showed this Friday and along with two brand new episodes....but my fucking satellite fucked up and didn't record it properly, and now that episode from last week won't be on for while!!!! GAH its the best show on TV and I dicked around and now I may end up having to skip an episode that is part of a trilogy! I'm a mess and beside myself, I bet none of you have problems this big in your life. Well I'm gonna try to stop crying and go back to Mad Me lite, Trust Me. Just finished the Terminator show, and it was awful just boring and lame. I don't know why I keep going back to it like a wife to an abusive husband, its probably just the geek in me to be a completest and think that I really give a shit about Terminator. I'll watch Dollhouse next. I need more tissues or a better computer to watch crap online. Hopefully TNT will get around to showing Clone Wars so I can catch the episode I'll have to miss.
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to just listen to Sex on Fire again. I have only managed to listen to it a few times. I just can't get over the obnoxious lyrics.Series 7, you didn't like the music in Coraline? I forget the composer's name, but I think he did a really great job. The children's choir with the gibberish language was a pretty inspired choice I think. Of course, there's not much in it besides that. But there are a couple of songs right at the beginning of the movie that nearly pulled me out of it, they were so good.Well, my lady calls again. Probably see you guys Sunday.
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Yeah I did like the music in Coraline. Parts of it felt very Elfman like. I wasn't knocking the score, it was very good. Just you know there was no ohhhhhh lets say, What's This? I feel like I came off more negative about the movie then I was. Part of it had to do with the audience I sat next to this Asian dude that thought it was ok to fucking snicker at every little thing that happened in the movie. I guess I missed the humor in every scene? And I think it would have been fine had he was just chuckling but it was like breathing fast through his nose and it was very fucking annoying. Added to that that he and his date were speaking in their native tongue the whole time at pretty much normal speaking level. It was funny because me and me lady had seats on the side we were realized that there were two seats dead center open, much better. We sat down and all we heard was this annoying child less then five and all we could think was FUCK this kid is going to be like this during the whole movie. I told my lady how I was always well behaved in theaters, but a brat everywhere else probably why my parents took me to see lots of movies? But oddly enough as soon as the movie started I think I only heard the kid once, but that Asian guy the whole FUCKING time. I mean every seen there was some amazingly funny thing I guess I didn't get because I wasn't of his race? I don't know but I wanted to fucking punch him in the face. PS stay after the credits there is the cool little thing worth watching.
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At the moment, a fairly computer-literate mate of mine is on the case. He's busy with work so I haven't heard from him for a couple of weeks. He's looking for some kind of gizmo that will hopefully do the job.Thanks very much for the offer. If his attempt fails I'll come back to you!
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I like 'Sex On Fire'! Particularly the version they did on 'Letterman.'Didn't pay much attention to the lyrics, though. I just like the sound. If you understand what I mean.I don't understand what I mean half the time so don't worry...
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I'm not in any way advocating sex on fire. That would be quite dangerous. Do you want singed ball sacks? No.
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I was falling in love, now I'm only falling apart. Nothing I can say - total eclipse of the heart..."(Sniff...)
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Listen. Seriously. Guys, if she's the one for you - just tell her you love her. And every day after that. It's not icky. Just tell her.
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Should they catch the inhuman bastards who did this...1. Put them in a room and send in relatives and friends of the victims. 5 minutes each should do.2. Bring the relatives, etc out, send in the firemen for 5 minutes.3. Bring out firemen.4. Lock door. Set fire to room.Result: Fewer cunts stinking up the planet.
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Why is it that, when McClane takes out the chopper with a car, in the trailer he answers to this query with the quip "I ran out of bullets"?The online version also had the quip "I ran out of bullets."But my 'Harder' DVD version, he says something about more deaths being caused by car accidents... Huh?Is there some reason he can't say "I ran out of bullets" on the DVD - the Region 2 version, at least? I'm bemused.
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Eh it was ok. Better then the terminator show. Don't know if I care for the too young to be a high tech nerd character, just too young, trying to hard to be Seth Green. Also don't care for the fact that when Doucheku is not being someone else she's just kind of like Neil. I'll be back next week though.
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"I ran out of bullets" at the cinema?It's annoying me now.
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Is showing this weekend on Sci Fi :
Sat. Feb. 14 9:00 PM SCIFI
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Someone else dropped in. Briefly. Right when I was perusing the Transformers 2 trailer. Which starts off doing Armageddon, throws in some Pearl Harbor, then goes completely off its head.Looks less wise-cracky and a bit more brutal.
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You'll die if you don't watch it?I haven't got Sci Fi...
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That's a poor trailer. Amateurish. Hope it's a misrepresentation of the full cut.
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The Battle of Algeries on TCM at Fri. Feb. 20 10:30 AM TCM also The French film Man Bites Dog is on IFC this week at 11 PM on this sunday. Please note all times are central and Man Bites Dog will probably be shown again on IFC this week.
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Great little movie. I remember the poster/ cover art was raw. He's, like blowing away a baby or something. You don't see that, just blood and a dummy flying up. How did they get away with that!
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Maybe from Belgium? I'm probably wrong.
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... to push us up the Top 10.Have a good 'un.
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Saw the trailer, it really looks like a DTV movie or something? Its gonna turn into one of those things that seem to easy so they didn't put enough effort into it. Then again Rambo had a fucking god awful trailer, though I doubt it'll reach Rambo's awesomeness.
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... in sunny Manchester. Yesterday, the mighty Maine Road FC snatched a point from the jaws of defeat against Bacup. It was a thunderbolt of a goal, injury time, virtually the last kick of the game. Another point in our quest for league safety.What do you mean "Who?"
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'30 Days Of Night' again. Didn't think much of this movie first time around but it's grown on me a little bit. I do like it when the lead vampire gets hold of the woman and does his - "God? No God..." line. Merciless.
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See, when I first heard Tarantino was doing a war film I thought 'this might be cool' - possibly along the lines of The Big Red One. But IB looks like a simple 'massacre as many Nazis as his humanly possible' plot.I've got nothing against slaughtering Nazis, just seems like Tarantino's going backwards not forwards. Nazis have been done enough on film already.
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When they liberate the concentration camp and Mark Hamill finds a German soldier hiding inside one of the 'ovens' - and just keeps shooting him. Harrowing.Then the magnificent Lee Marvin comes in and says "I think you got him." But Hamill carries on anyway.
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Now I can procrastinate with you everyday instead of waiting for my next housesitting job!
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It reminds me of someone else speech and intonation. But I can't put my finger on it. Anyone else?
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When Pitt leans in toward the right side of the frame, talking about killing nazis, its almost the EXACT same body posture as Tyler Durden during his speech in Fight Club about not being rock stars and about buying shit we don't need. I realize his accent isn't the same, but I get the feeling that the cadence and flow of speech, couple with that Durden-lean-in, is very reminiscent of that character.
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Feb 15, 2009 1:41:08 PM CST
Series....I was listening to Gabriel's "Down To Earth"
by dannyglovers_dickblood
You really think that song is good? I remember you were slamming The Boss the other day for doing what he always does. Down sounds exactly like all of Gabriel's elevator music. Very dull song. Its shocking that song is nominated. I really agree with you about animated films needing one great song, all of my old favorites have those great original songs. But this song is crap. I think your love for the film Wall-E clouded your judgment on this one. The Wrestler song is raw and heartbreaking. It embodies everything that film is-- perfectly and its one of Bruce's best songs in years.
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Where we off the top ten for awhile?
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And I couldn't find it again until it rose back up from the depths of AICN mediocrity.
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Is awesome. Go listen to the GB song Growing Up if you think he's lame.
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The end credits combination are amazing.
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Feb 15, 2009 2:50:03 PM CST
I don't think he's 100% lame. I like his Genesis stuff.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Feb 15, 2009 2:52:47 PM CST
And I'm just speaking specifically about that song.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Its incredibly dull. It was a total mercy nomination. I would think a song for that movie would have to have a lot of heart, and I just hear no emotion whatsoever in that song. Thats all.
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George Bush? It's just I can picture Dubya leaning into a press microphone and saying "... and I want ma scalps."
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I was beginning to wonder if any of these buggers had computers at home or if I was Billy No-Life.Don't answer that.I had a bottle of wine called The Procrastinator the other week. Quite tasty.
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It's a pretty fun anime. Loads of great production values, a soundtrack that perfectly molds to the visuals, and some sweet, sweet, ricidulous action. Definitely worth checking out, if not for the sheer absurdity of it all.
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Peter Gabriel's good - but I don't like that song much. The music sounds like something else he's done - can't place it, but melody-wise it's passable. Not keen on the vocal.He always works with great musicians, though.
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I don't think I'd put it on my iPod, but I think it works very well with the end credits concept.
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Fred just watched James Harrison's awesome, unbelieveable, inhuman, insane,sublime, magnificent, and pretty darn good 100 yard TD run in the Super Bowl again- for the 210,000th time. Fred darn near speechless! Hee hee
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Feb 15, 2009 6:01:40 PM CST
Hmm, Therewolf was keeping TB afloast all by himself
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Not even out chasing rabbitses
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*cracking knuckles*
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Feb 15, 2009 6:03:52 PM CST
Can Do Fred must raise TB back into Top ten
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred owes it to the CoC
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Thatis a mixture of the redneck, the ebonic and the germanic! Hee hee
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Ok, Fred is late to jump on that pound puppy, but gee mo nally, that was a humdinger of a danderoo!
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Or as we say in da 'burgh. STILLERZ!!!
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Hee hee For all the Brits, the Terrible Towel is a 2 ft. long Black and Gold (The Steelers colors that no one else on the earth are allowed to wear although some do) hand towel that is emblazoned with the words Terrible Towel, and is waved by members of Steelers Nation (Steelers are Americas most popular football team - with the most rabid and well travelled fans in all of the NFL or all American sports for that matter)during football games to inspire the Steelers to victory. It was created in the 1970's by a local sportscaster who donated the millions of dollars it generated (Fred owns three towels) to charity.
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Feb 15, 2009 6:19:37 PM CST
This is Dirk , and I would like to add a few words
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Much has been written about my love life - the affairs with loose popcorn kernels, floozy dustballs, and Mavra Chang (call me), and my various financial and entrepreneurial dealings with members of the so called underworld (really nice and miss understood chaps), and Eastern European arms dealers. Well, I just want to say that most of that is balderdash and poppycock! I did not attempt to black Putin with pictures of him and a pregnant yak...It was a love sick Moosethat Putin done wrong. He did her dirty and he had to pay.
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Feb 15, 2009 6:20:55 PM CST
Can Fred get there without getting banned?
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
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Just trying to kep CoC TB alive
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But Fred does not recommend using pro-flowers for roses. They are ok, and delivered on time. But the false advertising and hidden fees drove cost up to the point that Fred wld have been better off just nuyin them at a store. Also, they were not long stemmed, and had no baby's breath or the fern like thingie. Fred GF did not mind, but Fred's wallet took hit.
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And some very suggestive pictures of unpopped popcorn!
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Feb 15, 2009 6:28:00 PM CST
Hmm, Fred still falling behind in post count
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
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On, How They do that
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Feb 15, 2009 6:30:46 PM CST
Fred made snow shoes from old tennis rackets
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Only to find out later that the tennis rackets where still good (at least they were before Fred got a hold of them - hee hee).
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And time
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Fred must leave soon
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Mavra, if I wrote a review, would you like me to send it to you for your site?It was really good. Lots of fun little subtle details that really made the movie. The two main kid actors were great. Loved the ending too. 9 out of 10.Mav, my full length review would be much better, I promise.
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And its surprisingly good. My TV Guide gave it 3 stars. I highly recommend you guys checking it out.
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Fred is happy to see yinzers.
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Referring to a fellow Pittsburgher. Fred just made yinz guys honorary yinzers.
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In light of STEELERS! Super Bowl win. STILLERZ!
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Saw brownish-red syrup erupting from orifices of someone, then commercial
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Fred will say goodnight. TB should be safely in top ten until British Invasion begins
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She got a tshirt at the airport for my girlfriend that has the definition of the word "youns" or "yins" on it. Hey Fred!
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Going back and forth between work, SciFi Channel, the UNC/Miami game, and this TB.
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That song has a lot of heart. I've watch some documentary about all the stuff he did about it... wait no i read some article all the work he put into it.
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I mentioned Splinter showing today. There is a bunch of cool shit on the Cable this week.
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You tried to make it happen.
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And it was fucking awesome. As good as you think its going to be. Ron Pearlman was so bad ass in his cameo. The closest movie I can think of that it reminds me of is Pitch Black, no so much in plot, but in monster movie terms. Plus similar openings.
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Is it boring as they say? Or good?
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I've been far too busy this weekend that I haven't been able to play catchup on the TBs. Had you seen Splinter before? I feel like this is the SciFi Channel premiere.
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I'm doing a lot of homework tonight, so I will be in and out from time to time. Good job keeping the talkback alive though!
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Must leave now, sorry could not hang around longer to chat. See yinzers soon!
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Just stopping in for a drive-by posting. Good work weekend TBers! Fred, so sorry I missed you. Hope your V-Day rocked da house! Dirk,ooh, baby, baby! ;p WOlf, hope the Eclipse passes quickly back into sunshine. Vader, Congrats on home internetz! Series, haven't seen the International. What is it exactly? Kungfu, I'd love to have a review from you. Thanks very much for offering. That movie is fantastic, isn't it? Hope I didn't miss anyone. Have a great night all!
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Yeah I saw it. It was a lot of fun. You should try to check it out.
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Its nice to have internetz again. Feels like the good ole days.
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First Splinter- awesome flick. I don't know what the budget was, but they made the film look *great* and with minimal CGI, if any at all. It felt akin to watching Carpenter's "The Thing". I saw The Simpsons' opening earlier today online; didn't realize it was going to be showing tonight. Anyone know if its a permanent new opening? Or just one to celebrate the Simpsons' first presentation in HD? Online, I tried to go frame-by-frame during a few key sequences. I noticed God and Satan having a fist-shaking standoff during the quick-pan to the Simpsons' home. Also, Marge purchased some Mister Sparkle and Tomacco Juice at the store. Hi-larious references.
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It involved some crazy German- I mean alien- scientist recreating some deadly virus, and Anakin and Obi-Wan must travel to the Planet of a 1000 moons, Iego. Aego? Pronounced Eye-ay-go. It sounded familiar, but I couldn't place why... Anyway, they land and the locals, a hogepodge of aliens, say they can't leave bc of the Ghost that haunts the planet and kills any starpilot that tries to leave. It turns out its just this security system the Separatists left. But Anakin and ObiWan ask the trapped pilots/miners who the original inhabitants of Iego and its moons were. The "old prospector" type-character says it was "the angels". Then this ethereal, glowing, robed alien comes in and speaks. Now, I saw this episode friday night and nothing clicked. However, I had Episode I: The Phantom Menace playing on tv earlier while I worked- STILL nothing clicked. The pieces were there, my subconscious had made them fit together, but it hadn't reached my brain yet. So, I flipped channels and its the end of this particular Clone Wars episode, and its right where ObiWan is asking who the original inhabitants were: "The angels". Of Iego. BAM! It all fit together! Back in Episode I, when Anakin sees Padme for the first time, he asks her "Are you an angel?" "What?" she asks. "An angel. I've heard the deep space pilots talk about them. They're from the moons of Iego- I think." So color me impressed. Impressed that it wasn't just gibberish Anakin was spouting, impressed that either Lucas or the episode's writer thought to take that throwaway line and expand upon it. Have I mentioned how much I enjoy this show? My respect for it just increased after this revelation.
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....and give the Terminator TB about 500 posts? Pleeeeeeease. How are you by the way?
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Fuck that ho.
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How is she beating us? We have 400 something she has 70 something.....WHAT THE FUCK?!! We are spanking the skin off that cunt. We could be doing better though. I thought we would hit 7 grand by tomorrow morning. Vader you need to start recruiting more believers. THE WORD OF CHRISTIANITY MUST SPREAD!! IT ENDS TONIGHT!
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Feb 15, 2009 10:50:49 PM CST
Oh wrong TB. I thought I was in Terminator....hehehe.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Fuck. In that case-- yes Bukakke Girl is spanking the skin off your cunts. I'll try and help out.
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12 Monkeys-I look for this on DVD everywhere, but can't find it anywhere, so this should tide me over until I doDark City- I keep getting this recommended to me by tons of people, so it's time to see what's upThe Killer- a supremely entertaining John Woo great action movie, and the best movie ever to have Chow Yun Fat with a fake moustacheBatman Returns- The tape is actually from Japan, so the box art and all the writing is totally different, and it looks awesome up on the DVD shelfand finally...Super Mario Brothers- fuck yes. so proud to finally own this. It's weird, with Street Fighter last week, I seem to have developed a pattern of buying a couple of really good movies, and then one incredibly shitty video game movieTAPES ARE STILL COOL PEOPLE!
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I decided to try out Script Girl again. I hadn't seen it in a few weeks, and figured there might be some actual news or at least one good laugh. Nope. And the Christopher Nolan skit was just embarrassingly dull. Ah well. I'll give it another month off and then try again.
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Nice missed that when I was slowing down on my TV. I like it, the whole episode had that New Simpsons movie smell and look to it. Welcome to the HD nation Simpsons, glad you could make it.
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Yeah I think me and you are the only ones following it. Its probably the best thing on TV. It should go down as one of the best shows in History its pretty amazing. I mean just the fact that its better then the Three prequels. Also I really thought that the movie was a lot of fun. Did you?
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I'll do my best to keep things going, but no promises.Here's some stuff to keep the TB rolling. Please feel free to add your comments, insults, whatnot.
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On Friday, for the very first time, I saw Fantastic Four 1 & 2 back to back. It was a good time.I still like the first one best, since that's the goofiest of the two, but the other one is also good. I had hoped that Part 2 would be Goofy Film + Naked Silver Man On Surfboard = Goofiest Film Of All Time, but unfortunately it didn't work out that way.
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Bit of a let down, this one. Funny in places (ie: the places that had Brad Pitt in them), but otherwise not the uproarious Big Lewbowskian comedy I was expecting."We've got your shit." I laughed a lot at that part.
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There was pizza, there was beer, and there were two somewhat similar films that were both utterly devoid of romance:Man On Fire, which I like a lot even though it seems like Tony Scott wants me to hate it. But fuck you, Tony Scott! Denzel Washington is too good in this film for me to be beaten by your fidgety direction and ugly editing shenanigans and flashy bits!Taken, which I might have liked more if I hadn't watched it right after Man On Fire. Liam Neeson: You, sir, are no Denzel Washington.Also what was up with Maggie Grace in that film? She was supposed to be seventeen, but she kept hurtling around like a demented six year old. There's no way I would pay half a million to fuck that.
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The Toxic Avenger Part III The Last Temptation Of Toxie, which was funny in parts but a bit of a mess.I heard they made it because they shot too much footage for Part II and cobbled it together out of the original ending for Part II (Toxie Vs Satan) and a bunch of leftovers from here and there. So I suppose that explains the messiness.Also, Michael Jai White was in it.
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Whatever, you know.There's no need to let the side down just because Jarv's fucked off on holiday again.
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The part on the phone call was just so damn good.We need more movies with both Brad Pitt and John Malkovich. Like a period noir movie with the two of them. How fun would that be? I'm gonna start the screenplay right now.
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Probably my most wanted DVD.I have rented/checked it out multiple times. And I love that bonus feature length length documentary.Damn, I am kind of a gushing fan when it comes to Terry Gilliam stuff. I love all of it. Closest I can think of who has as good of a track record is Hayao Miyazaki.
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And I gotta say, I think it's my favorite so far of all of his stuff I have seen. I didn't think anything could top Princess Mononoke, but this one hits even closer to my personal sensibilities. I love the whole European aesthetic, and the protagonist is like a warped cartoon pig version of Indiana Jones.Mavra, if you like, this is another one I could definitely write up a pretty good review for!
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Speaking of Hayao Mikyazaki, I saw Porco Rosso!Fucking headline getting cut off
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Has he been funny in other stuff?I don't remember.If not, that's two old school pretty boys who have revealed their untapped funnyness recently. Brad Pitt, the funniest guy in Burn After Reading; and Tom Cruise, the funniest guy in Tropic Thunder.Those two guys should make another film together, but this time, instead of a film about existential vampires, do something funny.
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I felt like it was sort of gimmicky. "Hey look everyone, here's Tom Cruise in a bald cap and a fat suit." Like, he was funny, but the full effect of his role wore off a little for me on a second viewing (although, I gotta say, the part where he has that dude punch the director is fucking hilarious). I thought the kid playing Alpa-Chino has perfect comedic timing. Jack Black was also really good as the drug addict comedy guy. I probably liked Robert Downey Jr. the most for that crazy ass method-actor role, but I always love him in everything.Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is the kind of tone I wanna go for with my Brad Pitt-John Malkovich noir movie, except setting it in the 30s or 40s.
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That is just awfully retarded. My lord.
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The Devils Own, Seven Years in Tibet and Meet Joe Black are all amazing comedic performances.
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and I am loving this Fritz Lang noir. Damn, this is my favorite genre after the samurai movies. Kung fu is what brought me into the world of cinema, but noir is definitely the one that kept me coming back for more.
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what a crock of shit. It looks like guys just took turns posting over and over for thirty minutes each.And of course that tool Danny has been on there.I was sick of the new Terminator movie after seeing that trailer at The Dark Knight. I would say "Who cares?" but obviously some morons do, or this TB would be at number one status right now.
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Although I agree Robert Downey Jnr was also very good.I don't know what it says about me, but every time Tom Cruise started doing his little hip hop dance, I cried with laughter. It's not sophisticated, but fuck me it was funny.
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where he and that lame guy from SNL were tempting Mconaheeyayeehah(?)'s character was pretty darn good. the hairy chest and diet coke got me chuckling too.
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wish me luck.And I will be back later today.
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I must admit, if that film was by anyone other than David Fincher, I would not be interested at all. It looks sappy as fuck, and I heard it drags.But I do like this David Fincher, so I'll give it a go, but only from the comfort of my sofa.
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Maybe I should also do some work or somesuch.
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Cruise was gold and Blacks 'tied to the tree' rant was hilarious. Downey Jr was good, but the whole thing was a gimmick. It's ridiculous that he's been nominated for an oscar.
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Downey Jnr being nominated is just Hollywood's way of saying, "Congratulations for getting off the drugs and appearing in a couple of films that made us some money", that's all.
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Yeah, fuck that.My cousin is on the Screen Sctor's Guild and gets to vote for the nominations every year, and I watch way more movies than she does. It's bull shit, and it's no way to measure a movie's greatness.Jack Black's drug withdrawal induced offerings of a blow job to be untied was probably my favorite part of all of Tropic Thunder. His delivery was perfect. It sort of reminded me of his raunchier days in the Tenacious D show. If nobody here in the C of C has seen it, it is some highly recommended absurdist comedy, with some catchy songs sung by Jack himself. Good stuff.
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Feb 16, 2009 6:48:57 AM CST
I've never understood why anyone cares about the Oscars
by franklin t marmoset
Once a year, all the Hollywood types get together, pat each other on the back, then go to a party. That's it, really.I don't give a fuck who wins what.Apart from Annie Hall. I care about that one, mostly because it winds up angry Star Wars nerds.
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For making me an honourary "Yinzer." Am I allowed to shout STILLERZ! at random opportunities now? I'm not very good at the accent and it sounds odd in broad Manc.
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I best get back to work. I will be back later today.
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Bah! How was she better than the entire Galactic Empire? Well, I'll tell you... she wasn't! Bloody travesty and an alarming quota of ballsacks.
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I WAS chasing a rabbit. I got a Thumper to the bollocks for my trouble.
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The Cornerhouse is showing Doctor Jekyll & Mister Hyde, the 1931 Rouben Mamoulian version starring Frederic March - and I can't make any of the screenings! What a sickener...I have got it on VHS. Yes, actual tape, it rewinds and whatnot - whzzzzzzz (that was the sound of the tape rewinding, not my keyboard malfunctioning).
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song about Terminator? I just recall the line "If you don't get your refund and shops treat you like cack, just look them in the eye and tell them - I'll be back!"It was funny at the time.
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might've been called Arnie & The Terminators.Anyhoo, back to work. Ciao.
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So Taken picked up a few more fans on the weekend. Good to hear. Loved that movie.And another brother saw Outlander. It's all coming together.I must be up to 31 or 32 movies. My Best Friend's Girl? Avoid this one. Not like all the Dane Cook haters here need me to tell then that, but it's a worthless piece of stank that only serves to irritate your eyeballs.Body Of Lies? Not one of Ridley's finest. There are some neato action pieces that have Ridley's fingerprints all over them but otherwise it felt as fresh as that forgotten celery in your crisper. Like Danny says, it could have been directed by anyone and was a waste of Ridley's talent.Religulous? Brilliant. I understand this movie only appeals to my demographic, the one that things religion is a plague, but considering it's a desperately under-represented demographic, it's nice to have a movie we can call our own. Bill Maher may be an arrogant bastard, but he really exposes frauds and mental midgets and makes you wonder how we ever managed to climb down from the trees when we cling to such primitive beliefs.Afro Samurai: Resurrection? After 10 minutes my eyeballs started to bleed. Now I know why I stopped watching anime. Sorry, Kung, but those action scenes are like hanging a video camera on a dog collar and trying to make out what's going on in a dog fight.First time seeing Man On Fire, Franklin? How can anyone not love that movie? Denzel is a surgeon when he goes to work on the underworld. Easily my favorite Tony Scott movie.Maggie Grace is worth a shag and although I agree she's not worth half a million, consider the sorry sacks Hugh Grant, Eddie Murphy and Elliot Spitzer have been caught with. So apparently rich men have lower standards than us street urchins.That new Simpsons opening is aces. I imagine it's going to be the opening going forward because in order to keep the old opening they would have to add animation to the sides as HD is presented in widescreen.Peter Gabriel hate? Yeesh. I think he did his best stuff with The Last Temptation of Christ and then Us. But that was 20 years ago. When you only put out one album every decade, it's hard to judge your work as an artist.I think Star Wars lost the best picture award because of the Stormtrooper who bumps his head on the door on the control room. The voters took one look at that and deemed it unprofessional and the work of an amateur.
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But since I was watching Taken (and I wanted romance-free films) I thought I'd make it a double bill of vengeance-happy middle aged men.I wish I could join you in the club of people who liked Taken, but watching it right after Man On Fire made it seem like a poor relation. Similar, but not as good.Also, I've never really liked Liam Neeson. He just looks bored all the time. Tall and bored. And with a big cock (apparently).
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Feb 16, 2009 8:32:31 AM CST
I expected for more shit for saying I liked Man On Fire
by franklin t marmoset
I really wish Tony Scott would ease up on all his little stylistic tics, but I like that film anyway. Despite him, not because of him.I'm a sucker for a story about a broken down old bastard who gets one last chance to do something good, and Denzel plays that part brilliantly. I love how matter-of-fact he is about telling Radha Mitchell he's going to hunt down everyone involved and kill them all. Its a great moment.
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Fucking hell.
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Feb 16, 2009 8:49:01 AM CST
You'll find guys here that don't like Man On Fire
by hawaiian organ donor
But they have no soul so their opinion matters not. It's easily one of the best revenge films going.As great as Denzel can be in dramatic roles, he's at his best when playing bastard like Creasy. I admit that Taken isn't fit to stand in MoF's shadow, but it nicely filled the revenge void.I've been watching nothing but new to me movies this year. I think I need to put in something familiar.
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YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!
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The cartoon from the early 90 with like futuristic pigs/warthogs flying in planes. I will send you money. I need to find the toys I had to them. They like wrap around your wrist.
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I think I prefer Man On Fire, but Payback's a good one. Mel plays a pretty decent bastard in that one.Whatever became of that director's cut of Payback? I heard it was supposed to be a big improvement.
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But I tell you what, my expectations for it have been raised considerably, based on how much I'm enjoying the series. Have you seen the trailer for the next story, the Ryloth Saga? Starring Mace Windu trying to liberate the Twilek's home planet? It looks pretty badass.
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I work my ass off at a shit job every other day, while also balancing 17 college credits, a girlfriend that CRAVES attention, and juggling two new books to read every other week. Work hard, make that money, enjoy thyself. It may not be the most relaxing life, but right now it will have to do.
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It's not nearly as good. Replace Kristoferson with Hot Lips Hollihan and the dog stays dead and that's what you get with the director's cut. Unlike Blade Runner, this movie is improved with the narration which gets axed in the DC also.It's a darker movie but doesn't work as well as the re-write. Not often you'll see a movie improved by test audiences.
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would not be for everyone. It is a pretty hard one to sell to the gang, i know. It is above all else, a visceral experience. Some would call the action too chaotic, others would call it beautifully animated. I stand firmly in the latter. I'm not surprised at all you didn't like it though. To each his own friend.there is just something about the utter absurdity of the artistic design, action, and plot of the movie that I can't help be infatuated with. Plus, I love the music. Ah well, can't win 'em all. I'm still happy you actually managed to see Devils on the Doorstep.
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Normally I wouldn't go near anything like Afro Samurai but you recommended it so I wanted to give it a shot.Sadly, the music may have played a part too. If I was king for a day, I'd ban hip hop music right after I gave religion the axe.Glad you enjoyed it though. In these trying times, it's nice to find something that gives each of us such infinite joy.I forgot to mention, I also watched The dark Crystal this weekend. What a magical little movie. How cool is it that there was a time when we had actual characters on huge sets to capture our imagination.
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The amazing puppetry in that with those huge wandering ancients and their smooth movements is just beautiful. they really don't make them like that anymore. It's sad how much some people have forgotten people can create without the use of any CG at all.
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back in a bit
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I only watched about a third of the new flick, though, since I never did catch all of the first one.
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I had an emergency situation where I lost my passport and was going to Mexico in a few days, so I needed a replacement. I ended up flying up to DC for the night. I stayed with a friend; we walked around the town, had some awesome Thai food, saw "Little Miss Sunshine" in Georgetown). The next morning I went to the passport office (I had an early "appointment"), and they told me it would be around 4 hours before I could pick it up. Which worked out fine since my flight back home was going to be in 5-6 hours. So I grabbed my backpack and trekked around DC as fast as I could. I saw advertisements for a new Jim Henson Muppets exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of National History, so I made sure that was the first place I hit up. Of course, the museum was closed when I got there (was still early), but I ended up the first person in line when doors opened. There was some security scare somewhere in the country that morning, so security had to dump out my backpack, but I raced inside, went straight to the Muppet exhibit, and started snapping pictures. Another patron wandered up there, and we took turns photographing each other by their favorite muppets- it turned out that's the only reason either of us were there. So I got snaps of Kermit, Rowlf, Dr. Teeth, Swedish Chef, and Jim Henson in Muppet form. I then quickly walked through the rest of the museum, and on my way out, on the ground floor, they had a sub-exhibit for the Muppets, except this case had the Mystics and Skeksis from "The Dark Crystal". You could tell they were pretty worn and starting to decay from the years, but it was still awesome to be inches away from such magical creatures. I wish the lighting was better in the museum bc my flash really gets in the way of some of the shots. Still, I'm glad I got to see them. That may be the highlight of my trip. Then I scrambled to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and pretty much ran through the entire building, checking out the newly renovated halls. My dogs were barking by the end of the day, but man was that a fun whirlwind through the capital.
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I had forgotten how wonderfully the Mystics moved. And the Landstriders? Pure magic.We need a director with clout to tell a studio he's going to make an old school fantasy movie without all the CGI characters and green screen.
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With muppets, not CGI no less? And hasn't that been in production for like, 2 and a half years at this point?
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I want that soundtrack. Go here for some updates on the sequel, as well as some concept art. http://powerofthedarkcrystal.blogspot.com/ Looks like we're gonna get some old Jen and Kira!
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and continues to be. Vader, I saw that exhibit as well, last year, and it was exactly as you say: magical. It's still a tragedy that Henson died when he did. The Henson fx house was never ever as good again as it was under Jim.
I have hope though, that we are moving again towards a time when good imaginative stuff can be the rule and not the exception. I think we will start seeing a turning point again soon(the signs are already here) when the technicians will be replaced by artists, taking passion and pride in their work. There are plenty of examples all around now.
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I think I called them ancients up there. I always loved how they moved so slow and methodically. As a kid, I couldn't even comprehend that there were people under them. Their movements seemed so otherworldly. And the Skeksis scared the crap out of me.Damn, what an excellent movie. I think that will be the next thing I watch.
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glad to see someone at least agrees Afro Samurai is well animated. And the detail in the sequel is just incredible. There are some scenes I can watch over and over again just to notice all the little details. Like I love when Kuma grabs Afro while he is trying to atone for all the deaths he brought. And I love the classic fight with the fencers on the bridge, culminating in the straw hat bursting and the song just jamming out, and the fight with the Lone Wolf and Cub type at the parade, and finally, I really dug the fight with the three cyborgs. It's crazy, but it's incredibly entertaining too.
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A Dark Crystal sequel would be just what the doctor ordered at this point.On a similar note, has anybody seen Strings? It's not as good by far, but it's an interesting concept.
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I looked for it when it first came out, but Best Buy doesn't carry many foreign films (if its not an acclaimed drama or a kung-fu flick- they're not going to have it), and Border Books and Music, which has a pretty decent foreign film selection, didn't carry it either. I don't have Netflix and ordering things online is not my bag, so I've yet to see it.
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It was an interesting concept, but in execution the whole thing was pretty slow. The entire story is very self aware of their status at puppets on strings, and while it is fascinating at first, soon it dwindles and you are left longing for the fun personalities of the Muppets.
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It's a top movie! Who doesn't like Man On Fire?Oddly, another revenge flick I like - Revenge. Costner. I don't know why I like it, feel like I shouldn't. But I do.
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The CoC must be feeling them Monday Blues.(Scans horizon with telescope)Nope, not a sign. Just the dust kicked up from another Transformers TB.
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... given 4.5 out of 5 in Death Ray magazine. Still not watched it meself, the online link I chose was a bit wonky. Should I try again or wait for the pristine DVD? Decisions, decisions...
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... watching Harry eat chips up top.
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... magazine says Uwe Boll's 'Tunnel Rats' is half decent! Can this be possible, a half decent Uwe movie? Will this mean the end of the World, y'know, real wrath of God type stuff, dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria!
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Beyond the eclipse there is only the deep, dark cold of space.
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of me own gib on this TB.I'm going for a brew...
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How's about that Transformers 2 trailer? Looks like Bay learned to pull the camera back a bit so we can appreciate the scope a bit more. I'm looking forward to it.
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You obviously missed the Tenacious D reference there. But thats cool, I ain't got shit for money either, except I can't blame college for that. I can blame college for not getting me a job and the only way they will help me get a job is if I pay to be an alumni, but seeing that I don't have money for that I really can't? The further I get away from college the more I realize how much of a waste of time it was.
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Did anyone else catch it? This new 3-D in the TV is pretty cool.
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I watched an episode first season, the one where we got glimpses into all the information Chuck had in his head, and one of them was the "real" reason Flight 815 (from LOST) crashed. I had to chuckle. I like the girl and I like Adam Baldwin, but I feel like they're trying way too hard to make Chuck, an obviously good-looking guy (from a hetero-standpoint), be way too dorky and geeky and socially awkward and... I just didn't buy it. There wasn't enough of a hook for me.
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Fantastic fucking movie. There is not one frame of that thing that doesn't work for me.
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The only stinker he ever made was Domino. Top Gun is sorta gay too.....but its 80s nostalgia gay and Van Halen's "Dreams" is on the soundtrack....so its cool in my book.
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Feb 16, 2009 8:59:44 PM CST
Its President's Day. Many people had today off in the states.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Ohhh I get it now. Yeah, the blow job skit. It's just hard to read a post with the tone that Jack Black delivers that line with.
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Is just like a trendy nerd. I don't buy that he is working at Geeksquad, though after my luck with finding jobs its a little more believable. But more episodes are good then not. Its just stupid fun with an underlying plot that works and doesn't rely on taking notes like Lost and shit that doesn't make sense like Terminator to be enjoyable.
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Since it seems like no one here has seen it. I guess your all were right, your not missing much. Its like a bad SNL skit, except they try to make you feel sympathetic toward Junior.
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I expected to get called all sorts of names for liking that one.
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I watched a few episodes during the first season, wrote it off as an X-Files knock-off with a couple of pretty boys, and never bothered with it again. But I've been watching season 4 and I'm surprised by how good it is. Plus, I don't remember it being this funny.Anyway, my question is, Has it always been this good, or did it get better somewhere along the way?If it's alwasy been good, I may check out the first three seasons on DVD.
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No films last night, so not much else to add.And we're only at 7 in the top 10? This is not good at all.Damn you, Jarv. DAMN YOU TO HELL!!
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Here's a Supernatural gift from Xiphos. http://tinyurl.com/bhjrhh
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on the mother in laws savagely unstable interwebs. Fucking hell, I sometimes think Spain is a 3rd world country. Despite what they say. Anyhoo, over the weekend, I watched England lose to Wales because of a shit ref, Timecop 2 (I was ecstactic to find the existance of such a beast. Then terribly disappointed by it), Toxic Avenger, The Cottage, The Last King of Scotland and Mission Impossible 3. Takes me to 72. Of that list Toxie rocks, LKOS is not as good as I remembered, MI3 is wank and The Cottage is a gross failure temporarily enlivened by a scouse bird saying fuck. Aussie "no"rules sucks a fat one, by the way, just in case your in any doubt Droid. I'm going to read this TB now.
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Xiphos has done a pretty good of winning me over with that review.I may have to invest in those Supernatural DVDs and see what I've been missing.
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona – Pretty good. It’s incredibly fluffy for a Woody Allen flick though. A travelogue of a beautiful city inhabited by beautiful people. Johannson is hot though. As is Cruz, who was actually pretty good as well. Walk Hard – Seen if before but it amuses me greatly. Pump Up The Volume – Aah… the start of my Slater-thon. Haven’t seen it for ages but its exactly how I remembered it. A good ol’ teenage rebellion, anti-establishment flick. Kuffs – Hadn’t seen this in even longer, and it was okay. Jovovich is very hot (and very young!) in it. Hard Rain – A dumbhouse flick. Entertaining. But watching it I was taken aback at how ugly the film looked. Yeah, it’s a flood and it’s night, but its just a very ugly looking film. Broken Arrow – A dumbhouse classic! It’s ridiculously stupid but very entertaining. Travolta looks like he’s having a lot of fun hamming it up. “HUSH!”
Heathers – A very good flick with a pretty brilliant script. Thus ended my Slater-thon. I can safely say I won’t be watching Slater in anything for a long time. Waterworld - Extended Cut – The three hour extended cut of Waterworld. Whoa momma. I have an irrational love of Waterworld, but three hours is pushing it. There is some interesting stuff in there though. The theatrical cut pretty much cut out (or glossed over) the fact that he is a mutant. Here he is not even considered human. Interesting. The extra Dennis Hopper scenes don’t add anything except that he wants to find dry land to build a golf course. Worth seeing, but I’ll go back to the theatrical cut next time. Also watched The Simpsons with the new HD opening. Good stuff. The pilot episode of Dollhouse which was shit. Won’t be watching that show. The pilot of Eastbound and Down, which was mildly amusing at best and probably won’t bother with that one either. -
Now THAT is what you call commitment to the CoC cause. Posting on holiday!Give that man an award or something.
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Feb 17, 2009 5:25:08 AM CST
You can say whatever you want about it, Jarv
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Since you're english, your booze-addled opinions will always be nodded politely at then promptly ignored.
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A Slater-thon?THAT is how to watch films, sir.I wish I had something coming up to equal that, but all I have on the horizon is my planned Evil-Dead-a-thon this weekend. All three, back to back. Should be good.
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Or maybe Deadite-stravanganza.
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Feb 17, 2009 5:30:08 AM CST
Themed weekends are very difficuly though, Frankie
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Especially someone like Slater who is better in small doses.I was sick of him by the time i got to Heathers, which is also the best film of the bunch.
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I went to get another beer, the fuking IP went down, again, had to fix it, which required another beer. I'm having a chippsian descenti nto intoxication. this isn't a holiday- i've just go nothing on, and no bugger is here so I',m by myself and bored. May well be smashed by lunchtime.
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It is a holiday form work, because it's half term. So I don't have to be there. It's nice and sunny outside. So I've got to go and work in the garden when everyone gets back. This does not bode well. And I read that last post which is basically gibberish. This one took longer, but I was concentrating.
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best be off. Have to retrieve wife's work email from her crappy server before she gets back so she can do some work. And I had better do it while I've got the connection fixed.
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Damn you, Jarv.
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Hmmm, I may have to get more beer- but it's a long fucking way into town. I should have thought of this before I started drinking. If I run out of smokes as well that will be a disaster.
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MI3. I actually think it's the worst of the 3. It's fucking dreadful insipid bollocks. PSH is good, to be fair, but the action sucks. The mission is incomprehensible bollocks- it's almost stream of consciousness in itself. "We need Ethan to get from point A to point C so we'll take him round points B,D,U and X for no apparant fucking reason". Maggie Q is hot, but not in it enough.I don't care that Ethan is getting married. The traitor was fucking obvious and they need to retire that idea- this is now the 3rd fucking film where someone in MIF is bad. Fuck that- how little imagination can you have. I'd rather watch MI2- incomprehensible doves, stupid slo-mo and motorcycle jousting and all. Oh, and some cunt needs to teach that lost cunt that analepsis is not always the best way to tell a story.
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may well explain why the cunt thinks it is a good idea to do a Star Trek prequel (shittiest idea I've ever heard).He seems to be fascinated by "getting to this point". Fuck that. Someone should sit the cunt down and tell him that if you do this, then you rob all tension from the film, as every cunt knows where it is going.
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Though I did catch Wrath of Khan and Last of the Mohegans. So I just switched from DishNetwork to DirectTV, and let me tell you the picture is so much fucking clearer, it's unbelievable. Oh, and I did give it an attempt to watch Grindhouse, but turned the channel when I realized Demolition Man was on. Man, that's a fucking dopey movie.
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Feb 17, 2009 6:35:34 AM CST
I agree that MI3 is the worst of them
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Although 2 was only okay, it had some great moments.The extraction scene in 3 where Hunt goes in to get Felicity was shittily directed it almost sank the film. The helicopter chase was fucking awful. What might look pretty cool on a shitty tv show does not translate to looking cool in an action film.Maggie Q = Hot and wasted in both MI3 and DH4.PSH could chow down on a turd sandwich and make it look delicious.The marriage angle didn't work for me. It just bogged the film down with unnecessary 'backstory'. Should've lost Monaghan (although I do like her), and bumped up Maggie to love interest. I don't think it's a terrible flick, it's just a major missed opportunity. With a decent director it could've been much better.
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MI 2 grates on my nerves for all the reasons Jarv said, plus the fucking stomping into the sand and the gun pops up bullshit. MI 3 has hotter chicks and better performances.
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Feb 17, 2009 6:41:04 AM CST
And Simon Pegg is godawful in MI3
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
But it was a godawful character to be fair.
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The first thing I thought of was a period Jane Austen flick starring Keira Knightley as Elizabeth and an 8 foot tall fuck off Predator as Mr Darcy.Maybe Darcy could woo his beloved with gifts such as the steam cleaned skull and spine of a fellow suitor?The mind boggles.
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We just got the memo, along with no more 401K matching contributions from work.
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Well that goes some way to explain yesterday.How come there isn't a Prime Minister's Day in the UK?
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But there is already talk about redundancies, which sort of sucks.Stupid fucking credit crunch. I blame the bankers. A pox upon them, and also a #2 pencil in all their faces.
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...the company I work for is not entirely 'together'.They gave us pay rises last month, now they're talking about laying people off.If this continues, a hulk rampage may be in order. Or maybe get a job somewhere else.Fuck, I hate looking for jobs.
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Need... to... SMASH!
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Feb 17, 2009 7:38:53 AM CST
Well, the day after I survived a redundancy
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
I received an (albeit mild) pay rise and bonus. So go figure.
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does that.I think I may need to revamp my timeframe on bringing the apocalypse to the world.It'll be my "Pencilnomic stimulus plan".
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they put Pepsi on a diet.
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They haven't frozen salaries yet, at least not for the big dogs. But things aren't looking good.President's Day is such a nonsense holiday because only banks and federal employees have it off.I still prefer MI:3 to MI:2, but despite the silliness, I still enjoy the first one the most.I think Pride and Predator sounds brilliant. Very Changian.
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shitloads better than 2 and 3 combined. And it has an insanely convoluted Koepp script to boot.
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I go 1, 3, 2 on those films, although I'm not a huge fan of any of them.Fuck John Woo.
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What has 2 got?A bunch of doves and that guy who still cries because he never got his hands on that sweet, sweet Wolverine money. And that skinny bird whose name I forgot.
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I actually had President's Day off too, though I can argue I work at a bullshit-not-a-real-company.
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as well. I would love to have Maggie Q kick my ass.
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Feb 17, 2009 8:25:33 AM CST
As presented in the MI flicks...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
I would take Thandie Newton (the skinny chick) over Maggie Q.Although at the time, I did have a substantial jones for Emmanuelle Béart and her amazing, pleasure inducing lips. This is also why I have a thing for Scarlett Johannson. Great lips are full of promises.
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Thandie Newton, that's her name.She's pretty, but painfully, painfully skinny. Not my thing at all. Eat a cheeseburger, woman.
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...are great as long as she's not using them to massacre Tom Waits songs.
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Or mixed race to put it more politely. Which I like. Hence my desire to be used and abused (sexually) by Lucy Lui.She's too skinny in MI2? Didn't notice that.
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Feb 17, 2009 8:39:11 AM CST
There's only a couple of activities I'd want...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Scarlett Johannsons lips to be participating in. Singing is not on that list.
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And she's too skinny in everything. I'd put her on a list - along with that cute brunette out of House and Michelle Whatsername out of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - of women I'd find attractive if they ate a hearty meal from time to time.Too many skinny women in Hollywood these days. It's not healthy.
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Feb 17, 2009 8:48:37 AM CST
The Bale/T4 TB is closing in on 10,000
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
I think that's what they are aiming for. Once that feat is accomplished, hopefully they will pull the plug and the madness will end.I think it was about 800 the last time I went in. God knows what they've been crapping on about.
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Didn't really notice her being too skinny either. Not sure who the House chick is as I don't watch it.Too skinny for me is Keira Knightly. You don't mind a bit of junk in the trunk, Frankie? Fair play to you.
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I just like me some curves. Scarlett Johansson, for example, or the undisputed queen of the proper, womanly form: Monica Belucci.Built for comfort, as Howlin' Wolf once said...
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Feb 17, 2009 9:10:22 AM CST
Yeah, well Scarlett has it goin' on.
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
As does Belucci. I appreciate all manner of hotness.
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I also watched this on the weekend. It does a pretty impressive job of deleting the entire love story. So instead of arriving in Pearl Harbor after an hour of screen time, you get there after 15 minutes. It's a tribute to how shit the love story is that it's not missed (not that the films good otherwise). The main problem with the film is the embarrasing dialogue. "Are most yanks as anxious to die as you are?" "Not anxious to die. Anxious to matter." Ugh. What it needed was more Baldwin as Doolitle chewing his way through his dialogue.
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Of Pride and Prejudice with Zombies, a project I heard about a month ago. It seems the copyright on P&P ran out, so an author was writing a book called Pride and Prejudice with zombies, and a movie studio already bought the rights and is planning to turn it into a movie. This Pride and Prejudice nonsense sounds like some creatively bankrupt producer heard about the project, learned there was no copyright attached to P&P anymore, and decided to throw a different scifi/horror angle onto the story. So I'm going to root for the project I heard of first. Bring on Darcy's Zombie Fighters.
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Its not gonna end at 10k. We're aiming to beat Lost, which is around 12k. After that TWITCH shall be back up to #1.And I'm disappointed you didn't have Gleaming The Cube in your Slater-thon. Easily his finest film.
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Her body is still tight and her face doesn't look like a dude in drag.
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hmph. this is hard. Hpw does chipps do it?ANyway madness> MI2 Thandie= hot. SHe got too thin after that
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2 is shit, but less shit than 3which is pointless and shit. NOt ot mention flashbacks . Off again. Have more beer to consume. I did spend lotsof time int he garden working though,
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Want some nice clips of her exhibiting her hotness? Then scroll on down! http://tinyurl.com/b2lb8n
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I couldn't find it. Which is all well and good because after five in a row I couldn't handle anymore Slater.
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Feb 17, 2009 9:40:49 AM CST
Hurricane Jarv just blew through Twitch...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
with his odorous beer stench. Damn that man. I'm stuck at work while he's "gardening".
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Not anymore. Liked her in Ghost World, but over the years as she's been built up as a sexpot, I just find my attraction to her waning. Would I still bangher? Oh most definitely. But she's at the back of the line at this point.
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Feb 17, 2009 9:50:21 AM CST
The first time I noticed her was in The Island
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Then I looked back and saw that I'd seen her in a lot of other flicks like The Man Who Wasn't There and Ghost World. She's in a line of many I'd bang. But the line doesn't go front to back, it goes across. It's an equal opportunity fantasy sex line.
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should be set in 18th and 19th century England. It's weird, I was thinking of setting a zombie story in that era too. Guess it's not as original as I thought.
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That's some funny shit, Droid.
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Last week, on his news-and-opinions site Hollywood Elsewhere, Jeffrey Wells posted a fairly typical quote from Watchmen creator Alan Moore regarding his opinion of the upcoming big screen adaptation. (In short: He's agin' it. And he wishes the money spent on the movie were being used to "sort out the civil unrest in Haiti.") The comments on Wells' post quickly split into the standard "Moore is a man of rare integrity" versus "Why does Moore keep trying to make me feel bad for wanting an Ozymandias action figure?" factions that should be familiar to anyone who's spent any time reading about comics on the internet over the past 10 years. And then another voice was heard: Hollywood geek-flick producer Don Murphy, who worked on the Moore-derided big screen versions of From Hell and The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Murphy wrote:
Alan Moore is a hypocrite and a liar.
--He took a million dollars from Fox for League- he did not HAVE to do so
--He claims that he never saw League so why does he get to comment on the merits of it? YOU can say what you want to- but he never saw it
--He has made over $3 million dollars on the increased sales of the Watchmen hardcover due to the film- he isn't returning that money
--He sold the rights to Watchmen in 1988
--He attacked V for Vendetta back when it came out- after he had sold those rights
He is an old man who smokes too much hash and prays to a lizard god. Don't buy his bullshit.
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I wish I was drunk and doing the gardening, and I don't even have a garden.
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A good zombie movie set in medieval times. They could even make it a twist on the whole black plague thing. Army of Darkness gave teeny tiny hints, but a full-out medieval zombie action movie with guys smashing zombie skulls with those big two-handed broadswords would be pretty cool.
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The new film by droid.Coming to an adult website near you soon...
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Stupid fucking work. I get a new job, it seems alright, then things start to fall apart. Fucking credit crunch and whatnot. Also, this company, it turns out, is shit. What on Earth have I got myself into?There's box factory up the road from my flat. I reckon I might as well take a wander up there tonight, see if they've got any jobs going.Ballsacks.
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living in an apartment kinda sucks that way.
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http://tinyurl.com/bu9cdy She went to NC State while I was a freshman at UNC, but I can forgive her for that
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Clearly you are off your fucking rocker Danny. You have definitely brought down AICN with flippant comments like that one. Monica is a Goddess with Italian curves that are meant for one thing: Me.
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One would think the ideal job would be working for an adult beverage manufacturer. They have a history of being impervious, to a degree, against economic downturns.
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If she and I met at a party in the 70s, you bet your ass she would be coming home with me.And I like Johannsen and Belluci. I see no reason to separate the two. Sounds like a damn good sandwich to me.
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Her tits are starting to sag and her face is starting to look weird and botaxY stiff. And her lips are all collageny and odd looking. Clearly she is attractive, but she is starting to look like an old crow hanging onto her youth. In another 5 years she'll be done.
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should I buy that shit now or wait for the new "John Rambo" version to come out?
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Feb 17, 2009 10:35:14 AM CST
of course its not fair to compare the two....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....Monica is 44 and Scarlett is like 25.
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There are definitely one or two professors I have had that I wouldn't mind having a few extra credit study sessions with. Plus, after all the love making, we could smoke and discuss really good books. Damn, I need to marry an English professor.
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Is this true?
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Was in that "Splinter" movie on SciFi this past weekend.
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Since it's all imaginary anyway, I have decided it's pointless to choose. Why not take both?In fact, I have just finished having an imaginary three way with the both of them. It was pretty good.
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Is Anna Karina, probably best known from Godard's Band of Outsiders (Bande a Part). I remember first seeing her though in Godard's Pierrot Le Fou, and just about falling in love with the whimsical, girlish character she always plays.
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Monica and scarlet would make two damn nice slices of bread to my meat sandwich.<p?Is that imagery too strong?
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A new director's cut for Rambo was supposedly announced for a 2009 release at the 2008 Comic Con. It has also apparently already screened at the Zurich Film Festival.
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I'll take all four.
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I enjoyed Rambo. it was surprisingly good, so I reckon I might check that out (assuming it ever makes it all the way over to England).
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heheheheheheWork. Pah. And it's suny and quite warm.
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although neither wouold be bad
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Feb 17, 2009 11:25:58 AM CST
I'll take an order of Belluci, a side of Johanssen
by hawaiian organ donor
A tall glass of Hayek and some extra Sharapova to go please. And make it super sized.Next stop, Big & Tall to pick up some new pants. These ones are starting to feel tight.
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see you next time. I typed this one into word because the last 2 were unreadable. I'm vain enough to think that every musing is genius and deserves to be read. *nods head, somewhat sagely, and exits stage left pursued by bear*
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Sort of looks like she has down syndrome or something to me. Nice body though curvey and womanly.
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Monica Bellucci Selma Hayek Jill Wagner Keira Knightley Natalie Portman Jennifer Anniston Hayley Williams (lead singer of Paramore) Shit I'm out of ideas.
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I much prefer Droid's idea of a horizontal line.
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Carrie Fisher in Return of the Jedi Audrey Hepburn Sophia Loren Rita Hayworth Raquel Welch
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Feb 17, 2009 12:36:10 PM CST
I have trouble comparing old school females to new....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
.....I keep having visuals of Audrey Hepburn's rotted corpse in a coffin. For me the hottest old school female was Natalie Wood.
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Thanks for the reminder, Danny. Though now thanks to you I have visuals of her soggy, water-logged corpse. You bastard.
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I like Natalie a lot because she just looks like a really cute quiet nice chick at your High School. She never really looked all glammy or made up. She looked very natural.
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We gotta get that shit up to 12k so we can stomp Lostback and retire it. The sooner we do that. The sooner it shall be gone. SO LET IT BE WRITTEN. SO LET IT BE DONE.
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Grace Kelly - Just unbelievably beautiful and all class. Rita Hayworth - Sex on legs.
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His bone claw dick. That shoots White Vader.
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I remember I was so fucking disappointed when I found out that a dick is NOT made of actual bone. Fuck...that was a rough year for me. My following birthday, when I turned 23....much better.
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I don't know what it is about her. I think it's just all the little things about her. She would just be really fun to run around with on the beach.
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Sorry I didn't get back to you from above (fucking work), but since you said there's a DC of Rambo coming out, I would hold off. Not that Rambo in its original release wasn't fucking awesome, because it was, but I'm very curious as to what this DC version will show us. That news is quite awesome actually.
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no worries jpt. We all are busy right now. School is getting fucking atrocious with all the midterms lately.
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First introduction was in Eight Legged Freaks. I was checking out Kari Wuhrer thinking 'yeh, she be tidy...' then found my attention inexplicably drifting to the delightful Scarlett. Couldn't choose between the two so I'll have them both.And Monica's tidy as well.Oh, and Natalie Wood is pure class.
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Absolutely rat-arsed. And still posting. In Spain.
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How can this not be good. Especially if it's a proper Predator... hold on, phone call...Sorry. Kate Beckinsale's pissed off at me cos I didn't mention her above. Don't know how she got my number. I bet Rhona Mitra gave it her...
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Is it Vice-President's Day today or what?
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Feb 17, 2009 2:53:17 PM CST
Wolf...today is another day of celebration in the states....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
.....we light candles for our Lord Savior Christian Bale, who died for our sins.http://tinyurl.com/c2lygw
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Is that Bale! McG's gonna go mad when he finds you've blown the finale to Terminator Salvation!
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Which I find to be hysterical. Having Bale play the Son of God is about as challenging as having Sinatra play a crooner.
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New York Times, Bale said that Che Guevara was one of his inspirations for playing the role! A "handsome revolutionary" no less.Not a patch on Big Jim Caviezel. Nobody does Jesus quite like Big Jim...
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... that sounds quite blasphemous. I didn't mean it like that.Ballsacks. I'll get me coat.
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I saw that written in a truck-stop bathroom once.
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creeping into my posts. Alarming. Nearly wrote 'queeps' instead of 'keeps' then as well.Spell-checker doesn't recognise queeps. When I wrote some stuff for a football fanzine there was a player around called Tony Cottee. When I spell-checked his name it wasn't recognised and instead asked me if I meant 'Tiny Chortle.'The more I thought about the phrase 'tiny chortle', the funnier it got. Ah, maybe you had to have been there at the time...
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Better than neatly wiring queefs!
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would you neatly wire a queef?
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... before anyone answers you'd better cover Dirk's ears.Mind you, he's probably heard it all before. Amoebas get around...
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Damn it's quiet around here.
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Chipps, Me and You are the only members so far. It's far freakin out man!
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RU PAUL!!!!!! Or Guy Pearce in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Or Wesley Snipes in Too Wong Fu. I LOVES me some good Tranny.
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Chiwetel Ejiofor in Kinky Boots, really good movie though. Terrance Stamp probably belongs in that category as well.
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Has anyone seen this movie? Heard of it?
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Here look at this picture. I've read that its like a surreal movie I really want to see it, its a prison movie its gotta be good. But look at this picture, am I crazy or is this guy coming out of the wall? http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3117061376/tt0986233 for that tiny person in you http://tinyurl.com/bbfnoo Seriously I'm I just going crazy?
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http://tinyurl.com/bvc3pq
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You didn't answer my fucking question. Go to my link first before I waste my time with G.I. Blow.
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Its pretty good so far, minus the one guy who's all like, "we don't like outsiders" he's just kind of lame. And the language barrier I'm experiencing. Though I don't know if English Hooligans are worse then Naples Hooligans. I went to a track meet at the Naples soccer stadium and there was a section of crowds surrounded by like chain links and I was like what is that? That is where the opposing teams sit.
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I can't believe that they put this in the movie! www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1BDM1oBRJ8
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ThereWolf, that is the funniest thing I have ever read on here.Shit, you guys are great.
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Has anybody else seen all those crazy GI Joe re-dubs. For some reason, I think they're hilarious. I have them burned on a DVD, and turn it on every year or so and just watch all of them.
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I'm pretty sure the guy in that pic from the Hunger movie is just bending over.
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Yeah I love those G.I. Joe spoofs. My favorite is the one in the snow. WHOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! I used to watch them all the time.
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I feel like Sly and Ah-nuld finally being together in a movie (even if they are kind of old) merits it.Plus, this one is kinda turning into a pain in the ass to load.
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The weekends Slater-thon did my head in. And it appears all quiet on the western front. So now what? Work? Ugh. Don't do it to me!
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Although I did make the mistake of watching The Sarah Connor Chronicles (I was bored).Anyway, last night it was about a Terminator who went back to the 1920s, robbed a bunch of banks, then used the money to set up a very successful construction business. Then he bricked himself up in one of his buildings and waited until 2010 so he could kill some guy.No lie.Anyone who thinks Terminator 3 is shit needs to watch The Sarah Connor Chronicles and get some perspective. Seriously, that show is fucking dreadful.
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Where did everyone go?Is it over? Have we really been put out of business by those crazy Christian Bale freaks?Oh, well. It was a pretty good run.
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It was a good film, one with of course the prototypical performance from Phillip.
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Should be a new Twitch tomorrow. We can make it that far, surely...
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include Robin Hood. He says a naughty word in that.
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... the Bale v the drugged up 'dentist kid' clip? That's funny shit! The kid is off his face, it's brilliant!
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children being off their faces. Kids, just say No.
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Pump Up The Volume (lots of naughty words), Kuffs, Broken Arrow, Hard Rain, Heathers. Robin Hood would fall into a non-sports flick Costner-thon. Did Waterworld Extended Cut the other day. I could use that as a starting point and throw in Robin Hood, The Untouchables, No Way Out, A Perfect World and Open Range and you've got your Costner-thon. About 5 or 6 flicks warrant a 'thon' IMO.
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Tasty! But needs Kurt Russell, Michael Biehn and The Brim. Not necessarily in that order.
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A Costner-thon, me likey. Gotta squeeze in The Postman as well. I'd forgotten about Perfect World. Good film.
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Kevin Costner has played 6 characters who's first and last names begin with the same initial. Ridiculous. It's a slow fucking day at work when I'm noticing shit like that. Phil Pitkin (Testament) Frank Farmer (The Bodyguard) Steven Simmons (The War) Denny Davies (The Upside of Anger) Beau Burroughs (Rumor Has It) John James (The New Daughter)
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You remember all those memory? I have a job remembering the name of my cat.Hang on, I haven't got a cat...
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Obviously...I can't type and eat a flapjack simultaneously.
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I've got nothing better to do with my time
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thinking you were a fathomless movie-trivia behemoth! Shame. On. You.
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Back to work.Ciao.
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Feb 18, 2009 9:02:42 AM CST
I remembered another flick I watched on the weekend
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
The Day The Earth Stood Still The remake. It was okay. Instantly forgettable though, hence why I only now remembered when I was racking my brain trying to keep this thing alive. The major problem with it is that it's the same as the Star Wars "Special Editions". It's exactly the same film as the original, but with wizz-bang effects.
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This is ungainly. God knows how long that Bale TB would take to load.
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I can see why so many parents took their kids to see it. I'm sure it put them to sleep nearly instantaneously.
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Ahh, those Gi Joe redubs are masterpieces.
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Did you like Kung Fu Panda?
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And from my debates with others on the subject, I've determined its like this: Wall-E is to 2001 (though with better characters and more heart) what Kung Fu Panda is to Enter the Dragon (though with more underwritten characters and a more passive lead).
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worse than you can imagine.
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I should have prefaced it by saying I'm a Pixar-hater but Wall-E I found derivative, hypocritically preachy, and profoundly boring in many places. If you guy's liked it that's cool though. to each his own. I'm just wondering why some humans are humans and some are cartoons? Major logic gap IMO. KFP was ok. I would have liked to see more of a teamwork ending rather than Po doing it all himself though.
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Director Andrew Stanton *really* wanted "Hello Dolly" in the film and thought it was important to Wall-E's character. BUT, if you're going to put clips from a live-action film in an animated film, well then yes you've got a problem once you show CGI humans later on, and it didn't make sense (and would be a disservice) to animate the portions of Hello Dolly. So, what he and the team decided, was that since humans were going to evolve into these boneless blobs anyway, why not suggest the humans looked like us. So they cast Fred Willard as the president and (maybe you missed it), showed that progression of ship's captains through the centuries, demonstrating how they became less and less realistic and more cartoony.
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I'm with you on that. The Furious Five were wasted and ended up being pretty useless. I would have liked for them to either help Po at the end or, throughout the film, have each member at some point help Po realize something about himself or have him overcome some obstacle, help to build his self-esteem. Instead, they just insult him the whole film, treat him as if he doesn't register on their radar, and then suddenly respect him by the end.
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I can see that logic but I just can't buy it. But that's me. Ultimately that wasn't my main problem with the movie. I found the whole BnL Corporation stuff hypocritical in that Pixar is the arm of a monumentally influential transnational corporation that itself is helping to turn America into a lazy consumerist culture. Well that, and the robot ripped off Johnny Five.
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Here's your quote, whining about me-- "Any other TB and you come in with guns blazing to proclaim that that project sucks or that the people involved suck. Why? For the sole purpose of provoking a reaction from TBer's and thus inflate your already swelled ego." Now explain to me how your Wall-E comment, or Watchmen comments are any different. In both instances you busted in trying to stir shit up. You don't intend to stick around in here and actually discuss Wall-E with the group. You know damn well 99% of the regulars love that film. So what was the purpose of popping in for a second just to slam it? This is just one example of you behaving like a fucking coward and a hypocrite. Now proceed to lecture me on my behavior you little piece of shit. Xiphos was right about you all along, the best way to deal with you is to ignore your ignorant ass.
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I was actually pretty bored with it. But the only animated flicks I like are the Pixar ones. Stuff like Shrek or Madagascar are rubbish.
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So just because a company happens to have a distribution partner with a major corporation, they're not allowed to propose a future where corporations run everything? They're *not* allowed to criticize? I find the whole "hypocritical!" argument to be very lame.
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That episode of Terminator is actually one of the few good ones. Trust me I've seen them all. Its like the only singular contained episode. I actually thought it was the best episode to date.
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in Wall-e and you shall know it to be the truth. Wall-E will walk away with the most Oscars or there is no Allah.
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99% huh? I just wanted to hear people's thoughts on Wall-E and to get the discussion going revealed my thoughts. Don't you have a tired and random Bale TB to post somewhere?
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finally came out on the DVD. First one to watch it gets $50. Starting now!
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I'm not saying they're not allowed. But it IS hypocritical in my opinion. But if the movie opens people's eyes to corporate consumerist culture, more power to it.
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It was like watching whoever is responsible for making that show wipe his or her ass with the few remaining tattered scraps of dignity the Terminator concept has left.And that's just not right. Leave a few of those scraps for McG. McG needs to wipe his ass too, you know.
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It would be hypocritical if DISNEY did something like that. But Disney did not. Pixar is a separate studio that makes their own films that Disney happens to distribute. I don't understand why pple never say "oh, they're criticizing Disney!" Instead it just becomes "Oh, how hypocritical! This movie sucks!"
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so won't be rushing out to get Still Waiting. Is that the alleged comedy set in a restaurant?
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I wasn't quite as blown away by it as some others, but I enjoyed it. Delightful, to quote Jarv.Although I kind of agree about the Fred Willard bits. They were a little jarring.
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I haven't seen it, but I have seen the clip on YouTube where the director and actor Luis Guzman come to blows.
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"The Twitch cave where TBers don't mind taking it up the ass from you."
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I said YOUR Twitch cave. As in the only place you can go where people are too polite to call you out on your bullshit.
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Thanks for clearing that up. Now fuck off.
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Feb 18, 2009 11:15:26 AM CST
There's been mucho feistiness around these parts lately...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
What we need is a new Twitch to ease the tension.
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This is a communal Twitch cave, and we put with Danny's occasional cuntishness because we're all a little cuntish sometimes.No point arguing about it.
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The talkback itself has become a cunt lately.I want me one of those nice, fresh, fast loading Twitches. Then we can all get our cunts on in super quick time.
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Cunting typos.
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....people have called me out on things, and I've gotten into it with several of the regulars. But at the end of the day its fine and we're back to normal. We have spirited arguments back and forth like men. Thats where Hobo gets confused. He thinks the way you have a debate is to run off to other TB's and talk shit about the person behind their back. Not that I really give a fuck now, I'm just trying to further illustrate Hobocode is and always has been a fucking coward. Thats my whole point. Sorry for the disturbance folks. I'm done with that.
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I dont think I've ever heard anyone here in America say it... but I think the little girl says it in Exorcist, after she tosses the Brit director out the window, she turns to her mom and starts talking to her with the director's voice: "Do you know what she did? Your cunting daughter?!"
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I seem to remember calling you out, maybe even calling you a douchebag, earlier this summer during the Indy IV debacles. And I still stand by my comment.
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Feb 18, 2009 11:26:14 AM CST
I'm not too sure how grammatically correct it is
by franklin t marmoset
But who the cunting fuck cares?P.S. Have I said cunt enough in the last few posts? It's hard to tell.P.P.S. Cunt.
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You're already resorting to your oft-used trademark, "Now fuck off." line? I expected more you fucking maggot.
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Feb 18, 2009 11:50:35 AM CST
HoboCode -- well don't know what else to say.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
How many different ways can you describe your desire for someone to consume your feces? I dunno. Just gets kinda boring.
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*cracks knuckles*OK, let's try and play like polite little cunts. Wall*E, like the Kings of Leon, isn't worth getting riled up over. I know it's adored by most. This is the only time I've ever agreed with Node that the wheels couldn't have came off that Pixar vehicle quicker if the pit crew was comprised of quadriplegics.My opinion only matters to me and isn't worth a damn so it's not worth coming to verbal blows over.Anyone see a Russian movie called 9TH Company? It's their version of SPR but set during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. It's an interesting little flick but a good reminder of how few countries can produce war movies along the level that Hollywood can. And it was difficult to root for the Russian soldiers after knowing the atrocities they inflicted on the Afghans.
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I'm far too hungover to deal with TB flame wars in the Twitch thread. And I've been chopping shit down, hangover and all, all day.I resent the fucking term "cave" though. What the fuck? Wall-E is delightful. Fact.
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your nitpicks with Wall-E are just bullshit excuses for hating it. You find it jarring that they showed a real clip, but then there were CGI people? That is bullshit. I didn't even notice. If you're picking up on that then you are at TDK levels of nitpickiness. I'm outta here again, as this moody spanish IP took so long to log into that it will drive me spastic before I can read any reply. I look forward to continuing the row about why wall-e is de-cunting-lightful in the next thread.
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How was the 9th company like SPR? And When during the Commie occupation of Afghanistan did it occure?
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???? Looks cool but so did Wanted, and they look the same. Hopefully it does suck and it actually fun.
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Where has our happy CoC community gone, brother talkbackers? But then again, what do I know...I hear tell I'm just a troll. ;) *Sighs and goes to look for a bridge to hide under.*
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What the fuck???? Nip/Tuck last night was about this, tree man. Have you seen this????? http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2007/11/growthmanR_450x594.jpg Tiny folks http://tinyurl.com/yumxjf
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I used to remember when the internet was all fun and good and google was actually useful. Now everything is run by sponsership and ads. Also I hate how you have to pay for everything to get the bonus stuff, like you can get the basic shit but the other stuff cost money. The problem is that the basic shit is fucking terrible. God bless Allah for AICN staying true.
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I didn't mean to bring you other guy's into my feud with Dickballs. I have a lot of respect for you guys and anything I said to the contrary was only said in anger.
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That is one book that has to read to be believed.
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... CAVE!!!Hobo! That is most uncharitable. No, wait... I quite like caves. Hey, caves are good! Nice one, Hobo. Cheers!
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dangerous man eating beasts live in them.Pah. Anyhoo, this connection is bollox, but I'll try to see you in the new Twitch.
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Boooooo! Man eating beasts... you've been watching too many scary films, you have.Bunch of slack-jawed faggots round here...
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Sometimes they are quite useful. Maybe a few of those around here would straighten things out.
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with man-eating breasts. Definitely should be more of those.Oh. Beasts, right...
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Count me in....
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This weekend is the weekend George Romero descends into Charlotte for a weekend festival/retrospective. http://www.zombiestakecharlotte.com Also, my short zombie film made the Top 5 for the American Zombie Horror Contest that George Romero is judging. We'll find out tomorrow evening who wins! So, send some good thoughts my way, I'd appreciate it!
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Will Romero be judging your film?
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Feb 18, 2009 2:33:32 PM CST
Brother Vader....I shall pray to Lord Bale for you.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Good luck, mate.
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We'll be cheering you on, for sure. Maybe sometime you can show us your film (after it wins). Send Romero our good wishes, too.
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With the contest.
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I made a mistake, we'll find out FRIDAY night who wins the contest, not tomorrow. And yes, Romero has watched the Top 5 and will pick the winner!
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Is praying to Bale against the teachings of 2for2true? I just don't see Bale as Changian.
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What's shaking in your necks of the woods (or caves)?
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Never felt better... ;)And there's bugger all shaking.
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Hold the fone mate? Your saying that one of us had enough ambition to get off their lazy asses and actually make some sort of film? No FUCKING WAY.
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I forgot that.
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Wait a minute, fucking Quarantine is out and they couldn't get [REC] out on the DVDs as well? Well ain't that a poop in the pants.
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Serious? REC's been out on DVD for months in the UK. I haven't seen Quarantine yet.
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They were my top 2 must-see films of last year (prior to "Let the Right One In"). I hope this year brings us some movies that are as enjoyable as those.
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Have a good night. Think peaceful thougts, or at least direct the more violent ones towards those who deserve 'em.
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I haven't seen 'Let The Right One In' either. Don't get to see loads of movies like I used to.Got to change this situation...
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Structure wise 9th Company is more like Full Metal Jacket than SPR. It follows a group of new recruits through boot camp and then ships them off to the front where they get picked off one battle at a time.The ending is similar to SPR in that the remaining soldiers have to hold a position against overwhelming odds and the last man standing is saved by the timely arrival of reinforcements.The time frame is the final year of the Soviet occupation so see the "insanity" as the troops withdraw having accomplished nothing in the end.
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Of TV shows telling you to go online and watch extra crap? That or maybe I watch too much NBC? But it seems like every show now requires too much extra involvement.
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I was thinking about catching them this weekend....that or the circus. Any thoughts?
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in the Doc Poison Outlander talkback. He said he saw the movie and it's badass, but he never wrote a review or anything so I just fucking called him out on how much of a fucking useless sellout he is. I suggest you read it now before it gets deleted and/or I get banned for it.
Meanwhile, hello everyone! How's the CoC doing lately? Long time no post. I havent had much free time to come here, let alone post in talkbacks, since I got a new job. Plus I wasnt able to log in for a while, stupid site. I'll try to come around once in a while. -
Dunno about anyone else here, but I am actually pursuing a career in the industry.
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...or Ninth Legion as it's sometimes called. I hated it. Sure, it was very well-made and for all intents and purposes looked and sounded like a Russian Michael Bay movie, but the difference between the film and Platoon (which it's most often compared to) is that the latter is full of self-criticism and is mostly an honest study in the anguish and horror of war, whereas the Russian film is faking it. There is nothing in it which criticizes the Soviet occupation and it ends up being a Russian chest-thumper. It's a Putinesque wet dream, fusing the frustrations of post-Soviet Russia with the perceived heroism of Soviet troops in that earlier era. The final voice-over as the troops withdraw is sickening.
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Yeah I am pursuing a career in the business as well. But UNlike you I'm just hoping that it all comes together without much effort put into it by me.
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I can't fucking believe you're not helping me fulfill my destiny in the BaleBack. The love between us is gone. From now on...I use a condom. -
Outlander online again at the weekend. I can't make up me mind, to be honest. Online and possibly shonky, or wait for the spanking new DVD release.
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We need you in the Terminator TB right fucking now. That is the ultimate "FUCK HARRY" TB. He already deleted 1,000 of our posts, but we're fighting to get to 12k.
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Fuckin 3! What the fuck is going on? Is this real life? I feel funny...
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What on earth for?
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Feb 18, 2009 4:48:35 PM CST
Yup....between 1,000 and 1,500 disappeared the first week.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Someone posted a detailed timeline earlier. Maybe he was just pissed we will become the #1 TB of all time. Now he realizes we won't go away and he's moved on to licking Tarantino balls. Terminator is old news.
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Seriously look around and see if Outlander is playing near you. If you go to movie phone it'll tell you how far away its showing from you if you type in the movie and your zip.
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what's to stop him deliberately deleting more posts and consequently scuppering the bid for the all-time No.1 TB?
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I checked awhile back and it didn't seem to be showing anywhere (in the UK).I'll check again...
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Outlander is getting a cinema run in April (in the UK). Promising.
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Long time to wait, but at least it's on the big screen.
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Thats why we can't stop. We gotta take it to at least 30k. I'm trying to shut down the server on the entire site.
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OH yeah your a blimy brit. I think it comes out in April there. and as I read that I see you already figured it out, but I will post anyway.
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That the director of the Visitor is an actor? And he was in the movie Mammoth.
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I'll always treasure our special moments, but you could never measure up to Dirk anyhow.
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I was geeking out almost the entire time with a big smile spread across my face.
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Dude, where is that Romero thing at?
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You still like Lost? I don't get it, we all know Destroyed in Seconds has more useful plot. And How It Works has MUCH more intriguing dialog and happenings.
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Besteal my heart.... well not new to you DV but episodes 20 and 21. Still need episode 19 but TNT will have it on soon. Anyone watching Life on Mars? Its got a 50/50 thing with it, like every other episode is good the other one is alright, not crap just not much. I need to go find that Brit version on the ole VHS.
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funny
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back when i was the only who liked it. now it is totally commercialism. i'm switching to the tincanet. it's a series of tubes
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good luck dude, good luck
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The Romero thing is here in Charlotte, NC.
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I'm very impressed they brought back the whole "angels from Iaygo" thing from Episode I. I really liked those two episodes. And I couldn't believe the voice behind the german- I mean alien, mad scientist was Michael York, Logan himself!
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When did you stop watching Series? This past season has been great, but the past two episodes especially have been pretty geektastic, rewarding fans of the show.
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